The Daily Tar HeelTuesday, September 5, 19895
Some students must battle loneliness in new home
By DIANA FLORENCE
Staff Writer
. The Nelson-Denny Reading test and
C-TOPS aren't the only things new
students must face when they arrive at
UNC. Many of them, especially out-of-staters,
experience homesickness as
well.
Homesickness includes feelings of
loneliness, depression and being left
out, according to Glen Martin, assistant
director of the Student Development
and Counseling Center.
- It is not unusual for freshmen and
junior transfer students to feel home
sick the first few weeks of school, Martin
said. "It's important that they recog
nize that it is OK to feel out-of-sorts
"when encountering new situations.
After all, they are leaving a lot behind
and starting fresh."
Mary Byers, a freshman journalism
major from Jacksonville, Fla., said she
felt particularly homesick in the morn
ings because at home she usually was
with her entire family at breakfast.
"When I'm in my room at this time, I
start to think about how much I miss
being in a place where everyone knows
you and you know everyone."
Scott Burke, a freshman pre-med
major from Ambler, Pa., said he felt
most homesick when he was in his
room at night. "When I'm getting ready
to go to sleep is the only time I have
nothing I have to do but think about my
parents and my friends."
Burke said he felt left out when he
saw in-state freshmen with their friends
from high school. "It's hard because all
my friends are spread out at schools
around the country."
The best way to deal with homesick
ness is to talk to someone about it,
Martin said. "There are many places
you can turn to right on campus. These
include orientation counselors, resident
assistants, academic advisers, Student
Psychological Services at Student
Health Services and of course, the
Student Development and Counseling
Center at Nash Hall."
Students need to be reassured that
they are not alone, he added.
Resident assistants are trained to help
students deal with homesickness, said
Jen Toplin, a senior sociology major
from Wrightsville Beach and a resident
assistant in Granville Towers. "When a
homesick resident comes to me, I point
out that home is still there and that
finding a place for yourself at Carolina
doesn't mean you've lost your place at
home."
"I think something little like saying
'Hi' to a resident when you see them on
campus can really help homesickness,"
said Cammy Lacey, a graduate student
in social work from Wincester, Va.,
and a resident assistant at Granville
Towers.
Lacey said she made sure homesick
freshmen knew the other freshmen on
the hall, as well as the upperclassmen.
"My RA and my orientation coun
selor have helped my roommate and
me take our minds off being homesick
by introducing us to other people in the
same boat as us," said Gabby Bruno, a
freshman English major from Grosse'
Pointe, Mich.
Orientation counselors continue to
help homesick freshmen after orienta
tion by showing them how to get in
volved in various activities on campus,
said Thera Varner, a sophomore physi
cal therapy major from Kernersville
and an orientation counselor in Hinton
James. "We are here to help new stu
dents adjust to Carolina, to act as a
resource for them and to be their friend.
There are clubs at Carolina for almost
every interest on earth, and we can
show them how to get involved."
According to Martin, "It is impor
tant to make an effort to make UNC
your home by joining clubs or taking an
interesting and fun elective instead of
passively waiting for friends to come to
you."
Erica Bryant, a junior journalism
major from Marietta, Ga., said getting
involved on campus made all the dif
ference her freshman year. "By having
a lot to do, I had lesi time to think about
how far I was from home."
Time to adjust to your new surround
ings is one of the best cures for home
sickness, Martin said.
Sarah Faber, a psychology major
from Charlotte and a junior transfer
from UNC-Wilmington, agreed. "Caro
lina is so different from Wilmington,
and I was really homesick for it when I
first came down. But each day is get
ting easier to handle."
Look into 'Visual AIDS7 for informative awareness exhibit
By JESSICA YATES
Assistant Arts Editor
Australia uses "Condoman" to save
the day.
, Photographs from Canada show two
men engaged in oral sex, with a caption
advocating safe sex.
Drawings from Zimbabwe extol the
merits of monogamy.
These are but a few of the educa
tional strategies on posters gathered
from all over the world as part of "Visual
AIDS," an exhibit promoting aware
ness of AIDS and safe sex.
. The exhibit, sponsored by the Caro
lina Union Gallery Committee, is now
on display in the Union Gallery and
Room 218 at the Student Union.
, . James Miller, an associate professor
of English and philosophy at the Uni
versity of Western Ontario, organized
the collection of about 200 posters.
. .. Miller started the exhibit when his
young daughter came home from school
-bewildered by a lesson on the deadly
disease. To combat the spread of the
disease and the ensuing hysteria, Miller
searched worldwide for posters to
compile an exhibit.
William Hardy, a professor in the
UNC Department of Radio, Television
and Motion Pictures who is also Miller's
father-in-law, assisted in bringing the
exhibit to UNC.
The primary message of the collec
tion is AIDS can and does kill. With
closer inspection of the posters and
accompanying commentaries, viewers
can compare the ways different cul
tures deal with the issue.
"The Third World countries really
try to use a more direct approach," said
Laura Foster, Gallery Committee chair
person on the Union Activities Board.
One example is a set of posters drawn
by an 18-year-old boy from Zambia
whose friend died of AIDS. "I think
they use more rhymes and colloquial
isms as well," Foster said.
Posters of "Condoman," who advo-
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who stresses the use of bleach to clean
hypodermic needles, take a comical
approach to the issue.
"It's an attention grabber," Foster
said, "and there is an entertainment
factor."
Another poster uses dry, sardonic
humor to convey the message that a
"special person" could give you a
"deadly valentine."
While the part of the collection in the
Union Gallery illustrates the severity
of the AIDS crisis, the pictures them
selves are relatively mild. Upon enter
ing the continuation of the exhibit in
Room 218, viewers typically experi
ence shock or disgust, Foster said.
"Some of the posters are definitely
homo erotic and are obviously target
ing homosexuals," she said. "Others
are especially trying to reach the for
mally educated, younger, artistic group
of people kind of a 'yuppie' group."
The prevalent message in the posters
is that condoms (particularly latex) are
"in" and unprotected sex is "out." There
is little mention of monogamy but a
large emphasis on the fact that AIDS
hits both homosexuals and heterosexu
als. In these posters, there are "no phallic
symbols ... just the phalluses them
selves," according to one of the com
mentaries. Penises (with and without
condoms) are pictured, as well as
couples engaged in sexual intercourse
and oral and anal sex.
"A lot of eyes bulge and there is a lot
of giggling," Foster said, describing
common reactions to this part of the
exhibit. "It is uncomfortable to a lot of
people to be in here and to try to deal
with this."
Most of the posters are from Euro
pean countries, with a few from Can
ada and the United States as well, Fos
ter said. Europeans are generally more
comfortable with their bodies, and these
posters illustrate that, she said.
Viewers must be at least 1 8 years old
to enter this part of the exhibit. Signs
posted at the entrance inform patrons
that the nature of the collection may be
offensive to some.
Foster said she did not know of any
extremely negative reactions yet. "After
looking at it for a while, I guess I
become jaded to the point of looking
past the sex and the nakedness and just
trying to figure out what the posters are
trying to say. It's painful to think about
it, that it could happen to me or some
one I loved."
"Visual AIDS," which has been
displayed worldwide, will be on dis
play at the Student Union through Sept.
8. Gallery hours for the exhibit are 10
am. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday.
For more information call 962-1157.
Campus Calendar
TUESDAY
3 p.m. Study Abroad will hold a re
entry orientation program for students
who have studied abroad on UNC pro
grams in Room 226 of the Student
Union until 5 p.m. Come pick up your
welcome-back present.
3:30 p.m. University Career Plan
ning and Placement Service will offer
"Job Hunt 101," with basic information
on how to use the UCPPS office for
seniors and graduate students in 209
Hanes Hall.
4:15 p.m. University Career Plan
ning and Placement Service will hold
"Job Hunt 102," a resume writing
workshop, for senior and graduate stu
dents in 209 Hanes Hall.
5 p.m. University Career Planning
and Placement Service will hold "Job
Hunt 101" with basic information on
how to use the UCPPS office for sen
iors and graduate students in 2 10 Hanes
Hall.
Student Government will hold
orientation for new and returning
members of all three branches in Room
206 of the Student Union.
5:45 p.m. University Career Plan
ning and Placement Service will hold
"Job Hunt 102," a resume writing
workshop for seniors and graduate
students, in 210 Hanes Hall.
7 p.m. N.C. Student Legislature, a
statewide political debate organization,
will hold its first meeting in Room 226
of the Student Union. All interested
students are welcome.
7:30 p.m. UNC College Republi
cans will hold an informational and
organizational meeting in Manning 209.
Old and new members are welcome,
and refreshments will be provided.
8 p.m. Carolina Fever rolls on with
its second meeting in Memorial Hall.
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