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2 Wednesday, January 16, 2002 Qatar Curriculum Reflects Cultural Differences By Joelle Ruben Staff Writer The curriculum for a proposed UNC business school in Qatar recently has received scrutiny as negotiations between UNC and Qatari officials slow down. Discussions were complicated by the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development’s request that UNC provide pre-engineering class es to Qatari students. In recent weeks, foundation officials also have approached the University of Texas at Austin about a possible business school. UNC officials have said that despite the new competition with UT, the proposed curriculum has been delib- Taicf Summer # APPLES r , Hr ‘lnternships Earn course credit and get paid while you work this summer through the APPLES summer internship program. interest Meetings: Tuesday, 1/15, and Thursday, 1/17, 6-7 pm Graham Memorial (Johnston Center), Room 35 Applications available at the APPLES office. Deadline February 1. 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Tom Tweed, associate dean for under graduate curricula and member of the Qatar Planning Committee, said the only change to the proposed College of Arts & Sciences curriculum is that Qatari students will have fewer classes to choose from. “Size limits, almost by definition, the number of courses that can be offered and number of faculty that can partici pate,’’ he said. “We have to make some decisions for them. That’s a constraint we can’t get around.” He said the committee’s main goal was to create an Arts & Sciences curricu lum similar in structure to that of UNC, while adapting it to a Qatari context. University Although the Qatar Foundation imposed no specific limitations regard ing gender, religion, or other sensitive issues, Tweed said that the Qatar Planning Committee took linguistic and cultural differences into consideration. “We’re presuming that English will be most students’ second language,” he said. The proposed curriculum currently requires students to take English 10, with subsequent courses in English 11 and 12. The curriculum also includes a cultural diversity requirement. Like UNC pro grams designed to enlighten students on ethnic, racial and cultural differences with in the country, Qatari course offerings would reflect diversity within the region. “We think it is important for our Qatari, as well as our Chapel Hill stu dents, to understand ethnic and cultur Campus Calendar Today 8 p.m. - The North Carolina Fellows Program will be having an interest meeting for first-year students in the first floor lounge of Hinton James Residence Hall. Thursday 2 p.m. - Sonja H. Stone Black Cultural Center’s Blacks in the Diaspora The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s 21St MU BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION January 18 - January 25,2002 Remember, Celebrate, Act A week of cooperatively planned | events to commemorate the life and ideals of a truly inspirational leader. THE NATIONAL ACHIEVERS INDUCTION CEREMONY East Chapel Hill High School Auditorium OUR BROTHER MARTIN | Commons Room, Johnston Center for I Undergraduate Excellence, Graham Memorial 7:oopm 17th ANNUAL UNIVERSITY/COMMUNITY MU BANQUET Morehead Planetarium Banquet Hall YOUTH LEADERSHIP DAY | Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 12 noort A DAY FOR SERVICE The Cabaret, Frank Porter Graham Student Union 7:oopm | ORATORICAL CONTEST "A DREAM OR A NIGHTMARE: HOW ROSE HAS AMERICA COME TO THE FULFILLMENT OF DR. KING'S DREAM AND WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE HIS DREAM A REALITY?'' Kresge Foundation Commons Room, James M. Johnston Center for Undergraduate Excellence in Graham Memorial MHZSTEM AROUND THE CIRCLE | Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center, | Frank Porter Graham Student Union MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CANDLELIGHT VIGIL AND PROCESSION The Pit 7:3opm KEYNOTE LECTURE: DR. M. JOYCELYN ELDERS AND PRESENTATION OF TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. SCHOJARSHIP Memorial Flail MiW'liMvifil'iM 12 nmn A SHOW OF HANOS FOR PEACE AND UNITY | Polk Place. UNC Campus (outside area in front of South Bldg) s:oopm BREAKING THE BREAD 1 Toy Lounge, Dey Hall ““popi CORETTA scon KING: THE WOMAN BEHIND THE MAN Toy Lounge, Dey Hall | 4:ooprti WORKSHOP: INTERNALIZING THE SPIRIT OF DR. KING | Toy Lounge, Dev Hall AWAKENING THE DREAM Union Auditorium, Frank Porter Graham Student Union WBSBSS3M "I, TOO, SINC AMERICA" Great Hall, Frank Porter Graham Student Union al diversity," he said. “It makes more sense for them to study a course dealing with Islam, Christianity and Judaism.” A similar contextual change applies to the proposed curriculum’s history requirement. Like the University, the Qatari curriculum would require stu dents to complete a pre-1700 Western and non-Westem comparative history. But Tweed added that courses on topics such as Western civilization would pro vide anew perspective for students at the satellite campus. “We’ve been asked to do what is best and most characteris tic of the UNC campus,” he said. “We were trying to move what we thought was great about Chapel Hill to Doha." The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. Lecture Series presents “Caribbean and Afro-Latin Intellectual Tradition.” The lec ture will feature William Santiago-Valles, director of the Lewis Walker Institute for Race & Ethnic Relations at Western Michigan University. Santiago will reconstruct the pres ence of the “missing pieces” in the method of analysis of the African expe rience across the Americas. Santiago was born in Puerto Rico and educated in the Caribbean. 5 p.m. - The UNC chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People will hold its general meeting in Union 226. Join the struggle. 7 p.m. - The Philosophy Club will present a talk by Professor Doug Long on “Is There an Alternative to Dualism and Physicalism?" The talk will be given in the lounge of Caldwell Hall. In the Future Organize a team to fight cancer in the first-ever UNC Relay for Life, spon sored by the Campus Y and Healthfocus. For more information, stop by 103 Bingham Hall at 8 p.m. on Feb. 5, March 6 or March 19, or at 7 p.m. on Feb. 21 or April 4. You can also e-mail dossary@email.unc.edu. Online calendar submissions are work ing! To submit your Campus Calendar announcement, go to http://www.daHy tarheel.com by I p.m. the day before you want the announcement to run. tTlir Sailp (Ear Hrri P.O. Box 3257. Chapel Hill. NC 27515 Katie Hunter, Editor. 962-4086 Advertising & Business. 962-1163 News. Features, Sports. 962-0245 © 2001 DTH Publishing Corp. All rights reserved Q'l/hat do 9 hfWou) about %£?... -p , 9 kkou) oM day 9?/ MO'ht to otajct a fodniHy... but \ot / kou). 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Student Organization Grants and Mini-Grants rucriDM atmai ccccsmn The Center has funding available INFORMATION SESSION support recosni2ed 8 5tudent LW UKANib organizations in their public Thursday, January 24, 2002 service efforts ’ one -y ear 9 rants ° f _ m up to $2,000 are available; from r,. P ' 8:3 ° P ™ a pool of SIO,OOO. Mini-Grants Dinner is provided 0 f up to S3OO are also available. Toy Lounge Deadline for proposals is March 8. 4th Floor of Dey Hall Carolina Center for Public Service For more information or to sign up for an information session, go to www.unc.edu Click on Public Service or contact Amy Gorely at the Center 843-7566 or agorely@email.unc.edu Developments in the War on Terrorism U.S. Taliban Fighter Walker Charged ■ John Walker, the 20-year-old Californian IKmerica who fought with the Taliban, was charged # . j Tuesday with conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens, f I CiCIKS He will be tried in a civilian court and could face life in prison. See Online. FOR MORE UPDATES, SEE WWW.DAILYTARHEEL.COM Bombing Halted for Residual Taliban ■ U.S. warplanes halted their bombing of a mountain riddled with suspected terrorist dens as U.S. Marines scoured the outskirts of their largest Afghan base for armed Taliban and al-Qaida holdouts. See Online. Baggage-Check Law Could Create Delays ■ Across the country, more airline passengers could find themselves standing in line or sitting on planes delayed at the gate when a federal law requiring the screening of all checked bags goes into effect. See Online. Local Volunteer Orange! Unites With UNC Campus Y By Meredith Nicholson Staff Writer Students, faculty and staff wanting to find a local volunteer opportunity to match their interests can now wander into the Campus Y office and establish a link with the community. Volunteer Orange!, a service of the Triangle United Way located on N. Columbia Street, began holding office hours in the Campus Y this semester to advise on volunteer options. After hearing the potential volun teer’s areas of interest, Volunteer Orange! staff members recommend and refer students to nonprofit organi zations in the Triangle that need volun teers. They also collaborate with the Campus Y and other area organizations on mentoring programs and events such as the Martin Luther Kingjr. Day of Service, said Leslie Holmes Gydos, volunteer coordinator at Volunteer Orange! Gydos said the partnership with the Campus Y will open new doors for col laboration between the community vol unteer center and the University. The collaboration starts at the front door of the Campus Y, and Gydos said Volunteer Orange! staffers will make an active effort to match potential volun teers with their skills, whether it be with kids or power tools. Senior Janelle Barnette, an intern at Volunteer Orange! and chairwoman of the Advocates for the Empowerment of Women of Color committee at the Campus Y, will hold office hours from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Wednesday in £Ebp laily alar Uppl the lobby of the Campus Y to point interested students in the right direc tion. “Anyone can just walk in and get information about volunteer opportuni ties,” Barnette said. “It’s like bringing Volunteer Orange! to the students.” Gydos said she feels the collaboration will be valuable because it will allow Volunteer Orange! to tap into the resources at Campus Y. She said holding office hours on cam pus also will be beneficial for students. “A lot of people are looking for opportunities (to volunteer) and aren’t sure where to turn,” Gydos said. Barnette said that as chairwoman of a committee at the Campus Y, she often speaks to students who are looking to volunteer. “There are more opportunities out there than just what the Campus Y has to offer,” she said. Barnette said she feels volunteering is important for everyone, not just students who are required to do so for a scholar ship or club. “It makes me feel good to know that I’ve helped someone and given some thing back,” she said. “There are so many of us. We can really make a difference if everyone vol unteers.” Gydos said volunteering is a very ful filling experience, and it benefits every one involved. “It’s a good way to build up our com munity.” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu.
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