Editor’s note: Kristy Craig does not think a statue of Jim Valvano would be a better class gift than the other options. She said she does not know which would be best for the gift.

The class of 2011 Senior Class Committee has decided on the top five options for this year’s class gift.

Kristy Craig, senior class president and a senior in political science, said the Senior Class Committee selected five options for the class gift.

“We started off with about 20 options altogether,” Craig said. “When we took it to the council, we had 15 options and from there we voted on their top five options.”

The senior class gift options are: granite stairs leading to the Memorial Tower; purchase of a Jim Valvano bust and landscaping upgrades for the Coaches’ Corner Memorial Garden; an entryway renovation for Dan Allen Drive at Hillsborough Street; an artwork or statue in the plaza next to D.H. Hill Library; or a “You Choose” option.

“It’s up to the senior class at large as to what gift we will be working toward,” said Craig.

Craig said her main goal was for seniors to have great options to choose from.

“I am really happy with the five options that we have, especially seeing how I got to work with seniors as well as the administration to trying to find things that would fit the need of students while also being beneficial to the university,” Craig said.

Walid Nazari, a senior in biochemistry, said he wants to vote for the Jimmy V bust.

 ”We did such a big thing for Kay Yow,” Craig said. “[Jimmy V] also had cancer and should have some kind of memory from our senior class.”  

Mario Mirando, a senior in microbiology, said he would want to renovate the entryway for Dan Allen Drive at Hillsborough Street and fix the University’s sign.

“It’s the first thing people see who are not on campus all the time and when they are driving on Hillsborough Street,” Mirando said. “It’s so dull, plain and small.”

Mirando said N. C. State needs a new sign for the betterment and reorganization of the University.

“My class gift to the University will be fixing the Dan Allen entryway, and I think that is a more visible option then the other class gift options,” Mirando said.

Craig said, “Voting is a huge thing for us because we want as many seniors as we can get.  I feel like all five options that we have is a way for the senior class to give back in a meaningful way and still have something we can come back to after we graduated and be proud of.”

 Seniors are going to vote Monday and Tuesday to decide which gift they will work toward.