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Students have their say at forum Undergraduate success, student retention on attendees’ minds. John Wall Staff Writer

Students, University officials, faculty and others interested in N.C. State’s future gathered in the Talley Student Center ballroom Tuesday to participate in a student success forum. Student body President Kelly Hook and Chancellor Randy Woodson hosted the event. The forum was another part of the University’s strategic planning process, which will lay out the University’s plans forN.C. State’s future. Student success is one of the nine elements of identified in the Strategic Plan for the University. The Strategic Plan is the University’s vision for the next five to 15 years, according to Hook. Undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral elements are addressed separately in the plan. Students filed into the ballroom, most with pizza in hand, before the forum began. The pizza was provided by the University at a cost of $150, according to Hook. Nidhi Gandhi, a sophomore in biological chemistry, attended the event to earn credit for the scholars program. Scholars students must attend 12 events per semester in order to remain in the program. “They are going to talk about you can do well as an undergrad,” Gandhi said of the forum presenters. After introductions by Woodson and Hook, student leader Marycobb Randall began the forum by presenting recommendations from the Undergraduate Student Success task force. Randall is the co-chair for the USS task force and a senior in business administration. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions following Randall’s presentation. Students asked a range of questions, and topics of discussion were not limited to those covered in Randall’s presentation. Dustin Nelson, a senior in chemical engineering, said he had concerns regarding student involvement. He said he felt student involvement on campus is a key to student success. “N.C. State does a good job of getting students involved initially, but there is no follow-up process,” Nelson said. “The University experiences losses [in student retention] due to students not getting involved.” Woodson agreed with Nelson’s point. “Students who get involved are more likely to be successful,” he said. Nelson, also a student in the scholars program, attended the forum with three of his fraternity brothers from Sigma Phi Epsilon. Oksana Samarskiy, a senior in biological chemistry, said she felt there is a discrepancy between support for incoming freshmen and incoming transfer students. She entered N.C. State as a junior after earning an as-

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Professor points out plight of women in war Many military strategies target women to weaken enemy’s society. Sagar Sane Staff Writer

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Chancellor Randy Woodson responds to a student question at the student forum on strategic planning Feb. 16, 2011 in the Talley ballroom. The forum featured presentations on task force recommendations on how to improve retention, student performance and graduation rates.

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Dustin Nelson, a senior in chemical engineering, speaks at the student forum on strategic planning in the Talley Ballroom. During a time in which students could comment and ask questions, Nelson spoke about the importance of integrating new students into campus groups and organizations and their role in academic success. “I have friends sitting at home doing nothing and they’re the ones getting 2.2 GPAs and probably won’t get degrees,” Nelson said. Chancellor Randy Woodson said he agreed. “There is no doubt that students who are more involved in the university are more successful,” Woodson said.

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Oksana Samarskiy, a senior in biochemistry who transferred to N.C. State from Wake Tech two years ago, speaks at the student forum on strategic planning in the Talley Ballroom. Samarskiy commented on the lack of support for transfer students as opposed to freshmen. “Freshmen get that break and padding period, but transfer students don’t get that,” Samarskiy said. Samarskiy suggested that the university create more opportunities and make more information available to transfer students.

sociate’s degree in community college. Samarskiy said incoming freshmen have more opportunities to acclimate to college life than incoming transfers. Students who transfer to the University with some college credit are thrown into the college experience without as much assistance, according toSamarskiy. Faculty members, Woodson, Hook and other student leaders took questions for an hour. Woodson, who sat in the front row, stood several times

during session to answer questions. When he was not standing, he would spin around in his seat to face those who posed questions. A total of 13 students rose to ask questions during the question-andanswer session. After a presentation from the N.C. State Task Force on Graduate and Postdoctoral Program Development, graduate students attending the forum asked several questions. Jackie Smith, a junior in political

science and Student Senate member, said the Senate will definitely bring up issues discussed at the forum. “We [the Student Senate] are aware of the issues. Marycobb [Randall] with the task force has been working very hard on them,” Smith said. “It was really nice to see that students had an input.”

Though you’d have a hard time getting a military leader to admit it, some wartime strategies specifically target the enemy’s women and children. This is the premise of Laura Sjoberg’s recently published book “Kill the Women First: Gender and Civilian Victimization.” A Monday campus lecture shone a light on a little-discussed tragedy of many wars: the targeting of civilians, especially women, for victimization. Sjoberg, assistant professor at the University of Florida, gave a lecture on campus as part of Young Scholar’s Program, presented by the School of Public and International Affairs. The focus of the lecture was civilian victimization in war; it’s been suspected that women are often targeted during war to gain a strategic advantage, and not merely a coincidence. According to Sjoberg, civilian killing in war is not always accidental. “Theoretically, targeting civilians is supposed to be a bad strategy. But, practically, in actual war situations, civilian extermination is not always accidental but in fact is intentional,” she said. “This is difficult to comprehend, but we have significant historical facts that indicate this way of planning in a war,”Sjoberg said. “This intentional choice may have many reasons to it, like the regime. Such decisions may also result in the war getting over quickly or, if not taken, may prolong the war significantly,” Sjoberg said. In order to support her claim, Sjoberg gave some statistical analysis on some of the significant effects of World War I and World War II. Sjoberg said “the strategies used in the British blockade on Germany in World War I clearly indicate that women were considered to be the center of gravity of a civilization, and hence a great number of casualties were women. Similar cases were studied in World War II.” “I believe that civilians are merely proxy for women. The main idea

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Duke professor speaks on historic non-fiction Timothy Tyson, who grew up in Oxford, North Carolina wrote the controversial book “Blood Done Sign My Name.” Chelsey Francis News Editor

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Gospel singer Mary Williams performs in the Caldwell lounge Wednesday before a speech by author Timothy Tyson. “It’s not just vocal talent,” Tyson said of Williams’ singing. “It’s a tradition that’s speaking.”

Regardless of what year it is or how far past segregation and racism the world moves, there will always be the memories and the fear that things will change for the worse instead of continuing to get better. Timothy Tyson is a senior scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and a visiting professor of American Christianity and Southern Culture in the Duke Divinity School. Tyson was asked to come to N.C. State to talk with creative writing

students in particular about his writing of creative non-fiction. In “Blood Done Sign My Name,” Tyson writes about the murder of an African American who was murdered in Oxford, N.C, where Tyson grew up. At the time of Henry Marrow’s death Tyson was 10 years old. Those accused of Marrow’s death were acquitted of the charges, despite testimony and the confession of one of the three white men accused of the murder. Throughout the book, however, Tyson includes personal memories of his time growing up in Oxford, as well as Sanford, N.C. Although the book includes dialogue from times when Tyson was much too young to remember the dialogue, “Blood Done Sign My

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11:26 A.M. –SAFETY PROGRAM Admin Services II Officer conducted program for new employees.

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1:44 P.M. – SAFETY PROGRAM DH Hill Library Officer presented “Shots Fired” video.

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airyl Alcazar, a sophomore in nutrition science, teaches choreography to a group of N.C. State students. Alcazar and his crew teach everything from Hip Hop, to Latin, to belly dancing. “ I just do it for fun, a lot of people don’t know how to dance so I like to teach them, “ Alcazar said.

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CAMPUS FARMERS MARKET COMMITTEE CHAIR MEETING 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. D.H. Hill Library STUDENT MEDIA: MEET THE CANDIDATES 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. 339 Riddick MOVIE: FOR COLORED GIRLS 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema FROM ROOT TO TIP: A CELEBRATION 7: 30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Talley Ballroom MOVIE: MEGAMIND 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema MOVIE: SNEAK PREVIEW: PAUL 11:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m.

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Friday, February 18 SOCIETY FOR THE REFINEMENT OF POLYVARIETAL ENTERTAINMENT MEETING 6 p.m. – 10 p.m. G111 Caldwell Hall TRIVIA NIGHT 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Talley Walnut Room

MOVIE: MEGAMIND 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

11:28 P.M. – TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Cates Ave/Morrill Dr Student and non-student were involved in traffic accident.

Sunday, February 20

3:24 P.M. – TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Avent Ferry Rd/Varsity Dr Two students were involved in traffic accident. No injuries reported.

SOUL GARDEN WORK DAY 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. SOUL Garden, behind Lake Raleigh MOVIE: MEGAMIND 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

MOVIE: MEGAMIND 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema MOVIE: FOR THE COLORED GIRLS 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

MOVIE: FOR THE COLORED GIRLS 9 p.m. – 11 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

WKNC AFTERHOURS DANCE PARTY 11 p.m. – 2 a.m. Five Star

OIT – INDESIGN: INTRODUCTION 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. OIT Training Labs room 110

MOVIE: MEGAMIND 11:30 p.m. – 2 a.m. Witherspoon Cinema

THE BIG EVENT 5 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. North Talley Plaza

Saturday, February 19

THE BIG EVENT 2011 5 p.m. – 6 p.m. Reynolds Coliseum

DANCE FOR A CURE 11 a.m. – 11 p.m. Carmichael Gym Courts MOVIE: MEGAMIND 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

LDS: DEVELOPING COMPELLING VISIONS FOR CHANGE 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Room 3118, 3rd floor Talley Student Center

MOVIE: FOR THE COLORED Girls 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema

UNC ROUND 2: RAM ROAST 9 p.m. – 3 a.m. Free Expression Tunnel

CHINESE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION 7:30 p.m. – 9 p.m. Titmus Theater

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Feb. 15 10:02 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Case Athletic Center Two staff members were involved in traffic accident. 11:17 A.M. | LARCENY Williams Hall Staff member reported laptop stolen. 7:57 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Avent Ferry Complex Two non-students were located sleeping in vehicle. First subject had active trespass warning and was arrested for 2nd Degree Trespass. Second subject’s license was revoked and was required to surrender it. Both subjects were trespassed from NCSU property. 8:35 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Student Health Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 8:54 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Public Safety Center Staff member requested assistance on how to follow through on obtaining a restraining order against nonstudent. Appropriate personnel notified. 1:28 P.M. | LARCENY DH Hill Library Report that laptop checked out to student was stolen during fire alarm activation. 1:50 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM Public Safety Center Officer conducted Workplace Violence program. 2:39 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Jordan Hall Addition Fire alarm was activated due to electrical problem. Electronics was notified and responded. 2:49 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Bragaw Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officers located student but were unable to determine drug violation. 8:34 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Mann Hall Units responded to alarm caused by system malfunction. Electronics notified and system reset.

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is to attack women to indirectly weaken the opponents, as women play an important role in state and nation, both physically and socially,” Sjoberg said. Of course, there are not a lot of armies or nations that would admit to targeting women during wartime,Sjoberg said. “No one would want to state the facts directly, especially when such strategies play important role in the outcome of the war,” Sjoberg said. Sjoberg said “obviously, it is not always the women who die in war. Even [civilian] men may be harmed, but they are many times not the actual targets.” According to Michael Cobb, associate professor in public

and international affairs, such a different point of view topics are frequently neglected when they think about war in general,” Skelton said. and not given importance. Sjoberg, “It is inwho will be teresting on campus when scholfor a week, a rs br i ng said she is such issues h av i ng a in front of good time people. Such in Raleigh cases occur so far. commonly “I will be in war, but Laura Sjoberg, assistant here for a somehow professor at the week and they are neUniversity of Florida w i l l have glected,” public Cobb said. “I think this talk was very speeches elsewhere on camuseful and I was pleased with pus. I am enjoying the camthe turnout of students,” Cobb pus till now and learning a lot from the students and said. Luke Skelton, a student in faculty at N.C. State,” Sjopolitical science, said the topic berg said. and speaker were compelling. “The topic was really interesting and provided an opportunity for students to have

“Obviously, it is not always the women who die in war.”

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Senior class nabs event cash Car smash will accompany 2011 Ram Roast. Chris Boucher Deputy News Editor

In a near-unanimous vote at Wednesday’s meeting, the Student Senate elected to award the Senior Class Council money to put on three events during the spring semester. The Senate voted 37-1 to give $3,000 to the SCC; the cash will come from the Senate’s appropriations budget, which is off-limits to the SCC without Student Government consent. “The Senior Council does not qualify for appropriations, so they are going through the finance committee for money to stage events that are open to the whole campus,” said Student Body Treasurer Buddy Bryson, who sponsored the resolution. Tucker Beeninga, senator from the College of Design and a senior in landscape architecture, cast the lone dissenting vote. The news was a relief for the SCC; with the money, it will be able to stage three more events designed to involve the whole campus and raise money for the

Senior Class Gift. According to SCC and Senior Class president Kristy Craig, the three events the SCC will present with the money are: a car smash on Feb. 21, in conjunction with the annual Ram Roast. In the car smash, the SCC acquires an old car that is not in use anymore and gets rid of all the “dangerous parts,” Craig said. “Then we paint it Carolina blue and pass out objects for students to smash the car with.” a 6-on-6 flag football tournament on March 20. a post-St. Patrick’s Day party on March 25. The location is yet to be determined, but the spirit of St. Patrick will be heavy at the soiree. “Even though it’s a week after [St. Patrick’s day], there will be a lot of green,” said Jessica Seymour, an SCC member and senior in accounting. While the SCC will be staging these events, they aren’t just for members of the senior class: The entire campus is encouraged to participate. “SCC has gone above and beyond this year getting students involved. Now, not the SCC is providing opportunities for the entire student body,” Ethan Harrelson, a senator in CALS

and senior in biology, said. “I fully support giving them money to put on these events and further their cause.” All of the proceeds earned during the three events will go straight toward the Senior Class Gift. This year, the gift is will honor the University by supporting a new gateway at the corner of Dan Allen Drive and Hillsborough Street, according to Craig. Even with the $3,000 expenditure, the Student Senate Finance Committee still has $6,300 left in its budget for the fiscal year, which ends July 1, according to Bryson. Any of that money that is not spent will be rolled into next year’s appropriations budget, Bryson said. The SCC award is money well-spent, said Stephen Kouba, Student Senate president and a senior in political science. “The Senior Class Council is an integral part of student life, and they deserve to be adequately funded for their projects,” Kouba said.

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Timothy Tyson, author of “Blood Done Sign My Name” and a professor at Duke University, speaks in the Caldwell lounge Wednesday Feb. 16, 2011. Tyson read passages from the book and spoke about how he combined his own personal experiences with research while writing the book. “It’s a work of the historical imagination,” Tyson said.

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Name” is still considered nonfiction. “History is a work of the imagination, because, yes, there are all the facts, but that’s all that’s left, but you have to sort of make it into a story, you’re telling them or interpreting them,” Tyson said. In writing creative non-fiction, Tyson said that the information still has to be gathered from as many sources as possible. While writing “Blood Done Sign My Name,” Tyson said he spoke with a multitude of people who either witnessed the murder of Marrow or were aware of the events. He said he spoke with people such as the Teel’s, who were accused of the murder, as well as people who lived in Oxford at that time. Also, Tyson went through court documents and reviewed

the legal proceedings from the trial. “History is impossible. The past is gone. You can never get it back,” Tyson said. “All you’ve got is the words to the spirituals, the bill of sale and some insurance documents from the slave trade. We’ve got stuff that’s left. Whatever’s left, that’s what we’ve got.” According to Tyson, all history has at least a bit of fiction in it. “There’s a fiction in history,” Tyson said. “Remember, the thing it’s telling you about is gone, never coming back. It happened. It’s gone. You can’t get it back, but of course, if you can’t remember it, you’re lost.” Taking the information found from records and making it into a story requires creativity, according to Tyson. “You recreate the word and then you tell it. To do that is a work of the imagination. There’s a fiction in history,” Tyson said.

Throughout the evening, Tyson also read passages from “Blood Done Sign My Name,” including parts about him smoking cigarettes and what his parents’ reaction was at the time. In reading from the book and sharing additional memories, Tyson emphasized the fact that he had these memories, but he couldn’t remember when exactly these events took place. For example, Tyson’s father took him to a Klan rally. Although Tyson could describe where it was, he couldn’t remember when. “We went out from Sanford, out through Highway 87, and went out near Peggy’s Fish house, or where Peggy’s Fish house was before that truck hit it. There was a field out there. We watched them burn a cross and say some crazy stuff,” Tyson said. “I was five or six. I do remember it. I don’t remember what we said.”

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Kenneth Lam, a senior in business administration and Mike Giancola, director CSLEPS traveled to Port au Prince, Haiti with a Raleigh based nonprofit organization, Together We Can Inc. They initiated a project, Wolfpack Class of 2026, that promises to commit $300 each year to 10 three-year-old students up through their university education.

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We as students need to learn from the example of Kenneth Lam, who has contributed to a better future for people in Haiti. We should be passionate about a cause that we support and contribute to it.

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hree weeks ago, Kenneth Lam, a senior in business administration, went to Haiti with Mike Giancola, director of CSLEPS. They worked hard alongside others to provide better life and education for children in Haiti. A recovery for Haiti: that’s what Kenneth was inspired by, and he did everything he could to support his belief. We should all identify a cause we are passionate about. We need to make an effort to support our initiative or idea. We as students need to realize taking a personal interest in a cause will make us think and make our beliefs stronger. It can also lead to experiences that we will cherish for a lifetime. Contributing to a cause or be-

Campus Forum

Changing compensation a good sign I have a hard time understanding $80 million in cuts and I can tell that most people writing into the Viewpoint section do as well. $80 million is a really big number, but many of the ‘solutions’ I’ve seen here don’t actually get us very far to our goal or attempt to remove topics from the discussion table. On Monday, the staff editorial complained that upper-level administrators, like the chancellor, make too much money and should take pay cuts to help the University. Top administrators-mostly professors--have a lot of responsibilities, make difficult decisions and likely work far longer and harder than many realize. The fact that their pay has not changed over the years is probably a good indicator that it is fair compensation. Also, a good administrator probably saves multiples of his or her salary by working out deals and bringing in external funding. Manan Chandra tried to remove the possibility of eliminating courses or changing course frequency from the table. He defended this position from behind a shield of “education quality.” I wish I had space to properly address him: NCSU’s business is education; therefore all cuts will affect education. Quality is not quantity. Class availability changes only require a student to better plan their schedule. “Drastic times [do] indeed call for drastic measures.” Please throw out the whittling tools and get out a saw. Making this work is going to hurt because the low hanging fruit was eliminated last

lief could be just like an internship or a co-op. Lam worked on a construction project in Haiti. It was a unique opportunity and it gave him the chance to get some hands-on experience which he may not have had otherwise. He was courageous enough to take an active role in a cause he supported. We need not travel across the world to help those in need; it could be as simple as contributing to the sustainability initiatives at N.C. State or being associated with non-profit and community service organizations in Raleigh. If you strongly believe in

something or have a cause that is close to your heart, it will give you a sense of ownership. Be always supportive of your cause; have faith in your opinions or ideas even you don’t get support. You will feel the sense of achievement once you contribute towards the things that you strongly believe. We always believe in an ideal world, we want things to happen our way but some of us are not even willing to contribute to the things that we believe. If you strongly believe be brave enough to act and speak out for it. You will suddenly have a different purpose and things

around you will start changing for good. Lam took a personal interest in a cause he believes in, and we could all take a lesson from that. We need to look up to him and start believing in and contributing to an issue that is close to our hearts. Stand up for what you believe in. Throughout history great things have happened when people have stood up for things that they believed in. We all need to realize, every small good deed of ours is going to make this world a better place.

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year. Ending or combining degree programs may be preferable to nickel-and-diming all programs out of effectiveness. I don’t intend to discourage those with ideas, but we’re stuck between a rock and a hard place. I want people to realize that this problem is much bigger than we think and that there will be wounds when it’s over.

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llow me to set the scene: absolute desolation. There is but a broken and forgotten wasteland as far as the eye can see. Survivors are few and they wander aimlessly, their intent unclear but the desire apparent on t heir drawn and Benjamin eager facKraudel es. Hired Staff Columnist hands stand waiting and cautiously hoping for some action. Finally, one of them screams, “Won’t somebody just buy something?!” That is the scene I am supposed to believe is the case right now in our country and in our state. We are living in the days of The Great Recession. I was upset the first time I saw that phrase applied to our current conditions. I cringe when someone talks about the economy and the current state of the country. My major issue with calling this The Great Recession is the obvious parallel to The Great Depression. It could not be a more unfair analogy. The Great Depression lasted more than a decade and people endured very real, very intense suffering. The Great Recession will likely not last that long and by comparison, the suffering has been much less.

You should not be allowed to believe that you can call something The Great Recession when you could just as easily call it “The Time I Had to Put off Buying an iPhone for Six Months.” How we talk about things is important. The words we choose are important. In her State of the State speech this week, Governor Bev Purdue made a statement about the jobs Nor t h Carolinians can expect to be comi ng, which many have said is misleading. The reason it bothers people is because she g lossed over the precise way in w h ich t hat particular job creation process works. She did not lie. She just played it a little fast-and-loose with the truth. The fact that words mean things matters when you talk about the recession because this is not an issue that should be discussed vaguely or with poorly analogous speech. It seems like a lot of politicians think this whole recession is something that can be dealt with by appropriately spinning the truth and creating a sense that things are fine. They hope that we will all go spend money again as soon as we think things are okay. Consumer confidence has a huge effect on the economy,

and I will not dispute that, but no amount of confidence and debt spending will fix the underlying issues that got us into this mess. We have to use the real words that describe accurately and honestly the state of the state, the union and the world. Uninformed or misguided people are going to make decisions in their day-to-day life based on the information they get from the people they trust. All I want, truly and honestly, from the governor, from the president, from the CEOs and the banks is for someone to come out and say, “Hey, things are not going to be as good as we would like for a while. There are a lot of things that do not work as well as we would like. We are trying to fix those things and are doing our best. It may take some time, but loads of people in the past have dealt with much, much worse and we know you are up to it.” No kindas or sortas. Just the plain and simple truth.

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“[Getting the f lu a second time is] a cruel thing that can happen,” Bengston said. “After recovering, consider getting the flu shot to protect yourself against other strains.” Though the process of getting vaccinated is short, students are still opting out. Anupa Ganta, a freshman in chemistry, said she used to get the shot every year when she was living at home. “Usually I do get it,” Ganta said. “But I didn’t this year because I feel like I don’t have time.” Other students are skipping the shot because they believe they won’t get sick. “It doesn’t seem to be worth it,” Mineruino said. “I only get [the flu] for two days--it’s not that bad.” According to a recent survey from Consumer Reports, these are common excuses among the population. Forty-five percent of people surveyed say they don’t get the shot because they usually don’t get the flu. However, the Center of Disease Control estimates the flu sends 225,000 people to the hospital and claims the lives of 35,000 people every year. State health officials recently told MSNBC the flu will continue to escalate into the early weeks of March when the number of cases start to hit the roof. Already, North Carolina’s cases seem to be rising. According to the CDC, North Carolina and 37 other states have been documented to have widespread flu activity as of Feb. 5. According to Bengston, It’s not too late to get the shot especially with spring break right around the corner. “It would be an excellent time to reconsider your decision because of how widespread the

Fever or feverish (chills) * Cough Sore Throat Runny nose Muscle or body aches Headache Tiredness Vomiting and Diarrhea (most common with children) * fever doesn’t always accompany flu symptoms SOURCE: cdc.gov/flu

flu is right now,” Bengston said. “You have to consider the risk of spreading the flu to relatives or friends.” If a student does come down with the flu, there are things they can do. University Dining has set up a program specifically for students that are too sick to eat at the dining hall. GetWell Meal Kits are stocked with items recommended by Student Health Services like applesauce, soup and Powerade. The kit is available with meal plan equivalency at the dining halls and students without a meal plan can purchase the kit for $15. If a student’s roommate comes down with the f lu, finding an alternate place to reside would be the best option, according to Bengston. If that isn’t a possibility, students should do their best to keep their distance. Cough and sneeze into a tissue, wash your hands often and don’t share drinks or food. Or, better yet, get the flu shot. With the majority of students not immunized, Bengston said she has seen faces of regret when students drag themselves into her office. Bengston said, “They say ‘I never want to feel this way again.’”

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State club flies high with the ARCWULF First in Flight, N.C. State pins its hope once again on the unmanned flying machine Amey Deshpande Staff Writer

Inside an unsuspicious and deserted-looking room in the Engineering Building III, a handful of students gather around a cluttered table. Sitting atop the table amidst all the clutter, unmoved, is a mean flying machine- or as they call it, the ARCWULF. The members of the Aerial Robotics Club, or ARC, are the proud makers of the ARCWULF. The plane won first place last June among 25 teams who participated in the international level of a competition organized by the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. This year, the team looks forward to holding its position at the top, while trying to put forth an even better performance in the competition. “This will be our ninth year of participation. We have been there every year of the competition since it first started in 2003,” John Freeze, a senior in aerospace engineering and the president of ARC, said. According to Freeze, the competition usually involves the unmanned aerial vehicle taking aerial images of the terrain below, then transmitting the pictures to the base station along with its GPS coordinates. The images are then put together to form a map of the terrain. “We designed and built this plane and we put in a lot of hardware and software so that it can fly itself. It has also got a camera mounted on the gimbal such that it is always fac-

ing the ground, and as we fly, it can take pictures of the land below,” Freeze said. Though the club has around 30 members on paper, only a handful actively works in the lab a few days a week. The team members value the hands-on experience designing and building gives them. “I get more real world, handson experience working on electrical systems for the plane than I can ever get in class,” Jacob Ward, a senior in computer engineering, said. Ward is in charge of the embedded software and hardware that runs on the ARCWULF. Members feel working with the club gives them the exact kind of experience that is desired by the industry. “It is basically the same design, build, f ly kind of programs that you will hear a lot in the industry circles. If you have experience in such kind of work, it is almost equivalent of doing an internship or a coop,” Erik Gutekunst, a senior in aerospace engineering, said. Though ARC is traditionally associated with mechanical and aerospace engineering, the club’s work is also associated with electrical and computer engineering. “One common misconception about the group is that it is specifically an aerospacemechanical group, whereas it’s really not. In fact, it’s more so electrical,” Gutekunst said. Once the plane is built and flying fine, the team turns to embedded hardware and programming to ensure functionality of the vehicle, according to Gutekunst. Last year at the AUVSI competition, N.C. State achieved 1st place in overall mission performance, 6 th place for journal paper, 8th place for oral presentation, the Good Samaritan award for helping Florida University in accomplishing the mission and a total

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Brad Foley, a senior in wood products, and Justin Pearson, a senior in mechanical engineering, work on the backup plane, a copy of ARCWulf.

of $9,700. “Most of our funding comes from the competition prize money – last year we won over $9,000 for the first prize. Besides, N.C. State funds us about $2,000,” Freeze said. The club was also funded by Piccolo systems, which provided them with the autopilot for the airplane, according to Freeze. The team tests its planes over the cow pasture area of Perkins Field. The field is named after Dr. Albert Perkins, a distinguished University professor and flight researcher who taught for many years. Perkins Field is located just outside of

Butner, N.C. Looking forward to the 9 th annual AUVSI competition in June 2011, Joseph Moster, a senior in aerospace engineering, feels Mississippi State University, Utah State University and Embry Riddle Aeronautical University are the most formidable competitors for the team this year. “Utah State won the year before we did. Mississippi were the runners-up last year and Embry Riddle sends in two teams,” Moster said.

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80% Recyclable 10% Reusable 10% Landfill

For the past two months, a Source: USGBC Students PODS container has been located on the northeast side of campus at the corner of Stin- Great Sort,” and established son Drive and Boney Drive. an on-campus scrap exchange. Tia Simpson, a junior in elecStudents might be surprised to know that University officials trical engineering and co-presdid not put it there, though ident of USGBC, said the event their permission was given was aimed at bringing awareness to the waste produced in before it arrived. The POD is the responsibility design studios. “With the Great Sort, we’re of an environmentally minded student group, the United trying to show people just how States Green Building Council. much waste is produced when The group was formed in the we build models, and comparfall semester of 2010 and con- ing it to the amount produced sists mainly of students from when constructing a building,” the College of Design and a Simpson said. “In the process, notable number of engineer- we’re diverting materials that would normally end up in a ing students. Over the months of Decem- landfill.” Simpson also mentioned ber and January, the group collected scraps and waste some long-term goals of the materials created by the design organization. “The ultimate goal,” Simpson studios’ various projects. They acquired 10 blue recycling bins said, “is to establish a permafrom the University’s Waste nent scrap exchange on campus. We are Reduction working with and Recycling the University Department to find a place and distribto house the ut e d t h e m scraps.” throughout said by Nessa Stone, operations Tuesday, the studios. manager of WRR Feb. 15, the Once filled, g r ou p u n the bins were unloaded into the container, loaded the contents of the POD into the tiered brick area beside referred to as the POD. The POD is a Green POD Kamphoefner Hall known as made of 100 percent recyclable The Pit. Group members and materials and 15-30 percent volunteers piled and sorted post-consumer recycled plas- materials for five hours and tic. The POD was donated from received free pizza, cookies PODS Inc. and will be returned and Global Village “free cofFeb. 28. In two months, USG- fee” coupons in exchange for BC collected enough materials their hard work. Materials were sorted into to fill the 1024 cubic feet PODS four different categories: recontainer. Once the group had collected usable, recyclable, construcall the materials, they decided tion waste and landfill waste. to host an event called, “The Reusable materials included

“It was nice to see student initiative.”

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3142 Tons Recycled/ Diverted 4206 Tons Landfill Diversion Rate: 42.76% Source: Nessa Stone, operations manager of Waste Reduction and Recycling department

cardboard, chipboard, metal, wood, Plexiglas, foam-core board and anything that was useful for future studio projects, or could be used to start a scrap exchange. The recyclable pile consisted of cardboard, chipboard and other paper products. A WRR representative estimated the results. Of the nearly 1024 cubic feet of material, 80 percent was recyclable paper products, ten percent was reusable products to go towards the scrap exchange, and five percent was construction waste, wood products, metal and concrete too small or damaged to be reused. Five percent was landfill waste. According to Nessa Stone, operations manager of WRR, the recyclables were put in a roll-car container provided by WRR and sent to Sonoco, the recycling company to which the University sends its recycling. The weight of the diverted waste will be calculated by WRR and posted on the USGBC Students Facebook page. Stone said she was happy to see student involvement. “It was nice to see student initiative,” Stone said. “The Great Sort was a great opportunity to work with students directly. They bring a lot of energy.”

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Flu immunizations impact everyone

lu season always has the potential to become an epidemic. The contagious virus exists in several variants, and catching one strain will not render you immune to others. Immunizations can protect both individuals and whole communities from major outbreaks. = not immunized but still healthy

= not immunized, sick, and contagious

= immunized and healthy

Some of the population gets immunized. Contagious disease spread through some of the population.

No one is immunized. Contagious disease spreads through the population.

Most of the population gets immunized. Spread of contagious disease is contained.

Source: national institute of allergy and infectious diseases | Graphic by sharon eshet

The flu stops for no one Despite the growing number of flu cases, students still neglect vaccination

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It was relentless, it was quick and it was deadly. This microscopic k iller claimed the lives of 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 in the U.S. alone, emptying schools, turning towns into desolate wastelands and, according to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, lowered the life expectancy by 12 years. This was our version of the black plague. This was the flu. The 1918-1919 flu pandemic struck the U.S. with extreme force, tearing through towns and killing its victims in just 24 hours. Scientists believe the symptoms from this virus had the same effect on humans in 1918 and may be present in flu strains today. Research by Dr. Jon Yewdell and Dr. Jack Bennink, of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, found strains of the flu containing the protein PB1-F2. This protein is secreted by infected cells and kills the immune system cells that are trying to kick the flu. Yewdell and Bennink believe this protein may have been present in the Influenza of 1918. Medical genius of the 21st century has provided the luxury of annual flu vaccinations to help battle the infestation of the virus. The flu is starting to become as nonchalant as the common cold, with some regarding it lightly. “It’s not that bad,” Stephen Mineruino, a sophomore in history, said. As more students neglect getting the shot, the chance of falling seriously ill and spreading the virus increases.

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The incubation period (time to start feeling sick after infection) for the flu is one week or less. A person who is sick with the flu is contagious a day before and a week or more after displaying symptoms. An infected person is most contagious when accompanied by a fever. The flu virus can live for hours on hard surfaces (wood or plastic) and can live for 20 minutes on hands. SOURCE: Dr. Mary Bengston, Student Health Service

Anita Flick, a biology professor and the director of health professions advising, explained that the flu vaccine is made of different strains of the flu and is based on previous flu viruses. “Our thought is that there is enough ‘similarities’ and that is where the protection comes from,” Flick said. When receiving the shot, the body’s immune system response is activated. Because the immune system doesn’t recognize the virus, it creates antibodies. The next time it encounters the flu, the body will recognize the virus and send the immune system to attack the infection. This flu season, the Student Health Center pushed vaccination repeatedly, but according to Dr. Mary Bengston, medical director and a physician in SHC, students have avoided the shot all together. This semester alone there have been 546 students treated for flu-like symptoms at the Student Health Center, most of whom did not receive the vaccine. Bengston says these numbers will continue to rise through April. “It’s a personal choice,” Bengston said. “But you’re looking at the consequences. You may be one of the people ending up with complications like pneumonia.” Unlike childhood illnesses

Fact vs. Myth

The Flu Shot can give you the flu FALSE: The flu shot is a dead version of the virus, if you do get the flu, it’s because you were exposed to the flu prior to getting the vaccine. Even if I get the shot, I can still get the flu TRUE: It’s possible that this can happen, but it’s not likely. The shot does not protect against other viruses that may feel like the flu. The side effects of the shot are worse than the flu FALSE: The worst side affect you can get from the vaccine is a sore arm. An allergic reaction (which is rare) is far less risky than complications from getting the flu. The flu is just like a bad cold FALSE: The flu is a lot worse than a cold. The flu affects the lungs and can lead to pneumonia. Not everyone can get the flu shot TRUE: If you are allergic to eggs, which are used in process of making the vaccine, have a very high fever, or have had a severe reaction to the shot in the past, you may not be able to get the vaccine. SOURCE: www.immunizenc.com

like chickenpox, the flu can be caught more than once during a season. “Getting the flu does not prevent you from other strains,” Bengston said. “You create antibodies for the strain that you had, but you can catch it a second or third time.” This season there are three different strains, according to Bengston-- two different versions of type A and one version of type B. Vaccination is one method of protection against all strains. The vaccination, which takes two weeks to take effect, is an almost perfect match for the strains that are floating around this season and will protect students against all the variations, Bengston explained.

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has given us promise there.” The sophomore left fielder, Senay, displayed a lot of talent last season and said he is settled in and more prepared this season. “I am definitely better mentally and physically prepared. I gained 15 pounds, my speed is up, I did everything coaches wanted me to do,” Senay said. Williams, a junior, transferred from Pitt Community College, where he helped lead the team to the NJCAA World Series. Williams has impressed Avent with his play in center. “Kyle Wilson was as good a center fielder as I have ever had here and the fact of losing him, I thought we would be down until Brett Williams stepped on campus,” Avent said. “Defensively he’s every bit as good as Kyle and some people may say a step better.” Williams said the atmosphere of the team made him glad to be here. “It’s amazing for me, just the atmosphere and how people come out with the attitude that ‘Hey, we are going to get better today.’ Everybody takes it so seriously and I can tell everybody wants to play together and win,” Williams said. “The competition is great, everybody is so talented and everybody is determined to get their spot, everybody wants to get better and it’s just a good thing that everyday you have to compete.” That competition amongst

wrestling because of my brothers,” Palmer said. “Since I was the youngest brother, everyone had huge expectations of ‘Little Palmer.’ I knew I couldn’t let them down and now with this season I think I can finally catch up to my brothers at the collegiate ranks.” Early in the season, the Pack was missing former national champion and No. 1 overall 149-pound redshirt senior Darrion Caldwell. In Caldwell’s absence, Palmer and 141-pound redshirt junior Darrius Little filled the void in a big way.

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Replacing center fielder Kyle Wilson will be a challange this season for the Pack. Wilson was one of the Packs top hitters and was a defensive standout in center field last year.

“Defensively he’s [Williams] every bit as good as Kyle and some people may say a step better.” coach Elliott Avent

the outfielders pushed them all to new levels. “We have been competing for jobs all through the fall and the spring. I don’t know how many guys have guys like that behind them,” Gianis said. “They are pushing us everyday for a starting position.”

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Avent said the players that left cannot be replaced, but with the nature of college baseball, you just have to keep plugging away. “You never replace the great ones; you just keep adding great ones to the lineup,” Avent said.

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cited for basketball to start to see how the team does. They do not expect a national championship every season or even a final four appearance, but State fans do expect a team that can compete consistently in the ACC. Is that too much to ask for? With all of the futility State has suffered during the Lowe regime, it is understandable that Pack fans are disturbed and disheartened. When the recruiting classes have

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In high school, Little and Palmer were in the same weight class and actually met each other head-to-head. “I’ve known [Palmer] for a long time,” Little said. “We were in the same weight class in high school and wrestled each other. He is a great teammate and I’m happy to be with him rather than against him.” Now that Caldwell has returned to the team, Palmer is still viewed as a veteran. He said having that time to be the star on the team really contributed to becoming a leader. “I definitely believe that I have finally made the transition to a leader,” Palmer said. “The Southern Scuff le was a big moment for me as a leader. After some of the younger guys saw me battle through a

lot of tough matches, I feel like I earned their respect.” Palmer finished fifth at the Southern Scuff le, which was the highest finish for any Pack wrestler. Palmer finished with a 5-2 record in the tournament. Coach Carter Jordan said he has been waiting to see Palmer compete like this for the last two years. With the success he has had so far, Palmer should be able to compete for a conference championship, according to Jordan. “We have been waiting to see the real Colton Palmer and I have been really pleased with his performance all year,” Jordan said. “We expect great things from him this year, and we expect a lot from him in March in the ACC Tournament.”

been highly touted, like the ones that brought the likes of J.J. Hickson, C.J. Leslie, Ryan Harrow and Lorenzo Brown to Raleigh, the expectations of the coach should be raised. After all, he is the main component in bringing the talented players to the team. Another point that has been accumulating is the discussion about State being the third best basketball team within a 20-mile radius. In 2009, UNCChapel Hill won the National Championship and in 2010 Duke won the title. Meanwhile, the last NCAA title for the Pack was back in 1983, while the last ACC regular season title was back in 1989 – the year I was born.

I’ll admit that we screwed up with Herb Sendek – but Lowe is in not Sendek. State fans claimed that they were tired of Sendek not beating UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke, and Lowe has been able to do that. But Sendek did win ACC Coach of the Year, a title that is not given out to bad coaches. Pack fans are some of the liveliest and most dedicated sports fans. When I say sports, I mean nearly every sport. We love our football, but we want to see our basketball program flourish. While it seems that Lowe is more than likely on his way out the door, why shouldn’t State fans expect more for this program?

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Sports

COUNTDOWN

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

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Men’s basketball

INSIDE

• Page 7: A continuation of the column on N.C. State basketball

Technician

Pack looks for victory at home State hopes to double win streak in front of Pack faithful.

Pack swimming and diving in tie for sixth After the first day at the ACC Championships, the Pack women’s swimming and diving team is in a tie for sixth place. State is trailing the first place team, North Carolina, by 24 point as the Pack is tied with Duke with 50 points. The Championships continue tomorrow and wrap up on Saturday. Source: TheACC.com

Hill named ACC Performer of the Week After shattering the school record for the 3,000-meter run, sophomore runner Ryan Hill was named the ACC Performer of the Week. Hill ran the evener in 7:50:78, almost five full seconds faster than the previos record that was set in 1991. With Hill’s time, he automatically qualifies for the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships later on in the year. Source: N.C. State Athletics

Basketball Standings SCHOOL

CONF.

OVEREALL

DUKE

10-1

23-2

UNC

9-2

19-6

FSU

8-3

18-7

7-4

17-7

6-5

17-8

6-5

16-9

5-6

16-10

MIAMI

4-7

16-10

NCSU

3-7

13-11

UVA

3-7

12-12

3-8

10-4

1-10

8-18

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Coming off its first ACC road win of the season, the Wolfpack will face three of its next four opponents at the RBC Center. In last Sunday’s “Saint Valentine’s Eve Massacre” against Wake Forest, Head Coach Sidney Lowe started the trio of talented freshmen, Ryan Harrow, Lorenzo Brown and C.J. Leslie, for just the second time all season. “I f e e l t h a t [H a rrow, Brown and Leslie] have been here long enough to contribute, and they’ve earned a starting position,” Lowe said. “They’re certainly a part of the future of this program and they need to get their experience. That’s why we went with that lineup.” According to both Lowe and the box score of the win over the Demon Deacons, the triumvirate of rookies certainly provides a spark for the Pack. “They like playing together,” Lowe said. “In our last ball game they played well defensively--they played off of each other. And then offensively, all three are capable scorers. Lorenzo [Brown] and Ryan [Harrow] are both capable of creating something for us.

State fans – it is not your fault

Luis Zapata/Technician File Photo

In the Dean Dome, sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown jumps to make a basket while being blocked by UNC defense.

half, NC State scored only 16 points and shot 25.0 percent (6-24) from the field. “We showed them both when we executed well, when we got to the spots, the shots we got, but we also showed them the other side,” Lowe said. “What

it boiled down to was, when we were up and they were getting more physical, we tried to make the same cuts we were trying to make earlier, when we needed to cut harder, sharper and be stronger with the ball.”

idney Lowe is likely on his way out the door – and Gary Parrish thinks it’s your fault. Gary Parish, sports columnist f rom CBS Sports, decided to put his two cents in about State basketball. Parish shot, a snide jab at Pack Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor fans while on 99.9 The Fan last week. “You’re in a bad spot when you are constantly 3rd in a small group,” Parrish said. “And anybody, except for N.C. State fans, would argue that they are a distant 3rd to Carolina and Duke.” The comment left me absolutely livid, as I’m sure it did a lot of other State fans. While Parrish may be speaking the truth about our situation as of now, that does not mean that we should be deprived of a good coach. For some reason, whenever a sports commentator or reporter talks about the head coaching position at N.C. State, they tend to mention the fans as the prevailing reason why top-tier coaches do not want to take over for the Wolfpack. Every season, especially the current one, Pack fans get ex-

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wrestling

Trio of outfielders have big shoes to fill where you feel like you can platoon,” Avent said. “This year it seems like three guys, although all seven outfielders have looked really well and are probably going to play. “There are three guys that have separated themselves Jon Goodman and that’s John Gianis in right Staff Writer field, Brett Williams in center The USA Today/ESPN and Terran Senay in left field.” Both Gianis and Senay coach’s preseason poll has N.C. State baseball ranked gained ample experience at third in the ACC. In a tough the plate and in the field durconference littered with ing their playing time with the good teams and big talent, Pack in previous seasons and the Wolfpack is ranked high spent the offseason improving despite a few uncertainties their game. Gianis, a junior, battled his about the fast-approaching way into the season. l i neup t he Questions past two sealoom sons and finabout ished off last how t he season as one team will of the Pack’s perform best hitters, with new batting .407 alumii n his last num bats 3 0 g a m e s . regulated He hopes to by the coach Elliott Avent continue this NCAA, pattern leadthe pitching rotation and how the ing off for the team this seateam will replace the high son while also performing in character and major pro- the field. “Drew Poulk was the best duction of departed players. Two of the players lost, right fielder I ever had except Kyle Wilson and Drew for maybe Jake Webber, and Poulk, occupied two-thirds I was so worried about that,” of the outfield. Coach El- Avent said. “But John Gianis liott Avent laid those con- has really stepped up and his cerns to rest, at least for game is better than it’s ever now, with an intense off- been. “He wants to play, he wants season of competition that produced seven players ca- to get better and John Gianis pable of playing in the outfield, with three standouts. baseballcontinued page 7 “The outfield is a place

After losing two-thirds of outfield, Gianis, Senay and Williams must step up for the Pack.

February 2011 M

Deputy Sports Editor

baseballPart 4 of 5

Source: theacc.com

Sean Klemm

Obviously, C.J. [Leslie], with his athleticism--he made a couple of plays in that last ball game that no one else on our team can make. They all three bring something special to the table.” However, Lowe acknowledges Clemson and Wake Forest are two very different teams. Wake sits alone at the bottom of the ACC with just one win, whereas Clemson is in fifth, only three games out of second place and has won four of its last six ACC games. “[Clemson is] a different team,” Lowe said. “They are an experienced team. Their guards have been in the trenches before. We’re not playing against freshmen or sophomores that have never played. They’re an experienced team. It’s going to be different.” “They apply pressure a little differently than Wake Forest. Now we need to see if we can execute and be patient, do the things we did against Wake Forest and see if we can do them against Clemson.” The Pack finds itself in a position similar to the one three weeks ago. State was coming off a win against Miami and was trying to carry momentum into a game against the Tigers. But Clemson ended those hopes as they overcame a 19-point first half deficit and defeated the visiting Wolfpack, 60-50, at Littlejohn Coliseum. State started the game on a 3112 run over the first 14 minutes of play, but scored just 19 points during the final 26 minutes of the game. In the second

commentary

Thursday women’s swimming/men’s diving @ acc championships Atlanta, Ga., All day men’s basketball Vs. clemson RBC Center, 7 p.m. Friday softball vs. north dakota state Athens, Ga., 9 a.m. softball vs. marshall Athens, Ga., 11 a.m.

Coming soon

Friday: A recap of the men’s basketball game against Clemson Monday: A recap of the ACC Championships for the women’s swimming and diving team Tuesday: A recap of the women’s basketball game against UNC

ALE ON S ! N OW

“John Gianis has really stepped up and his game is better than it’s ever been. ”

Dreier Carr/Technician file photo

Colton Palmer, redshirt-junior at 157 lbs, fights for control against Ohio University Saturday night at Reynolds Coliseum. Palmer defeated Ohio’s Casey Gordon, 9-2.

Palmer’s reaching expectations After two tough seasons, Colton Palmer starting to live up to expectations Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor

He just couldn’t figure it out. 157-pounder Colton Palmer, a redshirt junior, set records in high school for most wins at 284-6 overall in four years and 91-0 senior season – both were national records. But during his first two years at N.C. State, Palmer had only compiled a record of 12-19. But this year Palmer has found what it takes to become one of the best wrestlers for the Wolfpack, if not one of the best in the ACC. Not only has he surpassed his overall record of

12 wins, but Palmer has more than doubled his overall wins and is the team leader in wins this season with a record of 2610. Palmer said this season has helped him regain his love for the sport. “This season has definitely meant a lot to me,” Palmer said. “It has been a huge turnaround for me both mentally and physically. I felt like I had kind of fallen off and lost my love for the sport. It was becoming more like a job for me.” While Palmer may have one of his best seasons at State this year, he knows his success cannot be attributed only to himself. Since the arrival of assistant coach Lee Pritts this season, Palmer said he has rediscovered the fire he had in high school. “Coach Pritts coming in turned me back on the right

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path,” Palmer said. “He saw that I had the potential and that I was capable of being a good wrestler at this level. He put the killer instinct back in me and helped me regain my love for the sport.” Before this season, Palmer had not lived up to lofty expectations. Not just expectations put on by himself, but also from his brothers. Palmer is the youngest of his brothers and the third Palmer brother to wrestle in the NCAA. Palmer’s brothers, Austen and Brandon, competed at Iowa State and William Penn, respectively. Austen was a twotime NCAA qualifier, which Palmer said only makes him want to win more. “I got sucked in at first to

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