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Constant construction impacts daily life

University gives students a chance to combine physical activity with campus tours.

Hundreds of units to occupy ten stories off Hillsborough Street, but construction disturbs students.

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The University is embracing the growing bike culture in Raleigh by offering campus bike tours to students through Campus Rec. The tours began last fall with the start of the Wolf Wheels program, which enables students to rent bikes on a daily, weekend, weekly or semester basis. WolfWheels was started as an effort to make campus more sustainable in terms of transportation, according to David Crye, the outdoor adventures coordinator for University Recreation. “We are trying to develop more of a biking community on campus. WolfWheels had its first full year last year and we had a lot of success with that,” Crye said. WolfWheels provides bikes for students who do not own one and wish to participate in the campus tours. The tour focuses on the main campus area and also shows students some short cuts through campus, how to get to downtown Raleigh by bike and important campus landmarks. “Due to things like gas prices going up, the University being congested and sustainability awareness growing, biking is becoming a popular way for students to get around campus,” Crye said. Alison Carpenter, a planner for transportation and guide for the bike

A multi-million dollar off-campus apartment and parking deck project has begun to take shape off of Hillsborough Street. Located behind the Dan Allen parking deck and Sullivan Hall, the privately owned apartment building and adjoining deck will be finished Aug. 2012. All night construction over the summer has left residents of Sullivan Hall sleepless, many of whom are freshmen. The relentless heat this summer has forced general contractors at Brasfield & Gorrie to schedule work 24 hours a day. Concrete cannot be poured when the weather is too hot, so workers set up forms in the daytime, and then pour concrete at night when it is cooler. Overnight work will end once temperatures fall, according to project manager Dave Finch. “It’s not ideal to split your crews and work during the day sometimes and work at night sometimes. It’s a lot more cost effective for us to work during the day,” Finch said. “I know that’s a pain in the butt for people that live around here, and we certainly appreciate everyone’s cooperation. Night work should end soon.” Avery O’Brien, a freshman in management, said she has a friend in Sullivan, also a freshman, who loses sleep nightly due to construction noise. “Every morning around 3 a.m.

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Construction continues at the Valentine Commons apartment complex Thursday. When it opens in Aug. 2012, the complex will have two, three and four-bedroom units.

277 apartments will house 977 beds. Each apartment will have its own washer and dryer, and a private bathroom. Rising ten stories, tenants will be able to choose from two, three or four bedroom units, according to intern and civil engineering graduate student Elizabeth Western. Similar to on-campus residence halls, each f loor will have a study lounge. Also, a fitness center will be on the first floor. The University has no ownership stake in the property, but nonetheless a C-store will “eventually be added on a building,” Finch said. Capstone Development of Birmingham, Ala. owns the property. Capstone set up a leasing office

my friend and his roommate wake up and can’t go back to sleep. They just sit there and listen,” O’Brien said. “I have been in their dorm before at nighttime, and [the construction site] is literally right outside the window.” University Towers, although not as close to the site as Sullivan, is within earshot of noise. However, residents said they could not hear anything from inside. Lauren Lee, a freshman in chemical engineering and University Towers resident, has seen the construction such as the large crane moving, in her four days on campus. She has not been disturbed while in her room, though. Finch said he has not received any complaints.

across from the project on Hillsborough Street. Located next door to Pita Pit, it will open Monday at 9 a.m. Leasing agents were preparing for the opening Wednesday afternoon. They could not release vital information such as unit pricing, but did say renters would pay for single rooms --not entire apartments. This is consistent with other off-campus housing complex arrangements such as those at WolfCreek and Lake Park. Val Valentine, a local landowner and developer, sold the land to Capstone. Valentine owns the land in front of the site where ValPark currently sits.

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Community garden aims to expand Managers try to increase student interest.

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Part of this outreach includes a major effort to educate students face to face about creating safe environments for minority groups on campus. Bascombe said this idea came about very recently, and that he can’t wait to develop it more in coming weeks. “The most important thing should be to make students happy,” Bascombe said. “We can’t ignore offensive slurs and images in the [free expression] tunnel, but we can promote inclusiveness in hopes that it will overshadow hate and discrimination.” Other groups at the Jam said they had a similar objective for the semester. Lauren Collier, UAB committee chair and sophomore in animal

The Students For Organic United Living (SOUL) Garden, located on Centennial Campus, now in its second year, will focus on getting more students involved during the fall semester, according to managers. Expansion for the garden, which is still highly dependent on volunteer work and donated soil, started with increasing its personnel. New to the team is co-manager Ariel Greenwood, a senior in psychology, who joined over the summer. “We’re very optimistic to make the garden more communal and increase participation,” Greenwood said. “There will be more incentive to stay involved if students have plots out there.” Greenwood said she also hopes to get the attention of more students not necessarily involved in agriculture and make sure they stay involved -- an endeavor that will probably require more management and supervision. “The main objective is to have more volunteer opportunities structured in a way that they have a meaningful impact,” Greenwood said. “And if [plot] renters can grow more of what they want, they can tend their garden more effectively.” Bryan Maxwell, a senior in civil engineering and former chair of the Sustainability Commission, was one of first to help establish

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Members of the Alpha Nu Omega fraternity step dance for the Back to School Jam on Thursday.

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Kornelius Bascombe, a senior in sociology, covered his second event as a TV show host Thursday afternoon during UAB’s annual Back to School Jam on Harris Field. Bascombe recently won a national competition to host a debut Time Warner Cable Inc. TV talk show. He said he hoped the event- organized by the Black Students Board, one of N.C. State’s first African American organizations- would help minority students find their niche on campus and take a stand against discrimination. The young TV host took the stage to fire up the crowd and introduce various performance groups, including

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Pack host first regular season game in renovated stadium. See page 8.

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NCSU dance and step teams, despite his initial anxiety about his second official test as an entertainer. “I’m a little nervous, definitely,” Bascombe said during the event. “But I want to remember to have fun with it and make it really interactive, too.” Bascombe’s first test for the show, called “TWC Presents: Born to Shine,” was in Miami, where he interviewed local African American celebrities who had impacted their communities in positive and meaningful ways. The Back to School Jam, however, was Bascombe’s first chance at State to show off in front of the cameras. He said the event is also the start of his official branding for the TWC show. “This is all about setting up the foundation and setting a direction for the semester,” Bascombe said. “I want to start building more on-campus relationships.”

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In Wednesday’s “Feeling the heat of London riots,” Sara Yasin’s address and education information were inaccurate. Yasin lives in Stamford Hill and has already graduated from the London School of Economics.

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reshman in business Nolan Willis looks through sporting equipment at the NCSU Bookstore in Harrelson Hall, Thursday. Willis was looking for shorts for his racquetball class, killing some free time between classes. “[The PE shorts] are cotton. I just can’t do that,” Willis said. Most physical education classes require red shorts but don’t specify the type of shorts. Students typically opt to purchase their own synthetic variety to avoid the hassle of renting shorts that don’t meet their physical education needs.

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tours, said teaching students good bike safety is something she wants to accomplish with the tours. Tour guides go over basic safety tips and procedures with students before the tour begins. “We make sure that everyone on our tours follows safe biking procedures. We promote safe biking,” Carpenter said. Interest in the campus bike tours has nearly tripled since the event began last year, according to Carpenter. More dates are currently being added to the tour schedule in order to accommodate the large number of interested students. Tours tend to have about 10 to 15 students participating at a time. “We want to help cultivate this bike culture that seems to be growing organically in Raleigh and around campus,” Carpenter said. The growth of biker-friendly places in Raleigh is part of the reason students have become more interested in biking, according to Carpenter. “Biking is really growing in Raleigh and Raleigh is becoming more bike friendly. We have been aware that biking is becoming more popular so we want to make campus somewhere that is bike and pedestrian friendly,” Carpenter said. The campus bike tour dates can be found on the University transportation website. Each

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the garden in 2010. He also said the goal for this semester is to solidify the garden’s operational foundation and educate students. “We want to get more organized,” Maxwell said. “We’ve been lacking structure a bit.” Maxwell wants to get more of the campus community involved with class trips to the garden. Max Sherard, co-manager and senior in anthropology and bioarchaeology, said he

tour has two guides: one in front of the group and one in the back. Tours last approximately 45 minutes, with stops, and cover about three miles total. Participants can bring their own bike or borrow one from the Wolf Wheels program. In addition to the campus bike tours, University Recreation is hosting bike tours for the greenway throughout the semester. The first greenway tour will be held on August 31. “We want to give students a chance to get to know the greenway system and where it can take you around Raleigh,” Crye said. Students interested on these tours are encouraged to sign up in advance at Carmichael Gym, although walk-ins for events are also welcome. A limited number of Wolf Wheels bikes will be available for use on the tours. Ca meron A r net te, a freshman in genetics, said the tours could be helpful to people who are new to campus and want a fun way to explore and learn new things about the University. “It helps people who aren’t familiar with campus. Lots of students bring bikes or skateboards and a tour like this could really help them learn the best ways to get around,” Arnette said.

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focus on networking with other races and cultures,” Boatwright said. “The best way to really increase diversity is to start continued from page 1 talking.” Many of the organizations science and Spanish, said Bascombe not only helped that attended said they have her make connections in upcoming meetings where they UAB — he used to be com- would develop these types of mittee chair — but he also strategies for the semester. Bascombe’s best friend Gatook the initiative to host briel Ross, who said they had the Jam. “He’s been a great men- worked together since day one, tor, and he really jumped said he was very happy with on this opportunity,” Col- where they are headed. Accordlier said. “I don’t know who ing to Ross, one of Bascombe’s could have done a better strengths is his determination a nd a mbijob.” tion. Ajouli “Ever since Butler, we s t a r te d one of the w it h sma l l event orvideos, [Basganizers combe] of UA B, dreamed to s a id t he Lauren Collier, b e on t he Ja m wa s UAB committee chair Oprah show,” mainly Ross sa id. geared toward welcoming minor- “He understands how to work ity students setting foot on in front of the camera and becampus for the first time. hind the scenes.” Ross said their ultimate goal The organization process was stressful, she said, but was to have their own TV show, paid off once she saw all the separate from TWC, focusing on local campus communities. volunteers. This vision began on Wolf In addition to fraternities like Kappa Alpha Phi plan- TV with the Korn show, which ning new community ser- Ross says has been reinvented vice projects and increased in a way for the fall semester – outreach to freshmen, pro- they’ve already covered RecFest grams like 100 Black Men, as well as Wolfstock Thursday a mentoring organization, night. Up next for Bascombe is a will also focus on educating freshmen and branching trip to Harlem, N.Y. in Septemout to other racial groups, ber, where he will once again according to Kwame Boat- interview locals in the comwright, mentor and senior munity celebrities like Vanessa Williams.   in accounting. “This semester we want to

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Precision Walls employee Nelson Sandovro cuts a metal stud for the exterior walls of the Valentine Commons Apartment complex Thursday. The complex, scheduled to open August 2012, will be 10 stories tall and have two, three and four bedroom units.

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Although the apartments will be called Valentine Commons, he has nothing to do with the project. The Commons w i l l be part of a larger development, which Valentine is set to lead. The Brewery and Farm House have been demolished, and the

wants to focus on a more methodical approach to educating students. Specifically, he said he would like to start with students in soil agroecology, a class for which he was a TA. In addition to a big push for outreach to students and faculty, the garden underwent some important physical changes. New to the garden is a storage container, which is more important than it sounds, according to Greenwood, when it comes to efficiently operating a garden. The much-needed box will store tools and supplies in a dry space and keep the garden significantly more organized,

Greenwood said. A composting system is also in the works, which will help restore nutrients to the soil in the long run, according to Greenwood. One problem the team faced over the summer was thievery of certain crops, Maxwell said. “People assumed it was a free community garden, but the point was to teach people to grow, harvest and earn their own food,” Maxwell said. “Next year we probably won’t grow strawberries, because everyone took those.” In an effort to curtail this problem, the team is working

remaining buildings on the blocks spanning from Friendly Street to Concord Street will be torn down and replaced. Several buildings are proposed, including 82,000 feet of retail space containing a Kerr Drug and a restaurant sitting five stories high. Over the summer, Valentine could be seen managing his portion of the property in his white GMC truck on a daily basis – in the air conditioning.

on building a fence and signage, though the managers said this is not a long-term solution. Maxwell said the team is looking to expand the garden in terms of adding additional plots but must first get an OK from the University. These limits on the garden were first realized during the garden’s inception during negotiations with University ar-

chitects over where the garden would be located. The original creators of the garden wanted to have a location on main campus, but had to settle for a flood zone area next to Lake Raleigh, where major structures cannot be built. Greenwood said she thinks the area is “unconventional,” but it proved to work well in

the end. In the past year, the SOUL Garden team has partnered with the on-campus farmers market as well as another community garden located in the honor’s village. The garden won the Think Outside The Brick competition in 2010, which encourages students to submit ideas for sustainable projects on campus.

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{Our view}

Atrium is the beacon of hope for Talley A

The Facts:

The Atrium construction project came on budget at $4 million. The Talley renovation is projected to cost $120 million and be finished late 2014.

Our Opinion:

As of the beginning of this year, the Atrium renovation finished ontime and on-budget. With the new Talley renovation project underway, the University should ensure the same results.

t the beginning of this semester, the Atrium’s doors finally opened, after a year of construction. Students were pleasantly surprised by the timeliness and impact of the construction project. The Atrium project should be the benchmark of success to which the University should look for inspiration when renovating the Talley Student Center. In 2008, the University contracted J. Davis Architects to redesign the Atrium’s patio. After surveying the student population and taking their input into consideration, the architecture firm proposed to renovate the entire dining space to make the location more accessible and enjoyable for students’ dining experience. As the project began, crews

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constructed the Brickyard Bubble to serve as a temporary dining room for students, which crowding the campus crossroads for about a year. Once the Bubble was popped and the Atrium doors were officially open, students began to take to the idea of a new dining experience, enjoying the food selection and accessibility. This ability to complete a project on time and on budget should continue in the Talley renovation. The Talley project is budgeted at $120 million funded by an annual capped fee of $290 per student and auxiliary service contributions. This monstrous

project begins with the same sour student attitudes seen at the beginning of the Atrium renovation. The Talley Student Center was originally built in 1972, and then renovated in 1994. In October 2009, an overhelming majority of students who cast their ballots rejected the renovation. As the crowds of students rallied against the transorming of Talley showed the project as one of the most hated construction projects on N.C. State’s campus. This majority was 16 percentage points greater than the usual voter turnout on referendums. Even with the opposition to

the project, Student Government went ahead and supported, which eventually went foward, making the project even more unpopular with the student population. The University Student Center’s Board of Directors, as well as Campus Enterprises should ensure the new student center will offer the same surprises as the Atrium project—delivered on-time and on-budget. Along with this responsibility, they should also make certain students’ voices are heard and considered when implementing he plans for the new Talley. If we are paying for this Student Center for the next 22 years, it better be worth it.

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Any major is better than no major

ccording to the New York Times, more than 70 percent of the graduating high school classes of 2009 were enrolled in college fall 2010. This is the highest percentage on r e c o rd a n d the rate has been rapidly increasing for decades. The increasing number of colAnokhi Shah lege enrollees is due to the Deputy Viewpoint Editor rising unemployment rate and increasing credentials, the evaluation of a person based on educational qualifications. But the interesting part of college enrollment is the number of people who apply without any idea of what they want to do, and prolong declaring a major so it extends their stay in college. At N.C. State, the 4-year graduation rate wavers just around 40 percent. The 6-year graduation rate is much higher, around 70 percent, but in-state tuition has raised to nearly $6,500, almost double what it was a decade ago, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. The numbers show that more students may be enrolling in col lege right out of high school, but these students are also stay ing in college longer because they do not k now what they want to do. An undergraduate major is important for many reasons, but it is mostly important because it dictates the amount of time it takes a student to graduate. Many freshmen believe if they declare a major they are unsure about, they will be on their way to a path that may change and prolong their graduation. The truth is that most people who pick a major when they apply simply pick a major, and may or may not stick to it. Picking a major is better than applying undecided because it gives one’s education direction. When someone is undecided, they are trying out basic classes

they will likely need for each major, but these basic classes are uncharacteristic of any major. Basic classes like English 101 or Math 103 will fulfill requirements, but will not help students gain any further idea of what they want to major in, or what they want to do. First Year College is designed to help undecided freshman decide on a major. Though their services are helpful and the community supportive, the best thing a freshman can do is pick a major they have some interest in and try it out. A certain teacher at my high school gave the best college advice I have ever received. He told us we will all likely start out with an idea of what we want to do. But then we’ll take some classphilosophy, religious studies, biology or something elseand realize we have a passion for it. We’ll change our majors as soon as possible only to realize the career we want to pursue doesn’t even need the degree. In sum, the teacher told us our college major doesn’t really matter that much. What matters is we went to college and that we gained the knowledge needed for the real world, and have a college degree. Many professions don’t require a degree in paper science or chemical engineering. For many professions, ju s t a de gree is good enough. Someone who majors in physics is just as eligible for law school as someone who majors in politica l science. Many professional degrees are open to a variety of majors, if not all. The point of college is the experience and knowledge gained regardless of what major one pursues. Each major has a variety of career options, and deciding on a major early can save tuition money and years without direction. College freshmen who are undecided should find a major they are interested in as soon as possible and start pursuing it. The major may change, but any major is better than no major.

“Picking a major is better than applying undecided because it gives one’s education direction.”

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“More study space. It’s very close to a lot of the apartment bus stops and it’s a lot more convenient than the library sometimes.”

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Challenge me, CHASS

ear CHASS, I am entering into my senior year in the psychology department and plan to graduate in the spring. I am writing you today to announce a grievance: I am not being challenged. I have t a ken 20 classes in CHASS during my Josh Lucas tenure at N.C. State Deputy Viewpoint Editor and I have never been challenged by a single one of them. This is not to say CHASS is a joke or a partier’s major; it says nothing about the difficulty level of any of the classes. I have, in fact, taken classes that severely taxed me; however, difficulty alone does not establish a challenge. I am not alone in this sentiment. In talking with a fellow senior in the political science department, I found the same feelings of apathy towards his accomplishments in CHASS, he currently holds a 4.0. His GPA is an accomplishment, and as such, should inspire pride and not be met lackadaisically. His accomplishments, like my own, have been marred by the lack of challenges he has faced in CHASS. A challenge in academics is beyond statistics. It cannot be found in grade dis-

tributions or hours studied. A challenge is an opportunity to throw yourself into something. In academics this requires an assignment that goes beyond regurgitation of facts or neatly defined ideas. It necessitates that you be able to go outside the box and be rewarded for it. Finally, it necessitates a certain level of difficulty. I recognize that college is what you make of it; however, this does not quell my complaint. Every time I have been presented with the opportunity to rise to a challenge, a l l out side of CHASS, I have taken it. My problem lies in that I am not being presented with opportunities in CHASS. All I am gaining out of my classes in CHASS are factoids and grades. CHASS’s design does not inhibit it in the least from providing challenges; it has the potential to provide a rewarding, challenging experience. I cannot provide you with a list of changes to CHASS that would produce a challenging class or assignment. There are certainly elements that can put CHASS on the right track. Classes assign projects free from the traditional rubric, allowing students to engage in the material however they please. Professors allow their students to provide them with

something outside of their expectations, facilitating their exploration in a topic rather than confining its scope. Generally if it sounds like some new-age teaching mechanism, I’ve found it proves more challenging than the staples of academic evaluation. As for the staples of academic evaluation, these are not challenge inducing in the least. Multiple-choice tests, by design, can only vary in difficulty; they can never provide a challenge. Essays limited in length proves to whet an appetite for a subject, never to prove satiating. Projects and presentations, as generally outlined, serve as verbal essays. Demanding a superficial and strictly directed analysis of a subject. I wish I may be presented with a challenge or two before I leave. I hope I may be given the opportunity to throw myself into a project that provides a feeling of accomplishment long after I receive my grade and that the feeling of accomplishment is not found solely in the grade.

“What I wish is that I may be presented with a challenge or two before I leave. ”

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“A new dining area would be sweet. The current food is great, but it’d be more convenient to have another one as well.” Luke Weaver freshman, First Year College

“Probably more restaurants and more options other than fast food, because so far that’s currently all we have. More healthy options would be good.” Yiwen Thor junior, food science

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Mohammad Moussa, senior in electrical and computer engineering, leads prayer before breaking the Ramadan fast at the Muslim Student Association celebration in Riddick Hall Thursday night. The group of more than 100, mostly students, broke the day-long fast by eating dates at sunset and participating in group prayer. “Muslim prayer incorporates movement and speech, asking for guidance from God and glorifying God,” Moussa said. Muslims spend Ramadan abstaining from eating and drinking while the sun is up.

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Ramadan is more than just a month of fasting, but a time in which Muslims refine their faith.

azla Tonni, a senior in psychology, studies for the MCAT despite her dizziness induced by fasting for 15 hours. Although the aspiring pre-medical student sometimes cheats and breaks her fast before sundown, she pushes herself to the extent of nausea for her Muslim faith. Ramadan marks the most important month on the Islamic calendar. During this month, between dawn and dusk, Muslim students attend classes, study in the library and engage in extracurricular activities throughout the day without a drop of water or nibble of food. The fasting and abstaining from desire, according to Tonni, is a reminder of her relative fortune and well-being. “I was born in Bangladesh and I don’t remember the poverty, but my family visits often,” Tonni said. “I understand this now more than ever in Ramadan. Bangladesh isn’t

one of the most developed countries and the fasting allows you to put yourself in a position that puts things in a different perspective—I am definitely more grateful for what I have.” According to the Imam of the Islamic Center of Raleigh, Sameh Asal, the month of Ramadan, spanning 30 days and nights, is a time of spiritual cleansing and purification. Asal, a spiritual leader, said the overarching significance of Ramadan is to remind the believer of one’s dependence on God. Islam means ‘submit.’ “To Allah, this purification extends past fasting,” Asal said. “We avoid any sins and inti-

After a hot August day withmate contact with our spouses, so we can focus on our relation- out food or drink, Muslims gather at sunset to break the ship with Allah.” Smoking, drinking and caf- fast with a date after evening feine are forbidden too, accord- prayers. “We usually break fast with ing to Asal. a date, and Upon sunif we don’t set, the relihave a date gious comwe use a cup munity will of water,” Almeet togethSabbagh said. er, as families The Musor friends, to lim commubrea k t heir nity on cammonth-long, pus met in ritual fast. Riddick Hall “ I t ’s a o n T hu r s st r ugg le i n Nazla Tonni, senior in psychology day to break and out of t heir fast. itself,” Anas EmphasizAl-Sabbagh, senior in biochemistry, said. ing the importance of broth“There’s an inner struggle in erhood, students exchanged which you try not to sin. It’s not hugs throughout the event just about abstaining from eat- and Muslim Student Associaing and drinking, but you also tion leaders distributed cartons try to stay away from any bad of dates to fellow Muslims and things you might want to do— non-Muslim students observing the prayer. any desires you might have.” Mohammad Moussa, senior in electrical and computer engineering, led the prayer and said he finds energy even in the deficiency of calories. “People get tired, but although your physical body is tired, you’re more spiritually charged,” Moussa said. Muslims avoid hitting the caloric wall with a pre-fast meal call suhoor. Tonni said she always eats mango before a day without food.

“[Before fast] you have to wake up really early, like 4:30, but it’s worth it.”

Naveed Alizada, sophomore in accounting, hands out dates to fellow Muslims at a Ramadan fast breaking celebration in Riddick Hall Thursday night. Muslims traditionally break the day-long fast by eating dates at sunset and participating in group prayer.

“In Bangladesh we call it sehri, but I like to eat something simple, like mango before,” Tonni said. “You have to wake up really early, like 4:30, but it’s worth it.” The Muslim Student Association will hold an outreach event, called Fast-a-thon, to

invite non-Muslims to the religious tradition Aug. 25. According to Moussa, the event extends the Ramadan cornerstone of brotherhood and unity beyond the Muslim community.

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corner of the Daniels Hall near the front door and if you enter through the back door, you might have to walk all the way around the building to get to your class,” Vysocka said. Vysocka said another disadAshish Sharma vantage is the app is dependent Correspondent on student information from Registration and Records which You no longer have an excuse updates every day in the mornto sleep through class, forget to ing. “If you dropped a class now, buy textbooks or go to the wrong classroom — that is, if you have you will have to wait till tomorrow morning for your mobile apa cell phone. plication Jason Maners and to be reMike Vysocka of the freshed,” Info Tech and EngiVysocka neering Computer said. Services have develBesides oped a mobile applitrying to cation that shows stuGraphic by Alex nitt make this dents the location of applicatheir classroom buit i o n a can drop it right then on your dlings on the Google Leslie Dare, d irector of Student real-time phone and that feed goes back Maps. Affairs Technology Services immediately in the pool and thing, “This application somebody in the wait list can Mantakes the schedule er s a nd get it,” Vysocka said. “Whereas of a student from Information Records with details Vysocka are also planning to right now, the folks are waiting about the building where the include a lot of new features in till the end of the day to drop the classes are…[and] maps that this existing application within course… [that is] after they reach their dorms”. information to Google maps ap- the next few months. The app team developed this “We are hoping that by the plication on their phone,” Manproject in the ers said. “If a device doesn’t have end of the ver y sma l l a Google maps application, then semester we time period this app opens a global Google may be able of four weeks, to provide to maps web page.” The application is not limited the students go.ncsu.edu/myschedule and one that will greatly to information about classes their Final Grade Data,” Maners said. “So, benefit the new students who Vysocka said. “It also gives the informa- if you were to come back to the have little knowledge about the tion about your instructor… application in December, you campus. “This is an exciting application their phone and email address,” would see that the final grades and a great example of the new have been submitted.” Vysocka said. The development team is also technology that is available to our The application does have its limits. It marks the building considering providing a quick students,” Leslie Dare, d irector students need, but not the exact link from the app page to drop of Student Affairs Technology Services, said. courses, according to Vysocka. location of the class inside. “If you don’t like a course, you “…So if your class is in the

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based and bringing in the new girls. They’ve definitely taken what he’s absorbed and it’s definitely going to make us better in the end. “ Salata believes the Wolfpack Challenge will serve as a great platform for the new players to get all of their nerves out of the way and truly embrace what it means to be a member of the Pack. “It will be the first time we’ll be in a true competitive environment with the fans there,” Salata said. “It will be the first time for the majority of our team that’s new that will be playing as a Wolfpack athlete. I think it will be a good start for them to get the jitters out of playing in front of a crowd that’s big. “ Despite inexperience, Bunn and the rest of the team know they will rely heavily on its veteran presence this season. “Megan Cyr has done a great job setting. Kelly Wood has been doing a great job; she’s doing very well over the past week,” Bunn said. “Margaret Salata and Meredith Richardson have both done very well in the middle. Megan Cyr is the starting setter, but Kelly Wood has a lot of experience and she’s a great leader so we’re looking forward to her being a great leader.” With this first look at the volleyball program this year, expect plenty of new faces and experimentation from coach Bunn to find the right combination on the court and bring hope back to a program that has lost its luster in recent years.

“The expectation is that we are better than we were last year,” Springthorpe said. “That means making the postseason for the ACC tournament and the NCAA tournament. That’s the goal, that’s the expectation.” To achieve some of their lofty team goals, the Pack will have to add scoring threats to a team that only scored four goals in conference last season. Despite the blow of losing the services of talented forward Jennie Krauser due to a knee injury, Springthorpe said State will progress in 2011. “I think we’re going to have a few more goal scoring options,” Springthorpe said. “If you have a chance to see our team play on Friday night, you’ll see that we have some more dynamic players up top who are skillful, faster and more creative. I would expect that we are going to be able to score more goals than we have in the past.” Senior defender Paige Dugal echoed Springthorpe’s statement while pointing out that scoring will not be the sole responsibility of the forwards. “I used to play forward and it’s definitely interesting to see the difference between playing the back,” Dugal said. “They have a lot of shots individually, but it requires us to lay off a good ball or set them up. We’re trying to focus on that more because in the past we were focused on being structured defensively because you need a defensive base. But now when we practice, we’ve been shooting more at practice and we keep at-

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er and led State basketball to a place where it had never been before each of them arrived. Before Valvano was hired for championships and two conference tournament the position, Sloan had already championships in only ten brought the Pack its first naseasons with the Univer- tional championship. But what sity, Valvano left behind a Valvano did in 1983 had never foundation that is still be- been done at the University. He ing ran today to fund cancer took a team that finished third in its own conference and led it research. The Jimmy V. Foundation to the promised land of NCAA was started in honor of Val- basketball – the national chamvano in 1993 after he began pionship game. The 1974 team was expected to assemble the group that he hoped would be able to to win the national championend the disease that would ship. The 1983 team wasn’t exeventually take his life – pected to win the ACC championship. cancer. Chandler Thompson, student Williamson said that they plan for Valvano’s statue to body president, has helped Wilhonor his legacy with the liamson and Walsh throughout this project, foundaand said that tion as she hopes well as his t he project contribuwill help to t ions on endorse the the court. story of what “BeValvano yond a l l broug ht to of ValvaStudent Government Athletics the school. no’s great Chair Alex Williamson “Our gencoaching eration is abilities on the court, he left a legacy probably more closely conthrough his work with the nected to Valvano’s story beJimmy V. Foundation,” Wil- cause of ESPN and how historic liamson said. “We want to the 1983 run was,” Thompson make sure that is included said. “Hopefully, through the in his bust. That’s more im- project, students will be able portant than anything he to learn more and get to know could have ever done on the how great Valvano was.” Thompson also went on to court as a basketball coach. “We want to use the cor- say that this project might not ner as an opportunity to be finalized after this point. “The original project for Yow teach and inform others of not just what they did on the came to [former Student Body court, but also the legacy President ] Jim Ceresnak from that they left behind and to a student,” Thompson said. “If spread the word about that any student at the University were to propose a new idea to work,” Williamson said. The project, which should make it better, that’s how Stuconclude around Dec. 2012, dent Government gets the best will feature three new ideas. So we would definitely coaches – Everett Case, be open to looking into other Norm Sloan and Valvano. ideas for the Coaches’ Corner.” Each have ties to one anothcontinued from page 8

“He left a legacy through his work with the Jimmy V. Foundation.”

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tacking more. It’s been really my official visit and watching positive what we’ve seen so far them play at Method Road. Now seeing the stadium, it’s with the shooting drills.” With excitement surround- just unbelievable. If you don’t ge t pu mped ing t he new playing in that stadium, Dustadium, you’re gal said playnot a real athing in front of lete. We’re rethe revamped a l l y hopi ng home will give that it brings the team added more fans and energ y. T he that it pumps Garner native us up more for has been one Coach Steve Springthorpe the games.” of six seniors Virginia on the squad that has seen the Pack’s home Commonwealth will be the change several times over the first of four consecutive nonconference games in Raleigh. past four years. “It just gives me chills when Navy, Old Dominion and LSU I look at the stadium,” Dugal will all visit Dail Soccer Stadisaid. “I remember coming on um before the end of October.

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Pettersson leads NCSU alums at Wyndham Former N.C. State men’s golfers Carl Pettersson, Marc Turnesa and Jerry Richardson are competing this week in the Wyndham Championship at Sedgefield Country Club. Following the completion of the first round, Pettersson (65) was tied for fourth while Turnesa (71) and Richardson (71) were in a tie for 49th. Pettersson, a four-time PGA Tour winner and Triad native, won the Greensboro event in 2009. Source: GoPack

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The inaugural 4Kay Coaches Clinic is scheduled for September 11 from noon-5 p.m. at the Grandover Resort in Greensboro. Current Pack coach Kellie Harper and former Kay Yow assistant Stephanie Glance will be giving keynote lessons on topics such as pressure and zone defense, man offense, practice drills and fast break mentality. The event will coincide with the 4Kay Golf Classic, which brings coaches, administrators and fans together while raising money for cancer research. Source: Kay Yow Cancer Foundation

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Today women’s soccer vs. VCU @ N.C. state Raleigh, 7 p.m. Saturday ncsu men’s soccer exhibition @ davidson Charlotte, 3 p.m. wolfpack challenge volleyball Raleigh, 7 p.m. Sunday women’s soccer vs. navy @ N.C. state Raleigh, 1 p.m.

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Sean Glennon

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here are the Staal brothers who are well-known hockey players. There are the Manning brothers who are familiar football competitors. Then, there are the Glennon brothers. When junior quarterback Mike Glennon takes the field to start the 2011 football season, N.C. State and Virginia Tech will produce another set of notable brothers in the sports world. Sean Glennon was the 2006-2008 starting quarterback at Virginia Tech. On Sept. 3, when the Wolfpack take on the Flames, his younger brother, Mike Glennon, will follow in his footsteps, but instead, on State turf. “I wanted to go to the best place that fit me and I think N.C. State was that,” Glennon said. “Virginia Tech is a great school and I have a bunch of friends that go there, but N.C. State was a better choice for me.” It’s not too popular for brothers to both have the same interest in the same sport and continue on from childhood to become renowned athletes. They could grow up playing backyard soccer or football or any other sport together, but to be starting quarterbacks for an ACC team is an honor that would make one’s parents proud. “I think my parents are definitely proud and I think they hope I achieve my goals, and my brother and sister feel the same way,” Glennon said. “I think they are just as proud for my sister who didn’t play any sports.” Not only did their sister not play a sport but their father did not play football past childhood. “We always joke about it, being the ‘Mustangs’ but that’s about it, he only played little league football,” Glennon said. As the younger brother, Mike always had Sean to look up to and to learn lessons from. Whether it was about life, or on the football field, Mike Glennon learned through all the experiences that Sean Glennon embarked upon. “As a little kid I always looked up to him, I always played backyard football with him and saw what he went through from all the way through his career,” Glennon said. “So I definitely learned a lot from him and his experiences at

Virginia Tech and had an idea of what being a quarterback in the ACC was all about; the highs, the lows and everything in between.” Being a quarterback is not the easiest job in the world, especially with pressure from the fans to perform well during the game. Having mental toughness is a major quality that Mike Glennon saw in his brother. “From day one you have to have thick skin, you’re either going to be at the top of the world or the bottom,” Glennon said. “As much as I didn’t want to be patient, I knew I had to and now I have two years to do all the things that I want to accomplish. So I’m excited about these upcoming two years.” After his college career, Sean Glennon signed as an undrafted free agent with the Minnesota Vikings but was released when Brett Favre came out of retirement. Glennon took on the student-athlete role and, although he still has dreams to play football, he will focus on his job in Fairfax, Va. working the phones at a mortgage company. The brothers still keep in touch; however, their conversations don’t always involve football. “We don’t talk as much about football as you would think we would,” Mike Glennon said. “We talk about football sometimes but it’s not always the X’s and the O’s; we talk about whatever there is to talk about.” The day of the first football game for the Wolfpack will be the day that the ACC will see it’s third pair of brothers start as quarterbacks. The other ACC quarterback brothers are Chris and Matt Kupec from North Carolina and Rod and Mike Elkins from UNC and Wake Forest. There’s pressure that comes with a quarterback position in general, but Glennon believes he’s ready to accomplish his goals and take on the challenge no matter whose shoes he is filling, even Russell Wilson’s. Preparation and practice will hopefully transfer to the field. “I have learned through my brother and my personal experiences that, through hard work and being mentally tough, you can accomplish a lot,” Glennon said.

“We want to use the corner as an opportunity to teach and inform others of ... the legacy that they left behind.” Student Government Athletics Chair Alex Williamson

Did You know? The combined weight of the 106man N.C. State football team is 24,071 pounds with individual weights ranging from 170 to 340 pounds.

After more than 2,000 people showed up for a men’s exhibition match on Wednesday night, women’s coach Steve Springthorpe hopes Dail Soccer Stadium’s regular season baptism brings similar electricity. “The amenities, the stadium seating, our team room and the new bathrooms make it look like a stadium now,” Springthorpe said. “Before it was a great field inside a track, and now it’s going to be considered one of the better ones in the conference.” “We’re the first regular season game [at the renovated stadium], so we’d love to see it filled,” Springthorpe said. Although recent focus surrounding both soccer programs has been the dramatic additions to the home venue, Springthorpe and his players promise winning will soon be the main buzz. The Wolfpack women, who have only won eight conference games in the past six seasons, will be hoping to buck recent trends.

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Volleyball to debut new faces, new expectations Upcoming Wolfpack Challenge will give both fans and team a taste of what’s to come. Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer

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Former basketball coach Jim Valvano and the team celebrate after victory over David Robinson and Navy in the Tip-Off Classic.

are working to make the bust exude some of the same energy that fans saw on the court from Valvano. “One of the biggest things about Valvano was his energy and the way he could motivate people with his enthusiasm for basketball,” Williamson said. “That’s one of the biggest things that we want to portray

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A bust of Jim Valvano will be added to the Coaches’ Corner.

ment Athletics Chair Alex Williamson and traditions chair Andy Walsh began to think about which coaches should be added to the Coaches’ Corner outside of Reynolds Coliseum, Valvano had to be one of the names added to the garden that already features former women’s basketball coach Kay Yow. Williamson said that they

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in his piece – how lively and active he was as a coach.” Much like the coaches who came before him, Valvano made his presence known on and off the court. Though he was a great basketball coach who won two regular season conference

Valvano’s impression continues on campus

To say that Jim Valvano left his mark on the traditions of N.C. State basketball is an understatement. Valvano changed not only the culture of the Wolfpack basketball scene, but the national basketball scene. On Wednesday night, the Student Wolfpack Club met just outside of Technician office at Witherspoon for the first meeting of the year. After passing out ice cream and popcorn and collecting fees for joining the club, they showed game footage from the 1983 National Championship game against Houston. The errant shot, now called a pass, by Dereck Whittenburg, which led to a dunk by Lorenzo Charles that won the game for the Pack, sent Valvano into a tizzy which would forever embed him into Pack fans’ hearts. So when Student Govern-

Pack host first regular season game in renovated stadium.

Coach Bryan Bunn will test a lineup of ten inexperienced players this weekend with the team’s inter-squad scrimmage, the Wolfpack Challenge, Saturday at 7 p.m. in Reynolds Coliseum. This will serve as an introduction, for fans and team, to all of the new faces this season. With this inexperience, Bunn has been using its practice time to evaluate where all of his players will fit in the lineup. “We have a lot of new faces, so we’re looking forward to seeing how they fit in all of the positions,” Bunn said. “It’s been good. They’re a very competitive group and with the returns that we have, there have been exciting practices. Everybody’s fighting for positions right now, so it’s a lot of fun.” According to senior Margaret Salata, who lead the team in blocks and kills per set last season, the freshmen have done an excellent job of following Bunn’s philosophy and have already made significant contributions to the team in its young season. “They’ve done an awesome job,” Salata said. “We had a shorter than usual two-a-day season, but its just as tough as any other and they’ve done a great job to help us improve as an overall team. I think our practices have gone very smoothly; he’s done a very good job of making it skill

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