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| September 1, 2006 | Staff photo by Ted Richardson | [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp] |
| No, this is not a hazing, just some chocolate pie grazing for UNC students, from left, Nate Fennell, a freshman from Havelock; John Musci, a senior from West Virginia; and Ashley Chorba, a freshman from Raleigh, who attended Backyard Bash at the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish. The three volunteered for the pie-eating contest while getting to know their classmates and Newman Center student leaders, in the background from left, Kyle Kleber, from Raleigh; Kate McNamara and Michael Garner. ‘It’s family here,’ said junior Kim Burke, also a student leader at Newman. ‘It’s easy to feel lost at UNC, like little fish in a big pond,’ Burke said. ‘This is our opportunity to reach out to new students and to welcome them.’ Kathy Martyn, senior associate campus minister at Newman, estimates at least a thousand students a month visit the center, where they can sign up for service projects, find a quiet place to study for exams, join small prayer groups or participate in student Mass. ‘This is truly a community within a community,’ said Martyn, ‘and welcoming new people is one of the most important things we do. | ||
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