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Monday May 29th


Walk this way: SafeWalk program should expand to locations off campus to better address student needs

SafeWalk needs to be expanded to off-campus locations. This expansion should be underwritten by the University as part of fulfilling its commitment to student safety. At last week’s SafeWalk Advisory Board Meeting, student leaders presented statistics that point to a great start for the program and discussed scenarios for expansion of its coverage area.

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Ask and tell: Senior unfairly discharged from ROTC; UNC should take a stand against discriminatory Army policy

The antiquated “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” policy that prohibits openly gay individuals from serving in the U.S. military has reached an all-time low. Now it has extended its deleterious effects to the University. Senior Sara Isaacson identified herself as a lesbian to the Army ROTC earlier this semester. The response that followed was nothing short of egregious.

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Don’t disrupt speech: Protesters should let Tancredo speak; the former congressman’s ideas will do enough to discredit him

Protestors have promised that resistance to today’s visit by former U.S. Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Colo., will not go unnoticed.Last year, when UNC students gathered to protest Tancredo’s presence, a window was broken, pepper spray was in the air and the former U.S. congressman’s speech was cut drastically short to only about five minutes.

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Different kind of kvetching board

A different kind of kvetching board made its way onto campus earlier this month. Cornerstone, a Christian student group, placed a blank board outside the Pit to allow students to write down the reasons why they are not Christians. The responses ranged from questions about hell to doubts about the veracity of the Bible.

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Different kind of kvetching board

A different kind of kvetching board made its way onto campus earlier this month. Cornerstone, a Christian student group, placed a blank board outside the Pit to allow students to write down the reasons why they are not Christians. The responses ranged from questions about hell to doubts about the veracity of the Bible.

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Please bring back the old media

Here we are at the end of the year, and while there is a wealth of topics to consider for my last column, I feel I must be rather old-fashioned today and criticize our culture’s current obsession with “social media.” And I’m okay with being old-fashioned on this particular issue. Because as college students, we are nothing if not social.

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Stop the spam

University Career Services provides a wonderful service for those going into the workforce. But its incessant e-mails advertising networking events and job fairs are becoming more like spam every day.E-mails from UCS are not sent to students based on a listserv subscription.

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Drill, baby, drill

The University might seem like a safe place. But that shouldn’t stop the UNC Department of Public Safety from being prepared for the worst.And it hasn’t.The University participated in an active shooter simulation on campus Wednesday at the Outdoor Education Center.

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Pursue plea bargain

To the relief of the UNC  community and former Student Body President Eve Carson’s family and friends, Demario James Atwater pleaded guilty Monday to federal charges related to Carson’s death. Atwater’s plea bargain is the first big step in bringing long-needed closure in the wake of Carson’s death.

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World needs globalized workforce

Three weeks from today, I say goodbye to my life as a UNC undergrad and embrace an uncertain future. Many of my friends have good entry-level jobs or plans to attend grad school. Some may just move in with their parents for a while. But the closest thing I have to a plan is a plane ticket to China.

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