As the semester comes to a close, we are pleased to offer up this next edition of the Carolina Review. Thank you all for your continued support, best of luck to all students with their finals, and we look forward to hitting the ground running in the new year!
Written by Prince Eugene of Savoy There are many on the right who take great joy in denigrating the humanities and academia in general. They believe that education exists solely to teach useful skills which will benefit the all-mighty economy and advocate for pursuing a STEM degree or, better yet,…
Written by Jason Kerr The cornerstone of Old East was laid on October 12th, 1793. Although the first enrolled UNC student, Hinton James, wouldn’t walk the whole way from his home of Wilmington to Chapel Hill until the winter of 1795, UNC has celebrated the date of the laying of…
Written by Kristen Snyder Black hats surround recruits struggling to drag their bags from the bus. Their voices cut through the air, oversaturating the senses of each recruit. Every error or demonstration of inefficiency is exposed and publicly admonished. Each second passes like a strobe light. For many recruits, this…
Written by Kristen Snyder The conservative voice is back on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus, but this time it came with a microphone. UNC College Republicans, Turning Point USA, and Students for Life have teamed up as a conservative front to represent their ideology on campus. Alongside their tabling efforts and various…
Written by Bruce McRae The Editor-in-Chief and I had the pleasure of attending a performance of some of the music of J.S. Bach, featuring two faculty members and two guest artists. They performed on instruments designed in the style of the Baroque period, producing a considerably different sound than what…
