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13 2012
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Cain’s College Truth Tour comes to NCSU Jessie Halpern News Editor
Former presidential candidate Herman Cain visited campus Wednesday evening as part of his College Truth Tour in which he spoke of developing goals, his career and the future of the country. Before Cain took the stage at Stewart Theater, local businessman and N.C. State graduate Bill Clark addressed the crowd of about 150 people. Speaking about his small business, Diversified Consultants, Clark addressed the recession and the President’s plan to bring the country out of it. “With all due respect to our President, who I know is trying to do things differently, I did build my business,” Clark said. “These past four years have been the most challenging of my career. There’s a downward spiral we just can’t get out of. What we have today is just another project that needs solving.” Cain took the stage and was greeted with a standing ovation. “Success does not come in a straight line, it’s a zigzag,” Cain said. Cain spent much of his speech talking about how he achieved his personal goals. He encouraged the student audience to develop their own.
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Herman Cain speaks at Stewart Theater for the College Truth Tour on Sept.12, 2012. “Stupid people are ruining America,” Cain said during his speech Wednesday evening.
“Life isn’t a 30-minute sitcom; you have to work your butt off,” Cain said. “Change the attitude, and you change the altitude in life, and you determine your attitude, and you determine your altitude, and you determine your dream.” Cain spoke of his time as vice
president of the Pillsbury Company, noting that he never referred to himself as “the youngest black vice president.” He was just “the youngest vice president.” After working at Pillsbury, Cain said he “got bored” and decided to aim higher — he wanted to be
president of “something for someone somewhere.” He found that opportunity in a fast-track program at Burger King. “I attended Whopper College, and I graduated Magna Cum Laude,” Cain said. “Customer service is, was and will always be the king of
the hill in any business.” Cain spent more than an hour discussing his personal achievements in corporate America before addressing the political climate – bluntly. “Stupid people are running America,” Cain said. After retiring to a career in radio, Cain said he decided to run for Senate. In 2004, Cain did not receive the Republican nomination, but said he came in “an impressive second” because he “scared the crap out of the guy who won.” In 2011, Cain decided to try his hand at politics again. “I had another temporary moment of insanity and I said, ‘I’m going to run for President of the United States,’” Cain said. In October of 2011, Cain was linked to two sexual harassment charges and said he suspended his bid for the nomination to save his family from the personal attacks that were being run against his campaign. Still, Cain said he is committed to helping change the state of the nation. “We have problems to fix,” Cain said. “The economy is not growing, it’s stalled.” Cain also referenced an impending “tax-mageddon” if the Bush-era
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UAB and Transportation appreciates commuters Trey Ferguson
events pertaining to sustainability within the Office of Transportation. “The whole basis of the SmartThe Union Activities Board and Commute Challenge is [for] somethe Office of Transportation of- one who’s not taking the bus can say, fered commuters bagels, coffee and ‘Oh I can win a laptop, let me take a chance to win prizes at a com- the bus to campus,’” Ousdahl said. muter appreciation breakfast, a part “Then they look up bus routes and of the SmartCommute Challenge, take one and realize, ‘Oh it’s not as Wednesday morning. hard as I thought,’ then they’re do“We just want[ed] to show we care ing it and it takes another car off about the commuter students and the road.” let them know we’re thinking about The challenge is meant to help stuthem,” Hart Crane, a graduate stu- dents explore other forms of transdent in public administration and portation: riding the bus, carpoolUAB graduate assistant, said. ing, vanpooling, teleworking, biking Crane, who feverishly directed or walking. Last year the challenge students to the table outside of the saved nearly 50,000 gallons of gas Coliseum Deck on Central Campus, and 468 tons of carbon dioxide. said the challenge was a great way “It’s basically to promote people for students to find to at least try a out about different different form of methods of getting transportation,” to campus. Christine K lein, UAB and Transpublic communipor tat ion concation specialist for ducted the event to the Office of Transencourage student portation, said. “It’s exploration of alnot only good for ternative transporthe environment, Christine Klein, tation modes. The but gets people to public communication SmartCommute try something difspecialist Challenge is an anferent and a chance nual GoTriangle-sponsored event to win some prizes.” for commuters in the Triangle area Klein also talked about the differto find an alternative means of com- ent ways Transportation has been muting to school or work instead of working to encourage the various driving themselves. GoTriangle has methods of transportation. designed a website for challengers to “We have a carpool program as track their smart routes and enter a a part of Wolftrails that has mushdrawing to win prizes. roomed up,” Klein said. This collaboration between UAB Organizers of the event hope comand Transportation is meant to muter students will be encouraged demonstrate the organizations’ ap- by their effort to reach out to them preciation for commuting students and encourage them to commute and their dedication to being more smart. environmentally friendly. “I already go smart. I don’t drive “I think it’s great,” Maxine McIn- a car or anything, I always walk evnis, a senior in animal science, said. erywhere,” said Michelle Barreto, “If I didn’t live so far from campus freshman in First Year College, “It’s I would do it.” a good way to get people informed Michael Ousdahl, transportation about how they can change things planner, deals with the different on campus by going smart.” Managing Editor
Sen. Kay Hagan discusses the importance of the nation’s higher education.
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Hagan talks higher education perience unemployment than those who do not have a four-year degree. The increasing costs of higher Sen. Kay Hagan will be education, Hagan said, was to blame for the growing disparity between participating in a hearing college and non-college-educated with the Senate Committee on people in the workforce. Education to discuss college “The lack of affordability stands affordability today. as a barrier as tuition costs soar,” In a press conference Wednesday, Hagan said. Hagan denounced Mitt Romney and Those who are unable to attend Paul Ryan’s proposal for funding college due to rising costs are not education. In addition to mention- the only victims of the current plan ing that she balanced for funding educaNorth Carolina’s tion, though. The budget, Hagan used average college stuher experience on dent in North Carothe education comlina owes $21,000, mittee to support her Hagan said, and that claims. figure is even higher “I’ve been focused for students in other on education for the states. past three-and-a Hagan praised Sen. Kay Hagan half years in the congress for Senate,” Hagan said. strengthening Pell Hagan advocated the importance Grants for 9 million students and of higher education in the confer- investing in community colleges, ence stating a worker with a bach- stating that congress has made “hiselor’s degree earns 85 percent more toric improvements.” than a worker without comparable Chelsea Boccardo, a senior at education. According to Hagan, a the University of North Carolina worker with the bachelor’s degree at Greensboro and president of the is also 50 percent less likely to ex- school’s student government asso-
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“The lack of affordability stands as a barrier as tuition costs soar.”
ciation, joined Hagan in the conference, validating her claims. Affordability is an important issue to the students of UNC-G, 72 percent of whom work part time jobs, Boccardo said. She continued that 70 percent of the University’s students need financial aid, of those, 30 percent qualified for Pell Grants. “I hope the nation will look at UNC-G as a model to earn a valuable and affordable degree in higher education,” Boccardo said. According to Jose Cruz, the vice president for higher education policy and practice at The Education Trust, also present at the conference, that the current education system favors the wealthy. “The rich are seven times more likely to get a degree than other kids,” Cruz said. Though Hagan stated education should not be a “political issue,” when asked how she would to continue to fight for education if Romney was elected, she did not provide a specific answer.
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