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This upcoming election, many systemic issues in North Carolina demand immediate address. Read more to find out why we, the editorial board, choose Roy Cooper as our preferred candidate.
NC State’s reopening plan for the spring semester has finally been announced, and we as an editorial board think the university administration has given us barebones policies once again. Read more to find out why we believe the new spring plans still fail to fundamentally protect students.
In June 2020, Louis DeJoy was appointed as postmaster general of the United States, a title that rarely gets much attention in everyday discussions about politics. However, following cuts to the U.S. Postal Service’s operating budget as we head into a contentious presidential election during…
When The Daily Tar Heel called this whole situation a clusterfuck, they were on to something. A majority of students would’ve been able to tell you that we saw this coming. Yet, the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) chose to continually ignore students, experts, faculty and staff concerns, pleas …
After only one week of students, faculty and staff on campus, UNC-Chapel Hill has made the decision to move all-online. With over 300 positive COVID-19 cases, four clusters within its university housing and students placed in isolation dorms, UNC-CH students have been notified and informed o…
Recently, the UNC Board of Governors (BOG) has been discussing possible contingency plans in the event of partial or full campus closures for the fall semester due to COVID-19. The UNC System may potentially cut budgets up to 50% in the wake of lost revenue from housing, athletics and other …
On June 22, after years of backlash and criticism, the NC State Board of Trustees finally decided to rename Daniels Hall, combatting the historical upholding of known racist Josephus Daniels. We as an editorial board support the decision to rename Daniels Hall. It is moral, long-overdue and …
On June 19, 1865, enslaved Black Americans in Texas learned of their freedom. After the end of the Civil War in April 1865, many slave owners fled to Texas in order to maintain wrongful ownership over their slaves. The announcement made by Union General Granger in Galveston, Texas on June 19…
Following local, national and international protests of police brutality and systemic racism, our sister publication, Nubian Message, along with other Black campus organizations, published two separate petitions regarding campus policing and Black life on campus, respectively.
