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Raleigh, North Carolina
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100 DAYS OF WOODSON
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A car fire began in the parking deck underneath the bowling alley on Hillsborough Street at approximately 9 p.m Tuesday. Firefighters and police blocked off traffic between Pogue Street and Horne Street, as well as foot traffic on the sidewalk at the entrance of the deck.
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Emergency officials evacuated the Alley due to smoke and closed westbound Hillsborough Street Tuesday night because of a car fire. Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
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Chancellor Randy Woodson begins his first day in office at the University.
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Athletics Director Lee Fowler announces his resignation.
University announces hiring of Debbie Yow as the new athletics director.
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Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor of student affairs, begins reporting to the yet-to-be-hired provost.
NEW CHANCELLOR MET SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION ON KEY DECISIONS IN FIRST 100 DAYS STORY BY CHRIS BOUCHER | GRAPHICS BY JONATHAN STEPHENS PHOTOS BY AMANDA KARST, TIM O’BRIEN, SUSANNAH BRINKLEY
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hancellor Randy Woodson’s been busy. During his first 100 days as chancellor, Randy Woodson has replaced former Athletics Director Lee Fowler, restruc-
tured the University hierarchy, and raised tuition in response to $20 million in state budget cuts.Woodson, and his employees, feel his first 100 days have been productive, but not all his decisions have been met with approval.
AD situation a ‘real challenge’ Within the first month, Woodson handled major upheaval in the Department of Athletics, forcing Lee Fowler to step down to make room for new Athletics Director Debbie Yow. “The departure of one athletics director and the hiring of another one was a real challenge to work through,” Woodson said. “Lee Fowler had done very well in a lot of areas, but we needed to get better at winning and graduating students.” On June 25, Woodson selected Yow because of her record at the University of Maryland. She won 20 national championships in 16 years at Maryland. “From my vantage point, [Yow] was a very good hire, I think people are energized by the strength and experience she brings to the job,” Woodson said. Board of Trustees member Bob Jordan said the chancellor showed his true character in his handling of the athletics director situation. “The Debbie Yow hiring was indicative of how he does things. He went after a person with experience, a proven athletics director who could come in and hit the ground running,” Jordan said. “He made it clear that he made the choice. I admire the chancellor for that; just stepping up in that situation shows that he trusts himself and his own decisions.” Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, called the hire Wood-
son’s top accomplishment so far. “There was a lot of division among N.C. State supporters on that issue, but I think he has hired an extraordinary new athletics director. Debbie Yow is going to lead us into a very, very positive future,” Stafford said. Tuition hike causing some unrest Since his arrival, Woodson says he has spent time representing the University in the N.C. General Assembly. “Getting to know key members of the General Assembly, and making sure N.C. State was well-represented, was one of my top priorities,” said Woodson. Stafford said he was impressed by the way Woodson got involved with law makers. “He worked very hard over the summer to represent N.C. State in the General Assembly, and tried to minimize the budget cuts for students, when possible,” Stafford said. But facing a revenue shortfall, lawmakers imposed $70 million cuts on the UNC system, with N.C. State bearing $20 million of that burden. Erskine Bowles, president of the UNC system, dealt with this by increasing tuition $750, in addition to a $150 hike approved in February. Woodson said he has heard from some irked students and parents about the increase and timing. “I’ve gotten some calls and messages. One caller said the state should
save money by firing me,” Woodson said. “It’s not the way any of us would want it to happen. I didn’t come here to raise tuition. The state is struggling to be the primary source of revenue for the University.” Some students who have gotten to know him accept Woodson’s line of reasoning. Student Government Deputy Chief of Staff appointee Phillip Christofferson, a junior in political science, said he feels that Woodson has done a fantastic job in his first 100 days. He said the tuition increase does not affect his opinion of the chancellor’s performance. Ethan Bartlett, a sophomore in management and chief of staff for Student Government, agrees. “I don’t speak alone when I say that our tuition increase is undesired,” said Bartlett. “However, the University has taken great measures to see that all students are not caught off guard by the increase.” But Amanda Egan, a junior in mathematics education, does not like the way the tuition increase has been handled. “I’m out of state, so my tuition is already really high. I love this school, and I love being here, but raising tuition ... that money could have gone to better use,” Egan said. Kaitlyn Oppenheim, a sophomore in general engineering, agrees with Egan’s view of the tuition increase. “I’m out of state already, and tuition is very pricey as it is. Tuition is almost four times as much as [for] in-state students. I really feel like they’re using all their money to do things that aren’t necessary to better the school,” Oppenheim said. “I feel like the facilities we have right now are plenty adequate
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A car fire closed the 2500 block of Hillsborough Street near N.C. State and forced the evacuation of nearby businesses According to Jim Sughrue, of the Raleigh Police Department, a 1999 maroon Dodge Stratus parked in the parking deck under The Alley appeared to catch fire in the engine compartment. Emergency vehicles and smoke prompted the road closure around 9 p.m. Eyewitnesses say the vehicle was already engulfed upon discovery. “I saw smoke coming from the [parking deck] and when I saw the car, flames was coming from the hood,” said James Cates, employee at Savage & Heads Tattoo shop. Sugrue said the incident was not suspicious. “There was nothing the police found to make this look like an arson case,” Sugrue said.
Bystander Caleb Leonard said although the vehicle was surrounded by other parked cars, it was the only one on fire. “It was just one car by itself,” Leonard said. “We grabbed a fire extinguisher, but that just kept it from spreading.” According to Sughrue, no other vehicles were reported damaged in the fire. “There were other cars nearby, and as far as our report goes, there was no damage,” Sughrue said. “But that doesn’t mean there wasn’t any heat damage to nearby cars.” Smoke from the fire filled the deck and billowed out onto Hillsborough Street for hours. “There were people in there taking pictures,” Cates said. “But then the smoke got too bad.” The fire department had to put out the fire and clear the parking deck of smoke. “The flames were probably 10 feet tall,” Cates said. “It was burning good.” Businesses, such as The Alley, Savage & Heads Tattoo Shop, and Wolfpack Pub, were forced to evacuate because of the smoke coming from the parking deck. News Editor Nathan Hardin contributed to this report.
Kaye Cowher dies of cancer at 54 Cowher, former N.C. State women’s basketball star, died Friday of skin cancer. Chelsey Francis Staff Writer
Kaye Cowher, ex-Pack basketball star and wife of former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher, died of skin cancer Friday. Cowher, formerly known as Kaye Young, and her twin sister Faye were dominate women’s basketball players during the late 1970s and won an ACC championship under former coach Kay Yow. Yow, who also died of cancer in 2009, is the sister of N.C. State athletics director Debbie Yow. Debbie Yow said Cowher’s memory at N.C. State will never be forgotten. “Kaye was a person to be admired and respected, whether as an N.C. State student-athlete, mother of three beautiful girls or as a devoted wife,”
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Yow said. “Wolfpack Nation lost one its best and she will never be forgotten.” Bill and Kaye Cowher met in 1976 when they were classmates at the University, and married in 1981. After living in Pittsburgh, they moved back to Raleigh in 2006. The funeral was held Monday. Chancellor Randy Woodson expressed his condolences and said Cowher left a lasting impression on the University. “The Wolfpack family is deeply saddened by the passing of Kaye Cowher. She was a tremendous supporter of N.C. State and remained committed to the University from her beginnings as an extraordinary student-athlete until recently as a member of the Board of Visitors,” Woodson said. “Kaye’s impression on this University and the Raleigh community will have a last-
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UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Chancellor’s Conference Room, Holladay Hall 3:30 - 5 p.m. AUG. 18 FIRST DAY OF FALL CLASSES
lint Gibson, a senior in aerospace engineering, unpacks a new Dell LCD for the EOS computer lab in Engineering Building III on Centennial Campus July 22. “I’ll be living here next semester,” Gibson said. “Doing lab reports and using graphing software.”
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Loco Lu’s Coffeehouse Loco Lu is inviting local voters for a series of meet the candidates events starting Thursday at 7:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to meet the men and women who wish to serve in local, state and national government. This series is open to all candidates and anyone interested in learning more about them. The first candidate, B.J. Lawson, will be in attendance Thursday. Lawson is running for U.S. repre-
sentative for the 4th District in North Carolina. The coffee shop is located at 5210 Hollyridge Dr., Raleigh, NC, 27612. For more information contact 919-755-6337. SOURCE: TRIANGLESOURCE.COM
POLICE BLOTTER
2:10 P.M. | LARCENY D.H. Hill Library Staff member reported purse stolen.
July 21 7:59 A.M. | VEHICLE STOP Morrill Drive/Cates Avenue Nonstudent was issued citation for speeding and failing to carry driver’s license.
4:54 P.M. | VEHICLE STOP Morrill Drive/Warren Carroll Drive Student was issued citation for speeding.
2:00 P.M. | VEHICLE STOP Morrill Drive/Faucette Drive Nonstudent was issued citation for speeding.
4:55 P.M. | BREAKING & ENTERING Cox Hall Nonstudent was identified as being in facility. Subject was arrested for misdemeanor breaking and entering and trespassed from NCSU property.
5:23 P.M. | VEHICLE STOP Hillsborough Street/Lampe Drive Nonstudent was issued citation for expired registration.
5:25 P.M. | LARCENY Venture I Staff member reported bicycle stolen. 7:28 P.M. | VEHICLE STOP Dan Allen Drive/Thurman Drive Staff member was issued citation for expired registration.
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Dennis Byrd, former Pack lineman, dies at 63 Dennis Byrd, a former N.C. State defensive lineman, died Thursday at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was 63. Byrd suffered a heart attack on July 15 while undergoing back surgery and never regained consciousness. Byrd was a three-time first-team All-ACC selection and led the Wolfpack to a 1965 ACC championship. Byrd played in N.C. State’s first postseason win over Georgia in the 1967 Liberty Bowl. He was the 5th former Wolfpack player to be selected to the College Football Hall of Fame and was set to be inducted in December. His No. 77 jersey was retired from the University in 2007. NATHAN HARDIN
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after the fall semester starts, because Woodson said he asked student leaders and faculty for continued from page 1 their input. “I promised student leaders to fulfill their need and what and faculty that we would not interview people for the protheir meant for.” To minimize any future vost position until the fall, so we could get increases, their input,” Woodson Woodson said he will said. be work ing Woodwith donors son hopes to to i ncrea se get student the Univerfeedback on sity’s endowall decisions ment, which Kelly Hook, student body that affect the is among the president University. smallest na“I want very tionally for a much to be school N.C. connected to students to see State’s size. “I’m out there trying to sup- what their needs are. I expect port every means I can to keep student voice to be strong on issues regarding how this Unituition low,” Woodson said. versity is run,” Woodson said. The chancellor will also seek Provost, plan on the horizon Woodson said he will soon students and faculty help in name a permanent provost to formulating a strategic vision replace interim Provost War- for the University. Stafford said wick A. Arden, who he said has that planning committee meetings have already begun, and done a great job. The permanent hire will take the goal is to submit a strategic over a restructured hierarchy, plan to the Board of Trustees where Stafford will report di- in the spring. “We need to come up with rectly to the provost rather than the chancellor. Effective July 1, a vision for the University. I Stafford serves under Provost think we all need a common Arden, meaning all student goal for N.C. State, so that evaffairs issues go to the provost eryone understands where the before reaching the chancellor. school is headed,” Woodson Woodson made the change said. Kelly Hook, student body to bring academics and student affairs under the same president, has high hopes for the strategic plan, and for umbrella Stafford said. “The chancellor wanted to Woodson. “[Woodson] will have to enmake this change to bring the divisions of student affairs and sure that the plan is carried out. academic affairs into better We need to truly analyze our alignment. He thought it would costs and benefits and recogbenefit students, and so do I,” nize where to spend a limited Stafford said. “There will be budget in order to ensure stusome very positive outcomes dent and faculty success,” Hook for students as a result of this.” said. Staff writer Chelsey Francis A national search for the provost is under way, but the contributed to this report. provost won’t be in place until
“[Woodson] will have to ensure the plan is carried out.”
COURTESY OF NCSU LIBRARIES
D.H. Hill Library gets grant, pixel wall A 24-square-foot Perceptive Pixel screen will soon be newest addition to emerging technology in D.H. Hill Library. Janell Miller Correspondent
With a $100,000 grant, D.H. Hill Library will open an area featuring iPads, multi-touch computers and other emerging technology in the fall. According to Maurice York, head of information technology, the library will use the grant to purchase an 8-by-12-foot touchscreen Perceptive Pixel display wall, to be located in the “technology sandbox,” in the Erdahl-Cloyd Wing. York considers the screen the “Cadillac of multitouch,” because of its accuracy and speed. The idea of the sandbox is for students and faculty to play with and learn how to use the stateof-the-art technology, as well as teach others how to use it. The area will house all the emerging technology the library has available for student and faculty use. According to York, when
the screen arrives in early fall, there will be a few applications already in place, such as photo and video. The library administration is searching for map applications, such as Google Maps, because this is one of the screen’s strong points. The screen also allows users to layer different applications on top of each other and see them at the same time. Most touchscreen devices lag when touched, York said. But the Perceptive Pixel pinpoints movement and reacts in real time. There is no limit to the number of people who can access the screen and there are also an unlimited number of applications that can be open at any one time “The wall is perfect for a design student trying to map out a location and see threedimensional pictures with all of the information layered,” York said. According to David Hiscoe, director of communication strategies, the focus of the sandbox is not the technology, but the use of the technology. The library wants students to walk in, use the devices and collaborate with library administration. He said the screen is designed so multiple devices can be plugged in simultaneously,
“Students are the best teachand library administrators are trying to figure out a way mul- ers, the sandbox is a place for tiple students can be on differ- students to gather around and ent computers, but plugged show each other how everyinto the same screen work- thing works,” Hiscoe said. ing together. The sandbox is The main focus of the an area desandbox will sig ned for be media students to creation, and come in and it w ill a lso start workinclude two ing without touchscreen h av i ng to Microsoft ask. Surface de“There are vices and t hree purother devices poses for the t he l ibra r y David Hiscoe, director of sandbox: to already offers. communication strategies. give students “Last year and faculty t he l ibra r y access to the latest technology loaned out 100,000 different starting with display technol- technology devices,” Hiscoe ogy, and furthermore to have said. “The sandbox will make access to that technology in- those devices more available.” formally to be able to play According to Hiscoe, the with it hands on around the sandbox will create an excitclock, as well as act as a testing ing student experience that ground for the future James B. will give them an edge. AnHunt Jr. Library,” Hiscoe said. other goal is to take high-end According to York, D.H. Hill technology and make sure will be the only university li- everyone can use it. brary with a Perceptive Pixel “The hope is for the sandbox screen. to develop organically. Right Hiscoe said the sandbox and now it is just a starting point. the Perceptive Pixel screen is Anyone should be able to walk possible because of a $100,000 into the sandbox and be able to Library Services and Technol- use the devices,” York said. “In ogy Act grant from the Insti- a couple years, this technology tute of Museum and Library will be everything, however Services. right now it isn’t.
“...the sandbox is a place for students to gather around and show...how everything works.”
Lee Residence Hall fire alarm evacuates hundreds An elevator malfunction started a fire Thursday night, emptying Lee and taking an elevator out of operation. Chelsey Francis Staff writer
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Senior co-captian Kay Young explains to her youngest fan why State’s women’s basketball team is the best around.
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ing impact. Our hearts extend to the Cowher family as they endure this difficult loss.” Bill Cowher, former Wolfpack linebacker, won Super Bowl XL in 2006 and was the featured speaker at the University’s 2008 mid-year com-
mencement. In a statement released Saturday, Cowher said Kaye was the family’s “foundation.” “Kaye was such a loving and compassionate person and she was the foundation of our family,” Bill Cowher said. “Kaye was always at my side throughout my career as a player, coach, NFL analyst and, most importantly, as a parent to our three daughters.”
New Student Orientation attendees got an unplanned introduction to college life Thursday night when a fire alarm in Lee Residence Hall went off shortly after midnight. According to University Fire Marshal Bill Stevenson, a malfunctioning dynamic braking control unit on one of the three elevators caused a lot of smoke and set off multiple smoke detectors. The malfunctioning elevator was out of service as of Wednesday, but the two other elevators are still working. Incoming freshmen Tyler Dobbins and Stanley Hryniuk, two of the 234 students
evacuated from Lee Residence no one really seemed to know Hall, said the fire alarm sur- it was the fire alarm. At first, we thought it was a passing fire prised them. Dobbins, a freshman in en- truck,” Hryniuk said. “Then we gineering, said he didn’t recog- all started waking up and realnize the sound of the fire alarm izing it was the fire alarm.” Hryniuk said he thought the or realize how long he was gotime spent outside wasn’t too ing to be outside. bad. “At f i rs t, “We were I thought it outside about w a s s ome an hour body in my and 15 minsuite playing utes, or so it with a sound seemed. The thing on orientation their phone, counselors but af ter it played d ifwent off the Tyler Dobbins, freshman in ferent games second time, engineering and tried I thought I to keep our shou ld go spirits up,” outside,” Dobbins said. “All I did was Hryniuk said. “They kept us grab my keys. I didn’t put a away from the building, which shirt or shoes on and ended up made sense. Overall, it wasn’t having to walk through mulch. that bad.” That hurt my feet a little bit.” Hryniuk, a freshman in electrical engineering, said initially he thought the alarm was a passing emergency vehicle. “The fire alarm went off and
“It was fun, I guess. We got to do a little bit of networking.”
Dobbins also found the time spent outside to be productive. “It was fun, I guess. We got to do a little bit of networking,” Dobbins said. According to Stevenson, the dynamic breaking control unit is used to stabilize the elevator car and keep it in the correct timing. “The smoke was created when the dynamic breaking control unit malfunctioned. When it malfunctioned, it caused a lot of power to back up in the system, overheat the cooling coils and short out the entire system,” Stevenson said. “As soon as the Raleigh Fire Department put out the flames with the fire extinguisher, we killed the power to the elevator,” Stevenson said. “Once that was done, all danger was removed.”
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Congratulating the Chancellor THE FACTS:
Chancellor Woodson has completed 100 days in office. He has increased tuition, hired a new athletic director, changed the heirarchy but hasn’t hired a provost.
OUR OPINION:
After a rough transitional period, we look at the performance of our new chancellor as a vastly positive beginning, despite the couple of disagreements we have with some of his decisions.
The first 100 days of a person’s job reveals a certain level of success and failure that is somewhat indicative of how they will be judged in that position. We’re happy with the Chancellor’s performance and extend our thanks for his hard work. However, he isn’t the superhero we would have liked. Unfortunately, our chancellor has the misfortune of being imperfect in our eyes, but those imperfections are overshadowed by the difficult, yet good decisions he has made. Our favorite proclamation was the hiring of Debbie Yow for the position of athletic director. After the last couple of years of disappointing sport records, moral is low. This move for the new director is a definite boost to our hopes for
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better years to come. However, we don’t like that Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, Thomas Stafford, has been bumped down in the hierarchy under the athletics director. Stafford must report to the provost, who then reports to the chancellor with issues. The athletic director, on the other hand, reports directly to the chancellor. By allowing the issues of sports to be reported to the chancellor in a more seamless fashion than the affairs of all students, the University is sending a message. They think it is more important for sports issues to be resolved before student issues. All students – not just a minority – should
come first. This issue of departmental dominance would probably be resolved if a permanent provost would be hired. The hiring of an athletics director before the hiring of a new provost showed another emphasis on sports over other issues. The provost deals with issues directly involved with things like classes and curriculum. This school is a training place for academics, not sports. As we’ve pointed out, we like that Debbie Yow was chosen swiftly. But we wish the provost would be chosen just as quickly, and we wish Thomas Stafford would have a more direct route of providing infor-
mation to the chancellor than the athletics director. The main point of contention against the chancellor is the 19 percent increase in tuition. For most students, the University bureaucracy are a far-off issue. And though we think that attitude should be changed, the tuition increase is a direct impact on the wallets carried around campus. The direct nature of the increase will render it as the most memorable decision of his first 100 days. Though we acknowledge students will remember the tuition increase and will not like the new hierarchy, we want to remind them that under Chancellor Woodson, we have relatively more good news than usual. He has led us out of a tough transitional period with no scars, and we appreciate it.
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hy are vampires so popular now? The Tw i l ig ht S e r ie s , Vampire Diaries and True Blood are just a few examples of the pop culture takeover from the creatures of the night. Why is their Zakk presence so White ubiquitous in Staff Columnist today’s pop c u lt u re ? Is it just a simple fad, or does it signal something deeper and possibly more mysterious than the vampires themselves. The popularization of these ‘defanged’ vampires is a fairly recent phenomenon. Twilight was published in 2005. Vampire Diaries first premiered on “The CW” in 2009. “HBO” s how Tr ue Blood began in 2008. These three easily display the switch to t he “nicer” vampire. Vampire i s a w ord that once conjured images of fanged, lecherous, old men who had sold their souls to the devil for eternal life. Now they are younger and marketed more toward teenage girls. But the vampire is not just a supernatural creature. Merriam-Webster defines vampire, using couple of more modern definitions, “(1) one who lives by preying on others and (2) a woman who exploits and ruins her lover.” These two are much more a part of the modern conception than the traditional Dracula mold. The recent pop culture representations of vampires don’t focus on terror or evil. They have sexy appeal and dreaminess. Frightening aspects of vampires, such as viciousness and evil, in favor of a more romantic image, portray the decline of true religious belief, which is a major component of society’s image of evil. I truly think vampires aren’t scary anymore in large part because of dwindling religion. The allure of vampires, for everyone including teenage girls, is the possibility of eternal life. In our post-religious age of half-empty churches, eternal life is more likely to be brought by a vampire (or vam-
pire virus) than in the story of Jesus. After all, both in a sense demand bloodshed in pursuit of the eternal life. The saga of the eternal vampire is trying to fulfill a wish of humanity that was traditionally filled by religion. We wish to conquer death. This means that Mormon and author of the ‘Twilight’ series Stephanie Meyer is directly profiting off of the void left by the collapse of religion. The last major popular culture revival of vampire was in 1987, which saw the release of two classics in vampire movie genre: Near Dark and The Lost Boys. In these films, the vampires were cool and sexy, but still evil and scary. They had to be killed at all costs by the protagonists. But there was a development in Near Dark that marked the evolution of vampires from evil to just pla i n cool. At the end of the film, one of the vampi re s , w ho murdered countless innocent people, is turned back into a human. This moment i s one of celebration. There is no punishment or retribution for the vampire killing innocents for food. Instead of seeing vampires as a Halloween horror figure, it seems people are able to appreciate and understand the actions of vampires. Their sympathies in this paranormal figure have slowly robbed others of the dark connotations that put Dracula next to Frankenstein in the lineup. It’s hard to be scared of a monster tweens are ogling for. Frankly, I find the current cultural obsession with a watered-down mythology of beings that were considered the face of horror fiction quite strange and disturbing. In lieu of a stake in the heart, people want to date these vampires. I am not advocating a return to church pews or anything of the sort, but I lament the loss of supernatural horror as truly frightening.
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“How would you judge the first 100 days that have been completed by Chancellor Wodson?” BY PHOTOG NAME
“We seem to be moving into a more positive light after last year’s drama. We seem to be more academically focused now.”
Is our University being altogether catious with our elevator safety?
Conrad Plyler, junior in political science
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he summer is slowly coming to an end, and as we near the beginning of the school year, I feel the need to share some thoughts. T he su m mer a lways seems to pass us by much too quickly. T he m i nute s t u r n into hours, days, weeks Avani Patel and eventually months Deputy Viewpoint Editor faster than many of us realize. Before we know it, we’re packing our bags and moving into our residence halls or apartments, ready to start a new year of stress, work and loads of homework. We bid farewell to the days of lazing around and sleeping until noon. Soon we will welcome 8 a.m. classes and the college experience with open arms all over again. W holehea r ted ly, I’ve always been a fan of the summer. Everything from the 100-degree weather to the abundance of free time on our hands, summertime has an appeal of its own. I grew up in California, and ever since I’ve moved to the wonderful state of North Carolina, summer has been my own personal hit of the Golden State. It takes me back to the beaches and theme parks I grew up near and lures my mind to a bittersweet nostalgia, making
me feel as if my toes are back in the warm sands of Venice Beach. Contemporary college students, however choose to fill this wonderful season with work and school. It would be hypocritical of me to say I didn’t do that same, but as this summer rolls steadily to an end, I find myself disheartened at the thought that I didn’t spend more time just breathing. With summer classes, work and various other commitments, I never got around to scheduling si mply sitting by the pool with a good book or spending a day at the beach w ith close friends. It’s unfortunate that far too many college students have made the same mistake. All of these people with me have let summer slip through their fingers without fully enjoying it. The stress and pressure that comes with the school year is a memory soon we will begin reliving in the upcoming month. We will have deadlines to meet and notes to study. Although summer courses come with some of these necessary evils, the limited class time in a summer day gives us the opportunity to relax a little and bask in the warmth of the summer sun. This advantage isn’t available during the normal school year. I am a strong supporter of summer classes, but I suggest tak-
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ing classes during only one of the two sessions. Take the rest of the summer to enjoy the simple pleasures of the season. With these last few weeks, I recommend you give yourself a break and just relax. Put work and school aside and stop stressing. Sign up for a yoga class. Spend time with your family. Take that much-needed week off. Sleep in as much as you can and take that extra nap. Most importantly, apply this lackadaisical attitude to any part where it can be afforded. With the upcoming stress of classes, we’ll later be thankful for all the relaxation we received. As the school year begins, we have much to look forward to, including all that is encompassed in our busy schedules. It’s important we unwind and clear our heads before we step into our busy lives once again. As the great William Shakespeare once said, “And summer’s lease hath all too short a date,” so enjoy the remainder of your summer! Send Avani Patel your thoughts on self-image to letters@technicianonline. com.
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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 • PAGE 5
COMMENTARY
New health insurance requirement stirs debate Carrell flick hits the spot While not everyone agrees with the requirement, some feel it is a good thing. Nasir Khatri Correspondent
For a college student, $372 dollars can go a long way. That’s textbooks for a semester, an XBOX 360, a credit card payment and health insurance for a semester. Although the latter choice probably doesn’t seem the most appealing, it’s precisely what the UNC System has mandated. The new requirement won’t have any effect on students who already have health insurance as long as they sign a waiver, but the thousands of students who don’t have insurance will be required to pay $372 a semester for it. While some students feel the decision is a fair one, others completely disagree. Robert Hayford, the associate director of Student Health Services, explained the UNC Board of Governors found this to be the best solution to what they saw as a substantial problem in the student population – illnesses and injuries costing students several hours of study
time and absences. requirement increased the fi“I can’t really see any cons nancial burden of getting an in this requirement except education, a burden that now for the cost, which is actually includes a $900 increase in tua pro considering the low rate ition over 2009-2010. being charged,” Hayford said. “What’s the point of buying “The annual rate for the stu- the health insurance if doctor dent health insurance is $744 visits at the Student Health dollars, which is significantly Center are free and the pharlower than the price other pri- macy gives us medicine at a vate insurers discounted charge.” price? It just However, doesn’t make not all stusense,” added dents see the Sameen Mujsituation so taba, a junior optimistiin poly mer ca lly. Faiza and color Mu st a fa, a chemistry. sophomore Hay ford, in biological however, said sciences, said t he he a lt h Faiza Mustafa, sophomore in the new reinsurance biological sciences quirement is is more for not fair. t ho s e w ho may run into “The reason most people don’t have a situation where they require health insurance is not because expensive medical tests or they are lazy. Who wouldn’t treatment by a specialist, such want to do right by their bod- as an asthma specialist or a ies?” Mustafa said. “There are cardiologist. In this scenario, just some people who cannot the bills may rack up to thouafford it, and requiring them sands of dollars, hindering the to spend over $300 a semester student’s ability to pay for the on health insurance is just not rest of their education. fair.” But there are those who do She isn’t alone. Several stu- share the same viewpoint as the dents complained the new UNC Board of Governors.
“The reason most people don’t have health insurance is not because they are lazy.”
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“These few extra hundred dollars are a small price to pay for the peace of mind that comes with health insurance,” Scott Nedvesky, a sophomore in software engineering, said. According to a 2009 report from Harvard Medical School in response to nationwide health care reform, outstanding balances on medical bills account for more than 60 percent of bankruptcies in the United States. Many of those who accrue high medical bills do so suddenly, without anticipating the financial devastation they can cause. These bills can be intimidating and the collection agencies even more so. “You may have never gotten sick before, but all it takes is one time for you to get tonsillitis or appendicitis, and the bills can seriously add up,” Zain Akhter, a junior in mechanical engineering, said.
Dinner for Schmucks
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Dinner for Schmucks exceeds expectations, keeps audience roaring with laughter. Laura Wilkinson Features Editor
From the looks of the previews, I was expecting this particular comedy featuring Steve Carrell and Paul Rudd to bomb at the box office. But with the opening credits, I instantly changed my mind. What I experienced at Dinner for Schmucks was part romance, part sadness and a whole lot of hilarious. Surprisingly, the plot did not mainly center on the actual dinner, but rather the events leading up to the grand finale. Tim Wagner (Rudd) is coerced by his boss to attend a dinner for idiots, or he will forever be stuck in anonymity on the sixth floor at work. Against his girlfriend ’s wishes,
Wagner agrees to the dinner and invites Barry (Carrell), a taxidermist who acts like he was raised in a cardboard box. But once Barry enters Wagner’s life, he refuses to leave. Barry, with his disarming and gentle smile, wreaks havoc on Wagner’s life and charms the audience all at once with his well-meaning but disastrous actions. He’s sensitive, he’s upbeat and most of all he is really, really dumb. While some of the other actors were comedic gold – Zach Galifianakis (The Hangover) and Jermaine Clement (Despicable Me), in particular – Carrell carried the whole film, never letting the energy fall, even during the melancholy scenes. The best thing about Barry is his obsession with dead rodents. Normally, taxidermy creeps me out, but Barry’s dream, manifested by dead mice in full costume, is precious, weird and funny all at once. This film is definitely worth the ticket price. Don’t wait for Netflix, don’t wait for the $1.50 Cinema and don’t wait for Red Box. Dinner for Scmucks is one of those movies that you’ll want to see on the big screen.
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AFTER LEAVING THE ARMY TO GO TO SCHOOL, KHALIDA HENDRICKS CONTINUES TO JUMP OUT OF PERFECTLY GOOD AIRPLANES. Laura Wilkinson
years, and then my third year on the Golden Knights they asked me to be on the comJumping out of a perfectly petition team. So I spent all good airplane with only a para- of 2009 travelling around the country doing chute for pronational comtection is not petitions here a move most in the United people would States, and I willingly learned how make. Espeto do accucially not as a racy, which is routine. But my particular this is exactly discipline that what Khalida I compete in,” Hendricks, Hendricks a senior in said. “At the physics and very end, just former Army Khalida Hendricks, senior in as I was getmaster serphysics ting out of the geant, does Army to go to for fun. “It was just on my list of college, I went to the national things to do. Just like so many championships and I qualified other people, I wanted to do a for a spot on the U.S. National sky dive sometime. But instead Team, and now I’m going to the of just doing one, I wanted to World Championships… as a get my license, which at the civilian.” Hendricks will be headed to time took 20 jumps to get my A license,” Hendricks said. “By the World Style and Accuracy the time I finished 20 jumps, I Landing Parachuting Champiwas completely hooked and I onships for accuracy jumping Aug. 28 to Sept. 4 in Nicsik, never looked back.” While getting ready to get Montenegro. For accuracy out of the Army, the military jumps, she will exit the airwas trying to find some way plane between 3000 and 4000 to keep Hendricks in. They feet and maneuver her way to offered a chance to be on the the specified target. “We pretty much pull the United States Army Parachute Team, also known as the Gold- parachute right away, so there’s really no free-fall involved. en Knights. “I did demonstrations with There’s an electronic scoring the Golden Knights for two pad, it’s 32 centimeters in diFeatures Editor
“By the time I finished 20 jumps, I was completely hooked and I never looked back.”
ameter. In the center of that, there’s a little yellow dot that’s two centimeters in diameter. From 3000 feet we have to navigate our parachute down through all the conditions and try to hit that yellow dot,” Hendricks said. Cheryl Stearns, a fellow U.S. team member, said Hendricks is both a good competitor and a good person. “That’s the biggest thing. Sometimes you can be a great competitor but everybody hates you out there because you’re a jerk. But to have a good personality, a good competitor, on top of it is a special case,” Stearns said. “I have seen a lot come, a lot go – a lot of good ones and a lot of bad ones – attitudewise. She’ll bring up the team in terms of personality, and competition-wise, when you’re around good people you tend to be good yourself.” Stearns, who holds the record for most jumps – over 18,000 – said even though jumping out of an airplane for her is like stepping out of a car for others, it’s still very difficult. “Every jump is different because we’re jumping in different conditions. The winds are different; you caught a thermal, I didn’t catch a thermal; the sun went over the target, the sun didn’t go over the target; the clouds came over the target – you have totally different conditions. It’s a constant chal-
THE STORY BEHIND KHALIDA’S NAME
lenge; that’s why I’ve been doing it for almost 40 years,” Stearns said. “It’s still a challenge for me. I’ve lost more than I’ve ever won, but I’ve won a lot. It’s the consistency out there that will get you to win.” John Hendricks, father to Khalida, said the main thing he feels when watching her parachute is pride, but there have also been times where he has been worried for her. “The failed parachute [demonstration] would always make my heart race a little bit. That one would always scare me because they would drop so far before that second chute would go. The first one would deploy where they normally pulled and then they would have to cut it away,” John Hendrickssaid. “I was always worried that they wouldn’t get the second one up, and if the second one failed if there would even be time for the third one.” When she first started jumping with the military, John Hendricks said there was a three-month period where the family did not hear from Khalida. “When she finally contacted me, I said ‘why haven’t you spoken to us?’ and she said ‘I didn’t want you to worry.’ ‘Why?’ ‘Well, I was jumping out of this plane and I hit some trees.’ Why wouldn’t she tell us? ‘Well, basically I broke my back.’ And that’s why she wouldn’t tell us,” John Hendricks said. Even with the risks, no close
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Khalida Hendricks, a senior in physics, participates in the first U.S. team training camp for parachute accuracy in Lodi, Ca. April 2010.
calls will scare Hendricks away from doing what she loves at the World Championships. “She’s going to do the best she can, she’s going to represent our nation with pride, and
she will be delighted if she or the team gets a medal,” John Hendricks said. “Just the fact that she is there representing our country is enough.”
She was born Suzanne Hendricks. She loved foreign languages, but when she could not figure out Arabic, she joined the U.S. Army to learn it. She spent a year-and-a-half at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, Ca., where she graduated at the top of her class as an Arabic linguist. She liked Arabic so much, she adopted an Arabic first name. So now her full name is Khalida Suzanne Hendricks. One week after legally adopting the name Khalida, 9/11 happened. So it has been awkward at times, but she likes the name. SOURCE: JOHN HENDRICKS
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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010 • PAGE 7
WRESTLING
New coaching hire fills wrestling staff Team carries full coaching staff for first time in 40 years with hiring of assistant coach Lee Pritts
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Tom O’Brien watches from the sideline as the football team competes against Boston College, Oct. 17, 2009.
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pay much attention to what other people are doing. I can’t worry about what Maryland is doing or [North] Carolina or anyone else. My main concern is what we are doing. If I lose focus on what we’re doing and spend too much time worrying about somebody else, then our program suffers. So my main effort is tied into making this a championship football team. Technician: What does she bring to the table in terms of her beliefs toward improving Wolfpack athletics? O’Brien: I think her beliefs are what you would want them to be. Obviously she impressed the chancellor when they interviewed and he felt she was the right person to help get this program to where everyone wants it to be, not just here in
the Murphy Center, but everywhere in the state where there is a Wolfpack graduate. You certainly welcome that. Technician: Obviously she is a winner. Twenty national championships in 14 years at Maryland. What else do you have to say? O’Brien: She has the experience. She has been at the highest levels of this conference and nation so she brings a wealth of knowledge and a lot of “howto,” which is all good because she has had positive experiences. Technician: Overall, how do you feel about Yow and the decision to make her State’s new athletics director? O’Brien: I think it was a good hire. It’s the chancellor’s hire, so as long as he is happy, then the rest of us are all happy.
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after hiring Steve Anceravage to give the former two-time All-American at Cornell his first experience coaching at the college level, Jordan has brought in a seasoned assistant who coached a number Tyler Everett and of All-American and national Kate Shefte champion wrestlers while helping elevate Missouri to national Sports Editor and Senior prominence. Staff Writer Jordan said Pritts’ recruiting In 2010, for the first time track record speaks for itself. “Lee’s accomplished in evin 40 years, coach Carter Jordan and the Wolfpack ery level of coaching, espewrestling program will cially recruiting,” Jordan said. “That’s t he have a full most imporcoaching ta nt aspect staff at its of our job, in disposal. my opinion. “You alHe has high ways want school a nd to have a college confull staff,” tacts all over Jordan t he counsa id. “It try. Just the really alcouple weeks lows you coach Carter Jordan that he’s been the abilworking for ity to reus have been ally focus on specific areas that each amazing.” Jordan believes the addition coach is really good at. We all bring a different skill of Pritts will elevate a program set to the job. You can be that already has no problem atmuch more organized and tracting some of the best local talent on the national scale. it’s much easier to plan.” “When you’re the UniverIn hiring former Missouri assistant Lee Pritts, a 12- sity of Iowa, everyone wants year coaching veteran, the to come to your school. When Pack has added far more you’re N.C. State, there’s a lot than a placeholder to what to attract but you have to get in is no longer an understaffed there and sell it,” Jordan said. group of coaches. A year “You have to go out there and
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beat the bushes, and Lee is a great bush beater.” Pritts, who grew up in Florida and wrestled at Eastern Michigan University, said his new job is one he began dreaming of before he completed his own AllAmerican collegiate wrestling career back in the 1990s. “Ever since I decided I wanted to coach wrestling when I was in college, I knew N.C. State was where I wanted to be,” Pritts said. Now, Jordan has two former collegiate wrestlers in Anceravage and Pritts working alongside him that came to State for an official visit but, for one reason for another, chose to go elsewhere. “One way or another, we’ll get you here,” Jordan said. “It may take a while, but we’ll get
you here.” Pritts’ hire as the Pack’s newest assistant will not only help Jordan with recruiting and give Pritts himself a job he has always wanted, his track record indicates that he will also improve every Wolfpack wrestler on the roster by giving everyone from 2009 national champ Darrion Caldwell to incoming walk-ons a better chance at starring at nationals. “A lot of kids that come to the collegiate level, for whatever reason, never pan out,” Jordan said. “There are a lot of kids that you wouldn’t give the time of day to. Lee does a good job of finding those kids – the diamonds in the rough.”
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Good, bad news for the Pack
ACC KICKOFF, INJURIES AND LEGAL TROUBLES HIGHLIGHT TEAM’S BUSY WEEK STORY BY TAYLOR BARBOUR
Drug charges dismissed Senior offensive tackle Jake Vermiglio, redshirt junior defensive tackle Markus Kuhn and redshirt junior defensive tackle J.R. Sweezy, who were all charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, had their charges dismissed on Tuesday, as a judge ruled that the police searched the players’ apartment illegally. District Judge Keith Gregory described how the police needed to have a valid warrant to enter the apartment, deeming the arrests unlawful. “There was nothing to indicate tenants were aware of law enforcement,” Gregory said. The fourth player, redshirt junior tight end George Bryan, had his trial postponed but still faces the same charges. All four players remain on the team heading into the season.
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Catcher named Cape Cod All-Star
Senior Jake Vermiglio opens up a hole for former State running back Jamelle Eugene against Clemson on Nov. 14, 2009.
Junior catcher Pratt Maynard was named to the Cape Cod Baseball League East Division All-Star team this week. Maynard, who plays for the Harwich Mariners, leads the league in walks with 26, while batting .244 with two home runs and 19 runs driven in. Also, Maynard has a .419 on-base percentage, good enough for second place in the league.
Tight end Bryan named to Preseason All-ACC team
Former Pack golfer wins PGA Tour event
Redshirt junior tight end George Bryan was named to the Preseason All-ACC team by the media Wednesday. Bryan was the only N.C. State player named to the team that had five UNC-Chapel Hill players named to it. The pick was not unexpected, as the tight end was named to the first-team All-ACC team after last season. In his first year as a full time starter, Bryan caught 40 passes, averaging 10.6 yards per catch. The redshirt junior also caught six touchdown passes, which tied for second on the team. SOURCE: WRAL SPORTS
Former N.C. State golfer Carl Pettersson won his fourth PGA Tour event this past weekend, winning the RBC Canadian Open at St. George’s Golf and Country Club. Pettersson shot a tournament record in the third round with a 10-under and went on to take the lead in the final round beating Dean Wilson by a single stroke, finishing 14-under. Pettersson was a former two-time All-American at N.C. State earning the award in 1999 and 2000.
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George Bryan lunges for a pass in the end zone against the Demon Deacons last season. He had six receptions in the game.
Pack picked to finish fourth The media has picked the Wolfpack to finish fourth in the six team Atlantic Division this season while down at the ACC Football Kickoff in Greensboro this week. The event, which brings together the media, all the ACC coaches and two players from each team, helps to kick off the 2010-2011 football season. State received 283 votes compared to the 565 votes given to Florida State, the team chosen to win the Atlantic. Virginia Tech once again led all teams with 50 votes to win the ACC Championship. However, coach Tom O’Brien quickly told the media at the Kickoff, that he does not put a lot into the preseason picks. “That doesn’t mean anything,” O’Brien told gopack. com. “When you guys [the media] start picking them right every season, I will start believing them. All we can do is play the games as they come along and try to win them.”
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DID YOU KNOW? Junior first baseman Harold Riggins is tied for first in home runs in the Northwoods Summer League with eight
2010-2011 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE SATURDAY, SEPT. 4 VS. WESTERN CAROLINA Carter-Finley Stadium, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, SEPT. 11 @ UCF Orlando, Fla., 7:30 p.m. THURSDAY, SEPT. 16 VS. CINCINNATI Carter-Finley Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
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Sophomore wide receiver, Quintin Payton, pats the wolf in the tunnel before taking the field against Maryland on Nov. 7 2009.
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Smith out for season Just weeks before fall practice begins, cornerback Rashard Smith had surgery on his knee, eliminating any chances of the sophomore to play in the upcoming season. The secondary was fragile already for the Pack heading into the season, as the team lacks experience and the Smith injury only further diminishes it, as the sophomore was penciled in as one of the starters on the defense. According to head coach Tom O’Brien, the injury is the same type of injury that former N.C. State running back Toney Baker sustained three years earlier. Sophomore Jordan Monk, who is listed as Smith’s backup, has only played in two career games.
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SATURDAY, SEPT. 25 @ GEORGIA TECH Atlanta, Ga., TBA SATURDAY, OCT. 2 VS. VIRGINIA TECH Carter-Finley Stadium, TBA SATURDAY, OCT. 9 VS. BOSTON COLLEGE Carter-Finley Stadium, TBA SATURDAY, OCT. 16 @ EAST CAROLINA Greenville, N.C., noon THURSDAY, OCT. 28 @ FLORIDA STATE Carter-Finley Stadium 7:30 PM SATURDAY, NOV. 6 @ CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., TBA SATURDAY, NOV. 13 VS. WAKE FOREST Carter-Finley Stadium, TBA SATURDAY, NOV. 20 @ NORTH CAROLINA Chapel Hill, N.C., TBA SATURDAY, NOV. 27 @ MARYLAND College Park, Md., TBA
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Coach Mark Stevenson and the Wolfpack gymnastics team welcomed back former assistant coach Collen Johnson last week, as she was rehired as an assistant coach. Johnson begins her second tour as an assistant coach at N.C. State, as she left the program in 2004 for a job as an assistant coach at Arizona University. During her time at Arizona, Johnson was named the Co-South Central Region Assistant of the Year in 2007 and focused on choreographing the floor routines and coaching the balance beam.
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INSIDE
COUNTDOWN
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Sophomore cornerback Rashard Smiths hangs his head following a 52-20 loss to Boston College, Oct. 17, 2009.
THOUGHTS ON YOW Editor’s note: In the final installment of Thoughts on Yow, a series of interviews with various varsity head coaches, football coach Tom O’Brien discusses his opinions of the Wolfpack’s new athletics director. Tucker Frazier Deputy Sports Editor
In three years with the Pack, football coach Tom O’Brien has led his team to one bowl game and a combined three-year record of 16-21 overall and 9-15 in ACC play.
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Technician: What were your initial thoughts when you first heard Debbie Yow was N.C. State’s new athletics director? O’Brien: I was excited. She is a North Carolina native a nd k nows a lot about this state. She understands the fabric of the Wolfpack nat ion, especially with her sister Kay [Yow] being Football coach here for so many years. She’s been an athletics director in the ACC for 14 years so she has a good working knowledge of the conference. It’s exciting that we have someone of her talents to be our boss.
Technician: How do you feel your first three years at N.C. State have gone so far and what are your goals for the future? O’Brien: We have not had a normal season yet and t hat’s what we are looking forward to: the opportunity to just have a regul a r s e a s on without getTom O’Brien ting knocked back two steps with injuries every time we take one step forward. We started 10 different defenses in 12 games last year. There is no way to be a good defensive football team that way because
“We have to win football games. We are here to be champions.”
there’s no continuity and no consistency. We just want to have the opportunity to play the same guys and get through a year as a normal football team would do. Technician: What are some things Yow and yourself see eye to eye on? O’Brien: We have to win football games. We are here to be champions. I enumerated before about our little setbacks here and there. They are kind of like little bumps in the road, but that’s all they are. It’s nothing we cannot overcome and I think she understands that after watching me and my career at Boston College and what we have gone through these first three years at State. Technician: Other coaches
have talked about Yow bringing a new sense of energy to Wolfpack athletics. Can you elaborate? O’Brien: That is generally normal when someone comes in. You could say that about any head coach or any head of a department. They come in with energy and want to put their stamp on it. It’s a new job and a new opportunity for them. As I said before, she has a wealth of experience and energy so there are a lot of things that she can do to help make us all better. Technician: Talk a little bit about what Yow did for Maryland’s football program during her tenure. O’Brien: I honestly don’t
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