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First Fashion Week creates new opportunities for Textiles students.
Elise Heglar
Shawn Thompson Staff Writer
The College of Textiles will have its first Fashion Week April 11-13 to showcase design leadership and creativity. Fashion Week will consist of different events where students, faculty and the general public will have the chance to experience informative and entertaining forums, fashion shows and much more. “College of Textiles Fashion Week will bring attention and global awareness to the college, and display what Textiles’ different curriculums have to offer,” Nancy Webster, practicum professor for College of Textiles’ department of apparel, technology and management, said. Webster said Fashion Week was designed to bring the industry and the University community together; it will create networking opportunities and leadership challenges for students and faculty, while allowing corporations to utilize creative resources the NCSU’s College of Textiles has to offer. “This Fashion Week will elevate and show innovation as well as creativity, showing people what the College of Textiles has to offer academically, creatively, and professionally,” Nancy Cassill, professor and department head of textile and apparel, technology and management, said. NCSU’s College of Textiles is the largest of its kind, producing more than half of the textile graduates in the United States each year. An estimated 20 percent of the graduates serve as corporate managers, and half of those are board chairpersons or presidents
of their own companies. The college is different from other textile programs because of all the unique educational experience available to students. “Fashion Week is a chance for everyone to experience the design aspect of the textiles program, expanding the focus from the mostly sience based curriculums of NCSU. The College of Textiles is great because art, science and management coexist in the college, adding a competitive advantage,” Cassill said. Fashion Week will begin with an opening press conference April 11, followed by an opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will celebrate global relations with guests from Hong Kong Poly-tech, Donghua, Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), and London College of Fashion. The show will also feature 12 designs from each of the four global institutes represented, along with N.C. State. “Along with the new FTD program offered by College of Textiles, Hong Kong and many other universities served as inspiration for this Fashion Week,” Webster said. Fashion Week will have opportunities for students to showcase their designs during the Creativity/Innovation Exhibits, Designer Marketplace, and at the closing ceremony. “Friday night of Fashion Week will be the ‘Best of NCSU’ during the closing ceremony. Students selected through an application and juried process will have the opportunity to present their designs during the Color Fusion-themed show,” Cassill said. During the closing ceremony fashion show, students will show their designs based on the Color Fusion theme. The show will be held Friday, April 13, 2012 in a tent at BTEC on Centennial Campus at 7:30 p.m. All student designers are encouraged to
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Lauren Gerardot a senior in fashion design presents her designs inspired by the Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani.
submit their fashion designs for jury into the show. The Closing Ceremony fashion show will also be a judged event, having judges from the fashion industry. Awards will be given to first place ($750), second place ($500), third place ($350), and audience choice
($200). Deadlines for designer interest applications are due Feb. 24 by 5:00 p.m. Other events of the Fashion Week include two forums where influential leaders in design and textiles
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Art and technology merge in contemporary art exhibition The Born Digital exhibition at CAM Raleigh experiments with uncharted realms of art. Juliana Deitch Correspondent
Born Digital, the new exhibit at Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum (CAM Raleigh), invites visitors to interact and experiment with the
exhibit’s movement-driven, visitordependent artwork. With 18 different pieces by 12 nationally and internationally known artists, Born Digital displayed interactive digital design and new media trends. The interactive exhibit involves visitor participation and invites viewers to “exercise their creativity and act on their curiosity,” CAM Raleigh’s website said.
CAM Raleigh is a collaboration between the Contemporary Art Foundation, the community of Raleigh and N.C. State’s College of Design. “CAM Raleigh seeks to curate the most contemporary works of art and design possible—those still emerging, growing, and living,” according to CAM Raleigh’s website. The exhibit features artwork that uses computer vision technology known as “interactive video.” Cus-
tom computer software invented and written by the artists combines with digital video cameras to allow each artwork to respond to people, colors and motion in the exhibit. As visitors move throughout the museum and interact with the artwork, the pieces respond and come alive. Born Digital is a reflection of society in today’s digital era.
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Valentine’s dinner attracts students Students took advantage of their meal plans and experienced a unique Valentine’s dinner. Lindsey Rosenbaum Staff Writer
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, University Dining sponsored a Valentine’s Day Dinner Friday night at Case Dining hall. Universit y Dining frequently sponsors such events, all of which have been very popular on campus. Some of these past events include the “Around the World” dinner, “A Night in Paris,” and the original Valentine’s Dinner in 2009. The Valentine’s Day Dinner in 2009 operated a little differently than this year’s. During the former one, students remained seated, ordered off of a menu and were waited on by catering staff. This year, students were asked to RSVP in pairs, be it dates or just a fun dinner for friends. The menu was posted online preceding the event, so students could decide what to try. Instead of ordering off of a menu this year, different food stations were set up. Students had a choice between two salads to start off with. There were five entree dishes, two of which were vegetarian options. The meal was finished with four dessert choices,
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Clinking glasses before beginning dinner, Michael Trinkler, freshman in animal science, and Kim Haraden, freshman in art, attend Valentine's Dinner at Case Dining Hall.
including a chocolate fountain. The students weren’t the only ones excited for this event. “Our team [was] excited to prepare a great tasting meal to showcase their culinary skills,” Kelley Brackett, public communications specialist for Campus Enterprises who helped plan the events, said. “Planning and executing the Valentine’s Dinner creates excitement within our culinary team and staff. It is truly a meal prepared with love,” Bob Sorochak, director of Case Dining Hall, said. The University Dining Culinary team of Chefs included Bill Brizzo-
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lara, Kevin Nichols, Mack Bell, Steve Lester, Joe Nalley, and Yves Ruiz, as well as cooks from Fountain and Case. The menu was created and prepared by Izesta Brown, Josh Heath, Jamali Parson and Kelly Winn. There were two different dining sessions, one at 6 p.m. and another at 7:30. The tables at Case were swathed in white tablecloths and capped off with vases of flowers, which students could take with them at the end of the meal. The lights were dimmed and each table had small, fake candles to give off mood lighting. Local musician Cecil Johnson played jazzy love songs on saxophone
and flute while students ate. “I love jazz and I thought the music was great,” Elizabeth Goins, freshmen in biological sciences, said. Not everyone enjoyed the music quite as much as Goins did. “It was a little annoying,” Caroline Nieman, freshman in Spanish education, said. “It was nice for the background,” Elizabeth Brenneman, freshmen in English said. Nieman heard about the event through an advertisement in Clark, and was eager to attend with her friend. Goins also attended with a large group of friends. “It was good for couples, I guess, but it was also good for just friends,” Goins said. Most students who went were more eager to sample the upscale menu than in fully celebrating Valentine’s Day. “I don’t know what I expected, honestly,” Neiman said, “but it was fantastic.” The menu was well-received by students, most saying they sampled a little bit of everything. Special favorites included the ravioli, cheesecake, and steak. According to the students, the Valentine’s Day Dinner was a success, and a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Discussion on a tuition increase for the 16 University of North Carolina System schools is moving to state legislation following an approval by the Board of Governors. The BOG president, Tom Ross, recommended the tuition increase plan. In a meeting Friday morning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the BOG officially gave their approval for the increase. The plan if adopted will raise fees by roughly 8.8 percent for all UNC system schools for the 2012-13 academic year. In a statement given by email, Chancellor Randy Woodson said this increase, if accepted, will help our University to provide good education while maintaining a low cost to students. “Specifically for our campus, Friday’s decision will go a long way toward ensuring N.C. State can continue to provide a top-quality educational experience to our students while remaining affordable compared to our public university peers,” Woodson said in the email. The tuition raise would be about $400 total for all UNC System schools. Phillip Christofferson, senior in political science and chief of staff for the student body president, said in an email statement that the tuition increase would help protect the quality of education at our University. “I think everyone involved in the situation realizes students do not want to pay more for tuition. However, we must realize that in order to maintain the quality of our degree and protect our education some increase is needed,” Christofferson said. Christofferson pointed out that the money from the increase would go to fund financial aid and maintain current faculty, class sections and class sizes. “We believe that his [Tom Ross] increase will allow for a good balance of keeping education affordable and the value of a degree from N.C. State where it needs to be to ensure our success after graduation,” Christofferson said. The Association of Student Governments, a group made up of the student body presidents from all UNC System schools, officially endorsed the tuition increase plan. “The proposal was supported by members of ASG as well as other student leaders,” Christofferson said in the email. Patrick Devore, senior in meteorology and PAMS student senator, said
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reshman in aerospace engineering Preston Daniels puts in one final push before the finish line in the Collegiate D road race at the Wolfpack Classic presented by Giordana at Jordan Lake Saturday. The Wolfpack Classic is an annual road race hosted by the N.C. State Club Cycling Team, spanning multiple races over the course of two days in two different locations, with various class open to riders of different skill levels. The Club also hosts and participates in mountain biking and cyclocross at various points in the year.
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possession of drug paraphernalia after being criminally charged by RPD. 10:19 a.m. | Assault Wood Hall Staff member reported being assaulted by another staff member. Other witnesses present refuted account. Appropriate personnel notified. 9:34 a.m. | Suspicious Person D.H. Hill Library Student reported suspicious subject making them feel uncomfortable. Officers located non-student who had been previously trespassed. Subject
was issued citation for trespassing and reissued trespass warning. 1:57 p.m. | Communicating Threats Bowen Hall Two students reported being threatened by another student. 10:11 p.m. | Drug Violation Metcalf Hall Report of possible drug violation. Two students were referred to the University for drug violation.
assistance. 5:16 p.m. | Suspicious Person Witherspoon Student Center Suspect matching description crime alert was observed in the area. Officers responded but were unable to locate suspect.
Deep Foundations/ Underpinnings/Footings Start Spring 2012, complete early Fall 2012 This phase will be marked by mass excavation, underpinning the building and pouring footings. As soon as the basement excavation has progressed to allow deep foundation work to commence, drill rigs will be mobilized to install auger cast foundation piles. Approximately 550 holes 16- 24 inches in diameter will be drilled on average 60’ deep and filled with concrete to support the new building addition. Footings will be formed on top of these piles to provide a surface to anchor structural steel forming the “skeleton” of the new additions. Structural Steel Start early Fall 2012, complete late 2012 Approximately 1200 tons of structural steel will be used to
Occupy NCSU Meeting 7-8 p.m. 321 Mann Hall Occupy NCSU: “We are organizing a student movement aimed at combatting increased tuition and fees while seeking to rid N.C. State of corporate influence.” Wednesday Campus Farmers Market 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Brickyard
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Tuesday 125th Anniversary Planning Committee Meeting 3-5 p.m. Winslow Hall Conference Room The 125th Anniversary Planning Committee meets primarily once a month to discuss planning activities and celebrations for the university’s 125th Anniversary.
create a framework for the new addition. Concrete Slabs Start Fall 2012, complete late 2012 Concrete slabs will be poured to provide a foundation for the building’s floor. Utility Service Installation Start late 2012, complete summer 2013 We will install the exterior walls and features, which include glass, brick, terra cotta and metal panels. Building Interiors Start early 2013, complete Fall 2013 This will include the installation of drywall, finish ceilings, paint and flooring, along with the interior construction. The finishes are available for view at Talley Student Center. Just ask the front desk staff.
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What Faculty Need to Know about IT Accessibility Noon-1 p.m. D.H. Hill Library In this seminar participants will learn what issues need to be considered when designing online components to courses in order to ensure maximum accessibility to all people. We will discuss how recent legal actions are impacting the classroom, tools available for creating accessible content, and how emerging technologies fit into this equation. University Courses & Curricula Committee 12:30-2:30 p.m. Talley Student Center Amazing Alumni - Barbara Mulkey 4-5 p.m. D.H. Hill Library - Auditorium Barbara Mulkey, Chair of the NC State University Board of Trustees, will discuss her experiences as a successful engineer and businessperson. NC Writers’ Cafe Reading 7-9 p.m. 126 Witherspoon Student Center Experience some of North Carolina’s best writers: fiction by Tracie Fellers, Makuchi (Dr. Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi) and Sheila Smith McKoy; spoken word from Anjail Rashida Ahmad, L. Teresa Church, celeste doaks, Lenard
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American Idol winner Scotty McCreery and Mr. and Mrs. Wuf pose for a group photo with breast cancer survivors during halftime at the Hoops 4 Hope basketball game.
Students remember Yow Students and fans gathered in Reynolds Coliseum to watch basketball and remember Kay Yow. Emily Collis Staff Writer
Yesterday in Reynolds Coliseum, thousands of people came together to celebrate and remember one of the most storied and inspiring coaches in this University’s history. Sunday night’s game marked the seventh annual game in which the Lady Wolfpack played for a purpose: honoring Kay Yow and other women who are battling or have battled breast cancer. The game is a part of Play4Kay, an organization in women’s basketball across the nation that contributes to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Although the Play4Kay is celebrated across the nation, N.C. State celebrates it with a little more meaning than other schools. Yow coached women’s basketball at the University
from 1975 to 2009. On Sunday, both Wake Forest University and State wore pink to help raise awareness for the cancer that ailed Yow. In addition, all proceeds from the game will go directly to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Reynolds Coliseum was filled with pink instead of the red usually found on State fans’ backs at sporting events. The game was exciting, but the real meaning of the evening came at the intermission. “Hoops4Hope is a great opportunity for us to recognize and honor a wonderful woman. The team played hard cause Kay Yow fought hard,” Maggie Sheets, a communications major, said. Sam Mennear, an engineering major, agrees with Sheets. “This game was a great way to show the nation how much N.C. State supports what Kay Yow did here,” Mennear said. During halftime, breast cancer survivors participated in festivities that included American Idol winner Scotty McCreery, serenading the crowd
of women that gathered on the court to celebrate the progress in the fight against breast cancer. “I always look forward to the halftime celebration where they honor all the survivors on the court because I think that’s what it’s really about. It’s more than a game and having the survivors there is very moving and inspiring,” Megan Smith, director of marketing and development of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, said. For those who missed the game, there are more opportunities to participate in events involving the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Hillsborough Street will be the host to several events in the coming days, including a cornhole tournament and a karaoke night. All dates and times of the event can be found “Live It Up! On Hillsborough Street” Facebook page.
“The twenty-first century is about artists suggesting new ways of experiencing,” Elysia Borowy-Reeder, exhibition curator and executive director of CAM Raleigh, said. “This exhibition implores visitors to look at action and reaction, at our physical relationships, as critical experience.” As visitors walk by the gallery windows of CAM Raleigh, Sniff, a computer-generated dog from the artwork. greets them. A computer vision system tracks visitors’ movements and gestures, and the dog responds accordingly. Sniff is a work by artist Karolina Sobecka, who works with animation, design, physical computing and other media formats. Daniel Rozin has two pieces of artwork in Born Digital that merge technology and art in a unique way. One of Rozi n’s pieces, “Brushed Metal Mirror,” uses 721 brushed steel plates that spin and change colors as the viewer moves in front of it. Another, titled “Snow Mirror,” uses video software projection
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that slowly reveals a viewer’s image on a large screen that makes the viewer look like they are standing under falling snow. Rozin, an artist, educator and developer, taught himself software and design. The gallery and exhibitions manager at CAM Raleigh, Kate Shafer, said Snow Mirror is like “stepping into an electronic snow globe.” “[Rozin] is a pioneer of putting visitors into the artwork,” Borowy-Reeder said. Another innovative part of the exhibit is the interactive garden, “Akousmaflore.” Plants hanging from the ceiling respond to touch and warmth by playing different sounds. Each plant reacts in a different way and produces a different sound, creating a sort of “plant concert.” “The plant ‘language’ or song occurs through touch and the close proximity of the visitor. The plants sing when the visitor is touching or stroking them lightly and a plant concert is created,” CAM Raleigh’s website said. Scenocosme, a collaboration between French artists Grégory Lasserre and Anaïs met den Ancxt, are the artists behind the work.
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Student Government supports the increase because it is preferable over the plan submitted by the Board of Trustees. The BOT plan proposed a steady increase over four years that would have amounted to $2,000. “It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s better than the alternative,” Devore said. Though the BOG has accepted the plan, it will have to be passed by state lawmakers before it can officially go into effect.
will speak. Speakers include Tim Williams from London College of Fashion, Belk representative Katrina Streiner and many more. The themes of the forums will be “A Focus Upon Innovation,” and “A Focus Upon Creativity.” “The forums will be great networking opportunities where people will have the chance to meet industry leaders. Lunch will also be included during both forums,” Webster said. College of Textiles will launch the Fashion Week’s
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Megan Barrett, a senior in industrial design, is on CAM Raleigh’s advisory board and serves as the student liaison between CAM Raleigh and N.C. State’s College of Design. The College of Design plays an integral part in CAM Raleigh’s education program. “The College offers the museum support through various means and the museum allows all members of the College to help the growth and understanding of contemporary art through exhibitions, events, workshops, lectures and so on,” Barrett said, “CAM not only reaches out to the College, but local high schools, middle schools, businesses and artists at large.” The exhibit runs through April 30, and CAM Raleigh puts on a series of programs and events that run with the exhibit. Information is on its website: www.camraleigh.org. N.C. State students, staff and faculty get in free to the museum, and Borowy-Reeder encourages everyone to come see the exhibit and the museum. “People are having a blast with this,” Borrowy-Reeder said.
website next week where more information can be found about the week-long event as well as where tickets can be purchased for events. “The website will go live next week, and it will have all the information to register for all the different events. The website is www.ncstatefashionweek. com,” Emily Parker, director of college relations at the College of Textiles, said.
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General Assembly should keep education affordable The Facts:
The Board of Governors has approved an 8.8 percent increase to tuition; however the General Assembly is the last to review the increase before it passes.
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Rather than raise the rate of the increase, like last year, the General Assembly should advocate for their constituents— the students—and keep their education affordable.
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he North Carolina Board of Governors approved an 8.8 percent tuition increase Friday morning, increasing tuition by $400 across the UNC System. The increase was approved by the Board of Governors, but the General Assembly has the final say on the increase; they should be strongly encouraged to not fall into their pattern of increasing the cost to compensate for the lack of funding they give to the schools. The option the General Assembly is approached with is either to decrease the projected increase, approve the current rate or, the most likely option, raise it. Last year, they chose to not only increase it, but go as far as to tack on an extra $900 to students’ tuition bills. This type of action should not hap-
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pen this year. UNC System President, Thomas Ross advocated for a 9.8 percent increase, a mere .2 percent lower than the 10 percent cap. Even though the Board of Governors rejected this type of increase, the General Assembly has the power— which it has used before—to further subject students to compensate for the lack of allocated funding from budget cuts. What they don’t understand how difficult it is to currently attend universities, which falls under our state’s constitution regarding public education. Public education, including the University level, is meant
to be affordable for students and their families. N.C. State is supposed to be the most affordable for students, being a land-grant institution; however, currently this is not the case. Of the 17 UNC System schools, we have the highest undergraduate tuition. The soon-to-be working class will never be able to contribute to our state with education debts looming over them postgraduation. These types of future ramifications do not seem to be taken into consideration when discussing the increase of tuition. While the General Assembly should be held accountable for
merely approving the 8.8 percent increase, not raising the rate, as students our responsibility is to let our voices be heard. The legislators cannot understand the impact of these increases if we don’t tell them the difficulty arising from the increase. Let your story be heard. Students from all across North Carolina are affected by these increases. The General Assembly should listen to them and take action for them. By approving the rate they are making the statement they care about the cost of education, as well as getting on the good side of potential voters. They should make our education as affordable as they can.
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lege. Hedonism became our only governor. Our version of doing better involved doing everything we wanted and scrapping all else. Cookout runs became bi-weekly instead of bi-monthly, and holidays became more frequent than laundry days. The problem with all this is there is no time for reflection. You don’t see your change as it’s happening. It takes a while, for me it took about four years. Of course others could see it plain as day. I had a freshman year English teacher, Laura Linker, who near the end of my first semester asked if any of us practiced moderation. Uniformly we raised our hands. She laughed at us, said we were full of it and carried on with her lesson. Linker could see what we could not, she had perspective. She could see the errors in our ways we were ignorant to. To us, we believed we were living as we should. The frontier we were blazing was so new, so uncultivated, we c ou l d not find its f laws. Our perspective was weak to say the least. Perspective is slowly gained as the years progress. As you become immersed in what is new and detached from what was, you begin to compare the two and realize what you want. Most realizations come simply: Carrying a pint glass of water to class because you don’t have any clean water bottles will make you reconsider the importance of household chores. A barren pantry teaches the merits of a grocery store trip every Sunday. Falling asleep in class will prescribe the discipline to go to bed before Mike and Mike in the Morning. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved the ride in college, there are many aspects I’ll take with me. But as it’s coming to a close, I’m realizing the merits of what I left behind. The importance of instituting what I took for granted and let go. Maybe that is one of the central points to college: to expose yourself to everything so that when you leave you can start building your own life with a little perspective.
“There are a lot of constants in our past we never fully appreciated.”
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Things done changed currently walk into my kitchen and have a few options. I could whip something up with my grocery supplies: a loaf of bread, or on a good day, a loaf of bread, a bag of bagels and a sack of apples. No, I’m not on a meal pla n, I just don’t provide Josh Lucas myself w it h much to eat. Deputy Viewpoint Editor My other options include stealing food from my roommates or going out. I prefer the latter to keep the peace. Looking back, I didn’t know what I had in the pre-college days. I remember growing up in my parent’s house bemoaning the lack of variety in our food. “Why don’t we have Girl Scout Cookies? Jack and Sam have Girl Scout Cookies.” However, we had so much more than I even realized. Now, living as I do, I walk into my parent’s kitchen and it’s as if I’ve stepped into Wolfgang Puck’s. Ninety percent of the time the rationale for a sur pr ise visit home is: “I’m hungry.” There were a lot of constants in our past we never fully appreciated, constants left behind when we entered college. I never appreciated the value of a fully stocked first-aid kit. I would cut myself or pull a muscle and I practically had a pharmacy to fix me. Advil, bandages, the works were at my disposal. Now, whenever I cut myself, I really only have one constant option: toilet paper or paper towels, whichever we’re not out of, and N.C. State duct tape to fasten. My story is not a story of a man impoverished, it is a story of the actualized dream of a former, younger, dumber self. I don’t think it’s a giant leap to say we all thought we knew better than our parents back in the day. To me, it was completely reasonable that my 13 years of public schooling and life experiences enabled me to leapfrog my parent’s intellect. We thought, I thought, we could do better for ourselves if just given the chance. After 18 years we were given our chance in the form of col-
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ately, all I hear about University Dining is how bad of a job they do. Seriously? Give me a break. This organization has the gargantuan task of cooking and serving thousands of meals per day for students, faculty, staff and visiKaitlyn tors. Maybe I just Casulli Staff Columnist have a sof t spot for University Dining because of my love for the unlimited meal plan. Putting this aside, I do think they deserve more credit than they’re being given. I’m not say ing they’re perfect. In fact, I’ve shared countless suggestions with the University Dining staff. I feel like I comment so much, sometimes I wonder if they have my picture on a dart board. W hat rea l ly i rk s me, though, is that students always complain about the dining halls. The dining halls are all part of the college experience. Mommy and daddy are no longer cooking your meals and wiping your nose every time you have a sniffle. The purpose of college dining halls is not to bow down to your every desire and serve you lobster and champagne at your bedside; it’s to target a
large population of students by offering diverse food choices. I don’t think the dining halls do that bad of a job. I have worked in food service before on a much smaller scale of about 200 meals per day, and I can honestly say,what the dining halls are doing is not easy. It is downright impressive they do what they do while minimizing loss of quality. It m a k e s lit t le sense to complain about onetime issues having fallen through the cracks simply because of the massive amounts of food cooked and served each day. Obviously, on this scale, quality is sometimes compromised. If your lettuce in Fountain is a little limp one day, just ask for some new lettuce to be put out. I have found the employees are generally willing to help you out if the food you want is past its prime. All you have to do is ask. Problem solved, not only for you, but for the people who follow you. Sometimes, there are recurring issues. This is the opportunity to bring the issue to the attention of a higher power. If your lettuce is limp every day one week, then it’s a much bigger quality issue and needs to be addressed by a dining hall manager. All of these people are approachable and friendly in person, and they are quick
to respond to email or phone calls. Don’t complain just to complain. If the dining halls are truly unbearable, don’t eat there. There is no reason to criticize the hard work and dedication of the University Dining staff just because they aren’t making meals that taste like the ones your parents cook. If you do have a larger issue needing to be resolved, just remember behind every compl a i nt or suggestion is a hard working individual getting to the root of the issue. I know this from my own experiences because I have seen improvements being made in the wake of my suggestions. Through my interactions with the University Dining team, I realized at the end of the day, they are all humans. And yes, because of this, they do sometimes make mistakes. These mistakes are perfectly understandable when running a large-scale operation like University Dining. What sets them apart, though, is their ability to respond and correct their mistakes and their relentless drive to make a good thing even better.
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The editorial on the 24hour visitation policy change was wildly misleading about the power of the Inter-Residence Council and the amount of work put into improving residential life. IRC is composed of residents who put in many hours of dedication to provide diverse programs, extra funding, useful resources and support. Although it was implied in the editorial, IRC cannot make changes to University Housing policies. But we do advocate for students’ wants. We work closely with many departments on campus to increase student input. To clarify a few points: 1. N.C. State allows allows 24hour visitation in common areas, as long as it’s in compliance with quiet hours. 2. Many UNC schools have different residential communities than we do, making it hard to draw parallels. 3. As stated in the first article, the enforcement of these policies is up to the Resident Adviser staff. It’s enforced when visitation is disturbing other residents. 4. A majority of residents didn’t respond to the survey, meaning that some didn’t feel strongly enough to take the time. Some students voted to retain limited visitation, indicating a need for such housing. Becton, Bagwell and Berry got 24hour visitation largely due to one student who chose to take action, which spurred surveys and discussion. If anyone has input about residential life, I encourage you to come to our meetings Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Turlington. Morgan Carter junior, biochemistry
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focused there,” Clark Lynn said. Lynn is a senior in psychology and president of the N.C. State chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.
to be vigilantes. Zachary Diezel Senior Staff Writer
While participating in highway clean ups, the Student for Concealed Carry on Campus chapter seems like the average club doing community service at first glance. These students take safety precautions to a different level though. Along with the reflective vests and garden gloves, these students carry pistols in holsters while serving their community. “We get a pretty good amount of horn beeps and ‘woo-hoos’ and stuff while we’re out
A club’s mission As part of a national organization founded after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, SCCC advocates the legalization of handguns on college campuses. Lynn feels that the current laws are unfairly restrictive to those who have met the requirement to carry a gun. “It doesn’t make a lot of sense for most people who have concealed carry permits that…North Carolina trusts you to carry everywhere else in North Carolina, but once you cross that arbitrary street line you turn into somebody who is not trustworthy,” Lynn said. Ryan Millar,
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he wouldn’t go out of his way, as a vigilante, to act as campus’s guard dog. He said he carries for personal defense. “If [the gunman] is downstairs and I’m up here, why would I go down there? I’m trying to avoid that situation to start with.”
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alum and former president of NCSU SCCC, said the University’s chapter is looking to enact similar gun rights on different campuses. “Campuses in Utah have gun legislation allowing them to carry on campus and there hasn’t been one incident of violence on their campus that has been newsworthy,” Millar said. “All the other campuses that have major violent occurrences, like shootings, are gun free zones.” According to Lynn, the club currently consists of a core of 25 to 30 members. The group’s Facebook page has 276 members and is being more active this year than in the past. Activities include biweekly meetings, cleaning the adopted stretch of Tryon Road and raising awareness and petition signatures in the Brickyard. “The petition is basically saying that people support the idea of being able to carry guns on campus whether they want to or they just support other people in general,” Millar said. “When we get enough signatures we plan on getting in touch with the [N.C. Government’s] legislature.” According to Millar, the group currently has 202 signatures. Lynn and Millar are only advocating for policies that allow students, who would otherwise be eligible to carry, to be allowed to do so on campus. “If someone comes in the room and starts shooting at you, I’m probably going to shoot him, for example,” Lynn said. Lynn said
A professor’s stance Not everyone agrees with the club’s stance on campus gun control. Robert Kochersberger, an associate professor of English, recently wrote an op-ed in the News and Observer stating that firearms “hold a lot more potential for injury than any public good.” “My own personal opinion is that it would not help to have armed students walking around,” Kochersberger said. “I think there is a lot more likelihood people who are not involved in any kind of violence on campus are going to be hurt if there are more weapons on campus.”
A student’s vulnerability Standing six feet tall, Ross Pilotte did not think himself to be a likely target for robbery. On Feb. 8 at 8:16 p.m., he was walking back from the library when that presumption was rudely shattered. Near the corner of Hillsborough Street and Dan Allen Drive, a man approached him, implied he had a weapon and demanded his wallet. Pilotte said he was able to punch the perpetrator in the throat, which frightened the robber to f lee off campus down Brooks Avenue and “within 120 seconds” campus police were on the scene. A WolfAlert e-mail was sent at 8:41 p.m. “I think I’ve learned anyone is fair game [for being targeted],” Pilotte said. Pilotte is a sophomore in fisheries and wildlife science, a concealedcarry permit holder and a member of SCCC. Pilotte praised the efforts of campus police but believed that he could have handled the situation more effectively had he been permitted to carry his canceled weapon. “Concealed carry [holders] aren’t vigilantes, aren’t cowboys,” Pilotte What it takes to conceal carry in said. “They are people Wake County that are not necessarily worried, but want • $80 application fee ($75 renewal) to protect themselves, • 21 years of age their families and • U.S. Citizen other individuals form • NC resident for minimum 30 days individuals who will • “The applicant must not suffer from a physical or mental infirmity that would prevent the safe handling of a handgun” commit crimes.” • Background/psychological check In the meantime, • 8 hour training course Pilotte encourages • Valid photo I.D. and proof of residence students to keep an • Fingerprinting, registration in AFIS (American Fingerprint awareness of their Identification System, $10 fee) surroundings. source: http://www.wakegov.com/sheriff/citizens/concealed_permits.htm “Eventually someone who is smaller Locations and Regulations than me is going to be faced with [asNCSU REG 06.05.01 – Firearms sault] and I would “Firearms are prohibited on all university property and Endowment land, hate to see anexcept as allowed by G.S. 14-269.2 and except as allowed in sections 3 and ot her student 4 below.” hu r t,” Pi lot te • Exemptions for Centennial Campus private housing, College of Natural said. “We’re all a Resources, and College of Agriculture and Life Science big family here.” North Carolina General Statute 14-269.2: Weapons on campus or other educational property Subsection B: “It shall be a Class I felony for any person to possess or carry, whether openly or concealed, any gun, rifle, pistol, or other firearm of any kind on educational property” • Taser counts as a weapon in this description. • Flashing/brandishing a crime, felony or misdemeanor (confirm)
An off icer’s advice Cpt. Ian Kendrick of Cam-
pus Police said while it is understandable that some want to carry firearms for protection, it is against the letter of the law to have a firearm of any type on campus. “Until the laws are changed to reflect that [sentiment], we ask that folks comply with the law and University regulations,” Kendrick said. “We understand people want to protect themselves and it’s human nature to want to protect one’s self, but the state and University have seen fit to enact laws and regulations because there is apparently a need to do so. We ask you to honor and respect those regulations.” Kendrick stated that the police department would be happy to answer any questions on the topic of gun control, or firearms in general. The non-emergency number for Campus Police is 919-515-3000. An armed and peaceful defense Standing on the Brickyard on occasional Friday afternoons, the members of SCCC set up a both to spread the word on their club and their mission. That mission, however, isn’t the stereotypical watchdog gun-owner. They feel that current regulation only hinders law-abiding citizens from their own selfdefense, obstructing their constitutional rights. Their feedback has been positive so far. “We had one person come up and say it was a bad idea, out of a few hundred that stopped by,” Lynn said. Reinforcing their view, according to Millar, are the cumbersome and multiple legal requirements for concealed carry, including time, fees and finger printing. “I don’t think people would go through the trouble of getting a permit to commit a crime,” Millar said. “If you’re going to go out and kill someone, that’s illegal. It doesn’t really matter if you’re going to carry illegally or not.” According to Ly nn, the group is planning an “open-holster protest” to take place in the coming months to raise awareness. Members will wear empty holsters for a week to help students make connections of who is allowed to carry. “People think we can just put up ‘no gun’ signs,” Lynn said. “Law abiding citizens and permit holders will obey it, but … criminals don’t pay attention to ‘no gun’ signs.”
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Clark Lynn, senior in psychology, is president of the NCSU Students for Concealed Carry on Campus and advocates more gun rights on campus for student self defense.
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oncealed carry of firearms is legal in North Carolina. Whenever you go to a public place like a movie theater, a shopping mall or grocery store, there could be someone carrying a f i re a r m . At most places off-campus, this is normal and there are no complaints. Alex But c ol le ge Pomeroy campuses in Student Senator North Carolina are strictly forbidden from allowing this legal behavior. What exempts college campuses from the right to selfdefense? Why make these areas unsafe? Political fear-monger-
ing has caused people to think that allowing firearms to be present on campus would be a safety hazard or distract from the learning environment. This false information is almost as threatening as the uncertainty it describes. Allowing concealed carry of firearms on campus would be a great boon to our safety. Numerous studies by state and university research teams have shown that conceal carry license owners are five times less likely to commit violent crime than non-licensed individuals. Statistically speaking, that means violent crime rates would decrease on campus by allowing concealed carry. Who wouldn’t want to be in a safer environment? However, opponents of
conceal carry say allowing firearms on campus would increase the frequency of violent altercations. They talk about how school shootings will increase or how a gun in these situations would just complicate things. Some even go so far as to say that when criminals get guns, the solution could not possibly be more guns. All these flawed arguments are at their base simple propaganda and can easily be reduced to their ridiculous assumptions. To begin, all public universities in Utah, and Colorado State University and Blue Ridge Community College in Virginia, allow for concealed carry on campus now. They have had
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ne of the most controversial topics in our nation’s history, and future, is the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. Since its conception in 1787, the Constitution i s perhaps the most debated piece of paper. Because of t he p owe r Trey and signifiFerguson cant inf luViewpoint Editor e n c e t h i s element of history holds, our founding fathers on the right side of the spectrum created ten amendments to protect the freedoms of their country’s citizens, better known as the
Bill of Rights. The key component here is the constitutional right to protect individual’s freedoms. This is the only valid argument for citizens’ right to bear arms. Historically, the second amendment was created at a time in history when the right to protect and defend oneself was a necessity; the lack of established law enforcement required individuals to protect themselves and their families from any threat to their safety. However, in current times this right is not as necessary for protection of one’s safety as it is of their right. In an ideal world, guns would not be required for any type of law enforcement— but we are far from ideal. Many would argue the phrase “Guns don’t kill people, people
kill people,” and while this is true, a gun provides the means to kill. Yes, murderers will find a way to carry out their will, but the majority of gun-related murders, or accidents, occur when murder is not even the initial motivation. So to those who believe carrying a gun will provide them with added protection, is fighting fire with fire truly the answer? Or the real question, if someone confronts you with a gun and approaches you with intent to bring you bodily harm, will you have the courage or ability to shoot them? Will you be able to murder them in your own defense, and live with the knowledge you brought a life to its end? The answer is constitutional,
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Keeping it clean: Who’s cleaning your mess? Get to know the people who keep N.C. State running. Katie Sanders Senior Staff Writer
While the U.S. has a Diversity Visa Program, it’s quite a long shot to get in it. It’s so unlikely in fact that it’s known as the “Green Card Lottery.” It gives 55,000 visas when more than 14 million people apply, according to the State Department. Solomon Gebremariam applied. And he won. Gebremariam is from Ethiopia but now cleans dishes in Fountain Dining Hall. He’s been working here for about a year and a half. “The American government gives a chance to all African countries and Asian countries. Without that chance I would not work here,” Gebremariam said. He said he’s grateful for an opportunity to advance himself and his family. He still remembers the exact day he got here—Sept. 18, 2008. As soon as Gebremariam got off the airplane in Dallas, he recalled enjoying the view of the new landscape. In the three years since, he said he has liked the peace of the U.S. and the opportunities for people to do as they please. “Everybody’s free,” Gebremariam said. Gebremariam said he enjoys working in the dining hall because of all the people, which
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Patricia Hardy and Solomon Gebremariam are employees of University Dining and work in Fountain Dining Hall, taking pride in their work. “We like to make the kids feel like they’re at home away from home,” Hardy said.
he said helps him with his English. The members of the facilities staff, like Gebremariam, are often overlooked by students, but have compelling lives of their own. Karl Pearce came to work at the University to further connect with family ties. “My grandmother worked at State college for 28 years,” Pearce said. He said he enjoyed working in the same physical place as his grandmother—he is the facilities technician in charge of the
D.H. Hill Library. Pearce is unique in that he uses the college environment to observe social changes that are taking place. He said his favorite time was around lunch, when he could take a break and watch the hustle-and-bustle around the Brickyard. “I get to go to the court out there and I can hear and see different things going on— some of the preaching—you know, different spokesmen are out there in the courtyard.” He also likes to read the messages in the Free Expression
Tunnel to hear the opinions of the students. One of Pearce’s favorite things to observe is the diversity on campus, especially in the library where so much interaction takes place. “It’s a lot of diversity in many different ways,” Pearce said. “I’m looking at the racial issues.” Laura Waring, a facilities technician in Sullivan Hall, doesn’t usually get the opportunity to share her unique passion of the arts. “I love music. Music is like
STEM prepares students for college and beyond Public schools are shifting toward a more integrated STEM curriculum. Sarah Maxwell Staff Writer
It is an era of change for the North Carolina public school system. The next school year, 2012-2013, will mark the K-12 transition from the Standard Course of Study to the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts and Mathematics and the North Carolina Essential Standards (NCES) for all other subject areas. With this shift has come a more explicit focus on the science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, components of education— particularly the second and third letters, technology and engineering. These subjects were deemed the “forgotten” part of STEM education by Matt Walton, N.C. State graduate and current technology and engineering teacher in Henrico County, Va. in a recent column for CNN. “Often technology and engineering education is overlooked when people talk about STEM education or when governments make decisions about education policy,” Walton wrote.
“Engineering is more than But technology and engineering are not forgotten at Wake robots and circuits,” Bottomley N.C. State Early College High said. “Engineering is systematic School. Located on Varsity problem solving.” Using the idea of projectDrive, the STEM school opened its doors to its first class of 55 based learning, students at students last fall. Three hun- Wake N.C. State formed groups dred twelve Wake County stu- and together proposed a soludents had entered the lottery to tion to one of these challenges. Applying the engineering debe accepted. Principal Rob Matheson said sign process, they devised and one of the goals of Wake N.C. conducted experiments to test State is to provide a personal- their possible solutions. Bottomley said that STEM ized education for each student. educa“These tion a re t he helps kids who prepare might technicianonline.com students fall Check out the unabridged article on for evthrough our website for the full story. ery type the of cacracks in a traditional high school,” reer. “The engineering design Matheson said. “With 55 students and five teachers, they process teaches students how can’t hide here. They will not to think and solve problems,” Bottomley said. “It also crebe ignored.” Using the standard course ates the optimism that every of study as a basis for all sub- problem can be solved, which jects, Matheson explained the is relevant to any subject area.” According to Matheson, two teachers’ model how to apply the engineering design process, years ago there was only one a series of steps that guide en- early college in Wake County gineers in solving problems, to and in two more years there will be four total. These schools all subjects. Laura Bottomley, engineer- are designed to prepare stuing professor and director of dents for the high demands of Women in Engineering and college. Despite advancements, the K-12 Outreach, has been on the Wake N.C. State advisory program has experienced difboard since before the early ferent obstacles. “The biggest source of resiscollege opened.
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tance is the fact that teachers still have to deal with End of Grade (EOG) testing,” Bottomley said. “Elementary school teachers generally don’t see projectbased learning as teaching students how to answer multiple choice questions.” According to Bottomley, this kind of limited thinking can be harmful to children’s creative minds. “Our school system has trained creative thinking out of students,” Bottomley said. “By high school, students expect everything to be laid out for them, but that’s not realistic.” Bottomley said STEM components, particularly engineering, teaches students the thinking and reasoning skills they need to be productive citizens. “Life is not multiple choice,” Bottomley said. KeJuan Weaver, a junior in elementary education, said he feels very confident about teaching STEM components in the classroom. “We have prepared for it in our classes here at State,” Weaver said. “If I’m not so good, I feel we have made connections to some very good resources.”
breathing,” Waring said. Waring has been singing all her life, and can sing first and second soprano and alto— she learned through attending church and school choirs. Not only does she perform the songs, she writes them. She said she especially enjoys writing lyrics, as she has a fascination for poetry. She also dances and choreographs the steps herself. “Back in the day,” as she put it, she used to perform. “I am a superb dancer,” Waring said.
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zero violent crimes committed by these individuals and are considered extremely safe areas. Also, conceal-carry licensed individuals would not start campus shootings. The background checks for the license require stable mental health and no criminal activity. Statistically, about one percent of people conceal-carry in North Carolina. These people are responsible and trustworthy to carry. If a violent criminal were found on campus, an individual carrying would at least be able to protect him
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you’re right to carry is protected, not the right to murder. Your intent and motivation is not the same as the criminal, which is the exact factor which sets you apart from them. As to the argument of allowing concealed carry on campus, students claim it is their right to protect themselves no matter where they are. Above all rights on this campus, the first and foremost is to protect the safety and learning of our students. But guns on campus would make students feel constantly
While she currently isn’t in any singing or dancing group, it isn’t for lack of enthusiasm. She’s caught up working on a project of her own. “I would like to create some music and lyrics and perhaps do some DVDs,” Waring said. For Patricia Hardy, her favorite pastime is to spend time with her family or her co-workers. “It’s not all about the money—it’s just being with your friends, because we’re all like a big family here,” Hardy said. Hardy has been working at the University for nine years in the Fountain Dining Hall. She started off as a temp and stayed because she enjoyed it so much. “We fix up all the desserts and all the salads. I love seeing kids eat—me being a mother. I have college kids.” She has one son in California studying to be a pastor and another in Wake Tech studying criminology. She has other family members in the area too—she comes from a big family of about 15. She said her favorite part of the job is getting to meet all the students that come through the dining hall. “Seeing the kids, meeting the kids, talking to them... it makes you feel good when they say the food is good,” Hardy said.
or herself until the police arrive. If a criminal acts with lethal force, the most effective response is equal force for protection. Because police cannot respond instantly, it is definitely better to allow people to carry on campus, as a matter of protection. The universal themes of gun control hold true on college campuses as much as anywhere else. When you outlaw guns, only the outlaws still have them, disarming all the lawabiding citizens and students. This would mean it would be nobler to find a mugging victim dead and the criminal gone, than a student explaining why an attacker has new tiny holes in his abdomen. threatened, which is considered harassment under N.C. State policy, a charge dealt so seriously it would hopefully prevent any policy change of allowing concealed carry to pass on our campus. The right to bear arms is an individual freedom for everyone, making it the only justification for allowing individuals to carry a piece of heat. To rectify this, we as a society must remove the stigma associated with gun carrying. However, realistically we will never be able to do this, at least in our lifetime. So we must uphold the one thing we all agree upon— our individual, constitutional freedoms.
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Wolfpack women clip No. 10 Penn State Highest overall score in 80 years highlights several record-breaking performances. Staff Report N.C.State’s No. 21-ranked g ymnastics team f inished with a 196.775 total Saturday at the Sweetheart Invitational, notching the fifth best overall performance in school history. The team effort led to a victory over No. 10 Penn State, George Washington and William & Mary. Over 3,000 were in attendance for the Saturday night affair inside the confines of Reynolds Coliseum. Five different Wolfpack gymnasts - freshman Lane Jarred, sophomores Diahanna Ham, Ellen Marion and Stephanie Ouelette, and junior Rachel Fincham - set career-highs over the weekend. Jarred and Fincham both scored 9.875s on the beam, which helped State to a total of 49.275 in the event. Ham matched the school
record on vault by putting up a 9.95, the first one State has had in any event since Taylor Seaman had a 9.95 on the floor in 2010. Marion’s 9.725 on vault and Ouelette’s 39.175 allaround score were also career highs for each. Senior Jess Panza led the team in both the f loor exercise and the beam with 9.9s in both, which was also a major factor for State. Each of the scores were season-highs for the New York native and the score on the floor matched a career-high. Despite the impressive performances, State trailed the Nittany Lions after two rotations. The Pack would pounce back to take a .075 lead heading into the final leg, and held on for a .125 triumph. At 3-2 on the season, NCSU will host New Hampshire Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. before concluding its home stand with a meet against Kent State, Towson and William & Mary the following week.
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American Idol winner Scotty McReery serenades the assembled breast cancer survivors during halftime at the Hoops 4 Hope women’s basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 12.
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Harper said. “I know it was three threes in a row. We were struggling to defend them.” At the conclusion of the game a check in the amount of $67,746 was presented as a donation to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. “It’s exciting,” Harper said. “The fact that we can raise that
much money is just amazing. So proud of ... our extended family here at N.C. State for stepping up and getting some.” State is now sitting at 4-8 in the ACC with four conference games remaining on the schedule, two of which are at home. “Coach told us in the locker room our backs are against the wall so we [have to] come out swinging,” senior forward Bonae Holston said. “So we have to fight.”
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Junior gymnast Jess Panza jumps to the high bar during the exhibition against Oklahoma. Panza scored 9.775 while on the bars. N.C. State felled to Oklahoma, 196.175-195.150.
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N.C. State loses its thirdstraight conference game to Deacs. Jeniece Jamison Deputy Sports Editor
Despite the packed house donned in pink, N.C. State couldn’t pull out the win over Wake Forest, falling 57-70 in the seventh annual Hoops 4 Hope game. “I’m disappointed anytime we don’t come out of here with the win,” Head Coach Kellie Harper said. “I thought it was a good basketball game to watch. Both teams played hard and obviously it was a close game the majority of the time.” The teams played each other close throughout the half, with two ties and six lead-changes between the Pack and Deacs. Wake guard Chelsea Douglas was its mainstay in the battle to keep the game close. She led the team in scoring for the half with 7 points and hit 2 baskets that gave the Deacons the advantage, including a layup that put the score at 13-14 and a 3-pointer from the top of the key to put them up, 21-20. “Douglas, coming off the bench, she was a concern of ours anyway,” Harper said. “We knew she was going to play a lot of minutes. We knew, matchup wise, she would be tough for us to guard. So her coming in and scoring was not surprising to us.” The Pack was unable to establish itself offensively in the half. It was only able to hit 9 out of 30 attempts from the field. But, it was able to stay aggressive on the boards, leading 24-17 in the
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rebounding battle. State regained the lead going into the half with a layup, and one, from junior forward Lakeesha Daniel, giving it a 25-23 edge at halftime. The halftime festivities included a presentation of cancer survivors and a performance from American Idol winner Scotty McCreery. After a slow start in the first half, the Pack came out of the gates with a 5-0 run, but its momentum didn’t last long. Douglas came firing out the gates again by scoring 7 straight points of her own to give the Deacs the lead, 37-39. Wake forward Erin Hall also scored 5 straight points off the bench to push the Deacs lead even further. “Their aggressiveness, trapping at the right times,” guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman said. “As soon as we crossed half court they knew. We ran into their traps. I guess we were playing into their hands.” A 3-pointer from senior guard Emili Tassler tied the game at 44, but a permanent momentum shift occurred with 3:40 left on the clock. Head Coach Kellie Harper got hit with a technical foul after yelling at the official and Wake Forest proceeded to go on a 10-0 run and State could not rebound. “I think their scoring run they had in the second half, although I’m not sure what the time was, really hurt us,”
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Junior guard Marissa Kastanek drives into the paint during the Hoops 4 Hope women’s basketball game against Wake Forest in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 12. Despite her 10 points and 100% free throw percentage, the Wolfpack Women fell to the Demon Deacons 70-57.
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Baseball vs. Marshall Raleigh, 3 p.m. Women’s Tennis vs. USF Raleigh, 4 p.m. Gymnastics vs. New Hampshire Raleigh, 7 p.m. Saturday Men’s Tennis at ITA Indoor Nationals Charlottesville, Va., All Day Rifle at SEARC 6, NCAA Qualifier, NRA Sectional Charleston, S.C., All Day Swimming & Diving at Women’s ACC Championships/Men’s Diving Christinasburg, Va., All Day Track at Virginia Tech Challenge, Gene Anderson Blacksburg, Va., Chapel Hill; All Day Baseball vs. Youngstown State Raleigh, 11 a.m. Softball vs. Tulsa, Texas A&M College Station, Texas; 11 a.m., 6:15 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Florida State RBC Center, 1 p.m. Baseball vs. Wright State Raleigh, 3 p.m. Sunday Men’s Tennis at ITA Indoor Nationals Charlottesville, Va., All Day Men’s Golf at Puerto Rico Classic Rio Grande, P.R., All Day Women’s Tennis vs. Minnesota Raleigh, 11 a.m. softball vs. UTSA College Station, Texas, 11 a.m. Baseball vs. Saint Joseph’s Raleigh, 1 p.m. Women’s Basketball at UNC Chapel Hill, 1:30 p.m.
men’s tennis
Men’s tennis improves to 10-1 Three matches in two days prove great challenge for Pack. Nolan Evans Staff Writer
The No. 51 N.C. State men’s tennis team had a heavy load this weekend, facing three opponents in two days. The Wolfpack took down all three opponents, improving their overall record to 10-1 on the season. On Saturday, the Pack faced No. 48 South Carolina in their first match of the weekend. Starting off the match in doubles, senior Jaime Pulgar and freshman Robbie Mudge took the first victory on the No. 3 court, 8-3, remaining undefeated on the season as a doubles team. State dropped the No. 1 doubles match, but the efforts of senior Dominic Hodgson and sophomore Matt Thomson gave the Wolfpack the doubles point after taking the No. 2 court 8-4. The Red Terrors carried the momentum into singles, taking four of six matches from the Gamecocks. Pulgar led the way at the No. 1 position, finishing quickly by a 6-0, 6-4 score. Senior Julian Sullivan picked up a victory in three sets on the No. 4 court, while freshmen Robbie Mudge and Austin Powell each picked up victories to remain undefeated on the season. The 5-2 victory marked the Wolfpack’s third victory over a ranked opponent this season. The match was the first loss of the season for
USC, who came into the match on a high note after defeating No. 22 Georgia Tech and No. 42 Wake Forest on the road. “It builds confidence, getting a win like that after they beat Georgia Tech and Wake, an undefeated team coming in,” Mudge said. “We knew we had to come out with a ton of energy and that’s what we did.” State faced off against William & Mary Sunday morning for the second match of the weekend. The Pack had no problem taking care of the Tribe, sweeping them with relative ease. After falling behind early in the top two doubles matches, the Wolfpack bounced back into prime position for the victory on both courts with an 8-6 victory from Sullivan and sophomore Sean Weber and a 9-8 win for Hodgson and Thomson. The No. 3 duo of Pulgar and Mudge pulled out an 8-5 win to remain perfect on the season as a doubles pair. “Jaime has a lot of experience playing doubles, so he can do a lot of things, and Robbie is pretty fearless. He’s not afraid of the big moments,” head coach Jon Choboy said. “They do a really good job together; they feed off of each other really well.” N.C. State had little trouble from that point on. Mudge and Sullivan were the first Wolfpackers off court with each winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, to give the Pack a quick 3-0 match lead. Pulgar capped the victory off on the No. 1 court, winning by a 6-4, 6-3 count. The Pack continued to dominate on the remaining three courts, picking up victories from Hodgson, Powell and freshman Beck Bond, completing the sweep and State’s second victory of the weekend.
UNC-Greensboro was the last of the Wolfpack’s prey this weekend. The Spartans hope for an upset was uprooted early on in the doubles matches. There were very few signs of fatigue from the Pack as they switched the lineup around to show off the team’s depth. The pair of Sullivan and Weber remained in the mix, along with Hodgson and Thomson, each winning their matches with ease. Sophomore Ivan Sanchez Gomez and junior Rafael Paez stepped into the No. 3 doubles position and made the most of their opportunity, winning 8-1. On the No. 2 court, Sullivan took down his opponent 6-2, 6-3 for his fifth match win of the weekend. Mudge moved into the No. 1 singles position and proved his value to the team, taking the victory from his opponent 6-4, 6-0. Bond sealed the deal for the Pack on court No. 4, winning 7-6, 6-1. Weber, Sanchez Gomez, and Paez continued the Wolfpack’s success as they each won of their respective courts. The 7-0 victory for NCSU was the second sweep of the day and the sixth of the season. State is off to a 10-1 start, matching last season’s win total. “We kept the same intensity and the same focus we had against South Carolina,” Sullivan said. “We jumped out on top of these guys early and we maintained the momentum. “We’re finding an identity. We’re coming together.”
men’s track and field
Hill shatters indoor 3000 meter record Senior runner continues his record-breaking ways. Staff Report Another week has passed and another barrier has been demolished by senior and fivetime All-American runner, Ryan Hill. Hill not only ran the indoor 3,000 meter faster than any individual in N.C. State’s history or the Atlantic Coast Conference’s history—no American collegiate runner has ever touched his new record of 7:43.08. The Hickory native, who set the mark this past weekend at the Flotrack Husky Classic in Seattle, broke his own ACC record by just over seven seconds en route to the ne w n ational accomplishment. Strangel y, H i l l rarely led in the race until the dying moments coming down the stretch. Diego Estrada out of Northern Arizona held the lead until there were 600 meters remaining in the race. Estrada eventually fell off of his pace and finished one-and-a-half seconds behind Hill. According to Track and Field News, Hill’s time also represents the fourth fastest indoor 3,000 meter by a collegiate runner of any nationality. The original American record
By the Numbers Indoor: MILE 3:58.33 3000m 7:44.69 Outdoor: 1500m 3:40.22 5000m 13:31.67 SOURCE: N.C. State athletics
prior to this Saturday was set by Oregon’s Galen Rupp, who scampered around in 7:44.69. The time has earned Hill a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championships, which will be held in Nampa, Idaho next month. While State’s track team was incredibly spread out this weekend w ith meets in Seattle, Wash, Boston, Mass., Fayetteville, Ark. and Winston-Salem, Hill and senior teammate Bobby Moldovan enjoyed their brief but successful trip out to the west coast. Head coach Rollie Geiger was not in attendance, as he joined his runners in Boston at the Boston University Valentine Invitational. The next major meets on Hill’s radar screen will be the ACC Championships in Boston from Feb. 23-25 and the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9 and 10.
“Hill’s time also represents the fourth fastest indoor 3,000 meter by a collegiate runner.”