Chapel Hill/Carrboro History

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mpaer said:
I was so cheap I would buy them like 3 hours old at a discount................Likely not a great Public Health idea for me
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Country ham isn't exactly the food most likely to spoil. It's about the same for biscuits. My grandmother would just leave the leftover biscuits covered on the counter for anyone who wanted to grab a snack. Cold biscuits and homemade pear preserves was a personal favorite.
 
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Bomb Threat on Campus? In the late 1970s when I was an undergrad at Carolina there were ‘bomb scares” that caused the evacuation of buildings. No one was particularly alarmed by them as I recall. They were often cited as being associated with exams in big classes and I remember the Business School, then in Carroll Hall, as a frequent target. Evidently those ‘incidents’ had begun in the late 1960s according to the text of this DTH ARTICLE. I wonder what became of the students who made these threats?

There also didn’t seem to be much roll-taking in class in those days if I am remembering correctly.

And a syllabus tended to be all of two pages long with zero policy statements, trigger warnings, or format rubrics. (A syllabus can easily go 12-14 pages these days)

And does anyone remember grades posted outside a prof’s office door by social security number (which, by the way, was also your campus ID number and required on most checks around town along with your Drivers License Number).

If you were in college you were of drinking age and part of your student fees went to buy kegs for “Mixers.”

Class-skippers passed joints openly as they loitered outside the undergrad along the wall by Greenlaw Hall, under the Bell Tower, and in Forest Theater.

On the shameful side, white supremacy was a strong presence while sexual harassment and worse was rampant.

Multiple types of physical, emotional, and mental abuse were ignored and even sanctioned in some settings.

The Kappas held a Confederate Ball complete with Stars and Bars and uniforms and hoop skirts. The “Lost Cause” was alive, well, and celebrated.

Remembering should be comprehensive I reckon.

Image above—‘Daily Tar Heel’ Headline 55 years ago today (April 23, 1970): The UNC “Mad Bomber” was active (again!?).
 
donbosco said:
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Bomb Threat on Campus? In the late 1970s when I was an undergrad at Carolina there were ‘bomb scares” that caused the evacuation of buildings. No one was particularly alarmed by them as I recall. They were often cited as being associated with exams in big classes and I remember the Business School, then in Carroll Hall, as a frequent target. Evidently those ‘incidents’ had begun in the late 1960s according to the text of this DTH ARTICLE. I wonder what became of the students who made these threats?

There also didn’t seem to be much roll-taking in class in those days if I am remembering correctly.

And a syllabus tended to be all of two pages long with zero policy statements, trigger warnings, or format rubrics. (A syllabus can easily go 12-14 pages these days)

And does anyone remember grades posted outside a prof’s office door by social security number (which, by the way, was also your campus ID number and required on most checks around town along with your Drivers License Number).

If you were in college you were of drinking age and part of your student fees went to buy kegs for “Mixers.”

Class-skippers passed joints openly as they loitered outside the undergrad along the wall by Greenlaw Hall, under the Bell Tower, and in Forest Theater.

On the shameful side, white supremacy was a strong presence while sexual harassment and worse was rampant.

Multiple types of physical, emotional, and mental abuse were ignored and even sanctioned in some settings.

The Kappas held a Confederate Ball complete with Stars and Bars and uniforms and hoop skirts. The “Lost Cause” was alive, well, and celebrated.

Remembering should be comprehensive I reckon.

Image above—‘Daily Tar Heel’ Headline 55 years ago today (April 23, 1970): The UNC “Mad Bomber” was active (again!?).
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In 1979 I ived in an old farmhouse on a "retired " farm on Weaver Dairy Road where Kappa had a horseback with uniforms and a confederate flag afternoon. I mean they did not come on the couple acres I was on. But it was different . It is of course a baby subdivison today
 
I can see that happening back in those days...wonder if it still does?

Those bomb scares would be international news these days and there'd be major hunt-downs for the callers.
 
mpaer said:
In 1979 I ived in an old farmhouse on a "retired " farm on Weaver Dairy Road where Kappa had a horseback with uniforms and a confederate flag afternoon. I mean they did not come on the couple acres I was on. But it was different . It is of course a baby subdivison today
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In 1979, Weaver Dairy Road was the boonies.
 
mpaer said:
In 1979 I ived in an old farmhouse on a "retired " farm on Weaver Dairy Road where Kappa had a horseback with uniforms and a confederate flag afternoon. I mean they did not come on the couple acres I was on. But it was different . It is of course a baby subdivison today
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Was it on the north side of Weaver Dairy (away from Chapel Hill)? Down a long unpaved driveway that was crossed by high tension power lines? Kinda where East Chapel Hill High is?
 
Not really historical but wanted to say a public thank you to a good man and good friend Finesse.

My home in Morgan Creek, which I bought and moved into in 1994, was destroyed during Fran in 1996. It was more or less cut in half by a 130ft lob lolly. Insurance company was very late getting to me and by the time they did most contractors were tied up.

Finesse stepped up and rebuilt my home for me

Thank you Finesse

I'll always owe you
 
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evrheel said:
Not really historical but wanted to say a public thank you to a good man and good friend Finesse.

My home in Morgan Creek, which I bought and moved into in 1994, was destroyed during Fran in 1996. It was more or less cut in half by a 130ft lob lolly. Insurance company was very late getting to me and by the time they did most contractors were tied up.

Finesse stepped up and rebuilt my home for me

Thank you Finesse

I'll always owe you
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I was glad to do it. I made a friend and I made some money. Is there a better way to do business.
 
donbosco said:
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Anytime my older sister was in the car and it was the morning, she had to listen to WKIX, Pat Patterson in the Morning. He was her FAVORITE DJ. After I got out of the Army and was in college, I remember "Daniel" on WQDR. If you need a memory prompt, just imagine saying "Daniel" in your head in your deepest possible voice. Daniel Brunty was possibly the world's biggest Bruce Springsteen fan. He went on and on hinting, but never outright saying, that "Bruce" might be coming to play a concert somewhere in the Triangle area. When I looked up Springsteen's 1978 tour on Wikipedia, I saw that he played Charlotte and then, later on, he played Burlington and, the next night, Durham. I was like "WHAT?!?," Bruce Springsteen played Burlington?!? Then I realized it was Burlington, Vermont and Durham, New Hampshire.
 
05C40 said:
Anytime my older sister was in the car and it was the morning, she had to listen to WKIX, Pat Patterson in the Morning. He was her FAVORITE DJ. After I got out of the Army and was in college, I remember "Daniel" on WQDR. If you need a memory prompt, just imagine saying "Daniel" in your head in your deepest possible voice. Daniel Brunty was possibly the world's biggest Bruce Springsteen fan. He went on and on hinting, but never outright saying, that "Bruce" might be coming to play a concert somewhere in the Triangle area. When I looked up Springsteen's 1978 tour on Wikipedia, I saw that he played Charlotte and then, later on, he played Burlington and, the next night, Durham. I was like "WHAT?!?," Bruce Springsteen played Burlington?!? Then I realized it was Burlington, Vermont and Durham, New Hampshire.
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"Daniel" at the 3:00 minute mark...

 
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