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In addition to the current reconstruction on Hillsborough Street, Raleigh City Council has approved plans for bike lanes.

Laura WilkinsonLife & Style Editor

The Raleigh City Council has ap-proved plans for the implementation of bicycle lanes on Hillsborough Street to go along with the current construc-tion.

Alan Lovett, owner of Melvin’s Hamburgers and a member of the Hillsborough Street Partnership, said business owners are divided as to whether bike lanes will hurt or help business.

“Some business owners believe it will hurt their business; however, oth-ers believe that it will not only help business, it will slow traffic down an additional 8-10 miles per hour so that people in the vehicles can look around and see what’s in the area,” Lovett said. “Studies on the internet show in New York and Washington, D.C. traffic will slow down with bike lanes. It makes the lanes more narrow and makes the drivers slow down.”

Erin Lineberger, a sophomore in natural resources, said bike lanes are an awesome idea because she does not always feel comfortable riding on the road.

“I really don’t like biking with cars,” Lineberger said. “I usually bike on the sidewalks but that’s a problem because they’re usually people on the sidewalks so this makes you have to go slower and you can run into them – which is danger-ous.”

Accord i ng to Lovett, the project is ahead of sched-ule and should be completed t h is summer.

“I’m being told they’ll f inish by June and I was told they would be done in September. Therefore, be-cause they’re finishing early, it looks like there’s a good possibility for three festival-type events on Hillsborough this fall, depending on how much funds are raised,” Lovett said.

Lineberger said she does not think

the current construction project on Hillsborough Street will affect the construction of bike lanes too nega-tively.

“I don’t think it would delay [con-struction] that much longer. If you’re going to put bike lanes in, it’s a really good time to do it because they’re al-ready doing construction,” Lineberger

said. She also said t he la nes may help businesses on Hillsborough Street because they would make busi-nesses more acces-sible to bikers.

Brett Morris, a freshman in psy-chology, said he would not advo-cate the implemen-tation of bike lanes on Hillsborough Street. Morris said

he has biked on Hillsborough Street in the past and has many friends who currently use bikes on the road.

“The traffic there is already bad

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Latina sorority takes steps towards establishment

Interest group working to cross over as the first N.C. State Latino Sorority hosts first fundraiser Monday

Chelsey FrancisStaff Writer

An interest group has formed on N.C. State’s campus in hopes of be-coming a sorority. This group, the interested ladies of Lambda Theta Al-pha, Latin Sorority Inc., is hoping to be an official N.C. State sorority by next year.

The interest group requires a minimum of seven interested members, as well as meet other stan-dards, according to Ana Muril lo, the interest group chair.

“It’s a big pro-cess we have to go through in order to cross over to be a so-rority,” Murillo said. “We have to have community service events, fundrais-

ers, social events and academic events as a group.”

According to the Lambda Theta Al-pha web site, the goals of this soror-ity are scholarly excellence, empow-erment of Latinas and the universal woman, cultural and political aware-ness and community activism.

“Since we’re an academic and com-munity service oriented group, we are focusing more on the academic and community activism part of the re-quirements,” Murillo said. “We have

requirements by N.C. State we have to meet, and more requirements from the official Lambda Theta Alpha soror-ity. Our goal is not only to meet these requirements, but to exceed these require-ments.”

Lambda Theta Al-pha has already par-ticipated in multiple service activities in-cluding volunteering with Service Raleigh, volunteering with

the Latino Visitation Day and volun-teering with El Pueblo in the Triangle

area.“We also work with other groups

for our service activities,” Mu-rillo said. “We helped out with the Hispanic Cultural Show on campus.”

Murillo, a senior in biological sci-ences, said she was appointed the chair-person for The Inter-ested Ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha.

“We have to have an organi-zation, but we work together as a team,” Murillo said. “No one person makes the decisions and dic-tates how the group runs. We make all the decisions together. But we have to have a structure, so we have our of-ficer team.”

Currently, there are nine girls that are members of the interest group. The requirement is only seven. Ber-enisse Lopez, Dayna Principe and Blanca Cohen are all members of the interest group, as well as officers.

“We are really a group of diverse, strong individual women who em-brace Latino culture,” Principe said. “We are a group for everyone that has an appreciation for the Hispanic values. We also strive for academic

excellence.” There are different reasons why

anyone can get involved in the in-terested ladies of Lambda Theta Alpha. Lopez, a junior in civil en-gineering and the co-chair of the group, said she got involved with this group for a variety of reasons.

“The group concentrates on aca-demics, which is a big thing to me,” Lopez said.

erica heller/Technician archive PhoToNick Flickinger, a freshman in psychology, locks up his bike before walking inside Carmichael Recreation Complex.

Alpha Delta Pi hosts 5th annual Ron-a-ThonAD Pi hosts 5K tradition to benefit the Durham Ronald McDonald House

Jessica HighsmithStaff Writer

N.C. State’s chapter of Alpha Delta Pi held a 5K race on Cen-tennial Campus Sunday, April 25 to benefit the Ronald McDonald House in Durham.

“This race has been our major philanthropy event benefiting the community for the past five years,” Jessica Swanner, ADPi’s philan-thropy chair, said.

According to the Ronald Mc-Donald website, The Ronald Mc-Donald House of Durham provides families a place to stay while their child receives medical treatment at Duke Children’s Hospital, as well as other local health centers.

ADPi has been hosting “Ron-A-Thon” for the past five years to help benefit the Ronald McDonald House through ADPi’s national philanthropy event, A Lion’s Share Challenge. Events through the Lion’s Share Challenge are de s ig ne d to ra i se money for The Ron-ald McDonald House Chari-ties all across t h e n a t i on , Swanner said.

“The event had a g reat t u r nout de-spite the threat of rain. We had 243 registered and it was great to see everyone in the community come out and support such a great cause—from athletes, to students and children,” Swanner said.

According to Sarah Gibbons, the fundraising chair for the event, “We love holding events that are fun and that benefit the communi-ty at the same time. ‘Ron-A-Thon’ has been a tradition that ADPi re-ally enjoys carrying out.”

The event only cost $15 to reg-ister and everyone received a free t-shirt sporting the “Ron-A-Thon” logo, Gibbons said.

“This year we even had the Cary Super Skippers come out for the finale of the event and everyone re-ally enjoyed their performance,”

Swanner said.Gibbons said that the Ronald Mc-

Donald House in Durham worked very closely with them during the process of planning the event and the local McDonalds generously donated apple dippers, water and monetary donations.

“There is so much that goes into one event and it really calls for a lot of helping hands. We couldn’t have done this without everyone’s help,” Gibbons said.

As one of the fundraising chairs, freshman Jessica Russel was also very pleased with the excellent turnout of the event.

“Being freshman, Sarah and I had never helped out with the ‘Ron-A-Thon’ event before, so doing it from scratch was very rewarding,” Russel said.

The sisters of ADPi also visit the local Ronald McDonald House in Durham weekly to assist in serving dinners and planning activities for the children, Russel said.

“It’s a wonderful place to volunteer and the Ronald McDonald Houses are always looking for new groups of

people willing to dedicate their time to these children and their families,” Swanner said.

Swanner said she felt “Ron-A-Thon was a fulfilling ex-perience because of all the overwhelm-ing local support in the area.”

“It was reward-ing to see more people than just

ADPi supporting the cause because we do go to the Ronald McDonald House in Durham every week. We like shar-ing with other people that there is a need and that everyone can do their part to help the Ronald McDonald House,” Swanner said.

Swanner’s favorite part of the event was being able to stand on the sidelines at the end of the race as people charged across the finish line.

“Some of us could not run because we were busy organizing the event but we were lucky to see the faces of those running across the finish line. You could tell that they genuinely felt so good on the inside and so accom-plished,” Swanner said.

“It was rewarding

to see more people

than just ADPi

supporting the

cause.”Jessica Swanner, ADPi philanthropy

chair

“If you’re going to

put bike lanes in, it’s

a really good time to

do it because they’re

already doing

construction.”Erin Lineberger, sophomore in

natural resources

Bike lanes approved for Hillsborough Street

race continued page 3bike continued page 3

“We are really a

group of diverse,

strong individual

women who

embrace Latino

culture.”Dayna Principe, member of

Lambda Theta Alpha interest group

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Freshman in mathematics education David McAllister cheers on an elementary student during an activity day for Students Advocating Youth, or SAY for short Tuesday April 27, 2010. The organization sends N.C. State students to local elementary schools to help children from underprivileged households. Reid Livingston, a freshman in math-

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“It was really amazing to see how many people were willing to help out and sup-port the event. The staff at the McDonald’s off Western even wore our ‘Ron-A-Thon’ t-shirts to further promote it,” Gibbons said.

Swanner contended that the event was about more than accomplishing a race.

“Everyone who participat-ed accomplished something even bigger— knowing that they were helping children and their families at Ronald McDonald Houses all over the nation,” Swanner said.

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“There are also a lot of scholarship opportunities, and it gives girls a chance to find a sisterhood at N.C. State, which I think is im-portant too. The group is also really active in the community.”

There are f reshmen, sophomores, juniors and seniors involved in this in-terest group.

“Since this is an academic group, there are minimum GPA requirements. The minimum for an individual is 2.5, but overall, the group has to have a GPA of at least 2.8,” Cohen said.

“Also, members have to attend our weekly meet-ings and be involved in the Latino community at N.C. State.”

According to Murillo, there are two ways to get involved in the group.

The first way is to attend the weekly meetings, which are held on Thursday and the other way is to email any of the officers of the group.

“Anyone of any back-ground can join,” Cohen said. “You don’t have to be Hispanic; anyone of any background can join. You just have to appreciate His-panic values.”

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enough and bike lanes would make things even more chaot-ic,” Morris said. On the other hand, Morris said they could be helpful for other riders. “I think it would be appropri-

ate to give them space to ride - I wouldn’t want to see them hurt.”

Lovett said he wanted the bike lanes to be used for pur-poses other than biking.

“The complaint that I had was that we were told if bike lanes were implemented they would be used only as bike

lanes. We were hoping emer-gency vehicles, delivery ve-hicles, and rickshaws [bicycle-driven passenger carts] could be used in the bike lanes too,” Lovett said. “There was discus-sion about whether they would be just for bicycles or for other purposes.”

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“...a marriage and

having a brand-

new baby - it’s

tough. It’s a lot of

planning ahead.”Sam Jones, a redshirt freshman

on the football team

led the team in kills (328) and service aces (29) Her 263 digs was also good for second-most on the team.

But since the start of the school year Arlee has been forced to shift focus from be-ing an outside hitter to finding a sitter. She’s had to shelve her athletic career for the time be-ing to focus on Kendal, but says that’s a sacr i f ice she’s more than willing to make.

She sat out the 2009 season while pregnant with Kendal but had an agreement with former coach Charita Stubbs that she could return for a final year. But after Stubbs was fired in December and Bry-an Bunn took over, Arlee soon learned the new man on the sidelines had a different vision.

“Originally, with the old coach, me coming back was the plan,” Arlee said. “We were going to find a way to make it work. But the new coaching staff had different ideas and it didn’t work out financially for our family.”

Though she’s no longer on the roster, Arlee said she still feels as though she’s part of the team. She occasionally joins in on practice because Bunn has released several players and, according to Arlee, the team is undermanned.

“When I got pregnant last year, I was really all about that. I was still at practices, but I had so many other things I was worrying about,” Arlee said. “I didn’t know what I was

doi ng. But every time I come back n o w, t h e y seem pretty thrilled that I’m there.”

A r l e e ’s teammates threw her a baby shower a n d h a v e turned into s o m e o f

her most frequent visitors and trusted babysitters. Se-niors Alex Smith and Taylor Pritchard come by and hold Kendal so Arlee can free her hands for a few minutes and finish laundry or homework.

Smith said she doesn’t mind chipping in and helping out with her honorary niece.

“I love Kendal,” Smith said. “We’re both of mixed race, so I hope I can help her when she gets older. She really likes to throw up on me, but she’s

a great baby. I could spend all day with her.”

Smith said the couple is defi-nitely thriving in what could have been a difficult situation for most couples, as their love for their daughter sharpens their focus.

“He’s been doing really great with his grades and Arlee’s always there pushing him,” Smith said. “They work well together as a team so they can have the best future possible for Kendal.

Both husband and wife expect life will be less hectic by the time fall rolls around. Arlee will have graduated and she and Kendal will be in the stands whenever Sam travels to play football.

This will also give them time to work towards another goal: expanding their brood. Arlee said they expect to give Kendal a sibling – hopefully a brother – by next year.

“I’ll do my best,” Sam joked. While Sam expects to teach

his future son to play football, Arlee wants Kendal to add another sport to the family’s athletic resume.

“I want her to play soccer be-cause I want her to be skinny and just run her life away,” Arlee said. “But she’s probably going to play basketball, with our genetics.”

Jonesescontinued from page 8

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When the system is

broken, when its

processes are wrecked

and the network intended to support it has lost the power

to lend aid, you fix the system.

The system is broken; and to ensure the survival of

campus’ daily student newspaper, it must be radically

mended.

Technician hasn’t faltered and fallen due to a lack

of effort or passion from the students who run it, but

because the umbrella which was supposed to provide it

with a gentle hand has become Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s

fabled albatross, dragging it down, tearing students away

and weakening the staff.

The current leadership of 25 or so dedicated senior-

level staffers has attempted to persevere through the

debilitating hindrances for love of providing the campus

community with an entertaining and informative news

service 155 times a year, but it has dwindled and suffered

during the last five years. The outside pressures have

grown and the best efforts of the staff have been reduced

to the point where it must stand up against a system

which has wronged one of students’ oldest defenders and

watchdogs.

The symptoms of the injury have shown in many forms

during the past semester, beginning with the removal

of Technician’s editor-in-chief, Ty Johnson, and ending

with the hiring of a new editor who is poorly suited for

the demands of one of campus’ most difficult leadership

positions.

The problem isn’t the new editor, though; much of it is

the process which unanimously led to her hiring. Instead

of being based on the merits of a well-vetted application

reviewed before Student Media’s Board of

Directors, the applicant was recommended

by an ill-equipped advisory board, which

didn’t fully understand the staff ’s concerns

and never heard them since the executive

session where deliberations took place contained no

editors from Student Media’s publications.

Additionally, the advisory board received the five

candidate applications the day of the selection-and-

interview process and was essentially tasked with selecting

a leader for campus’ 90-year-old newspaper from a single

interview. It would be akin to selecting the president of

the United States after only a week of campaigning; it’s

ludicrous — perhaps worse, unethical.

The process should have been subject to open records

laws, producing a set of easy to view minutes and

providing clarity on the selection

— not smoke screens.

But can the process really be to

blame? Who set up the advisory board in the first place?

Where did it come from?

The Student Media Board of Directors did not form the

board, which issued a hiring recommendation for the

first time this year. It came together as a result of special

invitations from the advising unit that was supposed

to help students with their journalism, not set up the

system by which they are hired. It’s a dramatic breach

of power and has led to low staff morale from what has

been perceived as a corrupt process. The advisory board,

which came out of a desire to alleviate the Student Media

Board’s long deliberations into the night, returned a

result that was stranger than fiction and left a room full

of Technician staffers, including the editor-in-chief elect,

in a state of shock.

The seeds of revolution weren’t planted in a day, though;

they have been fertilizing for years in staff resignations

concerning inequitable workplace policies, which border

on harassment.

Quite honestly, the staff won’t take it anymore. This is an

edict declaring the staff ’s right to actual freedom, in word

and in action; to the end of University infringement; and

the electing of an editor from elected student officials and

professionals alone. To provide students with a product

the staff can continue to stand behind, there can be no

compromise or tyranny. The staff has been trampled for

five years and it is using this page to let the students know

why the quality has declined and the staff shrunk while

the bottom line has been outstanding.

Producing quality, informative journalism isn’t

about bottom lines or staff diversity. It’s

about a staff of tired, overworked student

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put this newspaper in your hand today.

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Consider signing the petition about this struggle if you

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Jordan AlsaqaStaff Writer

The 1960s saw the premieres of two science fiction series that continue to persevere to this day. The first appeared in the United States, 1966’s “Star Trek,” a series that has seen sev-eral revivals over the past four decades, including last year’s film of the same name.

By the time Americans got “Star Trek,” though, the British had already had three years of “Doctor Who.” The series be-came a seminal science fiction landmark in the UK, and ran for the next 26 seasons. Falter-ing ratings led to its cancel-lation in 1989. Aside from an attempted revival in 1996, the series was off the airwaves for the next sixteen years.

In 2005, Russell T. Davies brought “Doctor Who” back to British television, allowing a new generation of viewers, and old fans alike, to fall in love with the series. Five years later, the show has reclaimed its throne as the king of Brit-ish sci-fi, garnering both criti-cal and commercial acclaim.

The American response to the series, however, has always been lukewarm at best, with only the most hardcore science fiction fans giving the show a chance. This is truly a shame, as “Doctor Who” has always managed to be one of the most original and varied shows on television.

The set-up for the show is a simple premise that allows for infinite possibilities. A myste-rious man known only as the Doctor travels around the uni-verse in his TARDIS (Time and Relative Dimensions in Space),

a time machine that allows him to go wherever and whenever he wishes. Along with his other pieces of alien technology, in-cluding psychic paper and a sonic screwdriver, as well as his traveling companions, the Doctor sets out across time to help as many people as he can.

Of course, a single actor play-ing the same role over the past 47 years would be hard to be-lieve. The Doctor, as a member of the Time Lord race, has the ability to regenerate when mor-tally wounded, taking on a new physical form each time. The 2005 revival began with the 9th incarnation of the charac-ter, played by Christopher Ec-cleston (“28 Days Later”).

The reason for the series’ dif-ficulty in breaking through to American au-diences is not a surprising one. Though t he rev iva l has aired in t he United S t a t e s f o r several years now, ma ny h a ve b e e n driven away by the idea of catching up with the decades of continu-ity already established, a lot of which is referenced in the Rus-sell T. Davies run.

The truth is, however, that the revived series has made every effort to be as accessible to new viewers as possible, explaining anything that the viewer may be unfamiliar with. Further, the episodes were re-numbered, with the 2005 sea-son as the new “season one.”

However, the series remained

a tough sell for American audi-ences, even when David Ten-nant (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”) took on the role of the ninth Doctor, gar-nering high praise and becom-ing one of the most popular Doctors in the show’s history.

Those who are fans of the show have certainly remained consistently impressed. Derin Gbade-Alabi, a senior in com-puter and electrical engineer-ing, was a fan of David Tennant from the beginning.

“I really liked David Ten-nant’s run. It was thought-provoking and entertaining. Tennant is talented, lively, funny and has great hair,” says Gbade-Alabi.

However, Tennant’s run re-cently came to an end, with

the character regenerating into his 11th incarnation, p l a y e d b y Matt Smith. Tennant’s departure, however, is not the only big change as the show e n t e r s i t s fifth season;

Davies, show runner and head writer since the show’s return, also took his leave after Ten-nant’s last episode, as did a majority of the production crew. Taking over for Davies is Steven Moffat, a writer of some of the revived series’ most criti-cally acclaimed episodes, who promises to bring a fresh tone to the series.

“For me, ‘Doctor Who’ liter-ally is a fairy tale,” Moffat said in a recent interview. “It’s not

really science fiction. It’s not set in space, it’s set under your bed. It’s at its best when it’s related to you, no matter what planet it’s set on.”

Moffat claims that the show will lean more towards the personal, fantasy stories than the bombastic sci-fi tropes that made up the bulk of Davies’ episodes.

Of course, the most im-portant new face is the Doc-tor himself, played by Matt Smith, a relatively unknown actor and the youngest person to ever play the role. As with every other actor before him, Smith’s take on the role is en-tirely his own, and he shows a certain level of manic glee when on-screen, different from Tennant’s controlled wackiness or Eccleston’s somber attitude.

Sarah Dashow, a junior in English, was pleasantly sur-prised by Smith’s performance after seeing the premiere.

“When Matt Smith came in, I’ll admit I was a bit skeptical. Despite this, though, his first episode delivered, and man-aged to get rid of any doubts I had.”

Also new this year is Karen Gillian as Amy Pond, the Doc-tor’s traveling companion. The premiere manages to quickly set-up a unique relationship between the two characters, exploiting the show’s time travel concept to craft an in-teresting back-story for the new character.

It is important to emphasize that this is almost an entirely new series altogether. Every-thing from the interiors of the TARDIS to the theme song and logo are different, mak-ing it clear that any ties to the past will come second to the narrative being developed for the new actors and production team. It’s still “Doctor Who” as long-time fans knew it, but it’s been made more accessible for new viewers.

For science f iction fans

who’ve never given “Doctor Who” a chance, or for viewers looking for a new show to watch as American programs enter their summer hiatus, the fifth season may provide the perfect jumping on point. With so many new elements both on and off the screen, Steven Moffat’s tenure on the show might just be an awakening for new fans, as much as it is a brand new day for the die-hard viewers.

‘Doctor Who’ time travels anewThe laTesT season of culT BriTish sci-fi hiT offers fresh sTarT for american viewers

Courtesy of BBC AmeriCAmatt smith, a relative unknown before Doctor who, plays the eleventh doctor in the venerable series. The series show runner has also changed, from russell T. Davies to steven moffat.

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The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh gets a new look and some new paintings; plus, it’s free to the public

Zakk WhiteAssistant Viewpoint Editor

The new and improved North Carolina Museum of Art opened last weekend and I was lucky enough to attend Saturday, opening day. The new building is sleek and modern with wood floors and a glass exterior that lets in natural light, which was missing from the old building. The grounds themselves are even a work of art; the buildings and trails spell out the words “PICTURE THIS!,” a message that is fully visible only by aircraft. From the landscaping to the building, all the way down to the cool sinks in the bathroom, the new mu-seum is a marvel.

The modern and contemporary collection is the one that has been ex-panded the most. My favorites of the previous collection are still there, and they include Frank Stella’s “Ragga II,” Alex Katz’s “Six Women” and Anselm Kiefer’s “Untitled.” Each of these three larger than life works are must-sees. One of my favorites new pieces was a video installation by artist Michal Rovner called “Tfila,” which consists of an open book in a case with letters that move and change shape.

The museum recently acquired a

painting by Pablo Picasso entitled “Seated Woman, Red and Yellow Background, 1952,” and it is quite extraordinary. It is a powerful work and I enjoyed it more than any piece in the recent Picasso exhibit at the Nasher Museum of Art in Durham. Many of the previous pieces from the contemporary collection have been placed within the expanded African collection. This is great because it allows you to see the influence of old art on new African painting and photography.

The American col lect ion has a lso been ex-panded and re-organized. The highlights of the American collec-tion include three paintings by John Singleton Copley, three paintings by Andrew Wyeth and a piece by Georgia O’Keefe of a prai-rie church. A portrait of Ben Franklin and a portrait of George Washington have also been added to the collection. These two founding father portraits hang across from a more recent work that uses silhouettes of the founding fathers and re-imagines the stars and stripes which makes for quite an in-teresting contrast.

The European collection has been

expanded to include 30 casts of works by Rodin which includes some of his most famous works. The cast of Ro-din’s “The Thinker” (which depicts Dante composing “The Divine Com-edy”) sits in the courtyard and beck-ons you to the front door. Inside, the Rodin pieces populate the center of the museum and are a great addition to the collection. In the middle of the

European col-lection, there is a new work that rec re ate s t he “Mona Lisa” us-ing only thread spools. Strange-ly, the new Mona is upside down.

The European collection hous-es one of my fa-vorite paintings in the museum, which is “The Dentist” by the a p t l y n a m e d

Dutch painter Jan Miense Molenaer. This painting depicts a boy who is having a tooth pulled out by a swarthy “dentist” armed with a pair of pliers while his smiling mother watches. The boy is also clutching a rosary in a fu-tile attempt for pain relief. This may sound frightening—it is—but is also quite hilarious and well made.

As for the negatives, I sometimes felt that it was almost too open. I like museums that have dead ends

and seemingly hidden areas where paintings lurk in quiet solitude, but in the new building everything seems packed too close together. The gift book of the collection is also quite overpriced—it comes only in hard-cover and costs $60. While I do feel that the new building is far superior, I miss the old building and its 1970s architecture, which had its own char-acter. The new building seems more generic, but I do think that an update was necessary and produced wonder-ful results.

While the museum is public and state run, it is mostly funded by pri-vate donations. Unlike many other museums of similar quality, the North Carolina Museum of Art is free. Most museums I have been to cost upwards of $20 per ticket. For a collection of this caliber, that is a steal. I am so thankful that we support public art because it gives us all—regardless of income—a chance to experience thought-provoking painting and sculpture, inspiring us to think deeply about the world around us.

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Tim o’brien/TechnicianVisitors to the N.C. Museum of Art stop to look at the exhibit called “Art, Nature, Light and Sound” Saturday. The show was created by the University College of Design Advanced Media Lab and is one of the many temporary pieces now housed in the East Building. The museum opened the new 127,000 square foot building to the public Saturday.

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and create a professional at-mosphere,” Sellers said. “A lot of our ball parks have a minor league history to them or they are constructed based off of schematics of minor league stadiums. So being able to come to a league that can cre-ate not just the competition on the field, but the atmosphere in the stands, the on-field promo-tions, the travel, the just whole nostalgia that goes in along with it, makes for a good and worthwhile experience.”

Sophomore third baseman Andrew Ciencin echoed Sellers statements. Ciencin and fellow Pack teammate Pratt Maynard played in the Coastal Plains

League last summer playing for the Forest City Owls and helped to lead them to a CPL championship.

“It has great talent. Scouts are at every game,” Ciencin said. “Summer ball is just a good time. You get to play with the best in the country and it will only make you better in the long run.”

Both Ciencin and Maynard will be playing in the Cape Cod League this upcoming summer, the most highly ranked of the summer wood bat leagues. Players such as the Houston Astros’ Lance Berkman, the Tampa Bay Rays’ Evan Longo-ria, the New York Yankees’ Mark Teixeira and thousands of other college baseball play-ers played in this distinguished league and have gone on to play professionally in the Major

Leagues. Maynard believes it will be a

great opportunity for him and Ciencin to play against the best players in the nation.

“It is a great feeling getting asked to play out there,” May-nard said. “I just hope it is a great experience like last year and I am sure it will be. But it is just fun to be able to showcase your talents against the best players in the world. It will be a tough but great experience for me.”

The biggest adjustment the players must make as they move into playing in the sum-mer league is that the players hit with wood bats and not aluminum like in the college season. Sophomore Harold Riggins credits some of his success at the plate this year to hitting with a wood bat last

summer when he played for the Madison Mallards of the Northwoods League.

“It’s a bit tougher,” Riggins said. “Obviously hitting with a wood bat there is a smaller sweet spot. Hitting with alu-minum is almost unfair with a person who has power, but just playing with wood allowed me to shorten my swing and not get so long.”

Even though the players don’t get to sit around and relax like their non-athletic peers, May-nard believes that the fact that he doesn’t have to focus on school and can just get into a rhythm focusing squarely on baseball is very important.

“Having no school is a big deal,” Maynard said. “I am not the type of person who en-joys school. I do what I have to, but don’t personally enjoy

it. So being able to get up early lift, rest for a bit and get into a rhythm everyday really helps a lot.”

Regardless of records, the main focus for the players is to get better, according to redshirt senior catcher Chris Schaeffer. His be-lief has been backed as the catcher is having a career year at the plate hitting .366 at the plate while lead-ing the team in home runs with nine.

“It was just a good experi-ence on and off the field,” Schaeffer said. “It was a good opportunity for me to grow up a little bit and on the field I got to work on a lot of things. I worked on my swing, my defense. And it has worked out pretty well for me.”

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door with a remarkable catch in the infield to preserve a 12-8 victory.

“We played pretty well all-around,” Balogh said. “I thought we played great de-fensively and had some timely hits that led to runs. It just feels good to win.”

The win gave the Black Mambas their second cham-pionship in two years, but first championship in the first ever elite league.

“We’ll be back here in the championship next year for sure,” Atkinson said. “Who knows, we might even form a Co-rec team.”

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baseball team members’ summer plans• Page 3: Continuation of the story on Arlee

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Pack sprinters place at HPU VertKlasse Meet Representatives from the men’s and women’s track teams competed at the HPU VertKlasse Meet at High Point University Sunday. For the men, Reggie Reese won the 100 meters and was the runner-up in the 200-meter while Eric Davis won the high jump with a 2.01m mark. For the women, Paige Eley won the 200 and came in second for the 100.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Sanchez suiting up for MonarchsFormer Pack soccer player Alan Sanchez recently signed with the Real Maryland Monarchs of the USL Second Division and has started in both of the team’s games so far at forward. Sanchez finished his four-year career with the Pack with 25 goals, 28 assists and an All-ACC selection his senior year. He will graduate in May with a degree in sports management.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Keeping up with the JonesesRight tackle Sam Jones and wife, former volleyball standout Arlee Tamietti Jones, juggling school, family and football Kate Shefte Sports Editor

Sam and Arlee Jones aren’t your typical married college couple.

For one, they tower above the oth-er couples on campus. Sam comes in at 6-foot-7 and while Arlee is listed as 6 flat, she’s admitted in the past that may be underestimating.

Beyond that, the two have both spent time as varsity athletes. Arlee was cap-tain of the vol-le y ba l l tea m whi le Sam, a former four-s t a r rec r u i t , signed with the Wolfpack in the Spring of 2008.

But probably the st rangest thing about the two is that their relationship started with a case of mistaken identity.

Sam suited up for Hargrave Mili-tary Academy last year, and when he finally got to State in January, 2009, he saw Arlee repeatedly around campus with her teammates and their haphazard courting ritual

began. “She thought I was Zach Allen, one

of my teammates,” Sam said. “I’m not sure how she made that mistake. But one day I was on Facebook and she sent me a message with a number in it. She said ‘the ball’s in your court.’ I texted her and we started going out. And here we are today.”

Arlee and Sam married Dec. 30, 2009 and welcomed their first daughter, Ken-dal, a few weeks later. Since then, the two have had their hands full juggling homework, athletics, marriage and an active three-month-old.

“It’s really tough just being a stu-dent and in a relationship,” Sam said.

“Working on a marriage and hav-ing a brand-new baby – it’s tough. It’s a lot of plan-ning ahead.”

Sam’s hect ic class schedule and leng t hy spr i ng football practices h a v e n’t m a d e things easier. He is set to start at right tackle Sept. 4 for

State’s season opener against Western Carolina. Arlee, who is taking only on-line classes this semester so she can stay home with Kendal, called Sam’s football career a five-to-nine job – the opposite of a nine-to-five job.

“In the winter and spring, I’d be getting up at 4:30 in the morning and

won’t be back until 10 at night,” Sam said. “I can’t see my girls or hang out with them at all. It sucks, but when I have free times, it’s definitely nice.”

Because Kendal can’t move around yet and spends most of her days “eating, s l e e pi ng a nd pooping,” ac-cording to Arlee, the couple can oc-casion-ally find t i m e t o slip out and see a movie on the weekend.

“R ig ht now, though, we’re focus-ing on school,” Arlee said. “I’m focused on graduating and Sam’s focusing on getting through the year. But it’s not that hard be-cause Sam’s my best friend and I feel like that makes it much easier. It’s all worth it.”

Arlee transferred from Boise State before her junior year and was immediately named co-cap-tain. She played in all 35 matches and

Wood bat leagues provide glimpse into Major League life for several State players

Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

For most students, sum-mer is a season in which they can relax, kick back and just hang out. No one is worried about when the next test is or whether a teacher will be giving a pop quiz on the reading; it’s a time to regroup, rest and prepare for the next school year.

However, for col lege baseball players, relaxation time will have to wait. For most players, as soon as the spring college season wraps

up, they will move right ahead and begin play in summer wood bat leagues located all across the United States.

But for most of the Pack players, those locations will be mainly the Cape Cod League in the New England area, the Coastal Plains League located across the Carolinas and Vir-ginia and the North Woods League, located up North around the Wisconsin area.

Justin Sel lers, Assistant Commissioner of the Coastal Plains League, feels summer ball helps provide the young ball players a taste of what it would be like playing at the professional level.

“What we do here at the Coastal Plain League is to try

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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

TodayBASEBALL V. ELONDoak Park at Dail Field, 6:30 pm

FridayBASEBALL V. GEORGIA TECH Doak Park at Dail Field, 6:30 pm

SaturdaySOFTBALL V. GEORGIA TECHDail Softball Stadium, 1 pm, 3 pm

BASEBALL V. GEORGIA TECH Doak Field at Dail Park, 1 pm

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD AT THE CARDINAL INVITEPalo Alto, Calif., All Day

MEN’S TRACK AT THE CARDINAL INVITEPalo Alto, Calif., All Day

MEN’S GOLF AT THE CAVALIER INVITECharlottesville, Va., All Day

SundayBASEBALL V. GEORGIA TECHDoak Field at Dail Park, 1 pm

SOFTBALL V. GEORGIA TECHDail Softball Stadium, 1pm

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD AT THE DUKE TWILIGHTDurham, N.C., All Day

MEN’S TRACK AT DUKE TWILIGHTDurham, N.C., All Day

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QUOTE OF THE DAY“We decided

to start hitting singles instead of swinging for the fences every

time.”Brent Lalas, a junior in nuclear engineering

SYDNEY DOTTERER/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTON.C. State’s starting quarterback and baseball player, Russell Wilson, stands in the dugout of the Gastonia Grizzles during their game June 16, 2009. Wilson played for the Coastal Plain League team through the month of June before returning to State for football training camp.

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DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANRyan Miller, a senior in mechanical engineering, tries to throw out another player during the intramural softball championship. Miller’s team, “Where My Pitches At?,” played against “Playa Hataz.”

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“They work well

together as a team

so they can have the

best possible future

for Kendal.”Alex Smith, a senior on the volleyball

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‘Where My Pitches At?’ prevails in men’s open

Tucker FrazierStaff Writer

After a season marred by continuous inclement weather, the intramural softball season has finally concluded. Champions were crowned in the men’s open division as well as the new elite league Tuesday night on Miller Fields.

“Where My Pitches At?” won the men’s open cham-pionship, downing the over-all top-ranked team 18-10. Timely hitting and defense were the keys to the team’s success as they prevailed from a field that originally included 49 teams. Junior Brent Lalas provided stout defense in center field and had two clutch hits for “Where My Pitches At?”.

“We’ve put up a lot of runs all season,” Lalas said. “We started off slow tonight but we made a nice play on defense that fired us up and really got our bats going.”

After trailing 3-8 in the fifth inning, the bats came alive for “Where My Pitches At” as they strung together 11 straight hits with two outs, resulting in nine runs. The big fifth inning pushed the score to 12-8 and the team never looked back. “Where My Pitches At?” added six insurance runs in the sixth inning to win by the final score of 18-10.

“We decided to start hitting singles instead of swinging for the fences every time,” Lalas said. “We were able to string together some big hits and it definitely paid off for us.”

Following the conclusion of the men’s open championship, “Where My Pitches At?” re-tightened their laces and head-ed back onto the field to play for the elite league champion-ship. Lalas and Co. squared off against last year’s men’s open champions, the Black Mambas.

Armed with a superior of-fense, the Black Mambas struck first, scoring four runs in the top of the first inning to go up 4-0. After “Where My Pitches At?” responded with a run of its own, the Black Mambas had

another big inning, scoring four runs in the third.

The Black Mambas’ War-ren Atkinson blasted a tower-ing fly ball over the heads of the opposing outfielders for a two-run home run. Not to be outdone, junior right fielder Jeff Owens followed with a two-run single up the middle to push the score to 8-1.

“We made great contact with the ball from the get-go,” Ow-ens said. “We were able to sit back and put some good swings on the ball. I guess it was just one of those days where every-thing goes right.”

“Where My Pitches At?” answered with two runs in the fourth inning to pull within four runs. However, the Black Mambas responded in the fifth inning, scoring four insurance runs to extend their lead to 12-4.

A valiant comeback attempt ended short for “Where My Pitches At?”. The team scored four runs in the sixth inning before the Black Mambas’ cap-tain, Nick Balogh, closed the

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