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Hungry for competition: Restrictions on food trucks need relaxing

By Editorial Board | September 20

On Wednesday, Sept. 15th, the Chapel Hill Town Council received a petition calling for food trucks to be allowed to vend within city limits.

Fight injustice: join the kick-off rally on Polk Place

September 20

Today we have a unique opportunity to join the UNC-CH NAACP and other organizations in their Kick-Off Rally in Polk Place.

Apply to become part of Admissions Ambassadors

By Letter to the Editor | September 20

As UNC students, we have been presented with amazing opportunities, had incredible experiences and made life-long friends.

Judge artists based on their art, not their past

By Letter to the Editor | September 20

An artist’s work should be judged independently of an artist’s life.

Information is power: Assault reporting boxes are effective and innovative

By Editorial Board | September 20

The Office of the Dean of Students efforts to expand how victims can report sexual assault is an important and laudable step toward combatting sexual violence at UNC. The new method — report collection through boxes in bathrooms — is particularly useful because the method of reporting is both non-invasive and entirely within the control of the victim.

Searching for syllabi: Fayetteville State’s posting of course syllabi is a model of transparency for the whole system

By Editorial Board | September 20

We might like to think that UNC-Chapel Hill is the best in the UNC system, but in course content information, Fayetteville State University has us beat big time.

Can you really have love at first sex?

By Perry Tsai | September 20

I’ll admit it. I’ve had sex on the first date. Actually, I’ve had sex before the first date, or any dates for that matter. Ok, I agree it’s not terribly earth-shattering. A lot of people enjoy casual, non-romantic sex, but I get the same question over and over: “Don’t you want a boyfriend?” to which I respond with a firm and decidedly non-desperate “Yeah. Sure.”

How to critique the source and the story

By Evan Rose | September 19

In the past month or so, you’ve read a lot about housekeepers, their management and the “sit-down” policy in this newspaper. This is good. Coverage of the policy, which requires housekeepers to get permission for extra breaks, should be the DTH’s sweet spot — it’s an issue readers are talking about and the paper is in an ideal position to cover.

Should he stay or should he go?: The evidence points to letting Davis go, but too much has been invested to make a snap decision

By Editorial Board | September 19

Whether or not Butch Davis had any knowledge of his players’ transgressions, it seems clear that there are problems with his leadership. If Davis was directly involved in facilitating players’ academic or agent-related violations, the issue is one of unsound ethics, and the solution is relatively simple: Davis should be fired.

Maybe mosque argument just a question of distance

By Letter to the Editor | September 19

In “Opposition to the mosque must be because of Islam” (Sept. 16), the author, Lindsay Alexander, assumes that opposition to the mosque being built near Ground Zero must stem from anti-Islamic beliefs.

Study abroad showed lack of responsiveness

By Letter to the Editor | September 19

Having studied in Havana in 2006, I was truly disappointed to hear that UNC’s Cuba program had been canceled this year. I do not deny the last-minute complications that made cancellation of the program necessary.

N.C. State’s ticketing policy is the fairest, most logical

By Letter to the Editor | September 19

I hate how we do basketball ticket distributions here at UNC. I have been witness to five UNC basketball seasons as a student and a wide array of ticket policies, from bracelets and 7 a.m. lines to phases and single tickets.

Home schooling gives kids a wide-reaching education

By Letter to the Editor | September 19

Home schooling is extremely broad, contrary to what Orange County Board of Education member Brenda Stephens stated (“Setback for homeschoolers,” Sept. 16).

A taxing problem: UNC should apply sales tax to online merchandise

By Editorial Board | September 19

The state of North Carolina is not seeing a whole lot of sales tax revenue from online sales of UNC athletic gear. UNC is contributing to this problem, and should take the steps to fix it.

A time for choosing: We can't hold Student Congress accountable if we don't take an active stake

By Editorial Board | September 19

A special election will be held online tomorrow to fill congressional seats for districts 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8. In the past, these elections have seen some pretty dismal turnouts.

Kvetching board for September 17, 2010

September 16

kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain To Morrison Basketball girl: We miss your scantily clad basketball skills.

Laying out the rules of laziness

By David Bierer | September 16

The other day I attempted to turn off my light without leaving the warm confines of my bed. After stretching and struggling for a good minute and a half, I thought to myself “God! How pathetically lazy am I that I can’t even get out of bed to turn out a light?” Is there any possible way to justify this egregious act of sloth? I determined that while my specific act of laziness may have been inexcusable, laziness in certain instances may be justifiable and even necessary.

Shift to clean energy has to be led by Universities

By Letter to the Editor | September 16

Over the last nine months, UNC’s Energy Task Force has been carefully reviewing our Climate Action Plan, seeking alternatives to coal and innovative ideas for reducing energy use. With the task force’s work nearly completed, it’s time to consider how this task force’s goals can be translated into a statewide effort to examine energy use at the 17 schools of the UNC system.

Rameses Recycles turns it green this football season

By Letter to the Editor | September 16

This Saturday, Sept. 18 marks the UNC football home opener — and also the kick-off for Rameses Recycles, a multi-departmental effort to expand greening efforts at UNC athletic events.

Hispanic heritage month: An American celebration

By Ron Bilbao | September 16

Did you know that in 1822 Joseph Marion Hernández of Florida became the first Hispanic elected to the U.S.