When Trey Newsome and Patrick Fleming take an annual climbing trip they donate one dollar or more to cancer patients for each foot in elevation they ascend.These two friends both seniors at UNC have families that have been directly affected by cancer. Because of this they founded Climb for the Cure an annual fundraiser which started in February 2008.
A typical day for Brenda Denzler consists of among other things filling out proofreading renewing and mailing grant proposals. Denzler a UNC employee and public communication specialist for TEACCH Autism Program uses her income as the sole means to support herself and her family.
Ron Bilbao a UNC senior had never been camping and had never imagined spending time in the wilderness completely on his own. But that was before he left the July after his first year to go to Table Rock in Pisgah National Forest with Outward Bound a wilderness adventure course.
Technically Julius Chambers is a retired lawyer civil rights leader and educator. Even so he still has a full case load at his law firm and at the UNC Center for Civil Rights. Chambers director of the Center for Civil Rights was awarded the 2009 Children's Lifetime Legacy Award from Action for Children North Carolina on June 2.
For a man to be crowned Mr. Kappa Omicron he has to look fly in casual and formal wear dazzle in a dance performance and outlast his competitors in an elimi-date competition. For the first time the historically black sorority Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc.'s Kappa Omicron chapter will be testing men to see who is worthy of the title Monday.
UNC sophomore Cindy Freimark is hoping to do her part to combine biking and building with the intent to alleviate poor housing conditions in America. This summer Freimark will embark on a 3494-mile 64-day trip with the Bike & Build volunteer program reducing poverty along the way.
One morning in 1994 when Anna Hayes was combing her hair in front of a mirror before heading to work she decided she should take the opportunity to chronicle the life of Susie Sharp who inspired her to become an attorney.
