Giving freshmen an edge up on college life. For 51 years, Freshmen Camp has offered new students the inside scoop about the campus they'll call home for the next four years. At Camp New Hope, the freshmen class narrows from 3,475 to 165, offering students a chance to make new friends before the semester begins. Upperclassmen run the camp to share with the newest Tar Heels everything they really need to know about living and learning at Carolina. The housing department , confronting a challenge posed by the increase, has converted study lounges into additional, temporary rooms.
Officials continue to receive cancellations.
Normal attrition during the semester should allow these students to move into permanent rooms. Readying 3,500 dorm rooms for the onslaught of college students is no small feat. Besides these major renovations, the staff checked every single dorm room to make sure the towel bars were secure, doorstops were in place and lights worked. For more information about getting ready for thousands of overnight guests, call Robert V. Humphreys, housing support superintendent, at 962-2471. Substance-free dorm floors are catching on .