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University switches antivirus providers Trend Micro will perform better than Symantec, according to the Office of Information Technology Alex Vaughn Staff Writer
The University is switching campus antivirus software from Symantec to Trend Micro this year. The new software offers better protection while utilizing fewer resources on the computers it is installed on, Neal McCorkle, information security officer, said. “Trend managed to have a
lot better virus definitions and culled a lot more viruses in our testing,” McCorkle said. “Trend actually updates virus definitions multiple times a day and Symantec just updated once.” The software is available to all students and staff at the Office of Information Technology Web site. Instructions for installing and using the program as well as uninstalling the Symantec software are also available on the Web site. McCorkle said the University is currently transitioning its computers to the new software. StuANTIVIRUS continued page 3
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Assistant Coach Kristen Gillespie comforts junior Lucy Ellison after a tribute to Kay Yow held in Reynolds Wednesday night. After the ceremonies, attendees were invited to come to the court and talk to the team.
Tribute to Yow proves somber Students, fans remember coach in hour long event
“She embodied everything that is N.C. State. She’ll be missed, but we’ll never forget her.”
Derek Medlin Managing Editor
More than 1,000 people visited Reynolds Coliseum Wednesday night to attend an event dedicated to paying tribute to late women’s basketball coach Kay Yow. Yow, who passed away Saturday morning after battling cancer for more than 20 years, is the only head coach in the history of the women’s basketball program. Students, faculty, staff, fans and former players all attended Wednesday night’s event. Athletic Director Lee Fowler said Yow’s legacy of service to the University will be remembered. “Coach Yow was a leader, teacher, a Christian, a fighter and a mother figure,” Fowler said. “She told me once she was
Chris Hathcock, senior in aerospace engineering convinced that 10 percent of what happens to you couldn’t be controlled and 90 percent is what you could control. That depended on your attitude. Kay Yow was always positive.” The tribute, which lasted a little more than an hour, began with the women’s basketball coaches and team placing flowers in Yow’s seat at the end of the bench. A moment of silence and prayer followed before Fowler and Chancellor James Oblinger spoke to the crowd. Acapella group Grains of Time also sang prior to the events opening.
During his remarks, Oblinger said Yow’s career at N.C. State and battle with cancer, which she was first diagnosed with in 1987, inspired many. “Her legacy goes well beyond the hardwood f loor,” he said. “She used her talent not for personal gain, but to help other people. Her commitment to serving others set her apart, from everyone.” Following remarks from Fowler, Oblinger and assistant basketball coach Jenny Palmateer, the crowd viewed an 18-minute video highlighting Yow’s career at the University. The crowd gave Yow a standing
IN MEMORY OF YOW Today “Pink out” for the women’s basketball game vs. Boston College, 7 p.m. Friday Public viewing at Colonial Baptist Church, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Funeral at Colonial Baptist Church, 3 p.m. Saturday “Pink out” for the men’s basketball game vs. North Carolina, 7 p.m. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ovation following the video. Interim head coach Stephanie Glance said she has looked up to Yow well before she came to coach with her. Glance said her admiration began when she attended a YOW continued page 3
Student Government undergoes heated debate regarding election bill 2009 Elections Reform Act shot down in Student Senate Wednesday night
CURRENT SPENDING LIMITS Student Body President: $300 Student Senate President: $250 Student Body Treasurer: $250 Senator: $200
Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor
Government Bill 37, a bill intended to reform the Student Government election process, underwent a heated debate in the Student Senate Wednesday night. While some senators agreed reform was necessary, the bill called for a complete scratch of campaign spending limits. As the rule is written now, there are strict spending limits for all campaigns. Several SG officials, including Student Body President Jay Dawkins, argued for some level of changes. But the debate was about whether the changes should go as far as eliminating spending limits. According to Senior Class President Adam Compton, the current policy has too many loopholes and problems. Compton
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Travis Varner, a senior in extension education, participates in a debate about campaign spending limits for Student Government. Varner opposed a proposed bill that would remove the limits, but others want them removed because they believe they are not enforced.
said there is no honesty at all in any campaigns. “I don’t know of a single campaign, except for [Student Senate President] Greg Doucette, that has not gone over that limit,” Compton said during the debate. Because of the lack of honesty
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Coach Kay Yow’s Nike WBCA T-Shirt & her children’s book: “I Will”, not just ”I’ll Try” A story about never giving up.
in recent campaigns, Compton supported eliminating the spending limits for campaigns. He said it renew trust from the student body and improve the campaign process. Most senators however, were opposed to this notion. Student
Senate President Pro Tempore Kelli Rogers used the example of people speeding in their cars. “Everybody drives over the speed limit. But just because no one follows the law, does that mean we get rid of speed limits altogether?” Rogers asked. St udent Sen. T homa s Lamm also countered Compton’s statement. “It’s foolish to believe [eliminating spending limits] is going to make us morally betSENATE continued page 3
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Bradon Costner signs his name on Cassie Abrahams’ back, a senior in psyschology. Abrahams was one of the many students participating in last year’s Ram Roast at the Free Expression Tunnel. “This is way better than my freshman year,” Abrahams said.
TONIGHT’S RAM ROAST BOASTS NEW FEATURES Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor
The fourth annual basketball Ram Roast will take place at the Free Expression Tunnel at 7 p.m. tonight. The event will include a pep rally and a night of guarding the tunnel from UNC-Chapel Hill students. The basketball Ram Roast, which the Alumni Association and the Senior Class Council host, differs from the football Ram Roast that took place in November, according to Adam Compton, the senior class president. “We are doing a couple of different things,” Compton, a senior in agricultural business management, said. “Football had lots of prizes, like a digital camera and a iPod shuffle, but this game we have about 50 tickets [to give away.]” Students could receive the tickets through an online process in exchange for their time. Compton said participants signed up to help guard the tunnel in three different shifts throughout the night. After a participants three hours are up, that person will receive a hard copy of his ticket. The tickets are all located in the 100 level student section. The first part of the pep rally
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will feature speeches from both players and coach Sidney Lowe, Compton said. “After that the cheerleaders will perform and then Grains of Time will sing,” Compton said. Also, volunteers will be tossing out prizes to students during the pep rally. “We’re giv ing away 200 “Beat the Heels” T-shirts,” C ompton s a id . “They’re the same T-shirts that you can buy in the bookstore.” According to Compton, the sports council will also make an appearance. “The sports council is...hosting a cornhole tournament and we’re doing a shot challenge,” he said. A basketball goal will be set up for the shot challenge right outside the Free Expression Tunnel. The object is to see how many shots people make throughout the entire night, Compton said. “We’re aiming for 1,000,” he said. In the end, Compton said the main goal of the new features is to keep students at the tunnel all through the night to prevent a tunnel highjacking. “You’re basically guarding the tunnel,” he said.
Go to hell [insert team here] Pack teams find rivals other than UNC-Chapel Hill. See page 6.
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In memory of Coach Kay Yow, NC State Bookstores will be donating $2.00 from the sale of each of these items at tonight’s women’s basketball game to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
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