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The GLDS was created last year by Melissa Bostrom, director of graduate academic and professional develop- ment. “I wrote a grant proposal to fund this program last year, because I realized there was nothing like it,” Bostrom said. “A lot of graduate stu- dents felt the leadership development series that was already available was more for undergraduate students. I wanted to create something the gradu- ate students could utilize.” The program aims to develop com- munication skills, self-awareness and professional adaptability, according to Bostrom. Participants in the pro- gram must be part of the graduate program at the University. “The idea is to teach students about opportunities for leadership develop- ment. We also try to do a lot with critical thinking skills,” Bostrom said. Participating students complete hu- man pattern assessment and emotion- al intelligence assessments first. They also complete a pre-program ques- tionnaire online. After the program, students complete a questionnaire about the program’s strengths and weaknesses. During the sessions, participants take part in team-building exercises and receive personal development coaching. There are homework as- signments in addition to the train- ing classes. This year, 21 graduate students are participating in the program; 25 students completed the program last year. “The program was piloted last year and was very successful, so we de- cided to go ahead with it this year,” Bostrom said. According to the report from last year’s program, students indicated an increased competency in self-aware- ness, leadership and professional Ecuador trek marks major milestone for campus branch of Nourish International. Joshua Chappell Senior Staff Writer Students interested in seeing the world while lending a helping hand can apply for a spot in the N.C. State chapter of Nourish International’s newest service project. Nourish International, founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, is a service or- ganization with chapters at over 20 campuses nationwide, according to the program website. The N.C. State chapter of Nourish International was founded in 2005. This summer, N.C. State’s Nourish International branch is seeking students to travel to Quito, Ecuador, to participate in the chapter’s first international service project. The mission of the organization is to “eradicate poverty by engaging stu- dents and empowering communities,” according to its mission statement. Nourish International works to supply college students across the nation with the necessary capital to conduct com- munity development projects both domestically and around the world. According to Gini Gregg, co-pres- ident of the N.C. State chapter of Nourish International, members raise money throughout the school year for use on international projects. The lo- cal chapter’s main project is Pancakes for Poverty, where students make and sell pancakes bi-weekly at Wolf Plaza. Gregg, a senior in business admin- istration and international studies, became interested in international service after a trip to Belize several summers ago. She was able to get in- volved with Nourish International thanks to the recommendation of Bob Patterson, a crop science profes- sor who knew of her interest in non- profit organizations. Nathan Sink, junior in political sci- ence and economics, said the or- ganization is doing great things to alleviate poverty worldwide. “At the core of our purpose is the realization that the cycle of poverty is only furthered by short-term aid solutions implemented on a long- term agenda,” Sink said. Sink also became involved with the organization via Patterson. Sink has been the director of in- ternational projects for the local chapter since his freshman year. Being a nationwide organization, Nourish International thrives on interaction between its constituent chapters, according to Gregg. “There is an annual summer conference to which all chapters are encouraged to send represen- tatives,” Gregg said. “Additionally, schools with smaller clubs are en- couraged to partner with other chapters in funding and partici- pating in a summer project.” This summer, the chapter will Program helps grad students hone leadership skills insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 ‘Daytripper’ takes readers along for journey of a lifetime See page 6. Wealth at infield could play vital role for Wolfpack See page 8. GRAD continued page 3 Service group heading to equator to battle poverty System wide food drive competition Members of the UNC System Staff Assembly are collecting food items the month of February. Chelsey Francis News Editor N.C. State and the other UNC system schools don’t just compete in basketball in the month of Feb- ruary anymore. The UNC System Staff Assembly de- cided to make the month of February a month of service for the group. The assembly decided that each of the 17 schools represented on the staff as- sembly would each do a service project for the month. According to Susan Lankford, a research associate in the department of molecular biomedical sciences, the UNC system staff assembly suggested donating food. N.C. State decided to have a food drive for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina. In February 2010, N.C. State staff senate sponsored a week long food drive where they collected 443 pounds of food, according to Steve Carlton, a crime prevention officer with the public safety department. According to Carlton, last year, the UNC system raised an estimated 11,000 pounds during the week long food drive. Lankford said the staff is encourag- ing everyone to donate food through- out the month of February. There are collection boxes set up around cam- pus. “Each staff member on the N.C. State staff senate was asked to set up a box in their district of campus. I made a flyer to put on all the boxes,” Lankford said. “I work in the vet school, and I’ve set up two boxes here. We also put some boxes in the lobby of Talley Student Center.” Representatives with the North Carolina School of Science and Math contacted N.C. State to help with their food drive. “The students at the N.C. School of Science and Math are trying to break the Guiness Book of World Records record for the most food col- lected,” Lank- ford said. “Their goal is 500,000 pounds of food. We’ve made an arrangement that the food we raise will be counted in their total.” According to Carlton, another rea- son N.C. State agreed to partner with the N.C. School of Science and Math was because both groups are donating to the same charity. The UNC System chose the name “Have a Heart,” be- cause of the time of the year. “We’re doing this in February, so we have the Valentine’s Day concept,” Carlton said. After doing the food drive for only a week last year, the group made the decision to extend it to the month of February in hopes of col- lecting more food, according to Carlton. “We found that people weren’t always able to give all at once, so we decided it was better to spread it out,” Carlton said. “We wanted to make it an entire month, and Valentine’s Day falls right in the middle of Febru- ary, to give people a chance to donate from the beginning of the month to the end of the month.” Carlton is a member of the staff senate at N.C. State and a past chair. Lankford represents the College of Veterinary Medicine. The Staff Senate is comprised of staff members representing differ- ent districts of campus, according to Lankford. Each district has a certain number of members. The next larger body is the UNC System Staff Assembly, according to Lankford. Carlton served on the UNC System Staff Assembly. “Part of my duties as chair of the staff senate was to be a part of the UNC system staff assembly,” Carl- ton said. “Each school in the UNC system have their own staff senate. Each staff senate has representation on the staff assembly.” Carlton said the representatives on the UNC staff assembly are not students or faculty. “It’s just normal everyday em- ployees,” Carlton said. University officials schedule a second student success forum. Brooke Wallig Deputy News Editor In order to make the strategic plan- ning process more understandable, a second student success forum will be held this week. This meeting follows the Chan- cellor’s Forum in January, in which many students expressed confusion over the N.C. State Strategic Plan “White Papers.” Although the Janu- ary forum covered topics pertaining to the Strategic Plan (the University’s “action” plan for the next five to ten years), many said they were expecting an explanation of the reasons behind recent budget cuts. As a result of this confusion, the University has scheduled a Stu- dent Success forum to take a second shot at discussing the White Papers and Strategic Plan. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Talley Ballroom. According to Chancellor Randy Woodson, the main purpose of holding a second forum to discuss these topics is to be sure students have ample opportunity to express their opinions on the subject. “We’re having this forum because we think it’s important to let students react to the White Papers and voice their opinions on the recommenda- tions,” Woodson said. “This way, we can incorporate their feedback into the final plan.” The White Papers, an initially 41-page collection of the initiatives of each of the nine University task forces, will be provided to students at the forum in a three-page condensed version. Woodson said the forum will discuss several topics, though will center on the various aspects of the Strategic Plan. “We will go over all of the rec- ommendations of the White Pa- pers and help students to prioritize them, including topics like advis- ing, residential life, and a number more,” Woodson said. “This is especially important given that we are facing such a challenging budget, and we want students to succeed.” According to Student Body Presi- dent Kelly Hook, senior in politi- cal science, students should review the initiatives of the Undergradu- ate Student Success task force and prepare ques- tions prior to attending the forum to be sure the event is as effective as possible. “The strategic plan will shape the lives of N.C. State students for years to come,” Hook said. “Students should tell the University what kind of shape they want.” However, Woodson said the fo- rum will proceed as scheduled, no matter how many are in atten- dance. “I really have no idea how many students will attend, though I’d hope this is something students will be interested in,” Woodson said. “But we do want to make ourselves available for this, so we’ll be out there whether there is one student or 5,000.” POVERTY continued page 3 “I work in the vet school, and I’ve set up two boxes here.” Susan Lankford PACK PRIDE ONLINE IN COLLECTION CONTEST Chancellor: ‘We need student feedback’ NOURISH INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS: N.C. State’s chapter of Nourish International is venturing to Ecuador for its first international project. Each summer, Nourish International students travel abroad to “conduct sustainable development projects.” For international projects, Nourish International works with a local partner organization that has the support of the local community. “By focusing on partnerships with specific communities, Nourish breaks the problem of poverty down to a manageable size and empowers the community to sustain itself once the student team leaves,” according to Nourish International. SOURCE: NOURISH INTERNATIONAL WEBSITE “The Strategic Plan wiil shape the lives of N.C. State students for years to come.” Student Body President Kelly Hook, senior in political science IL L US T RA TI ON BY ALEX NITT
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Adviser devises series aimed only at graduate students.
Elise HeglarStaff Writer
A program dedicated to building leadership skills in graduate students is offering seminars for the second straight year.
The Graduate Leadership Develop-ment Series offers students the oppor-tunity to sharpen their communica-tion skills; it also offers participants advice on how to be a leader in the professional world.
The GLDS was created last year by Melissa Bostrom, director of graduate academic and professional develop-ment.
“I wrote a grant proposal to fund this program last year, because I realized there was nothing like it,” Bostrom said. “A lot of graduate stu-dents felt the leadership development series that was already available was more for undergraduate students. I wanted to create something the gradu-ate students could utilize.”
The program aims to develop com-munication skills, self-awareness and professional adaptability, according to Bostrom. Participants in the pro-gram must be part of the graduate program at the University.
“The idea is to teach students about opportunities for leadership develop-ment. We also try to do a lot with critical thinking skills,” Bostrom said.
Participating students complete hu-man pattern assessment and emotion-al intelligence assessments first. They also complete a pre-program ques-tionnaire online. After the program, students complete a questionnaire about the program’s strengths and weaknesses.
During the sessions, participants take part in team-building exercises and receive personal development coaching. There are homework as-signments in addition to the train-ing classes. This year, 21 graduate students are participating in the program; 25 students completed the program last year.
“The program was piloted last year and was very successful, so we de-cided to go ahead with it this year,” Bostrom said.
According to the report from last year’s program, students indicated an increased competency in self-aware-ness, leadership and professional
Ecuador trek marks major milestone for campus branch of Nourish International.
Joshua ChappellSenior Staff Writer
Students interested in seeing the world while lending a helping hand can apply for a spot in the N.C. State chapter of Nourish International’s newest service project.
Nourish International, founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003, is a service or-ganization with chapters at over 20 campuses nationwide, according to the program website. The N.C. State chapter of Nourish International was founded in 2005. This summer, N.C. State’s Nourish International branch is seeking students to travel to Quito, Ecuador, to participate in the chapter’s first international service project.
The mission of the organization is to “eradicate poverty by engaging stu-dents and empowering communities,” according to its mission statement. Nourish International works to supply college students across the nation with the necessary capital to conduct com-munity development projects both domestically and around the world.
According to Gini Gregg, co-pres-ident of the N.C. State chapter of Nourish International, members raise money throughout the school year for use on international projects. The lo-cal chapter’s main project is Pancakes for Poverty, where students make and sell pancakes bi-weekly at Wolf Plaza.
Gregg, a senior in business admin-istration and international studies, became interested in international service after a trip to Belize several summers ago. She was able to get in-volved with Nourish International thanks to the recommendation of Bob Patterson, a crop science profes-sor who knew of her interest in non-profit organizations.
Nathan Sink, junior in political sci-
ence and economics, said the or-ganization is doing great things to alleviate poverty worldwide.
“At the core of our purpose is the realization that the cycle of poverty is only furthered by short-term aid solutions implemented on a long-term agenda,” Sink said.
Sink also became involved with the organization via Patterson. Sink has been the director of in-ternational projects for the local chapter since his freshman year.
Being a nationwide organization, Nourish International thrives on interaction between its constituent chapters, according to Gregg.
“There is an annual summer conference to which all chapters are encouraged to send represen-tatives,” Gregg said. “Additionally, schools with smaller clubs are en-couraged to partner with other chapters in funding and partici-pating in a summer project.”
This summer, the chapter will
Program helps
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viewpoint 4features 5classifieds 7sports 8
‘Daytripper’ takes readers along for journey of a lifetimeSeepage6.
Wealth at infield could playvital role for WolfpackSeepage8.
Grad continuedpage3
Service group heading to equator to battle poverty
System wide food drive competition
Members of the UNC System Staff Assembly are collecting food items the month of February.
Chelsey FrancisNews Editor
N.C. State and the other UNC system schools don’t just compete in basketball in the month of Feb-ruary anymore.
The UNC System Staff Assembly de-cided to make the month of February a month of service for the group. The assembly decided that each of the 17 schools represented on the staff as-sembly would each do a service project for the month.
According to Susan Lankford, a research associate in the department of molecular biomedical sciences, the UNC system staff assembly suggested donating food. N.C. State decided to have a food drive for the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.
In February 2010, N.C. State staff senate sponsored a week long food drive where they collected 443 pounds of food, according to Steve Carlton, a crime prevention officer with the public safety department.
According to Carlton, last year, the UNC system raised an estimated 11,000 pounds during the week long food drive.
Lankford said the staff is encourag-ing everyone to donate food through-out the month of February. There are collection boxes set up around cam-pus.
“Each staff member on the N.C.
State staff senate was asked to set up a box in their district of campus. I made a flyer to put on all the boxes,” Lankford said. “I work in the vet school, and I’ve set up two boxes here. We also put some boxes in the lobby of Talley Student Center.”
Representatives w ith the North Carolina School of Science and Math contacted N.C. State to help with their food drive.
“The students at the N.C. School of Science and Math are trying to break the Guiness Book of World Records record for the most
food col-
lected,” Lank-
ford s a id . “Their goal is
500,000 pounds of food. We’ve
made an arrangement that the food we raise
will be counted in their total.”According to Carlton, another rea-
son N.C. State agreed to partner with the N.C. School of Science and Math was because both groups are donating to the same charity.
The UNC System chose the name “Have a Heart,” be-cause of the time of the year.
“We’re doing this in February, so we have the Valentine’s Day concept,”
Carlton said. After doing the food drive
for only a week last year, the group made the decision to extend it to the month of February in hopes of col-
lecting more food, according to Carlton.
“We found that people weren’t always able to give all
at once, so we decided it was better to spread it out,” Carlton
said. “We wanted to make it an entire month, and Valentine’s Day falls right in the middle of Febru-ary, to give people a chance to donate from the beginning of the month to the end of the month.”
Carlton is a member of the staff senate at N.C. State and a past chair. Lankford represents the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The Staff Senate is comprised of staff members representing differ-ent districts of campus, according to Lankford. Each district has a certain number of members.
The next larger body is the UNC System Staff Assembly, according to Lankford. Carlton served on the UNC System Staff Assembly.
“Part of my duties as chair of the staff senate was to be a part of the UNC system staff assembly,” Carl-ton said. “Each school in the UNC system have their own staff senate. Each staff senate has representation on the staff assembly.”
Carlton said the representatives on the UNC staff assembly are not students or faculty.
“It’s just normal everyday em-ployees,” Carlton said.
University officials schedule a second student success forum.
Brooke WalligDeputy News Editor
In order to make the strategic plan-ning process more understandable, a second student success forum will be held this week.
This meeting follows the Chan-cellor’s Forum in January, in which many students expressed confusion over the N.C. State Strategic Plan “White Papers.” Although the Janu-ary forum covered topics pertaining to the Strategic Plan (the University’s “action” plan for the next five to ten years), many said they were expecting an explanation of the reasons behind recent budget cuts.
As a result of this confusion, the University has scheduled a Stu-dent Success forum to take a second shot at discussing the White Papers and Strategic Plan. The event will take place at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Talley Ballroom.
Accord i ng to Chancellor Randy Woodson, the main purpose of holding a second forum to discuss these topics is to be sure students have ample opportunity to express their opinions on the subject.
“We’re having this forum because we think it’s important to let students react to the White Papers and voice their opinions on the recommenda-tions,” Woodson said. “This way, we can incorporate their feedback into the final plan.”
The White Papers, an initially 41-page collection of the initiatives of each of the nine University task forces, will be provided to students at the forum in a three-page condensed
version.Woodson said the forum will
discuss several topics, though will center on the various aspects of the Strategic Plan.
“We will go over all of the rec-ommendations of the White Pa-pers and help students to prioritize them, including topics like advis-ing, residential life, and a number more,” Woodson said. “This is especially important given that we are facing such a challenging budget, and we want students to succeed.”
According to Student Body Presi-dent Kelly Hook, senior in politi-cal science, students should review the initiatives of the Undergradu-ate Student Success task force and
prepare ques-tions prior to attending the forum to be sure the event is as effective as possible.
“The strategic plan will shape the lives of N.C. State students for years to come,” Hook said. “Students should tell the
University what kind of shape they want.”
However, Woodson said the fo-rum will proceed as scheduled, no matter how many are in atten-dance.
“I really have no idea how many students will attend, though I’d hope this is something students will be interested in,” Woodson said. “But we do want to make ourselves available for this, so we’ll be out there whether there is one student or 5,000.”
Poverty continuedpage3
“I work in the vet
school, and I’ve set
up two boxes here.”Susan Lankford
Pack Pride online in collection contest
Chancellor: ‘We need student feedback’
Nourish iNterNatioNal Projects:N.C. State’s chapter of Nourish International is venturing to Ecuador for its first international project. Each summer, Nourish International students travel abroad to “conduct sustainable development projects.” For international projects, Nourish International works with a local partner organization that has the support of the local community. “By focusing on partnerships with specific communities, Nourish breaks the problem of poverty down to a manageable size and empowers the community to sustain itself once the student team leaves,” according to Nourish International.
Source: NourISH INTerNATIoNAL WeBSITe
“The Strategic
Plan wiil shape the
lives of N.C. State
students for years
to come.”
Student Body President Kelly Hook, senior in political science
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Advertising a carnation sale on Valentine’s Day, Delisha Smith, a senior in textile technology, shouts as Daniel Stradford, a junior in electrical engineering, looks for potential buyers Monday. The Student Mentor Association sold 100 carnations, donated by the local flower shop Ballons Flowers and Gifts, for $1 each. “I remember when
we were kids and were able to give carnations to people on Valentine’s day, so this is the same kind of thing,” Stradford said. All the carnations were sold within an hour and twenty minutes.
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Movie: Shungu: The ReSiSTence of a PeoPle7 p.m.Witherspoon Student Center Cinema
WednesdaystudeNt Forum oN strategiC PlaNNiNg6 p.m. talley Student Center Ballroom
NeW musiC For guitar aNd Flute7 p.m. to 9 p.m.thompson hall, titmus theatre
PuBliC readiNg: timothy tysoN7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.thompson hall
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poliCe BloTTerFebruary 111:06 a.m. – smoke ComPlaiNtSullivan HallUnits responded to report of smoke from vending machine. Smoke caused by overheated compressor.
10:30 a.m. - CheCk PersoNFaucette Drive/Varsity Driveofficer observed and spoke with non-student loitering in the area. All file checks were negative. No action taken.
11:22 a.m. - saFety Program Administrative Services II officer conducted program for new employees.
9:01 a.m. - damage to ProPertySyme Hall Student reported damage to shower stall.
9:45 a.m. - mediCal assistStudent Health Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.
10:52 P.m. - mediCal assistTalley Student Center Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. transport was refused. 12:07 P.m. - CoNCerNed Behavior Off Campus Student was issued welfare referral and Student Conduct trespass due to mental status.
2:23 P.m. - skateBoard violatioN Talley Student Center Report of skateboarders in the area. officers trespassed two non-students and five juvenile subjects from NCSU property. parents of juvenile subjects were notified.
4:10 P.m. - iNvestigatioN Public Safety Center Student was referred for driving while intoxicated and Inflict/threat of Bodily harm stemming from arrest for DWI related accident in December.
9:50 P.m. - susPiCious PersoN Dunn Avenue/Jeter DriveStudent was seen with computer monitor while at bus stop. Investigation revealed student had taken monitor to use at residence but did not have authorization to remove. Student returned upon request.
February 128:44 a.m. - arsoN Avent Ferry Complex Student reported unknown suspect had set fire to bulletin board and then extinguished with fire extinguisher.
4:43 P.m. - Fire alarm Reynolds Coliseum Units responded to alarm. Cause of activation unknown.
5:01 P.m. - utility ProBlem Daniels Hall Units responded to report of water leak. the area was secured and Facilities shut off water. Appropriate personnel notified.
5:02 P.m. - vehiCle stoPDan Allen Drive/Sullivan Drive Student was issued citation for stop sign violation.
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Newsadaptability. A student who participated in the pro-gram last year said it was a “valuable and life-changing program,” according to the report.
“It seemed like there was a need for this type of pro-gram, so it was natural to try and make it happen,” Bostrom said.
Most of the feedback posted in the report was positive. Overall, students said that they learned a lot about leadership and felt more confident after com-pleting the program.
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“I have developed this pro-gram in order to help our graduate students reach their full potential in leadership,” Bostrom said.
Participants who complete the program receive a certifi-cate of completion and some real feedback on their lead-ership skills. The program provides each student two in-depth assessments of their strengths, abilities and inter-ests.
“I wanted to give graduate students the opportunity for in-depth leadership training,” Dr. Bostrom said.
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Career development is the aim of center’s workshops.
John WallStaff Writer
With the relative scarcity of jobs in today’s economy, James West sees the career coaching that N.C. State’s College of Management offers as an op-portunity too good to pass up.
The Career and Intern-ship Development Center at the College of Management announced career develop-ment workshops last week. The workshops are part of an ongoing series that continues through the end of the month.
West, a junior in general studies, said he is planning to matriculate into the College of Management next semester.
“I see the value in career coaching,” West said. “Once in management, career coaching is high on my list of priorities.”
West said he hopes career coaching will help him get a step ahead of his peers when he graduates and dives into the job market.
“I have a lot of friends who have graduated from college who aren’t using their degrees. Any opportunity I have to get
a leg up in the job market is worth the time and effort,” West said.
West is making every prepa-ration to ensure his time spent at N.C. State pays off in the long term.
“I didn’t spend all this money [on tuition] to flip burgers at McDonald’s,” West said.
The workshops began last week and are scheduled to continue through the end of February.
In this month’s development sessions, the center will include lessons on resumes and cover letters, interviewing skills, ca-reer exploration and evaluating job offers.
Janet Rakes, career coach at the College of Management, organizes and sets the sched-ule for the workshops. She also teaches some of the workshops.
Rakes feels the workshops are highly beneficial to all College of Management students.
“It would be great if students got started early, even as early as freshman year,” Rakes said. “Employers are looking for ca-reer experience.”
The Career and Internship Development Center helps stu-dents get a job after graduation. According to N.C. State’s web-
site, 278 College of Manage-ment students reported their status after graduation in May 2008: 54.3 percent reported they were employed.
Ryan Kilby, a senior in envi-ronmental design in architec-ture, said he had never heard about the workshops.
“I am in the process of chang-ing majors from architecture, so I never really got to the point where I needed to find an in-ternship,” Kilby said.
But if he were at the point where he needed an internship, the program would be helpful, according to Kilby.
Danan Smith, a senior in bio-logical sciences, said the Col-lege of Agricultural and Life Sciences has similar programs.
“Students turn to education in order to pick out their own path,” Smith said. “[Work-shops] for entrepreneurial purposes would be particu-larly useful, because the jobs just aren’t out there.”
Students interested in reg-istering for a workshop, or finding out more about the program, can call 515-5565. Students can also drop by the Office of Undergraduate Ad-missions at the College of Man-agement for more information.
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Danielle neujahr/TechnicianJousting at his partner, Xiaoshan Li, a graduate student in statistics, attempts to strike his partner, Tayseer Almattar, a senior in mechanical engineering, who perries the attack. Fencing is a 200-level physical education course that uses face mask and chest guards for the safety of the students participating in the class. Once a person perries his opponent, they disengage the attacker and attack with a swift whip to the shoulder or the back. Almattar said "I’m an international student from Arabia and I love fencing because its based purely on the individual themselves. Its an independent sport."
en garde
pair up with the University of Virginia’s chapter on the Ecuador trip. Nourish In-ternational’s goal on that project is to propel social change at the grassroots level, Gregg said.
“This summer, we are partnering with students from UVA to build green-houses for schools in the outskirts of Quito,” Gregg said. “The produce from the greenhouses will be used to enhance students’ diets and any surplus will be sold to supplement the cost of edu-cation.”
Gregg said that while this trip is mainly focused on ser-vice, there will also be time for students to experience the country as tourists. Participat-ing students are also expected to help the chapter raise funds for the trip.
“We hope to recruit a mini-mum of five students,” Gregg said.
The trip will be bankrolled mostly by the funds that the chapter raises prior to the trip, according to Gregg. Students will be responsible for the cost of their plane tickets and meals, however.
Interested students can at-tend an informational session in 322 Daniels Hall at 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Gregg said she hopes students will gain as much as they give to the trip.
“We hope the students that participate will bring back a passion for sustainable devel-opment and an understanding of global social issues like pov-erty and hunger,” Gregg said.
According to Sink, the im-pact of the trip will reach much farther than the greenhouses the team builds in Ecuador.
“Students will bring back not only cultural lessons and an ex-panded world view, but also an understanding of how small-scale, well-developed projects built around the principles of Nourish International can be-gin a change in the developing world,” Sink said.
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As students, what we think matters most. The voice of the student
body should be echoing loudly overtop any decision made re-garding University policy. Ad-ministrator’s ears should be left ringing with your thoughts and ideas.
After having issues previously with administrative forums not being as friendly to students’ schedules, there is the oppor-tunity to attend an Undergrad-uate Strategic Plan forum this Wednesday. The administra-tion has gone out of its way to arrange a time and a place for the thoughts of students to be heard and there is no excuse to not take advantage.
The forum will be addressing proactive academic advising, the first-year inquiry program,
living and learning villages, high-impact educational prac-tices and the first-year transi-tion.
These topics do not have to be the only talking points. This is a great opportunity to bring concerns and comments about undergraduate affairs to the forefront of a discussion with the people who run the Uni-versity.
Forums such as this should be a staple of your time here at N.C. State. The administration should be consistently con-cerned about what the student body thinks in regards to the day-to-day affairs of the Uni-versity. The only way that is
going to happen is if they give you an opportunity to be heard and that you show up and con-fidently address the issues that concern you.
You are paying to go to school here. In a very real way, you are a customer, and the product you are purchasing is an edu-cation. If there are features you want changed or new features that you want integrated into this product, you have to let the people who produce the product know.
There are a plethora of is-sues that could be addressed at a series of forums: financial aid, distance education, admis-sions, expansion of opportu-
nities for undergraduate re-search or seminars that should be available to undergraduate students.
Student forums to discuss the way the University is run tend to be one-shot deals be-cause no one shows up. When that happens, the message be-ing sent to the administration is that no one cares. But we do care.
People who show up enact changess. That has always been the case, and it shall remain so. Complaining about the way things are when you have been given the opportunity to be heard is not just unproduc-tive—it is pointless and the way of cowards.
Show up, stand up and speak up. It is the only way you are going to be heard.
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.
Show up, stand up and speak upThe FacTs:On Wednesday at 6 p.m. the Chancellor will host a Student Forum on the Undergraduate Student Success Task Force White Papers. The five initiatives outlined by the task force are proactive academic advising, the first-year inquiry program, living and learning villages, high-impact educational practices and the first-year transition.
Our OpiniOn:Students need to come out to the forum to let their voice be heard by the University administration. We can make N.C. State a better experience for future students by expressing our grievances and feedback.
Facebook totally helped the people mad at Bad Government.
Brian Schultz, sophomore in environmental design in architecture
Raleigh: How to have fun without being 21
When you decided to come to N.C. State, were you told
how great the Raleigh area is? Are you now at N.C. State
and thinking there’s noth-ing to do here unless you are 21 or over?
W hi le t he n ig ht l i fe in Raleigh does cater to bars that love to check I.D.’s, there are plen-ty of things to do if you are in
the 18-20 age range.Every f irst Friday of the
month, downtown Raleigh opens its doors, and people can tour local art galleries and studios, museums and restau-rants.
For example, Friday, March 4 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., The Mahler Fine Art studio on Fay-etteville Street will be open for everyone to view art by former students of Marvin Saltzman.
Continuing on the art theme, you can also check out the North Carolina Museum of Art. It has just been remodeled and admission is donation-based. So you get in for $1, or $20 if you’re feeling generous. The Museum of Art also has traveling exhibitions that cost around $15 but they are defi-nitely worth it. Past exhibitions featured Claude Monet and Norman Rockwell.
You can also buy a student membership for only $25 that gets you access to events at the Museum of Art, such as con-certs and movies. If you will be here during the summer, you need to check out the movies on the lawn, where you sit out-side and watch films on a big screen.
If music is more your thing, there are plenty of venues where you can see concerts, including the Museum of Art. The Berke-ley Café is probably the better-known club for music if you are
under 21. They have concerts nightly, and you can look at the upcoming acts on their website. If you have never heard of the band, there’s a section where you can see what other musi-cians are comparable to them.
The Pour House also has a great venue for bands. This one can be tricky since sometimes those under 21 can get in, but sometimes they can’t. If you see a band you like, just give them a call and see if you can get in. Sometimes you can get into the Pour House underage before 10 p.m. as well, which is usually a good idea since this place can get packed fast!
Lincoln Theatre is my fa-vorite place to see concerts in Raleigh. All shows are open to all ages, but sometimes they have a $2 surcharge for those under 21.
If you feel like a laugh, check out Goodnight’s Comedy Club. In the next few months you can see Bobcat Goldthwait, Tom Green and Steve-O. Comedy show ticket prices range from about $15 to $40. Don’t be scared to go see someone you have never heard of before, he/she could be the next big thing on Comedy Central.
And always remember, just because it’s a bar, doesn’t mean you can’t go in. Check out the local bars for some great food. My favorites include The Ra-leigh Times, Cherry Bomb Grill and Tir Na Nog, which also has live music.
So remember, just because you aren’t 21 doesn’t mean you can’t have a good time in Ra-leigh, you just have to be pro-active and do a little research before you go. There are venues out there for all ages.
Staci ThorntonAdviceColumnist
Thin the herd
Now I don’t know all the financial details of running a research university, but why isn’t cutting enrollment to save money an option? It seems like a no-brainer to me. Less money from the state means less North Carolinians get educated. UNC campus
enrollment is growing in the face of budget cuts! We’ve all heard that the out-of-state students pay the real cost of their education at N.C. State. I am sure administration has a number for how much money it needs from the state per student to be effective. If it isn’t getting that number per student, why does enrollment endure and even increase? You could ask for some money back from a couple high administrators, but that’s like putting a band-aid on an ax
wound.As much as we hate our blue sister to the west, we could take a page from them on out-of-state enrollment. It needs to be the maximum amount allowed by state law. It disgusts me that they’re talking about cutting courses, departments, programs and even colleges from N.C. State. And before you think I’m some carpetbagger trying to take your jerbs, I was born and raised in N.C. There is serious harm being done to the UNC system by the General
Assembly. By continuing to enroll the same number of students in the face of cuts, we damage the value of all 17 campuses. When some of those legislators’ children start getting rejection letters from N.C. State, maybe they’ll figure it out then. Shutting down East Carolina and Western Carolina probably wouldn’t be such a bad idea either. It’s time to thin the herd.
Reginald Barclayalumnus
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The Great Sort for a cause
The N.C. State College of Design creates some of the most
creative and visually ap-pealing works on our cam-
pus. How-ever, t he creation of all of those models
generates a lot of waste. In fact, for the last two months, the N.C. State chapter of the U.S Green Building Coun-cil has been collecting ma-terials from architecture, landscape architecture and first-year experience studios and putting it in a storage container.
The USGBC is an or-ganization with over 70 members, and they al l share a passion for sustain-able practices in buildings, systems and spaces. Since November, they have filled every cubic inch of the con-tainer, which by the way, is made of recycled content and donated by PODs, Inc. Materials, such as card-board, Plexiglas, foam core, museum board, lum-ber, bass wood, wire mesh, bricks and other random items are now all jammed
into this space and are quietly awaiting a new life.
Since the container is filled, it’s time for a great sort. The event, appropriately called The Great Sort, will take place Tuesday from noon until 3 p.m. It will take place in the College of Design Pit, located between Brooks and Kamphoefner and will be nothing short of an extravaganza. There will be games, food and lots of other fun stuff to do besides sorting.
With the help of the Waste Reduction and Recycling Of-fice, the waste will be sorted, repurposed, reused and re-cycled. The rest will be prop-erly disposed of. As a result of the sort, Waste Reduction and Recycling will crunch the numbers and say how much was diverted from the landfill. They will also report how much waste was produced in the two-month collection period.
Through this event, the US-GBC is trying to accomplish a couple of main goals. They want to give students an idea of how much waste is being produced in such a short time. This, they hope, may get stu-dents to think twice about their use of materials. They also want to bring attention
to the parallel between the waste produced by the College of Design and the construct ion industry. Over 30 percent of waste in landfills is waste created by construction. That’s a pret-ty staggering figure, when thinking about how much new material is immediately thrown away without ever being used.
So come out to the Pit Tuesday, from noon to 3 p.m., and be part of the Great Sort. You will be hav-ing fun and helping the en-vironment at the same time.
Chris Cioffi is a senior in English and an intern at the Office of Sustainability at N.C. State.
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BY BRETT MoRRIS
What should be the governor’s priorities for this year’s budget? Why?
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“I’d like to see more money put into scientific research. I think it’s important to develop new ideas and apply what we learn.”
Carla Aranibarfreshman, poultry science
“I want her to be the next Lyndon B. Johnson and tackle poverty. I’m just planning for the future. You never know, I could end up homeless.”
Tijana Bijelacfreshman, english
“Education should be her top priority. It’s all about keeping our students and state competitive. We don’t want to fall behind and develop a bad reputation.”
Matt Petersonsenior, biology
“I’d really like to see more money put into education and schools. Education is frequently overlooked and its important that we stay in the running with other countries.”
Garrison Pollockfreshman, first year college
Features
New reality series on truTV takes place just 20 minutes from Raleigh, in Lizard Lick, N.C.
Katie Handerhan Staff Writer
When you drive down Highway 97, you’ll pass dirt roads and stretching acres of bean and tobacco fields and if you don’t blink, you’ll come up to the little town of Lizard Lick, N.C., a speck on the map where everybody knows everybody and as of recently, is home to truTV’s newest reality show, Lizard Lick Towing.
Owner of Lizard Lick Towing and Auto Recovery, Ron Shirley, a 6’5” colossal of a man sporting a bleached flat top and a country-fried way of life has landed a spot on national televi-sion along with co-owner, champion weight lifting wife, Amy and good friend Bobby Brantley.
Meeting through their shared obses-sion of heavy weight lifting, Amy and Ron’s life is nothing short of extraor-dinary and has caught more than the attention of Lizard Lick natives.
ABC’s Wife Swap first contacted the Shirley’s in hopes of getting a con-tract for an episode. Ron and Shirley weren’t too fond of having a stranger look after their three children, so it didn’t work out. “I’m very family ori-ented,” Ron said.
Even though the pair shot down swapping wives, the duo caught the attention of truTV.
“We really fell in love with Lizard Lick,” Robyn Hunt, a truTV executive said. “[Ron and Amy] are dynamic and entertaining characters.”
truTV has “been licked”, Ron said in a recent article from The News and Observer. In other words, Lizard Lick’s contagious attributes seem to captivate everyone in some way.
In response to truTV’s interest, Ron allowed their cameraman to spend a day accompanying him on common everyday jobs.
But little did the cameraman know what he was getting himself into.
“The first job we went on the camera man got shot at,” Ron said. “I think that’s what hooked them.”
Premiering on February 7th, the show was the second most watched premier of the 19-year history of the truTV network according to a tweeter feed by Lizard Lick Towing.
The show follows Ron and Bobby as they tow away machinery and vehicles from owners that have failed to reach payment deadlines. Most of the time, the owners aren’t too happy with the repossession and go to the shop to try and reclaim their belongings.
That is if they can get past Amy first.Holding up the Lizard Lick head-
quarters, Amy takes on the tidal wave of anger that crashes in from clients after Ron and Bobby tow away their vehicle.
“She’s tougher than a $2 steak,” Ron said of his wife.
Ron claims that he hasn’t thought much about taking it easy after all the things he’s been through.
“Stuff that happens to me doesn’t bother me too much,” Ron said of the insane encounters from angry cus-tomers “People are going to be mad, you have to prepare yourself for that.”
The only time he questions the wor-thiness of towing is when his three children are caught in the crossfire.
“My kids had a teacher that we re-poed,” Ron explained, “and the teach-er gave them a real hard time.”
“When my kids have been put in harms way is the only time I think twice about what I do,” Ron said. “What I do should not affect those who I love.”
Despite being threatened by count-less irate customers, Ron and the rest of the crew are always looking for ways to give back to the community, even to those they repossessed.
“If we burn a bridge, we can rebuild it,” Ron said.
As an ordained minister, Shirley runs what he calls the “Dirt Church”, where he preaches to anyone willing to listen of the love and kindness God has to offer.
T h e c hu r c h , Shirley sa id, is “more about being with the people, because I am one of the people.”
Even with his company being plas-tered all over truTV and with the show gaining popularity, Shirley claims that it has not helped his business.
“The show has actuality slowed things down,” Shirley said.
Reality T.V., according to Shirley isn’t exactly a bank buster either.
“We don’t make much money,” Shir-ley admits. “I still have to work every
day, 65 hours a week.”Other towing companies around
Lizard Lick feel bitterly about Ron’s climb to fame, blaming him for the redneck stereotypes North Carolina is all too familiar with.
Stephenie Kopil, a junior major-ing in social work doesn’t think this show gives North Carolina a bad name, but she does agree that it might give people the wrong impression.
“It ’s not t he greatest portrayal of life in North Carolina” Kopil said.
But Ron, with his calm and bubbly demeanor takes these negative com-ments as a grain of salt.
“Every now and again you’re gonna’ burn a piece of bacon,” he said with a chuckle. “If they were in this situa-tion, they would be acting the same way we are.”
On the other hand, Mattie Flowers, a
senior in fashion and textile manage-ment feels the show is entertaining.
“I think it’s great that N.C. is on TV,” Flowers said. “The show is pretty funny.”
Hitting doorways at a gawking 6 foot 5 inches and benching more than 600 pounds, Ron isn’t the poster child for a sensitive guy, but he continues to surprise.
“Poetry has been always been my first love,” Ron confesses. “I’m a real romantic.”
And that he is. Shirley proposed to Amy at a Titanic exhibit reciting a poem that he wrote himself and armed with a ring. Of course, Amy accepted.
Ron has also published a book called Lizard Tales that tells stories of hard learned lessons accumulated over the years and the popular “Ronisms” such as, “Just because you were born in a oven don’t make you a biscuit.”
Aside from being able to bend a crowbar in half, as seen on lizard-licktowing.com, Ron knows how to pamper himself.
“I dye it like clockwork,” Ron said of his wrestler-inspired bleach-blonde flat top. “It separates me from every-one else, plus it keeps the gray off”.
Despite the shows increasing popu-larity, Ron says he has not let the semi-stardom get to his head.
“I look in the mirror just like every-one else,” Shirley said of his climb to fame. “It’s people who make you who you are, not being on TV”.
And so, even with the camera crews rolling and gawking passerbys trying to get a glimpse of the rising reality stars, Ron still takes everyday as if it were any other. Working for the greater good of Lizard Lick, helping (or towing) one person at a time. As Ron puts it “we’re just good ole’ coun-try folk. God opened up the door and we walked in.”
The Lizard Lick crew will be at the Dixie Deer Classic at N.C. State fair-grounds March 4th - 6th and is more than happy to meet and greet with fans.
Fans of the game that let everyone feel like a rock star voice their opinion on its cancelation
Brooke Shafranek Staff Writer
The music genre of video games became a fad with the introduction of Guitar Hero in 2005. Despite the game’s early success, and the success of oth-er games such as DJ Hero and the competing Rock Band fran-chise, Activision announced last week that Guitar Hero will no longer be produced.
Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg explained that the “demand for peripheral-based music games declined at a dramatic pace,” according to Joystiq.
“Given the considerable licensing and manufactur-ing costs associated with this genre,” Hirshberg said. “We simply cannot make these games profitably based on cur-rent economics and demand.”
The Guitar Hero game that was being developed for release this year will also be discontin-ued.
“Instead, what we’ll do is focus our time and energies on marketing and supporting our strong catalog of titles and downloadable content,” Hirsh-berg said.
Andrew Davis, a junior in mechanical engineering, thinks that Activision made the right choice in discontinuing the franchise.
“I think it was a smart move for the company,” Davis said. “Because, if no one is buying the games anymore, then why should they spend money to produce the game?”
David Meyer, a freshman in First Year College, agreed that Activision made a smart move.
“It is better to quit while you are ahead then going bank-rupt,” Meyer said.
One aspect of the series that could have possibly hurt sales is the annual introduction of pricey new controllers for the games. The guitars were over thirty-dollars, and combined with sixty dollars for the game, this factor alone deterred some consumers from purchasing it.
“All of the equipment and songs were too much money,” Meyer said. “Unless you were a diehard fan, you wouldn’t want to buy it all.”
Bobby O’Brien, a freshman going undeclared, still uses a guitar from Guitar Hero 2, which was released in 2006.
“It’s pretty ‘old fashioned,’ but it works great,” said O’Brien. “So, I don’t really need to spend all that money on the new, fancy guitars.”
Joshua Helms, a freshman in paper science, said the decline of consumer purchasing caused the high prices for the down-loadable songs and new guitars.
“When you lose money on a product, you raise the price of what comes with it,” Helms said. “That’s economics. If you can’t make a profit, there’s not much point in producing it.”
Guitar Hero can also get re-petitive after a while for some consumers, and the addition of new songs may not be enough of an incentive to warrant an-other 60 dollar purchase.
“I think that since people al-ready own older music games, they don’t really feel the need to get new ones. I’m fine with playing the songs I already have,” O’Brien said.
O’Brien isn’t really surprised that Guitar Hero is over.
“It seems like [Activision] just ran out of ideas for new Guitar Hero games, and peo-ple are starting to get bored,” O’Brien said.
Meyer agreed that the games
simply outlived their welcome.“People didn’t want to pay for
a new game when they already had one,” Meyer said.
Guitar Hero featured big-name bands in certain games to try and lure in consumers and get a fresh spin on an old series. Bands such as Aerosmith, Van Halen and Metallica were given their own games.
According to O’Brien, the problem with these games is focusing on a specific band limits the number of potential customers.
“There probably aren’t enough people who like Van Halen enough to buy the game,” O’Brien said. “The same can be said about those other bands [that were featured in a videogame].”
Rock Band, Guitar Hero’s biggest competitor, also fol-lowed with their release of band-specific games, such as Green Day and The Beatles.
Davis believes that these band-specif ic games only helped sales “for the customers that are big fans of those bands. The other customers may have no interest in it.”
Devin Worley, a freshman in computer engineering, is not sure if Rock Band will also be axed from production.
“But if it did, another com-pany would just swoop in and create another game just like it,” Worley said.
Eventually, Helms believes that Rock Band will share the same fate as Guitar Hero.
Andrew Rindos, a junior in mechanical and computer en-gineering, purchased Guitar Hero and its competitor Rock Band when they were first re-leased. Rindos believes that Rock Band will be able to live on for a few more years now that its main competition is no longer being produced.
“The games lost their luster
rather quickly and made my fingers hurt,” Rindos said.
The fad with music games, O’Brien thinks, is over.
“I think its popularity just ran its course,” said O’Brien. “People just aren’t as interested in buying Guitar Hero or Rock Band games as they were a few years ago.”
“The new ‘fad’ of video games is shooters,” said Davis, which is evident in the popu-larity of the Call of Duty series.
According to the Associated Press and the NPD Group, Guitar Hero sales reached $2.47 billion and Rock Band reached $1.28 billion, both in the United States as of the end of 2010. In comparison, Call of Duty: Black Ops, which was released in November, reached $1 billion internationally in six weeks.
Another issue that could be facing music games is the new gaming peripherals such as
the Kinect and the Playstation Move.
“If the music industry is declining, it could be a result of gaming being refined to be played on things such as the Kinect,” said Worley. “All of the [rhythm-based] games are kind of repetitive so [that industry] might decline until the next big thing is introduced or invented. It creates a vicious cycle of video games that are currently hot on the market.”
The main factor in the de-mise of Guitar Hero is probably market saturation.
“Like all toys, there’s a pop-ularity phase and then it goes away,” said Helms. “The gener-ation that was centered around these games has either gone to college or is about to go to col-lege, and many would rather save money than try to spend it on a game when someone you know probably has it.”
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‘Guitar Hero’ faces the music
courtesy of activisionGuitar Hero: Warriors of Rock was released in 2010 and will be the last Guitar Hero release, at least for a while, according to an announcement made by developer Activision last week.
Reality T.V. has been ‘Licked’
“It’s People who
make you who you
are, not being on TV.”Ron Shirley, Lizard Lick Towing
Owner
courtesy of trutvRon Shirley, his wife Amy, and Bobby Brantley (from right to left) are the stars of Lizard Lick Towing, a new reality TV series on truTV.
FeaturesComic book creators Fabio Moon and Gabriel Bá take readers on an unforgettable journey into the world of an obituary writer in new graphic novel.
Jordan AlsaqaSenior Staff Writer
Telling the story of a man’s life is nothing new in any medium, be it film, television or comics. The concept of finding out who a man is by view-ing the days of his life has been done before, and continues to be a source for stories to this day.
What changes from story to story is not the idea, but the man being high-lighted. More importantly, the best stories find a way to put a unique spin on the old idea in order to create something new. In 2010, brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá managed to bring something fresh to the table in their Vertigo minise-ries Daytripper.
Daytripper tells the story of Brás de Oliva Domingos, an obituary writer in Brazil. The series follows Brás as he experi-ences the most important days of his life – everything from his first kiss to the death of his father – and the reader is given glimpses of how all of these events affect Brás.
What sets Daytripper apart from other stories is that each issue, which all follow Brás during one of his important days, ends with the char-acter’s death. This moment is also accompanied by the obituary that runs following this incident.
The death of the main character at the end of each issue may sound odd, but it allows Moon and Bá to dissect Brás’ life in an original way. When the reader first meets Brás, he is a rather aimless thirty-two year old man contemplating his place in life. By the end of the first issue, the reader knows a great deal about who Brás is at that particular point in his life.
When Brás is killed, therefore, the obituary re-flects this. It shows the impact Brás has made on the world, his entire life condensed into a short blurb, and reflective of what the reader knows about him so far.
As the series continues, though, and as more moments of Brás’ life are exposed to the reader, his death becomes more effective and tragic. The audience sees Brás at all different ages and is able to get a greater sense of him as a fleshed-out human being. However, even though read-ers are now at a point where they could write a
long and compassionate obituary for Brás, the authors choose to keep the obituaries brief and emotionally distant.
The theme that can be drawn from this is that a person is always changing, and no two points in life are the same. As Brás continues to develop in the reader’s mind, it gives the reader reason to reflect on their own life and remember the dif-ferent people that they’ve been, no matter how young or old they may be.
Further, Brás’ deaths become more important as the story goes on. In the later issues of the series, moments that occur beyond Brás’ deaths are shown, illustrating who he is important to, and how his death affects them.
Beyond the originality of the presentation, Daytripper also manages to be a solid work of both writing and art. Even if the story were told in a purely chronological order, it would remain an interesting one. Brás is a compelling character, as are the members of his family and his friend Jorge. Moon and Bá breathe life into all of their cast, no matter how small of a part each character plays. Certain characters are even given their own subplots, all of which tie back into Brás’ development.
The story is further strengthened by the gor-geous artwork. All of the characters are drawn in a unique way, and the facial expressions are clear and full of appropriate emotion.
The same level of detail and attention is put into the environments. Beaches feel warm and inviting, while mountainous landscapes feel vast and dizzying. Further, when the story takes turns into darker moments, the backgrounds shift to match, changing to darker, more malevolent tones.
All-in-all, Daytripper provides an engaging story accompanied by wonderfully expressive art. The unique storytelling method allows Moon and Bá to tell a somber tale about how a man changes as he goes through life.
In the end, the reader is likely to take stock of the path they have taken through their own life, and figure out what impression they have made on the people around them.
The way Moon and Bá are able to inspire this reaction is commendable on its own. The fact that they are able to do it while also telling a fan-tastic and moving story is amazing. Daytripper is a work that is easy to recommend to anyone who has ever reflected on life and wondered what could still be ahead.
For the first time in a long time, independent music was a force to be reckoned with at Grammys.
Michael JonesWKNC DJ
In the land of commercial self-gratification, the indepen-dent rock group reigned king. At least, that is what the senti-ment of the evening was at the conclusion of the 53rd Grammy Awards when Arcade Fire took
home Album of the Year for their third studio album, ‘The Suburbs.’
It was a shaky evening for predictions. Earlier that eve-ning it looked as if Lady An-tebellum (who won 5 awards throughout the night) would go in for the full sweep, or that Lady Gaga, who finished the night with a victory in Best Pop Album, could win.
However, there was always a hint in the air that Arcade Fire’s 2010 release could still snag the title from the mouth
of top 40 artists. After getting nominated for Best Alternative Rock Album, and watching it go to the stellar ‘Brothers’ by The Black Keys (who were not nominated for Album of the Year), it would seem like an injustice had taken place for the Canadian rock outfit not to go home with anything.
As soon as they left the stage following a fantastic perfor-mance of ‘Month of May,’ Ar-cade Fire charged right back out to accept their award. It would have been hard to watch
any other artist accepting the award with Arcade Fire’s drum kit visible in the back-ground. They finished off the evening with a great outing of their track ‘Ready to Start.’
I t w a s not on l y a shocker to Arcade Fire when frontman Win Butler exclaimed, “What the hell? ” but also to au-diences who were not familiar with the group’s work at all.
This comes not only as the first major award to Arcade Fire, but to their Durham, N.C. based independent record label Merge Records as well. After ‘The Suburbs’ received critical acclaim and hit number one on the Billboard charts its debut week, there was some foreshad-owing that this record could go
on to have larger implications for the independent music world as a whole.
The Grammys have always been a commercially-focused
awards ceremony, and rightly so – top 40 musicians wou ld be expected to pull in the most ratings and money overall. But the legit i-macy of the award win-
ners in past years has been in question lately, as has the seri-ousness of the Grammy Awards in general.
Arcade Fire winning what is considered a prestigious award, however, could indicate a large shift away from the Grammy status quo of awarding only those artists with top 40 suc-cess. Bands like Arcade Fire and The Black Keys are receiv-
ing recognition based instead upon acclaim and support from places like NPR and WKNC instead.
In no way will this shift come quickly, rather this is a longer process and Arcade Fire has merely opened the gates for other independent artists to follow. This Grammy bump was reflected the morning of February 14th as the iTunes top albums list included the works of independent artists including Mumford and Sons, Florence and the Machine, and The Avett Brothers (following stellar performances at the awards ceremony by each), and of course Arcade Fire.
If anything, this has provided an example that when all the right elements fall into place – the sales success, the critical acclaim, the overwhelming live performances, and the shift away from viewing top 40 art-ists as the only important and influential musical forces – the underdog is able to make one of the biggest upsets.
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‘Daytripper’ takes readers along for journey of a lifetime
courtesy of dc/vertigoDaytripper, by comic creators Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, was originally released as a series of ten monthly issues over the course of 2010 by DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint. The series tells the story of Brás de Oliva Domingos, an obituary writer with a very colorful life.
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streaks of hitting like no one else for the Pack.
Last season, Schaeffer finished with a .977 fielding percentage, an impres-
sive feat for any position player, but much more difficult for a catcher. Schaeffer also put together a six-game hitting streak, batting .480 with six doubles, a home run and six RBIs dur-ing the streak.
While the accomplishment of hit-ting 100 RBIs is a difficult milestone
to reach for professional players, the same can be said of hitting 70-plus RBIs in collegiate baseball. Ciencin led the Pack last season with 77 RBIs, with 16 of those coming off of his four grand slams, which set a school record.
Ciencin has been a bright spot for
State for the last two season when he steps up to the plate. With 14 multiple-hit games, Ciencin led the Pack for the 2009 season during his freshman campaign.
While the Pack should have several other key infielders, like sophomores Matt Bergquist and Chris Diaz, mak-
ing contributions at shortstop, the previously mentioned quadruple-threat should boost the offense and help State contend in the ACC.
BaseBallcontinued from page 8
ments and says she is always there when her teammates need an extra lift.
“I feel like I’m a leader for the team,” Henry said. “All of the throwers have different personalities for our team, so we all try to uplift each other. I may not always be loud, but when someone needs encour-agement, I’m always there to step up.”
When Henry came to Ra-leigh to attend State, she stepped outside of her com-fort zone of the small-town atmosphere of Dunn. Since she came to the big city, she says she has fallen in love with her new home.
“Raleigh is totally differ-ent from back home,” Henry said. “There were only 14 of us in my graduating class, so coming to State was an eye-opening experience. At first, I wanted to go back home, but I’m glad I made the decision to come to State.”
But one thing that Henry says will never change for her is
her devotion to someone much higher than her. Before coming to State, Henry attended Cape Fear Chris-tian Acad-emy, and she says she has always been a de-vout Chris-tian. While she feels that she is struggling this year with getting the distance she wants on her throws, Henry says she
knows that there is always someone who can help her.
“I credit everything that I have done and accom-pl i shed to God,” Henry said. “God blessed me to be able to do
what I have done here at State. I am a very strong Christian and I know that I will get back to where I need to be.”
Henrycontinued from page 8
Patrick EastErs/tEchnician filE PhotoLawanda Henry, a junior thrower, practices her throw in Weisiger-Brown Athletics Facility Feb. 3. Henry set a new school record in weight throw, winning the ACC Championship in 2010.
Team looks for win on Military Appreciation Night.
Tucker FrazierSenior Staff Writer
For Military Appreciation Day, the wrestling team will pay homage to the men and women who serve our country as it hosts The Citadel tonight at 7 p.m. In honor of the United States military, Major General Karl Horst of the U.S. Joint Forces Command and Lieuten-ant Colonel Kenneth Ratashak of the N.C. State ROTC will serve as honorary team cap-tains for the match.
Having grown up in Virginia Beach, coach Carter Jordan said he developed a high esteem for individuals serving in the military and had many close friends and family members in the service.
“I’m really excited about the whole environment,” Jordan said. “I grew up in Virginia Beach and been surrounded by
military my whole life. All of my friends and family were in the military when and have an admiration for anyone involved in serving our country.”
With a bevy of military per-sonnel on hand as well as those showing their support, Reyn-olds Coliseum will undoubt-edly be infused with a special kind of energy. Sophomore heavyweight Eloheim Palma said he expects the crowd to be lively and hopes the team can show how much it appreciates the men and women in service.
“The cheering from the crowd always get us more ex-cited and hyped,” Palma said. “Plus, seeing that there are go-ing to be a lot of military guys, I’m sure they’ll get in to it and appreciate what we do. So is just a way of showing that we appreciate what they do too.”
A l l-A mer ic a n Da r r ion Caldwell, looks to keep his re-cord perfect as he squares off against The Citadel’s Derek Royster. The other two mem-bers of what has become known as ‘death row’ – redshirt juniors
Darrius Little (24-8) and Colton Palmer (25-10) – will face off against the Bulldogs’ Jordan Dix (8-16) and Pierre Frazile (14-14), respectively.
After breaking State’s record for most wins by a freshman heavyweight (23), Palma has experienced a bit of a sophomore slump, suf-fering close defeat after close defeat. Palma currently car-ries an 11-10 record but said he is working harder than ever.
“This year, I’ve definitely experienced something I never have before in my whole life,” Palma said. “But I’m proud to say that I’m still pushing. I haven’t lost any motivation. If anything, I’ve gained from it. There’s light at the end of the tunnel and I just have to keep pushing.”
Building momentum to take into the ACC Champi-onships will be something both Palma and the Wolf-pack will be focused on as they seek to pay tribute to the military by winning.
Pack hosts The Citadel
“I will get back to
where I need to be.”Lawanda Henry, junior thrower
Junior continues to improve on already historic legacy.
Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
In the sport of track and field, there is no better test of strength than the shot put and weight throw events. In shot put, a 4 kg “shot” is thrown as far as the athlete can launch it, while the weight throw consists of hurling a 20-pound ball at-tached to a steel chain the far-thest distance possible.
In either case, no female in N.C. State history has been better than junior thrower La-wanda Henry. Henry has set school records in both shot put and weight throw with distanc-es of 54’01.00” and 64’00.50”, respectively.
Though Henry has a total of seven wins in those two events in her six meets this season, she still sees room for improve-ment.
“I’m not really happy with the way things are going right now,” Henry said. “I still have plenty of time to make im-provements, it’s not over yet. I need to focus more on where I want to be and get to the point where I have been in the past.”
Henry has been a standout athlete for the Wolfpack since the moment she stepped inside of the 7-foot circle for shot put. During her freshman and sophomore campaigns, Henry won ACC Championships in outdoor competition.
Before she came to State, no female shot put thrower had topped 50 feet – Henry did it eleven times as a freshman. While the feat may be familiar
to Henry, she still says the first time she threw over 50 foot was one of the biggest moments of her life.
“I still remember in high school thinking that throwing over 40 feet was basically the end of the world,” Henry said. “So to come here and hit over 50 was one of the greatest feel-ings in my life. Knowing that I’m able to do it makes me want to go farther.”
Hitting the mark was much more than just a milestone for Henry, but also a reassurance that she belonged in the sport at the collegiate level.
“It was a very big deal to me, obviously,” Henry said. “The first time I threw over 50 sealed the deal for me. I knew right then that this is what I’m here for. If I had any feelings that I was not good enough, they all went out the door after that.”
This year, Henry has taken on a new role for the Pack. Though she has always been a great performer, Henry is being looked at by the underclassmen as a leader of the Pack.
Coach Rollie Geiger says, that while she has never been bois-terous, Henry has shown her leadership skills in other ways.
“Lawanda has always become one of our quiet leaders,” Gei-ger said. “She pays attention to what everyone does, and she leads by her own performance. If you have 18 Lawandas, you have a pretty spectacular track and field team. We know we get our best from her each time out, and we hope everyone else will try to emulate that.”
Henry echoed Geiger’s com-
Nine infielders will be vying for spots in the lineup.
Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
With the 2011 baseball season fast approaching, the Wolfpack will have several players taking on leadership roles in the outfield and on the pitching staff. But the real change for the Pack will be found in its infield corps.
Following the departures of senior leaders Kyle Wil-son, along with cousins Dallas and Drew Poulk, the infield will be high-lighted by the triple-threat of juniors Harold Riggins, Andrew Ciencin and Pratt Maynard, as well as redshirt senior Chris Schaeffer.
Though Wilson and the Poulk cousins led State in almost every batting statis-tic imaginable in 2010, Rig-gins was not far behind in only his sophomore season. Drew Poulk ranked first on the team with 14 home runs compared to Riggins’ 12 – and Riggins had nearly 100 less at-bats.
Riggins finished last sea-son with a team-leading .639 slugging percentage, and with much more chanc-es to step to the plate this season, State fans should ex-pect to see a lot more power out of the junior.
Over the summer Riggins was blistering the ball, hit-ting eight home runs in only 45 games for the Madison Mallards, while Maynard
prescribed to a much different role – showing that patience can pay off. The Franklinton native played in 38 games for the Harwich Mariners during the summer and drew a team-high 32 walks, which led to a .411 on-base percentage, 3rd best in the Cape Cod League.
Patience at the plate is not a new characteristic for May-nard. With 64 walks last sea-son, Maynard not only led the team, but also finished second nationally. This set a State sin-gle-season record. However, the trick will be to find May-nard a position as another re-
turning starter already fills the catcher spot, the posi-tion Maynard played over the summer.
Schaeffer has been State’s primary catcher for the past two seasons and will have to take on a leadership role this season as the only se-nior infielder. Though he has not put the power num-bers together like Riggins or drawn walks like Maynard, Schaeffer has shown he can get the job done defen-sively and can put together
Kyle O'DOnnell/Technician archive phOTOJunior Harold Riggins will play a huge role for the Pack this season, as the team will need to replace the loss of its top-three hitters from last season.
baseball continued page 7
Wealth at infield could play vital role for Wolfpack
COUNTDOWN• 24 days until the men’s ACC Tournament kicks off in
Greensboro
SCORES•Syracuse 63 West Virginia 52 North Carolina A&T 74 Hampton 63 Sports
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Dunnagan leading Pack in Lady Puerto Rico ClassicAfter two rounds of golf, the women’s golf team sits in 15th place, with a 50-over, at the Lady Puerto Rico Classic. No. 1 Alabama is leading the tournament at 8-over par. Freshman Maureen Dunnagan is leading the Pack, with a 10-over after shooting a 75 and 79 in her first two rounds, go enough for 28th place. Behind Dunnagan is fellow freshman Brittany Marchand, who improved in her second round dropping four strokes, helping her to shoot a 156 in the two rounds. The Pack will finish up play tomorrow morning.
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• 09/03/11 vs. Liberty raleigh, N.C. tba
• 09/10/11 at Wake forest Winston-salem, N.C. tba
• 09/17/11 vs. south alabama raleigh, N.C. tba
• 09/22/11 at Cincinnati Cincinnati, Ohio tba
• 10/01/11 vs. georgia tech raleigh, N.C. tba
• 10/08/11 vs. Central Michigan raleigh, N.C. tba
• 10/22/11 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. tba
• 10/29/11 at florida state tallahassee, fla. tba
• 11/05/11 vs. North Carolina raleigh, N.C. tba
• 11/12/11 at boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. tba
• 11/19/11 vs. Clemson raleigh, N.C. tba
• 11/26/11 vs. Maryland raleigh, N.C. tba
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The Atlantic Coast Conference released its 2011 football schedule on Monday and its presents a tough task for the No. 25 ranked N.C. State football
team. The Pack will be playing seven games in the friendly confines of Carter-Finley Stadium, while playing five games on the road.
atHletic scHedule
TodayWomen’sgolf@PurdueClassiCRio Grande, Puerto Rico, All day
Wrestlingvs.CitadelReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
WednesdayWomen’ssWimming/men’sdiving@aCCChamPionshiPsAtlanta, Ga., All day
ThursdayWomen’ssWimming/men’sdiving@aCCChamPionshiPsAtlanta, Ga., All day
men’sbasketballvs.ClemsonRBC Center, 7 p.m.
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“The first time I threw over 50 sealed the deal for me. I knew right then that this is what I’m
here for.”junior thrower
Lawanda Henry
scHedule Quick facts:
The Pack will take on Virginia for the first time since 2006.
Head coach Tom O’Brien will have to face two of his former assistants this season, as he faces Frank Spaziani at Boston College and Mike London at Virginia.
The Pack’s week three opponent, South Alabama, is currently undefeated since starting its football program in 2009. The team has posted a perfect 17-0 record in its first two seasons.
Liberty, State’s first opponent of the season, is the reigning Big South Champion and has won the conference the last four years.
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BaSeBall PaRT 2 of 5 TRaCk and field
cominG soonWednesday: A recap of the wreslting match against the Citadel.Thursday: The third instalment of the basbell season preview focusing on the outfielders. Friday: A recap of the men’s basketball game against Clemson.
did you know?That N.C. State football players Nate Irving and Owen Spencer were invited particpate in the 2011 NFL Combine.
STORy By taylorbarbour | ILLuSTRATION By taylorCashdan
One of the road games, against Cincinnati on Sept. 22, will be on a Thursday night on ESPN. State’s non-conference schedule includes the Bearcats, South Ala-bama, Central Michigan and Lib-erty. The Pack opens up ACC play
earlier than last season, as it takes on Wake Forest in Winston-Salem in the second week. The team’s bye week comes during week six of the season, squeezed in between the Cincinnati and the Georgia Tech game.
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