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Appropriations deadline looms Numbers still low as filing deadline requests approaches James Cox
able, but this year the student government fee increase took effect,” he said. Lamm, a sophomore in manageThe deadline for organizations to ment, said the increase was $2 per complete filing for appropriations is student per year. “We give back 90 tonight at midnight, but only 31 re- percent of the fee increase to approquests had been completed as of 4:30 priations,” he said. A requirement p.m. Monday for groups to reac c ord i ng to ceive appropriaStudent Senate tions is for the Pro Tempore group to turn in Jackie Smith. its receipts from Smith, a sophthe last time they omore in politireceived approcal science, said priations. So far, the number of Lamm said he applicants was a has only received quarter of what one quarter of it was last year. the receipts from “There are 80 last semester. filings, but they Kelli Rogers, Student Senate president “Groups a re are not comineligible to replete,” Smit h said. “No late applications will be ac- ceive money until they turn in their receipts,” he said. cepted.” Kelli Rogers, Student Senate presiStudent Body Treasurer Elmo Lamm said the amount of money available for dent, said she feels appropriations are the biggest way Student Government appropriations is $68,670. “Last year there was $46,000 avail- gives back to students and allows StuStaff Writer
“Appropriations is not new, but there isn’t much continuity in the leadership of organizations from year to year.”
Appropriations: What is it? The Student Senate appropriates funds to Registered Student Organizations each Fall and Spring. An organization files a request online, which is reviewed by the Senate Appropriations Committee for recommendation to the full Senate. Source: students.ncsu.edu
dent Government “to fund events and organizations that are important to students.” This year, Rogers, a senior in political science, said Student Government can really help out organizations, especially in the rough economic times. However, she said, the longer groups wait to apply, the harder it is. “We want to help, but if the groups don’t file we can’t help them,” Rogers said. “Appropriations is not new, but there isn’t much continuity in the leadership of organizations from year to year.” She said she hopes students remem-
Appropriations PACKAGE: Contents of Appropriations Information Package • A timeline of assorted dates and deadlines for the appropriations process; • A checklist to determine if your organization is eligible for funding; • Our basic rubric for evaluating funding request types; • Listings of the various funding requirements and restrictions; • Interview requirements and appeals information; and, • An FAQ sheet for organization leaders/representatives. Source: students.ncsu.edu
ber Student Government is there and students pay a fee to Student Government which allows for appropriations to happen.
Campus Police combat theft by tagging bikes Police attempt to prevent theft and increase recovery rate of stolen bikes by engraving owner information on bicycles Nick Tran Correspondent
In an ongoing effort to increase the recovery rate of stolen bicycles, Campus Police is continuing its anti-theft program today by offering a round of mass bike engravings. According to Campus Police, larceny, or the taking of another’s property without consent, is the most common crime on campus, constituting more than 80 percent of all crimes committed. The bike engravings — which include a serial number as well as the owner’s driver’s license information — are part of a larger program incorporating the issuance of permits and registering students in a database designed to deter thieves and aid police in recovering stolen bikes. The program is available at no cost to encourage student participation and can be done at any time through Transportation. Despite these efforts, students still have doubts about the bike program and measures to prevent campus theft in general. “The bike registration is pointless,” Syrena Huynh, a freshman in aerospace engineering, said. “Unless there is a way to actually track down the bike — say electronically — locating a stolen bike by checking every engraving would take too much time and effort.” With bikes and other personal articles like laptops, Huynh said it is up to the owner to take responsibility to secure belongings by properly using a good lock and common sense. Captain Jon Barnwell of Campus Police advocated the need to use prop-
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Ashley Prince, a freshman in creative writing, and Brittney Marsocci, a freshman in criminology, grab dinner in Talley Student Center. Plans are being made to expand and renovate Talley in hopes of better serving students. Marsocci believes certain changes would be helpful, like adding more room for the food venues. “Have you seen that Taco Bell line at lunch? Epic.”
Frigid ‘Whiteout’ film lacks color See page 6.
Talley fee meeting reveals few specifics Numbers for fee “still being crunched,” leaders look to inform student voters Ty Johnson Editor-in-Chief
WIth the fee referendum vote fast approaching, student leaders met Monday with Chancellor James Woodward to discuss the details of the Talley Student Center fee increase, which will appear on the ballot for students to consider. While Student Body President Jim Ceresnak said the administration will be ironing out the specifics, including a dollar amount of the increase, later this week, he remains hopeful that students will take the time to inform themselves on the proposal. “We are ready to move forward with the process of informing the student body about the project and allowing students to vote,” he said. “It’s an in-
Student Senate President Kelli Rogcredible process.” Ceresnak said he hadn’t received ers said the increase numbers have a final amount of the increase at the been discussed thoroughly in meetmeeting, but said it would come in the ings, but that the most important thing is finding an amount that will coming days and weeks. be most efficient. “They’re “Numbers have still crunching been t hrow n numbers at this around left and point,” Ceresnak r ig ht ,” Roge r s said. “We’ll have sa id. “We just a final number want to make sure soon, but we that there’s backwant to be sure ground behind the we explore every numbers.” si ng le opt ion Ceresnak said he and that there’s Jim Ceresnak, Student Body President wants to focus on no possibilit y informing voters. that’s left out.” “What’s important is that students Ceresnak said those involved have put much time and effort into making understand what the proposal is,” he certain the fee increase would be fair, said. “What our job is for the next few weeks is to get that message out there.” but efficient Ceresnak said what mattered wasn’t “At the end of the day, I think it will be something that students can take his view, but what the student majority wanted into consideration,” Ceresnak said.
“At the end of the day, I think it will be something that students can take into consideration.”
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When is the referendum? The vote on the fee referendum will be held Oct. 5.
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“At the end of the day, it’s not my decision. It’s not anyone’s decision but the students,” he said. “I will support whatever the outcome of the referendum is. I understand the merits of the project but I also understand the issues other have with it. The fee referendum will be open for voting Oct. 5, but Ceresnak said already the University’s consideration of the Talley fee will be a large undertaking.
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Elections open today to fill 11 first-year positions More experienced seniors say first-years have passion, held back only by novelty
voting configuration:
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11 Selections Permitted Write-Ins Allowed Ballot Randomized Preferential Ballot Source: vote.ncsu.edu
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Nick Flickinger, a freshman in psychology, locks up his bike before walking inside the Campus Recreation Center. “Having my bike stolen before has really made me more cautious about where I leave my bike,” Flickinger said. “Having a secure lock has made me more comfortable about leaving my bike outside places.”
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er security measures — namely a u-bolt lock for bikes and anchors for laptops — but also said the registration program should not be underestimated. “Because the crime rate in our area is already relatively low, it is easier for the police to devote more resources to programs like bike registration and to enforcing these programs,” Barnwell said. “Compared to the national average, our police department has a higher recovery rate of stolen items.” Barnwell cited a situation at the beginning of the school year where two people were caught in the act of stealing bikes. A search warrant was issued and a large number of other stolen bikes were liberated in a bust. The bikes were returned to their rightful owners thanks
“Compared to the national average, our police department has a higher recovery rate of stolen items.” Captain Jon Barnwell, Campus Police
to the registration program. Matthew Adams, sophomore in food science, said he applauded the efforts of Campus Police to give everyone an extra layer of security and piece of mind. “[The engraving] is free right? So it can’t hurt,” Adams said. “Between the bike description and the engraving, if the police are driving down the road and they see it, chances are the owner will get it back.” Adams said as a safety measure there is no reason not to take advantage of it. Barnwell said the engraving and registration can be applied not only to bikes, but also to other valuable articles like laptops. Timely reporting of stolen articles can result in an im-
mediate police-led search of the local area. Otherwise, every registered item is issued an “owner applied number” which is recorded in a national database and can be cross-referenced to items appearing in local pawn shops, Craigslist, and eBay. While Barnwell said the recovery rate for more valuable items is lower than the police would like, it is important to note that searches for registered items have a greater chance of success than searches based on description alone.
Approximately 24 first-year students are running for 11 Student Government positions voting Eligibility as voting opened for first-year • Classification(s): UN, SO, student elections today. SR, JR, FR, 05, 02, 01 • College(s): All After attending an open • Curriculum(s): All house, an informational meet• New Students Only ing and, for some a three-hour • Total Eligible Voters: 6015 optional meeting, first-years Source: vote.ncsu.edu are working toward joining SG during their first semester at the University. “The only disadvantage Though first-years are often new to campus and to the pro- freshman may experience is cedures associated with Stu- unfamiliarity with how difdent Senate, Sen. Ariel Crabtree ferent departments in Student said she feels freshmen have the Government work,” Crabtree same privileges and challenges said. “Upperclassmen offer support and answer any quesof any senators involved. tions [new Crabtree, a senators] sophomore may have.” majoring in Emapplied soily Tucker, a ciology, said freshman in only a select mechanical few first-year engineersenators deing, said cide to step first-year out of their Sam Daughtry, sophomore in senators excomfort zone applied sociology ist most ly and make a to represent difference. “The freshman senators have their peers. “The primary goal of the more of an advantage over upper classmen,” Crabtree said. freshman senators is to repre“Their passion carries them a sent the freshman class,” Tucker said. long way.” First-year senators are asCrabtree said while the new senators often are inexperi- signed to committees which enced, there are many resourc- focus on topics like academics, es to learn the ins and outs of financial problems and university affairs. the Senate.
“Freshmen are advocates and bring a bulk of fresh ideas.”
First-year Student Senator Candidates • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ahmed Amer Harry Barbee Vivian Barbour Ashley Childress Quinten Farmer Regan Gatlin Jose Gonzalez Will Halligan Jordan Hammond Jason Hayes Abby Howe Collin March John O Daniel Chaz Offenburg Dipti Patel Alan Sheridan Jonathon Smith Christian Stackhouse Emily Tucker Alexis Vick Andy Walsh Jeremy Williams Matt Yanik Caroline Yopp Source: vote.ncsu.edu
“The purpose of the various committees, is to provide specific help for different areas on campus,” Tucker said. The committee is presented with relevant issues where it debates propositions before bringing it before the full Senate to be voted on. Sam Daughtry, a sophomore in applied sociology, said firstyear senators aren’t treated any differently than older senators. “Freshmen are not at a disadvantage, they are at an advantage because they bring new ideas,” Daughtry said. “Freshmen are advocates and bring a bulk of fresh ideas.”
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Karin Kabis and Lauren Elliott, juniors in microbiology, wait for the bus in front of Talley Student Center. “I think it’s fine,” said Kabis when asked if Talley needs to be expanded. “It’s bigger than the one at Campbell,” Elliott said.
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“This is the biggest project that this University has been involved with in 25 years,” he said. Rogers said the Student Senate and all of SG will begin work on the referendum, which is a list of the proposed fee increases for students to vote on. “My goal is really to pass it on to other senators to be out there and really try to present the facts to students to make the right decision and the right vote,” Rogers said. “Our next step is to continue to talk to students and research.”
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Campus CalendaR September 2009
In Monday’s page 8 “Pigskin Picks” James Woodward was listed as tied for first place. He is in sole possession of first place.
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Today Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. Tuition Review Advisory Committee 1911 Building Room 138, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Weather Wise Today:
Chinese Culture: Experience China, A General Overview and Introduction Location TBA, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.
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Giving blood, helping others
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84 63 Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Winds southeast at 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday:
79 63 Mostly cloudy with a chance of a shower or storm. Winds southeast at 5 to 10 mph. Source: Chelsea Ingram, NCSU Meteorology
POLICe BlOTTER Sept. 10 4:33 A.M. | Check Person Friday Institute Report of subject near track. Officer spoke with student who had made a wrong turn. No further action taken. 8:34 A.M. | Medical Assist Student Health Services Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. 10:52 A.M. | Assist Other Agency Dairy Feed Housing RPD requested assistance regarding traffic stop involving stolen license plate. 10:57 A.M. | Assist Other Agency Park Shops Officer assisted in conducting anthropological reconstruction for investigation for Rocky Mount PD. 11:03 A.M. | Larceny Park Shops Staff member reported theft of tool kit. 1:25 P.M. | Larceny Clark Hall Staff member reported theft of bicycle.
Equal Opportunity Institute 2009-2010 Orientation Talley Student Center Walnut Room, 6 to 9 p.m.
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atie Winkler, a freshman in Spanish education, gives blood at the Circle K Blood Drive Monday. “I always give blood when I can, because I feel I should help others,” Winkler said. All the blood from the drive is going directly to local hospitals. In addition to the drive Circle K had a bake sale in the Brickyard.
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Leslie Robertson visits Raleigh
Leslie Robertson, a worldrenowned structural engineer, will speak to community members about his experiences and new-age architecture today at Raleigh’s Little Theatre. Robertson was the chief structural engineer of the former World Trade Center and redefined high-rise engineering and will be discussing the relationship between structural engineers and architects. Students can pick up free tickets in the main office of Mann Hall. source: ncsu.edu
Black community joins together to fight disease The sociology department will hold a health education-training workshop for African-American students Sept. 19. The workshop will focus on preventing and fighting the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the
black community. AfricanAmerican men and women 18 years or older will receive $20 for attending. For further information, students should e-mail NCSUhealthproject@gmail.com. source: Sociology Department
Leader of the Pack taking applications Two students making outstanding contributions to the University in leadership, scholarship and community service will be named Leaders of the Pack at the Nov. 7 homecoming game against Maryland. To be eligible, students must have completed two semesters, be enrolled as an undergraduate and intend to return to the University in fall 2010. To apply, students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and be free from academic integrity probation and previous disciplinary probation. Applications are due by Friday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. No late applications will be accepted. Source: CSLEPS
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World & Nation
MS treatment shows promise
Obama calls for new regulations A year after the Lehman Brothers collapse ushered in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama said Monday that although the nation is “beginning to return to normalcy” Congress still must pass new regulations on the financial industry to avoid a repeat. “Normalcy cannot lead to complacency,” Obama told a Wall Street audience in a speech at Federal Hall in New York, in which he also defended as necessary his $787 billion economic stimulus plan. He appealed to the financial community to support what he sees as needed changes, also to Congress to act by year’s end. Both are unlikely. source: mctdirect.com
Thirty years ago, Bhupendra Khatri was an impressionable neurology resident in Milwaukee who had just seen a presentation about a strange treatment for multiple sclerosis. Khatri was so struck by the therapy — a blood-filtering process known as plasma exchange — that he traveled to California to learn more about it. Over the next three decades he would treat nearly 500 people. Through it all Khatri has endured the ridicule of other doctors, fought with insurance companies and tried to convince the medical community that the therapy really is helping MS patients. It’s a quest that may never be resolved. Without financial backing, the large-scale, rigorous clinical trial that might prove the therapy’s effectiveness for long-term maintenance may never get done.
El Sabor! Talley Student Center Ballroom, 7:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday Study Abroad Fair Talley Student Center Ball room, 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. Speaker: Angela Davis Stewart Theatre, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Night at the Museum: Battle of the smithsonian Witherspoon cinema, 7 to 8:45 p.m. X-Men Origins: Wolverine Witherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:20 p.m. Friday Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. Managing your time for success Talley Student Center Walnut Room, noon to 1:30 p.m. Seminar: “Globalization Strategies and International Services at N.C. State” Talley Student Center, 1 to 2 p.m.
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The University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments receives $202,500 annually to support a non-voting member on the Board of Governors. The member is supposed to represent the concerns of the UNCSystem’s students on the BOG. NCSU, UNC-CH and ECU finance more than two-thirds of the total ASG fund.
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ASG’s advocacy role is weak at best. The student fees N.C. State contributes to the organization are wasted money and could be utilized far better on this campus.
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he University of North Carolina Association of Student Governments serves the students of the UNC System as their representative on the Board of Governors. Despite the fact that this representative is a non-voting member of the BOG, the ASG requires an annual sum of $202,500 to fund the support for that single position. Greg Doucette, president of the Association of Student Governments, said the ASG serves a role that is “predominantly advocacy.” We are the “student voice on the Board of Governors,” Doucette said. The Daily Tar Heel challenged this advocacy role and claimed the association did not effectively use its resources — $1 from every full-time
These travel costs are mainly used by smaller schools, which pay far less into the ASG fund, so the student body presidents from all seventeen campuses can attend the ASG’s monthly policy meetings. NCSU, UNC-CH and ECU students are subsidizing the travel costs, including overnight accommodations, of the smaller campuses’ student body presidents. Doucette claims that the consensus of all the system’s student body presidents gives the BOG representative leverage and credibility. He can claim he speaks for every college student in the UNC System. If these meetings resulted in
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There is definitely a lack of perspective in the letter regarding State’s game experience. For someone who starts off by denoting how anticipated the game was, it sure seems like a lot of the complaints were things that were to be expected. First off, if you “barely” had enough time to sit in traffic and then find a parking spot, you didn’t get there nearly as early as you should have. As a senior, you should know that traffic is going to be backed up and student parking, especially for a game like this, is going to fill up hours before kickoff. So please, spare us the whining about arriving late and having to park far away, we’ve all been there. Second, let’s not forget that this is the STUDENT section of a COLLEGE football game. There is no such thing as quality when it comes to a free student ticket. If you don’t want to be crowded and uncomfortable, then buy a ticket for the alumni section. That, or wait to chose your preferred “one or two games” when smaller schools are in town. Let’s not forget that this was the first football game of the season and probably the most anticipated one our school has seen in years. There’s no denying there were problems with the student sections, but maybe instead of complaining about how crowded it was, we should be using this as an example as to why more student space is needed. Until then, I would rather be packed in and see our student sections full, then partially empty with “quality of experience.” Kimberly Makely junior, business administration
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Should $1 of student fees go to the Association of Student Governments? Why or why not? by Andy Musselman
“Yes, because since it’s the UNC school system it should benefit us in some sort of way.”
Don’t laugh. That’s schadenfreude.
Ben Byrom, senior in arts application
Janay Wilkins freshman, fashion & textile management
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at c h i ng N .C . St ate’s Dav id Thompson present Michael Jordan at the NBA Hall of Fame last week was somewhat of a bittersweet moment. It was nice to see Thomps on re cBenton ognized Sawrey by Jordan Senior Staff as his role Columnist model growing up but it was also somewhat sad to sit back and think about how many students at Thompson’s alma mater don’t know about his incredible career at NCSU. A career where Thompson led our team to an undefeated season, one of our two national titles and is generally regarded as one of the best college players to ever step foot on the court. Un for t u nately for Thompson, his time was a generation before ESPN provided us with around the clock sports information and highlights. Some schools have individual halls of fame, others choose to honor their legends with statues and stadiums — the University needs to take a step forward and honor our outstanding coaches and players as well.
As a school, we have an incredibly rich basketball heritage. Reynolds Coliseum was a model stadium, envied nationwide when it was built. Head coach Everett Case has been credited as the founding father of the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 1950s; Norm Sloan won a national championship by taking on the University of California, Los Angeles’ unquestioned reign in the 1970s; and Jim Valvano built a prog ra m in the 1980s that won the University’s second championship i n 1983. Coach Kay Yow, who passed away this spring, also deserves to be honored after being an institution in women’s basketball and at NCSU. We need something on campus near Reynolds Coliseum that honors these coaches and Thompson. The banners in the RBC Center are nice, but not a single one of these coaches won a game on that court. Reynolds was their domain. Bronze statues would be simple enough, and I’m sure we could find a talented alumnus that would do an excellent job. The athletics department would need to turn to outside funding, but that shouldn’t be a problem since those years in
basketball created some of the greatest collegiate stories of their generation. These coaches and players were larger than life on the basketball court. Valvano and Yow’s legacies live on through their incredible passion for the game and the philanthropic organizations that bear their names. While Case, Sloan and Thompson l a id t he groundwork and delivered on a basketball tradition that should be honored for the incredible contributions to our community. Students need something on-campus that will serve as a remembrance, even if it’s nothing more than a passing reminder of our legacy a generation before.
“No, because tuition is high enough already.” William Hardee senior, mechanical engineering
“Unfortunately for Thompson, his time was a generation before ESPN...”
Send Benton your thoughts on the University’s basketball legends to letters@technicianonline. com.
“We should put in the extra dollar because, if it benefits the whole UNC System, in the end we all benefit. There shouldn’t be a price on higher education.” Jackie Kell sophomore, international studies
This week’s poll question:
Should throwing away plastic bottles be illegal? • Yes • No • I don’t care because it doesn’t affect me
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UNC System student — in a manner that warranted UNCChapel Hill’s continued support of the system. Despite the factual errors within the DTH editorial — which Doucette needlessly assaulted on the ASG’s Web site — its proposal was fundamentally correct. Carolina should leave the ASG, and so should N.C. State. Doucette said that UNC-CH, ECU and NCSU combine to support more than two-thirds of ASG’s funding; $30,000 of the funding comes from NCSU alone. The principle use of this funding, more than 90 percent of it, is to fund the ASG’s office, its staff and travel costs.
serious policy changes by the BOG to the benefit of the University’s students, these fees — essentially subsidies — may have been money well spent. But, if that were the case, the organization would have fought tooth and nail against mandatory university health care last August as Student Senate did in its proposition last year. ASG takes $1 from every student on this campus. For us to continue to fund compensation for its student officers and subsidize its travel costs while receiving no tangible benefits is a farce. It’s time for the University to count us out and give the students their dollar back. ASG’s futility and empty lobbying needs to come to an end.
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paper. I take a deep breath, and prepare myself for some good ol’ education from a fellow scholar. He takes on the role of investigator (Wikipedia?), tells us the Democratic Party has been in control of the N.C. Senate since 1869 (Wikipedia rocks) and hints at how convenient our DEMOCRAT attorney general and our DEMOCRAT state auditor are for investigating our DEMOCRAT crooks Tony Rand and Mary Easley. I guess the vote of the people a year ago had nothing to do with it. His article ends with calling Democrats “clowns” and how political appointees should have nothing to do with the University. I agree, but what if they were Republican? Would he have complained? I seriously doubt it. Do you? Mary Easley was just the icebreaker for his bigger beef. He obviously dislikes Democrats. However, political corruptness is everywhere, on both parties! Our writer could have stuck with Mary Easley’s shortcoming, but chose to chew out Democrats. Why? Because when it comes to politics, everyone has to take a side, and everyone HATES the other side. Think about that for a second — how sad it is. Our president’s speech on health care was disheartening because it only pushed back the bipartisanship this country so desperately needs to succeed, in all things. Our fellow student is proof that this country treats Republicans versus Democrats like State versus Carolina. We hate Carolina, and Carolina hates state. Now that’s the bigger shame.
I’m always up for a good laugh, and Technician never fails to deliver. Turn to the campus forum first like I do. A letter published on Monday from a concerned student proves why. I started reading the first few sentences of “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” and I get excited! Like many students, I’m a little irked about Mary Easley and her “home wrecker” antics towards the University. It’s a shame, but we’ll move on. I read about how North Carolina taxpayers allow her $80 hamburgers in Europe — okay, I keep reading. Then, I stop right at the word DEMOCRAT. I laugh, because I know where this is going. I’ve seen it before in this
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Frigid ‘Whiteout’ film lacks color All scenery, no substance
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As you may or may not know, before “Whiteout” was a major motion picture starring Kate Beckinsale, it was a graphic novel written by Greg Rucka, and a relatively large cult hit. The story of the novel and film can best be described as the first ever whodunit to take place in Antarctica, with a touch of international espionage sprinkled in for good measure. The graphic novel is quite a bit more complex than the movie, and there is a colorful cast of characters even though the book itself is drawn in black and white. Most notably, the novel has two main female protagonists who come from two completely different perspectives but end up sharing the same common goal of finding the person responsible for a number of murders. The film version swaps out the second female lead for a male CIA agent, and even though it seems like a small change, it has a drastic effect on the film as a whole. The fascinating interplay between two quarreling female agents is just the kind of unique quality that sets the novel’s story line apart, but it is also just the type of thing that Hollywood always removes to play it safe and appeal to the widest possible audience. When asked about his opinion on such changes during a recent episode of the weekly podcast “Around Comics,” Greg Rucka referred to a famous incident in the past involving noir author Raymond Chandler. “Chandler was once asked in an interview how he felt about Hollywood destroying his novels, and he just turned around to his bookshelf, pointed to his books, and said, ‘No, they’re not destroyed, they’re still right here.’” Rucka went on to say that if Hollywood tried to recreate his graphic novel, which was specifically written to be a graphic novel, that it would probably make a pretty lousy film. “I just feel really lucky,” he said, “that they’re even paying me to do this!” I had heard all of this before going into the film, and was determined to view the big screen version of “Whiteout” as a separate entity, only loosely based upon Rucka’s
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original vision. And overall, I enjoyed the film, although there were quite a few instances where I really had to suspend my disbelief to continue enjoying the experience. At one point, main protagonist Carrie Stetko barely escapes an attack from a killer by barricading herself into a storage shed before passing out from sheer exhaustion. The next thing we see is Stetko waking up in a warm bed with her friend asking her if she’s alright and explaining to her that he found her in a shed and carried her back to safety. Sure, this is a convenient way to move the story along, but if the very motivated killer couldn’t get to her, how did her concerned friend get in there to rescue her, let alone know where to look for her in the midst of a horrific snowstorm? You just have to go along with it and enjoy the film for what it is: a moderate-quality thriller with a few nice plot twists along the way. So if you enjoy a good edge-of-your-seat thriller, are a fan of Kate Beckinsale or are interested in viewing some absolutely breathtaking snowy vistas, this film just might be worth your time. After all, the Antarctic setting is unique, even if Hollywood made sure the plot isn’t.
Amid the sounds of howling wind and frantic weapon-wielding, another sound drifted in the air inside the movie theatre. Snores. One movie-goer slept peacefully during the new action movie “Whiteout,” which opened in theatres Friday. The film centers around a group of researchers in Antarctica who discover that a murderer is within their midst. Due to a fierce arctic storm, called a “whiteout,” a U.S. Marshal (Kate Beckinsale), a young pilot, a U.N. investigator and an aging doctor have two days to find the killer before they must leave or be stuck on the raging continent for the winter. The trailer for the film gives the impression there is some kind of monster involved. And let’s face it: we love creepy creatures in our action movies. So it’s a pity that mere mortals end up going around killing people, because a mythical beast would have made the movie a lot more interesting. The quality of the action sequences slides downhill after the first scene, where a bunch of Soviets shoot each other in an airplane over some mysterious box. The murderer stumbles about in the weather in an oversized black parka, which really lowers the “golly-gee-whiz, I’m scared” factor. Yeah, he wields a sharp ice axe, but Marshal Stetko has a gun for most of the film, which she continually refuses to use. Why is Stetko so cautious and a terrible gun-slinger? She had a bad experience in Miami that ended up in the shooting and
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death of her partner. Oh dear! Pull out the parkas! Transfer me to Antarctica! Oh please, I’m sure a person’s first thought after the death of their partner would be a transfer to the most desolate and dangerous place on earth. The situation is simply too ridiculous to be remotely believable. The film’s target audience was obviously meatheads with little to no brain driving them toward the thought of girls, nudity, noise and gore. There is the classic pretty woman in charge (Beckinsale) taking her clothes off the first time the audience sees her and the action sequences are packed with loud noises and streams of blood. The audience can tell from a mile away who the leader of the conspiracy is, though the identity of the murderer is more difficult to ascertain early on. Overall, the characters lacked depth and instead of giving thrills and chills, the action left something more to be desired. The movie is an actionthriller, but isn’t blockbuster material.
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‘cause it’s not even four.” If the disco beats weren’t shocking enough to fans, “Garden Gate” will either upset a mash of headbangers or delightfully surprise those with country tendencies. The song could not be more country, but shies away from a pop feel instead opting for a folksy one. The album in whole was recorded live in Levon Helm’s barn-studio, and perhaps that’s where this song belongs: to breezy barnyard doors occupied by wandering fiddlers. The singer is awaiting a secret love, truly one that fans with understand. Perhaps, like the Black Crowes, they will shed their hardcore southern rock shells for a more tender country one, and thus proceed to the beautiful simplicity that is track 15, “Greenhorn.” The most eclectic of the mix is the instrumental “Aimless Peacock.” The song is a psychedelic mix of sitar, harmonica and violin. It’s a magic mix
of a culture infusion: not Irish, not Indian, not country and not quite just a jig. If you follow this track with “Roll Old Jeremiah” or even “Appaloosa,” listeners will find themselves back in the early 70’s, where the rock roots of the Black Crowes bleed through the new electric funnel sound that pervade all tracks. On the whole, the album is testament to the creative genius that is the Black Crowes. Before the Frost ... Until the Freeze is a sonic backdrop of soul-infused rock. It’s part Crow, part Rolling Stones, and part Grateful Dead. Hardcore followers claim favorites off the big three, the former albums The Southern Harmony, Three Snakes and One Charm, and Amorica. They will need to make room for one more.
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• Awarded the Haskins meanor has allowed his teamAward, given annually to mate to be so successful. top collegiate golfer in “He doesn’t show a whole lot United States • Won NCAA Championship of emotion,” Copeland said. • Participated in three PGA “You’ve got to get him pretty Tour Events: AT&T National, rattled to get a reaction out of RBC Canadian Open, Buick him. I think that’s one of his Invitational biggest strengths.” • Helped Canada win the Hill said he spent time with 2009 Four Nations Cup • Named 2008-09 Atlantic several PGA regulars, includCoast Conference Male ing fellow Bright’s Grove naAthlete of the Year tive and 2003 Masters winner Mike Weir, during the AT&T Source: N.C. State Athletics National. “I’m fairly good friends with him,” Hill said. “We keep in touch. He’s helped me a little dence it gave him. bit along the way.” Though Woods hosted the “It was a great experience AT&T tournament, for which for me, to be Hill made able to get my the cut, Hill feet wet,” Hill didn’t get a s a id . “ T he chance to experience meet him unha s helped til a later date. me the most. He identifies Even though that as one of I didn’t do his favorite quite as well moments of as I’d like, his summer. it’s good to “I met Tiknow what’s ger Wood s out there. It at the Buick Matt Hill, junior golfer also gave me Open,” Hill confidence, said. “That because even was probably the coolest [moment] – just when I’m not having my best shaking his hand. I didn’t have day, I can still compete with a long conversation with him, those guys.” Later that summer, Hill but it was still incredible. Just getting a chance to meet him added another honor to his and everything he’s done for resume. “I won the Ontario Amateur the game – I’ve sort of looked up to him, watching him on for the first time,” Hill said. “It TV, winning majors every was pretty nice to be able to do that in my home province.” Sunday.” He received a memorable Hill said his experiences on the tour were more than he introduction to new teammate expected or hoped for, with Mitchell Sutton at the Canadiluxury cars and celebrity treat- an Men’s Amateur Championship when the freshman took ment provided each day. However, he said the biggest second place in the tournament perk involved was the confi- and Hill took third.
“I met Tiger Woods at the Buick Open, that was probably the coolest [moment.]”
Doubles: Diana Mortlock and Chloe Smith vs. Brooke Mosteller and Susan Bitetti, Furman (W) 8-0. Diana Mortlock and Chloe Smith vs. Kayla Schwenk and Christina Riley, UNCW (L) 8-6 Diana Mortlock and Chloe Smith vs. Erin Wilbert and Sarah Lazarevic, Kansas (L) 8-3 Singles: Diana Mortlock vs. Ekaterina Morozova, Kansas (L) 6-2, 6-2 Diana Mortlock vs. Victoria Sekley, Georgetown (L) 2-6, 7-5, 10-7 Diana Mortlock vs. Sara Lazarevic, Kansas (W) 6-2, 6-2 Chloe Smith vs. No.109 Lindsay Leblang, UNCW (W) 6-4, 7-6 (4) Chloe Smith vs. Susan Bitetti, Furman (L) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-7 Chloe Smith vs. Lauren Kline, Furman, (L) Injury Default
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Matt Hill stands on the field Thursday, Sept. 3 during the South Carolina football game waiting to receive the trophy for the Haskins award, given annually to the nation’s top collegiate golfer.
The Pack participated in its first tournament last weekend, and though Hill surprised many over the past few years, he will now almost certainly have a target on his back throughout the regular season. Despite his recent accomplishments, Hill said he is content to focus on the future. “I’m not really going to think about the expectations too much,” Hill said. Though he said life is “more or less the same” after his national championship win, Hill said there is one thing he has had to improve in addition to
his game – his autograph. “I didn’t think I’d sign as many autographs as I did,” Hill said. “Our assistant coach was giving me a hard time about it, but I think I have it pretty much down now. It’s short and easy and I’m going to keep it that way.” Though he has had a taste of what the future could hold in store for him, for the time being, Hill says he’s wants to “keep playing well and get my schoolwork done.” “As of right now, I’m just going to take a look at what I have coming up,” Hill said.
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6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. Mortlock said she entered the tournament a little nervous from having not played in a while. “I was kind of rusty and your nerves are pretty high playing your first few matches,” Mortlock said. “I learned a lot from my matches and I was really able to use that experience for the match on the last day.” On the final day of competition Mortlock was able to gain a singles victory, taking down Sara Lazarevic of Kansas, 6-2, 6-2. “I felt like in that match everything really came together,” Mortlock said. Smith did not get a chance to wrap up the tournament, due to injury. She lost by default to Lauren Kline of Furman. “It was a high groin strain,” Olsen said. “Chloe has been working with the
trainer and hopefully she will be back on the court this week. I don’t think it’s anything serious, it just needed a bit of attention.” With the first tournament of the year under its belt, Olsen is looking forward to the team’s next competition. The Pack will travel again to compete in the University of Virginia Invitational this weekend. “It’s good to see the girls in competitions and see how they respond in different situations,” Olsen said. “It helps us to narrow our focus more on what we need to work on.” The Pack will travel again to compete in the University of Virginia Invitational this weekend. Chloe Smith— “it was a really good match,”Smith said. “i just had to battle it out to the very end.” —after info about match “I feel pretty good overall with my preformance,” Smith said —put towards end
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NCAA champ Hill’s summer to remember
Women’s golf finishes 11th at Cougar Classic In its season-opening tournament, women’s golf finished 11th out of 18 in the Duramed Cougar Classic at Yeaman’s Hall Golf Club. The Pack finished the three-day tournament at +29. Junior transfer Brooke Baker, who tied for 25th individually in her first tournament for the Wolfpack with a score of +4, led the Wolfpack. Women’s golf is back in action September 27-29 in the UNCG-Starmount Fall Classic at Starmount Country Club in Greensboro, N.C.
Matt Hill’s national championship in May kicked off a summer in which he played three PGA Tour Events Kate Shefte Sports Editor
During the first quarter of State’s season-opening football game against South Carolina Thursday, Sept. 3, junior golfer Matt Hill was honored with the Haskins award, which is given annually to the most outstanding collegiate golfer in the United States. Hill received the trophy in front of over 58,000 screaming fans at Carter-Finley Stadium and joined Phil Mickelson, Tiger Woods, and David Duval, all past winners of the Haskins award. “It was a pretty unbelievable feeling and a pretty big honor for me, to be in front of my teammates and all those Wolfpack fans,” Hill said. “Standing there, I had goose bumps.” The moment was special for another reason – Hill ’s teammates on the men’s golf team were on summer break when the 21-year-old from
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Jones to be featured on HBO’s Real Sports Former N.C. State swimmer and Olympic gold medalist Cullen Jones will appear on HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. Jones is a powerful advocate for swimming in the African American community and plans to discuss his opinions on that topic with Mary Carrillo. Jones was a national champion at State and a part of the 4x100 freestyle relay in the 2008 Olympics. The show will air at 10 pm ET on HBO tonight.
Bright’s Grove, Ontario won State’s first individual national championship at the Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio May 29. “I didn’t really get to celebrate NCAA’s or anything else with them, so that was the first chance I got to really spend some time with them, so that was pretty cool,” Hill said. Hill clenched the victory after he shot two under during each of the three rounds of play at the Inverness, a course which is widely considered to be one of the toughest in the United States and has hosted multiple U.S. Opens. With the win, Hill became the second golfer in NCAA history to win conference, regional and national titles in the same year. The other was Tiger Woods, who completed the trifecta in 1996. After the win, Hill was invited to and played in three PGA events – the AT&T National, the RBC Canadian Open and the Buick Invitational. The host of the AT&T National was none other than Woods himself. Hill asked Pack teammate and redshirt senior Kent Copeland to caddy for him for the AT&T. After the tournament, Copeland said a calm de-
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Two members of the women’s team stepped onto the court for the first time this season in the Landfall Invitational, hosted by UNCWilmington last weekend. Sophomore Diana Mortlock and freshman Chloe Smith paired up to represent the Pack in both doubles and singles. According to coach Hans Olsen, he is working on the line-up and adjusting doubles partnerships. “We wanted to try them as a doubles team,” Olsen said. “We have a young team with some new matchups, yet it’s too early to say which ones will be good.” Kicking off the weekend tournament, the duo took down Brooke Mosteller and Susan Bitetti of Furman, 8-0. Following their success, Mortlock and Smith played Kansas’ Erin Wilbert and Sarah Lazarevic, falling 8-3. “It was our first tournament playing together,” Mortlock said. “We were feeling out the chemistry we had on the court and Kansas
“It was a pretty unbelievable feeling and a pretty big honor for me, to be in front of my teammates and all those Wolfpack fans.” Matt Hill, junior national champion golfer
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came up really solid.” Saturday the doubles team played Kayla Schwenk and Christina Riley of UNCW, but lost in a close contest, 8-6. Mortlock said even though the match ended in a loss, she was pleased with the team’s efforts. “We were working on a lot of things since we haven’t practiced much doubles yet,” Mortlock said. “We didn’t win but we competed very well. With each match played the chemistry we had on the court, as a team, got a lot better.” On the singles court, Smith has already made a name for herself, defeating nationally ranked No.109 Lindsay Leblang of UNCW in her first match for the Wolfpack. Smith beat Leblang in straight sets, 6-4, 7-6 (4), and Olsen said she won because of how well she maintained her concentration. “Heading into the tournament, Chloe was working on maintaining concentration for longer periods of time,” Olsen said. “And in that match she did a really good job of that, especially late in the match and on big points.” Smith said she is happy with her first ever college victory and was proud of herself for battling all the way to the end of the match. “It was a really good match,” Smith said. “I just had to battle it out to the very end. I feel pretty good overall with my
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performance.” On Saturday, Smith lost a long match to Susan Bitetti of Furman, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 10-7. Mortlock didn’t have much success in singles, losing in the
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fter watching thousands of fans filing out of Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, even though the game still had 10 minutes left in the first half, I realized that the concept of the blowout is one of the biggest oddities in sports. During a blowout, such as the one on Saturday, N.C. Taylor State fans were Barbour f iling out of Senior Staff the stadium so Writer fast you would have thought they were being chased by a pack of wolves. The concept that you should leave if your team starts to play too well and dominates the opponent is ridiculous, and the students, fans and alumni should be ashamed of the way the stadium looked at half time. I mean, think about what I just said; it is crazy to think about. Basically, when a team dominates a football game in all aspects of the game and builds a huge lead, it’s so-called diehard fans leave the game because they are winning so bad. It is ridiculous. I know, I know, it was a blowout to begin with, and it was only Murray State, but as N.C. State fans, we should take pride in showing support for our football team, especially when it is winning. Put yourself in the players’ shoes. How do you think the team feels out on the field when a player looks up into the stands after scoring a touchdown and instead of looking at thousands of loud screaming fans dressed in red, they are looking at empty bleachers? It seems so hypocritical of the fan base to leave like it did during these games. They have no problem complaining about the lack of winning over the past years of N.C. State football, but when we actually do start to play well, such as in this game, they leave. I understand that the game was boring and was never even close, and I even understand fans leaving around the third quarter. But with the exception of the Student Wolfpack Club section and some of the students in sections seven and eight, every other section in the entire stadium was well over half empty before the first half had even ended. I mean, come on, get your money’s worth. I know the idea of getting back outside to start more drinking and partying and getting totally wasted sounds enticing, but realize why we have tailgates and what their purpose is. The tailgates are there to allow fans to hang out with other fans, to socialize, to eat, to drink, all while getting ready for the game, but it is not the reason fans should come out; it’s about the football game. Fans have time to tailgate before the game, and come game time, that should be enough and they should focus on being at the game and cheering on their team the entire time. I only ask that the students, fans, alumni, whoever, postpone their partying and tailgating after the game for just a little bit longer and actually stay for all four quarters. For them to show their support for the team not only when they win a close game, but when they win the blowout, or even lose the blowout. For you to show your support for N.C. State, no matter what, and show the rest of the nation why we are the best fans around. Bring this coupon in to receive $10 off when you spend $25 or more (only on food)