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As the N.C. Legislature continues to finalize a fiscal budget for the 2009-10 school year, University officials are preparing for up to a 7-percent budget cut. Charlie Leffler, vice chancellor for finance and business, said a seven percent budget cut would mean the loss of up to 150 jobs and a decrease in the number of

classes offered to students across campus. “[Lay offs] are a last resort,” Leffler said. “We are continuing to work to minimize job cuts.” Leffler said one option for the University is to move employee’s into positions that are unfilled to prevent having to cut those people. “Our goal is to minimize the impact by looking at vacant positions,” he said. Although Leffler said the University does not want to make cuts, he also said hundreds of people leave the University on a year-to-year basis because of other jobs.

Leffler said losing up to 150 jobs or more is typical. “Hundreds of people leave because of other opportunities,” he said. “There are a lot of comings and goings of people and of open positions.” Leffler also said many employees work on contracts, and when contracts expire, the University re-evaluates and decides how to reorganize jobs in a more efficient manner. “We reorganize, constantly create new jobs, and keep a dynamic workplace,” he said. Students, like Matthew Harris, a sophomore in arts applications, have expressed concern

for campus academics and the impact budget cuts may have on programs. “I have noticed they are cutting back on the number of classes offered in each course,” Harris said. “I think it will impact a lot of people.” Larry Nielsen, the University provost, said officials are attempting to make the impact of budget cuts on students as small as possible and limit the impact. Nielsen said that while the University as a whole is preparing for budget cuts that individual colleges would not be cut the full 5 percent. The College of Agriculture

and Life Sciences, as well as the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, will have only about a 1-percent budget cut, Nielsen said. Nielsen also said a 1-percent cut in class seats in sections will not drop the academic standard below what it should be. “The quality of our faculty will stay the same,” he said. “The faculty has been extremely responsible in taking on greater loads to ensure student affairs are not greatly impacted. The faculty are the CUTS continued page 3

RD parking sign stolen from Bragaw Officials reported sign stolen for second time to Campus Police Saja Hindi Editor-in-Chief

University Housing officials sent Bragaw residents an e-mail Wednesday alerting them that someone stole an RD sign in the South Bragaw parking lot. This is the second time someone has stolen the same sign, which marks a spot reserved for Resident Director Michael DREIER CARR/TECHNICIAN Bumbry. Bumbry could not be reached Two incidents have been refor comment Wednesday night. ported involving the removal of “Parking and Transportation, the post and sign that marks the as well as University Police, have RD parking space in the South Bragaw parking lot. been notified of these crimes. We are looking for information on what may have happened to the Campus Police will then carry signs and who may have been in- on an investigation in an attempt volved,” the e-mail from Sher- to find out who stole the sign as londa Clarke, assistant Housing well as make everyone aware of director, said. the incident “in case it does show Capt. Jon Barnwell of Campus up in someone’s dorm room or Police said both incidents hap- discarded somewhere,” Barnwell pened without much time in said. between each other, but he said Although Campus Police canHousing alerted Campus Police not yet speculate on the cause of of both incidents after the one the theft, Barnwell said it could officials reported Friday. be the result of a variety of rea“When they reported it the first sons, not just to intentionally detime, they said that it had been prive the University of property the second time it was taken,” but out of spite from someone Barnwell said. “It happened rela- or a want to cause damage to tively quickly.” something. Barnwell said Thomas Dahe doesn’t know v is, Bragaw the specifics of resident a nd the first incisophomore in dent but Houseconomics, ing may have agreed the inreplaced t he cident seems sign the first more like an time without act of vandalreporting it. ism than anyShaun Jernithing else, but gan, a junior that parking is in First Year a problem for College, said Bragaw resihe didn’t hear dents. Capt. Jon Barnwell about the sec“It ’s re a l ly of Campus Police ond incident, only on weekbut his resident ends when I adviser spoke to his suite about come back late at night and the the first incident right after lot is full, but I didn’t think they spring break. issue more passes than spots,” “The RA asked if we knew any- Davis said. thing about it,” he said. Davis admitted, however, that Barnwell said this is the first people “incapable of parking in time Campus Police has heard of lines” also cause some of these an incident like this happening. parking issues. “The biggest thing we’ll do is Parking on late week nights is we’ll take a report that [the sign] also a problem, he said, and on has been taken, and it’s reported as a theft,” Barnwell said. SIGN continued page 3

“The biggest thing we’ll do is we’ll take a report that [the sign] has been taken, and it’s reported as a theft.”

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Adam Compton, a senior in agricultural business management, bursts a water balloon on Anna Patton, a senior in psychology, at the Delta Upsilon and Circle K International’s Duck Hunt at the Brickyard April 8. Participants could pay $1 to throw a water balloon at some University staff members and select student leaders.

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tudents assembled on the Brickyard Wenesday to assault campus staff members and student leaders with water balloons. Delta Upsilon and Circle K sponsored the Duck Hunt to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Raleigh. Adam Compton, senior class president, Jay Dawkins, student body president for 2008-09, Jim Ceresnak, student body president, Capt. Barnwell of Campus Police, and Mike Giancola, director of the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, were some of the participants in the hunt.

Commission recommends hate policy Special task force to look at diversity education for incoming freshmen Derek Medlin Managing Editor

Vice chancellors and provosts from all 16 UNC system schools discussed a system-wide policy regarding hate crimes and diversity education during a video conference Wednesday. UNC system President Bowles formed an 11-member commission in response to the hate speech incident in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5, 2008 and charged the group with looking at ways to develop a system-wide hate crimes policy. He also asked it to look at the possibility of having system-wide diversity orientation for incoming freshmen. Bowles informed Board of Governors members of the final recommendations of a UNC system commission via a memo he sent April 3. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford said the video conference allowed all the leaders to be on the same page regarding the commission’s recommendations. “The commission recommended that the Board of Governors make a policy regarding hate crimes, personal violence and intimidation,” he said. “President Bowles is going to ask Harold Martin and Laura Luger to work on drafting that policy. They will then present it to the Board of Governors.” Stafford said it is likely the BOG will pass the policy, which will prompt each campus to cater its student code of conduct to fit the system-wide policy. “Each campus will look at its own individual policy and compare it to the system policy to make sure the language on each campus doesn’t conflict with this policy,” Stafford said. “He also said this policy will in now way inhibit people’s right to freedom of expression.” While the commission did make a recommendation regarding hate crimes, it did not make a solid decision on how to handle the issue of diversity education. “When they got into that discussion they discovered it was a very complicated issue,” Stafford said. “It’s not quite as simple to say every freshman ought to be required to take training. Because of that the president is going to make a special task force to look at this issue in more depth.” Stafford said the special commission could take up to six SYSTEM continued page 3

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THE FACEBOOK (R)EVOLUTION As Facebook continues to make changes not only to its Terms of Service but also to its layout and features, some students refuse to adapt even after a four-month adjustment period. But despite initial hatred for Facebook’s ever-changing interface, users either adapt or resist, but remain present on the site. Although some of the most recent changes to Facebook resemble Twitter, a social networking site that has been experiencing exponential growth over the past year, Office of Technology staff member Jennifer Riehle said the two sites could ever be interchangeable. Technician chronicles the life and times of the most popular social networking site in the... well, in the world. To read more about the Facebook revolution, SEE PAGE 6.

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In Wednesday’s page-one photo caption, the year of the time capsule was wrong. It should have been 1989. Technician regrets the error.

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

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Senior Class President Adam Compton on the commencement advisory committee’s wishes for the May 9 student commencement speech.

eghan Hegarty, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering, and Edward Grant, an electrical and computer engineering professor, show off autonomous robots to visitors on Centennial Campus Wednesday. Marcus Crotts, an alumnus was showing his son Jesse Daschall, a high school student in Michigan, the engineering programs at the University. Grant and Crotts, who works at an engineering firm in Winston-Salem, reminisced about programing in assembly language in the 1970s.

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University to host India conference

The Barefoot across the nation: Maqbool Fida Husain and the idea of India conference will be held tiday from 9 a.m. till 5 p.m. looking at the ouvre of Maqbool Fida Husain, who is argued to be India’s most iconic and celebrated painter of modern times. This conference will be looking at artistic imagination and applying it to the cultural politics of risk in our troubled times. SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

Workshop promotes diversity A workshop promoting diversity and self-awareness entitled: Building Bridges: Strengthening Leadership for Diverse communities: Parts I & II (NCBI) will be held today from 9 a.m. till 4:30 p.m., at Talley Student Center Rm 3118. This interactive and high-energy workshop will educate both students and faculty on the issues of discrimination, prejudice, harassment, and diversity by taking them out of their comfort zone and promoting understanding and self-awareness. This event is open to both students and faculty. For more information contact Beverly Jones Williams at beverly_williams @ ncsu.edu.

NCSU presents TurkishIslamic live performances

The Turkish-Islamic Arts Presentations & Live Performances will be held today from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. in Williams Hall. The program will feature visual as well as musical art performances. The program will begin with presentations on Hat (calligraphy) and will continue with Tezhip (Illumination with Gold). SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

WORLD & NATION

Authorities foil murder plot

A Syrian man was arressted last week for plotting to stab President Barack Obama. The Saudi Arabia newspaper Al-Watan first revealed that the Turkish Security services arrested the suspect who planned to kill Obama on his visit to Turkey. After his arrest, the sispect confesed to authorities that three accomplices were helping him plot to stab Obama during the Alliance of Civilizations summit in Istanbul. U.S. officials have confirmed the allegations, but say that the account given by the accused is still being verified.

April 4 10:12 AM | CHECK PERSON Dan Allen Dr ive Report of suspicious incident. Officer checked area but did not locate any problems. 11:52 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Riddick Lot Students were involved in traffic accident.

Gates proposes budget cuts

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a new Pentagon budget for 2010 on Monday, April 6th that proposed changes in the Department of Defense in order to boost the military’s ability to wage an ongoing conflict against terrorists and other extremists in various regions simultaneously. Production of the F-22 Raptor, the Air Force’s most expensive fighter has been postponed until the fiscal year of 2011. The proposed overall fiscal year 2010 Defense Department budget is almost $664 billion when including the costs of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. SOURCE: CNN

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Secretary plays dead

Secretary Shirley DeLucia was shot and played dead in order to escape a shooting at the American Civic Association in Binghamton, New York, on Friday April, 3rd. Jiverly Wong, a 41-year-old who had taken English classes at the New York immigration services center shot DeLucia in the abdomen before turning his attention to the others in the bulding. DeLucia played dead and called 911 when Wong came back to her. Thirteen people were killed in the nation’s worst mass shooting since virgina Tech. SOURCE: CNN

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12:38 AM | DOMESTIC DISPUTE Lee Hall Report of students involved in altercation. Both students were referred to the University for Disorderly Conduct. 2:03 AM | MOLEST FIRE EQUIPMENT Pi Kappa Alpha Units responded to alarm. House President was referred to the university for misuse of fire equipment and damage to property. 10:59 PM | TRAFFIC STOP Hillsborough Street/Lampe Drive Non-student was stopped for running stop light. Subject was arrested for driving while license revoked and later charged with possession of cocaine. 11:49 PM | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT North Hall Student reported suspicious subject. Officer checked area but did not locate anyone.

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months to study the issue and come up with the best way for each campus to handle diversity education. Matt Woodward, a freshman in applied sociology, said he wishes the commission could have made more concrete recommendations. “Being on the Campus Culture task force, the first thing I looked at was what the commission looked at surrounding diversityrelated programming,” he said. “I was a little disappointed that it was more deferred to another committee or task force. I was really hoping the commission would have done all the research so they could make a decision.” Stafford said the special commission’s deferral of diversity education to another task force boiled down to logistics and the time it would take to complete such a large task. He also said he hopes each campus will be able to make decisions on its own to determine how incoming freshmen would learn about diversity. “We know best about N.C. State,” Stafford said. “I would be reluctant to tell ASU what to do because their culture is different. It’s important for every campus to look at this issue and figure out what would be the best way to address it on each individual campus.” Student Body President Jim Ceresnak, a junior in political science, said he plans to focus on this issue during his time as SBP. “I want to be involved in this

The commission unanimously recommended a University-wide policy addressing hate crimes and acts of violence or intimidation be developed without infringing on students’ and employees’ First Amendment rights to free speech. The commission also determined a Presidential task force should be created to further study the implications of implementing diversityrelated programming and education for UNC campuses. SOURCE: ERSKINE BOWLES MEMORANDUM, APRIL 3, 2009

process,” he said. “Discussion and action on diversity and hate crimes is extremely important.” Stafford said a system-wide policy regarding hate speech could be drafted and passed by the BOG as early as the beginning of the fall semester. “The campus could see that policy in the fall,” he said. “Every campus will have two or three months to respond to that policy and make changes.” Woodward said he hoped the deliberation about diversity education for freshman continues in the coming weeks and is not forgotten by the UNC system or the University. “This issue needs to be at the forefront of our conversations,” he said. “If we wait for another event to happen then we’re going to have a student uprising. If we address these issues early on it’s a piece of the solution puzzle.”

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HOW MUCH IS 7 PERCENT? Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business Charlie Leffler said the University is preparing for a seven percent budget cut, though Provost Larry Nielsen said cuts to colleges will be lower. A 7-percent University budget cut would result in 150 job losses. Nielsen expects colleges will be cut by only 5-percent, though CALS and PAMS would have only about a 1-percent cut. SOURCE: ERSKINE BOWLES MEMORANDUM, APRIL 3, 2009

student’s best friends.” Harris said he is also concerned budget cuts will impact numerous student activities. “Because I am involved in Wolf-TV, and we are trying to become a part of Student Media, I am extremely concerned about [budget] cuts in that area,” he said. Nielsen said it is not feasible to expect programs to not take a hit but also said no student programs will be hurt badly. “Everything will be cut back some, but student programs will continue as they have been,” he said. Because Housing, Carmichael Gymnasium and other student activities are paid for using tuition and fees, they will not be impacted, Nielsen said. Nielsen also said campus life and student activities are still a top priority when considering all aspects of the situation. “We are still in the process of figuring everything out,” he said. “Everything is a plan, not a reality.” Leffler said no official budget cut numbers, lay-off counts, or anything else is final until the Legislature finalizes the budget, a process that could take until the beginning of the fall semester. “As the legislature continues to evaluate the situation, things will update and change,” he said.

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Ben Riedlinger, a freshman in nutrition science, Tread Snedecor, a junior in business, and Chris Pilley, a freshman in arts applications, wind up to throw water balloons during the Duck Hunt on the Brickyard Wednesday. “We are supporting other fraternities,” Pilley said. They are members of the Theta Chi fraternity.

“I have terrible aim, so I got them to all cluster together. I would have hit Adam if he hadn’t have ducked.” Max Strickland, sophomore in economics, on trying to hit one of the Duck Hunt participants

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some nights, he has to park in West Lot and risk a ticket. Abhishek Pratap, a sophomore in industrial engineering and Bragaw resident, said he doesn’t have a car on campus but agreed parking is an issue. However, Pratap said a collective punishment requiring all residents to pay for the damage is not an effective way to prevent the theft from happening in the future. Residents in Becton Hall faced a similar situation last month because of vandalism officials found in one of the bathrooms.

Should all Bragaw residents have to pay to replace the stolen RD parking sign? Is collective punishment effective? “I don’t think it’d be effective. There’s over 400 residents that live in Bragaw and that’s less than $1 per person. Maybe it would work if they charged everyone $20. But no one would notice less than that on their student account.” Abhishek Pratap sophomore, industrial engineering “I would not be happy. It’s probably not much per person.” Shaun Jernigan junior, First Year College

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The University is facing a potential 7-percent budget cut and may cut as many as 150 jobs.

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The University must make keeping filled jobs and upper level classes priorities.

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The University should cut unfilled positions, cut as few upper level classes as possible and use student input when making decisions.

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SPARC was misrepresented Zakk White’s column “Veganism Meat - and Logic - Free” misrepresented SPARC activities and provided a cursory interpretation of professor Tom Regan’s influential work. In White’s defense, the SPARC Web site was only recently updated. That said, there is no scheduled protest planned for April 12. It is true SPARC has participated in a handful of protests in the past, but the central activity of the group is advocacy through leafletting and tabling. Unfortunately, SPARC activities are currently limited by the hectic schedules of working adults, community volunteers and graduate students. SPARC welcomes undergraduate members willing to take on campus organizing and leadership roles such as webmaster. Additionally, the subject of “speciesism” is best understood by those who invest time and effort into studying the history and evolution of the philosophy. Speciesism dates back to the work of Henry Salt, whose writings on animal ethics influenced Gandhi, Regan, Singer and others. White states, “It seems strange to argue that the equality between races and sexes is the same as the equality between a person and a bird. They are not equal to us in the biological and moral sense.” While he is clearly voicing a personal opinion, it is one that privileges one form of life over another and reinforces a hierarchy of social entitlements among sentient beings (e.g. speciesism).But, this information is not easy to process! Animal ethics and veggie lifestyles confront complex and controversial ideas which encompass global issues as well as personal and emotional ones. I am thankful for the Technician’s attention to SPARC and White’s efforts to stimulate conversation on these issues. Abigail Cameron doctoral student, sociology UNITY Conference deserved coverage I just wanted to express my disappointment in the Technician for its lack of coverage on the UNITY Conference held this past weekend on the campus of UNC-Chapel Hill. Despite our rivalry, I feel it is important to be involved with events across our community especially when they are promoting the union of people alike. The UNITY Conference is held annually in Chapel Hill and is a gathering of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer identified people and their allies. This year’s theme was “Sweet T: Transgress, Transform and Transcend Gender and Sexuality.” Usually, I would pride myself in the diversity throughout our University’s paper. The Technician is often very fair in its promotions and shows little bias throughout its articles; however, it can also be said that the Technician often overlooks events and ideas that concern the GLBTQQI community. As the University’s newspaper, I think it

he University will cut as many as 150 people and 1 percent of class seats, approximately 3,000 seats, to save money, according to Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Charles Leffler. Although cutting positions may be inevitable with a University-wide budget deficit of $36 million, the University should make sure it has its priorities in order and use feedback to make its decisions. It should keep as many filled positions as possible and cut unfilled positions first. The University should also not gauge classes solely based on how many students enroll in them, especially upper-level

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classes necessary to finish degrees. Upper-level classes typically have fewer students, but that does not mean they are less important than lower-level classes. The University should prevent cuts to upper-level classes because upperclassmen should have a variety of classes to choose from to fit into their schedules. The University needs keep the process of cutting classes and employees transparent, and ensure students know what classes it is cutting as soon as possible. Students are going to have to

scramble to change their schedules as it is, and the earlier students know, the better. Having input from students is essential when making cuts like these, and one way the University can gauge what classes are necessary is to weigh class evaluations heavier than they have in the past. Although students may not take them as seriously as they should, if the University took the results into account more, then students will take them seriously. Instructors and professors should offer incentives for fill-

ing out class evaluations so only the students who have had negative experiences will not be the only ones filling them out. Money is tight in North Carolina, but the University must make sure its decisions do not hurt progress toward degrees. It must also remember to cut as few jobs as possible. It should cut unfilled positions and keep as many upper level classes for majors as possible. The University must understand the importance of class evaluations and take them into consideration when making decisions concerning which classes should and should not be cut in the future.

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is important to equally promote and cover events from all different types of organizations, especially those that are only beginning to grow on campus. The GLBT Center in Talley has just recently celebrated its oneyear anniversary and I believe that is a big step for all people on our campus. Furthermore, the promotion of the UNITY Conference in our newspaper would encourage support around campus and hopefully, would have increased the conference’s attendance of NCSU’s students showing that we strive for equality and represent a University that cares about others. In any matter, I believe the environment at N.C. State could be more inclusive of all walks of life and it could easily start with the Technician. Kelsey Lambdin junior, women and gender studies Agriculture affects everyone Upon viewing the cartoon displayed in the Technician on April 7, it became very clear that consumers of the general public are so far removed from the agricultural process that they have no idea how the grand scheme of things affects everyone. Many students at this very University do not grasp the concept that their food does not come from Harris Teeter or Food Lion. In fact, drought situations do impact everyone not just those supposed “redneck farmers in the sticks.” I will touch briefly on two of the largest impact areas. First, Agribusiness is the number one driver for the North Carolina economy. For many rural counties, the majority of the jobs stem from agriculture. If there is a serious drought crops can be lost and when harvest time comes any of those who would have been given temporary employment to supplement their incomes suffer as well. Still not seeing how this impacts the average student or person? If there is a drought that results in lost crop then the prices go up because the supply is less. Say that crop was corn which will then ripples out to increase the cost of beef or livestock animals due to the price of feeding those animals increasing. At the grocery store, the consumer can expect to pay more because the finalized product that resulted cost more to make overall. I hope that this helps to speak out against the negative stereotypes portrayed in the cartoon done by Illinois native Conrad Plyler, who may not have grasped the ultimate role agriculture plays in the life of every single person that is living and breathing. Courtney A. Parnell CALS Agri-Life Council President senior, biological sciences

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What else can the university do to save money and prevent job cuts? BY PEGGY BOONE

“They shouldn’t renovate Talley Student Center because it doesn’t need the changes they are planning to make. It would be a waste of money since no one goes over there, because it is so far away from main campus.”

Maybe having 54 bells in the Bell Tower is a bit too ambitious.

Rachel Perry sophomore, microbiology

Luis Zapata, sophomore in industrial design

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didn’t vote in the Student Government elections. This wasn’t because I had forgotten or that I didn’t know anyone running in the election. I lacked the motivation to vote because all of the candidates represented the opposite view I hold over a key issue tuition. Education is very valuable, Conrad Plyer and I think Staff Columnist students realize that. However, I make the claim that each year of college is worth less compared to the next year. Each year is more valuable, because the utility of the years increase, meaning a person has less of an incentive to get his or her first year of college education than a junior has of getting his or her last year of college education. If college students feel they need the latter years of their education more than their previous years, then the college tuition prices should ref lect that decrease in elasticity of demand. In case some engineers are unfamiliar with economics classes and don’t understand, this means we should make tuition

progressively more expensive as we continue through college. We need progressive tuition. People hear this and become apprehensive to the thought of increasing prices for our soonto-be graduates. However, my proposal does not change the total tuition for students. Instead, I would like for us to skew the distribution towards the upperclassmen. This really helps students with loans. Instead of frontloading our loans and racking up lots of interest payments, I think it would be much more enjoyable for students to begin their large interest payments when they have the opportunity to graduate and make a living. It’s much easier paying on student loans in a job with an engineering firm than in a job with Dunking Donuts. We s hou ld also consider the college dropout. Some students meet unfortunate scenarios where they feel they can’t handle the stress that comes with the college atmosphere. In addition to their predicament, they have to still pay off those loans they have taken. How are they supposed to do that with any ease if they don’t have the upper level education that was supposed to come

“If we have a progressive tuition in place, the burden those unfortunate people have to bear lessens.”

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with those loans? If we have a progressive tuition in place, the burden those unfortunate people have to bear lessens. Some may try to argue the loss of revenue from dropouts will increase tuition for us. Other factors can balance out this affect. The most important is the increased financial advantage to finishing college earlier than the traditional four year plan. So, maybe tuition would increase, but we would be paying less; because, we would be more motivated to finish college within three years. Also, the decreased interest payments could negate the possibility of increased total cost on for the students. So, I explained this to College of Humanities and Social Sciences sophomore Senatorelect Scott Goldsmith. “I would be interested in opening up the topic to the government in order to decide if the most beneficial plan for students,” was the reaction I got to the progressive tuition plan. I hope the new members of SG won’t be afraid to take on controversial issues and try new ideas to help students with their financial burdens.

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hat’s black and white and read all over? Not aggregated content derived from the Associated Press, which is threatening to take legal action against anyone and any business that links or copies unsubscribed AP content. The AP is a news agency and cooperative owned by newspapers that creates and picks up content to distribute to newspapers that pay an annual fee.

If the AP begins pursuing legal action against aggregators, like Google and the Drudge Report, for publishing links to AP content via RSS feeds, students like Hannah Litzenberger could have to catch up on their morning news elsewhere online. And according to an AP press release Monday, it plans to. That is, if she feels up to clicking around various local and national news Web sites that pay an annual rate to republish AP content online and in print. The AP stated in the press release aggregators — and even bloggers — that distribute or reprint AP content without properly licensing it will be subject to “legal and legislative action.” That means businesses like Google could be hit with lawsuits from AP defenders if they choose to disregard its “initiative to protect news content from misappropriation online,” the press release stated. “I get all of my online news from RSS feeds,” Litzenberger, a senior in natural resources, said. “My Netvibes page lets me quickly look over so many new sources without having to go to individual sites. I can look at the headlines for New York Times, CNN, Washington Post, WhiteHouse. gov and other sources.” Netvibes is a site that collects feed from blogs and news sites, among other services, and could be used to import Google News feed. The industry-wide initiative to protect news content from being distributed without either advertising revenue generated to the parent Web site or paying for content is a reaction to the journalism industry’s poor business performance in recent years. An annual report on American media, released by the Pew Project for Excellence in Journalism, reported a 23 percent drop in advertising revenues in the last two years. One out of every five journalists who worked for the newspaper industry in 2001 is gone, the report stated. And it’s only going to get worse. Although news-related Internet traffic has increased by 19 percent since 2007, Robert Kochersberger, an associate professor in English, said the AP, like any successful business, will want to keep profits as high as possible. “If the AP perceives that it is somehow losing income potential, then it will become a bigger issue now than it did 10 years ago when the industry was still flushed with money,” he said, adding that the financial crises facing the industry are “serious, they’re big problems. If you have a chance to

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make money, you want to make as much money as you can.” But whether the AP will win suits against those who publish or link to its content without paying is not certain. The Supreme Court has passed few laws that govern all Internet use, and even fewer that can apply to copyright infringement and fair use policies. “There’s been a battle to determine ownership of content for a long time,” he said. “It’s going to be a completely different understanding of who owns what and how profit it made from information.” Kochersberger said the AP’s initiative raises the issue of who retains the copyright on information that has been passed on, copied and linked to on the Internet. The same questions were raised when, in an unprecedented act of defining copyright on social networking sites, Facebook changed its Terms of Service to say that the company owned all of its users’ information, photos and notes — even if users deleted the information and their accounts. “Some people have said that, because of technology, copyright protection is doomed, that people are not going to be able to have protection for their work because there are so many varied and so many fast ways of sending out content,” he said. “Sources are hard to trace. A story could go from one site to another site to another site, and by the time the story is six sites removed form the AP, who owns it?” While the AP is arguing its content is protected under copyright laws, Kochersberger said aggregators are claiming their actions are covered by the Fair Use Doctrine, which allows individuals or companies to use a copyrighted material “when some conditions are met.” “If they take a link, is that the same thing as taking the entire story? The question is, where is the story — it’s in cyberspace somewhere,” he said. “If the use is for an education purpose, fair use could apply. If it is commercial, fair use could apply. If the work itself is factional rather than fictional, fair use is going to apply.” Kochersberger said copyright laws exist to protect the copyright owners from people and businesses who are promoting the work as their own or who are keeping copyright owners from profiting off their work. And in the case of aggregators versus the AP, nothing is black and white except the content itself. “It’s going to be a real interesting case,” he said. “AP needs to be careful with what it asks for because it might get it. This could end up hurting the AP because a lot of the aggregators are really just taking links and then returning the readers right back to the original sources. In a way, this raises an issue that is going to be bigger than copyright or AP by themselves.” Some sites that feed from AP headlines, like TechCrunch, have already blocked the service. Litzenberger said Google and other aggregators are resourceful enough to find alternative headlines if they refuse to bargain with the AP. “It’s fair to charge Google or other AP content users, but I would imagine Google would just find news content elsewhere,” she said. “It doesn’t seem like the AP has a strong hold on the news media like it used to since there is some much news information available on the Internet. The availability of free news, content, and information on the Internet makes all this stuff so tricky.”

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NANOBYTES Scientists discover calorie-burning fat in adults Scientists have discovered brown fat, a cell that acts like a heatgenerating furnace that feeds off calories instead of wood, in adults. The cells had previously only been found in infants and rodents, both of whom are unable to shiver effectively enough to generate warmth and use brown fat to keep their body temperatures up. It had been generally believed that humans lose brown fat after infancy, no longer needing it once the shivering response kicks in. That belief, according to three groups of researchers, is wrong. Their papers, appearing today in “The New England Journal of Medicine,” indicate nearly every adult has little pockets of brown fat that can burn a large number of calories when activated by the cold, such as when sitting in a chilly room that is between 61 and 66 degrees. Thinner people appeared to have more brown fat than heavier people, and younger people more than older people, the study finds. People with lower glucose levels, presumably reflecting higher metabolic rates, have more than those with slower metabolisms. Women had more than men. People taking beta blockers for high blood pressure or other medical indications had less active brown fat. “The thing about brown fat is that it takes a very small amount to burn a lot of energy,” Dr. C. Ronald Kahn, head of the section on obesity and hormone action at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, told the New York Times. The fat really is brown, researchers say, because it is filled with mitochondria, which provide cells with energy. Mitochondria contain iron, giving the tissue a reddishbrown color. Scientists may find safe ways to turn on peoples’ brown fat, allowing them to lose weight by burning more calories. But researchers caution that while mice lose weight if they activate brown fat, it is not clear that people would shed pounds — they might unwittingly eat more, for example. The data on global patterns of obesity are not good enough to say whether living in a cold climate makes people thinner. SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES

Saturn’s largest moon has bulge The Cassini mission has shown scientists much in recent years about Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. For instance, they have learned it has sand dunes, lakes of liquid methane and, perhaps, icy volcanoes. They now know something about its shape as well. Using data from radar instruments on Cassini, Howard A. Zebker of Stanford University and colleagues have determined Titan bulges slightly around the middle and is pushed in at the poles. The degree of this malformation is small, the researchers report in a paper published online by “Science.” It’s also not surprising, Zebker told the New York Times, “because Titan rotates much as Earth does” (and Earth is squashed, too). Titan always has the same face toward Saturn, and the planet’s strong gravitational pull causes solid tides within the moon, adding to the deformation. But Titan’s shape doesn’t exactly match what would be expected from theory. One possible explanation, Zebker told the Times, is that there is uneven distribution of heat within Titan’s core. Or the moon might have been closer to Saturn at some point, when its shape would have formed and been “frozen in.” Titan’s oblateness may also help explain why its methane lakes are concentrated near the poles. If there is a “methane table” (analogous to a water table on Earth), then the liquid would be more likely to reach the surface in areas of lower elevation, like the poles. SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES

Teen registered as sex offender for ‘sexting’ It’s not uncommon for teenagers and adults to send nude or seminude photos of themselves. In fact, it’s so common the phenomenon has become known as sexting, and it’s a trend that is picking up pace among the younger generation. Not so common is becoming a registered sex offender as a result of sexting. But Phillip Alpert is now a registered sex offender because he sent a nude photograph of his 16-year-old girlfriend. Alpert had just turned 18. The National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy, a private nonprofit group whose mission is to protect children, and CosmoGirl.com, surveyed about 1,300 teens about sex and technology. The result was that one in five teens say they’ve sexted although the majority know it could be a crime. Phillip Alpert found out the hard way. He had just turned 18 when he sent a naked photo of his 16-year-old girlfriend, a photo she had taken and sent him, to her friends and family members after an argument. They had been dating for almost two and a half years. “It was a stupid thing I did because I was upset and tired and it was the middle of the night and I was an immature kid,” Alpert told CNN. Orlando, Fla., police considered it a more serious offense. Alpert was arrested and charged with sending child pornography, a felony to which he did not plead against but was later convicted. He was sentenced to five years probation and required by Florida law to register as a sex offender. “You will find me on the registered sex offender list next to people who have raped children, molested kids, things like that, because I sent child pornography,” he told CNN. “You think child pornography, you think 6-year-old, 3-year-old little kids who can’t think for themselves, who are taken advantage of. That really wasn’t the case.” Larry Walters, Alpert’s attorney, agreed. He’s fighting to get Alpert removed from Florida’s sex offender registry. “Sexting is treated as child pornography in almost every state and it catches teens completely offguard because this is a fairly natural and normal thing for them to do,” he told CNN, saying that the sex offender law lags behind the technology. “It is surprising to us as parents, but for teens it’s part of their culture.” In many states, like Florida, a person convicted for a sex crime against a child automatically triggers registration to the sex offender registry. Thirty-eight states include juvenile sex offenders in their sex offender registries. Alaska, Florida and Maine will register juveniles if they are tried as adults. Indiana registers juveniles age 14 and older. South Dakota registers juveniles age 15 and older. Most states allow public access to sex offender registries via the Internet, and anyone with a computer can locate registered sex offenders in their neighborhoods. SOURCE: CNN

Google improves Gmail for iPhones Google has released a Web-based version of Gmail that gives iPhone and Android phone users a more sophisticated version of the e-mail service. Features include access to messages that’s faster and that works even when offline. Google demonstrated the Webbased mobile version of Gmail last week, when it announced its availability Tuesday on the Google Mobile blog. “You’ll notice that it’s a lot faster when performing actions like opening an e-mail, navigating, or searching. And if the data network drops out on you..., you’ll still be able to open recently read messages and to compose over a flaky, or non-existent, network connection,” Google mobile engineer Joanne McKinley told CNET. In its most recent move, Google has shown how powerful mobile Web browsers have become, not just for surfing Web pages, but for running Web-based applications. This mobile Gmail application doesn’t even have to be downloaded through Apple’s App Store or Google’s Android Market. It works upon entering the Gmail site on via phone. “The fact that one Web site can support iPhone and Android today and likely the Palm Pre tomorrow is significant for Google: by putting the application on the Web, the company doesn’t have to create separate applications for different devices, as it has with BlackBerry and Android already but not the iPhone,” CNET author Stephen Shankland wrote. He continued, “The relative universality of the Web app sheds light on Google’s motivation for supporting Android, too. Google has a strong interest in making mobile devices first-class citizens on the Internet, a move that ultimately will open up new advertising possibilities for the search giant.” SOURCE: CNET

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“Kaisey Brown, a sophomore in political science, uses a computer in the CHASS lab in Tompkins 113 on April 8. “I do work between classes and check Facebook,” Brown said. She said she uses the labs everyday that she has classes. DAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN

Jim Ceresnak has been named “President” in the group NCSU Student Body MARCH 2009

Agromeck wants you to buy a copy of the 2009 book: www.ncsu.edu/agromeck. MARCH 2009

Facebook can’t tell if people are going to like the new design. FEB. 2009 Facebook pwns Myspace APRIL 2008 Mr. Wuf and Mrs. Wuf are now married.

Facebook changed its logo. FEB. 2009 Facebook Finally got my own Facebook App JULY 2008 Facebook Everybody on Facebook is FREAKING OUT ABOUT THE CREEPY NEW MINI-FEED AND ALL THE NEW APPLICATIONS. SEPT. 6, 2006 Facebook Users can now spill their guts with the introduction of Facebook notes AUG. 22, 2006

Facebook and Peter Thiel, first donor to the company, are now in a relationship. JUNE 2004

700 people have joined the group People who work at Facebook. 13-year old children have joined Facebook SEPT. 2006 Apple Inc. and Microsoft have joined Facebook. Ivy League has joined Facebook. Facebook has the following features: Wall, Pokes, Photos and Status. Mr. Wuf ! Facebook What’s up Facebook? N.C. State is now a Facebook Network. SEPT. 16, 2004 TheFacebook (Cambridge, Mass.) has joined Facebook. FEB. 4, 2004

AFTER ADJUSTMENT PERIOD, SOME REFUSE TO ACCEPT TWITTER-INSPIRED CHANGES STORY BY MAGGIE COLLINS LUCKADOO | GRAPHICS BY SUSANNAH BRINKLEY It is never any secret when the Facebook team changes the Web site’s features. In addition to any visible differences to home pages, profiles or friend feeds, modifications are typically met with angry status updates from users declaring, “John Doe HATES THE NEW FACEBOOK!!!!” This was the case last September, when Facebook transformed the main section of its home page into a status feed, and other items, such as photo uploads and event announcements, were pushed to the right side of the site. But despite initial hatred for Facebook’s everchanging interface, users adapt, or resist, but remain present on the site. “I get really mad and upset when I log in and see changes to the site because it’s something I use so often, and I get used to the way it works,” Noel Cline, a freshman in paper science and chemical engineering, said. Cline, who has had a Facebook account for four years, said she is usually flexible when it comes to layout changes to the site. She logs in approximately seven times per day and uses the site for communication with friends. However, she said she is not a fan of its most recent redesign. “It’s just like Twitter, and I already have Twitter,” she said. And according to Jennifer Riehle, technology outreach specialist for the Office of Information Technology, that’s exactly what Facebook was going for with its latest modifications. There are notable similarities between the status feed section of its homepage and that of Twitter. com, a popular networking site on which users post 140-character updates. “It seems they really wanted to try to take advantage of the whole twitter phenomenon,” she said. “For people who were posting to Twitter and [having it] automatically update their Facebook status, it would be a little more fluid.” However, despite Facebook’s new likeness to Twitter, Riehle said their differences are important to note and make the two sites impossible to interchange. “Facebook has a very distinct purpose, and that is to find people. I don’t think Twitter could ever replace Facebook,” she said. “With Facebook, you typically use your real name. You are seeking

people based on past experiences. Twitter is more anonymous.” Riehle also said Facebook’s privacy regulations are “more stringent” than Twitter’s, noting the capability users have to restrict access to his or her profile on many levels. However, on Twitter, a person’s posts are either public or private with no options in between. Taylor Resparc, a freshman in paper science and chemical engineering, is not a Twitter user, and said he was disappointed to see Facebook’s Twitter-like features. “The home page is terrible,” he said. “I don’t really care about every single person’s status.” He described the “highlights” section on the right side of the page, where photos uploads, events, and relationship statuses are posted, as “pointless.” “I liked the way it was after the update before this most recent one,” he said. But Jessie Black, a junior in business administration, said the process of adjusting to a new layout will be the same now as it has been in the past. “It’s just like when they changed it the last time -- you just get used to it,” she said. “It doesn’t bother me or anything.” And Facebook users should be used to it by now. The site has changed its layout twice since its inception in 2004. Riehle said there is not a typical time frame for companies to change the looks of their Web sites, but in general, most will examine the content annually and update pages if necessary. As far as appearances go, some may wait three to four years to overhaul the design of their site. Others, not at all — Amazon.com, for example — has, for the most part, maintained its layout since its inception. If a redesign is done well, Riehle said the transition is smooth for users. For a “power user,” or someone who uses a site daily, frustration may result from the relocation of links, etc. “Hopefully if it’s re-done it’s done intuitively enough that even if you are a power user, you can [navigate the site],” she said. Both Cline and Resparc, who could be considered power users, said they would appreciate Facebook reverting to its previous design. For now, however, it seems users will be left to adapt to its new features – until it changes again.

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playing people will be forced to recognize him.” continued from page 8 The Intercollegiate tournament is in its last year at River accomplishments led to him Landing due to the imminent being named the ACC golfer completion of the Lonnie Poole of the month and SGA Na- Golf Course. The Lonnie Poole tional Amateur of the Month. Golf Course, which is on the “Matt has been playing re- N.C. State campus, will host ally, really well,” sophomore the tournament next year and Brandon Deevery year for tweiler said. the foreseeable “I think he future upon its is quite poscompletion latsibly one er this spring. of the most “It’s our home underrated tournament, amateurs in but it will be golf.” the last year Detweiler we have [at sa id Hi l l ’s River Landing Sophomore Brandon recognitions because it will Detweiler on fellow golfer by the ACC be at our home Matt Hill and SGA c ou r s e ne x t were a long year,” Detweiler time in the said. “It’s a solid making. course with a couple tight spots “No one ever talks about on the course you have to be him,” Detweiler said. “I careful about. The greens there don’t know why — he won are always very good so we are three college tournaments looking forward to that. We just this year one in the fall two hope the forecast warms up.” in the spring. He just does everything well, and doesn’t make a lot of mistakes. If he keeps playing the way he is

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have been, both for Caldwell and for the N.C. State wrestling program. The two both said the entire situation is water under the bridge at this point. “I compared it to kind of like things that goes on in a family. I was extremely frustrated and very disappointed,” Jordan said. “Those types of frustrations and miscommunications are part of those things that happen in the family make the relationship stronger if you go through them the right way. We’re all closer now than we’ve ever been.” One of the reasons behind Caldwell’s desire to transfer last year was his wish to play football for a division one school, something he had attempted to do while at N.C. State. That, too, seems to be something Caldwell no longer sees as a priority. “I don’t think I’m going to try out for the football team. I think the opportunity to be on the Olympic Team is too great,” Caldwell said. “Why not go with what has gotten me here?” Jordan said football has taken a back burner at this point because Caldwell has the chance of a lifetime.

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“You’re talking about things bigger than Carter Jordan or Darrion Caldwell,” he said. “You’re talking about representing your country. You have to pay attention to those things.” A program-changing event Wrestling may be looked at as an individual sport more often than not, but don’t be mistaken teams matter. Wrestling coaches try to build wrestling programs just as much as they try to mold individual wrestlers. For example, Iowa won the team title in 2009 without having a national champion in any weight class. Jorda n sa id t he i mpac t

Caldwell’s win will have on the N.C. State wrestling program cannot be understated. He even joked about how N.C. State wrestling cannot be ignored by other coaches around the country. “It’s like getting a half million dollar infusion of money into our budget. I have been on the phone about 12 hours a day,” he said. “When you produce a national champion and do it on ESPN it just puts your program in a completely different light. There is nobody who won’t take my phone call now, I wouldn’t think. “

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Sanderson and his teammates plan to forge a connection with the Lonnie Poole Golf Course, slated to open at the end of May. “I anticipate the club growing tremendously after the opening, as it can provide a more centralized and affordable venue for our members,” Sanderson said. Aside from pursuing official certification as a club sport, Anderson identified team expenses as another primary hurdle the golfers have had to overcome. “Golf is a very expensive sport, and it can be hard on the wallets of college students,” Anderson said. “I knew we needed some outside funding in order to get enough participation from our members.” To get the best bang for its buck, the team sought out assistance from the Student Senate Appropriations Committee and received $1,230 this semester. While providing a great deal of financial relief, more than half of the playing costs on the year had to come from the wallets of the golfers.

“I think he is quite possibly one of the most underrated amateurs in golf.”

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2 roomates wanted to share 4 Bedroom 4 Bath condo at University Commons. Living/dining room completely furnished including entertainment center, TV, DVD player. Fully equipped kitchen. All major appliances, full-size washer/dryer. Bedrooms not furnished. $330/month includes all utilities and RoadRunner. $100 security deposit. No pets. Available June 1. 919- 847-3472. isey@helixgroup.com

Near Cameron Village Charming 3 Bedroom Ranch, Mordecai Approximately 2 miles from campus. Ideal for students seeking quiet surroundings in highly desirable neighborhood. Available August 1st. Call Day: 833-7142 or Evening: 783-9410. Please visit our website: www.jansenproperties.com

$8000 or live one year free!

One block from campus. Private BA & closet in 4BR/4BA condo. University Glen/Oaks. Full kitchen, W/D. Rent entire condo or individual rooms. $300/month. 919-616- 7677.

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Large 1200sf, quiet 2BD/2BA duplex apartment available from May. Large deck, wooded backyard. Walk to Crabtree Mall, near NCSU. $720/month. 919-455-3350

3BD/2BA Home Near N.C. State. Located on Brent Rd. All appliances. Available August. $1000/mo. 919-754- 9324

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.

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Lake Park. Avent Ferry near Lake Johnson. Shuttle to NCSU. Individual rooms in 4Bed/4Bath unit. $320/ room 1-year or $400/room summer only. 961-7500

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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 Near NCSU/ Ridge Road Stunning 2 bedroom 2 bath 2200 sq. ft. Executive house. Features spacious 22x12 ft. den, 20x12 ft office, whirlpool tub. Built-in 130 aquarium. Huge Bedrooms (18x12 and 16x12), many extras. Call Day: 833-7142 or Evening: 783-9410. Please visit our website: www.jansenproperties.com

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3BD/2.5BA Townhouse Near N.C. State, Hunter’s Club Drive, off Kaplan. On Wolfline. All appliances, loft over-looking living room. Available August. $1000/ mo. 919-754-9324 Now Leasing for May, Summer and August! Great promotions going on at University Suites. Call Now 919- 828-6278.

FOR SALE Tuxedo Sale. Own your complete tuxedo for $50. Formal wear outlet at the North Carolina State Fairground Flea Market. Saturday and Sunday 9-6. Or visit our store in Hillsborough for a fabulous selection of tuxedos. Student Special $85. FormalwearOutlet.com

Townhouse for rent - near I40 and downtown. 3BDR, 2.5Bath, all appliances, alarm, deck, plenty of closets! $1095/month. Call 919- 387-2058 and LM.

ROOM FOR RENT Sublet for female available in Wolf Creek. 1 furnished apartment in a 3BR/3BA available 5/1– 7/31. $435/month includes utilities. Call Katherine for information, 919-357-3419.

Near NCSU Spacious 2 bedroom house on Faircloth St. One block off Hillsborough Street with large study/office, close to campus, all appliances including washer/ dryer. Call Day: 833-7142 or Evening: 783-9410. Please visit our website: www.jansenproperties.com

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Sports McCauley selected for Portsmouth Invitational 3ENIOR FORWARD "EN -C#AULEY HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE 0ORTSMOUTH )NVITATIONAL ROSTER WHICH IS BEING HELD THIS WEEKEND (E JOINS FORMER TEAMMATE #OURTNEY &ELLS WHO WAS SELECTED TO THE TEAM EARLIER THIS WEEK 4HE TOURNAMENT IS DESIGNED TO SHOWCASE THE SKILLS OF MORE THAN SENIORS PRIOR TO ATTENDING PRE ."! DRAFT TRAINING CAMPS SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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&RIDAY MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOLF @ RIVER LANDING INTERCOLLEGIATE River Landing Country Club, Wallace, N.C., All day MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA TECH Isenhour Tennis Center, 2:30 p.m. WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS @ VIRGINIA TECH Blacksburg, Va., 2 p.m. BASEBALL @ DUKE Durham, 7 p.m. SOFTBALL @ GEORGIA TECH Atlanta, Ga. 5 p.m. & 7 p.m. 3ATURDAY MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOLF @ RIVER LANDING INTERCOLLEGIATE River Landing Country Club, Wallace, N.C., All day MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AND WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACK AND FIELD @ UNC INVITATIONAL Chapel Hill, All day MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S AND WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TRACK AND FIELD @ N.C. A&T Greensboro, All day MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA Isenhour Tennis Center, 1 p.m. BASEBALL @ DUKE Durham, 2 p.m. SOFTBALL @ GEORGIA TECH Atlanta, Ga., 1 p.m. 3UNDAY BASEBALL @ DUKE Durham, N.C., 1 p.m. WOMENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TENNIS @ VIRGINIA Charlottesville, Va., Noon

QUOTE OF THE DAY â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have basically done everything but win a tournament, so we would really like to get that off of our shoulders this week.â&#x20AC;? -ATT (ILL A SOPHOMORE IN SPORTS MANAGEMENT

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Caldwell opens new doors for wrestling program NATIONAL CHAMPION COULD REDSHIRT NEXT SEASON TO FOCUS ON 2012 OLYMPICS 34/29 "9 DEREK MEDLIN \ 0(/4/3 "9 DREIER CARR

eople may believe Darrion Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s triumph in the 149-pound championship final in March was the pinnacle of Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrestling career â&#x20AC;&#x201C; his crowning achievement. If those people talk to Caldwell, however, they would find out very quickly how wrong they are. Winning a national championship was a goal for the junior from Rahway, N.J., but it most certainly wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the goal. The goal, the one above all else for Caldwell, is having a chance at making the Olympic team in 2012 and competing for a gold medal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Olympics is in a whole league of its own,â&#x20AC;? Caldwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like comparing high school to middle school or high school to college.â&#x20AC;? A goal that may have seemed off in the distance for Caldwell prior to his national championship match has now come much more into focus, maybe more than even Caldwell realizes. Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s coach, Carter Jordan, said he doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think the wrestler quite realizes what the win did for his career and future in wrestling. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At this point now, because of the work he has put in, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s put himself in a position where itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really right in front of him,â&#x20AC;? he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It can be a little bit overwhelming because it becomes very realistic. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;pie in the

skyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; imaginary goal.â&#x20AC;? Jordan said he knew as soon as the clock hit zero that Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wrestling life would never be the same.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Because of the way in which he did it and who he beat, now it has obviously opened up Pandoraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Box because the Olympic level coaches have all begun to identify him as one of the guys that can be a representative of the United States in two years in London,â&#x20AC;? Jordan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wiling to put in the work he can make that happen.â&#x20AC;? In the coming weeks and months, Caldwell will begin his quest of making the Olympic team in 2012 by beginning the process of working out with Olympic coaches and preparing for national team tryouts. Jordan said Caldwell will likely redshirt next season to focus on the opportunities before him. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People are starting to see my talent and what I can do in this sport, and I guess people want to see what I can do on the next level,â&#x20AC;? Caldwell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I need to take some time off this next year to see if Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m on that level.â&#x20AC;? What a difference a year makes Caldwell has certainly come full circle in his life both on and off the mat since this time last year. At that

CLUB SPORTS

Trip to nationals within reach for club golf team Newly formed club golf team has found success early in its history

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over par. The team participated in its first regional match March 28 and 29 at Deercroft Country Club in Pinehurst, N.C. and finished ninth overall as a collective group. John Sanderson, a junior in biomedical engineering, is serving his first semester as the club president. He said due to the efforts of each team member, the club is headed in the right direction. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve put a lot of time and effort into setting a good foundation for the club, so we can continue to grow,â&#x20AC;? Sanderson said. GOLF continued page 7

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point, he and Jordan were locked in a disagreement which had Caldwell on the verge of transferring. The argument got ugly and very public, with Jordan, Caldwell and Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s family fighting it out in different media outlets. The two sides reconciled during the summer and Caldwell said things â&#x20AC;&#x153;got back on track.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Once we got back on track it was like the incident never even happened,â&#x20AC;? Caldwell said. Jordan said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s amazing to think how different the last year could

54-hole tournament takes place in Wallace, N.C. and consists of 15 teams Taylor Barbour

John Sanderson, a senior in biomedical engineering, tees off at the River Ridge Golf Club April 5. Freshman Rupe Taylor and Sanderson tied for the win with scores of 78, or six over par.

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MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GOLF

Lindsey Hall The varsity menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf team isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the only golf team on campus that has found national success and placed well in its matches. During the upcoming holiday weekend, Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s club golf team will travel to the South Carolina Open at Farmstead Golf Links, where an opportunity to qualify for the national tournament awaits. The national tournament is held in Virginia April 18 and 19. With a fifth place finish or better, the team will have accumulated enough points on the season to make the trip to nationals. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As a team, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve all been working all semester,â&#x20AC;? Brian Cox, a sophomore in communication media, said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We always practice on weekends when we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have tournaments to get ready for it. It would mean a lot to make it to nationals in our first year, so we could get some national notoriety.â&#x20AC;? This is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second semester as an organized club, and it is a part of the National Collegiate Club Golf Association. The NCCGA features 33 teams, including regional rivals Duke, Wake Forest and UNC-Chapel Hill. The team also plays against ECU, UNC Wilmington, Elon and Coastal Carolina. By the fall of 2009, it will be officially recognized as a club sport on campus. The River Ridge Golf Club in Raleigh is the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current home and it has allowed use of its facilities for the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s individual qualifiers. When everyone has a weekend off from match play, the golfers meet to practice and decide who qualifies for upcoming tournaments. To prepare for regional play, the team faced off against Duke in March and defeated the Devils by a stoke total of 478 to 512. Will Vanlandingham, a sophomore in business administration, placed first overall with a score of 72, just one

BY THE NUMBERS record during the 38-1 Caldwellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2008-2009 season

The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s golf team will take place in the River Landing Intercollegiate tournament this weekend, starting Friday morning. The tournament is a two-day event consisting of two rounds of golf being played Friday and a final round on Saturday. The tournament, which has been in existence for 17 years, is being held at River Landing Country Club in Wallace, N.C.. It consists of 15 teams from all over the country, and includes five that are ranked in the top 50, according to Golfstat.com. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a decent field for what we have played. There are five teams that we invited that are pretty decent that we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get to play against too often, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s always nice to play against a different team,â&#x20AC;? sophomore Matt Hill said. The Pack is coming off a hot month of March, where as a team it finished second twice, fifth and sixth, including a fifth place finish at the Hootie at Bulls Bay tournament in Charleston, S.C. Overall on the season, the Pack has finished in the top-10 in all eight tournaments it has played in and has finished in the top five in six of them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our team has been playing

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really well all year. We have basically done everything but win a tournament, so we would really like to get that off of our shoulders this week,â&#x20AC;? Hill said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Doing that would be awesome. â&#x20AC;&#x153; A lot of the success the Pack has been enjoying can be credited to sophomore golfer Hill, who has paced the N.C. State team. Hill won back-to-back tournaments and had another top-five finish, all in the month of March. These CLUB continued page 7

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