2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (290+ words) I like to think of it as a heuristic (“rule of thumb”). Heuristics help us make decisions quickly when finding the optimal answer is just too time-intensive ⁠— deciding what to watch, read or listen to is a perfect example. How…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (428+ words) When Ariana Grande releases an album, it will be top-notch. She just knows how to make hits, be it slow ballads or beat-heavy tunes. It’s no surprise that as I tuned into “Petal,” track after track I was not let…...

6+ day, 21+ hour ago   (428+ words) When Ariana Grande releases an album, it will be top-notch. She just knows how to make hits, be it slow ballads or beat-heavy tunes. It’s no surprise that as I tuned into “Petal,” track after track I was not let…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (632+ words) The Daily Tar Heel Column: Federal spending cuts puts access to school lunches in jeopardy The ability of schoolchildren to afford their next meal and the $7 trillion Congressional budget can seem like distant issues. Yet the most recent federal budget…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (473+ words) Gone are the days where Taylor Swift can stand on stages in sparkly dresses with her guitar and sing songs about love and heartache. Fans are demanding more when it comes to political activism in light of President Donald Trump’s…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (253+ words) When I tell people that my biological father died in January, their eyes bulge, sadness overtakes them and the reactions like, “I’m sorry to hear that,” pour in. And I just shrug. My family death was more soap opera than…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (143+ words) The Daily Tar Heel welcomed Red Kanoo to the office on Nov. 15 for another edition of Editor’s Notes — our version of NPR’s “Tiny Desk” concerts. The seven-person band currently has two original songs, which they played for The Daily Tar…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) 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…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (448+ words) Sometimes everything works out. And sometimes a literal misstep changes everything. During my sophomore year, I was tired of not knowing what I wanted to do, so I decided to avoid, at all costs, what I perceived as “the real…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (616+ words) The Daily Tar Heel Editorial: UNC Libraries makes a great wealth of resources available to us. We should use them. It seems obvious, but even though libraries are among the most frequented buildings on campus, students and faculty largely overlook…...