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monday march
17 2014
Raleigh, North Carolina
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N.C. State sophomore forward and ACC Player of the Year T.J. Warren looks to score versus freshman Jabari Parker and redshirt-sophomore Rodney Hood of No. 7 Duke at the ACC Tournament semifinals in Greensboro Saturday. The Wolfpack fell to the Blue Devils, 75-67, to drop to 21-13 on the season. State earned its third consecutive NCAA Tournament berth on Sunday.
Wolfpack seizes Big Dance bid See pages 4 and 5 for an NCAA Tournament bracket
Talley Phase I construction is completed Staff Report
Campus Enterprises will lead a celebration of the completion of Phase I of the Talley Student Union this week with a schedule consisting of musical performances, cultural showcases and TEDxNCSU. New venues to open include the State Ballroom, the SG Senate Chamber, One Earth World Cuisine, Wolf Xpress Print & Copy, Port City Java and a new lounge space. The week will open with Chancellor Randy Woodson’s Spring Update at 10 a.m. today in the State Ballroom. “We want to celebrate this milestone with our campus community by encouraging them to come explore all that this student union has to offer, even though there is much more to unveil next year,” Tim Hogan, director of University Student Centers, said in a Campus Enterprises press release. Although the north end of the building is complete and functional on the inside, the tower is still under construction, and is expected to be finished this summer, according to the press release. The renovation and addition on the south side of the building along Cates Avenue will also be completed in early 2015. It will be home to N.C. State Bookstores, Student Involvement, CSLEPS, ART NC STATE, 1887 Bistro, Starbucks, as well as more lounge, meeting and office space. A schedule of events can be found at ncsu.edu/talley-events.
UNC-System responds to budgetary criticisms Staff Report
UNC-System leaders have delayed their request for $74 million in new construction money in response to concerns expressed by State Budget Director Art Pope, who called the original UNCSystem budget unrealistic. UNC Board of Governors Chairman Peter Hans and UNC-System President Tom Ross produced a memo addressed to Pope, Gov. Pat McCrory, and legislative leaders that stated they were “keenly aware” of budget challenges facing the state. However, the UNC System is standing by its requested increase of more than $108 million in additional operating money, which is about 4.6 percent more than the 2013-
14 appropriation. Hans and Ross said the request is 1.5 percent more than the University spent in 201213 and $8.2 million less than the state spent in 2007-08. “We are committed to being careful and effective stewards of the resources entrusted to the University,” Hans and Ross wrote in the memo. “We also have a responsibility to the people of North Carolina to preserve and strengthen one of the state’s greatest assets. Particularly when our capital and repair and renovation request are viewed in proper context, we believe the budget priorities adopted by the Board of Governors and submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly reflect that commitment and responsibility.”
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UNC-System President Tom Ross speaks at ‘The Heart of the Matter’ panel discussion March 7 in Hunt Library. The event was arranged in order to emphasize the importance of humanities.
Getting to the ‘Heart of the Matter’ Panel discusses importance of humanities in education Ravi Chittilla Assistant News Editor
Though STEM education continues to be emphasized in many school districts and college campuses across the country, groups of educators and business leaders are making a strong push for the integration of the humanities in the curriculum of primary school and higher education. On March 7, a panel consisting of Karl Eikenberry, a retired lieutenant general of the U.S. Army and former ambassador to Afghanistan, Duke University President Richard Brodhead, UNC-System President Tom Ross and Congressman David Price-(D) sat down with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Dean Jeff Braden to discuss the state of the humanities in the current education system. The panel discussion was held in the James B. Hunt Jr. Library and about 200
people attended. The report, “The Heart of the Matter,” was commissioned by Congress to the Academy of Arts & Sciences, which brought together university presidents, societies such as the National Academy of Engineering as well as the CEO of major companies such as Boeing. The panelists said this report was intended to have the kind of analysis delivered by the 2007 “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” report, which spurred much of the drive for higher standards in STEM education, so that the United States could produce workers competitive with those in Asia. According to Price, the 2007 Congress worked past its differences to implement many of the guidelines presented in that report. With today’s political gridlock, Price said he is skeptical that the report will generate significant congressional action.
Brodhead, who is a scholar of 19thcentury English literature, said the gathering of people who helped author the report was not unlike that of Noah’s Ark. “There wasn’t necessarily two of every species, but each person represented a different one,” Brodhead said. Eikenberry, who is now a professor at Stanford University, said although soldiers are expected to be masters of military science, modern warfare is incredibly complex. “There’s an engineering dimension to it, and a technology dimension to it,” Eikenberry said. “If you’re a young soldier or marine, and you’re looking to your platoon leader or commanding officer, there’s an understanding that leader is an expert is an expert in military science. Eikenberry said, however, that to be an
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