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2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Campout for rivalry tickets approaches Students prepare for annual Campout’s return to Reynolds Caroline Barfield Staff Writer
Basketball season has arrived and with the home rivalry game against the Tar Heels fast approaching, securing a ticket to this game takes more effort than just requesting a ticket online; students have to camp out. The Campout for tickets to the Carolina-State game is one of the biggest on-campus events of the year and, according to the Campout Web site, 80 percent of the tickets allotted to students go to the campers. Arialle Crabtree, campus community chair, said she is expecting about 2,000 campers this year and said the Union Activities Board and Student Government have lots of fun activities and surprises planned. “UAB has done an excellent job coordinating with Student Government — we are planning to have music throughout the night, a student basketball game, we’re showing a movie, painting the tunnel and setting cornhole up. Plus, we have a lot of fun surprises for the students,” Crabtree said. Wessley McKnight, a junior in biochemistry, said he is looking forward to the Campout this year; he just hopes it’s not as cold as last year. “We had a group of about 15 last year and it was freezing. A buddy of mine and I stayed the entire time, but others left to get food or warm up,” he said. “Regardless we had a good time. We basically played around, watched old basketball games and movies on our laptops. Being in that environment is great — everybody is there talking and having fun.” Crabtree said not as many showed last year due to the frigid weather. “Last year we had around 2,000 to register, but not all showed due to the cold weather.” Last year’s weather didn’t hinder Tyler Scales, a sophomore in biological sciences, from going out and having fun. “There were free drinks, lots of open
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Andrew Roberts, a junior in aerospace, Kristin Mangun, a graduate in accounting, and Branson Holt, a freshman in mechanical engineering, play cards and eat pizza to pass the time at the Campout. Students camped out for tickets to the UNC basketball game on Lee Field. “We thought about playing coke pong later, which is like beer pong but without alcohol,” Roberts said.
space and plenty of good friends; we forced organizers to move the event. played football and poker then chilled This year they decided to move the Campout back to its out and ate pizoriginal location. za,” Scales said. “We like to think “Camping out to that the Campout get tickets and is equivalent to the actually going to presidential inauguthe game was fun ration. It wouldn’t but come on, Ben be the same if the McCauley getting president gave his that last hit was first speech someawesome.” where like Alaska, Accord i ng to just like it’s not the Crabtree, Camsame as having the pout, which was Arialle Crabtree, campus Campout on Lee held at Lee Field community chair f ields,” Crabt ree in past years, was said. “Reynolds is at traditionally held at Reynolds, but issues about safety the heart of N.C. State and we want to and the ability to control crowds honor Wolfpack heritage and restore
“... we want to honor Wolfpack heritage and restore the Campout tradition to its original location.”
Campus security aims to combat increasing bicycle larcenies Rising bike theft rates prompt response from campus safety elements Nick Tran
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The News & Observer reported Monday that James Oblinger, former N.C. State chancellor, was not chosen as the president for New Mexico State University. Oblinger, who stepped down earlier this year amongst the Mary Easley hiring and pay scandal, was announced as a finalist for the job in late October. Barbara Couture, the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, was awarded the new job.
Bike permit decal good for the lifetime of the bike Free engraving of driver’s license number Deters potential thieves Campus Police can easily contact you if your bike is stolen and recovered Source: Campus Police
and easy to sell for small amounts of money. Captain Jon Barnwell of campus police said the cause of the increase is the University being a target rich environment and students not using adequate protective measures. “We continue to encourage students to use U-bolt locks and to register their bikes with transportation,” he said. “Registering your bike increases the chances that campus police will be able to recover it if it’s stolen.” Registering a bike with transportation allows the owner to engrave their drivers license number on their bike which is also enters into a database for future reference. “We are constantly performing surveillance and checking pawn shops but it is difficult without a registered number,” Barnwell said. “These measures promote target
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Student Government and Campus Recreation invited students to join them on Friday to attend the AT&T Raleigh Winterfest Ice Rink Opening Celebration in downtown Raleigh. Student leaders from both Student Government and Campus Recreation will be serving hot chocolate and iceskating on the rink during the event, which focuses on the natural ice skating rink that is opening. According to Jeffrey Johnson, a junior in business administration and a member of Student Government, Campus Recreation has bought 50 skate passes to hand out to the first 50 students who show up to skate. Otherwise, skating will cost $6 a person, including the skate rental. “I was talking with Campus Rec on a lot of different things and this came up that they were doing this. We thought this would be something cool to do,” Johnson said. “A big part of being a student is experiencing the community as well as the University.” According to the Downtown Raleigh web site, Winterfest is a twomonth long extravaganza featuring an outdoor skating rink with natural ice. The event marks the opening of the ice rink and the lighting of the Christmas tree in the new City Plaza. There will also be a performance by the University’s own Jazz Band, singer Michelle Branch, a visit from Santa Claus, a reading by Theatre in the Park’s Christmas Carol Star David Ira Wood III and other activities. The event, which lasts from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., is expected to draw
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Wednesday night in the Honors Village Commons, sophomore in biochemistry Zili Shi plays in a Magic the Gathering tournament. “[The game] gives me even more of a headache after a long day, but still is a great game,” Zili said. After a break of several years, he has recently gotten back into the game since coming to N.C. State. The Tournament was hosted by the Honor Quad’s Magic Club, the first such tournament hosted this semester.
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Bike thefts have risen to abnormal levels in the last weeks of the semester and both campus police and the Student Government Campus Safety Commission are taking efforts to ensure students are well protected. Phillip Christofferson, the chairman of the Campus Safety Commission, said there were over 100 reported bike thefts over the semester, a notable increase compared to last year, and educating students is the best way to ensure such incidents are prevented. “The Commission is working on new fliers to encourage students to make use of proper safety measures,” he said. “We want to inform students this is happening.” According to Christofferson, thefts generally occur between 11 A.M. and 7 P.M., in broad daylight, and a majority of thefts occur on east campus near the honors village. “We encourage students to spend a little extra money and buy a U-bolt lock and to call the police if they see anything suspicious,” Christofferson said. “The police have been very helpful. They are doing everything they can to help prevent theft.” Christofferson attributed the sudden hike in theft to the declining economy, saying bikes are easy to steal
the Campout tradition to its original location.” Scales said he, too, is glad the Campout is at Reynolds. “Last year it was on Lee fields, but this year it’s at Reynolds, where it should be.” Crabtree said there will be 475 campsites at Reynolds and all campers will be in mulch area, extending from near the Bookstore to the Colliseum parking lot. Students will receive at least one 10’x10’ space per six people and have the option of renting camping equipment from the Rec Center. Scott Schneider, coordinator of Outdoor Adventures, said Cam-
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