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A recent slew of transportation changes, including a new parking deck, modified Wolfline routes and construction on Cates Avenue, will change the way students get around campus this fall. The West Deck, located near the intersection of Sullivan Drive and Varsity Drive — close to Wolf Village Way, opened Tuesday and offers 847 parking spaces. Ryan Gibbons, parking planner and campus liaison for the West Deck project, said the goal was to eliminate wasted space inherent in parking lots, and instead add more spaces in a smaller square footage. “Lots are traffic generators,” Gibbons said. “The new deck uses surface area more efficiently, which makes the surrounding area less congested.” Gibbons said the approximate net increase in spaces (from the old surface parking lot) in the area is 355. “These projects are done looking 10 to 15 years down the road as campus expands,” Gibbons said. According to Gibbons, the area where the West Deck stands is one of few remaining locations on campus where a new parking infrastructure will fit. N.C. State Transportation Public Spokesperson Christine Klein said the West deck is primarily for student commuters. According to
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Junior in meteorology and mathematics Chris Rohrbach walks past the West Parking Deck Aug. 17 on his way to main campus. Passes in the newly-constructed, 847-spot parking deck are available to students with at least 30 credit hours for $246.
New Wolfline routes include Route 10, or Southside Circulator, which will circulate through Centennial Campus and connect some of the surrounding neighborhoods and apartment complexes. Route 10 will also have stops at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, The William & Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation and Centennial Middle School. Another Route, 3A, called Centen-
her, permits — “W” commuter permits — are available for $246 for one academic year, and a student needs at least 30 credits to be eligible. Staff “C” permits are also valid. University transportation officials have also shuffled around Wolfline bus routes — some routes have been created to sidestep construction projects, and others have been altered or cancelled outright. The Wolfline started full service Tuesday.
nial Express, will no longer serve Oval Drive because the buses are too big for the street, according to Klein, and will make stops at the College of Textiles and Partners Way. Other minor transportation-related changes on campus include increased daytime service frequency for Routes 2 and 11, more buses for Route 7 and
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Crafts Center offers new programs for students Open House debuts workshops and classes for fall semester.
how to fix and maintain their bikes, including brake and tire tutorials, and the staff will always be there to answer any questions. Justin Rose Crafts Center Director George Deputy News Editor Thomas said the bicycle repair proThe Crafts Center welcomed new gram will most likely expand during and returning students to its Open this coming year. “The idea is to let students know House Tuesday for those interested we’re here for them even it just means in signing up for crafts classes. The event featured an abstract putting air in their bike tires,” Thomas painting exhibition, live music said. Additionally, the Stafford Camera from an Irish musical group and open doors to all its studios, in- Loan Program, named in honor of the cluding those for photography, mother of Thomas Stafford, will let students rent highmetal and glass quality digital camworking, jewelry eras. ma k i ng , f iber Tom S t a f f o rd , ware and weavvice chancellor for ing, wood workSt udent A f fa i rs , ing and pottery, whose father was a among others. photographer, said The new classes he wishes more stufor these studios dents knew about are extra-curricthe Crafts Center ular and range and took advantage i n price f rom of new programs like around $10 to George Thomas, the camera rentals. $100 depending Crafts Center director “It’s a little off the on the topic and beaten track,” Stafsupplies needed. Classes are cheaper for students, ford said. “But it’s one of the most extraordinary, comprehensive, very and some are student-exclusive. Jo Ellen Westmoreland, assistant best craft centers in the country. It’s director and pottery teacher, said incredible.” Brett Boger, a senior in technology she expects pottery to be one of the most popular classes this fall. She education and design, teaches wood also said she is excited to showcase turning and also said he hopes more the new classes and workshops, in- students will discover the center this cluding the bicycle repair facility – year and realize its potential. all of the classes are at full capacity for the fall. crafts continued page 4 The classes will teach students
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Farris Barakat, a junior in civil engineering, loads a pickup truck full of fallen trees. “I came here just to help,” Barakat said. “It’s really cool. I feel like this tornado has been an opportunity for us to work together.”
“The idea is to let students know we’re here for them even it just means putting air in their bike tires.”
Shaw rebuilds for fall Classes start on time, and students remain optimistic despite lingering tornado damage. John Wall News Editor
Four months after a tornado devastated campus, 24-hour work over the summer allowed Shaw University students to begin classes on time Wednesday. An EF-4 tornado swept through Raleigh April 18, causing millions in damage to the historically Black university downtown. But Shaw students say they’re optimistic about the fall semester. Two residence halls substantially damaged in the storm were repaired and now house students.
However, the William E. Gary Student Center, which contained the school’s only cafeteria, remains significantly damaged and unusable. The tornado brought down the only place to eat on-campus. FEMA and North Carolina Emergency Management gave $567,000 to Shaw to rent several trailers which now house a temporary cafeteria and kitchen. The area around the newly created cafeteria is often littered with garbage because of the small number of trashcans and inadequate seating. Tynesha Hailey, a Shaw sophomore in mass communication, was on campus when the tornado hit, and did not leave over the summer. She saw the destruction occur as well as the rebuilding process.
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Marvin Malecha, the dean of the College of Design, has been trying to find creative ways to deal with the cuts in funding that have affected the college. “All of my academic units have taken hits in one way or another,” Malecha said. This year the cuts forced the design school to combine more sections and have fewer seminars. Malecha said class sizes would be a little larger but also said he does not believe students will be impacted in a negative way. “Our goal is to minimize the impact that these cuts have on the student experience,” Malecha said. The undergraduate landscape architecture program will be eliminated after this year due to a lack of funding as well as a lack of interest from incoming students, according to Malecha. This year will be the last freshmen class who will be able to participate in the major. “The number of applicants was small,” Malecha said. “We just couldn’t sustain it from an efficiency point of view.” There have also been some staff changes within the college of design, including the hiring of Sarah Queen as the assistant professor of architecture and Dana Raymond as an associate professor in art and design. There are also less communications positions available. Rather than having people just in charge of one department, Malecha said they now have people who are teaching courses in addition to working on the branding of the school. “We have been diverting some staff resources to teaching; that’s something we’re going to try to do more of,” Malecha said. Despite all of the changes that have been happening to the design school, Malecha said he remains confident that students will have a good experience with the program and learn things that are valuable to a career in design. “We have been working a lot harder to make sure that our students have the best experience possible. We have gotten some bad news, but we have worked hard to improve staff and interdisciplinary course work,” Malecha said. Kirsten Southwell, a senior in graphic design, said she thinks the college will still do well despite all of the changes it has undergone. The new hires will be excellent staff members because of the outstanding reputation that the design school has, she said. “In general we have a great reputation as a design school, so we pick from great applicants. I am confident that because of our reputation we will be able to get good people,” Southwell said. Southwell also said she was pleased with how design school students were made aware of all the changes that were happening. Last semester students were also kept in the loop regarding some of the changes that would take place due to budget cuts, according to Southwell. “The dean really tried to make an effort to inform students. Design students were told in a personal setting. I wasn’t personally upset at all about how things were handled,” Southwell said. Ijeoma Onuh, a junior in graphic design, said she appreciated the way the design school utilized social media such as Facebook and Twitter to inform students about events and changes over the summer. “I really liked that they used things like Twitter,” Onuh said. “Thinking about the way we use technology today, it’s almost hard to be informed without using it.”
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