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Gaza empathizers petition politicians to end cease fire

Perdue to hold inauguration ceremonies

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Governor-elect to hold several parties to celebrate victory

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Students advocate for more humanitarian aid to needy through letter writing campaign Mariem Masmoudi, sophomore in political science, reserved a room in the D. H. Hill Learning Commons Thursday devoted to signing letters addressed to North Carolina federal representatives. The letters urge an immediate cease fire between Israeli forces and Palestinian Hamas, to allow humanitarian supplies to get through, to put pressure on Israel to end the blockade and allow the passage of supplies and strongly encourage the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations to join the international community in condemning the massacre of innocent civilians, Masmoudi said. She also said the letter calls for opening the border to Egypt. “Egypt needs to be more involved in humanitarian assistance as well as solving the problem itself,” Masmoudi said. The inspiration to do the letter campaign came while vacationing in California over winter break. “Three days ago I was in San Diego listening to NPR about what was going on and they were reporting that over 800 children checked into hospitals in Gaza for serious injuries,” she said. After hearing about the injured innocent children, Masmoudi said something really clicked inside. “I went to two protests in San Diego and they were really exciting, but protests don’t really get anything done,” she said. She said she immediately began planning for the event when she returned home, which was aimed to raise awareness of the Gaza crisis. The campaign was something she had never experienced before, she said, but was now in a perfect position to take action. “Obviously it wasn’t an event, per say -- it was just a way to get people excited and to help them feel empowered,” Masmoudi said. She said the campaign she created spread so widely, others around the states began to step up and take action. “The same thing [letter campaign] is going on at [Universtiy of California] Berkley, UCLA, schools around DC, Florida, UNC, it’s really really exciting,” Masmoudi said. Masmoudi said she believes Israel has the right to defend itself, but the response to the attacks is outrageous. “The humanitarian side of Israel’s response is just unacceptable,” she said. “I can’t even begin to justify the loss of their lives.” Masmoudi has many questions and concerns, specifically regarding the banning of inter-

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In protest to the violence in Gaza, Omer Arif, sophomore in biology, signs a letter that will be sent to members of Congress. Arif said he was signing “just to help out my brothers and sisters — it’s the least I can do.” The letter signing was held in the Learning Commons in D.H. Hill Library Thursday.

national press into Gaza and the opening of an all out war on the people of Gaza. “It’s a concern because what we know is only coming from the Israelis, we have no way to verify,” Masmoudi said. “Of course I don’t think they shouldn’t have retaliated against Hamas, they have not only the right, but the responsibility to defend their citizens,” Masmoudi said. The main goal of Masmoudi’s letter campaign was humanitarian aid. She said she wants the government to provide assistance to more than 3,000 citizens who are injured in hospitals and dealing with dwindling medical supplies. Masmoudi said all people, regardless of their stancs on the situation, should be concerned with the attacks that are taking place. Because of the limited supplies, Masmoudi said the United Nations needs to find alternative ways to get supplies into Gaza, regardless of the blockade. “The citizens of Gaza need those supplies whether Israel attacked the shipment or not,” she said.

Governor-elect Beverly Perdue will celebrate her Election Day victory with several parties and concerts today and Saturday before her official inauguration Saturday morning. Events began Thursday night and will continue this evening with a reception, a Gala Presentation and an Inaugral Ball. The “Governor-elect’s reception,” scheduled for tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Raleigh Convention Center Ballroom, is already sold out. The “Gala Presentation” and “Inaugural Ball” both still have tickets available. The presentation is in the Raleigh Convention Center Exhibition Hall and will feature numerous musicians. Tickets cost $200. The ball will begin at 9 p.m. in the Raleigh Convention Center. Perdue and her Council of State will be sworn in at 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning on the steps of the state library. Following the inauguration ceremony, a parade down Fayetteville Street will feature the Tryon Palace Fife and Drum Corps and area high school bands. The last event, a tour of the Executive Mansion, is scheduled to begin at 2:30 on Saturday. The weekend full of events will not only keep Gov.-elect Perdue busy but will also keep certain Raleigh area streets busy. Jones Street between Wilmington Street and Blount Street will close this morning and remain closed until the conclusion of the inauguration on Saturday

Gov. Bev Perdue. Courtesy bevperdue.com

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Friday: GOVERNOR-ELECT’S RECEPTION Raleigh Convention Center Grand Ballroom 6 to 7:30 p.m. Status: SOLD OUT GALA PRESENTATION Raleigh Convention Center Exhibition Hall 8 to 9 p.m. Status: Tickets available for $200 INAUGURAL BALL Raleigh Convention Center 9 p.m. to midnight Status: Tickets available for $125 SOURCES: BEVPERDUE.COM, JRALEIGH. ORG

morning. Cabarrus Street between Salisbury Street and McDowell Street will also close from noon today until the conclusion of the Inaugural Ball. The parade on Saturday will also impact numerous streets, including Fayetteville Street, Morgan Steet and Wilmington Street. The parade should be over by 2:30 p.m. Saturday. SOURCE: BEVPERDUE.COM

Former student sentenced in shooting Crips gang members and associates receive jail time, probation Preston Boyles Assistant News Editor MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTO

A pro-Palesteinian supporter holds a sign calling for the end of U.S. support for Israel during a rally in front of the Bell Tower Monday afternoon.

The letter campaign that began as an idea proved much more successful than Masmoudi imagined. Nancy Jalal, freshman in First Year College, said she signed the letter because innocent people are being killed and have nothing to do with the problem between the governments. Heba Oraby, junior in history, said any humane person should be concerned about why innocent lives are being taken.

“You see what happened with the Holocaust -- this is like a new Holocaust,” Oraby said. “They have nothing to go to, their homes are broken, half their families killed and all they have is rocks to protect them, and it’s really hard. It could be Germans, or Americans, it would still be inhumane.”

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A former N.C. State student, identified as a member of the Crips, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a shooting that occurred in Wolf Village July 28. Ryan Alexander Barnes was sentenced to seven to 10 years in prison on a felony assault charge. Around midnight on the night of the incident, Clarence Grubbs and Carolyn Pittman were sitting outside of the Wolf Village gazebo when three people approached and shot them. The shooting was the second time a person was shot at on campus in 14 months. Wake County Assistant District Attorney Jimmy Wilson said a member of the “Rollin’ 30s Set” of the Crips, Alex Dorsey, ordered Barnes to shoot Clarence Grubbs because he witnessed a robbery case in which Dorsey was involved, according to a WRAL report. Dorsey was worried Grubbs would testify against him in court, which led to the ordered attack. Grubbs was shot several times in the stomach and torso and Pittman was shot once in the foot. Dors-

ey, who was already in jail at the time, was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison. Capt. Jon Barnwell of Campus Police who has been involved with the case throughout the investigation said media such as T.V. and movies tend to glamorize gang activity. “Even educated people want to be a part of the gang life, it’s not just those of lower socioeconomic statuses. Students that are capable of making it into college are recruited into gangs at a young age,” he said. “It’s a choice that is made by the individual. Just because you are a good student and excelling in life doesn’t mean you make conscious choices.” Several others had roles in the shooting and were also sentenced. Leroy Barnes Jr., who has no relation to Ryan Barnes, was charged with assault with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and was sentenced to six to eight years. The other suspect in the case, Terrell Maurice Grimes was ordered to undergo counseling. His case will be under further review. Whitney Blakeney, the girlfriend of Ryan Barnes at the time of the shooting, was given a 45-day suspended sentence and 18 months of supervised probation for obstruction of justice.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s a choice that is made by the individual. Just because they are a good student and excelling in life doesn’t mean they make conscious choices.� Capt. Jon Barnwell

Monday BRAGGING RIGHTS BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION Carmichael Recreation Center, all day

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hris Kelly, a senior in veterinary medicine, observes Dr. Stephanie Szabo, resident at the School of Veterinary Medicine, expose the spleen of Kes, a thirteen-year-old Australian shepherd, during a scheduled splenectomy Thursday. “The spleen is definitely not supposed to look like that normally,� Kelly said. Kes was diagnosed with a possibly cancerous mass in her spleen approximately two weeks ago. After removal, the spleen will be submitted for a histopath to determine the exact nature of the mass.

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Morris Dees named 09’ Role Model Leader The Af rican-A merican Cultural Center and CSLEPS have named Morris Dees, civil rights leader and founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center, as the 2009 Role Model Leader, according to the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service. Dees will be speaking on campus in Stewart Theatreon Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, at noon. This event is free and open to the public. Throughout his life, Dees has pushed for equal opportunities for minorities and the poor. In addition to his work at the Southern Poverty Law Center, he travels the country speaking to universities, groups and associations. He has written three books, including Hate on Trial: The Case Against America’s Most Dangerous Neo-Nazi, which

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$173 million found in Madoff ’s office desk

According to prosecutors, 100 signed checks worth $173 million were found in Bernard Madoff’s office desk ready to be sent to his closest family and friends at the time of his arrest last month. A court-filing Thursday provided the information as prosecutors urged that Madoff be sent to jail. They said the checks were further evidence he wants to keep his assets away from the investors affected by his more than $50 billion financial fraud, alleged to be the largest financial fraud in history. The judge is expected to de-

UNIVERSITY COUNCIL Dorothy and Roy Park Alumni Center, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. BODY FAT AND BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGS Carmichael Recreation Center, 12 to 2 p.m. I HEART FEMALE ORGASM Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8 p.m.

records the trial and judgment against a white supremacist and his group who were responsible for beating a young black student to death. SOURCE: CSLEPS

Polk and Blount streets Lots 14, 34 and 35: Bordered by North Wilmington, Polk and Person streets. SOURCE: NC DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION PRESS RELEASE

Easley presents State parking ‘Booze It & Lose available for inaugural events It’ totals Students and visitors who plan to attend Saturday’s inaugural events for Governor-elect Bev Perdue may park for free in several state-owned parking areas. The lots include: Decks 64/66: Access from Salisbury Street Decks 75/76: Access from either Salisbury or McDowell streets Lot 25: Access from Peace Street Lot 5: Located behind the Cooper Building Lot 7: Located behind the Administration Building Lot 22: Located across from the Capital Building (west side) Lots 3, 32, 41, 42 and 52: Bordered by North, Wilmington,

The “ Booze It & Lose It� campaign, a traffic safety enforcement campaign sponsored by the Governor’s Highway Safety Program, generated 155,067 traffic and criminal citations in North Carolina, according to an announcement by Gov. Mike Easley Thursday. Of these 155,067 citations, 4,430 were issued for driving while impaired. Throughout the campaign, which took place from Dec. 1, 2008 to Jan. 4, state and local law enforcement officers regulated approximately 16,000 sobriety checkpoints. In addition, officers recovered more than 200 stolen vehicles, seized 1,128 criminals and issued 3,335 drug charges.

cide today or Monday if Madoff will remain free on bail in confines of his Upper East Side penthouse with an electronic ankle bracelet or be sent to jail. Assistant U.S. Attorney Marc Litt said Madoff cannot be trusted because he has been a part of a “scheme that involves constant lying which has resulted in damage to individuals, families and businesses.�

term negative impact on the country as a whole. Obama’s “American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan� is something Obama said will create more than 3 million jobs and help to jumpstart the economy. While Obama has not announced how much his plan could cost the government and taxpayers, some have estimated the plan could cost $800 billion. Obama said the plan includes tax cuts for businesses and middle-class workers. Obama continues to rally support for his plan, but the earliest it could be voted on is mid-February, once Obama is settled into his presidency.

SOURCE: WRAL

Obama calls for ‘dramatic action’

President-elect Barack Obama wants Congress to take “dramatic action� on his economic plans , adding that doing nothing could have a long-

SOURCE: CNN

Wake county accumulated the most citations throughout the campaign with total traffic and criminal violations reaching over 13,000. The Governor’s Highway Safety Program will sponsor several safety enforcement campaigns in 2009. Currently, the campaigns are as follows: March 13-17: St. Patrick’s Day “Booze It & Lose it� March 30-April 5: “No Need 2 Speed� May 18-31: “Click It or Ticket� June 29-July 5: Operation Firecracker “Booze It & Lose It� Aug. 21-Sept. 7: Labor Day “Booze It & Lose It� Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Halloween “Booze It & Lose It� Nov. 16-29: “No Need 2 Speed� SOURCE: GOV. EASLEY PRESS RELEASE

POLICE BLOTTER Jan. 6 2:20 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAM Witherspoon Student Center Officer conducted safety program. 2:23 P.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Alumni Drive/Main Campus Drive RPD requested assistance with traffic stop. 6:12 P.M. | CHECK PERSON Carroll Hall Report of subject asking for money. Officers checked area but did not locate anyone. 8:07 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Turlington Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. System reset. Jan. 7 10:21 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE College of Textiles Officers observed suspicious vehicle. Investigation revealed vehicle belonged to cleaning contractor employees. 7:01 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Schaub Hall Units responded to alarm caused by thermostat malfunction. FP notified.

Subway shooting leads to riots

Riots broke out after Oscar Grant, 22, was killed in a shooting by a subway police officer on January 1 in California’s Bay Area. The protests began in the early afternoon with 500 people gathered at the Fruitvale station where the shooting occurred. Following Grant’s funeral on Wednesday night, the protests turned violent, leading to a riot, vandalism and an assault on a police officer. The Oakland Police Department made 105 arrests, including a mass arrest of about 80 people, according to a CNN report.

9:06 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENT NCSU Bookstore WCSO officers monitored Bookstore Rush. 12:55 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORT Public Safety Center NCSU detectives assisted RPD with arrest of student for felony charges committed off campus. Disciplinary paperwork in process and Student Conduct notified. 3:17 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLE Venture Parking Deck Report of suspicious vehicle. Temporary tag and inspection had expired. Officers were unable to make contact with owner.

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Beware of illegal file sharing despite announcement THE ISSUE:

The RIAA announced it would cease its lawsuits against people alleged to have downloaded and distributed music via peerto-peer networks Dec. 23.

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While this is welcome news, particularly for students, this is not the end of the war over digital media sharing.

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Students should not take this as license to download music through illegal means and need to wait and see if the RIAA has other plans for dealing with illegal filesharing.

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or the time being, students will not need to worry about being served with a lawsuit from the Recording Industry Association of America regarding illegal peerto-peer sharing of copyrighted digital media. But don’t break out the champagne and start the parade yet — there may still be consequences for sharing copyrighted material via peer-to-peer networks on the horizon. With N.C. State being one of the top 25 offenders according to the RIAA, the decision to cease lawsuits against illegal filesharers may only mark the start of a new anti-piracy strategy. Pam Gerace, director of Student Legal Services, said if the news is true, it is a huge burden off the University. However,

Gerace is skeptical about the decision and what the impact on students might be, as students may still incorrectly believe that limiting the amount of copyrighted material they download will keep them out of trouble, when it is the peerto-peer sharing and distribution that is illegal. Gerace said there were occasions where a student had downloaded only one song and was served with a lawsuit. The RIAA’s previous lawsuits hinged on tracking IP addresses that illegally distributed copyrighted material via peer-to-peer networks. But the RIAA may now be looking to reach agreements with internet service providers to deal with

illegal filesharing by limiting or blocking internet connectivity to users who breach copyright laws. Gerace said the previous method of IP address tracking tended to turn up large numbers of students in dorms, as well as some graduate students and faculty and staff members — on-campus computing operates with a pool of similar IP addresses. Yet information regarding an agreement between the RIAA and ISPs is only speculation. Moreover, the RIAA has not taken lawsuits off the table, and downloading and sharing music now may only lead to a lawsuit later. Regardless, the University is committed to halting illegal

filesharing, and may consider programs to monitor and penalize illegal peer-to-peer filesharing by throttling down bandwidth to users who violate policy regarding copyrighted materials. Ultimately, this may simply be a strategic retreat by the RIAA. Gerace said the RIAA also has a strong lobbying presence, which has pushed for stricter controls, changes in the bankruptcy code to prevent prosecuted filesharers from declaring bankruptcy and alterations to the federal aid program to penalize universities that are top offenders. The bottom line: don’t download that new song just yet. If the RIAA isn’t watching, someone else probably is.

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very day it seems that something new is taken the way of the dinosaurs due to the global recession — Corporate jets, The Rainbow Room, Polaroids, Arena Football, Circuit City, Linens n’ T h i n g s , Sharper Image, Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual, the U.S. branch of DHL, even Russell Witham t he BroadSenior Staff Columnist way musicals R ENT a nd Hairspray. The story is disastrous as every new chapter unfolds, with few exempt from the carnage. Many in the peanut gallery are saying that all of those corporations got what they had coming. Years of overspending and mismanagement came back to righteously haunt them. The question is...how will we feel when the same global recession causes the end of recycling programs? As far as I know, my local recycling center was not involved in financial derivatives or predatory loans. But in this increasingly interconnected world, all businesses share the burden of economic stagnation. For years, private contractors bought up recyclable glass, plastic and paper. Not for the good of humanity, but because millions of dollars could be made by “going green.” In an article published December 8th in the New York Times, Matt Richtel and Kate Galbraith said that, “recycling programs have been driven as much by raw economics as by activism.” Richtel and Galbraith point out that over the last three months the price of recycled products has experienced a catastrophic drop. On the West Coast in October of last year, mixed paper — one of the principle recycled products — sold for $105 a ton. Now, the same paper sells for $20 a ton. Recycled tin, which once sold

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for $327 a ton, is now worth $5 a ton. Recyclables processors who used to pay for recyclable goods are now, in many cases, charging the cities who deposit those same goods. For instance, the city of Boston used to receive $50 a ton for recyclables, now they receive $5 a ton and may soon have to start paying to unload those recyclables. In large cities, like New York and Boston, receiving anything for recyclables is still better than paying as much as $80 a ton to put them in a landfill. Many smaller cities are not as fortunate, their recycling programs are in jeopardy of significant cutbacks. In many cases cardboard will be the only collected recyclable material. The problem lies in the fact that the world’s primary user of recycled goods is China, a country that for years took as much recycled material as we would send them. Now they only require a trickle of what they once needed as more and more Chinese businesses close their doors. The result is a massive stockpiling of recycled goods all across the country. Recyclables processors have no recourse but to charge more for what they take as their storage becomes packed with items of little to no value. Thankfully in the local area, the recycling programs for N.C. State and Wake County as a whole are operating normally. According to Lindsay Batchelor, program manager of Waste Reduction and Recycling, the University’s program is doing well. But as we exit the “Year of Energy” and as the global recession worsens, who knows what the future has in store? Perhaps a few “Years of Waste” are on the horizon? Send Russell your thoughts on recycling in the recession to letters@technicianonline.com.

RIAA’s cessation of lawsuits a stunt The RIAA’s claim that it will stop suing private individuals for file sharing, as repeated in Thursday’s article “RIAA makes short term changes to legal tactics,” is somewhere between an outright lie and a fairytale. RIAA spokesperson Cara Duckworth claimed that the RIAA had not filed new lawsuits “for months” according to a statement she made via the magazine Wired’s website in December. According to a list compiled by the Web site, Recording Industry vs. the People, the RIAA filed at least

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sually the conversation goes something like this: “Yeah, this semester we should totally exercise. I mean, how about right before lunch, we’ll hit up the racquetball courts. It’d be re a l ly nice to have more stami na . A nd maybe, if I spend Jay Goel some time Staff Columnist in the weight room, the ladies...” The conversation continues. “I’ve gotta bring up the GPA too. I didn’t do so hot in Strepsirrhine Osteology. I mean, it was a pretty boring class, and not very useful, but I totally could have done better. I’m going for As and Bs this time around.” By the end of the semester, however, there is no racquetball, there is no stamina and there are certainly no ladies. The GPA is lower. Gosh, I

can’t wait for summer break. I hate school. Having goals and not meeting them is really disappointing, and the last thing we students need is more disappointment in life. Thus I propose two solutions. The first one is easy: stop making goals. Let us be honest — none of us ever really expect to attain them anyway. Besides the feel-good-warm-fuzzy of having a semester plan, daydreaming about the gym is a waste of energy. Some of us are low-achievers religiously, and we’re happy to be that way. But some may not like the sound of that — it is difficult to accept that one will always remain a sedentary under-achiever. Which means that, maybe, this is the semester to head to the gym or the library. How cool would it be to have a semester where your GPA actually increases? Practically speaking, we’re all paying a lot of money to go here. At least, our parents are. Classes are pretty expensive, not to mention books. It doesn’t really make

sense to pay $100 for a book that you don’t even read, or thousands of dollars not to go to a professor’s class. If I paid a thousand dollars for a ticket somewhere, I’d be there, no matter what was going on stage, just to make sure that the performer was doing what I paid them to do. Same thing for the gym. We’re all paying fees to use the facilities (an indoor heated pool and free equipment rental!) and every day we don’t go is a waste. It beats any other gym membership. So, you know, try something new this semester: go to class! Go work out, or eat right, or actually do that goalthing that you had in mind. There’s nothing to lose by doing so — at best, it is squandered opportunity and lost money.

36 new lawsuits the same week she made that statement. Futhermore, the RIAA has claimed to various news agencies that it is giving up suing private individuals for file sharing in lieu if brokering an agreement with internet service providers to police their intellectual property rights. To date, no ISPs have confirmed that they have been approached by the RIAA about such an agreement according to the Digital Music News and the intellectual property watchdog group IP Watch. No matter what the RIAA’s claims

are, it has a long and continuing record of using their considerable financial resources to bully their customer base by misusing the American justice system to force people into a legal position where they don’t have the resources to adequately defend themselves. Via pre-settlement letters, the RIAA is able to extort thousands of dollars out of tens of thousands of people who are unable take on the large financial burden of a protracted legal defense. In many cases, the RIAA pursues legal action against private individuals without

any credible evidence whatsoever. Very recently, the Wall Street Journal was able to confirm that the RIAA was forced to fire it’s primary investigative company, MediaSentry, for illegally investigating potential file sharers and failing to produce evidence that met forensic and legal standards. That is just one more example of how the RIAA’s legal campaign in build upon misinformation and lies.

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“I’m not really affected anyway because the music I like is more underground and I get my CDs directly from the artist.” Lauren Hopper freshman, mathematics

“I don’t really share music, but I usually download music. The RIAA never really affected me.” Derek Rogers senior, internationial studies

“It’s irrelevant to me, didn’t know about it.” PJ Carini junior, business financing

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It all started last year. During the first weeks of last November, Pattie Hofland, sophomore in fashion and textile management, began designing her garment for Collection 2009: Cotton Couture. “I just thought I’d give it a try,” Hofland said. “I’ve never actually designed anything and this is only the second garment I’ve ever made.” Hofland describes how it took about a week of all nighters in a textiles lab to prepare her piece for judging on Dec. 17, when she would meet with the panel. The judging board included three Cotton Incorporated representatives, a member of the American Heart Association and a College of Textiles teacher. “Everyone was telling me that it was really nerve wrecking and that they were really hard on you, but they were really nice,” Hofland said. After careful inspection of Hofland’s garment through a series of questions about construction and a thorough, hands-on examination, Hofland was able to breathe a sigh of relief. “I found out in an e-mail about a week later that I got in and I was really excited,” Hofland said. “Now it’s just rehearsals and preparing for the show.” About the Show Cotton Couture is a collaboration between the Fashion program in the College of Textiles and Cotton Incorporated. While other university fashion shows include a variety of colleges in the design process, Cotton Couture displays the talents of only textile students, allowing each designer to show off their own unique abilities. Designers are divided into four categories: beginner, intermediate, advanced and collection. Collection designers submit at least four outfits total and met with the judging panel Wednesday. The competition is open to individual designers and has only one criteria—their designs must be 75 to 100 percent cotton. This proved to be a demanding restriction to some. “It did limit us from using other fabrics,” Lorenzo Agustin, senior in textile and apparel management, said. “It was definitely a challenge.”

However, Agustin, like many other designers, embraced the challenge and the experience brought with the extensive work. A Grand Experience Though the show will be making its debut on the 15th, nothing about it will on a small scale. “We are expecting 100 to 150 garments,” Sara Runfola, a sophomore in fashion and textile management and a designer for the show, said. “We are hoping to fill up all of Stewart Theater.” Designs will be a “range of everything,” Runfola said. Outfits featured in the show will be incorporating pants, dresses and even a trench-coat will be sported down the runway. “The point is to see how innovative you can get with cotton,” Runfola said. Participants hope that the show will have enough starting momentum to create an annual event. Agustin said that since the event is just for textiles students, it really gives them a chance to show off their unique design capabilities. “It’s a chance to see how the College of Textile students are, that we are very creative and we have a lot of true abilities,” Agustin said.

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teachers. Part of the proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit the program while another portion help fund the show. Go Red for Women will be celebrating national wear red day on Friday, Feb. 6. The American Heart Association encourages everyone to wear red as a simple yet powerful way to fight heart disease and stroke in women.

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Bookstore employee lifts nearly $350,000 A former Quail Ridge Bookstore employee was arrested the weekend before Christmas and charged with embezzling $348,975 from the independent store. The employee had been employed at the bookstore from 1998 to 2001 and from 2004 to September 2008.

Events for the 2009 Special Olympics Wake County Bowling Competitions will be held at Buffaloe Lanes Cary on Jan. 27, Buffaloe Lanes South on Jan. 30 and Feb. 2 and Buffaloe Lanes North on Feb. 6 and 8. The events are scheduled to last from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. and will host more than 300 athletes from 185 WCPSS classrooms throughout Wake County. More than 100 volunteers will be needed to help with the event in positions such as lane monitor, awards and concessions. Volunteers will receive a free T-shirt and training for their given position. Individuals interested in volunteering should contact Jennifer Tabery at 807-5402 or email at Jennifer.tabery@ ci.raleigh.nc.us to register. SOURCE: WWW.RALEIGH-NC.ORG

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Raleigh sees new recycling trucks New recycling trucks that allow crews to empty recycling bins into the truck rather than sort the material were introduced Jan. 1. The change gives crews the ability to cover more ground during their shifts.

Raleigh killings rose Homicides rose 48 percent reaching 34 killings, a drastic increase from 23 in 2007. The rise made it the highest ever in the city’s records that date back to 1970. The previous high came in 1994 at 31 killings.

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UNC lost to BC UNC-Chapel Hill suffered an embarrassing loss to Boston College, causing the team to lose its No. 1 ranking in the nation, its first ACC game of the season and its chance to go undefeated.

New TV show to kick off in Raleigh “Toughest Cowboy” announced its plans to kick off its 2009 National Tour on Jan. 3 at the RBC Center. The show will be produced by Mark Burnett. SOURCE: WWW.RALEIGH.MYNC.COM

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Local man saves Cary from Fannie and Freddie Cary local Ken Bell saw the brewing financial turmoil just in time to urge investors to pull out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac which saved the town $1 million. Bell is an investment advisor with Aspera Financial.

The Raleigh City Council decided to initiate a plan to create nearly 1,000 new metered spaces and raise rates in an effort to free up parking spaces in downtown Raleigh on Tuesday. Officials claim the boost in metered spaces will help increase turnover and benefit businesses. Rates will eventually rise from 50 cents to $1 an hour to help pay for the 140 meters which will cost the city about $1.6 million. City officials expect the meters to pay for themselves in about two years and plan to put future revenue toward paying off debts for parking decks and covering the city’s parking operations.

Rob Dun, assistant professor in Zoology, dives into mankind’s need to find and catalog everything that lives on earth in his new book titled ‚“Every Living Thing: Man’s Obsessive Quest to Catalog Life, From Nanobacteria to New Monkeys”. Dunn’s book explains that the problem is that each new discovery brings a sense of finality—a feeling that there is nothing left to find and only later do humans discover that they are mistaken. Dunn argues that most species on Earth have yet to be found and therefore many discoveries have yet to be made. Dunn combines personal experiences and biographical stories of major scientists such as Carl Linnaeus and Antonie van Leeuwenoek in an easy to understand prose. Dunn will hold a reading at Quail Ridge Books on Tuesday, Jan 13 at 7:30 p.m. and another at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham on Tuesday, Jan. 20.

Going RED While the show displays the hard work and talents of several textile students, that is not its only intention. “This is for a good cause,”” Runfola said. The show also promotes a meaningful and powerful organization that is a part of the American Heart Association. Go Red for women is a program celebrating women’s fight against heart disease and stroke. The red dress associated with the program has become a beacon of hope for millions as the program strives to meet its goal of a 25 percent reduction in coronary heart disease and stroke risk by 2010. The Go Red For Women program hopes to change the perception that heart disease is a “man’s disease” and educate women about the dangers and risks heart disease poses to them. Cotton Couture will be auctioning off a red dress— the emblem of the Go Red program—designed through a collaboration of

The Acorn Drop Raleigh rings in the new year by dropping a giant acorn during the First Night celebration. Some of the other events featured at the celebration were performances by various musicians, dancers and comedians and a parade on Fayetteville Street.

Chancellor James Oblinger announced Tuesday that Terri L. Lomax will be the new vice chancellor for research and graduate studies. Lomax’s resume includes over 20 years of experience and work at NASA. The vice chancellor oversees the administration of the university’s research and development expenditures, federal relations, research funding and compliance, the Graduate school and Centennial Campus partnerships. Lomax will be expected to manage a budget of more than $300 million in research expenditures and help the more than 7,000 graduate students on campus. Lomax was dean of NC State’s Graduate School before becoming an interim vice chancellor for research and graduate studies in June of last year. Before joining the university’s staff, Lomax worked at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. as division director of the Fundamental Space Biology Program followed by the deputy associate administrator for research for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate. Lomax’s appointment will go into effect on Jan. 12.

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A---- birthday party planned for Governor-elect Beverly Perdue has sparked controversy among some of her critics. The party’s organizers requested that attendees make a donation — ranging between $400 to $10,000. The question of who that money goes to is the cause of the controversy. Individuals can only make donations to candidates of up to $4,000. A spokesperson for the Democratic Party said the donations were not for Perdue, but for the party itself. However, those wishing to attend are asked to RSVP online at Perdue’s official website. SOURCE: WRAL.COM

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As editor of the Nubian Message, the University’s African-American student newspaper, Kishea Phillips’ job is to plan stories for the paper each week, assign those stories to writers, edit them and keep her staff organized and trained. In addition to her official responsibilities, Phillips occasionally writes articles and assists with designing the paper’s layout. Ultimately she is the one responsible for the Nubian Message. “I look at the entire paper before we send it to make sure everything is in order. The paper doesn’t go out unless I see it,” she said. That means Phillips spends much of her day tucked away in her office in the African American Cultural Center in Witherspoon Student Center, planning and editing the 12 to 15 articles that the Nubian Message publishes each week. Phillips said her favorite part of the job is interacting with the student body and finding out what their needs are. “I like knowing what’s important to the students and networking with them,” she said. The toughest part of the job is deciding which issues are the most important, according to Phillips. “Because we’re weekly, sometimes a lot of things happen and we have to decide what to put in,” she said.

but it’s their love for the student body that keeps them going. Meet Kishea Phillips, Megan Tierney and Jay Dawkins, three student leaders with a lot on their plates. Beside Phillips’, Tierney’s and Dawkins’ minio-profiles is an example of a typical week in each of their lives.

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Track springs into season to Virginia in December face an interesting challenge this week since many have been practicing for only one week. With pracTyler Everett tice for the spring season just Staff Writer beginning, success or failure The men’s and women’s track this weekend will likely depend teams are preparing for their on the amount of time and effirst meet of 2009 this Satur- fort put forth throughout the day at the Tar Heel Invitational offseason. in Chapel Hill. Many athletes Junior thrower Jason Jones did not participate in the CNU said the meet Holiday Open, will show the the first schedcoaches who uled meet of put in time in the season back the offseason in December, so and who did the team’s trip not. He preto Chapel Hill dicted that the will be the first meet would almeet for the low [spectators] majority of the to find out who participants. Coach Rollie Geiger on the was slack over One athlete su m mer a nd team’s early start that had sucfall. cess and found Jones dethe December meet to be a use- scribed the difficulty of comful start to the season was senior peting after preparing for such Mattie Bethea, who finished 4th a short period of time, but also in the high jump with a leap of said the meet promises to be ben5’06.00 She commented on the eficial because of the relatively value of an early competition low-stress nature of a January afterwards, saying the meet was track meet. “kind of like my warm-up.” “It is tough, especially comThe athletes that did not travel ing off Christmas break,” Jones

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“We will be competing into June, and this is just a starting point.”

said. “[But] it’s good to have a meet like this because you don’t have all that pressure right at the start.” Coach Rollie Geiger discussed both the difficulty and importance of a competition this early in the season when the majority of the athletes have had such a short time period to prepare themselves. “It will be a challenge, but we needed to get the season started in preparation for the ACC championships in February,” Geiger said. ìWe have not been here for almost a month, it’s a long year, we will be competing into June, and this is just a starting point.” Another benefit to the start of this track season, and to the beginnings of all athletic seasons, is the opportunity to get the first glimpse at promising freshman competing in their first collegiate meet. Bethea said watching freshmen run for their first time was a pleasure. “It is exciting to see what level they will be performing at,” she said.

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“It’s different because now we know that she is not coming back this year,” Fields said. “Two years ago, we didn’t actually know. Our job is to respond the way we did then - we have to stick together as best we can. Hopefully we will come out on top.” Glance said the team’s focus when Yow isn’t around has shifted as the players and coaches want to stay current on her health. “We have been working hard to prepare for ACC competition,” Glance said. “They have been giving great effort at practice. Our focus is on two major things. Yow and her health is first and foremost. The girls are able to text her and e-mail her to check in. Secondly, we are focusing on playing North Carolina and representing N.C. State the best that we can.” Practice norms and traditions have also changed without Yow

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in the ACC and I think a lot of guys are focused more than ever right now.” While playing in front of a hostile crowd against an undefeated

according to Glance, but she said the team has been adjusting. “Coach Yow has a certain clap and rhymes she does with us — we don’t do it when she’s not here,” Glance said. “The mindset before and after practice is when it’s really difficult for us. It’s always on our minds.” The team and coaches feel that if Yow is battling a disease, that gives them inspiration to make her proud. “We are trying to be consistent

with what she has set,” Glance said.”It’s almost like we are her students and she is the teacher. It’s our time. Even though she is facing the hardest opponent of all, you can never count Yow out. She has such a strong faith.” The team’s persistence in carrying on despite Yow’s absence embodies Yow’s poster message in Reynolds Coliseum that states: “Think positive. Never, ever give up. Don’t quit.”

and confident Clemson team could still be a daunting task for the Wolfpack, McCauley said if State sticks to its game plan and get’s going early in the game, the team should be able to finish. “A hostile crowd isn’t anything if you’re winning and putting a beatdown on the home team,” McCauley said. “That’s one thing we did well down in Florida was

to put them down and get their crowd out of it. We have to make our presence known early.” And with Saturday’s match-up, State can still make its presence as an ACC contender known early in the season, especially with a refocused team and a clean slate, according to McCauley.“This is where it matters most,” McCauley said. “ACC play.”

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&RIDAY GYMNASTICS VS. ILLINOISCHICAGO Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. 3ATURDAY MEN’S BASKETBALL @ CLEMSON Clemson, S.C., Noon MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD @ UNC-CHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, N.C., All Day 3UNDAY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL @ UNCCHAPEL HILL Chapel Hill, N.C., 1 p.m. WRESTLING @ HOFSTRA Hempstead, N.Y., 1 p.m.

QUOTE OF THE DAY “A hostile crowd isn’t anything if you’re winning and putting a beatdown on the home team. We have to make our presence known early.� SENIOR CENTER "EN -C#AULEY ON HIS TEAM S NEED TO PLAY WELL EARLY IN GAMES AGAINST !## COMPETITION

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COMING SOON #OVERAGE OF THE WOMEN S BASKETBALL GAME AGAINST 5.# #HAPEL (ILL AND THE GYMNASTICS MEET AGAINST )LLINOIS #HICAGO

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Women’s basketball coach Kay Yow disagrees with a call made by a referee as associate head coach Stephanie Glance looks on during a game this season. Glance will serve as the interim head coach in the absence of Yow for the remainder of the season.

Pack prepares for Tar Heels STATE VISITS CHAPEL HILL WITHOUT YOW FOR SECOND TIME IN HISTORY Candice Kasischke Staff Writer

The women’s basketball team opens up ACC play against undefeated rival North Carolina Sunday in the most anticipated match-up of the season, according to senior guard Shayla Fields. “Our rival, Carolina, is the game I am most looking forward to,� Fields said during the preseason. Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m. in the Dean Smith Center, but after an announcement that legendary coach Kay Yow would give up coaching for the remainder of the season, the Wolfpack (9-7) is dealing with major mental hardships and has shifted its focus from rivalry to healing.

“It’s a tough situation, but I think all our players and coaching staff are handling it the best way we can,� Fields said, the only senior of the team. “It’s a very emotional experience. We have been very positive and uplifting to each other.� Associate head coach Stephanie Glance, who has worked with Yow for fifteen years, feels prepared to slide into the interim head coach position not only for Sunday’s contest, but for the remainder of the 2008-09 season. “Coach Yow has taught us many things,� Glance said. “One thing that we apply now is flexibility — we are adapting and focusing on the task at hand.� Tia Bell, a sophomore forward, add-

ed that the team was adjusting well to Glance’s coaching style to be. “There are a lot of similarities,� Bell said. “Coach Glance can get in your face, but it’s for the better of the team. They do it to make us stronger.� The team went 16 games without Yow before, the legendary coach took a short leave of absence in 2007 but returned to lead the team to the sweet sixteen, but this year, things are different since Yow has said she will likely not return this season. Fields has faith in her team to carry on in their beloved coach’s absence in the upcoming game. HEELS continued page 7

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7OLFPACK ALL TIME RECORD WITH 9OW 7OLFPACK ALL TIME RECORD WITHOUT 9OW 9EARS OF PROGRAM EXISTENCE SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

THE LAST TIME )N . # 3TATE S ONLY OTHER VISIT TO #HAPEL (ILL WITHOUT 9OW THE 4AR (EELS DEFEATED THE 7OLFPACK SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Wolfpack set for clash with unbeaten Clemson State heads into Death Valley to take on undefeated Tigers Ty Johnson Deputy Sports Editor

Of the eight remaining charter members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson has to be one of the Wolfpack nation’s favorite teams to see on the schedule. N.C. State has won 68% of its 139 meetings with the Tigers while Clemson has routinely finished near the bottom of arguably the nation’s toughest basketball conference. But this year’s match-up in Death Valley is different the Wolfpack has struggled in clutch situations, dropping its three losses by a combined ten points due to turnovers and a lack of consistency in the backcourt, something senior center Ben McCauley said is vital for State’s success. “Point guard play in the ACC is crucial,� McCauley said. “There are some great guards and you have to be ready to match them and

surpass their energy.� But as important as guard play is in college hoops, the Pack has drawn a team somewhat similar to itself in makeup for its ACC opener, as big men Trevor Booker and K.C. Rivers have keyed the Tigers this season, especially in a decisive win over Alabama when Clemson went on a 14-0 run to go up big in the second half. And as if the match-up didn’t already contrast enough with ACC basketball status quo, Clemson is one of the nation’s three unbeaten teams remaining and enters Saturday’s contest 15-0. Pair that with State’s inability to win close games and most would be concerned the Pack will start ACC play with a loss, but redshirt junior Farnold Degand says the team is better prepared because of the recent close losses. “We’re still set up pretty well confidence-wise,� McCauley said. “Everyone’s kind of getting the feeling that we’re going to win one of those [close] games and I think going down to Clemson against a ranked, undefeated team is our best chance [at getting a win after] coming off the

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Florida game that we had and let slip away.� And focusing on not letting the big ones get away has been what coach Sidney Lowe has been stressing, according to redshirt junior Farnold Degand. “One of the things coach [Lowe] has been stressing is finishing games,� Degand said. “We watch those games and learn from it and just try to apply it to the next game.� Also not having the pressure of intensive classes and exams at this point in the season has the team rejuvenated, according to McCauley. “Anytime finals come around its tough to cram all the studying with basketball,� McCauley said. “This semester guys are relaxed and ready to go.� The time off has also helped the team get focused again after close losses over winter break to Marquette and Florida. “I think that [the week off] has been helpful for us,� McCauley said. “We’ve been able to concentrate on what we need to do and that’s win some games CLASH continued page 7

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Trevor Ferguson, a redshirt junior guard, works his way to the basket in the game against Winston-Salem State University in Reynolds Coliseum. Ferguson has missed time during State’s recent games, a trend that has crippled the Wolfpack’s backcourt.

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