The Daily Tar Heel, the student newspaper of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, has captured the horrors of living through a school shooting with its powerful front page. The front page featured real text messages exchanged by students during the hours-long lockdown that occurred when a graduate student allegedly killed a professor on campus. The haunting messages, such as "Guys I'm so fucking scared" and "Texts won't go thru," were printed in black and red font, covering the entire cover of the newspaper. The front page quickly went viral on social media and was praised for its emotional impact.

The inspiration for the front page came after editor-in-chief Emmy Martin received a flurry of text messages asking if she was safe during the lockdown. She realized that this terrifying event deserved a powerful response. The decision to display the text messages on the cover was made to show the agonizing hours that students endured during the lockdown.

The shooting at UNC-Chapel Hill, which resulted in the death of a faculty member, has left the campus shattered and questioning its sense of security. The Daily Tar Heel's front page serves as a reminder of the terror that students experienced and the need for action to prevent further gun violence on campuses.