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Wednesday, September 29,1993
Classes Help Students
BYROBIN RODES
STAFF WRITER
Amid several half-empty coffee cups
and jumbled research materials, a small
digital alarm dock reads 1 a.m. Hollow
tapping sounds emanate from a rumpled
figure hunched over the keyboard of a
computer.
Page number nine. One more to go.
The smile stretching across the student’s
haggard face refuses to be quelled.
“The professor will be so impressed,”
thinks the student, mentally tallying up an
A for adding graphics on the cover page
and employing various fonts to make the
paper attractive. With a sigh of relief, the
student keys in the concluding sentence
and sends it to the printer.
In the middle of the second yawn—the
writer mentally has climbed into a soft
comfortable bed for the night the
student’s eyes suspiciously pop open. A
terrible silence fills the room.
The printer quietly stares at the student,
poised halfway between the witty intro
duction and thought-provoking body. A
deep pit of blackness looms from the com
puter screen. Attempting to get his master
piece back on the screen, the student lists
the files on the disk. It is blank.
Horrified, the student stands anchored
to the floor.
Tales of computer agonies like this one
regularly circulate through UNC’s bus
tling computer labs, striking fear in some
and making others stubbornly resolve to
master the great computer beast, some
times described as the job seeker’s key to
the future.
“This is the age of the computer,” said
sophomore Melissa Kurzensk. “I’ll defi
nitely need to be computer literate to suc
WEDNESDAY
12:50 p.m. The Loreleis will sing in the Pit.
2p.m. University Career Services will present
Job Hunt 104, expanding your job search work
shop, for seniors and graduate students in 210
Hanes Hall.
3:15 p.m. The Anthropology Dept, will
present V.Y. Mudimbe, speaking on "Tales of
Faith: African Religions as Political Performance ”
in 308 Alumni Hall.
University Career Services will present Job
Hunt 101A, exploring your options: How to start
from scratch in deciding which career field is best
for you, for seniors and graduate student in 210
Hanes Hall.
3:30 p.m. University Career Services will
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“All of our classes are very
popular. We usually have a
waiting list. ”
SHERRY GRAHAM
Educational services manager
Office of Information Technology
ceed in the work force.”
Kurzenski intends to be exactly that.
She has enrolled in one of the free com
puter classes offered by the Office of Infor
mation Technology “Macintosh: Get
ting Started.”
“This will be my first one,” she said.
“It’s a prerequisite to the other (Macin
tosh) courses. From there, I’ll just build on
that knowledge.”
Kurzenski is anew student employee in
OlT’strainingcenterin Hanes Hall. Citing
the on-campus location, up-to-date com
puter equipment and software, and the
lack of cost, this computer service is too
good to overlook, she said.
OIT Educational Services Manager
Sherry Graham said many students who
took one of OlT’s computer classes felt this
way. In fact, with classes on E-mail,
Pagemaker, Windows, Superpaint, Excel
and many others, students often get hooked.
“All of our classes are very popular. We
usually have a waiting list,” she said.
About 1,000 graduate and undergradu
ate students make use of the classes each
year, she said. “Our heaviest participants
are the staff on campus,” Graham added.
“They use our facilities a lot, and I’m sure
that is because they don’t have class con
flicts like students do.”
To balance out the enrollment, OIT
Campus Calendar
hold an introduction-of-intemships workshop for
underclassmen in 306 Hanes Hall.
4 p.m. Student Bicentennial Planning Com
mittee will have a “Celebrating Carolina’s Cul
tures” project meeting in Union 226.
5 p.m. The CUAB College Bowl Committee
will hold a training meeting for volunteer readers
and scorers for the on-campus tournament in the
Union Great Hall balcony.
Women against Rape will meet in Union 210.
The Japan Club will meet in Union 220.
The Vegetarian Club will hold a free vegetar
ian dinner in the McCorkle Place.
The UNC College Republicans will meet in
105 Gardner Hall.
5:15 p.m. The Newman Catholic Student
Center will have a picnic with English Professor
George Lensing.
5:30 p.m. The Asian Student Association
will meet in Union 208-209 to discuss East Asian
marriage rituals and a dating game.
The Spanish House will meet at Papagayo for
its weekly conversation program.
The Lutheran Campus Ministry will present
service and dinner at the Lutheran Campus Cen
ter.
UNIVERSITY
Conquer Computers
offers classes from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
“We’ll continue to do that as long as there
is a demand for it,” Graham said.
Classes fill up very quickly each month
when the new schedule is issued, she said.
Enrollment is limited, usually to 10 people
for the hands-on classes and 30 people for
the other courses. The investment of time
in the courses—one-time, two-hour shots
is another incentive, she said.
Many UNC students peruse the OlT’s
class listings as if it were a menu, ticking off
on their fingers which classes they would
like to take.
“Anything to do with the Macintosh I
would take,” said Chris Watson, a sopho
more from Hamlet.
Another student chose Windows. “That
program is on the rise,” noted freshman
Lisa Marie Hallsey. “A lot of companies
are using it.”
6 p.m. The Graduate and Professional Stu
dent Federation will hold a senators’ reception in
the Phi Camber of New East. RSVP 962-5675.
6:30 p.m. The Marine Action Coalition will
meet in the Campus Y lounge.
7 p.m. Campos Y HOPE will meet in the
Campus Y lobby.
The Curriculum in Peace, War and Defense
will sponsor Dr. Sergei A. Kondrashev, former
KGB Lt. General, speaking on “Soviet Secret
Services: An Insider’s Perspective,” in the Hill
Hall Auditorium.
CUAB College Bowl will bold a mandatory
meeting for captains of teams entered in the on
campus College Bowl Tournament in Union2l2.
The BCC Cross Cultural Communication
Workshop will present “Where Do We Go From
Here? Community or Chaos?” in the BCC.
UNC Habitat for Humanity will meet to dis
cuss the Fall Break building trip in the Union
Auditorium.
7:30 p.m. The Golden Key National Honor
Society will hold its first general meeting for new
members in Union 220.
The Shag Club will meet in the Women’s
Gym.
Junior Eric Garnett has similar motiva
tions. “I thought about taking the one on
Excel. I thought it might be useful to know
about a spreadsheet program,” he said.
Amber Fewell, a sophomore from
Wilmington, had more ambition. “I’dprob
ably take Pagemaker, Lotus, the E-mail
course and maybe Windows,” she said. “I
think Pagemaker is important. I was in
newspaper and layout, and displaying an
ad is important.”
For farther information on available
classes or to register for a class, call 962-
1160.
For those who cannot fit a class into
their busy schedule or who find the class
they want is full, handouts created to ac
company the classes might be good substi
tutes. They range from an introduction to
certain programs to the more advanced
functions of specific software programs.
SARR will meet in the Campus Y upstairs
lounge.
The Senior Class is sponsoring a graduate and
professional schools seminar in the George Watts
Hill Alumni Center.
The Self Knowledge Symposium will meet in
the Union Frank Porter Graham lounge.
9 p.m. WXYC 89.3 FM will feature John
Oswald’s “Plexure” on the inside track.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Spanish House has room for one more
female. Applications will be accepted until Thurs
day. Contact the Spanish House.
CircleK encourages all UNC men to apply for
the Mr. UNC contest by today. Applications can
be picked up at the Union desk.
University Career Services will hold an Inter
national Careers Conference Oct. 30 at the George
Watts Hill Alumni Center. The program costs
515. Come by UCS, 211 Hanes Hall, forprogram
information and registration form. Deadline Oct.
7.
Student Congress Funded Groups must con
tact Philip Charles-Pierre (932-9805) to sign up
for the Pit exhibition of student groups.
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Exhibit Displays Memories
Of Past Student Generations
BY JIFFER BOURGUIGNON
STAFF WRITER
Slimy watermelon seeds and juicy rinds
littered the streets of the University’s cam
pus in the fall of 1859 as students scurried
to retrieve watermelons from a wagon
pulled by freshmen arriving from the local
market. Upperclassmen rushed at the
wagon in an attempt to carry as many
watermelons back to their dorms as they
could manage in what evolved into a con
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called “Fresh '
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eluded in a Bicentennial student life ex
hibit in Wilson Library called “200 Years
of Student Life at UNC.”
In honor of the University’s Bicenten
nial Celebration, the Friends of the Library
are presenting the exhibit, to be displayed
on the third floor of Wilson library.
The exhibit will open Thursday with a
speech by James Leloudis, assistant pro
fessor of history, commenting on the role
students have played in shaping many fac
ets of the modem University and its cur
riculum.
The material presented in Leloudis’
speech is taken from student letters, diaries
and manuscripts, some dating back to the
late 1700s. Families and relatives of the
authors donated the manuscripts to the
University’s manuscript department.
Lisa Tolbert, a history graduate student
who compiled the exhibit, said it show
cased the students’ perspective of Univer
sity life beginning in the late 18 th century
and continuing to the present. The Special
HERZENBERG
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done.”
Herzenberg said he expected that coun
cil members’ reactions to his decision not
to launch a write-in campaign would range
from jubilation to unhappiness.
Matt Stiegler, a senior UNC history
major who supported Herzenberg, was
shocked by the announcement.
“I don’t think the issue was ever about
taxes. It was always about a progressive,
effective town council member and an
openly gay elected official,” he said.
Stiegler also said he wasn’t pleased with
the way some council members had treated
Herzenberg. “Julie Andresen publicly said
he was hurting the council’s credibility and
doesn’t deserve to be on town council.
That is absurd because he is a superb coun
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Collections Department wanted to focus
on the students’ view, as opposed to that of
the administration, she said.
“The exhibit is illustrated with paint
ings and photographs from the North Caro
lina collection and artifacts from the Uni
versity archives, including faculty meeting
minutes and dialectic society records,”
Tolbert said. “Many of the letters focus on
similar concerns of today's students: lone
liness, shortage of money, hazing rituals,”
Tolbert said.
The journals tell of annual ice-skating
breaks on local mill ponds dating back to
the mid 1800s giving contemporary stu
dents an idea of climate changes over the
years. Also included are reports made in
1797 of chinches (bedbugs). The small in
sects plagued students’ bed sheets, forcing
the students to sleep in the hallways or use
creative methods of extermination, such as
leaving pans ofwater out in hopes of drown
ing the insects.
Historical background is also a focus of
the manuscripts, covering topics such as
the first admittance ofwomen in the 1870's
and of African-American students in 1955.
One thing that has not changed is the
students’ favorite extracurricular activity:
drinking. According to one journal, many
students spent the University’s annual ob
servance of George Washington’s birth
day “completely inebriated.”
In addition to literary manuscripts, there
are several photographs on display, in
cluding an original daguerreotype photo
graph, believed to be the earliest picture of
the University’s students, dating back to
the early 1850’s. We hope the exhibit will
attract die interest of the students, consid
ering it is material written by their preced
ing counterparts,” Tolbert said. “The ex
periences of the students are similar, de
spite the difference in time period.”
cilman,” he said.
Council member Joe Capowski, who
signed the petition calling for Herzenberg’s
ouster, said he was happy with the decision
of his former colleague.
“I, like the majority of the council,
thought he should resign, and I am happy
he did,” Capowski said. “The healing pro
cess now begins for the council, and we
have to gain the respect by the citizens for
the council. I wish Joe well.”
Herzenberg said he did not yet have any
plans. “It’s not that my life will be empty
without this. It will be less full, but it won’t
be empty,” he said. “I think I’ve been good
at what I’ve been doing. The human mind
is an incredible organ, and it can adjust.”
Steigler said Chapel Hill would lose a
good council member. “It’s a little bit of a
dark day for Chapel Hill because Joe is
something special.”