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Atrium renovations delayed, Senate prepares response Completion of new Atrium pushed back, construction to continue through fall semester Nick Tran News Editor

Wednesday, Student Senate announced the renovations to the Atrium would be pushed back until at least the beginning of the spring semester, as opposed to having it completed before the fall semester as originally thought. Some students are outraged their expectations will not be met after the lengthy Rally 4 Talley campaign made promises regarding the renovations. Matt Delavega, a junior in park and recreation tourism management, said this delay makes a bad situation worse. “They told us it would be done in the fall and now they want to tell us it won’t,” he said. “I feel misled.” Delavega said the students should expect it to be complete when promised because they already paid for it. “I never supported Talley or the renovations in the first place. It’s frustrating we already have to pay for something we didn’t want in the first place and now they want us to wait?” Randy Lait, the director of Dining Services, said during the Rally 4 Talley campaign the desire for the Atrium to be finished before fall was expressed, but planning was still in progress. “The scope of the project has a lot more in it than can be done over the summer,” he said. “The important promise was that the Atrium would be renovated. When we’re done, it’ll be awesome.” According to Lait, the Office of

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Kevin Brackett, a junior in First Year College, Laura Edwards, a freshman in elementary education, and Kayla Richter, a senior in criminology, sit and talk after eating lunch in the Atrium. “I come to grab food and go straight to my next class,” Brackett said. The food vendors in the Atrium are a convenient option for students with classes on North Campus. “It’s just too far to go to Talley,” Richter said.

State Construction is still reviewing the construction documents and that part is still on schedule. The delay comes from unforeseen issues identified by the Office of State Construction, for example replacing the electric switch gear and

the need to install a new sprinkler system. The need for these additional components has increased the expected budget for the project from $3.5 million to $4 million for now, but we won’t really know how much it will

cost until the construction bids come in, Lait said. “I don’t know where the extra money will come. I’d expect it to come out of dining,” he said. “There’s no possibility the extra will come from students. We want to deliver [the Atrium]

with as little disruption to students as possible.” Some food options will still be available at the Atrium during the renovations, but seating options will be limited. The current interior dining area will be the new front for restaurants while the old serving area will be blocked off for renovations. University Dining has considered options to increase seating capacity, including setting up tables under Harrelson Hall. The current suggestion is to construct a temporary structure in the Brickyard to serve as an eating area. “This is a very much-needed project and will be a great benefit for students,” Lait said. “We can all agree this is a project that needs to be done, it just could not be done in 90 days.” Will Hammer, a sophomore in sociology, said the interim solutions sound ridiculous, but the delays should have been expected. “We probably should have expected this because that’s just how the University works,” he said. “It’s all politics and a lot of people will be disappointed.” Hammer said he felt the plan could have been better formulated to consider possible delays. “They should have made sure first before announcing a completion date,” he said. “It’s kind of misleading, especially since we already paid for it. I guess it’s not really surprising it’s tak-

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Distance education fees mandated by UNC System The extra fees required for online classes are regulated by North Carolina Adair-Hayes Crane Staff Writer

Every semester N.C. State students go online to register for classes for the upcoming semester. Many of those courses students sign up to take are offered both on campus and online through distance education. Students enrolled in distance education courses are required to pay extra money in addition to full-time undergraduate tuition. Many students, however, do not know why they are required to pay the extra money. According to Vice Provost for Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications Tom Miller, the University does not establish these extra fees; the fees are mandated by the University of North Carolina System. This means that students at public universities throughout the state also have to pay the extra fees. Miller said that when the tuition was set for distance education in the late 1990s, the UNC System expected that students would sign up for either all on-campus courses or all online courses. However, in recent years, more and more students take both on-campus and distance education classes. While tuition for undergraduate oncampus courses is capped at 12 hours, the tuition for distance education is determined based on the number of

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credit hours a student signs up for. The tuition is based off a formula where the University takes the annual tuition rate, divides it by 29.6 and rounds it to the nearest dollar to determine how much a student will pay per credit hour. “What you’re paying extra for is tuition fees. When they set up the way that we’re required to charge tuition for distance education it’s by credit hour,” Miller said. “You actually pay less fees with distance education than you do with on-campus. You don’t pay student health fees or gym fees. Campus fees are not included in distance education fees.” Miller, who attended a UNC-System meeting about this issue on Thursday, said that he does not believe it is fair to students and has been working for the past five years to get it changed. He said he would like to see the tuition for on-campus courses done by credit hour so that it is the same for both online and on-campus classes. “Everyone recognizes that this is a problem but they can’t seem to do anything about that. Some universities didn’t want to change the way the tuition is charged because they were afraid it would change the pattern of courses students would take,” Miller said. Students such as Anna Holland, a junior in biological sciences, said she, like many other students, did not know the state was the one who required the money. “The policy should be changed,” Holland said.

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More than 5,200 competitors started the Krispy Kreme Challenge on Hillsborough in 2009, the sixth year of the race. All proceeds from the event go to Wake Med Children’s Hospital.

Krispy Kreme Challenge reaches capacity of 6,000 Organziers want higher percentage of students for future races Joanna Banegas Staff Writer

The sixth annual Krispy Kreme Challenge begins at the N.C. State Bell Tower Feb. 6 at 8:30 a.m. This year the race reached its capacity of 6,000 runners compared to last year’s 5,500 runners that participated. Rebekah Jewell, public relations chair for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, said this year they had to turn people away. “This is the first year that we had to cap registration,” Jewell said. “We’ve got as many people as we could to run this year.” According to a Krispy Kreme press release, the Krispy Kreme Challenge is a student-organized charity race benefiting the N.C. Children’s Hospital. At the first Krispy Kreme challenge only 10 runners participated

in the race. Five years later, the race had 5,500 runners in the race and donated $40,000 to the N.C.’s Children’s Hospital. Jewell said she thinks the number of racers increased in the past two years because the event was exposed on ESPN and the public relations committee has worked hard. “I think it is starting to become one of North Carolina State University’s fastest traditions,” she said. “It was on a magazine for the top 100 things college students need to do before graduating college. A lot of people are starting to hear about it and ... the ESPN coverage last year really did bring a lot of attention to us.” She also said people have done more to stand out in recent years. “Especially last year when people found out that we were going to be on ESPN,” Jewell said. “A lot of people tried to get noticed by the cameras.” According to the Krispy Kreme press release, the requirements to complete the Krispy Kreme Challenge are that competitors begin at the University’s Bell Tower, run two miles to the Krispy Kreme store on Peace Street,

eat one dozen doughnuts and run two miles back to the Bell Tower in less than an hour. Those who sign up as “casual runners” are not required to eat all of the doughnuts and “supporters” only receive a T-shirt. Jewell said they would like to target more University students in the future. “We’re trying to get students to be the large majority of the people that are participating in this race,” she said. “We would still like to do more so that the percentage of the participants is a larger number with University students.” Jewell said the race emphasizes fun and all the ways people can have fun. “We’re trying to show people that you can have fun while you’re still running for a charity and just trying to be different,” Jewell said. “I definitely think that the craziness of the event makes it what it is,” Jewell said. “The fact that you have to eat a dozen donuts in the middle of the race makes it different from any other traditional racing event.”

HOWL T-shirts available for $10 at NC State Bookstores HOWL $5 from each HOWL FOR HAITI T-SHIRT SALE FOR FOR HAITI HAITI to benefit Haiti Disaster Relief Efforts

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Today:

Today FACES AND MAZES Talley Student Center, 12 to 8 p.m.

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PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE: THE INTERVIEW AND BEYOND Talley Student Center, 12 to 1:30 p.m.

Mostly cloudy with a winter mix developing in the evening.

Tomorrow:

WITH LATHE AND CHISEL: N.C. WOOD TURNERS AND CARVERS Talley Student Center, 12 to 8 p.m.

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Sunday

FIRST YEAR COLLEGE VISITATION PROGRAM 1:30 to 3 p.m.

Enjoying the calm before the storm

Mix of sleet and snow with a chance of some accumulation.

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avid Vines, sophomore in anthropology, dribbles a soccer ball with Samantha Roth, sophomore in psychology, outside Alexander Residence Hall Thursday afternoon. “It’s just a beautiful day in the middle of January,” Vines said. The high for the day was 60, but the weekend forecast is much cooler. “I just wanted to get outside before all of the snow.”

Partly cloudy with northeasterly winds between 5 and 10 mph. Source: Cassie Mentha ncsu meteorology

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Last day for appropriations

Appropriations f iling closes Friday. Any student organizations that wish to apply for funding have to submit applications online by midnight. Interviews begin Monday and run through Thursday. All receipts from previous semesters of appropriations processes need to be in before the interview date. Source: Jackie Smith,

28th Annual Sisterhood Dinner — presented by the Council on the Status of Women

Jonathan Kraftchick: Personal Finance for Life in the Real World

The Women’s Center, and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion invite all faculty, staff and students to participate in a celebration of women on campus with a dinner sponsored by the Council on the Status of Women. Located in Talley Ballroom on Thursday, it will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more information contact Pasha Bennett at 515-8095.

O n F e b. 5 J o n a t h a n Kraftchick will be in the Walnut Room from noon to 1:30 p.m. Topics to be discussed include student loans, IRAs, 401Ks, life insurance, disability policies and taxes. By learning how to manage money early in a career, financial stability can be created heading into working life and continuing into retirement.

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“They told us it would be done in the fall and now they want to tell us it won’t...” said by Matt Delavega, junior in park and recreation tourism management

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World & Nation

Girl Amazes Doctors After Being Stuck in Rubble for 15 Days Darlene Etienne was pulled from the Haitian ruins more than two weeks after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake that ravaged the country. Thursday, it was reported she was eating yogurt to regain her strength after being trapped under her school’s ruins for more fifteen days. Source: FOX

Japan moves to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent TOKYO -- The Japanese government officially decided Tuesday that it would participate in the Copenhagen climate agreement and pledge to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, by 25 percent from 1990 levels by 2020, government officials said. Source: MCT Campus

U.S. and Russia close to armscontrol deal The White House said negotiations on a new armscontrol treaty are nearly complete. The 1991 Strategic Arms

Reduction Treaty expired on Dec. 5. The expired treaty capped the number of warheads and launch vehicles held by both countries involved. Talks on the new START treaty are expected to resume next week in Geneva. Source: CNN

Inept government, past U.S. policy seen hampering Haiti relief effort WASHINGTON -- Haiti’s inept government, a lack of coordination by aid organizations and a history of U.S. policy failures are hampering international efforts to rebuild the quakestricken island nation. That was the judgment of officials who testified Thursday before a Senate committee and in a separate teleconference by relief organizations.

Religious Studies Seminar The “Visions and Religious Experience in Ancient Judaism” seminar with keynote speaker Michael Stone will be held in Daniels Hall, room 214 on Feb. 9 at 3 p.m. Stone is from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The event is free and open to the public. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar

Source: MCT Campus

Machu Picchu evacuations continue MACHU PICCHU PUEBLO, Peru -- Skies cleared over Machu Picchu citadel Thursday, speeding the evacuation of thousands of stranded tourists, many of whom were left to eat from communal pots and sleep outdoors after flooding and mudslides cut access the area. Helicopters had taken 700 people by mid-afternoon from the remote village, the closest to the ancient Inca ruins 8,000 feet up in the Andes mountains. About 2,000 travelers were trapped in the town for days, strapping resources and testing travelers’ patience.

2:47 PM Fire Alarm Western Manor Officer responded to alarm caused by cooking.

Jan. 24 1:07 AM Suspicious Person Bragaw Hall Lot Report of subjects looking into vehicles. Officers canvassed area but did not locate any problems.

3:43 PM Welfare Check Bowen Hall NCSU PD checked on welfare of student.

3:04 AM Alcohol Violation Dunn Avenue Student was referred to the university for underage possession of alcohol. 8:36 AM Assist Another Agency

Public Safety Center

Officer assisted Johnston County Sheriff’s Office by completing composite sketch related to homicide investigation.

Saturday FACES AND MAZES Talley Student Center, 2 to 8 p.m. WITH LATHE AND CHISEL: N.C. WOOD TURNERS AND CARVERS Talley Student Center, 2 to 8 p.m. ZOMBIELAND Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:30 p.m. ZOMBIELAND Witherspoon Cinema, 9 to 10:30 p.m. Wednesday RecycleMania (Multi-Day Event) 1st Floor Talley Student Center 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM Make a Chinese Valentine Card 1st Floor Talley Student Center 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Faces and Mazes (Lia Cook) Gregg Museum of Art & Design 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers Talley Student Center 1:30 PM - 4:30 PM Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Admin III, Room 101 2701 Sullivan Dr 7:00 PM - 9:10 PM THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Witherspoon Cinema 7:30 PM - Midnight Student Senate Meeting 2nd Floor Witherspoon Student Center 8:00 PM

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11:41 AM Fire Alarm Becton Hall Units responded to accidental activation of alarm. System reset.

ZOMBIELAND Witherspoon Cinema, 9 to 10:30 p.m. ZOMBIELAND (MULTI-DAY EVENT) Witherspoon Cinema, 11:59 p.m.

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ZOMBIELAND Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Jan. 25 3:53 AM Utility Problem Fraternity Court Officers assisted with traffic control related to down tree and damaged power lines. 9:28 AM Larceny ES King Village Student reported bicycle stolen. 1:32 PM Medical Assist Admin Svcs Units responded to staff member in need of medical assistance. 10:10 PM Suspicious Incident Alpha Delta Pi Report of suspicious incident. Officer spoke with student.

Everything OK. 11:38 PM Suspicious Person DH Hill Library Officer observed and spoke with two non-students in the area. No action taken. 12:57 PM Medical Assist DH Hill Library Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student refused transport. 2:38 PM Suspicious Person DH Hill Library Report of suspicious subject. Officers canvassed area but did not locate subject.

2:40 PM B&E Building Venture Deck Report unknown person had broken into storage unit causing damage to door.

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Student Senate meeting appoints seats, debates issues Carry-out trays, GLBT History Month discussed Caroline Barfield Staff Writer

Wednesday night the Student Senate had its longest meeting of the year and achieved many of its goals in the process. According to Kelli Rogers, Student Senate president, nine people were appointed to the Senate and all were confirmed. “There were a lot of seats open since many people didn’t have the time to commit,” Rogers said. She said it has been challenging filling the seats and the Senate is still looking for graduate student, education and a few engineer candidates. Overall, there are 64 seats in the Senate and Wednesday night 52 were filled, leaving only 12 vacant. After new senators were appointed, among the many issues discussed, the most notable dealt with dining hall

food in their carry-out boxes. carry-out. “We have been researching After they are finished, they and working with the Univer- will have to swipe when exitsity and OIT about allowing ing to ensure that they did not students to carry food out of go over the 10 minute period. If so, then they will be charged the dining hall,” Rogers said. Stephen Kouba adopted the for another meal. The carryidea last fall out plan will and the Senbe equivalent ate began to one meal; researching students will ideas on how not be able to ma ke it to eat in the possible for dining ha l l students to though. eat comfortBefore the ably within prog ra m is t hei r ow n Kelli Rogers, Student Senate implemented schedules. President a test tria l According will take place to Rogers, the Senate is fairly confident the some time later in the semester. “If students abuse the proprogram will be implemented. Students will obtain reusable gram, the University will pull dining trays that will serve as it immediately. We are hoping takeout boxes and will be sus- students will be respectful of the program, because we need tainable for many uses. In the process of obtaining it to alleviate over crowded carry-out food, students will dining,” Rogers said. “We swipe their campus ID and will hope next fall it will be a solid then have 10 minutes to put program.”

“If students abuse the program, the University will pull it immediately.”

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Another issue that was up for debate was GLBT History Month. The Senate decided to support GLBT and passed legislation that October will be recognized by the University as GLBT History Month. The Senate is also working on a Pedestrian Safety Act, to help prevent students from being hit by bikers and to help reduce the number of bike accidents around campus. Also, the Senate removed the student body public defender position. This position was created with the intention of representing students going into student conduct in 2006, but the position’s need was slim.

those in charge of the Atrium renovations to work out alternative solutions to delaying the continued from page 1 project. “We’re looking at the deciing longer than it has to.” Student Senate President sions made by key players and Kelli Rogers said the delay meeting with them. Our first was a huge disappointment priority is to get [renovations] done before and Senate fall and our and Student second effort Government is to ensure would do all students are it could to a f fec ted a s m a ke su re little as possithe promise ble,” she said. to the stuKelli Rogers, Student Senate “If necessary dents is kept. President we will reas“It’s ver y sess our posifrustrating, the Atrium is far behind,” she tion on the fee, which hasn’t said. “The timeline shown to been passed by the Board of students on the referendum Governors.” Rogers said this is a large fee came from the whole University and many administrators to be considered and the Board and there was no doubt ex- of Governors has been a long pressed that it couldn’t be done time proponent of affordable before the fall. If there were education, so if students and good reasons for the delay, they campus leaders don’t support it, they won’t pass it. should have been foreseen.” “It’s a lobbying effort and it Rogers said she was sure University Dining was doing ev- has to be quick,” Rogers said. “I erything it could but expected don’t want to say this is backmore support from other parts lash, but when a promise was of the administration. The made [the administration] changes in the timeline dem- can’t expect much else.” onstrate a lack in leadership for the project. According to Rogers, student leaders will be meeting with

“It’s a lobbying effort and it has to be quick.”

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The Facts:

The Atrium renovation, a part of the TalleyAtrium project, will not be completed by fall 2010 as the fee campaign and University promised.

Our Opinion:

Student Senate wasn’t a good watchdog on the reality of the fee proposal, but it has an opportunity to do what is best for students and withdraw its support of the fee at its meeting Wednesday.

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Veganism isn’t the only way For some reason, University Dining and Technician seem to be advocates for veganism and vegetarianism. In numerous signs posted in the dining halls, and now in “Daily exercise a lifestyle choice for many,” veganism is presented as the only possible way to eat healthily. While I don’t disagree with the vegan lifestyle choice, it is only one of many options. The protein found in meat and healthy fats are essential to the bodies functioning, especially to an individual who has an exercise regimen and wishes to build muscle. The protein found in meat aids in the body’s recovery of torn muscle tissue and allows for growth, which keeps the body in optimal shape. In order to keep up a balanced, healthy diet the only necessity is to be smart about your food options. It’s especially easy in the dining halls, as the nutritional information is posted on the online daily menu. Also, most of the fitness propaganda encourages the population to eat an extremely low amount of calories and overexercise. For example, the girl featured in your article that runs for five hours a day is presented as the epitome of fitness. There is a word for people who exercise ludicrous amounts and under eat — they’re called anorexic. For those of us who work out on a daily basis, we need adequate amounts of food to keep our bodies going and build muscle weight (if that is your goal). Sean Ressler freshman, physics

Irrational conclusions without evidence I’m not very well suited to determine the answer to the question “Does religion and faith as it exists do more social good than harm?” The question I have to ask is, “Is it intrinsically bad to make constant irrational conclusions with no evidence (faith)?” I believe that this is purely a route to which superstition and myth can be allowed to trump one’s reason. All pulpits are bully pulpits. Evolution created all life on earth. The probabilistic drive behind evolution is just that — like a windblown rock. This leaves God with very little to do. Our ancient relationships with the dogs, horses and apples have made us as we helped make them. As we continue to be the first species to make it’s own environment and therefore our own evolutionary path; perhaps humans, dogs, horses and potatoes are more like

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patronage for the new facilities. Nothing else truly explains the ineptitude of the situation. Instead of eating in a newly renovated dining area next semester, students will likely be forced to eat their meals from Chick-fil-A and Lil’ Dino’s on tables beneath Harrelson Hall or in a giant pod-like tent erected in the Brickyard — the two likely solutions to the seating problem. Similarly, Student Senate was lied to about the timeline for the Atrium reconstruction and passed that information along to students. It can’t be blamed for that, but certainly should assess why it didn’t question

the University’s ability to finish the construction during the 90-day summer period as the original plans proposed. Students shouldn’t chastise Student Senate for this error, but it needs to take some immediate steps to remedy the situation. For starters, Senate must immediately withdraw its resolution in support of the TalleyAtrium fee at its next meeting. A majority of students didn’t want the fee to begin with. The number who approve would drop well below the 40 percent the referenda showed if students had known at the time that they would be forced to

eat outside for the majority of the next academic year. If the first stage of the overall project — and a very small one at that — is a full semester, or more, behind schedule; just imagine how many delays the four to five year Talley modernization will face. For students’ sake, Senate must lead the charge against the fee and get the University to reevaluate the project under the direction of Dan Adams, associate vice chancellor from campus enterprises, who led the construction of the student center at the University of Arizona. Otherwise, students will be left out in the cold — quite literally.

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What is the N.C. State Transit system doing? It is failing miserably at what should be easy tasks. There is overcrowding on the buses; they do not come often enough; and to top all of it off, when the bus routes had to be changed, no e-mail or other notification was sent out. For those of you who don’t know, the water main broke on main campus. This caused the road at the intersection of Dunn and Jeter to become unusable. This occurred sometime on Wednesday night and repairs are being made, but this is a massive problem because it renders Dunn almost unusable. The most frustrating part is that the University did not e-mail the students informing them that the road was unable to be taken. It is not as though it happened sometime yesterday when they had to make an emergency route change. This occurred with enough time for the University to notify students that the bus stops they are used to waiting at are no longer going to have buses stopping at them. We pay $4.3 million dollars a year from student fees to Transportation and they can’t send a simple e-mail out to inform students of a problem? Again I ask the transit system, what are you doing? Weston Straka sophomore, materials science and engineering

Letters lacked knowledge and truth First off, I would like to apologize to Alex and Adam, who are on the debate of “Religion Teaches False Truths” and “Extremists are not the problem.” In the name of whoever has lied to you in the past about religion, I apologize. I however, give no support to your argument and find flaw within your logic. In the same style a la Dawkins and Maher, you provide no support for your banners saying religion teaches false truths, and to bolster your argument you set religion up in a straw man type argument. The fact of the matter is this: you yourselves lack both the knowledge and proof to do more than speculate at that answer. Your argument is as baseless as if I were to write ten articles explaining how the center of the Earth is blue with pink spots. Now I understand there is a certain burden in brevity to write a post within Technician, but I am completely willing to continue this talk for as long as necessary. I myself prefer faceto-face discussion as opposed to writing a propagandist book and ignoring rebuttal, but I will satisfy myself with any medium you gentlemen prefer.

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“I actually never use the Atrium so I don’t really have a preference what they do. I just stick to the cafeterias, it’s too crowded at the Atrium. ”

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Take a chill pill

f you’re like me you’ve heard the phrase “Take a chill pill” one too many times. Anger is a universal emotion that is felt by all of us. Anger is natural and a cer ta i n amount is imperative for our survival. If anger didn’t ex ist we Malena would nevWilson Staff Columnist er be able to fight for the things we believe in or stand up for ourselves in the face of danger. Everyone can be angry, but the difference lies in how we express it. Anger can manifest itself within a person in various ways. There are those who try to avoid anger at any cost. They do not like arguments and cannot handle criticism very well. These people will agree with anything you say for the sake of avoiding confrontation. They may seem timid and tend to get walked all over, but in actuality their insides are boiling. They could hate you and you would never know it. This is dangerous for the internally angry person as well as the person they are angry with. If anger is not dealt with in a healthy manner, one can explode and do things he wouldn’t dream of doing if he was in

his correct mind-set. So, it’s true when people say, “Watch out for the quiet ones” because you never know when they will snap. Self-preservation is a way of life for them, even though avoidance is not always the best method to protect one’s true feelings. There are also those who identify as passive aggressive. These angry people like to frustrate others with their behavior without being up front. If you have hurt them it is hard to make amends bec au s e t he y simply won’t let you. If you want to talk, they will say, “Oh, it’s OK. It’s water under the bridge.” Then when you think everything is fine, they begin to act hostile and react in a negative manner. They will swear up and down that they are fine, but then you come home to a closet filled with slashed clothing. The worst part is that they will often play the victim by asking you “Why are you so mad at me all the time?” Many times, passive aggressiveness is not a conscious behavior. Then there are the explosive angry people. They can be described as loose cannons. Anything and everything seems to set them off. Exploders have such passionate feelings that

they react in ways that can upset and sometimes physically hurt others. Many would look at them as just bad people who need an attitude adjustment. I believe these individuals have been cut so deeply, and their wounds are so raw, that they have no other form of expression. Anger can come in differing forms, but it is essential to dea l with these strong feelings in a positive way. Taking a deep breath can always calm you down and get you ready to address any situation. If you have a personal conf lict with someone, set them aside and talk to them. Try not to accuse the person and always use “I” statements such as, “I feel sad that this happened.” The nicer you are, the more likely the person is to open up to you and resolve the situation. For more information on anger and anger management consider visiting the American Psychological Association’s Web site.

“...but then you come home to a closet filled with slashed clothing. ”

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“I don’t really go to the Atrium so I don’t think it would have that great of an effect on me. I usually eat at Fountain or get coffee at DH Hill. ” Tessa Gore freshman, textiles

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This week’s poll results:

Did you request and receive a ticket to the men’s basketball game against Carolina? I don’t care because it doesn’t affect me - 18%

Yes - 34%

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CyTunes makes more of music Local service offers music downloads to benefit brain cancer research Story By Caitlin Cauley | graphic courtesy cytunes.org

hen we download favorite tracks or go hunting for rare recordings in digital format, we aren’t often thinking of where our money is going to go. In the case of local music downloading service CyTunes, 100 percent of the profits go to brain cancer research. Back in the summer of 2008, Cy Rawls Duke Hospital system and one of the leadwas diagnosed with an aggressive form of ing centers for brain cancer treatment in brain cancer. He was an immensely popu- the country. “They had even treated Ted lar fixture in the Triangle music scene, as Kennedy,” Hepler said. CyTunes itself began “around Decema performer and a supporter. This popularity went deeper with many local musi- ber 2008,” Hepler said. “There was a big cians, who all considered themselves close surge [of traffic] right away but we honestly haven’t seen to Rawls. a whole lot of new James Hepler, locontent.” cal musician and The music on program director CyTunes has so of CyTunes, is one far been donated of many who cared ent i rely by lo deeply for Rawls. cal groups. “It’s “The music comhard for a band to mu n it y r a l l ie d make money for around him and themselves, so it’s we recorded music James Hepler, local musician and program hard for them to to raise money for director of CyTunes give more than a Cy,” Hepler said. couple of songs,” “When he passed we decided to keep the project going and Hepler said. In fact, it’s only now with Schooner’s keep the money going to the people who upcoming album release that any entire treated him.” Rawls had been treated at the Preston album will be available on the site. The biggest issue in user traffic that CyRobert Tisch Brain Tumor Center in Durham. The Tisch Center is a branch of the Tunes has seen is that “without a constant

“I think we are one major act away from this being able to raise millions of dollars for brain cancer,”

CYTUNES FAST FACTS : CyTunes’ services are available at www.cytunes.org Schooner release: Where: The Pinhook, 117 West Main Street, Durham, N.C. When: Feb. 19 at 8 p.m. Source: www.cytunes.org

influx of new music, people forget that it exists.” Hepler hopes that Schooner’s album release can bring the kind of attention needed to get larger acts to notice. “I think we are one major act away from this being able to raise millions of dollars for brain cancer,” Hepler said. “I think this model, this idea, could be a great way to raise money for anything. The hard part is the credibility.” It helps that all of CyTunes’ profits go toward brain cancer research. “We don’t even see the money,” Hepler said. “It goes right past us, other than the percentage that goes to Google payment services.” Another large part of the site’s success comes from limited availability. “We don’t have the tools to exist on the same level as other sites, but what we do offer is exclusivity,” said Hepler. The bands agree to let CyTunes own exclusive rights to their songs for one year. Many die-hard local

music fans looking for a B-side, a live recording or any other rarity will only be able to find some of these on CyTunes. “Schooner releasing a whole album this way is just incredible,” Hepler said. Hepler himself does much of the recruitment for CyTunes’ content. “We’re going to keep trying to get the word out there,” he said. “About half of our time getting bands to submit music, half getting people to download. I play in a bunch of bands around the area and we always take a moment to ask for songs for CyTunes.” Fortunately, the Web site doesn’t cost anything to maintain. Only four people run CyTunes: Hepler; Chris Rossi, the site’s coder; Elizabeth Hammond, the graphic designer; and Janette Park, who deals with the legal operations. This is a completely volunteer staff and all outside costs for the program lie in promotion, which has been a largely grassroots effort. “The good CyTunes’ existence does far outweighs any work needed to support it,” Hepler said.

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Champagne Champagne’s debut album finally got released for purchase and download this month, and it rises to every bit of anticipation that was generated by their earlier EP. The group, comprised of Pearl Dragon, Sir Thomas Gray, and DJ Gajamagic [Mark Gajadhar from the pop-metal band The Bloodbrothers], composed a great mix of dancified hip-hop that is overflowing with themes of love, lust, and reckless disregard for anyone that would get in their way. The album takes your soul from the depths of betrayal to ecstatic party mode, and you’ll be nodding your head to the beat the entire time. The first track, “Soda & Pop Rocks,” strikes out with a deep,

pounding bass that sets the mood for the whole album. The song is a shout-out to the hoods of Seattle, so as you’re tapping your feet to the beat Pearl Dragon calls out: “in the CD [Central District] bumpin’ CD’s/ my city’s not pretty, it’s gritty.” He makes it clear that no one can stop them from “blowing up like soda and pop rocks.” They ca rr y t he aggressiveness and determination of S&PR into “Radio Raheem” a nd de pic t the struggle their friends and family have been put through by violent police actions. The distorted guitar in the back only adds to the gritty reality of Seattle painted in S&RP. Most of the album, however, is about girls. “Molly Ringwald” is a slow dance tune with spaced out and trippy synths behind it in which GajaMagic sings about his love of a girl that looks similar to Molly Ring-

wald. It turns out to be so sad because after a one-night stand she never talks to him again. The pain doesn’t stop there, though. In “Cover Girls” Pearl Dragon rhymes about a girl he dated that cheated on him with his friends. The synths and haunting backing vocals make it very heartfelt and depressing when he says ”I didn’t k n ow t h a t you could be influenced by some ot her g uy / e ver y time I look into your eyes I know it’s a l ie.” Insu lt is added to injury when, later in the song, the girl comes back only to give him “what she gave every other guy – the clap.” After hearing this song, it’s obvious that Pearl Dragon never wants to love another woman. The group has no qualms about hooking up with girls, though, because in “Champagne Loves Your Brain” they aren’t talking about your intel-

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lect. The quick bass and playful guitar will have you bouncing again as you hear about the group’s physical desires. They aren’t selfish, though, as evidenced in “What’s Your Fantasy.” Over a funky bass and seductive saxophone, every sexy girl gets an account of the services they could receive, which sounds quite extensive. It is quite clear from their

name and album cover that Champagne Champagne is simply trying to have a good time. This album shows that even with a broken heart or police trouble you can still dance and live your life like a party.

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Comedian for more than laughs Larry the Cable Guy on his foundation, care for the fans

aura Wilkinson, Technician deputy features editor, spoke on the phone with Larry the Cable Guy about his Tailgate Party special on Comedy Central and his Git-RDone Foundation. Technician: What can you tell me about your new Comedy Central special coming up, “Larry the Cable Guy: Tailgate Party”? Larry the Cable Guy: I’m a oneliner, set-up, punch kinda comedian. The only difference was I haven’t had a lot of experience with big crowds so I had to adjust my timing … Once I got into the arenas I had to get my timing … I was kinda freaking out about the timing. But it went really well. This was the first time this was me solo. It was nerve-wracking, but it was a great experience. Technician: Why did you decide to charge only $4 per ticket? Larry the Cable Guy: It was just right about the time when the econ-

omy took a turn. It was right around July 4 so I thought it was a good idea to just charge $4. I didn’t really want to make any money from it. We thought a $4 ticket charge would be really great. It all just went to the charity. Technician: What media projects are you working on or are coming up? Larry the Cable Guy: I have some movie ideas of my own; I could probably write my own movie and budget it out, do it myself. I think I would like to do that to see if I could do that. “Only in America” comes out on the History Channel. I have a cartoon coming out on CMT called “Lazy Acres.” There’s nothing really in my head that I go to myself, “I’d really love to do that.” After doing 53,000 people in a stadium, there’s really not much left to do in my head. Technician: What inspired the idea for the Git-R-Done Foundation? Larry the Cable Guy: In all honesty you read about things and people tell you stories and you wish you could help out. The government only allows you to give a certain amount of money until they start taxing you. With a

foundation you can give to organizations and you can avoid that and give as much as you want. We really wanted to help people. That’s why we started the foundation. We just felt like we were blessed enough to do that. You should give a charitable donation because you feel it in your heart to give a donation ... But me and my wife got together and we felt like it was the right thing to do. You should help out. So we started the Git-R-Done Foundation and it’s been really great for us. Technician: What stood out about the Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital that caused you to help them? Larry the Cable Guy: We started the Foundation because honestly my fans have been really good to me and blessed me. Basically it is to help families in need, which is a huge task to take on, but every little bit helps. I wanted to do a national charity …. The Madonna center takes care of brain injuries and spinal cord injuries … It’s all in gratitude to the good fans. Technician: What is your role in the foundation? Larry the Cable Guy: I promote the

foundation using my name. I bring my friends out. To get started you have to prime the well. On my Web site we list every place, every person that gets donation money. My wife and I are on the board; we don’t take a cent, we aren’t on the payroll. The only person who gets paid is the one we put in charge of the foundation. We’re just figureheads, my wife and I, on the foundation. My basic job is just to bring awareness to it. I’m gonna have a golf tournament … get [Jeff] Foxworthy, Ron White to come in if they can. Technician: What do you think of all these celebrities giving donations for publicity purposes? Larry the Cable Guy: If your heart’s in the right place, OK, but if it is to raise their image … if that’s the only reason you’re doing it, I don’t think you’ll be that fulfilled. That’s pathetic. [On saying he can’t judge someone’s true intentions…] I’m not a mind reader, so whatever. Larry on the Roast: Everybody on there was a friend. I’m a comedian; I can take a joke. Our job

The Git-R-Done Foundation: The Git-R-Done Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created by Larry the Cable Guy and his wife, Cara, as a focal point for the family’s philanthropy in 2009. The foundation’s mission is to provide assistance to individuals, families and organizations that have experienced hardships beyond their control. The Git-R-Done Foundation has made numerous donations, including donations to the Arnold Palmer Foundation for the treatment and cure of hip dysplasia and the Child Advocacy Center of Lincoln, Neb.. For information or to donate, visit www. gitrdonefoundation.org Source: The Git-R-Done Foundation

is to make people smile, make people happy. I don’t take what I do too seriously as far as stage performance goes.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet brings fusion to Stewart Story By Caitlin Cauley | photo By MATT MOORE

omplexions Contemporary Ballet performed at Stewart Theatre in Talley Student Center Thursday. The company describes itself as “contemporary ballet” where “classical and modern dance converge in high-energy, impassioned choreography.” The music used by the company ranged from classical organ to tribal chants, with moments of silence punctuated only by the footfalls of a lone dancer. There was also a pre-show discussion with Pamela Green at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design.

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GPA of a 3.0 or higher. “Brooke is one of those great kids,” coach Mark Stevenson said. “She is a good student, and she comes into the gym and gives 100 percent each time.” Barr started off the 2010 season with a strong performance against Rutgers. She competed on all four events for the first time in her young Wolfpack career and posted a 9.825 on vault to gain the highest score of the day in that event. She then went on to post high scores on both the beam and the floor, second only to senior teammate Taylor Seaman. Barr took second in the all-around during the meet and helped her team defeat Rutgers, 193.825-188.100. “She walked out and owned the events,” Stevenson said. “And it was a huge impact on what we were doing as a team.” In her freshman year, Barr was only competing in three

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OK,” senior Brittney Hardiman said. “We are working on the little things and making sure everything is right.” In practice this week, the team focused on getting in the gym to work on refining the skills and confidence needed to be successful this weekend in Dallas. The Pack is going to have to maintain its concentration as it will be matched up with the No.2 ranked Okla-

events, having only bars to add and it felt like a family,” Barr to become eligible to compete said. “Being from Pennsylvain the all-around competition. nia, the family atmosphere gave This season Barr has added the me the security I needed being bar routine, which makes her far away from home.” The season moves onward for eligible for all-around competiBarr and the tion. Stevenson rest of the and Barr noted gymnastics that bars was team when her we a ke s t it t r ave l s event coming to Da l las, into col lege, Texas Satbut Stevenson urday for a was quick to quad meet point out the against No. talent and hard 2 Oklahowork she has ma, Alaska put forth thus and Texas far in adding Coach Mark Stevenson Women’s. the event to her Barr will repertoire. look to add “We took a chance on Brooke knowing her all-around routine after a she had a weak event in bars,” minor injury in the last meet. Stevenson said. “She went 9.7 in The other members of the team the last meet having only com- have noticed what Barr brings peted bars for the second time to the gym each and every day. “She is a huge part of this in her whole college career.” Barr said she came to State team,” junior Brittney Hardibecause of the coaching staff man said. “And if we lost her and the other gymnasts already to injury it would not go over very well.” on the team. “The team was so friendly

“She is a good student, and she comes into the gym and gives 100 percent each time.”

homa Sooners, who are 3-0 all about the numbers (numon the year, having most re- ber of routines) in preparation for the meet cently defeated in Dallas,” No. 25 Illinois Barr said. by a score Other of 19 6 . 65 0 schools 194 .4 25 i n State w i l l Champaign, be competIll. Oklahoma ing against is the only team in the Mein the country troplex that has not Challenge counted a score include lower than a Coach Mark Stevenson Alaska9.7, with 10.0 Anchorage, being a perfect who has yet to taste victory score. “This week in practice it is this season, going 0-5, and

“We are adding skills as we go along to make the team better on down the line .”

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BROOKE BARR: FRESHMAN SEASON HIGHLIGHTS • • • • • •

All-EAGL first-team on vault All-EAGL first-team on floor Five-time EAGL rookie of the week First-team all-tournament selection on vault Second-team alltournament selection on floor 13 top-three event finishes

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Texas Women’s University, which boasts a 2-1 record with two wins over Centenary in previous meets. The Wolfpack will look not only toward its select veteran leadership, but also toward freshman gymnast Rachel Fincham, who was recently named EAGL Rookie of the Week based upon her performance at the West Virginia meet. Stevenson said he expects a solid showing against tough competition down in Dallas this weekend. “We are really excited about what we are doing as a team,” Stevenson said.

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this year’s freshman class, State already has a lights-out shooter and solid defender in Scott Wood, a freshman post presence in Richard Howell, a player many are hoping to see crack the starting lineup sooner than later, and two other rookies, forward Josh Davis and center Jordan Vandenberg, capable of playing well enough defensively to provide minutes, if nothing else, off the bench. A scary thought for the rest of the conference is that next season’s freshman class promises to be even better, at least according to recruiting experts like rivals.com, which has the Pack’s class of 2010 ranked No. 11 in the country. And the 2010 class is still a work in progress. Next season’s freshman class may very well crack the top 10, if not the top five, should C.J. Leslie, a nationally coveted local recruit and one-time N.C. State commitment who has attended the Pack’s last three home games, sign with the Pack. What will actually happen before and during next season is anyone’s guess. Leslie may go the way of Kentucky superstar freshmen John Wall and Demarcus Cousins, who both considered coming to State before choosing to play for John Calipari and the Wildcats. Lorenzo Brown and Ryan Harrow,

a pair of star guards largely responsible for the attention next season’s class is getting, may or may not live up to the sky-high expectations that will immediately accompany their arrival in Raleigh. But I feel much more comfortable making predictions about what will happen without Lowe than what might happen with him next season. It is safe to assume that Brown, Harrow, and Luke Cothron are coming to State more because of Lowe than because of the recent accomplishments of the team, which has won five, four and six games each in Lowe’s first three seasons. Should State finish at the bottom of the conference standings, and then fire Lowe, those players are less than likely to ever suit up in red and white. But next year will be a different story. With or without Leslie, expectations for next year’s team will be high, and should the team fall well short of meeting them, Lowe will need to be held accountable and or fired. All the talent in the world amounts to nothing if undeveloped, and another finish in the ACC cellar next season would indicate that Lowe lacks the ability to do the one thing more important than attracting big-time talent, developing it. But letting him go in March or April, regardless of how and when this season ends, promises to do little more than begin a new era of N.C. State basketball a year earlier than necessary.

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Rodney Monroe, State’s all-time leading scorer, will be honored at the 2010 ACC Tournament as an ACC Legend. Monroe suited up for the Pack from 1988-91 and compiled 2,551 points. The 6-foot 3-inch guard led the ACC in scoring during his final year and averaged a whopping 27 points per game. Monroe still ranks fifth on the ACC all-time scoring list and second in three-point field goal percentage. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Sophomore gymnast makes big impact in and out of the gym Chadwick O’Connell Staff Writer

In the first gymnastics meet of the season, sophomore Brooke Barr stepped up in her first ever all-around competition and captured second place overall in the meet. Barr’s performance in that meet propelled the team to a victory over Rutgers University. The sophomore from Harrisburg, Pa. is looking to build upon her successful freshman season, when she competed in three events, with a solid 2010 season in all-around competition. “I would say being able to compete three events last year gave me the experience needed in collegiate gymnastics,” Barr said. “And it has helped me prepare for this season.” As a freshman, Barr earned multiple honors for her excellence not only on the gymnastics floor, but outside the gym as well. She was named EAGL Rookie of the Week a school-record five times last season and she was also named to the EAGL first team for her performance on both vault and floor in the 2009 season. Outside the gym Brooke excelled in the classroom as well, being named to the EAGL All-Academic team and the ACC honor roll, which honors students who participate in varsity level sports and maintain a cumulative

Today MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD AT NORTH CAROLINA MEET Chapel Hill, all day WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. EAST CAROLINA J. W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m. Saturday MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD AT NORTH CAROLINA MEET Chapel Hll, all day MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL RBC Center, 2 p.m. GYMNASTICS AT METROPLEX CHALLENGE Dallas, Tex., 7 p.m. Sunday MEN’S TENNIS VS. EAST CAROLINA J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 11 a.m. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., 2 p.m.

DID YOU KNOW? Berkeley Brock, a senior on the women’s team, is just 10 wins shy of being in the top five for most singles wins at N.C. State.

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Losses like the Pack’s last two, in which it was blown out by Maryland before crumpling dow n t he s t re tch Tuesday night against the Tar Heels hu r t . T he y Tyler hur t even worse considEverett ering the opDeputy Sports t i m i sm t h at Editor surrounded this team as recently as a week ago. A 14-point romp over Duke, the team’s second victory in three consecutive games against ranked conference rivals, had many fans struggling to remember the last time the Pack had played so well. It wasn’t just the double-digit margin of victory over the Blue Devils, who came to Raleigh ranked No. 7 in the country, that had fans so thrilled. It was the way the Pack won. Yes, junior forward Tracy Smith led the way as fans would have expected him to. But what had so fans so ecstatic was that the entire starting lineup finished in double figures, guards Javier Gonzalez and Farnold Degand dished out a total of 14 assists, and the Pack shot 58 percent from the field while holding the Devils to just 39 percent shooting from the floor. Less than 10 days later, the excitement resulting from wins over Duke and Florida State and a thrilling but eventually futile comeback against Clemson is already a distant memory. The team is now 2-5 in the ACC and last won back to back games in December, against Winthrop and UNCGreensboro. Coach Sidney Lowe’s team appears slightly more likely to fail to qualify for the NIT for the third season in a row as make the big dance for the first season of his four in Raleigh. If I knew exactly what to do to solve this problem, I would be discussing it somewhere other than on the Technician sports page. But I do know one thing we shouldn’t do any time soon: fire Lowe. I am no more pleased with how this season, and for that matter, his career with State to this point, have gone so far than anyone else, but cannot fathom any good coming from firing him after this year. Say what you want about him, but Lowe can recruit. Amongst

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Sophomore Brooke Barr does a cartwheel on the balance beam as junior Brittney Hardiman, sophomore Jess Panza, and coach Mark Stevenson stand by. Barr placed 2nd on balance beam with a score of 9.750.

Gymnastics preps for Metroplex Challenge Wolfpack Gymnastics heads to Dallas to take on No. 2 Oklahoma and others in quad meet Chadwick O’Connell Staff Writer The gymnastics team will head to Dallas, Texas this weekend to compete in the Metroplex Challenge Saturday at 7 p.m. The Pack will face off against No. 2 Oklahoma, Alaska-Anchorage and Texas Women’s University at the Dallas Convention Center. The Metroplex will be the Pack’s third meet of the young season and it will look to improve upon its scores in the first two meets of the season. “There are some things we have to do,” coach Mark Stevenson said. “We are adding skills as we go along to make the team better on down the line.” The first meet of the season held on Jan. 15 in historic Reynolds Coliseum featured top-scoring performances on floor exercise from senior gymnast Taylor Seaman, and a top scoring effort on vault from sophomore Brooke Barr. These two gymnasts notched the top two spots in the all-around competition. The Pack went on to win the meet 193.825-188.100. This margin of victory was made possible by the all-around excellence from the team. “We think we have the best team

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Sophomore Jess Panza listens as head coach Mark Stevenson talks to her after she completed the floor excercise in the first meet of the season against Rutgers Friday Jan. 15, 2010. Of all four excercieses Panza did her worst on the floor, scoring a 9.275. N.C State beat Rutgers 193.825 to 188.100.

we have ever had this year,” Stevenson said. On Jan. 24, State traveled to West Virginia in its first quad meet of the season against Maryland, West Virginia and George Washington University. The Pack finished in second place in the meet with a score of 193.225.

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The team was led by sophomore Jess Panza, who led the Wolfpack in the floor, beam and all-around events. “Our first couple meets have gone

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