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Homecoming 2008
Irby trying to get
involved in campus
Project to serve
Durham youth
BY LAURA HOXWORTH
STAFF WRITER
For Kennetra Irby, just being a
student at UNC is the realization
of a dream she’s had since the fifth
grade.
It all started with a post
card she received from her
father, a former professor in the
School of Journalism and Mass
Communication.
One look at the postcard
sparked her interest.
But it was when she took a tour
of campus that her decision was
made.
Irby’s attraction to UNC
included academics and the
variety of opportunities to get
involved on campus, but the
deciding factor was something
less tangible.
“There was just a feeling I got
from being on campus,” she said.
“This is where I belong.”
A senior Spanish major and
medical anthropology minor
from St. Petersburg, Fla., Irby has
attained her goal of being a UNC
student.
But Irby said she’s not stopping
there.
Now, she has her sights set
on another position that of
Homecoming queen.
The Essentials
Irby said she decided to run for
Homecoming queen as a way to
get more involved with campus
life.
“What first sparked my interest
was just the opportunity to meet
so many people at Carolina,” she
said.
“I was thinking of a way to
reach out to a lot of organizations,
people that I might not normally
interact with or get the chance to
know.”
But Irby also hopes her election
would allow her to give back to the
school she loves so much.
With the position, Irby hopes to
support smaller campus organiza
tions that tend to fall through the
cracks.
*1 feel like there are a lot of
smaller organizations on campus
that can be overlooked at times,"
die said.
UNC senior
Kennetra Irby
is one of four
candidates
for 2008
Homecoming
queen.
If elected, Irby plans to make
sure that the voices of every orga
nization on campus are heard. But
she is also aware that she will be
representing the entire University
as a whole at the same time.
I want to be Miss UNC because
I want to uphold that feeling of
excellence that this university has,”
she said. “I want to keep striving
for excellence.”
The Project
Irby said another reason she
chose to run for Homecoming
queen was the opportunity to
design and carry out a service proj
ect in a way that could get a lot of
people excited and involved.
For her service project, Irby
would create a program to involve
student organizations with the
Durham County youth home,
a juvenile detention center in
Durham.
“There are so many youths in
the Durham/Chapel Hill com
munity who need a positive role
model,” Irby said.
The program would bring
members of campus organiza
tions to workshops about positive
self-esteem and positive decision
making.
The second phase of the project
would allow participants to share
what they learned at the work
shops with children at the youth
home.
Every Saturday, at least one
member from each participat
ing organization would volunteer
at the youth home for about two
hours.
The program would aim to
connect UNC with the surround
ing community while also help
ing underprivileged youth in the
area.
With this service project, Irby
wants to help UNC students get
more involved with the commu
nity.
Out of the many community
organizations she could have
chosen, Irby picked the Durham
County youth home because she
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believes that helping underprivi
leged children is the best way to
impact our future.
“This project gives back to kids
and generations who are coming
after us,” she said.
The Campaign
Irby plans to campaign using
flyers, posters and stickers and
“just talking to people.”
One way that her campaign
will try to persuade students is by
educating them about her service
project.
As advice for other UNC stu
dents, Irby emphasized the impor
tance of service, a part of the
University’s mission.
“We need to uphold the
University's mission and lead per
sonally satisfying, productive and
responsible lives,” she said.
“Find your niche, and make
sure that you work within it in
order to create the change we
need to build a positive tomor
row,” she said.
The campaign also includes
signs with fun, catchy pictures and
slogans so that people will remem
ber her.
Irby said she hopes students will
vote for her because she will repre
sent the University well while car
tying out a service project that will
impact our future.
“People should vote for me if
they want a well-rounded candi
date,” Irby said. “Someone who is
involved in academics, on campus,
and is really invested in changing
the future.”
Contact the University Editor
at udeßk@une.edu.