Technician
monday september
21 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Organizers construct shacks on the Brickyard Sunday in preparation for Habitat for Humaniy’s Shack-a-thon. Organizations compete to raise money for building homes for the needy.
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Habitat sets goal of $25,000 this week Shack-a-thon allows Campus organizations to raise awareness, money to build homes Jessica Neville Staff Writer
Students walking through the Brickyard today will see the results of recent construction on campus, though the structures won’t be made of brick. The annual campus Shack-a-Thon, sponsored by Habitat for Humanity, starts at 8 a.m. and will last until Friday night. The event, which has been a tradition for 10 years, educates the campus community on the state of poverty housing in the United States and abroad. Student clubs and organiza-
tions build wooden shacks on the Brickyard and stay there for a week, both during the day and at night. The organizations raise money before the event and continue to raise money throughout the week by panhandling students, faculty and staff passing through the Brickyard for money. President of Habitat for Humanity Kristin Hoke said the event raised more than $24,000 last year. “All of the money we raise goes to Wake Habitat for Humanity to build homes in Wake County,” said Hoke. “This year we hope to raise $25,000.” Campus organizations compete for
“We want to raise awareness for homelessness and show that we care.” Jeff Preece
the sixteen spots set aside for shacks by raising money beforehand. “We notify student organizations in advance of the deadlines for registering and for bids to be placed,” said Hoke. “This year we had just under
$7,000 of bids and 30 student organizations that wanted to participate. A lot of groups will partner up together so that everyone can be involved.” The top four money-raising organizations for Shack-a-thon 2008 were guaranteed a spot and provided wood for this year. The Presbyterian Campus Ministry partnered with Accepting and Embracing Gender Identity and Sexuality to come in first place last year. PCM and AEGIS were two of several organizations hammering together their shacks Sunday morning. Jeff Preece spoke on behalf of PCM and
Can’t make it to the Brickyard?: Students can also donate money for Shack-a-Thon at the Habitat for Humanity Web site, ncsuhabitat.org. Source: ncsuhabitat.org
AEGIS as the head of their construction team. “We help out with Shack-a-thon because we want to raise awareness for homelessness and show that we care
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Board of Governors discusses cuts UNC System’s governing body cuts University staff Alanna Howard Staff Writer
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Cameron Smith, a sophomore in communication, and Morgan Kelly, a seninior in psychology, greet each other on Harris Field during Bid Day Sept. 16. Bid Day is the final day in the Panhellenic Association Rush process when new sorority members receive bids from one of their preferred sororities. Smith and Kelly are sorority sisters in Delta Gamma.
Rush results in new relationships Rigorous recruitment period ends in bid day Jasmine Willis Staff Writer
Students rushing for Panhellenic sororities and fraternities gathered Sept. 11 to celebrate the result of the organizations’ recruitment efforts. Caroline Unks, a freshman majoring in fashion and textile management is excited about being accepted into Zeta Tau Alpha. After attending a few meetings and getting to know her future sisters, Unks knew she made the right decision. “The sign-up date for rush began before school started, but the sororities were very flexible about the last date to sign up,” Unks said. “After signing up for rush, you were assigned into a Rho Chi group. The leaders of the group were a part of an anonymous sorority.”
Unks said she enjoyed meeting new people during the process. For Emily Weber, a freshman majoring in fashion and textile managment, one of the best parts of rush was skit day. Weber was accepted into Delta Gamma. “It was fun to see each sorority’s personality,” Weber said.“After a tiring day, the most challenging part was staying energized. The most fun part was meeting sweet people and getting to know new people.” Christian Lilley, a freshman majoring in electrical engineering, rush was a great time to socialize and meet people. “You are required to attend at least two meetings for rush,” Lilly said. “Whether or not you decide to pledge it is a great experience to meet new people for now and the future.” Jessica Thurston, a junior majoring in business management, was pleas-
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What’s rush? The recruitment process is similar from year to year, averaging at about four days of rush. After being selected, each girl must go through a new member education period. During this time each girl learns about their particular sorority’s history and about their sisters. At the end of an eightweek period, pledges are fully initiated into full membership. Source: Jessica Thurston
antly surprised that so may girls came out to rush. “We were first worried that not many girls would rush because of the economy, but we ended up with over 100, girls joining,” said Thurston. “We were very pleased with the amount of girls that went through recruitment.”
University staff cuts were the main topic of discussion at Friday’s Board of Governors meeting. The 10 percent cuts of state appropriated funds to universities the BOG implemented will affect all universities in the UNC System. Forty-six percent of NCSU’s funding is from state appropriations. The other 54 percent is from contracts, grants, tuition, gifts and federal appropriations. President of the Association of Student Governments Greg Doucette said the University will lose 205 full time positions, including titles like director, technical support analysis and basic administration spaces. According to Budget Central the
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What is the BOG? The Board of Governors is the governing authority of the 16 public universities in the state. The Board meets during the eight school months of the year and oversees policy and budgets of the universities in the North Carolina system. The Board receives its power from the North Carolina legislature. Source: northcarolina.edu/bo
How much will the University lose? According Budget Central, N.C. State is planning for a 10 percent cut in state appropriations. The cut will affect individual colleges mainly through fewer resources and job losses. Source: ncsu.edu/budget/facultystaff
Carmichael Complex to begin requiring IDs again Staff taking “proactive approach” to cut down on unauthorized users Staff Report Carmichael Complext released an statement Sept. 16 announcing reciting a student ID number will no longer be sufficient to gain access to Carmichael Complex beginning Oct. 12. According to the release, nonauthorized users were abusing the system. “The Complex staff is taking a proactive approach to ensure the safety of authorized users and their identities by requiring ID in accordance with
University policy,” the release said. The provision is said to “eliminate the chance for communication errors between patrons and staff and will make for easier entry into the building.” The release encouraged the use of hand stamps for those who will frequently be going in and out of the complex, and said students can use one “free admittance” per semester if they forget their ID. Check out tomorrow’s Technician for more on this story.
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