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The Hillsborough Street Project begins this year with the addition of two roundabouts. The intersection of Pullen Road and Hillsborough Street is the location for one planned roundabout. During Phase 1 the renovation will take place between the intersections of Oberlin Road and Hillsborough Street and Gardner Street and Hillsborough Street. Phase 1 is planned to be completed in Sept. 2010.

Hillsborough Street renovations set to begin Business owners understand something must be done to help business but are not sure if these renovations will solve anything

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Women’s basketball coach Kay Yow talks to her players during a timeout in the second half of the Xavier game Dec. 4, 2007. The Department of Athletics announced Tuesday Yow would miss the remainder of the 2008-09 season as she battles breast cancer.

WOLFPACK REELING AFTER YOW TAKES LEAVE

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The press conference, which was held after the team’s first practice following the announcement, was very somber, but exuded the same positive attitude that Yow has instilled in her staff and team over the years.

Coach Yow will be turning her position this season to former assistant coach Stephanie Glance, who has been a part of Yow’s staff for fifteen years.

“We’re sad Coach Yow had to step down, but our first concern is for her health and how she feels on a day to day basis,” Glance said. “We had a long conversation with the team. They are responding as well as they can.”

Glance said that Yow has always seen the glass as half full and will continue to do so. She does not view her situation as

a downer, but rather one where she can find inspiration and inner strength.

“She’s battling cancer, she’s taking that on like an unbelievable opponent and has gotten in the ring and gone punch after punch after punch,” Glance said.

“She has been such a shining star.”

Glance said it has been a privilege and honor to work with Coach Yow during her tenure at State. The friendship that these coaches share with each other is evident in their chemistry on the court and in the community.

“I’ve learned so much from her,” Glance said. “It’s always been a real blessing and opportunity to be here with someone like Coach Yow.” Players like sophomore forward Tia Bell look to Yow for ways to stay upbeat

through the good times and the bad.

“She’s shown the importance of showing your faith in God and always seeing the glass half full,” Bell said. “You have to stay positive and look forward, and she lives what she says every day.”

While Yow has an outstanding reputation as one of the greatest women’s basketball coaches in history, she is also known for her reputation off the court as well – one of selfless teaching, devotion and wisdom. Beyond all her coaching experience and accolades, her full-time position as a mentor has left the greatest impression on her coaching staff and players.

“There’s so many lesson’s she’s taught beyond basketball, and particularly one thing she’s taught us is that we have absolutely no control over what happens to us in life,” Glance said. “But that we have 100 percent control over how we respond.”

Yow is responding to this situation in the most positive manner possible. She

“If it happens, it will give the street a second chance [to thrive].”

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RIAA makes short term changes to legal tactics Recording group claims it will no longer sue offenders

READ MORE ABOUT THE RIAA LAWSUITS

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Turn to page 5 to read more about how one student lost $4,000 to the RIAA.

Staff Writer

The RIAA announced late last month that it is shifting away from pursuing individuals who illegally share copyrighted music online with legal action and is going to work more closely with internet service providers instead. Students should not have to worry about RIAA lawsuits in the future.

In a letter dated Dec. 23, Chairman and CEO of the RIAA Mitch Bainwol wrote that the RIAA had ceased its “broad-based end user litigation program against illegal downloading on peer-topeer (p2p) networks” due to a fast growing legal digital marketplace and greater awareness of laws pertaining to copyrights on digital media.

However, one campus official, Pam Gerace, director of student legal services, remains skeptical on how much of an effect this will have on students.

“It’s very vague. I cannot imagine that they’re just abandoning this,” Gerace said.

Gerace said she often spends 10 to 15 hours per week working on RIAA lawsuits filed against students.

“The hours this has taken away from other things that we could be for students is just phenomenal,” she said.

While she said she would welcome an end to the lawsuits, Gerace said she was not convinced that students are safe from litigation based on what

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Pam Gerace, an attorney with student legal services defending students from RIAA lawsuits, poses for a portrait in her office in Talley Student Center on Wednesday. “I’m extremely skeptical that they are going to stop suing NCSU students,” Gerace said.

the RIAA has announced so far.

“My concern is that it’s going to be misleading and it’s going to lull students into thinking that if they just download a couple of songs they’ll be safe,” she said.

The announcement could be

dangerous, Gerace said, as many students are unaware of the file-sharing components built into many of the programs used to download

Hillsborough Street will now... r have parellel parking on both sides r have one lane running each direction instead of two r have a median, which will cut off some turns on side streets r have a circle for U-turns

The project to revitalize Hillsborough Street is set to begin in the late spring or early SOURCE: GEORGE CHAPMAN, THE CHAIR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH STREET summer, George Chapman, PARTNERSHIP chair of the Hillsborough Street Partnership, said.

Hillsborough Street has two something doesn’t get done.” lanes traveling in each direcPhillips said if the latter option and one parking lane on tion turns out to be the case, the business side.

Hillsborough Street won’t be Once the renovation is com- able to survive. plete, the road will look much And even if the project is comdifferent, Chapman said. pleted, some people, after look“The new format of the street ing at the plans for the project, will have one lane of traffic in can see traffic problems brewing each direction with a lane for even with the new street design. parallel parking on each side, Alan Lovette, owner of Meland each side separated by a me- vin’s, wondered about the use of dian,” he said. parallel parkThe renovaing. tions will result “Why not anin less opportugled parking?” nities to make he asked. “Most left turns along people don’t the street. know how to “The lef t parallel park.” turning moveLovette also ments that cursaid he expects rently choke up traffic to slow to Alan Lovette, the street will a crawl. owner of Melvin’s be eliminated Phillips said by going to a he thinks trafnet roundabout and essentially fic will be so bad it will deny make a U-turn,” Chapman said. pedestrians the ability to cross Once the project is completed, the street. motorists will not be able to turn But despite the problems he left down the side streets when foresees, Lovette is ready for the headed from Dan Allen Drive to project to begin.

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“If it happens, it will give While many feel the renova- the street a second chance [to tion will bring positive changes, thrive],” he said. not everyone is optimistic.

Lovette warned that businesses Nathan Phillips, owner of must have items students need, Ningyo Pearl Bubble Teahouse, or students will not be drawn to said that every few months the Hillsborough Street anyway. developers say something is goHowever, Lovette said that ing to happen, but it never does. even though it will take time In Phillips’ opinion, there are to make the street a place stuthree things that could happen. dents want to come to, that time “One, with economy the way should be now. it is [the city] won’t spend the “It’s time to make [Hillsbormoney. Two, there [will be] no ough Street] the students’ place point in the project if [students] to go. We just want the students don’t use the street as a resource,” to come back to the street,” Phillips said. “Or three, the city Lovette said. continues to drag its feet or create so many pre-conditions...

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ithout Kay Yow by her side, the interim head coach Stephanie Glance held back tears at Wednesday’s press conference. Glance and select players met with the media to discuss Yow’s coaching status and what’s next for women’s basketball.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s time to make [Hillsborough Street] the students’ place to go. We just want the students to come back to the street.”

Alan Lovette, owner of Melvin’s restaurant

WORLD & NATION

Barnes pleads guilty for role in attempted murder

Ryan Alexander Barnes pleaded guilty Wednesday to “charges of assault with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury and assault with intent to inflict serious injury,” according to a WRAL report. Barnes was originally charged with attempted first-degree murder, but cut a deal that allowed him to plead guilty to less severe charges. Barnes was sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison. The original incident was a gang-related crime.

It took place during the summer at Wolf Village Apartments. Barnes apologized for his actions after pleading guilty.

SOURCE: WRAL

Good committed suicide, police say

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raving gusting winds for a little Ultimate practice after the first day of classes, Seth Blitchington, a freshman in aerospace engineering, throws a disc to Melissa Gannon (not pictured), a sophomore in aerospace engineering. “We’re actually both trying out for the [Ultimate] club this semester,” Blitchington said. “Other than the beach, this is the windiest I’ve ever played in. It’s good practice.” Winds between Alexander and Turlington Residence Halls, where the pair was playing, would unexpectedly gust and carry the disc away.

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Student Government releases its fall report Student Body President Jay Dawkins announced Wednesday that Student Government’s fall progress report is available for students to view. The document, which Dawkins and Student Senate President Greg Doucette wrote, can be found at http:// tinyurl.com/SGresults.

Some highlights of the document include statistics on this year’s “Pack the Polls” campaign, final numbers for the “Spook Hunger” drive this Halloween and the progress of the Wolfline bus system.

IRC sponsors sexual health event The Inter Residence Council will host a program Monday night at 7 p.m. in the Witherspoon Student Cinema designed to present messages of “sexual health and women’s empowerment” shown in a humorous manner. Sex educators Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller will be presenting the program, entitled “I Heart Female Orgasm.” Even though the event is geared towards female sexuality, both men and women are welcome, organizers say. The event is free.

Find out more about the production Solot and Miller will be presenting at the duo’s Web site, www.sexualityeducation.com/ index.php.

Major highway intersection in Raleigh closed temporarily The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced a temporary closing of the on-ramp from I-440/U.S. 1, the Outer Beltline, onto I-40 West.

The ramp will remain closed while a new drainage system is installed. The project is estimated to take about four weeks.

In order to avoid the closure, take the Wade Avenue exit to I-40 West. Detour signs will be in place to direct traffic for those who miss the Wade Avenue detour. Signs will also be posted to detour traffic through exit 1A and through the cloverleaf onto I-40 West.

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LITRE Expo 2009 coming up The 2009 edition of the Learning In TechnologyRich Environments, or LITRE, Expo is coming to D.H. Hill Library January 13-15. This year’s conference will feature speakers such as Dr. Chris Ded, the Timothy E. Wirth professor in learning technologies at Harvard, exhibits, student forum and much more. The conference will be held in the auditorium on the second floor, west wing of the library. Detailed times and full information can be found at http://litre.ncsu. edu/EXPO.html.

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Brain implant could Israel cease-fires, help Parkinson’s then resumes after patients three hours A new procedure has been developed which doctors are hopeful will be beneficial to patients with Parkinson’s disease. The procedure involves placing a device, similar to a pacemaker, inside a patients brain. After a study of the procedure, findings indicate people with the brain implant go over an extra four hours a day without tremors and involuntary movements than patients on medications.

However, the procedure is a very tough surgery and can lead to complications like an infection.

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The Isreali military stopped violent activities to allow residents of the targeted area to get medical supplies and food for three hours Wednesday.

The cease-fire will take place for the same three hour time frame (6 to 9 a.m. EST) every other day from now on to allow the citizens of the Gaza area time to recieve necessary food and medical attention.

But while this is a step in the right direction, it still isn’t enough, according to U.N. Relief and Works Agency spokesman Chris Gunness.

“We are feeding 750,000 on a permanent basis. More than three hours a day are needed for that,” he said.

SOURCE: CNN

President-elect Barack Obama said that he would call for “urgent action” on an economic recovery, according to his transition office. Obama would push for this in a speech to be given at 11 a.m. on Thursday. Obama said Wednesday that the economy “requires immediate and decisive action.” This speech is intended to jump start such action. The specific plan that Obama has formulated could creat more than 3 million jobs.

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Porn industry seeks Mexico cleaning bailout up gum problem Two major producers of porn have taken the economic bailout talks to a new level. Hustler publisher Larry Flynt and “Girls Gone Wild” CEO Joe Francis are seeking $5 billion to bail out the porn industry. “The porn industry has been hurt by the downturn like everyone else... Is it the most serious thing in the world? Is it going to make the lives of Americans better if it happens? It is not for them

Obama will pressure for quick passage of an economic stimulus plan

Chicago real estate power broker Steven Good was found dead Monday, and police have now ruled his death a suicide. Good apparently shot himself in the head after parking his car at a wildlife preserve just outside of Chicago. No suicide note was found at the scene. It is estimated that all of the sales Good was a part of totaled more than $4 billion.

to determine,” Owen Moogan, a spokesperson for Flynt, said.

Mexico has begun a project to clean up its streets. According to reports, “the average square yard (meter) of Mexico City sidewalk has 70 blobs of discarded chew.”

Now, the government is battling the problem by purchasing specialized cleaners, selling gum that degrades faster, and has even asked people to begin swallowing their gum. Paula Moran, a secretary in Mexico, said that people just deposit their gum directly to the walkway.

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POLICE BLOTTER Jan. 6 11:05 A.M.|MEDICAL ASSIST DH Hill Library Units responded to a staff member in need of medical assistance.

11:31 A.M.|MEDICAL ASSIST Student Health Center Units responded to a staff member in need of medical assistance.

2:14 P.M.|SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Leazar Hall Report of suspicious subject in restricted area.

2:30 P.M.|INFORMATION POLICE Harris Hall Officer seized counterfeit bills that were recieved by the Athletics Ticket Office. The bills will be delivered to Secret Service for investigation.

6:02 P.M.|ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Wolf Village Way Student reported being followed by subject who was driving aggressively.

Officers stopped nonstudent on campus. The Raleigh Police Department conducted an investigation, but both subjects left the area with no further action taken.

10:40 P.M.|CHECK PERSON Centennial Parkway Report of suspicious subjects in the area. Area was checked but no problem was found.

10:44 P.M.|CHECK PERSON Alpha Delta Pi Lot Report of subjects looking into vehicles. Officers did not locate any subjects and no damage was found to any vehicle.

Jan. 7 3:46 A.M.|CHECK PERSON Lee Hall Report of subject in the area who had been issued a trespass warning.

Officer located student who had only recieved a trespassing warning from Bragaw Hall. No further action taken.

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Pei Wen Thor, a senior in engineering, said she went to Hillsborough Street much more this semester than she used to.

“I never used to go there for the past three years,” she said.

And after she has seen how the street functions, she said she agrees with the assessment that traffic will be worse but thinks the proposed extra parking will be a plus.

“It will be good in terms of parking because it’s always hard to find parking,” Phillips said. “One of the things Franklin Street has that Hillsborough

doesn’t is parking.”

One final problem that the street will face is closure to traffic while construction on the street is ongoing. This worries Phillips.

“My fear is that my business won’t survive if the street is closed for any length of time,” he said.

But no matter what is done, Phillips said he knows the relationship between businesses and students has to improve for the street to survive.

“There is a real tension between the residents of the community, college students and, in turn, business,” he said.

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music. This will continue to put them at risk. A program that contains even one illegally downloaded song can then distribute it to thousands of people around the world without the user even being aware of it, Gerace said.

A RIAA representative who refused to be named or directly quoted said lawsuits will remain an option but that pre-litigation letters will no longer be sent to universities and new “John Doe” lawsuits will no longer be filed.

Gerace said the RIAA uses the “Doe” lawsuits with the University, because the RIAA does not have the student’s identity unless the case goes to trial. She said legal fees could reach $300,000 if a case were to go to trial.

Stan North Martin, director of outreach for the Office of Information Technology, said his department will continue to educate students on the potential ramifications of disregarding copyright laws.

“I’m sure there are a lot of students on campus who are not aware of how much of an impact this has had on a lot of students who have been subpoenaed or have received pre-litigation letters,” he said.

A student facing litigation, who spoke under condition of anonymity, said he is glad others may not have to face a lawsuit.

“It’s just a lot to put on your mind,” he said.

The student, who is working his way through college, said he downloaded over 200 songs, and RIAA told him that he could have to pay $750 for each of them if he goes to court.

“The only option is just to file bankruptcy so that’s what I’m going to have to do,” he said.

“Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t pay it.”

Student Government adjusts procedures in order make system more fair for students Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor

Registration for the annual Campout for tickets to the basketball game against UNC-Chapel Hill is underway. The Campout is scheduled for Jan. 16 on Lee Field.

The basketball game against UNC is Jan. 31.

This year’s system has changed somewhat from last year’s, and not all of the allotted student tickets will be given out to people who camp out.

All of this year’s changes were set in motion by the record turnout of 3,200 students at the 2008 Campout.

Once that many people registered, Student Government realized that it would have to make changes.

This year’s Campout will take place on Lee Field because of space issues with other potential location, such as the space in front of Reynolds Coliseum, where Campout has been in years past.

“There are only about 2,800 tickets available for the general student body at a game and the side of the road in front Reynolds Coliseum simply couldn’t hold that many people,” an article from Student Government, which explained why this year’s Campout changed, stated.

This year, Student Government took advantage of its time to plan for a larger crowd, according to Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs.

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Mike Willams, a junior in biomedical, and Andrew Jennings, a senior in zoology, set up a tent at the beginning of the UNC ticket Campout last year. Williams and Jennings were memebers of a group of about 50 students, the largest at the event.

“[Student Body President] Jay [Dawkins] and [Campus Community Committee Chair] Morgan Donnelly did a great job of planning with Dick Christy and myself, which didn’t happen last year,” he said. “I’m proud of the way they have brought this together.”

This year’s Campout will feature a more strict checkpoint system than the 2008 event. Just as before, only half of each ticket group is required to be present, but having the whole group is preferable, according to Donnelly, and those who are there will have to check in several times.

“There will be four checkpoints at random times during the night,” she said.

Student Government will use student ID’s to complete the checkpoints throughout the night.

Also, since the record turnout maxed out the total number of tickets allotted, there were none left to go online for those who could not Campout. This year, there will be a cutoff for the number who can recieve tickets by camping out.

“We will give away 2,198 tickets, and if we register more than that we will choose who gets to Campout based on loyalty points,” Donnelly said.

Loyalty points from the men’s basketball online ticketing system will not only affect the way tickets are distributed if more than 2,198 people register, but students will be seated based on how good or bad their point average is.

The rest of the allotted tickets will be put online, where they can be claimed just like a normal basketball game.

“The allotment is 80% [at Campout] to 20% [online],” Donnelly said.

Although the changes have been designed to make the process easier, some students are worried about how the new system will work.

“It sounds like it won’t be as student-friendly,” Paul Lowe, a senior in political science, said.

But Donnelly said the student body will notice that these changes are in everyone’s best interest, and says this new system will reward the “loyal fan.”

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Attract more speakers to the University THE ISSUE:

The University needs more influential speakers.

OUR OPINION:

N.C. State is a large university that has a big enough pull to bring in a big-name speakers.

THE SOLUTION:

The University must bring speakers that are interesting and engaging.

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n the past, Technician has asked the University for graduation speakers that students wanted to hear send them off into the real world, and it delivered with Bill Cowher.

He is one of the most recognizable speakers we have had in recent years.

He has ties to the University as he is a 1979 graduate and was Most Valuable Player of the football team his senior year. Even his wife is an State graduate He has also achieved a Superbowl victory, and the former football coach is more than capable of getting a crowd excited.

He was the polar opposite of the stuffy stereotype of a graduation speaker.

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.

Not only should the University have excellent speakers at graduation but should schedule them during all times of the school year.

N.C. State is the biggest university in North Carolina with a population of more than 31,000 students, and that warrants us having speakers with name recognition and credibility.

The 2008 presidential election definitely gave the University and the surrounding area a slew of political speakers, such as former Republican Vice Presidential Candidate Sarah Palin, wife of President-elect Obama, former Representative

of Arkansas Mike Huckabee, daughter of former president Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton and President-elect Barack Obama, twice.

Even though the election is over, we should continue to attract politicians so they can continue to hear our concerns and comments.

We are not asking for movie stars or other flashy celebrities to speak at the University.

We should have a good mix of speakers, from elected officials to Nobel prize winners and maybe the occasional flashy celebrity.

North Carolina may not seem like a place that could attract

much attention from big-name speakers, but Duke University’s commencement speaker for its spring 2009 graduation will be Oprah Winfrey.

Also, Maya Angelou is a resident of Winston-Salem, so she would not have to travel a long distance to speak here at State.

We applaud the University for getting Cowher to speak at the Fall 2008 graduation.

We also encourage the University to get more speakers of his caliber that have a connection to the campus.

We hope that we have a variety of graduation speakers to leave a lasting impression on graduates. And the more powerful the speaker, the bigger the impact it will have on them.

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thought I was coming to Washington, D.C. to cover the inauguration; but it’s obvious that our nation’s capital is preparing for the circus, and today was the opening act. Tuesday marked the beginning of the 111th Congress.

The opening day of a new Congressional session is usuAndrew Payne ally marked Senior Staff Columnist with oaths of of f ices a nd cheerful ceremonial celebrations with family, colleagues and yes, lobbyists.

However the spotlight on DC’s three-ringed circus (three branches of government) was stolen by individuals not yet seated to serve. One of those is the soon to be junior Senator from Illinois, Roland Burris.

Burris, a former Illinois Attorney General and longtime public servant, was barred from being sworn-in

by Democratic Pa r t y operatives and the secretary of the Senate. They claim that Burris’s credentials are not in order.

Now, in effort to actually utilize my political science degree from N.C. State University, I will attempt to spell out the constitutional conundrum facing the United States Senate. Please follow along.

First, if you didn’t know by now, Barack Obama (Democratic Senator from Illinois) was elected the 44th President of the United States. Because the U.S. Constitution bars individuals from serving in two elected positions, “no Person holding any Office under the United States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office,” Obama resigned his Senate seat. The 17th Amendment dictates, “When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of each State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, that the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to

make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct.”

Under Illinois state law, Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich is responsible for naming a successor to Obama. That person would serve the remainder of Obama’s term through 2010.

OK, if you didn’t know by now, Blagojevich was arrested in early Dec. 2008 for allegedly trying to sell the Senate seat in return for political and/or monetary gains.

Although Blagojevich faces numerous criminal indictments and a pending impeachment vote — he still remains the governor of the great state of Illinois. Thus retaining the powers granted to that office including the power to fill vacant Senate seats, call out the National Guard and pardon death row inmates.

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Senate leaders (Democrats) seem to believe they are above the Constitution and are refusing to acc e pt a nyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich. Those leaders, specifically Harry Reid (DNV), cite Article 1, Section 5 of the Constitution, which states, “Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members.”

OK, let’s follow that logic. What are the qualifications for a U.S. Senator? According to the Constitution “No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.” Burris meets those requirements. He’s 71 and has served the state of Illinois for more than 20 years.

So, if you didn’t know by now, the Senate leadership didn’t go to State. If so, they would know that the U.S. Constitution sets the standards for seating a new member — not Congress. Mr. Burris, welcome to the circus.

“Now, U.S. Senate leaders seem to believe they’re above the Constitution and are refusing to accept anyone appointed by Gov. Blagojevich.”

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he new year is always the time for new beginnings — the calendar resets, resolutions kick in and school, untimely and unwelcome as it may be, is back in session.

But so much of this rests on looking forward at what’s to come, when Paul McCauley t h e r e ’s s o Senior Staff Columnist much that’s already happened we can’t afford to forget.

January is named after the twofaced Roman god of beginnings and endings, Janus. So while it’s always great to resolve to lose weight, work more for class, get to the gym and really, REALLY listen to your significant other, you ignore the past at your peril.

There’s the obvious place where looking back and recalling the past may have helped: the economy. Pick up the paper and read about the U.S. government’s $1.2 trillion debt, the growing list of people swindled by Bernard Madoff and the fact even Apple (yes, iPod/iPhone Apple) is now lowering prices on iTunes music AND removing the anticopying digital rights management software and you can tell the economy is hurting.

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been averted or at least lessened, assuming we took a step back from all the “money” we were making and thought about how ridiculous the ideas behind the finance system were. Some may argue that we should never have gotten rid of the Glass-Steagall Act, which prohibited banks from taking too much risk when investing depositors’ money.

The problem is a lot more simple than regulatory efforts, mortgage-backed securities, toxic debt and a bursting housing bubble.

That problem is greed — people acted as if things would always get better and treated complex investment devices they came up with like a straight flush, when they were actually holding just a pair of fives.

So if your resolution is to make better investments, learn from the past: money don’t grow on trees, kids!

But not everyone has such grand designs on life and plans to retire at 40 with millions in the bank. For so many of us, our resolutions are simple: lose a few pounds, go to the gym more, study harder, get straight As, etc.

I really can’t address the first two, as I’ve never made those resolutions — however, I can address the other two.

I have no illusions about effective study habits or efficient notetaking skills — different strokes for different folks and all.

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But what I can say is that actually talking to your professors and getting some help with the course is a grossly underused resource. In the past three days, I’ve had two professors tell me that students don’t get in touch with them regarding grades or course materials.

And I thought I was the only one who decided the professor was too busy or my question too trivial for me to stop by the office.

So that’s one of my top resolutions — I’m going to work to improve my grades and decrease the amount of time I stress over course material by cutting away the nonsense and taking my questions about my classes to the authority — the person who is teaching the class.

And to be honest, this really isn’t a huge resolution for 2009 — I’m paying tuition to learn the material from my classes, which, judging by the amount of time spent on reading, researching, homeworking and working on projects and papers, certainly isn’t limited to the stuff I learn in the lecture hall.

So if the professor’s going to make me work for the grade, I think I’m going to make the professor work on giving me the material for that grade. And you should too.

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ad Jared Welch waited two weeks to settle his lawsuit with the Recording Industry Association of America, he would have $4,000 more in his bank account. But he didn’t, and he met the Wall Street Journal’s announcement that the RIAA was abandoning its attempts to halt music piracy by filing mass lawsuits with only disbelief.

Because if starting a new semester weren’t enough after finishing his last semester with grades that had been affected by the stress of settling the lawsuit he is now resigned to regret time.

Instead, it will be working with Internet Service Providers to track customers’ illegal downloading activity, send warning e-mails to people who are found to be downloading illegally and, if necessary, file lawsuits against those who repeatedly ignore the warnings or who have downloaded massive amounts of music files.

“It’s ridiculous that they went through the trouble of getting college kids,” Welch, an undeclared junior, said. “I’m not the one that supplied it to the Internet to be able to be used.”

And he should know. A month ago, he gave up thousands of dollars to settle with the industry after it caught him downloading 10 songs through campus-provided Internet. He said he had considered fighting the lawsuit, but after consulting with his roommate’s mother, a lawyer, he decided it would be cheaper and less stressful to pay the fee.

Before last month, the RIAA hadn’t taken any action with the lawsuit since it sent Welch an e-mail last year stating he had to delete the songs.

“They told me to delete everything I had and I’d be fine,” he said. “I deleted it all, and they waited a year to say they were filing a lawsuit for illegally downloading music through Limewire. They sent me a lawsuit. It was 10 songs I was getting in trouble for.”

Three of these songs he didn’t download, he said.

“always flying under the radar” and for now, that’s where he’d like to stay. Green, a junior in design, said the RIAA’s new partnership with unnamed ISPs could become “a lot more oppressive” than its failed and costly attempts at controlling music piracy with mass lawsuits.

“They also weren’t successful at all suing people, so they may just be frustrated with that,” he said.

“If they are actually able to do this, it could get way worse.”

He said although some people will see this new step as a lenient, less efficient take on file sharOne of the 10 was “Snow” by the Red Hot Chili ing prosecution, he has been downloading music Peppers. Regardless of who did the downloading, for long enough to see smoke signals warning of or what the price for the songs would have been on something worse. He plans to keep using torrent, iTunes, each song cost him $400. a file format of peer-to-peer sharing network that “At first, I was like, well, it’s here, might as well disables the ability to trace a file’s origin. use it,” he said. “Yeah, maybe it was wrong, but I “I’m almost 30, so I’ve been doing some kind of still did it. I’m already paying a lot to go to college. downloading since the Internet’s been around,” he I just think it’s ridiculous of them.” said. “Torrent popped up about 10 years ago, and After finding out the industry plans to drop its I’ve been heavily downloading for a while. I’m a mass lawsuits just a few weeks after he paid up, bad person.”

Welch said he deserves some type of compensation Green said he has used file sharing applications from the company, which the Wall Street Journal like Kazaa and Limewire that download to a user’s reported had stopped filing mass lawsuits earlier desktop, but “anything that got so big that it was in the fall. an application, they jump all over those things and “I should have held off for a couple more weeks,” shut them down fast.” he said. “They owe me a little something for all the Over the years, he’s trouble I had to go through, all the e-mails they accumulated a 22-giwere sending me. They should at least get some of gabyte music collecthat money back if they had dropped all of that. It’s tion. a little ridiculous that now, after I just paid it, they And that’s just what’s drop all the lawsuits.” left he said he “tears Although there is now no direct threat loomthrough” music files, elimiing over file sharing applications like nating 95 percent of newly Limewire, Welch said he has no downloaded files. plans to re-download the “I’m a huge content devourer,” he said. “A lot of stuff I listen to is hard to even find. In a lot of cases I can’t find it in a legit method but you can download it in a torrent method. As time passes my tastes have gone more and more underground, so you just can’t service. find them.”

“I’m not even goAlthough Green said he uses torrent to sift i ng to dow n load through albums that either aren’t located in stores anything else. I’m not even or that he is not sure will fit his taste without getgoing to think about having ting caught by the RIAA, he said that fear was not to deal with them anymore,” why he chooses to use torrent.

Welch said. “It’s stressful hav“Honestly, it was just kind of the natural progresing a lawsuit filed against me and be- sion of things. The older, bigger networks that had ing sued, and an application, those things I don’t even would be taken down,” he want to think said. “I didn’t make a conabout taking scious choice to move away t h at c h a nc e from any of those other a ny more. I things. I would boot them up don’t think it’s and find out that they didn’t worth the risk.” work.”

As for the inAnd Green said he would dustry’s plan to rather be able to f ly above work with ISPs the radar and download muin an attempt to stop sic legally, he doesn’t plan to illegal downloading more dichange the way he collects rectly the Wall Street Journal music. article stated ISPs reserved the “I look at it kind of like right to cut off access to a file speeding, where it’s like a sharing application or to the minor transgression,” he Pete Green, junior in design Internet if a customer refused said. “Everyone out there is to stop illegally downloading driving a little over the speed music Welch said it won’t stop people from a habit limit, watching over their shoulders, watching the that has been socially perpetuated. on ramps for the cops. They know this is not the For Pete Green, that habit started more than 10 biggest transgression in their lives. It’s minor.” years ago and is one that made him feel as if he’s

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NANOBYTES Call the plumber Some students may have experienced a delay in loading time for their favorite Web sites over the break. The reason? Level 3 Communications, an Internet service provider, was linked to the problem. Complications with the system began Dec. 28. Reports to TechCrunch came in later that day saying that the problems, which originated in Spain, Germany and Washington, D.C., were resolved.

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he more than 165,000 people who are following Barack Obama on Twitter might think that, after winning the national election, the president-elect would have a lot to talk about. Or at least he’d type in a few status updates to the social networking site every now and then.

But since Nov. 5, Twitter member BarackObama’s account has been silent — and people like Hannah Litzenberger, a senior in natural resources who has been following Obama since August, have noticed. The president-elect is the most followed user of Twitter, a social networking site that allows people to receive constant updates about their friends’ whereabouts and activities, but his account has been inactive for two months.

“I saw one of my other friends was following him on Twitter and I was like, Whoa, Barack Obama has a Twitter — that’s awesome,” she said. “It felt like

there was at least one update every day, whenever he was doing a campaign stop somewhere. I really liked it because definitely I check Twitter all the time, so I liked getting updates through Twitter about where he was going.”

She said she didn’t notice Obama’s absence from the site until last month, and although she didn’t think much about it at the time — the campaign had ended, after all — she said she would “love to still get updates because I’m tired of getting emails.”

“Now that he’s appointing so many of the secretaries and im-

portant people for his cabinet, I’d like to see updates about that,” she said.

But there are other ways to find out who Obama has chosen for his team. The New York Times reported that Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a CNN correspondent and neurosurgeon who is also a member of Twitter, recently posted an update that indicated Obama had approached him about becoming surgeon general.

So why hasn’t Obama been delivering this news first hand?

Andrew Taylor, head of the political science department, said it’s because of laws that differentiate the way politicians are allowed to campaign from the way they are allowed to govern.

“It has to do with ethics,” Taylor said. “There has never been a president who was able to communicate, personally, with so many people before in this way.

They haven’t had the technology before.”

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Glance knows that Yow would not want her circumstances to hinder the progress and spirit of the team. Fortunately, Yow taught her that she must be flexible “But one of the great things I’ve learned from her is that you have to be flexible and to focus on the task at hand. And when that task is over, you focus on the next task.

Coach Yow’s team is in good hands. Over Glance’s fifteen season’s at NC State, she has had lots of responsibilities given to her

by Yow, who always wants her personnel to do as much as they possibly can within the program.

“She was preparing me for something, to be a head coach at some point,” Glance said.

While Glance’s day-to-day activities will not change as she transitions into the head coaching position, she knows it will be a different feeling during games.

“It’s about three inches over on the bench, but it’s a lot different feeling. During the game, you’re making all the decisions,” Glance said.

Fields has faith in Glance’s abilities as head coach. While there is no coach quite like Yow, Glance will be a formidable force on the sidelines with the same presence that Yow created.

“Coach Glance is a very good coach. She can get in your face, but it’s all for the good,” Fields said. “She just wants you to be a better person and a better player on the court, and just give it your all.”

As I sat there in her office, I brought it up.

Without hesitation, Yow began to search for something to sign. From there, she pulled out one of her ‘I Will, Not Just I’ll Try’ books. Then, she spent the next five minutes articulating a message that covered half of a page.

My grandfather, who according to the doctor had a prognosis that didn’t look good and didnít have much else for the doctors to do, is still alive and has since recovered. Yow’s message was constantly a source of inspiration to him and our fam-

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Kay Yow yells directions at her team as the Wolfpack comes back in the second half against Florida State Dec. 16, 1992.

As for Yow’s coaching future, her status is unknown. Glance was unsure of if or when Yow would have to step aside, and she certainly does not know what Yow will decide to do after the season ends.

“You can never count her out,” Glance said. “She’s just a fighter and she has a really strong faith.

If she can possibly do something, she’s going to do it and she will never stop fighting.”

But for now, Yow will be watching from the stands, cheering her Wolfpack women to victory.

“It’s like the teacher has taught the student and the teacher is stepping away to let the student carry out what they’ve learned – I think she looks at it that way,” Glance said. “She’s not a person that hovers, she’s a person that gives you a task, then steps back and lets you do it. She trusts that we’ll do our best.”

Glance and her players know that she can take great pride in the skills and knowledge Yow has passed along both on and off the

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court. Yow can watch her team with pride, knowing that they are out on the court, fighting for her and living her legacy.

“She just sets an unbelievable example for all of us, and she has taught us well,” Glance said.

“There’s a part of Coach Yow in all of us and there always will be.”

Yow may be missing from the sidelines for the remainder of the season, but the wisdom and life lessons she has etched into the coaches and players of the program will continue to be evident in guiding the Wolfpack through the season as the team presses on.

“Coach Yow has said so often that you can’t pity yourself, you can’t drown in self pity, you swish your feet a little and get out,” Glance said. “We feel sad, but we’ve got to swish our feet and we’ve got to get out and we’re going to go on. We’re going to represent N.C. State and represent Kay Yow the best we can.”

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ily. A couple days later, during a press conference, she referenced that moment with me.

She’s always been a basketball coach. But her message is much more than basketball. Her title has brought her the ability to make changes in lives all around her, even though it’s completely unrelated to basketball.

Unfortunately, this could be the end of Yow’s career — but only as a basketball coach.

I do not believe she wants it to end, though. Following the 200607 season, when Yow missed 16 games and returned to lead her team to a Sweet 16 appearance, I was talking with her about the season.

Many thought she wouldn’t return, but I had to ask the question about the future. Her

response? Well, she was focused on her 2009-10 recruiting class.

While she could opt to return next season, itís beginning to look like less of an option. She has already defeated the odds of living with Stage 4 cancer for as long as she has.

Wolfpack fans need to make sure that they don’t take for granted what the University has in Yow. Find a way to support Yow and everything she has done for State and for cancer patients.

Even though I now live in Knoxville, Tenn. for graduate school, I continually tell everyone around me her story. And many already know Yow. But, those who haven’t heard sure don’t forget it after it’s told.

“With the younger kids, it is a learning process.” coach Mark Stevenson

ive of each other and we are always there to help [each other],” Hardiman said. “In the gym there is a lot of cheering and there is even more at meets.”

According to freshman Jess Panza, the team must focus on chemistry if they hope to return to championship form.

“We all work together, there are no clicks. There are only five upperclassman and they set very good examples for us,” Panza said. “[By] working hard and improving in everything we do I think we

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The Pack will use the experiences they get from competition to improve from week to week. As the team completes more routines, they will become more comfortable. This will allow them to tweak the routines to become more difficult as the season goes on.

“Each weekend that we compete, we are going to try to be better at the routines we are doing,” Coach Stevenson said. “We will have more routines under our belt, we will have more prac-

tice and we will be able to fix the little things that are going wrong in competition.”

The Wolfpack has specific goals that they have set for themselves this season. These goals are on a poster in their practice room to serve as a reminder throughout the season. With hard work, they believe that these goals can be achieved.

“Our goals are to win EAGL, be top two at regionals, qualify for nationals, beat UNC every time we see them and be mentally and physically tough,” Coach Stevenson said.

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Football enrolls four for spring semester &OUR MEMBERS OF COACH 4OM / "RIEN S RECRUITING CLASS ARE GETTING AN EARLY START WITH THE FOOTBALL PROGRAM 2UNNING BACK *AMES 7ASHINGTON

SAFETY $ONALD #OLEMEN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN 3AM *ONES AND DEFENSIVE TACKLE .ATHAN -AGEO HAVE ALL ENROLLED AT . # 3TATE FOR THE SPRING SEMESTER AND WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE SPRING DRILLS 7ASHINGTON AND #OLEMAN BOTH GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL A SEMESTER EARLY IN ORDER TO ENROLL *ONES ORIGINALLY SIGNED WITH . # 3TATE IN THE SPRING OF AND SPENT LAST SEMESTER AT (ARGRAVE -ILITARY !CADEMY -AGEO IS A JUNIOR COLLEGE TRANSFER FROM .EW -EXICO -ILITARY )NSTITUTE IN 2OSWELL . - SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

ITA tabs women’s tennis No. 36

4HE WOMEN S TENNIS TEAM WAS NAMED THE .O TEAM IN THE NATION IN THE LATEST RANKINGS RELEASED BY THE )NTERCOLLEGIATE 4ENNIS !SSOCIATION *AN 4HE 7OLFPACK OPENS ITS SEASON &RIDAY *AN WITH A P M MATCH AGAINST %LON 3EVERAL PLAYERS WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED IN THE INDIVIDUAL AND DOUBLES RANKINGS 3OPHOMORE ,ENKA (OJCKOVA IS RANKED AS THE .O SINGLES PLAYER AND JUNIOR "ERKELEY "ROCK WAS TABBED AS .O IN THE 3OUTHEAST REGION !S A PAIR "ROCK AND (OJCKOVA ARE RANKED .O IN THE REGIONAL DOUBLES RANKINGS AFTER GOING IN FALL DOUBLES PLAY SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Men’s tennis ranked No. 49 in preseason

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The wolfpack ladies line up during the national anthem at the Hoops for Hope game at Reynolds Coliseum Feb. 10, 2008. The team has stood by their coach and supported her through her fight against breast cancer.

Team reacts to absence YOW

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4HE )NTERCOLLEGIATE 4ENNIS !SSOCATION NAMED THE MEN S TENNIS TEAM .O IN ITS PRESEASON RANKINGS *AN 3ENIOR *AY 7EINACKER WAS TABBED AS THE .O SINGLES PLAYER NATIONALLY AFTER lNISHING THE SPRING SEASON WITH AN RECORD AND RECORDING A RECORD LAST FALL 3ENIOR #HRIS 7ELTE WAS NAMED THE .O PLAYER NATIONALLY AND .O IN THE REGION 7ELTE AND 7EINACKER ARE RANKED .O FOR MID EAST DOUBLES PARTNERS SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Former men’s golfers invited to Mercedes Benz Championship &ORMER 7OLFPACK GOLFERS #ARL 0ETTERSSON AND -ARC 4URNESA WILL BOTH BE PLAYING IN +APALUA (AWAII THIS WEEKEND TO COMPETE IN THE -ERCEDES "ENZ #HAMPIONSHIP 4HE TOURNAMENT IS THE lRST 0'! 4OUR EVENT OF THE NEW YEAR AND WILL FEATURE A PURSE OF MILLION AND PARTICIPANTS 0ETTERSSON QUALIlED AFTER WINNING AT THE 7YNDHAM #HAMPIONSHIP IN 'REENSBORO IN MID !UGUST WHILE 4URNESA IS ABLE TO PARTICIPATE AFTER EARNING A VICTORY AT THE *USTIN 4IMBERLAKE 3HRINERS (OSPITALS #HILDREN /PEN IN ,AS 6EGAS LAST /CTOBER

has been in a long fight with cancer for 22 years -– longer than some of her current players have been alive. But she continues to respond to the situation in the most positive manner possible, refusing to get down. And if Yow refuses to have a negative attitude, she will not allow her staff and players to do so either. “It’s hard to be down when the person battling cancer is so upbeat,� Glance said.

For senior guard Shayla Fields, the positive and uplifting support among the staff and the players has helped the team cope through such a tough situation, one that Fields experienced in 2007 during Yow’s 16 game absence. Yow returned during Fields’ sophomore season, but will not be returning to coach Field’s through the end of her senior year. “It’s different because now we know she’s not coming back [this season]. And last time we didn’t know if she would come back,� Fields said. “So it’s a different situation, but I feel like we have to respond the same way — to stick together as a team, as one unit.�

Fields has admired Yow since her childhood, and the impact that Yow has made on her life will continue on, though Yow will not be on the sidelines for her final season with the Wolfpack.

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Head Coach Kay Yow talks to her assistant coaches during the Georgia Tech game in Reynolds Coliseum Jan. 17, 2008.

“She’s been an inspiration to me,� Fields said. “She’s basically the reason I came to N.C. State, because of her legendary status and the family atmosphere, just the way she involves her players and treats you like her own.�

Fields and her teammates have had to learn to be flexible over the years after learning that Yow was diagnosed with stage four cancer. “That wasn’t going to change, we all had it in the back of our minds, we knew that it was there,� Glance said. “It has made us very grateful for the time that Coach Yow is with us, the time that we’ve gotten to talk to her and be around her.�

Yow has always had an uncanny ability to shift gears, according to Glance. She said the team must adopt this attitude as they transition from competing in ACC basketball to worrying about their ailing coach.

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Head Coach Kay Yow talks to fans after an exhibition game in Reynolds Coliseum Nov. 6, 2008. The women’s basketball team beat out the Premier Players 59-53.

“We have to be able to focus on basketball when we’re in between the lines.

But when we’re not, our thoughts immediately go to Coach Yow. We’re always anxious to see her again and talk with her again.

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&RIDAY GYMNASTICS VS. ILLINOISCHICAGO 2EYNOLDS #OLISEUM P M 3ATURDAY MEN’S BASKETBALL @ CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., noon MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ UNC Chapel Hill, N.C., all day

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With only five upperclassman, the gymnastics team looks to mature toward an EAGL championship Jonathan B. Laughrun Staff Writer

The N.C. State gymnastics team has high expectations for this season, but with only five upperclassman and eight freshmen, they will have to do some maturing to reach their goals. The freshmen will have to adapt to the college lifestyle and the pressures of performing at the collegiate level. “With the younger kids, it is a learning process, they have never competed in a gym that will have two to three thousand people in

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Megan Rowell, a sophomore, and Kirsten Such, a sophomore, practice their routines on the beam in the west wing of Carmichael Gymnasium Jan. 9, 2008.

it,� coach Mark Stevenson said. “They have always competed in a gym with maybe two to three hundred people. Also, at the club level, the meets are really quiet and in college there is noise, yell-

ing and screaming, and everyone is cheering. “ The Wolfpack has finished in the top two of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League for the past three years, including a first-

place finish in 2007. The team looks to continue this success again this year, and they believe with the talent on the team, they will have no problem being successful. “I expect us to do really well. I think we will improve as the season goes on; we are a very young team,� sophomore Brittney Hardiman said. “I think with experience we will get better. There is a lot of talent, so I think we will do very well.�

Through unity, the Pack plans to work out the kinks in their routines and mature throughout the season in order to progress to where they need to be by the end of the season. The Pack will look to their coaches and to teammates for support through the season. “We are really support-

The most influential person on campus is out of coaching. And unfortunately, this time it could be for good.

While I have moved on a f ter more than Nick Jeffreys four years Deputy Sports Editor with TechEmeritus nician, spending time with women’s basketball coach Kay Yow is still my favorite memory of working for the newspaper.

During my time with Technician, I covered every aspect of the team for more than three years. Not only that, I spent numerous hours in Yow’s office talking about basketball and items completely unrelated to basketball.

She was different from any coach I’d ever talked to. She would look at me and ask how I was doing.

She would invite me into her own office, and personally walk you back to her office from the lobby. Other coaches don’t do that.

After covering her team for a while and becoming more intrigued with Yow and her team, I began to frequently visit the women’s basketball office and Yow. During one visit, she pulled out a photo album that contained photos of former players. She sat with me and shuffled through the photos, smiling the whole time and stumbling from memory to memory. “There are the Cowhers,� Yow said while looking at the photos of Bill, Kaye, Yow’s former player and their three daughters.

Her office is littered with memories — from pictures of her with influential figures, to Final Four trophies, to coaching awards and to pictures from when she led the United States’ Olympic team to gold in 1988.

She has memories of former coach Jim Valvano everywhere.

She loves to tell stories about her and three “cigar-smoking� Italians: Valvano, Bob Guzzo and Sam Esposito.

During her team’s Sweet 16 run in 2007, I was lucky enough to travel with Yow and the team.

I spent countless hours around the veteran coach and her team during that run. Her charm wasn’t just with the media: every player, coach and fan loved to be around Yow. Before every bus ride, Yow took the front seat and every player smiled and greeted their coach. Many players would bend over to hug the coach while others grinned, said “hey coach� and went about their business.

She took on every interview with a smile during that trip, while constantly taking breaks to get water and check out her health. Her fingernails were frail and yellow. She had a nurse and a doctor with her constantly. And she needed help to stand up. But not one moment did she frown at anything that came her way.

Following the 2007-08 season, nearly a year after the Fresno trip, I was in her office again for another interview. I had recently learned that my grandfather had been diagnosed with cancer. And one of the first people I thought of was Yow. I wanted to approach her and ask for encouraging words that I could send my grandfather’s way.

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