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Small explosion stirs College of Veterinary MedicineA tiny blast at the Vet School caused one building evacuation Wednesday morning.

Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor

A beaker not venting properly caused the Small Animal Hospital at the College of Veterinary Medicine to be evacuated for a brief time Wednes-day morning.

According to Keith Nichols, the di-rector of news and communications for the University, the Small Animal Hospital was evacuated for about 15 minutes after the beaker exploded, at about 10 a.m. The building was evacuated only as a precaution.

According to David Green, the di-rector of college communications for CVM, there was no fire and no con-tamination.

“Two people were working in a lab,” Green said. “One is a student and one is a lab technician. They were heat-ing a beaker that is supposed to vent automatically. For some reason, the beaker wasn’t venting properly. Be-cause of this, the beaker, for lack of a better word, exploded. When it did, smoke was generated, causing the fire alarm to go off and the building to be evacuated.”

As is standard procedure, a hazard-ous materials team was called in to inspect the facility.

“A HazMat team is called in anytime there is an alarm for a laboratory,” Green said. “The HazMat team did inspect the room and did not find any contamination issues.”

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Students will vote next week on which gift to work towards.

Joanna BanegasSenior Staff Writer

The class of 2011 Senior Class Com-mittee has decided on the top five op-tions for this year’s class gift.

Kristy Craig, senior class president and a senior in political science, said the Senior Class Committee selected five options for the class gift.

“We started off with about 20 op-tions altogether,” Craig said. “When we took it to the council, we had 15 options and from there we voted on their top five options.”

The senior class gif t options are: granite stairs leading to the Me-morial Tower; purchase of a Jim Val-vano bust and landscaping upgrades for the Coaches’ Corner Memorial Garden; an entryway renovation for Dan Allen Drive at Hillsborough Street; an artwork or statue in the plaza next to D.H. Hill Library; or a “You Choose” option.

“It’s up to the senior class at large as to what gift we will be working to-ward,” said Craig.

Craig said her main goal was for se-

niors to have great options to choose from.

“I am really happy with the five op-tions that we have, especially seeing how I got to work with seniors as well as the administration to trying to find things that would fit the need of stu-dents while also being beneficial to the university,” Craig said.

Walid Nazari, a senior in biochemis-try, said he wants to vote for the Jimmy V bust.

“We did such a big thing for Kay Yow,” Craig said. “I think that would be the best gift for our senior class be-cause he also had cancer and should have some kind of memory from our senior class.”

Mario Mirando, a senior in microbi-ology, said he would want to renovate the entryway for Dan Allen Drive at Hillsborough Street and fix the Uni-versity’s sign.

“It’s the first thing people see who are not on campus all the time and when they are driving on Hillsbor-ough Street,” Mirando said. “It’s so dull, plain and small.”

Mirando said N. C. State needs a new sign for the betterment and re-

Seniors to vote on 2011 class gift next week

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Business owners on Hillsborough Street are warning students to be careful where they park, especially if they’re parking behind specific eateries.

Brooke WalligStaff Writer

Local businesses are warning students to steer clear of the parking lot on the corner of Chamberlain and Hillsborough streets if they don’t plan on immediately visiting the adjacent businesses.

The lot, which is shared by Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches, GoPaks Bazaar, I Love New York Pizza and Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robbins, provides free parking to all custom-ers and employees of the businesses in the building. Carolina Auto Recovery Specialists tows all other vehicles from the lot.

The Raleigh Police Department’s towing logs indicate that at least 650 cars have been towed from the lot by Carolina Auto, which operated under the name Atlantic Coast Tow-ing and Recovery from February 2008 until November 2009. By comparison, the other hot spots on the logs, the parking lots of Za-xby’s and Sylvia’s Pizza, had around 464 and 118 cars towed, respectively, in the same time period.

However, Chandan Kumar, manager of GoPaks Bazaar, said the reason for towing has morphed into a chance to turn a profit rather than to keep the lot clear for customers.

“If somebody comes in our store, or any of these businesses, they don’t get their car towed,” Kumar said. “But if they leave the property or go somewhere else, across the street even, the towing company will tow your

car right away. They don’t even come inside and ask me anything about it. They have their own people sitting in the parking lot watching people to see where they are going after they park their car.”

Travis Denton, president of Carolina Auto Recovery Specialists, said Jimmy John’s fran-chise owner Dan Mall contracted with him about a year ago to tow in the lot, but he denies hiring those “spotters,” claiming that they are “a rumor stirred up by the WRAL article last year.” Although Denton said the business owners call in the towing company, Mall said he hired the towing company to control the lot independently.

But aside from Kumar, others who live and work along Hillsborough Street, including Eddie Johnson, one of Mall’s employees, told the Technician they have seen spotters watch-ing for illegally parked cars.

Johnson, who has been a driver for this par-ticular Jimmy John’s for less than two years, said he likes the towing policy because it ensures there are enough spaces for delivery drivers.

“The spotters watch everyone. They even tow our own people if they come back and park after their shift is done,” Johnson said. “They know when people work and what they drive. For everyone else, the signs are out there and they’re clear. If you can’t read when you are coming in to park, then that’s not our problem.”

Mall also said the policy is clear.“We need to tow cars that aren’t supposed

to be there to make room for our customers,” Mall said. “If you leave the property for any reason, you will be towed.”

Other business owners in the area are not

JONATHAN MILLNER/TECHNICIANParliamentarian Jonathon Smith, a sophomore in agricultural education, challenges the issues that were brought before the Student Senate Wednesday night.

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Lots of seats re-elected and freshmen senators were taken in amidst senate advisors fighting.

Shivalik DagaStaff Writer

The 90th session on the University’s Student Senate saw as many as four Senate officer posts being contested, along with appointments of the re-cently elected freshmen senators and other student government officials.

Nevin Kessler, vice chancellor of University advancement, started the proceedings by speaking on the im-portance of having a strong alumni association and the University’s on-going efforts to bring alumni back to campus in ever greater numbers.

The University currently receives $500 million in endowments, which works out to roughly $14,000 per stu-dent. Kessler spoke of the alumni’s importance in growing this resource and urged freshmen senators to en-gage more actively in campus life.

N.C. State has 177,000 living alumni, a largely untapped resource. Kessler said he emphasized the seriousness of this issue and reiterated the fact that endowment for the University was considerably less when compared to other land-grant institutions.

“A long-lasting relationship with your alma mater can be an enriching experience,” Kessler said.

This was followed by an election for the appointment of Matthew Tucker for the College of Natural Resources seat. Because of Tucker’s absence, the seat remains empty.

This was followed by the Senate

reading legislations and referring them to their respective committee. The Tuition and Fee Recommenda-tion Act was referred to the Tuition Committee. The Tuition Committee will be hosting a meeting with the chancellor Wednesday.

An important bill discussed was the Surplus Bill, in which the Student Government proposed to disburse the 2009-2010 budget surplus, amount-ing to $39,884, to the Appropriations Committee. It was proposed that 60 percent of the surplus would be used for the fall semester and the remaining 40 percent in the spring.

The 13 recently elected freshmen

senators were installed into office.The Senate meeting also consist-

ed of the election of four Senate of-ficers. Elections were held included the Senate President Pro Tempore, Senate Secretary, Legislative Sec-retary and the Sergeant-at-Arms.

Election for the Senate President Pro Tempore seat saw both con-testants, John Tucker and Ethan Harrelson, being thoroughly ques-tioned by the Senate. This was followed by intense discussion after they left the room. Eventu-ally, Ethan Harrelson was elected

New Senate officers installed

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ACCESS 2007 LEVEL 29 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.McKimmon Center

UNDERGRADUATE ON-CAMPUS TRANSFERS INFORMATION SESSION9 a.m. to 10 a.m.2403 Nelson Hall

SMART-SHOP SERIES WORKSHOP: GOAL SETTING1 p.m. to 2 p.m.Talley Student Center, Blue Room

RELIGIOUS STUDIES SEMINAR4:30 p.m.Withers Hall

MOVIE: IRON MAN 27 p.m. to 9:10 p.m.Witherspoon Cinema

EVENING WITH SCOTT SUTTON: STORIES FROM DARFUR7:30 p.m.Talley Student Center, Room 3118

MOVIE: IRON MAN 29:30 p.m. to 11:45 p.m.Witherspoon Cinema

Ongoing Events

“IN SEARCH OF A STATE TREASURE”Start DayThe Crafts Center, Street Gallery

THE 2ND PINHOLE CAMERA CHALLENGEAll DayThe Crafts Center

“QUILTING IS ART” EXHIBITIONAll DayThe Crafts Center

DELTA FALL WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS REGISTRATION NOW OPENAll DayITTC Labs in DH Hill Library

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POLICE BLOTTERSept 1812:21 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLECarter-Finley Stadium Officer observed five non-students setting off fireworks in parking lots. Subjects were advised of University policy and complied to leave the area.

12:29 A.M. | ASSAULT Avent Ferry Complex Student reported being assaulted by another student. Subject was arrested for Assault on a Female.

Concerned Behavior Report completed and appropriate personnel notified.

12:39 A.M. | NOISE DISTURBANCE Western Manor Apartments Report of loud music. Officers checked the area but did not locate any problems.

2:01 A.M. | ALCOHOL VIOLATIONDan Allen Drive Student ran from police when encountered for possessing alcohol. Subject was located and arrested for Resist, Obstruct, and Delay and for Underage Alcohol.

Two students were referred for NCSU Policy Violations.

6:04 A.M. | DISORDERLY CONDUCT Bragaw Hall Report of subjects knocking on doors. Officer did not locate anyone.

6:46 A.M. | LARCENYMemorial Bell Tower Staff member reported unknown subject(s) had removed N.C. State flag from flagpole.

9:27 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTStudent Health Center Student was transported to

hospital for medical assistance.

11:20 P.M. | ILLEGALLY PARKED VEHICLEHillsborough Building Lot Officer issued parking ticket to illegally parked vehicle.

2:24 P.M. | FIREMedlin Fields Units responded to small mulch fire. Fire was extinguished and appropriate personnel notified.

2:42 P.M. | FIRENorth Hall Units responded to small mulch fire. Appropriate personnel notified.

4:06 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Engineering Building III Units responded to alarm caused by contractors. System reset.

8:01 P.M. | LARCENYWithers Hall Student report bicycle stolen.

8:28 P.M. | CHECK PERSONNorth Hall Report of subject sleeping under tree near building. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.

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The chemistry between us

Daniel Wolski, a freshman in First Year College, and Travis Rivord, a freshman in aerospace engineering, work together in Chem Lab, on Lab #4: Qualitative Analysis. Wolski and Ricord lower test tubes filled with a mix-ture of Lead, Mercury and Silver, into a beaker of boiling water and record their observations, on Wednesday.

PHOTO BY LEE DANIELLO

IN THE KNOW NCSU chapter of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars awarded Bronze STAR Status at NSCS’ 2010 Leadership Summit

The National Society of Col-legiate Scholars is an honors organization for high-achiev-ing freshmen and sophomores with more than 240 student-run chapters at universities across the country. STAR status achieved by the follow-ing factors, chapter program success, community service, member engagement and on-campus involvement.

NSCS chapters can attain one of four STAR award lev-els bronze, silver, gold and

platinum. Each level is de-termined based on the quan-tity and quality of events a chapter holds throughout the year. For the NSCS chapter on North Carolina State Uni-versity campus, the reward of attaining bronze STAR status is second only to the impact it has had on the community and the bonds it has strengthened between members.

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Pi Alpha Xi Plant Sale

On Saturday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Pi Alpha Xi, the hor-ticulture honorary fraternity, will be holding a plant sale at the J.C. Raulston Arboretum.

Each year, the Iota Chap-ter holds two plant sales, one in spring and one in fall. The

proceeds from these sales are donated to local non-profit or-ganizations to promote horti-culture.

Lists of available plants for sale will be updated on their website, but there will not be a finalized version until the day before the sale. Previous plant lists give an idea of what might be available. Cash and checks are acceptable forms of pay-ment at the sale. Credit cards are not allowed.Week, will go from 5 p.m. until 10 p.m.

Little Brother, a North Caro-lina-based hip-hop group, will open for Boyz II Men, along with Who’s Bad, a Michael Jackson tribute band.

Tickets are $25 for the gen-eral public ($30 for the day of the show), $10 for University faculty and staff, and free for students with a current ID.

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Green said the explosion was small and did not damage the facility.

“It wasn’t really an explo-sion,” Green said. “The bea-ker shattered while it was being heated. The student suffered non-life threatening injuries but was taken to the hospital for care.”

Capt. Jon Barnwell, patrol di-vision commander with Cam-pus Police, said the lab was the only area affected by the explo-sion of the beaker.

“No other area outside of the lab was affected by the in-cident,” Barnwell said.

Barnwell said the female graduate student was heating

the beaker when it shat-tered.

“Shards of glass cut the student’s face,” Barnwell said. “The injuries were not life- threatening, but she was transported to the hospital for treatment.”

Green said there was no disruption to business at the Vet School, and it is not an unusual occurrence for smoke detectors to go off at the Vet School.

“This happens quite a bit,” Green said. “Anytime there is any smoke, the fire alarms go off to evacuate the building. I didn’t even realize anything was going on until the building had been evacuated, and even then, it wasn’t a big thing.”

organization of the University.“My class gift to the Univer-

sity will be fixing the Dan Al-len entryway, and I think that is a more visible option then the other class gift options,” Mirando said.

Craig said, “Voting is a huge thing for us because we want as many seniors as we can get. I feel like all five options that we have is a way for the senior class to give back in a meaningful way and still have something we can come back to after we graduated and be proud of.”

Seniors are going to vote Monday and Tuesday to de-cide which gift they will work toward.

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POSSIBLE SENIOR CLASS GIFTS:Stairs leading to the Memorial Tower: The class would fund a granite staircase leading to the University landmark on Hillsborough Street. Purchase of a Jim Valvano bust and landscaping upgrades for the Coaches’ Corner Memorial Garden: The class would purchase the Jim Valvano sculpture and fund the needed landscape upgrades for the garden’s expansion. Entryway renovation for Dan Allen Drive at Hillsborough Street: The class would work with the University to help fund the new gateway at Dan Allen Drive and Hillsborough Street. The gateway will look similar to the new gateways near Memorial Tower and the entrances to Centennial Campus. Artwork or statue in the plaza next to D.H. Hill Library: Class would collaborate with N.C. State architects to design artwork or a statue to be displayed next to D.H. Hill, in the area between Hillsborough Street and the Brickyard’s main entrance. You Choose: Seniors could opt to give a cash gift to support their favorite college or program. All gifts from the senior class would be counted toward the Senior Class Gift.

SOURCE: KRISTY CRAIG, SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT

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pleased with the policy.Mike Ritchey is the owner of

Global Village Organic Coffee, which sits a block away in an-other parking lot. Ritchey said towing on Hillsborough Street at all is simply a hassle, and one of the biggest issues with the towing practices of these busi-nesses is they tow their own patrons.

“If the spotters see people walk in any other direction than into either the conve-nience store or one of the oth-er shops, they automatically call the tow trucks on them,” Ritchey said. “But on more than one instance somebody has, for example, gone to the bookstore to get a book and then gone to New York Pizza to buy lunch, and then come out to find that their car has been towed because they did not go immediately into New York Pizza.”

However, towing companies aren’t solely targeting students, which is why Raleigh Mayor Charles Meeker said he sug-gests it may be time to put the issue of predatory towing be-fore the City Council.

It wouldn’t be the first time.The Council last revised its

“improper towing” ordinance in 2008. It said a towing com-pany cannot legally tow away a car if the owner returns to their vehicle while the tow truck is still in the lot, with the under-standing that the owner will move the vehicle in question. The ordinance also states a

towing company can charge a maximum of $100 for towing a car.

“[Towing] is a very marginal business and predatory towing is a very bad practice. I know that businesses are concerned but there has to be another way to regulate their parking lots,” Meeker said. “They shouldn’t use these types of companies.”

According to the Better Busi-ness Bureau, an organization that rates business quality, Car-olina Auto Recovery Special-ists holds an “F” rating. These ratings are based on various factors, including longevity of the business and the number of complaints. Carolina Auto Re-covery Specialists’ rating stems from their lack of cooperation

with the Better Business Bu-reau to furnish basic company information, which would be available online to the public.

By comparison, Ace Towing and Recovery, the company used by many other business-es on Hillsborough Street, like Zaxby’s, has an “A” rating.

Mall said he worked with the police department to find a “reputable business” with “reputable business practices.”

Although Raleigh Police spokesperson Jim Sughrue said it is unusual for the Raleigh Police Department to provide referrals, but it may have pro-vided Mall with a list of local towing companies.

Several business owners and managers on Hillsborough

Street said they agree this is not the way to deal with the abuse of the lot by drivers. At the very least, they said they’d like for the tow company to wait 15 to 20 minutes to see if the drivers come back before towing their cars, since the excessive towing is scaring away customers.

“There is plenty of parking if you are patient, but when peo-ple have a bad experience with the parking on Hillsborough Street, they will go tell 100 people,” Ritchey said. “People don’t necessarily tell anyone if they have a good experience. And yes, we’ve seen a decrease in business.”

News Editor Nathan Hardin contributed to this story.

LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANAn unauthorized and illegally parked vehicles sign in the parking lot behind the building where Jimmy John’s, I Love New York Pizza, GoPaks Bazaar and Dunkin Dounts/Baskin Robbins are located. Several business owners warn students to be careful parking in this lot if they are not going to any of these businesses.

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the new Senate President Pro Tempore

Lauren Irwin and Rebekah Jewell ran for the Senate Sec-retary. The Senate questioned them on everything ranging from the number of credit hours they were taking to the number of other organizations on which they held important, official posts. The discussion that followed saw similar lob-bying by various groups in the senate as for the Senate Presi-dent Pro Tempore election. In the end, Irwin retained her po-sition as the Senate Secretary.

The Legislative Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms elections

were decided almost imme-diately with Caroline Yopp and Teresa Heath retaining their current positions.

Senate President Stephen Kouba agreed to hear the general arguments and comments of Senate mem-bers after the elections.

Yopp said she suggested the Senate elections might have been inf luenced on belonging to a fraternity or sorority.

“Let me bring the ele-phant in the room out into the open. The elections should not be decided on whether you are a Greek or not, and whether you share fraternities with the Senate members or not,” Yopp said.

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prepa re for it. In college, one important skill we learn is how to take on the rest of our lives both professionally and otherwise.

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At these career fairs, po-tential employers from every realm of industry set up booths and collect resumes from col-lege students. Many students have the opportunity to start early in their future workplaces through these resources, and many more simply get to learn a little about the types of jobs they could potentially get into.

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So get out there and dust off those resumes, because career fair season is here.

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Parking on Hillsborough Street has always been difficult to maneuver,

but with the repaving and beautification project, busi-nesses are counting on busi-ness to pick up. However, Dan Mall, the owner of Jimmy John’s on Hillsborough Street, seems to be out to benefit his own pocket by strictly moni-toring his lot and towing non-customer’s cars soon after they are parked “to make room” for his customers. Mall should be working to increase business on Hillsborough and manage his parking lot problems dif-ferently.

Just because visitors are not immediately going into the businesses in the building managed by Mall, does not mean they should be immedi-ately towed. This is unreason-

able and this is not solving any of the problems business has faced. This scares away cus-tomers and, according to other owners nearby, hurts the other businesses around the build-ing. If Mall is having problems with visitors abusing his park-ing lot, he needs to bring in other means to handle the is-sue.

Hall should be concerned that Carolina Auto Recovery Specialists, the towing compa-ny he has an agreement with, is rated “F” by the Better Business Bureau, while there is another towing company, Ace Towing and Recovery, that other busi-nesses on Hillsborough use and has a rating of “A.” Mall

should not make excuses and put this on the Raleigh Police Department. The BBB has most towing businesses rated on their website.

Another concern Mall should have is the impound lot of Car-olina Auto Recovery Specialists is about 15 to 20 minutes away. Visitors who have had their cars towed would have trouble traveling this far, especially since the lot is not serviced by the TTA bus system. The area is poorly lit and leaves stu-dents and other citizens at risk. There have also been claims the manager of the lot is hard to reach, which makes it diffi-cult for people to get their cars back. This company has a legal

obligation to be available to people seeking to get their cars back. Ultimately, these con-cerns could lead to legal action by either individuals or the city council.

Mall should be concerned with the ultimate effect all of this can have on his business. Students and visitors may in-terpret his choice of a poorly-rated towing business with poorly-managed facilities as how much Mall does not care about their business, and that should be something he cares about as a business man. With reasonable policies in place and open business practices, Mall can successfully manage his parking problem, while still serving his customers.

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.

Just reasonable towingThe FAcTs:Dan Mall, the owner of Jimmy John’s on Hillsborough Street, has an agreement with Carolina Auto Recovery Specialists to tow illegally parked cars in the parking lot behind the building Jimmy John’s is in. Witnesses say they have seen spotters and cars being towed within minutes of being parked.

our opinion:Mall should be concerned with how his practices will effect his and other Hillsborough businesses. Students and other visitors will be less likely to bring their business there if they are at risk of being towed in such a manor.

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FeaturesScience & Tech

High temperatures continue despite the season change, showing how the transition to fall is not always a smooth one.

John BoyerWeather Columnist

You could be forgiven for scoffing at the fact today is the first full day of the fall season. With temperatures peaking in the low-to-mid-90s this past week, one can still get away with pool attire. The weather pattern is expected to shift to cooler temperatures and become more seasonable after Sunday. Regardless, the seasons don’t always conform to our definitions or expecta-tions. The record-breaking hot summer should be proof of that.

Astronomical fall — what began last night — does have significance, but not in a way that describes our weather pat-terns. Fall begins with the au-tumnal equinox, when the axis of the Earth is perfectly up-right, so the sun’s rays fall di-rectly on the equator. Fall ends on the winter solstice, when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun and nights are at their longest. This year, the winter solstice — and first day of winter — will take place Dec. 21.

The autumnal equinox and the winter solstice do have an effect on the weather. The lon-gest day of the year is in June, so we might expect that the hottest days should also be in June. We know from experi-ence that it tends to come in late July and early August, even as the days are getting shorter.

One of the earth’s most pre-cious resources accounts for the lag. Most of the Earth’s surface is covered by water. Anyone who has experience with a stove knows water takes much longer to heat up than the burner (or your hand).

The oceans take longer to ab-sorb and release heat from the sun. This inertia also takes place in the winter, when the coldest temperatures typically happen several weeks after the longest night.

Meteorologists have another, better way of dividing the year. Meteorological fall is probably what you have in mind when you say “fall.” By definition, it includes the entire months of September, October and No-vember.

The journey to fall weather is never a smooth descent, but rather a spirited battle between warm and cold air masses. Like innocent victims, we watch the two duke it out through alter-nating “Indian summers” and frosty cold snaps.

Like spring, fall is a sea-

son of transition and surprises. Hurricanes can spin up well into November, as can torna-dos. This area’s strongest and most damaging tornado hap-pened shortly after Thanksgiv-ing in 1988. Other times, like in 2007, we languish in extended droughts.

The table shows what we expect for daytime highs and nighttime lows over the com-ing months. Obviously, the weather can be warmer or cooler than average and lead to different results. The decision about when to get the sweaters and mittens out is entirely up to you. My good friend from Franklin County begins wear-ing a fleece once we hit the 80s, whereas I keep some shorts in the drawer throughout the year.

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You say autumn, I say fall (the weather says summer)

Typical TemperaTures:Time Typical highs Typical lows

Late September Upper-70s Upper-50s

Early October Mid-70s Lower-50s

Mid October Lower-70s Upper-40s

Late October Upper-60s Mid-40s

Early November Mid-60s Lower-40s

Mid November Lower-60s Upper-30s

Late November Upper-50s Mid-30s

Source: north carolina State climate office

Over 100,000 loans of technological devices are made at the library each year, completely free.

Zach DiezelStaff Writer

Students have a broad range of services avail-able to them at the University and one service frequently used by students is the Technology Lending Service, offered by the D.H. Hill Li-brary, which gives students access to a plethora of technologies. From laptops and iPads to graphics tablets and GPS units, if a student needs it the library probably has it.

Trip Reade, a media resources librarian, has been involved with the Technology Lending Ser-vice for nearly a decade. According to Reade, the Technology Lending Service has evolved over the years, in keeping with the rapid development of technology.

In 2000, the Technology Lending Service of-fered only laptops from a desk located in the west wing of D.H. Hill. As the service expanded, it was relocated to the east wing’s learning commons in March 2007. The Technology Lending Service (TLS) is now based at the main circulation desk, and has been since the fall semester of 2009.

Technology has changed a lot since 2000. At that time, Reade said not as many students had laptops. Even though most students today have their own personal computers, Reade said the most commonly requested item are laptops.

“More students have their own laptop today [than in 2000], but don’t want to carry it,” Reade said, “so they think, ‘I’ll just check one out.’”

Carly Sutter, a sophomore in math education, said she just started using the Technology Lend-ing Service this year. “It’s convenient. I don’t need to carry my laptop around or wait for an open computer,” Sutter said.

Brett Banford, a senior in microbiology, said he uses the service a lot, but mainly for laptops.

“They always have what I want. There’s never a long wait,” Banford said.

In Reade’s time with the University, the Tech-nology Lending Service has evolved to include much more than just laptops.

According to David Woodbury, a learning

commons librarian, “we are always looking to add new items for the Technology Lending Service.”

The latest iPod touch is one example of a newly added item to the TLS.

“We are really excited about the potential of the new iPod touch to help students shoot HD video for class assignments,” Woodbury said. “These iPod touches are also FaceTime enabled, which will allow students to communicate through video chat.”

While there are only three available iPod touches now, the library is planning to add more soon.

“There are three iPod touches currently avail-able for students to check out at the main desk in D.H. Hill for four hours. We will be adding 20 additional new iPod touches to be available to check out for a week at a time,” Woodbury said.

One of the newer additions to the Technol-ogy Lending Service is the online waiting list. Students can get on a waiting list for any piece of technology the library offers, and will be con-tacted via e-mail or text message when the device is ready for pickup.

“[The online system] is still a step away from reserving [a device]. It’s like a queue,” Reade said.

According to Woodbury, video will continue to be an expanding area for the Tech-nology Lending Service. Digi-tal SLRs, digital cameras and camcorders are presently available.

“In addition, we have pro-quality software and tools available in our Dig-ital Media Lab, including a green screen and audio recording equipment,” Woodbury said.

Other new additions are in the pipeline, Woodbury said.

“We are also keeping an eye on the latest devel-opments in multi-touch tablets like the iPad. We see a lot of use of the iPads that we loan,” Wood-bury said. “We expect we’ll see new models from Apple and other manufacturers to be coming out in the next six to nine months and would like to be able to provide N.C. State students access to this equipment.”

There is a tremendous use of the Technology Lending Service by students, Woodbury said.

“Our most popular items, such as laptops and headphones, are checked out by thousands of students every week,” Woodbury said. “We check

out hundreds of iPads, cameras, iPods and cal-culators too.”

According to David Hiscoe, director of com-munications for the library, “the Tech[nology] Lending Service has averaged loaning out almost 100,000 devices a year for the past several years.”

Funding for the devices in the Technology Lending Service comes from the Education and Technology Fee (ETF), according to Reade. Ac-cording to the 2008/2009 ETF Expenditure Re-port, “$239,400.12 was expended on computers, equipment, software and related maintenance to provide or refresh workstations in library study seating areas, including the Learning Commons and the Assistive Technology Center at the D. H. Hill Library, and to add or upgrade devices avail-able through the Technology Lending Service.”

Woodbury said there are plans for continued development of the TLS.

“We’ve built the [Technology Lending] Ser-vice with suggestions from students,” Wood-bury said. “We make sure we have the technology that will help N.C. State students get their school work and research done.”

Library lending service enhances students’ studies

mariSa akerS/technicianKim Dennis, a freshman in First year College, gets help with a laptop she checked out in D.H. Hill Library. “I checked out a movie I have to watch for class. For some reason, PC’s don’t play the foreign movies,” Dennis said as she switched it out for a mac. “the people here are really helpful. I think this is a good [resource] for students.”

“I don’t need to

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The inevitable erosion of the Outer Banks poses a problem for engineers and policy-makers who discuss its future.

Heidi KlumpeStaff Writer

Stories of devastation in South Nags Head and Rodanthe or the breach Hurricane Isabel created on Hatteras Island can oversimplify the issues of Outer Banks erosion, according to Billy Edge, a civil engineering professor and head of the Sus-tainable Engineering in Coastal Environments program for the UNC Coastal Studies Institute.

“The Banks are not all eroding,” Edge said. The real issue is the dy-

namic nature of the shore-line, which grows or shrinks changeably.

“[The shoreline] changes daily, monthly, seasonally, with storms and in the long-term,” Margery Overton, a civil engineering professor, said.

Erin Lineberger, a sopho-more in natural resources, said trying to estab-lish a community in such an environment is what makes the shoreline change such an issue.

“The erosion of the Banks is not our fault,” Lineberger said. “The problem is that we built on that. Building on the Banks is not sustainable.”

In a high energy system like the Outer Banks, waves refract, reflect and diffract, and currents remove the sand. Alongshore currents carry it down the coast, while cross-shore currents take it back out to sea. That sand is not being replaced.

“If any [sand] goes down towards Miami, there are no rivers bringing sand back to the Banks anymore,” Edge said.

This sand exodus is accelerated and made more dangerous by the large storms which often sweep through the area, taking ocean-side sand land-ward, according to Edge.

Under these conditions, legislators and locals have worked to find coping mechanisms.

“North Carolina is one of a handful that bans the use of shoreline stabilization structures,” Overton said. “That limits your options on how to deal with shoreline erosion.”

Shoreline stabilization structures encompass an array of constructions. These include off-shore breakwaters, where rocks off the coast force waves to break and expend their energy before reaching the shore. Revetments — energy-absorbing structures on the slope of the shore — are also an option, as well as perched sills — a structure underneath the water line which acts almost like a shelf, holding the sand up at a higher and less eroded level.

Other beaches have used jetties and terminal groins with some success; these structures work like speed bumps for the sand. Each extends per-pendicular to the beach and collects sand before the alongshore current rushes it off to Florida. But the sand budget is still a problem.

“If we put something in, we affect sand on ei-ther side,” Edge said, meaning jetties amass sand on one side but allow it to erode on the other side disproportionally.

This solution could hurt tourism as much as erosion, according to Lineberger.

“We lose that commercial aspect through ero-sion,” Lineberger said, and added that terminal groins can be eyesores. “People aren’t going to like that. It won’t preserve the natural integrity,

and it’s not as original or nice a place to go. That’s what people love about the Banks — they’re kind of wild.”

“The only things people are allowed to use are sand-bags,” Edge said. “If a house is threatened but not 50 per-cent damaged, you are al-lowed to put sandbags out

until the beach recovers.”The ban on structures came about as part of

the defense of the environmental integrity of the Banks, something that means a lot to inhabitants and vacationers.

“Our banks are unique in their geomorphol-ogy,” Overton said. At the time of the ban, she described the legislators felt the Banks, “needed to be preserved in as natural a state as possible while allowing for development.”

The real trouble is finding a balance between the unrelenting push to develop and a piece of land that refuses to stay permanent.

“Barrier islands are, in their natural form, shifting islands,” Lineberger said. “Allowing them to shift is first priority to me. We humans can work around that.”

The biggest contention is construction on the coast, where yearly subtractions can accumulate into a big enough loss to remove a house.

“They use erosion rates to create setbacks for coast construction,” Overton said. “That’s where any of the science of engineering techniques for understanding rate of change plays out in the public sector and impacts an individual who’s developing on the coast.”

The kinds of solutions that will bring balance to development will come from a combination of individual and public policy decisions, ac-cording to Overton.

“There are a lot of people in discussion on [what to do next],” Overton said. “It’s not sim-ply the engineer, the personal property owner or one person in a state agency. It’s a policy decision

on how to use that [scientific data] to manage development.”

Current policy takes the calculated annual rate of erosion, multiplies it by 30 and uses that dis-tance as a marker for where developers can begin to build. But even this policy does not contain all the nuances of shoreline fluctuation.

“Most shorelines do not march back at a con-sistent rate. It has to do with sediment supply. It has to do with storms, human manipulation or construction,” Overton said. “There is a lot of variability in shoreline data, and we see more to-day given the advances in geospacial techniques and remote sensing, than we could have seen 30 years ago.”

In reality, the translation of the data is as com-plex as accumulating the figures.

“The issue is not our ability to describe a pro-cess as a scientist or an engineer,” Overton said. “Sometimes the issue is the need to balance mul-tiple constituencies and points of view. How can you introduce the variability of shoreline posi-tion into policy?”

In particular, the power struggle between property rights and public domain issues can be a stalemate. Introducing further restrictions is difficult, particularly when a previously pur-chased lot becomes undevelopable under new laws, according to Overton.

However, for the average property owner the gradual effects of the erosion are not the greatest concern. Storms, like Hurricane Earl, produce the most devastating effects.

“Many of us thought [Earl] was going to be a very significant event,” Overton said. “It turned out that it downgraded fairly quickly.”

Still, for a community like the Banks, come high or low water, they are prepared.

“I think that they do see storms as part of their way of life,” Overton said. “People have lived out there for a long time, and there’s a sense of re-silience in those communities. They know there are some things they’re not going to prevent.”

Most homeowners, whether on the mainland or the Banks, realize their homes are not per-manent.

“The houses aren’t going to last 200 or 300 years. Your wood and screen door and toaster aren’t going to last that long,” Edge said. “[All the houses] will go away some time.”

Ultimately, sea level rise and gradual erosion may come into play in the future of policy.

“Earlier this year, the Division of Coastal Man-agement adopted a one-meter rise in water level by 2100 as a planning number for the coast of North Carolina,” Overton said. “A one-meter rise would be a lot. There are some places that aren’t more than a couple of meters high.”

Lineberger predicts realizations like this will mean a lot more in the future.

“We’ve been taking a kind of hands-

off approach, but it’s getting to the point where we can’t,” she said. “Short of hardened struc-tures, the beach will move. 50 years is where you’re going to see the big effects.”

Edge hopes carefully-planned engineering solutions may be the key to keeping the Banks habitable.

“We have to plan and design so that we will have a sustainable environment, sustaining as much of the natural environment as we can while protecting the livelihood and enjoyment of those people [who live and vacation there],” Edge said.

Edge’s “Long-term Ocean Energy Program” in-corporates a structure a couple of miles offshore, which would extract energy from the ocean and connect it to the electrical grid.

“If we can design these so they’re out in front of the Nags Head area,” Edge said, “we can generate electricity and reduce waves before they get to shore.”

Outer Banks experience problem of shifting sand

courtesy of Heidi KlumpeSand erosion in the North Carolina Outer Banks is a problem for legislators and builders who are working toward maintaining a sustainable environment.

“Barrier islands are,

in their natural form,

shifting islands.”Erin Lineberger, sophomore in natural

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This year Aboulhosn is looking to help her team reach goals it has been aiming for throughout her career.

“We have the goals we always have, to make it to post season play, and also to just do well in the ACC be-cause that’s the most chal-lenging,” Aboulhosn said. “We’ve had times when we’ve done really well but also times where we know that we could have played better than we did. So we try to focus on the things to improve on for the next

game and keep moving for-ward and keep emphasizing the things we need to do. We’re 6-3 so far. We could probably be better, but we’re okay for now and just looking forward.”

Looking ahead in her own life, Aboulhosn isn’t sure ex-actly what her future after graduation holds, but knows it includes soccer. While the civil engineering major does not plan on playing soccer pro-fessionally, she hopes to keep playing for as long as possible.

“After graduation my life will include soccer, but at a lower level,” Aboulhosn said. “I’ll probably join an indoor league. I love indoor. And I’m looking for a job. There’s a career fair that comes in October. I’m going go to that and hopefully

get something lined up when I graduate.”

After graduation, many things will change in Aboul-hosn’s life, but one thing that won’t is her bond with her teammates. She tried to re-call her favorite moment as a member of the women’s soccer team but had trouble choosing just one because of all the great memories she’s made with her teammates over the years.

“Definitely last season when we beat Virginia, that was a big deal,” Aboulhosn said. “I have so many memories with the girls but definitely just the friendships I’ve made because they will last forever.

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vick stayed in for the Pack through all 90 minutes, blocking three of the four shots on goal. Then a 1-goal

game, the Pack found itself in a corner. Soon after, freshman Mamadou Kansaye and soph-more Micheal Smith scored back-to-back goals in less than 35 seconds to account for the 5-1 final.

“Anytime you play a team

that’s starting to get a little momentum and you come out and score a goal to try and kill that off, it was a big relief for me,” Mackvick said. “In the end it comes down to us play-ing our parts and playing well defensively.”

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BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANFreshman defender Sonny Mukungu struggles for position with Presbyterian redshirt junior midfielder Stephen Glover during the first half of the Pack’s game. State beat Presbyterian, 5-1.

and program. While being recruited, Howell informed Geiger that he could not pass up the academic opportunity to go to school at Princeton University. Geiger respected that decision, wished him well and began calling coaches at Princeton to give Howell a chance to run for their school. Howell later jumped at a sec-ond chance to run for Geiger, transferring after his soph-omore year.

“He was a runner’s coach and a real peo-ple person,” Howell said.

One of the most impor-tant and ef-fective aspects of the program is the focus placed on the athletes to be students. 15 of the athletes coached by Geiger have received NCAA postgrad-uate scholarships and 14 have received the James-Weaver-Corrigan Postgraduate Schol-arship.

“We stress academics in the program,” Geiger said. “We find that if you are committed to putting in the work for this program, then you are going to be committed to your academ-ics too because it is important to you. They go hand in hand.”

When it comes to the tech-nical aspects of coaching, the record shows Geiger’s tal-ent in the area of training his

teams. Howell said Geiger’s meticulous attention to detail and long-term concern for his runners over the course of the season and their careers made his time at State unforgettable.

“All I had to do was show up and run hard,” Howell said. “Geiger works just as hard, if not harder than the runners he trains to make sure they have the opportunity to be success-ful.”

Geiger said he makes an ef-fort to adapt his plans from year to year.

“I spend a lot of time writing programs,” Geiger said. “When I sit dow n a nd m a k e u p t h e g a m e plan it ’s a different game plan each year. You have to change as a coach and try to make the program better.”

The key to success, however, is not in the mechanics of the program.

“Those athletes have to bite into it,” Geiger said. “Trust is huge. If the athletes in your program feel that you care about them as individuals, the rest of it takes care of itself.”

The athletes coached by Rollie Geiger learn more than how to perform in the arena of sport, Geiger said he hopes.

“Hard work doesn’t guaran-tee success, it guarantees you the opportunity to be success-ful” Geiger said.

These lessons, coupled with the demand of the program, create successful individuals

on and off the field. Not only are the members of Wolfpack Go Early All-ACC athletes, All-Americans and ACC Champi-ons, many become teachers, coaches, architects, lawyers, accountants, engineers and military officers. Those men also become fathers, husbands and contributing members of society. And most importantly, they become more than team-mates – they grow to become like brothers to one another.

“At the end of a champion-ship, I cherish the interaction I see between the athletes and their families and their team, them up on the podium,” Gei-ger said. “For me, I don’t want to be up on the podium, I want to sit back and take it in, be-cause I know 10 years from now they’ll still remember it. They’ll be brothers for life, and that’s what coaching is about. It is about relationships. I want them to have that opportunity and to be successful. That’s what coaches do, because I know later on in life they will be successful. And hopefully this program will help them do that.”

Rollie Geiger began coach-ing men’s and women’s cross-country in 1979. He continues to coach men’s cross-country, but turned the women’s team over to Laurie Henes in 2006. In his time as men’s and women’s head coach he led those teams to a combined 33 ACC Cham-pionships, two women’s NCAA National Championships, 19 individual ACC Champion-ships, 161 All-ACC honors, 47 All-American honors and 21 top-10 national finishes. Geiger began coaching Track and Field in 1985. In that sport, his teams won six ACC Championships.

“If the athletes

feel that you care

about them as

individuals, the

rest of it takes care

of itself.”cross country coach Rollie

Geiger

COUNTDOWN• 2 days until the football team takes on Georgia Tech

in the ACC season opener

INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the feature on

women’s soccer player Nadia AboulhosnSportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Game day is Bright Leaf Hot Dog dayat your Dining Hall!

Golfstat has Pack at No. 4After two tournaments, only three teams in the nation are ranked higher than the men’s golf team. State is coming off a pair of strong performances, finishing first in the The Invitational at The Ocean Course and second at the Golfweek Conference Challenge. The team’s victory in The Invitational was relatively uncontested, as the Pack finished the tournament six strokes better than second-place finisher Notre Dame. The Pack finished second in its most recent tournament on the strength of one of its best showings in years. The team’s final score of -16 was the best performance State has posted in a 54-hole tournament since March of 2008, when it recorded a -26 score for the win at that year’s Hootie at Bulls’ Bay Intercollegiate.

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Football sixth nationally in turnover ratioOne season removed from finishing 114th in the country in turnover margin, through three games, the Wolfpack is among the nation’s best in that category. In 2009, State committed 25 turnovers and took the ball away from the opposition only 14 times, for a minus-11 ratio. In its undefeated 3-0 start this year, State has already forced seven and only committed two turnovers. That plus-five mark has Tom O’Brien’s team tied for sixth in the land. Russell Wilson has already thrown more than 100 passes, but is yet to be intercepted.

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O’Brien undefeated against Yellow Jackets, JohnsonFootball coach Tom O’Brien has never lost to the coach he will take on Saturday in Atlanta. O’Brien and N.C. State have not played Georgia Tech since he arrived in Raleigh, and the coach has not faced Tech coach Paul Johnson since Johnson was with Navy. But O’Brien-coached Boston College teams defeated Navy twice, in 2002 and 2006, when Johnson was on the sidelines. O’Brien has squared off with Georgia Tech only twice, losing in 1997 before beating the Jackets in Atlanta the following year. Both those games were played while O’Brien was at Boston College.

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Senior at her best early in final season with State

ATHLETIC SCHEDULE

ThursdayWOMEN’S SOCCER @ CLEMSONClemson, SC, 7 p.m.

FridayWOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. BOSTON COLLEGEReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS @ UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA PLUS ONECharlottesville, VA, All day

SaturdayFOOTBALL @ GEORGIA TECHAtlanta, GA, noon

MEN’S SOCCER VS. VIRGINIA TECHDail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.

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Not all about the stars

With a 3-0 start to the season, the football team is

sure off to a hot start, actual-ly the hottest start it has had since 2002. The only negative I can see so far is the lack of recruiting class for 2011.

As of today, the Pack has a total of seven committed recruits , ac-c o r d i n g t o bot h Scout .com and Ri-vals.com. And out of these seven recruits on Scout.com,

none are ranked above a two-star prospect, while Rivals.com is slightly more generous, as it has three of the seven players ranked as three stars.

And with that in mind, all of the recruiting experts look to this and say that this is a hor-rendous recruiting class, pos-sibly one of the worst in the NCAA. But I tend to disagree.

Actually, I disagree with the entire recruiting process be-cause it is entirely flawed. The star system is a great way to rank people but hardly is ef-fective and rarely ranks people correctly. And to show you this, lets look at a few exam-ples, beginning with the most important player on the foot-ball team, quarterback Russell Wilson.

On both sites Wilson was ranked as a two-star recruit coming out of Collegiate High School in Richmond Va. And according to Scout.com, he was the 67th ranked quarterback. Now in hindsight, I find it a little hard to believe that there are 66 better quarterbacks in the nation than Russell Wil-son.

The next example is middle linebacker and star defensive player Nate Irving. Irving was given a two-star ranking from Rivals.com and a three-star ranking from Scout.com. In both cases, Irving was not even ranked as a linebacker. And it is easy to see that he is much, much better than previ-ously thought coming out of high school.

And for every single recruit that is undervalued and over-looked, there are countless players who are ranked four and five-star players who turn out to be huge busts, and one of the biggest that comes to mind is our dear old friend, former quarterback Harrison Beck.

Coming out of Florida, Beck was one of the most highly-ranked and recruited quar-terbacks in the 2005 recruit-ing class. Both sites had Beck ranked as a four-star recruit and Scout had him ranked as the 11th best quarterback in the nation. And that was about as good as it ever got for the former Wolfpack quarterback.

He committed to Nebraska and after just one season as a Cornhusker, decided to trans-fer to State. And once Beck got on campus, he was supposed to be the savior at the quarterback position, finally giving State its first quarterback since Philip Rivers’ graduation left a hole at the position.

But everything didn’t go as planned. Beck struggled mightily with the Pack, as he threw for only four touch-downs compared to 16 in-terceptions. Needless to say, Beck was not the player many thought he would be coming

TaylorBarbourDeputy Sports Editor

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COMMENTARY

Midfielder Nadia Aboulhosn well on way to best year of productive career

Christina OwensStaff Writer

After 31 starts, 18 total points and six goals in 53 games over three seasons, senior Nadia Aboulhosn has reached her final season as a North Carolina State wom-en’s soccer player.

“I can’t believe it’s here,” senior midfielder Aboul-hosn said. “It came so fast. I look at everything that happens this season a little differently because it might be the last time this happens or it might be the last time that happens. It just means a little bit more.”

And with the start of ACC play not even underway, the senior from Raleigh’s Mill-brook High School is al-ready in the midst of easily the most productive season of her tenure with the Pack. Before this season, Aboul-hosn had never notched more than seven points, three assists or three goals

in a year. Barring injury, she will shatter each of those marks in 2010, as she has already tied her previous season-bests of seven points and three goals, with 10 of 19 games still left on the schedule.

Aboulhosn is one of three captains this year and is one of the most popular players on the team because of her talent and character.

“Nadia has great leadership skill,” women’s soccer head coach Steve Springthorpe said. “She brings her leader-ship qualities for us. She’s a captain and a good player too. We’ve got three captains on the team but she’s the one that is basically in tune with what is going on with most of the play-ers, and is friends with most of the players. She’s well liked, re-spected for her work ethic and for her classroom ethic. She’s just fantastic.”

Aboulhosn made an imme-diate impact when she arrived on the NC State campus in 2007. Her freshman year she scored three goals and started nine games. Two seasons later, she almost doubled that num-ber, with 17 starts as a junior.

CROSS COUNTRY

JONATHAN STEPHENS/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOSenior midfielder Nadia Aboulhosn chases down the ball against Coastal Carolina at Dail Soccer Field Aug. 22.

Geiger’s impact indelible

Pack obliterates Blue Hose, 5-1

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Men’s soccer pulls away from Presbyterian with three unanswered goals late

Daniel ElyCorrespondent

The men’s soccer team defeated the Presbyterian College Blue Hose Wednes-day with an easy 5-1 victory. The Pack is now 3-3 with the only losses coming to ranked oppo-nents. Those losses have come by a total o f f ou r goals.

The Pack started in quickly on Presbyterian with a goal within the first three min-utes. Senior Chris Zuerner scored off an assist from sophomore Michael Smith. In a display of offensive te-nacity, the Pack kept the ball on Presbyterian quar-ters nearly the entire half, allowing one shot on goal.

“Every one has a share of the responsibility,” junior goalkeeper Will Mackvick said. “You have to make sure everyone is marked up and everyone has their individual assignments. If everyone does their in-dividual role then it just makes everything easier. It is just organization and making sure everyone does their job.”

Defensively the Pack per-formed well, with only four shots allowed on goal. The backfield holds two fresh-men, Sonny Mukungu and Gbengha Makinde, sup-

ported by senior Tyler Las-siter. Coach George Taran-tini said the word “fresh-man” holds little meaning while everyone is out on the field.

“There are no more fresh-men,” Tarantini said. “They are there the first day but af-ter that everyone is the same. In this league you have to be prepared. Yes, Tyler Lassiter is a very important player because he has a lot of ex-perience, but the two guys

playing in the back are doing a fantastic job.”

The se-niority is spread evenly this season, filling po-sitions all over t he

field. Each set position within the Pack’s starting lineup contains at least one underclassman and one up-perclassman. Senior Akail DeFreitas was involved with one goal and two assists.

“It is very import for us to even out the goals dur-ing the game,” DeFreitas said. ”It’s a great example for the NCAA tournament. It’s very important to keep scoring like that, but it’s important for us to not be scored on also.”

The second half of the game was a different story for the Pack. With a 2-0 lead in the second half, the tides shifted when Presby-terian scored a goal in the 20th minute. The defense was tested, as Presbyterian attempted five corner kicks in the second half, with one leading to a goal. Mackv-

“The two guys

playing in the

back are doing a

fantastic job.”Coach George Tarantini

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Veteran coach Rollie Geiger has amassed more than championships in 30 plus years with State

Jon GoodmanStaff Writer

It is easy to respect a man with 39 ACC Championships and 32 ACC Coach of the Year Awards. It is easy to ad-mire a coach whose players, years after performing for him, gather to run a 240-mile relay race just to honor the program they credit for mak-ing them into men. With a laundry list of accolades and players who still feel close to his program, cross country coach Rollie Geiger meets and exceeds the criteria for success in his field.

On Sept. 17 and 18 a team of 11 former N.C. State run-ners competed in the Reach the Beach Relay. Guys like Gavin Gaynor, Robert How-ell, Chris Dugan, Michael Brooks and Jose Gonzalez, who came all the way from Spain for the race, got togeth-er with former teammates and even N.C. State alumni who they barely knew to run a relay race from Cannon

Mountain, N.H. to Hamp-ton Beach, N.H. “Wolfpack Go Early” finished fourth overall and won the Masters Division for men over 30.

“The weekend reminded me of the strong brotherhood that is Wolfpack XC. I think of you older guys often and

recall the suffering and cel-ebration we shared together that will bind us forever,” Gaynor said in an email. “It gives me great pride to see that the next generation shares the same bond.”

The oldest and youngest members of that team gradu-

ated 13 years apart, but they all shared a common bond created in Rollie Geiger’s program.

Robert Howell ran for Wake High School and knew of coach Geiger’s reputation

COURTESY OF CHRIS COLEMAN/N.C. STATE MEDIA RELATIONSCross country coach Rollie Geiger and former runner John Martinez enjoy their first place finish during the awards ceremony following the 2009 ACC cross country championships.