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Stampede tramples policy’s intent Tim Gorski Staff Writer

A measure to prevent students from rushing into the PNC Arena backfired Saturday at 2 p.m., as students sprinted from Gate B of Carter-Finley Stadium to the PNC Arena to vie for the best courtside seats. The University limits spectators from entering the PNC Arena up until five hours before sporting events, and students stampeded to the entrance for first-come-firstserved seats in the student section. The rush outraged fans who had waited longer or felt unsafe running in the icy parking lot. The Student Ticket Advisory Committee instated the policy to ensure that students would not miss classes during the weekdays or camp out to get better seats. However, the line that was designed to be more fair started nearly a quarter of a mile away from the PNC Arena entrance, providing a tempting scenario for cunning fans. Many students feel that the policy facilitated unnecessary danger and injustice. Rachel Cox, a freshman in electrical engineering, had a broken leg the morning of the game and lost her place in the relocated line. Amid what Cox called a “free for all,” she asked a member of the security staff to escort her to the PNC Arena to ensure her place in line. After the security staff refused her request, she insisted that due to her injury she would certainly lose her place in line that she had been waiting for. “[The only response I got was], ‘Sorry, sweetie, it is what it is,’” Cox said.

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Poole offers expedited MBA program Jake Moser Deputy News Editor

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N.C. State students sprinting across the Carter-Finley/PNC Arena property in attempt to be the first people in line for the UNC-Chapel Hill game.

Dylan Kramer, a sophomore in First Year College, said that he and his friend Myles Marion, a sophomore in architecture, felt compelled to sneak into the PNC Arena to secure their positions in line. Dylan, who had been waiting in line in at the gate of the arena since 10:30 a.m., had a back injury that would have impaired his ability to keep up with the stampede. “I think it is unfair because the loyal fans who had been waiting for hours were at a disadvantage when compared to the kids that could run fast,” Marion said. Kramer and Marion were not alone in their rule breaking, Marion

said. “There were hundreds of people that snuck in. They charged in from all over the place,” Marion said. “I felt like I was participating in the running of the bulls.” Despite the commotion, there are no reports of anyone sustaining any injuries in the rush. However, there was undoubtedly a potential for this to occur. Brendan Leonard, a sophomore in political science, who witnessed a number of students slip and fall, said the decision to have a free-for-all style race to the PNC was a dangerous one, especially in light of inclement weather conditions from the night before.

“With the icy conditions present, it was a hazard that could be easily avoided by walking the students in an orderly line,” Leonard said. The cause of the mix up was a misinterpretation of orders given from the administration to the security staff of the arena. The administration did not want students who wanted to attend College GameDay to be forced behind other students who didn’t wait in the line for the game. The security evacuated the parking lots and locked all entrances, instead of having students return to their vehicles after GameDay. This

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Strike Debt Raleigh, an offshoot of Occupy Raleigh, discusses debt Will Brooks

Gad said she believes legislation has become restrictive of public education in the state, and could Focused privately beneath dim lead to more student debt or a delighting and the scent of burnt crease in higher education beneath espresso at Cup A Joe coffee house, the wealthy. four women sat in a corner collabo“When you raise the price to go to rating, discussing, and planning. college, you are only going to have Strike Debt Raleigh, a branch of people with the most money attendthe Occupy movement, met Thurs- ing,” Gad said. day night to discuss debt awareness Among the events planned by and relief, planning events beyond Strike Debt Raleigh is the “Not A picket-waving protests. Loan Education Lottery,” in which The Raleigh chapter of Strike willing participants enter a raffle Debt, which picked up several with the chance of being “liberated” months after its founding New of a portion of their debt. York counterpart, Wit h $ 5,0 0 0 addresses what Kadol la rs d irec t ly tina Gad, senior in f u nde d tow a rd fashion and textile the winners’ debt, management said members of Strike was the keystone Debt Raleigh said issue of Occupy they hope the Not Raleigh. A Loan Lotter y “When we asked will relieve some around the table [at s t udent s’ debt . Occupy] what the Anyone is eligible biggest issue was, for the raffle. Katina Gad, senior in fashion they all said debt,” Members of and textile management Gad said. Strike Debt Raleigh G ad s a id she brainstormed ways thinks debt of all kinds has be- to get students involved and open come an increasingly heavy burden up about their debt, something Gad upon North Carolinians, especially said will be one of the group’s largest college students, and that that is challenges, asking the group, “How enough for her to work against it. do you get people to speak about Rachel Davis, a member of Strike loan debt?” Debt Raleigh said she sees debt as Gad said she believes she could less of an unfortunate misgiving in make the biggest difference by fothe U.S. than as a violation against cusing on the University, where citizens’ rights. she said a tremendous amount of “[Higher education is] a right, not students are already experiencing a privilege,” Davis said. “You don’t loan debt. want a future generation to be held Shannon Benedetto, former memback by their debt.” ber of Occupy Raleigh and current Deputy News Editor

“When we asked around the table [at Occupy] what the biggest issue was, they all said debt.”

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Katina Gad, a senior in fashion and textile management, speaks at a local Strike Debt Raleigh event at Cup A Joe on Thursday Jan. 31, 2013. Attendees of the meeting discussed a student debt relief program based off of the “Rolling Jubilee” campaign in which student debts are forgiven through donation.

member of Strike Debt Raleigh, said she believes the loan system is a double-edged sword for the average student. “Without a college education you can’t have a future, but debt also keeps you from having a future,” Benedetto said. Members kept placing a chalkboard in Raleigh for the public

to profess their debt, organizing speeches, and making a public demand for Bank of America to help easing student loans on fellow North Carolinians, in their list of likely endeavors. Strike Debt Raleigh plans to meet on Thursday nights at Cup A Joe and further announcements can be found on Facebook.

The Poole College of Management introduced a new MBA program that can be completed in less than two years, starting in the fall 2013 semester. “The University created the professional MBA to make a new degree that is more practical,” said Steven Allen, associate dean for graduate programs at the Poole College of Management. “We were looking at how to make the degree more attractive to potential students,” Allen said. “We did a careful analysis of what kind of knowledge and skills someone with a MBA needs to have. We then looked at our own courses and requirements, and started to think imaginatively how we could provide the real essence of the degree in a timeframe that made more sense to students.” The previous program had a typical timeframe for completion and took a part-time student two to three years to complete, according to Allen. However, because several schools in the area, including UNC-Chapel Hill, were able to provide a MBA in a shorter time frame, N.C. State decided to implement a fasttrack of its own. The program has two options, the accelerated track and the flexible track. “The accelerated track allows students to get their MBA in as few as 21 months and is attractive to those with parttime jobs. The f lexible track is designed to be completed in about three years, giving students more time to balance work, family and friends,” Allen said. The professional MBA also boasts award-winning faculty, an innovative curriculum and affordable tuition, according to the College of Management’s website. “The degree appears to be an effective alternative to more traditional programs due to its small class sizes and competitive admission process,” the webpage stated. “We want N.C. State to be a place to provide people opportunity, and I think by making it more accessible we can do that,” Allen said. Allen also expressed the desire to be more respected on a national level. ww “Our MBA program was ranked in the top 30 by Business Week,” Allen said. “That’s a pretty good start but we’d like to be ranked higher. We want to see the business school respected as much as engineering, design and veterinary medicine. We want everyone to be proud of the business school as well.”

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Mike Glennon’s letter to the students See page 8.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

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In Thursday’s story “Graduate School gains seats in Student Government,” the College of Agriculture and Life Science lost five seats, not four, due to the adoption of the Reapportionment Act, for a final total of four seats. Additionally, the statement “The Student Senate also approved on first reading The UNC ASG Removal Act...” was misleading. The UNC ASG Removal Act was sent to committee for discussion. Student Senate will not be able to vote on the bill until it comes up for second reading after it is approved by the committee.

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Wednesday 10:31 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Bragaw Hall Non-student was arrested after being found sleeping in Activity Room. Subject had prior trespass warning issued. 11:33 A.M. | HIT & RUN Avent Ferry Complex Student reported parked wehicle had been struck by unknown vehicle 8:04 A.M. |HIT & RUN Student Health Center Employee reported parked vehicle had been struck by unknown vehicle 11:39 A.M. | UTILITY PROBLEM West Campus Power outages occured at several buildings on campus due to high winds. Facilities, FP, and Progress Energy were notified. 3:15 P.M. COMMUNICATING THREATS Talley Student Center Officers followed up on potential communicating threats incident. Ivestigation ongoing. 4:32 P.M. | FIRE ALARM WitherspoonStudent Center FP responded to alarm. Cause unkown. 7:47 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Carmichael Gym Two students were involved in traffic accident. 8:05 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Phytotron Units responded to alarm. Cause unkown. Electronics notified and responded. Facilities was notified of water leak found in building. 8:25 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Avent Ferry Complex Report of subject loitering in the area. Subject was determined to be temporary resident of building. 9:26 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM Witherspoon Student Center Officers condcted program regarding weapons on campus.

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one-eyed feral cat roams campus, careful to keep her distance from students walking by. Cats are an introduced invasive species that prey on native wildlife populations, known for their habits of killing small animals for play as well as food. According to a report published in Nature Communications, researchers estimated that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4-3.7 billion birds and 6.9-20.7 billion mammals annually in the United States. Many scientists are pushing for legislation to reduce feral cat populations, and recommend pet cats be kept indoors.

Rugby clinic broadens community horizons Ravi Chittilla Deputy News Editor

The N.C. State Men’s Rugby Club will host a youth rugby clinic at Method Road Field on Saturday, Feb. 2, which will last from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., at which time the team will compete in their opening match of the semester against East Carolina University. According to Neel Kuila, a sophomore in mechanical engineering and a member of the club team, the clinic aims to introduce local rugby youth to a higher level of the sport, as well as concentrate on the fundamentals of the game. “There aren’t a lot of options for getting to see higher standards of rugby around here, so I think the clinic will be a good chance for kids and adolescents to see where there game could take them,” said Kuila. Participating teams include Bethel High School, Southern Pines High School, the Raleigh Rattlesnakes and the Clayton Copperheads. The clinic will begin with players practicing a series of drills for fundamental skills such as passing, catching, rucking and tackling. Players will then be divided into groups to work on specific skills with N.C. State’s team, who will engage in more one-on-one attention with the players so they will know what it

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caused students to line up at Gate B of the Carter-Finley Stadium, an area where the security staff was not able to stop students from running to the arena. Associate Athletics Director for External Operations Dick Christy said

Sunday SUPER CHILL BOWL Case Dinning Hall, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. SUPER BOWL GAMEWATCH -FREE Witherspoon Student Cinema, 6 to 10 p.m. Monday AUDITION ORIENTATION FOR THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, A PLAY WITH UNIVERSITY THEATRE Thompson Hall, 6 p.m. Tuesday BEYOND THE CONCEPT: TECHNOLOGIES AND INCLASS ACTIVITIES FOR FLIPPING THE CLASS D.H. Hill East Wing, 12 to 1 p.m. AUDITIONS FOR THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Thompson Hall - Titmus Theatre, 7 p.m. Wednesday ENGINEERING CAREER FAIR McKimmon Center, 9:30 a.m to 4 p.m. AUDITIONS FOR THE HEIDI CHRONICLES Thompson Hall - Titmus Theatre, 7 p.m. Thursday LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING ONLINE INSTRUCTION PART 1: FERPA AND ACCESSIBILITY D.H. Hill Assembly Room, 12 to 1:30 p.m. STUDENT SHORT FILM SHOWCASE D.H. Hill Auditorium, 7 p.m. to 12 a.m. WRECK IT RALPH Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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Members of the N.C. State men’s rugby team celebrate after a victory.

takes to improve. The clinic team to provide mentorship will then culminate with a set to younger players, as well of scrima s demmage sesonstrate sions, givtheir outing players reach to a cha nce the comto use the munity as new skills athletes t hey w i l l as well as acquire role modduring the els. morning “The session. cl i nic is Neel Kuila, sophomore in Along a great mechanical engineering with opportuteaching n it y for local players about rugby, younger players who aren’t the clinic is also intended as really sure what they’re doan opportunity for the club ing to come out and learn

“I think the clinic will be a good chance for kids and adolescents to see where there game could take them.”

with a higher level team,” Kuila said. “It would also be a good way to instill Wolfpack pride in the local high schoolers.” Kuila said the clinic would also have a positive impact on local youth rugby and raise awareness of the sport. Spectators are welcome to come support local rugby and the Wolfpack Rugby Team, especially as they face-off with ECU in their first match of the semester.

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what occurred Saturday was a rare mistake. According to Christy, “standard protocol for high demand basketball games has been to station PNC security staff in the student parking lots to help safely transition students from the parking areas to the lines at the East Entrance of PNC arena.” This procedure was demonstrated in the past at UNC-CH games and at this year’s Duke game.

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Dancers of Eire add to diversity Jordan Alsaqa Associate Features Editor

Between the Dance Team, Nazaare and the various other dance clubs that call N.C. State home, the University has a great deal of diversity when it comes to getting down on the dance f loor. Now, with the addition of the Irish Dance Club, there’s a new way to move to the music on campus. The Irish Dance Club, also known as Dancers of Eire, has recently been given official club status. The club’s founders hope to find an audience with students and offer them the chance to show off their Irish dance moves. Caroline Kelly, a sophomore in elementary educa-

tion and one of the club’s founders, said that the club was started out of a desire to bring Irish dancers together on campus. “There wasn’t an outlet for Irish dancers,” Kelly said. “I saw Indian and tap and jazz.” Kelly has been dancing for 12 years and said she stayed in the area for college in order to remain at her dance school. With the Irish Dance Club, Kelly and the other founders hope to find a new outlet for their skills. For Kelly, what makes Irish dance such a worthwhile activity is the strong sense of community it can lead to. “I’m still friends with my dance friends in college, more so than my high school friends,” Kelly said. “You

never lose those friends - they dancers given the chance to grow with you.” select the styles they are most Another major aspect of confident with. Irish dance, according to “It’s very competitive,” Kelly, is the large focus on Kelly said. “There are differcompetient dance tion, with schools an of f iall around cial event the world. known There as a feis. are world Dancers championeither ships, usuperform ally held in in teams, Ireland or where Scotland. group I n 2 013, Caroline Kelly, members they’re goIrish Dance Club founder dance in ing to be in different Boston.” figures, or solo. Solo perforThough all the founding mances are based around members of the club have two soft shoe dances and competitive experience, the two hard shoe dances, with group is still trying to fig-

“For the first year, we would like it to be solely people with previous experience in [Irish dance].”

ure out whether their focus will be on training for competition or just on having fun. The five founders all come from different schools around the country, which has given them a chance to just compare and contrast their different methods. Once the club gets going, the group hopes to reach out to the N.C. State community and become more involved. “We are looking to try and do different shows,” Kelly said. “Other dance clubs have had shows and we think it would be cool to meet up with clubs of different styles. We’d also like to do charity events.” Though the group is still working out some of the finer details, they’ve already

had some success in generating interest. However, at least for now, Kelly said that they are mainly looking for members with previous experience to join. “For the first year, we would like it to be solely people with previous experience in [Irish dance], and a pretty solid amount,” Kelly said. “But within the next year or so, we’d like to open it up and start teaching.” For now, anyone who knows the difference between a jig and a reel is welcome to get in contact with the group and find out more. The club can be reached at thedancersofeire@gmail.com.

McCrory dodges request for apology about liberal arts Sam DeGrave News Editor

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In a Thursday morning press conference about Medicaid, Gov. Pat McCrory avoided apologizing to those he offended when he commented about liberal arts programs earlier in the week. The press conference was about the recent audit of the North Carolina Division of Health and Human Services. However, the topic of the conference did not prevent John Frank, a reporter for The News & Observer, from asking McCrory whether he would apologize for the remarks he made about gender studies and philosophy programs on a radio talk show Tuesday morning. “John with all respect, you’re the only one who mentioned liberal arts in a negative way,” McCrory said in response to Frank’s question. “I never mentioned liberal arts in a negative way.” McCrory accused Frank, who wrote an article about the governor’s appearance

on Tuesday’s talk show, of excluding part of the interview in his article. McCrory proceeded to interrupt Frank, preventing him from elaborating on his original question, to explain his stance on education. “I believe education is for two purposes,” McCrory said. “One is to help exercise the brain, and that means get critical thinking and good problem solving skills and understand our past and our future, and the second reason is to teach us skills that help us also get jobs.” North Carolina State Auditor, Beth Wood, and Secretary of Health and Human Services, Dr. Aldona Wos, joined McCrory to help explain the findings of a recently concluded audit of the state’s Medicaid program. According to Wood, high administrative costs and poor budget planning and forecasting have caused the state to exceed the certified budget in the Medicaid spending area by more than $1.4 billion for each of the last

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N.C. Medicaid provides health care coverage to 1.5 million citizens with low income or a disability The annual budget of the Division of Medical Assistance is more than $13 billion, about $36 million daily. Medicaid represents the second-largest item in the state budget, behind K-12 public education. N.C. Medicaid, with 400 employees, processes 88 million claims annually, paying 70,000 health care providers.

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three fiscal years. McCrory, Wood and Wos did not propose a specific plan to set the Medicaid budget straight, but they did say the administration will be working to correct the overruns starting immediately with the help of North Carolina Medicaid Director, Carol Steckel.

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In defense of liberal arts

s the Technician staff scrambles to transmogrify this editorial into binary code — a format Gov. Pat McCrory might find more suitable — the governor is on the cusp of singlehandedly destroying the UNC school system. It appears McCrory is 0 out of 1 for good ideas. McCrory has, on several occasions, stated his opinion that he doesn’t think money is well-spent if it’s used to fund liberal arts. McCrory told radio talk show host Bill Bennett, “[Gender studies is] a subsidized course...and frankly, if you want to take gender studies, that’s fine. Go to a private school and take it. But I don’t want to subsidize that if that’s not going to get someone a job.” The two of them continued to criticize philosophy degrees too. North Carolina’s constitution states, “The General Assembly shall maintain a public system of higher education, comprising The University of North Carolina and such other institutions of higher education as the General Assembly may deem wise.” The legislation McCrory says he has instructed his staff to draft — which would move funding from liberal arts programs to STEM programs —

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. is very unwise. Gov. McCrory makes a few fatal assumptions, the most asinine being that a STEM program and a technical degree are substitutes for a liberal arts program and degrees. If funding is funneled away from programs like philosophy, literature, English and the like in public universities, then students who want to study those subjects will elect to enroll in private universities. An engineering degree is not a substitute for a liberal arts degree. President of Wake Technical Community College Stephen Scott, who supports McCrory’s decision, said, “Students come to Wake Tech to help get a new job, a promotion or a different job.” And there’s nothing wrong with that. If community colleges like Wake Tech serve their student’s needs, then so be it. But, to directly address Gov. McCrory: We at N.C. State (and presumably other students at UNC System schools) don’t go to Wake Tech, nor do we want to.

Yes, it’s logical to assume that most students at four-year universities want jobs, but not all of them want careers in technical fields. To turn our universities to nothing more than job factories would be to suppress and hinder inventiveness. McCrory expressed his myopic view of how education should be when he told Bill Bennett, “it’s not based on butts in seats but on how many of those butts can get jobs.” Columnist Brian Rosenberg explains that liberal arts colleges send the most students to STEM graduate programs. He writes, “[There is] a direct ... correlation between being educated in an intellectually broad environment and economic prosperity.” So yes, they do find jobs. McCrory’s plan would defile one of the most reputable public education systems in the nation. Research on the price elasticity of demand for higher education varies in results. If a

good, in this case education, is elastic, then demand for it changes when price changes. If a good is inelastic, change in demand is relatively price insensitive. And though there isn’t a substitute for a liberal arts degree, there are many substitutes for universities themselves: other universities. Our guess is that McCrory’s plan will prove that demand for higher education is elastic. If tuition continues to rise and program offerings dissolve, students will opt for the private or out-of-state universities that McCrory doesn’t have the pleasure of mismanaging — or perhaps break from traditional education altogether. If we allow McCrory to devalue liberal arts, then we will be ensuring the destruction of classical education in North Carolina. Perhaps McCrory can’t bring himself to understand the points of this editorial — and soon enough, neither will the students who come up in his new and unimproved education system. Send your thoughts to viewpoint@technicianonline.com

Higher education without critical thinking

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ux Libertas,” the motto of UNCChapel Hill, means light and liberty in Latin. The UNC System has been a means for students to think independently and critically since it was founded. Yet, the newly elected Republican Governor Pat McCror y is Ziyi Mai waging a war Staff Columnist aga inst t he university’s tradition by proposing a new legislation to overhaul the way the UNC System is funded. In an interview with the conservative talk show host Bill Bennett on Tuesday, McCrory said he has instructed his staff to draft a piece of legislation that would change how much state money universities and community colleges receive “not based on how many butts in the seats but how many of those butts can get jobs. ” Apparently, McCrory is attempting to turn the state universities into vocational schools that only produce graduates with technical skills but no critical thinking ability — a lifelong skill. In the presence of the governor’s idea of funding higher education, majors and courses like history, English literature, philosophy, social work, etc. would be squeezed out of the curriculum by the incentives in the plan. Simply put, it’s a plan to shut down the liberal arts programs at North Caro-

lina’s public universities. From a farmer’s perspective, a liberal arts education might not be appealing, because it won’t help pick tomatoes or till the soil. But the purpose of liberal arts education is not only to prepare a student to just feed their families or generate stable income; it’s an education that primes students for a long-term career and is conducted in the spirit of inquiry and undertaken without concern with topical relevance or vocational utility. It makes students more reflective about their beliefs and choices, more self-conscious and critical of their presuppositions and motivations, more creative in their problem-solving, more perceptive of the world around them, and better able to inform themselves about the issues that arise in everyday life — personally, professionally and socially. College, public or private, is an opportunity to learn and reflect in an environment free from most of the constraints on time and energy that operate in the rest of life. Contrary to the governor’s vision, a liberal arts education is about more than just getting a job. It’s about growing to be a civilized citizen armed with intellect — someone who thinks independently and critically. McCrory also had a bone to pick with a gender studies course at UNC-CH. He told the talk show host that this is a subsidized course. “If you want to take gender studies,

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that’s fine. Go to a private school and take it. But I don’t want to subsidize that if that’s not going to get someone a job,” McCrory said, implying that a public university doesn’t deserve to be funded by taxpayers’ dollars if its curriculum doesn’t result in immediate employment. Yet, it’s a blunt fallacy. Under the Constitution of North Carolina and General Statute, the General Assembly created the UNC System and thus a financial obligation to fund that system. At a public university, almost every course is subsidized by taxpayers’ money. That’s why we pay less tuition than students at private colleges. Since the financial crisis in 2008, the state government has consistently cut funding to the UNC System, resulting in tuition skyrocketing over the past few years. If the state government is not happy with public universities, it’s convinced they should be shut down completely or sold to private owners. But cutting funds or changing the way of funding as the governor proposed has absolutely no legitimacy under the law. If so, the state government fails to fulfill a commitment to the UNC System and the people of North Carolina. Send your thoughts to viewpoint@technicianonline.com.

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Should the state move some funding from liberal arts programs to STEM programs? BY NATALIE CLAUNCH

“I think we should, to invest in future education.” Kaleb Sargent freshman, FYC

“I don’t think so. It is just as important to have a creative side to education.”

“I think having a balance is important, one is not necessarily better.”

Katie Jones sophomore, biology sciences

Rebekah Smith sophomore, chemical engineering

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A wake up call to neo-diversity gumbo

a m a Lou isia na black-Creole from the bayous. Just think swamps, alligators, crawfish and gumbo and you get the Rupert W. right picNacoste, ture, and Ph.D. if your Guest imaginaColumnist tion is really good, the right smells. Delta Upsilon Fraternity had a gumbo gathering on Jan. 16. One of their member’s families is from Slidell, La. and he made gumbo. With his gumbo, he represented my “…who dat” nation very well. So no, I didn’t cook. I was there to lead a discussion of neo-diversity. You see, we no longer live in a society where our racial contacts are controlled and restricted by law. Not only that, but nowadays, every day, on the N.C. State campus each of us has some occasion to interact with a person from another racial, gender, ethnic, religious or sexually oriented group. That’s true all over the United States. Using some words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., I introduced the idea of neo-diversity and got the fifty-five or so students talking. To help our fellow Wolfpackers understand how much and how fast things have changed I let them know that I, a dark-skinned black man, grew up in the Jim Crow South – that time of legal segregation and legally supported bigotry. We have gone from that to

neo-diversity where our racial contact and interactions are not controlled by law or anything else. We have gone from that to the second inauguration of a black, raciallymixed man: President Barack Hussein Obama. This neo-diversity has come to America quickly. That is causing some people to panic and try to avoid everyday social interactions on our campus. So, I challenged the students to learn to interact across the superficial group lines. L e a r n now because when you leave this campus, employers a re look ing for people who can do that. But learn it now, I said, because everybody here at NCSU is Wolfpack. WOLF! PACK! Though it’s fun, that cheer is empty if you don’t mean everybody on our campus. Wherever we are in America, we have to learn to interact with each other as individuals, not as representatives of a group. If you try to interact with someone as a representative of a group, that interaction will go bad because your strategy will require that you rely on stereotypes. And no person is going to respond kindly when they feel you aim a stereotype at them. In this age of neo-diversity we all have to learn to interact with the person standing in front of us and not with our ideas about the group. That night at Delta Upsilon

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I felt good because everybody seemed to be willing to engage in dialogue and take on new thoughts. For an hour we had a good time, but I had to bring things to a close because my old knees were telling me to go home. Many students came up to me to thank me for coming, talking and making it fun. One young white woman was struggling to find the words to thank me. “Thanks,” she said, “that was…that was…” Someone else standing there said, “… compelling.” T he you ng woman who w a s s t r u ggling shook her head and said, “…no… ye s it w a s that…but it was…a wakeup call.” That’s why I give talks and presentations about neodiversity. I do what I can to get every audience to wake up and see our neo-diverse America. I want everyone to wake up to the fact that America just ain’t what it used to be. I want all of us to wake-up, acknowledge and appreciate our wonderful, American neo-diverse gumbo. Nacoste is Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor of Psychology and faculty advisor to the student group “Wake Up! It’s Serious: A Campaign For Change.”

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A new chicken crosses the road: Korean Nehemiah Chen Staff Writer

Fried chicken has long been a Southern tradition, no question. And fried chicken juggernauts like Bojangles’, local barbeque joints and even Kentucky Fried Chicken have tried to tell us that they know all there is to know about fried chicken. But there’s a new kind of fried chicken in town now — Korean. And it’s good. Different from its Southern counterpart, which is often characterized by a thick seasoned crust, Korean fried chicken has a thin crackly crust — a crust achieved through an Asian cooking method that renders fat from the skin. At Soo Cafe, a restaurant on Hillsborough Street that opened late last fall, students and locals can try owner and Chef Jo Young’s take on Korean fried chicken. “We developed our own recipe for the chicken,” Young said. “And we are proud to say

that Soo chicken was born in N.C.” The fried chicken currently comes in three different flavors; hot and spicy, sweet, and soy garlic, with plans for a new flavor underway. And the hot and spicy flavor is actually hot. For some students such as Kristi Phillips, a post baccalaureate studies student, it is a dollyo chagi, “roundhouse kick,” to the face. “The chicken was really good. It was crispy and juicy and hot,” said Phillips. “I needed some water.” Those looking for popular Korean staples, like tteokbokki or kimchi jigae, will have to look elsewhere. However, Soo makes up for this by including dishes like udon or tonkatsu, a Japanese-style fried pork cutlet. Soo Cafe intentionally tries to exclude common menu items, not that you won’t find bulgogi and kalbi here, in order to prevent drawing business away from other local restaurants.

“Actually,” Young said, “Soo Cafe isn’t aiming to compete with other local Korean restaurants for business at all.” Instead, they want to enhance what is already available. Young, a native of Seoul, Korea, moved to the United States 18 years ago to attend graduate school in New York, where he also met his wife. New York is also where Young cut his teeth in the restaurant business. “[Throughout our time in New York] we had four restaurants-three Japanese and one Korean restaurant,” Young said. The family moved to Durham six years ago, where they were a partner at Sushi Nara. And three years ago the family started a catering business. It then comes as no surprise, with so much experience, that when Young and his wife found an available storefront close to the University, they opened Soo Cafe. A quaint and cozy space, the cafe’s decor has an unde-

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Soo Cafe is a Korean restaurant that opened last fall. Although the new restaurant is more famous for its fried chicken, its menu also offers few dishes more familiar to Raleigh residents such as bulgogi and kimbop. The restaurant serves a few Japanese items such as tonkatsu.

niable Asian influence. Customers can peruse a selection of Korean language comic books while they wait, or watch Korean pop music on the TV in the corner. According to Young, the items on the ceiling are representative of a “gama,” the Korean version of a litter or palanquin. “I have three rules: first is sanitation, second is quality

and third is customer [satisfaction],” Young said. “I’m always thinking from the customer’s perspective and even sometimes I get [customers] that want food fast, but I tell them ‘sorry it takes a little longer in order to keep [the] quality high.’” And although the prices may seem high at first, ranging anywhere from $6-$23

for fried chicken, Young said customers can be sure that all his ingredients are of top quality with Angus-certified beef, black pork and vegetables sourced from the North Carolina Farmer’s Market.

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Rowling’s magic vacant in adult novel Nicky Vaught Deputy News Editor

It’s been five years since J.K. Rowling released the final installment of the Harry Potter series of which I was a huge fan, even owning my own replica Tom Riddle wand. Rowling seemed to have pigeonholed herself into role of fantasy writer for children. That being said, she deserved a chance to break from her own self-cast mold. Advertised as Rowling’s first “novel for adults,” The Casual Vacancy, without question, delivers in that regard. Explicit scenes of sex, domestic abuse, mental disorder, infidelity, drug addiction, rape and suicide litter the pages. It’s hard not to feel as though Rowling compiled a list of so-called “adult” themes and wrote a book around them. While most of these themes do come into play in the grand scheme of the narrative, the very serious issue of rape does not create much turmoil and is quickly overshadowed by the victim’s mother’s pervading substance

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abuse problem. The novel opens with the death of Barry Fairbrother, a member of the small town of Pagford’s parish council, on his and his wife Mary’s anniversary. From there, the book follows the denizens of Pagford, a cast of too many— eighteen main characters, as the death affects them—or doesn’t. Often the book feels disorganized, or at least inconsistent in its organization. Part one is organized by days of the week, chronicling various townsfolk from Sunday, the day of Fairbrother’s death, to Friday, his funeral. This

seems irrelevant, as parts two through seven make no reference to days of the week whatsoever. Following part one is a brief section called “Olden Days,” which provides a brief history of Pagford, outlining the main conf lict in the book. This in itself seems randomly placed and would have served better as a prologue or not included at all. As for organization, Rowling gets a pretty low score (not to mention the extremely liberal use of parentheses to provide backstory). The main conflict is a pretty substantial and legitimate one. Barry’s death leads to an imbalance on the council, leading Howard Mollison, the self-satisfied head of the council and owner of a local delicatessen, to take full authority on a controversial town issue over whether or not to relinquish a region, the Fields, over to Yarvil, the neighboring and flourished city and whether or not to close a nearby methadone clinic. Once you overcome the initial confusion of figuring

out who’s who, you see the characters for who they are. Unfortunately, who they are is a group of pretty despicable people all with hidden motives. The narrative features negligent single mothers, abusive fathers, outrageously flippant teenagers and backstabbing best friends. There is one character, Krystal Weedon, who is actually likable. Krystal is the confident daughter of a single, heroine addicted mother enrolled in the methadone clinic’s program, her 3-year-old brother’s primary caretaker, a delinquent student, former member of the school’s rowing team (disbanded after the death of the coach, Barry), and denizen of the Fields. Rowling’s use of Krystal as a foil against the “Pagfordians” goes far in ironically underscoring their corruption. Where she represents the product of a broken home, someone who teaches herself responsibility and initiative, other characters—especially Howard and Shirley Mollison—who look down on her represent the snarky, smug result of the upper class.

What’s more, the smuggest of these characters serve on the council, speaking volumes about how Rowling feels toward the political system. Pagford political figures rejoicing in Barry Fairbrother’s death, going so far as to use it as a political tool, offers insight as to how tainted with Machiavellianism even the smallest and most insignificant of political establishments are. Despite the lack of likable characters, the plot is still captivating. Small things that seem infinitesimally insignificant come back at some point or another, whereas larger issues like rape or finding the truth about one’s true parentage have little bearing on the plot. While this could be perceived as a flaw, and I still hold it as one, it is also something unique to the novel. The emphasis on small events, such as throwing a computer away in the River Orr, reflects on the novel’s small town theme. A few characters, mostly mothers, often turn a blind eye to truly dramatic events. Their doing so reiterates the

town’s uniform desire to put on a picturesque persona of quaintness. The ending does well in ironically tying many things together in a climactic and dramatic turn of events. A hero emerges (or should I say submerges?), but the problem rests in Rowling’s lack of development of this particular character, so there is little pride and little inspiration in seeing the character rise above. Don’t go into this book expecting anything like Harry Potter, as it leaves you feeling depressed and, if you’re really into it, even hopeless, whereas the Harry Potter series does quite the opposite. All in all, Pagford and its denizens are sure to make some mark on the literary world, whether it will be large or small only time will tell. The book is worth a read, maybe even two, but you won’t catch me owning any replica Pagford paraphernalia.

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Sifting for truth in a layer of crap

Will Brooks Deputy News Editor

If you hold the preconceived notion that a book titled with a curse word could be a ploy to grab your attention, that a Princeton professor analyzing the word ‘bulls***’ is absurd, or that publishing an essay that took little over thirty minutes to read within what looks like a hardcover novel is deceiving, you are right. Princeton philosopher Harry G. Frankfurt’s essay “On Bulls***” is, for lack of a better word, bulls***. The seemingly carefully crafted essay Frankfurt constructed in 2005 first comes off as a research article, but slowly develops its own rhetoric of bulls***, all in attempt to answer one fundamental ques-

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tion; what is bulls***? By initially posing philosophical questions as to what bulls*** is, Frankfurt sets up the reader to understand his own bulls***. Frankfurt makes a suggestion that a decrease in religion has led humans to cut corners, while in the past it was commonplace to believe

human judgment mattered less than what a god saw at all times. He makes an attempt to question whether bulls*** can be accurately defined, and answers these questions within his own rhetoric more than the literal context of his work. Cleverly comparing the definition of “bulls***,” “bull,” and “humbug,” to lying, Frankfurt defines bulls*** as separate from lying, but not a whole truth. By way of deception and reason, Frankfurt fits his own definition, once concluding that “the problem with understanding why our attitude toward bulls*** is generally more benign than our attitude toward lying is an important one, which I shall leave as an exercise for the reader.”

Through cunning and wit, Frankfurt admits his own bulls*** while tacitly asking why bulls*** is seen as a safe alternative to lying, while more closely aligning itself w it h truth without backing. In prov id i ng a n “exercise of bulls***,” Frankfurt explains, “feelings of a nger nor foolishness came to me, but rather discontent and boredom.” It is not to say that Frankfurt’s presentation lacks wit and humor, but upon realizing the book’s motives are

founded upon wit rather than research, personal attempts to cut through Frankfurt’s bull present the problem with bulls***, and its contrast to the truth. It i s u n founded. Just as he implies, Frankfurt provides few sources, letting his own rhetoric guide readers’ thoughts a nd pu rposefully drawing a fine line between reality and bulls***. Beyond the words on the page, the book’s presentation is a fitting interpretation of bulls***. Within a small red square upon a black hard-

“... just because someone has credentials, doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about ...”

cover, the title and author are printed in simple, professional type, implying a serious study unlike the clever narrative within. Words on the already-small pages are spaced so wide, with inch-wide margins so as to create a deceiving page count; 67 pages to read easily under an hour. Frankfurt seems to make a larger point; just because someone has credentials, doesn’t mean they know what they’re talking about and people who are sure of themselves can be more dangerous than an unsure theorist. “On Bulls***” is a good, short read for those in the mood for comedy with underlying purpose, leaving bulls***ters and hard workers alike to ask, “is it bulls*** if we can’t tell the difference?”

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A simple guide to getting into comics STORY BY JORDAN ALSAQA | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS RUPERT

ven as more and more comic book movies come out and break box office records, it’s still a struggle to get those viewers to turn their attention to the source material and see what made these stories so special in the first place. It’s a problem the comic book industry has faced a lot over the past few decades, with marketing strategies such as the Marvel Ultimate line and DC’s The New 52 being created to bring in new readers. Even this year, the Marvel NOW! Initiative is giving new creative teams to famous characters like Iron Man and Captain America, all in hope of luring in fans of the films. However, even if you’ve never picked up a single issue or graphic novel in your life, there are plenty of ways to get into comics other than by checking out the hot new thing. By knowing what you like and the kind of stories you want to read, you can start enjoying great comics in no time at all.

So, You’ve seen the Movie… It’s an obvious answer, but if you enjoyed The Avengers or The Dark Knight Rises on the big screen, you’ll have no problem finding a wealth of tales featuring Thor, Iron Man or Batman. Every character has some seminal work that truly nails who he is as a character. Batman: Year One, Spider-Man: Big Time, Captain America: Winter Soldier; these are all great places to start with famous characters. No matter the character, a simple web search can let you know the best place to start following his adventures after the credits roll.

Just Dive In You don’t always have to go back to the beginning to understand what’s going on in a story. Nowadays, more books than ever are striving to draw in new readers, which means plenty of jumping-on points. Books like Hawkeye and Daredevil feature

plenty of one-and-done, single issue stories, while DC recently had an entire month dedicated to number zero issues for their series. Even jumping into the middle of a story arc can be fun if you have some history with the character. You might not know exactly why Batman and Commissioner Gordon are mad at each other, but it can be interesting trying to figure it out on your own. Besides, the best writers can make things clear to readers even in the middle of a story.

Don’t Like Superheroes? No Problem There’s a common misconception that all comic books are about dudes in tights beating on each other, and that’s just not true. Smaller publishers like Image, Dark Horse and DC’s Vertigo imprint are constantly putting out a wide variety of genre comics. Want a sprawling space epic? Try out Saga. Looking for a romance with a backdrop of conspiracy? Grab a collection of Strangers in Paradise. Crime, horror, comedy and every other type of story are being told on the stands today, just waiting for new readers to find them. These are just a few of the ways you can easily take interest in the comic book world. It can also be as simple as going to your friendly neighborhood comic store and picking a book off the shelf that has an exciting cover. The real fans are always excited to share their passion with newcomers, and the guys behind the counter are there to help. No matter what, just giving comic books a try can be a unique and fun experience. Even if you’re not at the store every week buying a dozen new issues, even the occasional trade paperback can be an unexpected delight.

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her opponent by a 6-2, 6-1 score on court No. 6. Sophomore Nicole Ma r t i ne z f i n i she d things off for the Pack, taking a three-set victory to give State the sweep, 7-0. “It was a great opportunity to see where we are as a team and it showed a lot of good things,” Olsen said. “I like seeing the way our players dealt with some adversity.” “I think we learned a lot today,” he said. “And credit to East Carolina. I thought they played really well.” The N.C. State netters will return to action Thursday at 4 p.m. as they take on UNC Greensboro at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

State’s first black team captain and first black undergraduate to receive a degree when he obtained his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering in 1960. Since Holmes made his mark, many other AfricanAmericans strove to make their marks in the world through N.C. State, whether they were on the playing field or in the depths of society. According to the Fall 2012 Enrollment Report, 1,908 black students enrolled at the university as undergraduate and an additional 623 as graduate students. One undergraduate in this group is gridiron freshman Shadrach Thornton, who began to make his mark this past fall. As he continues to improve and progress on the football field as a collegiate athlete and in life as a functioning member of society, Thornton is grateful to those who came from generations past that revolutionized how the country and the world saw race. “This is a time to give thanks to those who fought for us to stand united as we

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Staff Report Women’s basketball fell to 2-8 in Atlantic Coast Conference play after losing to Boston College Thursday night at Silvio O. Conte Forum. The team now joins Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech as the only three teams in the ACC with eight losses. Juniors Myisha GoodwinColeman and Kody Burke led the team in scoring, for a combined 23 points. Burke finished with 16 points and seven rebounds. GoodwinColeman scored a team high 17 points, grabbed five rebounds and tallied three assists. Senior standout Marissa Kastanek hit three 3-point baskets en route to 15 points, but led the team in turnovers with five. The team shot 36.1 percent from the field. Boston College fared better in shooting finishing with a 48.1 percent shooting average. All of the Eagles five starters finished in double figures, as Boston College (9-11, 3-6 ACC) defeated N.C. State (1012, 2-8 ACC) 69-81. With the loss, the Pack is now ranked tenth in the ACC.

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Boston College took control out of the gates, clearly dominating the first half of play, taking a 13-point lead into the second half. The second half belonged to the Wolfpack, as it outscored the Eagles but couldn’t

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Pack claims season opener Whittenburg selected as 2013 men’s basketball tournament legend A member of N.C. State’s 1983 “Cardiac Pack” national championship squad, Dereck Whittenburg, has been selected as the Wolfpack’s 2013 Atlantic Coast Conference Men’s Basketball Tournament Legend. The announcement was made Thursday by ACC Commissioner John Swofford. Whittenburg was a four-year letterwinner for the Pack from 198083, scoring 1,272 points in 109 career games, which ranks 28th in program history. He is second in career 3-point field goal percentage, connecting on 47.6 percent of his attempts from behind the arc, during the ACC’s experimental season with the 3-point shot. Whittenburg was a 1983 AllACC Tournament first-team selection after averaging 14.3 points and 4.3 rebounds. During State’s ‘83 NCAA Tournament run, he also earned NCAA All-Regional honors. During his career, he helped N.C. State to an 82-41 overall mark and three NCAA appearances. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Pack boasts pair of Baseball America first teamers N.C. State’s Carlos Rodon and Trea Turner made the Baseball America Preseason All-America first team, released Thursday by the magazine. Rodon and Turner are the youngest players on the first team, and represent two of the three ACC players listed on the first team. NC State is one of three teams, along with Stanford and Arkansas, with multiple first teamers. The mentions mark the third time this year that the Wolfpack has boasted two first team All-Americans from a single publication, the only three occurrences in program history. In 1997, Clay Eason and Tom Sergio were each named first team All-America performers by separate publications.

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The N.C. State women’s tennis team served up its season opener against East Carolina at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center Thursday afternoon, taking a victory from the Pirates. The Wolfpack started off by taking the doubles point, giving the team an early 1-0 advantage. The Pirates did not make it easy for the Pack, however. Sophomores Elisha Hande and Nicole Martinez jumpstarted State with an 8-2 victory at court No. 2 over opponents Yilian Zhang and Danielle Terpko. ECU fought back on the first court as Neena Wanko and Nicole LaDuca took an 8-6 battle over the junior Joelle Kissell and senior Tatiana Illova of the Wolfpack. The deciding match came down to senior Chloe Smith and sophomore Sophie Nelson, who took a late 8-6 victory over the Pirates’ Melis Tanik and Dana Gray, giving State the 1-0 match lead. Things did not get better for the Pirates from there. “I think everybody probably felt more and more comfortable as the day went,” head coach Hans Olsen said. “It was the first match so everyone probably had a little bit of nerves and excitement to work through. I think it was just one

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Junior Joelle Kissell returns the ball during her doubles match with senior Tatiana Illova against East Carolina Thursday. Illova and Kissell lost their match 8-6 at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center.

of those things where the day just got better and better as the day went.” No. 33-ranked Kissell bounced back from her doubles loss and blasted Zhang on the top court, 6-0, 6-0. “I just came out with a new mindset,” Kissell said. “I just tried to relax and have a bit of fun in this match and work on what I’ve been working on in practice. When I came out on that first point, I was a different player, and

I just kept rolling on it.” Illova did the same on court No. 4, taking down LaDuca by a 6-1, 7-5 count, giving State a quick 3-0 advantage. Hande continued to dominate, sweeping her match in 12 straight games, 6-0, 6-0, against Terpko, securing the win for the Wolfpack. “I was pretty relaxed through the whole thing,” Hande said. “It’s really exciting about the season starting. The whole team was working together really well.”

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Junior Christy Sipes dropped her first set, 4-6, and fell behind 2-5 in the second set. Her opponent, Wanko, was two points away from winning the match when she suffered severe leg cramps, allowing Sipes to storm back and take the match in a third set tiebreaker. Senior Chloe Smith was next off court, quickly finishing off

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PART 1 OF A SERIES ON BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Remembering the successes of our black athletes

Today MEN’S TENNIS VS. NORTHWESTERN Raleigh, N.C., 4:30 p.m.

Daniel Wilson

WRESTLING @ UNC-CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, N.C., 7 p.m.

The month of February is here. It is during this month that the nation celebrates Black History Month, a month dedicated to celebrating those who fought oppression and overcame racial obstacles to succeed. To begin, the Technician wishes the late Jackie Robinson, the Brooklyn Dodgers star who broke the color barrier by becoming the first African-American to play Major League Baseball, happy birthday. Robinson would have been 94 years old yesterday. There are many people that helped break the racially oppressive social norms embedded in the minds of the general populous even from when the country was first founded. Even after the 19th century ended and slavery was abolished, racism was still very much alive. The North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, now known as North Carolina State University, was no different. It was 1953 when N.C. State allowed the first black graduate student: Robert Clemons. He became the first black graduate in 1957 when he obtained his professional degree in electrical engineering. The school’s first black undergraduates were admitted to the student body in 1956. Among these firsts was Irwin Holmes, the first black student athlete at N.C. State. He later became

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TRACK @ HILTON GARDEN INVITATIONAL Winston-Salem, N.C., all day Saturday SWIMMING & DIVING VS. UNCCHAPEL HILL Raleigh, N.C., 11 a.m. MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. MIAMI Raleigh, N.C., 4 p.m. TRACK @ HILTON GARDEN INVITATIONAL Winston-Salem, N.C., all day RIFLE VS. MEMPHIS Dahlonega, G.a., all day Saturday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. WAKE FOREST Raleigh, N.C., 2 p.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s really exciting about the season starting. The whole team was working together really well.” Elisha Hande,

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Redshirt graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon and redshirt sophomore fullback Tyler Purvis walk toward the student section after a 37-6 win over Wake Forest at Carter-Finley Stadium. Glennon had 258 total yards in the Wolfpack’s win Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012.

To the City of Raleigh and Wolfpack fans everywhere: As I donned my N.C. State helmet for the last time in the Senior Bowl, I took a moment to reflect on the last few years I have spent in Raleigh and how thankful I am for my experience. My time at State was filled with countless memorable experiences, from the win in the Belk Bowl to one of the most exciting Saturday nights ever in Raleigh this past October. As much as I am looking forward to fulfilling my dream of playing in the NFL, I am also saddened by the thought of leaving the place I have come to call home. I loved being a student at North Carolina State while earning my undergraduate and graduate degrees, and every second I wore the Wolfpack uniform was special to me. This school and city have given me so much and for that I will be forever grateful. I have every intention of remaining an active member of the Raleigh and N.C. State communities to begin paying back all of the support you have shown me over the years. I would especially like to thank Coach O’Brien, because he played a huge role in getting me to where I am now, but I wish Coach Doeren and my teammates the best in years to come. I can’t wait to watch State games as a fan, and I look forward to coming back to a packed Carter-Finley Stadium in the near future. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will carry your cheers and support with me always. Regardless of where my next stop may be, I will forever be a member of the Wolfpack. Go Pack!

Mike Glennon Follow my path to the NFL Draft @Mike_Glennon on Twitter.

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