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Page 2 The Blue Banner March 31,2005 Briefs continued from page 1 11:15 p.m. local lime and lasted about three minutes. The center advised people within 6(X) miles of the epicenter to move to higher ground. As of afternoon of March 28, Eastern Standard Time, there were no reports of any casualties. The U.S. State Department alerted all of its posts in the region. The Red Cross waits for more information before beginning a new relief effort. The quake was most likely an after-shock from the first one that occurred Dec. 26, 2004, accord ing to Russ Evans, seismologist from the British Geological Survey. The Dec. 26 tsunami devastat ed'the same region, and relief efforts from it are still under way. Pope John Paul II currently relies on a feeding tube for nutri tion. A spokesman for the pope said the tube is only for nutri tional purposes to increase calo rie inake. ■ i I I a *W8?NCrSA' 7, 200S • OfiOfR c UNCA iloKMiummism. ? 1,000,000 •dollars PHOTO COURTESTY OF UNCA PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE Congressman Taylor, presents the $1 million check to Chancellor James Mullen and PARI President Don Cline. Funding- continued from page 1 toward younger students. “1 developed some physics labs for middle school and high school students and worked on their Website a little bit,” said Nicholson. “I also worked on this thing called Science Zone, which is like a Lego robot that pulls in and out different lenses to make tele scopes and microscopes.” Certain students in grades eight through 12 can also work with teachers in a project that involves actual student remote control of the facility’s telescopes. Students can manipulate the 26-meter radio telescopes from a computer mouse while viewing its movements through a monitor screen, according to Dennison. “Four times a year, they have teachers come in and teach them how to do it. Then the teachers go back to the schools and organize projects,” said Dennison. “So, you just log on to the Web site and then you can control the telescope.” One aspect of the telescope’s less-than-typical appearance owes to its status as a relic of the Cold War. Facilities at PARI served as a Cold War era listen ing post before researchers con verted it to an astronomical research institute, according to Dennison. “It has a smile painted on it,” said Dennison. “During the Cold War, they pretty well knew the Russians would fly over in a satellite every day and take a picture, so they had a smiley face painted on it.” Increased funding for PARI and PARSEC will also mean more time for sophisticated, time-consuming projects. Dennison plans to study deep-space objects, such as quasars. Light emitted from these sources reveal some of the earliest moments of the universe’s history. “They’re so far away that it’s taken billions of years for the radio waves to get here, so you’re seeing it the way it looked billions of years ago,’’said Dennison. Center- continued from page 1 take place, it will enable more students to study without travel ing to universities farther away. “I think that people in Asheville would like to have availability to graduate programs without necessarily having to relocate,” said McClellan. “That doesn’t mean we can offer a graduate program for two people, but we’re trying to assess the needs. I think it’s a very exciting opportunity for people to get a graduate degree.” This program is a better way for the people who take two or three days taking classes some where three hours away, accord ing to McClellan. “They’re trying to juggle a job and family here,” said McClellan. “This is a better way, because not everyone can just relocate, especially people who are not traditional age students who have decided to go back to school.” Western Carolina University offered graduate programs on UNCA campus since 1975. UNCA and WCU work together to provide these opportunities through sharing equipment and space, according to the Patsy Miller, director of WCU pro grams in Asheville. “UNCA has been a gracious host to our programs here. We have a nice facility, great class rooms and an excellent working relationship with the people here at UNCA,” said Miller. “They assign classrooms and make sure we have equipment. We share that equipment. It’s a nice sharing relationship. I look forward to working with the new director of the graduate center. I see that the university system wants to grow graduate pro grams. We welcome that.” The shift of the administration will not cost the university aijy- thing and may actually bring in some money later on. Administrators have not yet met to discuss the situation further, according to Locke. ‘The cost of the graduate cen ter is established by each of the participating institutions,” said Locke. “The money that they now pay directly to the graduate center and is maintained exclu sively here will be collected by UNCA.” News Pilgrimages exhibit diversity at UNCA by Jamie Ellingsen Staff' Reporter The Center for Diversity Education brings culture and con nection to religion to UNCA through a series of lectures about pilgrimages from community members, faculty and students. “When I think about pilgrim age, I think of it in three facets,” said Rick Chess, literature and language professor. The intention for making a pil grimage, the experiences one has during a pilgrimage, and the ulti mate effect a pilgrimage has on the individual define the religious journey, accordin to Chess. The lecture series also features a gallery exhibit. The program runs from Feb. 22 to April 22 in the Highsmith University Union, covering five different religious viewpoints. This program illustrates for each religion the three facets of a religious journey accroding to Chess. The series began with Rae Heame. Heame discussed her journey on the Camino de Santiago, an ancient road in Northern Spain. Her lecture, “Pilgrimage of Peace on the Camino de Santiago,” depicted the perspective of Catholicism, “My going there (Israel) was about discovering something inside of me that connects my life with Jews around the world,” said Gold. “And it was about finding out my link to the “We can people at thing,’’said Chess, be many different the same time.” He added that he considers himself to be a Jew first and an American second, support ing his previ history of Israel and the Jewish people and my obligations to the future. I dis covered some thing that explained to me my life as a Jew.” Birthright, a program which offers a 10-day visit to Israel free of cost to Jewish people between the “My life totally changed from the inside out as a result of those three years that I lived in Israel” Rick Chess literature and language professor ages of 18 and 26, was Gold’s cat alyst to make her pilgrimage. Gold said she felt safe and at peace in Israel, something she has yet to experience in the United States. “It is a source of pride to be a Jew when you’re in Israel,” said Gold. “The sense of brotherhood stayed with me the entire time I was in Israel.” ous claim of having a true home in Israel. “I was a dif ferent person by the time I came home,” said Chess, reflecting on his first trip to Israel. He changed from a college graduate who knew little about the true tradition or Israel, to according to Deborah Miles, director of the diversity center. The series continued with Reverend Frank Cancro, who discussed his view of major pilgrimages all across the world, accord ing to Miles. Peter and Jasmin Gentling presented “Pilgrimage to Shikoku,” a Buddhist journey to a Japanese island, according to Miles. The lectures also featured speakers from campus. Chess and sophomore psychology stu dent Jenna Gold spoke of their pilgrimages to Jerusalem and how their journeys enriched their lives as Jews. “It is a source of pride to be a Jew when you’re in Israel. The sense of brotherhood stayed with me the entire time I was in Israel.” Chess also expressed strong con nections to his time in Israel. His first visit to the country lasted three years, follow ing his gradu- Jewish tradition or someone who feld more com fortable outside his native country. Gold said she is trying to figure how all of her experi ences will impact her life here, what Chess described as the thrid facet of a pilgrimage. Her experiences changed her life and revealed new meaning to being a Jew. “It is impossible for me to sum up the experience I had in Irael,” said Gold. “It was just a very powerful thing.” ation college. “My t o t a changed the from Jenna Gold sophomore psychology student life 1 1 y from inside out as a result of those three years that I lived in Israel,” said Chess. ‘My life has not veered for one breath from the path that it was set on a as a result of those three years. Chess said, although he resides in America his true homes lies in Israel. This statement evoked a question from Miles about living in almost two identities. “Identity is not a simple The last lecture of the series will be held April 5. Dr. Khalid Bashir will speak about the Muslim tradition of making Hajj to Mecca, Saudi Arabia. For more information, call UNC AsheviUe’s Center for Diversity Education at 828/232-5024. 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