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UAB president steps downUAB President Matt Woodward stepped down Sunday night.

Lauren VanderveenStaff Writer

Matthew Woodward has re-signed his post as president of the Union Activities Board as of Monday. Kelly Harris, the former vice president, will be taking over the position for the rest of the se-mester.

“One of the things I was kind of concerned about was balanc-ing both being a student leader while putting my academics first,” Woodward said about his resigna-tion. “Since next semester is my final semester, I needed to reflect about where my interests and ef-forts really needed to be put.”

N.C. State leaders across the board have shown their acceptance

and understanding of the unexpected change.

“Though this change has come at an inopportune time, I feel the orga-nization will remain prosperous and continue to grow,” Harris said. “We encourage all NCSU students to be-come involved and to get excited about all the UAB has to offer. I am looking forward to assisting in the planning and implementation of many remark-able events forthcoming throughout the remainder of the 2011/2012 school year.”

Chandler Thompson, student body president, said she received Wood-ward’s resignation letter Sunday night.

“I don’t know anything specific about the situation,” Thompson said. “I know firsthand that it is incredibly difficult to balance school work and personal life with student leader time commitments.”

John Willis, treasurer for the Union Activities Board, also sympathized with Woodward.

“The position of UAB president can be very time intensive and demand-ing,” Willis said. “With that said, I have full confidence in Kelly Har-ris…”

With Willis graduating in Decem-ber, the board will be going through further leadership restructuring this year.

“We are on the look-out to fill both the vice president and treasurer-elect positions; the application for both po-sitions can be found on our website,” Harris said. “We are set and ready to get the ball rolling on the next phase of the UAB.”

Every effort will be made to keep UAB healthy, Thompson said.

“Student Government will support UAB’s Executive Board through the transition in any way we can, so that they continue to effectively serve stu-dents,” Thompson said.

Willis said Harris is up to the task of

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StudentshavevoicedconcernsaboutthetimelinessandrelevanceofWolfAlerts.Whenarobberysuspectwasar-restedoncampusFriday,theaudibleWolfAlert,whichcanbeheardfromloudspeak-ersaroundcampus,saidstudentsshouldseekshelterimmediately,butdidnotofferanexplanationwhy.

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Brett Morris/technicianChris Gould explains the ins and outs of N.C. State's carillon; an instrument that has not been used since 1989. It functions like a keyboard: sending signals that activate levers which strike tubes of metal.

Real bells play once again from Bell Tower’s speakersMusical instrument last used in the 80’s will ring out once again.

Will BrooksStaff Writer

For the first time since 1989, the sound of real bells played from the Bell Tower last month. Not from the top, but from the speakers.

The University acquired the cur-rent grand symphony carillon in 1986, which uses 246 bells along with digital “hornbills,” Chris Gould, as-sociate dean for the department of physics, said.

Out of order since 1989, the caril-lon’s bells have recently been restored by Gould and others—and students may soon be able to play them.

The carillon is played like an organ. When keys are hit, a bell is struck by a piece of metal and the sound is relayed both mechanically and electronically, according to Gould.

The bells of the University’s carillon are not perched upon the top of the famous tower, however, but reside in Holladay Hall.

“A traditional carillon would actu-ally be physical bells with a rope on them,” Gould said. “You need a huge tower to support a large number of bells.”

Duke Chapel stands at approximate-ly 210 feet with a carillon that plays inside with 50 bells. At N.C. State, the Memorial Bell Tower stands at 115 feet but plays with nearly five times the amount of bells as Duke, through speakers.

The lack of bells in the tower has been a point of discussion for several years, but Tom Stafford, vice chancel-lor of student affairs, said students seem to have put the issue aside for now.

The senior class of 2010 raised over $50,000 to place one bell in the tower. However, this was only a fraction of the money it would take to put in a full set of bells.

“To put a full complement of bells, it would run between $750,000 and $1 million,” Stafford said.

Since the area at the bottom of the tower has begun deteriorating, Staf-ford said, the cost of repairs along with purchasing additional bells may prove too much for the time being.

“Since [$50,000 was raised], the effort to raise additional money has fallen to the wayside,” Stafford said.

Elizabeth Russell, a sophomore in human biology, believes the recently-fixed carillon is a good match for the

sarah roy/technicianSophomore in chemical engineering, Rebecca Burton, gets spooked by Tamia Hester, a child in the Boys and Girls Club.

Scholars hold Halloween CarnivalAnnual Scholars’ Halloween Carnival brings treats and fun to Boys and Girls Club.

Lauren VanderveenStaff Writer

In the spirit of candy and cos-tumes, N.C. State held its annual Halloween Carnival on Monday. The event, hosted by the Scholars Council, had, as guests, the Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh.

Some students used this event as an opportunity to do volunteer work on Halloween instead of par-tying.

Kathryn Hornaday, a junior in

biology, has been a part of the Scholars Council for two years and has been continually involved with its activi-ties.

“It’s a tradition. The Boys and Girls club are great kids and really fun to work with,” Horna-day said.

Cait l in Melv in, chair of the Schol-ars Council, said the University has endeavored to build a strong relationship with the club.

“Traditionally, we have hosted the Boys and Girls Club, and when we brought the event back two years ago, we wanted to continue to build a re-

lationship with this organization and give children, who otherwise may not have an opportunity to safely trick-

or-treat, a chance to have some fun and celebrate Hallow-een,” Melvin said.

The carnival was held in the West Campus amphithe-ater and surround-ing residence halls.

“Lee Hall [collab-orated] by doing a Haunted House. Sullivan Hall [was] set up to have the kids trick-or-treat. We [did] games,” Hornaday said.

Researchers try to make nuclear storage saferProfessors receive $700,000 to improve outdated waste storage and transportation methods.

Jatin BhatiaStaff Writer

Two professors from the De-partment of Nuclear Engineer-ing received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to research better ways of storing spent nuclear fuel.

A total of $4.5 million has been granted by DOE to five universities including N.C. State. We are ex-pected to get $700,000 which will be used in research under Koru-konda Murty, professor of nuclear engineering, and Jacob Eapen, as-sistant professor of nuclear engi-

neering.The research will be conducted

in integrated project which looks to strengthen nuclear programs at Amer-ican universities as a part of NEUP (Nuclear Energy University Program) that will involve universities like the University of Wisconsin and be lead by researchers at Texas A&M.

Murty said researchers from na-tional labs will also participate in the research.

“Some folks from national labora-tories like Savannah Research Labs in South Carolina and Pacific Northwest Research Laboratories in Washington state are also involved in the research project,” Murty said.

According to Eapen, the role of N.C. State in the research is concerned with liability of transporting and storing spent nuclear fuel.

Currently spent nuclear fuel is stored in water pools which have a limited capacity when it comes to stor-ing waste fuel. Researchers are looking at making feasible a new concept of “dry storage” in which metal canisters are used to store the fuel once it has been cooled down by water.

“The [problem with dry storage is] as soon as you take it out of water, due to lack of cooling the residual heat and radioactive material, they may make the material deform and creep,” Mur-ty said. “You don’t want anything to rupture and nuclear material to come out.”

Eapen and Murty’s work plan fo-cuses on “low temperature creep.”

“Using the theoretical knowledge and experimental data we should be

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