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A lone gunman entered and burglar-ized the State Employees Credit Union on Hillsborough Street Tuesday morn-ing before fleeing, according to police.

“I don’t have much on it at this point. We’re still working on a report,” Jim Sughrue, public information officer for the Raleigh Police Department, said. “That the robbery occurred just before 11:30 a.m. at the SECU on Hill-sborough St reet, and prel iminar y information is that one suspect was in-volved, thought to be a black male armed with a handgun.”

Ac c o r d i n g t o Sughrue, the sus-pect, who is still at large, was relatively tall at about six feet with a stocky build and possibly wear-ing a black hooded sweatshirt. He fled the scene on foot.

The N.C. State Police Department sent out Wolf Alert messages and e-mails after receiving the report from Raleigh PD.

“The Raleigh police department made us aware of a bank robbery that occurred at 11:30,” Jon Barnwell of NC State PD said. “Initial reports said the suspect fled the credit union on foot and was last seen at the intersec-tion of Hillsborough Street and Dan

Allen Drive, possibly headed towards campus.”

Based on these initial reports, cam-pus police decided to utilize the Wolf Alert text message and e-mail systems to warn students of a possible risk.

“Since he was armed with a hand-gun and could have been isolated to an area near campus, we utilized our text system as well as crime alert e-mail,” Barnwell said. “ Even though it oc-curred off campus, it was a potential

threat on the border of campus so we wanted to make stu-dents aware so they could avoid danger.”

Ac c o r d i n g t o Barnwell, later foot-age examined from the bank cameras showed that the sus-pect had actually fled north on Brooks Ave. away from campus, so the alert was then removed from the Web site. “We just didn’t want to take any chances,” he said.

Even though it was eventually realized

the robber actually posed little risk to students, Barnwell said it’s still good to play it safe. It also provided good practice for the future.

“Bank robberies around campus have happened before, and typically they f lee away from campus as he did today,” he said. “With the initial reports showing the suspect fleeing towards campus, it provided a good

test of the Wolf Alert system, which was successful.”

Employees of the SECU, which closed its doors for the remainder of the day to deal with the matter, were unavailable for comment.

Students around campus quickly heard about the commotion, but many said it didn’t affect them.

“I was in class when it happened, and by the time I got out it was over,” Charles Dalton Haynes, a sophomore

in accounting, said. “It really didn’t affect me because by the time I heard about it I was pretty far from where it happened and I felt no immediate threat to my safety.”

Tyler Tingle, a senior in polymer-color chemistry, agreed he felt little threat, but expressed other worries.

“As an individual with money in the State Employees Credit Union, I was more concerned that my money was going to be okay than with my

personal safety,” Tingle said. “I re-ally didn’t feel threatened at all and it doesn’t change how safe I do or don’t feel around that area.”

Lauren Warwick, a senior in psy-chology, was closer to the scene when it all went down.

“I was standing on the street corner [of Brooks and Hillsborough] with my roommate, and by the time I reached

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DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANPolice patrol Hillsborough Street after the robbery Tuesday. Suspect fled to campus and has not been apprehended.

Despite problems following the UNC-Chapel Hill game, Red Terror will continue to operate on its current route

Alanna HowardNews Editor

As the men’s basketball team nears the end of its season, Red Terror will continue its current route to avoid fu-ture problems.

Phillip Christofferson, the campus safety commission chairman for Stu-dent Government, said the route will not change for the Wake Forest game.

“We will continue to operate on the schedule that we’ve ran for the other two games, with service beginning 90 minutes before the game and continu-ing for 90 minutes after the game,” Christofferson said.

The buses will wait until all students have exited the RBC Center, he said.

The route for the UNC-Chapel Hill game did not receive positive feedback due to an attempt at a new route. Be-tween buses some students had to wait up to an hour, a wait time that was not part of the plan, according to Christofferson.

“As some students may know, there was an attempt at a new route for the UNC game which was not successful. This caused many students to have to wait an hour on campus for the next round of buses,” he said.

The error with the route is associ-ated with First Transit, the national transit service provider company hired by the University to run the Wolf line service. First Transit rec-ommended the new route, according to Christofferson, and worked with the RBC Center staff to arrange the particulars.

“First Transit claimed that the RBC Center staff was to blame for them not being able to run the route that they designed,” according to Christoffer-

son.Robert Bell, a freshman in elemen-

tary education, said he missed the first bus and was told to wait for the next one.

“My friends and I were in line to get on the bus, and just as we were about to get on, the bus driver refused to let anyone on the bus and said it would be 15-20 minutes before the next bus came,” he said.

Red Terror planned to begin service to the game two hours prior to tip-off for the UNC-Chapel Hill game, according to Christofferson, based on an agreement between Student

Government and the Department of Transportation.

Bell said he thought the bus would be arriving shortly, but it did not come when expected.

“The bus took almost an hour to come back and pick us up. We made it back to Talley around midnight,” he said. “It was a little frustrating.”

The Wake Forest game will be the last game that Red Terror will oper-ate and Student Government will con-tinue to work with the Department of Transportation to ensure next year’s service will run smoothly.

Christofferson said he would like

to thank the Dept. of Transporta-tion for their assistance with Red Terror.

“I’d like to thank University Transportation for their contin-ued support and help that they have provided us with Red

Terror this year and also thank the students who have used Red Terror and provided feedback on how to improve the service,” Christofferson said.

To allow students to continue

SECU bank robbed Tuesday, suspect flees

“Bank robberies

around campus

have happened

before, and

typically they

flee away from

campus as he did

today.” Captain Jon Barnwell, NCSU

Campus Police

Red Terror system operating same route for Wake Forest despite previous problems

Alanna HowardNews Editor

At the Board of Governors meet-ing Friday the Board unanimously approved a tuition increase plan that will average out to a 5.2 percent tu-ition increase across the system, on the assurance that the money will benefit the campuses.

The Board’s tuition plan was cre-ated to replace the plan drafted by the North Carolina General Assembly to raise tuition by $200 or 8 percent, whichever is lower.

The General Assembly’s plan would keep the money in the state’s general fund. The plan, which was approved Friday, heads to the legislature to be debated in May.

The make-up of the Board’s plan includes financial aid receiving 50 percent of the revenue, 25 percent to

MICHELE CHANDLER/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOWilliam “Randy” Woodson and Erskine Bowles, President of the UNC Board of Governors, speak at the press conference following the UNC Board of Governors meeting on Jan. 8. Woodson will be the 14th chancellor at N.C. State.

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in the knoW Welcome Celebration for Chancellor-elect Woodson

Wednesday, join the N.C. State community as the University officially welcomes Chancellor-elect W. Randolph Woodson and his wife, Susan, to the N.C. State family during an event at Reynolds Coliseum on Wednesday, Feb. 17, at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and an opportunity to meet the new chancellor will follow the event’s program. The event is free and open to the public, students and faculty are highly encouraged to attend. For more information contact Lauren Gregg at 919-515-6098 or lauren_gregg@ncsu.edu.

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N.C. State alums among victims of Alabama campus shooting

Two of the professors shot and killed Friday in a staff meeting on the University of Alabama’s Huntsville campus were graduates of North Carolina State University.

Biology professor at the University of Alabama, Amy Bishop, shot and killed three biology professors Thursday. She has been charged with capital murder.

Associate biology professor Adriel Johnson, 52, received a doctorate from N.C. State in animal science in 1989 and was one of the three killed.

Maria Ragland Davis, who

received her doctorate from N.C. State in 1992, was also killed.

The third professor who died was Gopi K. Podila, the chairman of the Department of Biological Sciences.

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OIT to launch student e-mail beta over spring break

In March, the Office of Information Technology, OIT, will launch a student e-mail beta service for Google Apps Education Edition. The new service, Google Apps @ N.C. State, will provide students with e-mail and other Google hosted services designed to improve collaboration, communication and education.

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World & nationObama to create fiscal commission Thursday

Washington - President Obama will sign an executive order setting up a bipartisan fiscal commission to rein in the federal debt, according to a White House official Thursday.

The co-chairs of the commission will be Democrat Erskine Bowles, the recently retired President of the Board of Governors for

the UNC System and former White House chief of staff for Bill Clinton; and Alan Simpson, former Republican senator from Wyoming.

It will be officially called the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

Obama described the commission as a way to attain a “long-term deficit reduction” in his weekly radio and Internet address on Saturday.

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Facebook groups protected by free speech

U.S. magistrate Barry Garber ruled this week that a former Florida high school student who was suspended after setting up a Facebook criticizing her teacher is constitutionally protected. The case, which garnered

attention from frequent internet users, was contested by the school’s principle but ultimately proceeded to a ruling. The student, Katherine Evans, may also chose to file a lawsuit.

Evans, now a college student, created a Facebook group entitled “Ms. Sarah Phelps is the worst teacher I’ve ever met,” and her principle took offense. According to case files, Phelps herself never saw the page, which was created from home after school hours.

Garber ruled that Evans had a constitutional right to express her views on the social networking site.

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United States second in medal count

The United States trails in the medal count for the first time since the games began, with eight total to Germany’s nine.

The US has two golds, two silvers and four bronze medals. Hannah Kearney and Seth Wescott secured America’s two golds, in women’s moguls and men’s snowboard cross, respectively. The silvers came from men’s 1500 short track and nordic combined. Women’s snowboardcross favorite Lindsey Jacobellis, an American, lost in the event semifinals Tuesday night, leaving room for Canada to take its second gold medal of the games.

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cubist painting by Picasso and had to use the different elements of the painting that she thought were the most important and incorporate them into her model, which will have three floors and include an entrance.

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the end of the street there was a flood of police officers with guns,” Warwick said. “I didn’t feel much of a threat at that time since I really wasn’t sure what was going on yet, but looking back I’m glad I locked my doors since I live very close by.”

While Tingle said he was glad no one was hurt, he hopes this won’t become a more regular occurrence.

“This is the first time I can remember something like this happening,” Tingle said. “My hope is that this is just a ran-dom act and nothing else fol-lows.”

Haynes agreed.“I still feel safe on campus

as long as things like this are only happening once in a blue moon.”

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DaviD Mabe/TechnicianThe State Employees Credit Union on Hillsborough Street was taped off after the robbery Tuesday. The bank closed down after the event and workers were not available for comment..

“The bus took almost an hour to come

back and pick us up. We made it back

to Talley around midnight.”Robert Bell, freshman in elementary education

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graduation and the remaining 25 percent to other “critical needs.”

According to the Board, their plan aligns with the rec-ommendations of individual campuses but at this point they have not had any indication from the Assembly whether or not their plan will replace the Assembly’s plan.

Also during the course of the meeting, Erskine Bowles announced his retirement. Bowles, who has been president of the UNC System since 2006 will remain at his position until the end of the school year, after which he will return to Wash-ington to serve on President

Obama’s newly formed Na-tional Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform.

The commission, which will be officially released Thursday, will allow both parties to attain a “long-term deficit reduction” according to a White House of-ficial. Bowles did not mention his appointment to the com-mittee at the meeting.

Bowles is a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill and Columbia University and has worked for companies such as Morgan Stanley and was White House

Chief of Staff under former president Bill Clinton from 1996 to 1998. Bowles ran as a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate twice, unsuccessfully in both attempts.

To find his replacement, the Board will appoint a search committee in the next few weeks.

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provide that feedback, a Face-book group called “Red Terror Transit” has been created. It will also help convey the latest information about Red Terror, including times the service will begin for each game.

Students are encouraged to contribute feedback to the group because Student Govern-ment values the input, accord-ing to Christofferson.

“The group will be important in knowing what we’re doing right and how we can improve. I felt that a Facebook group thats sole focus was Red Ter-ror was a great way for students to provide feedback on the ser-vice,” Christofferson.

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{ }Our view

WolfAlert, the campus’ emergency notifica-tion system, was put

to the test Tuesday when an armed suspect robbed the State Employees Credit Union on Hillsborough Street and fled on foot near the University.

The suspect, who is still at large, was described as being six-feet tall and stocky with a dark complexion. He was last seen wearing a black Nike hooded sweatshirt, light-wash blue jeans and black shoes.

In the case of a real and perti-nent campus threat, such as the robbery, the University uses its WolfAlert messaging system to notify the campus community through text messages and e-mail, among other means.

When the University ran a test of the WolfAlert system last year, the system did not perform effectively with some students receiving text mes-sages and e-mails hours after the supposed test. It was an unacceptable performance and the Office of Environmental Health & Safety, which over-sees the program, pledged to improve the effectiveness of the message relays.

When the SECU was robbed at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Uni-versity came through in the clutch. Within minutes of the incident, WolfAlert was acti-

vated to notify faculty, students and staff of the present danger. The WolfAlert text messages were delivered about noon with most students indicating receipt in the 15-minute block around that time.

Soon after, just before 12:30 p.m., Campus Police broadcast an e-mail providing more de-tailed information of the event.

Within an hour of the rob-bery, the majority of the cam-pus community had been con-tacted about the danger or, at the very least, was aware of the situation.

Mass-broadcast systems will

always be susceptible to criti-cism, and in hind sight the University should have sent out another message later on in the day with updates on the situation.

Additionally, the message could have gotten out a few minutes faster. WRAL had the information posted on its Web site at 11:58 p.m. A couple minutes might not sound like much — but had the robber wrecked havoc on campus, a few minutes can be the differ-ence between life and death.

All in all, though, the system effectively notified students and was rather successful. The kinks seem to have been ironed out.

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

of the Executive Editors.

Notification worked effectivelyThe FacTs:The SECU on Hillsborough Street was robbed Tuesday morning. The armed suspect fled on foot near campus. The University sent a WolfAlert to notify the campus community of the incident.

Our OpiniOn:The WolfAlert system should have updated the campus community, but the system worked in a relatively effective manner, warning students, faculty and staff of the present danger.

POW!

WELL LOOKS LIKEWINTER IS HERE TO STAY BECAUSE THE GROUNDHOG HAS OFFICIALLY SEEN HIS SHADOW...

YEA.. UM WAY TOCOLD. I CAN’T LET THAT HAPPEN.I NEED A WARMSPRING BREAK

Mack Garrison, senior in art and design

Athletics in errWolfpack athlet ics

was exhi larating three years ago. The

men’s basketball team defeated Chapel Hill in an exciting game

and went on an incredible tear through the ACC tourna-ment, coming just a few shots short of an NCAA tour-nament birth.

T he foot-ball team was disappointing for most of the

season, but gave students two unbelievable primetime wins against Florida State and Bos-ton College.

Students could take pride in something more than medioc-rity and look for ward to better days. I will certainly cou nt my-self amongst thousands of other Wolf-p a c k f a n s who were en-amored with the program and imagined a bright future.

While athletics has faltered — quite notably — in the last few years, it can and will con-tinue to be a source of pride for the campus community.

There is a difference, though, between healthy pride and blind admiration for a decep-tive institution.

For years, the University struggled with poor academ-ics amongst its athletes. Those problems have improved sub-stantially (one of the few cred-its we can give to Lee Fowler), but athletics has yet to truly integrate with the campus community. It holds itself as privileged — set apart from the rest of the University.

Prime example: Case Dining Hall, where athletes sit and eat in their own private dinner oasis, while honors, scholars and other students from East and Central Campus cram into Clark. It’s absurd to think that select students are given such blatantly preferential treat-ment. Aren’t athletes still stu-dents first and foremost?

While we can all acknowl-edge athletes particularly size-able time obligations outside academics, it’s not an uncom-mon state of affairs. Thousands of other students at the Univer-sity have similarly large time obligations.

One of the cruelest slaps in the face of all this is that all students and taxpayers pay for University buildings and their upkeep; regardless of athletic ability, students should have

equal access.For a truly absurd example

of where this has gone wrong, take a look at the conundrum the club track team faces. The student athletes of the team aren’t given the opportunity to practice on the publicly financed and supported Paul Derr Track because according to Mary Yemma, assistant di-rector for club sports, “there is no extra time on the track this semester.”

When I consulted Jackie Brooks, director of operations for athletics, on the issue, she repeated the story and sug-gested that the team should try practicing when the first four lanes of the facility are open to the public from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. What are the odds that a group of students can align

their sched-u l e s s u c h that they can find free time on any week-day between those hours? It ’s impos-sible. Would it really be too hard to

give them just a couple hours after the varsity team wraps up its practice one night a week?

It wouldn’t seem so, but ath-letics and facilities claim it’s a safety concern. Brooks said al-lowing them in there at night would put the soccer and soft-ball fields at risk.

From whom, may I ask? A bunch of skinny kids running around in circles.

Facilities said it would jeop-ardize the track to allow any non-varsity usage. The story between administrative de-partments seems to change as rapidly as the Raleigh weather and I still can’t explain why a sanctioned University club composed of fee-paying stu-dents can’t use the track one night a week.

The students on the club and varsity team should be no dif-ferent except, perhaps, in track priority. But to deny the club team access is a travesty.

The University is seriously missing the mark if it contin-ues to fail in discerning the role of athletics. It’s a rallying cry, but not an area that should trample the rights of other stu-dents. The injustices the ath-letics community perpetrates, such as the track and Case Dining Hall, must be ended. If nothing else, it brings bad karma on our program. We don’t need any more of that.

Send Russell your thoughts on preferential athletics treat-ment to letters@technicianon-line.com.

Russell Witham Executive Editor

Help wanted: hiring a winnerIf you were the new chan-

cellor at N.C. State, what would be the first thing

you’d change? I asked students this

question and to my surprise I h e a r d the same answer: replace Athletics Director Lee Fowl-er. I would think most students

would be frustrated, but students and fans have had just about enough of being at the bottom of the ACC without a national ranking. The recent loss to Carolina had patrons at a local tav-ern yelling at the television screen and cursing the name of Lee Fowler. When I asked a Wolfpack fan why he was yelling about the athletics director his reply was, “win-ning is not a priority for Mr. Fowler because he does not hold coaches accountable.”

I had to look at what the flap about Lee Fowler was all about and ask what he has contributed to the Uni-versity. We have some of the best facilities in the coun-try, but students and fans are complaining because we have no recent ACC or NCAA championships — the cobwebs are starting to show on 1974 and 1983. Years ago, the Wolfpack was known as the “Cardiac Pack.” But it’s been so long since we won a champion-ship in anything that most of those fans have resorted to pessimistic terms such as “Cardiac Arrest” or “Go And Pack.”

Some student athletes I in-

terviewed said the teams have great talent but our coaches are still in a single mind-set, set-ting repetitive plays and not using player’s full potential. One student athlete mentioned that every ACC soccer team from North Carolina has won an NCAA championship since 1986 except the Wolfpack. The University has never been in a final soccer championship game, but our head coach has been at the helm for more than 23 years. Don’t you find that a bit odd? It was then that I un-derstood the lack of coach ac-countability.

In recent NCAA rankings from wrestling, baseball, ten-nis and swimming we do not place in the top 25. The rank-ings haven’t looked so good in past years either.

ACC teams lead the NCAA in field hockey, but N.C. State doesn’t even have a program in the sport. As for volleyball, we are ranked 273rd in the nation — enough said. The good news is that track & field, soccer and golf achieved national rankings and we captured two collegiate bass fishing titles. I can’t wait to show off our recent bass fishing trophies to my friends at Cha-pel Hill. I’m sure they will be so green with envy.

Finally, to be fair, I did com-parisons against our rival. Dick Baddour, the athletics director at UNC, has been at the helm nearly the same amount of time as Lee Fowler. Under Baddour’s leadership, the university has captured championships or appeared in the NCAA fi-nal in soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, baseball, basketball and golf; also achieving a brief national ranking in football. A quick comparison in the NCAA rankings for all sports showed that most of the ACC teams listed are in the top 25 in several sporting categories, but

not N.C. State, which is dead last. Is that a proud accom-plishment for any athletics director?

Typically, athletics di-rectors at other universi-ties have trouble remov-ing coaches if they have endorsement connections or have championship sta-tus. We are far from having that problem. But many are wondering why our athletics director is still here holding on to a job with primar-ily disappointing results? If students had to maintain the same grade point aver-age as our athletics pro-gram equivalent, nobody would ever be on academic probation. Chancellors to-day are not just looking at ticket sales — they want to see tournament wins and national championships. The position of AD is not tenured; it is a business for the University that expects results and performance standards. We may have a loyal fan base but students and fans are expecting an equitable balance between facilities and wins.

With March Madness around the corner many Wolfpack fans are rejecting the name March Madness in favor of Mad in March. Our athletics director is the CEO of sports at N.C. State. If you had stock ownership in a company that was not performing well you would either dump the stock or change the leadership.

I like the company but it’s time for a new leader — or in this case AD. It seems with the arrival of a new chancellor and departing UNC-system president it’s also time to get our house in order. Perhaps it’s time we seek a new athletics director.

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The other big change is from one show host to

two. In previous years, the Oscar’s were hosted by Whoopi Gold-

berg, Billy Crys-tal, Chris Rock and Ellen De-Generes, among others, and last

year, Aus-tralian Wolverine-star Hugh

Jackman filled the role. Jackman was generally considered a good host, but many complained about the emphasis placed upon singing and dancing in last year’s show.

This year, Jackman was asked to reprise his role, but he is busy film-ing a movie on location. Therefore, another new host was needed, and Steve Martin, who hosted the Oscars three times in the past, was called in. According to the show’s produc-ers, Martin is very close friends with Alec Baldwin and it was Martin’s

idea to have Baldwin co-host the event. The rumor is that the two are hilarious together, and the pairing should provide an interesting new dynamic for Oscar night.

The motto of this year’s awards is “Expect the Unexpected,” as the show is hoping to keep things fresh and surprising throughout the event. According to show producer Adam Shankman, “It’s just an in-credibly active set, which makes it pretty breathtaking as it starts mov-ing around. Everything turns and flies, and is either projected on or has LED screens.”

In an effort to keep the show fluid and fun, other changes are being made as well. The presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award, for example, has been removed from the television show, and will now take place at a smaller event at another time.

According to Bill Mechanic, the show’s other producer, “They took the honoraries off the show, for the express purpose of being able to award more – to recognize more

people. It takes a long time on cam-era to bring out a presenter, to recap somebody’s life or career, and then have them speak.”

The producers have also decided to spread the host segments through-out the show more liberally. Shank-

man says this is in an effort to “take away uncomfortable banter between actors reading the teleprompters, you know, with jokes that they don’t

On March 7th, The 82nd Annual Acad-emy Awards will be broadcast on ABC, and things are going to be a bit dif-

ferent this year. First of all, there is the biggest change — the shift from five Best Picture nomi-

nees to ten. This decision has brought with it a great deal of controversy, including the accusation that it was done strictly for publicity reasons. After all, now ten films can claim that they were nominated for Best Picture each year, which will certainly help out in the advertising campaigns for those films.

Q&a withTom Sherak

On February 9th, Arts and Entertainment Editor Rich Lepore had the opportunity to interview Tom Sherak, President of the 82nd Academy Awards. The following is an edited version of the conversation.

Technician: There are 10 films nominated for Best Pic-ture, up from five. Can you give us a little background as to why that c h a nge o c-c u r red a nd also what that means for the category?

Tom Sher-ak: It was first suggested by Larry Mark and Bill Condon, who produced our show last year. At the end of listening to Larry and Bill tell us about the show, which we at the Acad-emy thought was a really good beginning to a whole new era of Academy shows, they came up with the idea of saying to us ‘you guys should broaden out the category and do 10 movies rather than five.’

And as a committee, we were a little shocked to hear that and then we were told by our CEO, Bruce Davis, that the Academy had done that before. And not only had they given out 10 nominees; one year they had 12, one year they had eight, and from 1936 to 1943 it was many more than five.

So we listened and our big-gest concern, was what adding five more films would do to the show’s time. They believed it was possible without adding more time.And we talked about what it would mean. The fact that we had done it before sort of made it a little bit easier; not for a long time, but it had been done before.

Some people said ‘well why do we have to do 10? We’ve done eight before; Let’s ex-pand to eight rather than 10.’ And then somebody else on the committee said, well hey, there are 350 critics around the world. Have you ever seen a best eight up for the end of the year? Everybody has a best 10. Why don’t we stay with that? And we fettered it out and brought it to the board and the board agreed to go to 10 movies.

Technician: Could you tell us a little about the voting process, and how you can make sure that everyone voting has seen all the movies?

Tom Sherak: We – the Acad-emy – actually have very little to do with the counting orga-nization of Price Waterhouse. This is so secretive it would make the CIA proud. We see nothing. We get a ballot if we’re a member. we fill that ballot out, and we send it in. We don’t know anything else until that

night when those winners are announced. We know nothing. No one does. I’m the President. They won’t tell me.

As far as how the voting works, each year I speak before new members and say ‘We want you to see the movies the way they were meant to be seen, on the big screen.’ And if you haven’t seen it, don’t vote for it. Vote for what you believe and if you can’t see all 10 movies, pick what you’ve seen and what you’ve liked.

As far as the other categories, each category has a branch that has members. Those members in that branch nominate the five nominees in that category. The whole Academy does not vote on the five nominees for actors. That’s done by the ac-tors’ branch. Cinematography, same thing; it’s done by that branch.

And then what happens is, they go on a ballot for the Academy Award and every single person in the Academy – all 5,077 of them – vote, and that’s how the winner is picked.

Technician: Traditionally, the Academy has sided in fa-vor of films, regardless of their message, that have made a considerable dent in the box office. Can you comment on the chances of say, ‘The Hurt Locker?’

Tom Sherak: It’s very inter-esting to me that I think Hurt Locker has as good a chance to win this year as any other mov-ie. The thing that (the general public) can’t feel is the underly-ing heat that these movies have out here, where most of the Academy voters are. You know they vote in New York and in London and some other places, but the majority of the voting comes from (Los Angeles).

I guess the best way to ex-plain it to you — last year there was an overwhelming feeling that Slum Dog Millionaire had the backing to become Best

Picture. And it happened – it hap-

pened late, but everybody sort of believed. It became the frontrunner like out of no-where. Well this year, I don’t know that you could say that. I don’t know that Avatar, even though it’s such a populist movie and such a huge box of-fice growth, I don’t think that it has that feeling. I don’t think it’s a one-picture show this year, and I think that’s going to be good for the show.

Technician : Why did you choose Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin to host the show this year?

Tom Sherak: Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin are very good friends and the idea that the two of them together play-ing off each other will give the show that sense of ‘what’s go-ing to happen next?’ And their goal and ours -- we have a (one-sheet) now of the two of them sitting on the Oscar and the line is ‘Expect the Unexpected.’

We want this to be a different kind of Oscar for you. We want to make you inclusive in what we’re doing, to stay with us so that you watch our show.

Technician: What is your number one goal on Oscar night?

Tom Sherak: I want every-body to have a really good time. When we hired the Producers, I gave them one bit of advice. I said to them just promise me you’ll have fun, because I be-lieve if they have fun, the au-dience will have fun. And my feeling is I want to -- by the way, I have not told anybody this — I will not be speaking that night. I will be sitting in my seat watching people’s faces.

Technician: Who would you like to see play you in a movie?

Tom Sherak: Joe Pesci. He’s a good guy and a good golfer too.

Courtesy of osCars.ComCelebrities gather on the red carpet outside of the Kodak theatre before last year’s Academy Awards.

Six Questions with the President of the Academy Awards

Tom SherakAcademy President

by AmAndA KArst

Which film deserves to win the Academy Award for best picture? Why?

“I’d pick Avatar because it’s the only one I’ve seen, but at the same time I feel like my friends built it up to be a lot better than it really was. It wasn’t bad — it just wasn’t life-changing.”

Aurora Keelersenior, animal science

“I’d say District 9. It was a unique way to tell the story and a more original storyline than most movies nowadays.”

Alex Phillipsjunior, computer science

Best picture:AvatarJames Cameron and Jon Landau

The Blind SideGil Netter, Andrew A. Kosove and Broderick Johnson

District 9Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham

An EducationFinola Dwyer and Amanda Posey

The Hurt LockerKathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro

Inglourious BasterdsLawrence Bender

Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by SapphireLee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness and Gary Magness

A Serious ManJoel Coen and Ethan Coen

UpJonas Rivera

Up in the AirDaniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman

and Jason Reitman

Actor in a Leading Role:Jeff BridgesCrazy Heart

George ClooneyUp in the Air

Colin FirthA Single Man

Morgan FreemanInvictus

Jeremy RennerThe Hurt Locker

Actress in a Leading Role:Sandra BullockThe Blind Side

Helen MirrenThe Last Station

Carey MulliganAn Education

Gabourey SidibePrecious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

Meryl StreepJulie & Julia

Actor in a Supporting Role:Matt DamonInvictus

Woody HarrelsonThe Messenger

Christopher PlummerThe Last Station

Stanley TucciThe Lovely Bones

Christoph WaltzInglourious Basterds

Actress in a Supporting Role:Penélope CruzNine

Vera FarmigaUp in the Air

Maggie GyllenhaalCrazy Heart

Anna KendrickUp in the Air

Mo’NiquePrecious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire

NomiNeeS foR Big AwARdS At the 82Nd AcAdemy AwARdS:

sourCe: osCars.Com

AwARdS continued page 6

story by RICH LEPoRE

Features Technicianpage 6 • wednesday, february 17, 2010

Console war goes through the motionsSony and MicroSoft introduce new Motion-baSed peripheralS in an atteMpt to catch up with the phenoMenal SaleS of nintendo wii

RiCH’s quiCk piCksBioshock 2Xbox 360 / Playstation 3 / PC

The first “Bioshock” was a masterpiece in every way. It established a new, underwater city called Rapture, and left the player free to explore its many wondrous environments. The only problem was that, as incredible as that game was, It left very little room for a sequel. All the secrets were uncovered, and all the player’s questions were answered.

“Bioshock” was extremely successful and highly rated, and therefore a sequel was inevitable. And that is exactly what “Bioshock 2” is – an inevitable sequel. But it is a pretty good one. The story is not as good as the first game’s intricate web of betrayals and revelations, but some new intrigue is established after the first couple of hours. This time, you are a Big Daddy, trying to find your Little Sister and your place in the world.

The gameplay, however, is better this time around. In “Bioshock 2,” you can finally dual-wield plasmids and weapons at the same time. This is an evolution that makes you forget how you ever could have played the game without it. Also, the shooter mechanics have been tightened up all-around, making the frequent firefights against rapture’s resident Splicers all the more satisfying. Add in a pretty good multiplayer mode, and you have a must play game that only pales when compared to its predecessor.

The Legend of Zelda – Spirit TracksNintendo DS

The Legend of Zelda is one of Nintendo’s most revered franchises, and for good reason. Its classic mix of action-adventure and light role-playing elements has made both fanboys and casual gamers very happy on a semi-yearly basis. The magic is in the level design and the gameplay, both of which are peerless in the world of gaming. Link is also a very endearing character, even though he doesn’t ever talk, and he serves as an excellent blank-slate avatar, allowing the player to feel like part of the game world.

“Spirit Tracks” is Link’s second outing on the Nintendo DS, and it outdoes its predecessor, “Phantom Hourglass,” in every way. Hourglass introduced a new way to control Link entirely with the DS stylus, but “Spirit Tracks” perfected this intuitive control scheme. Another abysmal feature of Hourglass was the central temple that players were forced to replay sections of, over and over again, under pressure of a time limit. “Spirit Tracks” still features a central, hub temple, but you never have to replay any section unless you want to find exclusive treasures, and the time limit has thankfully been removed altogether.

What “Spirit Tracks” adds to the mix is a Spirit Train, which escorts Link around to the various locations in the game. These locations are filled with colorful characters and unique new challenges, giving the player ample motivation to explore every corner of the world. This new chapter in the Zelda series stands up to the high standards of the franchise, and should be a must-play for all DS owners.

Video Game ReleasesThis week:“Aliens Vs. Predator”Sega of AmericaXbox 360 / Playstation 3Release Date: Feb. 16

“Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth”CapcomNintendo DSRelease Date: Feb. 16

“Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce”Koei Corp.Xbox 360 / Playstation 3Release Date: Feb. 16

Next week:“Heavy Rain”Sony/Quantic DreamPlaystation 3Release Date: Feb. 23

know how to land, and stuff like that.”

Mechanic echoed this sentiment. “So, if we have comedians, like in the past, Will Ferrell and Jack Black, people like that, then they’ll do their own jokes. But if it’s people like Tay-lor Lautner and somebody else, then we probably don’t want them to try and be un-naturally funny.”

All of these changes sound like really good ideas that will get the Oscars back on track. Hollywood’s biggest night is shaping up to be a spectacle worthy of the three-plus hours it takes to watch. With Martin and Baldwin at the helm, and the theme “Expect the Un-expected” guiding the pro-ceedings, this year’s Acad-emy Awards event might just live up to its own hype.

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Many industry analysts and consumers assumed that Sony and Microsoft would incorporate elements of motion control in their games next generation. Little did we know that they were not planning on waiting so long for their op-portunity to compete for a piece of the casual gaming market.

Rumors swarmed in the months preceding E3 2009. T h i s i s to be ex-pected, but code-named projects from Sony and Mi-crosoft led the specu-lation. Blogs and forums all over the web took shots at guessing what was coming down the pipes for the big three. Bizarre con-cepts of controllers and pat-ents for new tech led fan’s imaginations sky high. No one could have guessed what was really coming last June.

Both Sony and Microsoft came out guns-a-blazing at E3 2009 showing new peripherals for their con-soles. Obviously aimed at the casual market currently being monopolized by Nin-tendo, both companies had very different ideas on how to target this audience.

Sony’s take was to create a motion controller that re-sembles the Wii in function and basic design. Mean-while, Microsoft showed off a camera peripheral named Project Natal that is compa-rable, albeit more advanced than, Sony’s PS Eye.

Sony’s controller will work in conjunction with their PS Eye to get players inside the motion-con-trolled experience. Dif-ferent from Microsoft’s Project Natal, Sony says they’ve learned that “some experiences need buttons,” which is why they have kept a controller involved.

Without including their PS Eye into the formula Sony got dangerously close to looking as if they had shamelessly copied Nintendo’s control scheme for the Wii. Sony argues that their experience is more in depth due to their controller’s ability to do 1:1 tracking.

This claim of originality is immediately shot down by the fact that Nintendo released Wii Motion Plus in June of last year. Wii Motion Plus allowed their

controller to perform 1:1 tracking.

“It look s fun, but the Wii is just cute and my family loves it,” said Tif-fany Philips a senior in Psychology. This attitude shows how the Wii’s pop

culture appeal may be too much for Sony to combat.

Although this strategy may look like a copycat, it could be very advantageous for Sony. With controls similar to the Wii’s, games could be easily

ported to the Play-Station 3 from Nintendo’s console. This wou ld s e l l more games

for de- velopers, so there is almost no doubt this will happen as programmers learn to make games for Sony’s new

controls. Microsoft introduced the

public to controller free gaming with their Project Natal.

“If you’re thinking Natal is going to give you another ver-sion of an FPS, you’re just not thinking broadly enough,” said Peter Molyneux of Lion Head Studios “After all, it was the invention of the mouse that gave us computing as it is to-day – not the invention of the microprocessor.”

Microsoft is hoping this is true, and that gamers will use Natal to control all aspects of their gaming experience. Mi-crosoft is tight lipped when asked about how Natal ac-tually works. What we do know is that it attaches mark-ers to the person’s body, but as to how it recognizes the parts of the body is still under wraps.

This attempt at expanding the audience of their Xbox360 is being compared to the old PS Eye, but has been shown to do much more. Natal can recog-nize spoken commands, ges-tures, and presented objects. It was also shown to do full body tracking during demos shown at E3 2009.

“If Natal can do everything they’re promising, then sign me up to get one for my 360,” said Jack Taylor a freshman in Plant Biology.

Big expectations for Natal could pay off if Microsoft de-livers, or seriously hinder the Xbox brand name if it can’t live up to the hype.

The console war may have al-ready been won by Nintendo’s Wii, but the war for second place is just heating up. Both peripherals are planned to be released this holiday season and will either breathe new

life into the consoles or prove to be unworthy investments. The price and launch titles of the new devices may decide the ultimate winner.

As a gaming community, we can only hope they both prevail for the benefit of our gaming experiences. Although that is a

good sentiment, Sony and Mi-crosoft are no doubt gearing up for the next round of the con-sole war. 2010 is shaping up to be the year that decides weather the PlayStation or Xbox brand reigns supreme.

Nintendo selling 67 million Wii consoles to date is certainly a monumental ac-complishment. This pace is unmatched

by Nintendo’s competitors over at Sony and Micro-soft. So naturally, the competition will follow the leader in attempt to reclaim a piece of the audience the Wii has captured.

“If Natal can do

everything they’re

promising, then

sign me up to get

one for my 360.”Jack Taylor, freshman in plant

biology

sneak peakThrough Sunday, the university

Theatre will showcase its production of Into the Woods. For a behind-the-scenes look at the work required to put on the first production of the theatre’s spring semester, see Friday’s Technician. For more information about the play, visit the university Theatre Web site.

Microsoft demonstrates the immersive gameplay that’s possible with its new peripheral, codenamed project natal.

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ACROSS1 Whack, biblically6 Condescending

sort10 Kodak rival14 Brightly colored

tropical fish15 Chaplin’s last wife16 Road for Pilate17 “That’s __ trick!”18 Cutting-edge

Motorola phone?19 Statistician’s input20 How some scary

things go23 Nous minus moi?24 “The loneliest

number,” in a1969 hit

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side38 Floors, briefly39 Wolfgang Puck’s

restaurant40 Third qtr. start41 Talons43 Male in an alley44 Cognac initials46 More work47 Some stilettos50 Not easy to see51 Crimson opponent52 Not quite oneself54 Activity that

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ACC’s we’ve had.” Dason saysthis year, with the

culture that the seniors have presented to the younger swim-mers, that the entire team has come together and understands that it’s a team sport. There-fore, everyone needs to put all they have into the team itself.

This meet is something the players have known about all season and have inevitably trained for all year. Senior Anna Linkenauger believes the team’s standards are set high for this final meet. She said they hope to finish with an exclamation point to their turnaround season after last year’s ninth place finish.

“As far as what we want to accomplish at ACCs, we want

to finish at the top five,” Linke-nauger said.

After these seniors take their final dive into the pool, it’s all over for them, but the seniors see what is in store in the future for the program.

“We’ve had a very, very strong freshman class. They are definitely are the backbone of this team,” Linkenauger said. “Getting a good freshman class can definitely help with years to come.”

But Linkenauger did not want to take away from her fellow seniors, stating that the 2010 class was an “unforgetta-ble class” in itself. She is proud to be a part of this turnaround from her freshman year, saying the team has so much to offer.

However, with it being some of the women’s last meet at State, emotions are sure to be high as the meet wraps up.

“Even at my last home meet

I teared up a little bit,” Da-son said. “That was an awe-some meet to end on for the home meets, so I’ve already started feeling the bitter part of it.

“But the sweet part is that [it’ll] be a whole new life after this. It’ll be so dif-ferent. It’s going to be really strange not having to wake up at 5:05 in the morning to come to practice and swim and be with my team.”

But Dason knows that even though she won’t be physically here on State’s campus, she knows she won’t lose touch with her fellow swimmers.

“I’m going to miss my teammates so much,” Da-son said. “I know there al-ways be here, it’ll just be a different feeling.”

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she saw him as being the whole package, an athlete who was ex-tremely talented, a hard worker and a great person, something she said is rare to find. Rains has proven not only to be suc-cessful for himself but a sup-portive teammate at well.

“He is super competitive but at the same time he is really supportive of the whole team and he motivates people,” Jo-hansen said. “He is one of those all around really positive peo-ple, which is really nice to be around.”

As a freshman coming from a high school level of competi-

tion, competing in a Division I school can be challenging. Even more challenging is when there is not just one freshman on the team but an entire team of freshman, a situation the div-ing team has been faced with this year.

“It’s tough all the time as any freshman coming through this process,” coach Johansen said. “It’s a long season. It’s college and on top of it you have all the pressure of the competition. So it is a tough process for any-one, let alone a freshman who doesn’t really know what to expect as everything starts the beginning of the year.”

“I have been working with them to really stay within themselves and to compete for themselves and not get too

caught up in everyone else outside of them, and I think they will handle it well and ACCs should be fun.”

With ACCs beginning to-morrow, Rains, along with his teammates, prepare for a new level of competition.

“At this point coming into the ACCs, they’ve been real-ly good at putting the work into it early in the season,” Johansen said. “They have done everything they can do and I have done every-thing I can do. Now it is just a matter of letting it all unfold and being confident and positive and being a little more in the competi-tive mode.”

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“We were running a lot, we were lifting a lot to keep our endurance up. And then we did a lot of live pitching,” junior catcher Alyssa Albritten said.

After their match up against UMass, the team feels like it focus for improvement needs to be on the defensive end of the ball. Which will start with Campana on the mound. The senior had a 1.87 ERA, 13 wins and pitched a no-hitter against the Boston College Eagles and pitched two other shutouts all last year.

“That was a big game, and we struggled a little bit defensive-

ly in that game. So we’re just working on some defensively to get a little quicker,” Campana said.

With that said about their previous season and the begin-ning of this season, the team has still set high expectations for themselves going into the 2009-2010 season.

“We have high expectations for the season. We’re [going to] finish in the top three of the ACC. We’re [going to] finish in the top 3 in conference play,” Albritten said. “Then we also want to win the tournament, finish ranked top-25 in the na-tion at the end of the year and we [want to] go postseason, as far as we can.”

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Danny boemermann/Technician archive phoToThe softball team gathers around catcher Alyssa Allbritten as she crosses home plate after hitting a homerun late in the second game of a double header against Michigan State, Mar. 10, 2009.

by the numbers.429 Claudia Cooper’s

batting average, which leads the team this season

12 runs scored by the team this season

.58 Lindsay Campana’s ERA this season

4 errors by the team this season

30 runners left on base through four games this season

4 numbers of hits Stephanie Call has this season, leading the team

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COUNTDOWN• 3 days until the baseball team takes on La Salle

University

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and diving stories and the softball previewSportsTechnicianPage 8 • wednesday, february 17, 2010

Street helps lead golf to a 7th place finish in Miami Lakes, Fl. The women’s golf team took its second straight top-10 finish yesterday as the team shot +18 on the day and +52 overall, good enough for a seventh place finish in a tournament of 17 teams. The Pack was lead by senior Emily Street who finished tied for 13th with a +10, including a 73 in her final round, while both Meghan Chapman and Joanna Saleeby finished in the top-50. Chapman finished tied for 24th while Saleeby finished in 48th.

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Basketball looks to get back on track against MarylandThe men’s basketball team will look to break a six game ACC losing strike tonight as the Pack take on the Maryland Terrapins at home. The two teams met earlier on in the year and the Terps gave the Pack its worst loss of the season 88-64 in College Park, MD.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Kay Yow Award created by Collegeinsider.comAs a way to honor former Wolfpack coach Kay Yow, Collegeinsider.com has created the Kay Yow Award. The award will be given to the women’s basketball coach who displays not only a passion and knowledge of the game, but also has a winning spirit and shows excellent character both on and off the court.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Quote of the day

“Ever since the first meet, we knew this was going to be an awesome year.”

Senior Patrice Dason

amaNda karSt/techNiciaN File photoFreshman diver Hudson Rains dives during the State swimming and diving team’s meet against ECU Jan. 20. State beat ECU 145-91

chriSti ogu /techNiciaN File photoNCSU women’s swimming and diving team competes in the 100-yard breaststroke against UNC, Feb. 5 at Koury Natorium.

Rains leads diving team by example

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TodayWomen’s sWimming and diving aCC ChampionshipsChapel Hill, N.C., All Day

softball v. n.C. CentralCurtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium, 4 p.m.

men’s basketball v. marylandRBC Center, 9 p.m.

Thursdaymen’s and Women’s sWimming and divingChapel Hill, N.C., All Day

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chriS SaNchez / techNiciaN archive photoOutfielder Kristine Bechtholdt scores the game winning run against UNC-Charlotte in Raleigh on April 7, 2009.

Freshman diver, along with his teammates prepare to dive into the ACC’s this Thursday.

Samantha CollierStaff Writer

Freshman Hudson Rains from Houston, Texas has made quiet a splash this season, grabbing quite a few first place titles for the Wolfpack this year.

Rains started to dive after he frac-tured his back while doing gym-nastics. Once rehabbed, he found he didn’t like gymnastics anymore and decided to make the switch from gymnastics to diving.

Four and half years later, Rains is one of the top divers for State‘s swimming and diving team, tak-ing either first or second place in most of the meets increasing both his confidence and improving his performance every meet.

“I am more confident in being more consistent with my diving,” said Rains. “When I came here if I had a good hurdle or a good press. I could do a good dive but getting that good hurdle or press was kind of iffy. But now [coach] Jenny has re-ally helped me work on getting every

hurdle and every press to be a good press or a good hurdle and if not, she has taught me how to correct it in the air, so I can still have a good dive even if I don’t have a good start.”

Teammate Hannah Hopkins, also a freshman, is glad to have Rains as a member of the team and values his attitude.

“He brings a lot of energy to the team,” said Hopkins. “He is always positive; practice is always fun.”

Rains, a mathematics major, chose to come to State because he saw Ra-leigh as a place full of opportunity. Not only was the area a selling point for Rains, but the opportunities at State for his diving career attracted him as well. Coach Jenny Johansen’s experience both professionally and as a coach also convinced him to join the Wolfpack.

“Coach Jenny Johansen is a phe-nomenal coach; she has done so much in the world of diving. She has been to the Olympics, she is a NCAA champion, and she was on the world team,” Rains said. “She has done so much. She really knows what she is talking about. She is a great coach.”

When Johansen recruited Rains,

In the final meet of the year, the Wolfpack women look to put an exclamation point on their turnaround season

Will PrivetteStaff Writer

A year ago the women swimming and diving team had a .500 season in the ACC, compiling a 5-5 record. This year, however, is a different story. Despite the teams recent loss against rival North Carolina, the Pack finished up the season with a 7-2 record. Starting today, the female swimmers will begin their final events of the season, in the ACC tournament.

For the seniors, it will be their final event of the season and their State swimming careers. However, the se-niors learned of some bad news early on in the season, as the team learned that only a certain number of play-ers are eligible to participate in the final tournament of the season due to budget cuts, effectively breaking up this swimming and diving team that has become a family over the course of the season.

“That kind of caught us by surprise

because half the team was seniors,” senior Maresa Like-Matthews said. “We had 10 girls that were seniors this year, because usually in the past you could bring everyone but [this year] only 18 could score and the others could swim exhibition.”

Despite the adversity Like-Mat-thews thinks that it actually fueled the team.

“In a way it kind of helped our team, so that gave every girl had motivation to swim fast and go out there and try and beat the other girls so they could be apart of the team for ACC’s,” Like-Matthews said.

After the disappointment of the reduction of players settled in, the swimming and diving teams turned their focus to the pool and the up-coming season. The teams knew they had a chance to do something special this year.

“Ever since the first meet this year, we knew this was going to be an awesome year,” senior Patrice Da-son said. “From every single swim meet, to every practice, to every weight session, we’ve really put in 100 percent so that we could know this final meet is go to be the best

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Softball team is looking to motivation from the past to propel it into 2010 season

Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer

The State softball team is gearing up for the long grind of the season ahead, but for right now, its focus will be on its home opener against the North Carolina Central University Eagles today at 4 p.m. at the Curtis & Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium.

State is coming off of a 2-2 start to the season as it opened up the season with a tournament in Miami Fl. last weekend.

“We’re a little tired to, so were just kind of working on staying up the whole game, stuff like that. We’re just working those kinks out so tomorrow’s much better,” senior pitcher Lindsay Campana said.

Last season, the Pack finished right under .500, getting to a mark of 23-25. The sub .500 record was due in part to the Pack’s poor play in the ACC, in which the team finished 5-13 in conference play and was bounced by perennial confer-ence rival North Carolina in the first round of the ACC Tournament.

Some of the players feel that their loss against UNC can pro-vide plenty of motivation going into this season.

“Its the feeling after last

year, we lost to UNC, and it’s the feeling we don’t want any-more. The players that were there, were like we don’t want to feel that feeling ever again,” Campana said. “We worked in the offseason, and in January in the preseason just to work-ing to get better. It’s a feeling we don’t want and it’s very, very motivating. So it’s just some-thing that we’re not okay with. Our coach is not okay with, you know just being under .500.”

In the offseason, the team spent its time working on get-ting back to playing consis-tently and conditioning so the team would be able to compete throughout the season.

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