Recommended for you

Start writing a post

Sports

5 Things North Carolinians Should Be Thankful For

Why we love the Old North State.

Amanda Privette

Nov 10, 2015

North Carolina State University

5 Things North Carolinians Should Be Thankful For

http://www.bornonthefifthofjuly.com/

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, The Odyssey is providing all North Carolinians a list of things to be thankful for to get everyone ready to give thanks in three weeks!

1. The Carolina Panthers.

The Panthers have had a stellar season, and staying undefeated against Green Bay was the icing on the cake. Not only are the Panthers providing us with awesome wins, but their teal color looks great on everyone. They have also given us the gift of Luke Kuechly and Cam Newton.

2. All of the seasons in one week.

You're tired of being cold? Don't worry, in two days it will be 20 degrees warmer. One can really experience the fabricated Swinter (summer and winter) season Phineas and Ferb created.

3. Almost every type of vacation spot can be found in North Carolina.

Without leaving the state, one can see two major cities, the beach, and the mountains. The geography of our state is very broad, and provides easy site seeing without leaving home.

4. Nothing compares to the Biltmore House during the holidays.

To North Carolinians, the Biltmore House is a point of pride. Everyone can agree that out of all the amazing traditions of the holiday season, the best one of all is seeing the Biltmore House decorated for Christmas.

5. The people inhabiting this wonderful state of ours.

The natives to North Carolina are friendly people, and are living characters from "The Andy Griffith Show," which consequently was filmed in North Carolina. We may disagree on which college has the best basketball team (Go Pack), but as a whole, we are a collection of great people who are full of state pride.

Report this Content

This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.

Health and Wellness

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Grand Canyon University

432

5 Ways To Bring Positivity Into Your Life When All You Want To Do Is Drown In Self-Pity

Photo by Kinga Howard on Unsplash

The first two weeks of classes have come to an end and they have been anything BUT easy. It seems like life has been serving up more bad than good and in all honesty, the only thing you want to do is crawl under your covers and hide from the rest of the world.

Although this seems like the best solution, it is also the easy way out. Take it from the girl who took basically a whole week off from her life because she just could not handle everything that was being thrown at her. This caused her to feel extremely lonely and even more stressed out for being behind in classes that JUST began.

Keep Reading...Show less

self-pity

Entertainment

11 Things We Learned From Brooke Davis

"What's more important? What we become or how we become it?"

St. Thomas Aquinas College

244

"She was fiercely independent, Brooke Davis. Brilliant, and beautiful, and brave. In two years she had grown more than anyone I had ever known. Brooke Davis is going to change the world someday, and I'm not sure she even knows it." - Lucas Scott, An Unkindness of Ravens

Brooke Davis of the hit show One Tree Hill was the it girl - she had it all, or so we thought. She started out as a stuck-up, shallow, spoiled, head cheerleader who didn't have her life together. She slept around a lot and loved to party - sounds like your typical high school teenager right? Wrong. B. Davis had so much more to offer. Caring, loyal, and outspoken, she has taught us some valuable lessons throughout the 9 seasons that OTH was on the air:

Keep Reading...Show less

brooke davis

Relationships

11 Signs You Have An Honorary Roommate

Make yourself at home, why don't you?

Appalachian State University

2125

Rachel Zadeits

For some of us, coming to college was the first time we ever had to share a room. It was a big change, but a fun one. As you meet more and more people over the course of your college career, it seems to be a pattern that you will at some point have that one friend that doesn't live with you, but acts like they do. We call those people, "Honorary Roommates" and here are 11 signs you have one in your life.