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I_ ■ ■ HHHHPHSEiwaia i *•!<aW. r ;. v v ; \ Carolina Dining Service Carolina Compass Poplar Tree Has Deep Roots By Geoff Wessel University Editor Franklin Street was barely even a dirt road, Polk Place was virgin forest, the Old Well was still new, but even in the rustic conditions that prevailed more than 200 years ago, Chapel Hill attract ed students from across the state. In 1795, when Hinton James, the first of these students, arrived at the end of his 300-mile walk from Wilmington, he moved into a just-completed building that housed students, professors and classrooms. That building, Old East, is now designated as a national historical landmark. Among the most influential people behind the construction of Old East were William Davie and the Reverend Dr. Samuel McCorkle. Davie, a Federalist patriot and legislator, was not only a leading voice on the original Board of Trustees but also was instru mental in writing the University into the state constitution. McCorkle, another of the first trustees, argued fervendy for a classical style of education at UNC. It is for him that the historic quadrangle by Old East is named. As you walk on the quad, the early history of UNC is all around you. The legendary Davie Poplar, the tree that sprouted on the spot where Davie decided the University should be, tow ers eternally above its quaint stone bench. The oldest buildings of the University surround the grassy walkways. A stone monument memorializes Joseph Caldwell, first president of the University, and his family. Replaced in the early 20th Century, the original monument stands today in the black section of the Old Chapel Hill Cemetery, located on campus near South Road. “Silent Sam” commemorates anoth er time in UNC’s history. During the Civil War, the University was shut down as its sons marched off to fight for the Confederacy. When the war was over, the idealism that sent Sam’s sons to the front was crushed in the harsh reality of defeat. The economy of the region was broken. Thanks to the determination of a few remaining idealists, the University rose Writing; Health Help Is Available By Jonathan Miller Staff Writer Asa new student at the University, you may wonder just how all the student fees that you or your parents pay actu ally are used. Carolina offers many services to stu dents including disabilities services, health and well-being services and cam pus computer labs for student benefit. Writing Center Dr. Kimberly Abels hopes she does n’t see students but once at the University’s Writing Center. Abels and her team of 14 graduate students help students improve their writing skills through one-hour one-on one tutoring sessions at Phillips Annex. The team will look at virtually any piece of written work by a student for critique. “We most often look at course assign ments but we also look at job applica tions and can look at a graduate stu dent's thesis,” Abels said. Abels said that its best if interested students make an appointment to see a tutor at the Writing Center. “It’s a very popular service. We help over 4,000 students a year,” Abels said. The Writing Center also boasts an online version of the sessions that are held at Phillips Annex. After subscribing to the online service, a student can sub mit writing over the Internet and receive a reply within 24-hours of submission. Abels’ graduate assistants are from varied academic disciplines, from English to Sociology. Usually teaching assistants, Abels’ tutors and are required to participate in a week long training session with subsequent training throughout the year. During the academic year, the center’s hours are 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Less than 5 minutes 968-3377 HennaßodArtMoos Imtim m. *M*t**-*M WaHr-jns_lVe/corne/ :i ms mu ii freetun 10% off New >}L C. I I With Package dfr e . | | Henna Jfr - . | I Customers I I Belize \ I Body Art ScltftU \ Only j j Customers S j j oml2°° W j L_ _ J | j L B J;3_ 3 Z 7 __r_ 139 Rams Plaza Shopping Center COURTESY OF NORTH CAROLINA COLLECTION Two students hang out in front of Old East in 1872. The first student to attend UNC was Hinton James in 1795. again out of the ashes of the postbellum South. One of these idealists was Cornelia Phillips Spencer, who rang the bell in South Building to signal the resumption of classes. Half a century later, the first women’s dormitory on campus would be named after her. Another was Kemp Plummer Battle, a UNC alumnus who became president of the University after it reopened. Asa professor, Battle walked to campus from his house every day through a forest that eventually became Battle Park. In 1848, as an undergraduate, Batde had been president of the Dialectic Literary Society when the society’s alum ni built New West Hall for the University. At the dedication ceremony, Battle intro duced James Mebane, a member of UNC’s first class of students, who spoke on the University’s humble beginnings. By the end of the nineteenth century, Battle’s society and its companion, the Philanthropic Literary Society, had cre ated the University libraries, the Honor Code and UNC’s student government. The societies also contributed school colors to Carolina: white representing the Phi and pale blue for the Di. At one point during Battle’s presi dency, every student joined one of the two literary societies, which as UNC’s oldest student organizations had been Friday. Visit the Writing Center’s Web site www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/ for more information. It’s a real opportunity to improve an important life skill, Abels said. University Career Services Want a job when you get out of col lege? Better start now. “We help students develop job search skills to put them in a much stronger position to obtain a job,” said Marcia Harris, director of University Career Services. UCS serves 16,000 freshmen through graduate students every year at UNC CH by providing career planning, internship and employment assistance. UCS also helps with resume assistance; practice videotaped interviews and eight career fairs among other services. “Most students would be paying approximately $2,000 if they chose to purchase these services in die private sector,” Harris said. UCS also makes extensive use of their Web site by offering “e-leads,” a database of job leads for liberal arts majors, and Carolina Connection- an alumni mentoring/contacts web accessed database. It’s never too early to start a relation ship with UCS, even as a freshman. “(Freshmen) should schedule an appoint ment with Ms. Vergie Taylor, our career planning counselor,” she said. “They should also attend one of our career planning/ internship workshops.” Visit UCS’s Web site at careers.unc.edu for information on when these workshops will be held and for registration with the office. UCS’s hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at Nash Hall. Student Health Services The Student Health Services at the James A. Taylor Student Health pro Qfyp Saily ®ar Mppl founded just months after the University opened its doors. Their membership would later fall drastically, when Greek fraternities began appearing on campus in the early 1900s. Indeed, the twentieth century would bring numerous and radical changes to the University. UNC’s first female stu dent graduated just before the turn of the century. Later, an explosion of construction extended the campus southward - by the end of the 19605, the four South Campus high-rise residence halls housed a portion of UNC’s rapidly growing student body. Of course, the past century was a time of change for the whole world, not just for UNC. The 20th Century saw the first flight in Kitty Hawk, the first moon landing (for which UNC’s Morehead Planetarium had helped train Apollo astronauts), the Great Depression, two world wars and the rise and fall of communism. Through it all, students studied in Wilson, played on the quad and lived in the halls of Old East Students of the first state university will certainly do the same in the next millenium. Geoff Wessel can be reached at vrooom@email.unc.edu vides students various medical needs, ranging from the physical to the psy chological. “There are about 7,000 freshmen medical forms to take care of,” said Kevin Masters, acting Medical Records Supervisor for Student Health Services at the University. Some services that SHS provide include office visits with a provider in the General Medicines Clinic during office hours and gynecological and nurse practitioners at the Women’s Health Clinic. Upon referral from a Clinical provider, physical therapy is available. Sexual assault counseling and confidential AIDS testing is also avail able among other services. Starting in the Fall of 2001, SHS will move from its 24-hour schedule from the spring semester into a 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. schedule Monday through Friday with regular office hours from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. On the weekend, SHS will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., charging a S4O after-hours fee. Get a Helping Hand Everyone needs a little help now and then, and the University offers several services,. Here's some resources you can check out. ■ Student Health Services 966-2281 ■ Counseling and Psychological Services 966-3658 ■ Student Legal Services 962-1303 ■ ONE Card Office 962-8024 ■ ITHC 962-HELP {4357} ■ Carolina Dining Services 1-800-UNC-MEAL (862-6325) ■ Office of Scholarships/Student Aid 962-8396
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