Editorial: @sams_reckoning should not have to exist
Sam's Reckoning has found that a total of 1,491 slaves were owned by the families of the 31 deceased Confederate UNC soldiers that the account has researched so far.
Letter to the Editor: The next generation of leaders
"And to the next generation of student leaders, I say this: Your leadership matters because Carolina needs leading. Now more than ever."
Editorial: Singing the praises of the Unsung Founders
"The design of the monument invites disrespect through its accessibility and inherent purpose of serving the public. When people use it as a place to sit and eat, it is almost as though the founders are once more doing a service to the community’s more privileged members."
Letter to the Editor: Uphold the dignity of UNC campus workers
"UNC’s administration should not only be “devoted” to students and faculty; they should also uphold the dignity of the University’s campus workers."
Column: Classrooms shouldn't be afraid of technology
"Technology shouldn’t replace traditional teaching, which is what I’ve seen it utilized for in 13 years of primary and secondary public education. But we certainly shouldn’t be afraid of it."
Letter to the editor: Today's Carolina is not the same
"What this place needs is a few leaders who know intellectual integrity at closer than second hand."
Column: What it’s like to be a woman with ADHD
Studies estimate that as many as 50 to 75 percent of girls with ADHD are never diagnosed.
Column: Cardi B, we don't like it like that
But no proletariat revolution has ever originated on Instagram live inside of a multi-millionaire’s walk-in closet. Tomi Lahren is right: it’s disturbingly comical how fame has become a golden soapbox for celebrities to spread their hypocritical agendas.
Column: White is a race
The college admissions process is complex and universities are uniquely, inherently selective. So, most react to rejection with the quip that, “It just be like that sometimes.”
Editorial: A solution for Aycock Residence Hall
"The Undergraduate Senate passed a resolution Tuesday that recommended renaming Aycock Hall. The resolution passed without debate. Unfortunately, the resolution is merely symbolic."
YAFI: In which we fix cybersecurity issues once and for all
Kent and Annie give advice on sexting, keeping healthy and mourning.
Column: Google thinks I'm a bad writer (and other thoughts on data collection)
Technology is so deeply intertwined with our lives that our data is at greater risk than anyone else’s. We’re on Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and so many other apps, and sharing so much of our day to day activities on them, while failing to consider how what we think is private information that can be used by these companies.
Column: Please, criticize journalists more
"Journalists hold a uniquely powerful position in society, and, as such, our mistakes can wreck lives. Criticism from the public is necessary to hold us accountable and to remind us that we, like everyone else, are fallible."
Column: Surviving the sophomore slumps
"Campus culture can be toxic – given the competition, pressure and expectations, it’s no wonder so many students suffer."
Column: The Theater of Security Administration
As recently as 2015, the TSA failed to detect smuggled weapons during tests 95% of the time.
Column: Folt and small government
"Powerful and accountable local government can be affected by the desires of the citizens much more quickly than a lumbering federal bureaucracy might be."
Column: Don't worry, we can make it worse
"So, let’s be the most awful, let’s try and outdo ourselves and elect someone even more unqualified, even less presidential come 2020."
