Since the early 90s, there has been a growing imbalance of power between the NBA’s Eastern and Western Conferences in favor of the latter. It is a trend so apparent that even NBA league commissioner...

Black History Month began in 1926 when Carter Woodson announced the second week of February – which celebrates the birthdays of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln – to be “Negro History Week.” Woodson’s...

With the movie release of “Fifty Shades of Grey” on Feb. 13, thousands will line up to watch one of the most mainstream erotic narratives of our time. Originally a novel trilogy by E.L. James, the...

Now that the insanity that is the “vaccination debate” has resurfaced, it is necessary once more to speak out about the rampant misinformation. With the resurgence of measles, the controversy over...

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport published a report on gender and race makeup in 150 newspapers and websites in 2012. The report found that 90.4 percent of sports editors were males and...

Editor’s note: This is a second in two-part series on the impact of race and student activism. Last semester this campus saw a much more prominent level of student activism than I have seen in my...

The television show “Glee” has made waves once again; one of its regular characters came out as transgender, and now photos have released of his new look airing on Feb. 13. Sheldon Beiste,...

Hijab, the scarf traditionally worn by Muslim women over hair, has become increasingly viewed in a negative light by the American culture. Buzzfeed recently produced a video where four white, American...

A recent convergence of factors has increased the likelihood that North Carolina may see offshore drilling within the next decade or so. North Carolina Senators Thom Tillis and Richard Burr added an...

Oscar-nominated “American Sniper” has made more than $204 million at the box office. In the movie’s wake, however, there’s been a surge in anti-Muslim hate speech. The American Arab Anti-Discrimination...