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thursday april
26 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Campus Dining to change policies Various changes will be happening this fall with Dining, including new benefits to I.D. cards. TeShima Brennen Correspondent
This fall, students will find the meal equivalencies, mean plans, Board Bucks and the way they use
their I.D. card have all changed. Jennifer Gilmore is the marketing and communications manager for Campus Enterprises, a retail division that encompasses University Dining and other N.C. State Facilities, and said the changes were necessary. “Students wanted later eating hours,” Gilmore said. “They weren’t using their meal plans or Board
Bucks as intended. …University Dining had to come up with a solution to the problem or raise prices.” Due to the student demand for later evening hours, University Dining added another meal period, Late Night, to its schedule. Late Night will start after 9 p.m. and will run until closing. To allow students options to eat their late night snacks, the Atrium will stay open until 10
p.m. and Talley, the first addition opening fall 2013, will be open until 11 p.m. “I think it’s a great idea and would provide more convenience for students,” Melanie Baker, senior in communications, said. With the completion of Talley in fall 2014, there will be a significant increase in the number of places students can eat, according to Gilmore.
Students will have a new variety of places to pick for their meals such as the World Market, which will feature different cuisines from around the world in Talley. Meal equivalencies are expected to increase from $4.75 to $5.00 for breakfast and from $5.85 to $6.25 for all other meal periods. Jennifer
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Student starts company to bring hope to children Student starts a new organization designing headbands for children with cancer.
“to fund research for childhood cancer and spread hope in all girls, one headband at a time,” according to the website. “Many girls fighting childhood cancer lose their hair during their Shawn Thompson rigorous chemotherapy treatments. Staff Writer Headbands are the perfect way for Headbands of Hope, an organiza- these girls to keep their feminine tion started by University student identity and have a constant reJessica Ekstrom, is giving children minder that they’re not alone,” who are fighting cancer a new sense Ekstrom said. Ekstrom, founder and president of of confidence through fashionable Headbands of Hope, found her moheadbands. tivation to start the For every headbusiness during an band purchased on internship. In 2011, headbandsofhope. her summer inorg, one headband ternship at Makeis given to a girl a-Wish Foundawith cancer. A portion of Centra l tion of profits are and Western North also donated to the Carolina inspired St. Baldrick’s founHeadba nds of dation, a volunteerJessica Ekstrom, founder and Hope, through her driven charity compresident of Headbands interaction with mitted to funding for Hope children who were research to f ind experiencing hair cures for childhood cancers and gives continuous sup- loss from cancer treatments. “One day, I was pulling my hair port to survivors. Headbands of Hope’s mission is back in a ponytail and thought
“I saw how much impact losing their hair can have on their self esteem...”
Photo Courtesy of Jessica Ekstrom
Jessica Ekstrom, founder and president of Headbands for Hope, spends time with one of the girls from the Maka-Wish Foundation she was able to provide with a headband. Headbands for Hope helps young girls with cancer.
about the hundreds of girls I encountered that lose their hair to cancer. I saw how much losing their hair had an impact on their self-esteem and confidence level,” Ekstrom said. Ekstrom said she wanted to give
the girls something to boost their spirits and make them smile when they looked in the mirror. “Being a young girl presents many struggles with self-esteem already and losing their hair as a result of a
life-threatening illness is traumatic. Not only do they have to face the risk of losing their lives, they feel that they lose a part of their femi-
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Craft Center offers affordable summer course
perfect pitch
Campus Craft Center is offering a course even the busiest summer students can fit in.
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Diana Quietti, sophomore in communication media, sings as the character Perfect Love in the University Theatre’s rendition of the drama The Arabian Night.
insidetechnician Singer-songwriter works to balance career and activism Musician Kina Grannis spends her time both perforimng and taking part in activism. See page 9.
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len Westmoreland, assistant director of the Crafts Center, said. Once the day is complete, students will automatically receive a studio pass, allowing them free access to a studio and all its tools for both sumJessie Halpern mer sessions. Not to mention, the Deputy News Editor Craft Center is providing a cookout With students filling up their lunch in the middle of the day. The summer plans, the Craft Center price for the retreat totals to only has made it convenient to keep $25, almost half of the usual studio enjoying their services, with pass rate. “Passes usually range from $45 to their second bi-annual day-long the $60 range because you’re paying “retreat.” The retreat began last year, in for a full class. This is a really good deal and can fit into an effort to proanyone’s schedule,“ v ide summer Westmoreland said. students with While every stuan opportunity dent may not be into participate terested in the four in a relaxing, classes offered, the creative activCraft Center paid ity. Rather than careful attention having to sign to the options they up for a regular Jo Ellen Westmoreland, planned for retreat. six-week long assistant director for “We picked the class, students Crafts Center most popu lar w it h a f u l l classes, and took schedule are encouraged to attend a retreat from into account that some of them, like 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On this crafting fibers, are too intensive to instruct adventure, beginning students in just one day,” Westmoreland said. Once a student receives a studio can learn an art of their choice from the ground up, complete pass, all they’ll need to buy are mawith learning to use advanced terials for their craft, and the rest is free as long as the Craft Center tools. “Students can choose from is open. Passes can also be renewed attending an intensive course on pottery, stained glass, woodcraft continued page 2 turning or metal jewelry,” Jo El-
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