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SECU bank robbed Tuesday, suspect flees BURGLARY CLAIMED TO BE RANDOM, ONE MAIN SUSPECT INVOLVED, STUDENTS STILL FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS Allen Drive, possibly headed towards campus.” Based on these initial reports, camA lone gunman entered and burglar- pus police decided to utilize the Wolf ized the State Employees Credit Union Alert text message and e-mail systems on Hillsborough Street Tuesday morn- to warn students of a possible risk. “Since he was armed with a handing before fleeing, according to police. “I don’t have much on it at this point. gun and could have been isolated to an We’re still working on a report,” Jim area near campus, we utilized our text Sughrue, public information officer system as well as crime alert e-mail,” for the Raleigh Police Department, Barnwell said. “ Even though it ocsaid. “That the robbery occurred just curred off campus, it was a potential threat on the border before 11:30 a.m. at of campus so we the SECU on Hillwanted to make stusborough St reet, dents aware so they a nd preli m i na r y could avoid danger.” information is that Accordi ng to one suspect was inBarnwell, later footvolved, thought to be age examined from a black male armed the bank cameras with a handgun.” showed that the susAccordi ng to pect had actually fled Sughrue, the susnorth on Brooks Ave. pect, who is still at away from campus, large, was relatively so the alert was then tall at about six feet removed from the with a stocky build Web site. “We just and possibly weardidn’t want to take ing a black hooded any chances,” he sweatshirt. He fled Captain Jon Barnwell, NCSU said. the scene on foot. Campus Police Even though it was The N.C. State eventually realized Police Department sent out Wolf Alert messages and e- the robber actually posed little risk to mails after receiving the report from students, Barnwell said it’s still good to play it safe. It also provided good Raleigh PD. “The Raleigh police department practice for the future. “Bank robberies around campus made us aware of a bank robbery that occurred at 11:30,” Jon Barnwell of have happened before, and typically NC State PD said. “Initial reports said they flee away from campus as he the suspect fled the credit union on did today,” he said. “With the initial foot and was last seen at the intersec- reports showing the suspect fleeing tion of Hillsborough Street and Dan towards campus, it provided a good
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“Bank robberies around campus have happened before, and typically they flee away from campus as he did today.”
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Police patrol Hillsborough Street after the robbery Tuesday. Suspect fled to campus and has not been apprehended.
test of the Wolf Alert system, which was successful.” Employees of the SECU, which closed its doors for the remainder of the day to deal with the matter, were unavailable for comment. Students around campus quickly heard about the commotion, but many said it didn’t affect them. “I was in class when it happened, and by the time I got out it was over,” Charles Dalton Haynes, a sophomore
in accounting, said. “It really didn’t affect me because by the time I heard about it I was pretty far from where it happened and I felt no immediate threat to my safety.” Tyler Tingle, a senior in polymercolor chemistry, agreed he felt little threat, but expressed other worries. “As an individual with money in the State Employees Credit Union, I was more concerned that my money was going to be okay than with my
Red Terror system operating same route for Wake Forest despite previous problems Despite problems following the UNC-Chapel Hill game, Red Terror will continue to operate on its current route
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At the Board of Governors meeting Friday the Board unanimously approved a tuition increase plan that will average out to a 5.2 percent tuition increase across the system, on the assurance that the money will benefit the campuses. The Board’s tuition plan was created to replace the plan drafted by the North Carolina General Assembly to raise tuition by $200 or 8 percent, whichever is lower. The General Assembly’s plan would keep the money in the state’s general fund. The plan, which was approved Friday, heads to the legislature to be debated in May. The make-up of the Board’s plan includes financial aid receiving 50 percent of the revenue, 25 percent to
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As the men’s basketball team nears the end of its season, Red Terror will continue its current route to avoid future problems. Phillip Christofferson, the campus safety commission chairman for Student Government, said the route will not change for the Wake Forest game. “We will continue to operate on the schedule that we’ve ran for the other two games, with service beginning 90 minutes before the game and continuing for 90 minutes after the game,” Christofferson said. The buses will wait until all students have exited the RBC Center, he said. The route for the UNC-Chapel Hill game did not receive positive feedback due to an attempt at a new route. Between buses some students had to wait up to an hour, a wait time that was not part of the plan, according to Christofferson. “As some students may know, there was an attempt at a new route for the UNC game which was not successful. This caused many students to have to wait an hour on campus for the next round of buses,” he said. The error with the route is associated with First Transit, the national transit service provider company hired by the University to run the Wolf line service. First Transit recommended the new route, according to Christofferson, and worked with the RBC Center staff to arrange the particulars. “First Transit claimed that the RBC Center staff was to blame for them not being able to run the route that they designed,” according to Christoffer-
personal safety,” Tingle said. “I really didn’t feel threatened at all and it doesn’t change how safe I do or don’t feel around that area.” Lauren Warwick, a senior in psychology, was closer to the scene when it all went down. “I was standing on the street corner [of Brooks and Hillsborough] with my roommate, and by the time I reached
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William “Randy” Woodson and Erskine Bowles, President of the UNC Board of Governors, speak at the press conference following the UNC Board of Governors meeting on Jan. 8. Woodson will be the 14th chancellor at N.C. State.
son. Robert Bell, a freshman in elementary education, said he missed the first bus and was told to wait for the next one. “My friends and I were in line to get on the bus, and just as we were about to get on, the bus driver refused to let anyone on the bus and said it would be 15-20 minutes before the next bus came,” he said. Red Terror planned to begin service to the game two hours prior to tipoff for the UNC-Chapel Hill game, according to Christofferson, based on an agreement between Student
Government and the Department of Transportation. Bell said he thought the bus would be arriving shortly, but it did not come when expected. “The bus took almost an hour to come back and pick us up. We made it back to Talley around midnight,” he said. “It was a little frustrating.” The Wake Forest game will be the last game that Red Terror will operate and Student Government will continue to work with the Department of Transportation to ensure next year’s service will run smoothly. Christofferson said he would like
to thank the Dept. of Transportation for their assistance with Red Terror. “I’d like to thank University Transportation for their continued support and help that they have provided us with Red Terror this year and also thank the students who have used Red Terror and provided feedback on how to improve the service,” Christofferson said. To allow students to continue
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The US has two golds, two silvers and four bronze medals. Hannah Kearney and Seth Wescott secured America’s two golds, in women’s moguls and men’s snowboard cross, respectively. The silvers came from men’s 1500 short track and nordic combined. Women’s snowboardcross favorite Lindsey Jacobellis, an American, lost in the event semifinals Tuesday night, leaving room for Canada to take its second gold medal of the games.
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the end of the street there was a flood of police officers with guns,” Warwick said. “I didn’t feel much of a threat at that time since I really wasn’t sure what was going on yet, but looking back I’m glad I locked my doors since I live very close by.” While Tingle said he was glad no one was hurt, he hopes this won’t become a more regular occurrence. “This is the first time I can remember something like this happening,” Tingle said. “My hope is that this is just a random act and nothing else follows.” Haynes agreed. “I still feel safe on campus as long as things like this are only happening once in a blue moon.”
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graduation and the remaining 25 percent to other “critical needs.” According to the Board, their plan aligns with the recommendations of individual campuses but at this point they have not had any indication from the Assembly whether or not their plan will replace the Assembly’s plan. Also during the course of the meeting, Erskine Bowles announced his retirement. Bowles, who has been president of the UNC System since 2006 will remain at his position until the end of the school year, after which he will return to Washington to serve on President
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provide that feedback, a Facebook group called “Red Terror Transit” has been created. It will also help convey the latest information about Red Terror, including times the service will begin for each game. Students are encouraged to contribute feedback to the group because Student Government values the input, according to Christofferson. “The group will be important in knowing what we’re doing right and how we can improve. I felt that a Facebook group thats sole focus was Red Terror was a great way for students to provide feedback on the service,” Christofferson. David Mabe/Technician
The State Employees Credit Union on Hillsborough Street was taped off after the robbery Tuesday. The bank closed down after the event and workers were not available for comment..
“The bus took almost an hour to come back and pick us up. We made it back to Talley around midnight.” Robert Bell, freshman in elementary education
Obama’s newly formed National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. The commission, which will be officially released Thursday, will allow both parties to attain a “long-term deficit reduction” according to a White House official. Bowles did not mention his appointment to the committee at the meeting. Bowles is a graduate of UNCChapel Hill and Columbia University and has worked for companies such as Morgan Stanley and was White House
Chief of Staff under former president Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998. Bowles ran as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate twice, unsuccessfully in both attempts. To find his replacement, the Board will appoint a search committee in the next few weeks.
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The SECU on Hillsborough Street was robbed Tuesday morning. The armed suspect fled on foot near campus. The University sent a WolfAlert to notify the campus community of the incident.
Our Opinion:
The WolfAlert system should have updated the campus community, but the system worked in a relatively effective manner, warning students, faculty and staff of the present danger.
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olfAlert, the campus’ emergency notification system, was put to the test Tuesday when an armed suspect robbed the State Employees Credit Union on Hillsborough Street and fled on foot near the University. The suspect, who is still at large, was described as being six-feet tall and stocky with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a black Nike hooded sweatshirt, light-wash blue jeans and black shoes. In the case of a real and pertinent campus threat, such as the robbery, the University uses its WolfAlert messaging system to notify the campus community through text messages and email, among other means.
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olf pack athletics was ex hilarating three years ago. The men’s basketball team defeated Chapel Hill in an exciting game and went on an incredible tear t hrough t he ACC tournament, coming just a few shots shor t of a n NCA A tournament birth. Russell T h e f o otball team was Witham Executive Editor disappointing for most of the season, but gave students two unbelievable primetime wins against Florida State and Boston College. Students could take pride in something more than mediocrity and look for wa rd to better days. I will certainly c ou nt myself amongst thousands of other Wolfpack fans who were enamored with the program and imagined a bright future. While athletics has faltered — quite notably — in the last few years, it can and will continue to be a source of pride for the campus community. There is a difference, though, between healthy pride and blind admiration for a deceptive institution. For years, the University struggled with poor academics amongst its athletes. Those problems have improved substantially (one of the few credits we can give to Lee Fowler), but athletics has yet to truly integrate with the campus community. It holds itself as privileged — set apart from the rest of the University. Prime example: Case Dining Hall, where athletes sit and eat in their own private dinner oasis, while honors, scholars and other students from East and Central Campus cram into Clark. It’s absurd to think that select students are given such blatantly preferential treatment. Aren’t athletes still students first and foremost? While we can all acknowledge athletes particularly sizeable time obligations outside academics, it’s not an uncommon state of affairs. Thousands of other students at the University have similarly large time obligations. One of the cruelest slaps in the face of all this is that all students and taxpayers pay for University buildings and their upkeep; regardless of athletic ability, students should have
equal access. For a truly absurd example of where this has gone wrong, take a look at the conundrum the club track team faces. The student athletes of the team aren’t given the opportunity to practice on the publicly financed and supported Paul Derr Track because according to Mary Yemma, assistant director for club sports, “there is no extra time on the track this semester.” When I consulted Jackie Brooks, director of operations for athletics, on the issue, she repeated the story and suggested that the team should try practicing when the first four lanes of the facility are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. What are the odds that a group of students can align their schedules such that they can find free time on any weekday between those hours? It’s impossible. Would it really be too hard to give them just a couple hours after the varsity team wraps up its practice one night a week? It wouldn’t seem so, but athletics and facilities claim it’s a safety concern. Brooks said allowing them in there at night would put the soccer and softball fields at risk. From whom, may I ask? A bunch of skinny kids running around in circles. Facilities said it would jeopardize the track to allow any non-varsity usage. The story between administrative departments seems to change as rapidly as the Raleigh weather and I still can’t explain why a sanctioned University club composed of fee-paying students can’t use the track one night a week. The students on the club and varsity team should be no different except, perhaps, in track priority. But to deny the club team access is a travesty. The University is seriously missing the mark if it continues to fail in discerning the role of athletics. It’s a rallying cry, but not an area that should trample the rights of other students. The injustices the athletics community perpetrates, such as the track and Case Dining Hall, must be ended. If nothing else, it brings bad karma on our program. We don’t need any more of that.
“It holds itself as privileged — set apart from the rest of the University.”
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When the University ran a test of the WolfAlert system last year, the system did not perform effectively with some students receiving text messages and e-mails hours after the supposed test. It was an unacceptable performance and the Office of Environmental Health & Safety, which oversees the program, pledged to improve the effectiveness of the message relays. When the SECU was robbed at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the University came through in the clutch. Within minutes of the incident, WolfAlert was acti-
vated to notify faculty, students and staff of the present danger. The WolfAlert text messages were delivered about noon with most students indicating receipt in the 15-minute block around that time. Soon after, just before 12:30 p.m., Campus Police broadcast an e-mail providing more detailed information of the event. Within an hour of the robbery, the majority of the campus community had been contacted about the danger or, at the very least, was aware of the situation. Mass-broadcast systems will
always be susceptible to criticism, and in hind sight the University should have sent out another message later on in the day with updates on the situation. Additionally, the message could have gotten out a few minutes faster. WRAL had the information posted on its Web site at 11:58 p.m. A couple minutes might not sound like much — but had the robber wrecked havoc on campus, a few minutes can be the difference between life and death. All in all, though, the system effectively notified students and was rather successful. The kinks seem to have been ironed out.
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f you were the new chancellor at N.C. State, what would be the first thing you’d change? I asked students this question and to my surprise I heard t he sa me answer: replace Athletics Director Sam Lee FowlDaughtry er. I would Staff Columnist think most students would be frustrated, but students and fans have had just about enough of being at the bottom of the ACC without a national ranking. The recent loss to Carolina had patrons at a local tavern yelling at the television screen and cursing the name of Lee Fowler. When I asked a Wolfpack fan why he was yelling about the athletics director his reply was, “winning is not a priority for Mr. Fowler because he does not hold coaches accountable.” I had to look at what the flap about Lee Fowler was all about and ask what he has contributed to the University. We have some of the best facilities in the country, but students and fans are complaining because we have no recent ACC or NCAA championships — the cobwebs are starting to show on 1974 and 1983. Years ago, the Wolfpack was known as the “Cardiac Pack.” But it’s been so long since we won a championship in anything that most of those fans have resorted to pessimistic terms such as “Cardiac Arrest” or “Go And Pack.” Some student athletes I in-
terviewed said the teams have great talent but our coaches are still in a single mind-set, setting repetitive plays and not using player’s full potential. One student athlete mentioned that every ACC soccer team from North Carolina has won an NCAA championship since 1986 except the Wolfpack. The University has never been in a final soccer championship game, but our head coach has been at the helm for more than 23 years. Don’t you find that a bit odd? It was then that I understood the lack of coach accountability. In recent NCAA rankings from wrestling, baseball, tennis and swimming we do not place in the top 25. The rankings haven’t looked so good in past years either. ACC teams lead the NCAA in field hockey, but N.C. State doesn’t even have a program in the sport. As for volleyball, we are ranked 273rd in the nation — enough said. The good news is that track & field, soccer and golf achieved national rankings and we captured two collegiate bass fishing titles. I can’t wait to show off our recent bass fishing trophies to my friends at Chapel Hill. I’m sure they will be so green with envy. Finally, to be fair, I did comparisons against our rival. Dick Baddour, the athletics director at UNC, has been at the helm nearly the same amount of time as Lee Fowler. Under Baddour’s leadership, the university has captured championships or appeared in the NCAA final in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball, basketball and golf; also achieving a brief national ranking in football. A quick comparison in the NCAA rankings for all sports showed that most of the ACC teams listed are in the top 25 in several sporting categories, but
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not N.C. State, which is dead last. Is that a proud accomplishment for any athletics director? Typically, athletics directors at other universities have trouble removing coaches if they have endorsement connections or have championship status. We are far from having that problem. But many are wondering why our athletics director is still here holding on to a job with primarily disappointing results? If students had to maintain the same grade point average as our athletics program equivalent, nobody would ever be on academic probation. Chancellors today are not just looking at ticket sales — they want to see tournament wins and national championships. The position of AD is not tenured; it is a business for the University that expects results and performance standards. We may have a loyal fan base but students and fans are expecting an equitable balance between facilities and wins. With March Madness around the corner many Wolfpack fans are rejecting the name March Madness in favor of Mad in March. Our athletics director is the CEO of sports at N.C. State. If you had stock ownership in a company that was not performing well you would either dump the stock or change the leadership. I like the company but it’s time for a new leader — or in this case AD. It seems with the arrival of a new chancellor and departing UNC-system president it’s also time to get our house in order. Perhaps it’s time we seek a new athletics director.
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Did you receive a WolfAlert about the robbery at the SECU on Hillsborough Street? by amanda karst
“I did. I thought it was effective because it got out to everybody and that was good.” Kendria Chit Khin sophomore, biological sciences
“Nope.” Sam Warnock junior, biological engineering
“I did. I was in statistics and we all talked about it. It was weird — you could hear people’s phones vibrating.” Brandalyn Furr sophomore, communication
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Expect the unexpected at the Oscars Story By Rich Lepore
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n March 7th, The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be broadcast on ABC, and things are going to be a bit different this year. First of all, there is the biggest change — the shift from five Best Picture nominees to ten. This decision has brought with it a great deal of controversy, including the accusation that it was done strictly for publicity reasons. After all, now ten films can claim that they were nominated for Best Picture each year, which will certainly help out in the advertising campaigns for those films. The other big change is from one show host to two. In previous years, the Oscar’s were hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, Billy Crystal, Chris Rock and Ellen DeGeneres, among others, and last year, Australian Wolverinestar Hugh
Jackman filled the role. Jackman was generally considered a good host, but many complained about the emphasis placed upon singing and dancing in last year’s show. This year, Jackman was asked to reprise his role, but he is busy filming a movie on location. Therefore, another new host was needed, and Steve Martin, who hosted the Oscars three times in the past, was called in. According to the show’s producers, Martin is very close friends with Alec Baldwin and it was Martin’s
idea to have Baldwin co-host the event. The rumor is that the two are hilarious together, and the pairing should provide an interesting new dynamic for Oscar night. The motto of this year’s awards is “Expect the Unexpected,” as the show is hoping to keep things fresh and surprising throughout the event. According to show producer Adam Shankman, “It’s just an incredibly active set, which makes it pretty breathtaking as it starts moving around. Everything turns and flies, and is either projected on or has LED screens.” In an effort to keep the show fluid and fun, other changes are being made as well. The presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award, for example, has been removed from the television show, and will now take place at a smaller event at another time. According to Bill Mechanic, the show’s other producer, “They took the honoraries off the show, for the express purpose of being able to award more – to recognize more
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Celebrities gather on the red carpet outside of the Kodak theatre before last year’s Academy Awards.
people. It takes a long time on camera to bring out a presenter, to recap somebody’s life or career, and then have them speak.” The producers have also decided to spread the host segments throughout the show more liberally. Shank-
man says this is in an effort to “take away uncomfortable banter between actors reading the teleprompters, you know, with jokes that they don’t
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Six Questions with the President of the Academy Awards On February 9th, Arts and Entertainment Editor Rich Lepore had the opportunity to interview Tom Sherak, President of the 82nd Academy Awards. The following is an edited version of the conversation. Technician: There are 10 films nominated for Best Picture, up from five. Can you give us a little background as to why that cha nge occ u r re d a nd also what that means for the category? Tom Sherak Tom Sher- Academy ak: It was first President suggested by Larry Mark and Bill Condon, who produced our show last year. At the end of listening to Larry and Bill tell us about the show, which we at the Academy thought was a really good beginning to a whole new era of Academy shows, they came up with the idea of saying to us ‘you guys should broaden out the category and do 10 movies rather than five.’ And as a committee, we were a little shocked to hear that and then we were told by our CEO, Bruce Davis, that the Academy had done that before. And not only had they given out 10 nominees; one year they had 12, one year they had eight, and from 1936 to 1943 it was many more than five. So we listened and our biggest concern, was what adding five more films would do to the show’s time. They believed it was possible without adding more time.And we talked about what it would mean. The fact that we had done it before sort of made it a little bit easier; not for a long time, but it had been done before. Some people said ‘well why do we have to do 10? We’ve done eight before; Let’s expand to eight rather than 10.’ And then somebody else on the committee said, well hey, there are 350 critics around the world. Have you ever seen a best eight up for the end of the year? Everybody has a best 10. Why don’t we stay with that? And we fettered it out and brought it to the board and the board agreed to go to 10 movies. Technician: Could you tell us a little about the voting process, and how you can make sure that everyone voting has seen all the movies? Tom Sherak: We – the Academy – actually have very little to do with the counting organization of Price Waterhouse. This is so secretive it would make the CIA proud. We see nothing. We get a ballot if we’re a member. we fill that ballot out, and we send it in. We don’t know anything else until that
night when those winners are announced. We know nothing. No one does. I’m the President. They won’t tell me. As far as how the voting works, each year I speak before new members and say ‘We want you to see the movies the way they were meant to be seen, on the big screen.’ And if you haven’t seen it, don’t vote for it. Vote for what you believe and if you can’t see all 10 movies, pick what you’ve seen and what you’ve liked. As far as the other categories, each category has a branch that has members. Those members in that branch nominate the five nominees in that category. The whole Academy does not vote on the five nominees for actors. That’s done by the actors’ branch. Cinematography, same thing; it’s done by that branch. And then what happens is, they go on a ballot for the Academy Award and every single person in the Academy – all 5,077 of them – vote, and that’s how the winner is picked. Technician: Traditionally, the Academy has sided in favor of films, regardless of their message, that have made a considerable dent in the box office. Can you comment on the chances of say, ‘The Hurt Locker?’ Tom Sherak: It’s very interesting to me that I think Hurt Locker has as good a chance to win this year as any other movie. The thing that (the general public) can’t feel is the underlying heat that these movies have out here, where most of the Academy voters are. You know they vote in New York and in London and some other places, but the majority of the voting comes from (Los Angeles). I guess the best way to explain it to you — last year there was an overwhelming feeling that Slum Dog Millionaire had the backing to become Best
Picture. And it happened – it happened late, but everybody sort of believed. It became the frontrunner like out of nowhere. Well this year, I don’t know that you could say that. I don’t know that Avatar, even though it’s such a populist movie and such a huge box office growth, I don’t think that it has that feeling. I don’t think it’s a one-picture show this year, and I think that’s going to be good for the show. Technician: Why did you choose Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the show this year? Tom Sherak: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are very good friends and the idea that the two of them together playing off each other will give the show that sense of ‘what’s going to happen next?’ And their goal and ours -- we have a (onesheet) now of the two of them sitting on the Oscar and the line is ‘Expect the Unexpected.’ We want this to be a different kind of Oscar for you. We want to make you inclusive in what we’re doing, to stay with us so that you watch our show. Technician: What is your number one goal on Oscar night? Tom Sherak: I want everybody to have a really good time. When we hired the Producers, I gave them one bit of advice. I said to them just promise me you’ll have fun, because I believe if they have fun, the audience will have fun. And my feeling is I want to -- by the way, I have not told anybody this — I will not be speaking that night. I will be sitting in my seat watching people’s faces. Technician: Who would you like to see play you in a movie? Tom Sherak: Joe Pesci. He’s a good guy and a good golfer too.
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“I’d say District 9. It was a unique way to tell the story and a more original storyline than most movies nowadays.” Alex Phillips junior, computer science
“I’d pick Avatar because it’s the only one I’ve seen, but at the same time I feel like my friends built it up to be a lot better than it really was. It wasn’t bad — it just wasn’t life-changing.” Aurora Keeler senior, animal science
Nominees for Big Awards at the 82nd Academy Awards: Best picture: Avatar James Cameron and Jon Landau The Blind Side Gil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson District 9 Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham An Education Finola Dwyer and Amanda Posey The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro Inglourious Basterds Lawrence Bender Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire Lee Daniels, Sarah SiegelMagness and Gary Magness A Serious Man Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Up Jonas Rivera Up in the Air Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman and Jason Reitman
Actor in a Leading Role:
Actress in a Leading Role:
Jeff Bridges Crazy Heart
Sandra Bullock The Blind Side
George Clooney Up in the Air
Helen Mirren The Last Station
Colin Firth A Single Man
Carey Mulligan An Education
Morgan Freeman Invictus
Gabourey Sidibe Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
Jeremy Renner The Hurt Locker
Meryl Streep Julie & Julia
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Matt Damon Invictus
Penélope Cruz Nine
Woody Harrelson The Messenger
Vera Farmiga Up in the Air
Christopher Plummer The Last Station
Maggie Gyllenhaal Crazy Heart
Stanley Tucci The Lovely Bones
Anna Kendrick Up in the Air
Christoph Waltz Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
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RiCH’s quick picks Bioshock 2 Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / PC The first “Bioshock” was a masterpiece in every way. It established a new, underwater city called Rapture, and left the player free to explore its many wondrous environments. The only problem was that, as incredible as that game was, It left very little room for a sequel. All the secrets were uncovered, and all the player’s questions were answered. “Bioshock” was extremely successful and highly rated, and therefore a sequel was inevitable. And that is exactly what “Bioshock 2” is – an inevitable sequel. But it is a pretty good one. The story is not as good as the first game’s intricate web of betrayals and revelations, but some new intrigue is established after the first couple of hours. This time, you are a Big Daddy, trying to find your Little Sister and your place in the world. The gameplay, however, is better this time around. In “Bioshock 2,” you can finally dualwield plasmids and weapons at the same time. This is an evolution that makes you forget how you ever could have played the game without it. Also, the shooter mechanics have been tightened up all-around, making the frequent firefights against rapture’s resident Splicers all the more satisfying. Add in a pretty good multiplayer mode, and you have a must play game that only pales when compared to its predecessor. The Legend of Zelda – Spirit Tracks Nintendo DS The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s most revered franchises, and for good reason. Its classic mix of action-adventure and light role-playing elements has made both fanboys and casual gamers very happy on a semiyearly basis. The magic is in the level design and the gameplay, both of which are peerless in the world of gaming. Link is also a very endearing character, even though he doesn’t ever talk, and he serves as an excellent blankslate avatar, allowing the player to feel like part of the game world. “Spirit Tracks” is Link’s second outing on the Nintendo DS, and it outdoes its predecessor, “Phantom Hourglass,” in every way. Hourglass introduced a new way to control Link entirely with the DS stylus, but “Spirit Tracks” perfected this intuitive control scheme. Another abysmal feature of Hourglass was the central temple that players were forced to replay sections of, over and over again, under pressure of a time limit. “Spirit Tracks” still features a central, hub temple, but you never have to replay any section unless you want to find exclusive treasures, and the time limit has thankfully been removed altogether. What “Spirit Tracks” adds to the mix is a Spirit Train, which escorts Link around to the various locations in the game. These locations are filled with colorful characters and unique new challenges, giving the player ample motivation to explore every corner of the world. This new chapter in the Zelda series stands up to the high standards of the franchise, and should be a must-play for all DS owners.
Video Game Releases This week: “Aliens Vs. Predator” Sega of America Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 Release Date: Feb. 16 “Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth” Capcom Nintendo DS Release Date: Feb. 16 “Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce” Koei Corp. Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 Release Date: Feb. 16 Next week: “Heavy Rain” Sony/Quantic Dream Playstation 3 Release Date: Feb. 23
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Console war goes through the motions Sony and Microsoft introduce new motionbased peripherals in an attempt to catch up with the phenomenal sales of Nintendo Wii Story By Nick Flickinger | graphics courtesy of microsoft/Sony
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intendo selling 67 million Wii consoles to date is certainly a monumental accomplishment. This pace is unmatched by Nintendo’s competitors over at Sony and Microsoft. So naturally, the competition will follow the leader in attempt to reclaim a piece of the audience the Wii has captured. Without including their PS Many industry analysts and consumers assumed Eye into the formula Sony got that Sony and Microsoft dangerously close to looking as would incorporate elements if they had shamelessly copied of motion control in their Nintendo’s control scheme for games next generation. the Wii. Sony argues that their Little did we know that experience is more in depth they were not planning on due to their controller’s ability waiting so long for their op- to do 1:1 tracking. This claim of originality is portunity to compete for a piece of the casual gaming immediately shot down by the fact that Nintendo released Wii market. Rumors swarmed in the Motion Plus in June of last year. months preceding E3 2009. Wii Motion Plus allowed their controller to This is perform 1:1 to be extracking. pected, “It lo ok s but codefun, but the named Wii is just projects cute and my from Sony family loves a nd Miit,” said Tifcrosoft led fany Philips the specua senior in lation. Psychology. Blogs and Jack Taylor, freshman in plant This attitude forums all biology shows how over t he the Wii’s pop web took shots at guessing what was culture appeal may be too coming down the pipes for much for Sony to combat. Although this strategy may the big three. Bizarre concepts of controllers and pat- look like a copycat, it could be ents for new tech led fan’s very advantageous for Sony. imaginations sky high. No With controls similar to the Wii’s, games could be easily one could ported to the Playhave Station 3 from guessed Nintendo’s what was console. This really coming wou ld sel l last June. more games Both Sony and Microsoft velopers, so there came out guns-a-blazing for deat E3 2009 showing new is almost no doubt this will peripherals for their con- happen as programmers learn soles. Obviously aimed at to make games for Sony’s new the casual market currently being monopolized by Nintendo, both companies had very different ideas on how to target this audience. Sony’s take was to create a motion controller that resembles the Wii in function and basic design. Meanwhile, Microsoft showed off a camera peripheral named Project Natal that is comparable, albeit more advanced than, Sony’s PS Eye. Sony’s controller will work in conjunction with their PS Eye to get players inside the motion-controlled experience. Different from Microsoft’s Project Natal, Sony says they’ve learned that “some experiences need buttons,” which is why they have kept a controller involved.
“If Natal can do everything they’re promising, then sign me up to get one for my 360.”
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know how to land, and stuff like that.” Mechanic echoed this sentiment. “So, if we have comedians, like in the past, Will Ferrell and Jack Black, people like that, then they’ll do their own jokes. But if it’s people like Taylor Lautner and somebody else, then we probably don’t want them to try and be unnaturally funny.” All of these changes sound like really good ideas that will get the Oscars back on track. Hollywood’s biggest night is shaping up to be a spectacle worthy of the three-plus hours it takes to watch. With Martin and Baldwin at the helm, and the theme “Expect the Unexpected” guiding the proceedings, this year’s Academy Awards event might just live up to its own hype.
controls. Microsoft introduced the public to controller free gaming with their Project Natal. “If you’re thinking Natal is going to give you another version of an FPS, you’re just not thinking broadly enough,” said Peter Molyneux of Lion Head Studios “After all, it was the invention of the mouse that gave us computing as it is today – not the invention of the microprocessor.” Microsoft is hoping this is true, and that gamers will use Natal to control all aspects of their gaming experience. Microsoft is tight lipped when asked about how Natal actually works. What we do know is that it attaches markers to the person’s body, but as to how it recognizes the parts of the body is still under wraps. This attempt at expanding the audience of their Xbox360 is being compared to the old PS Eye, but has been shown to do much more. Natal can recognize spoken commands, gestures, and presented objects. It was also shown to do full body tracking during demos shown at E3 2009. “If Natal can do everything they’re promising, then sign me up to get one for my 360,” said Jack Taylor a freshman in Plant Biology. Big expectations for Natal could pay off if Microsoft delivers, or seriously hinder the Xbox brand name if it can’t live up to the hype. The console war may have already been won by Nintendo’s Wii, but the war for second place is just heating up. Both peripherals are planned to be released this holiday season and will either breathe new
Microsoft demonstrates the immersive gameplay that’s possible with its new peripheral, codenamed Project Natal.
life into the consoles or prove to be unworthy investments. The price and launch titles of the new devices may decide the ultimate winner. As a gaming community, we can only hope they both prevail for the benefit of our gaming experiences. Although that is a
good sentiment, Sony and Microsoft are no doubt gearing up for the next round of the console war. 2010 is shaping up to be the year that decides weather the PlayStation or Xbox brand reigns supreme.
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she saw him as being the whole package, an athlete who was extremely talented, a hard worker and a great person, something she said is rare to find. Rains has proven not only to be successful for himself but a supportive teammate at well. “He is super competitive but at the same time he is really supportive of the whole team and he motivates people,” Johansen said. “He is one of those all around really positive people, which is really nice to be around.” As a freshman coming from a high school level of competi-
tion, competing in a Division I school can be challenging. Even more challenging is when there is not just one freshman on the team but an entire team of freshman, a situation the diving team has been faced with this year. “It’s tough all the time as any freshman coming through this process,” coach Johansen said. “It’s a long season. It’s college and on top of it you have all the pressure of the competition. So it is a tough process for anyone, let alone a freshman who doesn’t really know what to expect as everything starts the beginning of the year.” “I have been working with them to really stay within themselves and to compete for themselves and not get too
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caught up in everyone else outside of them, and I think they will handle it well and ACCs should be fun.” With ACCs beginning tomorrow, Rains, along with his teammates, prepare for a new level of competition. “At this point coming into the ACCs, they’ve been really good at putting the work into it early in the season,” Johansen said. “They have done everything they can do and I have done everything I can do. Now it is just a matter of letting it all unfold and being confident and positive and being a little more in the competitive mode.” Danny boemermann/Technician archive photo
The softball team gathers around catcher Alyssa Allbritten as she crosses home plate after hitting a homerun late in the second game of a double header against Michigan State, Mar. 10, 2009.
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ACC’s we’ve had.” Dason saysthis year, with the culture that the seniors have presented to the younger swimmers, that the entire team has come together and understands that it’s a team sport. Therefore, everyone needs to put all they have into the team itself. This meet is something the players have known about all season and have inevitably trained for all year. Senior Anna Linkenauger believes the team’s standards are set high for this final meet. She said they hope to finish with an exclamation point to their turnaround season after last year’s ninth place finish. “As far as what we want to accomplish at ACCs, we want
to finish at the top five,” Linkenauger said. After these seniors take their final dive into the pool, it’s all over for them, but the seniors see what is in store in the future for the program. “We’ve had a very, very strong freshman class. They are definitely are the backbone of this team,” Linkenauger said. “Getting a good freshman class can definitely help with years to come.” But Linkenauger did not want to take away from her fellow seniors, stating that the 2010 class was an “unforgettable class” in itself. She is proud to be a part of this turnaround from her freshman year, saying the team has so much to offer. However, with it being some of the women’s last meet at State, emotions are sure to be high as the meet wraps up. “Even at my last home meet
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I teared up a little bit,” Dason said. “That was an awesome meet to end on for the home meets, so I’ve already started feeling the bitter part of it. “But the sweet part is that [it’ll] be a whole new life after this. It’ll be so different. It’s going to be really strange not having to wake up at 5:05 in the morning to come to practice and swim and be with my team.” But Dason knows that even though she won’t be physically here on State’s campus, she knows she won’t lose touch with her fellow swimmers. “I’m going to miss my teammates so much,” Dason said. “I know there always be here, it’ll just be a different feeling.”
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“We were running a lot, we were lifting a lot to keep our endurance up. And then we did a lot of live pitching,” junior catcher Alyssa Albritten said. After their match up against UMass, the team feels like it focus for improvement needs to be on the defensive end of the ball. Which will start with Campana on the mound. The senior had a 1.87 ERA, 13 wins and pitched a no-hitter against the Boston College Eagles and pitched two other shutouts all last year. “That was a big game, and we struggled a little bit defensive-
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By the Numbers Cooper’s .429 Claudia batting average, which leads the team this season
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Sports
COUNTDOWN
• 3 days until the baseball team takes on La Salle University
INSIDE
• Page 7: Continuations of the swimming and diving stories and the softball preview
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Page 8 • wednesday, february 17, 2010
Swimming and diving prepare for ACCs
Street helps lead golf to a 7th place finish in Miami Lakes, Fl.
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The women’s golf team took its second straight top-10 finish yesterday as the team shot +18 on the day and +52 overall, good enough for a seventh place finish in a tournament of 17 teams. The Pack was lead by senior Emily Street who finished tied for 13th with a +10, including a 73 in her final round, while both Meghan Chapman and Joanna Saleeby finished in the top-50. Chapman finished tied for 24th while Saleeby finished in 48th. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Basketball looks to get back on track against Maryland The men’s basketball team will look to break a six game ACC losing strike tonight as the Pack take on the Maryland Terrapins at home. The two teams met earlier on in the year and the Terps gave the Pack its worst loss of the season 88-64 in College Park, MD. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Kay Yow Award created by Collegeinsider.com As a way to honor former Wolfpack coach Kay Yow, Collegeinsider.com has created the Kay Yow Award. The award will be given to the women’s basketball coach who displays not only a passion and knowledge of the game, but also has a winning spirit and shows excellent character both on and off the court. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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Today Women’s Swimming and Diving ACC Championships Chapel Hill, N.C., All Day Softball v. N.C. Central Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, 4 p.m. Men’s Basketball v. Maryland RBC Center, 9 p.m. Thursday Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Chapel Hill, N.C., All Day
Quote of the day “Ever since the first meet, we knew this was going to be an awesome year.” Senior Patrice Dason
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Freshman diver Hudson Rains dives during the State swimming and diving team’s meet against ECU Jan. 20. State beat ECU 145-91
NCSU women’s swimming and diving team competes in the 100-yard breaststroke against UNC, Feb. 5 at Koury Natorium.
Rains leads diving team by example
Senior swimmers look to make final splash
Freshman diver, along with his teammates prepare to dive into the ACC’s this Thursday.
In the final meet of the year, the Wolfpack women look to put an exclamation point on their turnaround season
Samantha Collier Staff Writer
Freshman Hudson Rains from Houston, Texas has made quiet a splash this season, grabbing quite a few first place titles for the Wolfpack this year. Rains started to dive after he fractured his back while doing gymnastics. Once rehabbed, he found he didn’t like gymnastics anymore and decided to make the switch from gymnastics to diving. Four and half years later, Rains is one of the top divers for State‘s swimming and diving team, taking either first or second place in most of the meets increasing both his confidence and improving his performance every meet. “I am more confident in being more consistent with my diving,” said Rains. “When I came here if I had a good hurdle or a good press. I could do a good dive but getting that good hurdle or press was kind of iffy. But now [coach] Jenny has really helped me work on getting every
hurdle and every press to be a good press or a good hurdle and if not, she has taught me how to correct it in the air, so I can still have a good dive even if I don’t have a good start.” Teammate Hannah Hopkins, also a freshman, is glad to have Rains as a member of the team and values his attitude. “He brings a lot of energy to the team,” said Hopkins. “He is always positive; practice is always fun.” Rains, a mathematics major, chose to come to State because he saw Raleigh as a place full of opportunity. Not only was the area a selling point for Rains, but the opportunities at State for his diving career attracted him as well. Coach Jenny Johansen’s experience both professionally and as a coach also convinced him to join the Wolfpack. “Coach Jenny Johansen is a phenomenal coach; she has done so much in the world of diving. She has been to the Olympics, she is a NCAA champion, and she was on the world team,” Rains said. “She has done so much. She really knows what she is talking about. She is a great coach.” When Johansen recruited Rains,
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Will Privette Staff Writer
A year ago the women swimming and diving team had a .500 season in the ACC, compiling a 5-5 record. This year, however, is a different story. Despite the teams recent loss against rival North Carolina, the Pack finished up the season with a 7-2 record. Starting today, the female swimmers will begin their final events of the season, in the ACC tournament. For the seniors, it will be their final event of the season and their State swimming careers. However, the seniors learned of some bad news early on in the season, as the team learned that only a certain number of players are eligible to participate in the final tournament of the season due to budget cuts, effectively breaking up this swimming and diving team that has become a family over the course of the season. “That kind of caught us by surprise
because half the team was seniors,” senior Maresa Like-Matthews said. “We had 10 girls that were seniors this year, because usually in the past you could bring everyone but [this year] only 18 could score and the others could swim exhibition.” Despite the adversity Like-Matthews thinks that it actually fueled the team. “In a way it kind of helped our team, so that gave every girl had motivation to swim fast and go out there and try and beat the other girls so they could be apart of the team for ACC’s,” Like-Matthews said. After the disappointment of the reduction of players settled in, the swimming and diving teams turned their focus to the pool and the upcoming season. The teams knew they had a chance to do something special this year. “Ever since the first meet this year, we knew this was going to be an awesome year,” senior Patrice Dason said. “From every single swim meet, to every practice, to every weight session, we’ve really put in 100 percent so that we could know this final meet is go to be the best
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softball
Pack has high hopes for upcoming season Softball team is looking to motivation from the past to propel it into 2010 season Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer
The State softball team is gearing up for the long grind of the season ahead, but for right now, its focus will be on its home opener against the North Carolina Central University Eagles today at 4 p.m. at the Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium. State is coming off of a 2-2 start to the season as it opened up the season with a tournament in Miami Fl. last weekend.
“We’re a little tired to, so were just kind of working on staying up the whole game, stuff like that. We’re just working those kinks out so tomorrow’s much better,” senior pitcher Lindsay Campana said. Last season, the Pack finished right under .500, getting to a mark of 23-25. The sub .500 record was due in part to the Pack’s poor play in the ACC, in which the team finished 5-13 in conference play and was bounced by perennial conference rival North Carolina in the first round of the ACC Tournament. Some of the players feel that their loss against UNC can provide plenty of motivation going into this season. “Its the feeling after last
year, we lost to UNC, and it’s the feeling we don’t want anymore. The players that were there, were like we don’t want to feel that feeling ever again,” Campana said. “We worked in the offseason, and in January in the preseason just to working to get better. It’s a feeling we don’t want and it’s very, very motivating. So it’s just something that we’re not okay with. Our coach is not okay with, you know just being under .500.” In the offseason, the team spent its time working on getting back to playing consistently and conditioning so the team would be able to compete throughout the season.
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Outfielder Kristine Bechtholdt scores the game winning run against UNC-Charlotte in Raleigh on April 7, 2009.