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monday april
25 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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SBP candidates violate campaign regulations
“Last Week of the Semester” will also be “Senior Week”
Candidates failed to adhere to elections commission guidelines.
This week is “Senior Week,” a week filled with planned activities designed for the senior class. While there are several events on the calendar that are purely for fun, such as setting up a dunking booth in the Brickyard from 10 a.m. – 2p.m. Tuesday to providing a “car smash” this Thursday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., there are also events meant to provide last-minute help prior to the end of the senior class’ experience at N.C. State. Professional events include a business etiquette seminar to highlight proper manners related to phone usage, emails and introductions as well as donor brunch with Chancellor Randy Woodson on Wednesday. For a full schedule of senior week activities, contact Kristy Craig at kncraig@ncsu.edu SOURCE: KRISTY CRAIG, POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR AND SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT
Are you ready for exams? This could help. Feeling overwhelmed? The University Counseling Center will be conducting a series of seminars this week to help students prepare for their exams. The first seminar will be today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will focus on proper test preparation skills, including how to avoid anxiety. Other seminars will focus on stress management, procrastination, and test anxiety. Students are required to register for these free seminars, and there are still seats left for every seminar. To register, sign up at http://studentaffairs. ncsu.edu/health/counseling/workshops/. All classes will be held in Room 2301 in the Student Health Center from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. SOURCE: UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTER
UAB wants student opinions on Friday Fest The Union Activities Board has released a survey to all students asking for their opinions on Friday Fest, the celebration held in the fall featuring a musical art as well as other sources of entertainment. In years past, musical talents have included Josh Grobin, Boyz II Men, and Lifehouse. The survey, consisting of three short questions, asks for student input on preferred music genre, schedule of events, and preferred musical guest. SOURCE: UAB SURVEY
ClassEval now open, and professors want feedback Students can officially voice their opinions—good or bad—about every one of their professors through N.C. State’s ClassEval. The survey, which is confidential except under circumstances when responses raise safety or legal concerns, asks questions pertaining to class’ and instructors’ weaknesses and strengths as well as their preparedness and use of technology in the classroom. Students are advised, however, that if their classes are small it is easier for instructors to identify them. Students can also provide feedback on their lab sections. Questions for the lab sections relate to the usefulness of the lab and the learning experiences it provides. ClassEvals for all courses will be open until 8 a.m. May 4, the day of the first exam. SOURCE: CLASSEVAL WEBSITE
John Wall and Chris Cioffi Staff Writer and WKNC Public Affairs Director
During the 2011-2012 student body president campaign, several campaign rule violations occurred. The penalty for some of these campaign violations, according to Chapter Seven of the Student Body statutes, is a dismissal hearing by the student senate or the judicial board. According to the Student Body Statutes, candidates were required to submit weekly expense reports to the Elections Commission. On these reports, candidates were required to report money spent on their campaigns and also had to provide receipts from their transactions. They were also required to note any donations from supporters of their campaign, and fair market value, the cost the average consumer would have to pay, was to be recorded on all expenses. The spending limit for a student body presidential campaign is $625 in personal funds, and donations cannot exceed half of the $625 spending limit, making the total spending limit $937.50 according to Chapter 7, Article 4.19. Donations are defined as donated time, services, and materials that can be quantified monetarily. Ac-
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Chandler Thompson, a senior in economics, celebrates her new position of student body president for the 2011-2012 year on March 30. Candidates from all four positions waited early Wednesday morning to hear the results.
cording to the candidates that were interviewed, the Elections Commission stated, that this does not include services by someone who has never charged for a given service in the past. For instance, if a computer science student were to create a website for a candidate and he had never charged for his services in the past, the can-
didate would be allowed to omit the service from the expense report. Chandler Thompson, a junior in economics and winner of the 2011 student body presidential election, submitted weekly campaign expense reports as required by the Student Government Elections Commission. However, upon further inspection of
her reports, there were several occurrences of under-reported donations. According to publicly available documents obtained from the Elections Commission, Thompson reported spending a total of $872.88 on her campaign.
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DJ Triple X charged with second degree sex offense Campus Police arrested and charged a student with a class C felony after sexually attacking another. Anja Davis Staff Writer
Part-time WKNC disc jockey and computer science teaching assistant was arrested and charged with felony sexual offense April 19. According to Captain Jon Barnwell, patrol division commander with Cam- Sam Daughtry pus Police, Dwayne Samuel Daughtry, sophomore in business and marketing education dubbed “DJ Triple X,” was charged with sexually assaulting another student in his E.S. King Village residence. Barnwell said the victim and 45-year-old Daught r y k new each ot her through mutual acquain-
tances. “The individual victim and his friends came to us Sunday [April 17] and we took the statement and started an investigation, ” Barnwell said. Barnwell said they were able to charge and arrest Daughtry with a class C felony, meaning that if convicted, Daughtry could receive a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Daughtry may also have to register as a sex offender if he is convicted, Barnwell said. According to Barnwell, the best thing for students to do is to make sure they do not put themselves in a situation where you could be victimized. “Be aware of your surroundings and be aware of what’s going on around you and what’s happening,” Barnwell said. “In an environment where you are learning to socialize, you have to realize you don’t know everyone.” Daughtry is currently being held at the Wake County Jail on a $100,000 bond. Molly Matty, the general manager of WKNC and senior in chemistry, refused to comment, and instructed her staff to do so as well.
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Freshman in textiles Jazsalyn McNeil stuffs tree branches into a bag at Shaw University Thursday. McNeil posted a Facebook status asking how to get involved and found out that N.C. State students were going to be helping clean up the university.
Students aids fellow campus Students assist in rebuilding Shaw University. Brooke Wallig News Editor
Despite 25 tornadoes touching down in North Carolina last weekend, destroying over 138 Raleigh homes and costing millions in damages, N.C. State was virtually unaffected by the April 16 tornadoes. But not everyone in downtown Raleigh was as fortunate. Shaw University was one of the hardest hit areas of the city, with the storms causing so much damage to the university’s buildings its president was forced to close the
university for the remainder of the semester. In an effort to clear the extensive debris from its campus, Shaw University hosted a cleanup day April 21, drawing in more than 800 students, alumni and members of the general community. According to Julius Cromwell, a ‘58 Shaw alum and volunteer at the event, students and alumni from the following universities helped with the cleanup: Clemson, N.C. State, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Peace College, Meredith College, North Carolina Central University, N.C. A&T, St. Augustine and Winston Salem State University. “Right now we are in dire need of help,
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N.C. State tennis falls to Hokies
Choi, Sutton serve as bright spots in ‘poor performance.’ See page 8.
Students commemorate, celebrate ancient exodus Jewish students share wine and eat together to remember the Passover and the flight from Egypt. See page 5.
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State comes up short against Cavs See page 7.
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N.C. State end the season with an ACC tourney loss. See page 8.
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