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Committee continues work on hate crimes Forum today to gauge student, faculty opinion on policies, University’s response Chris Allred DOWNTOWN RALEIGH DOWNTOWN RALEIGH
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WEEKEND NIGHT BUSES WILL WAIT FOR CITY TO COMPLETE DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR SYSTEM BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON POSSIBLE ROUTES FOR STUDENTS TO USE Elizabeth Thompson Correspondent
Transportation has plans for a new bus system that will take students downtown on weekend nights, but it must wait until the completion of the city’s new Circulator system. Director Tom Kendig said the city has planned a system downtown to coincide with the new convention center, but it does not have buses in place yet. “As soon as they get some new buses on that, we’re ready to roll out downtown service as well,� he said. Adam Compton, senior in agricultural business management and transportation consultant for Student Government, said he is expecting the circulator system to be complete by early February. “It would connect with the downtown circulator service,� he said. “You would then hop on a downtown bus
to go around downtown.� The service would be a convenience and could “cut down on DWI cases, and offer transportation downtown,� according to Compton. “Transportation is always willing to work with students, and will work hard to iron out the details,� he said. But this bus line will not be a reality until the City establishes the circulator system, and Christine Klein, information and communication specialist for Transportation, said it buses would run as far as the Glenwood area. Students can already take the Capital Area Transit buses downtown, but Student Body President Jay Dawkins said they are less accessible. “It’s not very frequent and it doesn’t directly serve campus,� Dawkins, a junior in civil engineering, said. “This
will give students access to some great Hillsborough Street and downtown entertainment venues without the risk for drunk driving or having to call a cab.� Additionally the service would extend the Avent Ferry and Greek Village routes to 10 p.m., according to Transportation’s Night Service Proposal. The weekend hours of the Werewolf route would also be extend until 3 a.m. The proposal states that the bus will run at a frequency of 30 minutes and the downtown circulator service will be available Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Weekday night services will also have some changes in the spring semester, according to the proposal.
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Results show that students across campus are not informed about their finances.
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Members of the Student Senate will be working on a bill to push the University to make a policy on hate crimes, with a meeting Friday afternoon to gauge student opinion. “[Friday’s meeting] is inviting students to come and speak about their opinions about the events that happened on N.C. State’s campus and what they feel the bill should include,� Morgan Donnelly, chair of the Campus Community Committee and junior in political science, said. The Senate voted not to fasttrack a bill from Maritza Adonis, senator and junior in political science, that called for the University to expel the four students who wrote racist messages in the Free Expression Tunnel last week targeting President-elect Barack Obama. Adonis said Wednesday after the Senate’s vote that the Senate should have taken more action, and she would take the bill to higher Student Government organizations to ensure it was processed. The bill will now go through a special committee, which comprises members of three different committees within the Senate, Donnelly said. “The bill doesn’t necessarily fall under one committee,� she said. “It falls under University Affairs, Government Operations and Campus Community.� Since the Office of Student Conduct is in control of the students’ punishments, Justin Brackett, a senior in political science and chair of the Government Operations committee, said the Senate’s goal in passing a bill is to voice students’ con-
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Communication department’s graduation returns to schedule
A group of students in a masters accounting program recently conducted a survey across campus to see how much colleges students knew about credit cards and finances. “We wanted to see what people know and what they don’t know,�
The Department of Communication’s graduation ceremony is back on schedule despite an email Monday from Dean Kenneth Zagacki that said it would be cancelled because of budget cuts. Zagacki said people in the provost’s office offered to support the graduation to make sure it happens at its normal time, Dec. 17 at 1 p.m. in Carmichael Gymnasium. “[Graduation] costs us about $3,000 to $4,000 every year, depending on where we hold it,� he said. “We have probably one of
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CHECK OUT THE SURVEY RESULTS ON PAGE 3 Constance Owen, a graduate student in the program, said. “A lot of college-aged students do no know a lot about financial literacy and maybe that should be different.� Owen said her parents handled her finances before she came to school and she knew little about financial literacy. “I didn’t know what credit cards meant or what a credit SURVEY continued page 3
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Chancellor Oblinger addresses the Spring 2008 graduating class May 9. He stressed that N.C. State is “known for the high quality education we provide our students.�
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