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Valliere speaks on economy, upcoming election
Danielle Moore
Staff Writer
Students and staff battled icy
temperatures and snowy weather
to hear Mr. Gregory Valliere, a
financial strategist who coordi-nates
policies for how Congress
dictates economics, speak in the
Bryan Auditorium on Thursday
evening. Valliere delivered a lec-ture
titled "The Outlook for Tax-es,
Interest Rates, and the 2008
Election."
The auditorium was so full that
many people had to stand or sit
along the stairs as James Weeks,
dean of the Bryan School of Busi-ness
and Economics, introduced
Valliere and praised him for his
work with Congress and regu-lar
guest appearances on CNN's
"Moneyline."
Valliere, who has over 30 years
of experience dealing with politi-cal
and economic developments
in the government, wasted no
time in getting right down to
business. He split his lecture into
four parts: the economy, the elec-tion,
taxes, and geopolitics.
First, he spoke on the Ameri-can
economy, saying "we are very
close to recession." He then gave
his viewpoints on how Congress
and the White House should pre-pare
to handle a major recession.
Next, Valliere talked about the
upcoming 2008 election and pre-dicted
that Hillary Clinton would
be the democratic nomination,
and probably the next United
States president.
Valliere then moved on to say
a few small things about tax in-creases
and some important geo-political
points like troop with-drawals
from Iraq.
After his lecture, Valliere al-lotted
time for a fairly in-depth
question-and-answer session.
He welcomed any differing view-points
and even gave some advice
to listeners who had personal
questions about things such as
stocks and mortgages.
Brian Woodward, an evening
Bryan MBA program student,
found what Mr. Valliere had to
say very interesting.
"I was especially interested in
his discussion of the election, and
his predictions,just because ofthe
timing of the election," explained
Woodward. "And more specific in
terms of business, I enjoyed his
talk about taxes and his advice on
stocks."
Other listeners felt the same
way. Mr. Valliere received loud
rounds of applause, and many
people stayed behind after the
lecture" to speak with Valliere
personally.
Gregory Valltere's lecture was
sponsored by the Bryan School
of Business and Economics and
Stanford Group Company.
Gregory Valliere (left) stands with James Weeks (right), dean ot the Bryan
School of Business and Economics.
A&T and UNCG collaborate to build new center
Uli Johnson
Staff Writer
Chancellor Stanley F. Battle of
North Carolina A&T State Uni-versity
and Chancellor Sullivan
announced on Jan. 15 their plan
to build a Joint Data Center on
the South Campus of Gateway
University Research Park.
GURP is a non-profit entity
created to manage and operate
UNCG and N.C. A&T's research
and economic development in
the Triad. According to a recent
press release, in 2006 it was esti-mated
to create a $50 million an-nual
impact on the Triad.
GURP consists of two 75-acre
campuses. The S campus, located
off Lee Street, was anticipated
to hold the U.S. Department of
Agriculture Facility beginning in
Fall 2008 and now, as stated in the
Fall 2007 State of Campus, the
Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering. The N Campus
is located across from Bryan Park
and holds SERVE, which received
$2.9 million of funding from the
U.S. Department of Education. It
is currently UNCG's largest re-search
grant.
The S Campus does not cur-rently
have a research center, and
Battle and Sullivan arc eager to fix
this problem. Collaborating to-gether
for this project makes the
data center at the S Campus cost
about $46 million, as opposed to
$102 million if done separately.
One of the main reasons for the
center, according to a Data Center
Background report, is that UN-CG's
campus computing needs
are expected to reach capacity
around 2011 or 2012.
McNutt and Bryan, the cur-rent
data centers, are not built
with the appropriate level of
redundancy to provide the reli-ability
and availability desirable
for enterprise class services. Also,
McNutt and Bryan are a quarter
of a mile apart, meaning that in
the case of a major disaster, both
buildings would most likely be af-fected.
However, JPDC will be on
the S Campus of Gateway, which
is six miles away, making it more
likely that at least one data center
could survive a disaster.
For more information visit www.
gatetvayurp.com.
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