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Administration announced multiple possible solutions to the budget crisis.

John WallStaff Writer

While University officials released information on the direction the Uni-versity is taking to increase efficiency and effectiveness, no specific cuts were announced.

Chancel lor Randy Woodson, joined by Provost Warwick Arden and Charles Leffler, vice chancellor for business and finance, stopped by the Technician office Monday af-ternoon to talk about planned and proposed changes to the University included in today’s release.

Woodson said he feels certain the way the University has been function-ing could be improved.

“Our graduation rate is the lowest in our peer group [of Universities], so to suggest that what we have been doing has been working well is not exactly correct,” Woodson said.

Although the University has not received an exact number from the North Carolina Legislature regarding budget cuts to the University system, Woodson charged Arden and Leffler to review the strategic plans and work with the strategic planning task forces to prepare for the unknown cuts.

Woodson said the University has been told cuts could be anywhere from five to 15 percent of the University’s current $1.3 billion yearly budget, but that he has heard of “doomsday sce-narios of higher potential cuts to the University system.”

Woodson called the process of real-locating University resources “realign-ment.” He said he has three goals in mind when considering realignment: protect the academic core to the ex-tent possible; ensure facilities are well maintained; and position N.C. State to continue to be one of the best edu-cational buys in the country.

“We know that we need to realign the way we do our business so that we can face that budget reduction no matter how severe it is,” Arden said.

Instead of asking all University departments to cut their budgets by a cer ta in percent-age, Woodson and company have been working to strate-gica l ly rea l locate resources already at the University’s dis-posal in a way that maximizes efficien-cy and effectiveness, as well as increases the probability of student success.

Based on things outlined early in the strategic plan, several ideas have been

put on the table.One inefficiency addressed by the

Chancellor dealt with the 600 classes on the books that are currently not being taught.

Another instance of planned realign-ment is the inten-tion to merge the Division of Under-graduate Academic Programs and the Division of Student Affairs. Currently 17 separate programs exist between the two divisions. All 17

departments will be combined into four divisions upon consolidation.

Health, wellness, and student devel-opment, campus life, academic ser-

vices and programs, and N.C. State arts are the four intended pro-grams under the newly combined division which will be “focused on student outcomes,” according to Woodson.

“By consolidating and merging the Division of Student Affairs with DUAP, we will have a very large and robust organization solely focused on the success of every student on this campus,” Woodson said.

The combination will integrate academic and non-academic as-pects of the University, which Ar-den said the University needs to a better job given nationally avail-able resources and results from a

Alex SAnchez/TechniciAnChancellor Randy Woodson answers questions about his plan for dealing with University funding cuts from the state in the Technician office Monday.

College journalists open Sunshine Week with a study of controversial website.

Elise HeglarStaff Writer

Last year, Americans were astounded to hear about a website called Wikile-aks that publicly disclosed previously classified information from govern-ment documents.

To mark Sunshine Week, which honors the idea of open government and freedom of information, the Uni-versity’s Society of Collegiate Journal-ists held a panel discussion about the controversial website.

The discussion was meant to raise awareness about Sunshine Week and to get some insight from professionals about Wikileaks and how it has affect-ed the world. Robert Kochersberger, an associate professor of English at the University, opened the discussion and moderated the event.

The discussion had four panel mem-bers: Joseph Caddell, an assistant pro-fessor of history;, Ann Sides, who recently retired from human re-sources at the University and was a journalist in her former career; Elizabeth Spain-hour, who rep-resent s med ia and communica-tion companies and Mike Tadych, a lawyer who has worked on various important free-speech and journalism issues.

Students who attended the discus-sion were able to submit questions to the panel during the event. The panel-ists did not have one unified opinion

about the effects of Wikileaks. One of the main topics of the discussion was whether or not it was a crime for the site to be created in the first place.

“I do believe what has been done is wrong, by all mea ns ,” Sides said.

Although all of the panelists ex-pressed the opin-ion that Wikile-a k s may have contained some u net h ica l e le-ments, not all on the panel viewed the organization’s

actions as criminal. Another major topic of discussion was whether or not all of the information that Wikile-aks puts out can be considered com-pletely authentic, and if it has a real purpose in being released.

“The main question is wheth-

er or not this information is something that needs to be out there,” Tadych said.

Wiki leaks was continual ly compared to the release of the Pentagon Papers throughout the discussion. The New York Times published the Pentagon Papers in the late 1960s. In the top-secret pa-pers, the U.S. Department of De-fense laid out its political-military strategy in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967.

Although the panelists did not feel Wikileaks and the Pentagon Papers were in the same league, they did find some similarities. In both cases, information was released to the public without the government’s full consent. Despite the bad reputation that journalists have been given due to events like this, Caddell said that people do

Android app lets students track down Wolfline infoOIT partners with Transloc to make finding the right bus easier.

Brooke WalligDeputy News Editor

Students and faculty using An-droid phones will now be able to view the precise location of any Wolfline bus from anywhere they have access to Wi-Fi by downloading a free Android app through Transloc, Inc.

Accord i ng to Hua Yi ng Ling, Transloc mobile developer and former web developer in N.C. State’s Office of Information Tech-nology, the new app will allow stu-dents and faculty with Android phones to track any Wolfline bus from their Android smartphone.

“It delivers real-time bus track-ing information to your Android phone,” Ling said. “You can view all the Wolfline routes along with arrival prediction for when the next bus will arrive at your stop.” Ling said this app will not only al-low students to skip the long waits for buses, it will allow them to use their time wisely.

“Students are super-busy,” Ling said. “I think this will help them manage their time more efficient-ly, meaning they’d spend less time standing at the stop waiting for the bus, in the cold or heat, and more time spent doing something pro-ductive.”

“The main question

is whether or not

this information is

something that needs

to be out there.”lawyer Mike Tadych

Shopping for

farmer’s market

produce gets

easierLocal merchant now prepping produce boxes for quick pick-up.

Justin RoseStaff Writer

Students and faculty who have trou-ble making it to the Campus Farmers Market to shop for fresh produce now have another option

Wise Farms, one of the market’s old-est tenants, now lets customers pay an upfront price for a box of varied pro-duce – and promises to have it ready for pickup each week.

The service, a Community Sup-ported Agriculture program, has been in place at other farms for sev-eral months, according to Gary Wise, a farmer, N.C. State graduate and pro-prietor of the Wise Farms booth in the Brickyard.

Wise said he thinks everyone will appreciate how convenient CSA is and he looks forward to the potential di-etary benefits.

“Maybe people want to eat more fresh, local vegetables, but for what-ever the reason they forget the market one day or don’t make enough time [to go],” Wise said. “This locks them in to getting a certain amount of produce every week, which they’ll try to work into their schedule. It’ll help them de-velop a better eating pattern.”

Each week for 10 weeks, anyone can get a Brickyard Special, a box filled with locally harvested fruits and veg-etables, in regular or large size. Wise Farms allows payment in two install-ments, and online payments are ac-cepted.

Wise says he’s committed to weekly distributions, with exact selections and quantities expected to change as the season progresses.

The boxes are available for pickup from the Wise Farms booth at the

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rate is the lowest

in our peer group

[of Universities].”Chancellor Randy Woodson

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Alex SAnchez/TechniciAnElizabeth Spainhour, an attorney who represents media and communications companies, speaks at the Wikileaks panel discussion presented by the N.C. State Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists in Daniels Hall Monday.

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Southeastern Composers LeagueTuesday, March 15Talley Ballroom & Stewart Theatre

NC State welcomes the 60th anniversary forum of the Southeastern Composers League. Free concerts today at 1:30pm (Talley Ballroom) and 7pm (Stewart Theatre).

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March 22 » 4pm – 7pm Triangle Town Center: First Floor next to Dillard’s

March 23 » 4pm – 7pm Durham Station Transportation Center

March 24 » 4pm – 7pm The Friday Center: Chapel Hill

March 28 » 6pm – 9pm Mount Peace Baptist Church: Raleigh

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CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsIn Monday’s “University helps N.C. high school break world record,” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated food to the NCSSM Food Drive.

In the “SCJ plans Sunshine Week Activities” brief, the Wikileaks Panel was held in 434 Daniels Hall. The screening of “The Most Dangerous Man in America” will occur in G110 Caldwell Hall today. In Monday’s “Plans for new Talley Student Center progressing,” the Technician regrets these errors: Lisa Johnson is the University Architect. The beacon referred to in the article is not officially referred to as the “Beacon.” Phase I construction starts Fall 2011 on the Talley Renovations.

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

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TODAYN.C. STaTe BaSeBall vS. BuffaloDoak Field 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

fideliTy iNveSTmeNTS leaderShip iN TeChNology. “humaNiTy aT Work: aTTriBuTeS ThaT all greaT leaderS Share.” Engineering Building II, Rm. 1231, Centennial Campus 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

movie: “To Sir WiTh love”7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Center campus cinema

WorkplaCe violeNCe TraiNiNgPublic Safety Center 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY“Take me ouT To The Ballgame: miNor momeNT”Case Dining Hall10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

NC STaTe BaSeBall vS. george maSoNDoak Field 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Tai ChiCourt of North Carolina (weather permitting); Caldwell Lounge (inclement weather)Caldwell Lounge5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

THURSDAYread SmarT Book diSCuSSioN7:00 PM

poliCe BlotterMarch 811:43 a.m. | damage To properTyWolf Village Staff member reported letters had been scribed in wet concrete.

3:15 p.m. | CoNCerNiNg BehaviorPublic Safety Center Report of concerning behavior regarding student. 4:31 p.m. | SuSpiCiouS perSoNWolf Village Report of suspicious person loitering in the area. Officers checked the area but did not locate subject.

4:56 p.m. | CheCk perSoNMain Campus Drive Two non-students were seen racing radio controlled cars against passing vehicles. Subjects were advised to use caution. 9:31 p.m. | WeapoN violaTioNSVet School Officers investigated illegally parked vehicle belonging to contractor with shotgun inside. Weapon was seized pending further investigation.

10:35 p.m. | CheCk perSoNReynolds Coliseum Report of two subjects loitering in loading dock area. Contact was made with two staff members. No action taken.

March 912:28 a.m. | vehiCle STopHillsborough St/Pogue St Officer stopped and arrested non-student for Driving with Revoked License, Possession of an Open Container, Providing Alcohol to an Underage person, Possession of Marijuana, and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. In the vehicle at the time was a previously reported missing juvenile. Juvenile was returned to parents unharmed.

9:35 a.m. | fire alarmCollege of Textiles Fire Protection responded to an

alarm at the College of Textiles. The panel was reset.

10:03 a.m. | violaTe NCSu poliCyBragaw Hall A staff member reported a student who failed to leave the residence hall as directed for spring break. The subject was referred to the University and trespassed from hall for the duration of spring break.

10:49 a.m. | mediCal aSSiSTStudent Health EMS transported a student to Rex Hospital. 11:34 a.m. | fire alarmBowen Hall Fire protection responded to a fire alarm. The system was reset. 1:18 p.m. | fire alarmUSDA Facility Fire Protection and Raleigh Fire Department responded to this location. The system was reset. 1:22 p.m. | TraffiC STopvarSiTy drive/WeSTerN Blvd. A non-student was issued a citation for running a traffic light. March 102:31 a.m. | Welfare CheCkNorth Hall Lot Officer transported a non-student to Wake County Crisis Assessment. 11:35 p.m. | field iNTervieWMain Campus Drive A non-student was interviewed. All files were checked with negative results. The subject complied to leave the area. 2:09 p.m. | CoNCerNed BehaviorPublic Safety Center Officers took a report of concerned behavior. Appropriate personnel has been notified.

2:47 p.m. | larCeNy William Hall A staff member reported theft of items. 5:34 p.m. | fire alarmWood Hall Police responded to a smoke detector activation. The system was reset.

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Cleaning the argonPHOTO BY JordaN moore

5th year graduate student in chemical engineering Andrew Loebl squirts soapy water on an argon sealed chamber to test for leaks in Engineering Building I Monday. The chamber, which houses caustic chemicals like strips of lithium, is used to

perform experiments where atmospheric water vapor would ruin samples. Loebl has been working for most of his graduate career on anodes for lithium ion batteries and wanted to make sure the chamber was air tight before leaving for vacation next week. “I have to protect my research,” said Loebl. “I don’t want all my work to go to waste as soon as I leave.”

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NewsThis free app for An-

droid phones is currently available at 21 different in-stitutions, from N.C. State and Yale to the Children’s Hospital in Boston. Trans-loc’s website also lists the general Triangle region as an area the app will cover in the near future.

According to Ling, N.C. State students and fac-ulty already have the abil-ity to track Wolfline bus-es through the University’s Office of Transportation website and iPhone app.

“Android users could already access the infor-mation on the go via our mobile web site, but we re-ceived a lot of requests for a dedicated app,” Ling said. “The app is faster than the mobile site and in time it will allow us to add features that are simply not possible via the mobile web.”

According to Ling, the Android version of the app was created last semester by N.C. State computer science students as part of

their senior design project, but it will continue to improve.

“The app is still in beta, but we’ve had an overwhelming response within the first cou-ple of days,” Ling said. “The feedback has been positive, though there’ve been numer-ous feature requests since the feature set is not on par with the iPhone app yet. I’m working hard t o c h a n g e that.”

Ling sa id some of the changes pro-posed to the app include ways to run bus multiple routes at once.

“There will be more interface refinements, including switch-ing to a tab interface to make it easier to access the routes list and announcements,” Ling said. “We also hope to support displaying multiple routes at the same time, like we do on our iPhone app.”

According to Transloc rep-resentative Josh Cohen, Trans-loc is already in the process of making changes to the app based on their observations and consumer feedback, and

will definitely be releasing up-dated versions of the app in the future.

“This is the first release of the Android app, and we’re already looking to make more improvements,” Cohen said. “If students like the app now, they’ll like it even more later.”

According to Christine Klein, public com-munication specialist for the Universi-ty’s Office of Transporta-tion, the de-velopment of the Android app was a

natural development of the company’s partnership with the University.

“We are always trying to find ways to make it easier and safer for students to move about the University, and we’re greatly appreciative of the user-friend-ly applications Transloc has provided us so far,” Klein said. “Ever since our first initiation of Transloc’s applications, we’ve gotten so much positive feedback. I actually can’t think of one negative comment made about it.”

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Brickyard Campus Market every Wednesday until May 4. The boxes can also be picked up at Wise Farms’ booth at the state Farmers Market.

Wise said that CSA allows people to try things they’ve never had before, as each box is filled with a wide variety of seasonal fruits and vegetables. Wise also said the contents of the box are customizable.

According to Patricia Wise-Lait, who is spearheading the new program at Wise Farms, anyone can order produce at any time.

If people don’t want to com-mit to a long-term CSA pro-gram, they can order online on an as-needed basis and designate the Campus Market as their place of pick-up. Wise Farms also delivers to neigh-borhoods and local businesses, but requires at least 12-15 boxes per delivery location.

Brenna Hannapel, Campus Farmers Market manager and a sophomore in engineering, said she also likes how students will have access to produce they’ve never tried before.

“It’s great how some of the foods in the weekly bundle will be completely new to the students and even some fac-ulty, therefore allowing them to maybe find a new favorite vegetable,” Hannapel said. “The CSA is a great addition to the market because it can reach those customers that are too busy, yet still want to eat healthy delicious foods.”

Pressly Blackely, also a Cam-pus Farmers Market manager and junior in mechanical engi-neering, said the CSA program will contribute to students and faculty eating healthier - and supporting locally grown food.

““The support of local food systems is growing in this country, but we are a long way from having a sustainable and healthy national diet,” Black-ley said. “This is an awesome

opportunity for our diverse student body, many of whom are actively interested in health and nutrition, local food and farmers and supporting local economics.”

Wise-Lait said the N.C. State CSA program is different from others.

“First, we offer shorter con-tracts - 10 weeks for spring and fall, and a 14-week contract for the summer. Also, we include recipes and interesting info about some of those not so well-known vegetables,” she said. “We grow much of what we sell at our farm in Wayne County and partner with oth-er North Carolina farmers to make sure that our boxes have a variety of fresh produce each week.”

Wise Farms is also looking for students who might be in-terested in taking deliveries to Centennial Campus and other areas of campus. For their ef-forts, these students would get a discounted box of fresh produce.

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Courtesy of saul floresAriel Fugate, a senior in interdisicplinary studies, talks to Gary Wise of Wise Farms to interview him for the Campus Farmers Market website. Wise Farms sells seasonal produce.

University task force.“[The consolidation] is a

direct result of those stud-ies,” Arden said.

Arden went on to say al-though this particular realign-ment will save the University money this budget year, as well as over the next couple budget years, the true driving factor for the consolidation was not budgetary savings per se.

“[The main focus was to] do our business more effectively and service our students,” Ar-den said.

Keith Nichols, director of news and communications, sat in on the announcement.

“There will be

more interface

refinements.”Hua Ying Ling, Transloc developer

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alex sanChez/teChniCianProvost Warwick Arden, left, answers questions about Chancellor Randy Woodson’s plan for dealing with University funding cuts from the state in the Technician office Monday.

not recognize how much in-formation journalists choose not to reveal.

“There have definitely been times when media outlets knew about things and chose not to release them due to the conse-quences,” Caddell said.

The panelists also discussed whether or not they consid-ered Wikileaks a threat to the national security of the United

States. The general consensus was that although the website posed a delicate situation for the government to deal with, nothing that has been released presents a direct threat to the government or to the pub-lic. Caddell said that Wikile-aks might have undermined the idea of government secrecy, but presented no real harm to the people of the United States.

“Sometimes people come across information that they feel has to be released, and they should be willing to pay the

consequences of releasing that information,” Caddell said.

The panel discussion also provided insight into the im-portance of Wikileaks, and how it ref lects the changing face of journalism. Spain-hour said that the definition of a journalist is changing with the advent of whistle-blowing websites such as Wikileaks.

“It is almost impossible to define a journalist today. Any-one with a video camera in the right place can be a journalist now,” Spainhour said.

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{ }Our view

One of the main points behind fighting the Talley Renovation

Project was the rubber stamp-ing of many of the fee pro-cesses and oversights by Stu-dent Government and the Fee Committee. Student fees were increased by an additional $83 to fund projects that the ma-jority of students voted for and will never actually get to use. There is no way to go back on the plans now, but there is a sil-ver lining we can make out as an investment in our futures.If you have not seen the plans,

they offer a vision of an open building with free green space that seems to have been packed full of perks for students. It is hard for us to envision it now,

but our future Wolfpackers will lounge on the lawn and have a better selection of student and dining services. Not that we are happy about having to fund it now, but we are making a leg-acy that our future peers can enjoy and will benefit from.

Turan Duda’s vision is ideal-istic, but doesn’t lack perspec-tive. As an N.C. State alumnus, he has been in our shoes and was here when the building was erected in 1972. Not many students can honestly admit Talley is an inspiring or useful building in its current design,

but he assessed the obvious flaws in it and has developed an attractive and efficient plan that actually embodies a true student center.

By making the student cen-ter more attractive and use-ful for students, it builds on itself. The improved building will increase the University’s attractiveness and reputation to serve students. Reputations bring enrollment, which brings prestige, which brings value to the school. In essence, this building will raise the value of the University, which in turn

can be seen as an increase in the value of our degree.

Since the renovations are not set to be complete until late 2014, the current student body will only catch a glimpse of the building’s true utility. After the renovations, our generation can think of Talley Student Center as the seed we plant that one day will produce the shade we’ll never be able sit under.

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.

We’re stuck with Talley, may as well enjoy itThe FacTs:Talley Student Center was built in 1972 when N.C. State’s enrollment was nearly 14,000. Currently the enrollment is 33,000, and Talley, after a two-year campaign, will commence with a three-year renovation plan to update its space and services.

Our OpiniOn:While an increase in student fees is the reason we’ve fought against the Talley renovations for the past two years, now that we are stuck with it, the plans for the new student center will provide a higher value to our future.

By LEE DANiELLo

“What are your thoughts about the Talley Renovations?”

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“I think it’s dumb. They need to destroy Harrelson first, and then fix Talley.”

Kirsten McFarlanefreshman, fashion and textile management

“I think it’ll be good. Maybe it’ll get more people to come to Talley.”

Sam Everhartfreshman, environmental engineering

The bureaucrats’ and diplomats’ ax is cutting education cash.Brian Schultz, junior in environmental design in architecture

OMG, I h8 when ppl talk and e-mail l ike

a middle sch00ler. If you are in college you are most likely 18, also known as an adult. Why would you talk like a preteen?

If you are writ-ing to a professor or anyone at N.C . State, take the time and w r i te a f u l l e -

mail. This includes a salu-tation, their name using Dr., Mr. or Mrs., a body that explains what you are e-mailing about and your name.

If you use text speech or only write a one-line ques-tion, this tells the recipient that you don’t think they are worthy of an entire e-mail. You don’t want your professor or T.A. to think you don’t respect them. It’s really not that hard. Instead of: “I need a form from you. When can I get it?” Try: “Dear Dr., Mr., or Mrs. So and So, How are you doing today? Can I stop by your office to pick up a form later today? Please let me know when a convenient time would be for you. Thank

you.” It’s very simple.Also, you do not need four

or five paragraphs in order for them to understand that your e-mail is important to you. Everyone is busy; people don’t want to read more than they have to. Keep it brief and sim-ply ask your question or state your business. The important thing to remember is whenever you sit down to write an e-mail to someone on your college campus, think of that person as your future boss, someone you may need a recommendation letter from or a future mentor.

Just like you don’t want to make a bad first impression over e-mail, you also do not want to make a bad first im-pression in a class or meeting. You need to start now and real-ize the way you speak is going to let people know who you are and how to treat you. If you speak like a 14-year-old, they’re going to treat you that way.

Never ever use acronyms, like O.M.G., L.O.L., B.R.B., I.D.K., or abbreviations, like totes, def, obvi, probs and legit, while talking to someone who isn’t a good friend of yours. The most obvious problem with this speech is the inabil-ity for anyone over the age of 20 to understand what you’re trying to say.

I get phone calls and e-mails from my dad all the time ask-ing me what different acro-nyms mean because his staff

is using them in e-mails. For the longest time he thought L.O.L. meant “lots of love” and was very con-fused why his staff members were saying that to him. These acronyms or abbre-viations should only be used when you’re texting friends of yours, and at your age, I think that’s probably push-ing it. And you should never use them while speaking—talking like this just makes you sound stupid.

You really need to think about who you are e-mail-ing or talking to before you press send or open our mouth. Just remember, as an adult, try to act and speak like one. Talking like a middle-schooler will not gain you any respect, no matter where you hope to end up in the future.

Staci ThortonAdvice Columnist

Response to “Study what you study”

Editor’s Note: The word count for this letter has been waived for content purposes.

i respect Mr. Romanos keeping N.C. State students mindful of the job market, but i cannot help but think his viewpoint “Study what you study” is a personal attack on CHASS as the only college that stymies future job opportunities. For one, he bashes literature, psychology and international studies and other “impractical majors,” degrees and careers which have not “a prayer of finding a job.” Romanos insinuates that degrees in humanities will not lead to successful careers and we must instead look for a career that makes a lot of money.Making money is great, but i think the real value comes from humanities programs, from studying culture, society and global issues because we live in what we study. it defines who we are. CHASS sparks creative, critical thinking, providing insight into understanding the world around us. We may not know much about the Greeks, but what we do know, aside from the rubble, is Plato, Sophocles, mythology, art, democracy. This is literature, psychology, international studies, political science, history, etc. This is CHASS.if the real meaning of education is to get a degree and make money, then why are we here? Why pursue N.C. State, a 4-year university instead of a 2-year technical college program, where the focus is learning the rules and

procedures about a particular career with the expectation of working at that job for the rest of our lives? An education at a university shapes us into citizens whom value the meaning of what it means to be human, and develops into a career that we love. Through this, we acquire skills that we didn’t know we had. Rarely do we decide what we do at 18 to affect what we do when we’re 40.i dissent from Romanos’ assertion that having a CHASS career will lead to “no further ambitions.” A degree in liberal arts is a career in something that you enjoy, that will be meaningful and worthwhile. How many people do you see graduate with a degree they hate or their family pressured them into getting? How many graduates do you see doing something entirely different from what they studied at State?The job market is always changing. What you are training to be right now may not be applicable in ten, twenty, or thirty years. What then? i guess go back to college and enroll in CHASS this time?Take this as a teaching moment to examine the value of the humanities, to work not for the money but for the passion inherent.

May Chung Senior, English with teacher education option

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Harsh Shahsophomore, biomedical engineering

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Evan Russelljunior, elementary education

Features

There are 27 sequels scheduled for release throughout 2011 as a sense of déjà vu takes over cinemas.

Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer

In the past decade, the Amer-ican film industry has seen an increased number of sequels released each year. From a high of 24 sequels in 2003, to the 19 released last year, the depen-dence on established characters and franchises has remained a constant element of the film industry’s bottom line.

In 2011, however, the number of sequels scheduled for release has reached an all-time high. Including spin-offs and pre-quels, 27 new sequels are being produced this year, making up more than a fifth of the films coming out this year.

Mark Harris, a writer and film analyst, said that the high number of sequels can partly be attributed to the influence of marketers.

“It now costs, in many cases, more to market a movie than it does to make the movie.” Har-ris said. “Because marketing is so expensive, marketers have a very important voice in what

movies get made in the first place.”

The films that marketers tend to want are those that are go-ing to connect to the largest amount of people and bring in the highest profits. As such, sequels of established hits are considered safer investments than original properties.

Shayne Pepper, a graduate teaching assistant in the film department, said that the de-velopment of a franchise is inherent to the current Hol-lywood business model.

“The profitability is the lead-ing reason [for sequels] now,” Pepper said. “Even new films are built around the idea of tak-ing an original idea and mak-ing it into a trilogy.”

The desire for new trilogies is not hard to identify, as trends in

the filmmaking process show. Actors are often signed on for multiple films before the first in a proposed series is released, as was the case with 2006’s Super-man Returns. The director and primary cast members were all set to reprise their roles until the decision to cancel further sequels was made.

The same process is evident in some of this year’s releases. Green Lantern has yet to pre-miere, and yet director Mar-tin Campbell has already ex-pressed interest in expanding the property into a trilogy.

Other films, such as Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, aren’t sequels, but they are being used to set the stage for 2012’s The Avengers.

Technician profiles the gamers who frequent D.H. Hill to play the latest video games with their friends.

Selma AbdulhaiStaff Writer

There are princes, heroes and villains walking among us. They have infinite powers, fight numerous fiends, save princesses, go on quests and often emerge victorious. Their dwelling place is the D.H. Hill Library and their alias is “the Gamers.” The D.H. Hill gam-ers do not have a specific major, year or any other distinguish-ing factors, but they come from all walks of life on campus.

Shea McIntee, a graduate student in computer science, is one of the many gamers at N.C. State. He comes to the library everyday to either play or watch other people play games.

“I stop by daily to see i f t here i s anyone that I know,” McIn-tee said, “be-cause watch-i ng ot hers play games is often just as fun as playing them myself.”

McIntee plays games at D.H. Hill Library for up to 12-14 hours a week. For the most part he likes role playing or action games, like Alpha Pro-tocol, Dragon Age, Mass Effect and Call of Duty.

“I love playing role playing games mostly,” McIntee said, “because it gives me an escape from my average problems and daily stresses of life. When you play them, it’s like you are in a different world.”

When asked why he prefers to play at D.H. Hill Library rather than at home, McIntee

mentioned camaraderie as his primary motivation.

“I like playing at D.H. Hill Library because there are other people around,” McIntee said. “It gives me a reason to be so-cial because between grading papers and doing research, I’m always at home. Going to the li-brary to play keeps me from be-coming a hermit in my apart-ment and also distracts me from my stresses of research.”

Kenneth Howell Jr., a sopho-more in international studies, is another diverse individual who plays at the D.H. Hill Li-brary for one to two hours per week. Howell prefers to play ac-tion games, like Metroid Prime 3, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.

“[The gaming at D.H. Hill] is neat,” Howell said. “It is a way to keep my mind going when I don’t want to think too much about anything.”

However, Howell’s reason for gaming in the library is dif-ferent from McIntee’s.

“I l ive on campus,” Howell said, “and I do not have any vid-eo game con-soles or video games in my

room. This is the only place I can actually play video games.”

Matthew Adams, a senior in computer science, is also among the many gamers at D.H. Hill. He comes to the library often, but on average will play games for an average of two to three hours a week.

“It is a lot of fun playing [at D.H. Hill],” Adams said, “be-cause there is a community [of other gamers] here. Sometimes it is also fun to watch other people play games as well. I often learn about new games from seeing people in the li-

brary play the games first. Plus, I don’t have a game console at home and the TV screens in the library are nice.”

Adams plays action games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, Mirror’s Edge , Legend of Zelda,and Heavy Rain.

“I like a variety of different games,” Adams said, “and I usually prefer single player games.”

There is not a certain profile for D.H. Hill Library gamers—they are just students who like to come to the library to play.

D.H. Hill Library has a unique system where the students are able to check out games and controllers for four hours with their student IDs.

“I would say about half of the games here are donated by [gamers] who have finished playing them,” McIntee said. “I have donated a few games here myself.”

Also, according to many D.H. Hill gamers, much of the ap-peal of playing at the library is the giant flat-screen TVs.

“N.C. State orders the TVs in

stock,” McIntee said. “You can find these televisions in other places on campus as well.”

D.H. Hill Library has game consoles such as the Wii, Xbox 360, and Play Station 3. The library keeps a list of games they receive online, so students can know when there are new games available.

“I really like that the library keeps us up-to-date on what they have,” Adams said. “Right now, I am really excited about the new Kinect they got in.”

D.H. Hill Library is a mu-

tual escape for these N.C. State gamers. Despite their many differences, they share in the desire to be around the community of gamers, to get relief from their daily stresses and play whatever they want without buying a console and games.

So the next time you are in the library, recognize that these people may just be in disguise as gamers, but are actually the princes, heroes and villains they inhabit in their favorite games.

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World of gaming waits in D.H. Hill Library

AAron Andersen/TechniciAnJustin McGeachy, a senior in arts applications, and Josh Fleming, a sophomore in computer science play Super Smash Bros. Brawl in D.H. Hill Library. Brawl is a Wii game in which players control various Nintendo characters and try to knock each other off different stages.

“I stop by daily

to see if there

is anyone

that I know.”Shea McIntee, a graduate

student in computer science

2011’s Biggest sequels:The Hangover Part IISecond in Series

Sherlock Holmes 2Second in Series

Transformers: Dark of the MoonThird in Series

Paranormal Activity 3Third in Series

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger TidesFourth in Series

Fast FiveFifth in Series

The MuppetsSeventh in Series

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2Eighth in Series

source: imdb.com

Sequelitis takes Hollywood by storm

2011 continued page 6

phoTo courTesy of WArner bros. picTures Noomi Rapace is Sim, Robert Downey Jr. is Sherlock Holmes and Jude Law is Dr. Watson in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ action adventure mystery Sherlock Holmes II.

Features

The end of the world is quickly approach-ing, apparently, and Hollywood has ceased to let us forget about our impending doom with the release of countless apocalyptic and alien invasion themed films like 2012 and Cloverfield.

So, it isn’t surprising that Hollywood has launched yet another doomsday film. Battle: L.A, which invaded silver screens on March 11 and is at first glance another typical invasion film, but when the cast of Battle: LA talked to Technician, they as-sured us that the film would exceed our expectations.

Directed by Jonathan Liebsman, the film stars Aaron Eckhart of The Dark Knight, Michelle Rodriguez from hit television se-ries Lost and R&B artist and relative Hol-lywood newcomer Ne-Yo.

The film follows a platoon of heroic ma-rines on what seems to be an ordinary day, but quickly turns into an unimaginable event that no one could ever be prepared for. Sgt. Michael Nantz (Eckhart), Cpl. Kevin Harris (Ne-Yo) and Sgt. Elena San-tos (Rodriguez) dodge flames of explo-sions and risk their lives to save the world from relentless aliens that tear through the coastline of Los Angeles.

Despite the overused and predictable theme of alien invasion, Battle: LA takes a different approach by focusing on more than just the gore and explosions that popularly encompass these films.

“It has heart,” Ne-Yo said.“The other movies are more focused on watching something like the Statue of Liberty ex-plode. You actually give a damn about the characters.”

It’s hard to imagine America being over-taken by aliens, but Eckhart claims this film makes the unimaginable a reality, putting the viewer in the action by using “Call-of-Duty-inspired filmmaking.”

“It’s really realistic,” Eckhart said of the films unique point of view. “You’re going to feel like you’re in the action.”

Liebsman put a strong emphasis on mak-ing Battle: LA as realistic as possible.

“The way Jonathan [Liebsman] shot the film is creatively unique from other movies in the same genre,” Ne-Yo said.

“I made a big point that it should feel like a war movie with aliens,” Liebsman recently told Cinemablend.com, “not an alien movie with marines.”

Ne-Yo said Liebsman’s vision kept him and fellow actors on their toes.

“He’s a slave driver,” Ne-Yo said, “He is the kind of guy that was going to push and push and push ‘til you wanted to punch him in the face.”

Even though the constant perfectionism was enough to drive the cast to insanity, they believe Liebsman’s style of direction brought out the full potential in their per-formances.

“He’s a pro,” Eckhart said. “This guy knows exactly what he wants and how to get it. He’ll be one of the greats.”

To prepare for the film, Eckhart, Ne-Yo, Rodriguez and other cast members expe-rienced firsthand what being a marine en-tails. They felt the burn and exhaustion as they trained with marines for three weeks.

“They trained us like we were really go-ing to war,” Ne-Yo said. “They understood that we had to go through this to get the real deal.”

“Let’s just say those abs were from train-ing,” Rodriguez said of boot camp. “It was pretty hardcore—they made me run two miles every day for three weeks, and I hate running.”

Although their boot camp was, accord-ing to Rodriguez, “gnarly”, the cast agreed the intense training gave a perspective that was necessary for the realism Liebsman worked to create.

“When this movie comes out,” Ne-Yo said. “A seasoned marine could see this

and not think we were fake.”Eckhart adds that the boot camp en-

abled him to act to his greatest potential and make his character as real as possible.

“When people see this movie, I feel like they will think that we gave 100 percent to this film,” Eckhart said. “We did every-thing we could to make you believe that this was happening to us and I think that’s our job as actors and I’m proud of that.”

The pursuit of reality didn’t just stop at boot camp. The actors also educated them-selves about the weapons they would be using throughout the film.

“We got to put [guns] back together, which was sick,” Rodriquez said. “It was awesome. I love guns, they’re great—but when they’re not killing people of course.”

Eckhart experienced the harsher side of the pursuit for reality when he fell seven feet off a rock while filming.

“I busted my arm three weeks before we wrapped,” Eckhart said, “But I kept on go-ing and managed to finish the scene.”

The footage of Eckhart’s injurious fall was actually included in the final film, further underlining the crew’s attempt to capture reality.

Rodriguez was also floored by the unique creation of Battle: LA

“Who gets to shoot a .50 Cal?” Rodriguez said of learning about the weapons in the film. “Even though it was blanks, it’s still got massive power. It was awesome.”

Technicianpage 6 • tuesday, march 15, 2011

The N.C. State Chapter of the Society for Collegiate Journalists

and the N.C. State Student Media

present a screening of

THE MOST DANGEROUS MAN IN AMERICA: DANIEL ELLSBERG AND THE PENTAGON PAPERS

In 1971, Daniel Ellsberg shook America to its foundations when he smuggled a top-secret Pentagon study to The New York Times that showed how five presidents consistently lied to the American people about the Vietnam War. President Nixon’s National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger called Ellsberg “the most dangerous man in America,” who “had to be stopped at all costs.” But Ellsberg wasn’t stopped. Facing 115 years in prison on espionage and conspiracy charges, he fought back. Ensuing events surrounding the so-called Pentagon Papers led directly to Watergate and the downfall of President Nixon, hastened the end of the Vietnam War and inspired Americans of all walks of life to forever question the previously unchallenged pronouncements of its leaders.

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Introduction byTom Wallis, NCSU senior lecturer, English

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Beyond sequels and the desire for trilogies, 2011 features some franchises with even more en-tries. This year will see more fourth and fifth installments i n e s t a b -lished fran-chises than ever before, as well as two seventh films. And later this year, Harry Pot te r and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 will be re-leased—the eighth film in its franchise.

Despite moviegoer complaints about their overabundance, sequels continue to be financially suc-cessful. In 2010, half of the top ten grossing movies were se-quels, with Toy Story 3 taking the top spot.

Writer Jim Murdoch attrib-uted this success of sequels to

the curiosity of moviegoers.“We can’t help ourselves,”

Murdoch said. “There is so much scope for sequels and prequels because it doesn’t matter what we’re shown. We want more.”

Further, many more sequels have been well-received by crit-ics in recent years. Films such

as 2008’s The Dark Knight and last year’s Harry Pot-ter and the Deathly Hal-lows: Part 1 have received high praise and, in some cases, far sur-passed previ-ous entries in their series.

In the end, Hollywood’s

case of sequelitis seems to show no signs of slowing. With more and more sequels being announced, the only question remaining is whether or not the number will increase even further in 2012.

2011continued from page 5

BATTLE: LAAAron EckhArt, MichEllE rodriguEz

And nE-Yo tAlk with Technician About thEir nEw filM.

Q&a withAaron Eckhart

Michelle Rodriguez

Ne-Yo

Do you believe that each role you play changes you

as an actor?

“I believe that there is a personal reason to do a film and what you can

get with different actors. With Rabbit Hole, I got to

work with Nicole and with Battle: LA, I learned a lot

about the Marines and what they believe in. I learned about

camaraderie and friendship. From the other actors I learned about filmmaking. I’m always looking around

finding out how I can do things more efficiently, I’m always looking to improve.”

You recently attended Comic-Con to promote

Battle: LA. Are you are a fan of geek culture?

“Hell yeah! I love it man, that’s my world!

Especially Dungeons and Dragons. I love my science magazines and

comic books, growing up and trading my marvel comic

cards. I love the imagination of the geek—the way you can dive into science and live

the reality you created. My favorite geek of all is Jim Cameron. I love his attention to detail and creating an

entire world from scratch.”

Who are some of your acting idols?

“Denzel Washington: He’s the type of guy that’s gonna’ be himself in

every film, but that’s why you love him. I like that he doesn’t lose sight of

himself when he’s taking on a character. Jared Leto,

because every film he plays in he’s different. I like actors that can turn

into a whole other person. And Tom Hanks, because he can do both drama and comedy — he has a lot of

diversity.”

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Own a piece of history.

www.ncsu.edu/agromeck

“Even new films

are built around

the idea of taking

an original idea

and making it

into a trilogy.”Shayne pepper, graduate

teaching assistant

SportsHaynes, who shocked al-most everyone when he was named as the starting running back prior to the Pack’s opener against West-ern Carolina, was moved to second string boundary safety. Haynes suffered a concussion in the 2010 and struggled holding onto the football, fumbling the ball three times.

Additionally, redshirt se-nior Audie Cole will move from outside linebacker to middle linebacker, a position vacated by play-maker Nate Irving. Irving anchored the Pack defense with 97 tackles, 20.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks. Re-placing the first-team All-ACC linebacker will be no easy task. However, Cole is one of three seniors in the starting lineup with experi-ence from last year.

The Monroe, Mich. na-tive started all 13 games, finished third on the team in tackles with 86, forced three fumbles, intercepted a pass and recorded five sacks. Cole will anchor a defense that returns eight starters.

On the offensive side of the ball, the Pack will have to replace former quarter-back Russell Wilson, who opted to pursue professional baseball rather than return-ing for his final year of eli-gibility in football. Redshirt

junior Mike Glennon will take the reins as the starter. Glen-non, a highly touted recruit out of Westfield High School in Centreville, Va., has seen action in each of his previous two seasons in relief of Wilson.

Glennon was ranked as the No. 3 quarterback prospect in

the nation coming out of high school, and possesses a strong arm and good leadership abil-ity. Pack Nation has highly an-ticipated both the arrival and tenure of Mike Glennon. With a build, mentality and offense similar to that of current At-lanta Falcons quarterback Matt

Ryan, who was coached under O’Brien at Boston College, State fans have good reason to have such high hopes.

However, with the departure of last year’s leading receivers Owen Spencer and Jarvis Wil-liams, the burning question is who will Glennon throw to? Se-niors T.J. Graham, Jay Smith, and Stephen Howard contrib-uted last season, hauling in a combined 514 yards and six touchdowns.

Despite the lack of game ex-perience at the wide receiver position, the corps of tight ends is deep, and all but one of them saw action last year. George Bryan, a two-time first team All-ACC selection and a finalist for the Mackey Trophy, an annual award given to the nation’s top tight end, high-lights the crew and brings valu-able experience as well as sure hands for Glennon to look to.

State will hold its annual Kay Yow Spring Game on April 16. Proceeds, donations and other contributions are taken to benefit the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. However, until then, many Wolfpack fans and I will be impatiently waiting, like a small child on a long car ride, wondering every five minutes, ‘are we there yet?’

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“We now have strength in our lineup. It’s a big difference knowing you don’t have to look to the first few spots for the wins and knowing you have a chance in every single spot.”

Choboy analyzed Sanchez Gomez’ style of play with great scru-tiny.

“He’s played a pret-ty much base-line game,” Choboy said. “He’s doing a lot of running left and right. He’s got a lot of long points. As we develop more weapons in his game, he’ll come forward a lot more. He plays a very physi-cal style of the game.”

Surprisingly, one of the best aspects of Sanchez Gomez’ skills is also one of the hardest to master in the game of tennis – passing shots.

“He probably has the best passing shot on the team,” Choboy said. “That’s a pretty strong skill and he does it on a higher level than anyone else. If he gets one look at the passing shot, you’re in trouble. He re-ally seems to have a knack for passing people. Even on the run, in a difficult situation, he does it with ease.”

As for any athlete, no one is perfect. The transition into higher levels of competition is never easy, especially with the

competition found in ACC play. Choboy talked about the aspects of Sanchez Gomez’ game that they are currently involved with in practice.

“What we are working on him right now is his ability to come forward and finish points at the net,” Choboy said. “He has a good serve and he creates a lot of short balls. We’re work-ing on finishing points at the

net and get-ting a litt le more aggres-sive in that area.”

The most important thing to San-chez Gomez is the privi-

lege to play tennis while simul-taneously pursuing a degree.

“I came here because I know it’s very important to have a degree,” Sanchez Gomez said. “Here I can study and play ten-nis. At 22, I will have a degree then I want to try to play pro. If that doesn’t work out and I don’t become a professional tennis player, I’ll still have my job and my degree.”

It is way to early to know whether or not Sanchez Gomez will eventually go pro. What is certain, however, is the antici-pation from the coaching staff that Gomez will work his way up and the potential of build-ing the team around him.

“We do see him becoming a leader on this team,” Choboy said. “I can see him being able to move his way forward in the lineup over time, for sure.”

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Keviin CooK/TeChniCian arChive phoToRedshirt sophomore Dean Haynes highlighted the spring changes on the football changes as the sophomore moved from running back to the secondary, after rushing for 320 yards and three touchdowns last season.

“We now have

strength in

our lineup.”sophomore Dave Thompsom

COUNTDOWN• 32 days until the Kay Yow Spring Football Game.

INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the feature

story on freshamn tennis player Ivan Sanchez Gomez.Sports

TechnicianPage 8 • tuesday, march 15, 2011

Golf finishes ninth at LSU Golf ClassicThe women’s golf team moved up two spots after shooting a team 7-over in the final round of the LSU Golf Classic Sunday, settling for a 9th place finish in the 15-team tournament. State ended up with an overall 47-over in the three day tournament but managed to finish ahead of seven ranked teams. Leading the way for the Pack were senior Brooke Baker and sophomore Amanda Baker, as both golfers tied for 11th place individually, shooting 7-over. Freshmen Ana Menendez, Maureen Dunnagan and Brittany Marchand rounded out the scoring for the Pack, as the three players finished 37th, 89th and 101st.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Findley rounds out coaching staffMen’s soccer coach Kelly Findley finalized his coaching staff Monday with the hiring of assistant coach Steven Cox. Cox coached with Findley for two seasons, while the head coach was at Butler, and focused on coaching the goalkeepers. Cox himself played soccer at Houghton College where he was a four year starter, earning NAIA honorable mention All-American recognition in his senior season.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

men’s basketball

The highs and the ‘Lowe’s

Sanchez Gomez thriving in new environment

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Freshman helping to provide depth for tennis team.

Josh HyattStaff Writer

The transition from high school to college is an experience we all share here at N.C. State. For some, however, it is far more daunting of a task than for others. Ivan Sanchez Gomez, a fresh-man from Madrid, joined the Wolfpack last fall as one of the new, up and com-ing members of the men’s tennis team – without knowing a bit of English.

To make matters slightly more com-plicated, on top of preparing for ACC tennis and immersing himself in a for-eign environment, he decided to take on an engineering curriculum. Fellow teammate Dave Thomson admires the work ethic that Sanchez Gomez has shown.

“I have a lot of respect for the guy,” Thomson, a sophomore, said. “To be from another country, come to Amer-ica while not knowing the language, and to try to pick up school and being an engineering major while trying to keep up without knowing the language. I don’t think I can imagine going to Spain, picking up a textbook, and try-ing to learn the language just to keep up with the studies, especially with engineering.”

Sanchez Gomez discovered the game of tennis at the young age of eight. From there, he quickly moved his way into tournaments and onto club teams and eventually began representing his na-

tion of Spain in competition. Through contact with a fellow Spaniard already on the team, Jaime Pulgar, Gomez found him-self in contact with the coaching staff and quickly became interested in joining the N.C. State community. Coach Jon Choboy immediately recognized Sanchez Gomez’ competitive nature.

“He loves competing and he does it well,” Choboy said. “It took 6-7 months to get to know him but what we noticed about him right away is his love to compete. He loves to go out there and he loves tough matches. He practices hard but he plays harder; he’s a different person when he competes. He goes up a notch or two in terms of intensity and energy. He’s a predator.”

Although he has not yet mastered dou-bles play, Sanchez Gomez has proven to be very solid in singles matches, with a 9-3 record so far this season, which has solidified himself a regular spot in the 5th and 6th positions. Thomson talked about the depth given to the team by Sanchez Gomez’ performance in the final positions.

“He’s a really strong six,” Thomson said. “He doesn’t lose that much. Coming to the ACC and knowing you’ve got that kind of strength at the back of the lineup really holds true for the rest of the team; it’s re-ally helpful.

TodayMens Golf at Rio PinaR invitational Orlando Fla., All day

BaseBall vs. BuffaloDoak Field, 3 p.m.

WednesdayBaseBall vs. GeoRGe MasonDoak Field, 3 p.m.

softBall at elonElon, N.C., 5 p.m.

ThursdayWRestlinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day

WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsAustin, Tx., all day

FridayWRestlinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day

Men’s Golf at ChRis sChenkel e-Z-Go invitationalStatesboro, Ga., all day

WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMPionshiPsAustin, Tx., all day

Men’s tennis vs. unCPullen Park, 3 p.m.

BaseBall at GeoRGia teChAtlanta, Ga., 7 p.m.

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coNtributeD by keviN SeiFertFreshman ivan sanchez Gomez rears back to return a shot during a n.C. state men’s tennis match.

Five year record86-78 Overall record

25-55 ACC record

Year by year record20-16 2006/2007

15-16 2007/2008

16-14 2009/2010

15-16 2010/2011

Overall margin of victory and defeat6.32 Overall margin

of victory

6.02 Overall margin of defeat

4.8 ACC margin of victory

7.4 ACC margin of defeat

After a basketbal l season that began with more hy pe

and anticipation than The Oscars, yet ended in more disappointment than the

final Indi-ana Jones film, I, like the major-ity of the N.C. State faithful, have put the agony of basket-ba l l be-hind me, and set my

sights on the fall, and more important ly, Wolfpack football. With spring foot-ball practice just around the corner and the spring orga-nizational chart released I can hardly contain my ex-citement for September 3rd in Carter-Finley Stadium.

Similar to the depth chart released before State’s open-ing game, there were some unexpected changes from last fal l. Most notably, redshirt sophomore Dean

Commentary

Are we

there yet?

Sean KlemmDeputy Sports Editor

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STOrY BY tuCkeR fRaiZeR

Obviously the five year coaching tenure of head coach Sidney Lowe has not gone as planned. With rumors flying that Lowe

and N.C. State will part ways, let’s take a look at some of the highs and lows from his five seasons coaching in Raleigh.

highsfirst time’s the charm

In his first season back at his Alma Mater, Lowe led the Wolfpack to a shocking victory over No. 3 North Carolina, 83-79 on Feb. 3, 2007. Courtney Fells led the Pack with a team-high 21 points. Gavin Grant, Engin Atsur, Brandon Costner and Ben McCauley also finished in double figures to give Lowe his first and only victory over the Tar Heels.

Magic of the blazerAfter finishing with a 16-14 overall record and 5-11 in the ACC, the Wolfpack earned the 10th seed in the ACC Tournament but reeled off three straight wins to make a Cinderella run to the finals before falling to North Carolina. This run was what made Lowe’s signature red blazer popular. The Wolfpack was led by Brandon Costner, who scored a school record 90 points in the team’s four games, including 28 against the Tar Heels. It marked only the second time in conference history a team played four games in the tournament (N.C. State in 1997).

upset of no. 7 duke In front of a raucous crowd at the rBC Center, Lowe and the Wolfpack upset No. 7 Duke in convincing fashion, 88-74 on Jan. 20, 2010. The victory was especially gratifying for Tracy Smith as the power forward celebrated his 22nd birthday by leading the Pack with 23 points and four rebounds in the victory. Dennis Horner added 20 points as all five Pack starters finished in double figures.

signing the freshman trioWith a reputation as a great recruiter with NBA ties, Lowe signed easily his best recruiting class since he’s been at State for the 2010-2011 basketball season. The Pack’s 2010 class was ranked as the fifth-best in the nation, according to Scout.com. It included C.J. Leslie, Lorenzo Brown and ryan Harrow, who were all five-star prospects and played significant roles during their freshman campaigns.

lowsChemistry failure

Coming off its remarkable run to the ACC Tournament, Lowe’s second team struggled mightily with chemistry issues as highly touted freshman J.J. Hickson joined the Pack. After a 4-4 start to its conference schedule, State dropped nine straight games to end the regular season and lost to Miami in the first round of the conference tournament. The Wolfpack also lost its first three ACC games the following year making it 12 straight conference losses.

sophomore slumpIn his second and third seasons, Lowe guided the Wolfpack to a combined 31-30 overall record and a 10-22 conference record, missing the NIT Tournament both years. The only other ACC schools with worse records over that span were Virginia (27-34 overall and 9-23 ACC) and Georgia Tech (27-36 overall and 9-23 ACC).

trouble on tobacco Roadregardless of the sport, one thing every fanbase wants more than anything is to beat its rivals consistently. Although Duke and North Carolina have been at the height of their success during the Lowe era–five ACC Tournament championships and two National championships between them in the last five years–the Wolfpack has had virtually no success against its two in-state rivals. Lowe has accumulated a 3-16 overall record against the Pack’s Tobacco road rivals. State is 2-6 against the Blue Devils and a dismal 1-10 against the Tar Heels, including eight straight losses to roy Williams and Co.