Odum Village

In 1960 the university opened new housing for married students in order to replace the ramshackle Victory Village units. The new community, eventually named Odum Village after UNC faculty member Howard W. Odum, included brick buildings (a big improvement from the prefabricated metal Victory Village ...

Southen Oral History Program

Founded in 1973, the Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) conducts oral histories and provides training for future oral historians. Under the leadership of history professor Jacquelyn Down Hall, it grew into a nationally recognized program. While the program interviewed some prominent and well-known...

The Pit

The beloved gathering space at the heart of the campus, the Pit was created, possibly unintentionally, during construction projects in 1967 and 1968. Formerly the site of Emerson Field, the area was cleared to make way for three new student services buildings: Graham Student Union, Student Stores bu...

Fencing

Fencing was a club sport at Carolina as early as the 1930s, when intramural matches were held in Memorial Hall. As interest in the sport grew in the 1960s, the university hired Ron Miller to come to Carolina to start a team. The reputation of the sport may not have been particularly high at the time...