May 23, 2003

All Washed Up

By MEGAN ROONEY

A longtime tradition is going down the drain at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where officials plan to eliminate a swimming test required to graduate.

All undergraduates since the 1940s have had to pass the test, which requires students to swim 50 yards and then stay afloat for the remainder of five minutes. The test has been annoying to some students, terrifying to others.

Many argue that the university is wise to require its students to know basic

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