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We’re so used to saying it that it’s become a representation of who we are, right behind our names and our birthplace.
Online education has come a long way. Recent years have seen it rise from having a bad rap to having a place atop the academia’s ivory tower and, as of last week, in every Idaho high school curriculum.
Last year, the amount owed for student loans surpassed credit card debt.
The University’s male-to-female ratio may skew dating patterns and max-out Zumba classes. But come May, we’ll be graduating to a larger, even more disproportionate world: the workforce.
Being an international student at UNC comes at a price — an out-of-state price.
If you’re one of those students who found an internship this past summer, you may have found that you’ve returned poorer because of it.
Chapel Hill can sometimes feel like an island. Untouched by real world problems — even ones like hurricanes — it is a bubble.
The first animal Kindra Mammone rehabilitated was a baby skunk. She was 5 years old when her father dropped the animal on her bed and taught her how to care for it.Thirty-nine years later, Mammone is operating her own rescue organization, Creative Learning About Wildlife Species, or CLAWS.She founded the nonprofit in Chapel Hill in 2004 to help local wild and exotic animals.“There are a lot of animals out there that need rescue,” Mammone said. “But there are a lot of species that people won’t help.”Mammone soon realized the need for her organization, which aims to rescue and rehabilitate animals while educating people to live in harmony with wild animals.Like many animal rehabbers, she works out of her own home, she said.“People came to my door with hogs in their hands,” she said.Last week, CLAWS employees released a great horned owl they had been caring for since November, Mammone said. The owl, whom she named Archimedes, was found in a waste treatment plant in Durham and had abrasions on her eyelid and wing.Mammone said CLAWS often invites people to watch when animals are released.Funding is one of her organization’s biggest challenges, and Mammone relies on donations but sometimes uses her own money.At CLAWS, veterinarian fees run up to $10,000 a year, and a month’s worth of food is about $2,000 for the 25 mammals and 22 birds currently in their care.Joy Braunstein, president of Carolina Raptor Center by Charlotte, said the nonprofit helps about 800 birds of prey a year.The problem isn’t a lack of rehab centers for animals, but a lack of donations, she said.“If we had exponentially larger funding, then we would have exponentially larger resources.” Braunstein said.She said food costs ran up to $4,000 a month at that center.“People that do this do it because their heart is in it,” said Pamela Bayne, president of the Triangle Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic.Bayne, who volunteers at the clinic, said it rehabilitates about 100 birds in the summer. They eat every 30 minutes for 14 hours, which raises food costs to several thousand dollars a month.Mammone said she often has to borrow materials such as cages to keep costs low. She said she wants to move into a bigger location with looser animal license restrictions while staying close to Chapel Hill. “In Orange County we’re not allowed to have bobcats, but I get calls about them all the time,” she said. “We would like to move to a place where we can have bobcats.”But despite staying small, word of Mammone’s work has spread.After finding Bettong kangaroos, she said she received a call from Australia to keep breeding the almost extinct species.She now owns 12 of the 45 Bettongs in the country, she said.“They asked me, ‘How do you manage to breed them?’” Mammone said. “I said, ‘I don’t know, I walk into their cage, and they breed on my shoe.’”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
The first animal Kindra Mammone rehabilitated was a baby skunk. She was 5 years old when her father dropped the animal on her bed and taught her how to care for it.Thirty-nine years later, Mammone is operating her own rescue organization, Creative Learning About Wildlife Species, or CLAWS.She founded the nonprofit in Chapel Hill in 2004 to help local wild and exotic animals.“There are a lot of animals out there that need rescue,” Mammone said. “But there are a lot of species that people won’t help.”Mammone soon realized the need for her organization, which aims to rescue and rehabilitate animals while educating people to live in harmony with wild animals.Like many animal rehabbers, she works out of her own home, she said.“People came to my door with hogs in their hands,” she said.Last week, CLAWS employees released a great horned owl they had been caring for since November, Mammone said. The owl, whom she named Archimedes, was found in a waste treatment plant in Durham and had abrasions on her eyelid and wing.Mammone said CLAWS often invites people to watch when animals are released.Funding is one of her organization’s biggest challenges, and Mammone relies on donations but sometimes uses her own money.At CLAWS, veterinarian fees run up to $10,000 a year, and a month’s worth of food is about $2,000 for the 25 mammals and 22 birds currently in their care.Joy Braunstein, president of Carolina Raptor Center by Charlotte, said the nonprofit helps about 800 birds of prey a year.The problem isn’t a lack of rehab centers for animals, but a lack of donations, she said.“If we had exponentially larger funding, then we would have exponentially larger resources.” Braunstein said.She said food costs ran up to $4,000 a month at that center.“People that do this do it because their heart is in it,” said Pamela Bayne, president of the Triangle Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic.Bayne, who volunteers at the clinic, said it rehabilitates about 100 birds in the summer. They eat every 30 minutes for 14 hours, which raises food costs to several thousand dollars a month.Mammone said she often has to borrow materials such as cages to keep costs low. She said she wants to move into a bigger location with looser animal license restrictions while staying close to Chapel Hill. “In Orange County we’re not allowed to have bobcats, but I get calls about them all the time,” she said. “We would like to move to a place where we can have bobcats.”But despite staying small, word of Mammone’s work has spread.After finding Bettong kangaroos, she said she received a call from Australia to keep breeding the almost extinct species.She now owns 12 of the 45 Bettongs in the country, she said.“They asked me, ‘How do you manage to breed them?’” Mammone said. “I said, ‘I don’t know, I walk into their cage, and they breed on my shoe.’”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
The differing opinions of the Town Council and the Transportation Board about a potentially dangerous intersection have led to one member’s resignation.Transportation Board member Roger Lundblad recently quit his position after disagreements regarding the construction of a new Walgreens at the intersection of East Franklin Street and Estes Drive.Lundblad’s term was set to expire on June 30.The board had recommended the construction of a longer median down both East Franklin Street and South Estes Drive to prevent left turns coming out of the proposed Walgreens site to minimize accidents, he said.Instead, the Town Council decided to put in a “pork chop island” — a triangular median next to a right turn lane that forces traffic in one direction.“The intersection is a disaster,” Lundblad said. “I have been living here for 40 years, and it’s been a disaster for 40 years.”The Walgreens will increase future traffic in one of the most congested intersections in Chapel Hill, Lundblad said.Between 2003 and 2006, 56 car accidents occurred in the intersection. The intersection is the seventh-most dangerous in town, council member Penny Rich said in January.Augustus Cho, chairman of the Transportation Board, agreed that the town’s solution wouldn’t solve the problem in the long run.“Putting a pork chop instead of heeding what the Transportation Board recommended is to settle for a short-term solution to a long-term challenge,” Cho said.Assumptions that a median would hurt the business of the Caribou Coffee by the intersection prevented the lengthened island from being constructed, Cho said.“What is disturbing about this particular decision is that this is, unfortunately, indicative of the Town Council addressing issues that affect all of us via piecemeal mentality,” he said.Cho said this decision showed the council wasn’t using its foresight for the greater good.Council member Ed Harrison, who has previously served on the Transportation Board, said he was worried a median would reduce the width of the street.“As a person that goes through that intersection by bicycle, car and foot, I know it’s pretty tight as it is,” Harrison said.Harrison said he doesn’t think the new Walgreens will increase the traffic of the intersection because it mostly attracts pass-by trips from people on the way home or to work. Harrison said he respected Lundblad’s viewpoint, but said that it only represented one of many.Lundblad said frustration with town government led him to quit his job in the board.“I won’t work for town government as long as they don’t change the way this town is governed,” he said.Cho said Lundblad had lived in town since the 1960s and would be missed on the board.“He’s witnessed both the good and less so of the Town Council’s decisions over the past four decades.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
In Chapel Hill, biscuits and fried chicken under heat lamps can only mean one thing.But in about a month, N.C. State University students will also be greeted by photos of famous hands forming the familiar “T” when a new Time-Out Restaurant opens in Raleigh.The 24/7 restaurant, known for its long lines of students hunting for comfort food to soak up the night’s adventures, has been a fixture on Franklin Street for 32 years.If all goes well, owner Eddie Williams will expand to other college towns.“My concept is college students in big universities,” he said.Williams said people had been asking him to expand due to the restaurant’s success. He said the new location will be right in front of Granville Towers’ sister dormitory, University Towers, at N.C. State.“We feel right at home,” he said.Despite the universities’ rivalry, Williams said Chapel Hill will always be the restaurant’s flagship and hopes UNC students will be excited to have a Time-Out in the towns they visit.“I grew up in Chapel Hill; me and my wife are Carolina graduates,” Williams said. “We’ve never left.”The new restaurant has been in development since Jan. 1 and will open at 3001 Hillsborough St. It will serve the same menu and be about the same size as the one in Chapel Hill.UNC junior Caitlin Styres said she started to go to Time-Out as a student at Chapel Hill High School.“Many of the friends I went with are now at State, so I think it’ll be pretty successful,” she said.Styres said she usually goes to the restaurant for biscuits and ice cream sandwiches after late-night parties.“When it’s all closed and it’s 4 a.m., that’s when you go to Time -Out,” she said.Williams said the restaurant’s consistency and longevity has made it known to the community.He thanked Chapel Hill for part of his success, for its hometown feel yet vibrant energy.“I love serving college students,” he said. “They keep me young.”Leo Verceles-Zara, a sophomore at N.C. State, said he was excited about having a Time-Out near the campus.“Whenever I’ve been there it’s usually full,” he said. “The food is really good.”What does he usually get at the restaurant?“Chicken biscuit, hands down, and a large, large Coke,” he said.The cafeteria-style restaurant is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.“If you’re inhibited verbally, you can just point at what you want,” said Devin O’Malley, a junior at UNC.The N.C. State restaurant will be decked out in red, to rival the Franklin Street location’s blue. But as far as whose food will taste sweeter, O’Malley is not worried.“Opening a new restaurant at State won’t affect the one at UNC,” he said. “Our Time-Out will always be better.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
After violating at least five traffic-related construction laws, Greenbridge development has decided to place extra workers on its surrounding streets to ensure subcontractors obey traffic laws, spokesman Mark Vevle said.After several meetings with the community and a number of complaints, the construction developer and town staff discussed the violations of Greenbridge’s management construction plan and traffic violations, Public Works Director Lance Norris said.He delivered a letter to the development, located near the corner of West Rosemary Street and North Graham Street, with possible actions.“The intent is not to stop the construction, but that the behavior stops,” Norris said.The letter stated that effective Feb. 17, the town Police Department would issue criminal citations to drivers and operators who committed violations. No citations have been issued.Even though the development has been issued traffic violations in the past, Norris said an order to stop work is possible only if they get five violations that result in citations.Vevle said the extra workers should help ease traffic. Additional workers were placed along Merritt Mill Road and Graham Street.“There have been a few instances when we’ve made mistakes but that was unfortunately out of our control,” he said.The construction company hasn’t received a citation since the meeting on Feb. 16, Norris said.Inspections of the environmentally friendly development have found violations with the construction permit.The construction company closed Rosemary Street without a town permit or using proper traffic control. The company allowed construction vehicles to travel in the wrong direction on one-way streets. It also used forklifts and cranes without following traffic procedures.Vevle said that the development hires a builder and the builders hire subcontractors, which leads to having many companies working at the site at the same time.These violations have placed pedestrians on the surrounding streets in hazardous conditions, Norris said.“We can only remind people of the rules so many times,” he said.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Beer is the glue that binds.That’s the wisdom professional brewer Todd Isbell shared while he judged the second World Home Brew Festival in Chapel Hill on Saturday.He was one of more than 200 people who gathered to celebrate the art of home-brewed beer.The festival, held at Nightlight, was the largest yet. The idea arose last year at a house party with just four home brewers.“The first time it was just me and my friend challenging each other to a brew-off,” said Caleb Rudow, a UNC graduate who organized the event with friend Mark Cares.This year’s festival attracted 40 home brewers, who judged each other’s products in the first round. For most attendees, brewing complements their daily jobs, which range from graduate student to gardener.The top five beers were judged by “brew masters” chosen by Triangle Brewing Co. of Durham. Don Caswell of Garner, a first-time participant, won first prize for his red India Pale Ale and was awarded 55 pounds of grain. The brewing process takes about a month but depends on the alcohol content of the beer and the type of equipment used, said UNC junior Eric Boren. Better equipment can accelerate the carbonation process.Boren, the founder of the Chapel Hill/Carrboro Home Brewing Club, said he began home brewing as soon as he turned 21. The club holds monthly meetings and group brew days.“I just really nerd out on it,” Boren said. “I’m constantly thinking about the next best thing.”Janel Beckham, a graduate student majoring in communication studies, was one of the few female brewers at the event. She said she has been brewing for more than six years and is writing her dissertation on home-brewed beer. She was primarily attracted by the creative side.“The beer you make is almost always better than anything you can buy,” Beckham said.Tasters rotated from table to table sampling from each brewer’s keg. Various local bands took the stage throughout the night.David Brannigan has been brewing in his Chatham County home for a year. Inspired by his Irish roots, he brought his brand, Paddy’s Pale Ale, to the festival.“Home brewing events like these reflect the renaissance in American brewery,” Brannigan said.Tickets to the festival were free, but attendees were encouraged to donate $10. All funds went to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.“This is outstanding,” said taster Bruce Ramirez. “The beer is good, and the cause is good.”Brew master Isbell said that events like these are successful because the craft of brewing beer brings happiness to a lot of people.“Most people think we stay home and drink all the time, and sometimes it’s true,” he said. “But it’s much more than that.” Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
As its population continues to grow, the town of Hillsborough might not be able to meet demands for water, traffic and affordable housing, town officials said.In 2008, the town had a population of 5,653 residents according to the U.S. Census Bureau, a growth of more than 30 percent in the last 20 years.With plans for a new Amtrak station, a new Emergency Medical Services hub, a renovated courthouse and a branch of UNC Hospitals, Hillsborough will no doubt attract more residents, but that worries the mayor.The town has made detailed estimates based on current water consumption for future developments, Hillsborough Mayor Tom Stevens said.“We took a look at what we would have left, and our water capacity going forward is quite limited,” Stevens said. “You can only build on what you have water for.”Traffic to and from north and south Hillsborough is also one of Stevens’ biggest worries.“Any time you have to build through two interstates, a river, a U.S. highway and historic properties, there are lots of consternations,” Stevens said.A project to build a bypass to alleviate traffic congestion at Churton Street intersections in downtown Hillsborough is one of several projects cancelled due to planning complications, Stevens said.It was cancelled because the town was concerned with building on more than 250 acres of green space, he said.Planning for growthIt also might be hard to keep Hillsborough affordable as it becomes more attractive. Stevens said he wanted a diversity of residents in town.The planning department looks forward to controlled and careful growth, said town planning director Margaret Hauth.The department is taking into account the added value for their citizens with each construction, she said.“The town board is not afraid to turn things down if it’s not right for Hillsborough,” Hauth said.Elizabeth Read, the executive director of the Alliance for Historical Hillsborough, said the town’s forward vision has attracted new residents and visitors into town.The county’s decision to move government offices from the downtown storefront has freed up valuable retail space for new businesses, Read said.Sarah Sessoms, a freshman from Hillsborough, said this used to be a common problem.“My mom was a business owner 10 years ago, and she had to close it because downtown didn’t have the traffic it has now,” Sessoms said.Even though Sessoms said she is worried new buildings will contrast with the historical architecture of Hillsborough, she has welcomed new changes.“I have neighbors for the first time in my life, it’s unheard of.”Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Shifts in ridership and desire for a new late-night route between Chapel Hill and Carrboro prompted the town to propose changes for three late-night bus lines.The changes would affect Safe Ride routes which run from Franklin Street on Thursday Friday and Saturday nights from 11 p.m. to 2:30 a.m. Proposals include eliminating the V safe ride to Southern Village reducing the number of safe buses on the G safe ride to Meadowmont Village and starting the J-C2C a nighttime shuttle from Chapel Hill to Carrboro. The route changes would go into effect in 2009.Brian Litchfield assistant director of Chapel Hill Transit said the department and student government leaders will hold a forum Thursday to discuss proposals" but no plans have yet been finalized.Student Body President J.J. Raynor said town and student government representatives discussed ridership data in a recent meeting.""The V route had almost no riders" Raynor said. It was a weird route" and we figured out it was not worth keeping.""She said the G also had few riders" but other Safe Ride lines were more popular.Under the new proposals the G route would be cut from running every 30 minutes to an hourly service to make up for its cost per rider. Officials decided not to cut this line because it serves important areas.Litchfield would not discuss specifics of the proposals.The T line will stay the same and the J line would be expanded to encompass an idea Raynor proposed in her campaign platform for a shuttle from the Varsity Theatre on Franklin Street to Weaver Street in Carrboro. The combination would be called the J-C2C.The J-C2C line which would run every 20 minutes" would give students who live in Carrboro an option for late-night transportation.""We are going to take the bus that would have been doing the G and every 30 minutes shift it to the J so that we can create the J-C2C"" Raynor said.Kemp Watson, a UNC junior who lives in Carrboro, said he thinks the rapid shuttle will be useful.It will help me save gas by not having to drive to and from campus all the time" and I won't have to worry about finding a parking spot somewhere" said Watson, who rides buses during the day but usually walks or drives to campus at night.The town will charge student government $60 per hour to run the J-C2C under the proposal, about $40 less than usual.Raynor said the town is making an effort to serve students.If the town wasn't looking into the students' views"" we wouldn't have this contract.""Raynor said the final contract will simplify the process of making route changes in the future.""We're going to build an option into the new contract so that if the new administration sees a need for different or additional routes it can do that.""Contact the City Editorat citydesk@unc.edu.
Slowly but surely seems to be the pace set by Latino voters heading toward the voting centers this election season.As of Oct. 25 the Orange County Board of Elections counted 1505 registered Latino voters about 68 percent more voters than were registered in January.Overall" the number of registered voters in the county grew nearly 15 percent since January.The N.C. and Orange County Boards of Elections have tried to attract the Latino population by offering a voter's guide in Spanish that presents detailed instructions about the inscription and voting process.""The actual ballots aren't in Spanish" but they do have Spanish instructions" said Tracy Reams, director of the Orange County Board of Elections.Although the number of Latino voters represent less than two percent of the county's total registered voters, local officials were assured this will change in the future.I don't think Latinos have made a big impact on voting here yet" but there's a strong possibility that they will in the future said Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton.As there are more Latino families in the area their kids are folks born with U.S. rights to vote. It's a process that's unfolding at the time" Chilton said.Almost 260,000 more Latinos immigrated to North Carolina from 2000 to 2007, a growth of about 68 percent.N.C. Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, said the immigration status of Latinos will make a difference when they are filling out their ballots.I think the kids will grow to remember how they and their parents were treated being immigrants" and that will have a very big impact on them and how they vote she said.Kinnaird said one reason why the Latino population won't be a big factor of change in the upcoming election is their tendencies to vote Democratic.The county being so heavily Democratic and with so many people registering I don't think it's going to make a big difference Kinnaird said.Orange County Commissioner Mike Nelson also said the majority of Latinos prefer the Democratic Party.Most of my registered Latino friends are Democrats but when you think of it most of my friends are Democrats anyway Nelson said.Nelson said the state's officials have responded to the growth of the Latino population in the past few years.I think us as elected officials have a responsibility to reach out to Latinos listen to what they have to say welcome them and give them the services they need" he said.Currently, 65,589 Latinos are registered in the state, about 11 percent of the Latinos that live in North Carolina.But it's a number Chilton said will grow quickly.For us here in Carrboro" Latinos are very important not just because it's 10 percent of the population" but because they are also a big part of the workforce.""Contact the La Colina Editor at lacolinadesk@gmail.com.
Lento pero seguro parece ser el paso que han adoptado los Latinos del estado hacia los centros de votación este año. Desde el 25 de octubre la Junta Electoral del Condado Orange contó con 1.505 votantes Latinos más o menos 68 por ciento más votantes de los que contaban al inicio del año.En total el numero de votantes registrados en el condado ha crecido casi 15 por ciento desde enero.La Junta de Elecciones del Estado y del condado han intentado atraer a la población Latina ofreciendo guías del votante en español" que presentan instrucciones detalladas sobre la inscripción y el proceso de votación.""Las papeletas en si no están en español" pero sí tienen instrucciones en Español" dijo Tracy Reams, la directora de la Junta Electoral de Orange County.Aunque los Latinos registrados representan menos del 2 por ciento de personas registradas en total en el condado, representantes locales aseguran que esto va a cambiar en el futuro.Yo creo que los Latinos no han creado mucho impacto en las elecciones todavía" pero hay una gran posibilidad de que sí lo hagan en el futuro" dijo Mark Chilton, alcalde de Carrboro.Mientras hayan más familias Latinas en la zona" sus hijos van a nacer con los mismos derechos que tienen los Americanos para votar. Es un proceso que se está desenvolviendo" dijo Chilton.Desde el año 2000 casi 260.000 Latinos han entrado a Carolina del Norte, un crecimiento de más o menos 68 por ciento.Ellie Kinnaird, senadora estatal de Carolina del Norte, D-Orange, dijo que la condición migratoria de los Latinos va a hacer una diferencia en el momento que estos rellenen las papeletas.Creo que los niños al crecer van a recordar como ellos y sus padres fueron tratados"" y eso va a tener un gran impacto en ellos y en como votan.""Kinnaird dijo que otra de las razones por las que la población Latina no va a ser un gran factor de cambio en las elecciones es por su tendencia Demócrata.""Siendo un condado fundamentalmente Demócrata" y con tanta gente registrándose" no creo que vaya a hacer una gran diferencia.""Mike Nelson" miembro de la Comisión del Condado de Orange" también dijo que la mayoría de los Latinos prefieren al Partido Demócrata.""La mayoría de mis amigos Latinos registrados son Demócratas" pero ahora que lo pienso la mayoría de mis amigos son Demócratas de todas maneras dijo Nelson.Él añadió que los oficiales del estado han sabido responder al gran crecimiento de Latinos a través de los últimos años.Creo que nosotros tenemos la responsabilidad de extender nuestra mano a los Latinos escuchar lo que tienen que decir darles la bienvenida y proveerles los servicios que necesitan" dijo Nelson.Actualmente, la población Latina registrada para votar en el estado cuenta con 65.589 personas, alrededor del 11 por ciento del número de Latinos que habitan en el estado.Sin embargo, es una suma que Chilton dijo va a aumentar rápidamente.Para nosotros aquí en Carrboro los Latinos son muy importantes" no solo porque representan el 10 por ciento de nuestra población" sino porque también forman una gran parte de la población activa.""Contacte a La Colina enlacolinadesk@gmail.com.
Intelligent driven and Latino — this is the type of student UNC has been looking to recruit for 40 years.During the weekend of Sept. 19 the University conducted a recruitment program that attracted almost 30 students from Latino backgrounds" all in their senior year of high school.The program ended at noon September 20 with a carnival celebration hosted by the Carolina Hispanic Association. The students bid farewell amid games and Latin American delicacies.""I believe students want to come to UNC because the University not only cares about the intellectual side" but they are also thinking about how to help people and the town" said Lyndenise Berdecia, an admissions counselor.This year is the 40th anniversary of Project Uplift, a program dedicated to enhancing University diversity.Currently, 5.6 percent of the class of 2012 are Latino, said Jenn Kretchmar, senior assistant director of undergraduate admissions.This represents a growth of 55.6 percent in the number of Latino students in the first-year class since 2003. The total number of incoming students has grown 10 percent in the last five years, Kretchmar said.During Latino recruitment weekend, the high school students and their parents attended various information sessions from the admissions, financial aid and advising offices.I came to one of these sessions four years ago. It helped me a lot because I had no clue what I had to do to apply to college and get financial aid"" said senior Ronald Batres, president of Chispa, who served as a guide during the weekend. I even brought my grandmother"" he said. This program helped my parents in telling them what they needed to know.""The students had the opportunity to attend a class and spend the night at the University. Each high school student was paired with a UNC student.Gabriela Calamaco" a 17-year-old student from Charlotte already knew she wanted to apply to UNC before participating in the program" but she said she was happy to come for a visit.""I'm glad they did this because I'm proud of my culture" and I don't want that to be lost when I come here" Calamaco said.Terri Houston, director of recruitment and multicultural programs at UNC, offered the students encouraging words.We know we're the best. But we know you're the best and the brightest.""Diversity is important in all the areas of the University" said Josmell Pérez" multicultural programs coordinator.""We held the first caucus to introduce Latino faculty last year. We hope to see that number grow this year.""On October 14" Berdecia and others from the admissions office will travel to Puerto Rico to recruit students from private bilingual schools. They are also expecting to establish connections between the schools' counselors and UNC" Berdecia said.""Here the Latinos are still just a few"" but the ones we have are a family; they are a community.""Contact La Colina at lacolinadesk@gmail.com.
Chancellor Holden Thorp advised a group of local high school students Monday to pick a university that offers a wide range of academic programs.UNC has excellent programs and students but the most important thing is that you have the opportunity to find out what it is you love doing" Thorp told eight students in an honors research class at Chapel Hill High School. Monday afternoon's stop was Thorp's first on a statewide tour. He said his goals for the tour were to encounter inquisitive students and figure out what challenges the University faces. Thorp made a deliberate effort to memorize students' names and learn about their interests. The course has been available for two years at Chapel Hill High. Even though the class is made up of only eight senior students, the course's teacher Tom Herndon said it was a good representation of the high school.It's a pretty bright group. There are lacrosse players" a cappella singers club leaders — a very broad spectrum" said Herndon, who sported socks with the periodic table.In the class, students do their own research and each creates a unique final project. Kent Torell, who's taking the class for the second time, last year studied almost 200 students to determine music's effects on memory. He told Thorp that his results revealed that students who study in silence perform better on exams.I'm glad my parents didn't know about that; I tried to convince them that I needed to listen to The Who while I was studying"" Thorp said. That was before ear buds existed of course.""An award-winning chemistry researcher himself"" Thorp told students in the class about UNC's support for undergraduate research.Thorp told students that UNC invented higher public education and University alumni proved its success.""My job requires a lot of physical stamina" but I do it because I believe that higher education has the power to lift society" Thorp said. That's why I wake up at 5:30 a.m. and go to bed at 10 p.m.""Several students expressed interest in studying abroad.""If I could change something about my college experience" I would have learned more languages and studied abroad Thorp said.Thorp gave UNC T-shirts and pens to the students and thanked them for having him.We don't have freshmen (at UNC) that speak that much I'm pretty pleased" Thorp said as he left the school. It's always inspiring to see students so excited about learning.""Thorp next headed to Asheville for an evening event and meeting with UNC-Asheville Chancellor Anne Ponder.Contact the City Editor at citydesk@unc.edu.
Inteligente ambicioso y Latino éste es el perfil del estudiante bajo la lupa de UNC hace ya cuarenta años.El fin de semana del 19 de septiembre la Universidad realizó un programa de reclutamiento Latino que atrajo a casi 30 estudiantes de procedencia hispana todos en su último año de bachillerato.El programa finalizó el sábado al mediodía donde los estudiantes se despidieron entre juegos y degustaciones de delicias Latinas en la elebración de un carnaval organizado por la asociación hispana de UNC" Chispa.""Yo creo que los Latinos quieren venir a UNC porque la Universidad no sólo se ocupa de lo intelectual" sino que siempre están pensando en cómo ayudar a la gente al pueblo" dijo Lyndenise Berdecia, consejera del departamento de admisiones.El Proyecto Uplift, cual comenzó hace 40 años, está dedicado a intensificar la diversidad en la Universidad. Actualmente, 5,6 por ciento de estudiantes del primer año de la clase del 2012 son Latinos, dijo Jenn Kretchmar, subdirectora superior de admisiones de pre-grado. Esto representa un crecimiento de 55,6 por ciento en el porcentaje de estudiantes Latinos en la clase entrante desde 2003. El número en total de estudiantes entrantes ha crecido 10 por ciento en los últimos cinco años, dijo Kretchmar.En el fin de semana de reclutamiento, los estudiantes acompañados de sus familiares recibieron varias sesiones informativas de parte de las oficinas de admisiones, ayuda económica y consejería académica.Hace cuatro años asistí a este mismo programa y me ayudó mucho porque no tenía idea de cómo aplicar a la Universidad y recibir ayuda económica"" dijo Ronald Batres, presidente de Chispa y estudiante de último año quien sirvió de guía durante el fin de semana .Traje hasta a mi abuelita. Aquí le dijeron a mis padres todo lo que necesitaban saber."" Los estudiantes tuvieron la oportunidad de asistir a una clase y pasar la noche en la Universidad. Cada uno tenía un estudiante de UNC como anfitrión.Gabriela Calamaco" de 17 años proveniente de Charlotte ya sabía que iba a aplicar a UNC antes de asistir al programa" pero se alegró de haber podido venir de visita. ""Me alegra estar aquí porque estoy orgullosa de mi cultura" y no quiero que eso se pierda cuando venga para acá" dijo Calamaco.Peter Dortschy, quien asistió al programa con su hija, dijo que quería que ella viniera a una escuela con un cuerpo estudiantil diverso.Creo que es bueno para ella estar expuesta a grupos de razas diversas" la va a hacer sentir más cómoda" dijo Dortschy.Terri Houston, la directora del reclutamiento y programas multiculturales, ofreció algunas palabras de ánimo a los estudiantes. Nosotros sabemos que somos los mejores. Pero también sabemos que ustedes son los mejores y los más brillantes"" dijo Houston.La diversidad también es importante en otros aspectos de la Universidad, dijo Josmell Pérez, coordinador de programas multiculturales.Tuvimos la primera conferencia para introducir facultad Latina a la Universidad el año pasado. Esperamos aumentar ese número este año"" Pérez dijo.El 14 de octubre, Berdecia junto a otros de su departamento van a viajar a Puerto Rico a reclutar estudiantes de escuelas bilingües privadas. También desean establecer relaciones entre los consejeros de las escuelas puertorriqueñas y UNC, dijo Berdecia.Aquí los Latinos todavía somos pocos" pero los que hay somos una familia" somos una comunidad.""Contacte a La Colina enlacolinadesk@gmail.com.