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Students evacuated to Lee Field before 9 a.m. Sunday due to busted fire sprinkler on tenth floor Ty Johnson News Editor
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Ken Porter, junior in management, and Chadwick O’Connell, sophomore in management, talk with an RA while she fills out an incident report Sunday after a sprinkler burst, forcing residents to evacuate.
sure what had actually happened in his room. “I thought the window had blown in,” Kronenwetter said. After he was found out the incident was due to a busted sprinkler Kronenwetter realized what
had actually woken him. “The water pressure from the nozzle was so hard it hit my blinds and knocked [them] over,” Kronenwetter said. “When it hit my window it made one giant explosion and that’s what
New challenge replicates KKC Cookout challenge combines running, milkshakes Ty Johnson News Editor
Ten people rushed down Western Boulevard around 1 p.m. Sunday heading to Cookout for one of the fast food restaurant’s popular milkshakes - a very common event around Raleigh. Except these ten undergraduate students didn’t head to the drive-thru - they didn’t drive at all. The students were taking part in an event they created known as the Cookout challenge, as the runners had to run to Cookout, order and eat a milkshake, and then head back to the Quad. While NCSU students are famous for their urges to form challenges around distance running and food, Stephane Henrion, a senior in electrical engineering, said the Cookout challenge pales in comparison to the more widely known Krispy Kreme Challenge. “It was a lot easier than the Krispy Kreme Challenge,” Henrion, who finished first Sunday, said. “I didn’t eat all twelve donuts, [in the KKC], but from the few I ate, I [can tell I] had a harder time keeping them down than the milkshake.” Henrion ate a peach cobbler milk-
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woke me up.” While he was speaking with the paramedics, Kronenwetter and other observers watched as water cascaded down the side of the building. “They sat me down and ran some checks to find out if I was alright,” Kronenwetter said. “[Then I] saw all this water coming down.” Kronenwetter said he received a “nasty cut” on his ankle when he left his room, but when the paramedics released him, a University fire official informed him his room was flooded. “They said my room had filled all the way up to the ceiling,” Kronenwetter said, adding that in his rush out the door, the only thing he was able to get from his room was his cell phone. “Everything else has water damage,” he said. “I’m trying to get everything aired out.” Kronenwater isn’t sure what will become of his personal belongings or if he’ll be compensated for damages. “That’s still up in the air,” he said. “We don’t know what’s going down with my personal belongings.” Matt Carpenter, a freshman in computer engineering and community assistant in Sullivan, said compensation for damages is mainly determined by an individual’s insurance. “What’s in the [housing] contract is you have to have homeowner’s insurance,” Carpenter said. “What’s covered at home is the same as here.” Carpenter said residents were instructed to contact their parents to find out more informa-
tion about their insurance plans. Carpenter noted Housing was dealing with the incident in a very organized manner, especially in the case of the resident advisers who managed an information desk for residents and shuttled residents to and from their rooms to make sure their rooms were safe. “It’s like an army down here running this thing,” Carpenter said. Still, residents like Leo Verceles-Zara, a freshman in biochemistry, said Housing employees kept many of those evacuated in the dark. “They didn’t really tell us what was going on,” VercelesZara said. “They just tried to get us out of the way.” Verceles-Zara said he was still under the impression there was a fire in the building when he was directed to Lee Field. He also said the investigation and assessment of the damage lasted longer than he expected, as he wasn’t allowed back in until three hours later. Eric Tester, a junior in mechanical engineering, resides in a suite that was damaged heavily by water. “The other side of the suite had pretty heavy damage,” he said. “They had to take their rug out and were mopping the floor.” Tester said he and his suitemates were allowed back in the suite, but were not able to stay. “We were allowed to go in there, get some of our things, and report damage, then leave again,” he said.
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shake, and while he said it was one of his favorite flavors, he said there was also some strategy to his selection “Depending on the flavor, you had a deduction or handicap and [it had] the highest handicap of the flavors I enjoyed,” Henrion said. “They subtracted [minutes from your time based on] how hard the milkshake was supposed to be.” Jared Bowman, a senior in psychology, said his strategy for the challenge was almost completely based on milkshake selection. “Stephane is just faster than me,” Bowman said. “But, because of my milkshake, I was able to come in second.” Fred Johnson, a junior in economics, finished after Henrion, but because of Bowman’s choice of a caramel cheesecake peanut butter fudge brownie milkshake, his timing deduction earned him second place. “I knew I wouldn’t be as fast as Stephane or Fred,” Bowman said. “But, I ended up with a six-minute bonus due to the grossness of my milkshake.” While it allowed him to finish ahead of Johnson, the creative milkshake choice did cause Bowman some pain. “On the way back it definitely started making me nauseous,” Bowman said. “I did end up throwing up and that wasn’t the most fun.”
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Sprinkler bursts, soaks Sullivan A busted sprinkler in Sullivan Residence Hall Sunday morning forced the evacuation of all residents while University Housing staff, Campus Police, and facilities investigated the incident and assessed damages. William Kronenwetter, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, said he woke up at 8:44 a.m. from what he described as an explosion. “I thought a tornado had come through, because of the weather reports from the night before,” Kornenwetter said. “I [got] out of bed and slipped and cut my foot on something on the ground and [ran] out in my boxers while getting sprayed in the face with black water.” From the moment he realized something was wrong, Kronenwetter said he was intent on getting his suite mates and himself out of the building. “I got out of my room and knocked on my suitemates’ room,” he said. “The first thing that came to mind was getting everybody out.” Kronenwetter said 20 seconds after the sprinkler burst, a fire alarm went off and he and his suitemates evacuated to the area in between Sullivan, Lee, and Bragaw. Kronenwetter went to talk with the paramedics on the scene, mostly because he was un-
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John Ng, a junior in history, shovels mulch for other volunteers at the Hemlock Bluffs Nature Preserve in Cary Saturday as part of Service Raleigh. Ng was volunteering with the Asian Students Association to help maintain the trails.
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Festival focuses on unity Weeklong festival will highlight several aspects of African culture Allie Landry Staff Writer
The 39th annual Pan-Afrikan Festival, sponsored by the UAB Black Students Board, kicked off this weekend and will continue to host events throughout the week. Various organizations are involved in the festival, which began Saturday night with the African Student Union’s Slap Back to Africa show. Other N.C. State groups featured throughout the week will include Dance Visions, the Black Finesse Modeling Troupe, and the African American Textile Society. Isaac Owolabi, a senior in aerospace engineering, is copresident of the African Student Union, and said that the Slap Back to Africa kick-off show was a huge success. The event showcased a variety of components of African culture, such as music, fashion, and drama. “It also included information about the different problems and issues going on in Africa,” Owolabi said. “We left it with a hopeful outlook on the future.” Kornelius Bascombe, a sophomore in criminology, serves as chair of the Black Students Board, and said he hopes the festival will be educational for attendees. “There’ll be dialogue in between each program and during each program to help people understand our history,” Bascombe said. “There’s the educational component, but also a social component. We want it to be interactive.” The Slap Back to Africa show featured a variety of African customs, from belly dancing in North Africa to gumboot dancing in South Africa. A tradition on campus, Owolabi summed up the history of the Pan-Afrikan movement. “Pan-Afrikanism is the movement that happened after the previously colonized African countries decided they needed to band together if Africa is to move forward,” Owolabi said. “There is a lot of violence and division. If we’re willing to be humble to set aside our differences and focus on unity, there will be a better hope for Africa.” Pan-Afrikanism stresses unity among not only people with African backgrounds, but among people of all cultures, Bascombe said. “We need to branch out and unify all cultures and religions,” said Bascombe. “We want nonAfrican Americans to really take a chance to go to one event. The goal is for students to get a gist of what the African American community at N.C. State is all about.” Owolabi said bringing unity across cultures is a primary goal of the festival. “We’re a very culturally diverse university, and we try to embrace multiculturalism,” Owolabi said. “This week provides the opportunity for African organizations to showcase themselves and an opportunity to move past racial divisions of the past.” Owolabi said he believes that the election of President Obama places a newfound importance on unity.
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