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Senate president explains criteria, resolution Student Senate leader says three questions concerning Student Center fee were considered Ty Johnson Editor-in-Chief

The Student Senate took three criteria into account while considering the results of the student fee referenda leading to its vote to encourage the fee review committee to approve the $83 fee increase for the Student Center Expansion fee which 61.6 percent of voters opposed. According to Resolution 22, the Student Senate chose to evaluate the data collected in the referenda based on three criteria: whether students see a need for increased funding for a respective project or service, whether students expressed a particular fee is a top priority among all other proposed fee increases and whether a majority of students voted in support of at least partial funding of a proposed fee increase. Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said the inclusion of the three questions on the referenda informed students that all of their answers would be taken into consideration. “That’s how the questions were on the referenda. That’s the three ways we were assessing support on the fee,” Rogers said. “If they read the whole referenda, then they knew there were three questions.” Rogers said the tuition and fees committee determined the three criteria would be what the Senate used to

Technician staff contacted 15 senators who voted in favor of Resolution 22:

Jessica Neville Staff Writer

The Board of Governors, the governing body of the UNC System, discussed manners to enhance the importance of service at its 16 institutions at its October meeting Friday at the Spangler Center in Chapel Hill. Much of Friday’s meeting was spent recognizing the 2009 recipient of the Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Public Service. James R. Cook, associate professor of psychology at UNC Charlotte, received the honor for his commitment to improving the lives of disadvantaged people in his community and for encouraging his students to value community service. The BOG also discussed revising the mission statements of each school to better reflect a commitment to public service on behalf of the faculty and staff. Chancellor Jim Woodward said the award and the discussion over revision of the mission statements “strongly emphasize the direction the Board of Governors is trying to take in regards to community involvement.” “N.C. State has already shown a commitment to public service, and is leading the other universities of our system in making our campuses more involved in their communities,” Woodward said. The board also voted to adopt a University Sustainability Policy, which applies to all universities in the system. The policy states that the UNC System “shall establish sustainable development and resource management, or ‘sustainability,’ as a core value of institutional operations, planning, capital construction and purchasing practices.” “This shows another priority of the UNC School System, to make all our campuses more sustainable,” Woodward said. “NC State has already taken

William, Lahti, Graduate Do you feel you’re representing your constituents? “I feel that I acted in the best interests of my constituents. We discussed Talley at the University Graduate Student Association but no formal decision was made.”

Stephen Kouba Jr., CHASS Senior What compelled you to vote against the student body referenda? “I did not vote against the student body referenda, I voted for the entire fee referendum on the bill, which included increasing funds for three out of six programs. Rally 4 Talley met two out of the three criteria necessary to be passed. Students voted that they wanted a new student center and also placed it as the second top priority after ETS, they just didn’t vote to pay for it. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. I don’t think students were informed of the consequences of not paying for a new student center now. In four years, the fee will be greater than $80-would students want to pay the fee then? Although I realize that this is a big financial burden, it is not an ordinary circumstance. This is our chance to leave a legacy at our

First Year College Senator Sarah Lindh said in an e-mail: “There were other fees on the referenda that needed our support for the fee

evaluate the referenda. Rogers assured she and the committee worked hard to assure no bias was given to any fee. Tuition and Fees Committee Chair Jake Bloodworth could not be reached for comment Sunday. Rogers said objectively wording the referenda in a way so students ranked the most important issues to them was difficult, especially since the instant runoff process was used. “It doesn’t give you what’s most important to every student,” Rogers said.

“It tells you, when comparing to what all other students said, this is what students would prefer.” Rogers said the tuition and fees committee did consider looking into a smaller fee, but said construction would be delayed by two years. “The first-year fee would have to be financed for so long it would delay construction for two years,” Rogers said. “They had the other options and looked at it.” Rogers said previously her stance on

Board of Governors encourages service Woodward says University is leading others toward community involvement

University for future generations to enjoy.”

Kyle O’Donnell, Engineering Senior What compelled you to vote against the student body referenda? “I disagree with the premise of this question. 56% of students voted to support a new student center, but the students were against the $83 fee. 35% of students also placed Talley as their top priority. The Senate voted to pass the Rally 4 Talley fee after all the data was evaluated, and two out of the three criteria were met.

increases that the students voted in favor. The referendum was not created only for the Talley/Atrium renovation and each fee needed equal attention. It’s easy for the student body to see that we voted in favor of the fee referenda solely on the Talley/Atrium fee, but that was not our main focus. The Senate’s approval of the referenda is only one phase out of many to decide on each fee increase, which is all overseen by the Board of Governors and further to the General Assembly. Regardless of how the Senate voted, the student’s opinion was seen and will be heavily considered in the future decisions of this University.” Senators Katie Mills, John O’Daniel, Kelly Maryman, David Bascombe, Kristen Baughman, Jake Bloodworth, Jasmine Brown, Sarah Center, Jeanne Chen and Heather Chiang could not be reached for comment. Sen. Brianne Bower declined to comment. Compiled by Jessica Neville and Alanna Howard

the Talley Student Center fee would be determined by the referenda, and she maintains she sought to represent students as best she could according to the criteria. “I looked at the other options as well,” Rogers said, referring to the smaller fees and longer delays in construction. “I voted with the [56.6] percent of students that said it was a need.”

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steps to make our campus environmentally-friendly, so we are leading the System in this goal as well.” On Thursday the five committees of the BOG met to review and finalize decisions to be voted on in Friday’s meeting by the entire board. The committees include Audit, Budget and Finance, Education Planning, Personnel and Tenure, and Governance. Greg Doucette, N.C. Central Law School student, served as N.C. State’s Student Senate president in 2007 and 2008 and is now the president of the UNC Association of Student Governments. This gives him an automatic spot on the UNC BOG to serve as a representative of the students of the UNC System. Doucette serves on the Budget and Finance Committee, which passed an authorization for work to be done on the Dan Allen parking deck. “The board is also discussing the retreat rights of faculty that serve in administrative positions and are going back to their regular jobs,” Doucette said. “The common practice is to give six months to a year of leave time in order for administrators to reacquaint themselves with their previous teaching jobs. Nothing was decided yet but the board will continue discussing the current retreat rights system in the November meeting.” The Board of Governors will meet next Nov. 13.

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William Henderson, a junior in mechanical engineering, plays one of the tenor sax parts of “Sweet Child of Mine” during the halftime show of Saturday’s football game against Duke. “The thrill of being on the field in front of 60,000 fans is enough to keep me coming back each year,” Henderson said. The song was a special arrangement by Wes Parker, the assistant director of the marching band.

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To help eliminate potentially unsafe situations for students, faculty and staff as they move across the campus’ more than 2,000 acres, the University Police Department provides a safety escort service to protect during the hours of darkness on campus. Mike Mullins, an officer with Campus Police, said the safety escort service is a courtesy for students that does its best to locate students and safely assist them to their destinations, whether they walk or drive. He said Campus Police will assist students after hours for more than just escorting. “Most students don’t know that we will come unlock or jump start their cars if needed after hours,” Mullins said. Kristen Picot, a freshman in biological sciences, said first-year students may be unaware or unsure of the escort system. “We’re freshman and we’re still getting used to everything so we’re a hesitant to use safety escort,” Picot said. Mullins said the majority of students who use the escort service are women, but some males use the service as well. “I know girls that use it often, and the guys I know that use it are usually just drunk,” Skylar McMahon, a sophomore in criminology, said. The escort service is also used to avoid the rain. “When it was dark and raining and I had to walk from Avent Ferry to North Hall, I always called a safety escort,” Angie Rodriguez, a sophomore in criminology, said. Contracted security guards provide a driving safety escort to outer areas of campus, including the Vet School, the Avent Ferry Complex and Centennial Campus. “Sometimes the wait took up to an hour then other times it only took 10 minutes,” Rodriguez said. Once the request for an escort has been made, the response time for an escort is approximately 10 to 15 minutes according to campus police. The escort service tries to prioritize requests; individuals and those at remote locations may take priority over groups and those in buildings. Mullins said, “Every situation varies and the escorts tend to be delayed depending on the distance and occasionally rain.” “We are here for the students and we typically do not deny even the smallest request,” he said. Response time may also depend upon demand and time of night. Safety escorts are limited to groups of no more than three people at a time. Sometimes the escorts can’t find the students and vice versa. Contracted security guards can be identified by their white and black uniforms designated by “Budd Security Group,” as well as the Budd Security Group Safety Escort vehicle. According to the University’s policies, rules and regulations, the Department of Public Safety is designated the campus law enforcement agency for North Carolina State University as described in N.C. General Statute 116-40.5 and has all the powers and authority described in the statute. Campus Police is governed by the Department of Environmental Health and Public Safety, meaning the students support this program through student fees.

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The Facts:

Students voted in large numbers on Tuesday’s fee referenda. More than 61 percent of students voted that the fee not be passed in its current form. Student Senate went against the referendum and recommended that the University fee committee approve the Talley fee — it did.

Our Opinion:

Student Senate blatantly rejected what was a clear and decisive decision by students. It shouldn’t expect students’ votes in the future.

‘Technician’ regrets the error S tudent Government held a fee referenda for students to give input on the fee process Tuesday. It is one of the few instances during the year where students can give the Student Senate direct input about the fees they would like to see. Technician regrets asking students to vote in the election, and sincerely apologizes to the students who wasted five minutes of their time on what amounted to glorified fraud. Student Senate perverted the Talley-Atrium fee’s unequivocal results and used a ridiculous criteria system where students’ could clearly vote against the proposed fee, but it could still pass as the students’ will. Their astounding intelligence and insight is nothing short of brilliance. It takes tru-

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief.

ly heroic characters to valiantly vote against the will of a voting body that included slightly less than 6,000 well-informed students. Secondly, students should congratulate senators for pointing out how inferior they are compared to the scholarly lions in the senate chamber. Students should appreciate the senators incredible omniscience on the size of their wallets and appreciate the ways they insulted students on Tuesday. There is nothing that excites students more than having their direct will subverted by students who are on the cusp of justice and civic duty.

Essentially, the student senators — students’ “advocacy body, addressing the concerns of the student body, and bringing these concerns to the attention of the University” — took what could have been an opportunity to represent their constituents and used a bizarre interpreting methodology to do the administration’s will. Chancellor Jim Woodward sent the University fee committee recommendations for what he would like the University to do. Many leaders have indicated the entire process was a done deal before it got started. The referenda didn’t matter and the fee review committee was just going to give

the chancellor’s proposals a rubber stamp of approval. The Student Senate may not have the power to unilaterally block the fee in its current form. But Student Body President Jim Ceresnak and Student Senate President Kelli Rogers had votes at the University fee review committee. Student Senate had an opportunity to represent students and recommend that Rogers and Ceresnak follow students’ will and fight against the proposal in the committee meeting Wednesday. Instead, the Student Senate ignored students and did what it wanted. Technician apologizes for asking you to believe the democratic process has any weight in the decision-making processes of the University.

The death of democracy

tudents profoundly voted down Proposition 909.30 last Monday. A lmost 6,000 students turned out — 21.4 percent of regular undergraduates — to voice their utter and complete dissent of several student fee proposals. A rema rkable 61.6 percent of N.C. State’s students decided that t h is projec t Russell wasn’t in their Witham economic best Viewpoint Editor interest, despite the rhetoric offered by the Rally 4 Talley campaign and University administrators. The student body had well represented itself and made a clear point. In the fashion that I thought was reserved for the most callous and bitter old men on Capitol Hill, most of Student Senate — students’ representative to the University — turned on its own constituents. I sat in the Student Senate meeting for several hours last Tuesday and watched most of “our representatives” effectively claim that students were too stupid to know what we had voted for. It was appalling and disgusting to watch my elected leaders — yes, I did elect a few of these traitorous heathens — undo my vote. I won’t use names because I don’t want to see them stoned, but I heard one senator say that his constituents weren’t informed enough to make an appropriate decision. Really, because the $10,000 Campus Enterprises provided to advertise the Talley campaign didn’t inform anyone on the topics; and Technician is so shoddy that no one can believe the myriad coverage it provided. This was the best informed voting base I’ve ever seen; as one senator pointed out, he had friends in California who knew about Talley — California! Another senator said he couldn’t take the vote seriously because “51 percent of students didn’t vote.” Is he kidding? Student Government’s referenda received a 531 percent voter increase during the last two years (3.9 percent two years ago, 21.4 percent this year), and the turnout isn’t reputable. Perhaps the senator should take a look at what percentage of eligible voters participated in his election — he probably shouldn’t

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be taken seriously either. An enlightened soul chimed in, saying that, clearly, 81 percent of students had no opinion (18.9 percent of students voted in total). Oh right, that’s why you were elected, so you could make generalized assumptions about your constituents in order to disregard the vote that was unfavorable to your project . I wish I could say this was the end of the betrayal, that thoughtful deliberation occurred and the students were vindicated. Not on this occasion, the writer’s of the recommendation came up with an absurd formula, where the Talley-Atrium fee could lose the vote and still be the “will” of the students. By claiming that students saw a need for changes and that the project was a priority (see the first and last questions on the ballot), students had actually consented to the proposed fee they specifically dissented to by an overwhelming 61.6 percent. It was sickening to watch their blatant disregard of student will for their personal legacies and resume building. Does Talley need to be rebuilt? Yes. Will it be more expensive in the future? Yes. But this economic crisis was created, in part, by people who spent money they didn’t have and organizations that convinced them their mortgage wasn’t too much. The lesson of this economy was that people must stop spending beyond their means — apparently Student Government missed it. To add insult to our injury, the University fee review committee, with the Student Senate recommendation as a point of support, decided last Wednesday to unanimously put its weight behind the AtirumTalley fee. The ego and legacy of the administrators and student leaders sitting around that table corrupted their minds to the point that they could no longer see the students they served — that’s sad. I’m ashamed to say that lot represents me and will never again trust in the self-serving rubber-stamp committee that Student Senate is — after its betrayal, neither should you. The senators who adhered to the vote lost, and so did students. Tuesday and Wednesday of last week were sad days for the University — democracy died.

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Are you upset Student Senate voted for the Talley Fee? Why or why not? Michele chandler

“I’m not upset. Yes it’s a fee increase, but if it’s being put to good use it’s okay.”

The Student Senate didn’t care about the vote of the students.

Justin Cannon senior, political science

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Students’ intelligence was insulted Rarely have I felt my intelligence insulted as much as it was last week. I would love to know where policy makers gathered the gall to move forward with a severely flawed plan of execution on the new Talley Student Center after deliberately withholding essential information from their constituents. I agree with Mr. Hinton’s article wholeheartedly, especially the part where they spend money, the origin of which we are in the dark about, and provide us with an insulting lack of information. Where, may I ask, did the campaign get funding and, most importantly, approval for the $10,000 the campaign spent on the Rally 4 Talley campaign? Were students forced into that round of robbery also? We are in a recession! We do not have $83 to add to the already exorbitant fees we pay to attend this institution! This fee referendum received an impressive 61 percent shoot-down by intelligent human beings who know full well this project will not be completed by 2013 or within budget, and still they think it is okay to ignore us! If you don’t care about our opinion, DON’T ASK! I can assure you that future participation will

be decimated by this disgusting, dismissive display.

hang out. Learning should be fun. Right?

Alexandra Hill Senior, technology education

Sam Brubaker junior, art and design

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Zakk, what’s the matter, couldn’t find the catalog cards? Did your microfilm roll away? My point is that I find it somewhat disturbing that anyone (much less a student) could have such a reactionary idea about what a library should be, and I feel that it is my duty as a student to offer a rebuttal in case an administrator takes you seriously. Ice cream is delicious, Zakk. You even said it yourself. Video games are fun. Why take that away? What do you suggest those things be replaced with, more “constructive, quiet study spaces”? Because if you visit any of the upper floors at D.H. Hill, you’ll find plenty of those, and they’re just as boring as you’d like them to be. You get like, six or seven floors of that. Come on, man. Zakk, you were a child once (I assume); how can you be so out of touch with the people you grew up with? Can you not empathize with your fellow students who would crumble under the tedium of academic life were it not for the small amenities that let us pretend that maybe we came to the library because we wanted to? You even want to take away our cool designer chairs! I’m trying to imagine your freshman dorm, Zakk, and all I see is a militarystyle bunk with the Encyclopedia Britannica as a nightstand. Okay, that was mean. This isn’t about you, Zakk; this is about the library -- and I LIKE our library. I’m proud of it. I like the quiet study places, and I like the ice cream and video games. There’s no reason why we can’t have both. Non-essential accommodations are what make university life bearable. This is why I can say, without any shred of sarcasm, that the library is a cool place to

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Our Student Government has betrayed us. They asked us to take valuable time out of our busy schedules to vote about Talley and other financial issues, and then they met behind our backs and overturned our decision. Why did they even ask us to vote about Talley, if they were going to make the decision for us in the end? Why was there an elaborate ad campaign? It’s not like there wasn’t a good voter turn out. Over 20 percent of the student body voted! Out of those students 61.6 percent voted no for the Talley renovation fee. However, Student Government, whose job it is to represent the student voters, completely ignored our poll results and took the matter into their own hands. Essentially, thirty some people made a decision that will effect over 33,000 students. The fee is on us, the students, we should decide whether we want to pay it, not some student senators on a power trip looking out for their own interests. Apparently our student government doesn’t believe in democracy. Why has the N.C. State student regime forced this fee on us that we clearly voted against? Like pick pockets, they should not be allowed to steal $83 out of our pockets after we’ve said no and walked away. It’s our money and we voted against spending it. Sara Marley sophomore, environmental design

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Skin cancer a threat to students Staying tan holds harsh consequences for the future Laura Wilkinson

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SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor An SPF of 2 blocks out about 50% of the sun. An SPF of 15 blocks out about 93% of the sun. An SPF of 30 blocks out about 97% of the sun.

As autumn begins and the warm • temperatures of summer disappear, the last thing on a student’s mind is • protection from the sun. Although that glowing tan seems well worth Source: Anita flick the hours spent on the beach or the money spent for a session in the tanning bed, there is a possibility of a getting it, but I tend not to think about it. I love the sun, but I could large drawback in the future. The drawback comes in the form definitely be at risk.” So while students are lying out in of skin cancer. Dr. Anita Flick, the director of the sun for an extended period of Health Professions Advising and time, the sunburn that follows dama teaching assistant professor, co- ages the skin and increases the risk wrote an activity book called “Slip of developing skin cancer. “Studies have Slop Slap” that shown that one provides useful blistering sunburn information rein childhood or garding skin canteen years or five cer and protection or more sunburns from the sun. in their life more “Sk i n c a ncer than doubles a is the most comperson’s risk for mon form of canmelanoma,” Flick cer in the United said. States and one in Students who f ive A mericans ta ke protective will develop some measures, such form of skin canAnita Flick, director of Health as Danah Al-Subcer in their lifeProfessions Advising and a teaching assistant professor agha, a freshman time,” Flick said. i n accou nt i ng, “It is almost the lower their risk for mo s t c om mon form of cancer among young adults sunburn and skin damage that leads to skin cancer. ages 15 to 39.” “When I am out in the sun a lot, Grace Williamson, a freshman in biology, believes the issue is a big I’ll use sunscreen,” Al-Subagha said. While it may be tempting to pull problem, but thinks most students do not think about getting skin out the SPF four or eight, Flick recommends an SPF of 30 or higher, cancer. “They’re just thinking about now, which blocks out about 97 percent about getting a good tan,” Wil- of the sun. She said to apply a coat liamson said. “I am worried about of sunscreen at least twenty minutes

“[Skin cancer] is almost the most common form of cancer among young adults ages 15 to 39.”

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Christon Wiles, a sophomore in zoology, sunbathes in the West Campus Amphitheater. “I’m getting really pale in the winter, so this is my last stand,” Wiles said.

before venturing outdoors and to reapply about every two hours and more often when swimming for long periods of time. “On cloudy days, the sun’s rays can still pass through and give you a sunburn,” Flick said. “They can also give you a sunburn during the winter, because snow reflects the sun like a mirror.” Students like Al-Subagha sometimes use tanning beds to keep golden during the winter. However, she said she is not worried about the adverse effect they can have on her health because she does not use

them excessively. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the ultraviolet light that is used in tanning beds is a proven human carcinogen. Frequent tanners using new highpressure sunlamps may receive as much as twelve times the annual UVA dose compared to the dose they receive from sun exposure according to the HHS. Tanning beds produce an artificial tan that may look good on the outside, but in reality they are exactly what some students, such as Bar-

bara Gray, a freshman in first year college, call them: “cancer beds.” Since skin cancer is caused by the sun’s rays and rays produced by alternative tanning products, a student’s best bet, Flick said, is to take cover from the sun and use sunscreen. So, while the weather may be getting cooler, keep your skin healthy: think twice before getting into the tanning bed and take an extra two minutes to put on SPF — it’ll definitely be worth your while years from now.

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From NY to LA, Project Runway still a success Season six offers new additions Rich Lepore staff writer

On August 20th, 2009, Lifetime finally premiered the much delayed sixth season of “Project Runway.” The first five seasons of the show were broadcast on the Bravo Network, owned by NBC Universal, and on that channel, the show became the number one most highly rated cable reality show according to EW.com. Therefore, the rights to season six were much sought after, and Lifetime was the high bidder. But that was not the end of the drama. This sixth season was actually recorded almost a year ago and the rights to air it have been locked up in a legal battle among the show’s majority owner, The Weinstein Company, Bravo and Lifetime. In April, the courtroom dispute finally ended, and the season was set to begin airing this August. The network was not the only change to the show for this season, however. First of all, the show was moved from New York, which has long been considered the fashion capitol of the world, to Los Angeles, a city that has been picking up steam as of late in the high-fashion race. Originally, the entire look of the set was supposed to be overhauled as well, but more conservative heads eventually prevailed, reportedly much to the dismay of co-host Heidi Klum. The biggest change from season five to season six was the addition of a second show, “Models of the Runway,” which is aired each week for a half hour directly following the main show. This is a fantastic new aspect to the Runway universe — it finally fills in a large gap in the viewer’s understanding of the show as a whole. In previous seasons, the models, who seemed to be intimately involved in various aspects of the show, were seen as mute automatons, bouncing or prancing down

the runway to be seen but not heard. The models were always a part of the competition, and at the end of each season, the model paired with the winning designer would win $50,000 and a fashion spread in Elle magazine. Before, whichever model happened to win appeared to simply be lucky, for no aspect of the models’ day-to-day attempts to succeed were shown to the viewers. After watching the first six episodes of “Project Runway,” followed by “Models of the Runway,” I now understand that although the models are not exactly given ample opportunity to truly compete for the prize, they are still able to sway the results of the various eliminations in their own favor. The majority of the “Models of the Runway” show is comprised of behind-thescenes footage of the models attempting in some way to endear themselves to their designers through flattery, or flirting, or whatever else might work. It is the meat and potatoes m a i n s h o w, however, that is really soaring this season. Klum has really perfected the art of being generally icy cold, but just caring enough to be a good role model to the aspiring fashionistas. Co-host Tim Gunn acts as her perfect foil: the nurturing counterpoint to Heidi’s cold glamour. Gunn is this show’s secret weapon, for he is the one who is really down in the trenches with the designers, being both mentor and friend when he is needed most. He will criticize a design when necessary, but mostly, he is upbeat. “Make it Work,” is his famous one-liner, and it really sums up his whole attitude about life and success. This is the first season, however, in which he has become notice-

ably agitated at the poor behavior of a designer. One of the designers, Johnny, came to season six as a recovering crystal meth addict, and in the first episode, he had a mental breakdown and decided that he was not good enough to be in the competition. Johnny left his workspace and cowered in the hallway, where Tim Gunn joined him. Gunn told him that he wouldn’t even be in the competition if his portfolio hadn’t been remarkable. Gunn was eventually successful in talking Johnny down off the proverbial ledge. Flash forward to episode five. Johnny was working on a garment that was supposed to be inspired by a trip the contestants took to the Los Angeles Times. The designers had to use paper to make the majority of a dress, and Johnny was in the process of making a crumpledlooking dress that was supposed to appear to be held up by little paper birds. When Gunn visited Johnny for a consultation, he told Johnny if he wasn’t careful, it would look like birds had instead “attacked the dress.” Johnny was defeated, and laughter ensued all around the workroom as Johnny crumpled up the “garment” and threw it into the trash. Then he began work on a new dress. The new dress was even worse, and as the judges trashed it at the elimination ceremony, Johnny decided to lie and say that he had originally made a “really incredible Dior-like dress,” but that the steam from an iron had “sputtered” on it and forced him to start over. Johnny’s lie was transparentand he was eliminated. After bidding Johnny a cold goodbye, Gunn lost his cool temper for a moment.

“On “Project Runway” you get substance over style, and for a fashion show, that is truly revolutionary.”

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“I am incredulous at that utterly preposterous spewing of fiction Johnny did on the runway,” Gunn said. “It was ridiculous.” This was a first for Gunn, and it really emphasized the no-holdsbarred direction that the show has taken in its Los Angeles season. Overall, with the exception of the premature elimination of fanfavorite designer Ra’mon last week, this season has been the best in the show’s history. This is due to the combination of a well-varied cast, a new, yet familiar setting and the show’s decision to stick to the formula that has made it so successful in

the past. “Project Runway” is, at its core, a show about fashion, and the producers never decide to place the emphasis on cheap infighting and insults. About 30 minutes of the show’s 43-minute actual runtime is about the process of making and displaying couture clothing. You can watch twenty-somethings flirt with social disaster on a plethora of other reality shows littering the television dial on a regular basis. On “Project Runway,” you get substance over style, and for a fashion show, that is truly revolutionary.

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Creating a graffiti mural in the Free Expression Tunnel, Saul Flores, a junior in graphic design, prepares for an art workshop for high school students. “The whole emphasis is on the process of graffiti, starting with outlining, then filling in, and finally making it look complete,” Flores said. The art outreach program, called “New Sense,” is put on by the NCSU Caldwell Fellows in conjunction with Haven House, an organization promoting a safe environment for kids. “New Sense gives the students something to be involved in after school and offers a positive influence on their lives,” said Lauren Morris, another Caldwell Fellow and sophomore in biochemistry.

Student uses art to promote social change Graphic design student Saul Flores takes a fresh spin on life Story By Jessica Neville | photo By Peggy boone

herry-coke in one hand, motorcycle helmet in the other, Saul Flores is the epitome of carefree spontaneity at first glance. But although his bright smile instantly puts everyone at ease, he has bigger plans than a Sunday afternoon motorcycle ride: he wants to save the world. Flores is a junior majoring in graphic design and business marketing and is also a Caldwell Fellow. Originally from Brooklyn, N.Y., he and his family moved

to Charlotte in 2001 after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center. Flores said that although he loves Brooklyn and Charlotte for their own unique

qualities, he loves this University more Saul to anyone who talks to him is that he genuinely cares about what he does,” than anything. Janice Odom, director of the Caldwell Huber said. “He gives you a good feeling Fellows, has known Flores since he ap- because he listens to what you have to say. plied for the program his freshman year. I know that in the future Saul will be very “Saul has energy and passion for what he successful and will make a difference in does,” Odom said. “He is focused on how the world.” Photography is one of Flores’ many pasto use his art for community and social sions within the art realm. He recently change.” Beyond owning his own mural com- studied photography at the Penland pany, which gave him the opportunity School of Crafts in Asheville. “I love to to design for ESPN, Flores serves as the capture images of urban life and nature,” creative director for New Sense Studios, Flores said. “My favorite pictures were a project of the Caldwell Fellows that the ones I took of the children in Mexico, uses art to reach teenagers in the Ra- because I can see their character through their expressions.” leigh area. Flores believes that “design is the founFlores also volunteers weekly at Kids Café. This center provides at-risk chil- dation for every system in the world.” He dren with a place to receive tutoring hopes to use his work with graphic design, help with homework, play sports and graffiti art and photography after gradeat a meal. Flores enjoys working with uation to work with people to promote the Hispanic children there because his social change. He wants to start a design family is from Mexico and he is fluent firm that incorporates all the different disciplines within design to positively in Spanish. Through Caldwell Fellows, Flores impact society. T h e Fa r m e r s had the opportuMarket, a new susnity to travel to tainability project Mexico to see his this year, is usextended family ing Flores as their and provide sermarketing designvice to elementaer. Flores said he is ry school children excited about this in the area. “It Saul Flores, junior in graphic design opportunity bewas really cool to cause he wants to see my family and my closest friends in the same room,” “bring awareness to students about the Flores said. “I am going back to Mexico importance of farmers and they role the to continue serving children this Spring play in our community.” Flores said he hopes that he can influBreak as the team leader.” Flores has also been to China on a ser- ence students to pursue their goals, even vice trip with Caldwell Fellows, where if they don’t fit conventional standards. he ended up backpacking through Japan He also said that students on campus should be more aware of what’s going on with a friend. “We stopped in an airport in Japan in the world. “People in America tend to follow rouand told our teacher we would meet them in China,” Flores said. “We had tines that are set up for them,” Flores said. to sleep on rooftops because we didn’t “They go to school and study so that they have enough money, but we made our can get a job, but they don’t jump into the issues. College is a great opportunity to boat ride to China!” Jeffrey Huber has known Flores both develop academically, socially and culturthrough the Photography Club, of which ally, and to get involved in something bighe is the president and Flores is the vice- ger than they are. I just want students to president, and through Caldwell Fel- know that there are other options besides lows. “One thing that is obvious about the normal way of doing things.”

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Overpowering offense leads No. 2 North Carolina over N.C. State Samuel T.O. Branch Senior Staff Writer

UNC-Chapel Hill routed the women’s soccer team 5-0 Friday night at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill. Overwhelmed all night by the Tar Heel offense, coach Steve Springthorpe said N.C. State couldn’t deal with No. 2 UNC. “Carolina is a great team,” Springthorpe said. “We were playing at their place, they were coming off a loss and they take it to whoever they play. But besides that, we just didn’t perform.” The Heels came out of the gate strong, trying to rebound from their first ACC loss since 2007, and notched three goals in the first 10 minutes of play. “We really dug ourselves a hole, and it is tough to come back against a team like UNC,” senior defender Katie Ruiz said. Springthorpe said he expected UNC to come out swinging. “I knew that coming in. I mean, how many times has Carolina had back-to-back losses? I don’t know if it has ever happened,” Springthorpe said. “They had an entire week to prepare, and I knew they would be ready. But we needed to somewhat match their intensity and we just did not do a good job of that.” The Wolfpack had an early rush right off the opening kick, but then the Tar Heel offense began to completely control the game, especially once sophomore Courtney Jones put UNC

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At UNC, sophomore defender Jordan Edwards jumps for the ball against UNC Katie Klimozak on Friday. Edwards played for 73 mins during the away game. N.C. State lost to UNC 5 - 0.

really wanted to see a lot more effort like we had shown in previous ACC games. It wasn’t there [Friday night],” Ruiz said. Despite not having a lot of positives from actual play, the coaching staff was able to give some of the reserves a taste of a road game against a rival for the first time. “In the last twenty minutes a lot of people did get their first chance to play, first real time on the field. It’s good for them to experience one of our toughest competitors that we will see in conference,” Ruiz said. Springthorpe said he made that choice to gain valuable experience for his players rather than grasp at the straws of an improbable comeback.

on top 1-0. “We’ve told our team from the very first day that we cannot afford to give up goals in the first five minutes of a game,” Springthorpe said. “You can’t give up goals five minutes after a goal is scored, so any momentum that we had in the first two to three minutes is gone after the goal. Then it’s only 1-0, it’s early in the game, [so we said] ‘let’s pick it up.’ Then we gave up another goal.” Starting UNC goaltender Ashlyn Harris had seen so little action she was stretching to stay warm with 20 minutes to go in the first half. “Giving up those first three goals was killer. We couldn’t really come back from it. We

“We want to get everybody in the game as much as possible. At that point, we are not going to come back,” Springthorpe said. “We want our other players to experience the level, experience who we are playing against.” Now the task of the players is to put the loss behind them and focus on the rest of the season, according to Springthorpe. “It’s a learning moment. As our team gets better, hopefully we learn from it,” Springthorpe said. State plays its next game Thursday vs. No. 11 Wake Forest at Dail Soccer Stadium.

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Floyd said. “They’ve got a big quarterback and a big core of receivers that are playing well, and they stayed true to that.” Meanwhile, State threw 16 of 30 with two interceptions, with one each at the hands of Russell Wilson and Mike Glennon, who came into the game late. Thaddeus Lewis became the second opposing quarterback in two weeks to set a personal record against the Pack in the first quarter. Lewis tied Duke’s record with his 55th career touchdown and notched 25 first downs against the Pack. He completed 22 of his 28 passing attempts for 233 yards. Red sh i r t sophomore quarterback Wilson said the team failed to contain Lewis as he fired off pass after pass. “Thaddeus played a great game, as did the rest of their team, and we just have to play better,” Wilson said. “I’ve got to do better; the rest of the team has to do better.” The f irst stanza progressed at a dizzying pace as each team completed a touchdown in each of its first three possessions. There was not a single field goal attempted throughout the game. O’Brien called the first half a “track meet,” one in which State could never gain an advantage. “We could never get ahead of the curve,” coach Tom O’Brien said after the game. “It’s something we’re going to have to evaluate, the lack of production in

the second half.” Senior running back Toney Baker said Duke didn’t change its defensive game plan around in the second half, but State’s offense couldn’t keep up with the scoring onslaught. “We’ve yet to play a full game on the offense, and that’s on us. Our job is to score more than the opposing team and we didn’t get it done.” The Blue Devils picked on State’s offensive backs throughout the game, passing for five touchdowns against State’s one. The special teams’ play was almost even, but the team’s hodgepodge at Secondary continues to be a source of concern for O’Brien and his staff. “We think we’re playing our best guys, but whatever we’re asking out of them, we’re not getting it,” O’Brien said. Floyd said he and his fellow defensemen were barraged from all sides Saturday night. “A lot of people are going to try and spread us out,” Floyd said. “We knew that coming into the game.” Duke had the ball almost twice as long as State, a statistic that carried through the game. The Blue Devils had the ball for 40 minutes to State’s 19.36. Rather than a Pack collapse, the true game story lay in how efficiently Duke used its strength against what many consider to be a strong State team. Whether Duke uses Saturday as a launching point remains to be seen. Meanwhile, O’Brien says that even though the Pack is 0-2 in the ACC after two crushing losses pundits expected to go the opposite way, the season is far from over. “We’re halfway through the year. We have a lot to play for,” O’Brien said. “I don’t think these kids have any quit in them.”

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Duke’s throwing catches Pack off guard Senior Katie Siegert set a new school air-rifle record of 585 as the Rifle team fell to Kentucky Friday night. The team took on Memphis Saturday, but fell to the Tigers 4,536 to 4,511.

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The message was clear Saturday night at CarterFinley Stadium – there are no easy wins in the ACC this year. A revamped Duke team walked onto State’s home field for the first time since 2002 and defeated State, 49-28, in Raleigh for the first time in most current students’ lifetimes. State ran into an offense the likes of which it will likely never see again. While most schools are recruiting all position, creating well-rounded teams that can field all positions, Duke recruited specific skill players that compliment Cutliffe’s throw-heavy and that strategy paid off in full Saturday night. State scored seven points in the second half to Duke’s 28, a statistic that would spell doom for almost any team. In the postgame, Tom O’Brien and his team seemed f lummoxed with what they just witnessed. “People aren’t even trying to run the ball on us any-

Volleyball drops two matches on the road The Volleyball team went on the road to the state of Virginia to take on Virginia Tech and Virginia. The team fell to Virginia Tech in Blacksburg Va., 3-0, on Thursday night. The team then traveled to Charlottesville to take on Virginia and lost, 3-0. source: ncsu athletics

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Duke’s passing game confounds State in second half, gives Blue Devils first win in Raleigh since 1984

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more,” O’Brien said. “They had a good game plan for us. They weren’t going to let us pressure the quarterback and threw the ball. Whether we’re playing man or zone, we sometimes weren’t even in the same area code as those guys.” Defensive end Willie Young

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At Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday, Duke wide receiver Conner Vernon runs from N. C. State’s defense. N. C. State sacked Duke’s quarterback two times during the evening matchup while Duke sacked Russell four times. N. C. State lost to Duke, 49-28.

had a far simpler explanation. “They’re on the rise right now,” Young said of Duke. The Pack gave up 502 yards, of which 459 were passing, which translated to 40 completions of 50 attempts with no interceptions. Duke tried to run

the ball 35 times, and gained an average of 1.2 yards per carry. The Blue Devils avoided the run whenever possible and opted to play to its strengths, averaging 9.2 yards per pass in the air. Senior Bobby Floyd said

this trend was something the coaching staff prepared the team for. “Duke hasn’t been a big running team all season – they’ve been a big throwing team,”

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Wolfpack upsets No. 8 Duke on the road

Thursday Women’s Soccer vs. Wake Forest Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.

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Friday Volleyball vs. Wake Forest Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

The No. 18 men’s soccer team reached a more favorable outcome against No. 8 ACC Rival Duke on the road, completing a 1-0 upset in double overtime Friday night. Senior Ronnie Bouemboue put in the game-winner with 49 seconds left in the game to bring the Pack to 2-2-1 in the ACC and 8-21 overall. The goal, Bouemboue’s ACC-leading sixth of the season, sent his teammates into hysterics. “We went crazy. I took my shirt off and ran to the stands, and all my teammates started jumping on me,” Bouemboue said. This was the second year in a row State beat Duke in Durham, though the Blue Devils were ten spots lower in the rankings at game time in 2008. Neither team gained an advantage through 90 minutes, though it was not for lack of trying. Both teams hit the crossbar several times. Duke held a 11-10 edge in shots and forced Pack goalie Chris Widman

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Senior defender Korede Aiyegbusi clears the ball from the N.C. State side of the field with an acrobatic jump kick during the first half of play against the Blue Devils. Aiyegbusi gave the Wolfpack a strong game, helping multiple attacks against the Duke goal.

to turn away three attempts. “The game was very intense from the beginning,” Bouemboue said. “Both games really brought the energy out [Friday.] It did go to a dramatic finish, but speaking for my teammates, we all just stayed focused and relied on our fitness to keep our legs moving.” Coach George Tarantini said assistant coach Chris Popik did

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an “excellent job getting ready.” “We got a good result. We were working extremely hard to get more organized and the defense played terrific. In the extra period, right back junior Lucas Carpenter took the ball from the Pack’s half of the field and dribbled down the right sideline. Carpenter eyed a Bouemboue, who had a defender on his tail,

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and fed him the ball at his feet. Bouemboue one-timed the shot past Duke goalkeeper James Belshaw. Bouemboue called the play “crazy” and said it developed quickly, but it came as a result of a tried-and-true, simple play the team has worked on in practice all year. The Pack pushed the game into overtime as it has several

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times this season, including in a game against top-10 ranked Maryland that resulted in a tie. Bouemboue said State was not anxious to achieve the same result. “It was definitely reminiscent of several games where we tied, but in this game, we had a bit of an extra push in a sense that we didn’t want a tie,” Bouemboue said. “No matter what, we didn’t want a tie. Win or lose, we wanted a decision, and luckily it turned out in our favor.” Both Bouemboue and Tarantini said the win will give the Pack confidence as it finishes out conference play, as it has seen it can compete with upper-tier teams. However, Tarantini says they cannot afford to look too far into the future. “It’s a very fine line between success and failure,” Tarantini said. “That fine line, to me, is preparation, repetition, humility, and being ready to do anything it takes. We cannot lose focus and we have a long season to go. Before we talk about being contenders, we have to focus on Tuesday.” The Pack will take to Dail Soccer Field at 7 p.m. Tuesday to take on Georgia Southern before returning to ACC play Saturday against Wake Forest.

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