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Page 6 OCT. 10,1995 New student life program addresses seniors Adam Tarleton Staff Writer The student life board at NCSSM has implemented a new program designed to help seniors deal with campus life and to plan their futures off campus. The Stu dent Life 102 program derived its name and ideology from the two- year-old Student Life 101. The two programs were de signed together with the plan that in the third year of SLlOl’s exist ence, seniors would become sub jects of the follow up SL102 The topics in SL102 are similar to those of SLIOI. Seniors are required to at tend four sessions: senior sessions, alcohol and drugs, diversity, and critical issues. Senior sessions were deyeL:_, oped to deal with issues consistently affecting seniors. Some of these top ics include college applications, making career decisions, and pos sible hardships after graduation. , The alcohol and drugs session helps meet a state requirement to provide a report on alcohol and drugs in the school system. The ses sion also develops the students’ knowledge of the effects of drugs amd slcohol. Diversity sessions are de signed to make students more aware of ethnic and personal diversity on campus and in the world. Students will hear from peers of different relligious and cultural backgrounds and will receive advice on under standing people of different cul tures. Senior Ben Allen said, “I think they should place less emphasis on diversity and more emphasis on unity.” Finally, the critical issues ses sion covers any topic the student life board considers to be important to . Student&.and relevant at the time. Dr. Joan Barber, director of student life, described these issues as “timely and present, [such as] cheating and plagiarisn on college campuses.” Because the student life cur riculum as part of the student’s “wbplistic” development is a rela tively new program. Dr. Barber said she felt the need to prove its rel evancy. Senior Nhi Tran said “We’ve had enough [student life sessions] in our junior year.” The student life curriculum began five years ago with the Resi dential Education Program. REP eventually developed into the SLlOl program two years ago. Since the student life program has three core topics—alcohol and drugs, sexuality, and diversity—the program is expected to become a graduation requirement in the near future. Each SLI will specialize in one session topic, teaching it to stu dents from various halls who choose to attend his or her session. Dr. Bar ber said she wants students to know that the times for student life ses sions are flexible. “If you have a field trip that you want to go on on that particular ALT Day, then we can work with you on the scheduling of your stu dent life sessions.” Seniors Sendhil Cheran, Jacquelle Leggett, and Chad Wade read information on the Student Life Bulletin Board. This year seniors are required to participate in the new SLIOI program held on ALT Days. Carolyn Chu cmiiriuedjrom page 1 dollar tourist industry, ■ Sri Lankan war planes bombed civilian targets, Idlling 72 Ch ians, 42 of which were child4§i|. The attack w^s an ofiensivc of the Sri Lankan government against Tamil rebels. ■ In France 16-year-old Eric Bovel murdered ^ family and then killed eight residents of the town of Cuers before killing him self; this is the wmst multiple murder in France since 1989 NATIONAL ■ Netscape, the popular software used for computer transactions over the World Wide Web, has a security flaw. The flaws allows a knowledgeable person to break into the security coding system in less than one minute, where they would have access to credit card numbers and other types of data Netscape is supposed to keep private. The flaw was dis covered by two first year com- puter science graduate students at the University of California at Berkeley. Netscape CommuTuca- NCSSM "gives juniors varying impressions tion Corp. Promises a fixed, safe version of Netscape soon, •The House has voted to extend t|J^e ftyfit White act until the year The Act is the federal government’s main source of money for its AIDS programs. The House bill not only contin ues the program, but also gives the states more flexibility to pro vide treatment and services. The Senate version of the bill is still utider debate. ■ JTie New York Times and The Washington Post bodt published the unaltered 35,000-wmd mani festo of the Unabomber at the re quest of Attorney General Janet Reno and the FBI on September 19. The Unabomber has killed several pet^le and caused severe dtunage during his 17 year cam paign against industrial and tech nological underpinnings of soci ety. The manifesto was published in the hopes that the Unabomber wilt live up to his June promise to stop the killings if the mani festo was publisl^ by one of the two papers. BUSINESS ■ Cottonelle Toilet Paper, a di vision of Scott’s Paper Co., is leading a revolution in toilet pa per advertising. The company, which is now treating its paper with baking soda, is touting its odor elimination capabilities. The shiftof focus frofiin softness to odor control and hygiene is redefining how toilet paper is sold. Look for the contunerdals soon.1 SCIENCE M Scientists have h^ for a re search being done on a new, natural way of reconstructing breasts, to replace implants us ing silicooe or vegriable fats and oils. The procedure requires that tissue be removed from die body and broken down into cells. The multiplying cells would then be sprayed or dipped into a mold of sorts in the sh:^ of a breast and then implanted. The proce dure is mainly bemg developed for breast cancer suffers, but could be used for cosmetic lea- . sons. Cammie Hawley Staff Writer “I’m surrounded by dorks!” This comment made by junior Patrick Barrow is one of many ob servations made by juniors at NCSSM. First impressions are an important thing, and NCSSM has made many on the class of ’97. Many juniors were pleasantly surprised with aspects of the school, while others found themselves dis appointed with what they discov ered. Like Patrick Barrow, a few jun iors note that the “nerd population” here is more prolific than they ex pected. “We are at the peak of the nerd parabola,” says Mary Holmes. Many other juniors noticed other aspects of the nerd scene. Jonathan Weston says, “It’s like all the Trekkies were sucked into a giant wormhole whose other end was over NCSSM.” On the other hand, many jun iors don’t feel that the people here are that socially inept. “I was sur prised that the people here look or dinary and normal,” says De Tran. A number of the new juniors have found that the atmosphere at NCSSM is not judgemental, and is conducive to socializing. Brandy Britt feels “it was really easy to fit in here.” The juniors here also have many complaints about their new school. Says Alex Rosefielde, “.. .this is boring. It’s the only place where you can be bored and busy at the same time.” Most juniors feel burdened by their new load of homework. Hyonmi Choe says “the classes really slap me in the fore head.” Other things to get used to at NCSSM are new responsibilities and limited freedom, with things like check and housekeeping. “It’s a double standard,” says Sabra Smith, who feels that “ they expect you to be intelligent and responsible here, but don’t give you any free dom.” All compaints aside, many positive experiences have been had at NCSSM. De Tran was recenUy pleased to discover the joy of house keeping when he realized he could do “such a good job cleaning toi lets.” Juniors have observed other positive sides to living at NCSSM. Julius Lucks likes being “close to my schoolmates.” As Hyonmi Choe says, “It’s all good.”
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