TECHNICIAN
tuesday october
22 2013
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Talley opening stalled by inspection setbacks
Jason Katz Staff Writer
The only thing standing between N.C. State students and the new dining locations at Talley Student Union is an elevator inspection. Tim Hogan, operations director of University Student Center in Campus Enterprises, said the University will still not give an exact date for the Union’s opening, but once inspectors give administrators the green light, it will not be long before students have access to its dining facilities. “We have been working with the contractors and the inspectors for final occupancy, and specifically, we’re waiting on our elevator cer-
tificate,” Hogan said. Jennifer Gilmore, director of marketing communication with Campus Enterprises, said she had hoped the inspections would be done by this point. “We’ve had a few exciting opportunities to make the announcement that have come and gone, including the [N.C. State Basketball Campout],” Gilmore said. Gilmore said that the current expected date of Talley’s opening has not been released yet because the University wanted to be sure that the given date was accurate. “Through unexpected inspection difficulties, several opportunities to open have been thwarted,” Gilmore said.
Gilmore said that the opening time all depends on the inspectors and getting everything cleared. “I just know that [the inspectors] have an extensive checklist, and every detail must be checked off before they will issue the certificate,” Gilmore said. “The same people who inspect the elevators also inspect the rides at the state fair, so they are very busy this time of year.” Hogan said the next elevator inspection is scheduled for this week and once that certification is in-hand, Campus Enterprises will make an announcement and Talley will open shortly after.
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Oliver Walsh, a freshman intending to go into engineering, draws a picture of a surfer on the graffiti wall in Caldwell Lounge Monday. N.C. Sate supported the National Day of Writing by hosting this event.
Students reveal deep secrets to each other Katherine Kehoe Staff Writer
Students anonymously shared their deepest secrets on sticky notes and spontaneously wrote letters to loved ones Monday at the National Day on Writing celebration in the Caldwell Lounge. The annual event reminded students that writing doesn’t always have to be structured, and that it can sometimes be fun and spontaneous, said Casie Fedukovich, an assistant English professor and associate director of the first year writing program.
“It’s this idea of taking writing outside of the classroom where it can feel like a chore,” Fedukovich said. “[The National Day of Writing] helps us get back to that place where we enjoyed sitting down with crayons and making up a story.” From noon until 3 p.m., event organizers converted the Caldwell lounge into a creative writing workshop with five different stations for students to compose and share their own work with others. Stations included knowledge drop boards, wall of apologies, a wall of graffiti,
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Hillsborough Street vendors offer exclusive deals to campus Rachel Coffman Correspondent JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIAN
Next year, the Hillsborough Street retail center will be demolished and construction on a 135-room Aloft Hotel will begin. The 1.3 acre plot of land sits next to North Residence Hall and across the street from the memorial Bell Tower.
Design announced for NCSU hotel Jacqueline Lee Correspondent
A sleek, modern design is coming to Hillsborough Street. N.C. State is partnering with Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to build a 135-room hotel complex across from the Bell Tower. The hotel will feature the ultra-modern sleek design that is the hallmark of the Aloft brand. This will be the third Aloft hotel in the Triangle, and it will occupy the site between Enterprise Street and Maiden Lane. Currently, the location is owned by Schoolkids Records and Sadlack’s Heroes. Both busi-
nesses will relocate to other areas. The hotel ’s style will modernize the look of the current location. “They specialize in boutique hotels that are appropriate for this market,” said Jeff Murison, the executive director of the Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation, “I think the addition of a hotel is a great new facility and asset on the street. This is a new revenue stream for our merchants, plus a beautiful facility and a great anchor tenant across the street from the University.” Murison said he is excited about the business the ho-
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Students looking for one more way to take advantage of the Wolfpack One Card can benefit from a new program on Hillsborough Street, which offers exclusive restaurant deals to Wolfpack One Debit MasterCard account holders. Howlin’ Good Deals, a program in which Hillsborough Street businesses promote monthly discounts for One Card Debit MasterCard users, launched this month. The Hillsborough Street Community Services Corporation partnered with Campus Enterprises to create the program. A relationship between Hillsborough Street vendors and N.C. State has been a work in progress, according to Jeff Murison, executive direc-
tor of Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation, who has been working on the program. “It’s a topic that’s been talked about and researched for many years,” Murison said. “Fortunately, the University was able to develop a plan that was both legal and practical.” Private universities, such as Duke, allow students to use meal plan equivalences at off-campus restaurants. By law, N.C. State is prohibited from doing so, because it would require the University to act as a bank during money transfer, which is illegal for a public university. Although students can’t use meal plan equivalences off campus, Howlin’ Good Deals is a compromise because it helps vendors on Hillsborough Street while expanding the
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Friends of the Library reflects on past year’s events at the University Joseph Havey Staff Writer
The Friends of the Library, a group that supports N.C. State libraries, hosted its annual luncheon Monday, celebrating the opening of Hunt Library and other accomplishments of N.C. State Libraries. About 100 people attended the event at the McKimmon Center, and they enjoyed a lecture about using Twitter as a tool in academia. “What I picked up was very interesting,” said Beverly Armstrong, who has been involved with the Friends of the Library for about 30 years. “I was reading this morning
that email is beginning to be a thing of the past – that everyone is turning to phones and iPads and tablets.” The Frank B. Armstrong Memorial Book Sale is named after her late husband, who was a professor of biochemistry at N.C. State Hope Tate, President of the Friends of the Library Board of Directors, welcomed attendees to the luncheon and reviewed the previous year’s events. “It’s been a wonderful, wonderful year,” Tate said. “With the opening of Hunt Library, it has been an epic year.” Susan Nutter, vice provost
and director of libraries at N.C. State, then presented the 2013 NCSU Libraries Faculty Award. This year, for only the second time in 24 years since the award’s inception, there were two recipients: Joseph Hightower, a professor of applied ecology at N.C. State, and Suzanne KennedyStoskopf, a research professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences. “We know that [KennedyStoskopf ’s] students will be the most library-literate at the University because she has them in the Veterinary library from day one,” Nut-
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Blair Kelley, an associate professor of history at N.C. State, spoke about her “approach to being an academic on Twitter” at the Friends of the Library Fall Luncheon in the McKimmon Center Monday.
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