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Current work is only the beginning of a renovation and addition process set for completion in 2011

Chelsey FrancisStaff Writer

N.C. State’s Student Health Cen-ter will soon be undergoing a major renovation and addition. While there is already construction equipment at the Student Health Center, the two construction projects are separate.

Sumayya Jones-Humienny, the project manager for the renovation and addition to the Student Health Center, and Lynn Swank, the design project manager for the current con-struction, said the current project is minor compared to what will start in May or June.

“The current construction at Stu-dent Health Center is just a small, informal project. The real construc-tion will start soon,” Jones-Humienny said.

The current construction on the north side of the Student Health Center is slated for completion in May 2010. This construction, on the Cates Avenue side of the Student Health Center, is a sidewalk restora-tion process.

Some students find this current construction to be confusing and, in general, a distraction.

According to the N.C. State Web site, the Student Health Center is home to medical clinics, physical therapy, the pharmacy, the lab, x-rays, medical re-cords, the cashier, Disability Services for Students, the Counseling Center, Health Promotion and the gynecol-ogy clinic.

“Student Health Center is going to have about 27,000 square feet reno-vated, and there will be an addition of 23,000 square feet. The addition will be two stories to match the rest of the building,” said Jones-Humien-ny. “We’re also planning to upgrade the parking lot behind Student Health Services during this renovation and addition.”

According to Jones-Humienny and the Web site, the Student Health Cen-ter is being expanded to accommodate for the University’s expanding student population. Currently, there are about 32,000 students. Within the next ten years, it is expected that there will be 40,000 students.

“Student Health Center is already

Finance Committee will have more freedom in earmarking funds after amendment to bill

Ty JohnsonSenior Staff Writer

A rather uneventful debate in the second meeting of the 90th session of Student Senate Wednesday night ended with the amending of a govern-ment bill that was adopted during the final meeting of the 89th session, as the Senate eased restrictions on how surplus funds would be distributed.

The Finance Committee Sur-plus policy was amended March 24, specifying that any surplus remain-ing after 60 percent of funds are dis-tributed through the appropriations process should be put “towards the co-sponsorship of on-campus events directly benefitting the campus com-munity.”

S e n ator Ja s on Haye s s a id t he wording of the bill was too restrictive and proposed the legislation simply give the money to the Finance Com-mittee so commit-tee members could distribute the funds as they saw fit. He sponsored the amendment that was approved Wednesday after a further amendment.

“We’re all senators and we can make good decisions,” Hayes said during the debate on the bill. “This just fixes it so the money goes to the finance com-mittee and it’s up to the finance com-mittee what they use the money for. The reason I wrote it this way is so it’s not specific.”

The original wording indicated the funds had to be spent for on-campus

events, which could exclude events like Homecoming and approving money for other organizations, such as the Finance Committee’s approval of funds to aid the club men’s rugby team in its travel to a national com-petition. The final, approved version of the amendment stated the Finance Committee had to put the funds to-ward a “student initiative.”

“What this bill does is [ensure] money will go back to some student initiative or cause to make sure stu-dents are getting what they paid for,” Sen. Scott Goldsmith said. “By saying student initiative, you’re making sure the money goes back to students but you’re keeping it broad enough that we can help students in whatever capacity we need.”

Goldsmith said the wording also w o u l d p r e v e n t money from being earmarked for SG office supplies, re-freshments or for self-serving interests like Jim Ceresnak’s $3,000 Student Gov-ernment Rebranding Act last September. The Finance Com-mittee, with the Sen-ate’s approval, gave Ceresnak funds to benefit a rebranding act to promote SG and the SG Web site.

“The goal of the Finance Committee is not to benefit Stu-dent Government,”

Hayes said. Hayes said the Finance Committee

would know best how to use surplus funds and that the measure adding it had to be toward student initiatives simply made certain it wouldn’t go toward SG.

Goldsmith said while there was the risk that benefiting a student initiative could be interpreted in a way that al-lowed SG to receive funds, the risk was mitigated as much as possible.

The issue of the surplus itself was

discussed briefly during the approval of Sen. Scott Goldsmith as a senior senator. Goldsmith ran for student body president on a platform that aimed to reduce SG’s student fees to prevent such a surplus.

“I’ve been in Senate for a year and

I saw how we historically always have a surplus of money,” Gold-smith said. “If we can’t find a re-sponsible way to spend student money, then it should stay in the pockets of students. Every penny counts.”

Surplus policies discussed, amended Long-term

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Event sponsored by Movement, Women’s Center part of a national project

Chelsey FrancisStaff Writer

Wednesday evening, a group from The Movement and The Women’s Center sponsored the PostSecret Event in Caldwell Lounge. PostSecret is a nationwide project that was started by Frank Warren.

Kelsey Lambdin, a senior in wom-en’s and gender studies, is a member of The Movement and was the Sexual As-sault Awareness Month coordinator.

Lambdin said, “When I became the Sexual Assault Awareness Month co-ordinator, I realized this was an event I really wanted to start. I feel like it is really important for campus, so that people that have secrets can share them without fear of being judged.”

This is the first year that The Move-ment and The Women’s Center have sponsored this event, but they are planning to make it annual. The Movement is a group that is sponsored through the Women’s Center, as they have similar goals.

“This is something we think that campus needs, and with time it will grow. We’re planning to hold this event yearly, as our major event for Sexual Assault Awareness Month,” Lambdin said.

Members of The Movement, like Christina Scarano, a senior in crimi-nology with a minor in women’s and gender studies, said there was a great response from campus.

“We had a great response from

campus. Considering this was our first year, we got between 50 and 60 secrets and 10 sexual assault secrets,” Scarano said.

PostSecret at N.C. State wanted any secrets that people would share, just like PostSecret that Frank War-ren started. The secrets about sexual assault were highlighted since April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.

“The flyers that we sent out said we wanted any secret. We expected and

were thrilled to receive all types of secrets,” Scarano said.

The sexual assault secrets were highlighted on the Sexual Assault Awareness Wall. These were stories of sexual assault and rape. The Move-ment also highlighted some statistics about sexual assault and rape in col-lege. One out of every four women will be a victim of rape or an attempted rape by the time they graduate college.

“The sexual assault display was an

important part of this event. Rape and sexual assault are more preva-lent on campus than most people realize,” Lambdin said.

The secrets ranged from the loss of a parent to being a Carolina fan to still being in love with an abuser to a fear of losing a brother who is in the Marines.

“The secrets are great for campus

Sarah Tudor/Technician file phoToJackie Smith, a sophomore in political science and the former president pro tempore of Student Senate, and Scott Goldsmith, a sophomore in political science, discuss finances and the new budget for next year. Goldsmith was appointed to a Senate seat, the senior CHASS seat, at the organization’s Wednesday meeting.

amanda karST/TechnicianAlison Sappie, a senior in pre-vet, and Brendan McLaughlin, a senior in communication, eat and drink refreshments after browsing the displays at the PostSecret event held in Caldwell Hall Wednesday. Meanwhile, Katrina Jiamachello, a sophomore in zoology and this year’s vice president of “The Movement” to end interpersonal violence, helps finish setting up for the event. Jiamachello is a peer educator for “The Movement.”

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“What this bill

does is [ensure]

money will go

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student initiative

or cause to make

sure students are

getting what they

paid for.”Sen. Scott Goldsmith

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It’s time to graduate

Stephen Mann, a senior in communication, receives his sash from Jonathan Beasley, a freshman in engineering, while Teddy Franklin, a senior in materials science and engineering, looks on at the Grad Fair in the Bookstore Tuesday. “I’m happy to be graduating, but I had fun here,” Mann said. “I’m working on hearing back from the state right now

for a job.” The Grad Fair runs until Thursday and seniors receive 10 percent off all caps, gowns and diploma frames.

PHOTO BY KIMBERLY ROCHESTER

CAMPUS CALENDAR

Friday2010 NC STATE UNDERGRADUATE ASSESSMENT Symposium (Multi-Day Event)8 a.m.

FACES AND MAZES (LIA COOK)Gregg Museum of Art & DesignTalley Student CenterNoon - 8 p.m.

WITH LATHE AND CHISEL: NORTH CAROLINA WOOD TURNERS AND CARVERSGregg Museum of Art & DesignTalley Student CenterNoon - 8 p.m.

DIVERSITY FILM SERIES - “LAST CHANCE FOR EDEN” PART IIMonteith Engineering Research Center (MRC)12:15 - 1:15 p.m.

FIRST YEAR COLLEGE ACCEPTED STUDENT VISITATION PROGRAMFYC Commons 104, 1061:30 - 3 p.m.

MOVIE: IT’S COMPLICATEDWitherspoon Cinema6 - 8 p.m.

NCSU DANCE COMPANY CONCERTStewart Theatre8 - 10 p.m.

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSSend all clarifications and corrections to Executive Editor Russell Witham at viewpoint@technicianonline.com.

IN THE KNOW Frank B. Armstrong Memorial Book Sale Ends April 24

Each year for the last 20 years, the Friends of the Library has held the book sale to generate funds to earn that extra edge that makes the Libraries such a great resource for the Uni-versity. Each event is the cul-mination of hundreds of hours of work by volunteers from the Friends, the Libraries staff and others. This year we’ll hold the traditional “bag of books” sale on the last day, but shop early to make sure that you don’t let the good ones get away ($4-hard-backs, $2-paperbacks). And on Tuesday, book appraiser John

Sharpe was available to give estimates of the market value of any book. This offer is open to Friends only, but no problem if you’re an N.C. State student — membership is free to you. You can sign up on the Web or at the event itself. The remain-ing hours are Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. This year the book sale will become the Frank B. Armstrong Memo-rial Book Sale to honor the work and the passing of one of the Libraries most devoted supporters. For more informa-tion call D. H. Hill Library at 515-3364.

SOURCE: NCSU LIBRARIES

College of Textiles Holds Annual Threads Show to Highlight Student Designs

Thursday, starting at 7 p.m., 16 designers from the NCSU College of Textiles senior fash-ion studio will present their designs in the Threads Senior Collection Fashion Show. Stu-dents will demonstrate skill, creativity and talent that has been developing throughout the years in the Fashion & Textile Management depart-ment. The event is sponsored by N.C. State College of Tex-tiles Threads Senior Collection Studio. The faculty advisor is Cindy Istook, associate profes-sor, Fashion Design and Tech-

nology Department. The event will take place

at the College of Textiles on Centennial Campus. Parking is available at this location. If you need accessibility park-ing, please e-mail ralamir@ncsu.edu. The event is $10 for students and $15 for the pub-lic. Tickets will be available at the door on the evening of the event. For more informa-tion about the event, contact Emily Parker at the College of Textiles, 919/515-6529 or emily_parker@ncsu.edu, or Rima L’Amir, College of Tex-tiles, 919/539-2152 or ralamir@ncsu.edu.

SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS CALENDAR

WORLD & NATIONHouse passes college-savings measure

Washington - A bill to make it easier to safely save for college passed the U.S. House of Rep-resentatives this week. If adopt-ed by the Senate and signed by President Barack Obama, fami-

lies would be able save as they can now in what are known as 529 plans, but with their money protected in federally insured bank accounts. The bill’s au-thor, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo., said the measure would be crucial in helping families continue to prepare for their children’s futures.

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Federal air marshal charged with raping woman

Seattle - A federal air mar-shal is being held in jail on $250,000 bail on a charge he raped an escort at gunpoint in a Seattle-area hotel while wearing his badge. Accord-ing to documents charging Lecheton “Omar” Settles, 30, of Herndon, Va., with first-degree rape, he threat-ened to use his position as a law enforcement officer and his government-issued firearm to commit the rape.

SOURCE: MCT CAMPUS

POLICE BLOTTERApril 195:14 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATIONWolf Village Report of possible drug violation. Officers issued citation and referred student for simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. 5:41 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONMid Pines Road Report of subjects fishing in pond. Subjects left prior to officers arrival. 6:27 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR/ASSAULTSullivan Hall Report of two students in dispute. First student was referred to the university for disorderly conduct and trespassed from area. 6:43 P.M. | LARCENYJordan Hall Student reported bicycle stolen. 7:12 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEAchievement Dr/Main Campus Dr Officer found two students fishing in nearby pond. Students were advised of rules and regulations and complied to leave the area. 8:48 P.M. | VIOLATION OF POLICYOff Campus RPD arrested two students for misdemeanor Breaking & Entering. Students were referred to the University for same and Concerned Behavior investigation was initiated.

April 20 4:16 A.M. | FIRE ALARMPulp & Paper Alarm Units responded to water flow alarm. No problems were located.

8:45 A.M. | LARCENYGreek Village Staff reported theft of signs from the area. 9:39 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEColiseum Deck Student was found to have fictitious plate on vehicle. Subject was issued parking ticket by DOT and plate was seized to be turned in the DMV.

1:09 P.M. | LARCENYDH Hill LibraryStaff located wallet belonging to student. Owner was contacted and it was determined cards were used illegally. 1:10 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONTurlington HallNCSU DOT reported student had attempted to remove boot from vehicle. Student was referred to the University. 10:44 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONFlex Research BldgReport of non-student acting disorderly at this location. Subject was trespassed from NCSU property. 11:14 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTBragaw HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student refused transport. 11:24 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONOff CampusStudent was arrested by RPD for DWI. Referral for DWI and Inflict/Threat of Bodily Harm referral is pending. 11:28 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONOff CampusStudent was arrest by RPD for DWI and Provisional DWI. Referral for DWI, Provisional DWI and Inflict/Threat of Bodily Harm is pending. 5:58 P.M. | CHECK PERSONDan Allen DriveReport of suspicious subject. Officers did not locate any problems. 6:51 P.M. | VEHICLE STOPMain Campus DriveStudent was issued citation for speeding. 7:49 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAMNorth HallOfficer conducted drug awareness program. 9:06 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEBurlington LabsOfficer observed suspicious vehicle in the area. No owner was located.

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“We’re all sena-tors and we

can make good decisions ...

The goal of the Finance Com-mittee is not to benefit Student Government.”

Senator Jason Hayes, sophomore in political

science

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overcrowded. Everyone is crowded in the build-ing as much as they can be,” Jones-Humienny said.

The plans for construction are in the final stages of completion. Following that will be the bidding process, and construction is expected to start in late May or early June. The estimated completion date is August 2011.

“We have divided construction in several dif-ferent phases, which will allow Student Health Center to continue to operate. We will make sure Student Health Center continues to operate,” Jones-Humienny said. “It won’t necessarily be pretty during construction, but it will operate just the same.”

For the most part, all the services that are cur-rently in the Student Health Center will remain there. However, Disability Services for Students is being moved from the building at the begin-ning of construction and will be housed in the First Year College Commons, which is right beside the Student Health Center. Health Pro-motion will also be removed from the building and moved to Harrelson Hall.

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to see. So many people are judged for being different, but we hope that this will show that people experience the same thing,” Lambdin said.

The Movement is a group of trained men and women who have workshops on campus to pro-mote awareness about sexual assault, domestic violence and rape.

“We hold workshops on campus to talk about healthy relationships and what to do about un-healthy relationships and why some people stay in those bad relationships,” Scarano said.

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AmAndA Wilkins/TechniciAnBryan Lopez, a freshman in civil engineering, flips through the rows of books at the Friends of the Library Booksale on the Brickyard Wednesday. “I’ve always loved books and reading,” Lopez said. “My friends told me about it, so I decided to come.” The booksale will be on the Brickyard every day until Saturday. The proceeds of the sales will go to D.H. Hill Library. The Friends of the Library is also taking donations of books, magazines, cds and audiotapes to contribute to the sale.

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The Krispy Kreme Chal-lenge has quickly en-tered the ranks of N.C.

State’s most hallowed tradi-tions. It transcends class and major, bringing more than 6,000 people together for char-ity in one of the most difficult physical challenges most com-petitors have ever experienced. The 2,400 calories from the 12 doughnuts and the four-mile run that brackets them are in-credibly difficult — uniquely so. The challenge is so tricky, in fact, that Sports Illustrat-ed named it one of the “101 Things to Do Before You Grad-uate.”

In some sort of strange adap-tation of the KKC, UNC-Cha-

pel Hill’s Interfraternity Coun-cil will host the Chick-fil-A Challenge Saturday. The event, which is based on the success of N.C. State’s groundbreak-ing philanthropy run, will raise money for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

The IFC at UNC should be proud of its philanthropic ac-tivities — and rightfully so if the proceeds are going toward the children’s hospital. But this is a pathetic modification of a truly inventive, and renowned, event.

The Chick-fil-A Challenge

hardly deserves the moniker of a challenge. A 12 pack of nuggets, which participants in the UNC event will have to consume in a manner simi-lar to the KKC, has only 400 calories. That’s a sixth of the caloric consumption of the real challenge — perhaps, they should refer to the event as the Chick-fil-A Happy Meal run. For goodness sake, a dozen of those tiny nuggets can be con-sumed in a single bite.

Despite the IFC’s claim that it isn’t trying to copy the KKC, it’s patently obvious the orga-

nization has. There is nothing original about the Chick-fil-A Challenge and, quite honestly, Carolina students should be embarrassed that their school couldn’t develop a more cre-ative idea.

It must be awful enough go-ing to a school named after a dirty foot, but why tack on an additional discomfiture?

Many Carolina students al-ready come to the KKC, and we’ll continue to welcome them with open arms, but the IFC should really go back to the drawing board and advance a better philanthropy event next year — this is pitiable.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility

of the Executive Editors.

It’s more like a Happy MealTHE FACTS:UNC-Chapel Hill’s Interfraternity Council will host the Chick-fil-A challenge Saturday as a philanthropy event for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

OUR OPINION:Carolina’s pathetic effort at a Krispy Kreme Challenge copycat should be embarrassing to students there. Philanthropy is great, but be original.

Show me the… prophetSouth Park” is one

of the most popular shows of our genera-

tion, and quite possibly one of the only cartoons that

college kids watch regu-larly. I ’ve always loved the show for its political commen-t a r y a n d “tel l ing it like it is.” T h e c r e -ators, Matt

and Trey, don’t care about whether or not they are politically correct, and this was extremely evident dur-ing their 200th episode. In that episode, which aired last week, they wanted to show a cartoon version of Mohammed.

Back in 2006, while the conflict between Muslims and the Dutch cartoonist who portrayed Mohammed was raging, “South Park” tried to show the Muslim prophet but Comedy Cen-tral decided against it. Well, the creators are back at it again; the entire episode is spent making their point of how it is ridiculous that Muslims get outraged and threaten violence against anyone making fun of their religious figure.

During the show, all of the celebrities “South Park” has made fun of over the years are lead by Tom Cruise in suing South Park unless the citizens hand over Moham-med. They want his power to not be made fun of. The residents of South Park re-alize this is a problem since

they are not allowed to show Mohammed on TV. During the beginning of the episode, when we are introduced to the “Super Best Friends,” a team which consists of Jesus, Bud-dha, Krishna, Moses, Moham-med, Lao Tzu, Joseph Smith and Seaman, Mohammed is just a big censor bar. They continue to discuss what would be an appropriate way to show Mohammed, going through ri-diculous ways such as dressing Mohammed up like a pirate, putting a paper bag over his head, dressing him in a suit of armor and finally, putting him in a U-Haul.

All of this was done to show the absurdity of trying to ap-pease a certain religious group. The funniest part of the episode, to me, was when Joseph Smith says to the main char-acters, “Boys, you need to understand that people get very of-fended when Mohammed is mocked be-cause he is a religious figure.” At the same time, the camera pans over to Buddha snorting cocaine with a rolled up dollar bill, at which Jesus exclaims, “Buddha, don’t do coke in front of the kids!”

This is supposed to be taken as a joke, but it also shows the double standard that exists to-day when it comes to offending people. It is OK to make fun of Christians, Buddhists, Mor-mons and Jews but, for some reason, Muslims are off limits.

“South Park” touches on

a hot-button political is-sue that goes hand in hand with a main problem in our society, being too politically correct. It is utterly ridicu-lous to not be able to show a cartoon version of Mo-hammed just because some Muslims would threaten to kill them. The creators, and the network, obviously have no problem making fun of any other religious figures. They show Buddha snorting cocaine, and I don’t see any Buddhists threatening to kill everyone who showed their religious figure, snort-ing cocaine I might add. It is a double standard that I applaud “South Park” for exposing. They show the

ridicu-lousness that they a r e n o t allowed to show a religious figure for fear of vio-lence. We cannot put our f ree speech

in chains just to appease a group of people. Stan’s dad is quoted in the show saying, “You saw Mohammed!? ... Mohammed showed up and nobody got bombed?” The episode ends in a cliffhang-er and by the time this runs, we’ll know whether or not Comedy Central grew some “cojones” and showed Mo-hammed.

Send Andrew your thoughts on “South Park” and political correctness to letters@techni-cianonline.com.

“...at which

Jesus exclaims,

‘Buddha, don’t do

coke in front

of the kids!’”

Andrew DworznickiStaff Columnist

Have a clueI typically stay away from

commenting on my fellow columnist’s thoughts and

opinions. I would much rather hear criticisms from students

in the forum, but the paper this week has given me too much mate-rial to work w i t h . P a u l McCauley’s columns this week can be summed up in two sentences:

Monday’s column should have just stated, “All Republicans and Tea Party members are fascist nut-jobs.” Wednesday’s column should have stated, “I went too far on Monday, let me light an insincere peace-pipe.”

Show some consistency. Mc-Cauley demonstrated once again the fallacy that plagues virtually all media in today’s society. The extremist’s ideas are taken from a small minor-ity and applied to the whole.

Really? You want to com-pare the Tea Party to Timothy McVeigh. That would be like me saying anti-war protesters are a l l l ike Bill Ayers and the Weather-man. But of course, if it was an anti-w a r r a l l y there would be no prob-lem with it, they are just expressing t hei r r ig ht to protest an illegitimate war brought on by the radical con-servatives of this country. I do not condone the racism and bigotry that has been displayed with the Tea Party movement, which was not even mentioned by McCauley. But I do not sup-port all they stand for; they have just as much of a right to protest as PETA does. I didn’t make the rules — the framers of the Constitution did.

Speaking of the Constitution, McCauley does a splendid job of oversimplifying the Bill of Rights. If the Bill of Rights and Constitution were so easy to interpret, why do we have a Supreme Court? I would love to hear McCauley’s interpretation of what the Second Amend-ment says. Everyone has rights embedded in the Constitution; the government’s responsibility is not to regulate these powers, but secure them. If the gov-ernment’s role is to secure our rights, anything that could po-tentially infringe on our rights should be stopped.

The War on Terror attempts

to deter terrorist acts from oc-curring. These actions are not infringing upon our Consti-tutional rights, but protecting them.

McCauley also attempts to associate the Tea Party with an illogical fiscal policy. He is right, a war is not necessarily fiscally responsible, but that is not the purpose of a war. There are other factors that are asso-ciated with going to war that tend to trump the others.

These wars were supported by the general public, unlike the health care legislation. The fiscal effects of the wars come a lot sooner then what will come from health care legislation. I hope the health care legisla-tion will somehow reduce the deficit; if it doesn’t, in 10 or 20 years we may be seeing another economic crisis.

I’m not trying to be an ad-vocate for the Tea Party move-ment, but I do find some of their points valid. For McCau-ley to ask for consistency with-in a party is unrealistic. There is a big difference between an extreme and a moderate lib-eral, but they generally come together in the Democratic

Party. How can liberals find morality in abortion, but not in the death penal-ty, while con-servatives are visa-versa?

Its simple: we a lw ay s f ind legit i-mations for

our actions and beliefs. I re-spect Paul’s right to have an opinion, I can almost guaran-tee that I will not agree with it — just as he has not agreed with mine in the past. Differ-ing opinions are not the issue, though. Polarization, stereo-types and petty name calling are. I find it problematic to call all Tea Party members pistol-packing, fascist militants — it’s just not true.

If someone wants to criticize or disagree with opinions, fine — that is your right. However, it is not your right to spread fallacy and lies. Express your opinions, but allow others to do the same. You might not agree with them, but do not try and generalize on the ex-tremist actions of a select few. Leave the name calling for the play ground — be respectful, and have a clue.

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Students show off design, production skills

Jessica Neville Science & Tech Editor

In the fashion and textile manage-ment senior studio class, 16 seniors have been working tirelessly to de-sign and produce their own fashion show. The show, called “Threads,” first started in 2006 as an annual produc-tion. Now, the event is bi-annual and last had a turnout of approximately 500 students. Tomorrow night, “Threads” will be held at 7 p.m. on “The Square” at the College of Tex-tiles on Centennial Campus.

Sarah Deasy and Kendal Leonard, seniors in textile and apparel man-agement, are co-producers and designers in the event. Deasy said the Threads collection was started to showcase senior fashion design students’ work in the senior studio class. The class works all se-mester to design and implement the show, with the students taking the majority of the responsibility for the production.

“Every year the collection has been getting bigger, from having more girls to going to a bi-annual show,” Deasy said. “Fashion and product develop-ment is growing at N.C. State and we want this show to reflect where we are.”

Tickets currently come with a price tag, but Deasy said the students hope to become self-sustaining.

“We are still in need of funds right now because we put the production on completely by ourselves, but we hope to secure sponsors in the future,”

Deasy said. Each designer in the show creates

a theme for their collection and de-signs the pieces around that theme, according to Deasy. The designers can pick their own models or send out a model call.

Leonard’s collection is entitled “In Monet’s Garden” and features cloth-ing that she describe as “casual cloth-ing that I would wear in a garden.”

“The clothes are a little retro but more classic than trendy,” Leonard said. “My target audience is a little above student age, although many

students should enjoy the clothes.”

L eona rd sa id Threads is cur-rently more of a “local” thing at the College of Textiles, but she hopes it will become more campus-wide in the future.

Afaf Seyam, a sophomore in fashion and textile management, served as the volunteer manager and coordinator for this year’s event.

“I saw the fliers and wanted to see how I could help,” Seyam said. “The next thing I knew, I was handling ev-erything!”

Although Seyam said the job wasn’t what she was looking for initially, it was a great leadership experience and very worthwhile.

“It’s been really hectic and stressful at times because nothing is concrete, but you know in the end it will work out and it will all be worth it. I defi-nitely want to keep participating in the future.”

Seyam said she felt confident about how the show would turn out, but she was a little nervous to see the turnout.

“I didn’t work with advertizing, but I hope a lot of people come,” Seyam

said. “Everyone in textiles knows about it but hopefully it will spread to main campus.”

Deasy said her collection, entitled “Splendid Origins,” is a hodgepodge of inspiration from indigenous tribes and native culture.

“A lot of unique collections will be presented,” Deasy said. “One showcase is an entirely eco-friendly fashion line, made with all organic and reused ma-terials. Other student’s themes include Sherlock Holmes, the seven deadly sins and bridal wear.”

The designers will be judged by three judges and will be awarded first, second and third places. A People’s Choice Award will also be given by at-tendees who vote for their top choice.

Deasy said students should come to support the College of Design and to promote student unity on campus.

“Not only are textile students com-pletely producing this show, but other students are involved with other as-pects of the collection,” Deasy said. “We want to make this a big campus event and involve as many people as possible.”

Seyam said the experience has been great for her major because it com-bines design and management, which are both involved in her major.

“I got to work on the management side this year, but someday I will be a senior participating in Threads as a designer.”

Deasy said the designers owe a special thanks to Nancy Webster, an alumna of the College of Textiles, professor Nancy Cassill, textile and apparel technology and management head, professor Cynthia Istook of the senior studio class, and Afaf Seyam, the lead volunteer.

Students can purchase tickets at a discounted price of $10 online at www.threadseniorcollection.com or at the event for $15.

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AMANDA WILKINS/TECHNICIANAfter everyone had walked, Erin Summerlin, a senior in business administration, led the line of models during rehearsal for Threads at the College of Textiles Wednesday. “One of my sorority sisters is a designer,” Summerlin said. “I was in this last semester and the designers are very talented so I am looking forward to tomorrow.”

“The clothes are a

little retro but more

classic than trendy.”Kendal Leonard, senior in textile

and apparel management

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Mariah Taylor, a freshman in environmental engineering, dresses for a cool and cloudy Wednesday in a classic outfit with neutral colors. For Taylor, personal style is not limited to clothing. “I have nine piercings and three tattoos,” Taylor said. “I view them as a way to express myself in addition to the normal clothes, necklace or shoes.”

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FeaturesLIFE & STYLE

Author Dennis Bruce turns out a witty guide for university students across the country about how to screw up, but make the best of, the college experience

Laura WilkinsonLife & Style Editor

For the brainless idiots out there, the book is not a serious composition on the difficulties college screw-ups face in day-to-day life with pretty pictures and dia-grams included for further comprehen-sion. It’s good, old-fashioned satire meant to help relax students with frazzled nerves.

While managing to offend everyone from studious library-goers to anyone in the Greek system to liberal arts majors, Bruce takes a light-hearted approach to the college dream of late-night parties, showing up to class only when absolutely necessary and spend-ing five minutes do-ing homework and studying per night.

Although the point of the book was to make fun of the col-lege experience, many of the revelations Bruce makes are rooted in reality.

Take for instance his idea of a “good, hardworking student,” who studies hard, does extra credit, pulls all-nighters, spends long hours in the library and joins “honor societies, student government and aca-demic discussion groups.” In all actual-ity, many “good” students do all the afore-mentioned things because those activities have a positive effect on one’s academic experience.

Though it is true that there are many straight-laced students on campus, let’s face it — parties featuring excessive drink-ing and failed attempts at picking up good-looking guys or girls are a reality. It was refreshing to see an adult openly admit in

print what goes on in university social life, since university officials and representa-tives are discouraged from bringing up the taboo topic of alcohol and students.

His three basic values and priorities of sleep, sex and partying (not necessarily in that order) stereotype the av-erage student, but at the same time portray the life of some students.

Of particular interest is Bruce’s critique of the Greek system, which he portrays as “a bunch of wasted lunatics on an all-out, tribal babe hunt.”

Specifically at N.C. State, the Greeks are working to change the image of the system from wild par-

tiers to classy professionals. The fact remains, however, that Greeks are well known for their social events in-volving alcohol and their elitism, mak-ing Bruce’s portrayal somewhat serious.

When it comes to giving advice on how to screw up in non-

science classes, Bruce actually hits the nail on the head.

The key to English is to write terribly but slowly improve as the semester wears on since professors grade objectively by how much progress a student has made throughout the course. Not bad advice, if one is shooting for a C-.

Screwing up in philosophy class is as simple as speaking in “long-winded, re-dundant, run-on sentences” and making sure nothing said makes sense to anyone. As a student taking philosophy and hav-ing had conversations with a philosophy major, this advice sums up the entire field of philosophy in fewer words than any philosophy professor or major ever could.

Watch out physical education majors!

Bruce is even less kind to them than to fraternity and sorority members. He says the jocks from high school enter into col-lege without much change.

“They just barely graduated high school, received a negative score on their SATs and still possess the IQ of seaweed. All of which means that they are just slightly overquali-fied to major in phys ed,” Bruce wrote.

Although this particular passage is quite hilarious and clever, even I am slightly of-fended at the stereotyping. Not to sound pretentious (okay, a little pretentious), but I was a high school athlete and in the top ten of my class, which means that not all athletes are dumb as rocks. In fact, N.C. State athletics places special emphasis on doing well both on and off the field.

Keeping in mind that the book was meant to poke fun at anyone and every-one, Bruce did an excellent job analyzing the inner working of college life. But for someone who advocates striving for a C- average, he is an effectual writer who can appeal to both brainless idiots and aca-demic geniuses with his sense of humor and surprising insight.

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No. 3. State has been able to capitalize on the doubles points with this lineup for the past three matches.

“Our doubles has been playing pretty well for the past five matches,” Choboy said. ”That’s a good thing going into the tournament, it’s im-portant.”

On the singles court, No. 67 Pulgar has dominated for the Pack with a 14-9 singles record at the No. 1 spot, 6-5 in the ACC. Pulgar has taken down some top-ranked opponents including No. 5 Guillermo Gomez of Georgia Tech 6-4, 6-4. That match made Pulgar ACC Player of the Week.

Hodgson has also posted consistent wins for the Pack in this first year of competition. Playing mostly at the number two singles spot, he’s earned a 15-9 overall record, 4-7 in the ACC.

According to Prandecki, the Pack has a good shot at defeating Miami, as long as the team brings its A-game.

“Its our match; if we win we win, if we lose we lose, so we dictate every-thing,” Prandecki said. “We’re work-

ing on attacking short balls and playing to win.”

If the Pack can defeat Miami in the first round, the team will ad-vance to the quarterfinal match to take on No. 1 Virginia on Friday at 9 a.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.theacc.com.

“We’ll just go in there and give it everything we got,” Choboy said. “It’s nothing we haven’t already seen, so we’re not really worried about it.”

Men’scontinued from page 8

last weekend and taking another next step forward going into the tournament with Wake Forest,” Olsen said. “We are going to try to bring pressure on all three doubles courts and just try to be fearless on all six singles courts.”

Sophomore Sandhya Nagaraj and her teammates have been working hard in practice on the skills they need so that they can help bring home the win today. She said that personally she has been working on her serves, form and being aggressive at the net without worrying about the result.

“We have a really good team this year,” said Nagaraj. “As a team we all have to come together. We have been working on putting everything together in one match so that we can pull off that big win.”

Nagaraj has remained at the No. 1 sin-gles spot all season, going 12-9. Junior Lenka Hojckova and Brock have also shone, each finishing their season 11-9.

“We have got several people that are playing well,” Olsen said. “The team as a whole has been on a roll, finding a way to win in the last couple of weeks. Berkeley has really been playing well, very sharp.

Chloe Smith has been very sharp late-ly, Tana Illova through the weekend was looking very good, really pick-ing up some confidence, and Lenka and Tana in doubles have been a very dominant team.”

Ready and excited, the team plans to bring all its energy onto the court and let it shine through during their game.

“We have a lot of energy,” Brock said. “People get really pumped up on the court and everyone is very excited for the ACC tournament to start so we are going to be bringing a lot of energy.”

In the game the Pack used seven different pitchers includ-ing freshman Felix Roque, who made a spot start, as projected starter Rey Cotilla was unable to pitch due to injury. Though the team allowed six runs to the Pirates, only one of the six runs was an earned run.

Maynard, Drew Poulk and sophomore outfielder John Gianis helped pace the Pack’s offensive attack as all three hit-ters had at least one hit and two RBI’s.

Up next for the Pack will be a huge ACC series against the Boston College Eagles this weekend in Raleigh at Doak Field. The first pitch is set to begin Friday night at 6:30 p.m.

baseballcontinued from page 8

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By the numbers: Men’s tennis

15-11 overall record

3-8 ACC record

36 highest ITA ranking this season

9th seed for the ACC tournament

Source: N.c. State athleticS

By the numbers: woMen’s tennis

12-9 overall record

4-7 ACC record

26 highest ITA ranking this season

8th seed for the ACC tournament

Source: N.c. State athleticS

COUNTDOWN• 34 days until the ACC baseball tournament begins in

Greensboro, N.C.

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Taylor Seaman competes at NCAA National Championship

Senior gymnast Taylor Sea-man wil l be representing N.C. State at the 2010 NCAA National Championships for the second year in a row. Sea-man will be competing on the floor as well as the all-around tonight in Florida at 7 p.m. Seaman placed first in the all-around at the NCAA Regional Championships on April 10 to qualify for this event. She is only the fourth gymnast in school history to qualify as an individual in the all-around at the NCAA Championships.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

athletic schedule

TodayMen’s & WoMen’s Track and Field @ Penn relays Philadelphia, Pa., All day

Men’s Tennis @ acc TournaMenT Cary, N.C., All day

WoMen’s Tennis @ acc TournaMenT cary, n.c., all day

GyMnasTics @ ncaa naTional chaMPionshiPs Gainesville, Fla., 7 p.m.

FridayBaseBall vs. BosTon colleGe Doak Field at Dail Park, 6:30 p.m.

Men’s GolF @ acc chaMPionshiPOld North State Club-New London, N.C., All day

saTurdayBaseBall vs. BosTon colleGe Doak Field at Dail Park, 6:30 p.m.

soFTBall vs. Maryland Raleigh, N.C., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

The men’s tennis team will take on Miami today in the first round of the ACC tournament

Jen HankinDeputy Sports Editor

The No. 50 men’s tennis team will kick off the 2010 ACC Championship in Cary, N.C. today. State has earned the ninth seed and will play

against eighth-seed-ed and rival Miami at 9 a.m. at the Cary Tennis Park. The Wolfpack finished the regular season with an overall record of 15-11. ACC competition has been a bit of a challenge for State as it posted a 3-8 ACC record.

According to senior Frideric Prandecki, this first round match is a must-win in order for the team to

compete in the NCAA regional tourna-ment in on May 14-16.

“We’re like a bubble team right

now,” Prandecki said. “If we want to get in the NCAA, we need to beat Miami.”

The Pack met Miami earlier this season at Coral Gables, Fla. on April 4, losing 5-2. State secured the doubles point, gaining the early ad-vantage, while State sophomore Jaime Pulgar beat then No. 110 Carl Sundberg 7-6, 6-2.

Yet the rivalry between the Pack and the Hur-ricanes goes much deeper than just this season. Miami defeated State in a close 4-3 match during the ACC tournament last year.

According to sophomore Akash Gujarati, the team is better prepared for the Hur-ricanes this time around.

“I feel a lot more fired up; I’m ready, and I’m sure the whole team is,” Gujarati said. “We have a point to prove, and we want to qualify for NCAAs.”

Coach Jon Choboy has mixed up the doubles lineup

quite a bit this season, but lately it has consisted of Prandecki and Dominic Hodgson at No. 1,

Women’s tennis will compete against Wake Forest today in the first round of the ACC tournament.

Samantha CollierStaff Writer

The No. 8 seed N.C. State women’s tennis team will play the No. 9 seed Wake Forest today at the Cary Tennis Park for the first round of the ACC tournament at 9 a.m. The Pack has been riding a hot streak lately with wins in its past three games and has no plan of slowing down.

“Al l season we have planned on peaking at this time of the year, each week being a step towards that from the beginning of the season to just this last week has come from the right fo-cus, looking at the things we are doing well, and really emphasizing those things,” said coach Hans Olsen said. “I would say most of it right now is related to their mindset, having the right thoughts going through their head and really having the confidence that can control those thoughts when they need to.”

In past years Wake Forest has proved to be a tough competitor and challenge for the team, but State is only using that as fuel for their fire.

“They are a very scrappy team, and I am not expecting it to be an easy match by any means, but I definitely think that we can win,” said senior Berkeley Brock. “We beat them in the regular season this year, and it was a hard-fought match, but we lost to them pretty badly last year, so they are always a good team.”

In preparation, the team has been working really hard to con-centrate on what they need to do and to remain focused.

Brock says that the hard work and focus she exhibits during practice has transferred over to her matches, and a late winning streak at the end of the season shows just how much it has all begun to pay off. Finishing the season with a personal four games straight winning streak,

Brock’s 47 career spring wins now have her tied for fourth all-time at N.C. State.

“I am sure Wake Forest is going to be ready to play, and I think we are focused on taking our next step from our matches

The baseball team defeats rival East Carolina in Greenville, Wednesday

Staff Report

In one of the sloppiest games of the year, in which 12 total errors were committed, six by each team, the N.C. State Wolf-pack walked away with an 8-6 victory over the East Carolina Pirates. With the win State moves to 26-13(9-9 in ACC), while ECU drops to 24-14. Sophomore pitcher Mike Russo (2-0) picked up the win, while junior Grant Sasser closed out

the game, pitching the final 1 2/3 innings for his second save of the season.

State jumped out to the lead early on in the first inning, when senior right fielder Drew Poulk drove in his cousin se-nior second baseman Dallas Poulk, giving the Pack the 1-0 lead. In the top of the fourth, State tacked on another run, but East Carolina was able to cut into the deficit in the bot-tom half of the inning, taking the score to 2-1.

The Pirates then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth with a three-run inning and

threatened for more. However, redshirt sophomore Nate King was able to come on in relief of redshirt pitcher Vance Wil-liams and end the ECU rally, limiting the damage to just three runs, giving the Pirates a 5-2 lead.

A two-run homer by sopho-more designated hitter Pratt Maynard gave the Pack the lead once again, and the Pack never looked back, as it was able to add three more runs in the top of the eighth, helping to secure the State victory.

Building off winning streak, State looks to advance

First-round match a must-win for Wolfpack

ACC tournament begins today

“We have a point

to prove, and we

want to qualify

for NCAAs.”Akash Gujarati, sophomore

“The team as a whole

has been on a roll,

finding a way to win

in the last couple

of weeks.”coach Hans Olsen

Baseball hooks Pirates with sloppy 8-6 victory

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Softball sets school record against UNCW

Stephanie Call swung her 14th home run of the year Wednesday night as the Pack defeated UNC-Wilmington in a doubleheader. The home run marked a school record for most long balls in a single sea-son. The sweep moves State to 27-21 on the season. The soft-ball team will host Maryland this weekend at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadi-um. Action will begin at 1p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Mays’ return in question

PackPride.com editor James Henderson discussed specula-tion around sophomore guard Julius Mays’ status for next year on 620 The Buzz Wednesday morning. Mays’ playing time could be in jeopardy next sea-son with the return of junior guard Javier Gonzalez and the addition of incoming freshmen Lorenzo Brown and Ryan Har-row. There is not yet official word on a transfer by Mays.

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