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students combat construction

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As crews work to remove asbestos across UNCCH’s campus, students new and old are forced to adapt to the construction.

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chip challenge Heelprint Communications is creating an advertisement for the 2015 Doritos Crash the Superbowl contest on behalf of UNC-CH.

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the vinyl underground CD Alley has stayed in business despite digital record sales due to the Triangle area’s thriving music scene and the resurgance of vinyl collecting.

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pop topics Natalie Carney

Transfer tales Sarah Johnson

Side(line) note Cassandra Ling

cultural connection Avery Williams

movie moment Jun Chou

a new era on the ice UNC-CH’s men’s ice hockey team is back this season with a new coach.

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a spike in enthusiasm UNC-CH’s Block Party brings spirit to women’s

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volleyball games.

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that’s hot

that’s not

Campus color changes

Construction on campus

Fall means crisp weather and beautiful changing leaves across campus. We love the soft crunch under our feet!

Halloween

And we could actually hear that soft crunch if it wasn’t for the jack hammer in our ear.

The morning after Halloween

It’s on Friday this year — that means no worries for the rest of your grades!

Aspirin and coffee, please!

The rise of Tinder

The fall of dating

Left, left, left, right, left.

Texting, Facebook chatting and all of that’s fun, but what happened to talking over a cup of coffee?

Lenoir is open on weekends

Lenoir’s food

All of you North Campus residents with meal plans, rejoice!

But don’t get your hopes up TOO high.

Sup Dogs’s dancing hot dog

Sup Dogs’s prices

Nothing brightens our day like seeing that hot dog break it down on the Franklin Street sidewalk.

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This month we sent our photo editor Shae Allison to find fashion statements around campus.

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Oh, Hot Dogs & Brew, we miss you.

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editor’s letter

Carolyn Coons is a junior from Charlotte, N.C. She can be reached at carcoons@ live.unc.edu.

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The only thing constant about the world is change.

This phrase is constantly thrown at us during times of upheaval in our lives — whether it’s a big move to a new city, starting college or graduating and entering the “real world.” And while it is a cliché that doesn’t make it untrue.

Change is happening everywhere around us all of the time, but what makes life interesting is adapting to those changes and having our outlooks adjusted.

Sometimes change has to be made for our own good.

Students came back to UNC-Chapel Hill this fall to a lot of changes, mostly cosmetic, on campus.

Construction crews have been working daily to remove asbestos from walkways while students have struggled to block them from their back-toschool Instagram photos. It doesn’t matter if some students hate it — it has to be done.

Change isn’t always permanent, and it doesn’t always mean something new.

CD Alley on Franklin St. has managed to stay in business by accepting change and adapting to it. Although the digital era of music may have reduced the demand for CDs, CD Alley owner Ryan Richardson realized the resurgence of vinyl could be saving his business. More and more people, including UNC-CH students, are investing in record players and purchasing vinyl from his shop as a

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throwback to old times.

Change can mean progress.

UNC-CH’s club men’s ice hockey team knew it was time for a change when players were considering leaving the team after a bad loss. Team leaders restructured their practices, hired a new coach and asked for more commitment from their players. They say this has made them stronger and highly competitive for this season.

I’ve learned to embrace change in my own life and not be fearful of it. I’ll be making a change in my own life soon — I am going to be studying abroad for the spring semester in London, England.

I still get shaken up when I think about going to a place where I know no one and where nothing is, but by looking at every change I face as a learning opportunity, I know I can’t fail.

That’s what I think scares people about change.

Being forced to alter our perspectives, our habits, our schedules, etc. means the greater threat of letting us or someone else down in the process.

The greater threat of failure.

Look at the students, groups and community members featured in our October issue and learn from their experiences with change. See how they’ve become better, grown stronger and live happier lives because of change.

Know that above all else, change comes with tremendous chances, not failures, if you keep an open mind.

1. Aisha Rajput Class of ’15, Politcal Science

2. Ethan chung Class of ’16, Business Administration

3. Leah Wright Class of ’17, Nutrition

4. Lamyr Megnin Class of ‘16, Mathematics

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humans of new york blog inspires local spin-offs By kristin tajLili Thousands of students, each with a unique story, pass through the quad every day. It is the mission of social media groups Humans of UNC and Humans of Chapel Hill to capture these stories.

The two Facebook pages, which began independently of one another, sought to recreate the world-famous Humans of New York blog on a local level. Both blogs began posting in February of 2014 and have about 2,000 followers.

“There are so many people that you just know nothing about,” says Alexandra, UNC-Chapel Hill senior and cofounder of Humans of Chapel Hill. “I thought it would be a great way for the community to get a little more insight to the people on campus – the things they were going through and the things they were doing.”

Alexandra asked not to use her full name in this article to maintain some anonymity, which she says is essential to Humans of Chapel Hill’s mission.

Senior Mackenzie Kline created Humans of UNC as a means of reaching out to people after transferring to UNCCH her sophomore year.

“I remember walking around thinking ‘wow, I’ve just never seen this many types of people all in one place,’” Kline says.

Kline created the page two years ago but didn’t start posting pictures until this past February. With each subsequent post, the blog attracted new followers.

Although both groups are similar in their main purpose, Humans of UNC tends to focus solely on students, while Humans of Chapel Hill includes photographs of Chapel Hill residents and workers from surrounding businesses. “We wanted it to capture more than what happens immediately on campus,” Alexandra says.

To capture the different people of Chapel Hill, Alexandra goes to sites further away from campus, such as the Harris Teeter in Carrboro and city bus stops.

“Bus stops are a great place to get a really interesting mix of people,” she says. “You get that really nice range of people from every kind of socioeconomic class as well as gender and race.”

Alexandra, who works on the blog with two of her roommates, says she hopes to start updating the page again.

UNC-CH junior Andrew Wood says he looks forward to seeing the groups’ updates.

“I like both of them,” Wood says. “When they post, they have really pretty pictures and stories that wouldn’t otherwise be shared.” &

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alumni profile:

casey moore by breanna kerr

Casey Moore travels the world visiting exotic and bustling places with the love of her life — for a living. Moore graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2011 and now runs a popular travel blog called “A Cruising Couple” with her husband, Dan Moore.

This year, she and Dan, her high school sweetheart, have journeyed across Vietnam, cross-country skied through Lapland, chased the Northern Lights, observed jaguars in the Pantanal, jungle trekked in the Amazon, watched the World Cup, surfed in Costa Rica, and gone diving in Cancun, Mexico.

Moore, who received degrees in global studies and Spanish at UNC-CH, says she never dreamed she would be a travel blogger as her full-time job. She and Dan found a way to turn the blog, which had originally been used to keep in touch with family and friends, into a source of income. Moore did extensive research and even blogged from Taiwan for two years before deciding to try it without limits.

“I remember when we first declared we were going to be professional travel bloggers – people actually laughed in our faces,” Moore says.

Years later, the couple’s blog has been featured in The New York Times, CNN and National Geographic. Many of Dan’s photographs have also been published in National Geographic under his separate business, Dan R. Moore Photography.

“Definitely one of the most rewarding parts of this job has been turning our small little piece of the web into an awardwinning travel blog that not only funds our travels, but also allows us to largely travel the world for free,” Moore says.

The Moores have come a long way from Apex, N.C., and they have made a good living doing what they love.

In her time at UNC-CH, Moore volunteered through the Campus Y, worked as a Study Abroad Peer Advisor and volunteered in English as a Second Language programs at local middle schools. She says having that work experience and a global perspective from her undergraduate studies not only fueled her wanderlust, but also gave her a greater understanding of the world.

“I’m not just floating around from place to place, but passionately learning about the culture and politics of the places I travel to,” she says. “And I think a lot of that has to come from the critical thinking and strong global perspective I gained from studying at UNC.”& Photo courtesy Casey and Dan Moore. See more photos on their blog, “A Cruising Couple.”

Cherokee Coffee hour By hannah Freyaldenhoven | photos by shae allison On Friday afternoons, UNC-Chapel Hill students and staff meet in Abernethy Hall to immerse themselves in an aspect of indigenous North Carolinian culture: the Cherokee language.

Ben Frey, a post-doctoral research fellow, hosts a weekly coffee hour, in which students and staff come to learn and practice their Cherokee language skills over coffee roasted on Qualla Boundary, a Cherokee community near Asheville.

“It’s meant to be informal, and it’s meant to be something that everybody can come participate in,” Frey says.

Since 2009, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies department has offered classes on the Cherokee language that fulfill UNC’s foreign language requirement. These classes are offered virtually, in conjunction with Western Carolina University.

“The Chapel Hill section is scheduled at the same time as the Western Carolina course, so our students participate in a ‘live’ situation,” says Daniel Cobb, UNC-CH professor and coordinator of American Indian and Indigenous Studies.

“The technology in the classroom allows the instructors to ask our students questions and for our students to make comments and participate in class in real time.The Cherokee Coffee Hour was developed to give students an opportunity to practice their speaking skills outside of the classroom, but it also allows students and staff who are not enrolled in the class to learn about

Cherokee culture.

“This is my favorite hour of my entire week.

I can come and learn,” says Mattea Sanders, a UNC-CH graduate student.“I’ve been able to build relationships as well, which is really fantastic.”

The coffee hour also serves to foster the culture of the Cherokee-speaking world, given that American Indians are the single least represented ethnic group on campus in terms of both students and staff, Frey says. For some, it has become a home away from home.

“Because I am Cherokee, it’s the opportunity to feel like I’m part of a Cherokee community when I’m not actually in my home town,” says Katlin Roberts, a UNC-CH senior and American Indian studies major.

In addition to Cherokee Coffee Hour, the American Indian and Indigenous Studies department has an Elder in Residence program to enrich its students’ experiences.

“The Elder in Residence program has allowed us to bring in various elder, well-respected, indigenous scholars to campus to give talks and present works that they’ve done and share their particular wisdom,” Frey says.

This program, like Cherokee Coffee Hour, brings the community together.

“It’s to foster learning, and it’s to foster community; the community is the most important part,” Frey says. &

UNC-CH students and faculty gather at Abernathy Hall for Cherokee Coffee Hour every Friday afternoon.

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pop topics Natalie Carney is a junior from Charlotte, N.C. She can be reached at ncarney@live.unc.edu.

Why We Should All Watch Gilmore Girls Right Now At the news that all seven seasons of Gilmore Girls would be made available for streaming on Netflix, the internet rejoiced at the opportunity to relive every moment of the lives of motherand-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.

Gilmore Girls wasn’t just the staple TV show of my adolescence; it significantly shaped who I am and my approach to the world. The show looked at the lives of three generations of women, all learning and growing up together. No matter where you are in your college career, we could all use a reminder from time to time of how to be hard-working, headstrong and hilarious. Men, you could learn a thing or two about how to interact with your female friends from this show too.

But midterms are approaching, you say? Who has time for 153 episodes of bliss? I need you to get out of that mindset right now. Re-watching Gilmore Girls will be a decision that absolutely benefits all aspects of your life. 110 hours of programming may seems “daunting” or “extraneous,” but put those feelings aside and replace that mentality with “I need this.” Rory will do enough studying for the both of us.

Watching Gilmore Girls isn’t purely a recreational activity. There is a lot to learn from our fast-talking heroines.

Rule number one: There’s nothing charm and wit can’t get you out of. Every character on the show faced the world with their snappy comebacks, snarky remarks and spot-on pop culture references.

With a simple toss of her hair, protagonist Lorelai Gilmore can get anything she wants. My dad always pointed out how “nobody talks like that,” but this only motivated me to learn. These characters were smart and weren’t afraid to show it with their perfect diction and stellar syntax.

Number two: Whether there’s a Dean, Jess or Logan in your life — these are the show’s primary love interests for young Rory Gilmore — or you’re looking for your Luke — Lorelai’s main squeeze — the gals always had our back for premium love advice. We laughed and cried as we watched Lorelai and Rory make sense of the romantic interests in their lives. Want to date your professor?

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Maybe you shouldn’t. Remember how well that went for Rorie’s bestie Paris, or do you need a refresher? Choosing between two dudes? Pick the shorter, well-read one. High school sweetheart back in town? Don’t hit him up. No matter where you are in your love life, there’s always something we can learn from the Gilmore Girls.

Number three: Family is your best friends and your best friends are your family. Lorelai and Sookie always consulted each other before any major life decision, much to the chagrin of Sookie’s husband Jackson. Rory always had Lane’s back for any deception towardsLane’s overbearing mother.

Even though Lorelai’s complicated relationship with her parents was the source of much of the show’s conflict, we can learn that no matter how many times you have to roll your eyes, it’s okay to be nice to your parents sometimes. The relationship dynamics on Gilmore Girls were as true as true could be — which is just part of the reason why the show is so compelling to audiences.

Number four: All you really need to survive is junk food, take-out and coffee. Really want a burger but considering a salad for health reasons? Always go for the burger. When your tummy is happy, you’re guaranteed to be happy. And coffee is a no-brainer. If there’s one thing Lorelai and Rory showed us, it’s that there’s no such thing as being too caffeinated.

I firmly believe that by asking either “What would Rory do?” or “What would Lorelai do?” you can solve any problem. And I mean any. Choose the Rory path and, who knows, you might end up at Yale. You’ll be thinking with your head (and a procon list) and doing the right thing by everyone who is counting on you. Choose the Lorelai school of thinking, and you’ll go with your gut and kick butt.

You might have to bend the rules and charm (or annoy) some people to get what you want, but it’ll definitely be worth it.

So there’s no time to waste - curl up in your favorite pair of Mr. Peanut pajamas, order some Al’s, and get cozy. There’s never a shortage of good times to be had in Stars Hollow – Lorelai and Rory are waiting. &

Students Combat

Construction Sophomore Tyler Niggel got an unpleasant surprise on his first day of class. The quad, once known for its manicured beauty, was torn up and overrun with barriers. Bulldozers roared and gave sleepy students a wakeup call.

“I was like, ‘What is this? What’s happening?’”

Niggel says. “I was walking by, and I saw this really weird, building-like structure coming out of the ground. So, I thought they were working on bomb shelters or something scary like that.”

No, UNC-Chapel Hill is not preparing for anything that would make students duck for cover.

Workers are repairing, extending and clearing asbestos from steam lines that run under the quad and surrounding areas. The lines were

As crews work across campus to remove asbestos, UNC-CH students are forced to adapt to the construction. by ashlen renner photos by shae allison design by carolyn bahar

installed in the early 1940s with asbestos insulation, which the University has been planning to remove for 10 years.

“It was a lower priority 10 years ago because there was a lot more construction going on back then,” says Dana Leeson, the associate director of Construction Management. “Now it’s a priority because the steam lines have been there for so long.”

Scientific studies have found that asbestos is a carcinogen and can cause lasting health issues.

The project, a $4.8 million endeavor funded

by UNC Energy Services, began in June and is scheduled to be completed in March 2015.

“People see a lot going on above ground,

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and there’s a lot going on in the tunnels as well,” Leeson says. “We can’t cut off all the steam lines at once, so we’re hop-scotching, jumping from line to line, getting the asbestos out, welding the lines, and then moving to the next one.”

Workers are also building three manholes adjacent to Dey Hall, Murphey Hall and Davis Library to access the steam lines better in the future. Leeson says no walkways will be altered.

Though students may dread having to weave around construction for the majority of this year, Leeson asks everyone to be patient.

“No one wants to be the inconvenience,” Leeson says, “but we’re trying to keep the inconvenience to a minimum.”

Some students are blind to the construction and walk from class to class without a second glance at the lumbering construction equipment or noisy power tools.

“It doesn’t really affect my day-to-day that much,” says freshman Natalie Johnson. “People complain about it a lot, but I don’t really notice it that much to be honest. I will be glad when it’s done, and I appreciate the people who are doing the work.”

For others, getting to class proves more of a challenge. Niggel struggled every day to get to his classes in Sitterson Hall after the construction blocked the shortcuts to the building.

Students must adjust their routes to class due to construction, which is tearing up pathways across campus and blocking certain shortcuts.

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“I was so mad because it’s like a five minute extra walk to get there, and I don’t have time for that,” he says. “I don’t leave myself enough time to get from class to class to be able to deal with those kinds of things. I leave exactly as much time it takes to walk from one building to the next.”

Students like senior John Powers have had to adapt to the smaller space available for recreational activities. Powers and his friends have been playing Frisbee every Thursday evening for four years. He was not about to let that tradition slip because of the construction.

“I am sad that we don’t have a big quad to play Frisbee on. That’s my only regret,” Powers says. “We still have most of our field here, but now we have a very defined out-of-bounds area, which is something we haven’t had to deal with before. But I think it will make us better Frisbee players.”

The construction has also provided a challenge for students with physical disabilities and injuries.

“There aren’t enough handicap-accessible places. That’s something I didn’t think about before,” freshman Jon Mackanic says as he walks to the Undergraduate Library on crutches. “I was disappointed because it was the first week of my first ever college classes and there was construction.”

According to Tiffany Bailey, the director of Accessibility Resources and Services, the construction does not block any handicap accessible entrances to buildings.

“Construction management and facilities are really diligent about making sure they follow certain guidelines like not blocking accessible entrances,” she says. “In terms of overall accessibility, and for as old as Carolina is, I think facilities and construction management do a great job.”

The Office of Accessibility ensures students and faculty with physical disabilities are placed in buildings with accessible entrances.

“There are some buildings that are not accessible, but what we do in our office is make sure to check students’ schedules before classes begin, and we make any necessary changes,” Bailey says.

No students have had their schedules changed for construction-related accessibility problems.

Nor were there any student complaints regarding the construction. However, Bailey has seen accessibility issues on some walkways.

“I was out on campus over near the medical research building, and there was a construction issue there in terms of blocking the sidewalk,” she says.

Bailey then contacted construction management. As a result, the construction was immediately cleared.

“Boom. Fixed,” Bailey says. “They are very timely and responsive to people, which I definitely appreciate.”

Though the construction may be an inconvenience, many students believe removing asbestos from the steam lines is necessary.

“It makes biking to class very difficult, but I can see why they’re doing it,” freshman Michelle Xia says. “I’m glad they’re clearing out asbestos. I’m from Chapel Hill, and here in Chapel Hill, we are used to constant construction.”

However, the construction scattered about the quad is not aesthetically pleasing and may put a damper on some freshman and transfer students’ experiences at UNC-CH. “It’s not beautiful, but it’s necessary,” Heather Fairchild, a junior transfer student, says. “I was surprised at first because of the campus’s look.

It will be really nice when the construction is all gone. Then, I can show my family the beautiful campus I know it is.”

Xia says some effects of the construction are problematic for her study habits.

“The noise doesn’t bother me in any of the libraries or anything, but it makes it hard to study behind Lenoir,” Xia says.

Some freshmen admit they don’t know the difference.

“I’m a freshman, so I’ve been on the campus before, but not for an extended amount of time,” Johnson says. “I didn’t really know much of a difference.”

For Davis Library librarian Tom Nixon, who has been working on campus for more than 22 years, this construction is nothing

There are also a number of construction sites off campus, including this church on Franklin St. Photo by Katherine Harrell.

new.“I’ve been here a long time, so I’ve seen a lot of construction,” he says. “It’s somewhat heavy now, but there’s actually been more than this at times.”

The Carolina Ukulele Ensemble battled the noise of the heavy machinery as they practiced on the steps of Wilson Library.

“Ukulele club hates the construction,” Brian Becker says with a laugh. “Less people come to the quad jam. I wouldn’t say that [the construction] is directly causing it, but I would say there’s less people on the quad because of it.

There’s less of an audience.”

“We had to move to the upper quad because of the construction,” Stephanie Tepper says. “But this is such a prime spot that we decided to stay today. But yeah, it’s definitely disruptive.”

Mackanic says he can’t wait until the campus is back to normal “It’s ugly and I want it gone. That’s my opinion of it,” he says.&

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Transfer tales Sarah Johnson is a sophomore from Minnesota.

She can be reached at elsarah@live.unc.edu.

P2P: Donuts, Snow White and Birthdays “Uh oh! Uh oh! There goes the attitude!”

“It’s going to be a plus plus semester!”

“He has cheese fries?! We’re going!”

A place where people swing from the bars overhead, offer serious advice to complete strangers and become best friends for five minutes, the P2P is one of the most diverse experiences you can have in 15 minutes or less at UNC–Chapel Hill.

All freshmen have a list of stuff they must do, places they must go, and things they must see before the year is over. As a transfer student though, you are behind on this list and must try to catch up as soon as possible so you can be a part of these common experiences shared by the student body of your University.

At UNC–CH, one of the first things you hear about when you arrive on campus is the P2P. If you mention the P2P to a student who has been on campus for a while, they will get a small smile on their face and launch into a story about something funny, gross or just plain weird that happened during one of their rides on this bus. In order to be part of this group, I rallied together a group of my fellow transfer students and at 12:22 a.m., we began our first experience with the P2P. Before we were even able to get onto the bus at the Franklin Street stop, it had to unload all of its departing passengers. My first thought was that, in that moment, the P2P did not resemble a bus at all.

Instead, it called to mind images of a clown car at a circus, with its constant flow of people getting off with no sign of an end.

Once on, we shared the bus with only four other people, including a lone man wearing a Duke t-shirt, for which I applaud him for his bravery.

Because the bus was much quieter after all the people had gotten off, two men who sat across from us could hear the music and one of them, obviously confused, asked, “Whose music is that? The bus driver? Well done sir!” asking and answering his own questions, even though his friend was sitting right by him, and applauding as he did so.

As I later found out, Krispy Kreme was hosting an event where you got a dozen donuts for free if you dressed like a pirate that night. Because

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of this, a lot of people who got on and off the bus were carrying this beloved box of glazed goodness. However, there was one very bitter man who, instead of getting Krispy Kreme, settled for something of equal nutritional value. “Krispy Kreme was closed. I walked up and down Franklin Street and I’m like, ‘I’m gonna get this pizza,’” he mentioned to two other passengers gesturing to the Papa John’s box in his hand.

Somehow these two sentences reminded the two other passengers of a story about Franklin Street on Halloween and the group costumes that fraternities have done, including the Wizard of Oz and Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Hearing this made me even more excited to witness my first Halloween at UNC–CH. While this group talked about scarecrows and pizza, the bus stopped on South Campus and filled back up with people. Before the bus began to move again, a man turned to his friend next to me and whined, “Are we moving?” His friend replied “No,” unenthusiastically without even looking up from his phone, causing his friend to groan as if his life was ending because of this short pause the bus driver was taking.

Once the bus began to move again, a man next to me introduced himself and said that he had just celebrated his 18th birthday three days earlier. He animatedly told me about how he bought his first scratch off ticket for a dollar and then asked me to guess how much he won: one dollar. He then exclaimed, “Dollar lost, dollar gained!”

As the bus pulled back onto Franklin Street, I mentioned offhand that it was my friend’s birthday, who happened to be on the bus with us. This led the entire bus of strangers to serenade my friend with “Happy Birthday,” although they had to mumble the name because none of them knew who she was. As they finished the original song and began a remixed version, the bus pulled back up to the Franklin Streetstop and we got off what was possibly one of the most interesting buses I have ever been on. If you haven’t ridden the P2P full circle yet, go out and do it. You definitely won’t regret it.&

the chip challenge Heelprint Communications is creating an advertisement for the 2015 Doritos Crash the Super Bowl Contest.

“How raunchy can it be?” a voice asks.

“Children are always cute,” comments a different voice, and another follows-up, “I think old people are cute, too.”

“Does anyone have access to a crazy animal?”

“How far would you go to eat a Dorito?”

Sitting at a round table in the basement of Carroll Hall, a small group of members of Heelprint Communications pitch their ideas for their agencywide project. For inspiration, each member munches on Doritos Nacho Cheese.

“I want to win,” says UNC-Chapel Hill senior Joey Brandes, vice president of Campus Pub, an introductory branch of Heelprint Communications.

“I think it would be cool to put Heelprint and Campus Pub online,” he says, referring to getting recognition for the group.

Rewind to the Super Bowl 2012. Remember the Doritos advertisement, “Man’s Best Friend”?

A man is fixing the mulch in his yard and sees a missing cat sign. When he looks across the yard he witnesses a dog burying a collar that looks all too similar to the one in the sign. There is a quick exchange of expressions between the two until the dog paws over a Doritos Nacho Cheese bag with

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an incriminating message: “You didn’t see nuthin’.”

Or perhaps the Doritos Super Bowl commercial from 2014, “Time Machine” will ring a bell. Eightyear-old Jimmy convinces Mr. Smith, a neighbor walking by with a Doritos Spicy Nachos bag, to hop into a “time machine” crafted from a cardboard box and black Sharpie. It conveniently only runs on Doritos. While Jimmy munches on Mr. Smith’s Doritos, he creates the illusion of time travel by shaking the box and making noises. Suddenly, the owner of the lawn runs out of the house yelling, “Get out of my yard!” Jimmy runs away, leaving Mr. Smith to believe he has time traveled to the future, confusing the owner of the lawn for an older version of Jimmy.

The creators of these advertisements were not advertising representatives of PepsiCo, the owner of Doritos brand, — they were produced by fans of Doritos for the annual Crash the Super Bowl contest. Heelprint Communications, a UNC-CH student-led creative communications agency, plans to compete in this year’s contest for the 2015 Super Bowl with its 30 members.

Heelprint Communications provides preprofessional design services and research services Heelprint members eat Doritos chips as they brainstorm.

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Taylor Brookhouse tries her very first Dorito during Heelprint’s first Campus Pub meeting for the Crash the Super Bowl contest.

for local businesses and organizations. The agency works in small teams, each dedicated to specific clients and projects. Campus Pub, caters to the advertising needs of on-campus organizations.

“It’s a job, but also an experience. It’s meant a lot to me as a student and growing as a professional,” says senior Kimberly Yates, chief operating officer for Heelprint.

The Crash the Super Bowl contest, which began in 2007, gives fans from all over the world a chance to compete for the best 30-second homemade Doritos advertisement. Executives from the Doritos brand and advertising professionals will select 10 finalists. These 10 will attend Super Bowl XLIX in Arizona and watch the game from a private suite, where they will learn which two finalists’ ads will be aired during the worldwide event. One finalist will be selected by fan votes and the other by the Doritos brand.

The winner selected by fan votes will receive the grand prize of $1 million and a job at Universal Studios for a year. The winner will also get to the chance to experience the behind-the-scenes workings of the motion picture studio, contribute his or her creative talents to upcoming comedies and collaborate with movie star Elizabeth Banks as

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she makes her directorial debut on Pitch Perfect 2. The eight finalists whose ads are not aired will receive $25,000.

The deadline for submissions is Nov. 9. If UNCCH’s entry does win, the collaborators have agreed to split the $1 million. Talks of raffling the job at Universal Studios came up, but have not been confirmed.

Heelprint Communications has accepted the challenge this year as a fun side project, a project they aspire to continue in the following years. All members were encouraged to participate as an agency-wide project, but were not required to.

Campus Pub Vice Presidents Joey Brandes and Sam Stone, both seniors, are leading the effort in producing the commercial.

Senior James Waugh, the CEO of Heelprint Communications and original advocate for the project, wants the agency to produce a product that encompasses the values and qualities of the agency but also the values of the University.

“It would be fun to have an entry submitted by the University,” Waugh says. “It shows the new trend in education — experiential learning.”

Yates says he hopes the commercial represents UNC-CH “in the light that students are innovative.”

Once the target audience is decided, the agency members want their experience as college students to be reflected in the commercial. Yates says he wants the commercial to depict the idea that “We’re smart, we’re fun, we work really hard—but we’re also college students.”

Waugh wants to submit the entry as “UNCCH’s first annual entry, produced by Heelprint Communications,” reflecting the project as an effort of the agency and the University. While winning the grand prize is the ultimate goal, Waugh wants the project to encourage the agency to be personable. “(This will) provide a way for a large agency to continue to foster a community experience,” Waugh says. “I want people to feel part of a community. It will allow everyone to get to know each other.”

The attempts to formulate an advertisement began last year through one of the agency’s old core teams, Heelprint U, which has now evolved into Campus Pub. Waugh, Brandes and Stone attempted to create an advertisement, but the idea diffused. Waugh knew when he received his promotion to CEO that he wanted to fully develop the idea.

Heelprint U evolved into Campus Pub to accept

all individuals interested in joining Heelprint Communications. Heelprint U focused on working explicitly with campus organizations, but it was limited to students who were already members of Heelprint.

The creation of the advertisement is open to anyone who attends Campus Pub’s meetings, so the competition is not exclusively for Heelprint members. The publicity of the project is also a motive to invite those with interests in advertising to get involved in an organization that encourages and helps develop or improve those skills.

“That’s what Campus Pub is all about. (The contest) is a good representation of Campus Pub,” Brandes says.

Searching for more ideas, a few members explore the crunch sound effects and sound tracks provided by Doritos. They debate light-heartedly about which effects are more suitable for the proposed scenarios.

“I’ve never had Doritos,” confesses junior Taylor Brookhouse, an advertising major, as she examines the Doritos Nacho Cheese bag. She apprehensively pulls out a cheesy triangle, sniffs it and takes a bite.

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CD Alley has managed to stay in business despite the rise of digital record sales due to the thriving music scene in the Triangle area and resurgence of vinyl collecting.

Walk into CD Alley on West Franklin Street, and you will be greeted by

rows of CDs and vinyl records tucked neatly into cardboard boxes and on black shelves lining the white walls.

Your ears will catch an unfamiliar tune playing in the store – maybe it’s a jazz song, perhaps some Vietnamese soul, or maybe it’s an alternative rock song.

Venture further, and you’ll see people crouching on the floor sifting through new records. You may also see college or high school students scanning through the boxes of secondhand records.

Turn back toward the front door, and you might see the shopkeeper asking a customer, “Have you heard the new Tame Impala album?” The customer might walk away with a recommendation or even a new record.

Overcome with curiosity, you might be tempted to ask the shopkeeper: In this age of iTunes and digital downloads, how do shops like CD Alley still exist?

That’s how David Ruiz, a part-time employee at CD Alley, felt when he first started working there.

“I was surprised by how many people come in here and actually do buy stuff,” says Ruiz, a UNC-

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Chapel Hill alumnus who graduated in 2010.

The original founder of CD Alley opened three record stores — in Chapel Hill, Greensville and Wilmington — 15 years ago.

Now only the Chapel Hill store is still in business.

Ryan Richardson is the current owner of CD Alley. He says he often visited record stores with his friends when he was young.

“A lot of record stores have closed in the last decade or so,” Richardson says. “It hasn’t been an easy time to run a record store.”

But Richardson said Chapel Hill’s record store business has survived the struggle because of the vibrant music scene in town.

“We’ve been lucky enough to be in a town where there is such an active music scene and great college radio,” Richardson says. “There’s also a great community radio [station] from Carrboro.”

The radio station plays a wide range of music, including tunes from around the globe. When they play music like Thai pop songs, listeners can come to CD Alley to find it.

“We carry stuff here that’s a little harder to find,” Richardson says.

Richardson graduated from UNC-CH in 1998.

In his sophomore year, he worked as a DJ on the campus radio station, WXYC.

CDs cram the bookshelves along all walls of the store, divided by genre.

Vinyl records are crammed into boxes lining the stores aisles.

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He says his experience there widened his musical horizons, which resonate within CD Alley’s offering of music genres.

“Stations like WXYC can be very difficult to listen to from time-to-time, but what’s really cool about it is that they are willing to play anything,” Richardson says, pointing to a Vietnamese rock CD. “So records like this do get exposure.”

However, there is another trend that is supporting his business: collecting vinyl.

“It’s true that we sell more vinyl than CDs at this point,” Ruiz says.

The shop’s CD sales have gone down significantly over the years, only to be replaced by vinyl sales.

“Students are a big part of the rise of vinyl,” Richardson says. “Not just college but high school kids are getting turntables for Christmas, and they’re here all excited to start collecting vinyls. It seems to have really gone mainstream again.”

But the trend comes with a price because new vinyl records are getting expensive.

Mark Yacoub, a customer who has visited CD Alley for almost three years now, bought a record player after graduating from college in 2009. He now has a collection of around 100 albums.

“It’s not huge because I don’t have that much money,” Yacoub says, laughing. “Now that vinyl has become more popular it has become more expensive.”

In spite of the price, Yacoub says collecting vinyl still has value because the demand is always there.

“The nice thing about vinyl is that it’s really easy to sell,” he says. “It holds its value very well and people always want it.”

Yacoub is pursuing a doctoral degree in political science at UNC-CH. He did his undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University four years

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ago.

“I’ve been coming to CD Alley for almost two or three years now, mostly because of Ryan, the owner, and they have a good selection of things,” he says.

Richardson is not just a shop owner. He also has his own band, The Kingsbury Manx. The band has six records under its belt. Richardson and his band members did many tours in the early 2000s, traveling to various parts of the country and even to Europe.

The band has been on a hiatus for a year now that Richardson is busy with the shop.

“We still play shows around here every once in a while,” he says. “But not like we used to, because I have to stick around and take care of this place most of the time.”

While providing a wide variety of music genres, Richardson says the shop is a platform for local music acts to self-promote. The noticeboard near the entrance is pinned with notices about local musical events, and the walls are decorated with posters designed by local artists.

Lift your eyes to the ceiling, and you’ll see more bright and colorful posters promoting concerts at local venues like Local 506 and Cat’s Cradle.

“I tried to cover the whole ceiling but the fire marshal told me I could only have 20 percent of the ceiling covered,” Richardson says.

Richardson is optimistic about the future of the shop, but he isn’t sure how long he will be able to stay at the West Franklin Street location because he says he knows he can’t grow old and run a record shop.

“I’m going to have to move on at some point,” he says. “But it’s fun here, so it’s not like I’m in any hurry to get out of here.” &

A new Era on the UNC-CH’s men’s ice hockey team is back this season with a new coach and new attitude.

The game is 40 years in the making at Carolina.

Two years ago, a post-game mutiny left the players utterly defeated. This season, the club sets to right this wrong and launch a new “era” of Carolina ice hockey.

The UNC-Chapel Hill men’s ice hockey club team steps onto the ice at the Orange County SportsPlex hoping to make some changes.

The changes the team is making this year stem from its growing frustration with its performance.

Team treasurer and defender, senior Alex Keith, says the team’s loss to North Carolina State

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University in 2012, which ended with many players wanting to quit, was one of its lowest points.

“That’s something you never want to see — the team just giving up on itself,” Keith says. “But now we’re just proud of the number of guys who are showing up and working their hardest.”

The players are part of a long-time tradition in the UNC Club Sports program. The Division II American Collegiate Hockey Association team was founded in 1974. In the past eight years, the team has consistently placed in the top five of the annual Atlantic Coast Collegiate Hockey League tournament.

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Although ice hockey is a club sport, the UNC-CH team is competitive, and the players have a good amount of experience. All of the players have been playing for several years, and students join the team to build upon their experience at the collegiate level As one of the biggest club teams on campus, the ice hockey team is hoping to convert its experience into consistent season wins and campus support. This year, with a new coach, larger team and improved sense of discipline, the team is looking to prove that it can perform at the highest level.

This year the team hired a new head coach with the goal of adding more discipline to the program.

Coach Jeff Volkman, who coached high school hockey in Minnesota, says he is trying to bring the mentality of a varsity sports team to the club team by ensuring that every player takes responsibility for his own efforts and intensity during practice. The long-term goal is to build the program financially, expand in terms of recruiting and become national champions, he says.

“I’m really trying to lay the foundation for years to come, and I’ve gotten a lot of support from the seniors,” Volkman says. “We’re hoping to put UNC hockey on the map, but that takes time.”

Volkman says he came into coaching with a clear understanding of what the players wanted — to establish a team they could be proud of. He says he is pleased with the work ethic and commitment the players have displayed so far this season and that the team has shown a lot of leadership and

character.

One change marking the new era of Carolina ice hockey this season has been the increase in the number of players on the team. In previous years, typically half of the players that tried out would decide not to continue with the team according to team captain, senior John Jackson. But this season, every player that tried out decided to stay and play. The new coach is a big reason for the higher turnout. Thus the team was able to tap into more students at Carolina.

This year the team boasts an unprecedented 28 players, although only 20 of those players can dress per game, leaving several players as spectators at each game. Volkman says it is a consistent challenge for him to have to decide who is and who is not going to play each game.

The increase in the number of players is also problematic on the side of the players, says Jackson, goalie. Since the team is a club in which everyone must pay to play, it’s difficult to have multiple players sit out every game. Conversely, Jackson says the large number of players has lead to increased motivation in practice.

“With having to scratch eight people every game, there’s a sense of accountability, and it changes the pace of practice,” Jackson says. “It changes the entire environment just by making it so you might not play, and therefore you have to give it everything you’ve got.”

Another challenge has been the increased time commitment on the side of the players. The team’s schedule includes more than 30 games this season,

UNC-CH’s men’s ice hockey players and coaches gather for a team photo in their official uniforms.

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Above: Players huddle up during practice.

Left: Players follow the puck down the ice during a latenight practice.

which is significant for a club team. Jackson says that time is a huge sacrifice for the players, who are still students with academic goals.

The team wanted to ensure Volkman could focus solely on hockey and thus the players have taken on a lot more responsibility in terms of financing, scheduling and training. Jackson says that students have bought into the increased involvement that has been required.

“We wanted to obviously improve by a lot, so we’ve put in even more work on top of that, and it’s good to see that we’re getting value out of what we put into it,” Jackson says.

The team wants to prove its legitimacy as a competitive force in club hockey through changing its approach to preparation and adding more discipline into the program. In the past, players would not always attend practices and the practices themselves were not well organized.

Team captain and forward Michael Auriemma, a senior, says that this year, the team’s effort inside and outside of practice is “night-and-day” from what it used to be. There is a full team at practice, the players work out together several time a week and there is increased attendance at other team functions.

“If there’s one thing that’s really changed, it’s just the excitement about playing on the team, working for the team, for each other, for the school,” Auriemma says. “It’s kind of like a pride thing maybe, and that was non-existent two years ago.”

Keith says that this season is the team’s chance to redefine itself. In its first game against Wake

Forest, the team won 6-5. Keith says the team’s effort during that game exemplified its new character. He says in the past, if the team started losing in the second period, there was a good chance they would lose the game.

“In the past we would have given up,” he says.

“It would have gotten ugly and have gone wrong in all the wrong ways, but with the way we are starting to play now, everybody knuckled down and said ‘I’ll do what I can,’ and we won.”

With the men’s ice hockey team tackling so many changes to the program this year in order to make the team better, Jackson says the team’s primary goal is to make these changes long-term rather than short-term. He says he wants to instill within the players a sense of accountability for the team’s performance. Another goal is to win in the ACHA division.

“I guess you could call my experience with the team a little bit of a roller coaster in terms of how good we’ve been,” Jackson says. “But the team gets out of it what we put into it because so much of it is student-based, and this year we’re willing to take responsibility.”

Characterized by a new committed discipline, a competitive outlook and a “funny Twitter,” Jackson says the team is ready to represent UNC. “We’re bringing it this year,” says Auriemma.

“It’s going to be fun and exciting and I think this is a really good time if you’ve never checked us out before; it’s a level of hockey that Carolina has never experienced.”&

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kylee wooten The etymology of “coxswain” gives the word a literal meaning of “boat servant,” but it is better served by the definition as the steersman of a ship’s boat. When junior Kylee Wooten first arrived on UNC-Chapel Hill’s campus freshman year from Winston-Salem, N.C., she had never rowed in her life and had never heard of a coxswain. Now, Wooten’s a varsity rower.

“I got a little flyer in the mail about rowing,” she says. “I thought ‘well I’ll try it out.’ Due to the fact that I stand 5-foot-2, they told me that I was going to be a coxswain, and I literally had no idea what that meant.”

Wooten has bright blonde hair, often pulled back in a pony-tail. She sports a small golden nose ring and a tattoo on her wrist that reads “to infinity” in cursive font. Her sister, who she’s very competitive with, has a complimentary tattoo that reads “and beyond.”

As soon as Wooten walked into tryouts, UNCCH Women’s Rowing Coach Sarah Haney saw something in her.

“When a coxswain walks into a room, you have a pretty good idea about their leadership ability,” Haney says. “We just got a sense that she was going to be able to understand that role.”

Haney refers to the role of coxswain as a very intellectually and strong-minded position.

“The coxswain is basically like a point guard, a quarterback and a horse jockey,” she says.

“Obviously at practice, we’re there. But come race day, we’re on the shore with everyone else. We rely on the coxswain to be our eyes and ears on the boat.”

In a rowing boat, a coxswain sits at the stern (the back,) facing her rowers in order to steer the boat.

In addition to being the eyes and ears of the boat, Wooten says it is of the utmost importance for a coxswain to be able to motivate all eight of their fellow rowers in order to get down the course in the fastest way possible. The crew sits with their backs facing the bow (the front,) making it impossible to see which direction they’re going. This gives the coxswain a major responsibility.

“In terms of being a coxswain, it’s really important to get to know your rowers,” Wooten says. “Finding out what really motivates them is how you get your boat down the course the fastest.”

Wooten says she realizes it’s more than just projecting motivational words.

“You can say to ‘push harder, push harder,’ but they’re going to respond to something that clicks with them,” she says.

This upcoming season, Wooten has her eyes set on becoming the coxswain for the team’s top eight varsity rowers.

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UNC-Chapel Hill junior Kylee Wooten aims to be first coxswain this year for the varsity women’s rowing team.

“She’s definitely in contention for first coxswain,” Coach Haney says.

There’s a good chance Wooten will be in the first coxswain’s seat for this year’s season, but that wasn’t always the case, Wooten says “I remember my novice year I wanted to go the Head of the Hooch race, and I didn’t get to go,” Wooten said. “It’s been the only race so far I haven’t gotten to go to. To be honest, I was voted third coxswain because of my confidence issues. As a coxswain, that’s detrimental because you have to make a decision on the spot. Over the past couple of years it’s something I’ve been dealing with and something I’ve been overcoming.”

Wooten spent one year on the novice team before becoming a coxswain on the varsity squad.

She had not had any previous rowing experience, so as she gains familiarity, she hopes her confidence will build.

Coach Haney says she has full confidence in Wooten’s abilities as a coxswain.

“She just instills belief that you can win in her crew,” she says. “There’s definitely a mutual level of respect from her to her rowers and from her rowers to her.” &

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A spike in enthusiam

The UNC-Chapel Hill Block Party is a group of fans who have dedicated themselves to cheering forand bringing awareness to the UNC-CH volleyball team.

It’s the first home game of the season for the Carolina volleyball team and excitement is in the air.

The players are pumped, the coaches are eager and a sea of light blue covers Carmichael Arena.

And in the student section sits a unique group of fans, yelling every cheer and chant. They’re loud, passionate and a nuisance to opponents. They are the UNC Block Party.

“It all started about two years ago when I went to the first Blue-White scrimmage of the year, and we were approached by David Theby who was one of the marketing contacts for volleyball at the time,” says junior Kerry Sledge, co-founder of the Block Party.

“And he basically came up to us and asked us if we wanted to raise student awareness for the team and created some student-led initiatives to help boost attendance.”

The Block Party, entering its third year of existence, is a “super-fan” group that supports the UNC-Chapel Hill volleyball team and cheers at every home game. Roughly 30 members attend each game.

It is not associated with Carolina Fever – the more widely known Tar Heel fan group. The Block Party is solely dedicated to volleyball.

Juniors Wes Stewart, Randy McNeill and Sledge lead the fan group.

Stewart, also a co-founder, says he did not expect the group to become such an important part of his life at UNC-CH. “I’m a little shocked that it’s lasted for so long,” Stewart says. “I mean obviously we’re great friends and we enjoy hanging out together, but I didn’t think it would include as much volleyball as it does. But I have no regrets, I love it.”

The leaders of the Block Party now paint up for

nationally televised games, have eaten dinner with the players and even have matching T-shirts.

McNeill says even though the group didn’t know much about the strategies or complicated rules of the game, they still know the basics and all have experience with sports.

The Block Party does play a factor in terrorizing the opposing team, he adds “When it’s just the Block Party, it’s more about distracting the other team,” McNeill says. “And if we can make them mess up two or three times, it helps.

Some sets are decided by two or three points, so we can obviously be a factor in helping them win.”

Junior outside hitter Paige Neuenfeldt says the team appreciates the Block Party’s support and devotion.

“It’s amazing not a lot of schools have a super-fan group, so it’s pretty good to be able to tell everyone to go join the Block Party and get in on that,” Neuenfeldt says. “It’s just really special to have such dedicated fans.”

Coach Joe Sagula echoes Neuenfeldt’s sentiment and says he believes the Block Party does well in leading cheers.

“We look forward to seeing them at every match. They know how to cheer and create some enthusiasm at every match,” Sagula says. “That helps our team and also stimulates the rest of the crowd to follow their lead.”

Sledge says he does not think the Block Party will die, and he says he hopes for the exact opposite.

“We’d like to see this grow into a big thing,” Sledge says.

“We could all come back as alumni one day and see the UNC Block Party grow into twice, three or four times the size of what it is now. That would be awesome.”&

UNC-CH juniors Kerry Sledge, Randy McNeill, and Wes Stewart cheer on the women’s volleyball team.

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Side(line) note Cassandra Ling is a senior from Carmel, CA. She can be reached at caling@live.unc.edu.

Club sports funding Many of you have probably noticed the lemonade stands with handmade signs, surrounded by athletes trying to convince you that you are thirsty, or the latenight bake sales on Franklin Street.

Welcome to the fundraising world of UNC-Chapel Hill club sports.

While the basic assumption about these fundraising attempts - teams need money for travel or uniforms or equipment - is true, that’s not the full story.

These teams need to sell lemonade or cupcakes just to guarantee they can remain a club sport at the University.

The teams often need much more funding than what they receive from the Sports Club Executive Board, says club gymnastics president Kaitlyn Townsend.

“The majority of our funding is dependent on fundraising,” she says. “We have a large team that grows a little more every year, and travel expenses, hotel fees and competition fees add up quickly.”

According to the SCEB, which determines the fate of UNC-CH club teams, each club is required to raise a percentage of the money it is awarded from the board. If a team is given $2,000 for the year, they are responsible for matching 75 percent of that amount, meaning they must raise $1,500 on their own.

So why do some club sports receive more money than others?

In deciding the funding, the SCEB takes into account each club’s “mandatory or essential costs”basically just the costs of the team to be able to compete against other teams (facility and travel costs). They also determine the commitment levels of each club. Commitment is judged by fundraising abilities, service commitments and compliance with procedures and sponsorship. It is also dependent on the club’s tier level. There are three rankings: blue tier (most competitive), white tier (slightly less competitive) and black tier (those with few numbers who compete locally).

The board has $100,000 to disperse among the different sports. The more competitive tiers - teams that travel more, have higher expenses, have more participants and compete at a high level receive more money.

There is a significant range in fund allocation among the club sports. UNC ice hockey was

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awarded the most this year, with an allocation of about $8,900, whereas badminton received about $200. Most of the other sports fell between the range of $1,000 and $3,000 this year.

Each club team must raise 75 percent of its allotted budgets through membership dues, donations, sponsorships and fundraising. If a team does not do this, there will be a reduction in the amount the team receives the next year.

Maybe women’s rugby should raise the price of lemonade.

Nicole Davis, part of the UNC-CH women’s rugby team, says the SCEB has money saved for national championship travel. Last year the rugby team was able to attend Nationals in Bowling Green, Ohio.

The board presents several opportunities for clubs to raise money. The club gymnastics team works at football games, swim meets and basketball games. They also participate in the PLAY program, going to schools and teaching kids gymnastics, as well as many other community service events to show the board their commitment.

Davis says the women’s rugby team also participates in those events and also looks for other ways to raise money.

“We seek donations from friends, family and alumni,” she says. “We also try to look for sponsors to donate money in exchange for our promotion of the company.”

UNC-CH’s contribution to club sports teams is a drop in the bucket compared to the overall expenses these teams have in order to play. The team members themselves cover most of the costs.

UNC-CH ice hockey puts a lot of effort into sponsorships and fundraising as well, despite their higher-than-average dues at $1,000 per player.

Last year, they participated in a Yankee Candle fundraising event, where the players sold Yankee candles and could keep 30 percent of whatever they sold. Hockey players selling candles? You would think the locker rooms would smell better after that one.

Let’s hope that UNC-CH can keep up its reputation of diversity by keeping club sports available for students. So next time you’re thirsty or have a sweet tooth, look out for the small tables in the center of campus or on Franklin Street. There’s a chance your 25 cents or few dollars can keep a sport alive. &

movie moment Jun Chou is a sophomore from Greenville, N.C. She can be reached at chouj@live.unc.edu.

Adam As if Netflix wasn’t distraction enough, the Undergraduate Library has implemented a free (!) new video streaming website. Appropriately dubbed “Heelflix,” this site has over 800 movies available for anyone with an Onyen to stream.

The available movie choices are better than I had expected. With contemporary classics like “500 Days of Summer” and old-school horror films “like Rosemary’s Baby,” there’s really something for any UNC-Chapel Hill student.

Having exhausted my Netflix queue, I decided to watch something I could not find on either Netflix or Hulu. I chose “Adam,” a romantic drama I had been meaning to watch for a long time now but have always been too lazy to download or rent.

Hugh Dancy (yes, the prince from “Ella Enchanted”) plays Adam, a homebody with a convenient fascination with astronomy, which will predictably lead to romantic moonlit walks and stargazing sessions. Not long after he’s been conveniently reduced to lonely bachelor status, Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne), a conveniently hot and single teacher, just so happens to conveniently move into the apartment a few floors above Adam.

Despite the inevitability of their romance, their love story is anything but convenient.

Adam has Asperger’s syndrome, a disorder that those who have taken a psychology class will remember as being on the Autism spectrum.

“Aspies” are known for being socially incompetent while often gifted in other ways. Adam himself lists Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson and Mozart when explaining his disorder. When Beth asks with surprise, “They had Asperger’s?” Adam says with a shrug: “Probably.”

Before you dismiss the film for romanticizing Asperger’s syndrome as a charming personality

quirk, understand that the film actually approaches the disorder quite thoughtfully. Instead of portraying Adam as a perfect yet misunderstood savant, the director and script writer Max Mayer shows that Adam is not without his flaws.

Throughout the film, Beth and Adam grow and learn from each other in heartwarming and incremental ways.

While other movies or TV shows depict people with Asperger’s as neurotic, fumbling nerds whose lack of social skills are hilarious yet lovable (looking at you, “The Big Bang Theory”), Adam truly departs from this trope. Although he is a lovable character, the film tries hard to not excuse any of his social inadequacies; there’s never a moment in which Beth whispers, “Sorry, he’s got Asperger’s,” to her friends after one of Adam’s long ramblings about telescopes.

Dancy’s portrayal plays a big role in humanizing this misunderstood form of autism. While “The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime” allowed readers to better understand the train of thought running through an Aspie’s head, Adam allows us to see the difficulties of the disorder and the way it affects the people around him. When Beth invites Adam to go out with her friends, the audience sees him getting ready an hour in advance, only to hide behind his door in fear when it comes time to leave the building.

Set to the beautiful backdrop of New York City, the film is a great watch for a mellow autumn day.

Although it tackles challenging issues, “Adam” is an easy film to watch while simultaneously being informative. In the end, you really have no excuse not to watch this movie, especially with the accessible advent of “Heelflix.” &

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Cultural Yolanda Sithole: World Traveler Yolanda Sithole Junior (senior in London since they only have 3 years of college) Comparative Literature major From London, England For this month’s column, I got to know Yolanda Sithole, a junior here at UNC-Chapel Hill for her semester abroad from England. She formally goes to King’s College of London, but chose to come to the United States — a country she hadn’t been to yet. It’s surprising to me now, having talked to her about her travel history and the multitude of countries she has visited and cultures she has experienced.

As a student of comparative literature, Yolanda is well read and knowledgeable of many cultures and ideas. She hasn’t exactly figured out what she wants to do with this degree when she finishes college, but would like to work within the humanities, possibly in a public relations office.

Growing up watching television and movies about the United States and the college experience here, she decided she wanted to experience it for herself.

The idea of “Southern hospitality” and Saturday football games drew her to UNC-CH. In England,

the colleges don’t have large sports teams or much school spirit, she says, whereas here in the United States, it plays a large role in college life. The idea of cheering in the crowds, the enthusiasm of the fans and geniality of the people made Yolanda decide that Chapel Hill was the place for her.

“Here, you’re able to express yourself and be spirited, where in London that’s not really a thing,” she says.

As for the “Southern hospitality,” she believes we are living up to her expectations.

Another thing that drew Yolanda to North Carolina was the weather. The stereotype of London weather is that the rapidly changing temperatures and rain forecast can make for an interesting day — beginning warm and sunny and ending in torrential downpour. The weather here in Chapel Hill seems to be suiting Yolanda happily for now, seeing as she loves the heat.

I would have thought someone as worldly as Yolanda would have already made the trip to the United States, or even the western hemisphere, but she had never made it “across the pond” until now. Since she was little, Yolanda has loved to travel. She has visited a large variety of surrounding countries in Europe as well as a great number in Asia, including South Korea, Hong Kong and

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Dubai. Asking her to narrow down her favorite places proved to be a difficult question to answer.

When it came down to it, the winners seemed to be Switzerland and South Korea — an odd pairing.

When Yolanda visited Switzerland for the first time, she fell in love. The tranquility of the rivers and snowy mountains was like nothing she had ever experienced before. The beauty of the scenery, as well as the quality of the shopping, made her trip an unforgettable one.

On the complete opposite side of the spectrum, South Korea also made her list of favorite places.

Yolanda visited South Korea this summer to complete some course requirements as well as have a summer experience she wouldn’t forget.

After studying Korean for two years, she was able to get her way around the country in places like restaurants and shopping markets.

“People say New York is the city that never sleeps, but the cities in (South Korea) honestly never sleep,” she says.

Seoul definitely takes the cake, with more than 10 million citizens. This massive population also equates to a hub of technological advances. The technology in South Korea is believed to be almost 12 years ahead of that in the United States and parts of Europe, so one can imagine the sheer

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wonder of what was surrounding Yolanda this past summer.

As for future travel plans, she would love to see as much of America, North and South, as possible.

She plans to visit California, New York and Canada in her free time this semester. When she finishes college in the spring, Yolanda and her friends are planning a trip to Machu Picchu in Peru and Cancun in Mexico to get a feel for South American culture.

A question I like to ask when talking to people to get to know them more is whether they would want to spend the next year of their life in the past or the future, leaving it up to interpretation.

Yolanda would rather live in the future. She has so much to look forward to — travel, friends and graduating. While the past has been a great experience, people have regrets and make mistakes. Without those, we wouldn’t be the people we are today. She is scared but ready for the future to come, wherever it may take her.&

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