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addition, but I will always remember who
was there before them.”
However, next year’s 4'*' West RLA Steve
Ko says otherwise. “4* Hunt will keep their
open lounges, so it won’t affect us too much.
A lot of my 2"“* Bryan friends are moving to
4* West next year, so it’ll be fun.”
Junior Yev Grechka agreed. “We’re
looking forward to having the Sec
ond Bryan guys here,” Grechka said.
Halls that current 2"‘‘ Bryan juniors will
move to include 4* West, P' Hill, and 2'^
Hill. According to Steve Jones, current 2"'*
B. When applying for rooms on new halls,
2"“* Bryan juniors were on the same prior
ity level as current hall residents. This was
designed to give them the maximum op
portunity to”pick” the personality of their
environment for next year.
But this still will not mend the break-up
of a closely-knit hall.
“Second Bryan was my home for two very
short years,” said senior Richard Pridgen.
“Over this time I grew attached to my hall
and my hallmates. I think it is very sad that
my hall is being split up. I think there are
much better alternative plans to turning 2nd
Bryan into a girls hall, such as making it an
all senior guys hall next year. This would ! ™__-„ , Photo by Luis Zapata
not displace anyone wanting to stay on 2B junior Greg Rubinstein plays ping-pong in the 2nd East open lounge. Next year the open lounge will be converted
and at the same time, the same goal would j^to two dorm rooms, a triple and a double. Rubenstein said that he was not very happy about the decision,
be accomplished a year later.” "People are people, but a ping pong table is something more," Rubenstein said.
Field scheduledfor late August 2006 completion
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may come even later.
Steve Cohn is the head of the
NCSSM liaison committee of the
Watts-Hospital Hillandale Neigh
borhood Association (WHHNA),
a committee appointed by the
neighborhood to handle relations
with the school. Cohn said that
he did not take issue with the
proposed soccer field or track. It
is the six-pole lighting which has
caused debate.
Cohn said that the school has
shown members of the committee
lights firom several other schools,
including North Raleigh Christian
Academy and Cary Academy.
“It’s been really clear that they
blast out into the neighborhood in
ways that you can read a newspa
per a block away,” he said.
According to liason commit
tee member Ned Kennington,
the neighborhood association
resolved officially in 2002 that
there should be no lights on any
NCSSM stadium. He said that re
cent negotiations, however, have
made lighting an option.
Kennington has suggested in
the past that classes start at 6 a.m.
to avoid darkness during athletic
events and intramurals. But, he
said, that is not the only option.
“I do not need to suggest that
that is the solution,” Kennington
said. “Let’s look at what all the
possibilities are.”
Both Kennington and Cohn
said they felt misled by the ad
ministration before the stadium
funding was announced. They
said they knew planning for the
stadium was underway in 1998,
but that at recent meetings, the
administration had refused to
talk about it.
Craig Rowe, NCSSM Director
of Communication, said that the
stadium should not have come
as a surprise to the neighboring
community. He said that it was
clear that they would build the
soccer and track stadium as soon
as funding was secured.
“The school didn’t know they
were going to get that money un
til it was announced to the board,”
Rowe said. “Members of the
neighborhood were made aware
of the situation at the same time
as the school community.”
Rowe said that he did not feel
obligated to provide WHHNA
with every insight into the school.
“The students are our num
ber one priority,” he said.
But, he said that would
not prevent cooperation. “The
school remains dedicated to
working out a compromise
with the neighbors,” Rowe said.
Brown and Constantinou,
across the street, attended a
meeting at the school about a
month ago.
“Anybody would hope
that we could have an open
dialogue,” Constantinou said.
“We look forward to the next
meeting.”
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Graphic courtesy of Craig Rowe
A blueprint of the new athletic field- according to Director of Communication Craig Rowe there will be six light poles of 70
feet. Boarman said that the poles facing away from Hunt Dormitory may be 80 feet to address the concerns of neighbors.
The six-lane track on this blueprint will not be constructed for another four or five years and will require the demolition of
the smaller smokestack, according to Boarman. Boarman said that the athletic field will also be used for softball.
NCSSM
to become
member of
UNC system
By Hattie Chung and Han
Zhang
The NCSSM Board of
Trustees imanimously accepted
UNC System President Erskine
. Bowles’ invitation to become
the 17“* constituent school to
the UNC System.
The constituency will have
some positive benefits for the
students, according to Myra
Halpin, Dean of Sciences.
“Collaboration with WC
will allow smoother transition
for our students into the UNC
System,” Halpin said.
NCSSM will officially be
come affiliated with the UNC
system on July 1, 2007. As of
now, the school is loosely in
alliance with the UNC system,
but essentially governed by the
Board of Trustees.
When the school received
the invitation. President Gerald
Boarman established several
committees to examine the pros
and cons of the constituency.
Boarman said school leaders
reviewed its potential impact
on student life, academics,
fundraising, operations, campus
security, distance learning, tech
nology and alumni relations.
“While each group had
concerns regarding potential
changes in department struc
tures, operations, budgets or
salaries, for example, the over
whelming response was that
the move would be good for
our students,” Boarman said,
“the implication being that an
official member of such a re
nowned state university system
would expose our students to ^
even wider array of academic,
research and leadership oppor
tunities.”