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1988
Teague
semester. There are 210 total spaces
in the building; the 72 men were
eligible to return after the spring
lottery.
The men were to receive notifica
tion letters later this week. They will
have until July 1 to cancel their
housing contracts and get their $75
deposits back, Kuncl said.
Kuncl said he was unable to
explain precisely the change to coed.
"That's a hard one to answer in
a few words," he said. "The negative
aspects of Teague's tradition had
become so strong in that residence
hall ... it was our feeling that those
aspects would be continued. One way
to make a clean break was to move
men and women into the hall.
"There have been a number of
problems in Teague, both this year
and over a number of years," Kuncl
said. "The events right around the end
of the semester brought all this to a
head."
On April 21, Teague residents held
an authorized annual "Marty party,"
including alcohol, in honor of the last
day of classes. According to Kuncl
and students at the party, two women,
parents of UNC students, were
driving by when their windshield was
struck by a Frisbee tossed by Teague
residents. As the women got out to
investigate, a crowd gathered, and in
the process one of the women accused
a Teague resident of spitting on her,
although residents say it was a drink
that splashed on her arm. The women
complained to the administration.
Later that evening and throughout
the weekend, Iris Hunt, the area
director of Scott Residence College,
was sexually and racially harassed
through repeated phone calls and a
visit to her apartment window at
Whitehead Residence Hall by men
who she said were wearing Teague
T-shirts. That Sunday, someone
wrote racial and sexual slurs, includ
ing "nigger" and "whore" on her
apartment door.
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Teague took their newly-won intra
mural trophy over to Lewis dormi
tory and harassed residents there
before going to the undergraduate
library and causing a disruption
there, Kuncl said.
"A group of people decided they
didnt like me or want me around,"
Hunt said earlier this week. "They
didn't begin to think about the effect
on my life ... it scared me if that's
what they wanted to do, they did it."
Hunt said she supported the
changes in Teague, but added, "peo
ple who will do things like that will
not necessarily be put off."
After the weekend's incidents,
housing department officials began a
series of meetings with Brian Sipe,
the area governor, and Teague's
student leadership. A memo was also
sent to the residents, which read, in
part: "The behavior of a number of
residents of Teague Hall during the
past 48 hours has been totally
unacceptable and intolerable ... in
the intervening days, all residents of
Teague are expected to adhere to
exemplary standards of conduct and
behavior. You will be advised of
further action."
Dormitory leaders asked for time
to identify those responsible, but were
eventually unable to do so, Kuncl
said.
Kuncl met last Wednesday with
Residence Hall Association President
Jimmy Randolph, Student Body
President Kevin Martin, and repre
sentatives from two black campus
organizations for the first time to
discuss the incidents and review the
letter sent to the 72 men. Randolph
and Martin were not included in the
final decision to change to coed,
which Kuncl made with the help of
his staff.
The student leaders agreed that the
men should be moved, but Martin
and Randolph said they had reser
vations about a coed dormitory and
were surprised at the swiftness of the
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at the end of the school year," Smith
said. "(But) we do not support the
idea of a coeducational dorm at
Teague ... I do not think the alumni
I have talked to would be in favor
of giving the money to the University
if the dorm goes coed."
Freddy Kiger, a Chapel Hill res
ident who lived in Teague for seven
years, said Teague "was and is a
cohesive derm."
"My gut reaction is I'm very
saddened," Kiger said. "We were
quite proud of it. I hate to see it
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the end of the 1986 spring semester
Association. "There's a unique
atmosphere in Teague, and that will
be destroyed."
The "Teague tradition" has been
well-known since the 1970s, alumni
said. The tradition focuses on intra
mural sports and a strong sense of
fellowship similar to a fraternity.
Freshmen are told of the tradition
at the beginning of the school year
by Teague alumni, said Walt Lasley,
a member of the Class of 78 who
has organized the informal orienta
tion sessions for about 12 years.
"It was something that would give
them the idea that this place is special
... it has a great tradition. We
wanted to instill some pride in them
on day one," Lasley said.
The orientations stressed intra-
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murals and the fact that Teague has
won the IM championship for 14 of
17 years, noting also the "macho"
image of the dormitory, he said.
Iris Hunt, area director for Scott
Residence College, attempted to stop
the orientation last fall, but allowed
it to continue after a discussion with
residence hall leaders, Lasley said.
Hunt said Tuesday she had a
Teague resident assistant ask the
Teague alumni to "not say derogatory
things about the building, or anything
that would insinuate that it's okay to
damage the building . . . there was
never any mention of not holding the
meeting."
Hunt sat in the back of the room
during the session, which she de
scribed as "extremely negative," with
the exception of a positive emphasis
on the fellowship of the residents.
"I really don know what to say
I'm just so stunned, really," Lasley
said. "I tend to think it's a knee-jerk
reaction by the University to a
handful of people getting out of hand
and partying on the last day of classes.
"But we're not known as a bunch
of quitters . . . if they think that we're
going to sit back and wallow in
mediocrity, they're very much incor
rect we're going to continue the
tradition."
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