What Is Carolina Blue?
I’m not ready to throw in the towel yet on our Summer Reading Program but there as an article which appeared in the Alumni Review some time back that I think should be required reading for any incoming UNC student. O.K. I’m exaggerating a little bit but the question of what constitutes “Carolina Blue” is a topic that has been discussed for years and it is a cinch to help any UNC student, alum or supporter bind with another person of like persuasion should their paths cross. While the article by Beth McNickol, Associate Editor of the Review, is extremely well written, it does not provide a “once and for all” definition of what shade of blue Carolina Blue is. it does, however, a wonderful job of pointing out the complexity of the subject and illustrating why there will probably never be unanimous agreement. Old timers like myself remember the various stages the color has gone through and the different names used before the color became so synonymous with UNC. I can remember powder blue,
