How Carolina Blue evolved from a debating team color to a school icon
Posted Feb 20, 2019
Long before Carolina Blue evoked thoughts of Kenan Stadium and the Smith Center, the school color originated with a campus debate society. The Dialectic Society, now half of the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies, started the tradition when it decided to put light blue ribbons on its diplomas. Two centuries later, the color is trademarked and part of the campus landscape.
(Daily Tar Heel)
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