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In response to the Japanese earthquakes and tsunami in early March, students organized a relief effort to raise money and awareness for the devastated country. Cultural Candle Light Vigil Chalk the Walk brought students Date: April 15, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. and student groups together Thursday Location: Court of Carolinas to create chalk drawings representing A four hour vigil complete with speakers and Japanese music. what they envisioned when thinking There will also be an opportunity to about Japan. make origami cranes at this event. Each student received a 10-by-10foot square to chalk, reflecting the source: origami wishes website “Well Wishes for Japan” theme. Kavaruss Coleman, a sophomore in engineering and a participant in said forts are working together to give to he would like the people of Japan to Origami Wishes, a program through Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, have faith. and Public Service. “I just want people According to to know that Japan Craft Center direcstill has hope,” Coletor George Thomas, man said. “I want program organizers my piece to instill in have not yet deterothers a message of mined a destination hope.” for the donations, The event, sponwhich will eventusored by the Crafts ally benefit Japan’s Center and the CamKavaruss Coleman, sophomore rehabilitation. pus Arts Council, in engineering Jennifer Lee, a also featured prizes freshman in textile such as a free class for those who raise the most money. technology and participant said she The group or team who raises the most hopes the money will go to education donations will receive a free group ac- in Japan. tivity of choice from the Crafts Center. Students working on other relief efchalk continued page 3
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Carsi Tong, a freshman in graphic design, chalks a big circle with Japan written in Japanese at the top as part of Chalk the Walk Thursday. The Craft Center sponsored the event as part of Origami Wishes to help raise money for the Japan relief. The Craft Center supplied the chalk and the space for all the participants.
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Christopher Neale, a junior in biological engineering has his head shaved for cancer awareness at the St Baldrick’s festival Thursday. More than 100 people from both the Raleigh community and NC State University attended the festival in order to have their heads shaved. Each person raised money for cancer patients and cancer research by acquiring sponsors.
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The corner of Dan Allen Drive and Hillsborough Street is characterized by worn-out bricks, and for students like Kristy Craig, it is an area that is dark and unwelcoming by night.
“It is not the first thing you want people to see,” said Craig, 2010-2011 Senior Class President and political science major. “The project is aimed at making this area more pedestrian and driver friendly.” To combat this eyesore, Craig, along with N.C. State architects, developed several class gift ideas which were then voted upon by the Senior Council and senior class, both of which decided on the development of the Dan Allen Gateway. According to Lynn Swank, Univer-
The North Carolina General Assembly, in an effort to address potential budget cuts, proposed the elimination of all state funding for the North Carolina Governor’s School. Governor’s School is an annual sixweek program started in 1963. It offers academic concentrations, including the sciences and Spanish, as well as artistic concentrations such as music and dance. The state currently provides the program with $849,588 every year, thereby ensuring the program will be of no cost to participants. But students may be required to pay to attend if the General Assembly follows through with its proposal to cut its funding completely to cut costs for the state. While nothing has officially been passed, many alumni of the program have vocally expressed their disap-
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proval with the idea. “A lot of alumni have spoken out against this idea. We just want to show the state how essential this program is,” said Dominique Beaudry, ‘09 Governor’s School alum and current student at the North Carolina School of Science and Math. Mary Watson, director of Governor’s School, said it would be a mistake for the state to take away the already limited funding from the program. Last year, for the first time in the history of the program, students had to pay tuition as a result of the initial state cut. “It would be a terrible mistake for our economy to cut funding for this. This program benefits some of our brightest students,” Watson said. “We have received letters from students who have become successful all over the country in support of the program.” Many organizations in North Carolina have created scholarship funds to help those students who are unable to pay the tuition to attend the program. According to Beaudry, the socioeco-
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sity landscape project manager, the Dan Allen Gateway is a design challenge because it is an entrance for both drivers and pedestrians. “Our design team feels that improvement to this gateway will help provide a ‘front door’ to North Campus, welcoming folks to our campus, and further ‘branding’ the campus from Hillsborough Street,” Swank said.
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Despite problems in retrieving the correct voter list in this year’s student body elections, the end is not in sight for election issues. The Union Activities Board’s constitution was originally updated two years ago. However, changes from the Spring of ‘08 were not included. Although in both spring of ‘09 and this year’s elections the UAB Constitution amendments were overwhelmingly accepted, it is still unknown as to what will happen with the current proposed amendments, according to Matthew Woodward, UAB presidentelect and a junior in applied sociology. According to Woodward, the real intent of the amendment was to change the composition of the Board of Directors. Prior to the approved amendment, groups had to petition to be members of the board. This amendment was approved by 86.8 percent of the student body. Woodward said in the spring of ‘09, students voted on an incorrect amendment to the UAB/SCBOD constitution. “In the constitution that was voted upon this year, they not only didn’t make the changes, but they included
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hile walking around Centennial Campus with the plan to use the trails near Lake Raleigh, sophomore in English Katie Crammer stops to support Enivronment N.C. The organizations is known to help improve the Blue Ridge Parkway by asking for donations or memberships to the cause. Crammer decided to contribute. “They’re obviously dedicated because they were even enthusiastic over a $5 donation,” Crammer said.
This Saturday students will race across Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus, paddling boats made of junk, in the second annual Reusable Regatta. Chris Morrow, one of the event organizers and sophomore in mechanical engineering, said the event is a joint effort between Park Scholars and the N.C. State Office of Sustainability. “We want the Reusable Regatta to be a fun way for students to get involved and learn about sustainability on campus,” Morrow said. It costs Reusable Regatta teams $10 to register, thriftiness for materials and creativity for construction. Team members must find and gather any recyclable materials they
can find and put their heads to- than lie down on them. “One team made paddles out gether to design a raft that can float and support the weight of of PVC pipes with ping-pong two people. Paddles must also paddles taped to the ends,” be created out of recyclable said Vincent Feucht, a senior in English and the event’s sematerials. During last year’s Reusable nior mentor for organizing the event. Regatta, one Other deteam cresigns for ated a raf t “paddles” inmade of two cluded trash large wooden can lids and boards taped food serving together with trays. mesh bags of According empty plastic to the event bottles tied schedule on underneath the Reusthem. AnothSarah Guess, able Regatta er consisted freshman in biomedical website, at 10 of trash bags engineering a.m. Saturday f i l led w it h morning parempty bottles put inside a plastic crate, all ticipants arrive at Lake Raleigh flipped upside-down and hap- to begin assembling their rafts out of their found materials. hazardly taped together. All the rafts floated, but none Teams may also create their were stable enough to allow rafts ahead of time if they have anyone to do anything other the means to transport them
there, and may bring them as late as 12 p.m., when official sign-ins begin. Awards will be presented to the first place team as well as the team with the most creative raft. “We hope to show that N.C. State is a campus that cares about sustainability in a way that is fun and hands-on,” Fuecht said. “Sustainability is important, especially now.” Feucht said the event will also feature booths with information on recycling and how students can build a better campus. “Something we were aiming for is for this to become like the Krispy Kreme run,” said Sarah Guess, a freshman in Biomedical Engineering and one of the Reusable Regatta’s planners, “something that is both as big and has as noble of a cause.”
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April 6 10:10 A.M. | Fire Alarm Engineering Building I Fire Protection responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area. 11:28 A.M. | Damage to Property Hillsborough Building Staff member reported graffiti drawn at this location.
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“Something we were aiming for is for this to become like the Krispy Kreme run.”
11:56 A.M. | Larceny Butler Communications Report of suspicious subject in the building. Officer located nonstudent who had stolen monitor. Warrants were drawn for larceny and trespassing. 2:18 A.M. | Check Person Sullivan Drive Officers observed subject loitering for extended period of time. All file checks were negative. No action taken. 2:38 A.M. | Molest Fire Equipment Alexander Hall Officers responded to alarm caused by unauthorized discharge of fire extinguisher. 9:11 A.M. | Hazmat Incident Dabney Hall N.C. State Police Department, Fire Protection, Environmental Health and Security, and Emergency Medical Services responded to staff member in need of
medical assistance. Patient was not transported and scene was sterilized. 1:38 P.M. | Medical Assist Brickhaven Drive Units responded and transported staff member in need of medical assistance. 1:41 P.M. | Fire Alarm Dearstyne Research Fire Protection responded to alarm caused by power outage. 10:04 P.M. | Suspicious Person Weisiger-Brown Athletic Center Report of someone possible on roof of building. Officers searched the roof and building but did not locate anyone. 10:32 P.M. | Medical AssistAlcohol Western Boulevard/Nazareth Street Units responded to highly intoxicated subject passed out. File check revealed active warrant out of SC. Contact was made but SC refused extradition. Subject was transported by Emergency Medical Services for treatment.
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OBS Landscape Architecture firm is responsible for the design of the gateway, and the construction company will be selected once the final design is determined. “The gift is part of a larger project, which is the renovation of Hillsborough St. all the way down to Daniels,” Swank said. According to Craig, the senior class needs to raise $35,000 to provide the funds necessary to complete the gateway, but there is a stretch budget of $50,000. With donations from 160 seniors and four sponsors, N.C. State Athletics, The Wolfpack Club, Safran Law, and Fosters American Bar and Grill, around $15,000 has been raised. “If we reach our goal by the deadline, the project could possibly begin happening in July,” Craig said. “I am very optimistic that we will reach the goal.” According to Craig, everyone, individuals and companies, are welcome to donate to the senior class gift, and any individual that gives $211 or more, in addition to a possible tax write-off, will have their name engraved on a granite threshold piece on the new gateway. Seniors who give $211 or more will have their names engraved, be invited to brunch with the chancellor on April 27 at 10:30 a.m., and be given a senior t-shirt. However, Craig said those seniors who donate at least $20.11 will still be invited to the brunch and will receive the senior t-shirt. They would like to have the donations in by graduation, according to Craig, but they will be accepting them until June 31. If the goal of $35,000 is not reached by the deadline the gateway will not be completed as quickly and the senior class will not receive as much credit. “I do not want it to just be
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a University renovation,” said Craig, “I want to show future students that the Class of 2011 cared.” Changing the gift Jeffrey Johnson, senior in business administration and member of the N.C. State Annual Fund, is working with the Office of Annual Giving to possibly change the manner in which the senior class gift is given. “We are exploring a ‘give to your passion’ type of program because we know that one project will never appeal to everyone,” Johnson said. According to Johnson, this format has become the norm at the majority of large public universities. “Last year, buying the first bell for the ‘Finish the Bell Tower’ was a very popular project, but only five percent of seniors gave,” Johnson said. There were some seniors who questioned the purchase of a bell with the current state of the economy, according to Johnson, who also said the goal of the project is to enable seniors, and eventually all students, to donate their money toward whichever area of the University most appeals to them. “I have heard many students say that they would feel more inclined to be a part of a Senior Class Gift if they could decide what to support on an individual basis,” Johnson said. “Although I have already given to the Class of 2011 Gift, I would have enjoyed the opportunity to participate while choosing the area to support that has meant the most to me.” According to Ann Horner, executive director of the Office of Annual Giving, the annual giving office has been working on enhancing the Annual Giving program for the last couple years. The concentration has previously been on alumni, but the focus is beginning to include students. “The transition from student to alumnus is an important one,” Horner said. “We need to build awareness on our campus for the need for philanthropy for a number of reasons.” Horner said the office aims to start encouraging students to demonstrate the loyalty and connection received from alumni, potentially leading to the habit of giving annual gifts. “We ask alumni to support their college or their program of choice,” Horner said. “Shouldn’t we also invite students to do the same?”
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day and if you’re an artist, it’s not that hard to do. I know design and arts village students could get into it.” continued from page 1 Although relief efforts for Ja“Education is really impor- pan on campus are happening tant and I’d like to see them continuously, many students get schools started back up,” like Richard Combs, a junior in biological Lee said. “You sciences, said ca n’t rea l ly they w ish get anywhere there was a without edubetter way to cation.” stay informed L e e , w ho and get ins a i d s h e ’s volved. participated “Origami in other chalk Wishes seems festivals, said to be ge tshe wou ld Richard Combs, junior in ting things like to see the biological sciences together and event continhave been ue and grow. “There aren’t that many setting up at several events. people here and there could be The donations are extremely more,” said Lee. “I know there helpful. I wish I could play a are more people that chalk on bigger part in it.” campus. I learned to chalk in a
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The Craft Center as part of Origami Wishes put on Chalk The Walk in Wolf Plaza to help raise money for Japan relief. Around 75 different participants were given an area to chalk in and passersby donated money into chalk drawings they found more favorable.
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Kavaruss Coleman, a sophmore in engineering, chalks for Chalk the Walk in Wolf Plaza. Money raised thoroughout the event is for the Red Cross relief effort in Japan. “This is the least I can do,” Coleman said.
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nomic diversity of the program has decreased immensely since the tuition was instituted and said it will only decrease more if more funding is discontinued. “We understand that budget cuts are happening everywhere, but this program is important,” Beaudry said. “We want to maintain it at all costs, even if we have to compromise by accepting less students or limiting the campuses.” Alex Grindstaff, a junior in biological sciences and ‘08 Governor’s School alumnus, said the program was an extremely inf luential experience, and said it gave him an opportunity to meet people from North Carolina who had similar aspirations. “I’m from a small part of
western North Carolina, so I really had no worldly experiences,” Grindstaff said. “This [Governor’s School] gave me the chance to meet people who are like-minded, who loved learning for the sake of learning.” While Watson said the program is dependent on state funding, organizers are continuing the planning for the current summer as if the funding will still be intact. The program does not currently have an alternative plan in the event that the state funding is taken away. Though the General Assembly has been considering this complete cut in funding for the program, Gov. Beverly Perdue is not considering such an option. According to Chris Mackey, Gov. Perdue’s press secretary, Perdue does not want to cut funding for the program. “The Governor has done all
she can to hold down the education system in North Carolina,” Mackey said. “There are no cuts for this in her budget.” Despite Mackey’s assurances, alumni and students are organizing protests in reaction to the program’s plight. Several groups created Facebook pages for the protests, and students at UNC-Chapel Hill have started a petition, according to Beaudry. No representatives from the General Assembly were available to comment on this issue at press time. All maintained that the cuts were not official and are subject to change.
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Nina Rountree, a senior in biochemistry, donates money to various buckets during the Craft Center sponsored Chalk Walk.
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new groups that could be a member of the Board of Directors,” Woodward said. According to Lindsey Pullum, senior in political science and Student Government Elections Commission chair, she wasn’t aware of the problem until two hours prior to the polls opening. “The thing with the constitution was a mishap between SCBOD and UAB. Because they brought it to my attention at 10 p.m. Monday, there was absolutely nothing I could do,” Pullum said. “Matt brought it to my attention once the ballot had been locked in, so there was no possible way of changing it.” Although full-time students voted in favor of the changes, the commission and UAB and
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S Suda Thao, freshman in accounting, chalked Wolf Plaza with a tribute to Tanaba, which is where “everybody writes a wish on a piece of paper and they put it on bamboo leaves,” Thao said.
SCBOD will arrange another voting day, according to Pullum. “I have spoken to MaryCobb Randall about the issue, and we will be speaking about it when to arrange a separate voting day for passing the amendments,” Pullum said. According to MaryCobb Randall, Student Centers President and senior in business administration, the constitution put before the student body for vote went through several stages. “Our board put together a committee to make changes to the constitution. In incorporating all of the changes that we wanted to implement in to the document, this update was not incorporated,” Randall said. “Once a draft constitution was complete, it was emailed to our board, our advisors, and to Union Activities Board leadership for review. After this
round of recommendations and changes, we proceeded to have the document approved by the Union Activities Board and, finally, by the Student Centers Board of Directors.” Randall said updating the combined Student Centers Board of Directors and Union Activities Board is a long process. “Updating a constitution is a laborious process. Unlike most organizations, our constitution must be approved by the student body at large, so any oversight that we make is not as easily fixed,” Randall said. “We are, however, committed to making these changes with integrity and with the best interests of students as a priority.”
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College Cup does not solve communication problems THE FACTS:
Student Government and Campus Recreation will be hosting the first annual College Cup Competition this Saturday. Ten students from each college will participate in a series of challenges to see who will get their college’s name on the golden cup. All attendants are from outside of Student Government.
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While the College Cup competition will provide a physical and mental outlet for students to display their competitiveness, Student Government is trying too hard to start a tradition at N.C. State and that is not their purpose.
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tudent Government’s attempts to make the College Cup a tradition for can be seen in their preparation, their expectations that it will continue in the future and their making the winning trophy big enough for 28 potential spots. While they may mean well, their efforts should be focused elsewhere because creating traditions is not their function. Student Government’s mission statement outlines a threepronged approach to serving the student body. This year, while they have proudly displayed what they accomplished on their website, Student Government still hasn’t addressed the division between themselves and the student body. This is where they should focus their energy to prepare for next year.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
The first line of their mission statement states that they will “encourage students to express their concerns and ideas.” Students have scoffed at the idea of Student Government communicating with them and are less likely to respond because of this. They are also supposed to “promote an environment of open discourse and academic excellence.” Although their list of accomplishments this year is extensive, there have been few tangible results. Their work with advising has proven somewhat fruitful and they are starting to expand their communication with administrators and deans, but students are not feeling included in this
discourse and that is the crux of the problem. Finally, Student Government is meant to “proactively represent the student voice to the University administration and Board of Trustees through ethical and accountable public service.” It sounds nice, but that is it. The student representatives aim to serve, but by not being visible and actively communicating to students, their credibility in representation fails. There is clearly a misunderstanding in their function. While commissions and committees exist to divide up the work and keep operations organized, at the end of the day, it is up to the students and
organizations to make things happen whether they are communicating or running events. Student Government exists to make sure these groups have the environment and support so they can do this freely, not do it have it done by Student Government. This year Student Government has looked past most of these issues. More planning and energy has gone towards setting up a tradition rather than addressing the issues of communication. What they seem to forget is that they are not the student body, but rather represent them. Student Government should focus more on representing the students in the departments on the chopping block, and leave the traditions to STAT and other organizations.
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Center, however they have great resources that will make a difference in the way we approach our job searches. We pay for these resources and these staff members are devoted to their jobs. We need to make the most of the resources N.C. State provides for us so we can get a great job. In an effort to get a job over the summer we should not neglect our academics or let them get in the way of our search. By practicing time management skills and being organized, it should be easy to balance the present with the future. These skills will also be critical in your future. Don’t discount practicing skills now that you will need as a professional. Getting an internship is a great feeling. All the pain of searching for an internship that fits, the uncomfortable moments during interviews and the nervousness of w a it i ng for the final result are all wor t h t he extra effort. You can work towards getting a great job this summer to help you launch a successful career. You can’t lose hope because of a few rejections. It takes tremendous effort to find a dream internship, and when you get it, it is all worth it.
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Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flat Editor’s Note: The word limit was waived for this letter because of stylistic integrity. This letter has been cut, please see the website for the full version. I am writing in response to the editorial, “Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flat.” As a student of N.C. State and the Sustainability Director of Student Government, I am disappointed by the dismissive nature of this article. The success of one of this yearís runner-ups, Kyle Barth, is entirely absent in this skewed representation of Think Outside the Brick. Kyleís initial goal to outfit Bagwell Hall with hall light timers led to University Housing doubling $500 awarded by Think Outside the Brick to outfit the entire Quad. This is an example of a self-motivated student invested in proposal along with swift results. It is remiss to omit this success. This is the programís second year. Flaws are expected. Is this any surprise to not have
achieved perfection in two years, where I might add, the winners were tripled from last year? The Technician seems hasty to abandon a program attempting to close the gap between University staff and students. Student Government, Office of Sustainability and University staff has spent hours with students supporting their proposals; yet, they have been wrongfully blamed for some Think Outside the Brick projects having a difficult time getting implemented. Ultimately, it is up to the students to make their proposals reality. Student Government and Office of Sustainability provide all the tools to succeed. Some students have easier implementations than others. We would appreciate for the Technician to not interfere further with the Think Outside the Brick process. Time has been wasted dealing with your publication instead of on the success of our remaining projects. Rachel Conley senior, fisheries and wildlife sciences
Tainting a good competition doesn’t help the cause Editori’s note: This letter has been cut to comply with our word limit policy, please see the website for the full version. The Think Outside the Brick Competition is not a sham. The SOUL Garden, though it may not have been put in the location originally desired, is in a fantastic location. The program’s inbox is overflowing with classes, professors, companies and students looking to come and help out and get involved. No, the
garden isn’t in the middle of campus, but can you blame N.C. State? How could they be sure that they could put a raised bed of dirt in the middle of campus and students wouldn’t abandon if after the first year and they’d have to pay to have it removed when it became weed-ridden? The University is nothing short of helpful on these projects. Tom Skolnicki did a great job in securing the SOUL Garden location for us when we made the decision that was where we wanted it. And he is doing a great job this year in helping us install the solar panel installation that students will be able to charge their laptops by “plugging into the sun.” The problem isn’t the University. A lot of the time it’s us students coming in not knowing the correct pathway and offices to go through to make these projects happen. We have the ideas. The University will help you make it happen. Try not to lose hope so quickly. A vast number of uneducated students look to the paper to form opinions about things they don’t know about, and you tainting a good competition doesn’t help our cause.
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N.C. State alumni find beauty in destruction Artspace’s new exhibition showcases an exploration of modern-day ruins. Elizabeth Ayscue Staff Writer
Once a building loses its purpose, whether it be industry or service, it is often abandoned and forgotten, becoming a decayed version of what it once was. Despite this, some artists have found that these buildings have another purpose—telling a story of a time long past. Artspace is running an exhibition in Gallery Two called “Rising Into Ruin” that explores the abandonment and decay of industrial buildings and the urban landscape. The idea of the modern ruins compares with ancient ruins of the classical world. The exhibit features two N.C. State alumni artists; Tim Kiernan, class of 2002, and Greg Lindquist, class of 2003. The idea for the exhibit stems from a new genre of art that explores and accentuates the ruins of industrial buildings and the style is gaining in popularity. Time magazine ran a photo essay comprised of work by photographer Sean Hemmerle, which featured photos of the ruins of Detroit, one of the more popular subjects for this rapidly increasing genre. “The overall theme of the show is…modern day ruins and looking at what becomes of these forgotten structures,” Kiernan said. Lia Newman, director of programs and exhibitions at Artspace, said that the inspiration came from viewing Lindquist’s work and the work of another artist featured in the show,
Morgan Craig. “I guess what I saw in their work was a connection about urban development and land use and disuse, like what happens to these industrial spaces,” Newman said. Newman said the she believes the show is very relevant to our ever-growing and ever-changing society, both nationally and locally. “I was interested in the idea because there has been so much growth and change in Raleigh since I moved here,” she said. For the show, Kiernan created a video installation that was inspired by deteriorating St. Agnes Hospital, located on the campus of St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh. “It’s three blocks away from where my house is, but I didn’t know much about it,” Kiernan said. “The building is the closest thing we have to ruins—ruins in the classical sense. This building is over a hundred years old.” After doing some research, Kiernan discovered that the hospital was closed down in 1961 after desegregation in North Carolina and that it is a very important building to the African American community. “It started with curiosity at a building in my environment and then it became a deeper look at what it meant to the community,” Kiernan said. Kiernan said the work he created for the show was a “site-specific piece” because he created it to fit in the gallery at Artspace. With all of the research and actual creation, Kiernan said he’s been working on it for around five months. Lindquist’s art, which helped to inspire the idea to bring the show to Artspace, is a series of
paintings based on photographs of ruins. “It ’s a b ou t l a y e r s ,” Lindquist said. “It’s all these things that refer to each other.” New ma n described Lindquist’s paintings as focusing on the “exterior, wide view” of the changing landscape as opposed to Craig’s paintings which focus on the emotion of the modern ruins. Lindquist said that the title of the exhibit came from an essay called “A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey,” written by Robert Smithson, an artist who came to be obsessed with the idea of these modern ruins. “He had this great way of synthesizing science and art and literature,” Lindquist said. “He was obsessed with things falling apart and almost thought it better represented life than things coming into life. It expands the idea of what a ruin can be—that a ruin can be beautiful.” Lindquist said that those ideas pertained to his own paintings—that his work addresses how these ruins affect the local, national and global community. “For me it’s about playing with different ways of translating imagery,” Lindquist said. Ex hibits t hat feature alumni work aren’t new to Artspace. Newman has worked previously with University students and graduates. “For all our exhibitions, we’re looking at emerging
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NC STATE SOFTBALL VS. UNC-CHAPEL HILL KAY YOW PINK GAMES
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North Carolina strawberry production ranks number three in the United States and these red fruits provide lots of healthy vitamins and flavor.
Strawberry season boosts our state economy Strawberries provide health benefits and a healthy boost for the economy.
berry industry plays a big role in North Carolina’s economy. “In terms of the contribution to North Carolina’s economy, it’s around $24 million,” Wechsler said. Stephen Behan Staff Writer According to a USDA report, North Carolina produced apStrawberry season is un- prox imately 19.5 million derway, and the little red pounds of strawberries in 2010, fruit can have a big impact on creating a farm income of apNorth Carolina’s economy, as proximately $24.3 million. well as people’s health. The According to Wechsler, N.C. health benefits of eating more State has acted as a key influfruit have been proven by sci- ence on strawberry production entists and nutritionists, and in the state industry. strawberries are a good source “N.C. State has been a real leader in strawberries for the of nutrients. In North Carolina, straw- whole region,” Wechsler said. berry farms are advocating “The University has had a really to open to the public in order strong program of research and to provide fresh handpicked extension involving strawberstrawberries to local residents. ries since the mid 1980s.” These farms The main are an impormethod for tant part of production North Carothroughout lina’s agriculthe southture industry. east is the Accordplasticuling to Debby ture method Wechsler developed at from the N.C. State. North CaroliThis methna Strawberry od employs Association, plastic as a Debby Wechsler, North Carosubstitute member of NCSA lina produces for mu lch a large portion and uses a of strawberry harvests on a na- network of plastic irrigation tubing. tional level. “[Plasticulture] has been ad“North Carolina’s actually the third largest producer in opted by growers in Georgia, the country, if you [measure] South Carolina, Virginia and by the value of the crop,” Ohio,” Wechsler said. “They’re all following the lead of North Wechsler said. However, Wechsler said the Carolina, and they all turn to distinction can be a bit mis- North Carolina because the research on strawberries isn’t leading. “But, that has to be taken as strong in their states. We’ve with a grain of salt, because the got the plant pathologist, we number one and number two have the horticultural experproducers are way bigger than tise to do the research, to get we are,” Wechsler said. “To- information out and to share it gether they produce something throughout the region.” like 95 percent of the country’s Aside from being good for strawberries. California is the the local economy, strawberbiggest [producer], then Flor- ries also have certain health ida.” benefits. Despite the small percentage Strawberries are healthy of production on a national because they are a source of scale, Wechsler said the straw- essential nutrients, according
“In terms of the contribution to North Carolina’s economy, it’s around $24 million.”
to Gabriel Harris, professor of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences. “Strawberries contain relatively high levels of vitamin C, potassium and folates,” Harris said. “These are nutrients we have to consume because our bodies don’t make them on their own.” According to Harris, strawberries have ellagic acid and anthocyanins, the chemical that makes them red, which are considered nonessential nutrients. In essence, they are beneficial for good health but not absolutely necessary for life. “What needs further investigation are these nonessentials,” Harris said. “Potential benefits include high antioxidant properties, and potential anticancer effects.” There may also be a benefit with regards to age related decline in cognitive functions, according to Harris. However, the key word here is potential. According to Harris, while the benefits of vitamins and essential nutrients found in strawberries are known, the benefits of nonessential nutrients are still being researched. “These benefits are not conclusive,” Harris said. “They are still actively being investigated.” Jennifer Pries, senior in English and plant pathology, said she buys strawberries from the campus Farmers’ Market on the Brickyard. “When they’re in season, I buy them about once a week,” Pries said. “It’s wonderful to have a place where you can get them early.” The strawberries come from a farm in Pender County, near Wilmington, according to Garry Wise, vendor at the Campus Farmers’ Market. To find a strawberry farm in your location, the N.C. Strawberry Association has a farm locator on their website, www. ncstrawberry.org.
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Students make D.H. Hill Library a place of prayer Amongst its many resources, D.H. Hill Library houses a prayer room for Muslim students.
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Exam weeks aside, far more praying is done at D.H. Hill Library than we think. To the left side of the library’s tower sits a modestly-sized prayer room, nestled in the bottom of a staircase. Although it’s tucked away and unknown to most students on campus, many Muslim students frequent this corner of the library, using it during prayer times throughout the day. “One of the pillars of Islam is to pray,” Faiza Mustafa, sophomore in biological sciences, said. “When we’re at school, there’s no time to go home or to the mosque, so it’s a lot more convenient to have the library at school to pray.” Compared to the rest of the library, the prayer room is relatively young. The room was established as an unofficial prayer room seven years ago when Aurelia Clayton, library facilities manager, walked by the staircase and spotted a student sitting down to pray. It was then that the idea of a prayer room was conceived. Clayton approached her supervisors and requested that the room be given to students. Thanks to Clayton and the help of other staff, Muslim students have been able to call the prayer room their own. “One of the core principles of everyone who works in the library is to try to help any student be able to work better here,” Clayton said. “The
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suggestion of a space was received well and a lot of us were involved in coming up with a place where you could gather without distractions.” But new as it may be, the number of students showing up to pray on a daily basis continues to grow. “This semester, the number has increased drastically,” Mohammed Dorgham, sophomore in biochemistry, said. “It started from five [and is] currently 30.” According to Islamic practice, Muslims are required to pray five specific times of the day, with consideration to where the sun is located in the sky: at sunrise, noon, afternoon, sunset and night. During any of these times, a handful of students can be found in the prayer room. Due to growing followers and little capacity, students agree to take shifts to pray. Crowdedness, however, is not a pressing issue on the minds of these students. To them, praying in a group is a blessing. “The more people we pray with the better,” Mustafa said. “Not only are you meeting other Muslims, it’s also more rewarding than having to pray by yourself.” The prayer room serves multiple purposes. While uniting the Muslim community on
campus, it also provides flexibility amidst the busy schedules any typical college student possesses. For Muslims, religious traditions do not equate with convenience. Before performing prayers, Muslims must be ceremonially clean. Although the ablutions vary from sect to sect, they consist of: washing of the hands, arms, mouth and face in a systematic order before praying. Come prayer time, leaving the library to perform ceremonial cleansing interrupts studying patterns. But with the prayer space within the library, students can choose to pray right where they study. “It is amazingly convenient,” Dorgham said. “Most of the Muslims generally meet up in the library or learning commons so we can always pause our activities and go pray. We are very thankful to the library for allowing a space for us to perform our prayers.” Additionally, the prayer room also serves as a haven for students living on campus. Mohamad Haidar, junior in biochemistry, lives with a non-Muslim and expressed his fondness for the space the prayer room provides. “The prayer room is a calm, peaceful space where I can guarantee I will be able to concentrate during my prayer.”
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Talbia Choudhury, a junior in biochemistry, and Tahiti Choudhury, a sophomore in biological sciences, are in the fifth position of the Maghrib praying period. Muslim prayers, called salawat in Arabic, consist of multiple positions. These women pray on their prayer rugs, which are pointed towards the direction of the holy city of Mecca.
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While leaving the Atrium, Adam Ward, a senior in biochemistry and environmental science, sported a nice look for springtime. Ward wore a button-up, Western-style shirt from Hollister ($25), dark blue Hollister jeans ($20), and a pair of white and black ASICS shoes ($70). He enjoys shopping at Express and online at Topman.com. Ward sometimes looks through GQ magazine for style inspiration, but, typically, he said, “I usually just wear whatever I feel like wearing.”
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and established artists,” Newman said. “For some of them, I’ve become familiar with their work while they were NCSU.” Newman said she enjoys working closely with the art community at the University and giving them the chance to
showcase their work. “What’s been really great about working with NCSU is that it speaks highly about the art department and the College of Design,” she said. The show runs until May 7 at Artspace gallery in downtown Raleigh. Both Lindquist and Kiernan hope that students will come out and see it.
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Mazzoni said the Wolfpack has nothing to worry about if it sticks to a certain mencontinued from page 8 tality. have a lot of players from there “Rony [Rodriguez] and so it should be fun.” Harold [Martinez] are reThough the team may not be ally anchoring that lineup performing well on the road, right now,” Mazzoni said. Avent continued to say that he “Those are two of the best is happy with the way the Pack hitters in the ACC, so gethas been playing and hopes ting them out would really they will continue to rely on help us out in some of the each other games. We over t he c a n ’t g o weekend. into games “I’m ticklooking at led to death their stats, with the way but instead this team is imagine playing right them all as now,” Avent .4 0 0 h itsaid. “They ters.” are starting With all coach Elliott Avent to feed off of of the faceach other tors taken and depend into acon each other. When you get count, sophomore infielder guys depending on one anoth- Matt Bergquist believes that er, it makes things easier as a if the team has smart at-bats coach. When you can lean on down in Miami, everything your teammates, it makes the else will fall into place. team better as a whole.” “If we go up there to the Although Miami’s pitching plate with a plan we’ll do has been strong to start the fine,” Bergquist said. “If season, the offense has proven we just go up there trying potent as well. Rony Rodriguez to find a hit we’re going to was named the ACC Player of struggle. If we are moving the Week last week after hit- runners over and doing ting .750 with one home run the little things, [the] right in three games. The Canes’ things should take care of Harold Martinez leads the themselves and hopefully team with 21 RBI and is second lead to wins.” only to Rodriguez with a .289 batting average. But with players like Maynard and sophomore infielder Chris Diaz hitting above .330, junior starting pitcher Cory
“I’m tickled to death with the way this team is playing right now.”
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SOFTBALL
Softball hosts UNC in Kay Yow Pink Game After two victories over UNC-Charlotte, Pack looks to beat rival Tarheels.
of something special, so I could leave my mark and help my coach out in the process.” State hopes that between the past two days of practice, and pure dedication and determination, the team will be able to overcome the anxiety of the rivalry and come away with the win as junior Toni Ann Willaford put it. “I definitely feel that we are prepared for the Tar Heels,” Willaford said. “We played them last year and won the series, so I feel like we know what to expect from them this year.” When asked if there were any key factors that would contribute to the team’s success this weekend, senior catcher Alyssa Allbritten said that it comes down to how badly the players want to win. “UNC is a little different than the other teams we have played,” Allbritten said. “It’s a dogfight on both sides and
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Coming off a double-header sweep of UNC-Charlotte on Wednesday, the N.C. State softball team (17-17 overall, 1-7 ACC) looks to continue its winning streak as it takes on UNC-Chapel Hill in the annual Kay Yow Pink Game tomorrow at 1 p.m. With the two wins over Charlotte, the Wolfpack secured a milestone for coach Lisa Navas – her 600th career victory. Senior second baseman Alyssa Ishibashi said it was great to be apart of such a special moment. “It was great to be a part of her 600th win,” Ishibashi said. “I’ve always wanted to be a part
basically comes down to who wants it more.” Allbritten, who sports a team-high batting average of .358, feels like her success stems from time and effort put in both on and off the field. “It makes me feel good to know I have a strong batting average,” Allbritten said. “I have put a lot of time and effort throughout the season, and seeing those numbers makes me feel accomplished.” The Wolfpack will need every hit it can muster, as the team faces star freshman pitcher from UNC, Lori Spingola. With over 178 innings pitched, she boasts an impressive 1.69 ERA and 179 strikeouts. With mostly underclassmen on the team, only a few players actually know what it is like to play the Tar Heels. Albritten admitted that the team’s instate rival swings the bats well and also have good team speed.
at the end of the season and it sounds like it should be easy, but it is not as easy as it sounds,” said Hodgson. “It’s not like we have players that never win, it’s just that everyone wins on a separate day. We hope to do well against UVA so that we can go into Sunday with more confidence” Following today’s match, the Pack will play its final home match of the season as it hosts Virginia Tech on Senior Day at 1 p.m.
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rupted. But I’d say we’ve knocked out some good, nationally ranked guys this season, allowing to keep things contested.” Hodgson echoed Choboy’s comments that inconsistency has played a big role in the team’s under performance so far this season. “We’ve come together as a team
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“They are a hard hitting team for sure,” Allbritten said. “The have a couple of fast kids, and they will definitely come out swinging.” In remembrance of former women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who lost a battle with breast cancer in early 2009, two of the three games played this weekend will be entitled “Kay Yow Pink Game.” With the Kay Yow Pink Game doubleheader being played at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, Willaford feels it will give the players motivation to play faster. “It definitely gives a little more motivation to play better,” Willaford said. “In the back of your mind you think some people will never have this chance. We just want to do good for both our team and Kay Yow.”
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Detweiler said. “It puts more drive in us to play better when we have guys winning tournaments. For me, I definitely want to start winning and everyone else feels the same way. They’re our teammates, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to beat them.” The River Landing Intercollegiate will take place this Friday and Saturday while the Wolfpack Spring Open will take place next Saturday and Sunday. After hosting its annual spring tournament, the ACC tournament will begin on April 22 at Old North State Club in London, N.C.
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ACROSS 1 Chuck E. Cheese’s order 6 Disaster response gp. 10 Eric the Red’s birth year, roughly 13 Lets go 14 Conscious 15 “A likely story!” 16 Celtic quaffs? 18 Old cereal box letters 19 __-Caps 20 Anderson of Jethro Tull 21 Pyle portrayer 23 Composer Stravinsky 25 Words of affection from Luigi 26 Club ingredient 28 Astronaut Grissom 29 Seed alternative 30 Caribbean baby animal? 32 Impudent 34 Senescent 35 Refinery input 36 Escape to Vegas, maybe 37 “__ life!” 38 Arabian guy? 40 Withdrawal concern 41 911 response initials 42 Hardly local 43 ’70s TV cop played by Robert Blake 45 Assorted: Abbr. 46 Farewells overseas 47 Dinghy thingy 48 Electrical sound 51 Lighting brand 52 East Asian “pet”? 56 “__ you nuts?” 57 Matching 58 Agony and ecstasy 59 Dorm agts. 60 640 acres: Abbr. 61 Opposite of lanky DOWN 1 Cpl.’s subordinates
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2 “__ (So Far Away)”: 1982 hit for A Flock of Seagulls 3 Reset 4 Letter from London 5 “__ was saying ...” 6 McGregor of “The Men Who Stare at Goats” 7 Feb. sentiment 8 Circus sites 9 French Oscar 10 Y for men only? 11 Iberian bridge? 12 Capital ENE of Kathmandu 14 Way out yonder 17 Shrek’s love 22 Like much Hawaiian lava 23 Complaint while groping 24 Some Chinese restaurant decor 25 Dice and ice, often 26 Mesopotamian savings plan? 27 Earhart et al.
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28 Spiritual leaders 30 It may be tipped 31 One commonly follows “said” 32 Naval acronym 33 Japanese dough 39 Stone monument 41 And those following, in footnotes 43 King with a trunk
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44 Old TV parts 45 Knight’s protection 47 Ventura County resort 48 Contemporary of Mao 49 Operatic slave 50 It’s behind us 53 Elemental suffix 54 MLB execs 55 Chantilly crower
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COUNTDOWN
• Eight days until the 3rd annual Kay Yow Spring Football Game.
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• Page 7: A preview of the softball team’s Kay Yow Pink Game against North Carolina.
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BASEBALL
Baseball hopes to weather the storm
Gottfried makes ‘Early’ hire New men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried has already gotten the ball rolling with his staff, hiring Orlando Early as an assistant coach yesterday. Early served as an assistant coach under Gottfried from 2001-05 at Alabama, helping the Crimson Tide reach the NCAA Tournament all four seasons. In addition, Early helped Gottfried guide Alabama to an 88-41 record, including three consecutive 20-win seasons, an SEC regular-season title, an Elite Eight appearance, and a No. 1 national ranking. The former Gardner-Webb standout is certainly familiar with North Carolina as well, having served as an assistant coach for his alma mater, Western Carolina and Charlotte for a combined eight seasons before joining Gottfried’s staff in Tuscaloosa. After four seasons at Alabama, Early took the head coaching job at Louisiana-Monroe, where he compiled a 60-92 record during his five-year stint that was marred by Hurricane Katrina. In addition to Early’s hiring, Wolfpack legend Monte Towe has expressed interest in remaining as an assistant coach after serving on Sidney Lowe’s staff for five seasons. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Track and field travels to Durham over weekend After splitting up to compete in several different meets last weekend, the N.C. State men’s and women’s track and field teams reunite to take part in the Duke Invitational at Wallace Wade Stadium over the weekend. Sophomores Jazueline Daniels and Karimah Shepherd will kick off the weekend for the Pack in the women’s triple jump, as they look to improve on their third and eighth place finishes at the Raleigh Relays, respectively. The featured event on the first day of action will be the women’s 1,500m run and the men’s high jump. The Wolfpack’s Erika Alpeter, Emily Egelhoff-Whalen and Leah Vaughn will compete in the 1,500 while Kwame Boatwright, Kris KornegayGober and Christian Council will compete in the high jump. Action scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. today and 9 a.m. tomorrow. The women will led by Denae Ford in the 400m race while Daniel Fretz will pace the men’s team.
N.C. State has another tough conference test against the Hurricanes this weekend. Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor
When the Wolfpack travels down to Florida this weekend, it will be competing against the best team in the Miami area. Not only have the Hurricanes defeated almost every opponent in the conference while compiling an 8-3 ACC record, with their only losses coming in a series sweep at Georgia Tech, they have also defeated an MLB team. That’s correct, Miami played against the Florida Marlins, a Major League Baseball franchise, and won 9-8, in an exhibition game prior to the Marlins season. Thanks to a loose mindset that the Pack (18-12, 5-7 ACC) has taken on since the Clemson series, sophomore pitcher Chris Overman said that the baseball team has been playing sharp lately. “We’ve been playing loose ever since the Clemson series at home,” Overman said. “Hopefully we can take that same mentality down to Miami with us. If this team is playing that way and executing on the mound and throwing strikes, we can play with anybody in the country.” State’s bullpen has been on a tear recently with Overman and company, which has helped the team win two straight conference games along with a crucial win over in-state rival ECU. Overman believes the bullpen will play an important role in bringing home a series win against the Hurricanes on Sunday.
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Sophomore pitcher Chris Overman attempts to pick off a runner in the game against ECU Tuesday. Overman struck out four and allowed no runs in 2.1 innings.
“The bullpen is going to play a big role,” Overman said. “Obviously our starters have been going pretty far into games. Cory [Mazzoni] always takes the game pretty late on Fridays. And then Saturday and Sunday the starters should hold up well, but if they don’t the bullpen’s always got them.” The Hurricanes pitching, particularly their bullpen as well, has been consistently good this season. Miami showcases seven pitchers overall who have a sub-3.00 ERA and two pitchers out of the bullpen with ERAs lower than 1.00. While junior infielder Pratt Maynard
said he was impressed by the numbers, he knows the Pack can put together runs early and has confidence in his own bullpen. “Their bullpen may be great, but we can put up runs on anybody right now,” Maynard said. “I’m not too worried about scoring runs against them. We have a pretty good bullpen ourselves that can keep us in games late even if we are struggling.” The team has had a really good record at home this season, but the team has struggled thus far on the road in conference play. The Pack has lost both
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Men’s tennis hosts No. 1 Virginia Wolfpack looks to turn things around before ACC Championships.
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Adam Hogue reads a putt at last year’s Wolfpack Intercollegiate Invitational at Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack return to North Carolina for three tournaments to finish up the season.
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Today BASEBALL @ MIAMI Miami, Fla., 7 p.m. MEN’S GOLF @ RIVER LANDING INTERCOLLEGIATE Wallace, N.C., All day MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA Pullen Park, 3 p.m. TRACK @ DUKE INVITATIONAL Durham, N.C., All day WOMEN’S TENNIS @ VIRGINIA Charlottesville, Va., noon Saturday SOFTBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINA Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 1 and 3 p.m. (doubleheader) BASEBALL @ MIAMI Miami, Fla., 7 p.m. SOFTBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINA Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium, Noon Sunday MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA TECH. Pullen Park, 1 p.m. BASEBALL @ MIAMI Miami, Fla., 1 p.m.
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series in the ACC away from Doak Field at Dail Park against Duke and Georgia Tech, going 1-5 overall. Coach Elliott Avent knows his team has shown some woes on the road, but he still believes the experience should be fun going on the road. “I’ve always enjoyed playing on the road,” Avent said. “We obviously play well here at Doak Field, but there is something really nice about getting out of town with your team and relaxing. Miami is a fun place to play, and we
It’s all in the grass Men’s golf returns to North Carolina looking to take advantage of the Bermuda grass course this weekend. Sean Fairholm Staff Writer
After nearly six months of playing on bent grass courses across the southeast, the No. 23-ranked men’s golf team returns to North Carolina, where it will play on a more familiar surface at the River Landing Intercollegiate this weekend – Bermuda grass. The event in Wallace, N.C. marks the beginning of a series of three in-state tournaments, including next weekend’s Wolfpack Spring Open held at Lonnie Poole Golf Course. Sophomore Mitchell Sutton will be playing in his first tournament since winning the Hootie Intercollegiate at Bulls Bay on March 29. The London, Ontario native said capturing an individual title will hopefully show the team it can be a force and give players confidence moving forward. “It gave me a whole deal of
confidence and hopefully the other guys play well, too,” Sutton said. “Everyone is obviously trying to get a win individually and that will really help the team as well. I just want to keep doing what I’ve been doing and that should help me out.” Aside from the boost in confidence from picking up an individual victory, Sutton noted that returning to North Carolina should pay dividends for the team. In last year’s River Landing Intercollegiate, the top three finishers were teams from North Carolina while the bottom ten finishers hailed from out-of-state. “The grass down here is a little different, so we kind of get used to that,” Sutton said. “Being so close to home is kind of nice and it gives us a little bit of an advantage. We’ve been down there playing the course a few times, so we definitely have a little bit of an advantage.” Akron, Pa., native Brandon Detweiler agreed with Sutton’s thoughts on gaining an advantage from playing in North Carolina. The senior has played in every event in the spring semester. “I don’t think it has anything to do with the golf courses,” Detweiler said. “I think it has to do more with the grasses.
Once you hit Virginia, that’s where Bermuda and bent grass kind of split with bent going up north and Bermuda coming down south. It’s definitely an advantage to southern schools because we practice on Bermuda all the time.” Although the experience with Bermuda grass may end up being pivotal, Detweiler said that veteran expertise coupled with a rested group of guys should provide an additional edge. “All but two of us have played at least one tournament here before because River Landing is where we used to have our home event,” Detweiler said. “It was also nice to have a little bit of a break after the Hootie since we had three tournaments in a three week stretch. That was nice to be able to get a break and practice a little bit.” With two Pack golfers picking up three individual titles thus far in the 2010-11 season, competition to join that group has increased. Detweiler said that riding the success of individual wins can be converted into overall success for the team. “Obviously we want to ride any success that the team has,”
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Choboy said. “It’s going to be a competitive match and will be closely contested.” The N.C. State-Virg inia matchup has always been a tough one for the team. The Sean Ege exceptional skills of the CavaStaff Writer liers have allowed them to stay At 3 p.m. this Friday, the ranked No. 1 nationally for N.C. State men’s tennis quite a while. However, this team will host No. 1 ranked isn’t the first time the Pack Virginia at Pullen Park as it will be facing Virginia. Every tries to gain some late-sea- season’s matchup between the son momentum with the two teams tends to be filled ACC Championships com- with energy as the best players compete against each other. ing in two weeks. “You’re going to get a tough This past weekend, No. 28 Miami (12-5, 6-1 ACC) battle,” Hodgson said. “Last defeated No. 59 NC State year I had a pretty good match (8-11, 0-7 ACC) by the fi- in doubles and in singles and nal score of 5-2. The Pack had chances in both. They’re barely fell to the Hurricanes the best team for a reason, so in doubles, as the duo of it’s going to be tough work.” The players are motivated Dave Thomson and Julian by desire Sullivan and the goal were able of f i n i s hto secure i ng st rong a doubles through the w i n, but sets. Past the rest of matches the doubles have be en rotation lost to oppoc a me up nents due to just short. tiebreakers “We’re and similar disapnerve-rackpointed junior Dominic Hodgson ing points. again The team with what happened with Miami,” knows it must follow through junior Dominic Hodg- with all of its hard work and son said. “The problem is winning is a matter of staying we’re winning in certain consistent from point-to-point. places one day and in anThe month of March was other place the next day.” unforgiving to the Wolfpack, Today’s match will be the as matches continually came 54th meeting between the down to single games and tieWolfpack and the Cava- breakers for players. But acliers. State has not had much cording to Choboy, they are success against Virginia doing what they know best and recently, with the last win just have to work on continuity against the Cavaliers com- issues. ing in 1999 when the Pack “I agree that there has been won 4-3. Nonetheless, in- some inconsistency,” said coach dividual players have had Choboy. “We haven’t been able the opportunity to secure to do it all in the same day. wins against the Cavaliers Guys are getting momentum in the past when it has come going, and then someone else to that aspect of the match. loses. Continuity is key in any “Numbers are numbers to sport but it seems to get interme, doesn’t matter if you’re 1st or 30th,” coach Jon TENNIS continued page 7
“The problem is we’re winning in certain places one day and in another place the next day.”