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GLBT community allies plan to gather on the Brickyard Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor
Within the last six weeks, there have been 11 teens who identify with the GLBT community who have committed suicide. In commemoration of the suicides, Michael Giancola, director of CSLEPS and Deb Luckadoo, director of Campus Activities, partnered to plan this rally to show the GLBT community they have allies here at the University. According to Justine Hollingshead, director of the GLBT center, the event is organized by allies in Student Affairs. “Mike Giancola and Deb Luckadoo worked in consultation with us to plan this rally,” Hollingshead said. According to Giancola, the GLBT rally has two purposes. “First, we want the rally to show support for the GLBT community on campus,” Giancola said. “There are many people on campus that consider themselves allies and support them.” The GLBT community allies want to show they care about all members of the GLBT community, according to Giancola. “We also want to, in the face of things going on with the GLBT community, …show our support,” Giancola said.
According to Hollingshead, the rally is going to be a visible sign of support to the GLBT community. “It’s a rally of sorts, with people being there to say ‘we visibly support the GLBT community,’” Hollingshead said. “It’s a time to show the GLBT community that they have allies at this University who will stand with them.” Last week was National Coming Out Week. Originally, the rally had been planned as part of Coming Out Week, according to Luckadoo. “The students that Justine Hollingshead works with couldn’t get the energy up to do the rally because of all the teen suicides,” Luckadoo said. “They were feeling oppressed because… people with whom they identify felt so lost that they committed suicide.” According to Luckadoo, she and Giancola felt the event was important and worked together to plan it. “We believe this is still an important event. We decided to make it about the support allies have for the GLBT community,” Luckadoo said. “I believe there are thousands more people that support and care for members of the GLBT community, than there are people that are disrespectful.” Luckadoo said they want to bring out as many people as possible. “I hope we can lift their spirits,” Luckadoo said. “I believe they felt good last week because of Coming Out Week activities and the injunction of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. We want to reinforce that and tell
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In light of recent gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender suicides, CSLEPS and GLBT have planned a rally to show support.
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them that there are people who support them.” According to Giancola, this event is similar to other rallies and memorials that have been held on the Brickyard. “We’re having this between classes so everyone can come out and not miss classes,” Giancola said. Several members of the campus community will speak at the rally. “Student Body President Kelly Hook, Student Chief Justice Monica Noble, Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, and Jo-Ann Robinson, assistant vice provost for Student Diversity, will all speak at the rally,” Giancola said. Giancola said Robinson will be speaking about the importance of being inclusive. “At the end, we’re going to be distributing purple bandanas with the N.C. State emblem on in that say ally,” Giancola said. Giancola encourages all members to come out and show support to the GLBT community. “At the end of the day, we’re all part of the same N.C. State,” Giancola said. Hollingshead said the allies want all students to know that people are here to help them. “We want students to know there are options besides suicide when dealing with mental health issues,” Hollingshead said.
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Josh Bowman, a second-year student in the Agricultural Institute, sells fried candy bars at the State Fair on Saturday. “They needed the help and I needed the money,” Bowman said. “It’s a blast.”
QUESTIONS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT SUCCESS TASK FORCE The chancellor has begun work on the University’s Strategic Plan. The plan is divided up among nine task forces, one of which is Undergraduate Student Success. The Technician will be asking students their opinion about undergraduate student success each day leading up to the Strategic Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 26.
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HOW DOES THE UNIVERSITY IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ABILITY TO ACHIEVE THEIR EDUCATIONAL GOALS EFFICIENTLY? HOW CAN THE UNIVERSITY FACILITATE INTERNAL TRANSFERS AND IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES? To submit your responses to the Technician, email: letters@ technicianonline.com. To submit your input to the Undergraduate Success Task Force, visit: http://info.ncsu.edu/strategicplanning/task-forces/undergraduatestudent-success/. To voice your opinion in front of the University, attend the Chancellor’s Forum on Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Stewart Theater.
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Sophomore in creative writing Rob Nunley and freshman in computer engineering Jameelia Cook pl ay Just Dance 2 at a dance party in the Wolves Den Thursday. The game, released Oct. 12, features new game modes and 44 new tracks. “I actually dance,” Nunley said, “and the game is still pretty fun.”
Students break out moves in ‘Just Dance 2’ Ubisoft’s Just Dance 2 launch party in the Wolves’ Den brought dancers and the rhythmically challenged together for a night of fun. Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer
Last Thursday night, the Wolves’ Den at Talley Student Center was host to a launch party for one of Ubisoft’s latest Wii titles, Just Dance 2. Students had the chance to come out and try the game for over a three-hour period, along with the opportunity to win numerous prizes related to the game. A follow-up to last year’s Just Dance, the sequel seeks to rectify issues critics previously had with the original,
while also retaining the fun elements that make the game great for parties. Rachel Owen, a senior in English, said she enjoyed her time playing the game. “This is a great party game,” Owen said, “and would be fun for a group to play. It’s quite infectious.” Thursday’s event saw two televisions set up to run the game with players rotating in and out consistently during the night. Participants were also provided with free drinks and pizza, adding to the light-hearted atmosphere of the event. Those who took a moment to join the “Ubisoft at N.C. State” Facebook group were given either a pair of sunglasses or a sweatband embroidered with the Just Dance 2 logo. They were also allowed to enter a raffle, the grand
prize of which was a copy of the game. Tim MacNeil, who helped set up the event, felt they had a solid turn out. “We saw about 80 students over the course of three hours,” MacNeil said, “which is close to what was expected. Of the stuff we had to give away, we only had about four items left by the night’s end.” The sense of camaraderie the game seeks to provide was evident at the launch party and helped keep the crowd up throughout the night. As students started to take part in the game, they began to loosen up and just have fun with their peers.
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CHANCELLOR’S INSTALLATION WEEK EVENTS: MONDAY Entrepreneurs Lecture Series & NCSU Start-up Companies Showcase When: 3 -5 p.m. Where: McKimmon Center What: The Entrepreneurs Lecture Series features NCSU alumnus Peter Lehrer, a cofounder of Lehrer McGovern Bovis, Inc. The program will feature a documentary, “Dream Builders,” which details Lehrer’s entrepreneurial career. SOURCE: CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
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Oct. 18 7:05 A.M. | BREAKING/ ENTERING-VEHICLE Centennial Park & Ride Officer found vehicle with driver’s side window broken out. GPS unit was missing.
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7:48 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENT Carter-Finley Lots Officer monitored lots at N.C. State Fair.
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8:54 A.M. | LARCENY Student Health Center Staff member reported wheelchair missing.
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1:08 P.M. | FRAUD Administrative Services II Staff member reported Campus Enterprises stores receiving two counterfeit bills. Secret Service was notified.
WEATHER WISE Today:
1:55 P.M. | CHECK PERSON Brickyard Report of disturbance caused by speaker. Non-student had valid permit. 10:31 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATION Off Campus Raleigh Police Department issued student citation for underage alcohol possession. Student was referred to the University for same.
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12:36 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Bostian Hall Student reported being threatened by another student. Subject was referred to the University. Investigation ongoing.
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY In 1938, the Raleigh Junior Chamber of Commerce distributed free tickets to State’s Homecoming football game against Furman by releasing balloons with instructions for the finders on how to claim their free tickets. SOURCE: HISTORICAL STATE
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Tired from the fair, Jeffery Herring and Alyssa Parker relax as they wait for the CAT bus to leave. Herring, a freshman in agricultural science, said “We waited a long time to get a bus across from Zaxby’s.” “We saw a bunch of buses going the opposite way,” said Parker, a freshman in English. “Besides the long wait,” Herring said, “we still enjoyed the fair just as much.”
The N.C. State Fair is the cause of a temporary detour for the Carter-Finley route of the Wolfline bus until the last day of the fair. According to Transportation officials, if the normal route was used during the State Fair, the Carter-Finley route buses would be so far off schedule, it would be impossible for students to use the timetables. The State Fair causes major traffic problems on Blue Ridge Road, State Fair Road and Hillsborough Street. Kim Paylor, transit manager of Campus Transportation, said there are detours for inbound and outbound of Route 6. According to Paylor, the Centennial Biomedical Campus will not be served during the State Fair. There is a temporary stop at the corner of Westchase and Blue Ridge Road. “The outbound route, which Meredith College students frequently use for Route 6, will not be served at the front gate of the college but at Faircloth Avenue near Clark Avenue. Meredith students may also opt to ride Route 4 Westgrove, which is an inbound trip to N.C. State Campus only,” Paylor said. Without the detours and temporary stops, the actual timings and the tracker would not be the same, or anywhere near it, according to Paylor. The traffic associated with the State Fair would be the cause
of the late buses. “It was important to have this detour. Otherwise, there would have been no synchronization between the Wolfline tracker and the actual timings, mainly due to the traffic snarls on the original Carter-Finley route,” Paylor said. Christine Klein, public communication specialist with the Department of Transportation, said there will also be traffic problems for the Hillsborough Street routes during the State Fair. “Although there are no detours for any of the 6 routes
that pass through Hillsborough Street, traffic jams may be a problem due to the Fair. I advise students using these routes to check the Transloc tracker system for the exact status of the bus,” Klein said. According to Klein, there are two logical options for students wishing to take a bus to the State Fair. “There are special CAT State Fair shuttles from the Hillsborough Street which cost a nominal charge,” Klein said. However, GoPass will not work for the shuttle buses to the State Fair, according to
Klein. There is an option for students to ride a Wolfline bus to the State Fair as well. “However, students can take the Route 6 and get off at the Westchase-Blue Ridge bus stop. The distance from the stop to the State Fair is walkable,” Klein said. The normal route will resume on Tuesday. For more information about the detour, Klein said she recommends students visit the University’s Transportation website.
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A fair fare for the State Fair THE FACTS:
The State Agricultural Society founded the State Fair in 1985. The only times the fair has been stopped is during wars and in 1926 and 1927. The State Fair runs from Oct. 14 to Oct. 24.
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Visitors can see the agricultural traditions of the state and experience the modern evolution of the fair. Students should attend the fair because it is an integral part of the historical and modern traditions of the state.
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their products. Visitors have this annual opportunity to see and experience the deep agriculture and green background and traditions North Carolina has through these students’ work. Many people have never milked a cow, seen a live pig, or watched a tractor pull, but can while they are at the State Fair. Most competitions are free to observe and the buildings are open for visitors to wander. Those that do have price tags are reasonable. The grandstand demolition derby and tractor pulls are $6 and $8. Most concerts in Dorton Arena are $5 to
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“Seeing the giant fruits and vegetables, they’re cool looking, not something you see everyday.”
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“Funnel cake, because it’s really good and the rides, because they’re a lot.”
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$10. Besides the historical traditions, the bazaar foods have become a staple tradition of the modern day fair experience. Between the Krispy Kreme burger to everything deep fried, vendors tempt to extend their culinary experiences. This comes with a hefty price tag and a heart-stopping amount of fat. To combat this possible budget dilemma, going to the fair with a group of people and sharing these deepfried delicious fried foods can help split the cost of buying and eating. This way students can maximize their experience
without emptying their pockets. Attending the State Fair as a student, whether native to North Carolina or not, is an important part of attending N.C. State. It is an integral way students can understand the historical background of the state and experience the ways the fair has evolved. It is possible to experience the historical and modern traditions of the fair, even with a limited budget. The fair ends at the end of the weekend, so go and experience the rich traditions of the state.
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Since the State Agriculture Society founded it in 1853, the N.C. State Fair has embodied North Carolina’s tradition of agriculture and community. Admission costs have progressively grown, but despite the increased price tag, the fair is still a great opportunity to experience North Carolina and try some truly local cuisine. The State Fair is a tradition for many students and groups around campus. The Animal Science Club helps with the milking booth and the Poultry Science Club runs the chick and duckling petting area. Many students’ families have attended the fair for generations. Families take the opportunity to show off their livestock and produce, and sell
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“The food definitely, because they hve everything imaginable. It’s all fried and always good.” Rebecca Rainer freshman, First Year College “Seeing the ladies, so I can spit my game.” Tripp Garrou sophmore, sociology
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An old soldier re-enters the war STORY BY PHILIP LIN | PHOTO COURTESY OF ELECTRONIC ARTS
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franchise history that is as long running as the “Medal of Honor” series is filled with stories of success, failure and steep competition. Electronic Arts published the first “Medal of Honor” game in 1999 and the success of the title led to many more World War II themed games.
After several more “Medal of Honor” titles had been created, two lead developers of the game moved on to start their own studio called Infinity Ward, which started to make World War II shooters for the company Activision. This spawned the long competition between Electronic Art’s “Medal of Honor” and publisher Activision’s “Call of Duty.” With many new games from both publishers, the market quickly became saturated with World War II games. Infinity Ward then announced that they would be creating a “Call of Duty” game subtitled “Modern Warfare” set in the modern military world. This excited consumers who longed for something different. Infinity Ward’s 2007 “Modern Warfare” was a huge success that blew its competition out of the race. Most were tired of World War II games and the “Medal of Honor” series had become stale, mediocre, and downright bad. Electronic Arts quietly tucked “Medal of Honor” away for a few years, watching Activision profit with “Modern Warfare” and its sequel. Three years later, Electronic Arts is bringing its series back in a current military setting. Comparisons between “Medal of Honor” and games from the “Call of Duty” series are inevitable, but Electronic Arts has taken some very good steps in an attempt to help the 2010 “Medal of Honor” reboot stand out. Game developers consulted with actual Tier One Special Forces Army soldiers to create a more realistic shooter with authentic combat tactics used by U.S. soldiers. A bold but impressive move made by the game’s developers is the choice to have the game set in Afghanistan. Most modern military shooters skirt around current military operations and locales, but the sensitive nature of using an ongoing warzone helps add to the realism and atmosphere. Naturally, using the Taliban as the enemy in “Medal of Honor” was a controversial move that caused the game to be banned in U.S. military stores and provoked an outcry from several groups including military families and opponents of violent video games. While the
name “Taliban” has been removed to respect the wishes of the U.S. military and families affected by the current ongoing conflict, the game itself remains unchanged. As the first “Medal of Honor” game set in the modern era, it unfortunately treads on the same ground that “Modern Warfare” awed gamers with back in 2007. Much of the novelty of using modern weaponry, from high-powered sniper rifles to massive explosive set pieces, has been done before by the “Modern Warfare” games, and although “Medal of Honor” does all these things correctly, it can’t shake the feeling that it’s already been done before if not better. What “Medal of Honor” lacks in novelty it mostly makes up in authentic set pieces and the aforementioned authenticity. Despite the disadvantage that “Medal of Honor” has when facing the original “Modern Warfare,” a game so incredible that even “Modern Warfare 2” struggled to surpass it, Electronic Arts’ strategy to aim for a more realistic shooter without sacrificing pacing really pays off. While the story is nothing spectacular, which is somewhat disappointing for a game with a single player campaign, the aiming and movement controls are tight and the guns pack a great punch. Other than some questionably constructed set pieces and some slowing of the frame rate, the single player holds up quite well with good controls and a great musical score, especially if you like Linkin Park. The multiplayer is a whole other story with “Medal of Honor.” A different development team was brought up to create it, so gamers should expect a different feel in both controls and map design. The multiplayer aspect of the game was created by DICE, known for its “Battlefield” series, which have been popular multiplayer games set both in World War II and modern times. It’s a jarring switch between the single player campaign and online multiplayer, and it may not sit well with some gamers who prefer one system to the other. It’s tempting to say that the multiplayer is simply a carbon copy of DICE’s “Bad Company 2,” but that’s not entirely the case. The game play
online has been sped up a bit towards the arcade shooter speed of “Modern Warfare 2” and is focused on infantry game play despite offering vehicles. The multiplayer is all about proper positioning on the field with your team to avoid having the enemy getting a drop on you. A lack of situational awareness and a few bullets spell a quick death, and this can be aggravating for gamers. While the 2010 offering of “Medal of Honor” is a mostly successful reboot with its unmatched tactical realism, great atmospheric game play, and amazing visuals in the Afghanistan landscape, it may simply have come a bit too late and at a bad time. Microsoft’s megahit “Halo Reach” has only been out for a month, and Activision’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” hits stores in another month. Target audiences for first person shooter games will be divided between 2712 Hillsborough St. two familiar and highly lauded game series, and may be less than willing to give “Medal of Honor” a chance. order online @ It may be the reboot the series gumbyspizza.com needs, but probably not at this time. Whether or not gamers choose “Medal of Honor” over the other first person shooter, it’s worth a play even if just to ROCK ‘N ROLL WEDNESDAY experience a well constructed game that Electronic Arts put a lot of effort into, and to get a glance of where they will be EVERY WEDNESDAY taking the “Medal of Honor” *WITH PURCHASE OF 2-LITER* series. $7.99 MINIMUM DELIVERY
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adds an option for players to interact during some songs and increase the cooperative nature of the game. Also available is continued from page 1 Just Sweat, an exercise mode in “Initially, guys don’t want to which the game monitors how play games like this, “ MacNeil much energy a player is expendsaid. “Once they try it, though, ing while working towards varithey tend to get into it and have ous goals. Lastly, there’s Dance Battle, a four-on-four team a good time. As far as the game itself is con- multiplayer mode. The core game play remains cerned, an increased number of songs and game modes work to relatively unchanged from last make the sequel a more com- year, which could be a slight plete and entertaining package. detriment considering the lukewarm T he ga me reception the come s w it h first game re44 tracks, an ceived. Playincrease over ers still watch the origian on-screen nal’s 32, and avata r perthese tracks form complex span numerdance moves ous genres while doing and time petheir best to riods. One follow along. track, Mugsy Allegra Dorafshar, freshman Also guiding Baloney’s the player is a “Charleston,” dates all the way back to the series of stick figure interpretations of the dance moves at the 1920s. Downloadable content is also bottom of the screen. The problem is that the picbeing planned for the game through WiiWare. Based on tures are far too static to give an the success of similar services immediate idea of what moves for music games such as Rock need to be done. Further, by the Band 2 and Lips, the option to time the avatar begins to dance, purchase new songs should add the player will have already missed out on some points. longevity to the title for fans. As for the new modes, Duets Still, the same moves appear
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multiple times throughout a single song so it doesn’t take too long to get a hang of the moves. Allegra Dorafshar, a freshman in art and design, summed up her opinion of the game. “I’ve played the first game as well as [the sequel],” Dorafshar said, “and the thing to note is that while the game isn’t precise in reading your movements all the time, it’s not about that. The point is to have fun with your friends.” There’s little in Just Dance 2 that will draw hardcore gamers away from big releases such as Halo: Reach or Fallout: New Vegas. Instead, it provides an enjoyable party experience for SCREENSHOT COURTESY OF UBISOFT casual gamers and family gath- Just Dance 2, the sequel to Ubisoft’s smash hit dancing game, adds many new features to the mix, erings. including a Duets mode and a Just Sweat mode which monitors how much energy players expend.
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1. Avril Lavigne – “Girlfriend” 2. Bangles – “Walk Like An Egyptian” 3. Beastie Boys – “Body Movin’ (Fatboy Slim Remix)” 4. Benny Benassi presents “The Biz” – “Satisfaction” 5. Blondie – “Call Me” 6. Bollywood – “Katti Kalandal” 7. Boney M. – “Rasputin” 8. Charleston – “Mugsy Baloney” 9. Cher – “The Shoop Shoop Song (It’s In His Kiss)” 10. Digitalism – “Idealistic” 11. Donna Summer – “Hot Stuff” 12. Elvis Presley – “Viva Las Vegas” 13. Fatboy Slim – “Rockafeller Skank” 14. Franz Ferdinand – “Take Me Out” 15. Harry Belafonte – “Jump In The Line” 16. Ike & Tina Turner – “Proud Mary” 17. James Brown – “I Got You (I Feel Good)” 18. Jamiroquai – “Cosmic Girl” 19. Junior Senior – “Move Your Feet”
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Halloween like you’ve never seen sometimes with the Science a cleansing and enlightening experience. Here are a few Fiction genre. Horror movies in general are recent films that are viscerally constantly disrespected and frightening and intellectually dismissed as invaluable. Scary engaging that can add to your movies are valuable because Halloween this year. Here are 6 movies from 2000they force you to confront the Zakk White reality of death—in a con- 2010 that would make for the Senior Staff Writer trolled environment of course. best Halloween viewing to Halloween is coming up and During the normal course of truly be scared. at my house it has always been the day the thought of death is celebrated by renting scary not usually discussed or con- Trick ‘r Treat Trick ‘r Treat is quite an movies. After trick-or-treat- fronted. We spend most of our ing, it is a tradition to curl up time trying to avoid thinking anomaly. It is a film that had a with a plastic pumpkin, over- about the ultimate end that we very limited theatrical release flowing with candy and being all face. Horror movies force us and was dumped onto home scared by a movie. AllMovie. to confront this reality and ask video, which is actually fantascom defines a horror movie ourselves how we would face tic. It’s set on a Halloween night as a film “made to frighten or death in the form of a serial and features overlapping stoshock the viewer through the killer or a more metaphori- ries that all tie up together in a means of the macabre, fantastic cal presentation like a zom- surprising way. This is the least or supernatural.” The website bie or monster. Being scared scary movie on my list. The EWC_BrierCreek_ad.qxd:Layout 8/13/10 10:38can AM bePage 1 movie has a few frightening your fears also adds that horror overlaps and1facing moments but really excels in its storytelling and setting. The plot is complex and involves * a homicidal principal, a town secret, vampires, and best of all a creepy little pumpkin-headed ghoul. The film deals with that age-old question of guilt and the supernatural punishment for their sins. Trick ‘r Treat is to FOR FIRST TIME GUEST Halloween as Christmas VacaWomen: Free Bikini Line, Eye Brow, or Under Arm Men: Free Eye Brow, Ear, or Nose tion is to Christmas. It is sure to become a yearly favorite.
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Frailty Bill “Twister” Paxton directs and stars in Frailty as a man who begins to receive visions of angels telling him that he must kill evil people. He claims that he can sense evil and ropes his two sons into helping him commit grisly murders in the name of God. While not exactly a traditional scary movie, Frailty is scary in that it makes you realize that
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the truly frightening possibility of a vengeful God’s existence. The Descent Neil Marshall’s The Descent is a fantastic film that powerfully depicts the two-fold horror of being trapped in a cave with no escape and the possibility that something else might be in there with you. The Descent is also great because the all-female cast have fully developed characters and are not rendered as sex objects but powerful, smart, and resourceful heroines. The Descent would be unnerving and brilliant even without the monsters. Be sure to check out the unrated version, which features a more logical and frightening ending. Imprint Takashi Miike’s Imprint was created as an hour-long episode of the Showtime series Masters of Horror but was deemed by the show’s producers to be too extreme for late night Showtime. Basically, any twisted act that a horror movie could pull off is featured within Imprint’s hour runtime. It’s set in Japan in the 1800s and is probably the most repulsive film I have ever seen (and I have seen Salo). Watch it, if you dare: Netflix even has it on Instant Play!
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Trick ‘r Treat, directed by Michael Dougherty, consists of four interwoven stories that take place on Halloween, including a serial killer school principal and a teen prank gone wrong.
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In The Descent, directed by Neil Marshall, a caving expedition goes horribly wrong after the explorers become trapped and pursued by a dangerous new breed of predatory creatures.
The Mist One of the two horror masterpieces made in the past ten years is Frank Darabont’s The Mist. Like Kubrick before him, Darabont takes a Stephen King novella and turns it into a horrifying and bleak film that is a must-see. The Mist stars Thomas “Hung” Jane as a father who is trapped with his son in a local grocery store when a deadly fog rolls in. The ending is one of the most shocking and amazing of all time. 28 Days Later This is my pick for the best horror movie of the past decade. Not only is it the best zombie movie in recent years, I think it is a more relevant and frightening film than “Night of the Living Dead.” Cillian “Scarecrow” Murphy stars as Jim who wakes up from a coma, only to find that London is deserted due to an outbreak of a “rage” virus that turns the infected person into mindless, fast zombies. 28 Days Later excels in every possible way from storyline to acting and direction. The film captures anxiety about technology and our present society. It is also profound as it depicts an attempt to rebuild society on flawed human nature.
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In Frailty, directed by Bill Paxton, a man tells the FBI about his father’s religiously motivated murdering spree, committed to destroy “demons.”
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28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle, tells the story of a group of survivors trying to find sanctuary after the “Rage” virus sweeps through the UK.
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Trying to score against Virginia Techs goalkeeper, midfielder Akil DeFreitas falls to the ground with the ball inches away from scoring. State played a fierce game against Viriginia Tech but lost 2-1 in the last few minutes of the second half on Sept. 25.
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to the different style of play in the U.S. “In Trinidad, we played skillful soccer,” DeFreitas said. “In America it’s about hard work and tactics. Also, the style of play here is more physical than Trinidad. The soccer in Trinidad is also more laid back whereas American soccer is faster and requires you to be more athletic.” Though the style of play has changed, DeFreitas has settled into the Pack’s lineup. After starting in no games last year, DeFreitas has started most games this year because of his speed and scoring ability, as he has already scored three goals while garnering two assists in 15 games for the Pack. “I definitely think that my speed and my ability to dribble with the ball highlight my
play,” DeFreitas said. “I am able to change the pace of the game at any given moment, which constantly makes me a threat to the other teams.” Both coaches and teammates have talked about that constant threat. Coach George Tarantini knows all too well of the potential DeFreitas possesses. “Akil has been great,” Tarantini said. “He has done what he has needed to do. He can always make great things happen.” For DeFreitas, his plays and ability to bring “great things” to the men’s soccer team has been apparent, even if it is not showing up in the team’s wins and losses column. Sitting at a record of 5-6-2, with the majority of losses coming at the hands of ranked opponents, DeFreitas has pulled his own weight. After the soccer season ends this year, the senior hopes to further his soccer career. Not-
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ing that it has been his life since he was young, he hopes to take his skills to the professional level. “I would like to play professionally,” DeFreitas said. “Soccer has been part of my life and I would like to keep it that way. It has been my dream to go professional since I was 6 years old. If I don’t go professional, I would like to become a coach and educate young soccer players all of my knowledge of the game.”
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NCSU and it usually practices on Fridays at the lower intramural fields at 5:00 p.m., while the matches are played on either Saturdays or Sundays. The team usually starts its season in the beginning of fall semester and plays though the end of spring semester to the summer. The Midatlantic Championship tournament is a university-level tournament which the team was invited to after winning the championship at the club level last year. There are big schools participating this weekend along with the club team like Penn State, Maryland and Georgetown. If the team wins their first two games they
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FOOTBALL
Maynard named 89th best player in country Junior catcher Pratt Maynard was named the 89th best baseball player in the country by the College Baseball Blog. The blog is currently counting down the top-100 best baseball players in the country and Maynard is the first NC State player to appear on the list. Over the summer the junior catcher played in the Cape Cod wood bat league, hitting .241, with an on-base percentage of .411, while leading the league in walks with 32. SOURCE: THECOLLEGE BASEBALLBLOG.COM
CATCHING UP WITH THE MEN’S SOCCER TEAM
Wolfpack hosts Coastal Carolina
After going three straight games without a win, the men’s soccer team will be looking to take down Coastal Carolina, 8-4-1, tonight at Dail Soccer Field at 7:00 p.m. The Pack, 5-6-2, has struggled some what this season and is hoping to get back to .500 by beating Coastal. The team has faired well in conference play as all five of the wins have come from teams outside of the conference.
Players to watch for Tyler Lassiter- in the past four games, Lassiter has assisted three of the Pack’s four goals.
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Johnson transitioning smoothly Sean Klemm
TRUE FRESHMAN EMBRACES OPPORTUNITY AT EARLY PLAYING TIME, AND THRIVES
Mi ke Reed sa id. “He’s very athletic and very football For most, moving off the college is exciting, savvy. When we potentially nerve-racking and maybe even a little recruited Dontae scary. Add playing a Division I sport and being we didn’t exactly almost 500 miles away from home to that plate know where he and most 18 or 19 year olds would be, for lack of a was going to fit in, but we knew he better term, freaking out. However, freshman safety Dontae Johnson was would fit in somegiven the opportunity to attend The Pennington where because of School, a preparatory academy in Pennington, N.J. his athleticism.” Johnson has done He learned first hand what it was like to be away from home as a sophomore in high school, rather more than fit in. than most whose first experience of independence The true freshman comes in August after receiving a high school di- has seen action in ploma. Johnson said experience at boarding school all seven games this helped him grow up, and made the transition easier. season, while manag“I already have a couple years away from home, ing to crack the startand got to be on my own,” Johnson said. “So the ing lineup against Boston transition has been really smooth, and wasn’t as College. He has recorded big of a deal for me. I really like it down here. I love 19 tackles and a pass breakup the atmosphere down here, and the fans are great. thus far. Johnson said he is taking advantage of this rare opportunity It’s a great place to play football.” Like Johnson, head coach Tom O’Brien enrolled to play at such a young age and enjoying in a prep school before playing football at the Naval himself. “It’s been mind-boggling,” Johnson said. Academy and said during a press conference in August that experience helps student athletes mature. “Being a freshman coming in and playing as “I think prep school or an extra year of school, much as I am has been crazy. But I’m definitely partly because I did it before I went to the Naval taking advantage of this opportunity because it only comes around once. Academy, helps peoSo I’m definitely enjoying ple a lot,” O’Brien it and having fun with it said. “I’m a propowhile it’s going on.” nent of that. I think Johnson and his coachyou grow up a lot. es realized his talent at a You get away from young age. As a kid, he home for the first developed an insatiable time without all the hunger to improve, and rigors of college and that work ethic guided being thrown right him to success. into the fire. “When I was younger, “So the homesickmy coaches always told ness and all those me if I kept working things go out of the hard, and stayed foway so you are a Dontae Johnson, freshman safety cused I could play at a little more mature high level,” Johnson said. when you come in.” At The Pennington School, Johnson emerged as “Growing up, I had to work on developing a work a leader both on and off the gridiron. He served ethic towards getting better, not just settling for as a hall proctor, a position similar to a Resident ok. By doing that I got this great opportunity to Advisor, for two years and was involved in the Peer play football here at N.C. State.” Johnson’s work ethic and athletic ability landed Leadership Program while maintaining a grade point average well above 3.0. He also captained him in Raleigh, but it wasn’t until the first time the football team during his junior and senior he ran out of the tunnel against Western Carolina seasons and was voted captain of the basketball that he realized his dream was a reality, and all of his hard work paid dividends. team as well. “The first time coming out of the tunnel was amazSince arriving at State, his athletic ability and understanding of the game has impressed the ing,” Johnson said. “At that point I realized it was a dream come true, that I was actually playing college coaching staff. “Dontae is a good kid,” defensive backs coach football. It was definitely something I’ll never forget.” Deputy Sports Editor
“It’s been mind-boggling. Being a freshman coming in and playing as much as I am has been crazy. But I’m definitely taking advantage of this opportunity because it only comes around once.”
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Today MEN’S SOCCER VS. COASTAL CAROLINA Dail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m. Thursday WOMEN’S TENNIS @ ITA REGIONAL INDOORS Chapel Hill, N.C., All day Friday SWIMMING & DIVING VS. MARYLAND Carmichael Gymnasium, 2 p.m. WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. VIRGINIA Reynold’s Coliseum, 7 p.m. WOMEN’S TENNIS @ ITA REGIONAL INDOORS Chapel Hill, N.C., All day
Last year, the men’s soccer team was introduced to a small statured midfielder from North Florida College. This player was 5 foot-7-inch midfielder Akil DeFreitas. In his first year in Raleigh, the junior played sparingly in 20 games, scoring in two of them. However, now a senior, DeFreitas has overcome his slow start from his junior year, showing his ability to perform at the high level the ACC provides. At the age of 6, DeFreitas began playing soccer for fun in Trinidad, his home country. The boy soon realized he had a knack for the game as he continued to play and develop his skills. While rising in skill level and playing on better and better teams, he was finally named to his home country’s national team. “Soccer is the number one sport in Trinidad, so it was a very big deal when I was growing up there,” DeFrei-
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Senior Wolfpack forward Akil DeFreitas gains posession of the ball from senior Hokie defender Koen Oost and makes a drive for the goal during the second half of N.C. State’s game versus Virginia Tech on Sept. 25. The Pack lost 2-1.
tas said. “By the time I reached high school at St. Anthony’s College, I played for Under 17 Trinidad and Tobago National team and then moved on to Trinidad and Tobago National team Under 20.” For three years, DeFreitas played soccer for North Florida College. But he sson felt the need to play in a more competitive setting. This drive for a high level of play led him to choose the ACC. To him, State seemed like a good fit. “The main reason why I decided to transfer is to get
a better opportunity to go to the next level,” DeFreitas said. “I also wanted to challenge myself more since I had a couple accomplishments in my old school. My transition to N.C. State was pretty tough. The overall atmosphere is very different. The workouts and practices are much tougher and more intense than my old school.” A native from the Port-ofSpain, in Trinidad, DeFreitas has shown his ability to adapt
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David Brown- the sophomore defender scored his first and second career goals in against Georgia Southern and Wake Forest.
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The N.C. State cricket club will participate in the Regional Cricket Tournament, held in Washington D.C. this weekend. This is the first time that a Wolfpack cricket club will participate in the tournament and the first time it will participate at the university level. “This is the first time playing this tournament,” Hardik Parekh, a graduate student in civil engineering said. “Though we have been playing successfully in other functions.” Parekh, who has played cricket since the age of eight, has been a member of the club for three years and as of July 2010 has been acting as club president. Parekh is pleased with the progress he has seen with
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the club — not just in his time on the team — but since State formed its first club cricket team in 1998. “This is one of the best teams in N.C. State history,” Parekh said. “Right now we are have an entire cricket team and are playing well together. When the club started up again last January we already had 10 to 20 members and now we have 35 to 40 acting members.” The team also has ten nonactive members who are able to play and learn about the game of cricket without playing in competitive matches. The club is a registered sports club at
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