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tuesday august
24 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Service N.C. State exceeds goals, expectations More than 1,500 volunteers participated in this weekend’s Stop Hunger Now event, beating the goal amount of blood and packaging over 400,000 meals for Haiti. Nathan Hardin News Editor
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Katie Quigley, a senior in chemical engineering helps carry a bag of rice to be distributed into packs of food. “This is my fourth year coming to Service N.C. State and its always a lot of fun,” Quigley said.
Maria Rock is no stranger to charity. The senior in nutrition science and director of leadership development for the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, has participated for two years in Service N.C. State, an event sponsored by Stop Hunger Now and CSLEPS. Rock said volunteering for Service N.C. State evolves each year along with the individual. “You can do this year-to-year and be inspired and impacted differently each time,” Rock said. According to Rock, both experiences were great, but she really enjoyed this year because she had the opportunity to play several roles in the event’s process. “I really enjoyed this year, doing a lot of different roles and seeing the impact more fully than being at one station,” Rock said. More than 1,500 volunteers participated in the annual Stop Hunger Now event over the weekend and were asked to raise a $50 sponsorship fee, enough to feed approximately 200 people. According to Mike Giancola, director of CSLEPS, the charity campaign packaged and sent 405,216 meals to Haiti. “We’re still counting the money from this weekend and the pledges from the event, we should be close to
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Students and families alike help out at Service N.C. State to help package food for Haiti. Kayla Turner, a junior in History helps seal bag to be out into boxes. “So far i really like Service N.C. State, I came to meet new people,” Turner said.
$50,000 for that event,” Giancola said. According to Giancola, the 500Pint Blood drive, another aspect of Service N.C. State, also met its goal by drawing 569 pints from 725 donors, many of which were new donors. “As a community we surpassed every one of those goals,” Giancola said. “The N.C. State community certainly has the capacity to do more,” Giancola said. “It was a great event and I think the community did a really good job, but we have the capacity to do more. So as we evaluate those events, I can see us increasing our goals [for next year]. “
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By the Numbers number of meals 405,216 packaged at Service N.C. State
400,000
the goal for Service N.C. State meals
25 cents
the cost to package one meal
$50,000
N.C. State’s goal to cover half Service N.C. State
569
pints of blood collected
725
number of blood donors
Source: Mike Giancola, director of CSLEPS
After summer malfunctions, D.H. Hill alarms working properly
VetPAC to help those interested in veterinary school
Alarms in all public areas are working properly, but not in nonpublic areas.
CALS and the veterinary school team up to create VetPAC for interested students and alumni.
Chelsey Francis
Shivalik Duga
Deputy News Editor
Correspondent
D.H. Hill Library is safe for use. The second, third and fourth floors of D.H. Hill Library did not have properly functioning alarms during the summer, as library administration found out after a gas leak on Hillsborough Street caused the library to be evacuated. Crews fixed the problem by replacing a controller card, according to Susan Nutter, director of libraries. After a WKNC engineer reported the fire alarm on the 10th floor was not functioning, the University fire department tested the fire alarm on all floors Monday in D.H. Hill library, according to Bill Stevenson, the University fire marshal. “This morning we did a complete drill in D.H. Hill. We had people on each floor,” Stevenson said. “After the test, we found every alarm in every public portion of the building was functioning properly.” According to Nutter, the library administration is concerned with safety while in D.H. Hill Library. “The safety of every student, every faculty and every staff member in this building is paramount,” Nutter said. After the problem with the fire alarms during the summer, the replacement of a controller card fixed the problems, according to Nutter. “The controller card was a simple fix,” Nutter said. “My concern in an
VetPAC, a resource created for students and alumni interested in veterinary medicine and veterinary school, has been revamped. VetPAC is an online advising portal for students and alumni interested in attending the college of veterinary medicine. N.C. State is currently ranked 5th out of the 28 veterinary schools in the United States. According to Barbara Kirby, associate director for programs in the agricultural institute, a lot of CALS students want to go to the college of veterinary medicine. VetPAC will be a resource center for students, according to Kirby. “There are going to be a lot of books, both textbooks and veterinary journals,” Kirby said. “The veterinary college is working with us. When the veterinary school doesn’t need jour-
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Chris Laue, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, works on homework next to a fire alarm in DH Hill library Monday Aug. 23, 2010. Fire alarms on the ninth floor of the library have been reported as not functional, causing concern for students. “I feel that if there were a fire, [not having alarms] would be a huge problem.” said Laue.
older building is whether a simple fix is what is needed or whether a complete overhaul is due.” However, a complete overhaul is costly, and according to Nutter and Stevenson, the University does not have money for a complete overhaul. The current system is a combination
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of four alarm systems working together. “[A complete overhaul] is very expensive, and the University has almost no funds for that, but I do know we put safety first,” Nutter
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nals anymore they lend them to us to put on VetPAC.” Using VetPAC, students can make appointments with directors and advisors. “Students can make appointments to discuss career goals and what they need to do to be competitive to get into the vet school,” Kirby said. A new spring course, ANS 495, is being offered in conjunction with the new veterinary online advising center VetPAC, or Veterinary Professions Advising Center. An important resource is the seminar series provided to the students. Shweta Trivedi, associate professor in the department of animal science and VetPAC director, said, “The seminar series offers insight into the many internships and research opportunities that are available to the pre-veterinary students. The seminar offers students who attend the option to learn about such diverse occupations and experiences that could prove invaluable to successful admission into a veterinary school.” Another unique opportunity provided by VetPAC is its Interns Pro-
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‘Don’t be an intern, be much more’ See page 6.
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