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Elections Commission chairman says SG getting back to the original spirit of campaigning

Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor

Campaign season for Student Government po-sitions, which began Tuesday, has been without complaints, Andrew Tucker, the chairman of the Elec-tions Commission, said.

“It’s all gone smoothly so far,” said Tucker, a senior in political science who also served as the chairman of

the Elections Committee last year. “There have not even been many discussions with me.”

All candidates had to file their first expense reports on Tuesday, Tucker said. A few candidates have already started spending their al-located funds, which were increased for campaigns earlier this year.

But despite the expenditures, students like Zach Bourke are seeing fewer evidences of that money.

“There’s way less [sandwich boards] than there

were last year,” Bourke, a sophomore in computer science, said.

Tucker said the reason for this decrease lies with better accountability of expense reports. The changes that have been made by the Student Sen-ate have been beneficial, he said.

“There’s less of a position to be able to [tweak] the numbers,” Tucker said.

Tucker said this is important because some previ-ous campaigns have changed num-bers creatively and spent more than they were allocated.

But the new bills have been ben-eficial in other areas, Tucker said. Candidates are more accountable for their actions, and it is easier to file and hold Student Government hopefuls in line due to the consoli-dation of all the numbers, Tucker said.

The stricter accountability and additional fail-safes have forced candidates, even with the increased spending limits, to change the way they campaign.

“It’s really getting back at the original spirit [of Student Government campaigning],” Tucker said.

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Career Center advises internships and organizational involvement despite weake economy

Courtney Bolin Staff Writer

With a dwindling economy, graduating students who have had internships have an edge over others who have not, according to the University Career Center.

Carol Schroeder, director at the University Career Center, said looking for internships isn’t easy because the num-bers of opportunities have decreased. When companies trim down their budgets, internships are amongst the first costs to go, according to Schroeder.

But, “I don’t want students to be discouraged,” she said.

Even though the number of internships has decreased, the number of students applying for the internships has too, despite that internships are

important to positioning in the job market.

The number of employers who are searching for interns through the University Career Center is down about 20 percent, but schedules for interviews are not still full, Schroeder said.

Schroeder said she encourages students to be flexible, but to pick a path that they wish to pursue long term. She believes that stu-dents should be as active as they can possibly be in these tough economic times.

“Become involved in student organizations, develop good per-sonal skills — you’re ahead of the game,” Schroeder said.

There is still a positive side to the lack of internships available.

“Students will improve their job search skills, and having those will be useful throughout their career,” Schroeder said.

Students should not become discouraged if they don’t get a position they wanted. Interview more, and learn more so your skills will keep getting better, Schroeder said.

It is crucial for students to have experience in someway profes-

sionally, academically and with personal development in order to get an internship, Schroeder said.

Hannah LaRoe, a sophomore in textiles technology, said she has not started applying for in-ternships.

“I don’t plan to have an intern-ship this sum-mer because I a m s t udy i ng abroad in Hang-hzou, China,” LaRoe said.

S he t h i n k s internships are important for gaining indus-try experience and that stu-dents should try to experience t hem. L a Roe plans to apply for internships the summer af-ter her junior year, because she wants to gain experience before graduation.

She said she desires an intern-ship that is a sales or marketing position or part of a production team that analyzes medical tex-

tile products. Both of these types of intern-

ships would complement her ma-jor and give her experience in a field that interests her.

Both Schoeder and LaRoe said student organizations are important because they create more rounded people, and they

also provide mul-tiple networking opportunities.

Schoeder is po-sitioning herself well in this area. She is involved with Delta Gam-ma Sorority, the American Asso-ciation for Textile Chemists and Col-orists, University Scholars and sev-eral other organi-zations.

“I have met a lot of wonderful people through the organiza-tions,” LaRoe said.

LaRoe said she tries to see the positive side of the economy as well.

Students still need to look for internships

Show will focus on designs that don’t damage the environment

Allie LandryStaff Writer

The Hillsborough Street Re-naissance Festival will feature the first-annual REdress Ra-leigh Eco-Fashion Show this Saturday from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m. on Hillsborough Street between Gardner and Enterprise roads.

18 student designers from the University will showcase their collections at the event. Students are using eco-friendly materials

in their designs to highlight the “green” theme of the festival.

Mor Aframian, a senior in textile and apparel manage-ment, is a co-chair for REdress Raleigh. Aframian says the goal of the show is to prove that being “green” can apply to all aspects of life, including fashion.

“Eco-friendly design is being aware of where the materials you use come from, and how the gar-ment is made and its effect on the environment,” Aframian said. “We want to show that fashion can be eco-friendly and stylish at the same time.”

Allison Cross, a sophomore in fashion and textile management,

was selected to be one of the designers in the show. Her col-lection consists of outfits made from recycled material.

“I used sheet sets that were no longer being used,” Cross said. “One set is from my mom’s childhood, and the other is from my childhood.”

Cross was selected to partici-

pate in REdress Raleigh at the beginning of the school year, but has been working on her collec-tion since the summer.

“We had to show two of our items to the organizers of the show about two weeks after school started, and then talk about what the rest of our collec-tion would be like,” Cross said.

Since then, Cross has made three more outfits to complete her collection.

Elise Bullard, a junior in psy-chology, will be modeling one of Cross’ outfits. She said the eco-friendly aspect of the outfits is unique.

“The theme of the fashion show makes it better. Since all

the materials were recycled, it’s cool trying to figure out where everything came from,” Bullard said.

Cross said she wanted a spring-time feel to her collection, which would emphasize the eco-friend-ly theme of the show.

REdress Raleigh to feature eco-friendly student designers during fashion show Saturday

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TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANJim Ceresnak, a junior in political science and a student body president candidate, talks to students at the Atrium during lunchtime Wednesday. Ceresnak is running against Anup Engineer, Amber Joyner, Adam Cloninger, Andrew Swanson and Kornelius Bascombe.CAMPAIGN continued page 3

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“Become involved

in student organizations, develop good

personal skills.”Carol Schroeder, director

of the Career Center

“It’s all gone smoothly so far.There have not even been many

discussions with me.”

Andrew Tucker, chaiman of the Elections Committee

REDRESS RALEIGH QUICK FACTSWho?The event will be held at the Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival and is sponsored in part by MorLove, a company that sells textile

material that has been refashioned into new clothes or art. Profits from MorLove provide funding and sup-plies to an orphanage in Jinja, Ugan-da. Mor Aframian, a senior in textile and apparel, founded MorLove.

What? REdress Raleigh is an Eco-Fashion

Show where student designers use eco-friendly materials in their de-signs to highlight the “green” theme of the Hillsborough Street Renais-sance Festival.

When?The event will be held this Saturday from 5:30 to 7:15 p.m.

Where? The Hillsborough Street Renaissance Festival is located on Hillsborough Street between Gardner and Enter-prise roads. The fashion show will be on Stage B, closer to Enterprise.

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The College of Engineer-ing is hosting an Engineering open house on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All depart-ments in the college, on both Main Campus and Centennial Campus, will conduct tours, displays and information ses-sions. The open house is open to students looking at the Uni-versity, as well as students who already attend the University. University Transportation is providing buses that will run continuously between Cen-tennial and Main Campuses.

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Student Senate discusses budget, passes bill to change tier systemNext meeting could hold extensive debate regarding the 2009-10 SG budget

Jake GoldbasStaff Writer

The Student Senate met on Wednesday and passed Govern-ment Bill 60, a bill which made some changes to the stipend tier system for Student Government employees, and discussed the Student Senate finance bill 59 for the 2009-10 fiscal year.

The bill includes everything from projected fee collection to stipends for SG employees and appropriations allowances. It was designed by the Finance Committee and is sponsored by Senator Thomas Lamm, the chairman of the committee. The bill projects $299,244 worth of revenue and allocates every cent of that sum out.

The bill was read at the meet-ing and will be discussed in more detail in the Finance Commit-tee meeting and the next Senate meeting on March 25.

“We had a finance committee meeting,” Lamm said. “Everyone was invited, including students. We took budget proposals and compared them and we com-pared that to this year’s budget. Now we’re going through the second round and student body is invited to that as well. The meeting will be on Tuesday at 6 [p.m.].”

Kelli Rogers, Student Senate pro tempore and a junior in po-litical science, said the budget is usually highly contested.

But as the Finance Committee went over the Budget Act, he felt some stipend changes should be made.

“We structured out the original budget — to proceed we needed to restructure the tier system,” Lamm said.

The bill to restructure the sys-tem is GB60, also called the Tier System Modification Act, spon-sored by Senator Lamm. It was motioned to be fast-tracked and passed with a visible majority.

The tiers are literally payment categories for how some SG of-ficials will get paid. Two of the main positions that will have the amount they receive changed are the Comptroller and the SG Webmaster. Senators generally affirmed the Webmaster’s extra efforts and that he deserved more compensation. In addition, al-

though student Senators do not get paid,the Bill said which tier they would be in if they are ever going to be paid.

“Everybody within [a] tier has to get the same pay,” Doucette said.

But the changes weren’t really major, according to Lamm.

“We’re not doing anything

groundbreaking,” he said.In the end, the bill had in-

creased the tier system from eight tiers to ten. With these changes, the budget bill will be discussed on March 25.

Deputy News Editor Samuel T.O. Branch contributed to this story.

DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANSen. Thomas Lamm, chair of the committee on !nance, delivers his report in the Student Senate Chamber Wednesday. Lamm sponsered budget legislation for Student Government as well as changes to the tier system for payments for the 2009-10 school year.

well. “A more competitive job mar-

ket creates better workers. As long as there is a competition, then people will always be com-peting to be the best,” LaRoe said.

Brian Sain, a sophomore in nutrition science, has not started applying for internships because he needs to take more required courses first, but said internships are important because hands-on experience and connections in the industry can be gained.

“Internships are a good way to

meet people and create possibili-ties for future jobs,” Sain said.

As far as organizations are con-cerned, Sain is involved with the Cycling Club and holds the sec-retary position.

He said this will help him in the future because it shows that he has experience in event plan-ning, like hosting a race or char-ity event, because he would like

to have a job with a nonprofit organization that raises mon-ey for medical research.

“I made connections with the event coordinators for the charity I would like to intern with by participating in the event,” Sain said.

She also kept other aspects in mind when designing her outfits.

“I thought about my sewing capabilities, and also wanted simple silhouettes,” Cross said.

All models and designers ran through a dress rehearsal twice this past Tuesday in preparation for the show. Bullard said the practice will pay off.

“We changed the way we walked to incorporate more poses and make everything flow better,” Bullard said.

In addition, last-minute chang-es to the outfits have been made.

“I had to totally remake one of

the skirts because of fitting is-sues,” Cross said.

Because of the changes, Bullard said her outfit was switched with another model’s because the fit was better.

The show is free for everyone. However, seating can be pur-chased online for $15, and VIP seating can be purchased for $25. All proceeds go to MorLove, a non-profit organization founded by Aframian.

MorLove sells textile mate-rial that has been refashioned into new clothes or art. Profits from MorLove provide funding and supplies to an orphanage in Jinja, Uganda.

“Members of the community have an opportunity to perfect

their skill and talent while de-creasing textile waste and helping children in Uganda,” Aframian said.

The Hillsborough Street Re-naissance Festival will have other events throughout the day Saturday, including the ATO Pig-and Pie Cook-off, an organic Iron Chef competition, and live music.

Bullard is excited about the event, but has some reservations about her performance.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun, but I hope I don’t trip wearing heels on the runway,” she said.

INTERNSHIPcontinued from page 1

REDRESScontinued from page 1

“People are being more creative and in-genuitive rather than throwing dollars.”

Bourke said he thinks this is a good thing.

“They should have to stride by the limit they’re given,” he said. “If they go over, they exploit their resources.”

In the first round of expense reports, Tucker said he noticed only one out of the six student body presidential can-didates list a lumber expense. In previ-ous elections, candidates used makeshift sandwich boards as a main staple in their campaigns. This year, not so much.

David Hoffman, a freshman in hor-ticulture, said he didn’t even realize six candidates were running for student body president because of the limited advertisement.

“I didn’t know. I’ve seen two or three that have been prevalent, but other than that only those two,” Hoffman said.

With all the new rules, there would be a possibility that the Elections Commis-sion would have to do extra explaining, but Tucker said that hasn’t been the case.

“A lot of people previously functioned [in Student Government,]” Tucker said. “The rest are new people that are just explaining a new set of rules to them.”

Tucker also said that bumping the all-candidates meeting back helped explain the rules.

Despite the relative knowledge of the rules, if Tucker does receive an official complaint, he and the rest of the Elec-tions Commission will work through a process to settling that prospective vio-lation with as little incident as possible.

He said once he reviews the complaint, he will gather the offender and the one offended, along with the members of the

Elections Commission. After both parties, and in some cases a third party, present their evidence, Tucker said the commission will decide if an offense has been made and what to do about it.

“If they’re responsible we will issue a notification,” Tucker said. “You can get an unlimited number of notifications.”

If the offense if big enough, the can-didate will get a warning. According to Tucker, if a candidate gets three warn-ings, a disqualification hearing will be held to see if the candidate should be removed from the running. Fines can also accompany warnings.

But right now, Tucker and the rest of the commission are relishing in the ease with which elections are running at this point.

“It’s been a pretty successful season so far,” Tucker said.

CAMPAIGNcontinued from page 1

CHRISTIN HARDY/TECHNICIANCharmeer Lewis, a senior in elementary education, chats while sitting beside a sign for Anup Engineer, who is running against Amber Joyner, Adam Cloninger, Andrew Swanson, Jim Ceresnak and Kornelius Bascombe for student body president.

“Internships are a good way to meet people and create

possibilities for future jobs.”Brian Sain, a sophomore in nutrition science

CURRENT BUDGET ACTNote: All numbers are projections for the 2009-10 fiscal year. All ex-penses are solely for expenses in-curred by Student Government.

Fee collection — $278,654FY09 transfer — $20,590Total FY10 revenue — $299,244

Stipends — $20,260Office management — $19,000Operational costs — $800

Developmental activities — $3,500Initiatives — $24,884Branch Programs and operations — $13,400Appropriations (Fall and Spring) — $144,500Elections — $200Professional and administrative support — $65,700University-mandated contin-gency fund — $7,000Total expenses — $299,244

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After much planning and preparations by candi-dates, campaigning for

Student Government positions began Tuesday.Andrew Tucker, chairman of

the Elections Commission said no violations had been reported in the first two days of campaign-ing, which is an improvement from the last couple of years. Offenses that have occurred in the past, such as vandalizing campaign signs, avoiding brib-ing or coercing voters, have not happened. This is commendable, and candidates should strive to have a perfect record this cam-paign season.It is important to stay ethical

because one’s campaign reflects

how the candidate will behave in office. Candidates need to take this opportunity and use it to their full advantage without hav-ing to bend the rules set for them.One of the most severe cam-

paign violations is overspending. Candidates should make sure this does not happen by report-ing spending and receipts to the Elections Committee.Students should report viola-

tions to the Student Government office in writing.In addition to following the

rules, candidates should also make their campaigns about the issues. It should not be a compe-

tition in which winner is the one who has the most signs or flyers.Candidates for office should not

harass students. It may seem like an effective way to get one’s name out to voters, students are busy and must walk through public areas, such as the Brickyard, and don’t want to be pursued. Though it is all right to approach students, don’t be obstinate, and know when to take a hint.One way to catch students’ at-

tention is to find better ways to campaign. Be creative while still focusing on the issues at hand. It is also important make cam-paign promises one can keep. It is

easy to come up with extravagant ideas, but the best leaders are those who put words into action.For instance, John Mickey, a se-

nior in business administration, sat on a couch in the Brickyard and students approached him and talked to him about the is-sues during his campaign for student body president last year.It’s not just up to candidates

to attract voters. It is also up to the students to do their research and analyze the platforms of each candidate. Because it is difficult for candidates to reach every single students, check out Tech-nician and technicianonline.com for more information on the can-didates on Election Day, March 24.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the

editor-in-chief. THE ISSUE: Student Government candidates have made campaign violations in past years and the campaign season is now upon us.

OUR OPINION: Students should remain ethical while campaigning and respect students.

THE SOLUTION:Students should follow campaign rules and come up with new ways to sway voters while focusing on the issues, such as staying within campaign spending limits.

Candidates, keep campaigning clean!OUR VIEW"

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“The candidates are role models for student behavior. If they see thatvandalism is appropriate for all students to perform, then sure, they can vandalize; however, I don’t think that is the case. They shouldn’tvandalize unless they believe it to be acceptable for others to do it.”

Fangyuan Changfreshman, accounting

“It is really important, because he must be clean of all charges if he expects to implement decorum and dicipline. He must not have any violations. However, there are other qualities to consider, such as how well he can lead. I wouldn’t completely eliminate a candidate based upon minor charges.”

Ranjani Thirumlaialumnus ‘08, computer science

“It is really important. I worked for the Kay Hagan campaign back in November, and it can be a bit ruthless. Maintaining ethical values is important because it will spill over into how you make decisions.”

James Hausercontinuing education, economics

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In a survey on nationwide re-ligious trends released March 9, the American Religious

Identifica-tion Survey, which Trin-it y Col lege sponsored, fou nd t hat Americans who def ine themselves as non-religious are on the rise.

The survey stated that 15 percent of Americans define themselves as “non-religious,” which is a 6.8 percent increase since 1990.

The strangest aspect of the data is the number who identify as agnostic or atheist, only 1.6 percent. The survey finds that those whose beliefs can be cat-egorized as atheist or agnostic is 12 percent. Why is there such a large gap? The reason is simple: fear of discrimination.

America was founded on freedom of religion, as well as freedom from religion. Wash-ington, Jefferson, Adams and Franklin all held religious beliefs that ranged from tolerance and respect of atheists to out-right skepticism of religion. If only the majority of Americans to-day shared their tolerance. In a recent Zogby poll, the pollsters found that a majority of Ameri-cans would vote for a Mormon, a Muslim or a homosexual for president before voting for an atheist. This is startling since Muslims represent .6 percent of the population, Mormons about 1.4 percent, with atheists or ag-nostics comprising a whopping 12 percent.

Recently, the University insti-tuted the position of Assistant Director for Native-American Student Affairs to advocate for the Native-American population at the University. If the Native student population deserves a representative, then the atheist and agnostic student popula-tion needs a voice on campus as well. Granted, a religious stance is different than an ethnic group, but representation in Student Af-fairs should be based on level of discrimination faced, in contrast to inherent qualities such as an-cestry.

If the University feels that cer-tain groups need centers and representation, why just stop at a limited number of minority groups?

If the Native American popula-tion and the GLBT population need campus advocates, why not atheists and agnostics?

Some may respond that what makes atheists and agnostics unworthy of a center on cam-pus is that a person’s stance on theology is a choice in contrast to sexual orientation and race, which are matters of inborn traits. A person’s stance on the fundamental questions of exis-tence are a choice. It is one of the most important choices a person can make. Most religions place major emphasis on individual choice; to belittle religion and irreligion as matters of choice does not disqualify them from the right to representation.

Atheists and agnostics need help to erase stigmas attached to their lack of belief that has led to discrimination in many areas of society, campus not excluded. Atheists, in particular, should not be afraid to declare their beliefs openly without fear of negative consequences. I believe a center on campus would be a wonderful and positive appara-tus to reduce discrimination. If the University sees it necessary to add a Native-American stu-dent center during this budget crunch, they should also make room for atheists and agnostics.

Some Americans treat atheists and Agnostics with suspicion and revulsion; many times re-sulting in outright discrimina-tion. One of the most blatant examples is the Boy Scouts of America, an organization that is as American as Apple iPods. The BSA still doesn’t allow Athe-ist and Agnostic scouts or scout-masters, stating in their bylaws: “The Boy Scouts of America maintains that no member can grow into the best kind of citizen without recognizing an obliga-tion to God.” This position has come under fire recently due to the copious amount of funding the BSA receives from the federal government. As an atheist Eagle Scout, I find its position indefen-sible. The policy was created due to rapid gain in the Moral Ma-jority’s influence on the BSA in the 1970s and does not reflect the spirit of the tradition of scouting and the Constitution.

What do Winston Churchill, Warren Buffett, Charles Schulz, Katherine Hepburn, Pat Till-man, Bill Gates, George Will and Bill Nye the Science Guy have in common? They are all atheists or agnostics. All of these irreligious figures, and many more, are re-spected members of our society and history. To disqualify them, or anyone else, from leadership positions based on their religious beliefs would be a serious error.

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Soon I will be registering for classes for the last time in my undergrad-

uate career. I was on Pack-Portal the other day trying

to find the three hour class that I am missing to graduate in May, and something struck me a s o d d . The Web

site was different and I was a little unsure of my own computing competency in navigating it.

First off, let me say for the record that I felt the Pack-Tracks system used during my freshman and sophomore years was perfectly accept-able. It was simple and user-friendly. Sure, it didn’t have a lot of bells or whistles, but it was functional and practical.

My junior year I studied abroad and when I received my NCSU PIN to register for spring semester I was over-seas. I signed into PackPor-tal without any prior warning that the system had changed and it took me hours to figure out how to translate my de-gree audit to a class schedule, as well as to make sure that I was sufficiently registered.

When I returned to the United States, I got more help with the system from my new roommates who had used it

the fall semester prior while I was standing in an actual line to reg-ister for classes in Wales.

Snap back to the present, how-ever, and I find the PackPortal site has changed again, and not for the better. It seems each time they change the system, it becomes less user-friendly and more cluttered.

Yesterday I was trying to fig-ure out how to change an extra class to audit and I finally found a page that directed me to call Registra-tion and Records. Although I did wait until t he l a s t minute, I fou nd calling the office a bit unneces-sary espe-cially con-sidering the previ-ous model allowed me to change the class grading format online. I spent 30 collective minutes on hold presumably because every-one else was having the same is-sue I was. I eventually reached an operator who solved the problem in about five minutes. I did ask why I couldn’t change my own class schedule online, and the operator told me that the audit-ing issue is a system glitch which Registration and Records hopes to have fixed by next semester.

However, that still leaves the issue of practicality.

I think it would be prudent of the University when it is looking to change a system, it needs to include the people who will be using it. They did this recently in the deci-sion to change the webmail system and I think that was a great use of user feedback. In saying this, I think that the current setup of PackPortal should be used a trial, because

it does take time to get used to any change. However, I feel that after this upcoming reg-istration period, the student body should be given the opportunity to provide feed-back on the sys-tem. They could possibly include a survey in the class evaluations at the end of the semes-

ter.As far as my own registra-

tion goes, looking over my degree audit for the last time to assign my class schedule is bittersweet. Only one spot has pending while all the rest are filled. My only hope is that the next time I sign in to see all of the columns filled, that the layout will be just the same as it is now.

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to include the people who will be using [systems].”

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Cassidy Posovsky, the dog that walked into the College of Veterinary Medicine last year with three legs walked out on Tuesday with four — or as close to a fourth leg as any animal with a missing limb has ever had.

Cassidy left the same building in late October with a makeshift peg made from aluminum, rubber and a spring.

The peg had been attached to a honeycomb-like implant that had been surgically placed around Cassidy’s remaining bone the summer before.

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The north-bound 4:30 p.m. train headed to Greensboro sits at downtown Raleigh’s Amtrak train station Wednesday afternoon. High-speed trains can reach speeds of up to 110 miles per hour and can knock 30 minutes o! the ride to Greensboro, which normally takes an hour and a half. Passenger trains like the one above average speeds of 48 miles per hour, but can reach 79 miles per hour. North Carolina is planning to get eight high-speed trains in a project that will be expedited if the state gets federal funding.

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“It’s usually pretty filled up, but I don’t think I’ve ever had to sit next to anyone,” Catanoso said. “I always have an entire section to myself, which is nice. I just lis-ten to music and zone out.”

The train ride from the Raleigh train station to Greensboro usu-ally takes about an hour and a half, Catanoso said, and Wednes-day’s trip was no different.

But if the North Carolina Department of Transportation gets a piece of federal funding that allocates $8 billion toward implementing or improving na-tionwide high-speed railroads, that trip could be shortened to about an hour by 2015.

“I don’t really mind the ride, but it would be nice for the ride to only be an hour. It would be

nice to not have to be on there for that long.”

Those traveling north from Raleigh up to Washington, D.C., could find two hours knocked off their travel times.

The funding is part of the $787 billion stimulus package that passed successfully through Congress last month.

The move to expedite travel time started in 1992, when the United States DOT chose five locations for high-speed rail corridors.

One of those was the Southeast Corridor, part of which runs from Charlotte to Washington, D.C., passing through Rich-mond, Va. and Raleigh.

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TRAINS continued page 6

It’s 6:45 p.m., still light outside, and Rosalie Catanoso has just arrived at the train station in downtown Greensboro.

Catanoso, a freshman in English, travelled home on the train Wednesday to prepare for a flight to New York today. And walking up the steps of a passenger car and then back down them 80 miles later isn’t new to Catanoso. In a phone interview, she said she rides the train roundtrip from Raleigh to Greensboro and back again about three times a month.

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James Harris, state rail coor-dination engineer for the N.C. DOT, said he expects the South-east High-Speed Rail Corridor to be one of the first to collect fund-ing. Both Virginia and North Carolina — states through which the SEHSR runs — have com-pleted most of the paperwork, such as environmental surveys, that the government requires be-fore it grants funding.

Harris said although the DOT has not yet applied for funding because it’s still trying to figure out how much is available and for what, he expects the DOT will file an application soon.

And any amount of funding, he said, will shorten the timeline for the project’s completion.

“We don’t get funding like highway projects do. We go and try to find money because we don’t have a dedicated pot of money that we grab from,” Har-ris said. “The stimulus money gets us a jump start.”

One of the project’s first priori-ties is to acquire a strip of aban-doned railway that runs from the North Carolina/Virginia border to Petersburg, Va. To accommo-date speeds of 110 miles per hour — the speed that SEHSR employ-ees project the new trains will at-tain from Raleigh into Virginia — the states’ DOTs will have to tear up the existing rail and build a completely new track.

It’s this last step, along with other construction and engi-neering aspects of the project that is difficult to fund. Harris said the DOTs must construct new tracks and repair curves on tracks that cannot sustain high speeds.

“Just like on certain curves you can’t drive your car 60 miles per hour, you can’t take faster trains on some parts of train tracks,” said Keith Lewis, who is working with the project to install trails adjacent to the Southeast Corri-dor. “They’ll make some realign-ments where the curves are too sharp for the speed.”

Harris said the rural areas of Virginia will allow room for ad-ditional tracks so that passenger trains will not have to stop for freight trains.

Track construction, Harris said, could rack up a bill as high as $2 billion.

“We’re talking billions,” he said. “Just from Raleigh to Rich-mond, we’re looking at 160 miles. At $5 million a mile — and it may be more than that — that’s $800 million.”

Using the same calculation, re-

pairs to the 105-mile track from Richmond to the Southeast Cor-ridor’s final stop in Washington, D.C. will cost an additional $525 million.

Much of the remaining cost lies in eight additional trains — four traveling from Charlotte to Washington, D.C. and four traveling in the opposite direc-tion — and improvements to existing trains, Harris said.

In total, the North Carolina and Virginia DOTs are looking at a total bill of $5 to $6 billion, ac-cording to the SEHSR Web site.

It’s a number Harris and his peers aren’t planning on throw-ing around without first com-pleting some research.

The DOT has been collecting data since 1992 about what it would take to build a high-speed railway, where it should go a nd how many patrons the trains would need to stay in operation, Har-ris said.

Such research is a mandatory measure if the DOT hopes to garner taxpayer money.

“No one in the federal govern-ment is going to go out and fund a $2 billion project that no one rides,” Harris said, adding that “through the studies it’s shown that we will get the ridership to cover the operating costs of the train.”

Harris said the high-speed trains will target those who are traveling for business. The nor-mal passenger now, he said, pur-chases a train ticket for leisure.

If that new sector of passen-gers becomes frequent travelers

on high-speed trains, Harris said the new lines will capture two percent of the Southeast Corri-dor’s ridership.

And that’s all it needs to main-tain a profit margin.

But to get federal funding, the DOT must collect comprehen-sive environmental data of the areas through which the high-speed trains will run. This pro-cess, which began in 2000, will take at least another year, accord-ing to Harris.

“You can’t just take taxpayer money to build something that impacts things like wetlands or minority neighborhoods,” Har-ris said.

So even if the DOT secures funding from the st imulus package, Har-ris said it will not be able to use any of it until it finishes the document that states the environment immediately surrounding the railway will be minimally affected.

“Even if we had $2 billion i n s t i mu lu s money to get, we wouldn’t be

able to use it unless you get the environmental document. That’s the criteria right there as to who qualifies right now. We’re get-ting close to the end of it,” Har-ris said. “I’ve been hearing that ours is ahead of all the others. Otherwise, we’ve been funding this a little bit at a time.”

TRAINScontinued from page 6

“[W]e don’t have a dedicated pot

of money that we grab from. The stimulus money gets us a jump

start.”James Harris,

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that really helped keep the ball rolling and gave us confidence for our singles.”

No. 2 Brock, No. 5 Mortlock and No. 4 Barringer won their matches in straight sets. Bar-ringer clenched the match for the Wolfpack after coming back from be-ing down in the first set.

“I was down 4-1 in the first set and [coach Alison Silverio] came over to me,” Barringer said. “She told me to just move this girl, just a couple steps out of her strike zone and once I started doing that and focusing on my depth I just kind of went from there.”

No. 1 Hojckova and No. 3 Petrovic struggled to defeat the Cougars after splitting sets with their opponents. Petrovic recently returned from an elbow injury, and is still getting back into the swing of things.

“It was rough not playing, but I took time off and it helped,” Petrovic said. “[In the third set]

I just needed to be patient and make her play and miss the ball.”

Coach Hans Olsen said he was very happy with the team’s performance.

“I ’ve never seen them get into it and break down their op-ponent as much as they did to-day,” Olsen said.

“I was really pleased to see that.”The women return to ACC

action when they take on Wake Forest March 18.

“It was a good step forward [Wednesday] with the doubles sweep,” Olsen said. “But we’re going to take that up a little more.”

TENNIScontinued from page 8

STATE DEFEATED CHARLESTON, 6!1

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Casey (CofC), 8-62.

(CofC), 8-53. Mortlock/Sessoms d. Newman/

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Dowse (CofC), 4-6, 6-2, 6-02.

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Newman (CofC), 6-2, 1-6, 6-24.

(CofC), 6-4, 6-25. Diana Mortlock d. Kinsey Casey

(CofC), 6-0, 6-36.

Sessoms, 6-1, 6-1Order of finish: 6,5,2,4*,1,3

*CLINCHES THE WIN

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Wolfpack eases past College of Charleston 6-1Women’s tennis wins all three doubles matches in outdoor match

Jen HankinSenior Staff Writer

Sweeping the doubles point and se-curing wins on five of the six singles courts, the women’s tennis team defeat-ed College of Charleston 6-1 Wednesday afternoon at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium.

This was only the second match of the season that the team played outdoors. Senior Neils Barringer says she prefers it that way.

“I love playing outside, especially when it’s nice and warm out,” Barringer said. “You have to get used to the wind, but I used that to my advantage today.”

The Pack hosted the Cougars after a four-match stretch on the road, falling to Southern Methodist, TCU, Florida

International, and gaining a win over Cen-tral Florida.

“This season we have had a bunch of tough, close matches,” Barringer said. “We just really hadn’t found our way, but recently we’ve been doing better.”

The Pack started off strong, taking the doubles point and winning on all three courts. No. 35 doubles team, junior Berke-ley Brock and sophomore Lenka Hojckova, defeated Holly Dowse and Kinsey Casey 8-6 while freshmen Diana Mortlock and freshman Pender Sessoms beat Caroline Newman and Keely Mulligan 8-2.

Meanwhile, Barringer and junior Daria Petrovic struggled to win their doubles match against Laura Borza and Anna Lee Evans, 8-5, according to Barringer.

“Daria and I really had to fight for our match,” Barringer said. “We all came out strong and after winning the doubles point

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James OblingerChancellor

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Daniel EllisDeputy Sports Editor

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANDaria Petrovic, a junior in business management, volleys with Caroline New-man in a singles match against College of Charleston Wednesday. Petrovic won the match and State defeated Charleston 6-1.

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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

MEN’S BASKETBALL @ ACC TOURNAMENTAtlanta, Ga., 7 p.m.

SOFTBALL @ WINTHROPRock Hill, S.C., 3 p.m.

BASEBALL VS. MARYLANDDoak Field, 3 p.m.

GYMNASTICS VS. GEORGE WASHINGTONReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

SWIMMING & DIVING @ NCAA DIVING ZONESKnoxville, Tenn., All day

RIFLE @ NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPSTBA, All Day

WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSCollege Station, Texas, All day

MEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ NCAA INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPSCollege Station, Texas, All day

WOMEN’S GOLF @ LSU/CLEVELAND GOLF CLASSICBaton Rouge, La., 8 a.m.

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