Thursday, October 5, 1978 The Daily Tar Heel 3
Messiesiini fellows
Scholars visit UNC for 4-month study to learn about improving
By MARTHA WAGGONER
Staff Writer
Improving the quality of life in Mexico is the
purpose of a four-month visit to UNC by 12
Mexican leaders in various field of study.
The visiting scholars are a part of the Mexican
Fellows Program, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola
Mexicana with an $80,000 grant presented to the
University in January. The program is being
administered by the UNC Institute of Latin
American Studies under the direction of Federico
Gil, institute director.
The 10 men and two women arrived at the
Raleigh-Durham airport Sept. 1 and will return
to Mexico Dec. 15.
Glen MacDonald, student assistant to Gil, said
the 12 fellows will do research in their fields
through seminars, lectures and by utilizing the
facilities of the University as an area for their
research.
Each fellow was chosen through a nationally
announced competition by a committee
composed of Gil, representatives of the Mexican
government and two UNC alumni living in
Mexico: Bernard Flatow and S. Huntington
Hobbs. The 12 fellows were selected from 40
finalists by a small committee of University
faculty.
Maria Luisa Girault, a doctor who works with
handicapped children, said she read about the
program in the newspaper and applied. 1
thought it would be a good experience to get
acquainted with treatments (for physically and
mentally handicapped children), she said.
"There are not so many resources in handling
handicapped children in Mexico," Giralult said.
"It is not the same to read about methods as it is to
observe." ..
Hector Ponce, an engineer specializing in air
pollution control, said he found out about the
program when someone, came to the health and
water department where he worked and told the
employees about the program.
Ponce said he wanted to take advantage of the
opportunity to work with the Environmental
Research Center, which he called one of the most
important, if not the most important,
environmental centers in the United States.
MacDonald said orientation of the fellows was
not a problem because most of the fellows had
visited the United States before:
. "The only, problem has been housing,"
MacDonald said. "We'd have liked to have put
them elsewhere (besides Craige Dorm, where
most of the Mexicans are living.)"
Girault and Ponce said three of the fellows had
their families with them and the three families
have been living together in one house for a week.
MacDonald said besides the ultimate goal of
improving the quality of life in Mexico, he hoped
the program would "foster good relations with
the two countries through the cultural exchange
that inevitably takes place." ; '
Each fellow was placed in a department at the
University related to his field of study and was
given a faculty adviser. Parker Reist, faculty
adviser to Ponce and a professor, of air and
industrial hygiene, said he sees his job as helping
Ponce get settled in his department.
He has helped Ponce get settled in an office,
contact faculty members and choose classes of
interest. He said Ponce's interests have meshed
well with the interests of the environmental
engineering department.
The visiting scholars spend most of their time
working and studying, but other, activities also
are ongoing. The Institute of Latin American
Studies is planning a weekend trip to Spruce
Pines for the group Oct. 21. Capt. Jose Herrera
rented a car and visited Washington, D.C.
Girault said she is hoping to go to Washington to
visit the Kennedy Foundation for Handicapped
Children and to Baltimore to visit Johns Hopkins
University. . : ' ".
However,- Ponce and Girault agreed it is
difficult to go anywhere that requires a car.
Girault said it is difficult to find a parking place
for the car and Ponce said it is easy to get lost.
The fellows probably will attend the UNC vs.
Miami of Ohio foogball game Saturday. "They
think we should see what a game is like here,"
Girault said.
Other scholars involved in the program and
their field of study are: Luis Calderon, public
health; Ernesto Chavez, biology; Francisco
Escandbn, geology; Jose Herrera, public
administration; Marco Linares, RTVMP;
Alejandro Montes, mathematics; Alfonso Neri,
city and regional - planning; Rafael Trevino,
demographic problems and family planning;
Aharo Vasquez, library science and Norma
Violante, dermatology, epidemiology and health
affairs.
University Day .
to recognize
5 UNC alumni
Five UNC alumni will receive
Distinguished Alumnus awards
Thursday, Oct. 12 at UNC's 1978
observance of University Day. .
Those being honored are: William
McWhorter Cochrane, staff director of
the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration; Andy Griffith, motion
picture and television actor; David
Coston Sabiston Jr., James B. Duke
professor of surgery and chairperson of
the department of surgery at Duke
medical school; and two brothers,
Eugene Pleasants Odum,. director of the
Institute of Ecology at the University of
Georgia, and Howard Thomas Odum,
director of the Center for Wetlands at the 5
University of Florida.
University Day observes the Oct. 12,
1793 laying of the cornerstone of Old
East. It will be celebrated with an 1 1 a.m.
convocation in Memorial Hall with
Chancellor N.Ferebee Taylor presiding. .
Andy Griffith will be the featured .
speaker, and classes will recess from 10:30
a.m. until 12:30 p.m.
Cochrane, 60, a native of Newton,
earned a B.A. and a law degree from
UNC. He received his master's degree
from Yale University.
Griffith, 51, earned a B.A. from UNC
in 1949. The Mount Airy native began his
acting career with the Carolina
Playmakers and the Lost Colony in t
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Sabiston, ' 54, " was born in .Onslow
County. He received a B.S. from UNC in
1943 and his medical training from Johns
Hopkins University.
Eugene Odum, 65, was born in New
Hampshire and earned both his
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bachelor's and his master's degrees at
UNC, in 1934 and 1936 respectively. He
received ' his doctorate from the
University of Illinois.
Howard Odum, 54, was born in
Durham. He earned his bachelor's degree
from UNC in 1947 and his doctorate from
Yale in 1951.
By ANNE-MARIE DOWNEY
Staff Writer
WUNC Radio " will invite listeners
across central North Carolina to
volunteer money, time and unusual
services this weekend as part of
CHALLENGE '78, its third annual fund
raising marathon. ' ',,
The marathon, which begins Friday
and lasts through Monday, is to raise
money for the public radio station which
broadcasts with commercial advertising
but depends on community support for
money.
Lines will be open so listeners can
phone in pledges (at 966-456 1). Listeners
also can volunteer to work at the phones.
In the past, people have called to offer
services or belongings to be exchanged
for contributions to the station. Such
items include a performance by the mime
trio Touch, homebaked bread and a
Ming dynasty bowl.
"Our goal this year is to find 1 ,000 new
.friends and to renew our old friends,"
Barbara Schutz, WUNC business
manager, says. No monetary goal has
been set."
WUNC has been on the air since 1976
broadcasting classical and jazz music at
91.5 on the FM dial. The station recently
doubled its power to 100,000 watts.
The station is licensed to the U niversity
which provides about half its funding.
Station offices are located in Swain Hall.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
and donations provide the "rest of the
funding.
Robert Gonnan, WUNC head" of
promotion, said fund-raising is a must
since many grants received by the station
match funds raised locally.
Throughout the marathon WUNC will
broadcast special programming that will
focus on creativity and the ; creative
process. These programs will begin at 7
a.m. Friday and will end at 1 a.m.
Monday.
Highlights of the broadcast include a
concert live from the White House by
soprano Leontyne Price and also a
performance by pianist Ervin
Nyiregyhazi Oct. 8.
On Oct. 6 and Oct. 9, local persons will
be featured in broadcasts that will
concentrate on creative solutions to
problems. WUNC Program Director
Mark Klugman said the purpose of these
programs is to show we are all creative '
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