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Durham boarding school collects over half a million pounds of food in 24-hour period.
Joshua ChappellSenior Staff Writer
The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics was founded in 1980 as the nation’s first public, residential high school.
On March 5, the school made an-other historic achievement: setting the Guinness World Record for the largest food drive in one location in a 24-hour time period. The school collected 559,885 pounds of food to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
According to Sue Anne Lewis,
project coordinator, the proceeds from this event alone will feed hun-dreds of people in the community during the next year.
“According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the average American eats 1,996.3 pounds of food per year,” Lewis said. “We just fed 280 people for a year.”
Lewis also said the school is waiting for official approval of the record from Guinness. She said she hopes they will be in the next book of world records.
“[Guinness] explicitly states that breaking a record does not guarantee that you will be in the book,” Lewis said.
The only high school in the multi-campus UNC System and the most recent addition to the system, NC-
New Talley aims to become student hangout.
Bryan LeCorrespondent
After almost two years of con-troversy, the renovation plans for Talley are being finalized.
The design team in charge of renovating Talley has presented the project before the Campus Design Review Panel and had the plan ap-proved, meaning it is almost ready to be made public for student ex-amination. However, the designs are not final, and the design team wants to hear student input as they continue developing plans.
According to Lisa Johnson, the N.C. State associate architect of the project, and Sumayya Jones-Humienny, the project manager, the building is for students.
Johnson said in student inter-views, the general sentiment to-wards the current Talley Student Center was “There’s nothing there for me, why would I go there?”
Plans to make Talley more ap-pealing to students include a wide variety of dining options that span multiple f loors, a large, sloped green space that will provide a view of a movie screen and a late-night hangout called the Beacon. By day, the Beacon will be a dining area and by night it could possibly turn into a dance floor, a karaoke bar or a concert venue for bands.
Jones-Humienny and Johnson said updates, including plan de-tails and design graphics, would be posted on the Talley renovation website.
The renovation plans also aim to make traveling to and through Talley much easier. Not only are building accesses more plentiful, but a pedestrian bridge that crosses the train tracks to the fourth floor of Talley is planned as well.
“The building is intended to transform the whole campus, es-sentially,” Turan Duda, the lead design principal of the project and design partner of Duda/Paine Ar-
chitects, said.Duda is an N.C. State alumnus who
was working on his bachelor’s degree in environmental design in architec-ture when Talley was constructed over a Reynolds Coliseum parking lot in 1972.
As a student, Duda said he recalls strug-gling to carry his bicycle through the tunnels and wonder-ing why traveling around Talley had to be so difficult. Now he is in charge of designing the new student center, com-ing full circle to keep up with the campus’ modern needs.
The new building is planned to have twice as much floor space, twice as
many offices and a bigger ballroom for school events. According to Duda, when the building was first construct-ed, the campus only had 14,000 stu-
dents, but now the building must be able to service more than 34,000.
However, the ren-ovations have not gone as smoothly as hoped.
The Talley rede-sign was a subject of controversy in 2009, facing opposition from students. They were vocal about their dismay, feel-ing disenfranchised because of a manda-
tory fee added to their tuition to cover the cost of the renovation.
Upset at the $83 hike in student fees,
students organized on Facebook and protested at public events. Amanda Jones Hoyle of the Triangle Business Journal reported that although more than 60 percent of students voted against the Talley renovations, the final call by administrators was to go ahead with the project.
Marycobb Randall, president of the University Student Center Board of Directors and a senior in business administration, said she believes the controversy came about because stu-dents did not know what to expect from a new Talley, and the proposal came about at an inconvenient finan-cial time.
“When the vote was going on we were in the middle of an even worse economic downturn,” Randall said. “But through the past year students have learned stuff about the project,
Belltower BriefsSCJ plans Sunshine Week ActivitiesSunshine Week is a week dedicated to “educating the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and unnecessary secrecy.” Sunshine Week, began in 2002 by the Society of American Newspaper editors raises awareness of the importance of citizen access to governmental records and proceedings The N.C. State chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists will be hosting a panel discussion about Wikileaks tonight at 7 p.m. in 343 Daniels. Panelists for the discussion will be: Joseph Caddell, a N.C. State adjunct professor in history, Ann Sides, retired Counsel General, Elizabeth Spainhour, an attorney, and Mike Tadych, an attorney. The discussion will be moderated by Robert Kochersberger, a N.C. State associate professor in English.On Tuesday night, SCJ will host a movie screening of “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers,” at 6:30 p.m. in Caldwell G110. Senior lecturer Tom Wallis will moderate the discussion after the movie screening.
Source: N.c. State Society of collegiate JourNaliStS
Women’s Center looking for Great Human Race participantsThe N.C. State Women’s Center is taking part in a friendly competition with UNC-Chapel Hill to help raise money for the North Carolina Coalition against Sexual Assault through this year’s Great Human Race in Durham. The race is Saturday, March 26 at 8:30am near the Durham Bull’s Stadium. The Women’s Center is looking for organizations to participate in the Great Human Race as well as raise money. For more information on NCCASA and the race, to register to run, or to make a donation, please visit http://www.active.com/donate/ghr2011/nccasa. If you have any questions, contact Carolina Alzuru at [email protected] or 919-515-2012.
Source: N.c. State WomeN’S ceNter
On-campus housing still availableSpace is still available to live on campus for fall and spring 2012. If you forgot to register for on-campus housing or wants to make a change, space is still available in the residence halls and Wolf Village Apartments. The Housing Application Renewal Process reopens March 14 through March 16, from 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. each day. Students may go online and complete the HARP through the Housing Self-Service page. Specific information on how to enroll in HARP is available at www.ncsu.edu/housing. Contact the Housing Office at (919)515-2440 or by email at [email protected], with any questions.
Source: N.c. State uNiverSity HouSiNg
Tax help available for students and communityAccounting students in the Poole College of Management are providing free income tax preparation assistance for N.C. State University students and employees and community residents. This service is available to those with an annual household income below $49,000. Assistance will be available from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on March 19 and April 16 in the college’s computing lab at 411 Nelson Hall. These students are certified to prepare federal and North Carolina state income tax returns and can help participants determine if they are qualified for Earned Income Tax Credits.
Source: Poole college of maNagemeNt
Future Chancellor’s Liaison Meetings*Roundtable, Wednesday 3/16, 7-8:30pm, Talley 3118 *Chancellor’s Liaison, Wednesday 3/23, 3:30-5pm, Talley 3118 Roundtable, Wednesday 3/30, 7-8:30pm, Senate Chambers Chancellor’s Liaison, Wednesday, 4/20, 3:30-5pm, Talley Walnut Room *may change
Source: olivia DeSormeaux, executive aSSiStaNt to tHe StuDeNt BoDy PreSiDeNt
Plans for new Talley Student Center progressing
Natalie clauNcH/tecHNiciaNTuran Duda discusses the design elements on the proposed renovations on Talley Student Center on Feb. 28. Duda, the lead architect of the project, hopes to create a center that students will enjoy and utilize day and night, and create a home like he remembered while at N.C. State.
talley continued page 3
“When the vote
was going on
we were in the
middle of an even
worse economic
downturn.”Marycobb Randall, president of the University Student Center
Board of Directors
coNtriButeD By Sue aNNe leWiSStudents participating in the N.C. School of Science and Math record-breaking food drive pose on bins of food they collected. The students, along with the help of N.C. State University, Wal-Mart and the Church of Latter Day Saints, collected 559,885 pounds of food.
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University helps N.C. high school break world record
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Cafeteria trays won’t return
Water conservation benefits outweigh the trays’ usefulness.
Justin RoseStaff Writer
For students who remember the trays in the dining halls and miss them, they aren’t coming back.
S i n c e t h e drought in spring 2008, N.C. State has been part of a national move-ment to reduce w a t e r u s a g e . University Din-ing has helped cont r ibute to the conservation effort by taking away the trays in the dining halls, according to Jen-nifer Gilmore, Marketing and Communications Manager of Uni-versity Dining.
The drought was a result of North Carolina receiving only between 50 and 75 percent of the rain it normally gets. According to
NOAA.gov, as of April 9, 2008, North Carolina had a deficit of between one and three inches of rain.
Trays in Fountain, Clark and Case Dining Halls were huge consumers of water and electricity, which was used to heat water. According to Gilmore, the removal of the trays saves the Uni-versity about 210,000 gallons of water
a month.“Cutting out trays
seemed l ike the smart thing to do, and given the bene-fits we’ve seen we’re glad we decided to do it,” Gilmore said.
Gilmore also said removing the trays has undoubtedly saved a considerable amount of food as well, though a pre-cise f igure hasn’t been determined.
“When you’re go-ing through the line, you can only get so
much food without a tray,” Gilmore said.
The trays are still available during
trays continued page 3
“Cutting out trays
seemed like the
smart thing to
do, and given the
benefits we’ve
seen we’re glad we
decided to do it.”Jennifer Gilmore, Marketing and
Communications Manager of University Dining
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TodayFilm StudieS lecture: “AnimAting documentAry”4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.G107 CaldwellCHASS will be hosting a film studies talk which will feature discussion about how animation shifts and broadens the limits of what and how we can know through documentary.
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the PoeticS oF Silence: kAFkA muSik3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.331 Withers HallContemporary classical compose Mark Lee will discuss his radical and Pulitzer Prize- nominated work, Kafka Musik.
Film: “to Sir With love”7 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.Withers Hall Lobby“To Sir with Love” is a part of a collection of American and British films about high school and college that were made in, or focus on, the sixties.
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poliCe BlotterMarch 412:45 A.m. | trAFFic StoPSullivan Drive/ Varsity DriveStudent was arrested and issued referral for DWI.
2:36 A.m. | Fight Kappa SigmaMembers of Kappa Sigma and Alpha Sigma Phi and non-affiliated subject engaged in affray. Student from each fraternity was issued referral on behalf of Kappa Sigma and Alpha Sigma Phi. Non-student was trespassed.
4:16 A.m. | SuSPiciouS incidentPoe HallReport of suspicious noises in building. Officers checked the area but did not locate any problems.
7:10 A.m. | lArcenyCentennial Campus LibraryReport of copper stolen from construction site.
10:02 A.m. | dAmAge to ProPertyDan Allen deckStudent reported windshield smashed and vehicle scratched.
10:36 A.m. | lArcenyBroughton DriveStudent reported license tag removed from motorcycle
10:49 A.m. | dAmAge to ProPertyJordan HallReport of graffiti at several locations in the building.
11:08 A.m. | dAmAge to ProPertyCarmichael Recreation CenterStaff reported graffiti spray painted on bathroom walls.
11:45 A.m. | ASSAultDan Allen DriveStudent reported being assaulted by two subjects and was treated at medical facility
11:54 A.m. | SAFety ProgrAmTalley Student CenterOfficer conducted program for CALS.
2:14 P.m. | SPeciAl eventDoak FieldOfficer monitored men’s baseball game.
4:43 P.m. | Fire AlArmOwen HallUnits responded to alarm caused by ruptured sprinkler head. Appropriate personnel notified. Sprinkler head replaced and system reset.
5:59 P.m. | dAmAge to ProPertyWood LotStudent reported vehicle had been keyed while in parking lot.
March 59:16 A.m. | SuSPiciouS PerSonClark Avenue/Oberlin RoadOfficers identified and arrested non-student for trespassing and re-issued trespassing warning for NCSU property.
12:00 P.m. | SPeciAl eventDoak FieldOfficer monitored men’s baseball game.
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Visiting with a women’s group in Guatemala, Paulina Tran, junior in Human Biology learns to wrap her hair by a young, local woman in Guatemala on March 9. The ASB trip, which focused on Gender Issues, took a group of N.C. State students to Guatemala to learn from indigenous women living in the town of Xela. The group included
women with Mayan brackgrounds, some of whom still speak their native language, Mam.
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and they learn how much they can enjoy it. So they have more faith in the project.”
Duda said he remembers a S t u d e n t Govern-ment meet-ing in which a s t u d e n t complained about the fee increase and another stu-dent stood up and said, “We need to think of legacy.”
To this end, Duda said he wishes to create a building that is not only functional, but sym-bolic as well.
“Why doesn’t the student center have an iconic quality?” Duda said, comparing Talley’s impact to the Bell Tower’s ico-nography. “How do we make this building belong to N.C. State and not at any other place?”
Talley’s new look is designed
to transform the center into a visible symbol by adding some landmark features, Duda said.
The building will be split into two wings bridged by an atri-um. The west wing will contain Stewart Theatre and a “green roof” sectioned building that will replace the old bookstore,
while the east wing will fea-ture a tech-nology tower to which the pedestrian bridge con-nects and the new two-sto-ry book store.
But con-struction work won’t happen any-t ime soon.
According to the Talley reno-vation website many of the tenants of Talley, including the Bookstore, will be moved to Harrelson Hall this year. The actual construction work is set to begin late 2013. The project is expected to come to fruition, and hopefully to the satisfaction of the students who funded it, in late 2014.
Talleycontinued from page 1
AyAnnA SeAlS/TechniciAn Archive PhoToDylan Thomson, a freshman in architecture, takes notes during the Duda/Paine Architects reception showing the new Tally Student Center design on Nov. 9, 2010.
SSM is a tuition-free residential magnet school for high school juniors and seniors specializing in mathematics and sciences. Students apply in the fall of their sophomore year of high school and are selected to at-tend based on congressional district. There are approxi-mately 600 students enrolled at the school.
This is the second year the school has held a food drive. According to Lewis, also a student life instructor at the NCCSM, the idea for a record-setting food drive surfaced around January last year. Unfortunately, they came up short.
“Despite not getting the world record last year, we col-lected 319,990 pounds of food,” Lewis said. “There wasn’t one reason to hold our heads down after that attempt and we were so excited of what we were able to accomplish in just a few months of planning.”
Last year’s shortcoming was enough motivation for Lewis and students to try again – and succeed.
This year, however, the committee had a lot more resources at its disposal, including an entire year to plan. Local universities, including N.C. State, were also in-volved with the efforts.
Linwood Joyner, a junior in biological sciences, is co-chair of the Student Government Community Service Com-mission and helped lead the Howlin’ for Hunger event at the men’s basketball game Feb. 26.
According to Joyner, the commission had already de-cided to host a food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Cen-tral and Eastern North Caro-lina—the same benefactor of the NCSSM Food Drive—when they heard about NCSSM’s ef-forts.
“When realizing that N.C. State has so many NCSSM alumni and when considering that this was for a wonderful cause, we felt that we could help NCSSM, especially since we were going to have a food drive anyway,” Joyner said.
The amount of food collected exceeded the commission’s goal of 1,000 pounds. “We collected 1,102 pounds of food,” Joyner said. “We were excited that we surpassed the goal we set for ourselves.”
According to Katelyn Mont-
gomery, a senior at NCSSM, the spirit of the drive reflects the values of the school and its students, which helped gain a lot of momentum for the drive.
“A graduation requirement is to complete 60 hours of com-munity service with a non-profit organization and many of our students go above and beyond this requirement,” Montgomery said. “We take pride in being able to give back to others, which is the epitome of what the food drive was all about.”
“This is why we were able to get such great support from the students, faculty and staff at NCSSM,” Montgomery said.
Montgomery also said the drive helped strengthen NC-SSM’s relationship with the Durham community.
“The relationships we made with the community will last a long time,” Montgomery said.
Andrew Stowe, a junior at NCSSM, said there were also other corporate sponsors, including Walmart and the Church of Latter Day Saints.
“[Walmart and the Church of Latter Day Saints] brought in almost 150,000 pounds of food, which really put us over the edge,” Stowe said.
According to A nd re a Ruddock, a f reshman in biolog i-cal sciences and member of the stu-dent com-mittee, the food drive’s uniqueness is what made it successful.
“ P a r t o f [the food drive’s] success was due to the fact that this drive had such a heart for feeding the hungry rather than just beating a record,” Ruddock said. “So many people felt involved and proud to be a part of something so life changing.”
The University was also in-volved in another facet of the food drive through Mr. Wuf.
“Mr. Wuf attended our pep rally and definitely helped to pump up the students,” Lewis said. “He was a lot of fun and the students really enjoyed hav-ing him on campus. He also helped welcome the official mascot of NCSSM in his first ever public appearance.”
Since the school met its goal to break the Guinness World Record, Lewis plans to take a vacation from attempting to break world records in the future.
“Next year I envision having a food drive, just not a Guin-ness World Record drive,” Lewis said. “In the future, if the record gets broken, I’ll consider doing it again.”
NCSSMcontinued from page 1
“Mr. Wuf
attended our pep
rally and definitely
helped to pump
up the students.”Sue Anne Lewis, project
coordinator
“How do we make
this building
belong to N.C.
State and not at
any other place?”Turan Duda, the lead design
principal of the project
Alex niTT/TechniciAnJulian Swart, a junior in textile technology management, reels in a mahi-mahi on the sport fishing charter, “Sea Horse,” based out of Islamorada, Florida on March 8.
the summer for certain groups. For example, during the Special Olympics, Uni-versity Dining can offer guests more assistance in the dining halls.
Overall, there have been very few requests to have the trays back as stan-dard, according to Gilmore.
However, Tyler Carroll, a senior in electrical engineer-ing, said he thinks trays would facilitate eating at the dining halls.
“I think trays would make it easier for everyone. I run out of arms for multiple dishes and end up making more trips to and from the counters,” Car-roll said. “Plus, I think it would
be easier work to clean up dishes left out in the dining room.”
Ca rrol l en-rolled during the semester af ter the trays were al-ready taken out.
Currently, there aren’t any plans to put the
trays back in the dining halls, according to Gilmore.
“I think the biggest draw-back for students is not having them to sled on when it snows,” Gilmore said.
TrayScontinued from page 1
“I think trays
would make
it easier
for everyone.”Tyler Carroll, a senior in electrical engineering
reel ‘eM IN
2008 droughT:• during 2007, central
n.c. received only 50-75 percent of the rainfall normally expected.
• drought conditions were classified as exceptional all over the state.
• as of march 4, 2008: 39 counties wer eunder exceptional drought, 32 were under extreme drought, 23 were under severe drought and six were under moderate drought.
• early 2008 saw below normal rainfall.
• conditions improved in march and april with frequent rainfall.
• By april 9, 2008, central n.c. was under severe drought conditions.
Source: noAA.gov
Response to State fans at a crossroads on Lowe
Editor’s Note: The word limit was waived for this letter.
Great job citing a poll of 104 State fans as representative of the fan base. I remember reading message boards years ago about N.C. State’s cellar dweller performance, and how there would be nowhere to go but up. Using Bzdelik as a gauge of what could happen when you bring in a new coach is asinine, much like using Wake’s football team from this past year as an indicator of how good Jim Grobe is. That Wake Forest team is plagued by a lack of talent and injuries to key players. Looking at Bzdelik’s resume at Colorado, I’d propose Wake Forest’s athletic director just hired a good friend to be head coach. If a similar hire were made at N.C. State, we’d be known as the Cardiac Pack for different reasons. Saying that at least you’re better than Wake isn’t saying much at all.Let’s list out some achievements during Lowe’s tenure: A comparable ACC record to Les Robinson, being the first ACC team to ever lose to East Carolina University in basketball, the JJ Hickson fiasco, and boasting one
of the worst momentum killing substitution patterns in the league.
Recruiting can mean nothing when you aren’t succeeding with those players. It seems we just don’t have the horses to compete with talent-laden University of Virginia or Boston College, and that every night out seems to turn into a career game for an opposing player. You aren’t matching up against Ralph Sampson, Len Bias, or other ACC greats on the court, and to be honest, this is a pretty lackluster ACC to be playing against. Herb Sendek had pretty good recruiting classes, comparable first 5-year results, and ended up being a consistent “winner” when he wasn’t blowing leads like a gale force wind. But watching him squeak his way into the tournament each year, for less time than the Technician spends proofreading, was just as bad as not going at all.
Sidney Lowe is a great guy. His contributions to State as a player put him in a league of his own, and I wish that he would have found success as our coach, but to blindly accept the “wait til next year” mentality I’ve spent the last 20 years listening to, is burying your head in the sand. I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard the phrase, “We just need to play smarter,” in post game pressers this year.
Wanting to return to the glory days, and actually being able to get there, are two different things. “Like a high schooler adjusting to the college game...” was a great analogy to use, by year six he’d be gone.
Chris Lyerlyjunior, biological sciences
Celebrating Stafford
We have many opportunities to celebrate the possibilities of the future at N.C. State, but Dr. Stafford’s departure offers a chance to celebrate the amazing things that a dedicated administrator has already added to N.C. State. Dr. Stafford has shown a genuine interest in serving, supporting and befriending every student on campus for 40 years. After all that time, his excitement for every student event or N.C. State tradition is even more apparent, and he remains the most enthusiastic believer in the potential of the N.C. State student population. I think I speak for every student in thanking him for his service and hoping he retires close to the home he’s created here at N.C. State.
Kyle Winterssenior, business administration
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Japan has joined Haiti, New Zealand and Chile as a country devastated by
natural disasters. Last Wednes-day, the fifth most powerful earthquake in recorded his-tory struck Japan. The Japa-nese prime minister claimed this was the worst disaster Ja-pan has seen since World War II. Disturbing images of cars swept away by the soon-after tsunami have haunted people around the world. Such a trag-edy, wherever it may occur, has astronomical effects on a na-tion and deserves immediate attention and aid, and we are in a position to help.
President Obama has sent out instant relief and will con-tinue to offer the United States’ support to Japan in this time of
crisis. As a University, we must act. Nearly eight percent of the student body is international students, some from Japan. Their families are among the millions facing the devastation. These students need to know we are giving our support to them and their families. As we did with Haiti, students should come together and help a na-tion in trouble.
N.C. State has five organiza-tions registered with the Stu-dent Organization Resource Center that deal with Japan and its culture. These organi-zations range from exploring Japanese culture to its ancient
martial arts. The roots stem from Japan heritage, a heritage being threatened by these nat-ural disasters.
Along with these organiza-tions on campus, N.C. State is home to the N.C. Japan Center, which exists to increase and strengthen interactions be-tween Japan and North Caro-lina. This statewide resource should be taken advantage of in this time of emergency to send the necessary relief. This can be done by using the cen-ter’s connection to the North Carolina community to spread awareness across the state. By our own mission for commu-
nity service, we are not only here to support our local, but also our global community.
Organizations and students should spread awareness by teaming up with administra-tion and other organizations devoted to student involve-ment to combat this disaster. This awareness should be met with a strong relief support. The response time for the Hai-tian disaster was instant, so Japan shouldn’t fall with the forgotten merely because it has more resources. Students need to come together, become aware and act on this crisis.
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Japan crisis is not just Japan’s problemThe FacTs: Four earthquakes have devastated four countries this past year, of these the strongest struck Japan. The 8.9-magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that ravaged both the Japanese and California coasts and is expected to claim over 10,000 lives.
Our OpiniOn:As a University and a student body we should extend the same help and aid to Japan that we have extended to less-developed countries that have endured the same devastation. Students should not only be aware of this disaster, but also how it directly affects some of their peers.
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Windows are transparent, I would
rather be inside
Far too much decision-making is being done in the dark. Our leaders are
not just making decisions be-hind closed doors, but we’re allowing them to do it.
Lawmakers in Wisconsin last week held a late-night vote to finally pass legisla-tion regarding the state work-ers’ union’s collective bar-gaining rights that have been
a major contention point for weeks in the Wisconsin gov-ernment. After 14 Democratic legislators left Wisconsin to prevent such a vote from tak-ing place, Republican senators discovered they could hold a vote as long as they rev ised the bill so it no longer spent money.
This sort of covert legisla-tive action is not as rare an action as we might hope to be-lieve. Even closer, the people who make the decisions that govern our lives are often look-ing for loopholes and exploits that will allow them to do what they want without having to deal with people who disagree.
Try to imagine how many meetings must take place be-tween members of our own University administration. Consider how many depart-ments communicate with each other and how much paper and e-mails they generate. Finally, consider how many of those meetings, letters and e-mails think to include people with dissenting opinions into the conversation.
We tend to think transparen-cy is important because it lets everyone see what the leaders of any community are doing. But it’s more than that. Trans-parency is important because it’s the only way to ensure our leaders are approaching issues from all sides and including dissenting views in the dis-
course.Former U.S. Supreme
C ou r t Ju s t ic e L ou i s Brandeis once said of transparency, “Sunshine is the best disinfectant.” That seems to suggest the con-cern about a lack of trans-parency is corruption. But the importance of making sure all sides of an argu-ment are represented has less to do with corruption and more to do with inno-vation.
When we prevent the people with different view-points from having a seat at the table when discuss-ing these old problems, we are actively repressing the creation of new solutions.
Every discussion should be accessible to the people
w h o c a n of fer new perspec-tives or dif-ferent ex-periences. University adminis-trator meet-ings should make their
decisions—budget and otherwise—accessible to Student Government and the student body. Legisla-tive bodies should make their agendas open and accepting to the opinions of dissent and alternative viewpoints, both state and federal.
I wish someone at the pre-vote meetings in Wis-consin had asked if meeting covertly at night was a sign they were doing something wrong. Then they could have simply rescheduled their vote for later in the week, invited the Demo-cratic senators back for fur-ther discussions and taken a vote they still would have won. Hopefully, our own leaders will learn from Wis-consin’s mistakes.
Send Benjamin your thoughts on decision mak-ing to [email protected].
Benjamin KraudelStaff columnist
BY KATIE FRABoNI
What do you think should be provided to
Japan in response to the earthquake
and tsunami?
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“Basically I think food, clean water, military presence to keep order and medicine to treat injured citizens. Also a little bit of money which is always a good thing.”
Keron Cumberbatchgraduate student, environmental engineering
“In time of disaster relief many people will need massive amounts of food, especially extreme access to high-calorie foods.”
Amanda Hillsophomore, nutrition science
which ball will be dropped?Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering
“Sunshine
is the best
disinfectant.”Former U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Louis Brandeis
Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are two of the most common eating disorders young adults face.
Ashley SimonsCorrespondent
In a society where physical image is of high importance, many people fall victim trying to meet the criteria. But when an obsession with weight goes far beyond a trip to the gym and a healthy eating routine, serious problems arise.
Two familiar eating disor-ders continue to be prevalent amongst young people – an-orexia nervosa and bulimia.
According to the Mayo Clinic web-site, anorexia nervosa is an eat ing d is-order t hat causes some-one to obsess about their weight, mak-i n g t h e m starve them-selves or ex-ercise excessively. People suf-fering from anorexia nervosa generally try to keep a weight that is below normal for their height and age. This disorder affects both sexes, but more often females between ages 12 and 25.
Bulimia is an eating disorder that causes a person to binge
and purge—eating a large amount of food then trying to get rid of the extra calories in an unhealthy manner such as vomiting, according to the Mayo Clinic website.
While there are no definite causes for an eating disorder, some people believe society’s influence plays a major role.
“I believe [eating disorders] are a mixture of self percep-tion and what society thinks is beautiful. People today, be-lieve that being like skinny thin models is what society thinks is sexy,” Jacqueline Small, a se-nior in communications, said.
“Eating disorders are a seri-ous condition, which if left un-treated can lead to death,” said
Dr. Carolyn Garrett-Pig-gott, a physi-cian at N.C. State’s Stu-dent Health Center. “Eat-ing disorders a re not a normal part of life or a di-etary trend.”
Risk factors of eating dis-
orders are family history of eat-ing disorders, societal or peer pressure to be thin, emotional stress and family inf luence. People most prone to an eating disorder are young females and athletes, according to Garrett-Piggott.
“I think that anorexia ner-vosa and bulimia are becom-
ing more and more common because of the media. The me-dia relates the message that you have to look a certain way that is unrealistic to be accepted,” Sam Bagheri, a senior in bio-logical sciences, said.
“They [eating disorders] re-quire treatment just like any other medical or psychological problem,” Dr. Garrett-Piggott said.
She recommends that if someone is experiencing prob-lems with an eating disorder or thinks a friend is, that person or friend should seek treat-ment.
For on campus treatment, the Student Health Center pro-vides comprehensive medical
evaluations, and the Coun-seling Center and Nutritional Counseling are also available for further recommendations. Visiting a personal doctor or counselor is also an outlet for treatment.
Dr. Garrett-Piggott said, treatment is key.
“Early treatment is really im-portant,” she said.
Anorexia nervosa and bu-limia can be treated through several different types of treat-
ment. The severity of some-one’s eating disorder deter-mines what kind of treatment is necessary.
In situations of immediate danger, emergency hospital treatment is needed. For less severe instances, medical care, psychotherapy and weight res-toration are treatment options.
The Mayo Clinic stresses that the hardest challenge for some-one struggling with an eating disorder is denial. Often, the
patient does not feel they have a problem or need treatment. Some people promote their lifestyle choice—many pro-anorexia websites can be found on the Internet.
Eating disorders are a con-tinuous and lifelong battle for those suffering from it. Prac-ticing positive coping methods, engaging in healthy relation-ships and managing stress are helpful in avoiding relapses.
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One of many clubs and organizations on campus, the Wake Up! It’s Serious campaign is fairly new. The campaign itself was derived from an idea shared by a few of Nacoste’s students to raise awareness and shed light on continuing racial intolerance.
“The campaign stands for change,” Natalia Ospina, a sophomore in psychology, said. “[It’s] all about passion and speaking up to intoler-ance.”
The momentum gathered by a series of eye-opening events and the Union Activities Board’s presentation of racial diversity during this year’s Wolfpack Welcome Week led to the creation of the campaign.
Since a paper noose was found hanging inside a University building in 2007, tensions were on
the rise as students interpreted it as a sign of racial intolerance.
Sentiments continued to run high when racist graffiti in the Free Expression Tunnel was spot-ted in November 2010. Students responded to the message with strong reactions and ultimately, the Wake Up! It’s Serious campaign came to life.
Angered, but inspired by these events, Na-coste’s classroom became an idea tank for im-passioned students who wanted to do more with the idea of diversity.
“We’re a unified group of passionate students on campus,” Taylor Elkins, a junior in psychol-ogy, said.
Students from the campaign’s original group shared their own stories behind their intolerance of racism in the classroom. Some were personal
experiences where they were the victims of racial slurs, while others were witnesses of racism.
After these stories were shared, Nacoste agreed to be the faculty adviser for the campaign.
“I saw a real energy and passion from my whole class,” Nacoste said. “I asked them, ‘Do you want to keep this going?’”
When it was clear the students wanted to continue the discussions, Nacoste chose a small number of students to plan the campaign. Its goal is to teach the public to speak out when they see racism in their everyday lives.
So far, the idea burns brightly in the students’ minds, but the logistics of kick-starting the pro-gram prove to be a challenge.
“We are moving strategically,” Nacoste said. “We’ll go into classrooms and touch different
parts of campus.”Over the years, racism and bigotry have made
their mark on campus. Seen in classroom in-teractions, hidden in conversations or brazenly painted on the walls of the Free Express Tunnel, it has sparked the attention of this small group of students familiar with the pains of racial prejudice.
As these individuals have been reminded of discrimination time and time again, they wish to send out a wake-up call across the University. Their ultimate message proclaims that dealing with racial intolerance includes everybody.
As Mario Terry, a junior in psychology, put it, “I interpret silence as passiveness.”
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SymptomS of anorexia nervoSa and bulimia:• extreme weight loss • fatigue • hair thinning• dry skin• dizziness • refusal to eat• irritability• flat mood or lack of
emotion • skipping meals• complaining or worrying
about being fat • not wanting to eat in public • eating large portions of
food at one sitting• excessive exercising • use of dietary supplements,
laxatives or diuretic medications for weight loss
source: mayo clinic
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In the classroom of Rupert Nacoste, professor of psychology, students learn about interpersonal relationships and race, discuss personal stories of racial encounters and in this case, kick-start an on-campus campaign for change: Wake Up! It’s Serious.
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tournament.“I think we made some ad-
justments in the type of pitch-ing we’re facing,” coach Lisa Navas said. “We had coach [Kellie] Harper come talk to us on Thursday and get our spirits up a little bit. It was de-pressing losing to five games prior to that. We turned things around; we have to play for seven innings and put runs on the board.“
In its first game and home opener against Stony Brook, State took a 3-1 lead in the third inning over the Sea Wolves, but home runs from Taylor Chain, Jessica Combs and Lauren Ma-loney of Stony Brook gave the Sea Wolves the lead and pro-pelled them to a 4-3 win. State attempted to battle back when senior infielder Alicia Abbott hit her first home run of the year, but the team fell short.
However, the Pack was able to bounce back strong for its second game against Fairfield, taking the matchup with the final score at 7-2. Junior Mor-gan Peeler pitched a complete game giving up two runs on six hits and striking one out. Fair-field got out to a 2-1 lead over the Pack, but the Pack scored six runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take control of the game.
Many of the players credit the offensive surge to the contin-ued hard work they put in day after day during practice.
“Just seeing the ball [made a difference]. [We put in] a lot
of hard work in practice and I think as a team we hit the ball well,” junior outfielder Bethaney Wells said. “We have confidence in each other and we know we’re a hitting team.”
In its third game of the Wolfpack Challenge, the Pack topped Maine in a 3-2 contest — another comeback win for the Pack. After Maine got out to a 2-0 lead in the third in-ning, junior Toni Ann Will-ford picked up an RBI to put the Pack on the board. Then junior Landon Warren hit a home run and brought Abbott home to take the 3-2 lead and solidify the win.
Its final game of the Chal-
lenge proved a high scoring contest, as State defeated James Madison 8-4. The Dukes start-ed the game off with a home run from Ashley Burnham, but the Pack was able to re-cover again after giving up the early lead with an offen-sive onslaught, starting with a two-run homer from senior Alyssa Allbritten. Wells also hit a home run for the Pack, while sophomores Catlin Dent and Breanna Andrews drove in at least a run apiece.
The Pack will try to extend this winning streak to four on Wednesday against the Elon Phoenix at Elon.
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NCAA Tournament, has high hopes for the team next season, noting the ex-perience the young players gained this season could prove to be invaluable over the next few years.
“This year we may have not been good, but these young guys got a lot of playing time and got a lot of experience,” Gonzalez said. “I have a strong belief that next year the will know what it takes to be suc-cessful in this league and will get it together next year and be a pretty good team.”
Even with the optimism of
the players, Lowe seemed to be filled with regret at not be-ing able to bring the program back to the level it was when he played over 20 years ago.
“It hurts me because I know what it is about down here and what it is like to win here and how the people will get behind you,” Lowe said. “It means a lot more to me.”
pitcher Vance Williams allowed a combined seven
earned runs over six innings, with Ogburn picking up the loss. The Devils pitching staff was extremely sharp as started Marcus Stroman pitched seven strong innings, scattering five
hits and giving up just one run. Leading the way offensively for the Pack was designated hitter Peter Bako and shortstop Chris Diaz as both hitters finished with two hits apiece.
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Luis Zapata/technicianSenior first basemen Alicia Abbott bunts the ball during the last game against James Madison as part of the Wolfpack Challenge. Abbott scored zero runs when going up to bat twice.
Luis Zapata/technicianFreshman guard Ryan Harrow takes a breath before doing a layup in the second half of the first round of the ACC tournament in Greensboro Coliseum against Maryland. Harrowed scored of of his two free throws. N.C. State lost to Maryland, 75 - 67, and eliminating them from the tournament.
After a five game losing streak, State bounces back in Wolfpack Challenge.
Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer
After coming off a five game slide to start the season, the Wolfpack was able to pull it together and post a 3-1 re-cord in the Pack Challenge this weekend. The Pack lost its first game against Stony Brook in a close 4-3 contest, but was able to bounce back and pick
up wins against Fairfield, Maine and James Madison in the remaining games.
A visit from another N.C. State coach helped inspire the team and fire the play-ers up prior to the start of
Pack players remain hopeful even after lackluster year.
Taylor BarbourSports Editor
The fifth year of Sidney Lowe’s coaching career at N.C. State was supposed to be the year. It was sup-posed to be the year where State moved from the whip-ping boy of the other two Triangle teams to an equal among them. It was sup-posed to be the year where the talent level matched, maybe even exceeded, the level of expectations.
With the No. 5 recruit-ing class in the nation ac-cording scout.com com-ing in, combined with the senior leadership or point guard Javier Gonzalez a n d f o r -ward Tracy Smith, State had the tal-ent to play in the ACC and fight for an NCA A Tourna-ment bid.
But i n-stead it was more of the same, finally ending Thurs-day night in the Greensboro Coliseum, as the Pack fell to Maryland 75-67. With the loss, Sidney Lowe wrapped up his fifth and most likely final year with a 15-16 (5-11 in ACC) record, with no chance for any post-season play.
“That was always my goal since I have been here to make it to the NCAA Tour-nament,” Smith said. “This was one of the years I think we could have made it.”
State once again dug it-
self a huge hole early on as the Terps jumped out to a 12-2 lead. From there, the team at-tempted to play catch-up but never succeeded in claiming the lead.
“We know coming into the game we can’t start slow like we did today again,” Gonzalez said. “It takes a lot of energy to get back into the game and keep it at that rate. We know we couldn’t do that and we still did it. But we kept fighting back and we did, we just didn’t make the right plays at the end.”
After the game, Lowe’s play-ers were at a loss for words about how a team this talented ended up like it did.
“Of course not, we had a lot of talent and we should have been a lot better,” junior for-ward C.J. Williams said. “I don’t know what to say. We should have been a lot better.”
Lowe’s team strug-gled in the same areas h i s ot her N.C. State teams did. Lackluster defense, slow starts a nd long offensive droughts all charac-terized the
2011 men’s basketball team, leading to the disappointing season.
“I don’t know why,” Gonza-lez said. “You will have to ask someone else. Everybody in this locker room plays hard every single game, came to practice and gave it 110 percent. It is just one of the things that sometimes doesn’t happen.”
But not all hope is lost in a locker room that has never had its ticket punched for the big dance, instead, there is opti-mism for next season.
“We definitely didn’t do as
well as we should have,” fresh-man point guard Ryan Har-row said. “We can’t get down on ourselves; instead we just
have to learn. We have a lot of talent here to go far, but we just didn’t use it how we were sup-posed to.”
Even Gonzalez, who never had a chance to play in the
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Wolfpack divers place at NCAA ZonesSophomores Hannah Hopkins and Kirstyn Shepler placed seventh and eighth, respectively, over the weekend at the NCAA Zone B Diving Meet in Athens Ga. Hopkins earned a 271.20 in the prelims and finished with a 516.60, while Shepler posted a 228.70, finishing with a 490.55.
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Gymnastics falls to No. 19 MinnesotaThe No. 23-ranked Pack gymnastics team was edged out by No.19 Minnesota Saturday in Minneapolis, Minn. State lost by less than a single point, as it posted its second-best score of the season with a 195.40. Jess Panza, Brooke Barr and Rachel Fincham all picked up first place finishes.
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Women’s tennis drops VCUThe No. 41 ranked women’s tennis team rolled over the No.25 VCU team Saturday winning 5-2, moving its record to 9-2 (1-1 in ACC). Sanaa Bhambri, Sandhya Nagaraj, Joelle Kissell and Tatiana Illova all picked up wins for the Pack in singles play, while Llova, Lenka Hojckova, Tanvi Shah and Ashley Miller helped win the doubles point.
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athletic schedule
TodayMens Golf at Rio PinaR invitational Orlando Fla., All day
TuesdayMens Golf at Rio PinaR invitational Orlando Fla., All day
BaseBall vs. BuffaloDoak Field, 3 p.m.
WednesdayBaseBall vs. GeoRGe MasonDoak Field, 3 p.m.
softBall at elonElon, N.C., 5 p.m.
ThursdayWRestlinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day
WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsAustin, Tx., all day
FridayWRestlinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day
Men’s Golf at ChRis sChenkel e-Z-Go invitationalStatesboro, Ga., all day
WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsAustin, Tx., all day
Men’s tennis vs. unCPullan Park, 3 p.m.
BaseBall at GeoRGia teChAtlanta, Ga., 7 p.m.
luiS Zapata/techNiciaNFreshman forward CJ Leslie goes inside to attempt to score a basket during the first half of the ACC tournament against Maryland in Greensboro Coliseum Thursday. State lost 75-67.
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luiS Zapata/techNiciaNSenior catcher Alyssa Allbritten is greeted by her team after hitting a home run getting two runs for her team during the game against James Madison Sunday. State wins 8-4.
Pack wins three straight
Baseball drops series at Duke
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Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
friday: n.C. state 4 duke 3
The Blue Devils jumped out to a lead in the first game on Friday, scoring all three runs against State starter Cory Mazzoni. But the N.C. State offensive bailed its pitcher out as it made a late inning comeback to win, after sophomore outfielder Terran Senay hit a two-out single in the top of the ninth to drive in junior infielder Pratt Maynard for the winning run. Sophomore pitcher Chris Overman (2-0) picked up the win. Offensively, Senay and Maynard led the team, as Seany was 2-3 with two RBI’s while Maynard finished 3-5, scoring two runs.
saturday: duke 8 n.C. state 3The Pack then turned the
tables on the Devils and jumped out to an early 2-0 lead on Saturday when third baseman Andrew Ciencin and catcher Danny Canela both drove in runs in the first inning. But Duke prevailed with a comeback of its own to win 8-3. The Devils roughed up sophomore pitcher Danny Healey (1-1), scoring six runs on the right-hander in just 4 1/3 innings. While Duke pitcher Dennis O’Grady settled in and silenced the Pack offense the rest of the way.
sunday: duke 7 n.C. state 1
The offense continued to sputter in the final matchup with the Devils as the Pack lost the game, and the series, on Sunday by a final score of 7-1. Sophomore starting pitcher Ethan Ogburn (0-1) and redshirt junior relief
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In its first ACC conference matchup of the season, the Wolfpack baseball team fell to 8-7 (0-1 in ACC) on the year, after losing its first conference
matchup over the weekend to Duke (13-4).