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University forced to bear millions in cuts Following the cuts from the General Assembly, University officials respond to severe financial blow.
seven percent from academics and 10 percent from administration. This is consistent with the Chancellor’s goal of “protecting the academic core” outlined by his realignment plan. “Over the course of the last two years, we have been working hard John Wall to prepare this University for a sigStaff Writer nificant budget reduction,” Woodson N.C. State received a 15.1 percent said. Each college—across the board— budget cut from the UNC System Board of Governors July 7, one of will receive the order to cut 10 percent. several universities dealt double digit Individual deans will choose what to keep and what to get rid of. reductions. Schools in the UNC System were Although course section availability not given identical will dwindle, Chancuts, ranging from cellor Randy Wood8.4 percent at the son said there are School of Science currently no plans and Math to 17.9 perto eliminate macent at UNC Chapel jors. Woodson also Hill as the Board of said there will not Governors wrangled be a tuition increase with a $2.65 billion beyond the one apreduction given to proved last Novemthem by the General ber. Assembly. According to Charles Graham, democratic One of the main representative of Robeson Woodson, it will be county factors the Board of the professors and Governors considfaculty will carry ered in deciding how the burden of fewer to allocate cuts across the system was funds. “It may be more difficult for us to school size and population. Larger offer sufficient class sections of vari- schools received larger budget reducous courses because of limits on the tions, and vice versa. East Carolina faculty and staff that we have,” Wood- University, Appalachian State University and UNC-Charlotte were also at son said. Instead of cutting each college un- the top of the list. Public universities have revenue der the University by 15.1 percent, administrators have decided to cut sources beyond what taxpayers pro-
“Our universities have a proven track record of adjusting along the way.”
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Chancellor Randy Woodson listens during the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday, July 13. Woodson has tasked each of the colleges within the University with finding ways to cut costs. The University is facing a 15 percent budget cut to its state funding.
vide. UNC-CH received a transfer of $20 million from UNC Health Care last week in order to offset budget reductions. “UNC Health Care had a good year, and we are glad to be able to give back
Racial slur in ‘The Brick’ raises ire Booklet meant for incoming freshman contains photo deemed offensive.
until the photo was pointed out. “I don’t believe administrators made the right decision in pulling the book,” Miller said. “Personally it doesn’t offend me, so I don’t really worry about it.” John Wall Twelve incoming freshman who Staff Writer had not received the booklet were also Due to a photo depicting a racial shown the photo. Matthew Skinner, slur on the inside pages, distribution one of these freshmen, picked out the of copies of a publication given to in- offensive word on his own. Four said coming freshman was temporarily the decision to pull the entire book was correct. halted. “They could have The Brick, a 129just taken the whole page booklet given page out,” Skinner to students at freshsaid. “That would man orientation, be the easiest thing contained a photo to do.” of the Free ExpresSt udent G ovsion Tunnel in which ernment has been the N-word could be given the task to seen. Student Media place the stickers representatives met over the offensive July 8, and came to Jonathan Miller, incoming part of the photo. a compromise: place freshman Chandler Thompa sticker over the son, student body word, and continue president, contributed to the bookdistribution. A parent brought the photo to the let. Her photo can be seen on several attention of University administra- pages, including a dedication page near the end. Thompson said she tors. “[The photo] jumped out at me, and also attended the July 8 meeting. it is offensive,” said Tracey Ray, director of multicultural student affairs. “Students [at orientation] still have a decision of where they want to go, and we need to be welcoming to our entire community.” Orientation attendees receive a bag containing items organizers deemed necessary. Students at the orientation held Monday, July 11 did not have a copy of The Brick in their bags. Although he did not have a copy of the booklet, incoming freshman Jonathan Miller was shown a copy, and shown the photo in question. Miller said did not immediately recognize why he did not receive the booklet
“I don’t believe administrators made the right decision in pulling the book.”
“My brother has orientation Monday, and we all agree that this picture is not something we want to put in The Brick,” Thompson said. Much of the talk at the meeting revolved around the apparent necessity for all content in the booklet to be University approved. Although it was a product of Student Media, orientation organizers said they do not want students and parents to start out their college experience with a negative view of the University. “We will not distribute this book,” Gabe Wical, director of New Student Orientation, said at the meeting. The same photo was printed in Technician. Photojournalism ethics stipulate photos are not to be altered before going to print. Against those ethics, the photo was altered to blur out the racial slur. While Wical said that publication would no longer be given to new students, redistribution of the altered booklets began Wednesday.
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to the system,” UNC Health Care News Director Jennifer James said. However, the health care facility did not give back to the “UNC System”—it gave back to UNC-CH. UNC Health Care falls under the same umbrella as
all North Carolina public universities. Their boss, Tom Ross, is president of the UNC System.
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Permit problems bring changes to system University Transportation revisits its parking permit system. Brooke Wallig News Editor
Following a slew of complaints in the past few days, University Transportation is working to change the way students buy parking permits. According to Christine Klein, public communications specialist for University Transportation, the transportation website experienced significant problems because the system became severely overcrowded on the first days of purchase per credit group. “The system was very slow on initial purchase days. We have several sophisticated systems that have to interact with each other—the parking allocation software, the credit card processor and our payment website. Credit eligibility, housing assignment—if applicable—and other qualifiers are analyzed before a permit is offered,” Klein said. “The best analogy is to picture a crowd rushing a door. People stumble, fall down and no one is able to enter. That’s basically what happened.” Chandler Thompson, senior in economics and student body president, said her experience with the current system has at times been quite nerveracking. “I used the system last year, and I remember the online process moving slowly and worrying about getting a pass,” Thompson said. “There is extra stress because when I was entering information and it wouldn’t load or accept it quickly I knew I was racing against other students for a pass.”
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At the same time, Thompson said she believes the Office of Transportation is actively working to update its systems, and said she’d like to work with them to make the process as smooth as possible. “I would like to work with transportation to explore options for a parking system that can handle large volumes of requests at one time,” Thompson said. “If that is not possible, maybe break it down into smaller groups so the demand is not high at one point it time.” According to Klein, while the permit system has not experienced many changes since its inception, it is meant to make it easier for students with more credits to purchase better permits. “The process hasn’t changed significantly. This is our third year for online sales. We did change the eligibility credit requirements slightly to do a better job of balancing supply and demand,” Klein said. “We want to
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Bragaw C-Store hours are extended to better meet student needs. See page 3.
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The eye-opening irony of tear gas
Caught between protesters for democracy and riot police, student catches glimpse of Malay struggle. See page 6.
Carter-Finley adds new ‘superscreen’
Game-day experience to be enhanced by new scoreboard. See page 8.
Holloway returns to ‘dream job’ with Wolfpack
Record-holding swimmer returns to Wolfpack as head coach. See page 8.
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student was being transported for treatment by Emergency Medical Services. 11:48 A.M. | POLICY VIOLATION Pi Kappa Alpha Staff reported air soft gun left in room. CID was contacted and no action was taken against student. July 10 1:34 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Patterson Lot Student was found sleeping in lot. All file checks were negative. No action taken. 2:54 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Dan Allen Drive Officer found cab parked and driver screaming at passengers. Passengers left the area and no police action was needed.
Lake Wheeler Road Campus Police patrol vehicle was involved in traffic accident. Raleigh Police Department charged non-student with Failure to Yield. 4:00 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Syme Hall Officers encountered two juveniles in possession of stolen bicycle. Juveniles were released to parents and bicycle was seized as evidence. July 8 9:10 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOP Dan Allen Drive Non-student was arrested for Driving While License Revoked and Speeding.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR Today NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SESSION 10 Talley Student Center, 8 a.m. New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Engineering. NEW BERN RECEPTION WITH CHANCELLOR WOODSON North Carolina History Center, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This will be an opportunity to meet Chancellor Randy Woodson and network with fellow alumni. Guests are encouraged to come early and tour the new facility. Cost: $25 per person, including hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine and ticket. THE MUSIC OF QUEEN Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts , 7:30 p.m. The N.C. Symphony will host conductor/arranger Brent Havens, vocalist Brody Dolyniuk and a full rock band to Meymandi Concert Hall to break down boundaries between classic rock and classical music with The Music Of Queen. Friday PRACTICAL STEPS TO COMPLETING YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION TALK 2405 William Hall, 12 to 2 p.m.
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Monday NEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SESSION 11 Talley Student Center, 8 a.m. New Student Orientation for firstyear students entering Summer/ Fall 2011 for the College of Engineering. RIO Campus Cinema, 10 to 11:30 p.m. Tuesday SPEAKING ABOUT SCIENCE, MR. SCOTT MORGAN 206 Cox, 12 to 2 p.m. This is an interactive seminar that addresses the core issues of good scientific presentations. The course focuses on major structural elements to ensure that any talk is clear, concise, and engaging. Wednesday 4-H CONGRESS AND THE EXHIBIT 4-H & NC STATE: LEADING TOGETHER D.H. Hill Library Gallery, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
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University Dining to offer 24-hour C-store Bragaw C-Store hours are extended to better meet student needs.
forth a safer alternative. “From a safety standpoint, students are going off-campus at 2 in the morning. In addition to our students, we also have custodial/housekeeping staff coming onto campus as early as 4 in Bri Aab the morning with food accommodaStaff Writer tion,” Gilmore said. One difference that will be made to University Dining is set to launch multiple changes to student dining the University Dining system, besides revised hours, will be a two bottle options on campus this August. Among those is the transformation maximum policy. This means when of the Bragaw C-Store to include 24- students use their meal equivalencies, they may only purchase a maximum hour service. According to Jennifer Gilmore, di- of two bottled beverages at a time. rector of marketing and communi- This policy will disallow students from using an entire cation for Campus meal equivalency to Enterprises, students buy bottled drinks, have been asking for which Gilmore said an on campus dinwastes the Univering opt ion open sity’s money. later than the Hill “W hen we see of Beans or previous trends that we canC-Store hours, both not sustain from a of which closed at 1 cost standpoint, we a.m. take action immedi“From t he C ately,” Gilmore said. Store standpoint, a In the past, these 24-hour operation negative economic would accommodate trends have included so many. The focus using equivalency in groups indicated Jennifer Gilmore, director of that students really marketing and communications all C-Stores. “Packaged prodneeded something for Campus Enterprises uc t s a re si mply open later,” Gilmmore expensive than ore said. Gilmore said some students found it cooked meals,” Gilmore said. “We hard to find a food option between the are the stewards of students’ money 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. dead spot, where no that goes into the University Dining program, and we want to make ecodining options were available. “What we found from most students nomically wise decisions regarding is that 2 a.m. is the sweet spot,” Gilm- that money,” Gilmore said. According to Kelley Brackett, pubore said. “It’s around that time that many students struggle, as studying lic communications specialist for Campus Enterprises, this new policy goes on late into the night.” These late night study sessions held is meant to encourage students to past former C-Store hours force many use their equivalencies to purchase a students to venture off-campus for a rounded meal, rather than stocking food late at night. Considering this a up on beverages. “The two bottle policy will most security issue, Denise Fields, University Dining C-Store manager, pushed directly impact the students on Cen-
“We’re just really excited to see how the operation will flourish, and we’re hoping that students will help it really take-off.”
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Union County representative Craig Horn said he agreed with the chancellor. continued from page 1 “When it comes to education, the dollars need to be placed in the classAccording to UNC-CH’s website, room first,” Horn said. Every cut the University has been the entirety of the $20 million will stay on UNC-CH’s campus to “help dealt over the past three years is perthe University and its School of Medi- manent. Therefore, if the University were to not cut 15.1 percent of its cine absorb the cuts.” The transfer was discussed before spending this year, it would be digging the budget cut announcement was a hole for next year, the year after, and so on. Woodson said he understood made, James said. N.C. State has raised private funds this fact. “To keep N.C. State strong, and to in the past. Last year, the University keep the educational received $40 million environment strong from local entreprefor our students, we neur Lonnie Poole. have to assume this “The largest gift to is permanent—beany university in the cause it is,” WoodTriangle was realized son said. “When the in December with legislature cuts your the $40 million gift budget, they don’t from Lonnie Poole,” say they are going Woodson said, “so I to give it back to you would say we have next year.” significant capacJordan Shaw, spokesman for Former educator ity [to raise private House Speaker Thom Tillis and Democratic repfunds].” resentative Charles However, those Graham said he thinks the education funds cannot be used to educate. “[Cuts to large universities] had system in N.C. is, and has been, flexmore to do with the fact that—in the ible. “Our universities have a proven view of others, not in my view—we have other revenue sources,” Wood- track record of adjusting along the son said. “The problem I have with way,” Graham said. “The system that is those other revenue sources has always been able to adjust and aren’t used to educate the students. move forward and to continue to do They are for research, sponsor grants, good work.” Due to the ongoing economic et cetera.”
“North Carolina having to tighten our belt is not unique to this state.”
ATRIUM HOUR CHANGES: Old hours: Monday-Thursday: 7 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: Closed New beginning August 15: Monday-Friday: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. Saturday & Sunday: Closed SOURCE: UNIVERSITY DINING
tennial Campus, where those students are used to being able to use a meal equivalency to buy whatever they please,” Brackett said. “What we’re hoping to do is to eliminate the potential to grocery shop for drinks. A meal should include an entree, a side, and a drink.” According to Gilmore, University Dining is a direct reflection of the student needs, and said only 3 percent of annual profit goes directly back to the University itself. This money goes towards improvements in dining such as dining hall renovations or the opening of new facilities. Money is also given back via scholarships. “Any profit we make at the end of the year goes to the expansion and improvement of the dining services,” Gilmore said. These are not the only changes students will see this semester. The Atrium Food Court’s hours are also being extended to 10 p.m., and according to Gilmore, these revised hours will serve as a study to determine the 2013 Talley Student Center’s dining hours of operation. “As we get Talley Student Center on track in the fall of 2013, all of the usage data accumulated from the Atrium Food Court and 24-hour Bragaw CStore will be used to alter those hours as well,” Gilmore said. This means number crunching in terms of student participation. With-
CAMPUS BUDGET CUTS: $413,987,494 Total $79,254,959 NCSU UNC-CH $100,772,809 $49,131,532 ECU $22,769,436 ASU SOURCE: UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS
shortfall that has plagued North Carolina and the country at-large for more than three years, tax revenues are down. The republicanled general assembly cut taxes and cut spending in this year’s overall budget. “North Carolina having to tighten our belt is not unique to this state,” Jordan Shaw, spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis said. “You will see leaders, educators, students and administrators doing more with slightly less, being more efficient, and doing what families have had to for the past three years—and this is doing more with less.” “We have done, as a campus— because we planned for it—a wonderful and outstanding job of preparing ourselves; and as a result, each of the colleges where the students receive their education will have the lowest cut in the University,” Woodson said.
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Rollins Wohlford, a freshman in FYC, buys food from the Bragaw C-Store Wednesday, June 13. Starting in the fall, the Bragaw C-Store will be open 24 hours a day. “Since I’ve started to cook, it’ll be convenient for when at 10:30 at night I realize I need food,” Wohlford said.
out the needed student response to the improved hours, the hours would revert back to their former schedule, Gilmore warns. “As long as we have pretty strong participation, then it will continue,” Gilmore said. “If we’re keeping it open for just a few people, then the costs to operate the store will exceed the money obtained, making it not eco-
nomically sound.” Gilmore said she’s unsure how the campus will respond to these changes, but said she’s hoping for the best. “We’re just really excited to see how the operation will flourish, and we’re hoping that students will help it really take-off,” Gilmore said.
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to fix their system to make it less painful for students once it was restored. “We understand and sympathize continued from page 1 with students’ frustration. When we ensure the most desirable permits are realized we had a technical problem, we initially thought we could fix our offered on a seniority basis.” While Klein said the process might problem and briefly delay the sale,” frustrate students, she hopes imple- Klein said. “After speaking with all the menting a queue system will help or- parties supporting the online sale, we ganize the chaotic scramble to pur- opted to delay the sale for an entire day to give us time to fix chase these permits. the technical prob“We’re asking stulems and put extra dents to be patient. office phone capaciWe had planned ty in place to ensure on implementing our customers were a queue system able to talk with a for next year to let ‘live’ body and not purchasers know be subjected to busy their place in line phone lines or voice and, hopefully, almail.” leviate some of the While Klein said frustration expethe past few days rienced during the have been chaotic as initial sale days,” a result of the many Klein said. “BeChristine Klein, public problems their syscause of the slow communications specialist for tems have faced, system, purchasers University Transportation she said overa ll were hitting the restudents have been fresh button which showed an artificial permit availabil- responsive to the University’s attempts ity number. With the queue system, to right the issues. “I think people understand probpeople know their place in line and don’t feel like they’re out in ‘cyber lems can occur even with the best laid plans,” Klein said. “We’ve actuspace.’” According to Klein, the Office of ally received some thank you emails Transportation regrets that it was from parents and students we spoke forced to shut down its website from with who appreciated our efforts to fix Monday afternoon to 9 a.m. Tuesday; problems and sell them the approprihowever, she said this gave them time ate permit.”
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THE FACTS:
Recent budget cuts call to alumni T
The UNC System Board of Governors announced a $414 million cut from the state budget to the UNC school system last week. N.C. State’s funding was cut by 15 percent.
OUR OPINION:
Though N.C. State received a lower cut than UNC-CH, our University also receives less financial funding from private sectors and alumni. If the University wants to lessen the blow from this cut, we need our alumni to help us out.
he 2011-2012 budget proposed by the N.C. General Assembly reduced state funds for the UNC System by $414 million where the new budget law said that reductions must not be made across the board, hence there will be a variation in each university’s cuts. N.C. State received a more significant decrease than most of the other universities based on the Board of Governors’ six criterion, one of which was whether a university received significant other funding sources. Though N.C. State does receive some funding from private benefactors, the majority of its money comes
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.
from the state and from students’ tuition. If N.C. State wishes to avoid the pain of this latest cut, the university should seek more private funding, specifically from alumni. UNC-Chapel Hill received the largest cut with 18 percent; however, UNC-CH has a huge endowment — it receives significantly more private funding than N.C. State. The UNC Health Care system has transferred $20 million to the UNC System. The funding will go to all the schools in the UNC System, but a larger amount will
likely go to UNC-CH, due to its partnership with that university. The implications of the budget cut will likely be as feared. Tuition will probably continue to increase, about 1,000 class sections will be terminated and financial aid will definitely be negatively affected. Though no student desires another increase in tuition and less financial aid, the loss in class sections and seats will likely bring the heaviest blow, potentially inhibiting soon-to-be-graduating seniors from leaving the
University on time. To make up for the cut of class sections, the University could prioritize seniors in class signup by trying not to cut classes seniors likely take; however, this spread is likely too diverse to accurately factor in. A better solution would be for the University to pursue their alumni and ask why they aren’t helping out their University as much as they should. Alumni donations are clearly helping soften the blow for UNC-CH. N.C. State alumni should do what they can to help the school that made them successful stay on its feet.
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rowing up in Durham, I was surrounded by a diverse group of people. They were black, white, Asian, Indian and every other race you could think of. But more than that, they were accepting. From elementary school recess through my time at the N.C. School of Science a nd Mathematics, I had the luxury of being in a place where race was acBrent c e pte d, not Kitchen judged. While Photo Editor I thought this level of acceptance would continue in my time at N.C. State, I was wrong. Race matters here. Not only because ignorant people exist, but also because those who can make a difference refuse to educate them. I was called to a meeting Friday to discuss a “controversial” photo of the free expression tunnel. On one of the walls of the tunnel was a racial slur. Having walked through the Free Expression Tunnel countless times and observing the countless numbers of racial slurs, homophobic slurs and sexual graffiti, I couldn’t say I was surprised. It is the nature of the tunnel to be controversial. It is a venue for all expression, not just the expression that a specific group finds acceptable. And it is this free expression that I find to be a great part of N.C. State, even if I don’t believe in the message. Unfortunately, this view does not seem to be shared by the black community at State. At the Friday meeting, Director of African American Student Affairs Tracey Ray campaigned for the image to be pulled from the Brick, a publication meant to introduce students to the traditions at State, including painting the Free Expression Tunnel. It is precisely this knee-jerk reaction by both the black community and administration that is holding back race relations in America and specifically at this University. As noted economist and statistician Milton Friedman said, “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.” Ray is solely focused on equality. And while I appreciate and support her desire for equality, she is going about it all wrong. By fighting the hatred in the Free Expression Tunnel,
she is reinforcing the ignorance which she is fighting. Ray is putting equality before freedom. The proper course of action, however, is to embrace the painting, embrace the words, embrace the culture that is the true source of inequality. She must place the freedom of the individuals who regard blacks with hate above her own desire to not suffer the hatred of others. She must place true freedom above equality if she is to help enact real change. When the University painted the tunnel white following racist comments painted when President Barack Obama won the election in 2008, it placed surface level equality above freedom. And later racist comments showed this kneejerk reaction enacted no real change. Following the midterm elections of 2010, a group of black students blockaded the tunnel as a reaction to more racist graffiti. This has seemingly done nothing to change the culture either, as I have seen plenty of racist graffiti in the tunnel since then. And now, in 2011, Ray is following in their footsteps. I would go so far as to say her actions of trying to cover up the message and keep people from seeing it, just as the incidents in 2008 and 2010 did, fall under Einstein’s definition of insanity—“doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” The time has come to no longer hide this part of who N.C. State is. Just as a person must learn to accept his or her flaws before he or she can start to change it, this University must come to accept that hatred exists and we cannot run away from it. We must place this freedom, the freedom to hate, above our desire for equality. So the next time you see someone painting hate speech in the tunnel, even if it is directed toward you, thank them. Thank them for exercising their freedom. And after you have embraced their freedom, educate them. And invite all levels of this administration to join you. We must all embrace humanity’s freedom — be it a freedom to hate, a freedom to love or a freedom to paint. Once this freedom has been truly established, then we can start to teach those who would hate. Because hate speech is not the true issue nor the real danger—ignorance is. !"#$%8,"#-%*'+,%-)'+.)-(%'#% "9+046-*%-'%4"--",(5-"/)#6/6: 0#'#46#"7/'17 !""%;+360#%<"((0."%"$6-',% =&% >+6'#?(% ,"3+--04% 6#% #"@-% A""B?(%C"/)#6/60#7
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How would you feel if the class cuts keep you from graduating? BY MARIA WHITE
The budget cut has started to make more difficult the educational journey of college students...
Matthew Clark, junior in arts applications
“I think it would be unacceptable for a university of this stature to not offer me the opportunity to graduate on time.” Aaron Easteppe junior, biochemistry
Champagne problems are not real problems
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t has long been a common practice for friends, co-workers and family members to divulge their troubles to one another. However, it seems t here is some confusion on what constitutes a true problem. With Josh Lucas seemingly Staff Columnist t he same anguish used when discussing divorce or loss, people will outline troubles like deciding between Stanford and Harvard Law School, figuring out how to spend the remainder of an annual travel stipend, or having too many prospective lovers. These are not problems in the traditional sense — these are champagne problems. The Mecca for nuanced terms, Urban Dictionary, defines a champagne problem as, “a trivial, middleclass grievance.” Obviously, a more expansive definition is in order. If a problem is presented where a decision must be made among a set of options where each is beneficial, then it is a champagne problem. Howe ver, benef ic i a l choices, while a basic requirement, are not enough; each problem must also evoke envy from those listening. Choosing between Cheerios and Captain
Crunch, while both beneficial, doesn’t produce the envy for one’s situation that a choice between a month in Madrid and Rome does. Finally, the most important aspect of any champagne problem lies in the examination of the subtext of each — life is good enough that one’s problems are not really problems. It’s hard to imagine having the problems outlined here. Who can relate to a summer of jet setting or having to turn down Harvard? It seems these problems are only reserved for the elite; a handful of lucky souls, and this is generally true. It’s a relative rarity for one’s life to be filled to the brim with these problems. A person should be considered lucky to have a few every now and then; however, the importance of this investigation for the average person lies in the method it allows for examining one’s everyday problems. Take students’ academic pursuits, for instance. On a biannual basis, some students have a week of elation following the posting of their grades while others enter into a month of despair. There is merit for the feelings of both students but the subtext for each is the same. One’s needs are taken care of to such an extent that one can care about another’s evaluation of their intellect. As the situation becomes more defined and individualized, so does the subtext of one’s problem. A student’s despair involved in making an A versus an A+ provides the pre-
vious subtext along with the idea that one is so intelligent anything below perfection is a failure. These evaluations offer a reality check for one’s emotions. Is there any real reason to be that upset with a B versus an A? Moreover, these evaluations allow for almost every real problem to have their emotive weight softened in some way. I have a great-uncle who was recently diagnosed with dementia, a precursor to Alzheimer’s. We are closer than our family tree would imply — he has been like a father to me. The situation I am faced with now is as tragic as it is common. It’s hard to say how many good years he has left. No matter his future course, my present feelings are paralyzing emotion. I do however take solace in examining the sub-text of my situation. I am quite lucky to have had so much quality time with a person that I find it inconceivable for it to end. Though my problem may be real or champagne depending on one’s perspective, one should attempt to examine the subtext of any problem and only then divulge their feelings.
“I’d be greatly upset. Most of us come to college with a plan to graduate in four years. If the budget cuts hinder that objective, then I think that is wrong.” Ijeoma Onuh junior, graphic design
“I would be disappointed because as a senior, I am expecting to graduate this upcoming year.” Colin Gray senior, math
“I’d be disappointed because some students have a specific goal to graduate and that could interfere with people’s plans for the future.” Julie Alvarez sophomore, graphic design
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Designing greener cars for the future STUDENTS ENTER COMPETITION TO REENGINEER GM CAR WHILE IMPROVING FUEL AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY. STORY BY JON FORREST | PHOTOS BY BRENT KITCHEN
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or the last three years, a group of students has been working in a nondescript garage a mile from campus to cobble together a car evocative of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster— one similar in appearance to a decal-heavy NASCAR but with all the benefits of a hybrid. Automobile parts, tools and designs litter any open surfaces of the workroom—and in the center rests the fruit of the team’s labor, their creation: the N.C. State EcoCar. The group of students took up a challenge from General Motors to redesign a GM vehicle, making it more environmentally friendly while still maintaining consumer appeal. The competition, called the EcoCar Challenge, pitted the N.C. State team and 15 other teams from universities around the country against each other in a contest to best redesign an environmentally friendly car. Jon Lohr, senior in mechanical engineering and captain of the N.C. State team, joined the project about one year ago. “A lot of teams showed interest in the project, and about 40 teams wrote proposals for GM,” Lohr said. “Only 16 teams ended up in the competition. The contest itself spanned a three-year period, recently coming to a close in two presentations, one at the GM Headquarters in Michigan and one at Washington, D.C. outside of the Department of Energy.”
This design has both environmental and economic benefits, according to Chang. “With a normal electric car, you get about six hours of battery, then you have to charge it again. With the 8-gallon diesel engine involved, you According to Lohr, GM holds get about 360 miles from the battery the contest every three years, and, and the diesel combined,” Chang said. And to take the green theme even given the current economic and energy problems facing the country, the further, the diesel used in the engine company chose to focus on more fuel- is an 80/20 mix of traditional diesel to biodiesel, which is more environmenefficient vehicles. The teams chose their own basic tally friendly. Since all the members of the team car design from a list provided by study at the UniGM. The N.C. State versity while worktea m’s E x tended ing on the project, Range Electric Vethe EcoCar team hicle, or EREV, is involved many desimilar in design to signers, engineers the Chevy Volt, and and general workers. unlike other hybrids However, Ali Seysuch as the Toyota am, graduate student Prius, this EcoCar in mechanical engiruns exclusively off neering, has stuck the electric motor. with the competition William Chang, since the first project senior in mechaniproposals. He began cal engineering and his involvement as member of the dean undergraduate sign team, said the William Chang, senior in mechanical engineering senior in mechanicar uses a diesel mocal engineering, and tor to generate enat the end of this ergy for the battery. “The electric battery is the only summer he will wrap up his final sething actually powering the motor,” mester as a master’s student as well as his work on the EcoCar. Chang said.
“With the 8-gallon diesel engine involved, you get about 360 miles from the battery and the diesel combined.”
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Looking back on his experience with the finished product three years in the making, Seyam said, “I don’t know how to put it in words sometimes.” As team leader, Seyam oversaw the automobile’s construction from its inception. He said along the way he would occasionally get caught up in his passion for the work. “I think it’s important to do what you love…Sometimes I’d forget I was actually getting paid until the check showed up,” Seyman said. The GM-sponsored program provided Seyam with more than just three years of experience at N.C. State. His work on the car not only led him to a thesis project for his master’s program, it also brought him to the attention of General Motors itself, which landed him a job in Michigan. “It’s the job of my dreams,” he said. “[The EcoCar competition] let me do some hands-on learning, and it’s a whole different experience from what you learn in the classroom.” Though the team did not do as well as they hoped in the competition, the car showed dramatic improvement from year to year, according to GM’s rankings. “The second year we were ranked last place, but for the third year we went up to seventh place,” Seyam said.
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Fuel cell from a Chevy Equinox 1.3L Turbodiesel engine Lithium ion battery, the same as a laptop 7 hours of charge on a full battery 100 miles/gal gas equivalent on battery power Full torque at any speed Top speed of 102 mph SOURCE: NCSU ECO CAR TEAM
The judges scored the teams not only on the engineering and design, but also on basic consumer features. “We got points for the engine and battery, but they also scored us on stuff like ‘Does the radio turn on?’ or ‘Does the AC work?’ since it’s a consumer car,” Chang said. The organizers also strongly encourage the teams to do outreach for the program, bringing the science of engineering to the community in general, since the public ultimately influences the car’s design. “That’s where we were weaker compared to a lot of the other teams,” Chang said. “A large part of the competition is making these cars socially acceptable. We don’t just need engineers, we’re looking to recruit more non-engineering people—business and communications majors to help set up a website or social media.” The sponsors have already announced EcoCar Challenge 2 for the next year, continuing the trend of greener vehicles, and the remaining team members have plans in the works for bringing the University’s engineers once again to the cutting edge of design and sustainability.
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Making the high-speed connection even faster Researchers tackle a 20year problem with fiber optic network connections, overhauling efficiency. Andrew Branch Staff Writer
From making phone calls to watching TV to surfing the Internet, every electronic transmission we use must travel over fiber optic lines, the transportation system for mass media. George Rouskas, Emre Yetginer, and doctorate student Zeyu Liu undertook the task of creating a model to solve a 20-year problem in network design—finding the most efficient path for our electronic musings. “We compared the solution times using previous techniques with the solution time for our technique,” Rouskas said. “Ours is 10,000 times faster.” The research team recently published their findings in the July issue of the Journal of Optimal Communications and Networking. The discovery deals with a problem inherent in “ring” networks. According to William Brockelsby, Lead Network Architect at the Office of Information Technology, to minimize the miles of cable when connecting many customers over long distances, providers must deploy “ring” networks, analogous to the interstate highway system, which facilitate faster and cheaper travel over long distances. According to Rouskas, the problem his team dealt with occurs when the number of nodes, or “interchanges,” increases in the ring. “When you know there is a
lot of traffic going either east tinued to work off each other’s or west on I 40, you have other ideas and toward a result. “Progress was certainly not routes to go around it, which helps distribute the traffic so linear,” Rouskas said. “The it does not become very con- model we developed is not straightforward, and it took gested,” Rouskas said. Fiber optic transmissions are us a few months to straighten in wavelengths of light, and two out all the wrinkles and prove transmissions cannot use the the model is correct.” The benefits of the model will same wavelength on the same line, Rouskas said. Network allow network designers to find designers must not only find the best connections often in the best path but also the best seconds as opposed to days, according to Rouskas. wavelength. “It is not Finding the something best connecyou will notions on totice just by day’s typical click ing a ring network, webpage, but according to it is someRouskas and t hing t hat Liu, can take will make the days of teinfrastrucdious work. ture more “You have responsive to to allocate a user needs,” lot of resourcZeyu Liu, doctorate student Rouskas said. es and spend Rouskas a lot of time doing one small networking said he has received positive thing,” Liu said. “This is un- feedback from the scientific community. acceptable.” “I’ve heard from people who The team, according to Rouskas, realized that the process have seen the work, and they all for finding the best path for in- say they are very amazed at how formation was inefficient, slow fast we can solve these types of and hampered solving more problems now,” he said. Rouskas, who has been at general networking problems. Yetginer said solving this N.C. State since 1994, spoke to old problem was not an easy the quality of researchers and graduate students who were process. “Certainly, the first ideas able to work with the neceswere not the ones that led us sary in-depth graphical theory. “The [computer science] to good results,” Yetginer said. “But each unsuccessful attempt department and the Univerteaches something useful about sity in general give us the freedom to work on problems that the problem.” Lui said the key to this re- interest us faculty, and this freedom...eventually leads search was persistence. “When you do research, you to breakthroughs,” Rouskas keep trying and trying,” Liu said. “We have built a worldsaid. He said the team spent class research group in optical months together, often going networks.” in wrong directions, but con-
“Each unsuccessful attempt teaches something useful about the problem.”
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TECHNICIAN Benjamin Guigley, senior in biological sciences, stopped by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while on a layover for a flight to India. The Caldwell Fellow found himself caught in the midst of massive political protests, 300,000 people strong, July 9. “This was the third protest in the country in the past 60 years and the protesters were calling for clean elections,” Guigley said. “The Malaysian government is notorious for corruption.
The eye-opening irony of tear gas STORY BY MARK HERRING | PHOTOS BY BENJAMIN QUIGLEY
CAUGHT BETWEEN PROTESTERS FOR DEMOCRACY AND RIOT POLICE, STUDENT CATCHES GLIMPSE OF MALAY STRUGGLE.
Malaysia policemen fire canisters of tear gas into crowds protesting for clean democracy and transparency in government , July 9, in the capital of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur. Ben Guigley, senior in biological science, documented the events while stopping through the Southeast Asian country while traveling to India.
Benjamin Quigley’s trip to India and Southeast Asia seemed like the exciting and exotic vacation he expected to encounter— full of foreign foods, different cultures and experiences dealing with the language. But not tear gas, riot police or massive protests. Traveling through Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on a layover from an Asia Air lowfare flight from Bangalore, India, Quigley check into a hostel in a part of the city that became the epicenter of political protests 300,000 people strong days to follow on July 9. Stuck in the quarantined city, which police blocked off from other protesters, Quigley grabbed his camera to quickly document what he called “an eye-opening and surreal experience.” “Before the protest even started, 200 people were arrested,” Quigley, senior in biological sciences, said. “This was the third protest the country had ever had in the 60 years the incumbent government has been in power.”
Malaysia, a confluence of ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians has become a place of growing racial and religious tension— straying from its legacy of diverse harmony. According to Quigley, the protesters were confronting their democratically elected but “blatantly” corrupt government. “The protests were very much like organized strikes, or protests in France—they were planned and announced in advance,” Quigley said. According to Quigley, the protesters were peaceful, advocating a clean protest for clean elections, which will next be held in 2013. “It mirrored what Gandhi did in India, with non-violent protesting,” Quigley said. The Saturday that the protests started, 50,00 people marched by Quigley’s hostel. “I followed to see what was going on,” Quigley said. “That was all the news. All the newspapers and media were focusing their attention on that.” Blocks from his hostel, Quigley first en-
countered Malaysian riot police. “People had been marching since early that morning,” Quigley said. “All the different groups converged in the central part of town. Major footage coming out of this showed the protesters just down the street who were sitting when they got hit with the tear gas. It was the first time the police cracked down with arms.” Caught in the crossfire of tear gas, Quigley was able to document his experience with his camera, which he never thought he would use to capture these types of images. “I definitely did get hit with tear gas,” Quigley said. “That stuff is heinous. It gets in your lungs and makes your eyes blink and roll around. You can’t control your eyes. Even the pores on our skin get irritated.” Back in the U.S., Quigley now has time to digest the experience. “It still hasn’t hit me yet,” Quigley said. “It happened so fast—I’m still reflecting on it.”
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, premiering midnight, brings culmination to the fantasy series. Mark Herring Editor in Chief
Wes Farrell expects no less than fans dawning capes, robes and cloaks for the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Mission Valley Cinema, across Western Boulevard from campus. He said he’s expecting two types of people— obsessed fanatics and casual moviegoers. “We have seen some interesting people at Harry Potter movies,” Farrell, employ of the theater, said. “You either have the hardcore people, in $200 outfits, or average people watching the movie. In the past at Harry Potter, some people have jumped over seats and stampeded to get to the front.” Harry Potter, since its cult popularity success after its first publishing in 1997, has come to define the literary and fantasy world for many. Growing up with the novels and then films, these fans, now in college, are not ashamed to celebrate their Potter zeal. “I am proud of it—I’ll admit I have what some call at Harry Potter obsession,” Jasmine Velez, recent graduate in microbiology, said. “I got tickets two weeks ago.” Velez, who first started with the books, said she fell in love with the adventure, suspense and unique storyline of the series. “I read the books instantly when I was a kid and I would always wait at the bookstore for the new books to come out,” Velez said. According to Farrell, Potter fans take the line waiting as seriously as sports fans. “This happened when I was working at Cary Crossroads theater, but for the third movie,
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a kid was there 8 hours early,” Farrell said. “He was all dressed up with the lightning scar, and the cloak and everything. He brought with himself a charcoal grill and was making hotdogs before the show—like a tailgate.” Costume wearing and other traditions abound with series like Harry Potter, and Shima Ghattan, junior in biological sciences, watches the premiers of the movies with her brother. “I started watching Harry Potter since the fifth grade with my younger brother,” Ghattan said. “We started to read the books after the first movie. For our tradition, we would wait for the DVDs to come out and then watch them together. By the fourth one, we started to watch them together in theaters. But he is letting me watch it with friends instead—break the tradition—because he is in Iran right now.”
Velez said she not a fan to that extreme. “I won’t dress up, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t in the past.” Ghattan said she dressed up once, as a student from the Hogwarts house Gryffindor. Mission Valley Cinema has already sold 700 tickets and is at capacity. Farrell said he recommends getting to the show early to ensure a good seat. “We sold out the main theater so we have expanded the premier to our other screens.” Movie critics predict this last film in the Potter series to surpass ticket sales of earlier Hogwarts movies. For Farrell, however, the Potter finale will be his last chance to observe the obsessed wizardry fans. Like Rocky Horror Picture Show or Star Wars, Harry Potter will soon go in the category of cult classics.
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dalajara. Globally recognized and revered Italian players such as Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Luca Toni will face off against the only club on the planet comprising players of purely Mexican heritage, including Alberto Medina, Luis Michel and Jonny Magallón. But what does all of this mean for State, or for that matter, the U.S.? If anything, it’s definitely a sign that soccer’s global popularity is finally becoming more mainstream in the U.S. It’s a sign Raleigh is being recognized as a soccer-
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Anyone who knows the story behind the New York Cosmos recognizes that it will take a lot more than just financial backing for American soccer to finally boom the way it has in other countries. It will also take passion and a genuine understanding of the lifestyle surrounding the sport. With the hiring of Kelly Findley as the men’s soccer coach providing further momentum behind the N.C. State soccer’s ever-growing fan base, it seems only a matter of time before the successes of their squad becomes paramount. But one thing is for sure: when international soccer comes knocking, State answers the door.
supporting community. The venue would not have been chosen had the soccer fan base from N.C. State, the Carolina Railhawks, and the Capital Area Soccer League not been prevalent. The tour itself is a great opportunity to spread the game’s worldwide influence on a country that has been reluctant to adopt the sport. It gives the involved club teams a chance to show off their talents to American fans who can’t afford to travel abroad. In addition, the teams can ma ke some money while they’re out of season play. Tickets for upper-level endline seats are $35, and lower-level sideline seats are $75.
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the screen, it will make countless flexible designs possible.” Da ktronics was also in charge of building the display system for the Wolfpack baseball team on Doak Field at Dail Park. Both display systems have a world-class image that produces up to 144 quadrillion colors, and the weather-sealed modules provide protection from the elements. An advanced cooling system offers an extended display life as well.
Former Virginia Tech associate head coach Braden Holloway coaches on the deck during a swimming meet. Holloway was named the head coach of the swimming and diving program at N.C. State by Athletics Director Debbie Yow on Aug. 29.
Six years ago, 51 luxury suites, 955 club seats and areas for the media to cover football games opened as the Vaughn Towers. The following year, the new and improved A.E. Finley Fieldhouse was opened in the north endzone, which is home to two locker rooms as well as areas for the coaches, game referees, cheerleaders and the dance team. After 45 years, Carter-Finley Stadium’s tradition of renovations seems to persist as thousands of fans continue to loyally fill the seats.
Assistant Athletics Director for Outdoor Facilities Ray Brincefield said it was time for the old screen to be replaced. “Like most all video equipment, the maximum life expectancy is about 10 years” Brincefield said. “The reasoning behind the new scoreboard was being proactive.” The improved screen is one of several improvements to the area over the years. In 1999, the 103,254 square-foot Murphy Center took the place of a once grassy hill in the south endzone. It now houses the training and preparation facilities for the student athletes.
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loway’s wife seems to have no problem with moving to Raleigh. Mary Holloway, formerly known as Mary Mittendorf, was also a former swimmer for State who still holds four top-10 marks with the program. Holloway said she was relieved to hear the family’s next move would be back to a place that she called home
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• Page 7: A continuation of the stories about Carter-Finley stadium and the new swimming and diving coach.
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ATHLETICS
Overman, Easley shutting teams down in Cape Cod League Rising junior relievers Chris Overman and Josh Easley finished the season as two shutdown late-inning relievers for the Wolfpack baseball team and have continued that with their summer baseball teams. Overman has compiled a 2-0 record with a 0.00 ERA over 13 1/3 innings for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League. Easley is also finding success with the Falmouth Commodores from the Cape Cod League. In six appearances, the junior reliever has compiled a 1-0 record with three saves and a 1.23 ERA through 7 1/3 innings. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Pack leads ACC on All-American Scholar Team !
Three N.C. State women’s golfers, rising junior Amanda Baker and rising sophomores Maureen Dunnagan and Brittany Marchand were named to the National Golf Coaches Association AllAmerican Scholar Team. The three selections for the Wolfpack put it ahead of all other ACC schools. Baker and Marchand finished with 3.7 and 3.8 GPAs, respectively. Meanwhile, Dunnagan carried a perfect 4.0 GPA during her freshman campaign in sports marketing. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
DeSorbo joins the swimming and diving program Swimming and diving coach Braden Holloway announced on Tuesday that he had named Todd DeSorbo, a sprint and development specialist, to the program as the associate head coach. DeSorbo has spent the last five seasons serving as an assistant coach at UNCWilmington. 35 school records, 100 all-conference honors and 32 individual and relay conference championships, as well as two student-athletes qualifying for NCAA competition have been collected during his tenure. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
$1.8 million screen*
Big money brings change to stadium Carter-Finley adds new ‘superscreen’ Game-day experience to be enhanced by new scoreboard. Rebecca Fiorentino Staff Writer
Since its opening in 1966, Carter-Finley Stadium has been renovated several times to match the dedication of the fans who fill it. The latest renovation will let fans enjoy replays, highlights and other videos in close to HD quality, even if they’re seated on the very top row. Ten years ago, the “Superscreen” scoreboard was put into place to enhance the Carter-Finley atmosphere, but as other college teams started placing HD scoreboards in their stadiums, the “Superscreen” quickly became outdated. Athletics Director Debbie Yow said she thinks the
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“The reasoning behind the new scoreboard was being proactive.”
Soccer’s pulse beats strong Those following the U.S. Women’s National Team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup will likely recognize the commercial that d e pic t s t he squad wa l king through a tunnel before going on the pitch. Little known Josh Hyatt fact: that comStaff Writer mercia l was shot at Carter-Finley Stadium. What they don’t show is the light at the end of that tunnel does not lead to anything that has ever been used as an actual soccer field. At least not yet. The Herbalife World Football Challenge, in its second U.S. summer tour since 2009, will make its first ever stop in Raleigh on July 28. And no, we’re not talking about American football. We’re talking about the sport that is actually
played predominantly with the feet that we Americans have so cleverly coined as ‘soccer.’ Where else in Raleigh can you find a field suitable for soccer with more than 55,000 seats and impeccable accommodations? Look no further than RBC’s neighbor, Carter-Finley. With the tour come some big names in the world of international club soccer, including 2010-11 English Premier League champions, Manchester United F.C.; 2010-11 European and Spanish La Liga champions, F.C. Barcelona; and their country rivals and Copa del Rey holders, Real Madrid C.F. Among the 13 teams touring the U.S. are, for the first time ever, five Major League Soccer squads. The event is a standoff between Italian club Juventus F.C., and Mexico’s C.D. Gua-
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SWIMMING & DIVING
Holloway returns to ‘dream job’ with Wolfpack Record-holding swimmer returns to Wolfpack as head coach.
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“This truly is his dream job, who actually gets their dream job? [...] He gets to finally live that dream, and not many people get that opportunity.”
new scoreboard will be “a sig- borrowed nor did the department take money from nificant improvement.” With a price tag of $1.8 mil- the Wolfpack Club to fund lion, funded by the Athlet- this renovation, according ics Department in part with to a member of media relarevenue from ticket sales and tions. Mark Steinkamp, Senior merchandise sold on game Marketing day, the new Director and improved for the Da“Superscreen” ktronics is ready for the Group said opening foott he new ball game on widescreen Sept. 3, when scorethe Pack will board will host the LibRay Brincefield, Assistant provide erty Flames. N.C . State Athletics Director for Outdoor incredFacilities ible picture teamed up clarity due w i t h D a ktronics Inc. to replace the to the LED display panel. “The state-of-the-art traditional scoreboard, which was 24 feet by 32 feet, with a picture is made up of many much wider one — approxi- thousands of light emitting mately 100 feet by 40 feet — diodes,” said Steinkamp. which makes it easier to show “This advanced pixel layout a wider variety of content, from will eliminate color shifts at a single video image to multiple off angles, and the size of zones of graphics and information. Money to do so was not JUMBO continued page 7
COMMENTARY
*Actual cost of new scoreboard in Carter-Finley Stadium - and none of the money to fund the project came from student fees.
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W hen Mif f y Hen ley heard the news about her new coach, she said she was pretty excited – to say the least. “I ran around the house frantically screaming,” Henley, a junior swimmer, said. “I live next door to two swimmers and I could hear them yelling, too. Everyone was so excited that we chose him to come here.” On Aug. 29, Athletics Director Debbie Yow announced that Braden Holloway would be returning to N.C. State to lead the men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs. This will be Holloway’s first opportunity as a head coach after serving as the associate head coach for Virginia Tech. Holloway and Henley have a bit of a past with each other. Back in 2009, Henley had narrowed her choice down to two colleges: Virginia Tech and State. She wanted to become a Hokie because of the young, exuberant associate head coach, but eventually chose to join the Wolfpack because of the campus and swimmers. With Holloway moving to Raleigh to take over a program that Brooks Teal left in good shape, Henley said she gets the best of both worlds. “W hen I wa s goi ng through the recruiting process I kept thinking to myself, ‘Man, if Braden was at
N.C. State I would literally have the perfect situation,’” Henley said. “So the fact that he ended up coming here gets me really excited for the things that we should be able to do while he’s here for my last two years.” After graduating from State in 2001, Holloway’s time in the 100-meter backstroke from 2000 still stands as the school record. He also owns six more all-time top-10 marks and is a part of two top-three relay squads. While Holloway acknowledges his record will not always stand as the top mark, he says it is comforting to know that he might be on deck to watch one of his swimmers claim the record for themselves. “I only hold one record here now, and that’s the first one I LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN want broken,” Holloway said. Head coach Braden Holloway poses in the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center. Holloway has been “It would mean a lot to coach coaching for seven years, since 2003. Debbie Yow announced he would be returning as the head someone to break that record. coach on June 29. It helps create some excitement Holloway said he plans on my staff.” and I hope it reassures them Virginia Tech where he would And once he does that, Hollothat I know what I’m doing and spend the next few years mak- bringing that recruiting enerI can help them to get where I ing his name known in several gy to State and he has already way says he’ll put his strongest reached out to the community asset -- recruiting -- to work to recruiting circles. was at.” Last year, Holloway’s men’s to let people know about the build a winning program. When the five-time AllWith recruiting being one American decided to hang class was ranked 20th over- program, but the list of chores a l l , w h i l e to do so far has been a bit over- of his strongest assets that he it up a f ter the women’s whelming for the first time brings to the University beOlympic Tricause it is a vital part of buildc l a s s w a s head coach. als, he didn’t “I’ve been trying to assess ing a winning program. ranked 14th. wait long be“My youth helps me relate to T h i s y e a r, where the program stands fore he started the women’s right now, basically looking at a lot of the student-athletes and coaching at class has been the nuts and bolts of what we I like to have fun but I know the collegiate ranked 13th. have here and trying to use that when to be serious,” Holloway ranks. He beThe Hokies’ as a recruiting tool,” Holloway said. “I can’t change who I am, gan a short program has said. “One thing that I plan and the last couple of years that stint with the on doing is to reach out to the has been working for me.” consistently University And that’s evident from his club coaches and let them know improved of the South under Hol- that this will be a great, viable frequent moves up the coachin Sewanee, loway’s guid- option for in-state swimmers. ing ranks. But this latest reloTenn., from a nce, com- Then I plan on moving on to cation to Raleigh isn’t an issue 2003 to 2004, bining to set the out-of-state coaches and for his wife. which led to Braden Holloway, swimming & Though moving around for more t h a n letting them know the same s e ve n s t u divingcoach a family may not always be a 30 school re- thing. dent-athletes “There’s a laundry list of comforting experience, Holcords, more winning individual titles and the team es- than 20 All-Americans and things to do, so I have to pace tablishing four school records. more than 15 ACC champions myself. But the most important part is putting together Holloway then moved on to throughout his tenure. RETURN continued page 7
“My youth helps me relate to a lot of the studentathletes and I like to have fun but I know when to be serious.”