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Lisa Redmond, co-owner of Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm, embraces a friend on Saturday, July 31, 2021. Redmond shares the space with her partner, Elizabeth West, whom she met following the death of her husband in 2010. The off-grid, permaculture farm in the Appalachian mountains, which welcomes students and voyagers year-round, is their way of creating "the space we wanted to see in the world."
Junior campers at Falling Creek Camp pull their canoe out of the Upper Lake following a paddling lesson on August 10, 2021. Throughout the summer, boys work hard and play harder, embodying the 4 pillars of the FCC Code: positive attitude, servant's heart, moral compass, and warrior's spirit. This includes cleaning up activity areas after use, whether it's markers, disc golfs, or 4-person boats.
Paul Su, co-owner of Kashin Japanese Restaurant in Cary, NC, prepares nigiri (hand-pressed sushi) on Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. "Some customers have been coming for over 20 years," says Su's wife Miyuki, whose parents founded the restaurant in 1991. "We have customers that came with their families as kids, and now they have their own kids. It's like a time machine. It brings you warmth."
Geeta Kapur, a North Carolina civil rights attorney and UNC-Chapel Hill alumna, poses for a portrait at the Old Well with her new book, “To Drink from the Well: The Struggle for Racial Equality at the Nation’s Oldest University," on Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2021. "It's been that way since the very beginning," says Kapur of the history of systemic racism at UNC.
Junior linebacker Eugene Asante (7) rejoices as he runs down the field during the UNC v. Wake Forest game on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at Kenan Stadium. The Wake Forest Demon Deacons led for most of Saturday's game, with UNC recovering in the final quarter to bring home a 58-55 win.
Lucia Zhang, a member of Flying Silk, UNC's oldest traditional Chinese dance team, poses for a portrait in Merritt’s Pasture on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021. Zhang, a junior neuroscience major, joined the team last fall, attending virtual auditions with her laptop propped up on a dining chair in a makeshift home studio. “It was definitely kind of hard to have to do everything virtually,” says Zhang, who's attended every practice and social since from inside her Chapel Hill apartment. “But it’s a really good community, even over Zoom.”
Campers at Falling Creek Camp in Zirconia, NC, ride horses in the Upper Lake, as part of the Horseback Progression program. At the exclusive all-boys summer camp where a 4-week session's tuition costs over $7,000, it's not uncommon for campers to arrive with years of experience in upper-class sports like horseback riding or sailing. Some campers, like Sam (right) have been horseback riding for years, while others get their first taste at camp.
Caitlin Kantor, senior at Olin College of Engineering, cuts diamond wire with Olivia Seitelman at Woodland Harvest Mountain Farm in West Jefferson, NC, in late July of 2021. Kantor is one of four students from the college currently hosted by homesteaders Lisa Redmond and Elizabeth West as part of an alternative summer break program. Over the course of the summer, students are immersed in the day-to-day happenings of the sustainable farm, including growing and harvesting their own food (including animals), working on construction projects like the "Octagon" hut pictured above, and fostering community with each other and the land, all while off-the-grid.
Senior forward Meredith Sholder (2) fights for the ball during the Carolina v. UConn game on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, with the Tar Heels winning 3-1. The game was tied 1-1 at halftime, with the UNC Tar Heels pulling ahead in the fourth quarter as spectators, including UNC alumni back for Alumni Weekend, cheered them on in the stands and in heat.