Column: Don't trade comprehension for consumption

"Yes, modern technology feels omnipresent and inescapable, but we don’t have to surrender our autonomy."

Behind the Mental Health Collaborative

Satire: If you weren't in Cabo over break, you're a loser

"Every American knows college is mainly known for three things: getting a degree, sports and spring break."

Op-ed: Make space to help those struggling with their mental health

"I wish I could say that was the last time I supported someone thinking about suicide."

Column: Mental health is generational in minority communities. Acknowledge it

"The way my parents raised me was a reflection of their own upbringing in India, where the stigma surrounding mental health is undeniably worse. My parents likely had little resources to turn to if they felt similarly in their youth. Suppressing their feelings was all they ever knew, so it’s no wonder I was raised to do the same."

Column: Remission from major depressive disorder is possible

"My teenage years had been an endless cycle of trying a medication, feeling 'okay' for a few weeks, feeling symptoms return and increasing my dosage. When the increased dosage didn’t work, I’d try another medication. By my first semester at UNC, I had tried and failed four different antidepressants and had given up on psychotherapy."

Op-ed: The Town of Chapel Hill pushes back on immigration bill

"It’s becoming increasingly clear that immigrants and refugees will be positioned as the partisan wedge issue for both state and federal races. It's a strategy designed to divide us with fear and it threatens to erode the trust and safety our local law enforcement has worked so diligently to cultivate within our community."

Op-ed: It's time to replace the word 'stigma' with 'sanism'

"The mental health and suicide prevention campaigns have prioritized ‘awareness’ and ‘education’ over the dismantlement of discrimination that survivors of severe mental illnesses continue to face. They cement that prioritization by refusing to call 'mental health stigma' by its real name."

Column: Feeling disconnected from the voting process? Consider working at the polls

"It is immensely rewarding to watch first-time voters excitedly take their 'I voted' sticker and hear kids say that they can’t wait to vote. People are often appreciative of poll workers and are eager to learn."

Column: Stop gatekeeping. Spread the wealth

"Yet, does someone else liking or having the same things as you diminish the value of it? It seems like a silly question, but this is ultimately the reason people gatekeep."

Column: Biden’s State of the Union shows the danger of blind support

"This is a message to my fellow Democrats, my fellow liberals, my fellow leftists and progressives, those who have gone “woke,” those who rage about conservative politics as much as I do: stop drawing your loyalty around party lines."

Column: Stop calculating your relationships

"We may attribute the “500+ connections” accolade to LinkedIn, but it’s equally used in everyday social interactions on this college campus from just waves or subtle head nods as one walks through the quad."

Satire: How to listen to music in a not-lame way (like me)

"You might think you’re safe. But somewhere out there a 12 year old is making a fan art animatic to your song choice."

Column: As women, taking every precaution against violence is still not enough

"When our parents talk to us before they send us off to college, they should not have to communicate their fears for our safety, telling us what to avoid so we may not lose our lives."

Column: Complacency in the face of genocide is complicity

"This is how a genocide happens. With near-complete complacency."

Column: Lessons we can all learn from Black feminism

"Throughout history, mainstream feminism has focused on the narrow concerns of upper and middle-class white women, and while discourse over last names, body hair and climbing the corporate ladder are feminist topics, they are not the most pressing concern for a vast majority of women."

Column: Playlists — the sixth love language

"There is no other gift that demonstrates how close you feel to someone, the impact they have on you and how well you know them."

Opinion: Financial delays ensure that college is becoming a class privilege

"These delays are very telling in regards to who universities and federal programs value. It becomes more clear by the day that attending a four year, out-of-state university is a class privilege."

Opinion: What makes a Best Picture?

"When we delve into what makes a film a Best Picture, we are unfailingly met with the impossibility of determining such a title. The Best Picture winners represent a narrow slice of largely mainstream cinema which follow formulaic trends and succumb to the weaknesses of their own voting system. But somehow, despite its flaws, that iconic image of the little golden man retains its white-knuckled grip on cultural significance."

Satire: Please don't read this article

"Here at the Opinion Desk, we believe the best opinions are those uninformed ones."