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6The Daily Tar Heel Monday, March 20, 1989 nterVarsity By CHERYL ALLEN Staff Writer Breaking throvr the "Iron Curtain" is an impossible task for most Western religious groups. But for a group of 14 Inter Varsity (IV) students and two IV staff members from UNC, the cur tain may be pulled aside. After nearly a year of planning, IV Area Director Rich Henderson and staff member Kathy Rowlett will lead the IV students to the Soviet Union for an exchange pro gram with Kiev State University. "The purpose of the trip is to give students from both countries expo sure to one another's cultures, values and understandings," said Scott Bes senecker, assistant to the director of IV missions at IV headquarters. "They (UNCs IV group) were chosen basically because of Rich Henderson's experience in taking students overseas and the cohesive ness of the IV group (at UNC)," ' Bessenecker said. According to Henderson, the group is interested in building rela tionships across cultural lines. "In a low key way we want to let them (the Soviets) see our faith. We want roup to go as learners, servers and as plans Soviet cultural exchan ge Christians." He said the group was especially excited because it thinks it is the first time the government has extended an invitation to an upfront Christian organization. The group will spend a week of orientation in the United States, ten tatively followed by a week in Budapest living with Christian fami lies, and will then stay a month in Kiev. Students will return to Buda pest with time for debriefing and . preparation for re-entry back into Western culture, Henderson said. The orientation will be held in Wheaton, 111., and will cover topics such as Marxism, Soviet life and culture, and religion, he added. "We hope to go for a week to Budapest, Hungary, where students will live with Christian families and work in a Christian church. Hope fully they'll be able to see their cul ture from inside," he said. The IV members have been invited by Kiev State University to take part in an academic, cultural and language exchange, said Alice Benner, a sophomore from Raleigh. "We will be paired up one on one with a Soviet counterpart," she added. "Each day we will have a different topic to discuss," Henderson said. "They will range from value systems to economics to problems in society in both of our countries." The exchange students will attend cultural and athletic events, said Deanne Deese, a sophomore IV member from Greensboro. Students are looking forward to the trip for a variety of reasons. "I've never been to another coun try," Deese said. "I'm excited to learn about communist culture and We Will Be Closed Easter Sunday ill IK ""iSP1 Dinner Bell's Dinner Style Ham is semi boneless with the shank and rump bones removed. The external fat is trimmed leaving only the leg bone and; plenty of flavorful meat. Quality, value and low prices. . .only Whole. 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We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities. Mone Sold To Dealers. We Gladly Accept Federal Food Stamps. how it differs from ours." Tim Clayton, a December gradu ate from Huntersville, said he had ! always been interested in the Soviet! Union. "One thing I am hoping for ! is to be able to visit with Christians who live there. Having people come! from other countries helps them feei like they are not forgotten or alone.t Clayton said, "I am curious to I learn about issues of faith and God ! if he exists or what he is like 5 from the perspective of those raised' in an officially atheist nation." Benner agreed, saying, "It is a lot' harder to hold onto their faith in an Eastern bloc country." The students also hope this trip i will discredit some of the stereotypes they have grown up with in Western culture. ij "I think a lot of our stereotypes! will be erased," Deese said. "I hope l i il n -f. oe erasea as weii. Some have concerns about the trip. "I'm worried about the things I take for granted here that I wont Jjj have there," Amy Wearmouth, a ; junior from Sterling, Va., said. Let ters take a month to arrive, and the students are discouraged from calk ing the United States. "I dont want to write, because I'm afraid my letter will be read. The hard part will be j not talking to my family." Wearmouth said she hoped she would be able to adapt to the cul- " tiire. "I don't want to be an Ameri can over there. I'd like to be a Ukranian." Kathy Rowlett, the other IV staff member accompanying the group, said she hoped the group could bring its experiences back to UNC; "I hope they learn to love the Soviet people though they are differ ent," she said. "I hope it helps them back here on campus to do the same to love people different from themselves and to share their faith naturally." Gifts from ps$d 1 director of the "The money will for a graduate a need-based Cozart, assistant alumni association, probably be used tellowsnip or scholarship. "The program is only about five , years old. We based it on the pro grams at Carolina and Duke," he said. ; Georgia Tech is the only ACC school without a class gift program,. "The seniors are not planning . jo give a gift," said Michael Cowan,, a student representative. "Most of our class gifts come from the alumni." Allen said senior class, gifts are not common. )t "There are not too many schools with high levels of funding. Class gifts are the exception in this country, not the rule," he said. The senior class at UNC has collected $343,000 and has received pledges for much more money over the next five years, said Steve Tepper, UNC senior class president. Seniors who pledged money paid $10 now and will pay $190 over the next five years. More money will come from the state government, which agreedto help by matching funds. 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