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The No. 1 North Carolina field hockey team continued to play stingy defense while relentlessly attacking its opponents’ goals this weekend in strong wins against Virginia and James Madison.
After starting in all 22 games for North Carolina’s field hockey team during its 2009 national championship run, center midfielder Katelyn Falgowski has yet to take the field this season.
In a game that saw the No. 1 North Carolina field hockey team take a season-high 31 shots on its way to a 5-0 victory against William & Mary, it was the team’s defense that stood out.
The Clemson Tigers have a lot of holes to fill following the departure of All-American C.J. Spiller.
The No. 1 North Carolina field hockey team kicked off coach Karen Shelton’s 30th season with two wins in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge.
Despite the problems a team faces when it loses its two leading scorers, North Carolina field hockey coach Karen Shelton knows the Tar Heels have what it takes to repeat as national champions.
Senior first baseman Stephanie Murad stepped up to the plate in the bottom of the sixth inning with her team in a 2-2 tie. After failing to record a hit in her first five plate appearances of the day, Murad belted a solo home run clear over the center field fence to break the tie, giving North Carolina its 29th win of the season and a sweep of its doubleheader against Winthrop.“We’ve been practicing keeping our weight back to get our pitch,” Murad said. “That’s paying off, finally.”Senior Amber Johnson had cruised through her first five innings in the Tar Heels’ second game against the Eagles. UNC held a two-run lead, thanks to a pinch-hit, two-run homer off the bat of freshman Cara Vitale — the first of her UNC career — in the bottom of the fifth inning.“I went up there today and got it done,” Vitale said.Johnson ran into some trouble in the top of the sixth, as Winthrop responded with a two-run inning of its own to knot the game before Murad’s late-inning heroics.The second game was eerily similar to the first. Both showed zeros across the board through five and a half innings.“It was definitely a pitcher’s duel out there,” UNC assistant coach Janelle Breneman said.Junior Brittany McKinney scored the first game’s only runs when she stepped up to the plate and smacked a two-run shot to put the Tar Heels ahead.“I was looking outside the whole time,” McKinney said. “Thankfully she threw it there.”The bomb gives her six on the year, putting her third on the team.Senior Danielle Spaulding threw a complete-game shutout in the first game, highlighted by 11 strikeouts.Following her no-hitter at Virginia on Saturday, the senior seems to be recovering well from the hand injury she suffered almost a month ago, although she still hasn’t started batting again.“Dani being back definitely helps us,” Breneman said. “As we go to Boston College, she could potentially be back offensively as well.”Christine Knauer continued to be aggressive on the basepaths Wednesday, as her three steals extended her ACC lead in the category to 32.Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, North Carolina junior Brittany McKinney broke a 2-2 tie with a monstrous home run that she sent soaring over the foul pole in left field. UNC’s recent power surge continued as it carried the team to a win in the second game of a double header against Campbell.The bats are now the driving force behind North Carolina’s success as the pitching has struggled since the loss of Danielle Spaulding two weeks ago.Sophomore Kelli Wheeler matched her two-home run performance from the day before in the first game of the double-header and watched McKinney and senior Ally Blake belt deep balls of their own in the second.“We have a new bat,” Wheeler said, “called the magic stick.”That power failed to mask UNC’s ever-present struggles from the mound, as the Camels kept both games close on Wednesday night.Senior Amber Johnson was unable to hold on to a three-run Tar Heel lead in the first game, and sophomore Constance Orr — making only her fifth appearance of the season — gave up 13 hits in the night cap.Orr scattered those 13 hits, all singles, and calmed down after a first inning that saw her allow two runs, shutting out the Camels the rest of the way.“I was just glad the balls stayed in the fence,” Orr said.Orr had totalled only 5 1/3 innings in her first four appearances this season, making her 117-pitch complete game against Campbell a pleasant surprise for coach Donna Papa.“I thought she did a fantastic job,” Papa said. “I was really proud of her effort and intensity.”With Johnson appearing in place of the injured Spaulding, she’s had the lion’s share of pitching duties.“That’s what was on my mind, to help Amber out because she’s been the only one pitching,” Orr said.With the inexperienced Orr as the only other pitcher on UNC’s roster, Johnson has thrown a total of 70 1/3 innings in the past 15 days. Spaulding made another attempt to come back from a hand injury and once again was unable to finish what she started.“There’s still a lot of swelling,” Papa said. “Hopefully she’s on her way to recovery after tonight.”Papa stated that Spaulding had undergone treatment for the swelling after the first game of Wednesday’s double-header.In Spaulding’s four starts since being hit by a pitch against Florida State, she has thrown more than three innings only once and has been relieved by her fellow senior on each occasion.“Amber just needs rest,” Papa said. “Mentally, it takes its toll.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
Haleigh Dickey came to the plate in the fourth inning with an opportunity to break her own school record for home runs in a game.After smashing bombs in each of her previous three at-bats, the North Carolina freshman didn’t get another chance to go deep because she was hit by a pitch, sending her trotting towards first base.Dickey produced her second three home run game in a week, and sophomore Kelli Wheeler added two of her own en route to a 17-7 Tar Heel victory Tuesday against South Carolina.“It’s a big confidence booster,” Dickey said.Junior Brittany McKinney went deep as well, giving North Carolina its sixth homer of the day and breaking a 10-year-old team record.“We talked to them about being aggressive, taking control of their at-bats,” said UNC coach Donna Papa, who added that the team had come out of its recent funk.Breaking the slump may have been an understatement, as the 24 combined runs were the most in a UNC game since March 7, 1996, a 18-9 loss at Arizona.It was a day where everything seemed to go right for the North Carolina softball team, as those six home runs were only one of the records set against the overmatched Gamecocks.The Tar Heels’ 17 runs and 15 hits each set season highs.“I’m glad everyone had a part today,” said senior Christine Knauer, the ACC steals leader with 27.All of these gaudy statistics for the Tar Heels came in only four innings at the plate, as they mercy-ruled South Carolina after the top half of the fifth inning.The South Carolina fielders didn’t help themselves much, as their four errors in four innings allowed UNC to bat through its lineup three times in the game.The Gamecocks have now dropped 23 of their last 28 games.Not everything came easy for the Tar Heels, though, as the Gamecocks’ back-to-back homers in the top of the first inning — only South Carolina’s fourth and fifth deep balls of the season — gave them an early 2-0 lead.The Tar Heels’ bats quieted any doubts in the bottom half of that inning, as Wheeler’s grand slam put North Carolina up for good.“It was nice to put some (runs) up early,” Wheeler said.The sophomore’s two home runs in Tuesday’s game put her first on the team with seven; Dickey is second with six.In addition to Wheeler and Dickey, Papa decided to start a total of six underclassmen against the Gamecocks.“We were looking for some offense,” Papa said. “We needed to make some changes so we could move forward.”She admitted that the shake-up in the starting lineup was aimed to send a message to the team’s starters who had not been producing over the past couple of weeks, which included home series losses to Georgia Tech and N.C. State.“Being relaxed,” Dickey said, “makes a big difference.” Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
What’s ailing the No. 19 North Carolina softball team is a simple question with a much more complicated answer.Although UNC’s bats have not shown up consistently, the Tar Heels will not be able to stay within striking distance of their opponents unless their recent pitching woes are resolved.Since the loss of two-time ACC Player of the Year Danielle Spaulding, fellow senior Amber Johnson has pitched 61 innings in 12 days.“She’s pitched so many games to make up for me,” Spaulding said.Over those 12 days, North Carolina dropped five of its 11 games — with Johnson starting all but three of those games.“Going into today’s game, I kind of had the mind-set of doing as much as I can to give Amber a break,” said Spaulding, who started back-to-back games in this weekend’s series against the Wolfpack.Whatever rest the Tar Heels had hoped to get for her in those three games has been squandered, as Johnson was called on in relief in each game.Moreover, in those three relief appearances, she threw less than four innings just once.Spaulding said that kind of workload has taken a toll on Johnson’s body. That toll was obvious over the weekend, as the senior continually got herself into jams against rival N.C. State.The fourth inning of Sunday’s loss was the most glaring example. After giving up two runs earlier in the inning, Johnson had loaded the bases with two outs.Unable to throw strikes in the high-pressure situation, Johnson walked in a run.Johnson, who has allowed an average of under two walks per seven innings pitched, has not had control problems in the past. The walk was the only one she allowed in Sunday’s game.Johnson has already appeared in four more games than she did as a junior, and North Carolina is only halfway through its season.The Tar Heels need Spaulding to pitch routinely, even if she’s not at 100 percent, to allow Johnson to be as effective as possible.Spaulding was closer to full strength in Saturday’s win against N.C. State, when she earned her ninth win of the season after pitching a strong 5 1/3 innings — allowing only three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.On Sunday, Spaulding seemed to take a step back, as she threw only 1 2/3 innings before being pulled in favor of Johnson.Pitching coach Beverly Smith attributed it to Spaulding’s fatigue.“She was still sore from yesterday,” Smith said. “Our hope was that she could come back and get through the lineup.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
What’s ailing the No. 19 North Carolina softball team is a simple question with a much more complicated answer.Although UNC’s bats have not shown up consistently, the Tar Heels will not be able to stay within striking distance of their opponents unless their recent pitching woes are resolved.Since the loss of two-time ACC Player of the Year Danielle Spaulding, fellow senior Amber Johnson has pitched 61 innings in 12 days.“She’s pitched so many games to make up for me,” Spaulding said.Over those 12 days, North Carolina dropped five of its 11 games — with Johnson starting all but three of those games.“Going into today’s game, I kind of had the mind-set of doing as much as I can to give Amber a break,” said Spaulding, who started back-to-back games in this weekend’s series against the Wolfpack.Whatever rest the Tar Heels had hoped to get for her in those three games has been squandered, as Johnson was called on in relief in each game.Moreover, in those three relief appearances, she threw less than four innings just once.Spaulding said that kind of workload has taken a toll on Johnson’s body. That toll was obvious over the weekend, as the senior continually got herself into jams against rival N.C. State.The fourth inning of Sunday’s loss was the most glaring example. After giving up two runs earlier in the inning, Johnson had loaded the bases with two outs.Unable to throw strikes in the high-pressure situation, Johnson walked in a run.Johnson, who has allowed an average of under two walks per seven innings pitched, has not had control problems in the past. The walk was the only one she allowed in Sunday’s game.Johnson has already appeared in four more games than she did as a junior, and North Carolina is only halfway through its season.The Tar Heels need Spaulding to pitch routinely, even if she’s not at 100 percent, to allow Johnson to be as effective as possible.Spaulding was closer to full strength in Saturday’s win against N.C. State, when she earned her ninth win of the season after pitching a strong 5 1/3 innings — allowing only three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.On Sunday, Spaulding seemed to take a step back, as she threw only 1 2/3 innings before being pulled in favor of Johnson.Pitching coach Beverly Smith attributed it to Spaulding’s fatigue.“She was still sore from yesterday,” Smith said. “Our hope was that she could come back and get through the lineup.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
What’s ailing the No. 19 North Carolina softball team is a simple question with a much more complicated answer.Although UNC’s bats have not shown up consistently, the Tar Heels will not be able to stay within striking distance of their opponents unless their recent pitching woes are resolved.Since the loss of two-time ACC Player of the Year Danielle Spaulding, fellow senior Amber Johnson has pitched 61 innings in 12 days.“She’s pitched so many games to make up for me,” Spaulding said.Over those 12 days, North Carolina dropped five of its 11 games — with Johnson starting all but three of those games.“Going into today’s game, I kind of had the mind-set of doing as much as I can to give Amber a break,” said Spaulding, who started back-to-back games in this weekend’s series against the Wolfpack.Whatever rest the Tar Heels had hoped to get for her in those three games has been squandered, as Johnson was called on in relief in each game.Moreover, in those three relief appearances, she threw less than four innings just once.Spaulding said that kind of workload has taken a toll on Johnson’s body. That toll was obvious over the weekend, as the senior continually got herself into jams against rival N.C. State.The fourth inning of Sunday’s loss was the most glaring example. After giving up two runs earlier in the inning, Johnson had loaded the bases with two outs.Unable to throw strikes in the high-pressure situation, Johnson walked in a run.Johnson, who has allowed an average of under two walks per seven innings pitched, has not had control problems in the past. The walk was the only one she allowed in Sunday’s game.Johnson has already appeared in four more games than she did as a junior, and North Carolina is only halfway through its season.The Tar Heels need Spaulding to pitch routinely, even if she’s not at 100 percent, to allow Johnson to be as effective as possible.Spaulding was closer to full strength in Saturday’s win against N.C. State, when she earned her ninth win of the season after pitching a strong 5 1/3 innings — allowing only three hits and a walk with eight strikeouts.On Sunday, Spaulding seemed to take a step back, as she threw only 1 2/3 innings before being pulled in favor of Johnson.Pitching coach Beverly Smith attributed it to Spaulding’s fatigue.“She was still sore from yesterday,” Smith said. “Our hope was that she could come back and get through the lineup.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
In star senior Danielle Spaulding’s first game pitching in almost two weeks, a lesser-known North Carolina player stole the show.Freshman third baseman Haleigh Dickey blasted three home runs in three at-bats to power the UNC softball team (23-8) past UNC-Wilmington, 5-0.It didn’t matter where the Seahawks (5-18) pitched to her — inside, outside or down the middle. All resulted in deep bombs off the bat of Dickey.The Tar Heels belted four home runs in the win.“I’ve been here 25 years and we’ve never seen a performance like that: three consecutive at bats and three home runs,” coach Donna Papa said.Dickey’s three longballs set a North Carolina softball record for the most in a single game.She had never homered in her young Tar Heel career before Thursday’s game.“Today I was just really relaxed,” Dickey said.Spaulding, who came into the game leading UNC in home runs and RBIs, was as impressed as Papa.“I’ve never seen that before,” Spaulding said. “It’s good that people are stepping up and hitting.”Sophomore left fielder Kelli Wheeler also went deep for the Tar Heels, hitting her fifth homer of the season and tying Spaulding for the team lead in that category.Spaulding didn’t hit, but she proved that she could regain the dominant form on the mound that she had shown throughout her first three years at North Carolina.Spaulding threw three scoreless innings, allowing only one hit while striking out two against UNC-W. It was her first action since being hit in the wrist by a pitch against Florida State.“It was good for her to get out there today, to get out on the mound and compete,” Papa said. “I thought she did well for her first time out in two weeks.”Papa said that she wanted to make sure Spaulding got back into a routine before the team’s upcoming series with ACC rival N.C. State.“(Papa) just wanted me to get a couple innings in,” Spaulding said.She didn’t hit in an attempt to save her hand from any additional strain and discomfort.Spaulding struggled with her control early in the game. One Seahawk batter had to dive to the ground in order to keep from being hit in the head by a pitch in the second inning.Spaulding said she was working on her “off-pitches” because they were the ones that hurt the least, which might have led to some of her control issues.The Tar Heels will host N.C. State this weekend, and Spaulding says that she needs to be “pretty close to 100 percent” for that series.Still, even with the occasional wild pitch, she walked only one batter.Her fellow senior, Amber Johnson, took over for her in the fourth inning and three-hit the Seahawks through the game’s final four frames — earning Johnson her 15th win of the season.“Everybody was really relaxed,” Dickey said. “That’s the mindset we’re trying to take right now.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
The North Carolina softball team wanted revenge against Georgia Tech this weekend. In its final regular season series last year, the Yellow Jackets swept the Tar Heels — keeping them from entering the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed.That bid for revenge came up short as the Tar Heels dropped two of three on the weekend while without senior Danielle Spaulding, the team’s best pitcher, after she was hit in the hand by a pitch last weekend.“I wanted to pitch against them because they kind of rocked me last year,” Spaulding said.Senior pitcher Amber Johnson took the mound in all three games over the weekend, earning a win and two losses in the series.“She has really stepped up for us,” senior right fielder Anna Roberts said. The Yellow Jackets jumped on Johnson early on Sunday, swatting a three-run homer in the top of the first inning.Johnson displayed the same resiliency the Tar Heels have seen from her all season, as she allowed only two runs over the game’s final six innings to keep North Carolina within striking distance.UNC was unable to keep up with the Yellow Jackets, however, as it was no-hit in the final game of the series.“It’s really disappointing to not get any hits,” coach Donna Papa said.“I think that we really beat ourselves,” Spaulding added. “We have to have offense to win a ball game.”It was the first time the Tar Heels had been no-hit since a February loss at Texas, their second game of the season.In the first game of a double-header on Saturday, UNC fell to Georgia Tech 16-1, with eight of those runs being charged to Johnson before she was pulled after three innings of work. Six were earned.She bounced back in the second game, showing that resiliency by throwing a complete-game and allowing only three runs with nine strikeouts in an 8-3 UNC win.UNC has relied heavily on Johnson since Spaulding, the two-time ACC Player of the Year, was injured. In Spaulding’s absence, Johnson has made five starts — throwing 30 innings and posting a 2-3 record.“I want to give Amber a lot of credit for going out there,” Papa said. “She gutted it out this week with Dani being hurt.”The matchup also pitted the top two contenders for ACC Player of the Year against each other.Spaulding didn’t pitch but was able to contribute from the plate, going 3-for-9 with two RBIs. Ga. Tech second baseman Jen Yee smashed two home runs while going 4-for-8 with four RBIs.Spaulding acknowledged that her crown as the top player in the ACC could be in jeopardy after Yee’s dominant performance.“If that’s what happens, she deserves it,” Spaulding said.
The North Carolina pitching staff continued its dominance this weekend, recording two no-hitters and allowing only one run as the Tar Heels cruised to a championship game victory in the Tar Heel Invitational.The No. 23 Tar Heels (10-3) faced James Madison University in the championship game, a team they had already beaten 8-0 on Friday afternoon behind Danielle Spaulding’s third no-hitter of the season.“They’re spoiling us, throwing all these no-hitters,” UNC coach Donna Papa said.On Sunday, Spaulding took the mound versus the Dukes for the second time in three days, attempting to replicate her brilliant performance from Friday’s matchup.Although she wasn’t able to shut them out, she pitched a strong seven innings with 10 strikeouts — allowing only one run on three hits.One of those hits was a solo home run to center field in the fifth inning. That marked the first run scored on Spaulding in her last five outings, which spans 28 innings.UNC’s pitching was dominant throughout the tournament, as Spaulding and fellow senior Amber Johnson each tossed a no-hitter and held UNC’s opponents to only five hits.“We have two who can keep the other team down, in terms of limiting run production,” Papa said.Johnson (5-2) shined in her two starts over the weekend, with complete-game shutout wins in each. Her second start of the weekend was particularly special, as she no-hit Pittsburgh on Saturday in seven innings with 10 strikeouts. It was the second no-hitter of Johnson’s career.“This weekend was a good ego boost,” Johnson said. “I think it’s been a long time coming. I’m ready to go.”She held Fairfield to two hits in a 2-0 win for the Tar Heels on Friday.Spaulding (5-1) was equally impressive. In addition to her no-hitter, she smacked a two-run homer in her first match up against the Dukes.She followed that up by pitching the Tar Heels to victory in the championship game on her way to being named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player.“I really just try to stay focused, every pitch, every inning, and I think it’s really just a result of me working hard,” Spaulding said.When the Dukes got a hit off Spaulding in the fourth inning on Sunday, it was the first hit she had given up in 14 2/3 innings during a three-game span.Sunday’s start also gave her five straight games with at least 10 strikeouts.Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
The North Carolina softball team blew through its competition this weekend in the Carolina Classic, winning four games by a combined score of 33-3 en route to the title.In the championship game on Sunday afternoon, the Tar Heels (6-3) triumphed 8-0 against Saint Joseph’s — the only team able to score against UNC’s stellar pitching during the weekend. The Hawks fell 6-3 on Friday.Senior Danielle Spaulding (3-1) dominated the Hawks through six innings, with an 11-strikeout no-hitter — her second of the weekend.The Tar Heels also benefitted from a three-run fourth inning that got started with a solo home run off the bat of junior Brittany Robinson.Robinson had a strong championship game performance, hitting a homer to go along with two walks that put her on the All-Tournament Team.“Especially if there’s no one on base, we really want to get the first couple of batters in the inning on because we know we have a whole lot of people who can get us around,” Robinson said.Spaulding starred in her three tournament starts, most notably in her no-hitter against the Hawks in the championship game, notching two wins on her way to being named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.The two no-hitters in this weekend’s tournament gave Spaulding five in her decorated UNC career.In total, Spaulding pitched 16 innings with 38 strikeouts while allowing only one hit. “I just really focused on staying in control of my pitches and getting ahead in the count,” Spaulding said. “That was my main goal, and it really worked to my advantage this weekend.”In Spaulding’s two starts prior to the championship game, the first in a 16-strikeout no-hitter against Delaware on Friday and the second, a four-inning, one-hit effort against UNC-Greensboro, the Tar Heels won by mercy rule after six innings of play.She was solid at the plate as well, batting 6-for-15 and belting two homers with seven RBIs.But it wasn’t all Spaulding all the time. Senior Amber Johnson threw a complete game against St. Joseph’s with 13 strikeouts.The game against the Spartans was scoreless through five innings until the Tar Heels broke out for an eight-run sixth.The sixth inning was important for the Tar Heels throughout the tournament, as they scored six runs in their 11-0 win against Delaware, two against St. Joseph’s and three in their second matchup with them in the championship game.“It is still early in the season and everybody’s still establishing themselves,” UNC coach Donna Papa said. “We’re getting there.”Contact the Sports Editor at sports@unc.edu.
Being international is no longer good enough.UNC is going global.Effective July 1, the International and Area Studies major will be renamed Global Studies, have more courses that qualify for the major and receive roughly an extra $60,000 to $80,000 annually from the University.A new lecturer position is also being hired for the next school year that will help students find internships.The extra money will support the new faculty position, additional funding for events and a budget for faculty development, said Andy Reynolds, chairman of the International and Area Studies curriculum.The new major will replace the quickly growing International and Area Studies major. The major has grown from about 300 students in 2001 to more than 700 in 2009, Reynolds said. There are currently 749 declared International and Area Studies majors.Changing the curriculum will let students count more courses toward their major and reflects the school’s continued push toward more international initiatives.“The name change reflects the whole trend of the University,” Reynolds said. “Global Studies is a new, emerging field. It’s more current.”There are two main reasons UNC decided in favor of the name change, Reynolds said. The first is that it would recognize UNC as a leader in a new field, because there are few universities of the size and caliber of UNC that have Global Studies programs. “It’s about being a part of the discussion of what this field becomes,” Reynolds said.The second reason for the change is that it will allow the curriculum to properly accept courses that are relevant to the major.“International Studies simply didn’t allow us to run the type of major we wanted,” Reynolds said.With the curriculum being expanded to incorporate courses with “global relevance,” such as those involving North America or relating to pre-1850 history, students have the option of counting a wider range of classes toward their degree.“If you were studying Africa, shouldn’t you also be studying the issues that caused African colonization and shaped that continent?” Reynolds said. “Students need to have a grasp for what happened in previous centuries as well.”Courses such as those in the religious studies or classics departments, which weren’t counted toward the international studies major, could also be used to connect global studies to other disciplines, Reynolds said.Students will be able to petition courses to count toward their major.Despite its growth, the Curriculum in Global Studies is not seeking to become a full academic department. This is due to the multidisciplinary nature of the program and faculty members that hold appointments in other areas of the College of Arts and Sciences.Reynolds said he hopes offering the global studies major will keep UNC ahead of the curve, making it a leader in the field.Global studies programs are becoming increasingly popular across the country. Universities that already have programs include University of California at Los Angeles, University of Tennessee at Knoxville and the University of Minnesota.“I think the fact that students have been so interested in this curriculum has led UNC to want to continue encouraging internationalization on campus,” said Jonathan Hartlyn, senior associate dean for social sciences and international programs for the College of Arts and Sciences.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
A nighttime visit to the Horace Williams House might leave the impression some of its previous tenants never quite moved out.The residence is a historical landmark on Franklin Street, constructed as a simple farmhouse in the 1840s. First purchased and renovated by a UNC professor in 1855, it has been tied to the history of the University ever since.As years have gone by, its legacy has grown. Rumors of the house being haunted have also grown.Ernest Dollar, the executive director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill, has become familiar with these rumors since he began working at the house in 2007.“It all started in 1953,” he said. “A lady who lived at the house named Catherine Berryhill wrote a letter to the new inhabitants of the house, giving them information. And at the very end, she wrote ‘…And don’t let me forget to tell you about the ghost.’”Berryhill, who grew up in the house, is generally credited with the first ghost stories surrounding it. As a child, she claimed a ghost visited her bedroom at night and conversed with her.In her mind, she said, it was the ghost of Horace Williams, a UNC philosophy professor and the previous tenant of the house from 1897 until his death in 1940.Fred Weaver lived in the house after Berryhill. He and his wife also said they believed the ghost of Williams inhabited the home.“It seemed that his study creaked a lot,” Weaver said in 1974 to the Chapel Hill Newspaper. “We always used to say that Horace walked at night.” The legends continued to grow and be passed down by various tenants until the preservation society acquired the house in 1973. Since then, other strange occurrences have gotten the attention of many visitors.“There are numerous accounts of things being moved around and voices being heard in empty parts of the house,” Dollar said. “We often hear a knock at the door, and when we go to greet visitors, no one is there.”With so many stories swirling around, the Horace Williams House has gained the attention of ghost hunters and paranormal investigation groups.Dollar joined an investigation conducted by Triangle Paranormal Investigations in October 2007 in an attempt to prove or disprove the haunted theories.Armed with audio and visual monitoring equipment, the team observed the house late at night. When an investigator asked, “Do you have a name?,” photographs were taken of an orb seemingly generating its own light.A camera was set up in the parlor room to monitor activities, but shortly after it was turned on, the team noticed that the battery was drained and the power was off.“Things like that have happened before,” Dollar said. “Electronics in the parlor room just seem to stop working.”And these occurrences haven’t just been limited to the team of investigators.“Just recently we got a visit from a little old lady who claimed she was sensitive to the paranormal,” said Sherril Koroluk, the assistant to the director of the Preservation Society of Chapel Hill. “She wanted to walk around the house to see what happened.”Koroluk followed the woman through the house. Nothing happened until she reached Catherine Berryhill’s former bedroom.“As she entered the doorway, she stopped and stood still,” Koroluk said. “I saw every hair on her arm stand straight up.”Whether or not he believes the house is haunted, Dollar said he understands the obsession people have with the supernatural and why it draws them to the house.“I think people see this old house, realize that someone lived here, then hear these stories,” he said. “They want to believe it’s haunted. Maybe it is.”Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.
Jesus on the cross decorates his left arm. On his right arm are symbols of equality and love.Linking both arms, across his chest, is the Walt Whitman quote, “Each of us here as divinely as any is here.”For senior Angel Collie, a religious studies major who is a transgender and a Christian, tattoos are about identity. Covering most of his body are works of art that represent his spirituality, his sexuality and his life’s story.“As an LGBTQ activist, I’m a believer that sexuality is a gift from God, and they’re not at odds with each other,” he said. “I believe spirituality and sexuality are connected.”Collie said his tattoos — the first of which came at age 14 — became a way of expressing beliefs, ideologies and personal identity to others.“I feel as if gender transcends the social constructs we are socialized into,” he said.His perspective on his own gender identity is displayed upon his legs.“I have a dragon representing my masculine side with aggression, dominance and control. I also have a turtle representing my feminine energy — moving in the undercurrent, steady, unmoved by the dragon,” he said. “In the midst of that is a fish, which represents a neutral balance of the two energies mixing.”Collie’s lifestyle and body alterations led to being kicked out of his Franklin County church at age 16, he said. Having lived his life as a Christian, he said he considered turning his back on religion.“I was told I was sickened, sinful and God didn’t love me,” he said.Despite being cast out by his church, Collie began a journey to find religion and God in his own way — a journey that is now proudly displayed in colorful ink across his body.“I realized what I had grown up with were my parents’ beliefs. And now for the first time, I was finding my own,” he said.Collie began a mission not only to reclaim faith for himself, but to join with others who were trying to create a place where members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community could practice and explore spirituality.“No one truly fits society’s roles 100 percent. We all embody a mix of energy in some way,” he said. “The rainbow stars on my right arm and the word ‘Worthy’ on my left arm basically say that the LGBTQ people are worthy of the inclusive love of Christ.”Collie became a member of St. John’s Metropolitan Community Church in Raleigh once he was a student. The church started as a primary outreach to the LGBTQ community.“What impressed me the most about Angel was how so many people in the church turned their backs on him, but he still believed in it and fought for it,” said Maria Lorenz, a close friend and graduate student who met Collie in 2003.Through the church and other organizations, Collie has traveled to universities and around the world to teach other members of the LGBTQ community about finding God.“It means a lot to travel for those reasons,” he said. “There aren’t a lot of role models for us.”His trips took him to Europe, the Dominican Republic and parts of the former Soviet Union. Each journey is now commemorated with tattoos.Now, with markings covering a good portion of his body, Collie said that body art has been life -changing.“Having ink has given me opportunities to meet people and make connections in places and ways that I wouldn’t have been able to,” he said. “It has closed the doors that would have been limiting and opened the ones of inclusion and acceptance.”One of Collie’s favorite tattoos asks, “Would Jesus discriminate?”“I think that one is pretty clear,” he said.Contact the Features Editor at features@unc.edu.