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November/December 2008 Volume 97, Number 6
DAN SEARS ’ 74
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The University of More People
by David E. Brown ’ 75
If about 5,000 more students over the next 10
years were a drop in the bucket, those entrusted
with Carolina’s quality wouldn’t be so concerned.
They are.
As the Boomers Retire
by Darv Johnson ’ 93
UNC has a challenge ahead to replace an aging
faculty. One question is, how many professors will
take the gradual approach?
Departments
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On the cover:
How many more
people can these
brick paths
handle? Thousands
more students,
and hundreds more
faculty and staff,
UNC hopes. Photo
illustration: Dan
Sears ’ 74 and Kate
Newton Anthony
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What’s So Funny
by Kathleen Kearns
For more than 150 years, students have found
irresistible the urge to show their classmates what
the campus looks like in the mirror of
lampoonery.
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