"After a year of an empty campus and Zoom classes, the return to campus was highly anticipated. While, like any college experience, there are difficulties to manage. Still, the return to campus has been all I expected— plus some."
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"The search for a new provost is coming to an end, and the Chancellor is under significant pressure to make a particular choice. Based on the information that is being relayed to me by multiple sources, our trustees and the UNC System are dictating his choices to the point that he really has none to make."
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"As of right now, the omicron variant is something to simply keep your eye on, and not something to worry about contracting on a trip to the grocery store. Keep masking up, social distancing and washing your hands — especially with flu season in full swing."
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Amid the backlash and development of a new COVID-19 variant, we’re taking another look at UNC’s COVID-19 vaccine policies.
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"The administration is in a crucial situation where its policies are especially important to students and have been known to disappoint the campus community in the past."
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"With three new congressional maps recently approved in North Carolina, it’s worth breaking down which districts impact Orange County in what races and who is running for what."
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"With so many places named for the Kenans, it is important to acknowledge from where their influence and power originally came. It did not come from William Rand Kenan Jr.'s entrepreneurship or inventiveness, but from the intergenerational wealth first built in the 1700s on the backs of enslaved labor."
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Truthfully, many popular artists have “hidden” gems in their discography that the casual fan likely knows, but only their most dedicated listeners can tell you what their best songs actually are. Today, I’ve compiled a few dark horse songs from some popular artists that I think deserve some shine.
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"For all of the positivity surrounding Friendsgiving, the celebration still revolves around the most controversial American tradition: Thanksgiving."
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"It’s important to remember holidays can be a difficult time for some students, and there must be resources for those who don’t have a traditional holiday experience planned. No matter where you plan to spend Thanksgiving, here are the Editorial Board’s unconventional ideas for celebrating the holiday in Chapel Hill."
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"If voters want to lay the groundwork for actual change in North Carolina, this is the moment to do it."
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"Rittenhouse did nothing wrong in the eyes of the law — and his lack of punishment reflects that. It doesn’t represent a flaw in the system because it was rigged to protect him."
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"If you have a chance, simply go out and support local venues — whether it’s going to a show or joining a membership to support the staff. Live events, especially local ones, are exciting experiences, especially after a year that has been spent primarily indoors."
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The success of Harry Styles' beauty line, Pleasing, highlights a problematic tendency within the beauty industry and other female-dominated fields.
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"The infrastructure bill is a massive success for North Carolinians: The bill makes critical investments into the state which will stimulate economic growth and improve our overall quality of life."
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"Gary the Pit Preacher better step aside because UNC had a new sheriff — or should I say, hate-spewing, self-resenting, God-fearing, unwelcome loudmouth — in town last week."
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"I certainly won’t be leaving this album behind anytime soon. Showcasing her colossal vocal talent and raw lyricism, '30' has made me fall in love with Adele all over again, like an old friend that comes around every five or six years."
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"The story of Cates is more than a hate crime. It is about the complicity of so many local institutions based in white supremacy — institutions whose difficult history we still have not reconciled today."
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"It’s a privilege to even have the opportunity to have these issues explained rather than learning as you go as someone who lives with the consequences of not being an able-bodied, cishet, rich white man in this country."
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"In a bid to make sure their message reaches and stays with people, many groups and individuals often resort to very extreme messaging or incendiary phrasing, which, while memorable, also tends to drive people away from the original goal."
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