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2 Wednesday, March 20,1996 Costa Rica Mission Trip Opens Students’ Eyes BY JOHN MARTIN STAFF WRITER Beautiful, warm, sunny Costa Rica most people visit for its fishing, beaches, mountains and food. Over Spring Break, however, sosme students, ministers and directors from the Episcopal campus min istries of UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greens boro and UNC-Charlotte visited this Cen tral American country for a different rea son than sunning and funning. The group did enjoy the mild weather, but its main objective was to share different cultural and religious experiences with Costa Rican natives. The Rev. Charles Hawes, an Episcopal chaplain at UNC- m .gualimtjikm'dat licCa/USc ... jpf .te JLgridff /> jp : your only class, OS/2 Warp is 32-bit and 7 Jgiflylw ‘SjjM gives you true Multitasking to run programs simultaneously. Now you can calculate jr J those chemical equations while your term . 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Visiting a Christian congregation’s service in one of the poorest parts of San Juan allowed the students to witness an other form of Christian life and worship besides the typical Sunday suit-and-tie ser vices in which many Christian Americans take part. The simplicity and extreme de votion displayed in the service by the small congregation impressed and inspired the group, the participants said. “We noticed die overwhelming devo tion of Christians to help their people Welcome to Superb Indian Cuisine Sj| MAMASMR^ I IMDIaJp Under New Management BUFFET LUNCH $4.95 MONDAY-SATURDAY Lunch 11:30an>2:30pm Open for Dinner Mon-Sun 5-10:30pm 1301 E. Franklin SI. Chapel Hill • 967-6622 A Triangle Women’s Health Clinic Low cost termination to 20 weeks of pregnancy. Call for an appointment Monday - Saturday. FREE Pregnancy Testing "Dedicated to the Health Care of Women. ” 942-0011 101 Connor Dr., Suite 402 Chapel Hill, NC across from University Mail ABORTION TO 20 WEEKS CITY & FEATURES through word and act, getting the means and the power from very small resources, with strong faith and hope for the outcome of their work,” said Schmid. The second aspect of the trip involved observing the Costa Rican educational experience and the country’s society. The group traveled to different schools in nearby towns and cities. Having been brought up in a country with a superior educational system, the Americans couldn'tbelieve the lack of space, classroom materials and equipment in the classrooms due to insuf ficient funds. The students were very hospitable and enthusiastic about their visitors. “Ofallthe people we met in Costa Rica, the children made the biggest impression on me,” ex plained Elizabeth Moore, a recent gradu ate of UNC-Greensboro. “It was obvious to me that the children and me wanted to get to know each other despite the lan guage barrier.” The final aspect of this Costa Rican mission trip was witnessing firsthand the nature of Costa Rica and its environment. This was especially interesting because of the variety of climates and terrain which Costa Rica contains. While driving in two vans from the city of San Jose to a moun tain national park and on through the flatlands along the Pacific Coast, the voy agers constantly had to navigate through potholes and over unpaved roads with missing or damaged signs. This also ex posed the students to Costa Rica’s diverse climates, where temperatures range from the high seventies in San Jose to the fifties in the mountains. WEDNESDAY 11p.m. DISSERTATION SUPPORT GROUP: Handle the problems that block progress with spe cific strategies. University Counseling Center in Nash Hall. 962-2175. Reservations required. 12 p.m. ZEN MEDITATION m Room 210 of the Union. Meditation Instruction from 12 to 12:20. Meditation from 12:20 to 12:50. Everyone welcome. 3:30p.m. WO MENTORS AND PROTEGEES i’ j ppM pMf Mr im p I V > 1,1 •■■>-& afe-.aLi\ai | | ~Vf ■ I The world’s largest student travel organization. 800-777-0112 d£2 The group spent one day at La Selva, which is the Biological Research Station of the Center for Tropical Studies (OET). After receiving a brief introduction to the rain forests, the group trekked through one of Costa Rica’s many rain forests. In addi tion, the group observed banana and coffee farms and other forms of tropical plants along the road. As Schmid, who is also an international graduate student at UNC-CH, explained, “I have never seen such a great beauty of nature. Constantly I was amazed about a great view from the van or an animal or plant that we found right on our walk through the rain forest.” After spending most of the time on a strenuous quest learning about the life, the peopleand the nature ofCosta Rica, every one on the trip relaxed back in San Josd with some time for shopping and a little dancing in one of the local "discotecas.” The participants said they felt very lucky to have learned about such a culture. “ The most important thing that I learned was that our culture needs to understand that just because a different place of the world doesn’t have the same material pos session as we do, it doesn’t make this place inferior to ours,” said Richard Helmer, a junior at UNC-Greensboro. “We have to leam to respect their dignity.” The group members said they planned to maintain a lasting relationship with the Costa Ricans. This mission trip not only provided the participants with an invalu able experience, but also enhanced plan ning for future trips, which is always the case with virgin exploration. Campus Calendar are invited to a discussion of networking in Toy Lounge, DeyHall. 4 p.m. UNDERGRADUATE SOCIOLOGY CLUB will meet in 220 Union. DR. DAVID PRICE, professor of political sci ence at Duke University, will present the 1996 Alfred I. Dupont Distinguished Leadership Lecture, “Eth ics Beyond the Rulebook,” at North Carolina State University in Room 2010 Biltmore Hall. Council Pleased With Community Gym Project BY GIBSON PATE STAFF WRITER The proposed Hargraves Gymnasium, which will serve as a multi-purpose com munity center for the town, came one step closerto becoming a reality Monday night. The Chapel Hill Town Council, which has already allocated money for the gym nasium, voted to refer the project to the town manager, with construction slated to beginnext spring. Townstaffmem ber J.B. Culpepper said tennis courts, a baseball field and an outdoor swimming center were also in the works. Maryßeebofthe Planning Board said the design of the fa cility by architect George Smart was very well planned. In order to build Council member JOE CAPOWSKI said the Hargraves Gym project was needed and a good idea. all of these new facilities, the town must apply for modification of the current park’s special-use permit, which should not be difficult to obtain, said Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos. Assistant Town Manager Sonna Loewenthal acted as the applicant for the town of Chapel Hill, requesting a special- 5:30 p.m. STUDENT NIGHT: Come to Newman Center for dinner followed by a Reconcili ation Service. 8 p.m. An evening with TOM DELUCA, hypno tist, in Memorial Hall. Free. ITEMS OF INTEREST MSA Juma’a Salaat: Every Friday 1:10 p.m. For the Record In *oh Say, Can’t He Sit' (Mar. 19) the player's name should have been spelled Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, and he makes $31,707 per game. In "Parking Up the Wrong Tree?,' THE POPPER jUU Prime Pep^fc- JPacked With ... "pREMO" Tncttnirfinnc- Untwist tongue, then pop palette instructions. with Poppers untU pLeased . South Square Mall & Cary Towne Center | $2.25 Mexican Import $2 Kamikazis I (Elf* laily (Ear Hrel use permit to change Hargraves Park to a new Hargraves Gymnasium on North Roberson Street. Council member Pat Evans said she was pleased with the support shown in favor of the gym. “I wish the town could fund more projects like this one.” Likewise, Joe Capowski agreed the dis cussion of details and the decision to for ward plans for the Hargraves Gym were productive. “I think it’s wonderful that we can do something like this,” Capowski said. “We have the money for the project, so now it is time to take action.’’ Capowski said the cost would exceed the given budget, but the council would find ways to solve the problem. Evans said the Hargraves Gym was something the council had dreamed of implementing for a long time. “The facility is in a good location, and the council has been talking about the project since I was first elected to the council,” she said. Capowski said there was a great need for the new gym. “This project has been talked about for a long time, it was just a matter of it bubbling up to be a main priority.” Residents of the Roberson area have looked forward to the building of the gym since the idea was first proposed three years ago. “I am very anxious to see this project get started, ” said Elaine Norwood, a Chapel Hill resident. “I want this project for the kids in the neighborhood, ” she said. Student Union 208-209. Need more information? Call Mohammad Banawan 914-3036 SHARON LAWRENCE, two-time Emmy-nom inated actress on the popular ABC-TV show “NYPD Blue," will return to her alma mater Sunday to give the 17th Reed Sarratt lecture at 7:15 in Memorial Hall. (Mar. 18), Katherine Kraft should have been identified as the president-elect of the Gradu ate and Professional Student Association. The Daily Tar Heel regrets these errors.
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