More than 1,000 people crammed into George Watts Hill Alumni Center and spilled into the hallway Wednesday to remember Rob Hogan, the man the University knew as the owner and caretaker of the living ram mascot, Rameses.
Archie Ervin, UNC’s associate provost and chief diversity officer, will be leaving to accept a newly created position at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
He’s the young one that does the lights and the music. The fun bus driver. He’s Benjy Downing, and after driving the P2P, or Point-to-Point Shuttle, since the summer of 2007, he’s a changed man. The P2P runs from 7 p.m. to 3 a.m., transporting often-inebriated students all over campus.
Kappa Delta’s Go Green! Shamrock Dinner is going green this evening — and they’re not talking about clovers.The sorority’s fundraising dinner will be considered a Carolina Green event, which means UNC deems it highly sustainable.
Christopher Derickson, the current associate registrar, will take over as assistant provost and University registrar on March 15. The registrar, who reports to the provost, is responsible for managing registration, assigning classrooms, gathering grades and sending out transcripts, notifying students of academic eligibility and supervising graduation procedure.
Adam Biel bought his first bike in June. Before then, the farthest he’d ever ridden a bike was 24 miles. That was in 11th grade. On June 26, the 23-year-old set out to break that personal record and, perhaps, a world record as well. That day, Biel embarked on a 25,000-mile bike ride from Alaska to Argentina in the hopes of raising a million dollars and awareness for autism.
At first, Scott Zeger’s charts, graphs and scientific approach were a concern Monday for some humanities and arts professors.But Zeger, who is one of three finalists for the position of executive vice chancellor and provost, tried to address their concerns during a public presentation in Wilson Library.
The first edition of Black Ink Newspaper featured a spread on the groundbreaking start of the Malcolm X College in Chicago.Through a 40-year history, the Black Student Movement publication survived the civil rights movement and pushed for the construction of a black cultural center.More recently, it reported on the election of the nation’s first black president.And while it is the same publication, its tone and role have evolved.
Black Student Movement Week culminated Saturday evening, but group president B’anca Glenn said she hopes last week’s events were just the beginning of a strong presence on campus this year.Glenn said participation on BSM Pride Day and in the election for Mr. and Miss BSM were signs of progress.
Ron Bilbao was sitting in a Carolina Hispanic Association meeting his freshman year when someone suggested starting a Latino Center.He couldn’t get the idea out of his head.Now a senior, Bilbao witnessed the fruits of his labor Friday evening at the unofficial kickoff of the Carolina Latino Collaborative.The network hopes to unify Latino groups on campus, work with the Latino Studies minor program and collaborate with other minority and advocacy groups.
