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MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOAfter N.C. State’s victory against Boston College, then senior Scott Curcio gives the Wolfpack sign while the late women’s basketball coach Kay Yow addresses the crowd. Curcio went to the game to “sup-port the Wolfpack and Hoops 4 Hope.”

Charity event raises cancer awarenessHOOPS 4 HOPE TO FILL REYNOLDS COLISEUM, RAISE MONEY FOR KAY YOW/WBCA CANCER FUND

Preston BoylesDeputy News Editor

Hoops 4 Hope, which began in 2006, was one of the first bas-ketball events to raise money for breast cancer awareness. The Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund was the first women’s movement that the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association [WBCA] chose in its 28-year history.

And now, more than 1,000 teams will participate in the 2009 Pink Zone initiative to raise breast cancer awareness and at-tendance for the fourth annual Hoops 4 Hope game is expected to reach Reynolds Coliseum’s full capacity.

“It’s because only Coach Yow could be such a catalyst for this initiative and movement,” Beth Bass, CEO of the WBCA, said. “She was all about unity and bringing in her colleagues and fellow coaches to do something bigger than their own respective programs, and even bigger than women’s basketball.”

Matt Benson, a senior in indus-trial engineering, said coming to the Hoops 4 Hope game means much more than supporting women’s basketball.

“Coming to this game shows your support for the people that not only like State, but that are fighting a disease which has taken multiple legends from our

University [Valvano and Yow],” Benson said. “It’s a reminder of how many people are affected by this disease.”

Bass said first time attendees can expect a powerful display.

“I have never seen survivors presented in such a powerful and intense way,” she said. “It’s one of the hundreds or even thousand foot prints Yow is going to leave on this earth.”

According to Amanda Wu-jcik, a junior in sport manage-ment, Sunday afternoon is going to focus the most on survivors because that is what Yow would have wanted.

“They have been through it and they have survived it and Coach Yow always wanted everyone to keep going and never give up,” Wujcik said. “We will all always remember her, but she wants us to keep going.”

While some students are un-sure of what the atmosphere will be like, Benson expects it to be upbeat, despite the absence of Yow.

“It’s so moving because she was a basketball coach, but so much more,” he said. “Regardless of her status, she used it to influence and build people up around her.”

Benson, whose grandmother and aunt both had cancer, said even though Yow won’t be there, it’s encouraging to see the Uni-versity show the importance of what’s going on in other people’s

lives. “Regardless of who we are play-

ing, we can all come together, all fans, not just opponents but as people of a common cause,” he said.

Benson also said people that are attending Hoops 4 Hope will probably be open to giving more donations because it’s such a dif-ficult time.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if the proceeds were doubled or tripled this year,” he said.

With 8,544 tickets sold and $5 of each ticket price to benefit the fund, proceeds are estimated to be at least $42,720.

Bass said the proceeds are help-ing survivors fight.

“Yow was in Stage 4 cancer for four years because of the drugs that were researched and intro-duced,” Bass said. “The proceeds are for the extension of life and quality of life for the survivors.”

T he W BC A a n nou nced Wednesday that several sponsors and supporters have created col-lections to support the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund.

Nike created the Nike Kay Yow Collection, which is specially de-signed footwear, clothing and equipment. The items are now available at www.NikeStore.com and select Niketown locations.

In addition, Russell Athletic

Forum series lacks attendance

LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANAdam Cloninger, a junior in international studies, Matt Woodward, a freshman in sociology, and Jay Dawkins, student body president, sit in the Student Senate Chambers Thursday night. A town-hall style meeting was called to get students views on restrictions for the Free Expression Tunnel because of major events surrounding it this year.

Student organizations feel budget cut impactsSaja HindiEditor-in-Chief

After Gov. Beverly Perdue re-leased restrictions on the state budget, University administra-tors also implemented restric-tions on N.C. State’s budget, including a ban on travel that either did not fall under certain criteria or just was not approved by the vice chancellor.

These criteria include travel directly related to class instruc-tion; travel that the University has already put down a lot of non-refundable money into; in-state travel related to recruitment of students; Board of Governors, Board of Trustees of Legislature travel ; and commencement travel. Some student groups are seeing the drastic impact of these cuts.

“They are cutting travel. Most of the positions that are open are being left vacant, so they won’t pay expenses. People are hold-ing onto their money a bit more wisely for when they want to do these bigger projects,” Student Centers President Peter Barnes

said.But Barnes said administrators

may be taking it too far.“Now they are using budget

cuts as their excuse not to fund things, like food for events. They are cutting out as much as they are giving,” he said. “Student fees that we pay are being nitpicked.”

Kelli Rogers, Student Sen-ate Appropriations Committee chair, said the appropriations process has taken one of the biggest hits, but Student Govern-ment in general is also dealing with the cuts.

As for appropriations — fund-ing that SG gives to student groups — the amount of money allotted has not decreased, yet. But now Vice Chancellor for Stu-dent Affairs Tom Stafford has to approve requests.

Rogers said student groups are struggling to get the fund-ing they normally receive.

“Student life and Student Af-fairs and student organizations are so important to a student’s experience and a lot of them do have academic benefits as well as cultural,” she said.

Meeting designed to gain more campus culture feedback sees low turnout

Derek MedlinManaging Editor

Student Government’s monthly Town Hall Forum meeting Thursday night, which fo-cused on gaining more feedback from stu-dents regarding the Campus Culture Task Force recommendations, saw an extremely low turnout.

The meeting, which was held in the Stu-dent Senate chambers, had fewer than 10 in attendance.

Neil Ballentine, a student senator and or-ganizer of the Town Hall Forum series, said it has been tough to get students to come to the monthly meetings designed to highlight

important campus issues.“It’s a convenience issue,” Ballentine, a ju-

nior in biological sciences, said. “You just get so bogged down with going to a full day of

class. Most students are involved in some sort of group. When we try to publicize this it’s tough because people view it as just another meeting.”

While the turnout for Thursday’s forum may have been low, the group did listen to a presentation given by Matt Woodward about several of the recommendations the Campus Culture Task Force has been working on.

Woodward, a freshman in applied sociology who serves on the task force, said student feedback is crucial as the task force prepares to make its final recommendations to Chancellor James Oblinger.

“When we make decisions that effect

TOWN HALL continued page 3

BY THE NUMBERS: ATTENDANCE2006 7,781

2007 7,971

2008 8,081

SOURCE: GOPACK.COM

DONATIONS:2006: More than $25,000 for the Triangle affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

2007: $43,820 to the Susan G. Ko-men Foundation

2008: $42,400 for the Triangle af-filiate of Komen for the Cure and $10,000 for the Yow Fund

SOURCE: GOPACK.COM

HOW TO GIVE YOUR FEEDBACK TO THE CAMPUS CULTURE TASK FORCE COMMITTEE:

Visit the Student Affairs Web site at www.ncsu.edu/student_affairs/

Click on the Campus Culture Task Force Link

Submit your thoughts to the task force via the online form

The full committee will meet Monday at 3 p.m. in room 3118 of Talley Student Center.

SOURCE: NCSU STUDENT AFFAIRS

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[Editor’s Note: This story is the first in a series of stories that will run about University budget cuts.]

STUDENT TICKETS LIMITED FOR SUNDAYSunday’s Hoops 4 Hope game against Virginia has been sold out, and the University has set aside approximately 1,000 tickets for students. Student tickets will be given on a first come, first serve basis prior to the game. Students are encouraged to arrive early to the Northwest doors of Reynolds Coliseum (side facing the Tally Center) and must carry a validNCSU ID. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m.

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See page 5 for more on the impacts of the budget cuts.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

In Tuesday’s page-eight story “Men’s golf sets high expecations,” the golf course opening was incorrect. The course will open in late spring. Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at [email protected].

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“It’s one of the hundreds or even thousand of foot prints she [Yow] is going to leave on this earth.”

Beth Bass, CEO of the WBCA on the fourth annual Hoops

for Hope game

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TodayTHOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.

VALENTINES SALE, BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICENC State Bookstores, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, 12 to 8 p.m.

TWILIGHTWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 9:05 p.m.

TWILIGHTWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:35 p.m.

TWILIGHTWitherspoon Cinema, 11:55 p.m. to 2 a.m.

SaturdayTHOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, 2 to 8 p.m.

VALENTINES SALE, BUY ONE GET ONE HALF PRICENC State Bookstores, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.




SundayTHOMAS SAYRE: NEW WORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, All day


HOOPS FOR HOPE (NC STATE VS. VIRGINIA)Reynolds Coliseum, 3:30 p.m.



POLICE BLOTTERFeb. 10 1:22 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTSullivan HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance.

4:08 A.M. | CHECK PERSON D.H. Hill Library Report of intoxicated subject in li-brary. Officers checked all floors but did not located subject.

10:05 A.M. | FIRE ALARMDabney Hall Units responded to alarm. Cause unknown.

10:50 A.M. | FIRE HAZARDE.S. King VillageFP investigated and resolved haz-ard involving gas powered scooter parked in breezeway.

11:07 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTAdmin. Services I Report of suspicious incident in the area.

11:20 A.M. | ASSAULTDH Hill Library Officers responded in reference to student being touched inappropri-ately.

3:43 P.M. | CHECK PERSONNorth Hall Report of non-student asking for money and cigarettes. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.

5:59 P.M. | WELFARE CHECK Wolf Village Officers checked on welfare of stu-dent. Everything OK.

8:46 P.M. | LARCENYBagwell Hall Student reported bicycle stolen.

THROUGH JONATHAN’S LENS

Language Exchange educates students

Kenzie McBride, sophomore in civil engineering, speaks to Melly Banegas who works in Syme and Becton in the Lan-guage Exchange through the University Scholars Program. In the Language Exchange, students meet with housekeepers that speak languages other than English, to teach each other their respective languages. “I do it to practice my Spanish

and because I think it’s important to learn about another’s culture and form connections with people you normally wouldn’t communicate with,” McBride said.

PHOTO BY JONATHAN STEPHENS

IN THE KNOW Lecture series new to event

The College of Engineering, the Engineering Foundation and the Engineers Council will host different events from Feb. 16 to 21 for Engi-neers Week 2009.

Activities including golf games, paper airplane con-tests, f light simulators and a dunk booth will take place in the Brickyard and on Centennial Campus from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Every evening will feature a professional-development workshop which includes free food and a chance to win $250 scholarships.

In addition, the Green En-gineering lecture series is new to the celebration and high-lights research going on at State. All students, regardless of their major are invited to attend. For more information on the week, visit http://stu-dents.engr.ncsu.edu/eweek/.

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

Charity Ball approaching

The Union Activities Board is holding the Red and White Charity Ball on Feb. 20 to raise money for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The event, which begins at 8 p.m., will take place at Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Tickets are available at the

UAB Office in Talley for $10 per person or $15 for a pair. All pro-ceeds go to UNICEF.

The UAB-Black Students Board also has a special event quickly approaching. On Feb. 19 beginning at 8 p.m., State students will perform at “Ex-pressions.” The event, located in the Talley Ballroom includes free food and live entertainment with a jazz feel.

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

E-mail Force to hold forum

The Student E-mail Task Force is seeking feedback re-garding current and future stu-dent e-mail needs. According to the Office of Information Tech-nology, the force is comparing the Unity service with two op-tions, Google Apps Education Edition or Microsoft’s Live@Edu/Exchange Labs.

Students have a chance to learn more about the op-tions at a forum Feb. 16 in the Carmichael Recreation Center Play Zone beginning at 5 p.m.

The forum will offer a dem-onstration of both hosted op-tions.

If you are a current student interested in testing the services and providing feedback, please visit the Student E-mail Initia-tive Web site at http://oit.ncsu.edu/student-email-initiative.

SOURCE: NCSU.EDU

WORLD & NATIONAutism ruled unrelated to vaccines

Evidence presented in three cases by parents of children with autism did not show a connection between autism and early child-hood vaccines, a special court ruled Thursday.

Parents of the children argued the autism was initiated by the vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella united with vaccines containing thimerosal, which in-cludes mercury.

The Cedillos, Hazelhursts and Synders requested compensation from the Vaccine Injury Compen-sation Program, but the panel of specialists ruled that sufficient evidence was not offered.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a statement after the decisions and said it continues to support research ‘to better understand the cause of autistic disorders and develop more effective methods of treatment.’

SOURCE: CNN

Investigation leads to arrests

Police in South Carolina have been making arrests in an attempt to make a case against Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps for the marijuana bong photograph, a lawyer said Thursday.

Joseph McCulloch, an attorney, said one of his clients was charged with possession of marijuana and questioned about the party Phelps attended close to the Uni-versity of South Carolina campus in November 2008. His client, who was unnamed, faces up to 30 days in jail and a $200 fine if convicted

on the charge. The client’s room-mate was also arrested.

After the Feb. 1 photo publica-tion, Sheriff Leon Lott said his of-fice would possibly bring a charge against Phelps after investigation. McCulloch said his client and his roommate previously lived at the house where the party took place, but have moved out of the city. He said his client was out of town when Phelps visited.

Possession of one ounce or less of marijuana is a misdemeanor un-der South Carolina law and could result in 30 days in jail or a fine up to $200 for the first offense.

SOURCE: WRAL

Suspects arrested in medicine case

A teething medicine that killed more than 80 children in Nigeria led to the arrest of twelve people, according to authorities.

The medicine, called My Pikin, was found to include a solvent normally found in antifreeze and brake fluid, authorities said. Ap-proximately 110 children have been sickened by the contaminat-ed batch since November, ranging in age from two months to seven years.

Tests on the formula displayed high concentrations of diethylene glycol which can cause damage to the kidney, heart and nervous system.

Five of the suspects arrested were from the business that manufactured the medicine, while the remaining suspects were from the chemical company that sold the diethylene glycol, Abubakar Jimoh, deputy director of Nigeri-aís National Agency for Food and Drug Administration said.

The suspects could face up to 15 years in prison or a $3,380 fine, Jimoh said.

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the students it is very important that they come out and tell us how they feel,” Woodward said. “That way, the gap between stu-dents and administrators is as low as possible.”

Student Body President Jay Dawkins, a junior in civil en-gineering, said feedback to the task force has increased despite Thursday’s turnout.

“We’ve seen a whole lot more turnout online and a lot of peo-ple speaking out,” he said. “This is what we’re looking for.”

Woodward credited an e-mai l sent by Daw k i n s on Monday for the increase in stu-dent response to the task force.

“F r o m m y understanding, especially since Jay sent out the e-mail over the HOW L , t h e feedback has increased,” he said. “We’ve been getting critical feedback. There are some very articulate people out there.”

The feedback the task force receives prior to its meeting on Monday will be taken into ac-count before the group makes its final recommendations.

On Monday, the entire Cam-pus Culture Task Force Com-mittee will meet in 3118 Talley Student Center at 3:30 p.m. The group is responsible for making several recommendations to Oblinger about how to improve campus culture. The group was formed in November following the incident after the election of

President Barack Obama in the Free Expression Tunnel.

Once the group passes its fi-nal recommendations on to the chancellor, Dawkins said it will be up to Oblinger to make deci-sions.

“This is ultimately a group of recommendations to the chan-cellor,” Dawkins said. “His deci-sions on all of these recommen-dations will be final.”

Dawkins said the feedback the group has received so far has been reflective of student’s feel-ings.

“It’s been helpful to see what people have said,” Dawkins said. “When the task force gets back

together Mon-day they will have read the feedback. That should help.”

Woodward said students need to be in-formed about all of the initial recommenda-tions of the task force, especially regarding the Free Expression

Tunnel. “Students generally have some

ideas about the tunnel but unless they are worried that something is going to be taken from them it’s not that much of a concern,” he said. “I hope that changes be-cause there will be a lot of issues where it may not be pressing in one’s personal life but is impor-tant for the University as whole.”

Ballentine said the increase in feedback via the online form makes up for the lack of student turnout at Thursday’s meeting.

“I’m satisfied with people as long as they are talking,” he said.

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Student Health lot, Carmichael lot to lose almost 150 spaces during nine-month construction to revamp creek

Ty Johnson & Samuel T.O. BranchNews Editor & Deputy News Editor

The third phase of the Rocky Branch Creek restoration proj-ect will begin this Monday. The project, which is geared to revitalize the creek that runs through campus, will take up a large number of parking spaces in the long term and the short term, according to Christine Klein, the information and communication specialist for University Transportation.

The third phase will revamp the creek from Morrill Drive to Dan Allen Drive.

This follows the first phase, which restored the creek from Gorman Street to Dan Allen Drive, and the second phase, which worked on the section from Pullen Road to Morrill Drive.

Because the part of the creek runs directly through Central Campus, both the Carmichael Gymnasium lots and the Central Campus lot, behind the Student Health Center, will lose parking spaces.

Klein said the team estimated

the Central Campus lot will lose 107 spaces while construction is ongoing and the Carmichael lot will lose 42. Once the construc-tion is complete, Klein said about 56 spots will be permanently lost, 19 in the Central Campus lot and 37 in the Carmichael lot.

Almost all of the spots that will be lost are “C” pa rk i ng permit spaces, designating University em-ployee parking spaces. Klein is expecting back-ups and traffic problems in park-ing as employees try to find open parking spaces.

Klein said some employees were requesting to park in stu-dent parking zones, but says that is not an option.

“One of the things that I’m hearing is that staff would like to be able to go into the student

zones. We can’t allow that. Those spots are sold on a one to one ba-sis,” Klein said. “When summer sessions begin, employees can flow into those student zones.”

A memo was distributed to University employees Thursday detailing the other employee parking options, and Klein was confident that there is enough parking to handle the demand.

“We do keep very close track on the number of permits we’ve sold. We know when our peak times are,” Klein said. “What has been said to me is that the other parking options can absorb this.”

The project is roughly sched-uled to be fin-ished in Decem-ber, according to Klein.

While Klein is confident that this project will not cause any problems, some students, l ike Brantley Ellis, are not so sure.

“It’ll definitely affect my abil-ity to get to the gym,” Ellis, a ju-nior in computer science, said. “I guess I can always ride the Wolf line or park in the Coli-seum lot.”

Ellis lives off campus and trav-els to the gym after five, mean-ing he can park in the employee parking spaces that will be un-

available during the Rocky Branch renovation.

Ellis said he felt the project could have been delayed until the spring or summer when there is less traffic.

“Doing it during the win-ter seems like bad timing,” he said. “A lot of people are going to the gym because it’s too cold to be outside.”

Nate Wanner, a graduate student in biomathematics, said the project is necessary, but if the transportation problem does arise, the Uni-versity should not just let the problem go.

“The University should find a way to compensate for the situation if necessary, but I think the creek should be cleaned up,” Wanner said.

Klein says the University is doing everything needed to treat this problem fairly.

“We’re trying to manage the system to meet the needs of a varied number of folks with different concerns and issues. We just manage it fairly,” Klein said. “That’s all you can do. Basically this project was funded and been deemed something the Uni-versity wants so we have to react and manage the inven-tory we have.”

Rocky Branch renovation to poach parking spaces on central campus

TOWN HALLcontinued from page 1

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TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANBridget Peipho!, a sophomore in biological sciences, and Brooke Weathington, a sophomore in zoology, work together in chemistry 202L at Fox Labs Feb. 11. “It digs deeper into the concepts of chemistry that was just brushed over in 101,” Weathington said.

PARKING SPACES LOST:Central Campus LotTemporary - 107Permanent - 19

Carmichael Gymnasium LotsTemporary - 42Permanent - 37

SOURCE: TRANSPORTATION

“We’ve seen a whole lot more turnout online

and a lot of people speaking

out.”Student Body President Jay

Dawkins

MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOA breast cancer survivor holds up a sign with her number of cancer-free years during halftime of the 2008 Hoops for Hope game. This year’s game is at 3:30 p.m. Sunday against Virginia.

and Jostens are hosting contests to award participating teams who raise the most funds in the WBCA Pink Zone initiative.

Russell plans to donate 15 uni-forms to the team at each divi-sion (NCAA Division I, II, III, NAIA, JC/CC and High School)

that raises the most money. Jos-tens will donate a piece of jew-elry from the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund Jewelry Collection to the head coach of the team at each division. Crocs has also given thousands of pink Crocs to teams to use for giveaways.

“I guess I can always ride the

Wolfline or park in the Coliseum

lot.”Brantley Ellis, junior in

computer science

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TECHNICIAN

In case you haven’t noticed, the University’s webmail service, Cyrus, is not an ex-

ample of the cutting edge of the Information Age.

The storage space for e-mail is limited, and webmail is pretty much good for only one thing: sending simple e-mails.

So the University created the Student E-mail Initiative to de-termine possible alternatives to the Cyrus system, considering platforms like Yahoo’s Zimbra service, Microsoft’s Live at Edu and Google’s Apps for Education.

The group decided not to accept Zimbra’s offer, leaving Google and Microsoft on the table.

Google does a powerful, adap-tive platform that would address several of the issues students have

with the current webmail system, while, given its history and legal issues in the past decade, Micro-soft has a reputation as an evil, anticompetitive corporation seeking to corner the market on computing.

However, this does not mean students should jump for Google joy and demand the University switch to Google’s Apps for Ed-ucation platform to solve many problems with webmail.

Students should look at both forums before giving the initia-tive members a recommenda-tion. This system will replace the Cyrus system, which is reliable, albeit limited in storage space

and features.Both Microsoft and Google

provide free services, so cost is not the issue. And both services are available for students to try at the Student E-mail Initiative’s Web site (http://oit.ncsu.edu/student-email-initiative).

We should not push for a switch to Google simply due to name recognition, as tempting as it may be. Students should sign up for each of the services and give the initiative feedback, both at online forums and the Student E-mail Initiative’s public forum Feb. 16 at 5 p.m. in the Carmichael Rec-reation Center’s Play Zone.

This is an important issue for

students, and it should be treated as such — e-mail is an important outlet for information from pro-fessors and University reminders. As students are one of the pri-mary users of the University’s webmail service, their feedback should play a large role in deter-mining which platform the Uni-versity uses to replace the Cyrus webmail system.

Also consider that Google ser-vices are available for free at any time to anyone with Internet ac-cess, while Microsoft is offering its service for free to educational institutions.

And do you really want Google to take over your life completely?

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. THE ISSUE:The Student E-mail Initiative is now testing Microsoft and Google’s platforms to replace the current webmail system.

OUR OPINION:Students should not opt for either platform without trying them first.

THE SOLUTION:Students should go to the Student E-mail Initiative’s Web site and sign up to test both systems before giving feedback.

Don’t just jump for one type of webmail joy!OUR VIEW"

Everyday I park in the Coliseum Deck, and as I rush down a stairwell

from the fourth story, I can’t help but cringe as I see spray

painted images of two Amer-ican-Indi-ans hold-ing signs t h at s ay “Go back Mayflow-e r ” a n d

“Stop illegal immigration” by some kid named Loki.

Before you make any rash judgments and send in forum letters telling me I’m a hypo-critical, hateful, steaming pile of poo, it’s not that I have a problem with the message behind it.

What bothers me is that my tax dollars are going to pay for the removal of that particular “work of art” from out cam-pus.

And this problem extends way beyond the Coliseum Deck.

It’s difficult to walk 100 yards on campus without see-ing some building or surface marked or tagged by some jokester who got too happy with a can of paint.

Why would people spray paint the Reynolds Tunnel, or anywhere on campus for that matter?

We have the luxury of hav-ing the Free Expression Tun-nel to paint whatever we want, with the exception of credible

threats. The tunnel is such a great re-

source for us, but some feel the need to bypass it and waste the University’s money.

And spray painting isn’t the only problem we have concern-ing graffiti on campus.

Even something as simple as chalking in inappropriate places can make our campus unsightly.

University policy only al-lows chalking on horizontal surfaces, and for good rea-son.

Right next to Loki’s love-ly work some-one chalked “Tancredo ‘08,” (ser i-ously? Tan-credo?) and it has been there since summer.

I just ask people who choose to express themselves outside of the Free Expression Tunnel and horizontal surfaces to do one thing: freaking stop it.

The money for cleaning up comes from state appropriations, and we could use it for planting more f lowers and beautifying campus, according to Associate Vice Chancellor for Facilities Kevin MacNaughton.

I don’t get tagging, and I don’t care if you think it’s art.

If it’s outside of the Free Ex-pression Tunnel, it’s pointless. Nothing is important enough to deface our campus with paint or

chalk.Graffiti outside of the Free

Expression Tunnel is not just an eyesore, and I’m not just complaining about a pet peeve.

And its not that I don’t want anyone to ever paint anything on campus, as I love seeing people what people have to say and paint in the tunnel.

The Univer-sity wastes its money to c le a n up some-t h i ng so unneces-sary, even though the University sanctioned t he Free Expression Tunnel for, oh I don’t

know, free expression. I just wish those who con-

tinue to vandalize our cam-pus will stop being belliger-ent and start doing something that makes a difference, like caring about making our campus.

Send in your thoughts on graffiti outside of the Free Expression Tunnel to [email protected].

Jane MoonViewpoint Editor

Gra!ti makes campus look sleezy

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Response to Russell Witham’s “Fight Abortion Act”

While I take issue with many points made in Mr. Witham’s article “Fight Abortion Act,” I will limit myself to discussing those that I found most potentially misleading.

The 1989 decision in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services (RHS) was not “a major victory against Roe v. Wade,” as Mr. Witham described it. The decision simply stated, according to the majority opinion written by Chief Justice Rehnquist, “it is inap-propriate for federal courts to address [the Missouri statute’s] meaning.” In fact, Rehnquist declined to explicitly overrule the Roe decision and empha-sized that “[Webster v. RHS] affords us no occasion to revisit the holding of Roe … and we leave it undisturbed.”

The Supreme Court strictly decides the constitutionality of statutes and lower court decisions. A quote in Mr. Witham’s article was incredibly mis-interpreted; “Roe v. Wade implies no limitation on the authority of a State to make a value judgment favoring childbirth over abortion.” This simply means that the federal courts have no control over States’ rights to make a judgment on abortion, whether it be for or against it. The Supreme Court merely enforced the fact that abortion laws are decided by the States and therefore do not involve a constitutional question, giving them no authority in this matter. This deci-sion, or “non-decision” as it were, did not, by any stretch of the imagination, show support for either Missouri’s anti-abortion statutes or the Roe v. Wade decision that a women’s right to get an abortion falls within the 14th Amendment’s right to privacy.

So the Freedom of Choice Act isn’t in opposition to the decision in Web-ster v. RHS, as implied by Mr. Witham, because there was no decision. The suggestion by Mr. Witham that this should be considered a value judg-ment by the Supreme Court is absurd and is evidence of his lack of under-standing of the federal judiciary. Also, considering that FOCA is federal leg-islation and abortion law is governed the State, how is it a “desperate move to undermine a relatively conserva-tive Supreme Court?” Who’s under-mining what here? Under FOCA, states can make all the anti-choice laws their oppressive little hearts desire, just as long as they don’t make desperate moves like Missouri and pass laws that violate established con-stitutional rights which undermine the Supreme Court i.e. Roe v. Wade.

One thought that I feel might clear up Mr. Witham’s confusion is the im-portance of discerning between the ideas of promoting and allowing. The distinction between these terms is a common source of misunderstand-ing of the Pro-Choice Movement and can significantly affect one’s view on related legislation such as FOCA. Promoting implies that you actively advocate for one thing over another, while allowing simply im-plies that you passively permit people to choose between things. No one who considers themselves to be pro-choice ever promotes abortion over

childbirth. The idea that pro-choicers would rather have women get abor-tions as opposed to have children is ridiculous. What pro-choicers do promote is allowing abortion. By enacting legislation that does not allow abortion, you are promoting childbirth because it becomes the only option. By enacting legislation that does allow abortion, you are not promoting either abortion or child-birth; you are simply giving options to freely choose from.

I have no issues with Mr. Witham’s personal opinion on abortion. In fact, if faced with a personal decision, Mr. Witham’s choice would be the same as my own. I take issue with the facts that he uses to form the basis of his opposition to FOCA. The facts are grossly distorted and reflect his inability to correctly interpret the ref-erences he cites, devaluing all of his reasoning.

Christina Scaranosenior, criminology

DARE brainwashes youthPaul McCauley got a bull’s-eye

(Wake Up And Smell The Cannabis, Feb. 8, 2009) describing the relatively safe, socially acceptable, God-given plant cannabis (marijuana). DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) on the other hand is a menace con-tributing to increased deadly hard drug addiction rates.

DARE brainwashes youth into believing lies, half-truths and propa-ganda concerning cannabis, which causes grave future problems.

How many citizens try cannabis and realize it’s not nearly as harmful as taught in DARE type government environments? Then they think other substances must not be so bad either, only to become addicted to deadly drugs. The old lessons make cannabis out to be among the worst substanc-es in the world, even though it’s never killed a single person.

The federal government even clas-sifies cannabis as a Schedule I sub-stance along with heroin, while meth-amphetamine and cocaine are only Schedule II substances. For the health and welfare of America’s children, that absolutely must change.

Stan WhiteDillon, Colorado

Focus on charity aspect of KKCThe headline Monday was “Winner

overlooked in KKC confusion.” This headline misses the spirit of the event and focuses on a small glitch during an event that was an overwhelm-ing success. Out of 5,500 people there was such a tiny fraction of the participants that actually contended for the title. The event was really about raising money for a charity and establishing a tradition at N.C. State. Rather than focus on a small flaw we would have liked to have seen a positive headline that celebrated the overwhelming success and growth of the event.

Christine Cravensenior, chemistryChris Widmangraduate student, economics

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Jeremy Leonardfreshman, architecture

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CAPITAL WATCHDogs to be adopted out

The 283 dogs seized from a Mount Olive puppy mill last week will be rehabilitated and adopted out to loving homes. The owner of the mill, Virginia Thornton, came to an agreement with Wake County to allow the dogs to be adopted. The dogs were living in unsanitary, cramped conditions and most had never seen the light of day. Two dogs died as a result of their living conditions. The dogs will be shipped to shelters in North Carolina, including the Wake SPCA, and Virginia.

SOURCE: WRAL.COM

Financial board OKs tuition increases

The UNC Board of Governor’s finance committee voted Thursday to increase tuition across the system. In state tuition at N.C. State would go up $93 to $3,860. The increases are meant to help offset budget cuts. The entire board will vote today on the issue.

SOURCE: WRAL.COM

NAACP to lead marchSaturday at 9:30 a.m. the state

chapter of the NAACP and other advocacy groups will lead a march — the “HK on J” — from Chavis Park to the legislature. The groups advocate a 14-point agenda asking for more funding for historically black colleges and increased access to health care among other things. Thursday was the NAACP’s 100th birthday.

SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM

DJ Stevo to retireAfter nearly 5 years of service to

WKNC, DJ Stevo, voice of the “Local Beat,” is hanging up his headphones. In an e-mail, Stevo said his time at the station have been a “privilege” and he is “miles removed” from where he was when he started. Mike Alston (DJ Mick) and Rachel Sloan (DJ Ray) will take over as host and assistant host of the “Local Beat,” which airs Friday at 5 p.m. and features local music and live interviews with local bands. DJ Stevo’s final show will air Feb. 20 at 5 p.m., and afterward fans and friends will gather at Tir Na Nog to “get righteously wasted.” Can’t get enough Stevo? In the e-mail, he said he still has some local music projects coming up.

SOURCE: E!MAIL FROM DJ STEVO, JAMIE GILBERT

Downtown circulator to begin service

The downtown Raleigh R-line — the circulator route, will begin service today at 8:30 a.m. after a kickoff ceremony in front of the Raleigh Convention Center. The new route begins at City Market, goes by Seaboard Station, up to Glenwood, down Morgan Street, by the Convention center and back to City Market. At night the route expands to include the warehouse district.

SOURCE: NEWSOBSERVER.COM

University researcher tracks hungry beetle

First detected in the U.S. in 2002, the Redbay Ambrosia beetle is being closely monitored by research assistant professor Frank Koch. This beetle could severely affect the production of avocados if allowed to spread to southeast Florida, which is a $15 to $30 million industry in the state. Koch says that the beetle is moving very fast and could start affecting the avocado-growing region of Florida within a year or two. Though the beetle is very small, it kills extremely quickly. Koch and his team hope to devise a plan in case the beetle moves into southwest Miami as they predict. The team is monitoring the beetles’ paths and hopes to catch and stop their progress before they get to the avocado trees.

SOURCE: WWW.NEWS.NCSU.EDU

“Smart Bomb” targets cancer cells

Stefan Franzen, professor of chemistry, and Steven Lommel, professor of plant pathology and genetics, have successfully modified a common plant virus to deliver drugs only to specific cells inside the human body. These “smart bombs” could lead to more effective chemotherapy treatments with greatly reduced or eliminated side effects. Franzen says the particular plant virus is used because of its stability, ease of manufacture and its ability to carry therapeutic cargo. The virus attaches to a small protein through its exterior, causing it to “seek out” particular cells. The proteins, called signal peptides, serve as a kind of password that allows the virus to enter the cancer cell and release its treatment.

SOURCE: WWW.NEWS.NCSU.EDU

CRUNCHINGthe numbers

The slice taken out of the Uni-versity’s budget has been grow-ing over the past year and has now reached seven percent. But it’s only seven percent, how much could that possibly be? And how much could a mere seven percent really affect students?

The unfortunate truth is that for N.C. State, seven percent equals $36 million. That’s $36 million less for faculty, classes, new technology, student orga-nizations, financial aid, tutor-ing, counseling and many other critical features that students use

everyday. While University officials are

working to take the budget blow with as little effect to students as possible, UNC Vice President for Finance Robert Nelson said in a memo to State Budget Director Charles Perusse that “cuts of this magnitude cannot continue per-manently if we are to preserve the quality of education our students need and deserve.”

Included in Nelson’s memo were detailed descriptions of what NCSU and other UNC sys-tem schools would have to elimi-nate in order to adapt to the seven percent budget cut. Some of these reductions included forgoing in-vestments in distance education and state-of-the-art technology, eliminating research centers and a reduction in counseling, tutor-ing and advising.

Students have been hearing about it all year—the economy is horrible, money is scarce, be-ware of the budget cuts.

7% BUDGET CUTS =

WHAT 7 PERCENT MEANS TO N.C. STATE:At the 7 percent level, UNC system campuses will be forced to eliminate 1,679 jobs, with 660 of those being faculty

Class sizes would be increased

The number of course sections would be reduced or eliminated, especially those is high-demand disciplines such as science, technology and math

at the lowest among its peers

Reduce availability of labs and libraries

Increase the use of part-time faculty instead of permanent, full-time professors

Reduce counseling, tutoring and advising

Reduce investments in distance education and state-of-the-art technology

Eliminate important support services for high risk students and students transferring from North Carolina Community Colleges

Review programs with low enrollment and productivity, and consider discontinuing the program or combining it with another existing program.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE BUDGET CENTRAL

WHAT 7 PERCENT MEANS TO OTHER SCHOOLS :

At a time when the University has a goal of doubling the number of nursing graduates, ECU would be forced to reduce faculty and labs that would cause the production

If UNC-CH were to keep the current student/faculty ratio, the loss of 232 teaching faculty jobs would cause a reduction of 3,426 student. This is approximately the size of an incoming freshman class

The loss of full time faculty jobs would cause a reduction of 340 course sections as NCCU

20 percent of the freshman seminar classes would be

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WCU would eliminate three programs: Institute for the Economy and the Future, the

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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANTracey Ray is the director of Multicultural Student A!airs. “Dr. Ray works with the spirit and dedication of the ancestors. She believes in students "rst and does her job with passion,” Toni Thorpe said.

Director of Multicultural Student Affairs Tracey Ray works to help students reach their dreams

Laney TiptonStaff Writer

“Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and some-thing distinctive, and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.” – Benjamin Mays, former President of Moorehouse College.

Citing it as her favorite quote, Tracey Ray takes Mays’ words to heart. There was a calling and she answered it. Passionate about her work and in love with her job, she has been working in Multicultural Stu-dent Affairs for ten years.

Ray has spent a major portion of her life on campus. After earning her bachelor’s degree from N.C. State in psychology, she went on to get her master’s and Ph.D. in social psychology at NCSU as well. Ray was very involved during her time spent on campus, as a resident advisor for two years in Metcalf, which, during her time, was the University’s first “Living and Learn-ing” program, comparable to today’s First Year College.

Ray also participated in various student organizations, and held several leadership roles. Now, almost 20 years later, she is still filling leadership roles on campus, and is now advising many of the organizations she used to lead.

“I think the passion I now have as an advisor I got from the leadership roles I played,” Ray said.

Unsure of what career she wanted to ap-ply her psychology knowledge, she worked for a non-profit organization in Raleigh while earning her Ph.D.

She was called in 1999 to volunteer with the African American Symposium held every summer as part of the New Student Orientation. At the end of the summer, the assistant director of the program re-signed, leaving a spot

open that desperately needed to be filled.Ray received a call shortly after, offering

her a job, which at first, did not appeal to her at all.

“I said, ‘No, no, no…are you crazy? I spend way too much time there as it is.’”

But Ray was moving up in the ranks with her job at the non-profit, having been pro-moted several times until her succession up the corporate ladder was no longer some-thing she wanted. Though she was not sure what she wanted to do, she knew her future was not with that organization.

So Ray went for an interview, and was offered the job.

“It’s been an exciting time ever since.”Ray enjoyed the job much more than

she thought she might. She will have been working for the University for ten years in September.

And in those ten years, she has helped accomplish so much.

When she first took the position of assis-tant director of MSA, it was merely just an office in a department. In 2001, it evolved into a department of its own, after Ray presented the idea to the University and it was accepted. Once established, Ray was named head of the department.

“The students knew we needed it, and it was a long time coming,” Ray said.

According to their mission statement, MSA “researches, designs, and implements unique programs that promote the pur-suit of academic success, retention, and graduation of students, with an emphasis on African American, Native American, and Hispanic students.”

Ray works intently on program assess-ment, evaluating the effectiveness of MSA programs. She works to make them more effective, and looking for positive and neg-ative signs concerning the performance of the students.

MSA works hard to improve gradua-tion rates of multicultural students, and they are becoming very successful in their venture. Since the MSA department was

established, African American graduation rate has grown 14 percent. Ray says that this is not a direct result of her individual efforts, or those of the MSA office, but of the University as a whole, and the way that all facets work together to help the students achieve.

The University is ranked in the top 100 colleges and universities producing Afri-can Americans and Native America with bachelor’s degrees.

“We are not there yet with Hispanic students simply because we do not have the numbers to compete with states like Florida and Texas,” Ray said. “We have, however, grown at a fast rate.”

And the growth should continue, she said.

“North Carolina’s Hispanic population is young. I think we will get there someday,” Ray said.

Though Ray has done many things while working for the University, her work three years ago with a task force that organized a program to celebrate the fiftieth anni-versary of African American undergradu-ates is something she is most proud of. The celebration lasted all year, and with a little budget and a short amount of time to plan, the event turned out fantastically.

“I probably worked 80 hours that week, but it was so worth it in the end.”

In the future, Ray sees change for MSA. Just recently, the organization created a new position to take over the Native Amer-ican student affairs, which was previously conjoined with the African American af-fairs. MSA will be working to build on their resources, both old and new, to keep making things better.

Ray has done amazing work during her time at NCSU, helping students reach the dreams they are destined to reach. She her-self has taken Mays’ advice to step up and fill a role that seems to fit perfectly to help make the world a better place.

“I just want to change the world and leave it a little differently than I found it.”

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have a house, a home, an associa-tion, we could survive together for the betterment of the game, then that would be a dream come true. And she put so much time and effort into it.”

Before Finch took over her position at the ACC, she was the athletic department’s senior as-sociate director and senior wom-an administrator. Finch’s history has been intertwined with Yow’s for three decades. Yow’s first sea-son coaching basketball and vol-leyball at Elon was Finch’s first season coaching those same sports at Wake Forest. Finch’s volleyball team played Yow’s five

times that first season in 1971. In 1973, Finch helped Yow

start her first basketball camp at Elon College, and when Yow was hired by Everett Case in 1975, Finch was the athletics director at Peace College, and the two of them shared a house together. According to Finch, Yow was the f irst full-time woman hired by a n At h-letics De-partment i n t h e state.

“She was a pioneer in many ways,” Finch said. “She didn’t take the move from Elon on a tenured-track position in teach-

ing to a non-tenure-track ath-letics position lightly. That was a serious position, and frankly she was led by the Lord at the time. She was not a Christian at the time, but she was still led by him to go to N.C. State and be there, and aren’t we glad she did.”

Finch said Yow began coaching in an era when the attitude to-ward women’s athletics could be hostile, be-cause many were

resentful of the affect Title IX had on men’s athletics pro-grams.

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job of performing.”According to Stevenson, as

the team reaches the mid-point of their season injuries and fa-tigue have taken their toll. The team has tried to accommodate by taking a day to slow it down to revive themselves.

“We’ve been going six weeks and our sport is probably one of the hardest sports to do. We’ve been a little up and down,” Stevenson said. “Some of the kids haven’t been able to go hard because they’ve been a little overly sore - a back here, a knee there - so we backed the off and tried to get them at least

one day down so they are ready.”Stevenson continued that they

are starting to see recoveries from key competitors that, upon their return, will allow the Pack to put its best line up out there.

“But we are slowly getting our kids back, the ones we need to be the best team we can be,” Ste-venson said. “As soon as they get a little behind them, I think we are going to be one of the better gymnastics teams we’ve ever had here at N.C. State.”

Senior Elyse Adams said the Pack is prepared for the meet and that fans can look forward to the team’s highest level of per-formance of the season.

“I think this is going to be our best meet yet,” Adams said. “We are all ready and we are all really

excited and motivation from last weekend really kicked into this week. Everything is starting to come together.”

The Pack will face archrivals UNC-Chapel Hill for the second weekend in a row. According to Stevenson, the team elevates their level every time they com-pete against the Tar Heels.

“I think the biggest part of the meet this weekend is Carolina vs N.C. State just like it was last weekend,” Stevenson said. “For all of our fans, and I don’t care what sport you’re in, it is impor-tant to beat Carolina - it is just something that we do. And when we compete against Carolina our kids get up for it more and so do theirs.”

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A sell-out crowd is expected for the fourth annual Hoops 4 Hope game

Taylor AutenSports Editor

Though the women’s bas-ketball game against Virginia Sunday at 3:30 p.m. will be the fourth annual Hoops 4 Hope game in Reynolds Coliseum, it will be the first since the pass-ing of legendary coach Kay Yow Jan. 24. When Yow finally suc-cumbed to her 22-year battle with cancer, she became the third iconic N.C. State basket-ball coach to have fallen victim to the disease.

Both Jim Valvano, the coach of the 1983 national champion-ship team, and Everett Case, the father of ACC basketball, had their lives cut short by cancer. On Sunday, the stands of that venue they all knew so well, Reynolds Coliseum, will once again be filled with Wolfpack fans who will come to honor Yow’s life and to raise money in support of cancer research.

Nora Lynn Finch, senior woman administrator and as-sociate commissioner for bas-ketball operations for the At-

lantic Coast Conference, said all three of those individuals will be present at Sunday’s game in some way. Finch, who has known Yow since her days as coach of Elon’s basketball and volleyball teams, admitted there would be some-thing missing without Yow’s physical presence at Reynolds.

“Kay’s spirit is there. Everett Case’s spirit is there. Jim Valva-no’s spirit is there,” Finch said. “They are still there in many ways. But you don’t lose Kay Yow and not have a void.”

The game has been sold out,

and organizers expect the 8,544-seat coliseum to be filled to capacity. The game will raise proceeds for the Kay Yow/WBCA Cancer Fund, a charitable organization com-mitted to funding the fight against women’s cancers. Athletics Director Lee Fowler said Hoops 4 Hope will con-tinue to be an institution at N.C. State, although Yow is gone.

“Cancer is still going on,” Fowler said. “Until we cure that, I would assume there would be a game each year.”

In the wake of Yow’s death, those who knew her have had time to ref lect on what she meant to the sport of women’s basketball. Betty Jaymes, the first executive director of the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association, first met Yow in 1981 when the WBCA was in its formative stages. She said Yow was “instrumental” to the creation of the organiza-tion.

“During the early 80s, she would show intent on mak-ing sure the coaches stayed unified,” Jaymes said. “We were all over the place, and she felt like if we could just

The Sweetheart Invitational will showcase college and club gymnastics

Jonathan B. LaughrunDeputy Sports Editor

The gymnastics team (5-6) will host the annual Sweetheart Invitational tonight at 7 p.m. in historic Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack will be hosting conference rivals UNC-Chapel Hill (8-5) and George Washington (8-3) along with the Tribe of William and Mary (2-9). Following the Friday meet, on Saturday and Sunday, the team will host a club level invitational.

“It is a tradition here -- we have been doing this meet on this same weekend, always the closest weekend to Valentine’s Day, for 26 years now,” coach Mark Stevenson said. “It is a great weekend of gymnastics - Woodward camp runs a little kids’ meet in [the practice gym] on Saturday and Sunday and then we have our college meet on Friday night.”

Before coming to the Pack, freshman Anna Kronenfeld competed for a club team that participated in the invite.

“I used to actually compete in it when I was younger because I am from North Carolina and

our gym would always come and watch [the Pack] compete and then compete in the Sweetheart Invite,” Kronenfeld said. “It is a nice little tradition that we have going on.”

The Wolfpack will be look-ing to continue to improve af-ter coming off a season high all around score and season highs on three events. According to Stevenson, continued improve-ment throughout the season was one of the goals the team set at the beginning of the season.

“It is always our goal [to top our previous scores],” Stevenson said. “Constant improvement - if you look at our scores, we had a good score to start and then we dropped a little bit, but since then, every score has gone up - not a tremendous amount but every weekend we have gotten better and we’ve done a better

Reynolds will fill to honor “pioneer”

Pack beat Deacs, reach turning point

Pack hosts invitational

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Kay Yow talks to her players in the huddle during the exhibition game against Premier Players earlier this season. Yow will be honored Sunday at the Hoops 4 Hope game against Virginia.

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Come from behind win in the second home game since the death of Kay Yow gives the Wolfpack confidence

Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor

The women’s basketball team (10-14, 2-7) defeated Wake Forest (17-6, 4-5) 59-51 Thursday night. The game looked dismal for N.C. State at times but ended with the Pack picking up a victory. The win was the second in four games after a second half that associate coach Stephanie Glance thought could be a turning point of the season.

State jumped out to a 9-0 lead, but the Deacs weren’t about to let the Pack run away with the game. Once the Pack got tired, Wake took advantage with a 15-2 run to take the lead. The Pack continued to be outpaced for the rest of the half, finishing the first 20 minutes behind 32-21. State’s first half play was sloppy and full of unforced errors, according to Glance.

“Turnovers really hurt us. [We had] 13 in the first [half],” Glance said.

According to Glance, when the team went into the locker room, the team knew it was time for a change.

“At halftime, we challenged the team to put N.C. State back on

the court,” Glance said. “I felt like it could be a turning point in our season.”

The team responded, coming out of the locker room with re-newed strength and momentum. Most importantly, State was back to playing the same full-court defense that was so successful in the first part of the opening half.

“We had that lapse and we were able to regain [momentum],” Glance said.

Just like the beginning of the f irst half, State outran Wa k e F o r -est, beginning the half with a 13-2 run to tie the score at 34 all. Only this time, the team continued the pressure. The Pack continued to excha nge baskets with the Deacons down the stretch.

With 5:10 left in the contest and the score tied at 42, junior guard Nikitta Gartrell pump-faked a shot, sending two Wake Forest players into the air, allow-ing her to drive and give State its first lead since the first half. Two Deacon turnovers later, with 3:14 left to play the Pack took a 50-42 lead.

Wake refused to go quietly

-- a three from junior guard Courteney Morris cut the lead to five with just over a minute to go. State was able to hit its free throws down the stretch to clinch the win.

According to Glance, she was impressed tremendously with her team’s effort.

“For us to come from a deficit through the second half is a trib-ute to this team’s heart,” she said.

Senior guard Shayla Fields, who scored 22 points to lead State, said hear-ing Glance call the second half an opportunity to turn around the season and then following through on that gives the Pack inspiration go-ing forward.

“It gives us a lot of momen-

tum. It felt like it was a turn-around of the season,” Fields said.

According to Fields, the win held a lot of meaning.

“It’s been very hard,” she said. “We came out and tried to repre-sent N.C. State and Coach Yow.”

The Pack returns to action Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. against Virginia in its annual Hoops 4 Hope charity event.

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MEN’S TENNIS, DAY ONE @ ITA TEAM INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPChicago, Illinois., all day

MEN’S AND WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD @ CAROLINA INVITATIONALChapel Hill, N.C., all day

GYMNASTICS HOST SWEETHEART INVITATIONALReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

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CRAIG YATES/TECHNICIANShayla Fields, a senior guard, rushes past Wake Forest’s Alex Tchangoue and Secily Ray for a layup. The Wolfpack Women beat Wake Forest 59-51 Thursday night in Reynolds Coliseum.

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“At halftime, we challenged the

team to put N.C. State back on the

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

“For all of our fans, and I don’t care what sport you’re in, it is important to

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