Opinion - The Daily Tar Heel

Op-ed: How and when to vote

Oct. 4

Wake County Board of Elections member Gerry Cohen provides some important information about voting.

DTH Archive, Jan. 5, 1967. The first weekly peace watch was held yesterday afternoon with up to 100 to 150 protestors in attendance. Photo by Jock Lauterer.

Old North State stories: That time students threw rocks at their professors

By Michael Beauregard | Oct. 1

Columnist Michael Beauregard highlights some little-known instances of student rebellion at UNC.

Editorial: Why we endorse candy corn

By Editorial Board | Oct. 1

We love candy corn, and you should, too.

Viewpoints: Candy corn is beyond redemption

By Editorial Board | Oct. 1

We hate candy corn. Here's why.

Column: Work is wherever the person is

By Brooke Dougherty | Oct. 1

"What needs to be done in order to establish new boundaries? When the pandemic dissipates, what will we be left with?"

DTH Photo Illustration. Female computer science majors at UNC Chapel Hill turn to each other for support as they navigate being in a male-dominated department.

Column: Twitter's and Zoom's algorithms illustrate why diversity in tech matters

By Rajee Ganesan | Oct. 1

"A lack of diversity in technology, as well as a disregard for ethics in the development of algorithms, consistently disadvantages women and people of color, whether it's in the use of the technology itself or in the lack of support for these individuals in the workforce."

Column: Don't let North Carolina disintegrate democracy

By Ryan Smoot | Sep. 29

"If Trump loses North Carolina’s popular vote in November, there is a clear, sinister path for our state legislature to elect Trump regardless. Make no mistake, it would trigger a behemoth of a trial — one that would eventually land in a Republican-dominated Supreme Court."

Column: UNC's inadequacy punishes survivors of sexual violence

By Ria Chheda | Sep. 29

"By building the basic infrastructure needed to support survivors, we can start to address why UNC, and college culture in general, is founded in inherent violence, and create a campus culture which not only adequately responds to violence but eradicates it in the first place."

Column: Is America really as divided as it seems?

By Sheel Patel | Sep. 27

"Most of the country believes we are divided. But, ironically, we also agree on more societal issues than we believe we do."

Cartoon: P2P

By Tate Godwin | Sep. 27

Voters cast their ballots during the midterm election at Frank Porter Graham School on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018.

Editorial: Election Day should be an academic holiday

By Editorial Board | Sep. 27

"Colleges and universities have an obligation to ensure that work and academic commitments do not function as yet another form of voter suppression and disenfranchisement imposed on marginalized students and workers in this country."

Column: Navigating digital sex in a pandemic

By Savannah Bradley | Sep. 27

Bumble has experienced an 84 percent increase in video call volume and longevity, and the adult platform OnlyFans has reported a 75 percent increase in sign-ups, a number likely to grow as more people turn to cybersex work in the wake of COVID-19 layoffs. In the wake of these increases, we need to have a conversation about how we can make things safer.

DTH Photo Illustration. COVID-19 has affected many fall activities, but students are still making the most of the season. Some favorite fall drinks include apple cider and pumpkin spice-flavored tea and coffee.

Viewpoints: How we feel about the pumpkin spice latte

By Editorial Board | Sep. 27

Opposing factions of The Daily Tar Heel's Editorial Board weigh in on the Pumpkin Spice Latte from Starbucks.

Editorial: How to be a good neighbor

By Editorial Board | Sep. 27

"Even though most students only live in Chapel Hill nine months out of the year, it is important to realize that we share a space with almost 60,000 permanent residents."

Cartoon: TGIF

By Tate Godwin | Sep. 24

DTH Photo Illustration depicting a nasal swab used for COVID-19 testing.

Column: How UNC can learn from its peers on COVID-19

By Rajee Ganesan | Sep. 24

"UNC must learn from not only their mistakes in August, but also from the mistakes and successes of other universities that are attempting to reopen as well."

Column: Three songs that have gotten me through 2020 (thus far)

By Trevor Stevenson | Sep. 24

Columnist Trevor Stevenson shares three songs that have helped him survive 2020 (thus far).

Column: Cutting graduate recruitment won't fix the problem

By Jennifer Standish | Sep. 22

"As a graduate worker in the department reflecting on my four years of agitating for higher stipends, I am mostly concerned about how our department came to this decision, and how it relates to existing wealth and power differentials within academia."

DTH Photo Illustration. Digital Managing Editor Will Melfi deletes "guilty pleasure" apps to limit his own screen time.

Column: Managing your own social dilemma

By Will Melfi | Sep. 22

"Social media is neither good nor bad. It just is. How we use it is what matters."

Column: Are we even speaking the same language?

By Layla Peykamian | Sep. 22

"Although our generational vocabulary might be different, we are, in the most fundamental way, speaking the same code."