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Raleigh, North Carolina Susan G. Komen On the Go informs about breast cancer Caroline Barfield Staff Writer Despite the cold, rainy weather, the members of Komen On the Go were surprised by the turnout at their hot pink trailer in the Brickyard Wednes- day. The group was informing students about breast cancer and how to get involved in helping to find a cure. According to Nick Blake, director of Susan G. Komen on the Go, the or- ganization attracted many students, giving Komen members the chance to educate how greatly breast cancer has affected the world and what can be done to help find a cure. “We gave out over 7,000 stickers and 300 or more people sat down at the computer kiosks to learn more about breast cancer awareness,” Blake said. The pink trailer brightened up the rainy day by offering informational sessions about breast cancer. Those who participated received a bright pink breast cancer bag. The Komen members had to pack up early due to a sliding trailer on the bricks but, in spite of the early end to the function, every bag was given out and individuals were still coming to learn more. According to its Web site, Susan G. Komen for the Cure aims to teach participants to take charge of their breast health, be empowered to share information with friends and join the breast cancer movement. The organization began in 1982 when Nancy Brinker watched help- lessly as her sister, Susan Komen, died after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Before Komen died, Brinker made a promise to end breast cancer forever. In 27 years, Komen has built the na- tion’s largest network of breast cancer advocates, nearly 200,000 strong at the local, state and national level. Komen has even gone global with three inter- national affiliates in Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico. Hunt Library groundbreaking approaches Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer Construction of the James B. Hunt Library will begin Oct. 23 on Centen- nial Campus with a groundbreaking ceremony. “This is truly a 21st century library,” Larry Nielsen, co-chair of the building committee, said. “When people are using that library, the emphasis will be on access to information and the written word. It’s not just for books and journals.” From the start, the plans for the li- brary will include many of the renova- tions which came to D. H. Hill years after its construction. “We have the opportunity to design, right from the beginning, a library that can meet the needs of the campus for the future,” Nielsen said. One key feature is the Automated Retrieval System, a highly-efficient storage of books which frees up more money and space for technology and study spaces, according to David His- coe, the director of communication for the libraries. “What the ARS is allowing us to do is put books in one-ninth of the place of traditional stacks,” he said. With the ARS, students will be able to browse shelves virtually and retrieve books with a request to the automated system. Nielsen said he hopes the superior technology and available space will make Hunt Library the “living room for Centennial Campus students” of all majors. “The Centennial Campus is not a campus just for engineers. It’s a cam- pus for the entire University,” Nielsen TECHNICIAN b 5 This is your last chance to order a NC State Class Ring this semester! NC State Bookstores - Oct. 14 & 15 - 10am-3pm Senate listens to Talley protesters’ concerns  Students opposed to Talley, resolution voice grievances to the Student Government Nick Tran Staff Writer The Student Senate Chamber was overflowing last night as protesters organized by the “Rally Against Tal- ley” Facebook group appeared before student senators to express their dis- content. The group, which announced its intent a week ago, packed the senate chambers and the adjacent lounge with students disgruntled by the Sen- ate’s support of the Talley fee increase. The Senate approved Resolution 22 Oct. 6, formally stating the body’s support for fee increases. Senators said they approved the Student Center Renovation fee increase based on three criteria, but students argued Wednes- day the 61.6 percent of students op- posed to the increase represented a majority. Vidya Sankar, a sophomore in bio- chemistry and organizer of the pro- test, said the purpose of appearing before the Senate was to allow students to express their discontent with the Student Government and the Talley fee process. “We are here to get student voices heard,” Sankar said. “We are trying to gain public exposure to student con- cerns. Even off-campus media was here. This is a huge accomplishment.” Sankar said this protest should clearly show how the Senate contra- dicted the student body’s will and how it skewed the votes to advance the Tal- ley project. Sen. Sam Daughtry said the protest was a result of the Senate not look- ing after the students, not listening to voters, and misinterpreting the vote. “This was because of miscommu- nication and misunderstanding be- tween students and the Senate,” he said. “And it shows students do care.” Daughtry said while the student-led protest didn’t fall on deaf ears the Sen- ate no longer had any input on the fee. “Change will depend on how the students continue this protest. At this point, the recommendation can’t be revised; it is out of the Senate’s hands,” Daughtry said. Nonetheless, students stepped for- ward to speak and the Senate extended the period for open commentary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes to accom- modate. Tucker Biningay, a senior in land- scape architecture, said he felt SG did not properly consider student votes. “Students depend on Student Gov- ernment to represent [them] to the administration,” he said. “If you ask students to vote and they turn out in unprecedented numbers, you have to listen to them.” Daniel Marcus, a junior in technical education, said senators improperly extrapolated the results of the student vote and were not doing the jobs they were elected to do. Sen. Morgan Donnelly said this kind of student response would cause the Senate to weigh over student votes a lot more. “This shows a lot of student lead- ership and that students recognize their power,” Donnelly said. “Students wanted to make sure their voice was heard. Student Government is trying to connect more with students and improve communication.” Ramie Elawar, a sophomore in bio- logical engineering and a member of the protest, said he felt the issue will eventually solve itself if students are this unhappy. “We were asked our opinion by the Senate but then the Senate decided in the opposite,” he said. “We are a group angry with the Senate.” “Senators will know students are unhappy with them and in the end the students give them power,” Elawar said. “This will definitely reflect in the next election.” This is not the last confrontation to be had on this issue. The Senate is plans to have an open forum next Wednesday to allow students to ex- press their opinions more freely. Stu- dents with the “Rally Against Talley” group have planned another protest at Holladay Hall the same day. Pink trailer brightens up gray day Library invests in future for students, state MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIAN Matthew Adams, a junior in computer science, speaks at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. “I had a lot of friends who were upset about the Student Government and I noticed there was a small flaw in their criteria,” Adams said. DAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN A car drives by the construction site for a parking deck next to the site of the future Hunt Library on Centennial Campus Tuesday. AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN To raise awareness for breast cancer and collect donations for Relay For Life, juniors Mary Brannan Seeger, in busi- ness, and Jen Lewis, in chemical engineering, sell bracelets, ‘fight like a girl’ T-shirts, and cookies decorated to look like breasts. The Relay For Life committee set up the table on the Brickyard this week because October is Breast Can- cer Awareness month. insidetechnician viewpoint 4 arts & entertainment 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Dressage team trots competition See page 8. BREAST CANCER BY THE NUMBERS $900 million Amount the federal government devotes each year to breast cancer research 465,000 Number of women who die from the disease each year Every 3 minutes How often a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer Every 13 minutes How often a woman dies of breast cancer in the U.S. 2.5 million Number of breast cancer survivors in the U.S. SOURCE: AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY’S CANCER FACTS AND FIGURES HUNT continued page 6

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Page 1: Technician - October 15, 2009

Raleigh, North Carolina

Susan G. Komen On the Go informs about breast cancer

Caroline BarfieldStaff Writer

Despite the cold, rainy weather, the members of Komen On the Go were surprised by the turnout at their hot pink trailer in the Brickyard Wednes-day.

The group was informing students about breast cancer and how to get involved in helping to find a cure.

According to Nick Blake, director of Susan G. Komen on the Go, the or-ganization attracted many students, giving Komen members the chance to educate how greatly breast cancer has affected the world and what can be done to help find a cure.

“We gave out over 7,000 stickers and 300 or more people sat down at the computer kiosks to learn more about breast cancer awareness,” Blake said.

The pink trailer brightened up the rainy day by offering informational sessions about breast cancer. Those who participated received a bright

pink breast cancer bag. The Komen members had to pack

up early due to a sliding trailer on the bricks but, in spite of the early end to the function, every bag was given out and individuals were still coming to learn more.

According to its Web site, Susan G. Komen for the Cure aims to teach participants to take charge of their breast health, be empowered to share information with friends and join the breast cancer movement.

The organization began in 1982 when Nancy Brinker watched help-lessly as her sister, Susan Komen, died after a three-year battle with breast cancer. Before Komen died, Brinker made a promise to end breast cancer forever.

In 27 years, Komen has built the na-tion’s largest network of breast cancer advocates, nearly 200,000 strong at the local, state and national level. Komen has even gone global with three inter-national affiliates in Germany, Italy and Puerto Rico.

Hunt Library groundbreaking approaches

Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer

Construction of the James B. Hunt Library will begin Oct. 23 on Centen-nial Campus with a groundbreaking ceremony.

“This is truly a 21st century library,” Larry Nielsen, co-chair of the building committee, said. “When people are using that library, the emphasis will be on access to information and the written word. It’s not just for books and journals.”

From the start, the plans for the li-brary will include many of the renova-tions which came to D. H. Hill years after its construction.

“We have the opportunity to design, right from the beginning, a library that can meet the needs of the campus for the future,” Nielsen said.

One key feature is the Automated Retrieval System, a highly-efficient storage of books which frees up more money and space for technology and study spaces, according to David His-coe, the director of communication for the libraries.

“What the ARS is allowing us to do is put books in one-ninth of the place of traditional stacks,” he said.

With the ARS, students will be able to browse shelves virtually and retrieve books with a request to the automated system.

Nielsen said he hopes the superior technology and available space will make Hunt Library the “living room for Centennial Campus students” of all majors.

“The Centennial Campus is not a campus just for engineers. It’s a cam-pus for the entire University,” Nielsen

Technician b

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This is your last chance to order aNC State Class Ring this semester!NC State Bookstores - Oct. 14 & 15 - 10am-3pm

Senate listens to Talley protesters’ concerns  Students opposed to Talley, resolution voice grievances to the Student Government

Nick Tran Staff Writer

The Student Senate Chamber was overflowing last night as protesters organized by the “Rally Against Tal-ley” Facebook group appeared before student senators to express their dis-content.

The group, which announced its intent a week ago, packed the senate chambers and the adjacent lounge with students disgruntled by the Sen-ate’s support of the Talley fee increase.

The Senate approved Resolution 22 Oct. 6, formally stating the body’s support for fee increases. Senators said they approved the Student Center Renovation fee increase based on three criteria, but students argued Wednes-day the 61.6 percent of students op-posed to the increase represented a majority.

Vidya Sankar, a sophomore in bio-chemistry and organizer of the pro-test, said the purpose of appearing before the Senate was to allow students to express their discontent with the Student Government and the Talley fee process.

“We are here to get student voices heard,” Sankar said. “We are trying to gain public exposure to student con-cerns. Even off-campus media was here. This is a huge accomplishment.”

Sankar said this protest should clearly show how the Senate contra-dicted the student body’s will and how it skewed the votes to advance the Tal-ley project.

Sen. Sam Daughtry said the protest was a result of the Senate not look-ing after the students, not listening to voters, and misinterpreting the vote.

“This was because of miscommu-nication and misunderstanding be-tween students and the Senate,” he said. “And it shows students do care.”

Daughtry said while the student-led protest didn’t fall on deaf ears the Sen-ate no longer had any input on the fee.

“Change will depend on how the students continue this protest. At this point, the recommendation can’t be revised; it is out of the Senate’s hands,” Daughtry said.

Nonetheless, students stepped for-ward to speak and the Senate extended the period for open commentary from 15 minutes to 30 minutes to accom-modate.

Tucker Biningay, a senior in land-scape architecture, said he felt SG did not properly consider student votes.

“Students depend on Student Gov-ernment to represent [them] to the administration,” he said. “If you ask students to vote and they turn out in unprecedented numbers, you have to listen to them.”

Daniel Marcus, a junior in technical education, said senators improperly extrapolated the results of the student vote and were not doing the jobs they were elected to do.

Sen. Morgan Donnelly said this kind of student response would cause the Senate to weigh over student votes a lot more.

“This shows a lot of student lead-ership and that students recognize their power,” Donnelly said. “Students wanted to make sure their voice was heard. Student Government is trying to connect more with students and improve communication.”

Ramie Elawar, a sophomore in bio-logical engineering and a member of the protest, said he felt the issue will eventually solve itself if students are this unhappy.

“We were asked our opinion by the Senate but then the Senate decided in the opposite,” he said. “We are a group angry with the Senate.”

“Senators will know students are unhappy with them and in the end

the students give them power,” Elawar said. “This will definitely reflect in the next election.”

This is not the last confrontation to be had on this issue. The Senate is plans to have an open forum next Wednesday to allow students to ex-press their opinions more freely. Stu-dents with the “Rally Against Talley” group have planned another protest at Holladay Hall the same day.

Pink trailer brightens up gray day

Library invests in future for students, state

Meredith Faggart/technicianMatthew Adams, a junior in computer science, speaks at the Student Senate meeting Wednesday night. “I had a lot of friends who were upset about the Student Government and I noticed there was a small flaw in their criteria,” Adams said.

david Mabe/technicianA car drives by the construction site for a parking deck next to the site of the future Hunt Library on Centennial Campus Tuesday.

aManda Karst/technicianTo raise awareness for breast cancer and collect donations for Relay For Life, juniors Mary Brannan Seeger, in busi-ness, and Jen Lewis, in chemical engineering, sell bracelets, ‘fight like a girl’ T-shirts, and cookies decorated to look like breasts. The Relay For Life committee set up the table on the Brickyard this week because October is Breast Can-cer Awareness month.

insidetechnician

viewpoint 4arts&entertainment 5classifieds 7sports 8

Dressage team trots competitionSeepage8.

Breast cancer By the numBers$900 million

Amount the federal government devotes each year to breast cancer research

465,000 Number of women who die from the disease each year

every 3 minutes

How often a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer

every 13 minutes

How often a woman dies of breast cancer in the U.S.

2.5 million

Number of breast cancer survivors in the U.S.

source: aMerican cancer society’s cancer Facts and Figures

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Page 2 Technicianpage 2 • Thursday, ocTober 15, 2009

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Stop by 323 Witherspoon Student Center to receive a complimentary pair of tickets. First come first served.

Business hours are 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

Through AmAndA’s lens

Chocolate covered goodness

Jessica Hampton, a sophomore in biological sciences, covers her marshmallow in milk chocolate at the Chocolate Festival Wednesday. “The Chocolate Festival is really great. Last year I didn’t have a ticket but I walked around and watched people eat. This year I have a ticket, so it’s great,” said Hampton. The Chocolate Festival, hosted by

the Women’s Center, included chocolate sampling, a silent auction and informational tables about breast cancer. The proceeds from the event went to the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund and the Women’s Center.

photo By AmAndA Wilkins

CorreCTions & ClArifiCATionsSend all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at [email protected].

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How Can I Effectively Work and Learn in a Diverse Community?

The Office for Equal Opportunity sponsors programs throughout the year to help the campus community learn more

about equal opportunity and diversity. These programs will enhance your perspective and build your skills.

Upcoming programs* include:

Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Tuesday, 10/13/2009, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Protected Class of Race and Color

Wednesday, 11/4/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Discrimination and Harassment Prevention and Response

Tuesday, 10/20/2009, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Protected Class of Veteran Status

Tuesday, 11/10/2009, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Protected Class of Sex

Wednesday, 10/21/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Building Bridges: Strengthening Leadership for Diverse Communities

Thursday, 11/12/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Tuesday, 10/27/2009, 1:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

The Protected Class of National Origin

Wednesday, 11/18/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The EEOC

Thursday, 10/29/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Exploring Oppression

Wednesday, 12/2/2009, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

*Programs are FREE with NC State ID. To register, visit www.ncsu.edu/equal_op/education/oeo_reg.html.

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If students look at the Tal-ley-Atrium referendum through a mathematical

lens, they can quickly see sev-eral glaring flaws.

Any sort of vote generates a lot of numbers — stat ist ics pertaining to who voted, and which options t h e y c ho s e when voting. In this case, it was up to Stu-dent Govern-ment to make

sure it created a poll which ac-curately and unambiguously captured the sentiments of students. It had an additional responsibility to interpret the results in a manner consistent with public opinion.

In both of these tasks, Stu-dent Government failed. Using axioms of inference and proof, lets logically examine what it did wrong.

Student Government used three criteria to interpret stu-dents’ desires: whether stu-dents see a need for in-creased fund-ing, whether a particular fee is a top priori-ty and wheth-er a majority of students voted in sup-port of at least partial fund-ing of a proposed fee increase.

Consider the following state-ments, which are accurate based on the Rally for Talley vote:

1) If resources were unlimited, students would favor a Talley fee increase.

2) Students do not favor a Talley fee increase in its present form.

The only valid conclusion, based on the contrapositive of our first premise, is:

3) Resources are not unlim-ited.

This is interesting. The vote asked, “If you had an unlimited supply of money and could ful-ly fund all of these fee increase proposals without it negatively affecting you or any other stu-dents, which proposals would you support the most?”

And, of course, students an-swered that they would support a new Talley Student Center.Lets translate that into math:

4) Assume you had an unlim-ited supply of money and that a fee increase would have no negative effects. If this is the case,

then we ought to fund Talley.We just proved, from (1) and

(2), that resources are not un-limited. Which means that our assumption in (4) is false.

The conclusion of funding Talley cannot follow from that assumption.

So when Student Govern-ment says Talley “was ranked as a top priority,” it was ranked as such under the false prem-ise that money was unlimited. Money is not unlimited, and fee increases are likely to have a negative impact on some stu-dents, so we cannot say that it is ranked a top priority.

Therefore, Talley failed not one, but two out of three cri-teria for recommendation. If each criteria has equal weight (which is of course silly, but is the method Student Senate used), then there is no case for a fee increase.

It is interesting to note that Student Senate cited a 38 per-cent figure for students making Talley their top priority. What this means is that 62 percent —

a majority — did not make Talley their top priority. Worse, Stu-dent Govern-ment used an “instant run-off ” method for tabulat-ing vote re-su lt s . This means that, basically, stu-

dents’ votes were redistributed — based on the priorities they chose — until a single choice received a majority of votes. This method is supposed to be used when an election only has a single winner, which is clearly not the case here.

One thing that might have made more sense is to weigh the amount of the fee increase by the proportion of students who made it their top priority.

The point of all of this is to say that there are significant failings in the methods Stu-dent Government used to col-lect data and interpreted it. It is clear the poll results have been misused and that students’ interests are not being repre-sented — mathematical rigor makes this clear.

Send Jay your thoughts on the mathematical rigor within the Talley referendum to [email protected].

Viewpoint Technicianpage 4 •Thursday, ocTober 15, 2009

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Technician (USPS 455-050) is the official student newspaper of N.C. State University and is published every Monday through Friday throughout the academic year from August through May except during holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the columns, cartoons, photo illustrations and letters that appear on Technician’s pages are the views of the individual writers and cartoonists. As a public forum for student expression, the students determine the content of the publication without prior review. To receive permission for reproduction, please write the editor. Subscription cost is $100 per year. A single copy is free to all students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus. Additional copies are $0.25 each. Printed by The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., Copyright 2008 by North Carolina State Student Media. All rights reserved.

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{ }Our view

The Talley-Atrium fee referendum last week presented students with

several questions about the proposed project, including: students’ desire to pay for the fee in its current form and their enthusiasm toward change to Talley Student Center and the Atrium.

Students disagree, quite con-tentiously, about who should pay for the project and the eq-uity of the fee process, but few students would say the areas are adequate for the needs of the campus; do they even have running water?

Talley is the laughing stock of the UNC-System; but students don’t want to foot the bill for the required $100 million ren-ovation to bring it out of Mao’s China and into the 21st cen-tury.

The funding is contentious because, as a student life build-ing, the project must be en-tirely funded by student fees; all academic, teaching and re-search buildings are funded by state appropriations.

The Talley indebtedness fee and academic-building fund-ing requests go through the same faculties for approval (the Board of Governors and N.C. General Assembly), the differ-ence is the funding source.

Centennial Campus’ new Hunt Library is classified as an academic building and, as a result, is receiving about $115 million in state appropriations to facilitate its construction — about the same level of fund-

ing the new Talley project will need.

Therefore, the question is: what differentiates a project like Hunt Library from Talley Student Center?

Both projects provide stu-dents and other campus en-tities meeting spaces, office space, culture and social in-teraction. D.H. Hill has the Creamery, the East Wing and a movie theater; Talley has eating facilities, meeting areas and Stewart Theatre. The line between academic and student life is almost becoming hazy for these two examples.

Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs, said when determining a building’s classi-

fication, its primary focus and utilization must be evaluated.

Common sense dictates that a library is a distinctly edu-cational, academic building. Students spend hours there, studying, perusing the stacks and performing research. Like-wise, most student life build-ings — residence halls, dining halls, Student Health Services and Carmichael Complex, for example — are clearly rec-reational. But what happens when a project is near the fence? The new Talley project would doubtlessly aid students’ edu-cational and academic experi-ences at college; under that cri-terion it is academic in nature. Perhaps the BOG and General Assembly should be fielding a state appropriations request, not a student indebtedness fee for the Talley project.

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.

A project to agree onThe FacTs:The contentious Atrium-Talley project is expected to cost students approximately $100 million. The new Hunt Library, because of its academic classification, will receive state appropriations funding to the amount of $115 million.

Our OpiniOn:The General Assembly almost never financially supports student life building construction, but routinely finances academic, research and teaching buildings. Why couldn’t the General Assembly pony-up for a student center with clear academic and educational benefits?

The referendum, revisited

This is tough to write and even more diffi-cult to wade through

but the circus that has em-broiled the recent fee refer-enda threatens to destroy

o n e o f the most positive oppor-tunities Student Govern-ment has provided the stu-dent body in recent years. The

referendum was highlighted by a passionate campaign led by students in support of a fee and an incredibly high turnout by student voters. The referendum was well run and successful by most measurements.

The tough question is: what do the results of the referendum actually say? On the surface it’s easy to see students don’t want any sort of fee increase. That’s natural; students don’t want to pay more money. Only the fee increase to support educational technology re-ceived strong positive sup-port in the referenda. I’m sure there’s some sort of academic explanation for the anomaly, but I’m going to stick that in the same category as the past health center fee requests that got support.

I always like to look at

the referenda as a barometer of student feelings toward certain services on campus. It was tougher to do in the past because rather than seeing which ones received support and which ones didn’t, I had to look at which fees were the least unpopular and go from there. Student Government took a good step forward this time and asked a sec-ond question to go along with general fee voting. It asked wheth-er or not the students felt a change was ne e d e d i n funding. This allowed for a better measure on how stu-dents were feeling. When we look at this, it paints another broad picture that should sig-nal where students see a need for funding increases. Students said they wanted an increase in transportation, educational technology and Talley funding; but except for the technology fee, students didn’t want to pay for these increases.

So here’s the conundrum with Talley: students want to see an increase in funding but they don’t want to pay for it — a gray area. That leaves room for the symbolic decision by Student Government — does it recommend moving forward with what students want and support the project or recom-mend moving forward with

what students want and not support the fee, damaging the project’s prospects as it moves up to the Board of Trustees and Board of Gov-ernors level? It’s a catch-22 because you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

Student leaders need to he e d students’ desires in the refer-endums but they also need to evolve t he way they pres-ent their recom-menda-

tion. Unfortunately, the situation has turned into a casus belli in what should otherwise be seen as a posi-tive evolution of the fee referendum because it digs deeper into what students want rather than a reac-tion to an increase in fees. It’s a tough call either way and I don’t fault their deci-sion because it’s not as black and white as people make it out to be. At the same time I hope the Student Senate takes a look at the entire fee process so that it falls in line with the changing questions in the referendum. Did the Student Senate pass a rec-ommendation to the letter of the law on Talley? No. But they didn’t exactly betray the students either.

“The tough

question is: what

do the results of

the referendum

actually say? ”

“Money is not

unlimited, and fee

increases are likely

to have a negative

impact on

some students”

were they drinking away their sorrows?

Mack Garrison, senior in art and design

A mathematical proof

By MARA KURtz

Should athletes be out partying following a

loss? Why or why not?

{ }in yOur wOrds

“No, they should go to practice or rest since they lost. They should party after they win.”

Ebonee taylorfreshman, mathematics education

“No, I don’t think so, especially if they are on a scholarship and the losing is constant. They should be more concentrated on practice than partying.”

Courtney Harrissenior, poultry science

“I don’t think they should be out partying during the season — especially if they are losing.”

Mciver Barwicksenior, poultry science

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‘Made in the USA’ spotlights effects of globalization Art exhibition focuses on transition to post-industrial America

Christine UrbowiczCorrespondent

Wherever consumers turn, they are constantly surrounded the three words “Made in Chi-na.” Whether it be T-shirts and sneakers or cell phones, most of the material goods that are used on a daily basis have been manufactured abroad. In today’s society, it is often easy to forget what the country was like before globalization af-fected lifestyle and culture.

However, artists Sara Bot-wick and Carter Hubbard have created an art gallery that features original artwork illustrating the social, po-litical and economic changes that have arisen since Ameri-can companies have lost their manufacturing jobs to foreign competition.

Located in the ware-house district of downtown Raleigh, “ M a d e i n the USA” is a multime-dia art exhi-bit ion that spotlights the effects of glo-balization in the United States. Just behind William-Cozart Inc., the show-case is housed in a vacant fur-niture manufacturing build-ing that closed for business in 2002 because of the high costs of labor and cheap production abroad.

Hubbard, co-director of the exhibition, said that she started to wonder about globalization after college.

“After college, I lived in France and worked as a nanny,”

Hubbard said. “During that time, I had very little money and I started to realize the ef-fects of globalization and how easily society can lose perspec-tive of what we actually need versus what we want. “

The exposition features the work of roughly 40 artists from across the nation. The theme is centered on change, nostalgia and, ultimately, how nothing in today is actually “Made in the USA.”

“Made in the USA” features sculptures, photographs, film, two-dimensional pieces, pa-per mache and oil paintings. Some of the artists chose to create their work using re-cycled materials found within the William-Cozart building. Others procured supplies on their own.

“There were so many materi-als that were just lying around. Bringing a new life to things that were once used in this very space reiterates histori-

cal value and pays homage to what used to take place here,” Hub-ba rd s a id . “The unused space mimics society’s ex-cessiveness. We cleared out two of the main rooms and brought

vibrancy and creativity to this building once again.”

Botwick and Hubbard ar-ranged the exhibition in a way that is visually appealing to the viewer. There are, however, sev-eral pieces that serve as focal points and were integral when it came to placement.

“David Newton’s piece is cen-tral in the larger space. There is a mathematical equation used in art known as the ‘sweet spot’. His installation mimics the ar-

chitecture of the building and is a perfectly balanced area,” Hubbard said.

Another installation is lo-cated in the “spray room” of the building, which is a sacred space in a historical aspect. The spray room was once vital because the room was where workers would spray the fur-niture the company manufac-tured.

David Alsobrooks’ installa-tion, “Highway One,” is a com-pilation of photographs taken on a scenic route to Charles-ton, S.C. Alsobrook captures the unity of the American people during times of change through everyday commodi-ties, such as bicycles, lawn mowers and phone booths. Guests can listen to authentic sounds from the highway while watching the slideshow from an antique church pew.

International sculptor Jon Barlow Hudson’s felt hat instal-lation describes the art of felt hat making and how extensive the industry was in terms of

manufacturing, distribution, display and advertising.

“Made in the USA” runs through Oct. 18 and features the work of Sandro Gisler, Da-vid Newton, Matt Zigler, Julia

Gartrell and many more.“‘Made in the USA’ is a

forward-thinking gallery,” Hubbard said.

“ ‘Made in the

USA’ is a forward-

thinking gallery.”Artist Carter Hubbard on the

multimedia art exhibition that spotlights the effect of

globalization in the United States.

Photos courtesy made in america

Thursday, Oct. 15

At the Brewery in RaleighThe Charlot Oh SleeperWe Came as Romans Dead and Divine Doors: 6 p.m.

At the Cat’s Cradle in CarborroHeavyweight Dub Champion Bassnectar Doors: 8:30 p.m.Show: 9:30 p.m.

At the Cave in Chapel HillThe Firehouse Rhythm Kings Will McFarlane Chris Wimberley Harmonica Bob & Near Blind James Show: 7:30 p.m.

At the Lincoln Theatre in RaleighFamily Force 5 Breathe CarolinaCash Cash Queens Club Doors: 6:30 p.m.Show: 7:30 p.m.

At the Local 506 in Chapel HillDavid BazanSay Hi (formerly S.H.T.Y.M.) Show: 9:30 p.m.

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At the Pour House in RaleighMonotonixWhatever Brains Turbo Fruits Doors: 8 p.m.Show: 10 p.m.

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At Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in RaleighLocal Beer Local Band Night:Bronzed Chorus Antartic SoundsShow: 10 p.m.

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At the Berkley Cafe in RaleighLonnie Walker Goner Gray Young

At the Cat’s Cradle in CarborroSix Organs of Admittance LichensDoors: 8 p.m.Show: 9 p.m.

At the Cave in Chapel HillJake Melnyk 100 Yorktown The MercatorsShow: 7:30 p.m.

At the Dive Bar in RaleighCurse Your Name Kill the Hostage

At the Lincoln Theatre in RaleighRebelution Outlaw Nation Passafire Doors: 7 p.m.Show: 8 p.m.

At the Local 506 in Chapel HillAtlas Sound Broadcast The SelminariesShow: 9 p.m.

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said.While the majority of

the texts will be related to engineering and textiles, whose colleges are centered on Centennial Campus, the space not devoted to books will serve the entire Uni-versity.

According to Nielsen, there will be rooms re-served for humanities and social science functions, a 400-seat lecture hall and of-fices for both the Institute for Nonprofits, which of-fers graduate-level degrees in nonprofit leadership, and the Institute for Emerging Issues.

IEI, founded in 2002 after the success of the Emerg-ing Issues forum, focuses

on considering signif icant statewide issues and renewing innovative solutions to these problems, according to Direc-tor Anita Brown-Graham.

“The idea behind the insti-tute was to have a year-long committee considering the longtime economic competi-tiveness of North Carolina,” she said.

In Hunt Library, IEI will have space for offices and public-engagement programs, which will expedite the organization’s goals to educate and unite citizens, according Brown-Graham.

“We focus on bringing people together and exposing them to information, which shows the commonality and consensus among [every citizen],” she said.

Almost all of IEI’s work takes place off-campus in ho-tel rooms or borrowed office

space, meaning the space in Hunt library will dramatically change the identity of this orga-nization, Brown-Graham said.

“People can’t appreciate the role of N.C. State,” she said. “It’s going to be a wonderful day when people across North Carolina can understand the intellectual capital of the stu-dents and faculty. N.C. State is investing in the state.”

However, this building has connections at all levels.

The architectural firm for the project is Raleigh-based PBC+L, which oversaw the construction of SAS Hall, Park Shops, the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts.

The design, which includes no brick but a terrace with a view of Lake Raleigh and the city skyline, was completed by the team at Snøhetta, who won the award in 2009 for the best building in Europe.

“Pocket God” gains momentum with high sales

Alanna HowardStaff Writer

Available for $ .99 in the iTunes App Store, “Pocket God” has had more than 1.4 million downloads according to the game’s public relations firm, Triplepoint PR. The game allows players to play the role of a god over pygmies on an island and make decisions helping the inhabitants to live or die. In March it topped Apple’s top paid app for the third week in a row.

Designed by a two-man team of Bolt Creative, Allan Dye and Dave Castelnuevo said they created the game for simplic-ity and attractive animation. In their blog for the game the pair said they were surprised the game caught on, and so they made a trial version and in January submitted their fin-ished product.

“Pocket God” is a simulation game where the inhabitants are subject to players’ actions. The game consists of small island-ers who have four themes to live on: island with a coconut tree, another island theme with dinosaurs, a graveyard where pygmies can die and turn into zombies and ghosts and an underwater theme with pira-nas and sharks. On each theme there are different settings that provide entertainment, like a fishing pole or firewood to teach the pygmies to make fire. Pygmies can also be harmed. Each theme has several hazards

to watch out for, from sharks that scoop pygmies off land to lightning that can electrocute the pygmies. The pygmies can be named and six can be in a scene at once. Weather can be simulated, and at night the pygmies stop what they’re do-ing and lay down to sleep; when it’s sunny again they wake up. With the iPod touch’s accel-erometer an earthquake can be simulated by shaking the iPod. When pygmies die or if they seem lonely there is an add button to add more. With each update a new theme title hints at the added feature.

Ryan Rhinebarger, junior in English, said the game would not be of interest to him be-cause it costs money.

“I just got my iPhone so I’m still new to the different games,

but that doesn’t sound like something I would pay for,” he said.

Players get congratulated when they reach a high score of split coconuts or pygmies eaten by piranas, but the game does not focus only on mutilation.

Early reviews cited the game was fun but quickly got bor-ing. The developers decided to add new animations with each update of the game to allow players to continue enjoying the game and to entice new downloads.

iPod touch owner Hasani Ei-denberger, a freshman in po-litical science, said the game would not interest him.

“That’s not really my kind of game, it sounds too boring, I like more action,” he said.

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“That’s not really my kind of game, it

sounds too boring.

I like more action.”Hasani Eidenberger

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and graphic designs used to introduce the starting lineup of the football team and to show an animation of Wolfpack victory. This video is set to music, which usually is a high tempo, popular song. Some songs used in the past have been “In the Air Tonight” by the rock group Nonpoint and “Boom” by P.O.D. This year the production staff decid-ed to have local band Airiel Down create a rock cover of the fight song and used that in the introduction video.

According to Billy Kro-nenwetter, a junior in me-chanical engineering, the intro video this year is not as good as it was last year.

Manufacturing of the in-troduction video is handled by CanesVision produc-tions, which also produces video for the Carolina Hurricanes and N.C. State men’s basketball. The re-cent switch to high defini-tion in the RBC Center has changed the production of football games slightly. CanesVision staff does not have to carry as much equipment and all of the production is centered in a control room in the RBC Center.

Along with the introduc-tion video there is the en-trance of the football team itself. The pyrotechnics display and the playing of

the fight song by the marching band enhance this entrance. Production crews are in charge of timing the introduction vid-eo, the marching band and the entrance of the football team. Earlier in the season there were some issues with the timing of all of these pregame activities and the volume at which the introduction video was played.

“[The video] doesn’t pump fans up as much this year as it did last year,” Kronenwetter said.

In keeping with Wolfpack tradition, the marching band leads the crowd in the Red and White and also the N.C. State Alma Mater. New traditions have been started, such as the creation of different cheers to new music the band is play-ing on the field. At halftime the band entertain fans with a halftime performance aimed at pleasing the general popu-lation.

“I enjoy seeing the fans so ex-cited and having a good time,” Pilarinos said.

In keeping with Wolfpack tradition, the marching band leads the crowd in the Red and White and the Alma Ma-ter. New traditions have been started such as the creation of different cheers to new music the band is playing on the field. At halftime the band entertain fans with a performance aimed at pleasing the general popula-tion.

“I enjoy seeing the fans so ex-cited and having a good time.” Pilarinos said.

PREGAMEcontinued from page 8

horse schools and here we were, N.C. State not known for our horse program, and we’re com-peting with them at nations. It was a really cool experience.”

Although the team didn’t place at nations, Wilcox said she expects the team to make

it to the big stage again. “Our team is very good right

now, even though we lost a lot of our members due to gradu-ation from last year,” Wilcox said. “But our program looks really strong and I’m expecting to go to nationals again. At the very least, I expect to send at least one individual.”

Regardless of place at na-tions, the dressage team did

win the National Sportsman-ship Award.

“Our region nominated us,” Wilcox said. “Since we are such a small school compared to others in our region and we still do well and maintain a very good school and positive spirit.”

The dressage team was actu-ally a deciding factor on why Wilcox chose to come to State,

she said. “I started riding horses when

I was four years old,” Wilcox said. “I started competing in dressage in high school and the dressage team at N.C. State was a big reason why I came here. I competed with the team for four years and my eligibility ran out — now I can’t get away from it so I’m president of the club.”

DRESSAGEcontinued from page 8

Matt Moore/technicianBridget Gibbons, owner of Buckhorn Farm in Apex, hands Brittany James, a junior in animal science, a whip to use during prac-tice for the Wolfpack Dressage Club at Buckhorn Farm in Apex Wednesday morning. Gibbons has been riding for over 40 years and said she enjoys working with horses because you never have a routine day.

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Tight end quickly becoming a number one target for quarterback

Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

Since coming to State in 2007, redshirt sophomore tight end George Bryan and redshirt sophomore quar-terback Russell Wilson have always played together. The chemistry that the two have developed dates back to their freshman season when both players, who were red-shirted at the time, played on the scout team and that chemistry has only con-tinued to develop and has evolved into a very lethal combination on the field.

“We built our chemistry on the scout team,” Bryan said. “[Wilson] now un-derstands that if he throws the ball to me, I am always going to catch it and that I am always there if he needs someone to throw the ball to.”

Bryan leads State in pass-ing attacks, having caught a team-high 26 balls for 275 yards and four touchdowns. Bryan also leads all Pack re-ceivers in catches per game, catching the most balls in five out of the six games the team has played this year, leading him to become one of Wilson’s favorite receiv-ers.

“I like to spread the ball out to everybody, but at the same time he is a great player,” Wilson said. “He

catches the ball really well, runs great routes, works hard every day at practice, he prepares re-ally well and that is what makes him so great.”

Coach Tom O’Brien believes the success that Bryan has seen this season comes from the matchup he has working inside on linebackers, but also the confidence that Wilson has in him.

“He is a good match against linebackers, and that is what we generally have gotten him against,” O’Brien said. “Rus-sell has a lot of confidence in him that he is going to catch the football and quarterbacks like to throw the ball to guys they know are going to catch it.”

However, Bryan credits the

work that the wide receivers do on the outside and down the field drawing attention away from him and in turn opening up the middle of the field for him to work.

“Me getting open is not just a credit to me, it is a credit to the other receivers,” Bryan said. “They run routes that pull peo-ple off of me, which opens up the middle of the field, where I usually work.”

One of the biggest abili-ties that Bryan brings to the team is his ability to catch just about anything thrown his way and he quickly acknowledges the work tight end coach Jim Bridge has done with him.

“I had good high school coaches and I have been catch-

ing the ball for a while now, ever since I was seven, play-ing receiver,” Bryan said. “But coach Bridge helped my game a lot on catching the ball and just emphasizing on seeing the ball into your hands and con-centrating on catching the ball and getting the yards after you make the catch.”

Bryan played a huge part in the Pack’s turnaround last year, starting six games, includ-ing four while State’s starting tight ends, Anthony Hill and redshirt senior Matt Kushner, where out due to injury. Bry-an credits both tight ends and Bridge for helping him to pre-pare for the game and under-stand his role even with such little experience.

“I was pretty nervous that first start, but coach Bridge, Anthony and Kush all showed me what I needed to do and what needed to be done in or-der to get the job done,” Bryan said. “I had to step in and try to compete.”

Even after the success Bryan has experienced in his first two years he knows that there is still room for improvement, espe-cially in the blocking aspect. Yet, he believes he has come a long way since he first got to State.

“I came in and I could run the routes and catch the ball but my strength was not exactly where it needed to be when I came here to block the ACC defensive ends,” Bryan said. “Coach Bridge helped my game so much in that aspect and I am now able to block guys and able to dominate and do a good job in blocking. But there is still always room for improvement because sometimes I get beat and I do not like to get beat.”

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Some students feel that pregame entertainment is fine, while others feel that it could be better

Chadwick O’ConnellStaff Writer

Many students, staff and alumni come to Carter-Finley Stadium each football season to cheer their football team to victory. In recent years the pregame festivities within

the confines of the stadium have become a production in hopes of pumping up fans for the game about to be played. There is a wide variety of ways fans are entertained before the first kickoff. There have been military personnel jumping out of planes, new women’s basket-ball coach Kellie Harper trying to get the crowd going and of course the “Power Sound of The South” performing the fight song each week.

“I enjoy doing the pregame

activities and being able to act crazy on the field,” Cessa Pila-rinos, marching band member and freshman in industrial en-gineering, said.

Another facet to the pregame entertainment is the video and graphics production that airs on the three major video boards in Carter-Finley Sta-dium. The introduction vid-eo is a collection of video clips

Pregame gains mixed reviews

Only in its eight year at State the Dressage team has won national honors and still looks to improve

Jen Hankin Deputy Sports Editor

This year the equestrian club has split into three sep-arate entities; the hunt seat club, the western riding club and most importantly the Wolfpack dressage team. The dres-sage team, comprised of about 14 girls, prac-tices and competes around the region and even ranks nationally.

According to club presi-dent Britt Wilcox, the split into three clubs was just a formality.

“That’s just what the guy at club sports wanted to do,” Wilcox, senior in arts and design, said. “Dressage club normally functioned as its own unit.”

Dressage was created as a military sport and has evolved into more of an art form, likened to ice-skating or ballet on horseback.

In its eight years at N.C. State, the dressage club has competed in the largest re-gion in the nation and one

of the most competitive, ac-cording to Wilcox.

“We compete against schools in Virginia as well as North Carolina,” Wilcox said. “Including Virginia Intermont, who is a several time national champion and we actually did really well considering the com-petition last year.”

Last year, the Wolfpack placed second only to Vir-ginia Intermont in the re-

gion. The next com-petition f o r t h e dressage team will be Nov. 1 at Wa ke Forest

University. The club com-petes in five competitions this semester and four in the spring. If the team gains enough points throughout the season, it will then travel to the national competition. Last semester the team qualified and attended na-tionals. According to senior Courtney Intres, nationals was her favorite memory on the team.

“When we went to nation-als it was amazing,” Intres said. “We were sitting there looking around at all these

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The Bryan-Wilson connection

Dressage team trots competition

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KeviN cooK/techNiciaN File PhotoJunior halfback Curtis underwood, Jr. and freshman safety Donald Coleman wave the american and North Carolina flags before the football game against Duke. Duke won the game 49-28 after scoring 21 points in the second half, unanswered.

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luiS ZaPata/techNiciaNredshirt sophomore tight end George bryan receives a pass from quarterback russell Wilson Satur-day during the game against Duke. He caught four balls for 41 yards.

By the numbers: GeoRGe BRyan

1 leading Pack receiver

4 touchdowns

26 passes caught

275 running yards

Quote of the day

“[Wilson] now understands

that if he throws the ball

to me, I am always going to catch it and that

I am always there if he needs

someone...”George Bryan, redshirt sophomore tight end

vieW moRe technicianonline.comMaio et, sin parum eum rume perehendit alia volutatus eossit eatiis Apit, sequae.

Source: N.c. State athleticS