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Presidential run could be on the horizon for Texas congressman.

John WallStaff Writer

Rep. Ron Paul, a Republican who wants the federal government “out of Americans’ lives and wallets,” spoke to more than 1,000 people in the Mc-Kimmon Center Monday night.

The Texas congressman orated to applause and cheers throughout his speech, which covered topics ranging from U.S. offensive action on Libya to the causes of and cures for the current U.S. financial crisis. Paul, who ran for president in 2008, said he is consid-ering running for president in 2012, a decision that will be based on the value of the dollar.

Paul supports the abolition of the Federal Reserve, an institution that stands alone from the U.S. govern-ment, which has no say over its ac-tions and decisions. Event attendees chanted “End the Fed” at the begin-ning of Paul’s speech.

Evidenced by rising food prices at the grocery store, the purchasing power of the dollar is currently in de-cline. Economists call the decline in purchasing power inflation. Paul said the Federal Reserve, which is respon-sible for the stable purchasing power of the dollar, wants inflation to hover somewhere around 2 percent.

Paul disagreed w ith Ben Ber-nanke, the chair-man of the Fed-eral Reserve, and the Fed’s goal of 2 percent inflation.

“The monetary crisis is still yet to come, and it will get worse,” Paul said. “The only thing that can re-store stability is sound money.”

The U.S. tied the value of its money to the value of gold until Richard Nixon fully abolished the “gold stan-dard” during his presidency. The U.S. currently employs the system of fiat money, in which the credibility and value of the U.S. dollar lies only the holders’ confidence in the currency. Paul wants the U.S. to return to the gold standard.

Higher prices worldwide are due to

the international belief in fiat curren-cies, according to Paul.

“Your dollar is going to go down in purchasing power,” Paul said. “All empires [such as the U.S.] end for fi-nancial reasons.”

Paul, who said U.S. support of the bombing of Libya is an “act of war,” disagreed with the way President Obama went about taking offensive action on Libya. He said Obama should have come to Congress before making any decision to act against Libya, instead of getting permission from the United Nations alone.

“We’re getting into too many wars. We’re doing them carelessly,” Paul said.

Paul went on to say that due to his belief in national sovereignty, the U.S.

should not be in the United Na-tions.

Paul ca l led U.S. support of bombing in Libya an offen-sive action be-cause the U.S. is not acting in its direct defense. He called the Libyan action a “preventive

war.”“People on the receiving end of our

preventive wars view it as an act of ag-gression,” Paul said.

The fact that college graduates can-not get jobs is not the fault of capital-ism, according to Paul. He said that although deficit spending may have prevented an economic depression, the current administration should have let the depression come.

The depression would have come to

“the right people,” Paul said, speaking on the bailout money that bankers and big business people received around 2008. The amount of funding poor people get through welfare transfers from the federal government is “puny” compared to the money big business has received, according to Paul.

The N.C. State chapter of Young Americans for Liberty hosted the event. They sought out 2,300 signa-tures to petition Paul to speak. YAL member and freshman in chemical engineering Ryan Vest said the Uni-versity is lucky to have such an influ-ential person speak on campus.

“It’s definitely a big deal when a pos-

sible Presidential candidate comes to visit your campus to give a free speech,” Vest said. “I think a lot of [Paul’s] views are shared by college students.”

The speech was delayed several minutes because event coordina-tors had to add seats to the more than 1,000 that were already in the room.

Paul said college campuses have always been a haven for him.

“I’m very happy with what’s hap-pening on campuses,” Paul said. “I always went to the campuses, because I believed that’s where the action was.”

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Nearly Naked runners to donate duds to charityStrip-down to precede campus race.

Justin RoseStaff Writer

Colleen Ly is always looking for ways to get involved with charitable causes - especially events sponsored by N.C. State.

That’s why this week’s Nearly Na-ked Run caught the sophomore’s at-tention.

“This [race] is something I wouldn’t have ex-pected N.C. State to be involved with,” said Ly, who is majoring in design studies. “Running around campus with no clothes on for a good cause? Who wouldn’t want to join?”

The first Nearly Naked Run for charity will take place Thursday at 9 p.m. in the Brickyard. NCSU racers will join other students who will also participate in the event at their respec-tive universities.

Students will strip down to their underwear, or until they are “nearly naked,” before the start of the nearly

mile-long run. The clothes the stu-dents shed pre-race and any additional clothes students bring to the event will be donated to the Raleigh Rescue Mis-sion, a local homeless shelter.

The exact route has yet to be deter-mined, but the course will mostly be on campus.

The event is free and is sponsored by Wiggio, an online collaboration tool for organizations to orchestrate events and facilitate communication.

Dana Lampert, founder and CEO of Wiggio, said he wants the event

to be a student-led i n it iat ive , and his company chose NCSU to be one of the par-ticipating schools because of its significant Wig-gio user popula-tion. Those users have meant great publicity for the run, he said.

“We went to schools that really knew about the tool and used it often,” Lam-pert said. “At N.C. State we found that thousands of students are using Wig-gio, and we decided to take advantage of that.”

Lampert said he would love to see the Nearly Naked Run become a re-curring event every semester.

At press time, more than 550 stu-

dents said they plan to attend on the Nearly Naked Race’s Facebook page.

According to a press release, the run aims to “show the power, effectiveness and ease of building groups for a pur-pose; to mobilize for a good cause and to provide students with an opportu-nity to take a break from studies and have fun.”

Kathryn Mogg, a senior in com-munications, said she is very excited about the run.

“I’m doing the event because school and stress is kicking my butt right now, and I just saw it and thought it would be a fun, free way to give my-self a necessary relaxation break for the week and put a smile on my face,”

Mogg said.Mogg called the charitable aspect

of the Nearly Naked Run an “added bonus” to the event.

“I certainly plan on bringing something to donate. I am always happy to help out with a charitable cause,” Mogg said. “I hear it’s go-ing to be quite chilly that night, but I’m not going to let that stop me!”

“I hear it’s going to be

quite chilly that night,

but I’m not going to

let that stop me!”Kathryn Mogg, senior in

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‘Alternative service breaks’ allow students to serve when school’s out.

Nick MobleyCorrespondent

Students with an eye on working in the healthcare industry had a chance to mingle with possible future em-ployers Monday in Talley Student Center.

During the annual N.C. State Health Career Expo, hundreds of students met representatives from organiza-tions representing various healthcare professions and curricula. Hosted by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Health Professions Advis-ing Center, students attending the event searched for internships with 100 organizations, including nearly 80 universities such as UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Medicine and East Carolina University’s School of Den-tistry.

Lucy Dunning, a sophomore in el-ementary education said her professor, Dr. Anita Flick, the director of Health Professions advising and teaching, and an assistant professor, stressed the importance of attending the event.

“I’m here for my Bio 105 class. It was suggested by my teacher,” Dun-ning said.

Among the organizations present, International Service Learning was one of several looking for a few good students. The organization sponsors student’s “service trips” to communi-ties in need of healthcare services. ISL provides qualified applicants hands-on experience in several fields, includ-

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tim o’brien/technicianIn front of a giant U.S. national debt sign, Texas Rep. Ron Paul speaks to a crowd of more than 1,000 at the McKimmon Center on Monday. The N.C. State club Young Americans for Liberty collected 2,000 signatures to bring Paul to N.C. State to talk about national politics.

“People on the

receiving end of

our preventive wars

view it as an act of

aggression.”Rep. Ron Paul, Texas

N. C. STATe’S INAUGURAL NeARLY NAKeD RACeWHEN: Thursday, 9 p.m.WHERE: University Plaza (The Brickyard)

SO WHAT’S THE NEARLY NAKED RACE?A charitable race involving more than 100,000 students from universities nationwide. According to race organizers Wiggio, it’s a chance for students to “show off their best outdoor undies, take part in a wild run through campus and donate clothes to a local homeless shelter.”

Featured campuses for the race include: N.C. State, Ole Miss, Tulane University, Virginia Tech, and Vanderbilt University

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10:02 a.m. | larcenY D.H. Hill Library Student reported money and tickets to event stolen.

11:31 a.m. | cOncerning BehaviOrCarmichael Recreation Center Student was issued Judicial Referral and a conditional trespass from the Recreation Center.

2:47 a.m. | WelFare checkLee Hall Officers checked on welfare of student.

2:51 a.m. | WelFare checkTurlington Hall Officers checked on welfare of student.

4:00 p.m. | SUSpiciOUS incidentFree Expression Tunnel Report of subjects jumping from bridge in the area.

4:41 p.m. | cOncerning BehaviOrStudent Health Center Student was involuntarily committed and issued conditional trespass and welfare referral.

5:40 p.m. | SUSpiciOUS perSOnNelson Hall Non-student was trespassed from NCSU property for loitering or prowling without justification.

March 2612:00 a.m. | SUSpiciOUS incidentBaver Drive/Pullen RoadStudent reported suspicious sounds from railroad tracks. Officers located two non-students who had set up camp.

2:46 a.m. | Fire alarmWolf Village Units responded to alarm caused by fire extinguisher being discharged without cause.

10:41 p.m. | drUg viOlatiOnAvent Ferry Complex Report of possible drug violation. A search warrant was obtained and executed. Three students were cited and referred for possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and underage alcohol possession.

6:30 p.m. | damage tO prOpertYWood Hall Vehicles belonging to two students were damaged when unknown person threw eggs at vehicles.

9:17 p.m. | traFFic accidentHillsborough Street/Pogue Street Officers investigated accident. No injuries, however non-student was arrested for DWI and driving with a revoked license.

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12:57 a.m. | drUg viOlatiOnAlpha Delta Pi Student was referred for underage alcohol violation, possession of marijuana, and possession of drug paraphernalia. Second student was referred for underage alcohol and possession of open container of alcohol.

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ISL representative Hilary Jacob-son said the organization is com-parable to the Center for Student Leadership and Public Service’s “Alternative Service Breaks.” The ASB program allows students to travel the globe volunteering alongside other students in com-munities facing problems with healthcare access.

“We have trips available for stu-dents in the medical fields, usually available during the school breaks. Programs are available for two to three weeks during summer and winter breaks, and one-week trips are available during spring break,” Jacobson said. “So it’s sort of an ASB trip.”

Last year, International Service Learning provided 1,200 students from over 100 universities the op-portunity to travel to locations such as Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Peru to participate in

service projects. The program also offers students a letter of recom-mendation, which comes in handy when students are considering graduate programs and internships in their prospective fields.

According to Anita Aiken, an admissions coordinator for Duke University Doctor of Physical Therapy Division, Duke is hop-ing to generate interest about their internships as well as their general program.

“We’re here looking for students for medical school,” Aiken said. “But we’re also just looking to get our name out there as well.”

For Michael Kerrigan, a junior in human biology, the expo was an opportunity to network and gain more knowledge about the organi-zations as he starts to think about a possible healthcare career.

“I’m hoping to look at the differ-ent optometrist schools and just hoping to get some other general information,” Kerrigan said.

There were several information sessions following the expo that covered topics such as diversity, financial aid options and how to avoid common application mis-takes.

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jordan moore/TechnicianLucy Dunning, a sophomore in elementary education, talks with a representative of East Carolina University at the Health Care Career Exposition in the Talley Ballroom Monday. Dunning was one of many students who used the exposition to look at future career options.

Pastor sounds call to help HaitiMission head says Haiti could use a few good N.C. State students.

Justin RoseStaff writer

Pastor Leon Dorleans re-ceived his higher education in the United States, but he said he was only concerned with one thing while pursuing his educational goals: getting back to Haiti to be with the people he knew best.

“I never regret that decision,” Dorleans, who spoke about his hope for Haiti in Monday’s Scholars Forum, said.

“When it comes to reflection, Haiti has a lot to share with every-one,” Dor-leans said. The pastor is the field director for Haiti Outreach Minis-t r i e s , a Christian mission dedicated t o t h e people of Haiti.

After graduating from Ozark Bible College and Cincinnati Christian University Semi-nary in the 1970s, Dorleans re-turned to Haiti and started a school in Cité Soleil, the worst slum in Haiti.

Among some of the poorest, most neglected people in the world, Dorleans’ school has thrived. Today, there are three community centers in addition to the school. These include trade schools, medical centers and churches. A fourth center will be completed by Septem-ber, according to Dorleans.

“We wanted to offer [stu-dents] the best,” Dorleans said. “I’m here to let you know, if you’re going to make a differ-ence in your own country or in the world, you have made the right choice by using your edu-cation. Education is the key.”

Dorleans continually under-scored the importance of edu-cation, saying the children in Haiti now are the best hope for change in the country’s future.

The pastor said there is a

lot students could do for Hai-ti. Dorleans said students of all backgrounds are needed for the ongoing reconstruction, and Haiti always has an open door for contributors.

“We need people who love to work with children and people with any kind of construc-tion or design background for buildings and furniture,” Dorleans said. “But, one of the greatest needs we have for peo-ple your age is artists. A good art program is the one thing we do not have yet.”

Dorleans also highlighted the need for English teachers.

“If you don’t speak English in Haiti, you are seen as a second-class citizen,” Dorleans said. “Being able to speak English

in Haiti is like having gold.”

Mike Gianc-ola, director of the Center for Student Lead-ership, Ethics a nd P ubl ic Service, en-couraged stu-dents to con-tribute to Dor-leans’ efforts. For $300 a year, the pro-g r a m w i l l

provide Haitian children with schoolbooks, uniforms, food and birthday presents, among other necessities.

Chelsea McLaughlin, a ju-nior in accounting, said she thought the presentation was informative and moving.

“I was really inspired by his passion and the hope he has for his people and country,” McLaughlin said. “I would want to find out about more ways to get involved with any reconstruction relief efforts.”

Haiti is still the poorest country in the Western Hemi-sphere, with 80 percent of the population living under the poverty line and most living off $2 a day, according to the CIA World Factbook.

Since the earthquake of January 2010, Dorleans said Haiti has endured a cholera outbreak, hurricane f lood-ing and political turmoil. The earthquake devastated Haiti, killing an estimated 300,000 people and leaving more than 1.5 million people homeless.

“I was really

inspired by his

passion and the

hope he has for

his people and

country.”Chelsea McLaughlin, a junior in

accounting

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What differences have you seen in response to the Japanese Earthquake vs. the Haitian

Earthquake? What else can we do?

“We have more economic interest in Japan, so there was a faster response. More still needs to be done for response to the nuclear problems. I think the current Haitian [aid] organizations are helping the country as a whole.”

Rachel McCarthysophomore, graphic design

“Japan is not allowing many people in due to health risks with the nuclear plant scare, and it has taken longer to react because of that nuclear damage. Haiti just had structural damage,”

austin Ocheltreesophomore, nuclear engineering

“We were quicker to respond to Japan than the Haitian Earthquake. We are more invested in Japan.”

Gregory adamsfreshman, civil engineering

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Have you ever heard about the free food in the Brickyard

the day after it was served? Have you ever been late to class on Centennial because

t h e b u s was ful l ? A re you a part of a student group that stands for a g r e a t cause but lacks pub-licity op-portuni-

ties? Issues such as these have to be addressed in the coming year.

Student Body President we have been hearing this phrase for the past two weeks, but what does it real-ly mean? To me, this means being your voice within Stu-dent Government and the administration.

This means being an ac-tive part of the student body by supporting athletics, as-sisting in University service projects, proudly raising awareness for the causes you believe in and for the diversity that makes N.C. State unique.

Let’s break it down.The student—what you

think and what you want. We’re the red and white from State, and we know we are the best, but how do we bring out the best in each and every student? Every student’s voice deserves to be heard and every student

group’s hard work deserves to be noticed.

After being a part of the rug-by team and Campus Crusade for Christ for the past few years, I have realized how important publicity is to student organi-zations. People can’t show in-terest if they don’t know about events.

The body—we are North Carolina State University. Sure, we are made up of sepa-rate people of different ages, from differ-ent cultures, with differ-ent interests, but together we are the Wolfpack. I want to bring a sense of unity to N.C. State. There is a great di-vide between Centennial Campus and Main Campus which I believe leads to students being unaware of events occurring on the op-posite campus. As Centennial continues to grow, the connec-tion between campuses should mirror that growth.

The President—this is the position about being a leader. Being an effective leader is all about being visible and being held accountable for my ac-tions. While I have been at N.C. State, I have been active in dif-ferent areas of campus which has given me insight into the concerns of many students.

Becoming your Student

Body President is a large undertaking, and I know that I have big shoes to fill. I believe that my past lead-ership experience will help me transition into the role of Student Body President. I am fully committed to learning everything this position entails so that I, and Student Government as a whole, can meet the needs

of the stu-dent body.

So here’s to enjoy-i n g t h e free food i n t h e Brickyard, getting to c l a s s on t ime, mak-ing your student group the m o s t i t can be and

another great year at N.C. State.

Alex Compton is a junior in biological sciences and is currently a candidate for Student Body President.

This column is the sec-ond in a series from stu-dent body president candi-dates. Although the Techni-cian offered each Student Body President candidate an opportunity to write a guest column, only two sub-mitted them by the deadline.

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Are you going to vote in the Student

Government elections? Why or why not?

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“Yes, because as a student thats what I am supposed to do if I want to see anything change.”

John Linkous freshman, political science

“Yes, because I think it is important to vote, especially with all the budget cuts going on lately.”

Lauren Church freshman, political science

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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.

Don’t vote for a candidate, vote for a visionThe FacTs:After two weeks of campaigning, Student Government elections officially opened last night at midnight and will close tonight at 11:59 p.m. According to the N.C. State Student Government website, last year only 18.4 percent of the student body at N.C. State voted.

our opinion:These positions that these candidates are filling are pivotal to getting our voices heard by the University’s staff, administration and even the N.C. State Board of Trustees. If we want our voices to be heard we must educate ourselves on the candidates who will do just that.

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don’t monkey around—vote

Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering

“Yes, because if there is anyone I cared about running in the election, then if I voted for them they’d have a better chance of winning.”

Emily Walshjunior, paper science and engineering

Misinformed Senator wants to be SBP

in yesterday’s voter’s guide in the Technician, a particular candidate, namely Alex Grindstaff, answered the question to creating a new tradition with: “if i could start a tradition, i think it would be interesting to have something like the Olympic Games, on a much smaller scale of course, between each of the colleges. it would involve both campuses, for a day-long event.” Funny enough, this very event was pitched to students last semester by myself and named by another senator “the College Cup.” in the Student Senate we, have been planning this event for months as a way to bring students together and Grindstaff has played absolutely no part in it, even though he has been offered many chances to volunteer. the volunteer planners have worked their butts off on this event and he wants to use this idea as his own without even giving credit to the work they have already put into it.

the least he could have done was used the name we have, the College Cup, for advertisement as i have asked senators to do. But no, instead Grindstaff added a few things to it and used it as his own. After insulting people in Student Government, some of the hardest working people i know, Grindstaff now has the audacity to use other people’s ideas as his own and not come up with anything original. Were this a paper Mr. Grindstaff, it would have been considered plagiarism, and you could likely be packing your bags right now.

i don’t know about you, but i am pretty sure i don’t want someone like this as my student leader. On top of having nothing to do with starting the event, he used the premise as his own idea without giving credit to the people who are planning it. insulting me is fine, but don’t insult those who have given so much time and effort in helping getting this event planned. i think he owes the volunteers for this event a huge apology.

Scott Moorejunior in computer engineering

“Vote for me, you may get free chicken”

After sitting in on the Student Body President forum, i realized a few things. Despite the copyright infringment in the form of campaign advertising, nobody is getting free Bojangles anytime soon. During the forum, i was taken by the redundancy of the responses and the lack of creativity. to be honest, the most gripping part of the night was Snookie’s guest appearance as a timed warning.

Many of the candidates emphasized the importance of Student Government accessibility, and yet, the forum was held in the Student Senate chambers. Not what i would call accessible. On top of that, the rules of the forum were not outlined at the beginning, which caused confusion among candidates. the few people who attended were not allowed to ask questions, which in my opinion, kind of defeated the purpose of having a student audience and a forum to begin with.

  to be honest, i have questions for the candidates. Why, when you campaign on the platform of sustainability, do you print off thousands of flyers and spam campus with campaign sandwich boards? Why do you say that you want to decrease student apathy, but campaigns are almost exclusive in nature?

the candidate that intrigued me most was Alex Grindstaff, he challenged the current practices of student government and emphasized that students come before Student Government on his agenda. i encourage the student body not to vote on name recognition, but instead, to do some research before you vote, you may be surprised at what you find.

 Kelly Coxsophomore in political science

“Yes, because Student Government plays an important role in this campus. It’s important for all students to vote in the election.”

Andy Walshsophomore, political science

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SBP: Alex Comptonget to know your candidates:

This time last year, out of the 33,000 students this campus sees every

day, a mere 5,876 actually went online and casted a completed ballot. Since then, students have complained about budget cuts, poor planning of forums, being late to Centennial cam-pus, lack of event knowledge and so much more. If we want to see solutions to the growing to-do list of Student Govern-ment, we must not only vote, but vote with accuracy.

The offices up for election in-clude the Student Body Presi-dent and Student Senate Presi-dent. These positions, among others, are the leaders of this University for the next aca-demic year. Their roles impact the future direction and vision of the University, which direct-ly correlates to student life on

and off campus.The role of Student Body

President, as stated in the Stu-dent Government Statutes, is to ensure the acts of Student Senate are carried out, to com-municate between the various committees of Student Gov-ernment and above all make sure the student voices are rep-resented. The most important power that lies with the Stu-dent Body President position is their voting membership on the N.C. State Board of Trust-ees. This power is the only voice students have on the Board, and it is highly important the one sitting in the seat can ex-press the views and concerns of the student body. This seat has

the potential to incite major change across campus—when put in the right hands.

Senate President acts as the Vice-President of the student body and must be able to fill in for the President in functions she/he may not be able to at-tend. They must equally know the concerns of the students.

These position of Student Body President pays $4,250 and the Senate President $4,000 for their time comitment through-out the year. This accounts for roughly $343.75 per month for a full-time position. These elected officials must earn this by making a difference on our campus.

The research for these candi-

dates is everywhere: websites, Facebook pages, and the Stu-dent Government website. To gain the most knowledge and receive the most accurate idea for the platform the candidates stand on, we must investigate the facts.

The fact that only 18.4 per-cent of the student body voted in the 2010 spring elections is the prime example of student apathy. However, this apathy does not fall short when the so-called elected officials make decisions the students do not agree with. To prevent deci-sions that cause student up-risings, the solution is simple: find out who the candidates are and most importantly—vote after getting informed. This is one of the few times we have the power to control our future, let’s not waste it.

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Comedy, PBR and some good old-fashioned bromanceBest friends Mike Collins and John Stancil put their special bond on display in YouTube series True Bromance.

Fritz BarnewoltStaff Writer

One student filmmaker, with the help of a few friends, has set out to give viewers a peek in-side the world of his own “bro-mance” with his best friend.

The result is True Bromance, a popular YouTube series created by Mike Collins, a 22-year-old senior in physics.

Collins, or “Loki” as his f r iends call him, is a member of T he t a C h i Fraternity and a part of what he has dubbed a “bromance.” He shares this bond with John Stancil, 23, a musician and DJ.

The whole True Bromance idea was not at all precon-ceived. Collins and Stancil realized that together they are easily able to make others laugh, so one day, late last sum-mer, the duo filmed a short skit that they expected would get a couple views on YouTube and never go any farther. They were

wrong. Their first episode caught the

attention of friend and film-maker Tim Szczesniak, who offered his talents to the True Bromance team. Since then, every episode been filmed, di-rected and edited by Szczesn-iak. Each video takes roughly eight hours to film and then, depending on episode length, a sizable amount of time for editing and proofing.

Currently, there are ten epi-sodes of True Bromance, two of which are behind the scenes, or as they call them, “Behind the Bro” episodes. The epi-

sode content ranges from anything like an afternoon watching television to going a week without the pair’s favor-ite beverage, Pabst Blue Ribbon.

In an ongo-ing theme of overly represent-ing their personal habits, Col-lins and Stancil seem to drink only PBR during each episode.

“PBR certainly is a recurring theme,” Collins said. “We do enjoy PBR, but we greatly am-plify that in the series.”

Collins fondly remembers the filming of his favorite episode of True Bromance, “Regularly Scheduled Brogramming”.

He said that the entire video was completely improvised, and that he and Stancil came up with every skit on the spot. Collins believes that their fans enjoy their improv episodes much more than those that are scripted because it is more natural and genuinely funny.

When asked how to define a “bromance”, Collins had to think for a moment.

“Bromance is about buying a video game just because it has a co-op campaign,” Collins said. “It’s about breaking some guy’s nose because he had the nerve to say something about your friend’s Mohawk.”

Sadly, the next episode of True Bromance isn’t likely to be filmed any time soon. Collins is nearing completion of his Physics degree and is spend-ing all of his free time either studying or tutoring.

Stancil, meanwhile, has been doing a lot of work with his band, Cool Kid Collective, an “acoustic-rock, hip-hop band” for which he plays bass guitar, and Szczesniak has been work-ing non-stop on his upcoming full-length film, Remnants.

True Bromance has a total of 11,560 total views and 90 subscribers on their YouTube channel which is a respectable number, but nowhere near the views garnered by YouTube stars such as sxephil or julian-smith.

These YouTube stars do

shows featuring sketch comedy similar to True Bromance, but they have higher production costs and maybe more impor-tantly, a lot more time to make each video.

Collins and Stancil are un-able to produce daily or weekly videos due to their other ob-ligations. They believe that “blowing up” on YouTube would require a more regular and consistent release schedule.

Current fans of True Bro-

mance agree that Collins and Stancil do have what it takes and make an excellent comedy pairing.

Tiffany Deans, a psychology and social work double major, is one such fan who appreci-ates the extreme nature of the series.

“True Bromance represents the epitome of male relation-ships,” Deans said.

Billy O’Donnnell, a business administration major, said

the series is like “The Office on crack.”

“It’s something I can relate to,”O’Donnell said, “some-thing I can see actually hap-pening around campus.”

You can check out True Bro-mance at www.YouTube.com/TrueBromance.

Photo Courtesy of true BromanCeBest friends Mike Collins, a senior in physics, and John Stancil, a musician and DJ, created a show on a whim one day after deciding that they made a funny comedy team. The show, called True Bromance, follows the misadventures of the two “bros” as they participate in various shenanigans and drink lots of Pabst Blue Ribbon. The show has received a total of 11,560 views on YouTube.

What to

expect at

the theater

in 2011

2011’s movie season promises to be box-office friendly with films for all tastes.

Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer

2010 was a great year for movies. Just take a look at the awards season for the proof. A wide range of films—from box office giants like Inception and Toy Story 3 to independent films like Black Swan—took home some of the most cov-eted awards in the movie in-dustry this past year.

So it should come as no shock that critics and movie lovers are keeping their eyes trained hard on the 2011 sea-son for something good, if not better than 2010.

This year promises to be pretty big. It will see the end of beloved franchises, a slew of “geek” movies and Oscar contenders galore.

Some of the most highly anticipated movies of the year have already come out. Fans of teen sensation Justin Bieber got the chance to see their idol on the big screen in 3D starting in February in Justin Bieber: Never Say Never. Zack Snyder’s pet project, Sucker Punch, hit theaters this past Friday to high box office numbers and low critical approval.

Over the course of this year, people can expect to see a huge number of comic-book films, including Captain America: The First Avenger, Green Lan-tern and Thor. The success of the Spider-Man, Batman and Iron Man movies served as an impetus for the sudden burst of comic-book films on the market. While some critics are anticipating certain films more than others, all three films are probably going to rake in huge numbers at the box office.

In addition to these films, a few “Oscar-worthy” movies

‘Your Highness’ star, director hit campus Danny McBride and David Gordon Green, the star and director of the upcoming comedy Your Highness, hosted a preview screening and Q&A, among other awesomeness.

Rich LeporeArts & Entertainment Editor

Witherspoon Theatre hosted a preview screening of Your Highness last week, followed by a live Q&A with the film’s director, David Gordon Green, and actor Danny McBride. Students were also invited to an autograph signing session in Wolf Plaza earlier that af-ternoon.

Both events drew large crowds as students clamored to meet the creative team behind the HBO series Eastbound and Down, and the 2009 comedy Pineapple Express.

The line for the screening eventually reached all the way down the Witherspoon lobby, along the sidewalk outside, and over to the Student Health Center. Only about half of the waiting students got into the screening, which filled up near-ly an hour before show time.

The atmosphere was electric as the film ended and McBride and Green took the stage to an-swer the audience’s questions about everything from the making of the film to breaking into the movie business.

Technician was invited the following morning to inter-view McBride and Green who offered some behind the scenes info on their new film, as well as their favorite comedies of all time and future career plans.

Technician: What do you want people to know about the movie?

Danny McBride : I want them to know it’s a really funny movie, but it also is bigger than that and I think it’s a big ac-tion/adventure romantic movie that also happens to be really funny.

David Gordon Green: You know, this comes from us hav-ing a passion for sorcery fan-tasy films and everything from Conan the Barbarian to even stuff like Harry Potter. You know, and this is a version of those films where you can see

T&A and swear, you know – everything that all those films are lacking.

Technician: Does Your High-ness make fun of the sword-and-sorcery genre or is it just a funny version of the genre?

DM: I think it’s just a funny version of the genre. When we started this we never really wanted to lampoon the genre or anything we really just wanted to make one of those films. When it came to every-thing from creature designs to the weapons, that was some-thing that we wanted to feel legit and not find jokes in that stuff. We really wanted it to be “of the caliber” of something you would expect from one of these films.

Technician: How did you give the f ilm such an epic scope?

DGG: Yeah, the crew we put together for this movie, I mean it was a second unit director that had done those huge ma-jor big budget action movies so he helped show us how to put all that together. The designer we got from London built these massive sets and picked these landscapes that gave it an epic quality and we shot it in a way that tried to capture the beauty of the locations and the sets.

Technician: What are some

of your favorite comedies? DM: All of my movies are,

of course, on that list (laugh-ing). Outside of those films, everything from Bad News Bears to Goonies, Ferris Buel-ler’s Day Off, Annie Hall. I can’t get enough of comedy. I tend to gravitate towards comedies I grew up on while I was a kid. Those tend to be the ones that resonate the most.

DGG : I would say Blues Brothers is a big one for me, Gravy Train – it’s a 70s movie with Stacy Keach and Tracy

Forrest, it makes me laugh my a** off, I think that’s a really funny movie. Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski are two classics. Any time I need a quick fix I can put those mov-ies in and fast-forward to what makes me giggle.

Technician: What projects are you working on next?

DM: I got a few things that are coming up this year. I’m the bad guy in Kung Fu Panda 2, so that will be out this spring and I had a film last summer

called 30 Minutes or Less. David created and pro-duced a cartoon show for MTV that’s going to come out this fall and I do a voice of a 500-pound lesbian so that will be a lot of fun.

David and I have a pro-duction company called Rough House Pictures and it’s a place where we get a hold on good material and try to turn it into some-thing we would want to get behind.

sarah tudor/teChniCianDanny McBride and director David Gordon Green sit outside the Wolf Plaza signing posters and taking pictures with students on March 22, 2011 promoting their new movie Your Highness. McBride and Green were on campus later that evening for a Q&A with the audience after the preview screening.

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sarah tudor/teChniCianTom Schmitt, a sophomore in biochemistry, waits in line with his friends to meet Danny McBride, star of the new movie Your Highness. “I’ve been waiting here for forty-five minutes, we would also wait for Natalie Portman, we were very upset that she didn’t come,” Schmitt said. UAB put on this event including a preview screening of the movie in the student cinema.

“Bromance is

about buying a

video game just

because it has a

co-op campaign.”Mike Collins, senior in physics

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are slated for release this year including The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, an adaptation of the first in the popular Swedish book series by Stieg Larrson. Dragon Tattoo is directed by David Fincher (director of The Social Network) and will star Daniel Craig (Casino Royale) as journa l-i s t M i k ae l Blomkvist and Rooney Mara (The So-cial Network) as the genius hacker Lis-beth Saland-er. The role of Salander was one of the most sought after roles for young actresses before being snatched up by Mara.

Another film that is already on critics’ Oscar list is Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the critically acclaimed play, War

Horse, which is an adaptation of a children’s novel of the same name. The story is about the bond between a boy and his horse and the painful jour-ney the horse takes through World War I. This and The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, which will also be released later this year, are the first films since 2008 Spielberg has directed.

This year will also see the highest num-ber of sequels a nd t h i rd , four th and fifth films in movie series in h i s tor y. These include the final Har-ry Potter film, the first part of Breaking

Dawn (the last in the Twilight books), a fourth Pirates of the Caribbean film and Sherlock Holmes 2.

Many critics are hesitantly anticipating Pirates of the Ca-ribbean: On Stranger Tides

which will incorporate plot elements from the novel, On Stranger Tides, by Tim Powers. This is mainly due to the lack of enthusiasm for the last Pirates film; however, they remain optimistic because of the new characters being introduced.

“I’m looking forward to Pi-rates because it looks really awesome and it looks like it has better characters,” Mary Bur-key, a senior in physics, said.

Probably the most anticipat-ed movie of 2011 is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, not only because it looks to be a good film, but because it is the end of a franchise that has been going for over 10 years.

When asked what movies they were most looking for-ward to this year, students im-mediately replied with “Harry Potter,” including Harry Bar-bee, a sophomore in political science, and Jessica Badger, a freshman in mathematics.

Some students are torn over whether or not they want the final Harry Potter film to come out as it will mean the end of

the series.“I’m dreading Harry Potter

because it’s the very last one,” Burkey said.

Some students aren’t quite sure if this season of sequels will succeed, mainly because sequels have track record of being inferior to their prede-cessors.

“Typically sequels don’t re-ally live up to the original mov-ie,” Barbee said. “In the case of Harry Potter, people are stoked about it.”

“Same with Twilight,” Badger

added.As far as other movies they

are anticipating, many stu-dents don’t keep up with fu-ture releases, choosing instead to wait until the release date draws near before getting ex-cited about a film. Christopher LaGant, a sophomore in engi-neering, is in this category.

“I’ll wait to see what is out in theaters before I anticipate a movie,” LaGant said, “because there’s none that I’m so excited to know about months ahead of time,”

“I don’t really know what else is coming out,” Barbee said.

Overall, 2011 looks to have a wide range of films for any and all tastes. And hopefully it will meet the standard set by 2010 as being a great year for the art of motion pictures.

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Pokemon fever spreads since release of ‘Black’ and ‘White’Thirteen years after the series’ first release, Pokemon’s popularity remains strong among fans.

Jordan AlsaqaSenior Staff Writer

The newest entries in the Pokemon series, Pokemon: Black Version and Pokemon: White Version, were re-leased earlier this month. Not includ-ing spin-offs, Black and White are the 17th and 18th individual games in the main series, and introduce the fifth generation of new Pokemon species.

The series, which exploded to life in one of the largest cultural

fads of the late ‘90s, has continued to thrive, with suc-cessful anime and card game

tie-ins that are still around today.

However, t he games are st i l l

the main focus of the franchise, and the popularity of the RPG series has

spread far beyond its initial child market. Fans of the

original game have grown up, and 13 years after the Red and Blue Versions arrived, they are showing their love for the series.

Jon Edwards, a sophomore in creative writing, said his interest in the series has always come partially from its co-operative and competitive nature.

“It’s the social aspect of it,” Edwards said. “Everyone else has the game, and it’s cool to try out different team com-binations when battling with friends.”

Some critics have bashed the series for the minimal number of advancements made from one game in the series to the next, but fans often argue that the simplistic gameplay is part of Pokemon’s charm and accessibility.

Edwards said the strength of the Pokemon series is its ability to always be on the move forward, even if it is a slow march.

“The series always takes far more steps forwards than it does backwards,”

Edwards said. “It helps that it started with a strong foundation.”

Taylor Bundy, a junior in creative writing, said that Black and White man-aged to perfectly present the best aspects of the se-ries to new fans.

“They’ve done a pretty good job of whipping peo-ple into a fervor,” Bundy said. “It’s completely ac-cessible for new fans. The story especially is great for new people, as well as longtime fans.”

Black and White’s narrative has been receiving a great deal of praise from the enthusiast gaming press. Though the main focus of the game is still to train a team of Pokemon, beat eight gym lead-ers and become the Pokemon Cham-pion, the events that transpire along the way bring a new level of philosophical consideration to the series.

The antagonist in both Black and White is the villainous Team Plasma. However, instead of simply wanting to take over the world, the team’s leader, N, is trying to create a world where Pokemon aren’t forced to fight for the amusement of humans.

Kelsey Northup, a junior in English, said the questions Team Plasma’s mo-tives raise are ones fans will be left considering after the end of their ad-venture.

“Team Plasma is not the villainous team we wanted or expected,” Northup said, “but it’s the one we deserve.”

Beyond just the higher quality sto-rytelling, the games have been stream-lined, allowing for a much smoother gameplay experience than before.

“ I ’ m g l a d they fused the PokeMart and the PokeCenter into one build-ing,” Northup said. “It makes finding the place a much easier process when you get to a new city.”

Other examples of the streamlined gameplay include more doctors to heal your party in the wild, as well as the ability to trade Pokemon at any time. Another new feature is the introduction of Triple and Rotation Battles into the game mechanics.

The plethora of new and refined fea-tures in Pokemon Black and Pokemon White have convinced many that the series still has a lot left to offer long-time fans and new players alike.

“It’s the first Poke-mon game I’ve pl aye d ,” E d-w a rd s s a i d , “that’s been able to stand alone as its own game, rather than just another entry in the franchise.”

What’s NeW:• 156 new species of pokemon for

players to catch and train.

• the members ofteam plasma, who seek to free all pokemon from their trainers.

• a new season system, allowing for different pokemon to be found at different times of the year.

• the introduction of triple and rotation Battles, allowing for 3-on-3 combat.

• the poke transfer, which allows players to obtain their pokemon from older games.

• the entralink, which allows for multiplayer missions to be completed by two trainers.

• the pokemon dream World, an online service where older generation pokemon can be caught.

Source: GamefaqS.com

courteSy of warner broS.Voldemort accosts Harry Potter in the forthcoming Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. The film, which will conclude the Harry Potter saga, is much anticipated among students.

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it’s the one we deserve.”KelseyNorthup,juniorinEnglish

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43-13 record and a trip to the NJCAA World Series in 2010. Despite an early exit from the double-elimination World Se-ries, Williams finished the year with an impressive .348 average with 11 doubles, 11 home runs, 45 RBI and 10 steals.

Needless to say, Williams has enjoyed his first season playing with the Pack and said playing in front of large crowds has been exciting, especially com-pared to the attendances for his junior college games.

“It’s been awesome,” Wil-liams said. “There’s so much excitement and the level of competition is great. It’s fun to play in front of so many people every game.”

Williams has carried his

five-tool skills over from Pitt CC and made it easier for fans to forget Wilson. Able to hit for power and average, as well as possessing speed and a good glove in centerfield, Williams is the epitome of a five-tool player, just as Wilson was a year ago.

Catcher Pratt Maynard, who played two seasons with Wil-son, said Williams has the abil-ity to contribute in every way possible.

“[Williams] can do it all,” Maynard said. “Hitting, base running, fielding; there’s not much he can’t do and will only get better the more he gets ad-justed.”

Entering the series against Clemson this past weekend, Williams had recorded only four hits in 20 at-bats. But the junior appears as though he is getting adjusted to ACC pitch-ing, going 4-10 at the plate,

including a triple, double and two RBI in the Pack’s three-game series against the Tigers.

With the Wolfpack (14-11 overall, 3-6 ACC) strug-gling to replace the offen-sive voids left by Dallas and Drew Polk, Williams has done his job replacing Wilson’s production and the Pack can only hope his progression continues if it hopes to repeat last year’s run to the ACC title game.

some of their dues.”With the addition of multiple

game and practice squads in the fall, the team has figured out its chemistry both on and off the field.

“The team bonding and rela-tionships have grown,” Drum-mond said. “We are working together better and high at-tendance just means more possibility for success.”

With a majority of the squad consisting of freshman and sophomores, it can be considered a relatively young team; but with the guidance of some of the veteran players like Drummond and Sparr, the team can only continue improving.

“A lot of the new girls are picking up the game quickly,” Drummond said. “From all the participation and skill im-provements, we have seen a lot of positive outcome.”

This spring season the Wolf-pack women have had four games, two home and two away. Although the team fell to opponents for all four games, there has been major improve-ment. Final scores have begun to get closer and games tend to have a much more exciting edge to them compared to past seasons, such as the close 12-8

loss to Duke this spring.“I am so proud of every-

thing the girls have done this year,” Sparr said. “On Sunday, we beat UNC on the specifics like interceptions and other statistics. We have been very strong in fundamentals this year, so not receiving a ‘W’ on the score sheet it less important to us than beating them across the board.”

The team has an exciting schedule lined up for the season as they take on Elon at 1p.m. this Saturday April 3rd. Fol-lowing that the team will be traveling to for a tournament weekend in Wilmington the second weekend of April where

the Pack will have the oppor-tunity to go up against some of the home state talent as it goes up against Appalachian State, Elon and UNCC.

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lacrosse continued from page 8

williamscontinued from page 8

Contributed by Club laCrosseKatie Wojdyla, a senior in zoology, advances up the field with the ball while Emily Ross, a freshman in biological sciences, runs ahead of her.

so that really helped. She’s a mental kid.”

“She came in as an engineer, so I tease them because they think too much. We really worked on her staying positive and believing in what she can

do. She’s such a strong person and when she gets a hold of it, it goes a long way,” Navas said.

As much as Wells learned during her season behind the camera, she is not planning on returning to videography any time soon.

“It is nice to be out of there,” Wells said. “It is so nice. It is frustrating at first, especially

because of at first my mul-tiple knee surgeries, and then you are finally back out there and you feel liberated. You kind of get sick of the camera after a while.”

wells continued from page 8

club lacrosse contact info:To join the club, e-mail the club contact for more information.Club Contact: Courtney Drummond, cmdrummo@ncsu.edu

sourCe:: Campus reC

Addition of more than 20 girls allows for better year.

Sean EgeStaff Writer

The spring-like weather and the greening of Miller fields could only mean that the wom-en’s lacrosse spring season is in full effect, and they are doing better than in the past couple of seasons.

The women’s lacrosse team has raised their roster numbers almost three-fo ld s i nc e spring 2010. T h e c l u b t e a m s c o -presidents, Courtney Drummond and Courtney Sparr, have put their hard work together to create a team that has been better than ever for the past few seasons.

“We have at least 25 girls at every game and 20 girls at each practice,” Courtney Drummond, a junior in civil engineering said. “We are now able to host practice no matter if it’s rain or shine due to high participation.”

The team has always had girls coming out to practices and games, however the lack of three or four girls to complete a full squad seemed to bring morale and hopes down for

the girls. A regulation lacrosse squad requires twelve players on the field, which is something the team lacked in the past. The team would continuously have to forfeit their games last year and borrow a few opposing players just to scrimmage.

The fact that lacrosse is a fa-vored sport in the north more than it is in the south explains one of the reasons for low out-comes. It is not that the team cannot find decent, skilled players, just that it’s difficult

to find girls to commit to the team and play.

Nonethe-less the team leaders mas-tered the right ways of re-cruiting new players on to t he squad. Following up to the meth-ods of an old teammate w h o b o t h

played and coached, both Drummond and Sparr, who have been a part of the women’s lacrosse team since freshman year, had a few new ideas when it came to rules and goals for the new squads.

“Coming to games and prac-tices is a requirement of the la-dies,” Sparr, a junior in biologi-cal engineering, said. “We put in incentives and rewards for attendance, even giving back

After serving as videographer during redshirt year, Bethany Wells is reaping benefits of her work.

Taylor Barbour & Jenice Jamison Sports Editor and Senior Staff Writer

Once the playing careers of collegiate and profes-sional athletes are over, many players attempt to continue their involvement in the game by turning their attention to coaching or the production of the game from the media side: com-mentat-ing, ana-lyzing and video tap-ing games. However, few play-ers have t he op -portunity junior outfielder and des-ignated hitter Bethaney Wells had the ability to do both during their playing careers.

After a tough freshman season in which she only hit .140, Wells was look-ing to bounce back in her

sophomore season last year, but multiple knee injuries prevent-ed that chance and forced Wells to redshirt the entire year.

Instead of sulking because she couldn’t play, Wells and her coach, Lisa Navas, came up with a plan for Wells to con-tinue to be a part of the team and contribute by becoming the team manager and vid-eographer for the 2010 season.

“She did what our man-ager’s doing this year,” Navas said. “She counted all of the pitches off of the video, saw where pitches were going and how people were doing some things.”

Wells notes that at first the idea of just shooting the games

and not play-i ng wa sn’t something she was really interested in.

“[Navas] talked to me about red-shirting, and initially I did not want to do it at all,” Wel ls sa id. “But, in the grand scheme of things, it was the best t h i ng t hat

could have happened.” “At the time I was in comput-

er engineering. So, she was like, ‘You are this smart, technologi-cally advanced kid, so we are going to give you a computer and camera and tell you to go

for it.’ ”Wells took over the videog-

rapher duties, becoming more of a coach than a player, by helping go over film with her teammates after games.

“We watched video a lot and for me I would sit down with people because no one knew how to work the equipment, so we would sit down and watch games together, talk through at bats and I would do it for my-self a lot too,” Wells said. “And now, I just think back to all of the things I picked up on.”

Wells credits that valuable

coaching experience with helping her bounce back and become one of the top hitters in the ACC this season. The junior is currently third on the team in batting average and ranks in the top-20 in the ACC in the same category, hitting at .342 in the season. She has also posted career highs in hits and home runs only halfway through the season.

“You learn a lot when you sit out,” Wells said. “She had me doing different jobs with cam-eras and videos. It’s amazing what you can learn from watch-

ing the game. Just be aggressive early in the count, that’s what I learned from that.“

Also, both Navas and Wells believe she has stepped into a leadership role this past season, and her enrollment in the Col-lege of Engineering has helped her on the field.

“She did a lot of computer work and everything else, and that really helped our hitters talking to them,” Navas said. “She saw when they were at bats if they were pulling out,

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Softball

Wells ditches video camera for softball bat

alex sanchez/Technician File phoToJunior outfielder bethaney Wells prepares to swing at a pitch during the second game of a double header against UNCG at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail field March 23. State won the game 8-0 in five innings.

“It’s amazing what

you can learn

from watching

the game. Just be

aggressive early in

the count, that’s

what I learned...”junior outfielder Bethaney Wells

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BrenT kiTchen/Technician File phoToJunior center fielder brett Williams swings at a pitch against elon at Doak field feb. 20. Williams went 0-3 on the day as the Pack lost to the eagles 4-2.

One JUCO transfer to anotherPitt CC transfer Brett Williams filling Kyle Wilson’s shoes in center field.

Tucker FrazierSenior Staff Writer

Over the past few seasons, Division-I baseball has wit-nessed a growing trend of community college trans-fers joining big-time pro-grams after spending a year or two refining their skills at the junior college level. N.C. State has not missed out on the national trend either, especially when it comes to finding elite junior college centerfielders.

Junior Brett Williams, a Pitt Community College transfer, has filled the large

void in center field left by the graduation of Kyle Wilson, a Hill (Texas) Junior College transfer. Wilson played two seasons with the Wolfpack and finished his senior cam-paign with a team-high .368 batting average, seven home runs and 34 RBI, earning him a 2010 second-team All-ACC selection.

The departure of Wilson left big shoes to fill, but Williams has proved more than capable of stepping in without a drop-off. Through the Pack’s first 25 games, Williams has started 24 contests and sports a .313 av-erage, third-best on the team. The New Bern native has also shown some pop in his bat as he is tied for the team lead in home runs (two) and extra base hits (nine).

While he has made the tran-

sition from junior college to Division-I look seam-less, Williams admitted that getting accustomed to the speed of the game was the biggest change.

“The overall speed of the game was the hardest part to get used to,” Williams said. “The pitchers are throwing harder and they all have better stuff. Ev-erybody’s a little bit bigger, faster and stronger, so the speed of the game has been the biggest transition.”

Williams dominated on the junior college level un-der coach Tommy Eason at Pitt CC. Having already signed to play for State in his sophomore season, Wil-liams led the Bulldogs to a

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Women’s lacrosse team finally ‘sticks it’

ClUb SPortS

“From all the

participation

and skill

improvements, we

have seen a lot of

positive outcome.”Co-president Courtney

Drummond

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Mazzoni named ACC Pitcher of the WeekJunior starting pitcher Cory Mazzoni was named the Co-Acc Pitcher of the Week by the Atlantic Coast Conference for his performance Friday against the Clemson Tigers. Mazzoni helped to lead State to a 6-0 victory over the No. 15 ranked Tigers by throwing a complete game four-hit shutout. During the game against Clemson, Mazzoni retired 16 straight Tigers hitters, and 20 of the next 21. Mazzoni moved to 2-2 on the season, while the complete game was the second of his career.

source: n.c. sTaTe aThleTics

Men’s golf in sixth after second roundThe men’s golf team is in sixth place a The Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate at Awendaw, S.C. after thr end of the second round of action. Leading the way for the Pack is sophomore Mitchell Sutton, who is in a tie for forth place after shooting a 1-over 72. Freshman Albin Choi played himself back in to contention as he shot a 66 Monday after an opening round of 75, putting him in a tie for 10th place. Junior Chad Day, senior Brandon Detweiler and junior Mark McMillen round out State’s field, as the three players are currently in a T-22nd, 55th and T-62nd respectively.

source: n.c. sTaTe aThleTics

acc BaseBall standings ATLANTIC DIVISION

SCHOOL CONF. OVERALL

FSU 6-3 18-6

CU 4-5 13-9

BC 4-5 10-11

NCSU 3-6 14-11

WF 3-6 8-15

UMD 1-8 11-13

COASTAL DIVISION

SCHOOL CONF. OVERALL

GT 9-0 21-4

VA 8-1 24-2

UNC 7-2 23-3

Miami 6-3 14-11

Duke 2-7 15-11

VT 1-8 14-12

source: n.c. sTaTe aThleTics

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WednesdaySoFTBAll @ eAST CAroliNAGreenville, N.C., 4 p.m.

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