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Ceresnak follows through with campaign promise Student body president’s push to change spring break successful, committee rethinks reading days Amber Kenney Deputy News Editor

The Registration, Records and Calendar committee voted unanimously on Tuesday to move spring break to the second week of March starting in 2011.

Jim Ceresnak, student body president, said this vote was extremely important to him and students.

Jim “This is a huge vicCeresnak tory for students, and Student body president it is a huge personal victory,” he said.

Ceresnak said changing the spring break date was his main campaign goal when running for student body president in the Spring, and seeing the

goal become reality is a big step in the right direction.

“People said it couldn’t be done.

People called me a liar,” Ceresnak said. “It feels good to know that we can make changes and make a difference.”

According to Ceresnak, the change will put spring break at the same time as 11 other UNC system universities as well as other schools throughout the southeast.

Louis Hunt, University registrar, was present at the meeting and said he sees the change as a good thing.

“Changing the date makes sense,” Hunt said. “It matches the other schools’ dates and is a family-friendly approach.”

According to Hunt, Ceresnak presented the committee with three criteria defending the change. By moving the break the University will accommodate families with students on more than one campus, students who have friends that go to other schools and students who take courses on

Plans approved for Kay Yow memorial

promises, and I am proud to fulfill my more than one campus.

Hunt said the one downfall to the top promise,” he said. “I fully intend change is students will not be on cam- to follow through with other promises as the year goes on.” pus to celebrate Founder’s Day. According to Hunt, the committee “Founder’s day will fall during the week of spring break, which means no also discussed the new reading days that are being real celebration,” implemented he said. for the first time Jennifer Wheeduring this exam ley, a sophomore period. in biological sci“There are ences, said she is concerns with excited about the the reading days change. bec au se [st u“ [T he ne w dents] wanted spri ng brea k Jim Ceresnak, student body president to be the last two date] is a great days during dead change because students don’t get to see their friends week,” he said. “The calendar that we that go to other schools very often,” set is constrained by the UNC system she said. “This allows for students to so we have to balance the right amount make plans with old friends, and even of class time.”

Hunt said the committee discussed go on vacations with them.”

This change is just one of many to many alternatives to the reading days including having one day in the midcome, Ceresnak said.

“It’s important to follow through on dle of exams or taking them back out

“This is a huge victory for students and it is a huge personal victory.”

of the exam schedule, but no decision was made.

“The reading days are there to give students an additional opportunity to study and for faculty to hold review sessions,” Hunt said. “We will give it a try, then solicit feedback from students right after exams to see where the reading days are most useful.”

According to Wheeley, a change in reading days is already welcome, although it is a new addition to the exam schedule.

“Dead week is what is used as the review period,” she said. “I would rather be done two days earlier then have the extra days.”

Although the committee did not reach a decision, Hunt is impressed with the student input and feedback.

“Students have been actively engaged and we are trying to please students, faculty and staff,” he said. “We want to make a calendar that pleases everyone.”

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Student Government gets OK from University to raise funds for Coaches’ Corner

one person to organize.

“I really want students to feel like they can own this project and be a part of it. It’s for everyone to honor and respect a person who loved our Adair-Hayes Crane students so much,” he said. “Words Staff Writer can’t describe how much she loved our Student Government will begin to community.”

Jay Dawkins, senior class president, build a memorial for coach Kay Yow this year. It has already raised more said he feels like students will be inthan $23,000 through contributions volved and excited for the project.

“Students connect strongly with the to complete the initial phase of the memorial and especially with coach project.

The memorial will be called the Yow. You can see it in how many stuCoaches’ Corner and will be con- dents support breast cancer awareness structed beside Reynolds Coliseum, in on campus,” Dawkins said. “Kay Yow between the gym and Talley Student was N.C. State. Her determination, Center. The memorial garden will her passion and her love for others; honor previous University coaches, she inspired so many people and this memorial will help inspire for decades beginning with Yow. The Kay Yow Memorial Committee to come.” $23,000 has been raised for the projwill raise the money for the garden through contributions from alumni, ect, and Student Government hopes to reach $85,000 by former players, fans involving students, and students. alumni and former Jeffrey Johnson, players. a junior in business All contributions administration Student Governand the student in ment receives excharge of the projceeding the total ect, hopes to have cost will be split the first phase finbetween the Kay ished by April.

Yow Endowment “The idea has with the Wolfpack been present since Jeffrey Johnson, junior in business Club and the Kay she passed away. administration Yow Cancer Fund.

This is something Students such as that students really wanted to see done, even people that Katlyn Keech, a junior in human binever met her,” Johnson said. “She had ology, are already getting excited for the project. such an impact on the community.”

“It’s a great thing because she did Johnson said Student Government decided to honor each coach at a dif- so much for the University and it’s a ferent time, starting with Yow. After way that we can give back to her bethe first phase, administrations can cause she has affected every student at add on and honor other former coach- the University, not just her players,” es so each coach will have his or her Keech said.

Johnson said it was not a hard deciown time to be honored.

In the garden will be a statue from sion to make to begin to the project.

“It’s only right to have a place to the bust up of Yow, which will be sculpted by James Barnhill from memorialize them [the coaches] and Greensboro. Donors who give over what better place than next to the $1,000 will be recognized on a plaque court?” Johnson said. “I’m really excited — it’s a great thing to honor her located in the memorial garden.

Johnson said he wanted students to and the community.” feel like they could get involved in the project, as it is not something for just

“It’s for everyone to honor and respect a person who loved our students so much.”

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roTc members march into carmichael gymnasium at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday as part of the University roTc Veteran’s Day ceremony. Every division ran a winding route from the Bell Tower, led by veterans including Tom Stafford, vice chancellor of student affairs. Tropical storm ida drenched the group with constant rain.

Cuts continue to impact class offerings Class availability will continue to decrease in coming semesters Jessica Neville Staff Writer

After a month of staggered registration dates for different priority groups within the student body, registration is now open to all students, but many classes are not.

Louis Hunt, enrollment management and services vice provost and University registrar, said budget cuts have had some impact on the amount of choices available to students next semester.

“In better economic times we would have more classes available,” Hunt said. “Many classes have been combined into larger sections and classes have been expanded, but we still have an adequate selection to meet the needs of our students.”

According to Hunt, graduate students sign up for classes first followed by undergraduate students.

Students in the University Honors and Scholars programs, students with disabilities and athletes have priority.

“Outside of these groups, registration starts with the senior class and goes to the freshman class,” Hunt said. “Students who have the most hours within their class get first priority, and then the rest of the class signs up through a random computing system. We feel that this is the fairest system possible.”

Jessica Chappell, a freshman in animal science, said she could not get into the biology class she

needed for next semester.

“There were still spots open in the Bio 183 classes, but they were reserved for students in other majors,” Chappell said. “As an animal science major I have to take this class as a prerequisite for all my other science classes. It put me behind the other animal science majors.”

Hunt advises students who could not get into classes needed for their major to talk to their advisers.

“Most freshman shouldn’t be worried about not getting a class they wanted, but if it is a prerequisite for their major they may really need to be in that class,” Hunt said.

Seniors should not be worried about getting the classes they need to graduate, according to Hunt.

“We will work with you if you need to fit a class into your schedule to graduate,” Hunt said. “But students need to be willing to be flexible at this time. ” Hunt also said students need to make sure to pay tuition fees on time or risk having an entire schedule deleted.

“E-mails will be sent out soon reminding students of when their tuition fees are due,” Hunt said.

Scott Piccola, a junior in agricultural business management, said he did not have any trouble signing up for classes this year.

“The time’s weren’t all perfect, but I was able to sign up for all the classes I needed and wanted to go with my major,” Piccola said.

Caitlin Stone, a junior who is switching majors from biology to psychology, only has nine hours of classes for next semester.

“I am in the process of bringing up

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my GPA so that I can switch majors at the end of the semester,” Stone said.

“However, I can’t sign up for the classes I need until I switch majors because they are reserved for students within those majors. Right now I only have nine hours and by the time I switch over, all the classes I need will probably be full.”

Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Jeffery Braden said that CHASS still has seats available for most classes, even if they are not the time or professor the student would have preferred.

“One thing that hurts scheduling is when students sign up for more classes than they plan to complete,” Braden said. “The process of students signing up for classes and then dropping them after the last date ultimately hurts other students. I think the Student Senate is looking into this and I hope they do, because the problem will get worse as resources are more strained.”

Other options for students who cannot register for classes next semester include online courses and summer classes. The University is looking at expanding options for summer school starting this summer, Hunt said.

Hunt also said there is a definite possibility of more budget cuts for the fall of 2010, which he said the University was prepared to handle.

“We will always try to look for solutions that have the least impact on the classroom,” Hunt said.

Although the University has grown in the past five years, Hunt said the next incoming freshman class will not expand, and may even shrink in size.

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CorreCtions & ClarifiCations

Weather Wise Today:

Tuesday’s page 1 story “KA hosts hod dog lunch, benefits veterans,” incorrectly listed Stephen Kouba’s position within Kappa Alpha. His title is historian.

Tuesday’s page 2 In The Know, “Drums of China bring thunder to campus,” incorrectly listed the date of the event. It will be Nov. 18 at 8 p.m.

Wednesday’s page 3 story “Rally4Talley Web page redirects,” Campus Enterprises was misidentified as Student Enterprises.

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Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-inChief Ty Johnson at editor@ technicianonline.com.

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12:34 P.M. | dAMAge To ProPerTy Honors Village Student was referred to the university after hitting and damaging card swipe entry device on the door.

McCain calls Fort Hood shooting terrorism U.S. Sen. John McCain, the Arizona Republican and former presidential candidate, called last week’s shooting at Fort Hood “an act of terror” during a speech at the University of Louisville Wednesday morning.

He called for swift disclosure of questionable behavior at military bases. Twelve soldiers and one civilian were killed in a shooting rampage at the Texas base last week, and the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was shot and wounded.

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5:03 P.M. | check Person 1911 Building Student reported suspicious subject in the area. Officer made contact with student waiting for friend to get out of class.

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Banner with cross symbol being taken down A street banner the San Clemente Chamber of Commerce has erected to promote San Clemente is being removed from public property after a local resident questioned whether its image of a Christian cross is compatible with separation of church and state.

The banner depicts a tower at San Clemente Presbyterian

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Church. The banner says, “San Clemente, Love It.” It’s one of about 80 banners the Chamber of Commerce displays on light poles along San Clemente’s main highway.

Other banners depict beach scenes, a skateboarder and various San Clemente themes.

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Missteps create delays in closing Guantanamo When the Obama administration in coming days announces the next step toward closing the Guantanamo Bay terrorist prison — which could include trying 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in a federal civilian court — it will be months behind schedule.

A new report by a think tank with close ties to the White House says the delays were the result of a series of mistakes and stumbles by the Obama administration, including having too few people at first to handle the workload and a fundamental misreading of Congress that led to a backlash against the prospects of sending Guantanamo detainees to the United States.

The Center for American Progress says Obama still can get back on track to closing the prison, but will be months late, past its January deadline thanks to its own missteps.

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Assassin’s Creed evolves UBISOFT TO UNVEIL NEXT CHAPTER IN FLAGSHIP FRANCHISE STORY BY RICH LEPORE | PHOTOS COURTESY UBISOFT

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ov. 17 marks the release of Assassin’s Creed 2, the much anticipated follow-up to one of the bestselling games of the past five years. A lot has changed in the two years since the release of the first game, and a select group of college journalists and I were invited to Ubisoft in Montreal for a hands-on experience to check out some of the new features. The game’s director, Benoit Lambert, was also on hand to give us an overview of the development process and guide us through the first few levels.

For those of you who are not familiar with the first title, here’s a bit of a recap. You play as a character named Desmond who is ripped from his normal life as a bartender and strapped into a device called the Animus. The Animus allows individuals to relive the memories of their ancestors, and it is a creation of the Abstergo Corporation with an eye on world domination.

Desmond is forced to relive the memories of Altair, one of his ancestors from the Holy Land of the Third Crusade, who also happens to be an assassin. For various reasons, Altair needs to conduct eight assassinations, and each assassination is a different level of the game. Only after Desmond relives each of these memories will Abstergo be able to access the one memory it needs in order to carry out its plans.

As anyone involved in the making of the games will tell you, Assassin’s Creed is really Desmond’s story, but in the first game, all the player could really do as Desmond was walk around a limited space and choose to either sit down in the Animus or lay down in his bed.

AC2, however, changes all of that.

The game starts out with an escape

from the Abstergo facility, and the player controls Desmond as he runs, hides, interacts and, most importantly, fights. Playing as Desmond during portions of actual game play feels liberating, and it opens up a variety of new options for the rest of the game. Lambert assured us that we would be playing as Desmond at least twice more throughout the game and there would be an increased focus on his The attention to detail is something designers boast about in Assassin’s Creed 2, due for release Nov. 17. story this time around.

Because the story centers around Des- protagonist who tends to wear his mond, and not Altair, the developers heart on his sleeve. Ezio is the son of a banker (and sewere free to choose cret assassin) who, whether or not they along with two of wanted to make Alhis brothers, is contair the main characvicted of a crime ter this time around. he didn’t commit “A lot of people and executed. The really liked Altair in Benoit Lambert, AC2 game story takes place all the first game,” Lambert said. “But we felt director at the Ubisoft workshop over Italy, in Venice, Rome, Florence and that using him as the the Tuscan countrymain character limside, exactly three ited what we could hundred years after the first game. do from an emotional perspective.”

Renaissance Italy was home to a slew Altair, after all, is a terse, inward character, whose motivations are of famous historical figures, many of Later in the game, Ezio takes to the skies in Da Vinci’s Flying Machine. largely left unspoken.

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“A lot of people really liked Altair in the first game.”

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In every way, Assassin’s Creed 2 ups the ante from the first game.

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whom make an appearance in AC2. Niccolo Machiavelli, Lorenzo de’ Medici and Pope Alexander VI all play small roles in Ezio’s exploits, and Leonardo da Vinci serves as his ally and friend. During the sections we played, da Vinci provides advice and guidance, and in one quest, he employs his considerable engineering talent to fix Ezio’s retractable assassin’s blade.

Lambert also revealed later on in the game, Ezio will take to the skies in a flying machine that is an exact replica of one that the real-life creations da Vinci designed and constructed. The inclusion of these historical figures and designs adds a certain authenticity to the game, and makes the overall experience that much more absorbing.

Adding to the game’s authenticity is the incredible attention to detail that is apparent in every frame of game-play. The game’s creative director, Patrice Desilets, and various members of the staff traveled to all of the actual locations depicted in the game, taking reference photos and gaining an in-person perspective of the world they would

be recreating. They did all of this work in an effort to make the in-game assets as historically accurate as possible.

“It’s an action-adventure game,” Lambert said, “but for Patrice, it’s also a way to convey historical facts. The idea is for the player to relive different parts of history in each game.”

Setting and characters aside, however, what makes a game truly great is the moment-tomoment game play experience.

The first game received generally favorable reviews, but both critics and fans agreed on one huge drawback: the missions felt repetitive. AC2 completely changes the formula, no longer requiring you to visit an assassin’s bureau to obtain “permission” to assassinate your targets.

In the levels I played, the focus was always shifting from one activity to another in an effort to keep things fresh and new.

In one early mission, you are tasked with gathering evidence of your father’s innocence, and in another, Ezio meets a courtesan who teaches you how to blend into groups of her friends to sneak into range of a potential target.

Later missions will include everything from flying, to swimming, to elaborate planned assassinations of all types of

targets, from political to criminal.

“In sports or racing games,” Lambert said, “the focus is on the depth of the experience, but in AC2, our main focus was on the width. When we first approached this project, we took an overview of the whole game, and made sure there were just lots of different things to do.”

One more notable feature of the game is the all new “Tuscan Villa.” At a certain point in the game, Ezio gains access to a villa in the Italian countryside that the player is free to develop and modify as they see fit. During your travels, you will come across different pieces of art and other items to collect and place in your villa.

As you buy each new item, the value of your villa increases, and it becomes a source of player income, a la Fable 2’s in-game economy.

In every way, Assassin’s Creed 2 ups the ante from the first game, especially in sheer variety and challenge. According to Lambert, AC2 was built around one main guiding philosophy.

“You learn without risk at first, and, after, the risk gets higher,” he said.

Robert Earl Keen has been a driving presence in Americana for the past 15 years, at the very least, and his latest offering, “The Rose Hotel,” only further cements his place in the altcountry pantheon. While none of these songs are the next “The Road Goes On Forever,” it’s an album of solid Keen material that’s bound to become part of the drunken sing-alongs that are his live shows.

It’s certainly not a new outing for Keen, but at this point in his career, straying too much from the beaten path would detract from his essence as an artist.

The title track is exactly what an opener should be — it’s catchy, mid-tempo, with an infinitely singable chorus.

But as always with a good Keen song there’s an undercurrent of sadness that keeps the twang authentic.

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It’s this turn of phrase that keeps Keen fans coming back for more and makes even the most die-hard anti-country advocates stop and listen.

“Throwin’ Rocks” starts out like any other lazy good-time song but turns on itself halfway through, going from rollicking love song to rolling story of revenge. As such it’s a standout on a disc full of solid songs.

Keen pays tribute to his forbearers appropriately, covering Townes Van Zandt’s “Flyin’ Shoes” with a chunky bass line. “The Man Behind the Drums” is a pure metacountry ode to Levon Helm.

It’s a refreshing sense of humility that Keen possesses in

“Robert Earl Keen has been a driving presence in Americana for the past 15 years, at the very least.”

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regard to these legends, as if he realizes that some put him on their level but knows in his heart of hearts that he can only look up to them.

Some songs don’t quite hit the emotional apex. “Goodbye Cleveland” ought to be every bit the weeper, but something about the way Keen stretches out the words of the chorus just makes it another candidate for rowdy singing along, which is exactly what this song shouldn’t be. Some songs are played for the laughs, which is always fun, but “10,000 Chinese Walk into a Bar” still doesn’t seem to reach the funny bone quite like previous gut-busters (“The Great Hank” comes to mind).

As a whole, “The Rose Hotel” is fun, relaxed and at turns surprising. Keen’s attitude is best summed up in the song “Something I Do,” which with a chorus of “I kinda like just doing nothing, it’s something that I do,” encapsulates the easy and familiar feeling that fans have come to know and love.

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1911: First basketball game in N.C. State history.

Feb. 21, 1911: First college basketball game ever played in Raleigh. The game was against Wake Forest and A&M won, 19-18 for the first victory in school history.

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1919: State defeats the University of North Carolina to win the State Championship for the second season in a row.

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1929: State wins its first Southern Conference Tournament Championship in Atlanta after 35 years.

1946: Everett Case officially becomes State’s coach and changes the face of N.C. State basketball, as well as basketball in the entire Southeast.

February 1947: Everett Case leads the Red Terrors to defeat UNC at Chapel Hill 4846. The win sealed the streak of 15 wins over the White Phantoms/Tar Heels.

March 1947: Everett Case leads the team to a Southern Conference Championship.

In celebration of the victory the team cut down the nets, an up-in-coming nationwide trend.

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Junior forward tracy smith talks to the media during the team’s media day oct. 16. during the exhibition match nov. 5 against st. Paul’s college, smith led the pack with 21 points.

Becoming the main offensive threat focused on dropping weight and gethas its down side. With a lot of the of- ting to a point in which he can perform fensive plays being centered around at the highest level. Coach Sidney Lowe explains Smith’s getting him the d ra mat ic loss ba l l, opposing in weight to his teams will place determination a target squarely to get into shape on his back. But and his want to Smit h relishes succeed at the the opportunity college level. and understand “He has lost his job when the a lot of weight double and triple since high school teams come. and it is definite“I just have to Coach Sidney Lowe ly a credit to him play smart against for losing the the traps,” Smith said. “Double team me. Triple team weight and keeping it down,” Lowe me. It’s OK. I just have to make the said. “He knew he was a good basketsmart decision and pass the ball out ball player and he knew he couldn’t [be one] at that weight. You’re happy for a to the open man.”

Smith didn’t get to this point in his guy like that. The fact that he wanted it that bad and lost all that weight and career overnight, though.

Since leaving high school, Smith has now he has put himself in a situation

“He knew he was a good basketball player and he knew he couldn’t [be one] at that weight.”

in which he is playing in arguably the best basketball conference and is playing against great players and doing well at it.”

With the team looking to run a more fast-paced game with the depth at point guard, Smith knew he had to get into better shape and admits he may be in the best shape he has been in since arriving at State.

“I feel like my conditioning is very good right now,” Smith said.

“I am probably in the best shape I have been in since I have been at N.C. State because coach Lowe told me we’re going to change it up this year and be more of a running team.”

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Towe expects more out of Pack in 2009

Deputy Sports Editor Taylor Barbour spoke to the former All-American and N.C. State associate head coach about expectations, preseason polls and a front court that has bulked up in the offseason

Technician : What are your expectations for the season?

Towe: We are expecting a lot of good things from a lot of the players on the team. All of these guys have been working really hard and are coming together as a team, which is really important. I am not sure what that translates into as it pertains to wins and losses but I think that will take care of itself. I really like the direction this team is headed. The veteran players that returned from last year’s team are better than they were a year ago.

The freshman have come in and really done a good job and picked things up really well. I just expect a lot of good things out of this team.

Technician : What have you seen from this team that gives you hope

1923: The Frank Thompson Gym opens its doors as the first basketball facility in honor of the former Wolfpack athlete who died in World War I. 1923: N.C. State, then known as the Tech, changes its name to the Red Terrors after the inauguration of new red road uniforms

Taylor Barbour Coming off of a disappointing 20082009 season in which the team finished 16-14 (6-10 in ACC), the men’s basketball team is looking to rebound this year, and one key for the team’s success will be the play of junior forward Tracy Smith.

“He is going to be good for us,” junior point guard Javier Gonzalez said. “We will need him to score consistently every single game for us to be successful.”

Smith is coming off of his most productive season, in which he averaged 10 points and 4.5 rebounds per game.

However, Smith showed his ability to be big time player at the end of the season, starting 12 out of the final 13 games and putting up back to back double-doubles against ACC opponents Wake Forest and Georgia Tech.

Numbers aside, Smith said he is focused on doing whatever he can this year to get this team back on track and restore the Pack to its former glory.

“I just want to win,” Smith said. “I want to get coach Lowe what he wants and I want to turn this organization around and back into a winning program.”

Smith will have a lot more added pressure this year to score with the loss of three of the team’s top scorers in Brandon Costner, Ben McCauley and Courtney Fells to graduation.

“We need him to score the basketball especially after losing a lot of our scorers from last year,” Gonzalez said. “We just have to get him the ball whenever he is in the position to score.”

Aware of the increasing pressures coming from his need to score this season, Smith went into the offseason focusing on all aspects of the game but especially his offensive play. Smith worked on his jump shot and face up ability to try and make himself more multi-dimensional.

“Defense, rebounding, but mainly I have been working on my face of at the basket, my 15-footer and my speed,” Smith said. “Everything is coming along pretty well my 15-foot shots are becoming more consistent and my face up ability is improving.”

1920: North Carolina A&M becomes North Carolina State College.

that the team will finish better than it has in recent years?

Towe: I do not really compare teams from recent years. I just know that good teams are unselfish and try to play really good defense. If you want to be a good basketball team, you have to care about each other, and Luis Zapata/tEchnician fiLE photo that leads to your team to being unhead coach sidney lowe, stands alongside assistant coach Monte towe at a selfish. It doesn’t matter who scores home game last season. the basket, it’s that we score a basket.

Defensively you have to take easy baskets away and bring percentages down on the other team. I think this were a year ago with the addition of ago.

Technician : What is the plan for team is going to make the sacrifice to [Jordan] Vandenberg and[DeShawn] be a good team defensively. Those two Painter. Scott Wood has good size, trying to play a more up-tempo style qualities — the fact that they are really Josh Davis had good size, and so, of offense?

Towe: We are trying to just pick unselfish and they are concentrating overall, it seems to me that we are a up the pace a bit. It is the style that on playing good defense — generally bigger team.

Technician : What do you expect everyone would like to play and the translates into having a good basketthis year out of the point guard posi- fans enjoy seeing people go up and ball team. down the floor and putting more tion?

Towe: I think both [Javier] Gonza- points up, and we are trying to do Technician : How is the depth in lez and [Julius] Mays played a little that. What we want is every time the frontcourt this year?

Towe: We miss all of those guys bit more at an earlier stage than they someone gets ready to play North that are not here; they are great kids were prepared to do and now they are Carolina State University this year, is and they did what they are supposed more ready to play that position than that one thing in the scouting report, to do. But, it is going to make a great they ever have been before, and that is that they have to know that they opportunity for Tracy Smith and Den- should translate into the best point nis Horner to step up. Overall, I think guard play we have had since Engin this team may be a bit bigger than we Atsur was running our club two years TOWE continued page 11

December 1947: The team change its name to the Wolfpack 1949: Reynolds Coliseum construction concludes and N.C. State plays and wins its first game in the largest, at the time, college basketball facility in the Southeast.

1950: The Wolfpack loses to City College of New York, 78-73, in the school’s first Final Four appearance for N.C. State.

1954: State defeats Wake Forest in overtime, 82-80, to win the first-ever ACC Tournament and earn the ACC’s bid to the NCAA Tournament.

1956: N.C. State plays on TV for the first time, losing to Carolina 73-69. In March, the Wolfpack claims its third ACC Tournament win in a row, setting the ACC record for consecutive champions until it is broken in 2002.

1959: Tenth-ranked N.C. State defeats fifth-ranked North Carolina, 80-56, to win the ACC Tournament championship game.

1964: Everett Case resigns as head coach as Press Maravich takes over.

1965: State conquers eighth-ranked Duke, 91-85, in the ACC Finals. Former coach Everett Case is pulled from the stands and hoisted onto the shoulders of his former players to cut the championship nets for the 11th time.

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1966: Everett Case passes away at Rex Hospital.

Press Maravich resigns and former Wolfpack standout Norman Sloan becomes the new head coach.

1968: Al Heartley becomes the first African-American to play basketball for N.C. State.

1970: State wins its sixth ACC Championship.

1973: In the first nationally televised Super Bowl Sunday basketball matchup, No. 3 State defeats No. 2 Maryland; the Pack went on to finish the season with a perfect 27-0 record.

1974: N.C. State won the ACC Tournament, the NCAA Tournament and its first National Championship.

1975: David Thompson’s jersey, number 44, is retired. Thompson led the Pack to the NCAA title and was two-time national player of the year.

He still holds the school record for points in a game, 57, and in a season, 838. Thompson was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1996.

1980: Jim Valvano becomes the 15th head basketball coach at N.C. State 1983: State wins its ninth ACC Championship. In a battle of miracles, through the NCAA Tournament, on April 4, 1983, the Wolfpack wins the National Championship.

1987: State wins its tenth AAC Championship, defeating Carolina 68-67.

Positional breakdown

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s the Wolfpack suits up for the 2009-10 basketball season, the starting lineup is still undetermined. With players battling it out during practice, each position has its standouts. Technician has broken down each position: point guard, shooting guard, small forward, power forward and center, highlighting what players to watch and which positions are lacking depth.

POINT GUARDS: With three returning point guards in junior Javier Gonzalez, sophomore Julius Mays and redshirt senior Farnold Degand, the battle for the starting position is still in full swing.

Coach Sidney Lowe said there is one point guard who has moved ahead of the pack, but it’s still too early to tell who will have the starting position.

Gonzalez started the final 10 games last season, averaging 23.7 minutes over the last 11 games. He also continued his starting role during the exhibition matchup on Nov. 5.

During his freshman season, Mays earned the back-up guard role during most of the season, and started three games. He gained instant recognition when he hit the game winning three-pointer in overtime with 2.6 seconds left against Miami last year.

Degand came off the bench last season in eight of the last nine games and had 37 assists to 26 turnovers. Degand may play multiple positions this season, at the point and shooting guard roles. compiLed by jen hankin

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1996: Herb Sendek is named program’s 17th head coach.

1997: The Wolfpack becomes the first and only team to ever advance from the play-in game all the way to the finals of the ACC Tournament.

1999: For the final rival game against North Carolina in Reynolds Coliseum, a crowd of 12,852 assembles — the largest in the facility’s 50-year history.

ShOOTING GUARD: After coming on strong at the end of last season, sophomore C.J. Williams returns to help fill the void left by Courtney Fells.

Williams had double-digit scoring efforts in conference games against Wake Forest, Georgia Tech and Virginia last season.

Joining Williams at shooting guard is true freshman Scott Wood, who comes into this season as arguably the best pure shooter Sidney Lowe has recruited.

Wood went 4-4 from 3-point range in the first half of the team’s exhibition against St. Paul’s College Nov. 5 before his action was limited due to back spasms.

Lowe also said freshman Josh Davis and redshirt sophomore Johnny Thomas are both options at the position. With both Williams and Thomas at 6’6” and Wood and Davis at 6’7”, the Pack’s height at the position could provide matchup problems for its opponents though inexperience will prove to be a hurdle all options will have to overcome.

While Wood and Davis must make the transition to the college game, Thomas saw action in 14 games last season while Williams played in 25 games but was held scoreless in 10 of those contests. compiLed by brent kitchen

The position of small forward seems to be one the deepest positions at the disposal of coach Sidney Lowe. With two of the veteran starters classified as small forwards, sophomore C.J. Williams and senior Dennis Horner, the team looks to have a strong presence at this position.

Because of the versatility of the position, Horner and Williams are easily transferred to other positions on the court. If Lowe decides to move either player to shooting guard, where Williams has experience, or power forward, Lowe will have a plethora of bench support. With sophomores Kendall Smith, Johnny Thomas and junior Kaycee Obi-Gwacham available to step in, the team has plenty of options at this position. compiLed by eLy yarbrough

1990: Les Robinson, a former Wolfpack player under coach Everett Case, is named head coach.

1993: Coach Jim Valvano gives an emotional speech, urging Wolfpack fans to “Never, never give up,” as the Pack returns to Reynolds Coliseum.

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CeNTeRS: As one of the Pack’s weakest positions, the only true center on coach Sidney Lowe’s roster is freshman Jordan Vandenberg.

During his debut in the St. Paul’s College exhibition, Vandenberg played a total of 13 minutes with six points. According to Lowe, he expects good things, but doesn’t want to rush his development.

When Vandenberg wasn’t playing, Lowe played a combination of forwards and guards, omitting the true center position. In recent past, Lowe has typically had a power forward play the center position. Junior Tracy Smith may step in to play the five.

Center is a point where the Pack has not been particularly strong at since 2007-08 season when J.J. Hickson dominated the court. Last year, Ben McCauley took over the role. If Vandenberg develops, Lowe may have a dependable contributor in the middle.

POweR fORwARD: Senior Dennis Horner and junior Tracy Smith lead the Pack in the power forward position this season. Horner came off the bench as a back-up last season, averaging 9.9 points over the last eight games and shooting 54.3 percent from the field.

Smith started 11 of the final 13 games last season and averaged 12.2 points in the games he started despite a knee injury that sidelined him for the majority of the season.

Both veterans played in the exhibition match with Smith leading all Pack scorers with 21 points.

Freshman recruits DeShawn Painter and Richard Howell are possible options for the Pack. In the exhibition game, Painter had eight points, while Howell, due to a knee injury, remained on the bench.

According to Lowe, it is likely that Painter or Howell will come off the bench early in the season and get some playing time., but it is too early to tell where these fresh players will fall in the lineup. compiLed by jen hankin

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Freshman forwards DeShawn Painter and Richard Howell will make their collegiate debut tonight against Georgia State.

Meet the new kids Five freshmen fight for footing on coach Lowe’s revamped Pack team

“I’m a shooter,” Wood said.

“I’m pretty sure I’m going to come in here and improve a little bit on shooting. But I want to contribute on the deJen Hankin fensive end and rebounding— Deputy Sports Editor those are two things I need to College is a frightening improve on. I just want to keep enough transition for an getting better everyday.”

Forward Josh Davis also 18-year-old without constant practices, heavy expectations contributed three points and from thousands of students played a total of nine minutes and alumni and seasoned col- against St. Paul’s College.

DeShawn Painter saw siglege basketball players on the opposite end of the court ready nificant playing time during the opening contest, and said to wipe the floor with you.

Josh Davis from Raleigh, he hopes to play aggressively at N.C., Richard Howell from the power forward position for Marietta, Ga., DeShawn Paint- the Pack this season.

“I expect just to play hard,” er from Norfolk, Va., Jordan Vandenberg from Melbourne, Painter said. “My role on the Australia and Scott Wood from team involves rebounding, Marion, Ind., the newest mem- running the f loor—just lots bers of the Pack, have already of energy and hopefully this team will win discovered games.” this — and The deembraced it. m a n d s o f In coach p l a y i n g a t Sidney Lowe’s the Division third year as I level a re head coach, something he has now most freshbegun to get Freshman Richard Howell men athletes the ty pe of don’t underpl a y e r s h e wants for his program, the kind stand. Richard Howell was no he believes can compete with exception.

“This is not something you the dominant level of competido for fun,” Howell said. “It’s a tion in the ACC. “We’re just starting to have job now. If you’re not producthe type of recruiting classes ing, you’re not playing. It’s not that we need to have in order a joke. You have to take it very to compete on that level,” Lowe seriously at this point.”

Howell injured his knee and said. “We are headed in that didid not play in the exhibition rection.”

According to junior point match, but according to Lowe guard Javier Gonzales, the he should not be out long.

“He will miss some game freshmen have a lot to learn to gain considerable playing time, time,” Lowe said. “But we are but he and the rest of the team counting on him to help us out are excited for the freshmen’s this year. We hate that we’re going to miss him here early, but contribution.

“We need our young guys I also hate that he’s got to deal to be helpful,” Gonzales said. with an injury this early in his “We need them to get better career.”

Once Howell returns, he so they can come off the bench said he expects his position to and help.”

During the exhibition game change often and fit wherever Nov. 8 against St. Paul’s Col- he is needed.

“I’m versatile, so I can play lege, the freshmen had time to debut their skills. Scott Wood any position coach wants me to received significant playing play,” Howell said. “Whatever time and has hinted he could my coach wants me to do — be a standout in his class. I’m going to do it.”

Jordan Vandenberg has alWood contributed 12 points, all courtesy of three-pointers, ready showed his intensity and passion for the game. Accordduring the season opener.

“He’s capable of doing that,” ing to Gonzales, he still has Lowe said of the small forward. room for improvement.

“He has come a long way,” “It’s impressive that he could come out and do that in front Gonzales said. “He’s being of a crowd and shoot the way more active and more aggressive and he needs to get better he did.”

Wood has not let his shooting and stronger, but he’ll help us ability get to his head. He said a lot.” he has continued to focus on improving. fReShmeN continued page 11

“I’m versatile, so I can play any position coach wants me to play.”

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It’s going to be a cold winter Deputy sports eDitors taylor barbour anD tyler everett square off on the upcoming basketball season

Where is the love?

O n the campus of N.C. State, sports may be the most talked about topic as students make their way to classes. And with the basketball season starting, predictions for the team and the upcoming season have begun to be talked about.

But, it seems in these conversations the Taylor general conBarbour sensus for the Deputy Sports student body Editor i s t hat t he team is going to be horrible this year.

I ask myself, “Why do the student body and the media believe this?”

Is it because the team went 16-14 last year and finished ninth in the ACC? Is it because the team was an almost unanimous pick for last in the ACC this year in the preseason polls?

Or is it because the team lost its three top scorers from last year’s team?

I know all these questions may look as if they are negative toward the team, but I ask you to look at it in a positive way.

Yes, the Pack went 16-14 in the ACC last year, but it also played in the toughest conference in basketball; that included two games against Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest, all of which were ranked No. 1 at one point in the season last year.

Look at the NBA draft this

past year: there was a total of seven players in the ACC that were drafted in the first round and two more were drafted in the second round. There will be a harsh reality check for most of these teams with the loss of many of their key players, and soon.

Carolina lost its four top scorers, Wake lost its top two scorers and Duke, Miami and Florida State each lost one of their best players from the year before. So, the level of play in the ACC is going to be a lot lower than it has in the past few years, with fewer dominating teams and a more level playing field, giving the Wolfpack just as good of a chance as any team to make a splash in the ACC. So, if it is not how the team finished last year that is making people’s outlook for the team this year dismal, then it has to be the fact that the preseason polls have picked us to finish last in the ACC. As we all know, preseason polls are about as reliable as Coach K going a game without complaining. Just two years ago, the ACC predicted State to finish third in the ACC, but as we all know the team ended up going 15-16 on the season and finished second to last in the ACC. Even with these predictions, I wonder why the media and

students are so down on N.C. State this. In the final nine games of the season, junior center Tracy Smith averaged almost 14 points per game and 7.2 rebounds per game.

Also, both point guards Javier Gonzalez and Julius Mays showed f lashes of brilliance last season, with Gonzalez’s 18 point game against the Tar Heels and Mays’ game-winning three against Miami and 18-point game against Maryland in the ACC tournament.

And if these players and others, such as C.J. Williams and Farnold Degand, can continue to improve from last season under coach Sidney Lowe then this team can compete in the ACC. Another positive is that the incoming freshmen, guard Scott Wood, forward DeShawn Painter and forward Richard Howell, once he recovers from injury, are expected to make an immediate impact this year.

Okay, if it is not the preseason polls causing the negativity, then it has to be losing the top three scorers from last season, in Ben McCauley, Brandon Costner and Courtney Fells. But in my opinion it’s good riddance; long gone is former head coach Herb

“The Pack now has players who are committed to Lowe and his success.”

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ith the football team needing to win three games in a row to become eligible for a bowl game, fans must face the distinct possibility the season will be over less than three weeks from now.

With this in mind, Tyler Everett many have Deputy Sports already Editor turned t heir attention to the upcoming basketball season.

Despite being picked to finish last in the ACC by the media, some fans are

holding out high hopes due to the play of Javier Gonzalez and Tracy Smith late last year. Those with optimistic outlooks on the basketball team also cite the freshman class, which includes at least four players likely to earn significant playing time if nothing else.

But I have a bad feeling those expecting the basketball team to prove the critics are as wrong about it as they were about this football season, are going to end up thoroughly disappointed.

Even if Smith and Gonzalez play as well as they did down the stretch last season, I don’t see this team

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2002: The Pack’s first NCAA Tournament appearance since 1991 2003: State clinches Herb Sendek’s third time in seven years as head coach to make it to the ACC Tournament Finals. The Pack won the Tournament and locked in a second straight NCAA bid.

2004: Herb Sendek earns league’s Coach of the Year honor.

2006: Former Wolfpack standout Sidney Lowe is named N.C. State’s 18th head coach.

2007: Sidney Lowe, debuting his famous red jacket, defeats No. 3 North Carolina, 83-79.

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1999: In February, seven Wolfpack AllAmerican jerseys — Dick Dickey, Sammy Ranzino, Bobby Speight, Ronnie Shavlik, Vic Molodet, Lou Pucillo and John Richter — are honored. In March, the Pack fell to Princeton in the second round of the NIT, making it the final game played in historic Reynolds Coliseum. In November, State took the court at the new RBC Center to a sellout crowd and an ESPN audience as the Pack defeats Georgia.

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The FacTs:

Basketball season tips off tonight at 7 p.m., with the men’s basketball team predicted to finish last in the ACC.

Our OpiniOn:

Be prepared to be surprised. Despite the disappointment of last year, the Cardiac Pack team of old may be back for the 2009-2010 season.

Embrace ‘Lowe’ expectations I t’s jump ball time for Wolfpack basketball as the team hits the court tonight at 7 p.m. And while the experts pick N.C. State to finish last in the ACC after a terrible 2008-2009 campaign, you may be pleasantly surprised this season.

Considering the basketball program’s history, there is reason to be optimistic in spite of a disappointing season last year.

And preseason picks mean next to nothing — just look at the football team, which was expected to compete for the ACC title.

Historically, the basketball team performs best when under pressure or counted out.

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.

The “Cardiac Pack” nickname exists for a reason: consider the 1983 team under the guidance of the legendary Jim Valvano.

The team silenced all naysayers with a stunning victory in the national championship, leaving Jimmy V to run around the court looking for someone to celebrate with in the annals of college basketball history.

And don’t forget Sidney Lowe’s first season as head coach — the team delivered a resounding victory over UNCChapel Hill and made it to the ACC finals.

Gone are the days of prima donna players who hurt the basketball team’s efforts at cohesion as they put their egos before winning and competing for 40 minutes day in and day out.

Now, with the new recruits Lowe has brought to the program, the team hopefully will focus less on individual players and start playing as a competitive force in the ACC. This year should mark a return of such play, evidenced not only by the departure of several me-first players but by

the uncertainty of any starting lineup — when even the keystone position of starting point guard is up in the air, it’s easy to see that this team can go far this season.

Fans, do not despair — as we have seen from the up-anddown football season, there is no reason to view preseason picks as the final say on how athletic teams will perform.

Cautious optimism is a prudent attitude for fans to have this basketball season, as you never know if the Cardiac Pack will shock every basketball analyst.

Knowledge versus wisdom

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few weeks ago, I wrote a column discussing the ineffectiveness of many administrative positions and complained about the resources those positions cost the University.

My argument hinged on the thought that students, given the necessary training and tools, cou ld easily do the job of many administrators at N.C. State.

SubsequentRussell ly, one of my Witham professors and Viewpoint Editor I have engaged in a rather long discourse about gained wisdom and institutional knowledge. While no fan of administrators, he argued that I was discounting them for the wrong reasons. He told me, in no uncertain terms, many of these positions were benefiting from years of institutional knowledge and I was engaging the concept from a youthful and naïve standpoint. Databases can have all the information in the world, but they can’t convey life experience.

Under some circumstances I have to agree with him, wisdom — some sort of rare combination of age and experience adds to the ability of a person to perform a task.

For example, given proper notes and adequate communication skills, thousands of people without any experience in a field could theoretically teach a class in it. Professors would become obsolete because universities would hire orators to teach everything from thermodynamics to bees and beekeeping. Students would receive the same notes from an instructor who could more adequately present them. Wouldn’t it improve the quality of education?

Of course not — the Socratic interchange of teacher and student is one of the essential parts of learning and the pursuit of knowledge. Most professors aren’t perfect lecturers, and they all have flaws in one way or another. But the wisdom and experience they’ve gained from years of studying and understanding a field enriches their understanding of the material.

They can convey something beyond the notes and the textbook.

The particular professor who challenged my views on institutional knowledge would prob-

ably admit that he doesn’t know how to teach his field — although, to be obdurate, he would likely argue it isn’t teachable.

Nonetheless, the years he spent mastering the methods of the field allow him to impart a unique perspective and some semblance of knowledge.

Likewise, there are many administrators at the University who are truly inimitable, counselors who understand the world in the way an 18- to 22-year-old never could and employees who enrich and enliven the University experience.

Some positions at the University could never be replaced by a student with the same databases and the University would be hardpressed to replace its professors with speakers and distance education classes.

Students’ college experience would be irreconcilably harmed by the lack of wisdom — knowledge would get lost in translation.

I still maintain that students, receiving a fraction of the compensation, could fulfill many of the University’s administrative requirements.

Erskine Bowles, president of the UNC System, has made it clear that he wants universities’ bloated administrative ranks to be significantly reduced.

And while I do hope that the University will listen to Bowles advice, I’ll admit that there are some positions that are better served by wisdom and experience than youth and a fresh eye.

The acquiring of knowledge through computers, databases and Google has transformed the f low of information and the way this generation views the world, but there are still cases where the typewriter, card catalogue and dictionary are important — even necessary.

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“I’m kind of unsure. I have high hopes but I’m a little worried about how the game rebounds.

But I think we’ll have a good season.”

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Don’t take society for granted

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hate to be a Debbie Downer, but I recently read about a horrible incident that made me think seriously about humanity’s supposed goodness. In Richmond, Ca lifornia, a 15-year-old girl Zakk was gang raped by ten boys — White some students Assisstant Viewpoint Editor and some not — behind her high school after the homecoming dance.

Tragic as that is by itself, about 10-20 boys, who were not involved in the rape, watched and did nothing to help. In fact, they were watching were laughing and taking pictures.

Some commentators have claimed that this shows that kids are just much worse nowadays.

Does it show that video games and street culture have warped our generation to become callous bystanders to horrific crimes? While that could be part of it, I believe that incidents like this remind us of the darkness that inhabits the human condition.

It’s not that people are more violent now compared to the past — to assume that would be a mistake. Crimes of this level of repulsion and violence that it shocks us out of our complacence to remind us of what we, as a species, could be

capable of.

As horrible as this incident was, we should remember that in humanity’s past, gang rapes were not even thought of as bad, much less evil.

We have come a long way in society. We have secured rights for most of our population and have placed a high emphasis on the Kantian autonomy of the individual. We have a societal belief that someone or something is always watching over us not only as a species, but as a nation.

But rights are worthless unless there is a capable government of some sort t o e n forc e them.

What if all of our order and security was taken away? Would every street turn into the back alley of the high school in Richmond? Maybe not completely, but the world would be much darker indeed and such acts would become more than common.

The further tragedy that should have easily been prevented is that under California law, the bystanders will not be prosecuted. They would have had the book thrown at them if the girl was only a year younger.

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The best we can do to preserve civilization is to treat others with love. I know that sounds corny, but it is true. If you see someone in trouble, help them out. From big things l i ke i mmediately reporting crimes to small gestures like opening the door for others you need to s how others that you are aware of their existence and worth as human beings. If you lose your love for your fellow man, then you are basically capable of anything.

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2007: In March, State entered the ACC tournament, ranked 10th, the Pack climbs to reach to championship ACC game for the third time in the past five years.

Newest addition to men’s basketball’s 2010 signing class made the trek from Georgia Wednesday to announce his intent to attend State before his newest fans

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2007: The team advances to the quarterfinals of the NIT before losing to West Virginia in Morgantown, ending Lowe’s magical run through the postseason in his first year as coach.

Harrow NoT ‘iN THe House’ Ryan Harrow said he won’t be attending tonight’s opener against Georgia State, largely because he has a test tomorrow he can’t miss.

“We’re leaving straight from here,” he said of his plans for after his signing ceremony, adding he’ll likely study in the car.

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The dining porch of Sammy’s Tap and Grill Wed nesday resembled how the restaurant looks on a Saturday afternoon as N.C. State students and fans alike crowded in to watch the action.

But, for Wolfpack basketball fans, the action wasn’t on the big screen; it was at the table at the front of the room as Ryan Harrow signed his letter of intent, becoming coach Sidney Lowe’s second recruit to sign this November after Lorenzo Brown re-committed to join the program.

Harrow, a senior at Walton High School in Marietta, Ga., traveled with his family and high school coach to Raleigh to publicly

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declare he’ll suit up for Lowe, whose 2010-11 recruiting class is ranked 12th in the nation by ESPN.com.

The 6-foot point guard said Lowe was the first Division 1 coach to visit him, and though he had offers this summer from Auburn and Chattanooga, he said he likes the position he’ll be in with the Pack as he’s convinced he and the rest of the recruiting class will help the program turn the corner next season.

“We’ll be able to make an impact,” Harrow said. “We’ll turn a lot of heads.”

Harrow, whose first contact with the coaching staff began in his freshman year when

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After publicly announcing his intent to attend N.C. State, Ryan Harrow poses with Anthony and Leah Flynt in Sammy’s Tap and Grill Wednesday as the pair’s father, Greg, snaps a photo. Greg, an alumnus, said he’s excited about the future of the basketball program. “It’s looking really bright,” he said of the program’s direction. “Especially if C.J. Leslie comes, too.”

Monte Towe visited, said the welcome at Sammy’s was one of the reasons he wanted to come to State.

“It makes me feel like a big deal,” he said.

And fans let him know it.

Harrow took a victory lap, of sorts, around the restaurant,

posing for photos with fans, signing autographs and talking basketball as half the LCD TVs in the bar played highlights from his high school career on loop.

Grayson Joyner, a senior in sport management, posed for a photo with Harrow, who, ac-

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cording to Joyner, has brought excitement the likes of which State fans haven’t had in years.

“This is a monumental step for our basketball program,” Joyner said. “I haven’t seen [this enthusiasm] in years, and I’ve followed the program since I was 12 years old.”

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have to get back on defense every possession.

We are going to be trying to push the ball up the floor and get an early scoring opportunity and if there is nothing there, we will settle down and run our half-court offense.

Technician : What is your opinion on the preseason polls?

Towe: I do not know how much weight we actually hold them, but we are all aware of them.

Myself, I would prefer to have high expectations and be preseason number one.

But those are media things that are fan driven and we do not have any control over them.

We always talk to our players about controlling the things you can control and that is definitely something you can’t control.

We are who we are, and we feel good about ourselves and the coaches feel good about the team and know it’s time for us to go out and play some other people and see how we stack up.

Sendek’s Princeton-Style offense and with the exception of Dennis Horner, his players are long gone.

I’m sure countless fans wanted to pull their own hair out in frustration last year after witnessing lackluster and selfish play from those three players night after night.

All three of the players never really bought into Lowe’s system, clashing with Lowe and, in one case, his recruit in J.J. Hickson.

So, instead of looking at losing these three players as a negative, look at it as a positive.

The Pack now has players who are committed to Lowe and his success, and buy into what he is preaching and trying to accomplish.

Overall, I believe this team is going to perform well above everyone’s dismal expectations.

Lowe is taking this team in the right direction and with the way he is bringing in national talent, this program is headed down the right path.

So, a final request: let’s hold off on all of the negativity and give this team a shot to prove it can not only play in the ACC but win in it.

having much success after going 6-10 in the ACC a year ago. And the team didn’t just struggle last season, it also lost its top three scorers, Ben McCauley, Brandon Costner, and Courtney Fells. Granted, no one will miss Costner, who seemed determine to do whatever his teammates needed of him, so long as it wouldn’t require him to sweat. Neither Fells nor McCauley were ever phenomenal, but the absence of their experience and scoring will be sorely missed.

One reason I am keeping my expectations for this season grounded is the possibility of Gonzalez and Smith struggling to duplicate their success late last season with defenses focused on them. Gonzalez has shown flashes of brilliance at times during his two years here, but has also struggled mightily. After a 12-game span in which he played a grand total of 18 minutes, Gonzalez started the final 10 games of the season and averaged 11 points a game over the final eight of those. If Gonzalez can play the way he did during those final eight games, then this team is certainly capable of shocking a lot of people. But considering the inconsistent nature of his career to this point, it’s hard to expect that to happen.

Like Gonzalez, Smith played extremely well late last season, starting 12 of

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Josh Davis, freshman forward, goes for a layup in the exhibition game against St. Paul’s Collage at Reynolds Coliseum Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. Davis, who started the game, scored 3 points and helped win the game 84 to 42.

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According to Wood, the young players on the team are ready to learn and contribute this season.

“There is a lot of stuff to

learn, and someone’s going to have to come in and contribute,” Wood said. “Us freshman, we’re just trying to get better everyday and the veterans are helping us out. Hopefully, we can get better and step in and do work.”

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the last 13 games and averaging 12 points a game in his 12 starts. To me, the question with Smith is less about him and more about opposing defenses. Defenses will surely try to take Smith out of games as much as possible, and it is hard to say for certain if Smith will dominate the way some expect him to as a 6-foot-8 post player facing constant double teams.

It’s not that I necessarily think either of these players is incapable of having a great season, I just wholeheartedly disagree with those that seem convinced both players will be every bit as good every game this year as they were for the final third of last season.

Another reason the season might be a long one is the strength of the ACC. With four teams in the conference nationally ranked in the preseason AP Top 25 and four more receiving votes, nearly every game in conference play will pit the Pack against strong opposition.

With a team that looks like it will have four true freshmen seeing significant minutes, people expecting those young players to play well so early in their careers against such quality opposition might want to think twice. Considering the way many eventual ACC stars struggle initially, modest expectations for the freshman class would have been wise this summer. And that was before it was revealed that the star of the class, shooting guard Lorenzo Brown, will not be playing for the Pack this season.

With the coming basketball season in particular, fans expecting State to shock the ACC by finishing in the middle of the pack or better might want to think again.

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• 17 days until the football team takes on North Carolina in its season finale

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Gonzalez emerges as Pack’s point guard Club golf to host first annual Rivals Match The club golf team will host its first annual Rivals Match Sunday.

The team, which received official recognition as a club team this year, will welcome teams from Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill to the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, located on Centennial Campus.

Play begins at 11:30 a.m. with a shotgun start.

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Cross Country coach Geiger voted ACC coach of the year Rollie Geiger won the award after a vote from league’s 12 head coaches less than a week after his men’s team won an ACC championship for the 11th time in 15 years. This is the 12th time Geiger has been named the ACC coach of the year in men’s cross country, and the 33rd time he has been named ACC coach of the year. Among the three sports he coaches – men’s and women’s cross country and track and field – he has won 40 ACC championships.

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Quote of the day “This is a monumental step for our basketball program.”

Grayson Joyner, senior in sport management, on the signing of Ryan Harrow

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Javier Gonzalez looks to provide consistency at position that lacked it a year ago Tyler Everett Deputy Sports Editor

The Pack is looking to improve on last year’s subpar season, one in which it finished in 10th place in the twelve-team ACC with a 6-10 record in conference play. Part of the problem was inconsistency at the point guard position, where junior Javier Gonzalez started 16 games, nine in conference play, redshirt senior Farnold Degand started 11, six in conference play, and sophomore Julius Mays started three, one of which was an ACC game.

Heading into Thursday’s regular season opener against Georgia State, it appears Gonzalez, who started the final 10 games last season and averaged 10 points per game in those contests, has the starting job at the beginning of the 2009-10 season. In State’s exhibition win over St. Paul’s a week ago, the Puerto Rico native started and played for 17 minutes, scoring five points and dishing out six of the team’s 24 assists.

Over the summer, in an effort to build on his success over the final 10 games last season, which came after a stretch in which he saw just 18 minutes of action in the 12 games played from Dec. 17 to Jan. 27, Gonzalez worked to make himself a better scorer. Gonzalez averaged seven points per game last season, three more per game than he did as a freshman. And he is looking to improve his scoring ability yet again

this year.

“I focused on shooting off the dribble and being more aggressive coming off the ball screen trying to score,” Gonzalez said. “Last year I would just come off the ball screen and try and get people the ball. [Being more aggressive] is what I’ve been working on this summer.”

Coach Sidney Lowe said he noticed Gonzalez has returned with much more intensity than he had a year ago.

“Javi’s done a great job. You can tell that he has come back with a different mindset,” Lowe said. “In practice he is more focused. Where last year something may have happened and he might chuckle about with it a player, up until this point he hasn’t done that. He seems to be more serious this year with it.”

Gonzalez will start the opener, but if last year was any indication, he most likely will not be the only player to start a game at the point guard position this season. Lowe said he wants leadership and a grasp of the offense from his point guard, regardless of who it may be.

“I don’t look for our point guards to go out and try to lead us in scoring,” Lowe said. “But can that happen?

Absolutely, because there’s going to be shots available for them and we’d like for them to able to knock them down, but it’s more about the control. If we come down the floor on a break, I want them having the awareness to pull it out and call something and get everyone in position. We need more direction than anything. Other than that, I think [the point guards] will be fine.”

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Javier Gonzalez, a sophomore guard, looks down the lane in the game against Winston-Salem State University Rams Dec. 13, 2008 in Reynolds Coliseum.

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Pack bounces Tar Heels from ACC Tournament State upsets two-seed Tar Heels, advances in penalty kicks, 4-1 Fidelis Lusompa Senior Staff Writer

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After a scoreless reguwins against ACC lation period and two 10 opponents this minute sudden death overseason times, the No. 15 men’s socState advances in cer team took down the No. penalty kicks 2 North Carolina Tar Heels, attended the game 4-1, in penalty kicks to advance to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. minutes without a Though he had nothing score but praise for the Tar Heels, N.C. State’s seed in State coach George Taranthe Tournament tini said it was a great win SoUrCe: n.C. STaTe aThLeTiCS for his team.

“The Tar Heels are a first 3-1 in Chapel Hill Sept. 6, 2006. class team,” Tarantini said. Carolina has won the last three “It was a great privilege to match-ups.

State’s day started with the play in this tournament. I want to say in the very dif- ACC announcing that the ficult circumstances, both game time would be move teams played fair. N.C. State from an 8 p.m. to a 5:30 p.m. start because the remnants of played with heart.”

Redshirt freshman de- Hurricane Ira continued to soak the Trifender angle. Once Chandler the Tobacco Knox said Road rivals he was on took the field, a n emoweather contional ditions were high after in the mid the game.

50’s with rain “Both throughout my pa rthe match. ents went Senior to Carogoalie Chrislina so Goalkeeper Chris Widman topher Widthat’s man said the a lways a game that gets me really ex- conditions didn’t faze him.

“Its fun playing in the rain cited,” Knox said. “They’re an excellent team. Coming and in the wind,” Widman into this we were prepared, said. “You’re going to play in we were excited. It’s a huge it anyway; you might as well win for us going into the like it.”

State had a number of post season. We are really chances to score, but nothing excited about it.”

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“We’ve come out on the wrong end a few times recently, but it’s great to finally win.”

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Senior midfielder alan Sanchez runs down the field toward fans with teammates after scoring a goal from a free kick late in a game earlier this season against High Point. the Pack ousted the secondseeded tar Heels from the aCC tournament 4-1 in penalty kicks Wednesday.

time periods, the game came down to penalty kicks. Junior Tyler Lassiter was up first for the Pack, followed by senior Korede Aiyegbusi, who put the Pack up 2-1. But a miss by UNC’s Kirk Urso gave State the opportunity to finish off Carolina. The coaching staff made the unusual decision to have Widman take the third kick, which was successful. Sanchez closed it out to put the Wolfpack past the Tar Heels.

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over time, the game is recorded as a scoreless tie.

One of the heroes for the team was Widman, who had a number of key saves, especially during the shootout. Tarantini said Widman is a first class individual.

“I said a couple of weeks ago – we have one of the premiere goalkeepers in the country.”

Tarantini said.

Widman, one of the few Pack players with the team the last time State beat Carolina, said this win was unbelievable.

“It’s exciting for it to come down to PKs,” Widman said.

“Carolina is a really great team. We’ve played some tough games with them. We’ve come out on the wrong end a few times recently, but it’s great to finally win.”

No. 7-seeded State will return to WakeMed Soccer Park for its semifinals match Friday at 8 p.m. against No. 3 Boston College. The Pack defeated the Eagles in double overtime, 2-1, one of its two ACC wins of the regular season.

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