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The University is still considering demolishing Lee and Sullivan Residence Halls at a cost of approximately $1 million per building, but plans are not final and the University has not yet conducted any surveys on to assess the buildings. The demolition of Lee and Sullivan Halls is part of the University’s 10-year plan, Susan Grant, director of University Housing, said. However, before construction on west campus can be considered, plans for dorms on Centen-
nial Campus need to be finalized, Grant said. Grant said she was unable to give an estimate of the cost to rebuild dorms after Lee and Sullivan are demolished. There is nothing structurally wrong with Lee and Sullivan Halls, but Grant said the buildings are “aging out.� Grant named inaccessibility of the dorms to disabled people and ongoing problems with showers as reasons for potential demolition of Lee and Sullivan Halls. “Based on the stairwell structure, a person of different abilities can only live on the ground floor and cannot visit any of their friends on the upper floors because the elevators stop between floors,� Grant said. “The bathrooms in their current structure are not [American Disabilities Act] acceptable, so that is an-
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Potential demolition delayed till newer dorms finalized Inaccessibility to disabled people, water system given as justification for potential demolition
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Professors give historic perspective Symbols more significant based on past practices Alex Vaughn
From the Division of Student Affairs Annual Report: University Housing focused on sustainability this year with the installation of 6,000 low-flow aerators and showerheads in campus residential buildings. Retention of students who live on campus has increased, and the largest number of freshmen were housed in fall 2007. Hous-
other issue.� Simply replacing the stairwells is a possibility, Grant said, but a study has not been conducted to determine if that is a better option than total demolition. The “more regular need for replacement in the shower areas,� Grant said, is something else to consider. The pipes in Lee and Sullivan Halls are also “aging out,� she said. “Over some period of time,
ing worked with the University Architect’s office and outside consultants to consider housing needs for the future. The final report includes proposals for student apartments on Centennial Campus, demolition of Lee and Sullivan Halls to make way for buildings designed for living and learning villages and the construction of townhouses for Greek Village.
total replacement [of the water system] is needed,� Grant said. However, Grant also said she did not know whether or not the water systems in Lee and Sullivan needed replacing. “We have not done a full study of this problem,� she said. “It is one educated apAIDS continued page 3
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The threat painted in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5 prompted not only discussion on hate speech and University regulations — but discussion on the history of racial slurs and images and their significance. Four members of the history department will be hosting a teach-in Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Withers Hall in response to the Free Expression Tunnel incident of Nov. 5. Titled “The Gun, The Flag, and The Noose,� the event will be a discussion of the historical significance of the racist language and symbols found on display in the Tunnel the morning after Barack Obama’s presidential victory was announced. Katherine Mellen Charron, an assistant professor of history that will be speaking at the event, said a teach-in is usually focused on a current event and is meant both to educate the campus on the complexities of that issue and to create a forum where the issue can be discussed. “We’re hoping to affect the conversation,� Blair Kelley, an assistant professor of history who will also be speaking at the event, said. “Our concern was that the historical roots of the images being placed up there were not being discussed.� Symbols, which also appeared in the tunnel, will be discussed including the Ku Klux Klan, lynching and the confederate flag, Kelley said. “All of this has a historical basis and we can’t think of it outside of that historical context,� she said. Kelley said reaction to the incident should be focused more on creatively educating the stu-
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dent body regarding the history of oppression in the U.S. rather than punishment for those responsible. “I would hope that they don’t really know the history,� Charron said, regarding the four students involved with the tunnel incident. She said she hoped the students were not aware that these symbols were once associated with “homegrown terrorism� and are not to be taken lightly. “There are these symbols that are all around us all the time but we don’t always understand their historical context and how they’ve operated to oppress people or to terrorize people,� she said. Charron said the issue of how the meaning of a symbol changes over time will be a topic of discussion, giving as an example the different identities of the confederate flag during the Civil War and during the civil rights movement. “These symbols permeate our culture and they have permeated our culture, particularly here in the south, for over a hundred years, and they’re kind of out there and available for appropriation and use by people and they mean different things at different times in history too,� Charron said. Brian Brockway, a senior in zoology, said he thought the messages painted in the tunnel were appalling and ignorant. His initial reaction was that the graffiti was left by someone who was not involved with the University, he said. “It’s just surprising that college students have to be like that,� he said. Brockway said he thought the event was a good idea, and he hoped that information learned there would reach those who most need to hear it.
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Maggie Barnes, a freshman in art and design, works on her final project for her freshman experience class at Leazer Hall Monday of Dead Week. “This is our reduce and recycle project,� Barnes said. “I actually did not pay for any of the materials — they are all recycled.� Barnes used old fabric, stuffing from an old pillow, and parts of a laptop bag to create a laptop case that is also a pillow when closed.
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Ticketing system, standby lines ‘successful’ Loyalty points, standby lines an improvement though less people used the lines as the season progressed Derek Medlin Managing Editor
The changes to the student ticketing system designed to give loyal students better seats and make the game entrance process easier worked well in creating a better atmosphere for football season, Dick Christy, assistant athletic director, said. The University implemented the new system for the beginning of football season, and it gave students loyalty points based on attendance and allowed students who did not receive tickets to enter the game through a standby line.
Christy said the changes came from increased discussion between Student Government and the Athletics Department during the summer. “The dialogoue with Student Government was outstanding,� Christy said. “We really got ahead of the curve and got a lot of feedback from students.� Christy said the feedback from students helped prevent problems before they came up. “Once we sat dow n and tweaked some things with Student Government, the system was absolutely as good as we’ve seen,� Christy said. Matt Garcia, chair of the Student Government Athletics Commission, said the ability for the system to change was key in its success. “We kept making ends meet so to speak,� Garcia, a junior in
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Phil Anderson, a sophomore in agriculture business, gets a wristband after waiting in the standby line at the RBC Center. This weekend’s game was the first game to impliment the standby line for students without tickets.
sport management, said. “We kept adapting. It was pretty smooth after all was said and done. We wanted to make sure
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people don’t have complaints.� Jamie Mills, a junior in English education, said she thought the system worked well.
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“Every game that I ever signed up to go for, I signed up with a group and got a ticket,� Mills said. “I never looked at a loyalty point or anything. I never had any trouble at all.� Mills said the experience of getting into the stadium on game day was also better. “It actually seemed to go a lot smoother this year,� she said. “The lines this year were a lot better than they have been in the past.� Christy said the standby line, which allowed students who did not receive tickets through the online ticketing system, succeeded in its goal of filling up the stands at Carter-Finley Stadium. “The standby line was successful early in the season, but the numbers tapered off later in the year,� Christy said. “It did give
that extra opportunity to get a ticket and get into the game.� Mills said the standby line worked well from what she heard from friends. “From what I’ve heard the standby line worked great,� she said. “It seems to have worked for getting people in the games earleir. Peple go in earlier because they know their ticket may get revoked.� The main focus of the changes centered on making students more accountable for the seats they received. The more games attended added loyalty points to accounts and put students in better position to receive a better seating assignment for the next game. “Now students can log on and TICKETING continued page 3
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