Technician
wednesday march
30 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Carpool permits to increase sustainability The carpool parking pass allows multiple students to park on campus for less.
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This photograph of the model shows the new Talley Student Center from Cates Ave. facing Reynolds Coliseum. The models will be available for students to view in mid-April.
Updated Talley models released As Talley renovation plans develop, physical models are released with general layout details. Alanna Howard Deputy News Editor
Although many specifics of Talley Student Center’s renovation aren’t concrete, the most up-to-date models have recently been made public. According to Sumayya Jones-Humienny, project manager of Capital Project Management, the models demonstrate the project has moved in to the schematic design phase, that it is ready to move from paper to reality. “After advance planning we started looking at a schematic design, what we captured on paper we’ve developed into 3-D physical renderings,” JonesHumienny said. The models of the five floor building, which are now available to the public, give a general layout of each level’s floor plan, and the green space around the building. Building Layout Specs The first floor includes a loading and service area which extends behind Price Music Center and up to Alexander Hall, storage below Stewart Theater, mechanical areas, a kitchen and a large part of the textbook aspect of the bookstore. The second floor is ground level, and will house Stewart Theater, retail shops, retail and apparel parts of the bookstore, a C-Store, dining options, lounge and indoor and outdoor seating. According to Jones-Humienny, the dining and retail options have not been determined as of yet. “We’re not sure for what the retail opportunities will be yet; we’re still looking at survey answers but there will be indoor and outdoor seating for dining,”
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This photograph of the model shows the new Talley Student Center as an aerial view. The models will be available for students to view in mid-April.
she said. Outside the new Talley the amount of green space will be vastly increased. There will be an “all campus path” that will double as a fire access lane, that is a gently sloping natural amphitheater. The amphitheater will begin around the outside of the Free Expression tunnel and extend and widen towards Reynolds Coliseum. The landscape features include rain gardens and walking paths. The amphitheater is possible because of the elimination of the dead-end Dunn Avenue, according to JonesHumienny. “We’re cutting off Dunn Avenue where the Reynolds turn-around ends,” Jones-Humienny said. “The area can be much better utilized by natural landscaping. This all campus path will be a great place for concerts, large student gatherings or for lots of students to enjoy the outdoors on a nice day.” The third, fourth and fifth f loors include a two-story ballroom, offices, Stewart Theatre, lounges, meeting
rooms and the bridge to Broughton Hall. The bridge extends out of Talley, through the planned “Technology Tower” and will be universally accessible for students will disabilities through elevators in Talley and Broughton. According to Jones-Humienny, the funds for the bridge are separate, and aren’t currently available. “The construction for the bridge is part of the Broughton Hall renovation project and that money has been cut and gone back to the state, but we’ve gone ahead with the design for it because the bridge can be built separate, but we need to make sure we’ve allocated room for its connection upon completion,” Jones-Humienny said. The initial master plan for the new building called for a price tag of $150 million, but the interim Chancellor James Woodward asked for a
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fold. “[Our programs] reduce overall campus carbon footprint, saves students money and offers flexibility to permit-holders, and frees up parking spaces to help accommodate parking Joshua Chappell needs of more students,” Klein said. Senior Staff Writer For Jennifer Gowen, a senior in When James Rowland, a sopho- chemical engineering, the carpool more in physics, commuted to cam- pass was especially helpful since she pus with a friend and noticed that has classes on both main and cenhis friend did not have a normal tennial campus. “I found the carpool pass to be pass for the lot he was parking in, he asked his friend how he was able extremely helpful as I could drop [my partner] off on main campus to park in that location. The answer? The carpool permit. all day and then navigate between According to the transportation centennial and main campuses,” website, the carpool permit is a way Gowen said. Gowen also said that another asfor at least two students to exchange their previously purchased commut- pect of the permit – the eight daily er permits for a carpool permit. This passes that are given to the secondpermit is valid in any of the parking ary permit holder – allow it to be decks on main campus, centennial even more flexible. “On days when something comes campus and centennial biomedical up, he can use one of the eight daily campus. There are currently approximately passes that allow him to park on 82 student carpoolers, which trans- campus,” Gowen said. High involvement with extracurlates to 41 less cars on the road each day, according to Christine Klein, ricular activities can put a strain on public communications specialist parking, Gowen said, but the carfor transportation and Allison Car- pool permit allows for extra flexibility and convenience. penter, Wolftrails manager. “For someone who stays on cam“The number of student carpool permits sold continues to grow as pus for more than just class, the more commuters learn of this op- carpool pass has been extremely helpful getting between different tion,” Klein said. For Rowland, the process of sections of campus,” Gowen said. obtaining the permit was fairly “The ability to park in any student commuter spot on campus is well straightforward. “I was worried it would be com- worth the extra hassle of leaving ten plicated when I read the stipulations minutes earlier to pick up someone and instructions online, but once we from their house.” Gowen said she got the ball rollthinks that the effort ing everything to increase sustainfell into place,” ability – even though Rowland said. it might not be as Rowland said beneficial financially that while the to the university – is carpool permit commendable. is a good idea, “I applaud t he it might not be university for taking achieving the deChristine Klein, public a cut in their parksired outcomes. communications specialist ing income to in“There have crease sustainability been times when my partner has had to come back to around campus,” Gowen said. “The campus to pick me up, essentially University has done enough work negating the benefit to sustainabil- to make this available to students, now it is time for students to use the ity,” Rowland said. The carpool permit is a part of the resource.” Klein said that while she realizes Wolftrails program, which also includes employee carpool programs, that there is no “silver bullet” when the free GoPass for city and regional it comes to behavioral change tobuses, bicycle incentives, Zipcar and wards sustainability, the transportation office’s goal is to make those Zimride, according to Klein. “Based on year-to-date Wolftrails opportunities available for students. “We want to ensure that [students] participation, we calculate a total carbon savings of over 650 tons per know their options and offer them incentives to encourage them to give year,” Klein said. According to Klein, the benefits an alternative mode of transportathat the program offers are three- tion a try,” Klein said.
“We calculate a total carbon savings of over 650 tons per year.”
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Yuri Choe, a junior in food science, practices the violin in Price Music Center Tuesday. When not studying food science Yuri plays the violin for Raleigh Civic Chamber orchestra. An exchange student from Korea, this is her second year at NCSU, her first year being enrolled in Seoul National University. Choe said “It’s pretty sad”.
$5.00 from the sale of each shirt to benefit “Origami Wishes” NC State’s campus-wide fundraising for the American Red Cross. T-shirts will be available this Friday for $10.00 each at NC State Bookstore.
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