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On Ash Wednesday, Feb. 13, the season leading up to Easter began for Catholic students. Also on their mind during the start of this season was the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI. Pope Benedict XVI is the first pope to abdicate in nearly 600 years, and the first since Pope Gregory XII in 1415. The Vatican released a statement by the papal leader explaining his resignation Monday, Feb. 11, saying that “of mind and body are necessary, strength which in the last few months has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me.” Many students on campus meet
“His resignation took a great deal of humility...” Sarah Baist, senior in law and justice
through the NCSU Catholic Campus Ministry. Members attend events such as discussions, mass and confessions. The CCM offers opportunities for students to grow in faith, according to Sarah Baist, a senior majoring in law and justice. Over this past Christmas break, Sarah and others from the CCM took part in a pilgrimage to Rome and were able to attend an audience with Pope Benedict. Many will miss the papal leader after he resigns, Baist said. She described Pope Benedict XVI as kind, generous and “a very humbled individual who looks out for all of God’s children and the Catholic Church.” The Conclave is an assembly of Cardinals, or the bishops with this special duty, that will select the next papal leader. This assembly normally lasts a few weeks to meet and pray for guidance choosing the next pope. “The pope should be God’s servant, subjecting themselves to His will and to the Catholic Church,» Baist said. «One would hope that a Pope would adhere to sacred to Sacred Scriptures and Catholic tradition, striving to preserve the truth and demonstrating the love God has for us, the love that Jesus Christ had when he sacrificed himself on the cross for all of our sins.” Other students believe his resignation speaks volume on his character. “The fact that Benedict XVI resigns because he felt he did not have the strength to adequately lead says a lot because he was honest and courageous,” Page Harris, a junior majoring in English, said. Baist summed up her feelings through a quote from Sister Mary Theresa of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of Eucharist who said, “Pope John Paul II remained in office so that he might show us how to suffer and die. Benedict XVI is leaving the papal office so that he might show us how to live in humble honesty.” “His resignation took a great deal of humility, and that is definitely something that people appreciate,” Baist said.
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Freshman guard Rodney Purvis fights for a jump ball against Virginia Tech’s Marshall Wood Saturday, February 16, 2013. The Wolfpack defeated the Hokies 90-86 in overtime at PNC Arena.
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Celebrating U.S.-China relations Young Lee Associate Features Editor
Student organizations and local Chinese culture groups came together to celebrate the Chinese New Year at the Progress Energy Center Sunday. Hoping to promote cultural understanding between North Carolina and China for educational and business purposes, representatives from the Carolina China Council and the Confucius Institute of N.C. State University said they have much to celebrate from 2012 and to look forward to in 2013. State senator Harris Blake attended the celebration and represented the Carolina China Council, a nonprofit organization that aims to build bridges between North Carolina and China. “China is not our enemy. They are our competitor,” Blake said. “If we do it right, 30 years from now, when the younger generation is in its 50s, China and the U.S. ought to be absolute friends on a competitive basis.” Jianning Ding, deputy director of the Confucius Institute, has helped the Institute by teaching Chinese in several of the Institute’s Chinese language classes and by overseeing the creation of many new cultural programs offered to N.C. State students as well as the general public. “We have about 1,000 students all together,” Ding said. “Including all of the people who attend activities, we have more than 20,000 people. I can hardly believe it. And we’ve had such positive feedback from the community and students.” Ding said the Institute also actively supports the community by partnering with organizations
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Members of the Triangle Area Chinese American Society perform a Chinese lion dance to celebrate the New Year.
such as the Triangle Area Chinese us spread knowledge of the Chinese American Society and by visiting language around the public schools schools at other campuses includ- in North Carolina and our univering the North Carolina School of sities,” Tom Ross, UNC System Science and Math, Northwood Ele- president, said. “That’s going to be mentary and High Point University. critical because in order for us to Last year saw an expansion of be good partners, they need to unprograms targeted derstand us and we toward businesses need to understand with offices in the them.” Triangle area. One Adam Hartzell, class on conducting executive director business in China for the Center for enrolled about 20 International UnLenovo employees derstanding, came in 2012. to the Chinese New However, Ding Yea r event a nd said she hopes the works to connect Institute can affect North Carolinians Adam Hartzell, the UNC educawith places around executive director for CIU tion system as a the world. whole and not just “I think more and impact the students enrolled in the more, North Carolina and China Institute’s programs. are connected economically, so “The institute is such a valuable the more we can understand each asset for us because they are helping other through our universities and
“I think more and more, North Carolina and China are connected economically.”
through our relationships back and forth, the more both of us will be able to prosper in the future,” Hartzell said. However, many in attendance said that as important as it is for professionals to understand the importance of cultural understanding, it is also important that students understand it as well. “We have great interest in building connections with China and elsewhere in Asia,” Daniel Solomon, dean of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, said. “I was just in Korea two weeks ago. I’ve been to China twice and it’s a very interesting country. We’ve got partnerships there that we’re developing at institutes like N.C. State. I think we need to do a better job of getting N.C. State students abroad and getting students from across the world to interact with our own students.”
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Commemorating the end of Shabbat
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he NCSU Hillel Jewish Organization performs a Havdalah Service. Havdalah commemorates the end of Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath, and involves a lit candle, kosher wine, aromatic spices and the recitation of blessings. The various parts of the cermony are meant to make a person utilize all five senses. As the ceremony ends, the candle is extinguished in the cup of wine.
Lincoln scholar debunks liberty Ravi Chittila Deputy News Editor
We might use the term liberty a little too liberally, according to James McPherson, a Civil War historian. McPherson, a Princeton professor emeritus, put the term into context Saturday morning during a talk on Abraham Lincoln’s presidency. Liber t y, McPherson said, comes in two forms: positive and negative. McPherson’s visit was part of the History Department’s annual History Weekend program. McPherson, the 1989 Pulitzer Prize winner for his book, Battle Cry of Freedom, delivered a lecture titled, “Lincoln: Legacy For Our Time,” centered on how historians today observe and interpret the complexities and contradictions of the 16th presi-
dent of the United States. Introduced as a “history god,” McPherson spoke about Lincoln’s impact in American history and the president’s influence on emerging democracies abroad. He said the use of the word liberty has taken on many meanings throughout our interpretations of history and stressed what Lincoln had called the divide between “positive liberty and negative liberty,” as outlined in a speech from April 1864 in Baltimore. Positive liberty, McPherson said, was the enactment of laws to protect and best serve the individual, while negative liberty could be exemplified by the minimal role of government in the lives of the people, refusing to empower those taken advantage of by a history of slavery and prejudice. �Lincoln, a fan of Aesop’s Fables, stated, “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. Plainly, the sheep and wolf are not agreed upon a definition of liberty.” In this example, McPherson said, Lincoln played the role as the shepherd and referred to the Confederacy as the wolf, while the sheep was the Union and slaves held in bondage. In this sense, McPherson argued, Lincoln was the cross-bearer of positive liberty. While historians have shown Lincoln’s contradictory views on colonialism and
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James McPherson, Pulitzer prize winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom and professor of history at Princeton University speaks on Jan. 16 at Withers Hall. McPherson spoke on Lincoln’s leadership and legacy during the Civil War.
slavery, the ideals he fought first African-American for in the 13�th,14th and 15th president,” McPherson Amendments embodied posi- said. “[Obama] made the tive liberty. new birth of freedom the “Lincoln’s party carried theme, invoking Lincoln’s on the tradition of posi- ‘Gettysburg Address’ the tive liberty at least through theme of his first inauguthe presidency of Theodore ral address in 2009, and Roosevelt,” in his McPherson second said. “In the inaugural 20th centuaddress ry, the two made the major parprolific ties gradustateally reversed ment, James McPherson, Princeton positions. ‘It is the professor of history, emeritus The Demoresponcratic Party, sibility once the basof govtion of negative liberty, states’ ernment to help people rights and limited govern- do what they cannot do ment, donned the mantle of themselves.’” positive liberty, while most McPherson said AmeriRepublicans came to invoke cans need to understand the mantra of negative lib- the definitions of positive erty.” and negative liberty, and “Now, it is the Demo- by doing so, we can better cratic Party that has car- grasp Lincoln’s legacy. ried Lincoln’s legacy on full circle, with the election, and now re-election of our
“Lincoln’s party carried on the tradition of positive liberty...”
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N.C. students seize power Jake Moser Deputy News Editor
The N.C. Student Power Union held its annual conference at N.C. State on Saturday in an attempt to put education back in students’ hands. The conference, titled “Retaking our Schools, Remaking Society!” led discussions on education, labor unions and other public services. The event included speeches, such as the keynote address by Rushia Mehreen, organizer of the Quebec Student Strike, as well as a panel discussion and various workshops. While a march on the Civitas Institute, a conservative think tank, had been planned, it was canceled due to inclement weather. The conference brought together 187 students from across the state, with 14 different constituents of the UNC system represented. The Union claimed those in power are threatening the education system at students’ expense. Members specifically cited increases in tuition, an increase in online classes and Gov. Pat McCrory’s recentcomments about limiting funding for liberal arts schools as reasons for assembling. UNC-Chapel Hill alum, Ana Maria Reichenbach, claims these changes are being made without student input. “It’s all up to the administration,” Reichenbach said.
“There’s no space (in the tailing the extent of Pope’s Board of Governors) for stu- inf luence in not only elecdent input...(The NCSPU) tions at the state and federal is about refusing to take the levels, but his attempt to inminiscule ways that the ad- still conservative politicians ministration and society try at the municipal and countyto control us.” wide levels. Bryan Perlmutter, a senior According to Perlmutter, in business administration Pope is using his money to and member of N.C. Student influence the Wake County Power Union, discussed is- School Board, by funding the sues regarding tuition, stu- candidates who’s platforms dent debt and a multimil- align with his ideals. lionaire’s attempt to influence Additionally, Pope wants North Carolina’s politics. to increase tuition while College decreasing tuition has financial doubled in aid, federal the last 10 funding for ye a r s a nd schools and collective unemploystudent debt ment benis over a trilef it s , s a id lion dollars, Perlmutter. Perlmutter M.J. said. Br au n, a n Perlmutassistant Hannah Allison, graduate ter also said professor of student in social work wealthy rhetoric at businessman UNC-Pemand Gov. McCrory’s budget broke, said some trends in director, Art Pope, are a higher education that could threat to students in N.C. mean trouble for students. Pope has invested millions Massive Open Online to think tanks and advocacy Courses are growing in popugroups that are designed to larity and many students take further conservative and these courses because they free market ideas, according do not have other options. to The News and Observer. Online classes are a harmful These organizations in- alternative to live classroom clude Americans for Pros- experiences, which are critiperity, the John Locke Foun- cal to a student’s education, dation and the John William said Braun. Pope Center for Higher EduBraun said hefty fees are cation Policy. required for many MOOC In 2011, The New Yorker, but the fees will be dropped ran a 10 page centerpiece de- once they are implemented
“We are here to create a North Carolina where education is publically accessible to all.”
on a large scale. In addition to more online classes, an increase in standardized testing will negatively affect higher education. “(College) will be just like high school,” Braun said. “Teachers will teach to the test, getting rid of all critical content from university education.” Ashaki Binta, member of the Black Workers For Justice, discussed labor unions and how they are at risk. According to Binta, right-wing legislatures are trying make unions illegal. The 14 to 15 million people in labor unions are a power that needs to be harnessed because they give the average person a voice, Binta says. “Students and workers working together have the potential to make a change,” Binta said. “It’s going to take an organized struggle to fight back against this. Just because (the N.C. Government, big business and the administration) are in power doesn’t mean they’ll win anything.” Hannah Allison, a graduate student at N.C. State in social work, agreed with the panel discussion, and hopes for more student input in the future. “No Republican or Democrat works for (students) unless we demand they do,” Allison said. “We are here to create a North Carolina where education is publically accessible to all.”
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Top: Barbara Zelter,Clinical Assistant Professor of Social Work, leads the Direct Action Panel at the Student Power. Bottom: Rushdia Mereen; orgnaizer of the Quebec Student Movement; delivers the keynote speech at the Student Power Union Conference on Saturday.
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Too radical or too ineffective: Let’s just tackle apathy
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s the temperature dipped below freezing and clouds coughed snow into the air on Saturday, the change in weather was the biggest news to most students. But for about 180 students representing 14 colleges across North Carolina, snow was the least of their concerns. Rising tuition costs, online classes negatively impacting the learning environment and Gov. Pat McCrory’s comments about limiting funding for liberal arts programs took center stage. The North Carolina Student Power Union, an advocacy group for students in the UNC System, met for its annual conference Saturday to generate student awareness on issues ranging from education to labor unions. While student advocacy groups are often blemished with adjectives such as “radical” or “extreme,” we have to hand it to the Union.
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What role should students play in the role of your education BY PATRICK WHALEY
“The decisions we make for our education greatly affect our future.” Jennifer Gaskey freshman, First Year College
“Students should stand up and demand an education that they can afford.” Matt Maske freshman, mathematics
“Students should be in charge of their education. They should own it and make it theirs.” Lauren Pearce junior, animal science
“Students should be the change they want to see in their education.” Bobby Willis sophomore, electrical engineering
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. They are pushing beyond these labels and actually making a difference. Have they changed laws? No. But they’ve successfully done what Technician has long pleaded the student body to do: They make politicians and university administrations listen. They’ve taken the complaints often murmured among students on campus and organized themselves as a potential liaison between these students and our Board of Governors. The fact that the Union brought 187 students together on a Saturday to make their voices heard is far more radical than any idea the group could have proposed. NC Student Power Union, take this as a metaphorical pat on the back. We couldn’t be prouder.
Rekindling passion for democracy
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had lunch with a congressman, or rather a future one, this weekend. While volunteering at the N.C. YMCA Youth and Government Conference in dow ntown Raleigh this Trey Ferguson weekend, I was surManaging rounded Editor by high school students dressed to impress and equipped for debate from across the state. This annual conference allows students from all over North Carolina to participate in a mock legislative process, encouraging today’s youth to be active in tomorrow’s government. We all could learn a lesson from them. My role in this process was coaching the students in the various media departments about informing delegates of the happenings at conference, while also being able to hold their peers accountable to various democratic actions. Any time you round up a bunch of high schoolers, the level of propriety fluctuates, but the same could be said about our real elected officials. The bills selected for the conference ranged from serious solutions to humorous fun. Either way, each year, participants attempt to find at least one controversial bill that will spark heated debate. This year, that one bill went a little too far and sparked real controversy among students and advisers. While the staff at the YMCA strives to provide an authentic experience for students and allow the natural democratic process to take effect in a safe, learning environment, this bill was pulled from the docket before further debate could escalate the problem. My students in the media discovered this controversy and hungered to get to the bottom of the story. Their passion and determination led me to spend the next two hours hopping from adviser to adviser discussing how to uphold the experience without “executive censorship” and maintain a positive learning environ-
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In our eyes, this group is the ideal version of the Association of Student Governors. In December, Technician reported rumblings of N.C. State leaving the ASG due to the association’s ineffectiveness. Last week, Technician reported on the history of the ASG and its falling out of favor among N.C. State student leaders. From what we can surmise, the ASG is simply going through the motions of representing UNC System student bodies because it has to. The Student Power Union has become an adequate substitute for now. Our own student body president has only been to one ASG meeting, claiming he hasn’t been able to find the value in attending. Greg Doucette, a previous two-term ASG president,
told Technician it would take effort to fix ASG, but the current ASG leaders haven’t tried at all. And in all honesty, nor has our student government. We’ll spare you yet another editorial completely decrying the ASG, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t point out that the Student Power Union is a strong role model for the ASG. Though 187 students is a respectable turnout, we’d like to see more student participate in the Union’s efforts. The ASG may be a little too useless, and the SPU may be a little too radical, but if enough students join their causes, the Board of Governors is bound to listen to our complaints. When this happens, we may finally find the changes we’ve long called for start to become reality.
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ment for the students. Ultimately, it boiled down to the First Amendment and the issue was addressed in a stellar two-part story by four very talented individuals. I spoke with the state director about this story for their mock publication, and she explained how the YMCA was using this as a learning experience for all their students. One of the school advisers explained that this process was to show students the power of their opinion, and if they didn’t like the bill, to “then shut it down.” This could not have been a better opportunity for students to see democracy, true democracy, at its finest. The people did not agree with a proposed policy, so they spoke out and “shut it down.” The students in the media reported on this process and ultimately inf luenced the legislative body to vote down other controversial bills. The take-away from this conference was passion. Students — passionate about a policy, about a story, and about what their “government” was doing — took action. Even if it was at mock level, many of these students will go on to become politicians and policy makers, and our government couldn’t ask for any better. One high school senior told me she hated how people in the so-called real world didn’t take her seriously because of her age. People told her she couldn’t make a difference because she was too young. I refuse to believe that. If these students who aren’t even taken seriously in most political circles can grasp the key point of democracy, why is it so hard for us to do the same? It is us adults who should be learning from these kids. We shouldn’t be afraid to speak out for something we’re passionate about. I’ve knocked the whole Occupy movement in many written columns and spoken conversations, but if they have one thing, it’s passion. Our democracy cannot survive without passion. The conference’s slogan is “Democracy must be learned by every generation,” and while in this respect the quote refers to the high school delegates, it applies to all of us. If we hope to move forward as a nation, we must re-spark our passion in our generation.
Davis Leonard, senior in science education
Green Lantern Column No. 2: A look at where North Carolina’s energy compass is pointing
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can’t speak for ever yone out there, but I find it easier to be aware of the receiving end of our energy grid than I do Eric about the Vosburgh sources of Guest it all. Columnist Af ter a lit t le research, I was surprised to find the whole process is much more involved than the wall socket I plug my latest SkyMall purchase into. According to the Energy Information Administration, North Carolina residents and businesses consume roughly 2,705 trillion BTUs of energy annually. To put that figure into perspective, that’s over a third of the energy Mexico uses every year (we have one-twelfth of their population). All that energy has to come from somewhere, and here in North Carolina the biggest three sources are coal, petroleum and nuclear power. While our current grid does a fine job of keeping the lights on, further examination reveals the hidden costs. Coal is abundant in North America, but its harvesting is risky to workers and often involves habitat destruction. Besides coal’s cheapness, North Carolinians reap few economic benefits from its use, as most of the coal burned in N.C. plants come from West Virginia or Kentucky. Additionally, an overwhelming body
of scientific evidence pegs coal as a danger to the planet and human health, due to the amount of particulate matter released during combustion. Petroleum, like coal, is composed of ancient organic material that has largely been exempt from our planet’s carbon cycle for millions of years. It has many uses, but it is largely used to fuel our vehicles and to generate electricity. Burning petroleum releases slightly less particulate matter than coal, but much of the dwindling supplies left in the world are tied up in politically unstable reg ions or u nder po lar icecaps. While many groan about the cost of a gallon of gas, the price we pay at the pump is superficially low, as it is backed by hundreds of billions of dollars in government subsidies. Like coal and petroleum, nuclear power is capable of generating substantial output, but has the added benefit of being emissionfree. On the downside, reactors are incredibly costly to build. While it is not a bad choice in the interim, there is the daunting question of what we should do with all of the nuclear waste left over after the process is said and done. (We currently have over 60,000 tons of radioactive waste stored in America.) Needless to say, there is a lot to be desired in North Caroli-
“Needless to say, there is a lot to be desired in North Carolina’s energy grid.”
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na’s energy grid. What we really need in our state are more energy sources that can provide us with the power output of petroleum and coal, while diminishing foreign energy reliance and localizing the economic benefits. Many renewables currently on the table in North Carolina can help make this happen, but only if our government steps up to the plate. Governor Pat McCrory has taken the issue under his wing, kicking off his term by advocating the development a nd f urther use of various energy sources within our s t at e . I n creasing the diversity of our energy portfolio is a good start, w it h “u nleash North Carolina’s energy resources” serving as his administration’s go-to phrase on the subject. Deciphering this agreeable yet vague goal is tricky, but as students we can write letters, post, tweet and re-tweet the issue to the surface, encouraging legislators to “unleash” responsibly. Already the first permits for hydraulic fracking, a form of natural gas mining that carries serious water quality risks, will go into effect for 2015. If enough of the public voices opposition to this, legislators may be willing to shift more of our grid over to renewables.
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Dance Marathon: a tradition for a cause Nicky Vaught Deputy News Editor
After a long week of tests, projects and papers, many students spend their Friday nights enjoying the nightlife Raleigh has to offer. Although most of these weekend outings only benefit a select few, approximately 500 student volunteers are defying the college norm to participate in N.C. State’s first Dance Marathon. For 12.5 hours, a subtle homage to the 125th anniversary of N.C. State, volunteers will dance to raise funds and awareness for the Children’s Miracle Network, according to Mandy Burke, a senior in animal science and vice president of communications for Dance Marathon at N.C. State. COURTESY OF NCSU DANCE MARATHON Dance Marathon, an exStudent committee members from NCSU Dance Marathon participate in the Miracle Week Wobble Flash Mob in Wolf Plaza to raise support for the Children’s tension of For The Kids, is a Miracle Network and to encourage students to participate in the University’s first Dance Marathon. yearlong fundraiser, said Alex Lloyd, a senior in chemical engineering and the director of morale. Funds go to Children’s Miracle Network hospitals to improve research, hospital environments and to provide a sense of normalcy for the children. The event for Friday is set to raise funds for Duke Children’s Hospital and Health Center located in Durham, according to Burke. As vice president of comCOURTESY OF NCSU DANCE MARATHON munications, Burke talks The NCSU Dance Marathon committee met in November to discuss future fundraising efforts directly with the hospital and to plan logistics for the University’s first Dance Marathon, to be held Feb. 23. and recruited the 10 miracle families the event will specifically benefit. the Inter-Residence Council, DANCE MARATHON FUN FACTS: COURTESY OF NCSU DANCE MARATHON “[The miracle children] some fraternities and sorori•300 people to participate NCSU Dance Marathon committee members, Alana Propst, •16 special performances are all ranging from 18 years ties, and Impact Leadership. Arturo Corrales and Ryan Taylor, work the NCSU Dance •Visits from 10 “miracle childrenâ€? old to about three years old,â€? Dancers will participate Marathon’s sign-up booth in the Brickyard. Burke said. “It’s both boys in number of events such as SOURCE: DMNCSU.ORG and girls, and they’re all lo- “Rave Hour,â€? “Beach Hour,â€? cal.â€? a morale dance and a synThe 10 children are set to chronized dance to a mashattend the event to share their up of songs for participants stories, or have their parents to perform hourly. Lloyd said share their stories in the case he and a team choreographed of younger children, at dif- the morale dance having ferent times mashed the throughout music himthe evening. self. More than Partici400 dancers pa nt s w i l l have regisa l s o c omtered for the pete in five event outcompetiside of the t ions such more t ha n as “Minute 100-person to Win It,â€? organiza“Finish the Spring Diversity Dialogue featuring Mandy Burke, senior in tion, totalLyricsâ€? and “Howl of the Wolfâ€? animal science ing more a rap battle. Wednesday, February 27, 2013 than 500 As director 3:00 PM-4:30 PM people set to participate in of morale, Lloyd said his job Talley Student Center Ballroom the marathon. According to is to keep everyone excited Burke, the event encompasses and having a good time. He many types of dances and said he also led flashy events This interactive student-to-student dialogue will share stories of performances. such as flash mobs over the NC State students from their “Interpersonal Relationships and Race “We have everything from course of the year. an alternative rock group to a “That’s the primary role, Course.â€? While describing awareness and interactions with a broad Latin kind of dance group to especially right before the a breakdancing group,â€? Burke marathon,â€? Lloyd said. range of diverse thoughts, ideas and people, the dialogue will said. “We have everything.â€? The organization hosts othexplore the question, are our students prepared to be 21st century All together, the event is er events throughout the year, set to have 16 performance including a 5K, flash mobs leaders in global communities? Offering valuable insight on current groups of some type. and a miracle week, a week of “Last time I checked, we events aimed to raise money thought and ideology from this generation of students, this is an have two DJs, five or six for the miracle families. bands, five or six dance The event is Feb. 22 from groups, I think three a cap- 7:30 p.m. to 8 a.m. Those inof the book, “Howl of the Wolf.â€? pella groups and the dance terested in participating can team and the football team,â€? sign up at dmncsu.org.
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Vintage boutique adds eclectic flair to Raleigh fashion scene Kaitlin Montgomery Staff Writer
For Vicki Moore, owner of Lucky Strike Vintage Boutique, opening up her newest store on Hillsborough Street was nothing short of striking gold. Lucky Strike Vintage is Moore’s second installment of her boutique. Her first store, located in Winston Salem, has been open since June 9, 2011, and Moore felt it was time to branch out. “I’ve been trying to build enough to where I felt like I could move on and open a second store,” Moore said. “I was able to make it all happen within a year and a half which is really great.” Lucky Strike Vintage held its grand opening Feb. 9, but has been open since December. “Numbers mean a lot to me,” Moore said. “That’s why we opened on Dec. 12, 2012. I feel like we should think more about making that positive connection with the astrological gods. That has a lot of power.” According to Moore, deciding on the Hillsborough Street location was a nobrainer. “I feel like the area need this,” Moore said. “There’s only one vintage store in Raleigh, Father and Son, which is downtown. I think there’s enough room in Raleigh for
another vintage store … we a decade plus.” complement each other.” Suggestion from others Moore expressed the eclec- helped guide Moore into the tic style on her racks, a col- vintage business. lection of different eras that “I’ve always had a good convey no specific timeframe. eye,” Moore said. “People “I’ve always really felt like have always told me I can that was a part of my artistic really find great and special side and didn’t really want to one-of-a-kind things. They follow the in crowd,” Moore said it was something I should said. “I wore hand-me-downs consider doing after I got out from my cousins when I was of the nightclub business.” growing up, and I developed Moore hopes her artistic my own style in high school. talents will bring a better I had the sense of streaks camarabefore der ie to they were her Hillpopusborough lar a nd neighI wou ld bors. wear “I would striped like to socks up tr y a nd Vicki Moore, boutique owner to my gather caknees maradewith weird coverall pants rie with the other businesses and Dr. Scholl’s shoes … it and maybe do a first Friday was crazy.” or a second Saturday on this Moore ha sn’t a lways end of Hillsborough Street,” been in the vintage business Moore said. “I would love to though. Originally a night- get all the businesses to come club owner, Moore stressed together and possibly once a how tiring the nightlife busi- month stay open a little later.” ness can be. The connection between “I went from nightclub N.C. State and Lucky Strike ownership into this, some- Vintage, Moore stressed, is thing that’s a little saner,” the benefits they can offer Moore said. “Switching to one another. this has been stable from “I want the students at N.C. day to day, with maybe a day State to think of us as an aloff during the week. In the ternative to a thrift store,” nightclub business there’s Moore said. “Our prices are never any downtime and I really reasonable … I mean had been in that business for some things are free. I’m hop-
“I feel like we should think more about making that positive connection with the astrological gods.”
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ing that students would come see if they could find what they’re looking for here before they go somewhere else.” Future plans are in the works for Lucky Strike Vintage. According to Moore, the boutique will soon accept items for store credit or cash. With new pieces coming in daily, Moore hopes the two forms of filling the store will keep with the vintage trend. “It’s about finding that little special piece of whatever,” Moore said. “That something you weren’t expecting to find … like Christmas day.” The items in Moore’s boutique aren’t the only special pieces found in Lucky Strike Vintage. According to Moore the name of the boutique itself is golden. “I really thought about the name of what I was going to give birth to,” Moore said. “I wanted it to be about finding that special gem when you walk in the place. The coined term comes from when people headed out west in search of gold. I wanted the effect of someone walking in saying, ‘Wow, look at this!’ That’s my version of a lucky strike.”
“Wolf! Pack!” The call and response that every member of the Wolfpack knows echoed through Pool Hall, next to the Chapel at Duke University. However, it wasn’t a sporting event that sparked a bit of college rivalry Saturday night. It was the 17th annual Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella quarterfinals. Two a cappella groups hailing from N.C. State, Ladies in Red and Wolfgang, joined seven other groups on stage to compete for two spots to the ICCA semifinals set to be held in March. Although it was the Belltones, the only group not from North Carolina, that took first place and the group that took second was the Loreleis, an a cappella group from UNC-Chapel Hill, fans of the two N.C. State a cappella group didn’t leave disheartened. Chante Thompson, a senior in history, came to support the two N.C. State groups and came with a few of her friends who, together, made large black and red cardboard signs supporting the Ladies in Red. “The show was brilliant,” Thompson said. “I’m glad we could hear the competitors as well.” Bob Nelson, a freshman biological studies and a member of another N.C. State a cappella group, The Grains of Time, also came out to support and to hear the musical
art form that he had come to love. “I love everything [about a cappella,] the people, the atmosphere, the family, the music,” Nelson said. “Everything is completely natural. It’s just amazing how many sounds people can make just with their voices alone.” This same love for the community and the musical style that brought many of the singers to compete in this relatively new musical genre that uses, almost exclusively, the oldest musical instrument —the voice. “The general party line, is that barbershop as well as Glee clubs from about 50 to 100 years ago sort of evolved into what we now think of as modern a cappella,” Lindsey Howerton, the South Producer and Judication Director at Varsity Vocals, said. Andi Hawksley, a senior in chemical engineering and member of Wolfgang, said a cappella’s emphasis on vocal talents encourages creativity and innovation. “I think that a cappella is different from all other musical styles because the voice, in my opinion, is the most versatile instrument,” Hawksley said. “You can make so many sounds with your voice, your body, without using some piece of technology or some instrument. It is basically limitless.” “Because it’s all voices, and because it’s all coming from within, it’s the most personal music that you can
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holding his ankle.” Once again, freshman point guard Tyler Lewis provided a spark — this time off the bench. Lewis scored 13 points, including nine in the first half to keep State in the contest, without committing a turnover. The Statesville native hit two huge free throws with 51 seconds left in overtime to give the Pack a lead it would never relinquish. The Hokies were able to get a more balanced attack than normally Saturday afternoon. Virginia Tech was led by Green, the ACC and NCAA leader in scoring, with 29 points, eight assists and two steals. The senior connected on 11-of-24 field goal attempts (two for six from three-point range) and made five of his seven free throws. Eddie finished with 17 points for the Hokies on 7-for-13 shooting, including
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Rachel Gorman, a senior at Belmont University in commercial music major and member of the Belltones,
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three-for-five from threepoint range. Freshman forward Marshall Wood was sensational for the Hokies, finishing with 14 points and 16 rebounds in 31 minutes of action, all of which were career highs. “It was a big game and [Marshall Wood] played with a lot of confidence,” Johnson said. “For a freshman to play as well as he did today after missing six weeks, I thought he did a very good job today.” N.C. State’s seven league wins this season have been by an average margin of six points. The Pack’s five ACC losses have been by an average of four points. The Pack will have a short break before returning to action tomorrow night at 7 p.m.in PNC Arena against the Florida State Seminoles in a key match-up that has ACC Tournament seeding ramifications.
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nastics scholarships two weeks after the conference championships. That led to a major setback in the program at State. “We weren’t a part of the ACC anymore, so that was a real struggle for the next close to 10 years for us to get back to a point where we were competitive, ” Stevenson said. For that stretch of time State was competing with three scholarship players while other programs had 12 available. Stevenson said he questioned whether he should leave Raleigh and go to a fullyfunded program. “Bottom line was for me, personally, to be successful I had to stay here and build this program to one where people would be interested in it,” Stevenson said. His hard work began to pay off in 1998 when the
said. Howerton, who first came across the world of a cappella as a freshman at Elon University, said that she loves a capella for many reasons but especially for its collaborative nature. “Everybody is supportive of
each other,” Howerton said. “A capella is changing really quickly. If one group uses this really cool vocal percussion technique, next year, a ton of people are going to be doing it and no one gets upset that someone is copying because we’re all just growing and
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N.C. State head coach Mark Stevenson talks to junior Kristen Harabedian before her floor routine.
Pack finished No. 11 in the country and qualified for the national finals, in which the top-12 teams compete for the national title. The next season the program came one-tenth of a point short of missing nationals. The Pack returned to national prominence despite being underfunded. Stevenson had eight scholarship athletes
while many other programs were suiting 12. Over the following years the program was able to have 12 athletes on scholarship, but still underfunded as far as budget, according to Stevenson. “It’s taken the next 10 years after that to get to the point where we’re competitive in a lot of ways with probably
from number 12-down financially, how we’re treated at the University, the scholarship base, all of those things combined,” Stevenson said. The struggle has only made the achievements Stevenson’s garnered over the years and the milestone he’s recently reached even more rewarding.
changing together.” Hawksley said that the tight-knit and supportive nature of the a cappella community is one of the reasons why she continues to involve herself in it. Hawksley also said that North Carolina has one of the largest collegiate a
capella communities, with at least four a capella groups at N.C. State, at least six at UNC-Chapel Hill and at least five at Duke. “A cappella is a really really big part of my life. It’s a way of releasing emotions. It’s a de-stresser. As I go through
practice, my mood gets better and I start to feel so much better about life, school and everything.”
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N.C. State withstands Virginia Tech Baseball series cut short N.C. State’s season-opening series against Appalachian State was cut short due to incliment weather. The second contest was moved from Saturday to be played along with game three as a double-header Sunday and then cancelled due to incliment weather Saturday. State lost its seasonopener against the Mountaineers, 6-3. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Softball places second at USF The Wolfpack lost to the No.4 Tennessee Volunteers, 8-2, at the University of South Florida after going 2-2 in the tournament. State also took down the host team, the No. 12 Bulls, 2-1, Saturday. The Volunteers scored four runs in the bottom of the first half. Sophomore shortstop Renada Davis hit her third home run of the season in the championship game. Sophomore pitcher Emily Weiman started the game but gave up six hits and four runs in the first inning. Freshman Chelsea Stanfield pitched the remaining five innings. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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The Pack never seems to do things the easy way. On Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena, N.C. State (18-7, 7-5) outlasted Virginia Tech (11-14, 2-10) in overtime, 90-86, after losing a six-point lead with less than 20 seconds remaining in regulation. Hokie junior forward Jarell Eddie collected the rebound on a deliberately missed free throw from senior point guard Erick Green and followed with a layup with two seconds left to send the game into the extra period. “[Green’s missed free throw] could not have bounced any better for them,” N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried said. “They did a great job on that RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIAN play.” Lorenzo Brown, junior point guard, dribbles down the court on a break away against Virginia Tech Saturday. “We worked on that play … Brown had 15 points and 7 assists in the Wolfpack’s 90-86 win in overtime at PNC Arena. during preseason,” first-year Virginia Tech head coach James run to take a 60-53 advantage with Wolfpack. The Marion, Ind.-native had a double-double of his own, Johnson said. “We did a good job less than eight minutes remaining. had 22 points on 6-of-11 shooting, finishing with 16 points and nine executing on State respond- adding three rebounds and three rebounds on the afternoon. that play.” ed with a 14-0 blocks. Wood played 43 of the 45 Lorenzo Brown returned to the T he maruin of its own total minutes in the game and all 11 starting line-up for State against the jority of the t h r o u g h t h e of his field goal attempts were from Hokies. The junior point guard had game was a next four min- behind the three-point arc. 15 points and seven assists with six seesaw a futes. The Pack Wood’s senior classmate Richard turnovers in 42 minutes of action. f a i r. Te c h then led 67-60 Howell produced his 15th double“I don’t think he is 100 percent Mark Gottfried, appeared to w it h 3 : 45 i n double of the current campaign, yet,” Gottfried said. “At times, even men’s basketball head coach take control regulation. good for fourth in the NCAA, by during time-outs, I could see he was of the game S en ior for- tallying 10 points and 16 rebounds. when the Hokies went on a 7-0 ward Scott Wood led the way for the Junior forward C.J. Leslie nearly BASKETBALLcontinued page 7
“I don’t think [Lorenzo Brown] is 100 percent yet.”
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Gymnastics head coach Mark Stevenson built N.C. State’s program from the ground up. After being underfunded and unable to compete at a competitive level for nearly a decade, Stevenson has guided the Wolfpack to national prominence. In recent years, State has competed as one of the top programs in the country. He is a five-time EAGL conference champion. His last conference title came in 2009. Last season Stevenson was the NCAA Regional coach of the year and has won the award four other times. In his 33rd year with the program, Stevenson surpassed the 500th win mark at a single university at the Sweetheart Invitational Saturday. The total brings him to seventh among active NCAA division I gymnastics coaches for wins at their current schools. “It’s a real tribute to every kid that’s ever done gymnastics at N.C. State, because you have the work ethic and the time they’ve put in, the directions that they’ve followed and the way they did stuff is really what got me there,” Stevenson said. When Stevenson arrived at N.C. State in 1980, there were no scholarships awarded to the gymnastics program. Stevenson won the first and only ACC gymnastics title in 1984 and finished as the No. 20 team in the country, but the conference soon fell apart after Duke lost its gym-
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Junior center Markeisha Gatling fights for posession of the ball during the eighth annual Hoops 4 Hope basketball game against Georgia Tech in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 17. The Wolfpack Women fell 79-70 to the Yellow Jackets.
Jonathan Stout Senior Staff Writer
On a day when the University and basketball program honored former women’s basketball head coach Kay Yow and those who have battled with breast cancer, N.C. State fell to Georgia Tech Sunday afternoon in the 18th annual Hoops 4 Hope game. The team sported white jerseys with pink trim and lettering in honor of those who have suffered from the disease. Fans were given pink shirts and balloons to join the University’s tribute. “Hope,” ”C ou rage” a nd “Faith” were on the back of State’s jerseys rather than last names. The team echoed those inspirations by showing fight, like the women honored, rallying twice in the contest. “I’m disappointed, obviously, with the outcome of the game,” head coach Kellie Harper said. “It was such a great atmosphere and a great crowd. You hate to walk out of here with a loss.” The team previously defeated the Yellow Jackets, 78-66, Jan. 27
on the road. “They were just a little bit sharper, defensively,” Harper said. “They didn’t make the mental mistakes they made in Atlanta.” Plagued all game by the full-court press, State trailed by as many as 18 points in the first half, but rallied and took the lead, 34-32, headed into half time. The team held the Jackets to eight points in the last 12 minutes of the first half. “Our defense was strong during that stretch. That was our strongest stretch defensively,” head coach Kellie Harper said. In almost a mirror image of the first half, the team suffered getting the ball up the court due to the press from the Jackets, giving up the lead, which it never reclaimed. It didn’t give up without a fight, but couldn’t contain Georgia Tech’s quick, fast break offense. State gave up 14 of the Jacket’s 21 fast break points in the second half. In the end, the Pack couldn’t contain the Jackets, falling 79-70. The team’s record in the “pink game” is now 4-4. Junior guard Myisha GoodwinColeman was essential in the Pack’s
rally, scoring 13 of her career high 30 points in the first half off the bench. “She’s the type of kid who can make three or four in a row,” Harper said. “When she gets hot she can put the ball in the hole.” Goodwin-Coleman’s 30 points was the first time a player has reached that mark since Amber White scored 33 Feb. 27, 2011 against Wake Forest. Her nine three-point baskets in a game tied former player Jennifer Howard. Howard posted the record twice, Dec. 29, 1995 and Nov. 28, 1996, both against Syracuse. “I just felt like I had the hot [hand] my teammates got me the ball,” Goodwin-Coleman said. “It’s great, but I wish I could have hit three more and tie the game, and go into overtime.” The team will be back in action as it takes on Miami at Reynolds Coliseum Thursday night at 7 p.m. “We just have to pick our heads up and go win one,” senior guard Marissa Kastanek said. “We can’t let this snowball.”
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