25 Years Ago

Feb. 1, 1982

N.C. Legislature draws plans to alter voting districts By Sam HaysStaff Writer

Plans to change North Carolina’s legislative districts to conform to the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 were delivered to the U.S. Department of Justice Friday.The plans were hand carried to the voting selection of the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., according to Terrance G. Sullivan, director of research of the state legislature.Previous plans were rejected by the Civil Rights Division because they “resulted in the submergence of cognizable black communities into large, predominantly white, multi-member districts,” according to a letter to the N.C. State Board of Elections from William Bradford Reynolds, assistant attorney general of the Civil Rights Division.

IFC begins new approach to organizationBy Karen FreitasNews EditorThe Inter-Fraternity Council is currently undergoing reorganization to benefit State’s fraternities. The council acts as the chief regulating group for 19 of State’s fraternities.According to Mike Strickland, IFC secretary, the Council is re-evaluating and strengthening its judiciary system’s bylaws and policies. The reorganization will increase membership and input from all the fraternities.IFC’s judiciary system is established for the fraternities by committees of fraternity members. One of the bodies, the standards commission, acts as the legislative organization of the fraternities.

Grandstands, locker room, clubhouse – those kinds of things.” A new fieldhouse will be conveniently located beside the field. It will house locker rooms, a weight room and an equipment room on the lower level. The upper level will serve as a players’ lounge and coaches’ office.

5 Years Ago

Feb. 1, 2002NCSU gets bad marks from AASACby Carie Windham

Almost two years ago, Kim McNair, Kristen Ricks, Curtis Hall and Robert Atkinson III watched as Chancellor Marye Anne Fox and then-Provost Kermit Hall were handed a report detailing problems the African American Student Advisory Council felt were not being met by N.C. State. Last night at a town meeting held in Witherspoon Student Center’s Multipurpose Room, those same students released another report card called “N.C. State University’s African American Student Issues; Spring 2002 University Report” that grades the university’s progress in minority issues. So how did a university that prides itself on its diversity stack up? According to the report card delivered by the executive board of the AASAC, N.C. State earned on “B,” one “D” and two “F’s.” This was not the first time the university has been graded by the AASAC, but it was the first time the information was revealed publicly.

Feb. 1, 2002New East Campus dining hall pushes back opening dayby Emily Brewer

In the fall of 2001, N.C. State had originally planned on having another dining hall for students on East Campus. However, heading in the spring of 2002, there is still no dining hall on East campus. Clark Dining Hall was scheduled to finish around Sept. 7, but due to numerous contracting problems, the university has still not been able to approve the finished dining hall.And now University Dining Manager Randy Lait has been told they can finally start putting equipment in the dining facility on Feb. 7. “I will believe it when I see it, as we have been given numerous dates like this in the past, and were disappointed each time,” said Lait.