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vol. XIX
stentorian
north Carolina school of science and mathematics
1219 broad street, durham nc 27705
november 1999
NCSSM Teen Democrats A taste of India
attend Raliegh convention only ten minutes
rose ponton YDNC is the state rienroeMiller Tr lOfiS factiir,n in tViA V\qI1_
rose ponton
Something
unusual happened at
the Hilton in Raleigh
on Saturday October
23. The Young Demo
crats of North Caro
lina held their aimual
fall convention there
that day, but that was
not the unusual as
pect of the evening.
At the dinner, at
tended by current
Young Democrats and
former alumni alike.
Governor James B.
Hunt, Jr. was pre
sented with the first
James B. Hunt, Jr. Life
time Achievement
Award.
The Young
Democrats of North
Carolina is an organi
zation comprised of
democrats between
the ages of 18 and 35,
who are interested in
the politics of their
home state. The
YDNC is the state
branch of the Young
Democrats of
America. The YDA
has 400,000 members
nationwide and over
41 charted units.
“We aren’t
only the future lead
ers of tomorrow, but
the rising leaders of
today,” said Christy
Agner, YDANational
Secretary.
The annual
fall Convention is a
good place for candi
dates runing for posi
tions ranging from
Town Council to State
Senate to place their
names and issues on
the table.
“The Young
Democrats give
young people the
chance to voice their
views and eventually
become the guiding
star (of the senior
Democrats),” said
George Miller, Jr., 1965
YD President.
It is also a
good place for the
younger generation
of democrats to be
come aquatinted with
the procedures and
values of their party.
The Teen Democrats
of North Carolina also
attend this event to
organize events for
the coming year.
Though not yet in the
block of eligible vot
ers, YD considers
them to be an invalu
able resource for the
future.
“We want
your children!” said
current YDNC presi
dent, Morgan Jack-
son. He speaks of the
future and the voting
power that everyone
will attain when they
turn 18.
The dinner,
held in three-course
fashion in the ball
room at the Hilton that
evening, was accom
panied by retrospec
tive accounts of the
YDNC over the past
50 years. The com
mon theme of all
these speeches was
an emphasis on how
Gov. Jim Hunt has in
fluenced a large por
tion of North Carolina
politics over these
years.
“He (Jim
Hunt) led us to a
higher level. A higher
level than any of us
ever imagined,” said
Miller.
. .The culmi
nation of the evening
was the presentation
of the 1st James B.
Hunt Lifetime
Achievement Award.
This award will not be
~Hunt continued
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Moving Day:
How
don’t
have a
single?
Samantha lea
The unwritten
rules of hall life have
been all but obliter
ated this year. Lately
students seem to be
moving from room to
room and from hall to
hall with out thought
to the possible conse
quences. Many jun
iors do not see a
problem with the cur
rent trend of room
switching.
“I think there
should be a trial pe
riod for roommates at
the beginning of the
year. If they do not
get along they should
be able to move into
better circum
stances,” said Junior
Tania Jones.
While juniors
do not see anything
wrong with moving to
new rooms, many se
nior are up in arms at
the frequent ten
dency of students to
switch rooms this
year.
“Last year a few
people did move, but
this year some halls
have gone crazy.
They just don’t seem
to want to learn how
to get along with dif
ferent people and
cope with change,”
said Senior Natasha
Brown.
The problem
seems to be in the lack
of strong written
rules. When a stu
dent wants to move
they meet with their
SLI, and if their SLI
and the SLI on what
ever hall they want to
move to think moving
will be the best answer
to the student’s prob
lem, the student gets
to move.
“Student move
ment is mostly up to
the SLI’s discretion.
More students have
moved this year be
cause so many stu
dents have left,” said
complex coordinator
of BBR, Kim Shankle.
This year a lot
of students have
gone home, which has
left several beds open.
First Beall and
Reynolds 2C have
both had entirely
empty rooms at some
point during the year.
This has given stu
dents more opportu
nity to move.
Last year there
were only a couple
free beds and a stu
dent who wanted to
move could move
there or would have to
find a person willing
to switch rooms. The
process of moving
was hard, and many
students who wanted
to move gave up
when confronted with
their choices.
“ My roommate
just wasn’t what I ex
pected, so we had a lot
of trouble getting
along. When a room
on hall became open I
asked Quanda if I
could move in and she
said yes. Now I get
along great with both
my old and new room
mates!,” said Junior
Heather Rickman.
This year moving is
easy and so it hap
pens more often.
On J'** Bryan
there were a couple
problems in the begin
ning of the year. The
only way to move the
girls so they could be
happy caused many
of the girls on the hall
to have to be shuffled
among the rooms.
This seems ridiculous
to many students.
“Living with
other students is part
of the NCSSM experi
ence,” said Senior
Gemille Ford.
Moving a
couple of girls to dif
ferent rooms best
solved the problems
away
alison chu
What do plastic
bins, tan robes, and
curry-covered pota
toes have in common?
They can all be found
at the Hare Krishna
dinners on Duke’s
East campus every
Monday night. Mem
bers of the Hare
Krishna religion pre
pare a hot, tasty meal
and serve it on the
steps of
the Duke
Coffee
house,
attracting
a diverse
crowd of
hungry
students.
ordinary. Curry-cov
ered potatoes follow
the beans, offering a
bright contrast to the
dull maroon-colored
beans. They also add
a spicy element to the
meal.
To counter
the subtle sting of the
potatoes, the Hare
Krishna members of
fer a sweet nectar
drink, that on good
~Roommates
continued pll
On cold,
wintry
days, hot
steam
rises fiom
the big
vats of
food, dis-
pensing
delicious
aromas
across a
fifty-foot radius. Be
hind each vat stands
a member of the Hare
Krishna religion, smil
ing and holding a sil
ver ladle, overflowing
with mysterious eth
nic dishes. Bachman
contributes his own
portion to the plate,
adding to the colorful
montage of curious
dishes.
Each plate
receives a whopping
serving of rice or pasta
as the main suste
nance. But the excit
ing part of the Hare
Krishna meals is the
variety of sumptuous
vegetarian side dishes
to mix into and use to
flavor one’s rice. In
cluded with the meal
is a piece of white
bread, perfect for dip
ping into vegetable
sauces.
The Hare
Krishnans serve tra
ditional navy beans,
but with an added In-
dian flavoring the
beans taste far from
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nan enjoying meal on Uttke campus
days, tastes like a
sweeter, thicker ver
sion of citrus juice,
perhaps with a wig of
mango or melon on
the side. On bad
days, it leaves some
thing to be desired.
Of course, this
meal would not be
complete without a
desert. This area of
the meal is incompa
rable. Though the
sweetness of the
desert is not as for
eign as other ethni-
cally-flavored
delicacies, the Hare
Krishna deserts have
a strange consistency
but appeal to the
sweet tooth of Ameri
can-raised students.
The cool
creme-of-wheat- like
desert offers a little bit
of a weekly surprise.
Each week one leaves
wondering what color
it’s going to be next.
Along with the color,
it changes flavor —
from bluebeny to pea
nut butter to cinna
mon. The cake served
resembles American
cake, except that the
icing is sweet and
sugary, not sweet and
fluffy.
This meal
leaves you not only
satisfied and full-bel
lied, but tvith a feeling
that you were a part
of another culture
even for a brief mo
ment. The Hare
Krishna re
ligion is
based on
t h e
Krishna or
the Su-
p r e m e .
Krishna it
self means
“all-attrac-
t I V e .
Members
of the Hare
Krishnare-
1 i g i o n
chant as a
way of
seeking the
Krishnadi-
r e c 11 y.
They say
Hare as a
. call to the divine en
ergy of Krishna. The
purpose of calling the
energy lies in return
ing to a natural state
of consciousness and
away fi-om the tangled
,web of daily living.
This is called the
Krishna conscious
ness which is waiting
to come out of every
person.
The meals
are cooked in devo
tion to Krishna and
proves to expose stu
dents to the possibili
ties offered by the
Hare Krishna religion.
Alongside the table
on which the food
bins sit, lie pamphlets
and books about the
Hare Krishna religion.
If you’re interested in
Asian philosophy or
just looking for a
good, hot bit of
home-cooking, or
well, tasty cooking,
visit the Hare
Krishnans Monday
evenings, from 5:30 to
6:30.