Column: North Carolina should implement tuition-free community college
"Today, as we face shortages in skilled labor and look towards an uncertain economic future, it would seem best that we join our fellow states in ensuring that all determined citizens are able to get a secondary education to help fulfill our great state’s needs."
Editorial: A thank you to the University's essential workers
The Editorial Board has an incredible amount of respect and gratitude for the work of employees who keep the University’s doors open, pandemic or not.
Column: When your first semester is one week
"In the meantime, do what you need to do. Feel how you need to feel. Screw pants, keep wearing pajamas. Yes, eat the entire quart of ice cream in the freezer."
Editorial: We all saw this coming
"The administration continues to prove they have no shame, and the bar for basic decency keeps getting lower."
Column: Undergraduate students must foster solidarity and organize
"Undergraduates should come to realize that their interests lie in fostering solidarity with graduate and campus workers. Stop partying, wear your mask and follow guidelines."
Column: What the UC Santa Cruz student reinstatement means for direct action at UNC
The results of the UC Santa Cruz lawsuit demonstrate the essential claim of graduate student workers across the academy: universities literally cannot work without our labor, and threatening or firing graduate students is untenable.
Op-ed: Changing the system from the inside out
"We have an obligation to leave the world much better than we found it, but the only way we can do that is to ensure we eradicate the very system that systematically enslaves our people today."
Editorial: Enforcement of UNC's community standards must be transparent
"All students who are coming to Chapel Hill have a responsibility to adhere to guidelines and actively work to limit the spread of COVID-19. But the increased threat of citations and police presence can make for an unsettling environment, especially for students of color."
Old North State stories: The terrifying beasts of Torpedo Junction
"Today, we face another invisible evil. We are confronted by an enemy that knows no morality, recognizes no humanity and seeks only to destroy us. Through a concerted effort and progressive action, we can take down that enemy just as our ancestors took down the unseen beasts of Torpedo Junction."
Letter: The Daily Tar Heel should use the term 'student-athlete'
"We, the Student-Athlete Advisory Council, believe this declaration of a binary identity is disrespectful and severely understates our responsibilities. It is our understanding that you did not consult with the student-athlete body before announcing you would no longer refer to us as just that — student-athletes."
Editorial: You spoke. The University didn't listen.
One editorial is not enough space to list all of UNC’s mistakes leading into this semester. So here is a non-comprehensive list of questions and grievances the Editorial Board has against the University.
Op-ed: UNC furloughs international graduate workers amid coronavirus pandemic
"We quietly accept these indignities while American institutions use us to build their 'global' brand. We cope by focusing our attention on other Americans who make life livable."
Column: A college athletes' union is long overdue
As conferences weigh health risks and others cancel their football seasons, the movement to organize players may be a significant turning point in the NCAA’s history of amateur sports.
