Technician
friday september
18 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Controversial speaker visits Community gathers to hear civil rights leader Angela Davis speak Joanna Banegas Staff Writer
Students, staff and local communities gathered Thursday in the Stewart Theatre to hear activist, educator and author, Angela Davis speak about civil and human rights. During her speech Davis spoke from the rights of individuals to the health care reform to the access of free education. She said movements of ordinary people are the movements that have
brought about change. “We need to go out there and do what it takes to create communities of movement, communities of resistance,” Davis said. Matt Woodward, a sophomore in applied sociology, said Davis engaged the University community to promote social justice around campus. “We chose to bring her here for students to hear her talk about social justice and diversity in both the modern and historic light,” Woodward said. “She reached out at the younger generation to get involved.” Davis is known for being involved in the nation’s social justice as an author of eight books,
and was on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted List” list for criminals in the 1970’s. Davis said punishment of imprisonment predicated on the fact that people have rights and liberties that can be taken away from them. “I am in favor of abolishing imprisonment as the primary mode of punishment,” Davis said. According to a press release the N.C. State College Republicans reject the idea that the University allowed a once Communist Party nominee for Vice-President to come to campus and teach students about civil rights. Chairman Ches McDowell said the line needs to be drawn when students are forced to support
a communist and radical exhibitionist with student fees who advocates for closing the prison system and abolishing American values. “Angela Davis represents all that is wrong with the leftist mentality of using violence to solve problems, clearly shown when she purchased guns used to kidnap a federal judge and evaded law enforcement numerous times,” McDowell said in a press release. “How the University can support this is beyond me and frankly pathetic.” Tracy Hipp, a graduate student in psychology
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Rally4Talley campaign will ramp up efforts Student Body President, Student Centers President will work to inform students, say referendum will determine future of project Ty Johnson Editor-in-Chief
The next phase in the Rally4Talley campaign will begin Monday as student leaders seek to inform students about the $83 fee before the Oct. 5 referendum.
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Rula Saffouri, a sophomore in business, and Reem Saffouri, a senior in computer science, break their fast at Fast-A-Thon, an event held in Riddick Hall. The Muslim Student Associationran the event and invited non-Muslims to learn about Islam and practice the ritual of fasting. “ Sometimes we will wake up at 5 a.m. to eat before the dawn because after that we can’t eat anything or even drink water,” Saffouri said.
University Graphics closes as costs exceed profits
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Another victim of the failing economy, University Graphics closed its doors on Aug. 31. The center provided printing, binding and copying services to various departments on campus for over seventy years. Bob Wood, interim Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Enterprises, and Ernie Murphrey, Associate Vice Chancellor for Financial Services, made the decision to close University Graphics due to declining revenues. Every month brought a loss of $40,000, and Wood says that the center was going to run out of money within the next few months. “You can’t lose $40,000 a month and still stay in business,” he said. According to Wood, a failing economy has resulted in fewer printing jobs across campus. “As our budgets have gone down, peo-
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Campaign will seek to inform Student Centers President Mary Cobb Randall said after the summer lull in campaigning, the Rally4Talley team wants to make sure students understand the project beyond just recognizing the campaign’s advertisements. “Students see the signs, but there’s a disconnect between the logo and what’s behind the Talley and Atrium project,” Randall said. “We’re trying to get out the info about the project to as many students as possible.” The student center expansion fee, which will appear on the fee referendum for consideration as an $83 fee increase, would include funding for Atrium renovations that would be complete by fall 2010 as well as capital to begin the Talley Student Center renovations. Randall said she and other student leaders will be sharing images of the amenities available at other student centers across the country with students to “give them a point of perspective.” “It’s not like student centers on other campuses,” Randall said. Randall said the student leaders won’t be hiding facts, and that they look at it as their duty to educate students on the pros and cons of it. “We’re going to lay out all the info,” Randall said. “Obviously we believe in this project and we want others to believe in it, but we want them to come to their own conclusion.” Randall said one of the objections to the project was that the timing of it was poor. She said she felt circumstances made the timing for the project appropriate. “Construction costs are down right now,” she said. “We can get more bang for our buck.” Randall said the $83 fee and other college cost increases, like the $200 state-implemented tuition increase, couldn’t all be viewed as the same funds. “Tuition and fees go towards different things at a university,” Randall said. “Normal students may not be able to distinguish what’s what but the cash flows go to different parts of
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