Thanks to our partners at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, we are excited to announce a new batch of student newspapers available online. Spanning from June 1981 to April 1982, these 49 freshly digitized issues of The Carolina Journal are a great addition to our digital collection of this student newspaper. With this new addition, 629 issues from 1947 to 1982 are now available on DigitalNC. 

Although our digital collection of The Carolina Journal spans across times of intense change, the curiosity, creativity, and ambition of students at UNC Charlotte remain a timeless fixture across 35 years of issues from this student newspaper. Our new batch from the ‘81-‘82 school year reflects how students made sense of the world around them and fought for a better future during a time when rekindled Cold War tensions stoked the fear of nuclear war and cuts to the federal education budget threatened to slash aid for college students.

Amongst the insightful headlines, op-eds, and cartoons that feature students’ opinions on the issues of nuclear war and education budget cuts, student newspaper staff also highlight the accomplishments and fun shared by students at UNC Charlotte. From snow day parties and free beer at concerts to the basketball team’s spectacular season start and the debate team’s award-winning performance, The Carolina Journal captures students’ commitment to find moments of fun and reasons to celebrate even when faced with uncertain times.

Visitors can view more issues of The Carolina Journal here.

More materials, including photographs, catalogs, yearbooks, and directories can be found on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte’s contributor page here. 

 More information about the University of North Carolina at Charlotte can be found on their website available here.

To browse our entire collection of student newspapers, select the “Student Papers” filter on our “Newspaper Titles” search page linked here.