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thursday february
18 2010
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Woodson shares goals as chancellor University welcomes new chancellor, hears his objectives for the future
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After getting apples and other produce, Aaron Fox, a doctoral student in crop science, gets his bag from Wise Farms at the first Campus Farmers Market on Wednesday. “It’s exciting,” Fox said. “It is fun to see there are more vendors out.”
Farmers Market returns, expands on campus Campus Farmers Market doubles in size, offers fresh, local produce Rachel Port Correspondent
The semester’s first Campus Farmers Market opened in the Brickyard Wednesday, with five new and four familiar local vendors selling foods ranging from fresh vegetables, meat and dairy, to peanut treats and natural soaps. The market was started at the University to “provide access to local foods and education on why it is important to buy local foods,” Ariel Fugate, market manager and sophomore in fisheries and wildlife sciences, said. All of the vendors are small, local companies. Their products might not be certified organic but both of the meat and dairy vendors, MAE Farms and S&L Farms, are Animal Welfare Approved and S&L Farms calls its practices “illegal organic.” “We’ve been to the farms, we trust these farmers,” Fugate said. The “Pasta Wench,” Andrea Morrell, makes sure to use only local ingredients in the fresh pasta she sells. “We have to keep our money in our communities,” Morrell said. The Campus Farmers Market has a different mission from the State Farm-
ers Market on Centennial Boulevard in that its primary purpose is education. Student volunteers run an education booth at the market where students can learn information about what local food is, what foods are in season locally, relevant community organizations and N.C. State classes about sustainable practices in farming and agriculture. It’s important to have this farmers market here because “in the Brickyard it’s kind of shocking,” Fugate said. It’s also more convenient. “A lot of people haven’t heard of the State Farmers Market,” Fugate said. But when the market opened Wednesday, students immediately started checking it out. “Everything is local, we really like that a lot,” Molly Storment, a first year graduate student who was buying salsa and peanut butter at the market with her husband Wednesday, said. “It’s great to see it growing, great to have it on campus,” Caroline Barlow, a senior in international studies who visited the market last semester and who likes MAE Farms products, said. “Last semester, we got their barbecue a lot. It’s good on sandwiches.” Last semester the market was run by the Student Government sustainability commision because it was the brainchild of Eric Ballard, a former
Vendors: Wise Farms, Mt. Olive — produce MAE Farms, Louisburg — meat, dairy, eggs S&L Farms, Louisburg — produce, meat, dairy Moondance Soaps, Durham — gifts, house and body products Mackey’s Ferry Peanuts, Jamesville — peanut butters, cookies and other treats Yah’s Best Salsas, Huntersville — salsa Pasta Wench, Boone — fresh pastas, fresh gluten free pastas Carolina Grits, Rocky Mt. — grits and cornmeal The Farm Fairy, Elon — organic flour breads, eggs and honey Source: Chancellor’s Office
member of the sustainability commission and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences alumnus who graduated in May 2009. Now, however, the market is registered as a student club and run by volunteers. The $5 market fee the market charges the vendors to set up their booths every Wednesday goes directly to promoting the market through advertisements that can be seen around campus.
son said he was conscious of the concerns students have regarding class sizes and the faculty to student ratio, but “at the end of the day, you have to meet the budget.” Margaux Novak At the same time, he acknowledged Correspondent the importance of the University’s The University community wel- extension mission. “It’s the people’s comed its new chancellor Wednes- University of the State,” he said. He added one of his primary goals day in a reception at Reynolds Coliseum, a place which, accord- regarding faculty will be to raise retening to Student Body President Jim tion rates as “the faculty is really the Ceresnak, “symbolizes all the glory heart of the University, and that an outstanding University is built upon and greatness of N.C. State.” The short ceremony was an op- an outstanding faculty.” Twice during the speech, Woodson portunity for students, faculty and staff to meet Randy Woodson, the mentioned his desire for students at provost at Purdue University and the University to take advantage of the great opportunities available in difthe next chancellor of NCSU. Originally from Arkansas and ferent disciplines regardless of their a graduate of the University of majors. “This is a University where colleges Arkansas in 1974, Woodson has need to work togethspent the last 25 er,” Woodson said. years at Purdue Woodson warned Universit y, an against the tendency institution simifor each college to lar to NCSU in act independently, many ways, ininstead of as a united cluding its status University. as a land-grant When pressed on university under his particular views the Morrill Act of about the growth of 1862. each college to furWoodson ofChancellor-elect Randy Woodson ther the expansion ficially accepted of the University as the chancellery at a whole, and specifithe University in January, taking the place of former cally the College of Humanities and Chancellor James Oblinger, who Social Sciences, the chancellor-elect was caught in controversy stem- expostulated on how CHASS is a vital ming from the Mary Easley cor- part of the University as “the humanities and social sciences are the underruption scandal. Woodson expressed the need for pinning of all education.” Reaffirming the importance of cothe University and its shareholders to have a “renewed confidence and hesion, Woodson said “together we trust” in the University leadership. can do what needs to be done to move Accessibility to students, alum- N.C. State forward.” Woodson said he wanted to enhance ni and faculty is a way Woodson plans on restoring this lost trust. the student experience at the UniverHe made it clear in his first few sity, fully preparing students for sucmonths here he plans on doing a cess in the workforce post-graduation. He also expressed a desire for the lot of listening and learning so he can learn more about the campus student experience with him to be a personal one. “I love being around community. When asked how he would re- students — and they are going to get spond to the financially trying to know me,” he said. times with budget cuts looming around each fiscal corner, WoodWOODSON continued page 3
“Together we can do what needs to be done to move N.C. State forward.”
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“The Vagina Monologues” increase awareness of female sexuality Monologues raise funds for Women’s Center, awareness for violence in Congo Joanna Banegas Staff writer
The Woman Center hosted a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s award winning play “The Vagina Monologues” Wednesday at Witherspoon Cinema. It will be presented again today. The “The Vagina Monologues” is part of part of V-Day, a global movement which raises funds and awareness to end violence against women and girls around the world. All proceeds from the production go to a fund established by the Women’s Center for improving interpersonal violence services such as the North Carolina Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Interact, a United Way agency which provides support to victims of rape and domestic violence. Kathleen Hebert, a junior in agricultural extension and the director of the production, said this year production decided to put the money back into the Women’s Center, par-
ticularly the rape crisis line. “It [the crisis line] just needs a little revamping,” Herbert said. “It’s extremely important, given the rape statistics on this campus, that resources are made available to women. We just wanted to give back to the community so it’s going to Interact as well.” Each year V-Day focuses on a specific group of women in the world that is resisting violence against women. This year, 10 percent of the proceeds from the production will go to Stop Raping our Greatest Resource, a campaign initiated by the woman of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to end violence against women and girls. During the last section of the play Adrianna Harrell, a senior in English, said women and girls in the Congo are raped everyday and the world silent. “It’s not just them suffering, it’s us too. Were all connected,” Harrell said. “As woman we all know the different pains and the constant struggle of not knowing what’s going to happen next.” She said the war in Congo is a systematic
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Jane Albright, extension specialist for IES Operations, counts off her second fake orgasm in her monologue “The Woman Who Loved to Make Vaginas Happy” Wednesday Feb. 17 at Witherspoon.