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  • UNC Honor Court introduces thought crimes

    Starting this fall, UNC’s student conduct guidelines will include a new, controversial rule: “Students may not think, ponder, or contemplate anything negative about UNC-Chapel Hill or its administration.”

  • I LIVED IT: I was the first senior held back for CLE deficit

    Yup. You read that right.I transferred into UNC in the spring of 2023. I remember it like it was two years ago; the dishes argument with my bitch roommate Sam at USC, opening the email declaring my transfer application was accepted, the frigid January air as I moved my happy ass into Morrison. I haven’t felt that joy in a long, long while.

  • Davis Library imposes a minimum decibel requirement for exam week

    As the semester winds down and exams amp up, Davis Library is welcoming an influx of students through its doors. In preparation, library administration agreed to implement a minimum decibel requirement for the first and second floors of the building. Here is the inside scoop, recorded from an interview with veteran Davis librarian, Thelma Shhhherman.

  • Recent rise in UNC fire drill evacuations found correlated to streams of my mixtape

    You wake up in a cold sweat in your ECON 101 class. One moment, you’re dreaming of sugarplums and an enrollment shopping cart full of green circles; the next, a piercing fire alarm shocks you back to reality. It’s the third time you’ve been ripped from sweet, sweet, lecture-hall slumber this week alone.

  • After decades of NC State pushing ‘rivalry’ narrative, thousands of UNC students finally discover they exist

    Thousands of Carolina fans across the state were stunned to see the emergence of an unknown basketball team that is finding success amidst the March Madness tournament.

  • UNC Basketball fans rejoice over No. 1 seed placement; UNC Botanist Society befuddled

    On Sunday, March 17, UNC basketball fans waited with bated breath as the official NCAA men’s March Madness bracket revealed 2024 seed placements. At last, the bracket was released: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was revealed as a No. 1 seed team.

  • Everything you need to know about riding the Lenoir dish carousel for 24 hours

    Let’s stop lying: we’ve all envied the journey our dirty little dishes embark upon on the Lenoir dish carousel. I work so hard, surely harder than a dish, without the promise of a slow mechanical whirlwind at the end of the day. It’s not fair! That is why, dear Onyen readers, I took matters into my own hands, and I’m ready to reveal all. After 24 moist, grody hours, I have compiled a list of everything you need to know about riding the Lenoir dish carousel for 24 hours straight.