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vol. XXXII, issue 5
north Carolina school of science and mathematics
Students culturally
enriched on MLK Day
making baked goods and
cleaning at the Caring House
of Durham, and helping out at
the Food Bank of Central and
Eastern NC or the United Way
Durham County Signature
Project.
The remaining students
stayed on campus and had
engaging discussions on topics
such as diversity and music,
diversity in social media,
the life and impact of Martin
Luther King Jr., yoga, and
the Presidential Inauguration,
which occurred on this special
day.
“I thought MLK Day was
good. I liked how they had
various activities to choose
from to either give back to
the community or learn more
about racism in the world,”
said junior Brittany Ledford.
In the afternoon, students
came together in the auditorium
to, watch performances, and , in.tbejnovement to end racial
By Jungsu Hong
NCSSM students com
memorated the late civil rights
leader Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. on Jan. 21, 2013, through a
myriad of activities on and off
campus, such as learning about
diversity and giving back to
the commxmity.
Each American chooses to
celebrate and commemorate
this day in myriad ways, but
at NCSSM, students had a
schedule filled with events in
honor of MLK.
These events included mov
ies, volunteer opportunities,
yoga, discussions, perfor
mances, and a guest speech in
the afternoon to end the day’s
events.
Some students enjoyed
watched and gained cultural
awareness through movies
such as Crash, Changeling,
and Red Tails.
“I watched Crash,” said
senior Rosalia Preiss, “and I
had never seen it before so I
decided to watch it and it was
really a lot more powerful
than I thought it would be....
It brought up a lot of racial
tensions that people don’t
usually like to bring up, and
it showed how dangerous
racial stereotyping can end up
being.”
“It showed the bigger ends
of racialism and the smaller
assumptions
based on race.
Everyone faces
discrimination, and
people will often
bend things to fill
stereotypes that
they think will fit
people.”
Others went on
volunteer excur
sions off-campus.
Some volunteer
ing opportunities
included helping
out at the MLK
Birthday Celebra
tion at Northgate
Mall, working on
a clean-up project
at the Eno River, Genna Rae McNeil speaks at MLK Day assembly
honor of MLK Day.
McNeil presented her
speech in an engaging and
unique way most students had
never seen before. McNeil
shared King’s legacy through
her engaging speech.
“I enjoyed how the speech
was broken up into her talking
and into students reading lines
from what Martin Luther King
said because it was interesting
and related back to what
she was saying,” said junior
Meredith Dorminey.
After the speech, the student
body enjoyed performances
from Latin America Fest and
upcoming fests such as Afnca
and Asia Fest. Chancellor
Todd Roberts concluded the
day with a closing speech.
Martin Luther King Jr., well
known for his “I have a Dream”
speech, was an advocate of
non-violent protest and leader
listen to the guest speaker. Dr.
Genna Rae McNeil, professor
of history at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The Gospel Choir sang
spirited, soulful music and
the NCSSM Orchestra played
the fourth movement of
Mendelssohn’s “Reformation”
Symphony.
Senior Jefferson Ridgeway
also shared a special poem in
segregation in the United States
in the Civil Rights Movement
from the mid-1900s until his
assassination in 1968.
King became the youngest
man to be awarded the Nobel
Peace Prize. The third Monday
of January is set aside each
year as a holiday to honor
King. This holiday was first
observed in 1986 and has been
a tradition ever since.
february 2013
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Livestream
Common
application to
simplify senior
leadership
selections
By Jay Buchanan
Leadership coordinators at
NCSSM'decided at the start
of the 2012-2013 school year
that all departments would
use a common application to
make preliminary application
decisions.
The leadership position
selection season is one of the
most heavily anticipated times
of the year on the NCSSM
campus, and the coordinators
hope tlw new s^rstem _will
alleviate stress.
“We heard from students
and even families saying that
the collective
amount of time
students spent
on multiple ap
plications and
the spread of
the notification
dates were both
unpleasant,”
said Kevin
Cromwell, Di
rector of Stu
dent Services.
There will now be a
common timeline and a
common application.
The leadership positions
using the new application
system will be Student
Ambassador, Residential
Life Assistant, Multicultural
Peer Counselor, Peer College
Counselor, Institutional
Advancement Attache, LitCom
Liaison, and Smart Bar staff.
All selection decisions
will be released on April 23,
making it easier for selected
students to choose a position
and for coordinators to finalize
their work service lists.
“Being able to fill out one
I would advise juniors
not to just apply to each
position because it is
now easier to do so/'
said Admissions Coun
selor Robert Andrews.
common application for all
of the positions a student
is interested in will allow
the student to minimize
repetition and time spent on
multiple applications so they
can focus on the answers
to each question,” says
Anna Shepherd, the Attache
coordinator in the Institutional
Advancement office.
Each department with a po
sition on the common applica
tion will provide supplements
of their own and interviews
for each position will still be
unique to each program, but the
unified main ap
plication is ex
pected to make
things easier
for applicants
as well as those
responsible for
filing applica
tion documents.
There will
be no ranking
of the positions
available on the
new application, so students
will hypothetically have the
ability to apply for all seven
positions available.
The leadership coordinators
agree, though, that dedication
will be as valuable in each
process as ever.
“I would advise juniors not
to just apply to each position
because it is now easier to
do so,” said Admissions
Counselor Robert Andrews,
the coordinator of the Student
Ambassador Application
process. “Find a few positions
that fit you and your skills, and
put your heart and effort into
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