TECHNICIAN
wednesday april
17 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Maduro wins election, Capriles contests results
dimensions Brittany Bynum
Venezuelans who support the opposition protest in Caracas and around the world. Anti-Chavista students demonstrate in Raleigh.
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curity and to agriculture, more generally, and local landscapes, conserving forests would be an important part of food security policy, but they are not.” Seymour said misconceptions about forests’ roles in food security often contribute to lack of policy dealing with forestry and regulating demolition of forests. “It serves the interest of some actors to have you believe that forestry protection and food security are incompatible,”
Venezuela just started the postchavism era with the disputed win of Nicolás Maduro, the same that Hugo Chávez, who was in power for 14 years, chose as his heir before his death. After the first announce of the results, Maduro had beaten Henrique Capriles by 1.59 points. The National Center of Elections (CNE in Spanish), said it was going to give the results three hours after the voting process ended, but instead announced the news two hours later, at 11:35 p.m. This created tension between Venezuelans and uncertainty about the results, and prompted suspicions about irregularities. The doubts grew greater after the results were announced, and with 99.12 percent of the votes counted, Maduro had won with 7,505,338 votes (50.66 percent), against the 7,270,403 (49.07 percent) given to the candidate of the opposition’s union, Henrique Capriles. The participation was about 78.71 percent. The representatives from the CNE qualified the day as peaceful. Six months ago, Chavez himself defeated Capriles. The candidate from the opposition didn’t recognize the results, and he asked to count the votes again.
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Frances Seymour, former director general of the Center for International Forestry Research, speaks on the importance of forests and food security Wednesday at the Hunt Library Auditorium. “It’s clear that reconciling forest protection, food security and climate change is like a giant optimization problem.”
The giving trees
FORESTS MATTER TO FOOD SECURITY, GROWING ECONOMIES AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY Liz Moomey Staff Writer
Part of the Norman Borlaug Series, Frances Seymour, former director of Center for International Forestry Research, spoke about the external influences on the conditions of forests and their roles in food security snd climate change at Hunt Library
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The Student Health Center offered students an opportunity to tour the seven dimensions of wellness through booths in the Brickyard. The Grow Your Wellness health fair hosted booths pertaining to physical, intellectual, emotional, spiritual, social, environmental and occupational factors of wellness. “Most people think nutrition and fitness are the only factors of wellness, but this fair promotes all areas,” Marianne Turnbull, Director of Health Promotions at the Student Health Center, said. Turnbull said the fair, even in its 15th year, received great evaluations, and it was a good stress reliever. Thirty-five different vendors, ranging from student organizations, class projects, campus recreation, N.C. State police, health centers, and off-campus organizations such as BlueCross BlueShield and Planned Parenthood, attended the event. Students earned t-shirts for having their cards stamped in four different dimensions and filling out an evaluation form. The Grow Your Wellness fair also encouraged students to adapt incorporate new and healthy behaviors into their daily lives. For instance, Campus Recreation hosted the Reduce Your Waste Challenge through action-packed, crossfit-style stations helping people to reduce their waste and waistlines by flipping tires and doing related relay races.
Auditorium Tuesday afternoon. Indonesia served as a common reference point for Seymour due to its large population, carbon emission rates and expansive forests, all of which contribute to deforestation and environmental problems. Forests have a significant impact on food security, although there is not a lot of talk about it, Seymour said. “The role of forests and climate regulations is even that much more important,” Seymour said. “You would think that given all of these contributions of forests to food se-
Housekeeping cleans with ‘Green’ Kevin Schaefer Staff Writer
Many programs and institutions here at N.C. State are dedicated to the wellbeing of our environment and to making the world a better place to live. Among these programs, the campus’ facilities have t heir ow n Green Cleaning program, established in 2010. With minimal chemical impact on the environment, Green Cleaning makes the air in campus buildings cleaner. University Housekeeping’s Green Cleaning program was recently awarded recognition for LEED certification points by the United States Green Building Council. Randy Reed, deputy assistant director of housekeeping and founder of the Green Cleaning program, discussed its profound impact: “The Green Program helps University Housekeeping keep the momentum going since it is a moving program that can change as new products, methods and services become available,” Reed said. “This program is unique to our University system and reflects our commitment to a new way of thinking and working to make our campus sustainable and more beautiful.”
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The program started to take shape in the usage of micro fiber mopping 2004 when University Housekeeping systems campus-wide that reduce recognized the value of green clean- water usage by up to 90 percent over ing. Housekeeping partnered with traditional style mops, contributing various companies to introduce to a more effective way of maintewhat would later become a full line nance. Through the use of chemical of green cleaning chemicals. When dispensing systems, Green Cleanthe Chancellor’s Initiative for water ing reduces water usage by having and energy conservation was insti- these units premix the chemicals, tuted in 2008, University House- leaving no room for guesswork keeping was or waste. They already rampalso save trees ing up for the by not blowing next step in the tissues as much green cleaning so as to counprocess. When teract the alReed and other lergic reactions members of his people have department fulto these types ly implemented of pollutants. the program in In order to 2010, it was just conserve enerRandy Reed, the beginning gy, the program founder of the Green of an ongoing uses energ y Cleaning program commitment to eff icient light provide a safer and more compat- tubes and ballasts. This not only ible environment for students and saves money, but also reduces enfaculty. vironmental pollution by recycling To improve indoor air quality, them after use. These types of lights members of this program use out- also provide increased lighting with door entrance mats that reduce the a more natural affect without the amount of dirt that is tracked into increased cost. These examples are the buildings. Additionally, the vac- just a few of the ways this program uums and floor burnishers used to is designed to establish a safe and have multiple stage HEPA filters that environmentally friendly campus. trap 99.9 percent of the fine dust and Ada Baldwin, Director of Univerdirt particles. sity Housekeeping, discussed her When it comes to water con- experiences with this unique proservation, the program instituted gram. “The Green Cleaning pro-
“The Green Program helps University Housekeeping keep the momentum going,”
gram is our way of being able to assist and maintain a sustainable campus,” said Baldwin. “The products and cleaning methods we use also assist with improved indoor air quality for students, faculty and staff. And last but not least we use an Integrated Pest Control Management system that is safe and sustainable for everyone including the pests. “The sky literally is the limit,” Reed said. “New techniques, services and products are becoming available everyday as science and technology fields wrap their brains around the green concept.” Collaborating with the Chancellor and everyone within the facilities department, the Green Cleaning program is continually seeking ways to improve, and to build upon the foundation set forth by this department. “We are committed as a department to constantly be on the lookout for products that will further improve our efforts to help make N.C. State a university that is not only recognized for its outstanding commitment to educational excellence,” Reed said, “but one that is on the leading edge of science and technology when it comes to having a more environmentally friendly campus that adds to the beauty we see around us every day.”
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