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NEWS March 1,2000 • the Seahawk 3 Leadership Center contributes to literacy awareness I ^ 11 11»» T Career Services sponsors Educational Job Fair Career Services will be hosting its first edu cational job fair on Monday. The fair will be held in the Warwick Center ballroom from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Over 55 counties from North Carolina are participating in the fair, which will feature jobs for teachers. All students and community members who are interested in teaching are welcome to attend. For more information, contact Career Ser vices at 962-3174. UNCW professor covers article for American Scientist Dr. Michael MaUin, research associate pro fessor at the Center for Marine Science, wrote the cover article “Impacts of Industrial Ani mal Production on Rivers and Estuaries” for the January/February issue of American Sci entist. The article deals with how animal waste lagoons and sprayfields near aquatic environ ments may significantly degrade water qual ity and endanger health. MaUin wrote about his collaborating laboratory research efforts on the New River and the Cape Fear River fol lowing the rupture of several swine waste-hold- ing lagoons in 1995, as weU as studies in the Cape Fear region following Hurricanes Fran and Bonnie. ^ Mallin can be contacted at 962-2358 or ■ij^allinm@uncwil.edu Financial Aid night Financial Aid Night for continuing students will be held on Thursday, March 14 at 6 p.m. in Room 105 on Cameron Hall. Students should bring their completed FAFSA forms, and dependant students should have the form signed by their parent. At the event, students can get help filhng out their FAFSA and have them filed electronically. Outdoor Center hosts first aid certification course The Discovery Outdoor Center will host and advanced wilderness first aid certification course from 9 a.m. to 5p.m., March 9-12 in Room 119 of Trask Coliseum. Stonehearth Outdoor Learning Opportuni ties (SOLO), a nationally recognized trainer of outdoor programs, will teach the class. Par ticipants will receive training in how to handle emergency situations such as neck and spine trauma, hypothermia and heat exhaustion. The cost of the program is $175 for stu dents, faculty and staff with a valid ID, and $200 for community members. Participant must attend the entire course to receive certi fication. Participants must register in person at the Discover Outdoor Center in the Warwick Cen ter, by Friday, March 3. For more informa tion, contact the center at 962-4052. by ALLISON BIGGAR Staff Writer Recent statistics from the North Carolina Lit eracy Resource Center show that 20 percent of adults in New Hanover County, approximately 29,000people, cannot read or write. An additional 25 percent have extremely “low” skills. In the City of Wilmington, the statistics are higher 28 per cent of the population ranks at the lowest level of literacy and an additional 27 percent are “low” skilled. This week, the UNCW Leadership Center took action to educate the unversity population to the importance of literacy issues. As part of Literacy Awareness Week, the center along with other cam pus organizations sponsored numerous activities on campus and throughout the community. “The approach that we took was to connect issues of literacy with social justice and to talk about not just the whats but the whys... and fo cus on what can we do to make a difference,” said Community Services Coordinator Becky Long. Throughout the week, Bames and Noble and WWAY Channel 3 co-sponsored a Community Wide Book Drive with drop off locations at Randall Litory, University Union, Warwick Cen ter, the dorms. Channel 3 News, Bames and Corey Accardo/The Seahawk Students of SCALE (the Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Edu cation) sponsored a discussion on tlie effects of literacy on social change. Noble, K-Mart and all eight Domino’s locations. The Theta Chi fraternity sponsored a “Cam pus Read-A-Thon” on Tuesday in the University Union Living Room. Students were invited to come with their favorite books and the fraternity provided refreshments. On Wednesday, the Leadership Center spon- sored a bookmaking project for UNCW Kids. “It went^really well,” Long said. “Some of [the kids] allowed us to keep their books and dis play them [in Randall Library], but some of them were so excited about their books that they wanted to take them home right then. They had a really good time with it.” On Wednesday night, a Student Coalition for Action in Literacy Education (SCALE) work shop, featured a discussion on literacy effects on social change and how people can improve the quality of life for others. The Students and Community for Alternative Transportation (SCAT) contributed to the week’s events by sponsoring a bike trip to Girls Inc. of Wilmington. Students read to the children and present^ them with gifts donated by Bames and Noble. Leadership Center representatives said the overall program was a success. “We’ve just gotten boxes and boxes of books,” said Nicole Bnisik of the Leadership Center, “It’s been wonderful.” The Leadership Center also has a list of sev eral Literary Agencies where students can vol unteer and get involved in the Community. “We try to create programs that make it easy for people to jump on board. Just come.. .and sign up for something,” Brusik said. To get involved stop by UU 212 or call 962- 3877. SGA ratifies constitution, $10,000 approved for new crew boat by THOMAS M. RUYLE Editor-In-Chief The Student Government Association (SGA) is one step closer a complete re organization beginning in April. Both the House and Senate ratified the new constitution, which will restructure the SGA as a unicameral legislature after spring elections. Senate members applauded for sev eral seconds after the final ratification last Monday. Other than the final ap proval by Vice-Chancellor for Student Affairs Patricia Leonard, Chancellor James Leutze, the incoming SGA Presi dent and Attorney General, the new SGA constitution is final. Attorney General Christian Kilgore said he expects the new constitution to be approved very soon. He said, “I talked to the Dean of Students, and he is very enthusiastic.” Kilgore is slated to meet with Leonard tomorrow to dis cuss the changes. Funds for crew team The SGA Senate approved $10,000 toward a new eight-person boat for the UNCW Crew club last Monday. Several members of the club attended the meet ing to show support for the funding pro posal and answer questions from the Senate. Crew club president Julie Sullivan told the SGA that the current boats were being used in both regular practices and in competition, and the club needs a new boat strictly for competition. The SGA bought the club a new eight-person boat in 1995, which is still in use - even though it was damaged nearly two years ago en route to a meet. “They’ve been repaired and are back in working order, and everything’s in sured now,” Sullivan told the Senate. The club does not receive funding through the university because it is not a varsity sport, although they compete with varsity teams from other schools. “We race varsity teams, and we do pretty well, usually,” Sullivan said. Much of the club’s funding comes from member dues and fund-raising events, such as the Row-a-Thon held last fall. She estimated this semester’s operating expenses at about $5,300, mostly spent on competi tion and boat maintenance. The new crew boat will cost $16,000 total, and will be ordered as soon as the club completes fundraising efforts to cover the remaining $6,000. SGA also approved $902 to the Glo bal Volunteers for an upcoming service trip to the Appalachian region of North Carolina. Election registration Registration for spring elections ends this Friday at 5 p.m. All registra tion materials need to be submitted to the SGA office at University Union Room 200. As of press time, Election Commit tee Chairman Yancey Gulley said that about 25 people had obtained the pack ets, but none had been turned in. Cam- pus-wide elections for over 30 SGA positions will be held April 5-6, and all students are eligible to vote. TREND wrrH YOUR 111 L FREE Pick Up & Delivery Service Licensed N.C. 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