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A Sneak Peak at the Newly Available Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper!

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Thanks to our partners at Sandhills Community College, we are excited to announce that issues from the Sandhills Community College’s student newspaper are now available on DigitalNC. Spanning 1967 to 1982, this addition of the Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper is filled with fun titles, student news, and music reviews across 101 issues of this newly digitized student publication.

An illustration for the newspaper's front page that features the title "Spartan Reflector" in bubble letters above a bird with outstretched wings. A man and woman holding an issues of a newspaper are illustrated on both sides of the title.
A student illustration done for the The Spartan Reflector, October 10, 1973

Across the 18 years of the Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper now available on DigitalNC, the publication’s name changed quite a few times. While titles like The Spartan Reflector (Sept. 1971 – Jan. 1974), The Sandhills Reflector (May 1974 – May 1977), and SCC Miscellanea (Sept. 1978 – Mar. 1982) may have enjoyed the longest run time, other titles like True Grit (Dec. 1969) and The Looking Glass (May 1970 – Feb. 1971) snuck their way into the front-page spotlight – even if just for an issue or two! Student publishers also showed off their creativity with fun illustrations to accompany some of these titles.

A clip of text featuring a heading that says "Fleetwood Mac - Rumours", followed by a body of text that starts with the emphatic sentence "AAAALLLL-RIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!"
A student’s first words about Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours The Sandhills Reflector, February 24, 1977

Although student journalists at Sandhills Community College may have changed the title of this paper quite a few times, one thing they did not waver in was their ear for good music. Across years of different titles, student newspaper staff, and music genres, columnists never failed to deliver excellent reviews on some of the most anticipated albums of the time. These campus music critics kept busy – from reviewing what would become Stevie Wonder’s best-selling album, Songs in the Key of Life (1976), to assuring readers that “the vocals are even tolerable” on Bob Dylan’s Slow Train Coming (1979), to being just as excited about Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours (1977) as a lot of us still are today.

An illustration for the newspaper's music section that includes a sketch of a man's head with a musical staff and notes flowing into one of his ears. On the other side of his head the words "stick this in your ear" is written in bubble letters, with the word "this" being especially emphasized.
Illustration for the music section SCC Miscellanea, November 1, 1978

Students’ great taste and interest in music comes as no surprise, however, when browsing through countless stories in the Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper that show the students’ commitment, involvement, and patronage of the arts. The paper’s “Artist of the Month” series highlights the young students and aspiring artists at Sandhills Community College. Also recorded in the paper are stories about campus events in the arts, such as the week-long Sandhills Community College Fine Arts Festival and the Art Department’s annual Art Week. Literary arts also had a significant impact on the culture at Sandhills Community College, and entire pages dedicated to student poetry can be found throughout the Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper.

More information about our partner, Sandhills Community College, can be found here. 

Visitors can view issues of the Sandhills Community College Student Newspaper here.

More materials, including minutes, catalogs, and yearbooks can be found on Sandhills Community College’s contributor page linked here.  

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

Call for Nominations – Microfilmed Newspaper Digitization 2024-2025

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Black and white front page of the State Port Pilot 08-22-1962

It’s time for our annual round of microfilmed newspaper digitization! As in previous years, we’re asking cultural heritage institutions in North Carolina to nominate papers from their communities to be digitized. We’re especially interested in:

  • newspapers covering underrepresented regions or communities, and
  • newspapers that are not currently available in digital form elsewhere online.

If you’re interested in nominating a paper and you work at a cultural heritage institution that qualifies as a partner, here’s what to do:

  • Check out our criteria for selecting newspapers, listed below.
  • Verify that the newspaper you’d like to see digitized exists on microfilm*. Email us (digitalnc@unc.edu) if you’re not sure.
  • Be prepared to talk with the rights holder(s) to gain written permission to digitize the paper and share it online. We can give you advice on this part, if needed.
  • Review the Criteria for Selecting Newspapers to Digitize from Microfilm listed below.
  • Fill out the nomination form. 

Nominations will be taken on an ongoing basis, however don’t wait! We typically get many more requests than we can accommodate. Please contact us at digitalnc@unc.edu with questions. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.

Criteria for Selecting Newspapers to Digitize from Microfilm

Titles to be digitized will be selected using the following criteria:

  • Does the newspaper document traditionally underrepresented regions or communities?
  • Does the newspaper include significant coverage of the local community or largely syndicated content?
  • Does the newspaper come from an area of the state that has little representation on DigitalNC? (Titles that have not previously been digitized will be given priority. Here’s a title list and a map showing coverage.)
  • Is the institution willing to obtain permission from the current publisher or rights holder(s) to digitize issues and make them freely available online?

* What about print newspapers? These are much more costly to scan – we only work with a very limited number. Information about capacity for print newspapers can be found here.

New Issues of UNC Charlotte’s Student Newspaper Available Now

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Newspaper clipping featuring an illustration of a mushroom cloud above a building with text it saying "What Nuclear War Would Mean For You"
The Carolina Journal, October 5, 1981

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.

Newspaper clipping of a headline reading, "Free Beer Draws Large Crowd For Ivory"
The Carolina Journal, November 19, 1981

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.

Newspaper clipping that includes a picture of several students hugging and headline that reads, "Snow Causes Long Party"
The Carolina Journal, January 18, 1982

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.


Jump for Joy! Additional Yearbooks from North Carolina’s First Farm Life School on DigitalNC!

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Thanks to our partner, New Bern-Craven County Public Library, a batch containing 14 yearbooks from Craven County Farm Life School and West Craven High School are now available on DigitalNC.

Image of a large brick building.
The Mill Stream [1940]

The Craven County Farm Life School was the first to be established in the state after the Farm Life School law was passed by the North Carolina State Legislature in March 1911. Though growth was slow at first, the school soon saw a rapid increase in their student enrollment. By 1918, they outgrew their one brick building which served as a boys’ and girls’ dormitory as well as an administration building. A five room administration building was built using money borrowed from state building funds which were paid off using county funds. The new building, however, appears to not have alleviated the space issue at all. Less than 12 months later, four rooms were added to one of the buildings. Then, in 1920, a $100,000 bond issue was made by Craven County for the building of the boys’ dormitory.

Five individuals dressed in 1950s cheerleading outfits jumping with their hands up. Their shirts have a V on the front. Caption under the image reads: Barbara Ann Smith, Beth Taylor, Sandra Hicks, Lois Ann Sutton, Linda Butler.
Millstream [1954]

In the 1921-1922 school term, the school opened with 131 students enrolled and the following equipment: a brick dormitory for girls, boys dormitory, administration building, a dairy, wash house for girls, farmer’s cottage, barn, and stock buildings. In the 1922 yearbook, which can be viewed here, the writers point out that the students used to be only from the town and boarders, but students began coming from twelve miles away in trucks. Over the years, the curriculum shifted from agriculture to general high school education and by 1941 students were no longer required to reside on campus and instead commuted from the surrounding area. In 1971, the Craven County Farm Life School was closed and Vanceboro students began attending West Craven High School.

Three individuals sitting next to each other.
Aquila [1972]

To learn more about the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, visit their website here.

To view more materials from the New Bern-Craven County Public Library, visit their contributor page here.

To view more yearbooks from across North Carolina, view our North Carolina Yearbooks collection here.

Information about the Craven County Farm Life School was taken from their 1922 yearbook and New Bern Sun Journal article, “Farm Life School marks 100 years of education in Vanceboro.“

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