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Page 12 News--' : November 1996 FROM PAGE 1 - Mock Election “By bringing in so many views, cvetyone could explore issues that pertained to their everyday lives and people they knew." se nior Matt Martin said, “Some people found out that their opinions corresponded with a dififerent party than they originally thought.’’ From 6 p.ra. to 7 p.m., the speakers set up booths and spoke with interested students on a one-to-one basis, handing out bro chures, support stickers, and personal pam phlets on candidates. In a school-wide poll, students chose five out of 12 issues that they considered the most important which were the main focus of the speeches for the next hour. After the speeches, the floor opened fora question and answer period for the re maining time. T\vo Mondays later, on Oct. 28, the is sues discussed at the information session were brought down to a more local level as NCSSM clubs Teen Democrats and Young Republicans debated their party's views. The debate gave the clubs the chance to explore what their parties believe and por tray these beliefs to tiieir peers. "These two events allowed students to take facts and rationalize what was being said into what they believed, rather than learning about politics in a more second hand fashion,” Martin said. In ord»^ to make the best choice pos sible, many students who voted took advan tage of these preparations before heading to the booths. “Even if we don’t really count, opin ions that we the school express today will be looked at by other people and will affect the thoughts of the government.” Junior Glenn Bracey said. Since this is the first year NCSSM has offered the Leadership Seminar, most of its projects are extremely experimental. Inad- dition to the mock election, seminar mem bers are working with students from Israel in Older to help develop a currictilura for leadership on a global scale, Oxman said. "Taking contributions from different parts of the wwld will help make the pro gram more beneficial to all students, not just those from North Carolina, the south, or even the United States, but for all young leaders of the world.” Oxman said. Warshaw is excited by the seminar’s progress so far. " tThe seminar] has turned out to be dif ferent from what 1 had imagined, but the differences have improved on what 1 haal expected from the project in its first year,” Warshaw said. Food service merger brings cafeteria changes Alex Mann It may not be home cooking, but food in the cafeteria is changing. Professional Food Management, the food service con tractor at NCSSM, recently merged with another company. As a result, the cafete ria now serves a greater number of offer ings and can provide more specialty items for students, said Maureen Jeffers, the food service coordinator at NCSSM. Over the summer, PFM merged with a multinational food service agency called the Compass Group. Based in London, the Compass Group operates a number of smaller food service providers with differ ent specialties. Branches of the group manage canteens, corporate catering, and snack bars, thus involving it in all types of eating environments. The Compass Group operates over 100,000 dining facilities in Europe and 25,000 in the United States. “I was very stimulated by the new op portunities a larger company provides,” said Dr. Joan Barber, Director of Student Life, who oversees the food service pro gram at NCSSM. PFM previously managed 100 cafete rias around the nation, all of which were on college campuses with the exception of NCSSM. It now joins the Compass Group as its new Education branch, bringing the world’s largest food service provider to schools for the first time. Maureen Jeffers, the food service co ordinator at NCSSM, is very optimistic about the merger. “Many companies had offered to buy PFM in the past, but when an offer came from the Compass Group, it seemed to be the right company and right time for a merger,” said Jeffers. The new partnership gives PFM more buying power and a broader eco nomic base. She adds that PFM has retained its identity, and there are no plans for a name change at this time. Jeffers says the merger means a greater number of offerings for students than last year. The Compass Group has provided the cafete ria with many new recipes, and so foods that were not previously served are appearing in the buffet lines. In addition, PFM is now more flexible and can furnish a greater number of specialty meals and other promotions. These have included Premium Nights, Halloween Specials, Circus Theme Lunch, and the Medi terranean and International Dinners. Senior Ian vanBuskirk has noticed the changes, “The food is better than last year,” he said. PFM has been a food service provider at NCSSM for over thirteen years, beginning when the school opened in 1980 and exclud ing three years when the contract was awarded Todd Mack and PFM workservice students set up the salad bar. PFM has benefited from its merger over the summer. to another company. In these 16 years, the cafeteria has changed a great deal. Jeffers recalls when students were only allowed one entree apiece, with no second helpings. Now, the unlimited seconds policy, fruit baskets, and other additions have increased the selec tion in the cafeteria. PFM’s contract with the state of North Carolina controls how much and what types of food are served, but Jeffers said that the company has worked to increase the cafeteria’s options. She views the merger as another step toward making the cafeteria a better place to eat. “It’s nice to hear more positive comments from the students,” said Barber. The cafeteria welcomes students’ opin ions and comments on the new foods. For those who would like to express their ideas to PFM, there will be a speak-out on Tues day, Dec. 10. SCGSSM delegates visit NCSSM campus TENNIFER LI NCSSM students may have met their match the weekend of Nov. 14. The South Carolina Governors School of Science and Mathematics sent ten stu dents from its Student Government Asso ciation to visit NCSSM. SCGSSM, like NCSSM, is a residen tial high school that focuses on the devel opment of interest in science and math ematics for 11th and 12th graders. A small population of 120 students resides on a portion of the Coker College campus in Hartsville, South Carolina. The school is one of seven other public residential high schools, besides NCSSM, in the United States. “We’re working on acquainting our selves [with SCGSSM] and developing » standing relationship,” said Tree Calloway, chairperson of the NCSSM SGA community relations committee. The SCGSSM students arrived in time to observe several classes while they were here. John Cooper, a junior at SCGSSM ob served differences in the teaching styles at the two schools. He said class at SCGSSM are more lecture based whereas NCSSM’s classes are more interactive. Cooper also noticed that NCSSM had a more diverse course offering than SCGSSM. “We don’t have the same choices because there’s not enough people, “ Cooper said. The courses which are offered at SCGSSM move at a much faster pace than NCSSM classses, said SCGSSM senior Clarence Glenn. In addition to academics, SCGSSM stu dents participated in several social activities. - School sued people may be involved directly in the hearings, the school tries to ensure impar tiality as much as possible by having the academic programs staff prepare and hear the case. Gray and Ervin alleged that “prior to the commencement of the hearing, the hearing officer, Steve Warshaw, had al- ready prepared the letter calling for the dis- missal of the Plaintiffs.” “I don’t know where they got [thatidea],” said Warshaw. “It is only after students tes tify and I hear all the evidence that I make a decision.” Gray and Ervin alleged that their treat ment as African-American students was harsher than that given to white students. They cited instances of white students reprimanded less severely for similar actions, includinj several white students who came back or campus intoxicated but received only minoi punishment. “In the last five years, five out of the si> students apprehended with alcohol have beer expelled. All six were white,” said Head ol Communications David Stein. They visited Northgate mall and the North Carolina Museum of Life and Science in Durham as well as attended a Coffeehouse on campus. Glenn was impressed with the amount of activities available on a regular ba sis to NCSSM students in comparison to SCGSSM, which is located in a rural setting. One of the delegates main objectives of the trip was to examine the layout of the NCSSM campus. “The trip couldn’t have come at a better time. They just acquired some property so they can expand the size of their school,” Steve Warshaw, director of NCSSM academic programs, said. A tour of NCSSM’s facilities gave the students a chance to note the design of our labs so they could help in the planning of their expansion. Some disparity between SCGSSM and NCSSM student life jKilicies exist. Sharie Cooper, another SCGSSM student, said, “It’s so much more strict at SCGSSM.” A one o’clock lights-out policy, no smoking with out parental permission, and more opportu nities to receive Levels are all part of their student life program. The basic purpose of the South Carolinian’s visit was to promote diplomacy between the schools as well as to learn from each other’s programs. Warshaw has sug gested sending NCSSM’s SGA to SCGSSM in the spring of this year.
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