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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina
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Naomi WhiddenStaff Writer
Chris and Cindy Bowman are Native Americans and used to run an art gallery in downtown Raleigh, specializing in memo-rabilia and craft painting of in-tricate design on birds-of-prey feathers. But the couple doesn’t have firm roots planted in the Triangle. Every year, they travel to 35 different fairs and festivals to sell their wares, embracing what they call the “carny” life-style.
The life of a carny isn’t a cheap, get rich quick scheme for the Bowmans, who are high school sweethearts. With stalls located at the Village of Yesteryear at the N.C. State Fair, these self-made business owners and artists bring a rich culture to the traditional carny style.
Tight as they are these days, these two crafters met under unusual circumstances, and if it weren’t for coincidence, wouldn’t be together today.
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When registering for spring se-mester, you will be able to search for classes based directly on your degree audit thanks to a recent upgrade in the Student Information System.
Brian Judson, an N.C. State alum-nus in the field of computer science, worked in conjunc-tion with the Office of Inst itut iona l Technology staff for more than a year to design the SIS upgrade.
The test program was initially sent out to about 100 students, faculty and staff, includ-ing the University Cashierís Office, the Office of Schol-arships and Financial Aid, student ambassadors, interns and student workers. Not everyone gave feed-back, but those who did responded with positive remarks.
According to Michelle Johnson, senior associate registrar, the Uni-versity had been using the same system since February of 2009 un-til the latest version of the software was available. Other schools use this
program, but only N.C. State has the enrollment wizard and the advising dashboard.
The enrollment wizard and the advising dashboard are the two most important updates to the Student Information System, Johnson said. Vice Provost and University Registrar Louis Hunt called the enrollment wizard a
“powerful tool.” Students can
find the enroll-ment wizard by starting at the MyPack Portal homepage and c l i c k i ng t he yellow button entit led “EN-ROLL,” located at the top-right corner. There
are four major tabs involved in using the wizard: “shopping cart,” “schedule,” “events” and “add to cart.”
According to Johnson, the shopping cart tab is exactly what a student would think it is.
“It’s a place to seemingly shop for classes,” Johnson said. “Once a student’s enrollment time be-
Naomi Whidden Staff Writer
More than two years ago, Direc-tor of Athletics Debbie Yow initiated “Wolfpack Unlimited: Refuse To Accept the Status Quo,” a redefined vision and comprehensive plan to revitalize the future of N.C. State athletics. Despite operating $13.2 million under the conference rev-enue average, Yow’s restructuring of the department has led to financial and athletic success.
“We can become what we believe we can become if we rally the Wolf-pack family to lock arms as a col-lective force and move forward in a united way,” Yow said the day she was hired. “In fact, that’s the only way we can reach these challenging goals for N.C. State.”
Yow’s plan began on June 25, 2010, when Chancellor Randy Woodson named her the director of Athletics. Since then, department ticket sales have increased by 13.1 percent, stu-dent fees have dropped 75.2 percent and coaching staff salaries have in-creased collectively by 21.1 percent.
NCSU’s Athletic Department is a self-sustaining auxiliary unit of the University, receiving only funds like student fees and alumni con-tributions. The department’s main revenue comes from market-driven ticket sales, which steadily increased to $20.8 million in 2011. Of these ticket sales, salaries are divvied up by percent contribution by sport and position within the coaching
staff. A strategic goal of Yow’s five-year
plan is to “offer competitive pack-ages to recruit talented coaches and staff,” a task she immediately began.
During her first two years as di-rector, Yow hired five head coaches: men’s basketball coach Mark Gott-fried, men’s soccer coach Kelly Find-ley, co-ed swim coach Braden Hol-loway, wrestling coach Pat Popolizio and softball coach Shawn Rychik. Bob Alejo, a nationally recognized trainer, was also hired as director of strength and conditioning for
student-athletes. The eventual goal of Yow’s strate-
gic reorganization to “gain national recognition through innovative coaches, physically and academi-cally dedicated student-athletes, and the right business plan.”
Yow’s strategy is aggressive, and it seems to be working. The men’s bas-ketball team returned to the NCAA’s Sweet Sixteen, after seven years of uncompetitive teams.
In the two years Yow has been di-rector of athletics, the department has jumped 52 spots to No. 37 in
the Directors’ Cup, an all-inclusive NCAA varsity sports ranking. This change was the largest two-year rank increase of an ACC university in the history of the Directors’ Cup.
Rankings are only one sign that N.C. State Athletics are regaining relevance. The spring 2012 gradu-ation ceremony held more student-athletes and ACC All-Academic honorees than ever before.
“Debbie Yow is experienced, tough, tenacious and successful. We
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Latest ‘Activity’ loses some terrorSee page 5.
SELF-EXPRESSION IN MULTIPLE WAYS
JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANSarah Whitcher, a sophomore in biological sciences, paints henna on her foot during an Resident Advisor event on Monday Oct 22. “I came in with a design in mind but then I kind of changed it as I went along,” said Whitcher. Henna ink is available at local craft stores such as Michaels or at local events such as the N.C. State Fair.
Men’s rugby defeats ECU See page 8.
NFL Round-upSee page 8.
“...they can easily
add...the classes
in their shopping
cart to their
offical schedule.”Michelle Johnson, senior
associate registrar
JONATHAN STOUT/TECHNICIANDebbie and Susan Yow show their Wolfpack pride at the induction of the first N.C. State hall of fame class.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
Today“TOGETHER IN HARMONY” ART EXHIBITN.C. Japan Center
DON’T MISS CHANCELLOR’S FALL FORUMStewart Theater, 10:30-12:30 a.m.
ART WITHOUT ARTISTSGregg Museum, 12-8 p.m.
GLOBAL ISSUES SEMINAR124 Dabney, 7-8:30 p.m.
Tomorrow“TOGETHER IN HARMONY” ART EXHIBITN.C. Japan Center
CIP - COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMSD. H. Hill Library, Faculty Senate Chambers (2320), 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
ART WITHOUT ARTISTSGregg Museum, 12-8 p.m.
CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS MONTH: DUDE, WHERE’S MY DATA?Scott Hall, 12-1 p.m.
2ND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL HORROR FILM FESTWitherspoon Student Cinema, 7-11:30 p.m.
CHINESE CHARACTERS (HANZI)7-8:30 p.m.
Thursday“TOGETHER IN HARMONY” ART EXHIBITN.C. Japan Center
ART WITHOUT ARTISTSGregg Museum, 12-8 p.m.
MOVIE: TOTAL RECALL (2012)Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7-9 p.m.
THROUGH JOANNAH’S LENS
I mustache you to vote
Sarah Lasafer, a sophomore in political science, receives a mustache after participating in the early voting located at Talley Student Center on Thursday. “I came to vote because other-wise I would have to go home.
It’s just a lot more convenient.” Early voting concludes Oct. 30. During the early voting period, voters have the option to change residence to Wake county and cast their vote at the same time.
PHOTO BY JOANNAH IRVIN
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSSend all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Mark Herring at [email protected]
POLICE BLOTTEROct. 191:35 P.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCYOff CampusCampus Police responded to Raleigh Police Department in reference to arrest. Subject was served with larceny warrant. Investigation ongoing.
11:42 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTWeaver Labs Lot Staff member reported a vehicle backed into a brick wall. Officers checked the area but were unable to
locate the vehicle An accident report was filed. 12:29 AM| WELFARE CHECKVarsity Drive Report of subject in need of assistance stumbling on roadway. Officers located non-student who got off bus at wrong stop. Due to serious criminal history subject was trespassed from NCSU property and given ride off campus.
12:41 AM | MEDICAL ASSIST-ALCOHOLAvent Ferry Complex Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. Student was referred for consuming alcohol under the age of 21. 9:20 AM | HAZMAT INCIDENT
Nelson Hall Fire Protection responded and turned over a package to Environmental Health. No problems noted. 1:03 PM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTFraternity Court Two students were involved in a traffic accident. An accident report was filed. 10:13 PM | LARCENYDH Hill Library A subject reported his cell phone was taken.
11:46 PM | LARCENYOwen Hall A student reported his bicycle was stolen from the rack.
11:57 PM | MEDICAL ASSIST Tucker Beach
University and Wake EMS responded and transported a student to Rex Hospital. 4:25 PM | SUSPICIOUS PERSONPartners III Deck A subject reported a suspicious person walking around. Officer records checks revealed there was a pick up order for his drivers license. Officer confiscated the license and turned it into DMV. 5:41 PM | FIRE ALARMTalley Student Center Officers and RPD responded to a fire alarm at Talley Student center. No problems noted
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gins, they can easily add all of the classes in their shopping cart to their official sched-ule.”
Johnson said students should start building their shopping cart before their advising and enrollment ap-pointments.
“Having backup classes is important as some may fill up quickly,” Johnson said.
There are several key fea-tures of the enrol lment wizard, including the event planner and a new way to search for classes based upon a studentís individual degree audit. The event planner al-lows students to plan their
class schedules around their extra-curricular activities, work and other important events.
Once a student inputs his or her activities, the enroll-ment wizard automatically eliminates classes that would fall during those times. The student also has the option to turn this feature on and off according to his or her pref-erence.
Another important fea-ture involves the process of searching for classes. Now a student can search for classes based solely upon his or her audit and its individual sec-tions.
Class search can be modi-fied by specific audit require-ments, classes that fit a stu-dentís schedule, classes with
open sections only and classes with a waitlist. Students can also search for classes that satisfy more than one audit section.
When searching for labs, the enrollment wizard now automatically pairs labs with lectures. This way a student doesn’t have to search for them separately.
New for advisers is the ad-vising dashboard, convenient when an they want to know a student’s grade point average, class rank or unofficial tran-script, according to Johnson.
Student advisers can leave comments and advice on the advising dashboard to encourage students to apply for internships and stay on track with their degree goals.
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could not have hired a better person and a better adminis-trator,” Chancellor Woodson said at Yow’s introductory press conference.
Earlier this year, N.C. State signed a five-year, $49 mil-lion contract with Wolfpack Sports Property, LLC to man-age the school’s multimedia rights.
“We’re so far below the average per-student-athlete investment among the ACC publics, it’s ridiculous,” Yow said. “We’re way down. We’d need another $7 million in funding annually to reach the average.”
That figure is from 2010. The department is currently $13.2 million under the con-ference average.
The department also an-nounced a $7 million apparel contract with Adidas to cover all 23 teams, rather than just the men’s football and bas-ketball teams, as under the last contract.
“We have gotten off to a good start in reaching the goals and expectations for
coaches, staff and student-athletes,” Yow stated on her website. “I am fired up about the future of Wolfpack ath-letics.”
Despite fiscal limitations, N.C. State teams continue to win against more solidly funded schools, most nota-bly of which include Florida State and Maryland, whose revenues top the Wolfpack’s by $27.5 million and $10.6 million respectively.
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‘70s teenager, drinking with her buddies and spending time with friends in a foos-ball parlor lot when she saw her future husband drive past her.
“He was driving a beauti-ful Chevy van with a mural of the ‘Horse with No Name’ song on the side,” Cindy said.
But on the night of their f irst date, a car accident claimed the life of Cindy’s father, and Chris and Cindy did not see each other for al-most 15 years.
Cindy wound up marrying a biomedical engineer when she was 19. After moving to Charlotte, N.C., she worked as a professional seamstress, data entry operator for a cor-poration, Tupperware dealer and self-taught craftswoman.
In 1984, she was widowed when her husband was killed in a car accident. After the tragedy, she began working
and crafting out of her home, exploring her artistic abilities and setting a foundation for a later business.
She learned traditional American Indian crafts of smocking, basket weaving, decorative sewing and work-ing with cornhusks. Her tal-ents led her to display her art at craft festivals and local fairs. It was at one of those events that she was reunited her with her future husband and former fling, Chris.
Together, the couple started the American Indian Com-pany, an authentic memora-bilia store that was located in downtown Raleigh’s City Market for 15 years.
Due to a steady decline in varied retail businesses, the store closed four years ago.
Four years later, Cindy and Chris travel to more than 35 events a year from Florida in January, to New York in August, and she annually visits N.C. State’s campus for the Native American POW WOW.
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Lindsey RosenbaumStaff Writer
Two researchers from N.C. State in the communication and civil engineering fields received a grant from the National Science Foundation earlier this summer in order to research the “yuck” factor involved with water reclama-tion projects.
Water reclamation is the process in which wastewater is treated and sent back to res-idential areas to be re-used. Currently, this reclaimed water is not used for drink-ing water, but for agricultural irrigation and landscape ir-rigation.
Water reclamation boosts water eff iciency and cuts down on water waste. Ac-cording to the U.S. Drought Monitor on July 5, “Just un-der 56 percent of the con-tiguous United States is in drought conditions, the most extensive area in the 12-year history of the U.S. Drought Monitor.”
Recently, Emily Zechman,
assistant professor in civil, construction and environ-mental engineering, and Andrew Binder, assistant professor in communica-tions, have been awarded a grant from the National Sci-ence Foundation.
According to the NSF, the purpose of the grant is to “explore the in-terplay between social and tech-nical aspects of reclaimed, or recycled, water and wil l dis-cover new ways for planning municipal water infrastructure and policy.”
It is hoped that the differ-ent academic perspectives of Binder and Zechman will help the research gain better results.
“My background is com-municat ion and publ ic opinion of science and tech-nology,” Binder said. “Right now, for research funding,
they want more interdisci-plinary research, bringing people of different academic backgrounds working on the same project to form differ-ent perspectives.”
Binder will be dealing with the public opinion side of this project.
“I [will] look at how every-day cit izens feel about [wa-ter reclama-tion] technol-ogy, how much t h e y k n o w about it and if it is a good thing for soci-ety to pursue,” he said.
While chart-i n g p u b l i c opi n ion on
water reclamation, Binder will be examining the “yuck” factor involved.
Normally, wastewater is treated water at a treatment plant, then sent back into na-ture. After that, it reenters the water system. As the process of water reclamation skips the
middle step, some worry that the use of treated water will be outside of people’s comfort zones.
“One of the things that [people] are worried about is the basic idea that the water coming out of their tap is straight from a treatment plant, and thus from a shower or toilet,” Binder said. “There’s a certain psycho-logical comfort knowing that water in our taps has been filtered, even though there is always a risk for contamination.”
Water reclamation is a common practice in countries whose weather is more arid and dry, such as Australia and Israel.
Zechman and Binder have not yet begun the research, but their first findings will be received late spring.
NSF funds work on efficient water consumption
“Just under 56
percent of the
contiguous
United States
is in drought
conditions.”U.S. Drought Monitor
YOW’S VISION• Every sport with a
full complement of scholarships should be among the nation’s top 25, working towards the top 10 and competing for conference and national championships.
• Every student-athlete should be given the opportunity and resources to be as successful in the classroom as on the field of competition.
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PAGE 4 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012 TECHNICIAN
I’ve spent my entire time at N.C. State as a faithful commuter
on the Wolfline. I’m not the biggest fan of driving
in the first place and one of the best ben-efits that riding the bu s of-fers is the chance to rela x and enjoy
some portable form of en-tertainment.
Sure, I’ve done a fair amount of school read-ings on the bus, but for the most part, the time serves well as a chance to read the latest comic book or novel in my collection or to check up on the news on my phone.
Ea rl ier t h i s week, though, I was indulging in the latest game in the Pokemon series, Pokemon: White Version 2 . This might not come as a sur-prise, as there are plenty of students on campus who still loyally play each new in-stallment when they are released. I should know, as it was wh i le I was play-i ng t he game that I met an-other fan of the se-ries.
He sat in the seat behind me, having heard the fa-miliar battle theme from the game, asked what ver-sion I was playing and be-fore I knew it we were reg-istering each other’s friend codes in our systems and trading Pokemon. He was much further in the game than I was, but that didn’t stop him from kindly of-fering some strong addi-tions to my team.
What really struck me about the whole encounter was the ease with which the two of us were able to begin communicating over a shared interest. Not only that, but I was genuinely impressed by his willingness to talk to
me, a complete stranger, just because I had a single shared interest.
In truth, though, I think this is how easy it should be for people to start talking. When I was in elementary school, most of my friends came through such shared interests. In fact, one of the first friends I made when I moved to a different school in third grade also happened to be through a mutual inter-est in Pokemon.
Somewhere along the way, though, that boldness chil-dren are so well-known for is lost to many of us. I’ve seen plenty of people read-ing a book, playing a game or watching a show I like around campus, but I’ve nev-er thought to just go up and start talking to people about them. I still get nervous ask-ing people for quotes when I cover events for Technician.
For this guy on the bus, though, it was as simple as it would be for a kid. There are probably plenty of you out there that also have that ability and I say more power to you.
While we’re at school, the chance t o m e e t new people without turning to the internet or social in-terest clubs is at an all-t ime high. Just talking to someone new on cam-pus is a safer proposition
than doing it at the grocery store or the bank.
If the Atrium seating is packed during lunch one day, ask to share a table with someone. If you get to a class you love early, maybe ask someone else what they think of it.
While it’s true the next person you talk to might not be your future best friend, there’s still a chance that you can have a decent conversa-tion about something you love with them. The point of attending college is to work towards completing a higher level of education, and there’s always the chance that the person sitting by you might have something new to teach you.
Thony Hankerson Jr., junior in arts applications
Rock the VoteLa s t we e ke nd ,
my entire fam-ily packed into
my dad’s car and headed to our nearby voting lo-cation. We pulled up, parked and then strolled
on inside, walking p a s t a few ener-getic and dedicat-ed cam-paigners in their designat-
ed area to give last-min-ute praise to their beloved candidate of choice.
Once we got inside, we were given information pertaining to voting, and then we were instructed to go to the next available table. After confirming my identity and signing a document, I was granted my “I voted early” sticker and was then guided to the technologically ad-vanced voting booth.
While in the voting booth, I was as giddy as a schoolgirl because this was the first time I was granted the right to vote. Last election season, I missed the cut-off by a matter of months so this was quite the milestone in my adolescent life. Receiv-ing that sticker quickly be-came a memento of that important fall afternoon.
The whole process — from start to finish — took about ten minutes of my Saturday afternoon away. Which basically
means that it takes me lon-ger to go pick up a few items at the grocery store than to go vote for the president of the United States and other very significant state representa-tives, which is fairly incred-ible considering the impor-tance of the act.
In recent years, voting has been made increasingly easier to do and is done more conve-niently and efficiently. Long gone are the days when you voted by using the archaic punch card. Nowadays, we do not even have to strain ourselves as much as having to even put pen to paper on the paper ballots. In many ways, the voting booths have adapted to the technological times and the public’s obses-sion with touch screens — making it seem as though you are making these decisions on your iPad at home.
So between t he conve-nient loca-tions, swift-ness of the operation and the idiot-proof voting process, there is really no ex-cuse for you to not vote. Af-ter all, we have been chased like pieces of meat around the Brickyard by students encouraging their peers to register to vote all semester, so I hope that everyone in-terested in expressing their voting right is all set to go in the registration department.
Beyond this, N.C. State has made it virtually impossible for you to provide the justi-fication that you donít have
the time to get to a voting center because we now have the privilege to go vote at Tal-ley Student Center. So when you decide to stop at Wolf-pack Subs to get your favorite sandwich for dinner, take a minor detour and head up-stairs to place your vote.
I think that in the U.S., it is easy to under-appreciate the privilege of voting. In more ways than one it is your way of showing that you care about the future of the coun-try and that you pay atten-tion to the issues impacting yourself, your loved ones and your peers all over the coun-try. Many people look at vot-ing and politics with apathy, which is moderately under-standable because at times it is hard to follow the political stances that are mostly hid-den behind thick layers of
mudsling-ing. How-ever, it is an important right to ex-ercise and you should-nít let a little
bit of daunting research and limited time availability get in the way. So whether you vote this afternoon or on Nov. 6, just know that if you really care about the future of this country, you will not let any excuses get in the way of doing so, no matter who you might support.
Send your thoughts to [email protected].
Lauren NoriegaStaff Columnist
Jordan AlsaqaAssociate Features Editor
Talk to someone
A great, big fumble
Most students would give an arm and a leg to have almost guaran-teed seven-figure salaries (maybe
more) waiting for them after leaving college. And for a few college athletes, expecting a fat paycheck right out of college isn’t unrea-sonable. So — in the aftermath of Mustafa Greene’s dismissal from the football team — the million dollar question is: How can someone be so stupid?
As a freshman, Greene showed a lot of po-tential. He was the team’s leading rusher, played 12 of 13 games and was one of only five true freshmen to start a game for the Wolf-pack. Students even howled a personalized cheer for Mustafa at home games.
Greene’s downward spiral began when he was charged in February with six traffic viola-tions in Rowan County and failed to appear in court for the offenses. To borrow from base-ball terminology, that was strike one.
Shortly after the traffic flub, Greene found himself on the wrong end of the law again when he faced misdemeanor drug para-phernalia charges in April. Strike two.
Greene’s appearance in the 2012 season was delayed due to academic issues — strike three…
Green was given a second chance — and to be quite frank, he didn’t deserve one. The University invests tens of thousands of dollars in each scholarship athlete. It’s no big secret that athletes — at any school — aren’t expect-ed to be star pupils in academia, but they do
have a responsibility to discipline themselves in the gym and in the community.
We’ve seen what happens when athletes behave badly. The scandal at UNC-Chapel Hill proves that the mess caused by un-grateful athletes isn’t con-fined to just an athlete or athletic department; a uni-versity as a whole must face the consequences. Luckily, Tom O’Brien and his staff acted quickly in dismissing Greene.
Setting aside assumptions of a lucrative ca-reer in the NFL — and the vast majority of college athletes never do make it to the pros
— Greene still could have left N.C. State with a degree, which means that over his lifetime, he could earn twice as much as someone with only a high school diploma.
But that still doesn’t answer the million-dollar question…
We know how Greene went from potentially making millions as a professional footballer, but the why is harder to determine. Was it sheer stupidity? Most would say yes, and Technician’s editorial board won’t jump to Greene’s defense.
The fact is, if you’re getting a free ride (worth tens of thousands of dollars), that almost guarantees a successful future, then there is no excuse for fumbling the ball away.
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Send your thoughts to [email protected]
BY JOANNAH IRVIN
Do you think having a strong emphasis
on athletics can have a negative effect on
academics?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“If I was applying to schools like UNC or Penn State, I don’t think it would affect me.”
Mallory GyovaiFreshman, fisheries and wildlife
“I don’t think so. If I went to a school that had a scandal I would still be loyal. It’s my school.”
Alexis CarsonFreshman, computer science
“I don’t think so. I think it’s about the leadership. If the leaders aren’t doing their job, then that’s when scandals happen.”
Drew HatcherJunior, biological engineering
“No, because for the athletic people it’s just another day and for the academic people it’s a great way to relieve stress.”
Jared DavisSenior, zoology
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.
“Somewhere
along the way,
though, that
boldness children
are so well-
known for is lost
to many of us.”
“There is really
no excuse for
you to not vote. ”
“The University
invests tens of
thousands of
dollars in each
scholarship athlete.”
FeaturesPAGE 5 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012TECHNICIAN
Latest ‘Activity’ loses some of the terror
Photo exhibit focuses on the struggle for civil rights
Jordan AlsaqaAssociate Features Editor
As a big fan of the Paranor-mal Activity series, I’m always curious to see what each year’s new installment will provide. With the original film, a sim-ple, but effective story about demonic possession man-aged to win over critics and audiences alike. Since then, the series has managed to tie an entire family’s history in with blood oaths, a coven of witches and decades of unset-tling incidents.
So, the question with Para-normal Activity 4, the first true sequel in the series, was whether it would manage to keep developing the series’ mythology while providing another carefully-structured experience in terror.
Unfortunately, the answer to both points is a weak yes. While Paranormal Activity 4 manages to not be the worst entry in the series, a lack of genuine scares and a story that introduces more than a few plot holes makes for a dis-appointing outing in the an-nual found footage franchise.
The film starts out with a reminder of past events. Five years earlier, a demonically-possessed Katie (Katie Feath-erston) murdered her sister’s family and abducted their young son, Hunter. The new movie picks up following a teenage girl, Alex (Kathryn Newton), and her family.
A mother and son have moved in across the street, and when the mother is hos-pitalized, her son Robbie (Brady Allen) is allowed to stay with Alex’s family until his mother returns. However, Robbie’s arrival begins a se-ries of strange events at night, all of which involve a familiar demonic entity.
The earliest parts of the movie actually serve as some of its best, with strong per-formances giving the pre-
haunting proceedings a sense of realism.
Paranormal Activity 3 was carried on the strength of its child actors, and the new film is no different.
Paranormal 4 is the first in the franchise to focus on teenage protagonists, and the young actors do a good job endearing themselves to the audience.
Likewise, the children cast as Robbie and Alex’s younger brother, Wyatt (Aiden Love-kamp), manage to hold their own quite well, with Robbie in particular being one of the creepiest kids in a horror film since The Omen.
Fairing slightly worse are Alex’s parents, who do little more than argue and dismiss Alex’s concerns that there may be something wrong with Robbie. The perfor-mances are fine, but the char-acters just stretch believabil-ity when it comes to how in denial they are.
That brings us to the big-gest problem in Paranormal Activity 4 : believability. The entire premise of a found footage horror film is that
the events being shown are to be taken as real. This isn’t to say that audiences are go-ing to leave the theater think-ing there are actual demons out there, but events have to make sense and progress logi-cally within the film’s world.
This is what made the first Paranormal Activity work so well. At its core, the film stayed committed to its found footage format, with the characters only taking the camera with them when it made sense, and large parts of scenes being obscured or unseen.
In Paranormal 4, every con-trivance in the book is used to make sure the action stays in frame. This includes the finale, which, like last year’s entry, has Alex clinging to her camera phone when she is in mortal danger.
As if these questionable moments weren’t enough, the use of jump scares has reached a new high for the series. It gets insulting how frequently the filmmakers forgo building genuine dread for a cheap shot at startling the audience.
All of this is a shame, be-cause there are moments of genuine dread in the film. For one thing, the return of Katie, who has been absent from a major role since the original, is something franchise fans have been waiting for, and her mere presence in scenes ratchets up the tension.
Sadly, Katie’s return also introduces a few problematic points in terms of the series’
overall narrative. Without going into spoilers, the rea-son that Katie chooses to terrorize Alex’s family raises a number of confusing ques-tions regarding who Robbie is and what happened in the five years since the last movie.
When I first left the the-ater, I was fairly happy with Paranormal Activity 4. For the first time, the audience was treated to a true sequel, with
the return of Katie and a few solid moments of tension giv-ing me something to praise. However, the more I thought the movie over, the more its messy story, idiotic characters and lack of originality started to bother me.
For fans of the franchise, Paranormal Activity 4 will offer a fun ride, but the good memories will quickly sour once you leave the theater.
Young LeeAssociate Features Editor
Seventeen years ago, the Million Man March brought Washington, D.C. to the at-tention of the United States,\ when members of the black community filled the Na-tional Mall to confront the issues that were facing black America.
Hoping to capture the “es-sence” of what such events are all about, Katina Parker, a Durham-based cultural curator and photographer, opened her exhibit “One Million Strong” at the Hayti Heritage Center in Durham.
When the Million Man March began as an idea shared among many civil rights leaders in 1995, Parker was a 21-year-old student at Wake Forest University tak-ing a photography class. Al-though she had an interest in protest photography, she said she was initially resistant to attend the march.
“At first, I was skeptical because we had never seen it before,” Parker said. “We had never seen a million black men and women in one place. We had also never seen
any movement of people like this, in any group of people, any ethnicity, let alone black people. [It was a movement] that could work across any nuances, any differences like religion, like gender, like class.”
Parker said she remained uncommitted unti l her housemate talked her into it.
“We hopped in her car and pushed it on up to D.C. and it was amazing,” Parker said. “We drove out about 9 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 15. So we drove through the n i g h t a n d by the time we hit Rich-mond, t he traffic was al-ready backed up l i k e 2 hours.”
When Park-er and her housemate finally made in to the National Mall, it was about 4 a.m.
“You couldn’t see people, but you could feel this ener-getic push towards the capitol and we could feel the excite-ment,” Parker said.
Capturing many rolls of f ilm of the men, women and children who went out to make a statement and to spark discussion, Parker was there to witness and record the momentous occasion when “every civil rights leader that was alive and still had something inspiring to say” was there to speak and be heard.
It was shortly after the event that it became clear that many other marches and
events would spawn off the Mil-lion Man March. Parker realized that this w a s a move-ment that she wanted to
record and be a part of.From the “classiness” of the
Million Man March in D.C, through the quieter Day of Atonement, to the “love-fest” that characterized the Mil-lion Women March, Parker attempted to record as much
as she could with her camera. She also captured images of
the “chaos” that gripped New York City during the Mil-lion Youth March, and she shot throughout the Million Family March. Most recently for the exhibit, she captured the subdued atmosphere of the Million More March in 2005, marking the t10-year anniversary of the event.
The 10 years of history in her photos related to this project capture the growth and evolution of the Mil-lion Man March movement. According to Parker, by the 10th anniversary of the orig-inal march, many people in black American culture had become discouraged. Despite milestones like the first time black gay activists became in-volved in a public way, Parker said many people were not as optimistic.
“By the time 2005 came, 10 years had passed and the mo-mentum definitely seemed to have shifted,” Parker said. “The central ideologies were still there, but you would see folks looking discouraged and desperate.”
However, at this time, Park-er sees yet another change in
the movement. With her ex-hibit, which allows visitors to look back through 100 pho-tographs that trace the move-ment’s history from 1995 to 2005, Parker sees potential for discussion on what the next steps could be.
“I think that for as long as there is injustice in the black communities, you are going to see these kinds of events,” Parker said.
However, because Ameri-can culture has changed even from 2005, the organiza-tion of movements has also changed and become more difficult.
“This exhibit brings an idea of how we bring a sustained movement,” Parker said, “because we’re talking about how we went from the Mil-
lion Man March to the Mil-lions More March and how the momentum has seemed to die. In reality, every move-ment you see must meet the challenge of maintaining and in contemporary times, most people are not trained for commitment.”
The Hayti Center plans to host the “One Million Strong” exhibit until Nov. 30. Parker began a fundraising campaign at www.indiegogo.com/onemillionstrongandy-ou to raise money to support a traveling exhibit and plans to end the campaign Dec. 9. The Hayti Center will host a post-election strategy ses-sion on Nov. 13 to continue to find ways to maintain a movement.
PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURESParanormal Activity 4 brings the series to the present, with events taking place in November of 2011. The film follows a teenage girl, Alex (Kathryn Newton), whose family begins to experience hauntings similar to those in the previous films.
“As long as
there is injustice
in the black
communities, you
are going to see
these...events.”Katina Parker, One Million Strong
curator and photographer
A HISTORY OF MARCHES:While 1995’s historic Million Man March has become a key event in the history of the civil rights movement, several other marches have sprung up in its wake. The following are a few examples of marches held in the past two decades.
Million Man MarchMillion Women MarchMillion Youth MarchMillions More Movement March
SOURCE: ONEMILLIONSTRONG.COM
Paranormal Activity 4Henry Joost andAriel Schulman
PHOTO COURTESY OF PARAMOUNT PICTURESThe latest entry in the found footage franchise relies heavily on jump scares.
FeaturesPAGE 6 • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012 TECHNICIAN
Nicky VaughtStaff Writer
Any avid watcher of Disney movies will know that they tend to have pretty similar plotlines. If it isn’t about a princess finding her prince, it’s about a hero overcom-ing evil. Wreck-It Ralph, an upcoming Disney movie, changes this paradigm, how-ever, and focuses instead on a villain finding his way.
The new movie is gener-ating a lot of buzz around campus, especially for some members of the University’s Disney Movie Club.
“It’s a new Disney movie,” Marley Pluta, a freshman in management and a member of the club, said, “which is al-ways something amazing and important to go see.”
The Disney Movie Club plans to go ice-skating the night of the film’s release dressed as various characters. A few who plan on dressing as Wreck-It Ralph characters also plan on seeing the movie in full costume.
Wreck-It Ralph centers on a video game villain from an 8-bit video game called Fix-It Felix. Ralph, the title character, leaves his world for a journey of self-discovery as he hops through various video game worlds. The film also fea-tures many cameo ap-pearances by well-known video game characters.
“The fact that it brings in references to pop culture [is important],” Josh White-head, a freshman in zoology and another member of the club, said. “It references Ma-rio. I mean, that’s something Disney’s never really done before.”
“They’re making really good references that gamers will get,” Pluta said. “It isn’t like, ‘Oh, here’s Link.’ It’s like, ‘Oh, here’s Deku Link.’ That’s
awesome.”The incorporation of the
more obscure video game characters comes as no sur-prise, as Rich Moore, the di-rector of the film, stated he was in part inspired by his love for video games as a kid.
Moore started as an ani-mator on the first season of The Simpsons and was soon promoted to director in 2008. He has since worked on shows such as Futurama and Drawn
Together. One
unique prop-erty of the movie is its incorpora-tion of vari-ous peculiar worlds, each belonging to a differ-
ent arcade game. The world of the Fix-It Felix game, the title character’s home world, is reminiscent of 8-bit video games like the Game and Watch series. The second game, Hero’s Duty, features more sophisticated game graphics.
“[Hero’s Duty] is dramat-ic,” said Moore. “We made it real and thick as we possibly could.”
The third game, Sugar Rush, which Moore describes
as a mix between Mario Kart and Candy Land, takes place in a world of candy and race-tracks. According to Moore, constructing this particular realm took the longest to de-velop.
“It provided the most chal-lenge because we actually know what these look like,” Moore said. “We know what candy looks like… it took us years to make Jolly Ranchers [in the game] look like Jolly Ranchers.”
In addition to the elaborate game worlds, the movie also features 190 characters, more than three times the average movie.
“We needed that many characters,” Moore said. “We designed it to make the worlds feel lived in. … I guess we broke a record, which I’m sort of proud of.”
Moore expressed a prefer-ence for larger casts, as he likes working with the char-acters and likes the challenge. According to Moore, no one was intimidated or discour-aged by the multitude of characters.
The cast includes John C. Reilly (Talladega Nights), Sar-ah Silverman (The Sarah Sil-verman Program), Jane Lynch (Glee) and Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), among others.
Moore reported having been a huge fan of these ac-tors before working with them and, through working with them, having grown to like them as people as well. In particular, he expressed ap-preciation for Reilly’s invest-ment and helpfulness.
Another unique aspect of the movie is Moore’s decision, inspired by Reilly, to have voice actors record with one another, rather than alone. This, he said, was not the original plan.
“People want to feel the chemistry of John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman,” he said, “and we aren’t doing good on that if they don’t record together. … This is something, too, that John was real concerned about.”
Moore stated that the team used a fluid and often-changing process, sometimes having actors reschedule to record with one another.
“My job is to bring out the best in people,” Moore said. “It’s a collaboration of people. It’s very electric.”
The elasticity of the project is more apparent once you know of the movie’s original intent to make Felix, the pro-tagonist from Ralph’s game, the main character. After nu-merous attempts by the pro-
duction team to develop an interesting story for Felix, an idea rose to switch the focus to Ralph.
“It’s more interesting to watch a story about Donkey Kong than Mario,” Moore
said, “especially if Donkey Kong is wondering, ‘Why do I throw barrels at Mario?’”
Audiences will be able to see Ralph’s journey for them-selves when Wreck-It Ralph releases on Nov. 2.
‘Wreck-It Ralph’ follows villain’s path to redemption
New Mountain Goats album retains the band’s style
Walter LillyWKNC DJ
John Darniel le hasn’t slowed down a bit, even after twenty years and fourteen al-bums. Transcendental Youth, the latest addition to the sprawling Mountain Goats discogra-phy, doesn’t deviate very much from what you’d expect from the prolif ic songwriter, but t hat ’s nothing to complain about.
Following up excellent records like Tal-lahassee and The Sunset Tree sounds like a difficult task, but Darnielle makes it sound easy. Like previous Moun-tain Goats records, there are twelve songs of mostly folk-inspired rock, but there are a few surprises along the way.
Despite the birth of his son, Darnielle refused to play into the artistic cliché of releas-
ing an album full of sappy, hopeful songs with little sub-stance. Instead, he continues the Mountain Goats tradition of contrasting upbeat and ca-thartic tracks against soul-crushing depression, some-times even in the same song.
The second track, “Lakeside View Apartments Suite,” puts the listener in the titular lo-cation as the narrator combs through the details of drug addictions and the living con-ditions that he shares with his
friends. Dar-nielle’s abil-ity to create a n a t mo -sphere with h i s l y r ic s and delivery is on full dis-play here.
B y t h e third track, “ C r y f o r Judas,” the
vibrant horn section ar-ranged by Matthew E. White makes its presence known as Darnielle shouts about car crashes. The hook grabs you immediately, the lyrics are emotional enough – without being heavy handed – and musically it’s more complex than much of the material on previous Mountain Goats al-bums.
The song serves well as a showcase of Darnielle’s talent as a musician, and will likely convert a few new listeners into fans.
Matthew E. White’s horn section propels the songs forward without stealing the show. In the fifth track, “White Cedar,” the horns swell as the narrator accepts his condition while still hop-ing for better. The effect isn’t subtle, but nothing about these songs feels pretentious or hokey. The honesty of Dar-nielle’s performance sells the delicate songs which could easily fall apart if performed by anyone else.
The album’s energy picks up again after the middle section, as “The Diaz Broth-ers” simple yet catchy piano hook keeps the variety of moods wide. “In Memory of Satan” is quiet yet comfort-ing, as Darnielle portrays a shut-in trying to be creatively productive.
The album ultimately con-cludes with the title track, but it doesn’t try to feel climactic. Instead, it brings closure to the many themes that run throughout the album, such as drug addiction and loneli-ness. It’s a subtle and excel-lent song that caps off the re-cord and keeps the experience
from feeling too dark.Overall, Transcendental
Youth is another phenom-enal record from a gifted songwriter. John Darnielle has the ability to grab your emotions by the toes and drag
them wherever he pleases. That isn’t always a happy experience, but it won’t be something you’ll ever regret. If you’ve never jumped into the world of the Mountain Goats and are looking for a
good place to start, look no further.
PHOTO COURTESY OF THE MOUNTAIN GOATS
PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT DISNEYWreck-It Ralph follows the exploits of an old-school video game villain striving to redefine himself by visiting other game worlds. The film features several big-name actors, including John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman.
“They’re making
really good
references that
gamers will get.”Marley Pluta,
a freshman in management
“Transcendental
Youth is another
phenomenal
record from a
gifted
songwriter.”
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PHOTO COURTESY OF WALT DISNEYThe video game film features appearances from many recognizable characters.
former football player at N.C. State, the NFL and Poterala.
“It involves a variety of things,” Poterala said. “Helping them to iden-tify and interview and
hire agents, people who are qualified to represent them in their contract negotiations or allowed to get disability in-surance, which is provided for certain athletes in certain sports by the NCAA so that if they get hurt and they have pro potential they can have some insurance coverage.”
According to Poterala, the panel has yet to work with
any student-athletes because it was not active prior to the fall 2012 semester, nor has it corresponded with any pre-vious student-athletes. Also, working with the panel isn’t required for all athletes that show pro-potential. It’s run on a volunteer basis through a request from a student-athlete.
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view potential agents and train them in what questions to ask, so, in essence, how to protect their interests,” Po-terala said.
Poterala also said the panel is trying to have educational programs for student-ath-letes.
Sportsto Graham. Graham, who was also a second-team All-American in track during his time at State, caught the ball but was quickly tackled by the Titans’ defense for a six-yard gain.
Graham’s catch enabled
the Bills to have a manage-able third-and-4, which they converted. The drive contin-ued down the field and ended with a field goal for the Bills to narrow the deficit to 21-20. The Bills took the lead in the second half and led 34-28 late in the fourth quarter, but the Titans scored a touchdown on its final drive to win the game 35-34.
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Jeniece JamisonSports Editor
According to Forbes magazine, 78 percent of former NFL players have gone bankrupt or are under financial stress. Sixty percent of those that played in the NBA have gone broke within five years of retirement.
“Often times student-athletes don’t have the experience to be able to handle the business and legal matters they’ll have to face when they’re out hiring agents or having to negotiate contracts for professional level sports,” Mike Poterala, deputy general counsel and chairperson of the N.C. State Professional Sports Counseling Panel, said.
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The N.C. State Men’s Rugby Club A-team traveled to Green-ville this weekend for a match against East Carolina and re-turned with a win. It was a hard fought match, but the Wolfpack came out on top with a final score of 26-20.
“ECU has always been a strong competitor,” Bryan Maxwell, a senior in biological engineering, said. “It’s great to put up a win against them after our past few games.”
State led at the half 19-5, but ECU came back with a big push in the second half to make for an eventful game. The Wolfpack had previously lost to ECU last fall in Greenville, but tied the Pirates in Raleigh spring 2012.
The B-Side team was not so fortunate, losing to ECU’s B-Side in a competitive game. State was slow to start the match, giving ECU a significant lead at the half. State’s play improved in the sec-ond half and although the Pack managed to reduce the score dif-ferential, it was unable to make up for the slow start.
“It was great to see our new guys’ improvement during the game as it went on, as well as over the season thus far,” scrum-half Kent “Scotty” Mackman, a senior in ac-counting, said. “They have all come a long way in the rel-atively short time they have been playing.”
Mackman, the team cap-tain, said that many new “rug-gers” come out every semester with no prior rugby experience and learn to play the game from scratch. The Men’s Rugby Club
practices Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the Method Road fields and new players are always welcome.
As for the remainder of the season, the team still has plenty of rugby ahead of it. This weekend, the team
will participate in two separate tour-naments: the Atlan-tic Coast Invitational sevens tournament at Virginia Beach, Va. and also Rucktober-fest in Boone, N.C.
The ACI sevens is an important qualifi-er for the men’s rugby team. The Wolfpack
are the two-time defending cham-pions of the tournament, which also serves as a qualifier for the National sevens and Collegiate Rugby Cham-pionship sevens tournament. The
Men’s Rugby team competed in the National sevens tournament at Texas A&M University and the tele-vised CRC sevens event last season, held in Philadelphia.
The team hopes to defend its Atlantic Coast Invitational title to further solidify its reputation as a highly competitive team. In de-fending its ACI title, the Pack would also return to the National and CRC tournaments.
Players not going to the ACI tournament will be participating in the Rucktoberfest tournament in Boone, N.C. Rucktoberfest is a social tournament that many teams from North Carolina compete in.
“Rucktoberfest is a great oppor-tunity for new players to play and watch rugby while getting to know
Andrew SchuettStaff Writer
N.C. State alumni had a mixed bag of results this weekend in the National Football League.
In the Thursday night game, Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks travelled to Califor-nia to take on the San Francisco 49ers. The Seahawks were hot off consecutive wins against the Carolina Panthers and the New England Patriots.
On his first drive, Wilson, the Seahawks’ quarterback, led his team down the field and into field goal range before the drive stalled out. Stephen Hauschka, another former N.C. State player, kicked a deep 52-yard field goal to put the Seahawks up 3-0. Hauschka would convert an-other field goal before halftime, a 35-yarder, to put Seattle up 6-3 going into the half.
However, the Seahawks could not muster up any points in the second half and lost the game 13-6. Wilson ended the game go-ing 9 of 23 passing for 122 yards and an interception. Hauschka missed a 51-yarder in the sec-ond quarter and finished the day with two of three field goal attempts made.
In the nationally televised Sunday night game, wide re-ceiver Jerricho Cotchery made one catch for 20 yards for the Pittsburgh Steelers in their win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Cotchery, who majored in sport
management while at N.C. State, is in his eighth year in the NFL.
Cotchery’s catch came in the first quarter on a third-and-3. Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger fired the ball across the middle to Cotchery, who was running a deep drag route. Cotchery reeled in the ball and continued to run after he made the catch before being brought down in the Bengals’ secondary.
The former Wolfpacker’s catch enabled the Steelers to continue the drive into Bengals territory. After using the passing attack to get into
field-goal range, Roethlisberger tried to complete a pass to tight end Heath Miller in the end zone, but the pass was intercepted.
Despite the drive ending without putting any points on the board, the Steelers were able to score on other drives and beat the Bengals in Cin-cinnati by a final score of 24-17.
T.J. Graham marked his sixth NFL game for the Buffalo Bills with a re-ception. The former wide receiver for the Wolfpack already has 12 catches and one touchdown to his name in his rookie season. Graham
was a participant in a Sunday after-noon shootout between the Bills and the Tennessee Titans. The Raleigh native’s catch came late in the sec-ond quarter with the Bills losing 21-17 against the Titans.
With his team trying to run a two-minute drill and score before halftime, Graham lined up at wide receiver on second-and-10. Quar-terback Ryan Fitzpatrick, a Harvard graduate, set up in the shotgun formation and rifled a quick pass
Former soccer player commits to UNC CharlotteAlthough it has not been confirmed by the Department of Athletics for N.C. State or UNC-Charlotte, former men’s soccer forward, sophomore Monbo Bokar, tweeted that he had officially committed to UNC-C. Bokar was dismissed from the team earlier this month along with three other players following an altercation at The Downtown Sports Bar that resulted in the arrests of all four players.
SOURCE: MONBO BOKAR, @MONBONUMBER5
Football showered with weekly ACC honorsA trio of N.C. State football players received ACC honors for the Pack’s comeback 20-18 win at Maryland on Saturday. Bryan Underwood was named the ACC Receiver of the Week, T.Y. McGill was the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week and Niklas Sade was the ACC Specialist of the Week.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
NFL Roundup: Week 7COMMENTARY
MEN’S RUGBY
PHOTO COURTESY OF DETROIT LIONSDetroit Lions linebacker Stephen Tulloch celebrates against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Tulloch, a former Wolfpack linebacker, had 6 tackles, including 5 solo tackles, and a half sack against the Chicago Bears Monday night.
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COURTESY OF DAVID MCALLISTERThe N.C. State rugby team during a home game.
Men’s rugby defeats ECU
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PACKTWEETS#
Mark Gottfried @Mark_Gottfried
On my way to Charlotte for @theACC @accmbb @ESPN_ACC Media day on Wednesday @ncsu_cleslie @Rich1Howell snoozing in backseat #shakydriver
Nazmi Albadawi@NazmiAlbadawi10
9-2 in conference baby! ANDDD football got the win too.. tonight is gonna be a good night. #toobadMaryland #PACKnation #lovemyschool <3
Rachel Buckley @rachelbuck4
Congrats to my brother @monbonumber5 on committing to unc Charlotte!! They got a great player and person… Love you man
Matt Bergquist @mberk07
Good day of fish is a lot better than a lifetime of crabs #duckdynasty
Derek Medlin @DerekMedlin The TOB winless streak against Atlantic Division teams on the road actually started in the Amato era. By my math, 2,539 between wins.
Riddick & Reynolds @RnR_NCSU
I’m telling y’all, if State/Carolina was dubbed The BBQ Bowl and the victor got to eat BBQ on the field, it’d instantly be awesome.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I don’t deal with
perceptions, I deal
with realities.”Tom O’Brien,
football head coach
“It’s great to put
up a win against
them after our
past few games.”Bryan Maxwell, senior in biological engineering
DID YOU KNOW?N.C. State is 11-2 when junior cornerback David Amerson has an interception, including 4-0 this season.