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TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANCash Michaels, a journalist for the Carolinian Newspaper and Wilmington Journal, speaks with a panel at F***!, Speaking Out for Free Expression, event in Witherspoon Campus Cinema Wednesday. Michaels shared experiences with freedom of speech working for radio station and newspaper media.
Free speech talks continueSonya DeulinaStaff Writer
[Editor’s Note: Members of the Society for Collegiate Journalists work for Student Media.]
After two incidents of offensive speech in the Free Expression Tunnel, rallies in the brickyard and even media coverage, the Society for Collegiate Journalists de-cided to have an open panel discussion entitled “F***! Speaking out For Free Expression.”
Four journalists and one lawyer led the discussion on the issues involved with the Free Expression Tunnel. The program involved an introduction and ground rules, opening remarks, moder-ated questions, audience questions, final refection and closing remarks, all dur-ing which students heard different views about the issue.
Cash Michaels, editor, chief reporter and photographer for The Carolinian
Newspaper said the graffiti speech was a threat to society.
“It’s not free speech what they wrote. It is a threat. There are limits to freedom, but that is what allows us to be free, is to respect those limits. We know what lines to cross,” Michaels said.
President of the Society for Collegiate Journalists Helen Dear gave her own defi-nition of free speech.
“Hate crime is a public activity. When you take it outside it becomes hate crime and not free speech,” Dear said.
Mike Tadych, a lawyer and former journalist, said there are better outlets to express one’s anger and frustration.
“The Chancellor’s office or Brickyard are places that you should be able to express yourself freely, not the tunnel,” Tadych said.
When asked if the University took the correct actions in response to the graf-fiti, the panel gave a plethora of answers. Cash said the University viewed the Free Expression Tunnel graffiti as a safety is-
sue and it was covered up quickly for that reason.
“It was hypocritical. If it was viewed as ugly, hateful and threatening then why did the administration move with all de-liberate speed to paint over it?” Cash said. “They started thinking about it in terms of their [university’s] own preservation. It was more of a safety issue.”
Nicole Burnette, a freshman in politi-cal science and criminology, said she was very upset by the behavior of the wall painters and that the wall should be eliminated altogether.
“[The Free Expression Tunnel] should be monitored and if it can’t be then it should be banned,” Burnette said.
Blake Burnette, a junior in engineering and the painter of the Kay Yow mural, said the people who committed these acts should have the integrity to identify themselves.
“They should do it with an open iden-tity, don’t hide behind a mask of ano-nymity,” Burnette said.
North Carolina takes another percent from the University budget
Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor
The monthly Chancellor’s Li-aison, an opportunity for lead-ers of student groups to talk with Chancellor James Oblinger and other prominent University fig-ures about current issues and concerns of the University, took place Wednesday afternoon in Talley Student Center.
The two main topics of dis-cussion at Wednesday’s meet-ing were the budget crisis and the recent recommendations of the Campus Culture Task Force.
As far as the budget problems are concerned, the state of North Carolina retracted another per-cent from the University’s budget just Wednesday morning, Vice Chancellor for Finance and Busi-ness Charlie Leffler said.
However, this will not mean more scrambling to cut pro-
grams for the University. Ac-cording to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford, “a retraction is money that we originally had in our budget that we cannot spend.”
And because more cuts were foreseen, Leffler said the Univer-sity is already trying to cut seven percent of its budget, which was one more percent than N.C. had previously retracted.
“Today we have to give the full seven percent we budgeted out,” Leffler said.
Stafford also said the cuts apply to all sectors of the University, even if the money is not state-appropriated funds.
“We’re going to treat all de-partments the same no matter the source of money, even if it is money from dining or fee mon-ey,” Stafford said.
Everyone at the University needs to be prepared to make sacrifices because of the budget cuts, according to Stafford.
“We to look and stop doing things that we’re doing [that aren’t essential],” he said. “I’m
not saying everything will be permanent, but we’re in a budget crisis folks.”
The Chancellor and Provost Larry Nielsen were not able to make the Chancellor’s Liaison
because of a budget meeting at the N.C. legislature. But, despite their absences, Stafford said the
group still had a productive dis-cussion.
Maddie Spinks, a graduate student in English and vice president of the Student Cen-ters Board of Directors, said the University is making progress in these tough times.
“What they’re doing is pretty good considering the economy. It’s just something we have to deal with, and I think it’s good that they’re reaching out for stu-dent input,” Spinks said.
The second main topic of dis-cussion was the Campus Culture Task Force. The group reviewed the conclusions, what got shot down in the final meeting and other things.
One of the main proposals that got shot down in the final meeting was the possibility of a webcam which would broadcast a live feed from the Free Expres-sion Tunnel all the time.
Student Body President Jay Dawkins said the committees thought this would hinder peo-
JOURNALISTS GIVE THEIR TAKE ON FREE EXPRESSION TUNNEL
Elections, Appropriations and Student Government mission all discussed in Wednesday’s meeting
Derek MedlinManaging Editor
Members of Student Senate heard discussion and argument for several pieces of legislation Wednesday in the bi-weekly Student Senate meeting and ap-proved the Student Government Mission Act, the Spring 2009 Appropriations Act and multiple acts regarding the upcoming stu-dent elections process.
The most contentious legis-lation discussed and passed in Wednesday’s meeting cen-tered on the stu-dent body elec-tions process, which begins in March.
Student Sen-ate passed the Clean and Fair Elections Act, which attempts to continue im-provement of the elect ions process , and the Spending Limits Act, which increases the spending limits for the cam-paign process.
Andrew Tucker, the Elections Commission Chair and a senior in political science, said the two pieces of legislation passed Wednesday will make the elec-tions process fairer and more transparent to the student body.
“This bill really does three things,” Tucker said. “It closes up loopholes in previous elec-tions, adds more oversight to the candidates’ spending limits and makes the entire process
more electronically accessible for students.”
The bill raised the spending limits for those students run-ning for SG office. The limit for Student Body President rose from $450 to $625. The bill also
has a provision that allows for limits to change if all students running for a particular of-fice agree to a higher of lower limit.
Student Body President Jay D aw k i n s , a junior in civil engineering, said the legisla-tion passed re-garding the SG
elections process is a step in the right direction as far as keeping track of spending.
Dawkins also said the increase in limits coincided with inflation since the last increase, which took place in 1999.
“It’s pretty reasonable for the limits to go up that much,” he said. “Considering it’s been about 10 years since the statutes were at $450 and considering the changes that have happened since then, it seems like the best
Budgets, Campus Culture Task Force discussed at Chancellor’s Liaison
Student Senate hears, passes multiple bills
DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANCampus leaders discuss budget cuts and the recommendations of the Campus Community Task Force at the Chancellor’s Liaison Wednesday. The Chancellor’s Liaison is a montly meeting where the chancellor and other prominent administrators meet with other leaders on campus to talk about current issues af-fecting the University. Chancellor James Oblinger did not attend due to another budget meeting.
BUDGETS continued page 3
SENATE continued page 3
LIMITS PASSED BY SPENDING LIMITS REFORM ACT:Student Body President: $625Student Senate President: $525Student Body Treasurer: $525Student Chief Justice: $525Senator: $200Other Executive Offices: $420Departmental Level Offices: $140
SOURCE: STUDENT SENATE
“...Considering the changes that have happened
since then, it seems like the
best move.”Student Body President Jay
Dawkins on the increase in election spending
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TodayFELLOWSHIP ADVISING BY OASISFirst Year College Commons room 104, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
HOW COPYRIGHT CONTROLS CONTENT IN ONLINE TEACHING: WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN’T USEDH Hill Library East Wing, 10:30 a.m. to noon
THOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
CHASS DEAN FINALIST: JOHN STEVENSONWitherspoon Student Center room 126, 2 to 3 p.m.
PHILOSOPHY SEMINARWithers Hall, 4 p.m.
BEST-SELLING NOVELIST JAYNE ANNE PHILLIPSCaldwell Lounge, 7:30 p.m.
FridayTICKET CENTRAL CLOSES AT 5 P.M. FOR SPRING BREAKLast day to request a tutor for a course by appointment
UNIVERSITY BIOSAFETY COMMITTEE MEETINGVeterinary School, 10 a.m. to noon
THOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
FIRST YEAR COLLEGE VISITATION DAYFirst Year College Commons rooms 104 and 106, 1 to 5 p.m.
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POLICE BLOTTERFeb. 221:08 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEBroughton Drive Officers spoke with non students in vehicle. Subjects complied to leave the area.
2:16 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPHillsborough Street Non student was issued citation for stop light violation and no drivers license.
3:40 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPFraternity Court Non-student was issued citation for Revoked Registration and Insurance Violation.
5:52 A.M. | BREAKING AND ENTERING VEHICLEDan Allen Deck Non student reported vehicle had been broken into and items taken.
6:06 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTResearch II Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.
10:03 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENTDoak Field Officer monitored baseball competi-tion.
10:55 A.M. | LARCENY Sullivan Hall Student reported laptop stolen.
Feb. 23 12:59 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDan Allen Drive and Cates Avenue Non student was issued citation for speeding.
8:00 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTCarroll Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.
12:58 P.M. | FIRE/SAFETY HAZARDKappa Sigma FP investigated safety hazards in sev-eral areas at this location.
2:36 P.M. | LARCENYDH Hill Library Student reported theft of book bag and textbook.
5:25 P.M. | CYBERSTALKINGDabney Hall Student reported receiving unwanted text messages from unknown subject.
6:08 P.M. | SPECIAL EVENTReynolds Coliseum Officers monitored a women’s basket-ball game.
6:32 P.M. | LARCENYSullivan Hall Student reported bicycle stolen.
9:45 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAMDelta Zeta Officer conducted safety program.
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Technician is always looking for people to write, design, copy edit and take photos. If you’re interested, come to our office on the third floor of Witherspoon (across from the elevators) Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to midnight and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or e-mail Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at [email protected].
IN THE KNOW Polar Plunge charity event Saturday
The annual “Polar Plunge” is coming up this Saturday. This year’s event features a 5K run and walk followed by a dip in the freezing waters of Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus. The run begins at 9 a.m. The event is intended to raise money for Special Olympics athletes in North Carolina. Registration to run is a $25 minimum dona-tion to the cause, and $50 is required to take the plunge.
A festival at Lake Raleigh Park with music, chili, a bake sale and raffles will run from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE POLAR PLUNGE
Novelist Phillips coming tonight
Best selling novelist Jayne Anne Phillips will be in the Caldwell Lounge tonight at 7:30 p.m. Phillips is the author of three books: Shelter, Machine Dreams, and the brand new Lark and Termite. Phillips’ new novel has received high acclaim. The New York Times, for example, called the new book “intricate, deeply felt” Phillips is coming to read pieces of her work and also discuss her writings.
SOURCE: CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAM
University varies services during break
Most services and stores provided by the University will have different hours during Spring Break. Ticket Central will be closing early on Friday at 5 p.m. and will remain closed until the Mon-day after break. University Bookstores will remain open for most of the week, but will close on March 5 for an an-nual inventory count. The Atrium Food Court will be closed for the entire week, as will Fountain, Clark and Case Dining Halls. All Talley Stu-dent Center dining locations, except for the Emporium, will be closed. Some C-stores will also not be in operation.
SOURCE: NCSU
WORLD & NATIONBomb kills three British Soldiers
Three British soldiers under NATO command were killed Wednesday by a bomb in south-ern Afghanistan, according to the British Defense Ministry. This brings the death toll due to bomb-ings in Afghanistan to 10 since just this past Friday. The soldiers were not killed immediately, but instead died slowly from their wounds. No one has taken respon-sibility for the bombing yet.
SOURCE: CNN
Jindal bashes stimulus package
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal gave the Republican Party response to President Barack Obama’s congressional address Tuesday night. In the address, Jindal attacked Obama’s stimu-lus package and vowed that the Republican Party would regain America’s faith and good will. Jindal also expressed opposition to more governmental control, which the Democrats support.
“In the end, it comes down to an honest and fundamental disagreement about the proper role of government. We oppose the national Democratic view that says the way to strengthen our country is to increase dependence on government,” Jindal said.
SOURCE: CNN
Sharpton says apology is not enough
Rev. Al Sharpton said the apol-ogy from the New York Post’s Ru-pert Murdoch in connection with a controversial political cartoon is not enough. Some readers also complained that the apology was not adequate on the newspaper’s website. The cartoon, which was drawn by Sean Delonas and pub-lished Feb. 18, has been dubbed by Sharpton and others as racist. Sharpton said the apology by Murdoch was a good start, but he still had questions for the car-toonist. The cartoon depicted the killing of a Connecticut woman by a chimpanzee, which was then killed by authorities. The caption of the cartoon read “they’ll have to find someone else to write the next stimulus bill.” The cartoon was published after President Barack Obama signed the bill. The Post said the depiction of Obama as a chimpanzee was not intended to be racist, but rather intended to mock what it said was an “ineptly written” bill.
SOURCE: CNN
Obama wants change inUS health care
President Barack Obama said in his congressional address Tues-day he wanted to help citizens through what he called “the crush-ing cost of health care.” Obama said the country could not con-tinue to afford to push health care reform to the back burner. Obama said the rising cost of health care has contributed to closing busi-nesses and overseas moves by cor-porations. Obama also described the rising number of uninsured patrons in the country.
SOURCE: CNN
THROUGH GINA’S LENS
Singing in the shower
Jason Cooper, freshman in the transition program sings “Don’t Stop Believin’” by Journey at the Garnier Fructis shower singing contest by the Free Expression Tunnel on Wednesday. “I was so scared to get up there and do it but once I started I let loose and had fun. Garnier
Fructis is going to boom from this,” Cooper said.
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ple from expressing themselves freely, an issue which Vice Pro-vost for Diversity and Inclusion Jose Picart said was vital.
P ica r t sa id he didn’t think statements that poke fun at or ex pre s s d i s -like for a topic shou ld be a problem. The problem is when normal discus-sion escalates into distasteful hate speech.
“We need to be able to dis-cuss without having to go to fisti-cuffs and talk about each others’ mamas,” Picart said.
A major idea all University representatives are hoping to implement is a type of market-ing campaign that will attempt to change the culture of the campus and help students feel responsible for what happens on campus. Dawkins proposed this be called “Our House” or “Our Tunnel.”
Stafford said there is not a di-rect timetable for when these recommendations will be imple-mented. He said the chancellor will look at them and will be able to put some into practice quickly, but others will take some time.
But in the end, most were happy with the proposals that got t hroug h and the propos-als that didn’t. Spi n k s s a id she was happy with the idea of a marketing campaign.
“[Market-ing] is a good idea, kind of to develop some ideas that rep-
resent the student body as a whole, as long as the students are involved in that,” Spinks said.
Stafford said while the recom-mendations could have probably been made better, he was still sat-isfied with the results.
“You could always probably find room for improvement, but overall I was very pleased,” Stafford said. “I supported all the recommendations that made it through and will go forward.
BUDGETScontinued from page 1
DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANVice Chancellor for Student A!airs Tom Sta!ord talks about imple-menting budget reductions at the Chancellor’s Liaison in Talley Stud-net Center Wednesday.
move.” Tucker said an important
part of the Clean and Fair Elections Act will be available on the SG Web site.
“The weekly expense re-ports filed by all the candi-dates will be available on-line,” Tucker said. “When-ever your financial records are publicly available there is more accountability and it makes the process more translucent.”
Dawkins said the Clean and Fair Elections Act will allow the Elections Commission to enforce loopholes existent in the process prior to this year.
“The Clean and Fair Elec-tions Act gives a lot more power to the Elections Com-mission,” he said. “In the past, there was a lot of pressure to not disqualify someone or not fine someone because the rules were so vague. Now it’s very directive. I think you will see a lot more of the rules enforced this year.”
T h e A p p r o p r i a t i o n s Act, which SG also passed Wednesday night, allocated more than $40,000 to student organizations who requested funds.
Although the groups re-quested more than $100,000 total, Student Senate Presi-dent Pro Tempore Kelli Rogers, a junior in political science, said there is only so much money that can be given out.
“I was disappointed we didn’t have more money to give out but we did the best we could,” she said. “There is only so much we can do. The committee pulled an extra
$250 from our own committee [budget] line item so we could put extra money in [appropria-tions].”
Rogers said the spring Appro-priations process came under much more scrutiny due to the University’s budget problems.
“We were under extra pressure because of the budget cuts and because of Dr. Stafford’s over-
sight of it,” Rogers said. “The committee took extra steps to be fair and not be wasteful. The bill passing without any huge debates or huge amendments shows that all the time the committee put in was for good purpose.”
The SG mission, which became officially codified Wednesday night with the passage of the Student Government Mission
Act, makes official the goals of the organization.
According to the bill, SG will engage students to gauge the concerns of the student body, promote an environment of open discourse and proactively represent the student voice to administration and the Board of Trustees.
“I’m not saying everything will be permanent, but
we’re in a budget crisis folks.”
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford on the
budget situation
DREIER CARR/TECHNICIANStudent Senator Kenneth Webb speaks about the Spending Limits Act in the Senate Chambers Wednes-day night. The bill increased the spending limits for student body election campaigns, including an in-crease for the Student Body President from $450 to $650. “We increased spending limits based on enroll-ment growth and in"ation,” Webb, a senior in computer science, said.
SENATEcontinued from page 1
STUDENTS WHO HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR INTENT TO RUN IN THE 2009 ELECTIONS:Student Body President
Anup EngineerAmber JoynerAdam CloningerAndrew SwansonJim CeresnakKornelius Bascombe
Student Senate PresidentKelli Rogers
Student Body TreasurerElmo Lamm
Student Chief JusticeMary Frances WoodsTimur Ender
Senior Class President
David Bascombe Jr.Jay Dawkins
Student Centers PresidentMatt Woodward
UAB President
Margo Sauter Student Media Board of Directors
Al McArthur
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TECHNICIAN
A group of student leaders met with administrators in Talley Student Center
Wednesday for the Chancel-lor’s Liaison meeting to discuss the Campus Culture Task Force and budget cuts, but one critical element was missing: Chancellor James Oblinger.The chancellor is slated to at-
tend every liaison meeting, but instead he attended a meeting at the legislature concerning budget cuts. Although attending a meet-ing about the budget is impor-tant, it is necessary for Oblinger to attend meetings with students about important issues on cam-pus, which would also include budget cuts, even if it means re-scheduling the liaison meeting.Provost Larry Nielsen was also
notably absent, meaning the top administrators at the University
did not attend the meeting.The members of the adminis-
tration and students leaders who met said they had good discus-sions and talked about important topics.But if student leaders took time
out of their busy schedules dur-ing midterm week to meet with Oblinger, the respect should be reciprocated.Oblinger is a busy man, but
he must find time to meet with student leaders. Information they get will trickle down to thou-sands of students, so these meet-ings are incredibly important in informing the student popula-tion, especially in a fragile eco-nomic time when the University is staring down a seven percent
budget cut.This is a critical time for the
University, and student leaders and administrators must make sure everyone has an under-standing of how budget cuts will affect the University.But Chancellor Liaison meet-
ings are not just a time for stu-dent leaders to gather informa-tion. It involves a discussion, and Wednesday’s meeting was about budget issues. It is inte-gral for student leaders to have an understanding of the issues and how cuts will affect their re-spective programs, as well as the University.Committees under Oblinger
seem to do the opposite, as many are working with student leaders
and are open to student sugges-tions and recommendations.The Campus Culture Task
Force, Budget Central and the Student Life Master Plan Feed-back Committee listen to stu-dents’ concerns, suggestions and recommendations when making decisions.Doing this sets a great example
to the administration, because it must listen to what students have to say if it wishes to serve them the best it can.Students are also concerned
about the state of N.C. State, and the only way to have a participa-tory democracy in the University is to take heed of what students have to say and have student lead-ers who can meet with admin-istrators and have a transfer of information from the top down and vice versa.
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 is experiencing financial problems, and members of the administration should be making more of an effort to meet with student leaders.
OUR OPINION:The administration must take in feedback from students when making major decisions and meet with student leaders.
THE SOLUTION: The administration must have good communication with students, which includes making meetings with students leaders a priority.
Administrators must listen to students!OUR VIEW"
As you may or may not have noticed, I am a rather big fan of
Hillsborough Street. Not so much for its current dirty
and dilapi-dated state but for the greatness I imagine it to be in my mind.
I h a v e craf ted a
Hillsborough Street of yester-year sans the porno theater of the 80s, but complete with a re-incarnation of Brothers’ Pizza.
Although I realize that my vi-sion is idealistic, I have recently found hope that Hillsborough Street can be restored to its for-mer glory. This hope abounds in the March 14 festival known as The Hillsborough Street Re-naissance.
The festival’s Web site, www.hsren.org, states, “This is our chance to show the world what we can achieve when students, families and professionals unite as one community.”
This sentiment is important on several levels, not the least of which is the positive public-ity which will be attributed to the University for its involve-ment in the planning and ex-ecuting of the event. It is no secret our school has been sub-ject to some negative press as
of late, but this festival will be a great excuse to bring the entire community together for good, clean, family-oriented fun.
For the last few years, there has been a lot of talk in Raleigh about refurbishing Hillsborough Street, but much of it has been just that, talk. The event’s main objective is to create a showcase for the construction changes occurring on the street in the near future.
Going on 20 years now, peo-ple associated with the Uni-versity and the surrounding communities have pushed t he R a le ig h City Council to extend plans for Hillsborough Street to no avail. The reconstruction of Cameron Village, for example, has been placed ahead of plans for our street for reasons of revenue, but this has gone on for far too long.
A grassroots group of students and faculty from area universi-ties as well as local homeown-ers’ associations and businesses have joined together to make sure the City of Raleigh gives Hillsborough Street the atten-tion it deserves.
In addition to this goal, they are also hoping to raise money for various campus charities in-
cluding Engineers Without Borders, Soles4Souls and MorLove.
The Hillsborough Street Renaissance is also about bringing alternative energy and eco-friendly ideas to the people of Raleigh through demonstrations and infor-mation sessions.
It will be the first time the Street ha s been shut down for an all-day event since it was opened.
The fes-tival coor-dinators have taken great steps to ensure a synthesis
of community involvement, charitable contributions and education.
It is scheduled from 12 to 10 p.m. and will also include lo-cal live music. You can catch me, however, at the pig and pie picking sponsored by the boys of Alpha Tau Omega.
You better get your tickets early, though, because they are selling fast.
Let Catie know your thoughts on the Hillsborough Street Renaissance at [email protected].
Catie PikeSta! Columnist
Hillsborough Street Renaissance aims to revive and educate
Student Government will have its #rst debate March 23. What excitement!
Conrad Plyler, freshman in political science
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Bell Tower flags did not violate code
I’m Major Matt DeVivo, NCSU Army ROTC Battalion Executive Officer.
First off, I applaud Catie Pike’s nine years of service in the Girls Scouts. As you well know it is one of premier civic institutions in our country that mentors and prepares our youth to become good citizens and to be proud of their country. You are obvi-ously are a proud American, or you would have not written this article.
I too am sometimes a bit annoyed when our nation’s flag is flown im-properly. But having said that, I still give that person some credit for at least flying it and doing what they thought was the right thing.
Regarding your Feb. 19 viewpoint article “ The flag is not a piece of cloth,” I have a few questions for you.
What exactly was the “code” viola-tion in having the N.C. governor order all state flags at half staff to honor Former Gov. Bob Scott? I see no error.
Yes, all the press releases I have found only speak of the “STATE” flag being lowered, but obviously the Na-tional Flag was lowered too.
Maybe the press release should have read national flag and state flags, but regardless the Governor does have the “half staff” authority to lower the National Flag, per United States Code, Title 36, Chapter 10, §175.
Did she give that order to lower the national flag? I don’t know.
Maybe it was implied when the Governor gives the standard order. Except for your article, I have seen no articles saying that the flags should not have been lowered. Are there any? It was confusing due to Kay Yow’s passing also, because many people thought that all the flags were lowered in her honor, and some were but not the National Flag.
I agree it was odd to see all the flags at the Bell Tower lowered that week, but I still do not see any violations of code. I have been wrong before, so please let me know if I’m not on target.
Also just so you are aware, if you are not already. The Brickyard flag is man-aged by the ROTC units here at NCSU (Army, Navy,Air Force and Marines). We rotate flag detail and take our direction from the University on any non-standard flag positions.
To the best of my knowledge the Memorial Bell Tower flags are man-aged by the University Grounds De-partment.
Major Matt DeVivoROTC employee, Battalion XO2007 alumnus
UNC system should not admit illegal immigrants
On the usual day, I pick up the Tech-nician to pass by the hour break I have
between my two morning classes, but Friday, I picked it up to read the headline “Senator hopes to ban illegal aliens from colleges.”
I had heard that the N.C. com-munity college system was banning the admittance to those who were illegally in the United States. But, when I read that the UNC System’s Board of Governors was still allowing admittance to those illegally into our university system, I was appalled.
I know that our University is finan-cially hurting along with our country, but the Board should not be admit-ting those that are here illegally. I wel-come any one here to share and reap these benefits of our great university and nation, however, come share them with me legally.
I am deeply hurt that our University system doesn’t share this viewpoint with me.
The article states that those en-rolled still must pay out of state tuition, however, if they can’t afford that sum, it is common knowledge that they can apply for financial aid, through loans or grants, which is granted by the state and federal government, which in turn is paid by the taxpayers who are in this country legally.
I think everyone should be given the equal chance to attend this amaz-ing institution and the others in UNC’s system, but become a legal citizen or gain the necessary visas to live, work and go to school in this country first.
I am forever a Wolfpack Girl, I will forever bleed red and forever hate Carolina, but I will forever be a law abiding, United States citizen.
Madison Shooksophomore, accounting
Editor’s hoops picks are questionable
My advice to Saja Hindi: keep pick-ing against N.C. State.
Though it usually irks me to see a N.C. State student so easily cast aside his or her affiliations to our great Uni-versity and its athletic appendages (i.e. students wearing a Duke shirt on game day, explaining how disap-pointed they were when we took out Wake, etc. etc.), the editor of our student body’s very own newspaper seems to have confounding loyal-ties which prove productive for our teams.
Frequently picking against State in both football and basketball gives an extra sense of satisfaction when we beat an inferior opponent.
No one in his/her right mind would have picked Virginia over State, or, at the very least, even given them the benefit of the doubt. Go State, and keep ‘em coming, Saja!
Thomas Andersonsophomore, political science
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“No, not at all. Flyers would help. If people are in the Brickyard handing things out I always try to grab them.” Brittany Mitchellfreshman, biological sciences
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Casey Clark freshman in civil engineering.”
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CARBON DIOXIDE LEVELS INCREASE:From 1990 to 2005, carbon dioxide emissions from gas have increased from about 5,000 tetragrams to almost 6,000 tetragrams. Tetragrams of carbon dioxide equiv-alents are the units used in greenhouse gas invento-ries. One tetragram equals one million metric tons.
SOURCE: 2008 EPA REPORT ON THE ENVIRONMENT
CARBON DIOXIDE:“occurs naturally as part of the global carbon cycle, but human activities have increased atmospheric loadings through combustions of fossil fuels and other emis-sions sources.”
SOURCE: EPA.GOV
Under the Obama administration, some expect the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate carbon dioxide emissions
In a move that could affect more than 300,000 cars in Raleigh and 8.5 million in the state, the Environmental Protection Agency is expected to begin regulating carbon dioxide emissions in accordance with President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce these emissions 80 percent by 2050, Daniel Graham, a lecturer in interdisciplinary studies, said.
The EPA’s decision on whether to regulate carbon dioxide emis-sions has been stalled since 2007, when a bat-tle between George W. Bush and the Supreme Court began.
The Supreme Court made the first move in April of that year, when it lumped carbon di-oxide in with other pollutants like ozone and granted the EPA the right to regulate the heat-trapping gas in automobile emissions.
Under the Clean Air Act of 1990, the EPA has the right to decide whether to regulate pol-lutants. But the Bush administration had been hesitant to qualify carbon dioxide as a pollutant that endangers public health, instead calling it an emission, according to Graham, who in-structs an environmental policy class.
After the April ruling, the administration still disagreed.
“When Bush was running for office in 2000, he made a campaign promise to regulate carbon dioxide, and he did not live up to that promise. The Bush administration had argued that it was an emission, not a pollutant, which is why it
dragged its feet,” Graham said. “The administration dragged its feet even
after the Supreme Court ruled the EPA was responsible for regulating carbon dioxide,” he said.
But by the time the administration appealed the Supreme Court’s ruling — and by the time the Supreme Court maintained its decision — Bush was a lame duck.
“He just let the clock run out,” Graham said. With President Barack Obama’s administra-
tion already past its first 30 days in the White House, Graham said he expects the EPA and its new administrator Lisa Jackson to start regu-
lating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act.
Obama plans to es-tablish a cap-and-trade policy that will cut car-bon dioxide emissions 80 percent by 2050, ac-cording to the White House Web site.
Cap-and-trade poli-cies were in effect during the Bush administra-tion as well.
Manufacturers were allowed to emit a certain amount of pollutants, like sulfur dioxide, but “the industries that don’t comply have to buy extra pollution permits,” Graham said.
Since 55 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in 2000 came from fuel and cement, automobile manufacturers and state departments of trans-portation could be some of the first places to feel regulation’s affects.
Marge Howell, N.C. Department of Motor Vehicle spokesperson, said a statewide report issued Jan. 13 showed 8,549,078 vehicles — a number that includes motorcycles, mobile
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LinkedIn’s popularity soars as jobs are scarce
“The Obama administration is on firm legal ground to have the EPA regulate emissions.”
Daniel Graham, lecturer
Job-hunters will have a tough time getting hired, even with site’s aid
Alison HarmanScience & Tech Editor
In the wake of a shaky economy and faltering job security, LinkedIn, a social networking site that connects business professionals to each other, is seeing record amounts of unique visitors.
Those who have been recently laid off their jobs — more than 200,000 people joined the ranks in January, according to the Bureau of Labor Sta-tistics — and even recent graduates who cannot find jobs are reeling from the combined effect of a 7.6 percent unemployment rate and more than 2,000 mass layoffs.
And while those affected have been cringing their ways through job
searches and interviews, LinkedIn, which was launched in 2003, is ben-efitting from the bad news.
From December to January, Linke-dIn’s total unique visitors jumped 22 percent to 7.7 million, according to data from comScore. The site had 6.3 million unique visitors the month before.
Not only are more people visiting
the site, they’re also spending more time on it. According to the same data, total minutes spent on Linke-dIn in January doubled from Decem-ber’s numbers to 96.8 million.
But Michael Walden, professor and extension economist, said businesses — even those that aren’t laying off their employees — aren’t hiring.
“It’s horrible. It’s a bad economy,”
Walden, who instructs agricultural and resource economics, said. “It will be a very bad economy for graduates to get jobs. It’s probably the worst economy in 25 years.”
He said regardless of personal con-tact with employers, it’s going to be difficult to get a job.
“This is not to tell students not to use all possible means of getting their resumes and their information out,” Walden said. “But the unfor-tunate fact is that businesses simply aren’t hiring, so it doesn’t matter how people get your information, whether from an in-person interview or through a Web site.”
According to LinkedIn, more than 6,000 current and former N.C. State students have signed up for a mem-bership.
And this group does not represent
CARS BY THE NUMBERS8,549,078 registered vehicles in North Carolina
313,671 registered vehicles in Raleigh
SOURCE: MARGE HOWELL, N.C. DMV SPOKESPERSON
NANOBYTESMichael Jackson to sell arcade game collection
Who wouldn’t want to play Karate Champ on the same machine the King of Pop used? He’s giving his fan population the chance April 24 when he offers some of his arcade games up for sale.
Some of the games include Zoltar the Fortune Teller, Super Street Fighter II, Blitz 99, Need for Speed, DDR, Neo Geo and, of course, Karate Champ.
The auction, which will take place at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, will be held in two separate rounds. The first is slated to begin at 9 a.m. on the 24th, the second at 2 p.m. It is open to the public, who can also bid online at AuctionNetwork.com
The full list of games includes: * The Simpsons Pinball Party * Sports Shooting USA * The Lost World: Jurassic Park * Megatouch XL * Street Fever Basketball * Jambo! Safari * Super Chexx Hockey * Hotflash Air Hockey * Popstar Pinball * San Francisco Rush * Crazy Taxi * Hog Wild * F1 Exhaust Note * Police Trainer 2 Deluxe * Crazy Taxi III * Star Trek (pinball) * X-Men * Indiana Jones Pinball Adventure * Terminator 3 (pinball) * Tokyo Cop * Dark Stalkers * Revolution X * Ms. Pacman & Galaga * Horse Ride * The Simpsons Bowling * The Simpsons (arcade game) * Fortune Teller * Grandmother Predictions * Sammy USA Sports Arena * Zoltar the Fortune Teller * Lethal Enforcers * Lara Croft Tomb Raider * War Gods * Jumbo * Print Club 2 * Super Street Fighter II * Little Red Corvette * Sega R-360 * NBA Hang Time * Harley-Davidson & L.A. Riders * Polaroid Photo Booth * The Portrait Studio * Galaxy Force * WWF Royal Rumble * Oscar’s Wild Ride Gumball
Machine * Ziggy the Clown * Nintendo 64 (in a store display
rack) * 3DO (in a store display rack) * Sony PlayStation (in a store
display rack) * Clown Around * Smashing Drive * Sergeant Major * Nintendo Virtual Boy (in a store
display rack) * Blitz 99 * Alpine Racer 2 * Hip Hop Mania Complete Mix 2 * Digital Thunder * Crazy Taxi * Ultracade * Mocap Boxing * Striker Xtreme * Time Killers * Saturn * Karate Champ * Super NEO 29 * Cruis’n Exotica * Strike Fighter * Megatouch MAXX * Virtua Racing * Ripley’s Pinball * Austin Powers Pinball * Ultracade * NSM Jukebox * San Francisco Rush 2049 * Eighteen Wheeler * X-Men (arcade version) * Sports Jam * Lethal Enforcer * Batman * Luigi’s Corner * Robovend * LAX Rotary Merchandiser * Guitar Freaks * Tekken 2 * Star Wars Racer * Bucking Bronco * The Sands Slot Machine * Mills Blue Bell Hi Top Slot * Dig Dug * Crystal Castles * Soul Calibur * Sunset Riders * Danger Zone * Donkey Kong * Terminator 2 * Aliens * NBA Showtime * Frogger * Cart Fury * Manx Super Bike * Atari Basketball * Pony Mark IV * Ms. Pacman * Mortal Kombat * Neo Geo MVS * Caveman Ninja * Super Mario Brothers * Beach Head 2002 * Marvel vs. Capcom * Virtua Tennis 2 * Top Skater * Super Nintendo (in a store
display rack) * Dance Dance Revolution * Sega Genesis Game Display * Sega Dreamcast (in a store
display rack) * Frenzy Express * Need for Speed
SOURCE: TECHCRUNCH.COM
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A YEAR IN UNEMPLOYMENT4.9% January
4.8% February
5.1% March
5% April
5.5% May
5.6% June
5.8% July
6.2% August
6.2% September
6.6% October
6.8% November
7.2% December
7.6% January
SOURCE: BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS
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The 2009-2010 University Ambassadors Recruitment Drive is underway.
-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.
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homes, RVs, trucks, buses and trailers — issued to North Caro-linians.
She said the amount of in-state registered vehicles has remained at about 8.5 million “for some time now.”
Carbon dioxide regulation could affect the 313,671 vehicles that are registered in the city of Raleigh.
Behshad Norowzi, a trans-portation engineer for the N.C. DOT, said although he is un-
aware of any EPA-implemented regulations to cut carbon dioxide emissions, there is a possibility the department could see chang-es in carbon dioxide regulation in the next two years.
“Right now, the EPA regulates ozone, carbon monoxide, par-ticulate matter and toxics. There is really no federal regulation for greenhouse gases. California regulates its emissions, but that’s on a state basis,” he said.
“If, at some point, the EPA does regulate greenhouse gases, it would impact all the sources of carbon dioxide emissions.”
So if the EPA does as Graham
and others who follow the ad-ministration’s politics expect, North Carolinians could see
their new cars undergo stiff reg-ulation regarding the amount of carbon dioxide they are allowed
to emit. “The Obama administration
is on firm legal ground to have
the EPA regulate emissions,” Graham said.
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those who are passively look-ing for jobs.
A study produced by Busi-ness Communication Quar-terly, which randomly selected 200 LinkedIn members, c o u l d n o t “confirm the c l a i m t h at business-ori-ented social networking Web sites may be f r u it f u l sources for identifying potential em-ployees.”
“However,” it continued,”the data derived from this study dispute the claim that busi-ness-oriented social network-ing sites provide a large popu-lation of passive jobseekers.”
Recent graduates looking — and failing — to find jobs might have to wait until the end of the year, when Walden said the market will finally hit rock-bottom. Only then will
it be able to rebound. The stimulus package, he said,
will likely help only a little.“Think of the economy as a
person falling down into a pit at 50 feet per minute. The stimu-lus package is going to slow our fall to 45 feet a minute,” Walden
said. “The cur-rent thinking is that we will hit the bottom at the end of the year at the earliest. We need to hit that before we come back up.”
He sa id the stimulus pack-age will primar-i ly help those who are already out of work.
“It has a fair amount of mon-
ey that’s going to extend unem-ployment benefits for people who are out of work. There are large amounts of money for Medicaid. There’s money for college students,” Walden said. “All of which is good, but if it’s going to have a modest impact on the overall direction of the economy.”
“The unfortunate fact
is that businesses
simply aren’t hiring.”
Michael Walden,
economist
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DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANCatcher Alyssa Allbritten runs to !rst base in the game against Siena Wednesday. Albritten helped the Pack jump out to a quick 3-0 lead after Bridget Desbois’ home run in the bottom of the !rst.
mentally. In my sophomore year I didn’t really know what to expect, and now I know what to expect out of myself and my teammates.”
McCauley called the end of his collegiate career “bittersweet.”
“I want it to keep going for-ever, but at the same time, every good thing has to come to and end,” McCauley said. “I’m look-ing forward to wherever it is I’m headed, but I’m not going to take these last few games for granted.”
One of those games will take place tonight at Wake Forest. The Demon Deacons will be looking for revenge after State pulled out an upset Feb. 11 at the RBC Cen-ter in the teams’ first meeting. McCauley only managed two points when the teams last faced each other, but Lowe insisted that was because McCauley was so ill he almost didn’t play.
“I was really sick that whole week,” McCauley said. “We ac-tually wound up going 2-0 that week, though, which is funny.”
Naturally, McCauley said he wanted to play basketball for as long as possible after he gradu-ates. However, he is undersized
for a center, so he has begun weighing other options.
“I’m feeling good about maybe moving out to the four position and maybe getting some wing experience,” Mc-Cauley said.
After his basketball career is over, McCauley said he is edging toward making a shift from shooting baskets to sinking birdies. The sports management major said he would like to manage a golf course one day.
“I enjoy playing whenever I get the chance,” McCauley said. “When I get done with basketball, I feel like that’s the ideal thing.”
If McCauley tires of life on the links, junior Dennis Horner said he could have other career options. Horner said McCauley and Brandon Costner were “like coaches on the court.”
“They’re leaders out there on the court, keeping us poised,” Horner said.
That leadership will be front and center when State takes on Maryland, Boston College and Miami next week before attempting a Cinderella run in Atlanta during the ACC Tournament.
ly, said.O’Connell, a sophomore
in sports management, said he usually opts for the upper level seats.
“I usually get the upper seats because they’re cheap-er,” O’Connell said. “I get a group of people together and we go and make a ton of noise.”
Daniel Winders, a senior in industrial engineering, said he is not the Hurricanes’ big-gest fan but enjoys taking in a hockey game when the games are discounted.
“I’m not a huge fan, but I go to games when I can,” Wind-ers said. “It’s actually my fa-vorite sport to go watch, it’s just a lot of fun.”
Winders said he became hooked on hockey, even though it was a far cry from the traditional “southern” sports — NASCAR and ACC basketball.
“You don’t get very many chances to watch hockey in the south,” Winders said.
the program right now.”As a freshman, Henry has
already captured the school record in the shot put and claimed second place all-time in the weight throw. Henry’s 16.21 m weight throw is ranked 10th nationally in its category. That mark stands as the best among the nation’s freshmen.
“What she has accom-plished so far as a freshman has been great, and she’s only going to get better,” Martinez said. “For someone who is that young to come in and ac-complish so much definitely helps the girl’s team out.”
Last season, the men fin-ished sixth and the women finished seventh at the ACC Indoor Championships.
“Finishing seventh is not acceptable, but we’ve just got to get more Lawanda Hen-rys in the program,” Geiger said. “We need more athletes that can score not just in one event, but in two.”
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ally stepped it up and we realized what we have to do,” Desbois said. “We knew defensively this is what we were having trouble with in California.”
According to Navas, the way her team played in front of a home crowd was encouraging and will be important as it goes forward this season, especially
with this weekend’s upcoming Wolfpack Challenge. The six-team tournament will take place at Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Soft-ball Stadium this weekend, Feb. 27 - March 1.
“You never want to lose a game at home, [especially because] we had a great crowd tonight,” Na-vas said. “We did what we needed to [tonight] and we are looking forward to our tournament.”
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SportsTECHNICIAN
INSIDECOUNTDOWN
Senior forward looks to future beyond N.C. State
Kate ShefteDeputy Sports Editor
Senior Ben McCauley has seen some dramatic ups and downs during his tenure with the Wolfpack. He’s witnessed a coaching change, an NCAA run, a victory over pow-erhouse UNC and a 93-76 home loss this year that led to a scrap between himself and Carolina’s Mike Copeland.
In the meantime, however, he has put up some impressive numbers. He is averaging 12.9 points per game this season and just under 8 rebounds a game.
“He’s having an excellent senior season,” forward Tra-cy Smith said of McCauley. “Some games he gets a little frustrated because we’ll get a big lead and then turn the ball over, but so would any-one else.”
McCauley’s senior year has been far from relaxing. After some early drama with head coach Sidney Lowe, McCau-ley found himself left at home while his team participated in a preseason game in Toronto, Ont.
“With Canada, that was just something that happened in practice,” McCauley said. “I think it was a way for Coach Lowe to sort of put his foot down early, to say I’m not go-ing to tolerate this.”
McCauley said the incident had a positive effect on the team.
“It’s worked throughout the year because everyone has jumped on board,” Mc-Cauley said. “It was unfor-tunate at the time, but it sent
the right message. I wasn’t go-ing anywhere, N.C. State is my home, and I wouldn’t even have thought about leaving.”
Things have certainly changed since McCauley came into the organization as a fresh-faced 18-year-old from West Newton, Pa. His team went on an unex-pected run to the NCAA tourna-
ment during McCauley’s sopho-more year and has spent the last two years trying to get back.
“I’ve gotten back into my comfort zone,” McCauley said. “It feels like two years ago, only better. I have more experience
Student discount gives students chance to take in NHL hockey at discounted rate
Kate ShefteDeputy Sports Editor
It may be news to some, but there is another team that plays in the RBC Center when the Wolfpack has vacated the basketball court. Once a month, students can purchase $25 tickets in the lower level (usually upwards of $60) and $15 tickets in the upper level and see the Carolina Hurricanes take on Na-tional Hock-ey Leag ue opponents. Certain sec-tions are set aside for col-lege students.
Dustin Kilpatrick, the Hur-ricanes’ group sales represen-tative, said the ‘Canes College Nights have increased since the 2006-2007 season, when the offer began.
“Last year we had six games and the year before that we had one game, so the program is growing,” Kilpatrick said. “We’ve sold out the pricing categories each of the previ-ous two College Nights.”
The orig ina l schedule had the Hurricanes’ Feb. 17
match-up against the Boston Bruins marked off as a ‘Canes College night, but the game lat-er became the night long-time Hurricanes’ defenseman Glen Wesley had his jersey retired. The game sold out before col-lege students were able to snap up tickets.
“The seats that we had for the College Night were also invento-ry for other offers, so it sold out before the game went on sale for students,” Kilpatrick said. “We switched it to the Buffalo game.”
The schedule is set early before the season, so it’s impossible
to tel l which t e a m s w i l l become pow-erhouses and which games w i l l become ones of conse-quence.
“ I t j u s t work e d out perfect that it was the Buffalo
game,” Kilpatrick said.The Buffalo Sabres happen to
be standing in the way of the Hurricanes and their first playoff berth in the three seasons since they won the cup. Carolina is one point behind Buffalo on the standings, and the Sabres have a game in hand.
“The standings are tight, so every win is crucial,” Chad O’Connell, who said he goes to ‘Canes College Nights frequent-
Pack scores six runs in first four innings en route to blowout win
Tyler EverettStaff Writer
The softball team rebound-ed from five consecutive road losses with a 6-0 shutout vic-tory against visiting Siena on Wednesday night at Dail Sta-dium. The Wolfpack matched its highest run total of the sea-son. The Pack notched its first shutout while committing no errors for just the second time this season.
Senior pitcher Mendy Mck-enzie said she was proud of the Pack’s overall team effort.
“We had great defense and our bats were going,” Mcken-zie said. “So it was a full team effort, that’s for sure.”
Coach Lisa Navas agreed a balanced effort was just what the team needed after a tough trip to California.
“We tried to leave that in California, so it was nice to come home and put some things together,” Navas said. “It was just a balanced attack and that’s what we plan on go-ing after.”
The offensive onslaught started early when the team jumped out to a 3-0 lead af-ter a three run blast by sopho-more third baseman Bridget Desbois. Desbois said after the game that her home run
let Siena know what they were up against right away.
“Siena knew that it was gone after that [home run],” Debois said. “They knew that [the game] was done for them.”
Thanks to Mckenzie’s domi-nance on the mound, the Pack’s six runs on seven hits were more than enough for the win. Mck-enzie stifled Siena’s batters from start to finish, striking out ten batters while giving up just one hit and two walks in seven in-nings. Coach Lisa Navas talked after the game about Mckenzie’s hard work paying off and about what her performance meant to her team.
“She did a good job, she pitched well last weekend and it paid off for her tonight,” Navas said.
The Wolfpack took advantage of an error, a wild pitch, and three base hits and added three more runs in the bottom of the
fourth inning. Junior outfielder Lauren Peters reached first on an error to load the bases after freshman outfielder Hannah Ojeda - who was three for three on the night with a run scored - and freshman second baseman Landon Warren both hit singles. Ojeda then scored on a wild pitch before sophomore infielder Alys-sa Ishibashi’s line drive single to left drove in Peters and Warren to finish the scoring.
Yet another thing that went right for the Pack was its de-fense, which had struggled prior to Wednesday’s game. The team made no fielding errors against Siena, and according to Desbois, this was a result of a concerted effort the team devoted to de-fense during Tuesday’s practice.”
“Yesterday in practice we re-
Florida State favorite to win ACC Indoor Championships
Daniel EllisDeputy Sports Editor
The men and women’s track & field teams will travel to Blacksburg, Va. today for the ACC Indoor Championships. However, a combination of illness, injury and ineligibil-ity may hinder the ability of N.C. State to participate and be a major competitor.
“We have some issues and we’re nicked up,” coach Rollie Geiger said. “We have some athletes who are ill, and we are redshirting some fresh-men.”
Junior distance runner John Martinez is one of several ath-letes recovering from injury. Martinez will be running in spite of an injury to his Achil-les Tendon and competing in only one meet during the regular season. He rested the remainder of the time.
“I’ve kind of been pushing through it because this is the conference championship and I’m not going to let this hold me back,” Martinez said. “It just seems like everything is going against us right now with everyone getting hurt or sick.”
In addition, the men’s team is without many of its middle-distance and distance run-ners, many of whom are ei-ther ill or are redshirting this season to maintain eligibility for the future.
“The athletes that are in our program are outstanding, but they’re just not able to line up right now,” Geiger said. “In the long run, redshirt-ing the athletes is the right decision for them and for the program.”
Long distance runners Em-ily Pritt and Ryan Hill, both
freshmen, qualified for the world team in cross country and will be traveling to Amman, Jordan during the ACC Championships. Thus, coach Geiger realizes the team won’t be competing at its full potential.
“There is going to be a little bit of a trade-off when you are very competitive in cross coun-try as a team and trying to win the conference in track & field,” Geiger said. “You’re just not go-ing to have as many athletes in each event as you’d like to have.”
Even with many athletes out of the lineup, Geiger said he still would like to see the men finish near the top portion of the con-ference.
“Our goal is to finish in the top tier at the championships,” Geiger said. “It’ll be Florida State out in front, and then there will be a group of teams where the difference between second and sixth may only be a few points.”
Sophomore distance runner Kara McKenna shares Geiger’s belief that winning is out of reach. However, she won’t rule out the chance of some individ-ual surprise finishes.
“Andie Cozzarelli and Tiay-onna Blackmon have both been running well,” McKenna said. “Also, Brittany Tinsley has been hitting her best marks of the season and is going to be really competitive in the 3,000 and 5,000 meters. She is ready for a breakout race.”
In addition to Tinsley, fresh-man thrower Lawanda Henry has already made an impact for State. Going into the ACC Championships, Henry ranks first in the conference in both the shot put and the weight throw.
“If N.C. State had five athletes like Lawanda, I’d feel a lot better about how our outcome is going to be on Saturday,” Geiger said. “She really is the cornerstone of
“The standings are tight, so every
win is crucial.”
McCauley relishing !nal year with Pack
MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOBen McCauley, a senior forward, has averaged 12.4 points and 7.9 rebounds in his senior year. In his four years on the basketball team, McCauley has been a leader, averaging more than 20 minutes of play time since his sophomore year. “He is an excellent teamate. He keeps his teammates involved in the game, has great energy and pop and he just talks to us,” Tracy Smith said of McCauley.
DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANCatcher Alyssa Allbritten stops the ball after a Siena batter strikes during the game Wednesday. The Wolfpack shut out Siena 6-0.
‘Canes College Night drawing in fans
Lack of depth worrisome for track & field this season
Softball dominates Siena in season home opener
WOLFFACTS
Women’s basketball hosts Clemson on Senior Night
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Barr honored with !fth Rookie of the Week
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All day
WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All day
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSCollege Park, Md., All day
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CLEMSONReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL @ WAKE
MEN’S GOLF @ PUERTO RICO CLASSICRio Grande, Puerto Rico, All day
MEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS Blacksburg, Va., All dayWOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSBlacksburg, Va., All day
MEN’S SWIMMING AND DIVING @ ACC CHAMPIONSHIPS
SOFTBALL @ WOLFPACK CHALLENGE Curtis & Jacqueline Dale Softball Stadium, All day
WRESTLING VS. HOFSTRA Reynolds Coliseum, 3:00 p.m.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY“I’m looking forward to
wherever it is I’m headed, but I’m not going to take these last few games for
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