It is unfortunate that the The Daily Tar Heel chose to further inflame the growing polarization and extremism in our society, by publishing a letter to the editor by Andrew Brennan, Oct. 2, with the false and malicious headline, “Art Pope’s racist history with UNC.”
Read More »Andrew Clark’s claim that The Meantime has seen an increase in profits due to the Boycott UNC movement is both speculative and untrue.
Read More »Unpaid internships are an abuse of power. When any worker contributes more to an employer than the employer invests in the worker, the employer decides how to divide that profit.
Read More »The Meantime Coffee Co. has displayed an inadequate response to the Board of Governors’ litigation ban and the university’s decision to not remove Silent Sam while enjoying increased profits from the UNC boycott.
Read More »Living with random roommates at UNC, I’ve filled journals describing my many living spaces. None of the entries though, are as curious as this year’s.
Read More »Today, several posters calling us (SJP) terrorists were hung up around campus (I have pictures of them). As an Arab and a Muslim, I constantly have to deal with this kind of blatant bigotry and stereotyping on and off campus, and have yet to see any coverage about it on any kind of media outlet in Chapel Hill after the shooting of the 3 Muslim students in 2015.
Read More »Five of us are UNC alums. Our marketing team was looking into the possibility of buying ad space in the DTH a few days ago as part of an effort to recruit UNC pre-med students for our programs. But I’ve got some bad news. We didn’t. And we won’t. Why? Because your website looks like it was designed by a three-year-old on a sugar high. It’s really bad.
Read More »In January 1975, a campus organization called the Union Forum used student fees to bring the National Information Director of the KKK to campus. His name was David Duke. Black students at the time were outraged.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: A question regarding Confederate Memorials
Read More »As a fan of doing crossword puzzles in ink, I am saddened enough by your reduced publication schedule. I empathize.
Read More »I thought of my father on Oct. 24, 2015 when I was attending a counter protest to a pro-confederate rally at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Read More »The Department of Chemistry is proud to have a dedicated group of faculty who have led the way in reforming undergraduate instruction in chemistry.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: I write to offer insights on the crisis our campus is facing regarding the Silent Sam monument, from a comparative cultural context and issue: the erasure, and commemoration, of the oppression of Jews in Eastern Europe.
Read More »Thursday September 28 is International Safe Abortion Day. It is important to remember that abortion has not always been safe or legal in this country, even now, access to abortion is being circumvented by legislative action and continued stigma: with some states having only one abortion clinic.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: Recent catastrophic events around the world tragically illustrate how quickly the ground beneath our feet can change forever.
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: The Sept. 19 column “Removing all statues? Not so fast” demonstrates historical ignorance and an alarming lack of moral scrutiny.
Read More »Thank you for covering the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) event held Monday evening in the article “UNC students united and outraged over DACA announcement.”
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: Brian Meares’ notion that Silent Sam promotes a space for “free and open discussion” is a baffling interpretation of this University’s hazardous idealism on “safe spaces.”
Read More »TO THE EDITOR: The Aug. 29 opinion piece "Not My Liberals" shows a lack of empathy, hypocritical reasoning, and a poor understanding of leftist thought.
Read More »Dear UNC Community, I wanted to announce my candidacy for Chapel Hill Carrboro School Board. I have served local children as a pediatrician, parent volunteer, and leader of the local Orange Chatham Chapter of the Autism Society of North Carolina and of the Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools Special Needs Advisory Committee.
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