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“The biggest thing is education. It’s important for students to open up and seek out opportunities to learn more.�

BREAKING NEWS

Neil Ballentine, a junior in biological sciences

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Raleigh firefighters leave the scene of an apartment fire in a building adjacent to E.S. King Village Tuesday night.

Off-campus apartments catch fire Fire department responds before fire spreads. James Layman Deputy News Editor

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Neil Ballentine, a junior in biology, and Evelyn Reiman talk about what they hope to accomplish during the Town Hall Forum Nov. 18.

Diversity discussions continue across campus

At approximately 7:15 Tuesday evening, Raleigh Fire Department received a report of a structure fire at an apartment complex on the corner of Jackson Street and Gorman Street. After getting the fire under control, Battalion 3 Chief Rob Johnson and his crew began to investigate the cause of the fire. In the course of their investigation, they located a faulty heating unit in the upper-level apartment. “There was a problem with a heat unit in there and it caused some of there apartment’s contents to catch fire,� Johnson said. No one was hurt in the fire, but the apartment where the fire originated suffered severe smoke and fire damage. The lower-level apartment suffered water damage as well. The two apartments are uninhabitable and will require significant repairs. “The surrounding apartments had a light smoke over, but no real damage,� Johnson said. “We’re assessing the apartments right now and the people in the surrounding apartments should be able to return soon.�

TOWN HALL FORUM, CAMPUS CULTURE TAKS FORCE COMMITTEE AND STUDENT SENATE BILL CONTINUE RACE DISCUSSIONS Derek Medlin Managing Editor

Faculty members who also represent the National Coalition Building Institute met with members of administration and student leaders in Tuesday night’s Student Government Town Hall Forum. The NCBI members used the forum to speak with those present about ways to increase dialogue about controversial issues, including racial slurs, which were painted in the Free Expression Tunnel the morning of Nov. 5. Neil Ballentine, a junior in biological sciences and originator of the Town Hall Forum series, said the meeting was successful despite the lack of student rep-

resentation. “We had a small group, but we covered what we needed to cover,� he said. “I’m very pleased with what happened tonight.� One focus of the forum, Ballentine said, was to continue learning about how to provide students opportunities to address the Free Expression Tunnel events. “My main goal was not to move past what happened, but to figure out a way to let students know where there are ways to try and get N.C. State in the limelight for the positive things this campus has done,� he said. “The goal is to talk about the events and then change the policies.� Ballentine said the role of the

MAIN POINTS FROM THE RESOLUTION TO ADDRESS THE INCIDENT IN THE FREE EXPRESSION TUNNEL • The bill rejects the actions of the four students as unrepresentative of N.C. State • The bill urges the four students be punished to the fullest extent of current University policy • The bill pushes for the punishment to include community service, counseling and diversity education • The bill recommends the University’s Harassment be changed to address specific actions • The bill recommends that the Campus Culture Task Force Committee alter policies to include acts that could incite violence on campus

NCBI members, of whom were faculty and administrative representatives from the Office of Equal Opportunity, was key to help the student leaders learn effective techniques for addressing

difficult topics. “Having [NCBI] at the meeting was huge for us because we were able to get RACE continued page 3

E-Week to strive for increased publicity Kickoff event, professional workshops, and games highlight the event Daniel Ellis Deputy News Editor

The Engineering Council held a Presidents’ Roundtable meeting Tuesday night to discuss plans for the organization’s annual E-Week. “This is a week-long event that’s important for bringing the engineering community together,� ECouncil Vice President Stephane Henrion, a senior in electrical engineering, said. For the 2009 E-Week, the

Council is striving to promote the event more than previous years. “One of the biggest changes this year is that we want to have more publicity,� Trey Warren, a sophomore in construction engineering and management and co-chair for the event, said. As opposed to previous years, Warren noted that the upcoming E-Week will have a large-scale kickoff event. “We’re just going to try to lure people in with free food and inform them that E-Week is going on,� he said. Warren said he believes that having the student body involved in the event is critical to the pro-

gram’s success. “Everyone knows when Ag Week is going on because of all the animals in the Brickyard,� he said. “We just need to have more visuals such as a crane in the brickyard or something.� The program typically involves a series of professional development workshops offered by the Engineering Foundation and various featured engineering alumni. “One of the best lectures from last year, The Next Step In Your Education, helped me decide if I should go straight to work, go for my MBA, or for my master’s degree in engineering,� Henrion said. “The transition isn’t quite

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as simple as going from high school to college.� Henrion believes that having alumni return to talk about their experience with the engineering field is very beneficial. “They know how to succeed in the business world,� he said. “We get alumni that are now high-level CEO’s to come back and talk to current students.� In additions to the development workshops, E-Week is also renowned for its weeklong variety of fun, competi-

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Adel Winner, a graduate student in social work, gets help preparing for her presentation from Marison Jimenez McGee, a part time professor in social work. “As a mother and a professional, being able to teach part time at the university allows me to be there for my students and my sons,� McGee said.

Part-time teachers offer specialized experience Teachers provide instruction and knowledge of working world Courtney Bolin Staff Writer

At N.C. State, part-time faculty, who often do not hold Ph.D. degrees and hold other jobs as well, make up about 10 percent of all University professors.

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According to Dr. Audrey Jaeger, an Assistant Professor of Higher Education, part-time teachers are very beneficial to students. They offer expertise from the professional world, Jaeger said. She said by working in a business or industry, part-time staff members can offer their experience while teaching students. PART-TIME continued page 3

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

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Today GIS DAY 2008 D.H. Hill Library, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WEATHER WISE

PEACE CORPS EVENT Daniels Hall, Room 434, 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.

Today:

INTERNATIONAL TEA AND COFFEE Caldwell Hall, Caldwell Lounge, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. SOIL SCIENCE SEMINAR Williams Hall, Room 2215, 3:40 to 4:40 p.m.

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WACHOVIA EXECUTIVE LECTURE Nelson Hall, Room 3400, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Sunny skies with temperatures in the upper 40s.

KEPT AND DREAMLESS Witherspoon Cinema, 7 p.m. to 8:45 p.m.

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THE DARK KNIGHT Witherspoon Cinema, 9:30 p.m. to 11:55 p.m.

Keeping warm with coffee and books

Warmer weather with cooling temperatures going into the night.

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uring the year’s first snow, many students inlcuding Cara Smelter, a freshman in history, and Phillip McDonald, a sophomore in history, study inside of Cup A Joe keeping out of the elements. Snow is uncommon in North Carolina, only reaching 1.5 inches at most per year in the Piedmont area, according to the State Climate Office of North Carolina. “I did not expect it to snow,� Smelter said

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IRC sponsors Ask Anything Day The Inter-Residence Council will be sponsoring an open discussion regarding Ask Anything Day today from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Ask Anything Day is daylong event designed to bring out uncomfortable questions regarding diversity and controversial topics. The event’s purpose is to encourage an open dialogue of ideas among students. The open discussion about the event will take place at 7 p.m. in the Bragaw activity room. Light snacks and drinks will be provided.

Dining halls to offer Fall Harvest dinner

National Student “Red means Exchange to host go� contest info session begins

University Dining will be offering its annual Fall Harvest dinner on Nov. 20 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. The Thanksgiving Meal will consist of an array of entrees including roast turkey with gravy, black oak ham and grilled lemon pepper tuna steak. Side items include mashed black pepper potatoes, New England clam chowder, corn bread dressing and more. For dessert, students can select from pumpkin pie, spice cake, pecan pie and many other treats. The event will take place in Clark and Fountain dining halls.

N.C. State’s National Student Exchange program’s third information sessions will be held today from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Green Room of Talley Student Center. The session will provide students with resources on the program that provides students with a chance to take classes at a partner university while maintaining enrollment as a full-time student at State. Students can opt to participate in the program for either a semester or for a full year. The final deadline to apply for the 20092010 academic year is Feb. 1.

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Students have a chance to win a $1000 gift card to the N.C. State Bookstores in the “Red Means Go� essay contest from now until Nov. 26. The contest encourages students to write an essay about how they represent the statement “Red means go.� Students can nominate themselves or others by submitting an essay of 400 words or less. The essays will be judged based on creativity and how well the individual has overcome obstacles and made a difference. The winner will be recognized during the men’s basketball game on Dec. 22. SOURCE: NCSU.EDU/REDMEANSGO/

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Thursday FULBRIGHT EVENT Talley Student Center, Room 3118, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Crowd attacks Communist China’s government office

Two thousand people stormed a local Communist Party headquarters in China’s Gansu province early Tuesday. The conflict arose from plans to relocate the city of Longnan’s administrative center after the earthquake that devastated the region in May. About 30 citizens opposed to the move gathered at the party office Monday morning. The crowd swelled over the course of the day until “some complaining people attacked [the] Municipal Committee office building, smashed some vehicles and office facilities,� the Xinhua news agency said. Attempts to call local officials went unanswered. Regional officials said they heard about the incident but had no information.

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Children not being provided balanced meals

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual report on food security showed almost 700,000 children lived in households that struggled to provide food for their families. The report showed these children had to eat unbalanced meals and low-cost food. Occasionally, these children even skipped meals because of lack of money. Nearly 36.2 million children and adults struggled to put proper food on the table in 2007. Almost a third of these families were not able to eat what was deemed a proper meal. The prevalence and number of families struggling to eat properly differs drastically from state to state. Mississippi, New Mexico, Texas and Arkansas have the highest rates of prevalent food insecurity. SOURCE: CNN.COM

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5TH ANNUAL PASSPORT FAIR Caldwell Hall, Caldwell Lounge, 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. CHINESE CULTURAL CELEBRATION Talley Student Center, Walnut Room, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. THE DARK NIGHT Witherspoon Cinema, 7 p.m. to 9:50 p.m. FICTION CONTEST PRESENTATION AND READING Caldwell Hall, Caldwell Lounge, 7:30 p.m. CHRISTMAS BELLES Talley Ballroom, 8 p.m. DANCE PROGRAM FALL CONCERT Stewart Theater, 8 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. THE DARK NIGHT Witherspoon Cinema, 10 p.m. to 11:55 p.m.

POLICE BLOTTER Nov. 14 10:13 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENT Carter-Finley Units reported in preparation for Football Event. 10:29 A.M. | CHECK PERSON Admin Services II Non-student was arrested for trespassing and creating a disturbance. 11:18 A.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM Venture Center Officer conducted safety program. 11:56 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORT Pi Beta Phi Units assisted in checking on welfare of student.

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trained,” he said. “They taught us a lot about how to deal with these touchy subject.” Ballentine also said he hopes students will continue to speak about their reaction and feelings surrounding the Nov. 5 events. “The biggest thing is education,” he said. “It’s important for students to open up and seek out opportunities to learn more. As long as we’re talking about it, that means we’re doing something. Education and continuing to have open dialogues is key.”

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Justin Tudor, junior in engineering, rolls in a large ball that was aimed by Brennon Fuqua, junior in engineering, to try and knock down life-size pins. All of the events were free as part of a UAB promotion in which all donations went to UNICEF. “The best part was having no clue what was going on,” Tudor said.

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This is beneficial to students because it helps them get the most modern approaches to the working world. Shannon Alford, a sophomore in elementary education, thinks that having a well-balanced ratio of part-time and full time teachers is important. “It is good to have the working world experience that a part-time teacher brings,” Alford said. “It is also good to receive the teaching experience that a full-time teacher provides.” One of the largest benefits of part-time teachers is that they are usually more specialized in their field.

Ed Dobner, a sophomore in engineering, has a part-time teacher that instructs his archery class. “I like that my teacher is a professional hunter because archery is taught by example and form,” Dobner said. “It‚ is helpful to have a parttime teacher if their job relates directly to the subject of the class.” Although part-time teachers offer many advantages to students, they also have several drawbacks. Jaeger said that she wishes part-time teachers had access to offices so that they could have a better opportunity to help the students outside of class time. “It‚ is really important to have office hours,” Alford said. “In a large class that is the only one-

on-one time you can get with the teacher.” Another concern for students is that part-time teachers may not put students as their top priority in comparison with their jobs at other companies. Dobner believes that it is important for teachers to get students to learn. “Teachers who are passionate about what they are teaching are going to be the ones that impact you the most,” Alford said. “They are going to be the ones that you enjoy and learn from the most.” Alford said it doesn’t matter whether the teacher is a fulltime teacher or a part-time teacher, what matters is their attitude about what they are teaching.

Chancellor creates task force Also on Tuesday, Chancellor James Oblinger sent out a request to various student leaders, faculty and administration to join a task force created to discuss and recommend improvements to different cultural issues on campus. According to the request, the task force would look at the campus climate, the Student Conduct Code and Free Expression Tunnel/Brickyard practices to assess potential changes. Student Body President Jay Dawkins, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Jose Picart and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford will serve as co-chairs on the committee. Dawkins said the task force will

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tive events on the Brickyard. “Each engineering organization is being asked to prepare an activity and run it once during the week,” Henrion said. Last year, Wolfpack Motorsports hosted a tricycle race while

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be crucial to advancing diversity discussions in the near future. “It’s a great opportunity to bring together a lot of people from across the campus to discuss a very important and timely issue on this campus,” he said. “I’m hopeful that as more and more students are having dialogue about this tough issue, N.C. State can be a leader in this tough discussion.” Dawkins also said the committee will attempt to hold its first meeting prior to Thanksgiving Break. “It’s our goal to have a meeting next week,” Dawkins said. “If student schedules don’t work out we will have a meeting after the break.” The chancellor’s request asked for a preliminary report from the committee by Jan. 16 and a final report by Feb. 2. “We’re not going to wait around,” Dawkins said of the upcoming meetings. “This discussion will be productive.” Committee finalizes wording of bill The Senate Select Committee on Hate Crimes finalized Resolution 36 Tuesday night in preparation for tonight’s emergency Student Senate meeting. The resolution, designed to address the Nov. 5 incident in the Free Expression Tunnel, makes recommendations to Administration about how to punish

Aerial Robotics organized a paper airplane competition. “As engineers we just sit and study all day, so it’s good for us to get out and meet other people,” Warren said. Henrion believes that events such as these are indeed entertaining, but are important for promoting the growth and unity of the engineering program.

the four students involved in the incident and makes recommendations for how to change the University’s policies on harassment. Committee chair Kelli Rogers, a junior in political science and Student Senate pro-tempore, said getting the bill how the committee desired was difficult. “The hardest process was to figure out what the students wanted,” she said. “We are supposed to be the voice of the students.” Rogers said committee members spoke to constituents at length about how to draft the bill and make it representative of student concerns. “The committee met for more than 20 hours,” Rogers said of the drafting process. “This bill is very strong.” Rogers said she was glad to see the amount of cooperation from senators during the last few days. “It’s one of the most cooperative efforts I’ve seen Student Senate do in a long time,” she said. “I’ve gotten input from more than committee members.” When the Student Senate meets tonight, Rogers said she expects the bill to pass. “The larger majority of the Student Senate is fully behind the bill,” she said. “There may be more amendments, but it will pass. It needs to be passed.”

“Academically, N.C. State is renowned for being an engineering school,” Henrion said. “Everyone should be proud of that fact.”

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Build good credit this holiday season THE ISSUE:

Students are too loose with credit cards, especially around the holidays.

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Students need to learn good spending habits for the future.

THE SOLUTION:

Students can set budgets and use credit cards for small, manageable purchases to build credit.

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he holidays are coming up, and students often feel obligated to buy extravagant gifts for friends and family. But do not fall into the trap of debt this winter. According to a Georgetown University’s Credit Research Center, college students carry an average of $552 in credit card debt. Students often feel peer pressure to live beyond their means and often abuse credit cards, which is a burden on top of student loan debt. Credit scores not only affect purchasing cars or houses, but a low credit score can also hinder a person’s opportunity for em-

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ployment. Employers not only can look at criminal records, employment history and even Facebook accounts but can also look at credit scores to help determine if an applicant is right for the job, according to employmenttimesonline.com. With the ailing economy, having a good credit report may make or break future graduates looking for employment. According to Forbes.com, the average U.S. household had $9,840 in debt in 2007. Students can break this statistic by staying out of debt now and in the future.

The no. 1 rule to prevent debt is to keep a budget and stick to it. In addition, try to buy things that can be returned or exchanged and keep receipts in case you find a better deal somewhere else. Also, shop around for the best deal. Pricegrabber.com compares the prices of products from different stores and Web sites and can help someone stay in budget. Another option is to give sentimental gifts to the people you love instead of expensive presents. Winter vacation is not just a break from school. It is a time to spend quality time with loved ones. Sentimental gifts show that

you put thought into their gifts. Another tip to keep good credit is to use credit cards for small purchases, such as meals and gas, and not purchase anything more expensive than what you can afford. College is an ideal time to build good credit, and credit cards can be an engine for economic expansion and growth. In addition to making new, good habits, students must break old, dangerous habits. These bad habits include getting new credit cards to pay off another cards bills. Free credit counseling is another option to help those in need of relief. This holiday season, be smart: use your brain and your credit card wisely.

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e kept hearing about the race issue every time then Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama’s name was mentioned. Some people thought the Brad le y eff e c t w ou l d disadvantage Obama — Saja Hindi where voters Editor-In-Chief said in polls they would vote for him out of fear of being called racist, but would get to the polls and not vote for him because of that same reason. Then there was the whole rumor of him being Muslim. Obama, the Arab terrorist. All of it bothered me because it shouldn’t matter what religion he subscribes to or where he’s from, and it’s sad to see how many people still believe those stereotypes. But as one of my f r iend s sa id, “We know racism still exists because people are saying we elected a black president, not just a president.” And of course, the nex t day at N.C. State, racist graff iti is drawn in the Free Expression Tunnel. I was torn. The journalist in me was yelling free speech. The Muslim in me was sympathetic to the cause. Regardless, the University had to do something. Our image was already perceived as intolerant in a lot of people’s eyes, especially after the toilet paper noose incident last year. While the University made a big deal of addressing

diversity after that incident, everything just kind of fell off the table and people began to let the dialogue cease. That’s our problem. We are too reactive and not proactive enough. We need to promote dialogue — but not dialogue that only addresses one viewpoint. People think the way they do for different reasons, and before we can overcome barriers, we need to have these discussions. The four students who painted the racist messages should not be expelled because that doesn’t solve anything. They are not learning from their actions or changing their viewpoints on race. And while, I, in no way condone the written statements — which were hurtful and which, if the University didn’t address right away, would have incited anger and possibly riots — these students have something to say. It could be that they wrote the messages while drunk, or that they regret what they wrote. It could be that they believe in what they wrote. But we won’t know unless we listen to them. So, I am inviting you, the accused students, to come for wa rd a nd tell us what you think. Technician will publish whatever you write or will write a story based on interviews that you grant us. We will keep your names anonymous as long as you can verify who you really are. But we are here to promote discussion of all viewpoints. The University wants closure to the incident, and that can’t happen until we hear the other side of the story.

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Don’t take away free speech I am outraged by the recent attempts to undermine the principals of free speech. Barack Obama issues his views on the principal of free speech through his Web site, with his concerns for Cuba stating “Never, in my lifetime, have the people of Cuba known freedom.” Obama describes what injustices Cuban people suffer, which he would change:”Cubans must begin with jus-

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ollege is the gateway to having an edge over the others in the workplace, and with final exams starting in a few weeks, the competition is heating up. But take a step back — are you sure a l l your anxiety about grades Paul McCauley a n d j o b Viewpoint Editor prospects is the only thing you should worry about now? As The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy eloquently put it, my advice is: “Don’t Panic.” But I would add that we don’t live in bubbles, and we need to realize that personal issues with relationships, family or fitting in will have an impact on our grades. By themselves, academic concerns usually aren’t the only reason students will be stressed enough to go for help. Dr. Michael Bachman, associate director of the Counseling Center, said students who come to the center with academic concerns usually

have other issues going on in their lives. According to Bachman, this may be due to the Counseling Center’s ability to handle more students or the annual increase after the first extended break as the semester kicks into full gear and professors hand out grades and major projects. Yet has anyone considered the possibility we might not be taking enough time for ourselves? Robert Putnam, a professor in political science at Harvard, coined the phrase “bowling alone” to describe America’s decline in strong social ties and the negative consequences. Steve McDonald, an assistant professor in sociology, said the research is not definitive on the “bowling alone” concept. Regardless, McDonald said there has been a shift away from strong personal ties to weaker, informal connections, particularly with the rise of new communication tools and social networking. Facebook is a great example of this. McDonald and Bachman mentioned how Facebook’s emergence as a new social networking tool has moved students away from routine, face-to-face interactions. This is a problem

waiting to happen. While e-mail, text messages and the various social networking sites give us a quick, easy way to get in touch with a large number of people, we’re losing out on face-to-face communication and closer connections with the people around us. If you aren’t more than just an e-mail address to your professors and instructors, you’re going to have a problem. You need to communicate with the person controlling your grade, or you don’t even have a chance at figuring out what you need to do to take care of your grades. And if you can’t take care of something as simple as a talk with your professor about your grades or upcoming exams and projects, how do you expect to deal with a confrontation with an online friend? While you may be looking to cram for exams, pull allnighters to finish projects and papers then use Facebook to occupy yourself during the down time, I urge you to reconsider. Send your thoughts to letters@technicianonline.com.

tice for Cuba’s political prisoners, the rights of free speech, a free press and freedom of assembly” I reference this to say the situation of hate speech is an issue of free speech. As ignorant and distasteful as it may be, it’s still free speech. It is my hope in the near future the outcries the Student Government and campus administrators will face will not compromise their ability to make a decision for the rights to free speech.

It is my unwavering belief that the four students could never have imagined the energy and positive potential that has been derived from the outrage at their hate speech. Through their actions, they have created a forum about race which would have never existed without their expression of their views. It is through their actions, the community of Wolfpack faithful has responded to in a forum of viewpoints.

We must utilize our powers of free speech in order to speak. Say whatever it is that you wish to say In an act of defiance to the authors of hatred spray your viewpoint tomorrow night in Free Expression Tunnel!

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Paying for Bad credit score? College 101

It may come back to haunt graduates EMPLOYERS, FINANCIAL AGENCIES MAY CONSIDER CREDIT SCORES WHEN REVIEWING APPLICATIONS STORY BY JESSIE HALE

CREDIT BY THE NUMBERS

Seeing ads about how easy it is to get up to $40,000 for college?

$552

amount of debt, on average, college students carry

$1,465

amount of debt, on average, that people ages 18 to 22 who are not enrolled in college carry

15 $7,500 $2.6 trillion $8,700 $2,052 billion 70 percent of Americans have a credit score of less than 550

amount of money the average adult is able to obtain in credit

That “easy money” is probably a high-interest loan— which won’t be easy when it’s time to pay it back.

amount of consumer credit card debt

amount of credit card debt the average household carries

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total amount Americans charged on their credit cards in 2007

percent of homes that are occupied by their owners have a mortgage SOURCE: MONEY-ZINE.COM

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s graduating students accept their diplomas in four weeks, some might be thinking only of newfound free time, others of how and when they’ll catch up with friends. But looming over most of their graduation caps could be concerns of finding a job, buying a car and a house, and even starting a family. A three-digit number, your card and tells the bank to put a credit score, can make it difficult $500 limit on it that it will not and expensive to move on to that increase without the student’s next phase in life. permission. In this post-bailout economy, Carter tells his students to use banks, insurers, employers, land- credit cards for small necessilords, and utility companies are ties like groceries and gas and looking at your credit score more for emergencies, but he warns closely than ever, so it is essential his students to record these purto know what the score means chases so they can repay balances and how you can take control in full each month. of it. “I know my credit score is low Taylor Jones, a senior in engi- from not using any credit,” Eric neering, said he recently got into Flynn, a junior in engineera car accident and hopes to buy ing, said. “I need to get a credit a car before graduation. card, but it takes forever to get “I haven’t checked my credit credit on it, and I wouldn’t use score though,” he said. “I’m not it enough.” sure how it will affect what kind Ideally, when a person chooses of car I’m able to buy.” a credit card, it should be one Every time a person bounces with no application fee and a a check, pays a bill late or maxes low annual fee, according to out a credit card, a credit-report- “9 Ways to Build Credit from ing agency records the transac- Scratch” on MSN Money, a Web tion. site that provides financial advice This information is compiled for families. for every person to generate a The card should also be rethree-digit score that banks use ported to all three credit buto determine reaus because whether a perproperly using son is a good a card won’t credit risk or a help a person’s bad credit risk. credit score if it The most isn’t reported. frightening Specific store thing, accordcards, like a ing to personal Belk’s card or finance lecturer a gas card, can David Carter, is also help you that companies begin establishare using credit ing credit, MSN Taylor Jones, scores to see Money stated. how good of an The fastest senior in engineering employee an apway to get a plicant will be. credit history These companies claim that is to “piggyback” on someone studies show people with low else’s credit, according to MSN credit scores get sick more often Money. and take more sick leave than A person with low or no credit those with higher credit scores. can be added to a credit card as Companies are looking to de- a joint account holder or have a crease health care costs, he said, parent cosign a loan. so they are more likely to hire If the cosigner has a good credit the person with a higher credit score, interest rates will be low, score because of the supposed but if the cardholder is late makcorrelation with health and work ing a payment or misses a payoutput. ment, it will negatively affect A perfect credit score is an 850, both signers’ credit scores. but a score of more than 680 is Paying utility bills on time, considered a good score. having a low balance on credit The higher the score, the more cards and having a checking and likely people will be able to get savings account are also ways to credit cards or loans with lower build credit. interest rates, but to establish Everyone is allowed one free credit they have to prove their credit report check annually, ability to repay. according to MSN Money, so it To begin establishing credit is a good idea to see where you worthiness, Carter recommends rank and to make sure no one that a student gets one credit has stolen your identity. If a person’s credit score is on the low side, there are many ways to improve it. The key, Carter said, is to be proactive and to communicate. Carter recommends students sit down with their bankers and ask for help. He suggests consolidating all debt onto a single credit card with a low interest rate and making payments on it each month.

“I haven’t checked my credit score. I’m not sure how it will affect what kind of car I’m able to buy.”

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TWO CENTS Progress Energy bills on the rise Progress Energy bills will start going up in December for business and residential customers due to the rising cost of coal. The average residential bill is expected to increase by 10.2 percent, bringing the average bill total to $106.78 from the current $96.86. Rates will also continue to rise over the next two years, sparing customers from a drastic all-at-once spike, which saves the average bill from going up another $6 a month. Increased prices of coal and natural gas are mostly to blaim for the rise as the cost of both have hit record highs in 2008. There are 1.25 million Progress Energy consumers in North Carolina. SOURCE: WWW.BIZJOURNALS.COM/ TRIANGLE

Struggling economy impacts holiday traveling The American Automobile Association announced that about 41 million Americans will travel 50 or more miles over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. This number has dropped by about 600,000 people since last year making it the first drop in Thanksgiving travel since 2002. The AAA also said about 81 percent of total travelers are expected to drive, down 1.2 prcent from last year. However, drivers will be seeing cheaper prices at the pump as gas prices continue to drop. According to AAA, the nationwide average from unleaded gasoline is $2.068. Last year’s average was $3.095. About 11 percent, or 4.54 million, of the total travelers plan to fly, showing a 7 percent decrease from last year. 3.26 million, or 8 percent, of Americans plan to travel by train, bus or other modes of transportation. SOURCE: WWW.BIZJOURNALS.COM/ TRIANGLE

Consumers expected to spend less on holiday gift cards Gift card purchases are expected to drop this holiday season due to the poor economy. Gift card sales will fall nearly 6% this season says the National Retail federation’s annual gift card survey. Profits are expected to be a 24.9 billion, a drop from 26.3 billion last year. Consumers are expected to spend an average of $147.00 on gift cards this year, which has dropped from $156 in 2007. Men are expected to spend the more money on gift cards this season, with an average of nearly $157. Consumers over the age of 45 are expected to spend the most with an average of $168. The NRF also reported that most consumers feel that gift cards are too impersonal and would prefer to buy merchandise on sale this year. However, the survey did reveal that nearly 55 percent of consumers will ask for gift cards this year, up from nearly 54 percent last year. SOURCE: WWW.BIZJOURNALS.COM/ TRIANGLE

WEEKLY ROUNDUP Despite a record drop in wholesale prices, the markets closed higher yesterday. The Dow jumped 151 points to close at 8425 and Nasdaq added one point to close at 1483. Bank of America Corp. close: 15.19 change: +0.16 (+1.06%) volume: 149,135,109 market cap: 69.3B BB&T Corporation close: 26.55 change: -0.05 (-0.19%) volume: 11,109,833 market cap: 14.6B Capital Bank Corp close: 7.26 change: -0.92 (-11.25%) volume: 6,680 market cap: 81.5M Wachovia Corp close: 5.26 change: -0.01 (-0.19%) volume: 95,967,064 market cap: 11.4B

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To little avail, car industry execs meet about tanking auto sales $25 billion to Detroitbased companies might not gain ground Alison Harman Features Editor

Three chief automotive industry executives testified before the Senate Banking Committee Tuesday in an attempt to garner support for federal aid that, they argue, could prop up a collapsing national industry. Democratic leaders in the Senate, however, said the $25 billion stimulus package — which would come from the $700 billion allotted to Wall Street’s bailout — did not gain enough ground among senators, according to a New York Times report. Rick Wagoner of General Motors, Alan Mulally of Ford and Robert Nardelli of Chrysler each took their time before the committee to emphasize the American-made companies’ influence on the both country’s auto market and citizen employment. “We directly employ approximately 96,000 people in the United States,” Wagoner said. “We have more than 2,000 suppliers located in 46 states. We purchased $36 million in goods and services from them last year.” The Detroit-based companies have suffered substantial loss this year — a loss that only added fuel to an industry that has grown increasingly weak for decades — according to economist and professor of

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economics Michael Walden. “The American companies — Chrysler, Ford, General Motors are losing money, and they’re in danger of having to cease operations. They have had problems competing for several decades, but their problems have become greater during the economic recession.” The recession, which Walden said was triggered by a failing housing market, has created an environment in which people are less likely to buy cars. Unemployment rates for October rose .4 percent to 6.5%, and although average hourly wages rose by $.04, the increase goes mainly toward paying for the cost of inflation. And this type of economy doesn’t foster expenditures that run receipts of thousands of dollars, Walden said. “People reduce their purchases of automobiles during recessions,” he said, adding that a credit crunch has hindered even those who are willing to buy cars

HOW AUTOMAKERS FARED IN 2008 Company

Sept. 2008 sales

Change

Market share

General Motors

282,806

–15.6 %

29.3 %

Toyota

144,260

–32.3 %

15.0 %

Ford

120,355

–35.5 %

12.5 %

Chrysler

107,349

–32.8 %

11.1 %

Honda

96,626

–24.0 %

10.0 %

Nissan

59,565

–36.8 %

6.2 %

Volkswagon

24,937

–8.2 %

2.6 %

Hyundai

24,765

–25.4 %

2.6 %

Mercedez-Benz

18,792

–16.4 %

1.9 %

BMW

18,525

–25.8 %

1.9 % SOURCE: AUTODATA

from doing so. “People are having more trouble getting the financing to buy anything.” If GM, Ford or Chrysler have to halt or slow production due to their record-low sales, almost 100,000 people would be laid off from their industry jobs, and a million regular stockholders would lose their investments. A second automobile industry that is located in the South

CREDIT

Carter, they cost money and are intended for people who are in continued from page 5 severe debt and are “too lazy to get off their butt and do someWhen cardholders sit down thing.” and talk with their bankers, Carter also recommends that credit reports show that they students set up their budgets on took a proactive approach. When Excel spread sheets and list all cardholders pay off debt, their monthly expenditures and as credit score goes up. well as their monthly incomes, “Banks know that 20-year-olds so they can save. make mistakes,” If st udent s C a r t e r s a id . start building or “They want you repairing their to succeed.” credit scores He said Clark today, Carter Howard, a radio said, they will talk show host save hundreds who gives conof thousands sumer tips, sugof dollars in ingests that if you terest fees that have more than they won’t have one credit card, to pay. David Carter, you should put “There is no personal finance lecturer them in a buckmoney to boret full of water row right now,” and literally freeze them. Carter said. “But if I went out Canceling the cards will look to borrow money tomorrow, I bad on your credit score, but could do it. It is all about being you have to make sure you do disciplined and living frugally.” not have access to them. Credit repair programs are another option, but, according to

“There is no money to borrow right now. ... It is all about being disciplined.”

— one that Walden said is “primarily based on foreign automobile producers like Toyota, Honda and Mercedes who have factories in the South” — could profit from the Detroit-based industry’s downfall. “Over time, they might actually gain ground because they wouldn’t have as much competition from Detroit,” Walden said.

ACCUMULATING DEBT The average amount of credit extended to students was $1,395, which was considerably less than the $3,581 in credit obtained by non-students of the same age. College students are more likely to pay off their credit card balance than any other demographic group studied. And while students are much more likely to pay off their balances, they tend to pay late and exceed their credit limits more frequently than other groups and therefore incur more fees than other groups. Americans charged approximately $2,052 billion to their credit cards in 2005 — that’s with $12,500 in charges each year per cardholder. This information includes all credit card types, including bank cards, phone cars and credit cards issued by oil companies and retail stores. Americans carried approximately $832 billion in credit card debt, and that number is expected to grow to a projected 1,091 billion dollars by the year 2010. This works out to approximately $5,000 in credit card debt per cardholder. SOURCE: MONEY-ZINE.COM

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tioned much or thought much of anything. We didn’t expect anything like that to happen.

see some of the errors and mistakes we made on defense,� Yow said. “I was really disappointed in our team defense tonight.� Yow also said she wasn’t pleased that State let Elon’s shorter players drive all the way down the lane. The Pack struggled from beyond the arc. Prior to Tuesday’s matchup, the team was shooting 41.4 percent from downtown. But State did not continue the

Technician: When did she sit you down and tell you? Vera: She told us the [Tuesday] after our season ended. She had told us our last game against Florida State we were going to have a meeting, and she even asked me and Tami to come even though we were done with our season already. That is when she told us. Technician: What were everybody’s emotions like at that meeting? Vera: Some people were kind of prepared thinking it was going to be something big, just because we knew something was different. People could sense something — It still hasn’t really set in that she’s gone. It is a huge change for the players, the program, the school, for Kerrigan herself. Some girls were pretty upset. Some girls were pretty speechless. As prepared as some people thought they were, we weren’t until it came out of her mouth. Technician: Did she give you any indication as to the main reasons for [her resignation]? Did her two young kids play a factor in her decision? Vera: She was looking out more for this team and the program. She explained it to us that she’s

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Senior forward Lindsay Vera evades North Florida junior midfielder Whitney Colburn during the Pack’s match up with the Ospreys earlier this season.

had 11 seasons now, and that while it didn’t work out as well as anyone would have hoped, she gave a lot to this school and to this soccer program. It’s hard for anyone in her position to make that decision, but with her boys — and also her husband Tony

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has given up a lot for her to work this job too — It wasn’t just like because of one thing, there were plenty of reasons. She just wanted to give someone else a chance to run the program.

“But in a game like this, you don’t like to see some of the errors and mistakes we made on defense� Coach Kay Yow early season trend, going 0-12 from outside. Yow attributed part of the poor play to the team’s tired legs. This was the Pack’s third game in four days, and Yow held a full practice on the off-day. “Having to go three games in four days and that practice, I think that was a factor,� Yow

said. “I’m not using that as an excuse, but I think it made a difference for us, because we are trying really hard to do things well.� State goes on the road for the next five games, playing in two tournaments and then at Michigan in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The team’s next home game is Dec. 7 against Florida.

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OPPONENT

LOCATION

RESULT

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Oct. 4

Army, Citadel

Charleston, S.C.

2nd: 4,481 pts.

in it and trust it, because it allows you to do what you do.� Bullard initially went with a technique similar to Melochick’s, naming her air rifle “Faithe� and her smallbore rifle “Hope.� “Keith didn’t like my smallbore rifle being named Hope because he seemed to think it had a negative connotation,� Bullard said. “We needed to find something that was more powerful, something that said, ‘I can do this.’� Bullard, who says she loves Greek mythology, opted to name her new smallbore rifle “Artemis� after the Greek goddess, a huntress who used arrows that were swift and painless. Faithe, which Bullard said she has “no idea why� is spelled with an ‘e’ on the end, has led to numerous inside jokes within the

Oct. 11

SEARC #1

Charleston, S.C.

1st: 2,304 pts.

Oct. 25

SEARC #2

Raleigh, N.C.

1st: 2,287 pts.

Nov. 15

SEARC #3

Dahlonega, Ga.

1st: 2,285 pts.

Jan. 17

Nebraska

Morgantown, W. Va.

Jan. 18

West Virginia

Morgantown, W. Va.

Jan. 19

Palmyra Tournament

Palmyra, Pa.

Jan. 31

Kentucky

Oxford, Miss.

Jan. 31

Memphis

Oxford, Miss.

Feb. 1

Mississippi

Oxford, Miss.

Feb. 14

Collegiate Sectional

Morgantown, W. Va.

Feb. 28

GARC Championships

Oxford, Miss.

Mar. 1

GARC Championships

Oxford, Miss.

Mar. 7

SEARC Championship

Charleston, S.C.

Mar. 13

NCAA Championships

TBD

Mar. 14

NCAA Championships

TBD SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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NWCA All-Star Classic invites Darrion Caldwell The National Wrestling Coaches Association All-Star Classic invited junior wrestler Darrion Caldwell to participate in the annual competition on Tuesday. Caldwell will be the first N.C. State wrestler to compete in 16 years. The contest, to be held at Ohio State University this year, pairs the two best wrestlers in the nation in all 10 weight categories. Caldwell will go up against No. 1 ranked Brent Metcalf of Iowa in the 149 pound category on Nov. 24. Last year, Caldwell marked Metcalf’s record with the only blemish of his 35-1 season. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Bobby Mack given ACC honors Sixth-year-runner Bobby Mack was named the ACC’s men’s cross country performer of the week on Tuesday after placing second overall at the NCAA Southeast Regional in Clemmons, N.C. Mack, an All-American for the Wolfpack in 2004, led the cross country team to a third place finish at the event. Although only the top two teams are automatic qualifiers for the NCAA Championships, the Wolfpack discovered on Monday they would be selected to receive an at-large bid to the championships, which will be held in Terre Haute, Indiana Nov. 24. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Thursday MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ MARYLAND INVITATIONAL College Park, Md. VOLLEYBALL VS. FLORIDA STATE Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. Friday MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ MARYLAND INVITATIONAL College Park, Md. VOLLEYBALL VS. MIAMI Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “It still hasn’t really set in that she’s gone. It is a huge change for the players, the program, the school, for Kerrigan herself.” Lindsay Vera, a former women’s soccer standout, on Laura Kerrigan stepping down from her head coaching position

DID YOU KNOW? Wrestler Darrion Caldwell’s upcoming match against No. 1 Brent Metcalf of Iowa in the NWCA All-Star Classic will fall on the exact one-year anniversary of Caldwell’s match with Metcalf last season. Caldwell won the match, pinning Metcalf in 1:40.

COMING SOON

Thursday: A feature on the new intramural sport of wiffleball.

• Page 7: Continuations of the stories on women’s basketball, rifle and Lindsay Vera

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Wolfpack surges Q&A with Lindsay Vera past Phoenix L

indsay Vera, who played her last collegiate game Nov. 2, was a key player during her entire tenure with the women’s soccer team. She was recently named to the All-ACC second team for the third year in a row and officially invited to a combine for a new professional women’s soccer league, called Women’s Professional Soccer. Senior staff writer Samuel T.O. Branch sat down with Vera to talk about her career, what’s next and the resignation of coach Laura Kerrigan.

N.C. State jumps to an early lead after a cold first half of shooting for Elon Samuel T.O. Branch Senior Staff Writer

The women’s basketball downed Elon 65-41 Tuesday night in Reynolds Coliseum. The game could have been much closer, but the Phoenix had a dismal opening period from the floor, shooting only 17.9 percent. Elon matched the Wolfpack early in the game, jumping out to a 6-2 lead after seeing State miss its first four shots. But after being ignited by a jumper from senior Shayla Fields, the Pack quickly answered going on a 21-2 run. At one point, the Phoenix was scoreless for almost seven minutes. After finishing the first half up 35-16, State came out cold to start the second half “We went through those periods of time when we were shooting less than 20 percent at one point in the second half,” coach Kay Yow said. But the Pack would recover, and widen the lead that had shrunk down to 11 back up past 20 points. From then on, State never looked back. All game, the Pack continued to take advantage of Elon’s lack of size. The Phoenix has only has one player over six feet, compared to five for State, and that player never saw action. Sophomore forward Tia Bell was able to use her 6foot-3 frame to her advantage against the smaller Phoenix lineup. Bell posted a doubledouble with 17 points and 13 rebounds, both career highs. “My concentration was on

Technician: When did it set in that you were no longer a student-athlete? Vera: It hasn’t really set in yet, only because after every fall season we get some time off. But now when I come up [to the Weisiger-Brown athletic facility] and when I see the girls lifting and I wasn’t there because of school or obligations, it starts to feel really weird.

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Forward Brittany Strachan passes the ball Tuesday’s game against Elon. Strachan scored 12 points in the game and had six rebounds.

SCOREBOARD N.C.State 65 Elon 41 playing harder and [putting in] more effort, and then it just so happened that there was a missmatch in the post and my teammates saw the opportunity,” Bell said. The game did open up some concerns for coach Yow. She was actually disappointed in the defensive effort the Pack showed, despite Elon’s low shooting per-

BY THE NUMBERS Points 17 Rebounds 13 Blocks 5 61.5 Shooting % SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

centage. “You look at the stats, and they look somewhat good. But in a game like this, you don’t like to BBALL continued page 7

Technician: You have been named now either to the Allfreshman team or All-ACC for your entire tenure here. How proud are you of all of those accomplishments and how much does it mean to you? Vera: I am very proud. I remember saying at the beginning of the season interviewing with someone else that I wanted to, as far as individual awards, get on an All-ACC list somewhere — I was a little shocked that I was actually named to it, just because of our record and just the difference in my ACC stats compared to the last years — I was glad I could end my senior year with something again, I didn’t want to go out without no ACC-anything. Technician: When were you officially invited to the WPS [Women’s Professional Soc-

cer] combine? Vera: It was around [Nov. 4]. They sent out an email saying congratulations and gave me all of the information. I was a little freaked out, but obviously I was happy. Technician: Where you planning on pursuing something professionally before you got the invitation? Vera: I was hoping to try to get invited. I had spoken with a few coaches from other schools and places asking their opinion on how to get to the next level. They explained the whole situation and everything I should be looking for and trying to do. I wasn’t sure when an invitation would have been sent out, so getting it was a big relief. My whole plan ever since I’ve been here was to go on professionally playing soccer, so I’m pretty happy about the opportunity. Technician: Whenever Laura Kerrigan stepped down — was that a decision made prior to the end of the season that you already knew about? Vera: She never really showed anything really — We did start to notice after some games that she was a little more down, but obviously we had a pretty rough season towards the end. People noticed stuff but nobody menVERA continued page 7

RIFLE

Wolfpack rifle team sticks to its guns The Pack’s shooters name their competition rifles

FAST FACTS ABOUT COLLEGIATE RIFLE COMPETITIONS

Kate Shefte Senior Staff Writer

Throughout history, naming inanimate objects has been a sign of endearment. Ship captains named their boats, and car aficionados assign monikers to their favorite vehicles. For their part, the N.C. State rifle team membes names their guns. Katie Siegert, a junior in business, says her rifles have a colorful history. “During my sophomore year, I was having some health issues, and my scores were going up and down,” Siegert said. “Some days it seemed like my rif le loved me, and other days it was the complete opposite.” Siegert’s English class had just finished watching Romeo and Juliet, and she found a character whose personality matched that of her finicky rifle. “Its name is Lady Rosaline,” Siegert said. “Rosie for short, if I’m mad at it.”

In division-I rifle, there are two main competitions—air-rifle and smallbore. Air-rifle uses a 0.177 caliber pellet. Shooters are spaced a distance of 10 meters from the target, and are given 60 shots. Each shot scores as 110 with 10 being a perfect shot. The smallbore competition uses a 0.22 caliber bullet and spaces shooters 50 feet from the target. The smallbore requires shooters to shoot 20 times from three positions—prone, standing, and kneeling. Shots are scored with a zero (miss) or a 3-10 with 10 being a perfect shot. A perfect score is 600 for both competitions. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Freshman Mark Nations calibrates an electronic target system called Noptel while practicing in the basement of Reynolds Tuesday night. Nations said the team recently got the system to work. “It’s been really nice to have around,” he said.

Siegert’s other rifle, a sleek, red and black gun, is named Kunoichi, which is a Japanese term for a female ninja. “I name them because they’re

like my best friends,” Siegert said. Christopher Melochick, a freshman in first year college, said he named his smallbore

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and air rifles “the Twins” because they both match. “It seemed like a good way to distinguish them from the other ones on the team,” Melochick

said. Samantha Bullard, a senior in biology, said she isn’t sure where or when the tradition of shooters naming their rifles started, but she offers this explanation for why it has continued. “It’s an emotional bond, between you and your rifle,” Bullard said. “You have to have faith RIFLE continued page 7

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