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North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship NCAT Student Newspapers Digital Collections 4-8-2009 The Register, 2009-04-08 North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University Follow this and additional works at: https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister Recommended Citation North Carolina Agricutural and Technical State University, "The Register, 2009-04-08" (2009). NCAT Student Newspapers. 1438. https://digital.library.ncat.edu/atregister/1438 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Digital Collections at Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. It has been accepted for inclusion in NCAT Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of Aggie Digital Collections and Scholarship. For more information, please contact [email protected]. AGGIES HOST FIRST MEETOFTHE SEASSr^ * PAGE 7 03 Co & The A&T REGISTER FREE XXXII, NO. 2 WEDNESDAY NCATREGISTER.COM SERVING THE AGGIE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 80 YEARS THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF NORTH.CAROLINA A&T CAMPUS ELE HONS Jasmin voted SGA President in rare re-election DEXTER MULLINS will serve as Online Editor the secretary ofthe Jasmin After an extra week of administration. confusion, a rushed election, All ofthe new and a littlerainy weather, executive board junior Syene Jasmin has been members will officially declared the Student be sworn in Government Association at the SGA President for the 2009-2010 Jasmin Inaugural academic school year. Banquet on Not alone in the Wed. April Jasmin was just one of several positions officially announced a While the elections have week after the initial election. finally come to a close, the Ngozi Opera has been impact they had on students declared Miss North Carolina A&T, and Whitney Dickens See ELECTIONS on Page 2 (ABOVE)Artistrendering of the mainlobby ofthe New General Classroom Bultyingf^uttUlWilfete Id© pric Years of facility upgrades and construction haven't come cheap, but Aggies agree they're worth it STORY BY MALCOLM S. EUSTACHEI Managing Editor ART COURTESY OFA&T FACILITIES I Project Management walking around "The ongoing big construc- ImagineA&T and not seeing the tion projects that you see now, General Classroom Build- we will continue to complete," PHOTO BY LEROY MIKELL • REGISTER ings cast a shadow along Ben- said Vice Chancellor for Busi- PROBATES The Spring 2009 initiatesofAlpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. execute thelock-n-lean bow Road. Imagine the Me- ness and Finance, Robert during theirprobate in Corbett Sportscenter. 6 otherorganizations held probate ceremonies. morial Student Union without Pompey. "What will happen in the 'Sit In.' Imagine Williams the future, if we're having cuts, Cafeteria without Pizza Hut or the amount of money that's Krispy Kremes. Imagine no Ag- available to do the renovations gie Village, no Pride Hall, no and to keep it as nicely as we New Fitness Center, no New want to keep it; some of those New Science Building, and no round- things may suffer. of the Greeks greet One about. Ten years ago, that was potential impacts of this budget no imaginary scenario forA&T. cut isthat wemay not be getting After taking a walk around as much money for repairs and campus in the present day, one renovations to continue to keep theme is now apparently synon- it as nicely." Aggies in Corbett ymous throughout - construc- In the short-term, that could tion. The sounds of machines mean not being able to put a STACIE BAILEY Chi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. (Pi drilling that seem to drown out replacement chiller unit in Mar- Register Reporter Iota chapter), Alpha Phi Ome- the usual chatter of students be- teena *Iall, or having to paint years, A&T may have to do nearly 25 percent, ga Fraternity, Inc. (Kappa Psi tween classes are the norm. The academic classrooms every some additional belt-tighten- "In our construction pro- Looks ofsurprise, shock and chapter), Chi Eta Phi Sorority, dust from all of the digging, three years as opposed to every ing to continue to run a very gram, however, we're not as awe were displayed throughout Inc. (Sigma Chi Beta chapter), two. robust renovation we which would usually lower vis- program dyer because have been the crowd as the Spring 2009 Pershing Rifles, Tau Sigma that began in Beta ibility, has become an accepted The University currently re- 1999. approved by the previous gov- fraternity and sorority initiates Sorority, Inc. (Theta Zeta chap- year, ernor's in reality. The smellsthat are com- lies upon money from the leg- In November of last stimulus package revealed their identities. The ter) and Kappa Kappa Psi Fra- mon with construction are thick islature in terms of repair and the University began looking which we have a new academ- stands of Corbett Sports Center ternity, Inc. (Iota Zeta chapter) at at how to reduce its certain locations. All of this renovation dollars on an annual expendi- ic classroom building funded," were filled insupport ofthe Non revealed theirnew members. has been for the progression of basis to help support the contin- tures. Instead of going down- said Assistant Vice Chancellor Pan-Hellenic and National Pan- The night began with the Pi 'Aggie Land.' But with the eco- ued operation ofthe University town and buying repair parts, for Facilities, Andrew Per- Hellenic Council organization's Iota chapter of Lambda ChiAl- workers now "It's go nomic recession hitting as hard in addition to the general funds. are encouraged kins. going to right probates on April 1st and 2nd. pha Fraternity, Inc. bringing in as to get them A&T's stor- it has, the price of that pro- In the long-term, it appears that from beside- the School of Educa- On Wednesday, the non Pan- 10 of their 14 new members. gression may be costing more will no longer happen. If that age area.Doing thathas helped Hellenic organizations, Lambda thanit seems at face value. does not happen in one to two reduced budget impacts by See PROGRESS on Page 2 See PROBATE on Page 2 ONLINE theYARD theWORD theSCORE theSCENE WEATHER PICTURES OF PROF."RETIRES" BRING BACK LADY AGGIES GO GWYNN DANCERS WEDNESDAY THE PROBATES SUDDENLY THAT OLD'HAZE' 8-0 IN SOFTBALL SPRING CONCERT High: 60° Keep up with breaking news on Dr. Claude Barnes leaves all of Anjan Basu answers Walter The Aggie Softball team snatched The E.'Gwynn Dancers presented our Web site. Slideshows, videos his students in a sticky situa- Kimbrough's response by arguing their eighth straight win against their spring performcance entitled Low and more are available tion, retiring in the middle of the that the hazing process should be the rams ofWinston-Salem in a "Preserving History: Dream Be- online semester without any warning brought back above ground. 6-2 score lieve Strive Achieve ... Dance." THURSDAY: Sunny | High 69° PAf www.ncatregister.com PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 8 FRIDAY: T-Showers | High 70° The A&T Register | ncatregister.com | Wednesday, April 8,2009 already in place, so that in the give buildings heat and hot wa- ate engineering building, adja- said Real Property Agent James From pagel PROGRESS winter buildings are at 68 de- ter. The source of the steam is cent to the existing engineering Griffin. "Initially, it will proba- grees instead of 72. Those little the chimney on the other side of building. It would be designed bly be used as parking. The ones tion. It's going to be a 100,000 things, Perkins claims, will help East Market Street emblazoned to support the graduate program that are boarded up are already square foot facility dedicated make the difference. with the words 'Aggie Land.' with conference rooms and purchased. We have about two to instructional capacity for the "We think that every build- Some of the steam lines have classrooms. orthree others within thatblock student population. It will be the ing and every renovation that not been touched in nearly a The Project Manage- that are in the process ofbeing home for the Honors Program we do, we need to look at smart quarter ofa century. ment team is also working very purchased. Back in '99, engi- and the University Studies De- ways to reduce the consump- "If you remember in front closely with the Vice Chancel- neers came up with a Master partment." tion of power and to reduce ofthe library looked like a war lor for Student Affairs, Sullivan Plan, so we can only purchase The New General Classroom the consumption of water," zone with the steam," said Proj- Welborne, to completely reno- as money becomes available. WEDNESDAY Building C is centrally located said Perkins. "When we design ect Manager Shaban Kaji. "The vate the old section ofthe Me- We started last year, kind of on campus, standing on the buildings, we want them to be problem was these steam lines morial Student Union, and bring picking them up as they became west side ofthe New Education green. We want to find ways to had holes in them due to old it up to par with the addition that available. Building and the east side ofthe build into the new facilities we age and corrosion. I don't think was put in place six years ago. The parking lot is the short- Obermeyer Parking Deck. The have with green opportunities. this has ever been replaced. The That project could potentially term thing; the long-term really $20million dollarproject should The new academic building and problem is you can due minor reach $7 million dollars. has not been decided yet. By the Internship/Job Career Fair be going up in June ofthis year. the JSNE are going to be LEED repairing, but it's like a band- "We're also looking to time students come back from Memorial Student Union The bidding for a general con- certified." aid.