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Noted author to speak
on campus
Jonathon Kozol, respected education ex
pert and author of several textbooks used at
UNCW, will present a lecture titled “Ordi
nary Resurrections” at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in
Kenan Auditoriiun.
Kozol wrote his first novel Death at an
Early Age after being fued for reading a
Langston Hughes poem to a group of A&i-
can-American fourth-grade students in
1967—the middle of the civil rights move
ment.
Kozol has addressed the issues of illit
eracy, homelessness and educational equal
ity in his books. He has received the Robert
F. Kennedy Book Award and the Conscience
in Media Award for his works.
Election registration on
campus
The UNCW political science depart
ment and the New Hanover Board of Elec
tions will set up a registration table in fix>nt
of the main hall in the University U nion from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 20 to
help students register for the Nov. 7 elections.
For more information, contact Dr. Lee
Johnson at 962-3224.
UNCW Grad earns second
highest on CPA exam
Karen Hull, a 1999 UNCW account
ing graduate and 2000 master’s degree re
cipient in the Cameron School of Business,
earned the Silver Medal for scoring the sec
ond highest score on the North Carolina CPA
exam. Of the 1,754 people who took the
statewide exam, only 360 passed. Hull’s
score was also among the top 120 in the na
tion.
Car wash to benefit Big
Buddy Program
The Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority will
hold a “Big Buddy Car Wash” this Saturday
at Wendy’s on College Road. All proceeds
will go to the Big Buddy Program.
CORRECTION
In the picture of a car accident at a
local apartment on page 7 of last
week’s The Seahawk, the tenant of the
apartment was incorrectly listed as
Michelle Cox. Her correct name is
Melissa Cox. The Seahawk regrets flie
error.
Japanese exchange students experience
the UNCW Nursing Program first hand
Sarah Busick
Staff Writer
During the past two weeks, the
university’s School of Nursing has hosted ten
Japanese students and two professors fi'om
the Iwate Prefectural University as part of
the Japanese Initiative Program. The group
arrived last Monday and will depart for home
on Sunday.
This program is an extension of a cross-
cultural exchange between UNCW and three
universities in Japan that has been active for
several years. Last year there was an interac
tive television course between the universi
ties.
"The goal of this visit is to expose the
Japanese students to a day in the life of an
American nursing major,” Dr. Bettie Glenn
said in a recent UNCW news release. “In an
ever-increasing global business economy, it
is inevitable that the health care community
evolve similarly. Hopefully, this visit will be
another step in bridging the distance between
our cultures and in building an international
health care community of scholars and prac
titioners.”
Glenn hopes that in the future some
UNCW nursing students will have the op
portunity to travel to Japan and participate in
the classrooms at their universities.
The Japanese students have been shad
owing twenty juniors in the School of Nurs
ing during the two weeks they are here. Each
student was assigned two buddies from the
junior nursing class. They attend classes with
the UNCW students and participate in clini
cal exercises. The Japanese professors. Dr.
Akiko Araki and Yoko Ishida, have been
participating with the UNCW faculty by
teaching in the classrooms and insCmcting in
the clinics,
Since the group has been in Wilmington
they have also had some time to tour the area
and to see the Atlantic Ocean. They had din
ner in historic Wilmington and a beach party
was held on Saturday Other plans include
attending a musical and visiting the New
Hanover Regional Medical Center
On Wednesday night, UNCW held a
welcome reception for the delegation in
Madeline Suite where Japanese students per
formed a traditional dance in fiiU dress.
“It was really exciting watching them
dance,” junior Denise Shivar said.
The Japanese students brought their
UNCW buddies gifts from Japan and taught
them the art of origami. Many said they were
very grateful for the opportunity to come to
the United States and to participate in the
classrooms and clinics.
Chisato Takata said she learned the “dif
ferences between Japan and United States.
The atmosphere in classroom is different.”
At UNCW, there are more “questions, ac
tivities and discussions.”
They agreed that eating in the University
Union is one highlight of the day.
“(There are) many kinds of food,” Takata
said.
The Japanese students acted eager to leam
about the American culture, despite language
and cultural barriers.
“I want to know differences between cul
tures,” Mutuse Takeda said.
It was a learning experience for the
UNCW nursing students as well.
“1 think they can leam from us and we
can leam fiwm them,” junior Emily Baker
said.
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TMB CDRRESPONDENT
COLUMBL\, Mo. (TMS) — The mu
sic was blaring, the disco ball was turning,
and one particularly drunken individual was
trying to stop the ceiling fan with his head.
Melissa Nosal’s four-bedroom apartment
was so full of people that navigating Irom
just one end of the living room to the other
was difficult.
Her three-keg party was a success —
until the police and several apartment man
agers crashed it.
“There’s a rule that if the courtesy police
can hear noise fixim your apartment firom
50 feet away, they can give you a warning
or a ticket,” Nosal said. “Supposedly, the
police heard fireworks and saw people on
our patio and thought it was us.”
Nosal, who lives in an apartment com
plex near the University of Missouri in Co
lumbia split a $60 dty noise ordinance fine
and $20 court fee with her two roommates.
“We got off easy,” she said. “Afiiend of
mine had a party and was fined $500 by
(the apartment complex’s management).”
Andria Zylstra, an attorney working as
student legal services coordinator at Mizzou,
counsels students on their rights — which
mn the range from landlord issues to traffic
and dmg offenses. Punishment for throw
ing a large, loud party where underage drink
ing happens differs by city and state, but one
thing is clear, hosts are often held respon
sible for their guests’ actions.
“You can be responsible for anything the
guests in your home do,” Zylstra said. “You
can be held responsible for damages.”
If your guests damage a neighbor’s prop
erty or drive while intoxicated on alcohol
you provided, you may end up footing the
bill or facing a civil suit, she added.
All right, so say the police show up.
What’s the consummate good host who
wants to stay out of trouble in a big way to
do?
Zylstra said the police must ask permis
sion to enter someone’s home or apartment
The UNCW students were amazed how
much their nursing program in Japan was
similar to the one here.
“They understand a lot of the stuff we are
talking about in class,” junior Leanna Daly
said.
Both the Japanese students and UNCV
nursing students benefited fix)m this visit.
“(It’s) given us a chance to interact with
people fiom another culture, which is very
valuable,” Shivar said.
An owner has the right to refiise them —
but may, in the process, raise suspicions,
giving officers the “probable cause” they
need to enter the home anyway.
‘Technically, they can’t enter without a
(search) wammt,” Zylstra said. “But there
are exceptions” such as an emergency situ
ation or in the event that they're chasing a
fleeing criminal.
Susan Esttich, a professor of criminal law
and political science at the University of
Southern California in Los Angeles, says it
all comes down to the Fourth Amendment,
which forbids unreasonable searches and
seizures.
“The police have to respect a student’s
Forth Amendment rights as much as any
one else’s, which is to say, not very much,”
she said. “The police can be aggressive as
they want to be.”
Even if police do not get involved, the
host of the party can face problems with his
or her landlord or apartment manager
Zylstra suggests students read their lease
carefully to see what types of repercussions
they may face if they host a party. She said
landlords may charge fees or may seek to
evict the tenant, especially if the lease has a
clause dealing with the acceptable noise
level.
A hotel room is often vie wed as an alter
native party location, by Zylstra suggests stu
dents avoid that route.
“More often than not they’ll just throw
you out (of the hotel),” she said. “But if they
don’t and you trash the room, you could be
sued for an astronomical amount. If the ho
tel does not discover the damage until after
you have the party, they could then charge
you for all the damages they believe you
committed. If the courts beheve those
charges were reasonable, you could be
charged for them.”
Nosal says she’s leamed her lesson about
loud patties.
“We want to have another party, but we
don’t want to pay for another ticket,” she
said. “If someone offered to pay our fine if
we hosted another party, we’d have another.”
Party poopers:
Campus police and landlords
create pitfalls for hospitable hosts