Food for thought: eating healthy for exams
Staff writer Reyna Desai sat down with Rebecca Rebmann, a sports nutritionist and dietician at Campus Health Services, to get her take on healthy habits during exams.
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Staff writer Reyna Desai sat down with Rebecca Rebmann, a sports nutritionist and dietician at Campus Health Services, to get her take on healthy habits during exams.
In a world of Tweets, Facebook and blogs, the student government has launched a monthly radio show and podcast aimed at improving communication with students. The program, titled “The Student Body President Show,” airs on the WXYC 89.3 FM radio station, and each broadcast features different student government committees.After the program airs, the shows can be downloaded as podcasts from student government’s Web site.“We just look for any way to reach out to both the student body and the community,” said Monica Matta, chief of staff to Student Body President Jasmin Jones.“This radio show is one of these opportunities, and since we can talk about the work that we do, it was an obvious decision to participate.”Matt Berginski, a disc jockey at WXYC and host of the show, said student government has produced radio shows in the past. He said he believes many people download the podcast after the show airs. The co-chairmen of the capital projects committee, who tries to include student voice in construction projects on campus, spoke about the proposal for a pedestrian bridge across South Road on Sunday. The Myth-Busters Series — a special project between student government and Carolina United — also discussed talks they will host in the spring on controversial issues such as affirmative action.“These are projects that will have a dramatic impact on student life. They should know what is going on,” stated Ian Lee, co-chairman of the capital projects committee, in an e-mail.Student Body Secretary Jonathan Tugman said each of the 30 student government committees and special projects would receive an opportunity to go on the show.The show was initiated this summer when Jones and Student Body Vice President David Bevevino worked with WXYC. Matta and Bevevino said they are pleased with the show’s success and the different committees’ enthusiasm.Will Thomason, co-chairman of the public service and advocacy committee, was a member of the team that produced the first podcast in September.“I think it was cool, especially the fact that the podcasts can still be listened to,” he said.Student government has produced three broadcasts since the semester began.Bevevino said the podcast offers student government a chance to share its work with students.“I don’t know how many people have listened, but I think it has been successful just letting people talk about their work,” he said.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
Carly Brantmeyer, a photojournalism major from Charlotte, was inspired by her love for photography and children to run for Homecoming queen.If she wins, Brantmeyer will fund her project PhotoTEACH, a weekly photography class for children from low-income families.“I think this project is set apart from others because it has already been developed and is sustainable and just needs further funding,” she said.Brantmeyer, a senior, had never left the country before she attended UNC, her dream school since 5th grade. And when she had the chance to study abroad to Ghana, Africa, in fall 2008, she brought PhotoTEACH with her. The project was initially funded with around $500 that Brantmeyer raised through donations from her family and friends. She purchased simple film cameras, which she used to teach eight children from the slums of Nima, Ghana. After returning from Ghana she expanded her project to teach children in Durham at The Salvation Army.“I now want to extend it to Carrboro and the Chapel Hill communities,” she said of PhotoTEACH. “It’s not just about me and my project. I want everyone at Carolina to be a part of it.”She hopes PhotoTEACH will continue even after she graduates. The cameras used currently are loaned by the School of Mass Communication and Journalism, and she hopes added funding would pay for more equipment.Brantmeyer said the children she’s taught in Ghana and Durham had never interacted with cameras and that their pictures provided them with a way of telling their story and perspective.“It was a life-changing experience. They were overjoyed,” she said. Brantmeyer is a member of the Phi Beta Chi sorority, a senior marshal and the senior class photographer. She is also the campus representative for Mocha Club, an national organization that funds relief and development projects in Africa.Brantmeyer has been a member of UNC Dance Marathon — the fundraiser for N.C. Children’s Hospital — for four years, an experience she said she will cherish forever.“I feel I embody the Carolina tradition of service, leadership and scholarship through the experiences I’ve had here,” she said.
After 13 years as a Girl Scout, Anarrah Ross won the group’s highest honor, the Gold Award, by dedicating her time to collecting toys to stock the playrooms at local children’s hospitals.She continues her dedication to service at UNC while running for Homecoming queen this semester.“I feel that at UNC, the opportunities are limitless,” she said.“And if they don’t have something, they will provide you with the tools to create it.”Ross, a senior sociology major from Concord, hopes to win Homecoming queen to support Tees for Teens, a program catering to local centers by providing them with food, clothing and greater interaction with the community.“It’s not about the title or being in the public eye,” she said. The project comprises three components: a partnership with Outback Steakhouse to provide meals to local homeless centers, a T-shirt drive to gather clothing for homeless children and monetary donations from local businesses to match every 100 T-shirts donated.“I feel like college students can give away T-shirts and not feel the effects, but it would still be very impactful for the children,” she said.She also plans on providing backpacks with toiletries and other necessities to the children.Ross aims to have greater interaction with the campus and surrounding communities.“Usually when Homecoming queens or kings are elected, they are never heard from again,” she said. “I want to change that.”Ross has spent three years on the morale committee of UNC Dance Marathon, which raises funds for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.She said it’s her favorite experience at UNC. She is also a UNC Public Service Scholar, a member of the minority student recruitment committee and is in charge of community service for Carolina Fever.She started a club called Fever Fans and Helping Hands this semester to commemorate the 100th season of UNC basketball.“We are committed to completing 100 acts of service throughout the year, and each month we donate $100 to local nonprofits,” she said.Ross added that even if she lost, she would continue to work at a smaller scale with the management at Outback Steakhouse, who have been supportive of her work.“I really want this and I’m really excited about it. I really want to make my University proud.”
Students turning 21 have started getting an additional birthday present starting this year — a postcard to their parents talking about the dangers of alcohol poisoning.In response to an 82 percent rise in alcohol poisoning cases from the 2007-08 school year to last year, the Dean of Students Office is sending letters to the parents of students turning 21 to encourage them to advise their children to drink responsibly.Dean Blackburn, assistant dean of students, said the campaign is aimed at stopping students from taking 21 shots on their 21st birthday and other high-risk drinking. With 36 bars in a one-mile radius of campus, Blackburn said he thinks this is a serious problem.“Depending on the person, it could very well be death. It could be coma,” he said, referring to the intake of 21 shots.Eric Smith, a health educator at Campus Health Services, believes the current generation of college students is more likely to heed their parents’ advice. He thinks raising awareness in both parents and students about alcohol poisoning will be effective.“Most of the students turning 21 now are in the ‘Millennial’ generation, and a lot of research is showing that these students talk to their parents a lot,” he said. The light-blue postcards tell parents to urge their children to celebrate their 21st birthdays with alternatives to alcohol, including road trips and dinner. The cards also offer several tips to make drinking safer if students decide to consume alcohol, such as only having one drink an hour and not drinking on an empty stomach.They also encourage parents to make sure students have a ride home on that night and do not drink and drive.The dean’s office began the program this semester, and postcards are sent a week before a student’s birthday to his or her home address.Student reactions vary from support to skepticism of how effective this program will be at reducing binge drinking. They said their parents had not spoken to them about the postcards.Senior Brittany Young, who turned 21 last week, said she would listen if her parents talked to her about the dangers of alcohol.“Anytime you have communication between a parent and child, even when a child has reached adulthood, it’s a good thing,” she said.But other students believe that parents might not be the best way to reach students, and that the school should use other tactics.“Friends would have more of an impact than parents, and experience would have more of an impact than friends,” said Daniel Friedman, a senior who turned 21 in the spring.Senior Megan Jacobson said even though she thinks it’s a good start, some parents might not be used to talking to their children and wouldn’t be able to alter drinking behavior.“I don’t think it will be super effective,” she said. “If parents are not already in the habit of talking to their children they wouldn’t be taken as seriously.”Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
UNC lost to UVA 16-3 at Kenan Memorial Stadium in Chapel Hill, NC on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009.
With the deadline quickly approaching, staff members at the Kenan-Flagler Business School said this year’s application process to the school’s undergraduate program will be easier for students. The business school has made this year’s undergraduate application completely paperless in order to make the process less hectic. But students have to submit their applications by Friday at 5 p.m., nearly a month earlier than previous deadlines.“In previous years, students had to turn in hard copies,” said Lee May, associate director of advising and admissions for the bachelor of science in business administration program. “It used to be a frantic rush until the last day.” Adam Glass, a sophomore applying to the business school, said the electronic application has been convenient.“You don’t have to use all your time going back and forth to the business school, and you don’t have to worry about time constraints,” he said.May said the application deadline was made earlier this year so the expected applicant pool of about 500 students could be informed of their admission status and receive scheduling advice earlier. “We want to give them an answer earlier in the spring semester so that they know their major and can pre-register earlier,” May said.Many students said they appreciate the earlier deadline.“Last year, people’s semesters were ruined in the aspect that you can’t drop classes and prerequisites that late in the semester,” Ray said.Some applicants are not interviewed prior to being accepted into the undergraduate program. But May said callbacks for interviews do not necessarily indicate one’s application status.“Sometimes we choose them because there is an inconsistency in their application,” she said. “Sometimes we choose them because they’ve done something wonderful and we want to know more.”Despite the easier online application, the school’s Director of Media Relations, Allison Adams, said staff members are not expecting drastic changes in the number of applicants.May said about 300 students of approximately 500 applicants will be accepted for the fall 2010 semester. Students will be notified of their admission status on Jan. 20. May added that about 30 of the 55 to 75 students she expects to reapply or try to transfer in the spring will be accepted.“We’re looking for students who have academic vigor and are involved in the public community- campus and its surroundings,” she said.
As a student-parent, Sarah-June Benjamin often needs transportation to pick her child up from day care at the Friday Center.But after contacting the P2P for a ride, Benjamin was told that she was ineligible for disabled student services and that it was not the P2P’s job to help her.“Even during adverse weather — rain or snow — they still don’t do it,” she said.Benjamin was one of several students Wednesday who voiced their concerns to Student Congress during an open forum in Polk Place.Student Congress members listened and considered how they could help.“Someone being discriminated against because of their child is not how campus should run,” said Congress Speaker Joe Levin-Manning.Levin-Manning said the event was intended to raise awareness of Student Congress and to hear constituent concerns.“We can talk to administrators,” he said. “As a member of student government, they listen to us.”Levin-Manning said Student Congress will host two more open forums on Oct. 14 and Nov. 18. He said the October forum will be held in a venue on South Campus to cater to students who might otherwise find it inconvenient to attend a forum.“We’re trying to be more proactive and get feedback from students,” he said. “Congress is required to have one public forum every year as written in the Student Code, but we felt that we really should go beyond that, and we’re trying to have one every month.”Emily Danforth, a graduate student representative, said she believes the open forums help Congress members connect with constituents.“What we’re hoping is that by talking to people today they can voice questions about Congress or about anything they want Congress to do,” she said.Student Congress members at the forum also said they hoped to direct more students to their Web site at www.congress.unc.edu.Student Congress hosts a forum on its Web site, and members said they want to encourage students to visit it more and leave comments and questions.“Right now we check it once a week,” Levin-Manning said.“But I’d love for it to get to the point that there’s a new comment every hour.” Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
There was no sun, sand or surf in the Brinkhous-Bullitt building on the UNC Health Sciences campus Thursday, but that didn’t stop people from partying at The Beach.With blue and white balloons and a ribbon-cutting ceremony, throngs of people celebrated the opening of The Beach Café, the health science facilities’ version of Lenoir Mainstreet, a collection of restaurants. Jaya Ghosh, senior project manager at the UNC School of Medicine, said the University constructed the café in order to provide an accessible dining location for medical students.On Thursday, the vendors Chick-fil-A, Quiznos, Greens local fare restaurant and Espress Oasis coffee shop distributed free samples and coupons. The facility will offer a range of food from sandwiches and paninis to lattes and burgers. Ghosh added that there used to be a café of the same name on the second floor, but the café was not as convenient or well-known.“It wasn’t as accessible and people didn’t know about it,” she said. “We put it on the floor close to the medical quad, and it’s the right location as a lot of students study at Berryhill Hall,” a neighboring building.Karen McCall, vice president of public affairs at the School of Medicine, said, although The Beach opened Aug. 17, administrators delayed the ribbon-cutting ceremony to accommodate the schedules of the staff members and ensure that operations were running smoothly.Ghosh said reports from the dining services office stated The Beach has been popular.“During lunch time there’s always a line for food and no room to sit,” said Kevin Tice, manager of Espress Oasis.“So if that’s your definition of popular, I’d say it has been popular.”Before The Beach was opened, students and staff at the health sciences campus would eat in cafeterias at the different hospitals.“It’s definitely much-needed. There are only a few options for eating across campus,” said Cassidy Henegar, a graduate student in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. “Before I’d eat at the Atrium Café, but I’d always have sandwiches. … So it’s nice to have a change.”Chris Burgess, an X-ray technician at UNC Hospitals, said seating was the most noticeable improvement from other venues.“I think the seating is the biggest draw,” he said. “There’s a lot of places to sit whereas in other places there is nowhere to sit.”Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
UNC men's soccer beats Duke 2-1 on Friday, Sept 18, 2009 at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill.
The Carolina College Advising Corps, a program that recruits recent graduates from UNC to serve as college advisers to underprivileged high schools in North Carolina, is looking to expand its operations and reach more N.C. high school students.Administrators said they decided to grow the program after seeing a noticeable increase in the number of students from these areas who decided to apply to college.This year, eight graduates out of more than 75 applicants were recruited for this fall’s program, according to program director Jennifer Cox Bell. Bell said due to plans for expansion of the program, 13 new members would join the corps next fall.“We are looking for enthusiasm and general passion for getting students to college,” said Connie Freeman, assistant director of the National College Advising Corps, headquartered at UNC.“We are searching for students that really reflect the community they help, which is why many but not all our advisers are low-income, first-generation college students themselves,” Freeman said.Bell said the high schools selected to participate in the program typically have low-income, first-generation students. Advisers help them apply for financial aid and college.According to Bell, the application process includes a written application, interviews and a meet and greet between the students chosen and high school representatives. The program is a full-time paid service position, and advisers chosen have to partake in a six-week training program next summer.“I really love it,” said Rachel Brody, an adviser for the corps since August 2008. “It can certainly be challenging and exhausting sometimes. It doesn’t feel like a job, and I like going to work every day.”Bell said the program welcomes students from all majors, as long as they show enthusiasm for their work and are recent graduates or graduate students from UNC.“The biggest challenge is getting students excited and telling them that even if they can’t afford it, there are scholarships and financial aid available,” said Donovan Livingston, a recently appointed adviser who graduated in May.The Carolina Advising Corps, based in the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, is one of 13 partnerships in the National College Advising Corps, which was founded by Nicole Hurd at the University of Virginia. An information session will be held in October, and applications are due this fall to start work next June. Students who wish to apply can contact jcoxbell@admissions.unc.edu.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
Hundreds of campus community members have pledged to conserve water and reduce waste as part of a new campaign by the Sustainability Office.And they are getting environmentally friendly, reusable water bottles in return.The bottles, which feature a green Tar Heel logo symbolizing the new Carolina Green initiative, have been given to students since the beginning of school in exchange for a pledge to help the environment. Of the 4,000 that were originally ordered for the program, 650 have already been distributed.“If you look at social marketing and behavioral change research, if people say in writing that they will so something, they are more likely to do it,” said Cindy Shea, director of the Sustainability Office.Students write pledges on postcards along with the their addresses. The postcards will be mailed back to the students in January to remind them of their vow.“We want new students, especially transfer students, to know that they’re at UNC and expected to adapt sustainable behavior,” she said.The water bottle campaign was developed last semester by the Sustainability Office, student government’s environmental affairs committee and the UNC Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling.The Sustainability Office developed the Carolina Green campaign to drive traffic to their new Web site, which is a directory of sustainable programs and activities.“We’re really trying to promote Carolina Green as a one-stop portal for anything to do with sustainability so that students can just go on one Web site instead of seven different ones,” said Brian Cain, research and outreach manager at the Sustainability Office.To receive a bottle, students must come up with ways to reduce waste, including reducing shower time, using reusable water bottles and cutting down on paper use.“I’m overwhelmed with the success,” Cain said about the office’s first two events. “We actually ran out of bottles in three hours.” But some question whether the program actually benefits the environment.“I feel like for a lot of people, it’s just the free water bottle,” said sophomore Drew Simel. “After considering the people around the world that live off around a dollar a day, I’ve realized that I don’t need to use that much energy for my daily activities.”Student government’s environmental affairs committee has taken an active interest in the campaign.“When you sign a sustainability pledge, it’s really up to the individual to whether or not they follow through,” said Elinor Benami, former committee chairwoman and one of the project’s organizers.Contact the University Editor at udesk@unc.edu.
The Undergraduate Library has restricted access to Web sites unrelated to UNC and government documents on its stand-up computers.