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Global Fast CEO ‘Hungry for Change’

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‘Stalking does not equal love’

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANKeeping the spirits high, Adrianna Harrell, senior in english, and Evelyn Reiman, associate vice chancellor of student affairs, laugh with Tom Stafford, vice chancellor of student affairs, about life plans after his speech on stalking at Talley Student Center Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. Reiman helped start the women’s’ center on campus which has been open 15 years now.

Two members of the Student Senate proposed a bill Tuesday to correct problems in the academic advising system.

Mallory BowmanCorrespondent

Student Senate generated a bill Tuesday to improve academic advis-ing conditions to encourage greater efficiency and a higher level of satis-faction for students and faculty.

These improvements are designed to create a better and easier system for students to receive necessary academic guidance. Fac-ulty will also benef it f rom these revisions t hroug h t he development of more system-atic methods to best equip them in aiding their students.

Emerson Barker, a soph-omore in politi-cal science and a student senator, said he recognized the essential need for improvement in the advising department last semes-ter. After researching the issue, Kinsey said he found the dissatisfaction with advising to be a widely shared concern across campus.

“When it’s a student-wide problem,” Barker said, “it’s the kind of thing Stu-dent Government needs to take up and change.”

According to Barker, he questioned individuals on campus and adminis-tered numerous advising surveys to accumulate enough data on the gen-eral opinion regarding advising.

What he found were complaints from both students and faculty.

Many students, especially freshmen, voiced feeling overwhelmed or lost in advising meetings, said Barker. Mul-tiple faculty members, particularly in CHASS, also expressed the need for modification in their online services and advising responsibilities.

These surveys also showed advisors do not always know the best way help students, according to Barker. These key concerns indicated the consider-able need for revision, which Kinsey said further encouraged his efforts to correct the system.

“I was elected to make changes that students rea l ly needed and to be their voice to the administration,” Kinsey said.

Teresa Heath, a junior in political science and also a student sena-tor, said she has worked with Kin-sey since last Sep-tember to develop these improve-ments. They com-

municated with other organizations involved in the improvement of aca-demic advising, including the Strate-gic Task Force.

The two finalized the bill over the past weekend.

The first reading of the bill occurred at the Senate meeting Tuesday, where the changes in the advising depart-ment were supported in a group deci-sion. Senators responsible for revisions done to the bill were Abbi Davis, a ju-nior in psychology, and Taylor Hiott, a junior in economics.

The final examination of the new bill in the Senate will take place in

two weeks, where it will either be passed or vetoed.

Heath said she feels highly con-fident in the passing of the bill. Working with the Strategic Task Force has gained support from the university Chancellor, and with such inf luential contributors in favor of the necessary modifica-tions, the likelihood the bill will pass has increased significantly, according to Heath.

“There is a lot of power behind this reform,” Heath said.

Both Kinsey and Heath said they firmly believe in the reliability of the bill’s success. Their formula-tion of the modifications focused on creating a reasonable bill that would be inexpensive while being efficient, according to Heath, and the earliest improvements could begin within the next academic year.

“I hope in the future, faculty and students alike have more faith in advisors,” Heath said.

Student Senators write bill to tackle ‘student-wide’ advising problems

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“When it’s a student-

wide problem, it’s the

kind of thing Student

Government needs to

take up and change.”Emerson Barker, sophomore in

political science

The founder of Global Fast came to N.C. State to talk about his non-profit organization and to explain how we as students can change the world.

Alexander WoodsCorrespondent

Rich Halvorson has proven fasting for one meal can change a person’s life.

Halvorson’s non-profit organiza-tion, Global Fast, allows contributors to choose a charity and then follow their donation by receiving updated pictures and progress reports as well as quantitatively describing the indi-vidual impact of their donation. That way, contributors know exactly where and how their donations are used.

Global Fast also chooses only to support the most efficient charities, such as Food for the Poor and Hope International.

The organization is partnering with 30 colleges across the U.S. and launch-ing their End the Water Crisis initia-tive on March 22 for World Water Day, and is aiming to have as many people fast for one meal during the day.

The money that would have been spent on the meal can then be donat-ed to Global Fast via globalfast.com, which contributors can then track on the website.

Halvorson stood up Wednesday night and captured the minds of his listeners. Everyone had an opportu-nity to speak to Halvorson, some wait-ing up to 45 minutes.

Many pledged to do all they could to assist the organization, including Jordan Ridge, a sophomore in history.

“We have to think globally. Try and give up the little things in life that we take for granted,” Ridge said.

Halvorson said the inspiration be-hind the organization stemmed from his extensive education, both in and out of the classroom.

“I had written my thesis on global poverty, I had lived in South America and I had written for the Miami Her-ald. I taught at an inner city school. All these crazy things just happened,” Halvorson said. “One day I was fasting and it all came together and I thought if you had millions of people fasting together they could literally change the world.”

While some might argue there is still much to be done here at home, Tiffany Foggie, a freshman majoring in communication, said she believes in Global Fast’s international involve-ment.

The Women’s Center has declared January the University’s first annual stalking awareness month.

Chelsey FrancisNews Editor

After President Barrack Obama de-clared January to be Stalking Aware-ness Month, N.C. State followed suit with a ceremony Thursday in Talley.

The Women’s Center put on the ceremony, because they help students with stalking issues. Thomas Staf-ford, the vice-chancellor of student affairs spoke to the group of students and University employees that at-tended the ceremony.

According to May Chung, a senior in English education and program assistant for The Movement, is the Stalking Awareness Month coordina-tor. Chung said The Women’s Center and The Movement wanted to bring attention to stalking.

“Dr. Stafford will talk on the sever-ity of stalking,” Chung said. “Stalk-ing is the least recognized out of the different types of domestic violence.”

The group wanted to bring attention to cyber-stalking, especially after the events at Louisiana State, Auburn and Florida State.

According to Chung, different uni-versities have recently had problems with cyber-stalking sorority pledges.

Juliette Grimmett, the assistant di-rector of interpersonal violence ser-vices, said stalking is difficult to define

“Stalking can best be described as terrifying,” Grimmett said. “Stalking doesn’t equal love. It’s scary.”

To better explain stalking Grimmett shared a fictional story with the group.

“Imagine having broken up with

your intimate partner, having gone off to school, bought a new car, got a new job, and you walk out of your psychology class one day and they are standing there,” Grimmett said.

According to Grimmett, the more humorous stalking is made to sound, the less people will report it.

“Every time we make stalking more humorous, we minimize the severity,” Grimmett said. “The terms society has to talk about stalking make it worse. ‘He’s stalking you, she’s stalk-ing you, Facebook stalking,’ they all

make stalking humorous.”According to Grimmett, the aver-

age duration of a stalking is 1.8 years. However, if you change that to where the victim knows the stalker, the aver-age duration is increased to 2.2 years.

National Crime Statistics show that 1 in 6 women are stalked and 1 in 45 men are stalked.

Stalking is often coupled with vio-lence, according to Grimmett.

“Stalking is serious,” Grimmett said. “If you have a funny feeling, you should listen to it.”

Stafford spoke to the crowd about how stalking is not talked very often.

“I hope all of us will leave here with a better understanding of the problem,” Stafford said. “We need to help communicate that stalking is a serious problem.”

Stalking is a problem that is only heard about every now and then, even though it happens all the

THE STEP-BY-STEP PROCESS OF A BILL GOING THROUGH THE SENATE• Draft a bill and submit it for the

first reading in the Senate (this introduces it).

• The college it falls under (or the committee) meets to discuss and modify the bill

• The bill goes back to the main Senate

• The bill is either approved or denied

• After it is approved, the bill is put into action

SOURCE: EMERSON BARKER

CHANGES TO EXPECT FROM THIS BILLHave advising start much earlier (3 weeks to a month earlier for class scheduling). This would giveadvisors more time to spend with individual students and give them the attention they need.

Give advisors fewer advisees in order to open up space for them to be more personally helpful.

Advising is available for freshmen in the summer before orientation. Many are unaware of this. StudentSenate wants to make this a more widely known fact so that students can feel confident rather thanoverwhelmed in their first advising meetings.

Possibly hire more advisors or recruit more teachers to become advisors in order to improve thestudent: advisor ratio.

The website focus group can be improved to be easier to navigate. This would benefit students andadvisors.

Uniform guidance. This is a general “syllabus” stating what to expect from each other. It will explainwhat students can and cannot expect from advisors, and vice versa. Students can’t expect advisorsto give them all the answers, but advisors should be willing to help look up information or offer morespecific guidance.

Advisor evaluations. These are basically the same as class evaluations that students fill out at the end ofeach semester. This will give important feed back to advisors on how helpful they are.

SOURCE: EMERSON BARKER

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Preparing for Charleston Fashion Week, Eleanor Hoffman, senior in Textile Tech-nology, sews panels onto a dress she designed. “ It’s a twelve piece collection for the Emerging Designers Competition,” said Hoffman, “ My inspiration came

from a Scene in Prague, where I studied abroad.” Hoffman said the theme of her collection depicts, “night time and shadows, and the textures shadows create.” The Emerging Designers Competition will be held on March 22-26, 2011 in Charleston, South Carolina and will feature sixteen aspiring designers.

“It’s very touching when the people that need our help didn’t do anything to be in the position that they’re in,” Foggie said.

However, Global Fast also provides an opportunity to connect with charities both internationally and domesti-cally.

To Courtland Matthews, a junior in international stud-ies, the opportunity for peo-ple to easily save lives all over the world is just too grand to ignore.

“It’s just the little things you do or give up in your life that can make a huge difference to someone on the other side of the world,” said Matthews.

Halvorson said he is com-

mitted to changing the world through the implementation of Global Fast’s various initia-tives.

“My hope is,” Halverson said, “in the next ten years charities will become more transparent, m ore e f f i -cient. They’ll be forced to be more sus-tainable and we want to be on the lead-ing edge—we hope to see tens of thou-sands of peo-ple fasting together to change the world and end global pov-erty in our lifetime.”

According to Halvorson, Global Fast is a combination of his hopes, visions, and ex-

periences. “Our first one-day fast, one

of the main projects was a fishing project in Haiti. A few thousand people here fasted

one day and i t f u nde d these boats that feed a thousand people ev-e r y d a y,” Halvorson said. “I went down there and this one guy, grown man, didn’t speak a word of English, but had this

strong Haitian Creole accent and he was trying to say I love you. The whole village was thanking us, saying ‘you didn’t do this for us you did this for our kids.’”

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Wednesday’s “CALS site seeks to increase student involvement,” Abbi Davis is a second year student in the Agriculture Institute.

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time, according to Stafford.“Everyone needs to have

a full and complete under-standing of the significance of stalking,” Stafford said.

Stafford said he had three objectives he wanted to en-courage the campus com-munity to follow.

“Get the word out about stalking and how serious it is,” Stafford said. “Encourage victims of stalking to report it. Take an appropriate and stern action to people who stalk.”

Stafford said he wanted to thank Student Affairs, Multi-cultural Student Affairs, and GLBT Center for all their help in getting the word out about stalking.

“I especially want to thank the students who are here,” Stafford said. “When you speak out, you have more im-pact that anyone.”

WHAT IS STALKING? A course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear.

STALKING STATISTICS• 3.4 million people over the

age of 18 are stalked each year in the United States.

• 30% of stalking victims are stalked by a current or former intimate partner

• Persons 18-24 experience the highest rate of stalking.

• 11% of stalking victims have been stalked for 5 or more years.

• 1 in 4 victims report being stalked through the use of some form of technology

SOURCE: THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME

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The two steam plants on campus are set to undergo major renovations this semester.

Sagar SaneStaff Writer

The Cates Avenue and Yar-brough steam plants on cam-pus will undergo renovations and major equipment chang-es starting as early as the end of the month.

Alan Daeke, assistant direc-tor of utilities and engineer-ing services, said the work at the plants will be done in dif-ferent parts.

“The project consists of multiple phases at two plants,” Daeke said. “The first phase is the renovation work at Cates. Here, renovation activities are planned to start by the end of Jan. We antici-pate having the Cates Plant construction completed by March 2012. The work at Yar-brough would start after the Cates work is commissioned and functioning properly, with an anticipated comple-tion date of March 2013.”

According to Charles Lef-f ler, vice chancellor for fi-nance and business, the reno-vation plans will have a major focus on reducing green gas emission levels.

“The project is also seek-ing LEED certification, Silver level, which is unique consid-ering that this is an energy plant,” Daeke said.

According to the U.S. Green Building Council’s website, LEED certification is given to construction projects built in such a way as to be more energy efficient and environ-mentally friendly.

According to Daeke, the

changes to both the sites will display some new features.

“At Cates, new combustion gas turbines will be installed that will generate 11 mega-watts of electricity and will utilize the waste heat to pro-duce 100,000 pounds per hour of steam,” Daeke said. “At Yar-brough, new boilers will be in-stalled that can produce a total of 200,000 pounds per hour of steam. These boilers will be natural gas fired with number two fuel (diesel) back up.”

Daeke also said both plants will see several structural changes.

“To make room for the new equipment at Cates, the exist-ing boiler from 1974 will be removed as well as the four ex-isting chillers. Also, a portion of the existing boiler wing will be removed and a new struc-ture will be built to house the combustion gas turbines and auxiliary equipment,” Daeke said. “At the Yarbrough site, the existing two boilers will be removed and the building structure will be modified to support the new boilers and auxiliary equipment.”

According to Daeke, once the work has started, there are plans in place for makeshift plants to lessen the loss of en-ergy during the renovations.

“A temporary boiler plant located at the Yarbrough plant will be provided as part of the project to offset the loss of ca-pacity while the plants are be-ing renovated,” Daeke said.

The Cates Ave steam plant is located near multiple resi-dence halls as well as the stu-dent health center and Carmi-chael gym. Daeke said while the project will hopefully not significantly disturb the cam-pus environment, students and faculty should look to the

Transportation department if considerable route changes are required.

“If road closures or de-tours are needed, that is done through the Transportation Department’s website,” Daeke said. “The project design team has taken noise and dust abate-ment into consideration for both the design of the plant as well as the construction.”

According to Daeke, special legislation will be used to fund this project.

“Special legislation, called Performance Contracting, is allowing the University to use the energy savings from this project to pay for the construc-tion cost,” Daeke said. “That way, no State appropriated funds are being used.”

According to Leffler, the de-cision to renovate the steam plants was inevitable.

“The boilers at the steam plants are almost 60 years old now,” Leffler said. “Issues con-cerning reliability, efficiency and conservation of energy were driving factors for this decision. The decision came on as a part of our long term planning process.”

Daeke said this project has been in the works for several years.

“We have been working on this for almost five years, start-ing with a study in 2005, and are glad to see the construction phase begin,” Daeke said.

Daeke said he believes this massive project will also be an educational resource for the campus in the future.

“The project will provide an upgrade to existing steam infrastructure, as well as a new technology for us on campus,”Deake said.

Steam plants on campus to undergo renovations

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANThe steam plant on Cates Avenue Jan. 10, 2011. Renovations have begun on the plant to increase capacity and lower greenhouse emmisions. According to Alan Daeke, assistant director of utilities and engineering services, “new combustion gas turbines will be installed that will generate 11 megawatts of electricity and will utilize the waste heat to produce 100,000 pounds per hour of steam.” The renovations of the 60 year old plant are scheduled to be completed by March 2013.

A multi-year renovation of the Cates Ave. steam plant will provide more power, decrease emissions on campus without reaching into student wallets.

Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor

As a part of the University’s initiative to reduce energy costs and increase conservation the Cates Avenue Steam Plant will face massive renovations later this year.

The building, which was con-structed in 2004, will be the next stop of a series of energy-efficient endeavors the Sustain-ability and Facilities offices are undertaking.

The project will span three phases, and include remov-ing one boil-er from the Cates plant, replacing it with two combustion turbine en-g i n e s a n d t hen a re-placement of a second boiler in the Yarborough steam plant.

In the Cates Ave. plant, o n e f u e l -burning boiler will be removed and replaced with the two tur-bines with heat recovery steam generators. The current boilers have exceeded their recom-mended useful life cycle, and the new steam generators are capable of producing 50,000 pounds of steam per hour, as opposed to the current fuel-burning boilers.

Facilities said they expect the new generators to be running by May of next year, according to Jack Colby, assistant vice-chancellor for facilities opera-tions.

“There are three aspects to this project. The renovations will begin this February, and the start-up and commission-ing of the generators will begin next May. The third phase will be in the Yarborough steam plant and will include the in-stallation of 3 100,000 pound-steam-per-hour boilers,” Colby said. “Work will start in the spring of 2012 for that part and finish in its entirety in the spring of 2013.”

The result of these renova-tions and installations will increase overall system energy efficiency to over 72.6 percent by converting to a combined heat and power system. That will lead to a greenhouse gas emission reduction of at least 15 percent, according to Kevin MacNaughton, associate vice chancellor for facilities.

“This operation will make it the first heat/power plant of

its kind on the premises. It is a huge undertaking to modify our plant and [N.C. State] Fa-cilities staff has innovatively figured out a way to make it happen,” MacNaughton said.

But that’s not the only ben-efit, according to Colby.

“While lowering cost of utilities for campus is a given advantage, there is a side ben-efit in that if we should we lose power from Progress Energy, we’ll have one third of our elec-trical power needs met by this plant,” Colby said.

These combustion engines will provide heating and air conditioning for one third of campus, and MacNaughton said this project will increase the University’s green rank-ings.

“This project is a hugely beneficial project for our cam-

pus. It will reduce our energy con-sumption in a more sub-stantial way t h a n a n y other single effort while n o t o n l y maintaining our level of serv ice but improving it, and we will have newer and more ef-

ficient boilers as well as the ability to produce about one-third to one-half of our electric demand by simply using the otherwise wasted energy from our year-round steam genera-tion,” MacNaughton said.

Lowering costs and reducing emissions are positive aspects of any project, but when it comes to cost, an undertaking on this scale is never cheap. However, this project, a $61 million endeavor, is not being paid for by students or taxpay-ers. Falling under the category of a “performance contract,” a rising trend in the construction industry where the third party contractor assumes the cost.

According to David Dean, sustainability outreach coordi-nator, a performance contract is a recently approved type of construction for the UNC sys-tem.

“In the state’s past legislative summer session they approved UNC system schools using this form so they can keep the money they save from improv-ing energy efficiency on their campuses. Sixty percent of sav-ings they create from energy ef-ficient projects now goes back to the school. Previously all the money they generated had to go back to the state, so there was no incentive. The state still gets 40 percent but that’s better than it used to be,” Dean said.

By finding ways to save en-ergy and, in turn, save money, this provision of state law en-

courages universities to im-prove their campuses. How-ever, there are a couple of stipulations. The 60 percent saved can only be used to fund more energy conserva-tion measures. These future conservation projects cannot need any additional funding from the state, either the sav-ings pay for project in total or the University would need to make up the difference.

For a project that has been in the works since 1999, Dean says the last four years have been heavy on plan-ning.

“Once we knew we needed to focus on this idea, we had to figure out a way to pay for it,” Dean said.” That’s where performance contracting has been great.”

In a performance contract a contractor is hired to assess projected positives for a pro-posal, in this case possible energy savings and improve-ments. After understanding where improvements are needed, an energy services company is chosen to over-see the project. Ameresco is the national corporation in charge of this project, and they were responsible for finding a local general con-tractor to do the actual con-struction. Ameresco chose New Atlantic Corp. out of Greensboro for the replac-ing of the boiler system.

To finance this, Ameresco guarantees their chosen contractor will complete the project for a designated amount. In turn, they fi-nance the loan, or $61 mil-lion with the Bank of Amer-ica, and will be paid back by the energy savings each year.

Eventually, the project will pay for itself. The current pro-jection is in 20 years Ameresco will have paid back its loan all from the University’s energy savings.

Following the University motto of, “locally responsible, globally engaged,” benefits will arise not just when balancing the checkbook.

According to Dean, eight full time jobs, (4 University perma-nent operations and 4 mainte-nance vendor positions) and 90 short to long term jobs across the state will be created.

Also, Dean said it will create a new way for students to get involved.

“Engineering students can get involved on future per-formance contracts, running numbers to help project pro-posals get the go-ahead, all good practice for the job mar-ket,” Dean said.

Boiler replacement to decrease University carbon footprint by 25,000 metric tons

“Engineering

students can get

involved on future

performance

contracts, running

numbers. . . .”David Dean, sustainability

outreach coordinator

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BY JASMINE WILLIAMS

How do you think the Men’s Basketball team performed during the Duke game?

How can they do better?{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“They got into the game sometime, but they definitely did not come all the way through. They need to work on that defense and overtime they will improve.”

John Hallsenior, physics

“They did ok. I think once they got a rhythm going they were able to pull it together. They need to find that team work and rhythm earlier on in the game.”

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“I thought they did pretty good. Once they started to get close, they got comfortable. They need to focus and not get siked out.”

Becky Kachurfreshman, fashion and textile management

{ }OUR VIEW

Sidney Lowe was hired to replace Herb Sendek in 2006 to head our cur-

rent basketball program. He was met by the student body with great enthusiasm and support because he was more electrifying than Sendek. To boost morale with the student and fan base, Lowe sported the traditional red blazer to honor his former coach, Jim Valvano. But the fanfare and support started to fade and many fans question the leadership of our coach. While students and fans may agree that Lowe is a great person, he may not be reflec-tive of the coach our University needs at the moment. With an ACC record of 20 wins and 44

losses from the 2006-2010 sea-son, his future here may be in doubt.

Lowe was head coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves and won 33 games and lost 102 during his 1993-1994 career. Later he coached for the Mem-phis Grizzlies and had a 0-8 season starter before leaving shortly after. His NBA profes-sional coaching career ended with 79-228. Overall at N.C. State from 2006-2010, Lowe has a 71-62 record. These are not the resumes of a good coach, but Wolfpack fans still

expect more wins than losses.Wednesday’s game against

rival Duke University was a lesson learned that the men’s basketball team needs lead-ership on the court and not just from the sidelines. Fans seem very excited about Tracy Smith, Ryan Harrow, C.J. Les-lie and Scott Wood and expect to see leadership from these players and only advice from their coach. Instead, many see Coach Lowe as a microman-ager instead of the coach fans first saw in 2006. Our players appear to be the right talent

on the court but there is doubt that they have the right leader-ship from the sidelines.

The good news is that the Wolfpack basketball program has promise and hope on the court, but only if our players command on the hardwood. Our University no longer needs moral victories but ACC or perhaps NCAA victories displayed our trophy case. At this juncture it is safe to say that Lowe is coaching for his survival. If N.C. State does not appear in the NCAA tourna-ment then many feel that it is time for Lowe to go.

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.

A Season of LoweTHE FACTS:N.C. State has lost 29 of its past 34 games with Duke. The Wolfpack lost to Duke again on Wednesday, 92-78. Sidney Lowe’s record at N.C. State is 71-62.

OUR OPINION:Sidney Lowe is coaching to save his career this year. Lowe’s program must turn around before the end of the season to recover his track record. He must allow the players to take the lead on the court and give the appropriate leadership off the court for championship wins.

Runnin’ out of fingers to feed the mouth.

Mark McLawhorn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

History happened, plain and simple, yet 2011 has already brought

another round of controversy for Huckleberry Finn, one of

Mark Twain’s classic novels about boyhood a nd soc ie t y in the South. Written in the southern ver-nacular of the time, the novel uses the “n-word ” more than 200 times.

Alan Gribben, a professor of lit-erature at Auburn University at Montgomery, has teamed up with NewSouth Books to release a version of Huckleber-ry Finn that does not include the “n-word,” and instead uses “slave.” While his goal is to make the text more acces-sible for younger audiences, the release of this new version sends the wrong message and obscures the true meaning of the text.

Twain’s story is an histori-cal benchmark that satires what life was like during the Reconstruction period. The work is a true masterpiece, because by including the ver-nacular in the dialogue of the story, Twain was able to create a voice for the time period. Gribben seems to be trying to hush history by taking away the truth from his new version. To truly understand and appreci-

ate Twain’s work is accepting and understanding his style and the historical context of Huckleberry Finn.

Even though Gribben’s aim is to make the novel more acces-sible for younger students and make it more comfortable for teachers to talk about in their classes, that does not make it okay to change the context of the story. The “n-word,” no matter how offensive it is in modern times, needs to stay in the book to maintain the nov-el’s original context; oth-erwise Grib-ben is wa-tering down the history of the story and bending to the needs of modern society.

Accepting that the “n-word” is in Twain’s novels is not to say that the word is now socially acceptable. Instead, by keeping the word in the future reprints of the novel, keeps the oppor-tunity open for dialogue about the historical contexts of the words and learn about its role in society then and now. People in our community are still af-fected by the use of this word. We especially saw this after the outcry the campus heard from the hate speech in the Free Ex-pression Tunnel. However, just because people were outraged by the painting, students and

administrators have been able to have a thoughtful conversation about free ex-pression and hate speech. How is the use of the “n-word” in Huckleberry Finn any different?

Gribben is socially aware of his actions in releasing this book without the “n-word.” This column fulfills his hopes that there is dis-course about this choice. Al-though I do not agree with the use of the word, I am not

unreasonable to cover my ears and be-lieve it never happened. It shouldn’t be in elemen-tary school curriculums, but middle school stu-

dents should have access to it in the classroom on their way to high school. Wa-tering it down only make things harder for them to understand as they get old-er. With this in mind, Twain himself would turn over in his grave and would chastise our ignorance of history for the sake of exposure.

Send Amanda your thoughts on not changing Huckleberry Finn to [email protected].

“Gribben is...

bending to

the needs of

modern society.”

Amanda WilkinsEditor-in-Chief

Changing ‘Finn’ not about that word, but education

We are all well aware where a road paved with good inten-

tions leads. So it is with Mark Twain scholar and Auburn

Montgomery University lit-erature profes-sor Alan Grib-ben’s revisions

of Huckleberry Finn.Where the original text has

over 200 usages of the “n-word,” Gribben’s volume re-places the word with “slave.” He also removed the word “in-jun.” This has led some schol-ars to say that it softens Twain’s intention and avoids one of the major issues of the work. There is a lot more to literature than any derogatory phrase that the author may choose to incorpo-rate into the work. Saying that you can completely devoid the book of meaning by making a word substitution is absurd.

Gribben stated his intention is to make the work more acces-sible in the 21st century and to keep the book from being im-mediately banned from class-rooms preemptively. He is not removing the word as to pre-tend that it was never there, nor is he hoping to shift the context in which it appeared. He is sim-ply trying to get the book into the hands of students.

This is a technique used in education constantly. We put a lot of effort into making in-formation more approachable for students all the time.

Columbus did not truly dis-cover America. Gravity does not have a complete expla-nation. Those concepts just serve us well enough in grade and middle school or until such a time as it is best to dive deeper. So it is with literature, why shouldn’t teachers have an avenue by which to read and teach a book so richly de-serving study without having it mired in social conflict from the very start?

America, as a country and within its commu-nities, col-leges a nd universities included, need to find more time to have real, honest con-versations about race. This conversation doesn’t need to happen in el-ementary and middle schools when some of the nuances of that discussion would likely get lost, nor does it need to happen within the context of a discus-sion of Huckleberry Finn.

Some might say that there is no need to continue having an open dialogue about the “n-word.” I disagree. Race re-lations in America have never been truly dealt with to the sat-isfaction of many of the com-munities involved. Honestly, I’m pretty sure those commu-

nities would consider that an understatement.

It makes it seem like the use of that word is a thing of the past that should be taught as a history lesson or in a book. The place for that conversation is now, in a current context, where the racism thrives more than many of us let ourselves believe in the day to day. There is nothing wrong with chang-ing the word to something with fewer teeth so that a great piece

of literature might find its way into the hands of students who might take it upon themselves to read the original text on their ow n . We should raise

the level of discourse and find the proper context and arena to discuss the rifts we have created amongst ourselves and do our best to repair that relationship, not through our children, but for them. If we owe Mr. Twain anything, we owe him that most.

Send Benjamin your thoughts on changing Huckleberry Finn to [email protected].

“This conversation

doesn’t need

to happen in

elementary and

middle schools.”

Benjamin KraudelStaff columnist

That word says a lot about history and Twain’s style

DAVID MABE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOTrey Warren, a senior in construction and management engineering, gets crowned last year as Mr. Engineer 2010 on Friday, March 26th, 2010 . “I didn’t think I was going to win,” Trey said.

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SWE Hosts 2nd Annual Mr. Engineer Pageant tonight

Site provides new shirt every dayPopular website TeeFury features a unique shirt design every day, but only sells each one for 24 hours.

Jordan AlsaqaSenior Staff Writer

At some time or another, most people have an idea for what they think would

make a great t-shirt. Whether it is as simple as a clever saying or a complex creation featuring well-known characters, the spark of creativity can hit at any moment. It can leave that person with the desire to see just how good their tee shirt design truly is.

That is where the commu-nity-driven website TeeFury.com comes in.

Launched in 2008, TeeFu-ry was started to provide creative t-shirts at easily af-fordable prices. Every day, a new shirt is designed by a member of the TeeFury community and is made

available for purchase for the price of $9, with shipping costing as low as $2 extra.

Elizabeth Hyde, a junior in animal science, expressed her appreciation of the site’s affordability.

“It’s cool to be able to get such awesome shirts for such a low price,” Hyde said.

The catch is that each shirt is only available for one day, be-fore it is replaced by the next design for its own 24 hour run.

In this way, each shirt is a lim-ited edition product, and allows

the site to provide a high number of new designs on a regular basis.Designs chosen for the site vary

widely, and include everything from purely artistic endeavors to mash-ups

of pop culture characters. One of last year’s most popular shirts featured Han Solo and Chewbacca drawn in the style

of Calvin and Hobbes.Jimi Benedict, art director

for the site, explained his process for se-lecting which designs are chosen to be made into shirts.

“I ask myself many questions before selecting a design for print,” Benedict said. “Will it sell? Is the concept of the design relevant to the times? Does the design have impact within a millisecond of viewing?”

Selection to appear on the site is usu-ally the end of a slightly longer process, however, as many designs first appear in the TeeFury forum. Users can post their designs and receive comments and critiques from their fellow artists. This gives designers the chance to see how it can be improved, as well as how popular it might be if chosen to be featured on the site.

Zack Davenport, a longtime fan and artist featured on TeeFury in the past and Raleigh native, said the site has done well supporting its community.

“TeeFury has grown a lot since I have worked with them,” Davenport said. “I consider it one of my favorite sites to work with simply because of their loyal community and committed, profes-sional curators.”

The strong sense of community Dav-enport mentions is evident not only in the forum, but on the main page of the site. Every day, the new design is accom-panied by a small interview with the cre-ator, giving them the chance to explain where their idea came from. Also, users are allowed to leave a comment on the design, letting the creator and the rest of the community know what they think.

Ian Leino, a graphic illustrator and TeeFury’s top-selling artist, shared his opinion on how the site benefits the art-ists as much as it does the fans.

“In addition to strong sales and great exposure,” Leino said, “the other thing I really appreciate about TeeFury is that after the day that a design runs, all rights revert to the artist. That means that I’m able to then print and sell [the designs] through my own shop.”

Leino’s designs have been among the site’s most popular, and the reception has led him to continue creating for the site. His latest is set to be featured Jan. 24, and his past designs can be pur-chased on his own site, ianleino.com.

While artists are free to do what-ever they want with their designs after their day on TeeFury, every shirt featured on the site can still be viewed in the archived gallery. While reviewing past designs may spark a sense of loss, the website also provides an easy way to access the previously featured shirts on the site.

The Gallery also lets users keep track of all the shirts that may be available when the site runs one of its Grab Bag specials. Every few months, customers are given the chance to purchase a random shirt design for only $5. The shirts available are those featured since the last Grab Bag. The event lets users try for a design they may have missed or hesitated buying at the full price.

“We overprint every shirt we sell for various reasons,” Bene-dict said. “Once we get full of overprints, we run the grab bags. We like to think it’s a great way to reward our community for helping us succeed.”

For over two years now, TeeFury has continued to see success, and will keep providing a source for in-spired shirt designs as long as the community support is there. For now, it continues to provide a new spark of creativity every day, one t-shirt at a time.

The tradition continues as 11 male competitors prepare for the big event.

Lisa SimorelliCorrespondent

The Mr. Engineer Pageant is unlike any other ordinary pageant. There are no high heels and makeup; this is the time for men to shine under the spotlight.

The event is coordinated by the Society of Women Engineers, which is a group designed to support and encourage women pursuing careers in engineering. Among one of their tasks dur-ing the school year is the Annual Mr. Engineer Pageant. The pageant is an opportunity for male engineer students to showcase their talents and show that they are more than just studious.

In order to be selected for the show, students must fill out an application and SWE members accordingly select the contestants. The ap-plications ask the en-gineer students ques-tions about career and goal aspirations, extra curricular activities and why they would like to be in the pag-eant. Last year, SWE only had a month and a half to prepare for the show, but this year they have been planning since the fall semester.

Similar to last year’s pageant, 11 engineer stu-dents will participate in four sections: an inter-view portion worth 35 points, a talent portion worth 35 points, a professional attire portion worth 20 points and the Fundamental Engineer-ing Exam that is worth the remaining 10 points. Each individual student also comes from a dif-ferent department of the college, representing a diverse group of male students.

SWE Co-Presidents Lisa Moll, a senior in ma-terial science and engineering, and Sonya Kori, a senior in computer science, have been coordinat-ing the preparation.

“We split up a lot of tasks ranging from adver-tising to the actual selection process,” Kori said.

SWE also has to determine judges, escorts, ushers, photographers and much more for the event.

“Even though there is a lot of preparation that goes into the pageant, the work is well worth it because in the end we raise a large sum of money

for such a great cause,” Kori said.All of the proceeds from ticket sales will be

donated to Relay for Life, an organization of the American Cancer Society. Last year, with more than 200 students in attendance, the SWE was able to raise over $600 from the event.

“Students should attend this event because they will definitely be entertained. The contes-tants have put in a lot of hard work,” said Trey Warren, a senior in construction and manage-ment engineering and last year’s “Mr. Engineer.”

Warren will also be participating in this year’s pageant, but this time as a judge. Other judges for the event include Student Body President Kelly Hook and various high-ranking professors.

In last year’s pageant, the talent portion was one of the more popular sections of the show.

“The talent portion is my favorite because the guys think of really creative talents,” Kori said. “Last year, Trey Warren wrote his own song and

played the guitar.”Another talent from

last year includes a popular dance per-formance by Erik Cox, a senior in ma-terial science and en-gineering, which he choreographed to Be-yonce Knowles’ exact routine of the music

video, “Single Ladies.” “My friends and I were trying to think of some-

thing for my talent and that’s what we came up with,” Cox said. “They said I wouldn’t do it ei-ther.” He beat the dare. A lot of preparation goes into the talent portion of the show. Cox practiced the routine from the music video for seven hours in his friend’s living room until he got it down step-by-step.

“The ‘Single Ladies’ dance was definitely the most memorable part of my experience,” Cox said. “I had people wanting to shake my hand the day after.”

This year, Cox and the 2010 People’s Choice Winner, Richard Pridgen, a senior in paper sci-ence and chemical engineering, will be hosting the pageant.

Tickets for the show are available in front of Stewart Theatre at the Talley Student Center starting at 6:00p.m. for only three dollars. Doors will open at 6:30p.m., and the show begins at 7:00p.m.

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because in the end we raise a

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Spotted in the Brickyard

PHOTO & STORY BY MEGAN FARRELL

Technician’s weekly “Spotted in the Brickyard” highlights a fashionable student found in the Brickyard. From eclectic and

vintage to classic and chic, Technician will be sure to bring you fresh looks every week.

Kirsten Wyatt, a freshman in first year college, poses on her way to the Atrium. Wyatt wore a classy floral print dress from Forever 21 ($20) with brown tights (Walmart, $5) and a pair of boots (Kohls, $30). Her outfit was accessorized with a locket-style necklace, purchased at a flea market for a mere 25 cents. Wyatt enjoys shopping at Forever 21 and H&M. “My style changes a lot, but I like to look put together,” Wyatt said. “If I think something is cute, I’ll wear it!”

While waiting for her friends outside of the Atrium, Francesca Verceles-Zara, a freshman in biological sciences, poses, showing off a rocker-chic look. Her outfit was comprised of a grey and black dress from H&M ($14), tights from Forever 21 ($5), grey booties from Target ($30), and a faux-leather jacket, received as a gift from Rue 21. Verceles-Zara’s favorite stores consist of H&M, Urban Outfitters, and Target. “My style depends on my mood,” she said, “but it is sometimes inspired by Gossip Girl or some fashion pages that I follow on Tumblr.”

Chandalae Lanouette, a sophomore in first year college, stops to pose in the Brickyard. Lanouette’s look was made up of a bold fuchsia-colored tunic dress (Francesca’s, $30), belted at the waist (belt, Cause for Pause, $2). She also wore white lace-inspired tights (Target, $10) and a pair of brown boots (Target, $12 on sale). Lanouette wore a key dangling from her ear as an earring, which she made herself. She loves shopping at Francesca’s in the mall and thrift stores like Father and Son. “My style tends to be a modern twist on 80’s fashion, with a touch of the 20’s,” she said, “and I am also inspired by details in old furniture.”

Restaurant Week to highlight local cuisine

NATALIE ROSS/TECHNICIANGuests on the Urban Food Tour enjoy a variety of small plates and wines at Frazier’s Wine Bar on Wednesday. The tour was sponsored by Living Social, and was sold out the day tickets went on sale.

NATALIE ROSS/TECHNICIANBlack & Blue Burger with a cajun rub and blue cheese coleslaw at Porter’s Tavern at 2412 Hillsborough Street.

Over 60 local restaurants will participate in the second annual event, which celebrates the Triangle food scene.

Mark HerringLife & Style Editor

Students rarely get the opportunity to deviate from the staples of college food. However, being more than just a college town, Raleigh’s fine dining scene per-sists despite college demand on pizza and takeout. Moreover, restaurants around the Triangle are collaborating to showcase their products next week.

More than 60 local restaurants will participate in the second annual Tri-angle Restaurant Week from Jan. 24 through 30. The event is modeled af-ter national restaurant weeks in New York and Washington D.C., which both brought attention to and celebrated the culinary arts.

“It started in New York to get people to have access to higher-end menus,” Kevin Jennings, Urban Food Group public relations director, said. “The benefit is generally a reduced charge.”

The large scope of the event includes two restaurants close to campus. T h e a d j a c e nt restaurant pair on the other side of Hillsborough Street, Porter’s Tavern and Fra-zier’s Wine Bar, wil l of fer spe-cial menus along with their stan-dard menus. Both restaurants, managed by Urban Food Group, plan to attract business to Hill-sborough Street despite a slow recovery after construction.

“This event is always a help for busi-ness,” Mark Johnson, Porter’s Tavern general manager, said. “As people come back to Hillsborough Street and realize that there is parking and everything is better, it’s a good thing for all of us.”

Porter’s and Frazier’s, played around with their menus to arrange specials that ref lect the restaurants’ general style.

“The Triangle Restaurant Week

special is three courses for lunch and dinner,” Johnson said. “Lunch is $15 and dinner is $30. We definitely do represent what we do normally with this special.”

The specials at Porters include French onion soup with gruyere-cheese toast, pork tacos, pan roasted flounder and handmade ravioli.

“We make everything in house,” Johnson said. “We wanted to have a little bit of everything. We do Ameri-can food, like nice burgers, but it’s all over the place.”

Of the more than 40 Raleigh res-taurants involved in the event, Urban Food Group has two more restaurants participating. Coquette, a French bras-serie, and Vivace, an Italian trattoria, are planning exclusive menus focusing on local ingredients.

“Here’s the catch for us, we want to focus on what’s seasonal, but also play-ful,” Jennings said. “I believe that the cuisine at our restaurants is progres-sive.”

Triangle Restaurant Week and Ur-ban food groups are focusing on the “locavore” trend that found its way back into contemporary restaurants. Throughout the Triangle, non-chain

restaurants have been focusing with tremendous support on buy-ing produce from the local farmers market and pa-tronizing regional food suppliers.

“We try to get produce locally,” Johnson said. “I mean we get our

bread from a bakery downtown. We want to support the local economy and local businesses. That is our policy. Therefore, we would like people to sup-port us as a local business.”

Jennings reiterated the effects of cel-ebrating local restaurants.

“There is definitely a rippling effect,” Jennings said. “It’s a long term sort of thing. Through a multitude of efforts, educations efforts, people start to get it.”

Restaurateurs and chefs are looking for a kick-start with the new year in what has been a tough time for restau-

rants. Close proximity to the University has

given Porter’s consistent business and the restaurant tends to attract faculty and students on budgets.

“I come here about once a week,” Sa-brina Hunt, a graduate student in bio-chemistry, said. “I like the tacos but I sometimes get a salad and the price isn’t too scary.”

Despite the lunch rush after 12:10 classes, the student ratio that stops by for dinner drops off. Jennings touched upon this issue of appealing to the stu-dent demographic. Urban Food Group restaurants and the other eateries of the same caliber in Triangle Restaurant Week have elegance as a setback.

“One of the struggles is to bring peo-ple in,” Jennings said. “Consequently, people get intimidated, which is our biggest challenge.”

Nevertheless, the restaurants are ex-pecting increased business next week. The restaurant economy is slowly com-ing out of the slump of the recession, which has consequently stymied cu-linary ventures, but chefs in the area are looking forward to being creative once again.

“We want to support

the local economy and

local businesses. That

is our policy.”Mark Johnson, Porter’s Tavern general

manager

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debut in the narrow loss to the Sooners with scores of 9.85 on the floor and 9.775 on the bars. Last Friday also marked the debut of Diah-anna Ham, who led the team with a vault of 9.800, good for second-place at the meet.

“Stephanie and Diahan-na both did exactly what we expected them to do,” Stevenson said. “They per-formed just how we expect-ed them to from practice, but they put on a little more of a show. I thought they made the biggest impact as freshmen that we’ve had in a while. I’m extremely proud of the kids because of the way they worked.”

Ouellette is ranked No.3 all-round in the EAGL conference, but the Pack will also rely on experi-enced performers in senior Brittany Vontz and juniors Brooke Barr and Jess Panza to make a difference against the Mountaineers. Such a blend of rookie and veteran talent has worked well for Stevenson’s team so far in 2011. The continuation of such form will also put the Pack in a strong position in its aim to earn a spot in the 2011 NCAA National Championships held April 14-16 in Cleveland, Ohio.

never really gotten into it be-cause I played track and foot-ball,” Little said. “But then when I started wrestling, my uncle gave me some advice along the way.”

So far this year, Little has gone undefeated against ACC opponents, which is something he has not been able to accom-plish during his first three years at State. While an undefeated conference record is not every-thing in wrestling, it can help a wrestler gain a much higher seed for the ACC Champion-ships in March.

Coach Carter Jordan said Little’s 19-6 record this year is no fluke, but rather an example of what hard work can do for a wrestler.

“This sport, more than any other sport, is incredibly men-tally challenging,” Jordan said. “Darrius [Little] has a lot more pressure on him this year due to expectations. But, instead of folding, he has been working harder than he ever has, ask-ing more questions than he ever has, and it is showing out there when he wrestles.”

In years past, Little has had difficulty with his weight class, not only winning matches, but also with keeping his weight down. His career record en-tering this season was 36-33 in the 133-pound weight class, but that record has improved dras-tically with his performance so far this season.

Little said it is not only easier competing in his new weight class, but the move from 133 pounds to 141 has also helped him find a new love for wres-tling.

“The reason why I moved

up initially was because there was a spot to fill,” Little said. “But now that I have moved up, I’m finding that I’m enjoying not having to worry as much about what I eat. Sometimes I get kind of greedy and want to eat whatever, so moving up a weight class has helped me enjoy this season a lot more.”

Little says he has loved the sport of wrestling since he began in high school, but he has enjoyed this season much more. Harnessing new skills the coaching staff has taught him has been one of the con-tributing factors toward Little’s success.

“My biggest reason why I’m doing a lot better is the coach-ing staff,” Little said. “Having their support and having them behind me is a big help. They are doing a great job and I re-ally appreciate all of their sup-port.”

Pack fans can come out and see Little wrestle as he aims for his 20th win of the season Saturday in Reynolds Coliseum as State takes on Campbell at 4 p.m. and Ohio at 7 p.m.

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MIAMI N.C. STATE74 Scoring Offense 73.767.7 Scoring Defense 69.4.744 Free throw percentage .703.441 Field goal percentage .452.374 3-point percentage .350+3.4 Rebounding margin +3.9

SOURCE: THEACC.COM

RECORDS BY SEASON19-6 2010-11

7-3 2009-10

17-17 2008-09

12-13 2007-08

55-39 Overall

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

KEVIN COOK/TECHNICIANSenior forward Tracy Smith gets blocked by two defensemen during the first half of the N.C. State’s game agaisnt Duke in the RBC center on Wednesday. Smith led the team with a total of 19 points and nine rebounds. Despite Smith’s accomplishments in the game, the Wolfpack was not able to hold off the Blue Devils who won 92-78.

game and the new adjust-ments may affect the line-ups on Sunday as well.

“We want to put guys on the f loor that are playing well,” Lowe said. “We want to reward the guys that are getting it done, reward the guys that are doing what I want them to do and ca-pable of what I want them to do.”

The Pack hopes the lineup adjustments and the effort it played with Wednesday night will help the team pick up its second confer-ence victory of the season.

“I think we can score with anybody in our league, so I don’t think that is the prob-lem,” sophomore forward Scott Wood said. “We just have to pick it up a little on defense. It’s just about heart and sprinting back.”

Defense has been State’s Achilles’ heel since confer-ence play began as the team has surrendered an average of 80 points per game to its opposition. A victory against Miami would serve as a big confidence boost before the Pack faces tough road tests against Clemson and North Carolina next week.

COUNTDOWN• 9 days until the men’s basketball team takes on UNC

at Chapel Hill.

INSIDE• Page 7: The Darrius Little feature, as well

as previews of the men’s basketball team and gymnastics.Sports

TECHNICIANPAGE 8 • FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2011

Little’s wrestling bigger than his last name

Gymnastics opens EAGL conference play against WVU

DREIR CARR/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTODarrius Little works to pin Joe Baker of the Naval Academy. The Wolfpack grapplers fell to the Navy Midshipmen in Reynolds Coliseum Jan. 24, 2009.

Challenging weekend awaits tennis teamAfter blanking both Davidson (7-0) and UNC-Wilmington (7-0) to open its spring season, the men’s tennis team will be faced with a difficult weekend as it takes on No. 13 Louisville and No. 46 Indiana. Three Wolfpack netters are currently ranked in singles, marking the first time in program history that three players are ranked to begin the season. Juniors Jaime Pulgar (No. 61) and Dominic Hodgson (No. 82) are ranked inside the top 100 while sophomore Dave Thomson (No. 108) sits just outside. The No. 57 Wolfpack will be relying on the trio as it seeks a pair of upset wins over the Cardinals and Hoosiers.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Women’s basketball falls to BCFueled by forward Carolyn Swords’ 15 points and 19 rebounds, Boston College handed the N.C. State women’s basketball team its second straight loss Thursday night in Chestnut Hill, Mass., 77-67. The Eagles did the majority of their damage inside, scoring 40 points in the paint. In all, five Boston College players finished in double figures. After finishing with a career-high 30 points against North Carolina last week, guard Marissa Kastanek once again led the way for the Wolfpack (9-9, 1-3 ACC), scoring a game-high 21 points against the Eagles. Trailing 71-49 with seven minutes remaining, the Pack went on an 18-6 run with guard Amber White leading the charge, scoring 12 of her 18 points during the stretch to pull within 10 points. But it was too little, too late as Boston College held on for a 10-point victory. Things will not get any easier for the Pack as it hosts No. 3 Duke on Sunday at 5 p.m.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

TodayMEN’S TENNIS @ LOUISVILLELouisville, Ky., 4 p.m.

GYMNASTICS VS. WEST VIRGINIA Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

TRACK @ THE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIE INVITATIONALBlacksburg, Va., All day

SaturdayMEN’S TENNIS @ INDIANABloomington, Ind., 2 p.m.

TRACK @ THE VIRGINIA TECH HOKIE INVITATIONAL Blacksburg, Va., All day

WRESTLING VS. CAMPBELLReynolds Coliseum, 4 p.m.

WRESTLING VS. OHIOReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

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SCHOOL CONF. OVERALL

MIAMI 4-0 18-1

GA TECH 4-0 16-4

DUKE 3-0 17-0

UNC 3-1 17-2

FSU 3-1 15-4

BC 2-2 15-4

MD 1-2 14-3

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1-3 10-10

NC STATE 1-3 9-9

CLEMSON 1-4 8-12

VIRGINIA 0-3 11-8

VA TECH 0-4 9-9

SOURCE: THEACC.COM

Wolfpack looks to weather storm against HurricanesThe men’s basketball team looks to avoid a 1-4 start to ACC play.

Jon GoodmanStaff Writer

The N.C. State men’s bas-ketball team looks to avenge its 92-78 loss to defending National Champion Duke as the team squares off against Miami at the RBC Center Sunday at noon. The Wolfpack (11-7, 1-3 ACC) has dropped each of its last three games enter-ing Sunday’s matchup but the Hurricanes have not faired much better, losing a close game to Florida State, 55-53 on Wednesday night. Miami (12-6, 1-3 ACC) will be trying to avoid start-ing conference play with a 1-4 record for the second straight season.

While the Hurricanes had one of its best defensive performances of the season against the Seminoles, State had one of its worst, sur-rendering a season-high 92 points against Duke.

Both teams enter Sunday’s game with shooting woes as Florida State held Miami to only 34 percent shoot-ing from the field while the Wolfpack only mustered a 37-percent shooting per-centage against a pesky Duke defense. In particu-

lar, freshmen C.J. Leslie, Ryan Harrow and Lorenzo Brown will need to perform better after shooting 0-17 in the first half against the Blue Devils and finished 8-30 from the field.

Harrow will go toe-to-toe against Miami’s leading scorer Malcolm Grant, who aver-

ages 15.3 points per game, the seventh-best mark in the ACC. Another key matchup will be in the paint as Tracy Smith and Co. try to contain Hurricanes center Reggie John-son, who averages 11.8 points and 9.6 rebounds per game.

Despite the 14-point loss,

coach Sidney Lowe was proud of the effort put forth by his team and hopes the team can carry that effort into Sunday’s game.

“I thought we had good en-ergy and made a run at it,” Lowe said.

That energy and effort was

most evident in the 18 offensive rebounds, 11 forced turnovers and 30 free throw attempts by the Pack.

A lineup change coming out of the halftime sparked a sec-ond half comeback in the Duke

DREIR CARR/TECHNICIANFreshman guard Ryan Harrow drives the ball around Duke’s Ryan Kelly and Nolan Smith in the first half Wednesday night at the RBC Center. Harrow finished with 15 points and nine assists as the Wolfpack fell to the Blue Devils 78-92.

The Wolfpack hosts No. 18 West Virginia in conference-opener tonight in Reynolds Coliseum.

Charlie BrookeStaff Writer

The No.10-ranked N.C State gymnastics team will head into tonight’s meet against West Virginia brimming with confidence following a school-record performance against Okla-homa last week where the team fell, 196.175-195.150. Despite the performance ending in defeat for the Pack, coach Mark Stevenson was pleased with his team’s performance.

“It was the highest score we’ve ever had in an open-ing meet,” Stevenson said. “We had a no-fall meet, and anytime you have that you’re going to score well.”

The Pack’s score on Friday represented the second-highest at a home-opener, trailing only the 2008 per-formance versus Auburn where the team finished with a score of 195.375. The performance against Okla-homa also earned the team a spot in the top-10 of the national rankings, as well as third in the Southeast region, trailing only Florida and Georgia.

However, No.18 West Vir-ginia, the second-highest ranked team in the EAGL conference following the Pack, will provide a stern test for Stevenson’s team. The Mountaineers (2-1) suf-fered their first loss of the season at Georgia on Mon-day, but will be looking to bounce back against State at Reynolds Coliseum.

Sophomore Rachel Fincham, All-EAGL first team in 2010, will be looking for the team to remain focused and not get carried away with the impres-sive start to the 2011 season.

“It was a no-fall, but that doesn’t mean it was perfect. There were wobbles and poor landings, but these are things we can easily fix,” Fincham said. “One thing we have been talking about is not to let how well we did last week let us get complacent. Individual con-fidence and form issues can definitely be improved upon.”

Fincham was also quick to squash any suggestions that the young Pack team will be over-whelmed by its No.10-ranking.

“I don’t think it brings extra pressure because consistently last year we were ranked first in the EAGL conference,” Fin-cham said. “It’s just more of an extra motivation to keep doing what we have been doing, and improve.”

The meet against the Moun-taineers will be the first op-portunity to survey EAGL opposition before the confer-ence championships at George Washington on March 19th. Leading that charge toward the championships will be fresh-man Stephanie Ouellette, who was impressive in her collegiate

Pack wrestler has changed everything about his game to get better.

Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor

At the beginning of his freshman year in high school, redshirt junior wrestler Darrius Little had never even thought of wres-tling at the high school lev-el, much less the collegiate level.

He participated in three different sports during his freshman year: basketball, track and field and football.But Little said wrestling was something he just stumbled upon after a friend told him about trying out.

“One of my boys was a wrestler in high school,” Little said. “When I was in middle school one of my friends kept telling me that I should try the sport, and I didn’t really want to until I finally tried out my fresh-man year. I started really

enjoying it, so I stuck with it.”While his mother has always

been a supporter, Little said she initially was not a big fan of him wrestling at N.C. State. Many of Little’s family members are supporters of UNC-Chapel Hill, making it difficult for them to support a member of the Wolfpack.

“My family is Carolina all the way,” Little said. “A lot of family members attend, or have attended, Carolina. So when I chose N.C. State, they weren’t exactly thrilled at first, but they have always been supportive. They are behind me 100 per-cent now.”

In fact, Little’s uncle, Wiley Little, is actually a former wrestler for the Tarheels. And after being dismissed from the junior varsity basketball team in high school, Little credits his friends, as well as his uncle, as the reason he began wrestling.

“I had always heard that my uncle was a wrestler through-out middle school, but I had

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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANJunior gymnast Jess Panza jumps to the high bar during the exhibition against Oklahoma. Panza scored 9.775 while on the bars. N.C. State fell to Oklahoma, 196.175 - 195.150.