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March/April 2009 Volume 98, Number 2
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Never Lonely at the Top
by David E. Brown ’ 75
Everybody remembers how exciting it was
to get in UNC. But when Princeton and
Stanford are in the battle for your brain, the
home-state school needs some good reasons
why you’re better off going to college close
by — for your good and for Carolina’s.
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The Barefoot
Shoemaker
by Christine Fundak Rohan
A mile in the shoes of Galahad
Clark ’ 99 is a journey of
self-discovery in Chapel Hill
that leads right back to where
Clark started — as the latest
out-of-the-shoebox thinker in an
old and innovative business.
DAN SEARS ’ 74
Departments
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Get Out of Town
by Katherine Evans
A semester studying abroad can shape
after-college directions in a way that the
routine on the campus can’t. Though
the cost is a prohibitive issue for many
students, interest in suitcase scholarship
continues to grow.
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From the Hill
Sightings
In Class
Extracurricular
Letters
GAA Today
Alumni Today
Class Notes
Class Quotes
DTH Crossword
BluePrints
Books
Around Town
Yours at Carolina
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