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Andrew Nichols, freshman in graphic design, paints a stencil with finger paint at the Free Expression Tunnel at the Respect the Pack event Tuesday night during Wolfpack Welcome Week. Nichols drew and cut out the stencil for an art piece promised to a friend in Maryland he didn’t get to finish before he left for school.
on expression.” Woodson, CSLEPS Director Mike Giancola, and other campus leaders and students put on paint-covered gloves and left colored hand prints along the tunnel walls, which were also painted over completely white. The idea for covering the tunnel in hand prints was that of Susannah Brinkley, a former Student Media employee. Additionally, propped up on tripods that lined the flat spot near the tunnel were signs listing various minority groups and corresponding stereotypes, as well as action to take against discrimination. In addition to live music, attendees could also get airbrushed tattoos to show their support and receive discounts from certain businesses on Hillsborough Street, such as Planet Smoothie, until Aug. 19.
have legal concepts like slander and needs to be about respect. Hopefully a libel,” Nacoste said during his speech. new respectful climate will come out “Free expression does not require you of this.” Mija Nichols, to identify youra junior in enviself, and that’s ronmental techwhy it’s almost nology, and Mia lways done chelle Murphy, unseen, in the junior in math shadows. When education, both people ma ke said they were anti-group stateglad to see peoments, people act ple care and that as if there’s nothCaleb Melvin, a sophomore in they were proud ing to be done. environmental science to be part of the Not so. No one Wolfpack. has to or should Some students weren’t as enthusiembrace the hate.” Students and organizers, like GLBT astic, however. Caleb Melvin, a sophomore in enCenter Director Justin Hollingshead, said they were glad to see action be- vironmental science, said he expected more. ing taken. “It wasn’t as big as I thought,” Mel“Students have done an awesome job,” Hollingshead said. “As a repre- vin said. “I see all the slurs and images sentative of an oppressed minority [in the tunnel], and I think it should group, it’s important that the tunnel be monitored. There should be a limit
“I see all the slurs and images [in the tunnel], and I think it should be monitored.”
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Board members break ground on the Talley Student Center renovations Tuesday afternoon. The groundbreaking ceremony included speeches from Chancellor Randy Woodson, Student Body President Chandler Thompson, and Student Centers President Jonathon Smith followed by a reception with the architect and other agencies involved in the design of the new student center.
the old Talley immediately following the groundbreaking. The new building’s lead design principal Turan Duda chatted with guests in a room filled with storyboards depicting the changes to come. On the second f loor were two former student body presidents including the 2010-11 SBP Kelly Hook. SBPs dating back to 2008 have invested large amounts of time in getting the project to the point where it currently stands.
students also came out to the standing room-only event. Abbi Davis, a sophomore in agricultural business, left the Student Government retreat to attend. She arrived early and got to sit in one of the limited number of chairs set up. “It’s going to be very exciting when Talley gets built. There is going to be so much that happens here,” Davis said. “I will be [at N.C. State] for a while, and I will come here to study. The impact that it’s going to have on student life is going to cover all aspects of the University.” Ice cream, cake and other snacks were served on the second f loor of
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Smith, president of Student Centers Board of Directors, pleaded with attendees to “consider contributing financially” during his speech. “This is the project that students will have the most investment in because it is a student center, and not an academic building. Eventually we are going to start a program where we will find donors, but right now students are having to pay most of the cost of the project,” Smith said. Talley is currently the largest, most expensive project on campus, according to Smith. There are no plans to begin anything that rivals it in size, scope and cost. Among those in attendance was the building’s namesake Banks Talley. He was the vice chancellor for Student Affairs before Tom Stafford. Talley retains an office on the third floor of the old building; the placard outside his door reads vice chancellor emeritus of Student Affairs. Chancellor Randy Woodson, Provost Warwick Arden, Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Charles Leffler and others moved a small amount of dirt using shovels in a pile located outside of the construction site. Continuing her blitz on first-week events, Student Body President Chandler Thompson joined the chancellor and crowd. The men’s a cappella group Grains of Time sung the alma mater as attendees sang along in whispers. Project contributors, such as construction crews, then took turns “turning the dirt” in groups. Although high profile figures comprised a good portion of the crowd,
After a 14-month long, $4 million overhaul, the new Atrium food court opened Friday morning and is ready to serve students and faculty at full capacity. The new Atrium came to fruition after a series of renovations, the first of which occurred in May 2010. The staggered construction allowed food service to continue and keep students fed while the building was renovated. The most recent renovations — which began in May 2011 with the destruction of the Brickyard Bubble — took place over the summer when the Atrium was temporarily closed. The latest renovations focused on the new seating section and its aesthetics, as well as the kitchen and ventilation system. The Atrium will be open until 10 p.m., according to Jennifer Gilmore, marketing manager for Campus Enterprises. The new, colorful indoor seating area sports redone lighting and an increased capacity – now up to 435 from 370 seats – made possible by bringing part of the old patio and outdoor seating inside, according to the N.C. State Dining blog. The kitchen received a slew of improvements, including equipment that has been updated to meet Wake County code. Other improvements include a new heating and air conditioning system, sprinkler system, restrooms and mechanical rooms. Gilmore said the renovations were badly needed. “I remember once I went back to the kitchen, and it was blazing hot back there,” Gilmore said. “Now it feels
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Students, faculty and administration gathered at the Free Expression Tunnel Tuesday evening to stand together against different forms of discrimination and inequality. The event is in its first year and was organized by on-campus organizations including Student Government, the GLBT center and CSLEPS. According to Student Body President Chandler Thompson, the racial slur that was accidentally published in a photo in The Brick, a magazine distributed to incoming freshmen at orientation, was the driving force for the event. “What’s great is all the students came together to organize the event in response,” Thompson said. “We’ve been overwhelmed with volunteers.” Thompson said Respect the Pack will become an annual part of Wolfpack Welcome Week. The event also featured speakers, including Chancellor Randy Wilson and Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology. “What I’m most proud of is the fact that this event was organized, sponsored and led by students,” Woodson said to the crowd. “The tunnel is a reflection of us, it belongs to the students, who have taken control and made sure we send out messages of mutual respect.” Nacoste, founder of “Wake Up, It’s Serious,” an organization dedicated to combating intolerance, spoke on the distinction between free speech and freedom of expression, as well as the responsibility of a community that has that freedom. “Every student on campus is a citizen on campus, and should be treated as such,” Nacoste said. “Free expression is not the same as your constitutional right to free speech. It’s not — that’s what people are confused about. “In America no one has the right to total free expression. That’s why we
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Pack tradition creates memorable times for University newcomers The annual convocation hosts a throng of newcomers. John Wall News Editor
Thousands of freshmen filed into the RBC Center Monday for the annual Convocation meant to make them feel more welcome. University administrators, faculty and athletics coaches represented the University as freshmen participated in team-building events. Keynote speaker and author Rebecca Skloot rounded off the evening with an inspirational talk – one that was nearly canceled for security reasons. Skloot wrote “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” which incoming freshmen were required to read over the summer. Skloot said at the beginning of her speech she almost had to cancel, and that it was previously canceled for several
hours. A student at a school could not see what was hapshe spoke at earlier in the day pening inside the arena. “I’m here with my friends posted on Twitter he wanted to assassinate her by a gunshot to having a good time. I just want to meet people,” freshman in the head. biomedical “He had to engineering wake up at 7 David Majesa.m. to come ki said in the see me speak,” hallway leadSkloot said of ing inside. the student. A gauntlet Twelve — the hubuses made man tunnel at least two commonly trips each Chris Hathcock, a graduate s e en on a as they were student in aerospace football field packed with engineering — g ree ted 75 students freshmen as ever y goround, according to Justine they entered the arena. StuHollingshead, transportation dents walked down the steps coordinator. It took one-and- and into the tunnel formed by a-half hours to transport all student volunteers. Freshman Austin Bat h, students from campus, Director of Campus Activities Deb while standing at the end of the gauntlet, said the organizLuckadoo said. Blaring music filled hall- ers’ goal of making him feel ways leading into the stadium. more welcome had been acFreshmen were clueless of the complished. He will begin his night’s itinerary as they entered first semester in human biolthe building — although they could hear the music, they New continued page 5
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To put it simply, Technician is my life. T I have spent the majority of my college career either in the field reporting or in Technician’s third floor Witherspoon office, dealing with trials and triumphs, hard workers and slow learners. I remember tip-toeing into my dorm room at 1 a.m., trying not to disturb my sleeping roommate. I remember forgetting about my grandparents’ 50th wedding anniversary while working on a Saturday to create the Exam Issue. I remember stepping off the plane from Spain and automatically checking my email work account to see what I had missed in the last 24 hours. All of those memories have led me to where I am now, writing this letter to you, the fantastic readers who will hopefully pick up the paper
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for more than just the sudoku and police blotter. I am constantly told that the Student Media Board of Directors is not my boss — my readership is my boss. I’m taking that to heart this year. I want to hear from the community — the good, the bad and the ugly. If you loved an article or a photo, let me know. If you hate my guts because I misspelled your name, send me a nasty email. Send me your story ideas — the staff is not omniscient. My goal for the year is to produce a high-quality paper every day that includes fair and accurate coverage on topics important and interesting to the campus community. But that’s the goal of every editor that works in our office. I want to employ social media to distribute our content,
get feedback from our readers and create a strong network of journalists and the community. I want to take risks — even if that means making people angry. I want to focus on indepth, investigative stories to bring transparency where obscurity reigns. I want to experiment with different visual elements, including interesting graphics and new designs. I want to create a special edition each month, ranging in topic from the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks to a presidential candidates guide in the spring. I also want to pass my classes. Wish me luck. Please. The Technician staff this year is full of bright, creative individuals with cool ideas and crazy antics. This is a good thing — they want to talk to you and take photos of you to
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way from the eyes of parents for the first time, young adults entering the college atmosphere find themselves with various new freedoms. So what will you do with your sudden freedom? Jasmine In movies, book s a nd Clark Staff Columnist television, college students always go to wild parties, smoke, do drugs, drink and have lots of sex. It seems like that’s the normal thing—if you’re not doing those things, you’re unattractive, weird or anti-social. In addition, there is the pressure of not being the only one in your group of friends who isn’t doing a particular thing. The problem is people may only think of the fun side of doing these t h i ngs a nd not consider the dark side. We’ve a l l seen the ma ny d r ug commercials stating smoking increases the risk of the drug’s already scary side effects. Smoking is a trap, because it’s not very hard to become addicted. Fortunately, there are a variety of quitting programs out there. Most illegal drugs have the same threat of addiction. Even drugs with little chance of addiction have a variety of terrible effects on the bodyaffecting one’s blood, brain, skin, stomach and more. In fact, according to AboveTheInfluence.com, some drugs are so bad they can kill you the first time you use them. Some people will rank drugs in a list to point out, “This one isn’t as bad as the others.” Still, it can harm you more than you expected. Plus, getting into one “not-so-bad” drug can lead you to try more and more drugs. If that occurs, then what happens to your body is anyone’s guess. I hate the way alcohol is treated in society. It seems to me like almost everyone thinks drinking alcohol is something cool you have to do to socialize
with friends, everyone does it. I can’t stand that. Why do you have to drink to have fun? Why can’t you be a fun and friendly person without alcohol? I don’t need alcohol to loosen up or relax. If you have to depend on alcohol to become an interesting, fun person, then that says a lot about you. If I also said don’t have sex at all, many college students would just laugh. Do these students not realize that condoms aren’t 100 percent reliable at preventing STDs? There are still STDs without cures; no wonder the federal government’s CDC calls STDs, “hidden epidemics of enormous consequences.” With sex there’s also the heartbreak factor—some people only have sex because their boy friend / girlfriend demands it as a requirement for love. Selfish people li ke t hat will most likely kick you to the curb as soon as they meet someone they think is sexier. Some love. It amazes me that some college students get so carried away with their newfound freedoms that they make unwise choices like these. Why would you knowingly put yourself into a situation where you risk all those awful things happening? Many people think bad things only happen to other people. Then they attempt risky behaviors, only to regret it later. Don’t do harmful things just because your friends or society are pressuring you to do them. Instead of being what they want you to be, think for yourself and come up with other fun things to do. Remember, you don’t have to do those things to have fun.
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Freshmen: Break loose and socialize.
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f ter coming out of freshman orientation I felt pretty prepared for my first year at school. After all, they told me everything I needed to know during orientation, right? Probably not. Some things just come with experience, which can be gained first-hand or t hroug h Madison someone who Murphy Staff Columnist already has a year or two under their belt. I’m here to be that student for you. 1. Talk to new people The first thing you need to know is that you have to talk to people. I know it’s kind of awkward sometimes to introduce yourself, but some of my best friends have been made that way. Get to know your suite and/or your hall; it makes the year so much more fun. 2. Get to know your classmates Get to know the people sitting next to you in class. These people may not become your best friends, but they make great study buddies. We’re all looking for friends. Plus, if you don’t act like its awkward, it won’t be. 3. Know your way around You’ll soon find that there are a million different ways to get from point A to B on campus.
Try looking at a campus map and find the easiest route to your classes. It will save you an extra five minutes of sleep and, as we all know, that’s invaluable to any college student.
about something, she could answer it. Also, if someone is older than you, they probably have a car. Friends with cars are pretty useful when you need to go places.
4. Clean your room I have two words for you: stick vacuum. You will not believe how dirty the floor in your dorm room will get. Trust me, the $20 is worth the investment.
8. Don’t give in As cliché as it sounds, don’t give in to peer pressure. Before you agree to do anything with anyone, think about it. You can always say no the first time and take time to think over what you want to do, not those around you.
5. BYOB Buy your own bottle. You may quickly learn you will spend a lot of money on water bottles. To avoid this, invest in a Nalgene and a Brita water filter pitcher. You won’t save hundreds of dollars, but a few bucks here and there will be enough to fuel your Cook-Out addiction. 6. Beware of the freshman 15 With your new Cook-Out addiction, the freshman 15 becomes a threatening reality. My advice to avoid it: be careful of what you’re eating. It’s easy to grab a late night snack when you’re studying, but skip the Cook-Out milkshake and go for an apple instead. Try to hit the gym a couple of times a week. These steps will save you from the dreaded weight gain. 7. Make older friends Make some friends who are older than you. My best friend is a year older than me and she was very helpful last year. Whenever I had a question
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9. Some professors aren’t teachers Don’t rely solely on the professor to teach you the material. Read the book, take notes, make f lashcards and use them. These techniques will help you not only in the classroom, but also as a student in your future years.
“We went white water rafting. It was fun. We fell down a couple of times.” Aishwarya Ravichander graduate student , electrical engineering
“Coming here for orientation. It made me look forward to college.” Jay Kiser freshman, electrical engineering
10. Be yourself Be confident in who you are and do what you think is best for you. College is a great place to discover your true identity, just make sure it’s your own. I hope this helps you. I know it can be intimidating but don’t be nervous or worried about anything. Everyone at N.C. State is very kind and helpful. Good luck in your studies this year and make sure you have fun, too.
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UAB faces controversy with Wolfstock venue Wolfstock will still go on despite pressure from administration. Elise Heglar Deputy News Editor
On Thursday night students have the opportunity to attend a free concert featuring Girl Talk at the Raleigh Amphitheater. Union Activities Board President Matt Woodward decided to completely rebrand the annual welcome week event and call it Wolfstock instead of Friday Fest. Though a concert during welcome week has been a long-standing tradition, the location this year is off campus — something that has never been done before. The reason for the change in location is due to a lack of cooperation from administration to hold the event on campus,
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really nice; it’s a much more pleasant space in general.” Gilmore also said she was glad to see all the new faces eager to explore the changes. “It was really gratifying to stand in the front lobby today and see all the students with this wide-eyed look of ‘wow’ and see how much they appreciate it,” Gilmore said. “And it was only possible because we have some really talented people who oversaw this project.” To celebrate the reopening over the weekend, Campus Enterprises partnered with N.C. State Bookstores to sponsor the Brickyard Block Party. There, students could partake in a host of activities and events, including a ribbon cutting,
according to Woodward. “Nobody was willing to give us space on campus for the event,” Woodward said. Originally the show was planned for Friday night so it would coincide with the annual Friday Fest event held during the first week of classes. Woodward changed the day of the event in order to accommodate Greg Gillis, also known as Girl Talk. He said he believes this change, as well as the name change to Wolfstock instead of Friday Fest, are why the administration was not cooperative. “We got no support and no real feedback from the administration,” Woodward said. Christopher Dobek, the assistant director for conference services and outreach, had originally given UAB permission to use Lee Field for the event Thursday evening. The day after the space was granted, Woodward received an email
stating the space would only be granted to UAB if the concert were held on Friday night in order to keep with the tradition of welcome week in the past. “I thought more about your request last night and reflected on the history and tradition of the welcome week activities, and the significant impact that Friday Fest has on our campus community. At this time, I think that it is in the best interest of welcome week for me to rescind the availability of Lee Field on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 and uphold the original requested dates and contract for Thursday, August 18 — Monday August 22, 2011,” Dobek stated in an email. Dobek did not return phone calls for comment. Rick Gardner, the associate director for campus activities and the advisor for UAB, said the reason administration
giveaways for the first 100 customers and a live DJ, according to the NCSU Dining blog. The end of the celebration coincided with the start of Cates Crawl, which kept up the influx of new students. Kelley Brackett, public communication specialist with Campus Enterprises, said she was also happy with the response. “A lot of freshmen and parents came by; the place was really busy,” Brackett said. “I’m very pleased with how many faces showed up.” Both returning and new students seemed to appreciate the new look and features, including Bert McLeod, a sophomore in international studies, who said it looks “pretty cool,” and that he thinks he might be spending more time there this semester.
“It looks much more attractive and has a more modern feel,” Jamell Culler, a junior in accounting, said. “I like the tinted windows and extra space, too.” Freshman in geology Brandon Szakasits said it looked “very contemporary,” and the food options met his expectations as well. The last time the Atrium underwent such significant renovation was in 1985, when there was about 10,000 fewer students on campus, according to Gilmore. Brackett and Gilmore said the changes to dining options in the Atrium are aimed to raise the level of expectation for Talley Student Center, which is also undergoing a major overhaul and can now receive full attention in terms of dining renovations on campus.
“The reason that we have wanted to keep the concert on Friday at Lee Field was because student-elected positions on they did not want to have loud campus is because we are trusting the noise happenstudents’ viing right next sion. There to a residence was no lehall on a school gitimacy night. given to the “It was going UAB from to be held on the admina school night istration a nd housing and that is d id n’t w a nt upsetting,” to impose on Matt Woodward, Union Woodward students living Activities Board President said. in the dorms Student located next to Body President Chandler the fields,” Gardner said. Woodward chose an off- Thompson said the student campus venue after the space leaders and administrators on Lee Field was taken away. had differing opinions about He said the amphitheater was whether or not holding the chosen because it was the best concert on campus during the in terms of capacity and loca- week would disturb students. Thompson said she fought to tion for the student body. Woodward said he was disap- get a location on campus but pointed in the lack of support was unable to do so. “In general I wish the situafrom the administration.
“We got no support and no real feedback from the administration.”
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ogy Wednesday in hopes of becoming a doctor. “I’m not quite sure what’s going on, but [the rest of convocation] looks like it will be fun. I’m excited,” Bath said. Once all students were seated, the marching band, at 320 members strong, played the alma mater as students looked up at the JumboTron to sing along. Grad student in aerospace engineering Chris Hathcock, dressed in red and white overalls, was the “microphone man” this year and last. Standing at the podium in the center of the arena, he guided students
through lyrics before the band played the song. “I always feel like one of the key things is that people know the lyrics to all of their school songs. Hopefully freshmen will learn the whole song this time,” Hathcock said. As the band played, cheerleaders, the color guard and majorettes danced with the beat. Senior in sports management Dre Smith is a main base for the cheerleading squad. “We are here to teach the freshmen a couple of band cheers, teach them the Red and White song and really just get them pumped up about coming to State,” Smith said. Smith outlined what he felt Convocation should be about. “It’s a great way for freshmen to first get involved with the University,” Smith said. ”You
tion was handled differently,” Thompson said. Woodward said he chose Gillis as the headlining artist because of the desire he saw in the student body for a more interactive welcome week concert experience. “I’ve seen that students have organically called for events that are rave-like. They don’t want a passive concert; they want something active. This artist really gives that atmosphere,” Woodward said. The doors will open for the event at 6 p.m. on Thursday. There will be buses running from Reynolds Coliseum to the amphitheater and back from 6 p.m. until around 11 p.m. In addition to Girl Talk headlining, there will be opening performances by King Mez, Tim Gunter and Eddy B, Lila and Luster. At the time of press, 3,153 tickets had been given out.
get free T-shirts, you get to see the cheerleaders, hear the band and you get to see the person who wrote your summer reading.” Luckadoo said the event cost $10,000; funding came from the Student Affairs Parents’ Fund. The fund was established in 1993 to “provide the ‘extras’ that are not covered by tuition, but are important for student success and well-being,” according to the University website. As a tenant of the RBC Center, the University does not pay for each use of the facility. Immediate costs came from busing, RBC Center housekeeping, an interpreter for the deaf and critical staff, Luckadoo said. See technicianonline.com for a Convocation slideshow.
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Alumnus works on preserving the historic Elizabeth II, an icon of initial settling in N.C. Mark Herring Features Editor
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Morgan Hightshoe never sailed a boat, nor expected to climb the mast of the historic Elizabeth II, a replica of the original boat that came to the shores of N.C. in 1584. Without seasoned sea legs, the 2011 graduate in zoology took time out of his vacation at the coast to help maintain the ship and play around its tall masts. Spending eight hours a day on August 13 and 14 on the ship, Hightshoe scrubbed the decks, fixed its sails and learned how to adjust the various nautical knots. According to him, it was an intense learning process. “It’s something fun to do on the weekends, but working on a boat is a lot of work,” Hightshoe said. “I can imagine
maintaining this 400 years ago was quite a task, especially as it sailed across the Atlantic.” The Elizabeth, the original ship, landed in Whale Bay on Nags Head Island in 1584, marking one of the first landings on N.C. turf, according to First Mate Dwight Gregory, a sailor from Manteo. The boat carried 50 sailors with a deck 69 feet long from stern to bow, toting four masts. Gregory allowed Hightshoe, a curious rookie to nautical affairs, to climb to the lookout bowl of the middle mast. “It was like rock climbing,” Hightshoe said. “I hoisted myself over the lip of the bowl but near the top I snapped a piece of the rope as I was climbing — it was sort of intimidating. It can be a little precarious when you’re up there, but it was fun and a cool view.” The island of Manteo, sitting in the Albemarle Sound between the eastern N.C. coast and the Outer Banks, neighbors Roanoke Island, home of the famous site of the lost
colony. The lost colony, the first English settlement in North America, disappeared without any reason or historical evidence. Encompassing the typical Baroque style of the 16th century, the Elizabeth II carries with it a historical legacy of N.C. “The story of the original is rich in history of the exploration of North Carolina and her beauty is really impressive,” Gregory said. “It’s great to work with this 28-year-old representative of living history every day.” Though Hightshoe came in new to the maritime realm, he said he sees himself probing more into the world of sailing. “I never really expected to be out here and work on the boat but once I got started, I learned a lot and found interest in different aspects of the ship,” Hightshoe said. “I was training like the crew and had fun, but I’m going to keep my day job.”
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Sameer Abdel-Khalek, senior in environmental technology, photographed these injured protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt, June 28. Abdel-Khalek worked with friends to document the untold stories of the ongoing revolutions of the Arab Spring.
A summer of civil rights and unrest Students, alumni experience controversial
and dangerous episodes of struggles for civil rights. Mark Herring Features Editor
Bullets, tear gas and f lirting with injury were common themes this summer for some students and alumni, rather than the idle day full of margaritas and sleeping in at Myrtle Beach. However, the
idea to document, observe and partake in struggles for civil rights made it worth the sacrifice of a day at the beach. The largest protests in 60 years erupted the second day of Benjamin Quigley’s short vacation to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The senior in biological sciences left his hotel in the downtown capital to
document the protesting, while experiencing the full effects of crossfire tear gas. Mohammad Moussa, a senior in electrical engineering, and Sameer Abdel-Khalek, a senior in environmental technology, spent their summer traveling through Egypt and Tunisia to uncover the “hidden” stories of the protests of the Arab Spring,
according to Moussa. Along with friends from UNC-Chapel Hill, Moussa and Abdel-Khalek observed protests in Cairo and Tunis and met with organizers of the Arab Spring. Chris Hondros, alumnus of 1993, took the documentation of civil unrest to the limit. The Pulitzer Prize-nominated photojournalist died while on an
assignment to capture images of the civil war in Libya, April 20. According to Abdel-Khalek, people around the world are having internal revolutions and he spent this summer living with and understanding them. “The privileges and rights we have are something we cannot take for granted,” Abdel-
Khalek said. “Also, we need to help others achieve that self determination and their struggles overseas because it is what connects us as humans — we actually need to care about one another in a globalized way, and it can promote peace and not war.”
Uncovering the untold stories of a revolution Reliving a revolution through the stories of those who partook in the Egyptian and Tunisian unrests was the goal of Mohammad Moussa, a senior in electrical engineering, and Sameer Abdel-Khalek, a senior in environmental technology. They knew what happened during the Arab Spring, but they didn’t know what to expect when they got on the ground to document uncovered stories for their Poetic Portraits of a Revolution (PPR) project. Some saw them as friends communicating the narratives of political activists, others, like the police, saw them as American spies.
While working with connections in Suez, Moussa, Abdel-Khalek and their friends from UNC-Chapel Hill, Will McInerney and Kane Smego, evaded imprisonment due to luck in timing, according to Moussa. Flirting with danger was common for Moussa, an Arabic-speaking Lebanese-American, and Abdel-Khalek of Egyptian descent. Riots in Tahrir Square still persisted months after the famous ones that pushed former president Hosni Mubarak out of office. Abdel-Khalekhad his Nikon D7000 and a backpack of gear to document the experience. “It was wild, witnessing it all,” Abdel-Khalek said. “All I did was shoot,
shoot, shoot. We have so many memories and images of the event.” Moussa said despite the life-changing experiences he had on the ground, the reason for the trip was to meet “extraordinary ordinary” people. Upon their arrival to Egypt, the PPR team regrouped with contacts they had previously found while still in the U.S. — people they would talk to who experienced and participated in the revolution, according to AbdelKhalek. “We tried to focus on regular people,” Moussa said. “We got to know a medic named Mustafa Marwan, an Egyptian medic who volunteered in Tahrir to take care of the injured
during the protests before Mubarak stepped down. He also volunteered in Libya and worked to help those people out. He’s a nano-technology engineer, so he was nothing to being a medic on the field but he said it’s his responsibility to care for his people.” Social media also played a large role in the organization of the revolutions. The team met with Twitter users Sand Monkey—Mahmoud Salem—and Alien One—Amina Zaki. According to Abdel-Khalek, these two Twitter users organized and inspired people to hit the streets in a time when freedom of expression was unheard of. The PPR team has written seven pieces of spoken word poetry that
aired on WUNC, the local NPR station. The team also aspires to publish a book, develop a photo installment in the Ackland Museum and produce a theatrical production in conjunction with the UNCPerforming Arts Center, according to Abdel-Khalek. “People are having internal revolutions, regardless of race, age or religion,” Abdel-Khaleksaid. “With these issues, they say ‘They aren’t ready for democracy.’ Nobody is ready for democracy, you experience it and embark on it and try it out. I am honored to have taken part in that in Cairo and Tunis.”
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The misadventures of a layover Benjamin Quigley, a senior in biological sciences, said he never expected his vacation to Malaysia would turn into a political storm, culminating with the largest peaceful protest in the country in the last 60 years, according to the Malaysian newspaper The Star. After traveling throughout India with the Caldwell Fellows program, Quigley took a layover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, capital of the Southeast Asian country and hub of Air Asia. “Air Asia is a great way to get cheap flights around Asia and it’s based out of Kuala Lumpur,” Quigley said. “I decided to stay in the capital for a bit and after a few days in town, civilians started to hit the streets to protest.” Campaigning for clean government, the protestors adamantly stayed non-violent, which is something you don’t see often,” Quigley said.
Grabbing his camera, Quigley left his hostel to follow protestors a few blocks to the city center, where the police confronted the crowd with tear gas July 9, according to Quigley. “The protests were very much like organized strikes,” Quigley said. “It mirrored what Gandhi did in India.” Caught in the crossfire of tear gas, Quigley was able to capture images of the experience with his camera. He said this was the first time the police seriously cracked down. “I definitely did get hit with tear gas,” Quigley said. “That stuff is heinous. It gets in your lungs and makes your eyes blink and roll around. Even the pores on your skin get irritated.” Though the experience was a painful one, Quigley said it opened his eyes to global struggles for civil rights and democracy.
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Benjamin Quigley, senior in biological sciences, stopped by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while on layover for a flight to India. The Caldwell Fellow found himself caught in the midst of massive political protests, 300,000 people strong, July 9. “The Malaysian government is notorious for corruption,” Quigley said.
Freedom rider lives Doaa Dorgham, a senior in psychology, was sitting in her interpersonal relationships and race class when she overheard her professor announce applications for the Freedom Riders tour, an educational tour engaging students in issues of the civil rights struggle of the 1960s. “I was thinking it’s absolutely incredible and I would be so humbled to be in the presence of American heros,” Dorgham said. “That’s what ignited that excitement in me.” Dorgham never heard about the Freedom Riders campaign beforehand. “This was a pivotal moment in history and not enough credit was due to it,” Dorgham said. “Learning about their non-violent form of protest, it seemed like an essential tool to bring back to our community.” PBS and American Experience chose 40 students to ride the tour of the Freedom Riders, a civil rights campaign to challenge staunch opposition of integration. The original freedom riders left Washington,
D.C. on May 4, 1961 and traveled on public transportation en route to New Orleans. However, the riders never finished the tour. “The original riders experienced a lot of violent confrontations,” Dorgham said. “In Anniston, Alabama their bus was fire bombed. They were actually f lown back by the Kennedy administration. Through Nashville, Tennessee, people would encourage the riders to keep going. Their goal was to fill up the jails. They could never get past Mississippi.” According to Dorgham, her first stop in Greensboro was eye opening for her understanding of the movement for civil rights. “I wasn’t aware that the sit-ins actually first occurred in Greensboro,” Dorgham said. “I think it’s really influential that our school system focuses on our participation in the civil rights movement. It’s something I feel is often overlooked.” The selected students partaking in the 2011 Freedom Ride not only
reflected on the historical context of the influential movement, but also the way the original riders coped with the stigma of activism in the south. “We went to a church in Charlotte and began to understand the effects of religious doctrines and what helped the Freedom Riders fight the enemy,” Dorgham said. “That idea of faith that really pushed them was powerful.” Dorgham, an active member of the Muslim Student Association, said she will apply the lessons of faith and activism to her own goals. “Our generation is set on this ideology of apathy, and it’s a very dangerous ideology,” Dorgham said. “Being a college student and seeing it, it’s sickening. Collectively, if we stand behind something we can make a
change… In the words of Helen Singleton, ‘Find something that really pisses you off and d o s o m e t h i n g about it.’” Dorgham said the new civil rights challenges of the U.S. include immigrant rights, homosexuality rights and environmental policies. “The United States of America has always been an example of what freedom, justice and prosperity should be,” Dorgham said. “Given the global p e r s p e c t ive of things, that’s kind of diminished.
It’s really up to us to prop us back and stick to those hallmarks that this country was really established on.”
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The Freedom Riders tour, a civil rights campaign from 1961, confronted staunch anti-integration supporters during its original trip. Doaa Dorgham, senior in psychology, partook in the 50th anniversary of this tour which starts in Washington, D.C. and ends in New Orleans.
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Chris Hondros, Pulitzer Prize-nominated war photographer and N.C. State alumnus, talks about his experience in Afghanistan with Erica Abed, sophomore in psychology. The photojournalist died on an assignment in Libya April 20.
In the line of duty It would be no stretch to say Chris Hondros pursued and lived for action and conflict. After serving as photo editor of the Agromeck yearbook, the 1993 alumnus worked as a small paper photographer until he moved on to documenting conflict zones like Kosovo, Angola, Si-
erra Leone, Afghanistan, Kashmir, Palestine, Iraq and Liberia. Due to these coverages, Hondros won a nomination as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for Breaking News Photography. Chasing the story during the civil war in Libya combined with the
NATO airstrikes in Libya seemed like business as usual for Hondros, until an explosion from a Libyan government, rocket-propelled grenade killed him and Tim Hetherington, the director of the film Restrepo.
Sara Yasin, alumna of 2009 and graduate student of the London School of Economics and Politics, lived in the quaint neighborhood of Stanford Hill in northeast London. That was until riots broke out August 6, after the police shot and killed a black youth two days prior. “[My neighborhood] is down the road from Tottenham, where things first started out,” Yasin said. “It’s close to Dalston, one of the places that could have potentially have been looted and vandalized.” Despite the widespread looting and violence that has taken place in prominent neighborhoods like Hackney and Wood Green, citizens of Dalston stood up to rioters, according to Yasin. “There is a strong Turkish community in Dalston, but the Turks and the Kurds came together to defend their neighborhood,” Yasin said. “They wanted to protect their shops—because a lot of the Turkish businesses saw what happened in other neighborhoods and they rallied together. There are videos of Turkish men sitting outside and waiting for the looters to come.” The citizens of Dalston chased looters away from the neighborhood Yasin said. “If you see it, it’s a pretty funny video.” As the riots continued, Yasin found alternative forms of transportation to work instead of walking, due to the
insecurity of the neighborhoods. “We felt pretty unsafe because we didn’t know when things were going to hit near us,” Yasin said. “On that first Monday night, a lot of the shops closed early and a lot of us tried to get home before dark.” Some of Yasin’s neighbors decided to board up their windows and rumors spread about a stabbing in Stanford Hill. “This is one of the most complicated things I’ve ever thought about,” Yasin said. “It showed these inequalities that are deeply embedded in the system that haven’t been dealt with.” According to Yasin, looting and violence are not proper ways to answer the issue of poverty and inequality in Britain. “What I think is most unfortunate is that people lashed out in their own communities,” Yasin said. “The violence wasn’t directed toward just corporations, but also mom-and-pop type stores.” Moving forward, Yasin said the uncertainty is discouraging but residents of London are taking matters of rebuilding into their own hands. “People rallied together with a community spirit,” Yasin said. “But these riots are spread out across the country, it and shows the problems of programs getting cut and the poor suffering. We can’t find the solution if we don’t see the problem. It aggravates me.”
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three busts will be offered to several artists, even those outside of the state. “When we went into the arts acquisition process, which is where we are now, we are starting to bid out to artists in the state and nationwide,” Walsh said. “We really want to let
people know that we want the garden to be bigger and not as immature as it is right now. “We want it to eventually be a very interactive part on campus, so plans might likely change when we begin this project.” While many fans remember Norm Sloan and Jim Valvano, the other two coaches that will be added to the coaches’ corner, for winning National Championships in 1974 and 1983, re-
spectively, Case was memorable for many of the same reasons as Yow. While the two coaches never won a National Championship with the Pack, the two combined to win 18 conference championships and brought the men’s and women’s basketball programs to the forefront of the national spotlight. Walsh said that Case would be a fitting addition to the Coaches’ Corner because his
path to success was very similar to Yow’s career. “Everett Case was, in a lot of ways, the father of the ACC,” Walsh said. “He was a showman and he loved building what basketball is at N.C. State today. He never won a National Championship, but his sustained success over the years made him a perfect candidate for the Coaches’ Corner.” Williamson said that without Case at the helm for State
from 1946 through 1964, North Carolina might have a different look. “[Case] made North Carolina a basketball state, almost single-handedly,” Williamson said. “We were well on our way in the 40s and 50s to become yet another southern football state and he came along and put a basketball hoop on every tree and every tobacco barn in this state.” Chandler Thompson, student
body president, said that without Case, the ACC itself might have never been as successful in the national basketball world. “I don’t think that you can say that State basketball or ACC basketball would be the same without Everett Case,” Thompson said. “He started traditions like cutting down the nets and had a winning program for several years.”
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than double what they had in the first half, putting three on target, but were not able to beat the subbed in senior goalkeeper continued from page 12 Vasilios Dimopoulos. The real showout player of proud of their performance. “I was pleased,” Findley said. the match was Albadawi. Despite a slight “We got a scuffle in the shutout. Typsecond half, ically what I he showed a do with my masterful eye teams is to in midfield. first organize Albadawi was them defenconstantly sively leading f loat i ng i n up to the first overhead preseason through-balls game because a nd ta k i ng attacking is Coach Kelly Findley command of the hardest the deadball thing. Once situations. we get organized defensively then we’ll The redshirt freshman was quite humble about his outlook worry about scoring goals.” The Pack maintained their for the season. “I’m doing whatever I can to offensive and defensive consistency in the second half, help the team,” Albadawi said. putting up six more shots with “I’m hoping my deliveries are an improved three on goal. pretty good. I’m just trying to Sophomore midfielder Danny make opportunities.” Despite the fact that the ball DiPrima and freshman forward Monbo Bokar both put never touched the net, Findley in well-placed crosses from was elated with the fan turnthe right side of the field to the out for their first exhibition far post but no one was there and wanted to stress that they to finalize them. The Spartans will begin to practice on more stepped up the offensive side of offensive abilities. “The fans have been supporttheir game, managing to more
“The fans have been supportive of us and now it’s our job to get some results”
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June, the depth at the catcher position behind junior Danny Canela was slim. Austin said his decision depended somewhat on whether Maynard committed to play in the majors this season. “Pratt was a stud here at State, so I knew he would be gone,” Austin said. “That was a deciding factor for me because I wanted to come in here to compete and play right away. I have great opportunity here at State and I couldn’t pass it up.” Infielder Trea Turner turned
down offers to play from the Pittsburgh Pirates to play for Avent in the spring after months of deliberation and conversations with his parents. Turner said his decision was much easier when he considered the level of competition he would get in the conference and the education he can earn at State. “Playing in the ACC is huge, you can’t really get that in many other places,” Turner said. “They also have a really good engineering program that I want to major in as well, so that made things a lot easier for me.” While Turner plans on pur-
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The estimated 1,500 fans in attendance at the men’s soccer match versus UNCGreensboro weren’t given much to get loud about throughout the scoreless match. They did, however, find excitement in the second half when redshirt freshman Nazmi Albadwi got tangled up with a UNC-G defender while making a run toward the goal. The two exchanged words and shoved one another, creating a brawl between a horde of players from both squads as a chorus of boos from the Wolfpack faithful rang out from the stands beside Cates Avenue. — Austin Evans
ive of us and now it’s our job to get some results,” Findley said. “We had a great crowd tonight and I’d like to thank all the students for coming out. From this point on, we’ll get better with our defending tactics but our goal is to work on finishing and organizing in the box. We’ll be focusing on all of those things, not only to prepare for Davidson, but the rest of the year.”
suing an education in mechanical engineering, he said the Pirates, who selected him in round 20 of the draft, told him he would be better suited to stay in the team’s farm league. “[The Pirates] were telling me that I would develop faster in three years with their program,” Turner said. “It was basically my decision to come here because they weren’t telling me to even consider college baseball.” State also learned early Tuesday morning that senior outfielders Brett Williams and John Gianis would also be returning with the team in the spring.
walking around. Overall, though, it was a good experience.” Free admission, free food, giveaways, sports and — add to that — thousands of fellow Wolfpackers – sounds like a great experience attending RecFest 2011. For the eighth consecutive year, University Recreation put together this festival that is known as “the largest experiential college lifestyle festival in the nation.” University Recreation gathered support from local as well as national exhibitors and sponsors to give N.C. State students the chance to experience services, programs and groups that call campus and the surrounding Raleigh area home. Students interested in Jordan Moore/Technician finding out about groups Freshmen Hunter Welsh, majoring in international studies, and activities that go on and Nicole Stevens compete in inflated log rolling inside around campus, especially Charmichael gym as part of Recfest 2011. “The goal was to club and intramural sports, stay on long. Only I couldnt stay on long,” said Stevens, an found fellow students they elementary educations major. were able to connect with because of a shared pas- Recfest was really fun this Hurricanes. Attendees also got sion. As NCSU boasts 52 year,” Putnam said. “It was a first look at the NCSU Dance a great op- team, talk to a cheerleader and club sport portunity to jam with the live disc jockey. teams learn about After students satisfied their inalone, the c l u b tellectual appetites, they were students sports I was able to try local cuisine, such had no as pizza, sandwiches and barinterested problem i n a s wel l becue from local restaurants. networkNot e ver yone t hou g ht as catching ing a nd up with old RecFest was less enjoyable than making it had been in years past. Anfriends.” their camother student, sophomore in Students pus a little were able to First Year College Zach Philsmaller by talk to club lips, enjoyed his second expeassociatspor ts rep- rience with RecFest. ing them“RecFest was a blast,” Philresentatives, selves with lips said. “It was like a mixture get a massage, other stuZach Phillips, First Year College learn about of sunshine, palm trees and dents with freedom with a healthy dose Outdoor similar inof good will. I had a great time Adventures terests. Katie Putnam, a sopho- trips, get information about the meeting new people.” more in English, shared her upcoming seasons of not only thoughts on the experience Wolfpack sporting teams but also teams such as the Carolina that RecFest afforded her. “Being in Carmichael, Railhawks and the Carolina
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Alumna runs across U.S. Alumna Elena Helmerick, a former member of the N.C. State cross country team, is running across the United States for charity. The Wyoming native started her journey in Virginia Beach, Va. in April and is expected to reach the Pacific Ocean on Thursday. Helmerick is raising money for World Hunger Year and Run Diabetes Run.
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ACC Media picks Pack last, football releases depth chart There are a couple notable changes to the spring depth chart. Daniel Evans, who sat out the spring, is now listed as the starter at quarterback above redshirt freshman Russell Wilson. Tight end Anthony Hill is back as the starter after he missed spring practices, and Javon Walker is back as well, but listed as the strong safety backup to J.C. Neal. In addition, the ACC media ranked the Pack sixth in the Atlantic division. Below is the depth chart released by the football team. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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Freshmen infielder Trea Turner, pitcher Carlos Rodon and catcher Brett Austin pose for a picture on Dail Field Aug. 16. Turner, Rodon and Austin all elected to play for state rather than pursuing MLB careers , despite being drafted.
Three players choose education Rodon, Turner and Austin bring talents to Wolfpack baseball in 2012.
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Friday women’s soccer vs. VCU @ N.C. state Raleigh, 7 p.m. Saturday ncsu men’s soccer exhibition @ davidson Charlotte, 3 p.m. wolfpack challenge volleyball Raleigh, 7 p.m. Sunday women’s soccer vs. navy @ N.C. state Raleigh, 1 p.m.
Quote of the day “All of the coaches here at State are the best. They are like family to me. That was the main reason why I decided to come here – it felt like home.” Carlos Rodon, pitcher
Did You know? Tab Ramos, an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s national soccer team, is a N.C. State alumni. He was All-ACC for all four years of play and a 3-time All-American. He graduated with a degree in Spanish and later became the first player to sign with Major League Soccer.
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In 1999, N.C. State captured a commitment from an 18-year-old with potential from the Raleigh area who was named the North Carolina player of the year. Unfortunately, he decided to play professional baseball after being selected No. 1 overall by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. That young man’s name was Athens Drive superstar Josh Hamilton, who has recovered from a rocky start in the majors to win the 2010 American League MVP award. In 2011, the Wolfpack gained the rights to yet another North Carolina player of the year and another player chosen No. 54 overall with prospects of becoming major leaguers. Only this time, they didn’t slip through the cracks. Carlos Rodon, a pitcher
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from Holly Spring High School who boasts a 92-mph fastball, and Matthews native Brett Austin, a catcher who was named the 2011 Charlotte Observer player of the year, did not sign MLB contracts late Monday night, which means both will be attending State in the fall. The 6-foot-2-inch left-handed hurler was drafted in round 16 by the Milwaukee Brewers – much later than most believed he would be chosen. While the Holly Springs native mulled over his decision for the last two months, he said he let players know last night he would be playing with them, and they were just as excited as he was to run with the Pack. “The guys were excited when I talked to them last night,” Rodon said. “They kept saying, ‘You’ve got to come to school, if we don’t have you it’s going to be a big loss.’ I told them all last night that they didn’t need to worry, I’m coming to school to play with them.” Though he is one of the most heralded pitchers in the state of North Carolina, Rodon was listed by the Brewers as a first baseman or an outfielder, with pitching being an option. Like many professional prospects,
he garners talent at several po- play for Coach Avent and sitions, but will need to hone in company was more based on his skills in college in order on the fact that other colto become an everyday Major leges and professional teams did not consider him as a League Baseball player. To put things into perspec- catcher. Much like Maynard over tive, Pratt Maynard, last year’s All-ACC catcher of the year and the past three years, Austin knows he third round sewill need lection by the to prove Los A ngeles himDodgers, was self as a regarded as a catcher great pitcher with the coming out of Pack. South Gran“At v ille High Carolina, School with a Carlos Rodon it was 7-2 record and k i nd of a 0.90 ERA on funny,” Austin said. “I sat the mound. While Rodon may not end up down with them and they being a pitcher for the Pack, he showed me a paper that said he could not pass up the said I was a first baseman opportunity to work with or outfielder. I said, ‘Come NCSU’s coaching staff for three on guys, I’m a catcher first.’ “Coach Avent told me if years. “All of the coaches here at I work hard this fall and State are the best,” Rodon prove myself I’ll be a catchsaid. “They are like family to er. That’s what I wanted to me. That was the main reason do all along. It’s something why I decided to come here – I really enjoy.” With Maynard leaving it felt like home. Playing pro ball would have been lonely for the Dodgers back in and I don’t feel ready for that just yet.” Austin’s decision to come baseball continued page 11
“The guys were excited when I talked to them last night”
On Jan. 24, 2009, the founder of N.C. State’s women’s basketball traditions passed away after a 22-year bat t le w it h breast cancer. Ne a rly 33 years before that date, a similar story Coach ended when Everett Case Former m e n’s b a s - Basketball ketball coach Coach Everett Case passed away from inoperable cancer April 30, 1966. While the coaches’ deaths may have been far apart from one another, the tradition that each brought to their respective programs goes far beyond just wins and losses. Following the death of Yow, Student Government unveiled a bust of the historic coach in the first phase of the Coaches’ Corner. Jeffrey Johnson, a 2011 graduate and member of Student Government, headed the first project and began fielding questions about when the next project would begin. Three years later, Athletics Chair Alex Williamson and Traditions Chair Andy Walsh said they want to continue with what Johnson started. “When Jeffrey [Johnson] finished the first project, one question that he constantly got was, ‘Will there be a next phase?’” Walsh said. “We were good friends with Jeffrey and wanted to carry that on. “One of our goals is to expand traditions and highlight the uniqueness of N.C. State and thought this project was very appropriate to that mission,” Walsh said. The first bust was sculpted by James Barnhill from Greensboro, but Walsh said the next
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Exciting exhibition goes nil-nil Wolfpack ties Spartans in first men’s soccer competition of season. Josh Hyatt Sports Editor
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Thousands of Wolfpack students lined Cates Avenue long before the clock hit 5:30 p.m. when RecFest 2011 began Sunday night. In years past, RecFest has been held on Miller Fields but found a new home in Carmichael Gymnasium this year. Many students had mixed feelings on the new location, including sophomore in sport management Luke Mitchell. “RecFest this year was fun but I wish it had been on the intramural fields like last year,” Mitchell said. “I felt that I didn’t get to see as many of the different clubs since it was in such a small space with lots of people
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The men’s soccer team notched a goalless draw in its first game at home against UNC-Greensboro at Dail Soccer Stadium on Tuesday. The exhibition match, although lacking on the scoring front, was certainly no bore to spectators. The Pack put up a respectable 12 shots, four of which were on frame. An estimated 1,500 fans attended the match and enjoyed the new amenities installed into the stadium over the summer, including chair back seating, new field decorations, increased endline bleachers and an improved sound system. Redshirt freshman midfielder Nazmi Albadawi was thoroughly impressed with the new look of the stadium. “It’s amazing,” Albadawi said. “It looks like a pro sta-
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Redshirt freshman forward Nazmi Albadawi reacts in disbelief after missing a goal during the men’s soccer team’s first exception match of the season at Dale Soccer Field Tuesday night Aug. 16, 2011. The Wolfpack tied 0-0 the Spartans for their first scrimmage of the season.
dium. It’s absolutely ridiculous. I can’t believe it. It’s a dream come true, for real.” The first half was a back-andforth affair as far as possession is concerned, with the Pack making the most gains in offensive attempts. The Wolfpack managed to keep the ball in the Spartan side of the field but had
trouble with scoring opportunities. Six of the Pack’s shots on goal came in the first half but only one managed to be put on target by freshman forward Zabarle Kollie. Sophomore goalkeeper Fabian Otte was forced to make his first save of the game from a header in the 30th minute. Both sides expe-
rienced dead ball opportunities but were unsuccessful in their attempts from free kicks and corners. Coach Kelly Findley realized his team’s inability to score is an issue but was still
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