Nyle Frank

Life and Orange County connections

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1. October 14, 1970 The Invisible University of North Carolina, a free university, holds its first open house Graduate student Nyle Frank, who had started the free "Invisible University" about three weeks earlier, held its open house on the South Building steps for about 50 people; its 37 courses included campus security chief Arthur Beaumont's "Cooperation Between the Fuzz and the Fuzzies." People: Nyle Frank Place: South Building, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: Arthur BeaumontSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, October 15, 1970, p. 1
2. December 3 to 10, 1970 The political science department suspends and then reinstates instructor Nyle Frank The day after graduate instructor Nyle Frank, founder of the Invisible University of North Carolina, crowned himself 'Supreme Ruler of the Universe' before about 2,000 people in the Pit, department chairman John Martz suspended him from teaching Political Science 41, citing class meetings, grading and course coverage. After students offered to testify for him, the department's grievance committee found no serious charge substantiated, and Martz reinstated him on December 10. People: Nyle Frank Place: Department of Political Science, UNC, Chapel Hill · Also named: John MartzSearch the index · The Daily Tar Heel, December 11, 1970, p. 1