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IN BRIEF Duke Energy to upgrade Raleigh’s streetlights to LED
An old sodium vapor streetlight fixture on Beryl Road near the State Fairgrounds on Tuesday was replaced with a new LED, the first in an effort by Duke Energy Progress to overhaul the city’s streetlights in the next 15 months. Replacing each streetlight will cost about $400 on average for a total of $12 million for about 30,000 lights across the city, said Randy Turner, project manager for Duke Energy. LED fixtures last longer and use up to 85 percent less energy which will allow the city to come out ahead in the long run. Raleigh expects to save about $400,000 a year in lower lease payments, according to Dustin Brice, who oversees the streetlight program for the city Public Works Department. Duke benefits because the LED lights last 10 to 15 years, compared to about five for the old models, Turner said. Raleigh is one of many municipalities that have gone to LED streetlights, including Garner, Holly Springs and Cary and is in the midst of replacing 100,000 mercury vapor street and area lights with LEDs across the state. The LED fixtures produce a light that is clearer and more uniform than the orangish tint of sodium vapor lights, Brice said. SOURCE: The News & Observer
Economist John B. Taylor to speak at Nelson
John B. Taylor, a prominent economist in the fields of monetary policy, fiscal policy and international economics, will speak about the topic “A Renewal of First Principles” for the John W. Pope lecture at 7:30 p.m. today. Taylor is the Mary and Robert Raymond professor of economics at Stanford University and served as Under Secretary of Treasury for International Affairs from 2001 to 2005. He was senior economist for President Gerald R. Ford’s Council of Economic Advisers and a member of the council during the George H.W. Bush administration. The event is free, open to the public and will take place in the Nelson Hall Auditorium. Source: University Calendar
Immigration bill heads to Gov. McCrory
In a 70-43 vote Tuesday night, the state House passed House Bill 318, known as the “Protect North Carolina Workers Act.” The bill restricts forms of identification for non-citizens and prevents counties and municipalities from implementing “sanctuary city” policies, which limit immigration law enforcement. The bill will be sent to Gov. Pat McCrory for approval. Source: The News & Observer
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Bars crack down on underage drinking Lindsay Smith Staff Writer
University Police and Raleigh bars have cracked down on underage drinking after two Chapel Hill bars faced serious charges in July after a fatal collision. Cha nd ler Ka nia, 20, a former UNC-Chapel Hill student,
was charged Monday with three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of felony death by motor vehicle, serious injury by motor vehicle, driving while impaired, careless and reckless driving, possessing an open container of alcohol, possession of alcohol by a person under age 21 and driving by a person less than 21 years
old after consuming alcohol, according to The News & Observer. Kania was able to obtain alcohol using a fraternity brother’s driver’s license found in his wallet. Traces of marijuana were found in his system at the time of the accident. According to Major David Kelly, University Police has been work-
ing with the Government Highway Safety Program and Alcohol Law Enforcement to set up checkpoints around Raleigh and NC State for many years. Recently, NC State and the Alcohol Law Enforcement have worked together on projects targeting Hillsborough Street
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‘It’s On Us’ panel calls attention to sexual assault Montana Gramer Correspondent
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Jordyne Blaise, an assistant equal opportunity officer in the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity , answers questions asked by NC State students at the It’s On Us sexual assault informational panel Tuesday in the Talley Governance Chambers . The panel was held in light of the recently reported sexual assault on campus. Various representatives of the NC State community were present on the panel, including the GLBT Center, University Police and more.
Monday night, eight panelists gathered in the Governance Chambers in Talley Student Union to discuss the resources NC State can offer to victims of sexual assault. The information panel met to discuss with students sexual assault and awareness in partnership with Students Government’s “It’s On Us” campaign. “It’s On Us,” according to the Student Government website, “advocates for a cultural shift surrounding sexual assault, by identifying what sexual assault is and situations in which it is beneficial to step in and prevent sexual assault from happening.” Monday’s panel was comprised of representatives from Student Conduct and Affairs, the Counseling Center, the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity, the GLBT Center, University Police, Student Health Services and NCSU Greek Life. The discussion lasted over an hour as panelists
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Legislature debates changes, passes last-minute bill Staff Report
The North Carolina Legislature’s session ran long Tuesday night following intense debate focused on proposed restrictions for local governments which seem to roll back a wide range of nondiscrimination ordinances, housing and workplace regulations in NC cities. The changes were added to an unrelated bill introduced in April to address qualifications for professional workers in a whirlwind of procedural confusion leading up to Wednesday’s adjournment, according to The Charlotte Observer. If approved, the bill would ban local governments from making: -Ordinances establishing a higher minimum wage or other regulations involving private employment practices. -Ordinances governing housing and rental practices, likely including policies that mandate affordable housing. -Ordinances that mandate or prohibit the provision of goods, services, or accommodation to any member of the public by nongovernmental businesses. Matt McTighe, CEO of Freedom for All Americans, a bipartisan campaign to ensure gay and transgender rights, released a statement saying, “SB 279 is a thinly veiled attempt to harm gay and transgender North Carolinians by prohibiting any city from being able to fully protect them from discrimination. This bill would eliminate the ability of local leaders to do what’s best for their own citizens by passing ordinances that help their communities thrive, which include nondiscrimination protections that further fairness and equality.” McTighe went on to say that the bill has also reversed progress made through other ordinances. Senator Chad Barefoot, from the 18th district, told The Charlotte Observer that the law is needed to streamline regulations that are hampering businesses across the state. “We don’t want to have a patchwork of laws in North Carolina with regard to how businesses do what they do,” he said Tuesday. “It makes it clear that North Carolina’s going to have a uniform system of commerce.”
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Susan Youngsteadt, a then-junior studying psychology , holds a sign during the SlutWalk on Nov. 2, 2012. “The purpose was to raise awareness of victim-blaming here at NC State because this is an issue that many people don’t realize affects people all around us,” Youngsteadt said.
SlutWalk aims to redefine victim-blaming language Rachel Smith Assistant News Editor
Sexual violence cannot be explained away or excused on the basis of clothing— that’s the driving force behind NC State’s first large-scale SlutWalk sponsored by The Movement and the Women’s Center. The SlutWalk, which will take place Thursday at 5 p.m. on Stafford Commons, aims to call attention to rape culture, sexual harassment and body shaming. Sara Forcella, the rape prevention education coordinator with the Women’s Center, hopes the walk will help facilitate a culture that is more supportive of survivors of sexual violence. “We want to draw attention to the causal usage of the word slut,” Forcella said. “We want to reclaim that word and words like it. We also want to be a campus that supports survivors of sexual assault and create a campus where survivors are able to come out, get resources, get support and not feel blamed or shamed by faculty, staff, peers or anybody else in the campus
community.” The event will begin with performances by the Arts Village, spoken word and poetry reads, all which will highlight the various facets and intersectionality of sexual violence and victim blaming. Participants will then have the opportunity to join in on a short, handicap-accessible march through campus. A number of groups on campus, including the Women’s Center, GLBT Center and Students Advocating Gender Equality, will have tables set up before and after the walk to provide students with information regarding sexual assault prevention and the resources available to survivors of sexual violence. “We want to demonstrate that victim blaming affects all communities,” said Maggie Schroder, the SlutWalk’s planning committee president and a sophomore studying social work. “These groups are here to help survivors, and we have just been really blown away by their support and by the support that we have gotten
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