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First-year students Kelly Ray and Sarah Prosser enjoy some strawberries on Polk Place on Feb. 25, 2021.

Ira Wilder

Opinion

Column: Hitting the reset button

By Caitlyn Yaede | May. 2

UNC students will get a fresh start when they come back to campus in the fall.

Track and field junior Madias Loper raises his fist during a march organized by UNC athletes to protest racial injustice on Aug. 29, 2020 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Athletes representing various UNC sports dressed in black, brought signs and called for the end of police brutality shortly after police shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back in Kenosha, Wis., on Aug. 23, 2020.

Angelica Edwards

Sports

Column: Sports and politics are inseparable, and it's time to treat them as such

By Caitlyn Yaede | Apr. 29

"There is no evidence that sports organizations have been, nor should be, apolitical. They exist in a political world, hold events in blue and red cities, are owned by people who have political opinions and cater to fans with their own political identities."

Ben Shapiro speaks at The Left's Obsession With Race: An Evening with Ben Shapiro, presented by UNC College Republicans in Caroll Hall on Wednesday night.

Opinion

Column: PragerU, 'liberal lies' and the war against higher education

By Caitlyn Yaede | Apr. 20

PragerU and Turning Point USA have given new life to the art of discrediting and devaluing higher education.

DTH Photo Illustration. A student pulls up the Twitter app on their phone. With UNC's campus shutdown in the spring, more and more students have turned to social media for activist work.

Parker Brown

Opinion

Column: From social media to mutual aid

By Caitlyn Yaede | Apr. 6

"At best, limiting your advocacy to social media posts and shares will at least bring awareness about issues that many people would lack otherwise. At worst, these so-called displays of activism are performative attempts to gain clout from serious and complex issues."

In this 2019 file photo, David Dobrik attends Variety's Power of Young Hollywood at The H Club Los Angeles. Photo courtesy of Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images/TNS.

Opinion

Column: Stan culture fails to hold creators accountable

By Caitlyn Yaede | Mar. 29

"The expectation that we provide unwavering fanship to celebrities and influencers is not only unhealthy for us and for creators, but also for victims."

DTH Editorial Board member Caitlyn Yaede poses for a virtual portrait from her home on March 13, 2021. Yaede writes about her struggles as a first-generation college student during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Opinion

Column: First generation students deserve more from UNC

By Caitlyn Yaede | Mar. 14

"Perhaps now more than ever, UNC should take first-generation students into consideration: the emotional and academic barriers they face, and how virtual learning has fostered a disconnect between first generations and campus culture."