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Campus recreation, student government team up to invite students to downtown tree lighting
Adair-Hayes CraneStaff Writer
Student Government and Campus Recreation invited students to join them on Friday to attend the AT&T Raleigh Winterfest Ice Rink Opening Celebration in downtown Raleigh.
Student leaders from both Student Government and Campus Recreation will be serving hot chocolate and ice-skating on the rink during the event, which focuses on the natural ice skat-ing rink that is opening.
According to Jeffrey Johnson, a ju-nior in business administration and a member of Student Government, Campus Recreation has bought 50 skate passes to hand out to the first 50 students who show up to skate. Oth-erwise, skating will cost $6 a person, including the skate rental.
“I was talking with Campus Rec on a lot of different things and this came up that they were doing this. We thought this would be something cool to do,” Johnson said. “A big part of being a student is experiencing the community as well as the University.”
According to the Downtown Ra-leigh web site, Winterfest is a two-month long extravaganza featuring an outdoor skating rink with natural ice.
The event marks the opening of the ice rink and the lighting of the Christmas tree in the new City Plaza. There will also be a performance by the University’s own Jazz Band, singer Michelle Branch, a visit from Santa Claus, a reading by Theatre in the Park’s Christmas Carol Star David Ira Wood III and other activities.
The event, which lasts from 5 p.m. until 11 p.m., is expected to draw
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Oblinger won’t
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New MexicoStaff Report
The News & Observer reported Monday that James Oblinger, former N.C. State chancellor, was not chosen as the president for New Mexico State University.
Oblinger, who stepped down ear-lier this year amongst the Mary Ea-sley hiring and pay scandal, was an-nounced as a finalist for the job in late October.
Barbara Couture, the senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, was awarded the new job.
Jeffery fowler/TechnicianWednesday night in the Honors Village Commons, sophomore in biochemistry Zili Shi plays in a Magic the Gathering tournament. “[The game] gives me even more of a headache after a long day, but still is a great game,” Zili said. After a break of several years, he has recently gotten back into the game since coming to N.C. State. The Tournament was hosted by the Honor Quad’s Magic Club, the first such tournament hosted this semester.
MANA MANAGeMeNTCampus security aims to combat increasing bicycle larceniesRising bike theft rates prompt response from campus safety elements
Nick Tran Staff Writer
Bike thefts have risen to abnormal levels in the last weeks of the semes-ter and both campus police and the Student Government Campus Safety Commission are taking efforts to en-sure students are well protected.
Phillip Christofferson, the chairman of the Campus Safety Commission, said there were over 100 reported bike thefts over the semester, a notable increase compared to last year, and educating students is the best way to ensure such incidents are prevented.
“The Commission is working on new fliers to encourage students to make use of proper safety measures,” he said. “We want to inform students this is happening.”
According to Christofferson, thefts generally occur between 11 A.M. and 7 P.M., in broad daylight, and a majority of thefts occur on east campus near the honors village.
“We encourage students to spend a little extra money and buy a U-bolt lock and to call the police if they see anything suspicious,” Christofferson said. “The police have been very help-ful. They are doing everything they can to help prevent theft.”
Christofferson attributed the sud-den hike in theft to the declining economy, saying bikes are easy to steal
and easy to sell for small amounts of money.
Captain Jon Barnwell of campus police said the cause of the increase is the University being a target rich environment and students not us-ing adequate protective measures.
“We continue to encourage students to use U-bolt locks and to register their bikes with trans-portation,” he said. “Registering your bike increases the chances that campus police will be able to recover it if it’s stolen.”
Registering a bike with transpor-tation allows the owner to engrave their drivers license number on their bike which is also enters into a database for future reference.
“We are constantly performing surveillance and checking pawn shops but it is difficult without a registered number,” Barnwell said. “These measures promote target
Student Government heads to skating rinkCaroline Barfield
Staff Writer
Basketball season has arrived and with the home rivalry game against the Tar Heels fast approaching, secur-ing a ticket to this game takes more effort than just requesting a ticket on-line; students have to camp out.
The Campout for tickets to the Carolina-State game is one of the biggest on-campus events of the year and, according to the Campout Web site, 80 percent of the tickets allotted to students go to the campers.
Arialle Crabtree, campus commu-nity chair, said she is expecting about 2,000 campers this year and said the Union Activities Board and Student Government have lots of fun activities and surprises planned.
“UAB has done an excellent job coordinating with Student Govern-ment — we are planning to have music throughout the night, a student bas-ketball game, we’re showing a movie, painting the tunnel and setting corn-hole up. Plus, we have a lot of fun sur-prises for the students,” Crabtree said.
Wessley McKnight, a junior in bio-chemistry, said he is looking forward to the Campout this year; he just hopes it’s not as cold as last year.
“We had a group of about 15 last year and it was freezing. A buddy of mine and I stayed the entire time, but others left to get food or warm up,” he said. “Regardless we had a good time. We basically played around, watched old basketball games and movies on our laptops. Being in that environ-ment is great — everybody is there talking and having fun.”
Crabtree said not as many showed last year due to the frigid weather.
“Last year we had around 2,000 to register, but not all showed due to the cold weather.”
Last year’s weather didn’t hinder Ty-ler Scales, a sophomore in biological sciences, from going out and having fun.
“There were free drinks, lots of open
space and plenty of good friends; we played football and poker then chilled out and ate piz-za,” Scales said. “Camping out to get t ickets and actually going to the game was fun but come on, Ben McCauley getting that last hit was awesome.”
According to Crabtree, Cam-pout, which was held at Lee Field in past years, was traditionally held at Reynolds, but issues about safety and the ability to control crowds
forced organizers to move the event. This year they decided to move the
Campout back to its original location.
“We like to think that the Campout is equivalent to the presidential inaugu-ration. It wouldn’t be the same if the president gave his first speech some-where like Alaska, just like it’s not the same as having the Campout on Lee f ields,” Crabtree said. “Reynolds is at
the heart of N.C. State and we want to honor Wolfpack heritage and restore
the Campout tradition to its origi-nal location.”
Scales said he, too, is glad the Campout is at Reynolds.
“Last year it was on Lee fields, but this year it’s at Reynolds, where it should be.”
Crabtree said there will be 475 campsites at Reynolds and all campers will be in mulch area, ex-tending from near the Bookstore to the Colliseum parking lot.
Students will receive at least one 10’x10’ space per six people and have the option of renting camping equipment from the Rec Center.
Scott Schneider, coordinator of Outdoor Adventures, said Cam-
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chris sanchez/TechnicianAndrew Roberts, a junior in aerospace, Kristin Mangun, a graduate in accounting, and Branson Holt, a freshman in mechanical engineering, play cards and eat pizza to pass the time at the Campout. Students camped out for tickets to the UNC basketball game on Lee Field. “We thought about playing coke pong later, which is like beer pong but without alcohol,” Roberts said.
STUdeNTS pRepARe FoR ANNUAL CAMpoUT’S ReTURN To ReyNoLdS
WHy rEgIsTEr?Registering your bicycle gives you the following advantages:
• Bikepermitdecalgoodforthelifetimeofthebike
• Freeengravingofdriver’slicensenumber
• Deterspotentialthieves• CampusPolicecaneasily
contactyouifyourbikeisstolenandrecovered
source: campus police
“... we want to
honor Wolfpack
heritage and restore
the Campout
tradition to its
original location.”Arialle Crabtree, campus
community chair
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CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsWednesday’s page 5 story, “Student leader to graduate in December,” misidentified Adam Compton as the president of Delta Upsilon. He was president of the fraternity last year.
The photo of Compton was also unattributed. It was by Luis Zapata.
Technician regrets these errors.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at [email protected].
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Campus Calendar
TodayHang iT Up!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.
RecenT giFTS oF naTive ameRican aRT FRom THe collecTion oF DRS. noRman anD gilDa gReenbeRgGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.
aUTocaD level 1McKimmon Center, 9 a.m.
pHySical enviRonmenT commiTTee meeTingWinslow Hall Conference Room, 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Julie and JuliaWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 9:05 p.m.
[email protected]. STaTe HoliDay conceRTStewart Theatre, 7 to 9 p.m.
UniveRSiTy THeaTRe pReSenTS iT’S a WonDeRFUl liFe, a liFe RaDio playThompson Hall, 8 p.m.
The hurT lockerWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m.
FridayHang iT Up!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.
RecenT giFTS oF naTive ameRican aRT FRom THe collecTion oF DRS. noRman anD gilDa gReenbeRgGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.
The hurT lockerWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 9 p.m.
UniveRSiTy THeaTRe pReSenTS iT’S a WonDeRFUl liFe, a liFe RaDio playThompson Hall, 8 p.m.
Julie and JuliaWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:35 p.m.
cool runningsWitherspoon Cinema, 11:59 p.m.
SaturdayHang iT Up!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 2 to 8 p.m.
RecenT giFTS oF naTive ameRican aRT FRom THe collecTion oF DRS. noRman anD gilDa gReenbeRgGregg Museum of Art & Design, 2 to 8 p.m.
Julie and JuliaWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 9:05 p.m.
gRainS oF TimeStewart Theatre, 8 to 10 p.m.
UniveRSiTy THeaTRe pReSenTS iT’S a WonDeRFUl liFe, a liFe RaDio playThompson Hall, 8 p.m.
The hurT lockerWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:30 p.m.
SundayHang iT Up!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 2 to 8 p.m.
RecenT giFTS oF naTive ameRican aRT FRom THe collecTion oF DRS. noRman anD gilDa gReenbeRgGregg Museum of Art & Design, 2 to 8 p.m.
UniveRSiTy THeaTRe pReSenTS iT’S a WonDeRFUl liFe, a live RaDio playThompson Theatre, 3 p.m.
poliCe BlotterDec. 18:41 a.m. | FiRe alaRmRiddick LabsFP responded to alarm caused by broken belt on air handler. Facilities notified.
9:33 a.m. | TRaFFic acciDenTLake Wheeler/Poultry RoadOfficers responded to accident. Property damage only.
10:39 a.m. | b&e bUilDingFriday InstituteOfficers investigated attempt to enter facility.
11:50 a.m. | conceRneD beHavioRDan Allen DeckNCSU PD responded at request of Transportation officer in dispute with student. Student was issued judicial referral.
12:06 p.m. | WelFaRe cHeckOff CampusHuman Resources requested welfare check for staff member. Check at employee’s residence found employee deceased. Appropriate personnel were notified.
1:13 p.m. | laRcenyLee HallTwo students reported items missing from room. Investigation ongoing.
7:49 p.m. | veHicle STopMain Campus Drive/Varsity DriveStaff member was issued citation for stop sign violation.
9:30 p.m. | veHicle STopAchievement Drive/Main Campus DriveNonstudent was issued citation for stop sign violation.
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through Caitlin’s lens
Sociology club a ‘connection between many organizations’
L. Russell Herman, Jr. speaks to members of the Taylor Sociology Club Wednesday. Herman has been working full time for the past sixteen years on building the movement. He said the movement is not an organization, but a con-nection between many organizations. “What I do is try to connect these groups together ... bring them together in
coalitions,” Herman said at the meeting.
PHOTO By caiTlin conWay
in the knoW Grains of Time perform in special fall performance
On Saturday, the all-male a cappella group, the Grains of Time, will host a special fall concert.
The Grains of Time have been a long standing tradi-tion on campus and per-form a wide variety of music with only the voices of the eight members.
The concert will be held in Stewart Theatre and tickets are $5 for students with a student ID. Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Central located in Talley Student Center.
source: ncsu.edu
Libraries use technology to branch out
Any person with a web-en-abled phone can now access a wide variety of library infor-mation.
The new ‘app’ allows students to search for books and articles, see computer availability, and view webcams of various places throughout the libraries, in-cluding the Hunt Library con-struction.
Next semester they plan to expand the program to include the ability to reserve study rooms and put books on hold.
N.C. State is now one of only a half-dozen universities to have a program available.
source: ncsu.edu
Classes out of sessionMonday, Tuesday
Dec. 7 and 8 will be the University’s first Reading Days.
On these two days, classes will not be in session and there will be no exams.
These two days were put in place by the University to give students an additional opportunity to study and give faculty time to hold review sessions.
source: ncsu.edu
Quote of the day
“A big part of being a student is experiencing the community
as well as the University.”
Jeffrey Johnson, junior in business administration
World & nationClinton, Gates defend Afghan plan
President Barack Obama’s military and diplomatic team on Wednesday defended his decision to send another 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan, telling lawmakers the escalation is needed to prevent a Taliban takeover of the country, which could provide a sanctuary for al-Qaida.
Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Adm.
Michael Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, painted a dangerous and dire picture if Obama’s plan isn’t pursued.
source: mctdirect.com
Woods apologizes to his family
Tigers Woods acknowledged Wednesday morning that he let down his family, saying he regrets “those transgressions with all of my heart.”
Woods penned a statement Wednesday that he put on his Web site, offering his “profound apology” to his family and friends.
UsWeekly magazine published a cover story that says a cocktail waitress in Los Angeles carried on a 31-month affair with the married Woods, the world’s top-ranked golfer.
“I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart,” Woods said in the statement.
source: mctdirect.com
Efforts to reduce global warming ‘not enough’
The promises by the United States and other industrialized countries to cut the emissions causing global warming are insufficient to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the U.N.’s top climate negotiator said Wednesday.
yvo de Boer also said the upcoming talks in Denmark will focus on how much rich nations and major developing ones like China should reduce emissions, and how developed countries will help the poorest ones cope with climate change and develop with cleaner energy
source: mctdirect.com
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hardening to secure bikes
against theft. We are constantly rethinking ways to address this problem and send a message that this campus is secure.”
Campus police are hoping to reach a point where the commu-nity realizes the campus is safe so would-be thieves are less motivat-ed to target students.
Dakota Ev-ans, a fresh-man in mar-keting, said he had doubts as to how well campus secu-rity is addressing this problem.
“If these efforts are in place and bike theft is still on the rise then the system must not be too effective,” Evans said. “Campus security should increase the police force or have some des-ignated bike parking areas and have them under surveillance.”
Evans said a more active sys-tem would make thieves easier to catch than with the current
system as, even with bike regis-tration, there are so many bikes on campus that it’s impracti-cal to try and say whose bike is whose.
Will Rush, a sophomore in business management, said he felt the campus was not as accessible to bike users as it could be.
“It seems like there’s a lack of places to chain up your bike,” he said. “It takes more effort to take it’s locked up to something solid. There’s definitely room for im-provement.”
Accord-ing to Rush t he U-bolt lock was not as essentia l compared to
other possible measures both the University and students could be taking.
“Just make sure to use some kind of chain. I also take the seat off my bike because then it would be hard to ride off with it even if they broke the chain,” Rush said. “It would be great to have personal locators but I guess no one’s going to do that with a bike.”
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AmAndA Wilkins /TechniciAnJessica Garland, a junior in business administration, attempts to make a Christmas card with glitter at STAT’s Lighten Your Load event for members Wednesday. AASAP Student Ambassadors volunteered and ran the event. “I am apart of AASAP but I brought my roommates because they have been stressed out,” said Garland. “And who doesn’t love puppies?”
PuPPIeS heLP To LIGhTen LoAd
pout days in the past proved to be the Rec Center’s busiest rental day of the year.
“Last year we rented out ev-ery single tent, sleeping bag, pad and even brought out our travel equipment to rent be-cause of the high demand,” he said. “This year is going to be a challenge since the Campout is before school starts but we will still be open that Friday.”
Schneider said OA is offering a drop-off and pick-up service, where staff members take equipment to Reynolds, have students show a receipt to get equipment, then return to pick equipment up so students don’t have to bring it back.
Tents can be reserved online or in person at Campus Rec-reation prior to the last day of school.
Schneider also said if re-served camping items aren’t picked up by 5 p.m. that Friday, students can come in and grab anything unclaimed.
Crabtree is looking forward to the event and encourages ev-eryone to come out and have fun.
“The Campout is a great way to get excited about basketball season and kick off the semes-ter,” she said.
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around 20,000 people from all over Raleigh.
Johnson said due to the expected crowds, parking downtown may be difficult. He encourages students that want to come out to carpool or take the Wolf Prowl, which will be running to and from the event.
Samantha Leibowitz, a junior in communication, is hoping to make it out to the event. She received a Facebook event invitation that Campus Recreation and Student Government created to bring attention of the event to students.
“I hope I can go and I’m really excited to go if I get the chance,” Leibowitz said. “It’s nice that they are plan-ning something, especially around the holidays.”
Students who want to go out to the event Friday, but cannot make it, need not worry. According to John-son, there will be two times in January that the ice rink
will be rented out specifically for students.
Morgan Kelly, a senior in psy-chology, said she wants to go out Friday, but will not be able to attend.
“It sounds like a lot of fun to go ice skating and see the
Christmas tree lighting. I’m sad I can’t go Friday, I grew up watching Ira David Wood in a Christmas Carol and I’m a big fan,” Kelly said. “I hope I get to make it out to the rink in January.”
Johnson said that this is a way
for students to enjoy each other before a week of exams.
“It’s the last day of class be-fore exams start,” Johnson said. “It’s a way to go out and have a good time in the city of Raleigh at this big event and just have fun with each other.”
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RyAnn PAsquAle/TechniciAn10 year-old Michael Sheslow of Chapel hill ice skates at the new outdoor ice skating rink in Briar Creek Commons. “It is cool because it is for a good cause,” Sheslow said. The rink is open until dec. 10 and a portion of all proceeds will benefit Raleigh Rescue Mission to help Raleigh’s homeless children and families in need.
“Registering your
bike increases
the chances that
campus police will
be able to recover
it if it’s stolen.”Captain Jon Barnwell of
campus police
WHEn’s THE dEAdlInE?Registration for the Campout is from now until Jan. 3.
souRce: ARiAlle cRAbTRee
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{ }Our view
With Dead Week com-ing to a close and exams around the
corner, students already have quite a bit to worry about. Class evaluations seem to be low on the list.
This is the wrong attitude for students to take.
In spite of all the other bur-dens they face this time of the semester, students need to take these class evaluations serious-ly — these evaluations provide students the one opportunity to make their feelings about the quality of instruction at this University clear. If stu-dents put months of their lives into working to pass a class, then they should and need to
take advantage of the opportu-nity to take a few extra minutes and give valuable feedback re-garding the course.
Naturally, evaluations tend to be polarizing, completed mostly by students who either adore or detest the course or instructor. Yet even if students do not have such strong opin-ions, they still should complete the evaluations and try to ad-dress a few concerns or sug-gestions regarding the minor aspects of the class that could have made the class more in-teresting or engaging.
The evaluations are espe-cially important for gradu-ate students who teach classes — unlike tenured professors, student instructors depend on the feedback, particularly if they are required to teach later classes.
But students do need to try to be constructive with their criticism. It’s one thing to think a professor is the worst person on the face of the earth, but to say so in an evaluation does little to address specific problems about the way the professor teaches the course,
the amount of work required for the course or the structure of the curriculum. If students have an issue with the amount of homework or the length of tests given the amount of time permitted by a one hour class, then they should say so. This is useful feedback.
Students have limited say in many of the issues and orders of business at this University. But class evaluations are one of the few meaningful opportu-nities where they can push for changes in one of the Univer-sity’s prime objectives: educa-tion.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility
of the Editor-in-Chief.
Take class evaluations seriously — reallyThe FacTs:Students have until Dec. 9 to finish class evaluations, in which they have the opportunity to rate their classes and instructors while providing additional comments beyond the basic survey.
Our OpiniOn:Despite the pressures of exams and other work during Dead Week, students should take the time to contribute meaningful feedback in their class evaluations.
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Ceresnak stealing political benefit from existing changes
In regards to the congratulating of our Student Body President Jim Ceresnak on changing the dates of Spring Break this upcoming year, I would like to also give some thanks. A warmer Spring Break was much needed and it sounds like Jim Ceresnak executed flawlessly on delivering his promise of changing the dates for this holiday.
In fact, the entire process went so smoothly, and Ceresnak lubricated the decision so soundly that it would seem like the decision to change the dates for Spring Break was already in progress before this became a political matter. It is strange that at the end of this past summer break, the academic calendars already showed Spring Break being held on later dates for 2010 when the decision was only made a month ago. Stranger, even, that other potential candidates for the previous race for SBP were informing voters that the plans for changing the dates for Spring Break were already in progress and the motion was likely to pass even that early on in the planning.
Strange events. These events not being fictitious, it would seem either both or one of two things happened in this ordeal: either Technician reported on this whole issue criminally late in the process (an occurrence I wouldn’t deem rare) or some misplaced congratulations have been dealt out and certain parties are sticking their hands in pots that they shouldn’t be and licking their fingers clean of the political gain. If the latter’s true, I have some pretty revolutionary ideas for a platform to run on next race about renovating some buildings around campus.
Bryan Maxwell junior in civil engineering
Athletics DOES need to lose the loser mentality
I want to thank you for editorializing exactly how I have come to feel about Athletics. I was at N.C. State from 1976 to 1980, and it was the most fun four years of my life. I met so many people that became life-long friends, and a common thread amongst us all was Athletics, mainly football and basketball, of course. I went to many games with my friends, and we lived and died with how the Wolfpack fared in each game. I was there after the 1974 Championship, but the culture was there. I missed being on campus for the 1983 Championship, but you can
believe I was the loudest voice in New Orleans (where I lived at the time) the night (and next day!) Jimmy V and the boys won it all. I absolutely lived and breathed basketball.
Now, I‘ve become apathetic to the point where I don’t care about any of it. I watched the Northwestern game last night and I just laugh at how our team performs. I love Sidney Lowe, but I don’t see a bright future with him. But you know what, I really don’t care.
I can’t care because I have cared A LOT for the last 30 years, and now, since it appears that the powers that be don’t, and haven’t, cared for the last 20 years, I can’t afford to invest any more emotional energy into Athletics.
The saddest thing is that I have two sons who attended NCSU. One is a junior. He lives and breathes N.C. State, but his only experience of Athletics’ success was when Darrion Caldwell won the NCAA Wrestling Championship last spring. But that’s it. I really believe that he regrets that he ever went to NCSU, just because of the absolute loser mentality that pervades the entire Athletics Department.
I know that I shouldn’t place so much importance on games played by young people. But that’s a total cop out. The only consistent publicity that comes out of any University is the athletic program. It is the de facto face of the University, like it or not. If the administration would embrace athletic success, they might be surprised at the associated good things that start to happen elsewhere.
I’m sorry for the rant, but your column struck a chord with me. I think something like the student newspaper is the only way to galvanize any collective support for making the changes necessary to begin the climb towards athletic respectability. But don’t worry — I really don’t expect much to change.
Kevin Murray Custom Steel, Inc.
Compton should not get special graduation treatment
As a student graduating in December, I am appalled at the special treatment Adam Compton seems to be receiving. Every other graduate will be wearing a black robe. He will completely stick out in his red robe and I feel a formal setting is not the place for this. It is one thing to be the lone shirtless fan painted up on Game Day when it is 30 degrees outside; it is a completely different matter when the attire for an occasion is specifically set out. Why does he get to be the special one? If he wants to wear a red robe, he should wait until May to graduate.
Amber Bruk senior, paper science and engineering
The only problem with Thanksgiving Break is the looming terror of exams.
Mack Garrison, senior in art and designs
TXT me L8R — I’m drivingWith the ban on
text messaging whi le dr iv ing
now being enforced, there’s plenty of talk among the Crackberry fanatics and other text-happy students
about the n e e d o r e ve n e f-fectiveness of this new law.
While s o m e o f us a rg ue that we’ve grown up
with cell phones and feel comfortable sending text messages behind the wheel, this mindset doesn’t always prove itself true when actu-ally measured.
Yulan Liang and Yu Zhang are doctoral stu-dents interested in ergo-nomics research related to driver performance. Their studies are geared towards using a three-screen driving simulator (think of a high-tech version of a Need for Speed-esque video game) to assess driver distractions in two different categories: vi-sual and cognitive.
According to Liang, a vi-sual distraction is anything that takes the driver’s eyes away from the road, and a cognitive distraction (such as a cell phone call) makes the driver less perceptive of his or her surroundings. Re-search on more experienced
drivers reveals how people are able to adapt to most cogni-tive distractions because driv-ing has become second nature. Although both types of dis-tractions are the culprits for changes in performance met-rics such as reaction time and lane deviation, Liang cites the most risk with visual distrac-tions because there is no way to adapt to not having your eyes on road.
In terms of text messag-ing, the most distinct and dangerous difference between talk-ing on a cell phone a nd texting is the added visual distraction of look i ng away to read the message. Both talking and texting are hazardous be-cause of the cognitive distrac-tion of having to comprehend and respond to an added load of information, but with tex-ting one or both hands are involved, leaving the driver to awkwardly steer with knees or elbows while also taking his or her eyes off the road.
The scare of being caught and having to pay the $100 fine and court costs of a citation should not be the sole or even pri-mary reason to obey the new law. Road-related accidents and even fatalities occur when drivers are not paying atten-
tion, such as when they are sending a text message and research conducted right here on campus proves it.
Will this law always be such a problem for the text-obsessed who are bummed about only being able to tap out messages at stop lights now? Probably not, consid-ering phone manufactur-ers came out with headsets when talking on phones while driving was made ille-
gal in sev-eral states. Several phones are already equipped with so-phisticat-ed tex t-to-speech convert-ers, such as DriveS-afe.ly
which can be activated to read received messages aloud and automatically re-ply stating that the recipient is busy driving.
Until all cell phone users utilize such applications, tell your BFF Jill that texting while driving is not some-thing to LOL about. Being a safe, alert driver is FTW.
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“Yes, because I think they are beneficial to improve the teaching methods employed. I can understand how useful they can be.”
Josie Bodledoctoral student, biomedical engineering
Technician thursday, december 3, 2009 • Page 5
Jonathan NewmanWKNC DJ
DevinTownsendisagodintheworldofmusic.
Hehashadamusiccareerspanning24albums,firstbe-ginningwithhisvocalworkforSteveVaionhis“SexandRe-ligion”albumin1993.Hehasreleasedalbumsunderhisownname,aswellaswithhisbandStrappingYoungLad.Havingdisbandedbothbands,hetook
sometimeofftodiscoverhisrootsandsoberup.Duringthisperiodof soul-searching,hewrote60orsosongs,eachwithfourdistinctstylesofmusic.Hedecidedtocreateafouralbumseries,underthemonikeroftheDevinTownsendProject,andcamebackwiththeverydeepand very heavy “Ki” album,whichwasthefirstalbum,and
alsosetthestageforwhatwasto come.Sixmoths later,hereleased“Addicted,”whichisareturntoformofsorts,withmoreaccessiblesongs.
“Addicted”startsoutwithasimplebutheavyriffandthelines “Hey! You’re awake,”possiblyanallusion thathislast album put some peopletosleep,whichkeepsinwiththetongue-in-cheeklyricsyounormallyfindinhissongs.Butunderthesenormallysillylyr-ics,thereisadeepermessageofthepainandpowerdrugsandalcoholhadonhim.Thesongsonthisalbummaybeheavier,buttheyalsohaveapoppyfeelto themaswell, averypop-metalalbumifyouwill,whichisprobablywhytheseheavierlyrics could not be taken asseriously.Butit’shardtomissthe point when you hear a
slowriff,withDevinwailing“Idon’twanttosavemysoulnow.Idon’twanttolosecon-trol.Andevenifittakesalife-timetolearn...I’lllearn.”It’sverymelancholic,showingushe’lltrytowritesobermusic,butitstilliscatchy.Butreally,thecrownjewelsofthealbumarethelastthreesongs,“TheWay Home!” “Numbered!”and“Awake!”
Myfavoritetrack,andquitepossiblyoneof thecatchiestandmostbeautifulsongseverwritten, “The Way Home!”startsoffsoftwithawhisper,slowlybuildingpowerandre-scindingintoapowerfulandmoving track about wastingtimebeinghigh.“Numbered!”openswithvocalistAnnekevanGiersbergensingingslowlyandbeautifullyabouthowwearenumberedoveraheavyguitar
riff, with the song buildingthensuddenlydroppingofftoacappellaofherself.Thisleavesus with the track “Awake!”which opens with the sameopeninglineasthefirstsong.Thesongsendsusonatripofallofhismusicalstyles,untilfinally climaxing the wholealbum into a slow descentintotranquilityafteraheavysection very reminiscent of“StrappingYoungLad,”mak-ing this seriouslyoneof thebestalbumsof2009andoneof thebestDevinTownsendalbums to be put alongside“Ocean Machine: Biomech”and“AcceleratedEvolution.”Thisalbumwillhaveyouad-dicted.
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Townsend‘godinworldofmusic’ Live radio play debuts
University Theatre is recreating the beloved holiday movie classic ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ as a live 1940’s radio broadcast. The play will feature audience musical interaction and live sound effects as well as an appearance by Santa. The story of George Bailey and Bedford Falls will be alternated with authentic radio commercials from the era. The last sessions run Dec. 3 to 5 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 6 at 3 p.m. Tickets are available at Ticket Central or by calling (919) 515-1100.
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All male a Cappella group presents fall performance
The Grains of Time, the University’s premiere all-male a Cappella group, has a fall concert Saturday at 8 p.m. in Stewart Theatre. Eight men make up this group of performers that incorporate contemporary collegiate a Cappella with music from professional groups. Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for senior citizens, and University faculty and staff, and $5 for University students with ID cards. Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Central or by calling (919) 515-1100.
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‘Everybody’s Fine’ premiers Friday
A widower tries to reconnect with his grown kids by taking them on a road trip when his wife dies in the dramatic comedy ‘Everybody’s Fine’, in theaters Friday. The movie features a well-known cast including Robert De Niro, Kate Beckinsale, Drew Barrymore and Sam Rockwell.
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‘Brothers’ in theaters Friday
Jake Gyllenhaal and Tobey Maguire star as two brothers who are complete opposites in the war drama ‘Brothers’. Maguire portrays a decorated Marine who goes missing overseas, forcing his younger brother (Gyllenhaal) to take care of his wife and children at home. The brother’s roles become reversed during the time the Marine is gone, and everything changes when the Marine is found and returns home. The film is in theaters Friday.
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Cirque Dreams Holidaze comes to Raleigh
The Broadway show Cirque Dreams Holidaze is a Christmas celebration that combines contortionists, acrobats, jugglers, musicians and performers in a spectacular visual ensemble. See it at the Progress Energy Center Raleigh Memorial Auditorium Dec. 2 to 4 at 8 p.m., Dec. 5 at 2 and 8 p.m., and Dec. 6 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now.
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Local Shows in the Triangle Tonight
Mike Posner will perform at Cat’s Cradle in Carboro tonight with Big Sean, 2AM Club and Chiddy Bang. Tickets are $15 and doors open at 8 p.m. In Chapel Hill, Cave will feature Brandon Herndon, John Pardue, John Harrison, Brittain Ashford, and Billy Sugarfix. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Local 506 is hosting a Project Dinah Benefit Concert featuring Radio Silent Auction, John Doe & The Runners, and Mary Johnson Rockers. The show is free and starts at 9:30 p.m. Pinhook in Durham will showcase Maple Stave and Broken Letters today at 9:00 p.m.
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StreSS BuSter eventS during exAm WeekFriday, Dec. 4Bookstore Final Madness Sale, 12 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 8Campus Rec Exam Jam, Carmichael Gym, 5 to 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 9Pizza on the Brickyard, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.Pet-a-Pooch, Talley Ballroom, 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 10 Pizza on Centennial, Breezeway between EB1 & EB2, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Goonies, Campus Cinema, 7 & 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 11 Jingle Bell Jog, Derr Track, Check in at Carmichael Breezeway 11:00 a.m., starting line noon.
Monday, Dec. 14 Space Jam, Campus Cinema, 7 and 9 p.m.
Night Owl MealsFountain Dining Hall, 9 to 11 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 8: Karaoke and Board Games
Wednesday, Dec. 9: Insect Café and Guitarist Kenny ShoreThursday, Dec. 10: Bingo with Vice Chancellor Tom Stafford
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Bullwinkle, black and white, and Punkin, black with green and red collar, sat in another room and were available for students to come and play with them during STAT’s Lighten Your Load relaxation event on Wednesday.
Puppies come to campus relieve stress from exams
Matt Galownia, a freshman in professional golf management, holds Raleigh’s paw as he pets his stomach at STAT’s Lighten Your Load relaxation event on Wednesday.
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StudentsTodayAlumniTomorrowheldthe“LightYourLoad”eventformem-bersintheWalnutroomofTalleyStudentCenterfrom7:30to9p.m.Wednesday.Attendeescouldtakeadvantageoffreefood,videogames,massagesandtheop-portunitytopetpuppies.StudentswhoarenotmembersofSTATcouldjoinatthedoor—membershipduesare$20peryearor$75forallfouryears.
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Wednesday, December 9
Talley Ballroom 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Night Owl @ Fountain Dining Hall
Dec 8, 9,10 9-11 p.m.
Karaoke and Board GamesHosted by Univ. Housing and Campus PoliceSteve Penny is one of the hottest karaoke DJs in the Triangle! Sing your heart out and play a few board games, too.
Menu: Wrap Station, Taco Bar, Bowl Station, Hot Dogs (reg and veg), Burgers, Fries, Salad Bar, Cereal Bar, Fruit Bar
Insect Café and Guitarist Kenny ShoreHosted by Dr. John Ambrose, First-Year College, and DUAPGet a taste of chocolate-covered crickets, mealworm hushpuppies and wax-moth krispies while rocking out to guitarist/humorist Kenny Shore, who has performed regionally over the past 20 years.
Menu: Gyro Station, Potato Bar, Pasta Bar, Hot Dogs (reg and veg), Burgers, Fries, Salad Bar, Cereal Bar, Fruit Bar
Bingo w/Dr. StaffordHosted by Student Affairs and University DiningJoin Dr. Stafford for bingo and win prizes compliments of University Dining.
Menu: Omelets, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Waffles, Hashbrowns, Sausage Patties, Biscuits/Gravy, Salad Bar, Cereal Bar, Fruit Bar
The event is free for meal plan holders, $7.00 for AllCampus and $7.50 for walk-ins.
Swipe a meal from your meal plan, or pay:$7 AllCampus$7.50 walk-in
Student uses original design to start apparel label
Ann PolkStaff Writer
Charlotte Guice, created an original skirt five years ago in her senior year of high school when she was preparing for her interview at the College of Design. Guice, now a senior in design, said she decided to make something to wear to her interview that would allow stu-dents to show school pride and still be stylish during games and tailgates. She embroidered her own version of Mr. Wuff ’s head on the front of the skirt, along with the words ‘Wolf ’ on the front and ‘Pack’ on the back. Five years later, she is now designing the skirt she wore to her interview for her own ap-parel label.
“When one of my brothers moved in his freshman year, I was sitting at his desk watch-ing while he organized, and I picked up some colored pen-cils and started sketching. I sketched my own version of Mr. Wuff off of a sticker he had and he wound up keeping the sketch,” Guice said. “I thought it would be great to have ‘Wolf’ on the front and ‘Pack’ on the back, and then [I] decided to use the wolf head.”
High-wasted and of a classic design, Guice’s original skirt appeals to female fans of all ages. She said they are unique because they are based off of her personal style. Making the skirts, Guice said, is time intensive because they are hand-sewn from a pattern she designed. And because demand has increased for the skirts, she said she has started looking for mills to produce them because she can’t make enough on her
own.Claire Davis, a sophomore in
fashion textile management, said she was impressed with the amount of dedication Guice puts into making the skirts.
“I’m sure it takes a lot of time and effort to make the skirts, especially for a full time stu-dent,” Davis said.
The best aspect of the skirts, according to Guice, is their ver-satility. They are nice enough to be worn to an event, and in cold weather, they look great paired with boots and tights.
Guice started selling the skirts after overwhelming com-pliments and inquiries when
she wore her original. After getting into the University, she wore it to football games, tailgates and basketball games.
“A lot of people asked where I got my skirt, but I was hesitant to start selling them,” Guice said. “I’ve always wanted to have my own business and this
one naturally developed.”Guice said she wants to add
other products to her line and offer other schools in the ACC and SEC collections. She plans on adding women’s scarves with the Mr. Wuff logo, men’s barbeque aprons that are stain resistant, a children’s line and
a men’s line to her label. Guice said the process of adding other schools is slow due to the li-censing process. The children’s line is likely to be her next en-deavor.
Adrienne Johnston, a soph-omore in art and design and textile technology, said Guice’s
work is inspiring to design stu-dents.
“It’s motivating to see one of my peers be able to expand their design into a business, es-pecially a design that has school spirit,” Johnston said.
Blind Side exceptional, thought-provoking
Design senior creates skirts with school spirit
Where to get your olly oxen apparel:Guice’s skirts come in black, red, and white. They are available on her Web site, www.ollyoxen.com, and come in sizes 0 through 14. Orders can also be emailed directly to [email protected]. Students can sign up for Guices’ mailing list on her Web site to be updated about sales, discounts, where she will be at games, and other information about her label. Students can also become a fan of her page on Facebook by searching for Olly Oxen.
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Meredith FaggartLife & Style Editor
While this “rags to riches” storyline isn’t new in the world of Hollywood, it definitely re-defines values that have some-what been lost in our 21st cen-tury society.
This film is based on the true story of Michael Oher, who was featured in Michael Lewis’ book The Blind Side: Evolution of the Game. While the screenwriter of The Blind Side, John Lee Hancock, prob-ably took some artistic liberty to make these factual events more heart stirring, whatever the changes may have been, I believe that The Blind Side still remains true to the reality.
After watching the preview, you already know what is going to happen in the movie; how-ever, the movie truly brings to life Michael Oher’s story and goes into depth to show the relationship between Oher and the Touhys.
The opening scene of Blind Side shows a playback of Law-rence Taylor snapping Joe The-ismann’s leg in 1985. Leigh Anne Touhy, played by Sandra Bullock, narrates this scene as she talks about the importance of the tackle position in foot-ball to the molding of Michael Oher and his astounding pro-tective instincts.
Oher was born to a drug-
addicted mother, he had over a dozen siblings and was home-less for years. The Touhys took Oher, who is played by Quin-ton Aaron, under their wings and helped him grow into an incredible athlete.
For me, there were two in-credibly moving scenes. The first was when Oher told Mrs. Touhy he’s never had his own bed before and the second was when Oher called Mrs. Touhy “Momma” for the first time.
At the closing credits, news-paper accounts of young men from Oher’s part of Mem-phis that were killed by gang violence were f lashed on the screen. There are so many peo-ple in this world that are like Michael Oher before he joined the Touhy family. Where might Micheal Oher be today without the help of the Touhys?
So, even though you already know how the story ends, The Blind Side is still worth seeing for both the exceptional acting and the moving story of Mi-chael Oher’s life. It’s not just the story of Oher’s life though, but it is also a thought-provok-ing movie that shows that there is still good will in this world despite the violence and hatred we see every day.
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Sudoku By The Mepham Group
Solution to Thursday’s puzzleComplete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders)contains everydigit 1 to 9.For strategies on how to solveSudoku, visitwww.sudoku.org.uk.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 3, 2009
ACROSS1 Cheese town in
the province ofNoord-Holland
5 Cooper’s tool9 Like some
potatoes14 Snare __15 Powerful 19th
century Virginiafamily
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money26 Fried-dough
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Wednesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Barry C. Silk 12/3/09
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and in my opinion that year was this year.
So look, we can keep hop-ing and waiting for next year and maybe next year is that year. As a whole the recruiting class looks above average, players will return from injuries and if Wilson stays and continues to play football, next year could be that year. But until then, let’s forget about thinking about next year and focus on understand and fixing the problems of this year.
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student first,” Hofmann said. “I really emphasize sleep, at least this semester. Being an athlete, you really do need at least eight hours of sleep. If I’m getting sleep that tells me I’m balancing my time.”
Caroline Ellington, a fresh-man majoring in textile en-gineering, is one of three of the golf team’s newest mem-bers. Upon receiving the Park Scholarship, she came to N.C. State af-ter originally committing to and reg-i s ter i ng at another col-lege. Since she registered later than her teammates, she had a different schedule from the rest of her team “every day, five days a week.” Though this was due to her unique situ-ation, it has made her transi-tion a little bit more difficult due to the poorly structured time.
“It’s definitely taken some adjusting, but I’m so fortunate because I have the best of ev-ery world,” Ellington said. “You
have to work hard to keep up, but there’s definitely more posi-tives than negatives.
Since her schedule wil l change next semester, she knows it’ll be much easier, es-pecially since the spring marks the start of her regular golf sea-son.
“This semester I had 16 hours, but I really had 18 be-cause of the seminar, so it’s just an extra time requirement,” Ellington said. “We also have outside work for that, and other obligations and functions out-
side of nor-mal respon-sibilities.”
B e i n g a Park Scholar not only takes a toll on the students’ ac-ademic and athletic lives, though. It’s a l so t a ken
measures on the social aspect of their college experiences. Hofmann, while busy, believes that she “close to perfected” her social life during her senior year of high school.
“I just realized that life is so much more than a GPA,” Hof-mann said. “Sometimes if there is an ultimate Frisbee game or a midnight football game going on, I’ll do that even if I have a
little bit more studying to do. I just realize that right now the friends you make mean a lot. Those little times will be big memories in the future.”
Chris Goodell, a junior dou-ble majoring in biology and French, is in his third year as a Park Scholar and his second year of being the beloved mas-cot Mr. Wuf. Though he isn’t a varsity athlete, his schedule as a mascot alone is very time consuming.
“It’s not as big as being a full-time athlete, but we travel to all different games,” Goodell said. “We also go to elementary schools and carnivals and focus on giving back to the commu-nity.”
While Goodell has found his athletic and academic niche, the freshman Park Scholars are still transitioning to the life-style of being a student athlete as well as a Park Scholar.
While Ellington said it has been a drastic change for her, riddled with many obligations and academic responsibility, she said she realizes what a privilege it is to represent N.C. State as both a service-oriented Scholar and an athlete.
“When I get bogged down, I just remember that I’m in a really good spot and there are people who would really like to be where I am,” Ellington said.
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a difficult season.“It doesn’t really make
up, but it does a lot for our program,” Baker said. “Going into the offseason, it’s a great feeling to beat your rival. That was a good Carolina team. Just to come out with a win like we did is big for coach O’Brien and our program, and the fans, especially.”
“I just realized
that life
is so much
more than a GPA”said by Allison Hoffmann
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOMr. and Ms. Wuf listen to the National Anthem at a football game earlier this season. Chris Goodell, a junior in biology, is a Park Scholar in addition to performing as Mr. Wuf at Raleigh events.
COUNTDOWN• 19 days until the men’s basketball team takes on
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Swimming and diving lands nine athletesHead swimming and diving coach Brooks Teal and staff have announced the addition of nine incoming student-athletes to next year’s program. The Pack welcomes Ian Bishop, Maxim Litvinov, Barrett Miesfeld and Matt Thomas to the men’s team, in addition to Casey cooper, Zina Grogg, Kaitlin Mills, Jordan Paavola and Bailey Woodling to the women’s team. Several of the incoming recruits competed in and placed at junior and senior national competitions and will bring tremendous talent to the Wolfpack.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Women’s basketball to hold book driveThe women’s basketball team will hold a book drive at Sunday’s 2 p.m. game against Texas Christian. Any fan wants to participate can bring a brand new or gently used book to the game. Anyone who does bring books, which will be donated to local non-profit organizations, will receive $3 off their admission ticket. In addition, three of the players will be available in a post-game autograph session. It is the first of four autograph days this season.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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TodayWOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. WISCONSIN IN THE ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGEReynolds Coliseum, 7 P.M.
FridaySWIMMING AND DIVING IN THE OHIO STATE IVITATIONAL Columbus, Ohio, all day
WRESTLING IN THE CLIFF KEEN LAS VEGAS INVITATIONALLas Vegas, Nev., All Day
SaturdayMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. MARQUETTEMilwuakee, Wisc., 3 P.M.
SWIMMING AND DIVING IN THE OHIO STATE IVITATIONAL Columbus, Ohio, all day
SundayMEN’S AND WOMEN’S SIMMING AND DIVING @ OHIO STATE INVITATIONALColumbus, Ohio, all day
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. TEXAS CHRISTIANReynolds Coliseum, 2 p.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY“This is the
hardest year I’ve ever been
through coaching.”
Football coach Tom O’Brien
Players, coach provide reasons why lofty preseason expectations proved so inaccurate
Tyler EverettDeputy Sports Editor
In a game many fans and members of the media ex-pected the Pack to play in before the season, Clemson will take on Georgia Tech Saturday in the 2009 Dr. Pepper ACC Champion-ship game. The 2009 ACC Football Kickoff predicted the Pack to finish in third place in the Atlantic Divi-sion. 10 of 87 voters selected coach Tom O’Brien’s team as winners of the Atlantic, and two of those chose the Pack as their favorite to win the ACC title.
But having just completed the season with a 5-7 record and 2-6 mark in conference play, fans, coaches and play-ers alike will now spend the offseason wondering what went wrong. The try-ing nature of the season left O’Brien with a unique outlook after Saturday’s season-ending victory over the Tar Heels, which ended the Pack’s season without a trip to a bowl game.
“This is the hardest year I’ve ever been through coaching,” O’Brien said. “It’s a disaster right now. Thank God it’s over. I don’t think we could go play in a bowl if we had to.”
The Pack ’s problems started more than a month before the Sept. 3 season opener against South Caro-lina. The June 28 car wreck that broke redshirt junior linebacker Nate Irving’s leg and collapsed one of his lungs began an onslaught of injuries to vital Pack play-ers, especially on the defen-sive side of the ball.
“You start off with your
best football player on defense [Irving] almost kills himself in the summer,” O’Brien said. “You end the year with your offensive coordinator in the hospital with cancer. You go through; we lost a couple more guys. … We went through with 16 or 17 season-ending injuries. That’s unheard of, for a football program to have to go through what these kids go through.”
Without Irving, whose 84 tackles and three interceptions as a sophomore earned him All-ACC honors, the defense struggled mightily. Several oth-er injuries and an abundance of inexperience, particularly in the secondary and linebacking core, were largely responsible for the problems on the defen-sive side of the ball, where State surrendered 31.5 points per game. At least two freshmen started in the defensive back-field in nine of the Wolfpack’s 12 games. On the year, the Pack used eight different starting lineups in the secondary, with three freshmen, two true and one redshirt, starting at three of the four positions in each of the final three games.
“There’s many times this
thing could have folded and gone south,” O’Brien said. “We’re like a M*A*S*H unit out there. Every play, some-body breaks this or hurts that.”
That the team persevered through all the adversity it faced and finished with a vic-tory over North Carolina was a credit to the work ethic of the seniors, redshirt sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson said.
“The seniors came out hard and they’ve been coming out hard the whole year and fight-ing hard,” Wilson said. “We’ve come up short a lot of times, but coming out today and winning that game was big for us. It meant a lot. The seniors have been so dedicated, coming out early in the winters, com-ing out early in the summer, working their butts off.”
Redshirt senior running back Toney Baker did not deny that ending the season with an up-set victory over a UNC team that entered the game ranked No. 24 meant a lot to his team, but said the win didn’t com-pletely soothe the pain of such
Okay, so the season for the N.C. State football team did not go as planned. The team struggled to a 5-7 record, far from the expectations the team
had coming to the year, when many people in the media pre-dicted the Pack to be in conten-tion for the At-lantic Division crown. But it didn’t happen that way and State fans have
to go through another disap-pointing season.
State had everything it need-ed -- an easy schedule, where we did not have to play the top two ACC teams in Georgia Tech and Miami, a returning all-ACC quarterback and a de-fense that returned seven of its top ten tacklers from a season ago. But karma did not see it that way, and the Pack literally limped to a losing record.
But even with the struggles of the team, Wolfpack nation keeps to its favorite phrase, ‘wait till next year.’ And the win against Carolina will only fuel their fires. The team fin-ished on a positive note and just like the two previous years, in which the team fin-ished strong, there is hope for next year.
Another excuse at the Pack’s disposal is the fact that the team was marred by injuries throughout the season, even more so than the previous two years. But these two examples are only two of the dozens of excuses State fans have made to make a subpar season seem okay.
Allow me to slip into the perspective of a fan, as I was for the first 18 years of my life. Why do we accept only using the ‘wait till next year’ excuse? Why do we seem to be satisfied with mediocre play throughout the year always banking that the next year is going to be the one that puts us into the nation spotlight? Why not instead of looking towards the future and hoping for ‘next year’ focus on the present and understand what is wrong?
We need wins, not words of comfort about future seasons. It seems as though we build up expectations every year be-fore the season starts, only to come out and under perform. I know injuries are a big reason for this, but it is not an excuse; football is a very rough contact sport. People are going to get injured and injuries are going to happen to every team -- even though State took more than its share this year.
As a whole after so many years of mediocrity we as fans of the Pack have become com-placent and almost excepting of subpar years in football. We have found excuse after excuse to use for every season, wheth-er it be the team had a ton of injuries or a new quarterback, or it’s a young squad or a new coach. Finding excuses for why the team is bad has become second nature to fans and we have become enthralled with the concept of waiting until next year.
With the ‘wait till next year’ excuse, a problem eventually arises. That problem is eventu-ally, it has to be that next year,
FOOTBALL
Pack looking to explain 5-7COMMENTARY
Just wait ‘till next year. (Maybe).
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Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor
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Parks scholars compete away from classroom
NICK TOPTINE/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOGeorge Bryan, redshirt sophomore tight end, tries to lunge for a pass while being taken down by a Wake Forest defender during the teams’ 2009 contest. Bryan picked up six receptions for 79 yards and a touchdown against the Demon Deacons in N.C. State’s 30-24 loss.
Recipients of prestigious award balance school work, athletics
Kate BarnesStaff Writer
Every college student will feel bogged down from time to time. Being a full-time student with numerous obligations will always be a stressful occupation in itself.
Add to that the unique lifestyle of a student ath-lete, and then, in addition to that, consider a highly competitive and prestigious scholarship. Five students at N.C. State have the honor of representing the University both academically and ath-letically.
The Park Scholarship is a four-year award that cov-ers tuition and other fees, lodging, and books. In ad-dition to these stipends, there is heavy emphasis on academic achievement, and an enrichment program is enforced for the scholars to receive the full award. Ap-proximately 1,000 students apply for the scholarship yearly, and only about 50 students per year are se-lected after an extensive process of nominations,
applications, and multiple in-terviews.
Being a Park Scholar has in-terfered with the athletic life of soccer player Kelly Cox, a fresh-man majoring in zoology, on more than one occasion. Every Wednesday, Cox had to leave practice an hour early to at-tend weekly seminars for Park Scholars, and also had to miss part of this year’s preseason.
“During preseason I had to miss a couple days, which is rough because our preseason is really difficult,” Cox said. “We have this extensive, exhausting week or so of just working for soccer. It was rough, but my
team was really supportive.”In order to manage her day-
to-day schedule, she plans her days out hourly. In addition to taking regular classes as well as attending the Park seminar, she also has to allot time for study hall hours, pregame meals, and freshman duties for soccer. She believes it’s just “all about plan-ning.”
“[Balance] is challenging. Soccer’s a very big commit-ment, and so is Park,” Cox said. “But I swear by time manage-ment. It’s all about time man-agement -- planning things out, being prepared, doing stuff ahead of time – and not pro-
crastinating because that just gets you stuck.”
A l l ison Hofmann, a freshman majoring in nu-trition science, is a member of the cross country team as well as the indoor and out-door track teams. Hofmann takes a different approach to managing her time be-tween academics, athletics, and being a Park Scholar.
“Right now, just being a freshman, I’m really kind of doing the bare minimum, [remembering] that I’m a
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RECORDS SET AGAINST PACK
State underachieved, but ACC opponents took advantage
Riley Skinner• Personal best in passing
yards with 361 yards. • Touchdown pass at the
beginning of the fourth quarter was the 45th of his career - a new Wake Forest record.
Thaddeus Lewis• School record 40-of-50
passes for a career-high 459 yards
• Six touchdowns tied the Duke single-game record CJ Spiller
• First Clemson player to score off a touchdown pass, catch and run all in the same game
• Broke the single-season school record for all-purpose yards on a 16-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
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GRAPHIC BY LUIS ZAPATA