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2 Thursday, April 6,1995 Gardens of Beauty in the Middle of Jersey p BY ELIZABETH MAYBACH *'• STAFF WRITER You don’t have to like Cherokee Parks to like the Susan P. Duke Gardens on the Duke University campus. The gardens consist of 55 acres of trees, flowers and lakes: the perfect spot for a breather. The gardens, located on the Duke Uni versity West Campus, are just within sight of Duke Chapel. The entrance gates, like the chapel, are Gothic and just a little forbidding. It is well worth the effort, how ever. Once you squeeze through the narrow entrance, the gardens stretch out before you. Even if you know nothing about flow ers and trees, the symmetry and colors in the place are incredible. The gardens are a memorial to Sarah P. Duke, wife of one of the founders of the university. The first garden, begun in the early 19305, was destroyed by floods. The area was replanted by Duke’s daughter as a memorial to her mother in 1936, and improvements on the park con tinue today. The gardens were originally intended for the university, and the only entrance was inside the campus. Today, however, the area is open to the public from 8 a.m. until dusk daily. Volunteers lead free hourlong tours of the gardens every Sunday at 2 p.m. While the tours are a good way to get oriented in the large park, the best way to enjoy it might be to improvise. People bring romantic caviar picnics for two or fried chicken and the kids. What ever the plan, don’t forget to include a camera because the tulips are blooming and the dogwoods are just about to follow suit. Duke Gardens has several sections, in cluding one devoted to plants native to the southeastern United States. This area, called the Blomquist Garden of Native ! Plants, is cool and quiet. In the far eastern Corner of the garden is a pavilion situated jbeside a small pond. 1 Children seem drawn to this area be cause it has several millstones that make a path across the pond and plenty of flat rocks that are perfect for skipping. J Perhaps the most beautiful section of the Duke Gardens lies at its heart. The area Students Learn ABCs of Teaching Through Hands-On Experience DTH/KATIF. CANNON < Student teacher Mindy Shields (middle) helps her students Amy Fyle and Whitney Sturdivant during a teaching workshop. great scores... U Kaplan helps you , flSJ'fili (ni'jhlß focus your test prep study where you need ~ it most. We’ll show you the proven skills and test-taking WMiliV Ili In 1 11 techniques that help you get a higher ▼ score. great skills... Kaplan has the most complete arsenal of test prep tools \ available. 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The terrace area was designed by American landscape architect Ellen Shipman and remains her only public garden. Duke Gardens is extremely crowded on BYSTACEYMEWBORN STAFF WRITER While many seniors spend spring se mester indulging in the final leisurely days of undergraduate life, senior education majors get a head start on sampling the trials and tribulations of the real world. As student teachers, education majors have the opportunity to receive the hands on experience necessary to ease the transi tion from being a student to being a teacher. For some, the experience can be a tough transition to the real world. Senior Mindy Shields of Winston-Salem said student teaching was a big commitment that in volved sacrifices such as dropping the so cial scene and adapting to an early-to-bed, early-to-rise lifestyle. Shields, who has been teaching first grade this semester at Carrboro Elemen tary School, said it was a full-time job. Shannon Cosart, an elementary educa tion major from Cary, said his days have begun at 5:30 a.m. since he started student teaching. “The hardest thing has been the shift in hours,” he said. However, Shields and Cosart both said they had reaped valuable returns for their time and energy. As well as gaining experience as a teacher, Cosart said he had learned addi tional skills, such as dealing with other employees. “I’ve learned some submission to authority as far as work-relation skills and to listen to the advice of those with more experience,” he said. Shields said she had learned to be persis tent and to take each day as it came. “If I have a bad day, I rechannel my energy into DEADLINE EXTENDED! Dean. Jerry. Rasheed. Jeff. Pearce. They'll all be in the 1995 Yackety Yack. Will YOU? We have extended our Spring portrait session for ONE MORE WEEK! Seniors should call 962-3912 to make an appointment. Underclassmen may walk in. • 10am-7pm, 213 Union GET YOUR FACE IN THE YEARBOOK OF CHAMPIONS! FEATURES sunny weekends, so a weekday visit might be best for stressed students. For directions or more information, call (919) 684-3698. Information is available 24 hours a day, and questions will be answered from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. the next day to make things work.” Carolyn Jones, the assistant director of the professional development schools pro gram in the School of Education, said education majors were required to student teach for a minimum of 10 weeks. Profes sors observe student teachers once a week to give advice, and seminars give students the chance to share ideas with each other. Jones said student teachers were placed in the public school systems of Chapel Hill- Carrboro and of Orange, Durham and Chatham counties. Occasionally, students are sent to Wake or Alamance counties. “We try to cluster our students at schools to give them opportunities to carpool, share ideasand provide moral support,” she said. She said students in the School of Edu cation could major in one of four divisions: elementary education, which focuses on grades K-5; secondary education, which includes English, math, science and social studies; middle school; and special sub jects, which includes foreign language, physical education and music and which certifies graduates to teach grades K-12. Although education majors are required to observe the classroom setting the semes ter prior to student teaching and to take preparatory coursework including a meth ods class, Cosart said he did not feel com pletely confident about taking over the classroom. “The largest challenge is putting the theory into practice,” he said. Shields agreed that it’s difficult to pre pare for the actual classroom experience. She said learning everything from books and practicing teaching techniques on peers did not reveal the potential problems of Native Americans Focus Of Weekend Conference BYJONNELLE DAVIS STAFF WRITER Visiting professors Theda Perdue and Michael Green are not Native Americans, yet they realize the value of the culture on campus and elsewhere. Forthis reason, they have organized the Native Americans and Native American Studies in North Carolina Conference, to be held Friday and Saturday in Greenlaw Hall. It is free and open to the public. The conference, sponsored by the American studies curriculum and the N. C. Humanities Council, is designed to bring representatives of the Native American community to campus and to create an awareness of Native Americans and their contributions. The conference will begin at 7:30 p.m. Friday with a roundtable discussion that includes a variety ofNative American com munities. “It highlights not only the differences among native people but many of the com mon interests and concerns they have,” Perdue said. The conference will continue Saturday with topics such as “Living on the Land,” “Challenges Facing Native Carolinians” and “Native People in Urban Areas.” The husband and wife team of Perdue and Green are visiting professors in Ameri can studies. They normally teach courses Campus Calendar THURSDAY NOON Hunger Cleanup wit) be recruiting volun teers in the Pit until 1 p.m. today and Friday for Saturday’s event. 11 a.m. Students for Children’s Easter Egg Hunt will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. Sunday. Sign up at the table in the Pit to sponsor an egg, or call Michele at 914-6465. 3:30p.m. “Delivery ofDocuments and More: A View of Trends Affecting Libraries and Publishers” will be held in 208 Manning Hall. Tall tales, anecdotes and humorous stories will be told by Orville Hicks, a native of Beech Mountain, in Toy Lounge of Dey Hall. 4p.m. Canned Food Drive Auction will be held in 100 Hamilton Hall. “Can Responsible Conduct Be Taught?” an open forum in the School ofMedicine, will be held in 105 Berry hill Hall. Candlelight Vigil to note the third anniversary of the fighting in Bosnia will be held until 6 p.m. at the Franklin St. post office. 7 p.m. Carolina Indian Circle will meet in the South Gallery of the Union. All are welcome. “Implications that Stereotypes haveon the Black Male Psyche" will be presented in 103 Bingham Hall. 7:30 p.m. Astronaut Bernard Harris and cosmo naut Vladimir Titov will share experiences on the STS-63 space mission at the Morehead Planetarium. discipline and how to keep control of the classroom. “The most challenging aspect of student teaching is classroom manage ment and trying to fill the shoes of the cooperating teacher in ways that the kids will respect you,” Shields said. The School of Education is in the pro cess of adapting its program to address these concerns of the students, Jones said. “The school is relatively small for an insti tution this size,” she said. “We thought we could do an even better job if we could focus on a smaller group of students.” Jones said that all programs had a lim ited enrollment and that there would be some further restrictions in the future. She said that instead of the current level of 100 elementary school student teachers, only 50 would be accepted next year. Jones said other changes were being planned, including giving earlier assign ments to junior education majors for their classrooms and cooperating teachers. She said this would give students more time to observe the classroom, to get to know the kids, and to become acquainted with the teacher and his or her teaching style. By redesigning the elementary program so that students will know in the fall their placements for the spring, Jones said they could begin attending their assigned school before the school year to see what was involved in setting up the classrooms. Foreign language students could also start from day one in the classroom for the spring semester with a split practicum that involves seven weeks of teaching elemen tary grades and seven weeks of teaching middle and high school, Jones said. She said there would also be a change in the secondary education program. Begin ning with the freshman class of 1996, the program alteration will require a four-year undergraduate degree in an area of study and a one-year master’s program in the School of Education, Jones said. In addition, she said the school had added a program that focused on training students for working with children from birth through kindergarten. WorlctTeach is looking for people who hove a mind to travel. 3ljp Sally 3ar Uppl in Native American history and culture at the University of Kentucky. This semester, Perdue is teaching an undergraduate course on Native Ameri can women, while Green is teaching “Na tive American People in the West” and a graduate studies course in Native Ameri can history. The University has no formal Native American studies department but has in corporated Native American history courses into the history and anthropology departments, Perdue said. “We are hoping this is the start of some thing,” she said. “The conference will fur ther highlight not only contemporary is sues but culture.” Perdue and Green first considered the idea of a conference in the fall, when they visited the campus and talked with the Carolina Indian Circle. “It was a suggested symposium to give the opportunity to converse and get a sense of what others were doing,” Green said. Perdue, who helped develop Cherokee studies at Western Carolina University, said she had long been interested in Native American history. “We don’t think there’s anything strange about non-Germans studying German,” she said. “We think Native American his tory is just as rich. It’s a very valid aca demic pursuit that attracts scholars from any type of background.” 8 p.m. “Crooks or Jerks? The Difference Be tween Ethics and Etiquette in Research” will be presented in 105 Benyhill Hall. Philip Levine, author of “What Work Is the Simple Truth” and “New Selected Poems,” will read his poetry in Gerrard Hall. “Factors in the Development of Responsible Professional Behavior: Mentorship, Ethics Instruc tion and Innate Sensibilities,” will be presented in Hanes Art Center auditorium. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” a play about the music and life of the legendary Billie Holiday, will be presented in the Union Cabaret. FRIDAY 1:30 p.m. DIE-IN, performance in the Pit of a sniping event, where snipets will “target” innocent civilians. 3:15 p.m. “Paleovisions: Archaeology, God desses and Paleolithic Art” will be presented in the Hanes Art Center. 5 p.m. 1996 Senior Class Marshal applications are due. They are available at the Union desk. 7 p.m. Dick Gable All Stars will perform a jazz concert in the Star Theater of the Morehead Plan etarium. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $3.50 for students and children. Proceeds will benefit plan etarium educational programs. 8 p.m. “Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill,” a play about the music and life of the legendary Billie Holiday, will be presented in the Union Cabaret. CHASE FROM PAGE 1 had to fight in the past to remain in Chase 2. ,and vi “Ever since we acquired the space, Af rican-American groups have had to battle for that space,” she said. “It pains me to see that we are back in that situation again.” Yarbrough said other alternatives had been considered that might give the stu dent groups more space. “I was hoping that I could get them something that they would like better,” she said. Yarbrough said one of the possibilities discussed had been to take the snack bar out of Morrison and to use that space for student activities. The students said they opposed this because they were happy in Chase 2 and because it would inconve nience Morrison residents. Yarbrough said she had not gotten as much accomplished in the meeting as she had hoped. “I don’t think we moved any where," she said. BSM President Ladell Robbins said he believed that the student groups had moved a step closer to remaining in Chase 2. He said, “I am pleased that the recom mendation will be made." COUNCIL FROM PAGE 1 can cut out of the budget and find addi tional sources of revenue,” council mem ber Mark Chilton said. “I thinkthat whether or not we increase the fares now, we’re going to have significant problems next year.” A proposed fee increase for police record checks, which would impose a sls fee for background information checks, was also sent along to the town manager. The police department conducts about 35 background checks per week. The current fee of $5 does not cover the actual cost. The increased rate would gen erate an additional $18,200 in revenue. However, the council expressed doubt about an increase in the rates for a cem etery plot. The current rates, S2OO per plot for a resident and S4OO for a nonresident, would be doubled.
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