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DECEMBER 2,2011 11AM-9pmNC STATE BOOKSTOREH A R R E L SO N H A L L

IT ’S CRAZY L IKE A PACK OF SEAGULLS GOING

AFTER A HALF-EATEN FRENCH FRY

The Tuition Review Advisory Committee proposed the change in

September as each university is required to do. However, the adjustment is far from final-ized.

Chandler Thompson, student body president, and Provost Warwick Arden co-chaired the committee’s September meetings that voted Sept. 26 unani-mously in favor of a $330 increase for in-state undergraduates and a $660 increase for all other students — out-of-state undergraduates as well as all graduate students.

The UNC Board of Governors does not meet again until January, but if TRAC recommendations pass the Board of Governors and the North Carolina Legislature, they will come into affect during the fall 2012 and spring 2013 semesters.

“I think it’s important to give stu-dents and parents as much notice as possible to plan for paying,” Thomp-son said.

Past recommendations, however, have not been followed closely.

For example, the recommendation for the 2010-2011 year was a $150 in-crease for undergraduate residents. In reality, for those students, tuition was raised by $900, from $5629 to $6529.

“One thing to keep in mind is that we’re nowhere near the end of the tuition discussion; it still has to go through our Board of Governors,”

Thompson said. “I’m hoping to have a student forum about it and more conversations with the chancellor and the provost.”

The proposed increase is inside the 6.5 percent average cap, although the Board of Governors could approve one-time increases higher than that.

However, even with only a $330 in-

Johnny Wynne served as Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Science seven years.

Jessie HalpernStaff Writer

On Monday, Dean of College of Agriculture and Life Science John-ny Wynne announced his plans to retire after 43 years at State. Prior to serving as dean, Wynne began working at N.C. State as a graduate student after having received his degree from the University.

“I’ve been here for a long time at N.C. State,” Wynne said. “There al-ways comes a time when you need to make a change.”

As of July 1, 2012, Wynne will no longer be a faculty member of NCSU. In the meantime, he will be carrying out his duties as dean, but he will not be involved in implementing new policies for the College of Agriculture and Life Science.

“This is an ap-propriate time [to leave] because with the new leadership from Chancellor Woodson, it is time to prepare new strategic plans for the future. I think that the faculty and new leadership need to be in charge of those new plans, not the faculty that’s leaving,” Wynne said.

During Wynne’s service as dean,

CALS has grown in the areas of both research and diversity. Besides add-ing such university amenities as the Genomic Science Laboratory and the renovations of David Clark Labs and other buildings, Wynne added a dean for diversity, out-reach and engage-ment. In addition, a diversity board and awareness project were added to the college’s program.

When asked about his time at State, Dean Wynne men-tioned how the ac-complishments of CALS has had an impact on a state-wide level.

“We are a land grant college inter-ested in serving the people of North Carolina, and citizens of the state

have responded well to our programs,” Wynne said. “We have made a great contribution to ag-riculture and life sci-ences here at State.”

Larry Shaver, a ju-nior in agriculture education in CALS, said Wynne will be missed as he grew the college into one of the largest at the

University.“I’m sure his replacement will con-

tinue in his legacy to promote our col-lege as one of the best in providing knowledgeable graduates in agricul-ture and life sciences,” Shaver said.

proposed tuition increase by CALS dean announces plan to retire in July

Accounting students need votes to be pushed to top three for national competition.

James HatfieldStaff Writer

N.C. State students are on their way to make the accounting program more prestigious than it has ever been. A team of four from the Poole College of Management is competing against nine other teams of students from across the country in the 2011 AICPA Accounting Competition.

Under the name ‘Wolfpack in the Black’, Alan Perry, Seanna Robey, Amanda Dew and Brian Jones are forces to be reckoned with.

“I always thought our colors were just red and white,” Per-ry chuckled as his teammate, Seanna Robey, reassured him that black is one of the school’s colors, which they incorporated into the team name. “We’re finding an-swers to their fraud problems; that’s how we got the name... black is one of our school colors and to be in the black (in accounting) means making money. So it’s a pun off that.”

The fraud problems Robey referred to are fictitious scenarios given by the AICPA in the first round of the competition. The students in the preliminaries must write a 750-word executive summary of the situation as they would in the job world. This summary is submitted online by any team interested in the competition. All summaries are judged, with the top 10 going to the semi-finals. Out of the 215 original teams, N.C. State

is now in the top 10. This strategic scenario challenges

students to apply their skills as they would in a realistic job setting. In ad-dition, in the second round the top 10 teams were sent new information pertaining to this scenario. They then had to write a 1,500-word summary, accompanied by a 5 to 6 minute video giving information that a high fraud risk analysis consultant would tell the fictitious company.

“We found out all this new informa-tion for the second round that added to the scenario, like a potentially il-legal bribery made to a foreign official that could be going on, so we give a set of recommendations to this company to reduce the risk of fraud,” Perry said.

“For the final round, we might get even more information.”

E a c h m e m b e r of the team had a hand in every part of the competition thus far. With each member giving ad-vice and double-checking the other, it seemed like each member brought a piece to the table.

“Amanda (Dew) helped with writing,

especially with the first round, but she also did all of our video editing,” Perry said. “Brian (Jones) helped with the writing but Brian is also the best com-municator out of all of us. He is really good at public speaking, so that’s why he did the opening and closing of our video presentation. All in all, every-one helped with everything. We’d give feedback to each other, and we had to work as a team.”

The idea of using only local resourc-es and personnel would seem daring in any other team project but this is

Wolfpack in the Black keeps count

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Jordan Moore/Technicianphoebe cruz, a senior in biochemistry, studies for her physical chemistry test in the silent reading room monday. cruz is one of many students who uses the reading room, which is dedicated to silence and quite studying. "i come in here nearly every day," cruz said, "usually because of my physical chemistry class."

10 years of tuition and fees comPared:n.C. State: 2011-2012: $65292001-2002: $3,228Percent increase: 100.2

unC-Chapel Hill2011-2012: $7008.702001-2002: $3,219Percent increase: 117.7

unC-Greensboro 2011-2012: $52752001-2002: $2,589Percent increase: 103.7

east Carolina2011-2012: $53642001-2002: $2,501Percent increase: 114.5

appalachian State2011-2012: $5747.742001-2002: $2,270Percent increase: 153.2

Western Carolina2011-2012: $6367.002001-2002: $2,237Percent increase: 184.6

Source: 2001-2002 TuiTion and feeS froM unc GreenSboro. 2011-2012 froM

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