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Raleigh, North Carolina

Senate listens to Talley protesters’ concerns Students opposed to Talley, resolution voice grievances to the Student Government Nick Tran Staff Writer

The Student Senate Chamber was overflowing last night as protesters organized by the “Rally Against Talley” Facebook group appeared before student senators to express their discontent. The group, which announced its intent a week ago, packed the senate chambers and the adjacent lounge with students disgruntled by the Senate’s support of the Talley fee increase. The Senate approved Resolution 22 Oct. 6, formally stating the body’s support for fee increases. Senators said they approved the Student Center Renovation fee increase based on three criteria, but students argued Wednesday the 61.6 percent of students opposed to the increase represented a majority. Vidya Sankar, a sophomore in biochemistry and organizer of the protest, said the purpose of appearing before the Senate was to allow students to express their discontent with the Student Government and the Talley fee process. “We are here to get student voices heard,” Sankar said. “We are trying to gain public exposure to student concerns. Even off-campus media was here. This is a huge accomplishment.”

Sankar said this protest should clearly show how the Senate contradicted the student body’s will and how it skewed the votes to advance the Talley project. Sen. Sam Daughtry said the protest was a result of the Senate not looking after the students, not listening to voters, and misinterpreting the vote. “This was because of miscommunication and misunderstanding between students and the Senate,” he said. “And it shows students do care.” Daughtry said while the student-led protest didn’t fall on deaf ears the Senate no longer had any input on the fee. “Change will depend on how the students continue this protest. At this point, the recommendation can’t be revised; it is out of the Senate’s hands,” Daughtry said. Nonetheless, students stepped forward to speak and the Senate extended the period for open commentary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes to accommodate. Tucker Biningay, a senior in landscape architecture, said he felt SG did not properly consider student votes. “Students depend on Student Government to represent [them] to the administration,” he said. “If you ask students to vote and they turn out in unprecedented numbers, you have to listen to them.” Daniel Marcus, a junior in technical education, said senators improperly extrapolated the results of the student vote and were not doing the jobs they were elected to do.

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Matthew Adams, a junior in computer science, speaks at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. “I had a lot of friends who were upset about the Student Government and I noticed there was a small flaw in their criteria,” Adams said.

Sen. Morgan Donnelly said this kind of student response would cause the Senate to weigh over student votes a lot more. “This shows a lot of student leadership and that students recognize their power,” Donnelly said. “Students wanted to make sure their voice was heard. Student Government is trying to connect more with students and improve communication.”

Ramie Elawar, a sophomore in biological engineering and a member of the protest, said he felt the issue will eventually solve itself if students are this unhappy. “We were asked our opinion by the Senate but then the Senate decided in the opposite,” he said. “We are a group angry with the Senate.” “Senators will know students are unhappy with them and in the end

the students give them power,” Elawar said. “This will definitely reflect in the next election.” This is not the last confrontation to be had on this issue. The Senate is plans to have an open forum next Wednesday to allow students to express their opinions more freely. Students with the “Rally Against Talley” group have planned another protest at Holladay Hall the same day.

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A car drives by the construction site for a parking deck next to the site of the future Hunt Library on Centennial Campus Tuesday.

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To raise awareness for breast cancer and collect donations for Relay For Life, juniors Mary Brannan Seeger, in business, and Jen Lewis, in chemical engineering, sell bracelets, ‘fight like a girl’ T-shirts, and cookies decorated to look like breasts. The Relay For Life committee set up the table on the Brickyard this week because October is Breast Cancer Awareness month.

Pink trailer brightens up gray day

Library invests in future for students, state Hunt Library groundbreaking approaches Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer

Susan G. Komen On the Go informs about breast cancer Caroline Barfield Staff Writer

Despite the cold, rainy weather, the members of Komen On the Go were surprised by the turnout at their hot pink trailer in the Brickyard Wednesday. The group was informing students about breast cancer and how to get involved in helping to find a cure. According to Nick Blake, director of Susan G. Komen on the Go, the organization attracted many students, giving Komen members the chance to educate how greatly breast cancer has affected the world and what can be done to help find a cure. “We gave out over 7,000 stickers and 300 or more people sat down at the computer kiosks to learn more about breast cancer awareness,” Blake said. The pink trailer brightened up the rainy day by offering informational sessions about breast cancer. Those who participated received a bright

pink breast cancer bag. The Komen members had to pack up early due to a sliding trailer on the bricks but, in spite of the early end to the function, every bag was given out and individuals were still coming to learn more. According to its Web site, Susan G. Komen for the Cure aims to teach participants to take charge of their breast health, be empowered to share information with friends and join the breast cancer movement. The organization began in 1982 when Nancy Brinker watched helplessly as her sister, Susan Komen, died after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Before Komen died, Brinker made a promise to end breast cancer forever. In 27 years, Komen has built the nation’s largest network of breast cancer advocates, nearly 200,000 strong at the local, state and national level. Komen has even gone global with three international affiliates in Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico.

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Breast cancer by the numbers Amount $900 the federal million government

devotes each year to breast cancer research

465,000

Number of women who die from the disease each year

Every 3 minutes

How often a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer

Every 13 minutes

How often a woman dies of breast cancer in the U.S.

2.5 million

Number of breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

Source: American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts and Figures

Construction of the James B. Hunt Library will begin Oct. 23 on Centennial Campus with a groundbreaking ceremony. “This is truly a 21st century library,” Larry Nielsen, co-chair of the building committee, said. “When people are using that library, the emphasis will be on access to information and the written word. It’s not just for books and journals.” From the start, the plans for the library will include many of the renovations which came to D. H. Hill years after its construction. “We have the opportunity to design, right from the beginning, a library that can meet the needs of the campus for the future,” Nielsen said.

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One key feature is the Automated Retrieval System, a highly-efficient storage of books which frees up more money and space for technology and study spaces, according to David Hiscoe, the director of communication for the libraries. “What the ARS is allowing us to do is put books in one-ninth of the place of traditional stacks,” he said. With the ARS, students will be able to browse shelves virtually and retrieve books with a request to the automated system. Nielsen said he hopes the superior technology and available space will make Hunt Library the “living room for Centennial Campus students” of all majors. “The Centennial Campus is not a campus just for engineers. It’s a campus for the entire University,” Nielsen

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essica Hampton, a sophomore in biological sciences, covers her marshmallow in milk chocolate at the Chocolate Festival Wednesday. “The Chocolate Festival is really great. Last year I didn’t have a ticket but I walked around and watched people eat. This year I have a ticket, so it’s great,” said Hampton. The Chocolate Festival, hosted by the Women’s Center, included chocolate sampling, a silent auction and informational tables about breast cancer. The proceeds from the event went to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund and the Women’s Center.

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The Facts:

The contentious Atrium-Talley project is expected to cost students approximately $100 million. The new Hunt Library, because of its academic classification, will receive state appropriations funding to the amount of $115 million.

Our Opinion:

The General Assembly almost never financially supports student life building construction, but routinely finances academic, research and teaching buildings. Why couldn’t the General Assembly pony-up for a student center with clear academic and educational benefits?

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A project to agree on

he Talley-Atrium fee referendum last week presented students with several questions about the proposed project, including: students’ desire to pay for the fee in its current form and their enthusiasm toward change to Talley Student Center and the Atrium. Students disagree, quite contentiously, about who should pay for the project and the equity of the fee process, but few students would say the areas are adequate for the needs of the campus; do they even have running water? Talley is the laughing stock of the UNC-System; but students don’t want to foot the bill for the required $100 million renovation to bring it out of Mao’s China and into the 21st century.

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The funding is contentious because, as a student life building, the project must be entirely funded by student fees; all academic, teaching and research buildings are funded by state appropriations. The Talley indebtedness fee and academic-building funding requests go through the same faculties for approval (the Board of Governors and N.C. General Assembly), the difference is the funding source. Centennial Campus’ new Hunt Library is classified as an academic building and, as a result, is receiving about $115 million in state appropriations to facilitate its construction — about the same level of fund-

ing the new Talley project will need. Therefore, the question is: what differentiates a project like Hunt Library from Talley Student Center? Both projects provide students and other campus entities meeting spaces, office space, culture and social interaction. D.H. Hill has the Creamery, the East Wing and a movie theater; Talley has eating facilities, meeting areas and Stewart Theatre. The line between academic and student life is almost becoming hazy for these two examples. Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, said when determining a building’s classi-

fication, its primary focus and utilization must be evaluated. Common sense dictates that a library is a distinctly educational, academic building. Students spend hours there, studying, perusing the stacks and performing research. Likewise, most student life buildings — residence halls, dining halls, Student Health Services and Carmichael Complex, for example — are clearly recreational. But what happens when a project is near the fence? The new Talley project would doubtlessly aid students’ educational and academic experiences at college; under that criterion it is academic in nature. Perhaps the BOG and General Assembly should be fielding a state appropriations request, not a student indebtedness fee for the Talley project.

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f students look at the Talley-Atrium referendum through a mathematical lens, they can quickly see several glaring flaws. Any sort of vote generates a lot of numbers — stat ist ics pertaining to who voted, and which options t hey chose when voting. In this case, it Jay Goel was up to StuStaff Columnist dent Government to make sure it created a poll which accurately and unambiguously captured the sentiments of students. It had an additional responsibility to interpret the results in a manner consistent with public opinion. In both of these tasks, Student Government failed. Using axioms of inference and proof, lets logically examine what it did wrong. Student Government used three criteria to interpret students’ desires: whether students see a need for increased funding, whether a particular fee is a top priority and whether a majority of students voted in support of at least partial funding of a proposed fee increase. Consider the following statements, which are accurate based on the Rally for Talley vote: 1) If resources were unlimited, students would favor a Talley fee increase. 2) Students do not favor a Talley fee increase in its present form. The only valid conclusion, based on the contrapositive of our first premise, is: 3) Resources are not unlimited. This is interesting. The vote asked, “If you had an unlimited supply of money and could fully fund all of these fee increase proposals without it negatively affecting you or any other students, which proposals would you support the most?” And, of course, students answered that they would support a new Talley Student Center. Lets translate that into math: 4) Assume you had an unlimited supply of money and that a fee increase would have no negative effects. If this is the case,

then we ought to fund Talley. We just proved, from (1) and (2), that resources are not unlimited. Which means that our assumption in (4) is false. The conclusion of funding Talley cannot follow from that assumption. So when Student Government says Talley “was ranked as a top priority,” it was ranked as such under the false premise that money was unlimited. Money is not unlimited, and fee increases are likely to have a negative impact on some students, so we cannot say that it is ranked a top priority. Therefore, Talley failed not one, but two out of three criteria for recommendation. If each criteria has equal weight (which is of course silly, but is the method Student Senate used), then there is no case for a fee increase. It is interesting to note that Student Senate cited a 38 percent figure for students making Talley their top priority. What this means is that 62 percent — a majority — did not make Talley their top priority. Worse, Student Government used an “instant runoff ” method for tabulating vote resu lt s . T h i s means that, basically, students’ votes were redistributed — based on the priorities they chose — until a single choice received a majority of votes. This method is supposed to be used when an election only has a single winner, which is clearly not the case here. One thing that might have made more sense is to weigh the amount of the fee increase by the proportion of students who made it their top priority. The point of all of this is to say that there are significant failings in the methods Student Government used to collect data and interpreted it. It is clear the poll results have been misused and that students’ interests are not being represented — mathematical rigor makes this clear.

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Should athletes be out partying following a loss? Why or why not? by Mara Kurtz

“No, they should go to practice or rest since they lost. They should party after they win.” Ebonee Taylor freshman, mathematics education

Were they drinking away their sorrows?

Mack Garrison, senior in art and design

The referendum, revisited

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his is tough to write and even more difficult to wade through but the circus that has embroiled the recent fee referenda threatens to destroy one of the most positive opportunities Student Government has Benton provided t he stuSawrey dent body Senior Staff in recent Columnist years. The referendum was highlighted by a passionate campaign led by students in support of a fee and an incredibly high turnout by student voters. The referendum was well run and successful by most measurements. The tough question is: what do the results of the referendum actually say? On the surface it’s easy to see students don’t want any sort of fee increase. That’s natural; students don’t want to pay more money. Only the fee increase to support educational technology received strong positive support in the referenda. I’m sure there’s some sort of academic explanation for the anomaly, but I’m going to stick that in the same category as the past health center fee requests that got support. I always like to look at

the referenda as a barometer of student feelings toward certain services on campus. It was tougher to do in the past because rather than seeing which ones received support and which ones didn’t, I had to look at which fees were the least unpopular and go from there. Student Government took a good step forward this time and asked a second question to go along with general fee voting. It asked whether or not the students felt a change was needed in funding. This allowed for a better measure on how students were feeling. When we look at this, it paints another broad picture that should signal where students see a need for funding increases. Students said they wanted an increase in transportation, educational technology and Talley funding; but except for the technology fee, students didn’t want to pay for these increases. So here’s the conundrum with Talley: students want to see an increase in funding but they don’t want to pay for it — a gray area. That leaves room for the symbolic decision by Student Government — does it recommend moving forward with what students want and support the project or recommend moving forward with

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what students want and not support the fee, damaging the project’s prospects as it moves up to the Board of Trustees and Board of Governors level? It’s a catch-22 because you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t. Student leaders need to heed students’ desires in the referendums but t hey also need to evolve t he w a y they present their recommendation. Unfortunately, the situation has turned into a casus belli in what should otherwise be seen as a positive evolution of the fee referendum because it digs deeper into what students want rather than a reaction to an increase in fees. It’s a tough call either way and I don’t fault their decision because it’s not as black and white as people make it out to be. At the same time I hope the Student Senate takes a look at the entire fee process so that it falls in line with the changing questions in the referendum. Did the Student Senate pass a recommendation to the letter of the law on Talley? No. But they didn’t exactly betray the students either.

“The tough question is: what do the results of the referendum actually say? ”

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“No, I don’t think so, especially if they are on a scholarship and the losing is constant. They should be more concentrated on practice than partying.” Courtney Harris senior, poultry science

“I don’t think they should be out partying during the season — especially if they are losing.” Mciver Barwick senior, poultry science

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‘Made in the USA’ spotlights effects of globalization

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Art exhibition focuses on transition to post-industrial America

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Hubbard said. “During that time, I had very little money and I started to realize the effects of globalization and how easily society can lose perspective of what we actually need Christine Urbowicz versus what we want. “ Correspondent The exposition features the Wherever consumers turn, work of roughly 40 artists from they are constantly surrounded across the nation. The theme is the three words “Made in Chi- centered on change, nostalgia na.” Whether it be T-shirts and and, ultimately, how nothing sneakers or cell phones, most in today is actually “Made in of the material goods that the USA.” “Made in the USA” features are used on a daily basis have been manufactured abroad. In sculptures, photographs, film, today’s society, it is often easy two-dimensional pieces, pato forget what the country was per mache and oil paintings. like before globalization af- Some of the artists chose to create their work using refected lifestyle and culture. However, artists Sara Bot- cycled materials found within wick and Carter Hubbard the William-Cozart building. have created an art gallery Others procured supplies on that features original artwork their own. “There were so many materiillustrating the social, political and economic changes als that were just lying around. that have arisen since Ameri- Bringing a new life to things can companies have lost their that were once used in this manufacturing jobs to foreign very space reiterates historical value and competition. pays homage Located to what used in the wareto take place house district here,” Hubof downtown ba rd sa id. Raleigh, “The unused “Made i n space mimics the USA” is Artist Carter Hubbard on the society’s exa multimemultimedia art exhibition cessiveness. dia art exhithat spotlights the effect of We clea red bit ion t hat globalization in the out two of the spotlights the United States. main rooms effects of gloand brought balization in the United States. Just behind vibrancy and creativity to this William-Cozart Inc., the show- building once again.” Botwick and Hubbard arcase is housed in a vacant furniture manufacturing build- ranged the exhibition in a way ing that closed for business in that is visually appealing to the 2002 because of the high costs viewer. There are, however, sevof labor and cheap production eral pieces that serve as focal points and were integral when abroad. Hubbard, co-director of the it came to placement. “David Newton’s piece is cenexhibition, said that she started to wonder about globalization tral in the larger space. There is a mathematical equation used after college. “After college, I lived in in art known as the ‘sweet spot’. France and worked as a nanny,” His installation mimics the ar-

“ ‘Made in the USA’ is a forwardthinking gallery.”

At the Brewery in Raleigh The Charlot Oh Sleeper We Came as Romans Dead and Divine Doors: 6 p.m. At the Cat’s Cradle in Carborro Heavyweight Dub Champion Bassnectar Doors: 8:30 p.m. Show: 9:30 p.m. At the Cave in Chapel Hill The Firehouse Rhythm Kings Will McFarlane Chris Wimberley Harmonica Bob & Near Blind James Show: 7:30 p.m.

chitecture of the building and is a perfectly balanced area,” Hubbard said. Another installation is located in the “spray room” of the building, which is a sacred space in a historical aspect. The spray room was once vital because the room was where workers would spray the furniture the company manufactured. David Alsobrooks’ installation, “Highway One,” is a compilation of photographs taken on a scenic route to Charleston, S.C. Alsobrook captures the unity of the American people during times of change through everyday commodities, such as bicycles, lawn mowers and phone booths. Guests can listen to authentic sounds from the highway while watching the slideshow from an antique church pew. International sculptor Jon Barlow Hudson’s felt hat installation describes the art of felt hat making and how extensive the industry was in terms of

At the Lincoln Theatre in Raleigh Family Force 5 Breathe Carolina Cash Cash Queens Club Doors: 6:30 p.m. Show: 7:30 p.m. At the Local 506 in Chapel Hill David Bazan Say Hi (formerly S.H.T.Y.M.) Show: 9:30 p.m. At the Nightlight in Chapel Hill Brad Hoshaw & The Seven Deadlies Kennebec Doors: 9 p.m. Show: 9:30 p.m. At Pinhook in Durham David Wax Museum Show: 9 p.m. At the Pour House in Raleigh Monotonix Whatever Brains Turbo Fruits Doors: 8 p.m. Show: 10 p.m. Photos courtesy made in america

manufacturing, distribution, display and advertising. “Made in the USA” runs through Oct. 18 and features the work of Sandro Gisler, David Newton, Matt Zigler, Julia

Gartrell and many more. “‘Made in the USA’ is a forward-thinking gallery,” Hubbard said.

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iPod Touch game lets players play God “Pocket God” gains momentum with high sales Alanna Howard Staff Writer

Available for $.99 in the iTunes App Store, “Pocket God” has had more than 1.4 million downloads according to the game’s public relations firm, Triplepoint PR. The game allows players to play the role of a god over pygmies on an island and make decisions helping the inhabitants to live or die. In March it topped Apple’s top paid app for the third week in a row. Designed by a two-man team of Bolt Creative, Allan Dye and Dave Castelnuevo said they created the game for simplicity and attractive animation. In their blog for the game the pair said they were surprised the game caught on, and so they made a trial version and in January submitted their finished product. “Pocket God” is a simulation game where the inhabitants are subject to players’ actions. The game consists of small islanders who have four themes to live on: island with a coconut tree, another island theme with dinosaurs, a graveyard where pygmies can die and turn into zombies and ghosts and an underwater theme with piranas and sharks. On each theme there are different settings that provide entertainment, like a fishing pole or firewood to teach the pygmies to make fire. Pygmies can also be harmed. Each theme has several hazards

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“That’s not really my kind of game, it sounds too boring. I like more action.” Hasani Eidenberger

to watch out for, from sharks that scoop pygmies off land to lightning that can electrocute the pygmies. The pygmies can be named and six can be in a scene at once. Weather can be simulated, and at night the pygmies stop what they’re doing and lay down to sleep; when it’s sunny again they wake up. With the iPod touch’s accelerometer an earthquake can be simulated by shaking the iPod. When pygmies die or if they seem lonely there is an add button to add more. With each update a new theme title hints at the added feature. Ryan Rhinebarger, junior in English, said the game would not be of interest to him because it costs money. “I just got my iPhone so I’m still new to the different games,

but that doesn’t sound like something I would pay for,” he said. Players get congratulated when they reach a high score of split coconuts or pygmies eaten by piranas, but the game does not focus only on mutilation. Early reviews cited the game was fun but quickly got boring. The developers decided to add new animations with each update of the game to allow players to continue enjoying the game and to entice new downloads. iPod touch owner Hasani Eidenberger, a freshman in political science, said the game would not interest him. “That’s not really my kind of game, it sounds too boring, I like more action,” he said.

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said. While the majority of the texts will be related to engineering and textiles, whose colleges are centered on Centennial Campus, the space not devoted to books will serve the entire University. According to Nielsen, there will be rooms reserved for humanities and social science functions, a 400-seat lecture hall and offices for both the Institute for Nonprofits, which offers graduate-level degrees in nonprofit leadership, and the Institute for Emerging Issues. IEI, founded in 2002 after the success of the Emerging Issues forum, focuses

on considering significant statewide issues and renewing innovative solutions to these problems, according to Director Anita Brown-Graham. “The idea behind the institute was to have a year-long committee considering the longtime economic competitiveness of North Carolina,” she said. In Hunt Library, IEI will have space for offices and publicengagement programs, which will expedite the organization’s goals to educate and unite citizens, according BrownGraham. “We focus on bringing people together and exposing them to information, which shows the commonality and consensus among [every citizen],” she said. Almost all of IEI’s work takes place off-campus in hotel rooms or borrowed office

Technician space, meaning the space in Hunt library will dramatically change the identity of this organization, Brown-Graham said. “People can’t appreciate the role of N.C. State,” she said. “It’s going to be a wonderful day when people across North Carolina can understand the intellectual capital of the students and faculty. N.C. State is investing in the state.” However, this building has connections at all levels. The architectural firm for the project is Raleigh-based PBC+L, which oversaw the construction of SAS Hall, Park Shops, the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The design, which includes no brick but a terrace with a view of Lake Raleigh and the city skyline, was completed by the team at Snøhetta, who won the award in 2009 for the best building in Europe.


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Bridget Gibbons, owner of Buckhorn Farm in Apex, hands Brittany James, a junior in animal science, a whip to use during practice for the Wolfpack Dressage Club at Buckhorn Farm in Apex Wednesday morning. Gibbons has been riding for over 40 years and said she enjoys working with horses because you never have a routine day.

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horse schools and here we were, N.C. State not known for our horse program, and we’re competing with them at nations. It was a really cool experience.” Although the team didn’t place at nations, Wilcox said she expects the team to make

it to the big stage again. “Our team is very good right now, even though we lost a lot of our members due to graduation from last year,” Wilcox said. “But our program looks really strong and I’m expecting to go to nationals again. At the very least, I expect to send at least one individual.” Regardless of place at nations, the dressage team did

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win the National Sportsmanship Award. “Our region nominated us,” Wilcox said. “Since we are such a small school compared to others in our region and we still do well and maintain a very good school and positive spirit.” The dressage team was actually a deciding factor on why Wilcox chose to come to State,

she said. “I started riding horses when I was four years old,” Wilcox said. “I started competing in dressage in high school and the dressage team at N.C. State was a big reason why I came here. I competed with the team for four years and my eligibility ran out — now I can’t get away from it so I’m president of the club.”

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and graphic designs used to introduce the starting lineup of the football team and to show an animation of Wolfpack victory. This video is set to music, which usually is a high tempo, popular song. Some songs used in the past have been “In the Air Tonight” by the rock group Nonpoint and “Boom” by P.O.D. This year the production staff decided to have local band Airiel Down create a rock cover of the fight song and used that in the introduction video. According to Billy Kronenwetter, a junior in mechanical engineering, the intro video this year is not as good as it was last year. Manufacturing of the introduction video is handled by CanesVision productions, which also produces video for the Carolina Hurricanes and N.C. State men’s basketball. The recent switch to high definition in the RBC Center has changed the production of football games slightly. CanesVision staff does not have to carry as much equipment and all of the production is centered in a control room in the RBC Center. Along with the introduction video there is the entrance of the football team itself. The pyrotechnics display and the playing of

the fight song by the marching band enhance this entrance. Production crews are in charge of timing the introduction video, the marching band and the entrance of the football team. Earlier in the season there were some issues with the timing of all of these pregame activities and the volume at which the introduction video was played. “[The video] doesn’t pump fans up as much this year as it did last year,” Kronenwetter said. In keeping with Wolfpack tradition, the marching band leads the crowd in the Red and White and also the N.C. State Alma Mater. New traditions have been started, such as the creation of different cheers to new music the band is playing on the field. At halftime the band entertain fans with a halftime performance aimed at pleasing the general population. “I enjoy seeing the fans so excited and having a good time,” Pilarinos said. In keeping with Wolfpack tradition, the marching band leads the crowd in the Red and White and the Alma Mater. New traditions have been started such as the creation of different cheers to new music the band is playing on the field. At halftime the band entertain fans with a performance aimed at pleasing the general population. “I enjoy seeing the fans so excited and having a good time.” Pilarinos said.

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Red Rally to preview basketball season Fans will be able to kick off the Pack men’s basketball team’s 100th anniversary and catch a glimpse of new women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper in her team debut at the Red Rally this Friday night. The event will follow a 7 p.m. volleyball match against Wake Forest at Reynolds Coliseum. Players from both the men’s and women’s teams will participate in a 3-point shooting contest with a fan, dunking contests, and mini-scrimmages. Fans are strongly encouraged to wear red and to bring donations for the NTAF South-Atlantic Spinal Cord Injury Fund in honor of former N.C. State basketball player Brian Keeter, who was involved in a serious car accident last December. Source: N.C. State Athletics

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Quote of the day “[Wilson] now understands that if he throws the ball to me, I am always going to catch it and that I am always there if he needs someone...” George Bryan, redshirt sophomore tight end

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Since coming to State in 2007, redshirt sophomore tight end George Bryan and redshirt sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson have always played together. The chemistry that the two have developed dates back to their freshman season when both players, who were redshirted at the time, played on the scout team and that chemistry has only continued to develop and has evolved into a very lethal combination on the field. “We built our chemistry on the scout team,” Bryan said. “[Wilson] now understands that if he throws the ball to me, I am always going to catch it and that I am always there if he needs someone to throw the ball to.” Bryan leads State in passing attacks, having caught a team-high 26 balls for 275 yards and four touchdowns. Bryan also leads all Pack receivers in catches per game, catching the most balls in five out of the six games the team has played this year, leading him to become one of Wilson’s favorite receivers. “I like to spread the ball out to everybody, but at the same time he is a great player,” Wilson said. “He

leading Pack receiver touchdowns passes caught running yards Source: N.C. State Athletics

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Redshirt sophomore tight end George Bryan receives a pass from quarterback Russell Wilson Saturday during the game against Duke. He caught four balls for 41 yards.

catches the ball really well, runs great routes, works hard every day at practice, he prepares really well and that is what makes him so great.” Coach Tom O’Brien believes the success that Bryan has seen this season comes from the matchup he has working inside on linebackers, but also the confidence that Wilson has in him. “He is a good match against linebackers, and that is what we generally have gotten him against,” O’Brien said. “Russell has a lot of confidence in him that he is going to catch the football and quarterbacks like to throw the ball to guys they know are going to catch it.” However, Bryan credits the

work that the wide receivers do on the outside and down the field drawing attention away from him and in turn opening up the middle of the field for him to work. “Me getting open is not just a credit to me, it is a credit to the other receivers,” Bryan said. “They run routes that pull people off of me, which opens up the middle of the field, where I usually work.” One of the biggest abilities that Bryan brings to the team is his ability to catch just about anything thrown his way and he quickly acknowledges the work tight end coach Jim Bridge has done with him. “I had good high school coaches and I have been catch-

ing the ball for a while now, ever since I was seven, playing receiver,” Bryan said. “But coach Bridge helped my game a lot on catching the ball and just emphasizing on seeing the ball into your hands and concentrating on catching the ball and getting the yards after you make the catch.” Bryan played a huge part in the Pack’s turnaround last year, starting six games, including four while State’s starting tight ends, Anthony Hill and redshirt senior Matt Kushner, where out due to injury. Bryan credits both tight ends and Bridge for helping him to prepare for the game and understand his role even with such little experience.

“I was pretty nervous that first start, but coach Bridge, Anthony and Kush all showed me what I needed to do and what needed to be done in order to get the job done,” Bryan said. “I had to step in and try to compete.” Even after the success Bryan has experienced in his first two years he knows that there is still room for improvement, especially in the blocking aspect. Yet, he believes he has come a long way since he first got to State. “I came in and I could run the routes and catch the ball but my strength was not exactly where it needed to be when I came here to block the ACC defensive ends,” Bryan said. “Coach Bridge helped my game so much in that aspect and I am now able to block guys and able to dominate and do a good job in blocking. But there is still always room for improvement because sometimes I get beat and I do not like to get beat.”

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Dressage team trots competition Only in its eight year at State the Dressage team has won national honors and still looks to improve

of the most competitive, according to Wilcox. “We compete against schools in Virginia as well as North Carolina,” Wilcox Jen Hankin said. “Including Virginia Deputy Sports Editor Intermont, who is a several time national champion This year the equestrian and we actually did really club has split into three sep- well considering the comarate entities; the hunt seat petition last year.” Last year, the Wolfpack club, the western riding club and most importantly the placed second only to VirWolfpack dressage team. ginia Intermont in the region. The The dresnext comsage team, petition comprised for the of about 14 technicianonline.com dressage girls, prac- Maio et, sin parum eum team will tices and rume perehendit alia volutatus eossit eatiis Apit, sequae. be Nov. 1 competes at Wa k e around the Forest region and University. The club comeven ranks nationally. According to club presi- petes in five competitions dent Britt Wilcox, the split this semester and four in into three clubs was just a the spring. If the team gains enough points throughout formality. “That’s just what the guy the season, it will then travel at club sports wanted to do,” to the national competition. Wilcox, senior in arts and Last semester the team design, said. “Dressage club qualified and attended nanormally functioned as its tionals. According to senior Courtney Intres, nationals own unit.” Dressage was created as was her favorite memory on a military sport and has the team. “When we went to nationevolved into more of an art form, likened to ice-skating als it was amazing,” Intres said. “We were sitting there or ballet on horseback. In its eight years at N.C. looking around at all these State, the dressage club has competed in the largest region in the nation and one DRESSAGE continued page 7

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Junior halfback Curtis Underwood, Jr. and freshman safety Donald Coleman wave the American and North Carolina flags before the football game against Duke. Duke won the game 49-28 after scoring 21 points in the second half, unanswered.

Pregame gains mixed reviews Some students feel that pregame entertainment is fine, while others feel that it could be better Chadwick O’Connell Staff Writer

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the confines of the stadium have become a production in hopes of pumping up fans for the game about to be played. There is a wide variety of ways fans are entertained before the first kickoff. There have been military personnel jumping out of planes, new women’s basketball coach Kellie Harper trying to get the crowd going and of course the “Power Sound of The South” performing the fight song each week. “I enjoy doing the pregame

activities and being able to act crazy on the field,” Cessa Pilarinos, marching band member and freshman in industrial engineering, said. Another facet to the pregame entertainment is the video and graphics production that airs on the three major video boards in Carter-Finley Stadium. The introduction video is a collection of video clips

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