Preparing for finals? Ugh, what a drag!
However busy final schedules may be, students can look forward to unwinding on May 5 at The Library for the first-ever Kenan-Flagler Business School’s Drag Ball.
The business school's Pride club is organizing a night of drag entertainment, contests and prizes from local retail shops to celebrate the year coming to an end and to raise awareness for the LGBT community.
Mitchell Dudas, first-year MBA candidate, said the club’s primary mission is to be a resource for the LGBT community beyond UNC’s campus.
“One of our big goals is to be more of a force in the local community,” he said. “We’re trying to start a partnership with Raleigh Pride and teaming up with Lambda Law, which is the Law’s School Pride Group on campus. In light of H.B. 2, we want to be a resource for the Triangle area, not just our students.”
Dudas said although the ball was intended to be an event just for the Kenan-Flagler Business School, the club opened it up to the larger community after House Bill 2 was passed.
“After H.B. 2 passed, we decided that it wasn’t really appropriate to have the event just for the business school, so we decided to open it up to the larger community,” he said. “We want this to be a rally.”
Kenan-Flagler student, Amy Strunk said it’s an important cause in light of many UNC students being against the bill.