The N&O today has the following headline: “Bleak scenario painted if UNC-CH must cut 5 percent.”

Yes, that again. So here’s a (redundant) challenge. See if you can guess which year each drastic pronouncement was made about the future of UNC:

A. “The state’s flagship university is being nickel-and-dimed to death.”
B. “How many small cuts do you take before you cry out in pain?”
C. “It is not too soon to be frightened for our own welfare.”
D. “We are talking about a real problem. I think this is the first round in a long, long process.”

Read 20 years’ worth of dire predictions from UNC here.


Answers: A. 1992; B. 2002; C. 1996; D. 2005.