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MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2005
Israel Week to pump country
Event in the Pit
to kick off week
BY JENNA RAMAN
STAFF WRITER
Some students might not know
that AOL Instant Messenger was
created in Israel, or that the cell
phone was developed there by
Motorola-Israel.
From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today,
Carolina Students for Israel will be
in the Pit to promote Israel Week,
where they will share a variety of
information to highlight the posi
tive aspects of the country.
“I want to showcase culture,”
said junior Robin Graham, presi
dent of CSI. “Most of what people
know of Israel is what they see on
TV, and there’s just so much more
than bombings and violence.”
Sophomore Veronica Grant,
chairwoman of the event, said the
event is aimed to provide an alter
native perspective of Israel.
“It’s important that people
know the whole picture,” she said.
“(Bombing) is not the first thing
you see.”
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Tuesday, CSI will display a differ
ent aspect of Israel’s culture.
Today, the group will highlight
technology that originates from
Israel. On Wednesday, CSI will
describe the geography of the
country, and culture and food will
be showcased Thursday.
Students -will have the opportu
nity to get their names written in
Hebrew or Arabic. The week will
conclude with an explanation of
religious aspects, including Judaism
and Islam. Free food also will be
available Friday.
While this event marks the
first Israel Week held on campus,
CSI puts on Israel Fest every year.
The daylong festival, held in the
spring, showcases various features
of Israeli life.
Carl Schrag, a former editor for
The Jerusalem Post, will deliver a lec
ture on how to use media to under
stand the Arab and Israeli conflict at
6:30 p.m. Nov. 10 in Peabody 104.
And Dec. 6 and Dec. 7, CSI will
host “hookah in the Pit.” This will
be a relaxed setting where students
can celebrate the last week of classes
and warm up from the weather with
Turkish coffee and flavored tobacco.
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raising event later in the year at
Aladdin’s Grill & Catering, 153 E.
Franklin St., to celebrate Arabic
and Israeli culture.
Graham said studying the cul
ture and being part of the organiza
tion is one of her strong passions.
“It is a beautiful land with
diverse people,” she said
Next semester, Graham will be
traveling to Israel for the third time
in two years.
Grant, who has visited Israel
once before, said it was amazing.
“You just can’t describe it ...
unreal,” she said.
This year, UNC added Israel to
the study abroad program.
Graham said that Israel has many
interesting characteristics and that
she hopes this week is able to teach
the University community.
For example, there is not just one
language there, she said. Hebrew,
as well as English and Arabic are
spoken in Israel. Also, Israel is
the only liberal democracy in the
Middle East. .
“I’ve completed my goal if I’ve
taught one person.”
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Students sow ideas, reap rewards
BY KELLI BORBET
STAFF WRITER
University entrepreneurs will
have the opportunity to share in
$50,000 during the second year of
the Carolina Challenge.
The challenge gave out a total of
$25,500 in prize money last year,
shared between the top teams in
each track of the competition, but
due to an increase in contribu
tions from Market America Inc., a
Greensboro firm, this year’s prize
money has been increased.
“We are really excited and want
to see where the competition goes
this year just because it was so
spectacular last year,” said Bart
Welch, a Challenge advisory board
member.
The competition consists of two
separate tracks, a social section and
a business section, within which the
teams are judged on their business
plans and presentations of possible
business and invention ideas.
The first place winners in both
tracks walk away with $12,500,
which can be used at their discre
tion. The second place winners in
each track win $5,500. And two
Play Makers veteran lands lifetime award
BY BLAIR RAYNOR
STAFF WRITER
A UNC dramatic arts professor
received the Play Makers Repertory
Company’s lifetime achievement
award Saturday at its 18th annual
ball.
David Hammond, who has been
PlayMakers’ artistic director and
playwright for 14 of the 21 seasons
he’s worked there, received the award
for his contributions.
“He’s an educator, director
at UNC, and he comes out in a
very multifaceted way,” said Pam
O’Connor, media relations manager
for Play Makers.
During his time at UNC,
Hammond has directed “The Grapes
of Wrath,” “A Prayer for Owen
Meany” and his own version of “The
Nutcracker,” which has received
national and international acclaim.
O’Connor said Hammond is
someone who has devoted his life to
making American theater better.
“I’ve worked with David over 10
years now,” she said. “I would say
the level of artistry he brings to his
productions and to Play Makers is
pretty unparalleled to what I’ve seen
in the state.”
runner-up teams from both tracks
each will get SI,OOO.
• The allocation of the remaining
$5,000 still is under review by the
board.
At the final competition each
team also can apply for the People’s
Choice Award, which gives the
winning team, voted for by those
in attendance at the final presen
tation, an additional $5,000.
“We definitely think the addi
tional prize money will entice more
people to compete this year and also
because the competition was suc
cessful last year,” said Maile Lesica,
CEO of Carolina Challenge.
Julia Pfeuffer, chief marketing
officer for the challenge, said the
organization’s goal is to have 100
teams apply to compete which
would be 35 more than last year.
Lesica said that to compete in the
competition, each individual must
submit an application between Nov.
28 and Jan. 24. She said applica
tions likely would be available on
the Challenge’s Web site http://
carolinachallenge.org.
Challenge leaders said there is
no stipulation on the number of
Play Makers
scribe David
Hammond
was cited for '
his long and
diverse service
to UNC
O’Connor said Hammond’s talent
is reflective of PlayMakers’ intention
to “not only try to nurture our resi
dent audience but also to nurture the
next generation of theater artists.”
Hammond said working with
Play Makers and being a professor at
UNC have given him the opportu
nity to work with students and pro
fessionals who wish to grow in their
talents as artists.
“In professional theater, you have
to be in front of a major professional
who is giving their life’s blood, and
art is about giving your life’s blood,”
he said. ‘We have to illustrate that to
the students.”
“For the professionals, it’s a chal
lenge, and for the students, it’s an
opportunity” he said.
Hammond said his inspiration
to write and direct derives from his
connection to an audience when he
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individuals competing on each
team but that the team must have
one individual who is an affiliate of
UNC meaning a student, faculty
or staff member.
The challenge works in con
junction with the Carolina
Entrepreneurship Club to provide
a variety of activities to help the
teams throughout the competition
from start to finish.
The activities already planned
for next spring are a business plan
boot camp, legal clinics, presenta
tion skills clinics, mock preliminar
ies and mentor match program.
As freshmen, Chris Musick and
Todd Siena won second place in
the business track last year. They
emphasized how much they learned
at the workshops and through the
mentors they met last year.
“We definitely went into the
competition thinking about how we
could win some money,” Siena said.
“But the real prize is not the money
we made but the people we met and
the entire learning experience.”
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is in the theater.
“It’s something I have to do,” he
said. “I think a director is the inter
face to connect what’s inside a play
to what’s inside an audience.”
Freelance set designer and a long
time colleague of Hammond, Bill
Clarke has worked with Hammond
at Play Makers for almost 20 years.
He said Hammond’s ability to
collaborate with co-workers on a set
is not a quality many other directors
are likely to have.
“He’s very gratifyingly willing to
trust me if I have some notion that
I feel strongly about, whereas some
directors wouldn’t,” Clarke said. “He’s
willing to artistically take a chance...
and that’s gratifying for a designer.”
Clarke said the trend in the past
decade or so for regional theaters
has been leaning toward “commer
cially safe scripts,” but Hammond’s
taste deviates from the norm.
‘What’s great about David is that
he has resisted this trend,” he said.
“It’s what makes Play Makers spe
cifically different, and I do link it to
David and his taste.”
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