TECHNICIAN
december
2
2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Fire alarms empty D.H. Hill Library Student reports conflict as to what exactly happened Wednesday evening in D.H. Hill Library.
Tunnel’s future discussed Staff report
Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor
People in D.H. Hill Library got an unwelcome interruption Wednesday evening. A fire alarm went off between 6:15 p.m. and 6:20 p.m., according to students at the library at the time. Another alarm went off at 8:17 p.m., according to a Campus Police representative. According to the Campus Police representative, the 8:17 p.m. alarm was unable to be immediately cut off because there was an issue with the panel. Electronics representatives were called in to fix the panel. Employees were allowed in at 8:25 p.m., and students followed suit, reentering D.H. Hill en masse. Chris Rhodes, a sophomore in chemical engineering and a library employee, was working at the library when the alarm went off. “The alarm went off, people just kind of awkwardly looked around, finally people started to slowly file out,” Rhodes said. “[Employees] got outside pretty quickly, but there was some congestion outside because people were out on the balcony.” However, student Keegan Beckwith, a senior in business administration, said he heard there was a small fire in the West Wing of D.H. Hill Library. Beckwith was waiting outside the West Wing. “There was a small fire in the west wing. Someone told me it happened about 6. We’ve been waiting here about two hours,” Beckwith said. Karis Robertson, a junior in accounting, said she talked to a librarian about what happened.
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Students who evacuated D.H. Hill library Wednesday sought shelter from the cold by sitting inside Harrelson Hall while waiting to get back into the library after the fire alarm sounded at approximately 6:15 p.m. Chris Rhodes, a sophomore in chemical engineering who was working at Hill of Beans when the alarm went off, said “the alarm went off and people just kind of stood there awkwardly looking around. Finally, they slowly started to file outside.”
“I tried to talk to one of the librarians, they think it might have been it a malfunction due to atrium construction. That’s just a guess,” said Robertson. Kirsten Figaro, a junior in psychology, said she got to the library about 7:40 p.m. and was still waiting to get in at 8 p.m. “We heard someone pulled the fire alarm. There was a fire truck here, but it left just a few minutes ago. Apparently they can’t figure out how to turn the alarm off. So far, we’ve been waiting about 20 minutes to get in,” Figaro said. Jake Strickland, a freshman in civil engineering, said he was surprised at
how long it took everyone to evacuate the library. “It happened at 6:15. I heard that it took about 20 minutes to evacuate. The fire department came about the same time. People were still coming down from the ninth floor. I was on the first floor,” said Strickland. Emily Wiseman, a freshman in political science, said she was upset that it took so long to get everyone out of the library. “What makes me mad is that State doesn’t have a better evacuation plan. We took a while to get out. Something bad could have happened, because we couldn’t find the exits,” said Wiseman. Students such as Victoria Clarke, a
freshman in elementary education, were upset with how long it took for everyone to be let back in the library. “It shouldn’t take two hours to find a small fire,” Clarke said. William Stevenson, the University fire marshal, said Campus Police handled the fire alarm situation, but University Fire Protection would be following up by investigating what happened. “We’ll do a follow-up and write a report on the fire protection side of what happened tonight,” Stevenson said. Staff Writer Lee Daniello contributed to this report.
Student leaders met with Chancellor Randy Woodson and other University administration to discuss and develop ways to solve hate speech in the Free Expression Tunnel. The Chancellor approved the formation of the University Values and Ethics Advisory Council after reviewing the 2009 recommendations from the Campus Culture Task Force. This council will be charged with making recommendations for University values and possibly developing a creed. The council w ill a lso eva luate how the University facilitate student integration and how it can improve it. Administration is looking to have the council established by February or March, and it will make its recommendations to the provost. While the possibility of requiring a permit was not widely supported, students and administrators suggested student organizations share the responsibility to paint over offensive writings in the Tunnel. Many motions were made to design a stencil that would cover the paintings to send the message the campus community didn’t support the speech. Student Body President Kelly Hook also talked about the formation of a student-led organization in the spring that would be charged with monitoring the Tunnel. Education was another suggested solution. John Ambrose, interim dean of the Undergraduate Academic Program, explained the University did not want a University-wide required course on diversity. Strategic Planning Task Forces are looking into how experiential and service learning can be incorporated into the curriculum.
Yule Ball strives to spread intercollegiate unity
Multimillion-dollar creamery slated for Sullivan Drive
Hogwarts-themed hall the setting for charity event.
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from Duke. I have five people on committees who are helping put everything together. Everyone has done a really good job so far,” Kuzemchak Elise Heglar said. Staff Writer Tickets to the semiformal are free, The latest wave of Harry Potter ma- but students are required to reserve nia makes its way Duke University this tickets in advance. Word of mouth weekend with the first official Inter- and Facebook, according to Kuzemchak, have mostly advertised the collegiate Yule Ball of the Carolinas. Rebecca Kuzemchak, the Duke stu- event. Several N.C. State students are dent who planned the event, wants students from various schools to come scheduled to attend the event. Actogether for a night of fundraising and cording to the event’s Facebook page, there are about 30 N.C. State students frivolity with a Harry Potter theme. listed as “attending.” “ T h i s e vent i s Allison Sams, a mostly just for fun. freshman in enviWe have a Great Hall ronmental engineerat Duke that looks ing, thinks it will be exactly like the one beneficial to all stuin the Harry Potdents who attend the ter movies, so it just event. seemed like a fun “I heard about it idea,” Kuzemchak through the Quidsaid. ditch team here at The event occurs Saturday from 7 p.m. Shannon Robinson, freshman in State ; we played Duke’s team and to 11 p.m. There will biomedical engineering their players told us be a charity dinner all about it. It’s defiheld at 7 p.m. that costs $20 a plate; the semiformal nitely a good idea,” Sams said. According to Sams, the charity dindance begins at 8 p.m. The Facebook page dedicated to the event currently ner is the most exciting part of the has over 850 confirmed guests from event, despite the cost of $20 per plate. “Since I’m a freshman, I always eat various schools. Most of the schools represented on the Facebook registry at the dining hall,” Sams said. “I’m already going to be there, so why not are in North Carolina. “This is a good opportunity for have a nice dinner too?” This event only took about a month intercollegiate bonding as well as a chance to raise money for a good to put together, according to Kuzemchak. Six students from Duke, includcause,” Kuzemchak said. The event had a relatively small ing Kuzemchak, have been involved budget, according to Kuzemchak, and in all of the planning details for the music will be provided from a playlist event. “We’ve only been working on it for played over the sound system. “The planning was mostly people about a month and we have a pretty
“Everyone I know from the Quidditch team has talked about going.”
Friday, Dec. 3rd 12pm to 8pm
INTERCOLLEGIATE YULE BALL OF THE CAROLINAS: When: Saturday, Dec. 4: 7:00 p.m.11:00 p.m. What: Charity dinner at 7 p.m. to benefit Book Aid International Cost: $20 a plate What: Semiformal begins at 8 p.m. Cost: Event is free but you must reserve a ticket To register, send a message with your name, school, and number of tickets you want (for the dinner, the dance, or both) email yuleballcarolina@gmail.com, or find the Intercollegiate Yule Ball on facebook. SOURCE: INTERCOLLEGIATE YULE BALL FACEBOOK PAGE
small budget, but it’s all coming together now,” Kuzemchak said. Many of the members of the University Quidditch team are planning on attending the event, according to Shannon Robinson, who is a member of the team. “Everyone I know from the Quidditch team has talked about going,” Robinson, a freshman in biomedical engineering, said. The Harry Potter theme of the dance has been well-received by most people, according to Kuzemchak. Duke’s Great Hall will be decorated in tribute to the movies. “Surprisingly, a lot of people are really into the whole Harry Potter thing. It’s a really fun and different idea to go out and have a good time,” Robinson said.
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Howling Cow, University Dining teaming up for new eatery. Staff writer
The Howling Cow is planning a new creamery at a just outside of Schaub Hall on Sullivan Drive. Ice cream and other food will be on the menu at the creamery, but the real purpose of the new establishment is to contribute effectively to research and education. With increase in demand for skim milk, N.C. State produces surplus cream; the most effective way to utilize this extra cream is by selling more ice cream. “There is no real market for cream and skimmed milk is very popular, so an increase in ice cream production is a good way to deal with surplus cream,” said Gary Cartwright, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences pilot plant coordinator.
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According to Cartwright, the University needed a place where the increased ice cream stock could be sold. “We have to have a place to sell this new ice cream and we needed an outlet,” Cartwright said. Cartwright said he feels the dairy enterprise system at N.C. State doesn’t need to concentrate on large volumes: it needs to produce what is necessary and make it diverse. According to Carl Hollifield, business manager for the University’s food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences division, the creamery will be developed in partnership University Dining. “We want to work with them as on campus food provider, their products and our ice cream on the first floor. The second floor will be a dedicated training facility,” Hollifield said. The training facility will consist
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