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Prepping for Hurricane Earl
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANJon Smetana, a junior in sports management, looks away and Kate Gilbertson, a sophomore in parks, recreation and tourism management, is hugged by a fellow Campus Recreation employee while they watch EMS try to resuscitate an 18-year-old runner after he collapsed during a jog on Dan Allen Drive Thursday. After about 30 minutes, EMS took the individual to Rex Hospital. Smetana and Gilbertson were the first on the scene after seeing the runner collapse. “His face went straight purple,” Smetana said. “He had no oxygen.”
TROPICAL DEPRESSION:• Closed low-pressure system• Winds must rotate fully around
the closed low-pressure center• Maximum sustained winds of up
to 39 miles per hour
TROPICAL STORM:• Appears more circular than a
Tropical Depression, indicating more organization
• Clearly recognizable rotation• Maximum sustained winds from
39 to 73 miles per hour
HURRICANE:• Well-organized, often with a
distinct eye• Pronounced, strong rotation• Maximum sustained winds
greater than 73 miles per hour.• Large range in intensity is
described by the Saffir-Simpson Scale
A Fayetteville statue represents Special Forces veteran General H. Hugh Shelton, one of the University’s alumni.
Kali MalloryCorrespondent
For members of the ROTC, retired Gen. Hugh Shelton is a constant pres-ence.
Lt. Col. Ratashak, a professor of military science, said Shelton is an inspiration to others.
“His picture is proudly hanging in our hallway. Last year, he was the guest speaker for our Military Ball,” Ratashak said.
A tribute to General H. Hugh Shel-ton took place at the Airborne and Special Operations Museum on Aug. 27 in Fayetteville, with fellow military personnel and others present to pay homage.
“Prior to the Military Ball, he sched-uled time to recognize and take a photograph with each of the top ca-dets in their respective class. He was also hosted by the Park Scholars and General Shelton Leadership Center to present a lecture on nation building to the students last March.”
The ceremony consisted of tributes
from the Fayetteville Mayor Tony Chavonne and H. Ross Perot, along with the presentation of a bronze statue of Shelton.
Ratashak said the statue not only symbolizes the University, but serves as an inspiration to all soldiers.
“It is a landmark that truly repre-sents the U.S. Military, N.C. State and North Carolina. We are extremely proud to be part of an institution that develops students to be success-
Bragaw sewage repaired, finalized after fall break
An 18-year-old male runner was transported to Rex Hospital Thursday evening after collapsing onto Harris Field.
Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor
The Students Today, Alumni To-morrow gathering in Harris Field Thursday evening experienced an unexpected interruption when a run-ner collapsed, prompting Cary EMS, Wake County EMS and Campus Po-lice to block Dan Allen Drive between Thurman Drive and Cates Avenue.
The man collapsed and rolled
down a hill onto Harris Field at ap-proximately 5:30 p.m., according to eyewitnesses.
Martin Moody, chief investigator with Campus Police, said the runner was alive as of 7:30 p.m. Thursday night.
“When I called, he was still hanging in there,” Moody said.
Jon Smetana, a junior in sport man-agement and Campus Recreation em-ployee, along with an unnamed run-ner, were the first on the scene and began CPR.
Kate Gilbertson, a sophomore in
Alumnus General Shelton
honored in Fayetteville
Collapsed jogger revived on crowded Harris Field
Hurricane Earl is not on track to make landfall, instead it is projected to skim the Outer Banks and affect Raleigh with the possibility of rain and some wind, according to Jessica Showers, senior in meteorology.
Showers, specializing in marine science, said generally, the strongest part of a hurricane is the upper right quadrant. The left side of Earl is projected to hit North Carolina.
Prior to a hurricane, students should begin preparation for conditions. Here’s a look at the three storms in the Atlantic Ocean, as well as a few tips for hurricane season preparations.
EMERGENCY CHECKLIST:Food: • Store at least a three-day
supply of non-perishable food
• Foods that require no refrigeration, are compact and lightweight
First Aid Kit:• Sterile adhesive bandages• Sterile gauze pads• Adhesive tape• Bandages• Moistened towelettes• Antiseptic• Thermometer
Special Needs: • Medications• Contacts
Sanitation:• Toilet paper• Soap• Disinfectant• Clothing and bedding
Clothing: • One complete change of
clothing and footwearSOURCE: N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS
CONTINUITY AND DISASTER RECOVERY DEPARTMENT
CRITICAL PHONE NUMBERS:Campus Police: 515-3333Campus Information: 513-8888Facility related problems: 515-2991
SOURCE: N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS CHECKLIST
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University Housing will finish cementing a section of flooring during fall break, where sewage problems forced an immediate renovation.
Joanna E. BanegasSenior Staff Writer
University Housing will finish repairs to a damaged sewage line in Bragaw Residence Hall during fall break, according to Scott Scherer, University Housing’s facilities con-struction supervisor.
The sewage issue was caused by people flushing hand towels down the toilet, Scherer said.
According to Scherer, the prob-lem occurred several weeks ago and the pipe was repaired imme-diately at the start of the semester.
“This [has] happened a few times,” Scherer said. “Every time we had to get that line cleaned up.”
Scherer said the Bragaw Hall was built in the mid 60s and over time the pipeline has rusted.
“So this pipeline did rust and f lushing paper towel down the toilet got caught where the pipe-line has rusted out,” Scherer said.
According to Scherer, housing
facilities used a sewer camera to explore inside of the line and dis-covered holes in the pipeline. The exploration found the bottom of the line has rusted and created a place where paper towels can be-come wedged.
“Once we saw that, we knew it had to be repaired so we busted up the floor, dug it up and replaced that section with a new pipe, and then covered it back up,” Scherer said.
Scherer said the plywood floors have covered the new pipeline since Aug. 15 and will hide the repairs until fall break.
“That concrete has to cure for at least 20 days until the students are able to walk on it,” Scherer said. “We’re going to pour it over fall break.”
Scherer said that section of the rusted pipe is permanently fixed.
“We are not having any more issues with the bathroom and the final repair for it will happen over fall break,” Scherer said.
Bridgett Lozano, a sophomore in political science, said she was surprised when she walked by the plywood floor one morning.
BRAGAW continued page 3 SHELTON continued page 3
JOGGER continued page 3
HURRICANE EARL:• Category 2 hurricane• Maximum sustained winds – 110 miles per hour• Expected to pass near the Outer Banks of North Carolina
TROPICAL STORM FIONA:• Maximum sustained winds - 50 miles per hour.• Predicted to turn to the northeast
TROPICAL DEPRESSION GASTON:• Maximum sustained winds – 30 miles per hour
SOURCE: NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
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SOURCE: STATE CLIMATE OFFICE OF NORTH CAROLINA
GENERAL SHELTON’S ACHIEVEMENTS• Graduated from NCSU with a
bachelor’s degree in textiles• Commanded the 82nd Airborne
Division• Lead the United States Joint Task
Force in Haiti• Serving as Commander Chief of the
U.S. Special Operations Command• Awarded four Defense
Distinguished Service Medals• Awarded the Purple Heart• Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II• Awarded the Congressional Gold
Medal
SOURCE: GENERAL H. HUGH SHELTON LEADERSHIP WEBSITE
POLICE BLOTTERSeptember 21:09 A.M. | LARCENY/ASSAULTAvent Ferry ComplexStudent reported cell phone taken by another student. Second student reported being struck. Investigation ongoing.
1:38 A.M. | ALCOHOL VIOLATIONDan Allen DriveTwo students were referred to the University for underage alcohol violations.
2:58 A.M. | ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCYUniversity TowersRaleigh Police Department requested assistance in identifying owner of stolen equipment. Non-student was arrested for Breaking and Entering-Vehicle. Owner identified as student.
September 11:39 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTVarsity DriveUnits responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance.
10:31 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIORPublic Safety CenterReport of concerned behavior regarding student.
11:59 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONBrickhaven DriveReport of suspicious activity. Officer trespassed non-student from NCSU property.
12:22 A.M. | ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLEHillsborough Building LotDue to citizen complaints of public intoxication and loud parties in the area, officer issued parking ticket to illegally parked vehicle in lot.
12:54 A.M. | FIRESullivan HallUnits responded in reference to small fire in trash chute room. Raleigh Fire Department extinguished fire. No damage to structure. Cause of fire was cigar being put in the trash. Student was referred to the University for causing fire. Appropriate personnel were notified.
12:14 P.M. | WARRANT SERVICEPublic Safety CenterOfficers executed warrant on student and transported to Wake County Processing Facility.
3:06 P.M. | LARCENYWinston HallStudent reported another student stole laptop. Investigation ongoing.
August 3010:32 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORTPublic Safety CenterConcerned Behavior Report completed on student in reference to domestic issued off campus.
12:18 A.M. | VIOLATION OF UNIVERSITY POLICYOff CampusStudent was arrested by Raleigh Police Department for drunk and disruptive behavior and failure to disperse on command. Student will referred for same.
3:50 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTAvent Ferry ComplexUnits responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.
12:36 P.M. | BREAKING AND ENTERING - VEHICLERed HatNon-student reported unsecured vehicle had been entered and money taken.
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parks, recreation and tourism management, said the man was obviously working out.
“He was running down Dan Allen Drive, and he had head-phones,” Gilbertson said.
Smetana was playing corn-hole when he saw the runner out the corner of his eye.
“He was kneeling over. It looked like he was resting,” Smetana said. “It was like he couldn’t support himself.”
Gilbertson said the jogger faceplanted and rolled down
the hill at Harris Field. “It was literally seconds after
he rolled down the hill when we reached him,” Smetana said. “His face was already purple.”
According to Gilbertson, Campus Recreation officials, along with the unnamed run-ner, began CPR on the col-lapsed jogger.
“We looked for a foreign ob-ject in his airway,” Gilbertson said. “We couldn’t find any-thing, so we began CPR.”
While Smetana and the un-named runner were perform-ing CPR, someone called 911.
“Once someone called 911, we just kept doing CPR until the rescue squads got here,”
Gilbertson said.According to Thomas Staf-
ford, vice-chancellor for stu-dent affairs, University offi-cials do not know if the man is a student.
“One of the problems we face is making sure his emergency contacts are contacted and we can’t do that. We need to iden-tify him,” Stafford said.
Jude Jackson, a freshman in psychology, did not see the runner collapse, but he said he heard about it from everyone else.
“I just hear what everyone is saying,” Jackson said. “I hope he’s alright.”
BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANJon Smetana, a junior in sport management, and a passing runner stand overlooking a collapsed man on Dan Allen Drive as paramedics perform chest compressions Thursday afternoon. Smetana and an unnamed jogger were the first on the scene, performing CPR until EMS arrived. “I just got trained [in CPR] like two weeks ago so it was fresh in my mind,” Smetana said. “It’s really different doing it on a real person, there’s a definite realness about it.”
ful leaders,” Ratashak said. “It is another reminder of
the exceptional legacy N.C. State has created when it comes to producing the best military officers in the world,” Ratashak said. “The statue hon-ors all sol-diers and motivates us to take the neces-sary steps to become better leaders and members of society.”
Ratashak said Shelton is a huge advocate of the University’s Army ROTC program and holds legacy for ROTC.
“General Shelton served as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the highest uniformed military posi-tion. He also founded the Shelton Leadership Chal-
lenge and Forum. He comes back to the University on sev-eral occasions to lecture and participate in student events,” Ratashak said. “He demon-strates to the N.C. State student body that a person with strong values, diligence and hard work can achieve the highest levels of leadership this nation has to
offer.”Ratashak
also praised Shelton’s character and his in-f luence on ROTC.
“General She lton i s a ma n of humble be-ginnings who reached
the pinnacle of military ser-vice through his energetic at-titude, infectious personality, and strong adherence to stan-dards. He cares about people and through his candor he has the ability to positively motivate those around him,” Ratashak said.
According to Ratashak, each year we have more and more students participating in the
Shelton Leadership Center and N.C. State Army ROTC.
“General Shelton’s accom-plishments challenge our Ca-dets as members of the Wolf-pack Battalion to live by the unit motto of ‘Our Country, Not Ourselves’ and strive daily to excel to be Leaders of The Pack,” Ratashak said.
Monisha Ragsdale, a cadet and junior in accounting, said she’s pleased with the statue and its convenient location.
“I feel honored by it…and I’m glad that it’s downtown, so everyone can see it.” Rags-dale said.
Jackie Kell, a cadet and junior in international studies said that Shelton’s accomplishments illustrate his great legacy.
“I’m honored to follow the legacy of someone who was knighted by the Queen of Eng-land,” Kell said. “He must have a legacy on the international community to be honored in such a way. He set a standard, in which military branches should attain, not just the army”, Kell said.
“I didn’t know we had that type of pipe problem,” Lozano said. “I almost tripped when I was walking to Fountain Dining Hall.”
Lozano said she is glad they have fixed it soon.
“It might have been a problem for other the peo-ple who getting to the mail-boxes or if they are walking through that hallway,” Lo-zano said.
Lozano also said she didn’t know there was a
sewage problem in Bragaw Hall.
“That’s an issue [University Housing] needs to pay more attention to,” Lozano said.
“If it happens twice, then students need to pay attention and be careful to what they are throwing downs the toilet.”
“The housing department does fix things pretty quickly and when something breaks down they get on it pretty quick and make sure it’s repaired,” Lozano said.
Taylor Baker, a senior in turf-grass management, said the re-pairing process was really loud and obnoxious.
“It was hard to work down here and it was right around move-in, [so it] was hard to check residents in and people would come to look at what was going on,” Baker said.
Baker also said they have the plywood on the floor is an ac-ceptable temporary alternative while the problem is being ad-dressed.
“It’s what they had to do,” Baker said. “I think the prob-lem was resolved in a timely manner.”
BRAGAWcontinued from page 1
SHELTONcontinued from page 1
JOGGER continued from page 1
“He set a
standard, in which
military branches
should attain, not
just the Army.”Jackie Kell, junior in
international studies
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{ }OUR VIEW
This weekend marks the beginning of the football season for Tom O’Brien
and the Wolfpack. With this in mind, students need to get out there and recharge the stadium with N.C. State pride.
First and foremost, students must remember to be respon-sible while commuting, tailgat-ing and cheering on during the game. Thousands of people from around the state coming to Carter-Finley Stadium, so be aware as you drive to the game. Tailgating can be the best part of going to football games, es-pecially since you can still do it even if you do not have a
ticket. However, drinking too much and not being careful of your surroundings can bring the experience to an end. Cam-pus Police and Raleigh Police Department will be out in full force, to both protect and en-force laws.
Grilling and cooking crazy, N.C. State-themed food with friends and displaying flags off the back of your vehicle is a great way to get pumped up about the game. Get together with your friends and tailgate,
or jump on your other friends’ tailgates, even if you don’t like football. On game day, we are all in the same Wolfpack fam-ily.
Saturday, Russell Wilson, and new running backs Dean Haynes and Mustafa Greene are among several players stu-dents should be anxious to see. The season opener is a great time for students to become fa-miliar with the football players, and also show their support for the team. If the team knows
we have its back, then it can do anything.
Supporting the team by being a loud as possible and keeping the faith are the best ways to start a great football season.
Remember, “Go Pack!”
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responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
Break out the grillsTHE FACTS:Saturday is the beginning of football season for the WolfPack. N.C. State will be playing Western Carolina University.
OUR OPINION:Students should go out and support the Wolfpack by tailgating and making noise. However, they should also be responsible and careful this weekend. Go Pack!
Tame that wildcat! Western Carolina University vs. North Carolina State University
Mark McLawhorn, editor-in-chief emeritus
BY ANDY MUSSELMAN
Are you going to the football game Saturday?
Why or why not?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“Yes, because it’s State’s first game.”
Michael Stevensjunior, nutrition science
“Hell yeah. Cause I love State football.”
Eli Whitesophomore, communication media
“I am not going. I have a theater rehearsal. I would have gone otherwise.”
Betsy Newsomesenior, communication media
“I am not going. I’m not really into football and I have other Labor Day plans.”
Erica Abedjunior, psychology
Rejoice All Ye Skeptics
Christianity certainly has had a rich history and influence on American
history, culture and politics. But is America a ‘Christian Na-
tion’? Or more specifically, was our coun-try founded s t r ic t ly ‘ by Christians for Christians’? The short an-swer is no.
Quite a few of the found-i ng f at her s were deists , skeptics and
freethinkers. Even the ones that were religious were deep-ly skeptical of the abuses of religion throughout history. In this day and age, one can scarcely imagine the uproar of a president coming out as a skeptic of Christianity as fiercely as Thomas Paine—or even Jefferson or Franklin.
Thomas Paine—whose writ-ings rationalized and energized the independence struggle—had some interesting things to say about religion. In his pam-phlet “The Age of Reason,” he wrote that the Bible is ‘a his-tory of wick-edness that has served to corrupt and brutalize... mankind.’ If this is not enough for y o u , a l s o in the ‘Age of Reason,’ Paine wrote this: ‘What is it the New Testament teaches us? To believe that the Almighty committed debauchery with a woman engaged to be mar-ried; and the belief of this de-bauchery is called faith.’ So why exactly is Glenn Beck a fan of Paine?
To even be a deist at that time—before evolution and cosmology—was probably equivalent to being a radical atheist now. Pre-Darwinian deists didn’t have the luxury of actual physical evidence and well-supported theories to turn to. They doubted the Christian religion based on textual disagreements alone. I find it likely that if they had access to the science and ar-chaeological history that we do nowadays that they would have been—if not Atheistic—at least Agnostic.
This skepticism of religion was built directly into the Constitution. Not only does
the Bill of Rights guarantee freedom of religion, it also guarantees freedom from religion—which includes the freedom to believe that all religions are just fic-tional stories attempting to describe the mysterious nature of the universe. Also Article 6, section 3 of the Constitution, states that ‘no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.’ To follow this rule would be radical in today’s time considering the public’s de-sire for devout politicians. It is still almost unheard of for someone to be elected to national office without expressing a mainstream religious viewpoint.
Even common sayings about America and God are misleading. According to the Treasury Depart-ment’s website, the phrase ‘In god we trust’ was only added to certain coins dur-ing the civil war era and was not adopted on all coinage until the 20th century. Also, the phrase ‘under God’ in the Pledge of Allegiance was
added in the 1950s during an outbreak of r ight-wing hys-teria—that time it was against commu-nists.
One of the most interest-ing examples of America’s religion was stated in the Treaty of Tripoli of 1796, a document written in re-gards to an outbreak of pi-racy on the Barbary Coast. The treaty specifically ad-dressed America’s relation-ship to Muslim nations, and in Article 11, stated that ‘the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.’ Not only was the treaty unani-mously ratified by the Sen-ate, it was fully endorsed and signed by President John Adams with no public backlash.
Send Zakk your thoughts on skepticism to [email protected].
Zakk WhiteSenior Columninst
“This skepticism
of religion was
built directly into
the Constitution.”
Chad Rhoades, the author of the column “Let the Revival Begin,” says “religion does not produce fanatics.” Yes, it does. Fanatics have the text on their side. We are perpetually in danger of someone looking to the text and saying: “Christian (and Jewish) brothers and sisters, hear me out! Immediately after God delivered His commandments to His chosen people, they were allowed to hold slaves, commit mass murder, and subjugate women! What have we been doing?!”
Chad Rhoades goes on to say that abusers of religion shouldn’t be linked to “the rest of those who are just seeking a moral life.” These two groups are inextricably connected by their reference to the exact same texts and teachings. Tangential point: these people who are “just seeking a moral life” are doing so in a manner that condemns original humanistic reason; Christianity demands deference to holy teachings for moral truth and everyday decisions. If you’re proud to sacrifice your human conscience and rationale to ancient, distilled, reorganized and manipulated texts: that’s terrifying, but it’s your choice. Regardless, they should NOT guide our national mindset and laws.
Chad Rhoades then says that “other” members of a faith shouldn’t have to apologize for the reprehensible actions of “a few.” The use of “few” here is laughable. Just like the Catholic church recently released a list of
94 specific, and many other general, apologies for its past actions, professors of any faith must be prepared to defend not only the absurd claims in their faith, but they must also account for, and at least attempt to explain, the revolting actions carried out by their comrades (e.g., harassment and violence toward homosexuals, forced conversion of indigenous peoples, and alliances with quite unsavory individuals (e.g. Hitler, Mussolini and Mother Teresa and Jerry Falwell)). Why? Because these people followed the same “God” as you do.
Religion should not guide our country and its laws. That’s lazy and illegal.
Thomas Andersonsenior, political science
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Freshman summer reading book generates positive response from faculty and students, even compelling some to take action.
Jessica NevilleScience & Tech Editor
Incoming freshman with majors as di-verse as nuclear engineering and political science receive one common assignment before fall classes start: to read a book. It may sound simple, but when the book claims to discuss “the central moral chal-lenge of our time,” students and faculty have found it may not be so easy to dis-miss.
This book, titled “Half the Sky,” was written by two journalists, Sheryl Wu-Dunn and Nicholas Kristof, who set out to investigate the plight of women around the world and were taken aback at what they found.
Lauren Demanovich, a senior in so-ciology and communication, served as a student representative on the Common Reading Selection Committee that chose Half the Sky as the summer reading last year.
“I knew that there were injustices in the world towards women, but I was sur-prised by the extent of what I read about,” Demanovich said.
Demanovich read the book after it was selected as one of the top five candidates to be the freshman reading, and said there were numerous reasons why the commit-tee thought the book would be appropri-ate for the incoming freshman class.
“The people who read “Half the Sky” first from our committee were very ada-mant about it being a worthy book,” De-manovich said. “What I liked about it was that although the book deals with a lot of hard issues, it gives a positive outlook on what we can do instead of just listing a lot of problems.”
According to Donna Burton, who served as the head of the Common Read-ing Selection Committee last year, nom-inations for the summer reading book open in September every year, and any student or faculty member can make a nomination.
“Last year we had 47 nominations for books and the committee looks to see which books meet the qualifications,”
Burton said. “We have to consider that the major-ity of students reading the book will be 18, so some books may not be appro-priate at that age.”
Burton said a big fac-tor in choosing a book was the ability to get the author to speak at Convo-cation at Wolfpack Wel-come Week. The book-store helps to research the author’s availability and cost.
“Once we found out we would be able to get Sheryl WuDunn at Wolf-pack Welcome Week, that was a major factor in the selection,” Burton said.
In addition, Burton said “Half the Sky” was a top contender because it appealed to a wide variety of majors and disciplines, it was likely that most stu-dents had not read it, and it had a lot of potential to spark discussion.
According to Burton, it is up to the individual colleges to choose how to incorporate the book into freshman introduc-tory classes.
“In First Year College, students are required to read the summer book and write a paper on it that they turn in on the first day of class,” said Carrie McLean, director of First Year College.
McLean said she noticed that “Half the Sky” seemed to invoke a stronger response from students than books in the past.
“This is a tough book to read but it is real,” McLean said. “We wanted to be careful about how we discussed the book in classrooms so we worked with the Women’s Center this summer to cre-ate a summer reading facilitation guide.”
McLean said survivors of sexual abuse had a harder time with the content of the book, so it was important to have the Women Center available for counseling if needed.
“A lot of action is being taken in re-sponse to this book, both locally and in-ternationally,” McLean said. “We hope
to have a sexual assault prevention workshop that ties into the issues presented in the summer reading this fall.”
Students expressed feelings of increased awareness and being overwhelmed in the orientation class papers, according to McLean.
“The papers were inspiring to read because although the topics are hard to deal with students want to move on and want to know what they can do to help,” McLean said.
Demanovich said she has also seen an energetic response on campus towards “Half the Sky.”
“Professors are offering to give out grants for projects that relate to the book and a whole separate committee was created to discuss how to respond to the book,” Demanovich said.
Professors Kenneth Esbenshade and
Jo’Ann Cohen have star ted a group called the Un-common Reading Initiative that seeks to formulate ideas to take action against the issues in Half the Sky.
According to Cohen, the provost will provide $10,000 for projects related to “Half the Sky.” There will be a call for proposals this fall and the funding will probably be limited to $500 per proposal.
“The idea is to have a program that works on creating a response to every freshman reading book,” Burton said. “We hope to do something that sets N.C. State apart as a University that doesn’t just read a book but takes action as well.”
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All Birds SayCarl broemelatO records
‘Half the Sky’ makes lasting impression
HAve An ideA for tHe next Summer reAding? nominAtionS Are AlreAdy Being Accepted At http://www.ncsu.edu/uap/reading Criteria for Common Reading books
• readability, including book length, and potential for engaging students,
• relevance to first-year students, current society, or local community
• Literary quality• provides perspectives from
multiple academic disciplines and/or world views
• Likelihood students will not already have read the book
• Connection to one or more institutional initiatives or strategic plan priorities
• accurate and respectful portrayals of diverse cultures
• potential to spark passionate discussion
• author represents a unique voice and perspective
• Likely availability and speaking ability of author to provide convocation keynote
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Side projects by members of great bands tend to go one of two ways. Either they’re just as great as the actual band, like Wilco-offshoot Loose Fur, or bland and forgettable, like Mick Jagger’s entire solo output. Gui-tarist for country-rockers My Morning Jacket Carl Broemel’s debut solo record, All Birds Say, falls into the former category.
When performing with My Morning Jacket, Broemel can often be found flailing around the stage during up-tempo barn-burners, or adding tex-ture to one of the band’s hazy ballads. For Broemel’s solo re-cord, however, he trades in his electric guitar for an acoustic set of lilting country-folk num-bers perfect for the segue into fall.
With a warm voice similar to My Morning Jacket lead-man
Jim James, Broemel effort-lessly works his way through breezy, relatively simple songs that, generally put, fall into the folk-rock genre.
The instrumental title track, “All Birds Say,” proves an apt starting point for the record. A sunny, classi-c a l , g u it a r melody eases up to a piano-bass-drums combo that gently fades into second t rack “Li fe Lef tover,” a laid-back folk song about not taking for granted the short time we are given on earth.
Tucked into a d r e a m y country number called “Car-ried Away,” a subtly moaning lap steel guitar matches the weary chorus: “Don’t get car-ried away in the past, it’s not there/Don’t get carried away in the past, it’s not fair.” These lyrics are merely one example of the subtly poignant style of Broemel’s songwriting.
Elsewhere on All Birds Say, simple truths such as “Seems impossible to get ahead/When you are only making just enough,” from “Enough,” and the close detail of the gen-tle shuffling “On The Case,” with its descriptions of dusty,
unfinished book s a nd weeds “grow-ing in beds by the water,” display Bro-emel’s lyrical prowess.
Al l B i rd s Say may dis-appoint some My Morning Jacket fans looking for another re-cord of balls-to-the-wall, country-rock anthems and
psychedelic balladry. Those willing to accept the fact that All Birds Say is a slower, more easy-going affair, however, will find a perfect fall record full of lilting, country-folk songs fo-cused on the simple truths and nuances of everyday life.
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Technicianpage 6 • friday, september 3, 2010
Craft Center offers unique creative outletStudents from all departments can enjoy a variety of classes and workshop free from academic dogma.
Allison BarnesCorrespondent
It’s the first day of Cheryl Weisz’ Introduction to the Pot-ter’s Wheel class, and 12 stu-dents sit behind pottery wheels as she reviews the basics of the wheel and the clay.
Weisz has taught a pottery class here for the past two years and is one of many instructors on staff at the NC State Crafts Center.
Located in Thompson Hall, the Crafts Center is home to artists of all sorts. Workshops and classes are available to all NCSU students, and most are even open to the general public.
“There’s a lot of shops that are dedicated to an academic department, but we cross all bounds. Our facility provides classes and formal instruction for students of any discipline,” says Crafts Center Director George Thomas.
The classes range from pot-tery to photography. They also change based on student demand.
Classes are not based on aca-demic credits. They are typical-ly six-week programs student can sign up and pay for online. Weizs offers her Introduction to the Potter’s Wheel class once a week for a few hours.
The Crafts Center is a stu-dent-based program.
“The Crafts Center is oper-ated and paid for by students,” Thomas said.
Kaden Wilson, senior in industrial design, used his
talents to create an original woodworking class that allows students to build longboards. Wilson began his freshman year with an interest in build-ing longboards, and with access to the woodworking shop at the Crafts Center, he began mak-ing and selling them to friends. Wilson taught a longboard building class over the summer, and his next one will start in October. As of Thursday night there were still four spots left in the upcoming class.
“I’ve mentioned it to friends and it’s exciting to see that the word is getting spread and more are signing up already,” Wilson said.
Katy Walls, senior in com-munication media, teaches two photography classes at the Crafts Center.
“I’ve had a strong back-ground in photography and throughout high school that was taken away, so by the time I got to college I had to find an outlet,” Walls said. “I just kept coming back.”
Among Walls’ photography classes, there is a pinhole work-shop and a black-and-white darkroom class. She’s so far had a wide array of students, often including the general public.
“In class, they get to explore the campus,” Walls said. “They go out on the first night and take pictures of the Bell Tower and other key landmarks.”
Aside from the creative stu-dent-inspired classrooms, the Crafts Center also has a studio space that is open to anyone.
“The main thing is a student can be mad at the world and they can have had a very hard day, but they come in and work with clay or wood or other ma-terials and their frustration can be worked out,” Thomas said.
Instructors say the Craft Center’s ability to mod to the needs of its students makes it one of the most evolved places on campus, keeping it anything but traditional.
“There is a change in the cul-ture,” Thomas said. “One of our students is teaching guitar lessons, so we purchased three guitars.”
Kat hr y n Cunning ha m, graduate student in fish and wildlife, is one of the 12 stu-dents in Weisz’ pottery class. Cunningham is no newby to
the Crafts Center; she took a photography class in 2006 dur-ing her undergraduate study. Cunningham’s favorite thing about the Crafts Center is, “it’s convenient and they’ve got lots of different stuff!”
The Crafts Center is a place with something for everyone.
“If a student ever has a need to make something, always think of the Crafts Center first. It’s just as if you had to find a book you would go to the li-brary,” said Thomas.
Michelle Fidelia/TechnicianBen Woody, alumnus of the University of Montana, used a wood carving device at the N.C. State Craft Center at Thompson Theater on Thursday. Woody said he uses the equipment because the machinery can only be found at NC State.
andy MusselMan/TechnicianVallyn Murphy, a senior in art and design, practices her chords while Jeannene Lang, a sophomore in English, teaches students about guitar tab in Thompson Hall Thursday. Murphy was attending a beginning guitar class taught by Lang. Murphy said she took the class because “I work at the Craft Center and have never taken a class here. I thought it would be fun to learn.”
FeaturesFine aRTS
Ellen ScottStaff Writer
Technician: What prompted your interest in the arts? How did it continue throughout your childhood and teenage years prior to entering college?
Ray: “I started taking art classes when I was young. My favorite things we did in el-ementary school were the art projects. My real interest in the arts was sparked in fifth grade when my teacher taught us how to develop photos in a dark room. In middle school, I took an art class each year and during the summer I would take art classes offered at places like ArtsTogether or Art Space in Raleigh. I also took an art class every year in high school including AP Art History which sparked my interest in art history.”
Technician : Have you had any internships and what did you do for them?
Ray: “In high school, I was an intern for the artists Linda Ruth Dickinson, Catherine Thornton, and Eric McRay. For the most part I would help
the artists prep their work, can-vases, clay, paints and brushes, as well as work at venues where their art was displayed, com-municate with galleries where their work was shown and work First Friday’s. I had another internship through ArtSource Gallery in North Hills during which I learned a lot about what goes into running an art gallery. My duties there in-cluded re-hanging the gallery, wiring/rewiring pieces, doing inventory, artwork storage and organization. Working during some exhibitions the gallery sponsored I got to meet artist James Kerr and jeweler Luigi Bellini. Those were my favorite exhibitions.”
Technician : How did you come to work for the Museum of Art? What kind of work do you do there?
Ray: “I found my job at the North Carolina Museum of Art through an ad on Craigslist. I work in the gift shop. It’s not the most epic of jobs, but it’s at least a foot in the door to some possible better opportunities and jobs at the museum.”
Technician : What do you want to do once you graduate?
Ray: “I’m not quite sure of what I am planning on doing upon graduation. I have been thinking about going to gradu-ate school, if so, I am not sure where. I have also been think-ing about getting a job either at a gallery or continuing my job at the museum.”
Technician: What did you do during First Friday’s?
Ray: “During First Friday’s, I would stay in the artist’s stu-dios and greet customers, talk to them about the artwork, the artist and his or her work and career, etc. It was an excellent opportunity for me to become acclimated to the advertising side of being an artist, running a studio or gallery. Overall, First Friday’s are a very fun and interesting way to find ones ar-tistic side because of the dif-ferent elements of the arts that you’re subject to such as live music, artwork and awesome food throughout downtown.”
Education beyond the classroom
Ray, a senior in design, has taken her passion for art beyond the bound-aries of the classroom and studio. Having been an intern for Raleigh artists and working for the North Carolina Museum of Art, Ray tells
the Technician’s Ellen Scott what it is like to extend education beyond campus and how she was involved in downtown arts and events such as First Friday. First Friday is a self-guided tour of downtown art galleries on the first Friday of every month.
Classes in sept. that have spaCe available: • intro to the potter’s Wheel,
“for students only,” friday mornings beginning sept. 10
• Watercolor i, “for students only,” friday mornings beginning sept. 10
• intro to b & W photography in the darkroom, begins sept. 13
• How to make better pictures,
begins sept. 15• Haitian drum making, “for
students only,” sept. 17, 18 and 19
• beyond basic darkroom, begins sept. 23
• pinhole Camera Challenge, sept. 25
source: arTs n.c. sTaTe websiTe
Q&a withMary Margaret Ray
Technician was there. You can be too.
the Technician staff is always looking for new members to write, design or take photos. Visit www.ncsu.edu/sma for more information.
SportsPack to take on Sacramento State, Louisville in weekend tournament
Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer
The Pack will travel to Dur-ham Friday for the Duke Nike Classic. Over the weekend, it will take on Sacramento State on Friday and Louisville on Sunday. State dropped its f irst exhibi-t ion g a me against Da-vidson, but bounced back to defeat High Poi nt a n d bring its re-cord to 1-1.
Sacramento State is also spor t i ng a 1-1 record in its f irst two games. The Hornets went 14-4-2 and lost to UCLA in the NCAA tournament last year. Coach George Tarantini said Sacramento State is a very tal-ented team that should not be taken lightly.
“We are excited to play this weekend. The men have worked very hard for this season to start,” Tarantini said. “The Hornets are a very talented and quick team who will be com-ing to the Triangle looking to win. The Duke Tournament is a
great showcase for what we will do the rest of the year, and we feel very optimistic about our possibilities.”
The Pack will then take on the Louisville Cardinals on Sunday. They have yet to com-pete in regular season compe-tition for the 2010 season, but have gone 2-1-1 in exhibition contests against Lipscomb, Saint Louis, and Penn State and are ranked No. 20 in the
NCSAA poll. Last season Louisville posted a re-cord of 13-2-4 before falling to Ind ia na in the f irst round of the NCAA tour-nament.
Senior mid-fielder Chris Zuerner said this tourna-ment will be
very exciting on the field and added that a high level of fan support over the weekend will also be essential.
“The Duke Tournament is a special event, and I hope that in general there will be more fans, not just from N.C. State, but also Triangle fans hope-fully coming out to see a good game,” Zuerner said. “It’s a great game and to see it played at a high level is such a privi-lege. We hope we can bring that to the field this weekend.”
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AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIANMidfielders senior Chris Zuerner and freshman Jorge Risquez fight over the ball with High Point’s Shane Malcolm, a forward. The Wolfpack won the Aug. 26 game, 3-2.
Men’s soccer prepares for Duke Nike Classic I think Russell Wilson is
good enough to be a Heis-man candidate, but that’s something you leave up to the people that have to vote, and that’s not me. But I think he’s a great quarterback, one of the top quarterbacks in the nation. What he does for this team is beyond words.
I go against George Bryan every day in practice and it’s tough. He’s the ACC’s best tight end. I have had to run down the seam with Jar-vis Williams a few times. I haven’t seen anybody go up and get a ball or attack a ball like he does. His ball skills are great. Owen Spencer is a crisp route runner and his
speed is real deceptive. Once he gets up on you, the next thing you know, he is pulling away from you. I haven’t gone against anybody faster than him. Maybe him and T.J. are up there somewhere, neck and neck.
Redshirt freshman running back Dean Haynes is a smart player, I have seen that. I joke with him every day about leav-ing the defense to go and join the other guys and I give him a hard time about that. But he’s going to do OK because he’s a pretty smart player and he knows what is going on back there.
It has never really been about proving anything to anybody. we just have to go out there and play to the best of our abilities. Be there to support the Pack on Saturday.
tional TV like we have done the last two years,” O’Brien said. “You might say that the questions about over-looking opponents are good because you can’t overlook an opponent like South
Carolina. But no one intended to disrespect Western Carolina because they are a Bowl Subdi-vision school. When you only have 12 opportunities there is no reason why you wouldn’t show up and play your best every game.”
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what we will do
the rest
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TECHNICIANFootball FridaySPORTS
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Randy WoodsonChancellor
Kelly HookStudent Body President
Debra MorganWRAL TV anchor
Tyler EverettSports editor
Tucker FrazierDeputy sports editor
Sean KlemmDeputy sports editor
Taylor BarbourDeputy sports editor
Tommy AndersonWKNC General Manager
Mark ThomasCo-host of 620 The Buzz’s “The Insiders”
Julius HodgeFormer Wolfpack basketball star
Oregon State @ TCU TCU TCU TCU TCU Oregon State TCU TCU Oregon State TCU TCU
LSU vs. North Carolina in Atlanta LSU LSU UNC LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU LSU
Western Carolina @ N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State N.C. State
Elon @ Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke Duke
Richmond @ Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia Richmond Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia Virginia
New Mexico @ Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon
Washington State @ Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State Oklahoma State
Washington @ BYU BYU BYU BYU BYU Washington BYU Washington BYU BYU Washington
UCLA @ Kansas State Kansas State Kansas State UCLA UCLA UCLA UCLA Kansas State UCLA UCLA Kansas State
Illinois @ Missouri Illinois Missouri Illinois Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri Missouri
WESTERN CAROLINA
WESTERN?What happened the last time State played
N.C. State won 59-20 in 2003, Tramain Hall caught a touchdown pass, had a 67-yard punt return for another score and Philip Rivers threw
three touchdown passes to lead the 16th-ranked Wolfpack. Hall finished with seven catches for 97 yards, and N.C. State scored on five of its first six possessions.
SOURCE: THEACC.COM
Players to watch for:N.C. STATE
Russell Wilson, quarterback: A 2008 first-team All-ACC selection, was responsible for 35 TDs last season (31 passing, four rushing) – the second-highest total in NC State and ACC history.
SOUTH CAROLINAMitchell Bell, safety: Mitchell Bell was a preseason All-Southern Conference selection after making 67 tackles in 2009, including 45 solo stops.
COMPILED BY TYLER EVERETT
LOCATION: Cullowhee, N.C.TOTAL ENROLLMENT: 9,055ESTABLISHED: 1889CONFERENCE: Southern (FCS)STADIUM: E.J. Whitmire Stadium
Wolfpack injury reportPROBABLE: None listed
QUESTIONABLE: None listed
DOUBTFUL: None listed
OUT: Brandon Barnes, RB - ankle Jarvis Byrd, CB - knee Sylvester Crawford, DE - hip R.J. Mattes, OG - knee Quinton Payton, WR - finger Jay Smith, WR - groin James Washington, HB - hamstring Jesse Riley, DB - knee* Rashard Smith, DB - knee*
* out for the season
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
FOCUS ON...
Next week: NC State at UCF on Sept. 11 Tusculum at Western Carolina on Sept. 11
Week One
I don’t know if there is any-body more excited than me as far as coming back
to play. Being that my last game was in 2008, I’m ready
to get back out there and go through it one more t i me. Yo u c o u l d say this is the most antici-pated game of my life. I have been away for so long and everything is
building up to come back. I tried to practice coming out the tunnel when we had prac-tice last Sunday.
But it will be different with the fans screaming and the smoke blazing and the band playing. I think we have the best and most dedicated fans that I’ve seen anywhere. They stuck with us through the highs and the many lows. They’ve sat out there, I remem-ber it was pouring rain in some games and there was extreme heat in others, and they were right there cheering us on, whether we won or lost.
Me getting back to playing the way I was before the in-jury is going to be a gradual progression. But I think that after I look back over this year and over the last year I played, I will be able to gauge myself and see that I got better.
Offensively, Western Caro-lina is very good at what they do. They have a pretty good set of skill position players and I think they are going to come and attack us. We just have to be ready for what they are go-ing to give us.
This season will be a success if we win every game. That’s what the goal is. I don’t want to lose a game this year.
I love playing in the rain. It means you have to run the ball. You really can’t throw the ball that much. Linebackers love physical contact so I hope the hurricane comes right over the stadium and that we are play-ing right in it.
I’m real confident in our D-line. I don’t understand why there will be a lot of question marks surrounding our de-fensive line. We have guys that were in the rotation the last two or three years, they just haven’t been starting. They have enough playing experi-ence and games under their belts to where they can step in and make plays and make an impact.
I think our passing game will be even better. A lot of guys have improved over the offseason and are ready to take that next step.
Taylor BarbourChief Deputy Sports Editor
Every year is a fresh start for a football team. The slate is wiped clean and what a team did the year before has no say on how it may fin-ish this season, and for the Wolfpack football team, a new start is just what the doctor ordered after a below average season in which it went 5-7.
But the fresh start is here, start-ing with Western Carolina University. A nd for many Pack players who a re going to be heavily relied on through-o u t t h e season, this wi l l be the first experience they have play-ing college football.
“It is definitely going to be fun,” freshman cornerback David Amerson said. “Foot-ball is a fun sport so I am looking forward to play that game in front of thousands of people.”
Amerson is one of seven freshmen or redshirt fresh-
men who will be getting their first taste of collegiate football Saturday against the Cata-mounts. Freshman running back Mustafa Greene, who is listed as the No. 2 running back on the depth chart, is hoping to fulfill his one wish in his first college game, which is to score a touchdown.
“I am looking for a touch-down,” Greene said. “Without a doubt, that’s the biggest thing I am looking forward to.”
Nerves are sure to be running high 30 min-utes before game t ime, b u t b o t h Amerson and Greene believe that o n c e t h a t f irst ball is snapped, all that will dis-appear and it will just be about playing the game they love to play.
“I am going to be nervous. But usually af-ter that first snap I will be ok,” Greene said. “That is what al-ways happened in high school, so hopefully the same thing will happen in college.”
For Amerson, once he runs out of the tunnel, it will be a dream come true, one he has envisioned many times before in his dreams.
“I don’t know, I can only imagine,” Amerson said. “Every time I go to sleep at night I imagine seeing all those people, the atmo-sphere and the adrenaline running. I am just looking forward to it.”
A key to the Pack winning this game and any game this season will be the defense and the return of redshirt senior linebacker Nate Ir-ving, who is back after suf-fering a broken leg in a car crash last summer. Amer-son said Irving is back to his old form and describes Irving’s instincts as almost telepathic.
“He is one of the smartest players I have seen,” Amer-son said. “It is like he knows where the play is going be-fore every snap. It’s amazing to watch.”
But just because the sea-son opener is against a lesser opponent in Western Caro-lina, as opposed to a high-profile opponent like South Carolina, who State opened up against the past two years, coach Tom O’Brien believes that it will not di-minish the importance of the game. He said his team will not look past the Cata-mounts.
“There are pluses and minus to opening up on na-
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New players brace for Saturday’s debut with PackFRESHMEN LOOKING TO MAKE IMPACT IN FIRST COLLIGATE FOOTBALL GAME
Nate IrvingSenior linebacker
“It is like he
knows where
the play is going
before every snap.
It’s amazing
to watch.”freshman cornerback David
Amerson on Nate Irving
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