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page 3 F'esft.iax'&es March 30, 1989 Holbrook Joins Math Deoartment by Laura Poole Nicole Holbrook, a new math teacher, has enjoyed her first year at NCSSM. Hired in August, Miss Holbrook had not yet completed her graduate degree from UNC when she was interviewed for the posit iori of teaching ICM and Calculus to Scierce and Math students. Miss Holbrook finds that teaching ICM to be a challen ge, and says she has learrred a lot aktut it as she goes along in the course. She also adds that the students are her fav orite part of teaching. She was a bit intimidated at jo ining the faculty at NCSSM, but imiediately felt welcome. A self-proclaimed "people person," Miss Holbrook chose to teach math because she says: "I have an analytical mind, but I like people, so I chose to teach. Math is a tool for solving problems, arid I like to teach that." Born in North Carolina, Miss Holbrook grew up in South Carolina and received her undergraduate degree from on to get her graduate degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. This is her first teaching job. On a personal note. Miss Holbrook enjoys sports as her main hobby. She likes water- skiing, sriow skiing, basket ball, aerobics, and is inter ested in sports psychology. In fact, she adds that if she ever changed careers, she would probably go into sports psychology. Miss Holbrook also erijoys talking with her friends, all kinds of music, and movies like The Scarlet Letter, arid fain Man, adding that she is a big Tom Cruise fan. She likes pizza and ice cream and her favorite colors are pink and blue. She is a big UNC fan, mostly because her brother is a student there. Miss Holbrook, when asked if she would leave NCSSM, replied that she didn't want to leave North Car^liria arid didn't want to give up teach ing. "1 don't want a 3 to 5 job, I want to be around people!" she commented. Student Visits USSR Nicol^Holbrook is happy with her new :job at NCSSM.. by Dana Bius Bored with the same old summer trip to the beach? How about spending three weeks in the Soviet Uriion? Nia Banks, an NCSSM junior from Greensboro, got the chance to do exactly that last summer. Nia went to Russia through a program called the People to People Vouth Science Exchange. Her field was marine biology. Along with a group of thirty American Students, she left New York for Moscow on July 17, After two days in Moscow, her group went to Surgut, Siberia, where she sperit the riext two weeks. Although the group stayed in a hotel for most of the time, Nia said that they each spent one night at the hone of the Russian student who had been their "buddy." Most of the people there, she said, live in apartments rather than private hones. She describes the towri as saridy, as if it was near a beach, arid under construction in many parts. Or* "ftaerican* activity Nia engaged in while in Surgut was shopping. She said that shopping is sonewhat different in the Soviet Union. For ex ample, the stores are on the ^^gj^^ljgjy^hy^rtmen^ buildings. She also spent a day at a lake near the town. Surprisingly, Siberia is not always cold! After two weeks working in Surgut, the group left for Lerungrad, where they spent three days. From there, they flew to Finland arid ori to the United States. Each year this program sends students from all over the country to various cities, usually in groups of about thirty according to what field interests them. If you are interested in a new experience this summer, come to the guidance office for more Students Dance by Jo Peterson NCSSM students danced for fun and for charity on the 3th and 10th of February. The Darice-a-thon and the Valent- irie's Darce were popular on-campus entertidwent the first weekend back from exterided. On Friday ni^t, the SGA sponsored a darce-a-thon in the cafeteria. To enter, all pne had to do was get pledges from sponsors around campus or give a small donatiori. All proceeds from the dance-a-thon went to the Duke Children's Medical Center. The eight- hour dance lasted from 10 p.m. Friday until 6 a.m. Saturday. Several people stayed up to dance the entire night away while others opted to sleep or play cards. Refreshments were provided compliments of SGA. Some slow sorigs were played, but dance music was the emphasis. Fast-paced rap songs as well as comical ones such as "You Got Uhat I Need" highlighted the evening. SGA representatives took turris being the O.J. At the end of the dance-a-thon those still awake pitched in to put all the tables and chairs back into place. Dance steps prac ticed and perfected at the dance-a-thon were shown off in (see page 4) Get a life Ctho car-toon »o gi-eat it has t-er~uns!> - by Eric Coker OK NO... V/f GET OUR PHYSIC^ rssrs back topay- i thihk / FimKEpL'I 8oY,Ai^ I //If rmdPf Mhf.y If CAKt 6B Alim aAP’'V0umv£‘ TO Bbfp k PDsmv£ ArnriiD^Hi
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