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The mystery of the Old Well: How UNC Week of Welcome traditions got started

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Drinking from the Old Well on the first day of classes is now a campus legend — it supposedly helps students achieve a 4.0 GPA — but historians actually are not sure of the ritual's origins. “It only goes back to the 1980s,” University historian Cecelia Moore said. While campus historians have tried to figure out who started the tradition, they have not found conclusive answers. (Daily Tar Heel)

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