University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

===Organizations and activities===

Most student organizations at UNC-Chapel Hill are officially recognized and provided with assistance by the Carolina Union, an administrative unit of the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://carolinaunion.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=82|title=About the Carolina Union|access-date=April 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090130061544/http://carolinaunion.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=12&Itemid=82|archive-date=January 30, 2009}}</ref> Funding is derived from the [[student government]] student activity fee, which is allocated at the discretion of the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) or the Graduate and Professional Student Government Senate (GPSG Senate).<ref>{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Finance: At Its Core {{!}} UNC's Senate – Legislative Branch – USG |url=https://senate.unc.edu/finance-at-its-core/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624073801/https://senate.unc.edu/finance-at-its-core/ |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |access-date=August 26, 2022 |website=Undergraduate Senate – Student Government |publisher=UNC Student Government}}</ref>

The largest student fundraiser, the UNC Dance Marathon, involves thousands of students, faculty, and community members in raising funds for the [[UNC Health Care|North Carolina Children's Hospital]]. The organization conducts fundraising and volunteer activities throughout the year and, {{as of|2008|lc=y}}, had donated $1.4&nbsp;million since its inception in 1999.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/954167.html |title=Dance Marathon is Friday at UNC-Chapel Hill |location=Raleigh, NC |work=The News & Observer |access-date=June 20, 2008  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207072226/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/orange/story/954167.html |archive-date=December 7, 2008 }}</ref>

The student-run newspaper ''[[The Daily Tar Heel]]'' received the 2004–5 [[National Pacemaker Awards|National Pacemaker Award]] from the [[Associated Collegiate Press]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm05.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051124044916/http://www.studentpress.org/acp/winners/npm05.html  |archive-date=November 24, 2005 |title=Newspaper Pacemaker Winners |access-date=April 5, 2008 |year=2005 |publisher=Associated Collegiate Press }}</ref> Founded in 1977, [[WXYC]] 89.3 FM is UNC-Chapel Hill's student radio station that broadcasts 24&nbsp;hours a day, 365&nbsp;days a year. Programming is left up to student DJs. WXYC typically plays little heard music from a wide range of genres and eras. On November 7, 1994, WXYC became the first radio station in the world to broadcast its signal over the internet.<ref>{{cite news|title=Communications: Picture the scene|last=Grossman|first=Wendy|date=January 26, 1995|work=The Guardian|location=Manchester, United Kingdom |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|title=WXYC announces the first 24-hour real-time world-wide Internet radio simulcast |publisher=WXYC 89.3 FM |date=November 7, 1994 |url=http://www.wxyc.org/about/first/release.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021220202524/http://wxyc.org/about/first/release.html  |archive-date=December 20, 2002 |access-date=April 5, 2008 }}</ref> A student-run television station, STV, airs on the campus cable and throughout the Chapel Hill [[Spectrum (TV service)|Spectrum]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncstv.org/about.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514223011/http://uncstv.org/about.php|archive-date=May 14, 2008|title=About STV|year=2008|publisher=UNC Student Television|access-date=May 21, 2008}}</ref> Founded in 1948 as successor to the ''Carolina Magazine'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cqonline.web.unc.edu/about-us/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019064040/http://cqonline.web.unc.edu/about-us/  |archive-date=October 19, 2011 |title=About the ''Carolina Quarterly'' |year=2010 |publisher=Carolina Quarterly |access-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref> the ''Carolina Quarterly'', edited by graduate students, has published the works of numerous authors, including [[Wendell Berry]], [[Raymond Carver]], [[Don DeLillo]], [[Annie Dillard]], [[Joyce Carol Oates]], and [[John Edgar Wideman]]. Works appearing in the ''Quarterly'' have been anthologized in ''[[Best American Short Stories]]'' and ''[[New Stories from the South]]''<ref>[http://therankings.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/new-stories-from-the-south/ New Stories from the South | The Rankings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908055105/http://therankings.wordpress.com/2010/05/01/new-stories-from-the-south/ |date=September 8, 2013 }}. Therankings.wordpress.com (May 1, 2010). Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref> and have won the [[Pushcart Prize|Pushcart]] and [[O. Henry Prize]]s.<ref>[http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/magnot.html The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024214117/http://www.randomhouse.com/anchor/ohenry/magnot.html |date=October 24, 2012 }}. Randomhouse.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2013.</ref>
[[File:UNC girls.jpg|thumb|Undergraduates on campus at UNC-Chapel Hill]]
The ''Clef Hangers'' (also known as the ''Clefs'') are the university's oldest [[Collegiate a cappella|a cappella]] group, founded by Barry Saunders in 1977.<ref>[http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/pit_talk/2013/04/51675282f31d2 "Founding Clef Hangers come home"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130414235952/http://www.dailytarheel.com/blog/pit_talk/2013/04/51675282f31d2 |date=April 14, 2013 }}, ''The Daily Tar Heel'', April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 20, 2016.</ref><ref name=RARB>[http://www.rarb.org/reviews/albums/566-facing-clarence/ "Facing Clarence (2005)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129233302/http://www.rarb.org/reviews/albums/566-facing-clarence/ |date=January 29, 2016 }}, The Recorded A Cappella Review Board, September 29, 2005. Retrieved April 20, 2016.</ref> The group has since won several Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs), including Best Soloist in the song ''Easy'', featured on the 2003 album ''Breeze''. They have won two more CARAs for Best Male Collegiate Songs for ''My Love on Time Out'' (2008),<ref>[http://www.casa.org/node/1212 CARA Winners 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508161540/http://www.casa.org/node/1212 |date=May 8, 2016 }}, The Contemporary A Cappella Society. Retrieved April 20, 2016.</ref> and for ''Ain't Nothing Wrong on Twist'' (2009).<ref>[http://www.casa.org/node/4878 CARA Winners 2009] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508135907/http://www.casa.org/node/4878 |date=May 8, 2016 }}, The Contemporary A Cappella Society. Retrieved April 20, 2016.</ref> Members have included [[Brendan James]], who graduated in 2002,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/booming/if-you-like-billy-joel-try-brendan-james.html|title=If You Like Billy Joel, Try Brendan James|first=Val|last=Haller|work=The New York Times |date=November 27, 2012|via=NYTimes.com|access-date=February 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212031828/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/27/booming/if-you-like-billy-joel-try-brendan-james.html|archive-date=December 12, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Anoop Desai]], who graduated in 2008.<ref name=RARB />

The Residence Hall Association, the school's third-largest student-run organization, is the representative organization for students living in residence halls. Its activities include social, educational, and philanthropic programs for residents; recognizing outstanding residents and members; and helping residents develop into successful leaders.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://heellife.unc.edu/organization/residence-hall-association|title=Resience Hall Association|website=Heel Life|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref> RHA is the affiliated to the [[National Association of College and University Residence Halls]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rha.unc.edu/about-rha/national-affiliations/|title=National Affiliation|website=UNC Residence Hall Association|access-date=November 27, 2023}}</ref>

[[File:UNC library flash mob rave.jpg|thumb|At the end of each semester, students organize a [[flash mob]] dance party in the library.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/dance_party.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120513133645/http://www.lib.unc.edu/spotlight/2008/dance_party.html  |archive-date=May 13, 2012 |title=Flash Mob Rave: December 9 at the Undergraduate Library |publisher=Lib.unc.edu |date=December 16, 2008 |access-date=August 10, 2012}}</ref>|alt=A large gathering of people in a room.]]
The athletic teams at the university are supported by [[The Marching Tar Heels]], the university's [[marching band]]. The entire 275-member volunteer band is present at every home football game, and smaller [[pep band]]s play at all home basketball games. Each member of the band is also required to play in at least one of five pep bands that play at athletic events of the 26 other sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uncbands.org/athletic.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416032556/http://www.uncbands.org/athletic.html|archive-date=April 16, 2013|title=Athletic Bands|access-date=April 5, 2008|year=2008|publisher=UNC Bands}}</ref>

UNC-Chapel Hill has a [[Regional theatre in the United States|regional theater]] company in residence, the [[Dramatic and performing arts at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill#PlayMakers Repertory Company|Playmakers Repertory Company]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.playmakersrep.org/aboutus/default.aspx |title=About Playmakers |publisher=Playmakers Repertory Company |year=2008 |access-date=June 5, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330005906/http://www.playmakersrep.org/aboutus/default.aspx |archive-date=March 30, 2008   }}</ref> and hosts regular dance, drama, and music performances on campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/aboutus/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060621213554/http://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/aboutus/  |archive-date=June 21, 2006 |title=About Carolina Performing Arts |publisher=Carolina Performing Arts |year=2008 |access-date=June 6, 2008 }}</ref> The school has an outdoor stone amphitheatre known as Forest Theatre used for weddings and drama productions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/40/ |title=UNC.edu |publisher=Ncbg.unc.edu |access-date=September 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111229224325/http://ncbg.unc.edu/pages/40/ |archive-date=December 29, 2011  }}</ref> Forest Theatre is dedicated to Professor Frederick Koch, the founder of the [[PlayMakers Repertory Company#History of the Carolina Playmakers|Carolina Playmakers]] and the father American folk drama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/names/forest-theatre-also-known-koch-memorial-theatre/ |title=The Carolina Story—Names Across the Landscape |publisher=Museum.unc.edu |access-date=August 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814033850/http://museum.unc.edu/exhibits/names/forest-theatre-also-known-koch-memorial-theatre/ |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many [[Fraternities and sororities in North America|fraternities and sororities]] on campus belong to the [[National Panhellenic Conference]] (NPC), Interfraternity Council (IFC), Greek Alliance Council, and [[National Pan-Hellenic Council]] (NPHC). As of spring 2010, eighteen percent of undergraduates were in fraternities or sororities (3131 out of 17,160 total).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://greeks.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=457&Itemid=40 |title=OFSLCI |publisher=Greeks.unc.edu |access-date=July 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523192030/http://greeks.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_view&gid=457&Itemid=40 |archive-date=May 23, 2013   }}</ref> The total number of community service hours completed for the 2010 spring semester by fraternities and sororities was 51,819 hours (average of 31 hours/person). UNC-Chapel Hill also offers professional and service fraternities that do not have houses but are still recognized by the school. Some of the campus honor societies include: the Order of the Golden Fleece, the Order of the Grail-Valkyries, the Order of the Old Well, the Order of the Bell Tower, and the Frank Porter Graham Honor Society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unc.edu/honoraries/|title=Student Honorary Societies|access-date=May 5, 2008|year=2007|publisher=UNC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411162753/http://www.unc.edu/honoraries/|archive-date=April 11, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>