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Senators keep budget concerns in mind during meeting National newspapers will not be on campus, but T-shirts supporting the GLBT community will. John Wall News Editor

Student Government opted to not raise student fees saying the budget environment was not appropriate for further increases, but did allocate money for minority awareness. The Senate met late into the night as they wrangled with adding a student fee for national newspapers and voted overwhelmingly against Wednesday. Senators also decided to give $1,000 to the GLBT center for T-shirts raising awareness for those fighting for equal rights. A representative from USA Today met with campus officials and Senators pitching the idea of adding distribution points for USA Today, the

N.Y. Times and the News & Observer. After a presentation by a USA Today saleswoman before the Senate Wednesday and following heated debate, representatives decided the USA Today program was a good one, but that the time is not right. “We thought it was a great program because it has been proven to be successful in other colleges like Penn State, Florida and Cornell. Our problem with it, however, is that with the 15.7 percent budget cut — that is permanent I might add — that N.C. State just received, we just felt like it wasn’t the right time for us to ask the student body for this,” Brad Poston, a junior in human biology and CALS senator, said. Although the fee would have been small on an individual student basis, the program would have totaled over $100,000. If the University had more funding at its disposal, Poston said the outcome could have been different.

“If we were in a more financially sound state, then we would bring this bill up again. But right now we don’t want to tack on another fee when we are already in trouble,” Poston said. Zack Kenz, a graduate student in applied mathematics, spoke for about three minutes before the Senate began debating on the subject. He was student body president of his undergraduate college where he helped enact the program. He told the Senate of his experience. Kenz admitted the demographic was different at his undergraduate — mostly lending to the fact that it was smaller and that finances were handled differently. He said, though, the program was more of a want, not a need. The economic times call for those in charge of allocating funds and asking students for money to only consider things that are of dire need, according to Kenz. “The general thing for me is we have seen some pretty significant fee

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increases,” Kenz said. Kenz came to N.C. State in the fall of 2008, and since then he said student fees have increased by 31 percent. On a related subject, administrators and student leaders are in the throws of formulating a recommendation for tuition increase next academic year. The suggested increase will most likely be the current maximum of 6.5 percent, according to Student Body President Chandler Thompson. However, that depends on one unknown variable: information from general admissions. Tution has gone up 33.5 percent since 2008, and fees have gone up $459,” Thompson said. Thompson has been working with Provost Warwick Arden on their suggestion for an increase. They have their final meeting Monday. Their suggestion is that, though — a suggestion. It will go through channels for further approvals until it reaches the legislature in downtown Raleigh

where they have the final say. The suggestion made at the University level is usually heeded throughout the approval process, though, according to Patrick Devore, a senior in meteorology who has attended the previous three meetings with Thompson and Arden. The Senate-approved allocation of $1,000 toward “diversity T-shirts” will come to fruition Oct. 11 when they will be available free of charge to students in the Brickyard. T-shirt distribution will coincide with October’s GLBT month. Funding for the shirts came from the Student Senate’s finance committee, according to senior in sociology and Senator Buddy Bryson. The finance committee allocates monies not spend by previous Student Government administrations.

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Wearing a balloon hat with several other balloon hats attached, a boy watches the second half of the men’s soccer game at Dail Soccer Stadium Friday. The game marked the annual Play4Kay game, in remembrance of Kay Yow, former N.C. State women’s basketball coach, and her battle with breaset cancer. Many players chose to wear pink armbands to honor Yow. N.C. State lost 1-2 after a Clemson goal in the second half of sudden-death overtime.

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Photo series illustrates impact of the military’s DADT policy D.H. Hill Libraries housed photos depicting victims of the military’s anti-gay policy. Jessie Halpern Staff Writer

For the past week, the D.H. Hill Library has housed an exhibit commemorating the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell military policy. The policy affected homosexual individuals in military service, forcing them to stay silent about their sexual preferences while enlisted in service. The policy was repealed on Sept. 20, 2010 Artist and photographer Jeff Sheng commemorated the repeal of the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy by combining his passion for political reform with his skilled eye in a collection of photographs taken of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell victims. The photographs, which were on display until Friday of this week, were part of a larger collection of Sheng’s DADT series and only one of a larger group of socially motivated photography. Sheng also featured photographs of “out” GLBT athletes on high school and college sports teams. In addition, Sheng is constantly looking for new projects. “My current project that I am working from 2011 to 2012 is about GLBT teen suicide,” Sheng said on his website recently. Sheng spoke on campus on Tuesday,

which was originally the full extent of his involvement here at N.C. State. This appearance was organized by State’s GLBT Center, who also suggested that Sheng’s artwork be displayed at D.H. Hill. Marian Fragola, director of Program Planning and Outreach for NCSU Libraries, said that D.H. Hill was honored when they were asked if they would like to display some of Sheng’s work in coordination with his speech. “Having the opportunity to see the pieces in person really gives the viewer a sense of the power of each photo,” Fragola said. The photographs, viewable on Jeff Sheng’s website for those who missed the exhibit, display male and female soldiers. Sheng portrays them in household settings, while still in uniform. Though their full bodies are visible, Sheng makes a point of hiding their faces, either by hand or shadow. The series speaks to a hidden identity, drawing a parallel between the subjects’ unseen faces and their inability to admit the truth while enlisted. Sheng began working with the GLBT community in 2003 with his “Fearless” campaign around the United States. “Many students have been stopping to look at the photos and read the information that accompanies them. As the intellectual center of campus, the Libraries often provides visibility for topics and ideas of interest to our students, faculty and staff,” Fragola said as a response to Sheng’s exhibit

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On the eve of the repeal of the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, Jeff Sheng, a visiting lecturer on visual and environmental studies at Harvard University, talks about his “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” photo series for a group of students, faculty, staff and visitors Tuesday.

at State. Sheng, who traveled to State from Los Angeles, where he teaches photography at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is a Harvard-educated and well known in Los Angeles galleries. His trip to State, coordinated by

the GLBT Center, is a positive move toward increasing awareness of GLBT causes. State’s further choice to display Sheng’s work marks an even bigger leap, forcing State’s many students to stop and take notice of social rights

issues. While this exhibit is focused on awareness of GLBT hardships, it holds a larger significance as it represents a minority group on campus and speaks to the need for other small groups to be noticed in a similar matter.

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Calligraphy artist teaches ancient artform

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Students learn to write in traditional Chinese calligraphy. The class had two sessions that taught different stroke techniques and symbols.

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entennial Campus held a special event in honor of Chinese calligraphy Saturday afternoon. The event focused on techniques and basic appreciation of the art form. There was an experienced calligrapher running the event; he gave extensive demonstrations of stroke techniques and basic outlines on how to work on calligraphy on a projector screen so that participants had the chance to watch his every movement as he worked.While they were watching the demonstration, participants at the event were able to replicate the calligraphy they were shown on their own papers. The event gave participants the chance to try a new art form and learn a little about the art of Chinese calligraphy.

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Former chancellor James Oblinger is currently employed by the University as a professor of food, bioprocessing and nutrition science. Oblinger stepped down as chancellor in 2009 due to controversial actions with hiring Mary Easley.

Our Opinion:

The campus should be wary of Oblinger’s employment with the University considering his past transgressions. The University was fooled once by Oblinger, if it happens a second time we are to blame.

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ormer chancellor James Oblinger is now the president of the David H. Murdock Research Institute in Kannapolis, NC. However, he is also still employed with the University as a professor, but we should remember the reason he was asked to leave in 2009, and should watch him carefully to ensure nothing of the sort transpires again. Oblinger resigned the day key documents to the hiring of then-first-lady Mary Easley were released to the public. Oblinger claimed not to have had a hand in the decision to hire Easley; however, the emails between him and the

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then-provost Larry Nielsen on the issue proved otherwise. Oblinger allowed the hiring of Easley to an $80,000-a-year position as an executive in-residence and senior lecturer. Oblinger also provided his provost, Nielsen, a severance that possibly violated University policy, but triggered an emergency Board of Trustees meeting. Any man who is able to incite such controversy should be questionable for any employer; however, for N.C. State, we welcomed him back with open

arms. Since the University is still employing Oblinger—and Nielsen—as professors, it is their responsibility to ensure this type of scandal does not embarrass N.C. State again. They hired Oblinger back, even though he resigned amidst public and media scrutiny. N.C. State found someone familiar to not only N.C. State itself, but also the content of study. Oblinger, with a Ph.D. in food technology, is clearly qualified

to teach his subject. However, there are many qualified candidates with less scandalous backgrounds with the University that could teach here. This decision is not necessarily a poor one, since one bad decision should not haunt a person the rest of his life. However, if past behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, our administration might want to rethink their decision to keep on such a controversial person.

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hen is the last time you sent a text mess a ge ? Me s s a ge d someone via Facebook? Posted something on Twitter? Chances are it wasn’t long ago. Now, consider t he Daniel contents. Was Dean it important? Staff Columnist Did it really build intimacy in the relationship shared by you and the recipient? It seems we are so lost in a sea of social media that this technological communication is quickly becoming our primary means of interaction. We know so much about the happenings of people’s lives, yet we don’t really know the people themselves. These many forms of social media are convenient and should be used as a tool to aid communication between individuals. Social media should never supersede face to face communication. We have become so engrossed in and obsessed with our communication devices, we fail to pay attention to each other even in the company of friends. I saw a couple last week, in the Brickyard. They were holding each other’s hands, yet they both were texting with their free hand. No words were spoken between them, it was a s i f t he presence of t he ot her was not even acknowledged. This may not be where all of us are in our relationships, but it is the lonely destination of many. How many friends do you have on Facebook? Now how many of those people do you actually know on a first name basis? I’m equally guilty. I have hundreds of friends on Facebook, many of whom I have never spoken to in person. One should consider spending less time in front of a computer viewing online gossip, and entertain the possibility of spending more time with those in their life who matter. When we call thousands of people our friends, we devalue the word. A friend is not someone with whom you share a social network. A friend is someone in whom you confide, someone with whom you share memories, someone whose company you enjoy. Do you remember a time before you had a cell phone?

Remember when the regional library was the only place you could use the once mystical internet? Without easy access to technologically enhanced communication, we experienced greater difficulty in keeping up with each other, yet we knew people on a deeper level. Relationships were closer then, friends spent more time talking to each other, and families connected around a dinner table. Instead of learning about your best friend’s crush via Facebook, you heard it first hand from your friend. Pictures weren’t posted online, they were kept in books which were opened and laughed over with company. A Friday afternoon was not spent scouring Twitter in search of a party; it was spent in the woods, talking and laughing as you ran around with your best friend. Life was different then, unfortunately that simplicity will never return. What I call for is not a dismissal of technological gain, but a careful consideration about how that technology is being used. Yes, we need computers. Yes, we need the internet. But only in moderation. I am also guilty of wasting too much of my life in front of a screen. These habits die hard, but they can be broken. Consider the amount of time you spend per day using these many forms of social media. Compare that time with your face to face interaction. Make appropriate changes. When tracking the amount of personal interaction I have per day, I was shocked and disappointed in myself. Simple steps can help in big ways; turn off the phone when you’re with friends, don’t leave Facebook as your internet homepage, stop Tweeting stupid things. Change will come quickly and the benefits will be instantly recognizable. I wish for this not to be a lecture, but a warning. Do not let yourself trade relationships with people for relationships with forms of media. Relationships founded on social media will be shallow. It is inevitable. Personal interaction, time spent in another’s company—that is how a lasting relationship is born.

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The buses are full, again

hen you’re in a rush to get to class on time, the best thing to see coming up the road is those red, white and black buses, but the worst thing is the flashing banner Chelsey ac ros s t he Francis f ront t h at Staff Columnist say s, “Bu s Full.” That just makes my heart drop because I know I’ve got a long ways to go and a short time to get there. How many times have you waited at a bus stop of a good bit of time only to have the bus that you need to ride come by and be full? How depressing is it to be ready to get to class early only to have to walk or run to class and end up squeaking in just barely on time? I think N.C. State transportation is great. Don’t get me wrong, with a campus of almost 34,000 students and about 8,000 faculty and staff, figuring out all the transportation issues has got to be difficult. B ut with all the improvements the N.C. State Department of Transportation keeps making, I have one improvement that I think would be great. We all know when the

weather is bad, the buses are always going to be packed. No one likes walking in the cold or in the rain. But, even when the weather is good, when the Route 7 Wolf link comes down Dan Allen Drive at 10 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the bus is always full. Now, I understand that earlier or later buses probably aren’t full, but that’s the bus I need to ride. While some people could probably rearrange their schedu le to catch an earlier bus, I can’t. I have to get from Dan Allen to Poe Hall in 15 minutes or less. That’s hard for me, and I hate to have to run/walk to make it to class on time, and the few minutes I spend waiting for the bus could be spent walking to class, if I knew the bus was full. The Wolf line buses are a great part of going to school here, I just wish I could use them instead of being frustrated that they’re full. So, with all the other great improvements N.C. State

Transportation has made, I’d like to suggest another one. Create a way for us to see on the website when a bus is full. I know the buses show “Bus Full” when they’re full, but we still have to wait and see the bus before we can see if it’s full or not. Think about it. It’s possible to have a constantly updated map that shows where the buses are and how long it will take them to get to different stops, which I think i s s up e r awesome. Making a new part of that map that shows whether or not the bus is full would save a lot of students’ time. N.C. State Transportation, you’ve done so many other great things with the buses and transportation around here, I think you have it in you to do this one more thing that would make the buses even better than they already are.

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“Social media does prevent quality relationships because you don’t develop social skills. It’s easier to talk to someone in person than through a computer.” Allison Echstenkamper sophomore, middle school education

“It’s good to stay in touch with those who live far away. Some people get carried away with social media websites spamming my wall.” Justin Ray junior, computer science

“Broadcasting your problems on social media websites can cause drama between [you and] your significant other.” Thomas Jasmine freshman, arts application

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Charlotte Brontes Biscuits perform at Comedy Worx for the Improv Festival on Thursday. The Biscuits are acting out a scene that was suggested by the audience. Comedy Worx hosted the Downtown Raleigh Improv Festival Sept. 22-24. ben Tran/Technician

Bagpiper Robert J. White performs an introduction for the USO benefit at Comedy Worx on Thursday night. White is from Garner, NC and is retired from the United States Army Special Forces.

Comedy Worx uses improv for charity Students and alumni joked together in Downtown Raleigh Improv Festival to raise money for USO. Jordan Baker Correspondent

At first glance it doesn’t seem like much—a small, one-story building on the corner of Peace Street, with Comedy Worx emblazoned upon the outside in neon letters. Beyond the entrance there is a small concessions stand in the corner of the comedy hall, right under the ceiling, is a scoreboard showing the audience which improv team has made them laugh more often. The Comedy Worx improvised comedy club hosted a the Downtown Raleigh Improv Festival Sept. 22-24, which included 13 teams drawn from North Carolina, Virginia, Illinois and Wisconsin—the

farthest flung group making a hockey stick signed by Eric the 18-hour drive from Green Staal, the captain of the CaroBay. The Festival also saw many lina Hurricanes, a puck signed N.C. State students, alumni by Hurricane goalkeeper Cam and staff members participate. Ward, and several coupons to Chuck Givens, a current N.C. local pub Natty Greene’s in downtown State Media Raleigh. and Student A l l proServices repceeds f rom resentative, t he si lent has been perauction and forming imticket sales to prov comedy the Festival for 13 years, were gat hand helped to ered together organize the and donated event. to the United “I enjoy Service Orperforming,” ganizations Givens said, of North “ and making Charles Givens, Carolina, a people laugh improv comedian non-profit is important.” organization The Festival was created with the hopes created in 1987 to serve “the of doing more than making morale and recreational needs people laugh, however. Com- of American service members,” edyWorx held a special silent according to the organization’s auction, with prizes such as mission statement.

“Bringing awareness to the good that the USO does for the troops and their families is a major part of our goal.”

Students react to anti-gay legislation Students and Student Government take action against legislators proposed ban on gay marriage. Sean Luse Staff Writer

The proposed legislation to amend North Carolina’s Constitution has brought out combatants on both sides inflaming opposition on campus. Currently, there is a statute that bans same sex marriages in North Carolina—but an amendment would be a far more permanent and difficult legal process to pass. “To make it an amendment it has to have two-thirds vote from both the house and senate to put it on the ballet,” Buddy Bryson, a senior in sociology and treasurer of Student Government, said. “Once it’s once the ballot, then it takes a simple majority of citizens within North Carolina who are eligible to vote to make it an official amendment.” According to Bryson, a statute is easier to pass than a constitutional amendment. “…But they are basically the same thing,” Bryson said. “By doing this, it is putting discrimination in our constitution and it makes it so that if North Carolina would like to change this law, it is harder to do so.” Overall, student opinion has been negative of the proposed legislation. Student Government has already taken action. “I know within Student Government a bill has been filed condemning this bill and the actions of our state legislators,” Bryson said. “They are work-

In addition, Bryson noted ing on finding some speakers to come to the campus and edu- more personal effects the legcate the students about what islation could have. “For some students, N.C. this bill will actually do.” Other students said they State is basically a home for don’t feel as if legislators are them. We work hard to be actruly representing the state’s cepting of everyone. This sets a standard for North Carolina sentiments. “From what I’ve seen, stu- by saying we don’t accept who dents don’t feel as if the repre- you may be and that it is okay sentatives are really represent- to discriminate against these ing who they are,” Robert San people.” San Miguel said he sees the Miguel, a senior in plant biology, said. He says that much of proposed amendment as backward. the voicing of “It b a s i opinions has ca lly says b e e n d on e t hat Nor t h through soCarolina is cial media. one of t he “Everyone few states in has been apthe country palled by it that doesn’t on Facebook. accept people Mo s t p e o Alan Sheridan, senior in who are difple, gay and computer science ferent,” San straight, are Miguel said. say ing how wrong it is. People are disap- “Rather than keeping it the way pointed in who they voted for,” it was, they are taking one step further in the wrong direction. San Miguel said. The amendment could have They are back pedaling.” Some students may find a broader implications on students and faculty than just a conf lict of interest between ban on gay marriage. Some state and religion, as did Alan may considering relocating Sheridan, a senior in computer after college to have domestic science, when considering the partner benefits extended to amendment. “I believe you should have them. “A lot of companies who are some form of legal partnernot located in North Carolina ship, if anything, the biggest can extend benefits to those problem people usually have with domestic partnerships with marriage is some sort of for their job. This amendment religious problem, and if it is, would be able to say you can- that’s one thing but in a legal not do that,” Bryson said. “We sense, it should be determined may see businesses leave North differently. If it’s recognized Carolina when they see the fact by the church or by the state, it that N.C. State graduates may doesn’t matter, they should be look elsewhere if denied that separate,” Sheridan said. opportunity and they start leaving.”

“I believe you should have some form of legal partnership.”

“Bringing awareness to the good that the USO does for the troops and their families is a major part of our goal,” Givens said. “It is our feeling that the service men, women, and their families can’t get enough thanks for what they do.” The performers and audience ranged a great deal, from college students to middle-aged men and women; and even Miss North Carolina was in attendance. The shows were split into two forms: short and long

form. The short form show lasted for the first hour of the program, and had a “referee” mediating between the two teams, one team dressed in red, the other in blue. Throughout this segment of the show the referee called on audience members for suggestions regarding setting and character, drawing laughter from the crowd as the willing participants put forth their most ludicrous ideas. The second portion of the

show consisted of comedy troops, such as the Omaha 9 from Carrboro, NC, and multiple Raleigh-based groups like Really Special People, Vaguely Familiar and Hotel Principality. These long form teams performed premeditated situations, but improvised the lines and actions as they went along. “It wasn’t what I expected,” Sara Cauley, a junior in English, said. “But it was really fun. Definitely worth it.”

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CAM hosts exhibit beyond the superficial Contemporary Art Museum brings Deep Surface to Raleigh, an international collection.

The fields of graphic design, industrial design, fashion, furnishings, architecture and digital media are all represented in different shapes and forms throughout the museum. Some of the pieces have even been loaned James Hatfield from the Museum of Modern Art in Staff Writer New York. Also the very unique mixture of On Saturday the newest exhibition in the creative arts community opened fashion and design has brought out in downtown Raleigh in the Contem- crowds from to the gallery’s opening porary Art Museum. The exhibition on Saturday. Borowy-Reeder said she believes the named “Deep Surface” has more than pieces in this show speak to the recent meets the eye. The showcase is filled with pieces generations. “A lot of the art that have the attrire fe re nc e s t he butes of amplificapast and makes it tion, the everyday, modern which is k it-of-parts, inwhat our generaheritances, elabotion does now,” ration and fantasy, Borowy-Reeder according Elysia said. “I really hope Borowy-Reeder, the all this comes as a executive Director source of inspiraof CAM. Deep Surtion on the way we face covers the past Elysia Borowy-Reeder, executive view our world. I 15 years of modern Director of CAM Raleigh think if everyone design and calls us had a little more to examine it. Some artwork holding one characteristic time and creativity, think how much more pretty our world would be.” while some hold multiple. In addition to the new, just around According to Borowy-Reeder, the artwork is hoping to take ordinary the corner of the gallery on the lower ornaments in everyday life and teach level of the museum is the newest art from Rebecca Ward. Her most recent viewers to give it a new perspective. With artists ranging from Iran to collection “Thickly Sliced” is one of The Netherlands, the U.K., Canada, the most unique pieces fresh to the Germany and the U.S., the gallery community. Her artwork incorporates colored presents a variety of images which have distinct influences many can relate to. tape and other vinyl adhesives hang-

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ing from every which way that blend colors and make optical illusions. Being from Brooklyn, NY her art is a pleasant treat for the art go-seer and will be open to view until October 31. The staff at CAM Raleigh believes the building as a whole blends very well with both of these events going on.

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CAM Raleigh’s gallery “Deep Surface” displays these pieces of art which demonstrate themes of the fantastic and different perspectives of the superficial.

Embracing the shack life in spite of stormy weather Students weather the elements while raising almost $9,000 last week for Habitat for Humanity.

Scholars Program. According to Bissett, the unfavorable weather conditions of last week shed light on the issues the homeless face. “I think the biggest thing with Shack-a-thon is the fact James Hatfield that it makes it blatantly obviStaff Writer ous how evident homelessness Students dodged rain and is in Raleigh, so everyone living puddles on the Brickyard last in shacks is a physical represenweek and took refuge in mis- tation of that,” Bissett said. Student organizations put cellaneous shacks participating in Shack-a-thon, the larg- together and populate the est charity event for the N.C. makeshift shack community. State chapter of Habitat for Habitat for Humanity auctions off spots to Humanity. vying groups Shack-ain early Septhon brought tember. Since awareness to l a s t y e a r, the high rate t he event ’s of homelesspopularity ness in not has risen to only the local the point in population of which selecRaleigh, but tion has bealso on the come cominternational petitive. Matlevel. Emily Bissett, junior in thew Woelfle, Emily Bisnutrition science senior in civil sett, a junior engineering in nutrition and president science, was outside selling donuts at the of Habitat For Humanity’s N.C. shelter shared by Park Schol- State chapter, said the popularars, Benjamin Franklin Schol- ity of the event increased since ars and the Thomas Jefferson its inception 18 years ago.

“Shack-a-thon ...makes it blatantly obvious how evident homelessness is in Raleigh.”

h o w t o d o n at e Although the shacks are now dismantled, NCSU Habitat still welcomes donations online at: http://clubs.ncsu.edu/habitat/.

“We have some new groups we’ve never have had here before, which shows we have a lot more interest,” Woelfe said. “We actually had too few spots for the amount of groups that came out and we had a bidding competition.” Shack-a-thon has the capacity to host 17 shacks. Habitat For Humanity and Student Media are automatically qualified to build shacks. The rest of the spots are granted to the top four groups that raised the most from the previous year, and the remaining spots are auctioned off to the highest bidders. Seeing as there were only 11 shacks left and 13 groups present, some groups joined forces and collectively put their money towards a shack. One of these alliances to come out of this were the shack that held; Presbyterian Campus Ministry, Lutheran Campus Ministry, RWF, Hillel (Jewish student organization) and the

GLBT Center. According to Kurt Saenger-Heyl, a sophomore in electrical engineering and member of the Lutheran Campus Ministry, the diversity of this shack presented to irony or dispute. Saenger-Heyl spent time in his shack and met people from different sides of life from this melting pot of a shack. “We somehow became a very interesting conglomerate of people,” Saenger-Heyl said. “I think it was kind of cool, we had so many people and I made some new friends out of it.” The mixture had no effect on the main goal Saenger-Heyl said, “It was about getting the job done.” From Sept. 6 to the end of the event, NCSU Habitat collected almost $9000. Students stepped up to the challenge in midst of strong rains and frequent flooding.

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After stopping the first wave of attacks, it was State’s turn to turn on the heat as redshirt freshman forward Nazmi Albadawi and freshman midfielder Ollie Kelly combined beautifully but failed to convert any of the chances despite numerous one-on-one situations with the Tigers goalkeeper. Albadawi soon got the goal he deserved in the 22nd minute when freshmen forward Monbo Bokar laid the ball off for Albadawi to shoot, who didn’t disappoint with a low shot in the bottom right corner to put the Pack in the driving seat. The lead didn’t last for long as in the 23rd minute Clemson midfielder Ara Amirkhanian struck a shot from 30-yards out only to beat Otte after getting a deflection off of a Wolfpack defender to equalize. The half ended with no further drama with State having eight shots in comparison to six by the Tigers. State started the second half fast with numerous attempts that went in vain, until freshman forward Zabarle Kollie was felled in the penalty box after the Tiger’s keeper tried to get to the ball only to go at

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making up for a suspect pass defense. Sure, a steady dose of two- and three-star recruits has dictated the overall talent level of his teams, but O’Brien pulled Boston College out of the rubble doing the exact same thing. In the pro sports city of Boston, the collegiate program was built upon cornerstones of any

his legs for which the referee with concentration but in the didn’t hesitate to point to the whole game we defended really spot. State squandered yet an- well I think.“ Albadawi expressed his disother chance to go up as senior defender Justin Willis had his appointment at conceding in weak effort in the right cor- the final minute despite being ner easily saved by the Tiger’s the better team for the entire night. keeper. “I mean it’s the worst feeling, It all looked set to end tied but Clemson forward, Bryn- but we’ve got to move on from iar Benediktsson, had other it. It happened, it’s over right plans as with 29 seconds left now; we’ve got to learn from in overtime, Benediktsson re- it,” Albadawi said. “Just watching them celceived a long ebrate on our clearance and f ield is the controlled it worst thing beautifully to to watch, we shoot it past have to pick t he ke e p er ourselves up after a lapse for the rest of in concentraour games. I tion by the thought we defense, to outplayed give Clemson them and the win. played well Otte was Coach Kelly Findley as a team.” left ruing the Coach Kelly penalty miss Findley exbut defended his defenders for their lack of pressed his dissatisfaction with judgment that led to the win- the end result. “It’s frustrating, I think we ning goal. “In the end it [penalty kick played really well as a group, miss] hurts, if we had scored created 10 chances plus the maybe we would have won penalty kicks and had five the game, but we had so many breakaways,” Findley said. chances after the penalty kick “We would have won if we had so we should have won the scored that [penalty kick], they game nonetheless,” Otte said. would have probably conceded “It was just one key moment in another one if we put that away, the end where we did not play but those are key moments.”

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The Pack lost its sets 1825, 18-25, and 21-25. The Terrapins kept a defensive wall up on the Wolfpack with 12 blocks for the match. Freshman Dariyan Hopper led the Pack with eight kills for the match. Salata followed that number up with seven kills. Merriwether, Glass and senior Luciana Shafer also contributed with five kills each. Cyr had 25 assists for the match. Senior, Kel ly Wood, helped push the Pack ’s cause on the defensive end with 14 kills for the match. Despite the loss to bring the streak to an end, the run is still something that the Pack should be proud of and hold its head high upon. The Pack will continue its road trip next weekend as it travels to Georgia Tech, Clemson and rival North Carolina to round things out.

“It’s just frustrating we didn’t capitalize on the key moment when we needed it.”

championship football team — solid line play on both sides of the ball. In O’Brien’s first six years, he produced three linemen selected in the first round of the NFL draft. Even in the years following his departure, O’Brien’s fundamental principal has carried on in the form of four more linemen being drafted in the first round. But at State, a program that produced five first round draft picks in the seven years prior

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to O’Brien’s arrival, both the professional and collegiate comparisons have little correlation. When O’Brien arrived in Chestnut Hill 15 years ago, the program had just endured a damaging gambling scandal. Despite running in place during 1997 and 1998, O’Brien went 29-25 in his first 54 games. By the time his fifth year had been completed, the program was already reaping significant benefits — winning seasons

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Sophomore midfielder Ryan Metts jumps up and beats a Clemson player to the header during the soccer game against Clemson Friday.

and a bright future. The bright future translated into eight consecutive bowl victories and BC products (Marc Columbo, William Green, Matt Ryan, and several other) paying major dividends for NFL teams. In his fifth season in Raleigh, O’Brien’s offensive line makes James Washington look like a peewee running back who gets swarmed under the millisecond he receives a handoff. In two games against FBS oppo-

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For everyone at home keeping score, that’s one win per season against the likes of Wake Forest, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, and BC. A 9-4 season with a talented quarterback has put a smoke screen on the facts, but the truth has become quite evident —for reasons unknown, this definitely isn’t Tom O’Brien at Boston College anymore. This is Tom O’Brien at N.C. State.

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Volleyball ends record run

Women’s soccer posts first tie of season

Wolfpack goes 1-1 in ACC openers after 13-game winning streak.

N.C. State tied No. 9 Maryland, 0-0, in their third ACC match of the season. The Pack, who is still winless in ACC play (8-3-1, 0-2-1 ACC), notched their fifth clean sheet of the season with a prime performance from senior goalkeeper Kim Kern, who saved the six shots put on goal by Maryland.

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Junior setter Megan Cyr blocks the ball during a volleyball match against Boston College on Friday. N.C. State went on to win the competition in three straight sets.

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Volleyball vs. Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga., 7 p.m.

Clemson wins in second period of overtime

Saturday Men’s Tennis at ITA AllAmerican Tulsa, Okla., All Day

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It was a bad day at the office for the men’s soccer team as the Clemson Tigers (2-4, 1-1 ACC) beat N.C. State (33-2, 0-2 ACC) 2-1 at the Dail Soccer Stadium in what was a game of unfortunate events for the Pack. Clemson started the game fast, accompanied by some neat passing which led to a flurry of shots and put pressure on the Pack defense but sophomore goalkeeper Fabian Otte was equally up to the task.

Football vs. Georgia Tech Raleigh, 3:30 p.m. Volleyball vs. Clemson Clemson, S.C., 4 p.m. Sunday Women’s Soccer vs. Florida State Tallahassee, Fla., 1 p.m. Men’s Tennis at ITA AllAmerican Tulsa, Okla., All Day Women’s Tennis at ITA AllAmerican Pacific Palisades, Calif., All Day

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Redshirt freshman forward Nazmi Albadawi battles with a Clemson player for possession of the soccer ball on Friday.

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’Brien’s tea m a nd program bears little resemblance to his previous tenure. Out of all the hellacious stats accumulated during a speechle s s los s at Cincinnati, the most outs poken one ha s become a microcosm for why Tom O’Brien could Sean end up losing his job—N.C. Fairholm State’s rushing Deputy Sports performance Editor a g a i n s t t he Bearcats was the worst effort from any Atlantic Coast Conference team since 2001. In his fifth year, O’Brien, the same man who spent his first five seasons at Boston College producing three All-American linemen, has seen an underperforming offensive line and a depleted defensive line turn State into a glorified version of Duke. And if Duke didn’t lead State in total offense, total defense, rushing offense, rushing defense, time of possession and almost every other stat reflecting line play, that statement would be perfectly accurate. However, before the escalating fire gets fueled any further, we pause to remember that the frustration is not flaming up because the Pack’s defense looked like lost puppies on Thursday night. The issue at hand is how O’Brien’s successful past hasn’t translated into Wolfpack wins. The Tom O’Brien era at N.C. State is not buried and dead, but the “program-builder” image Lee Fowler had in December of 2006 is currently being given its Last Rites. In 10 years at BC, O’Brien turned a wayward program into a winner — the Eagles entered 2011 with an opportunity to notch a 13th consecutive winning season. T hat ’s when we k now O’Brien’s tenure with BC and his first 54 games with the Pack are officially beginning to trend apart from each other. It’s Tom O’Brien’s fifth year at NCSU, the season he was supposed to churn out a 9-3 record to show the program had turned the corner without Lord Voldemort—I mean, Russell Wilson—masking an average offensive line while

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Men’s soccer vs. Boston College Raleigh, 7 p.m.

The ‘Boston College model’ is fading fast

On the Pack’s road trip, it opened its conference schedule by breaking the school record in consecutive wins, with 13, in the opener against the Boston College Eagles on Friday, where they won in three straight sets. The streak did not last, however, when the squad fell to the Maryland Terrapins, Sunday, in straight sets to split the weekend. The previous record of 12 consecutive wins was set in 1987. The Pack has also reached the staggering number of 19 consecutive sets won. In its match against the Eagles, the Pack won its sets 25-14, 25-16, and 2522. Sophomore Brie Merriwether set the tone on the offensive end with 12 kills in the match. Senior Margaret Salata and freshman Nicole Glass were also big contributors on the offensive side of the net with 11 and 10 kills, respectively. Megan Cyr also had a big game with 39 assists for the match. Freshman Alston Kearns also contributed on the defensive end with nine digs. The Wolfpack’s nine blocks helped keep the Eagles at bay. Boston College was only able to muster nine total kills through the first two sets. After riding high on the record breaking winning streak, the Pack came back down to earth in its match against Maryland.

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