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The quiet initiative is attractive to students
w'ho seek an environment conducive for sleep
and study time 24 hours a day.
Another initiative, the "student incentive"
offers students with a 2.8 GPA or higher and a
minimum of 45 credit hours the opportunity to
live in Rams Commons. There are 220 spaces
reserved for this option.
A third initiative involves reducing spaces for
organizations and groups including band mem
bers, ROTC and graduate students.
This year, these student groups must also par
ticipate in the lottery to receive housing.
The Housing and Residence Life enlisted the
help of the Office of Marketing and
Communications.
Cathy Hoots said she and Carl Perry have
tried to create innovative ways to ensure all stu
dents and parents know what is going on with
the process.
Hoots is the director of Recruitment and
Enrollment Communications. Perry is the proj
ect manager for Recruitment and Enrollment
Communications.
"We will have a video and PSA of Whitney
McCoy, SGA president, discussing what has
changed and been added to the lottery," Hoots
said.
In addition, parents of continuing students
will be sent letters detailing the revised
process.
Information sessions will be scheduled in res
idence halls, the Hauser Building computer lab
and SGA forums. They begin later this month.
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"I understand why parents and students
are upset, but people's personal safety is
the top priority," Young said.
"Students' families were coming from
different cities and states, and many were
driving."
SGA President Whitney McCoy said she
feels like the University did what was best.
"The weather conditions in Winston-
Salem could have easily contributed to car
accidents and other unfortunate events."
By 6 p.m. that day the area surrounding
LJVM was blanketed with ice and snow.
And there were hazardous driving condi
tions.
Chancellor Donald Reaves made the
final decision after he received unanimous
input from staff, Young said.
Reaves sought input from all parties
involved she said.
During the week of Jan. 11 there were
informal meetings with staff and students
to decide on a new date for the fall
commencement.
Jan. 22 , Reaves and staff were sched
uled to discuss options for a replacement
for fall commencement [This meeting was
scheduled after the Argus deadline].
Young said the University will seek
input from SGA, who has not had to field
many of the concerns from parents and
students.
"There have been talks of combining fall
commencement with the spring as well as
creating a separate ceremony," Young said.
"By the end of this week [Jan. 22] we will
have narrowed down our options."
Combining both ceremonies could cre
ate capacity issues, and separate cere
monies might not be well attended.
Young said if both ceremonies were to
be combined a dilemma of crowd capacity
could be created.
"We don't want to have to place limits
on how many tickets a student can have.
"We don't want the solution for fall
commencement to have a negative effect
on the spring graduates."
While capacity is an issue, time is not.
The University will have LJVM for the
entire day of ceremonies and rehearsals.
A key factor is how many students are
anticipated to return for a replacement fall
commencement.
There were 525 fall graduates.
"If a small number of students say they
will return for a replacement commence
ment then combining both [commence
ments] would be an option," Young said.
Chancellor Reaves will send an e-mail
to fall graduates regarding the new date
for commencement. Also public relations
is working with information technology to
develop a survey to determine if fall grad
uates would be interested in returning for
commencement at a later date.
"It is virtually impossible to make every
one happy, but our goal is to please the
majority," Young said.
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