The Daily Tar HeelMonday, August 26, 19917
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By Christina Nifong
and Ginger Meek
Feature editor and assistant editor
It's worse than Uncle Sam. Posters
for a rainbow of types of organizations
tacked on bulletin boards all over cam
pus relay the same relentless message:
We want you.
For the next week the Pit will be
transformed into a recruitment office
for groups of every kind all looking for
a few good students.
Here are a few to keep in mind:
Programs to promote fine arts, raise
consciousness and provide social inter
action are objectives of the Carolina
Union Activities Board.
The Performing Arts Committee
hosts performances by established per
formers and students alike, and, with
the Stage Alternatives Committee which
provides more contemporary perfor
mances, is responsible for shows in the
Cabaret as well as larger productions.
The Gallery Committee selects art
exhibits for display in the Union, rang
ing from painting, sculpture, fiber and
performance art. A variety of cinematic
entertainment is provided by the Film
Committee.
The Critical Issues Committee orga
nizes events to explore topics of impor
tance to UNC students. The Forum Com
' mittee brings well-known personalities
to campus to lecture or be featured in an
activity highlighting their talent.
International programs, ceremonies
and cultural events designed to bring
students and faculty together are planned
and executed by a Special Projects Com
mittee. Competitive events such as College
Bowl and spades tournaments are orga
nized by the Recreation Committee.
The Public Relations Committee pro
motes the Union itself through super
vising committee activities, and the
Advertising Committee publicizes the
activities of the Union.
For more information about how to
get involved, go to the Carolina Union
desk or room 200. There is an informa
tional meeting Aug. 27 at 4:00 p.m. in
the Great Hall.
The Campus Y has 29 committees
; structured around social issues, volun
teer issues and support for the Campus
Y, said Heather Lynch, Campus Y co
president. The Student Environmental Action
Coalition is one of the largest of the
committees. It lobbies and campaigns
directly on environmental issues and
encourages awareness in the commu-
. nity.
Other Campus Y committees geared
toward social issues include Women's
Forum, Student Advancement for Race
Relations and Human Rights Week.
The Big Buddy Program and the
Murdock and Umstead volunteer pro
grams are also based at the Campus Y.
j Big Buddy is a year long commit-
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with a child and is responsible for main
taining contact with the child. The
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range for a student to work with patients
at the two hospitals.
Campus Y support committees such
as Craftsfest and Footfalls work to raise
money.
Students interested in becoming in
volved with the Campus Y can obtain
brochures at the Campus Y or talk to
committee representatives in the Pit,
Sept. 11,12 between 1 1 a.m. and 2 p.m.
The Black Cultural Center does
not offer opportunities for volunteer
ing, but strives to serve the entire com
munity by nurturing any programs or
meetings related to the black experi
ence, according to Margo Crawford,
director of the BCC.
The BCC will begin offering a lec
ture series on Monday nights, a
roundtable discussion on Tuesdays and
cross-cultural communications work
shops on Wednesdays starting in late
September. But, according to Crawford,
the center is primarily a place for stu
dents to develop their program ideas for
the center to co-sponsor or at least host.
Ever scuba dived, sailed, or per
formed Oriental martial arts? The
Sports Club Council offers 33 sports
for students to compete or participate in
at a level between varsity and intermural
teams.
Rick Satterlee, director for club
sports, said there are the traditional
sports of football, men and women's
soccer and men and women's volley
ball that competeagainstothercollege's
club teams or even with some smaller
school's varsity teams. There are also
more recreational clubs, such as the
outing club and the water skiing club,
that do not compete with other teams
but allow students to meet people and
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for enthusiastic recruits
have opportunities they might not oth
erwise have.
For questions about how to get in
volved and about the equipment or ex
perience needed, stop by the Pit on Aug.
29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Or maybe show stopping is your cup
of tea. Pauper Players is a group formed
two years ago and is the only musical
theater organization on campus. "Guys
and Dolls" will be their fall production,
according to David Henderson, one of
three student administrators who run
the organization.
He said there are opportunities for
students to direct, produce, work on
technical aspects, make costumes, sing,
dance and act. No prior experience is
necessary.
"We're looking for excitement;
people committed to coming in, having
a good time and putting on a good
show."
An organizational meeting will be
Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. Auditions for "Guys
and Dolls" will be Sept. 5 and 6.
If students have good taste in music
but don't want to sing, volunteering for
WXYC, UNC's student radio station,
might be something to keep in mind.
Carrie McLauren, cruise director for
WXYC, said the station would be look
ing for between six and 14 deejays and
between 10 and 20 production assis
tantssubstitute deejays. "WXYC is re
ally interested in people interested in
music ... ofallstyles,ofallgenres,"she
said.
An informational meeting is planned
for Aug. 29. All volunteers will be inter
viewed and students must attend the
meeting to sign up for interviews,
McLauren said.
UNC Hospitals Volunteer Services
is registering students now for 90 dif
ferent volunteer opportunities. Some of
the jobs, such as manning the activity
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Marcus Davis is bent over a
wire-bound notebook bigger than
most phone books. Scattered
around him are students glued to
glowing computer screens, flip
ping through piles of neatly ar
ranged pamphlets and fliers.
Like Davis, these students have al
ready started their job search at the
University Career Planning and Place
ment Services.
The UCPPS for many is the last stop
ping point in their educational careers.
After investing four to five years as a
slave to textbooks, papers and multiple
choice exams, the college experience
basically boils down to, "Will I get a
job?"The UCPPS, located in 2 1 1 Hanes
Hall, is there to do whatever it can to
help.
Davis is a senior business major who
has his sights set on a marketing posi
tion starting "hopefully around $2 1 ,000
a year."
What exactly can UCPPS do to help
him find this job?
According to Marcia Harris, director
of UCPPS, the office has information
on many companies in the United States
and abroad. Students can begin by
browsing through pamphlets listing
cart or library cart, providing entertain
ment to hospital patients, or helping
patients through the admission process
just require a good attitude.
Others such as helping out with the
Burn Center, assisting occupational
therapists' patients or working with
pharmacists with prescriptions are
geared toward giving students some
practical experience in theirmajorfield.
And then there are the volunteer op
portunities such as the Newborn Criti
cal Care Center and Pediatric playrooms
where students can spend time with
newborns and children.
Last semester, 537 students volun
teered at least one shift or one and a half
hours a week, according to Jenny Fisher,
assistant director of volunteer services.
To register this semester, call Fisher at
966-4793 between 8 a.m. and 6:30 p.m.
this week.
But this is only a drop in the bucket.
Keep your eyes open for posters and
flyers for other opportunities and GET
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company benefits, direction and annual
hiring record.
After deciding on a particular field,
sales, for instance, UCPPS can begin
matching students' credentials with
those required in that career.
UCPPS staff can help students de
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for a number of sales positions. For
example, during the fall semester, com
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Jefferson-Pilot will be interviewing on
campus.
Because interviews can be trying
experiences, UCPPS offers mock inter
views on an appointment basis with
counselors specializing in various fields.
The counselors videotape the interview
and then go over it to point out what was
right or wrong, Harris said.
In addition, UCPPS lists almost 2,000
positions that are currently open. Na
tional Public Radio is calling for an
"associate producer" for RTVMP ma
jors at $28,000 a year. Wave 104 FM in
Myrtle Beach needs a disc jockey with
five years experience.
Jobs are out there.
Harris is excited about a service avail
able for the first time this year called
Carolina Connection. This computer
program has 1,300 UNC alumni in its
database. The ex-Tar Heels have agreed
to help others still at UNC in their job
search.
The program allows access to any
information the alumni want to pass on.
Their phone numbers are included for
first-hand knowledge of a career.
Also, Harris points out that some of
the alumni could help their fellow Tar
Heels get a foot in the door.
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"It is absolute hypocrisy for the Uni
versity health affairs and the hospital in
particular to be wailing for more land
for growth when they've been busy
squandering away what little land they
have," Wallace said.
'The design of the ambulatory care
center should have been six floors and
half the land. Their own debacles have
put them in this crisis for land," Wallace
said.
Mayoral candidate Ken Broun,
former dean of the UNC School of Law,
issued a statement this week calling for
the council to vote down the plan.
"As I stated to the council several
months ago, 1 am unconvinced that the
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Another new service is the Job Hot
Line. To use this, register with UCPPS
and then call 962-CPPS.
This number gives access to the lat
est job vacancies in specific areas of
interest allowing students to conduct a
job search while staying at home in bed,
watching TV.
A project waiting in the wings for a
spring unveiling is a computerized in
ternship service. Freshmen, sophomores
and juniors, pay attention. This allows
students to enter requests for the perfect
internship.
Forexample, a student could enter: 'I
want a sales internsh ip in Southern Cali
fornia.' The computer would scan all
available internships and list the ones
that fit the bill.
Last year 77 percent of UNC stu
dents used UCPPS, Harris said. She
said 73 percent of those seniors found
jobs within six months of graduation
while 16 percent went to graduate
school.
According to UCPPS pamphlets,
placement services accounted for 44
percent of job offers last year.
Harris stresses that it is important to
start early and begin developing an idea
of potential companies as soon as pos
sible. She said students should not wear
blinders in their job search.
"You have more of a chance of win
ning the lottery than landing a job at
IBM," Harris jokes. Not really a joke
though, as every opening at IBM at
tracts almost 700 applicants.
The job market is tough enough as it
is. Don't make it tougher by not using
the valuable help that UCPPS provides.
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