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Those enrolled for WolfAlert messages will receive message asking for confirmation
Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief
About 22,000 students and employ-ees will receive a text message next Wednesday asking them to confirm they would like to enroll in the Wol-fAlert text messaging system.
Changes in the system aggregator, the hardware that sends the text mes-sages, have led the Federal Communi-cations Commission and phone com-panies to request an additional step of confirmation for those wishing to receive WolfAlert messages, which are used only during emergency situ-
ations.“The FCC is trying to prevent spam
going to text messages,” Associate Vice Chancellor for Environmental Health and Public Safety David Rainer said. “The phone companies have asked N.C. State and those who want to send messages through the system aggrega-tor to document that people want to receive the messages, so that’s what this is all about.”
Rainer said the process was much simpler when the system first debuted some two years ago.
“You used to just register for text messaging and we gave your num-ber to the system aggregator and that was the end of it,” Rainer said. “Now if you’re going to register for the text messaging we upload the file and the
aggregator is going to send you a mes-sage back asking you to confirm.”
Rainer said personal information would not be given out to the aggre-gator, just the number, which wouldn’t be given to any other party.
“We don’t give away your cell phone number, we don’t sell your cell phone number,” Rainer said. “We’re not go-ing to use your cell phone number for anything but an emergency.”
Rainer said concerns from phone companies led to the changes in the process.
“The phone companies want the system aggregators to add this addi-tional step to confirm that the people in fact want to receive the text mes-sages,” Rainer said.
The phone companies, Rainer said,
were citing an FCC policy as the reason for the changes.
“It’s the phone company that has to comply with the rule the way I understand it. It’s the way the rules are being interpreted by the phone companies.”
Rainer and Environmental Health & Safety Emergency Man-ager Todd Becker said they don’t think the FCC regulations were intended to apply to systems like WolfAlert.
“We don’t believe that the FCC intended this [policy to apply to] emergency notification,” Rainer said. “We’ve asked the FCC to render an official opinion, but they
Mary Easley has filed a grievance protesting her firing.
James CoxSenior Staff Writer
Following her firing in June, Mary Easley has filed a grievance with the University disputing her termination, according to Chan-cellor Woodward.
“For any employee here at the University, there is the option to file a grievance,” Woodward said.
According to Woodward, the first step in the grievance process is to have a one-on-one meeting with the provost, her immedi-ate supervisor. The meeting took place a couple of weeks ago, but the Chancellor could not remem-ber the exact date. Despite the fact that the meeting was supposed to be one-on-one, Woodward said Easley brought a lawyer with her. The meeting then had to be delayed until a University lawyer could be present.
Woodward said the purpose of the meeting was to negotiate a settlement. However, he said Eas-ley was demanding a full reinstate-ment and that was not an option.
Now her grievance will go in front of a panel of faculty.
“The panel acts in concert to well-established procedures,” Woodward explained. After the hearing, the Chancellor said, the panel will release its recommendation to one member of the Board of Trustees not present at the June meeting where Easley’s termination was discussed.
According to PJ Teal, the secretary of the University, there are currently four members on the Board that were not at the June meeting, hence able to hear the panel’s recommendation. The four are Jack Cozort, Ben Jenkins, Jim Owens, and Randy Ramsey. As Woodward described it, one of those four will be responsible for making the ultimate decision on the Easley grievance as he sees fit.
Woodward said he was disappointed with Easley’s actions.
“In my opinion she is continuing to damage this institution and I am dis-appointed she has decided to file this grievance,” Woodward said. “This will keep this matter in front of the pub-lic until its conclusion, and I cannot guess why she is doing this.”
Marvin Schiller, Easley’s lawyer,
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The reduction of tutorial staff at the Undergraduate Tutorial Center will leave foreign language students without a University-based option for tutorial help this semester as all for-eign language tutoring positions have been eliminated.
In many cases, professors will pro-vide extra office hours to assist stu-dents, which, according to Erin Sex-ton, a sophomore in political science and psychology, could be just as ben-eficial depending on who is teaching the classes.
“A lot of teachers are willing to provide more office hours and stuff so that should help them,” she said.
Sexton, who is taking a Russian class this semester and plans to take French in the spring, said she usually goes to her professors for help anyway, but she understands the tutors were good op-tions for others.
Larissa Shorter, a senior in business administration, is pursuing a minor in Spanish and said the UTC helped her a lot during her first two foreign language classes.
“I’m pretty good at Spanish but the tutorial center for foreign language was amazing,” she said. “[The tuto-rial center] really got me through.”
Shorter said she visited the center about twice a week during her classes, and said while she has helped friends with foreign language, she always
points them towards the tutorial cen-ter for help as well.
“I always referred people to the tu-torial center,” Shorter said. “It helps to study and forces you to practice.”
Shorter said the requirements for foreign language classes were an is-sue now that the tutors for classes are no more.
“In business you have to go up to 201 I think,” Shorter said. “If you don’t l ike the language it’s already a strug-gle to do well and without the tutorial center – that’s crazy.”
While tutors for some departments are still at the center, Shorter said foreign languages are usually classes where tutors are even more important than in others.
“You can’t study something you have no idea about and the tutorial center helps you get a grasp on that,” Shorter said. “I really can’t believe they cut it. If you’re going to have it as a requirement for a major and not of-fer any help for it – that doesn’t make any sense.”
Emily Plonski, a junior in arts appli-cations, is signed up for three foreign language classes this semester, and, while she hadn’t used the tutorial cen-ter before, she was considering apply-ing to work with the center this year.
“I actually had not used [the tutors] but I was seriously considering taking tutoring class and joining the tutoring center,” Shorter said. “I thought that would be a good opportunity for on-campus employment.”
Plonski, who is signed up for two French classes and one German class
this semester, said she knows people used the center, and felt that cutting the t utors wa sn’t right.
“I did know a lot of people that went there re-ally frequently,” Plonski said. “It was always re-
ally helpful – It’s BS, especially since CHASS majors have to take up to 201 or 202 for foreign languages.”
Plonski also said she wasn’t confi-dent freshmen would catch on quickly enough to the material in foreign lan-guage classes without tutoring, and was skeptical as to whether increased office hours by professors would be able to fill the void.
“For freshmen who haven’t had any college classes and students who didn’t have foreign language in high school – they’re going to be lost,” Plonski said. “Teachers aren’t going to be able to deal with that extra load.”
Foreign language tutors cut, students react
Text message system changes will impact
Appeal continues
Those Taking classes musT depend on professors, ouTside TuTors for help
by Renee bakeR
How do you feel about foreign language tutors being eliminated due to budget cuts?
“I’m feeling kind of iffy because last semester I had a tutor for FLS 202 and now I need one for 331. I’m going to have to pay for a tutor.”
Matthew Walkerjunior, communication
“It would be pretty difficult if students were having hardships in their classes.”
Sean echevarriasophomore, mechanical engineering
“I think that it’s wrong . French students might have difficulty learning without them. Tutors are a very good idea for all languages.”
Stephanie Clarkjunior, French
“It’s inconvenient because a lot of office hours available for students are inconvenient. It is pertinent for me to have a tutor available.”
Zadée Cromartiejunior, biological sciences
“You can’t study
something you have
no idea about.”Larissa Shorter, senior in business administration on how tutors for
language classes are sometimes more important than other tutors
AmAndA Wilkins/TechniciAnpatrick Ward, a senior in psychology, runs to catch up with michael ransone, a senior in biochemistry, at get Your rec on! aug. 20. They were there promoting a workout program called Boot camp, that “changes up” the way to get a work out and condition.
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In the know Josh Gracin and Chuck Wicks headline Friday Fest
Josh Gracin and Chuck Wicks, along with Marcel and Johnny Orr & South Station, will bring country music to Lee Field tonight as part of Friday Fest.
As part of Wolfpack Wel-come Week, the Union Activities Board is joining with multiple on and off
campus organizations to create an event filled with free food and great entertainment.
Josh Gracin, who stepped into the music scene on the sec-ond season of American Idol, is known for his energetic and lively performances. Chuck Wicks started in music and was most recently featured on Dancing with the Stars along-side his real-life girlfriend and dance partner Julianne Hough. Both Gracin and Wicks are known for their energetic con-certs and music.
Students must present their
student IDs to pick up their free tickets from Ticket Central in Tally Student Center. The gen-eral public can purchase tickets for $25.
Source: ncSu.edu
Tiger to showcase China’s art evolution
The Confucius Institute, whose goal on campus is to enhance intercultural under-standing on campus, will pres-ent “Talking Tiger to Hip Hop” on Saturday, August 22, as an International Welcome event.
The program will show-case China’s ancient shadow puppetry art mixed with modern Hip-Hop signing and dancing.
Students are encouraged to bring friends to this free event, which will begin in Stewart Theater at 7:30 p.m.
The Confucius Institute wil l continue to spon-sor meetings and events throughout the year to in-crease awareness of Chinese language and cultural issues and how they relate to the current business world.
Source: ncSu.edu
Campus Rec will hold cycling demos
Along with the debut of group cycling classes this semester, Campus Recre-ation is holding free cy-cling demos today from 8 to 9 a.m. and 3 to 4 p.m. in Studio D of Carmichael Complex.
The semester classes will feature certified instruc-tors and will cost students $35 per semester or $5 for guest passes or one-time use passes. Faculty and staff can receive semester passes for $45.
Schedules for the classes are posted at http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_rec/fit-ness/cycling.php.
Source: ncSu.edu
Technicianpage 2 • Friday, august 21, 2009
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CorreCtIons & ClarIfICatIons
In Thursday’s page 1 story, “Student Conduct to investigate incident,” the subheading identifies the wrong fraternity. It should have been Kappa Sigma. While the University has no Kappa Alpha fraternity, the organization is hoping to restart a chapter, and Technician apologizes for any difficulties this error may have caused for those involved with Kappa Alpha.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at [email protected].
Campus Calendar
TodayGraphic Quilts at the GreGGGregg Art Museum, noon to 10 p.m.
service N.c. state set-upCarmichael Gym, 3 to 6 p.m.
Friday FestLee Field, 5 to 10:30 p.m.
Star trekWitherspoon Student Center, 11:59 p.m.
Saturdayservice N.c. stateCarmichael Gym, 3 to 6 p.m.
Graphic Quilts at the GreGGGregg Art Museum, 2 to 10 p.m.
siGep suNFestHarris Field, 2 to 7 p.m.
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Taking time to train
Wesley Templeton, a freshman in aerospace engineering, practices the trumpet on Thursday. He was excited about the marching band’s 350 plus head count and encourages State students to come out and watch. Templeton said after playing band in high school, joining N.C. State’s band was a good choice.
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polICe BlotterAug. 181:00 a.M. | Medical alcoholOwen Hall AreaStudent was transported to hospital due to alcohol poisoning. Subject will be referred for underage possession. Second student was referred for underage possession.
10:54 a.M. | saFety proGraMWitherspoon Student Centerofficer participated in training program.
2:24 a.M. | special eveNtSigma Chi Fraternityofficers monitored Sigma Chi party. No problems reported.
3:09 a.M. | Noise disturbaNceAvent Ferry ComplexReport of subjects being loud. officer spoke with subjects to keep noise level down. No further action taken.
1:37 p.M. | assist other aGeNcyPublic Safety Centerofficer assisted Guilford County police investigation by developing composite sketch.
11:19 p.M. | Fire alarMDelta Gamma Sorority HouseUnits responded to alarm caused by cooking. System restored.
12:07 p.M. | iNvestiGatioN Follow-upTucker Hallofficer continued investigation regarding prior incident. Student was issued citation and judicial referral
3:10 p.M. | larceNy Metcalf HallNonstudent reported theft of hand truck during move in.
4:15 p.M. | daMaGe to propertySigma Chi HouseStaff member reported graffiti on dumpster
6:33 p.M. | coMMuNicatioN threatsTucker HallIn reference to earlier incident student communicated threats to another student. Concerned Behavior Report completed and Warrants for Arrest obtained. Trespass Warning will be issued. Appropriate personnel notified.
Aug. 198:04 a.M. | daMaGe to propertyWitherspoon Student CenterStaff reported door closer had been pulled off hinges. Investigation ongoing.
9:43 a.M. | daMaGe to propertyResearch IVStaff member reported vehicle had been keyed and two tires flattened. Investigation ongoing.
10:24 a.M. | check persoNPoe Hall Report of subject appearing to be intoxicated. Canvass produced non-student applying to grad school. File checks came back negative. No action taken.
11:13 a.M. | arrestFirst Year Collegeofficers arrested student on outstanding warrant regarding earlier incident of communicating a threat.
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Kappa Alpha Order, one of NC State’s oldest fraternity chapters, is returning to campus this
fall,recruiting new brothers from all classes to become re-founding fathers of the
Alpha Omega chapter!
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Marvin Schiller, Easley’s law-yer, could not be reached for a comment.
Jim Ceresnak, student body president, said it was expected for Easley to file a grievance, but he does not understand who’s best interest she is act-ing in.
Woodward said Easley’s deci-sion to file a grievance is not in the best interest of the Uni-versity, as until the item is put to rest, the University cannot move on.
“[Easley’s grievance] is not in the interest in the University or the people of N.C. It keeps this issue in the media,” Woodward said.
Speaking of the importance of N.C. State to the state of North Carolina, Woodward said “anything that harms this institution harms this state as N.C. State is very valuable to this state.”
Woodward also said he isn’t going to become consumed in the issue.
“The things I am concerned with impact students,” Wood-ward said. “What she does not impact is what happens in the
classrooms, research labs, et-cetera.”
Ceresnak, a senior in politi-cal science, said he supports Woodward’s decision to ter-minate Easley’s position as it was not fiscally possible to retain her.
Woodward said he does not want faculty, staff, and students to be involved more than nec-essary.
“Let folks like me devote whatever time I need to work on this issue,” Woodward said. “If this issue begins to impact in the classroom, it will hurt this institution.”
EASLEYcontinued from page 1
haven’t done that.”“The problem is that it
doesn’t differentiate between entertainment text messages and emergency text messages,” Becker said. “The FCC never said there was a difference be-tween sending a text message for emergency versus voting for your favorite American Idol person.”
Rainer said through conver-sations with the FCC he felt WolfAlert and similar systems should be exempt from the policies.
“I’m not an attorney but based on our discussion with the FCC that was implied,” he said. “But you can’t get a hard ruling. Based on our discussion with the FCC hotline, we think it’s being made more compli-
cated than it should be. We had a very simple process which we liked: register, we uploaded your name. Now the process is more complex. There’s more opportunity for mistakes.”
Rainer said the policy existed to prevent organizations from spamming people through text messaging, but his department is concerned about confusing patrons of the service.
“We’re concerned about people getting back a text mes-sage that they have to respond to and not knowing why they get it or who they’re getting it from,” Rainer said. “22,000 people have registered for text messaging, so even if 5 percent of the people don’t respond to the message or send the wrong reply–they won’t be enrolled. And that’s a concern for us.”
Becker said if students reply incorrectly, they will receive a message telling them there was an error.
“You’ll get a message back saying illegible reply or inac-curate reply–here are your op-tions.”
Becker said those who don’t respond will be contacted by e-mail to see if they still want the service.
“We can go through and manually resend the text mes-sage to them or we can give them instructions on how to reply without being prompted,” he said.
Rainer said while he’s not too concerned about students navigating the new process, he is worried not all who have en-rolled for the service will catch on as quickly.
“Students are very adept at using text messages–I don’t know that employees will be as adapted,” Rainer said.
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Viewpoint
The problem with doctorsI am sick of hearing the endless debate on Obama’s planned “health care reform.” However, you cannot compare “Red Roads” and a “socialized military” to the (inevitable) socialization of healthcare proposed by Obama’s plan. Increasing a civil engineer’s workload of building roads by 20 percent is not a life or death situation. One of the main problems I see with his plan to cover 47 million more people than are currently covered is the fact that we simply do not have enough doctors and nurses to provide this extra care. With around a million doctors in the United States, a 47 million patient increase (approximately 20 percent) would lead to inadequate care for all. The problem arises from the fact that you cannot just “buy” good medical care — it takes years to train doctors and nurses. You can spend more money on health care — however, that will not get you an instantaneous increase in the doctors needed to provide it. And of course, Obama has promised to cut the cost of healthcare, which will inevitably lead to limitations on compensation for doctors (something he’s already done with financial institutions). Common sense would say that if the government is going to regulate doctor’s pay, people are less likely to enter into that profession, the exact opposite of what is needed. Classic economics would show an increase in demand and a decrease in supply would create upward pressure on price. How would Obama deal with this upward pressure? The answer is government control over who will receive the services. The problem won’t be how to pay for it — the government has always been good at raising money — but finding the people to deliver the services. To me, it would make more sense to start this process of covering more people from the opposite side. Create incentives to encourage young students to go into the medical profession. Let’s grow our resources before expanding coverage. After all, that’s where socialism runs into its fundamental problems — rationing limited
resources. That’s the real problem with a real socialist issue — not our “socialist” post office.
Johnathan Tuckerfreshman, general engineering
State-sponsored health insurance is not mandatory“Should students be required to purchase state-sponsored health insurance?” was the question answered by four students in the August 20 issue of Technician. The short answer is no, students will not be required to purchase a specific plan. I can help answer this question because I’ve been representing N.C. State in the development of a new bid request for a fall 2010 UNC system-wide insurance program. Everyone will have health insurance — either you will have a non-campus-based plan that has credible coverage (such as your parent’s plan) or you purchase the campus plan. Students covered on their parent’s insurance plan or their own plan can waive out of the system-based plan, thus it is called a hard waiver model. International students will follow requirements from the NCSU International Scholar office and the US government.UNC System officials, seeking better rates and better coverage for the 16 campuses, approved the hard waiver model at its Aug. 14 meeting. They believe better rates and coverage can be accomplished by leveraging the system’s buying power to purchase a base-line health insurance plan to be used on all campuses. The cost of the insurance would be taken into consideration when a student is applying for financial aid. Additional information on this program will be forthcoming and I will be glad to answer questions or speak to interested groups.
Jerry Barkerdirector, student health services
Viewpoint Technicianpage 4 • Friday, august 21, 2009
{ }Our view
N.C. State creative ser-vices recently spear-headed the creation of
a new set of television adver-tising spots for the upcoming year. The two television spots, filmed Wednesday on Cen-tennial Campus, attempt to show the innovative ideas the University brings to real life situations.
The primary spot, which is 30 seconds long, will showcase “5 or 6 visual examples” of students actively participat-ing on campus. The advertis-ing campaign is a marked improvement from last year’s vague slogans and air of pre-tension.
The previous advertising spot, “Red Means Go,” featured beautiful production and not too mush else. The empty slo-gans didn’t say anything about
the campus.The campaign was not par-
ticularly well received by stu-dents either. Students found it attractive, but void of any real substance or meaning.
Rather ironically, the opaque spots perfectly mirrored the lack of transparency provided by the University’s top admin-istrators.
Chancellor Woodward and his administration are striv-ing toward higher University transparency this year — like-wise, the advertising campaign is being revamped to provide an honest appraisal on the sort of real-world solutions the University produces.
Stephanie Hlavin, director of creative services, said, “[before
this year] there really was no brand.”
Hence the goal with this year’s spots — according to Sasha Levinson, their direc-tor — was to show “N.C. State [as] a place that fosters big ideas.”
The changes this year were especially challenging in light of the budget cuts facing the University. Hlavin said creative services has experienced seri-ous fiscal restrictions but was still able to produce the adver-tisements.
With the production assis-tance of an outside firm, cre-ative services was able to gen-erate the spots for $142,000. The figure is lower than last year’s expenditure and signifi-
cantly less than the national average for a 30 second televi-sion spot, $318,000.
The spots are the sort of fis-cally responsible project the University should be taking on to reestablish its humble and prestigious reputation as one of the nation’s finest land-grant institutions.
The only qualm with the new spots was the lack of com-munication on campus about them. Many students seemed confused about the blockage on the Centennial Bridge — even some basic signage would have been nice.
The spots, which will pre-miere during the first football game on Sept. 3, are a marked improvement over last year’s campaign and should serve as a marketing lesson to the rest of the University.
the facts:The University filmed a new set of television advertising spots on Wednesday. They attempt to show the University’s true ideals and differ from last year’s campaign. The project cost a relatively thrifty $142,000.
Our OpiniOn:The new television advertisements are a bright spot for the University, and a marked improvement from last year’s campaign.
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.
Red means revamped advertising
College is a privilege, not a party
Mid-August is stig-matized for its uncomfortable
humidity and the fading days of summer. It is also
an impor-tant time for college stu-dents in that
it signals the beginning of back to school week.
College students, new and old, see the first week of school as a new start to not only the semester, but also their adult lives. Students are adults, but sometimes we fall short of what is ex-pected of us.
Being away from home for the first time is like a dream come true for those entering their college years. There are no parental lectures, no mandatory chores and no one looking over your shoulder 24/7. This new sense of freedom is exhila-rating, but sometimes it creates problems. Relation-ships, partying and drink-ing can easily get in the way of priorities.
Students, most impor-tantly freshman, are trying to find their identity and re-invent themselves. Hanging out with individuals who may become a negative inf luence is usually a bad move when trying to estab-lish a positive college career.
Attending college is about being a student. Anything that prevents learning should be secondary. Why? Students and parents are paying for this opportunity.
It would be ridiculous to brush off something that you are pay-ing for.
The media has caused young adults to believe college is one big party. It glamorizes drink-ing and sex to the upmost. In films, you may see a scene or two that show people in class, but the central focus is usu-ally on drinking and sex. If you find yourself only drink-ing and having sex you should probably re-consider your life choices. Maybe you should have filled out an application for The Real Wor ld i n-stead of an application for h ig her education.
Binge drinking is a rising is-sue in the college community. The CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) de-fines binge drinking as a pat-tern of drinking that brings a person’s blood alcohol concen-tration (BAC) to 0.08 percent or above. In other words, this entails men consuming 5 or more drinks or women con-suming 4 or more drinks in the course of 2 hours. This is a very serious issue. The AlcoholEdu course for freshmen may seem like a long-winded rant, but it is valid. Watch your alcohol consumption, because no one wants to end up in the hospital for something that is so easily preventable.
On another note, if you are
an entering freshman do not assume you know all the answers. We all have pride, but there is nothing wrong with asking ques-tions. Other people are here to help you, utilize that help. Participate in student government, stu-dent media or other clubs on campus to further your knowledge of N.C. State. Upperclassmen should
take some time out and help new stu-dents find their way. If you see someone i n t h e Brickyard w i t h a huge map
struggling to simultane-ously walk and read, help him or her with directions. The good karma will come back to you.
College should be a fun and informative experi-ence. A good number of people will never have the chance to attend an insti-tution of higher learning so don’t take this for granted. Make the most out of this experience. Attempt to grow and change for the better during your time at State.
Se nd Marl e na your thoughts on college to [email protected].
Marlena WilsonStaff Columnist
bY RENEE bAkER
What did you think about N.C. State’s “Red Means Go” campaign
last year?
{ }in yOur wOrds
“It is a bad idea at a stoplight.”
Jason Hitejunior, nuclear engineering
“It made State look like an awesome school. It gave State a better reputation.”
James Sextonsophomore, business administration
“The media has
caused young
adults to believe
college is one big
party.”“I got a coozie with ‘Red Means Go’ on it. It was a neat idea — kind of like State pride pretty much.”
kelly Edwardssenior, animal science
“I think that it meant there’s no limits. You can follow your dreams here.”
Sanjita Patel junior, biochemistry
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FeaturesPart-time job seekers may have more trouble in tough job market, but opportunities are available to help students
Meredith Faggart & Jane MoonStaff Writer & Campus & Capital Editor
As summer vacation officially came to an end Wednesday morn-ing, students got back into the daily grind of classes, homework and jobs.
While the idea of getting a job may not sound that appealing, working and job-hunting students find jobs to be a necessity during their college careers.
Achal Anekal, a junior in mechani-cal engineering, said he has been looking for a job since he moved back to Raleigh after spending his summer at home in Charlotte.
“I have to pay for gas and daily needs,” Anekal said. “It’s hard be-cause a lot of places aren’t hiring.”
Rodger Berg, manager of Pack-backers, said though he hasn’t seen a significant increase in job applica-tions since school started, applica-tions for summer jobs went up from past years.
“In summer, a lot of people were looking for work, and that’s partly because of the economy. There’s al-ways a rush at the beginning of the school year to look for work, but it’s hard to say it’s any more than previ-ous years,” Berg said.
Ryan Stamper, a manager of PizzA-merica on Hillsborough Street, said he hasn’t experienced an increase in job applications because most of his employees work year-round, but he knows people who are struggling to look for jobs that apply to their col-lege degrees.
“I’ve known people who gradu-ated in May, and a lot of them work at Food Lion or Harris Teeter even though they may have a BS i n engi-neer-
ing,” Stamper said. “I know that Wake County has a hiring freeze, so a lot of people in education are trying to find jobs.”
Carol Schroeder, director of the University Career Center, said the center can offer students a lot of advice about looking for jobs and internships.
“It’s important for students to know that it can be a complicated process,” Schroeder said.
Also, the Career Center Web site contains ways to go about looking for a job in a tough job market and keeps ePack updated.
The Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid maintains a Web site titled “NCSU Student Job Oppor-tunities.“
The Web site features posts of part-time positions that area em-ployers are looking to fill. The posts
are updated weekly. The job opportunities site index of
current job listings includes catego-ries ranging from childcare to office work and restaurants to sales.
Students like Kevin Daniel, a sophomore in chemical en-gineering and paper science, have directed their energies to look on cam-pus for jobs that provide conve-nience and life-experience.
Daniel said he has been working in the paper science labs since October 2008.
“I study and research new applica-tions for research material,” Daniel
said.He said he decided to work on
campus because he thought it’d be easier to get to work and back by just staying around the University rather
than commut-ing elsewhere.
Crabtree Val-ley Mall, Cary Town Center, and the Streets at Southpoint a lso a l l have job listings on their Web sites that stores post on if they need
to fill positions.Stamper suggested that people
looking for employment should ap-ply for any jobs they are remotely qualified for.
“Keep on looking if you can’t find a
job. Be persistent, and hit the streets every day and you will find some-thing sooner or later. People who do this day in and day out can have a bigger chance,” Stamper said.
Stampler said a lot of times people cap themselves but that networking can definitely help out in the job search.
“A lot of times, it depends on who you know,” he said.
Anekal said he has been looking for jobs at the mall and restaurants around campus. Although he has not had any success yet, he’s not too worried.
“I should be able to [find a job]… It’ll just take a while,” Anekal said.
Although some students say making it on the list would have been a plus, list isn’t a deterrent
Christin HardyStaff Writer
Partying may be the fo-cus of weekends for some, but students who applied to N.C. State said it was not a central factor in their deci-sions for college.
While NCSU is the largest university in North Caro-lina with 33,000 students, it didn’t make the Princ-eton Review’s “Top Party Schools” list.
Among the top five were, University of Florida, Uni-versity of Mississippi, Penn State University, West Vir-ginia University and Ohio University.
“I’m surprised that Mis-sissippi was on the party list. As a foreigner, Missis-sippi doesn’t seam like the coolest partying place,” Darya Kostina, a graduate student in socio-linguistics from Russia said.
Kostina, also a Fulbright Scholar, said she is focused on her education.
“I think that if I had to choose between a party school and a school with good academics I would definitely choose the latter,” Kostina said.
Kostina said in general, she felt most parties con-sisted of freshmen packed events that involved exces-sive drinking and that just isn’t what she enjoys.
“Fun is a very peculiar definition because it de-pends on which students you ask,” she said.
Alison Citron, a senior in graphic design, agreed.
“It’s a good thing we weren’t on the list because we have re-ally good parties, but we also have a lot of motivated peo-ple,” Citron said. “If we were known for being a party school, we would attract people that would only be into partying and I don’t think they would take their academics seriously.”
According to the Princeton Review, the University of Flor-ida, number one on the list, is such a good party school be-cause of its active Greek life and Gainesville’s lively vibe.
“I expected Florida to be on the list, but I don’t really do
my research on party schools, so the rest that made it, I can’t judge,” John Hubbard, a junior in communication.
Unlike Kostina, Hubbard said he felt that the University should have made the Princ-eton Review’s list.
“It’s kind of sad because my school should be on all lists,” Hubbard said.
Curran Hoffman, a junior in anthropology, disagreed.
“I’m glad we weren’t on the list because I came to N.C. State to learn. If we were on the list
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Job opportunities available despite economy
Jonathan StephenS/technicianColt Tindsen, sophomore in business management, shows Ben Chiles, freshman in mechanical engineering, how to check out a car GPS system from the library. Tindsen said he does it because he “likes working with people and the opportunity to meet a lot of different people. It’s great to build relationships with the irregulars or regulars and make jokes or just create a new friendship.”
Jane MoonCampus & Capital Editor
After Gov. Bev Perdue ordered state agencies to take an additional 5-percent cut out of their budgets a week after pass-ing the $19 billion state budget, students, faculty and staff at the University worried about how it would affect the quality of education.
But the University administration had already prepared for the cut and made a 5 percent budget cut this past spring, ac-cording to Charles Leffler, vice chancellor for finance and business.
Leff ler said the administration had prepared for an 18-percent cut to be safe but decided to cut 10 percent of its bud-get overall because it was the amount General Administration set for all UNC system schools.
The 10 percent budget cut resulted in the loss of about 300 class sections, 9,750 seats and 440 positions, 264 of which were unfilled, according to the chancel-lor’s statement on the University’s Budget Central Web site.
“The cuts to colleges ranged from 3 percent to 7-percent, but programs out-side of colleges were cut 8 percent to 11 percent.
“We did not distribute reductions pro-portionally,” Leffler said.
Leffler also said the University did not reduced anyone’s pay across campus.
Even though colleges received the smallest cuts, students noticed a lack
Party rating reactions mixedUniversity not affected by extra 5-percent cut
Meredith Faggart/technicianGreg Bennett, a junior in mechanical engineering, plays water pong with his friends Sunday night.
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students to know
that it can be a
complicated process.”CarolSchroeder,CareerCenterdirector
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Featuresof classes available for this se-mester.
“Classes filled up faster than
usual,” Travis Seymour, a se-nior in international studies. “I couldn’t sign up for some of the classes I need to graduate.”
Even though Seymour said he is going to attend school for an extra semester, he said the cuts
could “definitely affect people trying to graduate on time.”
Amanda Etheridge, a soph-omore in fashion and apparel management, said she saw a trend when she was register-ing for this semester’s classes.
“I noticed some classes changed their names because they had to combine with oth-ers to save money,” Etheridge said.
Etheridge said she did not have more trouble signing up for classes than previous years, but is worried that budget cuts may affect her ability to grad-uate in four years.
Even though the 5-percent cut Perdue ordered earlier in the month is already covered by the 10-percent cut the Uni-versity made, Leffler said the University will continue to see what it can do to predict better ways to save money.
“We will continue to moni-tor and anticipate what the governor will do. We also have reserve funds we have set aside, and we will see what happens,” Leffler said.
“We’re going to do our hard-est to not ask additional money back after the 10 percent.”
The University is also con-tinuing to update its Budget Central Web site to alert stu-dents, faculty and staff of re-ductions and consequences.
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then we’d attract too many hooligans,” Hoffman said.
However, Parker Olsen, a se-nior in wildlife management, said this may have deterred students from the University.
“I bet that some kids did turn away from NCSU be-cause we weren’t on the list, but I hope it didn’t too much because ...my opinion is you don’t have to go to a party school to have a fun college experience,” Olsen said.
Olsen stressed that what
determines the value of a fun college experience is not the location.
“To me it’s not about where you’re at, it’s about who you’re with,” he said.
And he said not making it on the list may have more positives that outweigh the negatives.
“Basically, I’d say it’s good we’re not on the list because we can still have a great time with out having to be raging alcoholics,” Olsen said.
Hoffman agreed.“I’m not surprised about
Florida and I think that be-ing known for a party school doesn’t factor very much into
prospective college students’ decision,” Hoffman said.
Like Citron, Hoffman said he felt NCSU students know how to party but with modesty.
“We are a good party school — we’re just under the radar,” Hoffman said.
James Upright, a senior in psychology, echoed sentiments that being at the University was not about the partying aspect.
“Honestly, I don’t consider N.C. State a party school and I don’t even think I considered the party aspect of college be-cause I was just looking for a good engineering program.”
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brent kitchen/technicianSteve Springthorpe instructs senior defenseman Gia Cipollini during practice Wednesday.
brent kitchen/technicianFusion dancers draw a small crowd while practicing intricate moves in Carmichael Gymnasium last year.
from all varied dancing back-grounds. Kim said beginners are often frustrated while try-ing to learn the club’s hybrid style, but they just have to stick with it.
“When people f irst start dancing, they feel stupid, not knowing what they’re doing,
not knowing how the body works,” Kim said. “As long as you go for it, you’re going to start feeling the music more.”
Auditions for open spots are ongoing. Tommy Barrow, a junior in biochemistry, said anyone with a background in dance who is interested in learning moves from around the world should try out.
“It’s hard work, but you’ll learn so much,” Barrow said.
for the other.”Cipollini said State has
played Old Dominion every year since she was a fresh-man, and though the school is not in the ACC, its women’s soccer team a perennial force to be reckoned with.
“They have a lot of good players. They play really ag-gressive. We lost to them last year after a late score. We’re hoping we can come out and compete with them.”
That tough loss took place on Sept. 21, 2008, when the Lady Monarchs hosted the Pack and notched a 1-0 win, the program’s first ever win over an ACC opponent. The all-time series against ODU
now stands at 2-1-1.In preparation for ODU, Ci-
pollini said the Pack continued to tighten up on both ends of the field.
It will try and contain sopho-more phenom Victoria John-son, whose nine goals led the team. She later received All-Rookie conference honors.
“We’ve been focusing on our struc-ture, our for-mation and our play, just mov-ing the ball around and getting one or two touches,” Cipollini said. “We’ve been working on our defense as well.”
Dugas, fresh off a three-goal outing in a scrimmage Aug. 14,
insists her teammates’ attitudes have “completely changed for the better.”
“We’re just going to go by what we’ve been doing and hopefully it will result in a win,” Dugas said.
Whether she’ll explode for another three goa ls Friday night remains to be seen.
“Hope-fully,” Dugas said with a smile. “I’m
trying my best. I’m trying to take each taking it one game at a time. We’ll see what hap-pens.”
The game will take place at 7 p.m. at Dail Soccer Field.
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Women’s soccer scheduleMonday, Aug. 24vs. Campbellat Buies Creek, N.C., 7 p.m.
Friday, Aug. 28vs. DavidsonRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 3vs. UNLVRaleigh, N.C., 5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 06vs. Stony BrookRaleigh, N.C., 1 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 11vs. East CarolinaRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 13vs. Elonat Elon, N.C., 5 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 20vs. UNC-Charlotteat Charlotte, N.C., 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, Sept. 24vs. VirginiaRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 27vs. Virginia TechRaleigh, N.C., 1 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 1vs. ClemsonRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 04vs. Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass., 1 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 09vs. UNCat Chapel Hill, N.C., 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 15vs. Wake Forest Raleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 18vs. Maryland at College Park, Md., 1:00 p.m.
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whoever wins will
be happy
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Dance organization’s goal is to “promote unity through diversity”
Kate Shefte & Jen HankinSports Editor &Deputy Sports Editor
Fusion, a campus dance team that features a hip-hop hybrid style, is back for a new season. The unaffili-ated student organization “gets together to have fun” — and create a product it can be proud of as well.
“This Saturday, we’re per-forming at Touch Lounge, a club near the airport,” Sarah Enteen, a senior in biology and the director of Fusion, said. “We’ll also be performing at [an Asian Students Association event] next weekend to promote the club.”
Enteen said Fusion has helped her to see “what’s out there,” and that it offers a good message for students.
“Fusion is ever-evolving,” Enteen said. “We’ve become so much more cultured than we were before. We represent so many cultures on our team,” Enteen said. “We have Korean, Chinese, Indian, White, Black — all of which come in handy when we’re trying to in-corporate everyone’s back-grounds into our dances.”
Each dance is made by a dif ferent choreogra-pher. Sam Kim, a junior in communications, cho-reographed a dance to a Janet Jackson song with his brother, which is one of the numbers Fuzion will perform Saturday.
“We really liked the beat. We wanted it to challenge us — we manipulated the beat, used the lyrics and used it to its poten-
tial,” Kim said.Kim eagerly anticipated
the start of a new season for Fusion. Even though it requires a significant time commitment, he enjoys see-ing what he and the other group members have in store.
“I love starting each new year, to see how many peo-ple have joined and the new pieces we’re going to make, seeing what shows we’ll do,” Kim said. “It’s always fun.”
Fusion carries members
Kate ShefteSports Editor
With a new coach and a new outlook in tow, the women’s soccer team will kick off its sea-son against the Old Dominion Lady Monarchs tonight.
Senior defender Gia Cipollini said the mood in the locker room has been considerably lighter of late.
“Overall, our team chemistry is better,” Ci-pollini said. “We’re all really excited about our first game with our new coach, and we’re all really hoping to get this win for him and for us as a team. We want to show everyone we’re a new team.”
The Pack will return 19 players, including second-leading scorer Kara Baldy, who scored six goals in nine games before she was sidelined by injury. Seniors Cipollini, midfielders Chan-talle Dugas and Kendall Irby and defensemen Katie Ruiz and Meredith Parrilla will provide a veteran presence for the transitioning women’s team, while sophomore Kim Kern will likely get the start in net for State.
Coach Steve Springthorpe has another mo-tivating factor. Joe Pereira, ODU’s head coach, was the man who hired him right out of college to coach. Today, he remains his mentor and friend.
“He was the men’s assistant coach at Meth-odist the first two years I was there,” Spring-thorpe said. “Joe and I worked together for two years as player-coach and then for an-other eight years as a head coach and assistant coach.
“We go back over 20 years together and he’s been a great mentor of mine. He’s been ex-tremely helpful.”
Springthorpe said their history, naturally, will take a backseat once the clock starts.
“It’ll be an interesting game,” Springthorpe said. “It’ll be the first time that we’ve faced each other as coaches with our teams playing. He’ll want to win and I’ll want to win, but after the game, whoever wins will be happy
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Baseball players enjoy productive summerRising Pack sophomores Pratt Maynard and Andrew Ciencin helped lead the Forest City Owls of the Coastal Plain League to a 45-9 overall record, one of the greatest seasons in the history of summer college baseball. Maynard finished the season hitting .318 with 16 doubles, four home runs and 38 RBIs in 49 regular-season games. He also hit .526 in the playoffs. Ciencin was with the Owls for a shorter stint, but batted .421 in five playoff games with two doubles and three RBIs.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
Gymnasts earn Scholastic All-American honorsSeven N.C. State gymnasts earned Scholastic All-American honors, lead by Ashley Shepard and Amy Depasquale, both of whom have amassed perfect 4.0s. The others - Lauren Deuser, Brittney Hardiman, Brittany Vontz, Taylor Seamen and Logan Mintz - maintained GPAs of 3.5 or higher. The 2008 EAGL champions were ranked 46th nationally by team GPA.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
Book on Yow available for purchaseA new book on former women’s basketball coach Kay Yow - Leader of the Pack: The Legacy of Legendary Coach Kay Yow, written by Stephanie Zonars - is now available for purchase. Authorized by Coach Yow prior to her passing, a portion of the book’s proceeds will benefit the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
breNt kitcheN/techNiciaNSenior defender Katie Ruiz controls the ball during a team scrimmage Wednesday. The team opens the season with a new head coach tonight against Old Dominion.
lYNDa buck/techNiciaN archive photoA dancer from Fusion poses at the end of a song at last year’s Pack Howl. Pack Howl hosted N.E.R.D and Common as its big performers for the night.
Pack to meet MonarchsWOmEN’S SOCCER Will FACE OlD DOmiNiON iN SPRiNgTHORPE’S DEbuT
Fusion’s season begins
WOmEN’S SOCCER
Club SPORTS FOOTbAll
Former Bulldog adjusting to Pack lifeTransfer player Lemon arrived in Raleigh last week
Tyler EverettDeputy Sports Editor
The news at last week’s press conference that Nate Irving will not play this season headlined coach Tom O’Brien’s media ad-dress, but Irving’s absence was not the only topic of discussion.
After discussing Irving, O’Brien went on to announce the arrival of the newest member of the Pack, Michael Lemon, a former Bulldog de-fensive lineman who joins the N.C. State program after his dismissal from the UGA foot-ball program in July of 2008 for disciplinary reasons.
“Michael Lemon will be join-ing the team as of tomorrow,” O’Brien said last Thursday night. “We’ve done extensive work with him and we’re very satisfied with the issues that he had when he left Georgia. We’ve had a lot of conversations with [Georgia] coach [Mark] Richt and a lot of people and are very satisfied with the in-dividual we are getting.”
Lemon’s accolades from high school included being ranked the No. 26 defensive end in the nation in the class of 2006 and the 20th best player in the state of Georgia by Rivals.com. He redshirted what would have been his rookie season and then played in seven games in 2007 before his team named him the Most Improved Defensive End at the conclusion of 2008 spring practice season.
Lemon was dismissed from
the Georgia football team shortly before the 2008 season due to battery charges stem-ming from a summer alter-cation with another student he accused of talking to his girlfriend. The incident came less than two years after his mother’s boyfriend murdered her and burned down the fam-ily’s home outside Macon, GA.
According to Scout.com, Georgia coach Mark Richt called the dismissal of Lemon the hardest disciplinary deci-sion of his career and said he wished his former defensive end the best.
“My goal for Michael as he leaves this program is to go somewhere where he can con-tinue his education and play football,” Richt said. “I hope for him that it can be at Georgia (in the future) because that’s what he wants, and I love him very much.”
Following his departure from Georgia, Lemon attended Georgia Military College for a year before signing with N.C. State. He now has nearly a week of practice with his new teammates under his belt and could bolster the defensive line FUSION continued page 7
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MIChaEl lEMON at a glaNCEHeight: 6’4Weight: 274 lbs.
Aside from Georgia, five other schools made Lemon offers, including Louisville, Vanderbilt and State’s ACC neighbors Virginia Tech and Clemson.
Source: rivalS.com
athlEtIC SChEdUlE
FridayWomen’s soccer vs. old dominion*Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.
MondayWomen’s soccer vs. campbellBuies Creek, N.C., 7 p.m.
Tuesdaymen’s soccer exposition vs. Unc Greensboro*Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.
*Student Wolfpack Club event
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QUOtE OF thE day
“We’ve become so much more cultured than
we were before.”Sarah Enteen, Fusion
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COMINg SOONMonday: A story on the upcoming volleyball seasonTuesday: A feature on Pack halfback Toney BakerWednesday: A recap of the men’s soccer exhibition game against UNC-Greensboro
FUSION tRyOUtSdate: Aug. 19 - Aug. 30, 9 a.m. -1 p.m. at the Rec Center behind Carmichael Gym
For more info, locate the team’s facebook group (“fusion dance team: interest group”) or website (clubs.ncsu.edu/fusion)
Source: FuSioN DaNce team
