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By any other name: Students' quest for a name change makes surprising sense

By Editorial Board | November 8

If students at UNC-Charlotte want to change its name to the “University of Charlotte,” then they should be allowed to. Megan Smith, UNC-C student body president, is leading the charge to differentiate. She stated that credit for the school’s “crowning glories and achievements” is being given to UNC. Chapel Hill, that is.

The population we can all hate

By Saffa Khan | November 8

In the quaint little town of Chapel Hill, nestled in the bucolic milieu, is a population of millions that are oft neglected, or at least until they cause a commotion. They roam freely in the lounges, the bathrooms, the classrooms, the dining halls — they are everywhere. They don’t pay tuition or taxes or dues of any sort. Their only contribution to society is the misery they evoke.

Irrelevant regulation: Formal autonomy for the CAA is long overdue

By Editorial Board | November 8

At its meeting tonight, Student Congress will consider “a bill to provide greater autonomy to the Carolina Athletic Association.” We believe they should pass it. Under Title VII of the Student Code, CAA cabinet appointments are subject to the approval of the rules and judiciary committee. This might have made sense in the past when Congress and the CAA worked more closely together. But now, that is no longer the case.

Three cheers for Bowles: Erskine Bowles was a five-star recruit for the UNC-system presidency-five years on, he has lived up to the hype

By Editorial Board | November 8

The University of North Carolina system has much to be thankful for from the past five years of Erskine Bowles’ leadership. Five years ago, a rather smug UNC system announced that Bowles, a former White House chief of staff, would be its next president.

Keep progress flowing: Grant to provide water to Rogers Road only a start

By Editorial Board | November 7

After last spring’s study confirmed widespread well water contamination in the Rogers Road neighborhood, there is little question the area’s water and sewage system needs attention.

'Freshman Perspective' columnist is out of touch

By Letter to the Editor | November 7

TO THE EDITOR: The odds of writing four successive columns, each worse than the previous, is 1/16, or 6.25 percent.

Shedding light on the nature of light

By Nick Mykins | November 7

As a student of physics, I’ve noticed that a lot of times, it’s helpful to think of certain difficult concepts in terms of simple things with which I’m already somewhat familiar. For example, I sometimes think of electrical circuits as water flowing through a series of little pipes. In this analogy, pumps represent batteries, water flowing past a certain point represents electrical current and some sort of obstacle that impedes the flow is a resistor.

Antoine Dodson making the best of tough situation

By Letter to the Editor | November 7

TO THE EDITOR: On Nov. 3, a student wrote a letter (“?‘Bed Intruder Song’ makes light of sexual assault”) claiming the “Bed Intruder” YouTube video is offensive in that it makes light of the issue of rape and sexual assault. This was in response to an Antoine Dodson costume seen on Franklin Street on Halloween.

Record keeping mistakes will not happen again

By Letter to the Editor | November 7

TO THE EDITOR: Regarding the Oct. 27 article “UNC School of Education audit reveals wrongly reported leave hours,” I’d like to iterate a few important points.

Bill to redistrict Student Congress seats is flawed

By Letter to the Editor | November 7

TO THE EDITOR: Tomorrow, Student Congress will vote on a redistricting bill that, if passed, would alter the distribution of seats in the body.

Trifecta of tax problems: Poor timing, wording and marketing killed the sales tax

By Editorial Board | November 7

On Nov. 2, the voters rejected a quarter-cent sales tax increase for Orange County.

Free to be bigoted: The First Amendment exists to protect the ?expression of ideas, even offensive ones

By Editorial Board | November 7

Free expression is a simple phrase with a broad meaning.

Registration times aren’t fair for some students

By Letter to the Editor | November 4

TO THE EDITOR: The UNC registration needs to be re-structured. The randomization of registration times makes it so that some students simply cannot get into classes that they need.

We should find comedy in life without kvetching

By Letter to the Editor | November 4

TO THE EDITOR: Occasionally, a letter to the editor is published kvetching about kvetches.

Kvetching board for November 5, 2010

By Kvetching Board | November 4

kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain To the boy making my sandwich at Alpine: There is a fine line between being funny and completely insensitive. Guess which one making fun of my stuttering problem by asking me if I wanted a “puh-puh-pickle” would be under?

Deanna does districts: Redistricting bill introduced by Speaker Santoro is a start to achieving needed reform

By Editorial Board | November 4

Student Congress is tasked with reevaluating congressional districts.

Crazy crowds change to crazy cops

By Hinson Neville | November 4

A line of heavily armed men on motorcycles simultaneously rev up their engines preparing to push civilians out of their way. The intimidation factor is heightened by their impenetrable helmets and black uniforms. Behind this tightly packed line of motorcycles marches armed men followed by a huge empty bus, a fleet of patrol cars, and several enormous public works vehicles.

Broken promises: University wrongly uses contour mining

By Editorial Board | November 4

The University should never promise students one thing and do another. This includes using loopholes to get around a problem.

Precinct predicament: Current precinct lines are confusing and inconvenient for students trying to vote on election day

By Editorial Board | November 4

Student confusion should be avoided for future elections by making Morehead Planetarium and Science Center an Election Day voting site. On Tuesday, an estimated 400 students showed up to vote at Morehead Planetarium to cast their votes, only to be redirected to their assigned voting sites.

Lawsuit is about more than football

By Evan Rose | November 4

Since news broke that the Daily Tar Heel and seven other media organizations have filed suit for the release of several records related to the investigations of our football team, readers have responded en masse. Many of you have decided the DTH editors need to rein in their ego, quit resume-building and repent for their betrayal of UNC.