Posted in Tar Heelia, UNC History on May 15, 2013 | 1 Comment »
A researcher recently shared this tidbit with us. He found it in the “Scenes” column of the Chapel Hill Weekly, 5 May 1963, page 1: “HUGH LEFLER (the happy debunker) informing his UNC history class that Fred Hargett, not William R. Davie, headed the committee that located the site of the University, and that Davie [...]
Posted in History, On This Day, UNC History on May 8, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Fifty-nine years ago today, Louis Armstrong and his All-Stars wowed an audience at UNC’s Memorial Hall with this tune. Thanks to our friends at the State Archives for bringing this to our attention!
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, UNC History on April 12, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The expected naming of Carol Folt as the next chancellor of UNC-Chapel Hill will mark the first time in the university’s 224-year history that a woman has held the top post. But Folt follows on the heels (pardon the pun) of several other women who have held significant positions with the University. Katherine “Kitty” Carmichael, [...]
Posted in UNC History, tagged times higher education, unc chapel hill, world reputation rankings on March 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Academics falls outside my usual hodgepodge of interests, but I couldn’t help noticing — hat tip, slate.com — the 2013 World Reputation Rankings published by Times Higher Education. According to the magazine, “The world’s largest invitation-only academic opinion survey [is intended] to provide the definitive list of the top 100 most powerful global university brands…. [...]
Posted in Artifact of the Month, UNC History on March 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Last month we did what so many do this time of year: We devoted our attention to college basketball. This month we turn our focus to another group of athletic students who are equally agile but far too often unsung: cheerleaders. This month we bring you not just one but three artifacts, all of them [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, UNC History, tagged climate change, dust bowl, global warming, hugh bennett, timothy egan, university of north carolina on March 8, 2013 | 1 Comment »
“It’s one thing to persuade hipsters in Portland, Ore., or Brooklyn to grow organic — hey, how cool is an artisan radish — in their rooftop gardens. It’s a much tougher push to get Big Ag, made up mostly of stubborn older men, to change its ways. “But imagine if a farmer led the cause [...]
Posted in Tar Heelia, UNC History on February 26, 2013 | 2 Comments »
UPDATED, 2/27: As Jack Hilliard points out in a comment below, the page I first posted didn’t include the whole block. I added the previous page, which also includes at least one business still operating in its 1962 location. One of the favorite pastimes of UNC alums returning to campus is to lament how much [...]
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, On This Day, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk, UNC History on February 22, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
The UNC-Chapel Hill student newspaper printed its first issue on February 23, 1893. The Tar Heel‘s editors explained that the paper, issued every Thursday morning, would include “a summary of all occurrences in the University and village of Chapel Hill.” The paper vowed to cover UNC sports, “all society news, personals and every subject of [...]
Posted in Artifact of the Month, History, Tar Heelia, UNC History on February 15, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Zealous, maniacal, obsessed, rabid. There’s a reason why writers describing Tar Heel fans proceed directly to the extreme corners of the English language. The UNC men’s basketball team has earned every bit of its fans’ devotion, though, with a storied history of dramatic wins. The team has enjoyed no prouder moment than its 1957 season, [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, UNC History, tagged empire of liberty, gordon s wood, student protests, university of north carolina on February 4, 2013 | Leave a Comment »
“…When college students, like those at the University of North Carolina in 1796, could debate the issue of whether ‘the Faculty had too much authority,’ then serious trouble could not be far away…. “Between 1798 and 1808, American colleges were racked by mounting incidents of student defiance and outright rebellion — on a scale never [...]
