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Participants gather on Centennial Campus to raise money for N.C. Special Olympics.

John WallStaff Writer

Benefiting the Special Olympics, the 6th annual Polar Plunge and 5k raised over $55,000 from plung-ers and runners.

Campus Police hosted the N.C. State 5k and Polar Plunge fund-raiser for the Special Olympics of North Carolina on Centennial Campus Saturday.

Attendees participated in the 5k run/walk in the morning, which was followed by the Polar Plunge in Lake Raleigh. There were two groups, one of runners and one of plungers, although some partici-pated in both events.

There was a $20 to $25 registra-tion fee range depending upon the time of registration, but attendees were encouraged to fundraise more than the minimum. The final amount raised was $55,000 between the 5k and Polar Plunge, according to Megan O’Donnell, the vice president of communica-tions for Special Olympics of North Carolina.

Keith Fishburne, President and CEO of the Special Olympics of North Carolina, was in attendance. He said the Special Olympics hosts 375 events per year, all of which is funded through donations and fundraising events like the one

held Saturday. N.C. State campus police have been

a huge help to the Special Olympics cause, according to Fishburne.

Hannah Smith, a senior in high school, walked the 5k along with a friend.

“My little sister has Down syn-drome; she’s 15,” Smith said. “My dad found this on the internet, and he was like, ‘we should all do this because it all goes to the Special Olympics.’”

An award ceremony followed the 5k. Awards were given to runners who placed highly based on their age groups. Debra Morgan, anchor for WRAL-TV in Raleigh, emceed the 5k at the finish line.

Special Olympics athletes handed out medals at the podium.

Delaney Boull placed first in the 13-19 age group with a time of around 24 minutes. Although she did not partici-pate in the polar plunge, she said her

Polar Plunge benefits Special Olympics

Brent Kitchen/technicianChris Watts, a junior in English, dives into Lake Raleigh as part the N.C. State Polar Plunge Saturday. "My favorite part [of the event] is the thrill of seeing everyone charge the cold water in the spirit of the cause," Watts said.

top fundraising teams:Hunt Library Builders & Designers: $14,385.64ICE PACK: $5,058.84Finance Seers: $4,389.84Team Pigcicle:: $1,930.15 SEANC Sub-Zeros: $908.07

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Senior Sunday Success for Wolf-pack Gymnastics

Seniors leave their mark at Reynolds with win over George Washington.See page 8.

Poetic Gems reveals truths of lifeStudent and professional poets bare their soul through their poetic works. See page 6.

Student dies in motorcycle crashStaff Report

Jorge Arango, a junior in arts appli-cation, died Saturday night. His mo-torcycle collided with a Ford Explorer on Morrisville Parkway. Arango was pronounced dead at the scene.

Arango was from Greensboro, NC. He was 22 years old and attended Western Guilford High School. He

worked at the Performance Bike Shop. The driver of the Ford Explorer was

Vincent Colucci and is 55 years old. He was not injured. The crash is still under investigation by the Morrisville Police Department. It has yet to be de-termined who was at fault, and as of yet no charges have been filed.

Current Student Senators urge students to apply for candidacy for the Student Government elections.

Brooke WalligDeputy News Editor

Students wishing to apply for po-sitions within Student Government must do so today by 5 p.m. in order to remain eligible for candidacy.

According to Ethan Harrelson, a senior in biological sciences and student senate president pro tem-pore, having a diverse group of applicants is especially important.

“It’s important that we have a variety of students run, especially in the senate. If we don’t have a diversity of perspectives, then we can’t adequately represent students to the best of our abilities,” Har-relson said. “It’s given me a lot of experience I wouldn’t have other-wise, especially as a science major. Typically we’re in the lab micro-pipeting, but this has really opened me up to see a new perspective of the university.”

To further highlight the impor-tance of diversity within Student Government, Harrelson said some of the best applicants are those you wouldn’t expect to run.

“I know that whenever you think about what makes a good candidate for anything like this the imme-diate reaction would be to choose someone who is outspoken. But in reality, any student from any and every background can be success-ful in this organizations because those are the types of student we have here,” Harrelson said. “There really is no cookie cutter back-ground or set of characteristics. We need all types of students, from students who aren’t particularly outspoken to design majors that work virtually 24/7 in the studio.”

Spencer Brightwell, senior in science education and College of Education Student Senator, said

students should consider cam-paigning to show support for their respective colleges as well as their peers throughout other depart-ments.

“Even though I will no longer be a member of Student Senate after this year, it has been a great expe-

student body treasurer: Oversees student government budget. • Every student pays a fee, and

it is the treasurer’s job to make sure it’s used properly.

• They have the ability to audit any department on campus that receives fee money.

• Also on several committees within the university, typically dealing with financing, though it’s not limited to that. Also an ex officio, meaning they have all the rights of a senator, but cannot vote. Can debate, file legislation, but can’t vote.

Source: ethan harrelSon

student body chief justice: Member of student conduct and student government. • Chairs the student judicial

board. • Listens to cases involving

misconduct at the University. • Doesn’t vote on cases unless

there is a tie. • Board consists of students

and faculty. Have a student perspective regarding fairness. Doesn’t sometimes get as much respect because what they due is behind the scenes and must be kept private, they have one of the most important jobs because it is their responsibility to hold people accountable. Much more active role now.

• Proactive rather than reactive.

Source: ethan harrelSon

Last day to sign up for 2011 SG elections

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Pack gets back on track against JacketsMen’s basketball team defeats Georgia Tech, 79-74. See page 8.

Speaker reflects on desegregation movementMinnijean Brown-Trickey, a member of the Little Rock Nine, spoke to students Thurs-day night. See page 5.

belltower briefs

Spring Break parking enforcementModified enforcement is in effect Monday, March 7 - Friday, March 11. A valid NCSU parking permit is ALWAYS REQUIRED Monday through Friday EXCEPT official University Holidays (times when the University is closed). When classes are not in session, but employees report to work, we operate under a Modified Enforcement policy which means that any valid NCSU parking permit is valid in all parking areas EXCEPT employee areas (B, C and A) and reserved spaces. Employee areas always require an area specific permit; B for B areas, C for C areas and A for gated A areas. Parlking meters, pay lots, reserved spaces and “no parking areas” are always enforced during Modified Enforcement times. Permit enforcement always resumes at 7 a.m. whenever classes resume after holiday/break imes. Any academic year permit is valid in CC, CD, DD, P, RE, RW, RS, V, and W permit areas from Monday, March 7, 2011 through Friday, March 11. The Dan Allen Deck Paylot will be CLOSED during Spring Break, Monday, March 7 through Sunday, March 13. The self-pay machines will be removed and replaced with a new credit card in/credit card out pay system.

Source: chriStine Klein, tranSportation

Industrial design master’s student wins iF Concept AwardTim Bennett, an industrial design masters student, created a consumer-grade hand drill that won first prize in the 2011 International Forum Concept Award competition, which was sponsored by iF Industrie Forum Design of Hannover, Germany. His design won 6000 Euros and beat out 8,000 other students from 52 countries. The design is being featured on iF’s website, at their headquarters, and in May at the official awards ceremony in Taiwan.

Source: DeSignlife

Spring 2011 elections timeline:Books open: February 21 @ 9 a.m.Books close: February 28 @ 5 p.m.All candidates meeting: Wednesday, March 2 @ 6:30 p.m. in the Student Senate Hall, 201 Witherspoon Student CenterGeneral election: Tuesday, March 29 @ 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.Student body officer training: April 15 @ 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.Official campaigning starts: Tuesday, March 15 @ 12 am

Source: StuDent government

Chancellor’s Liaison Meeting Schedule-*Roundtable, Wednesday March 16, 7 p.m to 8:30 p.m., Talley 3118-*Chancellor’s Liaison, Wednesday March 23, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Talley 3118-Roundtable, Wednesday March 30, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Senate Chambers-Chancellor’s Liaison, Wednesday, April 20, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., Talley Walnut Room*may change

Source: olivia DeSormeaux, executive aSSiStant to the StuDent BoDy preSiDent

Student fund-raising is taking place through April 15ALL N.C. State students are challenged to raise a minimum of $25 to support the 2011 Stop Hunger Now food packaging event. Stop Hunger Now provides meals to school lunch feeding programs in developing countries as well as meals in areas of the world that have experienced natural disasters. CSLEPS has packaged over 1 million meals since 2007 with Stop Hunger Now.

Source: tierza WattS

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2011 Water Resources Research Institute Annual Conference and NCWRA Symposium

“Exploring Water Resource Needs, Benefits,

and Services in North Carolina”

and

“Implementing the Falls Lake Nutrient Management Strategy: Challenges and Opportunities”

March 22-23, 2011 Jane S. McKimmon Center, NC State University

Student Poster Competition and More!

Please call 919-515-2815 for further information or visit

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Student Art Purchase TODAY!Submission day: Monday, Feb 28, 9am-2pm

ARTS NC STATE and the Campus Arts Council will once again purchase original student artwork for permanent display in Talley Student Center and around campus. This is open to ALL currently enrolled, full-time NC State students. Details at ncsu.edu/arts. Dr. Lynn Ennis Thursday, March 3 at 6pmGregg Museum of Art & Design Lynn Ennis, curator of Pull of the Moon: Recent Work of Barbara Lee Smith, will speak about the exhibition and the development process. Smith has brought surface design and machine embroidery to a new artistic level by fusing layer upon layer of synthetic fabric and using the stitch as a drawing tool.

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TuesdayThe ProTecTed class of religion and creed1 p.m. to 4 p.m.Talley Student Center, Blue Room

Wednesday(cancelled) UniversiTy BUdgeT advisory commiTTee meeTing2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ThursdayUsing google aPPs To faciliTaTe sTUdenT TeamworkNoon to 1 p.m.

Physical environmenT commiTTee meeTing3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

cariBBean nighT4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Clark and Fountain Dining Halls

arTisTs & oBjecTs lecTUre (lynn ennis)6 p.m. to 7 p.m.Gregg Museum of Art & Design

FridayPink marTini8 p.m.Progress Center for the Performing Arts

CoRReCtions & ClaRifiCationsIn Friday’s “open camps has a dark side,” Captain Jon Barnwell’s name is misspelled.

In Friday’s “N.C. State the focus of Atorney General’s investigation,” Technician regrets the following errors:N.C. State did not purchase Mediasite, only Mediasite equipment.

Tom Miller, vice provost for Distance Education and Learning Technology, signed his state conflict of interest forms and did not participate in the bidding conversation, according to Keith Nichols.

Lynn Parker has contacted the attorney general’s office requesting an investigation, there has been no further investigation.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Amanda Wilkins at editor@technicianonline.com

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Let the games beginPHoTo By aaron andersen

Sam Tyler, a sophomore in engineering, explains to the crowd how “muggle” Quidditch is played during the Potter Fest Friday. Tyler is the announcer for the Quidditch team and occationally plays chaser. Explaining the role of the beaters, he said “they don’t like dying much...so we don’t use the cast iron

balls used in the books. We use dodge balls.” Later, the Quidditch team allowed their spectators to join in the fun by testing their skills on the field with a broom between their legs.

poliCe BlotteRFeb. 2310:44 a.m. | Traffic accidenT Coliseum Deck Two students were involved in traffic accident. No injuries reported.

8:23 a.m. | sUsPicioUs vehicleDabney Hall Transportation reported vehicle parked with no tags showing. officers responded and identified owner as student.

9:47 a.m. | medical assisTFountain Dining Hall Units responded and transported staff member in need of medical assistance.

10:18 P.m. | drUg violaTionTucker Hall While conducting a walk-through of building, officer detected odor of marijuana. Student was charged with Possession of Marijuana and referred to the university. Second student was referred to the university for Alcohol Underage and Drug Paraphernalia.

12:13 P.m. | Policy violaTionBragaw Hall Report of possible violation involving prescription drugs. Student was referred to the university.

12:23 P.m. | firePesticide Residue Fire Protection responded to small fire in dishwasher control unit. FP extinguished fire. Appropriate personnel notified.

12:53 P.m. | fire alarmThomas Hall Fire Protection responded to alarm caused by contractors working in the area. System reset.

2:34 P.m. | sUsPicioUs PersonD.H. Hill Library Report of subject asking people for money. officers responded and spoke with non-student who had been previously trespassed. Subject was re-trespassed.

5:30 P.m. | fire alarmSullivan Hall Units responded to elevator room regarding haze of smoke in room. No fire was detected. Elevator personnel responded and handled the problem. System reset.

5:45 P.m. | Breaking & enTering - vehicleCentennial Park & Ride Student reported driver’s side window had been shattered and items stolen. While on scene second student reported vehicle had been entered and items stolen.

8:28 P.m. | medical assisT Broughton Hall Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.

Feb. 241:48 a.m. | fire alarm Owen Hall officers responded to smoke detector activation caused by smoke head being hit and knocked loose. No damage to detector. Electronics notified. System reset.

10:12 a.m. | concerned BehaviorFirst Year College officers assisted in locating student in crisis. Student was transported to healthcare facility and issued welfare referral.

11:25 a.m. | safeTy Program Admin Services II officer conducted program for new employees.

11:29 a.m. | Breaking & enTering - vending machineHarrelson Hall Report vending machine had been broken into.

8:31 a.m. | damage To ProPerTyEB III Staff member reported damage to rear bay door.

9:52 a.m. | Breaking & enTeringResearch Annex West Staff member reported storage trailer had been broken into and items stolen.

10:39 P.m. | sUsPicioUs PersonWeisiger-Brown Athletic Facility Staff member report subjects running on roof. officers located six students. Four students were referred for Smoking Marijuana. All students were referred for Trespassing.

5:14 P.m. | sPecial evenT Reynolds Coliseum officers monitored women’s basketball game.

5:54 P.m. | sUsPicioUs PersonVarsity Dr/Crest Rd Report of subject yelling and running through traffic.

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Quote of the day“Some see

Student Government as something silly,

but in reality we do make

decisions for the student body.”

Ethan Harrelson, senior in biological sciences

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rience. I’ve been able to get to know a lot of people, and it is interesting to see how every-thing works,” Brightwell said. “More than anything though, I think it is vital for someone to take the necessary leadership to advocate for their college and the university as a whole.”

Scott Moore, junior in com-puter engineering and Student Senator for College of Engi-neering juniors, said being a part of Student Senate has helped him not only reach out to other students, but to the community surrounding the campus as well.

“Participating in Student Senate has been one of the most rewarding experiences I’ve had so far,” Moore said. “One of the best things I’ve been able to accomplish is to volunteer a lot, and help students in many different service areas. Being a member of Student Govern-ment has opened up different opportunities to volunteer, whether it’s with career fairs or with Service Raleigh.”

Harrelson said those who don’t apply should still choose to participate by supporting those who are through voting.

“I really encourage people to

get involved, whether it means to run in the elections or to go vote. Some see Student Govern-ment as something silly, but in reality we do make decisions for the student body,” Har-relson said. “Even if you don’t think Student Government is a big deal, at least vote, because at the end of the day they do rep-resent you and you should have some input on who’s speaking for you.”

However, Harrelson said stu-dents thinking about applying must be in it for the right rea-sons.

“You will not be successful in Student Government unless you are trying to make others successful. This isn’t about trying to pad a resume,” Har-relson said. “To be successful you have to want others to be successful.”

Moore echoed Harrelson’s sentiments, and said he believes having qualified candidates in Student Government is essen-tial to ensure communication between the student body and University administration.

“We want students who have the student body as a whole as their heart’s interest and are trying to help,” Moore said. “After all, if student’s voices aren’t heard, if no one is show-ing the administration what it is the students want, how can our administration make

good decisions that will benefit us if they don’t know what we need?”

Senior ClaSS preSident: In charge of senior class council. • They raise money for a

senior class gift. • Part of the alumni assoc. • Senior Class president

not a member of SG, so except for using our voting system, no connection to SG.

Source: ethan harrelSon

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legs were sore from swimming earlier in the day.

“My brother has special needs,” Boull said. “[Students from] my school were out here doing it through a club that assists special needs children called club Unify.”

After a singing of the nation-al anthem, the Polar Plunge be-gan at Lake Raleigh.

Participants were clad in var-ious costumes. Some plungers formed teams. A team repre-senting Skanska, an interna-tional construction company, wore hard hats and yellow construction vests. Skanska raised more than $15,000 for the Special Olympics this year.

David Serxner, who is go-ing into his sixteenth year as a University library employee, was f irst in the water. He wore a polar bear costume and painted his face to match.

“The Spe-cia l Oly m-pics is a fan-tastic cause,” Serxner said. “There a re great people out here. It’s fun.”

This was not Serxner’s first plunge.

“Six years ago, when the Staff Senate started the polar plunge, I said I’m going to jump.”

A group of five N.C. State students, including sophomore Chad Baker, teamed up for the

plunge. They did not run the 5k, but they ra ised $300 between them for the polar plunge. They braved the water in their swim-suits.

“Some of us [from the tea m] w i l l be studying in Australia

next year,” Baker said. “I will definitely be out here next year with whoever is still in town, or with other friends.”

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luiS Zapata/technicianTaylor Barto, a sophomore in biological engineering, jumps into Lake Raleigh with five of her friends during the sixth annual polar plunge Saturday. The name of the team was called Freezing Runners and they said they did it "for funsies." They also took the plunge for one of theam member's brother who has down syndrome.

union aCtivitieS Board preSident: Plan major events on campus, run student cinema. • uab has the biggest

budget. no connection to SG. a lot of resources at their disposal.

Source: ethan harrelSon

Student Senator: Members of the senate. • represent the student

body. each college has a certain number of senators. This year every college has at least two, though engineering has the most. Includes graduate students, and continuing education.

• make recommendations to administration about student fees (go up or not).

• our suggestions go to the committees at the university that handle these things, which we also have rep. at.

Source: ethan harrelSon

Student Senate preSident: Vice president of student body. • Takes over SbP

responsibilities if they step down

• President of the senate• referee in a room of very

opinionated people• appoint people to

committees• Cochair with vice

chancellor of student affairs on the fees committee

• In charge of appointing senators after elections end, if any seats are unfilled they choose people and the senate then chooses people.

Source: ethan harrelSon

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“The Special

Olympics is a

fantastic cause.

There are great

people out here.

It’s fun.”David Serxner

Jordan Moore/technicianTate Hancock, a sophomore in management, catches a mouth full of Goldfish in between games at an ultimate frisbee tournament Saturday. Hancock, who has been playing the sport since he was in high school, was resting on the sideline when a fellow team member started dropping Goldfish on him. “I hadn’t eaten all day,” said Hancock. “[Eating Goldfish] kinda got out of hand though.” The tournament was held at Ramblewood Soccer Complex in Charlotte and featured teams from across the nation including Michigan’s “Magnum,” Virginia’s “Night train,” and UNC-Wilmington’s “Seamen.”

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Staff Report

The University has a private network for ride-sharing, called Zimride. It matches passengers with drivers going in the same direction. Anyone using a NCSU Unity ID can use Zimride, and have the op-tion to link a Facebook ac-count.

Zimride allows users to offer or request rides for commutes, road trips, and popular events. If someone has a car offering to take in riders, there is an option to split costs by offering rides. For those that don’t have a car, they can find rides. With the Facebook pairing option, users can share ride options using both sites.

Currently there are com-mute origins for the follow-ing cities: 38 rides for Ra-leigh, 12 rides for Durham, 11 rides for Cary, six rides for Knightdale, and four rides for Clayton.

There are destinations for

the following cities: Greenville with four rides, Asheville with three rides, Calabash with one ride, and Findlay with one ride. There have been 140,778 miles posted and there have been 109,244 lbs of CO2 reduced from the rides posted.

Anyone who posts a ride be-tween now and March 11 will be entered into a drawing for a $50 gas card. There will be a post spring break photo pro-motion.

Zimride offering spring break ride sharing assistance

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One of the many perks of public universities is the freedom of move-

ment that comes with an open campus. An open campus is not fenced or walled in from the surrounding area, and al-lows access to the community. According to Jon Barnwell, pa-trol division commander for campus police, N.C. State is known as an institution for all North Carolinians. This link between the University and the community offers students a glance into living in the real world. Not gated from society, it is the students responsibility to keep themselves and their campus safe.

Throughout their collegiate career, students will find them-selves walking back to the dorm at all hours of the night. In this walk, they may come across a suspicious-looking person roaming around campus. This

observation is often left unre-ported, and the student merely blows it off, not even giving it a second thought. While campus police do all they can to patrol the campus, the real solution to preventing such incidents falls on the students who ob-serve the behavior. As a stu-dent it is your responsibility to be aware and report suspicious behavior.

The ability to report obser-vations is the first step in the process for holding students accountable for the safety of their fellow classmates. An-other aspect is becoming edu-cated on the resources we can use to protect ourselves. The emergency blue light service allows easy access to emergen-cy contact in the event of an

unsafe incident. The safety es-cort transports students safely from areas on, and some off, campus. Along with these, the over-publicized phone num-ber and contact information of the campus police provides easy access to our cell-phone ridden society.

The duty to report suspicious behavior is followed by spread-ing awareness of this respon-sibility to others. If other stu-dents engage their friends on this duty to report such behav-iors, we have multiple fronts to confront any safety-compro-mising incidents.

The reason such a heavy re-sponsibility falls on the shoul-ders of the individual students is a variation of the common psychological phenomena--the

bystander effect. The bystander effect is why people who wit-ness a crime often do not re-port it--they think someone else will. Just think if everyone who sees suspicious activities do not report it, the risk of an incident occurring increases. Therefore, with the knowledge of resources and responsibility to keep students safe, bystand-ers may now report these risky behaviors.

This campus allows students and their visitors to come and go as they please and expe-rience life outside the dorm room, but it should not be at the cost of its students’ safety. By keeping aware of one’s sur-roundings and reporting any suspicious activities, just like in real life, students can pro-tect the experience of an open-campus in a safe way.

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.

Students are accountable for their safetyThe FacTs:N.C. State’s open-campus policy has led to many non-student related incidents on campus. During the past week, 11 percent of all incidents reported were non-student related.

Our OpiniOn:The responsibility of campus safety lies with the students being aware and reporting behaviors deemed suspicious. By acknowledging this responsibility and encouraging others to do the same, students can protect the safety of other students and the campus.

The numbers just don’t add up

Teacher’s pay has been brought to the national platform as a subject

for debate. According to the numbers they should get over $100,000, however they don’t

match up.President

Obama came out saying the

United States must out-com-pete and out-educate other developed and developing countries so we can remain the global leader of innovation. Two areas he cited specifi-cally as need-ing specia l focus were mathematics and science. The connec-tion between these courses are the way they are be-ing taught. So let’s break it down.

At the most basic level, the typical mindset of a teacher’s role is that they are state-funded babysitters for children aged five to 18. This is not to say all teachers simply babysit their students. The vast majority of these individuals provide an added service of instruction and motivation. However, times are tough and tax revenue isn’t what it used to be, so there is not much

difference between what the government pays teachers and what we pay the kid down the street to babysit. Additionally, people think teachers should only be paid the six and a half hours spent each day with the children and discount the time spent planning. Sacrifices sim-ply must be made during hard times.

If you’re not one of the math-impaired individuals President Obama referenced in his recent address, some simple multi-

plication of three dol-lars an hour for six and a half hours a day leaves a teacher with a babysit-ting rate of $19.50 per k id ever y day. Multi-ply this fig-ure by 30, the size of an average

classroom, and a teacher is only scheduled to make $585 dollars per day. Keep in mind though that these lazy teachers only work 180 days per year, so mul-tiply 585 by 180 and you reach an annual salary of $105,300.

However, statistical data shows that the average teacher in the U.S. makes a little less than $50,000 per year, almost half of what the should mathe-

matical make. Breaking that down further, if you haven’t gotten lost in the math yet, we discovered that the av-erage teacher, making fifty grand per year, charges a rate of a mere $1.42 per hour to babysit his or her students. What a bargain.

High school math teach-ers nationwide should make note of this little exercise and have each one of their students do it for his or her-self. With this knowledge, perhaps the next generation will not be so mathemati-cally dim-witted as to call teachers overpaid babysit-ters. The fact of the matter is that teachers are highly underpaid professionals who put in many hours beyond those claimed on a timesheet and studies have found that if a parent is to leave a child with a teacher long enough, there is an incredibly high probability that this child will grow up more educated than if he or she was left with some kid down the street who would likely charge more than just $1.42 per hour.

Send Nick your thoughts on teacher pay to letters@technicianonline.com.

Remember the children

Parents and their chil-dren came from across North Carolina to re-

mind legislators of who benefits from education and children’s health programs. It is critical

for the future of the state and the nation that these programs go untouched.

It was a heart-ening scene last Wednesday when children a nd pa rents f rom across North Carolina

came to remind N.C. legislators about the children. I agree with the statement, “When we fail to invest in our children, we fail to invest in our future.” Without us and those children coming after us, we cannot continue to function as a successful society. It is alarming to think Smart Start, N.C. Health Choice and child care subsidies are even coming under consideration by the legislature. These pro-grams, whether they are edu-cation or health programs, are an investment in us and our children’s future.

Smart Start aids young chil-dren with skills to help them begin developing learning skills before they start school. A ten-year evaluation found child care quality increased, Smart Start-funded activi-ties were positively related to classroom quality and chil-dren’s outcomes were positive. Even Nobel-prize winning economist James Heckman has vouched that investments in early childhood develop-ment produce the highest re-turn per dollar. Teaching our pre-schoolers their ABC’s early shouldn’t even be on the chop-ping block.

While universal health care is coming under fire these days, N.C. Health Choice is free or reduced health insur-ance for uninsured children in the state who do not qualify for Medicaid. This program reduces the need for families to choose between food and health care. Children have access to family doctors, den-tists, vision care and mental health services. Legislatures, do not deny a child the right to health and vision. You have the opportunity to make sure these children have a healthy

start to their lives.Child care subsidies may

seem like a superfluous use of public funds, but there are so many benefits for helping families pay for daycare. Most low income families can’t pay for the expensive rates for child care, but need it most. Most low income families live in areas where crime is high and having healthy, social interaction is the best way to counteract negative social pressure associated with poverty. It also allows par-ents to not have to choose between going to work and taking care of their child. Legislators, your goal is to create jobs and workers, but if they have children and are going to choose, they are go-ing to choose their children.

These children will one day be our own and will come to our University to continue the traditions and excellence we have prepared them for. They cannot do that when North Carolina ranks 37th in the nation in child well-being according to The Annie E. Casey 2010 Kids County Data Book. Public school is the first step in coming to college, yet North Carolina ranks 42nd nationally in per pu-pil expenditures in public school. We can’t honestly say we are preparing our children for excellence.

I cannot imagine myself even being at N.C. State without the help of these and other programs that support children. I have made it here because of these programs, but there are millions of children fol-lowing me and you whose futures are in jeopardy. Though we are in college, we need to make sure that our representatives know how we feel about educa-tion and children’s health programs. For the sake of our future peers and our future children, defend edu-cation and children’s health. We can help them build our future.

Send Amanda your thoughts on child educa-tion to letters@technici-anonline.com.

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Minnijean Brown-Trickey, along with eight other African American teenagers, was among the first group to take part in the desegregation of schools in 1957. The nation watched their attempt to attend Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas, and they faced the scorn and violence of racism as a result.

The move toward desegre-gation met fierce opposition throughout the state, and Governor Orval Faubus de-ployed the Arkansas National Guard to blockade the school. It wasn’t until President Dwight Eisenhower intervened, send-ing the 101 Airborne Division of the U.S. Army, that the nine students were able to enter the school.

Brown-Trickey, who D.H. Hill Library brought as a speaker Thursday night, said that if not for the international audience watching the events taking place in Little Rock, President Eisenhower may not have acted as swiftly.

“Eisenhower had to protect us because the world was watch-ing,” Brown-Trickey said. “The challenge to equal rights was raucous and violent, and was being carried out by armed guards. Those were the images being seen around the world.”

Unfortunately, the sentiment of the mob outside was not abandoned once the Little Rock Nine had been allowed into the school. Even with personal es-corts, the Little Rock Nine were targeted by the majority of the white students.

Brown-Trickey recalled the treatment the teens received in the locker rooms in particular. The girls were subjected to fau-cets set to only produce scalding hot water. The boys, meanwhile, would find their room filled with steam, the floors littered with broken glass.

However, Brown-Trickey made it clear the students themselves were not the ones to blame.

“Those white children were acting as they had been taught,” Brown-Trickey said, “by the governor and by the claims that our being at Central was an abomination.”

Not all of the other students

took part in the abuse, but many acted only as silent wit-nesses. Meanwhile, those that did try to sup-port the Nine were subject to much of the same cruel-ties, and were often brutally beaten af ter school. Still, all it took was a supportive smile to re-mind Brown-Trickey there were wh ite s tudent s at the school that supported her.

Allison Hof-mann, a junior in nutrit ion science, said she was inspired by the empha-sis Brown-Trickey placed on the small kindnesses.

“The idea that a smile can change a life is invigorating,” Hofmann said. “It shows how collaborating with others, even in small ways, is important in

all aspects of life.”Beyond talking about her ex-

periences in Little Rock, Brown-Trickey also sh a re d her opinions on broader topics of the Equal Rights Move-m e n t , a n d the structural problems that must be over-come.

“Ma ny of the inequali-ties that still exist in this country,” Brown-Trick-ey said, “are the result of long-standing sets of values, enforced by

law, that continue to justify those unequal beliefs, behav-iors and treatments of different groups.”

In particular, Brown-Trickey pointed out that though the more overt examples of racism have been addressed, the subtle

types have remained.“It’s hard to get away from

race,” Brown-Trickey said. “It’s in anthropology, science, his-tory and [the negative aspects] haven’t been cleaned out yet.”

The last aspect Brown-Trickey focused on was the problems that still need to be addressed in the modern age, and the ways they can be dealt with. The problem of the silent witness has persisted, and Brown-Trickey recommends that people need to do more to stand up against injustice, whether it is on a small or large scale.

“You are capable of drastic social change,” Brown-Trickey said, “but you are lead to believe that everything in this nation is fine.”

Justin Hills, a freshman in bi-ological sciences, said he found the misleading way some things are taught to be an eye-opener.

“I’ve definitely come to the conclusion that there are as-pects of social justice in this country that could and should be taught,” Hills said. “This pre-sentation has made me want to learn more.”

The opportunity for more information is available, and Brown-Trickey works to provide as much of it as she can. The Lit-tle Rock Nine Foundation was started to provide the chance to access that knowledge.

“To know history and have a relationship with history is transformative,” Brown-Trickey said.

Speaker reflects on desegregation movement

“The challenge

to equal rights

was raucous and

violent, and was

being carried out

by armed guards.

Those were the

images being seen

around the world”Minnijean Brown-Trickey, one of

the Little Rock Nine

Photo courtesy of the little rock nine foundationA 1957 newspaper covers the Little Rock Nine attempting to enter the previously all-white Little Rock Central High School.

LittLe rock 9 Activists:Ernest GreenIn 1958, he became the first black student to graduate from Central High School. He graduated from Michigan State University and served as Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Affairs under President Jimmy Carter. He currently is a managing partner and vice president of Lehman Brothers in Washington, D.C.

Elizabeth EckfordThe only one of the nine still living in Little Rock, Elizabeth made a career of the U.S. Army that included work as a journalist. In 1974, she returned to the home in which she grew up and is now a part-time social worker and mother of two sons.

Jefferson ThomasHe graduated from Central in 1960, following a year in which Little Rock’s public high schools were ordered closed by the legislature to prevent desegregation. Today, he is an accountant with the U.S. Department of Defense and lives in Anaheim, Calif.

Dr. Terrence RobertsFollowing the historic year at Central, his family moved to Los Angeles where he completed high school. He earned a doctorate degree and teaches at the University of California at Los Angeles and Antioc College. He also is a clinical psychologist.

Carlotta Walls LanierOne of only three of the nine who eventually graduated from Central, she and Jefferson

Thomas returned for their senior year in 1959. She graduated from Michigan State University and presently lives in Englewood, Colorado, where she is in real estate.

Minnijean Brown-TrickeyShe was expelled from Central High in February, 1958, after several incidents, including her dumping a bowl of chili on one of her antagonists in the school cafeteria. She moved with her husband to Canada during the Vietnam War protests of the 1960s and today is a writer and social worker in Ontario. Winterstar Productions is presently filming a documentary on her life.

Gloria Ray KarlmarkShe graduated from Illinois Technical College and received a post-graduate degree in Stockholm, Sweden. She was a prolific computer science writer and at one time successfully published magazines in 39 countries. Now retired, she divides her time between homes in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Stockholm, where her husband’s family lives.

Thelma Mothershed-WairShe graduated from college, then made a career of teaching. She lives in Belleville, Illinois, where she is a volunteer in a program for abused women.

Melba Pattillo Beals

She is an author and former journalist for People magazine and NBC and lives in San Francisco.

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The event, featuring eight student poets and two profes-sional poets, was a poetry/spo-ken word event hosted by Kela Farmer, a junior in political science and a resident advisor in Tucker Hall.

“Whenever you see some-one’s honesty put on display for you, it’s definitely something to admire,” Farmer said. “I’ve al-ways been a big poetry lover all my life and spoken word more recently. I’ve been writing my-self for five years, and I don’t really share a lot, but I admire those who do.”

Farmer said she commented on a spoken word fan site, and professional artist Gemin-eye respond-ed, asking if he and an-other artist cou ld per-form for the University. Hailing from New Jersey professional poets, Gem-ineye and Big Mike, wowed the audience with their insightful, and often hilarious, poetic works.

“They both work in educa-tion – Big Mike is actually a third grade teacher and Gem-ineye is an associate dean of students in New Jersey. It was pretty cool to have both those types of education — not just for myself who is thinking about going into higher educa-tion — but also other people on my staff,” Farmer said. “It caters to the fact that you can work a regular 9-to-5 [job], but you can also have your own creative side that’s a complete flip. I really admire a person who can meet both their loves in their lives and that’s some-thing I want to do.”

Gemineye said he wrote his

first poem in college at age 21.“I got into writing because

I tried to freestyle while out with my friends and I couldn’t do that. Then I tried to write rhymes and I can’t write rhymes either because the beat was too conforming — so I just wrote poems,” Gemineye said.

Farmer said life is her inspi-ration, living it every day and experiencing what it has to of-fer. When she first started writ-ing, Farmer vented.

“I didn’t want to have to tell someone my secrets — I just wanted to get it on the page. It formed into stanzas and lines and I thought, ‘hey, maybe this

sounds good together’ or I changed the words around to give it a f low. It kind of took of f from there,” Farmer said.

Although she was not on s c h e d -ule to per-form, Farmer shared some of her work,

despite being nervous about crowds.

“I always have work on hand, so it’s no issue,” Farmer said.

Gemineye said inspiration can strike at any time, whether he’s prepared or not.

“Sometimes if you get caught in an unfortunate spot where you don’t have pen and paper, technology is great, because now I’ve got the thumb poem [typing it on a smart phone] if I come up with something,” Gemineye said. “I can voice record myself, but a lot of times I’ll get 20 or 30 lines into a poem by repeating the thoughts in my head over and over again as it forms, and I’ll go back and write down the bulk of what I’ve thought and

then just finish it.”Paul Mott, a junior in politi-

cal science, performed as a stu-dent poet, showcasing his poem “2010: A Failed Oddity.”

“I’ve written a lot of poems but have never actually pre-sented one so I figured it would be a pretty great opportunity,” Mott said.

Before going on stage, Mott said he was pretty nervous, but once he began the nervousness went away.

“My poem is just about hav-ing that potential in your mind and knowing you can do these great things but actually ex-ecuting them in society and with society’s fault playing up against your faults it can lead to some step mix-ups.”

This is Farmer’s second event of the same name, and since last year’s was so successful, she decided to do it again this year.

“Last year was great — we had 100+ people come to that event so we decided to do it again and add another artist with that,” Farmer said. “Last year, I had about four months to plan. This year, it’s been about three weeks… but we got it all together.”

Langston Swann, an alumus in accounting, helped with the event last year and came back again this year as just an ob-server.

“Last year it was just a new experience for us, I had never done anything like this be-fore,” Swann said. “This year’s experience is just seeing the different poet styles of the two artists. Gemineye is a more se-rious poet and Big Mike is more comedic. I think the students really enjoyed seeing the stu-dent poets and then seeing the professional poets.”

Mot t echoed Swa n n’s thoughts, finding the perfor-mances thought-provoking.

“Big Mike was hilarious and Gemineye was just a revelation — he was really deep, made me really think,” Mott said. “Like Kela said at the end — the cam-pus needs more events like this, more honesty.”

Big Mike, a third grade teacher and poet from New Jersey, traveled to N.C. State with his poet partner, Gemineye, to perform at Poetic Gems, sponsored by Tucker Hall Residence Advisors, and had the crowd rolling with his humor. One poem that received the most crowd reaction was one where he spoke of the beauty of being big and how it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Def Jam, held by Tucker Hall's Residence Advisors, featured two New Jersey poets, Big Mike and Gemineye, as well as eight student poets. Big Mike and Gemineye sparked an emotional reaction in the crowd, as they brought laughter, tears and touched silence to the audience. After the show, pizza was provided during the question and answer session in the First Year Commons.

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for most of the year, Vanden-berg has been a huge plus for the Pack in the last two games as he scored eight points off of the bench.

“I have been having fun,” Vandenberg said. “The team has been finding me and I

have had good opportunities to make a couple plays. I didn’t know I was going to play last game as much as I did and I just kind of carried the momentum into this game.”

The Pack returns to action Tuesday night as it plays its final road game of the season against Virginia in Charlot-tesville with the tip-off set for 7 p.m.

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Stevenson said. “The first rou-tine always pressures every-one else, but with a good first routine you can see a snowball [effect] and have a good day.”

Another contender in Sun-day’s event was Senior Brittany Vontz. Her 2nd place finish in

the uneven paralleled bars and 9.725 in the vault allowed the Wolfpack to keep its lead over the Colonials after the first and second rotation of events.

“Brittany Vontz is a tremen-dous competitor and very de-tail oriented” Coach Stevenson said.

After three rotations, the Pack was able to stay strong and on top of each event with

the help of Junior Jess Panza. Panza was a three-time 1st place winner in the uneven paralleled bars, vault, and the floor exercise.

With an almost perfect 10, Panza’s 9.900, was a key to locking in N.C. State’s 195.350 win over George Washington’s 193.925 finish. Of the three events she competed in, Panza did not score under 9.80 in any,

allowing for the Pack to never fall behind the Colonials in any of the three rotations.

“It feels really good to end on a good note,” Panza said. “[It] feels good to do this for our se-niors. This meet was important to us and we gave it our all and they gave it their all, every year they have been here.”

Losing to ninth-ranked UCLA last weekend gave the

girls an even bigger desire to win at their last home meet. The joy in Panza and the rest of the Pack’s faces while sitting to hear awards and recognitions gave Coach Stevenson a feeling of satisfaction.

“I think the kids did a great job today,” Stevenson said. “Our goal every time we go into a meet is to make sure we don’t count any falls. Last weekend

at UCLA we counted a fall but today we counted no falls, and that’s one more step in the right direction to put us where we need to be down the line.”

The Wolfpack women will compete this Friday at Penn State and will have two away meets left, followed by the EAGL and NCAA conference meets.

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freshmen had a huge contri-bution to the amount of points State scored.

“I thought it was a good starting point,” Forsythe said. “Outside of me and Brandon, who scored in the mile, all the other points were from fresh-men. I think the future is look-ing pretty positive as long as they stick together.

Coach Teal believed the same and was proud of the way the freshmen performed.

“Freshmen really played a huge in this, and that’s not the norm,” Teal said. “Sometimes it takes a year under their belt before they are able to make an impact, but for these freshmen to come in and score so many points and swim so well, it’s something to be excited about in the future.”

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Women’s tennis shuts out Old Dominion and beats Wake Forest.

Josh HyattStaff Writer

Women’s tennis notched their fourth shutout of the season when they defeated Old Dominion, 7-0, at the Isenhour Tennis Center on Friday.

The Wolfpack, ranked No. 31 in the nation, then went on the road to Winston-Salem and defeated Wake Forest, 6-1, on Sunday, winning their first ACC match of the season and bringing their overall record to 7-1 (1-0 ACC.) Coach Hans Olsen noticed the hard work behind the victories of the weekend.

“I think for us it was good because it built some mental

toughness,” Olsen said. “Play-ing the matches all the way through and getting the results. Seven points in our favor. We had to work for them. It was good to see the girls stick with it. Some of the matches, it was nice to see us run the table and win deci-sively.”

The Pack star ted the matches against Old Dominion with a cou-ple of new doubles teams, including Jo-elle Kissell and Christy Sipes along with Tatiana Illova and Ashley Miller. The No. 7 dou-bles team Sanaa Bhambri and Sandhya Nagaraj collected the first win for the Pack, decid-ing the match at 8-1. The new

pairing of Kissel/Sipes fell but Illova/Miller won, 8-4, clinch-ing the first point of the day. Olsen was impressed with the new pairings.

“We saw some good things,” Olsen said. “We also saw some

things that they rea l ly ne e de d to improve. It was good to see what they would do in a pres su re situation and see how their chemistry

would bring them together.”The rest of the singles match-

es against Old Dominion were one-sided victories except for one, played by Sipes, in the No. 5 spot. After winning her first set 6-3, she lost the second 1-6. A difficult battle followed

but Sipes fought her way to victory, winning 10-8. Olsen recognized that she was not playing to her full potential but was proud of her determination.

“I didn’t think she played at her best,” Olsen said. “She had to get her mind on what she was doing. When it came down to deciding the match, she really served well to decide things in the end. Her serve was much stronger, which I think was the deciding factor and she found a way, on a bad day, to fight her way through to get the win. We usually have at least one match that will be a barn-burner style type of match.”

The women’s tennis team will take to the court again Duke travels to Raleigh on Friday.

Women’s tennis wins conference match

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

COUNTDOWN• 11 days until the men’s ACC Tournament kicks off in

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Women’s basketball falls in overtime

The N.C. State women’s basketball team dropped its final ACC contest of the year against Wake Forest, 100-94 in overtime on Sunday. In her final regular season game with the Wolfpack, senior guard Amber White scored a career-high 33 points. White also tied a school record with 17 made free throws in 18 attempts. Three other State players scored in the double figures, including a double-double performance for senior Brittany Strachan, 14 points and 12 rebounds, in her final regular season game for the Pack.

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Men’s and women’s track finish 3rd and 8th at ACCs

The men’s track team finished 3rd at the ACC Indoor Championships over the weekend. Sophomores Ryan Hill, T.J. Graham and Benjamin Major III along with redshirt freshman Andrew Colley paced the Pack at the end of the meet. Hill, Graham and Colley earned All-ACC honors for their performances. Junior LaWanda Henry also won All-ACC honors for her throwing in shot put as the women’s team finished 8th.

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Softball drops three of four in Carolina Classic

The Wolfpack softball team competed in the Carolina Classic over the weekend and had four close games, but lost three. The Pack won the first contest, 7-6, over Saint Joseph’s, but dropped the game against them the following day, 3-5. N.C. State then lost the next match to Florida International and dropped the final match of the weekend, 1-2, to Georgetown after allowing runs in the sixth and seventh inning of the game.

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Baseball wins two of three over the weekend

The N.C. State baseball team competed in Myrtle Beach, S.C. over the weekend and pulled out two big wins followed with one touch loss. The first matchup was against Pacific, in which the Pack won 13-4 behind a 10-run third inning. State lost against No. 18 California in its second matchup over the weekend, 4-0, even though Cory Mazzoni had a stellar performance. The Pack then beat No. 17 Coastal Carolina behind an offensive onslaught, 12-3.

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ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIANSophomore forward Scott Wood lays the ball up against Georgia Tech in RBC Center Saturday. Wood led the team with 20 points in the 79-74 win.

Pack gets back on track against Jackets

Seniors leave their mark at Reynolds with win over George Washington.

Sean EgeStaff Writer

On Sunday, the women’s gymnastics team came out on top as they hosted senior day against George Wash-ington University. The N.C. State Gymnastics program, along with family and friends, honored its three senior gymnasts: Brittney Hardiman, Brittany Vontz, and Amy DePasquale.

All three girls have made numerous contributions to Coach Stevenson’s squad ever since their first ap-pearances here at State. Stevenson has coached them to their best potential and over the course of four years he, along with the rest of the Wolfpack girls, have grown to appreciate every effort these seniors have given back to the squad.

“We are losing three great kids, and great kids are hard to replace,” Stevenson said.

On Sunday, the seniors showed everyone what their four years at State have taught them, proving that with practice and hard work, you will earn your place in the eyes of judges. Each competitor has her own ability and skill that is tough to follow by op-ponents.

Coach Stevenson contin-ued to applaud his senior girls by saying that they are all three different in their own right.

“Brittney [Hardiman],

Brittany [Vontz], and Amy [DePasquale] all bring differ-ent things to the plate.”

Senior Brittney Hardiman, who was the 2008 EAGL Rookie of the Year along with being a Scholastic All-American, dis-played her ability in the vault, bars and floor exercise when she finished top three in all of the events including her out-standing tie for 1st place fin-ish in the vault. Her spirit and emotions were evident when she took to the podium more than once during yesterday’s outstanding performance.

“I feel really good. It was an emotional day from the begin-ning,” Hardiman said. “All I wanted to do is come out here and do well for my teammates, because they mean the world to me, and I am glad I was able to end it on a good note.”

Coach Stevenson echoed Hardiman’s joy and said that she has always been good under pressure.

“For Hardiman, I could put her up first every day, and every day she will go hit her routine,”

Senior Sunday success for Wolfpack gymnastics

Men’s basketball team defeats Georgia Tech, 79-74.

Taylor BarbourSports Editor

Coming off two straight losses, combined with wrapping up an under achieving season, many people wouldn’t have been surprised if State packed it up and just went through the motions in the final few conference games of the season.

But, at least on Sunday, it didn’t.

The team came out, scored well, rebounded well and played just enough defense to secure the 79-74 win over the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Saturday.

And even with a NCAA Tournament bid unlikely, the team seems to continue to play with a positive out-look.

“Our chances to be in the tournament could be up,” sophomore forward Scott Wood said. “But the way I look at it, we have the ACC tournament [coming up] and you better prepare yourself for that.”

With the win, the Pack continued to dominate over the Jackets in Raleigh as the team has won 29 of the 38 games, including having a 9-1 record in the RBC Cen-ter.

With his parents in the crowd, Wood had his best performance of the sea-son. Wood finished with a season-high 20 points, which led the Pack. But none of those points were bigger than his final four free throws, which helped to preserve the victory for

State, giving the team its fifth ACC win of the season.

“You just can’t worry about it,” Wood said. “You have to block everything out and just know you are going to step up and make it. That’s the main thing.”

The Pack built an early lead in the first half, courtesy of freshman guard Lorenzo Brown, who scored 11 of the Pack’s 16 points, in the first six minutes of the game. Brown ended up with 13 points and 3 assists.

But a solid defensive effort and steady offensive play from Brown, senior forward Tracy Smith and Wood helped the Pack take a 39-33 lead into the locker room.

However, the Jackets battled back in the second half taking the lead at 49-48 with 14:58 to go in the second half. But in-stead of collapsing late in the game, like the Pack has done in recent games against both UNC-Chapel Hill and Mary-land, the team kept trudging along and put the game on the shoulder of its senior leader Smith.

“It was very big for us to play hard in the second half because coach told us they were going to come at us when they got their confidence,” Brown said. “So we just came out with the same intensity as they did.”

Smith took over the game late in the second half hitting two huge buckets during the Pack’s 11-0 run, helping the team put the game out of reach.

“That is what Tracy [Smith] does. He is an automatic scor-er,” Brown said. “We want to go to him every time.”

For the second game in a row, the Pack got huge minutes from sophomore center Jordan Van-denberg. After hardly playing

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Freshmen show potential in the future for Swimming and Diving Team.

Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer

Three new school records, 16 NCAA ‘B’ cut qualify-ing standards and 15 new top-10 school marks high-lighted the men’s showing in the 2011 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming and Diving Competition. N.C. State accumulated 197 points through four days of competition, but it wasn’t enough to finish in the top half of the conference.

The Pack finished in 8th place in front of Maryland, Boston College and Miami, with Miami only competing in diving.

The Cavalier men col-lected its fourth consecutive conference title at the Geor-gia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta. This year marked the 14th overall title, and in the past 13 years, Virginia has won 12 of them.

According to Coach Brooks Teal, there was no surprise that Virginia won.

“They were definitely the favorite and they performed up to that role,” Teal said.

Brandon Kingston, a sophomore on the team who led the Pack with three ‘B’ cuts, believe the team competed at a much higher level than the final stat sheet showed.

“I definitely think eighth doesn’t show how much bet-ter we did this year than last year,” Kingston said. “We scored a lot more points this year than last year.”

No student-athlete from the Pack is expected to make an ap-pearance in the NCAA Cham-pionship. In order to make it, a swimmer or diver had to make an NCAA ‘A’ qualifying stan-dard or get really close. Only six swimmers overall in the ACC made ‘A’ cuts.

The championship com-menced on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, with State finishing the day with 3 NCAA ‘B’ cut quali-fying standards in the 800 free-style relay and the 200 medley relay, along with one all-time top-10 mark. Going into day two, the Wolfpack obtained 50 points while tied for sixth.

Day two of the ACC Cham-pionships saw two ‘B’ cuts by Brandon Kingston in the 500 freestyle with a time of 4:28.28, while the 200 freestyle relay also captured a ‘B’ standard. In ninth place, the Pack only earned nineteen more points from the previous day.

Continuing into Friday, day three, N.C. State moved up a spot into eighth place. Fresh-men Barrett Miesfield swam the 100 butterfly, hit ‘B’ cuts with a time of 47.49. Senior Dan Forsythe clocked in at 54.37 as well as hitting ‘B’ cut in the 100 breaststroke. Both times were new school records for the Pack.

Concluding the champion-ship, Forsythe acquired his second school record clocking in a 1:59.13 in the 200 breast-stroke. Also adding points to the board were Ivan Kopas in the 200 backstroke (1:45.50), junior Sean Reams in the 200 butterfly (1:48.02) and Kings-ton with his third NCAA ‘B’ cut for the championship, finding it in the 1650 freestyle.

Forsythe believes that the

Men swim to eighth place finish

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DANIELLE NEUJAHR/TECHNICIANBrittany Vontz, senior gymnast, vaults through the air on the first section of the competition against George Washington in Reynolds Coliseum Sunday.

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