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friday september
25 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Shack-a-thon brings students together Groups raise more than $12,000 for Habitat for humanity To Build homes for needy Joanna Banegas
tion is to get the Shack-a-Thon community involved in a new way. The University’s goal is to contribute After a week of braving the elements 16 pictures out of the national goal of and panhandling, Shack-a-Thon, 1,000. Lankford said one of the rewardHabitat for Humanity’s largest funding aspects of Shack-a-Thon is when raiser of the year, ends today. According to Lucas Lankford, advo- groups combine to build and live in cacy officer for Habitat for Human- shacks together. “It really helps when different camity and senior in biology, said the organization had raised $12,000 as pus groups unite to help build one shack,” Lankford said. of Thursday. Harrison Gray, a junior in biochem“I feel like we’re on track,” Lankford said. “If we don’t make the goal, then istry and a member of Sigma Pi, said Shack-a-Thon was it’ll probably be close a good cause that to it.” brings people toAs a second-year gether. Sigma Pi volunteer at Shackshared a shack with a-Thon, Lankford Alpha Delta Pi this said students are week. It was Alpha being more creative Delta Pi’s first time this year. participating in the “People are selling event. baked goods and “It was great showraffle tickets. I didn’t Lucas Lankford, advocacy ing that Greek Life see as much of that last year,” Lankford officer for Habitat for Humanity cares, giving back to and senior in biology the community and said. sharing awareness of Today Habitat for Humanity will ask shacks to help with Habitat for Humanity,” Grey said. John Gibblings, an alumnus and a photo petition asking for the passing of legislation that will assist Habitat in Sigma Pi member, said theAlpha Delta its mission for providing decent hous- Pi did a lot to help raise money. “We could not have done it without ing for everyone in the United States. “One of my jobs for habitat is mak- Alpha Pi. They baked cookies, sold ing up activities to advocate for legis- money and used a puppy to promote lature that will benefit it,” Lankford donations,” Gibblings said. “They said. “This would help out the United stuck with us through the all the bad States and big cities in North Carolina weather.” Grey said the hardest part was staylike Raleigh and Charlotte.” Lankford said the focus of this peti- ing over night at the shack and not Staff Writer
“It really helps when different campus groups unite to help build one shack.”
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Representing N.C. Skate, Jeffrey Mickler, a freshman in aerospace engineering, sits on the porch of the shack N.C. Skate and the Rugby teams share Tuesday. “It’s kind of boring,” Mickler said, “because there’s no one around. They are all inside. But I think the Habitat for Humanity shack is a great idea. It’s a great way to raise money. There is a fact on every shack and tells people what it is about.”
having the option of going back home. “It’s great being here because you get to see the hardships that every shack goes through, especially in the rain,” Grey said. The Inter-Residence Council, Stu-
dent Government and National Residence Honorary Hall shared a shack as well. Kristine Sloan, a senior in economics and international studies, said those in the shacks used innovative
Chancellor, student leaders host forum to talk about Talley project Briant Robey Staff Writer
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During FLJ 501 Club’s first meeting of the year, Mark Dearden, a junior in international studies, is served onigiri by Satoko Chika, a doctoral student in nutrition food science. FLJ 501’s mission is to give people a place to practice Japanese, especially after completing the FLJ 402 course. The dish of the night, onigiri, is a traditional Japanese food made from white rice rolled into a triangular or oval shape and is often wrapped in seaweed.
University helps in fight against H1N1 Edward Markus Staff Writer
As the threat of the H1N1 influenza continues to grow, faculty members have been called upon to advise the state on the best ways to prepare for an outbreak. Dr. Barrett Slenning is one such faculty member. Slenning, an associate professor of epidemiology and production medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the director of agrosecurity and biopreparedness. Slenning studies agricultural disaster preparedness, biosecurity, epidemiology, economics and bioterrorism. He serves as a consultant to North Carolina and federal regulatory agencies concerning agricultural bioterrorism and foreign animal diseases. While it may seem at first as though
the work Slenning does is not related to public health problems like the H1N1 crisis, animal health and human health are closely tied. “The term I like to use is ‘one health’. The idea is that you have animal health, public health (which is just humans), and then the environment,” Slenning said. “We all live in the environment; we have contact with all these animals, and if you don’t protect all three [factors], you are not going to protect any of them.” Slenning noted an example of this concept occurring in the case of H1N1. He said infected humans have transmitted the disease to some animals such as pigs and turkeys, which can then spread the disease to other animals or humans. According to Slenning, veterinarians are equipped for it because they are able to work between different species. They have training in public health and are trained to observe the
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h1n1 stats The American College Health Association has released statistics on the increase of H1N1 cases. Below are the statistics for the week ending Sept. 18: • • • • • • • •
267 Reporting institutions 243 Institutions with new cases 7,696 Total new cases 3,114,888 Population served 24.7 per 10,000 New case rate 15% Percent change from previous week 679 Number of new cases on N.C. college campuses 46.2 per 10,000 N.C. new case rate
Student leaders and University officials held a forum Thursday to spread information about and encourage student participation in the proposed Talley Student Center renovations. Among those speaking at the presentation were Chancellor Jim Woodward, Student Center President Mary Randall, Director of Dining Services Randy Lait, Student Body President Jim Ceresnak and Student Senate President Kelli Rogers. Turan Duda, a partner in Duda/ Paine Architects, LLC, the firm designing the new student center, also gave a presentation outlining five potential designs for the renovation of Talley and the student bookstore. “[The student center] is not just a building,” Duda said. “It could become a hearth; it could become a living room. It could become your home.” Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said one of the important points of the new student center was its importance to current and future students. “You’re leaving a legacy,” Rogers
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Source: American College Health Association
populations and systems involved in disease transmission. Because of the close relationship between animal and human health,
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ways to get donations. “We have all these different strategies like the wishing well, and out going people in our shack,” Sloan said.
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said. “You can either step up now and fund [the new student center], or you can pass the buck to another student who will have to pay more and not receive something as amazing.” Woodward also emphasized the importance of the new center. “This the most important project this campus will consider in the first quarter century,” Woodward said. “[Talley Student Center] is the gathering place. It is the point of destination.” Ceresnak said the project heralds great things for the University. “We can change this campus, we can liven this campus, and we can brighten this campus,” Ceresnak said. “We can give this campus the improvement that we’ve needed for years.” Although the proposed project would not be complete until 2014, Randall said the time for action is now. “Every year we delay construction it costs $10 million,” Randall said. After the main presentation, administrators and student officers fielded questions from the attending audience. In response to a question about why student fees would be increased in a time of economic need, Woodward explained the committee’s reasoning. “There is no perfect time to start this,” Woodward said, “We’re trying to minimize the incremental impact on students by stepping up the fees.”
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