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Column: It’s time to stop pretending reality TV empowers women
Opinion Taylor Frankie Paul during a special preview of the Oscars before the premiere of "The Backelorette," which is now not going to air. Photo courtesy of John Fleenor/Disney. Apr 14, 2026, 12:42 AM Taylor Frankie Paul’s arrest video in The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Kaylor Martin’s endless crashouts over Aaron Evans in Love Island USA. Chrishell Stause’s scandalous, publicized divorce on Selling Sunset.
Fever points replace credit hours in new registration system
Editor's note: This article is satire. Happy April Fools' Day! On Monday, March 30, UNC announced that beginning in fall 2026, traditional credit-based class registration will be replaced with a system based on Carolina Fever point totals. Under this new policy, students with higher numbers of Fever points will receive earlier enrollment appointments during registration, taking precedence over students with ARS accommodations, scholarship recipients and even student-athletes themselves.
How some students are turning their smartphones into 'dumb phones'
Lifestyle Mar 31, 2026, 10:20 PM It starts as a quick break, something to reset between assignments. Instagram opens, and one video turns into another: a recipe you won’t make, a stranger’s morning routine and a clip from a show you’ve already seen before. By the time the screen goes dark, nearly an hour has passed — its contents blurred together, its time quietly lost.
Review: Spring fashion is what you make of it
Lifestyle Spring foliage blooms as pictured on Monday, March 6, 2023. Mar 31, 2026, 12:13 AM If you are anything like me, the idea of a new season's fashion can be overwhelming. With trends circulating and the weather constantly fluctuating, it’s hard to stay up to date with what to wear. So, I went around the UNC campus to look for inspiration from my fellow students. This is what I learned. 1.
Office DJ: Pop music for unashamed ‘girly girls’
I’ve always been a self-proclaimed “girly girl.” Growing up, that manifested in begging my mother to put on old Barbie movies, dancing like a ballerina in the living room and haphazardly smearing pretend makeup across my face. As I grew up, my interests — and my music taste — didn’t significantly change.
Column: We don’t have to let social media ruin fashion
Opinion Mar 11, 2026, 9:22 PM The other day, I was doing what I usually do after an exam shaves years off my life: doomscrolling. After hanging back on a few too many try-on hauls, suddenly every video I swiped to was about clothes. When I paused on a clip of a girl talking about how “we” were adopting the 90s minimalism of Carolyn Bessette Kennedy this year, I couldn’t stop myself from rolling my eyes. Social media never fails to enforce a hive mind.
Satire: The Super Bowl halftime show changed my life - no, not that one
Opinion Kid Rock speaks during a subcommittee hearing with the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation in the Russell Senate Office Building on January 28, 2026, in Washington, DC. Photo courtesy of Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. Feb 15, 2026, 10:58 PM Super Bowl Sunday started as an ordinary game day evening. I was absentmindedly keeping an eye on my TV screen as flashes of the players came and went, watching shoulder pads collide in slow-motion replays.
Column: An ode to brain rot —
Opinion Editorial Board Member Jan 21, 2026, 10:57 PM The Jennifer Aniston neuron refers to a theory of brain formation, positing there are certain neurons which respond to anything vaguely related to one concept, like Jennifer Aniston. If this theory was correct, you would likely have a "6-7" neuron. One that fires not only when those specific numbers appear together, but rather any time a slight nod is made to the phrase, whether it be in speech or the score at a game.
UNC Health system to absorb Campus Health clinic as soon as fall 2026
University The UNC Health building is pictured on April 22, 2024. University Editor Jan 13, 2026, 3:30 PM UNC Health will soon “lead and administer” Campus Health operations at UNC-Chapel Hill, according to a Tuesday campuswide email from Chancellor Lee Roberts and Cristy Page, who is the CEO of UNC Health and the dean of the UNC School of Medicine. The transition is expected to begin in fall 2026 at the earliest, the email states.
Column: UNC's expansion plan comes at the cost of current students
Opinion The Old Well and South Building sit on E. Cameron Avenue on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2023. Dec 2, 2025, 9:51 PM “I’m looking forward to working across campus to expand campus features so that more students can experience all that Carolina has to offer,” Chancellor Lee Roberts said in a Q&A event, part of a series in The Well.
Satire: Introducing EZdium - the overworked student's new miracle drug
Opinion Nov 6, 2025, 10:47 PM Do you despise spending your days hunched over calculus problems in the library, contemplating dropping out? Or pulling back-to-back all-nighters just to survive your philosophy midterm and the organic chemistry exam that sadistically lurks right behind it? Do you ever wish you could press a single button and instantly absorb every ounce of class content without doing any of the work?
Satire: Roommating 101 - a guide from the world's best cohabitator!
Opinion Oct 28, 2025, 3:37 AM Shared living is humanity at its purest — and most volatile — form. It’s where boundaries kiss and get trampled on, where patience evaporates in haste and where even the mildest dispositions can turn to anger at the sound of someone’s chewing. Whether it’s your first time sharing a space with a roommate or your 10th, it never hurts to have a few tips and tricks up your arsenal on how to handle the sociological experiment that is an undergraduate housing facility.
Column: Trivial internet content is rotting our words
Opinion Oct 1, 2025, 3:39 AM Every night, I curl up in bed with a good book, ready to unwind from a day’s worth of brain-scrambling classes, 20-minute hikes to and from North Campus and enough homework to prematurely gray my hair. Well, not quite. I wish I could say my bedtime habits were healthier, but like many American teenagers and young adults, I turn to my phone to find comfort at the end of a long, hard day, eager to catch up on what I’ve missed during my bouts of productivity.
Column: Trivial internet content is rotting our words
Printing news. Raising hell. Since 1893. Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025 Newsletters Latest print issue Every night, I curl up in bed with a good book, ready to unwind from a day’s worth of brain-scrambling classes, 20-minute hikes to and from North Campus and enough homework to prematurely gray my hair. Well, not quite.
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