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november 2010
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LINK representatives visit NCSSM
about the crisis in North
Korea can be an interesting
experience. The crisis itself is
something hard to describe.
The country is led under the
dictatorship of Kim Jong II,
whose leadership has left the
country isolated from the rest
of the world and censored from
everything. Daily life there is
bizarre—the country focuses on
feeding its people propaganda,
and the only focus is that the
dictator and the country are
superior. There are no human
rights, and especially for the
lower classes, living conditions
can be the worst.
Now, just given the topic
you know now, if you let
yourself know more abut this
issue, you know you’re going
to come out a bit frazzled—a
little guilty, a little sad. Maybe,
you might wish that you hadn’t
learned about this kind of
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thing. Because now there’s no
turning back—you know that
something this horrible exists.
And honestly, I was afraid
of that. LiNK is my precious
something, and when
I saw how many
people accumulated in
the Lecture Hall that
Wednesday, that • was
exactly what I was
afraid of. That people
would take one look at
this documentary, see
the content, and then
they would walk out,
and never even think
about the refugees that
they watched that day
ever again.
But that’s not what
happened, and that’s
what’s important now.
That Wednesday,
people stayed and
watched. They signed
up for club membership; they
bought LiNK’s merchandise;
they stayed behind and talked
with the Nomads personally.
People genuinely cared, they
were interested in helping, and
they weren’t ignorant of the
North Korea crisis.
Yes, you can go watch a
documentary like “Hiding,”
and you can come out feeling
horrible—about yourself,
about the situation, about the
refugees. But you can also
come out wanting to know more
about it; at the end of it all, you
want to know what you can do
to help. And then you’re ready
to face metre issues like this.
You might be expecting to feel
horrible again, sure. However,
your desire to help will become
so strong that it replaces those
negative feelings, and it will be
like it never even occurred to
you to feel responsible for the
crisis.
The LiNK chapter here at
NCSSM is still in its infancy.
It started last year, with a few
participants. But those who
did participate are still here,
and we’re making sure the
club grows. The response and
feedback for “Hiding” were
great. People already wanted
to know more; some that I’ve
talked to were actually ready
to see something even more
intense than what they saw that
day.
So that’s the next step. I’m
still afraid that there will exist
those who blind themselves
to the North Korea crisis, but
then again, there will be the
others, those who want to
participate—the ones who may
become the next Nomads.
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A message from SG to students
Hello Students! SG hopes that your trimester and exams went well, and we wish
you a great trimester break! As you gear up for second trimester, we invite you to
our Sunday committee meetings to voice your opinions and ideas:
6:00-6:30 pm - Government Operations
6:30-7:00 pm-Academic Affairs
7:00-7:30 pm- Student Affairs
7:30-8:00 pm- Programming
Each committee has its own agenda and projects.
Government Operations works on internal SG structure including our constitution
and bylaws. Government bills and legislation go through the GovOps committee
for analysis and suggestions and they work on accountability reports for all of the
committees. This year GovOps will also be working on compiling a History of NCSSM
SG, using files and documents from the past 30 years. Hoel Wiesner is the committee
head, wiesnerh@ncssm.edu.
Academic Affairs works with Academic Programs to bring reforms to existing class
structure and environment, including additional progress/grade reporting periods.
They are also working for students to be able to choose classes and class periods
they would like; so if you want all lunch-outs senior year, that could be a possibility!
Joseph Moo-Young is the committee head, moo-youngj@ncssm.edu.
student Affairs works on projects to better student life around campus, including
bringing speakers to campus, organizing the SAT/ACT/AP book drive, supplying the
dorm printers, getting mirrors in the music rooms, and placing whiteboards in hall
lounges. Reena Gupta is the committee head, guptar@ncssm.edu.
Programming is in charge of all SG-related school-wide events including Mr. Unicorn,
Lock-ins, spirit week, Powderpuff games, and other great events! Radhika Ghodasara
is the committee head, ghodasarar@ncssm.edu
Our SG Office is now open an fully functional, so if you would like to check out
study books or talk to an SG rep, come by Art Room 106:
MONDAYS 6:30-8:00 pm
THURSDAYS 6:30-8:00 pm
SUNDAYS 3:00-4:30 pm
Our Executive board has also been busy as well - Our Director of Public Relations,
Dominique Beaudry, set up the Senior Breakfast which was a great success! She
is also working on getting our senior t-shirt designs together (you can still submit
if you would like!). Our Director of Information Technology, Bojia Chen, set up our
new, dynamic website with a forum feature. You can find ail of our meeting agendas
and minutes on the site, as well as relevant downloads. Register Today: www.ncssm.
edu/sg.
We are also working with the Association of Student Governments (ASG), the state
student government, to get additional funds for our campus to work on projects
such as an art initiative fund, hand dryers in bathrooms, and a community service
project.
We would finally like to congratulate the new senators, listed to the right, along
with Senior Senators and the SG Officers.
We hope to see you around!
Sincerely,
Student Government
Officers
President- SagarShukla
Senate President- Violette Zhu
Treasurer- Anthony Wu
Dorm Senators
Hill- Hun Wong
Hunt West- Daniel Warren
Hunt East- Walter Vaughn
Royall- Grace Lamblin
Beall- Kaitlyn Chapman
Reynolds- Erna Woyee
Bryan- Sangeetha Kumar
Junior Senators
Krunal Amin
Leo Daniel
Avi Aggarwal
Madeleine Katz
Vipul Vaccharajani
Lance Kapral
Senior Senators
Radhika Ghodasara
Kevin Valakuzhy
Reena Gupta
Hoel Wiesner
Joseph Moo-Young
Tucker Jones
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