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DECEMBER 5, 1986
THE METEOR
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By Reed Skaggs
The University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill is one of the finest higher educational in- stitutions in the United States. In fact, last year it was ranked #7 in the country, while the Univer-
sity of Virginia (where?) did not even make the list. UNC was the first state college in the US. Academically it is very sound and selective, accepting only 18 percent of its out-of-state ap- plicants. Graduate schools in medicine, law and engineering are all among the best. Not coin- cidentally, many VES graduates and teachers have attended or are attending UNC, including Paul Foreman, Andy Markey,
Alex Turner (our last two head counselors), Balraam Kakaar, Butch Watkins, Bo Lauder (grad school) and Andy Spencer and Leebo McLaughlin (Moorehead Scholars). These men were all im-
portant to VES and chose to at- tend UNC, or should I say chose not to attend UVA!
Athlatically, UNC is far superior to UVA. In this decade, the Heels have played in two na- tional championship basketball
games, attended three football bowl games and are the current NCAA lacrosse champions. Even with Ralph (you know, the tall guy who punched Jerry Sichting) Sampson, UV A never made it to the finals of the NCAA tournament. Carolina even has superior pro athletes - Kelvin Bryant, James Worthy, Jeff Hayes and the incomparable
Michael Jordan to name a few.
UVA prides itself on being a. school with high honor stan- dards. Why then, did a certain
basketball player, found quilty of two honor offenses, one cheating
and one stealing, was allowed to stay in school until he withdrew
himself? Why is a fomer ACC.
player of the year in jail on an alleged drug posaession charge? Is there really a drug ring among
UVA athletes? I can't recall deeds of this magnitude occuring a:t UNC.
Some say UV A does not ac- tively recruit athletes - this is clearlywrong- itjustcan'tland the people it recruits! For in- stance, Virginia-born JR Reid, the most highly recruited basketball player in the country
last year, spurned his state school. For where you ask? UNC of course! After all, 'Dallas' may have the Ewings, But Carolina has JR!
Within our own community, many more students want to at- tend UNC because they feel it's a better school then UVA. On the weekend of November 14-16,
twelve seniors took a college weekend to Chapel Hill; none
travelled to Charlottesville. Thomas Jefferson, one of the Founding Fathers and the founder of UVA, probably would
like to start over again and model his institution after UNC. Since this can't happen, I suggest that you wahoos clean it up and remember one thing; if God was not a Tarheel, why is the sky
Carolina Blue?
By CliH Schroeder
There are many things to be said about the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill. At least one half, if not all, these things are negative and can be directly applied to their obnox- ious, rude and disruptive fans. Being from a family of Universi-
ty of Virginia graduates, I can safely say that UV A fans react to a win or loss on the playing field with dignity; we take losses in stride and when we win, we are
all happy campers.
UNC fa1.s, on the other hand
are never ..vrong as far as they are concerned (they aren't right much of th«> time either!) Not on- ly do the · rr••use to accept their numerou u feats graciously,
It is fair to say that UNC fields some petty good teams, but UV A just fields better ones. There isn't really anything UNC can do
about this, because it is a fact
superio~ by the divine right of God!
Getting back to the fans, how can anyone be really be comfor- table wearing baby blue? I don't
think I've worn ·baby blue since I was in pre-school and even then I couldn't wait to grow up and wear real clothes. It almost seems as though UNC fans are regressing back to their
childhood while UVA fans pro- gress forward continued adulthood.
Moving on to bigger and bet- ter things, I want to know; who founded UNC? Everyone in the United States knows who Thomas Jefferson was, most im-
portantly that he founded and was the first President of UVA
Again, who founded UNC? Dean Smith?
Well, I think I got my point across clearly enough but I'm sure there will be some thick- headed UNC fans who won't see the clear logic of my presenta- tion. Well guys, there's an old saying: "Live and Learn." UV A lives, but UNC will forever be
learning.
by Jared Dawson
Alas, the day of judgment has arrived. This is the day we have been gearing ourselves up for since the previous summer. Yes
that's right, it's time again for the infamous Bargain Mart! For the lesser half of our community, those absent-minded folks who know nothing about Bargain Mart, the way to describe it can
be summed up as a giant flea market where people run around
aimlessly in a blind frenzy - their sole purpose is to acquire clothes, most of which belonged
to people who have been dead for twenty years.
Anyway, the die hard "bargain-marters" begin preparation early, which in elude a spaghetti training meal to insur for physical condition, an ent of th funds, and abov all, an early rl'tir mPnt in evening before. Bl'cause of its fr nzled nature, Bargain Mart hasbenknowntoIav peopl
th same way a if they had rom plet d a marathon . J<'urth r more, du to lte p riloua degre
of phya ul and m ntal etr 1 , Bargam Mart burna up th aam
Once we got in there, everyone grabbed for a shopping cart and then the chaos truly began. Peo- ple were trying to manipulate
their carts down aisles which
were even hard to walk through.
The extremities were obvious,
as there was everything there
from a broken Iawn mower to a
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at about 5:00 a.m. The doors opened at 7:00, so there was am· pie time to mix and mingle, perhaps find a date, or even in- dulge in a three course rise-and·
shine breakfast at Hardee's. The pre-mart festivities were endless, although we are still waiting for a parade coupled with an official Miss Bargain
Mart U.S.A.
During the time in line, we all
had become close as family, but
when 7:00 a.m. rolled around,
and the big iron doors opened,
w wer not among friends, but ravt-n,ou cav nger . ap
proaching 110m frl' h meat. Peo pie crl'amed, pushed, bit, and
lltompt>d on each other. Ob ('t>n titiea w!'rt> commonplarf! and oc
caaional fighting brok out. It was not a pretty aight. '
Onr I finally mad my way in (aarrifiring moral valueal, the alght waa breathtaking. To a 111 or 20 virtually untourhed rowa of rheap tlothea waa
amount of
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all, clairr :ng their teams teams lose becaust "UVAs- " or "UVA is not worth the ground it's built on." Real nice guys, and very mature!
And quite an event it was. Fot those of us who shared this ex· perience, we can only refer to it as a happening not unlike that of the Bicentennial. People of all kinds and all motives started ar-
riving at about 6:00 a.m., the earliest assembling on the steps
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tweed overcoat, and I saw everyone from Lerone from the bookstore to Mr. Hopkins
himself. People weaved in and out of aisles simply grabbing and worrying about size later.
I did keep close watch on the king, the Lee Iaccoca of The Bargain Mart underworld,ladie and gentlemen: Mr. T. C. Palmer. This guy has reduced the "Mart"
to a science, a mere art. Hil moet impressive tactic8 wer hi. 3:16 a.m. arrival !n in th 'Burg) and hi approach to supply and
mand. of lookln for par tieular clothe , T.C. rould oft n hf' found grabbing an entir
tion of iz and ortinr out whathewantdinth mn' room. I aw four y ar
mart r ," Bruc th
Mullen and a