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Students have final say on free expression Student Government releases results of the Free Expression Tunnel Survey.
Student Government offers appropriations
Eriane Evans Correspondent
The blacking out and blockading of the Free Expression Tunnel in November 2010 spurned feelings of uneasiness throughout campus. Questions about the validity of the tunnel surfaced as they had in reaction to a similar ordeal in 2008. Student Government sent a mass email to students earlier this semester asking students to complete a short survey regarding the care of the Free Expression Tunnel in light of the reoccurring presence of obscenity. The questions surveyed whether students approved of implementations such as free paint locations across campus or creating a student group whose sole purpose would be keeping up the tunnel. Phillip Christofferson, a junior in political science and deputy of staff in Student Government, sent out a follow-up email with the results of the survey. He was one of the forerunners in collecting students’ opinions. “I organized the survey,” Christofferson said. “Ideas for the questions were taken from different people around campus and student leaders in Student Government. I know this was the first time we’ve done a survey like that. There’s been times in the past where we’ve tried to get input from students, especially following an incident. The Free Expression Tunnel has been brought up several times in Student Government meetings.” A majority of students who completed the survey agreed that they were not in favor of the formation of a student group for the tunnel. For some students like Candy Thomson, a sophomore in animal science, who completed the survey, having a group would take control of managing the tunnel out of the students’ hands. “The tunnel is about free expres-
Free Expression Tunnel remains creative sanctuary From 1939 to the present, the University’s most colorful tunnel remains an icon. Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer
The Free Expression Tunnel is an ever-changing artistic tapestry. Constantly expanded and altered by students of every major and year, the tunnel has become one of the University’s defining features and a true representation of the diverse student body. The tunnel first opened in 1939 as part of the Public Works Administration project. At the time, it was only used as a service tunnel to connect North and Central Campus, which are separated by railroad tracks. The tunnel was first painted in the late 1960s. The University was experiencing trouble with illegal graffiti around campus, and the tunnel was promoted as a place students could graffiti without worry of prosecution. Since the Free Expression Tunnel was first painted, the site has become a popular means for students to express themselves in a myriad of ways. Clubs and organizations use the tunnel as a means of advertising upcoming meetings or events in a creative or colorful way. The tunnel is also used as a way for students to express opinions on national issues and events. In the past, murals relating to Black History
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to clubs Student Government is finalizing the annual appropriations for the spring semester. Elise Heglar Staff Writer
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Freshman in communications and film studies Adam Cheeks and UNC sophomore in journalism and mass communication Molly Green walk through the Free Expression Tunnel Tuesday. Student Government announced they would not create a committee to paint over offensive words and images in the tunnel, but that students could. “It’s the Free Expression Tunnel,” Cheeks said. “I’m a Christian and there’s stuff that’s offensive to me all the time, but I’m not writing over it.”
look at it. Having sion,” Thomson a student group said. “It would would be weird.” be silly to have While a majorsomeone in ity of students charge over it.” were against Gaivorlor Borhaving a student bor, a junior in g roup, t here elec t r ic a l a nd were still a sigcomputer enginificant number neering, said he of students -— a believes that stunumber too sigdents should take nif icant to be charge of the tunGaivorlor Borbor, junior overlooked by nel themselves. Student Govern“I f s t udent s don’t like what they see,” Borbor ment -— saying that they were for said, “they can paint over it or not having a student group. Christoffer-
“If students don’t like what they see they can paint over it or not look at it.”
son said he was impressed by the outcome of the survey. “We definitely had a great turnout,” Christofferson said, “it was what I was expecting. Even higher.” Student Government will not lead the formation of a group, but as a compromise they are offering to help students who are still interested in organizing a group on their own. The email containing the results of the survey called for anyone interested in being the founder of
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A look at Student Health Center The Health Center provides various services for students on a daily basis. Elise Heglar
Student Government is finishing the application process for club appropriations this week. Every fall and spring semester, Student Government accepts applications for funding from University clubs. Organizations that wish to apply fill out a basic application and are assigned to a Student Senate member who helps them interview with the appropriations committee. “I thoroughly enjoy this process because I feel that this is one of the most important things Student Government does for the students,” Ethan Harrelson, the student senate president and a senior in biological sciences, said. The applications for funding opened on Jan. 24 and are due by midnight on Thursday. According to Harrelson, appropriations are beneficial to the entire student body because it presents opportunities for on-campus events and gives organizations the opportunity to further the University’s name. “Appropriations benefit the entire student body because we fund events on campus that are open to the whole student body. Also, organizations go all over the country and improve the reputation of N.C. State. Student Government does a lot for students; however, this directly benefits organizations and the University with immediate results,” Harrelson said. The entire process for appropriations funding should be finished by the first week of March, according to Harrelson. Student Government is planning on being able to cut checks by the end of March. Buddy Bryson, the student body treasurer and a junior in sociology, said that nearly half of Student Government’s budget goes to appropriations. Last semester $85,138.24 was given out to the 171 organizations that applied for funding last semester. “This is one of the largest things
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One of the many services available to University students is the on campus Student Health Center. The Health Center is open six days a week during the fall and spring semesters and five days a week during summer sessions. In addition to the general health center facility, there is also a women’s katie fraboni/Technician health facility, counseling center, The Student Health Center is located at the corner of Cates Avenue and and pharmacy on campus. Dan Allen Drive. The six physicians and six extenders provide care for the “When all 30,000 students are on University. In the building is a women’s health care facility, counseling campus, we are really busy. Our center and pharmacy. They do not typically handle emergencies. appointments are full at the start What can they do? of every day and we also try to do physicians, as well qualified as anyone walk-ins,” Jerry Barker, associate could be,” Barker said. Barker said that the Health CenIn addition to the six physicians, the vice-chancellor and director of the Health Center also ter not only specializes in primary Student Health has six extenders. care, but is also equipped to deal Center, said. According to Barker, with some urgent care situations. There are six extenders are nurse About 60 percent of all appointf u l ly cer tif ied practitioners or phy- ments are now made online and physicians that sicians assistants the Health Center tries to accomwork at the health who have completed modate walk-in patients. center, according “We deal mostly with acute ill2 years of medical to Barker. These training. Extend- ness; things that are happening physicians have ers are placed with right now. We have work-in serall attended acJerry Baker, associate vicea physician in the vices for people that are sick withcredited medical chancellor and director of the Student Health Center Health Center. For out appointments. We really try schools, comthe first 6 months our best to see everyone that comes pleted at least a of employment, this in,” Barker said. 3-year residency Things like compound fractures, program, have a North Carolina physician oversees all medical charts broken bones, severe chest pains, medical license and have experi- and cases that extenders work on. “Our extenders are usually very and severe bleeding should be hanence working in the medical field. All physicians at the Health Center highly rated. A lot of them have a dled in an emergency room or by are board certified, which means nursing or EMT background, so they dialing 911. The Health Center is that they have completed at least tend to have a really good bedside not equipped to handle emergency room situations. 50 hours of continuing medical manner,” Barker said. education every year. “They are really well qualified SHC continued page 3
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that we do. Student Government works for the students; almost half of our budget goes directly back to the students,” Bryson said. Bryson said that last semester’s numbers were some of the highest that Student Government has on record. The numbers for this semester look very similar.
“I know this is one of the ceipt keeping or budget issues. “We have been very fortunate highest numbers we have ever that we’ve had, and that’s been able great,” Bryson to cover alsaid. most every According expense to Bryson, it within our is rare for an budget,” organization Bryson said. to apply and John Galnot receive any l o w a y, a funding at all Buddy Bryson, student body treasurer sophomore from Student in env iGovernment. ronmental The main reason for an organization not technology and president of receiving any money is bad re- the University’s B-boy Club,
“ know this is one of the highest numbers we have ever had.”
said that the process is hard to complete but worth the reward. “It’s an extensive application, but I understand the need to document the information because it is student money and it should be ensured that everyone is using it properly,” Galloway said. The application for appropriations can be found on the Student Government website. “I 100 percent support the appropriations process because it supports motivated people who are willing to further N.C. State University,” Galloway said.
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appropriations important dates: January 24: Filing opens February 10: Filing closes Deferred Gifts: $91,888,404 Pledges: $104,705,386 Total: $1,053,341,456 Source: student government
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Freshmen in computer science Aishwarya Neelakantan and Praveena Kuppa compete in a boxing round as a demo for the Microsoft Kinect in Engineering Building II Tuesday night. The Kinect is the new interactive gaming system released by Microsoft and features motion-sensing software that eliminates the need for a traditional controller. The friends had never played with the new technology but enjoyed their virtual fight. “It was really fun,” laughed Neelakantan. “Just a lot of flailing your arms around randomly.”
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“Even though people think that this is a healthy young adult population, there are still plenty of things for us to treat,” Barker said. Full time students at the University pay an annual fee of $245 every academic year for health services. This fee covers visits to doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, and counselors at the Health Center. The fee also covers certain medications, three free condoms a day, aspirin, and band-aids at the Health Center. Everything at the on campus Health Center is given to students at a reduced cost, Barker said. Lab work is done at about a quarter of the average cost and prescriptions cost only about 40 percent of what they would cost at another pharmacy. “Most people don’t appreciate what a great financial deal the Health Center is until they have to pay health costs out of their own pocket,” Barker said. Rose Cuomo, a freshman in the transition program, visits the Health Center once a week for allergy shots. The Health Center accommodates weekly treatments for many students on campus. “The nurses I deal with for my allergy shots are actually more friendly than my physician at home,” Cuomo said. The convenience of the Health Center is its best asset, according to Cuomo. The Health Center is located on Cates Avenue. “I don’t have to travel anywhere and the physicians have a lot of experience working with students. Everyone is always friendly, and that’s why I keep going back,” Cuomo said.
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The Facts:
In October 2010, graffiti was painted over a GLBT event’s paintings and in November, another racially offensive painting was found. Student Government sent out a survey to gather the campus community’s input about solutions.
Our Opinion:
There is no one answer to the Free Expression Tunnel. It should be left to regulate itself. Over the past three months, things have calmed down and have displayed how the tunnel can exist without constantly disrupting the campus community.
auging the campus’ opinion is difficult when it is 33,000 strong, but Student Government tried after gathering questions, concerns and suggestions about the Free Expression Tunnel from last semester. Countless meetings and forums discussed the issues surrounding the incidents in the tunnel, however nothing definite came out of them. At least Student Government took an initiative, but it was futile. They meant well, but this is not something a group of students can or should handle. The survey concluded that a majority of people who answered liked the idea of a student group to watch the
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tunnel. However, the Free Expression Tunnel should not be officially monitored by any group of students. Although the intentions are meant well, the group would be exercising an abridged form of censorship, especially if it was funded by student fees, and this is unacceptable. We already have a student group monitoring the tunnel: the campus community. By us calling attention to this, we are taking action and speaking out. Also, by inaction are we saying something. Monitoring the use of the Free Expression
Tunnel needs to be an initiative by the collective student body and campus community. It has been a public forum that has functioned without a moderator since it was founded. It would take more than 1,305 responses to a survey to say a specific group of students has the right to do this. Due to the nature of the tunnel, students have always had the freedom to paint it themselves. They can use their own funds to buy paint and take their own time to make a statement, if they feel it needs to be done.
The Free Expression Tunnel is long-standing tradition that has lasted through the 40 years of changing times. Our alumni painted the tunnel in their youth and probably wrote similar things to us. Now, the Free Expression Tunnel has been quiet since the incident in November and the discussions have subsided since the Winter Break. This shows that students have control of the tunnel, whether they realize it or not. An organized group isn’t necessary to give students this power.
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niversit y Di ni ng workers i n Ta lley Student Center are lacking in their customer service. Workers have been seen texting in front of customers, taking breaks in front of the establishments, violating dress code and even using profanTrey ity in front of Ferguson customers. Staff Columnist Af ter t he small fortune students pay for a meal plan, we expect a bang for our buck. While we may partake in the dining halls’ exquisite cuisine, we do like to take the casual break from the monotonous mashed potatoes and slices of pizza. The new Atrium, the food court in Talley, as well as the dinerstyle Wolves’ Den of fer a variety of options for your eating enjoyment. However, the one item the food court in Talley does not offer is the core of the food industry’s professionalism -- customer service. My experiences with workers for University Dining at Talley show they lack the first bullet point in any employee handbook. Their lack of customer service pulls down the standards set by the other University Dining locations on campus. I’ve seen employees from the food court in Talley texting in front of customers, taking breaks in front of the establishments, violating dress code and even using profanity in front of customers. These are only a few of the complaints. Not only do they make customers feel uncomfortable, but they also place the customer second when they should be first. Thankfully, this clear disregard for customers rarely goes beyond the bounds of this particular food court. By comparison, the experiences at Talley’s Wolves’ Den and the Atrium meet and sometimes exceed the expectations of customers. At these places, you not only see employees pulling their own,
but managers getting involved at busy times of the day. University Dining employees at these establishments should be held accountable for their actions that are not to standard. In the professional world, employees are instructed to uphold the company policy with the utmost respect and customer service. By ignoring customers and making inappropriate comments that make customers feel uncomfortable, these employees are deliberately not following these instructions. This will only hinder them once they enter in the real business world. On the other hand, employees cannot be held fully responsible since it is their managers and supervisors’ jobs to make sure they follow such a code while in their uniforms. Their managers should not only uphold these values themselves, but also enforce t hem like they would in an actual business environment . One would think a university with such a prominent C ol le ge of Management cou ld produc e ma nagers who could display the values of customer service at their dining locations. This not only reflects poorly on the managers themselves, but on the overall environment of the eating establishment they are running. While it is procedure to hand an employee a manual to read, they should also go through a brief training session on how to act in an environment with such a high priority on customer service. We deserve the same service we would receive if we were handing them actual money.
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Do you think any action needs to be taken on painting in the Free Expression Tunnel? by Alex Sanchez
“I don’t think it needs to be regulated but I think people should have the common sense to watch what they put in the tunnel.” Hillis Haygood freshman, computer science
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he Campus Farmers Market opens at 10 a.m. Wednesday for the first time this season. You should be excited about fresh food. Benjamin I like Kraudel fresh food. Staff Columnist More than that, I like food that is fresh and has been in contact with as few people as possible. It is not that I do not trust people, it is more that I like to be in charge of what is done to and put into my food if possible. Thankfully, some N.C. State students are looking out for me in this regard. Revving up again starting today, the Campus Farmers Market is out in the Brickyard every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. until April 13. I am a big fan of this program for lots of reasons. As a land grant university whose mission statement deals with providing for the needs of North Carolina, it makes sense that the University should have a program bringing local farmers to the school to sell farm fresh foods to students. Everyone wins. My maternal grandfather was a North Carolina farmer. Much of my mom’s family still farms in rural
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“It’s called the Free Expression Tunnel for a reason. Let the people do what they want and if people have a problem with that they can always say what they want to argue what’s painted in there.” Matt Tomsho freshman, mechanical engineering
“As long as nobody’s putting things up that are completely offensive and inappropriate like hate messages, it’s the Free Expression Tunnel.” Kate Lester junior, biology
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“No, I feel that everyone has their own opinion. You shouldn’t feel threatened by what people write. It’s just a matter of our American spirits and being able to do whatever you want.”
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Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, shared what he feels makes the Free Exprescontinued from page 1 sion Tunnel such an enduring tions use the tunnel as a means and important part of the Uniof advertising upcoming meet- versity’s history. “It gives anybody — primarings or events in a creative or ily the students — a chance colorful way. The tunnel is also used as to display any message they a way for students to express want,” Stafford said. “It gives opinions on national issues and organizations a chance to events. In the past, murals re- advertise events. It’s a fairly lating to Black History Month unique way for N.C. State to and Valentine’s Day have been offer a method of free speech painted in February, and this to its students. The Free Expression Tunnel February will be no different. A wide range of other top- has received criticism for conics have been featured as well, troversial messages painted ranging from celebrator y on its walls. In both 2008 and paintings for Wolfpack team 2010, racially-charged illusvictories to expressions of po- trations directed at President litical opinion during election Barack Obama have brought t he t u n nel years. Other under fire. students may In the Ocsimply desire tober 2010 to try their incident, sevluck at being eral students creative for painted the the sake of it. tunnel black Melissa and prohibDalena, a ited ot hers sophomore f rom passin animal ing through. science, said T hei r goa l t he t u n ne l rema i ns a n Tom Stafford, vice chancellor of was to make sure students important student affairs appreciated par t of t he t he t u n nel N.C. State experience because of the school and what it should represent. Luke Blackwood, a sophospirit it inspires. “The Free Expression Tunnel more in computer engineeris a great source of communica- ing, said the tunnel needs the tion on campus,” Dalena said, moderation these students “and at times is a wonderful were seeking out. “The tunnel is an interesting way to celebrate Pack pride.” Throughout the year, every thing,” Blackwood said, “but it inch of space in the tunnel is can be risky. It needs moderaavailable for potential creativ- tion, just like any other forum, ity. The walls, ceiling and floor or you run the risk of more are all available for students to controversies in the future.” Other students, such as spread their messages.
“It’s a fairly unique way for N.C. State to offer a method of free speech to its students.”
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Dalena, said the tunnel is fine remaining as an open forum. “I think the tunnel does more good than bad,” Dalena said, “and should remain a distinguishing landmark on campus.” Regardless of recent controversy, the 40-plus years of creativity and passion put into the Free Expression Tunnel certainly place it as one of the most important landmarks of N.C. State, one many students will graduate with fond memories of. Hopefully, it will continue to provide a forum of free speech and communication among the student body for years to come.
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Making use of the blank slate in the Free Expression Tunnel, Brian Coffin, a freshman in textile engineering, tags the wall after the Nov. 4, 2010 early morning protest. “I disagree with [shutting down the tunnel],” Coffin said. “[Expression] is going to happen anyway if the tunnel ceases. Losing the tunnel would be a great loss to our school.”
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such a group to email Student Government. That person would be given the list-serve of all students who indicated in the survey that they were interested in the progress of the Free Expression Tunnel. The group would be responsible for creating their own mission and objectives. “Student Government would give any help in setting things up and getting the word out,” Christofferson said, “I have had one person interested.” The findings from this survey proved that stu-
dents share real concern about the Free Expression Tunnel. Christofferson is one of many hoping that the condition of the tunnel will improve for the better. “There will be people who will do what they want,” Christofferson said, “they have a right to their opinion. I hope in the future the tunnel will be more diversity appreciative.”
Feedback on the survey: “I agree that something needs to be done to prevent the tunnel from becoming nothing more than a mural of offensive and degrading material. I think it might be wise to have some sort of monitor to go through and cover the offensive artwork/ commentary on a daily basis to prevent hate speech and general tactlessness.” “The paint check-out system is a good idea, because people might see something offensive but not have any paint, or wouldn’t know where to get any.” Source: Student GovernMent
Double Barrel Benefit 8 compilation album a ‘beautiful’ mix of talent Pick
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You never think your kid’s ugly. Well, at least you never tell your kid you think they’re ugly. My parents never did. They did say I have a face for radio, but I never quite got what that meant. Either way, there’s no need to lie about the beauty of WKNC’s Double Barrel Benefit compilation, because even though the student radio station put it together, it’s a handsome piece of local music by all objective accounts. Recorded mostly in Caldwell Hall, this album was passed out to the crowd at 88.1’s annual benefit concert as they watched those very same bands bring down the house. Showing the diversity of Raleigh’s music scene right off the bat is rapper Inflowential’s “Wherever.” It has a cheerful rhythm that reminds of Sugar Ray. As soon as you’re swaying to that, he slips in nonchalantly and starts commanding a pitter-patter of rhymes. Inflowential has an easy mastery of words like Nas or Jay Z, but with none of the intimidating lyrics. Kid Future has some seriously artful song lyrics, such as “you were born w it h no blood, wind in your veins,” and the Old Ceremony has that simple beauty that you used to only be able to find in Bob Dylan or James Taylor songs. Luego are students of the Guthrie school of folk rock, but, like Blitzen Trapper, they bring their modern indie rock sensibilities to give it a modern twist. Don’t let the song title fool you, “California” is
Track list for compilation disc: 1. “Wherever” — Inflowential 2. “Like a Camera” — Kid Future 3. “Day That I Was Born” — The Old Ceremony 4. “California” — Luego 5. “May, June, July” — Cassis Orange 6. “Hot Balloons” — Yardwork 7. “King of Fools” — Bright Young Things 8. “Blanko Basnet” — Hammer No More the Fingers Source: WKNC
an ode to the good old North State, done right by a group of native musicians with true Carolina accents. Cassis Orange easily became one of my new favorite bands w it h t heir contribution, “May, June, July.” Now, nor ma l ly I d o n’t l i k e d a nc e music. I think this aversion stems f rom a childhood of get t ing rejected by girls at the middle school dances — and an adulthood of getting rejected by some of those same girls at college parties -- but this track made me forget all that entirely. It’s sort of like a mellowed-out Madonna, but not so dancey that it loses its beautiful, trippy melody and its mature songwriting.
“No lie, this compilation is beautiful. Me, on the other hand — that might be another story.”
Yardwork makes order out of chaos with “Hot Balloons.” The guitar solos seem to climb around the impassioned vocals like ivy, wrapping over the pounding snares in an effort to quell this eminent crescendo of emotion. Bright Young Things is a sort of happy hodgepodge resembling something like Kula Shaker or maybe even an experimental-era Beatles. Like their name, Hammer No More the Fingers is something both indescribable and obvious. You can’t pin down exactly what it is that works for this band, but you know that it works— and “Blanko Basnet” definitely works. The vocals are some of the most unique I’ve ever heard. They have a slight adolescent twill, but still retain the power and resonance to howl above the rich intensity of the song. No lie, this compilation is beautiful. Me, on the other hand— that might be another story.
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Debate surrounds feasibility of a U.S. Internet blackout Students discuss Egypt’s cut Internet access, and if a similar situation could happen in the U.S. Story By Brooke Shafranek | photos By ALEX SANCHEZ
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he Internet is gone. That is what Egyptians are currently facing among the civil unrest that has lead to the country’s largescale protests, which have hit Cairo hard as the world watches with anticipation to see the outcome of the country’s turmoil. Although there is no country-wide blackout of the Internet in America, students weighed in on whether such a situation could happen in the United States, and what the response would be.
John Durham
Josh Robinson
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Do you think the Internet could be shut off in America? No, never. This is the United States and we’re all about freedom of speech and free rights. There’s no way Americans as a whole population would let that happen. What would be your reaction? I’d be like, “what am I supposed to do now?” Daily life would change, especially for the girls who can’t get on Facebook. And the e-mail and the jobs that are all online would be gone. Would you expect to see large-scale responses? Yes, very large-scale — probably one of the biggest protests ever in our country’s history. I would expect to see riots at every college campus and high school, and at large corporations and businesses who use computers, and international businesses and all that.
Do you think the Internet could be shut off in America? I definitely think it could be because we have to keep in mind that we are living in the final days. God is coming and people function off of technology so it was only a matter of time. What would be your reaction? It wouldn’t shock me. Like I said, it was only a matter of time because we are living in the final days. It wouldn’t shock me at all. Would you expect to see large-scale responses? Well, it depends. If it was shut down, there wouldn’t be anyone to get mad at so who could protest if the Internet simply shut down on its own? If it was shut off then I think people would be mad. I think younger kids, like our generation, would protest more than older people.
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Do you think the Internet could be shut off in America? America is too Internet-based for anything like that to happen, or for someone to do that. What would be your reaction? I would probably be shocked because you don’t think that something like that, that you see in other countries, could happen here in our own. Would you expect to see large-scale responses? Americans protest if anything outrageous happens, so I think that with the way things are happening in Egypt, Americans would stand up.
Do you think the Internet could be shut off in America? It could be shut down because I feel like everything is somehow controlled. If it was for our safety, like, as Americans, then I definitely think it could be shut off. What would be your reaction? I would be afraid that something was happening. I’d probably check the television to make sure that everything was OK and to see what was going on. Would you expect to see large-scale responses? There would definitely be a response. This is America, and I think that people would feel like their freedoms were being taken away if something like this ever happened.
Do you think the Internet could be shut off in America? I doubt it, because it’s so protected by everybody, including the military and other high-up people like that. It’s very protected. What would be your reaction? I would be shocked because I don’t think that we would think something like that could happen here, since we all rely on it so much. Would you expect to see large-scale responses? Probably riots and stuff. I’d expect to see people rioting around the White House or something. I think it could get violent because people would all be out of jobs, and there would just be general anger.
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The goal is to have him be an impact player in the ACC and then get him to the national championships.” That rust is understandable as Graham admits being in football shape is extremely different from being in sprinting shape. “Track practice will test your endurance a lot more than football. Football practice at the very beginning of the year is pretty tough because you are getting back in shape,” Graham said. “But transitioning from being in good football shape to being out of shape for track is the biggest difference.” Part of that difference starts with the level of sprinting each sport requires. In track, it’s full throttle 100 percent of the time, while football requires a bit of pacing. “Say I run a post route. I get up to top speed at the end of the route. In track, I am at top speed within six, seven steps and its full speed the whole time,” Graham said. “In football I can’t run an out-route or
slant at full speed. I have to idle it down a little bit.” Ultimately, the goal for both Geiger and Graham is to help further advance the sprinters abilities to not only help him earn points for the track team, but to help him become a better football player. “The idea is to have him not only help us in track and field but that we possibly can help him become faster as an athlete, enabling him to run back more kick returns,” Geiger said. Even though the head coach has to share Graham, with football coming first once spring practice begins, the coach doesn’t mind, saying he enjoys having football players on his team because of the attitudes that they bring. “I have always enjoyed having football players on the track and field teams because they bring this team aspect. They are so different,” Geiger said. “Track and field is such an individualized sport and they come in and its about the team.
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more skin than a National Geographic woman since we were five years old.” Their first-ever basketball appearance came when State played Wake Forest. The majority of the swim team was at the game so Baskwell and Schauer had enough people to lift them up. But the team had seats on the side where the band sits so the fun did not begin until the second half when the Deacs began playing offense on their side of the court. The swimmers wore actual clothes walking into the RBC Center, but when the second half approached the serious “sport” began and the clothes came off. So they were 99.9 percent naked and ready to go but they couldn’t “swim” until Wake Forest started shooting free throws. Once fou led, ju nior Conor Brennan and a few other members of the swim team hoisted Baskwell and Schauer up and they started doing their thing. Schauer believed they swam their best that night. “We swam our lifetime best which resulted in a missed free throw by the Wake Forest player,” Schauer said. “But somehow he
was able to refocus and make the second one.” Many of the swim team members think that what the two men do is humorous and have asked if they could join them. But Schauer and Baskwell believe that since they are the co-founders of this “sport”, they feel that right now only they should be swimming. However, an emergency situation came about during the Virginia Tech game where Schauer could not miss class to come to the game. “We ended up not having many swimmers at the game so I called up Kohl Hurdle, a freshman on the swim team, from the minors to see if he was ready for the big leagues,” Baskwell said. “Kohl and I were in need of some lifters, so we got Stacey Smith, a freshman on the women’s soccer team, and she put our usual lifters to shame.” Fans may see Hurdle “air swimming” in the years to come if Schauer were to retire from this “sport”. Schauer and Baskwell are still unsure if they will be seen in their gear for the next basketball game versus Clemson. In order to be lifted in the air, they need lifters, but sometimes not everyone’s schedules match up. Additionally, they do not want to lose the originality of “air swimming” so they take it one game at a time.
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he had for the University. Both coaches excelled in their first year at the helm. Doherty’s team ended up being ranked No. 1 in the nation, finishing 26-7 on the season. Lowe’s wasn’t as great as Doherty’s, but he managed to win 20 games, garner the team an NIT berth and do what his predecessor couldn’t - beat UNC and Duke. But in both cases, the f irst year turned out to be a f luke. The Pack struggled to get better, while Doherty directed the Heels to its first losing season since 1962. Doherty only lasted one more season, unlike Lowe who was given five, but both will end up suffering the same fate. And don’t forget their final similarity. Both will have left teams that have the talent and abilities to contend for a title in the ACC. You can knock Lowe and Doherty all you want for their lack of coaching skills, but both men knew how to get basketball players to the school.
Doherty left Roy with three five-star players in Sean May, Rashad McCants and Raymond Felton. All three players helped lead the Heels to a National Championship title two years later. All three were Doherty recruits. That hasn’t happened yet for the Pack, and this team may not have the talent to win the NCAA Title, but it does have the talent to contend for the ACC Title and make it to the NCAA Tournament. Once it makes it to the dance, who knows? Maybe we could witness another magical run like in 1983, only this team is lead not by S id h i m self, but his players. The main foc u s for t his tea m must be to find a coach that can do what Williams did. State needs a coach who can succeed immediately and has the ability to get the most out of the players he has. I know it sounds rash, but N.C. State needs a coach like Roy Williams. I’m not saying the Pack needs the man himself and I’m definitely not advocating that State become like UNC, because it shouldn’t. N.C. State basketball has its own great legacy and history. It just needs a high-caliber coach to remind people.
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Lowe expects Leslie to play at Wake Forest Coach Sidney Lowe said in his weekly teleconference Tuesday that he expects freshman forward C.J. Leslie to play against Wake Forest when the Pack travels to Winston-Salem on Sunday. Leslie was suspended from the team for the Duke game this past Saturday after he violated team rules. Leslie leads the Pack in rebounds and blocked shots with 161 and 33, respectively. Source: n.c. state athletics
Amato wants to return to North Carolina to coach Former football head coach Chuck Amato says he wants to return to North Carolina to coach college football again. But Amato would not be returning to one of the ACC teams in the area, he has actually shown interest in being the first head coach with the Charlotte 49ers. Amato would be the first coach of the brand new program after he was let go by coach Jimbo Fisher at Florida State. Source: news and observer
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Quote of the day “This team may not have the talent to win the NCAA Title, but it does have the talent to contend for the ACC Title.” Taylor Barbour
Golden Graham returns to the Pack Wide receiver making transition back into track after not competing for two years.
cruited me tried through mostly the track program,” Graham said. “But here I wanted to be a football player first and if I had a chance to run track I would. They understood that and they approached me and said that ‘we want you to play football here and we will discuss track in the future, it’s a possibility.’” Taylor Barbour After being unable to run track his first two seasons in Raleigh due to his Sports Editor football commitment, academics and injury, Graham has finally been able Each sport in its own right is unique. Athletes train their bodies to fit the to return to his first passion. “I have wanted to run the past two years but my first year I didn’t do so well style of their sport, how it’s played and their position. Pitchers work on stamina and lower body strength, basketball player’s work on lateral quickness and in the classroom. Balancing, starting as a freshman and playing and school, I just didn’t’ balance the two well,” Graexplosiveness and hockey players work ham said. “So we chose not to let me run on balance and agility. However, very that year, to focus on schoolwork. And few sports are able to coexist and overlap last year, I was recovering from injury so with the demands each sport requires as I couldn’t run last year. football and track and field do. “So this is the year where everything fell “In our history in track and field, we into place and I could do both.” have had some outstanding football/track T.J.Graham It seems that even after a two-year hiaand field athletes,” track and field coach tus, Graham has not missed a beat as he Rollie Geiger said. “It is an absolute good has already begun to break N.C. State marriage for the two sports.” And junior sprinter TJ Graham is a first-hand example. In his first three records. So far this season, Graham has already moved into second place seasons in Raleigh, Graham has been known as a speedster wide receiver who all-time for the 60-meter dash. But Graham has lofty expectations for himself this season, and second place can, at any time, take a kickoff or punt to the house. But before arriving at State, the people who knew about Graham knew him for in the record books isn’t one of them. “I plan on trying to finish up this year as one of the best sprinters at N.C. his sprinting ability. This ability helped the Raleigh native win the 4-A state championships in both the 100 and 200-meter sprints his senior year in high school. State,” Graham said. Graham isn’t the only one who believes he has the capabilities to do that. “I have been around TJ [Graham] for a long time as he was on our track when he was young. If you go back to his senior year in high school, he was one of His coach shares that opinion. Geiger believes Graham can be one of the best the top-5 sprinters in the country,” Geiger said. “Track and field was a sport sprinters in State history once he reacquaints himself with track. “TJ is a little rusty in track and field,” Geiger said. “But he will be a plus. were he was at the national level.” But it was Graham’s love for football that led him to the Pack. “The reason why I came here was because a lot of other schools that reGraham continued page 7
“I plan on trying to finish up this year as one of the best sprinters at N.C. State”
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i stor y a lway s repeats itself. At this point in the road, the N.C. State basketball program is in a very similar predicament that faced the Carolina Tar Heels’ program back in Taylor 2002. The heels fired Barbour former Sports Editor head coach Matt Doherty after a rough three years and went looking for a coach to stabilize the program and bring it back to a national level. It’s becoming obvious that Sidney Lowe, the men’s basketball head coach, will not be returning next season. Lowe struggled adjusting to the college game and has been a complete disappointment in his five years here, garnering only a 70-62 record, 20-44 in the ACC. Outside of a miracle, in the form of an ACC Tournament title and at least a Sweet 16 appearance, Athletics Director Debbie Yow will be busy searching for a new coach this spring to lead the basketball team. And she will need to look long and hard to repeat what UNC Athletics Director Dick Baddour did when
he hired Roy Williams. Its unlikely we’ll get a coach as prestigious as Williams was back then, but Yow needs to follow the same plan Baddour did when he replaced Doherty after three tumultuous years in Chapel Hill. Doherty, like Lowe, wasn’t the first option for the headcoaching gig. After longtime Dean Smith assistant and eventual replacement Bill Guthridge retired, UNC went on looking for a replacement. They tried to lure George Karl and Larry Brown away from the NBA and even tried unsuccessfully at first to get Roy from Kansas. All those attempts failed and UNC was left scrambling for a coach that’s when it settled on Doherty. The Lowe situation was exactly the same. After basically running former head coach Herb Sendek out of town, former Athletics Director Lee Fowler lead a very publicized head coaching search that failed to net John Calipari, Steve Lavin or Rick Barnes, all main targets. After a month, Lowe, an assistant coach with the Detroit Pistons at the time, threw his name in the hat, hoping to save a little grace on the search out of the love
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Two students dressed as snorklers swam threw the crowd Wednesday night at the RBC Center. The Wolfpack fell to the Blue Devils 78-92.
‘Air swimming’ at its finest Two members of the swim team are quickly becoming a crowd favorite at basketball games. Rebecca Fiorentino Staff Writer
During the football games, it is likely to see guys wearing nothing but speedos, dancing around, cheering loudly or even being lifted up in the air by fellow peers and fans. But that is not too common in the
basketball games –until now. “Air Swimming” has now become a popular label for two N.C. State swimmers. Redshirt junior Greg Baskwell and senior Nick Schauer can be spotted during some of this year’s basketball games. But they are sighted with much more than speedos; they can be seen with goggles, caps, snorkels, fins and paddles. The two swimmers use this tool of distraction called “air swimming” during the opposing teams free throws.
Fellow teammates lift them up in the air and they pretend to be swimming through water. The two have no problem with being caught wearing speedos since they are already part of the swim team. “Nick and I are probably the fastest two-man air swimming relay in the country,” Baskwell said. “And we really didn’t think twice about being seen in speedos by thousands of people because Nick and I have shown
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