TECHNICIAN
monday february
11 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Students march on capitol with NAACP Sam DeGrave News Editor
While thousands of students ran through the streets of Raleigh in an attempt to see how quickly they could run five miles and stuff 12 doughnuts into their mouths, several other students took to the streets for a different cause Saturday morning. Students from various campus organizations, including the N.C. Student Power Union and the N.C. State chapter of NARAL ProChoice, marched in the seventh annual Historic Thousands on Jones Street rally.
The North Carolina NAACP led the rally, which featured more than 140 coalition groups and stretched from one end of downtown Fayetteville Street to the other, according to The News and Observer. The crowd, which The News and Observer estimated to be about 10,000 people, marched in protest of a broad range of issues ranging from poverty and abortion to a proposed voter ID law and Medicaid. However, one common sentiment united the groups — discontent with the currently Republican-controlled government of North Carolina. “They suggest this is how you fix America, this is how you fix North
Carolina, this is how you fix pov- with more than 100 other members erty. Three things: Give more tax of the student group. cuts to the wealthy, tell the poor “It is important that students get people they need out in the streets to to be more responmake their voices sible, and get more heard,” Perlmutter guns,” Rev. Wilsaid. liam Barber, presiPerlmutter has dent of the North organized other Carolina NAACP, events for Student said to The News & Power and recogObserver. “That’s a nized the imporDara Russ, senior in sociology ridiculous kind of tance of participatrhetoric.” ing in the annual Bryan Perlmutter, a senior in busi- rally. ness administration and member “This was really our chance to of the N.C. Student Power Union, show the legislators that we will conmarched in Saturday’s rally along tinue mobilizing,” Perlmutter said.
“Going to things like this makes the problems we face more real.”
Dara Russ, a senior in sociology and president of the University’s chapter of NARAL Pro-Choice, attended the march to advocate for women who she said are currently being denied access to health care. Though Saturday was Russ and her organizations’ first time participating in the rally, 15 people from the pro-choice group showed up to march. “A lot of people weren’t there for our organization, but they supported our cause, so they took some of the extra signs we made to help us,” Russ said.
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Engineers fare well in tough job market Jake Moser Deputy News Editor
The Spring Engineering Career Fair took place this past Wednesday, and students looking for both jobs and internships could be seen trying to impress potential employers with resumes. Held at the McKimmon Center, the fair comprised of thousands of students and over 200 employers. Held biannually, the fair is one of the largest engineering expos in the nation, according to a University press release. The fair seemed like a packed concert, with students lining up for a chance to speak with their favorite rock star employers. However, the roles were reversed at times. Representatives were equally interested in the students and actively recruited their prospects for an engineering record deal. Kyle McKenzie, a junior in electrical engineering, was among those looking to connect with a big company. The event was his first and he named Cisco and IBM as his top places to potentially intern with. “It was a super good opportunity to network,” McKenzie said. “I was able to talk to three companies I really have a desire to work for and while waiting in line, I was approached by two people that wanted me to work for them.” Despite McKenzie’s experience, dozens of students waiting to show their resume to two
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(Top) Natassia Muncy-Champitto sits in an empty pile of boxes outside of the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts shop. Muncy-Champitto fell into the pile exhausted, but volunteers and fellow racers encouraged her to continue the race. (Bottom left) Laura Perron gags as she attempts to eat a doughnut during the Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday. (Bottom right) A mass of runners heads down Peace Street on their way to scarf down doughnuts at the Krispy Kreme on the corner of Peace and Person streets.
Krispy Kreme Challenge cracks half million mark Ravi Chittilla
and their gastrointestinal fortitude. Participants showed up in a variety of costumes, including Trojans, What started as a dare between a Pac-Man, banana-men and chefs, group of friends nine years ago has with the honors going to a gentleculminated in a fundraising effort man who dressed up as a Krispy totaling $551,000. Kreme delivery man with his own The ninth annual Krispy Kreme “truck” and a group of women Challenge raised dressed as Krispy $177,000 for the Kreme coffee cups. Nor t h C a rol i na Even groups such Children’s Hospital, as the Raleigh Posetting a new record lice Department for the fundraiser. and UPS workers Eight thousand competed. competitors lined Runners were up Saturday mornas young as seven ing ready to run and came from f ive mi les f rom all backgrounds. Ryan King, junior in mechanical engineering the Bell Tower to Competitors inthe Krispy Kreme cluded recreational Store on Peace and Person streets athletes and seasoned marathoners. and consume 96,000 doughnuts, or �Competitors took off from the approximately 19.2 million calories, Bell Tower at 8:30 a.m. Timothy in an effort to test their endurance Ryan, of Madison, Wi., made it back Deputy News Editor
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“...it’s really great that we can help them out through a huge event like this.”
in 31:32 to win the race. Not long after, runners began to come in all at once, and although the race had taken its toll on a fair amount of them, many stood tall, reveling not just in their own accomplishments, but in the joy they were going to bring to deserving children. “This was my first time, and I was glad to be part of such an established tradition,” Stephen Klingman, a freshman in aerospace engineering, said. “All the runners today, whether or not they were able to eat all 12 doughnuts or not, contributed to a huge cause, and I can’t wait to hear about what the money is able to do, or the lives that will be positively affected by it.” “If the doctor or nurse at the hospital sees a need not being met, or a shortage of some kind of resource, they can apply for a specific grant, the additional money we’ve raised
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can help them,” Ryan King, a junior in mechanical engineering and an organizer of the event, said. “The sickest kids with the rarest diseases go there, and the hospital doesn’t turn anyone away, so it’s really great that we can help them out through a huge event like this,” King said.