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By SHARON KEBSCHULL
Editor
"It's pretty wild taking someone
from mainland China into McDon
ald's or taking them into a grocery
store and showing them shelves of
cereal when all they're used to is
little markets."
But that kind of experience is
what students who participate in the
Carolina Friends program can
expect, said Tracy Hall, assistant for
the program that matches up incom
ing foreign students with UNC
graduates and upperclassmen to
show them around Chapel Hill.
"The program is designed to
provide initial contact for students
on campus," Hall said. "It's a very
difficult time ... the culture shock
is tremendous." "
The International Center pro
gram matches about 200 to 220
international students, mostly grad
uates, each year,. Hall said. It tries
to have one Campus Friend for each
student, but that may not work this
year, he said.
"We have a lower turnout (of
applications) this year because we
weren't able to advertise as exten
sively as I had hoped," Hall said.
"Last year the response was
overwhelming."
The program has only received
about 50 applications, he said.
The program will accept lower
classmen as Campus Friends, but
it prefers upperclassmen who really
know their way around Chapel Hill
and the University, he said.
The time commitment varies for
each student, Hall said, but the main
requirement is that each student
come to the first party Aug. 27 to
meet the international student
assigned to him. That is held in the
Student Union's Great Hall, com
plete with a band to welcome
students and make the first meeting
enjoyable, he said.
After that, it's up to the students
to work out how often they need
to meet of just be available for
questions, he said.
"Some students need hardly any
help at all, and some just need
someone to talk to," Hall said.
Expertise in another language is
not a requirement, he said; most
foreign students coming into the
University have very good English
because they had to pass a stringent
language test when they applied.
Students who aren't interested or
don't have time to participate in the
whole program can volunteer just
to pick students up from Raleigh
Durham Airport the week of Aug.
22 or find them a place to stay -for
a few nights while the foreign
students look for apartments, he
said. Many just let international
students sleep on their floor for a
few nights, he said.
Interested students should con
tact Hall at the International Center
in the Student Union at 962-5661
between 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m. daily
for more information.
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By BETH DUFFINGTON
Staff Writer
Changes, changes and more
changes are in store for Carolina
Dining Services, said Bill Dux, who
has been director of the services for
two years.
"We're not just sitting back and
running the same services year after
year," Dux said. "We're always
challenging ourselves."
The Marriott Corp., which has
completed two out of its five years
of contracted services in the operation
of the dining services, is starting its
third year with changes, he said.
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stand what the campus is about and
what it needs," he said.
"In the fall, the main cafeteria
(Lenoir) will remain the same, but the
Cutting Board will become an all-you-can-eat
dining area, which is
different from the a la carte in Lenoir.
"As an all-you-can-eat dining area,
the area would be utilized more since
the Cutting Board area was never
opened at breakfast and was busiest
only at lunch," he said.
The Cutting Board area will be
- open only to those students partic
ipating in the all-you-can-eat board
plan. They will have a picture iden
tification card, he said.
"Downstairs, Wild Pizza will still
be there," he said. "But what was
Sweet Sensations will become Hero's
Sub Shop, which should be com
pleted in mid-August."
H.B. Quick, a downstairs fast food
dining area, will also change. Instead
food dining, in the fall H.B. Quick
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not covered by the fee are covered
by health insurance. We are in the
process of trying to have a cashier
on the premises," Cowan said.
The several specialty clinics offered
include dermatology, ear-nose-and-throat,
orthopedic, dysplasya and
dental evaluation. "The dental clinic
is a small clinic to help the student
evaluate his dental problems and
needs. Any actual dental work can
be done by the dental school," said
Cowan. The dental clinic is in its
second year of operation.
In its first year of operation is the
dysplasya clinic, established to
further check women who show
problems in their Pap smears.
"We have noticed an increase in
students with abnormal smears. To
. better serve the students, we started
the service last year," Cowan said.
Health education is a separate
department within SHS. It includes
the Wellness Resource . Center, the
Contraceptive Health Education
Council and an expert on substance
abuse. The Wellness Resource center,
located in Woollen Gym, tries to help
students solve some of their problems
by offering services such as stress
management.