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False fire alarm empties Bragaw At least two smoke detectors were affected by construction dust that caused the alarm to evacuate all of Bragaw Residence Hall. Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
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Yui Terada, a sophomore in chemical engineering, Matt Cowan, a sophomore in engineering, and Robert Beasley, a junior in biochemistry, pass time in between classes in Cowan’s dorm in Bragraw Residence Hall. They said they felt that the co-ed visitation policy should be decided by the individual roommates involved.
BOT rescinds 24-hour visitation prohibition Nathan Hardin News Editor
Three residence halls will allow overnight visitors of the opposite sex for the 2010-11 year, implementing a policy change that’s been in the works for more than a decade. The former policy prohibiting 24-hour visitation was rescinded by the Board of Trustees at their official meeting on July 15. Bragaw, North and Turlington are the three halls allowing members of the opposite gender to stay overnight. The housing visitation policy is now under Students Affairs responsibility. “The current policy has been rescinded and there is a regulation now that comes under the jurisdiction of Dr. [Tom] Stafford,” said Susan Grant, director of University Housing. On-campus residents have until July 26 to
contact the Housing Assignments office for a reassignment or they will be unable to change their assignments. According to Kyle Winters, president of the Inter-Residence Council, the three dorms were carefully chosen based on specific details. Winters said IRC’s proposal included using one residence hall from each of the three campus regions, both suite style and hall style. Winters also said IRC used the percentage of freshmen in each of the dorms to determine their choices. “We wanted to get something on East, Central and West [campuses],” Winters said. “We’re trying to provide flexibility and so far we haven’t seen anything that would say it’s going to be less comfortable or less safe.” Winters said the proposal was based on survey data IRC has been collecting over the last few years and that the data shows a strong correlation for needed change. “Based on surveys in ’05, ‘07 and ’09 at least 1,500 residents on campus were asked about how they feel now with regards to the visitation policy and how they would feel differently about security,” Winters said. “Even though
there is a strong support for 24-hour visitation in the data, there’s an even stronger support saying that the current system doesn’t work.” Winters said this decision has been a long time coming and that no other UNC System school has a policy preventing members of the opposite gender from staying overnight. “IRC has been working on this for about 15 years,” Winters said. “We’re the only school in the UNC System to have no 24-hour visitation, and [with regards to] comparable schools including Clemson, Maryland, and Florida State, we’re the only school in that group to have no 24-hour visitation.” Grant explained the Housing Advisory Committee will receive reports in the spring based on data from the fall semester’s student opinions. “The Housing Advisory Committee is going to want an assessment of the impact of 24-hour visitation. So they’re going to be asking about students impressions of security, perhaps privacy and comfort level with 24-hour visitation in those buildings,” Grant said.
Former football star in critical condition Dennis Byrd, former All-ACC selection, is currently in critical condition in a Charlotte hospital due to heart problems. Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
Dennis Byrd, one of the University’s most decorated football players, is currently in critical condition at Carolinas Medical Center. According to David Horning, senior associate athletics director, Byrd had back surgery and developed coronary issues following the surgery. Although Horning said, as of Monday night, his condition had stabilized, he remains in critical condition. “I talked to Dennis’ son today. Dennis is doing much better. He stabilized last night, but he’s still in critical condition,” Horning said. Horning said he does not know how long Byrd’s hospitalization will be, but he intends to visit him as soon as possible. “The length of hospitalization is unknown at this point. He could be in the hospital for an indefinite period. Right now, the main concern is that he heals up,” Horning said. “As soon
as Byrd is allowed visitors, I plan to go visit him.” Horning said the matter affects him personally because he considers Byrd to be a good friend. “He’s a dear friend of mine. We’re very, very close. I’ve known Dennis for five, six, seven years,” Horning said. “We sent him red and white flowers yesterday.” According to Public Information Staff at Carolina’s Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C., Byrd was listed in critical condition as of Tuesday afternoon. According to HIPPA guidelines, the term critical condition means the patient has unstable vital signs and may be unconscious. “Right now, we’re hoping and praying he gets through this thing,” Horning said. Byrd was the fifth former Wolfpack player selected to the College Football Hall of Fame. He will be inducted December 7 at the National Football Foundation’s annual awards dinner in New York. At the time, all football players were required to play one season on the freshmen team before being eligible to play on the varsity team. Byrd played the 1964 season on the freshmen team. As soon as he became a
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Former football player Dennis Byrd, a 1960s star, is in critical condition at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. Byrd will be inducted Dec. 7 into the College Football Hall of Fame.
member of the varsity team in 1965, he was a starter and first-team All-ACC selection. Byrd was the first N.C. State player to receive consensus All-America honors. Byrd helped the Wolfpack win the 1965 ACC Football Championship. He also played in N.C. State’s first postseason win over Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl.
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Byrd was drafted No. 6 overall in 1968 and played only two seasons with the Boston Patriots before a knee injury forced him to retire. Byrd later became a high school teacher and coach. Byrd retired from teaching in 2001 and his No. 77 jersey was retired from the University in 2002.
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Around 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, masonry dust activated at least two smoke detectors near Suite 202 on the north side of Bragaw Residence Hall, causing all residents to be evacuated for a short period of time, according to David Michniuk, a deputy fire marshal with N.C. State. “A local alarm goes off and evacuates only one suite,” Michniuk said. “But if two alarms go off, the entire dorm will be evacuated. In this case, the dust set off multiple alarms.” The false fire alarm emptied Bragaw residence hall and demonstrated how the new fire alarm functions in regards to different situations, according to Michniuk. “Basically what happened is a good example of the new fire alarm function,” Michniuk said shortly after the alarm was turned off and residents were allowed back in the dorm. Students living on the south side of Bragaw were surprised by the fire alarm, as summer school students Kaitlyn Oppenheim and Alex Venegas said. Oppenheim, a sophomore in engineering, said she was very angry by the fire alarm going off. “This is the third time this has happened in the second summer session alone. I didn’t see any smoke, and no one ever tells us why the fire alarm goes off,” Oppenheim said. “If the fire alarm keeps going off with no real reason, students are going to start ignoring the alarm, which could be a real problem if there ever is a real fire.” Venegas, a sophomore in aerospace engineering, agrees with Oppenheim’s view of the fire alarms. “The fire alarms are getting crazy,” said Venegas. “I don’t see why they can’t disable the fire alarms on that side of Bragaw since they have so much construction going on over there.” Michniuk said the University Fire Department will inspect the heads that caused the fire alarm to go off to make sure they are still functioning correctly. “I really like the system we have here where one suite can be evacuated versus the entire building,” Michniuk said. “It tends to not aggravate the ‘Cry Wolf’ syndrome.” The new fire alarm in Bragaw can empty one suite, if only one fire alarm goes off. If more than one alarm goes off, according to Michniuk, there is a definite need for students to evacuate.
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The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences presents GLOW: Living Lights, a new exhibit on display June 19 through Sept. 12. This is the first museum exhibition to explore the phenomenon of bioluminescence,
an organism’s ability to produce its own light. The GLOW exhibit incorporates the chemical process that produces “cool” light and the world of light‐producing terrestrial organisms like fireflies, glow worms and foxfire fungus before traveling on to the mid‐ocean, where an estimated 90 percent of the animals produce light. Visitors encounter alien‐looking creatures like viper fish, which dangle a light lure to attract their next meal, and cookie cutter sharks, which earned their name from the cookie‐size chunks of flesh they take out of unsuspecting prey in the dark. Visitors continue on to demonstrations of the interesting techniques and equipment used by scientists to study bioluminescence, and then explore the many benefits of this research from helping to speed the study of cancer fighting drugs to the detection of anthrax spores in public places. Exhibit hours are Monday–Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m., with last tickets sold at 4 p.m. daily.
Chinese Movie Series presents Exiled Galaxy Cinema will present Exiled as part of its Chinese Movie Series at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. The time is 1998 and the setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. Against this background of malaise come two hit men from Hong Kong sent to take out a renegade member trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby. They soon find themselves in the throes of a dilemma when two of their former associates also show up intent on thwarting them at every cost. All the movies will be in Chinese with English subtitles. Before each show, moviegoers can enjoy Chinese snacks provided by Grand Asia. Tickets cost $5 per film. For more information, contact Anna Lamm at 513-0205. Source: NCSU Calendar
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July 17 5:23 A.M. | Fire Alarm Williams Hall Units responded to alarm. No problems were found. Electronics notified. 6:57 A.M. | Check Person Sullivan Shops Lot Intoxicated student was found sleeping in facilities truck. Student was referred to the University for Alcohol Violation and Policy Violation. 12:16 P.M. | Concerned Behavior Wolf Village Report of concerned behavior regarding student. Student was contacted and met with on-call counselor.
7:47 P.M. | Fire Alarm Scott Hall Units responded to alarm. Cause unknown. Electronics notified. July 18 12:14 A.M. | Fight Off Campus Three nonstudents were alleged to have engaged in affray. All parties were referred to magistrate’s office to seek warrants. RPD notified and responded to assist. 2:15 A.M. | Fire Alarm 1911 Building NCSU PD responded to alarm regarding water flow problem. FP responded to correct problem.
11:19 P.M. | Traffic Stop Dan Allen Drive/Hillsborough Street Nonstudent was issued citation for no insurance, displaying a revoked license plate and failure to change address. 3:42 P.M. | Traffic Stop Hillsborough Street/Oberlin Road Nonstudent was issued citation for expired registration. Plate was seized to be turned in to DMV. 5:33 P.M. | Fire Alarm Bragaw Hall Units responded to alarm caused by smoke from cooking. System reset. July 19 11:01 A.M. | Medical Assist Coliseum Deck Units responded to nonstudent in need of medical assistance. Medical transport was refused. 8:42 A.M. | Damage to Property Bragaw Hall Student reported someone outside window. Officers investigated and found window screen damaged. Appropriate personnel notified. 8:56 A.M. | Larceny Vet School Staff member reported wallet stolen. 12:53 P.M. | Medical Assist Biological Resources Center Units responded to staff member in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. Source: NCSU Police
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Navigating a two-lane roundabout NEW TRAFFIC PATTERN COMPLETED ON HILLSBOROUGH STREET LAST WEEK
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ROUNDABOUT TIPS • • • • • •
Slow down as you approach the roundabout. Choose your lane before entering the roundabout — just as you would with a signalized intersection. Before entering the roundabout, look left. Proceed when there’s an opening in traffic. Vehicles (including bicycles) and pedestrians inside the roundabout always have the right of way. Stay in your lane. Don’t change lanes in the roundabout. Don’t stop inside the roundabout.
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Bicyclists using the street should follow the same rules as motorists (above), occupying the middle of the lane. Bicyclists using the sidewalk should follow the same rules as pedestrians.
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Use the sidewalk and designated crosswalk. The median island is there to provide pedestrians a refuge between lanes. You have the right of way, but keep an eye out for cars, trucks and bicycles.
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WHEN EMERGENCY VEHICLES APPROACH • • •
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Do not enter the roundabout — pull over to the right. If you are in the roundabout, exit and then pull over. Do not stop in the roundabout.
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Athletics: Monitoring social media ‘all we can do’ Prompted by NCAA questioning on UNCChapel Hill’s campus, the Compliance office explained the main concepts studentathletes are taught. Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
The use of social media by college athletes is prompting increased scrutiny from University officials entrusted with enforcing NCAA policies. Steve Kirschner, the associate athletics director at UNCChapel Hill, could only confirm NCAA officials had been in Chapel Hill to speak with student-athletes. “NCAA had some representatives on our campus last week and they did speak to some of our student athletes, and that’s all I can say,” Kirschner said. The News & Observer reported on July 20 a possible link between defensive tackle Marvin Austin’s Twitter account and the NCAA questioning. Nei-
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Russell Wilson, a redshirt freshman quarterback, scrambles to get the ball away from UNC’s defensive tackle Martin Austin during the game at Kenan Stadium in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008. The NCAA is investigating Austin for policy violations.
ther the NCAA nor UNC-CH has confirmed whether the account prompted the investigation. Austin’s Twitter, ANCHORMANAUSTIN, has been disabled. Michelle Lee, associate athletics director for compliance, explained the Compliance office at N.C. State helps studentathletes make sure they do not break any of the NCAA’s rules. Part of that means following
the University’s guidelines for the use of social networking sites posted on the Compliance office website. “We do several different things to help make sure our student-athletes know what is expected of them. We meet with each team individually in the fall to discuss NCAA regulations,” Lee said. “In the fall, we discuss agents, amateurism, drug testing and gambling. In
the spring we meet with each team again individually to discuss the same things we discussed in the fall as well as summer issues.” The Compliance office also has a Facebook page with more than 600 fans. “While we don’t require student-athletes to like the Facebook page, a lot of the studentathletes do like it. It gives them another reminder of how to get up with the Compliance office and that we are here to answer any question,” Lee said. According to Lee, studentathletes, as well as coaches, know the consequences of social media. “They know this stuff, we kill them with it,” Lee said. “Every time we see them, we’re drilling them with it.” Lee said there are three topics which routinely top the list of most important to cover with the student-athletes. “Agents, amateurism and gambling are small things that can get our student-athletes into a lot of trouble,” said Lee.
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“Those are the main things we Student-athletes are also not drill at the team meetings, and allowed to gamble on any sport in the small settings that all in- with an NCAA championship. coming student-athletes have “All staff associated with athto attend.” letes are not allowed to gamble Student-athletes are not al- in regards to any level of any lowed to receive any benefits sport where the NCAA has a from agents. According to championship,” Lee said. “This Lee, that includes pay, a meal includes professional level all or a ride, even if it’s “just up the way down to pee-wee level.” the street.” Lee said the Compliance of“Student-athletes are free fice stresses to student-athletes to talk with that they are agents at anythe ones imtime as far as pacted. the NCAA is “The main concerned. thing we tell E ach spor t the studentmig ht have at h le t e s i s specific times Michelle Lee, associate athletics ‘It’s you that’s a gent s c a n affected. It’s director for compliance and cannot you that can’t talk with play in the student-athletes,” Lee said. game on Saturday,’ in regards “The University requires all to following NCAA rules,” Lee agents that want to talk with said. “The student-athletes our student-athletes to regis- should know there is always ter with us, and we ask them someone available to answer to let the Compliance office their questions, whether it’s know when they are talking to their coach, sport administraa student-athlete, and send any tor or someone from the Compaperwork through our office.” pliance office.” According to David Horning, Amateurism is another of the things that can pose a problem. the senior associate athletics According to Lee, amateurism director, the education prodeals more with the concept of grams in place at the University do a good job. “pay-for-play.” “The compliance programs “Student-athletes are not allowed to receive any pay or do a good job in monitoring. benefit while they are play- That’s really all we can do,” ing. Student-athletes cannot Horning said. “We put safeuse their name, picture or ap- guards in place. Everyone in pearance to promote anything higher positions are concerned or receive any pay. This rule that agents know they need to is why student-athletes do stay away from our eligible not model or promote certain student-athletes.” products,” Lee said.
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NCAA has been investigating UNCChapel Hill athlete Marvin Austin for violating NCAA policy. There have been reports of a possible link between Austin’s Twitter account and NCAA questioning. The N.C. State’s Compliance office regulates student-athletes’ use of social media.
Our Opinion:
Whether or not they are athletes, students should always be aware of what they post online because the University and other organizations may be looking at what is posted.
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ith the recent controversy over star Tar Heel defensive tackle, Marvin Austin, social networking is yet again a source of contention. Social profiles on the Internet allow people to reveal information that would otherwise be private and secure. Sometimes it seems far-fetched that the University would look into our social profiles, but now that the NCAA has potentially used Twitter as a tip to some shady business, we are reminded that universities and other affiliates have the ability to utilize all their tools, even one’s we unknowingly give them. We believe the University has the right to look at our public documents online. After all, everyone has the right to pub-
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lic documents with no exception, and that includes the Universities. With this in mind, we think students should be wary of what they put on social networking sites. Although the admissions office says that they don’t look at social networking profiles, plenty of other departments could do a lot of lasting damage with a revealing profile picture on Facebook. If a resident advisor can identify an inappropriate place that alcohol has been consumed, they can use that picture to bust a resident. The athletics department can use a picture of excessive partying as a deciding factor of whether
or not to accept a player on a team. Whether we’re studentathletes or not, we shouldn’t lose sight of these possibilities when we post things online. When we leave the University life, we should adhere to the same conservative practices. Employers have the same ability to look at our information, and they have the ability to punish us for those pictures more so than the University. Think about every time you looked up a person on Facebook and saw crazy party photos. You may not think anything of it, but an employer may rethink their opinion of you.
We are not saying boycott social networking sites because they have the potential to damage reputations. On the contrary, they can be beneficial both academically and socially. They allow friends to keep in contact under circumstances that would otherwise be difficult. For example, Facebook has helped in crossing chat platforms and coordinating large group events. But these sites are a double-edged sword. If used properly, they are valuable tools and if they are carelessly used, they may come back to haunt you, even after graduation. We should watch our profiles so that our private lives don’t come back to harm us.
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tate lawmakers once again gave Erskine Bowles the thumbs up for a tuition rates increase for state universities. The Board of Governors, General Assembly and Gov. Bev Perdue raised tuition back in March. But that increase was not enough. The state of North Carolina is facing an Sam $800 million Daughtry revenue shortStaff columnist fall. With unemployment varied between 10 and 18 percent statewide, this means tax revenues will surely plummet. While many believe that education is priceless, state leaders and education administrators have yet another agenda in mind — to tax students. Education is the state’s newest “sin tax.” Tobacco was once a cash crop and primary export of our state. Today, tobacco is a thing of the past, because of heavy taxes placed on the industry. Our education system may meet the same fate and will be in peril if legislators continue to raise tuition outpacing the economy. At some point parents and students will no longer seek out our state universit y system be c au s e of affordability. A recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities shows a nationwide trend to raise tuition as a result of the U.S. Department of Education Recovery Act funding. Instead of fiscal responsibility and the fear of tax increases during an election year, state lawmakers and university leaders are increasing the nationwide load of tapping from Pell and other federal grant funds, which are rapidly running out of money thanks in part to states raising education costs. With tuition increases nationwide, you don’t need an economics degree to conclude that we are already on a failed path that will require Congress once again to raise educational funding, funding that lawmakers have said may not be politically feasible. Generally, most laws or changes have a grace period from six months to a year before they are enacted. This is not the case with the Bowles increase. It begins on the 11th
hour, just as many parents and students have committed to financial aid or loans. The best our chancellor says is that students can reapply for aid. Tell that to the federal government or Veterans Administration when responses or addenda for loan applications can take weeks or months for review. An old adage goes that it’s not a child’s fault when adults differ. In North Carolina, this is reversed, based on lack of fiscal responsibility by the General Assembly and administrators that instead penalize students for their state’s failed budgets and forecast planning. No one is working to help overburdened families for tuition and fees. Not our chancellor. Not our newly elected student leaders. Instead, they congratulated on the tuition increase on recent blog posts. In an interview last week, UNC-Chapel Hill Student Body President Hogan Medlin said he was surprised the University decided to raise tuition by the maximum amount. He said he was not aware of the reasoning and wished the administration had sought more student input. N.C. State Student Body Preside nt Ke l l y Ho o k s a i d in an e-mail interview, “We have to stay focused on the future and preparing students to face a potentially worse battle next year.” That can only mean more increases are on the horizon. I guess the “stay focused” part pertains to our wallets. A parent and former alumni at a recent university orientation said, “This is a public university acting more like a private university.” Our elected student body representatives must be the voice of students, not the verbatim voice of the administration. And the chancellor must be an advocate to state leaders in continuing to recognize that N.C. State is a land grant university and that his office helps secure grants and funding for all the colleges ambitiously and equally. If the students have to do their part in funding the University, the chancellor must do his equitable part as well. Send Sam Daughtry your thoughts on the new tuitionincreases to letters@technicianonline.com.
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Do you think on-campus residents should be allowed to have co-ed visitors overnight? by david hawley
“Yes, definitely. [You are] in college and living on your own. [It] should be a mutual decision between roommates and not a dorm rule.” Courtney Aloia sophomore, fashion and textiles
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ollege is an opportunity for students to get ready for the work force. Our University provides the tools needed so we can later become the leaders of tomorrow. Those dreams of the future, however, shouldn’t prevent us Conrad f rom ta kPlyler ing on small Viewpoint Editor jobs right now. Although we are getting our education from the University, we also need to also accumulate the benefits from holding a job. Even if the money isn’t important because of parents or saving accounts, the benefits of maintaining a place in the working world still holds value. Small jobs teach students how to follow before they become leaders. Leaders are important in our society, but the quality of the leader is tied to their understanding of their followers. When we start f lipping burgers at Cookout, we must take the orders that we will give someday. This is how we can learn the proper way to present our orders to future followers. To lead, we must first follow. Our work ethic is thoroughly improved in a smalltime job. During the weekend, I sell shoes at Crabtree Valley Mall, and although shoes aren’t the normal
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source of income for people holding political science and economics degrees after college, I’ll use that work ethic in my later line of work. The same voice telling me to learn how to check in shipments and convey a concept to customers is completely applicable to later jobs. The most important part of a steadily held job is the record. A manager records first hand the development of a person’s work ethic and success as a follower. And if the record of a person is faltering, the manager helps guide us to a good record. Since the manager is our recorder and our guide, they realize that ou r go o d record is a reflection of their ability to manage. That realization is the key reason why ma nagers are such good references for our future managers. When our political science majors or engineering majors apply for jobs at firms after college, they need someone to vouch for their good work ethic and ability to follow. If our managers have a vested interest in telling others how wonderful we are, they will be our best reference. I fear some students are veering away from small jobs because they think they are worth more than the pay. After all, someone making a 4.0 in the design school probably thinks
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they deserve better than a $7.75 job at a fast food joint on Western Boulevard. That attitude is so short sighted. The real benefit of the smalltime job is the experience and record of experience. Even though a 4.0 design student joining a fun extracurricular group is a more likely scenario, the impact of a professional manager’s opinion of our work ethic is much greater. When we’re submitting our applications to firms we want to join, my shoe store manager’s opinion of my work ethic is wor t h worlds more than my president from Alexander Hall Counci l. That difference ma kes up for m i n imum wage. Even i f students are tempted to forgo a job because their parents supply them enough money or a job conflicts with extracurriculars, they need to seriously consider the long-term benefits of accumulating work experience. When work experience is combined with our education, finding jobs postcollege will be significantly easier. Send Conrad Plyler your thoughts on having a job during college to letters@ technicianonline.com.
“Someone making a 4.0 in the design school probably thinks they deserve better than a $7.75 job.”
“No, it wouldn’t help anything. It would distract you from your studies.” Nehemiah Willingham freshman, First Year College
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‘Inception’ overtakes ‘Eclipse’ for No. 1 spot at box office Inception
The film’s dream-within-adream plot and impeccable structure make it suspenseful and exciting. Zakk White Staff Writer
For me, Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” has been the most anticipated movie of the year -- after the Coen Brothers’ remake of “True Grit” of course. The man who brought us “The Dark Knight” has followed up such a thrilling, frightening and already iconic film with a mind-bending one. “Inception” is quite a tricky movie to talk about. The vague previews made it impossible to grasp the basic outline of the plot. The film boils down to an old-fashioned heist movie with a complex narrative structure involving layers deep within the mind. The less you know about the story, the better. The best and most artistic portion of the film is the first 20 minutes. Like in “Memento,” Nolan immediately thrusts the audience into the film with no
explanation of what is going The dream world of “Incepon, but these early scenes were tion” is unfortunately more exciting precisely for that rea- M.C. Escher than Salvador son. Nolan trusts his audience Dali. Nolan’s treatment of the to put together the pieces for dream-state overall is sura while, but eventually resorts prisingly anemic and sterile. to characters explaining all of When DiCaprio’s subconscious the rules, risks, time structure breaks through, it is never dark and so on. Even with this over- or frightening, though one explanation there is a high level would expect the subconscious of audience trust rarely seen in to be the area where the worst major films -- much less sup- fears and horrors reside. Nolan claimed he originally enposed blockbusters. visioned the The basic mov ie as a stor y starts horror film. about an He mig ht hour into the deserve more f i l m, onc e praise if he the rules and had allowed plot are exy at least some plained. Unhorror into fortunately, once the “heist” part starts, this vision of the mind. the plot becomes strangely DiCaprio plays a similar character in Martin Scorspredictable. The descent to the dream ese’s “Shutter Island,” both level in the hotel and all of the tortured and guilt-ridden due action that takes place in that to a sketchy past involving his setting is breath-taking in its wife. His acting is decent here inventiveness and suspense. I but toward the end where the was completely back on board emotional payoff is supposed until the next dream level to be, he and Marion Cotillard which involved a snow fortress. -- who plays the malicious Mal It didn’t bring to mind the -- don’t quite pull it off. The dark, brooding subconscious rest of the cast ranges from of the human psyche. After barely OK (Ellen Page) to scene the brilliance of the hotel, this stealer (Tom Hardy, who plays final act was a major letdown the Bond-like Eames). Unlike “The Dark Knight” or “The visually and conceptually.
“The less you know about the story, the better.”
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Prestige,” this film doesn’t feature an iconic performance. Structure is where Nolan, and the film itself, excel. The film is impeccably edited and structured to create a balance of confusion and excitement that few films have achieved. Where the great directors of the past have offered us more memorable images and stories, few have created a new mode of storytelling like what Nolan achieves here. The treatment of
the concept of time in this film will undoubtedly be copied to death in a similar way to “bullet-time” from “The Matrix” -- I pray “Inception” doesn’t spawn any god-awful sequels. Despite all the hype about the visuals, it rarely gives us anything memorable besides the folding city and hotel corridor. Most of the film relied on borrowing from better films. While I do have a few problems with it, overall the film is
complex, exciting and thoughtprovoking, with an ending that will have people debating for years to come. Despite its flaws, “Inception” does expect a lot from its audience and assumes a commitment to intellectual engagement that is almost unheard of in major films. Hopefully, “Inception” will inspire more filmmakers not to dumbdown their dreams for a mass audience.
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offering students a taste of the new creation in return for their opinions.
Michael Atuokwu, freshman, electrical engineering
I thought the doughnuts were good; they did taste like Cheerwine. But I think they’d taste a bit better with vanilla on top of them because the chocolate kind of drowns out the flavor.
This is good. I like Cheerwine soda, and Cheerwine in a doughnut — it’s just wonderful. It’s a brilliant idea. Nathan Simmons, sophomore, mechanical engineering
Ashley Taylor, freshman, criminal justice
It tastes really good. It’s new. I like strawberry. This is definitely a new flavor. It was a good idea -it came through. I personally am not a chocolate lover, but with this, I like it.
Joshua Blue, sophomore, computer science
It’s a bit weird. You get the [Cheerwine] flavor when you’re getting to the bottom of it. But overall, I guess it’s OK. It’s not that great. I like the chocolate there. I guess it’s a good thing that [Cheerwine and Krispy Kreme] should partner up, but they should come up with a better flavor.
I’ve never been a fan of the crème-filled doughnuts, but it’s pretty good. I like Cheerwine [soda]. I definitely like [the chocolate] — it adds to it and it blends well together. I think [the partnership between Cheerwine and Krispy Kreme is] a great idea; I don’t see how it could go wrong.
Chris Buffaloe, freshman, computer science
They’re pretty good. I’ve never had Cheerwine before, but I hope it tastes like that because it was good. Pretty much anything is good with chocolate.
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season with 820 sets and sits fourth all-time in assists with 2,667 would feel out of place on her own team, but with an influx of new players and new coaches anxious to head in a different direction, Smith said she’s had to make adjustments. “It is difficult getting so many new girls in. There’s definitely a separation,” Smith said. “When the season comes, hopefully it will get easier.” Smith and several other returning players have stayed close to campus this summer to work on conditioning and get to know their new teammates. Bunn has done his part to encourage team bonding. “We have ‘little sisters,’” Smith said. “When they come to campus we have to show them around or answer any questions they may have.” Team practices begin Aug. 7 and the Pack will see its first play 20 days later at the Western Carolina Tournament. State will host its own tournament in Raleigh Sept. 10 through 11. With a new coaching staff and a blended team, Smith says the Pack has a lot to prove early on this fall. However, she said she trusts Bunn’s vision just as much now as she did while interviewing him prior to his hiring. “[Bunn] wants not only to get wins – there’s more to it,”
have heard from coach Yow is that she wants her teams to be in the top-ten and she is going to support them and make them get to that level. For me, that is a real positive thing.
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Technician: How close is your team to reaching a level where it can compete with the nation’s top programs? Stevenson : I’m really excited about the potential because with less than what most of those schools that we are competing with have, we are competing against them in a very positive manner. Five years ago, Georgia beat us by 4 points, which would be the equivalent of 16 points in basketball. Last year, going into the last event, they were ahead of us by less than one point. We have really closed the gap. A lot of that has to do with the fact that up until the last four or five years, we haven’t had anywhere near as much support as most of the schools that we compete against. We’re not competing against Maryland. We’re not competing against Carolina. To go to nationals, we’re competing against teams like Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Utah and UCLA.
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Technician: What kind of mindset do you foresee Yow bringing to the table, and how does it line up with the way you want things to be run? Stevenson: I totally agree with her 100 percent that if you are given the opportunity, time, facilities and everything else that goes into competing at that level, and if you can’t get them there, than they should get somebody else to do that job. Technician: Talk about the 2010-11 Wolfpack gymnastics squad and what you expect it to accomplish? Stevenson: I’m really excited about this year. We have gained seven new freshmen, five of which are extremely talented, four on scholarship and one walk-on. A lot of the kids that are coming in, if they come in and are in shape and are doing the things we expect them to do, the seniors are really going to be fighting for spots on the team. On the other end of that, those seniors and juniors who have a lot of experience are going to have to be the ones to help those freshmen learn to compete in college. In college, gymnastics is a team sport. They each do an individual routine, but if one of them messes up, it affects the whole group. I think our team as a whole will be much stronger this year than it has been. Technician: Have you taken measures to shore up any
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weaknesses from last year’s team? Stevenson: We were 26th this year, but struggled on balance beam. We have a new coach coming in. Colleen Johnson, who coached here for a while, and then went to Arizona, is coming back. During the years she was here, we were ranked in the top 15 in the country on balance beam. When she was at Arizona, I don’t think any of her teams finished outside the top 20 in the time that she was there. Te c hni c i a n : You h ave coached Wolfpack gymnastics for 30 years. Have you considered retirement yet? Stevenson: I’m only 54 so I don’t feel like I’m ready to get out yet. I love what I do because I walk in the gym every day and I work out with some of the nicest kids in the world. Our kids are the kind of kids you want to be around. I feel like they keep me young because of their attitudes and how they look at life.
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Wilson named to another quarterback watch list Russell Wilson is now a candidate for both the Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award and the Manning Award, which is sponsored by the Allstate Sugar Bowl. This will be the seventh year the Manning Award will honor the top quarterback in college football. Wilson’s place on multiple watch lists can be quickly explained by his statistics a year ago. No ACC quarterback threw as many touchdowns as Wilson, who threw 31, and only three quarterbacks nationwide threw more than the Pack’s signal caller. Wilson is spending his summer playing baseball for the Tri-City Dust Devils after being drafted in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB Draft by the Colorado Rockies. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Men’s tennis promotes volunteer assistant Stephen Ward, who served as a volunteer assistant during the 2010 season, has been promoted to a paid position by coach Jon Choboy. Ward replaces former teammate Jeff Kader, the former Pack assistant who recently left State for the head coaching job at Texas - San Antonio. Kader and Ward played collegiate tennis together at William & Mary, where Ward earned Colonial Athletic Association All-Conference honors four times. After the conclusion of his collegiate tennis days, Ward competed in roughly 50 national and international tournaments on the ATP and USTA professional circuits. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Jordan, wrestling team add veteran to coaching staff Wrestling coach Carter Jordan announced Tuesday that he has added Lee Pritts, who will bring 12 years of coaching experience and a reputation as a great recruiter to the Pack’s wrestling program. Over the course of two different coaching stints with Missouri, Pritt recruited several high school athletes who he helped coach into All-Americans. At Missouri, Pritt coached the 2010 NCAA Champion at 184 pounds and the 2006 and 2007 champ at 174 pounds. Pritt also spent three years with Old Dominion’s wrestling program. During his own collegiate wrestling career, Pritts earned All-America honors in 1996 and qualified for Olympic Trials in 2000.
Harrow, Leslie lead way in losing effort Team of incoming freshmen, rising junior jumps out to early lead before dropping rematch with Team Stackhouse Tyler Everett Sports Editor
Ryan Harrow and C.J. Leslie may have dropped Team McGladrey’s North Carolina Pro-Am Summer League game , but it wasn’t as though they failed to make noise, especially in the early going Tuesday night. After a couple of quick, easy baskets on high-flying dunks and lay-ups in transition by Harrow and Leslie, Team McGladrey led 10-0 early and had Pack fans howling their approval. Harrow, Leslie, fellow freshman Lorenzo Brown and junior forward C.J. Williams eventually lost Tuesday’s rematch with Team Stackhouse by a final score of 59-51. Team Stackhouse and incoming UNC freshmen Tar Heels Reggie Bullock and Harrison Barnes and sophomore John Henson defeated Team McGladrey 82-72 on July 13. Harrow spoke with the News & Observer after that loss, but one week later, both he and Leslie declined postgame interview requests. Along with Harrow, Leslie and Brown, high school junior and Wolfpack commit Joseph Uchebo, junior forward C.J. Williams and senior big man Tracy Smith fill out McGladrey’s summer league squad. Smith did not play in Tuesday night’s
game. Harrow’s ball-handling and quickness were on display in the open court early and often, and Leslie’s finishing ability appears to be as advertised in his nearly unavoidable highlight videos – phenomenal. The videos highlighting his dunking ability have gained such popularity that many Pack fans are quickly becoming accustomed to seeing Leslie elevate his head near or above the rim. Fans have speculated that Harrow has a 40-inch vertical leap of his own, and based on some of the dunks he has thrown down throughout summer league play, he certainly seems capable of elevating to close to 40 inches off the ground. In addition to feeding Leslie on several no-look passes, the Pack’s point guard of the future did his best Tuesday night to make for a debate regarding the best dunker of the Wolfpack’s 2010 freshman class. As they have in many of their summer league games, Leslie and Harrow once again put on a show in more ways than one, combining impressive point totals with a handful of did-you-see-that moments. Harrow led his team with 17 points, and Leslie was right behind him, finishing with 16. Leslie likely would have led all scorers if not for struggles from the free throw line, where he shot just 4-for-12. The highlight-reel-type play helped Team McGladrey push the early lead to 28-13 at one point in the first half, but Team Stackhouse made a furious rally and took a 34-33 lead into halftime. Both teams picked up the defensive effort in a second
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Team Stackhouse 59 Team McGladrey 51
LEADING SCORERS:
Ryan Harrow: 17 points C.J. Leslie: 16 points
TEAM MCGLADREY’S REMAINING SCHEDULE: Thursday, July 22 7 p.m. vs. Hendrick of Durham Tuesday, July 27 7 p.m. vs. Team Dreamworks Thursday, July 29 7 p.m. vs. Coaches in Christ SOURCE: NCPROAM.COM
half that saw more steals and errant passes and less of the breathtaking basketball that characterized Tuesday’s first half action. Lorenzo Brown compensated for an otherwise slower-paced half of basketball with what might have been the most impressive dunk of the evening. Late in the third quarter, Brown took possession of the ball on the right elbow outside the three-point line and dribbled inside the perimeter before taking off from outside the paint on a two-handed jam that brought nearly everyone in the gym to their feet. But despite leading 47-46 in the waning minutes, Leslie and Co. faded down the stretch, falling 59-51. In Tuesday’s rematch, the Pack’s incoming freshmen played with Williams, but without Smith, who took the night off. With Smith unavailable, Uchebo battled UNC sophomore John Henson in the paint
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for much of the night. Henson just completed a freshman season during which he averaged just less than 16 minutes per game for the Heels. Uchebo, originally from Nigeria, will play for his third high school team next season after recently enrolling at Raleigh Word of God Christian Academy. At Word of God, he will follow
in the footsteps of Leslie and John Wall, who was recently taken with the first pick of the 2010 NBA Draft after playing one season for the Kentucky Wildcats. It remains uncertain whether Uchebo will come to Raleigh in 2011 or 2012.
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Volleyball team merging old and new Returning Pack players, transfers and incoming freshmen bonding quickly under new coach Bryan Bunn
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Freshman forward C.J. Leslie corrals a pass during his team’s S.J.G. Greater N.C. Pro-Am game in Durham Tuesday, July 20. Leslie’s squad lost to Team Stackhouse, a team which features UNC recruits.
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Head coach Mark Stevenson talks to his team before the bar exercises during their first meet of the season against Rutgers. This is the start of Stevenson’s 30th year coaching the gymnastics team.
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Editor’s note: In each of the remaining summer editions of Technician, a different varsity head coach will discuss the hire of athletic director Debbie Yow Tyler Everett Sports Editor
Mark Stevenson, who just completed his 30th year as head coach of the Wolfpack gymnastics program discussed the new athletic director, goals for his program and an addition to his coaching staff. In 2010, Stevenson coached Taylor Seaman, the first All-American in the history of Wolfpack gymnastics. Technician: What were your first thoughts when you heard Debbie Yow was the new athletic director? Stevenson: I was surprised because I had not heard anything about her in
any of the information that had come out. Any time you make switches with head people, you never know exactly what is going to be different and what is not going to be different. But I c er t a i n ly liked everything she had to say.
ed and on the rise. She did a tremendous job for them as a sport.
Technician: How pleased are you with your program’s recent accomplishme nt s a nd what are your goals for the next few seasons? TechniStevenson: cian : W hat We did a fivehave you year plan learned about her and what t hree years she did with ago. We are Maryland’s on track to Gymnastics coach Mark gymnastics meet all of Stevenson program durthe goals in ing her tenure our five-year there? plan. Of the seven or eight Stevenson: I knew she was goals that we set up, we have part of that program and that met five of those and have three she was a leader of that pro- to go. We feel strongly that if gram. I talked to the gymnas- we continue to move forward tics people at Maryland a little at the pace that we have been bit. Basically what they said is moving at, that we will make that when she got there, they that next jump. Obviously, my were a program that was not goal is for my program to be a funded fully, scholarship-wise top-ten team. And everything I and support-wise. She just left and they are now fully-fundTHOUGHTS continued page 7
“I walk in the gym every day and I work out with some of the nicest kids in the world.”
Megan Cyr and junior Becah Fogle from the University of Colorado, where they played for Mussie in 2008 when she was an assistant coach. A trio of Stubbs recruits, Jessica Groen, Anna Moore and Meredith Richardson, are still Kate Shefte on board, as is middle blocker Senior Staff Writer Brie Merriwether, an Orlando native who signed with the One of the first things vol- Wolfpack this spring. “We basically have a brand leyball coach Bryan Bunn said when he arrived in Feb- new team,” Bunn said. “We’re ruary was that in order to building a new culture.” Bunn said the 10 new recruits get his sport back on track at are waiting N.C. State, in the wings, h i s f i rst working with priority t he t e a m’s had to be conditioning recruiting. coach a nd First, waiting for Bunn retheir chance le a s ed a to join the handful Wolfpack. of ve t“[The eran playcoaching ers from staff] is not the team, a l lowe d to includwor k w it h ing rising Alex Smith, setter t hem u nt i l senior Aug. 7,” Bunn Lindsey said. “They’ve Benac. Sebeen working nior Ivory Sommer and junior Isis with the conditioning coach Gardner, both big contrib- and participating in open utors to last years’ squad, gyms, but we’re not allowed to be there, so I don’t know what have also moved on. “They had to what was they look like right now. But right for them,” senior Alex there are some very talented Smith said. “Bunn wanted girls in the class. We know to do it for our program. It’s they’ll make an immediate a shame that it happened, impact.” When Smith walks into but you have to move into Reynolds Coliseum in Authe right direction.” Bunn and his two assis- gust, she will see more new tant coaches, Pete Hoyer faces than old ones. She is one and Stevie Mussie, worked of only six returners from the during the spring and early 2009 season. “We’re outnumbered,” Smith summer to bulk up the roster, adding two juniors, two joked. One wouldn’t think a former sophomores and six freshcaptain who finished her last men to the 2010 team. Two of those transfers are redshirt sophomore VOLLEYBALL continued page 7
“We have to change how we carry ourselves, how people see us and our reputation as well. ”
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