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While University officials said asbestos has been found in Tompkins Hall, it poses no immediate health threats.

Justin RoseStaff Writer

N.C. State facilities staff has re-cently discovered the glue used to hold up a fallen bulletin board in Tompkins Hall contained asbestos.

Asbestos is a construction ma-terial used prior to the 1980s be-cause of its resistance to heat, fire, chemicals and electricity. If an asbestos product is disturbed, its tiny fibers can be released into the air and inhaled, which can lead to serious health problems such as lung cancer.

Because of these dangers, the U.S. government phased out asbes-tos during the 1980s and banned the substance entirely in 2004.

However, some products in-stalled prior to 1980 still contain asbestos. Last Saturday, workers cut out the sections of glue con-taining asbestos and reattached the corkboard to the wall with screws.

Tompkins Hall is one of the old-est buildings on campus. Original-ly built in 1901, it was rebuilt in 1914 after a fire and most recently renovated in the early 1980s, when Caldwell Hall was built between it and Winston Hall, according to N.C. State’s website.

Bob Kadle, instructional support for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences Information Technology and

While the state is just beginning recovering from the tornado outbreak, researchers predict this year’s hurricane season will bring more intense weather.

Shivalik DagaStaff Writer

While the country looks on at the destruc-tion caused in North Carolina by this week-end’s tornadoes, N.C. State researchers predict the end is not in sight for inclement weather, claiming there will be higher than average ac-tivity in this year’s hurricane season, a con-tinuing trend from last year.

Researchers Lian Xie and Montserrat Fuen-tes, along with research assistant Morgan Len-non, predict the Atlantic basin, which includes the entire Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea, could witness anywhere be-tween 13 to 16 tropical cyclones this season.

While this number is fewer than the 19 hur-ricanes observed last season, it is still signifi-cantly higher than the average 9.6 hurricanes per year over the previ-ous 50 years, from 1950 to 2000.

According to Xie and Fuentes’ research, of the 13 to 16 tropical cyclones predicted for this sea-son, there is a 70 percent chance of a tropical cy-clone striking the South-east coast, though the probability reduces to 40 percent for a hurricane and about 15 percent for a major—i.e. category 3 or above—hurricane.

In numbers, between seven and nine hurri-canes are expected in the Atlantic Basin alone, with three to five being major hurricanes. Both estimates are higher than the corresponding

average values of the past 50 years, 6 and 2.3, respectively.

Lian Xie, professor of marine, earth and atmospheric sciences, used data from the previ-ous 50 years to identify important predictors for this season. Using these variables, Xie worked with Fuentes, professor of statistics, and statistics graduate student Lennon to come up with a pre-diction using statistical models.

“The process of fore-casting combines knowl-

edge of meteorology and oceanological science and statistics,” Xie said. “Using our knowl-

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JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIANChowing on chili, John Medford, a junior in material science and engineering, laughs with friends at the annual material science and engineering department chili cook off held in Engineering Building One Tuesday. Medford had just gotten out of class when he decided to stop for free chili in the atrium. “Its hard to pass up free chili,” said Medford. “Especially when it’s this good.” The chili cook off also featured prizes for best chili recipe and a raffle for a $50 gift card to Bestbuy.

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANKallie McNamara, freshman in spanish education, pulls up an essay to print at the Tomkins hall computer lab Monday morning April 18, 2011. McNamara’s essay was for her english 101 class. “It’s easier than I expected, especially compared to high school,” she said. Tomkins hall underwent a major renovation over the summer to redo the ductwork.

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of science, we find

the most effective

predictors for storms.”Lian Xie, professor of marine, earth and

atmospheric sciences

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One student’s YouTube video of the tornado’s destruction this weekend attracted national attention.

Bryan LeStaff Writer

The footage shows an abandoned car with its headlights still eerily lit.

“This person must have gotten out of this car real fast, the lights are still on,” said the cameraman, Mark Huneycutt, a sophomore in mechani-cal engineering.

The four-minute video of this week-end’s tornado’s path of destruction down South Saunders street, shot by Huneycutt right after the storm, has been viewed over half a million times since he uploaded it Saturday and has garnered national media attention.

In the video, Huneycutt walked around the neglected car with its driver side door punched in and the windows blown out. When he ap-proached the car, it was still beeping, indicating the key had been left in the ignition.

Huneycutt said he was napping in his Bragaw dorm room when the storm came over the area. When the sirens came on, Huneycutt said he was not afraid.

“I don’t get scared easily, and it was actually kind of exciting,” Huneycutt said.

After the storm passed, Huneycutt drove down to South Saunders Street, since he said he had heard the street had been hit hard by the storms. His suite mates had declined to go with him.

“I was just really, really curious,” Huneycutt said. “I had never been in a place where a tornado came so close, so I wanted to see the destruction with my own eyes.”

When he arrived, the police had al-ready blockaded the street. Huneycutt, undeterred, cut through the woods with his digital camera in hand.

Huneycutt photographed a few downed power lines, keeping his dis-tance despite claiming he heard po-lice saying the power was out. With his digital camera he recorded piles of jagged lumber and twisted bits of metal, all damp from the rain and pink bits of insulation clinging onto everything.

“I don’t even know where this came from,” Huneycutt said in the video, camera pointing at what was formerly the roof of a large structure. “There’s

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Justin Um, a freshman in computer engineering, sweetly embraces Spencer the Sweet Potato outside of Fountain Dining Hall. As part of Eath Week, the NC Sweet Potato Commission held a sweet potato decorating contest outside of Fountain and brought along their friendly spud, Spencer.

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88/63Partly cloudy breezy, scattered t-storms in afternoon

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Tuesday’s “Trio tracks down tornadoes for service,” the Technician regrets these errors:

The meteorologists used an NOAA weather radio, radar and a GPS during the storm. The meteorologists reported the weather through the Central Carolina SKYWARN. VORTEX2 was a “scientific field project‚“ not a “scientific organization.”

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Amanda Wilkins at editor@technicianonline.com

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TodayALTER EGO: WORK BY ANTHONY GOICOLEA AT THE N.C. MUSEUM OF ART2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh

DISASTER RELIEF TELETHON6am-7 p.m.Phone: 1-800-424-9725

CHASS WALK UP FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT8 a.m.-5 p.m.Caldwell Lounge

LIFE SCIENCE SEMINAR11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.3503 Thomas Hall

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB CLEAN UP DAYNoon-5 p.m.701 North Raleigh Blvd, Raleigh, N.C. 27610

CHANCELLOR’S LIAISON MEETING3:30 p.m.-5 p.m.Talley Walnut Room

ThursdayALTER EGO: WORK BY ANTHONY GOICOLEA AT THE N.C. MUSEUM OF ART2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh

SHAW UNIVERSITY CLEAN UP3 p.m.-6 p.m.Meet at the Estay Building

2011 PROMETHEUS GROUP EGAMES FINAL COMPETITION4 p.m.-7 p.m.McKimmon Center

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FridayEARTH DAYAll day

ALTER EGO: WORK BY ANTHONY GOICOLEA AT THE N.C. Museum of Art2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh

RESEARCH: SYSTEM SOFTWARE FOR CLOUD COMPUTING1 p.m.-3 p.m.3211 Engineering Building II

N.C. STATE ASTRONOMY OPEN HOUSE8:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.Reedy Creek Observatory

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Urinating in Public. 9:37 P.M. | CONCERNING BehaviorJordan Hall Staff member reported concern for student. On Call Counselor was notified. Student agreed to seek voluntarily treatment and was issued Welfare Referral. 9:50 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTCarmichael GymUnits responded and transported juvenile in need of medical assistance.

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“I had never been in a place where a tornado came so close, so I wanted to see the destruc-

tion with my own eyes.”Mark Huneycutt, sophomore in mechanical

engineering

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Newsedge of science, we find the most effective predictors for storms and then use statistics to prepare models.”

According to Xie, the re-search team used both past and present statistics to pre-dict hurricanes.

“Statistical models help in quantifying the correlation between the different predic-tors,” Xie said. “It also allows us to use historical data and identify both spatial and tem-poral patterns.”

Lennon, who worked with the two professors in prepar-ing the statistical model, says that the estimates were pre-pared after a careful analysis of the data.

“The given estimated num-bers [13-16] have the highest probability of occurring, at about 10 percent each,” Len-non said. “This season is, therefore, going to be a little more active than average— but not as active as last year.”

Lennon also explained the statistical technique used for preparing such climate-based estimates.

“We used a technique called Principal Component Analysis, or PCA,” Lennon said. “Us-ing a hand-ful of cli-mate indi-ces shown to a f fec t hurricanes in the past years, we ran a lot of forecasts and aver-aged them to arrive at the final estimate.”

A major shortcoming of

such forecasts, however, is they tell nothing about the loca-

tion of these storms, ac-cording to the group.

Lennon said we can b e f a i r l y sure a larger number of storms wil l form, but there is no specific informa-tion about the exact, or even es-

timated, locations for these storms.

“We can’t be specific about where we will get them. For example, we can’t predict if there will be any storms somewhere specifically in North Carolina. All we know from these numbers is that they can be anywhere over the entire Atlantic coast,” Lennon said. “This is a limitation of our current technology and forecasting techniques, but we still have a broad sense of what’s coming up for this season.”

Professor Fuentes was out of town and could not be reached for comment.

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building liaison for Tompkins Hall, said the board has prob-ably been mounted on the wall for about 30 years. Kadle said he thinks the incident is not an immediate danger, and there is a routine procedure already established to fix any problems.

“Everybody hears ‘asbes-tos,’ and goes crazy, but it’s only a prob-lem when the material is dis-turbed, mean-ing drilled or sanded,” Ka-dle said. “I’ve been here for 10 years, and this is the first time something like this has happened.”

According to Johnny Cline, supervisor of facilities repair and renovations, the asbestos has not been disturbed to the point where it would be a threat

to student and faculty health.“The asbestos isn’t danger-

ous unless it’s ingested,” Cline said. “Any product would have to be pulverized somehow for the fibers to be released into the air and cause health problems.”

Cline also said asbestos re-moval procedures like this hap-pen “occasionally” on campus, and usually nothing is repaired until needed—like when a bul-

letin board fa l ls of f a wall.

“Normal-ly, you would sand the wall in order to repaint it , but sanding or disturb-ing the as-bestos in any

way would have released par-ticles into the air,” Cline said. “Somebody can have asbestos under the tiles on their floor, and they won’t have a problem until some tiles break and they go in to re-level the floor.”

However, Kadle said it is

possible there is more asbestos encased in other walls in the building.

Other bulletin boards were recently removed in Tompkins, Caldwell and Winston as part of a beautification process that included a new coat of paint in certain areas and other minor cosmetic improvements.

Cline said he also thinks the corkboard was probably mounted in the late 1970s to early 1980s, and that other corkboards in Tompkins weren’t necessarily installed at the same time or with the same materials.

According to Cline, N.C. State hired an external air quality control company to conduct an air quality test. The test concluded there were not any asbestos particles floating around after the repairs were finished.

Ken Kretchman, director of the environmental health and safety center, was unavailable for comment at the time of publication.

THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

MARISA AKERS/TECHNICIANDuring the Agromeck yearbook release party in the Brickyard, Erin Curran, a senior in political science, snaps a cell phone photo of her dad’s senior portrait from 1976. “He looks the same. That’s funny,” Curran said. Curran recieved a free copy of this year’s yearbook because she had her own senior portrait taken. “Senior year is special. I want to be able to remember it.”

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BY THE NUMBERS13 to 16 Expected number of tropical cyclones

(tropical storms and hurricanes) developing in the Atlantic basin

7 to 9 Expected number of hurricanes developing in the Atlantic basin

3 to 5 Expected number of major hurricanes in the Atlantic basin

3 to 5 Expected number of tropical cyclones in the Gulf of Mexico

1 to 3 Expected number of hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico

0 to 1 Expected number of major hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico

2 to 4 Number of tropical cyclones making landfall along the U.S. Gulf coast

97% Chance at least one tropical cyclone will strike the U.S. Gulf Coast

45% Chance at least one major hurricane will strike the U.S. Gulf Coast

70% Chance at least one tropical cyclone will strike the U.S. Southeast coast

40% Chance for a hurricane

15% Chance for a major hurricane

30% Chance at least one tropical cyclone will make landfall along the US Northeast coast

12% Chance that one storm will be a hurricane

SOURCE: LIAN XIE, MONTSERRAT FUENTES AND MORGAN LENNON

“All we know from

these numbers is

that they can be

anywhere over

the entire Atlantic

coast.”Morgan Lennon, research assistant

and graduate in statistics

“The asbestos isn’t

dangerous unless

it’s ingested.”Johnny Cline, supervisor of

facilities repair and renovations

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JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIANWalking their dogs Bacon and Riddell, Laura Medford and Stephanie Libbey wait to cross Gorman street Monday afternoon, April 18. Medford, a ‘07 graduate in criminology, and Libbey, a student at the Art Institute, were walking their two dogs around campus and through neighborhoods on their daily walk. “We try to walk them every day,” said Medford. “Especially when its nice weather like today.” Medford said the dogs enjoy certain places on campus, but wishes she could take the dogs in public areas too. “I cannot get [the dogs] through the brickyard at all. Someone always stops us.” Instead, the two take their canine companions along frequented sidewalks and roads, to avoid the campus crowd.

no building around here with-out that.”

Huneycutt moved on to an automobile body shop ripped open by the storm. One of the cars was still up on a hydraulic car lift.

“Wow, wow... Cama-ro,” Huneyc-utt said in the video, identi-fying one of t he spor t s cars that had been crushed by chunks of the body shop. “Ev-erything... crushed.”

Huneycutt said he spent almost an hour taking in the sights and sounds, though despite the overwhelming de-struction in the area, Huneyc-utt said he felt it was a natural result of such a deadly storm.

After he uploaded the video Huneycutt said that he was receiving c a l l s f rom major news outlets with-in the day like MSNBC, The Weather Channel, ABC, NBC17 and WRAL, and said they

were impressed by the footage and asked for permission to use it on their websites and in

broadcasts.“At first I didn’t expect

anything to come out of the video, but it was kind of cool to have these high-er sources contact you,” Huneycutt said. “It’s cool to have people say ‘Oh, I saw your video on MSNBC’ or ‘I saw your video on the news in Virginia when I was back home.’”

But Huneycutt said he knows he took risks in set-ting out on his post-storm adventure, and said he later learned the police had cor-doned off the area because of a suspected gas leak.

“I probably shouldn’t be doing stuff like that,” Huneycutt said, laughing.

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“. . . it was kind of

cool to have these

higher sources

contact you.”Mark Huneycutt, sophomore in

mechanical engineering

PUPPY LOVE

Look at the facts

Drilling is not the solution as the article “Drill, baby, drill” insinuates to our price woes at the pump. The National Resource Defense Council issued a report on Reducing America’s Energy Dependence in 2004 that staunchly discredits this notion. Domestic oil production has declined 20 percent since it peaked in 1970 at 9.64 million barrels per day.

What you referred to as “desolate wastelands” in Alaska would account for roughly 3.2 billion barrels of oil that are economically feasible to recover. At the current oil consumption rate of 13 million barrels per day, according to the Energy Information Administration, this would last us all of eight and a half months.

Simply put, there is not enough economic incentive to cover this oil at a reasonable cost. In fact, these areas are not desolate, nor are they wastelands. They are the homes of unique species, ranging from caribou, polar bears, musk oxen, snow geese, peregrine falcons, wolves and dall sheep.

OPEC estimates that crude oil production is running at 97 percent capacity, meaning that a large influx of drilling would overwhelm the current refinery system. Currently we are producing oil as fast as we can. Rising prices are due to rising demand. This demand results from poor performance vehicles.

Since 1990, the average MPG of vehicles has for all intents and purposes flatlined. It is up to us as consumers to vote with our dollars and show car companies that we want better performing vehicles and thus increased independence from oil.

Brian Parhamsenior, biological sciences

Don’t make up your facts

I would like to reference my mom in response to the article “Drill, baby, drill.” If I had written that article, she would have come back at me instantly with “What is the first rule of business school? Correlation is not causation.” And honestly, that’s the first rule of any school; if you are able to narrow an effect to a single source, you’re probably doing something wrong.

It is poor journalism to address factual information with opinion, and unbacked opinion at that. But I am going to pass up the opportunity to take potshots at the “desolate wasteland” comment and the ill-used Palin quote because there is a larger issue of ignorance at stake here.

Ask Dr. Kimberley, who happens to be the only geologist at N.C. State with any experience in the oil industry, about the state of oil consumption and he would tell you that nothing you have ever heard is true. In an age of manipulation and censorship, the responsible become skeptics. The unconscious belief and opinion in this article is an embarrassing step back for our generation.

If you are serious about changing something, if you are serious about doing something valuable, rise above the urge to make fact out of feeling. With a convoluted issue like oil, journalism needs to find its foundation in critical thinking; anything else is simply irresponsible.

Garik Cruise Sadovysenior, materials science and engineering

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{ }OUR VIEW

While there is no clear justification for giv-ing students Thurs-

day off rather than Monday for our spring holiday, the cal-endar for the next three years puts students in this awkward break time. Many students cel-ebrating Easter will be forced to travel back on Sunday eve-ning, cutting celebratory din-ners with families short to return to school. For others observing the Jewish holiday of Passover, it makes them return the day before their final day of celebration. Since the Calendar Committee has the power to review this, they should revisit the dates of the spring holiday and change them to Friday through Monday.

Besides its close proximity to Easter, this break gives students

the equivalent of a fall break in the spring and religious and non-religious students are thankful. If we are go-ing to have an effective break, the committee should look at the convenience and neces-sity for students to have Friday and Monday off, rather than Thursday and Friday.

The Calendar Committee does not take into account the Jewish population at N.C. State. Their holiday planning for future academic years could encompass both Passover and Easter. According to Hillel, N.C. State’s Jewish student or-ganization, there are roughly 250 Jewish undergraduates at

our University. Their celebra-tions should be observed just as much as any other. This should be taken into consid-eration, and the committee should consider changing the calendar to conveniently fit the majority of students observing their respective holidays.

The Calendar Committee needs to hear feedback from students to place the days for breaks, namely the spring holi-day. While it is too late this year, the future academic cal-endars can still be changed. This committee should jump at the opportunity to meet stu-dents’ needs and convenience when planning for the aca-

demic breaks.These changes could not only

meets these needs, but relieve the stress of traveling and cut-ting family functions short on the weekend. By giving the break from Friday to Monday, students would have time to celebrate their holidays and to return to school. We would hope the Calendar Committee would consider the personal and the religious ramifications of scheduling spring holiday, rather than carrying on the norm.

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.

Spring holiday should meet students’ needsTHE FACTS:N.C. State students will have this Thursday and Friday off for spring holiday. This break is meant to give students a small break before hitting the last week of classes and course finals. It also serves to allow students to celebrate Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

OUR OPINION:This spring holiday is blatantly a break for Easter Sunday; however, by getting Thursday and Friday off students’ holiday is cut short. With careful planning, the Calendar Committee should encompass a more appropriate break for the students with Friday and Monday off.

BY SANDRA EDWARDS

Does not having Monday off affect your holiday plans? why or

why not?

{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“Since we usually have our family brunch on Sundays then not having Monday off is fine.”

Taylor Filiaultfreshman, applied mathematics

“It doesn’t [affect my plans] because I get back from vacation on Sunday . It would be nice to have Monday off.”

Alex Watsonjunior, accounting

“I don’t think it does. I plan on going home and relaxing before exams start and Monday doesn’t effect that.”

Bradley Yelvertonsophomore, environmental technology

“It doesn’t really affect my break because my sister in high school has through Sunday off as well and my whole family and I are going on vacation.”

Karoline Johnsonjunior, environmental engineer

Still, it’s better than nothing.

Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering

{ }CAMPUS FORUM

On April 4, Barack Obama announced the start of his re-

election campaign. It is ex-pected that his reelection campaign will cost about

$1 billion. Even

with sub-stantial financial resources a n d t h e lack of a strong Re-publican challenger, Obama

does not have any chance of re-election.

Historically speaking, the odds are against Obama. However, the odds are against Obama for good reason: he added trillions to the national debt while the country was trying to recover from a recession. Therefore, I urge you, stu-dents, to consider the Re-publican challenger.

In the 2008 election, Obama won the state of North Carolina, and in Technician’s mock 2008 election with 52.9 percent of the votes. The N.C. State community barely support-ed Obama the first time he ran for the presidency, so there is a slim chance of him winning the Pack’s vote again.

Students at N.C. State are of voting age and affected by the state of the country’s economy. Budget cuts due to the bad economy are

frustrating for students. Ac-cording to the NCSU budget cuts FAQ, the University is taking a 15 percent cut, which equates to about $80 million.

The bad economy is affect-ing course enrollment, with the possibility of setting some be-hind in their degree. The FAQ says, “It is likely that we will eliminate some low-enrolled courses and academic degree programs and under-sub-scribed majors and minors.” Couple the economic frustra-tion at NCSU with the fact that southern states usually vote Re-publican, and you end up with a campus that will probably shy away from voting for Obama in the 2012 election.

Ac cord i ng to Ga l lup, Obama’s presidential approval rating for the current week is 43 percent. Since the beginning of this year, Obama’s ratings have been f luctuating between 45 and 50 percent, but never sur-passing the 50 percent. With such a low approval rating, there is a slim chance of Obama being re-elected.

The low approval rating can be directly tied to the state of the economy. Historically, the worse off the state of the economy is, the worse the president’s approval rating is. The most famous example of this is Herbert Hoover: the Wall Street crash leading to the Great Depression occur-ring within the first year of his presidency. Unable to turn the economy around, Hoover was defeated by a landslide by FDR.

Even though Obama took of-fice after the current economic

downturn had begun, it took him only 421 days in office before he had added $2 tril-lion to the national debt. There was a strong hope that Obama would fix the economy, but he only made it worse. And, in making it worse, he affected not only the national budget, but the NCSU budget as well.

It scares people to see the national debt rising, the un-employment rate rising and the world economy falling apart. The citizens associ-ate the state of the economy with the state of the country, which reflects back on the president. Even if Obama weren’t running for a second term, the negative light from his presidency would point right to the Democratic Party. This could cause the American public to favor the Republican Party when vot-ing for the next president. This makes the argument that there is a lack of a strong Republican candidate com-pletely moot.

Obama’s lack of support, poor presidential approval rating and the state of the economy make him a prime candidate for losing the 2012 election. The only question remaining is which Repub-lican will step up to lead our country into the next presi-dential term. Regardless of who it is, he or she will be undoubtedly better than Barack Obama.

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Cricket: ‘It’s like baseball, right?’For Americans, cricket is a never-ending and obscure game. But to much of the world, it’s life.

Mark HerringLife & Style Editor

Whether it’s played on a grassy field in a professional match or an im-promptu arrangement on a helicop-ter-landing pad at an Afghan Army base, cricket is more than just a game to much of the world.

Although the recent Cricket World Cup was played on the international stage, the game is also played on cam-pus, and with serious competition.

Hardik Parekh, president of the N.C. State Cricket Club, said that cricket is the unofficial sport of his native India and much of the greater British Com-monwealth.

“The Cricket World Cup, which was going on in the beginning of April, is as competitive and closely followed as the Soccer World Cup,” Parekh, a masters student in construction en-gineering, said. “It’s like baseball in India. I started playing at the age of 10. Everyone plays.”

According to Parekh, cricket serves as the athletic outlet for a lot of Indian youth, since the country doesn’t focus on many Olympic sports. Moreover, India, which came on top as the World Cup champion, observed the final game as if it were a holiday.

“We’re not very active in those types of competitions, but we take cricket

to heart,” Parekh said. “So during the World Cup, we were very excited. People were leaving work early to get to watch the final match with family.”

Cricket is more than just an In-dian pastime. The sport, which first appeared in 16th century southern Britain and the French region of Flan-ders, made its way around the world through British colonization. In fact, all the members of the International Cricket Council — England included — were former British colonies or ter-ritories.

Despite the many myths that base-b a l l e vo l ve d f rom c r ic ke t and the many similarities the games share, it is unsure whether or not the two are related. How-ever, according to Jean De Klerk, a sophomore in computer sci-ence, the prem-ise of cricket is simple. It just require an open space, a bat and a ball.

“I started playing cricket when I was six or seven while I was living in South Africa,” De Klerk said. “It wasn’t anything serious and I wasn’t on a club, but I would join friends in the schoolyard and pick up a game. In South Africa, the sports that people take seriously are cricket and rugby. They’re huge.”

Although the sport is known for its long matches, which can last be-tween four hours or up to five days, according to the format and style, the fundamentals of the game aren’t as in-timidating as their duration.

“First, you have the 11 players on each team,” Parekh said. “There are a variety of them. Each team has a bats-man, like the batter in baseball, and the bowler, like the pitcher.”

The cricket field is oval-shaped and in the middle lies the pitch, a thin, 22-yard patch of cinder and dirt. At each end are three wickets, or short poles.

At one end, the batsman hits the ball, which the bowler bowls.

“The bowler star ts behind one of the wick-ets and gets a running star t before he bowls,” Parekh said. “He throws the ball in an overhand style, but his arm rotates as a cata-

pult lever over his shoulder. This can really generate speed.”

The batsman, on the opposing team of the bowler, can hit the ball in any direction and once he hits the ball, he must run to the other wicket. At the other end of the pitch [the wicket from which the bowler] is a runner, who must run to the wicket the bats-man, a teammate, started from. This

change in position, this is a run.Just like baseball, runs are the mea-

surements of points in cricket. Once the batsman has hit the ball, he and the runner must run across the pitch until the outfielders of the opposing team through the ball to the bowler or to the wicket. If the opposing team hits the wicket that the batsman or runner is running towards, he is out.

According to Parekh, whenever the ball is bowled six times, regardless of how many runs are scored, is one over.

“Similar to baseball, an over is like an inning,” Parekh said. “But unlike baseball with 9 innings, in cricket, you can have a 20-over, 50-over match. During the World Cup, they played 50-over matches, which last about 7 hours.”

Then there is the test match, for which cricket is notorious for its drawn-out duration.

“The test match lasts for five days,” Parekh said. “It is 90-over per day, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with two tea breaks and one lunch break in-be-tween.”

However, due to the variable of human patience, most recreational cricketers don’t follow the test match format.

“I remember dreading the length of the matches,” Kyle Jones, a sophomore in nutrition science, said. “I lived in Australia for two years and would play for fun, but I could never handle the long games.”

The cricket club at N.C. State, due to the time constraints of students, plays

the shorter 20-over matches and tour-naments across North Carolina and the east coast.

“We competed in Washington, D.C. in the past for a regional tournament and were the champions in 2010,” Parekh said. “We practice every Friday at 5:00 p.m. on the Lee Fields and will start practice in late April.”

“In South Africa, the

sports that people

take seriously are

cricket and rugby.

They’re huge.”Jean De Klerk, sophomore in

computer science

CRICKET TO BASEBALL:Sir Don Bradman: Australian cricketer 1908-2001. Compare to baseball’s Babe Ruth. The only Australian cricketer to be knighted.

Sachin Tendulkar: Indian cricket and regarded as “the greatest batsman.” 1973-present. Compare to Albert Pujols.

N.C. STATE CRICKET FACTS: Practice: Fridays on Lee Fields, 5 - 8 p.m.

• Compete in up to 30 matches a year

• Tryouts begin in January

For more information, contact: Hardik Parekh: hrparekh@ncsu.eduSwapnil Gupta: ssgupta@ncsu.edu

SOURCE: HARDIK PAREKH

DEFENSE (BLACK)11 men: 10 fielders and a bowler

Objective: attempt to get the batsman out

SOURCE: HARDIK PAREKH

OFFENSE (WHITE)Two men: one batsman and one runner

Objective: After batsman hits ball, the runner and batsman run back and forth across the pitch in order to score until one of them gets out.

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Summer ESL program bridges the language gap The fast track program enables people in the Raleigh community to be certified ESL teachers.

Kellie Crook Correspondent

The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages Certificate Program may be a long title, but the informa-tion gained from the TESOL program will be invaluable to people around the world.

The University will offer TESOL during the summer, targeting individuals wishing to teach English abroad or to bridge the cultural gaps in mi-nority communities.

Toby Brody, director of Eng-lish as a Second Language, oversees the three segments of N.C. State’s ESL division and has been a part of the creation

of the Art of Teaching Masters program, a fast track to teach-ing licensure and a Masters degree.

“There are over 3,000 foreign students taking classes on cam-pus. We provide FLE courses to these students. We also work with the College of Education to offer an ESL licensure pro-gram, a state certification that adds to the qualifications of a teacher,” Brody said.

“The last of the three [ESL segments] is a five-week, in-tensive English language pro-gram. We bring international students to campus to learn or improve their English skills,” Brody said.

The TESOL program is three months long, taught in the eve-nings and Saturdays. The first two months are instructional and the last month, July, is an internship. Brody said that students in the TESOL pro-

gram help teach the intensive English program and use the hours spent teaching to meet the requirements.

“The difference between the licensure program and the cer-tificate is that the licensure is for students already in educa-tion and the certificate is for those interested in teaching overseas, working in a migrant community or volunteering in those same communities,” Brody said.

According to Brody, North Carolina has one of the highest growth rates of immigrants in the nation. This, coupled with the large number of individu-als interested in teaching ESL, creates an opportunity for the TESOL certificate.

“There is a growing need for people qualified to educate the growing immigrant communi-ties. Native English speakers are in great demand for posi-

tions such as these and any who have been trained to teach Eng-lish as a foreign language have a great advantage,” Brody said.

A lot of younger people are interested in teaching ESL, but not at public schools. Many of t hese sa me p e ople a re “seeking an experience abroad, living and working,” according to Brody.

Jaimee De-catur, a junior in Japanese a n d J a p a -nese culture, is one such student. She is current ly studying abroad in Japan and is looking forward to returning after graduation.

“This program certainly

sounds promising and very useful for anyone going to teach overseas. I’m quite interested in a program like this, and think it would give me a boost over the competition in the teaching market,” Decatur said.

Decatur did have a few concerns about how new the pro-gram is.

“Results f rom s t u-dent s t hat h ave u s e d this course successfully in their ca-reer, or even some assur-ance that this

program will be seen as a good thing to potential employers, would go a long way in reas-suring me,” Decatur said. “I’ve

heard employers sometimes like to have a blank slate to work with, so this could turn out to be a handicap. Other-wise, it seems fairly sound, if new.”

When asked about the many options available, Decatur re-sponded, “I like the various course offerings and it’s good that they offer loans.”

Brody mentioned that the TESOL program is a stand alone, non-academic program and has no scholarship linked to it, but the school does offer the Sally-Mae.

“I hope to give everyone in-terested in teaching English an opportunity for rigorous train-ing in the subject and improve the education foreigners re-ceive,” Brody said.

For more information, con-tact Toby Brody. Keep an eye out for flyers, ads, emails and even Craigslist for information.

“We bring

international

students to

campus to learn

or improve their

English skills.”Toby Brody, director of ESL

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Record Store Day brings in big revenue for SchoolkidsStudents and music-lovers supported independent record stores on Record Store Day.

Sarah HagerWKNC DJ

Schoolkids Records partici-pated in Record Store Day for the fourth time Saturday, at-tracting hundreds of custom-ers.

Record Store Day is an an-nual event that celebrates independently-owned records stores on the third Saturday of every April. More than 700 stores in the United States ac-knowledge Record Store Day, founded in 2007.

Schoolkids, located at 2114 Hillsborough Street, is Ra-leigh’s only independent record store. It had exclusive Record

Store Day releases, download-able coupons, in-store perfor-mances, a drawing for Hop-scotch Music Festival tickets and donations from artists and record labels to give away to customers.

“This is our biggest day,” Eric Tschudi, a part-time worker at Schoolkids, said. “When we opened at 10:00 a.m., we had more than 150 people in line. Some began to line up at 5:30 a.m. and the line was outside until 1:30 p.m.”

When the store opened its doors, the line meandered past Maiden Lane. Light rain and frequent blasts of wind did not deter the crowd. Excited talk filled the air and strangers held conversations with each other about what he or she was hop-ing to buy.

“It’s a cool event. People wear shirts supporting vinyl and in-

dependent stores. I saw one girl with ‘Best Buy Sucks’ written on hers,” Tschudi said. “Labels respond by putting out reissues and exclusive a lbu ms. It shows dedi-cation of both the labels and the fans. Each has really em-braced Re-cord Store Day.”

Michael Jones, a soph-omore in his-tory, arrived at Schoolkids 15 minutes before t he store opened for his third time participating in Record Store Day.

“It’s really a day to celebrate great local music stores because

they’re an important part of the culture of a city,” Jones said. “The independently-owned stores have overwhelming com-

petit ion on a daily basis. It’s nice that we have a day to remember the value of them.”

The staff of Schoolkids dec ided to put a limit on purchasing special releas-es to prevent “f lippers,” a person who buys bulk of

an album to re-sell it for profit. “Because of the limited num-

bers of copies and high demand for them, every person could only buy one copy of each item,” Tschudi said.

Schoolkids sold 850 new and used LPs Saturday, in compari-son to 20 sold the day before. Dave Stele, a part-time worker at Schoolkids, said the store earned about $17,000.

Radical Classical entertained customers from a small stage in the store. Dexter Romwe-ber Duo also performed later in the day. The Raveonettes, scheduled to play at 4:00 p.m., had to cancel due to weather implications.

Jones, whose first Record Store Day experience was at Manifest Discs & Tapes in Charlotte, liked that Schoolkids offered a wide range of vinyl records.

“I’m surprised, but glad, to see so many people care about records. It’s a great local pres-ence,” Brian Geisinger, a junior in business administration and communication, said.

Geisinger joined a friend for their first time coming to Re-cord Store Day to “see what it was all about.”

Some of the releases for Record Store Day included a live Pink Floyd LP, a Flaming Lips box set and Phish’s “Two Soundchecks,” a limited edi-tion 7-inch, which sold out within five minutes of opening the store doors. Beach Boys also released a 78rpm vinyl album, which is sped up more than the modern-day record. Most

record players, according to Tschudi, don’t play at that speed any more.

“The younger generation is losing the need for CDs. They’re a good means to transfer music, but I think their value is lesser than vinyl,” Tschudi said.

“CDs are okay, but you don’t have that experience of putting the needle on the record and enjoying the cover art,” Jones said. “It is interesting that in the digital age, we still want the physical experience.”

NATALIE CLAUNCH/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOBrowsing through vinyls, Brian Rekuc, a sophomore in textile technology, explores Schoolkids Records. “I’ve never been in here, and I wanted to see what they had,” Rekuc said.

“The

independently-

owned stores have

overwhelming

competition on a

daily basis.”Michael Jones,

sophomore in history

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through training, I noticed something’s about him that are plain natural and you cannot teach,” Reese said. “He’s quite capable of being a competitive 400 meter hurdler, but at the same time when I watch him during training, the thing that comes to my mind is this guy is a great sprinter”

Coach Rollie Geiger has high hopes for him as well and thinks he could compete at a national level.

“He needs to grow in the sport which will take time and commitment, but he’s a gifted young man,” Gei-ger said.

And that level of competi-tion is exactly where Major’s will set his sights when he competes at the ACC Out-door Championships later this week.

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rest of the N.C. State crowd were doubtful as the field um-pire called Brett Williams out, as it looked like a tie to the runner.

“I saw Brett run down the line thought he was safe. But it’s left to the umpire and you can’t really do much after that,” Maynard said.

In the eighth inning, Avent put in sophomore pitcher Chris Overman to relieve for redshirt junior Vance Williams. Wil-

liams finished the day with six innings, four hits given up and eight strikeouts. However, Campbell struck back as a hit given up by Overman allowed for a double and RBI, tying the game at 2-2.

“Healey was dizzy before the game, his blood pressure was up, [he was] not feeling well,” head coach Avent said. “He came in when the game started and we tried to settle him down. He said he felt good enough to go back out there but when I went to him he said he wasn’t feeling it and I thought Overman was the better pick at the time.”

It was bottom of the ninth and both teams were still tied as the Pack came to bat. With two outs in the inning, Pratt May-nard was on deck while Diaz was on 2nd and Williams on 1st. As Maynard secured a sin-gle with bases loaded, Ciencin was on deck for a chance to end the game.

Ciencin blasted a single straight back towards the flags, allowing Diaz to come in and make the score 3-2. The Wolf-pack won for the fourth time in a row as they move on to play UNC Wilmington, followed by the three game series this weekend.

The Pack head to Wilm-ington for a chance to regain their status as a strong North Carolina team both in and out of the ACC.

“I know last week we played bad against Wilmington, but that’s not who we are,” said Ciencin. “I have to be there to get these guys going and we are going to remember what they did to us last week. As for Virginia, they are number one but it doesn’t scare us. Last year UNC was number one coming into our game and we beat them two out of three.”

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On and off of the court, the women’s tennis team consid-ers themselves to be like fam-ily. Kissell’s friend, teammate, roommate and fellow fresh-man, Christy Sipes, com-mented on her buddy’s bubbly nature.

“She’s just really nice to ev-eryone,” Sipes said. “She’s just happy all the time. I mean, nothing really ever gets to her. “

Although she is really nice in person, a facet of Kissell’s coun-tenance becomes more fierce when she begins to compete.

“Something inside of me changes a little bit,” Kissell said. “Once I step onto that court, it’s a competition. I’m going to compete to my absolute best.

Once it’s done, I’m back to my bubbly self.”

Kissell’s success on the court is also linked to the psycho-logical tactics she uses to wear down her opponents.

“I absolutely hate losing,” Kissell said. “I will try to do anything that I can to win. I will switch game plans fre-quently; I’m not set with one style. I like to figure out what the other player doesn’t like and keep doing it until it doesn’t work anymore.”

Even though the transition from high school to college athletics has not shown to be too steep of climb for Kissell, she certainly has things to learn and improve upon. Olsen knows she has all the tools nec-essary to succeed and is helping her to sharpen her skills.

“She’s working on attacking

more,” Olsen said. “She wants to be a more offensive player. She’s got great offensive skills. She working on attacking the net, using her volleys, finishing points, and taking the ball ear-ly. She does all of these things really well; she’s now mentally working on using those skills more often.”

Kissell, after helping her team to reach No. 28 in the nation with a 14-7 record (5-6 ACC), now sets her gaze upon the fi-nal challenge of the season; the ACC Tournament. The wom-en’s tennis team will roll up to Cary Tennis Park tomorrow morning to begin their battle with No. 46 Boston College.

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luis zapata/technician file photoFreshman Joelle Kissell hits the ball at the Pullen Park tennis courts while playing against Olga Terteac from VCU March 12. Kissell beat her opponent 2 out 3 matches.

COUNTDOWN•136 days until the football team’s season opening

game against Liberty.

INSIDE• Page 9: A continuation of the baseball

recap and features on Major and Kissell.SportsTechnicianPage 10 • Wednesday, aPril 20, 2011

Baseball seeks revengeThe N.C. State baseball team will travel to Brooks Field in Wilmington today to take on the UNC-Wilmington Seahawks at 6 p.m. The two teams met last Tuesday in a game that ended in a 9-1 drubbing of the Pack, with the Seahawks dominating almost every aspect of the game. While the Pack is 18-12 against the Seahawks during the Elliot Avent era, State has not only lost four straight against UNC-W, it has also lost six of the last eight overall.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

O’brien says thank you to the fansHead coach Tom O’brien posted a letter to “Wolfpackers” everywhere thanking them for their support and donations, not to mention attendance, at the Kay Yow Spring Game this past Saturday. The letter referenced the more than $15,000 raised for the Kay Yow WBCA Cancer Fund and Kay Yow Endowment. O’brien also recognized the 13,439 fans that attended the game despite the treacherous weather conditions. The full letter can be viewed online at the school’s official athletics site, GoPack.com.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Track & Field

Getting to know the third MajorMulit-sport athlete finds his calling in track.

Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer

Benjamin Major III didn’t always want to be a track star. Despite running competitively since age 4, you’d find him most often on the soccer field, basket-ball court or cross country trails.

“I ran on a little recre-ational track league until I was 12 years old but stopped to focus on basketball,” Ma-jor, a sophomore, said.

But that changed after an injury sophomore year i n h i g h school. It was only then, more t h a n 10 years after lacing up h i s r u n-ning shoes f o r t h e first time, that he re-discovered a passion that would lead him to be-come one of N.C. State’s most consistent sprinters and hurdlers.

A native from Fayette-ville, N.C., Major attended

E. E. Smith High School where he contributed much of his athleticism to his school while playing varsity soccer and cross country all four years. In high school men’s soccer and cross country seasons overlapped, but Major found time to bal-ance both. Major was also part of the Amateur Athletic Union basketball program until fresh-men year when was sidelined with an injury. After recover-ing, he began to rethink the role of track and field in his life.

“Cross Country worked on my endurance and soccer kept my speed up,” Major said. “I’m proud to say that I was recruit-ed for soccer, basketball and track.”

Although he was re-cruited by Mount Olive College and Methodist University in soccer and by Queens and Wingate University in basketball, Major had family ties to

N.C. State and that was where his heart was.

“Every kid has a dream col-lege that you just love, and N.C. State happened to be that school for me,” Major said. “I

kept my options open but N.C. State had the total package: great fans, great community and it is in Raleigh which is not far from home.”

Drea Major, a defensive back for Wolfpack football in the early 1990s, is Major’s uncle, making his nephew a die-hard football fan for State.

“It’s some kind of pride that derives from inside of you and all of a sudden you just fall in love with a school,” Major said.

But track is what Major had a strong passion for because he says it’s the foundation for all the other sports.

Challenge is what the stu-dent athlete loves best – it’s why he began as a hurdler in high school in the first place after a little reverse psychology from then-coach Jonathon Nunn.

“In high school everyone was scared to do the hurdles, and my coach tricked me and told me I was scared too. So of course I told him I wasn’t and took the challenge,” Major said.

Terry Reese, assistant coach for the sprinters at State, real-ized Major was capable of rac-ing in both the hurdles and the sprints.

“When he came from high school as a 400- meter hurdler, I noticed he had sprinter speed as well and once he was going

“I’m proud to

say that I was

recruited for

soccer, basketball

and track.”Benjamin Major III, sprinter

ALEx SANCHEz/TECHNICIANSophomore sprinter Ben Major warms up at practice Tuesday. Major has already qualified for regionals. “This year we did a lot more speedwork and it’s paid off,” Major said.

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BaSeBall

pATRICk EASTERS/TECHNICIANFirst baseman Harold riggins reaches for a hit from campbell. riggins had one hit in this game, and the Wolfpack was victorious 3-2.

Ciencin clutch against CamelsN.C. State secures fourth win in a row in dramatic fashion.

Sean EgeStaff Writer

It’s the bottom of the ninth, the ballgame is tied and the bases are loaded with two outs – this is the situation that every baseball player dreams of. When junior infielder Andrew Ciencin faced this situation last night, he clinched a 3-2 victory over the Camels at Dail Field at Doak Park.

Yesterday’s game was the first match-up of the season between the Wolfpack and the Camels as N.C. State prepares for the three-game series as they take on the University of Virginia this weekend in Charlottesville, VA.

Campbell has won three of the last four meetings between the two. How-

ever, after State’s sweep of No. 5 ranked UNC Tarheels this past weekend, continuing with a win streak.

Junior infielder Pratt May-nard started the scoring early for the Pack with a two-run home run towards right field. Moving into the top of the second inning, Coach Avent replaced starting pitcher Dan-ny Healey with right-handed pitcher Vance Williams. State ended the second inning with three fly-outs deep in the out-field.

“The beginning of the at-bat wasn’t going so well,” said May-nard. “I was 2-2 on the count and I saw a breaking ball down middle and took it. I was very happy with that hit because you don’t usually see a homerun pitch with two strikes.”

The Pack continued to lead with two runs into the bottom of the fourth inning as Camp-bell posted zeros across the board. Pratt Maynard, who leads the team with 71 bases, continued to hit well as his

single in the third inning allowed the Wolfpack to have runners on 1st and 3rd.

In the bottom of the sixth inning, sophomore infielder Matt Bergquist had a single that led the way for a potential run or two as he was followed by sophomore infielder Chris Diaz and junior outfielder Brett Williams.

Following Bergquist’s single, Diaz’s bunt secured bases one and two as four infield Campbell players were chasing after the short-hit ball. With Williams at bat, a wild pitch allowed for Bergquist and Diaz to steal 2nd and 3rd.

Williams’ hit caused con-troversy as he was called out running through 1st base, which denied him an RBI and a chance for Bergquist to secure a run for the Pack. Coach Elliott Avent and the

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WoMen’S TenniS

Kissell crushes the court

Freshman tennis player starts her career on the right track.

Josh HyattStaff Writer

Coming from a family of tennis players, freshman Jo-elle Kissell certainly knows her away around the court.

Considering the people she grew up around, it is no sur-prise that she has made her way to the collegiate level. Her mother, a former collegiate ath-lete, is now a tennis instructor. Kissell’s older sister, Michaela, who now plays for Marshall University, was undefeated in high school and won her state singles champion-s h i p f i v e times.

Kissell eventually joi ned her sister and the pair won the doubles USTA national championship. Kissell was not at all shocked to find herself on a varsity team in the ACC.

“I’ve kind of always known I’d be playing tennis my whole life,” Kissell said. “I have an older sister that went through the recruiting process and I kind of just knew it would happen for me, too. Whether it be at a division one school or a division three, I was going to play no matter what.”

Athletes who become parents very often find themselves hop-ing that their offspring inherit the love for the sport that they cherish. For Kissell, she can-not even remember when she started playing tennis.

“I honestly don’t know when it all started,” Kissell said. “I

was so young. My mother is a tennis teacher and I’ve had a racket in my hand ever since I could walk. The only sport I’ve ever played competitively is tennis.”

Kissell joined the Wolfpack family in the fall and immedi-ately made her mark. She went into Christmas break with a 9-3 singles record and won all three of her matches in the Wake For-est Invitational. Women’s ten-nis coach Hans Olsen reflected on how he met Kissell before the season began.

“We started seeing her at the nationals tournament,” Ol-sen said. “It just went on from there. It was a decision for her between here and LSU. We were really glad that she decided to

come to N.C. State.”

Since the start of the regular sea-son, Kissel l has definitely show n her worth. After playing sin-gles in all 21 of the spring

matches, Kissell can count on one hand the number of times she has lost in individual play. Boasting a 17-4 singles re-cord and a solid 9-6 season in doubles play, it is clear to see why she played a part in every competition. Olsen recognizes the effort that Kissell puts into the game.

“She’s a really hard worker,” Olsen said. “She loves to be on the court. One of her biggest strengths is her passion for the sport and putting her heart into it. It really comes through with her team. As for her work ethic, some players have a weapon, or maybe two or three. One of hers is how hard she works.”

“One of her

biggest strengths

is her passion for

the sport .”Women’s Tennis Coach Hans

Olsen

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athletic schedule

WednesdayBaseBall at UNC-WilmiNgtoNWilmington, N.C., 6 p.m.

ThursdaytraCk at aCC oUtdoor ChampioNshipsDurham, N.C., all day

WomeN’s teNNis vs. BostoN CollegeCary, N.C., 9 a.m.

meN’s teNNis vs. virgiNia teChCary, N.C., 3 p.m.

FridaymeN’s golf at aCC ChampioNshipsNew London, N.C., all day

traCk at aCC oUtdoor ChampioNshipsDurham, N.C., all day

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Quote of the day

“I kept my options open, but N.C. State had the total

package: great fans, great com-munity and it is

in Raleigh.”Benjamin Major,

sophomore sprinter