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IFC sponsors buses for Hillsborough Hike IFC provides transportation, opportunity for safe travel during Hike
said. “I know we have the Wolf Prowl that allows students to go downtown, which is a great service to students, and so we wanted to do something like that.” Annie Albright Several supporting Hillsborough Senior Staff Writer Street businesses will remain open and Buses will be provided as safe trans- participate in an additional event of portation for students during the Hill- Bar Golf, Barnes said. “Bar Golf is basically a game put sborough Street Hike Thursday. Peter Barnes, president of the Inter- together by the Hillsborough Street fraternity Council, said although free businesses,” Barnes said. “It is basiparking will be available in Dan Allen cally to help encourage patronage of Deck, the IFC will provide buses as a the Hillsborough Street businesses with any purchases made, whether it safety precaution. “Basically, the IFC wanted to pro- be an alcoholic, nonalcoholic or food mote business on Hillsborough but purchase at any of the participating in order to do that with responsible businesses.” Barnes said students can pick up means we decided to sponsor buses.” Barnes said. “We just want to make scorecards at any of the participatsure we are being responsible mem- ing businesses. He said a portion of the proceeds of bers of the comthe event will be munity.” donated. Johnny “Five percent Townsend, vice of the proceeds president of Proof the Hillsborgra mming for ough Hike, after the IFC, said the paying for the main goal was to buses, will go to provide a service a cause benefitto the students. Patrick Arzonico, sophomore in ing the econom“I know that accounting ic development we wanted to do of Hillsborough something for the students and to be able to give Street,” Barnes said. There are to be two prizes for the them safe rides,” Townsend said. “We want to promote students to be safe winner of the competition, Barnes without having to pay for a ride or a said. One will be for a member of the cab, and also not be tempted to drive.” Greek community and one for a nonThe buses will run between 10 p.m. Greek student. “It was split up to promote patronand 2:30 a.m., Barnes said. “The route will run every 20 minutes age by Greek and non-Greek students down Hillsborough Street and reach to increase participation,” Barnes said. down Dan Allen, all the way down “It will also create more of an opporto Tryon and Lake Wheeler.” Barnes tunity for people to benefit from the said. “This will basically pass by all the Hike.” Townsend said while they could major apartment complexes.” Townsend said the route would cov- not officially partner with the Hiller popular apartment complexes such sborough Street businesses for the as Village Green, University Woods, Hike because of the focus on alcohol, Campus Crossings, the complexes off providing buses was the IFC’s contribution to boosting the Hillsborough of Avent Ferry and also campus. “We wanted everyone to be able to Street economy. “I think that the Hillsborough Street have a good time without having to worry about driving or having to risk businesses wanted to do something driving while intoxicated,” Townsend with the Greeks because they knew
The Department of Foreign Languages is providing an opportunity for students to take intensive six-week language courses during summer sessions. The program is made possible by a three-year grant from the National Security Education Program for $750,000. Program Director Dwight Stephens said the purpose of this program is to make the University a hub for the state of North Carolina and the nation for critical language immersion. The languages being offered this summer through the grant are Persian, Arabic and Urdu. “These languages have been selected by the U.S. State Department as being critical to both world security and world economic stability,” Stephens said. “They are languages concentrated in the Middle East, an area which the U.S. has many attachments to.” Stephens said there are numerous advantages students could receive by taking these courses. “There are enormous career advantages that being fluent in one of these languages could provide,” Stephens said. “Lots of people know Spanish, but not many know Middle Eastern languages.” Careers in foreign-service, business, technology, and the state department are all fields interested in people who know these languages, according to Stephens. Urdu is the national lan-
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The Hillsborough Street route covers major appartment complexes, Greek Village and main campus.
the population was pretty big, knew their involvement and wanted to do something to boost their profits,” Townsend said. “Considering the current economy they looked to the Greek community.” Barnes said he emphasized that the IFC is not promoting drinking with its involvement in the Hike. “We are not promoting drinking whatsoever,” Barnes said. “We are merely providing transportation to Hillsborough Street and a safe ride home. We are just promoting patronage.”
Patrick Arzonico, sophomore in accounting, said that as a member of the Greek community he respected the IFC’s involvement in the Hike. “The Hike is always really popular among both Greeks and nonGreeks,” Arzonico said. “I am glad the IFC is providing a safe way home for students to help eliminate stupid decisions like drinking and driving.”
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Delta Gamma raises over $6,000 for the Delta Gamma Foundation and Service for Sight
“The Hike is always really popular among both Greeks and nonGreeks”
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guage of Pakistan and is also spoken ROTC over Christmas break, and it in India, one of the fastest growing was a life-changing experience,” Lanahan said. “The trip influenced me to nations in the world. The intensive classes sponsored by want to learn Urdu, because it is spothe grant give students eight hours of ken in India as well as many Middle credit for two levels of a language in Eastern countries. It would help me a six weeks. The classes meet from May lot in my military career.” W hile many scholarships are 17 to June 30 five days a week for five available from the grant money for and a half hours per day. “We want to make the language ROTC students interested in taking real to our students by putting them these classes, they are available for in authentic situations with native all students to take. “The classes are speakers,” Stephens said. “The pro- for everybody; they have no military gram includes a structured gram- content or teaching,” Stephens said. “We hope to have matical session students from all in the morning over the U.S. and and a more reespecially North laxed, culturalCarolina particily-concentrated pate.” lesson in the afIn addition to ternoon.” the critical lanA rmy ROTC guages classes, MS I Director the Department Justin Sisneros of Foreign Lanhelps to coordiguages is also ofnate the scholarDwight Stephens, director Critical fering intensive ships for ROTC Languages Program courses in Spanstudents to take ish and French t hese summer classes. He said these languages are to interested students. Stephens said important for students planning the program hopes to add Chinese careers in the military because they and Russian next summer through need to learn the language and culture the grant. Michele Magill, an associate proof the areas of the world they will be working in. “Whether we have to work fessor of French, will be teaching the with or against these nations in the French intensive class this summer. future, it is always beneficial to have The French and Spanish classes, which experience with the culture,” Sisneros are not sponsored by the grant but only by the Department of Foreign said. Johnathan Lanahan, a cadet in Army Language, are slightly different than ROTC and senior in civil engineering, the critical languages. “The French intensive course alis applying for an ROTC scholarship lows a student to receive credit for two to take Urdu this summer. “I went on a trip to India through language classes or six credit hours in
“There are enormous career advantages that being fluent in one of these languages could provide.”
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one summer session,” Magill said. “Students have class five days a week, for three hours a day, plus homework.” According to Magill, intensive classes are very effective because of the repetition and focus put on the language. “My students learn just as much if not more in five weeks than they do in two classes a week over the course of a year,” Magill said. “The focus is on completely immersing the student in French language and culture.” Magill said she will have an ebook to go with her class to give the students more practice, and she hopes to have a teaching assistant. She said she wants to make the class interactive. Students should go to http:// gold.chass.ncsu.edu for more course and registration information.
Campus organizations converged Sunday at the Carmichael Gymnasium’s pool to take part in Delta Gamma’s annual Anchor Splash philanthropy event. “Anchor Splash is Delta Gamma’s national philanthropy event. It’s a swimming competition with different relays and events, including a 100 yd relay, wet t-shirt relay, synchronized swimming, and a belly-flop competition, among others,” Allyson O’Neill, a junior in secondary mathematics education and the director of Anchor Splash for Delta Gamma said. “We’ve had it at N.C. State for eight years now.” The organizations had a near-record turnout this year and raised more money than ever before for the charities they support said O’Neill. “It was a great showing this year. I don’t have the exact numbers for who showed up, but we has 28 teams participating, the majority being fraternities and sororities but not exclusively,” O’Neill said. “This year we had [a team] from Army ROTC, ‘Maria’s Mermaids,’ which was composed of campus athletes, and also a variety of service organizations.” O’Neill said over $6,000 dollars was raised this year, a considerable increase from last year. Proceeds go primarily to benefit the Delta Gamma Foundation and Service for Sight. The Delta Gamma Foundation provides resources for educational growth and philanthropic service for all members and gives more than 86,000 hours a year nationally in volunteer service, according to their mission statement. Service for Sight is a series of grants aimed toward helping visually impaired children and young adults achieve their dreams. Students have been aided with free eyeglasses, specialized computer monitor technology, braille books and unlimited access to a new children’s Braille Library. College students receive scholarships to a summer Braille Music Institute awarded to musically talented young adults. Adam Nussbaum, a sophomore in biology and a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, said while it is a competition, the true purpose is raising money for the charity. “I did the 100 meter freestyle relay, Save the Mermaid, and synchronized swimming because I’ve been a swimmer my whole life,” Nussbaum said. “It’s fun, and even though I feel we should have gotten a few more points here and there, it’s for a good cause overall, and everyone competes and has a good time.” Christine Love, a sophomore in psychology and member of Delta Gamma, said she shared Nussbaum’s sentiments that it benefits a good cause. “Blindness is a huge issue that often gets overlooked when people look for charities to give money to, and I’m glad it’s one of [Delta Gamma’s] priorities,” Love said. Highlights were the belly-flop competition and synchronized swimming. “Some of the belly-flops were funny and painful, and a lot of the synchronized swimming routines were hilarious because you get a bunch of guys dancing flamboyantly to music like Lady Gaga,” Nussbaum said. Delta Gamma was happy with results this year and look forward to future Anchor Splash events. “This year went really, really well. We had a large turnout, which is exciting, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves,” O’Neill said. “I’m really excited we raised so much money this year and I hope the upward trend continues.”