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For colleges, a place near the top of most national rankings is usually a good place to be–but not always.

A recent Newsweek poll is a good case in point. The magazine recently ranked N.C. State the eighth-easiest undergrad program in the country.

The article, which carried the headline “College Rankings 2012: Least Rigorous Schools,” rated 25 four-year universities based on their degree of selectivity and student-to-faculty ratio. The ranking system also relied heavily on a “workload score” provided by Collegeprowler.com.

The ranking was particularly un-kind to the biggest public univer-sities in Florida. The University of Central Florida was ranked the least rigorous university on the list, with Florida State at No. 2, the University of South Florida at No. 4, Florida Atlantic at No. 14 and the University of Florida at No. 21.

Other schools joining N.C. State in the top 10 on the list were Cali-fornia State Polytechnic University-Pomona (No. 3), San Diego State (No. 5), the University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln (No. 6), Dallas Baptist University (No. 7), the University of Alabama (No. 9) and the University of Texas at Dallas (No. 10.)

The article left some of students and faculty of the University con-fused and upset, while others ques-tioned the criteria that went into the ranking.

Lewis Carson from University Planning and Analysis double-

checked the statistics Newsweek used. While he confirmed the accuracy Newsweek ’s data on median SAT score, number of applicants and student-to-facul-ty ratio are accurate, Carson he said he was still skeptical about the validity of the “workload score” component from colleg-eprowler.com, which compiles reviews from students who are currently attending various col-leges. Those reviews cover every-thing from athletics, to parking to “girls” and “guys.”

“They’re saying the workload is very manageable,” Carson said.

Many University students dismissed the article outright. Michael Bissette, a senior in chemical engineering, was among them.

“I can think of eight schools in North Carolina alone that are easier than N.C. State,” Bissette said. “We’re usually thought of as one of the better schools in the state. It just doesn’t make sense.”

A closer look at the maga-zine’s selection criteria shows why none of those schools are included. Newsweek narrowed down its list to 200 schools in order to rank the “top” colleges with the easiest course loads.

A major criterion for deciding which colleges would be consid-ered “top schools” was selectiv-ity, and several of N.C. State’s sister schools in North Caro-lina weren’t selective enough to

Noah RouseCorrespondent

With the State Fair less than two months away, state officials have adoped regulations that will limit human-animal interaction in an effort to prevent a repeat of last year’s E. coli outbreak.

Last year 27 fairgoers became infected with E. coli O157:H7, including a 2-year-old who was hospitalized for 16 days as a result. A public health investi-gation found the outbreak was the result of human exposure to goats, pigs and sheep housed inside the Kelley Livestock Build-ing. Health officials believe in-teraction with the farm animals resulted in cross contamination with fair food.

This is not the first time E. Coli has struck fairgoers. In 2004, the petting zoo left 108 people infected. In 2006, a pita stand was found to have infected three people with the same bacteria.

In response to the outbreak, the newly-created State Fair Study Commission looked into policies that would separate competition livestock from at-tendees without preventing any-body from enjoying the fair. N.C.

Students in Quebec are protesting a proposal that will raise university tuition more than $1,600 between 2012 and 2017. According to the New York Times, Quebec’s average undergraduate tuition, at $2,519 a year, is the lowest in Canada, and the proposed increase is $254 per year.

Within five years, the average university tuition

would increase nearly 60 percent. Thousands of students are outraged by the increases, and many have taken the streets this past year to demon-strate their frustration.

The protests began as student strikes and dem-onstrations, but quickly grew with the support of major left-wing groups. In addition to dem-onstrations, many university students are refus-ing to attend classes, much to their educational detriment.

William Raillant-Clark, a representative of the Université de Montréal, one of the city’s four ma-jor universities, estimated 12,000 of the 43,000 students have missed significant portions of their winter semester.

The National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill

78 May 22. The emergency law attempted to quell the student protests before the summer tourist season. According to the McGill Daily, the McGill University student newspaper, Bill 78 stipulates strict regulations on demonstrations and will im-pose large fines if these regulations are violated.

“I think the law’s pretty harsh, and there are some crazy impositions to students,”Murtaza Shambhoora, a McGill senior, said. “Groups of 50 people or more protesting must submit their route and proposed venue for the police to ap-prove. Let’s keep in mind this is an emergency law, but once they passed this bill, it made the situation worse.”

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Quebec students outraged by tuition hikes

CONTRIBUTED BY DARLO AYALA OF THE GAZETTEProtesters march against the tuition increases proposed by the Quebec Liberal Party during a large demonstration organized by the CLASSE student association in Montreal on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANClark Dining Hall underwent a renovation over the summer, as shown here Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2012. Included in the renovations were new paint, new furniture, and the addition of booths.

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Clark gets a makeoverNoah RouseCorrespondent

After a summer of renovations, Clark Dining Hall reopened to the public for the fall semester with a whole new look.

In the last few weeks, construc-tion crews have been working hard to complete the final preparations before opening the dining hall for the fall semester. Their efforts can be seen in Clark’s sleek, modern design.

Clark Dining Hall, or as it was originally called, Clark Hall Infir-mary, was constructed in 1939 for treating sick and injured students on

campus. During its 73-year tenure at N.C. State, Clark has only been renovated twice: once in the early 1980s, and again in the spring of 2002 when it was opened as a dining hall for students living on East Cam-pus. This summer was the first time Clark has been renovated strictly to improve its cosmetics.

The original idea behind the reno-vations was the seating. Complaints of bulky, uncomfortable chairs led to the idea of creating a more com-fortable, relaxing space for students to eat.

“Seating was wearing down and wearing out, so we updated the seating to give it a more restaurant

feeling,” Keith Smith, food service manager at Dining and Catering Operations, said.

University Dining staff wanted to make sure everything in the build-ing was new this year.

The biggest change, Smith said, has to be in aesthetics. The intention behind the renovations was creat-ing a more café-style atmosphere. Sleeker chairs and tables were key in creating this effect.

The completion of the renova-tions of Clark Dining Hall is just the beginning of many more changes

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State takes

measures

to prevent

E. coli at fair

NCSU ranked 8th on Newsweek’s ‘rigor list’

Mark HerringEditor-in-Chief

Hassan DuRantDeputy Features Editor

make the initial list of 200. As just two examples, the University’s undergraduate acceptance rate last year was 54 percent while East Caro-lina and UNC-Charlotte both had acceptance rates of 70 percent.

Brittany Shore, a freshman in First Year College, does not agree with Newsweek’s rank-ings.

“We’re always ranked pret-ty high for a public school, so us being called easy doesn’t match up to me,” Shore said. “It’s pretty embarrassing.”

Though the debate over whether N.C. State students have it easier, academically, than their counterparts at other schools continues, some students question the connection between the rigor of course loads and the over-all quality of a university.

According to media profes-sor Ryan McGrady, statistical

data does not accurately rep-resent the difficulty–much less the quality–of any school.

“Grades and education are related but separate,” Mc-Grady said. “Let’s say you have a really bad teacher who doesn’t explain things very well but expects a lot in re-turn. If everyone fails the test, then people might think the class is difficult … but diffi-cult doesn’t necessarily mean you got a good education.”

Just like difficulty does not equal quality, neither does

ease. While the University was ranked an easy college in 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University positively in 32 categories for its 2011 rankings. Highlights there included a third-place ranking for overall value, 10th in biological/agricul-tural engineering, 10th in industrial engineering, sev-enth in graduate nuclear en-gineering, third in graduate veterinary medicine and first in textiles.

State Agricultural Com-missioner Steve Troxler created the commission, and all of its recommen-dations were adopted for this year’s fair.

The solutions the group put forth included con-trolling crowd f low in buildings where livestock are housed, which include the Kelley Building, Jim Graham Building and the Expo Center. This would involve rearranging live-stock pens within build-ings and changing how animals and people enter and exit buildings.

Other changes include relocating food vendors from the area between the Graham Building and Expo Center, mak-ing instructional signs at animal exhibits larger and lighting hand-washing stations at night so they’re more visible.

State of f ic ia l s say these changes will cost $206,000 and will be paid for with state rev-enue taxes.

“The changes put forth by the Study Commis-sion are a practical and effective way to further reduce the potential for disease transmission–both animal-to-human and human-to-animal,” Troxler said. “They build upon protective measures already in place, and they reduce risks while main-taining the fair’s agricul-tural heritage.”

Lindsay Tallent is the mother of Hunter Tallent, the 2-year-old boy who spent 16 days in the hos-pital with kidney failure after last year’s outbreak.

“It’s sad that families must be kept farther away from the animals, but in the long run it is better to keep away any spread of diseases and keep families away from what we’ve had to deal with,” Tallent said.

“While there is no way to completely eliminate the potential for expo-sure, the measures being implemented will mini-

mize the risk,” Dr. Megan Davies, state epidemiologist with the N.C. Division of Public Health, said. “We also want to encourage the public to do their part by following traffic patterns at the fair and using common-sense mea-sures to keep themselves and their families healthy.”

Wake County Community Health Director Sue Lynn Ledford said State Fair visi-tors can help themselves stay healthy by taking a few simple precautions.

Parents with small children should leave strollers outside buildings that contain ani-mals.

Fairgoers should also fol-low the instructions on signs indicating which animals should not be touched.

Finally, fairgoers should use the hand-washing stations located throughout the fair-

grounds frequently during their visit, and parents should make sure their children do so as well.

“While hand sanitizers and hand wipes are easy to use, washing hands for 20 seconds with soap and water and drying them with clean paper towels is the best way to prevent the spread of germs that cause illness,” Ledford said. “Washing hands before you eat, every time you eat, greatly reduces the spread of disease. This is particularly important after visiting ani-mal exhibits or being in di-rect contact with animals.”

More than a million visi-tors are expected to attend the N.C. State Fair this year.

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AMANDA WILKINS/TECHNICIANStefanie Watts, a senior in animal science, pats the back of Megan, the cow, as Adrianne Rowe, a teacher at Martin Middle School, milks her at the N.C. State Animal Club’s Milking Booth at the N.C. State Fair on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.

students will see in dining in coming years.

Smith said successful re-moldeling in the Atrium and Clark Hall shows renovation is the way of the future.

More updates to the fur-niture and renovations to dining halls are already be-ing planned across campus.These include changes to Centennial Campus.

Student reactions to the changes in Clark Dining Hall have been mostly posi-tive, and there has even been

a small spike in customers.“The numbers have not

come in yet, but we are see-ing a small rise in revenue, but nothing to celebrate,” Smith said.

According to Smith, no complaints about the renova-tions have been filed so far, and he has only heard posi-tive student reviews. The only drawback Smith mentioned was a loss of 12 seats.

Smith even spoke of future changes to the menu but gave no details about what they in-clude.

The project is one of many renovations undertaken in the past few years. Renova-

tions to Sullivan Residence Hall and D.H. Hill Library have already been completed, while renovations to Carmi-chael Hall and Talley Student Center are still in progress.

The Clark renovations in-cluded brand new furniture, and its old furniture was re-cycled.

“It was Clark that got the new furniture,” Tim Ho-gan, operations director for University Student Centers, said. “Talley got the hand-me-downs.”

New furniture will be pur-chased for Talley once reno-vations are complete in 2014.

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NEWSWEEK’S TOP 10 LEAST RIGOROUS SCHOOLS1. University of Central Florida2. Florida State University3. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona4. University of South Florida5. San Diego State University6. University of Nebraska-Lincoln7. Dallas Baptist University8. North Carolina State University at Raleigh9. The University of Alabama10. The University of Texas at Dallas

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Viewpoint

Blacked-out, dried up, backed up... it’s funny how in-

creased temperatures have the same effect on the nation’s

power sup-ply as ex-cessive Jag-er bombs

have on a freshman. Rising temperatures and drought conditions across the coun-try this summer have lim-ited power supply, and foretell if a larger com-mitment to new energy sources is not adopted.

Super quick pre-view of con-temporary electricity production: water is heat-ed, typically by nuclear fission or combustion from coal or gas which produces steam, driving a turbine generator. The water is cycled through a cooling system, and then returns to a cool-ing tank to be reused. Water is essential to electricity pro-duction. Michael Webber, as-sociate director of the Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy at the University of Texas at Austin said, “Families use more wa-ter to power their homes than they use from their tap.”

Many people agree alter-native energy sources should

be sought to prepare for the day when our global supply will be exhausted. Many citi-zens desire alternative energy sources because depending on foreign countries for es-sentials is a fickle formula for national security. Most experts agree we should seek alternatives since fossil fuel use is dirty, damaging and loaded with adverse conse-quences from combustion.

Few people discuss the possibility traditional electricity production could be sti-fled by inad-equate water supplies.

The world population is soaring, rising from 2.5 bil lion in the early 1950s to 7

billion currently. Popula-tion growth is exponential. More people require more water, as well as more food, which requires more water. More people require more electricity, which requires more water. The global en-ergy consumption per capita is sharply rising as well. This means more energy is needed per person and we are expect-ing a lot more people on this planet in the next several de-cades. These variables lead to shrinking supplies of avail-able freshwater.

Rising temperatures also

contribute to shrinking water supplies as evapora-tion increases and rainfall decreases. National Geo-graphic reports this July as the hottest on record since 1895, resulting in the most wide-reaching drought conditions since 1965. Depleted from drought, power plant reservoirs across the country rose in temperature from the weather. Several nuclear plants were forced to seek permits to operate under conditions deemed dan-gerous as their cooling reservoirs rose above 100 degrees, and others were forced to shut down un-til temperatures dropped and water supplies were replenished.

Is it possible a dwin-dling water supply could halt traditional electricity production prior to the depletion of fossil fuels? I’m not sure, but I hope you can appreciate the insecurities of our current system and understand environmental issues are not linear. One change in the biosphere is a cata-lyst for an unpredictable number of reactions as our system is woven into a web, with every process linked to several others and the entire system subject to change.

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There’s comfort to be found in mediocrity. When a mediocre institution makes mistakes, there are rarely serious repercussions because … well, who would allow mediocrity to be in a position of influence?

Newsweek ranked N.C. State the eighth least rigorous university among the 200 institu-tions they included. Newsweek used rankings from collegeprowler.com as part of its data set.

If you’re not familiar with College Prowler, all you need to do is visit their website and view the numerous ranking criteria to know how important dignity is to them.

N.C. State’s College Prowler report card is quite average. The University was graded on everything from academics to the attrac-tiveness of the students. As much as Techni-cian hates to report how unattractive State’s students are, if you’re reading this, chances are you’re quite average looking, at least in the eyes of College Prowler’s student respon-dents. The men got a ‘B’ grade, and the women scored slightly worse with a ‘B-.’

Even though the attractiveness factor wasn’t used to assess N.C. State in the Newsweek ranking, it does speak to the credibility seri-

ousness of the magazine’s sources.There’s little doubt that at least some of the

national college rankings influence public perception of the schools ranked. They may even cause some students here to feel insecure.

Before we demand that Hunt Library be retrofitted with a sandbox and a complete Clifford The Big Red Dog collection, we need to understand what mediocrity is.

One can either be comfortable with medi-ocrity or—through one desperate act after another—try to deny it. In the case of news outlets, mediocrity is when an organization—Newsweek—is purchased from The Washing-ton Post Company for $1 and later restruc-tured so that half of it is owned by The Daily Beast. (If you’re not familiar with The Daily Beast, just think of it as the College Prowler of Internet “news” sites.) Once you know that, it’s easy to see why Newsweek would resort to shoddy school rankings to boost readership.

So, to come full circle, there’s comfort to be found in mediocrity. No one should know that better than Newsweek. And no one here should care how they rank N.C. State or any other school.

{ }OUR VIEW

{ }HEATHER’S VIEWRecess, rather than excess, causes blackout

Newsweek should know mediocrity

BY OLIVER SHOLDER

What is your most memorable experience

since arriving at campus?

{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“It would have to be Packapalooza because I spent time with friends and listened to good music.”

Will Cardensophomore, chemistry

“I’m pretty sure during orientation we saw a naked man run through.”

Yaseline Munozfreshman, First Year College

“I guess meeting my new suite-mates.”

Megan Sheltonsophomore, natural resources

Davis Leonard, sophomore in science education

Pantana Bob’s, you’ve changed–it hurtsIn May, when I wrote my

final column, I never thought I’d return

here to write. I said what I had to say, graduated, enrolled at UNC—my apolo-g ie s for selling out—and moved on. I was

comfortable with my deci-sion until last Thursday when my world was turned upside down.

As is tradition on Thursday night in Raleigh, my friends and I were going to Pantana Bob’s. Why Thursday? Why PB’s? How does this all add up? On Thursdays at PB’s, for $6 it’s all you can drink.

Of course, the open bar is confined to Busch Light kegs, but this almost adds to the al-lure of PB’s.

I’ll be honest, the first time I went to PB’s I was dragged, kicking and screaming. I was raised on The Saucer and it’s ilk. I had standards. The idea of going to a dilapidated

hole-in-the-wall joint across the street from Cup A Joe had no appeal. But, with a condi-tion known as F.O.M.O., fear of missing out, I found myself there.

Over time, it grew on me. PB’s had a different vibe. The regulars there didn’t give me feelings of emasculation for not driving a 5 Series nor did they give me the feeling that a stabbing was eminent. Really, what more could you want? Oh yeah, “free” beer.

The price ceiling on the lowest-end beverages in col-lege is well established at $5. This has been ingrained in us through the years; however, I did overhear someone this past weekend ask the cup bar-on at a keg party if he needed to pay $5 every time he filled up a cup—what year do you think he was? My point be-ing, $5 is the price we’re an-chored to, and while PB’s is $6, I’ll gladly pay an extra dollar as tribute to some of the bartenders who work there; I have a special affin-ity for girls with tattoos.

PB’s was a deal, it filled a hole in the market, it was per-

fect for what it was; but every-thing changed last Thursday. After coaxing a friend into paying for my cover, thanks a g a i n , I Usain Bolted to the bar. I couldn’t wait to snag a cup and feel the cheap plastic wi lt under my grip. But, as I extended my hand and my trust, I found there was nothing there but a tat-ted goddess politely asking for $2.

“What?”“$2 please?”“I already paid, see my

wrist?”“I know sir, $2 please”The whole interaction felt

like going in for a high-five and having the other person walk away. I had already paid cover, so I let her loot what would’ve been that night’s Hot Box Pizza fund. She filled up a green mug and handed it to me. Dejected from the bait and switch perpetrated upon

me, I left the bar to find my friends and maybe have a cry.

After we all comforted each other, we discussed the policy

change: for a one-time fee of $2 you wou ld get a mug to keep and if you brought it back the nex t t i me you wouldn’t have the pay the $2.

Let’s think about this for a minute PB’s. You expect me to protect my cup the whole night—I say “protect” because I have multiple friends who went around stealing cups for fun—go home with it, wash it, and return with it the next week. Of course I’m not going to do this, you just effectively raised your price to $8. If I wanted to spend $8 it won’t be for Busch.

This is not about the money—it’s a little about the money—it’s about being something you’re not. PB’s, you were perfect for your

market at $6, as we’ve grown up anchored there, $8 just doesn’t feel right.

Your staple product shouldn’t change, espe-cially after it’s been estab-lished. Would Downtown Sports Bar have the same allure if it let everyone in no matter their ethnic-ity, had proper lighting and casual conversation? Would The Big Easy have the same charm if their patrons weren’t perpetu-ally dressed for Easter? The answer is a resound-ing no. And, PB’s, for you, the market you could have a foothold on has long had its price established. Change it and you down-grade your appeal.

You must feel pretty sil-ly for reading a nonsensi-cal piece on a $2 price in-crease, yet I applaud you. You see, there’s something deeper here I hope is illus-trated: whatever you do, know your market and be consistent. Even the dilapidated has its appeal as long as it’s unwavering.

Josh LucasGuest Columnist

Heather TroutmanStaff Columnist

{ }JOSH’S VIEW

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most pressing issues in a bi-weekly column.

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energy sources

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the day when our

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NewsBill 78 restricts freedom of

assembly, protest or picket-ing on or near university grounds, and anywhere in Quebec without prior po-lice approval. The bill also places restrictions upon the right of education employees to strike.

“The government imposed the conditions to stomp out the strikes and that they wouldn’t affect the school year—this year—but it hasn’t been working,”Shambhoora said.

The most recent protest was Aug. 22, marking five months since the law was passed. Since protesting the day the bill passed, Quebecoise stu-dents have taken the streets the 22nd of each month.

“This is about people pow-er,” Carlos Luer, a 53-year-old children’s worker who attend-ed the protests, said.

“This government said: ‘Keep your mouth shut.’ But they forget, these are the kids of tomorrow.”

In early June, the govern-ment pulled out of nego-tiations with student leaders that were meant to end the protests, which have now been going on for several months.

“In the beginning the stu-

dents didn’t have a strong argument,”Shambhoora said. “But since Bill 78 passed, the debate became a lot more po-larized.”

Polls in the Montreal Ga-zette found public opinion split 50/50 on the bill. The yearlong push by students for lowering tuition rates has radicalized all sides, Shamb-hoora said.

Shambhoora says he no longer supports his fellow students taking to the streets.

“I actually favor higher tuition in Quebec,” Shamb-hoora said. “I think Quebec students should pay their fair share for a valued education. Compared to the U.S., they have a real deal. I’m not say-ing you should pay 30,000 or 40,000 dollars like in the U.S., but they keep asking for more and more.”

The tuition increase comes from the bigger problem of debt in Quebec. The prov-ince’s debt whops at $122.4 billion, the highest in Can-ada.

“The debt is almost like Greece,”Shambhoora said. “It’s more of a cushion state here. Taxes are 10 percent higher in Quebec than in other parts of Canada, but the government spends it ineffi-ciently. Adding more of the college cost in taxes would be less efficient than just paying for it.”

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SPREAD THE LOVE:What is a tie shirt? A tie shirt is what you wear when you want to look (classy, sexy, tight and gnarly) from

sunrise to sunset, and are as nice as they get.

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Wittorp launched Witty Tie Shirts, an online business, July 25. As part of his business’ operation, every time the com-pany sells a T-shirt, Wittorp or another representative gives a stranger a bouquet of flowers.

According to Wittorp, this sets him apart from other clothing companies. While many companies sell shirts, few offer the good feeling and karma custom-ers received after buying one of his shirts.

All the T-shirts on the company’s web-site feature a faux tie Witthorp designed.

“When I was in high school, I used to draw my own ‘tie shirts,’” Wittorp said. “Looking back on it, they were really crappy-looking but I always loved tie shirts. I think they’re awesome and sexy. I know it’s not a large market, but I knew that I could perfect them... I could maybe be the top dog, because there aren’t many people that sell tie shirts.”

Although Wittorp’s admiration of the design began in high school, he didn’t enter college with the goal of creating a company around it.

“This [idea] just hit me in May or April. I was in First Year College for two years and was scram-bling to find a major,” Wittorp said. “I dabbled in business. I dabbled in engineering... way too difficult for me. Then I found elementary edu-cation, which I love, but I’ve always had a passion for business.”

After taking an en-trepreneurship course, Wittorp decided to pur-sue the goal of creating a business by combining his interests. In high school, Wittorp said he was inspired by the MTV show, “The Buried Life,” and

created a list of 100 things he wants to do before he dies. One of the things on his list is to start his own business. With advice from professors and classmates, Wittorp was able to check that goal off of his list with money saved up from odd jobs.

Thus far, Witty Tie Shirts has garnered more than 200 Facebook followers and Wittorp said he has hand-delivered more than 30 bouquets.

Although Wittorp said he was initially anxious about delivering flowers to ran-dom people, he now looks forward to the opportunity.

For customers such as David Meyer, a junior in sociology, this opportunity to spread happiness to others is an important part of the experience Witty Tie Shirt offers. “I t h in k it ’s great because I don’t always get the opportunity to do something that nice and it’s good that his cause helps to make people happier,” Meyer

said. “[Wit-torp] didn’t have to go out and spend the effort, but he did and he continues to do it for his customers.”

According to Wittorp, the college environment helps get businesses go-ing.

“There are so many people, so many oppor-

tunities in college,” Wittorp said. “People with different majors. All these different people can help you get to where you want

to be. Without N.C. State, I don’t know how I would’ve gotten started.”

Meyer said Wittorp is, in this way, inspiring for college students who want to achieve some of their dreams while still in school.

“I think everybody in college is young and ambitious,” Meyer said. “It’s great to see that he stepped up from one of the regular college stu-dents to make a difference in the world. If everybody did that, the world would be a better place.”

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way the basketball team per-formed last year and is happy with where the program is headed.

“It was good to see them back in the tournament last year,” McMillan said. “Coach Gottfried did a great job of bring-i ng Wol f-pack basket-ball back to the level that we’re used to seeing that program in, which is in the tournament and making some noise.”

McMillan is very impressed with Gottfried’s recruiting success during his time at the University. He said he knows the challenges of com-ing straight from high school with high expectations from others, stressing the incom-

ing freshmen must learn to balance life away from home on and off the court.

“I think the main thing is to keep your eyes open,” Mc-Millan said. “That first year is a learning experience to ad-just and adapt to the lifestyle of classes, the university, the city ... You’re playing in one

of the best conferences in the coun-try, the ACC. That league has a lways b e e n l i ke t he N BA . There’s so much talent there, every night it’s go-ing to be a huge chal-

lenge on the basketball floor.”Now back in Raleigh after

is trip to London, McMillan plans a return to the NBA in the near future.

“My plan is to possibly do some consulting working for some NBA teams, and I look forward to getting back into coaching,” McMillan said.

be with the Pack for his junior season, but upon Leslie’s decision to stay in Raleigh the Pack vaulted straight to the top of the ACC power rankings.

The Wolfpack faces key out-of-conference matchups this season with Michigan, Connecticut and Stanford. The game against Connecticut will be played at Madison Square Garden in New York City as part of the Jimmy V Classic and will be televised on ESPN. The Pack will play a total of 11 games in league play that will be televised on the ESPN family of networks. Five of State’s conference games will be broadcast on the ACC Network.

With talent everywhere, fantastic coaching and op-posing teams losing key players, this could be the season State wins its first ACC title since 1989.

rated on.I got together with a

few members of the men’s team and the women’s team,” Eubanks said. “We haven’t done much togeth-er in the past so this is our first event together. I actu-ally spoke with one of the women on the women’s team and she wanted us to get involved together.”

Sima-novich said both the men’s and women’s club teams came to a consen-sus on the foundation the tourna-ment will support, draw-ing on inspiration from former women’s basket-ball head coach Kay Yow’s influence on campus. For

one member of the women’s team, the cause hits home.

As a team, I think...Kay Yow had such an impact on the N.C. State community, specifically with women’s basketball,” Simanovich said.

“As a wom-en’s basket-ball club we all came up with a way to play bas-ketball in the sprit of Kay Yow on the strength she provided.”

“We also have a team mem-ber whose mother actually passed away as well,” Sima-novich said. “She has a con-nection to be inspired to raise money in that.”

As of now there is no limit to the number of teams that can sign up. The tournament is co-ed and brackets will be revealed following the sign-up period.

“We’re hoping to get 20 to 30 teams, that would be great, but we’re trying to get as many as possible to play for the weekend,” Eubanks said.

The first opportunity for teams to sign up will be Sept. 5 in Carmichael Gym and will run every Wednesday through Sept. 26. It’s $5 per player to sign up and $3 to participate in the three-point contest. The clubs will also sell raffle tickets for $1 and winners will receive signed jerseys and other gear.

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“Kay Yow had

such and impact

on the N.C. State

community.”Katie Simanovich

“It’s just a great

honor, not only

to be a part of

the Olympics but

be a part ofUSA

basketball.”Nate McMillan

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INSIDE• Page 7: More on basketball.

Jonathan StoutDeputy Sports Editor

N.C. State alumnus and Ra-leigh native Nate McMillan re-cently returned from his stint as an assistant coach with the gold-medal-winning men’s Olympic basketball team.

After a brief stint at Chowan University, McMillan transferred to N.C. State and starred during his time playing under head coach Jim Valvano from 1984-86, helping the team reach the Elite Eight twice.

After graduating in 1986, the Seattle SuperSonics selected Mc-Millan 30th overall in the second round of the NBA Draft, and he would go on to spend his 19-year professional playing career in Se-attle. The SuperSonics retired his No. 10 jersey, and it can now be seen hanging from the rafters of PNC Arena.

After retiring as a player in 1998, McMillan returned as head coach of the SuperSon-ics three years later, where he remained until the end of the 2004-05 season when he left to coach the Portland Trailblazers. He remained in Portland until his firing mid-season last year.

His lifetime record as a pro coach is 478 wins and 452 losses.

Because of his extensive coach-ing resume and knowledge of the game, Team USA and Duke Uni-versity head coach Mike Krzyze-wski hired McMillan as his as-sistant for the 2008 Olympics.

After winning the gold in Bei-jing, Krzyzewski asked McMil-lan to return for the London games this summer, where he helped lead Team USA to a per-fect 8-0 record, including the victory over Spain in the gold medal game.

“It’s just a great honor, not only

to be a part of the Olympics but be a part of USA basketball,” McMil-lan said. “It was my third time with those guys, and it went well.”

Although McMillan was success-ful coaching the USA Olympic team, he has no immediate plans to coach in the 2016 Olympic games.

“We were asked to come back for 2012, and we decided this would be our last time as coaches participat-ing in the Olympics,” McMillan said. “If I was asked again, I don’t think I’d do 2016, but somewhere down the road, if that opportunity presented itself, then I would cer-

tainly have to look at it.”Memories, McMillan said, are

the best part of participating in the Olympics.

“All of that is such a great expe-rience to be a part of,” McMillan said. “From start to finish, there isn’t one particular thing that stands out other than winning the gold medal, but there’s so much that goes into it. It’s such an unbelievable experi-ence to see how everything has been put together. From start to finish, all those moments you will cher-ish, you’ll learn from, they’re great experiences.”

A number of sportswriters and pundits have questioned whether a team composed entirely of Amer-ica’s best professional basketball players is truly in keeping with the amateur spirit of the Olympics.

They’ve also questioned whether any coach could hope to keep the best players in the world happy with just one basketball to go around.

McMillan said coaching an Olym-pic basketball team is eerily similar to coaching any NBA team.

“You don’t have as many all-stars [on a conventional NBA team] but the NBA teams are very talented, and you’re basically managing those [Olympic] players the same way you’d manage an NBA team,” Mc-Millan said. “I think the one thing in managing an Olympic team that is a little different than managing an NBA team is that because they are all all-stars, they have to adapt to the team, whereas the players on the teams they normally play for are adapting to them.”

Players like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Kevin Durant, who are faces of their individual franchises, have to come together to share what McMillan called a team vision.

“Giving them that vision and building a team, getting those guys to focus on your goal which for us was winning the gold medal and ... laying out a plan to execute that goal,” McMillan said.

During his time in London, Mc-Millan said he had a chance to speak with Coach K about this season’s Wolfpack basketball team.

“I haven’t had an opportunity to look at their players, but I do know that Coach K is well aware of the talent N.C. State is bringing in, and in talking with him, he thinks that they’re going to be a pretty good team,” McMillan said.

An avid Wolfpack supporter, McMillan said he is proud of the

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Andrew ShuettStaff Writer

The ACC schedule for N.C. State men’s basketball was re-leased Wednesday. The high-lights of the 18-game confer-ence schedule include home-and-home games with in-state rivals UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke and Wake Forest. This marks the first time State will play all three teams at least twice in a year since the 2007-08 season. This year is also the first time all ACC teams will play 18 confer-ence games in a season.

The Wolfpack will play a home-and-home series against reigning ACC Tournament champion Florida State as well as Clemson, Boston College and Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech and Miami will both travel to Raleigh while the Pack hits the road to Virginia and Maryland.

With possibly the most talent-ed lineup in the ACC, the Wolf-pack is the preseason favorite to win the conference over in-state rivals Duke and Chapel Hill. Duke lost freshman guard Aus-tin Rivers to the NBA Draft and UNC enters this season without four of last season’s five starters.

The only serious challengers coming from outside the Tri-angle are Florida State and Vir-ginia. FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton and Cavalier head coach Tony Bennett have turned their teams into strong com-petitors every year. Both squads specialize in defense, creating problems for high-octane of-fenses such as UNC and Duke.

The Pack has lost personnel since last year after starting

forward C.J. Williams graduated. Williams was a key glue guy for the Pack, often playing tough defense on the opposing team’s best wing player and consistently knocking down jump shots at critical times. The Pack also lost sixth man De-Shawn Painter, who left Raleigh to be closer to his ailing mother and grandmother.

These losses will be tough to deal with, but head coach Mark Gott-fried pulled in a stellar recruiting class last year, ranked No. 5 by Scout.com. Arguably Gottfried’s most important recruit in 2011-12

was C.J. Leslie. After leading the Pack to deep runs in both the ACC and NCAA tournaments, Leslie was considering entering the NBA Draft but decided to stay in Raleigh. We may never know how seriously he was considering going pro after his sophomore year but Gottfried was a main factor in convincing Leslie to stay committed to the Pack.

Before Leslie made his decision, preseason conference ratings had the Wolfpack in the top three. These rankings assumed Leslie would not

Baseball to hold walk-on tryouts Sept. 7N.C. State baseball will hold walk-on tryouts Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. This marks the only tryout for the 2013 baseball team. Anyone hoping to walk on must be at the Sept. 7 tryout session. Those wishing to try out must complete, in advance, a walk-on tryout form, which you can find on gopack.com. The form must be turned in to the compliance office at the Weisiger-Brown Athletics Facility prior to Sept. 7. Players should bring their own equipment, including bats, gloves and catcher’s gear, to the tryout.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Men’s Tennis releases 2012-13 scheduleN.C. State men’s tennis head coach Jon Choboy has announced the program’s 2012-13 schedule. The Wolfpack will compete in 10 tournaments during the fall portion and then an additional tournament before beginning dual matches in the spring. State will face 15 teams that finished last season ranked in the final polls, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Four of those teams were in the final top-25. The Pack will begin the season by hosting its first of three open tournaments, Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-3. The other two open tournaments will be held Oct. 5-7 and 26-28. Last season, NC State finished with a 20-10 record with five wins against conference opponents.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Softball Names Oliver Pitching CoachN.C. State softball coach Shawn Rychcik completed his fulltime coaching staff by hiring assistant coach Courtney Oliver from Hofstra to be the Wolfpack’s pitching coach. Oliver, an accomplished pitcher/designated player from 2004-08 at Hofstra, spent the last two seasons as the pitching coach at her alma mater, helping the Pride win the Colonial Athletic Association championship and the NCAA Los Angeles Regional championship in 2012. Prior to her time at Hofstra, she spent one season on Rychcik’s staff at Boston University. She also spent one season at Monmouth in 2009. Oliver has coached her conference’s Pitcher of the Year in each of the last three seasons.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

COMMENTARY

NAME OF PHOTOGRAPHER/TECHNICIANN.C. State alum Nate McMillan looks for a teammate to pass to against the Kansas Jayhawks during the 1985 season.

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANSophomore guard Lorenzo Brown dunks the ball during the semifinal game of the ACC Tournament against UNC Chapel Hill in Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday March 10.

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The men’s and women’s club basketball teams are preparing to host a three-on-three basket-ball tournament in Carmichael Gym Sept. 29. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Play 4Kay foundation benefiting cancer research.

The Kay Yow Foundation was founded Dec. 3, 2007 with the assistance of the V Foundation, which was established in mem-ory of former N.C. State men’s basketball coach Jim Valvano, who also died of complications from cancer. Since the founda-tion’s creation, it has raised $6.7 million, and $2.5 million has been donated in grants for re-search and programs dedicated to women with cancer, according to the fund’s official website.

“We wanted to do community service and we’ve done fundrais-ers for the Kay Yow Foundation in the past from our home tour-nament at N.C. State, but none specifically benefiting the Kay Yow Foundation or anything this big,” Katie Simanovich, a senior in psychology, said.

This is the first time the club teams will be holding this event and Simanovich is one of the organizers. Grayson Eubanks, a senior in human biology, is also one of the organizers. According to Eubanks, this is one of the first events both clubs have collabo-

Club basketball benefits cancer research

Men’s basketball ACC schedule released

Wolfpack alum wins gold in London

FridayMEN’S SOCCER V. LIBERTYLynchburg, Va., 7 p.m.

WOMEN’S SOCCER V. TEXASAustin, Texas, 9 p.m.

VOLLEYBALL V. JACKSONVILLE AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON TOURNAMENT Charleston, S.C., 4:30 p.m.

SaturdayVOLLEYBALL V. SACRAMENTO STATE AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON TOURNAMENTCharleston, S.C., 10 a.m.

VOLLEYBALL V. COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON TOURNAMENTCharleston, S.C., 7 p.m.

SundayWOMEN’S SOCCER V. LSUBaton Rouge, La., 2 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER V. MERCER,Dail Soccer Field, 4 p.m.

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