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Education > College Life The weirdest college mascots: 2 of 4

Last fall, I moved "down south" (as my Midwestern peers call it) to North Carolina. (I have since been informed it is not TRULY "down south", but I am easing my pale self into it all.) I have began graduate work at the University of North Carolina, where I am now a proud "Tarheel". According to Wikipedia, "most experts believe its roots come from the fact that tar, pitch and turpentine created from the vast pine forests were one of North Carolina's most important exports early in the state's history". As shockingly lame as that is, it's actually (and quite sadly) a step up from the past fe...
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