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Page 10 The Banner April 20, 2000 News Entrance Cultural differences explored at UNCA continued from page 1 Fogleman. “Urban wild space are few and far between, and must be preserved,” said Fogelman. “Putting a paved road in the middle of a beautiful area is not aesthetically pleasing.” Fogleman said that Chancellor Jim Mullen and Byers had both lis tened to the student’s concerns and responded positively. “We certainly want to hear what the students have to say about this, said Byers. The entrance, if approved, would not be built for a few years, accord ing to Byers. “It takes years for a project like this to get started and then con struction may take quite a while too,” said Byers. Poetry continued from page 1 Asheville Poetry Review, will read in the Laurel Forum, according to Chess. Additionally, faculty members have done readings around Asheville, according to Chess. “I spoke at the west branch of the Asheville Library on April 9 on the topic of why we read poetry,” said Chess. “I focused on the difference be tween reading a poem on a page and hearing a poem read aloud,” said Chess. “I selected a group of poems that were meditations on the experience of reading poetry.” David Hopes’ performance po etry class and the Asheville Perfor mance Theater will be doing a pre sentation at the Green Door on May 2, according to Chess. Also as a part of poetry month, several creative writing students traveled to Converse College on April 11 as part of an exchange reading program and presented readings, which were mostly poetry and some prose, according to Chess. “It was a very good chance to meet with writers from other areas out side of the UNCA community,” said Fauble. “It was a lot of fun.” “We had five people go and three were poets. We got a really good response from Converse College and I’d like to do it again,” said Fauble. Volunteers are needed for environ mental projects. There will be three creek cleanups, one on April 22 and the other on April 29. Clean Streams Day will be held on May 6. For more informa tion, call (828) 254- 1778. The American Red Cross is seeking donations of house hold items, furni ture, vehicles, ap pliances and other items for auction at the 20th Annual Fun Fair and Auc tion. For nfiore infor mation, call (828) 258-3888. PHOTO BY WALTER FYLER Anuj Moondra, a senior business management and education major, speals about his home country of India on April 12. Deferring taxes with TIAA-CREF can be so rewarding, gou'll wonder whg you didn't do it sooner. us for a free One of the fastest ways to build a retirement nest egg is through tax-deferred Supplemental Retirement Annuities (SRAs) from TIAA-CREF. 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" ' www.tiaa-cref.org By Kathryn Krouse staff Writer UNCA students from four differ ent countries displayed exhibits and discussed the economic and cul tural differences in their countries in comparison to the United States, according to Joe Sulock, professor of economics. “A few years ago I was looking out over one of my economic classes, and I had three students from for eign countries. I thought it would be really interesting to have a forum of international students talking about their countries,” said Sulock. The event was sponsored by the economics and humanities pro grams, and the idea for the pre sentation began three years ago, according to Sulock. The students spoke about topics such as customs, culture, politics, economics, women and social is sues, according to Sulock. “You want the audience to per ceive connections between the talks, so we came up with com mon denominators, like the in fluence of religion, the role of women and social mobility,” said Sulock. This year there were four par ticipants. Each student was from a different country and continent, according to Sulock. Anuj Moondra, a senior business management and art major, who has participated in the event for two years, explained some of the customs from Indian culture, according to Strlock. An observable cultural difference is that “Hindus maintain that the right-hand side of the body is spiritually purer,” said Moondra. “Always eat with your right hand, (since) the left hand is considered polluted.” He also talked about poverty in India and their culture, according to Sulock. Sanna Raza, an undeclared sophomore, emphasized the im portance of Austrian holidays, family, and relationships. He ex plained how, although Austria is a modern, westernized country, it is still very different from the United States. Vivianna Mourra, a junior envi ronmental science major from Co lombia, outlined how the work style changes from region t gion in her country. “Near the coast people are laid back. They tend to be known by the rest of the country as lazy people who do not like to work hard,” said Mourra. “Near the interior of the try, the people are extremely hard workers,” said Mourra. “They are efficient, very good with business and have the most amazing suc- ' cess stories I have ever heard.” Marasi Mwencha, a sophomore chemistry major, discussed the im portance of tourism in Kenya. “It boasts of some of the world’s prettiest beaches, as well as game parks that have an enormous di versity of wild animals. Tourism is an important part of the economy,” said Mwencha. Along with the exhibits from each country and the speeches, food from the countries was offered t audience, according to Sulock. SALES NEW! 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