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Oliver ShOlder/TechnicianSenior in international studies Laura Wilkinson teaches Psychology 200 in Poe Hall. Wilkinson took the place of Jeffery Braden, the dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, who normally teaches the class. Wilkinson covered the topic of operant conditioning.

Editor, dean switch places

Students differ in opinion on major change process N.C. State’s unique application process requires students to declare a major before their first day, a choice which results in many major transfers.

Shawn ThompsonStaff Writer

While most schools admit students to their university, N.C. State admits students to a particular college, asking them to declare a course of study be-fore their first day. With this is mind, the University is open to students who seek to switch majors, though certain colleges carry different transfer re-quirements.

When incoming freshmen apply to N.C. State, they apply directly to their chosen fields. This strategy is used to introduce students to major-specific courses at an early stage, while also giving them more time to switch ma-jors after test-driving their original choices. Freshmen who don’t select a major have the option to enter either the First Year College or the Transi-tion Program.

The practice of declaring a major before admission is not a common one, and it’s one that could have se-rious repercussions for students who aren’t giving their decisions enough thought.

“I think students should think very well before deciding on a major. It’s very serious. But if they decide to change majors, the decision should be made as early as possible.” Sami Ben Rejeb, international doctoral student, said.

If a student wishes to switch majors, depending on the college into which they want to transfer, they may or may not be admitted. Many factors could determine why a student may not be accepted into the degree program of their choice. Some students who are denied access to a new major often de-cide to transfer to another university.

“The system should be more forgiv-ing to younger people, because they have not had as much time to make such important decisions. It should be more flexible, just for younger stu-dents.” Ben Rejeb said.

From 2008 to 2009, approximately 1,000 students left N.C. State Univer-sity while in good academic standing, according to University data. Accord-

ing to this data, many of those stu-dents were not accepted as trans-fers into other majors and opted for alternatives.

“I do think in special cases there should be some leniency for stu-dents who want to transfer into an-other major, to avoid them having to transfer to another school,” Erik Rehm, community assistant in the First Year College, said.

Regulations for transferring into majors outside of a student’s cur-rent college are department spe-cific, in addition to having campus wide qualifications.

Some general requirements for transferring to another curriculum involve credit hours. For instance, students who have attempted fewer than 12 credit hours at N.C. State may transfer to another program if the student meets the admission requirements of the intended new curriculum.

“I think it should depend on the major, because of the difficulty of some of the classes,” Rehm said.

Most colleges on campus have a fairly straightforward criteria for switching in: students must have a GPA of 3.0 or better and have completed 12 hours at N.C. State for automatic acceptance. Students who fall below the 3.0 mark have to pursue their new curriculum by following the guidelines of that particular department.

“The process was easy for me to change majors, because I was switching within my department. I switched early on, and it reflected in the ease of getting into my de-sired major. The restrictions didn’t really complicate my changing ma-jors like other students may have experienced.” Andrew Kyriakoulis, senior in design, said.

Many of the University’s aca-demic disciplines require spe-cific coursework, often times not translating to other areas of study. Students who decide to switch into a major outside of their college es-sentially have to start over building credits for their new major.

“For instance, with design you have to know from the beginning it’s something you want to major

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Technician editor-in-chief becomes CHASS dean for a day.

Will BrooksDeputy News Editor

If you are a student of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, chances are you have received encour-agement to participate in ‘Dean for a Day,’ in which a students can switch places with the dean for an entire day.

Laura Wilkinson, editor-in-chief of the Technician and senior in interna-tional studies, switched places with Dean Jeffery Braden, of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, yesterday.

Wilkinson said the experience helped her see a different side of cam-pus life.

“I got to talk to a lot of professors and administrators I wouldn’t nor-mally get to interact with,” Wilkinson said. “I had no idea what they do.”

Although Wilkinson’s experience was new, she recognized the simi-larities between being a leader of the college and being in charge of the

Technician.“I was also able to make some par-

allels between being a student leader, like dealing with the budget, manag-ing staff, listening to peoples ideas,” Wilkinson said.

While the ‘dean for a day’ experi-ence was occupied largely by meet-ings for Wilkinson, Dean Braden got to experience life as a student as well.

“It’s certainly [in-teresting] to me be-cause I get to see the college from a very different perspec-tive,” Braden said.

Braden has had an experience stepping foot in the shoes of several CHASS students, many of which have provided very different expe-riences for the dean.

“It has been fabulous. Doing this allows me the privilege of seeing how this University and my department looks for a student,” Braden said, “Ev-ery year is an experience.”

Braden said during one of his fa-vorite dean for a day experiences, a student had a specific schedule laid out for him.

“One student had a very carefully scripted day for me. She had this whole day mapped out,” Braden said.

Another student told Braden to walk through the gardens past Holladay

Hall and ref lect on his day.

“It was a gift to me, that she invited me to do that,” Braden said. “Truly, that was the most memorable part of the day.”

Braden said his ex per ienc e f i l l -ing in Wilkinson’s shoes was an inter-esting one as well, as he came to help the Technician hold

their daily budget meeting, in which they discuss the next day’s scheduled articles.

kaTherine hOke/TechnicianNorman Johnson, a Junior in Africana Studies, delivers his humerous spoken word piece that won the “Straight to the Mic” competition on Wednesday. Johnson has been writing since third grade and is very influenced by hip-hop.

Obsidian showcases talent, new and oldIn their first spoken word competition, The Obsidian invited students and authors to honor Africana studies through literature.

Jatin BhatiaStaff Writer

The Obsidian: Literature in the Af-rican Diaspora, the Africana Studies Program, the African American Cul-tural Center, and the department of English sponsored and hosted N.C. State’s first spoken word competition at their “Straight to the Mic” event on Wednesday.

The event involved prose and poetry readings by renowned North Caro-lina writers such as L. Teresa Church, Anjail Rashida Ahmad, Darreli “SCI-POET” Stover and many more. These readings were followed by a spoken word competition between N.C. State students who read aloud their own lit-erary pieces. The winner of the com-petition was selected by audience vote.

The four finalists in the competi-tion included Carley Miller, Norman Johnson, Marissa Morgan and Alexis Teasdell. Johnson received the most number of votes and was thus chosen as winner.

“This is a part of the Obsidian read-ing series. [In] one of our past issues, we published a double issue featuring

Women’s Center relocatesAfter a move to an office space by Hillsborough Street, the Wake County Women’s Center seeks student involvement.

Juliana DeitschStaff Writer

The Women’s Center of Wake County, whose mission is to pre-vent and end homelessness for women and families, moved to its new location on Cox Avenue off of Hillsborough Street three weeks ago.

The Women’s Center provides services for low income and home-less women and children. It moved from its old location under Cafe Luna downtown, where it had been for 20 years.

“We had outgrown the space, and there were things we wanted to do that we just couldn’t in that space,” executive director Jean Williams said about the move.

“N.C. State being our backyard was a plus—we have a lot of stu-dent interns. We also think going forward there could be a lot of po-

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Feb. 17IMMORTALS7:00-9:30 p.m.Campus Cinema, Witherspoon Student CenterTheseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.

RenT7:30-9:30 p.m.Stewart TheatreBased loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Rent follows a year in the life of eight artists and musicians with joy, sadness and comedy, as they struggle to make it in the big city—facing eviction, dealing with illness, homelessness, death and drugs, negotiating their dreams, finding their loves and living—one day at a time.

HISTORY WEEKEND SCREENS “DESK SET”7:30-9:30 p.m.Erdahl Cloyd AuditoriumYou’re invited to a screening of “Desk Set,” a 1957 film starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine

Hepburn. This event is part of History Weekend, sponsored by the Department of History.

CELLULOID SALESMAN FROM TEH A/V GEEKS7:30-9:30 p.m.North Carolina Museum of Art Auditorium, East BuildingSkip Elsheimer, visionary collector of 24,000 16 mm educational and industrial movies, brings a typically inspired kaleidoscope of edutainment focusing on the postwar Madison Avenue advertising world. Watch sly marketers use the classroom to mold a generation of consumers. N.C. State University film studies professors Marsha and Devin Orgeron join Elsheimer with their new book, Learning with the Lights Off. Fee to attend. Buy tickets online, by calling (919) 715-5923, or in person at the NCMA Box Office.

PuSS In BOOTS9:30-11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student CenterA story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

ShRekMidnight-2 a.m.Witherspoon Student CenterAn ogre, in order to regain his swamp, travels along with an annoying donkey in order to bring a princess to a scheming lord, wishing himself King. Admission to this event is free.

Feb. 18BLOGGING NOW AND THEN (250 YEARS AGO)10:00-11:30 a.m.232A Withers HallDr. Robert Darnton, National Humanities Prize winner, Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor and Director of the Harvard University Library, will deliver a lecture on “Blogging Now and Then (250 Years Ago)”. His talk, part of History Weekend and sponsored by CHASS’ History Department, is free and open to the public.

A DISNEY DOCUMENTARY & A HISTORY OF THE PARKS2:00-4:00 p.m.Cameron Village LibraryA screening of the film Disneyland Dream (34 min.) about a family winning a trip to Disneyland in 1956. Marsha Orgeron, head of N.C. State’s Film Studies Dept., leads the discussion. Plus, learn about Disney Theme Park history with Ryan Wilson of MainStGazette.com.

CENTER STAGE PRESENTS THE CASHORE MARIONETTES3-4 p.m.8-9 p.m.Thompson HallSimply magical. Unmatched in artistry, grace and refinement of movement, the enchanting Cashore Marionettes redefine the art of puppetry. A series of touching vignettes set to classical music explore a range of emotions and celebrate life. Marvels of engineering, The Cashore Marionettes are so well conceived and projected, the movement so convincing, the

illusion so powerful, that the result is a compelling, unforgettable theatrical experience for all ages.

PuSS In BOOTS7-9 p.m.Witherspoon Student CenterA story about the events leading up to the sword fighting cat’s meeting with Shrek and his friends. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

RenT7:30-9:30 p.m.Stewart TheatreBased loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Rent follows a year in the life of eight artists and musicians with joy, sadness and comedy, as they struggle to make it in the big city—facing eviction, dealing with illness, homelessness, death and drugs, negotiating their dreams, finding their loves and living—one day at a time.

IMMORTALS9-11 p.m.Campus CinemaTheseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity. Admission is $2.00 with a valid college student ID and $3.00 for the general public.

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11:01 A.M. | FRAUDULENT ID CARDSMain CampusInvestigation initiated after report that student was possibly making fraudulent ID cards.

1:10 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYCarmichael Gym Report of graffiti on rock climbing wall.

5:10 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Public Safety Building Student reported suspicious incident after responding to job on NCSU Student Jobs webpage.

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STRUCTURAL STEELStart early Fall 2012, complete late 2012Approximately 1200 tons of structural steel will be used to create a framework for the new addition.

CONCRETE SLABSStart Fall 2012, complete late 2012Concrete slabs will be poured to provide a foundation for the building’s floor.

UTILITY SERVICE INSTALLATIONStart late 2012, complete summer 2013We will install the exterior walls and features, which include glass, brick, terra cotta and metal panels.

BUILDING INTERIORSStart early 2013, complete Fall 2013This will include the installation of drywall, finish ceilings, paint and flooring, along with the interior construction. The finishes are available for view at Talley Student Center. Just ask the front desk staff.

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Sophomore in mechanical engineering Andrew Bowker and sophomore in civil engineering Ian Yancey posted a Bible verse over their television. Yancy said “we did it so we could remember the Bible verse.” Roommates Yancey and Bowker admit to watching TV and playing often. They thought of putting the poster over their TV as an in-

novative way to force them to memorize the verse. “We won’t take down the poster until we have the verse memorized,” Yancey said.

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a major outside of their col-lege essentially have to start over building credits for their new major.

“For instance, with design you have to know from the beginning it’s something you want to major in. I don’t think it helps that the GER require-ments can be so strict at times due to some of the GER courses being major specific,” Kyriak-oulis said.

Academic advising services are offered for students who are interested in switching ma-jors. Walk-in advising as well as scheduled appointments are available to all current or for-mer N.C. State undergraduate students. Students can also re-ceive counseling with academic advising through email and call-ins.

“Having good feedback, talk-ing with students and listening to the reasons or concerns they are having are very important to helping them decide on the best major. All of these things can be used to improve advis-ing, and improve the success of students,” Rejeb said.

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Wilkinson said the experi-ence was hectic, as she traveled around campus to go to several meetings throughout the day.

“I was kind of running back and forth all day,” Wilkinson said. “I had to travel from Avent Ferry complex over to Caldwell Hall, then to 1911 Building, Park Alumni Center, Holladay Hall, Withers Hall, Poe Hall and finally back to Caldwell to end the day at the dean’s office.”

Wilkinson said the meetings were at times confusing, but were overall interesting.

“Although I wasn’t an expert in everything, and sometimes I felt a little bit lost as far as what

people were talking about in the meetings, it was still good to experience that side that students don’t usually get to see,” Wilkinson said.

The experience was very different for Wilkinson, but refreshing.

“As a student I am pretty much on main campus for most of the day, and then I head back to Witherspoon at night,” Wilkinson said.

Braden said the experi-ence is something he looks forward to, and believes is a great learning experience for students.

“I think it’s definitely helpful for students to get some insight to what Uni-versity administrat ion does.”

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NewsNorth Carolina writers. This reading features some of the writers whose work we pub-lished in that issue,” Shervan Cassim, managing editor of The Obsidian, said.

He added that this was or-ganized to promote North Carolina writers and was the first spoken word competition hosted by the magazine.

Sheila Smith McKoy, anoth-er organizer of the event and e d i tor of The Obsid-ian, said the magazine is a product of the English department at N.C. State a n d h a s been pub-lished since 1982.

“Obsidian is a journal that is cre-ated in the English de-partment and focuses on people of African descent,” Smith McKoy said.

She also elaborated on where the idea for a spoken word competition was born.

“We had a special issue that came out in 2010 and focused solely on North Carolina writ-ers. Some of them will be pre-senting their work from that collection,” Smith McKoy said.

Smith McKoy also said they want to encourage young writ-ers by helping them connect to professional writers and giving them a chance to showcase their talent. The “Straight to the Mic” event was a combi-nation of those goals.

To apply for the competi-tion, students had to submit an

original piece. The competition was announced on the multi-boards placed around campus and by professors of Africana studies. The reward for the winner includes a trophy and a chance to be published in The Obsidian.

Marissa Morgan, sophomore in communication media, was one of the finalists.

“I live off campus, and I don’t get too many opportunities to showcase my talent. That’s why I decided to take part in the competition, and I think it is a great opportunity for young

writers to rea l ly get their work out there,” Morgan said.

Before the competi-tion began, Morgan shared her feelings about pre-senting her work and t h e p o s -sibi l ity of winning.

“I’m ex-cited and nervous about the competition, as I haven’t read to an audience in a while. It will be great if I win, but I’m just here to share my work,” Mor-gan said.

Patricia Ekwe, operations coordinator in charge of the event, said the competition was all about the writers who call North Carolina their home.

“The most exciting part of the competition is that the au-dience gets to vote on the win-ner,” Ekwe said. “The goal of the event was to get students to meet the North Carolina writ-ers and to discover some new writers, “ Ekwe said.

The finalists were selected based on their entries, which

were determined by a jury of Obsidian staff members.

“The competition was open to students who were connected to African stud-ies or the African Diaspora, as we look to promote writ-ing of the people who are of African American descent or those connected to the African American diaspo-ra,” Ekwe said.

She also shared that The Obsidian hopes to get their new generation of contribu-tors through these sorts of competitions.

Carley Miller, interdis-ciplinary studies design major and another final-ist, loved Africa during her study abroad, so she decid-ed to try her luck and apply to compete.

“I was s tudy ing in Caldwell and the TV there showed the details of the competition, and I love Af-rica since I went there for study abroad. I also like to write, so I thought I would give it a shot,” Miller said. “I read my poem ‘My Heart Beats to Africa,’ which I wrote on my f light back from my study abroad trip there. I had no idea how many great people were going to be here and I’m excited to be a part of it,” Miller said.

Norman Johnson, afri-cana studies junior and winner of the event, said it was a great event and he liked all the poets who came out.

“I read a poem out of my Valentine’s Day collection. I don’t get into competi-tions where I’m not trying to win,” Johnson said.

The Obsidian encour-ages students to learn more about their publication and look out for future events.

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tential work we could do with students and professors beyond internships. We want to have some of those dialogues and discussions,” Williams said.

Williams believes there is great potential for profes-sors and students in need of research to connect with the population that the Women’s Center serves. There are also community service projects at the Center that students can be involved in.

“We’re wide open to let-t ing things emerge and evolve,” Wil-liams said.

A big ad-vantage of the new building is the large space it of-fers. While the first floor h o l d s t h e Women’s Center, the second f loor is currently empty. The C e n t e r i s working on bringing in partners for the second floor who can offer other important services. This potential growth could make mental health services more easily accessible for clients who often don’t have a means of transportation. According to Williams, getting access to mental health care service in the past “has been a night-mare.” If the expansion occurs, clients would be able to get on an elevator and go upstairs for mental health services.

The Women’s Center is open

to looking at possibilities to connect with other non-prof-its, particularly on or near N.C. State’s campus.

“If we have shared goals, any idea is open for consideration. There could be potential things we could do together,” Wil-liams said.

A great connection for The Women’s Center of Wake County is N.C. State’s own Women’s Center. The Univer-sity Women’s Center facilitates gender-related discussions, programs and services on campus.

“Our mission is to inspire women and provide opportu-

nities for gen-der related programs and services on campus,” the director, Ash-ley Simons-Rudolph said.

The Uni-versity Wom-en’s Center provides con-fidential ad-vocates Mon-day through Friday who offer services for survivors o f s e x u a l and relation-ship violence

and stalking. These services include crisis counseling; ac-companiment and scheduling to court, student conduct, po-lice or hospital; assisting with changes in housing, parking and classes; contacting profes-sors on behalf of the student for flexibility and assistance; and a fund which offers financial assistance to survivors. The University Women’s Center also has general resources and gives referrals to other campus and community services.

N.C. State’s Women’s Center has seven professionals on staff, 12 undergraduate students, and 75 active volunteers.

“There are five to seven pro-grams happening every week,” Simons-Rudolph said.

One of its programs is “Read and Feed” at the Washington Elementary School Boys and Girls Club. Volunteers men-tor and read with children in grades K-3 once a week.

“The books feature female characters in diverse back-grounds with strong roles such as women’s leaders or scientists. At the end of the program the children will write their own works and the volunteers will publish those and give to the kids to take home,” Simons-Rudolph said. “The students will have a finished product and something to be proud of.”

The N.C. State Women’s Cen-ter’s will host the 25th annual Take Back the Night march on campus in the spring, a fund-raiser to end sexual violence. The center and the University Women’s Studies program co-sponsored a film series on the film “Miss Representation” last night. The film studies how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the under-representation of women in po-sitions of power and influence. The N.C. State Women’s Center also hosted a Chocolate Festival fundraiser last fall.

“I’ve never been but I’ve heard it’s a great place if you need help. I wouldn’t hesitate to go there,” said Jessica Green, a senior in communications.

The N.C. State Women’s Cen-ter is located in 324 Harrelson Hall, and its website is www.ncsu.edu/womens-center. The Women’s Center of Wake Coun-ty’s website is http://www.wcwc.org/.

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“The goal of the

event was to get

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I’m a huge fan of the bus system here. It is great that the bus drivers and the

transportation office provide us with a quicker route to class. However, like almost every

aspect of col-lege, there are some things about the bus-es that could be improved to make the system a lot safer and less confusing for students.

Last week, I unknowingly got on to a bus that was about to go out of service. I don’t normally ride the No. 5 — Varsity bus, but I did last week. I never will again though.

I had been at Talley Student Center with my brother and was trying to get back to my apartment in Wolf Village.

I’m fully aware that 6:40 p.m. is not gener-ally thought of as a dan-gerous time. However, for some people, it’s engrained that night is not as safe as day and that it’s not a good time to be outside, alone or with a group of people. I grew up in a neighborhood where being outside alone in the dark was more dangerous than anything else.

The No. 7 — Wolflink bus ar-rived at Carmichael Gymnasi-um and would not accept more passengers. Instead of waiting for another bus, I—along with two girls, who I didn’t know—got on the No. 5 — Varsity bus to get to West Deck. It seemed like a good idea at the time; it was cold and I didn’t want to wait anymore.

We got on the bus and rode to the first stop in the Varsity lot, only to be told the bus was out of service and we had to get off. There were many other passengers on the bus who were not planning to get off, as well as people waiting at the stop to get on the bus. The driver of the bus said it would be at least 16 minutes before another bus came. Keeping in mind that it was only about 40 degrees and dark, I didn’t want to stand still. The two other girls and I decided to walk from that stop to West Deck.

I’m still confused as to why we couldn’t ride the No. 7 bus at Carmichael Gym. Ac-cording to the schedule, the No. 7 — Wolflink bus is not supposed to go out of service anywhere except at Wolf Vil-lage at 6:13 p.m. and 6:23 p.m. The fact that the bus did not follow the schedule is a reason for pause as well as concern.

I admit, if you look at the schedule, the No. 5 bus is scheduled to go out of service at 6:41 p.m. in Varsity Park-ing Lot, but we didn’t have time to look at the schedule before getting on the bus. It would have been a lot safer for the students riding the No. 5 bus if the driver had said the bus was about to go out of service while still on Main Campus so we didn’t get stranded in Varsity lot.

I would have much rather walked from Carmichael Gymnasium to Wolf Vil-

l a g e o r waited an additional 3 0 m i n -utes for the next bus. Instead I ended up in Varsity Parking L o t , a n area with which I am

not familiar. From there, I had to walk on a dark road with very few streetlights and cross Western Boulevard at night.

The bus system at night is very scattered. I admit that fewer students are out and it makes sense to have fewer buses running. However, the safety of students who have to be out at night should be taken into account.

It would be nice if the buses could have a banner that would say something like “Last three stops.” The banners, such as “Bus Full” or “Drop off only,” are ex-tremely helpful because they convey important messages to people waiting to ride the bus. Having a banner convey that the bus would soon be out of service would help in-crease the safety of students.

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N.C. State is one of the only universities that accepts students into

their major of choice when they apply. Here, students have taken at least two or three class-es in their major by the end of their freshman year along with their general education classes.

Other universities, like our baby-blue rivals, do not al-low students to declare until they’re sophomores. This way, students can take general edu-cation courses for a year in order to determine what they want to major in.

There is nothing wrong with the way N.C. State conducts its major selection process, but, as many have said before, stu-dents often do not know what they want to do at the age of 18 with the rest of their lives. Be-cause of this, students should be careful when selecting their

major and deciding to switch it.

Students select a major for a lot of different reasons. Some students pick the major they know will guarantee them a job once they graduate. Some students pick solely based on what can lead to the career with the highest salary. Others make their major selection be-cause of what they enjoy, what their parents want them to do, or even what they think will be the easiest.

Regardless of how you have decided to select your major, hopefully you were careful. If not, you can always switch to a different one. To change your major within your own college, it takes under a minute as long

as you have at least a 3.0 GPA. It’s more difficult with a lower GPA. To switch into another college, the process is much the same as applying to college all over again.

If you’re one of the small number of students who sim-ply cannot decide on a major, the ease of switching between majors in your own college only serves to make matters worse. Since switching ma-jors takes less than 60 seconds, switching seems less of a big deal than it really is.

Your major dictates what you’re going to do for the rest of your life. For some, that may be a scary thought. However, it’s something everyone should remember when deciding

whether to switch majors. If you’re unhappy or doing poor-ly in school, a change in major might be a positive thing.

However, switching majors can also present a problem. If you switch to something com-pletely unrelated to your pre-vious major, classes you have taken might not transfer over. Because of this loss of classes, you may end up staying in col-lege for an extra year or two. For some, this may be not be feasible due to finances.

Switching majors is not an easy decision, and there are many pros and cons. Students, you should carefully weigh both pros as well as cons before deciding on or switching their major. It will determine the path you will ultimately take after you graduate.

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.

A major is a major deal The FacTs:N.C. State accepts students directly into their major so they can begin taking classes in their major as soon as possible. This system is very different in comparison to other universities that make students wait until they’re a sophomore before allowing major selection.

Our OpiniOn:Selecting a major is an important task because it has the potential to guide you into a specific career path. If a student desires to switch majors, there are many pros and cons to switching. Students should weigh their options carefully.

Don’t hold the door for meFemales, have you ever

tried to open a door for a guy and they start argu-

ing with you? Or have you ever had a guy deliberately get in front of you to open the door right before you reach it? Well if you haven’t, you are one of

the few lucky ones. I say this because in our soci-ety we have been taught that it is ac-ceptable and respectful for a guy to open a door for fe-males but not

the other way around.Last time I checked, we live

in the 21st century and we women are more than capable of opening the door for our-selves. Many people do not re-alize that opening the door for a female is not just being nice or a gentleman, but it is also a form of oppression. Believe it or not, it’s as if we are telling females they cannot take care of themselves, including door opening.

Now, I realize a lot of people would be quick to disagree with me. Most females I talk to think it is ridiculous to say a guy holding a door open for me is oppressing me, but the truth is the truth.

I realized this is the kind of thing holding females back. A guy actually told me he was supposed to be holding the door for me and I was going against the “norm.” It is not OK for a complete stranger to

tell me I am wrong for holding a door open for him.

Do not get me wrong, I am not saying all door holding is wrong. If someone is walking behind you and you just let a door slam in their face, that’s simply rude; even I would have a problem with that. So do not confuse my hatred of men who always hold the door open for females with the obvious rude-ness of letting a door slam in someone’s face. I also think it’s rude if you see someone carrying a lot and you walk past without holding the door for him or her.

My prob-lem is just one thing and one thing only: guys deliber-ately holding the door for a female more than able to do it herself. This is especially annoying if the guy makes a conscious ef-fort to hold the door when the female’s hand is already on the handle. Even worse is when a guy refuses to go in a door a girl is holding and insists on hold-ing the door instead.

I have had numerous argu-ments with strangers because I had been holding the door for them and they refuse to walk through the door. Or, the guy will keep telling me to walk through the door first, which is particularly irritating. Unless I am in a rush to get somewhere, I will argue with any man who

tells me I should not be holding the door for him.

There are actually web-sites that teach men how to be a “perfect gentleman” by opening doors. The websites include tips for every pos-sible door scenario, from car doors to double doors. It boggles my mind that men and women believe if a man opens a door for you he is the “perfect gentleman.” It amuses me.

In today’s society door holding should be the last

thing on any guy’s mind w h e n i t comes to respecting women. Open-ing a door doesn’t make a guy any more or less of a man or a

nice guy. We have come so far and realize that women do not need the “help” they were once believed to need.

If we can gain the respect we deserve from every man, I am sure women wouldn’t think twice if a guy didn’t open a door for us every time the opportunity did or didn’t present itself.

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complete stranger

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How many times have you changed your major?

If so, what did you switch to?

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“If I were to switch I would go to business administration with an I.T. concentration but I think I should wait.”

Seth Morganfreshman, computer science

“Yes, I changed from environmental engineering because I found out that it wasn’t right for me. Then I went to paper science and chemical engineering.”

Joel Ruothsophomore, paper science and chemical engineering

Nijah ToshumbaStaff Columnist

“No, I never have. I have always felt comfortable in this major.”

Kirsten irishsenior, English

“Back in ‘05 I was in psych, then I changed it about five times before I chose graphic design. Then, after I completed that degree, I came here for tech education.”

Nick Goblesenior, science education

Features

A young minke whale death reinforces animal passion for officials at NCSU.

Young LeeDeputy Features Editor

Many people feel a deep connection to animals. This is usually because they are fuzzy, innocent, bright-eyed, and willing to devote their love unconditionally. Lovable animals come in all shapes and sizes, even very large.

According to Greg Lewbart, professor of aquatic, wildlife and zoologic medicine, this is especially true of marine mam-mals that have personalities and charisma. Humans tend to grow close to animals and feel sympathy for them when they are in pain.

On Jan. 25, Craig Harms, associate professor of aquatic, wildlife and zoologic medi-cine at N.C. State’s Center for Marine Sciences and Technol-ogy in Morehead City, had to confront a heartbreaking situation when a young minke whale ended up stranded on a remote part of the beach called the Bight.

According to Harms, an ini-tial report came in to his of-fice at 1:20 p.m. that day simply saying there was a large marine mammal out on the beach. However, going out there, he was already pretty sure what he and his crew were going to have to do.

After traveling a little more than two hours by car and then boat, he and his crew came face to face with a slowly dying min-ke whale calf. It was low tide and it was clear that the whale had already been in the sun for about six hours. With its back already blistered, which is com-parable to a serious burn for a marine mammal, and no sign of a mother, there was already no hope for survival.

“[With] no sign of [the moth-er] around and with it being too large to transport, the only humane thing to we could do was to euthanize it. It’s not very uplifting but it is the humane thing to do,” Harms said. “I didn’t really think I’d be eu-thanizing marine mammals [when I went into veterinary medicine] and it’s definitely not an uplifting thing to do but it is a part of our veterinary oath to relieve animal suffering and it is an important thing and it is

a real privilege to work with the animals in their distress. Al-though it is also distressing for the people, it is fortunate that we have that option to relieve that suffering [for animals],”

According to Harms, the eu-thanizing allows the suffering animal to have a peaceful and easy death.

“[The euthanization process is] very much like what hap-pens in a veterinary clinic with aging pets,” said Harms. “We give an overdose of anesthet-ic…it stops the heart, it stops the brain function…it’s about as humane a way to go about it as it is in a difficult situation.”

However, as with any human intervention in a natural pro-cess, the intervention comes with certain responsibilities. According to Harms, the le-thal overdose of anesthetic can harm scavengers that try to feed on the carcasses of eu-thanized animals so he and his team have to transport the car-cass every time they euthanize.

Despite the fact that the car-cass does go to help researchers study the anatomy of marine mammals, the emotions still weigh heavy on Harms and his team.

“An argument can certainly be made that this is a natural occurrence and it happened on a national seashore and why not let nature take its course…it has been happening for a millennia and can certainly provide a lot of food for crabs and some gulls by leaving it out there. It’s just that when people hear about a stranded whale in distress, the thought of just leaving it out there is re-ally tough and [we] have made the decision that when we can do something about relieving animal suffering, we will,” Harms said.

His colleagues agree.“In my mind, if I came upon

a stranded animal, a wild ani-mal or any animal that is suf-fering and unrecoverable, I would elect for euthanasia of that animal,” Lewbart said. “…but to me I don’t see it as a controversy [because] as a veterinarian, one of the things I’m sort of bound to is to relieve animal suffering and if that means there’s an animal suf-fering in front of me and I have the means to kill it humanely--to euthanize it, I’ll do that and then deal with the fallout whether that is safe removal of the carcass or trying to ratio-nalize that with the media or the public because there are a lot of emotions around marine animals.”

For many researchers, these emotions that marine animals provoke are what keeps them coming back despite whatever trails they may face during the day.

“There’s a certain emotional tug that marine mammals have and even on someone like my-self,” Lewbart said. “When you look at something like a beluga whale it can actually twist its head…or dolphins like the bot-tlenose dolphin…it sort of has this perpetual smile, of course it’s not really a smile, it’s just the conformation of the mouth but even for someone like me who tries to be objective and scientific…there’s a different sort of feel…I feel a connection to the water, to the sea, and I always have.”

It is due to these connections that drive researchers to take pity on animals, to care about pollution, to care about over-fishing, and to care about the environment. It is not just the researchers who feel this way.

“I am incredibly passionate about the animal kingdom. I have always been fascinated by anything that hops, crawls, swims or f lies,” said Carley Miller a senior in interdisci-plinary studies.

For Miller, that passion led her to found, with a few of her friends, the “Roots and Shoots” club at the University. It is a club that seeks to make positive changes for people,

animals and the environment.“I believe that the university

experience exists to familiarize students with all the problems that this world faces. Then it is

your responsibility to dedicate yourself to one of these issues, the one where you can make the most positive impact, and then spend the rest of your univer-

sity career equipping yourself with the skills and knowledge to tackle this problem once you graduate.”

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Whale death justifies animal love, devotion

Map courtesy of Noaa fisheries serviceAbove: a minke whale is being harvested during whaling season in Norway. Below: a map of where minke whales live and migrate. Minke whales are prominent around the coasts of North America, Asia, and Europe.

Natty Greens Brewing Company’s wheat doesn’t stack up to brewery’s reputation.

Mark HerringFeatures Editor

Wheat beers are known as drinkable beers, ones that guys would buy for their girlfriends who aren’t huge on beer. Blue Moon and Shock Top have made the style popular, and Natty Green’s Wildflower lives up to its mainstream cousins’ reputation: a drinkable beer that’d fool you as Sprite.

Whether you call it wit, blanche, or weiss, the vari-ous styles of wheat beers have common characteristics, like a smooth and full body, light and fruity or floral aromatics and a lush creamy head. Many come unfiltered, with yeast and wheat proteins suspended in a cloudy slur of deliciousness. Beer snobs, even those who swear by strong IPAs or heavy stouts, can still enjoy a well-made wheat beer. But it won’t be a Wildflower.

The body is not full like its Belgian counterparts; its alco-hol content is on par with the typical low gravity at 4.5 per-cent, but the rich characteris-

tics of wheat beer don’t come through. It’s not filtered, but it’s not velvety. Wildflower loses its head quickly after pouring and it’s dangerously too easy to drink. It’s light, but it resembles what Germans would call kin-derbier—children’s beer, usu-ally half beer, half lemon soda or lemonade.

Natty Greens, a brewery based out of Greensboro, with a brewpub in Raleigh, now sells throughout North Carolina, and many of its products are solid representatives of their styles. Their amber ale is ev-erything you’ll expect out of an American amber ale and their seasonals (only on draft)

have personality and depth in flavor. Wildflower is like the boring, anorexic sister from a big, loud family.

Wheat beer has acquired the recognition as girly beer, but despite its girly connotations, a well-crafted Belgian witbier or German Hefeweizen can knock your socks off. They’ve got strong flavors—coriander for witbier and bananas for He-feweizen—and smooth bodies that compliment these flavors.

But Wildflower doesn’t. So heck, if you don’t really like beer, you’ll never know.

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FeaturesThe North Carolina Museum of Art uses auction to support local art.

Jordan AlsaqaArts & Entertainment Editor

The North Carolina Museum of Art is gearing up for its sec-ond annual art auction, featur-ing submissions from around the state. Whether from pro-fessional artists or interested amateurs, the auction offers a chance for citizens to be recog-nized for their artistic talents.

Jennifer Hicks, the special

events director for the mu-seum, said the event first grew out of t he museum’s desire to cre-ate something new.

“It was a t i me when the museum had just re-opened our o ld bu i ld-ing,” Hicks s a i d . “ We were look-ing for some new program to open the museum to more local

artists. [The art auction] was something mutually beneficial.

It’s a chance to showcase a lot of great work, while also helping to keep the permanent collection f ree to the public.”

The event quick ly be-came success-ful, inspiring

the museum to create a yearly art auction. So far, this year’s

event has seen a considerable amount of growth from the last, with more submissions coming in early.

Hicks said the first event was a learning experience for the museum.

“We were finding out what our audience was,” Hicks said. “We have a better idea of where to look this year.”

Last year’s auction provided a wide variety of submissions, with all age groups represented alongside notable members of the art community. This year, the museum feels it has had a better grasp on which groups to reach out to.

While the auction itself isn’t until April 14, the museum hopes to get citizens excited for the art several times in the next couple of months. All the submissions will be available to view online March 15, with links to the artists’ websites when available. A live showcase of the work will take place at the museum March 30.

Furthermore, the museum is reaching out to the community to help judge the merits of the works that will be bid on.

“We’ve set it up as a juried submission of the work,” Hicks said. “The jury is not formed from the museum, but from the community. This year, we’ve got the potter Marc Huit, as well as the director of the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh.”

The judges have been chosen based on their artistic eyes, but the museum has made sure all entrants will get a fair shot.

“We’ve gotten a very pres-tigious board, but they don’t know if a work is submitted by a professional artist or an ama-teur,” Hicks said.

The art auction acts as part of

the museum’s desire to become more involved with North Car-olina’s artistic community. The museum is also working to de-velop an artistic liaison group to reach out to artists around the state.

“We definitely hope that the liaison group will get more involvement overall with the community,” Hicks said. “We want to be showcasing what other artists are doing.”

In a similar vein, the museum

hopes the art auction event will continue to grow in the com-ing years, providing a gathering place for local artists to show off their work to the commu-nity.

“It’s the sort of thing that the whole community can em-brace,” Hicks said. “We put the work up in a local exhibition. It’s something that can be seen, and it’s a great showcase for the work.”

The Rembrandt in America exhibition at the NC Museum of Art draws visitors from around the world.

Frances EllisStaff Writer

From Oct. 30 to Jan. 22, Raleigh was home to the larg-est collection of Rembrandt paintings ever presented in an American exhibition. The Rembrandt in America exhibi-tion at the North Carolina Mu-seum of Art drew widespread acclaim and even larger crowds in a short period of time, but putting the exhibition together was no quick feat.

“Our curator of Northern European art, Dennis Weller, had the idea for the exhibition around five years ago,” Natalie Braswell, Assistant Marketing Manager at the North Carolina Museum of Art, said. “It is a tremendous undertaking to get that many Rembrandt pieces in one place. The conversa-tions with other museums and lenders were happening years before the exhibition was even announced. Rembrandt in America activated the NCMA staff at all levels to be highly in-volved; every department from curatorial to marketing to se-curity had to be performing at a major level to accommodate the interest in the exhibition.”

The response was well worth the time and effort. Rembrandt in America was a runaway hit for the museum and art world.

“North Carolina was very receptive to the exhibition,” Braswell said. “We welcomed guests from every single county in the entire state, and on [Jan. 21] the exhibition was a record-breaking day for us with atten-dance at 7,212 people.”

One of these guests was Aryn Leach, a freshman in industrial design. She attended both the private opening gala for the Rembrandt in America exhi-bition and a school-organized tour with a private docent.

“As my father is a museum director, I’ve grown up in the art world, studying and learn-ing about it. I’ve been familiar with Rembrandt for a long time and when I heard that there was an exhibition here, I just had to go,” Leach said. “I distinctly remember that there

was one room filled with only a few Rembrandts and the rest of the artwork was painted by other apprentices and students. It was really interesting to be able to detect which ones were true Rembrandts and which ones were not.”

Leach said Rembrandt’s work is very dark, but also very emo-tional. “I find it interesting how he plays on blurring lines and textures and creates something so important to the painting, whether it’s just a simple black hat that mostly consists of flat tones,” Leach said.

Bethany Minervino, a senior in art and design, is also a fan of Rembrandt’s work.

“Part of the reason Rem-brandt’s self portraits are so lively is because of all that de-tail; it is all created in one cohe-sive message about the subject,” Minervino said. “It was more than just a picture, more than just pointing a camera and clicking at a perceived reality.”

When totaled up, the logis-tics are impressive.

“We had 150,905 visitors to Rembrandt in America,” Bras-well said. “Of those, we’ve had visitors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia; from all 100 counties in North Caro-lina; and from more than 40 foreign countries.”

The Rembrandt in America exhibition was a significant presence in the art world for more than one reason.

“Rembrandt in America is the largest collection of Rem-brandt paintings ever assem-bled in the U.S.” Braswell said. “It is currently at the Cleveland Museum of Art, but it kicked off in Raleigh at our museum. Two of the non-Rembrandt works are from the NCMA’s permanent collection; the remaining works are on loan from private collections and more than two dozen Ameri-can art museums.”

The exhibit has also attract-ed visitors because of its aca-demic appeal. “Rembrandt in America is also the first major exhibition to explore how the desire for Rembrandt paintings by American collectors in turn fueled critical connoisseurship and research about the artist’s work,” Braswell said. “It at-tracted international attention from Rembrandt scholars, col-lectors and fans.”

It was an exhibition that rarely ceased to delight from beginning to end.

“As a design student I es-pecially noticed the title wall for the exhibition was this beautiful plum color with old-fashioned gold print and it was just gorgeous,” Leach said. “It was a beautiful introduction to the whole exhibition because of the style and how well every-thing was presented. It was a great primer for what you were about to see.”

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Rembrandt in America, smash hit for N.C. Museum of Art

Tim O’Brien /Technician“Portrait of a Girl Wearing a Gold-Trimmed Cloak,” a painting by the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn’s on display for the Rembrandt in America exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Art. The exhibit features 30 autographed Rembrandt paintings from across America.

Tim O’Brien/TechnicianTouring the works he helped curate for the Rembrandt in America exhibit at the N.C. Museum of Art, Dennis Weller, curator of northern European art, explains to patrons the details of the Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn’s life.

Museum renews auction to highlight local talent

Tim O’Brien/TechnicianThe exhibition hall in the East building of the N.C. Museum of Art opens to the Rembrandt in America exhibit. The exhibit features 30 autographed Rembrandt paintings from across America.

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showcasing what

other artists

are doing.”Jennifer Hicks,

special event director of NC Museum of Art

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in Viking history. His 4,546 career rushing yards ranks No. 5 in the history of the franchise.

After retiring from the NFL, Brown settled down in Apple Valley, Minne-sota. He currently works as a juvenile probation officer in Ramsey County. In 1995, Brown was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame; and in 2003 was named to the ACC’s 50th Anniversary Football Team.

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about everything to do with the tournament, Cancio felt he had some concerns.

“My only concern will be the rescheduling for rain should there be any and the surge of cold that we’ve been experi-encing lately,” Cancio said. “I think that rained out games can become an issue and cold is never too fun to play in. Players become sluggish and reaction time is slower, which many times causes more injuries.”

The tournament is scheduled to begin today at 2:30 p.m. on the Lower Miller Fields with games to be played every Fri-day.

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The Pack loses to No. 6 Miami Hurricanes at Reynolds Coliseum, 73-61.

Adam LutherStaff Writer

After losing to the Wake For-est Demon Deacons in the an-nual “Hoops for Hope” game on Sunday, the women’s bas-ketball team looked to avenge its loss against the nationally ranked No. 6 Miami Hurri-canes.

Looking for an upset, the Pack couldn’t stop the ‘Canes.

State won the opening tip, which allowed for an easy bucket by senior forward Bonae Holston. Both the Pack and the Hurricanes would set the way for a fast-paced game early on as both teams would run the floor. Clutch shooting by Mi-ami and a few turnovers early on by State let the Canes take a quick lead by eight points. Holston would keep her team alive with solid post play, hit-ting a couple turnaround jumpers.

Miami would continue to score at will, but it was not due to a lack of defense by State. Almost every shot the Canes took found a way to rattle in for a score. Battling back, a three-point by freshman guard Krystal Barrett would turn into a 7-0 run for the Wolfpack. Freshman guard Erica Dono-van would hit four straight buckets of her own to bring the Pack back into the game.

“I just had more confidence,” Donovan said. “I was just doing what I know how to do and not taking anyone else’s place.”

After a few Miami turnovers and much better transition play by State, the contest would eventually be tied with 9:29 re-maining in the half. Both teams would continue to score consis-tently, but State never saw the lead. Donovan would continue to dominate for her team, but her performance alone could not keep the Pack in the game. Miami would close out the half with a 16-4 run, putting them up by 12 points heading into the locker room.

Sophomore guard Myisha

Goodwin-Coleman would open the second half with two three-point buckets for the Pack. The three-point shooting by Goodwin-Coleman would spark an 8-0 run for State, bringing the Canes lead down to seven with 16:56 remaining. In an attempt to stop the three-point shooting by Coleman, the Hurricanes would switch to a full court trap, which squashed the Wolfpack’s momentum. State would go cold, turning the ball over three straight pos-sessions as Miami’s lead went back up to 10.

Miami would continue to score transition buckets off of State turnovers, but a couple mid-range jumpers by Dono-van, as well as one from junior guard Marissa Kastanek, would keep State at a reachable deficit. State would see itself down by 11 points with 9:26 left in the match-up. Even with a couple baskets by Goodwin-Coleman, as well as Holston, it was hard for State to stop the offensive onslaught of the Hurricanes.

“I cherish the moments that I am on the court,” Holston said.

“I don’t take it for granted. It’s hard to believe I only have one more game left at Reynolds.”

Looking to make some stops defensively, the Pack switched to a full court press, which only ended up turning into fouls at the other end of the court, fre-quently putting the Canes on the line. Both Miami and State traded threes as the Pack saw themselves down by 11 points with 1:56 remaining. As the seconds dwindled down, the buzzer sounded with a final score of 73-61 in Miami’s favor.

Even after the loss, Coach Kellie Harper praised her teams’ effort.

“I thought our team com-peted,” Harper said. “We played hard and tough. We did not back down to a very good and talented nation-ally ranked Miami. I am proud of my kids and how hard they played.”

The Pack will face off against the Tar Heels in Chapel Hill on Sunday.

Hurricanes surge over the Pack on Beach NightwoMen’s basketball

with 2:26 left off of a three from Rivers.

With 25 seconds left on the clock, Brown called an isola-tion for a three-point attempt,

but was unsuccessful and hit off the front iron.

Two free throws from Curry put the game out of reach for the Pack, leaving the score at 73-78, and Duke surviving a scare.

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COUNTDOWN• 4 days until men’s basketball plays UNC-Chapel Hill

INSIDE• Page 7: A story on women’s basketballSports

TechnicianPage 8 • friday, february 17, 2012

john joyner/TechnicianWolfpack basketball head coach Mark Gottfriend puts his head in his hands as Duke takes the lead from State during the basketball game in Durham Thursday night. State led up until the final minutes of the game, when the Blue Devils passed the Wolfpack to earn a 78-73 victory.

State hires new running backs coachN.C. State head football coach Tom O’Brien announced the appointment of Desmond “Des” Kitchings as the new running backs coach for the team. Kitchings appointment comes after Everette Sands, the Pack’s coach in the same position last season, left in order to join the University of South Carolina.Kitchings was the running backs coach for the Air Force Academy last season, a team that finished the season accounting 314.8 rushing yards per game and had 43 rushing touchdowns for the season, both of which ranked third in the nation. Kitchings was also the running backs coach at Vanderbilt from 2008-10, serving as the offensive coordinator in his last season with the Commodores. At Vanderbilt, Kitchings was responsible for helping produce SEC freshman of the year and freshman All-American tailback Warren Norman.

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athletic schedule

TodayMen’s Tennis aT iTa indoor naTionalsCharlottesville, Va., All Day

swiMMing & diving aT woMen’s aCC ChaMpionships/Men’s divingChristiansburg, Va., All Day

TraCk aT virginia TeCh ChallengeBlacksburg, Va., All Day

sofTball vs. UTsa, Texas a&MCollege Station, Texas; 1:15 p.m., 4 p.m.

baseball vs. MarshallRaleigh, 3 p.m.

woMen’s Tennis vs. UsfRaleigh, 4 p.m.

gyMnasTiCs vs. new haMpshireRaleigh, 7 p.m.

SaturdayMen’s Tennis aT iTa indoor naTionalsCharlottesville, Va., All Day

rifle aT searC 6, nCaa QUalifier, nra seCTionalCharleston, S.C., All Day

swiMMing & diving aT woMen’s aCC ChaMpionships/Men’s divingChristiansburg, Va., All Day

TraCk aT virginia TeCh Challenge, gene andersonBlacksburg, Va., Chapel Hill; All Day

Pack implodes down stretch as No. 4 Duke erases 20-point deficit.

Jeniece JamisonDeputy Sports Editor

Just when it appeared State had snatched a signa-ture victory, things began to fall apart.

The Pack started off strong on the defensive end, which resulted in it go-ing on an 8-0 run to start the game. Junior forward C.J. Leslie held court in the paint with four blocks and rebounds in the half. It held the Blue Devils to 16 points in the paint, but foul trouble loomed for the Wolfpack. Junior forward Richard Howell and Leslie picked up two personals. Senior forward C.J. Wil-liams committed three of his own.

With the foul situation in f lux for State, junior forward DeShawn Painter provided valuable minutes off the bench. Painter con-tributed four points and two boards in the half.

Graduate student guard Alex Johnson had a break-out half for the Pack. John-son hit three baskets from beyond the arch and fin-ished with 11 points in the half, which is a season high for him after struggling to find his shot throughout the ACC schedule. Leslie and sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown f inished behind Johnson in the half with eight each.

State debuted an all-black uniform scheme for the occa-sion, and in those jerseys they blacked out the Devils perim-eter attack. Duke guard Aus-tin Rivers went without a field goal in the half and finished with two points, coming from the free throw line, in the half. Guard Seth Curry was held to scoreless for the first half. The Pack also held Duke to shoot-ing two-for-14 from the three-point line.

The Pack also outran the Devils, scoring seven fast break points, in comparison to seven from Duke.

State went into the locker room with a big, 46-30, lead at the half. The Pack has held a double-digit lead since the 10:30 mark in the first.

The second half was marked by huge runs for Duke. The Devils were riding on a 13-2 run through the first eight minutes and 25-8 up to the final four.

State’s foul situation proved to be what killed the game for the Pack. Howell fouled out after showing on a pick with 1:22 left. Leslie fouled out of the game with 1:05 left. He fin-ished the game 12 points and tied a career high six blocks.

After Curry hit his first shot from the field with 17 minutes left, the second half turned into his personal playground. De-spite Curry going blank in the first half, he dropped 26 on the Pack in the second. Rivers also caught his stride in the second, scoring 13 in the half.

After trailing the entire game, Duke took its first lead

Crashing down at CameronMen’S BaSkeTBall

inTraMural Soccer

First ever 11-versus-11 IM soccer tournament comes to campusUniversity Recreation organizes event.

Rishav DeyDeputy Sports Editor

University Recreation announced the inaugural 11-versus-11 Intramural soccer tournament for the spring semester. It will be the first time a soccer tour-nament has been organized in the spring by the orga-nization previously known as Campus Recreation. The tournament will have 15 teams in three groups, each competing to be crowned the first ever 11-versus-11 IM soccer champion.

Student Director for pro-gramming, Shane Ferrara said there were numerous reasons as to why his de-partment decided to orga-nize the tournament.

“We wanted to extend more sports opportuni-ties to the students,” Fer-rara said. “We know that the 7-on-7 community has asked for it for a long time we decided to do it this time.”

Ferrara also said there would be a lot of improve-ments in this semester’s event in comparison to what it had been in previ-ous semesters.

“The biggest change is obviously it’s going to be 11-versus-11,” Ferrara said. “There are going to be 40-minute halves and we are doing off-sides and the fields are going to be pretty much regulation size. I think we are going to aim for about 110-by-75 yards.”

Favio Intriago, graduate student in civil engineer-ing, felt playing with 11 players compared to seven would be a different ball game altogether.

“In the 7-versus-7 tourna-ment the fields are smaller and players have more freedom to move from one position to another,” Intriago said. “This changing of zones is less com-mon in the 11-versus-11 game where the field is considerably larger. Given this factor, players must have a better awareness of where they and their team-mates are on the field.

“Since the 11-versus-11 field is larger, accurate and timely passes are essential to a team’s success.”

Intriago, whose team swept the intramural championships last semester to win the men’s open, the co-ed and the men’s elite tournament, said he was expecting nothing less from his team this time around.

“Being the defending cham-pion feels great. The T-shirts from winning all three leagues also contribute to this feel-ing,” Intriago said. “I am ex-pecting my team to win it all. They are a very talented and passionate group of people and to expect anything less would be an insult to them.”

Junior in Spanish language and literature, David Can-cio whose team ‘The Zodiac’ is also playing in the league, felt it would be better to play with 11 players on the field in comparison to seven.

“I think it will be more or-ganized from a team perspec-tive,” Cancio said. “Most soccer players played on either a club team or a high school team where they played 11-versus-11 and so it offers a more familiar experience.”

Cancio expressed confidence in his team and felt his team was capable of going all the way.

“My team is filled with a lot of very responsible and talent-ed guys,” Cancio said. “This is same team that I had in the 11-versus-11 season and it has

carried over with some new recruits over to this spring season. It’s a team of 21 hard-working men.”

While a lot of people par-ticipate in the intramural sports just to have a good time, Cancio was expecting his team to be as competi-tive as it could be.

“My expectations for my team are that we will at least progress through the group stage,” Can-cio said. “One can hope, but you really don’t know until you actually get there. Sometimes there can be a stroke of genius from your side or an opposing player that can change the game. Sometimes it’s a referee’s decision that goes your way and sometimes it’s the other.

“Regardless, ideally I’d like to take this team and win the league.”

Despite his optimism

Still standing as the ACC’s all-time rushing leader, few can match Brown’s resume.

Kyle McMahanStaff Writer

In honor of Black History Month, ev-ery Friday Technician

will feature a famous Af-rican-American.

#23 Ted BrownFor the rest of N.C. State’s

history, no other football player will ever wear the number 23. Ted Brown’s name and number are one of only eight to be dis-played in the Ring of Honor at Carter-Finley Stadium.

Ted Brown began his football career at High Point Andrews High School. Brown was only about 5’9” and 170 pounds, but his agility and strength put him on the radar for a number of North Carolina college coach-es. Brown received scholarship offers from Western Carolina, Appalachian State, East Caro-lina and N.C. State. After much deliberation, former coach Lou Holtz convinced Brown to join the Wolfpack.

Brown was placed on both the junior varsity team and the bench for the first five games of the season and at one point considered transferring to ECU. Eventually Brown would get his chance, and began re-writing the history of ACC football.

By the end of the 1975 sea-son, Brown had rushed for 913 yards, 12 touchdowns and was a first-team All-ACC selec-tion. He was also awarded the ACC Rookie of the year award. Brown’s 1976 sophomore sea-son was no different for the running back, who compiled another 1,088 yards and 13 touchdowns.

As a junior, Brown set the NCSU single-game rushing

record with an astonishing 251 yards against Penn State. That same year he recorded the school’s longest run -- 95 yards against Syracuse. Brown was named to the All-ACC team for the third time and led the Wolfpack to a Peach Bowl win against Iowa State.

Brown closed out his illus-trious college career with a record-setting senior season. He rushed for 1,350 yards and averaged more than 122 yards per game. He recorded 11 touchdowns and was named a consensus All-American, the first African-American in school history to do so. At the end of the season, Brown had finished sixth in the Heisman Trophy voting. Ted Brown’s jer-sey was retired before his final home game on Nov. 18, 1978. Two months later, he would lead State to a 30-17 bowl vic-tory over Pittsburgh.

Brown is the only player in the ACC’s history to earn four consecutive first-team All-con-ference honors. His 49 career rushing touchdowns still sits at the top of the NCAA record books. No running back has ever recorded as many 100-yard rushing games and no player other than a kicker has scored as many points (312). Brown also has the most career rush-ing yards in the ACC at 4,602.

What is even more remark-able is that during Brown’s career, the NCAA did not in-clude bowl accomplishments as part of a player’s total stats. If Brown’s 399 bowl-game yards were included, he would be one of only fifteen running backs in NCAA history to rush for more than 5,000 yards in his career.

After graduating from State in 1978, Brown was picked No. 16 overall in the NFL draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Throughout his eight-year ca-reer, he scored 53 total touch-downs, the fourth-best mark

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did You know?The only coach in State history to defeat Duke during his coaching debut at Cameron Indoor Stadium was Jim Valvano in 1981. An NCSU victory last night would have made Mark Gottfried the second to accomplish the feat.

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