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Thursday, January 29,1998
Role of organization advisers differs among groups
BY BECKY STREAMO
STAFF WRITER
University policy requires organiza
tions to have a faculty adviser, and those
groups determine the role that the advis
er plays.
Yet, the way a group runs from year
to year can depend on the involvement
of the adviser. A pending lawsuit against
the Order of the Grail-Valkyries made
members question how active their
adviser should be.
That group is now seeking anew
adviser. Current President Charles
Harris said he hoped anew adviser
would serve an active role in the group.
Student group explores views, life concepts at weekly sessions
■ Philosophy, truth and
reality were some topics
raised at Worldviews 101.
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STAFF WRITER
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“It’s anew group, ready to move for
ward,” Harris said. “We are looking for
an adviser to go forward with us.”
Presidents of other student organiza
tions said they had experienced both
active and less active advisers and had
found different ways to balance their
relationship with their adviser.
Eamon Gilmartin, president of
UNC’s newest organization, the
Carolina Shag Gub said the club’s fac
ulty adviser has been “integral in helping
this happen."
“She has been absolutely awesome
from the beginning,” Gilmartin said.
“She has connections to places in the
shag world I didn’t know existed.”
The first Worldviews 101 meeting,
held Tuesday evening in Manning Hall,
marked the beginning of a semester
long endeavor into the real jsues of life.
Approximately 20 students, from
freshmen to graduate students, were in
attendance to discuss ‘worldviews,’
which the participants defined as differ
ent ideas of beliefs, truths and philoso
phies.
Chris Yates, student body vice presi
dent and a senior history major from
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“(The Carolina Review) has
never asked me for advice,
and I've never offered any.
I'm a liberal democrat; I'm
not even a conservative.”
Adviser, The Carolina Review
Rachel Hoffman, former president of
Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, said
sheonly contact her group’s advisers to
sign forms.
Hoffman said, however, that she felt
Falls Church, Va., organized the group
meeting and was pleased by the diversi
ty of participants’ ages.
When he first considered starting a
worldviews meeting, Yates was con
cerned that freshmen would not show
interest in the discussions.
The idea for a no-credit but struc
tured "classroom environment” discus
sion came to Yates last summer. He
plans to maintain an academic focus
with weekly readings.
the system of faculty advisers for student
organizations was a good one.
“It provides a good tie between stu
dents and professors,” he said.
The balance between self-governance
and an adviser's role differs from orga
nization to organization, depending on
the needs of a particular group, said Jon
Curtis, who heads student activities and
advises student government.
Curtis said the University does not
specify what advisers should do, which
leaves groups to work out their own rela
tionships. Curtis describes the problem
as a double-edged sword. He said the
adviser position was way for faculty and
students to get to know each other.
“I really want to have an educated
conversation about the things that really
matter in life,” Yates said.
Yates said the group would continue
to meet every Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. as
long as there was student interest and
faculty support.
He hopes to have professors as guest
lecturers or discussion leaders.
Students in attendance reacted posi
tively to the ideas and showed interest in
continued weekly meetings.
“I want to be in a group that wants to
pursue and understand other world
views,” Jonathan Kaplan, a senior his
tory major from Easley, S.C., said.
“I’m interested in understanding peo
ple’s worldviews and how they’re con
sistent with their lives.”
The planned objectives for the semes
ter include understanding, examining,
evaluating and articulating worldviews.
Also, students will discuss reality, rela
tivity, validity and truth.
Yates realizes there is going to be dis
agreement among the class members
and welcomes the opportunity for
debate.
“There’s a healthy climate of dis
agreement on our campus. However,
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in the basement of die Campus Y. The pro
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Faculty, who serve as organization
advisers, also said that their levels of
involvement varied
Jim Shumaker, who serves as the cur
rent adviser for the Carolina Review,
said he spent little time advising.
“(The Carolina Review) has never
asked me for advice, and I’ve never
offered any,” he said. “I’m a liberal
democrat; I’m not even a conservative.”
Curtis said it would help an organi
zation and its adviser to have a more
specifically defined set of guidelines
about involvement.
Curtis is compiling a list of sugges
tions which specifies how advisers can
assist a group without taking it over.
“There's a healthy climate
of disagreement on our
campus. However,
we're not doing much to
utilize that.”
CHRIS YATES
Worldviews organizer
we’re not doing much to utilize that,”
Yates said.
He hopes students will welcome the
debate and not become frustrated by the
circular discussions.
“A student’s interest will keep them
here,” Yates said.
Heidi Schmitt, a senior psychology
major from Mascoutah, El., said she
had always been interested in philoso
phy and debate, was excited about the
group and would continue to attend the
classes.
Although Yates will graduate in May,
he hopes to give the group a history so it
can continue in the fall.
“If it develops into a working idea, I
would like to see it sustained.”
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Construction
slows during
weeks of rain
■ Workers say they put in
extra hours to clear mud
before they can work.
BY CAROLYN INGRAM
STAFF WRITER
Although the rain has put a damper
on construction around campus, work
ers say they are making sure everything
goes as scheduled.
Workers renovating Lenoir Dining
Hall have put in longer hours and extra
days the past three weeks.
Lenoir’s renovation began last fall,
and work is supposed to finish before
students return next semester.
Bob Beke, the University construc
tion manager, said he expected the Aug.
16 finish date to fall several weeks
behind.
Some construction workers said,
however, that with extra effort every
thing would move along as scheduled.
Brothers Travis Hunt and Archie
Hunt of Acme Plumbing, who are
working on Lenoir Dining Hall, said the
mud had made their work more diffi
cult.
The crews have had to battle several:
bouts of rain since September. Asa
result they’ve learned to deal with the
set back, Travis Hunt said.
Their crew does the same work that
would be done in clear weather, but
before they can get started on the
plumbing, they have to pump the water
out and remove the mud.
Lenoir’s renovation requires dry soil
because much of the work is being done
on its foundation. The mud is usually
moved to sites off campus where it is,
more useful.
Travis Hunt said he and his co-work
ers, have extended lots of nine-hour
days to fourteen hours. Workers have
also spent Saturdays clearing mud and
water out of the site.
Despite the effort put into getting the
job finished, some students and faculty
members said they were inconvenienced
by the construction in general.
Information and Library Science
Professor Helen Tibbo complained
about the diesel fumes in the ventilation
system of her office, which is near
Lenoir Dining Hall.
“I’ll be glad when it’s done.”
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