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Construction creates obstacles Despite parking issues, planners say project will be worth the sacrifice Sonja Deulina Correspondent
The last phase of the Rocky Stream Restoration project started Monday, and while the project’s completion will restore main campus’ creek as a scenic stream, parking for staff, faculty, and students has been directly impacted with the construction’s beginning. The last phase will create some issues for staff parking in ‘C’ spaces — those reserved for employees from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. Approximately 114 parking spaces have been temporarily eliminated in central campus while 42 have been lost in Carmichael lot for the duration of construction. 37 spaces will be permanently lost in Carmichael between Lower Miller Field and the south side of the Natatorium. “It was very hectic of course”, Dr. Rob Hayford, associate director at the student health center, said. “The number of parking spots for employees has been reduced significantly.” Traffic cones and fencing are blocking off parking spaces and causing employees to leave their homes early to find parking. “People had their blinkers on ready to take a space as soon as someone pulled out. One employee got here half an hour in order to find parking,” Hayford said. Although it was the first day of construction, both students and staff seemed to be reacting badly. Transpotation said ticketing increased with the beginning of construction as students, responding to the elimination of parking
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Setting up reference points along the creek, Chuck Rushton, a surveyor and a ‘73 NCSU graduate, prepares the creek that runs parallel to lower miller field for construction while crews remove the basketball court lights Monday. An estimated 107 parking spaces will be lost during construction, which is set to finish in December.
spaces, are more inclined to park in spots restricted to them. The Rocky Branch Restoration project will include the installation of 6,000 feet of greenway path along an urban creek which runs more than a mile though the center of campus. The path is intended to provide a transportation alternative and bring people close to the
creek. The project is being completed in three phases. Phase I, the construction of a greenway from Gorman St. to Dan Allen Dr., was completed in the spring of 2002. Phase II ran from Morrill Dr. to Pullen Rd. Phase III will connect Dan Allen Drive to Pullen Drive. The project will also include an
accessible outdoor teaching laboratory, water and wildlife preservation at the creek, and a way to integrate the creek into campus life. Water quality specialist, Barbara A. Doll from the Sea Grant program, believes that the benefits of this project far exceed any temporary setbacks. She says that the quality of the creek has drastically
WKNC experiences problems Student radio station has equipment troubles
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Juicy Campus redirects to new site Decreased revenue leads to site shut down
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: WKNC is a part of Student Media.] WKNC, the student-run radio station, has been undergoing problems with transmission since Feb. 7. That morning the station employees noticed a problem with the station’s output. “We had static in our signal,” Jamie Lynn Gilbert, the assistant coordinator for Student Media, said. “[The static] would literally block the audio.” Austin Page, the student engineer for WKNC, said the problem is somewhere within the transmission process, causing the signal to became very weak. “The effect the user experiences is ... all you’re getting is static. The sound is just what you would hear if we weren’t broadcasting,” Page said. In order to deal with the problem and still broadcast to some extent, WKNC reduced the power for the transmission on Feb. 8, Gilbert said. “It decreased the signal range. As of right now we’re still at 10
improved over the years. “When I came to school here, it was an eroded polluted wasteland and now it is frequently used for classes,” Doll said. “It has really become an outdoor classroom. 235 feet of stream will be unpiped and let out from underground.
outpaced our ability to muster the resources needed to survive this economic downturn.” The Web site, which provided an anonymous forum for people John Cline Correspondent to discuss virtually anything, garnered a lot of activity but was The popular discussion site derogatory and vengeful postJuicyCampus.com fell victim ings often plagued the Web site. to the finan“I saw it while cial crisis this it was operable month, which and I think it some students was completely say may be a unnecessary good thing. and negative, “Online ad e spec ia l ly i n re venue ha s regards to the plummeted Greek coma nd vent u re munity,” Allie capital funding Nash, a junior Allie Nash, junior in arts has dissolved,” in arts applicaapplications creator Matt tions said. “I’m Ivester said in a glad it’s gone.” press release on the site. “Juicy Campus’ exponential growth JUICY continued page 3
“I saw it while it was operable and I think it was completely unnecessary.”
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Jon Gomes, a junior in mechanical engineering who is also known as “Agent Orange,” trains Logan Kimler, a sophomore in political science and international politics, to be a WKNC radio DJ. The radio transmitter has lost its broadcasting range . “We have an obligation to our listener base. They tune in regularly and are very loyal, so to loose our range to places like Chapel Hill and other places on the fringe limits who we can reach ... It’s leaving people in the dark,” Gomes said.
percent [or capacity],” Gilbert said. Page mentioned that listeners away from campus have not been able to listen. “We’ve been getting com-
plaints from our listeners in Durham and Chapel Hill,” he said. Kyle Robb, the general manager for WKNC, said campus and most of Raleigh should be covered, but past that the signal
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is too weak. The decrease in the signal range is accompanied by a decrease in penetration power. Page said if you were behind a WKNC continued page 3
Representatives from Balfour Class Rings will be at NC State Bookstores Feb 1620th. Final chance to order for the ring ceremony!
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