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Insurance mandate to impact college cost Beginning fall 2010, students must provide proof of insurance or opt for University plan Jessica Neville Science & Tech Editor
The UNC System Board of Governors passed a unanimous resolution in August 2009 that requires all students to provide proof of health insurance or enroll in a system-wide plan beginning this fall for all students who meet a three-fold criterion. The criterion states that a student enrolled in a degree-seeking program with a minimum of six credit hours eligible to pay the campus student health fee will be required to have health insurance this fall. Rob Hayford, associate director of Student Health Services and coordinator of the insurance requirement implementation team, said approximately 10 percent of University students are without health insurance. The BOG plan gives students the option to obtain health insurance from Pearce & Pearce at the rate of $372 a semester or $744 a year. “The University’s current plan gives students the option of obtaining health insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield,” Hayford said. “That plan’s cost is 38 percent higher than what is being offered to students from Pearce & Pearce.” According to Hayford, Pearce & Pearce is a vendor for Med Cost insurance company, a nationwide company that has been in business for over 40 years. The company’s insurance is already being used at other universities in the UNC School system. N.C. State is one of the last four institutions to require health insurance for all students.
Hayford said even though the decision was made by the BOG and the University had no input, the University administrators and Student Health support this decision. Rishawnda Thompson, a freshman in textile engineering, said she felt conflicted over whether the policy was a good or bad idea. “It’s good that students will have the option to have insurance from the University, and that students who have financial aid will have their insurance paid for,” Thompson said. “But I don’t think students who simply don’t want to pay for health insurance should have the extra burden of another fee.” Jeanne Chen, a senior in biochemistry and student senator, said the Student Health Committee has been discussing the issue for a number of years. “In the past we have been very opposed to the idea because Erskine Bowles wanted to require students to have insurance comparable to the insurance being offered by the UNC system,” Chen said. “We didn’t think that was fair, with the number of students our University has.” Chen said the current plan does not require students to have a comparable insurance plan, just some kind of health insurance. “I can’t say my committee supports the decision, but if we have to have a mandatory health insurance policy I think this is a good option,” she said. Chen said the decision to implement this health insurance came from the BOG and had no involvement from Student Senate or the University as a whole. Students who do not wish to pay for the system-wide plan must opt via the website www.studentinsurance.com If not, the charge is automatically applied along with tuition
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What if I don’t want it?
The criterion states that a student enrolled in a degree-seeking program with a minimum of six credit hours eligible to pay the campus student health fee will be required to have health insurance this fall. The Board of Governors plan gives students the option to obtain health insurance from Pearce & Pearce at the rate of $372 a semester or $744 a year.
Students who do not wish to pay for the system-wide plan must opt via the Web site www.studentinsurance.com. If not, the charge is automatically applied along with tuition and student fees. This website can be accessed beginning Monday. Waivers submitted between March 15 and May 31 will be reviewed by the company and verified on June 1.
Source: UNC Board of Governors
and student fees. This Web site can be accessed beginning Monday. Hayford said Pearce and Pearce would verify whether a student’s insurance is deemed “creditable” or not. Waivers submitted between March 15 and May 31 will be reviewed by the company and verified on June 1. Both Hayford and Chen said the systemwide plan is a bargain compared to other insurance premiums and encourage students to look at the details of the plan, whether they have insurance or not. “We are not in the insurance business and recognize that students have every right to choose their own insurance company,” Hayford said. “They may look at this plan, however, and realize its affordability and decide to switch even if they already have health insurance.” Hayford said students who qualify for financial aid will have the cost of health insurance included in their financial aid package. Students who do not qualify for aid and do not have their own health insurance will be required to pay for the system-wide plan.
Source: studentinsurance.com
As a student, Chen said she feels more secure knowing she has her own health insurance and recognizes that it takes a burden off of students when they don’t have to worry about medical costs. “I was in a car accident last year, and I don’t know how I would’ve paid for the medical bills if I didn’t have insurance,” Chen said. “An accident can happen to anyone at anytime.” According to Hayford, it is in the University’s best interest to have all of its students insured. “If a student is sick and not able to come to class, that affects their education,” Hayford said. The UNC system-wide plan includes 100 percent coverage of services at the University Student Health Center, a $150 deductible, 80 percent coinsurance of PPO allowance, an unlimited major medical lifetime maximum, a $500 wellness benefit, a vision care plan, and intercollegiate sports coverage up to $7,500. In addition, the plan includes an unlimited
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Technician seeks restructuring Committee charged with ensuring student newspaper’s long-term survival Nick Tran News Editor
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Maryam Mazloumpour, a graduate student in fiber and polymer science, talks about her research to fellow graduate students at the Graduate Student Research Symposium on Wednesday. Her research was on a plasma process that alters surfaces and as medical applications. The Symposium had 161 poster presentations representing research from 60 graduate programs from all N.C. State colleges.
Symposium showcases research Graduate students show off original research, compete for cash prizes at the fifth annual Graduate Research Symposium Rachel Port Staff Writer
Graduate students representing every academic department on campus presented 189 examples of original research at the fifth annual Graduate Research Symposium at McKimmon Center Wednesday afternoon. According to David Shafer, assistant dean of the graduate school, the purpose of the symposium was to showcase the diversity and quality of graduate-level research at N.C. State. It was also a unique opportunity for graduate students to learn about cutting-edge research in fields other than their own. “We really want students exposed to cross-discipline research,” he said.
“To see this kind of research lets Shafer said the event was an important professional practice in commu- us know financial support from the General Assembly is impornication for graduate students. “Students have to be able to talk tant,” Berger said. “Even in tough about their research to people in other budget times, it is important to invest in redisciplines,” Shasearch that fer said. ma kes us The symposium attractive to was a competition businesses where graduate which will research in differcreate job ent categories was opportunijudged by Univerties.” sity faculty and, Queen for the first time, David Shafer, assistant dean said he by represent awould contives from various tinue to advocate for funding of North Carolina industries. State senators Doug Berger and Joe research. “It is impressive to see the output Sam Queen, and Wake County representatives Rosa Gill, Chris Heagarty of the combined efforts of NCSU’s and Deborah Ross arrived to inspect graduate students on the f loor the winning posters and congratulate the graduate students on their hard graduate continued page 3 work.
“We really want students exposed to cross-disciple research.”
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Students on campus may have noticed a change in Technician during the past semester. There have been criticisms of poor coverage and content with little value to the University. Wednesday, Technician’s editorial board wrote to the campus community, soliciting help for and referring to events which have led to a decline in the quality of the publication. Students and alumni were uncertain as to how to respond, in large part because they were never informed on what actually occurred. Problems within Technician likely began during the 2009 fall semester when Ty Johnson, the previous editorin-chief, was managing a largely understaffed publication. While there were sufficient writers to keep the paper writing, a number of leadership positions were left empty and Johnson took the additional responsibilities of managing or contributing to the news and featuressections as well as writing stories for the paper. Mike Alston, general manager of WKNC, said this situation already posed a problem for Technician. “The biggest concern was the editorin-chief was writing stories,” he said. “Ty [Johnson] seemed overworked and overwhelmed. The structure was bad then and it’s gotten worse now.” Johnson represented a large portion
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of the senior staff up to the end of the semester, committing much time and effort to the paper. Because of this, Johnson’s grades suffered and fell below the requirement for senior leaders of the Student Media Association. Tyler Dukes, Technician editor-inchief for 2006 to 2007, said this is not an individual specific fault, but something which has always been an issue. “There’s something that can never be fixed,” Dukes said. “That’s getting enough people who can balance Technician and academics well. We’ve always struggled with that and it’s the same at any student paper.” Johnson was suspended by the SMA coordinator for his GPA falling below the requirement despite already having submitted to an academic plan to bring it up. “Running Technician is always a challenge,” Dukes said. “It’s a lot of work.” After Johnson left Technician, the position of editor-in-chief, along with the other responsibilities Johnson took onto himself, were vacated and the paper’s leadership left in disarray. The lack of senior organization drove many of the writing staff to leave as well. While the remaining staff members did what they could to salvage the publication, Technician was left without much of its leadership and greatly understaffed. This is when the noticeable decline in quality began. “I’ve noticed there haven’t been as many big stories in the paper,” Dukes
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Iraqis vote despite militant threats
In Tuesday’s page 8 article “Ready, en garde...Fence,” Christian Crevar’s name was misspelled, as was John Nance’s.
38 people who turned out to vote in Iraq’s parliamentary election were killed by bomb and rocket attacks in Baghdad Sunday. Sunni Islamists had previously threatened to disrupt voting for Iraq’s second full-term parliament since the 2003 U.S. invasion and delivered on their threat by attacking polling stations across Baghdad with mortar and rocket attacks and roadside bombs. Polls closed at 5 p.m. local time after 10 hours of voting in which 19 million people were eligible to take part. U.N. officials say it could take three days to determine the results of the vote. President Barack Obama’s plans to reduce the troop presence in Iraq are expected to be largely dictated by Iraq’s political course.
Technician regrets the error. Send all clarifications and corrections to Viewpoint Editor Russell Witham at viewpoint@ technicianonline.com.
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Tibetan/Chinese Relations in the 21st Century Arjia Rinpoche, Tibetan Lama and president of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington, Indiana, will be speaking March 22 on the state of relations between Tibet and China. Rinpoche will discuss Tibetan/ Chinese relations with regards to religion, culture and politics. Rinpoche was an abbot of Kumbum Monastery in Tibet
and a well-recognized Tibetan figure by the Chinese Communist government. He fled Tibet in 1998 due to the conflict between Tibet and the Chinese. He will discuss the past and present relations between Tibet and China and provide insight into the future of relations between the two as well as the United States. The event is hosted by the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and the Department of History. Rinpoche will be speaking in Talley Student Center from noon to 2 p.m. Source: NCSU Campus Calendar
China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Sunday new sanctions on Iran will not solve the standoff over its nuclear program. Jiechi said pressure and sanctions were not the solution to resolve the conflict over the Iran nuclear issue. Many western powers want China to approve the U.N. resolution to impose new sanctions on Tehran, which they say is seeking materials to construct nuclear weapons and has violated non-proliferation safeguards. Beijing has previously opposed calls for sanctions to be placed on Iran, which is a big source of oil for China, but has not blatantly opposed any new U.N. resolutions. Iran has continued to deny pursuing nuclear weapons programs, claiming only to seek nuclear materials for power and medical purposes. Source: Reuters
Arab League chief calls off Mideast talks Arab League chief Amr Moussa said Wednesday Palestinian President Mahmound Abbas told him he would not participate in indirect talks with Israel. This comes only days after the Palestinian side had agreed to the talks. This announcement is expected to delay U.S. efforts to bring together the Palistinians and Israel into “proximity talks” to keep the Middle East peace process alive. The decision to withdraw from talks came after Israel announced Tuesday it plans to construct 1,600 settler homes in an area of the occupied West Bank it annexed to Jerusalem and Abbas had agreed to the talks on the condition Israel put a freeze on the imposed Jewish settlement. Source: Reuters
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Today Hold on to Your Hats! D.H. Hill Library All Day Introduction to Chinese Culture Talley Student Center, Blue Room 11 a.m. to noon Chinese Language Corner McKimmon Center Noon to 1 p.m. With Lathe and Chisel: North Carolina Wood Turners and Carvers Greg Museum of Art & Design Noon to 8 p.m. Faces and Mazes Gregg Museum of Art & Design Noon to 8 p.m. Americans with Disabilities Act Admin III, Room 101 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Conversations with State Leader Deborah Ross Riddick 325 4 to 5 p.m. Advanced Beginning Chinese for Adults 1229 Engineering Building II 7 to 8:30 p.m. Beginning Chinese for Adults I 1007 Engineering Building I 7 to 8:30 p.m. Beginning Chinese for Adults II 1212 Engineering Building II 7 to 8:30 p.m.
POLICe BlOTTER March 6 1:17 AM | Medical-Alcohol Winston Hall Area Report of intoxicated subject needing assistance. Officers located student and non-student. Non-student was transported for treatment. Student will be referred at a later date for underage possession. 2:44 AM | Disorderly Conduct Avent Ferry Complex Report of underage drinking and subjects being disorderly. Two students had left the area prior to officers’ arrival. RA will handle incident through housing channels. 6:59 AM | Larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported wallet stolen. 9:18 AM | Concerned Behavior Public Safety Center Concerned Behavior Report file and welfare referral issued to student in reference to concerns for mental wellbeing. 1:39 PM | Suspicious Person D.H. Hill Library Student reported being followed by unknown subject. Officers checked area but did not locate anyone matching the description of subject. 3:58 PM | InvestigationFollow Up D.H. Hill Library Officers identified student who pulled fire alarm in earlier incident. Student was referred to the University. 4:06 PM | Concerned Behavior Report Pi Beta Phi Sorority Units responded to report of intoxicated subject causing selfinflicted injury. Student refused transport. On-call counselor was contacted and spoke with student. Counselor will follow up with student. 5:17 PM | Assist Another Agency Public Safety Center Officer assisted Apex Police Department by completing forensic sketch of armed robbery suspect. 5:24 PM | Larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported laptop adapter stolen.
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here,” Queen said. Ali Kefeli, president of the University Graduate Student Association, said it was especially important to expose members of North Carolina’s general assembly to research at the state’s largest university. “This symposium is an opportunity to showcase the outstanding research we do at NCSU to the people who are funding it,” Kefeli said. According to Anne Riddle, chair of the UGSA Academic Policy Committee, the UGSA and Graduate School want to have future symposium winners formally present their research to the state legislature. Graduate student perspective: Riddle said thousands of graduate students work behind the scenes at NCSU and they tend to be invisible. Undergraduates see graduate students as teachers’ assistants and professors see graduate students as a way to get work done. “But we do original research and want to get that out to the University community as a whole,” Riddle said. “People can physically see the amount of work graduate students do [at the symposium].”
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pharmacy maximum with a $10 co-pay at the University pharmacy and a four-tier plan for other pharmacies. Students can also pay for an optional system-wide dental plan at a rate of $303.28. This plan is directed through Pearce & Pearce and is not paid for through a student’s campus account. Hayford said students gradu-
Meghnaa Tallapragada, a second year graduate student from the Department of Communication and winner of the first place prize in her category, said she was excited to have the chance to present her research. “I get to introduce my research and get feedback. It helps improve my work,” she said. “Nobody in communication has developed a model for public engagement before. People can build on this foundation.” Rachel Myers, a doctoral candidate representing the bioinformatics program, said she felt the symposium was more than an opportunity for professional practice. “I’m passionate about my research and want to share with anyone who will listen,” she said. The symposium was hosted by both the Graduate School and the University Graduate Student Association. “I’m very excited about the turnout for the event and I think that both the graduate students who presented and those who attended benefited,” Shafer said. “I look forward to the Symposium in 2011.”
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ating this spring would not be affected because the requirement doesn’t go into effect until fall 2010. “The plan does offer an option for students to continue receiving insurance for six months after they graduate,” Hayford said. Garik Sadovy, a senior in material science and engineering, said he has health insurance from his parents but will avoid buying his own for as long as possible. “I think a lot of the things
paid for by health insurance can be avoided by investing in preventative measures and taking care of yourself,” Sadovy said. “No one should have to buy health insurance; it should be a choice.” The plan specifically states that students may be covered for up to six months from the time the student’s plan ends and the student either graduates from or discontinues enrollment from N.C. State. Students may also obtain insurance at higher prices for a
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Brianne Bower, a sophomore in business administration, speaks during the Student Senate meeting in the Witherspoon Student Center Wednesday night. During the meeting, the Senate voted to recommend that University Dining open Case Dining Hall to residents of Wood Hall during breakfast.
spouse/domestic partner and/ or children. Graduate students are required to have health insurance if they meet the three requirements set for undergraduates, with the exception that they only have to be enrolled for one credit hour. For more information, students can find the Pearce & Pearce website at www.studentinsurance.com.
said. “Technician hasn’t been at the front of many big events. I would guess the quality has suffered somewhat.” According to A lston, however, the future of the publication looks worse. “They don’t have an editor for next year,” he said. “As of right now, it’s a bleak future. No one wants to be editor and the problem is what will be the case once the current senior members are gone? It’s the job of the media advisor and editor to find new leaders and staff.” To address this issue, Alston, who is a member of the SMA Board of Directors, proposed a committee which is charged with the survival of Technician. “At Tue sd ay n ig ht ’s meeting,[the Board of Directors] recognized a problem with the current structure but no one proposed a solution,” he said. “I proposed a committee to find a new editor-in-chief for Technician.” According to Alston, the committee is responsible for rewriting the description of the editor-in-chief, opening and closing the position on the appropriate days, before April 13, and interviewing candidates before the next board meeting. Additionally, the staff will be tasked to come up with a survival strategy for the paper, and come up with a plan to advertise and recruit for the position. “If committee finds a good leader, Technician could be back on track,” Alston said. “If not, it could be the end of Technician. A weekly paper could be considered the end.” Jim Ceresnak, student
body president, said Technician’s survival is essential. “Student Government and Technician have always had a close, if at times contentious, relationship, but we have a mutual respect and an inseparable relationship,” he said. “For 90 years Technician provided the glue to hold campus together, and we can’t lose that.” Ceresnak, who attended Tuesday’s Board of Directors meeting as well, said there was a lot of heated discussion but ultimately a solution has to be reached. “There’re a lot of factors contributing to why issues have come up and we need to figure out how to fix them,” he said. “Technician has faced challenges but it’s my view it is an essential institution and the challenges are not insurmountable.” Dukes said the future of Technician depends on what happens in the next few days with the new committee. “There are a lot of passionate people who want to be informed and like Technician,” he said. “Too many people care about the paper and it’s very unlikely Technician will fail. There are too many people and too much support. We can find a way to get Technician back on track.” Alston said Technician needs a leader to survive. “Since Ty left, no one has emerged as leader,” he said. “Someone on staff needs to step up and sacrifice themselves to keep the paper alive.” Dukes said this means inspiring students and staff to write and to enjoy their work. “The board, leaders and staff need to inspire people to write,” he said. “The staff has to be proud of what they do and have fun with their work. There is absolutely a future for Technician.”
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Mandated health care hurts students A
The Facts:
A new Board of Governors policy will require uninsured students to pay for stateprovided health care next year. The cost of the plan is $765.
Our Opinion:
Mandating health care does uninsured students a disservice. Affordable, optional plans would benefit students; but forcing health care upon them puts a barrier on affordable education.
ll UNC-system students will be charged an additional $765 fee if they do not have full health insurance coverage next year. The new Board of Governors regulation, which is mandatory for uninsured students, will be automatically added to students’ bills and can only be removed by filing a healthcoverage waiver with the University. In one of Erskine Bowles, the UNC president’s, signature policy goals, the Board of Governors set the ground work for mandatory coverage earlier this academic year. The plan, which will be administered by Pearce and Pearce, a company from South Carolina that specializes in student insurance, will cost the University’s uninsured stu-
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the Executive Editors.
dents — approximately 10 percent of the student population — almost $800 a year. The plan isn’t exorbitant by health insurance standards, but why should the University system force students into health insurance they may not want or be able to afford? In the state constitution, North Carolina’s forefathers established a principle which Bowles seems to enjoy ignoring for his own personal inclinations. The constitution explicitly states that public higher education shall be as free as practicable. Adding an $800 fee to students’ bills, on top of a $200 tuition increase and fee infla-
tion does not seem in keeping with the concept of affordability. Students receiving financial aid will receive compensation for the change, but that certainly doesn’t apply to all the uninsured students. It may seem insignificant to the majority of students who have health coverage through their parents or the government, but those sorts of increases can have a debilitating effect on a potential student’s ability to attend college. If even one student has to drop out of school or not apply to a state university because of this additional burden, the system is doing the state — and its future leaders — a disservice.
The system should be commended for its efforts to procure affordable health coverage for students. But the coverage must be optional. Offering students affordable health care coverage without mandating it would allow uninsured students to obtain coverage, but wouldn’t put a potentially massive burden on a healthy, uncovered student who doesn’t want coverage. Forcing coverage on students is akin to placing a precondition on university study. One which has the potential to negatively impinge on many students; the UNC system has a responsibility to readdress the change and make it optional before it has a negative impact on public-university students throughout the state.
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Deeper history is better history
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urprise, Mr. McCauley has — once again — twisted his underpants into a Gordian knot over something he never quite bothers to understand. H i s feig ned outrage stems from a proposal in the N.C. school system t hat limits the teaching Zakk White of American Histor y in Assistant Viewpoint Editor High School to post-1877. Oh no! How will our children learn about the Founding, the Constitution and Civil war? For McCauley, this is all an insidious plot by right-wing birthers to dumb down our children. If McCauley had done any research — instead of his quasi-comic overreaction — he would have discovered that the state education officials in question yielded the proposal to the critics. But why were they trying to erase American history? What kind of Republican monster would do such a thing? What actually happened is that our schools are turning out hordes of students who have little knowledge of American History. ECU did a piece on the controversy in which one of their history professors explained that every year he quizzes his introductory students on American History and most fail the quiz. Granted, not all of his students are from N.C. public schools, but most are. So we have an educational problem, how do we solve it? We cannot just throw more classes at these kids; obviously something is structurally wrong with history classes. These students who reportedly have little knowledge of history have already had years of history instruction in N.C. schools. What the N.C. officials tried to do was deepen students’ knowledge of the most recent period of American history — since 1877. In my experience with American history, my teachers never quite made it to the latter part of the 20th century. More in-depth knowledge from the 20th century is desperately needed. Frankly, in today’s society, which set of knowledge is more culturally and politically relevant: group A — John C.
Calhoun, Louisiana Purchase, War of 182, Andrew Jackson, Trail of Tears — or group B — Stock Market Crash, Great Depression, Ronald Reagan, Iran Hostage Crisis, Cold War, Franklin Roosevelt, World War II, World War I, Vietnam War and Korean War? By my measure, group B is clearly the one that the average high school student, who wishes to engage in a global society, needs to understand best. This is the calculation that the N.C. school officials made. That is not to discount the importance of Group A, but with limited funds and time, they had to make a “Sophie’s Choice.” Try asking twenty random high school students — or N.C. State students for that matter — questions concerning the Civil War and the Korean War. Most would be able to give you a broad overview of the Civil War touching on key points. Very few would be able to describe the causes of, events during and results of the Korean War. The key point being that — while it still resonates — the Civil War is over and technically speaking, the Korean conflict still hasn’t been resolved. That is why there is a de-militarized zone on the border between North and South Korea. Knowledge would also help explain the current tension between the U.S. and a pesky, nuclear North Korea. Alas, the proposal to change the curriculum was DOA. N.C. will continue to produce students that have little knowledge of crucial recent events in American History that impact us every single day — the knowledge they might have is cursory at best. My suggestion is that American history in high school should start with the Civil War and that civics classes who already cover the Constitution should teach more in-depth about the Founding. Economics should be separated from Civics class and taught on its own, in a course that combines general economic principles and personal finance — a skill that many high school graduates sorely lack. Next time, instead of screaming your heads off over an issue you know little about, try doing some actual reasoning. It’s good for the soul.
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imes can be tough. We a r e g o i n g through a recession, jobs are hard to come by and people are being forced to be thrifty with their money. Businesses are being hit too. They Andrew are being Dworznicki forced to Staff Columnist lay people of f, cut hours or lower compensation. They have to make these tough decisions to help their companies survive. So as individuals and private companies are tightening their metaphorical “belts,” why, then, does the government continue to spend with reckless abandon? Being in college, most of us have limited resources. We understand that sometimes we cannot get everything we want because we simply don’t have the money. We can’t get every new iPod that comes out or run out and buy the coolest phone. Many of us don’t have the best TVs or cars, but we understand we cannot afford them and make do with what we have.
We have to cut out things that we would love to buy and try to save money on the items we need — for instance, Busch instead of Bud. There are some things that we cannot help but buy, such as gas, food and textbooks. So we go and try to get the best deal available, the best bang for our buck. We search the Internet ahead of time so we can find the cheapest gas, go to Kroger instead of Whole Foods or Harris Teeter and order our books from Amazon instead of buying them new and free of those annoying scribbles. The government needs to start understanding these principles that students have to live by. But the problem is the government doesn’t seem to feel as though it has to. It is going on massive spending binges and we are already stuck with an unsustainable amount of debt — $12 trillion and rising. Our last presidential administrations have added to these figures by spending massive amounts of money and borrowing much of it from China. As government officials, they have yet to understand there are some programs and ventures that might be great and help a lot of people, but as we students know, you cannot always have everything you want. You have to focus on the things you need. Those gov-
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With college life comes tests of faith While some religious beliefs are strengthened during university, others falter Lauren Shute Staff Writer
When students make the move from home to college, it is understandable that considerable changes take place. Students are faced with new situations, some of which they have never encountered before, and as a result some of their views on life can be altered. Students’ religious beliefs are oftentimes one of those alterations. While some students remain steadfast in their previously held religious beliefs, others change religions in an effort to find one that better suits them. “Putting a young person in a new environment can cause them to reevaluate a lot of things,” Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology, said. “They’re faced by lots of new ideas and it could be the first time that religion is questioned since it’s not necessarily questioned in the home.” A change in religion or else an increased dedication to a
previous religion can be seen when examining various students around N.C. State. What follows are four students, each with different stories that led to their current beliefs. Brianna Craig, a sophomore in computer engineering, is a Pentecostal Christian. From the time she was little she would attend church camps and later, youth groups. She was greatly influenced by her father, who was a minister, and has continued to integrate Christianity into her life ever since. Now she is on the Worship Ministry of Chi Alpha Campus Ministry, an official club at the University, where at large group meetings she plays guitar for praise and worship songs. Craig also prays with friends before Chi Alpha meetings, reads the Bible in her own time, and prays while walking to class, while in her room and while she’s going to sleep. Outside of campus, she is a part of the worship team at her church where on Sunday mornings she does sign language to express her love for God through signing, which she says is more ex-
pressive than words. “I’ve grown closer to God over the years and I have a deeper relationship with God now than I did before I started college,” Craig said. “Part of that has been me being more independent and also because I’ve found other people to walk with as I follow God.” Craig said that she has not explored other religions because she believes that she’s found the right religion for herself. “I’ve developed a relationship with God and I don’t want to find something else when I believe that I’ve found the best that I can,” Craig said. Kimberly Hoer, a senior in history, is an atheist who was raised Catholic and attended Mass every Saturday evening, was baptized, went to first communion and was confirmed at age 13. As she grew up, though, she found that Catholicism did not necessarily mesh with her world view. Once she reached college, she stopped attending Mass altogether and stopped identifying as a Catholic. “Gradually I became more atheist; I was against organized religion at first, and then the
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more and more I thought about it, I realized that I didn’t believe in a higher power,” Hoer said. Hoer’s major also played a part in the development of her beliefs. “The more I learned about history and the way people make up belief systems and use religion to their benefit, the more atheist I became. My
parents never forced me to be Catholic, but once I moved out of the home and became more independent, the more my feelings about organized religion really came out,” Hoer said. Taylor Elkins, a sophomore in psychology, said she is questioning her beliefs. She was raised as a nondenominational Christian, partici-
pating in youth group and Christian summer camps as a child. Though she stopped regularly attending church in high school, she continued to pray before she ate and went to sleep. It wasn’t until her freshman year of college that she
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Down economy won’t stop spring break plans Finally getting a break from college stress, many head to the beaches for relaxation time Lauren Shute Staff Writer
Listen to any conversation drifting around the classroom in the next two days and it’s a safe bet that the topic will be spring break. Students will be heading out in droves come
“We chose to stay in N.C. rather than somewhere else for expenses and for travel time.” Brett Banford, junior in microbiology
Friday, ready to drown their school sorrows in a margarita or two. With the economy in a downward spiral, though, are students choosing to stay home
this spring break to save money? The answer, fortunately, is a resounding “no.” From the Caribbean to the coast of North Carolina, students this year have found ways to make their budgets meet their destinations. Though some students still chose to continue the tradition of a wild Cancun spring break, others, like Brett Banford, junior in microbiology, opted to travel to places closer to home, like Ocean Isle, N.C. “We chose to stay in N.C. rather than somewhere else for expenses and for travel time. It would be inconvenient to be in a car for 12 hours, so we just
figured we’d stay here,” Banford said. It is clear that many students, when planning their trips, share a strategy like Banford’s. Instead of making the trek to somewhere remote, Brandon Lyon, sophomore in psychology, chose to visit his beach house in Kure Beach, N.C. with some friends. Money was the
ultimate deciding factor when planning the trip, he said, though that didn’t mean that he wanted to stay home. “I went to Cancun last year, so I didn’t feel bad just going to Kure Beach this year,” Lyon said. Budgeting trips between years of college isn’t uncommon, either. Many students
choose to go all out on spring break trips one year, and then scale down the next. Emilie Griffin, senior in psychology, said that was why she chose to go on an all-inclusive cruise to Jamaica and Labadie. “Since I am a senior this is my last spring break, and I haven’t
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done anything exciting the last three years,” Griffin said. “So this was my last chance.” Annie Cohen, a senior in public relations who is traveling to South Beach, agrees. “This is the only
time I have ever been on a spring break trip and since it’s my senior year it’s now or never! Might as well go big!” Cohen said. Some students, however, are fortunate enough to travel on all of their spring breaks throughout college. Ryan Jones, senior in sports management, traveled to Panama City Beach and the Bahamas his first two years of school,
TECHNICIAN respectively, and now he is returning to Panama City Beach for his third spring break. When asked how he was able to afford such trips on a student’s budget, he answered that all it took was a little creative financial planning. “I have two jobs now to support myself, so it made it a little easier to afford. Plus, the cost to rent a house in Panama City has dropped since two years
ago, probably because of the economy,” Jones said. It seems as though the economy can occasionally work in the student’s favor, as it did for Jones.
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said she began to truly question her beliefs. “The diversity I was exposed to in terms of religious backgrounds really opened me up,” Elkins said. “I have a lot of friends that I care about that are different religions and I couldn’t understand why their religions couldn’t be accepted, couldn’t be right too.” Elkins continued to pray because she found it comforting, but she said she was more open to talk about her questioning with people like her roommate and her mom. “At first my mom tried to counter everything I said with something she knew about Christianity, but in the end she had nothing concrete to say. It was then that I became more firm in my questioning,” Elkins said. “I haven’t completely let religion in general go. I feel it comforting to believe in a higher power, but I would like to be more knowledgeable in other religions before I make a decision. I don’t want to believe in something because it was bestowed upon me, because it’s what I grew up with,” Elkins said. “You have to make your own decisions. You can’t do religion to the extreme, because
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“I told our guys, let’s just continue to play the way we are,” Lowe said. “That is the attitude we have to take. We have to be better than that team on just that night. That means just playing the way we have been playing, very unselfish and playing hard and playing together.” The past two years, Lowe has struggled to duplicate the postseason success he enjoyed in his first ACC Tournament, when the 2007 team became the first in Wolfpack history to defeat three higher-seeded teams in a row. State has since lost its first round tilts in each of the past two seasons. But Lowe said
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both those players, and none of the players who edged Smith in scoring shot the ball better, percentage-wise. And Smith was at his best against the toughest opposition he faced. Duke, a team many would consider the best team the Pack played during the regular season, was one of the few teams this year to attempt to guard Smith with one defender. Smith quickly made Duke pay for its decision to do so, scoring 14 points in the first half alone. He finished the night with 23 points on 10 for 12 shooting and his dominance
of the then No. 7 Devils highlighted his team’s biggest win of the season. But far more impressive than any of Smith’s accomplishments have been the circumstances under which he has achieved them. Playing in the paint on a team that finished in a three-way tie for ninth place in a 12-team conference, Smith scored at will despite constant double and occasional triple teams. But if his team’s 5-11 record in ACC play and sevengame conference losing streak do not make his consistent production stand out, consider his teammates’ presence, or relative lack thereof, among the conference’s statistical leaders. Outside of Dennis Horner, who finished sixth in free
throw shooting in conference play, no Wolfpack player other than Tracy Smith is mentioned anywhere on theacc.com Web site’s listing of the conference’ statistical leaders. If those facts fail to illustrate just how much Smith did despite playing on a team that failed to keep opposing defenses honest, then consider Scott Wood’s assessment of Smith after the loss to Maryland. “He’s a beast and he’s going to get paid a lot of money some day,” Wood said. “I would be more than happy to give him all my shots. I just wish I could help him out more. He is carrying the team on his back. I’m sure he probably has back spasms real bad right now.”
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career as a member of the Wolfpack. “I have gotten a lot of confidence back and I feel like I can compete with anyone in this league,” Williams said. “I have prayed on it and talked to God and he told me to keep working. I have been in the gym a lot and that work has helped me to get my confidence back.” When Williams is playing well, he adds in another dimension to the Pack offense, being that Williams is able to create for himself and get into the lane and attack the basket either putting up shots himself or freeing up his teammates. A skill set he showed off very well during the team’s season finale win against Boston College where Williams scored 14 points, including a huge dunk late in the game to help seal the victory. “I thought we came out a little dead in the beginning and I knew if I was aggressive would be able to help my team open up other shots for people and if they stayed on them I would be open,” Williams said. “They have a lot of bigs that are strong and athletic. But when you attack the rim you go with reckless abandonment and hope for the best.” Even with Williams’ past few big games, the guard is continuing to come off
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Softball splits doubleheader The softball team dropped its first game to Campbell 4-3 on Wednesday. The Pack rallied back to shut out the Camels, 3-0 splitting the doubleheader. The win put State at 13-9 for the season. Softball will return to action at the Adidas Invitational against Winthrop in Rock Hill, S.C., March 12-14. Source: N.C. State Athletics
“C.J. has done a great job these past couple games,” junior Tracy Smith said. “His playing minutes went down a little bit, but he got back into the gym, started working harder and has stepped it up the past couple of games. He has made a big contribution to this team rebounding, passing the ball and scoring.” During Williams’ struggles, the guard credits his lack of confidence in his game and especially his shot as a problem he faced. But after some soul searching and some extra work in the gym Williams is feeling confident and playing the best basketball of his
he Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association announced its All-ACC teams Monday and named Wolfpack big man Tracy Smith to the second team, rewarding the junior for finishing the season as one of the ACC’s best in terms of scori ng, rebounding and shooting. Tyler Everett No Wolfpack player since JuDeputy Sports lius Hodge has Editor received such an honor and it is great to see Smith recognized, but Smith’s place on the second instead of first team is a slight to the season he’s had. Making the first team were Malcolm Delaney of Virginia Tech, Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler of Duke, Trevor Booker of Clemson and ACC Player of the Year Greivis Vasquez of Maryland. Delaney, Scheyer and Vasquez were unanimous picks and even after Smith played as well as he did this season, it would be very difficult to justify him replacing one of that trio on the first team. Booker and Singler rounded out the first team as the fourth and fifth-highest vote-getters, respectively. At the very least, Smith should have been one of the first men left off the first team. But Smith actually came closer to being left off the second team than he did to earning first-team honors, and that is where my problem with the voting comes in. Eight players in the conference were more deserving of a place on the first team than Smith, according to the voting results. But the list of this season’s statistical league leaders tells a far different story. Smith finished the season no worse than eighth in scoring, rebounding, or field goal shooting in conference play. His combination of scoring, 15.8 points per game, and accuracy from the field make for a valid argument that he was as efficient a scorer as any player in the ACC. Only two players in the conference, Booker and Derrick Favors of Georgia Tech, shot the ball better from the floor than Smith, who made .495 of his shots from the field. Smith outscored
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Only one team at this weekend’s ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament will be seeded lower than the 11thseeded Wolfpack, Miami, who heads to Greensboro after finishing the regular season with a record of 17-14 overall and 5-11 in conference play. But after wins in three of its last four games, coach Sidney Lowe and his players comments after Sunday’s season-ending win over Boston College reflected anything but apprehension. “We’re very excited right now,” senior forward Dennis Horner said. “We have momentum going into the ACC Tournament. We have been playing well as a team. Everyone has been stepping up. People were getting open shots and we were knocking them down [against BC]. And that’s a big confidence booster going into the ACC Tournament.” Since losing seven straight
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conference games, the last of which was a 67-58 loss to Maryland, State has reeled off wins over Wake Forest, Miami and Boston College to finish the conference season 3-1. The Pack’s strong finish in conference play, since its ACC record dropped to 2-10 after the loss to the Terps, has been a credit
to its perseverance, Lowe said. “I’m more proud of, and I have said this all year, how resilient this group has been, how they have bounced back from a loss and come right back in practice the next day and been ready to go,” Lowe said. “If they didn’t do that, we wouldn’t have been able to
make this run, to play the way we have in winning three out of four.” Lowe said he likes the 11th-seeded Wolfpack ’s chances if it plays the way it has over the last few weeks of the season.
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Men’s Basketball
Sophomore guard playing his best basketball of season coming off bench Deputy Sports Editor
Coming into the season, Pack fans had high hopes for sophomore guard C.J. Williams. After all, he had just wrapped up his freshman season where he turned it on in the final ten games, averaging almost six points per game while shooting over 50 percent from the field, including 45.8 percent from the three-point line. And that momentum carried over into the summer and into the beginning of
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this season as Williams was Degand replaced him at the slated as the opening starter shooting guard spot. Williams struggled to find at shooting guard this season. However, the guard from his offensive stroke from the Fayetteville hit a bump in the field coming off of the bench in the next road ea rly 11 games, as on, a s he he averaged was only able on ly 1. 2 to average points per 5.1 poi nt s game. But per game in the last in his first four games, 16 g a m e s Williams as a starter. has turned With the it on offenstruggles for junior Tracy Smith sively, avbot h Wi leraging 9.3 l ia m s a nd points per the team as a whole offensively, coach Sidney game, and has helped provide Lowe felt a change was needed, the Pack with a spark off the and that came in the form of bench that has helped the team Williams moving to the bench, win three of the last four games while redshirt senior Farnold to finish the regular season.
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Standings
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Overall Record
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22-18
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22-18
17-23
29-11
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24-16
20-20
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