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Jazsalyn McNeil Designs to be Sold at Belk
Torisha Doizer | Staff Writer Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief
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eginning March 2013, the designs of N.C. State student Jazsalyn, McNeil will be sold in the top 41 Belk stores and also on the department store’s website. For McNeil, a junior majoring in Fashion and Textile Management, the reality of the situation still hasn’t sunk in, “ It won’t hit me until I walk into Belk and see my name on the clothes hang tag.”
“can’t stop, won’t stop” mentality.
Across the nation, 170 design entrants competed in the Belk Southern Designer Showcase for the chance to have their design collections sold in Belk stores and on Belk.com. McNeil, 20, credits her “ability to use color and create fabric,” a skill she learned from the N.C. State textile department, for giving her the extra “edge” that she needed. Persuaded to enter the competition by the adamant urging of her brand-marketing professor, McNeil entered the competition with a
As with any major achievement, McNeil’s success in the Belk Southern Designer Showcase required a great deal of sacrifice, hardwork and commitment. While she often ate only one meal a day and stayed awake until 2a.m. on a regular basis, McNeil managed to successfully balance school, a full time 40hour internship with Ralph Lauren in Greensboro, create six garments for the competition, and prepare for exams. A native of Raleigh, N.C. McNeil’s designs also won first place at the 2012 N.C. State Fashion Week, an experience that she feels helped prepared her for the Southern Designer Showcase. Both Belk and Ralph Lauren were present at N.C. State’s 2012 Fashion Week, predisposing both to her designs prior to her entering the showcase. “N.C. State Fashion Week opens so many doors for students in the
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Photograph courtesy of: Shako OTEKA Designer/ Model: Jazsalyn McNeil
UNC Board of Governers Debate Proposed Financial Aid Cap chiefly its republican members, argue that the current policy places a “hidden tax” on middle and higher-income students that are receiving om Ross, President of the University of little-to-no financial aid. They also argue that the North Carolina proposed an amended current policy is not “transparent” enough. Ross version of the University’s policy for defended his proposal saying, “ If this isn’t right, setting aside need-based financial aid at the Au- vote it down, and I’ll be fine.” gust 9, University of North Carolina Board of Governors’ meeting. Franklin McCain, who has served on the UNC Kierra Leggett | Editor-in-Chief
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Ross’ plan, if approved by the board, would require UNC campuses to set aside no more than 25 percent of the funds they incur from increased tuition for disbursement of financial aid to needy students. Under stipulations of the current policy, UNC campuses are required to set aside a minimum of 25 percent of revenue generated from tuition increases for need-based financial aid. Board members in favor of the proposed cap,
Board of Governors since 2009, opposes the approval of the proposed cap. McCain, who was also a member of the Greensboro Four that staged the famous sit-in at the Woolworth counter, spoke out against the proposed policy saying, “When we reduce the funds, you know who gets squeezed out of the educational equation. You already know that. I think rather than trying to be exclusive, we ought to be looking for ways to keep these folk in the system.”
Krista Domnick, Director of the N.C. State Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid, reported that as of July 2012, 68 percent of enrolled undergraduate degree seeking N.C. State students had applied for financial aid for the 2011-2012 academic year. 52 percent of enrolled undergraduate degree seeking students had demonstrated financial need and of that 52 percent, approximately 12.5 percent were African American. Regarding the effects the approval of this policy would have on N.C. State students, Domnick said, “Traditionally, N.C. State has been generous in providing support to needy students by keeping tuition low and allocating a portion of tuition receipts to need-based financial aid purposes. On occasion, N.C. State has allocated more than 25 percent to this purpose. A 25 percent maximum cap would prohibit N.C. State
Governors continued on pg. 7