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Students take the plunge for charity Students braved cold Lake Raleigh to raise money Saturday morning.

CNR searches for new dean Dean Brown of the College of Natural Resources to retire.

Jatin Bhatia

Jessie Halpern

Staff Writer

Deputy News Editor

A cold, windy February morning marked the seventh annual Polar Plunge at Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus.

Participants dressed up in funky and fancy costumes to take a plunge in the chilly water Saturday morning.

Organizers also hosted a 5k challenge to assist with the fundraising efforts.

The big crowd included “plunging” teams and an audience who came to witness the craze of another N.C. State tradition.

Police Lieutenant David Kelly explained the reason behind the fundraiser.

“We are doing the polar plunge for the North Carolina Special Olympics.

Every year they have a huge fundraiser event throughout the state, and all the nicole moering/Technician law enforcement agencies get together Jeannie Zimmerman, an alum, surfaces from Lake Raleigh on Saturday February 25. Zimmerman participated in the and have all this fundraiser stuff to Annual Polar Plunge, sponsored by the police department. All proceeds from the event benefit Special Olympics. raise money for North Carolina Spe“I wasn’t sure what it was going to Kelly said that the event raised cial Olympics, and we look forward to cial Olympics,” Kelly said.

He said the event was successful, $29,000 to $30,000 and that proceeds having a bigger and better event next feel like running into the water, but it was freezing. An organizer had told will go towards the year,” Kelly said. as there were about The N.C. State Student Government me the water was warmer than the air, Special Olympics 1,000 runners for the The money was Team, comprising Andy Walsh, Brian such a lie,” Thompson said, “when we 5k challenge and 44 raised through spon- Krystek, Josh Privette and Chandler were running in the water, I was imteams for the Polar sors giving money to Thompson, also took a plunge to join mediately splashed and soaked before Plunge.

I even got too far into Lake Raleigh.” groups jumping into the tradition.

“It was a great Thompson said that she was happy Student body president Chandler the lake, some of the event today. It has money was raised Thompson said she thought it wasn’t to see the passion of the University for grown every year through the 5k run, a good idea to sign up for the plunge, the cause. and we have had “I was freezing and wanted to get and other money but she didn’t see what was coming. more and more parChandler Thompson, student “I was thinking that it was a crazy into dry clothes as soon as possible. was raised through ticipants,” Kelly said. body president individual donations idea to sign up for this. It is really cold But all along, I was excited to be a part Kelly said the event either to a person or outside and the wind wasn’t helping,” of such a high-spirited event that was brought its largest Thompson said, “I was definitely raising money for the North Carolina a team that jumped in the lake. crowd this year.

Kelly was happy with the efforts of freezing, and didn’t know what to Special Olympics,” Thompson said.

“I think we’ve had close to about Andy Walsh, traditions chair in 800 to about a thousand runners in the University in raising money, and expect when it was time to run into student government, said he had been the water.” the 5k run. We had about 43 to 44 hoped for a bigger event next year.

She described her plunging experi- looking forward to the event.

“We are just very glad that North teams that actually took a plunge into Lake Raleigh today, so it was a very Carolina State University could raise ence as freezing, but she was glad that money for the North Carolina Spe- she participated. good event,” Kelly said. plunge continued page 3

“I was freezing and wanted to get into dry clothes as soon as possible.”

After six years serving as dean of the College of Natural Resources, Dean Robert Brown is retiring.

Having been involved in higher education for over 30 years, Dean Brown is ready to start a new chapter away from campus, though not fully separated from academia.

“I may consider continuing my distance education course,” Brown said, “I also serve on the board for several organizations and do a lot of work on the council for Boy Scouts.”

Appointed as dean in 2006, Brown has made a significant impact on the College of Natural Resources. Whether he was coordinating department heads or working with students, everyone had something positive to say about the dean’s involvement in his department.

“I’ve really enjoyed working for him; he’s an honest person of integrity and always had the best interest of the college at heart,” Barry Goldfarb, professor and head of the forestry and natural resources department, said.

While the dean said he has enjoyed his time at N.C. State, he feels now is an appropriate time to devote himself to other areas in his life.

“I’ll be 67 next summer. I think it’s time to move on,” Brown said.

Over his years of work, the dean has served on several committees and plans to continue his work with such organizations as the Board of the North Carolina For-

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Students organize for Ron Paul Youth for Ron Paul working to promote their candidate on campus.

Lindsey Rosenbaum Staff Writer

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The cast of The Strong One accepts the silver tripod prize for best picture at Campus Movie Fest Sunday Feb. 26. The Strong One also won best director and will go on to compete with films created by college students all across the country.

Campus MovieFest showcases talent Fifth annual Campus MovieFest promotes student creativity.

Shawn Thompson Staff Writer

This past Sunday evening, the fifth annual Campus MovieFest took place at 7:30pm in Witherspoon cinema.

Campus Movie Fest is the world’s largest student film festival. This event offers students the chance to make their own movies and win prizes.

The festival started on February 16 this year, and students had one week to complete a five-minute video using resources provided by Campus MovieFest.

“This year, it’s bigger and better.

There’s more prizes, more technology and a increase in cash prizes,” Nishant Gogna, promotions manager of Campus MovieFest, said.

Each team of students was provided with a loaner Apple laptop and an HD video camera. The teams were also permitted to use any type of software to edit their movies. Technical support was also available at D.H. Hill’s Digital Media Lab throughout “shoot week.”

“Campus MovieFest is the most unique opportunity for students.

They have the chance to make their own movie using great resources for free,” Gogna said.

For a week, technical help was provided in the library’s Digital Media Lab from morning to night, helping

teams produce their films.

Submissions are judged by selected students and faculty members. The top movies are showcased at a Campus MovieFest Finale at the Campus Cinema in the Witherspoon Student Center.

Featured films gain recognition among their peers, as well as prizes such as iPads, cash, pitch meetings in Hollywood, and the chance to enter the regional and national competitions.

“It’s always a great experience when I attend CampusFest. My friends participated this year as well as last year,” Azariah Bell, junior in mathematics

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GOP Primary, National Poll (ron paul % votes): January 4: 12% January 17: 13% January 23: 10% February 6: 11%

Congressman Ron Paul has gained a large amount of interest Source: Rasmussen poll during the Republican Primaries, and the Youth for Ron Paul organization on campus is dedicated to over the country to start chapters helping him win the election.

Support for Ron Paul has been at their universities. Several people growing in the younger demo- around campus got together to start graphic of voters for quite some the current organization, and registered online with the national camtime.

“People always bicker and fight, paign.

“This time around, one of the always telling people how to live,” Ryan Vest, junior in chemical en- main differences is this campaign is run much more gineering, said, professionally and “Americans much more wel l worry too much organized,” Derek about how other Spicer, senior in hispeople live. Most tory and political people are sick of science, said, “they it and see it as a have the polls down, waste of money.” they know exactly In 2008, Ron what it takes to win Paul ran for the a nomination.” presidenc y on As of right now, the Libertarian Ryan Vest, junior in the organization’s ballot, which is chemical engineering main focus is voter known for being reg i st rat ion a nd a smaller party.

In 2008, Vest said the country was name recognition.

“We’re trying to find supporters nowhere near the political state it’s in now, specifically with economic through [our table] on the Brickyard, online, and through word of mouth,” problems.

Vest said people are ready for a Jason Cockrell, senior in applied mathematics, said. change.

The North Carolina Republican This is the first year the Youth for Ron Paul organization has existed Primaries won’t be until May, and on campus in a legitimate form. the Ron Paul Youth organization is Prior to this year, the organization already getting prepared.

“Closer to the primaries, we’ll start mainly consisted of volunteers.

At the beginning of the cam- working directly with the national paign year, the national Ron Paul 2012 campaign asked people all paul continued page 3

“People always bicker and fight, always telling people how to live.”

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9:08 a.m. | Welfare Check Bagwell Hall Officer checked on welfare of student who was then transported to Student Health for further evaluation.

Today:

2:20 p.m. | Traffic Stop Gorman Street Student was issued citation for careless and reckless driving.

3:19 p.m. | Suspicious Incident North Hall Report of subjects arguing.

Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival.

55/39 Mostly cloudy during the day, showers/partly cloudy at night.

3:46 p.m. | Skateboard Violation Gold Hall Officers checked area for skateboarders. Subjects had left the area prior to officer’s arrival.

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ans begin to fill the stands for the final women’s softball game of the Wolfpack Challenge. NC State won its final game of the tournament Sunday at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, defeating Toledo by a score of 4-2.

Clear during the day, partly cloudy at night.

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the Office of Integrative Activities will make presentations on their programs.

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Chatwiththe chancellor Thursday, March 22 11-noon Brickyard Wednesday, April 18 2-3 p.m.

Park Shops, Port City Java Source: Office of the Chancellor

Talley Construction Schedule Deep Foundations/ Underpinnings/Footings Start Spring 2012, complete early Fall 2012 This phase will be marked by mass excavation, underpinning the building and pouring footings. As soon as the basement excavation has progressed to allow deep foundation work to commence, drill rigs will be mobilized to install auger cast foundation piles.

Approximately 550 holes 16- 24 inches in diameter will be drilled on average 60’ deep and filled with concrete to support the new building addition. Footings will be formed on top of these piles to provide a surface to anchor structural steel forming the “skeleton” of the new additions.

Structural Steel Start early Fall 2012, complete late 2012 Approximately 1200 tons of structural steel will be used to create a framework for the new addition.

Concrete Slabs Start Fall 2012, complete late 2012 Concrete slabs will be poured to provide a foundation for the building’s floor.

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Today Human Trafficking Workshops: Trafficking in the United States 6-7:30 p.m.

201 Witherspoon Student Center Landscape Architecture Lecture: Frank Harmon, FAIA 6-7 p.m.

Burns Auditorium Tuesday NSF Day 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

McKimmon Center The National Science Foundation and North Carolina State University will be holding a one-day workshop on Tuesday, February 28, 2012 for researchers and educators.

The workshop will provide an overview of the Foundation, its mission, priorities, and budget. It will cover the NSF proposal and merit review process and NSF programs that cut across disciplines.

Representatives from the seven NSF directorates and the Office of International Science and Engineering and

Student Art Purchase 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

3122 Talley Student Center Committee on Professional Education 1-2 p.m.

206 Poe Hall English Conversation Club 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Port City Java, Centennial Campus This is a great way to meet people from around the world and help others with the English language.

There is no registration required for this program, just show up.

Student Teach Abroad: Info Session 5:30-6:30 p.m.

120 Poe Hall Education students can complete the last 5-6 weeks of your student teaching experience in one of the following countries: Brazil, China, Russia.

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The Thin Green Line 7-8 p.m.

Witherspoon Student Cinema “This is the story of Park Rangers.

A front line story of the human spirit fighting to save what is precious and rare. A story about the future, inspired by hundreds of Park Rangers from around the world, working on the frontline of conservation.” Wildlife Rangers protect animals, parks and reserves in the deadly face of poachers, wild animals and other challenges. This documentary serves to highlight their dedication and the challenged they face.

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Brickyard University Courses & Curricula Committee 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Talley Student Center Irish Music Session 4:30-6 p.m.

139 Crafts Center

The Game of Life: A Financial Awareness Palooza 6-8 p.m.

Honors Village Commons Play your way through an event full of prizes and fun! An interactive and fun approach to spending smartly. Prizes games and crafts.

Leap Year Dinner 4:30-8:30 p.m.

Campus Dining Halls Jump into the future and celebrate leap year. We’ll be featuring favorites like chicken wings, drumettes and turkey legs.

Occupy NCSU Meeting 7-8 p.m.

321 Mann Hall Occupy NCSU: “We are organizing a student movement aimed at combating increased tuition and fees while seeking to rid NC State

Diversity in the Media 7-8:30 p.m.

126 Witherspoon Student Center Nubian Message and N.C. State Student Media will host a panel discussion focusing on diversity in the local media. Each of our

panelists will have a chance to address the topic briefly - in three to five minutes or so and then we’ll open up the floor to questions from the audience.

Mulan 7-9 p.m.

Witherspoon Student Cinema To save her father from death in the army, a Chinese maiden secretly goes in his place and becomes one of China’s greatest heroes in the process.

Admission to this event is free.

Newcomer Ballroom Lessons 8-9:30 p.m.

Dance Studio, Carmichael Gymnasium Newcomer lessons are for beginners. In newcomer lessons, you will learn cha-cha, rumba, waltz and tango.

Taco Transfer Tailgate 8-9:30 p.m.

201 Park Shops Join the Pack Transfers to watch the NC State vs. Miami game. We will be serving Moe’s and getting to know other transfer students on campus. Guests are welcome.

Please RSVP by emailing Nicole at nicole_ralston@gmail.com.

The Muppets 9-11 p.m.

Witherspoon Student Cinema With the help of three fans, The Muppets must reunite to save their old theater from a greedy oil tycoon. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

4:29 p.m. | Skateboard Violation Williams Hall Officers checked area for skateboarders. Subjects left the area prior officer’s arrival.

6:11 p.m. | Drug Violation Bowen Hall Report of possible drug violation.

Officer checked area but did not locate any problems.

7:54 p.m. | Larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported theft of unattended bookbag.

8:21 p.m. | Tamper with Fire Equipment Tucker Hall Units responded to activation of pull station. No problems were found. No suspect information is available at the time. System reset.

Talley construction updates 1. There will be construction along Cates Avenue beginning Feb. 27 to prepare for the steam shut down Saturday, March 3.

Expect one-lane traffic in front of Talley beginning Feb. 27 through March 9. At night, the fence will be pulled back and two-lane traffic will resume. Contractors expect to be in the area until the end of the month, but traffic impacts should end on March 9 (weather permitting).

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3. Starting during spring break, the third floor study rooms (old Campus Activities & CSLEPS offices) will be taken offline so construction can occur in those rooms.

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Walsh said he wanted to complete another tradition listed in the “Brick,” and help in the noble cause of the tradition.

“As a traditions chair, I helped create the Brick, and Polar Plunge is a part of it. I wanted to take part in this tradition too, as it is my junior year and I figured I should do it this year,” Walsh said. “The money goes to such a noble cause, so that made the decision very easy to make.”

Walsh said he tried several strategies to mentally overcome the cold.

“I was standing next to Chandler, Brian and Josh, and we were coming up with our strategy to rush into the cold water, and we knew it was going to be cold so I was trying to think of warm thoughts, but I was definitely excited and had a adrenaline rush,” Walsh said.

Since Walsh hadn’t brought a change of clothes, and the wind was hitting him like ice, they ran to the warmth of their cars once they were done plunging.

“I didn’t bring a change of clothes, so our team just plunged, came out. After I got out of the water, the wind was hitting my face like ice, gathered our stuff on the side and sprinted towards our cars to get to a warmer place.” Walsh said.

Walsh encourages students to be a part of the great cause at least once.

“He provided great leadership, and I think everyone appreciated his open way of dealing with tough issues.”

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Some of the first plungers in the Polar Plunge show their shock as they enter the freezing water.

The event, sponsored by the Campus Police department, raises money for the NC Special Olympics.

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education, said The event is sponsored by the Union Activities Board, University Housing, the IRC, DELTA, Wolf TV and the NCSU Libraries—as well as

by Panasonic and AT&T. “I would definitely recommend any student to attend the festival. The stories vary, but I always walk away with something,” Bell said.

Students who participate receive exposure through the school finale, Campusmoviefest.com, and much more.

Participates also have the opportunity to receive coveted CMF Silver and Golden Tripod Awards, and up to $20,000 in

lina, and northern bobwhite quail, as well as on higher education and conservation policontinued from page 1 cy,” Fearn said in the release.

Over the course of his career, estry Association, the North Carolina Forestry Council, Dean Brown has made great and the Center for Paper contributions to CNR and N.C. Business and Industry Sci- State, and will be dearly missed ence at Georgia Tech. While by his colleagues.

“He provided great leaderhis accomplishments in the academic world are notable, ship, and I think everyone Dean Brown’s resume al- appreciated his open way of ready listed several accom- dealing with tough issues,” plishments before he began Goldfarb said.

During the recent budget work with universities.

According to a CNR news cuts and funding freezes, he profile, Brown graduated added, Dean Brown mainfrom Colorado State Uni- tained a policy of complete versity in 1968 with a B.S. honesty with CNR faculty degree in animal nutrition. about the situation at hand.

CurThough rently, the he later College of continNatural ued to Resourcreceive es is not a Ph.D. the only from school in Penn search of a State, new dean.

Brown N.C. first State’s served College in VietBarry Goldfarb, head of forestry and of Ag rinam as natural resources department culture a M aand Life rine.

Before joining N.C. State’s Sciences is also losing Dean faculty, he spent a number Wynne at the end of this seof years at various univer- mester.

“There is a search committee sities in Texas and Missisthat’s assembled,” Brown said, sippi.

Director of communi- “Dean Godfrey, of the College cations for the College of of Textiles, is heading it. It inNatural Resources, Tilla cludes faculty from all three Fearn, wrote a press release departments in CNR, as well in December 2009 when as graduate and undergraduate Dean Brown was honored students.”

At this search committee, with a Wildlife Society Felthe members are tasked with low award.

“He has published over replaced the deans of these 120 articles and has edited colleges, as well as replacing three books on species like several other higher-up faculty white-tailed, axis and sika positions being lost at the end deer, nilgai antelope, java- of this year.

cash prizes in the social justice category.

“I can’t wait to be a part of the festival next year; it seems like a lot of fun and a great opportunity,” Bryan Seacurte, freshman in First Year College said.

To check out this year’s finalist or watch past award-winning films from other universities, visit Campusmoviefest. com. All interested students are encouraged to participate when the festival returns next year.

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campaign,” Vest said.

Cockrell said that most of the work they will do will be through networking. In May, the organization will be reminding voters about the primaries by asking those who have pledged their support to Ron Paul to vote.

Pr i ma r ies a re won through the accumulation of delegate votes, and this is the strategy Ron Paul is focusing on. The number of delegates needed to win is about 1,100. Currently, Ron Paul is in second place for delegates behind Mitt Romney.

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Gathering delegates does not dates, especially in North Carget as much media attention as olina, though his poll numbers the popularity polls at state pri- are not quite as low in western maries. However, this former states such as Colorado and the Dakotas. strategy takes time.

“Even if [Ron Paul] secures “Campaign analyst and poa majorlitical anaity of North lyst is (sic) Carolina acknowldelegates, edging chances [of Ron Paul’s winning the got one of North Carthe stronoli na priger orgamaries] are nizational not fantasskills,” tic, but are Spicer said.

Derek Spicer, senior in history still pretty Spicer good,” believes it will be these skills that will Cockrell said.

Cockrell asserts there is still help Ron Paul win the primaa definite chance Ron Paul ries.

Ron Paul is currently polling could win the overall Repubvery low in comparison to the lican nomination. At the Reother three Republican candi- publican National Convention,

“Closer to the primaries, we’ll start working directly with the national campaign.”

when all the delegate votes are counted, it will be the candidate with the majority of votes, not the plurality that wins the nomination.

If one candidate does not have 51 percent of the votes, the National Convention rules will change, and delegates previously promised to one candidate or another will have the chance to change their votes.

“If the delegates get to change their votes, it can only work in Ron Paul’s favor, because I don’t think delegates are sticking as strongly to the other candidates,” Cockrell said.

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{Our view}

Fans, be the support of the building years W The Facts:

With the loss against Clemson, the Wolfpack’s chances of going to the NCAA Tournament are near-impossible.

Our Opinion:

It being the first year with a new coach, fans should understand this is a building year and support our team through it all, without the expectation of immediately bringing back the glory days.

ith Saturday’s game slimming N.C. State’s chance of reaching the NCAA Tournament, fans were met with the disappointment of yet another building year. However, Wolfpack fans should see the improvement from last year and maintain a supportive attitude for next year.

A Pack Insider column addresses the Wolfpack fans with “Enough is enough,” describing N.C. State basketball fans as “worn down, worn out and a little insecure.” The column claims it is due to our basketball peak nearly 30 years ago, under Valvano and prior to time and financial investments in collegiate athletics. Where as

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

now, the column says the quality of skill and team work has been in a downward spiral ever since.

Our record at this point last year is the same as this year, which is to be expected with the challenges arising with a new coach, new team members and the expansion of the league. Gottfried’s first year as a member of the Wolfpack has been challenging, but one cannot expect him to pull out a miracle merely because fans are tired of explaining the building years.

We cannot expect to imme-

diately have a championship team because of a new coach; it is something we must work for.

Looking at Jim Valvano’s early days as a new coach at N.C. State, it took three seasons from when he was hired on to win the NCAA Championship.

And looking at the career of Everett Case, basketball coach from 1946 to 1962 with a 73.78 percent winning record, the Wolfpack wasn’t able to obtain a championship nor enter a tournament until four years after his hire.

Just because the odds are we won’t make it to the tourna-

ment this year doesn’t give fans more ammunition to hate the team, the coach or even the athletics department. One season of improvement does not allow fans the right to be wishywashy about their team—we’re not bandwagon UNC fans. We must move from the past successes and failures and look forward.

As a team, the Wolfpack needs to develop their communication on the court and work as a team in both defensive and offensive settings. As a fanbase, we must understand the building years that come with a new coach, and look toward the undeniable improvement we will see next season.

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Stereotypes column, contradictory The entire column is embarrassing, but what I find personally offensive is: “The blame of this defamation of our character falls on the shoulders of your typical frat boys and sorority girls. With their nice clothes and talk about scholastic integrity and Greek letters, the frat crowd tries to pass itself off as a decent bunch of human beings. However it has been well documented that people of this ilk are really all about partying and drinking things that would make Jack Sparrow think twice. This reckless behavior is not healthy for a college student’s image and these people should be shipped off to an isolated island of raucous behavior.”

I shiver at the shallowness of the author of this column and the editors allowing him to publish something reflecting on the university as a whole. I am a current member of a sorority where I have worked 25 hours a week to pay to be a member of.

I will be attending law school in August and would not surround myself or be a part of anything representing “reckless behavior” any more so than non-greeks on this campus.

By downgrading “greeks” you are also downgrading last year’s 64,000 volunteer hours in the university and surrounding community for an average of 33 hours per “reckless human being,” as you call them of course. In addition, our chapters hosted 94 events to raise both awareness and dollars for charity. 55 percent of our members are above the all student average, but we aren’t decent human beings?

At this point, I can only hope moving forward the students involved in journalism at North Carolina State University pursue the actual world of journalism after they leave Technician, so they may quickly unlearn your definition of freedom of the press.

I would like to start off by saying how deeply disappointed I am Technician would print such a column.

The level of hypocrisy in the debunking stereotypes column is truly staggering.

Jon Lewis defends the general college student stereotype by pinning the blame on other college student stereotypes. “...the people responsible (for being slobs) are the average sheltered freshmen.” Not only are his accusations unproven and possibly slanderous, it also contradicts his statement “Just like everyone else in the world, I don’t like people assuming anything about my character.”

I was extremely disappointed in this, which is just the first point in his column. His second point on drinking is what infuriated me the most. In the “who’s to blame section,” Jon Lewis attacks and defames the fraternal institution based on a stereotype. “...the frat crowd ties to pass itself off as a decent bunch of human beings. However it has been well documented people of this ilk are really all about partying and drinking things...” “...these people should be shipped off to an isolated island...”

Being a proud member of a greek organization, I find this highly offensive and am curious who signed the okay on this column that deliberately attacks eight percent of the male students and 10 percent of the female students on campus. This libel against the greek life is extremely offensive and is similar to the messages in the vandalism that occurred at the GBLT center.

As the written voice of the student body, I am disappointed in Technician for allowing columns attacking student groups. This is why it should come to no surprise that I am demanding a public apology from Jon Lewis, as well as a retraction of the article in question.

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And the cycle continues.

“The student section at the UNC game. Even though we lost, the crowd was deafening.”

Brandon Bovia, freshman in arts and design

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Keeping doors locked for a reason

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ocked doors aren’t just to keep people you don’t want in your room out, but to also keep things from being stolen from your room.

I grew up in a neig hborhood where a locked door, dead bolt included, was the only thing keeping Chelsey pe ople out .

My neighbors Francis Staff Columnist were not the type of people we wanted in our house. After being taught the importance of locking doors, it was a force of habit when I came to college.

I’ve come to realize, when I lived in dorms my freshman, sophomore and part of my junior year, I was fortunate. My three roommates always locked the door when they left the room. However, I’ve noticed this is not the case for some people on campus.

My brother lives in the dorms with a roommate who didn’t grow up in a neighborhood where locking doors was important. This issue has been a struggle between them this year. Because of the fact my brother and I grew up in a bad neighborhood, living in a room with the door unlocked is difficult. Growing up, it was always terrifying to realize our house door had been left unlocked without anyone around. I remember multiple times when this happened; my mom sent my dad in the house and made him check for intruders before

we were allowed to walk inside.

According to the University Housing website, all exterior entrances should be locked at all times for security purposes.

It’s always tempting to leave a suite door propped open for the breeze, or an exterior door that isn’t working right.

The real dilemma w ith locked doors comes to room doors. Some people forget, or simply don’t lock their doors.

It’s understandable to forget occasionally, but everyone needs to make an effort to make their living situation— be it an apartment, dorm room or house—as safe as possible.

It’s not, however, understandable to refuse to lock the door. While you’re at college, your room is where you keep your things. Locking the room adds protection in a hall situation where anyone can get to your room door. And, it can also help if there is an issue like the aforementioned broken exterior suite door.

Although we would all like to think everyone at N.C. State is honest, in reality, everyone isn’t. Just look at the police blotter every day. People are robbed on campus. Laptops are stolen in the library. Bicycles vanish from bike racks.

There’s another aspect of the University everyone should keep in mind. An open campus means anyone can come onto campus. For example, when the Capital Bank on Clark Avenue was robbed last October, the robber ran onto campus.

N.C. State’s campus isn’t a big change from my high school, which had about 13 build-

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ings. This isn’t the case for some people, though. It wasn’t unusual to experience a Code Red drill at my high school to prepare for the possibility of someone dangerous coming onto our campus. Even though they were drills, the reality of the situation was terrifying.

I only mention the fact anyone can come on campus because it means anyone can get into your building. Technically speaking, people aren’t supposed to let others follow them into buildings which require a key to enter. However, we all know this happens frequently. Combine this with the fact anyone can come on campus, and you could be on the receiving end of a potential robbery.

According to the North Carolina State University Annual Security Report from October 2011, all residence hall entrance doors are locked at all times.

In 2010, there were 386 instances of larceny reported to Campus Police. In 2009, that number was 379.

Even with the exterior doors locked, students should be careful to lock their room doors to prevent further cases of larceny.

Be safe, Wolfpack. Lock your doors to prevent anything bad from happening.

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Wolfpack family remembers Jimmy V Two decades later, Jim Valvano’s fight against cancer continues through those he inspired.

Sarah Maxwell Staff Writer

On March 3, 1993, Jim Valvano delivered the acceptance speech that brought the attendees of the inaugural ESPY Awards to their feet and moved an entire nation to tears.

Less than a year after being diagnosed with bone cancer, Valvano, N.C. State men’s basketball coach from 1980 to 1990 and well-known sports commentator, was awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage and Humanitarian Award.

Nick Valvano, Jim’s older brother, remembers watching the speech several days later.

Jim had told him, “If I were you, I wouldn’t bother coming.

I have no idea what I’m going to say.”

“What struck me was not so much the speech itself, but the courage that he had in getting up there that night,” Nick said.

“He knew he was dying.”

Jim’s courage had been evident in his life long before he had been diagnosed with cancer. From his family to his players, people he encountered on a daily basis spoke of his dynamic enthusiasm and genuine passion for life. From the stage that evening, Jim encouraged his audience to enjoy life and all its precious moments.

“If you laugh, you think and you cry, that’s a full day,” Jim said. “That’s a heck of a day.

You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.”

Whatever time Jim didn’t spend laughing, he was busy making others laugh. Debbie Yow, athletic director, remembered the day she was introduced to Jim by her sister, Kay Yow, women’s basketball coach

from 1975 to 2009.

“He had such a dynamic personality, and he made me laugh,” Debbie Yow said. “I remember hearing Kay talk about him many times, having coached alongside him for so long.”

Chucky Brown, who played basketball at the University from 1985 to 1989, remembered Coach V most for his contagious enthusiasm.

“He was such a great motivator, like my dad away from home,” Brown said. “I’d go over to his house at night to have supper with his family.”

Brown said when he heard Jim had been diagnosed with cancer, he was sure he would beat it.

“You always hope for that,” Brown said. “But now, I’m just glad I took the time to visit him regularly. Every time I came home, I’d sit with him awhile and catch up on things.”

Brown said Jim’s speech at the EPSY Awards had given him chills.

“He was just one of those people, one of those really special people,” Brown said. “Not a day goes by that I don’t think about him.”

Ernie Meyers, who played for Jim from 1982 to 1986, also recalled what an inspiration Coach V had been for him.

“He was such a real guy, just the same on and off the court,” Meyers said. “He could draw emotions out of you and make you play over your head in the game.”

When he first heard of Jim’s cancer diagnosis, Meyers said he felt for his wife and three daughters, but he knew that Jim wasn’t going down without a fight.

“He showed the world every ounce he had in him,” Meyers said. “Through The V Foundation, he is still fighting to this day, even though he is no longer physically here.”

At the ESPY Awards, Jim also

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announced the creation of The V Foundation for Cancer Research. A joint project between himself and ESPN, the Foundation was dedicated toward finding a cure for cancer with Jim’s own motto, “Don’t give up … don’t ever give up.”

“I need your help,” Jim said.

“It may not save my life. But it may save my children’s lives. It may save someone you love.”

Today, Jim’s middle daughter, Jamie, is a breast cancer survivor. She is alive today because of advances in cancer research.

Nick was involved in the V Foundation from its beginning stages. Nick currently serves as CEO of the Foundation and

works in its Cary office.

The Foundation sponsors several events each year to raise money for cancer research, including the Jimmy V Classic Basketball Tournament at Madison Square Garden and the Jimmy V Celebrity Golf Classic at the Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Centennial Campus.

In 2009, the V Foundation partnered with the University to launch the Jimmy V-N.C. State Cancer Therapeutics Training Program. The goal of this program is to provide a mentor relationship between graduate, undergraduate and high school students interested in the field of cancer research,

as well as laboratory space to actively explore research processes.

“This is what I’m most proud of,” Nick said. “Just the other day a young man who has been in the program visited me, and said the program changed his life. He told me he has decided to go into cancer research.”

Nick said he was grateful N.C. State is still embracing Jim’s legacy today. Many university organizations contribute to the foundation through fundraising efforts and volunteering.

“There are so many ways you can make a difference,” Nick said. “It isn’t always about

the money. Sometimes, it’s as simple as just being a friend to someone else who is fighting cancer.”

Though Jim lost his fight with cancer two decades ago, he ultimately won much more through the efforts of his foundation and the memorable life he lived, both with and without cancer. His final words at the ESPY Awards ring more true today than they did that night.

“Cancer can take away all my physical abilities. It cannot touch my mind, it cannot touch my heart and it cannot touch my soul. And those three things are going to carry on forever.”

Professor discovers religious icon Students travel to UN to address women’s rights research

Akram Khater publishes ‘Embracing the Divine,’ whose subject he discovered in the 1990s Jordan Baker Staff Writer

I n t h e e a r l y 19 9 0 s , Akram Khater, then a Ph.D. candidate at UC–Berkeley, was in the National Library in Paris, France, flipping through a card catalog of Arabic manuscripts, taking a break from the tedious work of reading through centuries-old documents. A text labeled in Arabic, The Strangest Woman in the World, piqued his interest.

“With a title like that, how can you not ask for the manuscript—I was intrigued,” Khater said.

A s he f lipped t hroug h the aged pages of the document, Khater became more and more fascinated by the tale of a woman in present-day Lebanon, who came to be known as a Christian miracle worker and the vessel of Christ. However, this was not the subject he had gone to France to investigate, so it sat on the back burner for awhile.

“After I got my job here in 1994, my first task was to get a book out, and my first book was on immigration from the Middle East to the United States,” Khater said.

The Strangest Woman in the World remained in the background for a number of years, as Khater established his career as a historian and professor.

Some time later, after the University provided Khater with funding, he was able to make another trip to Europe. This time, he began his explorations of this woman’s life in the Vatican archives.

“I started gathering material over time and reading, and once I finished my source book, I turned my attention to it and that was it,” Khater said.

After years of collecting proverbial dust, and the publica-

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Hannah Nemer, from UNC-Chapel Hill, Becca Bishopric, from N.C. State, Abby Bouchon, from UNC, Mariamawit Tadesse, from Meredith College, and Anuja Acharya, from N.C. State, pose for a photo.

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Professor Akram Khater poses with his newly released book, Embracing the Divine: Passion & Politics in the Christian Middle East.

tion of two other works on the history of the Middle East, the idea of writing a book on this Middle Eastern holy woman, Hindiyya al–’Ujaimi, finally came to fruition and research began in earnest. Thanks to a grant from the National Humanities Center, Khater was able to spend a year sorting through the material gathered over the years of research, and write the tale of the woman from Aleppo who claimed to be a vessel of Christ, attracting the sick and the poor of both Christian and Muslim faiths, and the attention of the Vatican and its hierarchy.

“Here’s this story of this woman who had these amazing visions of Christ, and these visions of Christ become the source of her power, in terms

of people really begin to think she’s a holy woman,” Khater said.

The tale Khater unearthed was one of intrigue, involving aspects of sexual misconduct, and stories of secret meetings, exorcisms and miraculous healings. It details the life of Hindiyya al-’Ujaimi, a woman born in the Muslim lands of the Ottoman Empire, who claimed to be visited by visions of Christ. The book reveals how she drew negative attention from the Vatican and refused to believe she could serve as a link to Christ.

Though it took over a decade to complete his new book about al-’Ujaimi, Embracing the Divine, it seems it would have been harder for Khater to give up pursuing this story.

N.C. State student and others from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill research women’s struggles.

Crystal M. Stroman Senior Staff Writer

Several college students in the Triangle have earned research fellowships to study the hardships of women in rural North Carolina. They have been given the opportunity to present their research at the United Nations headquarters in New York City for the 56th session of the Commission for the Status of Women (CSW) next week.

One of those students is Anuja Acharya, a senior in political science and English. Local organization WomenNC maintains the research fellowship.

The United Nations Commission on Status of Women

and the United Nations International Treaty Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women were the founders of the organization. The goals of the organization include “attracting and motivating North Carolina college students to be engaged in social justice movement activities with a focus on gender equality,” according to their mission statement.

The 2012 priority theme of the Commission on the Status of Women is “the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges.”

Acharya chose to study the political participation and involvement of rural women in North Carolina. Her research focuses on women who ran for the North Carolina General Assembly in rural counties.

Acharya first became invol ve d w it h Wome n NC through an advertisement she saw on campus for the research fellowship.

“Women’s rights have always been really important to me, so this was a great idea to be able to study the plight of women in NC and at the same time, experience doing research,” Acharya said.

Her studies in political science have helped guide her research.

“A lot of what we learn in the classroom is a series of how other political science systems develop,” Acharya said. “I definitely wanted to get my feet wet and just really tackle a big research project.”

Besides presenting at the United Nations Headquarters, the research fellowship participants will also publish a leadership paper discussing their investigations.

At a forum at the N.C. State University Club earlier this month, the research fellows presented previews of their research to about 200 people from the Triangle community .

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A Bea utifu l Poem

With the annual poetry competition coming up, writer’s block may be hampering poetic progress Story By hassan durant | photo By charlie harless

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othing is more frustrating than looking at a blank sheet of paper and not knowing what to write. With its March 1 deadline fast approaching, writing may be especially stressful for students participating in the University’s annual poetry contest.

that concept,” Kessel said.

One way to break free of writer’s block is to completely let go of expectations, according to Kessel.

“You have to tell yourself your first draft is going to be crap, but that it’s not going to look anything like the real, finished work.”

Writer’s block might also be the result of a writer being stuck at a certain point. In those cases, Kessel advises to “write what The University’s poetry contest is the largest free poetry you can,” and then move on to another part of the work.

Davis Harrell, a freshman in First Year College, is no strangcontest in North Carolina. Even though the contest is open er to poetry, nor writer’s block. Though he to all residents of North Carolina, N.C. State doesn’t have Kessel’s experience, he has simiundergraduates are also eligible to win a prize lar sentiments. for the best student-submitted poem.

“Sometimes you get stuck on a part of a The prize money—$500 for the state compoem that’s just hard to let go of, but you petition—is enough to make anyone give pohave to ignore it and move on if you want to etry the old college try. Unfortunately, there get things done,” Harrell said. isn’t one way to go about writing a poem.

New inspiration may also be just the thing In fact, one of the big things the judges will to jolt a writer out of a particularly maddenbe looking for in the contestants’ poetry is ing slump; and according to all three writers, originality, according to Wilton Barnhardt, the world is never lacking inspiration. instructor of the Master’s in fine arts program.

“I can always look to the greats for inspira“Originality is key,” Barnhardt said. “We tion,” Barnhardt said. like to be captivated and surprised, right from In fact, masters of the writing craft have the first words.” been sources of inspiration for all three writBarnhardt also recalled the winning poJohn Kessel, ers. For Harrell, reading other writers’ works ems always made the very best use of words English professor can be a palate-cleansing experience. and syntax. In poetry especially, every word “Sometimes you just need to get away from should be perfectly suited to the writer’s your own writing for a while,” Harrell said. meaning.

While great writers such as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest “There should never be a word out of place,” Barnhardt said.

Sometimes, however, it’s hard to achieve perfection – and Hemingway have been sources of inspiration for Kessel, he that’s when writers are very vulnerable to writer’s block. John sometimes even looks to bad writing for inspiration.

“Sometimes you see something wrong, and it just makes you Kessel, published author and English professor, said expecting too much from a first draft of writing is like a death-trap for want to write it better.”

According to Kessel, some of the best inspiration comes from writers. According to Kessel, a few of his own cases of writer’s block have been caused by worrying that his writing isn’t “good the world itself.

“Certain things that bother you about life—that make you enough” for a first draft.

“You can’t write perfectly the first time, but even people angry, sad or make you wonder—there’s always a story in that.” who’ve been writing for years sometimes have trouble with

“You can’t write perfectly the first time, but even people who’ve been writing... have trouble with that concept.”

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Acharya said she feels the event helped to prepare her for her upcoming presentation at the UN. “The support was tremendous. Now that know I can do that, I feel like I can do a bigger presentation now, and I look forward to presenting my research on a Global level at the UN.” Acharya credits her motivation to continue her research to several of her peers and ad-

visors. The president of WomenNC, Anita Sivakumar, was one of Achaya’s main motivators. Sivakumar was a research fellow in 2010 and is a graduate from the University.

“She has been super involved with the organization and she is a very good resource to me and the other researchers,” Acharya said. “She had been really helpful.”

Acharya also named some faculty members as positive role models and figures of support and motivation. She said Daniel Figgins with the Political Science department helped prepare her for the upcoming

presentation at the United Nations next week. He has been a big help as well throughout her research. She also said Professor Laura McKinney in the Sociology department helped guide her to getting to the UN. “[Professor Mc Kinney] was actually one of the people who inspired me to run in the first place,” Acharya said.

Her fellow research fellows have also been a very big influence on her motivation.

“We are like sisters already,” Acharya said. “They’ve been really good support.”

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Pack unable to fight through runs and explosive game from Maryland’s Terrapins.

doesn’t aim to get a strikeout every time, but instead focuses on pitch location.

“I don’t work for strikeouts,” Weiman said. “I just try to hit my spot and make pitches work and sometimes you get lucky with a strikeout.”

With the win, Weiman improved to 6-5 for the season.

Jeniece Jamison Deputy Sports Editor

The Pack dropped its final game of the regular season against the Maryland Terrapins, 65-50, on Senior Day Sunday. In honor of the event, seniors Paige Woodard, Tia Bell and Kim Durham got the starting nods from head coach Kellie Harper.

According to Bell, the day took on a significant meaning herself and her teammates.

“When I woke up this morning, I was excited and driven,” Bell said. “I had in the back of my mind that we needed a win more than anything. As much as it was about me, I knew that it was more so about my teammates and getting a win and taking that momentum we had from Boston College and continuing it into the ACC [Tournament].”

The common phrase that basketball is a game of runs proved to be the case in the first half.

The Terps jumped on the Pack and started the game with a 10-0 run. A free throw from freshman guard Krystal Barrett lifted the donut hole from the scoreboard with more than 16 minutes left, but Maryland

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“That’s about all I can say.”

Brown held the same sentiment as his teammate.

“It hurts,” Brown said. “It definitely hurts. We’ve lost four games straight. We just have to pick it back up.”

Like his players, Gottfried was disappointed with the loss, but he’s still hungry for more. After setting a preseason team goal of 11 conference wins, the maximum the team can get now is nine, but Gottfried still

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Fighting for control of the ball, senior Emili Tasler holds onto the ball despite two Maryland defenders on top of her. Tasler had three points and three steals in the Wolfpack’s 65-50 loss to Maryland Sunday, Feb. 26.

continued on to a 15-1 run until Harper called a time out.

State ripped off a 14-4 run of its own, capped off by a layup from Bonae Holston to pull the game within two, 19-17, with more than eight minutes left.

Holston also moved into State’s All-Time Top-10 list in career scoring with that layup.

This run was assisted by the Terps bigs getting into foul trouble. Centers Alicia DeVaughn and Lynetta Kizer both took early seats on the

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bench with two fouls in the first half.

Maryland pulled out to a 10-point lead to kick off the second half. The run consisted mostly of compliments of hot shooting from forward Alyssa Thomas, who finished the game with 24 points and 17 rebounds, which is a career high.

The Wolfpack was able to pull the game into striking distance again midway through the half. With more than 12

minutes left, sophomore forward Kody Burke hit a layup to narrow the gap to three, 42-39.

Despite that run, Maryland took the steering wheel and pulled off a 12-4 run with seven minutes left. State wasn’t able to recover.

“I thought we did a nice job with them defensively in terms of how we needed to play them and be,” Harper said. “We gave up a few too many offensive boards in the second half.”

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After playing five games in three days, the Wolfpack will be able to rest until Tuesday when they play North Carolina Central at home at 5 p.m.

While tiring, the team believes having many games in short span will better prepare them for the ACC schedule.

“I think it is really beneficial to have these games,” Mansilla said. “We are all sore, tired and pushing our bodies. We are going to be stronger when ACC play comes.”

doesn’t believe that goal was unattainable.

“We’re going to reach high at N.C. State,” Gottfried said.

“We’re not setting goals of being .500 in the league. We’re going to reach high, and we’re going to strive to reach our goals.

Today could’ve gone either way.

We’ve had two or three of those that could’ve gone either way.

It’s part of life.”

The loss marks the Wolfpack’s fourth straight, moving their overall record to 7-7 in the ACC and 18-11 overall.

The Pack will be back in action Wednesday night as they take on Miami at home.

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COUNTDOWN

• 3 days until the final men’s basketball home game of the regular season against Miami.

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• Page 7: A recap of women’s basketball against Maryland.

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Gymnastics take win in quad meet N.C. State gymnastics (5-3) took the victory in a quad meet with Kent State, William & Mary and Towson on Friday in Reynolds Coliseum. State set a new season high for the uneven parallel bar event with a team score of 49.225.

The Pack scored at least 49 in every other event at the meet, including bars, beam and allaround. Sophomores Stephanie Ouellette and Diahanna Ham, junior Rachel Fincham and senior Jess Panza all notched scores of 9.9 in separate events. This is the first event of the season where the team has scored at least 49 in every event. The squad’s next event will be on Friday at 7 p.m. when the team travels to Baton Rouge, La. to take on LSU. Source: N.C. State Athletics

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Monday-Tuesday Women’s Golf at Sir Pizza Cards Challenge Weston, Fla., All Day Tuesday Baseball vs. Campbell Raleigh, 3 p.m.

Softball vs. North Carolina Central Raleigh, 5 p.m.

Wednesday Men’s Tennis vs. VCU Raleigh, 2:30 Men’s Basketball vs. Miami RBC Center, 9 p.m.

Thursday Women’s Basketball at ACC Tournament Greensboro, TBA Friday Softball vs. Purdue, Southern Miss.

Kissimmee, Fla.; 10 a.m., 12:15 p.m.

Baseball vs. UNC-Asheville Wilmington, 12 p.m.

Gymnastics at LSU Baton Rouge, La., 7 p.m.

Saturday Rifle at South Eastern Air Rifle Conference Championships Charleston, S.C., All Day Track at VT Final Qualifier Blacksburg, Va., All Day Wrestling at ACC Championships Chapel Hill, All Day Baseball vs. UNC-Asheville, UNC-Wilmington Wilmington; 12 p.m., 4 p.m.

Softball vs. Penn State, Hofstra Kissimmee, Fla.; 2:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.

Sunday Swimming & Diving at NCAA Diving Zones Auburn, Ala., All Day Softball vs. Longwood Kissimmee, Fla., 11:15 a.m.

Baseball at UNCWilmington Wilmington, 4 p.m.

Men’s Basketball at Virginia Tech Blacksburg, Va., 6 p.m.

Women’s tennis claims huge win, downs Demon Deacons Wolfpack women snap five-game skid in first ACC match of the year.

Andrew Schuett Correspondent

The N.C. State Wolfpack women’s tennis team claimed a massive victory in Raleigh against ACC opponent Wake Forest by a score of 4-3.

The match was the first ever played on the brand new courts at the Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium, and also marked the No. 49 Wolfpack’s (4-6) first win in six matches.

The match kicked off as both teams sent out their three doubles pairs. No. 67 Wake Forest (3-2) took an early lead when they beat State’s No. 1 doubles team 8-1. The Pack quickly responded, as junior Tatiana Illova and freshman Nicole Martinez won the No. 2 doubles match for the Wolfpack, 8-2, evening the overall score of the doubles matches. But it was the Demon Deacons who claimed the doubles point, as they won the decisive third doubles match, 8-5, which pushed the doubles score to 2-1 in favor of Wake.

Having lost the doubles point, the Wolfpack needed to win four out of the six singles matches in order to claim victory. Things didn’t get off to a great start as Wake quickly won No. 3 singles, making the match score 2-0. But then the Pack roared back into life, as sophomore Christy Sipes claimed the first singles victory for N.C. State with a dominant 6-3, 6-1 score.

Sophomore Joelle Kissell was the next to answer the

bell for the Wolfpack, winning her match against Wake Forest senior Kayla Duncan 6-4, 6-3. Affectionately dubbed “Jo Jo” by her teammates, Kissell (ranked No. 52 in the nation) beat her second ranked opponent of the year, Duncan (No. 81), on Sunday.

T he rema i n i ng si ng les matches all went to three sets.

Senior Ashley Miller lost the first set, but battled back to win her match 1-6, 6-4, 6-4.

“In the first set, I was just missing a lot,” Miller said. “I wasn’t too worried, because I knew that once I did start making my shots, everything would start working. I was more disciplined with my shots [in the second set]. I wasn’t going for too many, and I think I relaxed more and that helped a lot.”

With two matches remaining, Illova, who also lost the first set of her match, battled back and won the second set but was unable to claim victory, losing 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

With the match score level at 3-3, it came down to junior Chloe Smith’s match against her opponent, Demon Deacon freshman Karen Forman. After easily winning the first set, Smith lost the second set 6-4.

The whole match came down to one final set between Smith and Forman. Smith pulled ahead early, claiming a 5-3 lead, before dropping the next two games to even the score at 5-5. Smith then closed out her match by winning the third set 7-5. This victory also meant the Wolfpack beat Wake Forest by an overall score of 4-3.

“I knew that the score was close between everyone else,” Smith said. “I could feel it with the fans, and I just knew I had to focus on each point to get through the match.”

Women’s tennis coach Hans Olsen said Smith made the kind of performance she’d be

Nolan Evans Staff Writer

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Senior Ashley Miller serves the ball during her doubles match against Wake Forest at the Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium Sunday, Feb. 26.

unlikely to ever forget.

“To get the win for Chloe at the end there was just awesome,” Olsen said. “It’s a tennis players dream, being in this kind of situation and you couldn’t have scripted it any better. I’m sure she’ll remember that for the rest of her life.”

The win for the Pack snapped a five-game losing skid, in which long and hard-fought matches and tough, close losses were easy to come by.

“Our team is improving, so that’s what we take from this,” Olsen said. “I think we’re get-

ting mentally stronger, we’re getting a little thicker-skinned and we’re getting good experience. They just keep playing hard and so it’s great for them to get a reward for the way they’ve been fighting hard.”

The Wolfpack will keep practicing until their away match against Arizona March 7, before they get a short break and return to action against William & Mary March 15 at 4 p.m. in Raleigh.

Wolfpack blasts past Rockets Softball team goes 3-2 in Wolfpack Challenge.

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Stepping into her pitch, freshman pitcher Emily Weiman throws a strike to a Toledo batter.

Weiman pitched the Wolfpack to a 4-2 win over Toledo with 11 strikeouts Sunday, Feb. 26.

omore third baseman Scout Albertson’s sacrifice bunt.

Centerfielder Chelsea Tate and Mansilla got on base and load up the bases. The following batter, senior second baseman Tori Ann Williford, was hit by the pitch and drove home the first Wolfpack run.

N.C. State looked to unload the bases after senior right fielder Caitlin Dent hit a long fly ball to deep center field, but Toledo centerfielder Kristen Roznoski made a diving catch on the warning track to end the inning.

Toledo responded by scoring two runs in the third after a Williford error kept the inning alive. The Rockets hit consecu-

Pack drops fourth straight Overtime thriller brings State to .500 in the ACC.

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At the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium in Raleigh, the Wolfpack defeated the Toledo Rockets 4-2 Sunday to go 3-2 in this past weekend’s Wolfpack Challenge . The Wolfpack won their first two games Friday, 8-0 over Kent State and 9-2 against Georgetown. On Saturday, N.C. State dropped their two games, 2-5 to Pittsburgh and 15-8 in a rematch with Kent State.

Freshman starting pitcher Emily Weiman was pleased the team ended the weekend on a high note with the victory over Toledo.

“It was a good way to come back after yesterday,” Weiman said. “People stepped up today. Run support is really big for a pitcher.”

After Toledo went three up, three down in the top of the first, State looked ready to take the early lead in the bottom of the inning with senior designated hitter Katie Mansilla on third and junior outfielder Betheney Wells on second, but they were stranded on base when freshman shortstop Renada Davis struck out looking with two outs.

To start the second inning for the Pack, sophomore first baseman Leah Jones would single and was advanced to second on soph-

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tive singles that each scored a runner, but their scoring run ended as first baseman Leigh Nebendahl was thrown out at home by Tate.

The Pack tied the game at 2-2 in the fourth following a Mansilla single, scoring sophomore catcher Kirsty Grant from second.

In the sixth inning, Dent would come to the plate with Mansilla on third and Williford on second with two outs.

Facing a 2-2 count, Dent drilled a single past the Toledo shortstop, putting State ahead 4-2.

During the at-bat, Dent wasn’t looking for a specific pitch; she was just looking for a ball she could put in play.

“I was just trying to not get that final out,” Dent said. “I was ready for the change up or an outside pitch. I got to two-and-two and I was protecting myself and [tried to] get to any ball I could hit as hard as I could and put it into play,” The Pack retired three straight in the seventh to win the game 4-2. The win sets the Wolfpack at 7-7 for the season. Weiman pitched a complete game allowing four hits, two unearned runs, two walks and 11 strikeouts. Despite recording 11 strikeouts, Weiman

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Despite shooting an even 50 percent from the field, N.C. State lost to Clemson Saturday afternoon by a final count of 72-69 in overtime. The Wolfpack’s recent struggles from the free-throw line carried over into Saturday’s matchup, as the team connected for only five of 13 attempts.

In a back-and-forth effort by both teams, the Pack found themselves with a 34-30 halftime deficit. In the second half, however, the team was much more aggressive in the paint.

After falling behind by eight midway through the second half, State found a way to fight their way back into the game, led by a three-pointer by sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown and a layup by senior guard C.J. Williams.

A pair of clutch free throws from sophomore forward Calvin Leslie put the Wolfpack up 62-60 with only 40 seconds to play. Junior forward Richard Howell then fouled Clemson guard Tanner Smith, putting him on the line with only six seconds left. Smith connected on both shots from the charity stripe to tie it up 62-62 Out of a full timeout by State, the ball was heaved the full length of the floor. Guarded heavily, Leslie tipped the ball out from under the basket.

He recovered the ball himself behind the three-point line where he took the half ’s final heave. As the ball clanked off the backside of the iron, time expired and sent the game into overtime.

Both teams picked right back up where they left off in regulation, exchanging shot for shot.

Suddenly, Lorenzo Brown took the game over for the Pack.

Fol low ing a made f ree throw by Clemson guard TJ Sapp, Brown drove into the lane and made the layup to put State back up 67-66. On the ensuing Clemson possession Brown stole the ball from Clemson guard Andre Young.

After handing it off to Leslie, Brown ran down the court, leaving him wide open for the slam dunk assisted by Leslie, putting the Wolfpack up 69-66 with just under two-and-a-half minutes to play.

Each team then had two unsuccessful trips down the court when Andre Young decided to take the game back from State.

Young drained his first three pointer of the game to tie it up 69-69.

The Pack’s struggles from the free-throw line continued as Brown, a 76 percent freethrow shooter on the year, missed a pair from the line.

Clemson grabbed the rebound and Young was left open in the corner, draining the three with only 15 seconds to play.

Brown took the ball up-court and ran the play drawn up by Head Coach Mark Gottfried, but the only player he could find was Leslie, who has only taken 11 three-pointers on the year. Leslie took the three with six seconds left. The ball was short, hitting the front side of the rim, and was recovered by Clemson as time expired.

Anguish was present on the each N.C. State player’s face as they exited the locker room, and it was also apparent in their speech. As the Pack sees their NCAA Tournament chances slipping out from under them, the loss left the team with little to say following the game.

“We feel like we should’ve won the game,” Williams said.

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