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N.C. State the focus of Atorney General’s investigation A man from Utah has asked the N.C. Attorney General to investigate bid practices at NCSU and ECU. John Wall Staff Writer

Lynn Packer has asked the North Carolina Attorney General’s office to investigate bid practices at N.C. State and East Carolina University. N.C. State purchased 100 units of Mediasite appliances between 2004 and 2009, according to Packer. Mediasite is a product made by Sonic Foundry of Wisconsin that allows professors to record lectures using rich media capture. Blain Woods, assistant director for purchasing for the University, said he has pulled purchase orders back to 2004, and he has been told the equipment has been on the campus for ten to twelve years. Packer, from Utah, is in the process of bringing another lecture capture product to market, called V-Chassis. “In the course of bringing [V-Chassis] to market, I started doing research on how lecture capture equipment was marketed. That’s when I started to see indicators that Sonic Foundry was able to skirt competitive bidding laws,” Packer said. Packer said N.C. State bought Mediasite in 2010 without going through a competitive bid process. “States have laws that require state agencies to ensure that they use some sort of competitive bid process in order to procure goods and services,” Packer said. Woods weighed in on the Mediasite

bid process. “The departments already had inventory of the existing equipment from the same manufacturer and state law allows us to waive the bid process if there’s seniortization [sic] and compatibility,” Woods said. During his initial personal investigation, Packer contacted N.C. State to obtain documents relevant to the procurement of lecture capture equipment. Packer said he has been less than happy with the time the University has taken to send him documents he requested. Clifton Williams, University records officer, said he began working with Packer two months ago. “I have provided Mr. Packer with several hundred documents, and I continue to work with him on this,” Williams said. “I have explained to Mr. Packer that there is no specific timeline established in state law as it relates to the release of public records.” Packer also claimed an N.C. State faculty member, Tom Miller, was on a Sonic Foundry advisory board. “He was on the board near the time that the University acquired its first Mediasite appliance,” Packer said. “He has told me that he had nothing to do with that.” Miller, who said he wears “two hats,” is the vice provost for distance education and leaning technologies, and is also director of the University’s entrepreneurship initiative. “I served on the advisory board for Sonic Foundry. The advisory board is not the board of directors,” Miller said. “It’s an informal board that the company puts together.” Keith Nichols, director of news and

CSLEPS movie focused on combating local poverty CSLEPS members have made a short documentary to inform students about American social issues. Justin Rose Staff Writer

The Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service is hoping to raise hunger awareness with their Campus Movie Fest submission, “Stamps.” The first part of this investigative film is comprised of several interviews from students giving their thoughts about poverty as well as hunger and the implementation of food stamps. The remainder explores what living off of $4.14—the cost of food stamps per day, $130 a month, in N.C.— equates to at the grocery store. Three students examined their choices and bought, with their $4.14, what they thought was sufficient for a day’s worth of food. Campus Movie Fest is a student film competition designed to showcase student talent through the creation of short, independently made,

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communications, commented on the role faculty members play outside the University. “It’s not unusual for faculty members, regardless of their discipline, to be in the position, whether they are on a formal advisory board or not, to interact with for-profit companies outside the University either on a formal advisory basis, or an informal basis,” Nichols said. “It’s not only not unusual, it’s expected. As faculty we’re expected to be practitioners engaged in whatever our field of knowledge is out in the community,” Miller said. Miller received compensation from Sonic Foundry for his involvement with the advisory board. Since the company is based in Wisconsin, Miller said he had to have compensation for the days he would take off from work, and for travel. Sonic Foundry also included stock options in his compensation package. “[Miller] never exercised the options, and in fact the options have expired,” Nichols said. Miller said he has not received compensation since 2005. Marc Hoit, vice chancellor of the office of information technology, said Central IT bought between 50 and 52 Mediasite appliances this past year. “We paid $440,000. They are around $8,000 to $9,000 apiece,” Hoit said. All 150 units cost the University more than $1 million, according

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Reenacting events that have happened on campus, Josh Helms, a freshmen in paper science, prays on Morgan Piner, a freshmen in marine science, as she sits outside the C-store in Central Campus. N.C. State is an open campus which means that people from anywhere can get onto campus without any problems.

Open campus has a dark side Incidents related to non-students raise concerns over campus safety. Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer

The daily crime log, published online by Campus Police, records oncampus crimes, disturbances and traffic offenses. For the most part, these incidents involve University students, faculty and staff. However, non-students are also frequently involved. During eight of the past ten days, at least one non-student has been involved in an on-campus incident requiring the involvement of Campus Police. This raises concerns about the level of safety on campus. According to Jon Barnwell, patrol division commander for campus police, the policy is essential to the identity of the University. “By focusing on practical education

for the common people, N.C. State became known as an institution for all North Carolinians,” Barnwell said. “As part of the UNC System, N.C. State’s campus and resources are open for use by the general public.” Barnwell went on to say while this principle is essential to the University, it comes with inevitable safety challenges. “Although [the policy] brings up concerns in relation to safety; the freedom of movement, interaction and the exchange of ideas is a core value for the N.C. State community,” Barnwell said. For Lauren Caddick, a sophomore in art and design, the policy of an open campus is important because it helps students learn how to live independently. “I think that a key part of the college experience is finally living out in the real world, which is not always a gated community,” Caddick said.

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films. The winner of the competition will go to Hollywood on the wings of a $10,000 grant. If “Stamps” makes it into the top 16, it will be premiered along with the other 15 at the campus cinema in Witherspoon this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The doors open at 7:00 p.m. and students are encouraged to arrive early as a high turnout is expected. The top 16 films are unannounced prior to the event, meaning all the filmmakers will have to wait until the premier to see if their work made it to the big screen. However, even if “Stamps” is not shown at the event, or if students cannot make it to the premier, it will be made available for public viewing on the Campus Movie Fest website. Director Alexandria McCall, freshman in mathematics and mathematics education, said the filmmaking process was tiring and somewhat frustrating. “It was a lot of work,” McCall said. “I’m exhausted, but we had

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Jamming out at the end of a difficult song, Branden Mooney, a junior in graphic design, shows off his skills at Rock Band on expert difficulty. Mooney is downstairs in Talley at least once a week, mainly to jam on Rock Band. “I love music and art, so video games are a good way to combine the two,” Mooney said. Talley Gameroom offers a membership plan which allows students to pay $10 per year in order to rent video games from the Gameroom. “[Video games] are a good way to take a load off,” Mooney said.

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to Packer. Hoit said the purchase of 150 units of Mediasite appliances since 2004 “is not out of the realm of reasonable.” Packer has also filed a complaint regarding the acquisition of lecture capture equipment

al Garrison, senior in textiles watches the coke into his cup while he waits on his meal at Noodles&Company in Cameron Village on Thursday afternoon. Many State student from all over campus flock to this store as an after class repreive from the usual campus meals.

with the Attorney General in his native state of Utah. The Utah Attorney General is investigating Weber State University’s purchase of Sonic Foundry appliances, according to the online publication eCampus News. Packer said he has yet to hear back from the N.C. Attorney General’s office about his complaint. “Sometimes [the office] will

make some inquiries to see if they want to take the issue to the level of an official investigation,” Packer said. “It just depends on how they want to proceed.” Sonia Mashiah is a program assistant with the education section at the N.C. Attorney General’s office. She said requests from the public dealing in education would come through her.

“Usually when we get requests from the public, we usually try to respond to them with a written correspondence,” Mashiah said. “I am not familiar with anything that has come in from someone from Utah. I haven’t seen any sort of request for an incident and investigation.”

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Triangle Open hosts 13th annual dance competition

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a lot of great comments.” McCall, a member of the CSLEPS Hunger and Homelessness Committee, and the rest of her small group of students had some difficulties procuring the necessary equipment and had to work with considerable time constraints: only 5 days to shoot and edit the entire film, which could be at most five minutes long. These stressors led to the need to make some tough decisions about what to include, according to McCall. “I had to cut some stuff out that I really wanted in movie,” McCall said. “There was so much good material to work with.” Chris Adkins, president of the CSLEPS Hunger and Homelessness Committee and senior in mechanical engineering, helped edit the film and took part in the food stamp experiment. “It really shows how hard it is to eat healthily with food stamps,” said Adkins. Overall, Adkins said he was happy with how the film turned out. “I thought the movie turned out great, and I was very pleased with the results. Survival food stamps are something we’ve talked about for a long time, along with how to implement it, how to turn it into a program, and how to spread awareness,” Adkins said. “Then we stumbled upon

Safety escort improving through training Detailed training ensures that safety escort drivers on campus are ready for the job.

Dancing with Wolves will put on this dance competition that will host schools from along east coast.

It started with a dare. Aksel Davis started dance lessons on a whim while in high school to challenge of his mother’s egging on to join a local dance class. Now, as the chief organizer of one of the biggest dance competitions on the east coast, Davis, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, is not joking about dancing. “After my first lessons, I was addicted to ballroom dance,” Davis said. “I heard about the N.C. State dance program and when I came here the fall my freshman year, I joined.” Dancing with Wolves, the primary ballroom-dance club at N.C. State, competes in various competitions throughout the school year and this weekend will host the 13th annual Triangle Open at the J.S. Dorton Arena. This juried event will feature dancers of varying levels of experience and will also present two professional couples with national rankings. “One of the dance couples that will be performing on Saturday night are Pasha Pashkov and Danilea Karagach,” Davis said. “They are the current U.S. ten dance champions, which means they do both the standard and the Latin dances. They are currently the number-one couple in the U.S. We will also have professional couple Dima and Erika Sazinas. They will perform some standard dances as well.” Davis compared the caliber of these dancers to be “as good, if not better, than what you’d see on dancing with the stars.” Although the event is a competition, Dancing with Wolves vice president Tan Tran said that Triangle Open is looking to be a spectator event. “This year is the first year that we are inviting spectators,” Tran, a senior in aerospace engineering, said. “In previous years, the venues were way too small to accommodate viewers.

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Line up of Dancing with Wolves competitors at awards ceremony at local competition

But Dorton Arena with 5000 seats.” Triangle Open will separate competitors in the two standard divisions of ballroom dance, syllabus and open. “Syllabus is kind of where you learn all your basic figures,” Davis said. “We have different levels, including newcomer, bronze, silver and then gold levels. After than, there are the open level divisions. Those levels will be novice, pre-championship and then championship.” Triangle Open will offer all the ballroom dances that Dancing with Wolves practices, which include the two categories, standard and Latin. “Standard dances are the waltz, tango, foxtrot and quickstep,” Tran said. “Latin is comprised of the cha-cha, rumba, samba and jive.” The competition is not exclusive and welcomes an array of dancing abilities. “I have been dancing since last semester,” Kristin Hartgrove, a junior in horticulture, said. “This will be my third competition. My various partners and I meet about three times a week. It’s good experience with following and leading.” Triangle Open focuses on the competitive aspect of dancing and Davis said the nearly 300 competitors will vie for the

Campus Movie Fest…It’s a great way to get the awareness out.” Adkins also commented on the film’s message and moral. “You’re really lucky to travel on a blue passport. And you’re really lucky to have somewhere to go where, if you fall on hard times, you can find between three churches in the county, free food, free shelter and free clothes every single day,” Adkins said. “You’re so fortunate, and you’re even more fortunate to never have be one of the people that needs to resort to that.” McCall also said she thinks the movie has an important message and urged students to check it out. “It’s a great movie. It has a message to give and offers a different viewpoint. It’s a movie that actually has a point. That’s why I want people to come out and see it,” McCall said. McCall said she is excited by the prospect of educating the masses. “Often I feel like poor people in the United States get overlooked. Everyone wants to go to Haiti, Africa and all around the world, but when it comes to people here there’s excuses, like that for some reason poor people here are lazy,” McCall said. “The goal here is to give people an idea of what’s really going on with poverty in America.”

the escort service and learning how to operate the equipment, such as the police laptop and radio. The last eight hours are usually spent driving with an escort passenger--usually N.C. State students--according to Justin Rose Klose. Staff Writer In addition, criminal records Students requesting safety and motor vehicle records escort services on campus checks are conducted annually. “It’s all on-the-job training,” can rest easy knowing escort staff are well trained, Klose said. “And wherever the according to Budd Group training officers feel their skills need to be brushed up on or security. The Budd Group is a com- refined, that’s where they’ll pany that provides N.C. spend the remainder of their State with various services, training.” In response to student comincluding security. The company began the part- plaints about the officers’ ocnership with N.C. State by casional slow response times, providing non-essential Klose said it was important to services, such as locking keep a realistic mindset. “You’re always going to have up buildings at night, and then started offering the one or two people that say, safety escort service in 2007. ‘They didn’t get here quickly This has helped free up enough,’” Klose said. “People time for the police depart- have to keep in mind that these ment, allowing them to fo- three officers are running main campus, north campus, south cus on other issues. campus, cenArt tennial camKlose, pus… They’re Budd seall over the curity opplace. They erations get there as manager, quick ly as sa id t he they can but escort sometimes officers Art Klose, Budd security t he re i s a undergo operations manager wait.” sufficient Klose also trainsaid he does i ng a nd the service is operating recognize there is always room for improvement and explained smoothly. The current safety escort how the police department soteam consists three offi- licits feedback from the student cers, one of whom is new body and forwards that inforand undergoing training mation to Budd. Budd then asthis week. She is replacing sesses the feedback and takes an officer who was recently appropriate action, said Klose. Gerry Stickl, branch manpromoted to another site, ager, also commented on the according to Klose. “All three officers have concerns surrounding the ofseveral years of security ex- ficers’ response time. “When you have a lot of peoperience,” said Klose. “It’s safe to say they’re career ple calling, sometimes it get’s backed up,” said Stickl. “The security officers.” The officers must com- state has a budget and it’s very plete 16 hours of security difficult to throw in another officer classroom instruc- vehicle.” Stickl said he thinks the estion mandated by the North Carolina Department of cort service hasn’t encountered Justice Private Protective any major problems. “For the most part everyServices Division. They then go through a thing’s going pretty well,” said minimum of 16 hours of Stickl. “You get a few comescort driver training. The plaints here and there saying first eight hours include rid- they were slow, but we’re always ing along with an escort of- open to ideas to make everyficer and getting exposed to thing more efficient.”

“All three officers have several years of security experience.”

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Jennifer Edwards and Aksel Davis dance at a local competition.

$2,200 of prize money. “We are still focused on our competitors and our members,” Tran said. “We have a lot of potential we want to tap

into. The other major school in this event is UNC. I just want to smack them down this weekend.”

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became like a military compound on lock down, sure we would be safe, but would the continued from page 1 environment be truly conducive to learning?” Caddick echoed the sentiCampus police have a very active role in keeping students ments of Barnwell in regards safe in regards to other stu- to N.C. State’s place in the comdents and non-students alike. munity. “When you are on the streets “[Campus police] makes every attempt to be pro-active of N.C. State, you are on the in addressing situations before streets of Raleigh,” Caddick they become crimes,” Barnwell said. “As long as students treat the campus as they would any said. According to Barnwell, cam- big city and practice safe habpus police have the ability to its, I see no reason to consider interact with any individual enclosing the campus.” However, whom t hey there are leobserve exgitimate safehibiting odd ty concerns behavior or on campus, any indiCaddick said. v idua l who Being a stuappears to be dent in the in a place they C ol le ge of should not be. Design, CadBarnwell d ic k m e nalso said the John Barnwelll, patrol division tioned that campus pocommander - campus police she frequentlice force uses ly makes late a “diversified patrol initiative” to help keep night treks from her studio to her dorm. the community safe. “I still feel that regardless “We are not only patrolling in vehicles, but we are on horses, of N.C. State being open or bicycles, Segways, and on foot, closed, there are paths on camwalking through buildings and pus that are too dark and too interacting with our campus far removed from the blue light system,” Caddick said. community,” Barnwell said. Benjamin Holden, sophoAccording to Barnwell, while the policy of maintaining an more in mechanical engineeropen campus may inevitably ing, said he also believes it is create safety concerns, it is the unrealistic to consider closing best option for the well-being the campus to the public. “It would be very hard for of the University community. “Who would want the perim- [N.C. State] to switch to being eter of the University to look a closed campus because of its like that of Central Prison?” size,” Holden said. Barnwell also said closing the Barnwell said. “If N.C. State

“Who would want the perimeter of the University to look like that of Central Prison?”

Non-students in the police blotter: October 5, 2010 1:12 P.M. | Noise Disturbance Brickyard Report of speaker causing disturbance. Subject had proper permit but was blocking construction traffic. Subject moved to another spot. No other issues. October 7, 2010 4:22 P.M. | Assault on a Female Western Manor Apt. During domestic dispute student was assaulted by nonstudent. Subject was arrested for Assault on a Female and Resist/Obstruct/Delay. October 10, 2010 3:58 A.M. | Suspicious Incident North Hall Student reported someone

campus to the public would not be conducive to the functioning of the University or its mission. “You could increase safety by having an eight foot wall around campus and all roads gated with guard houses,” Barnwell said. “But as a land grant institution for the people with a mission of extension, engagement, and economic development, we may send mixed messages.”

knocking on doors. Officers located non-student. Subject was intoxicated and thought they were at the Brownstone. Subject was trespassed from NCSU and escorted to the Brownstone. October 13, 2010 9:55 P.M. | Assault Memorial Bell Tower Report of group of subjects yelling at people. Officer located non-student who had been hit with a stick by another nonstudent. No injuries

October 20, 2010 9:05 P.M. | Suspicious Person DH Hill Library Report of subject in restroom taking a bath. Officers located and trespassed non-student from NCSU property.

this weekend Stanley Clarke + Hiromi

Sat, Feb 26 at 8pm | Stewart Theatre Fresh on the heels of their Grammy win this month, renowned jazz musicians Stanley Clarke and Hiromi perform at NC State. Pre-show talk at 7pm.

Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra

Sun, Feb 27 at 4pm | Talley Ballroom Serenade, a collection of lighter and delightful instrumental compositions by Mozart and Brahms. $5 NCSU students

919-515-1100 ncsu.edu/arts

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The Facts:

Don’t let the extra money burn I

Student Government’s Finance Committee is under budget by $6,300, nearly 40 percent of their initial budget of $16,500. If this money is not spent or allotted to an organization by the end of the fiscal year, their future budgets will be reduced by the excess amount.

Our Opinion:

The Finance Committee should either find a worthy use of this new money, or the need for such a large budget should be reevaluated. Clubs and other student groups who meet the requirements should be fighting for the chance to do something worthwhile with this money.

n the wake of this current budget crisis N.C. State and the rest of the UNC-system are facing, Student Government has the luxury of being under budget for the 20102011 fiscal year. Clubs around campus have $6,300 to get their hands on. This could buy some really nice brooms for the Quidditch team or help a club host a speaker on campus. While they have this opportunity to get something that will help benefit the clubs, the students and the community, if nothing can be found to employ the money efficiently then the Finance Committee should reevaluate the need for such a large budget next year. Clubs should be looking to use this opportunity. It is a very nice cushion for N.C. State

they can easily find something worthwhile to use the money for. They should see the importance of this opportunity don’t continue to supply it. and not merely waste it on a The bottom line should be temporary quick fix to ensure to make a difference with this they get their money next year. money and not let it go away. We can find a worthy cause to Instead of piddling away this drop this money into before it money for the sake of spend- falls out of Student Governing if no use is found, the Fi- ment’s pocket. nance Committee should find a collective cause or project that students of campus organizations find important and put the money towards it. Philanthropy could promote our clubs as well as aid those in need. N.C. State organizations have a chance to give back to the community at the University, Raleigh and even North Carolina. Because of their nature,

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clubs to fall back on during these financially difficult times. Student leaders of clubs and organizations should be looking to improve their group’s offerings, their members’ experience and raise campus awareness about the issues they think are important. In this time of The Great Recession, we all have had to find ways to pinch pennies and cut corners to save a few bucks. If next year’s budget were cut by this excess, that would save 600,000 pennies. Sounds like a good corner to cut. If they could not find clubs that wanted these funds, then the demand is obviously not there, so

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Response to ‘Leading By Example’ Editor’s note: This column has been shortened due to space constraints. Please see www.technicianonline.com for the complete column.

want first of all to thank Manan Chandra for the thoughtful suggestions in Tuesday’s “Leading by Example” column, reminding us of the obligation that we Patrick all have to use Deaton energy wisely. Guest columnist Manan is absolutely right in pointing out that D. H. Hill Library is open at almost all hours and that lighting the building and running its computers and other equipment demand significant amounts of electricity. Reducing our energy footprint is something that we’ve been looking at for some years. As Manan suggested, using sensors to control lighting when no one is actually in an area seems like a great solution. However, D. H. Hill is actually a collection of four almost separate buildings, built over a half a dozen decades. As the frequent fire alarms of the past show, creating a cohesive, affordable electrical control system from this maze of construction is a constant and costly challenge. When push comes to shove as it has during the recent fiscal crisis we put the fire alarm system at the top of the list because student and staff safety is always a priority. We do, in fact, have sensors in some of the libraries less complicated spaces, including group study rooms. But once we move to more complex areas, we immediately run into problems that show us just how costly and complicated this is likely to be. Imagine the complexity of, say, adequately placing and controlling sensors on a typical floor in library stacks, with desks tucked into every available nook and corner, with the book stacks blocking lines of sight, with students sometimes not making substantial movements for long periods while they work. And hovering over it all is a significant safety issue. Though our number of users does drop at night, we still have hundreds doing work all over the building at any given time. Until we can afford a more sophisticated, fail-safe

lighting control system, we have to err on the side of student safety. Even if it’s a very unlikely event, we can’t contemplate the potential results of someone finding himself or herself on a suddenly darkened floor with someone whose intentions are not good. Over and over again, students tell us they love D. H. Hill because it is a safe, comfortable place that is always available at three a. m. when time is short and the paper is due. It is, more than one student has told me, quite literally a light in the dark. We can’t do anything that would jeopardize that sense of safety. Which is not to say that we haven’t mounted a substantial campaign to drive down our energy usage. For one, we are leading the University in technology advances to save power on desktop and laptop computing. We are now deploying new thinclient computers that use as little as 15 percent of the power of today’s desktops; we are virtualizing our servers to save up to 30 percent on the power we use in running our infrastructure; we buy only EPEAT gold-rated desktops, laptops and monitors. Recently we put in place six book scanners to divert copying away from traditional copiers. Scanners use a fraction of the energy and have none of the associated waste of paper, toner, disposables, etc. So, in the ways that can immediately save money and energy, we are making progress. But we really hope to start leading by example when the new Hunt Library is finished next year. Once Hunt is online and the current fiscal problems have turned around, D. H. Hill will be in for a makeover, one that will include a good hard look at how we can further cut its environmental impact. Patrick Deaton is the assistant director of Learning Spaces and Capital Management at NCSU Libraries.

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{ AskStaci } Dear Staci, I’m in a bit of a dilemma. I’ve been hanging with this chick who’s real flirty but she told me early on that she didn’t want a relationship because we’d be graduating soon. Come to find out she actually has a boyfriend. My friendship with this chick is essentially a relationship minus the affection and title. I don’t know how to get out of this hole. I haven’t crossed any lines that ‘her boyfriend’ would be angry with but she’s crossing lines. - Stuck in friend zone

’m going to have to refer to my relationship guru on this one, Billy Crystal’s character in When Harry Met Sally,—Harry Burns. He said, “men and women can’t be friends because the sex pa r t a lway s ge t s i n t he way.” I think this is what’s happening in your supposed friendship with this girl. Staci There is a lot Thornton going wrong Staff Columnist here and the easiest solution is stop being friends with her. You definitely can’t be a friends with a girl you like, that’s just like pushing a bruise. Especially when she’s dating someone else. The easy way out is to leave. But I know what you’re thinking: You really like her, she’s great, you want to be with her, she might be the one. So

let’s just forget the fact that she’s a liar, a cheater and obviously not a great girlfriend. And don’t argue that she’s not a cheater: While there hasn’t been any physical cheating on her part, there’s definitely been emotional cheating, which is just as bad, if not worse. You need to be really honest with her. Tell her you like her more than a friend and feel as though she’s been leading you on. She should either change her actions towards you or decide that it’s best that you two aren’t friends. Emphasis on ‘should.’ Unfortunately, what she will most likely do is deny it and continue with her flirty, feminine wiles. You are not totally blameless in this situation. You are helping her emotionally cheat. Those who help someone cheat are just as much to blame as the cheater. So I’m hoping by now, you realize she isn’t the one and you can just drop this girl. Take her number out of your phone, defriend her on Facebook, just get

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Local shop founded on fair trade philosophy Beleza committed to trading fairly with foreign artisans and building relationships. Elizabeth Ayscue Staff Writer

Buying any sort of commercial product these days presents a disconnection between the consumer and the origin of the product, generally coming from a sweatshop in some distant country made by people who you’ll never know. Fair trade changes that by allowing consumers to buy products that are traded on fair terms with craftspeople—and a local store is forging strong relationships at the heart of fair trade. Beleza is a locally-owned fair trade boutique, located in Cameron Village, a shopping center near main campus. The store is owned by Philip Dail, director of advising and admissions for the College of Textiles, and his wife, Sara. The couple founded the business in 2005. But what exactly is “fair trade?” Dail explains it best. “You pay the producers the price that they need in the country where they live to sustain themselves,” Dail said. “They set the value.” According to Dail, by using the fair trade philosophy to deal with the artisans who provide products for the store, the artisans have wider access to selling their products and learning about how business works. “We also share almost everything about our business here so that [the artisans] will have a bigger picture of what they are part of,” Dail said. Fair trade is not only about marketing products for people who would normally sell their crafts at weekend fairs, but also about building relationships with the craftspeople and respecting their lifestyle and culture. “Fair trade is built on the premise that we respect their culture,” Dail said. “We are not in any way trying to ‘Americanize’ their culture or any bit of them.” For each product in the store, there is a card explaining what the product is, where it came from and who made it. It allows the buyer to also be a part of the relationship. Beleza began with Kylie Schmidt, a College of Textiles student who had joined the Peace Corps and served in Madagascar. While there, Schmidt discovered a group of women who made silk shawls and scarves. Schmidt, a textiles student, re-

alized the high quality of the products and asked several professors within the college to help in aiding these women to market their products. Dail responded to Schmidt’s request. Now Beleza is a “destination shopping place” at Cameron Village. “People come to Cameron Village just to go to Beleza,” Dail said. The store mainly specializes in women’s accessories such as scarves, jewelry, shawls and hats, also working with local artists to sell their crafts. Their artisans represent various developing countries across the globe. Beleza also has several student employees, including a team of interns headed by Alex Martin, a senior in business administration. Needing to fulfill a service requirement for his world population and food prospects class, Martin remembered Beleza. “I met [Dail] several years ago at a LeaderShape conferCAMILAH JENNINGS/TECHNICIAN ence and remembered the Philip Dail, owner of Beleza, Fair Trade Boutique, arranges scarves hand made in the United States. In addition to his shop providing a store. I e-mailed him directly market for such local textile and jewelry artists, Beleza features sixteen other countries’ works. and told him that I had some great ideas and wanted to help out,” Martin said. “He was im- of finding the ‘perfect’ item for ping experience. them,” Michal said. “They give away their homemediately on board.” Susan Navey-Davis, assistant grown vegetables and use the Besides creating a highquality website for Beleza with department head for student store to share information information about its products affairs in the foreign language about worthwhile projects,” she and fair trade, Martin’s team and literature department, said. “It’s more than a business, has also started an eBay store to said that she enjoys shopping it’s a community.” Fair trade is the center of the sell products via the Internet. at Beleza, mainly because she Christy Michal, a senior in approves of the fair trade phi- entire operation, and according to Dail, is the only way to fashion and textile manage- losophy of doing business. ment, is an “I ’m a do business with the people of employee at strong sup- these countries. “The philosophy…is not neBeleza. She porter of the de c ide d to Dails’ way of gotiable,” he said. The whole concept of a fair work t here doing busibecause ness a nd I trade business is novel in this she needed love the mer- generation,” Michal said. “Fair a summer chandise they trade business practices take in job and has choose for the account the artisan and their grown to enstore,” Navey- needs for living.” Martin added that people joy it. Davis said. “I initially She espe- warm up to the idea that the wa nted t he cially likes to money spent on a product dijob because I shop for gift rectly goes to the artisan who made it. needed a job items there. “I think it’s an idea that stuin general, but “I have it has become f r iends for dents really like when they hear Philip Dail, owner of Beleza so much more whom I only about it—their money goes to since then,” shop at Bele- feeding someone’s family inMichal said. za,” Navey-Davis said. “They stead of lining the pockets of CAMILAH JENNINGS/TECHNICIAN According to Michal, some have everything they need, but corporate executives,” Martin Nearly every piece of textile or jewelry in Beleza was hand made said. of the perks of working for the a handmade gift from a store by foreign poorer craftsmen coming from sixteen countries, Dail credits Schmidt for disstore include designing some of that specializes in free trade is like the neclace and earrings featured above. Philip Dail is the covering the women of Mada- director of advising and admissions for the College of Textiles her own jewelry to sell. always appreciated.” “I had never worked with Beleza is a unique store not gascar and for having the pas- and owner of Beleza, Fair Trade Boutique in Cameron Village. jewelry until working at Beleza, only because it specializes in sion to give them access to mar- Saturday, Beleza is hosting an ebay party to celebrate their but being someone who enjoys handmade fair traded goods, keting their beautiful scarves business’ advancement and growth both physically and virtually. using my hands, it was easy to but also because it has become and shawls. “This store was never in my pick up,” Michal said. a center for doing good in the life plans. But it goes to show She also enjoys helping wom- community. en who are having trouble se“We’ve collected shoes to what combining the passions of lecting accessories. send to Madagascar,” Dail said. people together can do.” “Some women come in the “The store is far more than just store looking for something to a retail store.” match a dress or go with a suit, Navey-Davis said she enjoys and I really enjoy that process that service-aspect of the shop-

“We also share almost everything about our business here so that [the artisans] will have a bigger picture of what they are part of.”

Spotted in the Brickyard PHOTO & STORY BY MEGHAN FARRELL

echnician’s weekly “Spotted in the Brickyard” highlights a fashionable student found in the Brickyard. From eclectic and vintage to classic and chic, Technician will be sure to bring you fresh looks every week.

While celebrating her 21st birthday, Debra Buck, a junior in public relations, stops to pose in the Brickyard. Buck’s outfit included a top from Forever 21 ($8), a skirt from H&M ($5), Aldo boots ($50), and an animal print blazer (H&M, $25). She added the perfect amount of fun accessories to her outfit, including patterned fishnet tights (Urban Outfitters, $5), a yellow handbag (Vanity Boutique, $40), sunglasses (Urban Outfitters, $10) and a belt (Target, $5), worn at her empire waistline. She also sported a variety of jewelry from stores such as Forever 21 and Target, totaling about $17 overall. Buck mentioned that she prefers to shop at Nordstrom, H&M, and Urban Outfitters.

Matt Warren, a masters student in international studies, poses outside of the Atrium wearing a simple and stylist outfit. Warren’s look consisted of a button-up shirt from H&M ($30) over a t-shirt that Warren purchased while studying abroad in Copenhagen. He also wore a pair of slightly distressed jeans (Express, $70) and Adidas sneakers (Foot Locker, $60). “I like shopping wherever there is something I like that looks cool,” Warren said. When asked to describe his own style, Warren simply and easily replied, “Rock ‘n’ roll.”

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Artspace highlights N.C. State alumna’s works Downtown art gallery, Artspace, is exhibiting the artwork of N.C. State graduate Andrea Donnelly Stephen Behan Staff Writer

It is through the repetitive act of weaving, and sometimes unweaving and reweaving, that Andrea Donnelly explores the connections of her mind and body. Each movement during the weaving process is recorded in the threads of each fabric. Mindbody is the title of Donnel ly’s solo ex hibit, which is currently displayed at the Artspace visual arts center. The center is located in downtown Raleigh. As the name suggests, Mindbody is an introspective examination of the physical body and mental presence of this artist and N.C. State alumna and the link between them. Though several of her pieces incorporate images of her body, the artist also conveys

gate fellowship,. The $15,000 fellowship is awarded to University seniors who show artistic promise and have the potential to make contributions to the advancement of their field, according to the fellowship’s website. Donnelly continued her education at Virginia Commonwealth University, and earned a master’s degree of fine arts in fibers. It is her education background—the combination of psychology, art and fiber—that defines the exhibit. According to Newman, the use of textiles creates a lot of interest in Donnelly’s work. “[The use of textiles] is an intriguing part of her work,” Newman said. “People usually associate textiles with garments, but [Donnelly’s] work makes you think about how your body relates to textiles.” She also recognized that it is not just the content of Donnelly’s work that is compelling, but the scale. The massive pieces loom over the viewer, making them self aware and conscious of their

the physical half of her self through other means. It is precisely how her art is made which allows the minute details in the art to tell a story. The uniqueness of Donnelly’s work is in the medium she uses-hand woven cotton cloth. Each thread is the record of an action. Each flaw and kink convey the aspect of memory. And these memories are chronologically layered until a single consciousness is recorded on the cloth. This is the art of a weaver. Donnelly describes the cloth she makes as a “mental landscape, quietly inhabited.” While at the University, Donnelly earned degrees in both psychology and Art and Design. It was around the time of her graduation that Lia Newman, Artspace director of programs and exhibits, noticed her work. “I saw her work when she was still a student at N.C. State, or right after, and started to follow her,” Newman said. As a graduating senior in 2006, Donnelly was the recipient of the prestigious Wind-

physical and mental presence. “They make you think about your body and how they relate to textiles,” Newman said. “The pieces are huge, and because they are fabric, they are flowing, not stiff.” The flowing organic nature of the cloth makes the art more relatable, said Newman. While Artspace usually reserves its exhibits for nonlocals, Donnelly’s work marks the first of several exhibitions featuring N.C. State graduates. Donnelly’s exhibit has been on display since Feb. 4 and will remain exhibited until March 26. She won’t be the last, however. Artist Greg Lindquist, an N.C. State graduate of 2003 with degrees in English and Art and Design, will have his work exhibited at Artspace in April. Lindquist, who now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, described his art as depictions of “actions in the landscape that are not always obvious.” His work will come to Artspace in April.

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Andrea Donnelly’s artwork, “Holding In,” is on display at Artspace, in downtown Raleigh. Donnelly, an N.C. State grad, focuses on introspective and sentimental feelings in her exhibit entitled Mindbody.

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which often provide extra rewards for the winning designer on top of the usual cash prize awarded by the business. Elizabeth Hyde, a junior in animal science, commented on the benefits for artists supported by Threadless. over the past decade, and despite numerous “It gives artists a chance to make money off expansions to what the site has to offer, the of their work, which is a nice thing for them,” community submission process remains the Hyde said. “It can be hard to make it as an core of it all. artist, so every opportunity counts.” Cam Balzer, vice president of marketing, Other shirt series include Type Tees, which commented on how important the commu- feature quotes submitted by the community, nity is to Threadless in a instead of designs, and the recent interview. Select Series, featuring new “One key differentiating designs from Threadless defactor for Threadless is a signers who have had their cultivation and dedication work printed four or more to our design-based comtimes. The site has also become a munity,” Balzer said. “We hub for creators to find inbring designers and their spiration and form connecstories to the foreground, tions with other designers. and attach that story to the Rob Gould, a member who product whenever possible.” In keeping with com- Rob Gould, Threadless designer has won the main competition several times, has been munity interest, the online store has introduced numerous new sections able to develop numerous creative relationof the site over the years, which provide dif- ships through the site. “Through Threadless, I have found a small ferent creative outlets for its fans. One of the most popular sections is the network of friends via the forum,” Gould said. Design Challenge, which gives users a spe- “I will either e-mail a specific group of peers cific theme to incorporate into a design. The with sketches of possible ideas and ask for challenges usually have an outside sponsor, feedback or I will post a blog in the Thread-

ne of the greatest features provided by the internet is the ability for people to connect with others who share common interests. The expanding presence of social networking sites has seen huge leaps in recent years, but the idea of social networking goes back further.

One of the first sites to use the potential of a community-driven network was Threadless. Launched in 2000, the site is an online apparel store centered around user-submitted t-shirt designs. In the past decade, the site has grown and developed significantly. However, it remains a site dedicated to its fans, with products designed and chosen by members of the Threadless community. The website was founded by Jake Nickell and Jacob DeHart. The duo had a desire to develop a website that doubled as both a community and as a business. Therefore, they developed Threadless as a “crowd sourced” site, where any member of the community would be able to post their own t-shirt design for the world to see. After being posted, designs are able to be rated and critiqued by other members of the community. Every few weeks, the scores and ratings given to the top 300 designs are considered for print. Finally, the selection process leaves ten designs ready to be printed and sold on the site. This system has worked well for Threadless

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“Through Threadless, I have found a small network of friends via the forum,”

less forum and ask for advice. This is where I receive the most insightful and candid comments.” Threadless’ success has spread beyond just the main site. In 2007, a spin-off site, ThreadlessKids.com, was launched, focusing on designing clothes for babies and young children. Perhaps the most notable success Threadless has achieved was in 2007, when they opened a retail store in Chicago. The store features popular designs from the website, and the inventory changes on a weekly basis. A Threadless Kids store was also opened the following year. Most recently, the business celebrated its ten-year anniversary by publishing a retrospective book. The book, titled Threadless, is an in-depth look at the beginnings and growth of the site over the past decade. As it stands, Threadless is one of the most successful and important online design communities, and the company shows no signs of slowing as it enters into its second decade. It remains dedicated to providing a source for creativity and competition, while providing new innovations in the often-competitive online market.

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to Baseball America. Facing some formidable lineups this weekend, Mazzoni spoke about what the pitching staff learned from the season-opening loss to Elon. “Cutting down on some of the walks and keeping the ball down is big,” Mazzoni said. “With the new bats, we need to pound the zone.” Looking to avenge a 6-3 loss to Coastal Carolina in last season’s edition of Baseball at the Beach, the Pack will send sophomore Danny Healey to the mound for the weekend finale against the Chanticleers. After giving up only one run on two hits in five innings of work in his first start, Healey looks to maintain State’s 10-9 all-time record against Coastal above .500. Coastal enters the weekend with a 3-1 record and is a top20 team in virtually every college baseball poll. The Chanticleers have won the last two games against the Wolfpack, including a 9-6 win in the Myrtle Beach NCAA regional, and are coming off a strong 2010 campaign, finishing with a 55-10 record a year ago. The Pack came out swinging in the first game of the Elon series, putting up 17 runs, but only scored six runs in the final two games of the series. The Pack will be looking to find some consistency on offense this weekend as it tries to replace players from a 2010 lineup that was arguably the best in school history. Sophomore infielder Chris

began, and Rice, Jr. has averaged the same amount in his last seven games. While both players can shoot the ball on point, they are also first and second on the team in rebounds, both averaging nearly six per game. Meanwhile, the Pack has had an offensive duo of its own lately in senior forward Tracy Smith and freshman forward C.J. Leslie. Both players have scored in double digits in each of State’s last four games and are first and third on the team in rebounding, respectively. The missing member for the big men in the last game was sophomore forward Richard Howell, who the Pack hopes it will get back for the matchup with the Yellow Jackets. Howell

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Center fielder Brett Williams falls to the ground after catching the ball in the first game of the Wolfpack’s season. The Wolfpack won 17-4 in the series-opener against Elon but lost the remaining two games of the series.

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part to four three-run innings. Minus those four innings, the Pack allowed only 5 earned runs in 22 innings. State’s bullpen also made 10 appearances against Elon and totaled 10 2/3 innings of work. “The more games we play the better our offense is going to be,” Mazzoni said. “If we keep pitching and with the way our defense is playing, once the bats come around we are going to be a good team.”

Diaz and junior catcher/infielder Pratt Maynard look to stay hot as they paced the Wolfpack offense against Elon. Diaz went 8-12 at the plate over the weekend, including a 4-4 performance on Friday and a home run in Saturday’s 12-2 loss. Maynard has a .538 average to start the season highlighted by driving in five runs in the season-opening victory. Despite a critical error in the 9th inning of Sunday’s game, the Pack played well defensively behind a staff that pitched well overall. They allowed 17 earned runs in 26 innings this past weekend, thanks in large

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in the half. State went 1214 from the free throw line, whereas the Eagles only shot 4-7 from the stripe. Holston had a great first half, f inishing with 12 points and three rebounds. “We had a hard time containing their penetration and then stopping [Holston], “ Boston College coach Sylvia Crawley said. “She got hot and once she got hot she was hard to stop. “

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is second on the team in rebounding and is third on the team in blocks. But Lowe says the player he has been most impressed with lately is freshman guard Lorenzo Brown. “You know, Lorenzo’s got great size. He’s more a northsouth player,” Lowe said. “And [Brown] showed in a tough environment, against a very good team, very good players, that he could handle the situation. And we will look at situations and play him more at the one.” Brown has been a dynamic passer and ball handler all season, as he leads the team in assists. Brown has also received the most playing opportunity of the three standout freshmen, starting in 23 of the team’s 27 games and averaging the second-highest minutes on the team. With the ACC tournament only three games away, State needs to start winning and the schedule certainly sets the team

up with some winnable games. While the loss to Carolina was a tough one to swallow, Lowe knows that the team needs to pull it together and play smarter basketball to win the game on Saturday. “It’s going to be tough to bounce back from this,” Lowe said. “But if our guys listen to the message we’re telling them, we’re going to be good. We’ve got the effort down. Now we’ve just got to become smarter basketball players and take smart shots. If we get that down, we’ll be fine.”

The beginning of the second half continued to swing in favor of the Pack. A layup from freshman Kody Burke gave the Pack its first double digit lead at 46-36 and a spectacular self-pass from White on the inbound on the baseline gave the Pack a 15 point lead at 58-45, its largest of the game. Boston College was able to close the gap late in the second half to bring the game within four points with a layup from Jaclyn Thoman, but free throws from Kastanek and freshman Myisha Goodwin-Coleman put the game away for the Pack and sealed

the deal. The Pack will end its season at Wake Forest on Sunday at 2 pm. With a win, the Pack can potentially move up to the eighth seed in the ACC Tournament, which will be held from March 4-6 in Greensboro, N.C.

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ACROSS 1 Rigged support 5 Curve of a cabriole leg 9 Sheet of stamps 13 “So that’s how it’s going to be” 14 Anago and unagi 15 An amulet may ward it off, purportedly 16 Move from Crystal to Caesar’s? 19 Danish poker star Gus 20 Curling surface 21 Texter’s “Heavens!” 23 Oscar night figure 24 Small, vocal bird 26 __ market 27 Cliff, Carlos and Derrek of baseball 28 Antelope of questionable virtue? 30 Mag wheels? 31 Pound output 32 Has a powerful desire (for) 33 “Another regulation, sorry to say”? 36 Gait between walk and canter 39 Wine Train valley 40 MoveOn.org, e.g.: Abbr. 43 Greengrocer’s grab bags? 46 Hole maker 47 Mongol sovereign 48 Trap, in a way 49 “Cheers” waitress 50 Sixth rock from the sun: Abbr. 51 Rye go-with 52 Repartee 53 1997 Kevin Spacey film, and a hint to this puzzle’s theme 57 Lowdown 58 “Exodus” novelist 59 Compass __ 60 Riding 61 Took off 62 Dot and Flik, in “A Bug’s Life”

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DOWN 1 “Glee” star Lea __ 2 Embarrassed 3 Medium settings 4 Time indicators of a sort 5 Gung-ho 6 Rebirth prefix 7 “The Silmarillion” being 8 Uses binoculars, say 9 Athlete dubbed “O Rei do Futebol” 10 Gardner of “Mayerling” 11 French president Sarkozy 12 Gold or silver 17 “Hmm ...” 18 Embarrassing marks 22 Roams 24 Troubles 25 Jennifer Crusie’s genre 26 Obstacle for Santa? 28 Mauna __ 29 2004 Anne Hathaway title role 31 Responded in court

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33 King of comedy 34 Shed tool 35 Adds to 36 Sets a price 37 Jackson dubbed “Queen of Gospel” 38 Sticking out 40 Helping 41 In any case 42 River to Boston Harbor

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Sports

COUNTDOWN

• 14 days until the men’s ACC Tournament kicks off in Greensboro

INSIDE

• Page 7: A continuation of the previews on the Baseball at the Beach tournament and the men’s basketball game against Georgia Tech

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women’s basketball

Men’s and women’s tennis teams in action today The No. 31 women’s tennis team plays host to Old Dominion today at 4 p.m. at the Isenhour Tennis Center. The Pack jumped eight spots in the national rankings with road wins against No. 75 Minnesota and BYU over the weekend. Lenka Hojckova and Tatiana Illova are undefeated in the spring season and are expected to remain in the number one doubles slot after the their win against Minnesota. 23rdranked Sanaa Bhambri will lead the Pack in singles play along with freshmen Christy Sipes and Joelle Kissell, who have a combined 12-0 singles record. Free pizza will be available during the match and free t-shirts will be given to the first 50 spectators. On the men’s side, coach Jon Choboy and Co. travel to Williamsburg, Va., today to take on William and Mary at 5 p.m. The No. 55 men’s tennis team jumped three spots in the ITA rankings after downing No. 70 Northwestern and South Carolina two weeks ago. Source: n.c. state athletics

Howlin’ for Hunger set for Saturday Wolfpack fans attending the Georgia Tech game Saturday at the RBC Center are urged to bring non-parishable food donations to support the North Carolina School of Science and Math’s plan to collect 550,000 pounds of food over a single 24-hour period on March 5. Fans have the chance to help NCSSM set a new Guiness world record for food donations. The event is co-sponsored by the Hunger and Homeless Committee of the Service Leadership Team - an extension of the university’s Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service (CSLEPS) - as well as Student Government’s Community Service Commission. The event is hoping to generate 10,000 pounds of non-parishable donations. Source: n.c. state athletics

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Wolfpack pulls out third straight win on Senior Night Holston’s 28 points helps State pick up muchneeded victory over Boston College. Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team picked up its third consecutive conference victory as it defeated Boston College 80-69 on Senior Night in Reynolds Coliseum. The win also marked the third straight year in which the Pack has been victorious on Senior Night. Coach Kellie Harper said last night’s grind-it-out style against the Eagles was very different from the team’s win over North Carolina on Monday. “I’m glad that our kids were able to win very differently than Monday night,” Harper said. “We had a real wellplayed game on Monday. It was pretty basketball. The atmosphere was electric. To follow that up with a grind it out win I think speaks very highly of our kids and where we are mentally now. “ The Pack was able to avenge its loss to Boston College in Chestnut Hill earlier this season and overcome the size of the Eagles’ frontcourt to pull out the win. Junior Bonae

Holston’s 28 points led all scorers, but senior Amber White’s star shined the brightest as she finished with an impressive 17 points, six rebounds, and six assists in her last game at Reynolds Coliseum. Fellow senior Brittany Strachan also contributed three points and six rebounds. “I felt like when we played them earlier in the year, we didn’t get the ball inside,” Harper said. “We were a little bit intimidated of them last time. Tonight, our guards were calling plays to get Bonae [Holston] the ball, and that shows me that they understand how to win.” The game started off with the Eagles in control as they shot out to a 4-10 lead over the Pack. But State was able to stay in striking distance throughout the first half and a steal from sophomore Marissa Kastanek leading to a White layup tied the score at 19. A free throw attempt from junior Bonae Holston gave the Pack its first lead of the game, 23-22. The half continued to play out as a tug of war between the teams until a White free throw gave the Pack the lead again at 34-33 and the Pack didn’t look back. State went into the locker room at the half, leading 42-36. The Pack was able to take advantage of BC by getting into the paint and drawing 10 fouls

women continued page 7

men’s basketball

baseball

Lowe, Wolfpack looking to finish regular season strong

Pack travels to Myrtle for Baseball at the Beach

After loss to North Carolina, State hopes to get back on track against struggling Georgia Tech. Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor

Today baseball vs. pacific Myrtle Beach, S.C., noon TRACK AND FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Blacksburg, Va., All day MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Atlanta, Ga., All day WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. OLD DOMINION Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS @ WILLIAM AND MARY Williamsburg, Va, 5 p.m. RIFLE @ GARC CHAMPIONSHIPS Oxford, Miss., All day

men’s basketball Standings SCHOOL

CONF.

OVERALL

DUKE

12-1

26-2

UNC

11-2

21-6

FSU

9-4

19-4

8-5

18-8

7-6

18-9

7-6

18-10

6-7

18-10

MIAMI

5-8

17-11

UVA

5-8

14-13

NCSU

4-9

14-13

3-10

11-16

1-12

8-20

Source: theacc.com

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Junior forward Bonae Holston sets up a pick as sophomore guard Brittany Kastanek drives to the basket against Boston College in Reynolds Coliseum Thursday. Kastanek scored 8 points and Holston led the team with 28 points in the 80-69 win.

The last time out for the N.C. State men’s basketball team was a heartbreaking loss to rival North Carolina, but the Pack faces a Georgia Tech team that has lost seven straight ACC games and has not won a conference game on the road all season. The Wolf pack (14-13 overall, 4-9 ACC) will be looking for a strong finish to the season as it hosts the Yellow Jackets (11-16 overall, 3-10 ACC) tomorrow afternoon at the RBC Center with tip-off scheduled for 2 p.m. The game will be a test for the Pack in several ways. For one, State needs to show luis zapata/Technician file photo that it can fight for 40 min- Freshman forward C.J. Leslie’s blocked UNC defenseman in the utes and finish games. middle of shooting a basket in the Dean Dome Satuday, Jan. 29. Af ter riding high on Leslie scored 6 baskets with 12 attempts. N.C. State lost to UNC, a two-game win streak 84 - 64. against Wake Forest and Clemson, State dropped one and turned the ball over. selection. “This was a lot like the game its following two games to We kind of shot ourselves in Maryland and North Car- the foot there. We’ve gotten to against Maryland—we took olina, both in meltdown the point where we’re playing some poor shots,” Lowe said. ha rd, but “We’ve got to become a smarter fashion. we’ve got basketball club. Losing games The Pack to become a like this because of offense is led in both smart team not good. It’s tough. We’ve got games, but in order to to become a smarter team in lost it down win games.” terms of shot selection.” the stretch, Another test for the Pack Turnfa l l i ng to ing the ball will be shutting down Georgia 10th-place Coach Sidney Low over is one Tech’s guards Iman Shumpert in the ACC reason for and Glen Rice, Jr. Both players standings. Coach Sidney Lowe said the the consecutive losses the Pack are averaging double figures in team has been faltering due has suffered, but blown scoring points this season, and both opportunities late in the game have been hot as of late. to late turnovers. Shumpert is averaging 18.8 “We just can’t afford to has also been a persistent probmake those kinds of mis- lem for the team. Following the points per game since ACC play takes,” Lowe said. “At one loss to Carolina, Lowe said the point, we had a three-on- team needed to work on its shot lowe continued page 7

“We kind of shot ourselves in the foot.”

State looks to bounce back after frustrating opening series.

ing tough opponents… you can only get better through competition.” Sophomore Josh Easley is scheduled to start Friday’s game against the Pacific TiJeff Gonza gers. A transfer student from Staff Writer Weatherford College in Texas, After a disappointing loss Easley took a loss in his Pack in its season-opening series debut, allowing seven runs on against Elon, N.C. State (1- eight hits in 4 1/3 innings in the 2) looks to bounce back 12-2 loss against Elon. He will this weekend as it travels to be facing a Tiger lineup that is Myrtle Beach, S.C., for the hungry for its first win after beBaseball at the Beach tour- ing swept in its opening series nament. The Wolfpack will by Kansas State. Junior Cory Mazzoni will take on Pacific, California, and Coastal Carolina. The ta ke t he bump Saturday Wolfpack previously played against California, a team at Baseball at the Beach in that is ranked as high as 17th 2007 and 2010 and hopes in some national polls. Mazto continue its winning zoni pitched well enough to get ways, taking two out of the victory in the team’s season three games in each of those opener, allowing four runs on eight hits in years. six innings. After facHe will face ing a tough a G olde n team in Bear team E lon, t he t h at won Pack conits f irst t i nu e s t o two games take on difagainst ficult comUta h on petition this Sunday weekend. a n d n a rStarting the rowly deweekend off feated No. with a Pacif8 Stanford ic team that Head Coach Elliott Avent on Tuesday, won over 30 suffering a games last year, State ends the weekend tough 3-2 loss against the Carwith a pair of nationally- dinal. Cal returns three first-team ranked programs in No. 30 Cal and No. 17 Coastal Car- All-Pac 10 players including a olina. While some coaches pair of freshman All-Ameriprefer to build confidence cans in pitcher Justin Jones with wins against easier and second baseman Tony teams at the beginning of Renda. The Golden Bears also the season, head coach El- return three more players who liott Avent chose to go in a were named honorable mention all-league and welcome different direction. “They aren’t going to let a freshman class that ranked their story be told by wins 11th in the country, according and losses,” Avent said. “We are going to learn by playbeach continued page 7

“We are going to learn by playing tough opponents… you can only get better through competition.”