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April 09
CHINA RISING..Junior Susan Lee, just recently returned from am NSCS trip to China where she worked with local farmers and experienced Asia first hand. See page 2.
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“NSCS has allowed me to expand my horizons while realizing my dreams here at Carolina. It has been a great
NSCS JUNIOR HELPS LOCALS WITH RICE CULTIVATIONSUSAN LEE recently returned to UNC from a NSCS trip to China were she worked with local farmers to improve rice cultivation and implement green technology.
On a dusty farm in Schezuan Province, Susan Lee spent 2 weeks working with local farmers to increase rice yields, a key issue in a region where land is in short supply, and implement green technologies, such as solar irrigation pumps.
“It was a great experience, I got to see and learn a lot about Chinese culture,” Lee said “NSCS really opened a lot of doors and gave me opportunities other groups simply could not offer.”
Lee was a part of a 3 week NSCS summer trip to China, in which participants got the chance to experience local culture, explore ancient sites, while lending a helping hand to locals in need.
While there Lee was featured on local chinese television for her efforts.
Schezuan Province, which was hit by a massive earthquake late last year, remains particularly vulnerable to crop failures.
The work Lee and her fellow NSCS members completed during their mission will go a long way to helping local villages hang on in the face of adversity.
“This is a godsend” a local farmer said of the NSCS effort, noting that without their help and aid it is likely that he would not have been able to provide for his family.
This is a fake story and hopefully by now you have gotten the idea of what a possible newsletter could look like. It could highlight individual members efforts, have a chapter calender, and highlight chapter events. They are easy to make and easy to use, so why not?
Susan Lee (UNC ’10)
recently returned from a
NSCS trip to China, where
she worked with local
farmers to....
Your Monthly UNC NSCS Chapter Newsletter: Honor. Inspire. Engage
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YOUR MOM GETS ONE VOTE!!!!!
Of the 1,678 write-in votes cast in last week’s student elections, a few stuck out to us here at The Daily Tar Heel:
Hallie Lipsey — 75 votes for student body president
Lipsey was the top vote-getter among write-in candidates, despite never declaring any interest in the office. Several other students did that for her. In the weeks before the election, large A-frame signs bearing Lipsey’s name and likeness appeared in the Pit, asking students to elect her for student
body president. A “Heels for Hallie” Facebook group still has 124 members.
Among her platform points, according to the signs and Facebook groups: Allowing jousting in the quad, promoting Velociraptor Awareness Day, enforcing a mandatory 5-second rule, putting an Alpine Bagel in every building and looking “remarkably like” current president J.J. Raynor.
“I also wish I could take credit for such a ‘diverse’ and ‘entertaining’ platform, but alas, it is the evil genius of some
WHO WE ARE!
UNC 2009 NCAA NATIONAL
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UNC NSCS Member Spotlight
Michael Fatum, Chicago Il
Kyle Canuette, Kinston NC
Jeffery Kline, Portland OR
Ching Wei, Bridgeport CT
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Thorp and Equinox rock Graham MemorialChancellor Holden Thorp and Terri Houston, director for recruitment and multicultural programs, took the stage on Thursday as part of the Thursdays on the Terrace concert series to offer up a unique collection of jazz and blues
During a two-hour performance to a crowd of about 60 people, the decade-old group Equinox,
composed of the two administrators and friends, played a repertoire of musical pieces designed to please anyone in attendance.
And please they did.
Sherley Laney who works at the Common Grounds snack bar, said she has seen the group perform multiple times and was eager to comment.
“Oh a comment, I’ll give you a comment. I liked it, I loved it. I like that type of jazz, I’ve seen it before
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Terri Houston
Rocking Out! With Equinox
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A state employees association is threatening legal action against the University in response to announced layoffs in the Information Technology Services department.
The current layoffs will affect a total of 15 employees in the department, Larry Conrad, vice chancellor for information technology, stated in an e-mail Sunday.
Three ITS senior management positions have already been eliminated, and 12 staff layoffs across the department are under way.
On Thursday, Dana Cope, the executive director of the State Employees Association of North
Carolina, sent a letter to UNC-system President Erskine Bowles claiming that these layoffs violate the State Personnel Act.
The act mandates that employees can only be let go “whenever it is necessary due to shortage of funds or work.”
Cope argued that since the state’s budget has not been finalized, there is not yet a shortage of money — though a shortfall is expected.
Bowles responded Friday, claiming that in these “extraordinary times,” conducting layoffs now is
“appropriate and prudent,” and that such actions were in compliance with current laws.
Bowles cautioned Cope on the dangers of waiting until the state budget is ratified to make such cuts.
“Waiting would only increase the number of staff that would need to be laid off,” Bowles said.
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About EngageEngage is the monthly member publication
for UNC Members of NSCS. Designed to
highlight achievements by our members
and increase awareness for NSCS
community involvement. We are actively
looking for staff to cover events for the
publication, so if your interested please
contact [email protected]
Staff: • Ian Lee (Editor) • Michael Fatum• Jack Xie• Jordan Seal
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W/E OUR UNION ADDRESS ENDS UP BEING.
Senior Ashley Vlack in Peru