I hate the StairMaster. It hurts, and it’s not fun. And seeing as I usually don’t intentionally inflict pain upon myself while doing things I don’t enjoy, I don’t use it.
That seems pretty logical to me.
But every day, many of us deliberately engage in activities that are awkward, painful and unenjoyable, all for the sake of exercise.
No student should have to walk home alone in the dark if he or she doesn’t feel safe.
Next semester, the executive branch of student government will introduce a new student safety initiative called SafeWalk to help improve campus safety.
It will help fill in the gaps that exist in our late-night transportation services.
Commencement is the culmination of four years of hard work. And yet, the University refuses to consider paying even a modest sum for a speaker above and beyond travel expenses.
Let’s remember how UNC treated the artist Fabolous, to whom the Carolina Union Activities Board paid almost $50,000 to play a half-sold Memorial Hall and receive special furniture and food.
Regarding the new ticket policy, the Carolina Athletic Association would like to address the feedback we have received about the new system.
The CAA has provided many outlets for students to adjust to this new policy and receive tickets, either directly through the lottery or through one of our alternative options.
After the debacle during last week’s vote on funding for Students for a Democratic Society speakers, Student Congress will have a second shot to clearly state its stance on the issue.
12:33 a.m. Nov. 20 - Due to a reporting error, this editorial incorrectly stated the projected costs of the proposed pedestrian bridge over South Road. It is estimated to cost $9 million. The Daily Tar Heel apologizes for the error.
Harrison Barnes, the top basketball recruit of the 2014 class, has committed to play for the Tar Heels. Now let’s just hope he doesn’t become the top NBA prospect a year later and commit to leave school.
UNC-system President Erskine Bowles deserves credit for standing up for system schools by pressuring the N.C. General Assembly to divert at least a part of a $200 student tax to the universities, not the state.
UNC should toughen its regulations and heighten accountability for administrators granted a full year’s salary when retreating back to a faculty position.
Other universities provide less compensation for administrators’ leave, and we should either follow suit or provide a more thorough process.
When you’re sitting in that class that you hate, staring at the clock tick by on the wall for 50, or if you’re really unfortunate, 75 minutes, you feel as if you’re glued to that seat forever.
Everybody feels this way sometimes — no matter what your job is or how you spend your time.
Recycling efforts on Franklin Street must be improved.
Since 1992, the Orange County Solid Waste Department has recruited bars and restaurants to recycle better. But many businesses are not meeting county expectations.
It takes guts for politicians to stand up to large corporations. But N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, seems to have the fortitude for it.
Kinnaird recently joined the ranks of people calling for BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina to be examined for its campaign against a government insurance option.
Students are leaving the Honors Program because the benefits of membership do not outweigh the cost of its requirements.
The program is largely failing to deliver on the unique accessibility to research, faculty collaboration and intellectual development that it purports to offer.
Of the two proposals the tuition and fee advisory task force recommended to Chancellor Holden Thorp, there is only one clear (and legal) choice: an across-the-board 5.2 percent increase for undergraduate students and 3.7 percent increase for graduate students — regardless of residency.
The University has done a solid job updating the campus’s technological infrastructure.
ConnectCarolina has been successful thus far in bringing much-needed change to student digital services.
The new admissions Web site is up and running and greatly improved. The new campus directory also received a face lift to its user interface that makes searching it easier.
