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Articles by Abby Miss
Q&A: GPSG President Jaden Smith shares plans for student support, campus engagement
University GPSG President-elect poses for a professional headshot. Photo courtesy of Jaden Smith via LinkedIn. Jul 23, 2026, 9:19 PM Ahead of the 2026-27 academic year, Summer University Editor Julia Horstkamp spoke with Graduate and Professional Student Government President Jaden Smith about his administration’s priorities for the year ahead. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. The Daily Tar Heel: What should graduate and professional students know about you?
Farewell Column: How much better it gets
Opinion DTH Audience Engagement Editor Abby Miss poses for a portrait in the DTH office on Monday, April 20, 2026. Apr 23, 2026, 10:42 PM “You have no idea how much better it’s going to get.” As a burnt-out, homesick second-semester freshman, I needed those words more than my then-editor Alli Pardue could have known.
Column: This Thanksgiving, seek to understand your family history
Opinion Senior Writer Nov 24, 2025, 10:23 PM For many, the holiday season comes with the expectation of forced, awkward small talk between distant relatives and utilizing the practiced skill of dodging divisive political topics. Family gatherings don’t have to mean uncomfortable silences or relentless, pressing questions about what your plan is after you graduate, though. Another topic of conversation, seemingly relatively unexplored and too often forgotten about, awaits us — the past.
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Lifestyle Senior Writer Nov 24, 2025, 5:22 PM Before I even stepped foot into college, I constantly heard adults talk about how magical these four years are. Not necessarily because of academics, but because college is supposed to be the time when you find “your people” — a community where you can truly be yourself and thrive amongst those who understand you.
Office DJ: An ode to the radio
Opinion Print Managing Editor Nov 17, 2025, 12:04 PM I come from a radio family. From when I was old enough to register what I was hearing to now, every memory has the distinct sound of my local radio stations in the background; in the car, in the kitchen and even in my childhood bedroom. I rarely hear about anyone listening to the radio anymore. The ease of which we now get into our cars and automatically connect to our latest ultra-curated playlist is great, but it is exactly that— curated.
Column: How to rebel against the ceaseless march of time
Every other Sunday evening, I begin a small ritual: I peel a worn pair of “two-week” contact lenses out of my eyes and replace them with a fresh pair the next morning. It’s a mundane ritual that’s been part of my life for nearly a decade — hardly worth a second thought for the most part — but recently, what these rituals signify hit me. Two weeks have gone by. Just like that. One-twenty-sixth of a year, discarded into the bathroom trash can absentmindedly.
Column: The most valuable thing in the Louvre isn’t diamonds
If I were to rob the Louvre, I wouldn’t touch the Mona Lisa. She’s already been stolen — not from the wall, but her meaning. Every selfie and souvenir has chipped away at her mystery until all that's left is recognition. The crowd doesn’t look at her anymore; they look through her, searching for proof that they’ve stood near something valuable. That’s the kind of theft that doesn’t require a getaway car (or scooters). It happens every day when we protect prestige more carefully than feeling.
A flow state of mind: UNC students spin into mindfulness with cloth stars on the quad
Lifestyle Senior Writer Oct 28, 2025, 1:37 AM From 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, you will find Ben Tonnesen on the Quad, wearing over-ear headphones and working with a piece of cloth to enter what is referred to as the “human flow state.” "There’s a category of things called Flow Arts, which is essentially a way to try and tap into that flow state a little easier," Tonnesen, a senior majoring in physics, said.
Column: Hope is a discipline - Jane Goodall’s farewell to a fractured planet
Opinion Oct 13, 2025, 7:43 PM When Jane Goodall’s final message echoed across screens, it sounded less like a goodbye and more like a prayer. “Each and every one of you has a role to play,” she said. “Don’t lose hope. If you lose hope, you become apathetic and do nothing.” Before she passed, she recorded an interview meant to be released posthumously. Even in death, Goodall was still trying to wake us up and remind us that hope, like care, is something we must practice.
Column: Call your mom (and your dad, too)
Printing news. Raising hell. Since 1893. Monday, June 30, 2025 Newsletters Latest print issue I am lucky enough to have spent the last two years working the graveyard shift here at The Daily Tar Heel, which means I have also been lucky enough to take dozens of nighttime walks down Franklin Street after shutting my laptop for the night. But I didn’t start out feeling so grateful.
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