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september
2
2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Red Hat to leave Centennial Free and open-source software company leaving after being located on Varsity Drive since 2002. Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer
Centennial Campus will soon lose one of the world’s most successful companies over the last decade. Red Hat, known as the world’s leading provider of open source technology solutions, announced last week they will move their headquarters from their current location on Varsity Drive to the Progress Energy Building in downtown Raleigh. The company will occupy part of the space that is expected to be created with the merger of Progress Energy and Charlotte-based Duke Energy. Red Hat officials could not be reached for comment on the decision to move. Founded in 1993, Red Hat employs over 2,500 people in 58 countries. It has been publicly held since 1999. The company moved from Durham to its current location in 2002. This move comes amid plans for expansion that the company announced in January. Plans include investing $109 million in expanding the Wake County headquarters, adding 240 jobs over the next four years and adding 300 jobs in 2015, according to WRAL. This would result in an average annual salary of $80,000 to $83,000, which is almost double the average annual salary for Wake County: $42,700. North Carolina officials said the
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Seminar series explores improved teaching with technology Registration opens for DELTA seminars meant to improve distance and technology assisted education. Nick Tran Staff Writer
State in 2010 with degrees in business management and accounting. She held the position of internal audit intern at Red Hat in 2008. She thinks the move will actually benefit students and the community. “By moving to the Progress Energy building, Red Hat will have more space to hire more State graduates and provide more employment opportunities to the Raleigh commu-
University faculty, staff and graduate students were able to register for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications seminars beginning this week. The seminars and workshops, designed to improve online education practices, will be held in the Information Technologies Teaching Center labs in D.H. Hill Library beginning Sept. 6. The workshops, which are listed on the University’s DELTA website, include introductory topics such as basic web page creation and using Moodle and WolfWare, and higher level topics like teaching an online course and creating web videos. According to the DELTA site, the most advanced topics seek to expand the trainee’s knowledge of web-based instructional strategies
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Red Hat, one of the world’s leading open source software companies, is planning to move their headquarters from Centennial Campus to downtown Raleigh. Red Hat has been situated at the corner of Main Campus Drive and Varsity Drive since 2002.
total Red Hat expansion is estimated to have an economic impact of $1.5 billion, according to WRAL. WRAL says there is currently no timeline for the move. Progress Energy and Duke Energy filed for regulatory approval of the companies on April 4. The newly merged company is expected to relocate to Charlotte. Eric Whitmire, a junior in computer science, said he thinks the Red Hat move will be a significant loss for Cen-
tennial Campus. “Red Hat has helped give Centennial Campus its reputation as a place for corporations, initiatives and research communities to come together as a community,” Whitmire said. “They were one of the flagship companies of our campus and their relocation represents a significant loss. Hopefully Red Hat’s support will continue and [open source] initiatives will continue to thrive.” Carol Burton graduated from N.C.
N.C. art museum hosts Deals around town more Rodin sculptures bring relief to students’ wallets
The North Carolina Museum of Art is temporarily hosting 10 sculptures by French artist Rodin.
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past ten years and is rapidly growing. “Our mantra is trying to help restaurants and area clubs and bars get customers,” Frank Melchior, spokesman for ZSpot, said. “I want this card to be a win, win, win for everybody Erin Schnuit — for the students, for the restaurants, Staff Writer for the company. We want restaurants Student Government is partnering to get more business, and they can do with the ZSpotCard to bring deals that by offering deals to students who and discounts to N.C. State students could really use the help.” Melchior has for a fraction of been work ing the card’s regular closely with Stucost. dent Gover nZSpotCards ment to try and are $40 to the introduce t he genera l public card to the Wolfand provide dispack by the end counts for over of the month. 150 businesses in Arrangements the Raleigh area. Frank Melchior, spokesman for ZSpot have been made The program is with the help of quickly expanding and is constantly adding further Student Body President, Chandler Thompson, and Community Outdeals to their list. The ZSpotCard has been a subsid- reach Chair, Collin March, to design a iary of ZSpotlight for three years now. ZSpotlight has been in business for the zspot continued page 3
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The North Carolina Museum of Art is temporarily hosting ten sculptures by French artist Rodin after Iris Cantor, of the Cantor Foundation, offered to lend them out. The sculptures were originally housed in Cantor’s previous residence but could not fit into her new residence. When she found out space was an issue, she offered to loan the sculptures to the art museum. Prior to lending out the Rodin sculptures, the Cantor Foundation had made a generous donation to the museum that included 29 Rodin pieces. “Since she was so very happy about the way we had set up the previous sculptures, she offered to lend us the ones she couldn’t fit in her house,” David Steel, a curator for the museum, said. The ten sculptures that are being lent are related to other Rodin pieces the museum already has on display, Steel said. Eight of the sculptures will be displayed inside and two of them will be on display in an outdoor garden. “They look good in the new building because they’re lit by the sun and that’s what Rodin wanted people to see, so that’s how they’re being shown,” Steel said. Though the lending is currently only set to last six months for two pieces and one year for the other eight, Steel said he hopes those dates will be changed. “It’s a not-so-secret wish of mine that she’ll like how they’re installed so much that she lets us keep them,” Steel said. The museum receives loaned items
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Pat Smith and Lorrie Lochow examine a Rodin sculpture on their visit to the NC Museum of Art Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011. The friends were viewing a piece entitled “The Three Shades” by famous french artist Auguste Rodin. “[The Rodin pieces] are magnificent,” said Smith. “A real plum for this collection.”
from people on a fairly regular basis, but this is the biggest one they have ever had according to Maggie Gregory, chief registrar at the museum. “It’s unusual in the volume and the quality of the art,” Gregory said. Steel is hoping to receive further do-
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nations of this caliber in the future. He said the museum is always open to new pieces and makes sure to take great care of those they have. “I’m hoping that Mrs. Cantor’s
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Gather in the Brickyard to rally for the NC State vs. Liberty game on September 3rd. Join us for activities and games, dine in the Atrium Food Court, and take advantage of NC State Bookstore specials before departing on the Red Terror Transit to Carter-Finley Stadium. go.ncsu.edu/redzone