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october 31, 2012
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Hurricane sandy update
Hurricane Sandy brings havoc to upper east coast erin mcclam & katie zezima Associated Press
Photo by dexter mullins • contributor/the a&t register
times square shuts down city with barricades and service alerts during the storm of Hurricane Sandy
NEW YORK (AP) — Superstorm Sandy slammed into the New Jersey coastline with 80 mph winds Monday night and hurled an unprecedented 13-foot surge of seawater at New York City, flooding its tunnels, subway stations and the electrical system that powers Wall Street. At least 16 U.S. deaths were blamed on the storm, which brought the presidential campaign to a halt a week before Election Day. For New York City at least, Sandy was not the dayslong onslaught many had feared, and the wind and rain that sent water sloshing into Manhattan from three sides began dying down within hours. Still, the power was out for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and an estimated 6.2 million people altogether across the East. The full extent of the storm’s damage across the region was unclear, and unlikely to be known until daybreak. Stock trading will be closed in the U.S. for a second day Tuesday the first time the New York Stock Exchange will be closed for two consecutive days
due to weather since 1888, when a blizzard struck the city. Heavy rain and further flooding remain major threats for the next couple of days as the storm makes its way into Pennsylvania and up into New York State. The center of the storm was just outside Philadelphia near midnight, and its winds were down to 75 mph, just barely hurricane strength. “It was nerve-racking for a while, before the storm hit. Everything was rattling,” said Don Schweikert, who owns a bed-and-breakfast in Cape May, N.J., near where Sandy roared ashore. “I don’t see anything wrong, but I won’t see everything until morning.” As the storm closed in, it converged with a cold-weather system that turned it into a superstorm, a monstrous hybrid consisting not only of rain and high wind but snow in West Virginia and other mountainous areas inland. It smacked the boarded-up big cities of the Northeast corridor Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston with stinging rain and gusts of more than 85 mph. Just before Sandy reached
land, forecasters stripped it of hurricane status, but the distinction was purely technical, based on its shape and internal temperature. It still packed hurricane-force wind, and forecasters were careful to say it was still dangerous to the tens of millions in its path. Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. near Atlantic City, which was already mostly under water and saw an old, 50-foot piece of its world-famous Boardwalk washed away earlier in the day. Authorities reported a record surge 13 feet high at the Battery at the southern tip of Manhattan, from the storm and high tide combined. In an attempt to lessen damage from saltwater to the subway system and the electrical network beneath the city’s financial district, New York City’s main utility cut power to about 6,500 customers in lower Manhattan. But a far wider swath of the city was hit with blackouts caused by flooding and transformer explosions. About 670,000 customers were without power late Monday in the city and suburbanu See SANDY on Page 3
Salaries of female faculty differ from males kimberly fields Staff Reporter Women faculty members make, on average, 80.6 percent of what their male counterparts make within all ranks as reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education. The report showed salaries of full-time faculty members for the 2011-2012 fiscal year. It noted in the past year, the biggest salary increase, “went to faculty members working at doctoral institutions,” which have the greatest difference between men’s and women’s pay. In the second Presidential debate of 2012, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act was mentioned in regards to women making 72 cents on the dollar of what men make. According to The Library of Congress, this law allows women to sue their employer for up to two years of back pay. This is money they are entitled to but did not receive due to inequitable pay. Despite the passing of the bill in 2009, employers continue to distribute unequal pay according to gender. The National Women’s Law Center released its North Carolina State Equal Pay Fact Sheet in April 2012. “The typical North Carolina woman who has received an associate’s degree or completes some college still isn’t paid as much as the typical North Caro-
lina man who only graduated from high school,” it noted. There could be many reasons for inequitable pay between men and women. Linda McAbee, vice chancellor for Human Resources at N.C. A&T, explained that certain criteria account for the differences in pay. The criteria could include faculty rank, status, discipline, and experience. Rank refers to whether a teacher is classified as a professor, associate professor, assistant professor, lecturer, adjunct professor. Status indicates if a professor has tenure or not. Their discipline is what they teach, and experience can be how long they have taught and what and where they have previously taught. Though certain criteria justify differences in pay, The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) said, “The overall salary disadvantage for women is a combination of two primary factors: women are more likely to have positions at institutions that pay lower salaries, and they are less likely to hold senior faculty rank.” Though the research and data tables reflect these two differences, it also shows that women usually earn lower salaries even when they hold
greatest homecoming on earth 2012 recap Above Left: Comedian Bruce Bruce entertains students in Corbett Sports Center. Above Right: Model poses in the fashion show at the Carolina Theatre. Far Left: Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. lays down in a table formation during their winning performance at the stepshow. Left: Singers perform at the 2012 gospel show featuring Donald Lawrence. For all homecoming photos and vidoes you can go to: www.ncatregister.com
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Despite the rough economy, individuals push through to stay financially stable.
As the presidential election close in, analysts view President Obama’s policies enerous and logical.
Fans doubted the Aggie football team to repeat homecoming win, but the Aggies prevailed. PAGE 7
Performers were late and the event lasted past midnight, but the homecoming concert was worth the money. PAGE 8
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