Paisley Holland
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- 5
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- Sep 8, 2026
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- Aug 18, 2026
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Column: In response to Vice Chancellor Dean Stoyer’s letter to the editor (opens the original)
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Dean Stoyer’s recent letter to the editor is a moving defense of military education, and a powerful essay on his story as a first generation college student. It is also, respectfully, a response to an argument I did not make. Nowhere in my column “Lee Robert’s can’t, or won’t, opine” did I suggest that educating senior military officers is beneath UNC — or that service members do not deserve access to a great university. Stoyer’s letter performs a familiar (and convenient) trick we have learned
Column: Lee Roberts can’t, or won’t, opine (opens the original)
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Lee Roberts, UNC’s one and only, was recently quoted in his chat with The Daily Tar Heel, saying, “It’s not for me to opine on why the Pentagon felt the need to move [the Senior Service College Fellowship] from other schools…” before going on to praise the Department of Defense’s choice to bring the program to Chapel Hill. As the highest-ranking in the University’s administrative hierarchy, the chancellor, above all else, acts as the face of UNC. Roberts is not a passive appendage of the Univers
Satire: A sophomore’s deathbed wisdom for the class of 2030 (opens the original)
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As I sit here writing by candlelight, pen and quill in hand (the electricity in my nursing home, otherwise known as off-campus housing, shuts off at 8 p.m. sharp), I’m reminded of my simpler and younger years. Back when I was a freshman, a wide-eyed, dewy-skinned eighteen-year-old… the world was a different place. Dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. In fact, I rode one to my 8 a.m. from South Campus every single day. So, gather round, wee freshlings, and let Grandma Paisley tell you about the thin
Satire: A sophomore’s deathbed wisdom for the class of 2030 (opens the original)
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As I sit here writing by candlelight, pen and quill in hand (the electricity in my nursing home, otherwise known as off-campus housing, shuts off at 8 p.m. sharp), I’m reminded of my simpler and younger years. Back when I was a freshman, a wide-eyed, dewy-skinned eighteen-year-old… the world was a different place. Dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. In fact, I rode one to my 8 a.m. from South Campus every single day. So, gather round, wee freshlings, and let Grandma Paisley tell you about the thin
Satire: A sophomore’s deathbed wisdom for the class of 2030 (opens the original)
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As I sit here writing by candlelight, pen and quill in hand (the electricity in my nursing home, otherwise known as off-campus housing, shuts off at 8 p.m. sharp), I’m reminded of my simpler and younger years. Back when I was a freshman, a wide-eyed, dewy-skinned eighteen-year-old… the world was a different place. Dinosaurs still roamed the Earth. In fact, I rode one to my 8 a.m. from South Campus every single day. So, gather round, wee freshlings, and let Grandma Paisley tell you about the thin
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