Eagle Hotel

Eagle Hotel once stood on the present site of Graham Memorial Hall on the east side of McCorkle Place. The university's first steward, John "Buck" Taylor, opened a tavern on the site in 1796, which he and his son operated until the 1820s. It was known simply as the Tavern House and, like...

Tar Babies

Tar Babies was an unofficial nickname given to the freshman (or junior varsity) basketball and football teams. It was used primarily by journalists (including those at the Daily Tar Heel) roughly from the 1920s through the 1970s. Similar to the "White Phantoms" nickname used in newspaper cov...

Playmakers Repertory Company

PlayMakers Repertory Company is a professional regional theater company in residence at UNC—Chapel Hill. Resident and visiting professional artists work in conjunction with graduate students in acting, costume production, and technical production from the Department of Dramatic Art. It is a me...

Craige Residence Hall

One of the new high-rise dorms built on South Campus in the 1960s, Craige was completed in 1962. The six-story building was designed to house around 700 students —all men when it first opened. Nicknamed "Maverick House" by early residents, Craige was home to the "Victory Gong,"...