Month: March 2009

As the end of the spring 2009 semester draws near, students will soon cast their vote for Student Government officers. This year six candidates are running for student body president, whose role on campus includes presiding over his/her cabinet, running the day-to-day operations of Student Government including 15 distinct commissions and departments, and delegating tasks to the executive branch. Additionally, the newly elected student body president is responsible for attending meetings and forum discussions, and be active in special interest committees such as the Campus Culture Task Force committee created just after the Nov. 5, 2008 tunnel incident. Here are what the candidates had to say about their platform and campaign.

Each year, Student Media seeks applicants for editors of the primary mediums on campus, the daily newspaper, Technician, the weekly Nubian Message, the campus literary magazine, the Windhover and the Agromeck, the yearbook. They also sought applicants for the general manager of WKNC, the campus radio station and the student business manager. Applicants must go through a vigorous process of presenting their vision and goals before staff members and an interview before the Student Media board of directors, prior to being hired. These individuals have the power to change the direction and focus of campus as the representative of their respective media outlets. In their substantive position, how do they plan to ensure the minority population on campus is accurately represented in our student media? Here’s what the new student media leaders had to say.

The weather outlook for Saturday appeared to be rainy, cold and glum for most, especially for those that happened to be driving in and out of Raleigh. However, that did not stop hundreds of people from all over the city and Wake County from preparing for and attending the “Hillsborough Street Renaissance,” a green or environment friendly arts and music festival.