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tuesday april
26 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Campus bracing for Talley Project Students wonder how renovation will affect Central Campus noise level, navigability. Allie Beckett Staff Writer
With the renovations of the Talley Student Center only weeks away, the campus and students are preparing to face the effects of the extensive construction project. According to Jennifer Gilmore, marketing and communications manager for University Dining, the first phase Talley reconstruction will feature new dining options and a massive new ballroom—as well as a great lawn with a rain garden. “The beginning of a project is always the muddy and unfun part,” Gilmore said, “As the project progresses, the first addition and the great lawn will begin to take shape, which should build more excitement.” Students, such as Jacob Glasgow, are
curious about the effects the renovations will have on the campus and if they will cause any inconveniences. “I don’t live on campus anymore, but when I did I went to Talley a lot,” Glasgow, a junior in textile technology management, said, “If I did live on campus I would be concerned about not having access to the dining areas in Talley and not being able to cut through to get to my classes.” Gilmore said the University is making efforts to minimize the impact the construction will have on the students. “The project is designed in phases because life always continues on the campus and we need to allow for that,” Gilmore said, “Facilities is working with the construction firm to minimize the impacts to the campus and to ensure people can move around the project and access the existing Talley Student Center.” Casie Musgrave, a junior in English, said she is concerned about the noise construction will cause.
Chris Boucher Deputy News Editor
A headlamp that could improve a physician’s lighting during surgery, clothing that is more resistant to ultraviolet light, new fundraising techniques that better aid nonprofit groups: these are just a few of the projects that will be premiered today at the Poole College of Management Leadership and Innovation Showcase at Nelson Hall. The third annual event puts Poole’s graduate and undergraduate students in the spotlight, Anna Rzewnicki, director of communications for the dean’s office in the College of Management, said.
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“I study in and near Talley sometimes in between classes, and I’m worried that the construction noises will be distracting.”
“The renovations are cool but I don’t think they will affect me,” Pressley said, “I will be on Centennial most of the time.” According to Gilmore, the new Talley will be much more welcoming and should become used by more students for more purposes. “Instead of being dark, uninviting and utilitarian, the new Talley Student Center is being designed to enhance student life,” Gilmore said, “We expect this to be a 24-hour facility with lots of good food, study, interaction, lounging and entertainment options.” According to Gilmore, phase I of the project is beginning June 1 and is expected to be complete by September 2013; the Talley renovations are scheduled to be completely finished in late 2014. If students have any questions regarding the renovations or would like to view the model, there will be a Talley Info Day today from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in Talley Student Center.
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Competition promotes innovation in college projects Showcase will feature 17 teams competing for six scholarships.
Gilmore defended the necessity of “I study in and near Talley sometimes in between classes, and I’m wor- the project, however. “First, Talley and the Bookstore ried that the construction noises will are too small, and they have been too be distracting,” Musgrave said. small for quite According to some time now,” G i l m or e , t h e Gi l more sa id, construction “Second, both company, Rogers a re s u f fe r i ng & Russell, has a system failures lot of experience and limitations working in noisethat make it imsensitive areas possible to make where interrupimprovements tions are not genwithout a major erally welcomed. investment.” “They will do Te d d y Lup everything they ton, a sophocan to minimize Casie Musgrave, junior in English more in mathconstruction emat ics, a nd noises,” Gilmore said, “Noise cannot always be avoided, Jordan Pressley, a sophomore in engiso they will issue construction noise neering, both said that the renovations will not impact them much. alerts throughout the project.” “I don’t have much of an opinion on Alex Schmid, a junior in French, questioned whether the project was the renovations, because I have only necessary and said students’ money set foot in Talley like twice” Lupton said. could be used in better ways.
“It is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to display some of their project-based work that reflect their coursework,” Rzewnicki said. “It is also a good opportunity for students who are looking into classes for next semester to see the things you can work on if you are in the Poole College of Management.” The competition, open to all students enrolled in Poole College of Management, will feature a poster presentation from each student or student group participating. The posters will describe the students’ project-based work in a recent management course. There are 17 projects entered in this year’s competition, according to Rzewnicki. “It’s some independent
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Juniors in computer engineering, Caleb Lloyd and Casey McKinley test their small robotic car outside Engineering Building I Monday. The car, which is controlled by GPS, was a project the two were working on for their embedded systems class. “We built the PC board from nothing,” Lloyd said. “It runs the GPS and the wheels.” To meet requirements, the battery-powered car had to make it to various checkpoints predetermined by GPS coordinates. This was also the last of four different projects for the class the two were taking.
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Workshops offer tips for exam stress From the classroom to the gameroom See page 5.
Exercise, frequent breaks can keep students’ tension during finals. John Wall Staff Writer
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With final exams, papers and projects weighing heavily on students’ minds this month, the University has set up a counseling series to help ease the burden. In the first installment of its fourpart exam preparation series, the University Counseling Center hosted an exam preparation and study skills workshop at the Student Health Center Monday. The remaining workshops— stress management, test anxiety and procrastination workshops— will run through Thursday each one beginning at 4 p.m. Mary Whitehouse, workshop host and Counseling Center intern, said the Counseling Center usually does some sort of exam preparation workshop series every semester. “We try to help students with the kinds of things that help them prepare for exam time,” Whitehouse, a graduate teaching assistant, said. Whitehouse called the work-
“A student will take an idea like shops “psycho-educational.” She said the center has hosted other psycho- ‘I’m going to fail an exam,’ and then educational workshops this semester chain that into ‘Then I’ll fail out class, such as safer, smarter drinking and then I’ll fail out of N.C. State,’ etc., until they’re a homeless person on the breakups. All workshops, including the exam street,” Adams said. He said the catastrophic thinkpreparation series, are half educaing comes from tional and half the tendency of mental health, students to creaccord i ng to ate a high level Whitehouse. of anxiety. Some Peter Adams, a st udent s t a ke staff psychologist a smaller chalat the Univerlenge, such as sity Counseling an exam, and Center, sat in on then catastrophthe event. Since ize it into a lifeW hitehouse is Mary Whitehouse, a graduate long problem. a n i nter n, he teaching assistant Adams said he took notes so has been seeing that he could give Whitehouse suggestions for improve- “more and more” of that sort of thinking recently. ment if he felt she needed any. The exam preparation workshops “Students don’t tend to spend a lot of time breaking down their study be- are an example of a service the Counhaviors, so this is a chance for them to seling Center offers outside of basic take a step back and think about that,” depression counseling. Adams said he hoped to promote services such as this Adams said. Adams said students tend to put week’s workshops further. Katlin Allsbrook, a sophomore in a “disproportionate” amount stress on themselves, especially around the biology, said she enjoyed the alternaend of the semester. He highlighted one psychological issue students may experience called “catastrophizing.” stress continued page 3
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