Hinton James: The Penitentiary
Grueling Stories
inmates, students that stay in HJ were isolated
from the rest of campus. Look at the
long hike we have to make just to get
from HJ to Chase in order to eat. And
let's not start talking about the hike
that we had to make if w e w an ted to
visit a friend in Morrison. The fence
around Hinton James also w as an
inconvenience to anyone that w anted
to come visit a friend in HJ. With the
detour, walking to the M ain Q uad
would almost be closer th an going to
HJ.
Luckily, the fence that kept students
in HJ from crossing the street in front
of Ehringhaus was taken d o w n (after
the students in HJ tried to take it dow n
With all the construction going on in the area, it themselves). Honestly, it probably h ad nothing to
seems that Chapel Hill should change its nam e to do with the students' constantly destroying the
Construction Hill. I mean, with the renovations fence, but we can't help but think that w e had a
to the Student Union and the building of four new little to do with it.
d orm s on South Cam pus, there are very few
By Jabari Jerkins
places on cam pus that do not have some con­
jerkins@ email.unc.edu
struction going on. All this construction on cam­
pus has really caused an inconvenience for almost
everyone on campus.
However, there is one place on cam pus that has
E-haus: It's Not So Bad
been inconvenienced the most. Hinton James
really got the worst end of this whole construc­
As a two-year resident of Carolina's luxurious
tion thing. Honestly, being the most southern
d orm on cam pus already m ade Hinton James South Campus, I am constantly surro u n d ed by
w ay out of the way. Then, they just had to put w hat seems to be a never-ending phenom ena,
that fence up, supposedly for the students' safety. construction. All over South C am pus, from
However, it honestly seemed like the fence was Ehringhaus, to Hinton James, to Morrison, bus
put up just to separate Hinton James from the rest loads of men come early in the m orning and
of the d orm s on South Campus.
Like prison begin yet another day's w ork constructing new
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