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wednesday april
28 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Alpha Delta Pi hosts 5th annual Ron-a-Thon AD Pi hosts 5K tradition to benefit the Durham Ronald McDonald House
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Nick Flickinger, a freshman in psychology, locks up his bike before walking inside Carmichael Recreation Complex.
Bike lanes approved for Hillsborough Street In addition to the current reconstruction on Hillsborough Street, Raleigh City Council has approved plans for bike lanes. Laura Wilkinson Life & Style Editor
The Raleigh City Council has approved plans for the implementation of bicycle lanes on Hillsborough Street to go along with the current construction. Alan Lovett, owner of Melvin’s Hamburgers and a member of the Hillsborough Street Partnership, said business owners are divided as to whether bike lanes will hurt or help business. “Some business owners believe it will hurt their business; however, others believe that it will not only help business, it will slow traffic down an additional 8-10 miles per hour so that people in the vehicles can look around and see what’s in the area,” Lovett said. “Studies on the internet show in New York and Washington, D.C. traffic will slow down with bike lanes. It makes the lanes more narrow and makes the drivers slow down.”
Erin Lineberger, a sophomore in the current construction project on natural resources, said bike lanes are Hillsborough Street will affect the an awesome idea because she does not construction of bike lanes too negaalways feel comfortable riding on the tively. “I don’t think it would delay [conroad. “I really don’t like biking with cars,” struction] that much longer. If you’re Lineberger said. “I usually bike on going to put bike lanes in, it’s a really the sidewalks but that’s a problem good time to do it because they’re albecause they’re usually people on the ready doing construction,” Lineberger said. She also said sidewalks so this t he la ne s may makes you have to help businesses go slower and you on Hillsborough can run into them Street because they – which is dangerwould make busious.” nesses more accesAc c ord i ng to sible to bikers. Lovett, the project Brett Morris, a is ahead of schedfreshman in psyule and should be chology, said he completed t h i s would not advosummer. cate the implemen“I’m being told Erin Lineberger, sophomore in tation of bike lanes they’ll finish by natural resources on Hillsborough June and I was Street. Morris said told they would be done in September. Therefore, be- he has biked on Hillsborough Street cause they’re finishing early, it looks in the past and has many friends who like there’s a good possibility for three currently use bikes on the road. “The traffic there is already bad festival-type events on Hillsborough this fall, depending on how much funds are raised,” Lovett said. bike continued page 3 Lineberger said she does not think
“If you’re going to put bike lanes in, it’s a really good time to do it because they’re already doing construction.”
Swanner said. Gibbons said that the Ronald McDonald House in Durham worked very closely with them during the process of planning the event and the local McDonalds generously donated Jessica Highsmith apple dippers, water and monetary Staff Writer donations. “There is so much that goes into N.C. State’s chapter of Alpha Delta Pi held a 5K race on Cen- one event and it really calls for a lot tennial Campus Sunday, April 25 of helping hands. We couldn’t have to benefit the Ronald McDonald done this without everyone’s help,” Gibbons said. House in Durham. As one of the fundraising chairs, “This race has been our major philanthropy event benefiting the freshman Jessica Russel was also very community for the past five years,” pleased with the excellent turnout of Jessica Swanner, ADPi’s philan- the event. “Being freshman, Sarah and I had thropy chair, said. According to the Ronald Mc- never helped out with the ‘Ron-ADonald website, The Ronald Mc- Thon’ event before, so doing it from Donald House of Durham provides scratch was very rewarding,” Russel families a place to stay while their said. The sisters of ADPi also visit the child receives medical treatment at Duke Children’s Hospital, as well local Ronald McDonald House in Durham weekly to assist in serving as other local health centers. ADPi has been hosting “Ron- dinners and planning activities for A-Thon” for the past five years to the children, Russel said. “It’s a wonderful place to volunteer help benefit the Ronald McDonald House through ADPi’s national and the Ronald McDonald Houses philanthropy event, A Lion’s Share are always looking for new groups of people willing to Challenge. dedicate their time Events through to these children the Lion’s Share and their families,” Challenge are Swanner said. desig ned to Swanner said she ra i se mone y felt “Ron-A-Thon for The Ronwas a fulfilling exald McDonald perience because of House Chariall the overwhelmties all across ing local support in t he nat ion, the area.” Swanner said. Jessica Swanner, ADPi philanthropy “It was reward“The event chair ing to see more had a g re at people than just t u r nout de spite the threat of rain. We had ADPi supporting the cause because we 243 registered and it was great to do go to the Ronald McDonald House see everyone in the community in Durham every week. We like sharcome out and support such a great ing with other people that there is a cause—from athletes, to students need and that everyone can do their part to help the Ronald McDonald and children,” Swanner said. According to Sarah Gibbons, the House,” Swanner said. Swanner’s favorite part of the event fundraising chair for the event, “We love holding events that are was being able to stand on the sidelines fun and that benefit the communi- at the end of the race as people charged ty at the same time. ‘Ron-A-Thon’ across the finish line. “Some of us could not run because has been a tradition that ADPi rewe were busy organizing the event ally enjoys carrying out.” The event only cost $15 to reg- but we were lucky to see the faces of ister and everyone received a free those running across the finish line. t-shirt sporting the “Ron-A-Thon” You could tell that they genuinely felt so good on the inside and so accomlogo, Gibbons said. “This year we even had the Cary plished,” Swanner said. Super Skippers come out for the finale of the event and everyone rerace continued page 3 ally enjoyed their performance,”
“It was rewarding to see more people than just ADPi supporting the cause.”
Latina sorority takes steps towards establishment ers, social events and academic events as a group.” According to the Lambda Theta Alpha web site, the goals of this sorority are scholarly excellence, empowerment of Latinas and the universal woman, cultural and political awareness and community activism. Chelsey Francis “Since we’re an academic and comStaff Writer munity service oriented group, we are An interest group has formed on focusing more on the academic and N.C. State’s campus in hopes of be- community activism part of the recoming a sorority. This group, the quirements,” Murillo said. “We have requ i rement s by interested ladies of N.C. State we have Lambda Theta Alto meet, and more pha, Latin Sorority requirements from Inc., is hoping to be the official Lambda an official N.C. State Theta Alpha sororsorority by next year. ity. Our goal is not The interest group only to meet these requires a minimum requirements, but to of seven interested exceed these requiremembers, as well ments.” as meet other stanLambda Theta Aldards, according to pha has already parAna Murillo, the Dayna Principe, member of ticipated in multiple interest group chair. Lambda Theta Alpha interest service activities in“It’s a big progroup cluding volunteering cess we have to go with Service Raleigh, through in order to volunteering with cross over to be a sorority,” Murillo said. “We have to have the Latino Visitation Day and voluncommunity service events, fundrais- teering with El Pueblo in the Triangle
Interest group working to cross over as the first N.C. State Latino Sorority hosts first fundraiser Monday
“We are really a group of diverse, strong individual women who embrace Latino culture.”
area. “We also work with other groups for our service activities,” Murillo said. “We helped out with the Hispanic Cultural Show on campus.” Murillo, a senior in biological sciences, said she was appointed the chairperson for The Interested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha. “We have to have an organization, but we work together as a team,” Murillo said. “No one person makes the decisions and dictates how the group runs. We make all the decisions together. But we have to have a structure, so we have our officer team.” Currently, there are nine girls that are members of the interest group. The requirement is only seven. Berenisse Lopez, Dayna Principe and Blanca Cohen are all members of the interest group, as well as officers. “We are really a group of diverse, strong individual women who embrace Latino culture,” Principe said. “We are a group for everyone that has an appreciation for the Hispanic values. We also strive for academic
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excellence.” There are different reasons why anyone can get involved in the interested ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha. Lopez, a junior in civil engineering and the co-chair of the group, said she got involved with this group for a variety of reasons. “The group concentrates on academics, which is a big thing to me,” Lopez said.
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