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Focus on global issues
is key as UNC expands
Plenty of chances to explore culture
BY MEGAN WINTERHALTER
STAFF WRITER
As one of the top public universi
ties in the nation, UNC takes pride in
allowing students to go global with
out ever taking a step off campus.
UNC offers more than 52 foreign
languages and 322 study abroad
programs, but students don't need
to speak the language or even leave
the country to experience the cul
tures beyond Chapel Hill.
Dedicated on University Day,
October 12,2007, the FedEx Global
Education Center is the core of the
global experience at Carolina.
It houses international and area
studies programs for the College
of Arts and Sciences, including the
Center for Global Initiatives, the
Office of International Student and
Scholar Services and the Global
Research Institute.
The 80,000 square-foot building
also hosts a wide variety of cultural
events throughout the year, high
lighting regions around the world.
In September 2007, the center,
along with the department of Slavic
languages and literatures, hosted
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four award-winning Russian authors
as part of a program to inspire inter
national discussion through the arts.
The authors participated in readings
and a public panel discussion.
Erin Murphy, a sophomore inter
national studies major, recalled
attending the event.
“I learned things from this
discussion that I could not have
learned in the classroom," she said.
“It was events like this that sparked
my interest to study abroad this
summer in Moscow."
The Global Education Center is
not the only spot on campus where
students can find world culture.
The 2008-09 Carolina Performing
Arts schedule includes artists from
13 countries including nations such
as Austria, Ireland and Singapore.
Performances include The Rite
of Spring: Compagnie Heddy
Maalem, which is comprised of 14
dancers from across Africa perform -
ing Heddy Maalem's interpretation
of the Stravinsky/Nijinsky ballet;
and Monsters and Prodigies: the
History of the Castrati, performed
by the Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes
Carolina Compass
of Mexico City.
Carolina Performing Arts con
tinues to expand internationally,
increasing the number of nations
represented by seven since 2007.
Beyond attending discussions
and performances, UNC also offers
students a way to become directly
involved with other nations, other
than by just studying abroad.
Carolina for Kibera is a nonprofit
organization housed in the FedEx
Center that fights abject poverty
and helps prevent violence through
community-based development in
the Kibera slum of Nairobi. Kenya,
and beyond. Holding various events
throughout the year and offering
the opportunity to travel to Kenya,
Carolina for Kibera provides stu
dents not only with an international
experience but also with the experi
ence of service learning.
From discussions to service,
performances to seminars, UNC
presents numerous opportunities
for students to reach beyond the
traditional facets of the classroom
and experience the world, all with
out leaving campus.
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ITS available for tech help
Many resources at UNC for students
BY MARY KATHERINE AYERS
STAFF WRITER
Whether you can't connect to
the campus network, can’t quite get
that new Wii to work in your dorm
room or just spilled milk all over
your laptop on the first day of class.
Information Technology Services is
there to save the day.
And the best part?
Its free.
The ITS Response Center,
with locations in the basement of
the Undergraduate Library and
the Student Academic Services
Building, is there to help with any
technology issue you encounter
during your years at UNC.
“We’re basically ground zero.
Anyone can come ask for technical
assistance," said Bruce Egan, direc
tor of the ITS Response Center.
“We either have the answer or get
you to the right people."
Students can get help from ITS
in several different ways: by walk
ing into the center or dropping off a
computer, calling a 24/7 help line,
accessing information on an online
help site or contacting the Res Net
student in each dorm.
Res Net places students employed
by ITS in dorms throughout cam
pus to provide their peers with
technology assistance. Students
simply have to walk down their hall
to get help, which is nice when your
computer crashes at 3 a.m. right
before you are about to write that
history paper due at 8 a.m.
If ITS can’t fix the problem for
you, they will do all the legwork
necessary to find the right per
son who can. But ITS encourages
students to take action to prevent
problems that are difficult to fix.
A complicated problem ITS
often encounters is finding lost
data. Students damage their com
puters or the computers crash, and
you can lose papers, research and
even master’s theses.
“That’s our Achilles heel," Egan
said. "The one thing we don’t have
control over."
ITS also cannot repair non-
Carolina Computing Initiative
machine hardware on location. But
once again, they can connect you to
someone who can.
“When in doubt, just call us,"
said Ingrid Camacho, the manager
of phone services at ITS.
Students also run into prob
lems with illegal use of copy
righted material. If ITS receives a
complaint from copyright holders
about a particular student, that
student can no longer access the
campus network.
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“Were basically
ground zero.
Anyone can come
ask for technical
assistance.”
BRUCE EGAN, CENTER DIRECTOR
"We’re not the police," Camacho
said, adding that ITS will help the
students get back into the network
and back on track. *We won’t judge
you."
Egan encourages students to
start using their laptops as soon as
possible to familiarize themselves
with the machines and the pro
grams that come with them.
That way, you can get any
questions about your computer
answered before classes even start
He said fall is a busy time for ITS,
which helps students to get con
nected on campus especially
those without CCI machines.
Most important, Egan wants
students to take advantage of the
services that ITS offers.
“there aren't a lot of schools
who have anything on this scale,"
he said. “Just remember we’re here
and we’ll help you out"
Contact the University Editor
at udesk@unc.edu.
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