We are pleased that more Student Council races are contested this year, and hope this signifies more student interest in what our governing body does. We are confident the combination of Axler, Carré and Winsky will serve our student body well over the next year.
While student candidates naturally have a quality of idealism, we sought those whose idealism would not overwhelm their pragmatism. The honor system’s ability to maintain relevancy to our student body can only stem from concrete reforms, and Committee members will only have a year to implement such reforms. We think these candidates have the drive and initiative to take on this challenge.
We are pleased UJC elections are contested in the College this year, but still worry that student engagement with UJC is lacking. Austin and Mason will prove excellent at engaging the community, but we hope this effort will extend beyond simply the College.
This process took a dark turn following the Rolling Stone article, but reveals the problems with privacy flagging directories in general: should a student wish to make her information private years into her University career — which she is able to do — the information that was previously made available will still be available. With online directories, the chance of such information remaining public is obviously heightened.
In the coming weeks, months and perhaps even years, the UNC community will likely see its history as a division between before and after these murders. The job of reporting on these events will fall to the dedicated students who put together The Daily Tar Heel, UNC’s student newspaper. Staffers have already gone to task reporting on the triple homicide, providing excellent coverage, both news and editorial.
Essentially, the amount of time and emotional energy required of a relationship is no longer a burden for a woman who prefers casual sex; in fact, she has more time to complete her academic work and achieve good grades. Additionally, women in relationships find it “difficult to meet people” — perhaps an inhibitor to the kind of social networking characteristic of a college experience (a networking that can help later in life when college friends have dispersed around the country and may be helpful in finding jobs).
Enshrouding the practice of lethal injection in secrecy will make it difficult for the public to know whether inmates are being subjected to faulty or painful drugs and will prevent us from effectively determining whether current execution practices are acceptable. Such secrecy will also prevent us from determining whether these practices are legal, as determining what constitutes “cruel and unusual punishment” under the Eighth Amendment requires knowledge of what exactly the punishment is that’s being inflicted.
The virtue of compiling these data on an individual level — as opposed to the U.S. Department of Education’s current plan, which is to rate schools given various criteria and compare them — is that families and students will be able to assess each school for themselves. Comparing schools with different interests and focuses may prove difficult, but making their information accessible to a wider audience will allow people to evaluate these data and make informed decisions.
There is no obvious reason civilians need to carry firearms at schools — certainly not concealed ones. At least at our University, with an undergraduate population numbering above 14,000, the potential for a mistake — a student failing to turn on “safety” on his gun; a student mistakenly suspecting someone of being dangerous and responding by use of his firearm — could have grave consequences.
Currently, ABC stores' success is limited by bureaucracy: the department runs like a government agency and not like a business. Because of this, running ABC stores can be very difficult. According to Albo, it can take up to six months for ABC stores to procure products — a turnover time private businesses do not face.
Perhaps the worst element of this intervention is that Sullivan intervened on the wrong side of an ethical issue. We should expect and demand more from the person who represents our school.
By bringing alcohol into an open social sphere, students may be more inclined to drink limited quantities, since they won’t confine their drinking to rushed, secretive pre-games intended to keep them inebriated for an entire night, but may instead space out their drinking.
As the dangers of binge drinking, hazing and sexual assault become more apparent, it appears colleges are opting to take on the in loco parentis role they held in the past. But restricting students’ independence rarely results in tangible benefits for schools or students.
Last semester proved the value of student journalism — not just for the news it provides, but for the initiative it spurs. With this in mind, we have defined a mission statement for this term: “to provide the University community with new, relevant and insightful information that inspires critical conversation and even action on Grounds.”
We have done our best to fulfill our responsibilities as your newspaper — to be your resource when you need us. As we hand over our responsibilities to our new leaders, we remain optimistic about the potential for healing in this community.
Though these two addenda seem redundant with the fundamental purpose of an elected body, they may serve as the catalyst for the change Honor so desperately needs.
The potential for sexualization of hostesses in the recruitment process is problematic. Presenting prospective student athletes with women in an objectifying context only enhances an imbalanced power dynamic between athletes and female students at many schools.
Campus police officers — or any police officers, for that matter — do not have to cease carrying guns altogether. Threats which can only be combated with firearms are still very real. But we cannot ignore the issue of pulling a weapon too quickly or too frequently.
A four-year degree from a community college is a low-cost option for those interested in fields which require a bachelor’s degree but cannot afford a degree from a traditional institution. Even if the cost is surmountable with student loans, graduating without debt puts a person in a better position for financial success, especially if the student comes from a low-income family.
Barring participation in a deeply-rooted tradition is more likely to cause resentment and divisiveness during a time when collective cooperation and positive thinking is necessary.
