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The Geek Poet
Strikes Back
by Beth McNichol ’ 95
What’s one of Carolina’s great
— and most mischievous —
minds to do after he’s created
a monster? Try to kill it.
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Family Album
by David E. Brown ’ 75
The Carolina Inn holds great
significance in the stories of
UNC’s past. In the inn’s latest
renovation, the walls have been
papered with that history.
38
Change Agents
by Lucy Hood ’ 83 and
Beth McNichol ’ 95
Their idealism converted to
sustained acts of world-bettering,
eight alumni talk about the roads
taken — and avoided.
DAN SEARS ’ 74
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STEVE EXUM ’ 92
On the cover: Nobody can say the spring was
too short in Chapel Hill. North Carolina had the
eighth-warmest winter in 117 years of record-keeping, and the dogwoods and most other
blooms got here way ahead of schedule. They
are the perfect dressing for Carolina’s signature
lampposts, first placed on the campus in 1925.
Sarah McCarty Arneson ’ 96
Departments
3 From the Hill
8 Sightings
10 Timelines
12 Endeavors
14 Letters
53 GAA Today
58 Alumni Today
68 Class Notes
80 DTH Crossword
84 Class Quotes
94 Around Town
96 Yours at Carolina
