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Duane Larick named dean of graduate school
Jessica HallStaff Writer
Duane Larick was officially offered the position of graduate school dean last Tuesday, and ac-cepted the job this week.
Larick is filling the position after eight months as interim dean after Terri Lomax took the position of the vice- chancellor of research and graduate studies.
In addition to the knowledge and practice he has gained these past few months, he has plenty of other experience says Larick.
“I’ve been at North Carolina State since 1984 and I am a pro-fessor at food science … but since 2000, I have been in the graduate school full-time,” Larick said.
“As either an assistant dean, an associate dean, or a senior asso-ciate dean, and I have served as interim dean three times.”
About two years ago Lomax and Larick were the final two candidates for the graduate dean position after a national search
and officials took this into ac-count when it came time to hire this time around.
“Rather than do another na-tional search this soon, the chancellor, the provost and the vice chancellor of research and graduate studies thought it was reasonable to ask me if I would be willing do the job on a perma-nent basis,” Larick said.
Beyond its typical goals, the University’s focus seems to be on graduate education and to increase enrollment to target Larick said.
“As we try to reach our enroll-ment target of 40,000, there is a plan to emphasize graduate edu-cation,” Larick said.
“The graduate school’s role in that will be to help to make sure that we recruit the best and brightest graduate students and we have the best grad programs that we place those students in.”
Jeffrey Braden, interim CHASS dean, affirmed these aspirations.
“As the money comes back [af-ter the current economic reces-sion], we will be looking to build graduate programs and support
undergraduate programs,” Braden said.
Criticism of graduate educa-tion is centered mainly on com-munication.
“It would be helpful to encour-age communication between the departments [and] gradu-ate school as a whole [in order to provide] students with op-portunities to know people in other departments,” Molly Bran-nock, a graduate student working towards her PhD. in chemistry, said.
Addressing the issues brought forward, Larick discussed vari-ous programs that help gradu-ate students network with each other and industry.
“We are going to continue to work in our efforts to improve the quality of graduate educa-tion by work[ing] very hard on our ‘Preparing the Future Leaders’ program, an example of programs that we are putting together for graduate students,” he said.
“We are going to continue to create unique graduate programs – we have an emphasis right
now…[on] a neat industry uni-versity partnership at the mas-ter’s level, so we will continue to grow those types of programs.”
“[The goal is] to make North Carolina State one of the leaders in graduate education and make it a place students want to come.”
Committee’s ideas await final approval from Chancellor Oblinger
Ty JohnsonNews Editor
The University’s Campus Cul-ture Task Force committee met Tuesday for the final time before submitting its recommendations to Chancellor James Oblinger.
According to the executive summary of the committee’s preliminary report, Oblinger ap-pointed the Task Force to assess and recommend improvements
to the University’s Free Expres-sion Tunnel and Brickyard use policies, use of the Code of Con-duct in punishing hate speech offenders, and to get an overall feel for the campus climate in the wake of the Nov. 5 incident in the Tunnel that involved racist comments and threats against newly elected President Barack Obama’s life.
The committee reviewed feed-back students submitted on-line. Student Body President Jay Dawkins noted that many more students responded when news arose of the possible closing of the tunnel.
“The discussion today was how overwhelming the feedback was in keeping the tunnel and the support of the ideas put forth from the climate committee like ways we can improve discus-sion,” Dawkins, a junior in civil engineering, said.
Overall, Dawkins said the Uni-versity was not in a position to determine what could or could not be displayed in the tunnel.
“We can’t, as an institution, punish students for not living up to values,” Dawkins said.
But, Dawkins said support for the tunnel was continuous from the feedback whether from N.C.
State students or students from other colleges, alumni and fac-ulty and staff.
“Students from other universi-ties write in talking about how it’s such a privilege for us to have a free expression tunnel on cam-pus, and I believe that’s so true,” he said.
Vice Chancellor of Student Af-fairs Tom Stafford agreed, and also pointed out how difficult it would be to monitor what’s in the tunnel.
“The problem with the tun-nel is there is no way to monitor
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CCTF RECOMMENDSFree Expression Tunnel and Brick-yard subcommittee’s finalized these recommendations from its Jan. 16 preliminary report:
Improve lighting at entrances of the tunnelProvide basic paint, brushes and cleaning supplies for students to challenge hate speechEliminate the word “please” in PRR 11.55.4.8Replace plaques at entrances to the tunnel, possibly enlargeIncorporate a greater explanation of the tunnel at New Student, Faculty and Employee Orientations
Free Expression Tunnel and Brickyard Subcommittee did not include these recommenda-tions from its Jan. 16 preliminary report:
Solicit campus feedback on whether or not to install web cameras at entrances of the tunnelIncorporate a Free Expression Wall in the public eye, if bridge is built as part of the proposed Student Life Master Plan
SOURCE: WWW.NCSU.EDU/STUDENT_AF!FAIRS/CCTF/ AND STUDENT BODY PRESI!
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THE UNC SYSTEMUNC - Chapel Hill 10.8% black non-Hispanic studentsEast Carolina University 15.3% UNC - Charlotte 14.6% UNC - Greensboro 19.8%
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
ENROLLMENT NUMBERS8.5 percent of African-American students at N.C. State
2,809 rnrollment of African-American students at State in the fall semester of 2008
52 years since the first African-American undergraduates ar-rived on campus
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
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History of black student enrollment at N.C. State
A LOOK AT... DUANE LARICK
Larick has been at the University since 1984Originally a food science professorBecame involved with graduate school full-time in 2000Has been assistant dean, associate dean, and senior associate dean of the graduate schoolHas served as interim dean three times “[The goal is] to make North Carolina State one of the leaders in graduate education and make it a place students want to come.” - Duane Larick
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Since the first African-American undergraduate students arrived on campus in 1956, the University has worked to increase its stature as a diverse institution of higher learning. In honor of Black History Month, here’s a look at some of the University’s accomplishments in diversity:
Minority Access Incorporated nominated the University as a “Role Model University” in 2006, and proclaimed it a “Top Diversity University in 2008 for its variety of diversity pro-grams and for its success in enrolling, retaining and graduating African-American students.
According to a Diversity in Higher Education report in July 2006, the University ranked third in the nation in the pro-duction of African American students with Bachelor’s and doctorates in engineering sciences and fifth in the nation in production of African American students with Bachelor’s de-grees in mathematics/ statistics and all minority doctorates in computer and information sciences, and seventh in production of African-American students with bachelor’s degrees in biol-ogy and biochemistry.
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY PLANNING AND ANALYSIS
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In the page-one story, “Student election filling extended two days,” the election filing extension was incorrect. Election filing was only extended one day because of the change in date of the all candidates meeting.
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TodayTHOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, all day
COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS316 Leazer Hall, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
MULTICULTURAL STUDENT AFFARIS SYMPOSIUM RECRUITMENT MEETING1107 Pullen Hall, 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.
MINORS FAIR- SPONSORED BY THE OFFICE OF ADVISING SUPPORT, INFORMATION AND SERVICESTalley Ballroom, 1 to 4 p.m.
THE PROTECTED CLASS OF RELIGION AND CREEDTalley Student Center Blue Room, 1 to 4 p.m
MODUS OPERANDI AND SELF-ACTUALIZATION (GOAL SETTING)D.H. Hill Library, 3 to 4 p.m.
SOIL SCIENCE SEMINARWilliams Hall, 3:40 to 4:40 p.m.
F***! SPEAKING OUT FOR FREE EXPRESSIONWitherspoon Student Cinema, 6:30 p.m.
“THIS SIDE OF THE RIVER:” A CELEBRATION OF PRINCEVILLE, NC (DOCUMENTARY & PANEL DISCUSSION)Caldwell G107. 7 to 8:30 p.m.
RALEIGH CIVIC CHAMBER ORCHESTRA PRESENTS ‘MAGIC THEATER’Stewart Theatre, 8 to 9:30 p.m.
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Rebecca Grwendell, a senior in English education, returns a borrowed Macbook computer to Trent Stanforth, a technical student assistant, at the D.H. Hill Library Tuesday. “This is the first time I checked out a computer,” Grwendell said. “I was working in a group and it was nice to have.”
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“I’m hoping it will set me apart from all the other
animal science majors.”
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why whe’s pursuing a minor in geneticsPOLICE
BLOTTERFeb. 2112:01 A.M. | DRUG VIOLATIONWolf Village Report of possible drug violation. Of-ficers did not locate any problems. 2:21 A.M. | CHECK PERSONWitherspoon Student Center Report of subject sleeping in rest-room. Non-student was issued a tres-pass warning and taken to shelter. 2:25 A.M. | CHECK PERSONWood Lot Officer spoke with driver blocking traffic. No further action taken. 3:36 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPAvent Ferry Road/Western Boulevard Non-student was issued citation for
revoked registration and insur-ance violation.
11:20 A.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTY Becton Hall Staff reported graffiti in stairwell.
3:49 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOPMotor Pool Street/Sullivan Dr iveStudent was issued citation for speeding.
4:37 P.M. | CHECK PERSONAdmin Svcs II Report of juveniles causing damage. Officers located subjects climbing trees. Subjects complied to leave the area. 8:54 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDan Allen Drive/Sullivan Drive Non student was issued citation for stop sign violation.
IN THE KNOW Transportation o!ers parking over break
Transportation and Cam-pus Police are collaborating to strengthen security and ve-hicle safety over Spring Break by allowing “S/EC/DE/DW” perimeter and residental parkers to move their vehicles to the West Lot.
The West Lot, which is clos-est to Varsity Drive, is close to the Campus Police office, which is staffed during Uni-versity closings.
Vehicles may be moved be-ginning at noon on Friday, Feb. 27 and must be returned to storage lots by Monday,
March 9 at 7 a.m. If students are leaving campus earlier and seek special arrangements, e-mail Da-vid Gregory at [email protected].
In addition, the Wolfline shut-tle bus will run from both the Varsity Storage Lot and the Cen-tennial Campus Storage Lots to campus residence halls on Sun-day, March 8 from 5 to 9 p.m.
Three Wolfline routes will op-erate during Spring Break; Rt. 6 Carter Finley will run every 30 minutes, Rt. 7 Wolflink Shuttle will run every 20 minutes and Rt. 8 Southeast Loop will service every 36 minutes.
Visit www.ncsu.edu/wolfine or contact Kim Paylor at (919) 515-3424 or [email protected] for more details.
SOURCE: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Engineering to hold open house March 14
The College of Engineering is hosting an Engineering Open House on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All departments in COE, on both Main Campus and Centennial Campus, will conduct tours, displays and in-formation sessions. The open house is open to middle-school students and high school stu-dents looking at attending the University, students who already attend the University, and any parents or guests the students might want to bring. Although March 14 is a Saturday, buses will run continuously between both the campuses.
SOURCE: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Last day for class adjustments approaching
The last day for making all class adjustments is coming up after Spring Break. March 11 is the last day any students can change a class from credit to audit at any level, change a class to credit only, submit a request for course repeat without penalty form and drop a class without receiving any grade for the class.
SOURCE: NCSU
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WORLD & NATIONBribing scandal involves two judges
Pennsylvania judges have been jail-ing teenagers without proper cause in exchange for cash, according to authorities.
One example is 14-year-old Philip Swartley.
Swartley swiped change from un-locked vehicles in his neighborhood, a relatively minor crime.
Instead of a fine or community service Swartley was sentenced to nine months in a boarding school for troubled kids.
Swartley is just one of at least 5,000 children who have come before Mark Ciavarella, the former president judge of Luzerne County, in the past five years, according to the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.
Another judge, former Luzerne County Senior Judge Michael Conah-an, was also in on the scandal.
Both pleaded guilty to charges of
fraud and other tax related charges.
The two reportedly received more than $2.6 million dollars from jailing children unjustly.
Some other examples of jailings include sending a 15-year-old girl to wilderness camp simply for making fun of her assistant principal on her MySpace page, confining a 13-year-old boy to boot camp for two week-ends for trespassing and sending a 17-year-old boy to detention and five months of boot camp for helping a friend steal DVD’s.
SOURCE: CNN.COM
Slumdog Million-aire sets Oscar record
The 2008 movie “Slumdog Million-aire” dominated the Oscars Sunday at the 81st annual Academy Awards.
The movie won a total of eight awards, including best picture, adapt-ed screenplay and director.
The movie follows a poor orphan who works a simple job as a teaboy who goes on “Who Wants to be a Mil-
lionaire” to claim a lost love. Other notable awards include
Sean Penn, who won best actor for his performance in “Milk,” and Heath Ledger, who won a post-humous Oscar for best supporting actor after his performance in “The Dark Knight.”
SOURCE: CNN.COM
Obama supports car companies
President Barack Obama said Tuesday he would support the U.S. auto industry if it restructured but would not not support aiding them if they make their own bad decisions.
The Bush administration ap-proved at $17.4 billion to rescue two major U.S. car companies, General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC.
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-Do you love NC State University?-Are you interested in meeting campus visitors and developing public speaking and interpersonal skills?-Are you knowledgeable about NC State (or willing to learn!)?-Are you enthusiastic, well-rounded, outgoing, and willing to give 10-15 hours per month back to NC State University?-Are you a solid academic student with at least a 2.8 GPA?
If you answered “Yes” to the above, the University Ambassador program is for you.
The mission of the North Carolina State University Ambassadors is to enhance the recruiting efforts of the University by accurately representing the institution to prospective students and parents. NC State has a commitment to excellence in a comprehensive range of academic disciplines that foster academic maturation and inclusion of all students and facilitates a learning environment that is conducive for a diverse population of students to succeed. As ambassadors for the University, students seek to present a positive and accurate image of both academic and student life at North Carolina State University.
Key responsibilities of University Ambassadors include:-Conducting daily campus tours. -Serving as representatives for University wide events, including diversity programs, football games, open house, forums, etc. -Working office hours in Athletics and The Joyner Visitor Center.
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2nd annual minors fair todayA minor can help students pursue their interests and enhance their education.
Allie LandryStaff Writer
The Office of Advising Sup-port, Information, and Services will be hosting its second annual Academic Minors Fair today.
The event will be held in the Talley Student Center Ballroom from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
The Fair will allow students to explore the minors offered by the University.
Advisors from various depart-ments will be on hand to provide brochures and information, and help students decide if a minor will complement their educa-tion.
Carol Schroeder, director of the University Career Center, says that minors can give stu-dents a competitive advantage when applying for a job or for graduate school.
“Minors add a whole other dimension to your educational program,” Schroeder said.
She listed two main advantages to having a minor.
“First, your minor could sup-plement what your major is,” Schroeder said.
“Your minor could also show the breadth of your academic range and interests.”
Betsy Alexieff, an adviser at
OASIS, said, in general, no for-mal application is needed to ob-tain a minor.
Students must simply take the required courses and fill out paperwork to demonstrate that they have taken the courses.
Forms are submitted the se-mester prior to graduation.
Some minors, however, have more stringent requirements.
To obtain a business adminis-tration or art and design minor, for example, students must first apply to the program.
Alexieff advises that students consider a few important points before deciding to pursue a mi-nor.
“Minors typically require 15 to 18 credit hours,” said Alexieff.
“If a student is in engineering, most of the time they don’t have free electives, so taking on a mi-nor may extend graduation.”
The 15 to 18 credit requirement may not include necessary pre-requisites, however.
Obtaining a math minor, for example, requires successful completion of calculus I, II, and III in addition to 15 credit hours.
Jeff Scroggs, the director of Undergraduate Math Programs, is the adviser for students pursu-ing a math minor.
“A minor in math shows that students have stronger quantita-tive skills,” Scroggs said.
He adds that the coursework complements many analytical majors, and is popular among
physics, computer science, and statistics majors.
He advises that students choose a minor that reflects their inter-ests. “I think that’s the best way to select a minor,” Scroggs said.
Kalie Porterfield, a junior in mechanical engineering, plans to obtain a math minor.
“My major fulfills all the pre-requisites and 3 credit hours of a math minor, so for me it’s only four extra classes,” Porterfield said.
“A lot of those classes, like [differential equations] II and linear algebra, will be useful in my major.”
Some students hope that a minor will help set them apart when applying for a job or to graduate school.
Ali Thomas-Hollands, a junior in animal science, says that she decided to get a genetics minor because she felt it would make her more competitive.
“It’s supposed to look good on your vet school transcripts,” Thomas-Hollands said.
“I’m hoping it will set me apart from all the other animal science majors.”
The genetics minor has been so popular among CALS stu-dents in the past that the Board of Trustees recently approved the addition of a genetics major to the college.
MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIANVice Provost José Picart speaks at the Campus Culture Task force meeting as Student Body President Jay Dawkins intently listens. The com-mittee reviewed feedback that they received from the campus community to help enhance the campus climate for civility and respect for free expression. Students, faculty, sta! and alumni gave feedback on the Free Expression Tunnel.
[content],” Stafford said.Dawkins said the task force
decided to keep the tunnel and examine ways to make it safer, like improving the lighting. The committee decided to not rec-ommend the purchase of web cams but decided to keep the public safety cameras, and with improved lighting, Campus Po-lice can better identify people who vandalize the bricks around the tunnel.
The task force also recom-mended encouraging the book-store and C-stores to carry spray paint, so students can have more easy access.
“Most students on campus don’t have the ability to stop what they’re doing and get spray paint,” he said.
Although the idea of including a free expression tunnel wall in the new Student Life Master Plan was tossed around, Dawkins said the committee decided to focus on what the University has avail-able now.
Jose Picart,Vice Provost for Di-versity and Inclusion and chair of the committee, said the com-
mittee will propose a seminar be included along with New Student Orientation to help acquaint new students to the concept of responsible free expression, as well as to establish an advisory sub-committee to be responsible for encouraging moral behav-iors, especially in the case of Free Expression Tunnel usage.
“[The committee’s] responsi-bility [will be] to enhance values and ethics,” Picart said.
Dawkins said the committee will focus on creating a founda-tion of ethics on campus.
“Groups of people will come together to make some concrete decisions,” Dawkins said. “If we’re going to have a campus creed, how will we share that with the community and how will we get input on that?”
Dawkins stressed that the com-mittee won’t create new rules or regulations, but will only help to solidify the ethics students already have.
“We’re not aiming to change the campus’ values,” Dawkins said. “We’ll instead seek to re-inforce the values that already exist.”
Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi and Staff writer James Cox contribut-ed to this story.
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TWO CENTSAIG loses $60 billion
American Insurance Group has made waves in the financial world yet again. The company, which is 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, is preparing to announce a near $60 billion loss. The Federal Reserve and Treasury have given more than $150 billion in assistance to the company. AIG plans to meet Sunday to come to an agreement with the government.
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Stocks bounce backAfter a miserable few trading days,
the Dow Jones and S&P 500 regained some of last week’s losses. The Dow gained 236 points, or 3.2 percent, and the S&P gained 30 points 4 percent.
SOURCE: CNNMONEY.COM
Ford CEO takes cutFord Motor Co. Chief Executive
Alan Mulally has agreed to take a 30 percent cut in his salary for 2009 and 2010. The announcement follows an agreement between Ford and the United Auto Workers concerning retiree healthcare -- half of which will be paid in stock. Executive Chairman Bill Ford also agreed to a 30 percent salary cut. Performance bonuses for global salaried employees and senior executives have also been eliminated.
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Perdue releases road stimulus plan
Governor Bev Perdue released the first list of Department of Transportation stimulus spending Tuesday. The second wave of road and bridge work will be released in April. Perdue said the work will create 14,000 jobs in the state. Work includes replacement of road signs, changing the names of the inner and outer beltlines and resurfacing some areas -- altogether roadwork will cost $466 million.
SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Obama’s State of the Nation addresses economic crisis, reform
Taylor McCuneFeatures Editor
After a lengthy introduc-tion and several rounds of applause, President Barack Obama gave his first official address to the joint session of Congress Tuesday night. Al-though he touched on other national and international issues, Obama focused much of his speech on the state of the economy -- specifically his hope for recovery.
Although other issues are at hand, David Foxx, senior in political science, said the eco-nomic focus was appropriate.
“The economy is the biggest problem, if you don’t have a job, you can’t afford any type of healthcare and you can’t send anybody to school. We’ve got to get this economic crisis under control,” he said.
The president opened his speech with a review of the nation’s fall into economic turmoil.
“A surplus became an ex-cuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an oppor-tunity to invest in our future,” he said.
But “...that day of reckon-ing has arrived,and the time to take charge of our future is here,” Obama said.
The message of hope was a constant during the rest of the address. Foxx, a said Obama’s message and tone was appro-priate.
“I think he did a good job as far as his tone...he really tried to give an optimistic yet sober view,” Foxx said.
Key to economic turnaround is credit, according to the presi-dent.
“The concern is, if we do not restart lending in this country our recovery will be choked off before it begins,” he said, adding that lenders need to have confi-dence restored but also will be held accountable for any govern-ment assistance.
“This time CEOs will not be able to use taxpayer money to pad their paychecks or buy fancy
drapes...” he said.Obama said the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act was just the first step toward pulling the nation out of the re-cession and that it is only a short term help.
“The only way to fully restore America’s economic strength is to make the long-term invest-ments that will lead to new jobs, new industries and a renewed ability to compete with the rest of the world,” he said.
Obama also said cutting costs where money was being wasted was another important step to take. The president said Monday that he would cut the national deficit in half by 2013. Tuesday he said he would ac-complish part of that by cut-ting “ineffective programs” and “wasteful spending.”
“...we will end education programs that don’t work and end direct payments to large agribusinesses that don’t need them,” he said. “I will root out the waste, fraud and abuse in our Medicare program that doesn’t make our seniors any healthier...”
Obama also warned Congress that it would have to “sacrifice some worthy priorities” that there is no funding for.
DJ Godette, a senior in busi-ness administration, said he is “optimistic” that Obama’s ad-ministration will better the eco-
nomic situation, but wasn’t sure whether the president’s promises would be met in four years.
After the sober warnings of cuts and sacrifice, the president took a turn toward the positive when he spoke of education and health reform, making another appeal to future bipartisan leg-islation.
He a lso re-minded taxpay-ers of the tax cuts in the stim-ulus bill and the benefits the na-tion would reap because of in-creased funding for education. The president said education is “a prerequisite to opportunity” and encouraged every American to “commit to at least one year of higher educa-tion or career training” in order to become the most educated na-tion per capita by 2020.
Godette said Obama’s call to increase higher education is “do-able” but the president is not the only one who must make that decision.
“It’s important that that ini-tiative is not only taken from a federal government level but also from a state and local level. Lo-
cal administrators must promote the next level of education to stu-dents coming through,” he said.
Obama also spoke of rais-ing military pay among other increases. Godette said those things are possible despite the economy, but not anytime soon.
“The type of reform that Presi-dent Obama is sepaking of is not quick f ix reform, things are going to take time,” he said.
Obama closed his ad-d r e s s w i t h three stories of hope and pos-sibility and a reminder that a love for the country, “Must be the starting point for every debate we have in the coming
months.”And that debate will continue
as more reforms are introduced in congress.
According to Foxx, Obama needs the support of both par-ties to fix the problems with the economy.
“I think [bipartisanship] is necessary,” he said. “We need to all pull together as a country, as a family.”
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A panel of journalists and professors will discuss recent events surrounding free expression, censorship and the First Amendment.
Robert Kochersberger, associate professor of English & journalism, will moderate the discussion.
Sylvia Adcockteaching technician, English, N.C. State
Jack Bettsassociate editor,
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Cash Michaelseditor,
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Mike Tadychattorney,
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MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
Working on Friday is so passe — for some people, but not those at N.C. State.
Utah shifted most of its state em-ployees to a four-day work week, in order to save gas and energy. Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Flor-ida saved $267,000 over a year long period by closing down Fridays, and turning down the air-conditioning and heating in the buildings.
In the Triangle, Wake Tech Com-munity College will try a four-day week starting May 18 for summer sessions. The college hopes to save $100,000 just by closing down on Fri-days. Many class offerings at NCSU are either Monday and Wednesday only or Tuesday and Thursday only, but the University is not entertain-ing the idea of cutting Friday classes.
Jim Martin, faculty senate chair, said the topic of a four-day week has not come up yet, and he doubts that it will.
“It wouldn’t really save much ener-gy. Just the process of shutting down and restarting is energy consuming,” Martin said. “Also, four-day weeks wouldn’t work on a university level.
Research facilities are always run-ning seven days a week. Unless we’re looking at a major shut-down, like over the holidays, the effect wouldn’t be significant.”
David Dean, sustainability out-reach coordinator, agreed that the University will not majorly benefit from a day off, but he said all options should be under consideration in this economic climate.
“NCSU is unique in that we have a campus with about 461 buildings over a lot of acreage,” he said, “Even if we close Fridays, Mondays and Wednesdays will go well into the nighttime, which means more elec-tricity, and 60 percent of our energy bill comes from electricity.”
Dean says that the University is looking for other ways to save energy and money — Bragaw Residence Hall will be switched fully to LED lights this summer. The Office of Energy Management is also currently in-terviewing for a program manager to help reduce the campus’ energy footprint in the community. Build-ings Maintenance and Operations, a department of Facilities, is exploring
ways to reduce the cost coming out of each building.
“Many of these adjustments could be costly, but will eventually pay off with energy savings,” Dean said. “The bottom-line is if we can’t shut down all the systems of a building, we will not attain the desired sav-ings. We have to find other ways to reduce our energy consumption and we welcome any and all ideas.”
Anita Bardwell, informational offi-cer for the Department of Chemistry said switching to a four-day student week will significantly change lab schedules.
“We have about 1,400 freshman students to run through labs, and it simply is not possible to do that with-out Fridays,” Bardwell said. “We’ll be looking at tired TAs working long hours, and when people are tired, they make stupid mistakes. Accidents happen.”
Philip Brown, director of under-graduate studies, also said a four-day lab week would have a large impact.
“You have to look at [the] physi-cal time slots labs are available. We have a large number of service labs
constantly in use because so many students have a lab component to their courses,” he said.
With such a large number of lab-oriented courses on campus, Brown said four days may not provide enough time for all of them.
“Most labs run in two- to three-hour sessions. In between that time, as well as before and after, the TA’s need time to prepare,” Brown said.
Like Dean, Brown said the Univer-sity is doing other things to reduce costs.
“We have a new hood-system that brings in air from the outside versus heated air from inside the building, here in Dabney....those [are] going to save us a lot of energy in the future.”
As departments, like the Chem-istry department, experiment with ways to cut energy costs, the rest of the University is cutting classes and faculty to meet the 5 percent perma-nent budget reduction standards the Chancellor’s office set.
Chiandi Patel, a senior in biochem-istry, said the way classes are spaced across a five-day week can been a hindrance, since she loses time dur-
ing breaks between classes. Having classes concentrated between Mon-day and Thursday, she said, would be helpful.
“It gets really hard to coordinate time when you have an hour gap be-tween each class. All that time walk-ing back and forth, sitting around and waiting adds up. I have an on-going research project that needs my attention, and two volunteering commitments to look after, if I can have an extra day to work with, I won’t feel so overwhelmed with ev-erything,” she said.
Justus Robertson, a senior in computer science, agreed and said 50-minute classes don’t afford him enough time to learn.
“Throughout my seven semesters at N.C. State, I have always attempted to create a four day schedule. Not only does a Friday class force me to com-mute an extra day, but it’s always for a fifty minute Monday, Wednesday, Friday class that could easily be con-densed to a seventy-five minute Mon-day and Wednesday format,” he said.
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The Campus Culture Task Force met Tuesday to finalize its recommen-
dations for Chancellor James Oblinger for changes in the Stu-dent Code of Conduct, the Free Expression Tunnel, the Brickyard and campus climate.
The task force made some ma-jor decisions by making bold recommendations but also made a big statement by rejecting un-sound ideas from its preliminary report.
The task force opted to not rec-ommend students take a required diversity class. According to Stu-dent Body President and Free Expression Tunnel and Brick-yard Subcommittee Chair Jay Dawkins, 90 percent of students did not want to have required
diversity classes. Diversity classes should never
be a requirement to graduate and should not be an integral part of the curriculum. But if there is enough interest from students in taking diversity classes, then the University should look into the cost-effectiveness of having those classes available. The task force made this wise decision and also took into account the opin-ions of students.
The task force recommended that C-stores and bookstores on campus carry spray paint. This gives the opportunity for stu-dents who do not have a means of transportation to a store to
express themselves in the Free Expression Tunnel.
The task force also did not make the recommendations to install web cameras at the tunnel, which the committee was split on recommending, according to the preliminary reports.
Having web cameras in the tunnel would have been a waste of money, especially while the University is in a budget crunch. There are cameras already at the entrance of the Free Expression Tunnel and using the recommen-dation of having better lighting in the tunnel may alleviate the need to have extra cameras for security.
The task force also showed good judgment when it made recom-mendations to have better light-ing in and around the tunnel.
University leaders should con-tinue to listen to suggestions from students and understand that they are working to make the student experience better. It is necessary and obligatory to get student feedback about big projects.
The task force listened to stu-dents’ concerns and had the bud-get crisis in mind when making these suggestions. Oblinger now has the responsibility of rejecting or accepting these ideas and must make decisions based on what will be best for our University.
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. THE ISSUE:The University must make changes to make the campus better.
OUR OPINION:The Campus Culture Task Force gave good recommendations, and leaders on campus must continue to work with students to find the best solutions possible.
THE SOLUTION:Leaders must continue to ask for suggestions and offer feedback on big projects.
Task force’s recommendations commendable!OUR VIEW"
Last Thursday as I was read-ing a newspaper, I chanced upon a rather disturbing
advertisement. Generally the classifieds don’t
even warrant a moment of my precious time. Boats, 1990s Ford Broncos and the prospect of bartending just don’t rank very high on
my list. Perhaps it was divine interven-
tion or maybe just dumb luck, but last Thursday one ad really wound me up.
“Christian male seeking simi lar non-smoker, non-drinker, school focused, male s t u d e n t s t o share 4 bed 2 bath.”
Perhaps the average Chris-tian sees noth-ing of fensive about this ad. T h e p e r s o n who submitted this invitation clearly feels more comfortable in the company of like-minded individuals – there is nothing wrong with that. But does that grant him the right to arbitrari-ly eliminate the rest of society based solely on creed?
All of us look for roommates on the basis of compatibility, that’s nothing more than hu-man nature. If the student is compatible with study focused non-smokers and non-drinkers, that is his right. He paid for this advertisement — it is his right to request the sort of roommates he wants.
But if you’d allow, I would like to demonstrate why this ad is so off course. Imagine if it read like this:
Neo-Nazi male seeking similar Holocaust denier, xenophobic, racist, male students to share 4 bed 2 bath.
If that ran in the classifieds, I’d be willing to wager that ev-ery Civil Rights group from the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People to the Anti-defamation League would be raising high hell.
As a whole, the University seems to miss the general point that discrimination in any form is still discrimination. Only searching for Neo-Nazi room-mates is no different than only searching for Christian room-mates. The sole difference is that 79 percent of North Carolinians are Christians, as opposed to the tiny sliver of society that espous-es Neo-Nazi beliefs.
I’m not here to challenge the student’s intentions. But rath-er, to challenge the underlying prejudice that exists all across this campus. The Free Expres-
s ion Tu n nel is just a little piece of a much larger problem. Not only does prejudice still exist at NCSU, but it thrives, because we, as a campus, have not openly ad-dressed it.
Chancellor James Oblinger and the campus
administration add a bull s-— diversity class to the curriculum for next year and seem to think they have fixed the problem. In reality, nothing will change until the campus can address the very basic issues of race and religion.
Perhaps I am horribly mistak-en, but in my Bible, Jesus said that first one shall love God, and second one shall love thy neigh-bor as thyself. If this is the core tenant of Christianity, then this primarily Christian society has a lot of loving to do.
I’m not saying that white Christian males must room with one Muslim, one Jewish and one black student, but it would be nice if creed was irrelevant. If instead of requesting white, Christian, male roommates, students requested roommates, just roommates.
Call me an idealist. But if this campus could address these tiny pieces of discrimination, that would do far more good than any mandated discrimination class ever could.
T he University contrib-utes $30,000 to an or-ganization that most
students have never heard about — the UNC Associa-
tion of Stu-dent Gov-ernments. It’s an or-ganization t h at h a s floundered i n ye a r s past trying to establish
an identity but is finally be-ginning to find its niche.
Is it perfect yet? No. But it’s moving toward improvement. The leaders have moved past last year’s ethical scandal involving the past President and they’ve found some sta-bility while at the same time increasing participation and providing a forum for ex-change of ideas.
Students at every UNC Campus put in $1 to fund an organization that’s supposed to be representing students within the UNC system — specifically by using the hard fought student position on the UNC Board of Governors.
The organizations holds monthly meetings to discuss issues at different campuses and policy is hammered out
on issues such as textbooks and tuition. All great and wonderful things - but this may be the fault of ASG. It’s too cumbersome, it’s too bureaucratic and it paralyzes itself with policy.
Policy is important of course, but is a policy making body real-ly worth the nearly $200,000 that students across the UNC System have put into the association?
At that cost, we may as well put a lobbyist on the payroll and rotate the UNC Board of Governors seat between the 16 campuses on a yearly basis.
ASG needs to establish a brand outside the Student Govern-ment types. They need to make an impact, involve students and be an organization that formu-lates opportunities for students to meet with legislators and ad-ministrators. They’ve scheduled a student’s day at the General Assembly but has it really been publicized to anyone outside the Student Government officials at the last General Assembly meet-ing?
Here’s my two cents — all it’s really worth, but it may be some-thing from an outsider looking in. Slash the budget. Money is typically the root of problems for an organization that doesn’t facilitate appropriations. It’s a source of contention, a source of power and potentially a source
of corruption. I can hardly stomach the salaries of our own Student Government officials.
Move away from mass policy meetings. They’re pointless to some and could be conducted at zero cost via conference call or video conferencing that’s available at all campuses. Policy can be handled by a small group of people.
Provide opportunities for all sorts of student leaders at each campus to be an advo-cate. Publicize, include and invite more than just the standard student government types - they don’t exactly al-ways understand every con-cern at a particular campus.
Move toward a service based organization that provides information and opportunities at a fraction of the cost. Give students a reason to know what the ac-ronym “ASG” stands for and move beyond the student government circles. As the UNC ASG President, Greg Doucette, noted in a phone conversation with me - the association has improved - but as I’ll point out, its not quite perfect.
Russell WithamSenior Sta! Columnist
Benton SawreySenior Sta! Columnist
Discrimination has many forms
UNC ASG needs reform
The tough economy is making it harder for students to travel for spring break.
Mack Garrison, junior in graphic design“They don’t sell it already? Why not? It gives students on campus access to paint. It would have helped me out back when I lived on campus. It’s a good outlet for students to express themselves or promote organizations.”
Akeem Robinsonjunior, chemical engineering
“I don’t have a problem with it. I wouldn’t use it myself, but if the campus stores can make a buck o# it, then why not?”
Joby Joullsophomore, english
“I don’t see any reason why not. They might as well make it easier to express themselves in the tunnel.”
Derek Adrianjunior, zoology
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Do you think it is a good idea for stores on campus to sell spray paint for painting
the Free Expression Tunnel?
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Opinions on gun control must have researchIt is so refreshing to see that college campuses can still be places of ratio-nal thought and intelligent discourse. Paul McCauley’s article, “Reasonable comprimist nee,” very accurately points out that it’s our society that
is the genesis of the violence, and focusing on the tools with which it is carried out is just plain “stupid.” This has been the fundamental premise of gun-right supporters forever. If you want to solve a problem you must look at the root cause and not the symptoms.
With all the purely emotional and
baseless editorials flying around on this topic, I thank the Technician, and Paul, for having the courage to seek the TRUTH, something I wish the rest of our institutions of higher learning would remind themselves to do.
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Sportsback,” Murphy said.”We are happy to give an explanation for a call as long as the per-son I am talking to is under control.”
But some students don’t al-ways see eye-to-eye with the referees on questionable calls.
“I have had a lot of bad calls go my way and every time I try to talk with the officials they won’t let me,” Cross said. “All they do is tell me to go talk with their supervisor af-ter the game.”
Not all students held this sentiment, though, as Kelly Flaherty, a senior in business administration and four-year participant in intramural sports, has no problem with the methods used by referees.
“I think for the most part they do a pretty good job,” Flaherty said. “It’s tough what they do, and for the most part I think most of the calls that they make are OK.”
Flaherty also believes that the referees give the same amount of leeway in their calls for both male and female participants.
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Redshirt junior pitcher Jake Kensmoe picked up the victory for State - the first of his career with the Wolfpack - pitching two thirds of an inning while giving up no hits or runs.
State also got solid offensive performances from Wilson, Rig-gins and Maynard during the game. The trio combined for four hits and five RBIs. May-nard pushed his batting average for the season to .533.
Redshirt senior first baseman Pat Ferguson said the young players on the team are learning what it takes to win ball games.
“Not everyone can play you know. When you get in there, you have to make the most of it,” he said. “As long as we get nine guys ready to go and ready to produce everyday we’re going to be successful. People are start-ing to figure that out.”
State will travel west on Inter-state 40 today to take on Elon and look to make its win streak three games before it returns to Raleigh this weekend to host a series with Hofstra.
Avent said today’s game against Elon will be a good early season test for the young ball club.
“We’ll see how good we are the first time on the road,” he said.
TALES OF THE IM OFFICIALKicking and Screaming
During a fraternity intramural basketball contest last year which Wes Murphy was officiating, a player on one of the teams became visibly upset about some of the calls. Throughout the remainder of the game the student became more and more irate until he exploded on Murphy.
“I had to throw him out of the game” Murphy said. “He was going nuts.” After the game the player approached him and suggested that they ‘take
it to the parking lot.’ Murphy calmly declined the offer.
SOURCE: WES MURPHY, AN IM OFFICIAL AND IM SPORTS SUPERVISOR
Bend it like BeckhamTwo years ago, Adam Buie was officiating a heated flag football game
between two men’s open teams. During the game, one of the players was called for a personal foul at which point the student became upset. He then proceeded to take the game ball and punt it in the direction of the referee who had made the call. The ball whizzed by, just barely missing the official’s head.
“It was definitely intentional. He barely missed him,” Buie said. “We then threw him out and suspended him for the next two games.”
SOURCE: ADAM BUIE, JUNIOR IN SPORT MANAGEMENTReady to Rumble
Michael Illig was officiating a men’s open basketball game last season when two players got into a verbal disagreement over a hard foul. One of the players approached the other in a very angry manner and pushed the opposing player. Illig then had to call a technical foul on him at which point the player became enraged. He stormed over, cursing and yelling while appearing as if he intended to strike Illig.
“I was a little nervous” Illig said. “I didn’t know what this guy was going to do.”
The player’s teammates quickly intervened before anything serious occurred and the player was subsequently ejected from the game.
SOURCE: MICHAEL ILLIG, SOPHOMORE IN BUSINESS
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANJunior right hand pitcher, Zak Sinclair, pitches the ball to a Highpoint batter during Tuesday’s game. The two runs Highpoint scored were o" of Sinclair. N.C. State won 8-2.
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BY THE NUMBERS1 Number of wins in pitcher
Jake Kensmoe’s career. The middle reliever picked up his first win Tuesday against High Point
5 Number of runs the team scored in the fourth inning
3 RBIs for shortstop Kyle Wilson 6 Number of pitchers State used
in Tuesday’s game. No one pitcher went more than three and one third innings
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SportsTECHNICIAN
Sports officials receive criticism, appreciation from student participants
Alex WaltonStaff Writer
To those who participate in sport, the impact a referee or umpire has on the game is all too obvious. Officials prompt an outcry of cheers and boos and can potentially deter-mine the outcome of a game. Officiating is just as vital a piece of sport as the players who participate.
While professional and col-legiate sport officiating are common conversation top-ics in bars and barbershops, intramural sport officiating is a common conversation topic that can be heard before class, at the house party on the weekend, and especially in the gym after an IM basket-ball game. It is a topic which can arouse anger, frustration, or even rage depending on the person and the previous ex-periences they have had with an intramural official.
Students are divided on their opinions of the referees. Some say that the referees are awful and have no idea what they are doing while others argue that they are doing the best that they can, since they’re underpaid.
For Adam Buie, a junior in sport management and intra-mural referee for flag football, softball, and basketball, this
division of opinion is all too evi-dent.
“Most people know we have a tough job and are okay with our calls,” Buie said. “But occasion-ally, we have some idiot who will come along and screw it up for everybody.”
Matt Cross, a senior in sociol-ogy, though, feels the referees could do a better job.
“Most of the time they do a decent job but at times they are not very good,” Cross said. “Sometimes it’s obvious they have friends on the other team and that team ends up getting more calls.”
Referees are supposed to be ob-jective and call a game evenly for both sides, Wes Murphy, an IM official and IM sports supervisor, said. Murphy said emotions are not supposed to sway decisions,
but lamented it occasionally hap-pens.
“I start everybody out with a clean slate” Murphy said. “But if I know a team likes to beg for calls, its hard not to let that im-pact my calls.”
Buie, on the other hand, tries not to let emotions dictate how he sees things.
“I try and stay as objective as possible,” he said. “You just can’t let emotions determine your calls.”
According to the referees, the best way to help yourself and your team is to stay calm, polite, and respectful.
“If people come up to me to talk about a call and are respect-ful I am going to be respectful back,” Murphy said.”We are hap-
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Wolfpack score five runs in fifth inning to fuel victory against High Point
Derek MedlinManaging Editor
Cold temperatures, which hovered at about 40 degrees throughout much of the afternoon on Tuesday, did little to cool off the baseball team, which picked up a solid 8-2 win over High Point University.
The win, which pushed the Pack’s record to 2-2 on the young season, al-lowed coach Elliott Avent to continue
to test his team’s lineup. Avent said he and his coaches are still working to figure out the best combination of players that can lead to the most success.
“We’ve got new faces and you have to learn that everything in this game mat-ters,” Avent said. “You have to be focused all the time. We like our ball club, but we are trying to find some combinations that work and trying to find guys that show us they want to play.”
The Wolfpack entered action Tuesday coming off a weekend in which it lost two of its first three games as the host of the Summit Hospitality Invitational tourna-ment.
A win in the final game of the tourna-
ment on Sunday over Santa Clara set the team up for its matchup with the Pan-thers.
After the first three innings saw both teams fail to do much of anything offen-sively, the Panthers got on the board in the fourth, scoring two runs in the frame and forcing N.C. State starting pitcher Zak Sinclair to the bench.
State wasted little time in answering the High Point offense when freshman designated hitter Harold Riggins drove in junior right fielder Drew Poulk on a sharply hit base hit to left. Three batters later, senior third baseman Drew Martin drove in two more runs on another base hit to left field.
Junior shortstop Kyle Wilson capped off the five-run inning for the Pack when he drove in two runs on a single up the middle.
The Pack added more runs in the fifth and sixth innings en route to its second win in as many games.
Freshman catcher Pratt Maynard said the team settled down in the middle in-nings.
“I think we just settled down and let the game come to us,” he said. “I think we might have been pressing a little bit early. When we settled down, we put some runs on the board.”
Softball takes on Siena in first home game of the season
Taylor BarbourStaff Writer
After a tough weekend of games, against nationally ranked teams, the softball team is looking to rebound against Siena College today at 6 p.m. The team is 2-6 so far this season, and is ready for its first home game of the year in the friendly confides of Dail stadium.
“Playing at home, there is nothing better. All of your friends and family are there and the crowd helps out a lot,” junior Lindsay Campana said. “There is just a huge advan-tage playing at home.”
The team also believes that there are added advantages to playing at home besides the crowd and not having to travel.
“There is just a certain com-fort there too, knowing our field.” Campana said. “There is just a huge advantage play-ing at home and I think it is underestimated sometimes but we are really looking forward to finally being at home.”
Campana isn’t the only one who is ready for a home game. Junior Allison Presnell believes that playing at home brings an added responsibility of protecting the field.
“It is a different feel on a neutral field, but at home you want to protect your field,”
Presnell said. “We want to win every game.”
Going into the game, the team is not as concerned on who it is playing but rather how they play. The team believes that if they take care of what they need to take care of, the game will come out in their favor.
“As a team we have really worked on playing for ourselves and not so much worrying about the other team. So, on Wednes-day we are going to focus on not beating ourselves,” Campana said. “We just want to keep work-ing on the things we have been working on over the last couple of weekends and I think we will be successful.”
Since the start of the season the Pack has learned that it cannot worry about things out of the team’s control. In addition the players realize that they need to stay together as a team and focus on fundamentals and making the ordinary plays.
“We just need to take care of the little things,” Campana said. “If we do everything we are sup-posed to do then we are going to win.”
Even after a rough weekend in which the team went winless in the Cathedral Classic in Califor-nia, the Pack is still seeing signs of improvement which should carry over into this game and further into the season.
“The wins and losses we are not happy about, but we still accom-plished a lot,” Presnell said. “We had a lot of close games against a lot of highly ranked teams and when you play tough teams you get better.”
BASEBALL
Baseball knocks o! Panthers 8-2LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN
Redshirt senior !rst baseman Pat Ferguson and junior Dallas Poulk congratulate senior Drew Martin in the Wolfpack’s 8-2 win against High Point. Martin drove in two runs on a base hit to left !eld in the fourth inning.
JONATHAN STEPHENS/TECHNICIANBrent Reid, a sophomore in accounting, says that a lot of the fouls called deal with misconduct and unsportsmanlike conduct on the player’s part. “Most just run their mouths telling me what to do. Ev-eryone on the court wants to be the ref.”
IM referees face difficult task in officiating games
Wolfpack ready to take on Saints
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Intramural bowling registration begins
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Campus Recreation plans two major events
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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSCollege Park, Md., All day
BASEBALL @ ELONElon, N.C., 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL VS. SIENACurtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, 6 p.m.
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All day
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All day
MEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSCollege Park, Md., All day
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CLEMSONReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL @ WAKE FORESTWinston-Salem, N.C., 8 p.m.
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