Tar Heel Traditions
Humanities Majors (STEM gets enough hype)
Name that Mentor
"There are so many acronyms" (a2f)
The New Testament
100

Students do this on every FDOC for a 4.0 semester

Drink from the Old Well

100

Study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior

Psychology

100

This pair of mentors is the most recently married

Ceci and Noah

100
DT

Devotion Time

100

This future disciple was originally a persecutor of followers of Christ before he was blinded

Paul

200

Students get to climb this if they make it to their senior year

The Bell Tower

200

Some subfields include Phonology, Philology and Morphology

Linguistics :)

200

This peer mentor doesn't look the part, but grew up with missionary parents in China

Hannah Olmstead

200

HB (Chapel Hill Version)

HillsBorough

200

This man became the first Christian martyr (hint: it was a rocky start)

Stephen

300

This race is run every spring around campus for a t-shirt and a medal (and glory)

The Tar Heel 10-Miler

300

Studies the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence

Philosophy

300

You shouldn't "lie" to these two mentors

Joanna and Justin

300

ERT

Evangelism Road Trip

300

This is the man responsible for having John the Baptist beheaded

Herod Antipas

400

Every year, ROTC students climb these steps over and over in memory of the the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center

Kenan Stadium steps

400

Areas of study range from Cultural Studies to Rhetorical Studies to Media and Technology Studies

Communications

400

This mentor is a direct descendant of Confucius

Linda Yu (formerly Kong)

400

PH

Potomac House

400

This book was written by Paul to give instructions on teaching in the early church in Ephesus

1 Timothy (we'll take 2 Timothy too)

500

If this campus landmark falls, the whole university falls. (dun dun dun)

The Davie Poplar

500

Studies the language, culture, and literature of the ancient western world

Classics

500

This mentor fell in love at first sight when he saw his future wife wielding a turkey leg with valor

Richard Tjhen

500

SLT

Student Leadership Training

500

This creature is described in Revelation as having seven heads and ten horns

The dragon

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