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The Big Event changes venues, fewer fans Students receive prizes, free food and view the Carolina game in Carmichael Gym

Shauntia Walton, a sophomore in biological sciences, said she came to socialize with her friends. “I just wanted to get out of my dorm room really,” Walton said. “I think this event is a positive experience and Jessica Neville I’m glad it’s alcohol-free.” Science & Tech Editor Although Carmichael had seating For 13 consecutive years, the Big for up to 1,000 students, at half time Event has brought students together the seats were only approximately half on campus to watch the N.C. State filled. Charles Cofield, a sophomore in versus UNC-Chapel Hill basketball game played at Chapel Hill. Although biological engineering, said there was usually held in Reynolds Coliseum, not as much excitement at the event as a scheduling conflict made it neces- there was last year. “To be honest, it sary for the event seems like people planners to hold the have given up on our event at Carmichael basketball team,” Recreation Center Cof ield said. “I this year. also think it was Jennifer Gilmore, more fun last year communications because it was on a manager for Uniweeknight, so more versity Dining, said people came.” the purpose of the In addition, CoBig Event is to give field said he liked the students an alcoholCharles Cofield, a sophomore in open space in Carfree venue in which biological engineering michael but thought to watch the basketthe compact space ball game. in Reynolds brought “We usually have a good turnout for the event; last year, everybody together more. The highlight of the Big Event was it was completely full,” Gilmore said before the game. “We hope there will the halftime giveaway sponsored by University Dining and Coca-Cola. be a lot of excitement and energy.” Students who attended the event Twelve students were chosen randomwere treated to free Chick-fil-A, Papa ly through raffle tickets given out at John’s and Coke products, as well the entrance. The students stood on as numerous prizes given through signs with different Coca-Cola prodraffle tickets. Other features of the ucts that named different prizes unevent included performances by the derneath. Gilmore called for different Pack-a-belles, Fusion dance group, students to turn over their signs and the marching band and the varsity see what prizes they had won, narrowing it down to two students. cheerleaders.

“To be honest it seems like people have given up on our basketball team.”

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Clay Campbell, junior in biological engineering, holds up his raffle prize at The Big Event in Carmichael Saturday, Feb. 13. Cambell was “very excited” to have won and as for the check, “I’m gonna pay tuition!”.

The competition, dubbed “Last Student Standing,” gave students prizes sponsored by Coca-Cola, including bikes, couches and All Campus gift certificates. The last two students competed for

a $500 All Campus gift certificate and $3000 for tuition. The winner of the tuition prize was Darrell Palmer, a sophomore in mechanical engineering. “I’ve never been to the Big Event be-

fore, so I didn’t really have any expectations,” Palmer said. “This definitely made it worth it. I can’t believe I won all this money, I’m speechless.”

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Red and White Ball ends early due to inclement weather Friday

Environmental Protection Agency to regulate runoff

Big Easy Casino Night proceeds benefit disaster-relief in Haiti

Rule will improve water quality, decrease turbidity across the nation

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Union Activity Board hosted the 2010 Red and White Charity Ball Friday at the Vaughn Towers. This year’s theme was Mardi Gras with an Big Easy Casino Night theme, lasting from 8 to 10:30 p.m. The event was supposed to last until 12 a.m. but was canceled early due to the inclement weather. All the proceeds went to the Howl for Haiti, which benefits Stop Hunger Now, an international hunger relief organization that coordinates the distribution of food and other life-saving aid around the world. Jennifar Gomes, UAB’s vice president and senior in psychology, said the board wanted students to be educated more on the charity the campus chose to support Haitian relief. “This year is different from other years because we planned it to be more upscale and for more students to come out,” Gomes said. “We want you to help out in the charity and know where your money is going.” The tickets were $10 each and transportation was available. At the event, students played in the casino, won prizes and enjoyed free food. Blanca Cohen, a sophomore in biological sciences, said this year was her first time attending the Red and White Charity Ball. “I wanted to relive my band banquet experience from high school again,” Cohen said. “By attending this event I was able to do that.” Cohen also said she wasn’t able to play the casino games because she and her date arrived at the ball 30 minutes before the ball was canceled. “I thought it was pretty messed up that the ball ended two hours earlier,” Cohen said. “It was disappointing that it ended so early into the night.” Gomes said she was upset that it snowed on the day of the Ball.

The Environmental Protection Agency issued a regulation on Feb. 1 to help reduce water pollution from construction sites. The rule takes effect in North Carolina August 2011. The rule will place limits on the amount of turbidity in runoff from construction sites, and require sites to monitor the runoff. This is the first time the EPA has imposed national monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limitations on construction site storm water runoff, according to the EPA. Soil and sediment runoff is one of the leading causes of water quality problems nationwide, according to Dr. Rich McLaughlin, professor of soil science and an expert in water quality protection at the University. McLaughlin said the regulation will significantly improve the water quali-

ty, which impacts not only ecosystems, but also our drinking water supply. “This will have a direct impact on aquatic life, whether it is fish, insects — anything that is living in the water. When water is too turbid, plants can’t get light and eventually die out. Aquatic vegetation can’t survive, which can wreck ecosystems. We get our water from lakes, and if that water is too turbid, it’s more expensive and difficult to clean it up,” he said. The EPA was sued by a consortium of environmental groups and states, according to McLaughlin, which forced them to enforce the clean water act for construction site runoff, just as they regulate other pollutant sources. McLaughlin said the regulation will affect mostly the larger developers in the U.S. “It’ll affect the people who develop the Walmarts, the Targets, developers like Beazer and Centex.” The regulation will also affect University construction projects. “Hunt library, the larger projects that we have, probably mostly on

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Kayloni Witherspoon, a sophomore in environmental design in architecture, and Shiesha Jordan, a junior in psychology, try their luck on the slot machines at the Red and White Ball on Friday. “I came out here to support the Haiti situation and to have fun,” Witherspoon said. The ball themed Casino Night gave students an opportunity to learn how to play Blackjack, slots and other games; the money raised by selling tickets went to Stop Hunger Now.

“We had to cancel the event early,” Cohen said. “The cops told us to cancel the event at 10:30 p.m. due to the dangerous weather. We had buses take students in and out of the dance.” According to Gomes, every year UAB does a different charity with a different theme.

“We decided to do Mardi Gras because its coming up this Tuesday and it’s a fun theme for everybody,” Gomes said. UAB publicized the cause and event around campus much more

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ayloni Witherspoon, a sophomore in environmental design in architecture, and Shiesha Jordan, a junior in psychology, try their luck on the slot machines at the Red and White Ball Friday. “I came out here to support the Haiti situation and to have fun,” Witherspoon said. The ball themed Casino Night gave students an opportunity to learn how to play blackjack, slots and other games; the money raised by selling tickets went to Stop Hunger Now.

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Peace Corps Director to visit N.C. State

The Director of Peace Corps, Aaron S. Williams, will be visiting campus Thursday. Mr. Williams will give a talk on the Peace Corps and the importance of public service, international volunteering and why today’s Peace Corps is more vital than ever. Since Peace Corps’ inception, 426 alumni of NCSU have served in the Peace Corps. The talk will take place at 2235 SAS Hall Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. SOURCE: STEPHEN CHAPMAN, PEACE CORPS PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST

Howl for Haiti Benefit Concert N.C. State’s campus-wide disaster relief effort “Howl for Haiti” will host a jampacked Benefit Concert at

the Witherspoon Student Center Monday. CSLEPS and UAB have worked together to put on this show as a way to get the entire campus involved with the fundraising efforts for the people of Haiti. Food will be sold at 6:30 p.m. and the show starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $7 with all of the proceeds going to the Howl for Haiti Campaign. NCSU “Howl for Haiti” Tshirts will be available for sale for $10. Performers include, The Grains of Time, the Pack-abelles, Fusion Dance Crew, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc. and a special guest speaker. For more information contact Libby Orsega at eaorsega@ncsu.edu SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS CALENDAR

Welcome Celebration for Chancellor-elect Woodson N.C. State welcomes Chancellor-elect W. Randolph Woodson and his wife, Susan, to the University family during an event at Reynolds Coliseum Wednesday at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and an opportunity to meet the new chancellor will follow the event’s program. For more information contact Lauren Gregg at 919-515-6098.

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Sex offender law could go global with lawmaker’s bill WASHINGTON - Megan’s Law soon could go international. The law, named after Megan Kanka, a 7-year-old New Jersey girl who was raped and killed by a neighbor in 1994, requires convicted sex offenders to be registered with the government, making it easier to track their whereabouts. Their names can then be put into databases, allowing the public to do a quick online check to determine where they are located and allows citizens to alert local authorities. SOURCE: MCT CAMPUS

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spin. Nordic combined gathered one silver medal and includes the individual normal downhill race, the individual large hill race and the team event. The final victorious sport is the short track, with one silver and one bronze. The short track speed skating takes place on a 111.12-meter oval track within a hockey rink. Short track speed skaters compete against each other, instead of the clock. SOURCE: NBC OLYMPICS AND VANCOUVER 2010

POLICE BLOTTER Feb. 11 8:32 AM | FRAUD Motor Pool Facility Investigation initiated at this location. 8:43 AM | FIRE ALARM Corporate Research I FP responded to alarm. Cause unknown. Electronics notified to investigate. 9:27 AM | CHECK PERSON Weisiger-Brown Facility Report of suspicious subject in the area. Investigation revealed subject to be former student. No action taken. 1:05 PM | CHECK PERSON Hillsborough Building Officers investigated report of suspicious activity in the area. Investigation revealed subjects affiliated with the University. Subjects complied to leave the area. 11:20 PM | LARCENY Carmichael Gym Student reported wallet stolen. 11:29 PM | NOISE DISTURBANCE Wolf Village Report of loud music. Officers were unable to locate any problems

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Centennial Campus, most of them will have to comply,” McLaughlin said. Ted Sherrod, a North Carolina Department of Transportation engineer, said McLaughlin’s research had been an instrumental part in formulating the rule. “EPA looked at the work [McLaughlin] had done in formulating their rule,” he said. “NCSU has been one of the top sites for leading the nation in research for controlling turbidity from work sites.” McLaughlin said that its option allows sites to reduce the negative impact on water quality without having an extremely expensive impact. “Over many years, the EPA said there was no economical way to control [construction runoff],” he said. “We provided them an alternative to what they thought was their only option, portable treatment plants, and it took 8 years for us to feel really comfortable that we had options that worked.” The EPA cites this approach

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Howl for Haiti volunteers collected money and gave out ribbons at the entrance to the BIG Event to contribute towards the University goal of $50,000. De’Ericka Aiken, a

as being much more cost effective than its original proposed rule. According to McLaughlin, the EPA estimated that the financial impact on construction sites will be minimal, adding roughly 0.1 percent to construction costs. “If they do it right, and plan it, they won’t even notice a change in the cost.,” he said. The regulation, however, will be one of the greatest challenges the construction industry in the state and nation has ever faced, according to Sherrod. He said North Carolina faces unique environmental challenges with turbidity. “We have a lot of clay, and clay is usually the culprit behind high levels of turbidity. North Carolina generally has consistent precipitation throughout the year — our soil type, the typography. Our slopes are steeper in the piedmont area and it’s more difficult to contain that runoff,” he said. Sherrod said the general attitude toward the rule is one of anxiety. “Putting in place the right contract provisions, the correct designs, the right site manag-

ers to manage it, the right tools to use — it’s quite a task. [The rule] is certainly looked upon apprehensively,” he said. “It’ll be difficult to meet the numeric limits, because right now construction discharge can be several hundred to several thousand NTU. Our goal is to achieve a level of 280 NTU, the EPA standard.” NTU is a measure of water clarity, for comparison, typical drinking water has an NTU of less than 1. Despite the challenges, Sherrod said the NCDOT will strive to accomplish the arduous feat ahead of it. “However, as environmental professionals, as engineers in the field, we look at it as one of the challenges on the job site that we will strive to achieve,” he said. “We’re already underway in incorporating the turbidity regulation in all of our projects, and through efforts in addressing water quality discharge from construction sites, there will be a positive impact on streams that are already impaired and hopefully we can see water quality ... rebound.”

senior in political science and chair of the Student Government Community Service Commission, said as of Saturday the goal had been halfway met. “We have approximately $25,000 right now, so we are on our way to meeting our goal,” Aiken said. “I am confident

that we can get there. A lot of students are branching out on their own to meet their goals.” D u r i n g c om m e rc i a l breaks, Student Body President Jim Ceresnak gave out prizes donated by the events various sponsors through raffle tickets.

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Clay Graham, sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Ben Powell, sophomore in construction engineering management, cheer for the Wolfpack at The Big Event in Carmichael Gym Saturday. Howl for Haiti collected donations and University Dining provided food, beverages and toys like the soft basketball Powell is holding.

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this year by adding more visuals at the event and advertising around campus, according to Gomes. “On the table there was a display saying with the $10 you spend on the ticket to the dance you helped out forty people,”

Gomes said. Cohen said her favorite part was the dance f loor and the DJ played a good selection of music throughout the evening. Cohen said she recommends this charity ball to anyone. “It’s like a laid back prom where you can’t go too dressed up but you can’t go in jeans either,” Cohen said. “It was unique.”

Cohen said there was something different at the ball for everybody to enjoy. “Spending money and knowing it’s going to a really great cause makes myself become a whole different person,” Cohen said. “I feel like I’m actually contributing to something that will impact many people in a positive way.”

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THE ISSUE:

The Big Event did not have standing-room only attendance as expected for the rivalry game against UNC-Chapel Hill Saturday.

Our Opinion:

The lack of attendance may be indicative of a larger problem with athletics, but Big Event planners must keep the tradition alive and move the event back to Reynolds Coliseum next year.

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Go big and back to Reynolds T he aptly-named Big Event is a traditional part of the University’s festivities before and during the big basketball game against UNC-Chapel Hill. This year’s event had all the pomp and circumstance associated with such a game, including an opportunity for a student to win a $3,000 scholarship Saturday Yet according to some firsthand accounts, the Big Event wasn’t all that big. In part, the venue and student apathy likely played a role in keeping the Big Event from living up to its name, even with a $3,000 giveaway. At the very least, the University can address the first problem, which may help lessen the consequences of the

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second.  Obviously, the great enemy within athletics is not despair at the inability of the University’s teams to win the games — students expect to win and stay competitive in the conference. The true enemy is apathy, when students do not care about athletics enough to constantly advocate for a major shake up and demand the athletic director start making big moves or step down and allow someone else to do so. It is this apathy that hurts us, and there can be no doubt apathy had a role in keeping attendance at the Big Event low.

Yet it doesn’t help when the Big Event is in Carmichael Gymnasium. Traditionally, the event is held at Reynolds Coliseum; this year, it was moved due to a scheduling conflict with a gymnastics event. If the University is really interested in its traditions, then it may wish to plan ahead and block off use of Reynolds around when the Carolina game is expected to take place. Additionally, using Carmicheal to host the Big Event may interfere with students’ plans to play basketball at the gym, which undoubtably added to the confusion.

With Campout returning to Reynolds, it makes sense to keep the Big Event there — regardless of the name, having the Carolina game on the big screen at Reynolds has been a standby. We may lose the game, but at least let us watch it someplace familiar. Ultimately, there is no easy way to guarantee a loyal, involved fan base without winning. The planners of the Big Event cannot do anything to address that, but at least they can make watching a more enjoyable experience and strive to keep the flame of tradition burning.

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had Rhoades seems to be baffled not only by the oppression that is Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he also lacks the perspective of any social progress. Yes, we are in war. Yes, this fac t st ra i n s t he mora le of our forces considerably. Yes, there may be some perMatt fect point in Kasperski the future to sophomore, repeal DADT; business however, it is administration not right to wait for that hypothetical time. This is the nature of progress in American society. Even Martin Luther King, Jr. was criticized for bringing about untimely protests to advance civ i l rig hts for African Americans. Progress follows f ig hting the entrenched oppressors that have held power over the minority. In this case, the minority is homosexuals in the military. These men and women, who are sworn to protect our freedoms, rights and privileges are denied the fundamental pursuit of life and liberty. Instead, they are forced to live under a constant shroud of deceit or, at least, silence. The irony in this should be apparent even to Mr. Rhoades. Moreover, his use of false dichotomies and fear mongering serve little use to improve his argument. We are in a state of war. We need a large military to fight our enemies and achieve our goals. Therefore, how is it useful to keep around a policy that restricts the number of qualified people who may serve in the military? There are many instances where well-qualified members of the armed forces have been kicked out because their sexual orientation became known. Prior to that, they had excellent service records and otherwise would not have been in danger

of being discharged. How does this policy help? That is the question that must be answered. When we consider restricting liberties, the question should never be “Is it easy? Is it convenient?” This will never be the case. Mr. Rhoades claims there may be a docile acceptance of a repeal of DADT, but implies that it will just as likely erupt in violence. No reason is given as to why this may be the case, but change is a big scary thing, indeed. Why not just keep your head down? Let’s not rock the boat. Why risk it at this time he asks? This guy would be a hit in Montgomery, Ala. in 1965. If he does not understand how it is to exist as you are without fear of persecution or negative consequences, then the odds are good he has never been forced to maintain silence or to disguise his fundamental identity. Further, if he cannot understand how Americans are charged with the moral imperative to preserve liberty for all our citizens and to ensure all men are treated with the equality that comes by virtue of their creation, then he lacks the basic ideas that have fundamentally shaped our nation. In the end, his argument asks for us to be meek. It asks us to accept oppressing some in order to favor the status quo. It asks that we be afraid of the future that comes from direct action on our part to solve a problem with our civil liberties. It asks that we set aside our moral convictions in order to placate the bigotry of some. I ask that you consider the merit of such an argument.

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Johnson is justified Ty Johnson’s column in Tuesday’s paper covered little new ground in the frustration by fans at this season’s men’s basketball team’s struggles, and in general, it struck me as mean-spirited and missing the point. The team is clearly not where it should be at this point in Sidney Lowe’s tenure or this season, but fans and students taking shots at a coach for standing up for his players in an emotional moment after they nearly pulled off an unthinkable comeback certainly won’t help the morale of a team that still has the potential to turn the season around. 2009-10 certainly has not been a dream come true for anyone associated with N.C. State basketball, but don’t throw the coach under the bus for showing that losing hurts him, too, and that he is willing to go to bat for his guys.

Ty Johnson finally said what has been on my, and many of the students’ minds this season — if not the past three seasons. It’s easy to attend every home game when you have a chance at running the tables in the Big Tournament, but these old folks obviously don’t know what it feels like to be a student who tries to support a team that consistently finishes at the bottom of the ACC, having to watch loss after loss. I will admit that I am a bitter fan, but I can only watch the team lose for so many years and I firmly believe that the bottom line is coaching. And Dan, I never considered Technician to be a source of good journalism. Joseph Meinzer junior, parks, recreation and tourism management

Don’t just favor athletes Having read Thursday’s Viewpoint on Case Dining Hall, I completely agree. Case should be opened to everyone on campus. For one thing, Clark Dining Hall is overwhelmingly crowded during peak hours, so much so that people have to stand and wait for available seats to open in order to sit down and eat. But more

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importantly, the University is about education, not athletics. Why should the better food be reserved solely for athletes when students require a good diet in order to work and study effectively? If athletes get their own dining hall, why not discriminate and have a dining hall solely for Park Scholars, Caldwell Fellows, or honors and scholars students? Understand, I am not endorsing such a move — I merely point out the flawed logic in favoring athletes. I can also understand athletes’ greater need for calories; last time I checked, however, food was unlimited in both Fountain and Clark. Case may be small, but Clark is stretched to the max; it makes sense to shift at least some of the burden. I suggest that members of the Student Government and University Dining work together to remedy this situation in the near future, and I highly recommend reassessing the priorities of a public educational institution such as N.C. State — namely, education. John Miller sophomore, biomedical engineering

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Getting to know Chancellor-elect Randy Woodson Story By Justin Carrington

n Wednesday, Feb. 17, the University community will welcome a special guest, one who will become N.C. State’s 14th chancellor in a matter of mere

months. This guest, of course, is none other than Chancellor-elect Randy Woodson. For that reason, Technician will provide students with a proper introduction to the future chief executive officer at NCSU along with some background information on many of his beliefs and goals for the University. Randy Woodson is no stranger to hard work. In fact, growing up in the South, the 52 year old said he quickly learned the importance of education and a good work ethic. “Both of my parents were teachers. My dad was a counselor and my mother a teacher,” Woodson said. “They felt very strongly about higher education. I certainly had a good sense from my family of the importance of education.” Adding to this was the opportunity to work with one of his father’s friends, Ray Moseley, in a nursery that he ran. According to Woodson, this very job is the reason that he became interested in what ultimately became his career in horticulture. In Woodson’s eyes, Moseley had quite the green thumb. He had a real interest in the science of horticulture as a whole and the growing of plants. This wasn’t all that he had, however. He had something else that would change Woodson’s life. He had a true interest in Woodson’s future. “I guess I just asked too many questions while working there, and he took an interest in my interest behind the science of what we were doing and en-

couraged me to continue my education in the field,” Woodson said. So that’s exactly what Woodson did. He attended the University of Arkansas, where he received his bachelor’s degree in 1979. His education didn’t stop there, as he completed his postgraduate work at Cornell, receiving a master’s degree in horticulture and a doctorate in horticulture and plant physiology as well. “For a long time, I thought my career would be going back to that nursery and using my education to improve my career there,” Woodson said. Once Woodson got to the university and got hooked on science and research, however, things took a turn. In 1983, Woodson became a member of the faculty of Louisiana State University as an assistant professor of horticulture, a capacity in which he would serve until 1985. In 1985, Woodson made his way to Purdue University. “I came to Purdue because of the quality of the faculty and the students,” Woodson said. Until 1998, Woodson served in a number of faculty and administrative roles, before getting the nod to become the

associate dean for the agricultural research programs at Purdue. Quickly ascending the ranks, Woodson became Dean of Agriculture at Purdue, a position that Woodson contends is unlike many others. “The Dean of Agriculture at Purdue has broader responsibilities in serving the state because we don’t have a state department of agriculture that oversees regulatory programs, so I had a lot of state responsibilities legislatively and politically to support the regulatory environment for agriculture,” Woodson said. In addition to all of these added responsibilities, Woodson was also responsible for collaborating with the College of Sciences to start a research center and for dramatically increasing the grants received by the college. “It was a time when we were able to identify some new areas that would position the college well for many years to come, so we had a lot of exciting things,” Woodson said. In 2008, Woodson got more exciting news. After more than 20 years of service, Woodson was promoted to provost, the chief academic officer at Pur-

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due. Serving in the post, Woodson has done a number of things. Perhaps the most notable is his weathering of the troubling economic crisis that is affecting schools across the nation. “We’re in a more fiscally constrained environment now, so we had to do a lot of restructuring of the budget to address the concerns of the ability of the state to fund higher education,” Woodson said. “Even in spite of that, we’ve been able to do some very strategic things like launch a College of Health and Human Sciences.”

According to Woodson, this was done by bringing a lot of departments together from across the university and providing them with more structure, visibility and academic synergy to support the students. “While we’ve been more financially constrained than we might’ve been a few years back, we still have been able to make investments to move the university forward,” Woodson said. For reasons like these, it’s no wonder that when it was officially announced on Jan.

8 that Woodson was the official choice of the UNC Board of Governors for chancellor at N.C. State, Purdue University officials — and even Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels — did all they could to keep the administrator from making the cross-country trip to Raleigh. The efforts didn’t work out for Indiana. To read more about Randy Woodson and his goals for the University, see the second installment of this profile in Tuesday’s Technician.

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Wrestling team falls to Virginia and Virginia Tech Saturday at Reynolds Coliseum Jen Hankin Deputy Sports Editor

The wrestling team fell twice Saturday to top-ranked ACC teams. The Pack opened up the doubleheader against No. 24 Virginia, losing 45-6, and followed that up with another loss against No. 14 Virginia Tech,36-9. The Wolfpack, now 6-12 in dual matches, was only able to capitalize on one bout in each match. It also benefitted from a heavyweight forfeit against Virginia Tech. According to head coach Carter Jordan, the Pack’s weekend performance was a huge disappointment. “I feel embarrassed. I feel frustrated,” Jordan said. “I think everyone’s very frustrated and ready for Tuesday so we can forget [Saturday].” In the first match, Virginia (15-5) won four matches by fall, two by technical fall and two by major decision. The sole win for the Pack came in the 165-weight class, where Ray Ward won by injury default. Ward, up 4-1 in the first period, shot a takedown on Virginia’s Pat Riley, who then suffered a leg injury that caused him to forfeit the end of the match. “This morning wasn’t too good, but we didn’t lose our heads,” sophomore 174-pounder Quinton Godley said. “We just got to keep the confidence up.”

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Junior 165-pounder Ray Ward throws a crossface and controls the ankle of Victor Hojilla, a senior at UNC-Greensboro, in Reynolds Colliseum last Wednesday. Ward won by decision, 7-5 in a Wolfpack 19-14 win over UNCG.

Prior to the second match, State celebrated senior day by honoring Taylor Cummings. “You get caught up in wins and losses and winning championships, but really it’s about the relationships you develop with guys like Taylor,” Jordan said. “It was a reminder for me that as much as we are struggling right now, he’s going to graduate in the spring and he’s going to do great. We’re going to miss him.” Virginia Tech continued to dominate the Pack, wining two bouts by fall, two by technical fall and one by major decision. “We are who we are,” Jordan said. “There are certainly things that we have to do better but when we wrestle really talented programs it shows. It’s frustrating because we can

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wrestle a lot better than that.” The Hokies forfeited the heavyweight bout, giving freshman Eloheim Palma the win. It was Palma’s 20th this season, a new school record for victories by a freshman heavyweight. The only wrestler of the entire day to win by decision was Godley. He defeated Virginia Tech’s Taylor Knapp, 6-0. “I came out strong,” Godley said. “I got the first takedown to keep my confidence up and played it kind of safe. I let him come to me instead of coming to him. Maybe I shouldn’t have played him so safe, but a win is a win.” At 133, freshman Dale Shull lost a close match to Brock LiVorio, 13-14, after suffering an injury to his ankle. According to Shull, twisting his ankle

was only minor and didn’t affect the match. “If anything, the injury time helped me breathe,” Shull said. “It seems like the same story for every match. I do really good things and then some really bad things and he caught my mistakes, every single thing.” Shull mirrored Jordan’s frustration, saying the entire team is in excellent shape but making mistakes that lead to lost matches. “Really it’s all north of the neck that we’re losing,” Shull said, referring to the mental troubles that have plagued the Pack this year. State competes in its final dual meet Tuesday at Buies Creek, N.C. against Campbell and Davidson.

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some baskets,” Harper said. “She was able to get to the free throw line. She gave us a spark when we needed it.” The final two minutes of the game were full of energy from the Pack and worked the fans into a frenzy. Kastanek’s basket gave State a 66-63 lead with 1:05 left in the game “Amber had been on me the whole game to go rebound because I kept forgetting,” Kastanek said. “So I ran in there, I caught the ball, and just did what I had to do to help my team out.” With 50 seconds remaining in the game, the Pack

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coached for so long at State and that she died from breast cancer, but don’t expect much beyond that. I give my full respect to coach Kellie Harper. She has done a fine job progressing forward with this team. I know that Yow would be proud of the direction she its taking this program in. This isn’t a call for memorials to be built or names to be etched in the book. Instead, it’s a need to keep Yow’s legacy alive. A pioneer’s work is never done, and Kay Yow was a pioneer for women’s basketball and for the fight against breast cancer. It doesn’t matter how big or small the ef-

sent Miami forward Morgan Stroman to the free throw line with a chance to tie it. The noise level in Reynolds Coliseum hit unprecedented levels. Stroman made the front end of the one and one, but the second bounced off the rim. After a missed layup by Miami’s Charmaine Clark with seconds left, the game was sealed. After the clock ran out, Harper assured the crowd that it helped the team to victory. “We talked about this day being bigger than our team, that this is more than just a basketball game,” Harper said. “But at the same time, we had to be very focused on the task at hand.” The Pack returns to Reynolds Coliseum Friday, Feb. 19 against Boston College.

forts are, but I hope to see Yow’s vision continued and for women’s basketball to continue to grow. We owe it to her for all she gave to us. Support the Pack in its final home games of the season. This team has progressed far more quickly than most would have anticipated and fans should be proud. Everyone knows someone whose lives have been touched by breast cancer. Maybe you had other plans Sunday, but take the time to call up that person and tell them you’re proud and that you care. If they inspire you, make it known. This is probably a column Kay Yow wouldn’t be a big fan of. She was never one to boast her achievements, records and accolades. But it’s what she deserves.

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Women’s Tennis downs Old Dominion The women’s tennis traveled to Norfolk, Va., and took down No. 60 Old Dominion 6-1, moving to 3-1 on the year. The team won two out of three matches in doubles play, winning the double’s point. Sandhya Nagaraj and Daria Petrovic lost their first doubles match in spring play, falling to Nadine Fahoum and Joanna Dobrowolska 8-6. State only singles loss came from No. 45 Nagaraj falling to No. 21 Nadine Fahoum, 4-6, 6-2 and 4-6. Source: N.C. State Athletics

Pack loses close one to UMass, 1-0 State dropped a 1-0 game to No. 20 UMass Sunday at the FIU Combat Classic. Both teams resumed the game in the bottom of the fourth inning after it was called off Friday night due to hard rain. Lindsay Campana (1-1) took the loss after allowing just five hits, including Katie Bettencourt’s game winning home run. Sara Plourde (2-1) got the win, striking out 10 and allowing five Wolfpack hits. Source: N.C. State Athletics

No. 23 gymnastics drops George Washington Senior Taylor Seaman won allaround, floor and bars and placed second on the vault, helping her team to a 194.325-190.275 win over George Washington. In addition, sophomore Brook Barr earned a win on vault with a 9.875, her second best score of the year. The Pack returns home to host the Sweetheart Invitational Saturday, Feb. 20 at Reynolds Coliseum. Source: N.C. State Athletics

State edged out Miami 66-64 in the backdrop of a significant day Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer

A Marissa Kastanek putback wound up being the deciding marker in a 66-64 thriller against the Miami Hurricanes Sunday afternoon. But the game paled in comparison next to the cause it supported. The fifth annual Hoops 4 Hope raised money and awareness for a lofty goal: a cure for breast cancer. “Knowing that last year was the year was the last time that Coach [Kay] Yow was a part of it definitely motivated me because I wanted to be out there more than ever,” guard Amber White said. “I thought about it all week. It was on the calander and it definitely provided additional motivation for me.” The Wolfpack Women started off slow, missing their first three attempts from the f ield. Miami scored the first five points of the game, but a steal from senior guard Amber White and two free throws put the Pack on the board. The shooting woes continued for the Pack throughout the first half, shooting 31

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State at bay and led 35-29 at the half. Approximately 150 cancer survivors, grouped together by decade, gathered on the court. Afterward, three banners commemorating the life of Kay Yow found a permanent home in the Reynolds Coliseum rafters. State began to hit its stride offensively during the second half. It started the half off with a 6-0 run, but Miami responded with a 6-0 run of its own. Forward Brittney Strachan hit

the Pack’s first three of the game. Senior forward Sharnise Beal provided much-needed support off the bench in the second half, when she scored all six of her points. “I thought Sharnise came in and did some really good things for us, got a couple of rebounds, got a couple of plays, and was able to score

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Don’t give up – and don’t ever forget The fifth annual Hoops 4 Hope held in Reynolds last night was a success. The Wolfpack Women put together a 6664 victory in the last minute of the game against Miami. Over $50,000 was raised for the Kay Yow/WBCA Foundation. But at tendance was d ow n f r om an 8,650 sellout in 2009 to 6,452 and the event raised more than half Lindsey Hall of last year’s $91,200. Senior Staff Writer Last year’s Hoops 4 Hope game took place only 23 days after the passing of legendary coach Kay Yow, providing a reeling Wolfpack community with a reason to come together. It was Yow’s vision to have the game sell out and it did, but not just one year later, which is a bit disappointing. The Wolfpack Women suffered a tough loss Jan. 25 on their home court at the hands of the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels. After the game, UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell was asked what it felt like to be back in Reynolds without longtime peer and friend Yow. “It’s not the same over here without Kay,” she responded. “I don’t think people give Kay enough credit for what she’s done for women’s basketball. I, for one, have to agree. It would take an entire copy of this paper to detail all that Yow accomplished on and off the court during her career. But some of her achievements are always highlight worthy. She coached the Wolfpack to five ACC regular season titles and four tournament titles. She was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000. She led the charge in the 1980s to get women’s basketball broadcasted on television. Last night’s game was aired nationally on ESPN2, evidence of how far the sport has progressed in this day and age. And that’s just the top of the iceberg. Hoops 4 Hope was her brainchild. It also launched the ThinkPink and WBCA Pink Zone initiatives, which now include over 1,550 school and organizations. Behind the scenes is where some of Yow’s greatest work lies. She fought tooth and nail for the sport of women’s basketball for everything from sponsors and programming to the athletes themselves. You name it, Yow probably had a hand in it somewhere down the line. Like Hatchell said, some folks just don’t give Kay enough credit – in part because they probably just don’t know all she devoted to the sport. It is sad, at least to me, that you could probably ask that an underclassman on campus take a moment to tell you about Kay Yow and he or she couldn’t talk for more than fifteen seconds. Sure, you’ll hear that Yow

Carolina Central. The Pack faced a struggling and injured team, as the Heels announced Friday that forward Ed Davis, who led the team in rebounds, will be out for six weeks with a broken wrist. Davis joined fellow injured front court players Tyler Zeller and Travis Wear on the Carolina bench. “We talked about this,” said junior forward Tracy Smith, who finished with 20 points. “This year I just don’t think they are as strong as they have been in the past couple years. So this was our time to hit them and we didn’t capitalize. It’s very disappointing.” UNC grabbed seven offensive rebounds in the first half, but the Pack offset that with seven of its own and 11 first half points from Smith. As has been the case in several of the recent losses, State went to the locker room for halftime facing a narrow deficit at 33-31. But the rebounding woes worsened over the final twenty minutes as the Heels grabbed 10 more offensive boards in the second half to finish the game with 17 offensive rebounds and the same number of secondchance points. For the game, State was outrebounded 44-32 and lost the battle of secondchance points 17-9. “[Dexter] Strickland, Larry Drew, they were all crashing the glass,” Smith said. “We were boxing out the ‘bigs’ and the guards were coming right in and the ball was bouncing

right to them.” The Pack held the Heels to 38 percent shooting from the field during the second half while shooting 42 percent over the final twenty minutes, but coach Sidney Lowe said he was not pleased with his team’s decision making. “We came out [in the second half] and made some really bad decisions,” Lowe said. “That’s one of the things that’s been

killing us here lately: really understanding how to win games. What we are lacking is that experience and understanding, that poise.” State will return to action when it hosts Maryland Wednesday at 9 p.m. at the RBC Center. The Terps come to Raleigh looking to rebound from a 77-56 loss to Duke Saturday.

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percent from the field. State failed to convert on its first seven three-pointer attempts. The Pack was able to keep itself within striking distance, going 11-for-13 from the free throw line. “They were getting good looks and even the times they took some tough shots they were making them. We weren’t scoring at the pace they were scoring,” coach Kellie Harper said. Miami was able to keep

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In the close victory against Miami, senior guard Nikitta Gartrell drives down the court at the Hoops for Hope game in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb 14, 2010. Gartrell was a starting player and was on the court for 27 minutes and scored 9 points.

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Prior to Saturday’s game, UNC-Chapel Hill basketball coach Roy Williams likened the struggles his team has experienced this season to the situation in Haiti, where a massive earthquake a few weeks ago killed about 230,000 people. “Massage therapist told me, she said, ‘You know, coach, what happened in Haiti is a catastrophe. What you’re having is a disappointment.’ I told her that depends on what chair she was sitting in,” Williams said. “Because it does feel like a catastrophe to me, because it is my life.” The Tar Heels enjoyed a brief reprieve from the ‘catastrophe’ of a season they are mired in with a win over N.C. State, which is in last place in the ACC with a 2-9 record in conference play. Carolina entered the game winless in its last four games since defeating the Pack Jan. 26 in Raleigh. Going into the rematch with the Heels, State had won just one of its past six games, with the lone victory coming in the form of a blowout against North

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