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ith some students in the armed services, Veterans Day honors many people close to campus. Students enrolled in different branches of the military may move on to battle after graduation, and some have returned from war to join the University. This morning, the three branches of ROTC at N.C. State will join to complete the annual Veterans Day Run. Starting at Miller Fields, the three branches will form and begin a 30-minute run that ends at the Bell Tower, a World War I memorial.
“It’s good to keep awareness so people remember the veterans, both men and women, who sacrifice for their country.�
VETERANS DAY EVENT Parc Compiegne, located between Chamberlain Street and Logan Court, will be rededicated at 11 a.m. today. After the rededication ceremony, the Broughton Choral Group will preform. After they end their preformance, the assembled will move to the Bell Tower where another service will be conducted. The Bell Tower is a memorial to the sacrifice of the 35 students and faculty who gave their lives during World War I. At 6 p.m., there will be a reception in the McCain Gallery, hosted by the Sister Cities Association of Raleigh and the City of Raleigh.
Philip Kulczewski, Sgt. U.S. Marine Corps, Lifelong Education
Source: City of Raleigh press release
“It’s a wonderful opportunity to honor our veterans. So many of them went to another country, got shot at, and were away from their families.�
SOURCE: CITY OF RALEIGH
“I call my father every Veterans Day. We need to recognize veterans for what they’ve done, just because they aren’t on duty doesn’t mean they can be forgotten.�
Dan Culther, Acting Chaplain
“Veterans protect everyone, not just a single party.�
Jim Matthews, Air force ROTC, senior in psychology
Jared Evans, Air Force ROTC, senior in mechanical engineering
Brad Shields, a junior in civil engineering, and Daniel Harrison, a junior in textile technology, stand guard at the Bell Tower Monday night for a ROTC Veterans Day vigil. The air force manned the station in hour-long shifts all night. At about 6:00 Tuesday morning all of the ROTC branches came together for a ceremony and a guest speaker organized by the NAVY ROTC.
“I’m glad our nation has a day to honor the people we read about.� Seth Prior, Naval ROTC, sophomore in accounting
Athletes’ talent show to benefit charity Football wide receiver Owen Spencer, men’s baseball win show Daniel Ellis Deputy News Editor
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Danny Voss, a junior in English, Conor Brennan, a freshman in First Year College, and Andrew Fink, a freshman in First Year College, dance and sing with the men’s swim team to “White Christmas� onstage for the Athletes With Talent Charity Show in Witherspoon Student Center Monday.
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Athletes took part in the second annual Athletes With Talent Charity Show Monday night in the Campus Cinema to raise money for Kids Cafe. “As long as you can go out and help kids with anything you do, it’s really big,� Owen Spencer, a sophomore wide receiver, said. “It’s big for the community, the school and for you as an individual.� The Student Athlete Advisory
Council organized the event, which raised money for the Kids Cafe charity, an afternoon program that provides tutoring and free meals and snacks to lowincome children.“It’s good that athletes are willing to take their time to showcase their talents, having a little fun and being creative out there, all for a good charity,� Spencer said. Spencer won the award for most talented by singing the popular wedding song “At Last� by Etta James. “I don’t want to be cocky, but I knew I was going to win,� Spencer said. “Last year, I couldn’t really do it because I had a lab, but this year people were asking
NC may be exception in voter turnout Study suggests turnout of eligible voters the same as in 2004
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Mitchell Robinson, Army ROTC, senior in agricultural business management
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“It’s a good time to say thank-you.�
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me to do it, so I just came out and had a little fun.� The 11-event show had acts ranging from a spin-off of a scene from the movie White Chicks to a choreographed rendition of Super Mario by the women’s swimming team. “There’s a lot of work you put into athletics, lifting and running six days a week, and on top of that you’re going to school at a prestigious institution, such as N.C. State, but at the same time you have to find time to have fun with your teammates,� Cameron Conner, a freshman baseball infielder, said.
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North Carolina may have been an exception in an overall normal voter turnout, as a study by American University’s Center for the Study of the American Electorate estimates that roughly the same proportion of eligible voters voted in this election as did in 2004. Curtis Gans, an American University political scientist who conducted the study, said this could be attributed to the state’s three competitive races. “All of them were pretty emotional,� he said. “The governor’s race was the least emotional, but they were all emotional.� Between 126.5 million and 128.5 million people voted, but that would leave turnout at about the same level as 2004, or just one percentage point above it, between 60.7 and 61.7 percent, according to the study. Turnout was lower, Gans said, because while Democrats turned out in high numbers, it was balanced by an exceptionally low number of Republicans. Republican voters were down 1.3 percent from 2004, making up 28.7 percent of the electorate, compared to the Democrats’ 31.3 percent of eligible voters - up 2.6 percent. According to New York Times exit polls, 66 percent of voters between the ages of 18 and 29 voted for Obama. While Gans said that was significant, he said young people voted for Obama not because they align with the Democratic party but because of the party’s nominee. “It has nothing to do with party,� he said. “It has everything to do with Obama. This is not a millenial activist generation. This is an Obama-stimulated election.� According to Gans, Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was one of the factors that kept some Republicans at home on Election Day. “Social conservatives, those who vote gay marriage and abortion rights... didn’t see John McCain as one of them,� Gans said. “Moderates found the choice of Gov. Palin, both for her point of view and for her lack of essential TURNOUT continued page 3
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