The Carolinian [January 11, 2011]

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The student newspaper of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro Established 1919
Vol. XCI No. 16 www.carolinianonline.com January 11 -January 17, 2011
Looking ahead to the 2011 spring semester
An interview on goals a;nd expectations with SGA President Katie Marshall .
James Nichols
News Editor
As the UNCG community be­gins
· the second semester of this
school year, Katie Marshall is
passing the halfway point of her
term as Student Body President.
Over the past semester, she has
attempted to amplify the student
voice while dealing with anum­ber
of issues, including expan.:
sion, budget cuts, and the contro­versial
restructuring of academic
departments.
"For this semester I'd just like
to continue where we started last
semester;' said Marshall. ''I'd like
to do more talking to students
and seeing what they're inter­ested
in." Marshall repeatedly
stressed how important it is to
her that the studeQt voice is be­ing
heard in all decision-making
processes. "When students ask
'what does SGA do; its more of
what do you want SGA to do. I
try to ask students what ~ey'd
like to see chahged ·or done on
campus:'
Marshall stressed that one of
the biggest challenges Ul'JCG is
going to face in the upcoming
semester is that of massive bud-get
cuts for the University. The ..
cuts will more then likely result
in tuition increases for students
and cuts for various programs
and departments. "It's a delicate
balance of keeping the school
competitive and relevant but also
making sure that it's affordable;'
said Marshall. "From everything
I've seen this semester, the ad­ministration
is fully in support of
hearing the student input. There
is much more student responsi­bility
than initially received:'
There are three specific areas
of student concern that Marshall
said she will focus on improv­ing
throughout this second half
of her presidency:~ financial aid,
advising, and parking, "Those~
are the 3 big things rve heard a
· ~ot about this year;' said Marshall.
Advising will be one of Marshall's
top prior~ties after much of the
student body encountere4 nu­t;
n~rous problems involving reg­istration
and advisi~g ~t the end
of last semester. Many stUdents
are still dealing with. the reper­cussions
of receiving inaccurate
SEE MARSHALL PAGE 2 Marshall is now halfway through her term as SGA President. Her focus contin­ues
to be ensuring that the student voice is heard.
SGA hosts·first ."Great T-Shirt Exchange" Ervin, had an idea for an event
where students could trade in old
t-shirts representing big-name
North Carolina colleges for a shirt
displaying their UNCG pride. It
was an effort to generate school
spirit and encourage UNCG
students to develop a focus and
pride for the college they attend.
The event also sought ·to dispel
the idea that UNCG spirit isn't
as strong as that at colleges wh:h
large sports teams. The clothing
collected tlM-ough the event was
then donated to Greensboro Ur­ban
Ministries.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE MARSHALL
The shirts encouraged students to trade-in cloth­ing
from other colleges to showcase UNCG spirit.
Inside:
United States undergoes a
massive change in the holiday
season
Page4
A fuU page spread of the Top
10 albums of 2010. Who
came out on top?
Page7
James Nichols
News Editor
On December 6, 2010, the
Student Government Associa­tion
held its first "Great T-Shirt
Exchange:' The event sought to
inspire school spirit while also .
collecting clothing from students
to donate to charity. At the ex­change,
students were encour­aged
to donate T-shirts from oth­er
colleges for a free shirt showing
support for UNCG. The shirt in­corporated
the primary colors of
other colleges around North Car­olina,
such a~ Duke, N.C. State,
and UNC-Chapel Hill. .
Plans for the exchange began
last summer when_Presi_dent Ka- ·
tie Marshall met with the Spartan
Spirit Rising committee. A mem­ber
of the Blue Crew, Bi:ittany
Stuart Barefoot details the
progress of Women's athletics
and an unbeatable streak
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The event was made possible
by means of a . Campus Innova­tion
Grant from the Association
of Student Governments. The
grant, paired with University Re­lations,
enabled the mass amount
of UNCG shirts to be printed
at no cost to students. For four
SEE EXCHANGE, PAGE 2
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Campus
sights:
Construction
continues
Matthew Howard
Editor-in-Chief
Spring Garden Street, to the
blessing of many students de­scending
upon UNCG from the
west side of campus every morn:
ing, will be walking past only one
construction project upon the
completion of the new School of
Education Building this spring.
The construction of the LEED
certified education building be­gan
in May of 2009 and will open
SEE CONSTRUCTION, PAGE 2
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