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WolfWheels bike share program expected to provide students with inexpensive, efficient transportation

Siva Ramesh Staff Writer

The WolfWheels bike share pro-gram, the brainchild of the University cycling club and Student Government Sustainability Commission, will allow students to rent bicycles for regular use on campus beginning Mar. 29.

According to Marycobb Randall, a sophomore in business management and the president of the University Student Centers, the program was initiated last spring, when the stu-dent center was considering its feasible projects.

“We have a facilities project that we do each year, so we were looking at projects that would provide the great-est benefit to our campus and impact students,” Randall said. “We came upon the WolfWheels project. It was a good fit, where money could be used this year.”

Jim Ceresnak, student body presi-dent, said the concept of the program had been developing for some time.

“It’s been in the works for several months; we’ve wanted a more sustain-able and pedestrian-friendly campus,”

Ceresnak said. “Every year, folks have a lot of issues with transportation, so this is another option that students can use. We’ve got a very spread-out campus — a large campus — so it goes into solving those problems.”

Ceresnak said the program was the result of wide collaboration among different groups on campus.

“We’ve been able to work with a lot of different groups on campus: the student center’s board of directors, University Transportation and the Inter-Residence Council,” Ceresnak said. “We’ve just put a lot of different pieces together to make it happen, and it’s been nice to see that kind of col-laboration [towards] the success of it.”

According to Ceresnak, university campuses in North Carolina such as UNC-Wilmington and Duke, as well as other universities nationwide, have developed similar initiatives.

“UNC-Chapel Hill actually has a car share; it’s called ZipCar. So, it’s like the same idea but it’s with cars,” Randall said.

Owing to the large amount of plan-ning required, the program took until last semester to get off the ground.

“Probably until October, [we] were still looking for someone to house the operation, have the infrastructure for it, the systems, all of that, so that was the holdup, but then once we figured out who was going to be responsible

for that, it’s taken off,” Randall said. “We’ve made progress really, really quickly.”

Local vendors will supply the bicy-cles and necessary gear and Campus Recreation will oversee the program. Students will be able to rent a bicycle for $2 to $3 and Campus Recreation will be providing helmets and locks.

The cycling club and the student center are currently negotiating with bicycle vendors over the final cost of equipment, Randall said.

“We’re including all of that, [bi-cycle, helmet and lock], together, as well as maybe a maintenance plan for the bikes so upkeep can be included,” Randall said. “Also, [we’d like to have] a locked in price, so as we need to re-place bikes, we can still get them at a low cost.”

Randall said the program will also benefit the bicycle vendors.

Recyclemania promotes sustainability through cross-university competition

Joanna BanegasStaff Writer

N.C. State, along with 500 other colleges and universities across the nation are competing in Recyclem-ania this year. The program, which started Jan. 17 and ends Mar. 27, is a competition for campus recy-cling programs to support waste reduction activities in their com-munities.

The University is participating in the program for its third time this year.

Analis Fulghum, education and outreach coordinator for Waste Reduction and Recycling, said the University competes in the event to raise awareness and help promote recycling around campus.

“The student population and staff accept recycling as part of our day to day being on campus,” Fulghum said.

She said Recyclemania also helps the University reach its goal of diverting 65 percent of waste material from the landfill by 2015.

“Anything we do to raise awareness about recycling will help us reach our goal,” Fulghum said.

The competition also provides a way for the University to compare and learn from the recycling strategies of other universities of the same size.

Fulghum said that when competing head-to-head against UNC-Chapel Hill, the University won four out of the six categories in 2009.

“It is easier to relate to schools in the ACC since we [compete against] them often,” Fulghum said. “Everyone knows we should reduce and recycle, but sometimes a friendly competition helps give people another reason to participate.”

Last year, the University recycled

more than 558,757 pounds of mate-rial — placing it 23rd in the nation in the competition.

“By participating in Recyclemania the University has the ability to com-pare our recycling rates against other schools and learn what we are doing right or where we can grow,” Fulgham said.

Megan Cain, a junior in environ-mental technology and a Waste Re-duction and Recycling intern, said the competition will make a student think twice before throwing some-thing away.

“By [competing] with other schools we get the word out about recycling,” Cain said. “It will help increase the recycling rate on campus.”

For the competition, schools sub-mit tonnage data for paper, cardboard, cans and bottles, food waste and gen-eral trash each week. They are, in turn,

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Student Government begins dialogue about lack of University-wide community

Rachel PortCorrespondent

The lack of a University-wide com-munity became an important topic at the Feb. 11 president’s roundtable. The issue was brought on by a discussion about the physical distance between rapidly growing Centennial Campus and Central Campus.

According to Kelli Rogers, student senate president, the divide in the University community is not only occurring between Centennial Campus and Central Campus but also between all of the colleges.

“We have a college-first mentality,” she said. “Even our Sen-ate seats are divided by college.”

J i m C ere sna k , student body presi-dent, said, “It has a lot to do with how our University has grown.”

The University was intentionally built as a collection of in-dividual colleges because it “was built to meet the needs of the state,” he said.

“People aren’t feeling connected to the University and the University isn’t doing a lot to change that,” Ceresnak said. Right now, “we are kind of like a degree factory. We graduate a lot of people with skill sets that are useful to the state.”

Students agree N.C. State has a col-lege-centric attitude.

“There’s not a lot of communication between the majors,” Jacob Majikes, a senior in material science, said.

According to Ceresnak, the divide between Central and Centennial Campuses in particular is represen-tative of the division between colleges.

“People on Centennial are all engi-neers and kind of work amongst them-selves,” Pierrea Currence, a junior in communication, said. Currence said Centennial is its “own little town.”

Yan Li, a junior in accounting, said colleges close to the library have an ad-vantage: they are more involved with things happening on Central Campus.

Brandon Berry, a junior in chemi-cal engineering, said he felt student

life was lacking on Centennial Campus. “People on Centen-nial don’t have the same amenities, like dining and housing, that Main Campus has,” he said. “It makes you feel un-appreciated.”

Mostafa Saber, a graduate student in material science, said he didn’t feel physical distance contributed to the divide in commu-

nity between Centennial and Central Campus.

“I think it is my problem because I am a Ph.D. student and don’t have time [to go to Central Campus],” Sa-ber said.

The lack of University-wide com-munity shows up in University statis-tics, Ceresnak said.

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Wolfpack Win big against Wake

Danny Boemermann/TechnicianDuring saturday’s men’s basketball game against Wake forest, chancellor-elect Randy Woodson and his wife received personalized Wolfpack basketball jerseys to welcome them to the University. the pack won the game 68-54.

Campus divisions prompt SG discussion

Tim o’Brien/Technician archive phoTonick kerr, a junior in mechanical engineering, bikes through the crowd and out of the free expression tunnel oct. 13, 2008. kerr said he would ride a bike or walk over taking a car.

wolfwheels Quick facts:Number of available bikes: 20 to 25Cost for bike rental: $2 to $3Rental duration: Daily or weekendIncludes: bike, helmet and lock

Source: marycoBB ranDall, preSiDenT of univerSiTy STuDenT cenTerS

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college-first

mentality; even

our Senate seats

are divided by

college.”Kelli Rogers, Student Senate

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‘Quit playing on the stairs’photo By Brent Kitchen

Chris Blackwell, a junior in physics, throws a disc golf discus as a part of the “Hyzer Flips and Nacho Dips” Saturday. The program gave residents of the Quad the opportunity to play make-shift disc golf holes around their residence

halls. Blackwell, an RA in Bagwell Hall, said he has been disc golfing for about a year, so the program idea came easily. “I did it to get outside on a nice day and hang out with people,” Blackwell said. As the name implies, the disc golfing was followed by nachos.

Campus Calendar

Todayhold on to Your hats!D.h. hill Library East WingAll day

QuicKBooKs level 1McKimmon Center9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Faces and MazesGregg Museum of Art & DesignNoon to 8 p.m.

With lath and chisel: north carolina Wood turners and carversGregg Museum of Art & DesignNoon to 8 p.m.

Fraud, FaBrication, and PuBlication: a case studY in decePtion in PhYsicsRiddick 3014 to 5 p.m. 

advanced Beginning chinese For adultsEngineering Building I7 to 8:30 p.m.

Beginning chinese For adults iEngineering Building I7 to 8:30 p.m. 

Beginning chinese For adults iiEngineering Biulding II7 to 8:30 p.m.

Jon cohn: health care reForM and aMerican valuesMann hall 2167:30 p.m.

tuesdayhold on to Your hats!D.h. hill Library East WingAll day

discriMination and harassMent Prevention and resPonseAdmin III, Room 1019 a.m. to noon

QuicKBooKs level 2McKimmon Center9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 

universitY coPYright coMMittee MeetingD.h. hill Library9 to 10:30 a.m.

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CorreCTions & ClarifiCaTionsIn Friday’s page 1 peace Corps story, the name of an N.C. State peace Corps recruiter was incorrect, his name is Marques Anderson.

Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Executive Editor Russell Witham at viewpoint@technicianonline.com.

today:

Wednesday:

Source: NoAA

54/4180 percent chance of rain, between a quarter and half an inch possible, with winds from the southeast between 5 and 10 mph.

tuesday: 5935

partly sunny with winds from the north about 9 mph.

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Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain.

QuoTe of The day

“People aren’t feeling con-

nected to the University and the University

isn’t doing a lot to change that.”

Jim Ceresnak, student body president

poliCe BloTTerFebruary 17 7:32 a.M. | assistanceDH Hill Library officers stood by during dismissal hearing. No issues reported.

9:37 a.M. | assistancePoe Hall officer stood by during meeting.

10:41 a.M. | saFetY PrograMPublic Safety Building officer conducted work place violence program. 

12:48 P.M. | susPicious PersonMcKimmon Center Report of suspicious subjects trying to sell equipment. officers canvassed area but did not locate subjects. 

2:25 P.M. | Fire alarMES King Village Fp responded to alarm caused by construction in the area. 

10:07 P.M. | Medical assistCarmichael Gym Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. 

World & naTionTaliban rejects renewed Karzai call for peace 

taliban in Afghanistan rejected president hamid Karzai’s latest call for peace Sunday, despite the advancing NAto offensive and the capture of their second-in-

command. Karzai renewed his appeal in parliament Saturday for the taliban to accept his peace proposal. At a London conference on Afghanistan in January, other nations backed plans for peace talks with militants who renounce violence and pledged hundreds of millions of dollars to convince fighters to stand down.

the taliban have repeatedly turned down Karzai’s peace offers, insisting foreign troops should leave Afghanistan first and that Karzai is a puppet who cannot represent a nation or government.

Source: reuTerS

WeaTher Wise

in The knoW Graduate Student Association holds research symposium 

The N.C. State Gradu-ate Student Association and The Graduate School announced the fifth an-nual N.C. State University Graduate Student Research Symposium. The primary goal of the symposium is to showcase the outstand-ing quality and diversity of graduate research at NCSU as well as to provide an op-portunity for those attend-ing to take a look at interest-ing research projects being conducted at the graduate level. Undergraduates inter-ested in applying to gradu-ate school are encouraged to attend and talk to graduate students about research and how to present their research at conferences. The symposium will be held at McKimmon Center March 10 from 1:30 to 4 p.m.

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“The vendors are getting this exposure to this huge, 32,000-student [population], and they’re local, so it’s benefi-cial both for them and for us,” Randall said.

Initially, the bike share will consist of 20 to 25 bicycles, but if the program proves success-ful, more will be added. For now, according to Randall, bicycles will only be available for daily and weekend rentals.

“Right now, we’re not go-ing to do se-mester-long rentals just because we want as many students to be able to use the program as possible,” Randall said. “Wit h t he limited num-ber of bikes, we don’t want them locked up for a whole semester.”

Although most students have been unaware of the con-cept of a bike share program on campus, they have reacted with enthusiasm when informed of the program.

Matthew Adams, a junior in computer science, said having the opportunity to rent a bi-cycle would save him the cost

of purchasing one.“I think it’s a great idea, I

have been thinking on and off about getting a bike for quite some time, but didn’t really want to invest the money it would take to get a bike, be-cause I’m not sure if I’d be able to sustain having a bike,” Adams said. “A rental program would definitely bridge that gap, so I could definitely make good use of it.”

Matthew Armstrong, a soph-omore in civil engineering, said it would make him happy to see more people on bicycles.

“I think it’d be a good idea to have the program and get

people riding bikes. I like riding bikes, so it’s always a ple a su re to see other people riding bikes,” Arm-strong said.

While the p r o j e c t i s underway, Ceresnak s a i d , t h e campus will have to work with the city of R a le ig h to make the

area around the campus more biker-friendly.

“If we can work with the city of Raleigh to make the area around campus more biker-friendly, if we can somehow make it easier through the infrastructure that we have, if students can actually use the

bikes and they want to use them, then you have a suc-cessful program,” Ceresnak said. “That’s one of the things that we’re going to discuss and look at how we can make that happen.”

Ceresnak said the pro-gram would also help to fulfill a major campaign promise which he made during his election cam-paign.

“One of my top campaign promises was to use student brainpower, use student ideas to solve problems on campus. Through sustain-ability [programs] we’ve been able to do a lot of those things,” Ceresnak said.

Randall said the program would have several benefits.

“It’s economical; it’s going to be healthy for students because they’re going to be biking; and it’s good for the environment,” Randall said.

Ceresnak said the future prospects of the program looked bright.

“I think the bike share program’s going to be a great option for students. If you need to get from point A to point B and you can’t take a car, you can’t take a bus, for two or three dollars, you can get a bike and you can get there,” Ceresnak said. “Beyond being a last-minute resource like that, I think it’s going to be a good program. I’m excited to see it coming.”

“Our Alumni Association membership hasn’t been in-creasing,” he said. “Over the past five years it has remained stagnant and we’ve graduated more than 30,000 people.”

The University’s endow-ment is small when compared to UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University, he said. Accord-ing to Ceresnak, people aren’t giving back to the University

because they don’t feel a con-nection to the University.

Ceresnak said now is the time to tackle this problem.

“This conversation is so important to have as we’re welcoming a new chancellor,” he said. “Our new chancellor needs to look at breaking down the barriers between depart-ments and colleges.”

“We want every student to identify with the University first and their college second,” Rogers said. “The more unified we are as a University, the more

well-rounded people we are.”Both Ceresnak and Rogers

mentioned improving stu-dents’ orientation experiences as a step toward creating a sense of University-wide community.

Ceresnak said expanding community service opportu-nities and interdisciplinary study opportunities could be part of the solution. He also said they want to make sure “student life on Centennial is being fostered.”

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“It’s been in

the works for

several months;

we wanted a

more sustainable

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friendly campus”Jim Ceresnak, student body

president

taking the plunge

Michael Shriver/TechnicianDerek Dussek, a sophomore in forest management, and Matt Woodward, sophomore in applied sociology, get chilly in lake Raleigh at the polar plunge Saturday.

able to see how they measure up against each other in continu-ously updated results.

Bryan Maxwell, a junior in civil engineering and the Sus-tainability Committee chair

for Student Government, said Recyclemania is good for the University.

“It’s less trash in the environ-ment and we make money from recycling. It also makes sense to recycle,” he said. “This is about making it a habit.”

Cain said there has been a 41-percent year-over-year re-

cycling increase in bottles and cans for the ten week competition period.

“Most of this is coming from student’s dorms,” Cain said. “It’s nice to see that change from a student population on campus.”

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{ }Our view

The University Student Centers and Student Government are put-

ting the final touches on Wolf-Wheels, a bicycle sharing pro-gram for students. They plan to roll the program out March 29, aiming to put 20 to 25 bicycles in a central location overseen by Campus Recreation.

This program is an admi-rable idea as it attempts to ad-dress major issues on campus like transportation, sustain-ability and fitness. However, while WolfWheels looks great on paper, there are questions and clarifications regarding its practical application.

It has nothing to do with excessive cost or impracti-cal idealism — pragmatically speaking, students need to be familiar with WolfWheels’ strategy for dealing with theft,

damages, location and existing traffic patterns.

Bicycle theft is not uncom-mon on campus, and deter-mining how to deter such problems is important. Wolf-Wheels planners have done an excellent job in providing locks and helmets, which will obvi-ously help deter theft and min-imize the chances that students suffer major injuries while rid-ing rented bicycles. However, locks are not absolutely fool-proof. A rental system, if tied to student identification cards for use, introduces the possi-bility of identity and property theft. If a student’s ID is stolen and used to check out a bicycle, the student is left responsible

for replacing the bike and the thief may escape without con-sequence. Unless these issues have been considered by legal counsel, WolfWheels planners need to address them.

Further, determining liability for bicycle damage may also present a problem. It may be difficult to determine who is liable for certain damages, and it is additionally complicated if a bike is vandalized. A student who follows the rules and rents a bicycle should not be penal-ized if another student decides to sabotage it. The rules need to be made clear regarding stu-dent liability for such damages.

There is also the matter of traffic — while WolfWheels is

intended to be one of the first small steps towards making campus less tedious to move around on, it does not address issues facing any attempts to reduce car traffic. Are cyclists expected to follow the rules of the road or will there eventu-ally be dedicated bike lanes? Will the University take sub-stantive steps to become pe-destrian-friendly by starting to close roads on campus to mo-tor traffic? True, WolfWheels is a pilot program, but ensur-ing students are in the loop in making necessary improve-ments is vital.

WolfWheels looks like an outstanding program on pa-per. In practice, it must strive to be and remain a strong proj-ect with actively solicited stu-dent feedback to endure.

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.

Don’t let WolfWheels go off the tracksThe FacTs:University Student Centers and Student Government have planned the beginning of the WolfWheels bicycle sharing program for March 29, giving students the opportunity to rent bikes from Campus Recreation.

Our OpiniOn:While the program is excellent in theory, a few practical questions must be addressed in order for it to be effective.

The tuition Olympics: now introducing the rising ski lift of tuition event!

Christian O’Neal, freshman in mechanical engineering

Athletics needs support and faith

Russell Witham’s contro-versial and erroneous column, fittingly titled

“Athletics in err,” has caused a commotion in the athletic

world . T he main point of that statement would be “er-roneous.” Next time you write an article like this, do your research. Since you’ve fai led to do so, I’ l l help correct you.

Judging by the content of this article, it’s safe to say you’ve never eaten in Case Dining Hall. An “oasis?” Really?

Up until a few weeks ago, Case didn’t even have strawber-ries, a food regularly enjoyed by students at Fountain and Clark Dining Halls.

As for space, you must not have seen Case before. It’s much smaller than Fountain and C l a r k , r e -jecting your point about “cramming” students into Cla rk . In 2006-2007, a side f rom Sundays, Case was only open to student-athletes. In three years, this has drastically changed; now Case is only closed to non-athletes at dinner. It’s a small reward for these athletes who give up ev-erything to commit themselves to rigorous training schedules.

Paul Derr Track is your weakest argument. Your state-ment, “what are the odds that a group of students can align their schedules such that they can find free time on any week-day between those hours?” is absurd. Do you know nothing about athletics? There are more than 600 student-athletes who “align their schedules” each semester. If these 600 students can do it, there is no reason that a small club team can’t. Paul Derr Track is a facility built and maintained for varsity sports; the fact that it is be-ing shared with non-athletes should be appreciated. Do you think the RBC Center would allow a club basketball team to practice there? Or that Carter-Finley would allow flag football teams to use its facilities? Track may not be the most popular or revenue-producing sport on campus, but it’s extremely

successful, and shouldn’t be shafted because of an uproar over the supposedly inconve-nient times that prevent non-varsity athletes from having the privilege to use the facility.

In your article, you state, “If nothing else, it brings bad kar-ma on our program. We don’t need any more of that”. You should be ashamed of yourself. We may not make it to a bowl game often, or get a berth in the NCAA basketball tourna-ment, but if you looked at other sports, you’d realize there is some extreme talent on this campus that’s going largely un-noticed. Last spring, wrestling had a national champion, Dar-rion Caldwell. That same day, women’s diver Kristin Davies also won NCAA’s. Golfer Matt Hill was a national champion. Gymnastics won the EAGL championship. Men’s cross-country won ACC’s this fall, and both the men’s and wom-en’s programs produced All-

Americans. Football

beat UNC-Chapel Hill. Men’s soc-cer made it to the ACC f i na l s a nd t he NC A A tourna-ment. Men’s basketball knocked off

Duke a few weeks ago, and the Wolfpack Nation went wild. However, after losing a few games, everyone forgot about that incredible win and went back to bashing men’s bas-ketball. Where is the loyalty? This is your team, and they are struggling. What they need is a faithful Wolfpack Nation, not a large following of fair-weather fans. You also said, “Students could take pride in something more than mediocrity and look forward to better days.” Clearly, these better days have passed you by.

On ESPN the other day, the announcer commented that the Wolfpack nation might not always win, but its fans will always be behind them. It’s time to start living up to that claim and stop bashing athletics, instead giving it the undying faith and support that it clearly needs right now. Editor’s Note: The author is a member of the women’s Cross Country and Track and Field teams.

Bona Jonessenior, communication

Boulevards don’t biteThe only marginally

encouraging campus transportation mo-

ment I can remember in the past year was my realization

the morn-ing of the Krispy Kreme Challenge that par-ticipants were be-ing guided toward the campus’s parking decks in-

stead of the relatively ample Central Campus parking area. My parking spot in front of the 1911 Building was certainly not a source of pride, but, perhaps, a minor victory.

When was the last time you could even claim that much satisfaction in your campus travels?

I probably caught most of you with my trick question. There are almost no posi-tive travel experiences on campus — I can only recall that one from the past four years.

Some of the catalysts for the problems are complete-ly outside the University’s control. The location of the new Hillsborough Street two-lane traffic circle at Oberlin Road is one of the vital conduits into down-town Raleigh; the admin-istration can do little to help that. And Transporta-tion can’t really change the suburban-style sprawl of off-campus housing.

One of the biggest hindrances to effective movement on cam-pus is completely within our control, though. The cars — like mine, the morning of the KKC — are a problem.

The University Master Plan, the blithely unrealistic sched-ule of campus improvements, has plans to clear out many of the cars in the area of Brough-ton, Lampe and Stinson Drive (the rough area that borders the Brickyard on the east, Patter-son Hall on the north and the railroad tracks on the south).

Many of the plan’s visions — the monorail between Main and Centennial Campus, for instance — are nothing more than a pipedream. Campus beautif ication and renewal projects are vital to improv-ing the University’s image and the general “feel” of campus; it must happen sooner rather than later.

The quadrangle formed around Burlington Hall, which was an open locale before the addition of nuclear material, has an opportunity to expand the general concept of the Brickyard and form several boulevards through campus. Without automobiles, one of the core areas of North Cam-pus could become a pedestrian haven.

It could completely change the campus and prompt the trickle-down effects a peace-ful environment yields.

The problem is that any pedestrian-centric system re-quires the campus community to rethink transit. Pedestrian-centric what? It’s a really big word for small changes that can do really big things for the

campus. (P.J. King knows what I’m talking about — see bearded actor from N.C. State “bridge” commercial.)

In all seriousness, and be-cause University transit is laughable enough without my help, we need funda-mental changes to the way we move.

A program like Wolf-Wheels, a new campus bike share program set to kick off in March, is a great example of a relatively in-expensive change we could make today and change the way students travel.

In places like Amster-dam — where trams have replaced many buses and bike-parking decks stand where their car counter-parts are in the U.S. — the culture embraced people-friendly transportation long ago.

If the University truly wants to live up to its brand-ing and act as the “autobahn of innovation,” it must at-tempt to embrace creative transportation solutions that support pedestrians, especially when they al-ready receive so much hassle around the campus’s edges. Hillsborough anyone?

Increased pedestrian ar-eas and a bike share pro-gram may sound like small changes, but they can have truly substantive effects — especially if they are effec-tively implemented as they have been on other college campuses.

At the least, it’s worth try-ing.

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Engineers awarded S.T.E.M. education grantncsu engineers receive grant for continued outreach work in schools

Oindree BanerjeeStaff Writer

The third graders at Rachel Freeman Elementary School and Brentwood El-ementary School know better than to reluctantly accept that light is a form of energy with mind-boggling and ab-stract properties.

Instead, they learn about the concept of light through interactive learning provided by campus engineers.

As a result of The Education Place, an outreach program through the College of Engineering, children across the state are challenged to ask questions and ex-pand their minds, like the students of Brentwood and Rachel Freeman.

Behind this work is a team of Uni-versity engineers. For their work, Laura Bottomley, Jerome Lavelle and Elizabeth Parry were awarded a Science, Technol-ogy, Engineering and Mathematics edu-cation grant to further their research.

The S.T.E.M. grant, worth $519,000, was awarded by the National Institutes of Health in hopes of studying the im-pact of engineering curricula in elemen-tary schools.

According to Parry, the coordinator for external and school partnerships for the College of Engineering, it all started with the urge to make a difference in children’s lives and guide students in the right path, especially those students that do not get the right guidance at home.

Parry said that not all families are

equally capable of encouraging their children to be academically accom-plished. Parry mentioned her observa-tions at Rachel Freeman Elementary School where, according to Parry, 90 percent of students are classified as poor.

“Parents of these children are more concerned with providing the more ba-sic necessities of life, for example how to get the next meal on the table, than with guidance as to what math classes they should be taking,” Parry said.

According to Parry, elementary schools in North Carolina conduct a test on students to determine who is academically gifted and who is not, which divides classes further.

“These children that fall into the not-so-academically gifted group don’t know what they want to major in, and cannot get into engineering because they never took the classes they needed because of lack of guidance,” Parry said. “Our engineering students try to be in close connection with these young kids and give them the necessary direction by being examples to them as well as in-troducing engineering topics to them.”

Parry said she believes that it is some-times more important to be educating the parents and teachers about engi-neering and changing their views and attitudes by putting it in context for them.

“We had this parent-children pro-gram where we made them do diaper

activities with turkey basters and they had so much fun. When they were done we told them it was chemical engineer-ing and they were awed,” Parry said.

Parry admits, however, that while this research does change the way students think, they will not know the results before at least five to six years.

Despite dealing with subjects that kids are not necessarily enthusiastic about learning, Parry maintains that it’s a very positive experience, whether teaching kindergartners about lightning or doing diaper dissections with fourth graders.

“It is like being a rock star down there in those schools,” Parry said. “They all identify me as this cool person that does cool engineering stuff with them.”

Andrew Laton, a senior in mechani-cal engineering who helps out at Brent-wood, said he has encountered similar reactions. But his motivation for par-ticipating in the outreach stems from sharing his passion with others. He also said he believes his volunteer efforts are beneficial for him as well.

“Any time you get a chance to share your interest in engineering with others it helps you to appreciate it more. It is definitely an investment in the future of the engineering world and society in general to get these kids interested in school early and help them to see what they are capable of doing,” Laton said.

Laton also said that seeing students’ level of excitement is another upside.

“During their engineering week the different grade levels were given one day to plan, design, create, and test different projects they were asked to build,” La-ton said. “The children were so excited to test and modify their designs, and it was really great to see the teamwork as the kids were testing. It was amazing to see the kids that normally struggled through class excelling and having fun in school.”

The grant has also helped the Engi-neering Place with job retention, ac-cording to Laura Bottomley.

“Specifically, the grant is helping us follow an engineering curricula in the schools that we are working with,” Bot-tomley said. “Also, the grant has helped us to keep our own employers working.”

Parry said she believes the results of the grant will be felt for some time.

More importantly, she said it would provide some well-needed informa-tion for everyone and not just those in the engineering world.

“It’s so much more than just cal-culus and applying physics equations to hard problems,” Parry said. “The NIH money will help us quantify what we have been seeing for some-time, put some numbers out there for other people to see and learn from.”

S.T.E.M. AT-A-glAncE:NCSU researchers were awarded a S.T.E.M. grant through the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of offering these education grants is to support research in the following areas:

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• Teacher preparation development to support S.T.e.m. teaching

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ninEonEninEJon Cohn lecture

Monday, Jon Cohn, a renowned author, journalist and expert on health care, will present a lecture entitled “Health Care Reform and American Values.” His presentation is a part of the American Values series the School of Public & International Affairs is sponsoring. The lecture will take place in Mann Hall at 7:30 and is open to the public for free.

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Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus is back for another showing of mysterious magic and acrobatic skills. The event will kick off Wednesday and run until Sunday. Tickets begin at $15. For more information, visit TicketMaster’s Web site.

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As a part of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, people under 21 will no longer be able to get a credit card unless a parent, guardian or spouse co-signs for the card. There is, however, an exception. If the individual is able to provide proof of sufficient income to cover incurred costs, this protective measure can be avoided.

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Raleigh potholes being filled

According to the N.C. Department of Transportation, many of the potholes that plague the Capital City are finally being filled. There’s no promise from the DOT that all of the holes will be filled, but they did mention that more than 111 tons of pothole filler has been used. DOT encourages residents to report potholes whenever they see them.

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Tuesday, February 23 at 7pm • Stewart TheatreConcert Band InvitationalThe Concert Band Invitational was created by Music @ NC State to connect high school students in North Carolina to the arts at NC State. The NCSU Wind Ensemble, directed by Dr. Paul Garcia, will host two incredibly talented high school bands from across North Carolina, Cedar Ridge High School Wind Symphony from Hillsborough, NC and Scotland High School Symphonic Band from Laurinburg, NC, as they showcase their musical talent at the home of the Wolfpack.

Wednesday, February 24 at 7pm • Titmus Theatre, Thompson HallPrice Music Center Lecture Series: Music of ChinaThe Music of China features Hsiao-mei Ku of Duke Music Department and Jennifer Chang as they perform traditional and contemporary Chinese pieces on violin and guzheng—a Chinese plucked zither considered to be the main instrument in traditional Chinese music. The program includes the world premiere of Mark Kuss’s “Sounds. Distant.” for violin and guzheng.

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No matter what the time of day, hair care is always on the minds of Tashni Dubroy and Tiffani Lash. Whether it is creating products to restore mois-ture in hair or add more definition to curls, the duo is continually working toward a “Natural Blend of Beauty and Satisfaction.”

Dubroy and Lash, who both gradu-ated from N.C. State in 2007 with doc-toral degrees in chemistry, co-founded Tea and Honey Blends, a hair care line designed for women with ethnic hair types.

Dubroy, a native of Jamaica, said her interest in hair care started when she was about 8 years old.

“My mom was a hairstylist and she would always mix natural products to-gether and put them in her customer’s hair,” Dubroy said. “I would watch her use unique ingredients like Aloe Vera and eggs and avocados.”

Dubroy never knew that chemistry could be used in cosmetology until she took a chemistry course in high school. Her interest in the subject was sparked from there.

Lash, who said she has always en-joyed doing other people’s hair, devel-oped an interest in hair care products during her teenage years.

“My parents told me that I needed to go to college to learn something,” Lash said. “I decided to study chemistry to learn more about cosmetic science. A person’s ideals may change over time but they will always have one true passion.”

Both women received their under-graduate degrees from small institu-tions. When they decided to further their education, Dubroy and Lash at-tended NCSU to pursue their doctoral degrees.

Dubroy, an organic chemist, studied electromagnetism, which is electron coupling in an organic system. Du-broy gives a lot of credit to her adviser, David A. Shultz. “If it weren’t for Dr.

Shultz, I wouldn’t be where I am to-day,” Dubroy said. “He helped me get funding for graduate school and has a lot to do with my success.”

Lash, who came to the University to pursue interdisciplinary studies in chemistry and chemical engineering, said that she remembers the time she spent at N.C. State rather fondly.

“I loved my experience here because it was non-traditional and I had a lot of flexibility,” Lash said. “The Univer-sity has such a welcoming environ-ment and I was never pigeonholed.”

Lash and Dubroy met while study-ing at N.C. State University. When they became friends and study part-ners, the tandem realized something: they both had very similar visions for creating hair care products for ethnic hair.

“Our relationship was very seren-dipitous,” Lash said. “We worked very well together and would study until late at night. There was so much syn-ergy.”

The pair began conceiving the idea of Tea and Honey Blends in 2006. Ac-cording to Lash and Dubroy, the first step in the process began with con-ducting some initial research around the business aspect of cosmetology.

After several years of hard work their line launched in 2009 with seven products. The Tea and Honey Blends products are placed into three catego-ries: Hair Catalyst System, Silk Protein Special Teas, and Naturals Collection.

“Our Hair Catalyst System is de-signed for healthy hair,” Lash said. “It includes our Tea Tree shampoo and conditioner

as well as our leave-in conditioner.” Silk Protein Special Teas has two

products, Gleam and Sparkle. Gleam repairs split ends and eliminates frizz while Sparkle has silicones that protect hair against heat and humidity. “The Silk Protein Special Teas act as a spi-raling aid,” Lash said.

The Naturals Collection contains a Curl Definer that is formulated to nourish damaged hair with split ends and enhance curls. The Herbal Nutri-ent Oil restores moisture.

Courtney Hinson, also an alumna and avid Tea and Honey Blends cus-tomer, was introduced to the line several months ago. Hinson was able to try the products before they went public and Tea and Honey Blends are now the only products she uses.

“The shampoo and conditioner do a great job when it comes to moistur-izing,” Hinson said. “Gleam makes my hair shine and all the products smell great. I would definitely recommend these products.”

Although the target market was to-ward women with ethnic hair types, Dubroy and Lash have heard that black women are not the only ones to use their products.

“Caucasian women use the sham-poo and conditioner in less volume than African American women. The products work for all types of women,” Dubroy said. “We are thrilled to have such an unexpected and expanded clientele.”

According to Dubroy, while many hair products use relaxers that con-tain sodium hydroxide to alter the natural state of hair and chemically straighten it, products from the Tea and Honey Blends line do not contain harsh chemicals.

Lash and Dubroy decided upon a name for their company from the main ingredient in Tea and Honey Blends, tea tree. Tea tree is an anti-microbial agent used to treat dry hair. Other ingredients include soybean oil and natural extracts. “Going green has become such a trend. We chose tea and honey because they are both natural ingredients,” Lash said. “The name works for people.”

With the success they have had thus far, Dubroy and Lash hope to expand their product line in the future. “We want to include body care products,” Dubroy said. “We want to have some-thing for men and children to use as well.”

Tea and Honey Blends is sold at re-tail locations in Raleigh. Products can also be found at Tea and Honey Sa-lon in Durham and online at teaand-honeyblends.com.

Dubroy and Lash will be at the Women’s Empowerment Expo, which is being held at the RBC Center March 20.

Alumnae merge chemistry with hair careTwo n.c. sTaTe graduaTes creaTe a hair care line made up of naTural ingredienTs

Tashni dubroy and Tiffany LainTiffani lash and Tashni dubroy, both recipients of doctoral degrees in chemistry from n.c. state, founded Tea and honey Blends in 2009. with extensive background knowledge in chemistry, the pair sought to utilize their knowledge in a way that would enable them to create a line of hair care products for ethnic hair.

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offensive surge propels Pack past la salledefense, stayed in front of them and making them make plays that are not there.” guard C.J. Williams said.

The Pack held Wake to going 0 for 12 from the three point line. It also held the Demon Deacons to shooting 25.9 percent form the field in the first half and 34.8 percent in the second half.

State also forced Wake to commit 23 turnovers, above their season average of 15.2 per game. Wake For-est head coach Dino Gaudio felt that the defensive pres-sure from State caused his team into pressure situa-tions throughout the game,

especially inf luencing guard Ishmael Smith, who is second in the ACC in assists, to com-mit five turnovers.

“I think the biggest thing in the game was, our offense put way too much pressure on our defense. We hold them to forty percent for the game, but our turnovers in the first half, of which we had fifteen. We weren’t scoring the ball, so we just continually put a lot of pressure on our defense. “ Gaudio said.

C.J. Williams also emerged off the bench to have a great impact on the game. He, who averages 4 points per game on the season, scored 12 points and brought down 3 rebounds off of the bench.

“It’s been tough for him, obviously starting, coming out starting, then coming off the bench. That would be frustrat-

ing for any player; you know he wants to play. But he’s never al-lowed it to affect his work. He comes to practice every day, works hard. He’s always posi-tive, even when he’s down, he’s always positive. “ coach Sidney Lowe said.

The team also credits their ability to stay focused for the entire game to pull out the win. In the Pack’s last game against Maryland, it let go of a 37-27 lead at halftime to come up short against the Terapins, 58-67. State continued its domi-nance in the second half by shooting at 52.2 percent.

“It feels good. When we have that slump that we usually have in the second half by the twelve minute mark, we didn’t have that this game. It’s always good when you don’t have that slump and you finish out the game strong.” Williams said.

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Recording-breaking hitting performance leads to easy sweep of Navigators

Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

After a long winter’s nap, the bats came alive in the sea-son opener for the N.C. State Wolfpack. The team had a his-toric weekend offensively as it combined to score 65 runs in a three-game sweep of La Salle University. The Pack’s 65 runs was the most it has ever scored in a three-game series. The previous record of 61 was set in 2002.

“It felt good to come out and beat up on somebody,” sopho-more catcher Pratt Maynard said. “Last year we were tak-ing a lot of those beatings so to come out and beat up on someone else felt good.”

The team dominated the first two games of the series, 32-3 and 18-3. The Pack played a closer game in the finale but was able to escape with the series sweep as it won, 15-9. Vance Williams was the pitcher on record picking up his first win of the season while junior pitcher Russell Wilson made his State pitching debut, fin-ishing the game pitching two innings of two hit ball.

“It was good, we got a lot of work in and won three games,” coach Elliot Avent said. “They had the confidence to handle a team pretty well the first two days. They they came out and got three runs in the first, and they didn’t panic. We battled all day and got the win.”

La Salle jumped out to an early lead against the Pack and

starting pitcher Danny Healey as the Navigators took a 3-0 lead in the first when the first three batters managed hits against Healey. However, the freshman was able to limit the damage at three and pitched his way out of trouble in the first.

Healey finished the game, giving up only three runs in just under two innings pitched. It was his first career start.

The Pack responded in the second inning and cut the lead down to one with back-to-back RBI hits by senior second base-man Dallas Poulk and fresh-man shortstop Matt Bergquist. State then took the lead in the third when sophomore left fielder John Gianis hit a RBI triple, bringing the score to 5-3.

“We took advantage of their pitching. We had good people at bats,” sophomore Andrew Ciencin said. “They put up three runs in the first and we answered back with five. Our answering back every inning was big for us.”

The Navigators tied the game back up in the top of the fourth, but senior center fielder Kyle Wilson gave the Pack the lead

again when he drilled a solo home run over the left field wall to make the score 6-5. The Pack added four more runs in the bottom of the fifth inning.

La Salle tried to make a comeback when it cut into the Pack’s lead, but it was in the bottom of the seventh. La Salle pitcher Kevin Fuqua loaded the bases and then gave up a dou-ble to senior right fielder Drew Poulk, which scored two runs and broke the game open.

Freshman Danny Canela, Senay and Bergquist had excel-lent college debuts as the three freshmen combined for 13 hits, 14 RBIs and 17 runs scored.

“1-9 we had quality at bats,” Ciencin said. “They took their walks, waiting for their pitch and when the ball was in the zone they drove it into the gap. That is all you can ask for from opening weekend.”

The Pack broke several other offensive records in this series as the team broke a 26-year-old record for runs in a game. It also set a marker for mar-gin of victory, which was also achieved in Friday’s game.

in order to maintain its lead and Sophomore Becca Teich led off with a 9.85. Stevenson said Teich’s per-formance was the best of her two years at State.

Barr led her team on floor and came in second overall

with a 9.85. Fincham fell in the middle of her routine, but said her teammates made up for the mistake.

“I fell on floor, but it was a new skill,” Fincham said. “My teammates did really well in front of me so I was able to put it out there.”

State will almost certainly move up in the rankings be-fore taking on Pittsburgh this Saturday at 7 p.m. Though Fin-

cham said she and her team-mates see room to improve, this win will stick with them for a long time.

“All week we’ve been coming in here, not really trying to beat them, but just trying to do the best we could,” Fincham said. “And when you come in here and things work out, you get what you deserve, that’s big. I’m happy to be a part of it.”

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Nikitta Gartrell giving the Pack a 6-0 lead.

A lay-up by Carolyn Swords put the Eagles on the scoreboard at the 16:18 mark. But the Pack went on a 7-0 run, pushing the lead to nine. State went into half-

time with a 31-19 lead.Coming out of the half, the

Wolfpack lead by 17 points be-fore the Eagles got going offen-sively and taking advantage of a number of missed shots and turnovers by the Pack. They cut the lead down to seven with 11:16 remaining.

But State was able to pull away down the stretch with a number of shots from Kas-tanek, senior guard Sharnise

Beal and redshirt junior Am-ber White.

Harper said the Eagles showed how effective they were in the second half, saying they have three point shooters and great size in the post that can score.

“I think because they have such a nice balance, it puts a lot of defensive teams on their heels,” Harper said.

Jordan Moore/TechnicianSenior Dallas Poulk bunts in the third inning of Sunday’s game.

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COUNTDOWN• 55 days until the football team’s spring game

INSIDE• Page 7: A recap of the baseball team’s

season-opening sweep of La SalleSportsTechnicianPage 8 • monday, feburary 22, 2010

James WoodwardChancellor

Debra MorganWRAL News Anchor

David McKnightHillsborough St. Fiddler

Russell WilsonPack Quarterback

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Jim CeresnakStudent Body President

Peggy BooneAgromeck Photo Editor

Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

Kate ShefteSports Editor

Jen HankinDeputy Sports Editor

StandingsOverall Record

9th14-16

T-3rd17-13

T-3rd17-13

T-6th14-11

10th12-13

1st21-9

2nd19-11

T-6th16-14

T-3rd17-13

8th15-15

Maryland vs. Georgia Tech

Connecticut vs. Rutgers

25 Wake Forest vs. N.C. State

2 Kentucky vs. 19 Vanderbilt

12 Michigan State vs. 11 Ohio State

Women’s tennis falls to South FloridaThe women’s tennis team fell to South Florida Friday, 5-2. State’s two wins came from freshman’s Tana Illova and Sandhya Nagaraj in singles play, who both from behind to defeat their opponents. Illova beat USF’s Natalia Guevara 2-6, 6-2, 6-2. Nagaraj, who is ranked No. 107, upset No. 26 Irene Rehberger 1-6, 6-2, 6-2.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Rifle finishes seventh in GARC TournamentThe rifle team finished in seventh place at the GARC Championships in Oxford, Miss. State was led by freshman Bryan Cross with a total score of 1,147. Cross also led the team in smallbore with the score of 570. Freshman William Teller came second in team scoring with 1,134, followed by senior Kat Siegert with 1,133.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Hopkins wins platform dive, Shepler earns All-ACCHannah Hopkins won the platform dive at the ACC Championships with a 312.35 score, while Kirstyn Shepler took third and was named All-ACC with a 274.60. Hopkins earned her second all-conference honor in two days and was just shy of Kristin Davis’ school record, set last year.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

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Volleyball Vs. n.C. Central @ n.C. Central tournament Durham, 7 p.m.

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State snaps losing streak, takes out Wake

State records biggest upset in team history over No. 10 Nebraska

Kate ShefteSports Editor

After several close con-tests against top-10 ranked team in recent weeks, a strong team effort car-ried No. 25 State over No. 10 Nebraska and North Carolina in the Sweetheart Invitational Saturday night at Reynolds Coliseum. State finished 195.575, .575 ahead of Nebraska and well ahead of UNC-Chapel Hill’s 193.875.

It was the biggest upset State has ever recorded and the first time it defeated Ne-braska.

“Our coaches have been telling us that we are just as good as anybody else, and tonight, it showed,” sopho-more Jess Panza said.

Freshman Rachel Fin-cham won the uneven bars and Panza earned a per-sonal best with a 39.225 in

all-around. The Pack had three gymnasts – Panza, senior Tay-lor Seaman and sophomore Brook Barr – finish over a 39 in all-around, though all three finished below UNC star Chris-tine Nguyen. Barr and Seaman tied season highs.

“If we don’t do our personal bests against a team like Ne-braska, we’re not going to win,” head coach Mark Stevenson said. “They hit a home run for us tonight.”

All three teams dressed out in leotards featuring pink de-signs in order to honor breast cancer survivors. UNC-Chapel Hill’s and Nebraska’s included the pink ribbon that has be-come synonymous with breast cancer research.

State started on vault. Brit-tany Vontz and Taylor Seaman went first and second and set up the meet with two nearly flawless performances. Vontz earned a 9.775 and Seaman scored a 9.875.

“I was super impressed with Taylor Seaman,” Stevenson said. “She’s really struggled on vault this year, but that was the

best vault I’ve seen her do prob-ably since her freshman year. It was beautiful.”

Fincham’s 9.875 on bars al-lowed the Pack to win the event even though Vontz fell early in her routine. She dusted herself off and finished. Fincham’s event win was the first of her career and put her right ahead of teammate Seaman, who leads the EAGL in that event. State finished 48.925 on bars, tying a season high.

Though ranked No. 10 in the event leading up to the meet, Nebraska had a rough night on the balance beam, falling twice and allowing State to sneak in and beat the visiting Huskers. Panza led her team with an 8.875, second overall behind Nguyen.

“At the time, I was saying ‘it’s not over, it’s not over,’” Panza said. “I stuck with it and did what I wanted to do.”

Nebraska west last on vault and the Huskers’ Erin Davis scored a 9.95. State needed a solid performance on f loor

State capitalizes on poor Deacon shooting, prevails, 68-54.

Jeniece JamisonSenior Staff Writer

With excellent defense and a breakout game from guard C.J. Williams, N.C. State topped conference ri-val Wake Forest on Saturday with a final score of 68-54.

With this game, State broke their eight game conference losing streak and improve their confer-ence record to 3-8. Their last win in the ACC came

against Duke on January 20th. “It’s definitely huge, espe-

cially with the streak that we were on, you know. Any win [is a] good win. We came out together and played hard as a team. If we stick together like that and we talk to each other out there and we pump each other up, we can beat any-body.” forward Dennis Horner said.

Both the coaching staff and players credit their play on the defensive end in getting this win. “We just played good

DaNNy BoeMerMaNN/techNiciaNSophmore C.J. Williams blocks against L.D. Williams of the Demon Deacons during the second half of Saturday’s game against Wake Forest at the RBC Center. The Pack was victorious 68 - 54.

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Pack end rivalry skid against Heels, moves to .500 with two ACC wins

Ty Johnson & Fidelis LusompaSenior Staff Writers

Feb. 16, 2007 will be a day long remem-bered by fans of the women’s basketball team. Shortly after christening the court at Reynolds Coliseum Kay Yow Court, N.C. State defeated No. 2-ranked North Carolina in stunning fashion, spurring Yow’s squad into an ACC Championship matchup with the Tar Heels and ultimately into the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.

Another aspect of that game that makes it memorable was that it was the program’s last win over Carolina, at least until Sunday.

In Kellie Harper’s first trip to Chapel Hill her team came back with a 74-63 victory, and while the win is Pack’s third in a row, lifting the Wolfpack (16-11) to an even 6-6 record in conference play, Harper said her team is cautious about its progress.

“We’ve seen major improvements,” Harper said of her team’s play during its three-game win streak. “But we have to make sure that we don’t get complacent. We have to keep getting better.”

Bonae Holston, who led the Pack with 20 points, and freshman point guard Marissa Kastanek nodded in agreement with Harper during the press conference, though Holston seemed to suggest she wouldn’t approach the Carolina game with complacency.

“When they came to our house, they stayed on the court and they were singing,” she said, noting State’s earlier loss to the Tar Heels in Raleigh. “[Winning] was a great feeling.”

State’s defense limited the Heels’ leading scorer, Italee Lucas, to six points on 2 of 13 shooting in the first half, while the Pack’s Brittany Strachan hit three of her five three-point attempts to pace the Wolfpack to a 37-36 lead at intermission.

The other side of halftime was a different story, however, as Carolina started the half with an 8-0 run before State scored its first points of the second on a free throw at the 13:31 mark. Harper took a timeout at the 16 minute mark to settle her team.

“We gave up too many offensive boards,” Harper said of the team’s effort after inter-mission. “We looked visably frustrated. Our body language was not where it needed to be.”

Harper said she asked her players to up the tempo after the timeout and the change brought the team out of its slump.

“[Our tempo] was slow to begin the second half and we speeded up after that,” she said. “The kids responded. They changed their body language walked out with a lot of confidence.”

After the Pack ended its field goal drought with a 12:46 bucket by Bonae Holston State regained its shooting touch as Emili Tasler and Kastanek hit threes down the stretch to put the Wolfpack up for good. State’s free throw shooting and UNC’s inability to make shots fall put the game out of reach as State left Chapel Hill in Harper’s first trip with a 74-63 victory, though Harper said she’ll approach every game on the schedule with the same intensity.

“I think every game is the biggest game we’ve had,” she said. “I’m really proud of our kids for the fight they showed tonight.”

The big win came less than two days after an-other thrilling defeat. State took down Boston College Friday night in Reynolds Coliseum, 73-62.

State easily handled the Eagles in the first half. State opened the game with a three from freshman guard Marissa Kastanek and senior

Michael Shriver/techNiciaNTaylor Seaman holds form on the uneven bars at the Sweetheart Invitational at Reynolds Coliseum Saturday, Feb. 20. By beating No. 10 Nebraska, N.C. State gymnastics upset the highest-ranked opponent in school history, 195.575 to 195.0.

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Peggy BooNe/techNiciaNFreshman point guard marissa kastanek shoots during the first half of the game against the Carolina Tar Heels in Carmichael auditorium.

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