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Tuesday, September 22, 1998
UNC Falls Behind N.C. State
In Special Olympics Drive
The Special Olympics committee
will present participants and
sponsors Saturday at the
UNC-Georgia Tech football game.
By Katie Abel
Staff Writer
UNC has found itself lagging behind rival
N.C. State University in raising funds for the
1999 Special Olympics Gaines, but several
upcoming events should generate more interest
on campus.
The University became involved in a friend
ly competition with N.C. State two weeks ago
to see which school could raise the most money
for Special Olympics during the semester.
Nic Heinke, chairman of the committee that
will head the student fund-raising efforts, said
delays in organizing fund-raising efforts lagged
behind for several reasons, including miscom
munication with the Special Olympics
Headquarters in Raleigh.
In addition, the kickoff for the competition
was held at N.C. State, he said, which raised ini
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dal awareness of the fund raising there.
But Heinke said he saw many ways that stu
dents could raise money, including writing let
ters to faculty members soliciting donations and
talking to student groups who don’t sponsor
specific charity organizations.
Heinke said he hoped area businesses would
become involved in the project
“It’s such an amazing effort,” he said. “It is
a huge event for the Triangle.”
Heinke said he hoped about 20 people
would serve on the fund raising committee.
“The biggest benefit of fund raising is that it
raises awareness,” said Nic Heinke, chairman of
the committee that will head the student fund
raising efforts.
During the UNC-Georgia Tech football
game Saturday, the Special Olympics commit
tee in Raleigh will hold a halftime event to pub
licize the games.
As part of the halftime show, Special
Olympics athletes will march on the field with
coaches and supporters and display a banner,
said Li-Chun Hsu, media relations coordinator
for the 1999 Special Olympics Games.
“Special Olympics ’99 directly affects UNC
students because there will be seven (event)
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venues at UNC,” she said.
She said a similar halftime show would take
place at N.C. State’s Oct. 1 football game
against Syracuse University.
Several individuals and a few sororities and
fraternities have already expressed interest in
becoming involved with fund raising and vol
unteering, Heinke said.
The School of Journalism and Mass
Communication has also gotten a head start in
volunteer efforts.
Professor Raleigh Mann, adviser for the
Society of Professional Journalists, contacted
Special Olympics several months ago.
Mann said the organization expressed great
interest in having journalism students help with
publications, press releases and Web site
designs.
Jenny Chang, student body president at N.C.
State, said students at both universities had the
chance to make a valuable contribution as
members of the community. “We don’t realize
how much we can do,” she said. “This is one
way we can really make a difference.”
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Insko Receives Fellows Nod
By Kathleen Hunter
Staff Writer
A local politician recently received an honor that
might bring anew perspective on public policy to
the N.C. General Assembly.
Rjep. Verla Insko, D-Orange, was chosen to par
ticipate in the Flemming Fellows Leadership
Institute, a program that takes a values-based
approach to policy-making.
Insko was the first female from North Carolina
and the only legislator from
the state to be chosen this
year. “I am very pleased. This
is a very highly-regarded
institution,” she said.
The program gives politi
cians a forum to identify their
values and how they influ
ence public policy decisions.
“The goal is to give these
politicians an opportunity to
explore and finalize their
individual value systems,”
said John Kennedy, coordi
nator for Flemming Fellows.
“Hopefully, we are giving
them tools to think about
Rep.
Verla Insko,
D-Orange, will attend
the Flemming
Fellows Leadership
Institute program.
these things and bridge gaps,” he said.
Thirty state legislators from the nation partici
pate annually in Flemming Fellows and attend
three retreats during the year. The program is
administered by the Center for Policy Alternatives
Hispanic Group
Fights Problems
By Kim Dronzek
Staff Writer
A small grassroots organization that
focuses on the growing problems of
Hispanic communities is flourishing
throughout the Triangle area, officials
said.
Casa Multicutural, an organization
formed to address concerns in Hispanic
communities, works to change the living
conditions and promote social progress
in these communities, said Edgardo
Valeriano, vice president of the organi
zation’s board of directors.
“The principle of our organization is
to develop liberty and equality for the
Hispanic populations of North Carolina,
while teaching the communities how to
resolve their own problems in the
future,” he said.
Founded almost a year ago in
Durham by Luis Alvarenga and
Armando Carbajal, both of Central
America, Casa Multicultural has rapid
ly expanded into many communities,
said Yvonne Breve-Arrington, president
of Casa’s board of directors.
Breve-Arrington said the organiza
tion was small, but very successful.
“Casa has been effective so far in help
ing with the two major problems faced
by Hispanics, which are crime and
housing,” she said.
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“We look for someone who is a civic activist,
someone who views government as part of the solu
tion, not part of the problem,” Kennedy said. “We
look for someone who can rise above partisan bick
ering, and achieve something for the greater good.”
Kennedy said Insko was selected because she
exhibited these attitudes and ideals. “Clearly this is
a person who sees the importance of values, and we
believe this is the right kind of person for the pro
gram,” he said.
The Flemming Fellows program began in 1994
with the purpose of identifying, recruiting and
training progressive state representatives.
“The program seeks to help elected officials
develop a values-based, decision-making scheme,
and to incorporate that into their elected work,”
said Suzanne DeMass, communications coordina
tor for the policy center.
DeMass said the aim of the program was to get
diverse politicians in the same room and let them
work together. “The goal is to help them work
across traditional political boundaries of race, party
and gender,” she said.
Hemming Fellows has graduated 150 state leg
islators. Kennedy said he hoped Hemming Fellows
would bring people of diverse backgrounds closer
together. “When you start with values as a basis for
discussion, you find out that people are not all that
different.”
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small groups and visit concerned neigh
borhoods, talking directly to the
Hispanics and helping them resolve
their problems, Valeriano said.
The issues that have been addressed
recently include improving living con
ditions by assessing sanitation and build
ing codes, fighting racial discrimination
and building leadership skills in impov
erished Hispanic communities.
Churches, social services and local
authorities are involved in addressing
conflicts. Casa Multicultural attempts to
resolve problems in the Hispanic com
munity while teaching Hispanics ways
to improve their individual situations,
Valeriano said.
“The philosophy is to work with
them, but that they eventually learn to
work by themselves along with the sys
tem, the authorities, the local groups
and other races,” Valeriano said.
Casa Multicultural is funded through
grants from local companies including
the Triangle Community Foundation,
which helped fund the Carrboro divi
sion of the organization.
The two main Casa Multicultural
offices are located in Durham and Rose
Hill, with smaller member groups in
Raleigh, Cary, Carrboro and Chapel
Hill.
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