Technician
wednesday october
7
2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
kevin cook/Technician
Room 1, the largest conference room in the McKimmon Center, was host to many of the companies at the Fall Engineering Career Fair Tuesday. With 186 companies and thousands of students in attendance, the Engineering Career Fair is one of the largest in the nation.
Opportunities come knocking at Engineering Fair Students, job-seekers find employment opportunities Siva Ramesh Correspondent
With 186 employers ranging from the Central Intelligence Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers to Merck and Boeing, the Engineering Career Fair offered prospective employees and interns numerous possibilities, and it was no secret to area job-seekers. Thousands stood in lines outside
the McKimmon Center in the drizzle Tuesday morning, anxious to explore the opportunities available at the Career Fair. Owing to the economic climate, throngs of people filled the center and crowded in front of the recruiters’ displays Harsimabir Singh, a graduate student with a degree in engineering management from Duke University, said the crowds resulted from the large number of job-seekers. “A lot of crowding, I would say, [because] of a lot of people looking for jobs.”
Al Bryant, a senior in electrical engineering, said he felt happy about how companies were taking interest in his accomplishments. “It’s kind of good to see people actually interested in the things that I’ve done for four years of college; it’s kind of interesting to see that it’s kind of paying off now and they’re actually happy to see the classes I’ve taken and so [the classes] have done me some good.” From freshmen searching for internships to seniors searching for employment, most attendees were able to get something out of the fair.
Katherine Thompson, a freshman in biomedical engineering, said she found the career fair to be less stressful than she anticipated. “It’s less nerve-wracking than I thought it would be, to be perfectly honest,” Thompson said. Thompson found her desired internship at the fair. “I was able to get my resume in to Oak Ridge Labs for the possibility of a summer internship, which is good because they come very highly recommended,” Thompson said. Thompson also said a good way to be considered for a position at the fair
was to have some initiative. “A lot of people are being won over by introducing yourself first, I’ve noticed,” Thompson said. “Most of [the recruiters] just say, ‘Hi’ and look at your nametag and then they start talking to you. If you go forward and say ‘Hi, Katherine Thompson, biomedical, un-matriculated ‘ … like give some information, it makes an impression, a good impression.” Despite the poor economic situation, several international students and University alumni said that they
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Senate defies referenda, supports Talley fee
Making a movement
Student Senate recommends student center fee moves forward despite referenda Staff Report The Student Senate voted last night on its recommendations to the Fee
Review Committee and determined it will support the $83 graduated Student Center indebtdedness fee. The fee was voted down by the student body, with 61.6 percent of the vote. Kelli Rogers, Student Senate president, said the resolution was approved after weighing the three criteria students considered on the ballot.
SG awards Homecoming extra funds david mabe/Technician
Lauren Brookshire, a senior in international studies, spray paints on the Free Expression Tunnel with Katrina Jiamachello, a sophomore in zoology, Liam Gehling, a senior in business administration, and Josh Hamilton, a sophomore in science education, for The Movement Sunday night. The Movement is a group dedicated to ending interpersonal violence on campus. “We’re painting the tunnel to educate people and raise awareness on domestic violence,” Brookshire said.
BOG recommends task force Hate crimes committee concludes presidential task force necessary Alanna Howard Staff Writer
In response to the hate crimes of November 2008, UNC System President Erskine Bowles issued a commission in December to “review student codes of conduct as they relate to hate crimes.” The committee was appointed to address whether a policy on hate crimes and acts of violence should be recommended to the Board of Governors and whether the development of a UNC System-wide requirement for diversity orientation for all first-time students is necessary. Harold Martin, chancellor of N.C. A&T University and leader of the committee, said the committee investigated legal stances on freedom of speech in relation to hate crimes, existing campus policies and student codes of conduct for all UNC-System schools and reviewed existing orienta-
tion programs on diversity currently according to UNC General Counprovided on campuses in making the sel Laura Luger. “Each campus handles conduct decision. “We were charged by President regarding unlawful harassment or Bowles in December and we returned hate crimes. The University System has not issued decisions within a any guidance in timely four-month respect to inditime frame, with a vidual campuses’ detailed report of codes of conduct, our findings,” he but it is under said. consideration During the comwhat a Univermission’s deliberasity System-wide tion it held seven position should public meetings, a entail,” she said. public forum and T h e s e c on d briefings from legal charge, to deaides and NAACP velop a U NC officials. Jose Picart, interim dean of the System-wide The commit tee College of Education requirement for returned its final diversity orienreport in March, detailing their recommendations to tation for first-time students resulted in the formation of a secthe president’s charges. The committee voted unanimously ond committee. The committee’s to adopt a system-wide policy to ad- reported universities already have dress hate crimes and acts of violence,
“The current administration has had to take on higher priority issues, so this is on the back-burner.”
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Student Senate passes bill boosting financial support for Homecoming Nick Tran Staff Writer
Last night Student Senate voted to grant the Homecoming Committee $10,000 to plan this year’s Homecoming events. The Senate passed a bill adding $4,000 to the original $6,000 given to the Homecoming Committee. The bill, which has been in consideration for a month, was fast-tracked through the Senate to secure a contract with an undisclosed performer to headline the PackHowl concert. Homecoming Chair Adam Compton, said Homecoming is by far the greatest tradition on campus and he is glad to see it moving forward. “Now we can bring in something better than local bands for the students,” he said. Compton said four years ago, the Homecoming Committee received $15,000 from SG, but in recent years the amount has been cut to nearly
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Where did it come from? $2,500 comes from unencumbered surplus funds. $1,500 comes from the Finance Committee Dispursements. Student Government previously approved $6,000 for Homecoming. With the additional $4,000, Student Government funding of Homecoming 2009 amounts to $10,000. Source: Student Senate Finance Bill 25
a third. Aside from that, money for Homecoming is obtained from alumni donations and fundraising. Compton said it was important for SG to support the increase because with the organization’s sponsorship, donating alumni would agree to fund any excess costs incurred outside of budgeted expenses. Sen. Micheal Robinson was in opposition of the funding increase, insisting that Homecoming should be funded in a different manner, preferably with more involvement
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Pack looks to bounce back against Duke See page 8.
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