Technician
november
21 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Pullen Park welcomes new business A new cafe had opened up in the newly renovated Pullen Park.
Students speak: tuition increase Students show support and dissent at a meeting discussing possible $330 tuition increase.
Elise Heglar News Editor
After undergoing nearly two years of renovations, Pullen Park has reopened full of improvement, including a new cafe that supports locally produced food. The park has been under construction since December 2009 and the project cost about $6 million to complete. Pullen Park is North Carolina’s first amusement park; it was established in 1887. On Saturday, the park opened for the first time since construction started. Students and Raleigh families alike strolled through the new park where they were able to enjoy updated facilities, including a new climatecontrolled carousel house. In addition to the updates made to original park facilities, a new cafe has been added. Pullen Place Cafe and Catering offers healthy eating options for park visitors that are locally produced. “We’re a cafe located in the park serving locally sourced food at low prices. We want to be a food destination for N.C. State students and the people of Raleigh,” Steve Mangano, one of the Pullen Place founders, said. According to Mangano, providing local food was one of the main priorities of the business. The menu will be seasonal in accordance to what local producers are able to provide. “It’s something that we’re very passionate about. The park is a place where the whole community comes together, so the opportunity to offer locally produced food to the public was too good to pass up,” Mangano said. The menu of the café is very different from standard amusement park fare; while it does include hotdogs and hamburgers, things like hummus and pita, deli sandwiches and salads are also available.
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Will Brooks Staff Writer
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On Saturday, Nov. 19, Pullen Park officially re-opened it doors to the community offering an array of new activity, including a cafe. Pullen Place Cafe, serves local food varying from hummus and sandwiches to burgers and brat wurst. The cafe has gluten free and vegetarian options as well. The cafe will be open daily from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
Mangano said that offering healthy spersed around the park. “We’re able to serve a lot of people. options was one of the most important things to the owners. The menu has Storage is really our biggest issue, not a wide variety and a fairly low price so much volume,” Mangano said. Rianne Whittington, freshman in point, with no individual items priced political science, says at over $7. she is excited to visit “ S t u d e nt s c a n the newly updated come by to get somepark since it has conthing quick and then sistently been under return to the park renovation since her and enjoy their day,” arrival at the UniMangano said. versity. While the Pullen “I definitely want Place facilities are to go see it sometime small, Mangano says Steve Mangano, Pullen Place soon. I’ve heard a lot that serving large founder of people talk about quantities of people it but I have never at once will not be an issue. It is a walk-up service and there visited it before,” Whittington said. Whittington is excited to see a cafe are 50 outdoor seats available near the café in addition to covered areas inter- offering local food and healthy menu
“We want to be a food destination for N.C. State students...”
options. “The only options on campus are the dining hall or places like Chickfil-A and Taco Bell, so it’s good to have some healthy options offcampus,” Whittington said. Matt Walker, senior in communications, found it interesting that Pullen Park not only added a cafe, but that it provides so many healthy eating options. “I find it interesting that it’s a healthy food place and not something like a McDonald’s,” Walker said. Walker also said that having a full-service cafe makes Pullen Park stand out as a city park. “I’ve never seen a city park with a cafe. It makes it different and more attractive,” Walker said.
Students made an appearance at the board of directors meeting Friday morning to make a case against the newly proposed tuition increase of $330. The meeting inclined students to come forth with ideas and criticisms of the University budget. Daniel Eckert, junior in computer engineering, explained at the meeting that the University has put an emphasis on research, which is increasing costs and lowering classroom value. “One of the things that I have seen is the difference between research and scholarship from a professional perspective,” Eckert said. “We are asked to continually pay more and more money for an education that’s trending away from a closeness in the classroom.” Senior Class President John Tucker made an appearance at the meeting, explaining that students need to be informed about the cut. With the information delivered through the monthly “HOWL” email, over one hundred students responded for and against the change in tuition. “It was incredible how many students actually supported a tuition increase, but they understood what it was going towards,” Tucker said, “The most common theme for those who were for a tuition increase was an increase in the amount of faculty and staff salary increases.” An increased response from students has been taken well by Student Government, including Chandler Thompson, student body president. Chandler explained that she wanted
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Annual ‘Windhover’ open mic night features a variety of acts ‘Windhover’s’ second open mic night of the year showcased various types of talent. Zach Green Correspondent
Windhover, the University’s literary and art magazine, showcased various types of talent during their second open mic night of the year. The event began with food and patch-painting table for attendees to get involved in the evening artistically. It then continued with the 16 performances from students, faculty and alumni sharing their creative talent; there were both solo and group performances covering a wide range of artistic expression such as poetry, short story readings and musical performances. “There’s such a wide variety of things to do,” Jaimie Harwood, senior in English education, said. Past editions of Windhover were available to look through and see how the publication has changed through the years. The most recent edition was available, as well as information about contributing to the upcoming edition. A critique sheet was available allowing for feedback on different components of the book, as well as a section for new ideas for future publications. “The quality of the book was good,” Jonathan Weeks, junior in human biology, said, “More well produced than I assumed.” The patch-painting table was popular with attendees and seemed to be a hotspot of activity. Small squares of cloth pre-stenciled with designs from
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(From the Left to Right)Chelsea Schwabe, a senior in communications, Ashley Oskardmay, a sophomore in biochemistry, Olivia Springer, a sophomore in communications, Krystal Rodas, a freshman in human biology, and Tracy Johnson, a senior in parks and recreation sing their final song in their annual Ladies in Red concert on Nov. 19.
Ladies in Red offer creative arrangements The annual Ladies in Red concert Saturday night featured new arrangements of popular music. Anna Riley Staff Writer
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Foreign exchange student Lela Johnston performs a French Canadian song at the Windhover Open Mic Night on Friday, Nov. 18. Lela was joined by her friend and fellow foreign exchange student Ibrahim Zafar for their first open mic night.
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We are STATE!
The Ladies in Red female acapella group featured new arrangements of popular music during their annual concert Saturday night. The Ladies in Red have been performing since 1993 and typically have one big show per semester. This semester the “Ladies” were Tricia Artim, Gracie Bell, Tracy Kristin Johnson, Ashley Oskardmay, Chelsea Schwabe, Olivia Springer and Krystal Rodas. They performed their yearly show to a packed theater of onlookers and
supporters. Sponsored by the N.C. State Music Department, the group has a diverse makeup of girls with various singing talents. Though a professional staff supports them, the girls manage themselves and are responsible for the quality of their productions. This year, music directors and members of the group Chelsea Schwabe and Ashley Oskardmay took the ladies in a Top 40 direction, selecting and arranging popular songs and riffs for performances. “[Ashley and I] have been doing collaborative arranging with songs we like and putting a creative spin on them,” Schwabe said. “We [music directors] have a vision for the group
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