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Elise HeglarNews Editor

Discussion on a tuition increase for the 16 University of North Carolina System schools is moving to state leg-islation following an approval by the Board of Governors.

The BOG president, Tom Ross, rec-ommended the tuition increase plan.

In a meeting Friday morning at the University of North Carolina at Cha-pel Hill, the BOG officially gave their approval for the increase. The plan if adopted will raise fees by roughly 8.8 percent for all UNC system schools for the 2012-13 academic year.

In a statement given by email, Chancellor Randy Woodson said this increase, if accepted, will help our University to provide good edu-cation while maintaining a low cost to students.

“Specifically for our campus, Fri-day’s decision will go a long way to-ward ensuring N.C. State can continue to provide a top-quality educational experience to our students while re-maining affordable compared to our public university peers,” Woodson said in the email.

The tuition raise would be about $400 total for all UNC System schools.

Phillip Christofferson, senior in political science and chief of staff for the student body president, said in an email statement that the tuition in-crease would help protect the quality of education at our University.

“I think everyone involved in the situation realizes students do not want to pay more for tuition. How-ever, we must realize that in order to maintain the quality of our degree and protect our education some in-crease is needed,” Christofferson said.

Christofferson pointed out that the money from the increase would go to fund financial aid and maintain cur-rent faculty, class sections and class sizes.

“We believe that his [Tom Ross] in-crease will allow for a good balance of keeping education affordable and the value of a degree from N.C. State where it needs to be to ensure our success after graduation,” Christof-ferson said.

The Association of Student Govern-ments, a group made up of the student body presidents from all UNC System schools, officially endorsed the tuition increase plan.

“The proposal was supported by members of ASG as well as other student leaders,” Christofferson said in the email.

Patrick Devore, senior in meteorol-ogy and PAMS student senator, said

First Fashion Week creates new opportunities for Textiles students.

Shawn ThompsonStaff Writer

The College of Textiles will have its first Fashion Week April 11-13 to showcase design leadership and cre-ativity.

Fashion Week will consist of dif-ferent events where students, faculty and the general public will have the chance to experience informative and entertaining forums, fashion shows and much more.

“College of Textiles Fashion Week will bring attention and global aware-ness to the college, and display what Textiles’ different curriculums have to offer,” Nancy Webster, practicum professor for College of Textiles’ de-partment of apparel, technology and management, said.

Webster said Fashion Week was de-signed to bring the industry and the University community together; it will create networking opportunities and leadership challenges for students and faculty, while allowing corporations to utilize creative resources the NCSU’s College of Textiles has to offer.

“This Fashion Week will elevate and show innovation as well as creativity, showing people what the College of Textiles has to offer academically, creatively, and professionally,” Nan-cy Cassill, professor and department head of textile and apparel, technology and management, said.

NCSU’s College of Textiles is the largest of its kind, producing more than half of the textile graduates in the United States each year. An estimated 20 percent of the graduates serve as corporate managers, and half of those are board chairpersons or presidents

of their own companies. The college is different from other textile programs because of all the unique educational experience available to students.

“Fashion Week is a chance for every-one to experience the design aspect of the textiles program, expanding the focus from the mostly sience based curriculums of NCSU. The College of Textiles is great because art, science and management coexist in the col-lege, adding a competitive advantage,” Cassill said.

Fashion Week will begin with an opening press conference April 11, followed by an opening ceremony. The opening ceremony will celebrate global relations with guests from Hong Kong Poly-tech, Donghua, Fash-ion Institute of Technology (FIT), and London College of Fashion. The show will also feature 12 designs from each of the four global institutes represent-ed, along with N.C. State.

“Along with the new FTD program offered by College of Textiles, Hong Kong and many other universities served as inspiration for this Fashion Week,” Webster said.

Fashion Week will have opportu-nities for students to showcase their designs during the Creativity/Innova-tion Exhibits, Designer Marketplace, and at the closing ceremony.

“Friday night of Fashion Week will be the ‘Best of NCSU’ during the closing ceremony. Students selected through an application and juried process will have the opportunity to present their designs during the Color Fusion-themed show,” Cassill said.

During the closing ceremony fash-ion show, students will show their designs based on the Color Fusion theme. The show will be held Friday, April 13, 2012 in a tent at BTEC on Centennial Campus at 7:30 p.m. All student designers are encouraged to

submit their fashion designs for jury into the show.

The Closing Ceremony fashion show will also be a judged event, hav-ing judges from the fashion industry. Awards will be given to first place ($750), second place ($500), third place ($350), and audience choice

($200). Deadlines for designer in-terest applications are due Feb. 24 by 5:00 p.m.

Other events of the Fashion Week include two forums where influen-tial leaders in design and textiles

Students took advantage of their meal plans and experienced a unique Valentine’s dinner.

Lindsey RosenbaumStaff Writer

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and to celebrate, University Dining sponsored a Valentine’s Day Dinner Friday night at Case Dining hall.

University Dining frequent ly sponsors such events, all of which have been very popular on campus. Some of these past events include the “Around the World” dinner, “A Night in Paris,” and the original Valentine’s Dinner in 2009.

The Valentine’s Day Dinner in 2009 operated a little differently than this year’s. During the former one, stu-dents remained seated, ordered off of a menu and were waited on by cater-ing staff.

This year, students were asked to RSVP in pairs, be it dates or just a fun dinner for friends. The menu was posted online preceding the event, so students could decide what to try.

Instead of ordering off of a menu this year, different food stations were set up. Students had a choice between two salads to start off with. There were five entree dishes, two of which were vegetarian options. The meal was finished with four dessert choices,

including a chocolate fountain.The students weren’t the only ones

excited for this event.“Our team [was] excited to pre-

pare a great tasting meal to showcase their culinary skills,” Kelley Brackett, public communications specialist for Campus Enterprises who helped plan the events, said.

“Planning and executing the Val-entine’s Dinner creates excitement within our culinary team and staff. It is truly a meal prepared with love,” Bob Sorochak, director of Case Din-ing Hall, said.

The University Dining Culinary team of Chefs included Bill Brizzo-

lara, Kevin Nichols, Mack Bell, Steve Lester, Joe Nalley, and Yves Ruiz, as well as cooks from Fountain and Case. The menu was created and prepared by Izesta Brown, Josh Heath, Jamali Parson and Kelly Winn.

There were two different dining sessions, one at 6 p.m. and another at 7:30. The tables at Case were swathed in white tablecloths and capped off with vases of flowers, which students could take with them at the end of the meal. The lights were dimmed and each table had small, fake candles to give off mood lighting.

Local musician Cecil Johnson played jazzy love songs on saxophone

and flute while students ate.“I love jazz and I thought the

music was great,” Elizabeth Goins, freshmen in biological sciences, said.

Not everyone enjoyed the music quite as much as Goins did.

“It was a little annoying,” Caro-line Nieman, freshman in Spanish education, said.

“It was nice for the background,” Elizabeth Brenneman, freshmen in English said.

Nieman heard about the event through an advertisement in Clark, and was eager to attend with her friend. Goins also attended with a large group of friends.

“It was good for couples, I guess, but it was also good for just friends,” Goins said.

Most students who went were more eager to sample the upscale menu than in fully celebrating Val-entine’s Day.

“I don’t know what I expected, honestly,” Neiman said, “but it was fantastic.”

The menu was well-received by students, most saying they sampled a little bit of everything. Special fa-vorites included the ravioli, cheese-cake, and steak.

According to the students, the Valentine’s Day Dinner was a suc-cess, and a great way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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The Born Digital exhibition at CAM Raleigh experiments with uncharted realms of art.

Juliana DeitchCorrespondent

Born Digital, the new exhibit at Ra-leigh’s Contemporary Art Museum (CAM Raleigh), invites visitors to interact and experiment with the

exhibit’s movement-driven, visitor-dependent artwork.

With 18 different pieces by 12 na-tionally and internationally known artists, Born Digital displayed inter-active digital design and new media trends.

The interactive exhibit involves vis-itor participation and invites viewers to “exercise their creativity and act on their curiosity,” CAM Raleigh’s website said.

CAM Raleigh is a collaboration be-tween the Contemporary Art Foun-dation, the community of Raleigh and N.C. State’s College of Design.

“CAM Raleigh seeks to curate the most contemporary works of art and design possible—those still emerg-ing, growing, and living,” according to CAM Raleigh’s website.

The exhibit features artwork that uses computer vision technology known as “interactive video.” Cus-

tom computer software invented and written by the artists combines with digital video cameras to allow each artwork to respond to people, colors and motion in the exhibit.

As visitors move throughout the museum and interact with the art-work, the pieces respond and come alive. Born Digital is a reflection of society in today’s digital era.

Art and technology merge in contemporary art exhibition

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Paul-GreGor Maier /TechnicianLauren Gerardot a senior in fashion design presents her designs inspired by the Italian fashion designer Valentino Garavani.

naTalie claunch/TechnicianClinking glasses before beginning dinner, Michael Trinkler, freshman in animal science, and Kim Haraden, freshman in art, attend Valentine's Dinner at Case Dining Hall.

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One final push

Freshman in aerospace engineering Preston Daniels puts in one final push before the finish line in the Collegiate D road race at the Wolfpack Classic presented by Giordana at Jordan Lake Saturday. The Wolfpack Classic is an annual road race hosted by the N.C. State Club Cycling Team, spanning multiple races over the course of two

days in two different locations, with various class open to riders of different skill levels. The Club also hosts and participates in mountain biking and cyclocross at various points in the year.

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CamPus Calendar

Todaysearch cOmmiTTee meeTing - assOciaTe Vice chancellOr, uniVersiTy DeVelOpmenT9:30-11 a.m.327 Park Alumni CenterCharge meeting for the Search Committee for the Vice Chancellor of University Development.

human Trafficking WOrkshOps: inTernaTiOnal Trafficking6:30-8 p.m. Talley Blue Room

search cOmmiTTee meeTing - Dean, cOllege Of naTural resOurces10-11:30 p.m.1751 Varsity DriveNominating Committee Meeting for Dean, College of Natural Resources.

Tuesday125Th anniVersary planning cOmmiTTee meeTing3-5 p.m.Winslow Hall Conference RoomThe 125th Anniversary Planning Committee meets primarily once a month to discuss planning activities and celebrations for the university’s 125th Anniversary.

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

Wednesdaycampus farmers markeT10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Brickyard

WhaT faculTy neeD TO knOW abOuT iT accessibiliTyNoon-1 p.m.D.H. Hill LibraryIn this seminar participants will learn what issues need to be considered when designing online components to courses in order to ensure maximum accessibility to all people. We will discuss how recent legal actions are impacting the classroom, tools available for creating accessible content, and how emerging technologies fit into this equation.

uniVersiTy cOurses & curricula cOmmiTTee12:30-2:30 p.m.Talley Student Center

amazing alumni - barbara mulkey4-5 p.m.D.H. Hill Library - AuditoriumBarbara Mulkey, Chair of the NC State University Board of Trustees, will discuss her experiences as a successful engineer and businessperson.

nc WriTers’ cafe reaDing7-9 p.m.126 Witherspoon Student CenterExperience some of North Carolina’s best writers: fiction by Tracie Fellers, Makuchi (Dr. Juliana Nfah-Abbenyi) and Sheila Smith McKoy; spoken word from Anjail Rashida Ahmad, L. Teresa Church, celeste doaks, Lenard

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Deep fOunDaTiOns/unDerpinnings/fOOTingsStart Spring 2012, complete early Fall 2012This phase will be marked by mass excavation, underpinning the building and pouring footings. As soon as the basement excavation has progressed to allow deep foundation work to commence, drill rigs will be mobilized to install auger cast foundation piles. Approximately 550 holes 16- 24 inches in diameter will be drilled on average 60’ deep and filled with concrete to support the new building addition. Footings will be formed on top of these piles to provide a surface to anchor structural steel forming the “skeleton” of the new additions.

sTrucTural sTeelStart early Fall 2012, complete late 2012Approximately 1200 tons of structural steel will be used to

create a framework for the new addition.

cOncreTe slabsStart Fall 2012, complete late 2012Concrete slabs will be poured to provide a foundation for the building’s floor.

uTiliTy serVice insTallaTiOnStart late 2012, complete summer 2013We will install the exterior walls and features, which include glass, brick, terra cotta and metal panels.

builDing inTeriOrsStart early 2013, complete Fall 2013This will include the installation of drywall, finish ceilings, paint and flooring, along with the interior construction. The finishes are available for view at Talley Student Center. Just ask the front desk staff.

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will speak. Speakers include Tim Williams from London College of Fashion, Belk rep-resentative Katrina Streiner and many more. The themes of the forums will be “A Fo-cus Upon Innovation,” and “A Focus Upon Creativity.”

“The forums will be great networking opportunities where people will have the chance to meet industry leaders. Lunch will also be in-cluded during both forums,” Webster said.

College of Textiles will launch the Fashion Week’s

website next week where more information can be found about the week-long event as well as where tickets can be purchased for events.

“The website will go live next week, and it will have all the in-formation to register for all the different events. The website is www.ncstatefashionweek.com,” Emily Parker, director of college relations at the Col-lege of Textiles, said.

“The twenty-first century is about artists suggesting new ways of experiencing,” Elysia Borowy-Reeder, exhibition curator and executive director of CAM Raleigh, said. “This exhibition implores visitors to look at action and reaction, at our physical relationships, as critical experience.”

As visitors walk by the gal-lery windows of CAM Raleigh, Sniff, a computer-generated dog from the artwork. greets them. A computer vision sys-tem tracks visitors’ movements and gestures, and the dog re-sponds accordingly. Sniff is a work by artist Karolina Sobec-ka, who works with animation, design, physical computing and other media formats.

Daniel Rozin has two pieces of artwork in Born Digital that merge technology and art in a unique way.

One of Rozin’s pieces, “Brushed Metal Mirror,” uses 721 brushed steel plates that spin and change colors as the viewer moves in front of it. Another, titled “Snow Mirror,” uses video software projection

that slowly reveals a viewer’s image on a large screen that makes the viewer look like they are standing under fall-ing snow.

Rozin, an artist, educator and developer, taught himself software and design. The gal-lery and exhibitions manager at CAM Raleigh, Kate Shafer, said Snow Mirror is like “stepping into an electronic snow globe.”

“[Rozin] is a pioneer of put-ting visitors into the artwork,” Borowy-Reeder said.

Another innovative part of the exhibit is the interac-tive garden, “Akousmaflore.” Plants hanging from the ceiling respond to touch and warmth by playing different sounds.

Each plant reacts in a differ-ent way and produces a differ-ent sound, creating a sort of “plant concert.”

“The plant ‘language’ or song occurs through touch and the close proximity of the visitor. The plants sing when the visitor is touching or stroking them lightly and a plant concert is created,” CAM Raleigh’s web-site said.

Scenocosme, a collaboration between French artists Grégory Lasserre and Anaïs met den Ancxt, are the artists behind the work.

Megan Barrett, a senior in industrial design, is on CAM Raleigh’s advisory board and serves as the student liaison between CAM Raleigh and N.C. State’s College of Design. The College of Design plays an integral part in CAM Raleigh’s education program.

“The College offers the mu-seum support through various means and the museum allows all members of the College to help the growth and under-standing of contemporary art through exhibitions, events, workshops, lectures and so on,” Barrett said, “CAM not only reaches out to the College, but local high schools, middle schools, businesses and artists at large.”

The exhibit runs through April 30, and CAM Raleigh puts on a series of programs and events that run with the exhibit. Information is on its website: www.camraleigh.org. N.C. State students, staff and faculty get in free to the mu-seum, and Borowy-Reeder en-courages everyone to come see the exhibit and the museum. “People are having a blast with this,” Borrowy-Reeder said.

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Students and fans gathered in Reynolds Coliseum to watch basketball and remember Kay Yow.

Emily CollisStaff Writer

Yesterday in Reynolds Coli-seum, thousands of people came together to celebrate and remember one of the most sto-ried and inspiring coaches in this University’s history.

Sunday night’s game marked the seventh annual game in which the Lady Wolfpack played for a purpose: honor-ing Kay Yow and other women who are battling or have battled breast cancer. The game is a part of Play4Kay, an organi-zation in women’s basketball across the nation that contrib-utes to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Although the Play4Kay is celebrated across the nation, N.C. State celebrates it with a little more meaning than other schools. Yow coached women’s basketball at the University

from 1975 to 2009.On Sunday, both Wake For-

est University and State wore pink to help raise awareness for the cancer that ailed Yow. In addition, all proceeds from the game will go directly to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Reynolds Coliseum was filled with pink instead of the red usually found on State fans’ backs at sporting events. The game was exciting, but the real meaning of the evening came at the intermission.

“Hoops4Hope is a great op-portunity for us to recognize and honor a wonderful woman. The team played hard cause Kay Yow fought hard,” Mag-gie Sheets, a communications major, said.

Sam Mennear, an engineer-ing major, agrees with Sheets.

“This game was a great way to show the nation how much N.C. State supports what Kay Yow did here,” Mennear said.

During halftime, breast can-cer survivors participated in festivities that included Ameri-can Idol winner Scotty Mc-Creery, serenading the crowd

of women that gathered on the court to celebrate the progress in the fight against breast cancer.

“I always look forward to the halftime celebra-tion where they honor all the survivors on the court because I think that’s what it’s really about. It’s more than a game and having the survivors there is very mov-ing and inspiring,” Megan Smith, director of market-ing and development of the Kay Yow Cancer Fund, said.

For those who missed the game, there are more op-portunities to participate in events involving the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Hillsborough Street will be the host to several events in the coming days, includ-ing a cornhole tournament and a karaoke night. All dates and times of the event can be found “Live It Up! On Hillsborough Street” Facebook page.

Students remember Yow

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Student Government sup-ports the increase because it is preferable over the plan submitted by the Board of Trustees. The BOT plan pro-posed a steady increase over four years that would have amounted to $2,000.

“It’s not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s better than the alter-native,” Devore said.

Though the BOG has ac-cepted the plan, it will have to be passed by state lawmak-ers before it can officially go into effect.

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The North Carolina Board of Governors ap-proved an 8.8 percent

tuition increase Friday morn-ing, increasing tuition by $400 across the UNC System. The increase was approved by the Board of Governors, but the General Assembly has the fi-nal say on the increase; they should be strongly encouraged to not fall into their pattern of increasing the cost to com-pensate for the lack of funding they give to the schools.

The option the General As-sembly is approached with is either to decrease the projected increase, approve the current rate or, the most likely option, raise it. Last year, they chose to not only increase it, but go as far as to tack on an extra $900 to students’ tuition bills. This type of action should not hap-

pen this year.UNC System President,

Thomas Ross advocated for a 9.8 percent increase, a mere .2 percent lower than the 10 percent cap. Even though the Board of Governors rejected this type of increase, the Gen-eral Assembly has the power—which it has used before—to further subject students to compensate for the lack of al-located funding from budget cuts. What they don’t under-stand how difficult it is to currently attend universities, which falls under our state’s constitution regarding public education.

Public education, including the University level, is meant

to be affordable for students and their families. N.C. State is supposed to be the most af-fordable for students, being a land-grant institution; how-ever, currently this is not the case. Of the 17 UNC System schools, we have the highest undergraduate tuition.

The soon-to-be working class will never be able to contrib-ute to our state with education debts looming over them post-graduation. These types of fu-ture ramifications do not seem to be taken into consideration when discussing the increase of tuition.

While the General Assembly should be held accountable for

merely approving the 8.8 per-cent increase, not raising the rate, as students our respon-sibility is to let our voices be heard. The legislators cannot understand the impact of these increases if we don’t tell them the difficulty arising from the increase. Let your story be heard.

Students from all across North Carolina are affected by these increases. The Gen-eral Assembly should listen to them and take action for them. By approving the rate they are making the statement they care about the cost of education, as well as getting on the good side of potential voters. They should make our education as affordable as they can.

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.

General Assembly should keep education affordable The FacTs:The Board of Governors has approved an 8.8 percent increase to tuition; however the General Assembly is the last to review the increase before it passes.

Our OpiniOn:Rather than raise the rate of the increase, like last year, the General Assembly should advocate for their constituents—the students—and keep their education affordable.

Brandon Bovia, freshman in art and design

Things done changedI currently walk into my

kitchen and have a few op-tions. I could whip some-

thing up with my grocery sup-plies: a loaf of bread, or on a

good day, a loaf of bread, a bag of bagels and a sack of apples. No, I’m not on a meal plan, I just don’t provide mysel f w ith much to eat. My other op-tions include stealing food

from my roommates or going out. I prefer the latter to keep the peace.

Looking back, I didn’t know what I had in the pre-college days. I remember growing up in my parent’s house bemoaning the lack of variety in our food. “Why don’t we have Girl Scout Cookies? Jack and Sam have Girl Scout Cookies.” However, we had so much more than I even realized. Now, living as I do, I walk into my parent’s kitchen and it’s as if I’ve stepped into Wolfgang Puck’s. Nine-ty percent of the time the rationale for a su r pr i s e visit home is: “I’m hungry.”

There were a lot of constants in our past we never fully ap-preciated, constants left be-hind when we entered college. I never appreciated the value of a fully stocked first-aid kit. I would cut myself or pull a muscle and I practically had a pharmacy to fix me. Advil, bandages, the works were at my disposal. Now, whenever I cut myself, I really only have one constant option: toilet paper or paper towels, whichever we’re not out of, and N.C. State duct tape to fasten.

My story is not a story of a man impoverished, it is a story of the actualized dream of a former, younger, dumber self. I don’t think it’s a giant leap to say we all thought we knew bet-ter than our parents back in the day. To me, it was completely reasonable that my 13 years of public schooling and life ex-periences enabled me to leap-frog my parent’s intellect. We thought, I thought, we could do better for ourselves if just given the chance.

After 18 years we were given our chance in the form of col-

lege. Hedonism became our only governor. Our version of doing better involved doing everything we wanted and scrapping all else. Cookout runs became bi-weekly in-stead of bi-monthly, and holi-days became more frequent than laundry days.

The problem with all this is there is no time for re-flection. You don’t see your change as it’s happening. It takes a while, for me it took about four years. Of course others could see it plain as day. I had a freshman year English teacher, Laura Linker, who near the end of my first semester asked if any of us practiced moderation. Uni-formly we raised our hands. She laughed at us, said we were full of it and carried on with her lesson.

Linker could see what we could not, she had perspec-tive. She could see the errors in our ways we were ignorant to. To us, we believed we were living as we should. The fron-tier we were blazing was so

new, so un-cultivated, we c ou ld not find its f laws. Our perspective was weak to say the least.

Perspec-tive is slowly

gained as the years progress. As you become immersed in what is new and detached from what was, you begin to compare the two and realize what you want. Most realiza-tions come simply: Carrying a pint glass of water to class because you don’t have any clean water bottles will make you reconsider the impor-tance of household chores. A barren pantry teaches the merits of a grocery store trip every Sunday. Falling asleep in class will prescribe the discipline to go to bed before Mike and Mike in the Morn-ing.

Don’t get me wrong, I’ve loved the ride in college, there are many aspects I’ll take with me. But as it’s coming to a close, I’m realizing the merits of what I left behind. The importance of instituting what I took for granted and let go. Maybe that is one of the central points to college: to expose yourself to every-thing so that when you leave you can start building your own life with a little perspec-tive.

Josh LucasDeputy Viewpoint Editor

Cooking up excellence with University Dining

Lately, all I hear about University Dining is how bad of a job they

do. Seriously? Give me a break.

This organization has the gargantuan task of cook-ing and serv-ing thousands of meals per day for stu-dents, faculty, staff and visi-tors.

Maybe I just have a sof t spot for Uni-

versity Dining because of my love for the unlimited meal plan. Putting this aside, I do think they deserve more cred-it than they’re being given.

I’m not saying they’re perfect. In fact, I’ve shared countless suggestions with the University Dining staff. I feel like I comment so much, sometimes I wonder if they have my picture on a dart board.

W hat rea l ly i rks me, though, is that students al-ways complain about the dining halls.

The dining halls are all part of the college experience. Mommy and daddy are no longer cooking your meals and wiping your nose every time you have a sniffle. The purpose of college dining halls is not to bow down to your every desire and serve you lobster and champagne at your bedside; it’s to target a

large population of students by offering diverse food choices.

I don’t think the dining halls do that bad of a job. I have worked in food service before on a much smaller scale of about 200 meals per day, and I can honestly say,what the din-ing halls are doing is not easy. It is downright impressive they do what they do while mini-mizing loss of quality.

It ma ke s l it t le sense to complain about one-time issues having fallen through the cracks sim-ply because of the massive amounts of food cooked and served each day. Obviously, on this scale, qual-ity is sometimes compromised.

If your lettuce in Fountain is a little limp one day, just ask for some new lettuce to be put out. I have found the employ-ees are generally willing to help you out if the food you want is past its prime. All you have to do is ask. Problem solved, not only for you, but for the people who follow you.

Sometimes, there are recur-ring issues. This is the oppor-tunity to bring the issue to the attention of a higher power. If your lettuce is limp every day one week, then it’s a much big-ger quality issue and needs to be addressed by a dining hall manager. All of these people are approachable and friendly in person, and they are quick

to respond to email or phone calls.

Don’t complain just to complain. If the dining halls are truly unbearable, don’t eat there. There is no reason to criticize the hard work and dedication of the University Dining staff just because they aren’t making meals that taste like the ones your parents cook.

I f y o u do have a larger issue needing to be resolved, just remem-ber behind every com-pla i nt or

suggestion is a hard working individual getting to the root of the issue. I know this from my own experiences because I have seen improvements be-ing made in the wake of my suggestions.

Through my interactions with the University Dining team, I realized at the end of the day, they are all humans. And yes, because of this, they do sometimes make mistakes. These mistakes are perfectly understandable when run-ning a large-scale operation like University Dining.

What sets them apart, though, is their ability to respond and correct their mistakes and their relentless drive to make a good thing even better.

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The editorial on the 24-hour visitation policy change was wildly misleading about the power of the Inter-Residence Council and the amount of work put into improving residential life. IRC is composed of residents who put in many hours of dedication to provide diverse programs, extra funding, useful resources and support.Although it was implied in the editorial, IRC cannot make changes to University Housing policies. But we do advocate for students’ wants. We work closely with many departments on campus to increase student input. To clarify a few points:1. N.C. State allows allows 24-hour visitation in common areas, as long as it’s in compliance with quiet hours.2. Many UNC schools have different residential communities than we do, making it hard to draw parallels.3. As stated in the first article, the enforcement of these policies is up to the Resident Adviser staff. It’s enforced when visitation is disturbing other residents.4. A majority of residents didn’t respond to the survey, meaning that some didn’t feel strongly enough to take the time. Some students voted to retain limited visitation, indicating a need for such housing. Becton, Bagwell and Berry got 24-hour visitation largely due to one student who chose to take action, which spurred surveys and discussion.If anyone has input about residential life, I encourage you to come to our meetings Thursdays at 7 p.m. in Turlington.

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What it takes to conceal carry in Wake county

• $80 application fee ($75 renewal)• 21 years of age• U.S. Citizen• NC resident for minimum 30 days• “The applicant must not suffer from a physical or mental

infirmity that would prevent the safe handling of a handgun”• Background/psychological check• 8 hour training course• Valid photo I.D. and proof of residence• Fingerprinting, registration in AFIS (American Fingerprint

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Concealed carry of fire-arms is legal in North Carolina. Whenever

you go to a public place like a movie theater, a shopping mall or grocery store, there

could be some-one carrying a f i rea rm. At most places off-campus, this is normal and there are no complaints. But col lege campuses in North Caroli-na are strictly

forbidden from allowing this legal behavior.

What exempts college cam-puses from the right to self-defense? Why make these areas unsafe? Political fear-monger-

ing has caused people to think that allowing firearms to be present on campus would be a safety hazard or distract from the learning environment. This false information is almost as threatening as the uncertainty it describes.

Allowing concealed carry of firearms on campus would be a great boon to our safety. Numerous studies by state and university research teams have shown that conceal carry license owners are five times less likely to commit violent crime than non-licensed indi-viduals. Statistically speaking, that means violent crime rates would decrease on campus by allowing concealed carry. Who wouldn’t want to be in a safer environment?

However, opponents of

conceal carry say allowing firearms on campus would increase the frequency of vi-olent altercations. They talk about how school shootings will increase or how a gun in these situations would just complicate things. Some even go so far as to say that when criminals get guns, the solution could not possibly be more guns.

All these flawed arguments are at their base simple pro-paganda and can easily be reduced to their ridiculous assumptions. To begin, all public universities in Utah, and Colorado State Univer-sity and Blue Ridge Com-munity College in Virginia, allow for concealed carry on campus now. They have had

One of the most con-troversial topics in our nation’s history,

and future, is the interpre-tation of the U.S. Constitu-tion. Since its conception

in 1787, the Constitution i s perhaps the most de-bated piece of paper.

Because of t he power and signifi-cant inf lu-e n c e t h i s element of

history holds, our found-ing fathers on the right side of the spectrum created ten amendments to protect the freedoms of their country’s citizens, better known as the

Bill of Rights. The key compo-nent here is the constitutional right to protect individual’s freedoms. This is the only valid argument for citizens’ right to bear arms.

Historical ly, the second amendment was created at a time in history when the right to protect and defend oneself was a necessity; the lack of es-tablished law enforcement re-quired individuals to protect themselves and their families from any threat to their safety. However, in current times this right is not as necessary for protection of one’s safety as it is of their right. In an ideal world, guns would not be required for any type of law enforcement—but we are far from ideal.

Many would argue the phrase “Guns don’t kill people, people

kill people,” and while this is true, a gun provides the means to kill. Yes, murderers will find a way to carry out their will, but the majority of gun-related murders, or accidents, occur when murder is not even the initial motivation.

So to those who believe car-rying a gun will provide them with added protection, is fight-ing fire with fire truly the an-swer? Or the real question, if someone confronts you with a gun and approaches you with intent to bring you bodily harm, will you have the cour-age or ability to shoot them? Will you be able to murder them in your own defense, and live with the knowledge you brought a life to its end?

The answer is constitutional,

Concealed Carry on Campus focuses on their

right to defend themselves, not to be vigilantes.

Zachary Diezel Senior Staff Writer

While participating in highway clean ups, the Student for Con-cealed Carry on Campus chapter seems like the average club doing community service at first glance. These students take safety precau-tions to a different level though. Along with the reflective vests and garden gloves, these students carry

pistols in holsters while serving their community.

“We get a pretty good amount of horn beeps and ‘woo-hoos’

and stuff while we’re out

there,” Clark Lynn said. Lynn is a senior in psy-chology and president of the N.C. State chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus.

A club’s missionAs part of a national organization

founded after the 2007 Virginia Tech shootings, SCCC advocates the legalization of handguns on college campuses.

Lynn feels that the current laws are unfairly restrictive to those who have met the requirement to carry a gun.

“It doesn’t make a lot of sense for most people who have concealed carry permits that…North Caro-lina trusts you to carry everywhere else in North Carolina, but once you cross that arbitrary street line you turn into somebody who is not

trustworthy,” Lynn said.Ryan Millar,

alum and former presi-dent of NCSU SCCC, said the University’s chapter is look-ing to enact similar gun rights on different campuses.

“Campuses in Utah have gun legislation allowing them to carry on campus and there hasn’t been one incident of violence on their campus that has been newswor-thy,” Millar said. “All the other campuses that have major violent occurrences, like shootings, are gun free zones.”

According to Lynn, the club cur-rently consists of a core of 25 to 30 members. The group’s Facebook page has 276 members and is be-ing more active this year than in the past. Activities include biweekly meetings, cleaning the adopted

stretch of Tryon Road and raising awareness and petition signa-

tures in the Brickyard.“The petition is basi-

cally saying that people support the idea of be-ing able to carry guns on campus whether they

want to or they just sup-port other people in gen-eral,” Millar said. “When we get enough signatures we plan on getting in touch with the [N.C. Govern-ment’s] legislature.”

According to Millar, the group currently has 202 signatures.

Lynn and Millar are only advocating for policies that allow students, who would otherwise be eligible to carry, to be allowed to do so on campus.

“If someone comes in the room and starts shooting at you, I’m prob-ably going to shoot him, for example,” Lynn said.

Lynn said

he wouldn’t go out of his

way, as a vigilante, to act as campus’s guard

dog. He said he carries for personal defense.

“If [the gunman] is down-stairs and I’m up here, why would I go down there? I’m trying to avoid that situation to start with.”

A professor’s stanceNot everyone agrees with the

club’s stance on campus gun con-trol. Robert Kochersberger, an associate professor of English, re-cently wrote an op-ed in the News and Observer stating that firearms “hold a lot more potential for injury than any public good.”

“My own personal opinion is that it would not help to have armed stu-dents walking around,” Kochers-berger said. “I think there is a lot more likelihood people who are not involved in any kind of violence on campus are going to be hurt if there are more weapons on campus.”

A student’s vulnerabilityStanding six feet tall, Ross Pilotte

did not think himself to be a likely target for robbery. On Feb. 8 at 8:16 p.m., he was walking back from the library when that presumption was rudely shattered. Near the corner of Hillsborough Street and Dan Al-len Drive, a man approached him, implied he had a weapon and de-manded his wallet.

Pilotte said he was able to punch the perpetrator in the throat, which frightened the robber to f lee off campus down Brooks Avenue and “within 120 seconds” campus po-lice were on the scene. A WolfAlert e-mail was sent at 8:41 p.m.

“I think I’ve learned anyone is fair game [for being targeted],” Pilotte said.

Pilotte is a sophomore in fisheries and wildlife science, a concealed-carry permit holder and a member of SCCC. Pilotte praised the efforts of campus police but believed that he could have handled the situa-tion more effectively had he been permitted to carry his canceled

weapon.“Concealed carry [hold-ers] aren’t vigilantes,

aren’t cowboys,” Pilotte said. “They are people that are not necessar-ily worried, but want to protect themselves, their families and other individuals form individuals who will commit crimes.”

In the meantime, Pilotte encourages students to keep an awareness of their surroundings.

“Eventually some-one who is smaller than me is going to be faced with [as-sault] and I would

hate to see an-other student hur t,” Pi lot te said. “We’re all a big family here.”

An off icer’s advice

Cpt. Ian Ken-drick of Cam-

pus Police said while it is understand-able that some want to carry firearms for protection, it is against the letter of the law to have a firearm of any type on campus.

“Until the laws are changed to reflect that [sentiment], we ask that folks comply with the law and University regula-tions,” Kendrick said. “We understand people want to protect themselves and it’s human nature to want to protect one’s self, but the state and University have seen fit to enact laws and regulations because there is apparently a need to do so. We ask you to honor and respect those regulations.”

Kendrick stated that the police department would be happy to answer any ques-tions on the topic of gun control, or firearms in gen-eral. The non-emergency number for Campus Police is 919-515-3000.

An armed and peaceful defense

Standing on the Brick-yard on occasional Friday afternoons, the members of SCCC set up a both to spread the word on their club and their mission. That mission, however, isn’t the stereotypical watchdog gun-owner. They feel that current regulation only hinders law-abiding citi-zens from their own self-defense, obstructing their constitutional rights.

Their feedback has been positive so far.

“We had one person come up and say it was a bad idea, out of a few hun-dred that stopped by,” Lynn said.

Reinforcing their view, according to Millar, are the cumbersome and mul-tiple legal requirements for concealed carry, including time, fees and finger print-ing.

“I don’t think people would go through the trouble of getting a permit to commit a crime,” Mil-lar said. “If you’re going to go out and kill someone, that’s illegal. It doesn’t re-ally matter if you’re going to carry illegally or not.”

According to Lynn, the group is planning an “open-holster protest” to take place in the coming months to raise awareness. Members will wear empty holsters for a week to help students make connec-tions of who is allowed to carry.

“People think we can just put up ‘no gun’ signs,” Lynn said. “Law abiding citizens and permit holders will obey it, but … criminals don’t pay atten-tion to ‘no gun’ signs.”

Defending their rights by sticking to their guns

Feeling safe does not equal being safe

Trey FergusonViewpoint Editor

Alex PomeroyStudent Senator

The right to bear arms, not pick fights

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Katie SandersSenior Staff Writer

While the U.S. has a Diversity Visa Program, it’s quite a long shot to get in it. It’s so unlikely in fact that it’s known as the “Green Card Lottery.” It gives 55,000 visas when more than 14 million people apply, according to the State Department.

Solomon Gebremariam ap-plied. And he won.

Gebremariam is from Ethi-opia but now cleans dishes in Fountain Dining Hall. He’s been working here for about a year and a half.

“The American government gives a chance to all African countries and Asian countries. Without that chance I would not work here,” Gebremariam said.

He said he’s grateful for an opportunity to advance him-self and his family. He still re-members the exact day he got here—Sept. 18, 2008.

As soon as Gebremariam got off the airplane in Dallas, he recalled enjoying the view of the new landscape. In the three years since, he said he has liked the peace of the U.S. and the opportunities for people to do as they please.

“Everybody’s free,” Gebre-mariam said.

Gebremariam said he enjoys working in the dining hall be-cause of all the people, which

he said helps him with his English.

The members of the facilities staff, like Gebremariam, are of-ten overlooked by students, but have compelling lives of their own.

Karl Pearce came to work at the University to further con-nect with family ties.

“My grandmother worked at State college for 28 years,” Pearce said.

He said he enjoyed working in the same physical place as his grandmother—he is the facili-ties technician in charge of the

D.H. Hill Library.Pearce is unique in that he

uses the college environment to observe social changes that are taking place. He said his fa-vorite time was around lunch, when he could take a break and watch the hustle-and-bustle around the Brickyard.

“I get to go to the court out there and I can hear and see different things going on—some of the preaching—you know, different spokesmen are out there in the courtyard.”

He also likes to read the mes-sages in the Free Expression

Tunnel to hear the opinions of the students.

One of Pearce’s favorite things to observe is the di-versity on campus, especially in the library where so much interaction takes place.

“It’s a lot of diversity in many different ways,” Pearce said. “I’m looking at the racial issues.”

Laura Waring, a facilities technician in Sullivan Hall, doesn’t usually get the oppor-tunity to share her unique pas-sion of the arts.

“I love music. Music is like

breathing,” Waring said.Waring has been singing all

her life, and can sing first and second soprano and alto—she learned through attend-ing church and school choirs. Not only does she perform the songs, she writes them. She said she especially enjoys writing lyrics, as she has a fascination for poetry.

She also dances and choreo-graphs the steps herself. “Back in the day,” as she put it, she used to perform.

“I am a superb dancer,” War-ing said.

While she currently isn’t in any singing or dancing group, it isn’t for lack of enthusiasm. She’s caught up working on a project of her own.

“I would like to create some music and lyrics and perhaps do some DVDs,” Waring said.

For Patricia Hardy, her fa-vorite pastime is to spend time with her family or her co-workers.

“It’s not all about the mon-ey—it’s just being with your friends, because we’re all like a big family here,” Hardy said.

Hardy has been working at the University for nine years in the Fountain Dining Hall. She started off as a temp and stayed because she enjoyed it so much.

“We fix up all the desserts and all the salads. I love seeing kids eat—me being a mother. I have college kids.”

She has one son in Califor-nia studying to be a pastor and another in Wake Tech study-ing criminology. She has other family members in the area too—she comes from a big family of about 15.

She said her favorite part of the job is getting to meet all the students that come through the dining hall.

“Seeing the kids, meeting the kids, talking to them... it makes you feel good when they say the food is good,” Hardy said.

Keeping it clean: Who’s cleaning your mess?

Public schools are shifting toward a more integrated STEM curriculum.

Sarah Maxwell Staff Writer

It is an era of change for the North Carolina public school system. The next school year, 2012-2013, will mark the K-12 transition from the Standard Course of Study to the Com-mon Core State Standards (CCSS) in English Language Arts and Mathematics and the North Carolina Essential Standards (NCES) for all other subject areas.

With this shift has come a more explicit focus on the sci-ence, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, components of education—particularly the second and third letters, technology and engineering. These subjects were deemed the “forgotten” part of STEM education by Matt Walton, N.C. State gradu-ate and current technology and engineering teacher in Henrico County, Va. in a recent column for CNN.

“Often technology and en-gineering education is over-looked when people talk about STEM education or when governments make decisions about education policy,” Wal-ton wrote.

But technology and engineer-ing are not forgotten at Wake N.C. State Early College High School. Located on Varsity Drive, the STEM school opened its doors to its first class of 55 students last fall. Three hun-dred twelve Wake County stu-dents had entered the lottery to be accepted.

Principal Rob Matheson said one of the goals of Wake N.C. State is to provide a personal-ized education for each student.

“These are the kids who might fall through the cracks in a traditional high school,” Matheson said. “With 55 stu-dents and five teachers, they can’t hide here. They will not be ignored.”

Using the standard course of study as a basis for all sub-jects, Matheson explained the teachers’ model how to apply the engineering design process, a series of steps that guide en-gineers in solving problems, to all subjects.

Laura Bottomley, engineer-ing professor and director of Women in Engineering and K-12 Outreach, has been on the Wake N.C. State advisory board since before the early college opened.

“Engineering is more than robots and circuits,” Bottomley said. “Engineering is systematic problem solving.”

Using the idea of project-based learning, students at Wake N.C. State formed groups and together proposed a solu-tion to one of these challenges. Applying the engineering de-sign process, they devised and conducted experiments to test their possible solutions.

Bottomley said that STEM educa-tion helps prepare students for ev-ery type of c a-

reer.“The engineering design

process teaches students how to think and solve problems,” Bottomley said. “It also cre-ates the optimism that every problem can be solved, which is relevant to any subject area.”

According to Matheson, two years ago there was only one early college in Wake County and in two more years there will be four total. These schools are designed to prepare stu-dents for the high demands of college.

Despite advancements, the program has experienced dif-ferent obstacles.

“The biggest source of resis-

tance is the fact that teach-ers still have to deal with End of Grade (EOG) test-ing,” Bottomley said. “El-ementary school teachers generally don’t see project-based learning as teaching students how to answer multiple choice questions.”

According to Bottomley, this kind of limited think-ing can be harmful to chil-dren’s creative minds.

“Our school system has trained creative thinking out of students,” Bottom-ley said. “By high school, students expect everything to be laid out for them, but that’s not realistic.”

Bottomley said STEM components, particularly engineering, teaches stu-dents the thinking and rea-soning skills they need to be productive citizens.

“Life is not multiple choice,” Bottomley said.

KeJuan Weaver, a junior in elementary education, said he feels very confident about teaching STEM com-ponents in the classroom.

“We have prepared for it in our classes here at State,” Weaver said. “If I’m not so good, I feel we have made connections to some very good resources.”

STEM prepares students for college and beyond

Jordan moore/TechnicianPatricia Hardy and Solomon Gebremariam are employees of University Dining and work in Fountain Dining Hall, taking pride in their work. “We like to make the kids feel like they’re at home away from home,” Hardy said.

zero violent crimes commit-ted by these individuals and are considered extremely safe areas.

Also, conceal-carry licensed individuals would not start campus shootings. The back-ground checks for the license require stable mental health and no criminal activity. Sta-tistically, about one percent of people conceal-carry in North Carolina. These people are responsible and trustworthy to carry. If a violent criminal were found on campus, an individual carrying would at least be able to protect him

or herself until the police ar-rive. If a criminal acts with lethal force, the most effec-tive response is equal force for protection. Because police cannot respond instantly, it is definitely better to allow people to carry on campus, as a matter of protection.

The universal themes of gun control hold true on college campuses as much as anywhere else. When you outlaw guns, only the outlaws still have them, disarming all the law-abiding citizens and students. This would mean it would be nobler to find a mugging victim dead and the criminal gone, than a student explaining why an attacker has new tiny holes in his abdomen.

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you’re right to carry is pro-tected, not the right to murder. Your intent and motivation is not the same as the criminal, which is the exact factor which sets you apart from them.

As to the argument of allow-ing concealed carry on cam-pus, students claim it is their right to protect themselves no matter where they are. Above all rights on this campus, the first and foremost is to protect the safety and learning of our students.

But guns on campus would make students feel constantly

threatened, which is consid-ered harassment under N.C. State policy, a charge dealt so seriously it would hopefully prevent any policy change of allowing concealed carry to pass on our campus.

The right to bear arms is an individual freedom for every-one, making it the only justifi-cation for allowing individuals to carry a piece of heat. To rec-tify this, we as a society must remove the stigma associated with gun carrying. However, realistically we will never be able to do this, at least in our lifetime. So we must uphold the one thing we all agree upon—our individual, constitutional freedoms.

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Highest overall score in 80 years highlights several record-breaking performances.

Staff Report

N.C.State’s No. 21-ranked gymnastics team f inished with a 196.775 total Saturday at the Sweetheart Invitational, notching the fifth best overall performance in school history. The team effort led to a victory over No. 10 Penn State, George Washington and William & Mary.

Over 3,000 were in atten-dance for the Saturday night affair inside the confines of Reynolds Coliseum.

Five different Wolfpack gym-nasts - freshman Lane Jarred, sophomores Diahanna Ham, Ellen Marion and Stephanie Ouelette, and junior Rachel Fincham - set career-highs over the weekend. Jarred and Fincham both scored 9.875s on the beam, which helped State to a total of 49.275 in the event. Ham matched the school

record on vault by putting up a 9.95, the first one State has had in any event since Tay-lor Seaman had a 9.95 on the floor in 2010. Marion’s 9.725 on vault and Ouelette’s 39.175 all-around score were also career highs for each.

Senior Jess Panza led the team in both the f loor exer-cise and the beam with 9.9s in both, which was also a major factor for State. Each of the scores were season-highs for the New York native and the score on the floor matched a career-high.

Despite the impressive per-formances, State trailed the Nittany Lions after two rota-tions. The Pack would pounce back to take a .075 lead heading into the final leg, and held on for a .125 triumph.

At 3-2 on the season, NCSU will host New Hampshire Feb. 17 at 7 p.m. before concluding its home stand with a meet against Kent State, Towson and William & Mary the following week.

Harper said. “I know it was three threes in a row. We were struggling to defend them.”

At the conclusion of the game a check in the amount of $67,746 was presented as a donation to the Kay Yow Can-cer Fund.

“It’s exciting,” Harper said. “The fact that we can raise that

much money is just amazing. So proud of ... our extended family here at N.C. State for stepping up and getting some.”

State is now sitting at 4-8 in the ACC with four conference games remaining on the sched-ule, two of which are at home.

“Coach told us in the locker room our backs are against the wall so we [have to] come out swinging,” senior forward Bo-nae Holston said. “So we have to fight.”

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Wolfpack women clip No. 10 Penn State

luis zapata/technician archive photoJunior gymnast Jess Panza jumps to the high bar during the exhibition against Oklahoma. Panza scored 9.775 while on the bars. N.C. State felled to Oklahoma, 196.175-195.150.

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john joyner/technicianamerican idol winner Scotty mcReery serenades the assembled breast cancer survivors during halftime at the Hoops 4 Hope women’s basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 12.

COUNTDOWN• 8 days until men’s basketball faces UNC-Chapel hill

at the RBC Center.

INSIDE• Page 7: A staff report on gymnastics. Sports

TechnicianPage 8 • monday, february 13, 2012

athletic schedule

MondayWomen’s Golf at lady Puerto rico classicRio Grande, P.R., All Day

TuesdayWomen’s Golf at lady Puerto rico classicRio Grande, P.R., All Day

WednesdaysWimminG & divinG at Women’s acc chamPionshiPs/men’s divinGChristiansburg, Va., All Day

WrestlinG at dukeDurham, 7 p.m.

ThursdaysWimminG & divinG Women’s acc chamPionshiPs/men’s divinGChristiansburg, Va., All Day

Women’s BasketBall vs. miamiReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

men’s BasketBall at dukeDurham, 9 p.m.

Fridaymen’s tennis at ita indoor nationalsCharlottesville, Va., All Day

sWimminG & divinG at Women’s acc chamPionshiPs/men’s divinGChristiansburg, Va., All Day

track at virGinia tech challenGeBlacksburg, Va., All Day

softBall vs. utsa, texas a&mCollege Station, Texas; 1:15 p.m., 4 p.m.

BaseBall vs. marshallRaleigh, 3 p.m.

Women’s tennis vs. usfRaleigh, 4 p.m.

Gymnastics vs. neW hamPshireRaleigh, 7 p.m.

Saturdaymen’s tennis at ita indoor nationalsCharlottesville, Va., All Day

rifle at searc 6, ncaa Qualifier, nra sectionalCharleston, S.C., All Day

sWimminG & divinG at Women’s acc chamPionshiPs/men’s divinGChristinasburg, Va., All Day

track at virGinia tech challenGe, Gene andersonBlacksburg, Va., Chapel Hill; All Day

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softBall vs. tulsa, texas a&mCollege Station, Texas; 11 a.m., 6:15 p.m.

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BaseBall vs. WriGht stateRaleigh, 3 p.m.

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Women’s tennis vs. minnesotaRaleigh, 11 a.m.

softBall vs. utsaCollege Station, Texas, 11 a.m.

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Women’s BasketBall at uncChapel Hill, 1:30 p.m.

N.C. State loses its third-straight conference game to Deacs.

Jeniece JamisonDeputy Sports Editor

Despite the packed house donned in pink, N.C. State couldn’t pull out the win over Wake Forest, falling 57-70 in the seventh annual Hoops 4 Hope game.

“I’m disappointed any-time we don’t come out of here with the win,” Head Coach Kellie Harper said. “I thought it was a good bas-ketball game to watch. Both teams played hard and obvi-ously it was a close game the majority of the time.”

The teams played each other close throughout the half, with two ties and six lead-changes between the Pack and Deacs. Wake guard Chelsea Douglas was its mainstay in the battle to keep the game close. She led the team in scoring for the half with 7 points and hit 2 baskets that gave the Deacons the advantage, in-cluding a layup that put the score at 13-14 and a 3-point-er from the top of the key to put them up, 21-20.

“Douglas, coming off the bench, she was a concern of ours anyway,” Harper said. “We knew she was go-ing to play a lot of minutes. We knew, matchup wise, she would be tough for us to guard. So her coming in and scoring was not surpris-ing to us.”

The Pack was unable to establish itself offensively in the half. It was only able to hit 9 out of 30 attempts from the field. But, it was able to stay aggressive on the boards, leading 24-17 in the

rebounding battle.State regained the lead going

into the half with a layup, and one, from junior forward La-keesha Daniel, giving it a 25-23 edge at halftime.

The halftime festivities in-cluded a presentation of cancer survivors and a performance from American Idol winner Scotty McCreery.

After a slow start in the first half, the Pack came out of the gates with a 5-0 run, but its momentum didn’t last long. Douglas came firing out the gates again by scoring 7 straight points of her own to give the Deacs the lead, 37-39. Wake forward Erin Hall also scored 5 straight points off the bench to push the Deacs lead even further.

“Their aggressiveness, trap-ping at the right times,” guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman said. “As soon as we crossed half court they knew. We ran into their traps. I guess we were playing into their hands.”

A 3-pointer from senior guard Emili Tassler tied the game at 44, but a permanent momentum shift occurred with 3:40 left on the clock. Head Coach Kellie Harper got hit with a technical foul after yelling at the official and Wake Forest proceeded to go on a 10-0 run and State could not rebound.

“I think their scoring run they had in the second half, although I’m not sure what the time was, really hurt us,”

Three matches in two days prove great challenge for Pack.

Nolan Evans Staff Writer

The No. 51 N.C. State men’s tennis team had a heavy load this weekend, facing three opponents in two days. The Wolfpack took down all three op-ponents, improving their overall record to 10-1 on the season.

On Saturday, the Pack faced No. 48 South Caro-lina in their first match of the weekend. Starting off the match in doubles, senior Jaime Pulgar and freshman Robbie Mudge took the first victory on the No. 3 court, 8-3, remaining undefeated on the season as a doubles team.

State dropped the No. 1 doubles match, but the efforts of senior Dominic Hodgson and sophomore Matt Thomson gave the Wolfpack the doubles point after taking the No. 2 court 8-4.

The Red Terrors carried the momentum into singles, taking four of six matches from the Gamecocks. Pul-gar led the way at the No. 1 position, finishing quickly by a 6-0, 6-4 score. Senior Julian Sullivan picked up a victory in three sets on the No. 4 court, while freshmen Robbie Mudge and Austin Powell each picked up vic-tories to remain undefeated on the season.

The 5-2 victory marked the Wolfpack’s third victory over a ranked opponent this season. The match was the first loss of the season for

USC, who came into the match on a high note after defeating No. 22 Georgia Tech and No. 42 Wake Forest on the road.

“It builds confidence, get-ting a win like that after they beat Georgia Tech and Wake, an undefeated team coming in,” Mudge said. “We knew we had to come out with a ton of energy and that’s what we did.”

State faced off against Wil-liam & Mary Sunday morn-ing for the second match of the weekend. The Pack had no problem taking care of the Tribe, sweeping them with relative ease.

After falling behind early in the top two doubles matches, the Wolfpack bounced back into prime position for the victory on both courts with an 8-6 victory from Sullivan and sophomore Sean Weber and a 9-8 win for Hodgson and Thomson. The No. 3 duo of Pulgar and Mudge pulled out an 8-5 win to remain perfect on the season as a doubles pair.

“Jaime has a lot of experience playing doubles, so he can do a lot of things, and Robbie is pretty fearless. He’s not afraid of the big moments,” head coach Jon Choboy said. “They do a really good job together; they feed off of each other re-ally well.”

N.C. State had little trouble from that point on. Mudge and Sullivan were the first Wolf-packers off court with each winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, to give the Pack a quick 3-0 match lead. Pulgar capped the victory off on the No. 1 court, winning by a 6-4, 6-3 count.

The Pack continued to dom-inate on the remaining three courts, picking up victories from Hodgson, Powell and freshman Beck Bond, com-pleting the sweep and State’s second victory of the weekend.

UNC-Greensboro was the last of the Wolfpack’s prey this weekend. The Spartans hope for an up-set was uprooted early on in the doubles matches. There were very few signs of fatigue from the Pack as they switched the lineup around to show off the team’s depth.

The pair of Sullivan and Weber remained in the mix, along with Hodgson and Thomson, each winning their matches with ease. Sophomore Ivan Sanchez Gomez and junior Rafael Paez stepped into the No. 3 doubles position and made the most of their opportu-nity, winning 8-1.

On the No. 2 court, Sul-livan took down his oppo-nent 6-2, 6-3 for his fifth match win of the week-end. Mudge moved into the No. 1 singles position and proved his value to the team, taking the victory from his opponent 6-4, 6-0. Bond sealed the deal for the Pack on court No. 4, win-ning 7-6, 6-1.

Weber, Sanchez Gomez, and Paez continued the Wolfpack’s success as they each won of their respec-tive courts. The 7-0 victory for NCSU was the second sweep of the day and the sixth of the season. State is off to a 10-1 start, matching last season’s win total.

“We kept the same inten-sity and the same focus we had against South Caro-lina,” Sullivan said. “We jumped out on top of these guys early and we main-tained the momentum.

“We’re finding an identi-ty. We’re coming together.”

Senior runner continues his record-breaking ways.

Staff Report

Another week has passed and another barrier has been demolished by senior and five-time All-American runner, Ryan Hill.

Hill not only ran the indoor 3,000 meter faster than any in-dividual in N.C. State’s history or the Atlantic Coast Confer-ence’s history—no American collegiate runner has ever touched his new record of 7:43.08. The Hickory native, who set the mark this past weekend at the Flotrack Hus-ky Classic in Seattle, broke his own ACC record by just over seven seconds en route to the new na-tional ac-complish-ment.

Strange-l y, H i l l rarely led i n t h e race until the dying moments coming down the stretch. Diego Es-trada out of Northern Arizona held the lead until there were 600 meters remaining in the race. Estrada eventually fell off of his pace and finished one-and-a-half seconds be-hind Hill.

According to Track and Field News, Hill’s time also represents the fourth fastest indoor 3,000 meter by a colle-giate runner of any nationality. The original American record

prior to this Saturday was set by Oregon’s Galen Rupp, who scampered around in 7:44.69.

The time has earned Hill a spot in the NCAA Indoor Championships, which will

be held in Nam-pa, Idaho next month.

While State’s t r a c k t e a m was incredibly spread out this weekend with meets in Seattle, Wash, Boston, Mass., Fayette-ville, Ark. and Winston-Salem, Hill and senior teammate Bobby

Moldovan enjoyed their brief but successful trip out to the west coast. Head coach Rollie Geiger was not in attendance, as he joined his runners in Bos-ton at the Boston University Valentine Invitational.

The next major meets on Hill’s radar screen will be the ACC Championships in Boston from Feb. 23-25 and the NCAA Indoor Championships March 9 and 10.

Pack falls in Hoops 4 Hope match up

Men’s tennis improves to 10-1 Hill shatters indoor 3000 meter record

john joyner/TechnicianJunior guard Marissa Kastanek drives into the paint during the Hoops 4 Hope women’s basketball game against Wake Forest in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday, Feb. 12. Despite her 10 points and 100% free throw percentage, the Wolfpack Women fell to the Demon Deacons 70-57.

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