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Big Event bigger than last year ANNUAL EVENT INTENDS TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR UNDERAGE STUDENTS Ty Johnson
Muir, who attended last year’s away game against the Tar Heels, said the event was a good uniter of the student body as it “helped The ACTION Committee hosted the 12th bring everyone together,” which is exactly annual Big Event in the historic Reynolds what Austin’s vision for the event has been Coliseum. The event, which featured a since its beginning. big screen viewing of the men’s basketball “We just provide an alternative to a sports game vs. UNC-Chapel Hill, with giveaways, bar,” Austin said. “A majority of undergrads raffles and a halftime shooting contest, are underage, so we provide an exciting way garnered much student support and may to view the game.” have even topped last year’s attendance And that’s precisely why so many students totals, according to Jay Dawkins, student came out, according to Katelyn Burgee, a body president and freshman in biology. the event’s master of “It’s such a big ceremonies. game,” Burgee said. While event plan“I wanted to watch it ners were unsure with a bunch of spirabout exact attenited people.” d a nc e nu m b e r s , The crowd, estiChris Austin, the mated to be over assistant director of 2 , 0 0 0, c e r t a i n l y Health Promotion, showed spirit as fans said the turnout was cheered and yelled slightly better than at the 16x20 foot last year, but noted Chris Austin, assistant director of Health screen throughout that students also the broadcast of the Promotion came in much earlier game, even booing a than in years past. commercial intended “People didn’t trickle in,” Austin said. to persuade college hopefuls to consider at“They came early and were in their seats tending Carolina. by tip-off.” The game-like experience is what brought Austin felt the turnout and excitement Kathryn Kay, a sophomore in microbiolfor the event was likely due to the men’s ogy, back to the Big Event this year for the basketball team’s recent success. second time. “[Winning] the last few games brought in “Just to see the game on a big TV with more people, I think,” Austin said. cheerleaders and the band, it’s awesome.” But Taylor Muir, a sophomore in me- Kay said. chanical engineering, said the event’s varied Despite the turnout, ACTION commitpublicity likely led to the high attendance. tee student representative Matt Garcia said “I got an invite on Facebook and saw fly- he’d like to see even more students filling ers, and heard people talking about it and Reynolds. asking if I was going,” Muir said. “[Word] got around pretty well.” BIG EVENT continued page 3 News Editor
“A majority of undergrads are underage, so we provide an exciting way to view the game.”
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Watching the UNC-Chapel Hill game, Eric Berte, a senior in history, Cayle Machek, a sophomore in First Year College, and Adam Rodgers, a freshman in First Year College, react to the game at the Big Event in Reynolds Coliseum. Rodges said the game was going “not so good right now. It was looking good, but we’re down by nine now.”
Natural Resources Library may close due to budget cuts, students affected University proposes closing as one possible response to budget problems Jake Goldbas Correspondent
The University has identified closing the Natural Resources Library as a possible budget reduction strategy, according to Karen Ciccone, the library’s director. This is a problem for students in the College of Natural Resources, many of whom use the library regularly. Graham Ford, a junior in forestry, uses the NRL on a daily to weekly basis. “I think that the library is a great resource for CNR students,” Ford said. “Shutting it down would be a bad idea, because it’s a good place to go do some work, using the school resources. There has got to be other ways to cut costs.” As a center for specific reserves, the NRL is a resource for faculty, graduate students, and undergraduate students. The single subject library prevents the books from being housed in D.H. Hill where they would be spread out over the course of several floors. Three full-time employees, Ciccone, Pam Crooke, Kevin Atkinson, help users of the NRL find books and articles. Ciccone, aside from overseeing the two full-time employees and student workers, selects the books and journals that are in the library and works with professors and graduate students to help them find specific information in the books. Atkinson said that the NRL was placed under review in January by the Personnel Department and the Finance and Business
WolfProwl begins tonight New bus system will take students to and from downtown Raleigh late at night on weekends
tor bus provide free transportation to students, allowing them to reach downtown safely and for free all a student has to do is show his or her student ID, the Web site states. The new bus was intended to Grayson Parks Correspondent cater mainly to students seeking out bars and other hotspots in The Transportation Depart- downtown Raleigh, according to ment will be introducing the Brian O’Sullivan, the assistant Wolfprowl today, a new bus shut- director for planning and trantling between campus and down- sit operations for the University. town Thursdays, “[Students Fridays and Sathave asked urdays, from 9 for] a safe, car p.m. to 3 a.m. f re e op t ion The new Wolfon weekend prowl bus will nights to aca l s o c on ne c t cess the groww it h t he Raing entertainBrian O’Sullivan, assistant leigh circulator, ment offerings director for planning and giving students downtown,” new widespread O’Sullivan transit operations access to t he said. Raleigh downMo s t s t utown nightlife, according to the dents living on campus are below Wolfline’s Web site. the drinking age. but the bus is There are three Wolfprowl largely meant to cater to people bus stops downtown along the who want to have a night on circulator route, with all the the town. Still, some restaurant other stops on campus. Both the Wolfprowl and the circulaBUS continued page 3
“Students have asked for a safe, car free option on weekend nights.”
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Working on a group lab report for their natural resources measurements class, juniors in natural resourses Liz Montgomery, Lee Anna Young and John Atkinson use the Natural Resources Library in Jordan Hall. “I’d rather come here than D.H. Hill because all the books and resources we need are in one spot, and it would take forever to find them over there,” Montgomery said. “We have a lot of group projects, and this library has more space for group work than the main library,” Young said.
Departments, which are responsible for budgetary oversight of the NRL. “Our jobs have not been guaranteed,” Crooke said. Atkinson, who won the Pride of the Pack award in 2005, said the NRL should not be closed simply because of its size. “The NRL is the smallest seated library, but the tasks that are performed are just as needed; and we handle the same kind of quantity as the other branches. I’ve bonded with the professors who come here over the
years, and it’s getting harder and harder to think about closing for good,” he said. Ciccone said the NRL is primarily important because of its ability to help CNR and Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences majors with the books that it has and the workers that help with access to these materials, but it is open to helping all students. The reason that it is so convenient for major-specific materials is because it is in LIBRARY continued page 3
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In Tuesday’s page-one feature photo of a kayaking clinic, the caption should have stated Outdoor Adventures, a division of Campus Recreation, held the clinic. In Wednesday’s page-one story “Recovery package will benefit students,” the amount of money coming to North Carolina was incorrectly stated. The amount should have been $6,089,387,000.
What will happen when I do this? PHOTO BY DAVID MABE orking for their physics lab, Marco Hsu and Bennett Casey, freshmen in mechanical engineering, measure the current through a wire by the deflection of a compass in Fox Labs Wednesday. “It’s a good representation of what we learned in lecture,” Casey said. Alex Woods [not pictured], a sophomore in nuclear engineering, said the lab was the best one he has had in PY 208 because it was interactive.
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Polar Plunge charity event coming up
The fourth annual “Polar Plunge” is scheduled for Feb. 28. The event will feature a 5k run and walk followed by a dip in the freezing waters of Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus. The run begins at 9 a.m. The event is intended to raise money for Special Olympics athletes in North Carolina. Registration to run is a $25 minimum donation to the cause, and $50 is required to take the plunge. A festival at Lake Raleigh Park with music, chili, a bake sale and raffles will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Annual address to take place in early March The annual State of N.C. State address by Chancellor James Oblinger has been slated for March 10. The event will be in Stewart Theatre at 11 a.m. Oblinger will cover the University’s progress towards achieving economic health, both in North Carolina and in the University itself, and discuss the accomplishments the University has made over the past year. Oblinger will also speak on what the future holds for the University. This will be Oblinger’s fourth State of N.C. State address since he was hired in April of 2005. SOURCE: NCSU
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Ship aground near Antartica
A cruise liner has run aground at Marguerite Bay in Antarctica. The bay lies 600 miles south of Argentina. The owners of the ship are hoping a high tide will dislodge the vessel. The ship, the M/V Ocean Nova, has 106 passengers on board. Crew from a Spanish naval ship are expected to check the hull of the Nova for any significant problems. No injuries have been reported so far. SOURCE: CNN
Remains continue to be discovered near Albuquerque Authorities say bones of a total of six bodies have now been found in a New Mexico excavation site, located west of Albuquerque, in the past two weeks. Authorities
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Jury awards drunk man $2.3 million A Manhattan jury awarded $2.33 million to Dustin Dibble after he lost his leg in a drunken stupor. Dibble had just finished a long night of drinking and watching hockey with his friends when he went down to get on the subway. Dibble stumbled onto the tracks where a train severed his right leg. Dibble’s lawyer said New York City Transit was at fault despite his client’s blood-alcohol content of .18 because he claimed the train had time to stop. The jury ruled Dibble was 35 percent responsible for the accident, and awarded him $2,336,713 instead of the requested $3,594,943. SOURCE: CNN
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Executive Search Services have narrowed the field to four applicants Jessica Hall Staff Writer
With the candidates narrowed down to four, the search for a new Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is almost complete. CHASS has been in search of a new dean to fill the gap left by former dean, Toby Parcel since last September. Since Parcel left in May, Jeff Braden, a psychology professor, has served in the position as an interim dean. Executive Search Services is responsible for filling high-priority positions. The service contacts, interviews, and covers all general logistics of the search, Jessica Padgett, a search assistant, said. “We recruit for [the University.] We’ll go and reach out to the [candidates] and say, ‘We have this position here,’� Padgett said.
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“We tell them a little bit about it, we’ll send them a job prospectus, and then we’ll see if they are interested ... we create everything from scratch.� The process has been long, with over a thousand e-mails sent to possible candidates. Aside from typical problems, finding available rooms on campus to headquarter the search was one of the biggest challenges Padgett faced. “There are not too many places near CHASS that can hold this many people and if there are then they are not available,� Padgett said. These rooms are needed for interview forums between the candidates and faculty as well as between the candidates and students. At the forum this past Tuesday, Braden, one of the four finalists for the job, was questioned by his peers and students regarding various aspects of his role as interim dean, his opinions
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Reynolds. “It would be nice to see Reynolds full,� Garcia, a junior in sport management, said. “But some people couldn’t come because of classes and exams.� Still, Austin said attendance dwarfed a recent year’s event when scheduling restrictions forced the Big Event to show the Wolfpack’s away game against Wake Forest instead of Duke or Carolina. “[Planning] has been harder since we lost the home and away with Duke,� Austin said, referring to the ACC’s realignment and rescheduling back in 2005.
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on classroom issues, his current one, we make all the arrangegoals in light of the economic ments for flights and hotels and crises and his future aspirations. dinner reservations — anything “I hope to keep as many people that you can possibly think of employed and as many students that goes on in search we do it in classes, and to truly show frankly, try and them the culget us through ture of N.C. s ome pre t t y State a nd to stormy seas,� let them know Braden sa id. what we have,� “I don’t think she said. there are goThe four caning to be decid id ate s t h at sions made on remain include the way things Braden, Todd Jessica Padgett, search were. I think Diacon, v ice decisions will assistant in the CHASS dean provost at the search be made on the University of way we want Tennessee, them to be, and Steven Lynn, to me that is gosenior associing to be really exciting.� ate dean of the College of Arts Hard work and organization and Sciences at the University of are required in order to keep the South Carolina, and John Stesearch running smoothly and to venson, an associate vice chanbe able to provide what Padgett cellor and an associate dean at calls “the red carpet treatment.� the University of Colorado in “We chauffeur around every- Boulder.
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Four students in Beaker masks were front row for the Big Event. The students, who appeared at UIF +BO IPNF HBNF WT 6/$ Chapel Hill as well, shared small talk with Mr. Wuf, who couldn’t fit his head into the mask and instead fashioned it into a hand puppet.
owners say they are looking forward to the opportunity. John Hackett, the general manager of Solas, a popular bar, restaurant and lounge off of Glenwood Street, said his restaurant would enjoy the influx of a younger crowd. O’Sullivan said this isn’t the final version of the Wolfprowl, either. “It’s a pilot program and we’ll evaluate Wolfprowl’s future based on its performance this spring,� O’Sullivan said. Student Government will be leading a kickoff event for
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times last year, or roughly 900 visits per typical week, Ciccone continued from page 1 said. If the Natural Resources Library closes, students and faculty Jordan Hall, the Meteorology will need to go to the D.H. Hill building. Likewise, all three Library to access these materials. CNR buildings are next to On the technical side of the Jordan Hall. This location operation, the NRL provides also makes the library a access to electronic devices for shorter disloan, such as tance than Globa l PosiD.H. H i l l tioning System Library for (GPS) receivers, students in laptop computt he Avent ers, and graphFerry Coming calculators. plex, ColThrough t he lege Inn and library’s TripWood Hall. saver service, According students can reto Ciccone, quest other deeach year the vices from D.H. library cirHill Library be culates over delivered to the Graham Ford, junior in 5,000 library NRL. forestry items, as The librar y well as hunhas three copy dreds of inmachines and terlibrary loan books request- seven computer workstations, ed by faculty and students to in addition to lending laptops. be delivered to the NRL for pickup. It also provides access to over 250 items on reserve for CNR and MEAS courses and was used over 40,000
“Shutting it down would be a bad idea, because it’s a good place to go do some work, using the school resources.�
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New CHASS dean must fight for students THE ISSUE:
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has started its search for a new dean.
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Whoever takes the job has a lot to deal with, like budget cuts and planning for future expansion.
THE SOLUTION:
The new dean needs to stick around to deal with all these issues without compromising due to present budget issues.
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he College of Humanities and Social Sciences has been without a dean since April 2008, when Toby Parcel stepped down. Now, the search is on for someone to fill the office. CHASS is the third-largest college on campus after engineering and agricultural and life sciences, and all students, regardless of major, need to take classes in humanities to graduate. This office is as important to the University’s operation as that of any engineering or general administrator, and he or she should be chosen carefully. However, the person who is given the job needs to keep a specific list of priorities and
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remain open to students for suggestions. The first order of business for the new dean is the budget. With the state-mandated seven percent budget reduction, the University is cutting costs everywhere. However, the CHASS dean must fight reductions in available classes and sections in the college. Upperclassmen also need to be given priority if classes must be cut. There is no reason why students should have to stay an extra semester simply because they could not take the one course they needed to graduate. Such measures will improve the
four year graduation rate, a statistic for which the University has drawn some criticism. If the budget cuts make it absolutely necessary to cut classes or programs, the new CHASS dean must look to cut programs that benefit the fewest people. Yet the new dean must also take care with any cuts. Unlike other departments that need to purchase equipment for classes, CHASS uses a good portion of its budget to pay faculty. Still, the economic downturn will not last forever, and the new dean must also address future concerns regarding gradu-
ate and undergraduate courses. Neither graduate nor undergraduate students should be given priority instead, CHASS needs to expand these programs with equal vigor, and the new dean should stay committed to expanding educational opportunities for students of all ages and degrees. These challenges are not for the faint of heart, and the new CHASS dean should be selected with the expectation that he will stay around and work on making these goals into reality. Given the turnover rate, having a dean who stays around for more than a few years would help make changes consistent.
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tags and no liability or insurance. I can park at any bike rack, tree or light post for free. I can ride with another passenger if I so choose. Yes, it’s true cars and SUVs can carry loads of people and serve other purposes, but there are other things to consider. According to Johnny Edwards, general manager of Scooterz Inc., the average scooter is about 200 pounds and is 200 to 300 times more fuel efficient. Because mopeds run on less gas and more efficiency, their environmental footprint is minimal. I have never had enough money to purchase a ‘smart car’ but I’d say I am coming close with a moped. My scooter will go 40 miles with one half of a gallon of gas in its tank. “[America] is finally realizing what Europe realized years ago,” Edwards said. “Scooters are a viable means of transportation... You don’t need a four to six thousand pound car to get one person five miles down the road.” Even when gas was nearly five dollars per gallon I was spending two dollars and 50 cents at the pump to fill up my half gallon tank. I still have my scooter and I am pretty p s yc he d b e cause two dollars and 50 cents worth of gas will last for an entire week. A lot of people talk about ‘the dangers of a motor bike,’ but if you ask me, there are dangers to being broke. After all, I have had a few close encounters with negligent drivers, but who hasn’t? I would pick a loaded bank account and a moped over a dry bank account and a car or SUV any day.
“A lot of people talk about ‘the dangers of a motor bike,’ but if you ask me, there are dangers to being broke. ”
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What do you think the dean is supposed to do? BY DAVID MABE
“I guess just overlook the whole college and make sure everything is going smoothly with the students, student advisers and professors.”
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or nine years, I was a member of the Girl Scouts of America, and while being involved in the organization I learned a lot of things. I can start a fire using two sticks, bui ld a survival shelter and tell time Catie Pike by the sun. Staff Columnist But aside from being a good person to be lost in the woods with, I also learned some lessons which have proved to be as intangible as they are valuable. One of these is my respect for our country, and the flag that represents it. On the week of Jan. 18, North Carolina lost two indomitable spirits. One was former Governor Bob Scott, who was a conscientious public servant and a former president of the state’s community college system. The second, which hit much closer to home, was the death of our
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Yahoo!, Microsoft compete over phone name Both Yahoo! and Microsoft, in an attempt to compete with Apple’s iPhone, have launched campaigns for a “My Phone.� In March, Yahoo changed the headline on its marketing campaign to “From iPhone to ‘my’ phone. On Monday, Microsoft announced its “My Phone� service, which will sync data between a phone and a desktop. SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM
dustry is one of the few that founded the Video Game Deis profiting in the recession. velopment Club, “but what if Sales of video game hardware another invention surpasses and software jumped 13 percent the popularity of video games since last January, according to in the near future?� a NPD study. Total video gamCrook said the industry is ing industry sales rose to $1.33 looking toward developing billion, the study stated. products for a new, younger Video game software sales audience. hiked up 10 percent to $676.6 “In the future, there will be million, and hardware sales more use of video games for ju mped 17 various activip e rc e nt to ties like school,� $445.4 milCrook said. lion. AccessoCentennial ries sales rose researchers are 11 percent to work ing on a $209.8 milproject that will lion, accordweave concepts i ng to t he and ideas from study. North Carolina’s Nintendo’s fifth grade sciDavid Crook, sophmore in Wii held ence curriculum computer science steady at the into an adventop of t he ture style video charts, selling nearly 680,000 game called Crystal Island. units, the study stated. The DS As the students explore the ishand-held system sold more land inside the game, they will than 510,000 units. solve a mystery while being exMicrosoft sold about 309,000 posed to science. Crook said the Xbox units during January, ac- game provides for a more entercording to the study. Sony’s taining learning environment. PlayStation 3 sold 203,000 “Maybe that is the reason units. a kid can tell you more about “As of right now, the future Pokemon than cellular respiraof video games is assured to tion,� Crook said. stay successful,� Crook, who
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THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS For many people, the video game experience starts at the store and ends on the couch. Few realize that creating a game can be as complex as making a Hollywood blockbuster. Months of planning and preparing, script writing, casting, character development, cutting-edge technology and massive computing power go into making games. David Crook, president of the Video Game Developmental Club, enlightened Technician on the process of making a video game. Steps: 1. Come up with an idea: In this phase, one just starts to think of the plan. Every game begins with a story. Crook said this is the hardest part because you have to keep in mind what really keeps the players engrossed during their play time. 2. Divide up the work: This is where musicians, writers and programmers all come into role. Also, depending on the video game, historians and other special interest professionals play a role. For example, in the video game “America’s Army,� historians and military professionals were asked to help out. Now, if one plays this game and reaches a high level, it is used to recruit people to the “American Army.� 3. Piecing it together: At this point, the programmers bring the characters to life by instructing the computer to move the character. In some games (like “Dungeon Siege II�), the motions of a human actor are captured using a special suit of sensors to represent the control points of the character’s skeleton. Unseen to the user, but making all of the game elements work together is the code. A 3-D code engine is used to generate the incredibly complex code necessary for all of the polygons, shadows and textures the user sees on the screen. 4. Marketing: Games are big business. With so much money at stake, the publishers go to great lengths to hype their games. Companies send their designers and public relations staff to demonstrate “demos� available for the public to have sneak peaks.
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Technology layoffs rise to 300,000 According to TechCrunch’s Layoff Tracker, those working in the technology industry have something to worry about. In three weeks, technology-related layoffs rose to 300,000. In late January, the tracker noted 200,000 people had been laid off. In the past few weeks, Pioneer has laid off 10,000 workers; Cisco has laid off 3,000’ Panasonic has laid off 15,000; NEC has laid off 20,000. SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM
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lucky Wednesday night. “[Fells] had a tough ballgame, it happens,” Lowe said. “But he came back in later on and did what we asked him to do. He just kept playing. Unfortunately, he didn’t get off early.” The Wolfpack, which shot 54.1 percent from the field, scored at least 80 points for the fourth straight game. Senior Ben McCauley said State must now focus on limiting the opposing team’s offensive chances. “If we shoot that percent for the rest of our games, we win every game,” McCauley said. “We just need to get stops. That’s the main thing we’re going to focus on the next couple days, defending.”
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sive,” Henry said. “This year she struggled a little bit early on with the weight of expectations but we have had some talks and these last few meets she has been red hot. She is a great leader.” Seaman has been a solid performer all three years that she has been at N.C. State. She has had no problem leading by example, always doing what she was supposed to do. However, vocal leadership is something
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that she has had to transition into this season. “That is the big transition I am trying to make - going from leader by example to a vocal leader,” Seaman said. “I have always been the quiet one, never really spoke out unless there was something really important to say and a lot of times your team already says it, but coming from an upperclassman it might mean more to the younger ones.” Henry, who specializes coaching the vault and floor, said he has delegated some tasks to Seaman in to catalyze her transition
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into a vocal leader. “Floor and vault are my specific responsibilities,” Henry said. “When it comes to these two events, I ask her opinion about lineup changes, and I let Taylor have a few words with them and I walk away.” Henry has been impressed with the way Seaman has been handling her new responsibilities and control over the team. “I don’t know what she says but it seems to be working,” Henry said. “I let her do that to force her to start speaking up and, she has done a great job with it.”
to not sit in front of the TV and watch our names not be on it,” McKenzie said. “That was one of our main goals this year to make it to regionals, and to do whatever it takes to get there.” With only two seniors on the team, McKenzie and Mackenzie Mangum, the team is predicted to finish fourth in the ACC, however the team feels it can finish much higher, even with such a young team. “Our expectations are definitely not to finish fourth,” Allbritten said. “We believe we are going to finish top two if not one.” Allbritten said she believes the team’s home-field advantage will provide a boost when State hosts the event May 8 through 10. “We also have a big advantage having ACC’s at home this year,” Allbritten said. “Having all our fans here and knowing our field, I really think in the tournament we will be really good.”
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Summer Camp Staff Wanted! No weekend work. The city of Raleigh Parks & Recreation Department is seeking aplicants 18 & older that are interested in working with campers ages 6-11 this upcoming summer in a recreational setting. Experience working with children or in a summer camp environment is a plus, but not necessary. Pay range is $8.25 per hour and up. Job begins in late May and ends in mid August. Please contact Joseph Voska at joseph.voska@ ci.raleigh.nc.us or at (919)8316165. The city of Raleigh is an equal opportunity employer.
Condo for Rent. 2BR/2BA near I40 and Downtown. All appliances. $750/month includes water, sewer and cable. Call 919-380-3062 and leave message.
Want out of your apartment? I can help you or your parents buy a house or condo. Invest in your future, nicer place to stay! Louise Griffin, RE/MAX Realtor. 919-796-3470. www.BreezeWithLouise.com.
Large House near State has 4-6 bedrooms, HUGE two car garage with loft. Rustic character, great location. 244,900. Louise Griffin, RE/MAX 919-796-3470
1-4 bedrooms near NCSU & Downtown Raleigh, Condos, Townhomes, and detached houses. Please visit our website at www.chelseamills.net BARTENDERS ARE IN DEMAND! Earn $20-$35 per hour. 1 or 2 week classes & weekend classes. 100% job placement assistance. Raleigh’s bartending school. Have fun! Make money! Meet people! Ask about our WINTER tuition rates and student discount. CALL NOW!! 919-676- 0774. www. cocktailmixer.com FREE SPRING BREAK MONEY! CALL 919-832- 7611
P/T or F/T Veterinary assistant needed at Clayton Animal Hospital. Morning work required, ideal position for individual with aspirations to become veterinarian. Call Debra at 919-889-9764.
Part-time employment working with children with disabilities. Evenings and weekends. Hours vary. Hiring for immediate positions. Will train. $10-$15/hr. For more information or view available cases, www.asmallmiracleinc.com. Tutorial Service is hiring Chemistry and Math tutors. Juniors, seniors and graduate students who also will be here next year and have a 3.0 and above GPA. $22-$24 per hour. 847-2109 Leave name, phone number and major (repeat for clarity).
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Dance Instructor Needed! Fall 09-10. Great pay, fun, and less than 15 minutes from campus. All styles of dance needed. Call today! (919) 772-7755
Hab Techs Needed! Maxim Healthcare needs staff to work w/developmentally disabled clients in Wake County. Flexible hours in afternoons, evenings, and weekends. $10-$15/hr based on experience. Need own transportation. 676-3118. Group By The Mepham
REAL ESTATE APARTMENTS FOR RENT Great Specials and Rental Rates! Spacious 1 and 2 bedroom apartments available immediately directly on Wolfline. No Security Deposit required. Please call 919-8327611. www.parkwoodvillageapts.com
Condo for Rent. 2BR/2BA near I40 and Downtown. All appliances. $750/month includes water, sewer and cable. Call 919-380-3062 and leave message.
HOMES FOR RENT 3BR/2BA House in Boylan Heights. Private backyard with 2 decks and a large great room. $1250/month. Available Feb. 1st. Call Steve Superville, 412-9688 Homes for Rent – 2 bed/1bath $1200 charming, updated; 3 bed/2 bath very roomy and updated $1700 – Walk to State. Louise Griffin, RE/MAX 919-796-3470 Near campus. 4BD/2.5 Bath. Availiable August 1st. Call 919-801-2466 or email romalehall@gmail.com for more information. Near NCSU. Exceptional 3,4, and 5 Bedroom Houses. Close to Campus. Available August 1, 2009. Very attractive. Ideal for students. Call day: 833-7142 and evening: 783-9410. Please visit our website www.jansenproperties.com
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Christian male seeking similar non-smoker, non-drinker, school focused, male students to share 4 bed 2 bath. Merrie Road House on Wolfline, near Centinial. Split utilities, lease starts August. Contact 824merrie@gmail.com
BAHAMAS SPRING BREAK $189 5-DAYS or $239 7- DAYS. All prices include: Round-trip luxury cruise with food. Accommodations on the island at your choice of thirteen resorts. Appalachia Travel. www.BahamaSun. com 800-867-5018.
HOMES FOR SALE Cottage Charm – Renovated, 2 bedroom, den, dining, full basement. Walk to State, E Village area. 279,000. Louise Griffin, RE/MAX 919- 796-3470.
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team entered the locker room at halftime down three points to No. 3 North Carolina after going toe to toe with the Tar Heels in a first half that saw nine lead changes and five ties. But UNC went on a 14-2 run to begin the second half and never looked back en route to an 89-80 victory over the Wolfpack. Sophomore Tracy Smith said the opening five minutes of the second half killed the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momentum. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In the first five minutes, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come out with as much energy,â&#x20AC;? Smith said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We let them go on a run, and it was hard to fight back into the game.â&#x20AC;? The Wolfpack (14-10, 4-7) snapped a two-game win streak while the Tar Heels (24-2, 10-2) extended their win streak to 10 games and increased their lead at the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Coach Sidney Lowe, who is now 1-6 against UNC, said he was happy with his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort despite the final result. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All in all, it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bad. I thought our guys gave a pretty good effort,â&#x20AC;? Lowe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[UNC] was an experienced team. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a team that knows how to win. They know to turn it on, and they did that in the first five minutes [of the second half].â&#x20AC;? The Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 15 turnovers did the team in as Carolina notched 26 points off giveaways compared to Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seven points off Tar Heel mistakes. Four UNC players scored more than 15 points. It was a record-setting game for senior Tyler Hansbrough, who scored at least 25 points for the 35th time in his career and passed Pete Maravich
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North Carolinaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tyler Hansborough goes up for a layup over Tracy Smith, a sophomore forward, in the second half of Wednesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game at the Dean E. Smith Center. Smith had 1 block and 2 defensive rebounds in 31 minutes of play in the Wolfpackâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 89-80 loss to the Tar Heels.
to become second on the NCAA alltime free throws made list. Wednesday marked the last time the Wolfpack and
coach Sidney Lowe will have to face Hansbrough in the regular season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d love to watch him in the NBA
one day,â&#x20AC;? Lowe said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mind seeing him, just with another jersey on.â&#x20AC;? Sophomore point guard Javier Gonzalez went 6-for-6 from the field in the first half as he had a season-high 18 points, including 16 before halftime. Gonzalez, who went 0-for-2 from the field finishing with one point the last time he played in the Smith Center, said he brought more confidence to Wednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was a freshman, inexperienced, and I struggled a little bit when I came out here,â&#x20AC;? Gonzalez said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Tonight] I just came with a lot of confidence. I had no doubt I can do what I did.â&#x20AC;? Senior Courtney Fells, who scored 22 points in the Jan. 31 game against UNC at the RBC Center, scored his first points with just 5:18 left in regulation. Lowe said Fells just didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get UNC continued page 7
MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SWIMMING & DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS College Park, Md., All day
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Seaman adapts as a leader
Softball prepares for season
Junior Taylor Seaman transitions into a leadership role for the gymnastics team
Softball team is focused, ready for a tough season starting with Cathedral City Classic this weekend
BASEBALL VS. RHODE ISLAND Raleigh, N.C., 3 p.m. WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS @ SOUTHERN METHODIST Dallas, Texas, 1 p.m. MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS @ SOUTH CAROLINA Columbia, S.C., 2 p.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have the hardest schedule we have ever had, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a big test.â&#x20AC;? SOPHOMORE SOFTBALL CATCHER !LYSSA !LLBRITTEN
DID YOU KNOW? 4HE MEN S BASKETBALL TEAM SCORED JUST POINTS ON OF SHOOTING IN THE lRST HALF OF THE *AN GAME AGAINST 5.# #HAPEL (ILL
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Entering this season, the gymnastics team roster was without the experience and leadership of multi-event seniors. This resulted in a leadership void for the team that junior Taylor Seaman, along with sophomores Brittney Hardiman and Brittany Vontz, stepped into. As the three oldest teammates that compete in multiple events, it was a natural progression for the team. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We really have three kids that we look [to] for leadership right now â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Taylor [Seaman] an allaround junior who is doing a phenomenal job for us, Brittney Hardiman an all-around sophomore doing a tremendous job for us and Brittany Vontz, [who] will be an all-around sophomore in the next few weeks,â&#x20AC;? coach Mark Stevenson said. Stevenson noted that the three gymnasts were thrust into a leadership role that they may not have been comfortable with. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Last year, [they] were lead by four extremely good seniors, so they really didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have a leadership role â&#x20AC;&#x201D; all they had to do was go out and get it done,â&#x20AC;? Stevenson said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now they are under the gun because they are the people that have to do the job.â&#x20AC;? Nonetheless, Stevenson said Seaman, Hardiman, and Vontz transitioned smoothly into their new roles, and that they have become even more effective in recent weeks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Taylor and them, over the last couple of weeks, have been phenomenal â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they have really stepped up to the job,â&#x20AC;? he said. According to assistant coach Todd Henry, SeaLUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN man has progressed every season, not only as an Junior Taylor Seaman has won EAGL gymnast athlete, but as a leader as well. of the week two of the six weeks this season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every year Taylor has gotten a little bit better, gotten a little bit vocal, a little bit more aggresSEAMAN continued page 7
No. 4 Oklahoma University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are looking really good this year especially in the games against Oklahoma and Indiana,â&#x20AC;? sophomore catcher Alyssa Allbritten said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This weekend can be a really big test for us, we have Taylor Barbour Staff Writer the hardest schedule we have ever had and itĂs going to be a After being snubbed from the big test.â&#x20AC;? NCCA tournament, the softball With the tournament this team is ready to begin the 2009 weekend full of so many highlyseason with hopes of making a ranked teams, the competition return to the postseason. The should provide a good opporjourney to the tunity for the college softball team to gauge World Series bejust how good gan last week and they are and will continue this a lso receive weekend when valuable exthe team travels perience leadto the Catheing up to ACC dral City Classic play. tournament in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a big California. N.C. tournament. SENIOR -ENDY -C+ENZIE State will play We play teams five games with like Cal and t h re e a ga i n s t UCLA,â&#x20AC;? senior ranked teams -California, UCLA Mendy McKenzie said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will and Massachusetts. really help us with experience â&#x20AC;&#x153;This weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s games are a playing good, ranked teams, and pretty good test to see where we [it] will just really help us to get are at, because we are going to ready for ACC play.â&#x20AC;? play some good teams that are The team members remain right up there with Oklahoma,â&#x20AC;? focused on their main goal this sophomore Alyssa Ishibashi said. year, however, which is to make â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is going to be a tough, but im- it into the NCAA regional tourportant weekend for us.â&#x20AC;? nament that they just missed the The Pack enters the tourna- year before. ment with momentum already â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know last year watching reon its side after winning two gionals and watching the selecout of three games in the Mar- tion show, we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it and riot Houston Classic a week ago. it was one of our goals this year During the Classic, the team notched a 2-1 win against then SOFTBALL continued page 7
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â&#x20AC;&#x153;It will really help us with experience playing good, ranked teams.â&#x20AC;?