TECHNICIAN
february
21 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
technicianonline.com
Roll Pack? Not without a struggle
C
Privette expressed frustration with the lack of accessibility in certain areas of campus, specifically dorms. “It’s unfortunate because people with wheelchairs can see how certain areas are difficult to access so much better than those without wheelchairs,” Privette said. The list of dorms with minimal wheelchair accessibility is more extensive than you would expect: Bragaw, Lee, Sullivan, Owen, Tucker, Gold, Syme, Welch, Turlington,
Alexander and Wood Hall all limit wheelchair users. A student who prefers to remain unnamed has expressed anger with the lack of handicap accommodations available at her dorm. “I have a close family member who has wanted to visit my dorm room at Bragaw for the longest time, but she can’t because it’s on the second floor,” she said. The student says she feels guilty for living in a dorm where there are only stairs, but she leaves the majority of the blame with University Housing for neglecting to have a wheelchair ramp or elevator. Susan Grant, Director of University Housing, explains that although funds to make housing renovations
Victoria Vesc Staff Writer
have been located, the staff has not fit the cost of elevators for Bragaw Hall into the budget. According to Grant, future renovation is projected to take place 10 years out. Lee and Sullivan Hall have elevators, but to students in wheelchairs, ascending to higher floors is not the problem. An elevator provides access to each f loor, but the elevator exit leads to two flights of stairs, which are the only paths to reach the dorm rooms. Students in wheelchairs cannot safely navigate these flights of stairs without assistance. �Pete Fraccaroli, University Housing Facilities Manager, admits when
ROLL continued page 2
BITE continued page 3
STORY BY SEAN LANGSTON JR. | PHOTO BY RYAN PARRY
.J. Leslie may have been able to lift Will Privette into the air two weeks ago after he stormed the court in his wheelchair, but Leslie’s busy schedule won’t allow him to do it every day.
The Bite: A show for students, by students The Bite, contrary to popular thought, is not a restaurant, but instead the newest student comedy show to be aired on Wolf TV. Created by and for the students, The Bite is the brainchild of Sean Smith, a senior in international studies and the host of the show. The program format is similar to Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report and The Daily Show. The show was born out of necessity, according to Smith. “Sometimes this campus takes things far too seriously, and we lacked an unrestricted critical voice, thus, a TV broadcast was born to comment on society and entertain students,” Smith said. Though primarily created for NCSU students, the show wants to appeal to anyone who appreciates satire and witty humor. Smith’s dry sense of humor is a fresh alternative to other satirical news shows, and The Bite’s comedic style is made apparent during the first scene of the pilot episode. Smith is waiting in an elevator with a 88.1 WKNC D.J. while he describes The Bite. Despite explaining the show’s premise, the D.J. still thinks the show is about cooking and exits the elevator, apparently disinterested in the
DISABLED STUDENTS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING AROUND, STUDYING AND FUNCTIONING ON CAMPUS
Senior in communication Privette and other students with disabilities requiring mobility equipment are neglected in some areas of campus when they need to travel above the ground floor. University Housing admits that wheelchair accessibility around campus is not optimal. “I remember visiting a friend in Owen Hall, but my friend’s room wasn’t on the first floor, so I had to be toted up the stairs by a few people,” Privette said.
thursday
Banks C. Talley II retires, ending his 60-year tenure Staff Report Banks C. Talley, whom the Talley Student Center is named after, retired two weeks ago from his position as the Vice Chancellor Emeritus. Talley has been with N.C. State for 60 years and came to the University in 1951 as assistant dean of students. �Talley helped found the Division of Student Affairs and led the organization as dean and vice chancellor from 1969 to 1983. Under Talley’s the leadership, Student Affairs expanded to include Greek Life, Student Government, Student Media, University Housing, Student Health Services, University Recreation and other departments. Talley also worked as former Gov. Jim Hunt’s executive secretary in the late 1970s, and later as executive director of the N.C. Symphony and executive vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Talley retired from his administrative role with the University in 1983. However, he was the director of special projects for ARTS N.C. State until his final retirement.
Editor’s Note: Banks Talley’s son, Banks Talley III, wrote a memoir in homage to his father’s career. Talley III said he grew up at N.C. State, and after helping his father pack up his belongings, it only seemed appropriate to let Talley III write about this chapter in his father’s career, but also his milestone in Talley III’s life as well.
PHOTOS COURTESY OF BANKS C. TALLEY II
(Left) Banks C. Talley II and his son Banks C. Talley III pose for a portrait with Talley III’s daughter, Rebecca Talley. (Right) Banks “Grandpa” Talley, the father of Bank C. Talley II, poses in his North Carolina A&M jersey in front of Patterson Hall.
M
THE END OF AN ERA: BANKS C. TALLEY III WRITES A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP AS “DR. TALLEY’S” SON
y dad is retiring from N.C. State again, this time for good. Everyone at State called him, “Dr. Talley” or “Dean Talley” but he has always been just “Dad” to me. You’ve probably seen him on campus, the elderly gentleman in a coat, red scarf and tweed cap with a walking stick. When I was a child, he used to hold my hand as we walked on campus. Sometimes, I have to help him walk now. He has not, however, lost an ounce of his enthusiasm or love
for the school where he spent most of his career, most recently helping fundraise for Arts N.C. State. I hear the excitement in his voice when he says, “We’ve raised $5 million for the Gregg Museum. We need 2 million more and we’ re going to get it!” I believe him. He started his career at State in 1951 as the assistant dean of students. He was just 24 years old and barely out of college himself, having graduated in 1950 UNC-Chapel Hill after his U.S. Army service in the Philippines during World War II. Since he’s been at NCSU so long,
most people assume Dad was always a member of the Wolfpack. Bill Friday completed his undergraduate degree at NCSU and spent his entire career in Chapel Hill. My father did the exact opposite. Friday is the one who first told my dad about the job at NCSU. When he arrived on campus, his first boss was Dean Edward Cloyd, and John Harrelson was the Chancellor. Harry Truman was the President of the United States and Kerr Scott was the Governor of North Carolina. At that time, there were only 50 female students at State.
My father has been associated with N.C. State for 62 years, including 46 years working on campus. He left the University a few times, to work with the North Carolina Symphony, the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Gov. Jim Hunt. Dad says he always knew Hunt, the only NCSU student body president to wear a coat and tie to class, would be governor someday. When he called last week to ask if I would help him move from the small corner office in the building
TALLEY continued page 3
FANCY A FREE WAX? 5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 866 993 4929 / waxcenter.com 3294_Raleigh-BrierCreek_CollegeBanner-4.indd 1
1/30/13 12:06 PM