Opinion

Cartoon for April 8, 2010

Cuba is evolving with new generation

This is not your father’s Cuba. Walk down the malecón, where the Caribbean meets the streets, and you’ll feel a strange air in the city of Havana. Cuba is changing.I find myself here while Cuba finds itself at a generational crossroads. The younger generation is becoming self-aware, and the older generation, which started the now half-century-old revolution, is fading away.

Broadband for all: Access to high-speed Internet in best interest to state

As a center for knowledge and technological development, UNC should lead the way in increasing broadband connectivity in North Carolina.

No more fearmongering: Town residents should take opportunity to learn about IFC’s proposed homeless shelter move more seriously

Chapel Hill residents need to show some trust in the Inter-Faith Council for Social Service.The IFC wants to move the homeless shelter from its current location at 100 W. Rosemary St. to a location at the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Homestead Road.

Fight for our dollar: Skepticism and scrutiny should be hallmark of Medlin’s involvement in ASG

If Student Body President Hogan Medlin is intent on working with the Association of Student Governments, he must enter the organization with a skeptical eye aimed toward reform.Students at UNC send a dollar of their fees to this systemwide organization, which purports to lobby on their behalf.

Being a resource: Frier pledges to optimize staff potential if she becomes next DTH editor

The Daily Tar Heel is at its best when it engages the University community in informed conversation. If I am selected editor, I will dedicate myself to reaching and connecting with our community more effectively. We can use the year to grow as a resource, both for our readers and for the student journalists we train.GOALS

Cartoon April 7, 2010

Imagine what could have been

Three seconds left, down by two, he rebounds the missed free throw. He eludes a defender and dribbles to half-court. Two seconds left. He loops around a screen, racing toward the basket. One second. He jumps and releases a prayer from 40 feet. The buzzer sounds. The shot banks off the backboard, rattles inside the rim and drops through the net with a satisfying “fffp.” He won it!

Be a ?erce advocate: Medlin should focus energy on communicating impacts of tuition increases and budget cuts to students

Student Body President Hogan Medlin had an impressive campaign. Now it’s time for him to prioritize his proposals as he transitions into his new role.He was inaugurated Tuesday evening. He now has one year to make his mark on the University.There are two issues that deserve his immediate and utmost attention: tuition increases and budget cuts.

A new approach to prevent violence

Never Again.” We have heard it before. We have heard it after the Holocaust, after Cambodia, after Rwanda. Does it really mean anything anymore?

Donate your time and blood to a great cause

TO THE EDITOR:None of us have super powers or run around in costumes. We can’t all be firemen or police officers. Not everyone is going to join the National Guard or protect civilians in the streets of Iraq.You can, however, save a life by giving blood.

QuickHits for April 6, 2010

iPad releaseThumbs upThe iPad debuted April 3. Scores lined up during the middle of the day to get one. (Yay for unemployment.) We wrote this QuickHit on our new iPad, and we only had to trample six people in order to get it.Census dayThumbs up

More coverage of winning sports teams is needed

TO THE EDITOR:How about focusing on our winning teams?The Daily Tar Heel should pay more respect to the many quality sports teams UNC has in addition to men’s basketball. However, I noticed that “SportsMonday” featured three articles with four color photos on one page for our men’s basketball team, which lost this weekend in the NIT finals.

Time to apply to join the peer advising program

TO THE EDITOR:You may or may not be aware that the peer advising program is expanding to new departments and trying to make this valuable resource more readily apparent on departmental Web sites after a substantial mid-year review of the program’s progress.

Dining halls not mindful of Jewish students’ needs

TO THE EDITOR:Dining halls on campus should accommodate Jewish students by supplying Lenoir Dining Hall and/or Rams Head Dining Hall with kosher options for Passover, or at least some matzah.

We love college: Decision to require all students to spend one year in on-campus housing ensures best college experience

A UNC housing policy change will ensure freshmen gain the valuable experience and campus connection that living on campus provides. Beginning in the fall of 2010, UNC freshmen will be required to live on campus for at least one full academic year. That includes all campus dorms and Granville towers.

Better research: Granting individual departments within the Graduate School greater autonomy is the right move

Some academic research endeavours take longer than others — which means some graduate students will need more time to complete their theses and dissertations.So the Graduate School made a wise choice when it decided to allow individual departments to grant semester cap waivers for graduate students.

Cartoon for April 6, 2010

Four ?ght to make DREAM a reality

How far would you go for a dream? I know four who will go the distance.On Jan. 1, Juan, Carlos, Felipe and Gaby started their 1,500-mile journey from Miami to Washington, D.C., on the Trail of Dreams. Today they arrive at UNC. Their goal: to raise awareness about the need for immigration reform and the DREAM Act.

Star light, star bright: Carrboro should pass lighting ordinance

The next time a meteor shower or a beautiful starlit sky appears above Carrboro, it might actually be possible to see it. Carrboro town staff have drafted a new ordinance that would create stricter guidelines for outdoor lighting.