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STUDENTS CONNECT TO MASONIC HISTORY TO PUSH COMPLETION OF ORIGINAL DESIGN Derek Medlin
bins said. “It was supposed to be a 54-bell carillon memorial. The bells would serve as Every hour, on the hour, it a constant reminder to the sounds. One day, it may even sacrifice of those who are ring. memorialized by the tower.” The Memorial Bell Tower may Robbins’ desire to get bells be the University’s most recog- in the Bell Tower coincides nizable visual feature and serves with the University-planned as the landmark of the official renovation of the tower to imseal. prove the structure’s look and It’s been a place to celebrate, halt the deterioration that has protest and even mourn. occurred since its completion. Just in the last year, students Though the two projects are used the Bell Tower to wel- undeniably connected, Robcome Presibins said, dent Barack the money Obama to the for bel l s White House, will come protest t he completeconf lict bely f rom tween Israel donations and Gaza while the a nd mou r n money for the death of t he Uniwomen’s basversity ketball coach renovation Kay Yow. project is But whi le f rom t he the Bell TowMatt Robbins, graduate student state. er serves as “The bell in architecture the symbol of project the University would be and a memorial to fallen World done completely and utterly War I veterans, its name raises by donations from students a question for Matt Robbins, a and alumni. No fees or taxgraduate student in architecture. payer money would be put “Why doesn’t the Bell Tower toward it,” Robbins said. “It’s have bells in it?” Robbins asked only fitting that the alumni, himself. students and community Robbins’ 2004 discovery that contribute to make this spethe Bell Tower did not have a cial. If someone is forced to single bell in it started a journey give money, it doesn’t make which, as of 2009, has him poised sense.” to begin a fundraising project to Robbins said he thinks it get bells in the tower bearing that is crucial for students and name. alumni to latch onto a project “When I look at the tower, I like this because it can teach see an unfinished canvas. It is a people about the history of suitable memorial, but it could TOWER continued page 5 be much better than it is,” RobManaging Editor
“When I look at the tower, I see an unfinished canvas. It is a suitable memorial, but it could be much better than it is.”
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The University commissioned the construction of the Memorial Bell Tower, located on North Campus, as a monument to alumni who were killed in World War I. Although the design plans for the tower began in 1920, the Bell Tower was not completed until 1937.
Mickey to surprise parents at graduation JOHN MICKEY QUICK FACTS:
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As the semester winds down and seniors look toward commencement, one senior has a secret he desperately wants to keep from h is pa rent s, but it’s not that he won’t be sitting w it h his classmates awaiting his degree. John Mickey It’s that Commencement he’ll be en- Student Speaker tering with Chancellor James Oblinger and will deliver the final student commencement speech to the 2009 senior class. The Commencement Advisory Committee selected John Mickey, a senior in business administration, to be the student speaker at this spring’s commencement ceremony May 9. The committee notified Mickey with a phone call and a letter, but his parents will be the last to find out.
Sources say Glance looked over for job Yow’s long-time assistant no longer a candidate for head coaching job Staff Report Stephanie Glance, a 15-year veteran of late coach Kay Yow’s coaching staff, is not being considered to succeed her former colleague according to Ronnie Yow, Yow’s brother. Ronnie Yow told WRAL Thursday night Glance was Yow’s choice to take over the program in her absence, but that the Athletics Department was no longer considering Glance as an option. Yow had coached the Wolfpack women’s basketball team for 34 seasons until she passed away earlier this year from breast cancer. N.C. State’s media relations office would not confirm any news concerning the coaching search and said no new information will be discussed until a new coach was announced. “We’re not confirming anything,” Mark Kimmel, a media relations representative, said Friday. More information about the women’s basketball coaching vacancy should come within the next two weeks, as Athletics Director Lee Fowler said earlier in the year he wanted to make the hiring decision by mid-April.
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FINAL ADDRESS RUNDOWN: Who: John Mickey, a senior in business administration What: Final student commencement speech to 2009 senior class When: May 9, 9 a.m. Where: RBC Center Why: The Commencement Advisory Committee selected Mickey to speak at the spring commencement ceremony. It will be a surprise to his parents. SOURCE: JOHN MICKEY
“Everyone knows but my mom and dad,” Mickey said. “You come to graduation expecting to see your child sitting down with everybody else, but he walks in with the chancellor. They’ll be shocked and I’ll get a good kick out of it afterward.” Mickey said the idea of surprising his parents with his role
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Travis Cruse, a sophomore in FYC talks to John Mickey, a senior in business administration and Ryan Smith, a junior in international on the Brickyard last year. Mickey, who was campaigning at the time to be elected student body president, will speak at this spring’s commencement ceremony.
as commencement speaker the day of graduation came mostly from the joy he gets when he’s pleasantly shocked. “I love surprises,” Mickey said.
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John Mickey, a senior in business administration, was chosen to be the student commencement speaker at spring graduation May 9. A few notes about Mickey’s accomplishments at N.C. State r 2008 student body president candidate, finished second r Service Raleigh co-chair, 2009 r 2009 commencement student speaker
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“Anytime I can squeeze a surprise out of something, I’ll do it.” Senior Class President Adam Compton said choosing a speaker from the field was difficult,
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John Mickey, a senior in business administration
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Anthony Zerbe to visit campus Anthony Zerbe, who played Councilor Hamann in The Matrix movie series, will be speaking to students tonight. Zerbe, whom also played in the original version of I Am Legend, will then show the
movie titled The Omega Man. The Film Studies Program in partnership with the Union Activities Board sponsors this event, which students can attend at no cost. The event will be in the Witherspoon Cinema. For more information, contact Rick Gardner at Rick_Gardner@ncsu.edu. SOURCE: NCSU.EDU
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racticing with the YMCA team Overcomers, Justin Heck, a senior in accounting, dribbles toward his coach Wally Hill on the court outside of Carmichael Gym Sunday. Hill, a retired professor, coaches the team that took advantage of the weekend weather to practice for its next game. Hill said he was optimistic about his team’s seven upcoming games. “My team is very athletic, they run like rabbits and jump like kangaroos.”
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the graduating class could relate to as it leaves the University. “We wanted the speech to tie some things together and send students out with a mission,” Compton said. “We wanted it to connect the class one last time and I think his speech did that. From a student perspective, Mickey offered what we were looking for in a graduation speech.” Still, Mickey said the honor of speaking to his classmates on their last day as undergraduates was an unfathomable opportunity. “I’ve had a phenomenal experience at N.C. State,” Mickey said. “And I’ve had the opportunity to do a lot of great things. I see [being the commencement speaker] as the capstone.” Mickey also said delivering a final message from a peer to his classmates would become a great memory. “Being able to share this moment in time with my entire senior class will be sweet.” Mickey said. The prospect of speaking to a crowd doesn’t shake Mickey’s focus either, he said, because he’s been doing it his entire life. “Public speaking has never been a huge fear of mine,” Mickey said. “I remember, when I was 16, I had to give a speech for an event I was leading for scouts in front of 1,200 people.” In college, Mickey said he got further experience with speaking to crowds through being a resident advisor and involvement in Student Government, but that being the student speaker at his commencement would be on an entirely different level. “Being the student speaker is almost unrankable,” Mickey said of his final honor as an undergraduate in comparison to his other accomplishments, especially in terms of involving his parents. “Even though my parents don’t know I’m the speaker, it will be something that really communicates to them what I’ve done at N.C. State,” Mickey said. “I can call them and tell them I’m a co-chair for Service Raleigh or I’m running for student body president, but at the end of the day they can’t experience it. This will be something they can experience.”
Flying down the steps behind Talley Student Center, Drew Browne, a senior at Broughton High School, practices skateboarding Sunday afternoon.
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Minor changes to ‘The Brick’ prove costly Alterations include adding statement regarding Free Expression Tunnel
tribution of the publication, said the statement will be brief. “The statement will mention how Chancellor Oblinger and the student body have reaffirmed their commitment James Cox for the Free Expression Tunnel to be used Senior Staff Writer with civility and respect,” Rust said. Luckadoo said the idea of the new copThe Brick , a guidebook the Univer- ies is to include updates. sity distributes She said last year’s copy of The at convocation, Brick featured the Free Expresw i l l i nc lude sion Tunnel in two different copies from last sections, Traditions and Landyear as well as marks. 1,500 new cop“In the updated version, the ies which will Free Expression Tunnel will only Ann Babcock, a freshman in be seen in the Landmarks seccost $8,500 to textile engineering, on what tion,” she said. print, accordThe Brick means to incoming ing to Deb Luckadoo said the goal of and prospective students Luckadoo, diThe Brick is not to spread the rector of Camnew message about the Free pus Activities. Expression Tunnel, but to take After the Free Expression Tunnel inci- advantage of “whatever opportunity” is dent following the election of President available. Barack Obama Nov. 5, students will reRust said removing information about ceive a new version which will include a the Free Expression Tunnel from the short statement regarding the results of Traditions section came in response to the Campus Culture Task Force. student feedback. Matt Rust, assistant director of First “Students kept asking why the tunnel Year College and a key figure in the dis- was in there twice,” Rust said.
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Rust didn’t discuss details about exact She said the updated copies will serve changes but said they will be finalized be- as a supplement to the old copies. fore the May 4 deadline. He said the refRust said the motivation for The Brick erence to late women’s basketball coach came from Technician editorials during Kay Yow will be updated. the 2006-07 school In addition to year about the lack the Yow referof awareness of tradience and Free tions and history at Expression TunNCSU. nel statement, “I would love for Luckadoo said [The Brick] to be the new copies picked up as a tradiwill include section,” Rust said. tions on HomeAnn Babcock, a coming and the freshman in textile Inter-Residence engineering, said Council. as an out-of-state According to student, The Brick Luckadoo, The t aug ht her more Brick is supposed about the University to serve as a hisDAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN than what she learned tory book to incoming on her campus tour. students. “The Brick is good because it gets fresh“They will show their kids, nieces and men excited about everything the school nephews 30 to 40 years from now and say has,” she said. look at N.C. State.” Babcock said she kept her copy, but Luckadoo said rather than throwing many students do not. out copies from last year, some students “Lots of them get thrown out by people will receive a non-updated copy while who don’t care about it, but for people others will receive an updated copy. who do care it’s really interesting.”
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Do not delay on creating hate crime policy THE ISSUE:
The commission UNC system president Erskine Bowles formed recommended deferring creation of hate crime policy and diversity education to another committee.
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Referring hate crime policy to another committee essentially kills this important issue, which universities need to address.
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The UNC system must come up with a concrete set of rules governing hate crimes and leave enforcement and education to the individual institution.
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n a video conference Wednesday, vice chancellors and provosts from all 16 UNC system schools discussed recommendations from the commission UNC system president Erskine Bowles formed to discuss policy on hate crime. The commission recommended a system-wide policy regarding hate crime, personal violence and intimidation, as well as a possible diversity education class for incoming freshmen. Making a recommendation is wonderful, but it is something anyone could have done — in short, the committee has determined that hate crimes are bad, and the UNC system should do something to educate students about diversity. Students do not need a com-
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mittee of vice chancellors and provosts to state the obvious. What students deserve is a concrete policy regarding the UNC system’s stance on hate crimes that leaves implementation, enforcement and diversity education to the individual institution. The event that sparked the creation of multiple committees on hate crime, campus culture and diversity education occurred six months ago on the day after the presidential elections. Other major issues, particularly regarding economic recession and the resulting system-wide budget cuts, have come into the picture and will no doubt distract administrators from the
serious problem of hate crime on campus. If it takes six months for various committees to tell the Board of Governors that hate crimes are bad and we should do something to prevent them, how long will it take the next committee to come up with a real policy? This is no solution — it is a blatant attempt to avoid tackling the difficult issue of balancing free speech against hate crime on college campuses by burying it in bureaucracy and subcommittees. What the UNC system should do is come up with a specific definition of hate crime, personal violence and intimidation on its campuses.
This gives all universities in the system the opportunity to alter their policies appropriately. As for diversity education, each university should be responsible for crafting a program suitable for its students needs. There is no cookie-cutter way to educate students about diversity and hate crimes, as every university attracts a variety of students. Yet the UNC system has done nothing of the sort, and this must change. Hate crimes and discrimination will not go away simply because people want it to fade away — such attitudes will only go away with decisive, concrete action.
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Sawrey is sorely wrong Benton Sawrey’s article slamming President Obama was wrong on more counts than one. First off, Obama is not regulating the banks for a “political power grab done to satisfy some pathetic political agenda,” as Mr. Sawrey claimed. He is having to step in and regulate the banks to prevent a complete economic collapse because the Bush administration failed to regulate them and let corporate CEOs run wild and do as they please. Second, the Bush administration managed to gain the disdain of our country from nearly every other country in the world. In case Sawrey hasn’t been watching the news, foreign countries are beginning to like us again now that we have a president who isn’t a lying, alcoholic war pig. What I want to know from Sawrey and other conservatives is why are you so quick to slam a president who has been in office a mere three months, but are unwilling to take responsibility for the horrid actions of a president you voted in twice? Charlie Burnett sophomore, First Year College
Don’t disrespect meat-eaters First of all, I would like to applaud the courage of Senior Staff Columnist Benton Sawrey for his most recent article tracking Obama’s progress as President. It is about time someone spread the truth around this campus that Obama is NOT sticking to his original campaign pitch. Tip of the hat to you sir! Secondly, in response to the recent rash of animal rights letters, I would like to say get your panties out of that wad and get a grip on reality! You, me and all of mankind have been designed and outfitted with incisor and canine teeth to cut and tear apart the flesh of animals, along with molars to grind and crush it up for our consumption and survival. For animal rights activists to discriminate against other normal people from eating meat is a slap in God’s face. They obviously are socially challenged and they like to join groups like PETA and various animal cruelty Web sites for attention and self justification for their own self-loathing. We didn’t get to the top of the food chain for nothing. We are omnivores, meaning we eat both plants and MEAT. Nothing puts a bigger smile on my face than the sound and smell of bacon sizzling in a frying pan in the morning. I’m sorry, that’s a lie. Eating that delicious, crunchy, hot, thick sliced bacon in the presence of an animal
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rights activist puts an even bigger smile on my face! The animal rights hippies are out of control. If you happen to know one, please tell them to eat a cheeseburger (with bacon on it). In the words of John Boy and Billy’s Mad Max, “It’s called the food chain. You’re on the top. DEAL WITH IT!”
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Progressive tuition is not a good idea The benefits stated by Conrad Plyler in his Thursday column “University needs progressive tuition” do not even come close to countering the cons. I agree that a progressive tuition scheme would make total loan payments for graduates and total expenses to dropouts less, but those are hardly substantial benefits. Those two positives do not compare to the unnecessary confusion and stress a plan like this would certainly create, the unfair advantage easier majors have with graduating earlier and the added cost to students who work while taking classes. Plyler says that “maybe tuition would increase, but we would be paying less; because, we would be more motivated to finish college within three years.” Let me set one thing straight, graduating in three years is both academic and mental suicide for engineering students (21 hour semesters!). Even if students managed to graduate in three years to avoid the cost of tuition, rates would still increase to offset that loss of revenue. It doesn’t matter how you spin it, no change in the tuition plan will lower the total cost. Not only that, but this makes paying tuition more difficult for those who co-op, intern or work while taking classes. These activities invariably force lighter schedules and more semesters. Progressive tuition will make paying for college more difficult for working students because every extra year becomes far more expensive. Matt Johnson junior, mechanical engineering
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Engagement doesn’t mean military engagement. It can include having open talks and negotiating with them, possibly their nuclear reactor for humanitarian aid. Force, especially with North Korea, will get us nowhere but a tougher situation. President Bill Clinton had negotiations between North Korea and the U.S. set up, until power shifted and foreign policies changed in November 2000, according to Chung. President George W. Bush’s administration initially refused any direct talk with North Korea, and North Korea backed off from the nuclear proliferation treaty in 2003 and announced it had nuclear weapons in 2005. This shows coercion does not work in dealing with North Korea. Now Kim Jong-il is trying to f lex his muscles at new leaders — South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak and President Barack Obama — by launching rockets and rebuilding his country’s nuclear facilities. North Korea probably felt cornered after having shaky relations with South Korea and seeing its leader deal with health problems. It is important that countries try to work with North Korea so, in the long term, a trusting relationship can be formed. Having talks is the first step to unification of North and South Korea. Though the prospect of bringing together the last and
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only divided country in the world is far in the future, every step matters. What I admired about Chung’s approach to the heavy topic of North Korea was that he didn’t only talk about disarming them because they’re dangerous or volatile. He wanted to have one Korea with cultural, social, financial and political unity. Though I would be lucky to see this happen in my lifetime, we must take leaps forward instead of steps back. It would be great triumph to work with North Korea, even just to have open talks with them again. Our leaders have a tough situation on their hands, because they must think about what will happen tomorrow and how this will affect relations in the future. This delicate step by step process needs a lot of patience, civil dialog and engagement. There’s no easy way to say exactly what the U.S. should do, but the it should do all it can to have peaceful talk and possibly avoid conflict.
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“Yes. Right now is kind of a gray area, and if it was defined, it would be easier to make judgements about.”
Adopt engagement policy in North Korea
he Un ited St ates’ rel at ion sh ip w it h North Korea has been strained, to say the very least. Naturally, there is going to be hostility toward North Korea, af ter a l l, t he y have grossJane Moon ly violated Viewpoint Editor a Security Council resolution with the launch of a rocket this month. But the rest of the world, specifically South Korea, Japan and the United States, must come up with some sort of solution to dealing with nuclear threats. I had the honor of meeting Chung-dong Young, a 2007 presidential candidate for the United New Democratic Party of South Korea and the former unification minister under Roh Moo-hyun to discuss how to deal with the tiny but hostile nation. According to Chung, there are three ways to tackle North Korea’s nuclear problem — force, engagement and disengagement. The only way to reasonably deal with North Korea is through engagement. They have already shown us they are capable of causing massive harm and massive hysteria in the media.
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Do you feel the University should quickly create a policy defining hate crime on campus? Why or why not?
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“I don’t really know. Hate crime is a problem that should be dealt with, but I don’t know how to go about defining a policy for it.” Paul Adams freshman, zoology
“No, because the state and the nation have already created one that works well enough.” Benjamin Austin freshman, engineering undeclared
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the people responsible for its original construction. An untold history While some people see the Bell Tower as the University’s crown jewel and think of the tower fondly, few know its true history. Few know the idea for the tower came from a two paragraph letter sent to alumni secretary E.B. Owen from Vance Sykes (Class of 1907). Few know the original stone used in construction is from right here in North Carolina — Mt. Airy, to be exact. Few know construction on the tower had to be halted during the Great Depression and finished a decade later in 1937. Few would know, unless they really look, that the Bell Tower contains no real bells, but speakers which are controlled from Holladay Hall across Dunn Avenue. Once Robbins discovered the tower had no bells, he said he had to find out why. Since then, Robbins has dedicated much of his time and hours of effort to discovering the true story of the tower.
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That search has changed the way Robbins looks at the tower. Not as the crowning jewel of N.C. State, but as an unfinished memorial that deserves to be completed to fulfill its original 1920 design. “When I look at things on campus, especially the tower, I begin to understand a lot of what our forefathers had been thinking,� he said. “It’s important to look back and get in touch with the people who pave the way for the things that are happening now.� Another largely unknown aspect of the history of both
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The University seal can be found on the East side of the Bell Tower, along with a dedication to the alumni who served in World War I.
the tower and campus as a whole, which Robbins discovered during his research, is the long-running connection between the University and Freemasons. Freemasons are members of a fraternal society dedicated to the brotherhood of
man under the fatherhood of a supreme being. Dozens of the founding members of the University were Freemasons, including Sykes, the alumnus who initially TOWER continued page 6
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This photo was taken in 1926 when the Bell Tower construction stopped due to funding issues.
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a strategic change to the lineup. Welte typically plays number one doubles with partner Jullian Sullivan, while Weinacker plays number two doubles with partner Jamie Pulgar. Saturday, Choboy switched things up a bit, playing Welte and Weinacker at number one. “It was something that we’ve been thinking about since we lost Freddy [Prandecki] earlier on,”Choboy said of Prandecki, who has been out of the line up since March 18 due to an injury to his hand. “We have been kind of strained in doubles, particularly when we were getting a little more production out of number three with Freddy. We just thought that switching up the combinations a bit with Weinacker and Welte would be good and get something out of them.”
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NO. 1 VIRGINIA DEF. NO. 51 NC STATE, 6-1 Doubles 1. Inglot/Shabaz (UVA) d. Weinacker/Welte, 9-8(3) 2. No. 6 Singh/Barrick (UVA) d. Justin Jendruch/Pulgar, 8-2 3. Courtney/Singer (UVA) d. Rob Lowe/Sullivan, 8-4 Order of finish: 3,2,1 Singles 1. No. 36 Jay Weinacker d. No. 17 Dominic Inglot (UVA). 6-1, 6-4 2. Sanam Singh (UVA) d. No. 118 Christian Welte, 7-5, 6-0 3. No. 20 Michael Shabaz (UVA) d. Derek Stephens, 6-2, 6-3 4. No. 73 Houston Barrick (UVA) d. Jaime Pulgar, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0 5. Drew Courtney (UVA) d. Julian Sullivan, 6-1, 7-6(1) 6. No. 82 Lee Singer (UVA) d. Akash Gujarati, 6-0, 6-0 Order of finish: 6,1,3,5*,2,4 *Clinches the win SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ment if everyone plays well on the same day. I think we did a little bit of that Saturday, and that’s a good sign headed into the tournament.”
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suggested the construction of a memorial to those who died in World War I. “Since freemasonry is primarily a fraternity organization, it already has that idea of brotherhood,” Robbins said. “The community service they do speaks to the family aspect of it.” Robbins said it was that long-standing connection between Freemasons and campus that led him to ask the Masons for money April 1 to get his fundraising process started. The group gave Robbins about $2,000 to print T-shirts, which Robbins said will get the project off the ground and running. Robbins said he hopes to see the Bell Tower have the 54 bell carillon that its designers intended in 1920. Had the tower been finished, bells and all, it would have been the largest carillon in the world until 1930, Robbins said. “The tower was supposed to be something that no one had ever even thought about before. No bell foundry in the world felt comfortable casting 54 bells in concert to play with each other,” he said. “This was precedent setting. It’s amazing to see this concept of ‘let’s think big’ all the way back in 1920. It’s good to see that was there then.”
At number one doubles No. 118 Welte and No. 36 Weinacker lost their doubles match in a tiebreaker 9-8(3). According to Welte, this season has been difficult for the Pack but something it has gone through before. “It’s kind of like our sophomore year where different guys are playing well on different days,’ Welte said. “We just need one match where everyone comes together on the same day. So basically we have a match on Thursday, and if we can all come and play well on the same day, we can show the team that we’re a really solid team and a force to be reckoned with.” Thursday’s match marks the first round of the ACC Championships held at the Cary Tennis Center. “I’m a lot happier with the team’s overall performance top to bottom Saturday,” Choboy said. “If we can continue to work hard for the next couple of days then we can do some good things in the ACC tournament. We can beat anyone who’s in the tourna-
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the Pack. “They are probably pretty disappointed because they had a good chance to win this one and they let Duke take it away from them,” Sykes said. “Maybe we can feed off of this disappointment and realize we let it get away, and when we get in that position next time we can close the deal.”
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Hill wasn’t the only golfer who played well however, as two other Pack golfers finished in the top twenty with senior Darren Black taking an eighth-place finish
shooting a two-under and junior Brad Revell finishing 19th with a one-over. Junior Kent Copeland and sophomore Chad Day finished 10th and 13th, respectively.
four the team made in Saturday’s 11-2 loss. However, with every mental mistake, the No. 8 seed in the ACC tournament — currently held by Duke — fell further and further away.
“We’re going to stay in this, we’re going to fight, and we’re going to do everything we can to get into the postseason,” Lambert said.
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The Memorial Bell Tower on North Campus currently does not actually have any bells in it. However, there are current efforts to raise money towards installing a 54 bell carillon inside the tower.
A project on hold While Robbins has started the process of raising funds for the project, it is unclear when students will be able to hear bells ring the hour. Because of the economic crisis, Gov. Bev Perdue put a ban on new capital construction projects in the fall of 2008 to save money. “It all depends on how the economy is six months or a year from now when the executive order is lifted,” Robbins said. “Then we can begin construction on the renovation of the tower that had been on the schedule many years earlier.” Only then will the first six bells be able to fit into the tower and become operational. Robbins said the six initial bells, the biggest of the 54, and the infrastructure to make the bells operational will cost about $300,000. The full project would cost more, but Robbins said it isn’t clear at this point how much. Robbins said the current state of the economy may actually help in the fundraising process. “Because the economy is in the state that it is, people understand what other people are going through,” he said. “It allows people to relate and connect back to the Great Depression and what the tower went through before.” Robbins said the initial response to the project has been positive from students, alumni and the University. “People from all over the United States have contacted us about giving,” he said. “It speaks to the connection we all have as students, the spirit of N.C. State. It’s not the fact that we have an excellent curriculum, but we as students have the ability to
WANT TO GET INVOLVED? Students interested in getting involved with the Finish the Bell Tower project have plenty of options. r Join the Facebook group “Finish the Bell Tower!” r Buy a T-shirt on the Brickyard. The shirts will be on
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r E-mail ncstatebells@gmail.com r Visit ncsubells.com to find out more information r Check out a computer generated video of how the
Bell Tower would have looked at http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=1c-1CIHPJ2E SOURCE: MATT ROBBINS, GRADUATE STUDENT IN ARCHITECTURE
change lives.” Ches McDowell, a sophomore in political science, said the tower deserves to be finished. “The Bell Tower is the centerpiece of our University. Carolina has the Old Well and Duke has their Chapel,” he said. “It not being complete is almost like our University isn’t complete. With the project being privately funded I’m a big supporter.” The key now, Robbins said, will be getting students and alumni to buy into the project and donate money. “The nature of the tower is that the sweat, blood and hard work of our forefathers is encased in the tower and it’s only fitting that the alumni, students and community contribute in the same way to make this special,” Robbins said.
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The men’s tennis team fell 6-1 to Virginia Saturday Jen Hankin Senior Staff Writer
The No. 51 men’s tennis team dropped its final regular season match to No. 1 Virginia Saturday, extending its losing streak to seven games. The Pack hasn’t won a match since its contest with Maryland March 22 in College Park, Md. “I wasn’t too concerned about the [losing] streak,” senior Christian Welte said. “But I know our team just needs one match to turn our season around and this one would have been a great opportunity. We had a lot of close matches and we just came out a little bit short.” With the loss, State drops to 9-14 (3-8 ACC). The top-ranked, undefeated Cavaliers moved to a perfect 26-0 (11-0 ACC). No. 36 senior Jay Weinacker
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Senior Derek Stephens returns the ball at the UNC Wilmington match Jan. 14. State lost its seventh straight match, falling 6-1 to No. 1 Virginia Saturday.
pulled out the lone win for the Wolfpack as well as marking his 104th career win. He beat No. 17 Dominic Inglot in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. “I played this guy last year and going into the match I knew we matched up pretty well,” Weinacker said. “I had to break his
serve early and just kind of stayed on him in the second set.” According to coach Jon Choboy, most matches were very close, despite the box score. “Welte’s first set took an hour and a half,” Choboy said. “When Jay [Weinacker] had won his match and Jamie [Pulgar] just
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topic — from UNC coach Sylvia Hatchell to Virginia’s Debbie Ryan. If Glance is released, the entire coaching staff Yow assembled will leave as well. All three of Yow’s right-hand women, Jenny Palmateer, Kristen Gillespie and Trena Trice-Hill, completed successful careers under Yow. Yow created a family within the N.C. State organization, and half of the reason the players Yow signed came aboard is because of the much-heralded support system N.C. State had to offer. If State brings in a new coach, that tradition will come to a screeching halt. I understand that Fowler wants the team to grow and progress instead of basking in Yow’s incredible legacy while toiling in statistical obscurity. But Glance could bring this team back to its former glory. Glance has coached the N.C. State women alongside Yow for fifteen years. She knows this school, this program, and has earned the respect of the players currently on State’s roster. She has given a large portion
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1UARTERBACKS 2USSELL 7ILSON AND -IKE 'LENNON COMBINED FOR lVE TOTAL INCOMPLETIONS 3ATURDAY AS THE FOOTBALL TEAM HELD ITS SECOND CONTROLLED SCRIMMAGE OF THE SPRING 7ILSON WENT BEFORE LEAVING MIDWAY THROUGH THE SCRIMMAGE TO JOIN THE BASEBALL TEAM FOR ITS WEEKEND SERIES AT $UKE 'LENNON WENT FOR YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN 2EDSHIRT SENIOR 4ONEY "AKER WAS THE TEAM S LEADING RUSHER AND RECEIVER WITH EIGHT CARRIES FOR YARDS AND SIX RECEPTIONS FOR YARDS SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Yellow Jackets sweep softball 4HE SOFTBALL TEAM DROPPED ALL THREE GAMES THIS WEEKEND IN A SERIES AGAINST 'EORGIA 4ECH IN !TLANTA 'A 4HE 0ACK FELL AND IN THE TWO &RIDAY GAMES )T WAS SHUTOUT AGAIN ON 3ATURDAY LOSING 4HE LOSS DROPS 3TATE TO !## WHILE THE .O 9ELLOW *ACKETS IMPROVE TO !## SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
State places third in Mascot, Cheerleading 4WO YEARS AFTER WINNING THE .ATIONAL #HEERLEADERS !SSOCIATION NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP -S 7UF PLACED THIRD AT THE .#! -ASCOT COMPETITION IN $AYTONA "EACH &LA THIS WEEKEND 7ITH A lNAL SCORE OF -S 7UF PLACED JUST BEHIND #OCKY OF THE 5NIVERSITY OF 3OUTH #AROLINA AND 3AMMY THE "EARCAT OF 3AM (OUSTON 3TATE 5NIVERSITY !DDITIONALLY THE ALL GIRL CHEERLEADING SQUAD TOOK THIRD BEHIND ,OUISVILLE AND -ARYLAND WITH A lNAL SCORE OF 4HE DANCE TEAM DID NOT PLACE IN THE TOP TEN SOURCE: WWW.VARSITY.COM
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Leads disappear in 8-7 loss
Decision misguided
After letting a five-fun lead slip away, State allows three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning Lindsey Hall & Kate Shefte
In the bottom of the 10th, Duke answered with a string of RBI singles that snatched the win from the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s grasp. State committed two errors,
Stephanie Glance served as interim head coach for the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team for the latter part of the 20080 9 s e a s on and seemed to be a shooin for t he head coach position next year. Kate Shefte However, Deputy Sports now it looks Editor a s t houg h Athletics Director Lee Fowler and crew are looking to take the team in a different direction. The Athletics Department can host as many pink football games as it wants and raise millions of dollars for her personal charity, but the best way to honor legendary late coach Kay Yowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legacy is to honor her wishes. Yow indicated that she wanted Glance to be her successor, even though it was not technically her choice. However, several media outlets and Yowâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s brother have reported that Glance is no longer in the running for the position of head coach and that Fowler is looking to hire someone outside the University. This is not only poor recompense for everything Glance has done for the team, but a poor decision for the womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball program. I covered womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball games several times this season, and Glance received supportive vouches from every coach questioned on the
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In what proved to be a wild weekend of Wolfpack baseball, the Pack severely hampered its ACC chances Sunday at Jack Coombs Field after dropping the final game of its season series against Duke, 8-7, in extra innings. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This puts us in a bad position, but as long as there are games left, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll keep fighting until the end,â&#x20AC;? junior pitcher John Lambert said. Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scheduled game was rained out and tabled for a windy, mild Saturday. The Pack split the double header with the Devils, winning game one 3-1 and falling off 11-2 later that night. The Pack blew two leads en route to a loss in the third and final game of the series. After letting a 5-0 lead slip away, the team built a 7-5 advantage in the tenth inning, but gave up three RBI singles in the bottom of the inning to lose 8-7. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t figure out a way to get it done,â&#x20AC;? coach Elliott Avent said. After f lying through the first two innings of the game, State found the right swing for the first hit of the game in the top of the third. Chris
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Schaeffer singled to left field, and Dallas Poulk followed with a single, pushing Schaeffer to third. John Gianis brought his teammates home on a single up the middle, putting State in the lead 2-0. State gained momentum with three runs in the fifth and held a 5-1 lead before Dukeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gabriel Saade hit a solo home run. State third baseman Drew Martin committed a crucial error, and shortly thereafter, Duke brought another man home to get within three runs of tying the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to tighten our game up,â&#x20AC;? Lambert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We need to start putting everything into action.â&#x20AC;?
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At the top of the 10th inning, Drew Poulk hit a single and Martin dashed for home from second base, giving State a 6-5 lead. A balk by Duke pitcher Alex Hassan allowed Andrew Ciencin to score, extending the lead to 7-5.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at N.C. State, you guys are never talking to me again.â&#x20AC;? #OACH #HARITA 3TUBBS ON HER MEDIA AVAILABILITY
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The volleyball team returned to the hardwood of Reynolds Coliseum Saturday as it hosted its spring tournament. Area teams visited to play in the sevenhour round robin to gauge their teamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; progress during spring workouts and to scrimmage other teams. N.C. State entertained Elon, Campbell, UNC-Pembroke and UNC-Wilmington to culminate the spring conditioning season. Mary Tendler, Elonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach, said the tournament was just a chance for the teams to get some action before spring practices end. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just want to play,â&#x20AC;? Tendler said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t matter who is here.â&#x20AC;? Elon defeated the Wolfpack in the final match of the day, though State won all of its other contests. Pack sophomore Kelly Wood, who a year ago was attending camp as a recruit, said the spring tournament was also a great opportunity for recruits to see how the teams theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re interested in play. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If they come to a conference game, they see us play once,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For me, it helped seeing a team play all day so I could see how the team worked.â&#x20AC;? Coach Charita Stubbs refused to comment following the tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As long as Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m at N.C. State, you guys are never talking to me again,â&#x20AC;? Stubbs said. Stubbs has not spoken to Technician since mid-
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Freshman libero Kelly Wood digs during a match Sept. 28 against Maryland. State hosted teams in Reynolds Coliseum Saturday.
October due to an editorial cartoon about the volleyball team which ran Oct. 14. UNC-Pembroke coach Jeff Billington said playing against Division I and ACC competition was a good opportunity for his Braves to see how bigger, more athletic teams run their offenses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For us, the spring is about development and individual training,â&#x20AC;? Billington said. Billington even took a few pointers from Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense as he called out to his players
during their match against the Pack, â&#x20AC;&#x153;See how they use the middle? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s how weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to do it in the fall.â&#x20AC;? Senior Arlee Tamietti said hosting area teams in Reynolds was a matter of proximity, but said the benefits for the program will help the Pack finish off its spring season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Teams within the region come mostly because of convenience,â&#x20AC;? Tamietti said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But the most important thing is that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s competitive play.â&#x20AC;?
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Sophomore Matt Hill won 6IRGINIA 4ECH his third tournament of the SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS year at the annual Intercollegiate at River Landing Golf Course, while the Pack as with a seven shot lead over Duke, a team managed a second but they came out and shot eight place finish. Hill, who has under and played an outstandnow won three of his last four ing round,â&#x20AC;? coach Richard Sykes tournaments, continued his said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They just outplayed us.â&#x20AC;? dominating play by shooting With Hillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s win, it puts him a four-under (68) in the final into a tie with Tim Clark, a round while finishing ten-un- PGA pro, for most titles won in der for the tournament â&#x20AC;&#x201C; four school-history with five. The first strokes ahead of the second coming last year as a freshman place finisher. and the four others coming this â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a team, we played well year with one in the fall season into the first two rounds. The and three in the spring. With his third round we were not able fourth win this year, Hill also set to seal the deal,â&#x20AC;? sophomore another school record with most Brandon Detweiler said. titles won in a single school year â&#x20AC;&#x153;Matt played well like usual.â&#x20AC;? with four. The final round did not â&#x20AC;&#x153;The level he is at right now is go as well for the rest of the good enough, in my opinion, to Wolfpack, play on tour. however, as He has to be the team blew in contention a seven-shot for the Ben lead in the fiHogan award, nal round and which is the let Duke come award for the in and take b e s t gol fe r the team win and he defor the secserves it. He is ond straight the best,â&#x20AC;? De3OPHOMORE "RANDON year. The Pack tweiler said. $ETWEILER ON -ATT (ILL dominated the â&#x20AC;&#x153;He is playing tournament in great and is both early rounds on Friday playing solid golf every day and posting a 10-under (563). not making mistakes. I am glad But on Saturday, State shot a he is on my team.â&#x20AC;? five-over (293), and finished After squandering a sevenat eight-under (856), letting stroke lead, State is still looking Duke come in and win with for that elusive first team win of a 14-under (850). the season. The second place finâ&#x20AC;&#x153;Well today we kind of let it ish was the fifth of the year for get away from us. We shot five over par today, we came in GOLF continued page 6
â&#x20AC;&#x153;The level he is at right now is good enough, in my opinion, to play on tour.â&#x20AC;?