This weekend, the women's basketball team lost to Oregon. I scoured my mind for ways I could possibly relate to sportsball, and then it hit me: I, too, have suffered great losses at the hands of Oregon.
From the years 1998 to 2000, if I wasn't watching wildlife documentaries (and if someone didn't need to use the phone at the same time I was on the computer), you could invariably find me engrossed in trying to survive the Oregon Trail. (Brief moment of silence for the first-years who are still trying to figure out the phone comment.)
To this day, I've never survived a single game of Oregon Trail. That's probably why I can't label Oregon on a map. That or public school. But come winter break, I'm coming for you, Portland.
— Danny
QUICK HITS
- Coulture, a new student fashion publication at UNC, aims to combat conventional beauty standards.
- UNC women's basketball lost for the second time this season, falling two points short to *Oregon* but successfully avoiding dying of dysentery or having their oxen stolen.
- A local organization placed a bunch of fiberglass dog statues in a semicircle in Chapel Hill Public Library as part of an exhibit to raise awareness for mental health.
- Ethan Lievense, an exercise and sport science graduate student at UNC, ran in the New York City Marathon as a guide for a blind runner.
IN SEAFOOD
Someone in Carrboro drives to the coast every Wednesday to buy fish and hundreds of pounds of ice. His name is Salvador Bonilla, he works for Tom Robinson's Seafood, and he has more commitment to providing fresh seafood than I have probably ever had to anything.
IN FREE STUFF
UNC is still trying to work out a plan for free Uber rides for students. The University is still working through contractual issues with the company, but Student Body President and communal dad Houston Summers said the goal is still to have a trial up and running by the end of the semester. Around, like, Dec. 2 might be chill.
IN LIFE GOALS
The Iowa State University president has been making appearances in the campus' nightlife. Underage students everywhere are horrified, and I'm even more offended than I was previously that Tom Ross never responded to my numerous open invitations. Fingers crossed "campus nightlife" is at least one lifestyle that Marg can get behind.
IN BARGAIN SHOPPING
Student Stores is hosting 100 days of sales to celebrate its 100th birthday. This has apparently been going on all semester, but Student Stores isn't within view from the walk between the DTH office and Cosmic Cantina, so I had no idea. The biggest sale will be Nov. 30.*
*Like any competitive shopper would, I originally said this was Nov. 29 to throw off anyone who might also want the Carolina Girl keychain I've been eying for two years. I was told I cannot do this.
IN THE BLOGS
An ode to the unique bond of first-year suitemates: You share food and Netflix passwords and complaints about that one room that doesn't talk to any of you, and it's great. In retrospect I think I was that room, but that's OK. Four semesters later, I'm friends with two of my first-year suitemates. Give it time.
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