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Mr. Engineer Pageant to promote Relay “They will have three minutes to do their talents. The contestants will also be asked one question on their views of engineering and their goals and aspirations.” Patrick Buenaventura, a senior in Katie Maness paper science and engineering, said Staff Writer he is looking forward to participating The Society of Women Engineers in the event. “I am excited about helping out a will host the Mr. Engineer Pageant good cause,” Buenaventura said. benefiting their Relay for Life team. “Also I want to spread the word Whitney Lohmeyer, junior in aerospace engineering, said there are 12 about my major. There are not a lot of undergraduates. I men competing can help out my who a re each own college.” from a differBuenaventura ent d iscipl i ne said he is most of engineering. nervous for the She said the four talent and intercomponents that will make up the Patrick Buenaventura, a senior in paper view. science and engineering, on why “A good numscore are the inhe’s participating in the Mr. Engineer ber of people are terview, talent, Pageant competing,” Buebusiness attire, naventura said. and a practice “They all have talents they want to essay exam. “The outfits [for business attire] show off and you easily can get fluswill correspond with their major,” tered on the interview. My talent is going to be dancing, a variety of styles.” Moll said.
“I want to spread the word about my major.”
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Society of Women Engineers to host event featuring twelve male competitors to raise money for Relay for Life
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The Pageant will take place March 26 at 7:00 p.m. in Stewart Theatre.
The following engineers will vie for the title of Mr. Engineer at the Mr. Engineer Pagent March 26:
Tickets will be on sale March 23 and 24 for $3 from 11 a.m to 1 p.m. in the Brickyard or at the event. “Love an Engineer” T-shirts will also be sold for $10. Source: Society of Women Engineers
Moll said SWE is an organization, free to students and with over 250 members, that benefits the women of North Carolina State University who are focusing on engineering. “We provide the opportunity for female engineers to network among each other as well as companies,” Moll said. “We do events every semester. This semester we had interview night where we learned tips.” Lohmeyer said she is excited for the
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Zach Bailey Jack Brandon Patrich Buenaventura Erik Cox Peter Domenig Stephane Henrion Alex Manasa Chris Millns Steven Olszanowski Richard Pridgen Jordan Shelley Trey Warren Source: Society of Women Engineers
public to see a different side of engineers. “Engineers are multi-faceted,” Lohmeyer said.
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Artist unveils newest addition to pack
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Michael Stutz introduces his three wolf sculptures on Central Campus Tuesday. The wolves are made of woven bronze, weigh about 1,200 pounds apiece and stand at about five feet. Though Stutz said he had named the wolves and the truck driver who moved them to campus named them, he would let the students have final say over what they would be called.
Tuition increase petition heads to ASG Association of Student Governments petitions against statewide tuition and fee increase
tion, said the petition was turned in last week. “We turned in our petition along with all the other ASG schools to the ASG president who is taking it to the Board of Governors,” Center said. Annie Albright According to Gromlich it was up to the leaders Staff Writer of student governments of each school to get their A petition put together by the Association of Stu- constituents to sign the petition. “The Association of Student Governments put dent Governments and forwarded around campuses by their respective student leaders was handed over together this petition and the leaders of student got to ASG last week as the next level of discussions over their constituents to sign it telling the state that we are unified and that this a $200 tuition increase is a decision that affects approved by the Board everybody at a universiof Governors in their ty level,” Gromlich said. last meeting. He said the petition Sen. Matt Gromlich, did not necessarily arsenior in plant bioloty, gue against a tuition said the bill would inSen. Matt Gromlich on what he and other student increase, but asked for crease tuition by 200 leaders aim to accomplish through their petition the universities to have dollars in the fall of more control on what 2010 for every student was done with the money. at a North Carolina public institution. “Another option is they could cut some of the time “None of that 200 dollars, as the bill is currently written, will go back to the universities themselves,” they are giving to the university and the university can increase their tuition and fees themselves,” Gromlich said. He said the petition is asking for re-evaluation Gromlich said. “We want to get the universities more involved in of the bill. “So our petition was asking them to relook their the decision-making process.” Gromlich said he believed the universities would $200 flat fee for every single student and to either decrease it or to make some or all of the money go know how to best allocate the funds versus the Genback to the universities themselves,” Gromlich said. Sen. Sarah Center, sophomore in science educaPETITION continued page 3
“We want to get the universities more involved in the decision-making process.”
Senator vows to continue fight to restructure senate seats Bill similar to the one shot down two weeks ago will return next year with more senator input Ann Polk Staff Writer
The last time Student Senate reapportioned its seats was 1997, but Sen. Stephen Kouba has plans to change that within the next year despite the rejection of Government Bill 76 by the Senate Feb. 24. The bill, also called The Great State Compromise, would have reapportioned senate seats, but Kouba said many senators felt it was rushed. Kouba said he felt students were not adequately represented in the senate due to too few senators representing too many constituents. Kouba also said that the Apportionment Committee will begin work in the fall to put together a more comprehensive bill involving input from more senators, which was something that was difficult for the senators to do in such a short time period. “It is difficult because we need to lobby to have more student senators. People think we aren’t doing a good job with 64, so they will probably wonder why we would do any better with more people,” Kouba said. Kouba said his idea for improving apportionment would be to bring the total number of students that each base senator represents within a closer range of each other. “The ultimate goal is that we get every senator to represent an average number of students within their college,” Kouba said. Lack of representation can be felt among students. Many don’t know anything about Student Government and what they do. Allison Barnes, a sophomore in English, doesn’t feel she knows how to have her voice heard. “I don’t feel well-represented because I feel separated from Student Senate,” Barnes said. Cambridge Cunningham, a sophomore in communications, said the blame for her lack of representation at senate meetings couldn’t be blamed entirely on senators, alluding to her own lack of interest in the organization. “I don’t feel well represented but I don’t really know what they do, so I can’t pass judgment,” Cunningham said. Jason Cooper, an undeclared sophomore, said he doesn’t feel the students within Student Government are diverse enough to represent a diverse student body. “I would like to see a more diverse group of students in Student Government and that starts with Student Government actually reaching out to everyone to be a candidate for senate,” Cooper said. “They shouldn’t just use the same pool of candidates. N.C. State is a diverse campus so why isn’t our student government reflecting the picture of our school?” Senior staf f writer Ty Johnson contributed to this story.
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Sen. Jackie Smith, a sophomore, in political science and sociology, and Sen. Scott Goldsmith, a junior in political science and philosophy discuss finances and new budget for next year Wednesday night in the Student Senate Chambers.
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