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Krispy Kreme Challenge

With over 7,700 run-ners from across the state, the eighth

annual Krispy Kreme Chal-lenge raised over $120,000 for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital.

N.C. State volunteers arrived at the downtown Raleigh Krispy Kreme at 6:30 a.m. Saturday morning to begin setting up for the race. Members of Student Government, the Alpha Phi Omega fraternity and the Omega Phi Alpha sorority loaded thousands of donut boxes onto tables, filled water cups and lined up to greet runners.

Among early vol-unteers were a myr-iad of police officers, including Lieutenant Donna Bean of the Raleigh Police De-partment.

“The biggest chal-lenge on race day is making sure the traffic is set up for the race route, and we do a great job of that,” Bean said.

Bean, who headed the police of-ficers’ tasks on Saturday’s race and others prior, said that there aren’t too

many issues that come up during the event.

“We use police officer volunteers for the race route and we ensure the

safety of the runners during the event,” Bean said. “Every-thing has been fine in terms of medical emergencies. Noth-ing major has hap-pened.”

During this year’s race, the police de-partment kept their tradition of safety, aside from a few expected incidents, like runners vomit-ing after consuming

a dozen donuts. For N.C. State gradu-ate Wade Paro, that was an aspect he

Nicole MoeriNg /TechNiciaNParticipants in the 2012 Krispy Kreme Challenge charge through the start line Saturday. Leading the pack were Mr. and Mrs. Wuf, with more than 7,000 runners behind them. The race started at 8:30 a.m., with its winning runners returning in less than half an hour.

Michael PraTT /TechNiciaNAlex Goden, a freshman in nuclear engineering, grabs a box of doughnuts from a volunteer during the Krispy Kreme Challenge, Saturday. Goden, a member of the club cross country team, reached Krispy Kreme near the front of the pack.

Some on-campus students are unhappy with their required meal plans.

Anna RileyStaff Writer

While many universities require first-year students to live and eat on campus, N.C. State does not.

N.C. State does, however, mandate that first-year students who reside on campus pay for a University dining meal plan.

According to University Dining, there are various meal plan options to fit the needs of different students.

All meal plan equivalency purchases are tax-exempt, which means students save 7.75 percent on them.

According to the meal plan guide, Board Bucks can be used to buy extra meals if a student has used all of his or her meals for the week, for C-Store or other equivalency purchases, or to cover the difference if a campus restau-rant meal was more than a standard meal cost.

For students who use a meal plan pack age , d i n i ng hall meals are the most cost-efficient. If a student ate ev-ery meal at a dining hall, he or she would be paying $4.75 for breakfast, $5.85 for lunch, and $5.85 for dinner.

Some students, however, are not

happy with the dining hall selections. Chris Herndon, an alumnus, said he had a basic meal plan his freshman year but mostly used Board Bucks.

“I used my Board Bucks way more than my meals, be-cause the dining halls weren’t very good,” Herndon said.

Though meal plan packages have been a standard require-ment for years and appear to be most affordable, more stu-dents are beginning to turn to alternative

options for food consumption. Ashlyn Sims, a freshman in business

administration, said she started with

the 100 meals-per-semester plan, but quickly became eager to switch.

After Sims heard a few of her friends had canceled their meal plans, she said she tried to do the same. Sims said her request was denied because she was a freshman living on campus.

“A few of my suitemates [who are also freshmen] were able to cancel their meal plans completely, and we didn’t do anything differently so I’m not really sure how they got away with it,” Sims said.

Despite being unable to cancel her meal plan, Sims said she has worked out her meal plan package to best suit her needs. She said she prefers to use Board Bucks.

“I realized I was using the majority

WKNC’s Double Barrel Benefit hosted local bands at the Pour House.

Shawn Thompson & Zack Green Staff Writers

Last Friday and Saturday, WKNC celebrated their ninth annual Dou-ble Barrel Benefit.

Double Barrel Benefit is WKNC’s annual fundraiser providing two music-filled nights from local North Carolina-based bands. Each night featured four local bands.

Along with the Double Barrel Benefit for showcasing local bands, a day party and market were also held on Saturday afternoon at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub. Welcome to all ages, the market and day party were free for the public.

The music at Tir Na Nog included sets by Baobab, Driftwood, Patrick Phelan (of Luego), Jeff Crawford, Juan Huevos and Magnolia Col-lective.

The benefit has been a main source of WKNC’s funding, allow-ing the radio station to supply the surrounding area with commercial free music, local news, and sports. The last benefit show was held at Kings Barcade.

“I heard there were a lot of people last year,” Isabella Vigilante, a ju-nior in arts applications and a DJ for 88.1, said. “Looks like a good turnout this time too.”

WKNC had an emphasis on all things local through the weekend. The events not only featured local music artists, but also local visual and craft artists, prior to the ben-efit show. The market was held at Tir Na Nog, featuring art, clothing, and jewelry from local charities, businesses and artists.

During the first night of Double Barrel, local bands, The Future Kings of Nowhere, Birds and Ar-rows, Organos and MAKE, took the stage at the Pour House.

Attendees ranged from N.C. State students to Triangle locals coming out to see their favorite bands or checking out some new ones. Most of them were there to enjoy good music, beer and to support WKNC.

“[88.1] is pretty much the only radio station we listen to around here,” Nick Overmire, a lab tech for Labcorp, said. “My girlfriend actually won tickets from them.”

Within an hour of the doors opening, the Pour House was packed with people listening to the bands and scanning over the mer-chandise table. Both the bands and WKNC had things for sale, ranging from beer koozies to T-shirts. The radio station also offered a com-pilation album featuring all of the bands that played Double Barrel 9.

Proceeds went to support 88.1, keeping the radio station getting good and often times local music to the masses.

“WKNC, more than any other radio station, is focused on local music,” Maria Albani, lead vocals and multi-instrumentalist from Organos, said, “it was weird going into it knowing the different styles, weird but I liked it. More shows should be like this.”

Many attendees would agree, as the multi-genre show appealed to most listeners. Many people were exposed to music they didn’t nor-mally hear, a common theme of 88.1. Throughout the night, people showed their support regardless of their musical tastes.

“I really liked it,” Sagan Lampe, a senior in economics and rhetoric, said after seeing MAKE perform, “I’ve been to metal shows before and the environment with this one actually felt comfortable.”

On Saturday night, performances continued after the festival and

On-campus students displeased with meal plans

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PoliCe blotterFeb. 21:51 p.m. | AssisT OTher AgencyGardner Street/Hillsborough StreetStudent reported being sexually assaulted approximately two weeks ago at off campus location. NCSU CID and RPD are conducting further investigation. Appropriate personnel notified.

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CamPus Calendar

Mondayemerging issues FOrumAll DayRaleigh Convention CenterThe 27th Annual Emerging Issues Forum will focus on Generation Z – those born between 1990-2002 – and how we can set this generation, and North Carolina, up for success in the years ahead.

AllAn TAnnenbAum: 70’s mAnhATTAn2:30-4:20 p.m.Witherspoon Student CenterTake a wild ride through Manhattan in the 1970s. Photojournalist Allan Tannenbaum will share photographs and personal recollections from his book, New York in the 70s, which documents an exciting chapter in New York’s history-and captures a remarkable body of work produced by Tannenbaum while he was a photo editor of the SoHo Weekly News in New York City. By photographing everything from street gangs to disco divas, from homeless to Hollywood stars, Tannenbaum has assembled a personal diary of his journey as a photojournalist and raconteur through a strange and exotic era of New York life.

sTudenT cenTers bOArd OF direcTOrs meeTing6-7:30 p.m.Walnut Room, Talley Student CenterStudent representatives will discuss the vision for the Student Centers, the latest developments in the Student Centers Renovation & Expansion, ARTS NC State, Office for Institutional Equity & Diversity, Student Affairs, and student center operations. All students are encouraged to attend.

AmericAns elecT inFOrmATiOn sessiOn6:30-8 p.m.119 Harrelson Hall

Tuesdayemerging issues FOrumAll DayRaleigh Convention CenterThe 27th Annual Emerging Issues Forum will focus on Generation Z – those born between 1990-2002 – and how we can set this generation, and North Carolina, up for success in the years ahead.

mAnAging yOur mOney: budgeTing And sAVings sTrATegies2-3:30 p.m.North Gallery Ballroom, Talley Student CenterLearn the steps and tools you can use to help you develop a financial plan and manage your money. Having control over your financial situation can help you meet your financial goals.

gender diFFerences in TrAde preFerences6-7:30 p.m.Erdahl-Cloyd Auditorium, D.H.

Hill LibraryDr. Katja Kleinberg, assistant professor of political science at the State University of New York at Binghamton, will address “Gender Differences in Trade Preferences: What We Don’t Know (or Prefer not to Say).” Her talk is part of the Visiting Young Scholars spring lecture series sponsored by the college’s School of Public and International Affairs.

mr. And ms. WOlFpAck inTeresT meeTing7-8 p.m.Blue Room, Talley Student CenterCSLEPS, in partnership with UAB and PRSSA is hosting the 2nd Annual Mr. and Ms. Wolfpack competition on March 20th at 7pm in Witherspoon Cinema. 10 contestants will represent a youth-focused nonprofit organization (or youth program of a nonprofit) at the event. The different portions of the event will be Game Day Attire, a talent portion, and Q & A. A panel of judges will vote on who will become Mr. and Ms. Wolfpack! Proceeds will go to benefit the nonprofit the winner is representing.

Occupy ncsu meeTing7-8 p.m.321 Mann HallOccupy NCSU: “We are organizing a student movement aimed at combating increased tuition and fees while seeking to rid NC State of corporate influence.”

AFricAn-AmericAn reAd-in7:30-9 p.m.126 Witherspoon Student Center

WednesdaycAmpus FArmers mArkeT10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Brickyard

prOVen sTrATegies FOr TeAching AT A disTAnceNoon-1 p.m.D.H. Hill LibraryWhat works in distance learning? This question is regularly posed by instructors who are planning a “DE” course (or working to revise one for a future semester.) This seminar draws upon seminal research in the field, as well as on the experiences of NCSU instructors, to provide participants with a list of effective teaching strategies for online courses.

cAmpus mOVieFesTNoon-5 p.m.Reading Room, D.H. Hill LibraryCampus MovieFest (CMF), the world’s largest student film festival, is coming to NC State as part of its 11th annual world tour. Students who sign up for CMF can receive everything they need to make a five-minute movie in a week – including an Apple laptop, Panasonic HD video camera, training, and support – all for free.

mr. And ms. WOlFpAck inTeresT meeTing7-8 p.m.Blue Room, Talley Student CenterCSLEPS, in partnership with UAB and PRSSA is hosting the 2nd Annual Mr. and Ms. Wolfpack competition on March 20th at 7pm in Witherspoon Cinema. 10 contestants will represent a youth-focused nonprofit organization (or youth program of a nonprofit) at the event. The different portions of the event will be Game Day Attire, a talent portion, and Q & A. A panel of judges will vote on who will become Mr. and Ms. Wolfpack! Proceeds will go to benefit the nonprofit the winner is representing.

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Charee Collins, junior in the transition program, greets customers at the Yah’s Best table at the State Farmers Market Saturday afternoon. “I work for a family from Huntersville, North Carolina,” Collins said. “Most everything in the products is

locally grown. When I started my freshman year, we only had about three salsas and four dips.” The company has expanded their products to include seasonings and a wider selection of salsas. Yah’s Best has a table at the Campus Farmers Market Wednesdays, as well as the State Farmers Market.

Newswas almost looking forward to.

“I’m here to support one of my friends who’s been running the Krispy Kreme Challenge for several years now,” Paro said, “I’m excited to see my friend run and sweat his butt off, then eat a dozen donuts like an ani-mal, and hopefully run away without losing it.”

Chris Miller, Paro’s friend in the race, is also an N.C. State graduate who has been running for several years.

“He’s very good and to date, he has not lost his stuff,” Paro said.

When the race began at 8:30 a.m. “losing it” didn’t seem to be on anyone’s mind. Runners stormed through the streets, grabbed their box of one doz-en original glazed donuts, and headed to the water stands to stuff themselves and run the rest of the race.

Among the runners were mainly N.C. State students, but also a noticeably diverse crowd. From mothers running with strollers, to older couples strolling hand in hand, and even a group of students from other UNC system schools, the Krispy Kreme Challenge seemed to break all traditional loyalties and unite the commu-nity in giving back.

Emma Barber, a sophomore in chemica l engineering, stopped at 9 a.m. to begin eat-ing her donuts. Emma, who ran her third Krispy Kreme Chal-lenge Saturday, says she’s giving

herself a “three donut curve.”“My first year I ate three, last

year I ate six, and I’m hoping I can finish nine this time,” Barber said.

Resting for a few minutes to meet up with some friends, Barber was able to finish nine donuts. Though she handed the

rest of her box to a volunteer, she claimed that next year, she plans to eat an entire dozen.

When the race ended, volun-teers stayed to clean the donut-

filled streets so police could reopen them to the public. Among the trash were a sur-prising number of very full donut boxes, but also the rem-

nants of some brave, but failed, attempts to digest 2,400 calo-ries worth of hot doughnuts.

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{ }Our view

On any given day you can pass through the Brickyard and

hear sermons being given to any and all students who walk by —whether they want to hear them or not. These Brickyard preachers come onto campus, supposedly with a permit, and preach their religious and moral beliefs. While freedom of speech is their constitution-al right, the moral messages behind their rants could be brought into question.

Their sermons all have com-mon themes of gay marriage, students’ convictions to their lust, conventional gender roles and Christian values. While it is their right to believe and preach these values, they do not have the right to impose them on others.

Students can be seen lis-tening and sometimes even

agreeing with these particular values. However, the way they are presented is not effective. Preaching acceptance of oth-ers and God’s judgment can be considered contradicted when you also tell students they’re going to hell because of who they love. Those might be their beliefs, but they are not every-one’s.

Contrary to what these preachers might believe, these are not the Biblical times of Sodom and Gomorrah. The preachers are delivering their sermons on a 21st-century col-lege campus, and they need to understand this. In this day and age, there is no need for such harsh words toward your fellow man or woman.

Last week, one preacher could be seen yelling at a wom-an that her brother was going to hell because he was a homo-sexual. According to his reli-gious views, this might be true, but his religion also gives God the power to decide, not any human being. Perhaps they should understand that judg-ing your fellow man is not what their religion is about. This be-ing said, students also are to blame for such high animosity toward the various Brickyard preachers.

Students can often be seen antagonizing these preachers. One even went so far as to dress like the Pope and counter every argument the preacher posed. This type of behavior is only

making the problem worse, fueling the preachers’ desire to stand their ground and defend their religious beliefs.

This is not to say every preacher presents themselves in this manner. A few of their number preach on compas-sion and recognizing God as a merciful figure, but in a way students find intriguing rather than threatening.

Both parties, students and preachers, must understand the significance of allowing others to exercise their First Amendment rights without persecution. By doing this, we can rid our campus of the stig-ma surrounding the Brickyard preachers and what they be-lieve in, and come to recognize how developing understanding and getting along with oth-ers can have an impact at our school.

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.

Brickyard preachers and students stir up loathing The FacTs: Nearly every day, preachers are seen in the Brickyard, delivering their sermons to the college crowd.

Our OpiniOn:Many students find the sermons offensive and respond in a less than appropriate way, while the preachers respond with the same intensity. This should be changed.

Brandon Bovia, freshman in art and design

The stress of living

People always tell us col-lege is the best time of our lives. But most of

the time, it doesn’t feel that way. College has its perks, but it is also a time of unavoidable

stress. We’re looking to find ourselves, to balance prac-ticality, self-gratification and to simply survive.

O n o n e hand, we are f inally inde-pendent. We

get to decide when we go to bed at night, whether we at-tend class every day or once a month, and what we eat. There is hardly anyone looking over our shoulder—save that one overzealous resident adviser. We have control over every aspect of our lives in college, but this independence comes at a price.

Before college, there were never so many worries, never so many neurotic tendencies to develop. Suddenly, we must worry not only about school and grades, but f inances, friends, physical and mental heath, roommates, housing and so on. College may be a transition period, but it sure seems to stress us out.

Before we go to college, most of us are wholly dependent on someone else. True, many of us get cars and have the ability to go where we please, but we don’t really go anywhere. We stay in our comfort zone and rarely, if ever, venture out of it until college. This is a major cause of stress when we first arrive on campus.

Thus college is stressful, un-less students take advantage of their new responsibilities and better their lives, therefore less-ening their stresses.

It is inevitable to feel stress about personal finances. Many students like myself have the luxury of their parents taking care of their undergraduate educational expenses. Some students even have their par-ents agreeing to take care of graduate or professional school expenses.

However, even if the finan-cial burden is not on the indi-vidual, he or she can still feel stress. Stress and guilt often go hand in hand and it is definitely valid to feel stress vicariously, or even just stress at the burden placed on people we care about.

However, there are ways to lessen this financial burden

and its associated guilt. First of all, whether one is paying for college or letting their parents finance their education, everyone should get a job. A savings account should come with this job, as well as learning to budget expenses. A job is nothing without proper organiza-tion.

College is undoubtedly competitive, with well-known weed-out classes and the constant competi-tion of GPA, class rank and test scores. A good rule to live by is one can only con-trol themselves. Instead of stressing out about other people, just focus on your-self. You can control your own performance but you have no control over oth-ers’, so you can eliminate that source of stress.

The last source of stress is simply independence and the worries that come with it, besides financial and educational concerns. Independence involves planning the minute details of your life which are good indicators of your perfor-mance and well-being. This means what you eat every day, how much you sleep, how you manage your time and what risky behaviors you engage in.

The simple rule is to do what you can while still feeling good. If you get four hours of sleep a night, ex-ercise once a week and eat and drink a little more than you should, but still feel as though you’re functioning at your optimal level, by all means continue what you are doing.

It is quite possible that your body will not be able to keep up with your less-than-healthy routine later in life but for now it may appear to be working. If it is not working, change it. Experiment with new sleep schedules, diets, exercise routines and consuming less alcohol. Figure out what your personal balance is.

There are ways to ease into this transitional pe-riod and better prepare oneself for the real world. By taking advantage of the freedom and independence to create a more carefree at-mosphere, college really can become the very best time of your life.

Anokhi ShahStaff Columnist

Learning how to learn

“When am I ever going to use this?”

We have all heard (and pos-sibly even said) this in class at one time or another.

I n m y high school math classes, t h is was a constantly repeated phrase. We spend count-le s s hou r s e a c h y e a r learning com-plex equa-

tions and ways to manipulate numbers—stuff only rocket scientists ever use, right?

Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if we knew why we were learn-ing these things.

I recently had a chance to talk to one of my professors about teaching and learning. Why do teachers teach the way they do? Why do we learn what we learn?

It seems as though students are fed a continuous stream of information, only to regurgi-tate it on a test to demonstrate their knowledge.

In thinking about our dis-cussion, I have concluded education is like a big fish net, cast into the sea with hopes of catching massive numbers of fish. Classes are likewise de-signed to target large schools of fish—in this case, students. This is exemplified by the lec-ture hall in Dabney with the nosebleed section, requiring students to bring binoculars

to see the chalkboard. The educational superiors cast the biggest net possible by creating a curriculum that supposedly can reach the most students.

Reaching as many students as possible can be a good thing and it can be a bad thing.

On one hand, it is good, as it allows institutions to offer few-er sections of a course, which means fewer faculty members need to be hired. This corre-lates to lower tuition, thus more Cook Out funds for starving college students.

On the other hand, target-ing a larger audience means the material has much more breadth than depth to it. Con-cepts are generalized and only skimmed over lightly in class, so more material can be cov-ered in a shorter time.

This creates problems, par-ticularly in a university set-ting. In such an environment, students generally develop an idea of what material pertains to their major, and they tend to not want to learn something if they feel they will have no use for it.

I will admit, I am guilty of this mindset. I can’t even tell you how many times I have caught myself while sitting in my organic chemistry class wondering when I will ever need to know how to make 1,3-butadiene. I’m a food sci-entist, so I’m pretty sure I won’t need to synthesize rubber any time soon.

I would probably still be in this mindset, but one of my or-ganic chemistry professors has

changed my perspective on how I was learning the ma-terial for that class—and all of my classes for that matter.

He is one of the few pro-fessors who doesn’t believe in cramming material the night before and regurgi-tating it on the paper the next day.

Instead, he stressed the importance of the learning process. He knew that in 10 years—or maybe even the next semester—we would never remember any of the reactions he taught and why they were important, unless we had to use them for a job.

We would, however, re-member how we had to put the concepts together to analyze and create new knowledge from the tools we were given in class. You may know this as the high-est level of Bloom’s Tax-onomy.

From that class, I took away this lesson: knowing how to learn information is a concept that will prove to be more useful than the material we are learning in class. The process of syn-thesizing information and knowing how to use the tools our professors put in our toolboxes is something which can be applied to any level of any discipline.

The next time you find yourself frustrated in class wondering why you are learning something, hang in there. Just learn how to learn.

Kaitlyn CasulliStaff Columnist

By JADE LoRiNg

What is your favorite food to eat during the super bowl and why?

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“My favorite food would be chips and some type of dip. I guess because that’s always been around for Super Bowl Sundays.”

Tara Dockeysophomore, communication media

“Cheese dip! Because it’s warm.”

Tatum Brielejunior, communications

“Hot wings because I love spicy food and can eat a lot of them.”

Zack Marinakisfreshman, human biology

“Probably chips and dip because it tastes good and it’s a good pre-game snack.”

Kevin Heyerjunior, chemical engineering

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Team continue the University’s tradition of competing for Disney’s prize.

Mark HerringFeatures Editor

Michael Habersetzer, a junior in mechanical engineering, grew up as a Disney fanatic. In November of 2011, he found out he would travel with a group of students to engineer a Disney dream.

The Disney Imagineering ImagiNations competition started 20 years ago and has se-lected teams of students to c omp e t e to create a Disney park experi-ence that tells a story, inte-grates stimulat-ing design and can entertain a wide audience.

N.C. State has consistently sent teams to compete in the finals in Glendale, Calif., and the Habersetzer and his team members won with their proj-ect, “Adventures in Preclari-um.”

In the past, groups of four students proposed project de-signs for rides and theme-park attractions. Previous NCSU teams designed “Fantasia: the Lost Symphony,” and original ride, “Mickey’s Quest to Mag-ma Mountain.”

According to Brian Gaudio, team member and junior in environmental design in ar-

chitecture, this year’s compe-tition was the first to provide a prompt for teams.

“We were all asked to imag-ine the year 3011 and design an entertainment experience in the future,” Gaudio said.

The team, competing against groups from Cal Tech, UC Berkley, and Utah State, devel-oped an original storyline for Disney’s proposed lunar resort, and following the narrative of Mickey Mouse descendent Molly Mouse fighting against evil in the world of Clarium.

The team created a story ba sed on good versus ev i l, with the hero-ine Mol ly Mouse trav-eling from her virtu-ous home of Preclarium to restore the waste-land of once beautiful

society of Clarium to defeat evil nemesis Archillion, ac-cording to Andy Park, junior in environmental design in architecture and team leader.

The experience culminates with a battle scene and a res-toration of peace.

Kyle Thompson, a senior in aerospace engineering, said the experience depicts a high-ly technologically developed space society that receives a fresh installment of creativity that was lost in the future.

The team got together in Sep-tember 2011 to work on their application to the competition. Out of 130, the NCSU crew was

selected with five other teams to compete in the finals. In the weeks leading up the competi-tion in Disneyland, the team worked day and night to pre-pare for the challenge.

Taking class off last week, the team shadowed Disney engi-neers and creative developers to get a glimpse of the story telling process.

According to Habersetzer, this week of learning was far more impactful than a semes-ter of lectures.

“The imaginations compe-tition is absolutely inspiring and it’s great getting to meet some of the most talented and creative people in the world,” Habersetzer said. “The Disney company is one of the best, if not the best, storytelling com-panies in the world. Getting to look into that process has been amazing.”

The glimpse into Disney taught the team about the significance of collaboration in the creative workplace. In

addition to the design process, the multi-disciplinary effort includes persuasive and illus-trative writing, engineering and product marketing.

For Park, this multi-disci-plinary dialog was a strength for the team.

“We’ve been able to comple-ment each other’s strength and build off ideas to make a cohe-sive project,” Park said.

The collaborative effort paid off for the team, and as first-place winners, they’ll enjoy

$3,000 in prize money. How-ever, for Habersetzer, the team already had the feeling of tri-umph before the final awards ceremony.

“Looking at how far we’ve come, we were selected out of 130 to compete in the finals,” Habersetzer said. “Reflecting on that, I feel like we already won.”

Now with first place, Haber-setzer’s Disney dream is no longer a figment of his imagi-nation.

Stresses of college can push people to addictive behaviors, but these habits can be curbed.

Crystal M. StromanSenior Staff Writer

The life of a college student is stressful, and with the added pressures of finding a career and possible mate, college stu-dents tend to become addicted to various things like video games, coffee, exercising and the ever popular Facebook to ease the stress.

These addictions can be lightweight or they can run along the edge of dangerous.

Most students use their ad-diction as outlets for stress relief or just as a way to get in some extra procrastination.

Erinn Wofford-Allen, senior in applied psychology, said her addiction is reality television.

“I usually watch reality TV shows to relieve stress and dis-tract me from school work,” Wofford-Allen said. “It is fun to watch reality to take a break from work, but I usually end up watching too much and

procrastinating on work and studying.”

Marcus Pollard, a senior in communication, said he is ad-dicted to video games.

“I play video games to relax and de-stress. They give me a chance to focus on something other and school and work, while having fun.”

Many students also have social networking based ad-dictions like Facebook, Twit-ter, Tumblr and the recently popular Pinterest.

Lee Salter, a counselor at the Student Health Center, said students could exhibit these behaviors as an outlet to dis-tract them from course work.

“Overuse of behaviors like exercise or video gaming may be a way students avoid facing the anxiety that comes with producing academic works that need to be done”

“Behaviors like this are good stress relievers in moderation,” Salter said.

He also mentioned that these addictive behaviors could end up causing additional stress if they are taken out of hand.

The causes of these addic-tions vary on a case-by-case

basis. “Obsessive behaviors are

psychological, and you can’t say that about all college stu-dents,” Salter said.

It is important to be sure that your addiction does not cross the line and become danger-ous. Salter warned that there is a thin line between the dif-ference of healthy behavior and dangerous behavior. Obsessive behaviors can become detri-mental when they are taken to the extent that they may inter-fere with a healthy lifestyle and balance of activities.

Photo contributed by Gary KrueGer The N.C. State team in the Disney Imagineering ImagiNations Design Competition placed first in last week’s competition. From left to right, Kyle Thompson, Michael Habersetzer, Andy Park and Brian Gaudio display their project, Adventures in Preclarium.

Students trump the competition in Disneyland

Controlling addictions in college

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“We’ve been able

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A counselor’s tips to fending off Addiction1. Take care of yourself2. Get enough sleep, eat enough, and exercise moderately3. Learn to manage your time wisely4. Allow time for recreation, friends, and relationships

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Destiny Solution implements its new software for continuing education at NCSU’s McKimmon Center.

Ameya KulkarniStaff Writer

The software firm Destiny Solutions, from Toronto, Can-ada, has chosen to implement their new software for continu-ing education at the McKim-mon Center. Destiny Solutions is one of the pioneers for devel-oping software for continuing education. Since 2001, this Canadi-an enterprise has developed n e w p r o -grams to fos-ter a relation-ship among educators and learners and to man-age their life-long learning cycle.

According to Yancy Oshita, Chief Marketing Officer of Destiny Solutions, “We chose NCSU because they are stra-tegically focused on serving and growing non-traditional students, as well as related ser-vices including conference and event management.”

According to the company, more than 47 percent of high-er education students are older than 25. While traditional 18 to 24-year-old students have simi-lar life pressures and respon-sibilities, Destiny Solutions is working to target a different learning crowd with different needs and constraints. Lifelong or adult learners are dealing with competing stresses be-tween family obligations and educational and career goals.

Most of these students are bal-ancing their work and study, while being unemployed or underemployed.

“We have been implementing our software at the university level because they are the pri-mary gateway to improving ed-ucation, skills and knowledge among our nation’s adults in the twenty first century global marketplace,” Rachel Kuper, a public relations officer of Des-tiny Solutions, said.

Under the leadership of Al-ice Warren, the vice provost for Continuing Education, the process of transition of Desti-

ny Solutions to N.C. State was extremely smooth, with the joint sup-port from the former vice chancellor of the Office of Extension, Engagement, and Econom-ic Develop-ment, James J. Zuiches.

“Following a business discov-ery process between Destiny Solutions and MCE&CE, it was determined jointly that Destiny One was the best fit platform to enable NCSU’s ambitious growth plans,” Oshita said.

The developers of Destiny One firmly believe that Des-tiny One can change the face of continuing education at the University.

“Firstly, following a business discovery process between Des-tiny Solutions and MCE&CE [the McKimmon Center], it was jointly determined that Destiny One was the best fit platform to enable NCSU’s am-bitious growth plans,” Oshita said. “Secondly, because Des-tiny One is crafted exclusively for non-traditional education,

each of MCE&CE’s eight dis-tinct units will have the busi-ness f lexibility to best meet the needs of their respective customers.”

In addition to the McKim-mon Center, other institu-tions implementing Destiny One on their campus are Penn State World Campus, Stanford University Center for Profes-sional Development, New York University School of Continu-ing and Professional Studies and Portland State University School of Education and School of Extended Studies. All these schools are strategically fo-cused on serving the growing non-traditional student popu-lation through continuing edu-cation, distance learning and workforce development credit and non-credit programs.

Though many firms are in-volved in developing software for continuing and extension education, Destiny One, is the only software that offers integrated constituent, enroll-ment and administrative man-agement on a single software platform designed exclusively to meet the divergent needs of non-traditional higher educa-tion.

“We measure our success by how successful our clients are with our software,” Kuper said. “We view initial implementa-tion NCSU as a success with future phases to replicate this to other units.”

“The N.C. State team is ex-tremely competent and an ex-cellent reference case for how our future customers should leverage our software,” Oshita said.

The average age of the college students is on the rise, and with that comes special needs. The market for student friendly software is growing and NCSU and Destiny Solutions are look-ing to capitalize on the growth.

Toronto firm chooses N.C. State as

home for building educational software

day party. The second show line-up included The Kingsbury Manx, Gross Ghost, Naked Gods and Heads On Sticks.

After doors opened, be-gan pouring in for Satur-day’s 9:00 show. Soon after the first band started per-forming, the dance f loor quickly filled up with fans. The Pour House was packed with people, many coming to see particular bands.

“This is my first show, and I was invited by my friend. I will definitely check out the radio station that promoted the show,” Sherita Harper said.

Sherita Harper along with her friend Jennifer Fite were first-time attend-ees of the Double Barrel Benefit show, after hearing the event being broadcast on WKNC.

“This is my first time at-

tending a Double Barrel Ben-efit show, but I am a big fan of WKNC. I came to the show for the first band, because I wanted to hear them again,” Jennifer Fite, UNC alumna and Raleigh native, said.

Some people came out for their favorite bands, while oth-ers attended to hear bands that were recommended through WKNC or friends.

“I was here [Friday], it was really cool and there was a lot of variety. I heard Gross Ghost

is going to put on a good show, I’m really looking forward to that,” Hannah Jaffee, a sopho-more in communications at NCSU, said.

The weekend was a success for both the bands and radio station, as each was able to get good music out to locals.

“I love the idea of being able to help something that helps us out so much,” Spencer Lee, bassist for MAKE, said.

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Thomas obarowski/TechnicianKatie McKnight, a senior in environmental science, and Sonum Nerurkar, a senior in environmental technology and management, greet an attendee at the booth for The Wolfpack Environmental Student Association at the WKNC Double Barrel Benefit Day Party, Saturday.

of my meal plan on $4-5 orders at Port City Java. When I was paying $745 for 100 meals, I felt like I was wasting a lot of mon-ey. I knew Board Bucks would be a better option for me,”

Though she has to use her meal plan for the remainder of the year, Sims said she likes to take advantage of the kitchen in her dorm. She said she en-joys cooking and doesn’t want to leave the dorm every time she’s hungry.

“It should be up to us to de-cide if we want [a meal plan], because many of us just love cooking and would prefer to do that,” Sims said.

Sims said she and her suit-emates have even started a “Sunday Dinner” tradition -not in the dining halls, but right in their dorm. She said 14 of her friends take turns cooking their favorite recipes in the lounge kitchen, and then sit down to eat together.

“It reminds me of being home with my family, and that is what I look forward to the most every week,” Sims said.

Like Sims, Julia Van Horn, an undeclared freshman, said she was not satisfied with her meal plan. Van Horn, however, was able to cancel her package. She said she pre-fers not hav-ing a meal plan, because the freedom a l lows her to pick and choose t he f o o d s s h e wants to eat each day.

“I’m fairly health con-scious, so it allows me to nix a lot of the unhealthy food options on campus,” Van Horn said.

Van Horn said that meal plan packages amount to a lot of wasted money. She said she would rather have the ex-tra money each month to buy

healthy groceries.Canceling her meal plan has

helped her learn to budget her money from month to month for food, Van Horn said.

“Once I started paying for all of my food with my debit card, I gained a greater appreciation for my money, and became

more aware of how much I was spend-i n g ,” Va n Horn said.

Although mea l plans provide many convenient options, some students are looking for more cost-efficient, healthy op-t ions . A nd

while first-year students on campus are required to have a meal plan, some are searching for a way out.

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most every week.”Ashlyn Sims, freshman

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scoring, but also his defensive body of work.

“Scott [Wood] was pretty good in just about every area,” Gottfried said. “He defended pretty well. He gave up a couple of looks, but offensively it was nice to see him get in a groove where everyone in the gym thinks every shot is going in. That’s where he was today.”

All five Wolfpack starters fin-ished in double figures for the game and the team shot over 52 percent from the field. Overall, Gottfried seemed impressed with what the Wolfpack put out on the court, especially on the offensive end.

“First of all, I liked a lot of things about the game,” Gott-fried said. “I like how we got the game up and down and got our break running. Offensively, we were a lot better there.”

On the defense, Gottfried acknowledged his team could have played better against a

Wake Forest team that is only averaging 63.3 points per game.

“Defensively, not as good,” Gottfried said. “I thought we could have played much bet-ter. We had a stretch at the end of the first half where I thought defensively we were really sharp, but outside of that I think we gave up too many good looks.”

With the win, State has won five straight against the Demon Deacons. In a losing effort, guard C.J. Harris was Wake Forest’s leading scorer with 21 points.

The Pack will travel to Atlan-ta Thursday to square off with Georgia Tech, a team it lost to 82-71 at home in January.

Scott Wood thought pick-ing up the win Saturday was huge, and believes his team can put together a strong fin-ish in league play, despite sev-eral challenging teams lurking ahead.

“I think we’re getting it,” Wood said. “If we can continue to work hard on the offensive and defensive end, we’ll be re-ally good.”

deaconscontinued from page 8

the Cavs held a vice grip on it for the remainder of the game.

UVA widened the gap to double digits at 38-28 with 12 minutes left in the half and it kept growing due to forcing the Pack into several turnovers resulting from the Cavs switching to a zone press on defense.

“We weren’t sharp,” Harp-er said. “There were times where we could’ve made an extra pass or we could have made a good pass that led to a shot. We just didn’t ex-ecute whether it be we threw the pass behind somebody or didn’t make a good pass or we didn’t see the open person.”

The Pack was able to close the score to within six with five seconds left, but it was to no avail as Virginia was able to hold on and come out with the victory. State

has now dropped to No. 7 in the conference with a 4-7 re-cord with five games left in the conference schedule.

“We just [have to] come

together,” Holston said. “Ev-erybody has to be on the same page and know that we have the same goals.”

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John Joyner/TechnicianSophomore guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman dribbles past a Virginia defender during the basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 5.

COUNTDOWN• 15 days until N.C. State faces UNC-Chapel Hill at the

RBC Center

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did You know?After claiming ACC victory No. 6, State is one win away from reaching seven conference wins for the season. It would be the first time since Feb. 5, 2006 when NCSU moved to 7-2 in ACC play after defeating Maryland.

State eclipses last year’s win total with second win over Demon Deacons.

Brian AndersonStaff Writer

After suffering an embar-rassing 76-40 home loss to State last month, Wake was determined to get revenge on the Pack.

Not much changed in three weeks.

N.C. State (17-7, 6-3 ACC) defeated Wake Forest (11-12, 2-7 ACC) Saturday afternoon, 87-76, on the strength of five different players reaching double figures. State held off sev-eral runs from Wake, but was eventually able to break away for a comfortable vic-tory.

With six conference wins on the season, NCSU has already surpassed last sea-son’s conference win total.

The afternoon started with the Demon Deacons taking an early 7-2 lead, but State charged back with a 12-point run to go ahead. The Deacs eventually held a 29-22 advantage to put the Wolfpack faithful teetering on the edge of their seats a little over halfway through the first half. Until junior forward Scott Wood nailed three consecutive three-pointers and State retook the lead, 31-29. The Wolf-

pack would extend the margin, going up 41-33 at the half.

Wake Forest had one more run in them, tying the game at 50 early in the second half. However, the Wolfpack would survive the brief scare and go on to win the game by an 11-point margin.

On the multiple scoring runs, Wood thought the team with the most runs would go on to win the game.

“Basketball is a game of runs,” Wood said. “You just have to withstand them and have more runs than the other team. If you can do that, you will be successful.”

Wood led the Wolfpack with a game-high 23 points and con-nected on six three-pointers. The Marion, Ind. native said when his teammates are set-ting screens for him, he can get open and knock down shots.

“I think Lorenzo [Brown] and my teammates just did a good job screening and finding me,” Wood said. “Whenever you can give someone that can make shots a wide open look, it always helps you.”

Senior shooting guard C.J. Williams, who had 18 points to go along with six rebounds and three assists, admits Wood’s shooting ability boosts the team.

“When Scott [Wood] gets it going for us, we are a lot better team,” Williams said.

Coach Mark Gottfried was not only pleased with Wood’s

Inexperience costly in 20-18 loss.

Tyler EverettSenior Staff Writer

The Wolfpack took ad-vantage of pins by sopho-more Matt Nereim at 149 pounds and freshman Col-tin Fought at 125 to make things interesting against UNC Friday night, but the veteran Tar Heels prevailed by taking six of 10 matches on the Pack’s senior night.

“I feel bad for the seniors because this group has worked really hard,” coach Carter Jordan said. “We have been wrestling very well, but we didn’t wrestle well tonight, top to bottom. We need all 10 pistons pop-ping for us to win, because of the youth and inexperi-ence that we have. We had some outstanding perfor-mances from some of our guys, and some other guys were disappointing.”

Nereim’s pin concluded the most entertaining match of the evening with just 14 seconds re-maining in the third and final period. Nereim and Carolina’s Jon Burns traded takedowns from the match’s outset, before Nereim’s pin abruptly ended the back-and-forth affair.

“Quite frankly, we thought someone was getting pinned in that match, because both of them wrestle like that,” Jordan said. “But at that time, at that moment, did I expect a pin with that particular technique? No. That was unbelievable. That’s who [Nereim] is. If he can just turn one more corner for us, he can be as good as he wants to be.”

In addition to the victories by Nereim and Fought, State won at 141 pounds, where No. 10 senior Darrius Little recorded a 8-3 decision, and at 174, a match fellow senior Quinton Godley won by a 7-1 decision. Senior 157-pounder Colton Palmer, the other senior competing for the last time at

Reynolds Coliseum, fell to No. 17 Corey Mock, 5-0.

But ultimately, the Pack’s in-experience proved too much to overcome. Freshman Ben El-liott fell 11-4 to senior Brock Livorio of UNC at 133 pounds, f reshman Robert O’Nei l l dropped a 13-3 decision to Car-olina senior Thomas Ferguson at 184 pounds, and sophomore Nijel Jones fell behind early in an 8-2 loss to Tar Heel senior Kyle Kiss. Freshman heavy-weight Josh Davis lost his bout 5-2 to put the Pack in an early hole after the match started at the 184-pound class.

“I say this all the time, I’ll take a .500 wrestler in his fifth year over a freshman, any day of the week,” Jordan said. “I don’t care how talented the freshman is. The fifth year guy that is .500 is going to beat the hell out of [the freshman], nine times out of 10. The savvy, the mat experience, all that stuff; that kind of stuff is what you just have to learn from it.”

men’s basketball

Wolfpack rises above Deacons

wrestling women’s basketball

Veteran Tar Heels spoil Pack’s Senior Night

Ryan PaRRy/Techniciantrying to get out of a chokehold, freshman robert o’neill fights to gain control of his match against UnC-Chapel Hill’s thomas Ferguson. o’neill lost his match in the 174 lb weight class 13-3 and the wolfpack fell to UnC 20-18 Friday, February 3, 2012.

State falls to ‘Hoos

oliveR sholdeR/Technicianlorenzo brown goes over wake Forest defence to dunk the basketball. the wolfpack defeated the Demon Deacons 87-76 at the rbC Center.

Hill becomes first runner in NCSU history to break 4-minute mileN.C. State All-American Ryan Hill, a junior out of Hickory, broke the longest-standing mark in the Wolfpack track and field record book and became the first runner in school history to break the four-minute mile. Hill, running in his first indoor track meet of the season, easily won the mile run at the Virginia Tech Elite meet, posting a record-breaking time of 3:58.33, to claim his fourth school record in indoor and outdoor track. Hill, a two-time ACC champion in the 10,000 meters, had previously set school marks in the indoor 3,000 meters (7:50.78), the outdoor 1,500 meters (3:40.22) and the outdoor 5,000 meters (13:31.67). The fastest mile prior to Hill’s record-breaker was set by Jim Wilkins 39 years ago.

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ACC Announces Future Regular-Season Scheduling FormatsAtlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford announced future scheduling formats this weekend, as approved by the ACC’s Faculty Athletic Representatives and Athletics Directors. The announcement was made following the annual ACC Winter Meetings and will go in effect once Pittsburgh and Syracuse become playing members in the conference. Conference schedules will go to nine games in football and 18 in basketball, while the ACC will now sponsor 26 sports with a new 14-member structure. N.C. State will no longer be playing UNC in both Chapel Hill and Raleigh every season due to the new scheduling model that will be based on a three-year cycle and a primary partner. State’s primary partner will be Wake Forest, while UNC will partner with Duke.

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Thursday Men’s BasketBall at GeorGia tech7 p.m., Atlanta, Ga.

WoMen’s BasketBall vs. lonGWood7 p.m., Raleigh, N.C.

WrestlinG at old doMinion7:30 p.m., Norfolk, Va.

Fridaytrack at husky classic All Day, Seattle, Wash.

track at tyson invitational All Day, Fayetteville, Ark.

softBall vs. utah state11 a.m., Athens, Ga.

softBall vs. st. John’s1 p.m., Athens, Ga.

Saturdaytrack at tyson invitational All Day, Fayetteville, Ark.

track at valentine invitational All Day, Boston, Mass.

Men’s tennis vs. south carolinaNoon, Raleigh, N.C.

WoMen’s tennis at dePaul Noon, Madison, Wis.

softBall vs. caMPBell 3 p.m., Athens, Ga.

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N.C. State took a loss to UVA that held a significant impact on the ACC standings.

Jeniece JamisonDeputy Sports Editor

The Wolfpack dropped to 4-7 in conference play after losing to the Virginia Cava-liers, 55-47, on Sunday af-ternoon. The Pack’s offense was plagued with turnovers — 25 for the game — and the ‘Hoos took advantage of it, scoring 22 points off of turnovers.

“We just didn’t have the focus that we have to have to get a win in the ACC,” head coach Kellie Harper said.

State’s offense was stag-nant, as the Pack wasn’t able to put any points on the board. Due to the lack of offense, Harper delved into her bench early in the half, calling on freshman Krystal Barrett, Erica Donovan and Kiana Evans for a spark.

“I’m disappointed in our l a c k o f execution offensive-ly,” Harp-er said. “I thought w e h a d a couple of good practices leading up to this game, and I felt like our players were all on the same page in knowing what we needed to do.”

“I don’t know that it was really the offense,” junior guard Marissa Kastanek said. “It was the movement. We didn’t utilize ball fakes as we should have or, like Coach said, hit the open person and make the easy pass.

“We were making this hard for ourselves instead of just doing the easy things.”

After nine minutes of score-less basketball for State, red-shirt senior guard Emili Tassler hoisted a long distance two off a handoff from senior Bonae Holston with 11 minutes left in the half, leaving the Hoos with an 8-2 lead.

Despite the slow start, the Wolfpack clawed its way back into the game. A barrage of threes from the Pack’s front-court led its comeback, shoot-ing at 50 percent from behind the arch in the first half. A three by Kastanek on the fast break

closed the gap to one with just one min-ute remain-ing, leaving the score at 22-21 Cavs going into the locker room for the half.

A put back layup f rom sophomore center Kody

Burke put the Pack on the board early in the second half, 26-23, and a layup from Holston gave State its first lead of the game, 27-26, with 15:34 left in the game.

Despite gaining the lead, the Wolfpack wasn’t able to hold the edge over the Cavaliers for very long. A layup from Virgin-ia guard Ariana Moorer helped UVA regain the lead, 28-27, and

“We were making

this hard for

ourselves instead

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easy things.”Junior guard Marissa Kastanek

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upcoming women’s basketball schedule :02/09 – vs. Longwood (7 p.m.)02/12 – vs. Wake Forest (5 p.m.)02/16 – vs. Miami (7 p.m.)02/19 – at North Carolina (1:30 p.m.)02/23 – at Boston College (7 p.m.)02/26 – vs. Maryland (2 p.m.)03/01 – ACC Tournament

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