XV, No. 2
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Dec. 19,1995
AROUND
THE
WORLD
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Compiled by Maryellen Corbett
and Sarah Hagevik
■ The UN celebrated its fiftieth
birthday at the headquarters in New
York City. Each of the 201 world
leaders was given five minutes to
speak about several issues, but most
speakers took a little longer than the
allotted time.
■ A Chechen ambush killed eigh
teen Russian soldiers as they trav
eled to give medical aid to other
Russian troops. This event was the
largest flare up of fighting since the
cease-fire six months ago.
■ At a four-hour talk between
Clinton and Yeltsin, Yeltsin agreed
to send 2,000 noncombatant troops
to aid the multinational peace-keep
ing force in Bosnia. NATO insists
on controlling all combat troops in
Bosnia, a notion Russia rejects.
■ Clinton and China's president
Jiang Zemin met for two hours at the
Lincoln Center. Their talk was filled
with tension, and the two nations
remain intractable about issues, such
as human rights, which divide them.
INSIDE This
Issue
♦A juggling English teacher
and a Harley-Davidson riding
physics teacher/ page 4.
♦NCSSM students pitch in in
to make a difference in
Durham on Make A Difference
Day, Page 6.
♦ Reviews oi Get Shorty, Seven,
Hoxo to Make An American Quilt,
plus local eatery International
Delights, Page 8.
NCSSM and Israeli Academy sign partnership
Karen Master
Staff Writer
NCSSM students will soon be
getting a larger view of the world.
A delegation from North
Carolina including Dr. Steve
Warshaw, Director of Academic
Programs, recently traveled to Is
rael to discuss how North Carolina
and Israel could learn more about
each other. As a part of this,
NCSSM signed a deal with the Is
rael Arts and Science Academy to
co-develop a curriculum for teach
ing tomorrow’s leaders.
According to Warshaw, the
curriculum would teach students
to be responsible leaders for their
culture in all areas—not only po
litically, but also in other fields
such as arts and sciences. The
students would learn to appre
ciate what they receive from
their culture and examine how
they could return the gifts.
In the summer, small stu
dent groups from each school
would meet for a two- to three-
week intense program and dis
cuss what they had learned.
The curriculum is still in the
planning stages, and a group of
approximately twenty staff
members is beginning to sort
through the problems. Funding
for the program will have to
come from private grants. It has
not been decided if the class will
be a day class or meet only pe
riodically.
Also remaining to be de-
...the curriculum
would teach students
to be responsible
leaders for their cul
ture in all areas—not
only politically, but
also in other fields
such as arts and
sciences.
_cided is if the summer program
will be for rising seniors or
graduated seniors.
If funding is obtained this
year, Warshaw said that he
hopes to implement the pro
gram next year.
The Israel Arts and Science
Academy is a three year, private
residential school. The students
there have already chosen a career
major and perform mandatory
military service after graduation,
therefore having different per
spectives than NCSSM students.
Warshaw said he believes that
student diversity will make the
program more adaptable to other
cultures. Already, schools in Aus
tralia, Jordan and Canada have ex
pressed interest in joining the pro
gram.
Another part of the delegation
agreed that a number of Israeli ar
tistic and archaeological groups
would visit North Carolina some
time in 1997, and this may be used
in the curriculum.
Festival highlights "American mosaic"
Monica Dev
News Editor
With the aroma of exotic
foods, sound of ethnic music
and flashes of bright clothing,
the senses could be over
whelmed at Raleigh’s annnual
International Festival. On its
tenth anniversary, the festival
set out to do what it does every
year: bring together as many
cultures as possible.
For three days, October 6-
8, groups of people from over 45
different cutures came to share
their heritage with the Triangle
community in Raleigh’s civic
center. They sold food, cloth
ing and other trinkets, and per
formed dances and gave lectures
as well.
Food booths were set up
all over the Civic Center, each
selling snacks, meals and des
serts from their respective coun
tries. Melanie Jamogochian
Mitchell, age 42, volunteered
her time in an Armenian food
booth. The booth was set up by
the Armenian American Tri
angle Association, to which all
profits went. All of the work
done for these booths was vol
untary.
“Women have been cook
ing for weeks,” Mitchell said.
Since the Armenian population
in North Carolina is small, she
viewed the festival as a good
chance to teach others about
the Armenian heritage and to
help the Armenian community.
Liem Nguyen, Co-Presi
dent of North Carolina State
University’s Vietnamese Stu
dent Association, volunteered
at the Vietnamese food booth.
This was Nguyen’s second
year working at the Festival.
He described the atmosphere
as “friendly” and said he en
joys learning about different
cultures while helping the
Vietnamese community.
The food was not the
only attraction, though. The
most eye-catching aspect of
the Festival was the center
stage. Here, people of all ages
performed unique dances,
originating from their own
culture. Variations in culture
can be observed from the dif
ferent costumes, music and
dance styles of the performers.
They spent months preparing
for this event.
Nearly every cultural
group that sold food and pro
vided dances also had a dis-
Dancers in the Raleigh Chinese dance group perform the
ribbon dance on stage at the International Festival.
Albert Whangbo
play booth. In these booths
people sold clothing, toys
and games, arts and crafts
and other trinkets from dif
ferent countries. “A lot of
the stuff was basically a rip-
off,” said senior Carolyn
Chu. As co-president of
NCSSM’s Asian Culutures
Club, she and Tak Hirata or
ganized a group of students
to attend the Festival.
Smaller events were
held in the Civic Center’s
basement. These events in
cluded ceremonies, language
lessons cooking demonstrations,
a United Nation’s exhibit, dance
lessons, and folk tales. Each
event relayed an important as
pect of a particular culture.
“[The International Festi
val is] a fabulous opportunity
for people to expose themselves
to other cultures,” said Mitchell.
“It’s very important for people
to see that America is . . . not a
melting pot, but a mosaic.”