Technician
wednesday november
4
2009
Raleigh, North Carolina
Students get another chance to prep for H1N1 Students await second, third opportunity to receive new vaccine
H1N1 vaccination info
Amber McClure
Today: Talley Student Center Ballroom — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday: Room 2301, Student Health Center — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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Joseph Magliocca, a fifth-year student in biochemistry and chemistry, cringes as he receives the H1N1 vaccine injection from Registered Nurse Monteen Lerew Friday. “I have mild asthma so they said I shouldn’t take the live [nasal mist] vaccine. My cousin got [H1N1] and I know a couple other people who have, so I’m surprised I haven’t gotten it yet,” Magliocca said. “I had been here for two and a half hours already when my class was supposed to start, but I wasn’t going to leave then so I missed class.”
Branch libraries attract students
For those who missed Friday’s H1N1 vaccine clinic in Talley Student Center, Student Health Services is offering another opportunity today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in room 2301 of the Student Health Center. Both are distributing the nasal vaccine free of charge with proper student I.D., and no appointments are required. Despite the long lines, last Friday’s clinic was considered a success according to Jerry Barker, the director of Student Health Services. “We gave over 1,000 vaccines last Friday, including over 800 nasal spray vaccines,” Barker said. “It was the first nasal vaccine for almost every student but they found it easy and painless.” Some students have already gotten the seasonal flu vaccine, but not the H1N1 vaccine. Kywonda Lewis, a junior in horticulture, said she got the seasonal flu vaccine. “I’m not so worried about H1N1 for me in particular,” Lewis said. “But for others with respiratory problems, yes, I am concerned.” Some students have not gotten either vaccine. Allison Ballard, a freshman in biological sciences, said she may not get the nasal vaccine. “I’ve gotten the nasal vaccine for the seasonal flu before, but it made me sick,” Ballard said. “But I am concerned for others.”
Free with student I.D. Eligibility: Students, staff and faculty younger than 24 years of age that have no serious or chronic medical conditions including illnesses like diabetes, asthma, heart, kidney or liver problems. Those who have any chronic illnesses are at a high risk and should receive the shot instead. Nasal Spray vs. Shot: The shot is made of inactivated viruses, or the virus used to make the vaccine has been killed, while the nasal shot is made from live, but weakened viruses. Symptoms of the flu: • fever greater then 100 degrees • cough • runny nose • body aches • sore throat • fatigue • nausea • vomiting source: Jerry Barker, director of Student Health Services
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Despite low profile, branches provide good resources, great study environment Siva Ramesh Staff Writer
Although D.H. Hill Library and the much-vaunted, soon-to-be-built James Hunt Library are well known on campus, the branch libraries are also important in fostering a strong learning environment on campus. Students find the low profile and small size of the branch libraries to be convenient. Rajiv Havapiter, a junior in environmental technology, said he found the branch library in the College of Natural Resources to provide a better study environment than D.H. Hill Library. “Not a lot of people know about this area, so it’s less crowded and less distracting than at D.H. Hill,” Havapiter said. Most colleges maintain collections of materials relevant to their particular fields of study. The largest collections are classified as branch libraries within the University library system. The College of Natural Resources, the College of Textiles, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Design each house a library. According to Karen Ciccone, the director of the Natural Resources Library, N.C. State has a relatively small number of branch libraries in comparison with other universities. “The [University of] Illinois has over 40 [branch libraries], I believe, but that’s an extreme example,” Ciccone said. According to the library directors, most branches are patronized by a mix of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. Ciccone said while the Natural Resources Library sees usage by College of Natural Resources students and faculty, students from other colleges within the University also use the library as a quiet study space. “Study space on the south side of campus is at a premium, so this is really the only convenient place on this side of campus for students to study,” Ciccone said. She said this was why the library was kept open when the University planned to close it last year as part of a budget reduction strategy. “There was very vocal opposition from students [and] from faculty members who used the library, who explained that it’s the only place on the south side of campus where they can study or where they can access reserve materials or pick up books,” Ciccone said. However, Ciccone said the south side of campus requires more places to study. “This side of campus could use more spaces where students could gather,” Ciccone said Greg Tourino, the associate director of the Burlington Textiles Library, said the library sees a variety of patrons on a given day. “We have quite a few graduate students from the College of Textiles that use the library here. We have a lot of undergraduate students here too, so it’s quite a mix,” Tourino said.
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While free running Tyler Scales, a sophomore in nutrition, tries to make it to the second level outside Pullen Hall Monday night. Scales had been running with a group of friends for about 15 minutes before attempting the jump. “I like to jump a lot. I’m always real active. I pole vaulted in high school so I’m not really afraid of climbing and jumping and being high on stuff,” he said.
Harrelson starts commotion on campus University architect explains future plans for University landmark Ann Polk Staff Writer
Harrelson Hall has been the subject of many rumors on campus regarding structural deformities, window placement and lack of women’s restrooms. One of two non-brick buildings on main campus, Harrelson is conspicuous for more than just its construction. When asked what he found odd about the building’s exterior, Jake Singerling, sophomore in biological sciences, compared its façade to an alien space craft. “Well, I think the strangest/ weirdest thing about Harrelson is definitely the small window thing on the middle of the roof.
It makes the building look like a nance, optimal viewing of the instructor and maximum space UFO,” Singerling said. Harrelson Hall, completed utilization. This resulted in the in 1960, was designed to be a circular shape of the building. The pie-shaped classrooms, “teaching machine” and a parwith their eladigm of efevated seatficiency, Mike ing, direct Harwood, focus onto University arthe instructor chitect, said. and help stu“Harrelson dents in the ref lec t s t he farthest rows utilitarian to hear their ideolog y of instructor. the ‘50s. DurConcurrently, ing that time Mark Harwood, University the shape of designers bearchitect the classrooms l ie ve d t he y assists in maxcould save the world through architecture,” imizing usable space within the Harwood said. “Efficiency was building. It was the first cylindrical classroom structure ever the objective.” According to Harwood, the built on a university campus, plan was to implement the Harwood said. As years passed, and sociqualities of an ideal classroom, including good sound reso- ety and state building codes
“Designers believed they could save the world through architecture”
changed, Harrelson’s unconventionality lost its initial intrigue, Harwood said. Part of the Bond Program in 2000 included a study on renovating the building, and this uncovered many flaws that did not meet today’s building codes, he said. This report resulted in shifting funds initially intended for use for Harrelson to be redirected into building SAS Hall. “There was no SAS Hall project until this study, after which we asked the legislature to switch from renovation to rebuilding,” he said. According to Harwood, renovation of the building to bring it up to code, though cheaper than replacing it, would result in a 35 percent reduction in classroom seating capacity. The University
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