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Page 4 Black Ink Nov. 10, 1983 Mutual attraction draws new instructor to UNC By Cheryl Williams Feature Editor She once gave an impromptu con cert with Stevie Wonder. She per formed back up for Johnny Taylor, Joe Tex and Marty Robbins. She has sung with the renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers of Tennessee. But Regina Sherard's chief profession is not sing ing. Sherard, an instructor in the School of journalism, is one of the new faculty members this fall at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She comes to UNC-CH from the University of Missouri, where she was a part time instructor. She is presently a doctoral student in journalism at the University of Missouri and expects her degree in 1984. Sherard says that her decision to come to the University was the result of a mutual attraction between her and the school. "UNC has always been a very fine institution," she said. "I had hoped I would have the oppor tunity to teach here. The dream be came a reality when I was asked to come for an interview by Dean Cole." She says that so far the University has measured up to her expectations. She adds that she was impressed with the faculty here. "The people I have met through various receptions and meetings have been most cordial." she said. "I'm honored to work with such distinguished colleagues in jour nalism. There is every effort to en sure that students get the very best." When Sherard, a Georgia native, is not teaching she is pursuing her goals and hobbies. One of her future goals is to start her own media consulting firm. A more immediate goal is to-be the best teacher she possibly can. "I want to impart a little of my knowledge and experience to stu dents," she says. "There is a great sense of satisfaction when I see the sparkle of inquiry take hold." "I like seeing students get involved and I like the challenge of taking in formation that may be dull and pre senting it in an interesting way." "I provoke students. I purposely present controversial material in de bate form because 1 want my stu dents to think." She loves to sing,and she says music has always been a part of her life. She sang in a church choir when she was growing up and played in her Visit your Student Stores W With the finest selection of Carolina Sportswear STUdENT STORES "ON CAMPUS high school band. While in college, she sang with the Fisk jubilee Singers. Sherard got her opportunity to sing with Stevie Wonder while she was a student at Fisk University in Nash ville, Tennessee. Wonder had been scheduled to do a concert in Nashville. Sherard met him informal ly one Sunday while he was visiting the Fisk campus. She says they sang two songs,and he kissed her when they finished. It was one of the greatest moments of her life, she says. Sherard, a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, says that while in col lege she was a member of a singing group that sang at sorority and frater nity parties. The exposure from these parties led to the group being recog nized by a promoter. They then took jobs as demonstration artists, singing songs that had been written for other artists. They were paid $30 an hour. She says this was good money, espe cially since it helped put her through college. Although she has had much experi ence in the music business, Sherard is equally as qualified in journalism. She received her undergraduate de gree in English from Fisk University in 1968. She earned her master's degree at Michigan State University in 1972.Her previous jobs include work ing as a research analyst at Leo Burnett Advertising Agency in Chicago, a reporter for the Depart ment of Information at Michigan State University and coordinator of the Black Culture Center at the Uni versity of Missouri. Sherard feels she still has much to accomplish, but not without the help of her "personal friend," Cod. A con firmed Lutheran since age 14, she says her relationship with Cod is very important. "What I've accomplished is due directly to Him." She says her beliefs give her a positive outlook. "I try not to be pessimistic. I try to look for the good in people. I believe things can be worked out." ■ UNC to study effects of stress By David Williamson CHAPEL HILL — Selected male college students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will be taking more than a semester's knowledge and their writing ability into exams during the next three years. They'll also be wired for sound. Beginning in 1984, psychologists at the UNC-CH School of Medicine will attach portable blood pressure and heart rate monitors to the students before exams and before less stressful situations like atten ding class. If the heart and blood pressure WANTED Singers Musicians Dancers Actors Actresses and Comedians for Campus wide Talent Show for further information call 929-9551 (Audition will be held on Nov. 17th) readings gathered in both locations agree, information collected in the laboratory should be more credible, the scientists believe. "Our ultimate goal is to identify psychological and social risk factors that lead to high blood pressure in both white and black populations," said Dr. Paul Obrist, a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UNC-CH. "Because hypertension is more commong among black adults than among whites, we are particularly interested in how blacks responds physiologically to stress." Medical scientists want to unders tand hypertension — its causes and controls — because the condition has been closely linked to heart at tacks, strokes and blood vessel disease, he said. Obrist will conduct the study with Drs. Kathleen C. Light, assistant pro fessor of psychology, and Sherman James, associate professor of epidemiology. The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute is suppor ting their work with a $232,000 grant. In an interview, Obrist said 80 students would wear the book-sized monitors, which he and his col leagues invented to take quiet readings every 10 minutes, during final examinations. The 80, along with 160 others, later will compete for modest cash prizes while undergoing reaction time tests in the laboratory. "Along with blood pressure and heart rate, we'll be rec ording kidney function as shown b how much fluid the students excrete over several hours and how much sodium their urine contains," he said. "We can increase the stress under controlled conditions by making our
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