TECHNICIAN
tuesday october
9
2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
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City wants resident input for new police chief Jake Moser Staff Writer
Raleigh City Manager J. Russell Allen recently released a four-question survey to get citizen feedback on who should be the next chief of the Raleigh Police Department. The survey, available on the City of Raleigh website and as a display advertisement in local newspapers, does not include specific candidates, but rather broad questions about what residents want in a new police chief. For example, one question pertains to what specific challenges RPD faces and another asks what skills and qualities in a police chief
are necessary to overcoming these challenges. Allen sent out the survey, which is due Oct. 11, in an attempt to get opinions from as many sources as possible because he will ultimately decide who the next chief will be. “Number one, I am doing the survey so I can get feedback from the community as well as the police department,” Allen said. “I want to have a current sense of what they think.” Any internal candidates or existing staff can apply, and a nationwide announcement was made about the vacancy, after the current RPD chief, Harry Dolan, retired Oct. 1. Dolan held the position for
five years, and was previously the chief of the Grand Rapids, Mich. police department. He graduated from the police academy in Raleigh, and had a 32-year career in law enforcement. Deputy Chief Cassandra DeckBrown will serve as interim chief until a final decision is made sometime next year, according to Allen. Allen, said he’s hoping to make “major progress by the end of the year.” However, the research process involves other important members of the city, including the Raleigh fire chief, the city attorney and the head parks and recreation officer. Although Allen said his process is
THE CHIEF OF POLICE: “The Office of the Chief encompasses many areas that are important to the public.” Chief of Police: The Chief of Police oversees and directs all activities of the Police Department and is the official representative of the Department. Deputy Chief: “The Deputy Chief reports directly to
“very open,” and he does not have anyone particular in mind for the position, there are a few requirements. The RPD is responsible for the safety of more than 400,000 people and has 850 employees, so
the Chief, assumes command of the Department in the Chief’s absence and carries out other duties as assigned by the Chief.” Internal Affairs: “The Raleigh Police Department is dedicated to serving the community in an efficient, effective, and professional manner. The Internal Affairs Unit helps maintain public confidence and trust in the Department.” SOURCE: CITY OF RALEIGH
someone with experience in major city with a high command is necessary, Allen said.
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Dates to remember: Friday, Oct. 12 Last day to register to vote
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Wolf Village residents pose in front of a Native American monument in Cherokee, N.C.
Candidates debate in Triangle Jessie Halpern News Editor
North Carolina gubernatorial candidates, Pat McCrory and Walter Dalton, introduced their campaigns to the public in the first statewide, televised debate on Wednesday, Oct. 3. WRAL hosted the debate, which granted each candidate an opening and closing statement, in addition to rebuttals. Questions for the candidates were posed by three North Carolina journalists, and focused on education, infrastructure and
leadership. Republican nominee, Pat McCrory, touted his experience as mayor of Charlotte, while Democratic nominee, Walter Dalton, focused on knocking McCrory down. Dalton, current lieutenant governor, said during McCrory’s time as mayor, Charlotte was the highest taxed city. “I’m very proud of that leadership that created an environment of job growth,” McCrory said. During the debate, McCrory proposed a 25-year plan for infrastructure that he said would “provide
jobs now and for the future.” His platform also included increasing services to mental health patients, and fracking. Fracking, a controversial technique used to excrete natural gas from rock, has been a topic of much debate in North Carolina since Gov. Bev Perdue approved it this summer. Dalton agreed fracking may benefit the state, but said he has some discrepancies with the governor about the safety of the
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The art of Munch takes the stage Emma Cathell Staff Writer�
The North Carolina Museum of Art is currently holding an exhibit by 19th and 20th century Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, perhaps known most famously for his work “The Scream.” Titled “Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print,” the exhibit contains 26 of Munch’s entrancing prints that range from experiences in his life to the different emotions and issues he confronted in his day. “This exhibit gave you an insight to different parts of Edvard Munch’s life,” Kevin Cossio, a freshman in first year college, said. “There were some pieces about when his sister
died, about when he was alone in life, and about when he was dating a married woman.” Viewers can see phases of Munch’s life through the pictures his prints present. This is aided by the exhibit, which features Munch’s thoughts on each painting below the work. In “The Sick Child,” painted during the period from 1894 to 1896, Munch worked to create a compelling, heart-wrenching print of his sister, Sophie, dying of tuberculosis. His sister’s death inspired his first great “soul painting” and a long series of sorrowful graphic versions after that. Munch considered “The Sick Child” piece to be his best print. “Few artists ever experienced the full grief of their subject as I did in
‘The Sick Child,’” Munch once said. Munch also expressed the complexities of love and attraction in many of his works in the exhibit. “There is a battle that goes on between men and women,” Munch said. “Many people call it love.” As shown in his exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Munch’s love was many things, but it was never simple. One of his prints, “Ashes II (After the Fall),” shows a proud woman with a man near her filled with
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Students engage in Native American outreach Megan Dunton Staff Writer
Sara Vogel, graduate student in counselor education and resident director at Wolf Village Apartments, led 20 students on a diversity trip to Cherokee, N.C. to explore the Cherokee people and their culture. “The reason that I wanted to go to Cherokee was because it was local, and students could learn a little bit about the history of North Carolina and the people of North Carolina,” Vogel said. The trip was advertised to stu-
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dents living in Wolf Village and they had to apply to go on the trip by answering four questions, including: “What would you hope to gain from this trip?” “What experiences have you had working with issues of diversity?” and “How do you see yourself contributing on this trip?” Vogel said they looked for students with ranges in experiences with diversity, accepting applications from both ends of the spectrum. Michell Hicks, the chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee In-
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