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Ryan Thomson, a junior in political science, speaks at the “Bail Out Students, Not Banks” protest in downtown Raleigh Friday. Thomson is a member of Students for Social Progress. “We’re trying to freeze tuition and lower students interest rates,” Thomson said.
Few show for protest Low turnout leads to disappointing outcome for organizers
people were protesting and said she didn’t even know there was a protest going on. Ryan Thomson, a junior in political science and one of the James Cox organizers of the protest, said Senior staff writer later in the weekend there wasn’t much more he could have done Thirty-one of the expected to get the message out. 75 students from across North “We tried to make ourselves Carolina gathered outside Prog- heard and what happened hapress Energy in downtown Ra- pened,” he said. leigh Friday to protest Bank of When the protesters arrived at America before marching to the the legislature, three police offiWachovia building and then on cers were standing guard directly to the state legislature to protest in front of the building and more the current solution to the eco- were in the vicinity. The protestnomic crisis. ers continued their chants. The students gathered outside As the protest was wrapping Progress Energy because of the up, one protester yelled out, construction going on in front “Were we heard today?” and of Bank of America. received such a small response After the speeches outside from the crowd, it could barely Progress Energy directed at be heard from across the street. Bank of America, the protesters After Thomson gave his speech marched up Fayetteville Street to outside Progress Energy, he had the Wachovia building chanting to look around at the crowd to to support their cause. get a response. Chants such as “Bail out the Even Thomson was hesitant to people not the banks,” “foreclose say their voices were heard. the war, not our homes,” “no jus“I like to think we were, but tice, no peace,” and “fight for jobs I don’t think anything will and education, not for banks and change,” he said. “Well, we corporations,” could be heard as tried.” the protesters marched. One of the police officers outThe protesters picketed outside side the legislature said the only the Wachovia building for about people in the building were 30 minutes before marching to cops and the representatives left the legislature. Thursday night. Security ofThe protest ficers mostly also started 30 filled the buildminutes late ing, with a few to allow the workers watchpeople f rom ing the protest. Rocky Mount Everyone in the and Charlotte, lobby had their who ultimately employers failed to artell them not rive, accordto talk to the ing to ThomRyan Thomson, junior in press. Howson. Madeline political science ever, a security Miller, a senior officer in the at Durha m building said the protesters could Academy, said she didn’t think do whatever they wished outside it numbed the protest’s message. because they don’t have jurisdic“We made a necessary time tion outside, but the protesters change,” she said. could not enter the building. Miller also acknoweldged the After the protesters left the protest wouldn’t get to the legisfront of the building, workers lature building until after 5 p.m. emerged from the building. but insisted picketing outside an One woman asked what the empty building wouldn’t be for
“We tried to make ourselves heard and what happened happened.”
Freemasons from Raleigh and surrounding lodges contributed $2,000 to Matt Robbins, a graduate student in architecture, to aid in the completion of the Bell Tower by adding bells to the structure. Robbins spoke to members and administrative officers April 1, asking them to serve as the cornerstone of the project. “Everybody was very attentive and interested with what Matt was saying,” Sam Frink, a sophomore in engineering said. “Overall, there was a great response and they were all really supportive of the idea.” Robbins said he presented a history lesson to them because they were involved with the Bell Tower at such an early time, when it was first constructed. He also said the meeting was a great time and opportunity to reiterate that the original design can be accomplished if they [students and Masons] work together. “The only other time when enough students are gathered for the purpose of doing something as one accord together is when we are all yelling at Carter Finley,” he said. “That’s a great symbol of Wolfpack pride but this is an attempt to reinvent the sense of ownership of the Univer-
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sity and create the same sense of unity.” When the meeting came to a close, Robbins said one of the leaders of the Grand Lodge approached him and said this [project] is exactly what the Masons needed. He handed Robbins a check for $1,000 and other members presented Robbins with checks as well. “This is seed money,” Robbins said. “It’s money that will grow in turn. The seed money they have so graciously given gets put into the shirts, which all support the cause.” Robbins said he was overwhelmed at the Mason’s response and the amount of support blew him away. “It wasn’t that I expected a certain amount because I didn’t want to chastise my mind,” he said. “I always expect big things from them [Masons], but I didn’t know exactly what it was going TOWER continued page 3
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Ryan Thomson, a junior in political science, marches through downtown Raleigh with UNC student Daniel Gunnell at the “Bail Out Students, Not Banks” protest Friday.
BAILOUT STUDENTS, NOT BANKS RUNDOWN: Who: Coalition members and Endorsers include Black Workers for Justice
youth, Fight Imperialism Stand Together (FIST), UNC-CH Student Action with Workers, NCSU Student Worker Alliance, United Students Against Sweatshops, NCSU Students for Social Progress, UNC-Chapel Hill Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Charlotte Action Center for Justice, UNC-CH Feminist Students United!, Raleigh Anarchist Solidarity Collective
What: A protest to bail out the students, not the banks When: Friday, April 3, at 4 p.m. Where: Progress Energy, marching to Wachovia, ending at NC Legislature SOURCE: RYAN THOMSON, ONE OF THE PROTEST ORGANIZERS
just symbolism but to build support for their cause. As for the low turnout, Thomson said it’s hard to have a certain number of people present, but the potential could have been much higher if more people had shown up.
He also said he was disappointed that hundreds of N.C. State students didn’t show up. “It shows [N.C. State] students aren’t connected with their tuition and that their parents are paying for it,” Thomson said. “Out of sight, out of mind.”
sounded, and was forced out of the building while the alarm was reset. Ty Johnson “Everyone was outside for 10 News Editor or 15 minutes or so,” Gillis said. “Then everybody was able to go The National Pan-Hellenic back in and [Alpha Phi Alpha Council’s Pan-Afrikan Step was] able to perform again at Show Friday night in Stewart the end.” Theatre featured step teams Gillis said the use of fog and from four fraternities and smoke machines during routines two sororities, but was not may have led to the alarm, but free from incident. there were allegations that the Alpha Phi Alpha won the alarm was pulled in an effort to fraternity give the perportion of the forming step show, but had team a fresh its rout i ne start later in interrupted the program. when a fire Gillis felt the alarm soundalarm was just ed, leading a coincidence. to a required “Whether evacuation. the fire alarm Colleen Gilhappened or lis, a senior they just did i n appl ie d their routine, Colleen Gillis, a senior in sociology it wou ld n’t applied sociology and member h ave m atof the Delta tered,” Gillis Sigma Theta step team, was backstage when the alarm STEP SHOW continued page 3
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In Friday’s page-eight Hoops Picks, Kishea Phillips’ choices were incorrect. Phillips picked Michigan State and UNC-Chapel Hill in the championship game and UNC as the winner. In Friday’s page-one story “Plan targets sustainability on campus,� Damian Lallathin’s name was spelled incorrectly. In the same story Derek Guttery’s name was spelled incorrectly and his major is actually engineering. Technician regrets these errors.
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SG announces official election results Out of a pool of 30,815 potential voters, 6,740 cast their ballots for Student Government elections. This was a voter turnout of about 22 percent. Jim Ceresnak won a close victory over Kornelius Bascombe for student body president getting 52 percent of the votes and Bascombe receiving 48 percent. For Student Body chief justice, Mary Frances Woods took 57.7 percent of the votes with Timur Ender receiving 42.3 percent. Marycobb Randall won a tight race with Matt Woodward, receiving 52.6 percent of the votes with 47.7 percent of voters casting their ballot for Woodward. Jay Dawkins won the senior class president race in a landslide, taking 70.4 percent of the votes with David Bascombe Jr. receiving 14.9 percent and Caroline Gibson receiving 14.7 percent of the votes.
Only 14 percent of students voted to keep the dormant Americana publication with 86 percent in favor of disbanding it. SOURCE: STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Poetry winners to be announced Tuesday
This years annual University poetry contest drew a record amount of submissions, and the winner is set to be announced Tuesday. Ellen Bryan Voigt, a National Book Award finalist and founder of the Warren Wilson Writing Program, judged this years competition. In addition to announcing the winners, Voigt will read from her own works. The event will be held in the Caldwell Hall lounge at 7:30 p.m. SOURCE: NCSU
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Professor to lead discussion on politics, Obama A Scholars Forum on the rekindling of the relationship under President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Gordon Brown will be held today at 2:20 p.m. in Witherspoon Student Cinema. World-renowned Oxford professor, Dr. Martin Holmes, will lead the discussion. Holmes is an expert in political economy, world-class lecturer and the author of Thatcherism: Scope and Limits, Beyond Europe: Selected Essays, 1989-1993, and European Integration: Scope and Limits.
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to be.” Robbins said the money from the Masons allows about 1,000 shirts to be printed. “We’ve already received an overwhelming amount of people saying they want a shirt,” Robbins said. “About $2,500 will be put into printing and if we can sell all of the shirts, that money turns into $5,000.” Robbins said the profit from the shirts will go directly into a fund for the bells he is hoping to have placed in the Bell Tower. “It would be such a statement to the University to say the community has raised enough money for the beginning portion of this project,” he said. However, Robbins said he is
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Miles Holst, senior in art and design, won first in the Hipster Run-off category of the College of Design’s Studio Collective Friday night. Logan Sayles, senior in graphic design, won first place in the miscellaneous category for his moose bike, having full size moose antlers resting on the handle bars. Mark Gusman, senior in graphic design, won honorable mention, winning a garbage bag full of pork rinds.
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said. “Their routine was still the same.” Gillis also said allowing the team to perform later in the evening was a justified solution to the team having their routine interrupted. “I honestly think it was an accident, things happen all the time,” Gillis said. “It was fair for them to go at the end because that was a big disruption.” Gillis said the extra time may have allowed Alpha Phi Alpha to be more mentally prepared, but insisted the incident didn’t give the team an unfair advantage. “It gave them a chance to clear their head,” she said. “It worked out in their favor,
unsure when the bells will actually be placed in the Bell Tower. The renovation is on hold indefinitely because of Gov. Bev Perdue’s executive order which restricts the activation of new capital projects, he said. “In order for the installation to happen, the renovation will have to be in progress,” he said. “Facilities has agreed to keep a portal in the shrine room ceiling open during the renovation and we can put six bells in through the portal.” Regardless of the time line, Frink said completing the Bell Tower will help bring everyone together. “Everyone will have a part in making this University complete,” Frink said. “If we can all get together to complete it, we can all leave a mark on the University forever.”
The National Pan-Hellenic Council’s Pan-Afrikan Step Show returned to campus Friday night after the festival did not feature a step show last year. This year’s winners: Fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha Sorority Delta Sigma Theta SOURCE: DEMI OLUBANWO
but I don’t necessarily agree that there was a controversy. I don’t think anybody expected that to happen.” Delta Sigma Theta won the sorority portion of the step show in the step show’s return to campus after it wasn’t held during last year’s Pan-Afrikan festival. “It was a good show,” Gillis said. “Especially since we weren’t able to have one last year. Everybody did great and came prepared.”
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Demonstration needs to be more focused THE ISSUE:
Bail Out the People Movement marched in downtown Raleigh Friday and was not as organized as it could have been.
OUR OPINION:
The group should have used this opportunity to invoke change, but it flopped.
THE SOLUTION:
The group must advertise better and be more organized to attract more people to fight for students.
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Playboy did not deserve so much coverage I am embarrassed to say that I go to a school that focuses more on a Playboy photo shoot than topics of actual importance. I am also outraged that this article (spanning an entire page and a half in a paper that is only eight pages) was so one sided. Who are you to tell women what they can and cannot do? You focused so much on female empowerment, yet you are telling us what we should be doing instead of letting us decide for ourselves. Although I myself would not pose for Playboy, I support any female who feels comfortable enough in her own skin to do so. The interview was NOT held on campus nor did it directly harm anyone. Participation was obviously voluntary, and those who chose not to take part should mind their own business. Also, your undercover article was a failed attempt at being humorous. While I’m sure the writer thought she was being very clever, she only made herself sound ridiculous. Focus on what’s important, even the Daily Tar Heel can do that. Reema Patel senior, biochemistry
Playboy impedes female sexual liberation Playboy completely undermines female sexual liberation which Hugh Hefner as well as others including Ricci Kearney (in his March 27 campus forum letter) claim it promotes. Women who appear in Playboy will never be seen as themselves. Instead, they will be merely viewed as sexual objects that are to be consumed by men. If women were truly liberated, wouldn’t it be possible for us to feel sexy without being commodified? Sexuality is inherent and we should all be able to define it for ourselves. However, female sexuality is defined in terms of the mainstream male sexuality and is promoted through magazines such as Playboy. Frankly, I find this sexuality which is confined by silicon breasts and airbrushed bodies to be quite boring — not liberating. Kearney obviously is also ignorant of the fact that although some people felt Playboy aided in female sexual liberation, the majority of those involved in the feminist movement opposed Playboy from the very beginning. Kearney’s claim that “Playboy was an instrumental part of ... the Female Civil Rights Movement” is utterly farcical. In fact, in 1963, the renown feminist Gloria Steinem wrote “A Bunny’s Tale” which revealed the misogynistic and exploitative industry of Playboy. Playboy is not an “artful expression”
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group of high school and college students from several schools across the state marched in downtown Raleigh to the Bank of America building, the Wachovia building and the State Legislative building Friday afternoon. The purpose of the march was to protest bank bailouts and “demand a real jobs program that can provide work for young people, no education cuts and no tuition hikes,” according to a press release from the group Bail Out the People Movement. If the group wants to have the change it wants to see, then it should have advertised better. The group did have flyers, but the time posted on the Facebook event was one hour earlier
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than the flyer. Also, the rally started 30 minutes late from the latest time posted. On top of that, only 31 people showed up out of 75 people who signed up to march. The marchers failed to catch the attention of local news outlets, such as the News and Observer which has its headquarters in downtown Raleigh. The group decided to march on the 41st anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s last speech. If the groups wishes to emulate the change King made, then it must be willing to have continuity and advertise in different
forms of media. Besides the lack of organization, the demands of the group are impossible to meet. It would have been taken more seriously if those who participated in the march asked for lower student loan interest rates, but asking banks to cancel all student debt is not possible. Also, the group should have asked the Legislature to cut less from education, not none at all because it is more realistic. The group plans on having a bigger march May 1, and if it wants to see real change, then it must have more reasonable ambitions and have better organi-
zation. A demonstration from a different chapter of the same group marched on Wall Street also Friday and gathered hundreds of people. There is no reason why North Carolina could not gather more people than that for its next march. Though it is commendable for the demonstrators to advocate for education, their specific goals are far-fetched. They should rethink their philosophy, because if they do, it could have a positive impact on N.C.’s education system. If the groups organizes the demonstration well May 1, then it may be the push education advocacy needs.
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of female sexuality as Kearney claims, but rather, it defies the core values of feminism. Hefner, himself, is a sexual opportunist but demands that ‘his bunnies’ remain loyal to him by refusing dates and having a bridled sexuality unlike his own. This double standard sounds more like sexual control than sexual liberation to me. Because our society has been affected by the feminist movement, everything we do is believed to be imbued with its agenda. However, if this is true, shouldn’t the salacious world of Playboy reflect how far we all have come? Or, Mr. Kearney, does the normalization of sexual objectification and exploitation of women as well as the delusive belief of female sexual liberation reflect how far we have yet to go? Haley M. Raimondi senior, French
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President Barack Obama overstepped his boundaries Did you know that President Barack Obama was the Chairman and CEO of General Motors? I didn’t until he announced that he had fired Rick Wagoner from his position at GM. With this action, the President has overstepped a boundary that must not be ignored. By reaching into the boardroom of GM he has set a radical precedent that ignores the rule of law and replaces it with the will of the government. Where in the constitution is the power to manage our private lives given to the government? To decide how much someone is paid? To decide what type of vehicles should be manufactured? To fire executives? I have searched and cannot find it. It seems like our lives are slipping to the control of the government and no one seems to care. Our government is using the same tactics that are used to recruit cult members with smart rhetoric and that “he makes me feel good” vibe. Our freedoms are under attack. These abuses of power must be brought to a halt, the rule of law must be reestablished, and the President must be impeached before we find our union in a state that cannot be undone. P.S. — Before you make your next big decision you may want to call the President at 202-456-1414 just to make sure it’s OK with him. Jonathan Callahan sophomore, business management
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Final exams are coming up, and I found myself in a bind and stressed out about school work and other engagements. I felt like a Duke student who had recently scored too low on a test a nd had to do some sort of ritua lized shame practice in front of a Jake Goldbas boa rd of Staff Columnist post-doctorate assistant-teacher’s assistants. Or worse — a UNC -Chapel Hill student who stresses about all the work he has to do when he really is just doing liberal arts (also known as YouTube). When YouTube got boring, however, I hit up WebMD and got some classic tips, just for you. Here’s what the doctor site said: Write. Let your feelings out. Do s ome t h i ng you enjoy. Focus on the present. Meditate. Use guided imagery. Ways to relax your body: Exercise. Try techniques to relax. Breathing exercises. Progressive muscle relaxation. The problem with these, however, is that they are all distractions from stress in-
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stead of stress-fighters. In a book by Dan Garrett about Baruch Spinoza, a philosopher, I read about how he got rid of stress from knocking out the passions. Garrett, said, “The constraint or removal of affects- including harmful ones – depends on the occurrence of opposite and stronger affects. An affect is ... more powerful if we imagine its object as possible rather than merely contingent.” Everybody is going “huh?” so let me put this a different way. Spinoza said we have to fight fire with fire, but not just any fire. He was talking about getting rid of a basic passion with a stronger passion. Spinoza would first have us realize that we are stressed. Then, he would make us think about our goals and our grades. Then he might have us think of our passion to be de-stressed. If it’s not harmful and crazy stress, then it might be good. But if it is bad, we can knock it out with our bigger passion to de-stress, or our bigger passion of studying. Some of us might already do this or have done this in the past. Besides the normal stressawareness tips, I’m using Spinoza to say this: when you realize that you are stressing, try to overcome it with a greater passion. How do you get your greater pas-
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sion? Spinoza’s got the basic set up written above: it’s got to be opposite and stronger. The passion of studying can knock out a lot of stress about studying (stress here being lesser passions; like thinking about studying, worrying about tests, and procrastinating.) When people study, it’s impossible to worry about tests and think about what they’re studying at the same time. This is what Spinoza means by having something “present rather than past or future.” We should take “its object as being in the near” to think of how our tests are in the future, but the stress itself is now. The larger, nearer passion that we can use to cancel this one out is concentrating on studying. By focusing on the act of studying rather than the conflict between studying and not studying I think you can eliminate stress. But by studying alone, instead of thinking about the act of studying, you might get rid of even more stress. Ironically, when you do destress, you position yourself to get better grades, which would be the only point of stressing in the first place.
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The Spring Concert and 40th anniversary show of all-male a cappella group Grains of Time was held in Stewart Theater at 8 p.m. Saturday night. The addition of former Grains members from 1969, the year of inception, up to the current lineup led to the Grainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first sold-out concert. Prior to the show, the lobby was packed with people trying to pick up or buy tickets, as other audience members steadily streamed into the theater. A CD of various songs by the Grains played in the background, and the Grains logo, a lowercase â&#x20AC;&#x153;gâ&#x20AC;? with a clock inside of the larger loop, was projected onto the stage curtains. The current Grains took the stage wearing jeans, blazers and ties. They warmed up the audience with a few songs, vacillating between new hits and old favorites. Two songs included Justin Timberlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Goes Aroundâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stand by Meâ&#x20AC;? by Ben E. King. Incarnations of the Grains included the original line-up from 1969, the early-to-mid 1990s groups, the late 1990s group, the 2000 octet, and the 2006 singers as well as the current members. Most performances yielded a standing ovation from the audience, and audience members seemed to be familiar with certain songs. Each group of former Grains appeared to relish performing again, feeling comfortable enough to joke with each other, leading to some moments of improvisation and hilarity. In the first act, the memory of former womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball coach Kay Yow was honored since she had always said her favorite musical group overall was the Grains. The current Grains then said they would always leave one seat open at every performance in her memory. A bouquet of roses, three red and three pink, as well as a pink jersey emblazoned with her name were then draped across a seat in the center section of the audience. The move prompted a sustained standing ovation. The various incarnations of the Grains truly showed the evolution of the group. The founding group from 1969 played guitars
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before the group became truly a cappella in the late 1980s, and the 2006 group was credited for introducing vocal percussion into performances. At the end of the first and second acts, all Grains, past and present, performed a couple songs as a large group. There was also a performance off the Grainsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; latest CD titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Goinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Down Singinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;,â&#x20AC;? which included the vocal percussion. The program closed with all Grains singing the N.C. State alma mater. Jonathan Rand, a senior in English and current Grains member, said a lot of planning went into the nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The whole thing took about a year to organize,â&#x20AC;? Rand said.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;We rehearsed with the former Grains for about two days. The groups from the 90s rehearsed by themselves, and we performed pieces that everyone knew.â&#x20AC;? Members have their own reasons as to why they sing within the group. Rand knew he would try out for the Grains as soon as he came to N.C. State. His father had been in the Grains when he was in school. Growing up, Rand sang in church as well as choir throughout middle and high school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I became a singer by birthright,â&#x20AC;? Rand said. Rand and his father were noted to be the first Grain legacy during the performance on Saturday. Member Brad Wood, a junior
in textile engineering, said he started singing in his church choir with his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s encouragement.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;She figured that I would be into it,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. Wood then discovered that he had a knack for music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I sang throughout middle school and high school, and I really found a love for it,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. Wood found out about the group through a friend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I went to the Unity concert, which featured all a cappella groups, and I thought that the Grains were really good. So I e-mailed people, trying to find some more information, and then auditioned and got in,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. Wood has been a member since spring 2006, and he said it has been a great experience for him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve gotten to know the guys very well, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve worked with some of the biggest talents musically,â&#x20AC;? Wood said. But not every Grain grew up a singer. Ryan Riddle, sophomore in aerospace engineering, came to sing with the Grains accidentally. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really sing, I mostly played drums and beatboxed,â&#x20AC;? Riddle said. Riddle said a girl from his dorm had heard him beatbox and suggested he try out for the Grains, since they needed a beatboxer. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just beatboxed to annoy my parents, but I guess it paid off,â&#x20AC;? Riddle said. Riddle said his family is not musically inclined, although he himself plays drums and guitar. Riddle said he is making headway with his singing, wishing that he will one day be able to belt out a tune. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I really want a solo, to prove that I can really sing,â&#x20AC;? Riddle said.
LIFESTYLES Students engineer cheap TB test Three students have used their senior engineering project to do some worldwide good. Pavak Shah, Daniel Jack and Hersh Tapadia, all seniors in engineering, invented a cost efficient way to diagnose tuberculosis -- a disease that continues to ravage countries like India, China and South Africa. Each TB test costs less than one dollar, and does not require medical training to administer. After some more tweaks, the TB tester could be adjusted to test for HIV and malaria. SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM
N.C. House passes smoking ban The N.C. House passed a ban on smoking in restaurants and workplaces Thursday. Bars, however, are not included in the ban -- an exception that has upset some restaurant owners who fear patrons will choose a cigarette over a restaurant visit. The reason? A bar or nightclub is defined as an establishment that prohibits minors from being on the premises. That means restaurants that serve children during the day but have an active bar at night cannot allow those late-night patrons to smoke. Patrons who smoke in a non-smoking establishment will be subject to a $50 fine. Business owners who continually have problems enforcing the new law will be subject to a fine as large as $200. SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Heart cells regenerate A study published in the April 3 issue of Science revealed the human heart continually regenerates beating cells throughout a personâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. The beating cells regenerate at different speeds as a person age, so fewer cells are replaced the older a person gets. Researchers are hopeful that the discovery will lead to the development of medications that can promote cell regeneration. Those medications could reverse the effects of heart disease. SOURCE: HEALTHNEWS.COM
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The Eta Omicron chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. steps to music from the Dark Knight in Stewart Theatre Friday night. The organization won first place and $1000 in the step competition.
The Pan-Afrikan Festival hosted the 2009 Pan-Afrikan Step Show Friday night. After an incident with the fire alarm in the midst of a performance, the Eta Omicron chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. took first place for men and the Mu Omicron
chapter of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. won first place for the women. All nine of the National Panhellenic Council member fraternities and sororities competed in the event. Rheuben Herbert III, a senior in statistics and stepmaster for Alpha Phi Al-
pha, Inc., said his step team had been practicing for the show for about two months. His team’s theme was the Dark Knight. “The movie was very popular, so we wanted to do something the crowd related to,” Herbert said.
The team stepped to songs from the Dark Knight sound track and several popular R&B songs. Herbert said stepping is very important to his fraternity since the organization has won the step show for six years in a row.
PILLOW FIGHTERS GET CRAZY DOWNTOWN David Johnson spent his Saturday in Moore Square with pillows landing on his head. It was International Pillow Fight Day, when thousands of people from the Netherlands to Brazil got together with pillows in hand to slam each other senseless in a friendly way. Johnson said the pillow fight cycled through moments of frenzy and calm. “It kind of went in waves,” he said.”Nobody would be swinging and then I’d grab my friend and we’d hit someone and get it going.” An hour later, Johnson’s pillow was “ruined.” Johnson said he liked how the
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event brought people together. “I just like hitting random
Culturally, stepping is important because of its ties to Africa. “It’s basically a form of expression,” Herbert said. “It’s a way to relieve stress and show who we are.”
strangers and them being cool with it,” he said.
Relay for Life N.C. State hosted the 5th annual Relay at Lee Field. About 840 registered volunteers and a couple hundred more gathered to raise money for cancer r esearch Friday night through Saturday morning. Volunteers raised $5,000 during the event itself but more than $42,000 in all. Samantha Stone, a sophomore in biology and cochair for the event, said bands played, the dance team performed and about 15 survivors came out to inspire the walkers. Stone said the group hopes to reg register 1,000 people in 2010.
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Relay For Life participants play Twister in the center of Lee Field while others keep walking. Each group participating had to have one person walking the track at all times.
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come to an end at the hands of Andrew Bailey and Maciek Sykut. Pulgar and Weinackcontinued from page 8 er, who have won all but one doubles match this season, Pulgar made quick work of his lost 8-6 at No. 2. opponent on Friday as well, 6-1, In order to get the team 7-6(2). Choboy called Pulgar an back to its winning ways, “excellent comChoboy said pet itor” a nd t he Pack said his future needs to play is very bright. a “cleaner, “He played more consissmart. There tent game.” was a certain “If t he way to play him, other team and it was a raises their little outside of game, so what Jaime does be it, but Men’s tennis coach all the time, so w e d o n ’t Jon Choboy he changed his want to beat game just a little ourselves,” bit to beat him today,” Choboy Choboy said. said. State will participate in its Pulgar said it was difficult to two final home matches of the earn his team’s lone point, as his regular season next weekend. opponent played professionally The team will host Virginbefore going to college. ia Tech Friday and Virginia “I was trying to switch my Sunday, which will also serve game around and be more ag- as Senior Day. gressive,” Pulgar said. “It was a The Pack will honor seniors good victory and I want to keep Derek Stephens, Christian it up in upcoming matches.” Welte and Weinacker. State was shut out in doubles for only the third time this season. Pulgar and senior Jay Weinacker saw their doubles win streak
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ites to win the event at, having averaged a 9.909 on the floor this season as of March 30. As a team, State ended sixth with a team score of 193.800 and failed to qualify for the national meet. No. 1 Georgia and No. 11 Penn State posted scores of 197.700 and 195.800 to finish first and second, respectively, at the Saturday night meet in Reynolds Coliseum. The team had their worst showing since the Jan. 30 meet
against Georgia where they lost 193.150-195.000. The Pack came out to an early lead with freshman Brooke Barr gathering a score of 9.850 on the vault to bring the team total to 48.875 after the first rotation. From there, State struggled to maintain finesse and accuracy through the routines, and would eventually finish last overall at the home meet. Senior Ashley Shepard scored a 9.8 on the floor in her final collegiate meet.
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track down a line drive over her head to secure the victory. “When you get towards the end of the season luck helps you out a bit,” Navas said. “But we have to make our own breaks and we just have to put it together.” State threatened in the bottom of the seventh, loading the bases after hits by junior Allison Presnell and Jacobellis and a walk by sophomore Alyssa Ishibashi, but couldn’t get that big
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Baseball takes one from BC in Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubleheader 4HE BASEBALL TEAM WON IN THE OPENER BEHIND 0AT &ERGUSON S FOUR 2") PERFORMANCE BEFORE FALLING TO THE %AGLES IN THE SECOND GAME 4HE SPLIT HAS . # 3TATE S CURRENT RECORD AT OVERALL AND IN THE !## 3TATE NEVER TRAILED IN THE lRST GAME GOING UP IN THE SECOND INNING AND LEADING BEFORE TWO LATE RUNS BY "# 4HE SECOND GAME SAW THE 0ACK COME BACK FROM A DElCIT TO TIE THE GAME BEFORE "# PULLED AWAY WITH TWO RUNS IN THE SIXTH INNING AND ONE MORE IN THE SEVENTH SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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LETHARGIC OFFENSE, MISSED OPPORTUNITIES DOOM STATE IN RIVALRY SERIES Taylor Barbour Staff Writer
The softball team dropped its third straight game against rival North Carolina 2-1. The loss takes N.C. State to 18-16 (3-6 ACC) on the year and puts 15thranked Carolina at 33-7 (10-2 ACC). Starting senior pitcher Mendy McKenzie received the loss taking her to 7-7 on the season and Lisa Norris of Carolina picked up her second win of the weekend in relief taking her to 16-4. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The game has always come down between our two teams [State and Carolina] to mistakes and we just had
one high throw away and if we snag that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score or they only score one run and we stay in it,â&#x20AC;? coach Lisa Navas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am proud of the kids for fighting and if we play like that every day and take care of our mistakes we arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t going to lose any more games.â&#x20AC;? The Wolfpack, who lost all three games this weekend against Carolina, had a nonexistent offense managing only one run and seven hits in three games after losing both games of the doubleheader Saturday 4-0. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you look at stats, we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hit the broad side of a barn but if you watch us play, we do hit the ball and hit it hard,â&#x20AC;? Navas said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are putting it
in play, we cut down our strikeouts and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we want to try to do, just get better every day.â&#x20AC;? The Pack struck first in the game in the bottom of the third inning when an RBI single by sophomore Bridget Desbois allowed sophomore Eliza Jacobellis to score on an error. The bats remain silent, however, after the third inning with State only managing three more hits the rest of the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played with so much heart today. We are hitting it,â&#x20AC;? freshman Hannah Ojeda said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are just not finding the holes right now.â&#x20AC;? Carolina was able to tack on two
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runs in the fifth inning after back-toback hits and a throwing error by State. Those runs proved enough to seal the victory, with both teams unable to score another run through the rest of the game. Carolina was led by starting pitcher Danielle Spaulding who allowed one run in three innings and went 1-2 with an RBI. State just couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch a break, however, thanks to numerous good plays in the field by the Tarheels, including the last play of the game when shortstop Christine Knauer was able to SOFTBALL continued page 7
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4UESDAY SOFTBALL VS. CHARLOTTE Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, 4 p.m. & 6 p.m. BASEBALL VS. UNC WILMINGTON Doak Field, 6:30 p.m. 7EDNESDAY MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AND WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACK AND FIELD AT SEA RAY Knoxville, Tenn., All Day &RIDAY MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AND WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACK AND FIELD @ NC A&T Greensboro, N.C., All Day MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA TECH Raleigh, N.C., 2:30 p.m. WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS @ VIRGINIA TECH Blacksburg, Va., 2 p.m. SOFTBALL @ GEORGIA TECH Atlanta, G.A., 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. BASEBALL @ DUKE Durham, N.C., 7 p.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one at the meet did a routine as nice as hers.â&#x20AC;? Gymnastics coach Mark Stevenson
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Taylor Seaman, junior gymnast, is embraced by her teammates after finishing first in the floor routine. Seaman advances to nationals in Lincoln, Neb. N.C. State placed sixth in the NCAA Regional Tournament in Reynolds Coliseum.
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Gymnast Taylor Seaman advanced to the NCA A Championships after her performance at the NCAA Regional meet over the weekend. Seaman, a junior from Greensburg, Pa., finished first in the floor event. Seaman posted a careerhigh 9.950, and became only the second Wolfpack gymnast to win an event at the NCAA Regional level. The other gymnast, Leigha Hancock, won the f loor in 2006 and beam in 2008. In an official statement, coach Ma rk Ste venson
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;She will get herself prepared and be a strong representative for us at the NCAA Championships,â&#x20AC;? Stevenson said. The junior was named to the All-EAGL first team in the floor, vault, beam, bars, and all-around earlier this season. At the national meet, Seaman will take on Ashleigh Clare-Kearney of LSU, one of the favorGYM continued page 7
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praised Seamanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taylor did by far her best floor routine of the year,â&#x20AC;? Stevenson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;No one at the meet did a routine as nice as hers, and the judges rewarded her with a trip to nationals.â&#x20AC;? Seaman will travel to Lincoln, Neb. April 16 to compete in the NCAA Championships. This season, Seaman has been named the EAGL Gymnast of the Week on three occasions this year.
Jay Weinacker returns the ball during his singles match Tuesday March 31. Weinacker lost his singles match, but won his doubles match alongside partner Jaime Pulgar. The Wolfpack fell against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 5-2.
The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team just avoided being swept by Florida State Sunday at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. The Wolfpack lost the doubles point and freshman Jaime Pulgar was the sole State competitor to win his singles match. The Pack fell to 3-6 in the ACC and 9-12 overall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were up a break on two courts and breaking back on another, so it was back and forth,â&#x20AC;? coach Jon Choboy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They played a few of the bigger points better than we did, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really what makes a halfway decent team.â&#x20AC;?
This latest defeat polished off a disappointing weekend for the Pack. The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s team lost a close one to Miami, 4-3, Friday afternoon. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The only thing we can do is be well-rested and keep trying,â&#x20AC;? Pulgar said of competing against hig her-ra n ked opponents. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Whatever happens, happens.â&#x20AC;? Pulgar took on FSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vahid Mirzadeh at No. 4 and split the first two matches. Pulgar rose to the occasion during the last set and took down Mirzadeh, 10-5. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He plays a very consistent game and [Mirzadeh] plays a very consistent game,â&#x20AC;? Choboy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give away a lot of free points, so youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to beat him if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going to win the match.â&#x20AC;? TENNIS continued page 7
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