Everyone who played childhood sports remembers the ceremony at the end of the season where all players, regardless of talent or final-season ranking, received a trophy and medal. ...

Although against my prediction I shared on UNC Student Radio's 'Cognitive Theatre' and ndash; a Tuesday night political scuffle and - Facebook has indeed kept its promise to go public. ...

At a hip-hop show Friday night, it occurred to me how different the two main groups were, even within the context of rap music. Both are from the upper Midwest and - Common from Chicago, Atmosphere from Minneapolis and - but all of the artists in Common's st...

What is it with ghetto names, and what exactly does 'ghetto' mean? In American society, ghetto means trashy, uneducated and, more times than not, ghetto means African American. ...

What do you call 500,000 people marching in Washington, D.C.? If you're the New York Times, it's 'not newsworthy.' ...

In nearly every election, candidates are asked to release their tax information to ensure their integrity. ...

The Mirror editorial staff gives students a fun and funny look into the future with new weekly horoscopes. ...

It's not uncommon to hear students on campus bemoan a rigorous class and accuse the instructor for making a class 'too difficult.' A student will say, 'That professor is just too hard; I will never take another class with that GPA killer!' ...

However effective the Constitution may have been, it is becoming a series of hoops that the most cunning politician must navigate through in order to pass their legislation or fill the pockets of their favorite lobbying partners. My forecast for this n...

Watching the State of the Union Address last night, it became apparent that the split between the left and the right in the United States is not based in political philosophy. It's based in politicians sticking to their guns, even in the smallest ways....

On every sports team, there are well-known players and insignificant ones. The latter only become well-known when they do something miraculous or miraculously terribly. ...

During the American Revolution, newspapers were illegally printed so people would know what was going on; news that was otherwise kept secret. ...

The name 'Virginia Tech' is immediately associated with the 2007 massacre where Seung-Hui Cho shot and killed 32 people and wounded 25 more. ...

Recently The Mirror's editorial staff suggested that voters need to be careful not to fall prey to campaign promises that are used only to get elected. The author felt voting was only hoping for the best. ...

Like most people, I don't think the Stop Online Piracy Act is sound; however, I digress from others when I say that its weaknesses lie in its loosely defined language, not its foundation. ...

As with horse racing, sprinting and swimming, jumping the gun is never good. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Pennsylvania State student paper Onward State's managing editor Devon Edwards did by prematurely reporting the death of legendary ex-footb...

At UNC, the new year and new semester can bring about plenty of opportunities for students. ...

Every issue, one of the editors from The Mirror is required to reflect on something happening in the world. Reflection isn't complicated when there is recent and interesting news to discuss and disseminate. ...

The summer prior to freshman year, I made a few friends during orientation. When I got to school in August, luckily, they lived across from me in Wilson Hall. They had gone to high school together, and two of their names were on the door together. On t...

In less than one month, 'Star Wars' fans will flock to movie theaters and spend millions of dollars to see an old movie in a new way when Lucasfilm Ltd. re-releases 'Episode I: The Phantom Menace.' ...