Technician
friday october
21 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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University stands behind GLBT Rally in the Brickyard showcases GLBT’s State Not Hate campaign. John Wall and Will Brooks
Gadhafi killed after 42 years of leadership Cause of death of oppressive leader undetermined.
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Students and administrators rallied in the brickyard to show their support for the GLBT community Thursday afternoon in response to an act of vandalism to the student GLBT Center. Students lined up to sign a petition called the “United Message” to show their disdain toward the incident that occurred Monday night. Guest speakers, such as Provost Warwick Arden, took the podium on behalf of the GLBT community as students and community members came to watch. “The student body as a whole rejects and condemns hate speech at N.C. State University,” the petition stated, along with words promoting equality among all students. University members, including students and faculty, have been signing the “United Message” since Tuesday. The message was featured in Wednesday’s edition of Technician, where a couple hundred people stated they stood against the vandalism. Since Wednesday’s print edition, over 1,000 people have signed the message, according to GLBT Cetner Director Justine Hollingshead. Student government had two tents set up at the event. They had ribbons of paper available for people to sign that were aggregated into a “Chain of Hope.” Top GLBT representatives, including Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford, held the chain up toward the end of the event. Karen Waters, editor-in-chief of The Triangle, a LGBT publication aimed at Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill in both print and online, was at the rally. A 1994 alumnus, she said things have changed since her time as a student. “They didn’t have this when I was here. We didn’t have this support,” Waters said. “When I was in school, nobody would have cared.”
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Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford speaks to the NCSU community about how important the GLBT Center and its community is to NCSU as a whole at the GLBT “State not Hate” Rally, Thursday.
The on-campus GLBT Center was envisioned in 1999, but was not realized until 2007, according to Waters. “It’s really important that the [GLBT Center] is here,” Waters said. Arden gave a great speech to the crowd, according to Waters. “He gave a really nice, inspiring talk on diversity here and this is not how people want N.C. State to be viewed,” Waters said. Waters said negative messages such as those written on the GLBT Center can be seen on a daily basis in the free expression tunnel. Leslie Cloninger, a graduate student in social work, is in her first year of graduate school after receiving a degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. She said
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Allies signed slips of paper, which were then assembled into a “Love Chain”, showing support for the GLBT community, Thursday at the GLBT “State not Hate” Rally.
In Libya, what had initially began as a protest against government corruption, manifested into eight months of civil war. All of which came to a close Thursday with the death of its leader Moammar Gadhafi. Gadhafi, after staging a military coup in 1969, took control of Libya and implemented a tyrannical rule for almost 42 years. He was feared and resented by most of his people for backing terrorist groups and abusing human rights. Associate Professor in the department of political science William Boettcher gave insight on Gadhafi’s politics. “Gadhafi was the single, dominant ruler there,” Boettcher said. “You had a political system that didn’t allow many interests beyond Gadhafi and his family. They sell oil; he took a lot of that money and used it to support lavish lifestyles.” However, the exact circumstances of Gadhafi’s death still remain unclear. It is generally believed that he was shot twice while rebels attempted to overtake him and his loyalist troops. “The jury’s still out on that — on who was really responsible,” Boettcher said. “They should have kept him alive and tried him. Generally, I think that’s a good idea. I don’t think it’s a good idea, morally or politically, to parade him around Misrata like they did.” Beaudette added, “I think that, given the situation, the rebels weren’t interested in having him tried for war
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Officer Rigsby and Officer J.C. Black survey Western Boulevard and Dan Allen Drive after a student was struck by a vehicle Thursday.
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Peering into the cockpit of a glider, Matthew Jackson, a junior in mechanical engineering, takes a break between classes Thursday. Jackson was walking through the courtyard between Engineering Building I and III, which is usually empty and noticed the display. “I walked out of class and saw these planes,” he said. “I thought I’d check it out.” Multiple gliders were in the courtyard for students to inquire about, or to even sit inside.
New phone service for broke students Virgin Mobile offers basic functionality at comparitively low cost. Jatin Bhatia Staff Writer
For all the recession-hit students looking for solutions that do more with less, Virgin Mobile is offering a
new pre-paid service called “payLo” at a rate of $30 per month. The prepaid service brand of Sprint, Virgin mobile, gives the consumer 1,500 domestic voice minutes, 1,500 messages — text, picture, email and/ or IM — and 30MB per month web access allotment. Jack Pflanz, public relations manager for Sprint, said the service is for those who are looking to “econo-size” their phone budget.
“With the increasing popularity of prepaid wireless service, consumers can now apply the same ‘minsumer’ mentality to their wireless plan. payLo by Virgin Mobile is a great option for people who have figured out they really don’t need the extra bells and whistles associated with a pricey smart phone — they simply want a quality, attractive device that allows them to
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Staff Report: A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Thursday evening on the corner of Dan Allen Drive and Western Boulevard. The Raleigh Police Department was on the scene conducting an investigation. As of 10 p.m. Thursday night, they were unable to release any information, according to Of-
ficer J.C. Black. The extent of injuries — both of passengers and the pedestrian — could not be determined. The incident occurred directly in front of the Han-Dee Hugo’s gas station. Police were on the scene in minutes, according to a Han-Dee Hugo’s employee, who wished to remain anonymous.
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