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Tuesday, October 5, 1999
BSM Releases Goals for Year
By Sophia Raff
Staff Writer
The Black Student Movement
announced their goals and objectives
for the year in a mission statement
Monday.
The BSM unveiled plans that
encourage higher awareness of minori
ty issues on campus and promote unity
within the entire University.
“The mission was bom out of the
need to revitalize the BSM,” said
Tiffany Black, co-public relations coor
dinator of the BSM.
“The executive and central commit
tee recognized the importance of trans
forming the organization into an actual
movement.”
In the statement, BSM officers said
they had developed a plan to uncover
the history of the University as it relates
to blacks.
Matthew Shaw, co-public relations
coordinator of the BSM, said the group
would use interviews with black alumni,
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scrapbooks from previous BSM admin
istrations and the Southern Historical
Collection in Wilson Library to formu
late an archive that chronicled the his
tory of blacks at the University.
“It will be anew educational tool for
the University,” Shaw said.
The BSM also wants to draw atten
tion to current University policies relat
ing to black students and work for the
development of programs relating to
future students.
The organization is conducting a sur
vey of black students, faculty and staff
concerning important University issues,
such as the University’s oudook on the
BSM and financial aid.
Black said the BSM planned to use
the survey results to address how the
organization and the rest of the
University could address these recur
rent issues.
Shaw said the BSM also aimed to to
continue to develop strong relationships
with various campus organizations this
year.
University
“We’re working with (the Residence
Hall Association) in residence halls to
get diversity education with programs
in each floor, participating in seminars
on diversity and having dialogues with
other organizations on cultural diversi
ty,” Shaw said.
“We’re trying to become involved
through University mechanisms so we
can continue ties with the University
community,” he said.
The BSM is also stressing University
involvement by having representatives
serve on advisory committees, such as
the Association of Student Leaders and
the Committee on Community and
Diversity.
“We just don’t just deal with black or
African-American issues. We’re dealing
with issues outside of ourselves,” Black
said.
“If we stay within ourselves, we’ll
never expand.”
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.
Campus Calendar
Today
5 p.m. - Radio and Television
News Directors Association of the
Carolinas will hold a second informa
tional meeting in 283 Carroll Hall. All
students interested in electronic journal
ism are invited to attend.
5:45 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. - Interactive
Fitness Trainers of America will hold
kick-boxing certification at the
Student Recreation Center. The pro
gram costs $99.
6 p.m. - Student Body President Nic
Heinke’s next State of the University
address will be shown on Student
Television.
6:30 p.m. - Carolina Women in
Business is sponsoring a lecture by
Cherie Whit, financial advisor with
Prudential Securities, in 3500 McColl
Building. All students are welcome.
7 p.m. - UNC Roller Hockey will
hold a general interest meeting in 106
Fetzer Gym. All interested are encour
aged to attend.
7 p.m. - The SCUBA Club will hold
its meeting at Ham’s Restaurant.
7 p.m. - Mr. and Mrs. Black
Student Movement Elections forum
will be held in 105 Gardner Hall.
Wednesday
6 p.m. - Student Body President Nic
Heinke’s next State of the University
address will be shown on STV.
7:30 p.m. - Phi Delta Chi, the pro
fessional pharmacy fraternity, and the
School of Pharmacy Senate will hold a
symposium on herbals in 116 Beard
Hall.
Thursday
9 a.m. - Try the new cycling class
during the Fitness Week Rise and
Shine workout at the SRC.
6 p.m. - Student Body President Nic
Heinke’s next State of the University
address will be shown on STV.
Friday
5 p.m. to 7 p.m. - The 60-minute
Fitness Frenzy - 15 minute intervals of
run, ride, step and row - will be held in
the SRC.
Items of Interest
■ Campus Y and Sonja H. Stone
Black Cultural Center recognize the
Week of Campus Dialogue on Race
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from Oct. 4 to Oct. 8. Events include a
dinner discussion on “Do You Self-
Segregate?” at 5 p.m. Tuesday in
Carmichael Ballroom and a discussion
with Noliwe Rooks on “Wearing Your
Race Right” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday in
the BCC.
■ The Allcott Gallery will display oil
paintings by Julie Heffernan, a
National Endowment for the Arts award
winner, through Oct. 8. For more infor
mation contact Paul Carlson at 962-
2015.
■ The Out-of-State Students’
Association will be holding Fall Break
airport shuttle sign-ups in the Pit every
day this week from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The shuttle buses to RDU will depart
alternately from the Student Union and
Chase Hall on Wednesday, Oct. 13,
between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. This service
is provided free to all students; howev
er, only students who reserve a spot this
week can ride.
Return shuttles from RDU to UNC
will run Sunday, Oct. 17 from 3 p.m. to
10 p.m. Point-2-Point buses will pick stu
dents up outside Terminals A and C.
There is no need to sign up in advance.
Students need only display a UNC
ONE Card to board.
■ An exhibit, titled “Bits and
Pieces,” in the Carolina Union Gallery
features work by Shirley B. Little and
will run until Oct. 11.
■ Contact the Student Advisory
Committee to the Chancellor with
suggestions, comments or concerns you
feel the Chancellor’s Search Committee
should know. E-mail questions or con
cerns regarding the chancellor search to
sacc 1 @listserv.oit.unc.edu.
Online Site
To Address
Technology
The Daily Tar Heel Web site
offers anew feature to help
students take advantage of
their laptop computers.
By Kate Macek
Staff Writer
The online staff at The Daily Tar
Heel launched anew component of its
Web site Monday - the DTH Online
Tech Review.
With information from the new page,
students can now take full advantage of
all the resources their laptops have to
offer.
“The major premise behind the tech
review is ‘You’ve got a computer, now
what can you do with it besides write a
paper?’” said Bill Hill, DTH online
editor.
“For years the DTH has reviewed
movies, books, clubs and local restau
rants. We need to do the same thing
with computers.”
The idea for the new Web site origi
nated as a way to draw more readers to
the DTH online.
“We wanted to make a reason for
someone to go look at the paper online,
a little something to distinguish it from
the regular paper,” said Eric Kuker,
DTH assistant online editor.
With the millennium approaching
and the Carolina Computer Initiative
on its way, Hill said it was only reason
able that information about technology
be more accessible to students.
The initiative requires all incoming
freshman starting in the year 2000 to
purchase laptops.
With the growing use of computers
and technology, this stuff is not just for
computer addicts anymore, he said.
“Everybody’s in on this,” Hill said.
The DTH online staff is working with
national software companies and
University officals to produce the
review, Hill said.
“Some of the top software companies
in the country are sending us stuff,” he
said.
“The campus tech people have been
really great.”
The tech review will focus on stu
dents and the opportunities and prob
lems unique to computing at UNC,
Kuker said.
“We’re basically directed at students.
I did a little thing about MP3 players,
and I targeted it toward students,” he
said.
Hill said informing the student pop
ulation was the duty of the newspaper.
“The DTH is a primary news source
for students on campus.” Hill said.
“I almost feel we would be neglecting
the University community if we didn’t
provide that information.”
The tech review aims to generate
more campus interest for the DTH
online.
“This is part of a bigger picture of the
online paper as more of a presence
online as well as on campus,” Hill said.
Any ideas or suggestions about what
to include in the review can be e-mailed
to the online editor at
wbhill@email.unc.edu.
The University Editor can be reached
at udesk@unc.edu.