GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -5/21/98- The bus carrying new faculty and administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill moves down from Grandfather Mountain after a visit.

GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -5/21/98- Grandfather Mountain owner Hugh Morton, left, chats with Michael Hooker, chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, on the mountain's famous Mile High Swinging Bridge. Hooker, along with new faculty members and administrators, was touring the state in a five-day bus trip to acquaint the professors with their new home. Faculty members discussed with Morton the effects of acid rain on upper-level forests.

GRANDFATHER MOUNTAIN -5/21/98- New University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill faculty and administrators hike a trail on Grandfather Mountain during a Tar Heel Bus Tour stop. The five-day, 1,200-mile trip gave participants the chance to acquaint themselves with the state and its people.

SEAGROVE -5/21/98- Sid Luck, right, a fifth-generation potter, and son Jason, a junior at UNC-CH, sort clay before throwing a pot at their shop, Luck's Ware in Seagrove Thursday. New faculty and administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill visited the shop as part of the Tar Heel Bus Tour. Jason is pursuing a double major in anthropology and computer science at UNC-CH. He plans to work in a computer science-related field after graduation but later hopes to continue the proud family tradition of making pottery.

SEAGROVE  -5/21/98- Sid Luck, right, a fifth-generation potter, molds clay into a pot at his shop, Luck's Ware in Seagrove Thursday. New faculty and administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill visited the shop on the fourth day of their five-day bus tour of North Carolina. In background is Pete Andrews, chair of the faculty, who was also on the trip.

SEAGROVE -5/21/98- Jason Luck, right, son of fifth-generation potter Sid Luck, talks to faculty members at his father's shop, Luck's Ware. New faculty and administrators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill visited the shop on the fourth day of their five-day bus tour of North Carolina. Jason is a junior at UNC-CH.

THOMASVILLE  -5/21/98- Steve Roper, right, a master carver at Thomasville Furniture Industries, shows the accuracy of a computer-carved piece to faculty from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Thursday. New faculty and administrators, who were touring the state as part of a five-day bus tour, visited at the plant to learn more about the furniture manufacturing industry.