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Fire alarms empty D.H. Hill Library Student reports conflict as to what exactly happened Wednesday evening in D.H. Hill Library.

Tunnel’s future discussed Staff report

Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor

People in D.H. Hill Library got an unwelcome interruption Wednesday evening. A fire alarm went off between 6:15 p.m. and 6:20 p.m., according to students at the library at the time. Another alarm went off at 8:17 p.m., according to a Campus Police representative. According to the Campus Police representative, the 8:17 p.m. alarm was unable to be immediately cut off because there was an issue with the panel. Electronics representatives were called in to fix the panel. Employees were allowed in at 8:25 p.m., and students followed suit, reentering D.H. Hill en masse. Chris Rhodes, a sophomore in chemical engineering and a library employee, was working at the library when the alarm went off. “The alarm went off, people just kind of awkwardly looked around, finally people started to slowly file out,” Rhodes said. “[Employees] got outside pretty quickly, but there was some congestion outside because people were out on the balcony.” However, student Keegan Beckwith, a senior in business administration, said he heard there was a small fire in the West Wing of D.H. Hill Library. Beckwith was waiting outside the West Wing. “There was a small fire in the west wing. Someone told me it happened about 6. We’ve been waiting here about two hours,” Beckwith said. Karis Robertson, a junior in accounting, said she talked to a librarian about what happened.

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Students who evacuated D.H. Hill library Wednesday sought shelter from the cold by sitting inside Harrelson Hall while waiting to get back into the library after the fire alarm sounded at approximately 6:15 p.m. Chris Rhodes, a sophomore in chemical engineering who was working at Hill of Beans when the alarm went off, said “the alarm went off and people just kind of stood there awkwardly looking around. Finally, they slowly started to file outside.”

“I tried to talk to one of the librarians, they think it might have been it a malfunction due to atrium construction. That’s just a guess,” said Robertson. Kirsten Figaro, a junior in psychology, said she got to the library about 7:40 p.m. and was still waiting to get in at 8 p.m. “We heard someone pulled the fire alarm. There was a fire truck here, but it left just a few minutes ago. Apparently they can’t figure out how to turn the alarm off. So far, we’ve been waiting about 20 minutes to get in,” Figaro said. Jake Strickland, a freshman in civil engineering, said he was surprised at

how long it took everyone to evacuate the library. “It happened at 6:15. I heard that it took about 20 minutes to evacuate. The fire department came about the same time. People were still coming down from the ninth floor. I was on the first floor,” said Strickland. Emily Wiseman, a freshman in political science, said she was upset that it took so long to get everyone out of the library. “What makes me mad is that State doesn’t have a better evacuation plan. We took a while to get out. Something bad could have happened, because we couldn’t find the exits,” said Wiseman. Students such as Victoria Clarke, a

freshman in elementary education, were upset with how long it took for everyone to be let back in the library. “It shouldn’t take two hours to find a small fire,” Clarke said. William Stevenson, the University fire marshal, said Campus Police handled the fire alarm situation, but University Fire Protection would be following up by investigating what happened. “We’ll do a follow-up and write a report on the fire protection side of what happened tonight,” Stevenson said. Staff Writer Lee Daniello contributed to this report.

Student leaders met with Chancellor Randy Woodson and other University administration to discuss and develop ways to solve hate speech in the Free Expression Tunnel. The Chancellor approved the formation of the University Values and Ethics Advisory Council after reviewing the 2009 recommendations from the Campus Culture Task Force. This council will be charged with making recommendations for University values and possibly developing a creed. The council w ill a lso eva luate how the University facilitate student integration and how it can improve it. Administration is looking to have the council established by February or March, and it will make its recommendations to the provost. While the possibility of requiring a permit was not widely supported, students and administrators suggested student organizations share the responsibility to paint over offensive writings in the Tunnel. Many motions were made to design a stencil that would cover the paintings to send the message the campus community didn’t support the speech. Student Body President Kelly Hook also talked about the formation of a student-led organization in the spring that would be charged with monitoring the Tunnel. Education was another suggested solution. John Ambrose, interim dean of the Undergraduate Academic Program, explained the University did not want a University-wide required course on diversity. Strategic Planning Task Forces are looking into how experiential and service learning can be incorporated into the curriculum.

Yule Ball strives to spread intercollegiate unity

Multimillion-dollar creamery slated for Sullivan Drive

Hogwarts-themed hall the setting for charity event.

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from Duke. I have five people on committees who are helping put everything together. Everyone has done a really good job so far,” Kuzemchak Elise Heglar said. Staff Writer Tickets to the semiformal are free, The latest wave of Harry Potter ma- but students are required to reserve nia makes its way Duke University this tickets in advance. Word of mouth weekend with the first official Inter- and Facebook, according to Kuzemchak, have mostly advertised the collegiate Yule Ball of the Carolinas. Rebecca Kuzemchak, the Duke stu- event. Several N.C. State students are dent who planned the event, wants students from various schools to come scheduled to attend the event. Actogether for a night of fundraising and cording to the event’s Facebook page, there are about 30 N.C. State students frivolity with a Harry Potter theme. listed as “attending.” “ T h i s e vent i s Allison Sams, a mostly just for fun. freshman in enviWe have a Great Hall ronmental engineerat Duke that looks ing, thinks it will be exactly like the one beneficial to all stuin the Harry Potdents who attend the ter movies, so it just event. seemed like a fun “I heard about it idea,” Kuzemchak through the Quidsaid. ditch team here at The event occurs Saturday from 7 p.m. Shannon Robinson, freshman in State ; we played Duke’s team and to 11 p.m. There will biomedical engineering their players told us be a charity dinner all about it. It’s defiheld at 7 p.m. that costs $20 a plate; the semiformal nitely a good idea,” Sams said. According to Sams, the charity dindance begins at 8 p.m. The Facebook page dedicated to the event currently ner is the most exciting part of the has over 850 confirmed guests from event, despite the cost of $20 per plate. “Since I’m a freshman, I always eat various schools. Most of the schools represented on the Facebook registry at the dining hall,” Sams said. “I’m already going to be there, so why not are in North Carolina. “This is a good opportunity for have a nice dinner too?” This event only took about a month intercollegiate bonding as well as a chance to raise money for a good to put together, according to Kuzemchak. Six students from Duke, includcause,” Kuzemchak said. The event had a relatively small ing Kuzemchak, have been involved budget, according to Kuzemchak, and in all of the planning details for the music will be provided from a playlist event. “We’ve only been working on it for played over the sound system. “The planning was mostly people about a month and we have a pretty

“Everyone I know from the Quidditch team has talked about going.”

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INTERCOLLEGIATE YULE BALL OF THE CAROLINAS: When: Saturday, Dec. 4: 7:00 p.m.11:00 p.m. What: Charity dinner at 7 p.m. to benefit Book Aid International Cost: $20 a plate What: Semiformal begins at 8 p.m. Cost: Event is free but you must reserve a ticket To register, send a message with your name, school, and number of tickets you want (for the dinner, the dance, or both) email yuleballcarolina@gmail.com, or find the Intercollegiate Yule Ball on facebook. SOURCE: INTERCOLLEGIATE YULE BALL FACEBOOK PAGE

small budget, but it’s all coming together now,” Kuzemchak said. Many of the members of the University Quidditch team are planning on attending the event, according to Shannon Robinson, who is a member of the team. “Everyone I know from the Quidditch team has talked about going,” Robinson, a freshman in biomedical engineering, said. The Harry Potter theme of the dance has been well-received by most people, according to Kuzemchak. Duke’s Great Hall will be decorated in tribute to the movies. “Surprisingly, a lot of people are really into the whole Harry Potter thing. It’s a really fun and different idea to go out and have a good time,” Robinson said.

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Howling Cow, University Dining teaming up for new eatery. Staff writer

The Howling Cow is planning a new creamery at a just outside of Schaub Hall on Sullivan Drive. Ice cream and other food will be on the menu at the creamery, but the real purpose of the new establishment is to contribute effectively to research and education. With increase in demand for skim milk, N.C. State produces surplus cream; the most effective way to utilize this extra cream is by selling more ice cream. “There is no real market for cream and skimmed milk is very popular, so an increase in ice cream production is a good way to deal with surplus cream,” said Gary Cartwright, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences pilot plant coordinator.

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According to Cartwright, the University needed a place where the increased ice cream stock could be sold. “We have to have a place to sell this new ice cream and we needed an outlet,” Cartwright said. Cartwright said he feels the dairy enterprise system at N.C. State doesn’t need to concentrate on large volumes: it needs to produce what is necessary and make it diverse. According to Carl Hollifield, business manager for the University’s food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences division, the creamery will be developed in partnership University Dining. “We want to work with them as on campus food provider, their products and our ice cream on the first floor. The second floor will be a dedicated training facility,” Hollifield said. The training facility will consist

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laying with the Microsoft Surface, Scott Strednak, a sophomore in chemical engineering, Catherine Ballard, a freshman in animal science, and Lisa D’Costa, a sophomore in chemical engineering, experiment with a new program, “Refridgerator Magnets.” The trio comes in after class on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and plays the games for an hour and a half or so. “We’ve been playing today for like 2 hours,” D’Costa said. “We got the high score for galactic alliance,” Strednak said. New games and programs have recently become available on the Surface.

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POLICE BLOTTER Nov 29 1:06 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Wood Hall Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking. 10:24 A.M. | BREAKING/ ENTERING-VEHICLE Bragaw Hall Lot Student reported unlocked vehicle had been entered and items taken.

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the senior class from all examinations. In 1973, an announcement is made that Alexander Hall will become a dorm for international students. In 1968, D.H. Hill Library extends the closing hour from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. In 1991 the library begins a trial of an electronic document delivery service to university researchers.

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11:45 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Clark Hall Fire Protection responded to alarm caused by faulty appliance. No damage or injuries. 7:59 A.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Main Campus Drive Staff member reported damage to metal gate at the landscape staging area.

10:24 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Wood Hall Lot Student reported vehicle had been keyed by unknown person. 3:09 P.M. | FIRE ALARM DH Hill Library Fire Protection responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area.

3:43 P.M. | BREAKING/ ENTERING-VEHICLE North Hall Lot Student reported unknown person had removed tools from toolbox in truck. 4:33 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Brickyard Fire Protection reported damage to sprinkler valve. It appeared to have been damaged by vehicle. 4:34 P.M. | LARCENY Bowen Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 5:53 P.M. | LARCENY D.H. Hill Library Student reported wallet taken from backpack.

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of faculty offices, an industry training center and, perhaps, some courses or training sessions in food sciences. Cartwright said he feels there are lot of things that students can contribute to, such as research and development and new product development. “Education here is the key and ice cream is a very powerful tool,” Cartwright said. According to Cartwright, the main purpose of the new facility is education; it will promote research and development, N.C. State agriculture, the dairy industry and food safety. According to Hollifield, the creamery will be a place for the N.C. State Dairy Enterprise

System to test new ideas. “We don’t have an outlet to try new things; this will give us a good outlet to try new things in small batches,” Hollifield said. Though the creamery will be on campus it will be open to the entire community, Cartwright said. There is a significant budget for this project, and it will be started soon, Cartwright said. “We have a $3.8 million construction budget; we have already raised $1 Million. Once we have another million we can break ground,” Cartwright said. Cartwright said he feels the project should start in next 10 to 12 months. “We have significant naming rights, and we are waiting to get started on this one,” Cart-

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wright said. According to Cartwright, there will be no funding from the government for this project. “There is no taxpayers’ money involved here, and this will continue to be a self-supporting facility,” Cartwright said. “Every single dollar made will be put back into the system to improve capability or education.” According to Cartwright, money generated will support dairy farm operations, which will support research and development for animal science and other University departments. “If we can improve education in bad economic times, I feel we have done something,” Cartwright said.

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THE FACTS:

The first alarms in D.H. Hill Library went off twice last night and held students up for two hours. Some accounts said it took students over 20 minutes to evacuate. Campus Police reported electronics were the problem.

OUR OPINION:

ead Week is almost over, but students’ residency at D.H. Hill Library is far from over. The library offers services to students to help them study, and they trust they are safe when they have their heads buried in their books. Despite earlier reports about the integrity of the fire alarm system, last night’s incident shows there are still issues with the fire alarm system and something needs to be done now. One of the resonating opinions students had was how long it took to evacuate the building. The University cannot afford waiting 20 minutes for students to file out when there is a fire. The University should also assess why it took

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have already been isolated, so now all that is needed is action to ensure students can do their best work. so long for students to get out. tem didn’t help. The library If students are first, then stuThe ninth floor is a long way administration explained there dents’ safety and success are up and is a long trip down the was no funding to replace the top priorities. Students trust stairs in the event of a fire, but system, but the Technician the University to do what is the library should have up- urged the University to make best for them, but they are bedated warnings and directions this a priority then. Despite ing let down with the library’s for students to reference in the successful tests in August, the fire alarm system problem takissue hasn’t been resolved. event of an alarm. ing backseat because of fundThis is also disruptive to ing, the original reason nothRisking students’ lives on an obviously faulty system during students’ success. Taking two ing has been done. Yes, budget the most critical part of the se- hours out of students’ access cuts are looming, but the Unimester is not acceptable. This to the library’s resources hin- versity cannot afford to waste is not an unknown problem. dered students’ ability to study, the money they have invested A gas leak on Hillsborough write papers and finish up re- in the library and lose the tuStreet revealed the alarms on search. While no one can an- ition they get from students. the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors did ticipate these issues, students not work, Fire Protection ruled don’t need alarms going off faulty wiring was the cause, and electrical issues interruptbut the complex four-part sys- ing studying time. The causes

These are troubling days at the frat.

“Just cover it up and move on. If they don’t get attention, it will just stop.” Matthew Rogers junior, physics

“If you’re going to call it a free expression tunnel, you can’t say ‘you can’t write this down.’ You can just disagree with it.” Kara Brody sophomore, aerospace engineering

“Racism, sexism, and hate is based on ignorance. We can have programs to educate students, but the majority of the school seems knowledgable and against [hateful messages].”

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Top 5 gadgets to put on your wish list STORY BY PHILLIP LIN

ne decade into the new millennium, the market is packed with new gadgets. Popular items from 2009 have returned to the top in the 2010 holiday season, but so have new competitors. With companies working to improve, upgrade, and put out the most desirable gadget on the market, competition is stiff for the top gadgets to have on one’s wish list this holiday season.

1. APPLE IPAD:

4G IPHONE:

Recently receiving an upgrade from the 3GS, the 4g iPhone’s new superior processor has put it ahead of its competitors, while before, it was beginning to trail behind the innovations found in other smartphones on the market (most notably with its questionable reception quality from AT&T). With its trendy sleek design in true Apple style, the 4g iPhone is thinner than the Droid Incredible and boasts a much longerlasting battery life.

The Apple iPad hit the market with high expectations and high sales. While not fully meeting the specifications needed to replace a full laptop computer, such as lacking the ability to multitask with applications, the iPad is still a capable tablet computer that comes at a good price and has received positive reviews in its performance.

Competitor: Users preferring Verizon’s services and reception quality over that of AT&T will definitely prefer the HTC Droid Incredible (from Verizon Wireless) over the iPhone. The Droid has a slightly better camera quality than the iPhone, and featured application multitasking that wasn’t seen in the iPhone before the upgrade from 3GS to 4g.

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Competitor: The HP Slate 500 is a viable alternative to the Apple iPad, especially for users who prefer a tablet that runs Windows 7. The iPad is lighter, has a longer battery life and a cheaper price tag, while the HP Slate has a frontfacing webcam, Flash video support, and a USB port.

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The Kinect is Microsoft’s motion sensor gaming device for the Xbox 360 in this console generation. In direct competition with the Wii and the Playstation Move, the Kinect boasts controller-free gaming with its motion control. The Kinect is by far the easiest to pick-up-and-play gaming device, for the whole family both young and young at heart, without requiring the player to actually pick up a controller.   Competitor: While Microsoft’s Kinect doesn’t require any physical controller, Sony’s Playstation Move utilizes a wand-like controller similar to that of the Wii. The Kinect features full body tracking technology, having the user’s body become the controller, but the one-on-one controller tracking for the Move might possibly make it a better alternative to play more involved games in the near future.

Coming in at half the price of the Boxee Box, the Apple TV is clearly the more affordable option for entertainment streaming this year. Featuring a large iTunes library along services from Netflix, casual watchers looking to replace in-store/in-mail video rental (if not already streaming via game console Netflix) will definitely appreciate the Apple TV.

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Edging out the Amazon Kindle earlier this year, the Nook is the new and improved ebook reader to have this Christmas. Boasting many features such as games support (chess and soduku), a basic web browser with 3G and WiFi support along with a customizable and colored touch screen, the Nook has overtaken the Kindle in usability and even allows a one-hour free trial reading of all books in its library.   Competitor: The Kindle from Amazon was the top ebook reader market last year, but has faced new competition this year. The latest version of the Kindle features better sharing and viewing options, a longer lasting battery life, and an ever-increasing book selection for users to find. With all its new upgrades, the Kindle may very well yet retake the top spot in the market this holiday season.

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TECHNICIAN didn’t - and we got the best of them.” Both Winterton and fellow quarterback Remley continued from page 8 were named the MVPs of difference having girls who can the regional tournament while other team members play quarterback and catch.” After waltzing through the Shelby Bullock and Seth co-ed league at State, outscor- Hanner were named to the ing its opponents 31.9 to 3 All-Tournament team. With the victory at reper game, Bad Business took gionals, its show to the team the regional advanced tournament, to particihoping to pate in the win and national adva nce to tournathe national ment, tournament which held in New will be Orleans, La. held Dec. But schedul29-31 i n ing conf licts New Orw it h s ome Michael Remley, senior in leans, La. of its players business administration As a prize and an influx for w inof new ones ning the cost the team its first game in the regional regional tournament, the team had its $400 entry fee tournament. “The first game we had we payed for as well as being were down a couple girls and given $500 dollars for travel it was one of our new player’s expenses. But with the team makfirst game of flag football ever,” Winterton said. “So it was ing its first trip to Nationpretty rough and we ended up als, Remley says he does not really know what will haplosing.” But after the team shook off pen once the team arrives in the first game jitters it was able New Orleans. “I don’t really know what to battle back all the way in the tournament, finally making it to expect because I haven’t to the championship game been down there but it is gowhere it faced the team that ing to be a bit nerve racking,” Remley said. “But I beat them in the first round. “The team we lost to was the think we will pull some team we beat in the champion- things out and definitely ship game. So it was kind of re- win a few games and hopedemption getting back at them fully come out on top.” and beating them in the title game,” Remley said. “I think they also took us for granted. They hammered us pretty well Friday night and I think they were expecting us to come out and play like that, but we

“We will pull some things out and definitely win a few games and hopefully come out on top.”

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porter for the Technician. “Mostly I come to State to use the computers,” said Flash. “I am probably the only student that went to State for five years in my day and never went to a varsity event.” Nearly three decades since his days as a student reporter, the former proofreader and columnist now makes it to every sporting event he can afford to attend. “I still don’t go to the ones that cost too much, because, you know, I don’t have any money,” Halperen said. “Football and men’s basketball are too expensive. You’ve got to camp out to see them and it’s too crowded.” Pobee-Mensah said she realized Halperen wasn’t the man his appearance indicated he might be when she met him at a martial arts event long after she had formed an opinion of him that he quickly proved false. “Before, I always viewed him as some strange man who rode a bike around downtown Raleigh with a guitar,” Pobee-Mensah said. “It wasn’t until I watched him compete for his black belt that I realized that he is actually very active in this community.”

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never found his rhythm, finishing the night seven points on 2-for-12 shooting, while Brown wasn’t much better, converting two of his 10 field goal attempts after starting the game and logging 26 minutes. The Pack will have a chance to right the ship Saturday when it travels to Syracuse. But after a loss in which it was so thoroughly dominated, the

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Women’s basketball dominant T he Wol f pack Women notched an emphatic first road victory of the season Wednesday evening, dropping Illinois by a final score of 73-57. The win ended a season-opening skid of four straight losses in road competition. Thanks to a strong performance by Bonae Holston, who led all scorers with 18, the Pack took a 42-24 lead into halftime, then added nine unanswered to open the second half of a blowout that saw State lead by as many as 31. The closest Illinois got after Kellie Harper’s team pushed its lead to 61-30 with 13:37 to play came when the Illini pulled to within 16. Along with Holston, the Pack was led by sophomore Marissa Kastanek, who added 15 points. State first pulled away with a 17-0 run that started midway through the first half. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Irving named Scout All-American Despite being left off the list of finalists for the Butkus Award, star senior middle linebacker received his second prestigious honor of the week when he was named to Scout. com’s All-America first team. He joins fellow ACC linebacker Luke Kuechly of BC as one of two of the conference’s top four linebackers among the nation’s elite, according to the site. The honors this week are likely the first of a number that will come his way throughout the offseason after he finished 2010 among the nation’s leaders in tackles for loss. All his accomplishments came in spite of an injury that ended his 2009 season and nearly his life before he ever played a snap a year ago. And his stats are all the more impressive considering the fact that he did notch a tackle in his team’s season-opening defeat of Western Carolina. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Drought dooms Pack in 87-48 catastrophe Inexperience of underclassmenladen starting lineup apparent early and often in Madison, Wisc. Tyler Everett Sports Editor

Coach Sidney Lowe and his young team could only hang with Wisconsin for about 10 minutes of Wednesday night’s 87-48 drubbing at the hands of the Badgers. The Wolfpack knew before it headed west for Wednesday night’s ACC/Big Ten Challenge showdown with Wisconsin that it would have its work cut out for it. And by halftime, State had learned firsthand how Bo Ryan and the Badgers have now won 139 of 150 Ryan’s career home games – by forcing bad shots and knocking down shots from three-point land. 2009 second-team all-conference selection Tracy Smith watched from the sidelines as four underclassmen – two freshmen and two sophomores - started on the road in what has quietly become one of the nation’s most hostile homecourt advantages. Under such circumstances, it was apparent before tipoff that the Pack would need to play its best and probably catch a few lucky breaks to knock off UW. It was obvious well before halftime that neither of those things would occur Wednesday evening. Already in trouble in the paint with Smith injured and unavailable, matters quickly worsened when sophomore center DeShawn Painter picked up two fouls in the game’s first 4:33.

State more or less held its own until it scored its last points of the first half with 6:36 to play before halftime, then quickly fell apart, trailing 44-21 at intermission. The layup by Brown that made it 29-21 was the last the Pack scored until nearly four minutes had elapsed in the second half. In that time, Wisconsin had no trouble generating offense, building a 52-21 lead before sophomore Scott Wood ended the 10-minute drought that made the game’s final 16 minutes virtually moot. Wisconsin didn’t stop there, pouring in 43 second-half points thanks in large part to six-for-11 shooting from downtown. But it was hard to tell whether the Badgers were more dominant on the offensive or defensive end. The Pack struggled all night to find clean looks at the basket, finishing the evening shooting less than 32 percent from the floor. And if not for Wood, who knocked down five of his 10 field goal attempts, including three from long range, that number would have been even lower. To say the least, the first road test for Ryan Harrow, C.J. Leslie and Lorenzo Brown will leave room for improvement. After three turnovers and poor shooting in the early going, Leslie spent the remainder of the evening on the bench, logging only 15 minutes on the night, more than only sophomore Richard Howell and little-used reserve Kendall Smith. But he wasn’t the only member of the highly-touted trio who appeared uncomfortable. Harrow

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Sophomore forward Richard Howell goes up for a shot in the lane as Tennessee Tech’s Liam McMorrow jumps to contest it during the first half of the team’s game at the RBC Center Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. Howell had five points and three rebounds as the Pack defeated the Eagles, 82-69.

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more a part of Raleigh than most of the people that I know here.” Josh Hyatt Many Staff Writer fans of nonrevenue Erika Pobee-Mensah resports such members first hearing about Jonathan as soccer, a spectator known to many Halperen Technician volleyball, non-revenue sports fans columnist, 1982 or women’s as “Flash” as a freshman at nearby Broughton High basketball have come to know School. She soon began him for his tendency to scream seeing the man, an NCSU cheers such as “Hulk Smash!” alumnus whose real name and, “It’s Clobberin’ Time!” “Well, for the Hulk cheers, is Jonathan Halperen, playI s aw t he ing guitar movie,” Halat many of peren said. Brough“I grew up as ton’s home a child with football the Fantasgames and tic Four and nearly 10 that sort of years later, thing. Some considof my cheers ers him a are left over st aple of from junior the comErika Pobee-Mensah, senior in high school.” munity. psychology In addition “I’ve to giving him seen him at the D.H. Hill Library access to technology he can’t a few times this year as I otherwise utilize, Flash’s frego there more often now,” quent trips to campus return Pobee-Mensah, now a se- him to the school where he nior in psychology at State, studied and worked as a resaid. “He’s extremely polite and I’m convinced that he’s FLASH continued page 7

“He’s more a part of Raleigh than most of the people that I know here.”

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Intramurals are made for students and faculty to have a chance to go out and play some competitive, but never too competititve, sports with friends, and the main goal is just to have a good time. However, for one coed intramural flag football team, the game is about much more than that. The goal to have fun remains the same, but losing doesn’t seem to be in this Bad Business’s vocabulary, as it has only lost a single game between the intramural season and regional tournament. “It makes it a lot more fun when you win,” Michael Remley, a senior in business administration, said. “It is fun anyway to go out and play, but it’s that much more fun when you win.” But it isn’t the natural athletic ability that makes this team good, even though that does play a part in it. It is instead the team’s work

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ethic, desire to win and playbook that have made it stand out and enjoy so much success. The playbook itself consists of about 30 plays and was created by the PE instructor Randy Bechtolt. “One of the teachers that I had for flag football drew up a ton of these plays, hooking route plays, curl plays, and it just helps,” Remley said. “I am just able to show them what is going on and it is really quick rather than telling everyone beforehand.” Unlike the men’s or women’s f lag football, co-ed is built upon team unity. A single boy or girl cannot singlehandedly win a game because everyone

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has to get involved, and a girl must touch the ball either by catching it or throwing it one out of every three plays. Amber Winterton, a junior in spanish education and one of the team’s quarterbacks, believes that her team’s versatility sets them apart. “In all the co-ed sports it comes down to the girls and how good they are. Having a girl that can throw really switches up the opposing defenses,” Winterton said. “On our offense we go to girls almost every other play. We don’t wait until we have to let a girl touch it. So that makes a huge

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