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bins said. “It was supposed to be a 54-bell carillon memorial. The bells would serve as Every hour, on the hour, it a constant reminder to the sounds. One day, it may even sacrifice of those who are ring. memorialized by the tower.” The Memorial Bell Tower may Robbins’ desire to get bells be the University’s most recog- in the Bell Tower coincides nizable visual feature and serves with the University-planned as the landmark of the official renovation of the tower to imseal. prove the structure’s look and It’s been a place to celebrate, halt the deterioration that has protest and even mourn. occurred since its completion. Just in the last year, students Though the two projects are used the Bell Tower to wel- undeniably connected, Robcome Presibins said, dent Barack the money Obama to the for bel l s White House, will come protest t he completeconf lict bely f rom tween Israel donations and Gaza while the a nd mou r n money for the death of t he Uniwomen’s basversity ketball coach renovation Kay Yow. project is But whi le f rom t he the Bell TowMatt Robbins, graduate student state. er serves as “The bell in architecture the symbol of project the University would be and a memorial to fallen World done completely and utterly War I veterans, its name raises by donations from students a question for Matt Robbins, a and alumni. No fees or taxgraduate student in architecture. payer money would be put “Why doesn’t the Bell Tower toward it,” Robbins said. “It’s have bells in it?” Robbins asked only fitting that the alumni, himself. students and community Robbins’ 2004 discovery that contribute to make this spethe Bell Tower did not have a cial. If someone is forced to single bell in it started a journey give money, it doesn’t make which, as of 2009, has him poised sense.” to begin a fundraising project to Robbins said he thinks it get bells in the tower bearing that is crucial for students and name. alumni to latch onto a project “When I look at the tower, I like this because it can teach see an unfinished canvas. It is a people about the history of suitable memorial, but it could TOWER continued page 5 be much better than it is,” RobManaging Editor
“When I look at the tower, I see an unfinished canvas. It is a suitable memorial, but it could be much better than it is.”
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The University commissioned the construction of the Memorial Bell Tower, located on North Campus, as a monument to alumni who were killed in World War I. Although the design plans for the tower began in 1920, the Bell Tower was not completed until 1937.
Mickey to surprise parents at graduation JOHN MICKEY QUICK FACTS:
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As the semester winds down and seniors look toward commencement, one senior has a secret he desperately wants to keep from h is pa rent s, but it’s not that he won’t be sitting w it h his classmates awaiting his degree. John Mickey It’s that Commencement he’ll be en- Student Speaker tering with Chancellor James Oblinger and will deliver the final student commencement speech to the 2009 senior class. The Commencement Advisory Committee selected John Mickey, a senior in business administration, to be the student speaker at this spring’s commencement ceremony May 9. The committee notified Mickey with a phone call and a letter, but his parents will be the last to find out.
Sources say Glance looked over for job Yow’s long-time assistant no longer a candidate for head coaching job Staff Report Stephanie Glance, a 15-year veteran of late coach Kay Yow’s coaching staff, is not being considered to succeed her former colleague according to Ronnie Yow, Yow’s brother. Ronnie Yow told WRAL Thursday night Glance was Yow’s choice to take over the program in her absence, but that the Athletics Department was no longer considering Glance as an option. Yow had coached the Wolfpack women’s basketball team for 34 seasons until she passed away earlier this year from breast cancer. N.C. State’s media relations office would not confirm any news concerning the coaching search and said no new information will be discussed until a new coach was announced. “We’re not confirming anything,” Mark Kimmel, a media relations representative, said Friday. More information about the women’s basketball coaching vacancy should come within the next two weeks, as Athletics Director Lee Fowler said earlier in the year he wanted to make the hiring decision by mid-April.
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FINAL ADDRESS RUNDOWN: Who: John Mickey, a senior in business administration What: Final student commencement speech to 2009 senior class When: May 9, 9 a.m. Where: RBC Center Why: The Commencement Advisory Committee selected Mickey to speak at the spring commencement ceremony. It will be a surprise to his parents. SOURCE: JOHN MICKEY
“Everyone knows but my mom and dad,” Mickey said. “You come to graduation expecting to see your child sitting down with everybody else, but he walks in with the chancellor. They’ll be shocked and I’ll get a good kick out of it afterward.” Mickey said the idea of surprising his parents with his role
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Travis Cruse, a sophomore in FYC talks to John Mickey, a senior in business administration and Ryan Smith, a junior in international on the Brickyard last year. Mickey, who was campaigning at the time to be elected student body president, will speak at this spring’s commencement ceremony.
as commencement speaker the day of graduation came mostly from the joy he gets when he’s pleasantly shocked. “I love surprises,” Mickey said.
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John Mickey, a senior in business administration, was chosen to be the student commencement speaker at spring graduation May 9. A few notes about Mickey’s accomplishments at N.C. State r 2008 student body president candidate, finished second r Service Raleigh co-chair, 2009 r 2009 commencement student speaker
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“Anytime I can squeeze a surprise out of something, I’ll do it.” Senior Class President Adam Compton said choosing a speaker from the field was difficult,
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