TECHNICIAN
tuesday october
8
2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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First ‘Moral Monday’ protester convicted Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor
The first organizer to face trial after being arrested during the Moral Monday protests at the North Carolina legislature was found guilty on all charges Friday. According to WRAL, Wake County District Court Judge Joy Hamilton found Saladin Muammad, 68, guilty of misdemeanor charges for trespassing, failing to disperse and violating building rules at a May 13 protest. Muammad’s lawyer, Al McSurely, gave immediate notice of plans to request an appeal.
In accordance with state law, Muammad will now have the option of having his case heard in Superior Court before a jury of 12 people, according to WRAL. Police arrested more than 940 people during the 2013 legislative session. The North Carolina NAACP organized the Moral Monday protests, which included several left-leaning groups that opposed several Republicanbacked bills that they said they saw as damaging to working people, low income families, public education and the environment. Barbara Zelter, a clinical assistant professor in the department of social work, was one of
the original 17 people arrested on April 29. Her court date is set for Oct. 25, and she will be represented by Irving Joyner, a professor of law at North Carolina Central University. “I am ready to pay any cost involved in this civil disobedience direct action,” Zelter said. “Whatever the cost, it is nothing compared to the moral imperative to speak out against the extremist policies unrolled during this past legislative session.” Zelter said she faces spending 28 days in jail, but she doesn’t think the court wants more than 900 people to fill the Wake County Detention center, especially because some
of those facing charges are seniors or people with cancer. Molly McDonough, a sophomore in women’s and gender studies, was also arrested April 29 and was charged with second degree trespassing, failure to disperse upon command and displaying or posting a sign or placard. “As a student, I couldn’t stand to see my campus community negatively affected by these laws, and as a native North Carolinian, I couldn’t sit back and watch other communities have their rights stripped away from
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Parking prices increase for parts of downtown Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor
The City of Raleigh increased the price of some of the parking meters downtown. On Sept. 30, rates in the purple zone downtown increased from $1.00 to $1.25 for hourly parking, 25 cents to 50 cents for 15-minute spaces and 50 cents to 75 cents for 30-minute parking spaces, according to the Raleigh Public Record. The purple zone includes the area bounded by Morgan, Wilmington, Lenoir and Salisbury streets, with Fayetteville Street running through the middle. Gordon Dash, Raleigh’s parking administrator, said the purple zone has the highest demand for parking in the downtown core because of the business generators. Shops, services, restaurants, entertainment and the courthouse draw many people downtown. “The rationale for the rate increase is that the more in demand a commodity becomes, the higher the cost,” Dash said. “In parking, this means that the cost to park closer to the point of destination and walk less should cost more than to park farther away and walk
more.” Dash said there has not been one complaint about the increase since it went into effect. Rates in other parts of the city, including Hillsborough Street and zones surrounding N.C. State, currently remain unchanged. “This may spread over time, depending on where the demand increases substantially,” Dash said. “Rate increases are only implemented as a tool to manage the resource, and there is no plan to extend a rate increase in any other zone for the time being.” Dash said people interested in parking downtown should consider parking one of several parking decks if they expect their visit to last more than two hours. Daily rates are $1 per 30 minutes up to $12 per day. “On-street, metered parking in any city is only intended for short term usage, up to 2 hours max, although in some scattered areas the time limit is less because of the nature of the businesses that are served by those particular spaces and which rely on a quicker
SOURCE: RALEIGH PUBLIC RECORD
The purple zone consists of some of the more central streets in downtown Raleigh. The city increased prices based on the heavy usage of these parking spots.
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Interest in full-time MBA programs increases Sasha Afanasevia Staff Writer
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N.C. State students enjoy a performance by comedian Evan Wecksell on Monday. Wecksell is an alumnus of the Theta Chi fraternity and travels across the United States to perform at various chapters. Proceeds from his show went to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation.
Theta Chi comedy performance raises money for cancer research
Masters of Business Administration programs saw an increase in the number of applicants at N.C. State and colleges across the United States last year, for the first time since the recession. The Graduate Management Admissions Council, which oversees the Graduate Management Admissions Test required for business schools, released its annual application trends survey last month. GMAC surveyed 683 programs from 328 graduate
business schools and faculties worldwide and found that a majority of full-time MBA programs worldwide reported stable or rising applications. This has not happened since 2009. Pamela Bostic, the director of the MBA program at N.C. State, said that economic troubles have undoubtedly impacted MBA programs nationally. “Oftentimes in a recession, if people are laid off or not making progress in a career, you will see an increase in applications, since going into a full-time program can be
helpful to develop new skills and knowledge,” Bostic said. A full-time MBA program takes two years to complete and costs about $40,000 for in-state residents at N.C. State, while costing out-ofstate residents $65,000. However, interest in flexible and part-time MBA programs is declining, according to the GMAC survey. According to Bostic, a parttime MBA program at N.C. State can take about six years to complete. Bostic said parttime programs are generally
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Big data makes its way into K-12 education as part of Common Core Chris Hart-Williams Staff Writer
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accreditation. Currently, data education companies, such as InBloom, a nonprofit company, which allows teachers to integrate student data into the classroom teaching tools are increasing in popularity. InBloom and similar companies can hold contact information, disciplinary records, curriculum planning data and test scores. Maher said test score data could be a detrimental consequence to the increasing use of big data in the class room. However, these consequences depend on the education system. “In North Carolina, I tend to like the direction we’re going,” Maher said. “We have more access to data and intercept more data; we test scores whereas some other states are going
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