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Campus police found student with marijuana in his room. Staff Report Student Michael Locklear is in police custody today after Campus Police received a tip he had marijuana in his room. According to Jon Barnwell, media relations patrol division commander with Campus Police, said they received a tip about Locklear. Locklear’s room is in the Avent Ferry complex. Locklear is an 18-year-old freshman in the transition program. According to the arrest warrants, Locklear is charged with one count of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of maintaining a dwelling for the sale of marijuana. Police found 71.4 grams of marijuana in Locklear’s room. In addition to the drugs, police found a scale and a box of small sandwich bags in Locklear’s dorm room. Locklear is in custody in the Wake County jail in lieu of a $3,500 bail.

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Head coach George Tarantini stands with his team as the national anthem plays at Dail Soccer Field before the game against Presbyterian Sept. 22. Tarantini announced his retirement Tuesday after 25 years with the men's soccer program. Tarantini had an overall record of 234-197-43 and was named ACC Coach of the year in 1992 and 1994 and NCAA regional coach of the year in 1994.

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FERPA works to protect students and student employees FERPA works to protect all students at N.C. State. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer

At N.C. State, long standing FERPA is working to protect students in multiple ways. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act is a federal law that guards students’ personal information as well as any release of his or her educational records while at school. Louis Hunt, vice provost and University registrar, said the University informs students every year about how they can keep their information safe, and private. “We want students to be informed

about their rights while they are at the University. We send them information about how they can restrict access to their personal information through email at the beginning of every semester”, Hunt said. Student can regulate what information can be viewed by others by configuring the appropriate settings from their MyPack Portal account. Access to some of the personally identifiable information that can be regulated by students includes their contact information like their phone number, address etc. As far as academic information is concerned, such as grades, assignment submissions and projects, among others, Hunt said that such information is strictly protected under FERPA and can not be released without the stu-

dent’s permission. “A student’s academic information can not, and is not, released in any case, except in some special cases when they arise, such as court orders,” Hunt said. A growing concern with student privacy is online privacy, and this is also addressed by FERPA. Electronic assignment submissions on websites such as Moodle, and student email accounts are also covered by the law and are protected. Clifton Williams, University records officer at the University’s Office of General Counsel, said that while state laws require faculty and administration emails to be in the domain of public records, FERPA is a federal law that protects student rights and information.

“Students have a lot of rights on campus regarding their information. They can view it, prohibit University disclosures and there is also a mechanism to change it,” Williams said. FERPA requires that no personally identifiable information about a student be released. However, if the content contains no such information, Williams says that the University can release it without consent. Williams said that there are three main reasons why it is important to protect such information about students. “It is not advisable to release such information keeping in mind the students’ age and the possibility of identity theft. Also, the University has a responsibility to protect this informa-

College of Management introduces online MBA degree The program will launch in fall 2011. Joshua Chappell Staff Writer

For graduate students like Eric Mayer, the new online MBA program will allow for greater flexibility and elasticity with course availability and ease of access. According to Mayer, who is currently finishing his masters in microbial biotechnology and has been taking masters in business administration courses on campus, the program will allow him the opportunity to move out of state while still retaining his earned MBA credits. “The online MBA seems to be the best chance for me to finish the degree from out-of-state location,” Mayer said. “Otherwise I would have to enroll in another school which may not accept my credits or I would have to drop the MBA all together and waste the credits earned up to this point.” This is exactly the opportunity Steven Allen, associate dean for graduate programs and research in the college of management, had in mind when he created the online MBA task force a year and a half ago.

“We have a unique and outstanding MBA program,” Allen said, “and we think this online option will augment the availability of our program.” According to Allen, the program will have many similarities, as well as a few differences, with the on-campus MBA option. “Even though we’re trying to make the convenience of an online education available to people in the greater region,” Allen said, “it’s still an N.C. State MBA degree. It’s going to be hard to get into, and there’s no guarantee of a degree after you’re admitted.” “The program will be taught by the same faculty and will hold students to the same academic standards,” Allen said. Two major aspects of the program that Allen said were crucial to the development of the students are a fourday communication training shortly after students begin the program and an international studies trip to east Asia or south America about a year into the program. “Competition in business today is global, and for companies to be successful they have to understand competitors that they may face tomorrow,” Allen said. “We want to make sure that all of our students, when they exit the program, have a mindset that gets

them thinking about opportunities and threats outside the American borders.” Additionally, Allen said the program will not be conducive to students who wish to start the MBA program and complete a dual-degree programs, since the group will be acting as a “cohort” in taking classes. The program, according to Allen, seeks to award degrees after two years in the program. There will be, however, flexibility in scheduling. “Life is going to happen,” Allen said, “and we will deal with those cases on an individual basis.” Scheduled to launch in fall 2011 with 30-35 students, Allen said he hopes to deliver 30-35 degrees from the program in August 2013. The idea of online degrees is something that is catching on quickly in the UNC system, according to Allen. “The UNC system has made growth of online education a priority, and I expect there to be more online opportunities available on campuses statewide,” Allen said. Fayetteville State and East Carolina currently have online MBA programs, and other system schools are headed in that direction, according to Allen. “UNC-Chapel Hill is announcing a similar program soon. We beat them

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to this one,” Allen said with a smile. For Mayer, the online program has the potential to be beneficial, but it also has the opportunity to be unsuccessful. “The online version will be more beneficial on several accounts, but also less beneficial in other areas,” Mayer said. “Online learning allows more variety and diversity of students to interact who may be in other parts of the country,” Mayer said, “however, distance learning may hinder the teambuilding that is a big part of the MBA experience.” According to Allen, the first online MBA class of students will be crucial in steering the direction of the program in the future. “We will certainly welcome feedback from [the first class],” Allen said.

SCHEDULING INFO: Applications available: Jan. 3, 2011 until May 15, 2011 Information sessions: Dec. 7, 2010 6 p.m. at the RTP Campus Jan. 6, 2010 6 p.m. at Nelson Hall

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tion, so that is why it is not released,” Williams said. Students who are employed by the University in their capacity as students are treated the same as students who are not necessarily employees. Explaining the need behind this, Williams said that students even if they are employed on campus, at a paid position, are not treated as public employees, and so their information can not be made public. “If the job you’re performing requires you to be a student, then your information is protected,” Williams said. “For example, for Student Government members, even though they receive payment, the key word to remember here is Student. They are able to do that only because they are students at the University.”

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Online business program taking it slow THE FACTS:

The College of Management announced the Jenkins Graduate School will be offering an online option for its MBA program in fall 2011. The program will accept 30 to 35 students and requires a trip to either Asia or South America.

OUR OPINION:

The College of Management has handled the development of this program well. They have wisely chosen to only accept a small number of students. The program has a long way to go, but it is on its way to success.

ccording to the National Center for Education Statistics, business undergraduate and graduate degrees are among the highest awarded degrees in the U.S. One of the newest responses from the College of Managements is the Jenkins Graduate School offering an online Master of Business Administration degree. They have done a good job developing a plan for this new online MBA program, from reaching out to a different demographic to remembering it is still a new program that needs to be tested. Using a small first class size to test the program is a good way to test how effective the program is. A small group of people can provide helpful feedback and are easy to man-

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age. It is an intimate enough group for ideas to be shared, but won’t limit the variety of ideas. Of the more than 3,000 students in the College of Management, there are 630 graduate students, 20 percent of students are from out-of-state or are international and 79 percent are part-time students. The online model caters to a demographic that is usually not considered on a college campus. Professionals who already have jobs, people who have families to tend to, military and international students have a tough time adapting or participating in the unique ex-

perience of college due to the way their lives are. By offering this option, these people will finally have access to a worldclass business degree, no matter where they are. The College of Management recently installed new equipment in Nelson Hall to aid in recording lectures with this new step towards online lectures. By allowing students to take online sections, the teachers are freed up by having to manage another physical class. All of their attention is focused on the online site and modules, which can help them manage tests and papers easier. Though the online program

will be the same MBA program, it will require more technological proficiency. These skills will help give graduates an edge and experience with more technology. This is critical in a constantly changing business world, where business is global and Internet use is growing every year. The College of Management is off to a good start with their online MBA program. Patience while developing the program assures the college wants to make sure they conduct it effectively. The University will be watching this program develop and work towards providing a quality education, and the College of Management should maintain the program as such.

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Use freedom well After spending 15 years under house arrest, Aung Saan Suu Kyi, the most widely recognized face of the democratic movement in Myanmar, is free. This is good news. Some of the other news coming out of Myanmar recently does not seem promising. Myanmar’s widely criticized general Theju Jacob elections, held Staff Columnist six days before Aung Saan Suu Kyi’s release, handed power back to the ruling military junta. Aung Saan Suu Kyi’s own party, the National League for Democracy, refrained from participating in the elections, and was then declared illegal by the junta. Violent uprisings against the junta are gaining momentum in the country. People are f leeing Myanmar to its neighboring countries. It is against this backdrop that Aung Saan Suu Kyi has to restart her work for a peaceful transition to democracy in her country. Now consider the mid term elections we had about t wo we e k s ago. We had Democrats, Republicans, the tea party, political pundits, bloggers and talk show hosts. There were rallies, marches, interviews, debates and advertisements. The whole gamut of media outlets in the preceding months had been hovering around the midterm elections, and certainly no one was barred from voicing their thoughts on any topic or taking a stand in matters of public interest. What we, the public, often fail to realize is that such a political discourse, the freedom to voice our opinions and a right to make it count, is not universal. According to a 2008 democracy index compiled for 167 countries, only 18 percent of the countries with 14.4 percent of the world population

had “full democracies,” and luckily the U.S, though trailing many of the European nations, is one of them. As part of the American public, students should not take their political freedom for granted. The validity of a political process based on democratic principles is derived from the fact that it is believed to be the will of the majority. The majority may not always be right, yet it is the best system we have when we consider the alternatives. That being the case, the democratic system is less effective if a significant part of the population, especially those on whose shoulders the future rests, take little interest in participating in the process. Apathy is not the way to carry the system forward. Participating in a democratic process is not just going to the elections and casting your vote depending on the “R” or “D” next to the candidate name either. Your responsibility does not end at that point. It is also making an effort to be aware of happenings in the political landscape of your country, a nd de manding reasons for policy decisions made by your representatives. Once you have the information you need, decide for yourself if those reasons are valid, and create a conversation with your representative. Almost all of the resources you need to be active participants is readily available on the web. The education you are gaining at this stage in your lives would aid you in making those all important decisions.

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Knowledge is power Having read so many opinions on what should be the proper reaction to the recent events in the Free Expression Tunnel, I feel as if there is a gap in the understanding of the purpose of free speech. The purpose of free speech is not just so that people can voice their opinions, but also so that one may know what others’ opinions are. As the saying goes, knowledge is power. When people reveal what they believe or feel, they empower their listeners. If someone hates me, I don’t want to be lied to; I want to be empowered. Free speech fosters an accurate public understanding of what a society actually believes and feels that is unrivaled by anything a controlled process can produce. In the community that is N.C. State, some people hate minorities. No matter how

horrible and unmodern this reality is, it remains a fact. It remains a fact that everyone deserves to know and understand. Of course, perhaps the reason many have scrambled so quickly to decry the graffiti is that they feel that the reality of hatred is already understood well enough that no one needs to be reminded of it. Which merely highlights the next point: the real issue here is not images, it is not racist or homophobic or even misogynistic slurs, it is ignorant hate. No amount of repurposing the Free Expression Tunnel will get rid of the hate. In fact, it may not even get rid of the hate speech as the original purpose of the tunnel was to curb the problem of graffiti around campus. Repurposing the tunnel is treating the symptom, not the cause, which only time and more dialogue can cure. And doing so will result in the haters to hate elsewhere where better people will not have the freedom to write over their messages. It’s easier and preferable to paint a heart over the n-word than it is to scrub the n-word off the library. Bad people will be bad no matter what the rules are, so design the rules with the good people in mind, recognizing that doing so never constitutes condoning the actions of the bad people.

Crossed the line Forgive me if you are offended in my mentioning, but I believe that the Technician has crossed the lines of good taste and decency in not only naming Seth Pace, but in having the Youtube clip in the online article. Yonathan Raleigh, NC

“Yes. I have taken several online classes before and I was still able to meet the professor in person for help and participate in online message boards with the class and professor.” Lydia Peedin senior, computer science

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“No. It would require a lot more self-motivation to achieve the same results, because of the decreased interaction with the professor and other students.” Leanna Wallace senior, natural resources

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The game modification community has long been hard at work changing and adding their own content to commercially released games, and recently, development studios are embracing the practice. Jared Douglas Staff Writer

For a lot of gamers, it is enough to just play a game as it is given to them out of the box. Others, aren’t satisfied until they can tweak it into something better. “Modding” is a practice almost as old as videogames themselves, and today, is so prevalent that the line between a “game” and a “mod” is becoming blurred every day. David Crook, a junior in computer science and a member of the Videogame Development Club at N.C. State, is a strong proponent of the mod community. “[Modding] is how Mario started,” Crook said. “He was a character introduced by Shigeru Miyamoto who was given a few broken arcade versions of Donkey Kong to basically rebuild and reprogram and he sort of came up with Mario. Modding is by no means anything new.” Mods come in many different forms and to several different degrees, but the reason for them is normally the same. “Essentially people mod so that they can create a game more custom fit to what they want to play.” Crook said. Acording to Crook, mods are typically broken down into three categories: “Mutation,” or simple alteration of the rules or characteristics of certain things, such as objects; “Partial Conversion,” which essentially just adds new characters or items or perhaps a new set of rules and characters to what is essentially the same game; and “Complete Conversion,” which is taking the engine and building a completely different game with all new assets, rules and game logic. Complete conversions are where the line between a standalone game and a modification of

NEW BLIZZARD STARCRAFT 2 MODS Aiur Chef: players gather ingredients to create high-scoring dishes StarJewled: A mash-up of Bejeweled match three gameplay and Starcraft 2 strategy Left 2 Die: A third-person survival game based on Valve’s Left 4 Dead zombie games Blizzard DotA: An official Starcraft 2 version of the Warcraft 3 mod Defense of the Ancients SOURCE: IGN.COM

another become extremely blurred. In fact, many popular complete conversions have since become standalone games. For example, Counterstrike and Team Fortress, both of which started their life spans as popular mods for the original HalfLife computer game and were later fleshed out further by Valve, Half-Life’s developer. There are really no limits on how much a game can be modified. When asked to what extent a mod could go, Asa Price, sophomore in computer science and another member of the Videogame Development Club, was quick to respond. “To any extent,” Price said. “You can patch it, you can put in your own models, you can change the physics, but there’s a point at which you don’t want to mod. You could just make your own game if you’re going to change it that much.” In fact, many up-and-coming game developers get their start in the modding community. Some of the team from the phenomenally popular mod for WarCraft 3, Defense of the Ancients (DotA), have since gone on to found new development studios and make their own games, like League of Legends, a popular online game in a similar vein to the original DotA. Games by Blizzard Entertainment are of particular note in the modding community, if only for the sheer number and diversity of mods available for their games and the way they have welcomed the modding community. Entire genres of games have been created through mods to StarCraft and WarCraft, from tower-defense to the “strategy RPG” style of DotA, which has a standalone sequel DotA 2, currently in development by Valve. For Asa Price, however, the fun is in just messing around and making games do things they originally didn’t. “I experiment with them,” Price said. “[Super Smash Brothers:] Brawl is where I have most of my experience, just because there are so many mods out there and I like playing with the physics and changing damage and that stuff. I actually participated in a mod [project] called Shadows of Lylat which was a Starfox modification for a game called Freespace 2. It was an open source project where we would all submit changes to a repository online and they would take the best changes and put them in a game. That’s how most people do it.” As Price explained, the collaborative and social aspect of modding is extremely important to the community, which becomes larger all the time, partially with help from developers offering more support to modders. “The increased power of computers and better tools and support by developers are making modding easier,” Crook said. “Back in the Donkey Kong/Mario days, you had to be half electrical engineer, half computer scientist and

half genius to mod anything. The evolution in modding is more in the support out there for it and the willingness of game publishers/developers to allow people to mod there game as well as making code, tools, etc that makes it easy.“ Crook also pointed out that the games themselves have become more conducive to modding in recent years. “Games nowadays are typically built from an engine which allows for the rapid development of new levels and ease of inserting new assets,” Crook said. “The game logic is typically exposed to modders by the original developer and most of the level building tools, with this you can pretty much do anything you want.” Crook even sees the techniques of modders being applied in major studios. “Why do you think it took such a short amount of time to pop out the newest Call of Duty?” Crook said. “It’s essentially just a mod of the previous one.” If the current state of things means anything, the mod community will continue on for some time, especially with all the support they are getting from the developers. And as the line between original games and mods of previous titles becomes thinner, gamers only reap the rewards. Mods breathe new life into games, and serve as the lifeblood for a highly creative and motivated group of amateur programmers who are destined to become the professional game designers of tomorrow.

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At Blizzcon 2010, Blizzard announced four allnew developer-created mods for Starcraft 2. They included (from top to bottom): Blizzard DotA, StarJewled, Aiur Chef and Left 2 Die (not pictured).

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‘Kinect’ offers controller-free gaming, at a price Kinect

Kinect Adventures Sonic Free Riders Dance Central Microsoft’s new motionbased controller manages to make gamers move, but requires a large investment of both money and space to get started.

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On Nov. 4, Kinect launched in North America as Microsoft’s answer to the motion controlled gaming of the Nintendo Wii. Kinect’s tagline: “You are the controller.”

in a dorm room that doesn’t “Funkytown” to “Crank meet the space requirements, Dat Soulja Boy”. “I can’t dance well, but Kinect is not for you. I loved the Break it Down GAMES Kinect already has 12 games mode,” said Kelsey Diaz, a Steve Rau out at launch, including Ki- freshman in business. “It Staff Writer nect Adventures, which comes shows you each move stepNo one was quite sure what bundled with the Kinect. To by-step. By the end, I was to expect four months ago at test how well the Kinect works, able to 5-star Poison on the Electronic Entertainment a group of students tried out Hard.” Overall, Dance Central Expo as they poured into the three games: Kinect Adventures, theater for Microsoft’s press Sonic Free Riders, and Dance was the crowd favorite and it really showcases the poconference. Many were excited, Central. Kinect Adventures comes tential of what Kinect can do waiting to hear the news. Others were more skeptical, not with five mini-games, includ- when coupled with capable caring about what they saw ing river rafting, handball and software. as a “me-too” accessory. Then running. Although this might EXTRA FEATURES the lights dimmed. As color- not be the bundled game like Besides games, Kinect has ful individuals passed by and Wii Sports was for Nintendo, other capabilities. Video bright lights flashed from the Kinect Adventures does manage Kinect allows people to use many cameras, Microsoft of- to showcase Kinect’s ablilities the camera as a webcam to ficially announced their new relatively well. chat with friends. Chatting “The Kinect really works well Kinect-to-Kinect works very motion controller, Kinect for tracking me as I move,” said well, and the camera’s tilt the Xbox 360. The Kinect was touted to John Drummond, a senior in sensor that allows the camrevolutionize the way games psychology. “If I move my arm era to follow you makes are played. Using three built-in up, my character’s arm moves talking all the easier. cameras including infrared and up. Although I was a bit curiBesides chatting, Kinect 3D scanning, gamers would be ous: Why would I be standing has only a couple other able to use their whole body to if I’m on a white-water raft?” features currently: watchDrummond’s main concern ing movies and ESPN, uscontrol the game. They could also use the built-in micro- about Kinect is an important ing Last.FM and checking phone to talk to other players one. All of the activities, in all Facebook. Unfortunately, as well as use voice commands Kinect games, must be played the promised Netflix supfor tasks such as playing and standing up. Armchair gamers port that allows users to pausing a movie, or launching do not apply. watch movies and use voiceSonic Free Riders is a Kinect control to watch films is noa game. Now that it has finally been version of the hoverboard- where to be seen. Hopefully, released, Microsoft’s Kinect is racing game featuring Sega’s Microsoft starts adding showing gamers that some- blue hedgehog. Unfortunate- more features in the near times, reality can live up to ly, Sonic is not as responsive as future because Kinect has the hype. Well, almost. What Adventures. so much potential for more “This game actually made features. follows are my impressions of Microsoft’s new $149.99 pe- me sick,” said Joe Walker, a juCLOSING THOUGHTS nior in computer engineering. ripheral. Microsoft Kinect has a lot “The menu was unresponsive, going for it. Its motion conSET-UP Before unpacking the Kinect, trying to steer was impossible, trol is accurate, has potenI was worried that it would not and any time I reached my arm tial for many uses with the work for my old Xbox 360, and out to grab a ring, I went crash- Xbox 360 and can enhance that it would be necessary to ing into a wall. I feel like they the gaming experience. While it won’t be getting own the new slim version. didn’t even finish the game.” “Don’t forget two-player rac- rid of the controller any Luckily, the Kinect will work with both versions, but with ing,” Drummond added. “If time soon, it still is a great one extra cable for the older you can find room to have two device. However, with a Xbox 360. After plugging it in people, you almost have to hold steep price for the system, and installing all the updates the other person’s hands as you a lack of must-have games for Kinect, it was time for cali- race. We even hit our heads try- (out of the 12, only Dance Central is worth owning), bration, which only takes a few ing to steer.” Dance Central, made by Har- space requirements that minutes. However, during calibration monix of Rock Band fame, is not everyone can fulfill, came an important detail that being touted as the best Kinect and not enough features, would be detrimental to dorm game so far. With 30 songs and Kinect might not be for evrooms. To play with the Kinect, many modes, including Dance- erybody. But if you are still the system will not work un- Off, Workout Mode and just interested, Kinect can be a less there is roughly 6-8 feet of regular dancing, Dance Central lot of fun, and will only get distance between you and the manages to even teach people better as time goes on and EWC_BrierCreek_ad.qxd:Layout 8/13/10 more new 10:38 games andAM feaKinect and at least that much to with two left feet how1to get your sides. So if you are living down to songs ranging from tures are released.

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of Vietnam, and features a story that revolves around the paranoid times of the Cold War. Undoubtedly, some fans of the series will find the story to be ridiculous, while others will enjoy it and prefer its plot to that of Modern Warfare 2 or even previous Call of Duty titles. Where a player stands with the wild ride that Black Ops offers also dictates how a player will respond to the level design. As always with the series, the experience is linear, with overthe-top scripted events that can be discombobulating for some and thrilling for others. One area in which Black Ops benefits from following up Modern Warfare 2 is an opportunity to make changes and tweaks in the multiplayer and game mechanics that people grew to dislike over time. Alterations have been made to balance out weapons and kill streak rewards to avoid having anything be overpowered, and also to prevent cheaters from finding loopholes in the system to boost their stats. Kaleb Mckinnon, a sophomore in civil engineering, enjoyed the changes made in the multiplayer that improve upon the online experience found in Modern Warfare 2. “The thing I’ve enjoyed most about Black Ops so far is the ranking system they have,” Mckinnon said. “You gain ranks like you did before [in Modern Warfare 2] but there is also money, which you use to buy upgrades for your weapons with.” Black Ops also adds some entirely new aspects into the multiplayer mix, including remote controlled explosive cars as kill streak rewards, and an all new “wager mode.” “You can play wager matches where you bet some of your money on a match and if you win you gain more money,” Mckinnon said, “and having this money aspect in the game

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and freshman seasons, and was second during his sophomore year, amassing a total of 97 steals over three seasons. One of the biggest liabilities with the young freshman class is the ability to deal with the physicality of college basketball, especially for Harrow, who is listed at a slightly embellished 6-foot-1, 160 pounds. In the season opener, Harrow was having a difficult time fighting off high screens, but the size and experience of Gonzalez make him a much more effective on-the-ball defender. Despite plenty of criticism throughout his career, Javi has proven himself as a leader and a point guard. His 266 career assists rank 19th in school history,

1987 AGROMECK

After four years as an assistant coach for the N.C. State Wolfpack, coach George Tarantini was named the head coach of the team in 1986. Tarantini went on to become the all-time leader in wins for N.C. State.

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the biggest games of our life.” Even though Tarantini’s last season was somewhat a disappointment as his team failed to reach the NCAA regional’s after a 10-8-2 season, he believes that the soccer program, as well as the athletic department as a whole, has a very bright future and that fans just need to be patient. “I know people get frustrated with N.C. State sometimes because we are not in the top of the rankings. But you can never let your guard down to N.C. State,” Tarantini said. “N.C. State is coming back; there is

no doubt in my mind. National championships, they will happen. There are great coaches, great commitment and its just an amount of time till it happens.” It will be a different feel next year once the soccer team’s season kicks back up not seeing the animated coach roaming the sidelines, but Carpenter believes that the players won’t let Tarantini’s teachings be forgotten and that no matter what happens Tarantini’s impact on the soccer team will be felt. “You can’t forget what he taught us. The freshmen only had one year under him but the sophomores and juniors spent two to three years with him and they can definitely reiterate his passion he had for the

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BY THE NUMBERS 234 Wins NCAA 9 Tournament

ice hockey games are as loud as they get. If the point of college is to help young adults realize their passions and to equip them with the tools to chase them, then N.C. State accomplished this goal in record time with Bost. “I started playing with the club team after enrolling, and the team is a real great group of guys, and playing with them showed me how much I care for the sport,” Bost said. “It all showed me how I had to pursue

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and has dramatically increased his three-point shooting percentage by almost 12% since his freshman year. In the process of improving his shooting and consistency of play, Gonzalez has a knack for playing well in big games. As a freshman, he scored 18 points against Duke at home and tallied nine assists against Carolina. During his sophomore campaign, he led the team in scoring with 18 points in Chapel Hill against the Tar Heels. And who can forget last year’s upset victory over then No. 7 and eventual National Champions Duke in Raleigh? Javi put up a deep three-pointer as the shot clock expired to give the Pack an eleven point lead with under four minutes to play, essentially driving the nail into the coffin for Duke. Sure, if that shot didn’t fall

everyone would wonder what the hell he was thinking. But the shot did fall, as have countless others in his career. He is a clutch performer. I’m not saying that Javier Gonzalez is the most talented player for the Pack, he’s probably not even top four in terms of natural ability, but he brings something special to the team. His leadership, his experience, his scrappy defensive play, and his aptitude to perform in big games are going to lead this team. Javi may or may not put up the most impressive numbers on the stat sheet game in and game out, that’s still to be determined, but one thing Pack Nation can count on is Gonzalez having a tremendous impact on this teams success. No te olvides. Don’t forget about Javi.

the sport.” New coach Mike Gazillo played a large role in Bost’s decision to pursue the sport to its higher levels as well. “Coach has that D1 mind and that D1 background, and it just shows in his knowledge of the game and the mentality he brings to preparation and practice,” Bost said. “Playing for him has helped me appreciate the sport even more.” Bost looks to move on to junior college with a strong hockey team for his sophomore year, before attempting to transfer to a Division I program. The one aspect of playing in major college hockey that Bost will likely have little trouble getting

accustomed to is the large fan bases as top programs. “NC State’s club hockey fans are the best, and its so much fun seeing so many people at our games,” Bost said. “They are just really great, and I’m looking forward to playing for a program with that kind of support.” Fans of club hockey can still take the chance to watch Bost and the rest of the club hockey team this season as its regular season continues through February.

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Women’s basketball prepares for Alabama The women’s basketball team takes on the Alabama Crimson Tide in Tuscaloosa, Ala. at 7 p.m tonight. The Pack have started season with a perfect 2-0 record after beating College of Charleston and Creighton in the Sheraton Raleigh Wolfpack Invitational over the weekend. The two teams have played three separate times with State winning two of them including the last meeting, which was in 1996. Alabama this season is also 2-0 and is led by senior Tierney Jenkins, who was named SEC Player of the Week last week. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Wednesday WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @ ALABAMA Tuscaloosa, Ala., 7 p.m. Thursday MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. EAST CAROLINA IN CHARLESTON CLASSIC Charleston, S.C., 6 p.m. DIVING @ NIKE CUP Chapel Hill, N.C., All day Friday WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. GEORGIA TECH Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. RIFLE @ WEST VIRGINIA Morgantown, W.Va., TBA SWIMMING AND DIVING @ GEORGIA TECH INVITATIONAL Atlanta, Ga., All day

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DID YOU KNOW? That coach George Tarantini was the longest tenured active coach in the ACC.

Tarantini finally hangs it up HEAD COACH ENDS 25 YEAR CAREER WITH 234-197-43 RECORD. Taylor Barbour Deputy Sports Editor

After an astonishing 29 years with the N.C. State Wolfpack men’s soccer team, head coach George Tarantini is retiring. Tarantini was the longest tenured active ACC coach and is the all time leader at N.C. State in career wins, with 234. Of Tarantini’s 29 years, he spent 25 of them as head coach, but said that he felt it was the right time to hang them up. “I think that it is time,” Tarantini said. “I have been here for a long, long time and I think it is time to give time to someone else and see the program grow and keep getting better.” But before he faded off into the much deserved sunset, Tarantini made sure to thank everyone he had the privilege of meeting, coaching and working with. “I cannot thank enough the people that I met, the people I worked with, the players, and the administrators, people who are just the best at what they do,” Tarantini said. “It was a fantastic dream. I am really grateful for the opportunity and am really grateful for all the things I have.” Before Tarantini was the last member of the N.C. State coaching staff who worked alongside both legendary Wolfpack coaches Kay Yow and Jim Valvano, and he described those two as a few of the many people who highlight Tarantini’s memories in Raleigh. “To be honest, it is not one, two or three memories,” Tarantini said. “It is the people that I met. So many people, Coach Valvano, Kay Yow, coach Espesito, so many people have just impacted me so much.” Twenty five years of coaching can take a toll on you and the veteran coach cited the grueling work that comes with coaching at the Division I level as a main reason for him retiring, stating he did not know if he was mentally or physically capable of performing up to the level needed. “This job requires you to be here seven days a week and 365 days a year,” Tarantini said. “You have to be here both physically and emotionally and give everything you have. So, I think that physically I have started to slow down a little bit and I just think that it is my time it a combination of everything, just the whole emotions, t he physical toll. “You have to give everything that you have otherwise you are cheating yourself and you are cheating the team.” Senior defender Lucas Carpenter said that he would never forget the lessons he learned from his coach, noting that no one will ever be able to live up to the kind of person Tarantini was. “There is no one else in this world that can match his passion he has,” Carpenter said. “He is just a unique person. You will never meet someone like he again in your life, he was a one of a kind.” That passion was the main thing Carpenter said he would re-

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Head coach George Tarantini addresses one of his players during a practice in the 1991 soccer season. Tuesday, Tarantini retired after 29 years of coaching the Wolfpack.

member about his coach was his love of the game and the intensity that he had every day and every game, no matter the opponent. “Nothing was ever taken lightly. Every practice was extremely important and every game was extremely important no matter if we were playing a team that was at the bottom of the division or No. 1 in the country,” Carpenter said. “Before the game he would always say that this is the biggest game of your lives and we would always joke about it but looking back on it every game was

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N.C. State defenseman has bright future Freshman Jeremy Bost looks to advance to D-I level of ice hockey.

to play at that level until he is offered an opportunity to play D-I hockey. Most freshmen hockey players at the D-I Dan Smith level are 21 or older, Staff Writer and begin collegiate Jeremy Bost’s stellar play play after at least a for the Wolfpack club hock- year or two at the ey team has not just been a junior hockey level, revelation for the many fans Bost said. North Carolina who go to the RecZone to cheer on the State hockey has long been a hot team. His play has drawn bed of baseball and attention from college and basketball talent, pro scouts, leading them to but it has not exoffer Bost good reason to actly been known COURTESY OF CLUB ICE HOCKEY finish his first year at State for its youth hockey. Freshman Jeremy Bost prepares to take a shot during a club ice hockey game. But for Bost, his love Bost is planning on finishing this semester and then moving down to Atlanta, a semester early. Bost, of Cary, NC, grew affair with the sport Ga., to play Junior A hockey. up cheering for N.C. State bega n when t he The stereotype of club sports Bost participated in numerand hoping to attend the struggling Hartford Whalers University. This fall, Bost decided they needed a new ous youth hockey programs, often brings to mind images of but it was one particular Junior stands filled with half interestenrolled, fulfilling a dream stadium and a new market. “I was a A tournament in Atlanta that ed girlfriends and parents, as of his. young kid got scouts talking. Junior A is half-coached athletes toil for However, it w he n t he considered the highest level of the love of the game. This imseems Bost’s youth hockey in which partici- age does not apply to many club Carolina other love, Hurricanes pants can maintain their ama- programs, and it’s especially hockey, will moved here, teur status, and is a hotbed for inappropriate for the Wolfbe causing pack’s club hockey program. and I just hockey talent. him to leave “It basically all started in The club team plays in front fell in love the place he with them,” Atlanta last year,” Bost said. of crowds that rival and often loves. Bost said. “I “I played well and a few D1 beat the fan turnout of many Bost will just remem- schools started talking to me, varsity sports. With many of f inish his ber goi ng showing interest, you know. the games taking place late on semester at freshman Jeremy Bost t o C a n e s But I just was set on coming Friday and Saturday nights at N.C. State games and to N.C. State. I came to State an arena that serves beer, as far in December, then move to Atlanta falling in love with the sport. I because I love it here, and I just as club sports go, the crowds at in January to play Junior just knew from the first game I wanted the education you can get here.” Hockey. Bost said he plans saw that I loved the sport.” HOCKEY continued page 7

“I just remember going to Canes games and falling in love with the sport.”

COMMENTARY

Don’t forget about Javi With all the hype surrounding the highly touted incoming freshman class, it’s easy to forget about veteran players. Especially after three yea rs of mediocrity where t he most successful season Sean Klemm ended i n a secondDeputy Sports round NIT Editor los s . S e nior forward Tracy Smith has garnered a significant amount of national attention, being dubbed preseason All-ACC, and named to the John R. Wooden Award Preseason Watch list, but freshmen Lorenzo Brown, C.J. Leslie and Ryan Harrow have been the focal point of Wolfpack basketball during the off-season. However, analysts and fans seem to be forgetting one, pivotal piece of the puzzle – the bilingual baller from Carolina, Puerto Rico, senior guard Javier Gonzalez. Gonzalez is by far the most seasoned veteran, seeing the court in 15 more games than Smith, the only other senior on the team. As a freshman, Gonzalez played in all 31 games, the only underclassman to do so other than current NBA star J.J. Hickson. Critics may doubt the importance of that, citing the Pack’s four ACC wins en route to a 1516 overall during the 200708 season. But, overlooking the mediocrity of the team as a whole, Gonzalez proved himself, by starting 15 games at point guard and registering a 1.46 assist/ turnover ratio against conference opponents, ranking ninth in the ACC, and first among all freshmen in that category. With the introduction of five star prospect, Ryan Harrow, who is a top ten point guard recruit, and ridiculously talented, the senior leader is not threatened that his incumbent role as starting point guard is in jeopardy, but has a bigger picture in focus. “I try to help Ryan [Harrow]… The thing I see this year is that it’s not about competition for a position, it’s about trying to win,” Gonzalez told GoPack.com’s Tim Peeler during an interview earlier this month. “Nobody cares who’s on the court at all as long as we win.” Gonzalez may be the strongest asset to the three newcomers, especia l ly Brown and Harrow, who will play alongside him in the backcourt. Javi, as he affectionately known by teammates coaches and fans, knows what it’s like being a freshman playing in the nation’s best basketball conference, and being expected to contribute immediately. Even if he doesn’t lead the Pack in scoring on a nightly basis, I guarantee he will lead his young teammates both on and off the court. Gonzalez is undoubtedly State’s best perimeter defender. Javi led the team in steals during both his junior

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