Wednesday, October 10, 1984/THE BLUE BANNER/5
By Caroline Brown
Agriculture is one of
North Carolina*s primary
money makers. That is one
reason why Neal Rhoades
thinks Republican Senator
Jesse Helms will benefit
the state if reelected.
Rhoades is attorney gen
eral of the Student Judi
ciary Court and a member
of the UNCA. College Repub
licans. He said, "Helms is
the chairman of the Senate
Agriculture Committee and
this is a very powerful
position in the Senate."
Helms is the first agri
culture chairman frcMH
North Carolina in almost
50 years.
"This is obviously very
beneficial to our state
since tobacco is such a
key part to our econcHny,"
said Rhoades.
Rhoades said the posi
tion enables Helms to have
"an open line of conmuni-
cation to President Rea
gan."
"His influence with Rea
gan, wh(MQ most polls indi
cate will be re-elected,
is very beneficial to our
state," continued Rhoades.
Rhoades expressed admi
ration for Helms because
"he takes a stand and
stays with it."
"He*s not like other
politicians who put their
finger in the wind and see
vMch is the most politi
cally favorable side of an
issue to advocate," said
Rhoades.
Rhoades said Governor
Hunt frequently changes
his mind on issues.
"I don't think Hunt has
the guts to take a stand,"
said Rhoades.
Rhoades said Hunt and
Eddie Knox, who ran in the
gubernatorial Democratic
primary were "good bud
dies" when they attended
North Carolina State Uni
versity together.
They both held offices
in the student government
asociation and were
"strong supporters of each
other," said Rhoades.
However, Rhoades said
Hunt refused to support
Knox in the gubernatorial
primary.
"His neutrality has hurt
him," said Rhoades.
Rhoades quoted Knox*s
wife, Francis, from an ar
ticle in the Winston Salem
Journal.
"Mrs. Knox said, *I*ve
concluded that I can no
longer support Jim Hunt. I
am tired of hearing poli
ticians who stand one way
on a subject one day, and
another way the next day."
Hunt VS. Helms: point-counter point
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Satellite teleconference planned
By Caroline Brown
It won't be extra ter
restrials that beam into
UNCA political science
professor. Dr. Robert Far-
zanegan's, earth station
on Oct. 16.
Instead, the station's
transmitter will enable
students to comoainicate
nationwide with other
universities involved in
World Food Day (WFD).
According to Farzanegan,
students in his Third
World class will partici
pate in the nationwide
teleconference sponsored
by the National Committee
for World Food Day through
the earth station satel
lite located at his home.
"Otherwise, we would
just be watching it (WFD)
on- a regular television. I
am picking up a special
transmittance that's going
out to a satellite and
beaming it down, and I'm
picking it up off ny dish.
It's coming right into my
living room," said Farzan
egan.
By communicating through
the satellite with panel
ists and other universi
ties involved in WFD a-
cross the U.S., Farzanegan
said the event will be
similiar to "hosting a
town meeting nationwide."
Political Science Asso
ciation members, students,
and faculty members will
gather in a large room and
watch the WFD teleconfer
ence on the wide screen TV
at his home, said Farzane
gan.
"Students can sit around
and get a good view of the
panelist and be able to
feel as if they are sit
ting in the same room with
them," he said.
Washington, D.C., the
main site for the tele
conference will televise
three hours of live pre
sentation which will in
clude a message from Pres
ident Reagan.
Hosted by Eddie Albert,
the program consists of a-
bout twelve panelist who
will answer questions
about world food hunger.
"We'll liisten to an is
sue, and then we'll ask
one of the panelist a par
ticular aspect of a pro
blem. Then we'll get a
direct response from that
particular person we
watched on television,"
said Farzanegan.
Live video interaction
with the panelist will on
ly include the receiving
sites of the 100 partici
pating universities, ex
plained National Committee
for World Food Day pfinph-
let.
Through the earth sta
tion's transmitter, WFD
participants will talk to
other college members a-
cross the U.S.
"We have a special tele-
plpne hook-up so that we
can communicate with peo
ple at the conferece site
and at other sites as
well," said Farzanegan.
After the program, the
students in the Third
World class will write
"position papers" which
give their reactions and
analysis of the problems
presented in the telecon
ference, he said.
"After listening to the
problem, analyzing the
problem, and discussing
the problem, then we will
make our recommendations
as a group," said Farzane
gan.
Along with other univer
sities across the U.S.,
the group will give their
suggestions for solving
the problem of world food
hunger to the national
committee who will make a
total analysis said Far
zanegan.
"And this way, we'll
have a cross-section of
views from the U.S. in
trying to deal with these
problems. This approach is
interesting. It's unique,"
explained Farzanegan.
WFD, first observed in
1981 by more than 100
countries ”is desigiied to
inform, educate, and moti
vate people to take con
crete action against hun
ger,” said the NCWFD.
"It (WFD) is especially
about those who are unable
to grow or bity sufficient
food for the well-being of
their families," said the
pamphlet•
By Caroline Brown
Education in North Car
olina is exciting to Char
lie (Arthea) Reed, assoc
iate professor of educa
tion at UNCA.
That's why she wants Jim
Hunt to win the Senate
race in November.
"It's really exciting to
be in a place that is so
dynamic. If you're in edu
cation, North Carolina is
the place to be, and lt*s
all because of Jim Hunt,"
Reed said.
Reed claims Hunt has
done more for education
than any other governor
besides Terry Sanford.
Reed said Hunt is na
tionally known for his
efforts to advance edu
cation programs in North
Carolina.
According to Reed, "di
rectly through (Hunt's)
efforts, we have started
the North Carolina writing
project which is affilia
ted with the National Wri
ting Project."
The North Carolina Wri
ting Project, which is
held in the summer,
chooses 200 public school
teachers in whose inter
ests involve teaching wri
ting and conqposition.
Through the workshop,
Reed explained, the teach
ers not only leam to
teach their students, but
they also improve their
own writing skills.
Hunt also sponsored the
Elementary Read Act in
1978.
The Read Act utilizes
two teachers to a class
room in grades kindergar
ten through third grade.
Hunt also founded the
North Carolina Testing
Program. This program
calls for diagnostic tests
of children In third,
sixth, and ninth grades.
"It has been a real ben
eficial change in North
Carolina because it helps
identify the problems with
a child," Reed explained.
If a child is weak in
areas of coiq>rehension,
mathematics, or vocabu
lary, the diagnostic test
reveals the problem.
Reed said Hunt also
helped the gifted child
wlien he began the School
for Science and Math in
Raleigh.
"It's taking our bright
est kids and developing
those talents," Reed said.
"It (the school•§ exist
ence) is directly related
to his lobbying and his
work with legislature.
There will soon be one in
Western North Carolina,"
said Reed.