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With the Raleigh Police Department’s approval in the fall of Hillsborough Street having six annual hikes, merchants are gearing up for tonight’s St. Patrick’s Day Pajama Hike.

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Merchants aim to revitalize street post-Renaissance Hillsborough Street to host St. Patrick’s Day Pajama Hike as part of new slate of annual festivals Ty Johnson News Editor

Three days after the street closed for the Hillsborough Renaissance, Hillsborough Street merchants are hoping for another big day of sales as the street hosts a St. Patrick’s Day Pajama hike. According to Alan Lovette, owner of Melvin’s and Five O’Clock Sports Bar, the addi-

“Business will be much better overall in the future.” Alan Lovette, owner of Melvin’s and Five O’Clock sports bar tion of the pajama hike came on the heels of this fall’s Haunted Hillsborough Hike. The six “festivals” include the fall and spring hikes, the Taste of Hillsborough, Haunted Hillsborough Hike, the Renaissance, and the St. Patrick’s Day Pajama hike. “It’ll be great for business,” Lovette said. Merchants will be offering incentives tonight, including

bar golf. Customers can pick up score cards at several locations on Hillsborough street, including Katmandu, East Village, Red Hot & Blues, and Sadlack’s. Lovette said the addition of the golf activity is intended to include those who may shy away from wearing pajamas out in public. “In case people don’t want to wear pajamas, they can wear golf clothing,” Lovette said. “Golfers

can wear just about anything.” Lovette said RPD’s approval of six festivals a year should help out the businesses and clean up what he called “the front door of [N.C. State’s] campus.” “The past couple years, the street has been at its all time low,” Lovette said. “But there are several things that will make it better.” Lovette said Hillsborough Street merchants are looking to create a 100 foot buffer around campus to keep beggars away. They are also trying to persuade establishments to allow payment through an on-campus meal plan and increase parking

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awareness. One of the plans that will especially effect Melvin’s and Five O’Clock is the city of Raleigh’s facade grant assistance program. The program will pay 50 percent of businesses’ investment into their entrances. “We’re putting in garage doors so it’ll be open,” Lovette said. Lovette said the open doors will allow customers to sit outside in the street and allow passers by to hear the live music coming from inside the restaurant. The restaurant has already purchased special bistro tables with heaters inside to keep patrons warm while they sit outside.

Vandalism returns to campaigning Candidates have signs damaged, plan to distribute more this week James Cox Staff Writer

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Brian England, a sophomore in engineering, advances on the opposition force in the downed pilot Army ROTC field training simulation in Schenck Forest Friday.

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he Army ROTC held field training Friday to educate its members and give them opportunities to compete in drills and mock missions to prepare them for actual missions they may be assigned to in the future. The training was held in Schenck Forest

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“They make it ten degrees warmer,” Lovette said. Lovette said the street’s future is dependent on the festivals, but said the revitalization of the area is very much connected with the renovations as well. “Business will be much better overall in the future if the street is improved,” Lovette said. “[Hillsborough Street should be] a place where alumni, residents and students can congregate.” And although rain kept many away during Saturday’s Renaissance, Lovette has kept a close watch on today’s forecast. “65 and sunny,” Lovette said.

Friday, despite constant rainfall and muddy conditions. The participants had to rescue an injured pilot in enemy territory while holding back advancing opposition, and get the pilot safely evacuated from the area on a stretcher.

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Other missions included reconnaissance missions in order to gauge enemy positions. The training followed a pancake breakfast prepared in the field using materials that would be available to soldiers in an actual conflict.

Studying human embryonic stem cells at N.C. State possible with Obama’s order See page 3.

As candidates for student body president enter the second week of campaigning, sandwich-board signs are littered about campus, though vandalism and staggered campaigning starts have limited the amount of visible signs. So far, Jim Ceresnak, a junior in political science, and Anup Engineer, a senior in business administration, said they both have about 80 signs arranged around campus and Kornelius Bascombe, a sophomore in criminology, said he has about 30 signs up. Already there has been controversy concerning candidate supporters damaging the campaign materials of opponents. Bascombe said Ceresnak’s supporters are tearing down his campaign signs. “Jim is a good, honest guy,” Baracomb said, but he said Ceresnak’s supporters are being disrespectful. “It is dirty politics,” Bascombe said. Bascombe said he talked with Andrew Tucker, chairman of the Elections Commission, about the vandalism, but Tucker said without names, there was nothing he could do. Candidate Amber Joyner, a senior in political science, said all the candidates need to realize signs get broken. “You plan for that to happen,” she said. Engineer echoed Joyner’s sentiments.

“Those things are fair game,” he said. Engineer said he understands that to some on campus, signs make good skateboard jumps but denied not caring about the welfare of his signs. “I’m a realist,” he said. “Ideally, I would place my signs wherever I wish.” Adam Cloninger, a junior in international studies, said he would be angry if his signs were damaged but lamented that damaged signs are just the a part of the campaigning process. “Skateboards tear stuff up and there’s nothing to do about it,” Cloninger said. Another reason for the lack of signs around campus has been varying ideas on how to campaign. Ceresnak said signs were his “number one priority” and Cloninger said his signs will be “popping up” all over campus this week. Joyner, however, is running her campaign with a focus on word of mouth rather than visible advertisements. Both views are different from Engineer’s. “There’s a lot of people on campus, even if we had 500 signs, there would still be people who didn’t know who we are,” Engineer said. Ceresnak said there may be more signs outside today, whereas Engineer said he was done placing signs unless it was necessary for him to put up more. Cloninger and Joyner said they were planning to have more signs up today. “I didn’t want to be in the first wave,” Cloninger said, adding he felt people get sick of seeing signs throughout the campaign.

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ndrea Beals, senior in biological sciences, watches as ‘Precious’ the pig sniffs her hand. “I love animals, every time they have Agriculture Awareness Week I come out. They’re really sweet. The cows and pigs are my favorite.” Agriculture Awareness Week serves the purpose of educating students about agriculture and its importance in their community.

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Agriculture Awareness Week continues today on the Brickyard and will go through Thursday. The annual event promotes agriculture and is sponsored by Alpha Zeta Fraternity. Different clubs in the College

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definitely need the funding.” he conflict surrounding the debate of whether to support em- moral values,” Obama said. Corroborating Obama’s point, Dr. Graham said the cloudiness of the bryonic stem cell research continues among students and faculty Jonathan Horowitz, associate professor political arena with extraneous and of oncology in the College of Veterinary emotional, rather than fact-based, this week, especially at a research university like N.C. State.

President Barack Obama signed an executive order March 9 nullifying the ban of federally funded embryonic stem cell research implemented by former President George W. Bush. Delineating the various positive scientific advancements that the institution of federal funding will allow, Obama pays homage to advocates while admonishing respect for the “many thoughtful and decent people [that] are conflicted about, or strongly oppose, this research”. According to Daniel Graham, adjunct political science professor, the conflict

stems not only from a question of morality but also from the rhetoric and tactics that influential individuals used on both sides of the debate. “Of course, when you get two sides debating something that controversial, you are always going to spin it the way that makes your side look the most benign and their side look the most ridiculous,” he said. “[Then] it all goes back to the old abortion debates.” This issue displacement enabled “our government [to] force what I believe is a false choice between sound science and

Medicine in the department of molecular biomedical science, cited a lack of knowledge as a contribution to this perceived division. “There is some confusion out there because people think … maybe [stem cell research] can get along without all this federal funding and it turns out that is really not true,” Horowitz said. “Yes, stem cells can be manufactured in other ways, and yes there are existing stem cells … but what it comes down to what we really need is the real thing and we need them form more sources, [so] we

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resident Barack Obama reversed President George W. Bush’s ban on federal funding for the creation of new embryonic stem cell lines March 9. Obama’s decision may have the potential to save lives, according to stem cell scientists. It is important to understand that this news is relevant to students because people are doing research on stem cells in our own backyard. In fact, Wake Forest and Duke are some of the leading stem cell researchers in the country and are constantly in the media for their findings. Though the N.C. State deals mostly with animal embryonic stem cell research, such as harvesting stem cells for bone marrow transplants for canines, Obama’s reversal of Bush’s restrictions opens up the possibility for more research on human embryonic research on campus. The University may not have a medical school, but it is one of the best research institutions in the EDIT continued page 4

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resident Obama asserted that his administration’s policies are based “on the soundest science” in lifting the restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell (ESC) research and cutting federal funding for adult stem cell (ASC) research. While research on embryonic stem cells has yet to yield a Brittany Farrell single medical therapy, adult stem cells for which Obama refuses to provide funding Research associate, North Carolina Family have yielded treatments for more than 70 Policy Council human conditions. Economics & Political Early on, ESCs were expected to proScience alumna ‘08 vide breakthrough medical treatments. However, ESC research has been a colossal failure. To date, not a single medical condition has been treated using embryonic stem cells. Until this year, the FDA had not approved a human trial for any ESC treatment. After more than 20 years of animal research, scientists do not have a way of preventing tumors caused by uncontrollable growth, immune-rejection of foreign cells and genetic abnormalities caused by ESCs. Meanwhile, adult stem cells provide a

resident Barack Obama overturned a ban on taxpayer-funded embryonic stem cell research last week, which combined with a provision in Wednesday’s spending bill, will allow for research on hundreds of existing stem cell lines. Under former President Bush’s policy, federal funding for embryonic stem cell research was banned on all but Sarah Hardin sophomore, 21 previously specified stem-cell lines. communication Stem cells can be found in almost any President, N.C. State multi-celled organism. They are special Students for Life because they are able to differentiate into any other kind of cell found in the body, and medical professionals have hope that they will some day be able to use this capability to treat many conditions for which we currently have no cure. There are several different types of stem cells, and the type that finds itself the most entrenched in controversy is embryonic stem cells. In order to obtain these stem cells, researchers must collect them from an embryo. This collection process destroys the embryo when it is about five days old.

ike many others across this country, I was filled with excitement and hope as I watched President Barack Obama sign the executive order to reverse restrictions on stem cell research last week. First and foremost, what a stem cell is needs to be clarified. For most Americans, Beth Migliaccio one thinks only of the embryonic stem cells, but adult stem cells do exist and are senior, biochemistry an integral part of this medical research as well. The difference between the two is that embryonic stem cells have the potential to become anything in the body, while adult stem cells already have a predestination to become a specific cell, tissue or organ. There are pros and cons with both and really which type of cell to use for a potential treatment in the future will depend on the patient and condition. The hope is that adult stem cells would be able to help patients who have damage to an area and can use their own cells that are working properly to replace the damaged cells. This would reduce the risk of rejection by one’s immune system.

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“You’ve got scientific disagreements…carrying over into political and ethical debates and the media made it sound more absolutist than it really was,” he said. Regardless of personal opinion, government funding has been approved and Obama reminded individuals to have reasonable expectations but encouraged excitement that many seem to share. “It’s about time,” Horowitz said. “This is a very welcomed move by the president, and it is something most basic biologists have been hoping for years.” With the initiation of Bush’s federal funding ban, scientific research in general was made far more difficult, Horowitz said.

“Imagine a situation where you laboratory is studying [embryonic] stem cells and you have fortunately been able to obtain private funding for those studies,” he continued. “Now, your laboratory may be receiving federal funding for a different project that has nothing to do with stem cells…because of the prior administrations position …a lab like that would have to have duplication of everything -you could not use, for example, a pipette that was bought with federal funds [so] a whole bunch of money was totally wasted simply because people had to build duplicate laboratories to do privately funded research. It was unnecessary.” Despite the former difficulties, there is now renewed promise as more money becomes available for projects that were infeasible before.

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country and may become a likely place to study embryonic stem cells in the coming years. Also, the University shares the Department of Biomedical Engineering with UNC-Chapel Hill, which con nec t s N.C . State’s College of Engineering and UNC’s School of Medicine and increases the possibility of researching stem cells on campus in the future. Understanding what scientists are researching on stem cells is just as important as coming up with a stance on the subject may be important to what could happen in the future. Learn the pros and cons of stem cell research on your own, and don’t adopt your political party’s stance on the issue without researching how this could affect people. Find

“The federal government is still the number one source for research funding … and many projects never saw the light of day because there simply weren’t enough private funds to go around,” Horowitz said. Horowitz also discussed the implications that Obama’s decision could have on the University, citing the Jimmy V Foundation, a cancer foundation that gave the University one million dollars “to help train high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in all kinds of aspects of cancer research.” “The hope [is] that NCSU will play a big role in producing the next generation of cancer biologists,” he said. “One of the areas that students in the Jimmy V Program can study is in the area of stem cell research as it can have an impact on cancer research [since cancer cells and

out what kind of research is going on, not only in our state but also in the world. Learn the implications of what could happen now and whether the positives outweigh the negatives or vice versa. The University offers classes that touch on the issue of stem cell research, such as biotechnology ethics, and there is also an exorbitant amount of credible literature on the subject of stem cell research on the Internet. There is a plethora of information on the subject, so take advantage. Also, now that Obama allows federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, it is important to understand that you have a voice in what happens to that money. Get in contact with your senators and representatives and let them know your stance on stem cell research, but realize the difference between embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells and the implications for each one.

stem cells are very similar both proliferating in a manner atypical to normal cells].” Dr. David Threadgill, head of the genetics department, added to Horowitz’s expected outcome with respect to the University saying that although, most of the stem cell research here involves animal embryonic stem cells the executive order allows for recruiting of new research professors with new interests and new modes. “Given the severity of the diseases the biomedical research is trying to alleviate we need to be open-minded with the tools we have access to including human embryonic stem cells [and the United States now] has the ability to explore therapies [that were] limited to other researchers in other countries,” Threadgill said. Cecilia Robinson, a sophomore

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majoring in human biology and Spanish, said she understands that human embryonic stem cell research will undoubtedly be a part of her future and is very

excited. “I understand the ethical issues … but I feel like it is a necessary science,” she said.

“Find out what kind of research is going on, not only in our state but also in the world.”

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constant stream of medical successes. The FDA has approved more than 1,400 human clinical trials involving ASC therapy. The more than 70 human conditions currently being treated because of ASCs includes arthritis, brain tumors, bone, breast, leukemia, liver, lymphoma, ovarian, prostate and testicular cancers, cerebral palsy, congestive heart failure, corneal reconstruction, coronary artery disease, Crohn’s disease, fractures, graft vs. host disease, heart tissue regeneration, immune deficiency, kidney damage, Lupus, multiple sclerosis, nerve regeneration, neuroblastoma, organ replacement, Parkinson’s disease, pulmonary hypertension, sickle cell anemia, spinal cord injury, tendon and ligament damage, type 1 diabetes and more. Initial concerns regarding adult stem cells’ inability to differentiate into different cell types like ESCs were put to rest in 2007 when Japanese biologists were able to easily reprogram ASCs to an embryonic state. Dr. Anthony Atala of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine also used ASCs from amniotic fluid to create “muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells.” In October 2008, a research team at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies produced embryonic-like induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS) from ASCs. Adult stem cells from a variety of sources like bone marrow, umbilical cord blood and placental tissues can now be repro-

Stem cells are unspecialized cell that can grow to differentiated cells. SOURCE: WWW.NLM.NIH.GOV

grammed “to become all the cell types in the human body, including heart muscle cells and dopamine-producing neurons,” according to the Salk report. Dr. Juan Calos Izpisua Belmonte, who lead the research team sees tremendous benefit in this “efficient and practical way of generating patient-specific stem cells, which unlike human embryonic stem cells, wouldn’t be rejected by the patient’s immune system after transplantation.” According to Director of Education for t he Nat iona l Catholic Bioethics Center Rev. Dr. Tadeusz Pacholczyk, “Research using adult cells is 20 to 30 years ahead of embryonic stem cells and holds greater promise… because stem cells are part of the natural repair mechanisms of an adult body, while embryonic stem cells do not belong in an adult body (where they are likely to form tumors and be rejected as foreign tissue by the recipient). Rather, embryonic stem cells really belong only within the specialized microenvironment of rapidly growing embryo, which is a radically different setting from an adult body.” Regardless of the ethical questions surrounding ESC research, the utter failure of ESCs to provide any medical benefit juxtaposed with the tremendous benefit already realized through ASCs should be enough “sound science” to direct scarce federal dollars toward research that has a proven history of yielding results. President Obama’s executive order is clearly based on something less than the “soundest science” and he owes the American people an honest explanation for such irresponsible spending and disregard for both scientific results and ethical practices.

“President Obama’s executive order is clearly based on something less than the ‘soundest science.’”

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This is the source of the controversy surrounding this research. Is it ethical to destroy a human embryo used for research, and is it even ethical to use a human embryo for this kind of research? Human embryos are living human beings, differing from the average college student only in their size and their development. At conception, two separate entities, the egg and the sperm, unite to form a single entity, the embryo. At this point, the embryo is a genetically unique being, something completely different than the cells it just came from. An embryo is growing, so it is alive. An embryo comes from human egg and sperm, so it is human. Obama’s overturn of Bush’s ban makes it legal for our money to pay for these experiments on these smallest of human beings. Although there has been research on embryonic stem cells for about ten years, there are no approved treatments or even trials in humans using embryonic stem cells. Wouldn’t it make more sense for this research to be performed on other types of stem cells that don’t carry the ethical dilemma of destroying a human life? Even if the point at which human life begins was debatable, wouldn’t a good way to continue this research be to use adult stem cells found in umbilical cord blood? These stem cells are disposed of regularly as medical waste. Why not use waste rather than human life to experiment on new ways to improve human life and health? Adult stem cells, like those found in umbilical cord blood, have proven to be successful. One example is of a woman who was thought to be paralyzed after a car accident. Stem cells were taken from her nose and injected into her spine, and she is slowly regaining control of her limbs. Researchers found that stem cells from the spleen contain a protein that was previously thought to only be found in embryos. Another example is an FDA-approved study in which stem cells were taken from bone marrow and injected into the heart, where they differentiated into heart tissue and improved the lives of patients. These adult stem cells carry all the benefits that many attribute to embryonic stem cells, but with none of the ethical dilemma or protest. In many cases, these stem cells are otherwise thought of as medical waste! If taxpayers’ money must go to fund stem cell research, why not make it research that does not involve taking a human life?

For this instance, those suffering from spinal cord injuries could benefit greatly and potentially regain their ability to walk again. For other conditions such as type-1 diabetes and multiple sclerosis, embryonic stem cells would be more beneficial since scientists could engineer new functioning cells to replace the nonfunctioning cells in the body – this is the fundamental benefit to using embryonic stem cells in research alongside adult stem cell research, the ability to grow new tissue and cells to replace damaged areas in the body where adult stem cells would be of no help. Another potential benefit through this research would be easing the strain on our nation’s organ donor network. Most of us only think about organ donation when we decided whether or not to be an organ donor at the DMV when we filled out information for our driver’s license. Unfortunately, there are simply not enough organ donors in the United States to meet demands. Stem cell research could help lower the demand, by fixing the damaged organ with stem cell therapy as opposed to needing a donation. This would free up donations to critically ill patients. For me, this potential is personal since my mother suffers from multiple sclerosis, a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks the myelin in the nervous system. For years, I have read about countries such as Japan pushing forward with stem cell research, but not under the best regulations. It was scary to think that one day a potential cure for her MS could come from a country with lax federal regulations, but I’m excited to finally see my country making progress. I hope one day she’ll never use her cane to walk, rely on post it notes for memory or not be able to sit on the beach because it interacts with her medication. Over these next years, I hope you can share in the excitement with research breakthroughs and therapies because of the hard work of scientists with federal support. Until that day comes, all of those knowing someone with a disease or condition that could be cured by stem cell therapy will have to keep wearing our awareness ribbons and attending our fundraiser walks to support those that we love.

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ics, it included two engineers, a communications major, a vet student and an art & design stuIt seems fair to say that art is dent who also majored in spansomething a lot of people are ish. afraid of getting into. They look Where does the art go if the upon the work of other artists University decides to purchase it? and say “I can’t do that,” and “Previously purchased art they repeat it to themselves like hanging on the third and fourth a mantra, saying it’s something floors of Talley,” Connolly says. only artists can do. “This is not cookie cutter art. When I first heard about the Each piece has a different flavor Ninth Annual Student Art Pur- with ranging palettes, themes, chase, that was the first thing tones, sizes and mediums. It is that came to a very dynamic mind. collection that For those who speaks to the don’t know, evdiversity that ery year since each student 2001, Campus brings to the Arts Council NC State com(CAC) has remunity.” quested t hat Bracken Linstudents interer, a junior in ested in having ar ts applicatheir work purTara Connolly, junior in arts tions, is using chased by the applications this as her first University subopportunity to mit their pieces offer her artat the end of March. It can be any work for purchase. “I received a two-dimensional work (paint- canvas from a friend of mine,” ings, photography, etc.) that is Liner said. “It’s the first I’d ever no larger than 52 inches by 52 had and I painted on it and I inches, is ready to hang and is didn’t know what to do [with] set at a price at or below $400. it. So I thought I’d try my hand I had to ask: Isn’t this really just at entering it in the Student Art for Art & Design majors and the Purchase. It would be a chance like? to get my name out to NC State “Not at all, we really aim to Campus, to get my work posted invite all students to participate and a chance to sell my first and be purchased,” said Tara piece.” Connolly. A junior in arts apThe economy has affected the plications, she’s also the student purchasing capabilities of the of CAC’s Student Art Purchase program. this year. “There are budgetary con“We have as many of the engi- cerns,” said Connolly. “Budget neers as we do design students was reduced, almost cut entirely submitting,” says Connolly. “The due to the budget crisis. We will University purchased one by a not be able to purchase many Ph.D. Physics student last year, pieces this year but we still enso no, we do not discriminate, courage everyone to submit.” we just look for good art.” Not only did the art purchased ARTS continued page 6 last year include a Ph.D. in physSenior Staff Writer

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Jazz is the kind of music I listen to when I need to get away from the rest of my music collection. I can only listen to so much Icelandic metal, so much Lo-fi indie post-punk rock, so much Cher...I mean, Bob Dylan, before I just get tired. I go to jazz when I need to close my eyes and quiet the world. I go to jazz to hear Nina Simone wail while her band hits any note they feel like, or Thelonious Monk to hear the best pianist that ever bebop’d his way out of North Carolina. I listen to it to hear the romance of a good vocalist, whose band are the arms and legs of softly played notes that just breathe. And now, I listen to John Pizzarelli. “I think the lucky part is that I learned the repertoire, I worked with a lot of people twenty years older than me. They introduced me to the songs and not just the song writers,” Pizzarelli said. The Jazz guitarist/vocalist is reflecting on how he learned his trade back in his 20. “I found out about the history of the music, I was soaking it all in and not really knowing what it was. Learning all that, [the] information started coming back to me‚“ Pizzarelli said. Striking out on his own at 20, Pizzarelli’s travels over 25 years later will bring him to Stewart Theatre, Wednesday night at 8pm. It’s hard to doubt the man’s massive catalogue, which has seen a new Pizzarelli album every year for the last 20-some years. “Prolific” doesn’t even seem to cover it. “As a Jazz artist it’s not that hard. I think there’s so much

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material, mostly as a vocalist,” Pizzarelli said. “It’s a pretty good world to choose material from. There’s so much of it. If you really do your homework, you can find tons of material. If I was writing my own material it’d take longer, but my tours are mostly record generated. When you make another record, you go on tour.” Pizzarelli is known for using a

wealth of material from artists like Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and even The Beatles. His latest album, With A Song In My Heart, looks at the body of work of the Oscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy, Pulitzer Prize winning Richard Rodgers of Rodgers and Hammerstein, and it’s this album that will make up the second half of his performance here on campus.

“We’ll play pretty much the entire record within the evening,” Pizzarelli said. “We break the evening up into two halves. We play sort of a summation of material of the 18 records from all that time, and then we’ll concentrate on the things from the Rodgers record.” Part of the love he has for jazz is simply genetics. His father is Bucky Pizzarelli, the 83 year old jazz guitarist who is still putting out records to this day. I asked how much that had to do with how he got into the industry. “I think it’s just...for me I was lucky because my father was in the business,” said Pizzarelli. “I was in the family business, but I could still stand on my own feet.” His talent, more than anything, seems to have gotten him this far. He spent ten years just playing bars, night clubs and anywhere else he could find to get his music out there. “I think the thing that was most important was the concerts,” Pizzarelli said. “I always treated them importantly, they all had the same significance to me. You try to find your voice, and also realize the value of... knowing your material and trusting it.” Jazz is not about over thinking things like style and execution. Jazz is all about taking you to a place, a moment in time, where there’s nothing but you and the music. That’s the way it should be with any good music, and that’s the way it is with Pizzarelli.

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Never, Ever, Ever, Under Any Circumstance, Add To A Losing Position. Not ever, not never! Adding to losing positions is trading’s carcinogen; it is trading’s driving while intoxicated. It will lead to ruin. Count on it!

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Trade Like A Wizened Mercenary Soldier. We must fight on the winning side, not on the side we may believe to be correct economically.

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Mental Capital Trumps Real Capital. Capital comes in two types, mental and real, and the former is far more valuable than the latter. Holding losing positions costs measurable real capital, but it costs immeasurable mental capital.

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This Is Not A Business Of Buying Low And Selling High. It is, however, a business of buying high and selling higher. Strength tends to beget strength, and weakness, weakness.

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In Bull Markets One Can Only Be Long Or Neutral, And In Bear Markets, One Can Only Be Short Or Neutral. This may seem selfevident; few understand it however, and fewer still embrace it.

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“Markets Can Remain Illogical Far Longer Than You Or I Can Remain Solvent.” These are Keynes’ words, and illogic does often reign, despite what the academics would have us believe.

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Buy Markets That Show The Greatest Strength; Sell Markets That Show The Greatest Weakness. Metaphorically, when bearish we need to throw rocks into the wettest paper sacks, for they break most easily. When bullish we need to sail the strongest winds, for they carry the farthest.

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Think Like A Fundamentalist; Trade Like A Simple Technician. The fundamentals may drive a market and we need to understand them, but if the chart is not bullish, why be bullish? Be bullish when the technicals and fundamentals, as you understand them, run in tandem.

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Trading Runs In Cycles, Some Good, Most Bad. Trade large and aggressively when trading well; trade small and ever smaller when trading poorly. In good times, even errors turn to profits; in bad times, the most well-researched trade will go awry. This is the nature of trading; accept it and move on.

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Keep Your Technical Systems Simple. Complicated systems breed confusion; simplicity breeds elegance. The great traders we’ve known have the simplest methods of trading. There is a correlation here!

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In Trading or Investing, An Understanding of Mass Psychology Is Often More Important Than an Understanding of Economics. Simply put, “When they are cryin’, you should be buyin’! And when they are yellin’, you should be sellin’!”

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Bear Market Corrections Are More Violent And Far Swifter Than Bull Market Corrections. Why they are is still a mystery to us, but they are; we accept it as fact and we move on.

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There Is Never Just One Cockroach. The lesson of bad news on most stocks is that more shall follow — usually hard upon and always with detrimental effect upon price, until such time as panic prevails and the weakest hands finally exit their positions.

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Be Patient With Winning Trades; Be Enormously Impatient With Losing Trades. The older we get, the more small losses we take each year — and our profits grow accordingly.

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Do More Of That Which Is Working And Less Of That Which Is Not. This works in life as well as trading. Do the things that have been proven of merit. Add to winning trades; cut back or eliminate losing ones. If there is a secret to trading (and of life), this is it.

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All Rules Are Meant To Be Broken — But Only Very, Very Infrequently. Genius comes in knowing how truly infrequently one can do so and still prosper.

Before You Invest, We Encourage You To Hear The Fine Print. Dennis Gartman is an internationally-acclaimed trader, economist and author of The Gartman Letter. And of course, an NC State graduate. Leading banks, brokerage firms, mutual funds, energy and grain trading companies subscribe to his newsletter. Large audiences view his commentary on CNBC, ROB-TV and Bloomberg television. Many witness his addresses before associations and trade groups around the world. We invite you to join us Thursday at 6 p.m. to hear his views about the current state of the global economy and his opinions about its future.

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Acclaimed ‘Waltz with Bashir’ presents director’s life experiences

Sarah Ewald Staff Writer

A pack of blue dogs tears through city streets and alleyways, barking at something ahead, unseen. These mangy hounds gallop at a frenetic pace, a perfect counterpart to the kinetic industrial electronica playing on the soundtrack while the opening credits roll. The dogs scatter people and upset outdoor furniture in their wake, and still keep running. Finally, one dog stops, then another, and soon enough, the entire pack is standing still at the edge of the sidewalk, looking skywards. They’re peering at a shadowy figure framed by a window on the top floor of a high rise. The figure pulls the window shade down. So begins Waltz with Bashir, a critically acclaimed film that was Israel’s entry into the Best Foreign Language Film category for the 81st Academy Awards,

and one that made many critics year-end best-of lists. The film is based on personal experiences of the director, Ari Folman. The name “Bashir� refers to Lebanese politician Bashir Gemayel. Gemayel was assassinated before the Sabra and Shatila massacre, an event that serves as a focal point for the film. The film is playing at Cary’s Galaxy Cinema, a theatre wellknown for its emphasis on independent and foreign films. Waltz with Bashir is equal parts meet-and-greet, flashback and dream sequences (also known as “did it or didn’t it happen?�). Many characters are introduced, for varying lengths of screen time, to lend Ari their recollections so that he may piece together his own memory of army time served. Flashback and dream sequences are distinguishable from each other through use of color. Flashbacks are fairly realistic, using desert hues such as olive

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and tan. Dream sequences utilize very bright and unrealistic colors, making use of caution-tape yellow to illuminate the city during the massacre scene, and various electric blues for the dogs. The animation style mainly deals in color blocks, adding in certain pertinent details without overwhelming the viewer with information. It is reminiscent of Frank Miller’s colorblocking used in the movie “Sin

City� crossed with the storytelling detail of Daniel Clowes. The animation style is neither hyper-realistic nor excessively dream-like, allowing room for both realism and imagination in the course of the story. The documentary aspect figures prominently throughout the film, with new characters introduced with their full names given in the right-hand corner of the screen, and written in both Eng-

lish and Hebrew characters. (The film’s characters speak in German.) It is also emphasized near the end when a couple of minor characters are interviewed. During these exchanges, Ari is not seen within the frame (as he had been in times previously), but his voice is heard asking the interviewee questions. A couple of scenes stand out notably from the rest. One such scene concerns Ari’s friend Frankel, who has been assigned a smaller, less powerful gun than he normally uses. After attempting to persuade a fellow soldier to switch guns with him, Frankel boldly strides into the center of the street (in front of the ditch where his comrades reside) and begins shooting. What follows is almost balletic. Frankel’s fancy footwork and graceful turns are similar to pointe work executed by a dancer’s toes.The camera swoops around him like a devoted supporting partner. The use

of tinkling piano music (instead of the usual techno) underscores the parallel to dance. In the last few minutes of the film, the style abruptly switches from animation to real life. The switch occurs after the camera pans over the heads of the mourning women en masse, and when it becomes real footage, the camera focuses on the tear-streaked faces of each one for a few moments. The camerawork adds dimension, layering in shaky, hand-held effects and graininess of the image to lend pathos to the scene at hand. In short, Waltz with Bashir is a stylized tale of one man’s search for the truth. For him, the truth involves violence and destruction. Scenes are very well realized, some to the point that they haunt the viewer long after having been seen. The documentary style works well given the subject matter, and the story is highly effective.

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Jazz artist Ryan Leslie arranges, mixes, produces, writes his first studio album

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“People keep thinking art is wasting money, they see it as frivolous spending,� Connolly says. “But it’s just another industry.� If art is a waste of money, I challenge people to stop listen-

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bums of 2009, the self-titled Ryan Leslie. Leslie, a Harvard University graduate by age 19, was first signed to Universal Records in 2003 and later released two singles, “Used to Be� and “The

ing to music, to stop reading. I challenge people to stop watching movies, to miss their child’s first elementary school play. And after doing all that, I want someone to tell me whether or not that is a world worth living in. Art is something everyone is capable of, and in between the madness of the end of this semes-

Way That U Move Girl.â€? The singles failed to chart, and the album, Just Right was shelved indefinitely. Without support from his record label, the singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and engineer began to produce for acts including Cassie, Danity Kane, and BeyoncĂŠ with the proceeds financing his own project. Ryan Leslie, the long awaited debut entirely mixed, produced, written and arranged by Leslie kicks off with the up-tempo retro R&B sounding “Diamond Girlâ€?. On the track, Leslie sings of how he’s found the one that’s he’s ready to “put the rock on.â€? Throughout the album, Leslie does his fair share of rapping and it works.

ter and the many projects you’re trying to finish, I ask that people go out and make an art thing for themselves. You can draw whatever, collage whatever, say whatever. And know that come March 30th, there’s a way to put it back into the world.

Next up is the second single, “Addiction,� featuring Bad Boy artist Cassie and Fabolous, where Leslie explains his obsession with a lady love. The live multilayered arrangement makes it one of the albums best. Following “Addiction� is “You’re Fly,� an ode to a woman Leslie feels is the pinnacle of beauty. The cut is reminiscent production-wise of legendary R&B group Frankie Beverly and Maze with its catchy melody and guitar riffs. “Quicksand�‚ “Valentine� and the piano drive “I.R.I.N.A.� are stand outs on the album. “Quicksand�, a funky groove which sounds like a Neptunes production, has Leslie telling

how he is “emotional� falling deeply in an inescapable love, while the Keyboard-driven “Valentine� has Leslie professing his love to a prospective mate. On “Wanna Be Good� and “Just Right�, Leslie tries out his falsetto invoking the spirit of Curtis Mayfield, while proclaiming how he lives to please the perfect woman for him. The hard-hitting third single, “How It Was Supposed To Be�, featuring rapper Jadakiss, asks questions of what could’ve and should’ve been with a relationship gone awry, while the more melancholy while “Out of the Blue� and “Shouldn’t Have to Wait� conjure of feelings if infidelity.

Closing out the album is the very appropriately titled “Gibberish�, seeing as you can only understand every 10th word. Vocoder and finger snaps in tow, Leslie expresses the moments of speechlessness that may occur when we meet that special someone. Ryan Leslie overall is a midtempo feel good album with tales love and longing, featuring a combination of live instrumentation and heavily synthesized tracks. His fresh approach, multi-faceted production and engaging lyrics make him one of the best chances R&B music has to survive, but only if he continues marching to the beat of his own drum.

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which pushed us back a little Dziwulski found out about bit. We just never found the place the BassPack after posting where we could catch the kicker on forums online. Jonathan fish,” Hooks said. “We could Phillips, faculty advisor for have done better.” BassPack, contacted him and Dziwulski, a Maryland native, invited him down to take a and Kozazcki, who is from the look at the school. It turned Boston area, had impressive bass out to be the only school Dzifishing pedigrees before their ac- wulski applied to. ceptance into N.C. State. Both “This year, I haven’t been said the option of a bass fishing competing so well because I club was part of what lured them don’t know any of these lakes to N.C. State. really well,” Dziwulski said. “I wanted to go to a school “I’ve got at least three more that had a really years here so strong fishing I’ll be able to team because step it up.” I’ve grown up In the fishing all my imminent life,” Dziwulski future, the said. “I fished BassPack the Junior Basswill take on ma ster Tra i l foes ma ny for kids 18 and N.C. State you nger a nd Ben Dziwulski, a freshman in students placed second will recogbusiness management in the world nize. Several r ig ht b e fore months ago, coming to N.C. the BassPack State.” offered to take several Pack The hobby was not only fun, football players to Jordan but also profitable, according to Lake for a friendly competiDziwulski. tion after it was discovered “I made a lot more money that the pigskin enthusiasts fishing than I did working dur- also enjoyed fishing in their ing high school, so I wanted to spare time. The event will continue that into college,” Dzi- take place this weekend. wulski said.

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where N.C. State is. When people think of collegiate bass fishing, even in the professional realm, they know N.C. State.” Josh Hooks, sophomore in industrial engineering, agreed that the BassPack name alone would be enough to gain some attention for himself down the road. “That’s something I would really like to do in the future, and a prestigious name like N.C. State gets you out there a little further,” Hooks said. Hooks participated in the Under Armour College Bass National Championships last year and participated on a team with Kozazcki in the College Bass East Super Regional March 7-8. The competition featured a two-day cumulative date, and each fish had to weigh a minimum of 12 pounds. “It was open to the entire eastern US,” Kozazcki said. “[Hooks and I] placed twelfth out of close to fifty teams.” Eastern Kentucky University ran away with the competition after posting a score of 24.84, and N.C. State came in at 12th with a combined weight of 12.42. “We had some boat trouble,

“We’re the biggest team in the nation and definitely the most organized.”

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being successful are hard work, dedication, and teamwork. All three are philosophies Coach Allen does a great job conveying to the team.” The team faces the challenge of being young and having only three returning starters. Munoz said the team’s veterans look to continue to set the bar high through leading by example on the field. “A lot of people think that club baseball is on the same level of preparation and competition as beer league softball,” Allen said. “Those people don’t go to the World Series or play for N.C. State. The benefit of having such a young tea m is t hat they are impressionable. We have real strong leadership and they do a great job of setting the example for how to prepare and play.” Munoz currently leads the team, hitting .391 with 3 HR and 33 RBI.

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“The new guys need to see us playing hard, hustling and having a positive and upbeat attitude towards the game,” Munoz said. The club baseball team is three

already during the season. “Even though we have lost some guys, we are still in a great position to get back to [Fort Myers, Fla] and win the World S er ie s ,” Munoz said. [Being No. 4] we have a target on our backs and all the teams we play are going to come at us. We have just got to play fundamentally sound baseball and keep working to achieve our goal, a national championship.”

“We’ve made a few adjustments to the practice schedule, some strategic advancements for games, but mostly I’ve tried to instill a sense of team.” coach Craig Allen weeks into the season and recorded a 5-2 record as of March 13. Several players left the team due to injury or personal reasons

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Davies qualifies for NCAA Championships 3ENIOR DIVER +RISTIN $AVIES lNISHED lRST AT THE .#!! $IVING :ONES -ARCH AND EARNED A SPOT ON THE .#!! #HAMPIONSHIPS IN THE PLATFORM DIVE $AVIES EARNED A lNAL SCORE OF AT THIS YEARĂ“S DIVING ZONES $AVIES TOOK TH OVERALL LAST YEAR AT .#!! S EN ROUTE TO RECOGNITION AS AN HONORABLE MENTION !LL !MERICA &ELLOW DIVER !USTIN (AMPTON WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AT THE .#!! CHAMPIONSHIPS AS AN ALTERNATE FOR THE MEN S TEAM SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Wilson ready for spring training &OOTBALL COACH 4OM / "RIEN ANNOUNCED THAT SOPHOMORE QUARTERBACK 2USSELL 7ILSON SHOULD BE READY TO PRACTICE WITH THE TEAM DURING ITS SPRING TRAINING 7ILSON WHO BECAME THE lRST FRESHMAN TO BE NAMED TO THE lRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE TEAM IN !## HISTORY LAST YEAR INJURED HIS KNEE DURING THE lRST HALF OF THE 0APAJOHNS COM BOWL $EC AND LEFT THE GAME / "RIEN SAID DOCTORS WERE EXPECTED TO CLEAR 7ILSON NEXT WEEK 4HANKS TO A SCHEDULE AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES 7ILSON WILL JOIN THE FOOTBALL TEAM FOR PRACTICE WHILE ALSO SERVING AS AN OUTlELDER FOR THE . # 3TATE BASEBALL TEAM 4HE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL SPRING GAME WILL TAKE PLACE !PRIL AT P M SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Henry shatters records in first season Despite sickness, top-ranked freshman reaches NCAA Championships in first year of competition Daniel Ellis Sports Editor

When redshirt freshman thrower Lawanda Henry traveled to Virginia for the Virginia Tech Elite Meet Feb. 6, she was already the first N.C. State woman to throw for more than 50 feet in the shot put. She had already achieved the unthinkable -- shattering the school record as a freshman. Nonetheless, she again outdid herself, recording the longest throw of the ACC indoor season with a toss of 53-2 1/2. “The first time [I broke the record] it was just barely, and I knew I had more in me,� Henry said. “So when I hit that 53-foot throw, it was definitely a big accomplishment for me.� Henry has already topped the school record for the shot put seven times this season, dating back to her mark of 5011 1/2 in the season-opener. “I suspected that she was going to be the best we’ve ever had here,� assistant coach Tom Wood said. “She’s fulfilled that expectation. I’m very pleased with Lawanda and how well she’s done.� Shortly after shattering her own record, though, Henry came down with a severe illness that not only took her off the field, but into the hospital. “The week before the ACC Championship she lost a lot of weight,� Wood said. “She was in the hospital about 3 different times and couldn’t eat anything but yogurt for a week. That severely hampered her performance [when she got out.]� Prior to the NCAA Championships, Henry worried that her performance would suffer from her weight loss and recovery. “I’m not trying to give excuses or anything, but I’m nowhere near where I was before,� Henry said. “I lost about 10 or 15 pounds and was in the hospital almost all week.� Despite her recuperation, Henry

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Freshman thrower Lawanda Henry placed 16th in shot put with a mark of 47’07.25� at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in College Station, Texas. She was N.C. State’s only representative at the championship, as well as the only freshman competing in the event.

mustered a 16th place finish at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a distance of 47-7 1/4 and remains as the highestranked freshman in the nation. “Getting sick like that is usually a pretty nerve-racking thing,� Wood said. “But she is just a freshman, so by going to the

NCAA’s, she’ll be able to overcome all that anxiety.� Henry has already developed into a leader among the youth-laden lineup of throwers. “Obviously, she’s going to be something to inspire and live up to,� Wood said. “She

is sort of a leader to all of them at this time now. She’s a leader with my group and I’ll be telling people about her for years.� However, Henry didn’t always have people looking up to her. In fact, she had very little support at all during her high school career. Originally from the small town of Dunn, Henry started throwing in the eighth grade for her middle school team in hopes of getting the “Most Athletic� superlative. Henry already competed for her school in volleyball, basketball and softball. Henry would go on to continue throwing in high school, but admitted that her afternoon practices were far from exciting as she worked on her throws on a small concrete slab that the high school constructed for her. “It always sucked, because during practice I had to be serious and I didn’t have anyone to talk to. I was kind of like a oneperson team,� Henry said. “I’m so glad that I have my teammates now to joke around with and compete with now. After two years, she transferred to Cape Fear Christian School to continue playing basketball. Throughout her experience in the predominantly white school, Henry stated that she was initially uneasy and at odds with her environment. “It was a growing experience that took me out of my comfort zone,� Henry said. “In my other school, I was always used to being around a certain group of people, but when I switched I met some great people and I learned how to adapt. I was really able to find myself and mature.� Since winning three N.C. High School Independent Athletic Association state championships, Henry has continued to mature as a thrower. Her strong desire to learn how to improve her throwing technique this season has enabled her to record the best weight throw distance in the ACC indoor season. “She’s a very friendly young lady that is very personable, and has a great attitude about competing,� Wood said. “I just hope we have some more Lawanda’s in the future.�

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Club Baseball looks to continue success

7EDNESDAY MEN’S TENNIS VS. DUKE Durham, NC, 3 p.m. BASEBALL VS. ELON Doak Stadium, 6:30 p.m. 4HURSDAY SOFTBALL VS. FORDHAM Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 6 p.m.

Ranked No. 4 in the preseason, the team seeks a national championship

WRESTLING NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS, DAY St. Louis, Mo., TBA

Elliot G. Borman Staff Writer

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I suspected that she was going to be the best we’ve ever had here... she’s fulfilled that expectation. � COACH 4OM 7OOD ON THROWER ,AWANDA (ENRY

DID YOU KNOW? 4HE MEN S AND WOMEN S SOCCER TEAMS HAD ONE COMBINED WIN IN !## PLAY LAST SEASON

COMING SOON

Wednesday: ! FEATURE ON WRESTLER 4Y 2OACH Thursday: #OVERAGE OF THE BASEBALL GAME AGAINST %LON Friday: ! FEATURE ON THE CLUB WATER POLO TEAM

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Mark Kozazcki (right) with teammate Josh Hooks (left) hold up their catch at the College Bass Eastern Super Regional in Augusta, Fla. March 8.

BassPack earns accolades Bass fishing club drawing in prospects from around the country Kate Shefte Deputy Sports Editor

BassPack, the club bass fishing team, has come a long way in a short time. Since the club was formed in 2005, it has won a national championship, placed high in numerous large tournaments

and snagged endorsement deals with companies such as Ranger and Yamaha. Now, its members can place another patch on their uniforms. “We are now sponsored by Columbia Sportswear, they’re our newest and biggest sponsor,� Mark Kozazcki, freshman in fisheries and wildlife sciences, said. “Each club member gets a certain amount of free gear, and in return we have to advertise and represent the Columbia company whenever we’re at an

event.� All three agreed they would like to become professional fishermen after they graduate from N.C. State. “[BassPack] has a lot of good things going for it,� Ben Dziwulski, freshman in agriculture business management, said. “We’re still the biggest team in the nation and definitely the most organized. Other schools are inching along, trying to get to BASSPACK DPOUJOVFE QBHF

N.C. State is home to successful athletic programs, but often the varsity teams are the ones that receive recognition and publicity. The club baseball team is one of the programs to consistently achieve national nationally. The reigning South Atlantic North Conference and Southeast Atlantic Regional champion has put out eleven All-Americans in seven of the last eight years. The team was a national runner-up in 2004, and made the semifinals in 2008. Since joining the National Club Baseball Association in 2001, the team dominated opponents with an overall record of 180-69. Though State brought a new head coach on board for the 2009 season, the Pack does not look to quit battering its opposition. “Things havenĂ­t changed around the field at all [since new coach Craig A l len stepped in],â€?second baseman Tyler Wilson, a senior in busi-

ness administration, said. “We’re only allowed [by NCBA] rules to practice once a week, but we’ve been putting in a lot of time outside of practice to improve from last season.â€? Before accepting the head coaching position, Allen served as the teamĂ­s hitting coach for several seasons. Allen’s experience with N.C. State baseball has given him the ability to make an easy transition from assistant to head coach. “Having been around the program, I’ve gotten a chance to see what works well and what could be tweaked slightly,â€? Allen said. “We’ve made a few adjustments to the practice schedule, some strategic adjustments for games, but mostly I’ve tried to instill a sense of ‘team’.â€? Wilson and Greg Munoz, a junior in business administration, agree unity and teamwork are the key focuses of the team, and one of the reasons for its current success. Munoz, a first baseman, said Allen made his transition into the position of head coach easier on the team. “He is a guy we all trust and have faith in his baseball knowledge,â€? Munoz said. “It may sound cliched, but the keys to

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