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monday february
13 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
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First Fashion Week creates new opportunities for Textiles students.
Elise Heglar
Shawn Thompson Staff Writer
The College of Textiles will have its first Fashion Week April 11-13 to showcase design leadership and creativity. Fashion Week will consist of different events where students, faculty and the general public will have the chance to experience informative and entertaining forums, fashion shows and much more. “College of Textiles Fashion Week will bring attention and global awareness to the college, and display what Textiles’ different curriculums have to offer,” Nancy Webster, practicum professor for College of Textiles’ department of apparel, technology and management, said. Webster said Fashion Week was designed to bring the industry and the University community together; it will create networking opportunities and leadership challenges for students and faculty, while allowing corporations to utilize creative resources the NCSU’s College of Textiles has to offer. “This Fashion Week will elevate and show innovation as well as creativity, showing people what the College of Textiles has to offer academically, creatively, and professionally,” Nancy Cassill, professor and department head of textile and apparel, technology and management, said. NCSU’s College of Textiles is the largest of its kind, producing more than half of the textile graduates in the United States each year. An estimated 20 percent of the graduates serve as corporate managers, and half of those are board chairpersons or presidents
of their own companies. The college is different from other textile programs because of all the unique educational experience available to students. “Fashion Week is a chance for everyone to experience the design aspect of the textiles program, expanding the focus from the mostly sience based curriculums of NCSU. The College of Textiles is great because art, science and management coexist in the college, adding a competitive advantage,” Cassill said. Fashion Week will begin with an opening press conference April 11, followed by an opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will celebrate global relations with guests from Hong Kong Poly-tech, Donghua, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and London College of Fashion. The show will also feature 12 designs from each of the four global institutes represented, along with N.C. State. “Along with the new FTD program offered by College of Textiles, Hong Kong and many other universities served as inspiration for this Fashion Week,” Webster said. Fashion Week will have opportunities for students to showcase their designs during the Creativity/Innovation Exhibits, Designer Marketplace, and at the closing ceremony. “Friday night of Fashion Week will be the ‘Best of NCSU’ during the closing ceremony. Students selected through an application and juried process will have the opportunity to present their designs during the Color Fusion-themed show,” Cassill said. During the closing ceremony fashion show, students will show their designs based on the Color Fusion theme. The show will be held Friday, April 13, 2012 in a tent at BTEC on Centennial Campus at 7:30 p.m. All student designers are encouraged to
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Lauren Gerardot a senior in fashion design presents her designs inspired by the Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani.
submit their fashion designs for jury into the show. The Closing Ceremony fashion show will also be a judged event, having judges from the fashion industry. Awards will be given to first place ($750), second place ($500), third place ($350), and audience choice
($200). Deadlines for designer interest applications are due Feb. 24 by 5:00 p.m. Other events of the Fashion Week include two forums where influential leaders in design and textiles
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Art and technology merge in contemporary art exhibition The Born Digital exhibition at CAM Raleigh experiments with uncharted realms of art. Juliana Deitch Correspondent
Born Digital, the new exhibit at Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum (CAM Raleigh), invites visitors to interact and experiment with the
exhibit’s movement-driven, visitordependent artwork. With 18 different pieces by 12 nationally and internationally known artists, Born Digital displayed interactive digital design and new media trends. The interactive exhibit involves visitor participation and invites viewers to “exercise their creativity and act on their curiosity,” CAM Raleigh’s website said.
CAM Raleigh is a collaboration between the Contemporary Art Foundation, the community of Raleigh and N.C. State’s College of Design. “CAM Raleigh seeks to curate the most contemporary works of art and design possible—those still emerging, growing, and living,” according to CAM Raleigh’s website. The exhibit features artwork that uses computer vision technology known as “interactive video.” Cus-
tom computer software invented and written by the artists combines with digital video cameras to allow each artwork to respond to people, colors and motion in the exhibit. As visitors move throughout the museum and interact with the artwork, the pieces respond and come alive. Born Digital is a reflection of society in today’s digital era.
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Valentine’s dinner attracts students Students took advantage of their meal plans and experienced a unique Valentine’s dinner. Lindsey Rosenbaum Staff Writer
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, University Dining sponsored a Valentine’s Day Dinner Friday night at Case Dining hall. Universit y Dining frequently sponsors such events, all of which have been very popular on campus. Some of these past events include the “Around the World” dinner, “A Night in Paris,” and the original Valentine’s Dinner in 2009. The Valentine’s Day Dinner in 2009 operated a little differently than this year’s. During the former one, students remained seated, ordered off of a menu and were waited on by catering staff. This year, students were asked to RSVP in pairs, be it dates or just a fun dinner for friends. The menu was posted online preceding the event, so students could decide what to try. Instead of ordering off of a menu this year, different food stations were set up. Students had a choice between two salads to start off with. There were five entree dishes, two of which were vegetarian options. The meal was finished with four dessert choices,
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Clinking glasses before beginning dinner, Michael Trinkler, freshman in animal science, and Kim Haraden, freshman in art, attend Valentine's Dinner at Case Dining Hall.
including a chocolate fountain. The students weren’t the only ones excited for this event. “Our team [was] excited to prepare a great tasting meal to showcase their culinary skills,” Kelley Brackett, public communications specialist for Campus Enterprises who helped plan the events, said. “Planning and executing the Valentine’s Dinner creates excitement within our culinary team and staff. It is truly a meal prepared with love,” Bob Sorochak, director of Case Dining Hall, said. The University Dining Culinary team of Chefs included Bill Brizzo-
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lara, Kevin Nichols, Mack Bell, Steve Lester, Joe Nalley, and Yves Ruiz, as well as cooks from Fountain and Case. The menu was created and prepared by Izesta Brown, Josh Heath, Jamali Parson and Kelly Winn. There were two different dining sessions, one at 6 p.m. and another at 7:30. The tables at Case were swathed in white tablecloths and capped off with vases of flowers, which students could take with them at the end of the meal. The lights were dimmed and each table had small, fake candles to give off mood lighting. Local musician Cecil Johnson played jazzy love songs on saxophone
and flute while students ate. “I love jazz and I thought the music was great,” Elizabeth Goins, freshmen in biological sciences, said. Not everyone enjoyed the music quite as much as Goins did. “It was a little annoying,” Caroline Nieman, freshman in Spanish education, said. “It was nice for the background,” Elizabeth Brenneman, freshmen in English said. Nieman heard about the event through an advertisement in Clark, and was eager to attend with her friend. Goins also attended with a large group of friends. “It was good for couples, I guess, but it was also good for just friends,” Goins said. Most students who went were more eager to sample the upscale menu than in fully celebrating Valentine’s Day. “I don’t know what I expected, honestly,” Neiman said, “but it was fantastic.” The menu was well-received by students, most saying they sampled a little bit of everything. Special favorites included the ravioli, cheesecake, and steak. According to the students, the Valentine’s Day Dinner was a success, and a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Discussion on a tuition increase for the 16 University of North Carolina System schools is moving to state legislation following an approval by the Board of Governors. The BOG president, Tom Ross, recommended the tuition increase plan. In a meeting Friday morning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the BOG officially gave their approval for the increase. The plan if adopted will raise fees by roughly 8.8 percent for all UNC system schools for the 2012-13 academic year. In a statement given by email, Chancellor Randy Woodson said this increase, if accepted, will help our University to provide good education while maintaining a low cost to students. “Specifically for our campus, Friday’s decision will go a long way toward ensuring N.C. State can continue to provide a top-quality educational experience to our students while remaining affordable compared to our public university peers,” Woodson said in the email. The tuition raise would be about $400 total for all UNC System schools. Phillip Christofferson, senior in political science and chief of staff for the student body president, said in an email statement that the tuition increase would help protect the quality of education at our University. “I think everyone involved in the situation realizes students do not want to pay more for tuition. However, we must realize that in order to maintain the quality of our degree and protect our education some increase is needed,” Christofferson said. Christofferson pointed out that the money from the increase would go to fund financial aid and maintain current faculty, class sections and class sizes. “We believe that his [Tom Ross] increase will allow for a good balance of keeping education affordable and the value of a degree from N.C. State where it needs to be to ensure our success after graduation,” Christofferson said. The Association of Student Governments, a group made up of the student body presidents from all UNC System schools, officially endorsed the tuition increase plan. “The proposal was supported by members of ASG as well as other student leaders,” Christofferson said in the email. Patrick Devore, senior in meteorology and PAMS student senator, said
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