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Last Chance to See Animal Grossology Nina McManus, Staff Writer This is the last month to go see the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ special exhibit “Animal Grossology.” Based on the bestselling children’s book series by Sylvia Branzei, this exhibit explores everything about smells, blood, poop, and slime that you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask. This exhibit was designed for the young, but it’s also great for the young-at-heart. The Grossology exhibit is set up arcade-style, with exhibits that more closely resemble games or shows than traditional museum dis plays. This highly interactive exhibit is designed to keep the young mind engaged. Large animatronic animals and inseets greet the guests and explain certain games. Other games contain bright displays and televi sion slideshows. The games them selves include dung beetle races, match-up challenges, and quiz games. The whole exhibit is large, colorful, and surprising. Be on the lookout for lights and motion where you least expect it. The final display in the exhibit is a quiz game that tests everything learned from all the other games. Of course, there is also the small gift shop where the mu seum has appropriately highlighted its grosser souvenirs, such as candy with real bugs inside. Even though the exhibit is kid- oriented, adults can have fun as well; I know I did! After all, it’s not every day you are addressed by a large flea in a red coat and top hat or an even bigger and more colorful fly with a Brooklyn accent. And did you know that human blood is never blue? That’s a myth. Crabs have blue blood, but human blood is always red; it just appears blue under our skin. Even college-edu cated adults can learn something new here. So my advice is this: If you enter with an open mind and ready to have fun, you will. The YouTube tour can be found be low. This tour contains an owl pellets display called “Pellet Purge” that is not at the NC Museum of Natural Scienees. http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=JxwgLE6Meu4 image via North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences’ STAFF hcrald@ niercdith .cdu heraldadvcrtising® einail.nieredith.edu Editor iVmyHruby Staff Writers Sarah Sugg Lyn Triplett Rebecca Brodney Mengjie 7.hang Aislinn Murphy Emily Hawkins Anne Caitlin Griffin F.mily Gamiel Layout Editor Emily Hawkins Website Editor .loy Close Literature Ad\d.sor Rebecca Duncan Copy Editors: Allison Meares Robyn Kennedy Katrina Keinpney Caitlin Griffin The Meredith Herald is published by the College throughout the academic yeur. The paper is fiinded by the College and through mdepcndcnt advertising. .'Ul advertlsi-menls .should be sent to hcraldadvcrtisingp eraail mercdith.cdiL The opinions e.xpn'ssid in the editorial columns do not neces sarily reflect those of the College administration, faculw, or .student IkkIv. The policy of this paper requires that submis.sion.s be made by 5 p.m. the Thursday before publica tion and tltat contributors sign all submissions and provide neces sary contact information. The edi tor and staff welcome submissions meeting the above guidelines. Mission Statement: Tlie staff of The Meredith Herald is committed to repre senting oiir diverse community by publiciz ing local events, by ad dressing controversy, by cultivating civic engagement and by empowering women. New Plans at the NC DOT Lizzy Wood, Staff Writer The North Carolina Depart ment of transportation (NCDOT)' is proposing big ideas regarding the Raleigh/Durham area’s trans portation system with new initia tive to repave roads and add more train tracks to the city in hope that this will speed up traffic and cut down the commute between Raleigh and Charlotte. The city is prepared to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on these up dates and changes. City transpor tation director, Mark Ahrendsen, is quoted as saying “The smell of asphalt is going to be in the air pretty-soon” because last fall, vot ers approved 20 million dollars to help repave streets in the triangle area and soon much of the repav ing will begin in the downtown Raleigh area. The state must present four plans regarding transportation. The Comprehensive Transporta tion Plan is a state requirement and looks 30 years in the future. The Long-Range Transportation Plan, a federal requirement, is de signed for 20 years in the future. The Transportation Improvement Plan looks ahead seven years, and projects on this list must be eli gible for state and federal grants. Lastly, the Capital improvement plan is for the city’s transporta tion ideas. Each of these plans has recently been discussed. The biggest proposals for the city came with the announcement of a plan to put more passenger cars and faster trains between Raleigh and Charlotte. The state won its request for $461 million in federal grants to support the construction of the railroads. The building of the railroads is also expected to create 4,800 new jobs. Gene Conti, the state transportation secretary, is quoted as saying “This will significantly improve our pas senger service and also, I believe, have benefits for the movement of freight through that corridor.” As part of President Obama’s $8 bil lion stimulus towards building high-speed trains across the United States, the state will receive $545 million as their share of the stimu lus. However, the government de cided to withhold the money until the state could guarantee that the money would be going to improv ing the transportation overall. Now, the money is set to be going towards adding “28 miles of double track between Greensboro and Charlotte, plus five miles of passing sidings be tween Raleigh and Greensboro.” Also, some curved will be made straighter to increase speeds and some dangerous railroad crossings will be turned into bridges. The bulk of the stimulus money will be spent near Charlotte on an 88 million dol lar bridge to be placed where a rail road crossing is currently stationed. The goal is for the trains to eventu ally be able to reach 90 miles per hour, something which will be made possible after the state installs safety technology on the tracks meant to help trains slow down. However, the installation of the new technol ogy, which was set to be installed by 2015, has been temporarily halted due to a lack of federal funding. Changes will be slow, but the city can expect to see the roads beginning to be paved in the near future. The train system will remain a long-term goal of the city, but one can expect that construction will begin as soon as possible. Fublished bij I lintan Press Corrections: Three facts were reported incorrectly in Jee-In Hur’s 3/30 news piece “Karen Refugees in Raleigh.” The Herald would like to apologize to the people interviewed and ask you to please note these corrections: Su A1 pha Stylo did not come to the U.S. when he was three; he came to the U.S. three years ago. During the interview. Alpha spoke fluent English. Selda translates Karen to English, and vice versa to help other Karen refugee families. Karen have been targeted because they demanded an indepen dent state and fought against corrupt government.
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