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4 Tuesday, November 16,1993 2 Medical School Professors Receive State’s Highest Award Gov. Hunt Presents Schopler, Smithies With N.C. Awards For Work With Autism, Genes BYS.TEBBENS STAFF WRITER On Friday, two University faculty members received the highest honors that the state bestows to its citizens and natives the annual N.C. Awards, presented by Gov. Jim Hunt. Eric Schopler, a national leader in au tism diagnosis and treatment, received the award for public service, and Oliver Smithies, a leader in molecular genetics, Israeli Diplomat: Mideast Needs Stability BYADAMBIANCHI ASSISTANT STATE AND NATIONAL EDITOR The peace plan signed Sept. 13 by leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Liberation Organization marks a historic change in relations between countries of the Middle East, Eprhaim Ben-Matityahu, Israeli consul for academic affairs in the United States, told a small crowd at N.C. Hillel Monday afternoon. “This is the first time in Middle East history there is not a zero-sum gain,” he told about 10 people in N.C. Hillel’s li brary. “My success is your success, and your success is my success. We have cre ated interdependence. It is a real turning point in the history of the Middle East. To what extent will be determined by the imple mentation of the peace plan.” Ben-Matityahu has been a member of the Israeli Diplomatic Corps since 1980 and has served in Egypt and Canada. He took his current post in New York two years ago. He was visiting the Triangle for a conference about the possibility of peace in the Middle East hosted by the Middle East Studies Association. THEY'RE BACK!! Served cit PfcM&Pwb R ff s l C w* 929-8375 Buffalo Wings Every Tuesday wiimiwiuYoi DINE OK HEM)AY. NOVEMBER 10th?. Visit one of these ESWP restaurants for breakfast, lunch or dinner. 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Schopler, professor of psychology and psychiatry, is nationally recognized for his diagnoses and treatment for autism, which is defined as extreme withdrawal into fantasy. “We’ve been doing an entire range of research over the years and addressing the entire range of problems with autism,” he said. “We’ve been turning diagnosis into invention.” Schopler said his research deviated from the traditional view of autism. “Instead of viewing parents as the problem, we view parents as the main people who will be able to rehabilitate their children.” Schopler said some autism problems involved organizational skills, memory, Ben-Matityahu said a fundamental shift in political attitudes had made the recent progress possible. “They know that we know that they know that we really mean something this time,” he said. “Both sides have dropped so many aspects, ideological and political, it really gives peace a chance. “We have developed a mechanism for success. Front channels, back channels, upper channels, and goodness knows the rumors I have heard about the activity. Things are vibrant.” Ben-Matityahu used the words of Abba Eban, former Israeli foreign minister and advocate of peace in the Middle East, to describe the Israelis’ difficulty in dealing with the PLO in the period after the 1978 Camp David peace talks. “They never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity,” he said. Ben-Matityahu said the magnitude of the peace plans and the ambition of the timetable were sometimes mind-boggling. “What we couldn’t do in the last hundred years, we are going to try to do in the next nine months,” he said. “Less than a month from now, on Dec. 13, the details of the peace plan will be finalized. By April we Hello Deli! Henry's Bistro ‘llPalio at The Siena Hotel Jade Palace K&W Cafeteria Lizzie's Country Kitchen Looking Glass Cafe Maggie's Cafe & Espresso * Marco Polo Margaret's Cantina ‘Mariakakis Restaurant * Market Cafe at Fearrington ‘Mark's Cafe Marto's Pizza Mediterranean Deli ‘Mondo Bistro Oriental Garden Chinese & Thai Restaurant ‘Papagayo Penguins at Wellspring Pepper's Pizza Pizza Chef Gourmet Provisions Cafe ‘Pyewacket Restaurant Red, Hot & Blue ‘Restaurant Halina Romano's (take out & delivery only) auditory processing and changing from one subject to another. “(Autistics are) better at processing visually,” Schopler said. “They do better with special interest than other topics. So we’ve developed a visual structured sys tem that can be adjusted to every age level. ” His service was recognized by the state because of his innovative view of autistic people. “I thought this was one of the most exciting points in my career. I have re ceived other awards before, but this one was a recognition that included the fami lies we’ve been working with, the colleagues and the political system,” he said. “It made me feel better than any other recognition I have received.” Stuart Bondurant, dean of the UNC will be totally out of Gaza and Jericho. By July they will have free Palestinian elec tions.” Ben-Matityahu said he felt the weight of the future lay on the shoulders of Yasser Arafat, leader of the PLO. “Arafat will have to concentrate on his own concerns. The fasterhe comes to power and assumes authority, the faster legitimization can be found and the Pales tinian entity can be stabilized,” he said. Ben-Matityahu said he hoped the differ ences in Jewish and Arab culture would not prevent intellectual exchanges that might bring the two groups together. “Unfortunately, Arab academia is domi nated by one pulse, uniformity,” he said. “Uniformity leads to conformity, and where is the place of the individual in a culture that demands conformity?” The only way a lasting peace can be created is through the establishment of mutual cultural recognition and at least a limited respect, Ben-Matityahu said. “Either we use the same languages and same standards and make contact, or else we use different languages and the same standards and don’t understand each other.” Eastgate Shopping Center Help Wanted Full-Time - Permanent Part-Time - Permanent Part-Time - Thru Christmas Come by during business Hours EASTGATE Jtfftttflfl 967-8568 or 968-0502 11111 lif 1] GREENHOUSES 1 408-0239 fcH) T j]mf]f 489-3893 (PUR) EAT OUT HELP OUT RESTAURANTS SHARING 10 PERCENT GO OUT TO EAT ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER I6TH Let's show our support by dining at these fine restaurants all year long! 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His work with gene targeting has aided other doctors in their research. “We were the first people to make changesinanimals,”hesaid. “Weactually correctedagenethatwasfaultyina mouse. It was a symptomless disease, but the dis BCC FROM PAGE 3 veloping a fund-raising campaign and put ting the campaign leadership into place,” Davis said. Once the leadership is in place, a time line for further BCC planning will be estab lished, she said. Harry Amana, chairman of the BCC Advisory Board, said traditional fund-rais ing methods, such as contacting and ex plaining the programs, would be used. A list of prospective donors also is being CONDRESCU FROM PAGE 1 jokes even if it meant going to prison. ” Condrescu described such daily Roma nian activities as waiting in line for bread. “The bread line had another function,” he said. “The line was the true newspaper the passing down of jokes, gossip. The food was secondary.” Condrescu also warned the audience of the possible renewal of ultra-nationalism in Eastern Europe. “Today, Romanian nationalist sentiment is having a huge na tional revival,” he said. “No one is listen ing to anything anymore.” GUARDS FROM PAGE 1 “I’m afraid you people in the media are going to kill this thing before it gets started, ” Oakley said. “This can be a great system. We’ve got to have the time to get this going.” Before Heavner and The Village Com panies made their donation, the town had experimented with similar patrols, hiring four security people to watch the recently constructed parking deck on Rosemary Street. If the current program proves suc cessful, the Chapel Hill Town Council might make it a regular part of the town’s annual budget. Oakley said the program eventually would employ as many as 18 more civilian patrollers .Headdedthat until the program was fully staffed, it would not perform at 100 percent. a Donate Financially rewarding! 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(9 51 Call 1-800-UNC-DTHI or 962-1163 im-fi Beginning Monday Morning (11/15/93) Order by phone with Mastercard or Visa. Or send a check or money order payable to The DTH to: DTH Basketball Special-PO Box 3257 • Chapel Hill, NC 27515 AIIOW TWO WEEKS FOR DELIVERY ease is not symptomless in humans. “This is the first work to demonstrate altering of genes cells.” Smithies is beginning to research the effects of genetics on high blood pressure. “We will be looking into the genetic factors of people who are going to get high blood pressure.” The awards recognize “notable accom plishments by N.C. citizens in the fields of scholarship, research, the fine arts and public leadership” and are given to N.C. natives or citizens of North Carolina. Besides Smithies and Schopler, the other three recipients were: Joe Cox of Raleigh and Billy Taylor ofNew York for fine arts, and John Hope Franklin of Durham for literature. developed, and a table of gifts, which projects the number and amounts of dona tions that are needed to complete the project, has been outlined by the Develop ment Office. “To proceed in a timely fashion, we need large gifts,” Davis said. All gifts, despite the size, are still needed to complete the project, she said. Davis said that once the leadership was in place, the fund raising would focus on mentioning and targeting people who might be interested in the center and were ca pable of donating large gifts. Condrescu said he thought little had changed in much of Eastern Europe since the end ofthe Communist era. “Ontheone hand, everyone is jumping up and down about the end of tyrants, but on the other hand the guns still go by.” Fascism is beginning to take the place of communism in many Eastern European states, he said. “I think there is good nationalism and bad nationalism,” he said in a discussion that followed his address. “What would be considered good is valuing what is yours, what your culture is, but that doesn’t mean you have to go out and kill those whose culture is different from yours.” “There aren’t enough (people) hired to do the job,” he said. Heavner said he worried that the attack would have an adverse affect on the pro gram, but said he had no plans to use his company’s donation as an excuse to talk to the police about it. “I am a citizen no more or less than anyone else in town,” he said. “It’s extremely unfortunate that the police department let that event take place on the weekend of increased protection and in that place.” Oakley defended the police’s actions, saying police coverage was ample Satur day night and Sunday morning. He said three police foot patrols and three patrol cars were on duty, in addition to the four civilians at the time of the attack. “There were a lot of police and eyes and earsoutthere,” Oakleysaid. “There’sonly so much coverage (the civilian patrol), as part-time people, can do.” ©Hp Baily <3ar Hppl Students Find Paths In Nash Hall BY NAM VO STAFF WRITER You can only get so far as an “unde cided” major. The myriad of sources available at the University Counseling CenterinNashHall is one place where students uncertain about their majors may find some direction. Students who come to Nash Hall look ing for guidance are given a test to help determine their interests. The professionals who work there say students knowing more about themselves helps them figure out what to major in and work toward a career. “(The Strong Interest Inventory test) does not tell what you are good at but what you are interested in,” said Joy Mac Vane, a counselor at the center. She said the test pointed out interests that a person had of which they might not be aware. But the test is a tool, “notacrystalball,” she said. Sometimes, students expect to come in, take the test and get an answer right away, Mac Vane said. Butitusuallyisn’tthateasy. “Finding(a major) is a process,” she said. Some people are quicker than others, but it definitely doesn’t happen overnight, she said. Students can talk to counselors regard ing academic matters, but they must be self-motivated. “We do not tell (students) what to major in,” Mac Vane said. “We help them figure it out themselves.” The Nash Hall resource library is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A wealth of information is available on most of the graduate programs available at different institutions, as is information and applications for graduate school admis sion tests, like the MC AT, LSAT, GMAT and GRE. In addition, SIGI, an interactive com puter program, can answer questions about specific or general careers. Twice each se mester, the counselors also hold a three hour workshop dedicated to career explo ration. Mac Vane said students also could use the resources available at University Ca reer Services in Hanes Hall. However, UCS assumes the student already knows what they want to do. Senior Gunnar Swanson of Chapel Hill first learned about the services at Nash Hall through administrators. “I think it’s really helpful for people who are not dead stile on what they want to do,” Swanson said. He said he found the variety of resources and the counselors’ willingness to help very beneficial. But he emphasized that the student also must be involved in the pro cess.. He said the counselors were like good coaches who pushed students to find things out for themselves. “They make it easy for you to do it yourself.” Nash Hall not only offers academic counseling, but it also offers personal coun seling on subjects such as stress manage ment and interpersonal relationships. The counselors are psychologists who are trained to help students with problems of daily living, Mac Vane said. Students can make appointments to see the counselors personally, and informa tion is strictly confidential. In addition, the counselors coordinate an Out Reach program in which they visit different campus organizations. The subjects explored vary from per sonal and interpersonal effectiveness to minority issues. Mac Vane, director of the program, said many residence halls re quested these programs to help their resi dents be more productive students. Mac Vane encourages students to use these services. “We have a good reputation on campus, and a lot of students come here.” Nash Hall is next to the Newman Catho lic Center and behind the Carolina Inn. SERVICE FROM PAGE 3 across a variety of disciplines, including a number of staff members and some stu dents,” Smith said. “We had a good turn out of people who’ve identified themselves as wanting to be part of the public service mission of this campus. “Basically, we’re a group of faculty members and students on campus who came together to clarify the role of public service at UNC and to promote it as well. ” Judith Wegner, dean of the UNC Law School, also has been a vital force in the establishment and organization of the roundtable, Smith said. “Judith has done a terrific amount of work on this,” he said. Provost Richard McCormick said the Public Service Roundtable was as enlight ening as it was exciting. “I thought it was just a superb meeting with very committed and inspired people who were having a very fruitful discussion about public service in the state of North Carolina,” McCormick said. "Although there were a number of administrators present, this was a faculty initiative, and I think it loudly and clearly says something about the commitment of the faculty to public service in North Carolina.” McCormick also said the meeting was symbolic ofthe importance the University placed on public service. “We’re already in the forefront of uni versities for public service, and what I heard today was a commitment to be better still.”
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