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Lara McDowell

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Sep 1, 2026
Outlet visibility, for The Daily Tar Heel
Top 500K sites
Earliest in this view
Jul 9, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Lara McDowell

    Satire: UNC’s recession indicators (opens the original)

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    We all can see that times are-a-changin’ here at the home of the Tar Heels. The air feels a little less fresh, the sky looks a little less Carolina Blue. If we were economics majors, we’d attribute it to an impending American financial crisis. To all of you rolling your eyes at us, fair enough. We’re still trying to figure out what an interest rate is. But give us a shot, and let us present you with some evidence to prove our point. Because who can argue with the most convincing format of all ti

  2. Article · Sep 1, 2026 · Lara McDowell

    Column: Using Claude won’t save your moral compass (opens the original)

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    Large language models have dominated our public conversation and personal consciousness. Critical thinking skills are down the drain, time spent writing is abandoned. Our standards of engagement with AI continue to decline. As a collective, we started by resisting using AI to write, and then not using AI to generate pictures, eventually not having AI outline essays, or patchwork between fragmented sentences. But, students are still using it for their learning, to write their problem sets, to tak

  3. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Lara McDowell

    Column: Carolina North promises profit over people (opens the original)

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    Recently, as I was walking with a friend from campus to University Apartments, he pointed out the undeveloped forest-y areas between North Street and the apartment complexes, expressing frustration at the growing housing crisis — one that is further perpetuating a history of gentrification. The University is enrolling the largest incoming class ever and is planning to expand year after year for the next decade. The proposal of Carolina North is a necessary infrastructure investment for a growing

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