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30 2010
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Fraternities partner to host tournament Delta Sigma Phi and Pi Kappa Alpha host annual volleyball tournament benefiting the Jimmy V Cancer Foundation
Jimmy V tournament: $10 in advance, $15 at the door Can be purchased online until 5 p.m. Friday
Annie Albright
Teams can register online until Friday for $100, includes admission and T-shirts
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Stuart Gay, Delta Sigma Phi philanthropy chair and a senior in finance, said he expects a high turn out for this year’s annual Jimmy V Cancer Foundation Volleyball Tournament. “It should be a good tournament,” Gay said. “I think we have everything planned out as well as we could and the weather is supposed to be good. I guess the big thing is getting people to sign up, which is tough.” Gay said working with Pi Kappa Alpha has been a surprisingly good experience. “Most times you think that people try to separate themselves in the fraternities, and once a year we get together to join our resources in order to give back to someone who gave so much to us,” Gay said. “Everyone always gets so anti-fraternity, but we’re no different than anyone else. We are just normal students who like to give back to the community, and this is our way to show it.” Gay said he was surprised how similar his brothers are to the members of Pi Kappa Alpha. He said the experience has helped break many of the stereotypes previously held by the brothers. “Well, they’re actually really cool to work with,” Gay said. “There is always so much competition between
Source: jimmyvtournament.com
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Pi Kappa Alpha Vice President Matt Tucker, sophomore in environmental technology, shovels sand into a bucket while Dave Gragnolati, senior in mechanical engineering, supervises the volleyball court setup at the Delta Sigma Phi house Thursday. Pi Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Phi members were spreading new sand on the court for Saturday’s Jimmy V. Volleyball Tournament, and although shoveling is hard work Tucker said, “setting up is half the fun!”
fraternities; and sitting down, working with them on this project, seeing that they’re people just like we are, has been a great experience. Going out seeing them at bars, hanging out with PiKA’s is something I never thought I would do in my life; it’s like stepping out into a new world.”
Tucker Harris, Pi Kappa Alpha’s philanthropy chair, said the partnership is recent. “This is the third year I’ve done it,” Harris said. “It was just PiKA’s philanthropy, but when our old house was torn down — and our volleyball court was torn down — we had to find
Changes coming to Service N.C. State The annual service event held by CSLEPS the first weekend each fall is undergoing changes
the meals the University packages will go toward hunger relief in Haiti. “Stop Hunger Now has already been in Haiti for 10 years; but with the recent earthquake, N.C. State will be sending all the meals we package to Chelsey Francis the crisis relief effort in Haiti,” Watts Staff Writer said. According to Chessney Barrick, Since 2005, CSLEPS at N.C. State has partnered with Stop Hunger Now’s development director for Stop Hunmeal packaging program to support ger Now, more than 25,000 people feeding programs in schools and or- die of hunger related causes every phanages and to help in crisis situa- day, meaning that is about 10 million tions around the world. Up until this people in a single year, the equivalent year, Raleigh-based Stop Hunger Now of losing almost everyone in North has been able to provide the funding Carolina. “Hunger is preventable. There are for this event with a small amount of enough sustainable resources in the help from CSLEPS. According to Tierza Watts, CSLEPS world right now to feed everyone 4.3 associate director and Service N.C. pounds of food every day,” Barrick State event coordinator, N.C. State said. Overall, Stop Hunger Now will send has the goal of packaging 400,000 more than half of meals. The cost to the meals packaccomplish this aged to earthis $100,000. She quake victims in said because of Haiti, according t he econom ic to Ray Buchanan, downfall, Stop president a nd Hunger Now is founder of Stop only providing Hunger Now. enough money “Stop Hunger to package the Now is commitf irst 200,000 ted to providmeals, meaning ing aid to those the University is in Haiti af ter responsible for Tierza Watts, the current criraising $50,000. CSLEPS associate director and Service sis stops mak“Because N.C. N.C. State event coordinator ing headlines,” State has to raise Buchanan said. $50,000, we [are] requiring that all volunteers for this “The resounding success of Univerevent raise at least $50, but more is sity Million Meals Week in the past always good. We want to stress that two years assures us we can do it we do not expect students to pay this again. The scale of this event draws money out of pocket. We have several much needed attention to the war suggestions for how to raise the mon- against hunger and provides lifeey,” Watts said. “With your help, we saving meals to the most destitute in know we can accomplish this goal and the world.” “CSLEPS is also sponsoring another continue our growth in this project.” According to the University Mil- volunteer event the weekend of August lion Meals Week Event overview, $50 20 to 21 in conjunction with Teaching would pay for 200 meals to be pack- Fellows,” Watts said. The two will come together to sponaged, meaning it costs $0.25 to package one meal. Million Meals Week is sor a blood drive. “Every year we have to turn away August 21 to 28. Stop Hunger Now has the goal of packaging one million between 600 and 700 people who want meals throughout the state of North to volunteer with the meal packaging Carolina during this one week. All of event,” Watts said. “This year, we are
“With your help, we know we can accomplish this goal and continue our growth in this project.”
Dates to remember: July 1 – Deadline to register online (Meal Packaging Event or Blood Drive) August 20 3 p.m. - 6 p.m. Unload the materials August 20 TBA Blood Drive August 21 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Meal Packaging For more information visit: http://ncsu.edu/csleps/service/ servicenc.htm Source: ncsu.edu
adding a blood drive to the events that weekend in hopes of collecting 500 pints of blood, meaning we need at least 600 people to sign up to donate blood that Friday.” Within the last years, UNCChapel Hill and Appalachian State University have both sponsored 1,000 pint one-day blood drives. Watts said she encourages NCSU students to help to meet this year’s goal of 500 pints in hopes that next year there can be a 1,000 pint blood drive. “The blood drive and meal packaging event are both open to students, faculty and staff — and anyone in Raleigh — so we encourage everyone to get involved,” Watts said. Watts said she wants to make sure everyone knows about the changes in Service N.C. State. “This year, students need sponsorship for $50. Donations can be made in the student’s name on line, where the donor will get a tax receipt from Stop Hunger Now. Students interested in participating in Service N.C. State must register online by July 1 in order to secure a spot for volunteering. Also, the blood drive is another way to participate in Service N.C. State,” Watts said.
someone else to help us with it who had a court.” Harris said the relationship between the two fraternities has improved through the partnership. He said he has played a major role in organizing the event. “It has been good,” Harris said. “I’ve
been working with Stuart for the most part. Stuart, Matt Tucker and myself have mainly done everything to organize it.” Preparation for the tournament has been long, Gay said. “We have been working on it all semester long,” Gay said. “We have had meetings every week and gotten together with businesses for support. We have been trying to raise money and getting students involved.” Gay said there will be activities for everyone who attends. “Basically, for the athletic people, we’re going to be having a volleyball tournament,” Gay said. “All-day long is the volleyball tournament, and we’re going to have three bands including Simplified, who has opened up for OAR. We are working on getting inflatables. Last year we had slip and slide, which was a huge hit, jousting and an obstacle course.” Will Loveless, a sophomore in accounting and treasurer of Delta Sigma Phi, said he looks forward to the
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Senior class exceeds Bell Tower fundraising goal Annie Albright
on the bell until graduation May 15, Dawkins said. The class plans to purchase the bell during the summer and The senior class announced it had put it on display on campus. “Such a strong showing is really a raised more than $50,000 in gifts and pledges Thursday, exceeding its origi- sign of our pride as a class,” Dawkins said. “I expect the class of 2010 to be nal goal of $35,000. Early this semester, the senior class very engaged as N.C. State alumni.” Neil Ballentine, a senior in biologiannounced a fundraising goal of $35,000 for the first bell in the Bell cal sciences and a member of the SeTower, which stands unfinished from nior Class Council, said he enjoyed the experience. its original 1921 design. “I had a blast This amount being a part of exceeds the inithis,” Ballentine tia l a mount said. “For all of needed to cast us who donated a planned and put work 640-pound bell i nto t he B el l a nd ma kes it Tower campaign, possible for the our names will class to purchase be on the bell as an even larger long as the tower 1,257-pound stands and that’s bell, the second truly a testament largest in t he to our hard work planned 54-bell and commitment carillon. Jay Dawkins, president of the to N.C. State.” Jay Dawkins, class of 2010 The Senior president of the Class Counci l cla s s of 2010 and senior in civil engineering, said will continue to fundraise and acseniors should be proud of how far cept donations through their Books for Bells program, Dawkins said. The they’ve come. “Seniors have stepped up in an un- program allows students to donate precedented way for our campus icon, textbooks as an in-kind gift to the and this will solidify their legacy at Bell Tower. Representatives from the class will be in the library Wednesday N.C. State,” Dawkins said. Many seniors have already donated and Thursday night of the first exam to have their names inscribed on the week to accept donations. 2010 bell; and the Class Council is accepting donations to place names seniors continued page 3 News Editor
“Seniors have stepped up in an unprecedented way for our campus icon, and this will solidify their legacy at N.C. State.”
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