The Daily Tar Heel

11/21/2024

PREVIEW: UNC football is bowl eligible for the sixth straight season and the Tar Heels will look to extend their winning streak to four straight games with a victory over Boston College.

Here are three keys for a UNC win as the team travels to Chestnut Hill, Mass. to take on the Eagles on Saturday.

The Tar Heels must stop the run, find their rhythm through the air and continue building confidence in the defense to notch a win against Boston College.

11/21/2024

COLUMN: "Just because someone says they are clean, doesn't make it true," Harry Black writes. "As someone who says they’re 6-foot-1 on dating apps, trust me — people lie. Especially when they want to sleep with you."

"As for pleasure, I understand that condoms may not feel great, but neither do ge***al warts."

11/21/2024

REVIEW: "However, I did realize while listening that although 'Talk Tuah' does not discuss politics directly, it still felt a bit charged," Mollie Ray writes. "Welch uses her vulgar vocabulary and rowdy voice to charm her viewers, a simple but successful strategy I’ve seen before."

Staff writer Mollie Ray ponders whether "Hawk Tuah Girl" Hailey Welch is the tip of a cultural iceberg in her review of her podcast, "Talk Tauh."

11/21/2024

OP-ED: "With a fascist in office, this far-reaching federal action is now impossible. It is abundantly clear that this government won't fight for us. Therefore, we must fight for ourselves." Talia Wilson and Hannah Hayes write.

"With a fascist in office, this far-reaching federal action is now impossible. It is abundantly clear that this government won't fight for us. Therefore, we must fight for ourselves."

11/21/2024

REVIEW: "Then, the screens in the black box theater turned on, projecting live images of the audience. I was surprised, to say the least. Suddenly, the waiver that all the audience members had to sign before watching the show made sense, as Skyler Clay, the projections designer, showed off their amazing technical skills." Nadia Jefferson writes.

Lifestyle Assistant Editor Nadia Jefferson review's Company Carolina's production of "1984."

11/21/2024

COLUMN: "You cannot work on the BOT and facilitate educational governance policies and practices while simultaneously controlling state legislation. There is a separation of powers, but it’s dysfunctional," Delaney Broderick writes.

"There is a separation of powers, but it’s dysfunctional."

11/20/2024

On Wednesday, the UNC Gamelan Nyai Saraswati ensemble hosted their fall concert in Hill Hall featuring a variety of instruments, including gongs, xylophones, metallophones, and flutes. The title of the show was “Asmaradana – The Fire of Love.” After the performance, audience members were invited to come to the stage to touch and learn about the different instruments.

The UNC Gamelan Nyai Saraswati Ensemble had its fall concert on Wednesday in Hill Hall. This ensemble performs Javanese Gamelan music and has been performing it since its formation in 2000.

11/20/2024

Established in 2015, the partnership between Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina and the UNC School of Medicine's physician assistant program aims to continue addressing health care shortages and supporting veterans.

The two-year curriculum of the physician assistant program offers veterans scholarships and special admissions preference to finish their medical training. 

11/20/2024

The "Against Erasure" collection includes a mural created during and shortly after UNC Students for Justice in Palestine's Gaza Solidarity Encampment in April: a narrative painting "When Olive Trees Weep" created by UNC students and an installation of the People’s University and a project built in Polk Place to commemorate one year of the genocide and scholasticide in the Gaza Strip.

A new exhibition in the Hanes Art Center includes photographs of Mandatory Palestine and a narrative painting "When Olive Trees Weep" created during last year's Gaza Solidarity Encampment in Polk Place.

11/20/2024

After the November election, Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly lost their ability to override gubernatorial vetoes along party lines after only retaining 71 out of 120 House seats, one seat shy of their previously held supermajority.

After scoring the opening points for the Huskies, redshirt senior guard Paige Bueckers continued to one-up the Tar Heels all night.

11/20/2024

On Nov. 15, the Town of Carrboro hosted its annual Lighten Up event, which promotes the well-being of cyclists and pedestrians. At both ends of the Libba Cotten Bikeway, a trail that connects Carrboro to Chapel Hill, town staff sat at tables and distributed coupons for free bike inspections, bus route maps and safety gear including reflective lights.

At the event, town staff worked at tables and distributed coupons for free bike inspections, bus route maps and safety gear including reflective lights.

11/20/2024

Within five months, 11 members of student government re-did the entire districting and election process for Undergraduate Senate. Some current and former members of student government have raised concerns that these changes advance the interests of those already involved in student government rather than the entire campus community.

"Nobody ever cared about students," he said. "It's never something that's ever talked about — half the bills the Senate ever passed were just about giving more power to the Senate."

11/20/2024

This memorial was commissioned by the class of 2002 and calls observers to reflect on what the monument means in the context of the University's complex past. Earlier this year, Kenneth Wilson, a retired Duke University professor and UNC alumnus, wrote in an email to The Daily Tar Heel saying he noticed the monument was “dirty and unkept.”

In 2005, the University dedicated the Unsung Founders Memorial to the enslaved and free Black individuals who contributed to the making of UNC. Some community members say it has not since been adequately maintained.

11/20/2024

COLUMN: "If this recent election has taught us anything, it is that the state of American politics cannot hinge on an every-four-years electoral tradition," Hailie Davidson writes.

After scoring the opening points for the Huskies, redshirt senior guard Paige Bueckers continued to one-up the Tar Heels all night.

11/20/2024

William Vizuete, a professor of environmental sciences and engineering, has begun a two-year term as the Gillings School of Global Public Health's first innovation strategy advisor.

During his term, Vizuete will focus on connecting students, staff and faculty through research, entrepreneurship and commercialization.

Vizuete, who has worked at UNC for almost 20 years, will represent the school's commitment to building innovation, entrepreneurship and translation.

11/20/2024

COLUMN: "It's okay to process that hurt and acknowledge what the Harris campaign should've done differently," Savannah Clay writes. "But, it's also important to recognize how hard we worked and celebrate what the Democratic Party did win, especially in North Carolina."

"It's okay to process that hurt and acknowledge what the Harris campaign should’ve done differently. But, it's also important to recognize how hard we worked and celebrate what the Democratic Party did win, especially in North Carolina."

11/20/2024

The Orange County Board of County Commissioners voted to name Carrboro's new public library after Robert Drakeford, the Town's mayor from 1977 to 1983.

Carrboro Mayor Barbara Foushee said Drakeford was Carrboro’s first Black mayor, and is remembered for his progressive policies as well as his contributions to Carrboro’s bus systems and bikeways.

“[Drakeford] was distinctive because he really was a great mayor in a kind of transitional or pivotal time for Carrboro’s history,” Orange County Commissioner Sally Greene said.

11/20/2024

A new paper has hit the blue boxes 🗞️

We’re covering everything from gerrymandering in the undergraduate senate to UNC’ weekend filled with sports win. Check out our paper online as well!