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VOL. 92, NO. 5
“Covers the campus like the magnolias”
University prepares campus for possible additions By Caitlin Brooks | Asst. news editor
Two forums discussing the Campus Master Plan took place on Sept. 9 and Sept. 11, the first hosted by Student Government and the second by the university. The Master Plan supplements the much-discussed Strategic Plan, and it outlines potential physical changes to the university that will make growth possible. The original plan for the Reynolda campus layout was developed by Jens Larson in the 1950s and has been updated three times in the university’s history;
in 1988, 1991 and 2000. “Those were sort of what I call ‘mini master plans,’” Matt Cullinan, vice president of administration said in an interview. “They focused on the needs of campus at the time, but they were not nearly as holistic as we’ve been and we’re sort of using a similar process as Jens Larson did.” In order to accomplish this, the university hired Ayers Saint Gross, an architecture and master planning consulting firm. The goals of the plan, according to the firms’ representative Luanne Greene, were “to extend the core feeling of the university,
expand the pedestrian network, create a variety of open spaces, enhance campus ecology, and to connect to Deacon Boulevard and Reynolda Village.” “I think the leadership and the board of trustees are very aware of those fundamental qualities that make Wake Forest special, Cullinan said.” “The intimacy of the university, the student centered nature of it, I think those have persisted from since the campus moved here. “From 1956 to now our student body has more than doubled and each of those generations, I believe, has had the same sort of
close knit relationship and attachment to Wake Forest.” This was a major issue for current students at the university, many of whom had expressed concern for the close-knit feel of the school in light of the new undergraduate body expansion and the accompanying physical expansion fo the campus. “A lot of our work has been looking at ideas, talking about ideas for a lot of the time and looking at pieces of paper, but we’re very big believers of walking out and looking at things on site,” Greene said. It is from this perspective that the Master
Plan came about after years of study, research, forums and plans. Campus circulation, the open space network, implementation of transportation management programs and the physical limits to South Campus were all taken into account in drafting the plan. A new traffic pattern that would implement high quality roads and limited access by car to the inner core of the campus around the quad and down in the freshmen residential area of South Campus are just a few of the changes aimed to promote better pedestrian circulation.
Forum addresses student issues By CeCe Brooks | News editor
As part of an effort to encourage communication between the student body and the administration, Student Government hosted a forum on student life on Sept. 11. President Nathan O. Hatch and Vice President of Student Life Ken Zick were at the forum to answer students’ questions. Students were Hatch directed to ask about topics they felt were important to student life. “My goal was for students to come out and have their questions answered directly by administrators,” SG President Jermyn Davis said. Davis started the forum by asking Hatch and Zick general questions regarding their opinions on student life at the university. “How have you seen student life progress since your tenure here?” Davis asked Hatch.“I asked Dr. Zick what students should be concerned about this year,
but most importantly what students junior Wilder Hare said. “At the same should be excited about,” Hatch said. time, I feel that the issues discussed at Topics discussed included the Juicy the forum are not the issues concerning Campus Web site, bringing parties student life right now.” “I wish that more students would have back to campus, tuition increases, the been present because a lot of topics of Strategic Plan and binge drinking. “I wanted to ask the president and interest were addressed, but overall I do Dr. Zick about what the university think it was productive,” Floyd said. “I think it helped the administrators was doing to accommodate the intersee what issues national students ... students conmany of the adminsidered pertiistrators are unaware nent, and many of the significant chal“I think any time Dr. Hatch and of the questions lenges that internaMr. Zick are willing to give up that were asked tional students face,” time and answer questions helped the senior Trayonna Floyd in such an open environment, it administrators said. see areas that This and other is productive and I greatly needed clarififorums SG is hostappreciate their willingness to cation within ing this month are in do that.” the Strategic many ways the first of Plan.” their kind. Wilder Hare Whether or Some student Junior not this will attendees appreciated be an annual the rare opportunity event is yet to to discuss issues with administrators, but many felt the event be determined. However, Davis feels that he is fuldid not reach its potential. “I think any time Dr. Hatch and Dr. filling his responsibility to the student Zick are willing to give up time and body, at least for this year. “We’re trying to do our job, promotanswer questions in such an open environment, it is productive and I greatly ing what’s going on campus and that’s appreciate their willingness to do that,” all we can do,” Davis said.
The new Campus Master Plan outlines goals for two different phases, one that will be accomplished within five years and the other that aims to be completed within the decade. Among the proposals for the first phase of the plan are renovations and additions to Carswell Hall as well as a new admissions office and improvements to Wake Forest Road. Plans are already in the works for a new freshman residence hall near Collins as well as an upperclassmen residence hall on North Campus.
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In the Real World... Baby formula kills three and threatens thousands with illness The chemical melamine was found in the milk powder produced by China’s largest milk producer, Mengnui Dairy. Over 1,000 babies have been hospitalized and over 6,000 sickened by the formula. It has been found to cause malnutrition, kidney stones and acute renal failure.
ATF promises to change after audit shows lost guns and laptops In its recent audit the Justice Department found that The Bureau of Alcohol. Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives could not locate 76 weapons and 418 laptops. This was triple the amount from their last audit and double that of the FBI and DEA.
Grizzly bear comes back from near extinction in Montana The U.S. Geological Survey determined that there are around 765 grizzly bears in northwestern Montana. This is the highest number of known grizzly bears in over three decades.
Market continues to fall as banks suffer fallout from credit crisis
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The Dow Jones Industry and Nasdaq reported similar drops after Lehman Brothers went bankrupt, Merrill Lynch sold to Bank of America and the U.S. government announced an $85 billion loan to AIG this past week.
Duke professor talks about perceived reality By Grace Beehler | Contributing writer
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Students commemorate the seventh anniversary of September 11th by lighting candles in Davis Chapel in honor of those lost.
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During his philosophy lecture on Sept. 11, Dr. Fred Dretske claimed that our experiences are actually exponentially more vibrant and textured than what we consciously recall. Dretske, 76, joined Duke University as a Senior Research Scholar in 1999 after retiring from Stanford University. Dretske began his career as a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. An epistemologist and philosopher of the mind, he focuses his research on the conscious experience and self-knowledge. Dretske was awarded the Jean Nicod Prize in 1994 for his lecture “Naturalizing the Mind.” This esteemed prize is awarded annually to a leading cognitive scientist or philosopher of the mind. In his talk with the university’s philosophy department, “What We See: The Texture of Conscious Experience,” Dretske attempted to debunk the belief
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that we cannot access all the details that are really in the environment. Dretske claims that there is a difference between perceiving something and actually seeing it. The visual perception of X is unconscious; whereas seeing X is the perception of X when it is embodied in a conscious experience. He begins by defining several terms. Objects, Dretske said, could be a box, tree, goose or even an event such as a wedding. He goes on to define properties, which are colors, sizes or positioning. Facts, he said, are what we come to know by seeing objects and properties. With the more objects one sees, the texture of the experience is greater. Dretske refutes three fallacies. The first is that one cannot be sure of what he is seeing because he could be experiencing deceptions and therefore he would not see the facts. However, the subject
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