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2 Monday, November 10, 1997 2 county residents recognized by Human Relations Commission ■ A University graduate was one recipient of the 1997 Pauli Murray Awards. BY DARRELL JONES STAFF WRITER For the Orange County Human Relations Commission, Sunday was a time to recognize and celebrate commu nity service. The commission awarded the 1997 Pauli Murray Human Relations Award to Timothy Miles and the Pauli Murray Human Relations Youth Award to Alicia Hermann on Sunday afternoon at the A.L. Stanback Middle School in Hillsborough. The awards were presented by William L. Crowther, chairman of the Orange County Board of Commissioners, and Quention Baker, chair of the county’s Human Relations Commission. The awards, named after the late Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray, are presented annual ly to honor local individuals who have a significant history of promoting human rights and conciliation in Orange County. Discussions major focus of Race Relations Week Race Relations Week The following activities will take place this week: Today ■ "Perspectives on Race" - 11:00 p.m. to 1:00 pm, Polk Place An open forum for students and faculty to express various perspectives on race and diversity. ■ "Underground Expressions' - 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Union Cabaret Students will explore race relations through song, dance, poetry and other forms of artistic expression. ■ "Skin deep' - 7:00 p.m., BCC A documentary on college students confronting race relations in America. Tuesday, Nov. 11 ■ "Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Project in North Carolina" - 12:00 p.m., Union 208 David Ellis will speak on the nature of the project and its holdings in North Carolina. ■ "The BCC: Enriching the Cultural Life of the Entire Campus" -7:30 p.m., 100 Hamilton Hall A program discussing the benefits that a free-standing Black Cultural Center will have on the campus community. Wednesday, Nov. 12 ■ "Love Across Racial Lines" - 7:00 p.m., 100 Hamilton Hall A discussion on multicultural relationships. ■ 'Shattering the Silences' 6:00 p.m., Tate Turner Kuraft Building A panel discussion follows this film about the experiences of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and Native Americans. Thursday, Nov. 13 ■ 'Savage Inequalities: Institutional Racism and Public Education' - 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Hanes Art Center Auditorium Author and education activist, Jonathan Kuzol will head a discussion. At 8:00 p.m. Jonathan Kuzol will give a keynote speech in Hill Hall Auditorium. Monday, Nov. 17 ■ "AmeriFair" - 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Polk Place and the Pit A campus celebration of America's diverse cultural heritage including music and food. SOURCE: STUDENTS FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF BACE RELATIONS DTH/STAFF [Super Haircut] J NOW ONLY $7.95 w/coupon Exp. 12/15/97 SUPOCUTS; * I HOURS: M-F 10am-Bpm I Sat. 9am - 6pm | Sun. 12pm-spm I 141 Rams Plaza 967-0226! 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Filling. ’"y"' IE9B 1-800-300-PREP ✓ the most hours [V f the best instructors |*f the best materials [e? the best results yf the lowest cost Chapel Hill's Intensive MCAT Prep Course! Miles, the chairman of the Orange County Disabilities Awareness Council, was selected for outstanding work with the council, which raised over SIO,OOO for the disabled community. “This is not just an award which I achieved I will hold it as a standard with your support so we can accomplish great things again,” Miles said. Miles, a graduate of UNC, said many others had helped him and he said he would continue to strive to meet the needs of the Orange County DAC and the entire community. “Sometimes we wonder how we can make a difference in the grand scheme of things,” he said. “Each of us has a role to fill in the com munity no matter what disabilities one has, we can overcome them.” Alicia Hermann, a junior at Orange High School, said her experiences with the community grew with her mother as a role model. “I learned how to get involved because of my mother,” she said. “She taught me that with service there has to be leadership and with lead ership there has to be service.” She also said her Teen Missions International trip to Mozambique was important because it helped her to understand different cultures. “My trip to Mozambique allowed me to see UNIVERSITY & CITY “This is not just an award which I achieved. I will hold it as a standard with your support, so we can accomplish great things again. ” TMOm MILES Pauli Murray Award recipient poverty first-hand, and it was an eye opening experience,” she said. “I saw children there happy with nothing, and I felt different about materialism here in the U.S. Here, we are fortunate.” Beckie Hermann, Alicia’s mother and a public health nurse, said she had been involved in the community for 10 years. “I learned to be involved in the com munity early because I am a preacher’s daughter,” she said. Alicia said her future plans would be to continue to meet the challenges of those who need help. “We may not be able to reach all the world and their needs,” she said, “but we can make a difference to someone around here.” BY BETH HATCHER STAFF WRITER Students for the Advancement of Race Relations wants to get the campus talking about race. SARR, a Campus Y committee, is sponsoring Race Relations Week, which starts today. The week will include speeches, discussions and film showings confronting the heat ed topic of race rela tions on the UNC campus and in the nation. Laura Willard, co-chairwoman of SARR, said the cam pus still needs such events to help improve its racial cli mate. “Race relations Race $ Relations Week are still a problem on campus,” Willard said. “Turning our backs on them won’t help anything.” The week will be interactive, and many of the events will focus on discus sion of race-related topics, Willard said. A forum open to all of campus will kick off the week. Students can discuss various race issues with Student Body President Mo Nathan and other com munity leaders today in front of Polk Place, Willard said. SARR wants to get everyone inter ested in the week. The committee even sent a letter to President Clinton, hoping -. he would come to the campus and II I i 1 -**• I jfl|L ■ *- _j Ethan Hawke will read in the Pit from his new book, The Hottest State, and sign books afterwards inside the Bull's Head Bookshop. Rain site for the reading Is the Great Hall Inside the Union. Co-Sponsored by The Bull's Head Bookshop and the Carolina Union # Bull’s Head Bookshop UNC STUDENT STORES . 962-5060 ! -JK' Hb *. ' v Vw. % map in i| '.hhW _ JBjjt , fo-y,; DTH/POTTEKECKEISEN William L. Crowther, Orange County Board of Commissioners chairman, pre sents Alicia Hermann with the Pauli Murray Human Relations Youth Award. speak. The White House responded to the committee’s request with a letter stating that Clinton was interested in SARR’s activities but could make no commit ments at this time, Willard said. Clinton or no Clinton, the discus sions promise to be interesting, said Sean Shelby, co-chairman of SARR. “College is an environment where we can have an amazing dialogue on this issue,” Shelby said. Race relations dialogue will help stu dents understand the perspective of oth ers, said Mark Sweet, a SARR member. “The more you know about some one’s heritage and background, the more you can understand their perspec tive,” Sweet said. Sweet said the week would highlight the differences between cultures that account for the different perspectives. At the same time, the week would concentrate on the common bonds between races and what the different races have accomplished together, Sweet said. The AmeriFair that will be held Nov. 7 will conclude the week and is anew event this year. It will be a celebration of what people have learned throughout the week, Willard said. “In the past years that we’ve done Race Relations Week, sometimes people have ended up feeling more disassociat ed than associated,” Willard said. The AmeriFair will celebrate differ ences and bring people closer together, Willard said. TODAY ww Nov. 10 wv* @ 2.00 pm Campus calendar Monday 4 p.m.-5 p.m. There will be a presenta tion on the Student Judicial System in the Union Auditorium. If this is your first year at UNC and you have not yet attended a Student Judicial System presentation, you must do so. All others interested in the Judicial System are welcome to attend as well. Additional presentations will be held on Monday, Nov. 17 from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. in Genard Auditorium, and on Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 4 p.m.-5 p.m. in Gerrard Hall. 3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Graduate Teaching Consultants will present “Using the Web in the Classroom: Practicing Positive Pedagogy,” a workshop for teaching assistants, in 107A Dey Hall. The Web offers a wealth of exciting research tools. Learn strategies to avoid the pitfalls and realize the benefits of this important classroom resource. To register, call 966-1289 or send e mail to vslee.ctl@mhs.unc.edu. 3:30 p.m. University Career Services will sponsor a workshop on “Taking Time Off: Options for Seniors after Graduation,” in 209 Hanes Hall. This program is open to all interested students. 3:30 p.m. Haverim-Carolina Students for Israel will host two Israeli soldiers for an informal discussion about the experiences of college-age youth in Israel in Union 208. 5:30 p.m. The Student Government Faculty/Student Interaction Committee will sponsor "Major Decisions,” a catered dinner to meet professors from the political science department, in the Upendo Lounge in Chase Hall. The cost is $2. 7:30 p.m. The Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies will present Dr. Linnea Smith who will discuss sexual exploitation of women and children in the popular media on the third floor of New West. All students are invited to attend. hems of Interest UNC Campus Recreation and TM-REC Sports will sponsor the Annual Turkey Trot Race to be held on Nov. 23 at 1 p.m. on Carmichael Fields. Registration will open on Nov. 17 through the day of the race. Sign up in 203 Woolen Gym, and call 962-1153 for more information. The Center for Teaching and Learning’s Graduate Teaching Consultants will pre sent “Using Self-Evaluation to Improve Teaching," a workshop for TAs, on Thursday, Nov. 13 from 3:30p.m.-4:45 p.m. in Union 226. This workshop will explore a variety of techniques including CTL’s Personalized Teaching Survey, SGIDs, and classroom assessment instruments to reflect upon and improve your own teaching. For more information, call CTL at 966-1289. GIVE US TIME TO REPAY YOUR LOAN. After just three years in the Army, your college loan could be a thing of the past. Under the Army’s Loan Repayment program, each year you serve on active duty reduces your indebt edness by one-third or $1,500, whichever amount is greater, up to a $65,000 limit. This offer applies to Perkins Loans, Stafford Loans and certain other federally insured loans which are not in default And this is just the first of many benefits the Army will give you. Get the whole story from your Army Recruiter. 490-6671 ARMY. BE ALL YOU CAN BE.' www.goarmy.com ilhp Saiiy (Tar Brel Board seeks to serve as new forum ■ The forums will deal with issues such as renters’ rights and communication. n BY KAREN JOYCE ASSISTANT UNIVERSITY EDITOR Students living in off-campus hous ing will soon have a way to voice their housing concerns. Kristina Morris, co-chairwoman of the external relations committee of stu- dent govern ment, has helped develop the Housing Policy Board, which will host forums for students with off-campus hous ing concerns. Morris said members of the Chapel Hill Town Council had committed to assist the stu dents with any housing con cerns. “There are students scat- External Relations Committee Co-Chairwoman KRISTINA MORRIS said off-campus residents needed to voice their concerns. tered all over with (housing) problems and they just don’t know who to talk to about getting them solved,” Morris said. Tim Schwarzen, a senior board member, said the forums hoped to deal with issues such as communication, transit and renter’s rights. “We basically just want off-campus students to bring issues so we can dis cuss them, and maybe help a little," Schwarzen said. Morris said a few main concerns of the committee were off-campus lighting and bus scheduling. “We really want students to have a say in the scheduling since mostly stu dents or people affiliated with the University use the bus lines,” she said. The students involved in organizing the forum are planning on having stu dent forums twice a month, and having council members or Carrboro Board of Aldermen members attend the forums once a month. “We have talked to the Board of Aldermen and they have committed to talking with us on a monthly basis, and the town of Chapel Hill said the same thing,” Morris said. She said students needed people in positions of power to help make the necessary phone calls to get policies changed. “Us just wanting it changed might not get it changed, but we can at least voice it better than it is being voiced," Morris said. She said the committee also wanted to bring up the issue of affordable hous ing. She said right now housing was just not affordable for the average student. Other members of the committee said they were excited about the new forums. “I feel this is a board that is definite ly needed on our campus,” said Mandy Mixon, a sophomore from Charlotte. “We need to have a good liaison between the town council and the University." The first meeting for interested stu dents is set for Nov. 20 at 8:15 p.m. For the record The Nov. 7 article "November election draws only 1 hopeful," should have stated that undergraduate business students living in District 23 can vote for anew Student Congress representative. The Daily Tar Heel regrets the error. 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