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Blue & White: Clef Hangers get some Tar Heel Swag

By Laney Tipton | March 21, 2011

“I hold it down for my city, you know I be reppin’ Car-o-lina, Car-o-lina…” Carolina’s oldest a capella group, The Clef Hangers, brought some new swag to UNC this week as their song Blue & White caught fire, playing across campus. The beloved Clefs have given us yet another reason with their school-spirited take on Wiz Khalifa’s Black and Yellow. The remix was originally by Troop 41, but it only seems right that a group as iconic as the Clef’s pay homage to the Blue and White. The Clefs changed up the words a little, giving it a little more of a Chapel Hill Feel.

Want NCAA student tickets for Newark next weekend? Pay up

By Eliza Kern | March 20, 2011

After the Heels’ big win today against Washington, they will advance to the Sweet 16 next weekend in Newark. Want to head to Newark to cheer on the Tar Heels?After the Heels’ big win today against Washington, they will advance to the Sweet 16 next weekend in Newark. Want to head to Newark to cheer on the Tar Heels? Student tickets are on sale through TarHeelBlue.com, the official UNC athletic site — but they’re $198 plus service charges for the weekend.

An Insignificant Review: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

By Melissa Abbey | March 20, 2011

The Five People You Meet in Heaven will make you feel warm and fuzzy inside. It might be a comfort to those who feel insignificant, trapped, boring or helpless. At the least, it will probably make you think both about the importance of others in your life and your own importance in theirs. But this book was a number one New York Times bestseller. Shouldn’t it do more?

Players dodge to avoid getting hit. Melissa Abbey

Hit a Kid, Save a Kid

By Melissa Abbey | March 19, 2011

After rather recklessly landing the one available parking spot within the vicinity, I get out of the car, grab my camera, notebook and water bottle. I glance at the others, who are all wearing the same sly smile I am. As we walk towards the gym, passersby eye us curiously. Young men packed into a sedan yell, “GO N.C. STATE, WHOOOO!” as they pass us. We shrug and smirk at each other. We’re walking through N.C. State campus decked out in our UNC gear. Late Saturday afternoon I attended a dodgeball tournament hosted by Love for the Sake of Love, a non-profit organization dedicated to connecting college students to third-world communities in need. Participants paid $10 to enter, and the proceeds will go towards the construction of a children’s home in Kampala, Uganda. Organizers cleverly titled the event Hit a Kid, Save a Kid (warning: you may want to turn your speakers down before clicking that link!).

Colleen McEnaney

Students celebrate spring with Holi Moli on the Pit

By Colleen McEnaney | March 18, 2011

When I went to participate in Holi Moli today, I had no idea what to expect. The only thing I knew was that there was paint involved. I couldn’t believe the number of students that filled Polk Place. Everywhere I could see, there were students in t-shirts holding and trading packets of colored powder. We all eagerly anticipated the moment we were allowed to rush onto the tarps, open our paint packets, and proceed to cover friends and strangers in bright colors.

Bryan Shoffner posted a Kvetch proposing to Lauren Helton today. They are now engaged. Photo courtesy Bryan Schoffner.

After Kvetch proposal, she says 'yes!'

By From staff reports | March 18, 2011

There was a proposal in the Kvetching board today: To the most wonderful girl in the world, who I have been dating for four years and six months: I would love to spend the rest of my life with you. She said yes!

James Joyce in 1915. Photo courtesy the Cornell Joyce Collection.

Bull’s Head features Joyce in honor of St. Patty’s day

By Jade Poteat | March 17, 2011

Today the Bull’s Head Bookshop organized a St. Patrick’s Day event to honor memorable Irish author, James Joyce. A man dressed as Joyce, green shirt and eye-patch clad, read from one of the author’s most famous novels, Fennigans Wake, while listeners munched on Irish soda bread.

Interview with UNC graduate in Japan

By Jo Nixon | March 16, 2011

The Daily Tar Heel was able to conduct an interview with a former UNC student who is now teaching in Japan. She conducted the interview with the reporter over Skype. Jo Nixon: Can you describe the feeling of the earthquake? Cameron Manning: Usually, in Shiga, we don’t have very many earthquakes. I was in my staff room, and there were only a few other teachers there, and one asked me, “can you feel that?” And I stood up, and it felt like being on a rocking boat, but very gentle, not very scary. I have felt a few other earthquakes here, but this one lasted a couple of minutes – usually they are about 30 seconds. The principle got over the PA and said, “this is an earthquake, get under your desks.” The kids were not worried – they had not felt it.

DTH / Eric Pesale UNC students rush onto the Dean E. Smith Center court to celebrate the men’s basketball team’s 81-67 victory over Duke University on March 5th.

UNC Bucket List #40: Get tickets as a senior to the UNC-Duke game

By Eric Pesale | March 16, 2011

It’s true that NCAA March Madness Tournament is already upon us, and the ACC Tournament has also provided us Tar Heel fans with some exciting, nail-biting and memorable finishes from our men’s basketball team. Yet when I graduate in May, I’ll never forget the night I was officially introduced to the rivalry. And no Wolfpack faithful, I’m not referring to our schools’ “rivalry.” I’m talking about that Saturday night classic on March 5, 2011. It was my first taste of the UNC- Duke men’s basketball rivalry. Before coming to UNC, I was never really into college basketball. Even though I transferred in the year we won the NCAA tournament and will never forget all the craziness that ensued when we all rushed Franklin St. afterwards, but for the most part I was just playing along with the crowd. I didn’t have any kind of burning passion against Dookies. Blame it on growing up in UConn country or loving football more than basketball. I may have seen UNC and Duke football game my junior year and competed against their rowing team when I was on UNC Men’s Crew as a sophomore, but to me Duke was just another reputable university that was just down the road.

Courtesy of the UNC Library Digital Archives

From the Archives: UNC student offers excuse

By Anna Bobrow | March 15, 2011

The next time you want to avoid calling home to your parents, try this excuse, courtesy of the library archives. On March 17, 1829, senior David M. Lees wrote a letter his family in Charlotte in which he apologized for his tardy response by saying that the letters they had sent were delayed in getting to him because his family had spelled “Chapel Hill” incorrectly. “For instance some of you spell Chapel Hill thus Chapilhill, others thus Chapple Hill, & sometimes thus Chaplehill. Now none of these is correct. This is the way to write it, Chapel Hill , making two words instead [of] one, each of which begins with a capital letter & the first having but one ‘p’ in it.”

Japan Club Vice President Kana Kuroda.

Japan Club's vice president has close ties to island nation

By Claire McNeill | March 15, 2011

The magnitude 8.9 earthquake that ravaged Japan last Friday was at once shocking and tragic, a singular event that kept the entire world frantically checking the news as the situation unfolded. But for some UNC students, the event was more personal. Some have friends and family in Japan and didn’t know if those loved ones were safe—or even alive. Student Kana Kuroda was shaken awake at 6 a.m. the morning of the earthquake, when her mother informed her of the disaster unfolding overseas. She immediately went to the phone and started dialing her friends in Japan. “I felt a wide range of emotions but overall the sinking feeling in my stomach and shock were the strongest,” Kuroda said.

What's on Kendall Marshall's mind? Shoes

By Claire McNeill | March 15, 2011

A flood of shoe pictures on Twitter feeds Monday came courtesy of self-proclaimed shoe-obsessed basketball player Kendall Marshall, or KButter5 on Twitter. Marshall asked his followers to send him photos of their shoes, and he retweeted a handful of those submissions. Click through to see what’s on the feet of Marshall’s Twitter followers.

Courtesy of August Armbrister

Thorp sends e-mail addressing crisis in Japan

By Sara Gregory | March 14, 2011

With news of a new explosion at one of Japan’s three damaged nuclear plants coming late Monday night, the world is waiting to see what will unfold and saddened by the devastation already observed. Chancellor Holden Thorp sent the following e-mail to students, staff and faculty Monday night with information on how the UNC community is helping with relief efforts:

Free food, week of March 14-20

March 14, 2011

Wednesday, March 16 Alpha Kappa Delta Phi Founders Week Celebration, Celebrate founder’s day of the Asian-interest sorority, 10-2pm in da Pit, Cake Colloquium: David Seibold’s “Tick Tock, Tick Talk,” 12pm @ Pleasants Room, Wilson Library, Refreshments

Photo courtesy the “Harrison Barnes, Based God” blog

Link of the day: Harrison Barnes Tumblr

By Eliza Kern | March 13, 2011

The “Harrison Barnes, Based God” blog is worth a look. Epic photos of Barnes, or The Black Falcon, contrasted with commentary has produced such viral links as the “Ugly girls be quiet, quiet” post. Perfect way to appreciate the UNC freshman who scored 40 points against Clemson on Saturday.

"Pass the Butter" shirts to debut in the Pit

By Eliza Kern | March 13, 2011

Starting Wednesday, fans can take their love of KButter5 to a new level. Students will be selling T-shirts in the Pit Wednesday celebrating UNC men’s basketball freshman Kendall Marshall. For $15, students can purchase shirts that display the phrase “Pass the Butter.” Marshall’s nickname — and Twitter handle — reference his ability to smoothly pass the ball. Proceeds will benefit Global Hands. The students described the shirts on the Facebook event page: “He led us to victory against the Dookies, he engineered the comeback of comebacks in G-boro, he is Kendall Marshall. To honor our buttery smooth court general, Thrill City’s first release is the colorful, full-front graphic “Pass the Butter” shirts.” (The group has hinted that Black Falcon T-shirts may be on the way as well…)

Caption contest: week of March 14

By Eliza Kern | March 13, 2011

We’re as upset as you are evil triumphed over good in Sunday’s ACC game between Duke and UNC. When faced with this photo, we could not find words to capture our reactions. But we trust that you all can summon more eloquence. How would you caption Mike Krzyzewski?

Love the city of Durham? Now you can marry it

By Colleen McEnaney | March 4, 2011

This month you can enter a non-conventional marriage in North Carolina, sans controversy. On Saturday, March 19th you can Marry Durham and raise money for five non-profit organizations by entering a union with the nearby city. The ceremony is at 4pm and there is a parade and reception to follow. This fun, family friendly event will be complete with delicious local foods, dancing, and performances. Where is it? There will be a gathering downtown for the ceremony and the reception will be held on Rigsbee Avenue between Corporation and Geer Streets in downtown Durham.