University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===School colors===

Since the beginning of intercollegiate athletics at UNC in the late nineteenth century, the school's colors have been blue and white.<ref>{{cite book|last=Sumner|first=Jim L.|title=A History of Sports in North Carolina|publisher=Division of Archives and History, NC Department of Cultural Resources|location=Raleigh, NC|year=1990|page=35|isbn=0-86526-241-1 }}</ref> The colors were chosen years before by the [[Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies|Dialectic (blue) and Philanthropic (white) Societies]], the oldest student organization at the university. The school had required participation in one of the clubs, and traditionally the "Di"s were from the western part of North Carolina while the "Phi"s were from the eastern part of the state.<ref name="Carolina Review, vol. XIII, no. 6">{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/cr/archive/2006_03.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725062415/http://www.unc.edu/cr/archive/2006_03.pdf|archive-date=July 25, 2008|title=Culture Corner: Di-Phi: The Oldest Organization |date=March 2006|page=13|access-date=April 14, 2009}}</ref>

[[File:Commencement Ceremony at Kenan Memorial Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|The 2007 commencement ceremony in [[Kenan Memorial Stadium]]|alt=A bunch of people standing with cap and gowns while two people stand on a grass field.]]
Society members would wear a blue or white ribbon at university functions, and blue or white ribbons were attached to their diplomas at graduation.<ref name="Carolina Review, vol. XIII, no. 6"/> On public occasions, both groups were equally represented, and eventually both colors were used by processional leaders to signify the unity of both groups as part of the university.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coates|first=Alfred|author2=Coates, Gladys Hall |title=The Story of Student Government in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill|url=https://archive.org/details/storyofstudentgo00coat|url-access=registration|year=1985|asin= B00070WQNC}}</ref> When football became a popular collegiate sport in the 1880s, the [[North Carolina Tar Heels football|Carolina football]] team adopted the light blue and white of the Di-Phi Societies as the school colors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/trads/unc-trads-colors.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060512004121/http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/trads/unc-trads-colors.html  |archive-date=May 12, 2006 |title=School Colors |access-date=April 5, 2008 |year=2008 |work=North Carolina Tar Heels Official Athletic Site |publisher=UNC Athletic Department }}</ref>