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Troubled American Teens
Deported From Mexico
three schools in north-
Mexico for
teenagers with behav
ioral or drug problems have
been shut down. The 538
Americans at the school have
been deported; most of the
Americans entered the coun
try as tourists, not as members
of treatment facilities. Ken
Kay, who is associated with
one of the schools, alleges that
Mexico is deporting the
Americans to get back at the
United States for deporting
illegal aliens.
Buddhist Monks Protest
Film
B uddhist monks from
all around South Asia
are protesting the film
“Hollywood Buddha,” which
was released in theatres on
September 24. The protests
were initiated because the pro
motional poster for the film
shows the star of the fdm, who
is also the direetor and pro
ducer, sitting on top of
Buddha’s head; this mocks.
Buddha. The monks ask that
the fdm not be released and, if
it is, that devotees boyeott it.
Tanzanian Man Builds
Symbolic House of Tires
C harles Lugenga, a
member of the
Environment Based
Poverty Alleviation founda
tion, has observed his eoun-
try’s gradual departure from
its traditional values such as
recycling with frustration. For
instance, it used to be com
mon for Tanzanians to make
sandals from tires. In an effort
to raise awareness about the
possibilities of reusing solid
industrial wastes, he con
structed a house made of tires
he foimd scattered over the
Tanzanian landscape and a
few supportive wooden
beams. The house even has
tire furniture, a roof made of
unrolled tires, and a rug
woven from pieees of tire. The
house reeks of tar, but
Lugenga maintains that the
smell will be masked once the
house is painted.
Brunei slowly
democratizing
B runei’s parliament,
whieh used to be eho-
sen by the Sultan,
voted to have one third of its
members directly elected. The
other two thirds would still be
chosen by Sultan Hassanal
Bolkiah. This will be the first
time Brunei holds direet elec
tions since 1962, when the
party that won sought to ter
minate royal rule and to unite
with Malaysia.
news
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WUNI: Leaving a Legacy?
Onee the radio station was
up and running, the school
administrators took an interest
in it. Direct Reports, a group
that consists of school admin
istrative personnel who report
directly to Dr. Boarman, was
summoned to ensure that the
radio station beeame some
thing the entire school could
sides of the issue are present
ed. Mark and Ryan will not let
these rules stop them from
having interesting shows.
They hope to interview admin
istrators about events and
issues on eampus, invite
speakers who come to the
sehool to talk on the station,
and even get some alumni to
Agata Pelka and Mary Blaine
ihis year’s SGA is get
ting a head start on the
senior gift to prevent
the ehaos that occurred last
year, as the changes in the
assembly hall still await.
Among the gifts suggested at
the reeent senior
meeting was the fur
ther development of
the NCSSM radio
station, WUNI.
The. radio sta
tion was originally
created as a Mini
term projeet last
year by Mark Reidy,
Ryan Pifer, Drew
Foster and Joe
Johnson; the latter
two are grandse-
niors. As Foster put
it, “Ryan or Mark
was sitting and
thinking about it,
and like a lightning
bolt from the heav
ens [the idea] came.
Mark and Ryan sug
gested it to me and I
thought it was most
assuredly impossi
ble...so I joined up.” *
Together, the
four wannabe deejays Ryan Pifer (left) and Mary Reidy (right) working on the radio station, WUNI
reeruited the help of
Craig Rowe, the director of
communications, who became
their sponsor. Rowe says he
“wholly supported a radio sta
tion and felt it was long over
due for NCSSM. I also saw it
as a good way for me to get
more involved with the stu
dents.” During Mini-term, the
group toured real radio sta
tions, obtained necessary
equipment, and set up WUNI
in the Linux lab (now the
bookroomJ.
benefit from, not just the Mini
term team. They also wanted
to make sure that the station
would be monitored for con
tent as it would be a public-
information tool.
Ryan wrote guidelines for
the radio station using the FCC
and other stations as models.
The rules include basies sueh
as not using the “seven dirty
words,” and not talking about
religion, politics or other con
troversial issues unless both
tell the tragic story of their
walks to E.K. Powe in the
pouring rain for dinner.
Even with the recent
opening of the new Bryan
lobby, WUNI does not have a
room from which to broadcast.
However, Ryan and Mark are
not letting this hinder their
planning. They hope to start
auditions for new deejays who
would be given shows and are
looking for ways to get people
aetively sharing music so the
school can be exposed to
unknown bands and different
gemes through the radio sta
tion.
Ryan and Mark are hoping
to get funds from the senior
class so that the radio station
could get a larger server which
would allow them to broadcast
to the entire eampus and
beyond. Right now,
their online server
only allows for a
hundred listeners at
a time. Their plan is
to “open NCSSM to
the world,” which
was a hope
expressed by Dr.
Boarman during his
convocation speech.
This may result
in additional censor
ship once the radio
station begins broad
casting off campus,
because the adminis
tration wants to
ensure that the
image of NCSSM is
protected. Yet this
may be something
worth eonsidering;
broadcasting beyond
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Math campus would
allow friends, parents,
and alumni to stay in
touch with the sehool. As
Rowe said, “It could also be
used as a way to share infor
mation with potential students.
For example, one week we ean
have an admissions offieer talk
about applying, and another
week a eoach talk about the
basketball program, and so on.
I hope your group gives strong
eonsideration to this project. J
am personally involved, yes,
but it would leave a rich lega
cy.”
College Eve:
Where’s Your Future?
Annu Kashyapand
Yolanda Fair
All articles summarized from BBC.
ollege Eve is an annual
event that NCSSM
holds for students to
explore eollege options.
NCSSM will host more than
100 colleges on Friday,
Oetober 1 from 5 -7 p.m. in
the PEC.
Representatives from
Duke, North Carolina Central,
North Carolina State
University, UNC-Chapel Hill
and others aeross the state will
attend this event. There will
also be representatives from
many out of state colleges
including MIT, Cornell,
California Institute of
Technology, Carleton College,
Clemson University, Emory
University, and others which
are on At-A-Glance.
Additionally, Duke, UNC-CH
and MIT will be presenting
20-30 minute sessions in the
Hill classrooms.-
College Eve is a mandato
ry event for seniors, but jun
iors are encouraged to come
and research college options,
and the entire event is only
two hours. Therefore, it’s a
good idea to make sure that
you have time to visit all the
colleges of your ehoiee and
talk to Admissions Direetors.
Ms. Molly Rieh, of the
Counseling services, gives this
advice, “...when you ask
questions, include specifics
about academic programs,
scholarship opportunities,
social activities, and research
opportunities.”
Counselor. Joyce Rodman
reminds us- “Don’t go just on
name or where your friends
are talking about. Look for
places place that acUially fit
you. Then you can get a good
education and be happy in the
process.”
Robotics Remodeled
Kevin Chen
Fi
lor students who have
never heard of the
Robotics Lab, it is a lab
area that has been used by the
Robotics Team for storage for
robots and other electronics.
Located in Ground Reynolds,
it is currently being renovated;
the work should be completed
in a few weeks.
The idea for the room orig
inated from Dr. Boarman. A
driving force behind the deci
sion to create the robotics lab
was the limited amount of
space in the faculty cafeteria
room. All of the robots were
previously stored in this room.
The “disgruntled teachers,” as
physics teacher Angelina
Winbome puts it, were dis
pleased with the lack of space.
With the help of Erica
Wilson, Steve Butcher, mem
bers of the Robotics Team and
the graduating class of 2002,
the plans for the lab were initi
ated. A budget was created and
bids were submitted to differ
ent companies for funding.
Whether the fiimiture in the
room will be funded is still not
known.
The construction of the lab
finally began during the sum
mer of 2004, when mainte
nance workers shoveled mate
rial out of a former distancing
learning studio. The workers
ripped out walls and applied
new conduits. The 2,000 sq ft
room should provide plenty of
space for the storage of large
and small robots alike.
The Robotics and Science
Olympiad Teams will not be
the only ones to use the lab.
The robotics lab will be used
by high speed imaging and for
specialized projects.