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After their experience with Gumby’s Pizzalast week, a group of students said they areboycotting the business.Sean Hanley, a freshman in animal science,

and Landon Simmons, a freshman in busi-ness management, said they had orderedfrom Gumby’s several times in the past, butthis incident was the first time they had anissue with the business.

“It bothers me that they would treat stu—dents that way. They pissed us off. Theydidn’t show us any respect at all, so we’re notgoing to give them our business anymore,”Hanley said.The trouble began to unfold on the night

of Ian. 28. IHanley and Simmons said they, along with

a suitemate, engineering freshman TommyBowman, ordered a large pizza from Gumby’sthat night. After they paid for it, they broughtthe pizza up to their suite in Metcalf Hall.They opened the pizza and Hanley said it

looked like “it had been drop kicked, tossedor held upside down. The cheese and othertoppings were all smeared to one side of thepizza, covering the crust and most of the sideof the box.”They decided to ignore the pizza’s appear-

ance due to their hunger and already purchas-ing it, so they took some bites.

“It tasted terrible,” they said.According to Hanley and Simmons,'they

also asked other suitemates to try the pizzato ensure that their taste buds were not de—ceiving them, and the other guys agreed that

it tasted bad.According to the students, they called

Gumby’s to complain and explained thesituation to an employee, who passed onthe message to the manager working thatnight. The employee told the students thatthey could get a new pizza of the same type

. as long as they returned the first one.When the driver arrived, Simmons handed

the first pizza to the driver, which had a fewbites missing from it. The driver then gave thenew pizza to Simmons. Simmons began towalk away but hesitated, watching the driver’sreaction to the first pizza.According to Simmons, the driver laughed

and snatched the new pizza from his hands.The driver said he could not take the half—eaten pizza back to his boss. Simmons saidthe driver seemed to be trying to protect hisjob and said he tried to reassure the driverthat it was not his fault but the driver wouldnot listen. Simmons and the driver arguedback and forth about whether or not the pizzawas half-eaten, resulting in Simmons walkingback to Metcalf with the first pizza.Since they didn’t see much result from call—

ing Gumby’s, Hanley, Simmons and Bowmandecided to walk down to the store, which islocated on Hillsborough Street, to speak tothe manager in person.Hanley said he knocked, not banged, on the

locked front door three times. An employee,whom Hanley said he believes was the man—ager, walked to the door and said he couldnot take the pizza back because there werebites taken out of it. Hanley and the employee

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Josh Austin waits outside of Gumby’s Pizza on Hillsborough Street.

MATT HUFFMAN/TECHNlClANJoshua Hall, a senior in Spanish and textile management, accepts a free T-shirt from a job repre-sentative at the CHASSNet Career Fair on Thursday in Caldwell Lounge.

Participantsfrom CHASSand other colleges got achance to rub shoulders withpotential employers at thedaylong careerfair.

Jodi SwicegoodStaffReporter

The 12th annual CHASSnetCareer Networking Fair attractedmore than 30 employers and stu-dents from across disciplines toCaldwell Lounge Thursday.Ryan Pennington, a freshman in

political science, came “to makesome connections, meet somepeople and see who could helpme out with some internships inthe next two years.”He said he was interested in

visiting the U.S. Departmentof State and the SBI, as well asNCSU’s Graduate School andStudy Abroad program.Besides his destinations, com

Hopefuls network at CHASSnet

‘9 panies included A Small Miracle,Center for Documentary Studies,Teach for America and the U.S.Peace Corps.The News 8: Record Inc., a

newspaper based out of Greens—boro, also attended.Sheby Luck Newton, the repre—

sentative in attendance at CHAS-Snet, said that around 60 percentof the students she had talked towere upperclassmen.

“I was excited to talk to at leastone freshman, because it showsinitiative even though she’s notquite sure what she’s majoringin, that really impressed me,”Newton said.“The one reason I’m here is

[the News St Record] made anexcellent hire from NC. State forour advertising sales team, and Ihope to find other students justlike him,” Newton said.Newton described the im—

portance of good internships,

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Saturday’s event gives studentschance to see afire display andmore.

Shannon HolderAssistant News EditorFor students curious about what

body scanning has to do with textiles,or how testing is done to see if a fabricis fire—resistant, this Saturday’s Collegeof Textiles an-nual Open fiwfig‘cb eg’eéfHouse gives {{rTeXtileSfthe public 33:”.‘13'399‘399UV5;a chance to Emigggnefili .. ‘1Epubhcandpotentiatsee the latest ivizapplicénts' , 5-1;;in textile re- tirvjl‘her'eifiemenhialsearch. ECamPQS? _ " ’QWhfittt'Satmda . .91).;Tours of thecollege, gearedtoward highschool students and their parents,will be between 10 am. and 2 pm.Featured will be “Pyro-Man,” a re—

search mannequin that is set on firein a controlled room.

“I really think the ‘Pyro—Man’ dem—onstration will be really cool,” EddieVan Winkle, a senior in French, said.He plans to attend the event to see apart of campus he rarely explores.There are 122 heat sensors placed on

“Pyro-Man.” As he ignites, a computerkeeps track of his temperature. Thisfeature can determine how badly acertain fabric would burn someone.The College of Textiles Dean A.

Blanton Godfrey enjoys the openhouse every year.

“I look forward most to seeing theexcitement among the students vis-iting open house when they start tounderstand what the ‘New World ofTextiles’ is all about,” he said. “Mostare totally stunned to see the workin medical textiles and biotextileswith everything from heart valves toartificial skin. Others fall in love withthe high—tech composite materialsthat comprise our newest aircraftand automobiles.”Godfrey is proud of the hands—on

demonstrations that visitors canexperience in an open house envi—ronment.“They really enjoy seeing real ma—

chines running at high speeds produc—ing things they have really never hada clue of how these things are made,”he said. “They love talking with thefaculty and lab technicians about howwhat is still the second most impor—tant manufacturing industry in theU.S. and by far the most importantin North Carolina actually works.”

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Robert Bruck has left the classrooms of campus for the halls of Congress13 times to present findings and research regarding the environment.

with his students’ futures.

Kristen HealeyStaffReporter

In a time of environmentaldegradation, Robert Bruck iscreating awareness about theenvironment on campus andoff.Experts in environmental is-

sues acknowledge Bruck all overthe world for his achievements. “I

ronment and the impacts thatwe have on it,” Bruck said.In 1997, Bruck won the North

Carolina Science Award for hisefforts in understanding airpollution and its effects on for-est health. He has presented thesefindings and his other researchto Congress a total of 13 timesand in guest lectures around theworld over 500 times.Not only has Bruck shared his

great knowledge for the envi—ronment with the world, he hasalso spent 26 years at NC. State

started a new program to trainand educate students about en-vironmental technology. So far,there have been 22 graduates,not including those graduatingthis May.“They are finding employment

and access to graduate schoolseverywhere,” Bruck said.His goal is to mentor all of

his students so that they will besuccessful in anyjob that they en—counter. As well as teaching nine

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NEWS BRIEFS FROM AROUNDTHE WORLD, NATION & STATEWOREQQRUMSFELD:EUROPE RELATIONSHIP ''FAIRLY NORMAL’U.S. relations with Europe, severelystrained by the Iraq war, are now ”fairlynormal,” Defense Secretary Donald H.Rumsfeld said Thursday.He has embarked on a three—nation Eu-ropean tour aimed in part at smoothingrelations with Germany and other coun-tries that were upset by the U.S.decisionto invade Iraq and by postwar issues.Differences between allies are inevitable,Rumsfeld said in an interview en routehere from Washington,and he dismissedsuggestions that a major diplomatic ef-fort will be required to mend fences.-Wire ReportsSTAMPEDE KILLS 37A lantern festival marking the end ofChina’s Lunar New Year celebrationserupted into a stampede Thursday, kill-ing at least 37 people and injuring 15,authorities said.Many of the victims suffocated in theaccident in Miyun County, a northernsuburb of the Chinese capital, the of-ficial Xinhua News Agency said.Officials from President Hu Jintao ondown immediately expressed “deepconcern.”The mayor of Beijing and theregion’s Communist Party chiefwent tothe scene to supervise.The prompt involvement of seniorleaders was in line with China’s newpromise to keep people safe, includingdoing more to prevent disasters.-Wire ReportsNitfifii‘é 1723'?GEPHARDTTO ENDORSE KERRYRep. Dick Gephardt, the former Houseminority leader whose presidentialcampaign collapsed in Iowa’s caucuses,will endorse Democratic front-runnerJohn Kerry.Kerry spokesman David Wade said theMissouri lawmaker will give Kerry hisbacking on Friday in Warren, Mich., ablue-collar suburb of Detroit. The en-dorsement is a huge boost for Kerrywho has been aggressively pursuingthe backing of labor unions who hadthrown their support to Gephardt.-Wire ReportsDEAN SETS WISCONSIN PRIMARYASHIS LAST STANDHoward Dean, his campaign for presi—dent short on cash and election wins,said Thursday he would be out of therace for the Democratic nomination if hedid not win the Wisconsin primary.In an e-mail appeal for $100 donations,Dean stopped short of declaring hewould abandon his bid if he lost in Wis-consin on Feb. 1 7.He earlier had vowedto remain in the race through March 2,the “Super Tuesday” election day with10 contests for delegates.”All that you have worked for these pastmonths is on the line on a single day,in a single state," he wrote.”The entirerace has come down to this: we mustwin Wisconsin. We will get a boostthis weekend in Washington, Michigan,and Maine, but our true test will be theWisconsin primary."-Wire ReportsDEFENSE WITNESS IN PETERSONCASE DIESA witness who claimed to have seenLaci Peterson hours after police allegeher husband killed her has died, poten—tially dealing a blow to Scott Peterson’sdefense.Vivian Mitchell, 78, died early Wednes-day of natural causes, according to herfamily.She was one of three people who saidshe saw Laci Peterson alive midmorn-ing on Dec. 24, 2002. Authorities assertScott Peterson killed his pregnant wifethe night before or early that morning,then drove to San Francisco Bay anddumped her body.-Wire ReportsWERE <3.INTERNET VOTING CANCELEDThe Pentagon won’t use an Internetvoting system for overseas U.S.citizensthis fall because of concerns about itssecurity, an official said Thursday.The official, who requested anonymity,said Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wol—fowitz made the decision to scrap thesystem because Pentagon officials werenot certain they could“assure the legiti-macy of votes that would be cast.”North Carolina and six other states wereto participate.-Wire ReportsPRIMARY ELECTION DELAY LIKELYNew legislative district maps aren’t likelyto gain federal approval by Monday,forcing a delay in the May 4 primary,state officials conceded Thursday.State elections director Gary Bartlettsaid it did not appear practical thata federal court panel in Washingtoncould act to approve the new maps byMonday,when candidates are scheduledto begin filing for office.A three-judge federal panel in the Dis—trict of Columbia must decided whetherstate House and Senate maps meet therequirements of the federal VotingRights Act.-Wire ReportsLOBBYING RULES MAYTIGHTENA state panel commissioned to exam—ine North Carolina’s lobbying laws willdetermine in part whether rules thatconceal some spending on legislatorsneed to be tightened.The advisory panel,announced Thurs-day by Secretary of State Elaine Marshall,is in part a response to a national surveythat gave the state a failing mark when itcame to disclosure requirements.The current laws appear outdated andneed a checkup, said Marshall, whoregulates the state’s lobbyists.-Wire Reports

StudentAfi‘airs and thePresbyterian CampusMinistry conduct a panelto discuss GBLT issues andmotivate attendees to be-come Allies.

Kate RennerStafj‘Reporter

Six years ago, painted in theFree Expression Tunnel wasa homosexual slur over theBGLA’S (Bisexuals, Gays, Les-bians and Allies) slogan forNational Coming Out Day.The word “out” was crossedout of the phrase, “It’s a greatday to be out” and replacedwith “shot.”“That scared the heck out of

me,” Keith Kozak, a master’sstudent in higher educationadministration, said.The Presbyterian Campus

Ministry and Student Affairsdiscussed this topic, amongothers, at a sponsored peacelunch forum. Student Affairsdesigned the forum to coincidewith Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual andTransgendered (GLBT) week.Asa part ofthe weekly activities forthe “Everyone Welcome Here”theme, the forum included apresentation of an assessmentof campus life for GLBT stu-dents, the results of a studentsurvey taken last fall and apanel of two GLBT membersto answer questions and sharetheir experiences.

“I liked how open and hon—est the student panel was inanswering questions,” MaryNifong, a freshman in FirstYear College, said. “They wereable to help others gain an in-sight into the struggles of theireveryday lives.”Last Spring, Yancey Gulley,

master’s student in highereducation administration,conducted an assessment ofthe issues and status of GLBTstudents on NO State’s cam-pus. Invited [to participate inthe survey were members of

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Peace forumurges acceptance

the BGLA Student organiza-tion. The survey intended toevaluate whether Students feltsafe and accepted within thecampus community.Deb Luckadoo, director of

campus activities, presentedthe findings of the assessment.Only about half of the studentrespondents reported feelingthat NCSU was a safe place forthem. The researcher was ableto identify themes from thesurveys, including a need forchanging policies to be moreinclusive of GLBT persons, toraise awareness among non-GLBT members of the com-munity and gain more supportfrom the administration in theGLBT area.“Although we are not pub-

lishing this research, the resultswere very much the same aslarger NC. State assessments,”Luckadoo said.Ken Johnson of the University

Scholars Program spoke of anon-campus survey taken lastfall by scholars students. The

survey results were very typicalto those of the public, in regardto allowing marriage, service inthe military, legal homosexualrelations and laws about ho-mosexuality.BGLA advisor Keith Kozak

and Adam Attarian, a sopho-more in electrical engineering,discussed the affects of beinghomosexual on campus andthe challenges they’ve faced.“NC. State is a relatively

supportive school in regard towhere we are and the demo—graphics of the school,” Attar-ian said.Students also asked questions

relating to the panel’s own per-sonal coming out stories andasked for advice on how to bea supportive ally of a memberof GLBT.“This is ask the gay guy,” as

Attarian had referred to thepanel. Both Attarian and Kozakencouraged gay and lesbian stu-dents and allies to join a supportgroup such as GLBT, BGLA orPFLAG (Parents and Friends of

MELIH ONVURAL/TECHNICIANAdam Attarin, sophomore in electrical engineering, and Keith Kozak, graduate student in higher edu-cation and student affairs, were the student panel representatives at the Peace Lunch Forum.

Lesbians and Gays).“Coming out is an everyday

thing. I come out everyday, I justcome out to you guys, it’s notjust a one time thing,” Attariansaid. “Straight people don’t haveto worry about it, and that’s whysupport groups are great.”One member of the audience

brought up a Bible verse in Gen?esis 19 and asked the panel tocomment on the scripture.Kozak responded to the

question by explaining his in-terpretation of the verses andsaying, “I am still Catholic andI am comfortable talking myreligion.” .Luckadoo closed the panel by

challenging the members of theaudience to rethink their usageof the phrase “That’s so gay,” ina negative manner.“Remember that horrible

Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleckfilm, ‘Gigli?’ I encourage you touse the word ‘Gigli’ in place ofgay, because ‘gigli’ is a muchmore powerful icon for nega-tivity,” Luckadoo said.

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especially for seniors, and sherecommended that those inter—ested in a journalism career gainexperience by writing for a localcommunity newspaper or othertype of publication.Jenny Hollis represented

Residential Services Inc., anon-profit organization basedout of Chapel Hill that pro-vides developmental services toits customers.Hollis said students who had

researched the company, hadtheir resumes ready, dressedappropriately and showed anoverall enthusiasm about beingat the fair impressed her.

‘I would say I’ve gotten be-tween 10 to 15 good resumes.It’s been run very smoothlyand we’ve had a good turnout,”Hollis said.Another company, Disability

Determination Services, was

and Bobby Moody and RhondaReid Moody were representingthe company.Bobby Moody said that DDS

visited other universities inNorth Carolina including UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Greensboro,Appalachian State, UNC-Char-lotte and Mount Olive College.“One of the reasons we come

to the fair is the cost of the fairand the quality of the students,”Rhonda Reid Moody said.“Because of the stress level of

the job and high demands weneed people who learn quicklyand we find that State studentsare usually committed,” Moodysaid.“[N.C. State students] are a

great investment as a student,”Moody said.Natalie Chan, a senior in envi-

ronmental engineering, visitedseveral booths, which includedWalt Disney World CollegeProgram, Ferguson Enterprises,Capitol Broadcasting Companyand News 8( Record Inc.

“I just want to know more ca-

major does not relate to thesecompanies, but I want to knowwhat kind of jobs are posting ifI don’t get a job in my major,”Chan said.Ryan McDowell, a senior in

interpersonal communication,visited CHASSnet and gatheredinformation from Walt DisneyWorld College and CapitolBroadcasting Company.“I really didn’t have any idea

of what the companies did, soI was curious what they had tooffer me,” McDowell said. “I’mvery interested in entertainmentand those were the two compa-nies that were the most relativeto entertainment.”Woody Catoe, assistant direc—

tor ofthe University Career Cen~ter, was in charge of organizingCHASSnet this year.“I’m very pleased with the

variety of underclassmen ver-sus upperclassmen here,” Catoesaid.Catoe mentioned that students

from the College of Manage-ment and other colleges also

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The open house gives peoplean opportunity to see the lat-est technology in the textilesfield.Students will also get to see

demonstrations ofthe college’sbody scanning technology, de—signing clothing with the latesttechnology and chemistry.Godfrey is proud of the

college’s accomplishments.“The companies that will

survive and even thrive arethe ones who hire the bestpeople, turn these peopleloose to make the necessarychanges and compete andbecome the best at execut-ing both technological andmanagerial imperatives,”Godfrey said. “We intend tobe the college that providesthese graduates who will cre-ate the new textile industry inNorth Carolina, the United

present for their fourth year, reer opportunities. I know my attended the fair. States and the world.”

Efihifllfi Ekfi’i’i’fifi2.4.2004 Raleigh Officer searched a vehicle 3:46 p.m.IWelfare check 2.5.20048:39 a.m.| Disturbance - otherA non—student reported that the com-pany he and several others worked forwas not giving them their paychecks.Upon investigation, there was adispute between the contractor andthe wall company.The subjects wereadvised that this is a civil matter.8:55 a.m.| LarcenyA staff member reported that a radiowas stolen from room 502 Poe Hall.9:31 a.m.| Fire alarmThe fire alarm went off at North Hall.Police and Fire responded to the area.The cause of activation was cookingon the sixth floor.1 1:20 am. Damage to property- accidentalAn officer responded to a water leak inJordan Hall at room 3112.Facilities wasnotified in reference to repair. Waterwas leaking from an upstairs office.Astaffmember in that room was helpinga student with an experiment,and de-veloped a water leak in an incubator.Damage was done to the ceiling oftheroom downstairs.1 1 :25 a.m.| Assist other agencyOfficers checked in with Raleigh Policeon a Ligon Street traffic stop near theMosque. An officer stood by while

that was occupied by two subjects.No problems noted.1 1 :52 a.m.| Noise disturbanceOfficers responded to the Tri—Towersarea in reference to several studentscelebrating the NCSU win over WakeForest at the RBC Center.The studentswere yelling, screaming and throwingtoilet paper in the trees.Officers moni-tored the Tri-Towers and several othercampus areas during the celebration.The crowds soon quieted down. Nofurther problems noted.2:34 p.m.| Damage to propertyA student reported that someone hadbroken the front window ofthe SigmaPhi Epsilon house.2:38 p.m.| Medical assistA female subject-was having seizuresat Centennial Middle School. REDand EMS responded, but the subjectrefused transport to the hospital.2:46 pm. Traffic - constructionA non-student was issued a citationfor driving in a construction area onBaver Drive.3:1 2 pm. Traffic - constructionA subject was issued a citation fordriving in a construction area onBaver Drive.

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A non—student (father of student)advised RPD that he located hisdaughter’s purse, but had not heardfrom her. He requested that we checkher room.The RA was notified,and theroom was checked. No one was pres-ent,and a card was left advising her tocaII.The father was notified of this.5:04 pm. Traffic accidentA student was hit by a passing carwhile walking on the crosswalk nearthe Park Shops on Current Drive.He was not injured, and there wereno damages to the state vehicle in-volved.The student said he did notwant to pursue charges. No medicalattention sought. A staff member wasdriving the vehicle.Ari accident reportwas filed.6:19 pm. | Traffic stopA non-student was stopped on Sulli-van Drive at the Motor Pool for havingno insurance on her vehicle.A warrantcheck on her passenger,a non~studentalso, came back positive from RaleighPolice. RPD checked in and arrestedthe passenger,and transported him tothe Wake County Jail.The driver wasissued a citation for no insurance anda seat belt violation on an 8-year-oldchild in the backseat.

1 :04 a.m.| Found propertyAn officerfound a newspaper machinesitting in a field nearthe Facilities com—post site. Raleigh Police were notifiedto determine if the machine wasstolen. No one was available to let usknow, so the machine was secured atthe station as found property at thistime. Raleigh Police said they wouldcontact us in the morning to assistin determining if the newspaper ma-chine was stolen.1:31 a.m.| Drug violationA student called to report that he sawsubjects possibly smoking a bong inthe Tri—Tower area, last seen runningtowards the north side of Carroll Hall.The subjects were described as twowhite males wearing hats,jackets andjeans. Officers searched theTri-Towersarea and did not locate the subjects oranyone with a bong in the area.3:26 a.m.| Medical assistA student had been throwing up since1 a.m.and not feeling well.He was alsodehydrated.He was transported to RexHospital. Housing was notified.3:42 am. | Traffic stopA non—student was issued a citationfor an expired registration on MorrillDrive at Upper Wood Lot.

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continued to argue through thelocked door.The employee then responded,

“If you don’t like it, don’t comeback.” Simmons said he was“shocked” by the employee’s re—sponse. The employee then toldthe students to leave, threatenedto call the police and walked overto the phone.The students said they felt they

had committed no crime, so theydecided to wait on the curb offtothe side of the store. Hanley saidthey stood outside for about 40minutes. The police never Showedup, they said. They walked backto campus, deciding studentsshould hear their story.In response, Joe Johnson,

general manager of the Gumby’son Hillsborough Street, said hewas not working the night ofthe incident, but “It shouldn’thave happened. It’s not the waywe handle things, it’s not goodbusiness. I pride myself on qual-ity,” Johnson said. “I’m going tohave to talk to [the Wednesdaynight manager]. He didn’t sayanything to me. I’ll talk to himand straighten this out.”However, Johnson added, “We

[Gumby’s] do tend to get a lot ofBS. complaints.”According to Hanley, the

important issue is the amountof business Gumby’s and otherHillsborough Street vendors getfrom college students.“You don’t treat any custom-

ers that way, especially the onesthat you get the majority of yourbusiness from,” Hanley said.“You should treat them with alittle more respect. It was poorcustomer service.”Simmons said for the ,most

part, he felt taken advantage ofbecause he’s a college student.In regards to the driver, Sim—

mons said, “The way he handled[the situation], he could havehandled it a lot better. He couldhave been more understand-ing.”Now, Hanley and Simmons,

along with their suitemates,are boycotting Gumby’s Pizza.Initially, the students said theywanted to print flyers about itbut were unable to due to a lackof money. As an alternative, theyare spreading the word throughaway messages and buddy profileson AOL Instant Messenger.“We’re not a few cheapskates.

It’s a matter of principle,” Sim-mons said.The students said they hope

Gumby’s will change the waythey treat their customers.According to Hanley, he has

told their story to the GreaterRaleigh Chamber ofCommerce,Raleigh’s Better Business Bu-reau and the corporate office ofGumby’s Pizza.According to Hanley, an em-

ployee at Gumby’s corporateoffice apologized and offered aGumby’s gift card, but Hanleyturned it down, saying all theyhad wanted was either a refundor the new pizza.Other students commented on

their experience with Gumby’sPizza, particularly the customerservice.Jessie Lewis, a senior indesign and history, has not or-dered from Gumby’s in abouttwo years, but said, “When I livedon campus [Gumby’s customerservice] was OK. They deliverin the same amount of time asanyone else on average. I do liketheir hours better than Domino’sjust because they are usually openlater, especially on Weeknights.”Lewis said. She no longer ordersfrom Gumby’s, citing that theystopped offering cOupons ontheir pizza boxes.Another student, Gina Agostini,

a junior in English, said, “I thinkit’s half and half. Sometimestheir customer service is greatand sometimes it’s lacking, butI guess it just depends on who isdoing the delivery.”On the other hand, Mahesh

Kommareddi, a senior in aero-space engineering, said he feltthat Gumby’s lacked in bothcustomer service and quality offood.“Gumby’s customer service is

about that of any food servicedealing with college students.Not the greatest you can receive.I believe the money that you savefrom Gumby’s comes from thefact they [neglect] quality both.in terms of customer service aswell as what’s in the food,” Kom-mareddi said.

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Bush says he’d make same

decision on Iraqi war

Just two days after the close of theSouth Carolina primary, president de-fends Iraq in a South Carolina city.

William DouglasKnight Ridder Newspapers

CHARLESTON, S.c.--President Bush used acampaign—style stop at this port city Thurs—dayto vigorously defend going to war againstIraq, saying he would make the same decisionagain, good intelligence or bad.“Knowing what I knew then and knowing

what I know today, America did the rightthing in Iraq,” Bush told a mostly militarycrowd at a pier at the Port of Charleston. “Wehad a choice: Either take the word of a mad-man or take action to defend the Americanpeople. Faced with that choice, I would defendAmerica every time.”

. The president didn’t mention CIA Direc—tor George Tenet’s speech earlier Thursdayabout US. intelligence on Iraq, in which Tenetcontended that the CIA never said Iraq pre-sented an imminent threat to America. WhiteHouse Press Secretary Scott McClellan, in abriefing aboard Air Force One, said Tenet nothad submitted his speech for review by theWhite House.Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts, the

Democratic presidential front—runner, notedwhile campaigning Thursday in Maine thatthe Bush administration had said SaddamHussein was an “imminent threat” eventhough Tenet said the CIA never told theWhite House that. Kerry said that showedthe need for an immediate, independentcommission to investigate the intelligenceand the way it was used.“This is a matter of security, not a matter of

politics,” Kerry said. “If there is that kind offailure, that kind of separation between thetruth of what the CIA tells the White Houseand what happens, then we have to separatethis investigation from that White House, sothe American people get the truth.”One of Kerry’s rivals, retired Gen. Wesley

Clark, said while campaigning in Tennessee:“Ifthe American people had known a year agothat Iraq had no weapons of mass destruc-

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tion and Iraq was not an imminent threat, Idon’t think this country would have gone towar. What we have now, with 520 Americansdead and 180 billion sunk into that problem,is a mess.”Bush came to South Carolina two days after

the Democratic presidential primary to givea speech billed as a discussion on homelandsecurity. It included the themes he usuallysounds at campaign fund—raisers, defendinghis economic and foreign-policy records.But he spent more than usual time talking

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to the United States. He said America no lon-ger could wait “to confront the threats of theworld” only after those threats arose.

“I will not stand by and hope for the bestwhile dangers gather,” he said. “I will protectand defend this country by taking the fight tothe enemy. You’re the c0mmander—in~chief,you have to be willing to make the tough callsand-to see your decisions through. America’ssafer when your commitments are clear, ourword is good and our will is strong. And thatis the only way I know how to lead.”In a veiled shot at Democrats, the president

said, “If some politicians in Washington hadtheir way, Saddam Hussein would still be inpower.”

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courses this semester, Bruck hasalso mentored and advised wellover 1,000 students in his timeat NCSU“One of the most important

functions in knowing whatyou want to do after college islearning from an internshipexperience. I have helped placestudents in summer internshipslocally to Alaska. Ifpeople expandtheir mind, they will figure out ontheir own what their goals are,”Bruck said.According to'Bruck, teaching

should include examples stu-dents can use in the real world.He notes the benefit in alwaysanalyzing two sides of an issueand thoroughly examining thecontext ofthe environment, eco-nomics, ethics and the interplaybetween them.“My goals as a professor are to

enhance students’ critical think-ing because the integration ofknowledge into a meaningfulcontext is the most importantaspect of the real world.”His love for the environment

came at an early age. Although,born in New York City, Bruck’sparents took him on excursionsoutside ofthe city where he estab-lished a firm connection with theenvironment.

“I developed a love for thenatural world,” Bruck said.However, Bruck’s original in-

tent was to be a doctor. He pur—sued an undergraduate major inbiology.While doing a summer fellow-

ship at Sloan-Kettering CancerCenter in New York, he decided“sick trees are easier to deal withthan sick people.”So his studies with the environ-

ment progressed and he earneda. doctorate degree in plantpathology and forestry fromSyracuse and Cornell Universityrespectively.He quickly started his teaching

career at NCSU and has been apart of the school ever since.

“It [teaching] is the best job inthe world. I was impressed as astudent that academia offers agreat amount of freedom to workand help mold young people. Ihave the luxury of choosing areasof research as well as developinga new curriculum for students,”Bruck said.

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Jake SeatonDiversions Editor

Only a year after guitar virtuoso HabibKoite and his band Bamada played at Stew—art Theatre, they are back to promote therecent release of double-disc live album- “Poly! Live Around the World.”With three critically acclaimed albums

under their belt and now the release of“Folyl,” Habib Koite 8r Bamada havespanned continents in their 20—year careerwith theunique sound of Afro—pop.Now considered as the true birthplace of

the blues by critics and blues fans, the WestAfrican city of Mali is also the hometown ofHabib Koite. However, don’t search Habib’smusic for those blues undertones as themusic is plucked on kora and tapped on

which roughly translates to “in the mouthof the crocodile.”The unique sound that Koite has created

for himself is truly a melting pot of theMali region’s distinctly different music ac-cords. The sound that is produced is bestdescribed by Koite himself as “danssa doso.”The word “danssa” is the Malian term for apopular rhythm while “doso” is a term thatliterally means “hunter’s music.” Koite saysof the term, “I put these two words togetherto symbolize the music of all ethnic groupsin Mali. I’m curious about all the musicin the world, but I make music from Mali.In my country, we have so many beautifulrhythms and melodies. Many villages andcommunities have their own kind of music.Usually, Malian musicians play onlytheir own ethnic music, but me, I

Koite played acoustic guitar on the track“Back Around,” a song of retribution. “Wejust started jamming, and I’m sitting thereplaying this dark John Lee Hooker thingand Habib doesn’t know what I’m singingabout, so he’s playing this sunny acousticguitar part...When I explained what thesong was about, he said ‘Sacre bleul’” ex-plains Raitt of her experience with Koite.In the recent years, music has seen more

of a break down of the cultural barrier.Bands such as the Armenian rockers, Sys-tem of a Down, and the Icelandic atmo—‘sphere band, Sigur Ros, have broke big into the American market, opening doorwaysfor emerging world musicians. HabibKoite’s Malian guitar rock is gaining new

ground in the American music sceneand will be more widely

ens M”ON CAMPUS:Adelayda will be performing atCarmichael Gym at midnight.”Boys Don’t Cry"wi|| be shown at thecampus cinema at 7 pm.As part of the Bad Film Festival, thecampus cinema will be screening“FromJustin to Kelly" at 9:30 pm.OFF CAMPUS:Adelayda will be opening up for TheDave MatthewsCover Band at LincolnTheatre.Seven will having their CD release partyat The Berkeley Cafe with The Five L'sand Field Theory.Cat’s Cradle is hosting Camp Lo,GrandAgent, Tajai (Souls of Mischief), Ti-beca and Mark Spitz.The Spinns will perform at Go! Room4 with Ghost of Rock and Transpor-tation.Emitd% are:ON CAMPUS:Habib Koite Bamada are performingin StewartTheatre at 8 pm.”From Justin to Kelly"at the campuscinema as part of the Bad Film Festivalat 9:30 pm.The campus cinema is showing ”TheFighting Temptations" at 7 pm.

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balafon rather than regaining traditional,American blues manifestos such as the bluenotes (bent notes).Though the music is not of the Ameri—

can blues style, Koite did study both bluesand flamenco under Khalilou Traore, aveteran of the Afro-Cuban band Maravillasdu Mali. These two very different styles ofmusic are heard through the slightest hintsof John Lee Hooker’s one-chord blues boo—gies in Koite’s music along with the blend ofMalian music.Habib’s music, though it is contemporary

to the Malian style, is one that most Ameri—can’s would not consider modern. The mu—sic created develops a surreal, atmospherethat easily sucks its listener in to a mesmer-izing bliss rarely explored by the commonmusic aficionado.Koite developed his passion for music as a

child from listening to his paternal grandfa-ther play the kamale n’goni, a four—stringedinstrument associated with hunters fromthe Wassolou region of Mali. From observ—ing his parents and his grandfather per-form, Habib naturally taught himselfhowto play the difficult roots of Malian music.By watching the likes of his close rela-

tives, Koite has developed a uniqueapproach to playing the guitar.Rather than classically tuninghis instrument, Koite tunes itto the pentatonic scale andplays on open strings asone would on a kamalen’goni.His supporting caSt,

Bamada, is a super-group of West Afri-can rhythm sec-tion talent that ‘takes theirname fromthe Maliannicknamefor theresidentsof thecapital,

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with them, to usethem in my music.”Although the

West Africanmusic is notexactly theeasiestmusi-calstyle tomarket inthe state,HabibKoite hasgarnered therespect of highprofile artists.such as JacksonBrowne and Bon-nie Raitt. In fact,Koite so impressedRaitt that she askedhim to appear onh e r album “Sil—

go everywhere. My job is totake all these traditionsand to make something

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COURTESTY HABI KOITE

Avoid being a lone wolf

Catherine ArrieroStaff Columnist

Dear Cat,I do not feel like I have any

“real” friends. There are somepeople that call me, but I ques—tion why they call. I feel like Iam positive and make good de-cisions, and I try to give some ofthat to other people, but I stilldo not feel accepted by thosearound me. I guess that I amnot the typical college student.

I do not like to do drugs ordrink, but I do like to hang outwith people and do not mindbeing around people that drink.Not to sound conceited, but Iam rather attractive, and I feelthat this creates an obstacle formy friendships and relation- 'ships.The people I want to be

friends with do not even seemto notice me, but the peoplethat I would prefer not to inter-act with, pursue me. I want todo what is right for me, but I donot want to do it alone. Pleasehelp me! - Lone Wolf

Dear Lone Wolf,I think that you are confused

right now, mostly because youare not thinking right. It sounds

like you know what you want alittle too much. You cannot bein control of everything you do.You have no control over whatpeople think of you or the deci—sions that they make. If you feelthat others do not accept you,even when friends call, then itsounds like you do not knowwhat a real friend is.

If you feel you make gooddecisions, that’s great, but notcalling people back, assumingpeople are not interested ormore interested than they are,or pushing your ways on othersare not good decisions.

If you feel that you needto change the ways of thosearound you, then just try tochange the people in your envi—ronment. Do not lose connec-tions with the old group, but tryto establish a new group.

If making friends is yoursole concern right now andyou are not making any, thenmaybe you are going'about itthe wrong way. Maybe you arelooking in the wrong places forfriends.Join a club or get involved

with some sort 'of organiza-tion. The university offers manydifferent activities. Volunteersomewhere. Consider changing

your work place.Try to start basic conversa-

tions with the people who sitaround you in your classes. Ifthey do not seem interested inthe conversation then politelyend it and try someone else.

I find that it works best tobring up a topic on which anyone can comment. Keeping itsimple keeps the pressure offand makes others feel comfort—able. If that does not do thetrick, then try to start conversa—tions with people on the bus, ifyou ride it. Again, keep it sim-ple. Ask what they are majoringin or where they are from.You should be able to tell if

they are interested in continu-ing the conversation or endingit. The biggest thing to remem-ber is trying not to tense up andpress too hard. If the other per—son feels that you are too needy.then they may feel threatenedand may decide to disengagethe conversation.

If you feel that you wouldwant to never engage in thissort of bold, outgoing act, thenconsider concentrating onone person. They should besomeone that you can confidein and converse with. You andthis person can go out and meet

people together or just go outand have a good time. You donot have to try to do this onyour own; there are many otherpeople trying to make this samechange.There are thouSands of people

that are a part of our commu-nity here at NC. State. A greatbig pack of wolves out therethat want to meet others just asmuch as you do. I love meetingnew people.Even if I just exchange a smile

with another person, I feela little better. A smile is verypowerful and ,yet so simple andreal. Meeting new people andinteracting with lots of people isuplifting.However, I believe that the so—

cial pressures of the world makeus feel that we have to social-ize in a particular manner. Wemust not restrict ourselves tothe norm. We should choose toembrace new friends with en-thusiasm; we should give moresmiles and gifts than we receive.Open the door for someone,

say thank you for something,smile or say hello to someoneyou do not know, buy someonesome special little treat just tosay “I was thinking of you” or e-mail a relative!

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KEEP THE NFL DRAFT RULEOUR OPINIONzTHE NATIONAL FOOTBALLLEAGUE RULE REQUIRING THREE YEARSOF COLLEGE BEFORE ENTERING THEDRAFT SHOULD BE UPHELD.

A US. District Court judge ruled yes-terday that Maurice Clarett, the runningback from Ohio State suspended forreceiving extra benefits and lying to po-lice, could enter the NFL draft in April.The NFL has a rule that prohibits col-lege players from entering the draft untilthey complete three years of college. Itwas struck down based on federal anti—trust laws, citing the NFL was acting likea monopoly by not allowing Clarett toenter the draft early. This eligibility ruleis good for the league and players andshould be upheld in a higher court.The rule is in place to protect younger

’athletes from playing football with play-ers twice their size. At the heart, it is alife—or—death matter. The rule protectsthe league from potential wrongfuldeath suits that could result in the death

of a young player getting clobbered byan older, bigger player.Clarett’s defenseclaims size is not an issue: he is 6 feet,230 pounds.There are other factors to consider.

The NFL’s rule is the most stringent ofall the major sports leagues, mainly forthe safety issue.The NBA allows players who think

they are good enough to forego collegeand enter the league straight from highschool, as well as players from college toskip the rest of their college years and gointo the pros.This causes great speculation at the

end of the season as to who will go pronext year and who will remain loyalto their school and finish their collegeyears.If the NFL eligibility rule is overturned

in a higher court, the same speculationwill happen in college football. But un-like basketball, football is a full contactsport and there are inherent safetyissues. Nineteen—year-old players can—

not compete with athletes almost twicethere age.There is a school loyalty issue. Univer—

sities draft high school athletes and pro—vide them with scholarship money ingood faith that the athlete will stay fouryears. Colleges like NC. State, allow thestudent—athlete to perfect their skill inexchange for a decent education, manytimes for free. Usually, student—athletesdo not go into the pros after college, butat least they have a degree in a field thatcan lead to success.Allowing student—athletes into pro

sports leagues before they get theirdegree shortchanges the player and theuniversity that signed him or her. TheNCAA has spoken out against the rulingbased exactly on this issue.The NFL said it will appeal the deci—

sion and is confident the ruling will beoverturned.For the sake of theleague and the

players, current and future, keep theeligibility rule in force.

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Lies and empire

‘ Alexander Sheppard says the Bush administration must leave Iraqbecause it openly lied to the world about the real threat ofIraq

We should note the context sur—rounding the recent admission by Co—lin Powell and others that Iraq may nothave had weapons of mass destruction(WMD). It isn’t the first time he’s taken

this position. In2001, he notedthat “ [Hussein]has not developedany significantcapability with re—‘gards to weaponsof mass destruc—tion.He is unable

Alexander to project con—ShEPPard ventional powerStaffColumnist against his neigh-

bors.” For the Iraqwar, it was necessary to invent a newpicture, namely that, “...Hussein andhis regime are concealing their effortsto produce more weapons of massdestruction...we confront a regimethat harbors ambitions for regionaldomination...” Now, however, the waris over and no longer needed are thesepretexts.So now, it is an “open question”

whether Iraq hadWMD or not, andresponsible leaders can now pretendto wonder, “...if they didn’t have any,why wasn’t that known beforehand?”as Powell said recently. It is fair to saythat the fact that it was known that Iraqhad no “significant capability” will notbe allowed into the national press, atleast not with any context. It is moreconvenient to simply set aside the rel-evant facts and report lies told by lead-ers with nothing to refute them. In thiscase, one can find that done Virtuallyeverywhere one cares to look. The elitemedia has created the current situationto appear as though it is a question offaulty intelligence, an embarrassingmishap, if that.This is a scandal far more serious

than any of the things that we aresupposed to think are scandals— BillClinton lying about sexual scandals, toname one. This is a case of extended,systematic lying, about a question ofsupreme human importance. Like in-numerable other cases, the real scan-

, dals and high crimes go unaccountedas such. The reigning corporate intel-lectual culture is one where statementslike, “Had we failed to act, SecurityCouncil resolutions on Iraq wouldhave been revealed as empty threats,”from George W. Bush’s State of theUnion speech, are taken at face value.The act Bush is defending was itself aviolation of the‘U.N. charter, a not sel-dom noted in the national press.Nor, does anyone usually point that,

if the most powerful country in theworld has acted in defiance of the in—ternational laws of war, this might‘rep-resent a much larger crime than imagi—nary actions by a weak third worldcountry. Nor does anyone collapse inridicule when Bush mentions the “ob—jections of a few” in the context of Iraq,perhaps noting that public opinion inevery country in the world, minus theUnited States and Israel, condemnedthe invasion for most of the lead up towar, usually by overwhelming majori—

ties. ”We have no desire to dominate,no ambitions of empire,” another linefrom Bush’s speech. Disagreementswith this assessment have come fromseveral sources recently. One wouldapparently be Iraq’s majority Shiitecommunity, around 100,000 of whomarched peacefully in Baghdad re-cently, shouting such slogans as “Yes,yes to elections! No, no to selection!”This was in response to the plan by L.Paul Bremer to have the governmentof Iraq appointed by regional caucuses,who would themselves be appointed byU.S.-chosen delegates.This elaborate process would con-

stitute “a transition to full Iraqi sover—eignty.” Why are elections not a viableoption right now? “Rushing into a cen-sus in this time frame with the securityenvironment that we have would notgive the result that people want,” ex—plains Occupation Spokesman CharlesHeatley.Looking at the occupation authori~

ties’ outrageous economic policiesprovides further insight into the mo—tives behind the US. plan in Iraq. L.Paul Bremer’s Order 39 opens up Iraqiindustry to 100 percent foreign owner—ship, accepting the oil industry. Taxeson foreign corporations dropped from45 to 15 percent. Wages for most Iraqisare the same as what they were underHussein, and eliminated were manybenefits. Furthermore, the main laborlaws from the old regime are still in ef—fect.Unions, by law, cannot be recog-

nized inside state enterprises. Theseare targets for privatization by the newadministration, which has alreadystarted a first wave of sell offs, largelyto foreign buyers. Meanwhile unem—ployment hovers somewhere around70 percent. Understandably, there isgrowing resistance to the occupation’spolitical policies and the economicpolicies behind them. There’s been abig resurgence of union organizing,despite the continuing ban on recogni—tion. Iraq’s labor struggle is a rich one,and it goes back many decades.Clearly there has been a resurgence

of political organizing by the Shiitesand other groups. I think we should bevery heartened by the strength of thisorganization. Here we have a society,coming out of a horrible regime, sub—ject to all kinds of chaos and death thathas been caused by the invasion, andnow about to get shoved around byUnited States imperialism. But do theysit down and take it? No! They clearlydeserve our support. We could learna lot from this in the United States. Ifwe’re going to help them, we must getthis administration out ofIraq.They are going to try to delay full

elections, a withdrawal of the occupa-tion, until their firm grip on real poweris secure, and that must be stopped. IfIraqi democracy is not to be stillborn,torn apart by fighting between US.troops and angry Iraqis, or sold intothe pockets of multinational corpora-tions, then this is essential.

Alexander Sheppard may be reached atviewpoint@technicianstaff.com.

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Religious symbols under attack

Baruch Mechanic warns ofthe dangers ofbanningpersonal displays ofreligion

Wherever you go in public, likerestaurants, shopping malls, schoolsand even places of worship, you willfind that people openly show theirreligious beliefs. Hijabs (head scarfs)

in Islam, kippots(skull caps) inJudaism, jewelrywith symbols ofChristianity (thecross, with orwithout J.C.),the tilaka (thedot at the eye—

' brow junction)Baruch in Hinduism andMechanic many more fillSraffCo/umnisr the places you

find yourself dayafter day. Now

could it be that some people see thisas fundamentalism? I think Francedoes. Could America too? What aboutAmerican schools?About two months ago, France’s

Chief Rabbi Yosef Sitruck said “I re—quest that Jewish youth refrain fromwearing kippot in public,” because ofthe rise in anti-Semitic attacks acrossthe country. The Rabbi goes on tosay that Jews should suffice with capssuch as baseball hats so as they willnot make themselves targets. Thisstatement followed an attack of arsonagainst a Jewish school in Paris justfive days before and, more recently,a bullet being mailed to the officesof the International League AgainstRacism and Anti-Semitism with amessage saying “Jews, get out of here.The next bullet is aimed for you.” Iam not exactly pointing fingers but Iwould agree that this has a relation tothe very large Muslim population inFrance, around five million. Americahas a population about the same sizetoo.

I make this correlation because ofthe already rampant anti-Semiticviews in France and now France’s at-tempt to ban hijabs in public schools.

For my two cents, it’s an attempt tokeep Muslim fundamentalism undersome sort of control or more like apseudo control. For example, two daysafter the protests of this law someonedetonated a car bomb and destroyedthe newly named Prefect AissaDermouche’s car, a Muslim himselfwho is the regional administrator ineastern France. Because of the largeunemployment rate of Muslims inFrance, deputy mayor Bayrem Braiki,who is a practicing Muslim, saidMuslim activists “have been stuffingthe brains of ouryouth...explainingthat the only wayout [of poverty]is religion.” Wellyou know the old , ,saying about how keeping terrorlsts outtoday’s youth is the that they don’t getfuture of tomor—row. headaches thinkingAfter Sept. 11,

2001, once wediscovered whowas behind the at-tacks, U.S. officialsheld many pressconferences and were quick to declarehow any type of “revenge” taken uponAmerican Muslims would be lookedat as a hate crime and those respon-sible would be persecuted by law. Wellthat didn’t stop a few people. Do youthink with all thatAmerican bureau-crats do in keeping terrorists out thatthey don’t get headaches thinkingabout those that are already living inour borders? Yesterday was a blue day,the day before was a yellow day, todayis a yellow day, tomorrow might be anorange day; it seems like some of ourhigher up officials might be a little

_ edgy sometimes.What I am saying is be weary of

what goes on around the world andthe similarities it has with us. Theworld is continually sending moreand more of their students overseas to

“Do you think withall that Americanbureaucrats do in

about those that arealready living1n our

borders? ”

U.S. schools and universities.Take a look at the social and reli-

gious activism of many groups onour camp us and campuses aroundthe nation. The larger and larger thesegroups become with students fromthe “melting pot” of our population,the louder their voice will become andthe harder their fists will become. Andif somehow our lawmakers see this asa threat, they will react accordingly tothis threat as they deem necessary.Without a doubt I think people

have a right to wear what they wantas long as it’s notsome middle schoolgirl dressing likeBritney “I like toget drunk and mar-ried” Spears or othersuch inappropriateattire. Freedom ofspeech and freedomof religion are whatour country is basedon. We have seen thestir created when thegovernment bannedgroup prayer in pub—lic schools. I have no

idea what the future holds for US.schools, private and public, which iswhy I will be keeping an eye out. Butremember two things: Khalid ShaikhMohammed (top Al-Qaeda operativewho is thought to be the master mindbehind the WTC attack who wascaughtin Pakistan even though hehad altered his features) studied en-

‘ gineering at North Carolina A&T. Atthe same time, Mazen Al-Najjar, whois also the brother—in-law of indictedPalestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist

- fundraiser Sami Al-Arian, was a pro-fessor of computer science and taughtat the University of South Florida.If you agree with Baruchplease e-mail him atviewpoint@technicianstaff.com.

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HODGEcontinued from page 8

“And if I wouldn’t let him, hewould cry, so I was forced to takehim with me.”

Steve, who now teaches Englishin Yonkers, N.Y., knew early thatJulius would be more than just apair of hands to grab loose bas-ketballs. As Steve tells it, Juliuspossessed a certain somethingthat few kids did or do, an intan-gible passion and fire for basket—ball that’s grown out of controlover the years.“We didn’t allow him to start

playing pick—up with us untilmaybe he was nine or 10,” Stevesaid, laughing at the memories.“We’d sneak him for a game ortwo. Rough him up and sendhim home.”Even then, Julius made impres—

sions on guys sometimes twice hisage.“We’d give him the ball, defi-

nitely,” Steve said. “Give him hisopportunity to shine. He wouldmake a move or two and, ofcourse, the guys would slow himdown afterwards. But Julius beingJulius would bounce back up andhustle his tail of .”Following his older brother,

Julius played playground gamesin parks all over Manhattan, in—cluding the famed Rucker Park.The boisterous crowd at Rucker,where Steve said Julius is a “favor—ite,” began calling Julius “Da Julesfrom Harlem” one day. It stuck. ‘So did the lessons ofNew York

City playground ball: trash-talk,creativity and confidence; lessonsthat usually came from older, big-ger, meaner guys.“When you’re playing in the

playground, you want to play,against the older guys,” Juliussaid. “The guys your age, youknow you’re better than, so it’sreally no competition. The olderguys' are going to play you hard,beat you down, bloody your nose,elbow you, be real physical andthen, after the game, they’re goingto take your ball and not give itback to you if you don’t win.”Maybe that’s why losing is so

unacceptable for Da Jules. Maybehe’s afraid to lose his ball. Orworse. Hodge takes losing bas-ketball games like some peopletake losing family members. It’sthat serious.His eyes have filled with tears

more than once over the pastthree years, most recently afterthe Wolfpack lost an overtimegame it probably should havewon at Boston College two weeksago. Last week, Hodge sulkedagain in the depths of the SmithCenter in Chapel Hill after histeam suffered an agonizing lossto North Carolina. After suchdefeats, Hodge usually says littleand stares at the ground, his facelonger than his slender 6-foot-7-inch frame.“He truly hates to lose,” Steve

' said in the New York accent heshares with his brother. “He gets

TIM LYTVINENHO/TECNICIANJulius Hodge, shown here during an early season loss at Duke, has been working to control his emotions.

in sort oflike a state ofdepressionand I sort of pick him up, cracka joke or two with him, pull himout of that and tell him, ‘There’sanother day.’”Once when Julius was 13, he

lost a pick-up game and becameinfuriated. He picked up a plas-tic bottle, filled it with water andhurled it onto the court. The wa-ter splashed everywhere, haltingplay and angering the players.Julius ran from the park to theHodge home, nearby in up—townHarlem. .“We ran him out of the park

and ran him home,” Steve said.“It was maybe a block or two.After the first 200 yards, we lethim go.”Though the elder Hodge tried

to calm Julius, his hatred for de-feat has remained afire.After the Carolina loss, Ju-

lius called his brother and thetwo spoke for 90 minutes. TheHodge brothers speak often toone another at least once aday and sometimes three or fourtimes a day — but this particu—lar conversation stayed in Julius’mind. The next time he steppedon the court, Julius played oneof his best games in a Wolfpackuniform in leading State to arelatively easy win at Maryland.Then against No. 16 Wake For-est, Julius had assists on Scooter

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Sherrill’s 3—pointer that tied thegame and Marcus Melvin’s 3 thatput the Pack up four late. Thebig plays, which were missingfor weeks, were suddenly back.Julius’ smile, at least during thegame, disappeared.“Jules has been morefocused

than I’ve seen him ever sincehe’s been here,” Sherrill said. “Itstarted a couple ofdays before theMaryland game. You could see itin his face, that he was just reallyfocused. He was more serious atpractice. Usually Jules is kind oflike a comedian in practice, inthe locker room, in certain situ-ations. I haven’t seen that eversince a couple days before theMaryland game.”During Julius’ three-game

slump, Melvin, the senior whohas referred to himself as theteam counselor, approachedHodge and offered advice.“With Julius, I really try to be

realistic with him,” Melvin said.“I talk to him about the realityof everything that’s going” on. Idon’t tell him stuff like, ‘It’s goingto be all right,’ and all that. I lethim know that, but [I say] ‘This iswhat you’ve got to do for it to beall right.’ I really don’t sugarcoatanything for anybody.”Whether Melvin’s advice

worked, who knows, but all doesseem right with Julius again. In

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State’s last two victories, he’s livedup to his own skyscraper-highexpectations — and he’s done itwith controlled emotion.Perhaps the biggest stride Julius

has made is his learning when topass or when to take over. AgainstWake, his assists were huge, saidhis coach.“On both big 35 we’ve credited

our seniors with making, Juliuswas the catalyst,” coach HerbSendek said. “One, on an inside-

The ball is in our courtVIRGINIA N.C. STATE

DEFENSIVELYSerious question: has Virginia ever played defense under current coachPete Gillen? Believe it or not, the answer is up for debate, but leaningtoward the negative. State played its best defense of the year in thesecond half against Wake Forest, limiting the Deacs to 22 points.Significant Advantage: N.C. State

INTANGIBLESTwo wins on the road is not enough to fully quiet the whispers ofState’s road woes,just lessen it a bit. Keep in mind that State has wonat University Hall Just once since 1985 and always seems to shoot thethree poorly in the oddly lighted arena.Advantage: Even

out pass where he used his size,and secondly, in transition, hefound Scooter. Both of thoseguys were the benefactors ofJulius making them better andthey obviously capitalized andmade the big shot.”As much fun as Julius had

engineering Wednesday night’scomeback over the DemonDeacons, he enjoyed equally theatmosphere ofa rabid arena, withfans going wild. He went alongwith it all -— waving his arms,pumping his fists, jumping upand down. It must have remindedhim of the playground.

“I wouldn’t trade the collegeatmosphere for anything,” Ju- .lius said. “I don’t care if I couldmake $100 million in the NBA, Iwouldn’t trade it.”Of course, it’s easy to make such

a statement after an emotionalvictory. After losses, it seems asif he would take a ham sandwich,a bus ticket and $5 Over anotherday on the court.“That’s something I’ve been

working on, not to get too high,

not to get too low,” Julius said. Q“But when I’m out there on thecourt, I’m going to show emo-tion. I’ve been doing it since I

, was 9. My mom used to see meplay when I was younger and sheused to laugh at it and say, ‘That’smy baby.’ And I know ifmy momdoesn’t have anything bad to sayabout it, I’m not going to changeit for someone else.”His attitude has won Julius

one gift, at least according tohim: a big, bright bulls-eye onhis back.“I’m like a marked man. Guys

are just trying to throw dartsright in the middle of my heartbecause they see I get the mostnotoriety in this league and theywant that,” Julius said. “Youngerguys...they want to stop me, theywant to score so they can tell theirfamily members, ‘I did this—or-that to Julius Hodge.’ I’m goingto continue to walk around witha chip on my shoulder.”Or at least until he thinks every—

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TENNIScontinued from page 8

“I think it’s pretty over the topfor someone who has a year anda half left to turn his life upsidedown like that,” Murray said. “Fora collegiate program that seemsextreme. I wonder how it wouldhave been different for other guysin his good graces.”Choboy has no comment on

the issue, referring to it as strictlya player—coach matter. Currentplayers also had no comment,but were quick to defend theircoach’s methods. ’Senior Ion Davis, the only re—

maining player on the team that. played at State before Choboy be-came coach two years ago, doesn’tconsider his coach to be strict orbiased with his rules. Instead, hepoints to Choboy’s dedication tothe program and the sport as thereason behind his rules.“He has his rules but he’s fair

about them,” Davis said. “He isdedicated to the team, he eats,sleeps and breathes tennis.”Sophomore Will Shaw echoed

Davis’ sentiments about hiscoach, adding that Choboyholds himself to an even higherstandard than what he expects ofhis players.“He lays down what he expects

O of us,” Shaw said. “He holds

himself to .the same standardas well.”Even Murray admits that he

made a mistake and he knewhe was breaking the rules, hejust didn’t expect such a severea penalty.

“It was my fault, I broke therules,” Murray said. “He wasjustified in his actions.”In the end, things have worked

out well for Murray. Beth Miamiand Alabama offered him tennisscholarships in December, andhe chose to play tennis for theCrimson Tide. He has alreadyrecorded two wins in singles playin the No. 3 and No. 4 spots thisseason for the 18th-ranked teamin the nation.Choboy knew that bringing

in a new system and trying toturn around an eternally strug—gling program would have itsbumps. Last year’s 53-17 recordwas one of those bumps, andthis year’s incident with Murrayhas been another;but he remainsconfident that his system, whichhas worked at other schools likeBrown University, will Work forNC. State.“Not everyone’s gonna ulti-

mately make it in our system,”Choboy said. “But the guys thatdo make it — they’re gonna betough kids, their going to be verydriven, kids of a high quality ofcharacter.”

WBBAlI.continued from page 8

Wake out—rebounded State 38—33, but the Pack shot 48 percentfrom the floor in the second halfto beat the Deacons 70—66. Thewin puts State in a tie for sixthplace in the conference withFlorida State.

State (12-11, 4—6 ACC) took the. lead for good with two minutesleft in the game on a 3—pointerfrom the wing by sophomoreguard Billie McDowell.Wake (10-1 1, 3-7) then committed five foulsin the game’s most crucial stretch,but the Pack converted 8-for-10of its free throw shots to stave offa Deacon comeback.Senior center Kaayla Chones

led all State scorers with 18points. Senior forward AlvineMendeng went 7—f0r—9 fromthe field to add 16 points, whilejunior point guard Kendra Bell

contributed 1 1 points and seniorguard Nanna Rivers dished outeight assists.But after the game, Yow was

most impressed by McDowell,who picked up seven reboundsand 10 points in only 13 minutesoff the bench.

“Billie came off the bench thesame way that Ashley Key cameoff the bench in the Florida Stategame,”Yow said. “She played greatminutes for us on the defensiveend, on the boards and she closeddown some of their best outsideshooters.”McDowell hadn’t seen game

action in two of State’s last fourgames, nor had she played 13minutes or more in a game sincea 79-63 loss to Baylor Dec. 22.But she never pouted and even-

tually Yow called her number.“I didn’t have a bad attitude

about it,” McDowell said. “Ijust sat on the bench cheeringmy teammates on knowing that

whenever my time came I wouldjust give it my all. I told myselfthat if she put me in I was justgoing to play to the best of myability and leave everything onthe court.”

Statistically, both teams playedan even first half, but Wakeowned a decisive advantage onpoints off turnovers. The Dea-cons scored 14 points off nineState turnovers, while the Packonly capitalized on six Waketurnovers with three points.Wake senior guard Tonia

Brown, who scored 10 of her 15points in the first half, said Statewas more intense than the Dea—cons in the second half.“When you’re down it’s easier

to play like you have nothing tolose,” Brown said. “That’s exactlywhat they did. They turned uptheir pressure and we just didn’tturn up ours at the same time.”State travels to North Carolina

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It’s Monday night around 8, and Julius Hodge is doingwhat he’s done his whole life: basketball. The TV is on,tuned to ESPN2, and‘he is watching undefeated and No.2—ranked St. Joseph’s battle Villanova. He’s holding thephone to his ear and he’s talking, maybe for the second orthird time that day, to his brother, Steve Hodge, who sitsmiles north in Harlem with the same game in eyesight.“And we’re on the phone together watching the St. Joe’s— ‘ .

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fault. Some people are born smart. Some are born to bedoctors, lawyers, teachers. Julius was born thinking thathe’s the best basketball player in the world.Confidence. That’s what happens when a kid starts

playing basketball at the age of 5, hoops it up in NewYorkCity pick—up games at 9 and has his own Rucker Parknickname before he hits puberty. It’s what happens whena small boy with big dreams follows his brother aroundtown, basketball in hands, begging, pleading to just shoota couple more shots.“We’re extremely close,” Steve, who, at 30, is 10 years

older than Julius, said. “From day one, from the day he wasborn, I was excited because, as a basketball guy, I figured,‘Okay, I’ve got a baby brother that will tag along with mewherever I go. He’ll get my rebounds.’ Everywhere I went,he would tag along.HODGE see page 6

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Julius Hodge celebrates the play of the Wolfpack during its comeback victory over Wake Forest Wednesday night.Hodge has scored 46 points in the last two games, leading State to a 6—2 ACC start.

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Laying down the law

Ion Choboy is trying to build hisprogram at State into a winner,which includes installing a fairamount 0 disci line. , , ’f p N. C. State 5 women 5 basketball team

. . follows the example set by the men’s 'Austin Johnson team to comefrom behind and defeatStaff Writer Wake Forest.Men’s tennis coach John Choyboy

pushes his players to be models forthe university they represent and toalways act appropriately.

Jon PageSenior Staff Writer .

Junior R.J. Murray found that outthe hard way when the coach dis-missed him after the fall semester forfailing to abide by thestandards. Mur—ray had played in the No. 1 spot formuch of last year, but ultimately didnot mold into what Choboy expectsout of his players.“You have to be disciplined enough

to do what’s necessary to be success-ful,” Choboy said. “We don’t reallyhave a lot of rules to be honest withyou.”Choboy makes his rules clear to his

players: be on time, dress appropri—ately and show a good attitude on thecourt. It’s in the latter aspect whereMurray clashed the most with hisformer coach.Murraywould often let his emotions

get the best of him during a match. Itwasn’t uncommon to hear Murray be—rate himself between points when hewould fall behind in a match. Though

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TECHNlClAN FILE PHOTOFormer N.C. State standout RJ MurraylS plaving at Alabama after being dis-missed from the team in the fall.

his actions rarely went beyond a fewchoice words directed towards hisown play, Murray’s demeanor on thecourt went against what Choboy, wholeads his team against Yale today at 1pm, considers “behaVior representa—tive of NC. State.”The nail in the coffin for Murray

came a week and a half after he losthis ITA Regional match late this fallwhen he failed to show up for an 8am. Saturday practice. According toMurray, his alarm malfunctioned and

he did not wake up until nearly 10a.m., at which point he immediatelycalled Choboy.But it was too late for Murray, who

was alleviated of his scholarship afterthe fall semester. Murray said Choboyalso cited him being late for a practicein October 2002 when Murray had aflat tire and his failure to meet threemile run times as other reasons forhis actions.TENNIS see page 7

WINSTON-SALEM — Kay Yow didn’t go tothe RBC Center Wednesday night to seeN.C. State’s men’s basketball team erase a16—point halftime deficit on its way to de-feating Wake Forest. Yow and the Wolfpackwomen’s basketball team were in Winston—Salem preparing for their own match—upwith the Demon Deacons’ women.But Yow and the Pack watched the game

on TV in their hotel rooms and Thursdaynight there they were at halftime, staringdown a similar disadvantage.Wake guard Cotelia Bond-Young’s 3—

pointer at the buzzer capped a 15—5 Dea-cons run and put the Pack down 35—26 atthe game’s intermission.In the locker room, Yow reminded her

players of the previous night’s game.“I just challenged them to play the way

our men did,” Yow said. “The men weredown 19 last night to a great Wake team,and they just turned up their defense, playedhard for the next 20 minutes and ended upwinning. We were down by nine at the half

HLE PHOTOURAY BLACK ill/TECHNICIANNanna Rivers dished out eight assistsThursday against Wake Forest.

and on the road that’s almost the same asbeing down by 18.”Yow gave the challenge. Her players an-

swered.

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