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Raleigh, North Carolina TECHNICIAN b technicianonline.com Valentines Specials February 13&14 25% off all jewelry and plush toys Singlestem roses with baby breath $7.99 Valentine’s Day tees 25% off Organization helps disabled students adjust to college life National organization helps disabled students make the transition to college through support and resources. Shawn Thompson Staff Writer We Connect Now (WCN) is a na- tional organization dedicated to serv- ing college students with disabilities through various resources provided nationally and regionally. “We Connect Now is really good because it provides a forum for stu- dents with disabilities through differ- ent resources, making transitioning to college a little easier,” said Alan Chase, graduate student in the College of Ed- ucation and board member of WCN. According to the web site, their mis- sion is to “unite people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to high- er education and employment issues.” Students at N.C. State organized a We Connect Now chapter last spring through showing interest to the founder Gabriela McCall Delgado. Gabriela McCall Delgado created WCN as a freshman at Louisiana State University during 2008. N.C. State’s particular chapter em- phasizes using various online resourc- es to promote their events and overall agenda of the organization. One of the goals of the WCN site is “to help college students with dis- abilities to succeed in their studies by getting the information and support they need, both through resources, blogs, latest news, studying existing laws and regulations, and through personal contacts,” according to the organization. People will also gain knowledge through the information provided and a support system, made available through the site and by attending the events. “This organization isn’t just for stu- dents with disabilities, it’s for anyone with an interest in improving campus for everyone,” Kirkman said. Other features of the web site in- clude connecting with others through sharing and reading stories from other people with disabilities. Every month the webpage will focus on a different disability or condition to raise aware- ness through knowledge and support. Along with the available online Raleigh tour showcases sustainability Efforts have recently been made to make the city “greener,” and the City of Raleigh hopes their new tour of downtown will be able to showcase some of the changes. Unlike other tours of cities that high- light historic venues and famous spots, this tour will showcase Raleigh’s most environmentally efficient places. This self-guided walking tour covers a little over two miles in the downtown area. The walk starts and ends at the Raleigh Convention Center—which also doubles as a stop on the tour. There, people taking the tour can pick up a bro- chure and start the one-hour walk. The Office of Sustainability designed the tour so that it could fit into a lunch hour, catering specifically to the down- town working crowd. Once on the tour, walkers will see some of the most innovative parts of the city. One of the most interesting attractions includes the Progress Energy Center for the Perform- ing Arts. The Center, built in the Depression Era, was later transformed into a beacon of green living, an example to the city that anything can “go green.” “I think people need to be more informed about [the environment], espe- cially college students, because we are the generation that will be able to make a change in the future,” Sarah Thompson, freshman in management, said. Future sustainability changes are not all about emitting cleaner energy and having less pollution, it’s also about helping Raleigh save money. Big Belly trash cans, solar powered trash compactors, are being stationed through the city to make trash pick-up a less regular event. The cans will automatically compress air out of the bags, making each bag take longer to fill up. When the bags do become full, an electronic chip sends an email to its des- ignated pickup person. Donna-Maria Harris, the communications coordinator for Raleigh’s Office of Sustainability, is especially excited about this feature. “A feature like Big Belly, the third stop [on the tour], leads to fewer trash truck pick-ups which means less money spent on gasoline and less wear on the roads. Light Emitting Diodes use less energy, thereby saving money,” Harris said. The tour also features the R-Line hybrid electric bus, Solar EV Charging Stations, the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, the North Carolina State Capitol, Green Square, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, solar panel The solar electric vehicle charging station on S. Salisbury Street is powered by two solar panels that generate 2.88 kilowatts of electricity. The Big Belly trash compactor on the corner of Lenoir and Salisbury streets holds four times as much trash as regular containers and is solar powered. N .C. State students need to trade in their red for green and participate in one of Raleigh’s newest environmen- tally friendly attractions. Walking around downtown Raleigh, most buildings look unspectacular on the outside. The Office of Sustainability challenges residents to take a closer look at the buildings and see how special they really are. NEW WALKING TOUR DISPLAYS RALEIGH’S SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Husband, father, writer, musi- cian—in that order Corbie Hill is tasked with writing for his band, being a good father, and getting a college degree. See page 5. Pink returns to Reynolds Seventh-annual Hoops 4 Hope game to take place Sunday at 5 p.m. See page 8. College fashion gets thrifty Thrift store charm seems to dominate col- lege campuses. See page 6. New programs help artists market work The creation of two new programs on campus will help students learn to profit from their creativity. Lauren Vanderveen Staff Writer The creation of new programs, like The Art Express workshop and the Arts Entrepreneurship minor, is sending a message to the student body—skills in the arts can go a long way both creatively and com- mercially. The Art Express workshop was designed to help artists of all va- rieties learn how to market their work, whether it’s in painting, de- sign, music or theatre. This is the first time The Art Express will be done at N.C. State. The cost is $49 for students and $98 for the general public, with the first class beginning March 15. Cheryl Weisz, instructor for the workshop, has previously trained indi- viduals in the course and provided in- tel for potential job opportunities. “I have a lot of contacts in New York, Atlanta, in different plac- es,” Weisz said. “So artists can actu- ally get connected into the system.” In particular, students in the work- shop will be taught what venues they should approach to get their work dis- played or bought, how to approach them, and other important aspects like how to design a portfolio. According to Weisz, roughly 97 percent of her previ- ous pupils were suc- cessful in getting their foot in an arts career or opportunity. One such student, Susan Fry, was encouraged to send demo tapes of her music to various radio stations. Hav- ing liked one of Fry’s lullaby tracks so much, a radio station owner requested her to write one for his son. “From that one contact, she was asked to write another lullaby, and then two more, and now she is writ- ing lullabies internationally and sell- ing them,” Weisz said. “It’s important for an artist to de- fine what success is to them. You have to work hard at the business of being an artist if you want to make a living of it,” Jo Ellen Westmore- land, assistant di- rector of the crafts center and coordi- nator of the work- shop, said. A free informa- tion session about the workshop will take place on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m. While many students are excited about the program, The Art Express “It’s important for an artist to define what success is to them.” Cheryl Weisz, instructor The Raleigh R-LINE is a free bus service that services the downtown area. R-LINE buses are hybrid electric and run every 10 to 15 minutes. STORY BY EMILY COLLIS | PHOTOS BY ALEX SANCHEZ GREEN continued page 3 WCN continued page 3 ARTS continued page 3 PHOTO COURTESY OF GOOGLE MAPS
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Raleigh, North Carolina
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Valentines Specials - February 13&1425% off all jewelry and plush toys
Single-stem roses with baby breath - $7.99Valentine’s Day tees 25% off
Organization helps disabled students adjust to college lifeNational organization helps disabled students make the transition to college through support and resources.
Shawn ThompsonStaff Writer
We Connect Now (WCN) is a na-tional organization dedicated to serv-ing college students with disabilities through various resources provided
nationally and regionally.“We Connect Now is really good
because it provides a forum for stu-dents with disabilities through differ-ent resources, making transitioning to college a little easier,” said Alan Chase, graduate student in the College of Ed-ucation and board member of WCN.
According to the web site, their mis-sion is to “unite people interested in rights and issues affecting people with disabilities, with particular emphasis on college students and access to high-
er education and employment issues.”Students at N.C. State organized a
We Connect Now chapter last spring through showing interest to the founder Gabriela McCall Delgado.
Gabriela McCall Delgado created WCN as a freshman at Louisiana State University during 2008.
N.C. State’s particular chapter em-phasizes using various online resourc-es to promote their events and overall agenda of the organization.
One of the goals of the WCN site
is “to help college students with dis-abilities to succeed in their studies by getting the information and support they need, both through resources, blogs, latest news, studying existing laws and regulations, and through personal contacts,” according to the organization.
People will also gain knowledge through the information provided and a support system, made available through the site and by attending the events.
“This organization isn’t just for stu-dents with disabilities, it’s for anyone with an interest in improving campus for everyone,” Kirkman said.
Other features of the web site in-clude connecting with others through sharing and reading stories from other people with disabilities. Every month the webpage will focus on a different disability or condition to raise aware-ness through knowledge and support.
Along with the available online
Raleigh tour showcases sustainability
Efforts have recently been made to make the city “greener,” and the City of Raleigh hopes their new tour of downtown will be able to showcase some of the changes. Unlike other tours of cities that high-light historic venues and famous spots, this tour will showcase Raleigh’s most environmentally efficient places.
This self-guided walking tour covers a little over two miles in the downtown area. The walk starts and ends at the Raleigh Convention Center—which also doubles as a stop on the tour.
There, people taking the tour can pick up a bro-chure and start the one-hour walk. The Office of Sustainability designed the tour so that it could fit into a lunch hour, catering specifically to the down-town working crowd.
Once on the tour, walkers will see some of the most innovative parts of the city. One of the most interesting attractions includes the Progress Energy Center for the Perform-ing Arts. The Center, built in the Depression Era, was later transformed into a beacon of green living, an example to the city that anything can “go green.”
“I think people need to be more informed about [the environment], espe-cially college students, because we are the generation that will be able to make a change in the future,” Sarah Thompson, freshman in management, said.
Future sustainability changes are not all about emitting cleaner energy and having less pollution, it’s also about helping Raleigh save money.
Big Belly trash cans, solar powered trash compactors, are being stationed through the city to make trash pick-up a less regular event. The cans will automatically compress air out of the bags, making each bag take longer to fill up. When the bags do become full, an electronic chip sends an email to its des-ignated pickup person. Donna-Maria Harris, the communications coordinator for Raleigh’s Office of Sustainability, is especially excited about this feature.
“A feature like Big Belly, the third stop [on the tour], leads to fewer trash truck pick-ups which means less money spent on gasoline and less wear on the roads. Light Emitting Diodes use less energy, thereby saving money,” Harris said.
The tour also features the R-Line hybrid electric bus, Solar EV Charging Stations, the Sir Walter Raleigh Hotel, the North Carolina State Capitol, Green Square, the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources, solar panel
The solar electric vehicle charging station on S. Salisbury
Street is powered by two solar panels that generate 2.88
kilowatts of electricity.
The Big Belly trash compactor on the corner of Lenoir and Salisbury streets holds four times as much trash as regular containers and is solar powered.
N.C. State students need to trade in their red for green and participate in one of Raleigh’s newest environmen-tally friendly attractions. Walking around downtown
Raleigh, most buildings look unspectacular on the outside. The Office of Sustainability challenges residents to take a closer look at the buildings and see how special they really are.
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Husband, father, writer, musi-cian—in that orderCorbieHillistaskedwithwritingforhisband,beingagoodfather,andgettingacollegedegree.Seepage5.
Pink returns to ReynoldsSeventh-annualHoops4HopegametotakeplaceSundayat5p.m.Seepage8.
College fashion gets thriftyThriftstorecharmseemstodominatecol-legecampuses.Seepage6.
New programs help artists market workThe creation of two new programs on campus will help students learn to profit from their creativity.
Lauren VanderveenStaff Writer
The creation of new programs, like The Art Express workshop and the Arts Entrepreneurship minor, is sending a message to the student body—skills in the arts can go a long way both creatively and com-mercially.
The Art Express workshop was designed to help artists of all va-rieties learn how to market their work, whether it’s in painting, de-sign, music or theatre.
This is the first time The Art Express will be done at N.C. State. The cost is $49 for students and $98 for the general public, with the first class beginning March 15.
Cheryl Weisz, instructor for the
workshop, has previously trained indi-viduals in the course and provided in-tel for potential job opportunities.
“I have a lot of contacts in New York, Atlanta, in different plac-es,” Weisz said. “So artists can actu-ally get connected into the system.”
In particular, students in the work-shop will be taught what venues they should approach to get their work dis-played or bought, how to approach them, and other important aspects like how to design a portfolio.
According to Weisz, roughly 97 percent of her previ-ous pupils were suc-cessful in getting their foot in an arts career or opportunity.
One such student, Susan Fry, was encouraged to send demo tapes of her music to various radio stations. Hav-ing liked one of Fry’s lullaby tracks so
much, a radio station owner requested her to write one for his son.
“From that one contact, she was asked to write another lullaby, and then two more, and now she is writ-ing lullabies internationally and sell-ing them,” Weisz said.
“It’s important for an artist to de-fine what success is to them. You have
to work hard at the business of being an artist if you want to make a living of it,” Jo Ellen Westmore-land, assistant di-rector of the crafts center and coordi-nator of the work-shop, said.
A free informa-tion session about
the workshop will take place on Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.
While many students are excited about the program, The Art Express
“It’s important for
an artist to define
what success
is to them.”Cheryl Weisz, instructor
The raleigh r-LiNe is a free bus service that services the downtown area. r-LiNe buses are hybrid electric and run every 10 to 15 minutes.
Story By Emily Collis | photoS By AlEx sAnChEz
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