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Taylor Swift performs at MetLife Stadium during her Reputation Stadium Tour in 2018. Photo courtesy of Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media

Viewpoints: Our favorite Taylor Swift albums

By Editorial Board | Feb. 16

The Editorial Board — joined by fellow members of The Daily Tar Heel staff — reflects on our favorite Taylor Swift albums.

UNC First-years Celina Chung (undecided), Maya Gopal (mathematics and computer science), and Oliva Clark (anthropology and global studies) follow the mask and social distancing requirements on Chapel Hill Transit while riding to their destination on Feb. 14. "I've felt very safe with the safety measures," they said.

Quiz: What Chapel Hill Transit bus route are you?

Feb. 16

Which Chapel Hill Transit bus route are you? Take our quiz to find out!

"[Being in a fraternity] is not the only aspect of my identity, and I think that, quite frankly, I want to be able to display the different aspects of not only myself and what I’ve done at Carolina, but also what I want to be able to do with the Student Body," junior student Reeves Moseley said outside of the UNC Center for School Leadership Development on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. "I think that just displaying me in front of PIKA is going to misconstrue the fact that what I am trying to do is not completely intertwined with PIKA, and that is again, not the only aspect of my identity." Moseley, who is running for Student Body President, came out to the UNC Board of Trustees meeting to stand with the students from Eastern Carolina University in protest of the misuse of authority by ECU Board of Trustee members Robert Moore and Phil Lewis.

Op-ed: Student government needs you

Feb. 16

Student Body President Reeves Moseley and GPSF President Ryan Collins share information about the upcoming student government elections.

Members of UNC Running club run together in masks across Hooker Fields to warm up on Friday, Sept. 4, 2020. They are happy to be able to continue practicing together with new precautions in place amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Column: Take advantage of your free time

By Ana Sofia Thomas | Feb. 16

"In the end, free time should be used to recharge — whatever that means for you."

DTH Photo Illustration. iCarly was recently added to Netflix, and we want to know: which iCarly character are you?

Quiz: Which iCarly character are you?

By Editorial Board | Feb. 11

Which iCarly character are you? Take this quiz to find out!

DTH Photo Illustration. With coffee shops limited during the pandemic, many students have been becoming baristas of their own.

Editorial: Self-love tips for your wellness days

By Editorial Board | Feb. 11

Wellness days are an opportunity for students to destress and show themselves some love. Here are the Editorial Board’s socially distanced self-care tips for your extra-long weekend.

Column: I wish you were here

By Brooke Dougherty | Feb. 11

If we are to learn anything from times like these, it is that connection matters, and nothing should be taken for granted.

View of South Building from Polk Place, or the quad, on Sunday, June 7, 2020.

Quiz: Which 2021 UNC scandal are you?

By Editorial Board | Feb. 11

Which 2021 UNC scandal are you? Take our quiz to find out!

Students walk past campaign signs for student body president candidates Ashton Martin and Jane Tullis in the Pit on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019.

Column: Choosing a student body president

By Paige Masten | Feb. 11

The editorial board of The Daily Tar Heel has a tradition of endorsing a candidate for student body president each year. But why do we do this, and how does it work?

Campus-goers approach the Old Well and South Building on Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019.

Editorial: A letter to the class of 2025

By Editorial Board | Feb. 10

We raise both a toast and challenge to you.

This Memorial, located in the Adams School of Dentistry, is dedicated to Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha, pictured on Tuesday, Feb 11,2020. It has been five years since their deaths.

Editorial: The legacy of Our Three Winners

By Editorial Board | Feb. 10

Deah, Yusor and Razan were taken from us far too soon. Today — and every day — we choose to embody their spirit and remember their lives.

Quiz: Which Girl Scout cookie are you?

By Editorial Board | Feb. 9

Which Girl Scout cookie are you? Take our quiz to find out!

Viewpoints: Should the UNC-Miami game have been canceled?

By Rajee Ganesan , Ben Rappaport and Vance Stiles | Feb. 9

On Monday, two hours before game time, the UNC men's basketball team's scheduled ACC matchup with Miami was indefinitely postponed. Some of our Editorial Board members weigh in on the situation here.

A group of students protest UNC's coal plant at the Old Well on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. The protest was organized by multiple local and university groups, including the Student Environmental Action Coalition and UNC Reinvest.

Op-ed: Challenging UNC to invest in our future

Feb. 9

Despite claiming to be a beacon of social progress, UNC directly funds the climate crisis through its investments in the fossil fuel industry.

DTH Photo Illustration. Many think that Euphoria may be difficult for watchers due to its striking resemblance to real life. However, it is an important factor in the conversation about drugs and sexuality.

Column: Euphoria is difficult to watch. That may be the point.

By Savannah Bradley | Feb. 8

"'Euphoria' may deserve better, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t deserve our attention."

Lenoir Dining Hall is one of 14 buildings across campus in which students are able to use Meal Swipes, PLUS Swipes, or Dining Flex. Photo taken on April 22, 2019.

Editorial: It's time to fully reopen Lenoir

By Editorial Board | Feb. 8

In this unprecedented year and semester, can we at least have some normalcy with our dining options?

An empty classroom in Murphey hall on Feb 6, 2021. In person classes are scheduled to start Monday Feb 7.

Editorial: UNC makes the cowardly decision — again

By Editorial Board | Feb. 7

"Do we want to wait and watch for a second time as the University weighs putting students at undue risk against the monetary loss of shutting down?"

UNC fans rush Franklin Street and light a mattress on fire after UNC's basketball team triumphs over Duke despite COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021.

Editorial: Go to hell, Carolina

By Editorial Board | Feb. 7

These fleeting moments of fun have a deadly cost – one that we will all have to pay.

DTH Photo Illustration. With many of UNC's classes being moved online, students adjust to the new class format.

Column: Hitting the pandemic wall

By Aditi Kharod | Feb. 7

"We have been in fight-or-flight mode since March, and nearly everyone I know is feeling more tired, helpless and pessimistic than ever before."

DTH Photo Illustration. President Trump signed Executive Order 13856 on Thursday, March 21, 2019 allowing the government to withhold research funding from colleges and universities that fail to protect free speech. Trump emphasized this measure as being for those "challenging rigid, far-left ideology."

Column: The social and political divisions of an online education

By Layla Peykamian | Feb. 7

"Due to the pandemic, we face an alarmingly low degree of exposure to new perspectives. College students face this during a formative time when we should be growing our perspectives, not shrinking them."