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One of the two areas where live music will be performed throughout the event. Wrecking season will perform from noon to 1 p.m. Milagro Saints will follow from 2:40 to 3:40. Next from 4 to 5 p.m. the High & Mighties will perform. From there the remaining bands will each perform for an hour with 20 minute intervals between them in the order of Brooks Wood Band, Murphy’s Kids, Zegg and Inflowential.
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There will be various diversions for youth throughout the day, such as a hands-free spaghetti eating contest starting at 11 a.m. and continuing throughout the day. Other activities include a Moon Jump and solar powered remote
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ALTERNATIVE FUEL SHOWCASE
The Pig-N-Pie will be a taste-testing competition from 1 to 4 p.m featuring the best local BBQ businesses and NCSU fraternities and sororities. It will cost $5 to sample 15 different BBQ’s and five pies. Anyone also has the option to buy an additional raffle ticket which will determine the three judges for the event and the Iron Chef competition.
This area will feature a continuous showcase of the alternative fuels for vehicles that are being worked on right now. This event is sponsored bythe Union Activities Board.
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This event is a Eco-Fashion show featuring almost 20 new designers who use eco-friendly materials in their work. This show is from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. on stage B. The show is being put on by by Mor Aframian of MorLove, Jamie Powell of American Vintage and Beth Stewart of Triangle Emerging Green Builders. The show is free, but VIP Seats can be purchased for $25 and regular seats for $15.
IRON CHEF
The Iron Chef is an organic cook-off which will take place from 2 to 7 p.m. An additional raffle ticket can be bought which will determine the three judges for the event and the Pig-N-Pie. It is sponsored by SushiThai and Earth Fare!
Parking is available in campus parking decks like the Dan Allen deck andthe Coliseum Deck. The various employee parking spaces throughout campus, and Brook’s lot, will also be available. Also, according to the Renaissance, “McLaurin Parking...will be charging a flat rate of $2 for parking for the entire day. We would also encourage you to check the various churches in the area, as several of them are doing fundraising events for their youth groups by providing parking for the event.”
Hillsborough to host eco-friendly festival PLANNERS HOPE TO BUILD BOND BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY STORY BY AMBER KENNEY | GRAPHIC BY BIKO TUSHINDE
Hillsborough Street will be closed all day for the first time in 217 years on Saturday because of the ecofriendly Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival. The director of operations for the Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival, Jennifer Halweil, described the event by using the tagline “Music for the Ears, Food for the Soul and a Cause for the Community.” “We want to show people that being ‘green’ can be fun and more importantly we want to show them that there are small, cheap changes they can make in their lives to reduce their environmental impact,”
Halweil said. In order to live up to the eco-friendly description of the event, Halweil elaborated on some of the attractions that would be at the festival, including a variety of ecofriendly vendors and an alternative fuel vehicle showcase that will feature hybrid, electric, and biodiesel vehicles. Halweil also described the organic cook-off that will feature local chefs and the Redress Raleigh Eco-Fashion Show. Halweil, and the planning team, said it was important to relay the eco-friendly message onto the event attendees. For
children of all ages there will be interactive events including solar powered remote control car races as well as drum circles that will use instruments made with recycled materials. “The goal of being ecofriendly is about taking pride in where you live and wanting to make it a better, more beautiful place,” Halweil said. Amy Callahan, the public relations director for the event said they are trying to educate while entertaining. Entertainment will include seven bands including Inflowential, whom was formed in 2003 at N.C. State, according to hsren.org. Halweil
said a second band, Murphy’s Kids, has chosen to not wrap their CD’s in plastic to support the eco-friendly cause. Halweil was also excited to share the schools involvement in this historic event. Over 60 students joined with community leaders to help with the planning process and hundreds more are volunteering. Lauren Zsoldos, a freshman in fashion and textile management, is assisting with the Redress Raleigh EcoFashion Show. “Not only do I love fashion, but I truly believe that the work we are doing can make a
New sound meter aims to echo glory of past Collaboration between College of Engineering undergrads, Student Government to give teams home advantage Ty Johnson News Editor
When construction ended on Reynolds Coliseum in 1949, the men’s basketball team finally had a facility with enough capacity to accommodate the droves of students and alumni who had crowded into Frank Thompson Gymnasium since 1925. But the 9,000 seat arena wasn’t enough for coach Everett Case, who lobbied to expand the north and south ends of Reynolds so the gymnasium could seat 12,000 fans. And while removing the steel
framework in order to elongate the Old Barn was pivotal in giving the Wolfpack the homecourt advantage Case was seeking, a shoddy pole with light bulbs on it also helped. The bulbs and pole made up Case’s “noise meter”, a device that informed the crowd how loud it was getting by lighting up from bottom to top as the crowd cheered louder. The two bulbs at the top of the “meter” were colored red as an incentive for the fans to get even louder, and Case’s homecourt advantage was definite as he compiled a 377-34 record in his 17 year tenure at State. But what the fans didn’t know (or chose not to believe) was the meter was controlled by a technician with a knob who turned the lights on when the crowd got rowdy. More than a half-century
later, undergraduates in the College of Engineering are working to make Case’s noise meter a reality again not only in appearance, but in function as well. “[The noise meter] was really popular until everyone found out it was a dude with a dial turning it up and down,” James Coleman, a senior in electrical engineering, said. “[Student Body President Jay Dawkins] proposed an actual noise meter instead of getting something fake to get the popularity back.” “I was like ‘lets do it!’” Dawkins and Student Government sponsored one of the senior design projects for students to choose from, and the design team of Coleman, Mark Abernathy, a senior in computer science and computer engineering,
POSSIBLE NAMES FOR THE NOISE METER YellTower Pack Attack Howlometer Pack Howl Howl Tower Students can vote at http:// students.ncsu.edu/exec/ noisemeter SOURCE: HTTP://STUDENTS.NCSU. EDU/EXEC/NOISEMETER
Margaret Boro, a senior in computer and electrical engineering and Joshua Wilson, a senior in electrical engineering, jumped at the chance. “Theres nothing that really popped up until i
difference,” she said. Halweil said all the proceeds from the event will be distributed equally among three charities. Two of the charities, MorLove and Engineers Without Borders, are run by students. According to hsren.org, fraternities and sororities are also doing their part by planning a BBQ taste testing competition. “We want to bridge ties between the University and the surrounding community to show what can be accomplished when students, faculty and staff partner with the Hillsborough businesses
and neighborhood associations for a good cause,” Halweil said. The Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival is also showcasing the facelift Hillsborough Street will undergo. According to Halweil, construction is set to begin in May and improve storefronts from Oberlin Road to Gardner Street. “Rain or shine this event is monumental in the history of Hillsborough Street and will go on no matter what,” Halweil said. “You don’t want to miss history in the making,” Callahan added.
Oblinger responds to Force Staff Report Chancellor James Oblinger responded to recommendations made by the Campus Culture Task Force through a memorandum Wednesday. He started by thanking the members for their hard work and effort in improving campus culture. Oblinger said he plans to ask Vice Chancellor Tom Stafford to collaborate with Student Affairs to outline the steps for
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an administrative advisory committee. The committee will in turn help identify and distribute a standard of values and principles to campus. He said the University can’t require students and faculty to abide by a specific values and principles statement, but it should be encouraged. This includes behaviors related to the Free Expression Tunnel. TASK FORCE continued page 3
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