University of North Carolina Greensboro - Pine Needles Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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STUDENT LIFE Edited by Sharon L. Vance The Rock, one of UNC-G ' s most memorable landmarks and the school ' s only 12.7 ton belletin board, serves as the somewhat bumpy can- vas for student messages and graffit- ti. Legend has it that the Rock began as a tiny pebble found on campus, but in reality the Rock was purchased from Lambeth Construction Com- pany in 1973 for $31.78 by the Phi Kappa chapter of Alpha Phi Omega. The men ' s service fraternity had the Rock hauled to UNC-G from a A 12.7 Ton Bulletin Board, The Rock by Dawn Ellen Nubel Jamestown quarry as a measure to help save the statue of Charles Dun- caun Mclver which standsin front of the library. Before the Rock, students had painted the statue of Dr. Mclver and the combination of paint and erosion was wearing it down. Much to the relief of the administration Alpha Phi Omega initiated the Rock as the new object for painting on August 21, 1973. The Rock is still a source of inter- est and a source of information on campus. WUAG, the campus radio station, used it to advertise their luck to their graduates, and the Greeks on campus used it often to announce their events and to help promote shcool spirit. During the last weeks of spring semester it was also used as an election billboard, be£u-ing slogans like Those Who Know Better Vote For Katzenstein and Cyndi Brown For Attorney General. 14 — Student Life

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