Technician
friday october
30 2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Triangle Halloween options abound Hillsborough Hike on despite construction Street businesses will host costumed customers Saturday
Students recall bad experiences, new difficulties
Caroline Barfield Staff Writer
Instead of heading to Franklin Street this year, many students will be participating in the Haunted Hillsborough Hike. Starting about 6:00 p.m., the Haunted Hillsborough Hike begins. The Hike starts at Players’ Retreat and Red, Hot & Blue, and the goal of the Hike is for people to hit every bar and restaurant, buy a drink – virgin or alcoholic — until they reach East Village, Farmhouse and Pantana Bob’s where the Hike ends, by around 2 a.m., but daylight saving time will give an extra hour for festivities. Dan Banker, a junior in business administration, is excited about the Hike and said he’s glad to stay in Raleigh because Franklin Street is getting old. “All of my friends will be on Hillsborough Street and there are cool bars. Plus, I don’t have to worry about traffic, or the cops shutting down Halloween early, where I hear old Franklin won’t be open as long as Hills-awesome-borough Street.” Banker also said he’s got an awesome costume he gets to share with his best friend, Achal Anekal, a junior in mechanical engineering. “Well, I am going to be a HalloW-
Chapel Hill officials aiming for ‘homegrown Halloween’
Laura Wilkinson Staff Writer
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Dressed as Bubble Boy, Nathan Maher, senior in mechanical engineering, talks to friends during the Haunted Hillsborough Hike Oct. 31, 2008. “I made this with 2 shower curtains and math,” Maher said.
EENIE and Achal is going to be a condom and we will be promoting safe sex,” Banker said. Khang Ngo, a sophomore in media communications, is also glad to be hitting the Hike instead of Franklin Street this year. “A lot of my friends will be on Hill-
sborough Street and plus, I enjoy the people at N.C. State more,” Ngo said. Many of the bars and restaurants are also getting excited and have started making preparations. Alan Lovette, owner of Melvins’
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Large crowds and crazy costumes have become synonymous with rival UNC’s Franklin Street during Halloween, but Chapel Hill has decided to change its policies to center the focus of the Halloween activities on UNC students. The UNC Department of Public Safety Parking and Transit Information Web site details the restrictions and policies, new and old, for Halloween this year. According to the Web site, the mission of UNC and the Town of Chapel Hill is to create a more “Homegrown Halloween.” The reasons for doing so center around crowd control and mitigating many of the negative attributes that often come with large gatherings. In years past, the crowds had a negative impact on the experience. Amy Lamb, a sophomore in animal science, went to UNC last year and does not plan to go back this year because of the crowds. “It’s really crowded,” Lamb said.
Second largest chapter of national club hopes to lead country in funds raised Grayson Parks Correspondent
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Pon Sundara, a sophomore in electrical engineering, break dances at the Eco Friendly Week event. Sundara performed with the latin dance team, Sube Ritmo. “I do Salsa dancing and hip hop on the side,” Sudara said. “As a dancer, I have to branch out and learn different styles in order to be a better dancer.”
Medical marijuana legislation will be at discretion of state governments Jasmine Willis Staff Writer
On Oct. 19, the federal government announced distributors or users of medical marijuana will no longer be prosecuted. There are 14 states that allow medical marijuana. Public Affairs Specialist Meghan McCalla of the Drug Enforcement Administration feels that the new medical marijuana policy is not changing drug laws. “The enforcement of laws against marijuana and people who distribute it illegally will continue,” McCalla
said. “The DEA has not targeted individual users or vendors who comply with state and federal law. Our main targets are drug trafficking organizations.” Citizens living in any of the 14 states allowing medical marijuana are expected to have an economic boost once the new policy comes into effect. These states will be the first, if not the last, states to be able to legally use or distribute medical marijuana. “Medical marijuana is one of the biggest financial backers of states such as California,” McCalla said. Both California and Mexico have multitudes of illegal drug dealers. “The primary goal of the DEA is to disrupt and dismantle all who il-
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Ducks hosts banquet
Breakdancing on the Bricks
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“There’s nowhere to go inside; you just stand outside. They are really intense about crowd control.” Joshua Davis, a senior in mechanical engineering, said he went to both a fraternity party and Franklin Street a few years ago. “It was insane. That’s the only reason I wouldn’t go back,” Davis said. “The crowds were crazy. The crowds basically started from where we parked. We walked pretty far.” Kaila Slattery, a senior in business administration, said she went to Franklin Street the last three years but is going to Hillsborough Street this year because it is easier. “They made it so difficult last year we barely got to do anything,” Slattery said. “This year, not only are they checking I.D.’s to make sure you’re a resident, they’re not running the buses and you can’t really park down there.” Randy Young, the marketing director of UNC’s Department of Public Safety, said part of the “Homegrown Halloween” idea this year is to cut back on crowds and limit access to downtown. “The mayor of Chapel Hill has said that if you can’t walk to Franklin, then you don’t need to be here,” Young said. “Campus lots will be reserved for
legally vend medical marijuana,” McCalla said. Christian Daniels, a sophomore in business administration, said the United States as a whole could prosper if medical marijuana was legal nationwide. “A lot of the states that do not have medical marijuana legal will evidentially legalize it.,” Daniels said. “Along with tobacco, medical marijuana could also be a definite cash crop for all states especially in these economic times.” “Legalizing marijuana can benefit an economy that has many users with medical problems that result in
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In the past several years the N.C. State chapter of Ducks Unlimited has grown exponentially. It is now the largest collegiate Ducks Unlimited chapter in the state of North Carolina and the second largest collegiate chapter in the nation. The national collegiate rankings are based upon the amount of money that each chapter raises, and the N.C. State chapter trailed Texas A&M by less than $2,000 this past year. Trent Nelson, a senior in turfgrass management, and the president of the N.C. State chapter of Ducks Unlimited, has seen the chapter grow exponentially in the past several years. Nelson and about 30 other N.C. State students worked together to put on the Ducks Unlimited banquet. “My freshman year we had less than 250 people in attendance at the banquet,” Nelson said. “But two years ago 679 people came, and last year nearly a thousand people came out, raising over $60,000 for Ducks Unlimited.” Brandon Belch, a senior in agronomic business, has supported Ducks Unlimited since high school. Now, as a four year member of the Ducks Unlimited chapter, Belch has helped lead the banquet committee. “Since the beginning of this semester at school, other committee
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Banquet Information:
Who: any students What: Ducks Unlimited banquet with a barbeque dinner, a social hour with drinks, a raffle, as well as live and silent auctions of over $7,000 worth of giveaways When: Nov. 5 How much? Tickets are $40 for a single ticket and $60 for a couple. Tickets and Ducks Unlimited T-shirts will be sold in the Brickyard Oct. 29 and Nov. 2, 3 and 4, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sources: Trent Nelson, President of Ducks Unlimited; Trey O’Ferrell, banquet committee member; Brandon Belch, banquet committee member
members and I have been spreading the word about the banquet as well as trying to get sponsorships,” Belch said. “We have put forth countless hours trying to coordinate food, raffle items, and entertainment for the banquet.” Trent O’Ferrell, a junior in agronomic business, has also been involved in the Ducks Unlimited chapter since his freshman year. O’Ferrell believes the banquet this year will be “bigger and better” than those in the past, which he has always enjoyed. “The Ducks Unlimited banquet has been great,” O’Ferrell said. “It is something I look forward to every year; it’s a blast. You eat a good meal, listen to a live music, and spend money on a worthy cause.” As a member and leader of the banquet committee, O’Ferrell met with fair ground staff to lease the Gov. Kerr Scott building for this year’s banquet. “The banquet this year is going to
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Costumes that won’t break the bank See page 6.
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