It seems Impossible that ten years have passed since several second-year students in the Department of City and Regional Planning (DCRP) at the University of North Carolina first discussed the concept of a student planning publication. One year later, in May 1975, the first issue of Carolina planning was published. Because I was among those associated with that first issue, it is particularly gratifying to see that Carolina planning not only survived the decade, but flourished. The discussion below attempts to describe Carolina planning's evolution and its significance for Carolina planners