The Homecoming Issue 2014 -

Minority fraternities and sororities look to secure plots

Members of UNC’s National Pan-Hellenic Council took to Memorial Hall Thursday night for their annual step show, a feature of their Homecoming week events. ...

Homecoming concerts Gloriana, Earl Sweatshirt catered to niche fan groups

Chatting with Miss UNC candidate Meghan Cabell

Former UNC-system president Spangler still tinkers with accessibility

Sisters Marjorie Spruill (left) and Carol Spruill attended UNC during the early 1970s, becoming campus reformers as vocal feminists and anti-Vietnam War activists. Marjorie Spruill recently returned home to North Carolina, visiting her sister in Raleigh for a weekend.

At UNC, Spruill sisters were rebels, reformers

By Katie Reilly | November 6

Tar Heel identity tends to run in families, as is the case with the Spruill sisters.

Chatting with Miss UNC candidate Chelsea Krivanek

By Anyssa Reddix | November 6

Chelsea Krivanek, a nursing major from Morrisville, has a vision of seeing UNC go green.

Chatting with Miss UNC candidate Rani Reddy

By Eric Surber | November 6

Rani Reddy, a public policy major from Cary, is still a student, but she’s already getting involved in improving the education of others. She is the ...

Chatting with Miss UNC candidate Alyssa Townsend

By Eric Surber | November 6

Alyssa Townsend, a journalism major from Raleigh, wants to use the Miss UNC award to put smiles on Tar Heels’ faces. She is the current president of ...

Chatting with Miss UNC candidate Jamison Kies

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | November 6

Jamison Kies, from Concord, N.C., is a psychology major with a minor in biology. She is chapter president of Alpha Chi Omega sorority, solicitation sub-chairwoman ...

Chatting with Mr. UNC candidate Alec Dragelin

By Katie Reeder | November 6

Alec Dragelin said he got excited when he found out running for Mr. UNC included a service component.

Chatting with Mr. UNC candidate Russell VanZomeren

By Sofia Edelman | November 6

Born in Shelby, Russell VanZomeren is double majoring in history and peace, war and defense.

Chatting with Mr. UNC candidate Roderick Gladney

By Sofia Edelman | November 6

Roderick “Dee” Gladney is a native of Thomasville and is majoring in chemistry.

Chatting with Mr. UNC candidate Darrin Benjumea

By Sarah Kaylan Butler | November 6

Darrin Benjumea knows from personal experience the kind of impact summer camp can have on a child.

'That unique Carolina feeling'

By Bob Bryan | November 6

Editors at The Daily Tar Heel tasked senior writer Bob Bryan with answering one question: Why do you love UNC?

During the 1950s, Bob Gersten was instrumental in bringing New York basketball players to North Carolina to play for former Tar Heel coach Frank McGuire.

An evening with North Carolina's oldest living basketball alumnus

By Daniel Wilco | November 6

His family — all four children, eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren — gathered in the Peebles room of the George Watts Hill Alumni Center. ...

Chatting with Mr. UNC candidate Jean-Luc Rivera

By Katie Reeder | November 6

You can hardly fit all of the titles in one breath.