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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2003
Dual degree makes
social work divine
BY MARY MCGUIRT
STAFF WRITER
Officials from the UNC School
of Social Work and the Duke
University Divinity School
announced last week that they will
offer a dual degree program to
benefit students seeking careers in
both fields of study.
The program will allow students
to earn both a master of social
work degree from UNC and a mas
ter of divinity degree from Duke in
four years. Normally, this process
would take students five years to
complete.
Jack Richman, dean of the
School of Social Work, said that
while the school already has dual
degree programs with other UNC
professional schools, this program
will be the first with another uni
versity.
He said only two students have
been admitted to the program—
both of them first-year masters
degree students in the School of
Social Work.
He said he hopes the program
expands to seven or eight students
in the next few years.
Donna Claycomb, director of
admissions for Duke Divinity
School, said she was amazed at the
number of people who already have
expressed interest in the program.
Jennifer Krill, a senior religious
studies and communications
major at UNC is one of these peo
ple. She already was admitted to
Duke Divinity School and is apply
ing to the School of Social Work so
that she can be a part of this pro
gram next fall.
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Krill said she particularly is
interested in urban ministry. “I
thought the two degrees would go
really well together.”
Richman also said he recog
nized w'ays these two degrees inter
relate. “Looking at theology and
spirituality makes sense in work
ing with people.”
Social workers often provide
services to individuals and families
dealing with issues involving
death. Richman said having a
knowledge about spirituality can
be helpful in dealing with situa
tions such as this.
The programs field education
will let students get first-hand
experience with these types of sit
uations by placing them in prisons,
hospices, crisis response centers
and urban ministries, he said.
Claycomb said the program also
would be beneficial to students in
the Divinity School who are inter
ested in pastoral service and out
reach ministry.
She said students interested in
the program will have to complete
a separate application to each
school. Most likely, students will
spend two years at Duke and two
years at UNC, but she said that
during some semesters they could
take classes at both schools.
Officials from both schools said
they have high aspirations for the
program and expect it to be benefi
cial for its students. “It will broad
en and diversify experience for stu
dents,” Richman said. “I’m excited.”
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News
McCain pushes for public funds
BY DAN PIERGALLINI
STAFF WRITER
RALEIGH ln front of a small
crowd of Meredith College stu
dents and community members
U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.,
continued his call for campaign
finance reform Monday by speak
ing in support of the N.C. Public
Campaign Financing Fund.
McCain’s speech was sponsored
by the N.C. Center for Voter
Education, which also hosted a
luncheon at the college to raise
money for the fund.
The fund will serve to pay for a
nonpartisan voter guide and help
fund appellate judicial candidates’
campaigns, said Christopher
Heagarty, executive director for the
voter education center.
McCain said that more people
are running for judiciary positions
and that voters have little informa
tion about these candidates. “Right
now' most constituents do not have
a clue who (the candidate) is or
what he stands for.”
McCain said public financing
funds allow candidates to spend
their time with voters instead of
fund raising.
He said a similar funding pro
gram worked well for the election
Candidates discuss impact of Habitat project
BY SARAH RABIL
STAFF WRITER
With about 35 attendees, the
Chapel Hill Town Council candi
date forum hosted Monday night
by the Friends of Sunrise had one
of the best turnouts thus far in the
campaign, but only five of the 12
candidates were present.
Candidates Cam Hill, Rudy
Juliano, Mike McSwain, Doug
Schworer and Terri Tyson were
present at the forum. Incumbents
Jim Ward and Bill Strom and can
didates Thatcher Freund and Sally
Greene were absent because of a
joint meeting of the council and
the town’s planning board.
Moderator Steve Holdaway
posed questions concerning the
Habitat for Humanity project next
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of state legislators in his home
state of Arizona.
Another benefit is that the fund
reduces the impact that special
interests groups can have on elec
tions, McCain said.
He said that the millions of dol
lars judges receive in contributions
from special interest groups can
raise suspicion in voters.
Heagarty said he was aware of
several instances in which special
interest groups bought judges’
elections in other states.
McCain said the contributions
from special interest groups are
leading young voters to become dis
illusioned with the election system.
“My greatest concern is that
young Americans will say they
have had enough and not vote.”
McCain also stressed the impor
tance of free air time from televi
sion and radio stations, which give
candidates a chance to express
their views to the public.
After his speech McCain fielded
questions on a variety of topics,
including his feelings toward the
Democratic presidential candi
dates and the situation in Iraq. But
his focus was on campaign finance
reform, of which he has been a
staunch supporter during his
to the Sunrise
district, noise
abatement in
the areas near
Interstate 40
and the impact
of growth in
neighboring
counties.
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Habitat received county and
local funds last November to build
homes on 17 acres of property
adjacent to Sunrise, located behind
East Chapel Hill High School.
The Sunrise Coalition, a group
of concerned neighborhood resi
dents, has opposed the develop
ment, citing the nonprofit’s lack of
public accountability and inade
quate research regarding impact
on the surrounding area.
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College. McCain supports the N.C. Public Campaign Financing Fund.
tenure in the Senate.
He co-sponsored the Bipartisan
Campaign Reform Act, which set
rules regarding congressional elec
tions. The act has come under
scrutiny recently, and its constitu
tionality will be decided in
December w'hen the U.S. Supreme
Court hears a case challenging the
“The design must be consistent
with the character of the area,”
Schworer said. “I’m not opposed to
the development. I’m opposed to
its density.”
Schworer is a coalition founder
and was one of its directors until
he resigned when he began his
campaign for local office.
Candidates said Habitat has a
track record of building moderate
sized developments of 20 or 25
units, not the large-scale project
proposed. Developing such a large
tract of land, residents said, also
would destroy a natural noise
buffer next to 1-40.
“It’s clear that 1-40 is going to
get busier and busier and noisier
and noisier,” Juliano said.
Hill said that mass and distance
are the best tools to mitigate noise,
and Juliano added that the town’s
Land-Use Management Ordinance
should contain guidelines for noise
controls in neighborhoods.
Sunrise also sits along a rural
buffer zone, an area residents and
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candidates said must be protected
to ensure that sprawl from nearby
counties does not build up against
local neighborhoods.
“What we should see is redevel
opment with higher density,” Tyson
said, as she argued for building new
homes in open pockets of devel
oped areas rather than building
them on undeveloped land.
Hill added that poor communi
cation regarding growth between
the county governments is affecting
the local environment adversely.
“They’re building 3,000 homes
(in Chatham County), and we won’t
have any say in it,” Hill said. “These
homes are going to be closer to my
house than they are to Pittsboro.”
McSwain agreed that limited
development along the towns
periphery could bolster local charm
and appeal, but said the town must
do “everything possible” to provide
affordable housing.
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