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Old East ever-changing
BY KELLY GIEDRAITIS
STAFF WRITER
On Oct. 12,1793, pomp and cer
emony came to a halt as William
Davie laid the cornerstone of what
is now the oldest public univer
sity building in the United States
Old East Residence Hall.
Two years and 350,0000 bricks
later, the building was complete
at a total cost of $5,000 almost
SIOO,OOO today.
In its original version, Old East
rose just two stories, contained
16 rooms and spanned only two
thirds its current length.
Early student life debugged
Sans air conditioning, toilets and
housekeeping services, Old East
provided only the bare essentials.
Washing facilities consisted of
iron troughs in the corridors with
cold water taps above them, and
students were required to cleanse
N.Y. crash evokes Sept. 11 fears, memories
FROM STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
When the first reports were
released of a small plane crashing
into a New York high-rise apart
ment Wednesday afternoon, the
initial reaction evoked thoughts of
the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
“My first thought was deja vu all
over again,” Chapel Hill resident
Fred Hall said.
Information filtered through the
media during the day concluded
that the four-seat passenger air
plane burning in a 40-story sky
scraper on Manhattan’s Upper East
Side was owned by N.Y. Yankees
pitcher Cory Ladle. Ladle is believed
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An artist rendering depicts William Davie helping lay the cornerstone
of the University's first building, Old East Residence Hall, in 1793.
their beds and rooms of bugs every
two weeks. Students gathered their
own firewood to heat their rooms.
Overcrowding was such a prob
lem that students set up shanties
inside the walls of the then incom
plete South Building.
dead though city officials have yet
to confirm.
One other person was confirmed
dead.
And while the situation is tragic,
several expressed relief the event
was not caused by terrorists.
“Pilot error is a less significant
deviant of the norm than a terror
ist attack,” UNC sophomore Alex
Pomer said. “We can fix pilot error
easier than fixing terrorist attacks.”
Wil Weldon, a second-year jour
nalism graduate student, said that
even though the incident had little
to do with Sept. 11, the location of
the crash resonated nationwide.
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UNIVERSITY DAY 2006 CELEBRATING 213 YEARS
DTH PHOTO ILLUSTRATION/KURT GENTRY, PHOTOS COURTESY OF WILSON LIBRARY
Since 1795 Old East has been
expanded, renovated, condemned
and re-renovated.
In May 2008 the building will
close for a year to undergo more
SEE OLD EAST, PAGE 10
“People see Manhattan, a plane
and a building, and they immedi
ately think terrorism,” he said.
Although the FBI and the
Department of Homeland Security
quickly dismissed terrorism as the
cause, within 10 minutes of the
crash, fighter jets were sent over
several cities, including New York,
Washington, D.C., Los Angeles and
Seattle, Pentagon officials said.
“I think it’s still pretty surpris
ing that he crashed into the New
York City skyline pretty coin
cidental,” said UNC senior Chris
Mavrogordato.
Lidle was an avid pilot who used
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RADIO TAKEOVER
Diversions offers a look at
Internet radio sites and their
potential impact on the music
industry, along with a host of
music and movie reviews.
University holds
fast to its mission
Values research,
teaching, service
BYASHLEE SADLER
AND ERIN ZUREICK
STAFF WRITERS
A university is an evolving
entity constantly seeing new
life breathed into it whether it
comes in the form of new students,
faculty or campus buildings.
Though the faces passing by the
stone walls continue to change,
the University has remained com
mitted to three founding princi
ples: teaching, public service and
research.
And though they are distinct
ideas, the goals are intertwined.
As the University celebrates its
213th birthday, campus leaders
last year’s off-season to earn his fly
ing license.
He repeatedly had dismissed
reporters’ questions about the
safety of flying, although Yankees’
catcher Thurman Munson died
when he crashed his aircraft in
1979.
“I’m not worried about it,” Lidle
told The Philadelphia Inquirer this
summer. “I’m safe up there. I feel
very comfortable with my abilities
flying an airplane.”
A Washington, D.C. law
enforcement official who spoke
SEE CRASH, PAGE 10
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THINKING BIG
N.C. State University partners
with Chinese universities in an
effort to prepare its students
and the state to compete in
the global economy.
BYASHLEE SADLER STAFF WRITER
Forty-five years ago today President John F. Kennedy
came to Chapel Hill to continue a long-standing
tradition University Day.
He spoke to a crowd 0f32,000 in Kenan Stadium
in the midst of the Cold War.
“This is a great institution, with a great tradition and with
devoted alumni and with the support of the people of the
state,” Kennedy said in 1961.
Today the next chapter will be written when campus lead
ers gather, some dressed in academic regalia, to mark the
University’s 213th birthday.
Gov. Zebulon Vance declared
University Day on Oct. 12, 1877
to commemorate the laying of the
cornerstone of Old East in 1793.
The day has seen chancellor
convocations and two presidential
addresses. N.C. governors have made
it a tradition to speak at University
Day following their election.
UNC-system President Erskine
Bowles, who is in the first year of his
tenure, will speak today at Memorial
Hall. The ceremony starts at 11 a.m.
Classes are canceled from 9:30
a.m. until 12:30 p.m. so that the
community can celebrate the day.
But Student Body President
James Allred said students often
don’t use the time as it’s intended.
“It’s different because it’s never
been seen as a time to do a major
performance or something that’s
entertaining,” Allred said. “It’s
maintained this austere mood to
it which makes it, to a lot of
people, boring.”
Freshman Adam Tosh said he
had to do some research to find out
why Oct. 12 was an important day.
will gather to recognize these con
nections and remember the past
“I think we do it better than
anyone,” said Paul Kapp, campus
historic preservation manager,
noting the importance of balanc
ing the past with the present.
“We have a great reverence to
our history.”
In the classroom
Since the University’s first stu
dent, Hinton James, made the
trek from Wilmington to Chapel
Hill in 1795, education has been
a focal point at UNC.
But since its founding, the face
of those the University educates
has changed markedly.
In its early years, UNC served
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A fire bums Wednesday after a small plane believed to be carrying N.Y.
Yankees’ Cory Lidle crashes into a Manhattan high-rise apartment building.
this day in history
OCT. 12,1968...
Ten employees at Lenoir Dining
Hall are laid off for an indefinite
period as a result of a water
shortage. All were earning
$1.60 per hour.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006
“I looked it up on Google
‘University Day at UNC,’” he said.
“I was like ‘Oh, that’s what it is.’ I
haven’t heard too many announce
ments about it.”
Students are encouraged to attend
a birthday celebration for Old East
later in the day, an event sponsored
by the Residence Hall Association.
Allred said he will blow out the
candles on the University’s birth
day cake at the bash.
The birthday party and the
speaker choice might drive stu
dents and faculty to come to the
event, Allred said.
Chancellor James Moeser also
will help reveal a virtual museum
of University history at 3 p.m.
today at a public symposium in
Wilson Library.
The museum is a
is organized like a phymcal muse
um, said Harry Watson, director
of the Center for the Study of the
American South. The site docu
ments the events of the University
since its founding.
SEE UNIVERSITY DAY, PAGE 10
UNIVERSITY DAY
EVENTS
UNIVERSITY DAY ADDRESS
When: 11 a.m.
Where: Memorial Hall
What: Speech by UNC-system President
Erskine Bowles and an awards
presentation
PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM
When: 3 p.m.
Where: Wilson Library Pleasants Family
Assembly Room
What: Chancellor James Moeser will
unveil a virtual museum of university
history
OLD EAST BIRTHDAY BASH
Old East Birthday Bash
When: 5 p.m.
Where: outside Old East
What: Eat cake and listen to the Bell
Tower play 'Happy Birthday"
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