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Tuesday, February 6, 2001
D.C. Trip Gives Class Fresh Perspective'
Senior Rye Barcott plans to
incorporate lessons learned
in D.C. into the new class he
teaches on ethnic cleansing.
By Lauren Beal
Managing Editor
WASHINGTON - The sun was just
starting to rise as students stumbled
from vans into a McDonald’s near
Fredericksburg, Va.
Freshman Cyrus Luhr leaned across
the table to ask someone what time it
was. His sleepy eyes popped open at the
response. “Man, I haven’t been up this
early all semester,” he said.
While most UNC students were
rolling into bed after a night of celebra
tion on Franklin Street, Luhr and his
classmates were en route to Washington,
D.C., for a day packed with museum
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visits, debriefings and talks with high
ranking officials.
The out-of-the-ordinary trip was just
one part of an unusual class. Luhr and 10
other students meet once a week for a
class on ethnic cleansing, taught by senior
Rye Barcott. The class is one of four new
classes taught by undergraduates this
semester. After three class meetings about
genocide and ethnic cleansing in various
locations, the students were on their way
to hear about U.S. policy in such cases
from the decision-makers themselves.
An Intellectual Life Climate grant,
given out of the Office of Distinguished
Scholars, allowed Barcott to take his
class to the nation’s capital.
First stop: the Holocaust Museum,
where students spent several hours
walking through the exhibits before
meeting with Jerry Fowler, the staff
director of the Committee on
Conscience, for a discussion about cur
rent cases of genocide.
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Luhr had visited the museum before,
but said he appreciated getting another
chance to experience it in the context of
this class. “It puts more images, gives
more knowledge about certain situa
tions that we’re learning about,” he said.
While some of the students had visit
ed the Holocaust Museum before
Friday, the after
noon trip to the
National Security
Council was anew
experience for
everyone.
Forty-eight-hour
background checks
were required to
gain clearance to
the Old Executive
Office Building,
“(The National Security
Council directors) were
so open about situations,
it surprised me. ”
Meg Brown
Senior
where the NSC is housed. Once inside
- after metal detectors and photo ID
checks - students were treated to lec
tures by two NSC directors of democra
cy and human rights.
Meg Brown, a senior in the class, said
the directors’ candor and honesty
impressed her. “They were so open
about situations, it surprised me,” she
said. “They were so personal about their
opinions rather than just saying ‘this is
what the administration thinks.’”
Brown said she thought the NSC
experience would benefit class discus
sion. “You can kind of build a class per
sonality or a class opinion, and this lets
us see the opinion of others direcdy
involved,” she said. “You would never
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about it - it was a fresh perspective.”
Barcott plans to incorporate the
directors’ words into his lesson plans,
starting immediately. “I’m going to
make (the experience of the NSC) piv
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But the day was
not spent complete
ly in lecture and
debriefings. After
their meetings with
the NSC directors,
the students left a
conference room
with a view of the White House to take a
trip to the West Wing itself.
Then it was off to die Army Navy Club
for a formal dinner and discussion with
members of the NSC and other officials.
And as the small class made its way
through Washington, D.C., fighting the
cold wind, discussing current affairs with
high-ranking officials, surviving taxicab
experiences and finally making the trek
home to Chapel Hill, another goal of
Barcott’s was achieved.
“Very few students knew each other
before the trip,” he said. “It’s really a
bonding experience for the class - since
it’s discussion, this is just going to
enhance the dialogue, debate and pro
ductivity of the class.”
Campus Calendar
Today
5 p.m. - Lab! Theatre presents “The
Birthday Party,” a play by Harold
Pinter. The play will be performed free
of admission in the Kenan Theatre.
5 p.m. -A.N.A.D., a confidential
peer support group for individuals deal
ing with eating disorders, will meet in
the Center for Healthy Student
Behaviors located on the second floor
of Student Health Services. For more
information, call 962-9355.
Wednesday
8 a.m. - Any student can come to the
athletic ticket office at the Smith
Center and purchase remaining vouch
ers for the ACC Tournament.
Vouchers are $224, and refunds will
be given until Friday.
noon - The Sonja H. Stone Black
Cultural Center will host Around the
Circle on “STDs” in the BCC.
Sexually transmitted diseases affect
men and women of all backgrounds and
economic levels.
Nearly two-thirds of all STDs occur
in people under age 25.
7 p.m. - An opening reception will
be held for- the exhibit “Hun2a in
Treble Vision 1930 sand 19905” by
Julie Flowerday, Ph.D. The exhibit fea
tures photos of Pakistan’s Hunza Valley
and explores the relationship between
landscape and shifting knowledge.
The reception will be held at 223 E.
Franklin St at the University Center for
International Studies and is free and
open to the public.
7 p.m. - The International
Association of Students Interested in
Economics and Commerce will hold
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