Halloween on Franklin Street is like two things: 1) a blurry, sloppy, apocalyptic Exodus from South Campus, and 2) a box of chocolates. You never really know what you're going to get out there. Which is probably why UNC takes preparation so seriously, like this year's new measure to require registration of dorm guests on Oct. 31. And I can't say I blame them, based on my experiences the past two years.
My first year, I returned with a boyfriend. Really weird story. And my sophomore year, I came back with a splitting headache and vague recollection of how I got to an unnamed fraternity like, a mile off campus. Slightly less weird story. You'll have to stay subscribed until at least next Monday to find out how my junior year Halloween went.
— Danny
QUICK HITS
- John Fennebresque, chairperson of the UNC Board of Governors, resigned yesterday after the board's search for a new UNC-system president came to a close.
- UNC women's tennis player Hayley Carter blocked out her haters and earned a bid to the ITA National Indoor Intercollegiate Championship.
- A federal judge refused to dismiss challenges to North Carolina's voter ID law. The hearing is scheduled for Jan. 16.
- Raleigh plans to reevaluate its policies on how to handle dangerous dogs after the city experienced a spring of recent attacks.
IN CUTE COUPLES
BREAKING: Something beautiful can come from math. Enter Greenham, the couple name of math professors Linda Green and Robin Cunningham. They survived her living in Chicago and his living in Ann Arbor, Michigan by commuting via train on weekends. They've been married 25 years and have three kids. Meanwhile I stop talking to a Tinder match after an hour because it's "just too much effort."
IN HALLOWEEN NEWS
If you're having guests over for Halloween, they'll have to register to stay in your dorm. It comes as a protective measure to prepare for the certified heck-show that is Franklin Street on Halloween. And signing in is basically just an organized way for your RA to know that the drunk mess puking off the fourth-floor balcony belongs to you.
IN CAMPUS NEWS
Signs restricting bicycle parking for the football game created a social media firestorm this weekend. Biology professor Mark Peifer took to the Facebook page "Overheard at UNC" to voice his frustration with athletics seemingly taking priority over academics at UNC — a sentiment never before felt by anyone else in Chapel Hill ever.
IN SORT-OF-SPORTS NEWS
Rameses had a baby. Or a little brother, or something. If you missed the introduction, RJ is basically identical to the adult mascot but with better eyebrows, blue horns and some sick Jordans. You know, in an effort to appeal to the kids normal Rameses scares the living hell out of.
IN THE BLOGS
This state makes it impossible to dress comfortably in the fall. As we all noticed last week, North Carolina does this really cute thing where it's 40 degrees in the morning and 75 by 2 p.m. So one of our bloggers set out to figure out how to circumvent that by mimicking cheap, Wal-Mart Tex-Mex dips. If you have any better suggestions, we're open to hearing them.
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