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Students, both full and part-time, voted on the incorrect version of the UAB constitution

Chelsea FrancisSenior Staff Writer

Despite problems in retrieving the correct voter list in this year’s student body elections, the end is not in sight for election issues.

The Union Activities Board’s con-stitution was originally updated two years ago. However, changes from the Spring of ‘08 were not included.

Although in both spring of ‘09 and this year’s elections the UAB Constitu-tion amendments were overwhelm-ingly accepted, it is still unknown as to what will happen with the current proposed amendments, according to Matthew Woodward, UAB president-elect and a junior in applied sociology.

According to Woodward, the real in-tent of the amendment was to change the composition of the Board of Di-rectors. Prior to the approved amend-ment, groups had to petition to be members of the board. This amend-ment was approved by 86.8 percent of the student body.

Woodward said in the spring of ‘09, students voted on an incorrect amend-ment to the UAB/SCBOD constitu-tion.

“In the constitution that was voted upon this year, they not only didn’t make the changes, but they included

Governor’s School alumni voice their concern about the fate of an elite summer program.

Elise HeglarStaff Writer

The North Carolina General Assem-bly, in an effort to address potential budget cuts, proposed the elimina-tion of all state funding for the North Carolina Governor’s School.

Governor’s School is an annual six-week program started in 1963. It offers academic concentrations, including the sciences and Spanish, as well as artistic concentrations such as music and dance.

The state currently provides the program with $849,588 every year, thereby ensuring the program will be of no cost to participants. But students may be required to pay to attend if the General Assembly follows through with its proposal to cut its funding completely to cut costs for the state.

While nothing has officially been passed, many alumni of the program have vocally expressed their disap-

proval with the idea.“A lot of alumni have spoken out

against this idea. We just want to show the state how essential this pro-gram is,” said Dominique Beaudry, ‘09 Governor’s School alum and current student at the North Carolina School of Science and Math.

Mary Watson, director of Governor’s School, said it would be a mistake for the state to take away the already lim-ited funding from the program. Last year, for the first time in the history of the program, students had to pay tu-ition as a result of the initial state cut.

“It would be a terrible mistake for our economy to cut funding for this. This program benefits some of our brightest students,” Watson said. “We have received letters from stu-dents who have become successful all over the country in support of the program.”

Many organizations in North Caro-lina have created scholarship funds to help those students who are unable to pay the tuition to attend the program. According to Beaudry, the socioeco-

The Office of Annual Giving may change the class gift format, though fundraising for 2011 has begun.

Allie BeckettCorrespondent

The corner of Dan Allen Drive and Hillsborough Street is characterized by worn-out bricks, and for students like Kristy Craig, it is an area that is dark and unwelcoming by night.

“It is not the first thing you want people to see,” said Craig, 2010-2011 Senior Class President and political science major. “The project is aimed at making this area more pedestrian and driver friendly.”

To combat this eyesore, Craig, along with N.C. State architects, developed several class gift ideas which were then voted upon by the Senior Council and senior class, both of which decided on the development of the Dan Allen Gateway.

According to Lynn Swank, Univer-

sity landscape project manager, the Dan Allen Gateway is a design challenge because it is an entrance for both drivers and pedestrians.

“Our design team feels that im-provement to this gateway will help provide a ‘front door’ to North Campus, welcoming folks to our campus, and further ‘branding’ the campus from Hillsborough Street,” Swank said.

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luis zapata/technicianCarsi Tong, a freshman in graphic design, chalks a big circle with Japan written in Japanese at the top as part of Chalk the Walk Thursday. The Craft Center sponsored the event as part of Origami Wishes to help raise money for the Japan relief. The Craft Center supplied the chalk and the space for all the participants.

sandra edwards/technicianChristopher Neale, a junior in biological engineering has his head shaved for cancer awareness at the St Baldrick’s festival Thursday. More than 100 people from both the Raleigh community and NC State University attended the festival in order to have their heads shaved. Each person raised money for cancer patients and cancer research by acquiring sponsors.

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Students support Japanese relief efforts through temporary street artwork made of chalk.

Nick MobleyCorrespondent

In response to the Japanese earth-quakes and tsunami in early March, students organized a relief effort to raise money and awareness for the devastated country.

Chalk the Walk brought students and student groups together Thursday to create chalk drawings representing what they envisioned when thinking about Japan.

Each student received a 10-by-10-foot square to chalk, reflecting the “Well Wishes for Japan” theme.

Kavaruss Coleman, a sophomore in engineering and a participant in said he would like the people of Japan to have faith.

“I just want people to know that Japan still has hope,” Cole-man said. “I want my piece to instill in others a message of hope.”

The event, spon-sored by the Crafts Center and the Cam-pus Arts Council, also featured prizes such as a free class for those who raise the most money. The group or team who raises the most donations will receive a free group ac-tivity of choice from the Crafts Center.

Students working on other relief ef-

forts are working together to give to Origami Wishes, a program through Center for Student Leadership, Ethics,

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Craft Center direc-tor George Thomas, program organizers have not yet deter-mined a destination for the donations, which will eventu-ally benefit Japan’s rehabilitation.

Jennifer Lee, a freshman in textile

technology and participant said she hopes the money will go to education in Japan.

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people to know

that Japan still has

hope.”Kavaruss Coleman, sophomore

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origami wishes eventsLearning Origami, making Tsuru Date: April 7 from 4:45 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.Location: Bragaw Activity RoomHosted by the University Scholars Program, come learn to make Origami. There will be an opportunity to buy relief T-Shirts and donate to the relief effort.

CuLTuraL CandLe LighT VigiLDate: April 15, 5 p.m. – 9 p.m.Location: Court of CarolinasA four hour vigil complete with speakers and Japanese music. There will also be an opportunity to make origami cranes at this event.

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While walking around Centennial Campus with the plan to use the trails near Lake Raleigh, sophomore in English Katie Crammer stops to support Enivronment N.C. The organizations is known to help improve the Blue Ridge Parkway by asking for donations or memberships to the cause. Crammer decided to contribute. “They’re obvi-

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todayFrozen Delights: liquiD nitrogen ice cream2 p.m. – 3 p.m.technology Sandbox, West Wing, D.h. hill Library Demonstrations with Dye-sensitizeD solar cells3 p.m. – 4 p.m.technology Sandbox, West Wing, D.h. hill Library

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poliCe BloTTerApril 610:10 a.m. | Fire alarmEngineering Building I Fire protection responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area.

11:28 a.m. | Damage to ProPertyHillsborough Building Staff member reported graffiti drawn at this location.

11:43 a.m. | Damage to ProPertyCollege of Textiles Staff member reported large hole knocked in wall.

11:56 a.m. | larcenyButler Communications Report of suspicious subject in the building. officer located non-student who had stolen monitor. Warrants were drawn for larceny and trespassing.

2:18 a.m. | checK PersonSullivan Drive officers observed subject loitering for extended period of time. All file checks were negative. No action taken.

2:38 a.m. | molest Fire equiPmentAlexander Hall officers responded to alarm caused by unauthorized discharge of fire extinguisher.

9:11 a.m. | hazmat inciDentDabney Hall N.C. State police Department, Fire protection, Environmental health and Security, and Emergency Medical Services responded to staff member in need of

medical assistance. patient was not transported and scene was sterilized.

1:38 P.m. | meDical assistBrickhaven Drive Units responded and transported staff member in need of medical assistance.

1:41 P.m. | Fire alarmDearstyne Research Fire protection responded to alarm caused by power outage.

10:04 P.m. | susPicious PersonWeisiger-Brown Athletic Center Report of someone possible on roof of building. officers searched the roof and building but did not locate anyone.

10:32 P.m. | meDical assist-alcoholWestern Boulevard/Nazareth Street Units responded to highly intoxicated subject passed out. File check revealed active warrant out of SC. Contact was made but SC refused extradition. Subject was transported by Emergency Medical Services for treatment.

12:29 P.m. | susPicious VehiclePartners Deck Report of motorcycle operated carelessly and recklessly. owner identified as student. Investigation ongoing.

4:57 P.m. | aFFrayVet Hospital Report of two subjects fighting in vehicle. officers located two non-students who were trespassed from N.C. State property.

9:34 P.m. | susPicious VehicleVarsity Lot Report of motorcycle driving carelessly and recklessly in lot. officer searched the area but did not locate motorcycle.

9:55 P.m. | susPicious PersonJordan Hall Report of suspicious subject in the area. officers did not locate anyone matching description of subject.

April 712:56 a.m. | meDical assistSullivan HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. transport was refused.

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OBS Landscape Archi-tecture firm is responsible for the design of the gate-way, and the construction company will be selected once the final design is de-termined.

“The gift is part of a larger project, which is the renova-tion of Hillsborough St. all the way down to Daniels,” Swank said.

According to Craig, the senior class needs to raise $35,000 to provide the funds necessary to complete the gateway, but there is a stretch budget of $50,000. With donations from 160 seniors and four sponsors, N.C. State Athletics, The Wolfpack Club, Safran Law, and Fosters American Bar and Grill, around $15,000 has been raised.

“If we reach our goal by the deadline, the project could possibly begin hap-pening in July,” Craig said. “I am very optimistic that we will reach the goal.”

According to Craig, ev-eryone, individuals and companies, are welcome to donate to the senior class gift, and any individual that gives $211 or more, in addition to a possible tax write-off, will have their name engraved on a granite threshold piece on the new gateway.

Seniors who give $211 or more will have their names engraved, be invited to brunch with the chancel-lor on April 27 at 10:30 a.m., and be given a senior t-shirt. However, Craig said those seniors who donate at least $20.11 will still be invited to the brunch and will receive the senior t-shirt.

They would like to have the donations in by gradua-tion, according to Craig, but they will be accepting them until June 31. If the goal of $35,000 is not reached by the deadline the gateway will not be completed as quickly and the senior class will not receive as much credit.

“I do not want it to just be

a University renovation,” said Craig, “I want to show future students that the Class of 2011 cared.”

Changing the giftJeffrey Johnson, senior in

business administration and member of the N.C. State An-nual Fund, is working with the Office of Annual Giving to possibly change the manner in which the senior class gift is given.

“We are exploring a ‘give to your passion’ type of program because we know that one proj-ect will never appeal to every-one,” Johnson said.

According to Johnson, this format has become the norm at the majority of large public universities.

“Last year, buying the first bell for the ‘Finish the Bell Tower’ was a very popular project, but only five percent of seniors gave,” Johnson said.

There were some seniors who questioned the purchase of a bell with the current state of the economy, according to Johnson, who also said the goal of the project is to enable seniors, and eventually all stu-dents, to donate their money toward whichever area of the University most appeals to them.

“I have heard many students say that they would feel more inclined to be a part of a Senior Class Gift if they could decide what to support on an individ-ual basis,” Johnson said. “Al-though I have already given to the Class of 2011 Gift, I would have enjoyed the opportunity to participate while choosing the area to support that has meant the most to me.”

According to Ann Horner, executive director of the Office of Annual Giving, the annual giving office has been working on enhancing the Annual Giv-ing program for the last couple years. The concentration has previously been on alumni, but the focus is beginning to include students.

“The transition from student to alumnus is an important one,” Horner said. “We need to build awareness on our campus for the need for philanthropy for a number of reasons.”

Horner said the office aims to start encouraging students to demonstrate the loyalty and connection received from alumni, potentially leading to the habit of giving annual gifts.

“We ask alumni to support their college or their pro-gram of choice,” Horner said. “Shouldn’t we also invite stu-dents to do the same?”

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Students to paddle junk across Lake Raleigh.

Bryan LeStaff Writer

This Saturday students will race across Lake Raleigh on Centennial Campus, paddling boats made of junk, in the sec-ond annual Reusable Regatta.

Chris Morrow, one of the event organizers and sopho-more in mechanical engineer-ing, said the event is a joint effort between Park Scholars and the N.C. State Office of Sustainability.

“We want the Reusable Re-gatta to be a fun way for stu-dents to get involved and learn about sustainability on cam-pus,” Morrow said.

It costs Reusable Regatta teams $10 to register, thrifti-ness for materials and creativ-ity for construction. Team members must find and gather any recyclable materials they

can find and put their heads to-gether to design a raft that can float and support the weight of two people. Paddles must also be created out of recyclable materials.

During last year’s Reusable Regatta, one t e a m c r e -ated a raf t made of two large wooden boards taped together with mesh bags of empty plastic bott les t ied underneath them. Anoth-er consisted of trash bags f i l led w it h empty bottles put inside a plastic crate, all flipped upside-down and hap-hazardly taped together.

All the rafts floated, but none were stable enough to allow anyone to do anything other

than lie down on them.“One team made paddles out

of PVC pipes with ping-pong paddles taped to the ends,” said Vincent Feucht, a senior in English and the event’s se-nior mentor for organizing the

event.Other de-

s i g n s f o r “paddles” in-cluded trash can lids and food serving trays.

According to the event schedule on t h e R e u s -able Regatta website, at 10 a.m. Saturday morning par-

ticipants arrive at Lake Raleigh to begin assembling their rafts out of their found materials. Teams may also create their rafts ahead of time if they have the means to transport them

there, and may bring them as late as 12 p.m., when official sign-ins begin.

Awards will be presented to the first place team as well as the team with the most cre-ative raft.

“We hope to show that N.C. State is a campus that cares about sustainability in a way that is fun and hands-on,” Fuecht said. “Sustainability is important, especially now.”

Feucht said the event will also feature booths with in-formation on recycling and how students can build a bet-ter campus.

“Something we were aiming for is for this to become like the Krispy Kreme run,” said Sarah Guess, a freshman in Biomedi-cal Engineering and one of the Reusable Regatta’s planners, “something that is both as big and has as noble of a cause.”

Reusable Regatta to set sail Saturday

“Something we

were aiming for is

for this to become

like the Krispy

Kreme run.”Sarah Guess,

freshman in biomedical engineering

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new groups that could be a member of the Board of Di-rectors,” Woodward said.

According to Lindsey Pul-lum, senior in political sci-ence and Student Govern-ment Elections Commission chair, she wasn’t aware of the problem until two hours prior to the polls opening.

“The thing with the consti-tution was a mishap between SCBOD and UAB. Because they brought it to my at-tention at 10 p.m. Monday, there was absolutely noth-ing I could do,” Pullum said. “Matt brought it to my atten-tion once the ballot had been locked in, so there was no possible way of changing it.”

Although full-time students voted in favor of the changes, the commission and UAB and

SCBOD will arrange another voting day, according to Pul-lum.

“I have spoken to MaryCobb Randall about the issue, and we will be speaking about it when to arrange a separate voting day for passing the amendments,” Pullum said.

According to MaryCobb Randall, Student Centers Presi-dent and senior in business ad-ministration, the constitution put before the student body for vote went through several stages.

“Our board put together a committee to make changes to the constitution. In incorpo-rating all of the changes that we wanted to implement in to the document, this update was not incorporated,” Randall said. “Once a draft constitution was complete, it was emailed to our board, our advisors, and to Union Activities Board leadership for review. After this

round of recommendations and changes, we proceeded to have the document approved by the Union Activities Board and, finally, by the Student Centers Board of Directors.”

Randall said updating the combined Student Centers Board of Directors and Union Activities Board is a long pro-cess.

“Updating a constitution is a laborious process. Unlike most organizations, our constitu-tion must be approved by the student body at large, so any oversight that we make is not as easily fixed,” Randall said. “We are, however, commit-ted to making these changes with integrity and with the best interests of students as a priority.”

“Education is really impor-tant and I’d like to see them get schools started back up,” Lee said. “You can’t rea l ly get anywhere without edu-cation.”

L ee , who s a i d s h e ’s participated in other chalk festivals, said s he wou ld like to see the event contin-ue and grow.

“There aren’t that many people here and there could be more,” said Lee. “I know there are more people that chalk on campus. I learned to chalk in a

day and if you’re an artist, it’s not that hard to do. I know de-sign and arts village students could get into it.”

Although relief efforts for Ja-pan on campus are happening continuously, many students like Richard Combs, a junior

in biological sciences, said t h e y w i s h there was a better way to stay informed and get in-volved.

“Origami Wishes seems to be get-t ing things together and h ave b e e n

setting up at several events. The donations are extremely helpful. I wish I could play a bigger part in it.”

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luis zapata/technicianNina Rountree, a senior in biochemistry, donates money to various buckets during the Craft Center sponsored Chalk Walk.

sandra edwards/technicianS Suda Thao, freshman in accounting, chalked Wolf Plaza with a tribute to Tanaba, which is where “everybody writes a wish on a piece of paper and they put it on bamboo leaves,” Thao said.

luis zapata/technicianThe Craft Center as part of Origami Wishes put on Chalk The Walk in Wolf Plaza to help raise money for Japan relief. Around 75 different participants were given an area to chalk in and passersby donated money into chalk drawings they found more favorable.

nicole MÖring/technicianKavaruss Coleman, a sophmore in engineering, chalks for Chalk the Walk in Wolf Plaza. Money raised thoroughout the event is for the Red Cross relief effort in Japan. “This is the least I can do,” Coleman said.

nomic diversity of the program has decreased immensely since the tuition was instituted and said it will only decrease more if more funding is discontin-ued.

“We understand that budget cuts are happening everywhere, but this program is important,” Beaudry said. “We want to maintain it at all costs, even if we have to compromise by ac-cepting less students or limit-ing the campuses.”

Alex Grindstaff, a junior in biological sciences and ‘08 Governor’s School alumnus, said the program was an ex-tremely inf luential experi-ence, and said it gave him an opportunity to meet people from North Carolina who had similar aspirations.

“I’m from a small part of

western North Carolina, so I really had no worldly experi-ences,” Grindstaff said. “This [Governor’s School] gave me the chance to meet people who are like-minded, who loved learning for the sake of learning.”

While Watson said the pro-gram is dependent on state funding, organizers are con-tinuing the planning for the current summer as if the fund-ing will still be intact.

The program does not cur-rently have an alternative plan in the event that the state fund-ing is taken away.

Though the General As-sembly has been considering this complete cut in funding for the program, Gov. Beverly Perdue is not considering such an option. According to Chris Mackey, Gov. Perdue’s press secretary, Perdue does not want to cut funding for the program.

“The Governor has done all

she can to hold down the education system in North Carolina,” Mackey said. “There are no cuts for this in her budget.”

Despite Mackey’s assuranc-es, alumni and students are organizing protests in reac-tion to the program’s plight. Several groups created Face-book pages for the protests, and students at UNC-Chapel Hill have started a petition, according to Beaudry.

No representatives from the General Assembly were available to comment on this issue at press time. All main-tained that the cuts were not official and are subject to change.

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{ }OUR VIEW

Student Government’s at-tempts to make the Col-lege Cup a tradition for

can be seen in their prepara-tion, their expectations that it will continue in the future and their making the winning trophy big enough for 28 po-tential spots. While they may mean well, their efforts should be focused elsewhere because creating traditions is not their function.

Student Government’s mis-sion statement outlines a three-pronged approach to serving the student body.

This year, while they have proudly displayed what they accomplished on their web-site, Student Government still hasn’t addressed the division between themselves and the student body. This is where they should focus their en-ergy to prepare for next year.

The first line of their mission statement states that they will “encourage students to express their concerns and ideas.” Stu-dents have scoffed at the idea of Student Government com-municating with them and are less likely to respond because of this.

They are also supposed to “promote an environment of open discourse and academic excellence.” Although their list of accomplishments this year is extensive, there have been few tangible results. Their work with advising has proven somewhat fruitful and they are starting to expand their com-munication with administra-tors and deans, but students are not feeling included in this

discourse and that is the crux of the problem.

Finally, Student Govern-ment is meant to “proactively represent the student voice to the University administration and Board of Trustees through ethical and accountable pub-lic service.” It sounds nice, but that is it. The student represen-tatives aim to serve, but by not being visible and actively com-municating to students, their credibility in representation fails.

There is clearly a misunder-standing in their function. While commissions and com-mittees exist to divide up the work and keep operations or-ganized, at the end of the day, it is up to the students and

organizations to make things happen whether they are com-municating or running events. Student Government exists to make sure these groups have the environment and support so they can do this freely, not do it have it done by Student Government.

This year Student Govern-ment has looked past most of these issues. More planning and energy has gone towards setting up a tradition rather than addressing the issues of communication. What they seem to forget is that they are not the student body, but rather represent them. Stu-dent Government should focus more on representing the stu-dents in the departments on the chopping block, and leave the traditions to STAT and oth-er organizations.

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

responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

College Cup does not solve communication problemsTHE FACTS:Student Government and Campus Recreation will be hosting the first annual College Cup Competition this Saturday. Ten students from each college will participate in a series of challenges to see who will get their college’s name on the golden cup. All attendants are from outside of Student Government.

OUR OPINION:While the College Cup competition will provide a physical and mental outlet for students to display their competitiveness, Student Government is trying too hard to start a tradition at N.C. State and that is not their purpose.

BY MARIA WHITE

Do you think the Student Senate has effectively reflected the student

body this year? Why or why not?

{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“I don’t see any significant difference in the Student Senate since I am in studio all the time.”

Gabrielle Jenkinssophomore, enivronmental design in architecure

“No, because I have seen absolutely nothing the Student Government has done this year.”

Paul Brockingtonsophomore, engineering

Brain Game! Two students in the 1960 chess club battle it out on the checkerboard in the Er-dahl-Cloyd Student Union. This Saturday, students from N.C. State’s 12 colleges will compete

in both academic and physically demanding challenges in the inaugural College Cup.Image from University Archives.

Mark McLawhorn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus

Add value to your future through

summer opportunitiesAs we approach the summer,

we need to be thinking about productive ways to spend it. While some of us have summer jobs, others are in search of a way to increase their knowl-

edge and skills for relevant work experi-ence—intern-ships. It is im-portant to have an internship that is aligned with one’s ca-reer goals and summer in-ternships can

be valuable while working to-wards a future career.

Owing to the economic downturn, the job scenario in the state and parts of the coun-try looks bleak. This means we as students need to add value to our-selves and our resumes to increase our competitive-ness in the job market. Sum-mer intern-ships are an effective way to get real job experience, which w i l l help us accomplish our career goals.

We need to pull up our sleeves and work hard on this summer’s job search. It takes extraordinary effort to get re-sults; with our job search we shouldn’t settle for anything less than success.

While we work hard on find-ing an internship, we need to be organized and diligent. Most of us don’t even bother visiting the University’s Career

Center, however they have great resources that will make a dif-ference in the way we approach our job searches. We pay for these resources and these staff members are devoted to their jobs. We need to make the most of the resources N.C. State pro-vides for us so we can get a great job.

In an effort to get a job over the summer we should not ne-glect our academics or let them get in the way of our search. By practicing time management skills and being organized, it should be easy to balance the present with the future. These skills will also be critical in your future. Don’t discount practicing skills now that you will need as a professional.

Getting an internship is a great feeling. All the pain of

searching for an internship that fits, the uncomfort-able moments during inter-views and the nervousness of wa it i ng for the final result are all wor t h t he extra effort. You can work towards get-

ting a great job this summer to help you launch a success-ful career. You can’t lose hope because of a few rejections. It takes tremendous effort to find a dream internship, and when you get it, it is all worth it.

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Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flat

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I am writing in response to the editorial, “Organizations’ sustainability initiatives fall flat.”

As a student of N.C. State and the Sustainability Director of Student Government, I am disappointed by the dismissive nature of this article.

The success of one of this yearís runner-ups, Kyle Barth, is entirely absent in this skewed representation of Think Outside the Brick. Kyleís initial goal to outfit Bagwell Hall with hall light timers led to University Housing doubling $500 awarded by Think Outside the Brick to outfit the entire Quad. This is an example of a self-motivated student invested in proposal along with swift results. It is remiss to omit this success.

This is the programís second year. Flaws are expected. Is this any surprise to not have

achieved perfection in two years, where I might add, the winners were tripled from last year? The Technician seems hasty to abandon a program attempting to close the gap between University staff and students.

Student Government, Office of Sustainability and University staff has spent hours with students supporting their proposals; yet, they have been wrongfully blamed for some Think Outside the Brick projects having a difficult time getting implemented.

Ultimately, it is up to the students to make their proposals reality. Student Government and Office of Sustainability provide all the tools to succeed. Some students have easier implementations than others.

We would appreciate for the Technician to not interfere further with the Think Outside the Brick process. Time has been wasted dealing with your publication instead of on the success of our remaining projects.

Rachel Conleysenior, fisheries and wildlife sciences

Tainting a good competition doesn’t help the cause

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The Think Outside the Brick Competition is not a sham. The SOUL Garden, though it may not have been put in the location originally desired, is in a fantastic location. The program’s inbox is overflowing with classes, professors, companies and students looking to come and help out and get involved. No, the

garden isn’t in the middle of campus, but can you blame N.C. State?

How could they be sure that they could put a raised bed of dirt in the middle of campus and students wouldn’t abandon if after the first year and they’d have to pay to have it removed when it became weed-ridden?

The University is nothing short of helpful on these projects. Tom Skolnicki did a great job in securing the SOUL Garden location for us when we made the decision that was where we wanted it. And he is doing a great job this year in helping us install the solar panel installation that students will be able to charge their laptops by “plugging into the sun.”

The problem isn’t the University. A lot of the time it’s us students coming in not knowing the correct pathway and offices to go through to make these projects happen. We have the ideas. The University will help you make it happen.

Try not to lose hope so quickly. A vast number of uneducated students look to the paper to form opinions about things they don’t know about, and you tainting a good competition doesn’t help our cause.

Bryan Maxwelljunior, environmental engineering

“I can’t really tell, but from what I see it seems that a lot of the student body does not have much of a connection with the Senate.”

Aaron Thomasfreshman, political science

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N.C. State alumni find beauty in destruction

Strawberry season boosts our state economy

Artspace’s new exhibition showcases an exploration of modern-day ruins.

Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer

Once a building loses its pur-pose, whether it be industry or service, it is often abandoned and forgotten, becoming a de-cayed version of what it once was. Despite this, some artists have found that these buildings have another purpose—telling a story of a time long past.

Artspace is running an ex-hibition in Gallery Two called “Rising Into Ruin” that ex-plores the abandonment and decay of industrial buildings and the urban landscape. The idea of the modern ruins com-pares with ancient ruins of the classical world. The exhibit features two N.C. State alumni artists; Tim Kiernan, class of 2002, and Greg Lindquist, class of 2003.

The idea for the exhibit stems from a new genre of art that ex-plores and accentuates the ru-ins of industrial buildings and the style is gaining in popular-ity. Time magazine ran a photo essay comprised of work by photographer Sean Hemmer-le, which featured photos of the ruins of Detroit, one of the more popular subjects for this rapidly increasing genre.

“The overall theme of the show is…modern day ruins and looking at what becomes of these forgotten structures,” Kiernan said.

Lia Newman, director of pro-grams and exhibitions at Art-space, said that the inspiration came from viewing Lindquist’s work and the work of another artist featured in the show,

Morgan Craig.“I guess what I saw in their

work was a connection about urban development and land use and disuse, like what hap-pens to these industrial spac-es,” Newman said.

Newman said the she believes the show is very relevant to our ever-growing and ever-chang-ing society, both nationally and locally.

“I was interested in the idea because there has been so much growth and change in Raleigh since I moved here,” she said.

For the show, Kiernan cre-ated a video installation that was inspired by deteriorating St. Agnes Hospital, located on the campus of St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh.

“It’s three blocks away from where my house is, but I didn’t know much about it,” Kiernan said. “The building is the clos-est thing we have to ruins—ru-ins in the classical sense. This building is over a hundred years old.”

After doing some research, Kiernan discovered that the hospital was closed down in 1961 after desegregation in North Carolina and that it is a very important building to the African American community.

“It started with curiosity at a building in my environment and then it became a deeper look at what it meant to the community,” Kiernan said.

Kiernan said the work he created for the show was a “site-specific piece” because he created it to fit in the gal-lery at Artspace. With all of the research and actual creation, Kiernan said he’s been working on it for around five months.

Lindquist’s art, which helped to inspire the idea to bring the show to Artspace, is a series of

paintings based on photo-graphs of ruins.

“It ’s about l ayer s ,” Lindquist said. “It’s all these things that refer to each other.”

N e w m a n d e s c r i b e d Lindquist’s paintings as fo-cusing on the “exterior, wide view” of the changing land-scape as opposed to Craig’s paintings which focus on the emotion of the modern ruins.

Lindquist said that the ti-tle of the exhibit came from an essay called “A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic, New Jersey,” written by Rob-ert Smithson, an artist who came to be obsessed with the idea of these modern ruins.

“He had this great way of synthesizing science and art and literature,” Lindquist said. “He was obsessed with things falling apart and al-most thought it better rep-resented life than things coming into life. It expands the idea of what a ruin can be—that a ruin can be beau-tiful.”

Lindquist said that those ideas pertained to his own paintings—that his work addresses how these ruins affect the local, national and global community.

“For me it’s about playing with different ways of trans-lating imagery,” Lindquist said.

Exhibits that feature alumni work aren’t new to Artspace. Newman has worked previously with University students and graduates.

“For all our exhibitions, we’re looking at emerging

Strawberries provide health benefits and a healthy boost for the economy.

Stephen BehanStaff Writer

Strawberry season is un-derway, and the little red fruit can have a big impact on North Carolina’s economy, as well as people’s health. The health benefits of eating more fruit have been proven by sci-entists and nutritionists, and strawberries are a good source of nutrients.

In North Carolina, straw-berry farms are advocating to open to the public in order to provide fresh handpicked strawberries to local residents.

These farms are an impor-tant part of North Caro-

lina’s agricul-ture industry.

Accord-ing to Debby Wechsler f r o m t h e North Caroli-na Strawberry Association, North Caro-lina produces a large portion of strawberry harvests on a na-tional level.

“North Carolina’s actually the third largest producer in the country, if you [measure] by the value of the crop,” Wechsler said.

However, Wechsler said the distinction can be a bit mis-leading.

“But, that has to be taken with a grain of salt, because the number one and number two producers are way bigger than we are,” Wechsler said. “To-gether they produce something like 95 percent of the country’s strawberries. California is the biggest [producer], then Flor-ida.”

Despite the small percentage of production on a national scale, Wechsler said the straw-

berry industry plays a big role in North Carolina’s economy.

“In terms of the contribu-tion to North Carolina’s econ-omy, it’s around $24 million,” Wechsler said.

According to a USDA report, North Carolina produced ap-proximately 19.5 mil l ion pounds of strawberries in 2010, creating a farm income of ap-proximately $24.3 million.

According to Wechsler, N.C. State has acted as a key influ-ence on strawberry production in the state industry.

“N.C. State has been a real leader in strawberries for the whole region,” Wechsler said. “The University has had a really strong program of research and extension involving strawber-ries since the mid 1980s.”

The main method for production throughout the south-east is the plasticul-ture method developed at N.C. State. This meth-od employs plastic as a substitute for mulch and uses a

network of plastic irrigation tubing.

“[Plasticulture] has been ad-opted by growers in Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia and Ohio,” Wechsler said. “They’re all following the lead of North Carolina, and they all turn to North Carolina because the research on strawberries isn’t as strong in their states. We’ve got the plant pathologist, we have the horticultural exper-tise to do the research, to get information out and to share it throughout the region.”

Aside from being good for the local economy, strawber-ries also have certain health benefits.

Strawberries are healthy because they are a source of essential nutrients, according

to Gabriel Harris, professor of food, bioprocessing and nutri-tion sciences.

“Strawberries contain rela-tively high levels of vitamin C, potassium and folates,” Harris said. “These are nutrients we have to consume because our bodies don’t make them on their own.”

According to Harris, straw-berries have ellagic acid and anthocyanins, the chemical that makes them red, which are considered nonessential nutri-ents. In essence, they are ben-eficial for good health but not absolutely necessary for life.

“What needs further investi-gation are these nonessentials,” Harris said. “Potential benefits include high antioxidant prop-erties, and potential anticancer effects.”

There may also be a benefit with regards to age related de-cline in cognitive functions, according to Harris.

However, the key word here is potential. According to Harris, while the benefits of vitamins and essential nutrients found in strawberries are known, the benefits of nonessential nutri-ents are still being researched.

“These benefits are not con-clusive,” Harris said. “They are still actively being inves-tigated.”

Jennifer Pries, senior in Eng-lish and plant pathology, said she buys strawberries from the campus Farmers’ Market on the Brickyard.

“When they’re in season, I buy them about once a week,” Pries said. “It’s wonderful to have a place where you can get them early.”

The strawberries come from a farm in Pender County, near Wilmington, according to Gar-ry Wise, vendor at the Campus Farmers’ Market.

To find a strawberry farm in your location, the N.C. Straw-berry Association has a farm locator on their website, www.ncstrawberry.org.

PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STRAWBERRY ASSOCIATIONNorth Carolina strawberry production ranks number three in the United States and these red fruits provide lots of healthy vitamins and flavor.

“In terms of the

contribution to

North Carolina’s

economy, it’s

around $24

million.”Debby Wechsler, member of NCSA

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While leaving the Atrium, Adam Ward, a senior in biochemistry and environmental science, sported a nice look for springtime. Ward wore a button-up, Western-style shirt from Hollister ($25), dark blue Hollister jeans ($20), and a pair of white and black ASICS shoes ($70). He enjoys shopping at Express and online at Topman.com. Ward sometimes looks through GQ magazine for style inspiration, but, typically, he said, “I usually just wear whatever I feel like wearing.”

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Students make D.H. Hill Library a place of prayerAmongst its many resources, D.H. Hill Library houses a prayer room for Muslim students.

Joanne WuStaff Writer

Exam weeks aside, far more praying is done at D.H. Hill Li-brary than we think. To the left side of the library’s tower sits a modestly-sized prayer room, nestled in the bottom of a stair-case. Although it’s tucked away and unknown to most students on campus, many Muslim students frequent this corner of the library, using it during prayer times throughout the day.

“One of the pillars of Islam is to pray,” Faiza Mustafa, soph-omore in biological sciences, said. “When we’re at school, there’s no time to go home or to the mosque, so it’s a lot more convenient to have the library at school to pray.”

Compared to the rest of the library, the prayer room is relatively young. The room was established as an unofficial prayer room seven years ago when Aurelia Clayton, library facilities manager, walked by the staircase and spotted a student sitting down to pray. It was then that the idea of a prayer room was conceived. Clayton approached her su-pervisors and requested that the room be given to students. Thanks to Clayton and the help of other staff, Muslim students have been able to call the prayer room their own.

“One of the core principles of everyone who works in the library is to try to help any student be able to work bet-ter here,” Clayton said. “The

suggestion of a space was re-ceived well and a lot of us were involved in coming up with a place where you could gather without distractions.”

But new as it may be, the number of students showing up to pray on a daily basis contin-ues to grow.

“This semester, the num-ber has increased drastically,” Mohammed Dorgham, sopho-more in biochemistry, said. “It started from five [and is] cur-rently 30.”

According to Islamic prac-tice, Muslims are required to pray five specific times of the day, with consideration to where the sun is located in the sky: at sunrise, noon, after-noon, sunset and night. During any of these times, a handful of students can be found in the prayer room. Due to growing followers and little capacity, students agree to take shifts to pray.

Crowdedness, however, is not a pressing issue on the minds of these students. To them, pray-ing in a group is a blessing.

“The more people we pray with the better,” Mustafa said. “Not only are you meeting other Muslims, it’s also more rewarding than having to pray by yourself.”

The prayer room serves mul-tiple purposes. While uniting the Muslim community on

campus, it also provides flex-ibility amidst the busy sched-ules any typical college student possesses. For Muslims, reli-gious traditions do not equate with convenience.

Before performing prayers, Muslims must be ceremonially clean. Although the ablutions vary from sect to sect, they con-sist of: washing of the hands, arms, mouth and face in a sys-tematic order before praying. Come prayer time, leaving the library to perform ceremonial cleansing interrupts studying patterns. But with the prayer space within the library, stu-dents can choose to pray right where they study.

“It is amazingly convenient,” Dorgham said. “Most of the Muslims generally meet up in the library or learning com-mons so we can always pause our activities and go pray. We are very thankful to the library for allowing a space for us to perform our prayers.”

Additionally, the prayer room also serves as a haven for students living on cam-pus. Mohamad Haidar, junior in biochemistry, lives with a non-Muslim and expressed his fondness for the space the prayer room provides.

“The prayer room is a calm, peaceful space where I can guarantee I will be able to con-centrate during my prayer.”

SARAH EDENS/TECHNICIANTalbia Choudhury, a junior in biochemistry, and Tahiti Choudhury, a sophomore in biological sciences, are in the fifth position of the Maghrib praying period. Muslim prayers, called salawat in Arabic, consist of multiple positions. These women pray on their prayer rugs, which are pointed towards the direction of the holy city of Mecca.

PRAYER TIMES FOR APRIL 8, 2011PRAYER PERIOD EXACT TIME

Fajr Dawn 5:21 AM

Dhuhr Just after noon 1:22 PM

Asr Afternoon 5:51 PM

Maghrib Evening 7:45 PM

Isha Night 8:59 PM

SOURCE: ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION OF RALEIGH

and established artists,” New-man said. “For some of them, I’ve become familiar with their work while they were NCSU.”

Newman said she enjoys working closely with the art community at the University and giving them the chance to

showcase their work.“What’s been really great

about working with NCSU is that it speaks highly about the art department and the College of Design,” she said.

The show runs until May 7 at Artspace gallery in downtown Raleigh. Both Lindquist and Kiernan hope that students will come out and see it.

ARTSPACEcontinued from page 5

SportsAfter two victories over UNC-Charlotte, Pack looks to beat rival Tarheels.

Nick LivelyStaff Writer

Coming off a double-header sweep of UNC-Charlotte on Wednesday, the N.C. State softball team (17-17 overall, 1-7 ACC) looks to continue its winning streak as it takes on UNC-Chapel Hill in the annual Kay Yow Pink Game tomorrow at 1 p.m.

With the two wins over Charlotte, the Wolfpack se-cured a milestone for coach Lisa Navas – her 600th career victory. Senior second base-man Alyssa Ishibashi said it was great to be apart of such a special moment.

“It was great to be a part of her 600th win,” Ishibashi said. “I’ve always wanted to be a part

of something special, so I could leave my mark and help my coach out in the process.”

State hopes that between the past two days of practice, and pure dedication and determi-nation, the team will be able to overcome the anxiety of the rivalry and come away with the win as junior Toni Ann Wil-laford put it.

“I definitely feel that we are prepared for the Tar Heels,” Willaford said. “We played them last year and won the se-ries, so I feel like we know what to expect from them this year.”

When asked if there were any key factors that would contrib-ute to the team’s success this weekend, senior catcher Alyssa Allbritten said that it comes down to how badly the players want to win.

“UNC is a little different than the other teams we have played,” Allbritten said. “It’s a dogfight on both sides and

basically comes down to who wants it more.”

Allbritten, who sports a team-high batting average of .358, feels like her success stems from time and effort put in both on and off the field.

“It makes me feel good to know I have a strong batting average,” Allbritten said. “I have put a lot of time and ef-fort throughout the season, and seeing those numbers makes me feel accomplished.”

The Wolfpack will need every hit it can muster, as the team faces star freshman pitcher from UNC, Lori Spingola. With over 178 innings pitched, she boasts an impressive 1.69 ERA and 179 strikeouts.

With mostly underclassmen on the team, only a few players actually know what it is like to play the Tar Heels. Albritten admitted that the team’s in-state rival swings the bats well and also have good team speed.

“They are a hard hitting team for sure,” Allbritten said. “The have a couple of fast kids, and they will definitely come out swinging.”

In remembrance of former women’s basketball coach Kay Yow, who lost a battle with breast cancer in early 2009, two of the three games played this weekend will be entitled “Kay Yow Pink Game.”

With the Kay Yow Pink Game doubleheader being played at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, Willaford feels it will give the players motivation to play faster.

“It definitely gives a little more motivation to play bet-ter,” Willaford said. “In the back of your mind you think some people will never have this chance. We just want to do good for both our team and Kay Yow.”

rupted. But I’d say we’ve knocked out some good, nationally ranked guys this season, allowing to keep things contested.”

Hodgson echoed Choboy’s comments that inconsistency has played a big role in the team’s under performance so far this season.

“We’ve come together as a team

at the end of the season and it sounds like it should be easy, but it is not as easy as it sounds,” said Hodgson. “It’s not like we have players that never win, it’s just that everyone wins on a separate day. We hope to do well against UVA so that we can go into Sun-day with more confidence”

Following today’s match, the Pack will play its final home match of the season as it hosts Virginia Tech on Senior Day at 1 p.m.

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ACROSS1 Chuck E.

Cheese’s order6 Disaster

response gp.10 Eric the Red’s

birth year, roughly13 Lets go14 Conscious15 “A likely story!”16 Celtic quaffs?18 Old cereal box

letters19 __-Caps20 Anderson of

Jethro Tull21 Pyle portrayer23 Composer

Stravinsky25 Words of affection

from Luigi26 Club ingredient28 Astronaut

Grissom29 Seed alternative30 Caribbean baby

animal?32 Impudent34 Senescent35 Refinery input36 Escape to Vegas,

maybe37 “__ life!”38 Arabian guy?40 Withdrawal

concern41 911 response

initials42 Hardly local43 ’70s TV cop

played by RobertBlake

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overseas47 Dinghy thingy48 Electrical sound51 Lighting brand52 East Asian “pet”?56 “__ you nuts?”57 Matching58 Agony and

ecstasy59 Dorm agts.60 640 acres: Abbr.61 Opposite of lanky

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Hawaiian lava23 Complaint while

groping24 Some Chinese

restaurant decor25 Dice and ice,

often26 Mesopotamian

savings plan?27 Earhart et al.

28 Spiritual leaders30 It may be tipped31 One commonly

follows “said”32 Naval acronym33 Japanese dough39 Stone

monument41 And those

following, infootnotes

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44 Old TV parts45 Knight’s

protection47 Ventura County

resort48 Contemporary of

Mao49 Operatic slave50 It’s behind us53 Elemental suffix54 MLB execs55 Chantilly crower

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Solution to Thursday’s puzzleComplete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders)contains everydigit 1 to 9. For strategies on how to solveSudoku, visitwww.sudoku.org.uk.

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have a lot of players from there so it should be fun.”

Though the team may not be performing well on the road, Avent continued to say that he is happy with the way the Pack has been playing and hopes they will continue to rely on each other o v e r t h e weekend.

“I’m tick-led to death with the way this team is playing right now,” Avent said. “They are starting to feed off of each other and depend on each other. When you get guys depending on one anoth-er, it makes things easier as a coach. When you can lean on your teammates, it makes the team better as a whole.”

Although Miami’s pitching has been strong to start the season, the offense has proven potent as well. Rony Rodriguez was named the ACC Player of the Week last week after hit-ting .750 with one home run in three games. The Canes’ Harold Martinez leads the team with 21 RBI and is second only to Rodriguez with a .289 batting average.

But with players like May-nard and sophomore infielder Chris Diaz hitting above .330, junior starting pitcher Cory

Mazzoni said the Wolfpack has nothing to worry about if it sticks to a certain men-tality.

“Rony [Rodriguez] and Harold [Martinez] are re-ally anchoring that lineup right now,” Mazzoni said. “Those are two of the best hitters in the ACC, so get-ting them out would really help us out in some of the

games. We c a n’t g o into games looking at their stats, but instead imagine them all as .4 0 0 h it-ters.”

With all of the fac-tors taken i n t o a c -

count, sophomore infielder Matt Bergquist believes that if the team has smart at-bats down in Miami, everything else will fall into place.

“If we go up there to the plate with a plan we’ll do fine,” Bergquist said. “If we just go up there trying to find a hit we’re going to struggle. If we are moving runners over and doing the little things, [the] right things should take care of themselves and hopefully lead to wins.”

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“I’m tickled to

death with the

way this team

is playing right

now.”coach Elliott Avent

Detweiler said. “It puts more drive in us to play better when we have guys winning tournaments. For me, I defi-nitely want to start winning and everyone else feels the same way. They’re our teammates, but that doesn’t mean we don’t want to beat them.”

The River Landing Intercollegiate will take place this Friday and Saturday while the Wolfpack Spring Open will take place next Saturday and Sunday. After hosting its annual spring tournament, the ACC tournament will begin on April 22 at Old North State Club in London, N.C.

GOLFcontinued from page 8

SOFTBALL

Softball hosts UNC in Kay Yow Pink Game

Wolfpack looks to turn things around before ACC Championships.

Sean EgeStaff Writer

At 3 p.m. this Friday, the N.C. State men’s tennis team will host No. 1 ranked Virginia at Pullen Park as it tries to gain some late-sea-son momentum with the ACC Championships com-ing in two weeks.

This past weekend, No. 28 Miami (12-5, 6-1 ACC) defeated No. 59 NC State (8-11, 0-7 ACC) by the fi-nal score of 5-2. The Pack barely fell to the Hurricanes in doubles, as the duo of Dave Thomson and Julian Sullivan were able to secure a doubles w i n, but the rest of the doubles rotation c a me up just short.

“We’re disap-pointed again with what happened with Miami,” junior Dominic Hodg-son said. “The problem is we’re winning in certain places one day and in an-other place the next day.”

Today’s match will be the 54th meeting between the Wolfpack and the Cava-liers. State has not had much success against Virginia recently, with the last win against the Cavaliers com-ing in 1999 when the Pack won 4-3. Nonetheless, in-dividual players have had the opportunity to secure wins against the Cavaliers in the past when it has come to that aspect of the match.

“Numbers are numbers to me, doesn’t matter if you’re 1st or 30th,” coach Jon

Choboy said. “It’s going to be a competitive match and will be closely contested.”

The N.C. State-Virgin-ia matchup has always been a tough one for the team. The exceptional skills of the Cava-liers have allowed them to stay ranked No. 1 nationally for quite a while. However, this isn’t the first time the Pack will be facing Virginia. Every season’s matchup between the two teams tends to be filled with energy as the best players compete against each other.

“You’re going to get a tough battle,” Hodgson said. “Last year I had a pretty good match in doubles and in singles and had chances in both. They’re the best team for a reason, so it’s going to be tough work.”

The players are motivated b y d e s i r e and the goal of f i n i sh-ing strong through the s e t s . Pa s t matches have been lost to oppo-nents due to tiebreakers and similar nerve-rack-ing points. T he t e a m

knows it must follow through with all of its hard work and winning is a matter of staying consistent from point-to-point.

The month of March was unforgiving to the Wolfpack, as matches continually came down to single games and tie-breakers for players. But ac-cording to Choboy, they are doing what they know best and just have to work on continuity issues.

“I agree that there has been some inconsistency,” said coach Choboy. “We haven’t been able to do it all in the same day. Guys are getting momentum going, and then someone else loses. Continuity is key in any sport but it seems to get inter-

COUNTDOWN• Eight days until the 3rd annual Kay Yow Spring

Football Game.

INSIDE• Page 7: A preview of the softball team’s

Kay Yow Pink Game against North Carolina. SportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 2011

N.C. State has another tough conference test against the Hurricanes this weekend.

Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor

When the Wolfpack travels down to Florida this weekend, it will be competing against the best team in the Miami area. Not only have the Hurricanes defeated almost every opponent in the conference while compiling an 8-3 ACC record, with their only losses coming in a series sweep at Georgia Tech, they have also defeated an MLB team.

That’s correct, Miami played against the Florida Marlins, a Major League Baseball franchise, and won 9-8, in an exhibition game prior to the Marlins season.

Thanks to a loose mindset that the Pack (18-12, 5-7 ACC) has taken on since the Clemson series, sophomore pitcher Chris Overman said that the baseball team has been playing sharp lately.

“We’ve been playing loose ever since the Clemson series at home,” Overman said. “Hopefully we can take that same mentality down to Miami with us. If this team is play-ing that way and executing on the mound and throwing strikes, we can play with anybody in the country.”

State’s bullpen has been on a tear recently with Overman and com-pany, which has helped the team win two straight conference games along with a crucial win over in-state rival ECU.

Overman believes the bullpen will play an important role in bringing home a series win against the Hur-ricanes on Sunday.

“The bullpen is going to play a big role,” Overman said. “Obviously our starters have been going pretty far into games. Cory [Mazzoni] always takes the game pretty late on Fridays. And then Saturday and Sunday the starters should hold up well, but if they don’t the bull-pen’s always got them.”

The Hurricanes pitching, particularly their bullpen as well, has been consis-tently good this season. Miami show-cases seven pitchers overall who have a sub-3.00 ERA and two pitchers out of the bullpen with ERAs lower than 1.00.

While junior infielder Pratt Maynard

said he was impressed by the numbers, he knows the Pack can put together runs early and has confidence in his own bullpen.

“Their bullpen may be great, but we can put up runs on anybody right now,” Maynard said. “I’m not too worried about scoring runs against them. We have a pretty good bullpen ourselves that can keep us in games late even if we are struggling.”

The team has had a really good re-cord at home this season, but the team has struggled thus far on the road in conference play. The Pack has lost both

series in the ACC away from Doak Field at Dail Park against Duke and Georgia Tech, going 1-5 overall.

Coach Elliott Avent knows his team has shown some woes on the road, but he still believes the experience should be fun going on the road.

“I’ve always enjoyed playing on the road,” Avent said. “We obviously play well here at Doak Field, but there is something really nice about getting out of town with your team and relax-ing. Miami is a fun place to play, and we

Baseball hopes to weather the storm

ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIANSophomore pitcher Chris Overman attempts to pick off a runner in the game against ECU Tuesday. Overman struck out four and allowed no runs in 2.1 innings.

BASEBALL continued page 7

Men’s tennis hosts No. 1 Virginia

“The problem

is we’re winning

in certain places

one day and in

another place the

next day.”junior Dominic Hodgson

TENNIS continued page 7

Men’s golf returns to North Carolina looking to take advantage of the Bermuda grass course this weekend.

Sean FairholmStaff Writer

After nearly six months of playing on bent grass courses across the south-east, the No. 23-ranked men’s golf team returns to North Carolina, where it will play on a more familiar surface at the River Landing Intercollegiate this weekend – Bermuda grass.

The event in Wallace, N.C. marks the beginning of a series of three in-state tournaments, including next weekend’s Wolfpack Spring Open held at Lon-nie Poole Golf Course.

Sophomore Mitchell Sut-ton will be playing in his first tournament since win-ning the Hootie Intercolle-giate at Bulls Bay on March 29. The London, Ontario native said capturing an in-dividual title will hopefully show the team it can be a force and give players confi-dence moving forward.

“It gave me a whole deal of

confidence and hopefully the other guys play well, too,” Sut-ton said. “Everyone is obvious-ly trying to get a win individu-ally and that will really help the team as well. I just want to keep doing what I’ve been doing and that should help me out.”

Aside from the boost in confidence from picking up an individual victory, Sutton noted that returning to North Carolina should pay dividends for the team. In last year’s River Landing Intercollegiate, the top three finishers were teams from North Carolina while the bot-tom ten finishers hailed from out-of-state.

“The grass down here is a little different, so we kind of get used to that,” Sutton said. “Being so close to home is kind of nice and it gives us a little bit of an advantage. We’ve been down there playing the course a few times, so we definitely have a little bit of an advantage.”

Akron, Pa., native Brandon Detweiler agreed with Sut-ton’s thoughts on gaining an advantage from playing in North Carolina. The senior has played in every event in the spring semester.

“I don’t think it has anything to do with the golf courses,” Detweiler said. “I think it has to do more with the grasses.

Once you hit Virginia, that’s where Bermuda and bent grass kind of split with bent going up north and Bermuda coming down south. It’s definitely an advantage to southern schools because we practice on Ber-muda all the time.”

Although the experience with Bermuda grass may end up being pivotal, Detweiler said that veteran expertise coupled with a rested group of guys should provide an additional edge.

“All but two of us have played at least one tournament here before because River Landing is where we used to have our home event,” Detweiler said. “It was also nice to have a little bit of a break after the Hootie since we had three tournaments in a three week stretch. That was nice to be able to get a break and practice a little bit.”

With two Pack golfers pick-ing up three individual titles thus far in the 2010-11 season, competition to join that group has increased. Detweiler said that riding the success of indi-vidual wins can be converted into overall success for the team.

“Obviously we want to ride any success that the team has,”

It’s all in the grass

GOLF TENNIS

AMANDA KARST/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOAdam Hogue reads a putt at last year’s Wolfpack Intercollegiate Invitational at Lonnie Poole Golf Course. The 23rd-ranked Wolfpack return to North Carolina for three tournaments to finish up the season.

GOLF continued page 7

BASEBALL

Gottfried makes ‘Early’ hire

New men’s basketball coach Mark Gottfried has already gotten the ball rolling with his staff, hiring Orlando Early as an assistant coach yesterday. Early served as an assistant coach under Gottfried from 2001-05 at Alabama, helping the Crimson Tide reach the NCAA Tournament all four seasons. In addition, Early helped Gottfried guide Alabama to an 88-41 record, including three consecutive 20-win seasons, an SEC regular-season title, an Elite Eight appearance, and a No. 1 national ranking.

The former Gardner-Webb standout is certainly familiar with North Carolina as well, having served as an assistant coach for his alma mater, Western Carolina and Charlotte for a combined eight seasons before joining Gottfried’s staff in Tuscaloosa. After four seasons at Alabama, Early took the head coaching job at Louisiana-Monroe, where he compiled a 60-92 record during his five-year stint that was marred by Hurricane Katrina. In addition to Early’s hiring, Wolfpack legend Monte Towe has expressed interest in remaining as an assistant coach after serving on Sidney Lowe’s staff for five seasons.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Track and field travels to Durham over weekend

After splitting up to compete in several different meets last weekend, the N.C. State men’s and women’s track and field teams reunite to take part in the Duke Invitational at Wallace Wade Stadium over the weekend. Sophomores Jazueline Daniels and Karimah Shepherd will kick off the weekend for the Pack in the women’s triple jump, as they look to improve on their third and eighth place finishes at the Raleigh Relays, respectively.

The featured event on the first day of action will be the women’s 1,500m run and the men’s high jump. The Wolfpack’s Erika Alpeter, Emily Egelhoff-Whalen and Leah Vaughn will compete in the 1,500 while Kwame Boatwright, Kris Kornegay-Gober and Christian Council will compete in the high jump. Action scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. today and 9 a.m. tomorrow. The women will led by Denae Ford in the 400m race while Daniel Fretz will pace the men’s team.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

TodayBASEBALL @ MIAMIMiami, Fla., 7 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF @ RIVER LANDING INTERCOLLEGIATEWallace, N.C., All day

MEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIAPullen Park, 3 p.m.

TRACK @ DUKE INVITATIONALDurham, N.C., All day

WOMEN’S TENNIS @ VIRGINIACharlottesville, Va., noon

SaturdaySOFTBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINACurtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 1 and 3 p.m. (doubleheader)

BASEBALL @ MIAMIMiami, Fla., 7 p.m.

SOFTBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINACurtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium, Noon

SundayMEN’S TENNIS VS. VIRGINIA TECH.Pullen Park, 1 p.m.

BASEBALL @ MIAMIMiami, Fla., 1 p.m.

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