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Woodson: $900 tuition hike ‘necessary’ SEMESTER TUITION BREAKDOWN In-state tuition: $2,426.50 $75 for financial aid
Nathan Hardin
$300 tuition hike
Out-of-state tuition: $8,694.00 $75 for financial aid
$150 — February’s increase
$300 tuition hike
$150 — February’s increase
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Chancellor Randy Woodson says the 19 percent increase in tuition students face Thursday is necessary to maintain academic quality. The $750 increase is a response to a $70 million budget cut state lawmakers imposed on the UNC System June 30. As the UNC System’s largest institution, the N.C. State must deal with $19.6 million in cuts. Even with one of the largest hikes in University history, the uptick in revenue will still come $3 million short, forcing University administrators to cut from non-teaching positions. The $750 increase also doesn’t include a $150 hike approved in February by the UNC Board of Governors. Woodson explained that the decision is not something he wants to do, but it is necessary for academic quality. “The reality is we wouldn’t be doing this if we didn’t need the money to invest in the education of the students here,” Woodson said. “The fact that the budget cuts occurred this year, it’s necessary.” The plan was approved solely by UNC System President Erskine Bowles, who assessed each UNC System schools’ tuition eligibility. When acknowledging the University’s size, he agreed to the University’s proposed 2010-2011 tuition increase. In total, students will see a $900 increase from the 2009-2010 year. The tuition boost is a pain other universities are also bearing; UNC-Chapel Hill will face the same tuition aches in the 2010-2011 school year. At almost
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$4 million, UNC-CH is the only university in the UNC System with larger remaining flex cuts than NCSU. Bowles maintained that even with the proposed tuition increases, all UNC System campuses are still in the lowest quarter with regard to tuition rates, in comparison to public peer institutions. Twenty percent of the revenue earned by the tuition increase will go to financial aid. “Financial aid packages will be recalculated,” Woodson said. NCSU has elected to burden the tuition hike in its entirety for the upcoming year as opposed to split-
ting the amount between two years. UNC-CH will also take its entire increase this year, but other institutions like ECU, UNC-Asheville and UNC-Pembroke opted to have their hikes split between two school years. “We’re doing it this year because we’ve been asked to address the budget shortfall and the budget shortfall is this year,” Woodson said. Woodson said the fact that tuition is being increased one day before fall semester billing begins but that it all has to do with timing.
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Construction of ‘Brickyard Bubble’ begins Chris Boucher
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Construction of a future student dining room ate up a chunk of the Brickyard this week, ahead of the Atrium’s partial reopening this fall. Crews fenced off an area in front of the Atrium and began building the “Brickyard Bubble” this week, said Jennifer Gilmore of University Dining marketing and communications. Resembling a large inflatable tent, the bubble will offer climate-controlled indoor seating for students eating near the Atrium and will be the main indoor eating area until the Atrium reopens in the fall of 2011. Although a much larger area of the Brickyard had to be fenced off for construction of the bubble, Gilmore said the actual structure will only be 50 feet by 80 feet when finished. The opening of the bubble is scheduled to coincide with the partial reopening of the Atrium this fall. The service half of the building will reopen when classes begin Aug. 18, and students will be able to buy food from Chick-fil-A or Lil’ Dino’s during the first semester. However, there will be no seating inside the Atrium for the upcoming academic year. For the fall and spring semesters, students can “go through line in the new Atrium, get their food and sit in the bubble to eat,” Gilmore said. The
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Construction begins on the Brickyard bubble that will provide a place for students to eat while the Atrium undergoes renovations. Workers said after they finish, the structure is leased to N.C. State for 180 days, and will have insulation and air conditioning.
bubble will have electricity, sprinklers, heating and air conditioning, she said. Students who want an outside eating option will still be able to use many of the tables and chairs in front of the Atrium while construction is underway. Chick-fil-A and Lil’ Dino’s will open on the seating side of the Atrium while crews work on the service side this fall. In January, the service side will open and work will begin on the seating area, but students will still be eating
in the bubble. “We could have shut the Atrium down completely, but we did it in phases to ensure uninterrupted food service for students,” Gilmore said, and added that Atrium receipts often reflect around 30,000 people being served daily. Gilmore also said students can take advantage of other dining options, such as those in D.H. Hill Library. Hill of Beans and the Creamery will serve sandwiches, pitas and wraps under the
new Wolfpack-to-Go label at both establishments. While culinary choices near the Atrium will be limited in the fall, several new dining options will appear for the spring semester. “If all goes as scheduled, all of our new [Atrium] food concepts should be open in January,” Gilmore said. The University will follow this plan for the 2010-2011 fall and spring semesters, then shut the Atrium down completely next summer to complete the project. “We’ll have to close [the Atrium] down again to tie in the air conditioning, vents and sprinkler system, as well as renovate the back kitchen,” Gilmore said. “But when August 2011 rolls around, everything will be open and the bubble will be gone.”
By fall 2010, all N.C. State students will be using a Gmail account. However, during the migration, phishing attempts have increased and are much harder to detect. According to the Google Apps @ N.C. State website, the benefits of this migration are numerous. There are benefits to students, such as more storage space and “world class” spam and virus protection. Gmail has more than 7 gigabytes of e-mail storage per account. With the Gmail migration, students will keep the same UnityID@ ncsu.edu e-mail address. Google Apps @ N.C. State also differs from Gmail in that students will never see advertisements in the account. Also, the University as a whole will see many benefits from this migration. One such benefit is a cost savings of approximately $61,000. As well, Google Apps will provide more collaborative tools and modern systems than what was previously used. According to Tim Gurganus, IT security officer with the Office of Information Technology, with the Gmail software, it will be harder to detect phishing attempts. “In the past, we detect when that’s happening, but with the migration it’s tough. We’re going to have to retool to detect a compromised account. Google has provided some rudimentary tools for that,” said Gurganus. Gurganus says phishing attempts are frequent in University’s e-mail system. “I suspect every student gets one in a semester,” said Gurganus. “[Phishers] seem to know when the semester starts.” There are certain things to beware of to prevent phishing attacks. “I would tell students to be suspicious of any e-mail that asks for your username and password. No maintenance we do requires that we know your password,” said Gurganus. All incoming freshmen will have a University Gmail account by the start of the fall semester. As of Wednesday evening, just over 28,000 accounts had been migrated to Gmail. Nathan Hardin, news editor, contributed to this article.
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‘First-Class’ library construction on Centennial Campus
Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
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Past Engineering Building I, construction continues on the James B. Hunt Jr. Library. Over this summer, foundation and structural steel work begins. In the fall, they will start exterior and mechanical systems. The project is scheduled for completion in summer 2012.
A “first-class” library is being constructed on Centennial Campus and being named after former North Carolina Governor and national leader in education, James B. Hunt. Construction on Hunt Library has already begun and is slated for completion in summer 2012. The construction of Hunt Library is a part of renovations on the library system at the University. Work began in 2002 with the renovation of the East Wing at D.H. Hill Library and will end in after 2015 with an additional reno-
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vation to D.H. Hill Library. “The grading has been finished and concrete work began in June for Hunt Library,” said Rachel Miller, project coordinator for Hunt Library. “Steel erection will begin in September. The estimated construction completion date is late summer 2012, but then we have to allow two to four months for furniture to be installed, books to be moved in, and all the technology to be set up. It’s looking like we’ll have a grand opening in late 2012 or very early 2013.” Miller said the building is on track to be LEED certified upon completion. “Hunt Library is on track to be a LEED silver building. It will have a highly efficient HPAC system, solar
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