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Stealing from Atrium is stealing from students Jake Moser Deputy News Editor
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY MERARI VALENCIA
With a student volunteer and an Atrium employee, this photo models the problem of food theft in the Atrium.
have widespread consequences. “University dining is completely funded by meal plan purchases and cash register sales,” according to Gilmore. These funds are then used to fund new dining facilities,
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Theft is common at the Atrium Food Court, and everyone is a victim, including the perpetrators themselves. Students have noticed customers of the Atrium shoving food into their pockets, purses and book bags, especially during the lunch and dinner rush. Amidst long lines and hectic traffic, it is difficult for Atrium staff to keep up with everything, according to Thomas Jasmine, sophomore arts application major. “[Atrium customers] do it because they can,” Jasmine said. “During lunch time especially, the chicken sandwiches are easy targets.” “While theft is not a critical problem for University Dining,” according to Jennifer Gilmore, marketing and communications manager for Campus Enterprises, “the administration has taken notice to the issue.” “We are aware that people take things they didn’t purchase,” Gilmore said. “It happens, and there’s this notion that it doesn’t hurt anyone.” Gilmore challenges this notion that on-campus theft is victimless and argues it has the potential to
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keeping existing facilities up to date, adding more dining options, and hiring culinary talent. University dining also allocates some of its money to administrative fees, like scholarships, and financial aid.
“When customers take things they didn’t pay for, somebody has to cover that,” Gilmore said. “When people steal, it just diminishes what we’re able to turn around and give back to students ... In a sense, they are taking from the student body.” W hi le Gi lmore says t he amount stealing has affected University Dining’s budget is hard to quantify, Atrium cashiers have seen theft taking place, and are trained to handle it responsibly and respectfully. “Another aspect of State affected by stealing is the University’s overall value. N.C. State is widely recognized as a great value, and meal plan prices are very low compared to other schools,” according to Gilmore. “[The educational value] is part of what makes N.C. State a great place, and we want to keep it that way,” Gilmore said. “We want to keep all the costs low and it challenges our ability to do so when people take things.” Gilmore also mentioned University Dining’s use of surveillance and computers to combat what she sees as an ethical problem.
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A new North Carolina law on cyber-bulling became effective in December, and now students can now be fined or jailed for harassing their teachers online. The School Violence Prevention Act of 2012 allows for students to be charged if they commit actions that are done “with the intent to intimidate or torment a school employee.” The crime can warrant up to $1,000 or 60 days in jail. The act includes a wide range of actions such as creating false social media accounts for school employees, posting real or altered images of faculty, signing teachers up for pornography or spam, making statements with the intent to stalk or harass faculty, and even sending repeated emails or other forms of electronic communication to a staff
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lab,” Hambourger said. “It is the artifact of the way the system is set up,” Hambourger said. N.C. State is usually recognized According to Hambourger, many for its engineering department and students use online courses to fulbricks, but now another program fill their general education requireis getting national attention. U.S. ments. “However, students are still News & World Report ranked the unable to complete their entire unUniversity as top-notch for its on- dergraduate degree online,” Hamline degree programs. bourger said. According to U.S. News & World “Leadership in the Public Sector is Report’s list for best online educa- the only undergraduate online detion programs, distance education gree program that is offered to stuat State is top-notch. Honors went dents, but they can only enroll with to the University’s online graduate a minimum of 60 credit hours,” engineering and Hambourger said. computer inforAccording to Hammation technology bourger, most of programs, which t he Universit y’s stood at seventh online programs and ninth place reare for master’s despectively. NCSU gree students, and also held spot nummany are geared toLynda Hambourger, ber 17 on the list of ward engineering. DELTA academic advisor top online graduate “These programs programs. UNChave had a long Chapel Hill was not mentioned in track record and good reputation. the report. Not many other institutions offer The news comes after the Uni- programs like that online, so we versity suspended the fee for online stand out,” Hambourger said. courses, meaning students no lonU.S. News & World Report ranked ger have to pay additional money for Duke University as number 69 in each credit hour they take online. best online graduate nursing proAccording to Distance Education grams. and Learning Technology Applica“Good online courses and protion academic advisor Lynda Ham- grams are well structured and probourger, whether the new system is vide avenues of communication an advantage or disadvantage de- between classmates and their inpends on the individual student. structors,” Hambourger said. “For example, a non-degree student Junior in elementary education, may have to pay more for a lab he or she takes on campus, than for the ONLINE continued page 3 online course that accompanies the Staff Writer
“These programs have had a long track record and good reputation.”
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The Red Clay Saxophone Quartet performed at Thompson Theater Tuesday, Jan. 29. As part of the Arts NOW series.
Victoria Vesce Staff Writer
The Arts NOW Series (ANS) at N.C. State is blending art with a variety of other disciplines to create a unique and interesting experience. The ANS hosts a plethora of art-centered events that range from concerts and lectures to various performing arts that are not only for the students but open to the community as well. The series spans the globe and represents many cultures and diverse topics. From opera to climate change, featured artists have come from as far away as Canada, Argentina, Italy, Brazil, Germany, Switzerland and through out the United States,”
according to the ANS website. ANS is directed by Rodney Waschka II, a composer and professor of art studies at N.C. State. “(The series) is part of what any good college education should provide, a chance to encounter lively art of today and the possibility of broadening one’s understanding of what the arts are and can be,” Waschka said. Hosted and Sponsored by the Arts Studies Program, Waschka developed ANS in 1996-97 as an extension of Lunchtime Arts Series established by David Greene, Professor Emeritus at N.C. State. “We wanted to create a series of performances, lectures and other events that would interest a wide variety of students on campus, while also serving as an extension service
to the surrounding community and North Carolina,” Waschka said. The Arts NOW Series has a widespread appeal. The demographics vary, as there are events for everyone, from children to adults. “These events are designed for students to enjoy and learn from the work of artists who are contemplating many of the same problems and opportunities college students face today,” according to Waschka. The upcoming event debuting on Valentine’s Day will be the Fire Pink Trio, which will be presented at Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre in Frank Thompson Hall at 7 p.m. For more information about event times, visit the Arts NOW Series website at http://www4.ncsu. edu/~waschka/artsnow/
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