Section 4 of five
The University
UNC's 1789 charter and what it set in motion — basketball, medicine, scholarship, and the pressure it puts on a town.
5 pieces in this section
01The Cornerstone Was Laid in 1793
Old East. The cornerstone was laid in 1793, four years after the charter.
02What the Dean Smith Center Actually Runs On
Capacity is the first number in every account of what the building earns.
03The Scholarship John Motley Morehead IV Built
A four-year place, summers included, funded from an endowment built for the purpose.
04What Was Decided, and When
The pedestal, after the monument was pulled down in August 2018. The pedestal itself came out in January 2019.
05A Town Whose Population Turns Over Every Four Years
A town whose population turns over every four years, and a rental market shaped around that fact.