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April shines light on sexual assault issue
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During a month of sexual assault awareness, students are exposed to various organizations. Sarah Dashow Staff Writer
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The N.C. State Parkour and Free Running Club warms up before practice in the field in front of D.H. Hill Library. The club has practice Monday, Tuesday and Thursday each week at 6 p.m. Each practice begins with stretching and warm up exercises; they then roam different parts of campus to find a variety of elements to interact with. Team member Brian Grose, junior in parks, recreation and tourism, said he got involved with the club because “it makes me get out and do something.” Club members said new people are always welcome.
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April is Sexual Assault Awareness month, and the N.C. State Women’s Center has partnered with The Movement to emphasize this awareness on campus. Carolina Alzuru, rape prevention education coordinator, says she thinks the point of the month is to inform people who might not be paying attention. “I think most of the issues that have months related to them are really important issues,” Alzuru said. “People are working on these issues year long, but [it helps] having a whole bunch of
stuff happen all at once.” Bryan Perlmutter, junior in business administration and member of The Movement, speaks on the importance of these awareness months in a university setting. “In The Movement, we believe we need to change our culture in order to prevent all forms of interpersonal violence. In order to change this culture we must first be able to have everyone understand the severity of the issue,” Perlmutter said. “Awareness months and events on campus enable us to begin a campus-wide conversation about what is happening.” Perlmutter oversees Denim Day, a nationwide movement established in California in 1999. This will take place in the Brickyard April 11 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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With the implementation of two town hall style meetings, campus transit hopes to get student input. Elise Heglar News Editor
Av new campus mobility plan has inspired two town meetings to be held later this month where students will be able to ask questions and discuss new ideas. Brian O’Sullivan, University program manager for transportation, said buses, rails and other potential transportation changes will be discussed at the meeting. The reason for holding the meetings, according to O’Sullivan, is to find a casual way to connect with students. “Generally, we’re not student heavy. We haven’t done much publicly that would catch the eye of not only students, but faculty and staff as well,” O’Sullivan said. The meetings will be very casual and relaxed, according to O’Sullivan. “This is a drop-in kind of event. t’s not a formal meeting with long winded presentations,” O’Sullivan said. One of the main proposals that will be discussed is potential change on Dan Allen Drive. The idea for change on Dan Allen comes in lieu of issues with pedestrians on the street during the day. If the idea is accepted, the only vehicles allowed on the street during the day would be official University vehicles, emergency personnel and Wolfline buses. “Essentially, we’ll likely propose that Dan Allen would be closed during the day from nine to five to general traffic,” O’Sullivan said. A main benef it to holding meetings like this, according to O’Sullivan, is the way it gives students the ability to ask questions and share ideas directly with people who handle University transportation. “There might be items presented that we’re not quite sure how to handle, and we’ll be soliciting any and all comments about it from students,” O’Sullivan said. Some of the issues O’Sullivan ex-
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Runners stop to eat their dozen doughnuts at the Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday, Feb. 4. More than 7,700 runners registered to run and eat almost 100,000 doughnuts.
An old survey has brought a new life to campus traditions, encouraging students to try out some traditions unique to our University. Jessie Halpern Deputy News Editor
A 2010 survey has taken a life of its own, representing campus traditions and helping new students understand why their University is special. If you’ve gone through an orientation on campus since 2010, you may remember receiving a very unique deck of cards. These cards were designed by members of Student Government and CSLEPS to showcase the student body’s 54 favorite things to do at N.C. State. Given out to incoming students, the deck is meant to encourage pride and involvement on campus. “I love the deck,” Andy Walsh, junior in political science and incoming student body president, said. “I think students really have enjoyed the decks…[we] have worked a lot on them and
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David Morrison, freshman in biology and nutrition, leaves his mark on the Free Expression Tunnel. Since the 1960s the tunnel has been famous for being the place on campus where students can go and express themselves through paint.
[they] are all targeted to get students involved in what makes N.C. State unique, and that is pretty special. [It] has the potential for students to create a lasting bond with their university and the memories they
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make.” Walsh currently serves as chair of Student Government’s traditions commission, so making University traditions is especially important to him.
The cards were born when a survey was sent out in 2010, asking students to list their favorite things about the University and the tradi-
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In Tuesday’s “Wanted: Party planning commission,” the comment about the video winner’s school affiliation is retracted. The emcee’s name is Kornelius Bascombe.
Semper Fi: Always Faithful – When Marine Corps Master Sgt. Jerry Ensminger’s 9-year-old daughter Janey died of a rare type of leukemia, his world collapsed. As a grief-stricken father, he struggled for years to make sense of what happened. His search for answers led to the shocking discovery of a Marine Corps cover-up of one of the largest water contamination incidents in U.S. history.
In Tuesday’s “Bell Tower finally has bells,” Matt Robbins’ name was misspelled. In Tuesday’s “University celebrates with birthday party,” Tom O’Brien’s name was misspelled. Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Laura Wilkinson at editor@ technicianonline.com.
Wednesday, April 11 – 7 p.m. Blood Diamond – A fisherman, a smuggler and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond.
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Mostly cloudy with a good chance for afternoon showers (40 percent).
March 31 2:49 a.m. | Domestic Dispute Owen Hall Two students were involved in domestic dispute that began off campus. One of the students was referred for domestic dispute and trespassed from Owen Hall.
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63 48 Cloudy and noticeably cooler with a slight chance of showers.
11:40 p.m. | Simple Assault Dan Allen Drive/Thurman Drive Student reported being struck by egg thrown from vehicle. Student was not injured. Officers checked the area but were unable to locate subjects.
Friday:
62 43 Mostly cloudy and even cooler, with a 60 percent chance of showers.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close – A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. Thursday, April 12 – 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 13 – 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14 – 9:30 p.m. The Adventures of Tintin – Intrepid reporter Tintin and Captain Haddock set off on a treasure hunt for a sunken ship commanded by Haddock’s ancestor. Thursday, April 12 – 7 p.m. Friday, April 13 – 9:30 p.m. Saturday, April 14 – 7 p.m. Catch Me If You Can – A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor and legal prosecutor. Friday, April 13 – 11:59 p.m. Saturday, April 14 – 11:59 p.m. Urbanized – A documentary about the design of cities, which looks at the issues and strategies behind urban design and features some of the world’s
April 1 12:16 a.m. | Medical Assist Tucker Hall Units responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. 2:17 a.m. | Alcohol Violation Avent Ferry Complex Officer observed three nonstudents in possession of alcoholic beverage. All were underage and students at Meredith. Meredith PD was contacted regarding violation. 4:48 a.m. | Suspicious Incident Metcalf Hall Report that former student had checked out key to visit friend. Key was retrieved and subject was issued trespass warning.
foremost architects, planners, policymakers, builders and thinkers. Sunday, April 15 – 7 p.m. Double Feature: Sarabah and Say My Name – Sarabah is a film from Senegal with English subtitles and features rapper, singer and activist Sister Fa, who uses her music and persuasive powers to end the practice of female genital cutting. Say My Name includes female lyricists speaking candidly about class, race and gender, and pursuing their passions in an industry dominated by men and noted for misogyny. Monday, April 16 – 7 p.m. Sneak Preview: Chimpanzee – A documentary about a 3-year-old chimpanzee that is separated from his troop and then is adopted by a fully-grown male. Wednesday, April 18 – 7 p.m. Underworld: Awakening – When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrioress Selene leads the battle against humankind.
7:23 a.m. | Damage to Property Brooks Lot While on patrol, officer located several vehicles that had been egged. Vehicles belonged to NCSU Facilities, three belonged to students, and one to nonstudent. 8:05 a.m. | Traffic Accident Main Campus Drive While on patrol, officer located vehicle that had run off road and struck several small trees. It was determined student had been operating vehicle borrowed from another student. Three other students were in the vehicle. All five students were referred to the University for alcohol violations.
Technician Thursday, April 19 – 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 20 – 7 p.m. Saturday, April 21 – 11:59 p.m. Sunday, April 22 – 7 p.m. Man on a Ledge – As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion. Thursday, April 19 – 7 p.m. Friday, April 20 – 9 p.m. Saturday, April 21 – 9 p.m. Sunday, April 22 – 9 p.m. Up – By tying thousands of balloon to his home, 78-year-old Carl Fredrickson sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America. Right after lifting off, however, he learns he isn’t alone on his journey, since Russell, a wilderness explorer 70 years his junior, has inadvertently become a stowaway on the trip.
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trying to sell magazines. 9:50 a.m. | Larceny Leazar Hall Student reported laptop and iPod stolen. 12:22 p.m. | Medical Assist Venture II Units responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance. 2:11 p.m. | Civil Dispute Public Safety Building Staff member and nonstudent were involved in dispute over property stored off campus. Both parties were referred to civil court.
April 2 11:33 a.m. | Information University Public Safety Building Student reported two subjects
6:36 p.m. | Larceny ES King Village Student reported bicycle stolen.
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Thursday & Friday, April 5 and 6 — Wolfline faculty/staff service only. Only Routes 6 CarterFinley, 7 Wolflink Shuttle and 8 SE Loop will operate until 6 p.m. No night service, no Wolfprowl, no weekend service. Sunday, April 8 — Holiday Shuttle 5-9 p.m. Wolfline Spring service will resume back to normal on Monday, April 9. Source: Kim Paylor, Transit Manager
Talley Construction Update This week, construction noise will continue to be at level RED. Existing Talley 1. Complete the precast demolition 2. Remove the scaffolding 3. Complete the second floor temporary corridor ceiling. 4. Continue to the third floor and start the fourth floor separation walls. North of Talley - West Side (Future site of Dock, Dining, Senate Chambers & Arts N.C. State) 1. Continue excavation and grading 2. Abate and demo the steam piping 3. Complete storm pipe installation North of Talley - East Side (Future site of Dining, Ballroom and Meeting Rooms) 1. Staging for demolition Other areas 1. Complete the steam tie in at Cates Avenue. 2. Replace the existing tee at the Cates Avenue water main. Upcoming Work -More information to come 1. Construction activity to close Reynolds carriage way this weekend. Source: TJ Willis, assistant director University Student Centers
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Students using GoPasses for Triangle travel While most give it high marks, some say they are paying for a service they do not use. Lindsey Rosenbaum Staff Writer
In recent years, N.C. State’s transportation department has partnered with Capital Area Transit and Triangle Transit to provide students with GoPasses, allowing them to travel around the Triangle without a car. The GoPasses are free and act as a convenient way for students to travel. They are valid for an entire academic year, starting in August. While receiving a pass is free, replacing it costs five dollars. Students are only allowed two replacements per year. Many students find GoPasses useful, helping them
get to Crabtree Mall for work whenever she wants, withand shopping, to downtown out relying on the whims and Raleigh for a night out, or to schedules of her peers. Typically, students who Chapel Hill to visit friends. Claire Richards, unde- don’t use GoPasses have clared sophomore, signed up found other ways of traveling. “I have my own car on for her GoPass at the beginning of the school year during campus,” Jessica Caudle, freshmen in one of the English edumany fescation, said. tivals held “It s e e m s on campus easier to just to welcome drive places students. than to wait “Last for a bus to semester, get here and I used it Alex Thomas, junior in t he n t a ke about once chemical engineering their rounda we e k ,” a-bout route Richards said. “I go to the mall, down- to get places.” Most students who choose town and I’ve used it to go to not to get a GoPass are stuChapel Hill.” Thoug h R icha rds has dents who, like Caudle, have friends with cars, she says their cars on campus already, the use of her GoPass allows and would rather pick up her more freedom to travel their vehicles from parking
“Only a handful of my friends actually even have GoPasses.”
lots than deal with the bus system. Hoping to help her friends avoid the confusion of the bus routes, Caudle states she is more than happy to drive them around, wherever they need to go. “I don’t mind taking driving adventures,” Caudle said. The consensus on campus seems to be that the GoPasses are well worth student time and effort. “GoPasses are important for students on campus,” Alex Thomas, junior in chemical engineering, said. “Most students don’t have cars, and [GoPasses] give them the chance to travel around the Triangle.” Bus routes and timetables are available to students on the Wolfline website, which Thomas claims is, for the most part, easy to navigate
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Eric Luibrand, a junior in mechanical engineering, texts a friend on a cramped engineering bus Tuesday evening, March 22, 2011. The engineering route on the Wolfline has historically been extremely crowded during class changes, requiring an extra “tripper” bus this year. “[the overcrowding] is bad, yeah,” Luibrand said. “Especially the 5 p.m. bus that leaves Centennial. I’ve missed it a number of times because there were too many people.”
pects students to bring up are crowding on buses, new opportunities for park and ride facilities and additional transfer opportunities for students. “I think the time has come to get these ideas out in front of a wider array of folks,” O’Sullivan said. Greg DeLoia, junior in international studies, used to ride the Wolfline buses every day to commute to campus. He said he generally enjoyed riding the buses, but likes the idea of being able to discuss some issues with the department of transit. “I used it to get back and forth to my car on the weekends and it was really annoying having to park all the way
and a useful tool to have when planning an excursion around the Triangle. Some students, like Caudle, worry that part of their tuition might be going to pay for this program they are not personally utilizing. “Maybe they could make [the fee] optional,” Caudle said. “Or substitute paying for the GoPasses by paying for a parking permit.” However, not everyone
out there to begin with. It was rienced during the morning hard to know when the buses route. “The buses are way too were in service sometimes, I’d get stuck outside waiting crowded in the morning. I don’t take it to class then in the dark,” DeLoia said. because it DeLoia’s just takes main issue too long,” with campus Brown transportasaid. t ion dea l s Brown w it h stubelieves dents who t he tow n have to park meetings their cars far are a good away from Brian O’Sullivan, way to stucampus. program manager d e nt s t o “If they’re work with going to have parking for students University transit to create two miles away from campus, more efficient systems. “I think they’re obviously then they should have better transportation to get to those listening to students,” Brown said. lots,” DeLoia said. Carrie Brown, sophomore in communications, also uses the Wolfline to get to class. Her only issue with the buses is the crowding she has expe-
“I think the time has come to get these ideas out in front of a wider array of folks.”
ley Student Center, D.H. Hill Library, and Witherspoon Student Center. This event will put those cards on discontinued from page 1 play with a special section for Michelle Clayton, junior secrets dealing with sexual in sociology and member of assault. “If we can ignite that kind The Movement, wants to see students’ passions channeled of fire of passion in people in advocating for issues of into helping others. “I think college students social justice, like eradicathave a lot of passion and a ing sexual violence, imagine general interest in bettering everything we could accompl i sh a nd the world, the type we whether could lead if that be in discriminaengineertion didn’t ing new exist,” Claytechnology ton said. or making Claya groundton hopes breaking events like medical Carolina Alzuru, rape prevention t hese w i l l discovery,” education coordinator educate Clayton people on said. Clayton is organizing a how real sexual assault can Postcard Secret event April be. “[The Movement] decided 10 from 5-8 p.m. on the third floor of Harrelson. Students to do a Postcard Secret event wishing to submit a secret can because of the inherent anoleave an anonymous postcard nymity involved in it. We live in one of the lock-boxes on in a culture where sexual viocampus. These can be found lence isn’t talked about. Surat most 24-hour desks, Tal- vivors are not encouraged
to report. Instead, they are encouraged to deal with that incredible pain in silence, often not telling anyone,” Clayton said. Postcard Secret gives people the opportunity to write their experiences, their message of strength, or even feelings of worthlessness and guilt inspired by their trauma, according to Clayton. She added sexual assault is something that happens to one in four women in their lifetime but is rarely spoken about. The final event in April is going to be incorporated into the Hillsborough Hike April 27 from 9-11 p.m. As alcohol is a common tool in sexual assault, The Movement will promote bystander interventions. They will be handing out Koozies with an educational message of sexual violence prevention. “Our goal here is to prevent sexual violence. So…we need all the N.C. State community to come together for that,” Alzuru said. “Having us working on it, and The Movement who do so much work around campus on it,
throughout the year isn’t going to be enough. We really need the whole community, and this is a way to get the word out.” Students who are interested in joining The Movement can
apply by April 10 to ECD222: Sexual Violence Prevention for Peer Educators. This course will only be available to students who fill out an application and go through a brief interview process, but
“It was difficult to narrow it down to just 54, but I think the top 54 on this list provide a great combination of academic, athletic, community service and just plain fun things to do at N.C. State,” Thompson said. Thompson worked on the list with Sam Dennis, senior in biology and fellow winner of the 2010 Leader of the Pack award. It was inspired by Easter Kentucky University’s deck of cards with campus
specific activities printed on them. Among the submissions, students will find things like painting the free expression tunnel, run in the Krispy Kreme challenge, participating in Service Raleigh, and participating in Shacka-Thon. Roma n Ru i z-E spa rz a, sophomore in computer engineering, says his personal favorite N.C. State tradition would be whispering the wolf
ears. “I’ve taken every single one of my family members there,” Ruiz-Esparza said. “It’s just a fun thing to do and something pretty cool to show people.” While there are many more exciting traditions, the list is also rampant with experiences not necessarily unique to N.C. State. These include:making Dean’s list, going to the Campus Cinema, voting in Student Gov-
ernment elections and others. Thompson stressed while these may not be exclusive to campus, they are part of the student experience and were listed in the survey. “I want everyone to graduate from this University with memorable experiences, and I believe the items on this list are a great starter point for creating those life-long memories,” Thompson said.
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“We really need the whole community, and this is a way to get the word out.”
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tions they hold most dear. Though she admits not all the options are unique to our University, Chandler Thompson, student body president and senior in economics, says the traditions represent student opinion and were taken from the most popular submissions.
shares Caudle’s worries. “I can’t imagine that the University is paying too much [for the GoPasses],” Thomas said. “Only a handful of my friends actually even have GoPasses.” Most students, like Thomas and Richards, believe the GoPasses are useful tools offered to students at the University and provide an advantageous opportunity.
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Sociology sophomore Katherine Haddock and human biology senior Destiny Harris lead a march to Talley Student Center with parks and recreation management senior Matthew Sprouse and plant biology senior Alicia Smith, March 30, 2011. The group marched to the Talley ballroom for the NCSU Women’s Center’s 24th annual Take Back the Night.
upon completing the class, students will become official members of The Movement. For more information, students can contact Alzuru at carolinaa@ncsu.edu or visit ncsu.edu/themovement.
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125th anniversary birthday party a success I wanted to take a moment to follow up on the front page story and editorial regarding the 125th anniversary event that appeared in Tuesday’s paper and clear up some inaccuracies. As a member of the N.C. State University 125th planning team, a staff member on campus and as a member of the Wolfpack community, it was disappointing to read the article and editorial given some of the inaccuracies and opinion taken by the Technician staff. There is a large campus-wide planning team made up of students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the local community. To infer that there should have been a “planning commission” is ill-informed given the breadth and scope of planning across the board for this kick-off event. The birthday party was intended to appeal to a wide variety of individuals, not just students, and did a great job of including something for everyone, all while fitting into a narrow time frame with other activities during the day. While it is unfortunate that classes were not canceled, the University provided an option for students and faculty to work out participation. For those that have never planned a large-scale event of this nature, it goes without saying that we took timing, location and activities into account. There is not one time frame that would appeal to everyone. The hope was to capture not just students, but faculty, staff and the local community as well. This was evidenced by over 5,000 people attending the event including students, faculty, staff, community members and alumni. There was a thread of the Wolfpack in just about every component — Kornelius Bascomb and Tim Gunter are current students, band members from Old Man Wickutt and the owner of the production company who are alumni, to people in the community who attended that commented afterward how much they feel a part of the N.C. State community simply from attending this event. To clarify about “more food,” we provided special wolf cupcakes and Howling Cow ice cream. While you might not have been able to get one of the special cupcakes there was plenty of ice cream available as well. We had numerous giveaways available
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t’s not a new fact that many students at this University decide to live off campus either after their freshman or sophomore year. For that reason, effective and accessible transportation for students is imperative. While walking on campus, it’s not unusual to overhear those frustrated with campus transportation telling a story about how they missed the bus, causing them to miss class. Others can be caught lamenting the lack of Wolfline stops where they live. According to HDR, the consulting firm NCSU Transportation hired to outline implementation of the pro-
to participants ranging from tradition scarfs, Wolfpack Way signs, and T-shirts, to special 125th bracelets. Everyone was able to receive something commemorative from the event. The student who won the iPad that was generously donated by the Bookstore was actually entered into that drawing because he attended the pre-birthday party that took place just for students on Thursday, March 15 in the Brickyard. He was not a video contest winner as noted in the article. The video contest was open to anyone for submission and did not have a stipulation that a person needed to be a student. As someone who spent painstaking hours, along with many other folks, to make this event a reality in a kick-off fashion, for a year of numerous other activities for the 125th anniversary it is disappointing, but what I hold hope for is that everyone will realize that this is not the defining moment of a year-long endeavor. For example, on Saturday, Aug. 18 there will be huge block party event called N.C. State 125th Packapalooza that will occur on Hillsborough Street as a part of Wolfpack Welcome Week. All throughout the coming year there will be large and small events to recognize and honor the traditions and transformations of N.C. State. Thank you to those that worked hard on planning and executing an amazing event. There is a calendar of events, including upcoming information. Each event will have a different focus and will hopefully have some attraction to a broad based audience. There may not be activities that appeal to you as an individual, but try to look beyond that and see the significance of celebrating our history and the future. We are all a part of the Wolfpack Family and with that comes responsibility, get involved and stay informed. Thank you to those that worked hard on planning and executing an amazing event. If you were at the party on Monday you saw just a taste of what N.C. State has to offer and how proud we should be as a member of the elite, making a difference every day in our community and the world over. Justine Hollingshead is the director of the GLBT Center and a member of 125th anniversary planning committee.
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posed changes to N.C. State’s multi-modal transportation system, found the three busiest routes are Avent Ferry, Southeast Loop and Gorman Street; these buses are at a 125 percent overload, which according to HDR is a “comfortable standee load.” However, if you ride these buses in the morning, “comfortable” can be a point of argument. Luckily, NCSU Transportation is willing to hear our gripes; there will be meetings held on Wednesday, April 11 from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m. in Witherspoon Room 126 and April 18 from 11 a.m. until 1
p.m. in Engineering Building I, Room 1010. The meeting will be a forum to discuss expectations of campus Transportation. Unfortunately, attendance at past events similar to this one has been very low. As a whole, we have a tendency to complain about issues, but we never follow through when given an opportunity to create a solution to our problems. The inability to follow through stems from a very individualistic mindset. Students generally don’t participate in meetings and discussions because they won’t
be here when the changes are implemented. Think back to Immanuel Kant if you’ve ever taken a philosophy course: “Act only according to that maxim whereby you can, at the same time, will that it should become a universal law.” If everyone on campus operated under the same assumption, then nothing would ever get done, and N.C. State would never improve. It’s time we start doing more than complaining. Although attending a town hall meeting about transportation issues doesn’t sound like a glamorous or exciting way to make change, it’s important that we participate.
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If you could change anything about transportation, what would it be? by charlie harless
Rachel Jordan, sophomore in architecture
Living with color blindness Back when I was getting ready to undertake my indoctrination into the public school system, I remember sitting with my mom and reading a simple book about animals, shapes and colors. It was your typical preschoolJonathan er’s book Lewis with large, Staff columnist friendly t e x t de scribing the simple pictures in the book. Everything was going great until we got to the dreaded purple elephant. I worked myself through the explanation, stumbling over each syllable until I finally got the whole sentence out of my mouth: “This is an elephant, the elephant is purple.” In my little 4-year-old brain I sat back and thought for a minute about what that meant. Then I looked at the picture of the elephant and thought some more. After a great deal of deep contemplation I took my eyes from the book, looked at mother, and told her “This book is wrong. That elephant isn’t purple; it’s blue.” It’s been 17 years since then. Seventeen years I’ve been living in a world of less-than-brilliant colors. Seventeen years of not knowing what matching
is, and not in the stereotypical way that males don’t understand matching, but really not knowing if the tie I’m wearing is painful to look at. Seventeen years of not being able to read pie-graphs, multiple scatter plots, maps with color-coded regions, text on certain backgrounds, or those infuriating Ishihara texts. In this time, I have had to explain to innumerable friends and acquaintances what exactly it means to be color blind and how it affects my life. The short answer is that it has no major effect on my life, only a lot of small annoyances that really start to wear down your tolerance level for people who are only being curious. In the interest of saving my fellow color blind compatriots from having their brains jump from their skulls after answering the same question once more, I’ve compiled a short list of answers to the most common questions I get. What color is this? The answer is shut your face. This is by far the most common question I get anytime someone finds out I’m color blind. It’s even worse when I’m in a group of people because for some reason everyone thinks they found something that would be more hilarious for me not to see. The last thing I want to do is play some twisted version of “I Spy” that I can’t win, so please don’t ask. How do you know what color this is? This one is usually asked after I get a question right during the “What col-
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or is this?” game. I don’t live in a world of black and white. I am still capable of processing most of the visible light spectrum, just with a little less distinction between the areas. So what I’ve done with my limited vision is accept a few things as irrefutable truths. This means the sky is the standard for blue, grass for green, fire trucks for red, and so on. After years of practice I’ve gotten okay at comparing things to those standards, but when things get put together the whole game changes. W hat color do you see? How should I know!? I’m color blind, remember? I can’t see what you see, so how am I supposed to tell you what I see in terms of what you see when I have no idea what the world looks like to you? This usually leads to the philosophical debate about how nobody sees the same thing and we’re living in a contrived reality. Interesting thought, but we can measure the way peoples’ minds interpret light pretty well, and there is a specific way most people literally see the world, so don’t think you’re smart for coming up with that theory. Send Jonathan your thoughts on color blindness to letters@technicianonline.com.
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Don’t sabotage your own interview Story By Jennifer Jung | photo By Alex Sanchez
Negative nonverbal communication is a problem for many students in interviews.
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here are plenty of mistakes you can make to completely sabotage your chances of making a good impression during an interview.
Before the day of the interview, it is important to take advantage of what the University has to offer, such as practice interviews that can be scheduled by the career counselor or potential employers on ePack, a website that helps N.C. State students find internships and career opportunities. The Career Center website is also full of helpful tips on how to make interviews a success, from resume guides to dress codes. “You would prepare for an interview as you would an actor getting ready to go on stage,” Cynthia Zuckerman, lecturer and director of Interpersonal Communication, said. “An actor would never go onstage without rehearsing, and an athlete would never go into a game without practicing. I can’t stress it enough that I don’t feel like students take advantage of the opportunities that are presented on campus.” Without practice, an interviewee’s nonverbal communication could potentially come off as anxious. Even if the interviewee is speaking well, the recruiter could see nonverbal cues as a contradiction of the verbal message. Aside from preparing for potential questions, how the interviewee dresses could have an effect on the interview. It may not be particularly what one is wearing, but more on how they feel wearing certain types of outfits. “Make sure you’re dressed in a way that’s comfortable for you,” Zuckerman said. “You don’t want to wear brand-new clothes that you’re uncomfortable in. Make sure you dress competently, and it reflects who you are.” On the day of the interview, it is important to arrive 10 to
15 minutes ahead of time. after hiring you just so you This is to not only show good would leave after a few years. time-management skills to a Ask if they support continupotential employer, but also ing education programs. to prepare for the interview. If Show them your interest in one arrives barely on time, it continuing education is fine, does not give the interviewee but if you’re dead set on dropenough time to wind down ping your career at that point and prepare for potential and going full-time MBA, I questions and present one’s wouldn’t necessarily show that goal.” self confidently. After the interview, NewDuring an interview, it is important to take notice of ton said one mistake that the signals different postures interviewees tend to forget is thank-you notes. could send. “I can’t emphasize how “Everything that comes out of your mouth may sound important it is to send thank gold,” Brian Newton, direc- you notes,” Newton said. “Retor of Career and Internship cruiters are talking about how few thankDevelopyou notes ment, said. they’re not “But y ou receivmay wa nt ing today, to be careful emails about being or sendt o o l a i ding in.” A back in your thank-you posture.” note demA c om onstrates mon pogood mansit ion of Cynthia Zuckerman, director of ners, shows crossed legs Interpersonal Communication appreciais not the tion for the best posture to be in during an interview. employer’s interest and can “It makes you lean for- be helpful if there was anyward,” Zuckerman said. “If thing not mentioned during your legs are down, you can the interview. With practice and prepasit upright. Crossed legged, not a good idea, and you look ration, interviews can go defeated. You don’t look as smoothly, but with the lack of a preparation, one might competent.” When the interview ques- sabotage his or her chances tions heads toward the direc- of making a good impression tion of goals, it is important on a recruiter. There is little to stay honest but not give chance that anyone can walk the big picture. For example, right into an interview, wing a recruiter might ask the it without preparation and interviewee where they see make a stronger impression than more practiced competthemselves in five years. “Let’s say you want to work itors. It is best to take advanon your MBA,” Newton said. tage of the resources offered “You don’t have to share that on campus and be prepared, with the employer. He may or face a strong possibility of not want to have all the re- rejection as a consequence. sources spent on training you
“You would prepare for an interview as you would an actor getting ready to go on stage.”
Lack of eye contact
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Can you communicate at the speed of a neutrino? Researchers at N.C. State are developing a way to use neutrinos to communicate. Max Lewis Staff Writer
“Mr. Watson, come here.” These were the first words to ever be transmitted into a telephone. The message was carried one room over. In the future, we may be able to communicate with the speed and flexibility of a neutrino. Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Rochester are developing a new method of communication that uses neutrinos. Neutrinos are subatomic particles that travel close to the speed of light and can pass through nearly any material. Neutrinos are generated
by a variety of high-energy sources like solar flares and supernovas, but they can also be created by particle accelerators. The Fermi Accelerator Lab in Illinois is capable of directing neutrinos to a detector one kilometer away and buried 100 meters underground. Daniel Stancil, head of Computer and Electrical Engineering at N.C. State, led the communications initiative, which utilized this system at Fermilab. Stancil became interested in communication involving subatomic particles in the early 1980s. His original idea was to create a communications system that coupled a message to another type of subatomic particle called axions. This plan never came to fruition, however, because an axion is only a hypothetical particle and hasn’t been de-
finitively shown to exist. “I submitted an invention disclosure, but they said I couldn’t get an invention on something that doesn’t exist,” Stancil said. Researchers made progress in the field, but axions remained undiscovered. Stancil put aside his idea until the fall of 2009, when a student also interested in the system came across the website for the Fermi Accelerator Lab. “He realized they had the capability to generate and detect neutrinos at a significant intensity to make a communications systems work,” Stancil said. After corresponding with the physicists at Fermilab and proposing his idea to them, Stancil began to work on the project. Because the system to create and detect the neutrinos was already in place, they
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only needed a code to encrypt and then interpret the signal. This may sound simple, but even the most simple ideas are made difficult when dealing with nearly massless particles that approach the speed of light. To develop the coding scheme, Stancil collaborated with engineers at NASA and Brian Hughes in the University’s Department of Communication, among others. Once the code was devised, the group successfully sent the message “NEUTRINO” from the particle accelerator to the receiver more than a kilometer away. The beam traveled through 240 meters of rock to reach its destination. This highlights one of the greatest advantages of neutrino communication. The weakly interacting particles
are not subject to normal forces and can pass through anything. Signals could potentially be sent through the entire earth, to the dark side of the moon, or over interstellar distances unimpeded and without the use of cables of satellites. Unfortunately, the facilities and equipment needed to create neutrino beams limits the practicality of the system. The accelerator at Fermilab is a tunnel with a circumference of more than 2.5 miles, and the detector for the system is a carbon target that weighs several tons. “Clearly this is a very complicated system, but I believe in the foreseeable future we could build a point-to-point system that would be very specialized,” Stancil said. A system like this could be put to a very specific application
like national security or in the event of a natural disaster. Neutrino technology is still in its infancy, and its practical application is limited by the same properties that give the field so much potential. The fast-moving and lightweight neutrinos cannot be controlled once generated and take tons of target material to detect. So don’t expect to be sending any neutrino texts or downloading music from a stream of neutrinos in the near future. Fermilab scientist Deborah Harris summed up the current climate of the research with this statement: “Neutrinos have been an amazing tool to help us learn about the workings of both the nucleus and the universe, but neutrino communication has a long way to go before it will be effective.”
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Eyesore or inspiration? Raleigh’s AIA building N.C. chapter of American Institute for Architects focuses new center on environmental design. Mark Herring Features Editor
At the convergence of Peace, Wilmington and Salisbury streets, the N.C. Center for Architecture and Design stands in serene composure, surrounded by the downtown traffic rush. The building, the headquarters for the North Carolina chapter of the American Institute for Architects, makes an artistic statement with its stone foundation and modern simplicity. Some call it an eyesore. That’s what a poll from Usanis Photography indicated, with the center ranking first in its ugliest buildings of Raleigh poll. But for Frank Harmon, architect of the center and associate professor of architecture, that’s the nature of art. “I think anything that is new and important is going to offend some people,” Harmon said. “When the Eiffel Tower was made, there was an outrage in Paris. I just finished reading the biography of Steve Jobs. Two years ago when the iPad was released, there was a tremendous delusion. Look now.” The center’s aura, whether negatively or positively perceived, comes from its simplistic design, according to Dave Crawford, executive vice president of AIA NC. “It’s going to shock some people when you develop something new in a piece of land that’s been dead for 40 years,” Crawford said. “Architecture is the most public of all the forms of art. But at least it gets your attention.
We have one of the most sustainable buildings in North Carolina, and naturally, it challenges the norm.” All the materials for the center are natural to North Carolina and Virginia, within a 500-mile radius to ensure sustainability, according to Crawford. The stone foundation consists of rock from a quarry in Virginia, and the steel structure comes from melted-down Chevrolets, according to Harmon. All the landscaping is of indigenous flora and the wooden panel lining comes from cypress trees downed by Hurricane Irene in eastern North Carolina’s Great Dismal Swamp. Harmon crafted the plan for the center after his design submission to the AIA NC contest for its new headquarters in 2008. “There was a public announcement and it was just thrilling,” Harmon said. Out of 48 submissions, Harmon’s took first, but all the finalists had similar designs. “We knew we were looking for something sustainable and environmentally friendly,” Crawford said. “In that sense, many of the designs will have characteristic similarities. They will face south to take advantage of the sun and will use passive systems for cooling and heating.” The center’s approach to cooling and heating employs geothermal heat from bedrock 350 feet bellow the center. There, the temperature is a constant 55 to 60 degrees, and hydraulic systems run water through the deep columns to absorb this heat energy. Whether it’s winter or summer, all the center needs to do is adjust that consistent temperature, bumping
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The newly-completed Center for Architecture and Design, designed by Frank Harmon Architects is complete after an eight-year journey of planning and building. The building had its “Green and Grand opening” on March 17 and is located at 14 E. Peace st.
it up just a few degrees. The tall, south-facing windows achieve that with constant sun lighting, and the center uses that for natural light. In the summer, the long overhang of the south window limits the hot sun. “People have been doing this for hundreds of years,” Harmon said. “We want to make an example of what sustainability can be. It isn’t too hard. If it’s hot, you can open a window.” Within eight years, the geothermal system will pay itself off, according to Crawford. He said the $115,000 upfront cost will be worth the 64 percent energy savings. The center will be LEED Platinum Certified, according to Kerry Dixon, center director of communication. The long and narrow design allows wind to blow through the center of the building if
the summer gets too hot, according to Crawford. He said it’s great to work in a place full of fresh air. The center is a modern upgrade from the AIA chapter’s last location in an old, tall octagonal brick building on Morgan Street. According to Crawford, it’s not just the design that’s important, it’s the location. “This building uses the site…it leaves 90 percent of the site open, as a park and a parking area,” Harmon said. “It’s going to be more green. The single most important thing is that it’s one complementary unit.” The parking lot, which the center calls a parking garden, is permeable to rainwater, so the runoff won’t clog drains. According to the Neuse Riverkeeper Foundation, this system of passive filtration, the oversee-
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Architect Frank Harmon speaks about the process of planning and constructing the N.C. Center of Architecture and Design.
ing lobby of Raleigh’s water supply, is a model for other construction developments to follow. It benefits the center’s sustainable design, and Crawford said he’s thrilled about having parking. “Frank always joked that form follows parking, especially in Raleigh,” Crawford said. “And we have a place for
visitors to park.” Harmon and Crawford aren’t taking the ugliest building rank personally. They find it as a fun way to publicize their presence. And they are in good company, with College of Design Dean Marvin Malecha’s Chancellor’s Residence design taking ninth place.
Census Bureau turns old history into news Personal family history is now available at the State Library and even on the Internet.
census release is novel for a variety of reasons. First of all, it is the only time during Franklin D. Roosevelt’s presidency a census was taken, so it will give us some Katie Sanders insight into how his New Deal Senior Staff Writer policies of relief, recovery and Actors hold parties for the reform battled the Great Depremieres of their movies. pression right before World Musical artists celebrate the War II. Although aspects such as releases of their latest albums. However, genealogists, his- the economic effects of New torians and general lovers of Deal policies have already history had another release to been extensively examined by economists who were able to celebrate. For privacy, the U.S. Census see the census data without data is kept anonymous for personal information such as 72 years for confidentiality the names, the census does before it is released, meaning provide historians and geneMarch 2 of this year was the alogists with information to first time data from the 1940s examine the personal plights had ever been made publicly of individuals living through available. While many peo- the decade. “This was the first time that ple weren’t even aware of the release, the State Library of the census did sampling-North Carolina was—they they sampled 5 percent of threw a party with music, the U.S. population with clothes and movies from the certain questions,” Hyman era to celebrate the occasion. said. “This was also the first “People will learn some time they had a question things they didn’t already about where you lived April 1, 1935--midknow about way their famithrough lies or anthe last decestors that cade.” never came This locaout in stotion inforr ies,” Remation bebecca HyRebecca Hyman, reference and tween cenman, a refoutreach librarian at the State suses w ill erence and Library of North Carolina help histooutreach rians look librarian at the State Library, said. She at migration patterns caused said she will be looking for by the Great Depression. It will also be able to give her grandparents and greatgrandparents in the newly us a look at social change and how it progressed, paropened records. Moreover, this particular ticularly on the subject of
“People will learn some things that they didn’t already know.”
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Visitors looking at paper dolls and toys from the 1940s from the collections of the North Carolina Museum of History.
gender roles. This census will be eventually compared to the 1950s census, showing how women were becoming more active in the workplace. “In the 40s you have women going to work and when the men came home, they didn’t necessarily want to go back and do the same old job at home, so you’re going to see a lot of changes,” Elizabeth Hayden, the state demographics and reference librarian, said. Much of the information, however, is personal. The census includes questions like, “Where were your parents born?” “Do you have a native language?” “Have you been married more than
once?” and “How old were you when you first got married?” Therefore, the release attracts many people looking into their family history. “I never knew either set of grandparents, so that’s why this is a burning thing for me; I want to find these people,” Marissa Williams, who does her family genealogy as a hobby, said. She has been doing genealogy research since she moved to North Carolina and has so far traced herself back to her white great-grandfather and the slave he was willed, Harriet. This release, and the fact that the information will be digital for the first time, will
make her search a lot simpler. “At first it’s really hard, because you think you know what you’re doing--you’re going to go to the library and say the names. But with a last name like Williams it’s not easy,” Williams said. Genealogists are particularly thrilled because the census includes questions about family relationships in a time where parents were unable to support their children and many were given up to other relatives. This will allow those who were tracing their family trees to go a few steps further. “If you had a big family you might not be able to feed all your children and it may
have been that you had a relative take in their nephew or niece,” Hayden said. While this is the first time the census has ever been freely available online, it is not yet organized by name. At the moment you have to know the address of the person you are searching for, though people are already working furiously to create a search-by-name database. Many librarians and genealogists in the State Library are more than willing to help sort through these, or older, census records if anyone expresses interest. “We have a whole floor and collection just dedicated to that,” Hyman said.
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er meet. “Everything has just been really relaxed and everyone continued from page 8 has been focused in the gym,” summer because I am just Barr said. “We’re having fun looking forward to the sum- and lots of laughs. We’re not mer right now. It’s something taking everything so serithat will be interesting; I’m ously because we want to have not sure what I am going fun doing it. It’s been a great to do with myself. But it’s atmosphere to practice in.” Head coach Mark Stevenbeen a great experience and I wouldn’t want to be any- son is bringing State to the NCAA Regionals for a 22nd where else.” Having also traveled a fair time in program history, and t he longdistance to tenured be a part of coach said the Pack ’s he understoried stands the gymnastics emotions program, senior leadBarr was ers will at a los s be going for words through. t r y i ng to “The kids describe Senior Brooke Barr themselves her final go a re doi ng around. “It’s a weird feeling and I great because they are keepdon’t really know how to put ing perspective and not getit into words,” Barr, a native ting too excited,” Stevenson of Harrisburg, Pa., said. “It’s said. “With the competition bittersweet. It’s exciting and coming up, they are staying sad. I want it to continue and level and you have to stay I want it to stop. It’s one of level in order to do the same those things that will take thing you do every day at the adjusting once it’s over, but competition. You can have a it has been a great last year. As little adrenaline, but if it gets a team we have done awesome out of hand, you’re all over and I couldn’t really ask for a the place. It’s something we have been preaching to them better senior season.” With emotions easy to get a lot.” As the only head coach in the way, Barr said the team has tried to relax and prepare Wolfpack Gymnastics has for Saturday just like any oth- ever had, Stevenson has seen
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his fair share of leaders. This year’s core group, however, is one that will be missed in many different ways. “The seniors have been phenomenal,” Stevenson said. “They’ve done a tremendous job for us and it started their freshman year. They all came in and they all jumped right in to become an integral part of the team right away. They were competitive and were part of our last conference championship. We’re really going to miss them next year. Jess [Panza] and Brooke [Barr] have been the team leaders and have kept the younger kids moving in the right direction by helping them learn how to get things done. “These seniors have been really special kids.” If the group hopes to continue its season, it will have to do so by taking down some of the nation’s most talented teams. No. 20 State arrives with a Regional Qualifying Score of 195.870, which trails No. 1 Florida (197.445), No. 12 Ohio State (196.245) and No. 13 Penn State (196.230). Kent State is ranked No. 26 with a RQS of 195.400, while Carolina has a 195.010.
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ers looking to fight for every ball and showing a lot of intent and purpose behind every move. Despite trying their best, State failed to make it count and let their frustrations get the better of them with numerous dives around the penalty area and confrontations with the Duke players as the second half ended the same way it started. The Pack showed a lot of promise with the likes of Bokar, Jaibat and Albadawi carrying off from where they left last season, but still have a lot of work to do if they are to be a force to reckon with in the ACC in the coming season. N.C. State will play their next spring fixture against Appalachian State April 14 at Dail Soccer Stadium.
portant this epidemic is in southern Africa, and they really wanted to do something. “They decided to use the international language of soccer to break down the barriers and being able to reach those most in need. They basically used the power of soccer to fight HIV and AIDS.” Kilburn said it was always on her mind to organize something like this. “I always wanted to do one of these tournaments before I graduated but realized I wouldn’t have time to get it all started,” Kilburn said. “I contacted Dena [Floyd] and we have been working since then to market the tournament.” Kilburn, who will be interning with Grassroot Soccer in the upcoming year, was excited by the prospect of going to Africa. “I’ll be a programs intern,” Kilburn said. “What I really liked about the organization is that the soccer programs are implemented only in the affected communities so that the kids have someone to look up to who is from their community and who understands where they are coming from. “I won’t be playing soccer with the kids but I’ll be helping run what they call
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voluntary testing tournaments, and I’ll be helping reach out to the community and involve more schools with Grassroot Soccer.” Dena Floyd, assistant coach of the women’s soccer team, said the tournament was a way for the soccer program to give back to the community. “Well basically, when I first came here, I was big on community service,” Floyd said. “I was just trying to find something that our women’s team could do and then I found out about Grassroot just from being a soccer coach and having friends who worked for the organization. “We want to do some type of community service and give back to the community and this would be a great way to do it and involve soccer too.” Floyd said the varsity soccer players will be involved with the tournament as well. “They will be volunteering in the tournament and helping out with the organization that day,” Floyd said. Registration is $15 per player and is open to both undergraduates and graduates who go to N.C. State. For more information, contact Dena Floyd at dena_floyd@ncsu. edu or Ronnie Bouemoue at rzbouemb@ncsu.edu.
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Seniors say goodbye as Regionals come to Reynolds Men’s basketball ranked for first time since 2007-2008 The N.C. State Wolfpack men’s basketball team is ranked No. 20 in the nation in the final ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll, which was released yesterday. This is the first time the Pack has been ranked in either poll since week four of the 2007-08 season when the AP Poll ranked the team No. 24. The achievement also marks the team’s first appearance in the Coaches Poll since week two of the same season when the team was ranked No. 22. State has not seen the top 20 since the Herb Sendek era, when the Coaches Poll had State ranked No. 19 in week 16 of the 200506 season. It has been nearly a decade since the Pack was last seen in either of the final polls, finishing the 2003-04 season ranked No. 15 in the AP Poll and No. 17 in the Coaches Poll. Wolfpack great Julius Hodge was a senior that season and led the team to a 22-10 overall record, going 11-5 in the ACC. Source: ESPN
Staats Battle wins coolest NCAA name competition Freshman guard Staats Battle won ESPN Page 2’s 2012 Coolest Name in the NCAA tournament, announced on Tuesday. In the final, Battle conquered Marquette’s Vander Blue by snagging over 76 percent of the 14,081 votes cast. Battle went into the competition ranked as a No. 6 seed but received no lower than 63.4 percent of the total votes in each consecutive round. Before Blue, Battle defeated several other “cool names” of the tournament, including Iowa State’s Bubu Palo, California’s Bak Bak, Alabama’s Dakota Slaughter, Saint Louis’ Grandy Glaze and Notre Dame’s Mike Broghammer. Source: espn
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Six teams battle for two spots in the national championships. Sean Fairholm Deputy Sports Editor
After four years of blood, sweat and tears, fellow seniors Jess Panza and Brooke Barr know each other well enough to realize birthday serenading simply can’t wait until afternoon practice. Panza, who turned 22 Tuesday, didn’t even see the sun peak its head above campus before hearing an early morning rendition of “Happy Birthday.” “I didn’t get her anything, but I did sing her ‘Happy Birthday’ at seven in the morning,” Barr said. For the first time since their freshman season, Panza and Barr will lead their team in an NCAA Regional meet at Reynolds Coliseum. Six teams— Florida, Kent State, UNC-Chapel Hill, Ohio State, Penn State and N.C. State—will go up against each other at 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon for the right to advance to the national championships in Duluth, Ga. April 20-22. The Wolfpack is one of five teams from the East Atlantic Gymnastics League to receive an NCAA bid. “We hosted Regionals our freshman year, so it’s kind of like it has come full circle,” Panza said. “It’s nice seeing it from a senior perspective now. I definitely think our team’s abilities, skills and attitude are way bet-
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Junior gymnast Jess Panza does a flip during her beam routine at the meet against West Virginia in Reynolds Coliseum, Jan. 21, 2010. Panza placed second place with a score of 9.775.
ter than they ever have been, so I’m definitely excited.” One of six seniors who will represent the red and white one last time inside the confines of Reynolds, the
Long Island native said she will miss her time in Raleigh when the end eventually comes. “Every memory kind of blends into one,” Panza said. “It’s not that
it’s the same because it has been a great experience. I don’t think it is going to hit me until the end of
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Poor first half display costs Pack in first spring fixture. Rishav Dey Deputy Sports Editor
Today Softball vs. ECU (x2) Raleigh, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Baseball at Old Dominion Norfolk, Va., 6 p.m. Friday Women’s Tennis at Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass., 2 p.m. Men’s Tennis vs. Boston College Raleigh, 2:30 p.m. Softball vs. Boston College (x2) Raleigh, 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. Baseball at Maryland College Park, Md., 6 p.m. Friday-Saturday Men’s Golf at River Landing Intercollegiate Wallace, All Day Track at Florida Relays, Duke Invitational, Colonial Relays Gainesville, Fla.; Durham; Williamsburg, Va.; All Day Saturday Softball vs. Boston College Raleigh, Noon Men’s Tennis vs. Maryland Raleigh, 2 p.m. Baseball vs. Maryland College Park, Md., 3 p.m. Sunday Women’s Tennis at Maryland College Park, Md., 1 p.m. Baseball at Maryland College Park, Md., 1 p.m. Friday-Sunday Women’s Golf at Bryan National Collegiate Browns Summit, All Day
Did You know? The N.C. State gymnastics team has received a bid for the NCAA Tournament for 10 consecutive years.
Much to the joy of Wolfpack soccer fans, the men’s soccer team returned to action to play ACC foe Duke at the Dail Soccer Stadium Tuesday. It was, however, far from the outcome everybody would have hoped for. The Blue Devils beat the Pack in their own backyard, 2-1. Sophomore Monbo Bokar put in a threatening cross barely a minute into the game but the Pack failed to have a player to back it up as the ball tamely went out of bounds. The Pack could have gone up early in the game after winning a free kick just at the edge of the Duke 20-yard box; however, redshirt sophomore Nazmi Albadawi could only hit the wall with his effort. Despite making early inroads into the Duke half, it was the Blue Devils who drew first blood 5:25 into the first half. Junior goalkeeper Fabian Otte spilled a shot from outside the box and the attacker was in position to head the ball into the Pack netting. With 8:12 on the clock, Bokar was again in the thick of action after his header off sophomore Jonathan Ray’s cross hit the woodwork. The Pack looked rusty, with most players going half-heartedly for the ball, proving to be the downfall with the Duke players using their physicality to dominate the midfield area. With 29:37 on the clock, the Pack finally leveled the game following a moment of brilliance that involved a mazy run
N.C. State to host soccer tournament to raise money for HIV awareness. Rishav Dey Deputy Sports Editor
beat, only to gently play it into the welcoming palms of the goalie. The Pack went into the locker room down 1-2 and showed no sign of improvement with sloppy defending once again putting the Blue Devils ahead. As the second half wore on, both teams created numerous opportunities with both failing to add to the score. However, the Pack front line looked nothing like what it looked like in the first half, with the play-
The soccer program at N.C. State will host a three-vs.-three soccer tournament on Saturday, April 28, at the newly constructed practice facilities located on Morrill Drive. All proceeds from the tournament will go to Grassroot Soccer, an international nonprofit organization that uses soccer as a means to save lives by preventing the spread of HIV in Africa. Grassroot Soccer is present in as many as 10 African countries, including South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe. It provides local soccer coaches training to equip young people with the knowhow, skills and support in order to avoid HIV. Casey Kilburn, a senior in parks, recreation and tourism management, has been active in the organization of the tournament at State. “It started back in 2002 and it was developed by professional players in Zimbabwe, and one of their friends on the national team passed away from AIDS,” Kilburn said. “In his funeral, he was this huge icon in Zimbabwe, and no one would even speak about the fact that he had AIDS. They just said he was sick and he passed away from that, and then they realized how im-
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Turning to take a shot at the net, freshman Zabarle Kollie fights on a Georgia State defender. The Pack fell short in their match Tuesday against Georgia State University, 0-1.
by Albadawi who drew the keeper out only for junior forward Nader Jaibat to shoot into the empty net. The goal only proved to be temporary relief for the Pack, however, with 33:44 on the clock, Duke scored in similar fashion as before, with Otte spilling yet another longrange shot only for the Duke attacker to head it in. The Pack continued being wasteful in front of goal, highlighted by junior midfielder Danny DiPrima, who twice got the ball in a span of 40 seconds with just the keeper to