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RateMyProfessors launches iPhone application, Obama reports on State of the Union, Rethink illegal downloads, Where have all the ladies gone?, The importance of privacy, Poetry, drums and Mike Myers, Pack lets one slip awayTRANSCRIPT
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RateMyProfessors launches iPhone applicationStudents and administration react to new application for popular Web site
Arth PandyaStaff Writer
The popular professor review site, Rate-MyProfessor.com, launched an iPhone ap-plication Jan. 20, giving students access to a database consisting of reviews for more than one million professors from 6,000 schools, directly from their iPhone.
The application comes at a time when Apple, the creator of the iPhone, reported a 100 percent rise in iPhone sales, selling 8.7 million iPhones in last quarter alone.
The site, however, didn’t receive praise from faculty at the University.
“When I looked at it, it seemed to be more of a popularity contest for the professors, rather than whether it was a good course or professor,” said Bobbie Kelley, an under-graduate advisor for biology.
Gregory Neyhart, an associate professor in chemistry, said the site wasn’t a reliable source, as the comments do not reflect the majority of the students in the course.
“I’m not sure it gives an accurate picture of a professor. You tend to only get com-ments from students who really liked or disliked you [the professor],” Neyhart said.
Phil Brown, director of undergraduate studies in chemistry, said faculty reviews, even at the University, vary.
“If you get on NCSU’s Web site and look at the various comments, they’re all over the board,” Brown said. “The first student will say the professor was the best they ever had, and the second says they were the worst.”
Grade distribution also influences the review professors receive, according to Brown.
“Grade distributions definitely correlate with reviews. Professors who are demand-ing typically have lower reviews,” Brown said.
According to a press release on Jan. 20 by Music Television’s college network, which owns and operates the site, RateMyProfes-sors.com experienced close to an 18 percent growth in visitors in 2009.
With the release of the iPhone application, the numbers may rise even more.
Chasen Arey, a freshman in biochemistry, said the site helped him choose his courses for the spring semester.
“It’s a good resource to use before sign-ing up for classes,” said Arey. “It [the site] helped me form the semester that I have now.”
Arey admitted, however, that some of the information on the site wasn’t the most ac-
curate depiction of the professors. “I looked more at the comments students
made about the teaching style of the profes-sor, rather than the statistics,” Arey said.
Huiying Shen, a junior in biological sci-ences, said the site helped her foresee what the class was going to be like beforehand.
“There are realistic comments from stu-dents about the professors that you wouldn’t know until you meet them,” Shen said.
According to Shen, the site is accurate in its reviews for good and bad professors, but not for average professors or those new to the University.
“[For] the bad teachers, and the good teachers, the reviews are there, but for new professors or the average ones, you don’t really know what to expect,” Shen said.
The site can be helpful, Brown said, but students must keep in mind that some re-views might be misleading, and could pos-sibly be detrimental to their education.
“It can be helpful, but it’s really not the way students should go about their educa-tion.”
The application costs 99 cents and is available for download in the iTunes Store.
Obama reports on State of the Union Students respond to the State of the Union’s topics including economy, spending
Nick Tran News Editor
Barack Obama will deliver his first State of the Union address Wednesday, marking the beginning of his second year in office. The most anticipated point of the Address will be the econ-omy, which 51 percent of Americans believe Obama has paid too little at-tention to, according to a Wall Street Journal poll.
The annual Address has tradition-ally been an opportunity for the President to report on the condition of the nation and declare his motives and priorities for his coming years in office. The Address will be given at 6 p.m. before a joint session of Congress.
Obama is expected to present his proposal to reduce the national deficit, which recently exceeded $12 trillion. Obama’s solution, a freeze in all non-security related domestic spending, has been much debated in the days leading up to the Address.
The freeze is estimated to lock up a total of $447 billion over 10 years, 17 percent of expected fed-eral spending, but should save the government $250 billion by the end of the set period, as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
The Departments of Defense, Vet-erans Administration and Homeland Security, however, will be exempted from the spending freeze.
“We are at war, and we are going to make sure that our troops are funded at an adequate level while those wars are ongoing,” a White House official
was reported to have said. Travis Kolczynski, a freshman in
nuclear engineering, said the freeze will likely do nothing to help with the national deficit and the economy.
“It probably won’t [help] because we spend a lot on defense and it’s always over-budget anyway,” he said.
Kolczynski said there are many other issues he should be wor-
ried about, as the state of the union is pretty disorganized.
“Ford’s doing a little better but health care is still in the air and un-employment still sucks,” Kolczynski said. “Frankly I’m tired of all the poli-tics.”
Sherrie Smith, a freshman in bio-
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Students look forward to Woodson’s arrivalAnticipation of new chancellor exhibits reactions
Caroline BarfieldStaff Writer
Earlier this month, Dr. Randy Woodson was announced as the University’s 14th chancellor. At his reception, Dr. Woodson directed a specific comment to students, “I am going to get to know you, and you are going to get to know me. There is no challenge, just oppor-tunity.”
Students acknowl-edged t h i s statement, a n d h a v e formed their ow n opi n-ions about the University’s new chancel-lor.
Mike Gust, a sophomore in mid-dle school education with a spe-cialty in science, believes that Dr. Woodson is the perfect chancellor-elect for the job since he came from
a school academically similar to the University.
“He is a highly qualified individual for the job and he’s obviously the ap-propriate choice since he’s coming from a school like Perdue,” Gust said. “When he gets here his top priorities should be tuition and fees, especially involving Talley.”
Gust said he hoped Dr. Woodson could alleviate some of the excessive fees students pay while supplying as many educational opportunities as possible.
“Hopefully he’ll be able to add more faculty so the University will be able to add more classes,” he said.
De spi te t he challenges that lay ahead of the new chancellor, Gust bel ieves that the chancel-
lor will make a lasting impact.“I feel that Woodson’s impact will be
a positive one and that he will create a stronger and more stable community for the Wolfpack,” Gust said.
Patrick Bedsole, a junior in marine
science, said, “Dr. Woodson seems like a swell guy. Fingers crossed he won’t take any bribes.”
Bedsole also believes that Woodson is the right choice for the University.
“His agricultural experience and knowledge is fitting for a university such as ours. His prior research seems quite impressive. I hope that our Uni-versity’s affinity for agriculture and hard science will continue to grow un-der Dr. Woodson’s guidance,” he said.
Bedsole said he also thinks finances should be Dr. Woodson’s first priority.
“Randy’s top priority should be
Matt Moore/technicianJulius Mays covers his head with his jersey while exiting the court following Tuesday night’s game at the RBC Center. State lost to the University of North Carolina 77-63.
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State Of the UNION qUICk faCtS:It is his first State of the Union Address
51% of Americans believe Obama needs to improve on the economy
Current national deficit: $12 trillion
Obama’s solution: A freeze in all non-security related domestic spending
Who’s exempt: Departments of Defense, Veterans Admininstration, Homeland Security
Wall Street Journal estimates the freeze will lock up $447 billion over 10 years
Wall Street Journal predicts it will save$250 billion
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“Dr. Woodson seems
like a swell guy.”Patrick Bedsole, junior in
marine science
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TodayFROM THE LANDFILL TO THE LANDSCAPEFountain Dining Hall dumpsters,10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGChancellor’s Conference Room,10 to 11:30 a.m.
FACES AND MAZESGregg Museum of Art & Design,noon to 8 p.m.
WITH LATHE AND CHISEL: N.C. WOOD TURNERS AND CARVERSGregg Museum of Art & Design,noon to 8 p.m.
BUILDING BRIDGES: LEADING DIVERSE GROUPS THROUGH CONFLICTTalley Student Center Brown Room,1 to 4 p.m.
ZOMBIELANDWitherspoon Cinema,7 to 8:30 p.m.
STUDENT SENATE MEETINGWitherspoon Senate Chamber,7:30 p.m. to midnight
ZOMBIELANDWitherspoon Cinema,9 to 10:30 p.m.
ThursdayFACES AND MAZESGregg Museum of Art & Design,noon to 8 p.m.
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Bake sale for quiz bowl
Ronald Flippin, a junior in chemistry, collects money from Evan Gearino, a freshman in aerospace engineering, at the SAA-PAMS’ bake sale Tuesday. “We’re SAA-PAMS, the Society of African American Physical and Mathematical Scientists. We’re having a bake sale to raise money for our annual quiz bowl. It’s our 23rd year,” said Flippin. The
SAA-PAMS was also accepting donations for Howl for Haiti.
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The African American Cultural Center will hold-the NCSU Healthy State Healthy Lifestyle Connec-tion Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Af-rican American Cultural Center on the 2nd floor of the Art Gallery, room 126.
Screenings and information will be provided on a number of health issues: blood pressure, blood glucose, cholesterol, dia-betes, prostate/breast cancer, nutrition, dietary advice, heart disease, fitness body mass in-dex (BMI), wellness and more. For more information contact Keith Powell at 513-0960.
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Tai Chi Course
Every Thursday, from Jan. 28 to May 13, on the Court of North Carolina, a Tai Chi course will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. In the case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Caldwell Lounge.
The purpose of this course is to introduce the philosophy and practice of Tai Chi, an an-cient Chinese health exercise.
Tai Chi is a sequence of ges-
tures and movements that are gentle and fluid yet have profound power. It is a form of energy cultivation and internal martial art.
You’ll learn the tech-niques of relaxation, breath control, balance, internal strength, mental concen-tration and visual focus. For more information contact Guanglin Dai at 513-2924.
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WoRld & nation‘You lie!’ lawmaker to lie low during State of Union
WASHINGToN — When president Barack obama addresses a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night, there’ll be no shout-out this time. At least, not from Representive Joe Wilson. The South Carolina Republican yelled, “you lie!” at obama on Sept. 9 as the president addressed Congress on live, prime-time television. Not this time, Wilson said Tuesday. “That was a one-time incident,” he told McClatchy.
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‘Mom and pop’ baby-trafficking ring provided Chinese girls for adoption
CHANGNING, China — The telephones kept ringing with more orders, and although Duan yuelin kept raising his prices, the demand was inexhaustible. Customers were so eager to buy more that they would ply him with expensive gifts and dinners in fancy restaurants. His family-run business was racking up sales of as much as $3,000 a month, unimaginable riches for uneducated rice farmers from poorer regions of China.
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chemistry, said the nation still has a ways to go before eco-nomic recovery and the freeze is the wrong way to go about it.
“The [Union]’s not the worst it’s been, but it’s certainly not great,” Smith said. “I really don’t think the spending freeze sounds like a great idea. I think we need a better plan to help the economy.”
Other students also have doubts about Obama’s direc-tion with the economy.
Mac Scott, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, said the freeze goes against other efforts Obama has been trying to implement.
“It’s hypocritical seeing as he’s still trying to push health care,” he said. “Obama should actually be spending more do-
mestically and cutting interna-tional and military spending. He’s probably cutting spending because he thinks he’ll need it for one of his future plans.”
Scott said he wants to hear Obama talk more about health care and how he’s going to help the nation, as there is a lot of work left to be done domesti-cally.
“I want him to talk about the health care reform and I’m cu-rious to see if he’ll actually go through with it or let it get shot down,” Scott said. “I especially want to know how health care reform will help people our age, seeing as we’ll be paying into it but won’t really be drawing any of the money for ourselves.”
Michael Cobb, an associate professor of political science, said polling data shows jobs and the economy are the most important to America, but Obama is going about it wrong.
“It’s politically incorrect for
[Obama] to do this. If they do away with domestic spending, there’s little way to grow jobs and help the economy,” Cobb said. “Government spending is needed as an investment which will be rewarded.”
According to Cobb, Obama’s support of the freeze could be a misunderstanding of the Re-publican senate victory in Mas-sachusetts. Democrats believe they are losing votes instead of admitting the Republicans just had a stronger campaign.
Cobb said Obama believes this conservative move will win the Republican vote, but it won’t and will instead depress his Democrat base.
“He should be focused on domestic problems like the do-mestic job market and econo-my instead of issues abroad like the war in Afghanistan,” Cobb said.
Thomas Lawler, a sophomore in business and political sci-
ence, however, said he sup-ported Obama’s legislation while also admitting the Union was in bad shape.
“Like most Americans I think we’re moving in the wrong direction,” he said. “We need to control spend-ing and I support the freeze because it’ll eliminate a lot of wasteful spending.”
According to Lawler, spending by Defense and Homeland Security is still necessary to keep the nation running and safe.
“Since the economic stim-ulus package didn’t do any-thing to help the economy, a cut in spending is what we need to help with the defi-cit,” Lawler said. “Besides it’s not the government’s responsibility to put money into the economy.”
getting less of a salary than the previous dude. Tuition in-creases make me sick when our chancellor’s raking in 400K as a figurehead. Also, this Univer-sity needs to get its act together and get organized. We need to be students, not numbers,” he said.
Dr. Woodson’s arrival has a large opportunity to impact not only undergraduate stu-dents but also graduate level students, according to Kelly Martin, a doctoral student in rhetoric and digital media.
“If he accomplishes his goal of doubling research volume at the University then that should have a big impact on students, especially graduate students. It would provide extra funding and learning opportunities,”
she said. “He was Purdue’s chief academic officer so he has had a lot of experience working with a land-grant university.”
Martin, however, said that one of Dr. Woodson’s main goals should be convincing state politicians that funding universities is one of the best things they can do to keep the economy in North Carolina strong and growing.
She also said that the Univer-sity has been continually im-proving but it would be good if Woodson could restore the reputation of the University’s top administrators.
Dr. Woodson assured the students at his reception that he would be around campus several times before he starts in May so he could begin to learn about the students and the University.
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The Institute for Policy Innovation, a conser-vative advocacy group,
estimated that global music pi-racy costs $12.5 billion in eco-nomic losses every year.
Speaking in earnest, the prob-lem is widespread and hasn’t seen any notable decline since the record companies began fiercely litigating illegal down-loads, despite strong efforts to curb digital piracy by the Re-cording Institute Association America.
The problem is particularly troubling at N.C. State, where 143 federal lawsuits were filed against University students during the 2007-2008 academ-ic year. The cost to settle those violations with the RIAA ap-
proached $1 million.This is a troubling trend
and could present serious le-gal trouble for students. They should consider taking a step back to consider their music procuring habits.
Illegally downloaded music is a reality, especially at a college campus in these thin economic times. But if students are go-ing to download illegally, they should consider the conse-quences and who their action is affecting.
The Radioheads and Cold-plays of the world aren’t going to be financially affected by a
few downloads “on the house.” But local bands or other small and up-incoming acts might suffer by the loss of fans’ pa-tronage.
At the very least, consider supporting music in other ways. It may sound contrary, or insignificant, but supporting music through other means can make or break local acts. Think about going to a con-cert at The Pour House, The Brewery, Cat’s Cradle or Local 506; consider downloading the album of a band you support through iTunes or some other legal means.
The consequences of the Dig-ital Millennia Copyright Act are very clear. If students share music — as in, upload it — there is a good chance the Uni-versity will receive a DMCA notification and be forced to share their information.
Students should take the time to ascertain whether they are violating the law. In many cases, such as Limewire file-sharing, students may be com-pletely unaware they are doing anything wrong.
Saying the RIAA has any le-gitimate chance to eliminate music piracy is unrealistic, therefore the onus moves to fans to do what they think it right.
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.
Rethink illegal downloadsThe FacTs:The record industry loses $12.5 billion per year on music piracy. In the 2007-2008 academic year, the RIAA filed 143 federal lawsuits against N.C. State students.
Our OpiniOn:Music piracy has become almost ubiquitous with college life. Whether students’ moral compass considers this a problem should be up to them. But at the very least, students should sit down and give a second thought before they click “save.”
The importance of privacy
Mind your own damn business! We scarcely ap-
preciate the value of pri-vacy, which was declared
constitu-tional back in the 1965 SCOTUS case Gris-wold ver-sus Con-necticut. But with Facebook, Twitter, blogs, Bit-Torrent,
iTunes and the Internet, the discussion of privacy has evolved beyond wheth-er or not a law prohibiting contraceptives proves to be an excessive government intrusion.
Yet we have to frame the debate on privacy within the larger context of the changing nature of infor-mation networks. Here’s an easy example: Facebook. The ever-popular social net-working site implemented a new privacy policy and con-trol scheme in Dec. 2009. The default setting is for all information to be public, with Facebook executives citing evolving norms on privacy and the increasing utility of publicly available information.
Here’s the kicker: in part, the motivation to do this was to increase ad revenue by increasing the number of ads people can get by jump-ing from profile to profile or fan page to fan page.
As many a student no doubt knows, this publicly available information can be harmful at times — just think of that picture from the party a prospective em-
ployer saw or the information some random person gleaned from your Facebook page to harass you. And for those of you still around and familiar with it, about 2005, Paul Cous-ins, the director of Student Conduct, used pictures from Facebook to bust people for drinking in a dry dorm.
Privacy matters, particularly to college students. But beyond the immediacy of such prob-lems, consider the broader is-sues at hand.
Pirating music is a good ex-ample, particularly since the University has the rather ig-nominious distinction of be-ing one of the top offenders of digital media copyright law. Pirating music is i l-legal, but we a re s i mply taking digital information from another person who placed it on h is or her computer.
How do we handle the is-sues of public and private infor-mation in the evolving world of privacy and public informa-tion? Further, how do we bal-ance this with the evolution in intellectual property law with the advent of issues like pat-enting certain genetic strains of crops or addressing material from open source groups?
The issue also plays out in the realm of politics. Few remem-ber or have even heard about the furor surrounding the government’s extensive wire-tapping program in its conduct of the “War on Terror.” But in short, the government went to telecommunications compa-nies and managed to secure the
power and ability to listen to or read any call or mes-sage sent over a telecommu-nications network, which is illegal.
Later, the government retroactively immunized the companies from crimi-nal and civil charges — in short, what they did was similar to a judge letting some murderer (who was caught in the middle of a killing spree) just walk away because the govern-ment said his crimes were committed in the name of national security. That en-tire issue is a HUGE breach of privacy, and later worked
against counter-terrorist efforts, as there was literally too much informa-t i o n t o process, t hus a l-lowing the infa-mous un-derwear
bomber to slip by security.So privacy has immedi-
ate relevance and can be of great consequence to safety and prosperity. And regardless of any supposed shifts in norms regarding information, privacy comes down to the individual to determine, which we should address promptly, lest Face-book slip another change in privacy settings under our noses.
It’s your information. And you should strive to control it unless you want it to haunt you in a lawsuit, conduct hearing or job in-terview.
Paul McCauleySenior Staff Columnist
Burgers will never be the same.
Mack Garrisom, senior in art and design
Where have all the ladies gone?
In a matter of weeks stu-dents will have the chance to hear from students inter-
ested in becoming the next stu-dent body president. That may
be a problem. What kind
o f s t u d e n t leader do you want or would you require at N.C. State? If you had to ask a question of any candidate what would it be? Take a step back and
ref lect on the history of our past student body presidents. We’ve had a pretty diverse mix of students make a run for the highest student office at the University. But when was the last time a woman ran and won the office of student body president? A quick check with the SG advisor revealed that it has been many years and there have only been one or two in the Univer-sity’s history.
The current leadership of Kelli Rogers, Kelly Hook, Mary Frances Woods, Ari-alle Crabtree a nd m a ny other women i n s t udent government has been commendable, as evi-denced by their tireless hours of work for students. However, none of those listed have hinted at running for student body president.
Student Government has done a very good job this year in attempting to bring diver-sity to the University’s govern-ing body by admitting more women in the Student Senate and the executive branch.
With that said, and with the admission that we can only speculate at this time. There are substantial rumors as to who will run. Of those candi-dates, all are male. And none of the potential candidates are actively involved with Student Government. With so many women’s groups on campus and women in active leadership roles in Student Government it is surprising that women may soon be lumped into the same category as Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin and Geraldine Ferraro as not quite reaching the brass ring. The last mod-ern female leader at NCSU was
former Chancellor Mary Ann Fox, but of course she was not elected by the student body. Perhaps it is time for history to return back to the Univer-sity by broadening the playing field and having more women run for office. This time with those that have worked so hard behind the scenes for students with very little recognition – mainly, the women in our cur-rent Student Government.
SG isn’t a popularity con-test. Instead, it is construed as tackling popular or unpopular issues that affect the student body as a whole. The office of student body president is not a rubber stamp but an advocacy position for all students.
With so many women cur-rently serving the University, it is perplexing to understand why women won’t consider running for student body presi-dent? We are in the twenty-first century and have seen women pave the way in the suffrage movement, civil rights and
equal rights. This year
Student Sen-ate elections may present difficulty for incumbent senators, thanks in no sma l l pa r t to Talley ref-erenda. The backlash may
be a parallel feeling to what congress is currently experi-encing with health care reform.
Nonetheless, it is important that we have students willing to be a part of our student ex-ecutive, judicial and legislative process. However, if women fail to keep trying for the big office in Student Government, then they are perhaps doing a dis-service to women that helped pave the way in leadership such as Hillary Clinton, Sandra Day O’Connor, Coretta Scott King, Margaret Chase Smith and Barbara Jordan.
If no women decide to run, then perhaps we might just ask our current Student Body President Jim Ceresnak to run one more time. Because it may be the good ole’ boys club until women candidates and voters change that perception.
Send Sam your thoughts on women in Student Govern-ment to [email protected].
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that we have
students willing
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student executive.”
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What are your thoughts on a female student body
president? Why?
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“For me it’s less about their gender, it’s more about agenda. I vote for platforms and ideas.”
tim moorejunior, chemical engineering
“I would love a female student body president. To this day we are still subject to mistreatment. It could set a good example that women can do just as good a job as men, if not better.”
candace mcmillianfreshman, sociology
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Poetry, drums and Mike MyersBeat poetry night brings creative spirits together at an event held on Friday night
Meredith Faggart Senior Staff Writer
Poet Allen Ginsberg once said, “I write poetry so I may breathe freely.”
Late Friday night, a unique event was offered in Raleigh — beat poetry.
Drum for Change, an organization dedicated to using percus-sive music for self-expres-sion, and the Conduit Cen-ter for Change teamed up to put on the Poetry Beat Night in Crocker’s Mark Gallery at 613 W. Morgan Street.
Greg, founder of Drum for Change and an NCSU alumnus, and his wife, An-nalies Gentile, founder of the Conduit Center for Change, worked together to put on this event for the community.
In order to prepare for the event, Whitt sent out press re-leases to various news agencies and the Raleigh drum commu-nity as well as advertising on Facebook.
“Beat poetry goes all the way back to Ginsberg and Burroughs,” Whitt said. “It was a form of peaceful protest against the government in the
1950s and early 1960s.”“The poetry can be about
anything,” Gentile said. She said one of her poems was
written during a time when she was living in Dubai and it was about a hairy, Lebanese man coming out of the pool.
“I’ve noticed that sometimes when I write poetry, I journal in the morning and everything I’m writing ends up sounding like Dr. Suess,” Gentile said.
Before the poets recited their works, Whitt set the tone of the night w it h some vintage work, including pieces from Jack Kerouac a n d e v e n Mike Myers. The organiz-ers showed a
clip from “So I Married an Axe Murderer” in which Mike My-ers waxes poetic on the dating game.
“ W o m a n , w o m a n …whoaaaaa mannnnn!!!” My-ers crooned, at a fictional beat poetry night in the film. The event depicted in the film was very similar to the one that was happening in real life, and it served as a great introduction to the night’s festivities.
Tripp Willis, who read his poetry at the poetry beat night, said that poetry is a thought that you can see in a flash of time.
“I like it for its intensity and singularity of thought,” Wil-lis said.
In the small and intimate gallery, the poets recited their works which came straight from their hearts.
Whether it was a husband and wife couple reading their poetry or Whitt playing the drums, positive and uplifting energy flowed throughout the gallery and everyone, listener or reader, felt the passion that followed the words.
“When we come together in this space,” Gentile said. “We can do great things.”
New film leads the charge for a new era of 50-somethings in romantic comedy roles
Zakk WhiteAssistant Viewpoint Editor
“It’s Complicated” is a ma-ture romantic comedy that tackles the love problems of an older woman, played with strength and humor by Meryl Streep. Not too long ago it would have been next to im-possible to get this film made in youth-obsessed Hollywood, but things are slowly changing — more on that later. While this movie is not very profound or deep, it does provide laughs and an entertaining story. The story itself is a mature, funny tale of a classic love triangle ar-chetype. Only this time there are more sex jokes and pot smoking.
Living goddess Meryl Streep plays Jane Adler, a 50-some-
thing divorcee whose young-est daughter has just left for college. Jane runs a successful bakery — she must be raking in the dough to afford such a nice home on the California coast. Alec Baldwin plays her ex-husband of 10 years, Jake, who is a successful lawyer and whose mistress-turned-new-wife, Agness, has a son, Pedro, who was conceived during an affair during their marriage. All of this information is clum-sily relayed to the audience by Jane’s gal pals during one of the many gourmet dinners Jane prepares throughout the film.
The plot really thickens when Jane and Jake venture to New York City with their children to attend their son Luke’s col-lege graduation. They run into each other at the hotel bar, have a few drinks, dance to some Tom Petty and before you know it they have begun an affair. Between trying to hide the affair from her children and figuring out her feelings for Jake, Steve Martin enters Jane’s life as Adam, a likeable divorced architect. Will Meryl choose her slightly sleazy ex-husband or take a gamble on the shy, sensitive Martin? Or
will she choose to remain alone with her massive mansion and delicious baked goods?
Nancy Meyers — whose past credits include “Something’s Gotta Give” and “The Holi-day” — does an admirable job of handling both writing and directing. Meyers is a much better writer than she is a filmmaker. Her visual style is so generic that the film works in spite of her technical abili-ties. What keeps “It’s Compli-cated” from being your usual romantic comedy is hinted at
in the title. The plot is com-plicated enough to keep you guessing the outcome of the love triangle. Each suitor has pros and cons and Meyers forces the audience to identify with Jane as she makes tough choices. Screenwriting seems to be Meyer’s strong point. Her previous scripts include “Pri-vate Benjamin” and “Father of the Bride,” which are both fine films. But this film really suc-ceeds on the backs of her three
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Meredith faggart/technicianTripp Willis recites some of his poetry at Poetry Beat Night, Friday night.
Meredith faggart/technicianGreg Whitt, founder of Drum for Change, plays the drums at the Poetry Beat.
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singularity
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lead performers.The biggest reason for
seeing “It’s Complicated” is Baldwin’s performance. He perfectly balances gravitas and humor in a role that could easi ly have been played as one-dimensional by a lesser actor. He makes Jake seem slimy and likeable at the same time. His comic timing has been perfected during his recent stint on “30 Rock” and by his years on “Saturday Night Live” as one of the best guest-hosts ever — Schweddy balls any-one?
The biggest misstep of the film is the bland depiction of Jane’s children. They have absolutely no person-ality and are only there as pieces for the story to move around. It is a shame be-cause the three main char-acters and Jane’s son-in-law Harley – who is played well by John Krasinski—are funny and well-rounded
characters. Meyers obviously lacks the grasp of younger peo-ple’s personalities. She missed a real opportunity with the second-tier cast.
Streep gives her second great performance of 2009, the first being Julia Child in Nora Ephron’s “Julia and Julia,” for which she won a Golden Globe. Both movies have a strong connection in that they both focus on the lives of older women who are trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives. Jane has her career figured out but her love life is in shambles. Julia has the op-posite problem; her marriage is picturesque but she has no idea what to do with her time. Both films explore the consequences of buttoned-down heroines taking control of the lives and dealing with their problems head on. Maybe Streep’s next role will be a 50-something who has both love and career problems.
In a bigger sense, both films – “It’s Complicated” in particu-lar – are part the recent outcrop of romantic comedies starring over-50 actors that are a back-lash against what has become a
culture of immaturity. College has become a decade-long ad-venture and no job is truly se-cure, which leads to people who are well into their fifties and are still trying to figure out what to do with their lives. This condition has made room for movies like “It’s Complicated” to reinvigorate the stale, Mc-Conaughey infested Rom-Com genre.
While still quite idyllic and fantastical, “It’s Complicated” does deal frankly with sex and relationships involving older participants that usually put many people off as gross. The film is not quite as frank as “Knocked Up” for example, but it does have an air of reality that is refreshing. The film also doesn’t shy away from show-ing the aged human body as something other than an ob-ject of revulsion and fear. In my screening, when a shirt-less, pudgy Baldwin appeared on screen, a woman in the audience – who was probably expecting Robert Pattinson — yelled out “Ew! He is so gross!” In solidarity with the film, I quite loudly replied, “Welcome to reality, ladies.”
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contributed by: Hollywood Foreign Press AssociAtionMeryl Streep accepts her award for best actress in a comedy or musical for “Julie and Julia” at the 67th annual Golden Globes.
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castleABC Mondays at 10 p.m.
nathan Fillion, of “serenity” and “dr. Horrible’s sing-along Blog” fame, stars in this sharp and witty take on the TV detective drama. Fillion plays rick Castle, a cocky but caring crime fiction author who finds himself in need of inspi-ration. On assignment for a new novel, he stumbles upon detective Kate Beckett, a no-nonsense cop with a short fuse and a pristine record, who clashes with Castle at every turn. The two exchange barbs and solve cases, all the while developing a mutual interest in each other that extends beyond police work. The joys here are watching the sparks fly between Castle and Beckett and marveling at the unique way they combine their talents to solve each case.
criminalBy Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
even if you are not a comic book reader, you should be reading “Criminal.” ed Brubaker has written everything, from huge titles like “Captain america” and “daredevil,” to an indie book called “sleeper,” and this variety has honed his craft to a sharp point. “Criminal” is not the name of one story, but rather, it’s Brubaker’s title for a series of hard-boiled, noir-inspired crime stories which all share from a pool of characters. The most recent story, “The sinners,” heralds the re-turn of fan-favorite Tracy Lawless, an ex-marine with a mean streak who has left one too many debts unpaid. Fans love this series for its tough-as-nails writing, the moody and evocative sean philips art and the many twists and turns that each story takes.
BayonettaXbox 360 / Playstation 3
Created by platinum games, the creators of “Okami” and “Mad world,” “Bayonetta” is a gamer’s game. Bayonetta herself is a “hair witch,” whose impossibly long locks morph into everything – from the clothes she wears to the weapons she wields – and she whips this mane around with impressive style. Hideki Kamiya, the director of “Bayonetta,” was also the creator of the original “devil May Cry,” and the similari-ties between the two games are striking. game play involves tra-versing beautiful environments, solving puzzles, battling demons and watching high-definition cut-scenes that make very little sense. But like “devil May Cry,” the moment-to-moment combat is varied and satisfying, with adjust-able difficulty levels that make it fun for all skill levels.
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and played one of the worst games I have witnessed in the past couple years as it lost, 88-64. With that game, all the momentum and intensity the team had shown and given its fans, starting with the second half of the Clemson game, had disappeared.
Maybe it was a fluke game. Maybe the team was mentally and physically drained after the emotional victory against the Devils just nights before. Maybe the team was looking past the Maryland game to the game against the rival Tar
Heels. No one knows for sure, but what is known is that this team lacks consistency.
No matter the case, coach Lowe needs to help get this team to play less erratic basket-ball. The Pack players had the game Carolina in their hands and let it slip away because of a lack of focus. This team showed flashes of brilliance all season, whether it was the late comebacks against Marquette, or the win against Florida State on the road. But either way, this team has shown it is capable of being very good but needs to play at a level that seems to be continually just out of its grasp.
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converted on back-to-back sec-ond chances.
“The boards were the key. Even when we did stop them, they got the offensive re-bound,” Lowe said. “We just wanted to be solid and not give them anything easy, but the dribble penetration hurt us and the offensive rebounds. “
Though State was struggling, Gonzalez looked calm and in control. He sank three con-secutive threes and tightened the score to 37-33 going into
the half.“I was just trying to be ag-
gressive,” Gonzales said. “I saw the team was in a slump and I was trying to be aggressive and score.”
After going 0-3 from the pe-rimeter in the first half, Scott Wood got state within one just after the teams returned.
Gonzalez charged right back and continued to bolster his point total. He gave the Pack the lead for the first time since the five minute mark when he went to the line and sank two of three free throws to make it 38-37. He then converted another three-pointer and tipped in a Wood shot.
That was when the Pack fell back on its heels. Lowe said his team was guilty of being too hasty in pushing the ball up the floor.
“We tried to create things that were not there,” Lowe said. “We got a little caught up in the atmosphere and try to go too fast and that was the time where we turned it over.”
The Tar Heels sped up the play and surged back after State went scoreless through 9:06 minutes. Carolina doubled its coverage on Gonzalez and Wood remained snake-bitten from the perimeter during the Heels’ 13-0 run. Carolina’s Will Graves tied the score at 43 with
just over 13 minutes to play and the visitors jumped out to an eight-point lead before the Pack finally converted.
“We matched their inten-sity for about 28 minutes or so and then we went on a 8 minutes stretch where we couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean,” Wood said. They made a run and we couldn’t fight it off.”
After having two drives blocked, Smith f inal ly broke through, but State re-mained cold while Carolina couldn’t miss.
Gonzalez said other play-ers needed to step up for the Pack to have a chance in the game.
“We didn’t get stops, we weren’t hitting shots and they hit a run and it cost us the game,” Gonzales said. “Everyone has to be play-ing with maximum effort every single time we come out. That little let down when someone comes off of the bench is a boost for the other team.”
Horner got on the score sheet with two threes after missing three straight. But it was too little, too late as a late Graves three-pointer added insult to injury and State fell to 13-8 (2-5 ACC.) Carolina won its second ACC game and first in an opponent’s arena. The Tar Heels prevailed over Ohio State Nov. 19 at a neutral site.
The Pack is back in ac-tion Saturday against North Carolina Central at 2 p.m.
UNCcontinued from page 8
Matt Moore/technicianLary Drew II knocks over Julius Mays as he scores during the first half of State’s 77-63 loss to Carolina.
for the 200 freestyle (1:35.96), the 500 freestyle (4:20.60) and participated on the relay team that broke the previous school record for the 800-freestyle re-lay (6:29.84).
Being able to break the 500-freestlye record, for Mc-Gee, has been a highlight in his career.
“It was from the ‘70s and no one had touched it in 30 years.” McGee said. “I didn’t think it was a record I would even be able to touch, at least not until my senior year, and to be able to do it as a junior was really cool.”
Since his freshman year Mc-Gee has been able to continue to grow as both an athlete and a person, and head coach Brooks
Teal believes that there is still more to come from McGee in his final year.
“He has been a captain for two years now, so he definitely shows a lot of leadership.” Teal said. “He is definitely a leader in the way he competes and a leader in the way he has trained. He has really meant a lot to the program, and I am confident the best is still yet to come for him.”
As his senior year winds down, McGee is looking to continue his studies by apply-ing to physical therapy school at Louisiana State University. He said that realizing how much his physical therapists helped him recover and come back in even better shape from his injury sparked his interest in the field.
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Pack lets one slip awayExplosivE Effort from GonzalEz falls by thE waysidE as
Carolina blows past statE in sECond half, wins, 77-63
Kate ShefteSports Editor
There may have never been a more convenient set of circumstances for State to take down its archrival UNC-Chapel Hill at home. The Tar Heels had just dropped out of the top-25, had gone winless on the road against ACC opponents, its best player was fighting injury and Roy William’s team had lost three straight.
But standout performances from forward Deon Thompson and point guard Larry Drew II and a second half collapse from the Wolfpack resulted in a 77-63 drubbing at the hands of the Heels.
The Pack fell to 141-75 all-time against the Tar Heels and has lost its last seven.
The plotline was similar to the women’s basketball game featuring both schools Monday night at Reyn-olds Coliseum. The Tar Heels rode one player - in this case, Thompson, who finished with 20 points – to vic-tory while State collapsed down the stretch. The Tar Heels scored at will in the second half and jumped out to a 17-point lead while the Pack couldn’t muster any semblance of momentum.
Junior point guard Javier Gonzalez finished with 19 points and center Tracy Smith totaled 20, but they didn’t receive any support from the rest of the starting roster. Key shooters Den-nis Horner, Farnold Degand and Scott Wood combined for just nine points on 5-24 shooting.
Smith said his team, which shot 29 percent in the second half, has plenty to improve upon.
“We need to get into the gym and work on our shots, so when I do get double-teamed I can kick it out and they can knock down some shots,” Smith said.
The Pack played catch-up for the first ten minutes before Carolina went
on a 16-8 scoring run. The Tar Heels’ free throw shooting was shaky and they went 13-22 from the charity stripe, but State couldn’t recover crucial rebounds. UNC
Matt Moore/techniciantracy smith tries to dribble past Carolina’s Ed davis during the second half of state’s 77-63 loss. smith had six rebounds and scored 20 points during the game.
mEn’s baskEtball
Senior swimmer leads by example
swimminG & divinG
Co-captain McGee sets positive example for team, both in and out of the water
Samantha CollierStaff Writer
It is not easy competing on any level in a Division-1 school. It is even harder to supersede your competi-tion, break school records and remain a positive ex-ample for your teammates both athletically and in the classroom. Co-captain of the men’s swimming and diving team, senior Mason McGee, has broken through and has exemplified all of these aspects.
“Mason has improved his leadership skills and has really become an important part of what this men’s team repre-sents,” assistant coach Jacqui McLaughlin said. “He is a great leader in the pool, an outstand-ing leader in the classroom. He is always there to help get the guys pumped up and excited to swim fast.”
Since he was four years old, McGee has been in the pool. And since then he has won state championship titles in his hometown of Louisiana, broken two N.C. State’s school records and has had the oppor-tunity to try out for the Olym-pic swim team.
“I really like how it is not like other sports where you have your skills and you go
out there and show them off; it takes a lot more work, a lot more patience.” McGee said. “You work for months just for the final meet at the end of the year.”
McGee first came to State on a recruiting trip four years ago, where the sense of team at-mosphere caught his eye and drew him in. Since then McGee said that the feeling of close-ness has become even stronger; he refers to his teammates as brothers, who spend all their time together, both in the water and out of it. It is this sense of “family,” as McLaughlin puts it, which helps to make McGee a great leader.
“I know that every guy on my team is watching me and counting on me, so I go out
there with a lot of confi-dence,” McGee said. “I do it for them. I have to lead by example.”
Spring break of his soph-omore year, McGee broke his collarbone in a skiing accident. For swimmers this injury can be career ending, but McGee worked with coaches and physical therapists, rehabbing his strength back. Later that summer, McGee qualified for the Olympic trials.
In his junior year, Mc-Gee took 10th in the 400 freestyle finals at the U.S. Open with a 3:54.68, and was named team MVP. He also set a new school record
Women’s tennis opens up season FridayThe tennis team will open up its spring season as it takes on East Carolina Friday and then takes on Winthrop University Saturday. The team is ranked No. 45 in the country and has a very good mix of seniors all the way down through freshmen.
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Racquetball and elite softball sign ups openBoth the racquetball league and elite softball leagues sign ups are available and will be open until Friday at 5 p.m. The racquetball league offers a variety of play including singles and doubles, men’s and women’s open, co-ed, men’s and women’s residence and fraternities and sororities. Elite softball is men’s open.
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athletic schedule
Quote of the day“We matched
their intensity for about 28
minutes or so and then we went on a 8
minutes stretch where we
couldn’t throw the ball into the ocean.”
Scott Wood, freshman forward
did you know?The former Pack player Chris Corchiani was the first player in the NCAA to have over 1,000 assists in his career.
tiM o’Brien/technician archive photomason mcGee, a junior in nutrition science, powers through the 200-yard butterfly at the n.C. state vs. duke and maryland dual meet oct. 31, 2008. mcGee finished third in the event, helping the men’s team to victory over both duke and maryland.
CommEntary
Can I
get some
consistency?
Already over halfway through the basketball season, State’s men’s
basketball team has had its share of ups and downs. Yes, there may have been more
dow ns than ups this year, but the team so far has ex-ceeded all ex-pectations that were originally put on it before the season.
But still, as the team heads into its final 10 games of this
season, coach Sidney Lowe and the team are still looking for a sense of consistency from game to game. The team has been Jeckyll and Hyde this season, looking unstoppable at times and other times looked like a high school JV team.
Just look at the Carolina, Clemson, Duke and Mary-land games. Lets begin with the most recent – the Carolina game. Both teams came out and did not play particularly well in the first half, but they seemed to match each others’ efforts, neither playing up to potential. But at the start of the second half, the Pack came out hot, especially Javier Gonzalez. The junior went on a tear the open the half, scoring seven straight points and giving the Pack a five point lead.
But then he and the offense completely shut down. The team went at least eight min-utes without scoring while fail-ing to take care of the basket-ball, giving the Heels a chance to get back into the game and take control. This kind of sporadic play isn’t acceptable. This team needs to learn how to play an entire 40 minutes and not just five minutes here, ten minutes there. I under-stand teams will go on scoring droughts, but the really good teams learn how to cope with it and battle back, and State just isn’t there yet.
Another example of this was in the Clemson game, where the Pack came out complete-ly flat in the first half. State seemed unable to do anything defensively against the Tigers and went into the half down by 17 points. However, in the sec-ond half, the Wolfpack came out as if it was an entirely new team. This new squad showed a different type of swagger. The team looked confident, cocky and inspired, and even though it lost by three, it showed that it had heart and that the team had ability to play with anyone in the ACC.
After the heartbreaking loss to the Tigers, the team went up against the No. 7 ranked Duke Blue Devils. And as we all know, the team came out and punched them straight in the mouth and took it to the Devils the entire night on their way to a 14 rout of the previously top-10 team. From the opening tip to the final buzzer, the team fought hard and played with such intensity, which had yet to be seen for an entire game this season. And with the win, the Pack showed what it was capa-ble of and gave the students and fans witnessing the game hope, that the team had turned the page and had learned to play with that intensity every time out for the entire 40 minutes.
However, that hope was short lived as the team traveled to Maryland just three days later
Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor
January 2010
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Today Women’s BasketBall at VirginiaCharlottesville, Va., 7 p.m. Fridaymen’s and Women’s track and Field at north carolina meetChapel Hill, all day Saturdaymen’s and Women’s track and Field at north carolina meetChapel Hill, all day
Women’s tennis Vs. east carolinaJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m.
Women’s tennis Vs. WinthroPJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 2 p.m.
men’s BasketBall Vs. north carolina central RBC Center, 2 p.m.
gYmnastics at metroPleX challengeDallas, Tex. 7 p.m.
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vieW moRe t e c h n i c i a n o n l i n e . c omCheck out a photo slideshow of the men’s basketball game versus Carolina.