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for business skill
BY JAVAERIA QURESHI
STAFF WRITER
A recent boost in funding will
make it possible for students to
continue playing out lessons they
learn in the classroom on the golf
course.
“Golf: For Business and Life,”
a program offered at the Kenan-
Flagler Business School, builds on
the connection between business
and golf in an enterprising manner
by helping students improve their
golf skills and apply them as a tool
in their professional careers.
“At least in theory, a lot of (busi
ness) deals are made in or at least
discussed on the golf course,” said
Ed Shields, faculty coordinator of
the program and a professor of
exercise and sport science.
At the 2004 Ryder Cup in
Bloomfield Township, Mich., Davis
Love 111 designated the University
to receive $50,000 for the pro
gram, funding it for the third time
since it’s inception in 2000. Love
is a U.S. Ryder Cup team member
and a UNC graduate.
UNC professors said they think it
is a valuable skill to teach students
how to golf with a focus on how the
game can help them with business.
“In principle, it’s not a crazy
idea,” said Mabel Miguel, direc
tor of the office of International
Programs and a professor of man
agement-organizational behavior
in the school. “You do do business
while playing golf. It’s part of net
working, building relationships in
business. Learning to play golf is a
skill you can add to your arsenal.”
In addition to being taught by
instructors from the Professional
Golfers’ Association, the class also
will host local business profession
als who will share their experiences
about how they use golf.
Students said they are enthused
about the program and think it can
be beneficial to their careers, even
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a crazy idea. You do
do business while
playing golf. It’s
part of networking.”
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if they don’t use it for business
related reasons.
“(It) sounds great because when
you play golf, it’s not as stressful
when you’re meeting a client,” said
sophomore Michael Kirkley. “It’s
more relaxed. You’re outside and
you’re not in a stuffy suit”
Members of the PGA teach
juniors, seniors and graduate stu
dents golf terminology, rules, eti
quette and the basics of the golf
swing.
Professionals will tie lessons
about the game to how playing golf
can further business dealings.
Four to six sections of golf are
taught each semester and an addi
tional two to four sections are
scheduled during the summer.
Each section contains an average
of 25 students.
Shields, who has been teaching
golf to UNC students for the past
30 years, said when profession
als help him teach golf during the
summer, it elevates the quality of
golf instruction.
“The addition of PGA profes
sionals, I think, improves the class
significantly” he said.
The class is part of the PGA’s
national Growth of the Game cam
paign called “Play Golf America.” The
PGA has contributed $4.5 million to
the program, which has expanded to
52 universities nationwide, reaching
more than 14,000 students.
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Scholar links faith, science
Talk examines dialogue of cultures
BY PATRICK TOOLEN
STAFF WRITER
A standing-room only crowd
gathered Monday night as a noted
Iranian scholar emphasized the
relationship among religion, sci
ence and diverse cultures.
In front of more than 130 peo
ple in the auditorium in Murphey
Hall, guest lecturer Seyyed
Hossein Nasr delivered a speech
titled, “The Role of Religion and
Science in the Dialogue Among
Civilizations.”
Nasr, professor of Islamic
Studies at George Washington
University, is a noted scholar and
author in the field of religious
studies as well as the sciences.
Nasr obtained degrees from
the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology as well as Harvard
University.
He also has authored more than
Lecturer explains American Judaism
Jovial speaker
educates crowd
BY DEBORAH CRAMER
STAFF WRITER
Jonathan Sarna, professor
of American Jewish History at
Brandeis University, focused on
the formation of modem American
Judaism during his lecture Monday
night.
Sarna, one of several scholars
the Carolina Center for Jewish
Studies scheduled to speak this
year, also touted his most recent
book, “American Judaism: A
History,” during his talk in Hanes
Art Center Auditorium.
American Judaism developed
during the period from roughly
1775 to 1825, in response to an
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30 books and 300 articles.
Nasr spoke not only of the
scientific activity and religious
beliefs of past and present Islamic
civilizations, but also of Western
society and the effect of Western
advances on places like China and
India.
Nasr also navigated the topic
of Western science and the effect
it had on the Islamic ways in
the weakening of the practice of
Islamic medicine.
“Most great scientists of Islam
were also philosophers, great
thinkers,” he said.
“There are many sciences of
nature and different religions,
which have interacted in different
ways in these sciences,” Nasr said
after the speech.
“It is important to note that the
same way other civilizations can
learn from the West, the West can
ongoing fear that Judaism would
wither away in the New World,
Sarna said.
“(Judaism) had to become more
appealing, more meaningful, more
sensitive to the needs of the day,”
Sarna said. ,
He traced the transformation of
a single synagogue that controlled
all aspects of the Jewish commu
nity to several separate, competi
tive synagogues “resonating with
liberty and freedom.”
Sarna said the evolution of
American Judaism is mirrored
by the emergence of government
in the United States after the
Revolutionary War. In both cases,
freedom and liberty became the
two most important ideals, shift
ing from the ideals of tradition and
deference.
Though informative, the lecture
had a light-hearted tone, as Sarna
joked with his audience.
Sarna commented on what
the result would have been had
Judaism not survived in America:
“That would be very bad,” he said.
“I’d be out of a job.”
During a question-and-answer
session following the lecture,
Sarna greeted some of the queries
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learn from them.”
Nasr spoke of the “remark
able integration of science and
religion, reason and revelation”
that bound the two seemingly
separate areas of study within
the borders of intercivilization
dialogue.
Such interrelationships of civ
ilizations were cited powerfully
when the Sept. 11, 2001, terror
ist attacks were compared to the
destruction of Islamic towns and
culture by American bombs, he
said.
“Civilization dialogue is
unavoidable,” Nasr said, despite
the problems presented by “exclu
sivism.”
“We live in a world where people
think only their own will be saved,”
he said.
Katelyn Love, a freshman
international studies major from
Columbus, said she thought the
lecture was interesting and infor
mative.
“(Judaism) had to become more appealing,
more meaningful, more sensitive to the
needs of the day.”
JONATHAN SARNA, SCHOLAR AND LECTURER
with jokes.
“I’m not going to remember;
you’ll have to buy my book,” he said
once, before answering a question.
Yaakov Ariel, a professor in the
Department of Religious Studies,
introduced Sarna as the No. 1 schol
ar of Judaism in America.
“Almost every program in the
nation is seeking him,” he said.
After Ariel’s introduction, Sarna
opened his lecture by saying, “You
forgot the most important thing. ...
Jonathan Hess is my first cousin.”
Hess, director of the Carolina
Center for Jewish Studies, said fol
lowing the speech that since the
center’s establishment in 2003,
interest in Jewish studies has greatly
increased.
“We now have 607 undergradu
ates in courses,” he said. “We didn’t
use to teach modem Hebrew, and
now we have two years of continu
ing Hebrew.”
“His speaking on Islamic funda
mentalism developing from secu
larism of the West was very inter
esting,” she said. “He talked about
encouraging dialogue between
civilizations and criticized not only
the West, but also the Islamic civi
lization of today.”
Edward Curtis, professor of
religious studies and co-organiz
er of the lecture, said he believes
the deep questioning of religion
and science can be a basis for
conversation among different
people of different faiths and
cultures. •
“This lecture showed why it’s
important to have a global educa
tion,” Curtis said.
“You can’t go East or West to
seek truth. Instead, we’ve got to
look at civilization as a human
project. That’s what this is to me.
Our lives depend on it.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
Hess said he is very excited about
the public outreach events planned
this year because they attract not
only students and faculty but also
members of the community.
Audience members Stu and
Harriet Solomon heard about the
lecture from the center’s e-mail
listserv. “We have been to almost
every event,” Stu Solomon said.
“We are retired, so for us, the
events are like a continuing edu
cation,” Harriet added.
The couple said they found the
speaker to be very enjoyable.
“I thought it was very interest
ing how he tried to link American
Judaism with American history,”
Harriet Solomon said.
Stu Solomon added: “particu
larly the parallels between Judaism
and the American Revolution.”
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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