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The Raleigh City Council will vote today whether or not to close Hillsborough Street for the Hillsborough Street Renaissance in March. The Renaissance is a studentorganized event, which Joe Heil, a senior in textile engineering, said would showcase renewable energies and technologies. “If the City Council doesn’t give us approval, we will very quickly decide whether or not we can take any alternative venue, but we’re not excited about that prospect,� Heil said. Legacy Event Planners, a student-led group, is organizing the event, and Heil said several members of the council have already expressed interest in supporting the event. The Renaissance will be focused on tents set up on Hillsborough Street that display students’ renewable energy projects. “Engineers without Borders is working on solar panels and wind turbines,� he said. Students are creating an elec-

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“I’m pro-life and I thought it was over the top and unnecessary. If I was pro-choice, I would have thought it was nasty and walked away.� R.J. Turner, sophomore in engineering

trical engineering senior design project to redesign filaments inside lanterns, according to Heil. Heil and other organizers are still relatively new to event planning, and Matt Stevenson, a sophomore in technology education who is doing web design for the event, said this could inspire other students to plan large events. “It’s just a big start for what’s to come hopefully,� he said. “If this goes really well it can lead the way for a lot of other projects.� Heil helped organize a Guitar Hero tournament last year for Engineers Without Borders, and he said it helped show him how successful certain events could be. “We got a little over 1,000 people to come through,� he said. “We were definitely excited about this one. There was plenty of room to grow.� There were thoughts to repeat that event this year, but Heil said the group thought it could do something bigger. “When summer started, we realized that we could just blow the lid off and do something crazy,� he said. “Hillsborough Street STREET continued page 3

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Standing in front of Students for Life’s billboards, Theresa Burch, an ASU alumni and volunteer for Justice for All, talks with Brittney Kelly, a senior in civil engineering, in the Brickyard Oct. 20. The billboards were graphic displays of abortions, portraying the practice as an atrosity. “We’re just seeing where we all are coming from,� Burch said.

Anti-abortion group sponsors display STUDENTS FOR LIFE WILL HAVE ‘JUSTICE FOR ALL’ IN THE BRICKYARD AGAIN TODAY, STUDENTS HAVE MIXED REACTIONS Courtney Bolin

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Dr. Denis Marcellin-Little, an associate professor in orthopedics and veterinary medicine; Sloann Elliot, a senior in veterinary medicine and Steve Posovsky hold down Cassidy to fit the prosthetic leg. “We just want to see him walk,� Posovsky said. The machined aluminum leg is made with a rubber foot to replicate a dog’s natural limb.

Students for Life, an anti-abortion organization, sponsored a 20-by-40 foot display in the Brickyard to change people’s perspectives on abortion issues, according to Sarah Hardin, a sophomore in communication and the group’s events coordinator. “The display comes from Students for Bioethical Equality,� Hardin said. “The name of the display is Justice for All.� One side of the display was about the humanity of the unborn child, which

CASSIDY’S LEG TO BE REFITTED TODAY The dog, part of an animal prosthetics experiment, tried a new leg Monday

Alison Harman Features Editor When Cassidy Posovsky stood up after a day-long procedure Monday, the German shepherd mix fell back down. The movement had displaced the temporary leg, an aluminum rod with a rubber end, where three years ago there was nothing. Cassidy, who is part of a surgical experiment in animal prosthetics, tried to walk again, but the same thing happened. According to Denis Marcellin-Little, a professor of veterinary medicine and an orthopedic surgeon, the leg was too long. He and Ola Harrysson, an assistant professor

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of engineering, will need to resize the leg and make it sturdier if they want Cassidy to walk, MarcellinLittle said. They have rescheduled Cassidy’s fitting for today at 8:15 a.m. The leg, which is a model Cassidy will go home with and adjust to for about three to four months, will be replaced by a final, more efficient prosthetic leg at the end of that time. Marcellin-Little and Harrysson will use information from Monday’s procedure to make Cassidy’s final leg.

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for help. “I think the third side is the most graphic,� Hardin said. “It shows reasons that women get abortions, as well as the side effects.� Some of the side effects listed on the display are problems with later pregnancies, breast cancer, and cervical cancer. The Students for Life want to further the movement of the Students for Bioethical Equality, and Hardin said its mission is “to train thousands, to make LIFE continued page 3

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Hardin said “had facts about fetal development, and photos of fetuses at different points in development.� Genocide, deliberate killing of a group of people, is defined on another portion of the display, which also contained very graphic photos of aborted fetuses, Hardin said. According to Hardin, it was made to display what is happening to the unborn children in America. The display also lists alternatives to abortion, such as, adoption. It explains where women who are pregnant can go

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Members of Army ROTC are training for the upcoming Ranger Challenge, taking place Oct. 24 to 26. The Ranger Challenge is like a varsity sport within ROTC, according to Capt. Patrick Preston, in which students compete against other schools’ ROTC members in various events. One of the group’s recent training sessions took place last Friday. Mitchell Robinson, a senior in business, was in charge of a portion of last week’s exercise.

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The cadets “did pretty good, despite it being cold, wet and miserable outside,� Robinson said. Robinson was in charge of the land navigation portion of the training, in which students locate points with a compass and map. “Most cadets found three out of the four navigation points that they were supposed to find,� Robinson said. There were two groups of competitors, one which will participate in the Ranger Challenge, and those that will not participate, according to Robinson. Not all the cadets utilized the training session equally, Robinson said, and those cadets that will be taking part in the competition faced different challenges. The cadets not participating

in the Challenge had two threehour sessions of land navigation, he said. One session took place during the day, with another at night. During the day session most cadets found about three or four of the five navigational points assigned to them, Robinson said. Scott Kincaid, a senior in political science, was in charge of the Challenge training. He said that the cadets not training for the Challenge impressed him because most cadets identified more locations than expected, he said. The cadets that will be participating in the Challenge faced much tighter time constraints to find their navigation points, Kincaid said. They had 75 minutes and found at least four of the five points given to them.

The cadets that won’t be participating this weekend are training to take their LDAT, or Leadership Developement and Assesment Test, at the end of the spring semester. These training sessions also have a practical purpose, according to Robinson. “As an officer, you need to know maps and you cant always rely on a GPS for guidance,� he said. Officers must be able to read maps and use a compass because in combat, they may not be able to describe their locations to others, Robinson said. “Everything you do in the field requires that you know where you are,� he said. “For example when you call in support, you don’t want to call it in on your

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arley Miller, a freshman in wildlife sciences, dances to African bongos with Stafford C. Berry Jr at the African American Dance Ensemble performance in Stewart Theatre Monday. The interactive performance included music, singing, dancing, language and culture from many African countries.

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2:20 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE University Club Officer investigated vehicle in the area. No problems noted.

Oct. 19 12:02 A.M. | VEHICLE STOP Fraternity Court Nonstudent was issued citation for Driving While License Revoked.

2:48 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Cates Avenue RPD reported suspicious subject in the area. Officers checked area but did not locate subject.

12:48 A.M. | VEHICLE STOP Fraternity Court Student was arrested and charged with Driving While Impaired. Student was also referred to the University.

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3:21 A.M. | UTILITY PROBLEM Riddick Hall Officer noticed large amount of water in the area. Facilities was notified and responded.

11:51 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORT ES King Village Student and nonstudent involved in dispute. Nonstudent will be issued Trespass Warning. Housing personnel notified. Investigation ongoing.

7:31 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Clark Dining Hall Officers responded to alarm. Electronics on scene and working on problem. 7:37 P.M. | UTILITY PROBLEM Lee Lot Water main break in the area. Facilities responded and repaired break. Water was restored to area.

2:11 P.M. | SPECIAL EVENT Carter-Finley Officers monitored lots due to State Fair. One traffic accident reported. 4:06 P.M. | WELFARE CHECK North Hall Officers checked on welfare of student. Everything OK.

7:45 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Western Manor Apartments Units responded to alarm caused by cooking.

5:36 P.M. | LARCENY Avent Ferry Complex Student reported bicycle stolen.

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10:40 P.M. | ASSAULT Varsity Drive Officers responded to report of assault. Student was assaulted by another student and was treated by EMS. Subject was arrested and charged with simple assault. Both students were referred to the university.

7:00 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Clark Dining Hall Units responded to alarm. Electronics notified and smoke detector replaced.

WORLD & NATION

The 413 point gain marked was No. 8 on the list for all-time one-session point gains. While positive vibes surrounded Wall Street on Monday, some say the crisis period, which was at its worst last week, is not done. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told the House Budget Committee the economy could likely be weak for the next few quarters. Some investors believe the Stock Market is up simply because investors have become tired of the wild swings which plagued Wall Street last week.

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The Stock Market rose sharply Monday with the DOW ending above 9,000 for the first time in a week. Increased discussion of a second economic stimulus package and an improvement in lending rates were credited for the dramatic increase.

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Free screening of election movie There will be a screening of a new election-themed movie The Youngest Candidate in Cox Hall 206 at 7 p.m. today. Dan Edinberg is the tour manager for the group that is touring the movie across the country. The Youngest Candidate is a documentary about four youths running for political office, Edinberg said. It follows the kids through the campaign process, showing the “ups and downs� of their time. Microsoft is sponsoring the tour, and one student that attends the viewing will receive a free Microsoft Zune. The movie’s director, Jason Pollock, will conduct a question and answer session after the movie is over. SOURCE: DAN EDINBERGR

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Presidential race tight entering final days

As Election Day nears, the race between Senators Barack Obama and John McCain is growing tighter by the day, according to a CNN/Opinion Research poll conducted during the weekend. The most recent numbers show Barack Obama holding a 51 percent to 46 percent lead over John McCain. In a poll conducted three weeks ago, Obama held an eight-point lead. The main reason for the tightening of the numbers appears to be that voters are believing John McCain’s policies will be different than that of George Bush. The most current poll also suggests Americans believe Obama will do a better job handling the struggling economy. Voters also felt Obama would be able to better help the middle class. SOURCE: CNN.COM

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abortion unthinkable for millions, one person at a time.” “We want people to start thinking about what abortion does,” Hardin said. “Abortion is so accepted in our country. I don’t think people actually think about what it does to unborn children.” Students reacted in different ways to the display. Caitlyn Suber, a sophomore in communications said she thought the display was very graphic, but not offensive. “If that’s how people feel, I think that they should be able to express it,” Suber said. It would be difficult to change someone’s view on abortion, she

said. “I don’t think you can change college kids’ minds,” she said. “They are already set in their beliefs.” Kerry Lynch, a sophomore in communication, said the display would have made a better impression if it was less graphic. “A less attacking display would be more effective,” Lynch said. “If it was presented in a less vulgar fashion, I would have paid more attention. I did think it was very visual. It was very attention grabbing.” R.J. Turner, a sophomore in engineering, said he thought the display was a little too much. “I’m pro-life and I thought it was over the top and unnecessary,” he said. “If I was pro-choice, I would have thought it was nasty and

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walked away.” He said with its size that it does get a lot of attention, but that it could be less graphic and still get the message across. “I didn’t even bother to stop and read it,” Turner said. Hardin said Students for Life were planning a smaller event for next week. On Oct. 26 at 4:30 p.m., Students for Life are planning to host an anti-abortion ministry to reach out to women. This ministry is called Sidewalk Counseling, Hardin said, and they will meet in the Blue Room at Talley Student Center.

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Alexander Herbert, a 2007 alumnus, demonstrates some basic safety instructions and tactics before a past ROTC paintball training event,”Bring a Buddy”. ROTC plans to have a similar paintball training soon.

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position. You need to know what the easiest route to where you are going is.” Kincaid said he agreed on the importance of knowing geography. “When you’re on a patrol and need to set up camp, you want to find a place that you won’t be found,” Kincaid said. Also paired with the land naviNORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

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gation was basic rifle marksmanship. Kelly Mabry, a senior in psychology who led the rif lery clinics, said basic rifle marksmanship, or BRM, gives cadets training in basic soldiery skills and helps train cadets to qualify with their rifle. It was a good chance to “put some lead downrange,” Mabry said. Some of the cadets competing in the challenge shot 80 out of 80 targets, she said. All the cadets that did the

training were also training to be leaders, according to Kincaid. “We’re constantly learning, we take what has worked and stuck with it, while we tweaked what didn’t work, “Kincaid said. “The weather wasn’t planned, but we brought extra maps and extra random gear that we had learned to bring.” Part of ROTC members’ responsibilities is to train younger cadets, and Hayley Larsen, a senior in communication, said this training helped to establish that.

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immediately came to mind as a venue.” To succeed in hosting a large student-organized event like this, “it would be a testimony to what students can do when they

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put their minds to it,” he said. ALDI000009 Mitch Danforth, an alumnus who works with the Hillsborough Street Partnership, said this is exactly the kind of project the street needs. “The whole idea is to bring life to Hillsborough Street, so events like this are what we hope to encourage for Hillsborough Street,” he said.

To help attract more people to the event, it would also include live music all day, according to Heil. The Brooks Wood Band, Inflowential and the Ameteurs have signed on to play. “It keeps people entertained while they’re taking in the rest of the event,” he said.

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Free speech protects anti-abortion display THE ISSUE:

The N.C. State chapter of Students for Life invited Justice for All to place a large display in the Brickyard with graphic images of aborted fetuses.

OUR OPINION:

The Students for Life have every right to display graphic photos, and any protesters should respect freedom of speech.

THE SOLUTION:

Students opposed to the Brickyard display should use their right to free speech and protest instead of demanding censorship.

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tudents for Life invited Justice for All, an organization seeking to increase public opposition to abortion, to set up a display in the Brickyard. The 20-foot-tall, 40-foot-wide display contained graphic images of aborted fetuses, which may have disturbed some people. While the images were extremely graphic, the Students for Life had every right to display these photos. In the interests of free speech, there is no reason why these photos should be taken down. Sarah Hardin, a sophomore in communication and events coordinator for the N.C. State chapter of Students for Life, said the

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display is supposed to be graphic and disturbing. She said the intent behind the photos of aborted fetuses is meant to grab people’s attention and inform them abortions are not simply terminated pregnancies. Hardin said the displays are not intended to incite heated debate and confrontation. She said Justice for All specifically trains the volunteers working at the display to encourage a calm, reasonable dialogue about abortion. Hardin also said having the displays in a more controlled environment would limit the

message, and the overall goal is for a transparent discussion of the issues. There is no basis for moving or taking down the display. Yes, the images are graphic — but if antiabortion groups wish to shock people with disturbing images of aborted fetuses, they have every right to do so. If students are concerned about possible biases from having only a one-sided display in the Brickyard, then they should stop complaining and start working. Everyone has a right to free speech, and anyone with a permit may

display or say what they wish in the Brickyard. Demanding the University remove or censor the Justice for All’s graphic display is not legal. Hardin said the Students for Life would not protest any display or demonstration from prochoice supporters. If the goal is a real, reasonable discussion about abortion or any other controversial subject, then removing the Brickyard display is not the way to get there. Stop calling for moving the images to a more controllable place or censoring the photos due to their graphic nature. Go out, make your own display and make your point.

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t’s assumed in American criminal law the burden of proof is on the prosecution, and the standard necessary to find someone guilty is “beyond a reasonable doubt.” That’s a foundation of the American lega l s y stem, which exists to ensure as few errors as possible and that an innocent person is Benton Sawrey not convicted Senior Staff Columnist of a criminal charge on the basis of an assumption or a capricious interpretation of the evidence. So if this is the standard for the United State of America and most other major western democracies why isn’t it good enough for N.C. State’s Office of Student Conduct? The University’s Code of Conduct provides for a moving burden of proof, and the most basic and common standard is set at 51 percent, or “more l i kely than not.” That’s a scary thought — before you even go into the office the cards are stacked against you. The University’s behavioral conduct system doesn’t even approach being labeled a true judicial system. Yo u’r e e xpected to admit guilt, accept your punish ment a nd pander to the administrator in hopes of showing progress toward achieving a higher goal of perfection. There is really no chance at innocence, regardless of the case you present. A single individual has an almost supreme right to arbitrarily declare that you or your organization is guilty of whatever charge. Worse, a student has very little recourse for an appeal unless it’s a violation of the very vaguely defined procedures outlined in the code of conduct. Fundamentally, the entire judicial process is flawed and puts the power of decision in one person’s hands. As much as Paul Cousins, director of Student Conduct, believes whoever were to hear the case with proper training would agree with his decision is almost

an absurdly preposterous statement. With such a flimsy standard and the nature of human beings to interpret things differently, there’s almost no way that someone could take a case of conflicting evidence with no clear guilt established and determine whether someone is innocent or guilty on a consistent basis. The idea that this is the basis of our conduct system is frightening. There really isn’t much more that can be done to change the burden of proof. I’ve written about it since I’ve been with Technician, and Chief Justice Lock Whiteside made that the cornerstone of his campaign the past two elections. The Student Senate passed resolutions urging a reform of the code of conduct with no real results from the administration. The administration seems reluctant in general to change the burden of proof for whatever reason — but I won’t speculate. So rather than the traditional call for a change of the burden of proof here’s anot her proposal of a way to make the Code of Conduc t more palatable to the students — open up a more broadly defined appeals process. As stated above, the current basic appellate process goes solely to the administration on the basis of a procedural violation. Open it up instead to an appeal of the decision administrators have made. Let students appeal on the basis that there was not enough evidence necessary for a conviction Perhaps students can even appeal the punishment itself— whether or not it was unnecessarily tough or fit the violation. Regardless, the system needs to be reformed, but the situation has gotten to a point where it isn’t realistic to change the nature of a system. Instead, it’d be productive to establish a new check and balance of our fundamentally flawed burden of proof.

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What did you think of the anti-abortion display in the Brickyard? BY DAVID MABE

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Don’t post suspects’ photos I am a sophomore here at NCSU and I read this paper as much as possible. Usually I skip past the stuff that doesn’t interest me, but I had to stop at the rape story on Friday. I didn’t stop because it freaked me out or I was concerned about safety around campus at 3:30 am, but because you, the Technician, put a picture of a suspect in the paper. From what I understand of our law, it is innocent until proven guilty and prohibits public slander. How can you as a student run newspaper bypass these laws for “a juicy story?” I think that action makes you look bad as a student media organization. And then to have his full name without any sort of evidence to support your reasoning besides that he was seen in the area? Disgusting. John O’Neal sophomore, criminology

Reconsider placement of disturbing images I was appalled at the display in the Brickyard today. I realize the University has an obligation to

support freedom of speech, but I was really upset by today’s gruesome display. Also, I don’t think that in front of the Atrium was the best place to put the larger than life, very unappetizing assortment of pictures and opinionated statements. I think the University should take into consideration how offensive the displays are that are being allowed in the Brickyard. Hopefully tomorrow I can walk to class in the morning without having to dodge rock wall sized advertisements backing ultra-conservative opinions. Ashley Griffin sophomore, psychology

then where does it end? Where is the protection of students and their interests? N.C. State has no right to make its students feel so attacked, especially without giving them the option to avoid these types of displays. I believe the University owes the student body and the public that traverses this campus the right to a peaceful education and an accepting environment, both of which were effortlessly forgone in the permittance of this repulsive display. Amanda Brown sophomore, biological engineering

Don’t force students to see antiabortion display

Perdue is the right choice

I wanted to comment on the gruesome array of images on display in the Brickyard. I was appalled to walk out of my morning class and be greeted by the graphic anti-abortion monument that has been constructed in the Brickyard. It is an insult to this campus and an insensitive, indecent slap in the face to the students. To have no counter opinion on display along side this blunt, “’F’ you, pro-choice advocates,” is an essential admission by the campus that, for whatever reason, be it poverty, unstable home, education, health of the mother and/or child, etc., abortion is, in all cases, a savage and bloody act. Being a university with a diverse student body and an array of opinions, this kind of display which is, for me among others, personally offensive and absolutely disgusting should not be so carelessly thrown up in the Brickyard. At the VERY least make it an exhibit, invite other opinions to comment, and allow those who CHOOSE to come and see it, come and see it. DO NOT throw this obscene fixture into the Brickyard where it cannot be avoided, force students to stumble upon it, and then, be so infuriatingly shaken by it, that they feel they must avoid classes nearby in order to not see it. This is not a peaceful statement of opinions — this is an insult to the entire campus and a verbal and graphic assault on its students. This display is akin to allowing a race-hate group the liberty of posting violent slayings of the people they oppose, in ten foot by 13 foot images no less! If the University is to allow this,

“I didn’t get to see it, but I heard from a lot of people that it was really inappropiate, no matter what your belief is.”

I appreciate your thoughts in Monday’s Technician regarding Perdue being more qualified then McCrory. I feel you touched on the main issues that an informed voter needs to know. I am an intern with the Perdue Campaign, and I can assure that Lieutenant Governor Perdue is the only candidate running who is dedicated and qualified to lead this great state. She cares deeply about education, understands the economy and wants to make North Carolina the best state in the nation. Having an opportunity to actually meet her and spend time with her, I can argue on her behalf as being truly personable, caring, and ready to take NC to a new level. Under her leadership as governor, we will have a better state. As you pointed out, she is the most qualified and most importantly has proven herself as lieutenant governor. She helped save our military bases, ended tobacco use in schools, raised teacher salaries and has fought to win a higher minimum wage, just to name a few. Perdue is the only candidate who deserves to be North Carolina’s governor and will make an everlasting impact. As you mentioned, voters, especially college voters need to be informed on all candidates. However, it is safe to say that Perdue is the right choice for governor. Alisha B. Graham junior, political science

“No matter what you believe on the topic, it was offensive — to anybody.” Brian Smith sophomore, biology

“It was pretty sick. They shouldn’t have put it so close to the Atrium.” Matt Richter freshman, environmental engineering

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LOW INTENSITY

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FERRIS WHEEL

A picture of the fireworks underneath the Ferris Wheel at 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 18

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he State Fair has come once again to the Fairgrounds, bringing rides, fried food and fun for the whole family. However, students feeling the effects of the “economic downturn� may be wondering if the fair is worth the cost of admission. Technician has compiled a brief overview of what a night out at the fair could cost for rides and entry.

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A classic fair ride. Better with a significant other and best if ridden during the fireworks show which starts at 9:30 p.m. every night.

BUMPER CARS Another ride that won’t upset the timid. Can get pretty annoying when the snotty kid decides to make you his sole target but overall an enjoyable experience. Take a date (because it’s CHEAP) and have fun being the snotty kid to them.

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A good starting point for newcomers to the fair who really aren’t sure how much adventure they can handle. It’s the typical scrambler-type ride that spins you around side to side, but doesn’t have the elevation change of other rides, like the Spider.

The speed of the Zipper is not what will get to the riders. The amount of time spent upside down, staring straight up or somewhere in between will. Not to mention the fact that each cart will rotate freely which adds a miserable rocking motion to the mix. Make sure you are ready for this one.

STARSHIP EXODUS This ride is basically a large centrifuge with vertical plates that can slide up and down. Once the ride gets up to speed, the plate that you stand up against can slide up and down. While this seems like a disconcerting thought, it ends up being a really fun experience.

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SPIDER As with Toxic Shock, this ride looks almost brand new. It is also somewhat of a mixture between Enterprise and Sizzler. It has three arms with three chairs on each arm that begin spinning. They are then lifted up off the ground. Spider is a small step up from Alpine Bobs next door.

TOXIC SHOCK Tickets: 6 While expensive, this roller coaster doesn’t look like it was made in 1975 or got left out in the rain all year. In fact, it looks like it’s brand new. This ride, definitely not for the faint of heart, is one to check out. It is worth the price, if not for the excitement, then for the fact that it looks like the track won’t collapse.

ENTERPRISE Enterprise will definitely scare most of its riders. The carts fit two people and are positioned in a circle around the center. The ride starts with all of the carts spinning around in a circle. Then the ride moves upward until the carts are no longer spinning parallel to the ground but are instead almost perpendicular. It is an intense ride to say the least.

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As the track for this ride curls around the center, it moves up and down as if over hills. The speed can be intimidating for some, but it is a nice middle ground between something like the Zipper and say... the Swings. To add an extra bit of spice, make sure to use your body weight to rock the chair sideways!

Fans of the Tower of Terror at Disney World will find this ride attractive. The ride elevates to the top of a column, at which point riders get a nice view of the fair. This is then interrupted by quasi-freefall, coming to an end just before crashing into the ground.

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Before Oct. 6, the thought of playing corn hole without bean bags and two platforms appeared impossible. But with the release of Game Party 2, Midway’s sequel to the original mini-game collection, the only thing students need for tailgating classics like beer pong and corn hole is a Wii, Game Party 2 and, well, beer. Though a few of the mini games on Game Party 2 are redundant and lame, the addition bean bags (corn hole) and the return of ping cup (empty-cup beer pong) are enough to make this game worth the purchase. The game returns six mini games from the first edition of Ga me Pa r t y i n da r t s, shuff leboard, hoop shot, ski ball, trivia and ping cup. New additions include bean bags, horseshoes, lawn darts, puck bowl i ng a nd qua r terback challenge. Though the drop of table hockey is a bit disappointing, the addition of bean bags allows for dorm room tailgating during rainy away games. The accuracy of motion on both ping cup and bean bags is tremendous and fairly easy to get a grasp on. Lawn darts, horseshoes and quarterback challenge were difficult to grasp and quickly became redundant. A not her new feat u re is the Create-a-Player system, which allows gamers to create themselves, friends or celebrity look-alikes such as Chuck Norris. Unless one prefers the emolooking characters the game provides, creating a player is a good idea. T he ga me a lso feat u res

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four-player split screen for competitions such as hoop shot that allows each player to compete as if side by side at the arcade. All in all, the game is hit or miss. Originals like darts, ping cup, hoop shot, trivia and ski ball are fun, but there is nothing revolutionary or even new about them. Of the new additions, only

bean bags emerge as a superior addition. But the tandem of both ping cup and bean bags could be a dorm room and apartment favorite, a host of four-player drunken battles that allow players to get the feel of tailgating fun on any day and at any time. It’s worth a shot.

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‘Radio Retaliation’ filled with International sounds

Max puts the Payne in ‘Payneful’ Morgan McCormick

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I had so much hope, I really did. I dreamed of a world where video games could be adapted into compelling, thoughtf ul cinema. But clearly that is in some distant, future time, so for now we deal with the detritus that is Max Payne. Based on the groundbreaking video game of the same name, Max Payne stars Mark Wahlberg as the titular character, a detective seeking revenge for the murder of his wife and infant son. In a very real way, there is almost nothing that I do not hate about this movie, so let’s get what I like out of the way. The snow effects look pretty. Nelly Furtado’s brief cameo is the only solid performance and character. Mark Wahlberg does a fairly good scene in a subway station at the beginning. Now that that’s out of the way: hatred. There are no characters in this film. Oh sure, there are actors delivering lines and pretending to be other people, but sympathetic, developed fictional entities? No. Max comes off as the shoot-first-

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The first thing that jumps out about Radio Retaliation is the packaging: just a simple cardboard sleeve containing a 30�x20� poster/liner notes enveloping the CD. I happen to be a fan of creative presentation, so the liner notes were a particular treat: a poster with black and white silhouettes interspersed with the lyrics of the songs and quotes from various famous people. Judging from the case and the police siren accompanied by a duet chanting “sound the alarm... order the attack� opening the record, Thievery Corporation is up to something different. While Radio Retaliation could be classified as a political album, the political statements the group tries to make are unclear. The closest I can get to it is that it has something to do with environmentalism (largely due to the recyclable packaging), but t here isn’t rea l ly any evidence for that. It could just as easily be argued that Thievery Corporation is decrying the genocide in Darfur. O n R a d i o Re t a l i a t i o n ’s first seven tracks, Thievery Corporation takes the listener on a tour of the world’s music, starting off in the Caribbean with the vaguely reggae stylings

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of the opening track, followed by India, Nigeria, Brazil, Mexico and finally China on “The Forgotten People.�The CD manages to remain coherent despite its many influences thanks to the amazing dexterity with which Thievery Corporation changes setting. Part of this dexterity comes from the universal nature of the background soundscapes Thievery Corporation creates, and part of it comes from a similar subject matter (or perhaps the lack thereof). The second half of Radio Retaliation is more reminiscent of their previous work and down-tempo music in general. Something that one notices about the second half is that the song titles are very appropriate: “Beautiful Drug,� “Sweet Tides� and “The Shining Path� are all songs that are beautiful, sweet and shining. Despite the fact that it’s almost 56 minutes long, it breezes past all too quickly. This is due to the fact that this kind of lounge music breezes past listeners and that Radio Retaliation does not have any peaks or valleys. Rather, it is smooth. The apparent message Thievery Corporation was trying to send, assuming there was one, is largely lost on the listener. But thanks to the accessible nature of the music, we don’t care.

ask-questions-never-type, but in fact he’s just some schmuck who occasionally shoots people and acts very angsty, more a sociopath than anti-hero. A potential love interest in femme fatale Mona Sax (Mila Kunis) goes wasted when she turns out as tight-lipped as our lead and about as human as a turnip. Most of the other characters in the movie just show up to narrate things to Max, presumably so he won’t get confused, and then get shot. Every plot point is telegraphed early on, which leaves no room for surprising twists and turns. The film frequently insists that serial killer Lupino is the main bad guy, though we know he isn’t, and we’re forced to slog through scene after scene of him standing around and grinning mischievously. One wonders where drug lords find all this extra time to hang around dark alleys and just look evil for evil’s sake. Then again the plot has about as many holes as our economic bailout (oh no he didn’t!) and should not at any point be taken seriously. To be honest, I don’t care whether adaptations closely follow the original. If you can change some things along the way and still tell a good story, then that’s what counts. But when your source material is a game based entirely around

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shooting a whole lot of people, and your movie has almost nobody getting shot, you’ve done something wrong. The painkillers that Max took in the game, the ones that slowed his perception of time and facilitated even cooler shootouts, are gone. And with it the faceted hypocrisy of Max’s character, a cop who coldly murders drug addicts and is himself a substance abuser. It’s

a perfect, simple plot device that was excised for reasons exceeding human comprehension. Max Payne should play in every theater everywhere for the next six months so that people can understand how fully, truly bad it is. Once they do, no rightminded society would ever let something like this happen again.

Soulful singing of Robin Thicke is “Something Else� “Something Else�

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Robin Thicke continues in the vein of 2006’s “The Evolution of Robin Thicke,� taking his inspiration from the likes of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Through a breathy and impressive falsetto, great base lines and very polished, produced sounds, Robin Thicke’s newest album will delight clubgoers, R&B lovers and easy listeners alike. Where Robin Thicke really shines is through his ballads, which a re most ly swoonworthy love songs. He channels the sexual energy of his soulful predecessors through songs like “You’re My Baby� and “The Sweetest Love.� He transitions from gravelly tenor to whispery falsetto with effortlessness and ease. In a divergence from the usual love songs (10 out of 12 tracks on this album could be classified as such), Robin Thicke tries his hand at tackling social issues in songs like “Dreamworld� a nd “Tie My Ha nds.� In “Dreamworld,� he croons about the idyllic world that he longs for. In “Tie My Hands,� he is joined by Lil Wayne, and the song is unexpectedly moving. He also capitalizes on some club-thumping beats in sureto-be-hit songs like “Magic� and the disco-influenced title track,

“Something Else.� It’s clear that while Robin Thicke has a great voice, his real talent lies with production and mixing. The songs are incredibly polished. While he draws on the great soul singers that came before him, and many of the songs will, at the least, get your hips swaying, Robin Thicke’s newest album still leaves something to be desired. The album is more of a nod to the greats than something new and innovative. That said, he tries to bring more to the album than just a penchant for 70’s soul. He mixes acoustic guitar and bongo drums in the catchy “Ms. Harmony� and punctuates with Big Bandstyle horns. Ultimately, the CD is worth checking out, if for no other reason than to get a glimpse of Robin Thicke’s smooth bedside manner.

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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S ULTIMATE FRISBEE

Ultimate frisbee teams gear up to host weekend tournament

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Wolfpack invitational to draw large group of teams

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This weekend’s Wolfpack Invitational Ultimate Tournament will feature a number of teams from the region including instate rivals North Carolina and Duke as well as out-of-state teams such as Florida State and Virginia Tech. Games will start at 9 p.m on Saturday and Sunday and run until around 4 p.m.

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This weekend the men’s and women’s Ultimate teams will host some of the best Ultimate teams in the nation as N.C. State holds the Wolfpack Invitational. Both teams are coming off of productive weekends against tough competition at a tournament at UNC-Wilmington. “Last weekend’s tournament was really good for us,� said Evan Bowles, a fourth-year graduate student in bio-mathematics and team captain. “Our fall tournaments like last weekend’s and this weekend’s Wolfpack Invitational are good to stress the necessity of fundamentals. We get our new guys a good amount of playing time to sharpen up their skills.� This weekend’s tournament will bring 16 men’s teams and 12 women’s teams from all over the country and will include ACC rivals UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke among others. Bowles said he is excited about the ACC competition coming this weekend. “It is always good to compete against teams like UNC and UNC-W,� Bowles said. “It gives us a chance to size ourselves and our competition up as we head into the spring season.�

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Mike Harlan, a sophomire in chemical engineering, lunges for a flying disc held by team captain Thomas Ward, a junior in business administration, during ultimate frisbee practice Sunday afternoon on Lee Field. The team normally practices on the intramural fields but could not due to the rain. Harlan joined the team this year and said he enjoys Ultimate because, “it’s intense.�

Alison Murray, the women’s team captain and a junior in parks and recreation, said she is excited to see what the team can do. “Last year’s team was young,� she said. “We are gaining experience, and we are doing really well. I think we will do really well this weekend and in the spring once we really see what our new

girls can do.� Caroline Saul, a junior in environmental engineering, said it is always encouraging to get new girls interested and involved in ultimate. “We love having new people come out even if they don’t have any experience,� she said. “We really want girls to come out and

watch this weekend. Hopefully it will spark an interest in our Ultimate team.� The Wolfpack Invitational will take place Saturday and Sunday starting around 9 a.m. Anyone interested in watching or learning more about Ultimate or the N.C. State teams is encouraged to come out. Those interested in

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WOLF FACTS Irving out ‘indefinitely’ Sophomore linebacker Nate Irving will not play in Saturday’s game at Maryland due to the reaggravation of an ankle injury. Tom O’Brien announced Irving would not see action Saturday during his press conference Monday. Irving still leads the team with three interceptions despite limited action since an ankle injury during State’s 30-24 win in overtime over East Carolina.

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what sociologists call a role conflict, where parenthood inspires them to do everything in Every morning, before he their power to provide for their can focus on his studies or his children, but their responsibilifootwork, J.C. Neal has a trip ties are spread between family to make. and athletics, which pays for He wakes up at his off-cam- their education. pus apartment, dresses and “There’s an emphasis to do feeds his 7-month-old son more and be more,” Greenfield Jayden and drives with Jayden’s said. “But along the way they’re mother to drop him off at day- facing some emotional chalcare. From there, he focuses on lenges of not being what they academics and football until he want to be now.” returns home from practice at For parent-athletes, the extent 6 or 7 p.m. and spends as much in which they can be involved time as possible with his baby in their children’s lives often boy before putting him to varies. According to Greenbed. field, parental involvement can For Neal, the joy of father- include financial support, emohood was not a planned event tional support or time with the but “a surprise.” Yet because child. One of the toughest chalof the strong parental influ- lenges for the student athlete, ence in his life, Greenfield Neal knew that said, is he wanted his financhild to grow up cially supin a home with a porting a mother and fachild. ther. “It’s paroffensive tackle and father ticularly “I just think Julian Williams that, growing up, challengpeople don’t see ing for the same example athletes in their childhood,” Neal said. who financially struggle to “I don’t think they understand provide because they can’t that you have to do something work outside of their football for your kid. You can’t just responsibilities,” Greenfield leave him out there to dry.” said. “And also, because it’s And thus Neal, a senior, does another full time job, it makes everything in his power to be it difficult to spend the same as active in his child’s life as he amount of time.” is as a starter at safety. For offensive tackle Julian Balancing parenthood and Williams, the father of a twoathletics, though, is not an easy and-a-half-year-old daughter task, Neal admitted. According named Juliahna, his situation to Derek Greenfield, an adjunct requires some help from his assistant professor in curricu- family, who also set an example lum, instruction and counselor of involvement in his life. Wileducation, young athletes who FBALL DADScontinued page 7 are parents often battle with Deputy Sports Editor

Seniors Jay Weinacker and Christian Welte lost out in the doubles semifinals of the Wilson/ITA Mideast Regional Championships Monday morning in Chapel Hill. The two seniors dropped the match to Andy Juc and Bo Ladyman of Furman, 8-4. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Former State golfer wins PGA title Marc Turnesa, a former Wolfpack golfer, shot a 4-under 68 in the final round of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to defeat Matt Kuchar by one stroke. The win was Turnesa’s first PGA tour title.

“It’s not about me anymore. It’s more about her.”

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Today MEN’S TENNIS DAY SIX OF ITA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Chapel Hill Wednesday WOMEN’S TENNIS DAY ONE OF ITA REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Chapel Hill Thursday WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. WAKE FOREST Winston-Salem, 7 PM

DID YOU KNOW? N.C. State’s women’s soccer team hasn’t scored a goal in conference competition this season.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “We are definitely improving and getting better each and every week, but at the same time though, we need to start winning some games around here.” said by Quarterback sophomore Russell Wilson on State’s lack of wins despite weekly improvement

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J.C. NEAL, JULIAN WILLIAMS JUGGLE FAMILY, SCHOOL AND SPORTS

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FOOTBALL

Pack hopes to avenge last year’s loss After dropping three straight, players look to get back on track against Maryland Sean Klemm Staff Writer

Coach Tom O’Brien and members of the football team met with the media Monday to discuss N.C. State’s meeting with the Terrapins in College Park this Saturday. With five regular season games remaining, the Wolfpack must win at least four in order to be bowl eligible. Last year State was in a somewhat similar situation in needing a win against the Terrapins for a shot at a bowl — but was shut out 37-0. “At the Maryland game [last year] I was actually up in the stands watching it,” redshirt senior Keith Willis Jr. said. “It made me sick to my stomach watching what they were doing to my teammates. I hate being shut out, I hate having that happen. So I know it’s in every player’s mind not to have that happen again and get revenge for it on Saturday.” Maryland (5-2, 2-1 ACC) has won four of its last five contests, including a 26-0 victory over No. 21 Wake Forest on Saturday. “They have a lot of experience,” O’Brien said. “It is a senior-dominated team with a quarterback that is playing at a high level, which generally means it’s a championship-caliber football team.” According to redshirt freshman quarterback Russell Wilson, the Pack will have to

be on the same page offensively and focus on little things to put up solid numbers against the Terps. “We are just trying to make plays,” Wilson said. “We just have to keep believing in ourselves and come down with big plays. I have to complete more passes and make certain plays when we need to. I have to make a few more throws, players have to make a few more catches, we have to run the ball a little bit better and get first downs. It’s as simple as that.” Although Wilson is only 1-4 as a starter, he has six touchdowns and only one interception. He has thrown 89 consecutive passes without a pick, only 27 pass attempts away from etching his name into the N.C. State history books in front of legendary quarterback Philip Rivers. Rivers went 126 attempts without throwing an interception in 2003. “We are doing a good job on offense; we are definitely improving and getting better each and every week,” Wilson said. “But at the same time though, we need to start winning some games around here.” The players stressed that preparation for this game both offensively and defensively is extremely important as Maryland has defeated all of the ranked opponents they have faced, though the Terps lost to Middle Tennessee State and Virginia. “They are a great-looking team,” Willis said. “Putting up 26 against Wake Forest and shutting them out is very impressive. Then two weeks earlier they got shut out by Virginia. So it’s kind of up and down. It’s going to take a lot of watching film to

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Redshirt juniors, Alan-Micheal Cash and Willie Young and defensive line senior Antonie Holmes try to block the last field goal attempt against Florida State during the game on Saturday. NC State lost to FSU 26-17.

actually see what their team is all about.” After disappointing losses to Florida State, Boston College and South Florida, a win against Maryland could turn the season around. Wolfpack players, fans and coaches alike are all looking at last season’s goose-egg against Maryland as extra inspiration for the game this Saturday.

COMMENTARY

Women’s soccer will keep progressing After N.C. State suffered a 5-0 debacle against North Carolina Friday, women’s soccer dropped its si x t h straight game. The high hopes surrounding the team after its best start since 1991 have come Samuel T.O. crashing to Branch the dirt. Senior Staff Writer I guess the main reason for the excellent start is because the Wolfpack’s wins all came at home against lower level Division I opponents. Once the team got to tougher opponents, its record is 0-6 and has lost those six games by a total of 21-0. If this had been last season, I would be among the people calling for coach Laura Kerrigan’s head. But after watching State play extensively this season, I am not going to play a sour tune. I think the team has still improved dramatically from the team we saw a year ago. Injuries have killed the team this season. The most notable injury was to sophomore forward and second-leading scorer Kara Baldy who missed eight games and will miss the rest of the year with a torn ACL. Ever since her injury the team has scored a whopping three goals in eight games. The dramatic drop in goals scored is because without the double threat of Baldy and senior midfielder Lindsay Vera, opposing players can focus all of their efforts on taking Vera’s opportunities away. The other forwards are doing a good job of trying to take the pressure off of Vera, but there is so much youth on the team that many freshman mistakes are still made. Nineteen out of 28 of the Pack’s players are underclassmen. That is 70.8 percent, a very high number for any team. And 13 of those players have had significant action in several games, even starting at one time or another. The reason for the youth is the high turnover State has had in the last few seasons. After last season alone, the Pack lost nine players to either burnout or transfer. I have asked several players about the situation, and they have all said the youth of the squad has helped the team come together. The whole team has worked much harder and has been more dedicated to the game of soccer since last year. The evidence began to show in the spring games and has continued to progress throughout this year. I am also impressed by the awareness of coach Kerrigan and her staff to change formations based on which players were healthy and ready to play. I expect the Pack to continue to progress and move forward. And with such a young team, players will be able to make an impact for years to come. Only two players are graduating this year, and though Vera and senior defender Tami Krzeszewski will not be easy to replace, there are many players ready and able to fill their roles. While this might not be the Pack’s year, that year is definitely coming.

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