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Raleigh, North Carolina

Counseling center sees increase in visitors Center says economy taking its toll on relationships, student stress levels

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Ashley Nichols, a freshman in chemistry, uses her student ID card to enter the Carmichael Recreation Center Monday. “I think you should have to present it. Anyone can make up a number,” Nichols said.

ID requirement a policy issue Complex says using All-Campus card provides safety, speed and follows University policy Amber Kenney Deputy News Editor

Effective Oct. 12, Carmichael Complex will require all students, staff and faculty to have a valid All-Campus card to enter the facilities. The policy change is being implemented after an increase in abuse of the number system. “The abuse is not indicative of one user group, but it needs to be addressed,” Matt Miller, the director of Carmichael Complex, said. According to Miller, returning to the All-Campus card system has many benefits. “It is a matter of protecting the privilege, safety and efficiency of the facilities,” he said. “First, a goal is to preserve the privilege of those who are paying for the facilities through various fees.” “It is difficult to get someone to stop after they say the number,” said Geetha Janardhana, a graduate student in computer science and an em-

ployee at Carmichael Gymnasium. “After they give you the number, they keep walking and get lost in the crowd. With ID cards, I know they are allowed to use the equipment.” Before the number system was implemented in 2008, if there was an injury or alarm, Carmichael staff could check the ID of the persons involved. By forcing the All-Campus cards to be used, safety will increase, Miller said. “It is not as cut-and-dry as looking at a picture,” he said. “People are letting others in through unauthorized doors, some people are seniors and still have their picture from freshman year, some people do not have pictures and [the] system crashes, are all issues that lead to decreased safety. Our intention is to get back to where we are confident with who is in the building and that they are supposed to be there. It will also make entry into the Complex faster by eliminating communication.” “Having the cards makes it a lot easier for the staff,” Janardhana said. “Because of the crowds and the system, it will be faster.” Students will have one free pass into the Complex throughout the semester,

Miller said. “There will be a procedure for students who forget their ID so we can let them into the facility once without their ID, and we will not turn people away if you have a class,” he said. Although the Carmichael staff is excited about the change in policy, some students, including Mark Nguyen, a senior in civil engineering, are not in favor of the switch. “I do not like that they are switching the policy back,” Nguyen said. “With the crowds and time crunch between classes it will be more inconvenient for students who have to find their ID.” Miller said there were other implications to keep in mind as there is a University policy to uphold. According to the University policy on campus security and personal identification, all N.C. State University employees and students are required to carry their All-Campus card with them at all times in University owned or leased buildings or facilities.

“The economy is a big part of the problems and stress that students have.”

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by Jeffrey Fowler

How will Carmichael’s return to requiring student ID cards for entry affect you?

are having is that aside from all of the regular stress students have from school, this is something [additional],” Salter said. “Their stress levels then go up and then the student eventually gets to a level where they start to Annie Albright have symptoms. It is apparent in our Staff Writer numbers that there are more students The counseling center has seen an we are starting to see, which makes increase in student need during the sense.” While some of the symptoms that past year in relation to the wavering students may see are physical, Salter economy. Director of the Counseling Center said the counseling center is seeing Dr. Lee Salter said last year the num- many additional issues. “When stress builds up to a certain ber of students they saw increased by level for all of us we tend to get symp14 percent. “We saw a definite increase last toms like headaches which turn into year,” Salter said. “It is continuous this migraines,” Salter said. “Symptoms year but we have not completed our may be physical but often what we statistics yet. The number of students see are things like sleep problems, issues with appetite — whether loss or that have come in are up.” Salter said the economical recession overeating — increased anxiety levels, beginning to feel down or depressed affects students in several ways. “One of the effects of the economy about things and difficulty concenis that it is a big part of the problems trating.” The physical and and stress that stuemotiona l sy mpdents have,” Salter toms, according to said. “Some of them Salter, affect a stuhave to worry about dent’s ability to perhow to fund school form well in school or in other cases as well as outside the employment of relationships. a family member is “The economy is a a big source or stress stress on everything. and worry.” There are problems Director of the either directly or inCashier’s Of f ice Counseling Center Director directly because of Bruce Forinash said Lee Salter on why the center friends,” Salter said. there have not been has seen more students this “Any time you put dramatic increases semester relationships under in his department stress, if there is a lot aside from the afof stress already then the additional termath of state budget cuts. “We have of course implemented a stress levels can cause those symptoms new student financial system that is which affect their school work and part of the new student information relationships, which in turn become system that affected student regis- another factor.” Amanda Migliaccio, a sophomore tration as well but it is nothing that we have paid for this year,” Forinash in social work, said she agrees that the said. “We have actually lost about four increased stress levels caused by the people in this office particularly due economy are definitely taking their toll on relationships. to budget cuts.” “A lot of students are worried about The cuts in staffing have created small changes in how students can paying for school or are having trouble finding jobs and that is obviously complete payments, Forinash said. “One of the reasons we have had to extra stress we normally don’t have,” stop taking payments in the office is Migliaccio said. “Guys want to be able due to the fact that we have had to cut to afford to take their girlfriends out back on personnel and staff,” Forinash to dinner and if they can’t then it said. “As far as spending money has causes more stress which definitely gone we have actually reduced our affects relationships.” Salter said he hopes that students budget by a significant amount.” Similar to how the University has will take advantage of resources such had to make adjustments to the limit- as the counseling center when dealing ed budget, Salter said students have to with such problems. adjust to the additional stress factor. “Part of the problem that students

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“It’s kind of a big deal because sometimes the gym clothes don’t have pockets, and so it’s more likely to get stolen.” Matt Herchenroder sophomore, political science

“Personally, for me, I always have my ID. It wouldn’t affect me.” Shrea Saha sophomore, biomedical engineering

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Professor visits Haiti, returns with textile projects involving diapers, backdrop Philip Dail tours Caribbean in search of ways to aid countries Jasmine Willis Staff Writer

A recent trip to Haiti will soon have students involved in designing and fashioning diapers and a backdrop for children in Haiti. After two years of assisting people in Madagascar and Uganda, Philip Dail, the director of Advising and Admissions, ventured to the capital of Haiti, Portau Prince, in order to help local citizens. Haiti, located right off the coast of Florida, was initially chosen by Dail due to the proximity of the country. “I was looking for a place to serve

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and help people that was more acces- children. The orphanage is comprised of three different segments: a church, sible,” said Dail. Along with Haiti being accessible, a clinic and a school. Each sector Dail is acquainted with various people reaches out to the needy, especially young children, to in Haiti. “There are provide education, several groups of productive enterpeople in Raleigh, tainment and lunch. including people The lunch is packfrom the College of aged by Stop Hunger Textiles, who desire Now. to open up apparel Philip Dail on his travels to Haiti Ever y d ay t he industries in Haiti and plans to help aid its people students, kinderin order to provide ga r ten t hroug h employment for the eighth grade, are served lunch. This public,” said Dail. Saint Joseph’s Orphanage is located is very rare in Haiti due to the lack of in the poorest areas of Haiti and was food. “There is food in Haiti, but not created by Pastor Leon Dorleans in or- enough,” said Dail. Many students in the orphanage are der to benefit the local unprivileged

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mentally and or physically challenged. Dail is currently working on a project which involves making diapers of all different sizes for these children. The garment is easily made and anyone with sewing skills is invited to assist with this project. Along with diapers, Dail also is working on a backdrop for a theatre in the orphanage.“Drama and art are very important to the children,” Dail said. Dail and some textile students are working on printing the designs for the backdrop for the community theatre. A project relating more to medical textiles is being planned by students from the University. Some textile students are planning a trip to Haiti for a

medical project next March. The trip to Haiti is not funded by the University. Dail said, “A clinic will be held next March to locals in the community.” Dail currently has two doctors and three nurses attending the function. The most beautiful aspect of Haiti is the people, according to Dail. “Despite the poverty of the country, the people in Haiti are full of energy, smiles and friendliness,” said Dail. “Haiti is classified as a developing country. There is poverty, financially, but not poverty of human spirit. The people in Haiti are full of life and energy. I want to go back,” Dail said.

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Today: Today Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. SMART-Shop Series Workshop: The College Classroom Talley Student Center Blue Room, 10 to 11 a.m.

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Mostly cloudy with scattered thunderstorms. Northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph.

Toxicology Seminar Toxicology Building Room 2104, 4 to 5 p.m.

Wednesday:

Wednesday Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.

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Mostly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. East northeast winds at 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday:

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POLICe BlOTTER Sept. 18 12:10 A.M. | Medical Assist Owen Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. 1:52 A.M. | Check Person Lake Raleigh Officer spoke with student and nonstudent and advised area closed at sunset. Subjects complied to leave the area.

Wachovia Executive Lecture Series Nelson Hall Room 3400, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

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ndrew Merritt, a freshman in professional golf management, gives all his pocket change to Jodie Joseph, a freshman in animal science. “If we raise $10,000 then I am going to shave my head,” Joseph says. “All the money will go to Habitat for Humanity and all my hair will go to Locks of Love, which supports cancer patients.”

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Seminar on toxicology today

Dana Sacket will speak today in Toxicology Building room 2104 at 4 p.m. on fish tissue mercury responses to coal-fired power plant proximity and whether or not local point source contamination matters. For more information, contact Gregory Cope at greg_cope@ncsu.edu Source: ncsu.edu

Leader of the Pack taking applications

semesters, be enrolled as an undergraduate and intend to return to the University in fall 2010. To apply, students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and be free from academic integrity probation and previous disciplinary probation. Applications are due by Friday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. No late applications will be accepted. Source: CSLEPS

Wellness Expo next week From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. next Tuesday vendors will be in the McKimmon Center as part of this year’s Benefits and Wellness Expo. The event will detail what benefits are available for employees and tips on how to ensure workers are aware of the opportunities they have.

2:22 A.M. | Alcohol Violation Sigma Chi Student was referred to the University for underage alcohol violation. Nonstudent’s information will be forwarded to Meredith personnel.

Two students making outstanding contributions to the University in leadership, scholarship and community service will be named Leaders of the Pack at the Nov. 7 homecoming game against Maryland. To be eligible, students must have completed two

2:28 A.M. | Alcohol Violation Student Health Lot Student was referred to the University for underage alcohol violation.

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World & Nation

Obama takes the global stage President Obama takes the world stage this week amid an array of international challenges that have bedeviled U.S. presidents for decades, including the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, the drive of rogue nations toward nuclear power and uncertainty in the American relationship with Russia. It’s enough to make his domestic agenda look simple by comparison, whether it’s the president’s fight to remake health insurance, to stem climate change or to spur the petulant economy. SOURCE: MCTDIRECT.COM

Cubans flock to Havana plaza for Juanes concert As a sea of revelers jammed Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion, Puerto Rico’s Olga Tanon opened the controversial Peace Without Borders concert Sunday with a sentiment that, despite all the debate on both sides of the Florida Straits, simply could not be disputed: “Together, we are going to make history!” she yelled. As with most matters related to Cuba, the gray shades of debate clouded the days leading up to the concert, which featured 15 artists from six countries. Some Miami exiles criticized Juanes for agreeing to share the stage with them. SOURCE: MCTDIRECT.COM

University Theatre presents Amadeus Thompson Hall, 8 p.m. Thursday Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. Movie: Food, Inc. Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:35 p.m. University Theatre presents Amadeus Thompson Hall, 8 p.m. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Witherspoon Cinema, 9 to 11:30 p.m. Friday Graphic Quilts at the Gregg Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m. Board of Visitors Meeting Park Alumni Center, noon to 5 p.m. Rights and Responsibilities of Researches in the Tech Transfer Process Williams Hall Room 2405, noon to 1:30 p.m. Ontology Conference Withers Hall, 1:30 p.m.

Twelve men have walked on the Moon. Here is your opportunity to hear one of them.

General Charlie Duke Apollo 16 Lunar Module Pilot Wednesday, September 23 12:30-1:15 P.M. 210 Park Shops Students in the University Scholars Program: this has been designated as an optional Scholars Forum event. In addition to speaking about his experience as an astronaut, General Duke will be presenting an Astronaut Scholarship to NC State senior Brittany Boudreaux. This year, the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation awarded seventeen $10,000 scholarships to students majoring in engineering or natural or applied science. You will learn more about the Astronaut Scholarship at this event. This event is sponsored by the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation, Inc., the Colleges of Engineering and Physical & Mathematical Sciences, the Division of Undergraduate Academic Programs (University Honors Program and Fellowship Advising Office), the University Scholars Program, and the North Carolina Space Grant. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, NC State will honor requests for reasonable accommodations made by individuals with disabilities. Requests can be served more effectively if notice is provided at least 5 days before the event. Direct accommodation requests to Marquette Russell at 919.513.4078 or marquette_russell@ncsu.edu.

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Health care reform — impacts students Young adults face the current health care system and the need for reform Story By staff | photo illustration By luis zapata

n a string of five interviews on Sunday morning talk shows, President Barack Obama voiced his frustration over health care reform. He said Americans should not be punished for their inability to purchase health coverage and that he is humbled by his failure to pass legislation. Obama vowed to continue his fullcourt press on the health care issue on George Stephanopoulos’ “This Week.” Obama’s promises aside, the Census Bureau’s latest statistics indicate that 45 million Americans are insured. This total fails to address the countless others who are underinsured or are in the country illegally. The latest estimates have all these numbers continuing to grow; several studies have concluded that one in six Americans now lack health insurance. Many students already fall into this category or soon will after they graduate. A recent Human and Health Services statement points to this fact and notes that when young adults lose access

to their parents’ health insurance, they find it increasingly difficult to afford the high cost of health insurance. Delisa Adams, a senior in biomedical engineering, said she will be dropped from her parents’ insurance policy once she graduates. “I’m not confident that I’ll be able to pay for my health care,” Adams said. “My health coverage all depends on my future job and its benefits and my overall living situation. I have friends that are not so fortunate [as] to be covered under their parents’ insurance and literally can’t afford to get hurt of sick.” For those who do not remain as deHISTORY continued page 4

{Our view}

America’s health care — in crisis

ealth care reform has consumed the nation’s attention during the past couple of months. It is a constant on the 24-hour cable news cycle and has consumed the U.S. Congress in bitter debate. As evidence of the urgency surrounding the issue, President Barack Obama appeared on five Sunday morning talk shows, including “This Week,” “Face the Nation” and “Meet the Press,” to sell his health care proposal. America’s largest insurance corporations, the American Medical Association (the largest association of physicians in the United States), lawmakers and lobbyists of every sort have passionately debated many of the same issues that derailed President Bill

Reform is your choice — make it

Steven Greene associate professor, public and international affairs

and independent populace. The fundamental issue is that America suffers from an appalling lack of health when compared to its prosperity. This is an issue that affects every single student. Even if your parents cover you now, eventually you will have to manage your own coverage. The discussions regarding the purchase of out-ofstate policies, a single-payer system, computerized medical records and care rationing are existent and will affect you for the rest of your life. The contentious nature of health care reform has turned what should be a calm and reasoned debate

Clinton’s administration. The national health care debate has many different players and just as many arguments, but most people have come to the consensus that ballooning health care inflation is unsustainable. The system needs some changes, the degree and extent of those changes is arguable, but it needs change nonetheless. The U.S. spends more than $7,000 per person per year on health coverage and is no healthier for it, ranking only 37th amongst other nations in aggregate health comparisons. Surely, there is some combination of highly specialized medicine, preventive care and basic medicine that can satisfy a diverse

hy should you care about health care reform? It’s your money. The United States spends more per person on health care than any country in the world — by far. We spend almost $7300 per person per year on health care. The next closest, Switzerland, spends about $4400. Most modern democracies insure all their citizens for less than $4000 per person per year. That extra money might be worthwhile if we were healthier for it — we’re not. Portugal, Greece and the Czech Republic, among others, have better infant mortality rates than the U.S. In short, we’re wasting a huge amount of money on extraordinarily inefficient health care. Wages have stagnated for decades despite productiv-

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Share your ideas on health care

Jerry Barker

associate vice chancellor, student affairs

ealth care: I’m all for it and bet you are too. Hey, I even support improvements in health care financing and medical insurance. And like you, I don’t want national debt to keep escalating to hurt our future; the poor to not get medical care they need; or insurance costs to be prohibitive to small businesses. The national debate is good in many ways because we have lots of problems with how we pay for health care and should be working on solutions. The reported lack of civility in town hall meetings disappoints me, for it hinders broad, informed participation that is needed to find solutions to our problems. Everyone, including students, should be participating in the discussion BARKER continued page 4

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The costs of private and public health insurance

Steve McDonald assistant professor, sociology and anthropology

ost people agree that our health care system needs an overhaul. The U.S. spends more than any other country on health care (while providing care that is no better than average). Health care costs are rising at rates that are unsustainable for the federal budget as well as for millions of household budgets. Agreement exists about the need for many of the proposed cost cutting procedures, such as increasing efficiency in records processing, emphasizing preventative care, and the like. But the most crucial part of the debate MCDONALD continued page 4

Health care is a human right

Vidya Sankar

junior, biochemistry

he 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights lists affordable health care as a basic human right. I’m going to spare the graphic and saddening images of people dying from easily preventable or curable diseases — President Barack Obama had a few in his recent speech. According to Families USA, a nonprofit health care advocacy group, an average of 44,230 people lose their health coverage every week. Over 50 million people are without health insurance, and an additional 25 million are under-insured. Medical bills are estimated to contribute to half of all personal bankruptcies, and 75 percent of those people had health insurance at the time they got sick. The U.S. infant mortality rate, vacSANKAR continued page 4

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care reform for many years, and I also feel pendents unt i l age that when it is initially implemented things continued from page 3 26, reform will get worse before things get any better,” might cre- Adams said. Anthony Asion, the executive director ate health insurance exchanges that will offer a of El Pueblo Inc., a public policy orgachoice of plans to those without job-based nization dedicated to strengthening the Latino community, said coverage so young adults there needs to be regulacan decide how much tion in the industry and coverage they want. wants everyone to be The Baucus Plan, decharged equally, even veloped by Senator Max young adults. Baucus (D - Montana), “In the long run, this would create health inwhole insurance escalasurance exchanges and tion would benefit the facilitate out-of-state inyouth more than the surance purchasing but adults now,” Asion said. does not establish a public “If the cost of insurance option as the House plan Anthony Asion, executive increases then nobody does. director of El Pueblo Inc. will be able to afford it Despite Obama’s speech by the time this generato a joint-session of Congress and Sunday morning interviews, tion steps into the workforce.“ Asion said the health care reform would both plans have received no support from Republicans and have many House Demo- lower health care costs, increase health care choices by protecting what works and crats nervous about mid-term elections. Adams said she feels the political climate fixing what’s broken and assure affordwill prevent the country from progressing able care for all Americans. “To me, Obama’s goal for the forward in the future regardless if it is for health reform is to provide healthcare or other major issues. “We won’t see the benefit of this health- affordable health care for all

“Insurance escalation would benefit the youth more than the adults.”

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ity gains. Why? All that extra money is going into health care. When your employer has to pay more in premiums to cover you, that’s money you are not seeing in income. Unless we do something to change the system and control costs your future earnings are only going to be furt her eroded by health care costs. Don’t for ge t , you a re ge t t i ng ripped off — we are not any healthier for all this extra expense. We don’t have the best health care in the world. If you need the latest cutting-edge care for a rare kidney cancer or a heart-lung transplant, America is clearly the place to be. The truth is, though, you are much more likely to suffer from heart disease, diabetes, a car accident or a bad back. The World Health Organization ranks America only 37th for overall health care quality; that’s behind Chile, Costa Rica and Saudi Arabia among others. Surely we can do better. Successful reform means more government involvement. Mar-

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surrounds the issue of whether to create a government-based health insurance alternative to private insurance. The major concern with the public option is that the government will provide health insurance more efficiently than the private market, forcing insurance companies to go bankrupt and leave only government insurance. This is a curious argument to hear from conservatives, who have repeatedly harped on the wastefulness of government programs. Nonetheless, there is some cause for concern. Government programs such as Medicare and the Veterans Administration have administrative costs that are about 20 percent lower than private plans, primarily because they do not have to pay for advertising, CEO salaries and costs associated with risk-assessment (making decisions about denying or rescinding coverage). Government-based insurance is also better equipped to control overall costs. When health care is sold in the private market, prices for those services and products are “inelastic” to demand. This means that consumers are forced to ac-

times equal to and often better than we encounter in America. You can see a specialist in Japan the next day. Try that here. Our system of rationing is horribly inefficient. One of my favorite former students, a recent grad, just took a job at a bakery (definitely not his chosen field) because it was the only job he could get with health care coverage. He, and our economy would be better off and more productive if he could choose employment based on his actual interests. How many entrepreneurs are stifled because they cannot afford to leave employer-sponsored health care? Change will come. The only question is will it be good or bad change. If we do nothing, the evidence is overwhelming that our medical costs will go up, your wages will stagnate, fewer people (maybe you or your family) will have insurance and we won’t be any healthier! Or, we can undertake meaningful and comprehensive health care reform — your choice.

cept price increases rather than pursue alternatives to medical care. (I would rather pay higher insurance premiums than try homeopathy, thank you very much.) This market feature places upward pressure on prices, since private health care companies are bound by the constant need to increase profits. These same pressures do not apply for governmentbased health insurance, which is not profit driven. The government also has the potential to negotiate lower prices for health services and pharmaceuticals. This can effectively lower rates of growth in health care costs, as one can see when government programs that are allowed to negotiate (VA) are compared to programs that are not (Medicare Part D). As we have seen in Massachusetts, mandating that everyone buy insurance through the private market alone would add to the profits of private insurance companies, but would not reduce health care costs. The recent health reform bill from the Senate Finance committee includes options for regional non-profit cooperatives (rather than a public option) to cover the uninsured. However, these are poor alternatives to government provided insurance. They are unlikely to reduce costs since they would have many

of the same overhead costs of private companies while lacking the bargaining power of the government. Despite the relative costcutting effectiveness of government insurance, the public option will not drive private insurance out of the market. Under current proposals, people would only be able to choose the public option if they buy their insurance privately or if they do not have insurance at all. The Government Accounting Office predicts that only a small proportion of the 60 percent of Americans that currently have health insurance through their employers will shift to the public plan. Moreover, private health insurance companies can adapt to additional competition by catering to specific risk pools and offering gap coverage. This is common in countries like France, which many assume have a fully “socialized” health care system. In the end, the public option is simply about paying for care (not providing care) and is not nearly as scary as it sounds; unless, of course, you are afraid of lower health care costs.

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kets are great, when they work, but the evidence is overwhelming that market mechanisms lead to less care and more inefficiency in U.S. health care. Every one of the countries that outperforms us and covers all its citizens does so through: a greater proportion of spending on health care coming from the government; greater government regulation of health insurance and care. We do ration health care. Rather than ration through waiting times, we ration through whether your employer provides coverage and your ability to pay. The result is that millions of Americans forego needed care. That’s rationing. More government involvement simply means we ration care more efficiently than we do now. Best estimates suggest that more than 20,000 Americans die needlessly every year due to inadequate access to care. Furthermore, smart reforms don’t mean long waiting times and poor customer service. There’s a reason opponents of reform pick on Canada — it needs work. The truth is that most countries with universal coverage have waiting

“We don’t have the best health care in the world.”

MCDONALD

Americans and to end the discrimination against certain groups,” Adams said. Asion said most people don’t know what health care reform consists of. “They just know its change and they don’t want that, unless they become uninsured then they would be forced to receive it,” Asion said. Adams said this kind of change results in progress. “In theory there are a lot of problems with our health system,” Adams said. “However, when the time comes to implement that change, people are reluctant to sacrifice and have an anxiety of fear and uncertainty.”

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and doing what he or she can to improve health and health care in America. We are told that reform will cost billions, but what is the cost to our economy if we keep doing what we’re doing? Costs to the economy are in lost productivity of the uninsured, closed businesses due to insurance costs, taxes lost to waste and fraud. One in six North Carolinians are uninsured. The State Health Plan for state employees recently had a $1.2 billion shortfall projection. We cannot stand by and do nothing. One “reform” step being considered by the UNC System right now is a 16 campus medical insurance consortium, seeking a hard-waiver insurance program for implementation fall semester 2010. This mandatory insurance requires students meeting certain criteria to show evidence of health insurance or purchase the University sponsored plan. This could save 2,500 students currently enrolled in the campus sponsored plan as much as $500 in premium next year, while maintaining quality benefits. An estimated 2,300 not currently insured would be mandated to buy insurance, but at an excellent premium. The Student Health model

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cination rate and life expectancy rank near the bottom among developed countries. However, the U.S. spends the greatest percentage of total per-capita gross domestic product in the world on health care. Under a single-payer health insurance policy, all Americans would be guaranteed taxpayer-subsidized health care with no direct out of pocket expenses. H.R. 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act, introduced by Representative John Conyers Jr., would establish a national health care system in which all care, including preventative and primary care, hospital visits, vision care, mental health, dental care, pharmaceuticals and rehabilitation deemed medically necessary by doctor and patient (not the government) would be provided for with no direct out-of-pocket expense. Patients would still have the freedom to choose their own doctors. The corporate waste currently in the system would be streamlined into more care for all people. A Har-

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into a screaming match between the left and the right. Not only is this counter-productive, it stymies any chance of unity and a collective solution to what is most definitely a shared problem. Rising health care costs are not just the problem of the old, they affect students as well as faculty and staff. Everyone will inevitably see rising costs and reduced benefits if this potent fire goes untamed. Radicals must stop the halftruths about death panels and the redistribution of wealth and use that passion towards advancing the cause of balanced platforms. The health care debate is complicated and certainly multi-faceted, but to ignore it as another generation’s problem is negligent and irresponsible.

This is an issue for students, perhaps even more so than it is for seniors and baby boomers. Take the time to educate yourself on the issue and, at the very least, have an opinion — your health, and that of your family, relies on it.

is a great one for the nation — placement of community health clinics that are accessible, convenient, affordable and focused on prevention and primary care. We spend way too much on costly care of chronic disease, much of which is preventable (smoking and obesity-related disease), and not enough on prevention and basic care. Government can help facilitate more prevention and primary care “best practices,” while constraining medical expenses such as optional care and services with low return on investment. Americans must take more personal responsibility to hold down health care costs. The Centers for Disease Control says three-quarters of health care spending now goes to treat preventable chronic diseases. How do we give incentive to reduce and delay disease and give incentive to stay healthy? I support increased insurance premiums for those who smoke and are obese, so they pay their fair share. But more importantly, how do we provide motivation and incentives to eat better, get more exercise, reduce stress, avoid alcohol misuse and improve prenatal care and early childhood health? As Michael Pollan recently wrote in <i>The New York Times</i>: “One of the leading products of the American food industry has become patients for the American health care

industry.” We must work on the way we eat and what we eat, reduce sugar and fat consumption and the quantity most of us eat. The U.S. health care system is tops in the world but is confronting lifestyle health problems worse than other countries that have longer life expectancies than we do. It’s not just years of life we’re losing by living with obesity, stress and chronic disease, but also quality of life. What are additional ways to reform health care? Stop funding procedures with low rate on investment (ROI) and that fail to meet best practices. Make community health clinics accessible to all Americans. Allow competition to hold costs down and insurance companies to insure across state lines. Cover 100 percent of prenatal and infant care to give every child a healthy start. Reduce unnecessary lab testing (defensive medicine). Provide a primary clinic with every emergency department to triage effectively. Reduce the administrative cost portion of insurance premiums (currently averages 25 percent). Students should share their ideas for reform with elected officials. Each of us must strive to use the health care system wisely and live daily so we “add years to our life and life to our years.”

vard University study estimated that 30.1 percent of U.S. health care expenses go toward administration, as opposed to 16.7 percent in Canada, which has a government run health plan. The system will also drastically reduce, if not eliminate, costs on the system due to predatory pharmaceutical monopolies. The overall cost to the average taxpayer would be much lower than with the current system. One may ask, why is the current plan favored by Obama and many Democrats inadequate, and why is single-payer necessary? This plan would create health care cooperatives; mandate that all people purchase health insurance; ban insurance companies from denying coverage based on preexisting conditions, or weight; prevent insurance companies from dropping coverage when the holder gets sick; and penalize large (50 or more employee) businesses who do not offer their employees health insurance. Businesses would be punished for not offering health insurance to their employees, but there is no protection against the coverage offered being inadequate or unaffordable to the employee. In other words, people would be penalized for not purchasing health insur-

ance they could not afford. Insurance companies would not necessarily have to reduce prices, as any loss in customers due to increased competition would be offset by the influx of new customers being forced into the market. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that by 2019, 25 million people would still be uninsured. A single-payer system ensures that people receive the care they need without suffering significant financial burden. I now pose the question: who is the current system favoring? This goes beyond political ideologies, partisan politics or beliefs in market theory. How many people are directly benefiting from such a system in a way that they would not if a single payer system was intact, and how many are suffering? Health care, a basic human right, should not be denied based on one’s ability to pay. Many state that a single-payer system is extreme, but a crisis extreme enough to affect over 20 percent of the population demands a progressive solution.

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BEATLEMANIA invades Raleigh North Carolina Symphony plays Fab Four favorites Story By jessica | graphic By ana andruzzi

or visitors to the North Carolina Symphony last Wednesday, a trip down memory lane detoured through Penny, as the Beatles performed live in Raleigh. Though the cover band knew all the songs, there were telltale signs that it wasn’t the original as Vann Dwiggins, an alumnus, pointed out. “Paul was left-handed and this one was right-handed, but that’s about it,” he said. “Their British accents were a little off but they had their characteristics really down pat.” Simon Phillips-Hughes, a native of the United Kingdom, seemed to be more convinced by the actors.

“You’d never know Paul McCartney was from Tuscon, Arizona,” Phillips-Hughes said. “It was very good, very authentic.” Pamela Wimbush-Cady said the cover band was so convincing, it felt as if the sixties were just a squint away. “It’s pretty close, pretty close – if you close your eyes you can practically see the real Beatles,” Wimbush-Cady said. “I have read all of the reviews but I think once you are here

and you get to hear the music and see the costumes and their mannerisms … it’s a lot better than what I had expected.” The audience was a decisively older group comprised of people who were undoubtedly alive when the Beatles launched the British Invasion in the 1960s, as well as families coming out for an evening of fun and a chance to expose their children to what was once, and in many respects still is, truly groundbreaking music. “I’ve been a Beatles’ fan for a long time … I was a young kid when they started putting their music out and I had some older siblings that had their records and I had all the 45s … and the other day I saw an announce-

ment about the concert and went online and bought the tickets, thought I’d bring my son,” Daryl Duncan said, adding his son was excited, as this was a far different experience from The Beatles Rock Band, which had been the extent of his British Invasion experience thus far. “He’s learning the music right now, so the timing is great.” Dwiggins said coming to see the concert was a no-brainer. “Our sister heard of it and got the tickets and all three of us have listened to The Beatles since we were … old enough to listen to music in the car with our mom and we’ve loved them ever since,” Dwiggins said. “So it made

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‘Classical Mystery Tour’ made all the right stops Beatles cover, orchestra bring Fab Four alive Jessica Hall Staff Witer

To hear the combination of the rock and roll and the classical chords is better than could be imagined. Seeing the musicians perform, with the conductor leading, and “The Beatles” in front of them, center stage, with the lights changing from blues, greens, and whites, to reds or purples depending on the song, was a sensory privilege. The power of the orchestra was held back by mild sound barriers, yet still was a strong

accompaniment to the group and spectacularly added to the performance, which the original Beatles never had the opportunity to give. Everyone in the audience had nothing but praise. Even when “Lennon” performed “Imagine,” his sometimescontroversial song asking listeners to imagine a world with no heaven, no countries and no possessions, everyone enthusiastically applauded. The perfor mance began with the orchestra performing a medley of various songs, allowing the audience to gently immerse themselves into the music. Then, The Beatles burst on stage wearing their original

1960s black suits and played “Got to Get You Into my Life,” which really got the crowd going and set expectations for the show even higher. Everyone’s expectations were easily met. Donning their Sgt. Pepper’s brightly colored garb, they began the next set with “All You Need is Love.” Throughout the show the band played off each other and the crowd encouraging handclapping and shouting, acts somewhat unusual for the symphony. Surprisingly, with the first encore, “Hey Jude,” the audience was singing along, loudly, and swaying with hands in the air. For the second and third encore they

played “Twist and Shout” followed by “Can’t Buy Me Love,” both of which had the entire auditorium, literally every single individual, on their feet dancing, singing and shouting like all those teenage girls in the old clips. This is not “just rock music.” As seen from its power to not only bring together families but also to bridge the generational gaps, it is so much more. One could argue that The Beatles and their music have become a natural part of American culture.

sense to come and see what the symphony sounded like.” Beyond the sheer excitement that can only come from Beatlemania, those in the audience said the marriage of the band and the symphony made the event wholly worthwhile. “It’s superb. It really is,” John Cady said of the interplay between the “Fab Four” and the orchestra. “They play off of each other very well. They take their cues very well. It’s very impressive.”

“It’s just so wonderful … coming from the UK, just to see how much enthusiasm there still is for The Beatles – because it is [a little] cheesy and it’s cheesy ‘cause it’s fun. You know what I mean?” Phillips-Hughes said. Some of the music is light, some is serious, and some seem to be the result of drug induced ideas, but all of them have a valuable message and all of them are fun.

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‘Amadeus’ opens to packed house University Theatre’s cunning drama is enthralling Laura Wilkinson Staff Writer

From the first whispered echo of “Salieri,” Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” had the audience hooked. The play, directed by John McIlwee, opened Friday night at Titmus Theatre in the newly renovated Thompson Hall, making it the first production staged there since the renovations were completed. The hall was brightly lit, with a grand corridor leading to two different theatres and seating available in the lobby for waiting guests. The theatre itself was cozy, with two seating levels set higher than the stage in a coliseum-type setting. The stage space appeared a bit small, but allowed the audience to feel part of the action from the comforts of comfortable seating. The play centered around two composers, Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Out of jealously at Mozart’s musical genius, Salieri contrived ways to bring Mozart to ruin. And succeeded. Although the scenery was sparse, it was used effectively. When a scene changed, certain doors were opened or closed, and the curtains were pulled to specific points to indicate a different setting. By the third or fourth scene change, the audience was barely attentive to the fluid motion of the changes. While scenery was set, the focus generally remained on Salieri, portrayed by Andrew Payne, a graduate student in communications and pub-

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lic administration. He often spoke directly to the audience to keep the action flowing while still informing the audience about background information and his own personal thoughts. During the action, the music enhanced the experience of being in the theatre and the audience members lived vicariously through the characters. The pieces were powerful and moving, invoking emotions in the audience and the players on stage. There may have been a tear or two shed in seat G14 during a certain Requiem. The audience had to suspend its disbelief when the characters “played” the piano because the music was played over the speakers while the characters pretended to play, causing quite a distraction. Music from a speaker and music from an actual piano are very different experiences, and in this case, hearing

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the original pieces rather than an actor’s imitation was more enjoyable. There was one drawback in the music being played from the speakers: cue mistakes. At one point during Friday’s performance, Salieri had finished playing a piece on the piano and as he stood up from the bench, the music cut back on. The slip-up was covered well by Salieri, who gave the audience a confused shrug. The costumes and wigs were period appropriate, though the costumes were more convincing than the wigs. Salieri and Mozart were distinguished from the other characters by wearing two different colored outfits, which set them apart from the main cast, who were clothed in greens and yellows. At the beginning of the play, the various wigs the characters adorned were comical, since they were so obviously fake. However, when the action became more serious, the wigs detracted from the intensity of the spoken words. While the play ended as a dark tragedy, the first half was filled with comic situations and characters. Mozart, portrayed by George Kaiser, a senior in arts applications, was the most comical character. His use of sexual innuendos and voice interpretations, including a voice reminiscent of Yoda, let the audience fall in love with his character. Even when he acted like a whiny, petulant child, Mozart was an enjoyable character to watch and listen to. The use of line repetition brought laughs from the audience each time, specifically from Emperor Joseph II, played by Michael Murray, a senior

in arts applications. “Well, there it is,” became a punch line for the audience by the third time Murray awkwardly said it. The characters also used different languages, from English, to Italian to French, to create humor. The actors spoke the foreign lines like natives, with each consonant and vowel resonating clearly through a seemingly flawless accent. It did not matter that the audience did not know the languages because they were spoken in such a way that the meanings were conveyed without much effort. Salieri’s angry speech before the intermission took the story from light comedy to dark humor and heartbreak. It was given with passionate fervor, the anger washing over the audience in fierce waves as Salieri’s voice changed from soft to harsh in seconds, truly consuming all the rage inside his heart. The speech marked the end of nearly all the light banter as the anger and hate of Salieri choked the audience into stunned silence during the second half of the play. Ending much like it began, the action was brought full circle to repeat what was said in the beginning, but now the audience knew the full story and was left to sift through their emotions and prejudices of the characters now dead and gone. By and large, “Amadeus” turned out to be witty and seductive, a dramatic play worth experiencing.

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Students drop in to GameStop for ODST’s midnight release Phillip Lin Staff Writer

Two years after the recordbreaking release of Halo 3, game developer Bungie, is releasing Halo 3: ODST. The game was originally announced as an expansion pack, but it soon evolved into a full-fledged title. Players will no longer be put into the boots of a genetically enhanced super soldier, but instead as regular foot soldiers for a different gaming experience. However, even with a strong single player campaign, the expansive multiplayer feature of Halo is a strong factor in what draws people to the game, with a new survival game mode called “Firefight,” where the player is pitted against increasingly difficult waves of enemies. Area game retailers held midnight release events early this morning to allow gamers to get their hands on ODST early.

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Freshman playing beyond her years

Men’s tennis finishes Cliff Falls Classic The men’s tennis team finished action in Traveler’s Rest, S.C. on Sunday with impressive performances from freshman David Thomson and sophomore Jaime Pulgar, both of whom beat ACC opponents handily on the final day of play. Men’s tennis will resume action Friday, Oct. 2, in Tulsa, Okla. for the All-American Championship.

Midfielder Kara Blosser, the Pack’s leading scorer, leads her team into ACC play Taylor Barbour Senior Staff Writer

After being elected a four-time team captain for her high school team at Courtland High, setting a school record for most goals of all time with 123 and being named Freelance Player of the Year for two straight years, freshman midfielder Kara Blosser had an impressive resume coming to N.C. State. Nine games into her collegiate career, Blosser’s dominance in high school has transferred over to the college game, leading the Pack to a 5-2-1 record and leading the team in goals, with six. “Kara has done a good job for us this year,” coach Steve Springthorpe said. “Certainly coming in as a freshman is not an easy thing and a lot of adjustments have to occur.” While Blosser makes the adjustment look simple on the field, she admits that switching from high school or club soccer to a college team is an entirely different level of play. “It is nothing like high school, everything is completely different,” Blosser said. “Coming in, it scared the crap out of me, but it was awesome, because I am finally doing what I always dreamed of doing as a kid, which is playing at an ACC level. But it is a different level, everyone is quicker, everyone is faster. You can’t play the balls over top and you can’t out-run everyone.” Blosser remembers scoring her first goal and the relief that came from scoring, especially after all she had to go through to finally score it. “In our scrimmage the first game I got fouled and had the opportunity for a penalty kick, but my coach had another player take it,” Blosser said. “And then in my first game I hit the crossbar twice and I was so

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Donald Bowens back in action After missing the entire 2008 season with a stress fracture in his lower back, redshirt junior wide receiver Donald Bowens returned to action Saturday against Gardner-Webb. Bowens caught two passes for 17 yards in his first game since 2007. Bowens ranks seventh among active ACC players in career receptions (57), sixth in receiving yards (798) and tied for sixth in touchdowns (5). Source: N.C. State Athletics

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knows her role on the team and respects the older players on the team that have much more experience playing college soccer. “I don’t really say anything in practice because I know they have so much more experience than me. Yes, I might have scored the most goals, but they truly have played much more college soccer and they know what is going on,” Blosser said. “I just take every chance to listen to what they say to me and try to become a better player.” Springthorpe credits Blosser’s hot start to her physical fitness, her work ethic on and off the field and her love for the game. “She is extremely fit and she has been able to play a number of times 90 minutes for us and that credits her fitness,” Springthorpe said. “She is a competitor and loves to play the game. She has such a great

work ethic and a desire for the team to be successful. For her, the game is a lot of fun and she puts everything she has into it on the field, at practice and off the field. “ Blosser knows that the success she has experienced so far this season is going to become a lot harder to come by as ACC play gears up, and she has to be up for the challenge both physically and mentally. “Everyone has talked about how ACC play is completely different,” Blosser said. “The ACC is the best conference for soccer and every game is going to be huge. Every day at practice and after games that we won this season we understand that this is nothing like how the ACC is going to be. It is best for us as young players to know we just need to listen to the older players to help guide and lead us into ACC play.”

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In last weekend’s Wolfpack Invitational the men’s cross-country team took first place and the women’s team took second.

“Coming in, it scared the crap out of me, but it was awesome, because I am finally doing what I always dreamed of doing as a kid, which is playing at an ACC level.”

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The cross country teams kicked off their seasons at the Wolfpack Invitational at Wake Med Soccer Park Friday. The women’s team finished second with 38 points, with senior Brittany Tinsley leading the way. The men took first with a team score of 24. Maryland’s men came in a distant second, with a score of 45. Redshirt senior John Martinez led the Pack in its 5K run with a final time of 14:46, finishing third behind runner Greg Kelsey of Maryland, who took second with a time of 14:40. Following Martinez was redshirt freshman Patrick Campbell, who finished fourth with a time of 14:47. Andrew Chebii of WinstonSalem State finished fifth at 14:52, and N.C. State soph-

Freshman midfielder Kara Blosser on her experience transitioning from high school to collegiate soccer.

omores Bobby Moldovan, at 14:53, and Andrew North, at 14:53, took sixth and seventh place. “We ran a little quick in the first mile, but leveled out and ran perfect at two miles,” Martinez said. “Coming up the hill we slowed down a bit, but the hard effort the entire way paid off and we finished strong as a group.” Sophomore Ryan Hill won the race with a record time of 14:35 in the 5K, but was running unattached, so his record time essentially did not count. Coach Rollie Geiger said he was extremely pleased with his team’s performance. “Our game plan was to run as a group. I thought they stuck to the plan, but the Maryland athlete (Kelsey) had a great day,” Geiger said. “Ryan Hill wasn’t in uniform, but his record was off the charts and then we had five guys including him all under 15 minutes for a 5K. It’s amazing.” The women’s team lost to Maryland in the 5K. Tinsley took first place at 17:30, followed by sophomore Emily Pritt with a time of 17:35. Maryland’s Kristen Jenkins finished third at 17:46. The next

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frustrated, but finally when I got it, it just felt really awesome.” Blosser’s athleticism and determination have played a huge part in scoring six goals. Because she is a midfielder she is responsible for playing both defense and offense, and when an offensive opportunity presents itself, she makes the best of it. “She is our leading goal scorer and one of the things she is capable of doing is being a finder of the ball and on our key set pieces she is able to find the ball and win the header with her height and athleticism,” Springthorpe said. “Also players around her have created a lot of space for her and she has been able to find that space behind and over the top of the defense and capitalize.” Even after experiencing such success at such a young age, Blosser still

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Redshirt senior John Martinez and sophomore Ryan Hill run the final two hundred meters up the hill for the Wolfpack Invitational cross country meet at Wake Med soccer park Sept. 12, 2008.

three runners to cross the line, Jordan Jenkins (17:46), Erin Mercer (18:10), and Tiayonna Blackmon (18:15), were all unattached and this prevented their efforts from counting towards the final score. Women’s coach Laurie Henes said her athletes were upset their efforts didn’t help the team win the race, but also said she was proud of how well they ran. “I think some of our athletes were a little upset with the

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coaches because they wanted to win the team race,” Henes said. “Decisions to run certain athletes unattached prevented that from happening. We had to make those decisions as coaches, and we accept that.” The official results showed Maryland winning the women’s race with 24 points against N.C. State’s 38 points. Five of the top six athletes were a part of the Pack, finishing ahead of all but one of Maryland’s runners. Had three of the five run-

ners from State ran attached, the Wolfpack would have finished with a final team score of 18. “Brittany Tinsley looked great, I think this is the fastest one of our athletes has run in this meet for quite a while,” Henes said. “Jordan Jenkins and Erin Mercer looked great as well for true freshmen. As a group,- a lot of our true freshman ran well.”

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