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•0^ B Vol. XVIII, No. 1 0 The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics Director Friedrick moving on to Wisconsin Carrie Hamby As students and faculty crowded into the PEC after classes on Nov. 10, Executive Director Dr. John Friedrick was preparing to tell them good-bye. At the assembly that af ternoon, Dr. Friedrick officially informed the NCSSM commu nity that this would be his last year at Science and Math. Dr. Friedrick has accepted a posi tion as the founding director of Conserve School. Conserve School, which will open in Sept. 2001, will be a co-educational board ing high school for academi cally talented students. The school’s curriculum will have —See Friedrick page 8 Students beware: problems plague S&M mailroom Courtney Tolmie The last thing most work service students at Sci ence and Math could imagine that they would find taped to their door after a hard day of classes is a let ter explaining to them that they are being assigned to a new work ser vice job and su pervisor. However, this was ex actly what awaited the mail work service students one after- SLl Warren Basket carts a mail crate through the pit. Basket takes care of all mailroom duties now. —See Mail page 9 Mini-Term may replace Special Projects Week Becky Ballard Dr. John Friedrick has left the building. He will be leaving S&M for Conserve School this Summer. a special focus on plant and ani mal ecology, natural resource management and outdoor ac tivities. The school was con ceived and funded by the former IW^ noon this semester. Many mail room work service students were surprised to recently find themselves assigned to new jobs after someone tampered with student mail. A few inci dents of stu dents receiving already-opened envelopes were reported. Some of the en- ^ velopes that had been tam pered with were missing money that parents sent. After NCSSM may be imple menting a mini-term instead of Special Projects Week. The Curriculum Council, a deci sion-making body consisting of students, faculty, administra tors, SLl’s, and alumnae, has drawn up a proposal that may be approved by the Board of Trustees and put into effect in the year 2000. 'The mini-term would ei ther be two weeks or a week and a half, it would occur either in March or January. Teachers would be in charge of all mini-term of ferings. Students would have the op tion of signing up for one of the creative mini-courses offered or designing a qual ity independent project of their own choosing. Students would be required to put in forty hours of work per week. They would have to submit a daily work schedule, and the adult in charge of their project would set participation standards. Biology teacher Leslie Brinson has a creative idea for a Mini-Term class. She wants to look at the Neuse River Ba sin and look at all the studies field work as well as classwork.” One of the negative factors of the mini-term is that ALT days may be lost or extra days may be added onto the end of the school year. Students may have to lose one extended weekends, and teachers may lose a few of their work days. S t u - dents and fac ulty have different and Senior Raoul Clements makes a point about Mini -term as senior Anthony Anagnostou, SU Ami Parker and Director of Academic Programs Dr. Steve Warshaw listen. Members of the curricular^ council met on November 10. that have been done on the Neuse with the hog farms and nutrient loading. “We would have time to actually go down the Neuse, whether it would be looking at bridges or canoeing. We would have some time to do often oppos ing views on the possible mini-term versus SPW. Junior Rita Zota opposes the Mini-Term and feels that “one week is good enough to ex plore other alterna tives and your interests. Losing ALT days is really impor tant. ALT day is like a day off when you can get caught up on your work” SGA member Nya Ly is in favor of a Mini-Term and thinks that “it’s a good option for students because a lot of kids are inter ested in other subjects that they really aren’t given the oppor tunity to take a semester long or year long course in.’’ RLA Review Board called for leveled RLAs Heidi Yoon “Children behave, that’s what they say when we’re to gether.” Like the oldies tune sang, all NCSSM students are reprimanded when they choose not to follow the rules of the Handbook. Even RLAs, lead ers of the community, can be called in front of in RLA Re view Board, if an RLA’s actions need to be reexamined for any Level or inappropriate behav ior. Two RLAs have been brought before the Board thus far this year. The Board re viewed one RLA for walking off campus after dark and decided to take away that RLA-ship be cause the RLA was in the pres ence of alcohol and neglected the safety of others. RLA Andrea Hamilton commented on the issue. “As an RLA, one of the most important jobs is to look over the personal safety of our peers. If we are in a situa tion in which we’re witnessing inappropriate behavior, it’s our responsibility to act,” she said. RLA Janet White added, “To keep an RLA in that leadership position who doesn’t follow the guideline, lowers the reputation of all the RLAs on campus.” Another RLA Review Board heard a trial for an RLA who was charged with smoking on campus. This RLA did not lose the position, but had to write a paper in response to smoking. RLAs seldom lose their positions, but RLA trials do occur. No RLA positions were taken away last year, how ever, one RLA in the BBR com plex stepped down from her job. The RLA Review Board has four RLAs and two SLIs, who all volunteer for the job, and the RLA Coordinator, —See Trial page 8 Much controversy SURROUNDS Sports Utility Vehicles. What is your OPINION? See PAGES 2&3 I-VIZ IS one ASPECT OF STUDENT LIFE THAT MAKES S&M A home away FROM HOME. See PAGES 6&7 il Cheerleading is one OF the many winter SPORTS AND SPORTS CLUBS THAT IS IN FULL SWING. See pages lO&II
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