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JESSICA RIOS
lowed her to define her identity at
the University.
“Being Hispanic definitely
makes me feel like a minority,”
she said. “But it’s something I’m
proud of. It’s part of my identity
and it brings mebackto my roots. ”
She is also co-chairwoman of
the Campus Y’s Big Buddy pro
gram, where she acts as a role
model for two children.
“Big Buddies is one of the most
important things I’ve done at
Carolina,” she said. “I see myself
working in the same environ
ment, with kids who need special
attention.”
Azra Shaikh
Shaikh is a senior from Cary.
She was nominated by Alpha
Epsilon Delta, the premedical
national honor society.
She is involved with Sangam,
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AZRA SHAIKH
Muslim Students Association and
AED. Shaikh was vice president
of Sangam duringher junior year.
She was also a part of the health
sciences living and learning pro
gram as a junior. She is now suite
coordinator of the health sciences
living and learning program,
which is housed in Carmichael
Residence Hall.
Her sophomore year she was
an intern at Glaxo and vice presi
dent of Whitehead Residence
Hall. She took part in the Emerg
ing Leaders Program. She has
volunteered at the Ronald
McDonald House.
Working with the Sangam Ex
ecutive Board, she says she was
instrumental in securing a Hindi-
Urdu class at the University.
Joy Starnes
Starnes is a communication
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JOY STARNES
studies major from Monroe. She
was nominated by the Order of
the Bell Tower.
She has been the social chair
woman and treasurer of the Or
der of the Bell Tower.
Starnes has also participated in
other campus activities, includ
ing project literacy, Yoke fellows
prison outreach, peer tutoring and
the senior class gift campaign.
“The things I’ve been involved
in are service-oriented,” Starnes
said.
“I don’t want to sit behind a
desk all day and punch numbers.
I want to be involved in helping
people.”
She said she wanted to repre
sent the University at Homecom
ing because she had enjoyed her
experience here so much.
Starnes said, “I get goose
bumps just thinking about how
proud I am to be here.”
Axing of Service Project
Turns Homecoming Tide
Into ‘Weekend Position’
BY MARVA HINTON
STAFF WRITER
This year’s Homecoming queen
contestants are not required to pro
pose and complete a service
project. The selection process will
instead focus on a candidate’s his
tory of activism within the Univer
sity and the community.
In the past, candidates were
judged in part on their service
projects. Once elected, the Home
coming queen was required to
complete her project in the spring.
If the queen did not meet this re
quirement, she lost her title.
Anthony Reid, president of the
Carolina Athletic Association, said
the decision to eliminate the ser
vice project was based on CAA’s
desire to make the contest fair to
all applicants.
“The service projects were be
coming increasingly elaborate,”
Reid said. “We realized it’s not
fair to ‘grade’ candidates on the
feasibility of funding of projects.
We did not want to turn the con
test into a financial competition.”
In the past, the queen and the
organization that sponsored her
were responsible for raising the
money to fund the project.
Reid also said the fact that a
Homecoming queen was not
elected as a public official but se
lected for her position persuaded
CAA to change the service require
ment.
“Homecoming queen is an hon
orary position,” Reid said. “She
does not have duties she is ex
pected to perform. Although her
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reign is a year, in some ways it’s a
weekend position.”
Nikki Allen, Homecoming com
mittee chairwoman, said she
agreed that the Homecoming
queen’s role had become too broad.
“We agreed unanimously that
the service project took away from
the queen’s main responsibility,
which is to represent the school
during Homecoming,” Allen said.
Allen said the candidates’ his
tory of service was important and
would still be a factor in the judg
ing.
“The judges are looking for
someone who has taken advan
tage of all the opportunities to get
involved on campus,” Allen said.
Reid cited the busy schedule of
most seniors andthetransition that
occurred in the leadership of CAA
in the spring as additional prob
lems with the service project that
had occurred in the past.
Past queens had to complete their
service project in the spring semes
ter at the same time that they were
preparing for graduation and often
under different CAA leadership.
“Former CAA leaders had the
responsibility of making sure the
queen did her project when they
weren’t even in office,” Reid said.
Reid said the CAA wanted the
Homecoming queen’s year-long
reign to be pleasant. “All our at
tempts are directed at making this
a positive experience for the young
ladies and the campus as a whole,
which will culminate into a won
derful Homecoming that will be
memorable for all.”
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