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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina

BELL TOWER STRUCK BY

LIGHTNING:May 5

During a thunderstorm, lightning struck theUniversitys Memorial Bell Tower, knockingoff a corner of the structure. Renovationsrestored the missing pieces of the World WarI memorial.

STUDENT CREATES

MONSTER:June 1

A history student createsart from Hillsborough Streetconstruction.

For story, see page 11.

MONSTER CREATOR

CHARGED:June 10

Police arrest Joseph Carnevaleand charge him with destructionof property and larceny. Trianglecommunity calls for charges to bedropped.

For story, see page 11.

HILLSBOROUGH

CONSTRUCTION

CAUSES ISSUES:All summer long

With renovations on Hillsborough Streetbeginning in May, the entire summer wasdominated by traffic headaches for p atrons

and empty stores for business owners.

For stories, see pages 13 & 14.

STUDENTS

ACCUSED OF TERRORISM:July 27

Two students charged with conspiracyto murder abroad in Homeland Securityinvestigation of a Triangle terrorist ring.

Read Technician later this week for more!

OBAMA RETURNS TO RALEIGH:July 29

President Barack Obama held a town hall meetingat Broughton High School as part of his health carereform series of speeches.

Check out a slideshow at technicianonline.com!

insidetechnician

viewpoint 5

features 13

classieds 17

sports 18

Best-selling author addressesfreshmenGreg Mortenson challenges students to

use college to change world. See page 6.

Hillsborough renovations impactpedestrians, ownersSee page 13.

Defense carries onSee page 18.

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Since classes ended in May, the Universitys iconic

building has been struck by lightning, the chan-cellor and provost have resigned, a student made

construction barrels come alive and an ongoing investi-gation into the former first lady has brought nation-widescrutiny to N.C. States campus.Let Technician recap a summer that has been dominatedby controversy, resignations, alleged terrorism as you returnto campus.

WHATYOUMAYHAVEMISSED...STORY BY TY JOHNSON | PHOTOS BY STAFF

EASLEY SAYS SHELL CONTEST FIRING:May 21

After controversy surrounding her hiring led to theresignations of Board of Trustee Chair McQueenCampbell, Provost Larry Nielsen, and Chancellor JamesOblinger, Mary Easley will contest Interim ChancellorJames Woodwards decision to terminate her contract.

Check out Technician later this week for a recap!

BUDGET FORUM SHEDS

LIGHT ON REDUCTIONS:July 9

Administrators, including InterimProvost Warwick Arden (pictured)and Interim Chancellor JamesWoodward, address studentsfaculty and staffs questions aboutbudget reductions.


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IN THE KNOWFriday Fest headlinescountry artists

Josh Gracing and ChuckWicks, along with Marcel andJohnny Orr & South Station,will bring country music toFriday Fest on Friday, August21.

As part of Wolfpack Wel-come Week, the Union Ac-tivities Board is joining withmultiple on and off campus or-ganizations to create an eventfilled with free food, and great

entertainment.Josh Gracin, who stepped

into the music scene on the sec-ond season of American Idol,

is known for his energetic andlively performances. ChuckWicks started in music andwas most recently featured onDancing with the Stars along-side his real-life girlfriend anddance partner Julianne Hough.Both Gracin and Wicks areknown for their energetic con-certs and music.

Students must present theirstudent IDs to pick up their freetickets from Ticket Central in

Tally Student Center. The gen-eral public can purchase ticketsfor $25.

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Confucious Institutecelebrates diversity

The Confucius Institute,whose goal on campus is toenhance intercultural under-standing on campus, will pres-ent Talking Tiger to Hip Hopon Saturday, August 22, as anInternational Welcome event.

The program will showcaseChinas ancient shadow pup-petry art mixed with modernHip-Hop signing and dancing.

Students are encouraged tobring friends to this free event,which will begin in StewartTheater at 7:30 p.m.

The Confucius Institute willcontinue to sponsor meetingsand events throughout the yearto increase awareness of Chi-nese language and cultural is-sues and how they relate to thecurrent business world.

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Finishing his teams Vermonster, Eric Lumpkin, a tenor saxophonist, chugs the last of the melted ice cream at Benand Jerrys Monday. Figured the easiest way to finish it was to chug it, Lumpkin, a sophomore in computer science,said. It was actually quite enjoyable. The $36.64 tub of 20 scoops of ice cream, gummy bears, and sprinkles was

one of four polished off by the marching bands saxophone section after convocation. Lumpkin and his team of sevenfinished with a time of 10 minutes and 35 seconds.

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College of Design adapts tobudget cuts, merges majors

Amber KenneyDeputy News Editor

Industrial and graphic designprograms will link under com-mon department

In a meeting held Tuesday,August 18, Marvin Malecha,the dean of the College of De-sign, explained to students themerging of the graphic andindustrial design departmentsinto one.

After a l -luding to tur-moil withinthe Univer-sity, Malechaverified thatbudget cutswere the rea-son for themarriage ofthe two de-partments.The Collegeof Design had

to plan for upto an $870thousand lossin funding, which was a chal-lenge for the administrators,Malecha said.

We handled it like design-ers would, he said. We askedthe basic questions over again,what can we improve? We hadto design a new system.

I know they have the bestinterests of the students inmind, so Im not worried, butI definitely am anxious, DrewBrisley, a sophomore in indus-trial design, said.

Addressing student concern,Malecha was quick to tell stu-dents there will be no changesto the degrees they receive.

Degree titles hold, we are notchanging that, he said. Weare simply bringing them underone umbrella.

The only academic changemade under the new systemis the inclusion of cross-overclasses. Malecha explainedthat many design classes with-in different departments were

focusing on the same core val-ues, so the idea to merge thoseclasses would cut costs.

Students expressed con-cerns regarding the availabil-ity of physical resources withincreased class sizes, none of

which wereentertainedby the Dean.Our prob-lem is foundwith under-enrollment,not over , he said. Ifwe run intoproblems, wewill find a so-lution to en-sure you have

the resourcesyou need.

The Collegeof Design cut back on spendingby reconfiguring administra-tive positions instead of cuttinginto student resources, Male-cha said.

Malecha explains to studentsthat decisions made regardingreconfigurations make a dif-ference now, and in the future.

We want to make this ex-perience now, excellent. Thatswhy we made the cuts we did,he said. You are here at a g reattime, but we also are lookingthree to five years ahead.

When students questionedwhy they were left out of thedecision process concerning

budget cuts, Malecha said therewas still time.

The plan we have now allowsfor manipulation and change,

so students can still have animpact, he said. Ma lechasaid he would be open to

host multiple Dinner withthe Dean events, insteadof one annual event, to in-crease student involvement.The dinner is a meal wherestudents can speak with theDean about any issues andconcerns they might havewithin the college.

Malecha insists the col-lege is excited about the yearto come. We have a won-derful faculty, and great stu-dents. So we have had comechallenges, so what? hesaid. Im actually excitedabout the prospects.

Engin Kapkin, a mastersstudent in industrial design,expressed his curiosity re-garding the merge. Classes

wont change, so Im notworried. I just hope to seehow things will go, he said.

CORE VALUES OF

THE COLLEGE OF

DESIGN INCLUDED

IN CROSSOVER

CLASSES Community

engagement History, theory, criticism

being Research

SOURCE: MARVIN MALECHA,

COLLEGE OF DESIGN DEAN

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Dean of the College of Design, Marva Malecha, speaks to students about the how the college is

dealing with the budget cuts asked of them over the summer. The University asked Malecha andhis stato cut $4,000 from their already tightened budget. We are under enrolled instead over,Malecha said.

INDUSTRIAL AND GRAPHIC DESIGN BECOME ONE

We asked the

basic questions

over again, what

can we improve?

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a new system.

Shooting of newadvertisement will impedeCentennial Campusstudents walk to first dayof class

Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

The bridge near the Collegeof Textiles will be closed topedestrian traffic at 8:30 a.m.today as Creative Services andthe Universitys communica-tions department approved theuse of the bridge to produce acommercial.

Creative Services InterimDirector Stephanie Hlavinsaid the commercial is a partof the Universitys brandingcampaign and will debut dur-ing the ESPN broadcast of thefootball teams September 3contest against South Caro-lina.

Hlavin said the brandingproject, which introduced theRed Means Go campaign lastyear, was founded to help in-crease the Universitys expo-sure.

What we determined wasthat we didnt really have abrand, Hlavin said. Peopledidnt know what was goingon with N.C. State.

The decision to film the com-

mercial during the first day ofclasses was one t hat couldnt beavoided, Hlavin said.

It was timing, Hlavin said.There are numerous elementsthat have to be coordinated. Itsnot ideal, its how the scheduleworked out.

Hlavin said she had also re-ceived calls about how closingoff the bridge would affect stu-dents and professors on theirway to class, but said using thebridge was a joint decision of

the director of the commercial,Creative Services, the Univer-sitys communication depart-ment and an agency her teamis working with.

It was a collective decisionwith us and the director thatits a visually striking locationon campus, Hlavin said. Itworked well with what we weretrying to get out with the script.It wasnt an arbitrary choosingof the bridge.

She said her department un-derstands the commercial willinconvenience students, butsaid there werent any other vi-able options that would allow

the commercial to be filmed ondeadline and under budget.

Were sensitive to the factthat its the first day of class-es, Hlavin said. It wouldhave been great if it was theday before [classes began]weeven looked at the weekend. Wetried to do our best to avoid itbeing this day, the first day ofclasses. There are a lot of fac-torsits hard to understand ifyou dont understand the pro-cess. It takes a long time to getthings done.

Hlavin said no students wereinvolved in the decision-mak-ing process, though she saidStudent Body President JimCeresnak attended a brandingmeeting at one point during

the summer. She said she hopesstudents will see the inconve-nience as minor in the face ofcreating a good spot for theUniversity on national televi-sion.

As far as the September 3deadline is concerned, Hlavinsaid these types of projectscant be planned too far in ad-vance, and also sa id it couldntbe done during the summerbecause not enough studentswere on campus to film. The

production involves castingstudents to appear in the com-mercial.

You cant plan these thingsso far out, Hlavin said.

The 2009 football schedulewas released by the ACC Feb-ruary 12.

Jessica Kvantas, a sophomorein fashion and textile manage-ment, said she wasnt informedabout the bridge closing andwould need to wake up earlierto make it to her classes ontime.

Im already commutingwhich means Ill have to leaveeven earlier now because its go-

ing to take even longer to getto my class now. Kvantas said.Im guessing Im just going tohave to walk a block over orsomething and walk around, Idont really know.

Kvantas said she would havebeen even more upset had shearrived without knowing of thechange, since she likely wouldhave been late for her first dayof class, but said she was an-noyed because no one fromthe University notified her ofthe closing. Though it will onlyaffect a minority of the studentpopulation, she said it wouldhave been better for studentsto have been a part of the deci-sion making process or at leastnotified of the closing.

It only really affects the stu-dents in Textiles, which isntthat many compared to therest of the school, but no onesreally going to know about it,she said. Students werent eveninvolved in it. It would be niceto have more input on that.

Commercial to cause

re-route of Textiles students

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citizens, not just individualswho can achieve a successfulprofessional life. We must offerthem a broad educational ex-perience. It is critical that theyare exposed and educated inthe humanities, the perform-ing arts and the visual arts be-ing a critical part of that.

Black Sharrits, a physics andmath double major, supportsWoodwards ideas of a well-rounded educational experi-ence.

Theatre for me is a hobby,

Sharrits said. Its just a dif-ferent way of thinking. I tendto get so caught up in being aphysics major and having to

think mathematically. Beingable to exercise my creative sideaugments creative, outside-the-box thinking really well.

Sharrits, who is also an ac-tor with University Theatre, isexcited to have a stage to prac-tice on.

Rehearsing on a stage thatyou are going to be performingon is one of the best things forthe rehearsal process, Sharritssaid. Before, we were rehears-ing in a small classroom that wehad to tape out where the stage

was and opening night was al-ways weird, but now were act-ing on the stage and so you ca nenvision it a lot betterwhat its

going to be like and how its go-ing to feel.

Stafford said he wanted toencourage students to visitThompson and its theatre andcraft areas.

If you have not been in-side you [should] see all thosethings today and understandwhy I am so excited about theway this building looks, Staf-ford said.


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Viewpoint

As undergraduates,our minds are ourtools. We need to

learn to use them in orderto do our work.

To start with, psycholo-gists Elliot Aronson andCarol Tavris, in their book

MistakesWere MadeBut Not By

Me, thinkcognitivedissonanceis to blamefor the fail-ure to per-form work.Cognitive

dissonance is the resolvingnature of brains. When weare conflicted between twothoughts, our minds resolvemuch stronger toward theidea we choose.

For example, say I havetwo conflicting thoughts, Ihave to do my homework,and, I want to play com-puter games. If I end upplaying computer games,cognitive dissonance theory

states that I am going to jus-tify the play ing action morebecause I had to fight for it.

It is easy to trick myselfinto thinking I am doingmore work than I actuallyam. Worse, self-delusionis easier than persuadinganyone else. This is becausewhat I report to myself is alarge part of anything thatI can know about myself.

Therefore, the clear answer isto work to justify actions beforeI do them, instead of the otherway around.

In light of this, Professorof Rhetoric Jason Ingram ex-plained why Francis Baconin the 17th century said thatrhetoric is the application ofimagination to the will. WhenI am at the dining hall and I

want a doughnut but I knowit will makeme fat, I usemy imagina-tion of thenegative con-sequencesnot to eat thedoughnut.We shouldu s e o u rimaginationsto influence our decisions.

Bacons rhetoric is similar toa contemporary article by Ste-phen Wray from Newsweeklast year. According to studies, ifI think about concrete aspectsof a task, I am closer to physi-cally doing that task (read: lesslikely to procrastinate). In one

of the studies, people assignedto tasks such as opening a bankaccount were asked to considerthe kind of carpeting and whatit would be like to go up to thebank teller. W hereas the othergroup was asked to considermore abstract thoughts likewhat banking is, the first groupwas more likely to do its task.

Use cognitive dissonancetheory to be more aware about

what you are doing and whatyou want to do. If I wa nt tohave better grades, great,but cognitive dissonancetheory can at least help meown up to that. This theoryhelps in understanding whypeople end up justifyingseemingly worse behaviors.Rhetoric, as self-persuasionby using imagination, can

help the formation of bet-ter choicesin the firstplace.

Finally,imaginingmaterialaspects oftasks, suchas being inthe libraryor study-

ing the books, brings aperson physically closer todoing that task.

When you do your work,life gets better now and alsoin the long term.

Send Jake your thoughtson cognitive dissonance to

[email protected].

The summer is over andthus, for better or for worse,we usher in another year atN.C. State. Hopefully it willprovide a fresh start and bringan end to our year of misery.

This past year, the Universitycommunity experienced someof its darker moments. Thescandal and negative publicitysurrounding the hiring andsubsequent firing of Mary Ea-sley left a dark cloud hoveringover the University.

The black eyes from themedia, on a local and nationallevel, concerning the FreeExpression Tunnel had justbegun to heal when the Easleysinking ship once again left theUniversity in peril.

The Easley scandal con-sumed the University andturned it into a tragicallyhumorous series of firings andfederal subpoenas.

In its wake, the scandal

swept away Chancellor JamesOblinger, Provost LarryNielsen and Chairman of theBoard of Trustees McQueenCampbell, leaving the Univer-sity in crisis during a painfulbudget cut.

The 8-percent budget cutwill directly affect every stu-dent this year. Unlike past cuts,

$42.5 million cannot be easilyremoved from the budgetwithout a direct academicimpact. Faculty members,especially adjunct faculty, havebeen released and the Uni-versitys total number of classsections and seats have fallendramatically.

Students are returning tolarger classes and smaller sup-port staffs for their academicendeavors. In no uncertain

terms, NCSU is a differentuniversity.

Effectively, the degrees weretrying to earn have alreadybeen dragged through themud to a point beyond recog-nition.

The only good press the Uni-versity received recently, theinfamous Barrel Monster, was

deemed defamation. The ironyis typical of the Universitysrecent experiences and speaksto the nature of its rut.

Despite the negative publici-ty, there is an opportunity herefor students and administra-tors to come together and setthe Universitys path straight lets put us back on theautobahn of innovation.

The hope for the Universitydoesnt have to lie on the backs

of Russell Wilson and thefootball team we have somuch to offer.

The administration andChancellor Jim Woodwardmust look forward, but alsoremember to steward this

years students. We have achance to do better, and wemust.

Convocation speaker GregMortenson, author of ThreeCups of Tea and founder ofPennies for Peace, provided

words of advice for the Uni-versitys incoming freshmen.In light of recent events, someof them are quite poignant forthe audiences at NCSU, em-brace failure and use failure toachieve success.

Strive to overcome the fail-ures and achieve success this

year.Welcome back.

THE FACTS:A barrage of bad publicityand rotten experiences notably the MaryEasley scandal and thebudget crisis engulfedthe University over thesummer. Several of its topadministrators left in themidst of an excruciatingbudget crisis. NCSUsreputation is heavilytarnished and could usesome polishing.

OUR OPINION:Last year was not theUniversitys best, but wehave an opportunity toovercome those failuresand move forward.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technicians

editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility

of the editor-in-chief.

Overcoming our failures

OUR VIEW

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Freshmen make the rst week of school so much better.

Phil Hursey, senior in biochemistry

Editor-in-ChiefTy Johnson

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Photo EditorLuis Zapata

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Your paper lost weight

Help you help yourself

As you picked up todaysprint edition, Im suresome of you noticed it

fit into your hands a little easierthan it has before.

I would love to say we atTechnician did it so your paperis easier to hide in your text-

books duringclass, but thatwould be a lie.The truth isthe newspa-per business ischanging, andto cut downon produc-

tion costs, ourprinter has re-

duced our page width.Well likely never get back

the half-inch our paper lost,but, if this summer is any in-dication, even as our marginsshrink, journalism has neverbeen more important.

In mid-May when The News& Observerfirst reported therewas fishy business going on be-tween former Gov. Mike Easley,his wife and Board of Trusteeschairman McQueen Campbell,it was because a watchdog jour-nalist fought his way throughthe fabrications and red tape tofind the truth.

The controversys connec-tion to the University notwith-

standing, the press pursuit oftruth helped expose the injus-tices that had been hidden sinceEasleys term expired andthats exactly what we at Tech-nician want to do. Sort of.

Technician is here for you, thereader. This shrinking page isyour forum, your soundingboard, your megaphone.

So when the lines at Carter-Finley are too long or you gethit in the head playing disc golfbecause some punks didnt yellfore, or your degree curriculumis changing and you dont knowwhy tell us about it, well lookinto it.

Sometimes youre just com-plaining (you should haveducked from the Frisbee), but ifit holds water, you can bet wellrush to find out why thingsarent the way they should be.

Beyond trying to d iversifyour content, we want to alterthe ways you can access it thissemester.

Well be experimenting withsocial networking sites likeFacebook and Twitter to giveyou more opportunities to letus know what you want fromyour student newspaper.

Well continue working to get

you the news as quickly and asaccurately as possible throughour online edition, becausewhen you pull out your laptopduring a lecture we want to bethe site you visit to find outwhats up on campus.

But we cant do it withoutyou.

So e-mail us, call us and visitus. Wed love to know what youthink from when we use thewrong your/youre to when weactually do something right (itcould happen.)

And beyond that, we candefinitely use your help up inthe office, too.

Come on up to the third floorof Witherspoon and see how itworks. Maybe youre interested

in journalism, maybe you justwant to watch us struggle, but ifnothing else youll get to watchhow a bunch of crazy collegekids push our procrastinationand poise to the limit while jug-gling classes, debt and (some-times) a social life.

So even though these pagesare shrinking, dont fret, wedefinitely have room for an-other staff member.

Send Ty your thoughts on your newspaper to [email protected] .

Ty Johnson

Editor-in- Chief

We should use

our imaginations

to influence our

decisions.

Jake GoldbasStacolumnist

BY DAVID MABE

Why did you come toRecFest?

IN YOURWORDS

I came to RecFest so we cansee new people and old friends,

and for the free stuff. Its a fun

thing to do.

Roseanne Thomas junior, history

Mainly because so many of my

friends decided to come. Itsalso boring otherwise.

Daniel Komarfreshman, general engineering

I wanted to get in shape.

Brian Wenger

senior, physics

Because I come from Paris and

Im here for four days, and I

wanted to do everything.

Maxime Choffethird year, biology

LUniversit Paris-Sud 11

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A record 3,500 attendees filledthe seats in the RBC center toparticipate in the sixth annualWelcome Week Convocation.The event, targeted towards in-coming freshmen, gave studentsto the opportunity to gatherfree gifts and information thatincoming freshman can use tohelp in their transition to college.

Its good to come out here andplay some games and meet peo-ple, Thomas Belandger, a fresh-man in computer engineeri ng,

said. It was also pretty cool toget all the free stuff.

The festivities began at 7:00p.m. with a pep rally and gamesfor students on the floor of theRBC center.

Keynote speaker and best-sell-ing author Greg Mortenson ad-dressed the crowd, discussing theimpact of promoting peace to re-mote areas of the world througheducation. Mortenson, who usedhis best selling book Three Cupsof Tea as a guide to his speech,discussed his journey and effortsto bring education to the MiddleEastern regions of Afghanistanand Pakistan.

The speaker conveyed hispoint on education really well,Greg Geesaman, a freshman in

engineering, said. The way hehelped so many people throughthe things he did was prettyamazing.

Mortenson challenged the in-coming freshmen to use college,not only to achieve monetarysuccess, but as an opportunityto change the world as a whole.Motrenson commended theUniversity on its public service

efforts with Stop Hunger Now,and organization where studentscome out and bag food to be sentaround theglobe to fightworld hunger.

The speak-er was greatin motivatingnot only thestudents butparents as wellon the impor-tance of publicservice, Dave Marsico, a parentat the event, said.

Mortenson encouraged the

incoming freshmen to learn theimportance of turning failureinto success. Embrace failures

dont fear it,Mortensonsaid.

The speakerused a varietyo f pic turesfrom his bookand quotesfrom iconicfigures in his-tory.

The speech was really good,Angelica Davis, a freshmanin math education, said. The

quotes and pictures from thebook helped make the speechinformative.

In his closing remarks Morten-son dared the incoming fresh-men to make a difference in their

post-college world, stating thatthe only hope for peace in thefuture is literacy and education.

I really agreed with him whenhe said education is the best thingthe U.S. can offer to the worldright now, Meredith Brown, afreshman in biology, said.

Student Body President JimCeresnak addressed the crowd,urging students to get involved

in the search for the Universityspermanent chancellor, advis-ing students to be a part of theChancellor Search open forumscheduled for Aug. 26 in StewartTheatre. At the end of t he convo-

cation ceremony the incomingfreshmen class put on their redT-shirts to take part in the an-nual human NCSU photo onthe RBC center floor.

Best-selling author addresses freshmen

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Kimberly Zapko, freshman in textiles and Hannah Wrenn, freshman in textiles, go down low as part of a team building dance for Playfair be-fore Convocation in the RBC Center Tuesday.

It was pretty cool

to get all the freestuff.

Thomas Belandger, a freshman in

computer engineering

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New start of move-in drawsStudents say they enjoy smaller crowdsduring extended move-in

Tyler EverettDeputy Sports Editor

Last year, only 980 students moved in on Fridayand 2,857 moved in on Saturdayand students

like Isaac Kichak said they struggled to fightcrowds while settling in to the residence halls.

It was pretty difficult because everyone waspulling up to the entrance where you unload [atthe same time,] K ichak, a sophomore in chemi-cal engineering ,said. And everyone was tryingto get up and down the stairs at the same time, soit was just overcrowded. The roads where mostof the dorms are were also really bus y the wholetime.

With about 8,000 students moving into theresidence halls and on-campus apartments, Uni-versity Housing officials made the decision toallow move-in begin on Friday this year. SusanGrant, director of University Housing, said thedepartment made the change to comply withthe countless requests her department receivedasking for move-in to start Friday instead ofSaturday.

More and more people wanted to have sometime and parents were willing to take that time

off work, Grant said. We had so many requeststo move in on Friday, we t hought, we dont needto go through the process of granting a request,we should just move [the first day of regularmove-in] back [to Friday].

Kyle Jones, a freshman in parks, recreationand tourism, said his move into Tucker Fridayafternoon was relatively easy.

There are going to be a lot more people [mov-ing in] today, Jones said. So it was nice havi ngeverything in early on Friday.

The decision to start move in a day earlier al soseems to have been beneficial to resident advis-ers, said Tim Gubitz, a resident advisor in Tucker.

Gubitz, a senior in electrical engineering, said12 of his 40 residents moved in Friday.

Everything was smooth and it gave everyonea chance to get their stuff straig ht, Gubitz said.It has been a steady stream, so thats better thanhaving five people standing at your door all tr y-

ing to get in at once.After 1,838 students settled in Friday, there

were fewer students left to move in Saturday.Jackson Yuen, a freshman in First Year Col-

lege who moved in Saturday morning, said theamount of people moving in came as a pleasant

surprise.I didnt expect such a small amount of peo-

ple, Yuen said.Gubitz, the only problem was a lack of activity

in the dorm

DAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN

After a container falls oa hand truck, Aaron Luck, freshman in political science, picks up his items from the sidewalk along Cates Avenue as it rains onFriday with his mom, Barbie Hawby. Luck was moving into Turlington Residence Hall but had parked on the other side of Bragaw due to congestion. Ima little pissed owe had to walk so far, Luck said. This year was t herst year that students were allowed to move in Friday without having to pay extra.


Going up the stairs in Owen, John Woodhouse, sophomore in business,guides a futon box with Daniel Bacigalupo, junior in computer engineering.

Wolfpack Movers

recruit, assist residentsStudent organizations assistincoming students move-in to oncampus housing

Jen HankinDeputy Sports Editor

Surrounded by a sea of red andwhite, new and returning studentsreceived help from a large collectionof Wolfpack Movers, made up frommembers of several student organiza-tions to assist with campus move-in touniversity housing on Saturday.

Greek Life was one of the largestorganizations represented, sporting

a Go Greek T-shirt. According toAlpha Delta Pi member Madison Bis-sette her reasons for getting involvedwith move-in were to help with re-cruitment as well as provide a servicefor the community.

We just moved someone in and itonly took one trip to move her in, Bis-sette, sophomore in biology, said. Ifwe help out a lot, it will help with re-cruitment some girls who wouldntrush might because of our efforts.

Jesse Lyons, a representative fromKappa Alpha Order fraternity head-quarters also helped move studentsinto their new dorms.

KA is returning to campus for thefirst time in six years, Lyons said.We are trying to reach new, incomingfreshmen as well as helping representGreek Life. The stress is really off the

parents and the students since we have

so many people helping out.Besides Greek Life, organizations

such as Campus Crusade, ClubRugby, Crew Club, Grace Churchand Inter Varsity Christian Fel-lowship helped students and theirparents move in.

Crew coach Will W hite, seniorin physiology, said he was eager tohelp spread the word about crewduring move-in.

It a great way to meet freshman a lot of kids dont know that wehave a crew team, White said.We have several people helpingwith boxes and walking around

the dorms handing out flyers andtalking to kids about crew.

According to White, severalorganizations were not given theopportunity to set up informationbooths during orientation sessionsand are using Saturday to recruit.

Reformed University Fellowshipstudents also were a part of Wolf-pack Movers. They werent aroundto recruit but rather to benefit in-coming students.

We just wanted to be of serviceto the campus, Gerald Kimahi,senior in electrical engineering,said. I thoroughly enjoy it andits a good workout too.

Throughout Saturday the paceof incoming students remainedsteady, according to Josh Rauschet,a member of Grace Church.

MEMORABLE

MOVE-IN MOMENTS

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Chelsea Schwabe, a sophomore incommunication, ties her curtains intoa knot to nish up decorating herdorm in Turlington Residence Hall.

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN

Freshman in FYC Caitlin Albertss fa-ther, Mike Alberts, looks on as her sis-ter, Cricket, retrieves a box out of theback of their pickup truck Saturday,August 15, 2009.

SUSANNAH BRINKLEY/TECHNICIAN

Marguerite LaRonde, freshman inchemical engineering, accepts herkeys and check-in forms from her LeeResidence Hall Resident Adviser, EricaSickelbaugh, senior in biology andmicrobiology, Friday, August 14.

VIEW MORETECHNICIANONLINE.COMView photo slideshows and

extended move-in coverage online.

Record number of residents

return to on-campus livingStudents return to on-campushousing to stay connected tothe people around them

Amber KenneyDeputy News Editor

According to Susan Grant, d irec-tor of University Housing, a recordnumber of students renewed theirhousing contracts this year, andstudents cite different reasons forchoosing to return to on-campushousing.

Dylan Page, a sophomore in foodscience, said he has many reasonsfor living on campus again.

I enjoy the proximity to all of

my classes, he said. I can use t heWolfline to get around campus,and everything is convenient.

Past experience also made themove-in process easier, Page said.He took advantage of the newhousing policy that extendedmove-in to include Friday to avoidthe majority of commotion duringmove-in weekend.

While returning students havemore knowledge about the mov-ing in, Page said his biggest reasonfor living on campus again was thepeople.

Not only is it about the proxim-ity to classes, but it gives me a betterchance to meet new people, he said.

Josh Kerley, a sophomore in civi lengineering, agrees that the people area major factor when deciding to live oncampus for an additional year.

The Quad isnt just a place to live,it is a great community because it ismore defined by the people that arearound you. Kerley said.

Kerley said he found his first yearon campus enjoyable, so he is servingas an Honors Village Fellow for thisyear so he can give back to the areawhere he lives.

I enjoyed living in the Quad lastyear, and being an Honors Village Fel-

low allows me to help the new fresh-man connect with other people thathave similar interests. He said.

According to Kerley, Honors VillageFellows use groups known as familyclusters to help new students get ac-quainted with the new college setting.

Kerley said hes eager for the yearto begin so he can work with his newcolleagues.

I am looking forward to this up-coming year, because I enjoy workingwith the other fellows, Kerley said.

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Students say renovations tostreet will cause headaches,wont pose serious problems

Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

Construction crews andcranes were among thosegreeting residents of NorthResidence Hall this weekendas renovations to HillsboroughStreet continued while studentsmoved into their dorms.

North residents said the con-struction would impact theirability to get around since thedorm is separated from maincampus by HillsboroughStreet, but did not anticipatethe construction would be asignificant issue.

Its just a hassle more thana problem, Casey Helms, asophomore in Spanish, said

Saturday between shuttlingboxes up to her room.

Helms only concern was

about noise, since she choseNorth partly because of its iso-lation from the rest of campus,though she said nights wouldprobably be quiet since con-

struction would be done forthe day.

Brent Daino, a sophomore inchemical engineering, also saidhe chose North for the quietersurround-ings, thoughhe said theonly issue hewould havew i t h c o n -struction onHillsbor-ough wouldbe waking upearlier.

Its not astraight shotwalking to classes, Daino said.With just two lanes now goingback and forth its going to be a

lot harder to jaywalk.Dainos mother, Darlene Dai-

no, was on campus as he moved

his belongings into North, andsaid shes not too concernedabout increased danger becauseof the construction.

Theres always danger but I

hope hes responsible enoughthat he would get out of theway, she said.

She said while constructioncould have impacted the trip

to the dorm,because theyarrived earlySaturday,about 9 a.m.,there was rel-atively lighttraffic.

I didn teven knowt h e r e w a sconstructionunti l I got

here. Because we came hereearly enough it wasnt an is-sue, Darlene said. Im sure

later in the day it will get morecrowded.

Darlene Myers, who was

helping her daughter Shan-non Myers, a sophomore inbiology, move in Saturday,said she couldnt really an-ticipate how the construc-

tion would impact Shan-nons ability to cross thestreet, but said it made itdifficult for her to get to thedorm initial ly, as she foundshe couldnt turn left ontoHillsborough near the BellTower and had to circle in aparking area.

It was a little bit confus-ing coming in today, Dar-lene said.

Helms said the construc-tion would also impact herability to get around, butsaid she would only be trav-eling west on HillsboroughStreet on certain Saturdaysthis fall.

It will be annoying, shesaid. But the only time Ill

be going that way will be go-ing to a football game.

Move-In TECHNICIAN

Kate ShefteSports Editor

Many parents of college-bound teenagers dread sayinggood-bye to their children asthey move away from home forthe first time. On a campus of

33,000 8,000 of which live oncampus finding a parkingspot close anywhere near theirchilds dorm can be a source oftrepidation as well.

Though traffic snarledaround Dan Allen Drive formost of the afternoon on Fri-day as several thousand stu-dents took advantage of thenewly instated early move-inand streets such as Cates Av-enue were blocked off, Satur-day morning move-ins went offwithout a hitch.

Tom Kendig, director oftransportation on campus,watched his handiwork fromhis bicycle on Thurman Drive.N.C. State Campus Police chiefTom Younce, who stood watch

on a Segway next to him, cameout to observe as well.

This is very similar to howweve operated it over sev-eral years now, except the onechange was we moved in about50 percent of the folks yester-day, Kendig said.

Mike Weber, who moved hisson Kyle, a freshman in first year college, into his dormon central campus, said hewas shocked at how efficientlyTransportation handled thebusy day.

I thought it would bemobbed, Weber said. Ithought there was going to begridlocked traffic and wa ll-to-wall people and cars, but I wasamazed that there was nobody

really here. There were two

spots [next to each other] whenI parked.

The Weber men beat theafternoon rush and parkedaround 9 a.m. Signs indicatedthat each space was allowed tobe occupied for 45 minutes,but Weber said he didnt need

even close to that to move allof Kyles things up to his room.

There were plenty of peoplehere to help and I had a dollycart, which helped a lot, and wegot it all up in one trip, Webersaid. We spent the last 40 min-utes organizing everything.

Kendig said most of the staffN.C. State Transportationemploys to administer park-ing tickets was otherwise en-gaged this weekend, blockingoff lots set aside for move-inand directing traffic at majorintersections.

It seems to be going verysmoothly right now and thatsa very good sign, Kendig saidwith a laugh. Talk to me againat 1 oclock and well see how

it is.However, 1 oclock came and

went without incident. Trafficin Harris Lot, which is smallerthan most parking lost andcontains few spaces despiteits proximity to three of thelargest dorms on campus, wasflowing freely.

Jaclin Goldsmith, a freshmanin business management, andher parents came down fromNew York to move her thingsinto Metcalf. They split themove-in between two days,traveling back and forth froma hotel, and Goldsmith saidtraffic was fa r worse on Friday.

It was more crowded yes-terday, Goldsmith said. Wecouldnt really pull in. There

was a line to pull up and they

closed it off for a while. Wehad to park all the way downin the Dan Allen Deck andwalk up.

Kendig said campus staffand older students with per-mits that dont go into effectuntil Wednesday were dis-

pleased with the temporarychanges.

It went as well as canbe expected, Kendig said.The problem with Fridaywas the employees are stillon campus and we had towork around them. T hatsa little bit of a challenge.

In order to make room forthose moving in, employeesand upperclassmen were di-rected to other lots, such asWest Lot behind Lee Hall,the Dan Allen Deck andFraternity Court, which isacross Western Boulevard.

The staff was allowed topark in their regular spaces[Friday], Kendig sa id. Ifthis push for having more

people come in on Fridaycontinues, we may have tore-think that.

Kendig and his staff willdiscuss how they may im-prove the experience nextyear in a meeting after t heweekend finishes. He ex-pects to make changes, es-pecially if move-in contin-ues to be spread over severaldays.

We do a big de-briefingafter the event with all t hestaff and well do that withthis one and see how itgoes, Kendig said. Wellmake some adjustments forthat Im sure.

Brent KitchenStaff Writer

The first official day of movein was Friday not Saturday thisyear, and students say campuswas not as clogged with traffic

Saturday.Today wasnt that bad,

April Hardy, a property securi-ty officer with Transportation,said. [Friday] was the worst.

This was the first year thatregular move in began on Fri-day, and most of the trafficproblems occured during thefirst rush back.

I guess everybody thoughtthe same way we want tobeat everybody else, beat thetraffic, Hardy said.

The roads were well marked,and Transportation staff wasstationed along all the streetsaround the dorms.

We just asked people [fordirections] so we didnt have touse the signs, Caitlin Alberts,

a freshman in FYC, said.

However, the help could notprevent all potential problems.

My dad turned down thewrong street and ended goingthe wrong way, freshman inFYC Lisa Dickson said. But itwas his fault because he didnt

want to use the map.The congestion was also re-

duced by fast move in times.Members of Greek Life, andother student organizationswere at the dorms to help un-load cars, as well as to recruitnew students.

Alberts said the help wasgreat.

I didnt even have to carryanything, Alberts said.

There must have been 15people helping unload, MikeAlberts, Caitlin Albertss fa-ther, said.

Jessie Lyons traveled fromLexington, Virginia to helpwith move in and recruit forKappa Alpha Order.

Ive got six guys here that all

work for Kappa Alpha Order,

Lyons said. We dont have anystudents because we havent re-cruited anybody yet, but thatswhat were doing this fall.

All the help and the reducednumber of students moving inon Saturday because of early

move in and Friday move in hasmade everyones work easier.

Its been slower today, soits really been a breeze gettingeverybody in, Lyons said.Nobodys been complaining everybodys been in a goodmood.

This relaxed environmentis helping freshmen, as well asreturning students to have agood start to t he school year,according to Lyons.

Move in has been great, shesaid. [Ive seen] a lot of excitedfreshmen, happy parents. Itsbeen fun.

Russell WithamViewpoint Editor

This summer UniversityHousing was busy doing reno-vations. A coat of paint here,furniture there and even somenew plumbing UniversityHousing spread out over cam-pus this summer renovating orreplacing aging buildings andfurniture.

With the start of a new se-mester upon us once again,there are many different stu-dent impressions of the chang-es across campus.

Tan Tran, a resident advisor

in Metcalf Residence Hall and junior in aerospace engineer-ing, lived inthe hall lastyear and waspleased withthe new bedsthe dorm re-ceived. Hesaid they arecomfortablea n d v e r y easy to assemble and disas-semble.

Trans sentiments wereshared by Emma Nelli, a fresh-man in business management,who said she was very happywith her new home on the 5thfloor of Bragaw Residence Hall.Speaking of the new beds, she

said, I like them.New beds in Bragaw and

Metcalf Halls are now easy toloft, creating extra living spacein some of campuss smallerrooms.

Six dorms got upgrades overthe summer. Tucker and OwenResidence Halls received newdressers and desks; Gold andWelch Residence Halls re-ceived upgraded fire escapes;North Residence Hall received

upgrades to its plumbing androof; and the north side ofBragaw Hall was retrofittedwith new lighting, plumbing

and furniture.Susan Grant, director of Uni-

versity Hous-ing, was veryexcited aboutthe improve-ments fromt h e s u m -mer and themove-inweekend.This is the

best time of t he year, she said.The improvements were a

contributing factor to a no-table rise in housing renewalsthis year. More than 45 percentof this years residents lived inUniversity Housing last yea r an increase of almost 3 percentover the previous years reten-

tion.Lindsey Johns, resident di-

rector of North and Wataugaand graduate student in highereducation administration, washappy with the improvementsto North Hall. It makes it looka lot nicer, she said.

North Hall had 30 percentof its students return from lastyear despite the constructionon Hillsborough Street.

Housings extra day of move-inserves as traffic decongestant

Resident parking issues gorelatively unnoticed

Renovation reactions

mostly positive

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN

April Hardy, property security ocer with transportation, sits at the intersection of Cates and DanAllen Saturday, August 15, 2009. Hardy said, Today wasnt that bad, yesterday was the worst.

GINA VACCARO/TECHNICIAN

Brent Daino, a sophomore in Chemical Engineering, receives help from Greek life while moving into North Hall Saturday.

North residents return

amidst street construction

SUMMER RESIDENCE

HALL RENOVATIONS:

Bragaw : Furniture, lightingand plumbing

North: Roof and plumbing

Syme and Welch: Fire escapesand furniture

Tucker. Owen and Metcalf:Furniture

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY HOUSING

Its going to be

a lot harder to

jaywalk.Brent Daino, a sophomore inchemical engineering, on theimplications construction will

have on his walk to class

This is the best

time of the year,Director of University Housing

Susan Grant on move-inweekend


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Paul McCauleySenior Staff Columnist

After a year of planning, thenew Impact Leadership Villageon the third and fourth floorsof Bowen Residence Hall willkick off its program Sundayafternoon.

Annie Kehoe, residence di-rector for Central Campus,said students in the new vil-lage will have some additions totheir move-in programming,which includes taking a leader-ship practices inventory, a talkfrom State House Representa-

tive Deborah Ross and a ropescourse Monday sponsored byCampus Recreation.

Kehoe said recruitment forthe new program focused onfreshmen and sophomores.Housing posted bulletinsaround campus and used theHousing Application RenewalProcess system to inform re-turning students about the newvillage, and the General Shel-ton Leadership Center helpedrecruit incoming high schoolstudents.

Most of the residents on thetwo floors are members, butthe few who are not wil l be giv-en more information about thevillage and the opportunity toget involved with the program,

Kehoe said.Ebony Ebron, assistant di-

rector for Central Campushousing and the driving forcebehind the ILV, said the villagereally focuses on students be-ing todays leaders on campusand dealing with current issueson the local, state, national andglobal levels.

Regarding the creation andrationale for the new village,Ebron said, I love leadership... knowing that part of theStudent Affairs divisions ob-jectives is to facilitate develop-ment of leadership skills.

Students in the ILV do nothave any required academiccoursework, but Ebron said

the program is in contact withvarious academic departmentsacross multiple disciplines andis looking at courses emphasiz-ing leadership to offer studentsin the new village.

Alma Buljina, senior in psy-chology and a resident adviserfor the ILV, said her back-

ground as a resident adviserbuilt her interest in leadershipprograms. She said, Whenthey asked me, I couldnt pic-ture myself not doing I mpact.

Buljina said the village willstill have all the ty pical activi-ties and requirements all otherresidents have to take care of,but most will have a leadershipor service-based element.

New leadershipvillage set tomake an Impact

Housing pushes sustainability

E.S. King offers alternative housing

VILLAGE WILL BUILDACADEMIC CONNECTIONS

Tim OBrienStaff Writer

Construction of Univer-sity Housings renovationproject in Bragaw Hall iscomplete, making it thelargest residential build-

ing in the U.S. lit with LEDtechnology.

Environmental sustain-ability was a major focus ofthe project, which retrofit-ted the 1958 building withtechnology conserving wa-ter and energy.

Were the largest singleuser of water in Raleigh,Barry Olson, associate di-rector of facilities for Uni-versity Housing, said. Withaerators on sinks, low-flowshower heads and low-flowtoilets, we will reduce wa-ter consumption by 40 per-cent.

Housing is on its way toachieving that goal. Crews

have already replaced half ofthe 3,000 toilets and all showerheads and faucets.

Electrical efficiency is alsoa focus of renovations aroundcampus. Tucker and Owenhave a new program calledPackPulse, which monitors

real-timeenergy usageand displaysit around thehalls and on-line.

We wantto reduceelectric-ity use andsave energycosts, Ste-phen Roller,a senior in computer science,said.

It helps students be smartabout energy usage, Olsonsaid.

The LED lights in Bragawnow consume 33 watts, com-

pared to 128 with the originalfluorescent fixtures. Olson saidthe changes will save a quarter-million dollars over 25 years.

Olson encouraged students tobecome involved to limit theirresource consumption. Beyondthe usual steps like turning off

the waterwhen brush-i n g t h e i rteeth, Olsonencouragesstudentsto unplugpower stripsat night andf i le workorders foritems likeleaks that

may go unnoticed.The average student comes

to campus with 13 plug-initems, Olson said, adding thateach item sucks power like avampire.

Students can also get in-

volved by requesting infraredoccupancy sensors for lightswitches to automatically turnoff lights when not in use.

Jane MoonDeputy Features Editor

As approximately 8,000students scrambled to moveinto residence halls thisweekend, one part of cam-pus managed to stay apartfrom the frenzy.

Almost everyone in E.S.King Village, an apartmentcomplex run by UniversityHousing, is already settledin and doing everyday ac-tivities, such as hanginglaundry on a clothesline or

reading on a park bench.We dont have tradi-

tional move-in because itsyear round process. Weremore lease-based. Peoplecan move in any time ofthe year, University Hous-ing coordinator for studentapartments Arthur Sweeneysaid.

Something that also setsit apart from traditionalstudent housing is the bulkof the residents are gradu-ate students and studentswith families, even thoughstudents of all ages are wel-come, according to Swee-ney.

Tim Blair, associate di-rector of University hous-

ing, said one of its residents

came back to school after herchildren graduated from highschool.

The affiliation with the Uni-versity combined with the ben-efit of its privacy lends itself toethnic diversity, as well as agediversity, as several graduatestudents want to have theirown apartment while still be-ing able to be on campus.

Its daunting when you comeover from an-other countryif you dontk n o w t h e

area or whothe landlordsare, but here you k nowthe landlordand trust it.What betterlandlord isthere than theUniversity?Sweeney said.

Isaac Tetteh, who is startinghis third year as aresident ad-visor in E.S. King Village, saidhe enjoys living there becauseit provides a rare opportunityfor him to interact with peoplefrom different cultures.

Its exciting to be here in amulticultural environment,Tetteh said. The different

people and cultures prepare

you for the future becausewherever you go, youre notgoing to work with just locals.You will be working on an in-ternational level.

Tetteh also said being an RAin E.S. King Village is differ-ent than working with 18- and19-year-olds because they alsohas to know how to cater topeople of all ages, from chil-dren to middle-age students.

We havechildrensprogramssatisfy goals

of commu-nity, but wea l s o h a v eprograms foradults, mar-ried couples,Tetteh said.

Sweeneysaid becauseE . S . K i n g

Village is a family friendly en-vironment, their RAs have tothink differently than thosein other halls a nd create pro-grams to entertain the studentsthat live there as well as theirchildren.

Even though most of thestudents that live in E. S. KinVillage lead different lives, theystill manage to stay a part of

campus.

Were pretty well-connect-ed to campus, Sweeney said.Residents may have to work a

little harder to get connectedto campus, but sometimesthere are students who live inthe center of campus who havethat problem.

Residents of E.S. King Villagearent limited to the amenitiesof the other on-campus stu-dents. The apartment complexhas its own amenities, includ-ing a tennis court, a basketballcourt, a volleyball court, a soc-cer field, a playground, outdoorgrills and students can also renta plot of a garden to plant theirown fruits and vegetables.

I just came here two weeksago, and I like it because itsquiet. I enjoy the garden,Zhiong Wang, a graduate stu-dent in biology, said.

Jake GoldbasStaff Writer

It wasnt just another luncheon on move-inday. It was a chance for alumni who have chil-dren attending the University to take a breakfrom move-in day and celebrate a family tradi-tion of attending State.

[The luncheon is] a nice thing that they do,and its a nice break from moving in, TerriHowell, a 1987 graduate in business manage-ment, said.

Howell, her husband Bryan and their son, in-coming freshman Hampton, who will major inchemical and biomedical engineering said theluncheon is reassuring to parents and that thedeans and admini strators who attended showedthey cared and respected the transition process.

Lennie Barton, associate vice chancellor foralumni relations, said he sat at the Legacy Lun-cheon four years ago with his son. He said theWolfpack family is proud of its 175,000 livingalumni and that the school is especia lly support-ive of the former students.

This is one of the best things our associationdoes, Barton said.

Adam Compton, last years senior class presi-dent and Students Today Alumni Tomorrowleader, encouraged students to be active, go toclass and find their roles at school.

Remember why you are here, he said to theincoming students and their parents at the lun-cheon where more than 600 were gathered. Anddo not hesitate to as k for help.

Chancellor James Woodward spoke specifi-cally to the parents when he said, we will notlet you down.

He said students had m ade the right choiceand emphasized that students should go out and

meet other freshmen because the people thatthey meet in the next week could become lifetimefriends. Woodward said this is certainly one ofthe most exciting times and students should notbe too shy to go to newcomers who are sittingby themselves. He said they should invite them

into the Wolfpack family.Tyler Corbitt, an incoming freshman in engi-

neering whose grandfather graduated in 1976,said it was a fun event and the food was great.Tylers father Chris, w ho graduated in 1976 witha degree in geology, said is a wonderful tradition

to bring back alumni and he and his son sharesomething special. His other son will attendUNC-Chapel Hill in the fall.

Daniel Pickard of Hillsborough was delightedthat his daughter picked the school without hispersuasion.

It has grown. Im very happy. Pickhard saidhe was happy to see that the school has changedwith the times for the better.

Legacy Luncheon connects past and presentANNUAL EVENT ALLOWS UNDERGRADUATES, ALUMNI TO UNITE THROUGH FOOD, FUN

TIM OBRIEN/TECHNICIAN

Matt Coco, freshman in biochemistry, embraces his mother, Brooke Coco, a 1978 N.C. State graduate, during the Legacy Luncheon on Saturday atHarris Field. During the ceremony parents placed a Legacy Pin on their incoming students shirt indicating they are from a legacy family. Wereleaving him without a car and going on vacation, she said.

The average

student comes to

campus with 13

plug-in items.Barry Olson, associate director offacilities for University Housing

SUSTAINABILITYBY THE NUMBERS

50% Half of theUniversitys 3,000toilets are low-flow toilets

100% All of theUniversitysshower heads arelow-flow showerheads

100% All of theUniversitys sinkshave aerators

33watts

Consumption

of LED lights inBragaw

128watts

Consumptionof the original

fluorescent lights

SOURCE: BARRY OLSON

E.S. KING QUICK FACTS

E.S. King consists of17 buildings with 295apartments

The development is namedfor Edward S. King, generalsecretary of the YMCA andan advocate of housing formarried students from 1919to 1959


What better

landlord isthere than the

University?Arthur Sweeny, University

Housing coordinator for studentapartments

BENEFITS OF LIVINGIN THE LEADERSHIPVILLAGE

The opportunity to livewith and develop a closecommunity with otherstudents who have apassion for leadership.

Retreats and field tripswith leadership and servicefocus.

Opportunity to developleadership skills anddiscover personalstrengths.

The opportunity toengage and network with

community leaders. Interdisciplinary

introduction to thechanging paradigms ofleadership, learning andservice.

Invitations to the WachoviaExecutive Lecture Series,featuring top executives ofleading companies.



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Outage led to upset patrons, business owners

Russell WithamViewpoint Editor

Progress Energy shut off powerto parts of Hillsborough StreetSaturday morning due to theHillsborough Street Improve-ment project, which impactedsome businesses along the street.

The disruption was a result ofnecessary upgrades to the powerdistribution system.

Part of the beautification project involves placing the electriclines underground, the upgrade was necessa ry to prepare for thatstep.

The outage affected businesses occupying several blocks in thearea surrounding the intersection of Horne and Hillsborough

Streets, including Global Village Organic Coffee, GoPaks Bazaarand Jasmin Mediterranean Bistro.

Mike Ritchey, owner of Global Village, said Progress Energynotified the businesses of the outage in the early morning hoursand told them it would be off until noon.

Ritchey says the outage had a serious economic effect on whatshould have been a very heavy morning.

They thought they were doing us a favor, Ritchey said.The favor turned out to be a very pricy one for the businesses

affected. Ritchey said his business lost the potential for hundredsof dollars of business.

I sent 37 people down to Brueggers Bagels, Ritchey said ofhis lost revenue opportunities.

He said the first day of move-in with many parents lookingfor something to do was not the ideal time to perform the work.

This could have been done on a Sunday morning, Ritchey said.Jeff Brooks, spokesman with Progress Energy, said, [Progress

Energy] take[s] a lot of factors into consideration when the workis performed.

He said Progress Energy values these businesses and workedhard to cause the least amount of disruption whilst maintain-

ing the safety of its workers and cooperating with the generalcontractor.

At least one business was worried about losing its food. Ritcheysaid Jasmin Mediterr anean Bistro brought in a generator to pro-tect its food during the outage.

The work was finished at 10 a.m., but the damage was alreadydone for some of the businesses. Businesses like Global Villagerequire a significant amount of start-up time.

Ive got to plan for it to be an off day, Ritchey said.Several patrons were seen waiting outside GoPaks Bazaar at

10:30 a.m., upset about the closing. When the owner finallyopened the door, the customers greeted him with a barrage ofangry complaints.

Power outage affects

Hillsborough shops

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For residence hall advisers,changes in move-in meant lessstress and more flexibility. Notall agreed the change to allowmove in before Saturday werenecessary. Ryan Hodgin, asophomore in c ivil engineer-ing, is a new RA this year. Hesaid shifting the move-in dateswas unnecessary because onlythree residents on his floor tocheck in.

It was a little skewed, Hod-gin said. If there was moreof an average number then itmight have been easier, but

with only three it seemed kindof useless with me becausethree people on a different daywould actually be easier.

On the flip side, Hodgin said,the shift does give parents andstudents more flexibility andoptions to move in.

RAs like Brian Ri ley, a seniorin computer science and a re-turning RA, said they thinkthat the shift in the move-inweekend is less beneficial forthe parents.

Everybody on a Friday isworking and they cant gettheir kids here necessarily,Riley said.

According to Kate Jansen,a returning RA, the decisionto shift the move-in days was

based on logistics.Through the informa-

tion they gathered last year,more residents were comingin to check-in on Friday andSaturday versus the Saturdayand Sunday schedule we had,Jansen said. They decided itwould be more beneficial ifthey moved the check-in dur-ing Friday and Saturday be-cause more people come.

On the student side of the

move-in, students say they en-joyed move-in thus far.

Alex Overbay, a freshman inFirst Year College, moved inFriday afternoon.

I knew it was going to behectic and I knew it was goingto be kind of crazy, everyonemoving in and setting every-thing up, Overbay said. Sur-prisingly, it didnt take as longas I thought it was, and overallit wasnt bad at all .

According to Susan Grant,the director of University

Housing, the role of the RA isto help students, especially thefirst year students, get connect-ed and network on campus.

The most important part ofthe first year students life is thefirst six weeks, they need feelconfident about getting aroundand the need to feel confidentabout meeting people in orderto be successful and to reachtheir goals, Grant said.

Students have the opportu-

nity to move in during Fridayand Saturday instead of the oldcheck-in time of Saturday andSunday, and the RAs will beavailable to guide them.

Michael Ruggiero, a sopho-more in nuclear engineering,said he has wanted to be an RAsince his leadership experiencesin high school.

I kind of wanted to do itsince high school since I wasthe captain of the field andtrack team and stuff and itfelt good to help out one of the

new kids, and then someonewas like hey you could do thatin college as an RA, Ruggierosaid.

Other students like JoshuaKirby, a freshman in forestmanagement, who movedin Friday afternoon, said hethought it was going to behectic with people crowdingthe parking lot and hallways.

According to Kirby, it endedup being a bit hectic but not

like it would be comparedto Saturday. Ki rby did findthat his RA was helpful.

He was pretty goodlike he got my keys prettyquickly so I can move in,Kirby said.

Extra move-in day impacts RAs

RESIDENT ADVISORS SAY EXTRA DAY MAKES THEIR JOBS EASIER


Resident advisor John Stevens, a junior in science education, helps Anirudh Kota, sophomore inchemical engineering, ll out his paper work to receive his room key in Metcalf Hall Saturday.

POWER OUTAGE

TIMELINE:

5:59 a.m. : Power goes out8:55 a.m. : Power returns10:00 a.m. : Normal businessresumes

BY THE NUMBERS

117 New RAs

88 Returning RAs

New RA compensation

package: $1,500 for theyear, meal value of $975/semester, ResNet costs andlocal phone service

Returning RAcompensation

package: $1,700 for the year,meal value of $975/semester,ResNet costs and local phoneservice

SOURCE: SUSAN GRANT


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PHASE 1B OF HILLSBOROUGH STREET RENOVATION PROJECT

Renovations impact pedestrians, owners

Traffic patternschange with projectTransportation advisesstudents not to drive onHillsborough Street

Sarah EwaldStaff Writer

Construction orange may bethe new Wolfpack Red.

Or at least a person drivingdown Hillsborough Street in

the midst of the renovationscould be fooled into thinkingthat.

Students moving in over theweekend garnered the full ex-tent of the Hillsborough Streetproject, though not becausethey drove through it.

We directed people to gothrough Western Boulevard,Carl McGill, special events co-ordinator for Transportation,said.

McGill said there were noproblems with move-in.

And the project, which theCity of Raleigh is taking on,is definitely something theUniversity supports, Chris-tine Klein, information andcommunications specialist forTransportation, said.

Klein said people should beprepared for unforeseen thingsto happen when dealing with a

project of this scope and mag-nitude.

She also said a system hasbeen put in place to ensureopen and easy communicationamong all facets of the project.

Were all in the loop withthe City of Raleigh, Klein said,citing Transportation and Fa-cilities as two departments thatparticipate in regular contact.

With construction onHillsborough Street, somebusiness owners say they areforced to fight for customerseven more, others disagree

Justin CarringtonStaff Writer

Traffic cones. Barricades sur-rounded by dirt. Seeminglyendless traffic congestion. Asof the last few months, theseare all things that have man-aged to become synonymouswith Hillsborough Street oncampus. Consequently, someowners say their businesses onthe street have taken a majorhit in this already-dwindlingeconomy.

Jon Choi, owner of Andys

Wings & Burgers, is one ofthem.

Ive only been here for aboutthree weeks, so I have no clueabout whats happened before,Choi said. I was told this placewas a really busy place, but Iknow theres been a drop in

sales over the past few months.Despite Chois brief time on

Hillsborough Street, he said hehas vivid memories from hisfrequent trips to HillsboroughStreet in past years and howthose memories contrast withstark realities of the presenttime.

Last August, I would stopby and it was really busy,Choi said.Phoneswere off thehook, andnow theyrenot reallyr inging atall.

AlthoughChoi antici-pates thingsgetting bet-

ter with students arrival oncampus, he acknowledges thatconstruction has dealt manyproblems for his business overthe past few weeks particu-larly traffic.

The Hillsborough Streetthat Choi and others know is

the one that has served as athoroughfare for people to get

downtown, he said.However, Keith Getch-

ell, general manager of TwoGuys Restaurant, remembersa Hillsborough Street thatstudents parents might tooremember: one that came tobe known as the staple of theUniversity.

Getchellsaid he be-lieves theconstruc-t ion maybring thisback.

Weret rying tog ive s tu-d e n t s areason to

come to Hillsborough Street,Getchell said. Western Bou-levard wasnt the standard forN.C. State back in the day. Itwas Hillsborough Street. A lotof people from past genera-

Construction affects Hillsborough

MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIAN

Ron Anderson, an employee of Hamlett Associates, works out-side on Hills borough Street Tuesday.

Phones were off

the hook, and now

theyre not really

ringing at all.Jon Choi, Andys Wings & Burgers

owner

TRAFFICcontinued page 14

STREETcontinued page 14

COURTESY CITY OF RALEIGH

Phase I May 2009-January 2010Water/Sewer/Utilities/Streetscape

Phase II January 2010-June 2010Business North Side Streetscape Improvements

Phase III June 2010-September 2010Roundabouts/Medians/Oberlin

Phase IV June 2010-September 2010Finishing Touches - Landscaping/Signage/

Watauga Drive Closure

SOURCE: CAMERON SMITH, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF CONSTRUCTION

MANAGEMENT, CAPITAL MANAGEMENT PROJECT


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The Universitys Transpor-tation Department uses theTransit Visualization Systemto spread news. The T VS showseach bus along its route, withcolored balloons representingthe buses.

Klein said she finds out aboutany changes that will occur ap-proximately a week in advanceand implements them into thedaily routes.

With the TVS, theres aspace for announcements forthings that affect the Wolfline.Its beneficial to keep routesrunning on time, Klein said.

The project has impactedvarious Wolfline exits and

entrances onto Hillsborough,such as the bus-only street nearFounders Hall.

Klein said the best way forstudents to keep up with thechanges is to join the Trans-portation and Wolfline list-servs viathe Trans-portationWeb site.

Camer-on Smith

worksfor theUniver-s i ty asthe as-sociatedirector of capital projectmanagement. For the Hill-

sborough Street project, hisposition is that of liaisonbetween the City and theUniversity.

I go to the weekly con-struction meetings, andcoordinate logistics as itimpacts campus, Smithsaid in reference to his job.This includes tasks such asmodifying parking lots oruncovering utility lines.

The multi-phase projectbegan in May 2009 and isscheduled for completionin September 2010. The first

and second phases will focuson the south and north sides

of Hillsborough, respectively.The third phase tackles round-abouts, medians and OberlinStreet. The fourth phase cov-ers landscaping and signage, aswell as the Watauga Club Driveclosure.

Smith said the project mightbe finished closer to October2010 because construction isa little behind since its a verycomplex project.

The company tends to workon several areas at once, allow-ing for greater flexibility forcompletion.

If they hit a snag in one area,theyll go work in another,Smith said.

Most of the setbacks aredue to underground utilities,

termed unforeseeable condi-tions.

The company found utilitiesthey didnt know about previ-ously and had to regroup, hesaid.

Smith said it will not be aseasy forstudentsto walkaroundalongthe streetsinceportionsof side-walkshavebeen dug

up. Sidewalks along the southside of the street are dug up

now, while sidewalks alongthe north side will be dug upnext year.

There will be multipletemporary crosswalks at mul-tiple locations, Smith said.

These temporary crosswalkswont have the pedestrian push-button, so students will haveto cross Hillsborough Street attheir own risk. The areas willhave high visibility denoted bypaint and ramps.

Shifting around the cross-walks has not occurred on a

regular basis but takes placebetween one to three months.

The City will communicatewith us when the shift s occur,Smith said.

Aside from merely being pa-tient and planning on takingextra time, Klein advised stu-dents to do one thing.

If you can, dont drive downHillsborough. Take WesternBoulevard or Clark Avenue,Klein said.

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If they hit a snag in

one area, theyll go

work in another.Cameron Smith, associate director of

Capital Management

tions actually grew up comingto restaurants on HillsboroughStreet.

The purpose behind the Hill-sborough Street ImprovementProject, which has been a goalof city residents and leaders foryears, is to not only revitalizethe street, but to also makeHillsbor-ough Streets a f e r f o rthose whouse it.

The $9.92millionproject willtransformthe streetto a two-lane roadseparatedby a median.The project will also offer theaddition of two roundabouts,as well as some sprucing up ofthe streetscape from Pullen

Road to Gardner Street.Im hoping that the con-

struction helps foot traffic,Getchell said. I know thattheres a lot of competition out-side of Hillsborough Street, andthats one of the reasons I thinktheyre doing the project.

However, the constructionfor Getchell has a positive.

What Ive found is that sincethe construction has been go-ing on, weve had more people

coming in even overthe summer becausepeople are

not willingto jump intheir carsand f igh tt h e t r a f -fic, Getch-e l l s a i d .Instead,theyre

coming across the street.Like Getchell, Phil Olson,

a shift manager at GumbysPizza, said he believes that the

project will ultimately proveto be a good idea. He alsosaid students will play a vi-tal role in determining thesuccess of many businesses.

When the college stu-dents are here and the barsare running, everythingsOK, Olson said. As longas theyve got a sidewalkto walk on, I think well beOK.

Businesses on Hillsbor-

ough got their first glimpseof this during studentmove-in this past weekend.Despite the fact that Prog-

ress Energy shut off poweralong Hillsborough Streetas a part of the improve-ment project, businessessuch as Getchells still sawan increase in business frompast weeks.

We look forward to movein weekend because weknow that its the start of anew season, Getchell said.

TRAFFICcontinued from page 13

STREETcontinued from page 13

MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIAN

An employee of Hamlett Associates stands outside on Hillsborough Street Tuesday afternoonholding a sign.

JONATHAN STEPHENS/TECHNICIAN

Hillsborough construction blocks access to Hillsborough Streetthroughout the day and night, limiting student access to theshops and restaraunts.

PHASE TIMELINEPhase 1 NCSU South Side,

Water/Sewer/Utilities/Streetscape

(May 2009 January 2010)Construction began May

20 on the south side ofHillsborough Street with the

replacement of the water and

sewer lines. An undergroundduct bank will be created

under the sidewalk or parkinglane, in order to house

these lines. Street paving,

sidewalk construction, andthe installation of streetscape

elements will also follow, aswell as the

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