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Daryn Williams, a sophomore in criminology and psycology, and Vincent Feucht, a sophomore in international studies, participate in the April Fool’s Day freeze held in the Brickyard. Logan Dawson, a sophomore in meterology, observes and tests how well Williams and Feucht can stay frozen. “How did you not move?” Dawson asked. “I just tried to tell my self, ‘It’s not funny’,” Feucht said.
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Michael Giancola, the director of the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, and Justine Hollingshead, director of the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center, appear on the scene of the Brickyard Freeze to regulate a rogue Brickyard preacher. Gary, the regular Brickyard Preacher has a permit whereas this man does not, and he was taking advantage of the “frozen” students participating in the April Fool’s Day joke in which students had to stand still and not speak for five minutes.
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Gary, the Brickyard preacher, freezes with a group of students, in the April Fool’s Day joke Zach Berman, a junior in biology, organized. Berman drew awareness of the event through a Facebook group. Students were “frozen” for a total of five minutes.
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wo top Student Government offices were sworn in during Wednesday’s final meeting of the Student Senate of the school year. After running unopposed, both Kelli Rogers and Elmo Lamm claimed their positions last week and will take office effective today.
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Vice President Joe Biden toured small towns across eastern North Carolina Wednesday explaining to residents how President Barack Obama’s recovery act will help rural America. The vice president was joined by Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack as he visited Pikeville and Faison. Biden and Vilsack announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture had begun dispursing $10 billion in housing loans provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. When the vice president arrived in Faison to speak at the Goshen Medical Center, he focused mainly on health care and how a small-town model, like the one Faison residents followed, was what the nation’s universal health care should resemble. “This health clinic and health clinics across America, these are the future.” Biden said. “We’re here to try to make rural America stronger, and this is just one of many examples across this great nation.” Biden said he came to eastern North Carolina because Secretary Vilsack said it was a good example of an area where the stimulus package will help. Sara Cohen, a junior in food science, said Eastern North Carolina is a region that could benefit from the Recovery Act. “Universal health care will help people who need it,” Cohen said. “It’s an important topic for that area of North Carolina because there’s an increasing number of people without health insurance due to job losses.” Cohen also said she could see the benefit of using a smalltown model for health care throughout the nation, though she admitted she didn’t know the specifics of Obama’s health care plans. “Small clinics would provide more personal care for patients,” she said. “ Nick Young, a junior in civil engineering, said he could see why Biden and Vilsack would visit rural North Carolina. “The tobacco industry is important to N.C.,” Young said. “It’s an example of the administration trying to reach out to rural America.” FREEZE continued page 3
SBT GOALS Elmo Lamm, a freshman in management, took the oath of office as Student Body Treasurer Elmo Lamm 2009-2010 SBT Wednesday night. Lamm fills an office that has been abdicated in January by his two predecessors, but plans to serve his entire term while in-
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Participants freeze in Brickyard For the second time on campus, time stood still for five minutes in the Brickyard Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. A group of 400 to 500 students froze in place in an event that the improvisation troupe Improv Everywhere inspired, which Zack Berman, a junior in biology, organized. Some people stood still in a natural position, some pretended to be using their cell phones and others stopped in the middle of a high-five or a kiss. “I was bored one day and found the video from last year’s freeze online, and decided to do it again,” Berman said. Berman expected it to be more successful than last year’s freeze, which had about 100 participants. “Last year we started planning too early and the hype died down,” Berman said. “The date had to be pushed back, and it just lost steam.” Berman said the goal of the freeze was to have a good time and to encourage spontaneity. He said he did not want to make it stand for something that would be divisive and not everyone would want to participate. “It’s not something you can attach an agenda to,” Berman said. “It’s supposed to be fun, something in which anyone can participate.” Bailey Hayes, a freshman in computer science, said she chose to participate because it was something fun a lot of people would hear about. Hayes froze holding papers she received from a group on the Brickyard. “I just improvised my position. I do feel badly for people who are trying to walk through the Brickyard right now,” Hayes said. Though the freeze does not raise money or awareness for any causes, there were still many participants.
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Jay Dawkins, student body president, talks to the Student Senate about the “Finish the Bell Tower” campaign. This meeting was the last Senate meeting for the semester.
SENATE MEETING The final meeting of the Student Senate focused mainly on approving next year’s budget, newly-elected Student Senate
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President Kelli Rogers said. The budget increase due to a rise in student fees led to around a one-third increase in the money for appropriations next year, she said.
“We’ll have $120,000 for appropriations next year, compared to $80,000 this year,” Rogers said. SENATE continued page 3
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