Carolina Alumni Review - November/December 2010

students be passed the burden of funding, through tuition, the more expensive fuel source? If so, shouldn’t all of the students be allowed to debate this issue and not just the Beyond Coal Group? This is a decision that UNC has made and taxpayers shouldn’t have to bear the costs. This is a “ teach-able moment” for students and administrators: When they push for costlier energy, they have the responsibility to bear those higher costs in the future cost and the concomitant criticism.

Fred Gregory ’ 62

Greensboro

New Day at Granville

I lived in Granville for one and a half years and, even though they kicked me out for something the entire hall took part in, I still had a blast there. As much as I complained about it while living there, when I read this article it made me a little sad (“Plans Detailed for Future of University Square,” from Online Digest in the September/October issue). I met some great friends there, met some great ladies there and started my days as a Tar Heel there.

With that being said, the new plans sound amazing, and I can’t wait to see what it looks like when finished. I think it will make the great city and college of Chapel Hill even more dynamic, and hopefully by the time the condos are finished, I’ll be sound enough to buy one so when I come back for games I’ll have a place to lay my head.

Rah-Rah Carolina-lina!

Brent P. Hampton ’02

Elon

Teach For America’s
Lasting Lessons

As one of the first UNC students to
interview for a position with Teach For
America in 1990, I was very excited to see
that UNC is one of the top suppliers of
talent to the program. (“UNC Ranks 6th
in Grads Joining Teach For America,”
reported online at alumni.unc.edu/news.)
Additionally, I can’t believe that it has been
20 years since I read an article in The Daily
Tar Heel about the senior thesis of a
Princeton University student (Wendy
Kopp) with a wild idea to place nontradi-
tional graduates in under-resourced schools
in urban and rural public schools.

Aaron Martin ’ 91

Raleigh

One step begins a journey. With a new baby and a demanding retail job pushing her to the limit, Alice Osborn opened the paper one day and saw an ad for Self-paced Courses. “I decided I wanted to take a course. I needed a change.” Alice took a self-paced writing course. Then she took another one. Then, with her con;dence bolstered, she was ready to pursue a master’s degree in English. She has gone on to teach high school English, conduct numerous creative writing courses, and even publish a book of poetry. Amazing what can happen once you take that ;rst step!

At the Friday Center, we know that the first step is often the hardest. Let us help you get started on your continuing education journey. Visit fridaycenter.unc.edu/cp or call 866-441-3683 to schedule an appointment with an advisor.