Technician
tuesday september
6
2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Student Government to use Google’s TalkBin New service being employed by Student Government to connect with students.
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Shutting down entire lanes of traffic, the cyclists participating in the First Friday bike ride pour through the streets of downtown Raleigh on their way to the city’s myriad different galleries. The bikers are pushing to have new bike lanes installed throughout the city to make cycling through it safer.
Bikers take on downtown Monthly First Friday event draws hundreds of bikers to downtown Raleigh. Mark Herring Features Editor
Cyclists pour into the parking lot next to the Bell Tower Friday night as 7:00 p.m. approaches. More than 100 students on road bikes, fixed gears and mountain bikes flood Hillsborough Street once the clock rings, marking the beginning to their First Friday—a citywide art and cultural exposition. This cycling event, which started in April 2007 according to organizer Victor Lytvinenko, occurs on the first
Friday of every month, regardless of they make their way downtown on Hillsborough Street. Although rain or snow. Lytvinenko said riding bikes only the routes change depending on ex h ibit s at makes sense galleries, given Raleigh’s Lytvinenko layout. leads the “All the galcrowd of cyleries are about clists to Rea m i le apa r t bu s Work s and park ing ga l ler y, on d ow nt ow n i s t he c or ner not so great on of Boyla n Friday night,” Victor Lytvinenko, event organizer and Kinsey Lytvinenko said. Streets. “They are too far The mass of bikers rolls along away to walk, so we just started riding bikes around since it’s the best means of transportation downtown.” As the riders leave the Bell Tower, bike continued page 3
“All the galleries are about a mile apart and parking downtown is not so great.”
Campus Farmers Market sells fish Market vendor to begin taking preorders Wednesday for fish delivery.
great idea or a concern. It will make it easier for students to contact them and hopefully make them feel welcome talking to Student Government. It’s also anonymous, so they can submit ideas or concerns without us knowing Jatin Bhatia who they are,” Thompson said. Correspondent The service is free for student orgaIn order to reach out to students, nizations, including Student GovernStudent Government has started to ment, as it is in partnership with the use a new service called Google Talk- NCSU Google apps program. Minsk explained how it is being emBin. It’s a part of the NCSU Google apps ployed presently on campus. “One: Student Government is acprogram and is being set up with the help of Daniel Minsk and Michael tively using it to collect feedback from Wright, Google ambassadors to N.C. students. Two: Google ambassadors are using it to allow students to send State. TalkBin is a service allowing people in questions and comments about to use their mobile phones to send the use of Google products. Three: feedback, suggestions and questions GLBT will be using it to allow students to organizations on campus in real to contact the center anonymously time. Organizations can then respond with any GLBT questions they might have. Four: NCSU Dining is currently immediately. considering usStudent Body ing it to collect President Chanfeedback at on d ler Thompson campus locasaid she is excited t ion s . T he y about this new serhave not yet vice. sig ned up. “I’m really exFive: New Stucited about the dent OrientaGoogle TalkBin tion is considprogram and the ering using it new way students as a way stucan contact Students can ask dent Governquestions durment,” Thompson ing orientation said. for an immediThompson exChandler Thompson, ate response,” plained its funcstudent body presidents Minsk said. tionality. Daniel also “It’s a phone number that accepts text messages invited other organizations to make — no phone calls — from students use of Google TalkBin as a way to conand it goes to a website that SG of- nect to students. “If student organizations want to ficials can access. We can also choose to get emails or texts. These student start using Google TalkBin, they can concerns come to the different people do so by sending an email to gncimmediately and SG can act on it as state@gmail.com [to get in contact soon as we get the chance,” Thomp- with Michael and I],” Minsk said. Google acquired the company that son said. Since it’s an anonymous way of created the service over the summer, letting various organizations know according to Minsk. about any ideas or concerns, Google TalkBin allows students to be fully honest. “Student Government will soon post the number in the Wolfline, in residence halls and all over campus so students can use it when they get a
“It’s a phone number that accepts text messages—no phone calls—from students and it goes to a website that SG officials can access.”
Brooke Wallig Senior Staff Writer
Every Wednesday, the Campus Farmers Market offers students and faculty a chance to sample and purchase many locally-produced foods, ranging from produce like apples and strawberries to homemade goods like cookies and jellies. Now, that market will venture away from the typical goods and introduce a very different type of product — fish. According to Pressley Blackley, a junior in mechanical engineering and market co-manager, Walking Fish will begin selling “shares” of fish this Wednesday, meaning students and faculty will be able to pre-pay for deliveries of fish once the fishing season begins. “It is not going to be where you go and buy seafood if you want it in passing. Instead, it’s what’s called a CSF—Community Supported Fishery—where you purchase a share of the product at the beginning of a season,” Blackley said. “You pay up front and you get what they bring every week or every other week during the semester.” According to Deborah Callaway, coordinator and secretary treasurer of Walking Fish’s Board of Directors, this is the company’s seventh season, and its first season at N.C. State. However, she said it’s not their first time working with a college campus, as the program was founded by a group of graduate students at Duke University.
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Josephine Skinner a junior majoring in art and design and textile technology picks through the local produce at the Wise Farms booth at the campus farmers market on September 8th. Josephine a regular a the farmers market says, “I shop here because I want to support locally grown foods and local farmers.” The Wise Farms both sells in season produce year round. They are based in Mt. Olive a small community near campus.
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