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Law students and professors at the UNC School of Law are working to raise awareness about the wealth inequality in law school and the legal field. They cite the fact that many law students take unpaid internships over the summer, especially in fields of "public interest."

Bailey Young

Opinion

Column: UNC Law devalues public interest work

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | May. 10

"There are many factors that must go into budgetary decisions, some of which are indisputably valid. But public interest work is constantly devalued. It is devalued economically, in how different legal institutions are funded. It is devalued politically, in how public defenders and legal services are not invested in. It is devalued in labor, down to the extreme pay gap present even in summer internships."

Jodie Londono

Opinion

Column: Silent Sam still looms over campus

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Apr. 3

"The removal of Silent Sam was long overdue, but his departure mirrored its origins. Since that fateful protest, Black students have faced criminal charges while white supremacist and neo-Confederate groups have found ways to use the statue to promote their lost cause."

The Morehead-Patterson Bell Tower stands after sunset on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.

Ira Wilder

Opinion

Column: The case against permanent daylight saving time

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Mar. 23, 2022

"People want more daylight, but the reality is that we need it on our morning commutes just as much as we need it at any other time. So let’s ditch the clock adjusting and just stick with standard time — we can have our sunlight and enjoy it too."

Laura Saavedra Forero, a freshman neuroscience major, poses for a portrait outside of UNC's Student Union on Oct. 26. "My life shouldn't be put at greater risk due to the University's sheer disregard for its disabled students," Saavedra said.

Kayden Hunt

Opinion

Column: Where is the accountability to disabled students?

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Mar. 10, 2022

"UNC has shown that when it actually cares about something, then it can produce swift and deliberate change and accountability. So when it stalls on accessibility, racial justice initiatives, financial aid or paying reasonable wages to all of its workers, it is clear it simply does not care. It is time for UNC to put action behind its promises and make this campus actually accessible for all of its students."

Asian American community leaders place flowers on a memorial for murder victim Christina Yuna Lee after an anti-Asian hate rally in Sarah D. Roosevelt Park on Feb. 15, 2022 in Manhattan, New York. Photo courtesy of Barry Williams/New York Daily News/TNS.

Opinion

Column: Transformative justice is key in addressing Asian American violence

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Feb. 21, 2022

"We will continue to see more and more violence if we rely on the same tired responses to violent crime. In order to move forward and create a world where Asian Americans are actually safer, we need a path forward that addresses all of the issues highlighted by these killings. Transformative justice models can help us chart that path."

Uma Thurman stars as the Bride in "Kill Bill Vol. 2," released in 2004. Photo courtesy of AMX/TNS.

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Opinion

Column: Male writing of female revenge limits our understanding of justice

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Jan. 23, 2022

"We are challenged to root for these women by the invisible men behind the camera, but while their cinematic visions are often enthralling, their insight is shockingly limited when it comes to questioning what justice is. This dearth is the result of a failure of imagination."

A ramp leads to the Old Well on Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.

Ira Wilder

Opinion

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Jan. 10, 2022

"Now, I’m assumed to add so little to my classes that it is perfectly acceptable when I’m not really a part of them. I see campus opening back up and administrators sticking their heads in the sand, and the only decision being delegated to me is whether or not I risk my life to attend my classes. That’s a difficult decision to make."

DTH Photo Illustration. Thanksgiving is this Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021.

Cora McAnulty

Opinion

Column: We don't need to keep doing Friendsgiving

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Nov. 22, 2021

"For all of the positivity surrounding Friendsgiving, the celebration still revolves around the most controversial American tradition: Thanksgiving."

Research technician Katherine Sholtis works in the Margolis Lab of the HIV Cure Center in the Genetic Medicine Research Building on Nov. 15, 2018. Photo courtesy of Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill.

Opinion

Column: It’s about time — Campus Health will bring STI testing in-house

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Nov. 16, 2021

"Infections like STIs are a public health issue, and we need health services to be easily accessible in order for people to actually use them. Campus Health is getting easier to access, but it still needs work."

The Old Well is pictured on Oct. 17, 2021.

Anna Connors

Opinion

Column: We shouldn’t still be squabbling over affirmative action

By Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher | Oct. 25, 2021

"Yes, it is frustrating whenever anyone receives an advantage in college admissions — fair or not. However, the real problem is that we have to play this ridiculous game in the first place."

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Nicholas Li-wen Hatcher

Column: UNC Law devalues public interest work

Column: Silent Sam still looms over campus

Column: The case against permanent daylight saving time

Column: Where is the accountability to disabled students?

Column: Transformative justice is key in addressing Asian American violence

Column: Male writing of female revenge limits our understanding of justice

Column: Disabled people are experts on our own health

Column: We don't need to keep doing Friendsgiving

Column: It’s about time — Campus Health will bring STI testing in-house

Column: We shouldn’t still be squabbling over affirmative action

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