Comment I'm sorry, adagioforstrings, but... (Score 2, Insightful) 87
And I'm sorry, adagioforstrings, but UNC actually had students first.
From your own links: UNC actually started its first building on October 12, 1793, and..."Opened to students on January 15, 1795, The University of North Carolina received its first student, Hinton James of New Hanover County, on February 12."
UGA..."was actually established in 1801 when a committee of the board of trustees selected a land site." No mention of the first class or student. Either way, my math (curtesy of a UNC education) says that UNC had students for six years before Georgia even decided where to locate their campus.
Now, for those of you not in on the UNC/UGA argument, this very same thing has been going on for a couple of hundred years. UGA has the oldest public charter; UNC has the oldest campus and has had students for the longest. We both claim to be the first (and are both right, depending on what you think is the beginning of a university).
I just didn't want any 'dawgs to go confusing the general public and making them think the Tarheels are younger
and, UNC is, of course, the best
