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Gas prices plummet Falling crude oil relaxes prices at pump, gives students more travel options
The highest prices in the country are in Hawaii and Alaska, where the average cost for a gallon is more than $3. As prices continue to fall, stuDerek Medlin dents hoping to travel during the Managing Editor Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks have more options. Since gas price averages reached Matt Stillwagon, a senior in unheard of highs of nearly $4 a biochemistry from Brick, N.J., gallon in mid-July and again in said the falling prices will make mid-Septemhis trip home ber, the price of during Christboth crude oil mas break much and a gallon of easier. unleaded gaso“I ac t u a l ly line has fallen haven’t taken to almost half a n e x tended of its summer trip since gas peak. prices went up,� In the Raleigh he said. “I’m inarea Monday, terested to see the average for what my funds a gallon of unlook life after Matt Stillwagon, senior in leaded gasoline my trip home fell to $2.04, during Christbiochemistry accord i ng to mas break.� Triple A’s Web site. Stillwagon said gas prices going North Carolina ranks near the up during the last two years immiddle with regard to average gas pacted his ability to go home. prices by state. “I used to go home a lot more Gasbuddy.com ranks Missouri my freshman and sophomore as the state with the lowest aver- years,� he said. “Last year I actuage price for unleaded gasoline: $1.77. GAS continued page 3
“I’m interested to see what my funds look life after my trip home during Christmas break.�
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Rachel Sheffield, a freshman in arts applications, reads one of the posters decrying “hate speech� in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5. “I hate that the whole tunnel had to be painted,� Sheffield said. “It upsets me that there had to be something like this at all to elicit such a drastic response.�
Senate Select Committee receives feedback on bill COMPILED BY JAMES LAYMAN This is not an issue of white vs. black, but more of an issue of equality and safety. Many students were not surprised by the racist actions but were surprised by the University’s response. Some expressed a concern with the University not releasing the names of the students to the public. “I should not have to sit in class and wonder if I am sitting next to the person who wrote those statements,� expressed Candace Lee, a senior in business management. A lot of the students felt the University should have anticipated such events, as they did, and been proactive in the situation. Their concern is not that the Presidentelect, Barack Obama, will be in danger but that racist students will take out their anger on black students on campus.�
“The strength and positive force of spirited debate is sapped when we resort to name-calling and negativity. Worse, when we lower ourselves to engaging in racist characterizations and inappropriate statements of anger and hate, we make a mockery of our right to free speech.� Chancellor James Oblinger
Some people say it’s being blown out of proportion and is a violation of free speech. Other people say it’s offensive and the University has to draw the line somewhere. Still others say that they don’t know where the line needs to be drawn, but something different needs to happen and the current reactions are just not sufficient. Whatever students, faculty or staff think about the racist messages that appeared in the Free Expression Tunnel after Election Day, different groups on campus are holding various events in hopes to encouraging a dialogue, making change or both.
From Jade Jack’s story, “Something needs to change,� in the Nov. 12 edition of the Nubian Message
Saja Hindi’s story, “Graffiti solicits varied campus reactions,� in the Nov. 11 edition of Technician
A HISTORY OF STUDENT SENATE’S HATE SPEECH BILL In response to the incident in the Free Express Tunnel two weeks ago, the Senate Select Committee on Hate Crimes is working on a bill to present to the Student Senate on Wednesday. The original bill called for expulsion of the students who committed the acts and for the University to prosecute the students to the “fullest extent of State and Federal Law.� Since then, the committee has met to discuss changed to the proposed bill. “We went through and worked with Maritza [Adonis] to try and figure out what her overall purpose of the bill was and what she wanted to see,� Kelli Rogers, Student Senate president pro tempore, said. “We expanded that as much as we felt we could, as Student Government.� The committee met not only to address the acts but also possible punishments to discourage this kind of behavior in the
future. The committee also examined the University’s harassment policy, and found that the policy doesn’t clearly state if this kind of behavior is banned or not. “We felt that this is something that needs to be put into that policy, clearly stating that we as a University will not tolerate threats or violent acts against any individual or University protected group,� Rogers said. In researching the policies, the committee found students don’t know the Student Conduct Policies. “It’s not visible, and so when we don’t know the policy, and we’re not allowed to know the outcomes of any specific incidents, how are we supposed to learn from the mistakes of others,� Rogers said. The committee will continue meets to address the issue. The proposed bill was split into two bills because the committee
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believed they had two different purposes. The committee met again and decided to combine the two bills into one. “We got input from the sponsor who originally wrote the bill to make sure it doesn’t take away from what she originally intended it to do,� Rogers said. The committee’s next step is to continue getting feedback from members of Student Senate and Student Government. They will also meet with University administrators to see if they have any feedback regarding the proposed bill. “We will vote on it Tuesday as a committee and vote whether or not to accept the amendments we made, and then to recommend it to Senate,� Rogers said. “They’ll hear it on Wednesday, and we’ll vote on it, and pass it through the appropriate channels if it is accepted.�
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CHASS classes disappear CHASS faculty meeting reveals planned cuts to next semester’s schedule
or nontenure track faculty who have in many cases been asked to reduce their course loads in order to avoid layoffs. One of the results of the cuts is Russell Witham that CHASS has proposed cutCorrespondent ting 65 class sections for next semester, removing over 2,000 Yesterday afternoon, the Col- total class seats within the delege of Humanities and Social partment. Braden said that not Sciences faculty held a meeting all of the seats would be totally to address the “State of the Col- lost though, 900 of those would lege.� be switched to distance educaAfter basic regulatory affairs tion classes under the current and departmental announce- plan. ments were made, Jeffery Braden, Hans Kellner, an English prointerim dean of CHASS, ad- fessor, said that in addition to the dressed the gathering of approx- section reductions, remaining imately 30 faculty members in classes will inevitably see an inattendance. crease in size. In many cases, well “To meet the challenges of the above their national averages. twenty-first century, we must “We increased enrollment caps c h a n g e t wo in classes,� said things: the way Braden. people think Other cuts are and the way quite shocking, people ac t,� for i nst a nce, Braden said. “communica“We are not just tion has no oprelevant, we are erating budget,� central.� Jeffery Braden, interim dean Br ade n s a id, “We award meaning that of CHASS more undereven basics like a graduate dephone line must grees than any other college on come out of pocket for those in campus,� Braden said. the department. CHASS generates more credit In addition to the cuts already hours and serves more students in place, Braden warns that “there than any other college on cam- may be even more cuts coming. I pus. personally don’t know how [the In line with the University’s an- college] would do that.� nualized reduction of 4 percent, Despite the setbacks, Braden CHASS has had to make cuts this applauded the college’s work unyear out of a budget where 99.8 der the difficult circumstances. percent is tied up in personnel “Last year our faculty produced: costs. This was especially prob- 44 books, 102 book chapters, 600 lematic since CHASS started the conference papers and 62 book year with a budget deficit over reviews.� $2 million. “There is not a thing we do in This situation has left an enor- this college that is not valuable,� mous burden on the CHASS Braden said. faculty, especially the special Larry Nielsen, provost and
“There is not a thing we do in this college that is not valuable�
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llen Thomas, junior in biochemistry, videotapes Rachelle Malit, senior in Spanish, asking Mike Kudlock, resident of Durham, questions for their biomedical ethics class. “We asked him how he would feel if people enhanced their genes to do what he can [with the jumping stilts,� Malit said. “We were actually quite lucky to find him.� Malit and Thomas were walking around the Brickyard to ask people.
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Obama, McCain meet in Chicago President-elect Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain met faceto-face Monday morning at Obama’s transition office in Chicago to discuss how they will work together to address America’s problems. This was the first meeting two have had since the election. Obama aides said Monday the meeting was designed to focus on issues the two agreed upon, like climate changes and ethics reform. Rumors that Obama and McCain may have discussed a Cabinet position for McCain were dispelled by aides of both men. Monday’s meeting comes after Obama met with Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Bill Richardson last week to discuss potential candidates for the position of Secretary of State.
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While Obama is well under way in selecting important staff positions for his administration, he has not announced any members of his Cabinet. SOURCE: CNN.COM
Pirates hijack oil tanker
According to the U.S. Navy, pirates hijacked an oil tanker off the coast of Kenya and are approaching Eyl, Somalia on the Indian Ocean coast. The tanker, which was hijacked over 450 nautical miles from the shore of Mombassa, Kenya, weighs more than 300,000 metric tons. It is routine for pirates to take hijacked ships to shore while negotiations are discussed. The AP reports that eleven vessels are currently being held worldwide by pirates for ransom. SOURCE: CNN.COM
Retired military leaders against policy
More than 100 retired U.S. military leaders — including the former head of the Naval Academy — signed a statement calling for an end to the military’s “don’t ask — don’t tell� policy. “Don’t ask — don’t tell� was made law in 1993 after opposition grew to newly elected President Bill Clinton’s plan to lift the military’s complete ban on gay service members. The new policy stopped the practice of asking potential service members if they are gay but still required the dismissal of openly gay service members. The Palm Center, which is asking for
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WACHOVIA EXECUTIVE LECTURE Nelson Hall, Room 3400, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
FICTION CONTEST PRESENTATION AND READING Caldwell Hall, Caldwell Lounge, 7:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS BELLES Talley Ballroom, 8 p.m.
THE DARK KNIGHT Witherspoon Cinema, 9:30 p.m. to 11:55 p.m.
DANCE PROGRAM FALL CONCERT Stewart Theater, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
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11:06 A.M. | WELFARE CHECK Metcalf Hall Campus Police checked on welfare of student.
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CHINESE CULTURAL CELEBRATION Talley Student Center, Walnut Room, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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N.C. State Transportation is partnering with Campus Police to help ensure safety and security of vehicles during Thanksgiving Break. Anyone with an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;S/ECâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; permit will be able to move his or her vehicle to West Lot off Sullivan Drive. Campus Police is urging students to cluster their cars in West Lot â&#x20AC;&#x201D; closest to Varsity Drive â&#x20AC;&#x201D; for maximum visibility and proximity to the Campus Police Office, which is staffed during University closings. This goes in effect Nov. 25 at 1 p.m. Vehicles must be returned to storage lots by 7 a.m. Dec. 1.
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INTERNATIONAL TEA AND COFFEE Caldwell Hall, Caldwell Lounge, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Lenovo CEO to speak at seminar President and CEO of Lenovo, William Amelio, will be presenting at the Wachovia Executive Lecture at the N.C. State College of Management on Nov. 19 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Amelia left Dell Inc. in 2001 and joined Lenovo as senior vice president with responsibility for strategy and operations across the region. He previously held leadership positions at Honeywell International Inc., AlliedSignal Inc. and a wide range of senior management positions with IBM. Amelio will be discussing winning strategies in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s world and economic climate.
2:22 P.M. | CHECK PERSON Wendell Murphy Football Center Units responded to report of subject in dumpster refusing to leave. Subject left prior to officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival. 2:51 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Public Safety Center Student reported ongoing off campus harassment and simple assault by another student. Report filed. 4:56 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORT Owen Hall Students involved in ongoing dispute. Appropriate personnel notified. 9:36 P.M. | LARCENY Brooks Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 10:01 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT D.H. Hill Library Report of suspicious subject. Subject left prior to officerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival. 10:15 P.M. | CHECK PERSON D.H. Hill Library Report of subject trying to enter library after hours. Subject left prior to officerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrival.
The Wachovia Executive Lecture Series is open to the public at no charge and no reservations are required. SOURCE: N.C. STATE COLLEGE OF MANAGEMENT WEB SITE
Highway Patrol to increase patrolling North Carolina Highway Patrol announced the commencement of Operation Slow Down and No Need 2 Speed to catch drivers going over the speed limit on North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; highways. Highway Patrol, in conjunction with the Governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Highway Safety Program, will conduct the program from now until Nov. 30 to encourage drivers to slow down and follow the speed limit. During the operationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campaign in April, state and local law enforcement agencies cited over 11,000 motorists for speeding. Dangerous driving can be reported to Highway Patrol by dialing *HP on cell phones anywhere in the state. SOURCE: CAPTAIN EVERETT CLENDENIN, N.C. HIGHWAY PATROL
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Gasoline prices at the BP Station at the corner of Hillsborough and Gorman streets continue to fall in proportion to the price of crude oil, which has fallen $90 since July. The cost of gasoline broke records in the U.S. this summer, accompanied with shortages across the nation. “It hit four. I can’t remember exactly but it was in the fours,” Chris McLeod, a junior in international studies who works at the Hillsborough Street BP station, said. “Since gas has gone down, there’s definitely been an increase in sales.”
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planned to take home. “I’ll probably do the same amount of traveling as I would have before prices went down but it’s nice to know it will cost me about half as much as it would have,” Sipes said of his expenses. Sipes, who drives a 2003 BMW 530i, said he will spend about half as much on gas to travel home as he would have in July. “Normally, it would cost me around $70 or $75 for a round trip home,” he said. “But now, it’s about $35 or $40. Another added bonus, Sipes said, will be the ability to do more while at home. “I like the option of doing more stuff when I’m home instead of just being stuck at my house,” he said.
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ally drove home and it was more expensive than I budgeted for.” The downward trend in gas prices, which began in the late part of the summer, is heavily linked to the struggling economy. As demand for oil has fallen and so have prices. Stillwagon said the lower prices make trips to the gas station much less of a struggle. “Putting $20 in my tank two months ago as compared to now is completely different,” he said. “It takes me a lot farther.” Zach Sipes, a sophomore in nutrition science from Asheville, said the lower prices are an added bonus of trips he had already
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Drawing chalk outlines in the Brickyard, Amos Meck, a community volunteer, and Kacyn Willis, a junior in biological science work to raise awareness of the health risks of smoking Sunday night. “We’re drawing outlines and writing statistics to get peoples’ attention that tobacco use is killing people,” Megan Conley, a senior in business management, said.
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The University has cut the campus-wide budget this year by 4 percent in response to the global economic downturn and eliminated its travel budget. The cuts are wide ranging and many colleges within the University are feeling the pressure on their budgets. One college which has taken a particularly large hit is the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, and it was asked by University officials to cut its budget by 1.67 percent. Matt Enderwick, assistant dean of finance and administration for CHASS, said the college is trying to make the cuts so that they have the least
impact on students. cluding history, English, foreign “Ninety-nine percent of [the language and literature, this has CHASS] budget is in person- meant cutting almost everything nel costs,” Enderwick said. That else. This includes freezing travel, leaves only 1 percent for all other a part of the college’s operating operating costs. budget. “We asked for 4 percent across By not allowing faculty to travel the board [from each depart- using University money, or makment],” Endering them pay wick said. out of pocket To achieve this for their costs, goa l, CHASS professors are has taken severhard-pressed to al steps to reach attend conferits overall goal. ences and conThis includes duct research. not renewing This in turn afthe contracts of fects their proadjunct profesfessional visMatt Enderick, sors, freezing ibility, which is assistant dean of finance travel, deferessential to their ring purchases, own reputation such as new computers, and and subsequently N.C. State’s. even skimping on basic office “[Conferences are] the way a supplies. lot of academic business gets takDavid Zonderman, associate en care of,” Zonderman said. department head of history, said Professors attend conferences CHASS has “worked very hard not only to meet with other memnot to cut classes and sections.” bers of their field but to talk to For several departments, in- publishers about the possibility
“Ninety-nine percent of [the CHASS] budget is in personnel costs.”
of publishing research. Without these integral connections, it is harder to advance professionally, according to Zonderman. Published works and research, which usually add nothing to a professor’s wallet, are essential in advancing his or her name within a field. Unless the University supports professors in this vital form of professional advancement, their reputation and subsequently that of the University will decrease. Despite the cuts already being put in place, the end is nowhere in sight. Charles Leffler, vice chancellor of finance and business, said “that all vice chancellors and deans are considering the fact that there may be additional reversions this year, and because we are talking about annualized reductions -- they have a bigger impact the later in the fiscal year they are enacted.”
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Focus on diversity and education, not expulsion THE ISSUE:
The Student Senate Select Committee on Hate Crimes will finalize a resolution regarding the incident in the Free Expression Tunnel Tonight.
OUR OPINION:
The committee should not focus on expelling the students and should push for clarifications in University policy on threatening speech and diversity education.
THE SOLUTION:
The committee needs to present a bill that focuses on ways to clarify University Code regarding hate speech, engage prejudiced individuals and educate them about diversity.
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Act now and create a University policy on hate crimes On Nov. 14, 2007 — almost a year ago to the day — the Student Senate passed R 62, the The Racism and Hatred Incident Condemnation Act in response to the noose found in the Sullivan Shops. Leading up to the passing of that bill, myself and three other students (only one of which was a leader of a black organization on campus) drafted a letter to Chancellor James Oblinger calling for a stronger condemnation and hosted a meeting attended by Oblinger, Tom Stafford, Jose Picart, and Tom Younce among others. In that meeting students questioned the administration on why a University hate crime policy was not on the books and what steps were being taken to develop one. Additionally, Jose Picart assured those present at his office was moving full steam ahead to develop and implement diversity training for incoming students with the purpose of exposing the issues of prejudice and ignorance before they erupt into cowardly acts as was observed in the Free Expression Tunnel following the election of Barack Obama. Immediately, the Senate passed the aforementioned Resolution with specific language: “the University should adopt a hate crimes policy....” Two weeks later the Senate passed R 67, Hate Crime Committee Act, laying out the establishment for a committee to tackle the issue head on. That resolution likewise gave specific language on the makeup of the committee and a timeline for producing a hate crimes policy. One year later we find history repeating itself. The events following the noose incident, as shrouded in mystery as it was, no fingerprints given it was made from a porous material, no motive, no witness, no suspects, should have led the university to draft and implement a hate speech/crime policy as demanded by a number of student leaders. Instead, the administration is as ambivalent as ever. How many more embarrassing events must N.C. State experience before it wakes up and takes proactive instead of reactive measures? Student Government gets no free ride on this one either. Had the aforementioned resolutions received the follow-up they deserved, a plan could have been in place to deal with the current issue decisively. With television cameras rolling, last week’s performance from the senate voting to go home early and forego a vote or debate on the current hate speech legislation, R 36 was disappointing and shameful. Reports of students participating in physical confrontations during and after the meeting clearly show that the Senate has run amuck. This is a defining moment for the
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he Select Committee on Hate Crimes has been working on rewriting the Free Expression Tunnel Hate Crimes Act for consideration at an emergency session of the Student Senate on Wednesday. The bill contains provisions for both University and criminal punishments for the students responsible for the incident in the Free Expression Tunnel and added recommendations to the chancellor’s task force on diversity pushing for increased clarity in relevant University Code. Simply expelling the students responsible for writing threatening language on the Free Expression Tunnel does not help shape the campus dialogue on free speech and prejudice. The committee should focus
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on ways to constructively punish these individuals with community service and education, inform other students about University regulations regarding prejudice and hate speech and push for programs to reduce prejudice through education. Kelli Rogers, Student Senate president pro tempore and chair of the Select Committee on Hate Crimes, said the bill includes provisions to combine the various policies on harassment and threatening actions into one place and changed the language regarding punishment for the four students who admitted to painting the Free Expression Tunnel following the election.
Rogers said her constituents are not in favor of expelling the four students. Rather, they have pushed for an educational punishment, an idea several students proposed at the committee’s first meeting on Friday. However, Sen. Maritza Adonis, a junior in political science who wrote the bill, said her constituents are pushing for expulsion, as some of the legal references in the original bill indicated the students responsible for the incident committed a crime. The campus is divided on this issue, as some senators have heard students speak for and against expulsion of the four individuals responsible for the incident. Yet
there is little point in agonizing over what punishment the University gives to these four persons if students aren’t communicating with University officials. Instead, the Senate should make strong recommendations to the chancellor’s task force on diversity to clarify University policy on the issue, inform students of the relevant changes and work to educate, not punish, prejudiced students about diversity. The University should work with students to see their ideas come to fruition, and get more input on what students actually think of the effectiveness of the University’s new program ideas like Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Jose Picart’s diversity classes for incoming students.
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ur rivalry with UNCChapel Hill is a long standing and infamous one. In recent years, however, t he Ta rheels have forsaken our end of Tobacco Road i n f avor of a school Catie Pike they feel is Staff Columnist a worthier opponent — Duke. In light of this, I am here to encourage all of you to join in the Ram Roast on Thursday evening to show the folks at UNC-Chapel Hill that we still consider ourselves formidable foe. The Ram Roast was started in 2005, my freshman year, by the Senior Class Council, and it is held before both the football and basketball games against UNC. For those who have never had the displeasure of walking through the Free Expression Tunnel with a coat of Carolina blue paint, let me just say it is one of the most nauseous experiences you will ever encounter while here at N. C. State. The smell that pervades campus when the landscaping folks re-fertilize the grounds ranks a distant second. The Ram Roast is very different from a regular pep
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rally, which you may have experienced at Homecoming. For one, there is delicious North Carolina barbecue, among other food. Also, student athletes from our different sports teams come out to defend and protect the tunnel, giving everyone the opportunity to socialize and suppor t ou r school. In past years, organizers have given away prizes, including autographs from the football and basketball teams. Coach O’Brien usually makes a speech and then sticks around to mingle. Mr. and Ms. Wuf are also on hand to rally the crowd, along with the rest of the cheerleading squad. Aside from painting the Tunnel red, and then protecting it from being painted blue, the real point of this tradition is to express a less tangible feeling of school spirit and camaraderie. In recent weeks State has come under fire for being less than unified, and I think the Ram Roast is a great opportunity to come together as a school and show
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share some good-natured hate towards a very deserving, very blue subject. Although the Ram Roast is still a fledgling tradition, because so many tradit ions have gone by the way side here in Raleigh, I think it is very important that we seize the bull by the horns to make sure this one sticks — or, in this case, the ram. So consider yourself c a l led out Chapel Hill — even if you don’t consider us an enemy on the field, just know one thing. We just killed some Demon Deacons, and now we’re jonesing for some mutton.
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“I feel like the rally in the Brickyard was an effective way to address the issue. I feel like racism is an issue that goes deeper in an individual than a rally can really penetrate, but it is a good way to chip away at it.”
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Since many of this paper’s readers are likening the four students to misguided youth and “adolescents,” I challenge this campus to remember that we have examples of where this type of “adolescent” hate language can lead. Similar language was used by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold. They later went on to commit the horrific Columbine High shooting which left 12 dead and 23 wounded. Their targets were athletes, minorities and “popular kids.” Their actions were symptomatic of an all-too-common phenomenon — the ability to objectify an individual or group and advocate for violence against that person(s). This has been the root of the world’s worst atrocities (the Holocaust, Darfur genocide and the Bosnian genocide). Read about or ask anyone who experienced these atrocities and they will tell you that it began with words and sentiments that went unchallenged. I do not mean to invoke these most terrifying incidents lightly without consideration of the impact of my language. I am well aware of the feelings associated with such imagery. The four students were well aware too. They knew full well the potential impact of their language. Please understand that the fear African-American students have is that there are others on campus who condone this language and the actions it advocates. If you listen, there is a palpable fear in the voices of these students as they talk about the incident. Their fear is that by not acting, the University community is tacitly approving the words and the actions.
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What should Student Government’s Select Committee on Hate Crimes do to prevent future incidents?
Senate. The coming meeting will determine whether or not the body is in fact as spineless as was observed last Wednesday. At the end of the day, it’s not simply an issue of black and white. The whole campus looks bad — from the administration all the way down to the student body. Chancellor Oblinger and Jose Picart have on their hands a campus community that is much too tolerant of random acts of hate, and neither gentleman has the gumption to address and reverse an inimical campus culture. N.C. State must adopt a hate crime policy. Resolution 36 must include the demand for a committee and time table for the adoption of a hate crime/speech policy concurrent with those listed in R 62 & 67 from last senate session. The time is now — we cannot wait.
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Dear Science another triumph for TV On The Radio TV ON THE RADIO ALBUM: DEAR SCIENCE LABEL: XL RECORDINGS
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TV On The Radio is a musical force to be reckoned with. Since the release of Young Liars EP in 2003, the experimental Brooklyn-based group has made three highly lauded albums. Their latest effort, Dear Science, follows up on 2006’s Return to Cookie Mountain, which topped several critics’ lists. The new album sheds the density of its predecessor in favor of a more flavored, balanced sound. The music on Dear Science is a confluence of funky synth hooks, visceral Afrobeat rhythms and sexy horns—all presented in a well-produced package. Atop this amalgamation, vocalist Tunde Adebimpe lays down impassioned lyrics, adding swagger to heavier tracks and depth to the slower ones. Falsetto accents and an infectious vocal melody underlie the opener “Halfway Home,” a smoldering surf-rock-inspired number that climaxes into chaos towards the coda. The album quickly shifts gears with the laid-back groove of “Crying,” and again with the frenetic “Dancing Choose.” In the latter, purring synths bolster insistent rap verses and brazen, horn-laden choruses. Dear Science reverts to a more relaxed sound for the next few tracks. A swaying beat and layered strings lend themselves to the sublime mood of “Stork and Owl.” Rhythms tense up for “Golden Age,” which showcases TV On The Radio’s skill in weaving horns and strings into songs. However, the album’s true highlight lies in the next track, a poignant, string-driven ballad entitled “Family Tree.” Adebimpe’s layered vocals and poetic lyrics add to the song’s beauty—ethereal, but not in the typical ambient post-rock sense. The warmth quickly melts away with the biting and angular “Red Dress.” Featuring incredibly funky chicken-scratch guitar and syncopated African-flavored beats, it is easily the most aggressive song on the album. The brassy, in-your-face chorus complements the snarled lyrics. Yet another musical transition occurs with the swoopy and airy “Love Dog.” The next song, “Shout Me Out,” is one of the most dynamic tracks on the album. Brooding, guitar-driven verses smolder before erupting into a triumphant, percussive movement halfway into the song. Smooth and relaxed, “DLZ” stands out for its excellent lyrics. Adebimpe’s talent for writing is evident with lines, such as “This is beginning to feel like the longwinded blues of the never / Barely controlled locomotive consuming the picture and blowing the crows, the smoke.” Dear Science comes to a pleasant close with “Lover’s Day,” a galloping track that epitomizes the group’s composite sound. The song tapers to stripped vocals and horns over a driving drum beat, a contrast from the opening track. As a whole, Dear Science has the hallmarks of a five-star album. It simply sounds good—the production by band member Dave Sitek is stellar. The album’s only questionable aspect is flow and the frequent changes in mood between songs. There is not a solid reason why Dear Science isn’t worthwhile. To understand the buzz about TV On The Radio, just listen to their latest release.
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Views on ‘Quantum of Solace’ New Bond provides fun ride Bond is two-dimensional Andrew Johnson Senior Staff Writer
It should be stated up front that I am not a James Bond fanatic. I have not seen all the films in their entirety. Neither am I familiar with the intricacies of Bond lore. All I know is that they’re usually enjoyable, and that if you’re a Bond fan, you’ll probably enjoy Quantum of Solace. And even if you’re not, there’s enough substance amidst the explosions and car chases to separate it from the usual Bond routine. For starters, there’s Daniel Craig. Once again, he shows why he’s the best Bond since Connery, walking the delicate line between being the “blunt instrument” of Casino Royale and the suave and sophisticated agent of the classics. This isn’t your grandma’s Bond — this is a newer, edgier, more naïve Bond. The f ilm picks up right where t he last one left off, with our hero in posses-
sion of the mysterious Mr. White, whose manipulations have led to the death of his one true love. Olga Kurylenko provides support as Camille, a young woman fighting alongside Bond to get to another target. While her role is hardly as memorable as that of Eva Green in Casino Royale, she has an eerie Vesper-like quality which adds an interesting dimension to their relationship. Both are hungry for revenge, and only one of them will carry it out by the end of the movie. If Casino Royale was a film about finding hope and losing it, Quantum of Solace is about hitting rock bottom. This Bond won’t be dropping obvious double entendres and nursing a martini. He’s an insomniac, consumed with grief and driven by a lust for vengeance, even if he won’t admit it. If you’re looking for light-hearted quips
and over-the-top gunfights, look elsewhere, because this is a Bond who doesn’t play by the rules. He’s a man on a mission, and if you stand in his way, he won’t stop to bargain. Gone are the days of camp and formula – with the exception of a clever homage to Goldfinger, you won’t be seeing much that’s reminiscent of the Bond films of old. This is how to reboot a series in the right way. Director Marc Forster plays with familiar Bond character traits, and twists them to suit this new vision. Instead of maniacal geniuses trying to take over the world, the bad guys here are more realistic and believable. The Bond action is here, but now it’s more rooted in reality over fantasy. The characters feel more developed, the plot feels plausible, and the twists and turns make for a fun ride. Even so, Quantum of Solace isn’t flawless. If you’re looking for a memorable villain, you probably won’t find it here. Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), though he may be wealthy and powerful, hardly seems intimidating aside from being a shade too pale. Much more menacing is the mysterious organization he and Mr. White belong to, whose full power has yet to be revealed. The film flows best in the first half as Bond frantically tries to uncover any leads on who m ig ht be a member, then falters when Greene becomes the primary antagonist. One can only hope the Quantum storyline will be given more attention in the next chapter of the series. While this new series of Bond films has drawn comparisons to the Bourne series, I personally can’t see any similarity except for one: the action sequences. Unfortunately, like the Bourne films, Quantum of Solace has some of the most jarring editing and disjointed action sequences of the year. At the end of the day, Quantum of Solace doesn’t live up to its predecessor, but it’s certainly one of the more enjoyable Bond movies to come out in recent history. If you can handle the occasional disorienting edit and don’t need to be spoon-fed the plot, then this should be just the right dose of spy action to satisfy you until the next one.
Morgan McCormick Senior Staff Writer
Before you jump down my throat, I would like to point out what a Bond freak I am. And I don’t mean like most of my peers in this generation who have seen all the Pierce Brosnan films and whatever of Connery’s and Moore’s work happened to appear on a TBS marathon. I’ve seen all of them repeatedly, including Never Say Never Again, and if you don’t know what that is, then I think I’ve already made my point. I found Casino Royale to be one of the worst entries in the series, scoring in the same realm as the failed Timothy Dalton films, because it managed to do the impossible: it made Bond boring. Bond movies followed a simple formula: exotic locales, gadgets, complex political agendas, oneliners, action scenes and a factory line of carbon copied femme fatales. But no, they had to reinvent it, make Bond “hip.” Fine, I say. I’m no purist, I know that films must change with the business. I can dig it. But boring action sequences (fell asleep during one), boring card games (go watch Celebrity Texas Hold ‘Em if you need that sort of thing), a predictable betrayal by Bond’s boring love interest and a forced attempt to make Bond seem more human all reeked of pandering. I don’t hold grudges, however, so I gave Quantum of Solace a fair chance, a clean slate. And apparently they listened to one of my complaints. No more card games! Unfortunately, Bond is still two-dimensional and about as sexy and suave as cardboard. The action scenes, once more, are plagued by such fast editing and cutting that you don’t have time to appreciate any shots of the car chase before you’re fed shots of everything else. Seeing 12 different images in seven seconds makes for disorientation, not entertainment. Also, Bond doesn’t seem all that broken up about losing his last love interest and quickly takes to hitting on and getting with girl-with-gun-of-the-week. This character’s role is so predictable that she is not even worthy of naming in this review. The hypocrisy in this choice is that this new series is supposed to be all about developing Bond, but
making him sink right back into the habits of the original series feels out of place. Not as out of place as MI-6 freaking out when Bond ends up murdering a lot of people, which makes me wonder why you’d have a spy/assassin training program and then get clammy hands when the spies start using that training. Speaking of things this movie ruins, M (Judi Dench) has been completely de-balled. Her only purpose now is to fret about how out of control Bond is, ruining any idea we had of her as the bossman and putting her as the one in control. If she were a smart leader, she would find a way to pull Bond back into the fold, by force or diplomacy. Over 90 minutes of M wringing her hands does a terrible movie make. Yet another confusing rip-off from the original series that Quantum of Solace so eagerly pre-
tends to distance itself from, the Quantum organization replaces SPECTRE as Bond’s new global terrorist foe. Which would be cool if we knew anything about them, but the film goes “LOL sequel” at you right before the end, and so something they could have developed as a new facet in the plot just turns out to be a cheap gimmick to get the movie finished. I will, for as long as I live, buy a ticket to the next Bond movie. I’ve weathered far worse Bond films than this, and it’s the nature of the series to fluctuate in quality. But you don’t have to be like me, you don’t have to go see this movie, even though I know you will anyway.
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Emotion embodied in Dance ‘4:13 Dream’ Misses Mark Morgan McCormick Senior Staff Writer
Most cannot get past childhood memories of the Nutcracker and women dressed up like ballerinas in pink tutus, possibly even performed on ice, when they think about the art of dance. And while that is an undeniable part of the dance world, there is so much more to the act of dancing than just jumping and costumes. This is something that N.C. State’s Dance Company has always strived to prove, being an organization of students lead by skilled choreographers in the art of modern dance. “We focus more on strictly modern dance and the performance aspect of it and the learning how to make dances that really mean something. We do it, not just for the sake of making a pretty dance, to put together different emotions and different concepts,” Sarah Griner said, a senior in textile and apparel management and one of the choreographers for the NCSU’s Dance program. This Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m. in Stewart Theater, members of NCSU’s Dance Company will be performing a series of student choreographed pieces of modern dance. “The concert is mostly made up of choreography by current students as well as alumni from the company,” Griner said. “And it also includes a piece made by all the members of the company together, Anthem. One of Griner’s partners in choreography, Ashley Walls, a sophomore in mathematics, elaborated. “The Movement Studies is
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a project that we do annually,” Walls said. “What we do, it’s really interesting in how it evolves, is start out with a who, what, when and everyone has their own individual idea. [We] put together just a few counts of choreography and then we all come together and we try to find what they all have in common and everyone comes up with a theme. Overall, we had a World War II t heme for women during that era and a lot of that material and gestural vocabulary came from war time posters. We broke [the pieces] into three groups, a boarding house, hospital and train station.” Members of the NC State Dance Company, an academic organization requiring its members to take classes each year, are given the option of whether or not they wish to choreograph after being in the organization a year. Griner’s piece, “To Remain Si-
lent,” revolves around two people in an interrogation room, one a criminal with a secret, the other a detective trying to extract the truth. Walls’ work, “Everything Prevents One,” is inspired by the words of Gertrude Stein and closes the distance between what can be said and what can be expressed in the emotion of human motion. “It’s about [the performer] trying to become her own person but can’t because the other [two] dancers are trying to shape and mold her. They’re supposed to represent all the outside influences of the world,” Walls said. Multi-award winning director of the N.C. State Dance Program, Robin Harris, whose work has been showcased from here to the John F. Kennedy Center, is closing out the evening’s performance with her latest work, “Wait for me here,” whose performers include Raleigh Dance Theater Assistant Director, Megan Marvel a nd J. Ma rk Scearce, head of the Music Department. As Griner put it, “Dancing, for me, is the way I’m able to express myself. Wo r d s s t o p short a lot of the time, but dance is a way to really get that emotion and message across.” While dance is something we all know about, dance like this is something we can do more than know. It’s something to experience, to be talked about. It opens the mind up to a side of art that has a lot to offer and even more to be appreciated.
While dance is something we all know about, dance like this is something we can do more than know.
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There’s no other way to say it: The Cure’s newest album, 4:13 Dream, misses the mark. The Cure was born out of the ashes of punk rock in the late 1970’s, and their musical style has always been an alternative one. They were young, earnest, experimental and unforgiving. 4:13 Dream tries too hard to tap into that youthful voice again. Ultimately, many of the songs sound like they’re missing that extra something that might be contingent upon youth. The album opens with a dreamlike, dramatic guitar solo in “Underneath the Stars.” While the music is pretty, it ends up being sort of boring The song never really takes off. A handful of the songs on the album have noticeable traces of their older songs, especially “The Only One” and “The Perfect B oy.” “The Perfect Boy,” which is perhaps the best song on the album, has a catchy chorus and captures the raw emotion of young love.
Robert Smith, the lead singer and songwriter, showcases his characteristic high register and distinct, identifiable quality of his voice on these songs. There is a dreamlike theme throughout the album, reflected in both the background music and in the lyrics. In “Sleep When I’m Dead,” there is a haunting quality of the music highlighted by minor keys and unexpected chords. The lyrics ref lect that dreamlike theme, as well, with “Sleep when I’m dead, you angels/I’ll sleep when I’m dead, I said.” A few of the songs on this album attempt to capture the earnest sound of their earlier albums. “Freakshow” incorporates elements of early punk rock, but it’s too polished and produced. “The Scream,” which showcases Robert Smith’s impressive lungs, is backed by impressive guitar and unexpected moments of musical brilliance. The Cure doesn’t do anything innovative or new on 4:13 Dream, but the band proves that they can still rock, even though the songs aren’t as good as their earlier songs. This album may fall on deaf ears, since they’re unlikely to win any new fans as a result of the album and older fans may not find anything on this album exciting enough to peak their interest. It’s hard not to draw comparisons between The Cure of then and The Cure of now. While many of the songs on 4:13 Dream are well-written and well-produced, they seem to be missing the liveliness that characterized their music in the 1980’s.
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Wolfpack ready for rivalry game Coach Tom Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien, players discussed the win streak and the upcoming game against UNC-Chapel Hill with the media on Monday Taylor Auten Sports Editor
The football team will compete in its ninety-eighth game against UNC-Chapel Hill Saturday, a series which began in 1894. The Wolfpack is coming off a twogame win streak with the chance to go undefeated against Division I teams from North Carolina this season. Coach Tom Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said he understands the importance of the game to Wolfpack fans. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always fun to have games like this, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s so important to the community and to the school,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Certainly, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all the players hear about all week.â&#x20AC;? Senior halfback Andre Brown said he is very familiar with what the game means to N.C. State. Brown, who is from Greenville, said the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intensity is always elevated the week before the Carolina game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Soon after we beat Wake Forest [Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien] said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;This is Carolina week,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think everybody knows whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at stake. Some of the freshman guys are from North Carolina, and they know what it means to them. They try to instill some of that
into the [out-of-state freshmen] guys, how big this game is.â&#x20AC;? For Brown, the game will be his last against the Tarheels. Brown was sidelined with injury during the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 31-27 victory last season. He said he is looking forward to contributing to the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort this year. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was in the tunnel watching the game,â&#x20AC;? Brown said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It wanted to just go out there, throw on my equipment and at least get one play so I can feel like I was a part of it.â&#x20AC;? After allowing several gamechanging fourth quarter touchdowns during the four-game losing streak in the middle of the season, Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense came up with big stops and goal-line stands throughout the victory against Wake Forest on Saturday. Sophomore defensive end Markus Kuhn said the defense is gaining its confidence back after being challenged during the losing streak. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When it comes down to shortyardage defense, its pretty much about the attitude,â&#x20AC;? Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about who wants it more, who wants the stop and who wants the touchdown. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a great feeling as a defensive player if the offense for the other team is trying to get in the touchdown or trying to get the extra inch to get the first down, and we just keep on stopping them. Things like that can change a game.â&#x20AC;? The Wolfpack (4-6, 2-4 ACC) are still not eliminated from postseason play. State must reach six wins, and with only
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two games left, a loss would end their postseason hopes. Brown said the team is still focused on
trying to reach a bowl game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we lose, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to a postseason bowl game,â&#x20AC;? Brown said.
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Wilson named ACC Rookie of the Week Quarterback Russell Wilson, who threw for 152 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another in Saturday’s upset win over Wake Forest, was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Rookie of the Week on Monday. Wilson has thrown just one interception this season, and hasn’t thrown one in 175 consecutive pass attempts - good enough for second all-time behind Jamie Barnette’s 179 in 1998. Wilson was named the ACC Offensive Back of the Week after the team’s win over then-ranked No. 15 East Carolina. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Wilson’s pass up for play of the week Russell Wilson’s eight-yard touchdown pass to tight end Anthony Hill to give N.C. State the win in Saturday’s game against Wake Forest is one of five possible plays of the week on ACC.com. Wolfpack fans can go online to vote Hill’s touchdown grab as the conference play of the week through Wednesday morning. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Miami kickoff not determined Kickoff for the football team’s final contest of the regular season against Miami on Nov. 29 has not been determined yet, according to the ACC. The conference usually announces kickoff times two weeks in advance but said the kickoff will be determined by Nov. 23. The gametime will be either noon or 3:30 p.m. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “I got tired of going out and buying other people’s clothes. If there’s anything that I want bad enough, I’ll get it made.” Former basketball standout Cameron Bennerman on the inspriation for his clothing line
MEN’S WBASKETBALL
Bennerman balancing basketball, fashion company With his new clothing line, LiKuid’N’Ation, hitting stores, the former Wolfpack basketball player hopes to improve his game while growing his business
Women’s basketball coach Kay Yow coached at Elon University from 19711975 where she compiled a record of 57-19.
COMING SOON
Tomorrow: Coverage of the women’s basketball game against Elon and a feature on the rifle team. Thursday: A Technician exclusive Q&A with women’s soccer star Lindsay Vera.
LIKUID’N’ATION CAM BENNERMAN’S CLOTHING LINE:
Josh Harrell Deputy Sports Editor
Cameron Bennerman was known for his high-f lying dunks and athletics moves when he played basketball at N.C. State from 2002 to 2006. And while he’s split time between Italy and Spain, still showcasing his highlight reel dunks, Bennerman has shifted some of his attention to the fashion world. In his back and forth trips from his hometown of Greensboro to Europe, Bennerman has spent plenty of time in cities like Milan, Italy, where the he has made connections and has been influenced by some of the fashion world’s giants. Through his networking and his long-time passion for fashion and art, Bennerman started his own clothing line and fashion company: LiKuid’N’Ation. Likuid’N’Ation is a company which features clothes solely designed by Bennerman, most of which center around a design he calls “Krazy” — an abstract clown drawing — along with a number of other illustrations by Bennerman. “Some people call it the clown, some call it other names — that’s our main guy,” Bennerman said of Krazy. “We just released a couple more color schemes in that and we just recently put up sweatshirts.” The catalog, along with a promo video of Bennerman, can be found at likuidnation. com, and his clothes are being sold in Raleigh at Buddha’s Belly on Hillsborough Street. Eventually, Bennerman, who is currently playing basketball in Burgos, Spain, plans to expand the catalog beyond T-shirts and sweatshirts and
1) Krazy (Likuid’N’Ation’s primary logo)
3) Triangry
2) Gain Green
4)Krazy Hoodie
COURTESY: LIKUIDNATION.COM
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Cameron Bennerman goes for a shot while defended by Bobby Frasor in his final season at N.C. State.
move into shoes and other ap“I got tired of going out and parel. buying other people’s clothes,” “I never really intended on Bennerman said. “If there’s anystarting this, it just kind of thing that I want bad enough, I’ll snowballed,” Bennerman said. get it made. That’s always been “I started meeting people in the my attitude. Whether it’s cell biz over here and phone acceshere we are.” sories, jewelry, Bennerman whatever it is, collaborated I try to get it w it h a fa mmade first.” i ly f r iend i n But whi le Greensboro, in Spain, baswho makes the ketball takes clothing there precedence. and distributes Bennerman it. And while in recently signed Spain and Italy, Cameron Bennerman, former with the team Wolfpack standout Bennerman is in Burgos and trying to soak in is hoping to as much fashion keep play ing knowledge as he can — taking and moving up through the baspictures and talking to experts ketball ranks for the next several — so he can eventually return years. to the United States and work on “The contracts are coming very his growing company. slow because of the economic
“I never really intended on starting this, it just kind of snowballed.”
crisis,” Bennerman said. “I had a couple of colleagues of mine who are very good players and even their contracts were coming in slow. I’m always looking for bigger and better opportunities, so I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be here.” The hardest part for Bennerman is getting used to the idea that numbers don’t matter as much in Europe. “American players are all about results,” Bennerman said. “They want to look at a stat sheet and see that we’ve filled it up. But over here, they’re not concerned with many of those aspects that we’re taught to value in America. You kind of have to retrain your mind.” With his new fashion line and its potential for expansion, Bennerman is excited about life outside of basketball. Though he can’t devote the amount of time to his company that he would like, he knows that it will be there when basketball is over. “Whether it’s basketball, fashion or anything, it takes a lot of time to achieve the success that
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Games played in at N.C. State
47.6
Field goal percentage over four-year career
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Three point percentage over career
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Points per game senior year (2005-06 season)
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Points per game over career
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N.C. State record during career SOURCE:RIVALS.COM
we’re all looking for,” Bennerman said. “I understand that basketball will only last for so long, so I’m putting a good amount of my money from that into this clothing line. I’m not putting all my eggs into one basket and I want to have something after basketball that is already going.”
CLUB SPORTS
BassPack holds club tournament Club holds membersonly tournament at Falls Lake, looks to recruit Ty Johnson Deputy Sports Editor
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WOLF FACTS
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BASSPACK’S PURPOSE: BassPack intends... - To improve the bass fishing skills of its individual members through the friendly- shared exchange of knowledge and experiences. - To hold tournaments amongst members and as a team. - To be active in the conversation of the sport of bass fishing.
N.C. State’s club bass fishing team, BassPack, was on the lake Saturday hosting a local tournament for BassPack SOURCE: BASSPACK CLUB WEB SITE club members. The tournament was a qualifying event but not officially competing. for future “We ju s t national kind of tournashowed up [to ments and hang] out,” was held at Hodgins said. Falls Lake. “We weren’t Club competing.” president The t wo Jason Livf inished in ingston fourth place and public in last spring’s relations Virginia Tech ambassaInvitational president Jason Livingston dor Ky le at Smith Hodgins Mountain oversaw Lake and now the event, taking in a few fish look to impart their knowledge
“We’re always interested in getting new people out because that’s what the sport is all about.”
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Kyle Hodgin, a senior in business management, smiles as he unhooks the fish he caught on Falls Lake.
on the rest of the bass fishing public at N.C. State. The club meets every other Wednesday in Kilgore 159 to discuss fish-
ing strategies, technologies, and tournaments. “It’s always open,” Livingston said. “It’s a fraternal kind of
thing but at the same time we’re always interested in getting new people out because that’s what the sport is all about.”