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THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1920 *0.— MONDAY AUG. 26 2002 w TECH www.technicianonline.com H A Raleigh, North Carolina Eventsbeinghe/d byN.C.Stateandstudent ‘ 7‘ ‘ organizations forthe weekofAug.26 Sept. 7. Transportation strives NCSU vs. EastTennessee State TicketVouchers available today only. Monday,Aug. 26, l O a.m.— 6 pm. Reynolds Coliseum to improve efficiency * NCSU's College of Design ”Gordon Schenck Photographs Architecture: N. C. State’s Transportation Clare Kane, transportation planner for also decided to have the ES. King Vil— rather than every 30 minutes, as previ— New — Old —Vernacula” Department has implemented NCSU, said, <‘Two of the most positive lage Route 4 bus stop outside the lot on ously scheduled. Aug. 1 9 - Sept. 1 7 changes are the new U—Pass program that Blue Ridge Road at a frequency of every In addition, Avent Ferry Reverse 1A Brooks Hall Gallery. changes aimed at benefiting Schenck will speak about his work Wednesday, Aug. will allow students to ride the Capital 15 minutes. lustin Newsome, an NCSU has been created for riders who are left students. Area Transit (CAT) Authority 28,4:30 p.m.in Kamphoefner AuditoriumA bus routes student who lives close to Capital Boule— behind at peak hours by the regular Avent reception is scheduled at 6 pm. free of charge and the renewal of the vard, said he was glad to have another Ferry bus, which often fills as it gets clos— Carlton Newsome Western Boulevard Kmart Park & Ride Park 8t Ride lot open with the buses com- Student Senatefirst—year applications Stafi‘Reporter er to campus. service.” ing at such frequent intervals. “This route is only created for those The Student Senate is now accepting application: forfirst-year undergraduate and graduate Though the Kmart Park & Ride had According to Kane, several other route people in the problem areas,” said Kane. The first two weeks of school are always been out of service since 1998, NCSU student representatives. changes are in effect this semester. The The regular Avent Ferry route has been the most hectic weeks for driving on has recently repaved the lot so that stu- King Village Route 4 bus will arrive twice but the N.C. State Transporta- sufficient for the riders that live along TheWolfAides campus, dents may park there. As a result, Kmart as frequently. This route serves E.S. King Leadership Development Program tion Department has implemented new has devoted an entire section ofthe store Village, Westgrove Apartments, Kmart, those routes. The bus will arrive at an interval of 15 minutes on the Avent Fer- Today is the final day that Student Senate will programs that are aimed at helping stu- to NCSU merchandise. the NCSUArboretum and Main Campus. accept applications from freshmen for the 2002 dents to travel more efficiently. The Transportation Department has The bus will arrive every 15 minutes See TRANSPORTATION page 3 leadership program. U—Pass provides alternative U—Pass, a new program for Department bought was based on the students, faculty and stafif, will records of tickets sold by CAT Authori- providefree access to CAT and ty to individual students in 2001-2002. This one—year agreement allows this Wolfline transportation services. year’s NCSU community to ride the bus— es free of charge to almost all areas of Carlton Newsome StaffReporter Raleigh. This service provides many benefits to The N.C. State Transportation Depart- the university community. Transporta- ment and the Capital Area Transit (CAT) tion Planner for NCSU Clare Kane said, Authority are forming a partnership to “U-Pass will allow students that desire provide a service that will allow students, to live offcampus and do not own trans— faculty and staff transportation to and portation the opportunity to move fur— from campus free of cost. U—Pass is a pi- ther away from campus and still have ac— lot program that enables anyone carry- cess to public transportation. Students ing a valid university photo identifica- that live on campus will have access to tion card to hop on a CAT bus. The sys— many popular locations for free that they tem also allows CAT riders the oppor— would not be able to get to on the tunity to ride on NCSU Wolfline buses Wolfline buses.” fare—free with a valid CAT monthly pass, Kane also stated that “there is a lively ticket or transfer. ongoing dialogue between the local tran— In order to fund the pilot program, the sit agencies on how best to create the NCSU Transportation Department pur- highest level of service for the universi- chased CAT bus passes from CAT Au— ties and for the general public.” Cur— thority for $15.00, a 50-percent discount. rently, NCSU transportation, CAT Au— The N.C. State Transportation Department recently entered a partnership with the CAT Authority that will allow students to ride The number oftickets the Transportation See U-PASS page 2 the CAT buses at no charge. Filephoto by Kevin Ritter A victory for the young and old Police search for man charged with string of robberies Police askfor help regarding information leading to the arrest ofQuentel Bennett. News StaffReport After evading police for approximately five months, the man responsible for breaking and entering into a number of residence halls during the last week of Feb- ‘ruary and the first week of March 2002 has now been identified by police officials. Campus Police has recently drawn up warrants On Quentel L. Bennett, 23, and are looking for any infor— mation from the public to ensure his arrest. According to a press release, Bennett is charged with Quentel Bennet, 23, is 21 counts of felony breaking and entering, 20 counts wanted for a series of of felony larceny, five counts of felony financial trans- robberies on campus. action card theft and five counts of financial transac- Police officials say Ben- tion card fraud. The total monetary value ofitems tak— net frequents the Hills- en, including property and credit—card charges, is ap- borough Street area and proximately $3,129.17. college apartments. In addition, the Raleigh Police Department has sep— Courtesy ofNCSU Police De— arate warrants out for Bennett’s arrest. partment Campus Police encourages anyone with information Football fans of all ages enjoy N.C. State’s home victory over New Mexico Saturday afternodn. Rain delayed the Black on Bennett’s whereabouts to contact them at 515-2498, Coaches Association Bowl for 45 minutes, but the skies cleared for a beautiful evening.Staffphoto byJosh Michel or the Raleigh Police Department at 890-3555. Opinion Serious Sports Today Tomorrow compares Brent Road to corporate continues to follow the doughboy reviews the Wolflmck’s win over Thunderstorms Thunderstorms America. p. 4 saga. p. 5 the Lohos. p. 8 High of84, Low of69 High of85, Low of68 l mm mm PINT mam TONIGHT ; Every MONDAY ”W 'EI'tjfi" (g u: rim :2, 10mm; ‘53? roman $1in .5380 in: rim :2: Watch the game an the deck .. TREE Glass WEDNESDAY 5 .. 3 8 0 t a News U—PASS Tom Kendig, director oftrans- help the city ofRaleigh avoid traf- portation for NCSU, said that fic continuedfrom page congestion problems.” Tucci Scientist files ethics complaint “with all the budget downfalls is preparing a Web site that will thority, and the Triangle Transit that have taken place, it is a great give information on popular lo- Authority (TTA) are negotiating us to be able to of- with Justice Department opportunity for cations in the city of Raleigh, plans to extend the services ofU- service.” fer a free ernmental effort to show the Pass to the TTA. This will link trans- mentioning the new Triangle Theformer government sci— vacy regulations and make the re- Jake Tucci, assistant sults public. American people that it is pro- University and Town Center in downtown entist who worked on a US. NCSU with Duke portation manager for NCSU, He is certain he will be exoner— ceeding vigorously and success- UNC—Chapel Hill, enabling stu- added that “promoting the pub— Raleigh, Crabtree Valley Mall and biological warfare program the North Raleigh areas as popu- ated, he said. “I want to look my fully with the anthrax investiga— dents to travel between the dif- lic transportation system is help- said he is submitting his fellow Americans directly in the tion,” Hatfill said. Hatfill’s com- ferent universities free ofcharge. ful to the environment and will lar locations for students. I blood to testfor anthrax eye and declare to them, I am not plaint takes issue with the term antibodies or vaccines. the anthrax killer. I know nothing “a person of interest,” which has about the anthrax attacks. I had no legal meaning, according to Sumana Chatterjee absolutely nothing to do with this Hatfill’s lawyer Victor Glasberg. KnightRidder Newspapers (KRT) horrible crime,” he said. It also asks the Justice Depart- Hatfill’s lawyers have submit- ment to investigate the leaks that ALEXANDRIA,Va. — Brimming ted a formal ethics complaint to have led to a media frenzy. with anger, Steven Hatfill, a bio- the Justice Department for pub— Hatfill, 48, attracted the FBI’s defense specialist who has been licly linking him to last fall’s an- attention, in part, because he identified as a “person of inter- thrax attacks that killed five peo— commissioned a study in late est” in the anthrax attacks, said ple and sickened 13 others. In- 1999, while working for a private Sunday he has offered blood and vestigators searched his Freder- defense contractor, on the effects handwriting samples to the FBI to ick, Md., apartment twice, his car, of a possible anthrax attack try to exonerate himself.