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echnician is hosting a mock election Tuesday, in which students should go to www.technicianonline.com and cast votes for the candidates of their choice. Students only need their Unity IDs and passwords to vote. Voting is from midnight to 10 p.m. Tuesday, and the results will provide information on how students will vote Nov. 4. The voter’s guide provided in today’s paper provides information for most candidates on the Wake County ballot within the campus’ district. The guide will also be available online. The more that students participate, the more accurate the information will be. Check www.technicianonline.com and the Wednesday and Thursday print editions for results and analysis, as well as more information about the upcoming election.

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University assets are suffering under current economic conditions, but steep drops in the stock market are not affecting the University’s operational funds or its partnership with Wachovia, Kathy Hart, associate vice chancellor for finance and business, said. While long-term assets are subject to market volatility, Hart said they are unrelated to the funds the University uses to carry on daily business. “The University’s operating dollars are all handled by the state treasurer of North Carolina, and those are of course being carefully monitored,� she said. “Those are the dollars that we pay the bills with and meet the payroll with and all of those kinds of things.� Some universities do have operational funds which may be at risk due to the current financial crisis, Hart said, but N.C. State does not. Economics professor John Lapp said shares in Wachovia, the North Carolina - based bank NCSU has a partnership with, have lost about 90 percent of their value in the past year. And even though students have the ability to use their AllCampus ID cards as Wachovia debit cards, Hart said that there have been no problems with the University or students having access to Wachovia accounts. Wachovia’s losses, Hart said, have not negatively affected the University’s investment portfolio — corporate bonds, stocks and real estate — either. “If there was any stock owned in Wachovia, it would have been very minimal in our endowment dollars, but it would not have had any significant impact,� Hart said. Endowment investments, however, are taking a hit. “Our endowment investments, which are invested for long-term opportunity, are certainly being impacted by the financial markets,� Hart said. An endowment is a donation intended for investment so it can provide returns for years to come, lessening reliance on less predictable funding sources, according to the University’s Web

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cCain has served in Congress since 1982, when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona. He moved to the U.S. Senate in 1986, where he continues to serve today. McCain was a naval aviator for 22 years, and was shot down in the Vietnam war and taken as a prisoner of war. Education McCain would simplify higher education tax benefits and federal financial aid to make them easier for average families to access. Economy McCain wants to balance the national budget by the end of his first term as president. McCain pushes for a one-year spending pause, which would block non-defense, non-veterans discretionary spending for a year. He would also veto bills with earmarks. Energy McCain supports expanding domestic oil exploration, ending the federal moratorium on off-shore drilling. He would put $2 billion a year to advance clean coal technologies. McCain wants to construct 45 new nuclear plants by 2030 with an eventual 100 new plants. He would provide initiatives for the production of plug-in hybrid technology, and issue tax credits for consumers who buy zero carbon-emission cars. Iraq It is essential for the United States to stay in Iraq until Al Qaeda in the country are defeated and a capable Iraqi security force is in operation. McCain supported the troop surge, which has reduced violence in Iraq. SOURCE: WWW.JOHNMCCAIN.COM

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bama is a freshman senator from Illinois. He previously served on the Illinois State Senate. He graduated from Harvard Law School as first black editor of the Harvard Law Review. Education For students that complete a required 100 hours of community service, The American Opportunity Tax Credit would make the first $4,000 of most student’s college education free, and will cover two-thirds of the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition free for most students. Energy His energy plan would invest $150 billion over the next ten years to further private efforts for clean energy. Place one million plug-in hybrid vehicles on the road 2015. Reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050. Economy A Windfall Profits Tax would provide a $1,000 energy rebate to families, The government would supply a $25 billion Jobs and Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health, education, housing and heading assistance Obama would try to provide tax cuts for families making less than $250,000 a year. Iraq and Afghanistan The invasion of Iraq pulled resources that should have been used in capturing terrorists in Afghanistan who contributed to the attacks on 9/11. Removing troops from Iraq should be responsible and phased, taking one to two brigades a month, with all but residual forces out by 2010. Deployments to Iraq have weakened America’s efforts in Afghanistan, making for strategic risks. SOURCE: WWW.BARACKOBAMA.COM

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ob Barr represented Georgia in the House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003. During that time he served as a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, Vice-Chairman of the Government Reform Committee and as a member of the Committee on Financial Services. He now practices law and runs a consulting firm in Atlanta, working with rights to privacy and with civil liberties. Education Education reform through privatizing most schools, by taking them out of control of the federal government. Barr is weary of other candidates’ plans to require service work in the education system, including in colleges, as it is not the government’s place to mandate it upon citizens. Energy The government should take away restrictions on energy production and seek to find resources domestically, which would lower gas prices. Government regulation will hurt consumers, and the government should allow exploration and production from areas like the Outer Continental Shelf and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

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Economy Every area of federal spending should be cut, including welfare, subsidies for businesses, pork barrel spending and any wasteful programs. There should be a separation between the government and the economy, as the government should stop trying to manage the free market.

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Iraq The war in Iraq has been costly, wasteful and unnecessary. Barr would support reducing the military and economic aid we are providing Iraq, as a continued occupation discourages the Iraqi government from taking proper control of its nation.

Students mix it up in the octagon

Chris Sutton and Pete Martin compete for Carolina Crown Saturday at the RBC Center. See page 10.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

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CAMPUS CALENDAR October 2008

In the Oct. 7 page-two In The Know, the date that Myles Brand will be speaking at the Millennium Seminar was incorrectly stated. He will be speaking Oct. 13 in Stewart Theatre at 6 p.m. In the Oct. 8 page-one feature photo by Tim O’Brien, the caption for the photo was incorrectly placed. The caption should actually read: “Sammie Smith, a junior in chemistry, dips a treat into the chocolate fountain as Cassandra Gammons, a junior in textile management, looks on. Both girls were volunteers at the fifth Annual N.C. State Women’s Center Chocolate Festival.� The Technician regrets these errors.

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Monday, Oct. 13 WACHOVIA EXECUTIVE LECTURE 3400 Nelson Hall, 4:30 p.m. MILLENNIUM SEMINAR WITH MYLES BRAND Stewart Theatre, 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 TOWN HALL FORUM Student Senate Chambers, 8 p.m. A discussion on Centennial Campus growth and Greek Judicial Board issues complete with ice cream and ‘Red Means Go’ gear!

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at editor@ technicianonline.com.

WEATHER WISE

Wednesday, Oct. 15 CHASS ENERGY ISSUES SYMPOSIUM 1911 Building, 4 p.m.

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BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN Witherspoon Cinema, 7 p.m.

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79 | 53 Mostly sunny skies during the day with low winds.

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84 57 Partly cloudy skies tonight with more low winds. Tuesday will bring abundant sunshine. SOURCE: WWW.WEATHER.COM

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ndrew Keenan, a junior in business administration, dives into the pool during the men’s 400-meter freestyle relay at the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center during a match against UNC-Chapel Hill and Miami Saturday afternoon. Keenan finished first in the relay with a time of 3:24.96.

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Dining plans student programming University Dining is starting a new promotion with Slap Energy next week to

find the “most energetic fan� on campus. Students should submit photos of themselves in their best N.C. State fan garb. Winners will be picked based on creativity and demonstration of school spirit. Dining is also sponsoring an event with Coca-Cola today for a recycling event on the Brickyard from 10 a.m. — 3 p.m. The Coke truck will be give away premi-

ums, hold drawings every hour for merchandise and provide recycling information. Students can find more information on the NCSU Dining Website: www.ncsudining.com SOURCE: JENNIFER GILMORE, UNIVERSITY DINING MARKETING AND COMMUNICATION

Deadline for absentee ballot requests upcoming Absentee voter organizations, including BeAbsentee.org, LongDistanceVoter.org, CountMore. org and The Vote by Mail Project remind everyone they should request absentee ballots as soon as possible. Requests for absentee ballots must be received by October 28.

For more information about absentee voting contact Heather Johnson at heather@ BeAbsentee.org. SOURCE: BEABSENTEE.ORG.

‘Technician’ to hold mock election Technician will be holding a mock election Oct. 14 from midnight to 10 p.m. Students can vote at technicianonline.com with their Unity ID and password and do not have to register with the Web site. Be sure to consult today’s voter’s guide for more information about the candidates. For more information, go to the Technician Mock Election Facebook group or e-mail Editor-inChief Saja Hindi at editor@ technicianonline.com.

U.S. suspected in missile strike

A missile strike in Pakistan’s North Waziristan region killed four people and wounded two others, according to Pakistani military sources. The missile strike is suspected to be from the U.S. A second attack struck the village of Matches but no one was wounded. The U.S. is the only country operating in the region with the known capabilities to launch missiles from remote-controlled drones. There have been several reports recently of suspected U.S. missile attacks on militant targets in Pakistan.

Wildfire attacks southern California Roughly 1,200 people were forced to evacuate their homes after a wildfire destroyed two homes about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles. The fire torched up to 750 acres of land, according to Ron Haralson, Los Angeles County Fire Department Spokesperson. Haralson said firefighters are getting a handle on the blaze, but winds could cause embers to spread. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

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POLICE BLOTTER October 7 1:59 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Tucker Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

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11:09 P.M. | LARCENY Tucker Hall Student reported stolen wallet. 12:13 P.M. | CHECK PERSON Pullen Road Report of subject panhandling in the area. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.

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10:17 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Bowen Hall Student was cited and referred to university for simple possession. Second student was referred for underage possession of alcohol and possession of controlled substance. Judicial Referral/Citation.

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2:28 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR ASSISTANCE Public Safety Center NCSU PD assisted Wake Forest PD with possible stalking involving student. 2:40 P.M. | LARCENY Sullivan Hall Student reported stolen bicycle.

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Organizations celebrate growing Latino population Hispanic Heritage Month ends with cultural show Anna Courie Staff Writer

With the growing Hispanic population on campus, it is more important than ever to learn about and understand the Latino culture, Jezzette Rivera, a junior in criminology and political science and president of Mi Familia, said. “As the Hispanic population grows, it’s important to understand where we are coming from,� Rivera said. “Within the Hispanic population, there are a lot of different ethnicities that are really diverse from one another. They all have different traditions and cultures.� The percent of Hispanic students at the University has increased steadily from .3 percent in 1976, to 2.4 percent in 2007, according to the University Planning and Analysis Web site. The purpose of Hispanic Heritage Month, which began Sept. 15 and ends Oct. 15, is to educate people about different Latino ethnicities, Rivera said. “It’s not just educating other people, but educating ourselves about different ethnicities within our cultures,� she said. “Here at N.C. State, we are trying to educate students about who we are and where we come from.� Latino students have an opportunity, Rivera said, to help people of other races understand Latino culture. “There are six Latino organizations on campus and we have the opportunity to shape their direction and grow their member base,� she said. “[Latino or-

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Number of hispanic students at N.C. State by year

What: EL Salsabor! When: Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Where: Talley Student Center Ballroom Price: $2 for tickets. What: A conversation on immigration with Jim Johnson When: Oct. 27 at 3 p.m. Where: Campus Cinema, Witherspoon Student Center

ganizations] are just starting to be known on campus. Now we get to make an impact on N.C. State.� Ashley Chaput, president of Lambda Pi Chi — a Latina sorority — and sophomore in Spanish language and literature, said it is important for students to understand Latino culture because of the growing Latino population in the region. “The Latino community is becoming a large part of American culture,� she said. “It is important for others to understand how our culture functions and to understand its history.� Because the Hispanic community at N.C. State is small compared to some other schools, it is more difficult for it to be recognized, Chaput said. “To try to fix this, we have programs that focus on issues affecting Latinos,� she said. “That is the first step we take to be recognized so other people will see that we exist on campus.� Andrew Pita, graduate student advisor for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and graduate student in engineering, said it is important to continue to celebrate Latino heritage because Latinos are going to become an

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important part of American culture. “The population of the country is changing with the inf lux of Latinos,� he said. “Hispanic Heritage Month is necessary because it is good for people to get to understand [Latinos]. We are going to be an integral part of the U.S. in days to come.� SHPE serves the University and the surrounding community in several ways, according to Pita. “We try to promote and develop Hispanic technical talent at N.C. State,� he said. “We host company information sessions on campus and co-sponsor the activities of Hispanic Heritage Month at N.C. State. We also do a lot of community outreach such as tutoring local middle and high school students.�

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Working together, Chad Bissett, a firefighter from engine seven, Jason Edwards, a lieutenant on ladder one, and Mike Ezzell, also a lieutenant on ladder one, guide the bell and its cage into the air above Withers Hall where it had been since the spring of 1946. “This represents the founding of the Raleigh Fire Department in 1914,� Matt Robbins, a graduate teaching assistant in architecture, said.

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people in the University came out, but I didn’t see a whole lot of students there.� James Layman After Robbins gathered support Deputy News Editor from student organizations for his initial idea of relocating the Officials from the Raleigh Fire bell, acoustical tests were done Department removed the bell on the Bell Tower to see how that was situthe bell would ated on top of sou nd. T he Withers Hall, tests revealed Sunday mornthe bell was cast ing, and had it in bronze alloy delivered to a faand could not cility downtown be used in conwhere it will be junction with restored. Ofanything else. ficials will then “It was never place it in a locade s ig ne d to tion that is in a sound pretty,� freshman in First Year public place. Robbins said. College Katerina Fantini Several histo“It’s not tuned rians are workand wouldn’t ing on the bell’s restoration. work for a Bell Tower.� Matthew Robbins, a graduate The bell was originally placed teaching assistant in architec- on top of Raleigh City Hall in ture, who had been working on the 1800s and the fire departhaving the bell be relocated from ment used it to warn citizens of Withers Hall into the Bell Tower, fires. Once the bell was no longer was present at the ceremony. needed, it was given to Colonel J. “It was a wonderful morning W. Harrelson, chancellor of N.C. for something like this to hap- State from 1945 to 1953. pen,� Robbins said. “It took “[Harrelson’s] goal was to finabout five hours, but it was amaz- ish the Tower,� Robbins said. “He ing. They had to get a seven story wanted to top the Bell Tower off crane to reach up there and cut with something amazing, but bethe bell out. A lot of important cause of money, it never made it

there and it stayed on Withers.� Robbins is now trying to gather support to place a real set of bells in the Bell Tower. But he said the administration must first approve the proposal. “Once the administration approves it, it becomes a money issue,� Robbins said. “All of the money will have to come from donations.� Katerina Fantini, a freshman in First Year College, said she doesn’t believe that the Bell Tower needs a bell to be significant to NCSU. “It would be cool to have an actual bell, but the Bell Tower is significant itself,� Fantini said. “I don’t think a bell needs to signify the Bell Tower nowadays with technology and everything.� Though the Bell Tower employs an electronic set of bells, Cress Clippard, a sophomore in engineering, said he feels the Bell Tower is incomplete without an actual set of bells. “We might as well start calling it the clock tower or the N.C. State Tower,� Clippard said. “An electronic speaker isn’t going to appreciate with age, but a real bell will. It will be historic and people can always remember it.�

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as well, Nevin Kessler, vice chancellor for advancement, said. “We are seeing an impact on the willingness of some of our donors to pay their current pledges and in the willingness of donors to make new multi-year commitments,� he said. “This is a trend that those of us who have been in fundraising for a number of years have seen before. Kessler said as soon as the volatility ends, people will pick up pledges and making donations again. Parsley said part of the problem during this crisis is just knowledge of the situation. “There needs to be a little more awareness,� he said. “Most of the student body isn’t aware of the situation or how it will affect them.�

“It would be cool to have an actual bell, but the Bell Tower is significant itself.�

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site. Hart said the University often uses these endowments to pay for scholarships, and while it is premature to judge what impact the market losses may have, reduced availability of scholarship funds is a possibility. Adam Parsley, a senior in English, said although he isn’t too worried about the minor scholarship funding he receives, this could potentially become a problem later. “It would concern me for graduate school possibilities though,� Parsley said. Hart said while there is con-

cern both with investments and the ability of the University to borrow money if necessary, “we are not in any crisis scenario.� Instability in the short-term is inevitable when dealing with financial investments, Lapp said, and portfolios have all lost value since the stock market fell. “This is just standard investment risk,� he said. “If you take the longer view, and the University ought to be taking a view that spans over several generations, financial assets provide attractive returns.� Lapp said the types of investments, which involve some risk, are needed in order to provide the returns that enable the University to grow. Donations have stagnated as a result of stock market volatility

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THE TECHNICIAN PROUDLY PRESENTS THE 2008

YOUR GUIDE TO EVERYTHING POLITICAL AT THIS SPECIAL TIME IN AMERICAN HISTORY STORIES BY CHRIS ALLRED, ALISON HARMAN, DANIEL ELLIS, ALEX VAUGHN, ANNA COURIE, TAYLOR AUTEN, JOSH HARRELL AND LANGDON MORRIS PHOTO ILLUSTRATIONS BY MATT MOORE, DREIER CARR AND LUIS ZAPATA

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cCrory is Charlotte’s longestserving mayor and is now in his seventh term. He became mayor in 1995. Advancement McCrory would emphasize technical education to fulfill labor needs and “reintroduce North Carolina to the energy business,” which he said would include pursuing nuclear energy, clean fossil fuels, wind, solar and also off-shore drilling for both natural gas and oil. Economy To deal with the Wachovia buy-out, McCrory said he would build “good relationships with these new executive financial teams, and sell the qualities of North Carolina, from our work force to our tax rates to our transportation infrastructure.” Colleges McCrory will most heavily fund universities that graduate students in fields in which jobs are available, including engineering, other technical fields and health care. Public Safety The state’s public safety system is also one he would improve, McCrory said, as the state government has allowed first-time offenders too easily become more serious criminals.

erdue worked as a public school teacher and a hospital administrator. She said she led the effort to expand heath care coverage to 115,000 uninsured children. She has also laid out policies that outline pathways to economic growth, infrastructure development, job training and creation for North Carolina. Economy N.C. State students, she said, are concerned about the types of jobs that will be available to them when they graduate. As a legislator, she fought to get early investments in biotechnology, which she said prosper here because of the high quality of the research and education at universities like N.C. State. She will continue to make investments in new sectors such as military, homeland security, aerospace and green technology — industries which are especially appealing because they create new, high-wage jobs that cannot be shipped overseas. Her College Promise initiative will ensure that lack of family income will not be a barrier to receiving a higher education at NCSU or any school in the UNC system, community college or vocational school.

unger worked with the Masters of Public Administration program for two years and was the program’s director for five years, which he said gave him experience in leadership and staff management and connections with city government. He spent 25 years as a policy analyst and economist for the Reagan administration, where he said he decided which policies worked and which policies didn’t work. The last experience he said he has is what he hasn’t done, which is being bought by special interest groups. He has not taken money from interest groups that he said dominate the state, but has rather dealt with citizens. Economy Students and their families, he said are squeezed economically. Two programs he advocates are: An economic development plan that depends not on corporate give aways but on rebuilding the state’s small businesses. Corporate welfare, he said, serves only to take money from taxpayers and hand it to corporations. He advocates an education system that focuses on the 21st-century workplace.

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ittenger is a former Republican member of the N.C. General Assembly that represented the 39th Senate district for nearly three terms. Education Reprioritize funding on teachers and students rather than administrators. Increase competition among schools to improve school and student performance. Pittenger has also sponsored and introduced several education bills including one collegebased bill that aim to increase college faculty salaries. Health care Growing healthcare expenditures in the state are draining the economy and affecting individual citizens. He wants to end frivolous lawsuits that contribute to rising healthcare costs and to cut county payments on non-federal Medicaid costs. Economy Reduce North Carolina’s tax rates to stimulate job creation, economic development, and increase revenues to the state treasury. Pittenger wants to provide tax relief primarily for small businesses. SOURCE: WWW.ROBERTPITTENGER.COM

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alton is a Democratic member of the N.C. General Assembly in his sixth term as a representative of the 46th Senate district. Education Dalton believes the changing landscape of North Carolina’s economy – accelerated by poorly structured trade agreements – created uncertainty for thousands of North Carolina workers at a time when a high school diploma or GED was not what it used to be. The Innovative Education Act provides the opportunity, the resources, and the access to make sure our children are prepared to compete by creating cooperation among secondary schools and colleges, by establishing technical and academic programs and by seeking more accountability. Health care Make health care more affordable through a high-risk insurance pool to reduce cost for those most in need and to make sure mental health diseases are covered by insurance companies. Economy Improve the economy through his Home Protection Pilot Program which offers loan assistance and buying protection for potential homeowners. SOURCE: WWW.WALTERDALTON.ORG

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hodes has volunteered with the Michael Badnarik for President campaign in 2004, and has assisted the Libertarian Party of North Carolina at various demonstrations, petition drives and outreach events. Rhodes graduated from Brunswick Community College with an Associate Degree in General Education in 1995 and graduated from Wake Tech in 2004 with an Associate Degree in Computer Programming. Education Rhodes calls for the removal of all State level restrictions and regulations concerning private schools and homeschooling in addition to supporting party views regarding education. Corporate Welfare Rhodes aims to free North Carolina entrepreneurs and small business owners to innovate, grow our economy and create jobs rather than outsourcing jobs. Property Rights Rhodes is strongly against forced annexation believing that no citizen of North Carolina should ever be forced to submit to annexation by a town or city involuntarily. Rhodes said as Lieutenant Governor, “I will work to change North Carolina annexation law to end this practice.” SOURCE: WWW.PHILLIPRHODES2008.COM

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ATTORNEY GENERAL BOB CRUMLEY

rumley has practiced law for more than 20 years. His firm has offices in 13 cities and is one of the state’s largest consumer based firms. Goals: • Will work to ensure that rape kits and DNA evidence are timely and carefully analyzed, partnering with local law enforcement to keep criminals off our streets. • Will work to stop the ever-increasing problem of

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gang violence through prosecution and prevention. For students: The recent shooting at Wolf Village illustrates the problem of increasing crime and gangs. Campus safety must be a top priority for the next Attorney General. SOURCE: WWW.BOBCRUMLEY.COM

ROY COOPER

s the state’s current Attorney General, Cooper strives to fight crime and helping crime victims. He is working toward making prison sentences longer for child predators and pornographers and to make more tools to help law enforcement officers locate offenders. Cooper also launched a Web site that allows North Carolinians to see if any convicted sex offenders live near them. He served as a state senator from 1991 to

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2001 and as a state representative from 1987 to 1991. He will continue to work to fight crime in North Carolina by doing things like exposing methamphetamine labs, making it harder for identity thieves to steal personal information and give schools a Critical Incident Response Kit that instructs educators and law enforcement on what to do in a crisis. SOURCE: WWW.ROYCOOPER.COM

COMMISSIONER OF LABOR CHERIE BERRY

xperience Berry was sworn in on Jan. 6, 2001 as the state’s first female labor commissioner and was re-elected in November 2004. Before that, she was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1993 to 2000 and represented areas in Catawba, Gaston and Lincoln counties. She is also the former business owner of LGM Ltd., which works with the automobile industry to produce spark plug wires.

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Labor On the Commissioner’s Office Web site, Berry is quoted as having said employee safety is her top priority. She said the department should strive for a service-oriented approach that would provide outlined benefits to employers and employees. Berry is also responsible for ensuring elevator safety throughout North Carolina. SOURCE: NCLABOR.COM

COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE JOHN ODOM

dom, a small business owner for 34 years, owns three Meineke Muffler franchises in Raleigh. He is the executive director of the Greater Raleigh Merchants Association, which he has led for the last 15 years. He was elected in 1993 to the Raleigh City Coucil in District B, where he has served five terms and has had experience as deputy mayor and mayor pro-tem. Issues As Insurance Commissioner, he will make sure insurance companies fulfill their agreements to provide services to the insured and the public. SOURCE: ODOM4DOI.COM

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erritt is the current office-holder of State Auditor, after being elected in 2004 and serving on the Wake County Board of Commissioners. Merritt has kept a watch on the expenditures and budgets of public institutions — including N.C. State — making sure that tax payer money is not wasted. One of the accomplishments Merritt takes the most pride in, is reducing the backlog of investigative re-

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ood has served in the State Auditor’s Office for more than a decade after serving in the State Treasurer’s Office. While serving in the office she worked to redesign the Auditor’s Office training program and to make training more relevant to individual auditors. She worked to bring the state’s compliance supplements up to federal standards and served as a certified public accountant for 20 years.

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xperience Donnan spent seven years under Commissioner Harry Payne from 1994 to 2001 working first as policy analyst and then as director of research and policy. She said she was part of a team trying to strengthen policies that govern the department. In the seven years since she left that department, she’s lived in Winston-Salem and worked with the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, where she met with groups who proposed new work.

WAYNE GOODWIN

oodwin served as Assistant Insurance Commissioner and a state legislator, when he persuaded the legislature to expand monetary grants for fire departments across the state. He was elected to the legislature in 1996, where he served until 2004. Issues As Insurance Commissioner, he pledges to lower insurance rates for consumers and businesses, provide a competitive, stable insurance market, provide a stronger voice for firefighters, fight insurance fraud and accept no contributions from special interest groups. SOURCE: WAYNEGOODWIN.ORG

quests of the misuse of state funds. What he’ll do for N.C. State students Merritt plans to continue his watch on institutions like N.C. State to ensure that tax payers dollars are being used efficiently. Over the summer, Merritt handed out critical audits to state colleges. SOURCE: AUDITORMERRITT.COM

Wood says universities and colleges prepare their auditors enough for the work they will do in the auditor’s office. The work they do in college provides them fundamental training but not specifically governmental training and auditing. This means, according to Wood, a more efficient watch and review of the University’s financial accounts and actions. SOURCE: BETHWOODCAMPAIGN.COM

Keeping campus safe The labor department oversees pieces of equipment like elevators and steam broilers, she said. Labor As students are both working and earning money to go to college and plan on joining the workforce permanently or part time, the department oversees the Occupational Safety and Health Act. SOURCE: MARY FANT DONNAN

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cMains served on the Board of Directors for the Fuquay-Varina Fire Department for two years, where he worked to make sure firefighters were well equipped. He is also the owner of Cary Towing and Carolina Towing. Issues McMains promises to decrease auto insurance for younger adults enrolled in school and improve discounts for working families, lower home owners insurance for all the people and strengthen insurance coverages. SOURCE: MARKMCMAINS.COM

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ole has represented North Carolina in the U.S. Senate since 2002, as the first female senator from the state. Before, she was the president of the American Red Cross and a member of George H.W. Bush’s cabinet.

en years ago, Hagan said she was a working mother who went to Raleigh because she thought it needed a voice like hers. She said she is now familiar with the issues that matter to hardworking North Carolinians.

Economy She supports reducing taxes to aid small business and families. Dole supported keeping military bases open in the state, to provide more than 8,900 jobs and contribute $18 billion to the state’s economy.

Experience She served in the North Carolina General Assembly as a state senator for the past 10 years and was the Budget Committee chair, where she said she balanced five budgets.

Education Make sure that college loans are made accessible for students She voted for legislation to give Secretary of Education more liquidity in the market and voted for another $17 billion that would be for the purpose of college loans. Dole sees community colleges as a prime resource for education and training the state’s workforce. Energy Dole supports setting emissions allowances to move away from imported oil By encouraging the use of new technology and alternative energy sources, the state can reduce its dependence on foreign oil. SOURCE: WWW.ELIZABETHDOLE.ORG

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ELIZABETH DOLE

Education She said she is concerned that too many students who want to attend and deserve to attend college are prohibited from doing so because of high tuition costs and a souring economy. She said she will work to control tuition costs by encouraging schools to establish multi-year tuition and fee levels so that students do not have a fear of a spike in tuition that will make college unaffordable. In addition, she said she would expand college tuition tax credit so college can become more affordable, less complicated and more accessible to interested students. She said she will ensure student loan interest rates remain affordable once the CCRAA expires. SOURCE: KAY HAGAN

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xperience Cole said his opponents, as lawyers, benefit from government’s growth. Cole, however, is a postal worker in the private economy and is therefore affected by government taxes and debt like other North Carolina taxpayers. In this way, he said he has a lifestyle in common with most North Carolinians. Taxes He said he wants to abolish the personal income tax, which he said would grant an immediate 20 to 40 percent raise to almost every taxpayer in North Carolina.

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ansell has served on the executive commitee of the North Carolina Republican Party, and was the 2nd congressional district chairman from 2003 to 2006. He has also served on the Johnston County Planning Board, the Board of Trustees for Johnston Memorial Hospital. Energy: The United States should lessen its reliance on foreign oil in a way that will provide new industries a way to grow and give thousands job opportunities

War He also wants to work to end the War in Iraq by supporting a non-intervention foreign policy that seeks to promote peace and would save citizens money through fewer taxes.

Economy: The income tax should be replaced with a consumption tax, meaning someone pays taxes for the things they buy or use, a new “Fair Tax Plan” would simplify the tax code and allow small businesses and workers more opportunities for prosperity.

Illegal immigration He is also opposed to the punishment applied to illegal immigration. This effort, he said, has created a black market for immigrant workers.

National Security The U.S. should have a hard stance on North Korea and Iran, to prevent countries from using nuclear capabilities against America’s interests.

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theridge was sworn into Congress in 1997, and now serves on the House Agriculture, Budget and Homeland Security committees. Education Increasing the Amount of federal student loans, providing students and their families with continued access to federal loan programs and reducing the cost of college tuition. Energy: Sponosored and vote for a bill to require oil companies to drill all the land they hold leases for, supports the development of alternative enenergy sources, emphasizes a need for biomass and imgenuity. Economy: Voter to provide a 3.5 million households in the state with a tax rebate this year, supported extending unemployment benefits, increasing funding for job retraining programs and raising the minimum wage. SOURCE: WWW.ETHERIDGEFORCONGRESS. ORG

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Same-sex marriage He said he opposes the proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriages.

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xperience The U.S. House of Representatives, Adkins said, is actually designed to be made up as representatives from the people. Bob Etheridge has been in Washington for 12 years. Adkins said Etheridge is not coming back to the district and is not in tune with the people with the district. Adkins feels he is more aware of the district’s needs. His experience with working directly through the people, he said, has prepared him to take that to D.C. and support what the people need, as opposed to special interests. Student loans The government, he said, is doing a lot of things that are bad on the financial side, and the economic crisis has seen government agencies tamper in this sector. He said he will work to take a lassiez faire attitude to government intervention in student loans by implementing the Fair Tax program, in which education costs are exempted from taxes and students get private loans from banks. This way, those paying for their educations pay 20 percent less in taxes, he said, and students aren’t paying for others’ loans once they finish paying theirs off. SOURCE: WILL ADKINS

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roxler has been a practicing farmer for more than three decades and has been the Agriculture Commissioner since 2005. For students Agriculture will continue to need strong leadership and vision if we are to feed, clothe and provide fuel for our citizens in the future. The safety and abundance of [young people’s] food supply will continue to be a big issue. They are what they eat. Threats to the food supply, whether from natu-

rally occurring toxins or from terrorist activity, must be dealt with swiftly from the farm to the fork. Goals inclue restoring the respect, integrity and public confidence in the Department of Agriculture and molding the Department of Agriculture into the best in the nation. SOURCE: JERRY BLACKWELDER, POLITICAL CONSULTANT TO THE TROXLER FOR COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE CAMPAIGN

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nsley is a practicing attorney who is the president of the national Future Farmers of America alumni. He grew up in eastern North Carolina, working in tobacco, sweet potatoes and poultry. Ansley got his bachelor’s degree from N.C. State in agriculture education and a master’s at Clemson University. For Students Ansley wants to open up the agriculture department to provide more opportunities for internships and for

students to get connected with the agriculture department. He wants to place more emphasis on student programs across the state such as agriculture in the classroom, which is a program through farm bureau, FFA, and 4H. SOURCE: RONNIE ANSLEY

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tion, he wants to improve the living standard of citizens and prepare children to create a brighter future. Business communities in the state need to take a leadership role in workforce development to attract and retain the types of organizations needed to move the economy forward. SOURCE: WWW.BILLDAUGHTRIDGENCHOUSE.COM AND WWW. BILLDAUGHTRIDGE.COM

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owell is currently in her second term as State Senator and a member of the Raleigh City Council. She has worked as a consultant for various Fortune 500 companies such as Pfizer, International Paper, and State Farm Insurance.

has provided thousands of jobs, protected pensions. She has helped raise teacher pay, improve schools and make college more affordable. She wants to make sure banks are stable and pensions are sound.

Goals for students: Continue current efforts in State Senate, where she

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ELAINE MARSHALL

arshall is currently Secretary of State and before served in the State Senate for the 15th District. She has also served as chair of the Hamett County Democratic Party, president of the Democratic Women of Harnett County and national secretary of the Young Democrats of America. Her major initiatives include helping state companies effectively compete with a free and secure public records system, protecting citizens and businesses from

counterfeit products, enforcing laws and increasing financial literacy to protect people from financial crimes. Marshall also plans to work to reform legislative lobbying laws and plans to work on creating an online depository for healthcare documentation. SOURCE: WWW.ELAINEMARSHALL.ORG

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JOHN ALEXANDER, JR.

lexander has spent his professional life working with small businesses. He says the N.C. Senate needs more business people like himself. Alexander has owned a truck dealership with his father for 40 years and serves on the corporate boards of both First Citizens Bank and the YMCA of the Triangle. As an N.C. State graduate, Alexander said he feels he is in touch with what fellow Wolfpack alumni want. He is

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confident that his experience running small businesses and working with other business leaders will help him reform government that has gotten out of hand. He wants to make the transition process after graduation easier for students by creating job opportunities and keeping taxes low. SOURCE: WWW.ALEXANDERNCSENATE.COM

JOSH STEIN

tein has served as the deputy attorney general for the past seven years, leading the consumer protection division. In his work in the attorney general’s office, Stein took on sexual predators and price gougers, predatory lenders and identity theft. Before working with the attorney general, Stein was a U.S. Senate aide, working as a public interest lawyer.

promoting water conservation, preserving open space, like around Dorothea Dix, and improving air quality. Strengthen ties through investments in partnerships betweeen local companies and the University, improving job opportunities for graduates. Stein also vows to work on college affordability — especially for those who are qualified but cannot find the financial means. SOURCE:WWW.JOSHSTEIN.COM

Goals: Improve environmental quality in Wake County, by

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department’s Web site, introducing a Transparency in Government Initiative to make state government more accessible, enforcing lobbying laws and expanding technology to increase efficiency.

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aughtridge is currently in his third term in the North Carolina House of Representatives. He worked as a financial analyst at Contenental Oil Company in Houston, Texas, learning to manage million dollar budgets and helping assimilate and train new MBA employees. As an entrepreneur, Daughtridge understands the importance of education in the economy through educa-

JACK SAWYER

awyer is a lawyer with experience in private practice, and worked as a real estate broker with Keller Williams Realty.

oss has served as a representative for House District 38 for the past five and a half years and has been ranked as the seventh most effective member of the House. She pushed for same-day voter registration, so that voters can register and vote on the same day at early voting sites. She said she has consistently advocated on behalf of students, faculty and the university system. She sponsored legislation to increase financial assistance to university and community college students. She said she has sponsored legislation to increase state employee and faculty salaries and advocated for construction of necessary facilities at N.C. State and throughout the university system.

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RICHARD MORGAN

organ was speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2003 to 2004 and a member of the House for 16 years. Morgan believes that only by educational growth can the state allow for economic stability and job growth. His ideas: The state must provide quality education to compete

in the new world economy A commitment to strong education at all levels will allow for the training and infrastructure needed to get more students in high-skill jobs SOURCE: WWW.RICHARDMORGANCAMPAIGNCOMMITTEE.COM

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ogarth said her policies are geared toward increasing the independence of individuals. She wants to work to:Cut government spending and abuses. End the death penalty. End eminent domain property seizures and forcible annexation.Give immigrants the same rights as all Americans.Allow citizens to participate in ballot initiatives and referendums for added input SOURCE: SUSAN HOGARTH

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tkinson has been state superintendent of public instruction since Aug. 2005, and is the first woman to have that role. She has also been the director and assistant director of the Division of Instructional Services, K-12, in the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Atkinson’s priorities are to ensure that every child:

Is a high school graduate who is ready to work or seek further education is a skilled reader can engage technology has teachers who are paid well and appreciated SOURCE: WWW.JUNEATKINSON.COM

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Students should keep saving, spending less THE ISSUE:

The economy is doing poorly — credit is frozen and the stock markets have dropped significantly.

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While the economic news is grim, there is always an opportunity for students to learn and benefit.

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Students should use this challenging economic period to learn how to live within their means, stay out of debt and consider making investments.

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ast week was a difficult time for Wall Street, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a key indicator of economic health, plummeted 18.15 percent for the week, dropping below 8,500 for the first time since 2002. What does this mean for students? For one, students need to pay attention to how the overall economic situation might affect student loans, which could have a huge impact on some students. But for the most part, the average student needs to keep on looking for ways to spend money wisely and weather the storm. One of the fundamental problems plaguing the economy right now is a lack of credit — lend-

ers are hesitant to give money to anyone, from banks to individuals. Duncan Holthausen, professor emeritus in economics, said students will likely feel the credit crunch first through student loans. If banks are afraid that any loan could turn out to be a poor investment, particularly for students who may or may not have the immediate ability to repay, they will not make the loan. Holthausen also said if the economy’s credit markets don’t unfreeze soon, this crisis might also impact credit cards. The biggest issues, Holthausen said, are whether we will be in a

recession, how bad it will be and how long it will last. What can students do? Not much, Holthausen said. For the most part, students need to keep on doing more of the same — save more, spend less. Learning to balance a budget and cut back spending are important skills for students, and now is the best time to learn. It may be even more important depending on how the job market performs — Holthausen said students will most likely feel the effects of a recession through their parents. Indirectly, students could see their disposable incomes shrink

if the job market continues to decline, but changes in parental income are going to have immediate effects. This matters. With limited credit and possible losses in parental income, the economy can impact students’ continued presence at the University. Students could benefit as well, but only if they have money to spend — Holthausen said historically, the best time to buy is always after a major economic decline. The average student, however, does not have that sort of money. So until then, keep looking for ways to spend only what you need and take this opportunity to learn how to live debt-free.

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Amanda Arnett freshman, textiles

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o we know the economy is tanking when the famously cheap (and delicious) Cookout Tray experiences a cost increase. The previously $3.99 combo meals are now $4.25 — a 26 cents increase. While Taylor McCune Senior Staff Columnist 26 cents may not seem so bad, it says a lot about the world we’re suddenly finding ourselves in. Cookout is well loved and known for its low prices. McDonalds and its ilk have long waved good-bye to $3.99 combos. I went to Hardees the other day and spent $4.50 on a chicken sandwich — no fries, hush puppies or drink. I can’t fault Cookout for raising prices, since they are still lower than most other restaurants. But if Cookout, famously cheap, is worried about the economy, what does that mean for students’ futures? We’ve dealt with rising gas prices by opening our wallets and paying more. Judging from precedent, that’s also how we’ll deal with the rising cost of food and other necessities. We’ll just pay more. But that only works if buyers have jobs. I’ll be graduating in May. I don’t plan on going to grad school directly, which means

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I’m going to be one of the thousands of new spring grads walking blindly into the job market, hoping that I’ll be hired. But I, and many others, may simply not be tapped for a position. As of August the national unemployment rate was at 6.1 percent, the state’s rate was 6.9 percent and the Triangle’s was at a 5-year high of 5.4 percent, according to The News & Observer. This was before the Dow saw a 777 point drop in one day, North Carolina-based Wachovia announced its financial problems and Research Triangle Park company Sony Ericsson announced it would lay off 450 of its 750 employees. And it’s not over yet. The bailout bill is still in flux and the Dow took a huge tumble, dropping 18.15 percent to 8,451.19 — a four-year low. It doesn’t look good. I’m scared for my economic future, and you should be too. It’s not just jobs, although that may be the first area students notice a change in. Think about your after-school plans. Maybe you wanted to stay in the Raleigh area, but with job cuts all over the city, you may have to change that plan. Maybe you wanted to place a down payment on a house by the time you reached 25. But mortgages will be hard to come by, especially for young Sports Editor

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people with little credit. Lenders already made that mistake once. So maybe we can take the advice from a column of mine from a few weeks ago and leave for Australia on a work visa. Unless the U.S. market’s problems affect the world markets, which is inevitable. European and Asian markets are already reporting bank scares and market dips. Sometimes I think Americans, especially younger ones, don’t fully realize how delicate the status quo is. There is no lifestyle insurance to guarantee loans and credit and high-paying jobs. This economic crisis is real. It’s happening right in front of us, a nd, even when t he markets seem stabilize, we will feel the consequences of shady lending and government buy outs for years to come. This will affect us all. Students, step out of your comfortable campus-life bubbles and pay attention. The courses of your lives depend on it.

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LIFESTYLES Raleigh is a booming city full of great bars, restaurants and nightlife. A growing city is hard to keep up with — a problem that has aggravated the author to no end. In her final year at N.C. State, Taylor has made it a point to get out and explore everything Raleigh has to offer. Food, fun, booze, shows and festivals are all fair game. Have a suggestion? Send it to features@technicianonline.com

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Christian Pena, 12, goes to Martin Middle School and works on his bike at 1304 Bikes with the help of Doug Czajka, a 2002 alumnus in geology. Czajka said he enjoys bikes because “I can get from place to place with out gas.” Pena, not yet bothered by the price of gas, said, “It’s better than walking.” Anyone can go to the bike shop, which is open on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. and Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.

1304 reworks, restores discarded bikes back to life Work shop with strong community ties promotes healthy lifestyles, clean transportation Alison Harman Features Editor

More than 200 bikes line the back of a concrete residential parking lot that sits on the corner of Mayview Road and Chamberlain Street. Some of them are more than 40 years old. Some are rusted so badly that the wheels don’t spin well. Some don’t have seats. Others lack finished handle bars or tires. And others, like the bike Marcus Gaskin, a sophomore at Broughton High School, chose, needed new chains, brakes and gears. But it’s not the end of the road for these bikes. Instead of sitting discarded in a landfill or unused in a garage, 1304 Bikes volunteers like Kelly Beck, an alumna in education, are giving them a chance at a second life. Beck said Doug Czajka, an alumnus in geology, and Raleigh residents Hans Hesslein and Andrew Breeland, started 1304 Bikes in November 2004 as an effort to promote healthy lifestyles, clean transportation and knowledge of how bikes work. “All the bikes are donated,” Beck said. “There’s everything from bikes from the ‘60s to bikes from just a couple of years ago.” These bikes are available for anyone — as long as they’re willing to both fix the bike themselves using free parts from 1304 Bikes’ work shop and put in volunteer hours around the shop. “We don’t really fix bikes and give them away,” Beck said. “People either earn a bike or fix the bike they have. We want people to bike more and we want people to learn about their bikes.” It takes about eight hours to earn a bike. That includes volunteer hours and work hours spent fixing the bike, according to volunteer Lynne Walter, who said she works at 1304 Bikes on most Thursdays and Sundays (the two days the work shop is open to the public). “Volunteer hours are here at the shop,” Walter said. “It’s whatever we need to do. There are things that always tend to need to be done, like strip bikes for parts that go to fixing other bikes. Bike mechanics use their skills to help other people fix their bikes, too.” But before people can work on a bike, it has to go through inspection. With clipboard in hand, Beck inspected the bike a volunteer

HOW TO GET INVOLVED 1304 Bikes is located at the corner of Chamberlain Street and Mayview Road at the back of the brick duplex. Hours: Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m. SOURCE: 1304BIKES.ORG

had chosen from the line. She looked closely at each part of the bike, making sure the wheels were aligned correctly and weren’t missing any spokes, and that the pedals were functional. When she was done, she gave the volunteer an estimate — that’s an estimate for how long it would take to fix the bike as well as how many volunteer hours he needed to complete. In total, it should add up to about eight hours. For Gaskin, that estimate was three and a half hours to fix his bike and another four and a half hours of volunteer work to complete. On Sunday afternoon at about 2 p.m., Gaskin estimated he had about an hour left of work on his bike. After that, though he’s technically completed the project, he plans to return to complete volunteer hours for his senior project. “I love working with bikes,” Gaskin said. “I was looking on the Internet for a place to build a bike or fix it.” He came across 1304, which enabled him to fix up a bike and earn volunteer hours toward his senior project. Mark Panarusky, a member of the Catholic Campus Ministry’s Doggett Center, came to 1304 on Sunday for a different reason. The ministry has been sponsoring a family from Africa for six months. Panarusky said one of the sons, Paka, wrecked his bike. Panarusky said he heard of the work shop from someone at the

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Doug Czajka, a 2002 alumnus in geology, lends the ear of a knowledgeable volunteer Oct. 2 at the 1304 Bikes workshop. Anyone can work on a bike at the shop, which is open on Thursdays and Sundays. Czajka says he enjoys bikes because he it is sustainable to ride a bike around the community instead of payning for gas.

BIKE HEALTH Every 3,500 calories burned equals one pound lost. So say you weigh 130 pounds. If you add three hours of “Moderate Effort” bicycling into your schedule each week without adding or subtracting any calories from a diet, you should lose almost a half a pound per week or two pounds per month. If you add five hours of vigorous cycling, you should lose almost a pound per week or four pounds per month. If you weigh 190 and add in that same 5 hours of vigorous cycling each week, you should lose closer to 5 pounds per month.

HERE’S THE FORMULA: Select the number of calories under your weight category for the kind of riding you will be doing (if your weight falls between categories, split the difference and add it to the lower figure). Multiply the number you get by the number of hours per week you intend to add to your routine. Divide the new number by 3,500 and you will get the number of pounds you should lose per week from the added exercise. Multiply this new number by 4.3, and you will get the number of pounds per month you should see disappearing. SOURCE: NEWTOWNBIKE.COM

he looked closer at the chains, wheels and brake lines. “The more I look at this thing, the more messed up it seems,” he said. “I have no idea how long this will take.”

“I see people all around town that have gotten bikes here. Just at brunch we ran into some folks who completed the program. They’re pretty much everywhere.” Kelly Beck, 2002 alumna

church, and he came “looking for some expertise and maybe some spare parts to help out this refugee family.” With the bike hanging from one of the bike stands 1304 organizers provide to help volunteers more easily fix their bikes,

He said he planned to spend the afternoon fixing the bike. Beck said she has also seen a change in the community that surrounds the bike shop. At least six children visited 1304 on Sunday afternoon, many of whom had come before to fix

up an old bike for themselves. As a family that lives across the street passed the parking lot, Beck greeted them and promised to give them pictures the next time she saw them. “It’s OK, it’s OK,” one of the children said. The group has seen 1304 Bikes become closer with the neighborhood around them, Walter said. Beck said she has been noticing a change in how many people have started riding bikes regularly, noting high gas prices as a main cause. “I see people all around town that have gotten bikes here,” she said. “Just at brunch we ran into some folks who completed the program. They’re pretty much everywhere. ... It makes me really happy.”

I turned 21 and set off on a journey that could take years to complete about a month ago. No, I’m not making a metaphor about “true adulthood” or a quest to drink alcohol every day for the rest of my life. The journey of which I speak is a simple one, but one that takes stamina, loyalty and a resistance to failure. I started the Flying Saucer Challenge. I joined the UFO Club. I am now a “beer knurd.” For those who aren’t familiar, the challenge is to drink 200 different beers. Easy right? But only three are allowed at a time. And they’re damned expensive for a college student’s budget. I knew that I couldn’t face this array of difficulties alone, so I found a beer buddy. We’ll call him Gustav, because that’s a good German name and we all know that the Germans sure drink a lot of beer. So Gustav and I set off for the Saucer on Monday, August 25, because Monday is Pint Night, and draughts (or drafts for you plain English types) are only $2.75. I got two local brews, Carolina Pale Ale and Carolina Summer Ale, and the Battlefield Bock. The local ales were perfect for the day — it was hot out, I was tired, annoyed and didn’t need anything too cloying to start off with. They were crisp and easy to drink. Nothing fancy, but good. The Battlefield began to get me excited. It was something new, deep and dark but smooth. Now out of my bad-day rut, I remembered why I wanted to do this whole thing in the first place: life experience. Especially in the Bible Belt, beer, wine and spirits in general don’t often hold such an esteemed place as “life experience.” But I grew up in a restaurant with a pub where employees would give my threeyear-old self empty beer bottles to suck on, my parents’ house has a wine cellar and I first acted as my father’s designated driver when I was 16. In short, I’ve been around the stuff for as long as I can remember, and I picked up a lot along the way. What stuck with me most, though, is the social importance of alcohol. Ales and wines of some sort were the first beverages invented, probably by accident. After millennia of being a life necessity it evolved into a drink of merriment and celebration. Today alcohol is still the number one celebratory beverage. “Drinking” is what you do when you get a promotion or have a birthday. But it’s also taken on another role as a normal, expected adult behavior. Your boss might be offended if you turn down his offer for a drink. It’s also an act of leisure. You’re bored, you’re watching the game, you get a beer. For some of us though, it’s also a challenge. Drinking isn’t about intoxication, it’s about a sensory experience, and the pride that goes with the ability to name a beer upon first sip or the principal grape in your wine upon first sniff. This is what the Challenge is about for me, gaining an unorthodox education in one of the oldest human traditions. Although I don’t intend to write about the Flying Saucer in each post, I will keep a tally and some taste notes at the end of each week. Saucer beers since last update: - Carolina Pale Ale - Carolina Summer Ale: crisp; better than the original - Battlefield Bock: smooth with a lot of depth - Red Oak — lager: a good drinking beer - Rogue Dead Guy — bock - Blue Moon — Belgian wit: my go-to; seems watery in comparison to others On the Horizon: - Finding a decent draft on half price night at Sushi Blues - Solas, the new hotspot on Glenwood - Food + Wine Tasting at Humble Pie

Turn that down! Personal music players could cause hearing loss

A study from the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Newly Identified Health Risks found that high volume from personal music players threatens permanent hearing loss for almost 10 million Europeans. The study, which will be published today, was for the European Union. The report stated that people who listened to personal music players for five hours a week at high volumes exposed themselves to more noise than that which is allowed in the noisiest factory. The maximum volume on some players, the team of nine specialists found, can replicate the noise an airplane

makes on takeoff. The report also stated that although there is no immediate loss in hearing, those who listen to music on high-volume settings will likely lose some hearing later in life. It’s the most recent report that has said the MP3 generation could lose some of their hearing later in life. However, those who aren’t members of this young generation could also be at risk, the report said. Out of the 27 countries in the European Union, about 50 to 100 million people (out of 500 million) could be listening to portable music players each day. Those listening to music at full blast for more than an hour a day each week risk permanent hearing loss after five years, the study said. That’s about 5 to 10 percent of listeners. In an effort to stop this risk, a man in Louisiana filed a lawsuit against Apple in 2006 when he said the company didn’t take adequate steps to prevent iPod users’ hearing loss. The lawsuit said the iPod can produce sounds at 115 decibels — 89 decibels is considered the maximum amount for safe listening. SOURCE: NYTIMES.COM

American Academy of Pediatrics recommends more vitamin D for kids Pediatricians are starting to recommend children receive twice the suggested serving of vitamin D because it may prevent serious diseases later in life, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. The new recommendation is now at 400 units each day — to meet that, millions of children will have to take daily vitamin D supplements. This group also includes infants who are breast fed and teenagers who drink little or no milk. The academy is recommending these changes because of research that states the potential benefits for vitamin D, which are: bone strength and reducing the risks of cancer, diabetes and heart disease. The evidence, however, is not conclusive.

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Group sues Oklahoma over law that requires ultrasound, description of fetus

An pro-choice advocacy group is suing the state of Oklahoma over a law that prohibits women from having abortions unless she has had an ultrasound and the doctor has described what the fetus looks like. The Center for Reproductive Rights, the advocacy group, filed the lawsuit Thursday and said the requirement intrudes on privacy, endangers health and assaults dignity. The law is set to go into effect Nov. 1. It would make Oklahoma the fourth state to require an ultrasound before a woman can have an abortion, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a health research organization based in Washington. The first three states include Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi. The group said, though, that Oklahoma is the only state that requires a doctor to describe the fetus to a woman. SOURCE: AP

HPV vaccination used by 25% of girls aged 13 to 17

One in four girls aged between 13 and 17 have received Gardasil, a relatively new vaccine that aims to protect women against cervical cancer, according to federal health officials. This study is the first substantial study of rates of vaccination for the drug, which is delivered via a threeshot series. The vaccine, which Merck & Company claims to protect against 70 percent of cervical cancers, aims to eliminate the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus. Although health officials recommend pre-teenage girls receive the shot at ages 11 or 12, or before they become sexually active, the survey only looked at girls ages 13 to 17. Gardasil proponents said they had been hoping for higher vaccination rates, mentioning the shots could reduce the number of women who die from cervical cancer — that’s about 4,000 each year in the United States. However, some caution of the vaccine’s safety. It hasn’t been determined yet whether the vaccine protects against HPV for the duration of a woman’s life, or whether a booster shot will be needed to help efficacy. Merck officials said they were pleased with the rate of vaccination. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based the results on a study that was completed in late 2007. Results are based from 3,000 responders whose medical records verified they had received the vaccine. SOURCE: AP

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Campus Rec to host golf tournament qualifying for Las Vegas event Alex Walton Correspondent

Campus Rec is hosting a local qualifying golf tournament for the 2008 Collegiate Golf Championship at River Ridge Golf Course this Saturday. The event is open to all students as well as staff, faculty and alumni from N.C. State and other local Universities. The tournament features two divisions, a student division and an open division and winners from both earn qualifying bids to play in the CGA Championship held in Las Vegas. Also, during the tournament, participants will have the option to compete in the Red Bull Final Five Competition for a chance at another qualifying bid to the Collegiate Golf Championship. The winner of the tournament from the student division will receive a prize package that includes two nights of hotel stay, one tournament round, discount on Saturday’s practice round, a

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even remember anything,” Sutton said. “It is a blur. You don’t even think in there, it is all reaction. That is why you train so much, [be]cause you don’t see it coming.” With the win, Sutton has an overall record of 1-0. After his MMA debut Sutton plans on continuing his training and his fighting. “I might cut down a weight class. I am just going to keep training hard, train with some of the best guys,” Sutton said.

pre-tournament pairings party, logoed Upswing Golf lob wedge as well as on-the-course contests and prizes. David Harris, a senior is business, said he expects the competition to be tough during the tournament. “My brother and I are playing in the open division and we hope to do pretty well,” Harris said. “But because the event is open to all the schools around the area we are expecting some tough competition.” The format of the tournament is a two-person scramble with a shotgun start. Alumnus Brendon Harris, David’s brother, says he likes the format. “I like the format because if I don’t make the perfect shot I know that my partner has a chance at it too,” Harris said.

“Hopefully we can play well enough between the two of us to qualify.” Registration for the event was scheduled to end this past Friday but has been extended until Wednesday. Rick Palmieri, coordinator for intramural sports, said the excitement surrounding the tournament was a factor in extending the registration period. “We’ve had a good number of people register so far but we decided to extend the time so we can let as many people sign up as possible,” Palmieri said. If students are interested in signing up, they can go to Campus Rec’s Web site to find out more details or register for the event.

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“I’m considering a couple of different options, a couple of different fights I’m looking at now. I’m looking at [fighting again in] early November or late November.” The last fight of the amateur undercard saw sophomore Pete Martin take on fellow 155pounder Joseph Carroll. Martin had a large showing of fans at the event with virtually all of section 123 wearing “Team Martin” tshirts. Martin came out strong in the first round with fierce blows to his opponents face. The rest of the first round was marked by Martin slamming Carroll to the ground and laying heavy hits to

his entire body. Martin came out again in the second round with ferocious blows. Martin then took Carroll to the ground. Carroll was able to slip out of Martin’s grip and get on top of him and apply a rear-naked choke. After being held for a while, Martin had the choice of either tapping out or passing out. The tap 1:41 into the second round gives Martin the loss due to submission. It was his first MMA loss, putting his record at 4-1 overall.

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Alyson Santilli, a sophomore in First Year College, keeps her eye on the soccer ball as it’s kicked by a Boston College midfielder in the home game Sunday. The Eagles scored a single goal early in the first half, and the remainder of the hard-fought match went without any additional goals from either team.

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she said. Baldy and Vera were the top scoring tandem in the ACC before her injury, and her absence has allowed State’s opponents to direct their attention to Vera. Every time Vera got the ball deep in Boston College’s end, the Eagles would double team the forward. And if Vera was somehow still able to make a play, Boston College’s coach would remind his team from the sidelines to “watch [No.] 13.” But the team refuses to make excuses despite the lack of offense since Baldy’s injury. “Of course [Baldy] is a great player and scores a lot of goals for us, but I think a lot of forwards have stepped up and tried to fill her shoes,” sophomore defender Kaitlin Wescoe said. This loss drops State to 0-5 in the ACC and 8-7 overall. The team plays its next game Friday at 7 p.m. against No. 2 North Carolina.

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fortunate that they scored on that one.” The Pack moved into a new formation before the Clemson game last week, and that has contributed to the better play. “We just switched to a new formation, playing a 4-4-2, and it is working out so much better for us,” senior forward Lindsay Vera said. “It actually worked out really well today. This is probably the best we’ve played in the ACC so far.” Kerrigan said the reason for the change was because of the injuries to key players the team has faced all season. “The last couple games we’ve started to look at who we have on the team, and we switched our formation based on who we have and who is available to us,” Kerrigan said. The most notable injury was to sophomore forward Kara Baldy, who will be out for the remainder of the year, according to Kerrigan. “Kara tore her ACL, so she is out for the rest of the year,”

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second set and took the game 2523, as the Wolfpack struggled to drop the ball in the box. Junior Arlee Tamietti said the service errors were the result of the team being anxious to grab the win. “We weren’t relaxing,� Tamietti said. “We were really antsy and wanted the win so when we got there we were in a rush to get it done.� State’s serving improved in the third set as Margaret Salata and Lindsay Benac both notched service aces for the Pack against just two service errors. Four

kills from freshman Isis Gardner helped the Pack battle UVA to a 25-22 result and State took the lead 2-1. “I didn’t belittle them, I didn’t yell at them,� head coach Charita Stubbs said of her locker room talk in between set two and three. “We talked about the scouting report and the adjustments we needed to make.� State and Virginia traded advantages throughout the fourth match before Salata connected on a powerful kill to earn the 2522 win, ending the match. When the ball crashed into the hardwood, the freshman was encircled by her teammates as a deafening roar from the crowd drowned out the team’s celebration. “It’s very satisfying,� Salata said

of her final kill. “There’s nothing [the other team] can do about it. The adrenaline is crazy.� State’s three ACC wins are the most since 1999 when the team went 5-11 in conference and this season’s twelve game wins in conference matches has already eclipsed last season’s grand total of seven. Lone senior Aiwane Iboaya, who contributed nine kills in the contest, said the Pack’s recent success has helped the team to focus on winning as a reality. “We’ve always progressed but we’ve never had that win, that validation,� Iboaya said. “It doesn’t matter how you progress, the win is what counts. We’re finally getting that golden prize.�

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Freshman outside hitter Isis Gardner leaps for the ball during the game against Maryland Sept. 28 in Reynolds Coliseum. Gardner was instrumental to the team in winning their second conference game of the season 3-1. Over the weekend, State beat Virginia but lost to Virginia Tech.

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• 4 days until Thursday night football game against Florida State

• Page 9: Weekend’s Pigskin Picks results and updated standings. Page 8: A preview of Campus Rec’s golf qualifying event.

TECHNICIAN

PAGE 10 • MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008

WOLF FACTS

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MMA

Doughtie wins Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championship

Senior Lauren Doughtie of the women’s golf team won the Mercedes-Benz Collegiate Championships at Fox Run Golf Course in dramatic fashion Sunday. Entering the final hole, Doughtie trailed Louisville’s Cindy LaCrosse by one stroke, but won the event with a birdie on the par-5 hole as LaCrosse double bogeyed. Doughtie golfed a 209 (-7) in the Championships, and her seven-under par score set a N.C. State record, and was the best score in the history of the 12-year tournament. She also had two of the four eagles in the tournament. The Wolfpack tied North Carolina for second place in the 18-team field with a score of 874 (+10). This marked the first time the Pack has ever shot sub-300 scores all three days of a 54hole tournament. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Rifle tops SERC No. 1

The rifle team took first place at the SERC No. 1 Saturday in a sixteam event hosted by The Citadel in Charleston, S.C. The team posted a total score of 2,304 in the air-rifle only competition to win the event, with The Citadel taking second and Clemson taking third. Senior Noel Keck led the pack with a 578, the highest score of the day. State (6-1) will host its next match, the SERC No. 2. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Swimming & diving wins opener

The men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs both opened their respective seasons with wins Saturday. The women topped UMBC 187-50 and Miami 144-99 to begin the season at 2-0 and the men beat UMBC 157-85 to start at 1-0.

VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS SCHOOL

CONFERENCE

OVERALL

Virginia Tech

6-1

15-3

Miami

5-2

17-2

Clemson

5-2

13-5

Georgia Tech

4-3

12-5

Duke

4-3

13-6

Wake Forest

4-3

13-6

North Carolina

3-3

9-8

NC State

3-3

9-12

Virginia

3-4

11-8

Florida State

2-4

11-6

Maryland

1-6

5-14

Boston College

0-6

6-13

DIANNE SEXTON/TECHNICIAN

Senior Pete Martin fights Joseph Carroll in Saturday’s Mixed Martial Arts competition held at the RBC Center Saturday. This type of ultimate fighting has been banned in North Carolina for the past 14 years but has been brought back thanks to groups like Carolina Fight Promotions.

Students mix it up in the octagon Chris Sutton and Pete Martin competed for Carolina Crown Saturday at the RBC Center Jonathan B. Laughrun Staff Writer

Mixed Martial Arts returned to the Triangle with a bang after a 14-year ban in the state of North Carolina. Carolina Fight Promotions hosted the Carolina Crown this Saturday which saw two N.C. State students fighting on the amateur undercard. Sophomore Chris Sutton and senior Pete Martin took this opportunity to battle at a local venue in front of friends and family. Matt “the Terra” Serra was the special guest in attendance at the event. Serra is the former welterweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, the premier MMA promotion organization. Serra was excited for the amateurs who were fighting in the Carolina Crown. “It’s a great way to get experience, and you can’t buy experience,” Serra said. “Win or lose, that’s going to get them ready for the big leagues. They

got to cut their teeth somewhere--it’s nice to do it locally.” After a delay due to a couple of logistical issues, the first fight of the night pitted Chris Sutton against fellow heavyweight Dwight Hyman. Sutton and Hyman have a history dating back to this summer where Hyman backed out of a fight with Sutton in Wilmington, N.C. In preparation for the fight, Sutton worked on his striking for one reason. “I wanted to knock him out,” Sutton said. “He dodged me back in Wilmington, and I wanted to knock him out. I didn’t want it to be a submission or let it to go to the judges; I wanted to knock him out. Hands down, that’s what I wanted to do, so I trained on my punches a lot.” Sutton’s concentration on striking paid off as he came out in the first round dominating his opponent first with several strikes to the face and then with a series of knees to the body after being tied up. Sutton then took Hyman to the ground and began striking his face until the referee called the match 1:59 into the first round. “I don’t FIGHT continued page 8

DIANNE SEXTON/TECHNICIAN

Chris Sutton, a First Year College sophomore, prepares to fight against Dwight Hyman in Saturday’s Mixed Martial Arts competition in the amateur heavyweight division. Sutton won the match against Hyman.

FIGHTER STATS FIGHTER

MMA RECORD

FIGHTING STYLE

FIGHT RESULTS

Chris Sutton

1-0

Wresting/Brazilian Jiu Jitsu

W (referee stoppage due to strikes)

Peter Martin

4-1

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu/Muay Thai

L (submission due to Rear Naked Choke) COMPILED BY JON LAUGHRUM

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Win or lose, that’s going to get them ready for the big leagues. They got to cut their teeth somewhere -- it’s nice to do it locally.” Matt “The Terra” Serra, former Welterweight champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, on the fighters in Saturday night’s match

WOMEN’S SOCCER

State’s attack comes up short State loses its fifth straight ACC game in 1-0 loss to No. 14 Boston College

VOLLEYBALL

Wolfpack wallops Wahoos State drops five-set thriller to Virginia Tech, defeats UVA

Samuel T.O. Branch

Ty Johnson

Senior Staff Writer

Senior Staff Writer

The Boston College Eagles defeated the N.C. State Wolfpack 1-0 Sunday afternoon at the N.C. State Soccer Stadium. The game was the first loss of the season at home for the Wolfpack, who had been 7-0 on its own turf before this game. Despite the loss, the team played evenly with the No. 14 Eagles. The lone goal was scored off of a f luke chip shot.

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIAN

Tanya Cain, a freshman in plant and soil sciences, fights for possession with a Boston College defender in the home game Sunday.

“It was kind of a freakish goal they scored today,” coach Laura Kerrigan said. “Rachel Barnette had a fantastic game in goal for

us. I thought our defense was very solid today, and it’s unSOCCER continued page 8

The volleyball team split its home series against opponents from Virginia this weekend, losing 3-2 to Virginia Tech on Friday before picking up a home win against Virginia Saturday evening 3-1. Saturday’s win in Reynolds lifted State to 9-12 overall and 3-3 in ACC play. Friday night the Wolfpack took the opening set before losing two in a row. Down 2-1, State forced a fifth game in comeback fash-

ion, coming back from as many as five down to take the set 25-27. The Hokies took five of the first seven points in the tiebreaker and took the game 15-11 to end the match. Saturday night’s match began much like the previous night with State winning the first game of the match 25-18 thanks to a .343 hitting percentage. The Pack connected for 16 kills on 35 attempts and committed only four hitting errors in the first stanza but committed five service errors. The Wahoos capitalized on another five service errors in the VOLLEYBALL continued page 9

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