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Raleigh, North Carolina
Student Senate passed an appropriations bill last night with a 39 to 1 vote.
Lauren VanderveenStaff Writer
After much debate, Student Senate determined the fate of the appropria-tions bill with a 39 to 1 vote in favor of its adoption.
Changes that will be enacted in-clude the addition of a communica-tions manager for the Appropriations Committee, a checklist added to the Appropriations packet, funding for guest speakers and slight adminis-trative changes.
“The Appropriations Committee’s job is to appropriate money to stu-dent groups and these changes will help both the students and the com-mittee to make the appropriations process more efficient and beneficial for everyone,” Rachel Turner, member of the Government Operations and Appropriations committees, said.
The bill had to first bypass the Gov-ernment Operations Committee.
“Anytime there is a change in rules, it has to go through the Government Operations committee so we can make sure that it is constitutional,” Turner said.
Harrison Do, a student senator and senior in human biology, elaborated further on the discussion of their meeting Tuesday.
“One of the topics decided on was that student groups can be blacklisted for only a year; where it use to be in-definite,” Do said. “The most contro-versial topic of the evening was how, currently, we have $250 for guest speakers and the concern is that really doesn’t pay for high quality speakers.”
At the Senate meeting, one senator, Emerson Barker, proposed the amend-ment of funds for guest speakers to be $400 and if there was a two-thirds vote by the Appropriations Committee, it could be increased to $600.
Stipulation over the actual amount was heavily debated until the Senate
Visiting lecturer Nadje al-Ali spoke to students about the plight and hard work of Iraqi women.
Anna RileyStaff Writer
Visiting guest lecturer Nadje al-Ali offered her stance on the reality of post-occupation Iraq with her presentation, “Iraqi Women Un-der Dictatorship and Occupation” Wednesday.
A roomful of students listened as al-Ali, hailing from the University of London, spoke on Iraq’s detailed history and how, often without recognition, women have played influential roles behind the scenes.
During the hour-long lecture and subsequent question and an-swer session, al-Ali gave insight into Iraq’s history as far back as the 1960s, and coupled it with the country’s future goals and long-term realities.
Al-Ali said Iraq in the 1970s was undoubtedly different than now. In the late 70s the Iraqi government enacted a literacy program to fur-ther educate its citizens, including women. During that time, al-Ali said women were educated and working members of society who also carried much of the family responsibilities.
Throughout the course of the 80s and 90s however, she said Iraq underwent political changes that shifted power to the Sanctions Re-gime and influenced oppression. And, al-Ali said, a demographic
imbalance and economic crisis height-ened the oppression.
“In the past there had been the freedom of mobility. In the 90s, that changed a lot,” al-Ali said.
Though not downplaying the sig-nificance of past turmoil and violent history, al-Ali said it is imperative to consider the effects the 2003 U.S. inva-sion and occupation of Iraq had on the citizens and functionality of daily life.
Al-Ali also said a solution to a major world problem, like that in Iraq, is not as simple as stepping back and turning away. Not only are soldiers, fighters and insurgents affected by the occupa-tion, but widowers, young women and children as well.
“They say ‘Mission Accomplished?’ I don’t think so. Mission is not accom-plished,” al-Ali said.
Amanda Eads, senior in English and interdisciplinary middle east studies, said she thinks the U.S. should play a more humanitarian role in post-occupation Iraq. She said although the troops are being withdrawn, the job is not over.
“It’s definitely not the end,” Eads said, “They are not in-capable of cleaning up the mess but we should be setting the wheels in motion for them.”
While showing a slideshow of land-scapes and photo-graphs from Iraq, al-Ali said the state of the country remains in disorder and, though much has been done, there’s still more to do. She said the 2005 elections were a positive step for-
ward but didn’t follow through.“I don’t think you can equate elec-
tions with democracy. It’s [still] very hard to find hope in Iraq today. It’s not a thriving democracy,” al-Ali said.
Deeming t hem Post-2003 Phenom-ena, al-Ali said the lives, actions and behaviors of Iraqi women were affected by the U.S. invasion and the use of mili-tary force.
“Women very ac-tively and creatively tried to keep things
running [for everyone],” al-Ali said.Because Iraqi women had great
responsibility, she said, they thrust themselves into action and became more politically involved.
“[They] started to develop their own political voices and visions,” al-Ali said.
Evan Garris, a senior in philosophy, said he enjoyed hearing al-Ali speak and is curious about the future of lib-eration in Iraq. Garris said he thinks the worldwide economy plays a big-ger role in shaping beliefs, like those in Iraq.
“I’m interested in the role of the global economy in shaping group identities in Iraq,” Garris said.
Al-Ali didn’t weigh heavily on the role of the global economy, but none-theless gave an informative lecture on the history of women under dictator-ship and occupation in Iraq, and what the future holds for the country and its citizens.
Students of Occupy NCSU protested against the ‘one percent’ Wednesday afternoon
Will BrooksStaff Writer
Students of Occupy NCSU protest-ed before, during and after a speech by Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, as police stood nearby Nelson Hall Wednesday afternoon.
Protesters made their opposition to the CEO clear, citing the famous 99 percent example of an unequal dis-tribution of wealth.
Katina Gad, a member of Occupy NCSU and senior in fashion textile management, said Stumpf was the wrong person to be teaching students.
“Considering the light of the econ-omy, we feel that it is inappropriate that John Stumpf, out of all people, is speaking to students,” Gad said. “It is delivering a message to students to ‘do as we do.’”
Gad explains as the highest paid bank CEO in the country, Stumpf holds too much of the country’s wealth, as the company itself has taken a “bailout” twice.
“This is not the man who should be speaking,” Gad said.
Ryan Thomson, member of Occupy NCSU and graduate student of sociol-ogy, said he believes instead of giving money to large corporations such as Wells Fargo, CEOs like Stumpf should see larger taxation by the government.
“This man’s tax bracket is disgust-ing, it’s criminal,” Thomson said as he held a sign protesting Stumpf on Hillsborough Street.
“He needs to begin paying up into the collective commons, into our education system which his bank de-pends,” Thomson said. “That’s what needs to be done. I’m not saying it is on him personally, I would like to see the state step it up.”
Thomson explained that he, along with several members of Oc-cupy NCSU, had planned to speak to Stumpf at the presentation but Nelson Hall Auditorium was over capacity. Several students did get the chance to speak during the event. Some were
escorted out and others remained.The popularity of Stumpf’s speech-
es, whether good or bad, can be seen at our University as well as other venues across the country.
“Stumpf has received this greet-ing everywhere,” Gad said. “We are all speaking in agreement with each other.”
John Drewyor, a junior in business administration, expressed his opinion to protesters while walking by saying, “get a job.”
Drewyor explained while he under-stands the position of Occupiers, he does not think they are getting any-where with their tactics.
“I honestly think that these people are ill-informed and they don’t have a job,” Drewyor said. “I definitely un-derstand why they are upset but going into the lecture series was not the way to do that.”
Gad explained 75 percent of Occupy protesters do have jobs — a common misconception by those viewing the protests.
Bryan Perlmutter, member of Oc-cupy NCSU and junior in business administration, said Occupiers were protesting Wednesday to expose big
banks and their leaders, like Stumpf.“We just want to continue bringing
awareness to what is going on in our community and the way that people are being oppressed by these large in-stitutions,” Perlmutter said.
Clark Goldentyer, Occupy NCSU member and graduate student of mathematics, thought the event was
an overall success.“I think we made our point that
wealthy bank CEO’s are not lead-ers,” Goldentyer said.
As media coverage has settled down toward the Occupy move-ment, members of Occupy NCSU
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jordan moore/TechnicianNathan Vargo, a supporter of the occupy movement, screams at CEO of Wells Fargo John Stumpf during a lecture, Wednesday, Nov. 30. Vargo heard about the occupy movement through media coverage, and attended the lecture to show his support for the movement.
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Paul-GreGor maier/TechnicianHosted by the middle east study program. We are covering it to give more insight to the on-campus middle eastern community, Dr. Nadje al-Ali is running a discussion on Iraqi oppression.
Guest lecturer educates about Iraqi women
Appropriations
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“[They] started to
develop their own
political voices
and visions...”Nadje al-Ali,
visiting guest lecturer
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jordan moore/TechnicianA man who only identified himself as “Millis” unfurls a flag for a protest outside Nelson Hall Wednesday, Nov. 30. Millis was one of about 30 protestors that displayed signs and flags outside the building.
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ThE urgE To DrAW, ThE cAusE To rEFLEcT: DrAWings, skETchbooks, provocATions11/30/2011 - 11/30/2011D. H. Hill LibraryThe exhibit features drawings and sketchbooks by College of Design Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA.
EArTh WiTh mEAning: ThE phoTogrAphs oF ALAn cohEn12:00 PM - 08:00 PMGregg Museum of Art & DesignAlan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by
history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views, he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory.
counsELing cEnTEr ExAm prEp sEriEs: crAm LikE crAzy2-3 p.m.2301 Student Health Center
physicAL EnvironmEnT commiTTEE mEETing03:30 PM - 05:00 PMThe Committee is an advisory body to the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business. The Committee is designed to be a forum for faculty, staff, and student opinions with respect to plans for the overall development and regulations of the physical environment of the core campus of the University including buildings, landscaping and transportation.
WinTEr FEAsT05:00 PM - 08:30 PMCase DIning Hall
Enjoy a feast of tasty holiday treats at Fountain, Clark and Case Dining Halls.
coTTon couTurE FAshion shoW06:00 PM - 11:00 PMNC State University College of Textiles students will present Cotton Couture 2011 at Fletcher Opera Theater in the Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts in downtown Raleigh on Thursday, December 1, 2011.
Agri-LiFE counciL mEETing7-8:30 p.m.105 Schaub Food Science Building
FinALs mADnEss sALE11 a.m. - 9 p.m.NCSU BookstoreDuring the 10-hour sale, take 40 percent off all regular and clearance priced merchandise.
chorAL AnD JAzz combo hoLiDAy concErT7-9 p.m.Stewart Theatre
Come listen to the NCSU Jazz Combos and Choirs preform some of your favorite Holiday songs to get you in the holiday spirit!
nighTmArE bEForE chrisTmAs7-9 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaJack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept. Admission to this event is free.
30 minuTEs or LEss9-11 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaTwo fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else. Admission is $1.50 with a valid college student ID and $2.50 for the general public.
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Brandon Hall, a senior in history, fills out a voter registration form outside the Atrium Wednesday, Nov. 30, as Larry Bradshaw rounds up signatures from State students for a third party petition. “I’m just trying to add a third party to the primaries because only having two parties limits the voters and creates voter apathy,” Bradshaw said.
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poliCe BlotteR Sunday11:57 A.m. | mEDicAL AssisTDabney HallUnits responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.
2:14 A.m. | AssisT AnoThEr AgEncyOff CampusNCSU PD assisted RPD on nuisance call. Three students were referred to the University for underage alcohol violation.
1:57 p.m. | FirE ALArmNelson HallUnits responded to alarm caused by steam leak. Appropriate personnel notified.
7:06 p.m. | suspicious pErsonWolf VillageReport of subject trying to enter buildings. Officers checked the area but did not locate any problems.
7:06 p.m. | suspicious inciDEnTPublic Safety CenterNCSU PD are investigating possible stalking incident by non-student. Appropriate personnel notified.
Monday11:01 A.m. | LArcEnySullivan HallStudent reported bicycle stolen.
12:07 A.m. | LArcEnySchaub HallStudent reported theft of bicycle.
12:36 A.m. | AssisT AnoThEr AgEncyOff Campus
NCSU PD assisted RPD with investigation of harassment at off campus residence. Student was trespassed by RPD and referred to the University by NCSU PD for harassing another student.
6:13 A.m. | suspicious pErsonCaldwell HallReport of subject sleeping in building. Officers located student who had arrived early for class and fell asleep.
7:15 A.m. | brEAking & EnTEringHunt LibraryReport that building had been entered and vandalism had occurred.
9:53 A.m. | LArcEnyFraternity CourtReport license plate had been stolen while parked in lot.
1:27 p.m. | LArcEnyBostian Hall
Student reported bicycle stolen.
12:14 p.m. | suspicious pErsonRicks HallOfficers spoke with non-student soliciting for political party. Subject was informed of permit requirements. No further action taken.
12:36 p.m. | LArcEnyBragaw HallStudent reported bicycle stolen.
3:33 p.m. | Concerning Behavior Off Campus Wrightsville Beach PD reported student was arrested for assaulting another student. Referral to the University is pending.
9:04 p.m. | LArcEnyBragaw HallHousing officials located stop sign and traffic cone in room of two students. NCSU PD seized
items. Further action pending confirmation with NCSU DOT.
9:55 p.m. | Drug vioLATionTucker HallReport of possible drug violation. Officers did not locate any problems.
Tuesday12:05 A.m. | AssisT AnoThEr AgEncyUniversity TowersNCSU PD assisted RPD in reference to drug violation. RPD arrested student for Felony Possession of Marijuana With Intent to Manufacture/Sell/Deliver. NCSU PD referred three students to the university for possession of marijuana.
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settled on the $500 suggested by the Government Operations Committee.
“There’s also added some-thing to where if a senator doesn’t uphold their duties, in terms of sponsoring an orga-nization, there’s a provision in statutes that if there are com-plaints…then they can be taken to the Government Operations Committee,” Rebekah Jewell, vice-chair for the Committee on Appropriations, said.
These revisions of the ap-propriations process provide structure and organization to the actual process but whether
it’s beneficial to students is det-rimental.
Turner said it definitely will have import for student groups, to whom the appropriations go to.
“The committee hates turn-ing groups away because they do not have a W-9 form or forgot to return receipts from the previous semester. The checklist will provide an easy way for student groups to make sure that they have everything before they get to their inter-views,” Turner said.
Moreover, the student body will be knowledgeable about appropriations through the other changes.
“The communications man-ager will help to inform the stu-
dent body about appropria-tions, which will help us ap-propriate money to as many student groups as we can,” Turner said. “The President Pro Tempore can get very busy with the administra-tion side to appropriations so it would be great to have a senator whose sole focus is to advertise appropria-tions.”
All amendments wil l come into effect next se-mester.
“I think it’ll go a long way in dialogue between the groups and student govern-ment,” Do said.
University dining halls are doing their part to help the local economy by using local foods.
Zach GreenStaff Writer
In today’s economic climate, University Dining is doing its part to support North Caroli-na’s food economy by including local goods on the menu.
University Dining purchases food items from local busi-nesses and gets a portion of its produce from farmers from around the state. In addition to this, the University is a par-ticipating member in the Cen-ter for Environmental Farming Systems’ 10% campaign.
The 10% Campaign has re-corded $10 million spent on
locally produced food in 18 months. It was launched July 2010 in partnership with the North Carolina Cooperative Extension. The Cooperative Extension is an outreach pro-gram based in the University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
The organization has agents in all 100 counties as well as the Qualla Boundary of the Chero-kee Nation to help residents get in contact with local farmers. The overall goal of the cam-paign is to boost North Caro-lina’s food economy.
Over 4,400 individuals and 427 businesses, including 72 restaurants, have joined the campaign pledging to spend 10 percent of their food bud-get on locally produced foods. Individuals and businesses are encouraged to record the amount they have spent on
the campaign’s website, www.nc10percent.com.
In addition to the individu-als and businesses, several local governments, medical centers and colleges have also joined the pledge. NC State is one of several universities, including UNC-Ash-ville, UNC-Wilmington, and the NC Agriculture and Techni-cal University that have also joined.
The University incorporates and highlights locally pro-duced items featured on the dining hall menus that meet the 10% Campaign standards.
“It’s very difficult to do be-
cause both the items and ingre-dients need to be local,” Keith Smith, University Dining food service manager, said.
According to Smith it is tough to balance getting the
amount of lo-ca l ly g row n food needed and keeping costs afford-able for stu-dents. Univer-sity Dining has been working with the 10 percent cam-paign to find local items that can be includ-
ed on the menus. Usually, lo-cally produced foods are saved for special dinners, such as the All Carolina’s Meal, which con-sists almost entirely of foods made in North Carolina.
There are some food items that are featured regularly on the dining hall menus that may not meet the requirements for the campaign but are local nonetheless.
“A lot of our fruits and vege-tables are locally grown,” Kevin Nichols, a chef at Clark Dining Hall, said.
Most of the bread in the dining halls comes from Neo-monde Baking Company. Neo-monde was founded in Raleigh in the 70s and has supplied the University for years.
“The bread is healthy be-cause it doesn’t contain as much yeast and gluten as oth-ers,” Nichols said.
According to Nichols, local foods are put on the menu as often as possible. All the dairy products including milk, ice cream and recently eggnog come from the University’s
own Howling Cow dairy. Lo-cal produce is used regularly but is sometime hard to obtain.
“The biggest problem is ob-taining quality products con-sistently,” Nichols said.
Local produce and goods are not necessarily healthier than the same foods imported from around the country. With to-day’s technology, food can be produced and shipped with-out losing many nutrients in the process. The real benefit of buying local foods is support-ing your local economy and lessening the carbon footprint of food production.
“The catalyst for more lo-cal food will be the US Food Service creating a supply chain between farmers and organi-zations like the University,” Jennifer Gilmore, director of marketing for Campus Enter-prises, said.
say they plan on working to-gether into the future.
“I don’t see [Occupy NCSU] getting smaller. I don’t see it going away, even if our land is taken, I don’t see it stopping,” Gad said.
Thomson explained while the actual occupying has slowed down around the country, due to harsh weather among other reasons, the movement plans to keep a political presence among the community.
“There are students that I’ve never seen before who are just mad about the state of the economy and the job market,” Thomson said. “We’re growing substantially.”
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jordan moore/TechnicianJosh Harris, a 2005 alumnus, protests outside Nelson Hall following a presentation by the CEO of Wells Fargo, Wednesday, Nov. 30. The protest was held by Occupy NC State and Occupy Raleigh, and consisted of protests and a mic check in Nelson Hall.
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Dining halls incorporate local foods into menu
“The bread is
healthy because it
doesn’t contain as
much yeast and
gluten as others.”Kevin Nichols, chef at
Clark Dining Hall
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{ }Our view
Debates over the read-ing days have sug-gested the termination
of such pointless days prior to exams, arguing the weekend is sufficient time for studying. To fix this, administrators should reassess the effectiveness of these days and how to maxi-mize their potential to help students.
We doubt most students use these days to their full poten-tial because they’re so clumped together, making them seem like a mere vacation between classes and exams. After they’re over, the schedule remains stressful and overwhelming for students. This is especially true for students who have exams back-to-back.
To rectify this matter, spread the breaks throughout the weeks of exams—realign the reading days for the Wednes-day of each week of exams. With the break in the middle of each week, rather than two days at the beginning of the exam period, students could have breaks for studying.
The weekends would serve as two days of studying for Mon-day and Tuesday exams and the Wednesday break would serve as study time for Thursday and Friday exams. Students could study on days they need to for their appropriate exams, but
also could take a break in the middle of exams for mental re-laxation.
Provost Warwick Arden, who is in charge of the academic calendar, as well as our rep-resentatives in Student Gov-ernment, should advocate for these new reading days as a way to benefit students in their studying, rather than the four-day weekend we have now.
These days could also aid stu-dents with different studying habits. Some students work best with time to spread out their studying, rather than the usual late-night cramming ses-
sion. With reading days in the middle of the weeks, these stu-dent are ensured time off from exams to study for the upcom-ing ones.
Students and faculty could benefit from this change be-cause of the studying and re-laxing potential these breaks could provide during the midst of chaotic exams. Students’ studying habits would benefit as well as would professors’, with time off from adminis-tering exams to either grade previous exams or to allow the same mental break. This has the potential not to just give students a break, but also to prepare for success on their ex-ams—don’t just get rid of these days, utilize them.
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.
Reading days could be more effectiveThe FacTs:With the semester coming to a close, the next week of exams are prefaced with two reading days, creating a four-day weekend for students to prepare for their exams.
Our OpiniOn:The current time for reading days, at the beginning of next week, is seen as nothing more than another Memorial Day weekend, rather than a chance to increase student studying potential.
Thank you...
Facebook “For being there when I don’t want to
study.”
cook-out“For being open way later than your sign
says you will be.”
uNc“For reminding me that there are at least
29,300 people dumber than me.”
WitherspooN studeNt ceNter “For charging a reasonable price for
movies.”
FreshmeN-oNly classes“For reminding me that I should have
taken my P.E. requirements when I had the chance.”
port city Java“For taking only 13 minutes instead of 15
minutes to make my coffee this morning.”
WeariNg suNglasses iNside“For reminding me that I can never be
that cool.”
WeekeNds“For giving me something to live for.”
tWitter“For updating faster than news sites.”
headphoNes arouNd the Neck“For turning the volume all the way up.
I appreciate the fact you don’t understand the point of headphones, because I love being subjected to your horrible music.”
truck Who took up tWo spaces “I would love to walk.”
elevators“For only breaking on the days I need to
do laundry.”
textiNg“For giving me one more reason not to
pay attention in class.”
caFFeiNe “For allowing me to pull all-nighters
without regrets.”
hats For minimizing my freak-outs on bad
hair days.
trash “For making me feel productive when
I bring you out to the dumpster.”
bragaW c-store “For satisfying my craving for choco-
late at 3 a.m.”
meal plaN “For making me a peanut butter and
jelly sandwich seem like a lot effort.”
WolF alert“For making me super paranoid
about leaving my room.”
yoga “For making everyone look like an
idiot at once.”
mcdoNald’s dollar meNu“For being a college student’s best
friend.”
BY JADE LoRiNg
What do you do during your reading days?
{ }in yOur wOrds
“This year I’m doing a scavenger hunt, and studying.”
Bryan Moffittsophomore, biological sciences
“I’ll be living in the library.”
Natalie Seymoursophomore, food science
The pantheon of beardsWith No-Shave November over, it’s time we reflect not only on the month but on the dominant beards
throughout our ages. At every stage in our lives we are faced with a dominant beard. A beard of such rich-ness that it stands alone amongst its peers. This is a chronicling of the pantheon of beards.
CoLUMN BY JOSH LuCAS | CARtooNS BY CHRISTIAn O’nEAL
There was that one kid in 3rd or 4th grade who somehow convinced everyone the long hair on the side of his face were sideburns. not having a firm concept of puberty, he successfully swindled entire elementary schools into thinking he was some sort of man-child.
Maturing so fast, classmates thought he’d leave for the nBa by 7th grade. all we can hope for is that karma balanced out the equation by never allowing him to truly grow facial hair.
This week I was supposed to write a column, but I had to take care of some thank you notes. I hope you don’t mind.
For many, freshman year of college marked their introduction to the perfect beard. The beard was full and groomed to perfection. its earthy nature made it appear as if it had been ripped out of the pages of an eddie Bauer catalog.
The Brawny man himself could not have grown a better beard. it was the first time one’s facial dominance could promote feelings of inferiority.
in middle school, facial hair officially hit in the form of darkened peach-fuzz on the upper lip. These faux-staches make looking back on our yearbook photos like looking at car accidents—what were we thinking?
color pencils could’ve been used to draw on a better mustache. The only benefit of the stache was that its griminess accompanied the general greasy appearance we all were seemingly aiming for quite well.
in high school the facial hair game went pro. The world of facial hair went from zero to 60 in the blink of an eye. Kids had hair follicles growing faster than their bone structure.
classmates started looking like bearded babies. high school became a competition of who could grow the patchiest beard and avoid looking at mirror the longest. This competition had no winners.
The philosopher (aka the Graduate school or the hipster) is most commonly found in one’s twenties around college campuses and carrboro. The beard, by being abnormally long and unsightly, combined with one’s occupation is a symbol of one’s status in life.
it says “i don’t care right now, but this is probably just a phase.” when the philosopher encounters the environmental pressures of a mortgage or a real job, the beard becomes extinct.
The Bum is the beard that dominates the rest of life. The bum does not directly imply a lack of wealth; Zach Galifanakus has done very well for himself, however, it does imply an underlying approach to life.
Like the philosopher, it says one doesn’t care but distinguishes himself by also saying, “i have no intention of caring—ever.”
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FeaturesFLS 413 students investigated original 434-year-old volume on medicinal plants of the New World.
Mark HerringFeatures Editor
Few medical journals today would prescribe tobacco as a cure for asthma or as a reliable remedy for a stomachache, but Spanish students are studying a 16th century volume that docu-ments these claimed medicinal purposes of New World plants.
Although medicine has ad-vanced a long way since Nicolás Monardes published his medi-cal anthology in 1577, Elvira Vilches, associate professor of Spanish, uses the primary document to allow students to experience the novelty of the discovery of the Americas.
The course she instructs, FLS 413, is entitled Spain and the Americas in Transatlantic Perspective.
“This course focuses on the relationship between Spain and the Americas since Columbus,” Vilches said. “We especially focus on the importance of tobacco and chocolate in the colonization.”
The book by Monardes high-lights many qualities of tobacco he found to be medicinal, but in addition to studying PDFs of the original, Vilches requested an original copy of the book from Duke Libraries.
The D.H. Hill Library bor-rowed the book from Duke Li-braries between Nov. 10 and 15. Duke valued the volume more than $10,000, and the D.H. Hill Library Special Collections had to take out insurance on the book, according to Jennifer Baker, a research services asso-
ciate for Special Collections.Students were able to read the
Spanish in its original typeface, which required some practice, according to Jackson Diaz-Cobo, a senior in international studies.
“It took a few hours to get used to the way they spelled things in old Spanish,” Diaz-Cobo said. “But afterwards it wasn’t too bad.”
Despite the adjustment to the style of the text, students could understand the Spanish that re-sembled modern Spanish.
According to Vilches, Mo-nardes’ book serves as an ex-emplary primary document that allows students to relive
the experiences of colonization of the Americas.
“E x per ienc i ng h i s tor y through pri-mary docu-ments, l ike t h i s o n e , a l lows stu-dents to see this from the perspective of Monardes and how he conceptual-ized the me-dicinal uses of plants like tobacco,” Vilches said.
Monardes never ventured to the Americas, but documented
goods coming from the New World from his home in Se-ville. This city on the mouth of
Guadalquivir River served as the launch pad of Span-ish expedi-tions to the Americas and was the first stop back in Spain for car-go returning from the New World.
“Monardes documented and even culti-vated plants and herbs from the New World in his gardens,”
Vilches said. “His work is some of the first to document how products from the New World can be used for medical pur-poses.”
According to Vilches, the perception of products origi-nating from the Americas took time to gain the trust of Euro-pean settlers. This aspect of Eu-rocentrism is widely discussed in this course.
Kemuel Gonzalez, a junior in Spanish education, said the book served as a transition in literature from the era, moving from conspiracy-based writing to scientific and investigative writings.
“When Columbus discov-
ered the Americas, there was a lot of talk about myths, but this book is more scientific and took a more medical approach to investigating the New World and the native fauna,” Gonza-lez said.
For Aileen Rodriguez, a se-nior in Spanish, the course allowed her to re-evaluate her understanding of her Puerto Rican identity.
“I think reading all this stuff lets you see all the differences in how the Spanish perceived the New World,” Rodriguez said. “In previous texts you see words like ‘the Amazons’ and the ‘caníbales.’ In high school, you just learn about Columbus and the three boats, but that’s not everything.”
Rodriguez stressed the im-portance of Latinos learning about their origins and the conquest of the new world.
“Many people don’t think about our [Latino] origins but now I do understand how our society came to be,” she said. “We just didn’t happen over-night. There are a lot of Euro-pean as well as native influences that make up my own history. This reading from Monardes is just an example of that. For me, that’s really exciting.”
The material of the class extended beyond the findings of Monardes, according to Vilches.
“The purpose is not to fo-cus on how wrong Monardes may have been with the ap-plications of his medicinal findings,” Vilches said. “Our purpose is to study the process on how Monardes came to his conclusions. From this specific perspective we can piece it into our broader understanding of Spanish colonization. But it is fun to see how far we’ve come since then.”
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Spanish students rediscover the Americas through tobacco
Alex sAnchez/TechniciAnStudents in Elvira Vilches’s FLS 413 class studied an original copy of a 16th century reference book from the Duke University special collection. The book was one of the first to document the applications of new world plants such as tobacco and chocolate.
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“I’ll do f ine art through spray-paint,” Wroblewski said, reflecting on his work on campus. This innovative com-bination of classical painting and street art may seem like a contradiction, but the mixed style is attracting Wroblewski publicity he never expected.
Wroblewski, who went to East Carolina University as an art major, drives to N.C. State to use the Free Expression Tun-nel to create his spray paint masterpieces.
“The location’s good, and I just love working around peo-ple,” Wroblewski said.
He likes having a lot of students around because he enjoys the freedom of expres-sion—not only his freedom to
express himself on the wall, but the freedom of the viewers to comment, Wroblewski said.
“I like the fact that there are people passing by that can stop and give input; say I’m doing a good job or say I’m not doing a good job,” Wroblewski said.
Wroblewski said he wanted to be a comic book artist when he was younger, but upon dis-covering a passion for portrait work, he moved towards the fine art direction.
“I look back at a lot of classic work and old masters; Michel-angelo, the early renaissance, the entire Italian Renaissance. Rembrandt is a huge inspira-tion,” Wroblewski said.
He has been to the Rem-brandt exhibit in the North
Carolina Museum of Art mul-tiple times to study the exhibit, and even has his own painting on display in the museum right now; it’s a self-portrait in an ex-hibit called Self, Observed.
Wroblewski was inspired to combine fine art with street art by looking at famous artists who pioneered contemporary street art.
“I got into graffiti because of Banksy. He’s a big-name London artist... His street art is hilarious—it has really good political and moral points to it that, for the most part, I can agree with,” Wroblewski said.
Upon trying street art, Wro-blewski found he enjoyed cre-ating it as much as he enjoyed observing it. He said he doesn’t
care that his creations are not at all permanent and actually appreciates their fleetingness.
“I like the fact that it’s really a spur of the moment kind of thing. If you work on some-thing really hard it could be gone the next day,” he said. “As long as I have a picture of it, I’m content.”
One paint-i n g h e i s working on is the image of a tattoo artist.
“ I t o o k photos of one of the guys who tattooed me tattooing somebody else, and I’m taking some of those references and combin-ing them and making a paint-ing,” Wroblewski said.
He considers his style im-promptu and unplanned.
“In terms of the Free Expres-sion Tunnel, it’s really been
random. It’s been whatever I can get my hands on,” Wro-blewski said. His first paint-ings, he practiced by copying images off of the Internet. However, he’s moved away from that since.
“I take my own references now; I feel bad for using other people’s photos and taking
some credit for it,” Wro-blewski said.
Although Wroblewski considers himself his biggest critic, students have reacted posi-tively to his
work.“I think the Free Expression
Tunnel is a really cool thing be-cause it allows so many of these talented people like this guy…to practice their trade and be appreciated by so many people that walk through there every
day,” Dane Hall, a freshman in mechanical engineering, said.
Kathleen Shannon, a fresh-man in biological sciences and bioarcheology, first saw Wro-blewski’s mural of a skull and became a fan of him on Face-book later that day to look at the rest of his paintings.
“I like his style, I think, that’s my favorite part of what he does. It’s a little different,” Shannon said.
Wroblewski uses social media to publicize and document the transient pieces he’s created.
“Before I started doing this I had maybe 40 likes, and since then I’ve doubled it, just doing spray painting… so it’s good publicity,” Wroblewski said.
This publicity from the Free Expression Tunnel has been good for him, as he’s up for hire to do wall murals. He said he also intends to go into mer-chandizing, making T-shirts, prints or even selling originals.
Researchers at N.C. State address the issues of health literacy across disciplines.
Young LeeStaff Writer
Health literacy, according to Amina Patton, a masters stu-dent in graphic design, is an ex-ample of a “wicked” problem.
“A wicked problem,” Patton said. “It’s an actual term. The term refers to a problem that is so complex and [is] such a sys-temic thing that there’s not just going to be one person that’s going to be able to figure it out and it’s not just going to be one field that figures it out.”
For Patton and many other students trying to address the issue of health literacy, now is a dynamic time. October, which is also Health Literacy Month, has just come to a close and the national dialogue has shifted once again to health care.
Still, no “wicked” problem is solved with just one idea or is addressed with just one month. Even the definition of health literacy is more complicated than initially apparent.
“The “quote-unquote” defi-nition of health literacy is an individual’s ability to access, understand and use health in-formation in their day-to-day decision making,” R.V. Rikard, a graduate student in sociol-ogy, said. “Literacy, our abil-ity to read, write, understand
information, is not just an in-dividual trait. We are not just popped out and we have high or low literacy. Literacy level is socially-influenced. So my level of health literacy may be higher than others in a specific health topic but it is maybe lower in another respect.”
This is largely because of challenges regarding social context that health literacy requires people from different backgrounds and disciplines to understand.
“We have to understand health literacy as socially de-fined,” Rikard said. “We have to understand its social con-text.”
Rikard is using his sociology background to see if there is any correlation between health, health awareness and how social con-texts affect
health literacy.“My dissertation research
is really taking [a 2003 health dataset] that hasn’t been used in social sciences research and looking at disparities,” Rikard said. “If there are any, then in whom and what role does health literacy play in under-standing these disparities.”
Rikard was inspired to do this research three years ago when he and his colleagues in the sociology department first started doing research on health literacy, especially re-garding HIV and AIDS amongst the Afri-can American communi-ty. They
eventual ly created health awareness tool kits that were distributed around the area.
Since then, Rikard has re-mained active. He has facili-tated Twitter discussions, is an active member of the Wake County Health Coalition, maintains a health blog, posted blog entries on national web-sites and has a Twitter chat with Kathleen Hoffman, a health specialist from Greensboro, every Thursday. Even beyond his dissertation, Rikard is pas-sionate in keeping his involve-
ment with raising health literacy a large part
of his life.“ I w o r k
in appl ied research. That is my goal,” Ri-kard said. “I see my
role as out
working with a non-profit or with a government agency to help clarify the idea of health literacy and make information accessible, make the services accessible and providing people with the bare bone basics.”
However, Rikard is not alone in his work. Patton has similar goals and the two have main-tained contact. Although the connection between graphic design and healthcare may not be immediately apparent,
Patton finds her skills allow her to find a place in the
health literacy dia-logue.
“Ironically enough, graphic design and health literacy re-ally connect,” Patton said. “A lot of the problems with health literacy come from a commu-nication barrier.”
Patton seeks to use her thesis project to address this issue. In-spired by television shows like MTV’s Teen Mom, she hopes to find a way to better communi-cate nutrition information to pregnant teenagers. Like Ri-kard, Patton sees her place in the health literacy communica-tion to be lasting.
“The more I got into [the health literacy discussion], the more I got interested,” Patton said. “It could potentially fol-low me and I would love that.“
However, there are many problems and perspectives as with any “wicked” problem. These problems continue to bring disciplines together.
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Health literacy proves a wicked problem
Inventive artist merges graffiti with fine art Mark WrobleWski paints a series of
innovative Murals in the free expression tunnel.
Photo Courtesy of Mark WrobleWskithe paintings done by Wroblewski provide him with a chance to build a bigger fanbase. Wroblewski signs every work he does with his facebook page, which has brought him additional business and a greater number of fans.
Photo Courtesy of Mark WrobleWskiMark Wroblewski has painted numerous portraits in the free expression tunnel. the artist enjoys the fleeting nature of the work, and says his style as being impromptu and unplanned.
Story By katie sanders
Mark Wroblewski, an Apex resident, has a calm and humble demeanor—but the display of his artwork does not reflect his soft-spoken nature. The art community may recognize Wroblewski for his work displayed
in the North Carolina Museum of Art—but the average N.C. State student would recognize him for his series of murals displayed in the Free Expression Tunnel.
“The location’s
good, and I just
love working
around people.”Mark Wroblewski, graffiti artist
Photo illustration by andreW so
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The ImporTance of healTh lITeracyhealth literacy presents a problem because those who have a lower level are at a greater risk when they find themselves in need of care. the following are likely to afflict those with a lower level of health literacy.
• Lower understanding of instructions given by health care provider
• Less likely to follow instructions on how to better their health
• Less capable of filling out medical forms
• Less capable of navigating health care systems
• susceptible to higher levels of health care debt
• more likely to develop a chronic disease
• those who do develop a chronic disease are less likely to be able to find proper treatment
sourCe: Center for health Care strategies
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ahead of State 73-70 with 3:09 left to play.
The Hoosiers would hit a 10-2 run to end the game as the buzzer sounded with a fi-nal score of 86-75 in Indiana’s favor.
Coach Mark Gottfried had great comments to say about the atmosphere of the game.
“It was phenomenal, our fans were great. I wish we would
have been able to deliver for them, because their enthusi-asm was terrific and our play-ers fed off that,” Gottfried said. “Hopefully, we’ll have a lot of nights like that, and even though we disappointed them with a loss, they’ll see that our guys are going to compete hard and keep improving.”
With the loss, the Pack will move to 5-2 on the season and will face off against Stanford Dec. 4.
“You wanna show the world, but no one knows your name yet /Wonder when and where and how you’re gonna make it/You know you can if you get the chance/In your face as the door keeps slamming.”
After settling for surpris-ing bowl berth, the young Deacs set to move forward.
Coastal DivisionD u k e ( 3 - 9 , 1 - 7
ACC) - “Road To Nowhere” by Talking Heads
“They can tell you what to do/But they’ll make a fool of you/And it’s all right, baby, it’s all right/We’re on a road to nowhere.”
Through four years , coach David Cutcliffe is apparently not Duke’s foot-ball messiah.
Georgia Tech (8-4, 5-3 ACC) - “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen
“Someday girl I don’t know when/We’re gonna get to that place/Where we really want to go/And we’ll walk in the sun/But till then tramps like us/Baby we were born to run.”
Nobody looked as inde-structible when they ex-ecuted the run game.
M i a m i ( 6 - 6 , 3 - 5 ACC) - “Closing Time” by Semisonic
“So gather up your jackets, move it to the exits/I hope you have found a friend/
Closing time/Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
Self-imposed sanctions symbolize beginning of a dark era in Miami football.
North Carolina (7-5, 3-5 ACC) - “Long Road To Ruin” by Foo Fighters
“Here now don’t make a sound/Say have you heard the news today?/One f lag was taken down/To raise another in its place.”
Carolina’s future direc-tion completely revolves around Withers’ eventual successor.
V i r g i n i a ( 8 - 4 , 5 - 3 ACC) - “We’ve Only Just Begun” by Carpenters
“Before the risin’ sun, we fly/So many roads to choose/We’ll start out walkin’ and learn to run/And yes, we’ve just begun.”
Ahead of the program’s schedule, Mike London’s team has potential staying power.
#5 Virginia Tech (11-1, 7-1 ACC) - “Live To Win” by Paul Stanley
“Live to win, ‘till you die, ‘till the light dies in your eyes/Live to win, take it all, just keep fighting till you fall/Day by day, kickin’ all the way, I’m not cavin’ in/Let another round begin, live to win.”
Year in and year out, Hokies represent class of the conference.
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Yates It was pretty fun. When I look up now, he has gotten into the NFL. It’s kind off funny that I can actually say that I sacked a good player. Hopefully it sticks inside a lot of people’s minds.”
Irving, who lined up with Manning last year, claimed they shared a special relation-ship.
“He’s like my little brother,” Irving said. “We have a friend-ship that will last for a pret-ty long time. Off the field, being around him, I know he is a real hard worker. He’s a good person. Even away f rom sports he is a good person to be around. He likes to have fun. He thinks a lot about other people.”
Irving, however, was un-happy people were comparing Manning to him and not giving him a chance to create his own identity.
“He is his own person you know,” Manning said. “Me and him didn’t like when they called him little Nate or any-thing when I was there and I still don’t like it because he has different qualities. He’s out there working hard to build up his own reputation. I think to do that is totally wrong.”
Irving, despite his busy schedule in the NFL, has kept in touch with the progress Manning has made.
“A couple of weeks ago against Clemson I tuned in and it was a big game,” Irving said. “[Manning] was doing anything and everything in his power to make sure that in a big game like that, his team could come out with a victory.”
Senior linebacker Sterling Lucas, who missed the whole season due to injuries, said he was impressed with Manning’s leadership qualities.
“He is a type of a guy, no mat-ter if he has the title of being a captain or not, he is still going to be a leader,” Lucas said. “It’s
just the type of person he is . On the field, he is al-ways upbeat. He is always encourag-ing the guys. If somebody is down, he l i f t s t he m up. He is al-ways the one that cracks
the joke and kind of eases out the tension. He is definitely a leader.”
Manning, who was named to the All-ACC second team this week despite being sidelined due to injuries for two games, said he would like to be remem-bered as more than just another football player.
“Obviously a great football player, but an even better per-son,” Manning said. “I guess anybody who gets to know me will know that I am a great guy and I try to be very blunt about every situation as much as I can be. I want to be known as a great guy, not just a great football player.”
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patrick easters/technicianWolfpack basketball forward Richard Howell attempts a goal in N.C. State’s game versus Indiana Wednesday night. The Wolfpack led in the first half, but ultimately lost 75-86, bringing their record to 5-2.
“Even away from
sports he is a
good person to be
around. He likes
to have fun.”Nate Irving, alumna
Missed opportunities by State lead to its second regular season loss.
Adam LutheStaff Writer
The men’s basketball team lost in arguably one of the biggest match-ups of the season thus far Wednesday night at the RBC Center.
After Indiana won the tip-off and put up a quick score, a three by junior for-ward Scott Wood awakened the fans. After doing so, the Hoosiers answered with a 14-5 run to open the first half of play. A couple turn-overs by Indiana and superb rebound would keep State alive.
After a couple baskets by junior forward Calvin Les-lie, including an original 3-point play, the Pack would see itself down by 10 points with 14:00 remaining in the half.
Following a turnaround jump shot from junior De-Shawn Painter and an Indi-ana turnover, Wood would come up with the ball and get fouled on a three-point shot and hit all three free throws, putting the Pack’s deficit down to six. Another lay-in by freshman forward Tyler Harris would pull State within four points.
A Wood three would tie the game with 5:44 left in the first half of play. Indi-ana would go on a 6-0 run with 2:09 left, until a couple blocks by Leslie, who would finish the game with a dou-
ble-double, including 10 points and 11 rebounds, kept State in the game defensively.
“We knew that they couldn’t stop us on the inside,” Leslie said. “We have to do a better job to realize that, with our guards and our team and take advantages of all the opportu-nities we have on the court.”
State would eventually sneak back into the game with a buck-et from Leslie to take the lead 42-41 heading into the locker room, giving State its first lead
of the game.The second half would be a
very similar repeat of the first, with both teams being evenly matched.
A Wolfpack turnover led to an Indiana three to open the half. After a Painter hook shot, a sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown block led to a senior forward C.J. Williams basket, giving State a momentum shift.
The game would eventu-ally be tied with 15:31 left in the game with a score of 50
all. Great transition play from State would give them the lead with 14:49 left. Indiana would once again tie the game as both teams battled back-to-back, exchanging leads until Brown would give the Pack back-to-back buckets.
“We got a little too excited and lit up,” Brown said. “Our big man was setting a good screen and it was easy for me to get to the basket.”
When another Leslie block led to a Wood three, the Wolf-
pack would once again see the lead up to five points with 8:06 remaining. The rest of the game would go downhill from here on for the Pack.
After a few missed oppor-tunities by State, the Hoosiers crept back to within three points with 3:37 left in the game. Freshman forward Cody Zeller kept Indiana alive with six straight points to put them
Current and former teammates give high praise to the junior linebacker.
Rishav DeyStaff Writer
“He’s a competitor, he’s going to give you 110 per-cent and he is going to do whatever it takes to win.”
When Nate Irving, for-mer N.C. State All-Ameri-can linebacker and current star of the Denver Broncos says that about redshirt junior linebacker Terrell Manning, you have to be-lieve him. That’s only if you haven’t seen him play. Anyone who has seen him play will agree with Irving.
Manning’s time at N.C. State has been nothing short of a revelation. From his first year where he just started in two games to be-ing one of the first names on the team sheet, Manning has come a long way. Com-ing into N.C. State as one of the top prospects in the
nation, Manning continues to perform at a high level. Howev-er, he has had a few challenges of his own to contend with.
“Injuries, playing a physi-cal sport like football, you are going to get injured and I suffered two of them, two sur-geries,” Manning said. “But I was blessed to be able to come back and play football and still be able to have an effect on the team and be a decent player.”
Despite all the success on the field, which has seen him collect two ACC Player of the Week awards, Manning pays tribute to two people who have had a big impact on his life.
“The person who has had the biggest impact on me is my mom,” Manning said. “She has been there with me through everything and helped me out even when other people didn’t believe in me. She was always there, so I have to give every-thing to her. She deserves the world.”
Manning also attributes his success to the guidance of for-mer teammate Nate Irving.
“Here at N.C. State it has to be Nate,” Manning said. “See-
ing everything he has been through -- obviously a life and death situation but he survived and was able to come back. Even now we still keep in com-munication. It’s always easy for me to pick up the phone and talk to him about anything I have on my mind.”
While Manning has been a part of many famous victories over Florida State, Clemson, Maryland and UNC, one par-ticular moment sticks in his mind.
“The best moment I have had so far at N.C. State would prob-ably be last year at Carolina,” Manning said. “I had a safety there in the game, I sacked T.J.
COUNTDOWN• 4 days until N.C. State bowl destination is
announced.
INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation of the Terrell
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tim o’brien/techniciansophomore guard marissa kastanek shoots a layup at the tuesday night game against fairfield University at Reynolds Colosseum feb. 1.
Indiana slips by Wolfpack in Big 10-ACC showdown
Leading the Pack: Terrell Manning
A rhythmical assessment of all 12 teams in the Atlan-tic Coast Conference.
Sean FairholmDeputy Sports Editor
They are roads traveled and journeys lived, defined objectively by wins or losses and defined subjectively by passion and emotion - they are the seasons of each col-lege football team. As au-tumn pushes forward, the sun retires earlier and the leaves softly rush to campus grounds, there are constant reminders of a bittersweet culmination rustling some-where in the wind. Although seniors have bid their final farewells to hometown faith-fuls and stadiums across the country have begun hiber-nation, the spirit of college football never truly departs; in 12 words or less, here is an ode to the road’s end.
Atlantic DivisionBoston College (4-8, 3-5
ACC) - “Carry On My Way-ward Son” by Kansas
“Masquerading as a man with a reason/My charade is the event of the season/And if I claim to be a wise man, well/It surely means that I don’t know.”
The ACC’s most con-sistent program of past decade will return from anomaly.
#20 Clemson (9-3, 6-2 ACC) - “Here’s To The Night” by Eve 6
“Here’s to the nights we felt alive/Here’s to the tears you knew you’d cry/Here’s
to goodbye/Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon.”
It took 11 games to realize Clemson has not changed at all.
Florida State (8 - 4, 5 -3 ACC) - “(Don’t You) Forget About Me” by Simple Minds
“Don’t you forget about me/I’ ll be alone, dancing you know it baby/Going to take you apart/I’ll put us back together at heart, baby.”
High expectations became disappointment, but brighter days (and E.J. Manuel) will return.
M a r y l a n d ( 2 -10 , 1-7 ACC) - “It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday” by Boyz II Men
“I don’t know where this road/Is going to lead/All I know is where we’ve been /And what we’ve been through.”
Terps transition to the Ran-dy Edsall era has started as a train-wreck.
N . C . S t a t e ( 7- 5 , 4 - 4 ACC) - “Believe It Or Not” by Joey Scarbury
“Just like the light of new day/It hit me from out of the blue/Breakin’ me out of the spell I was in/Makin’ all of my wishes come true.”
Plagued by injuries and un-inspired play, State showed heart to battle back.
Wa ke Forest (6 - 6 , 5 -3 ACC) - “One Step At A Time” by Jordin Sparks
Tennis hosts alumni weekendThe women’s tennis program announced that it will host its first annual alumni weekend from Feb .25-26, 2012. The weekend will include a tour of the new tennis complex, an alumni round robin tournament as well as the Pack’s match against Wake Forest on the Feb. 26, 2012 at 2 p.m.
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N.C. State Bookstores to host book signingBethany Bradsher, author of The Classic: How Everett Case and His Tournament Brought Big-Time Basketball to the South, will be discussing and signing copies of her book at the N.C. State Bookstore on the ground floor of Harrelson Hall on Friday from 5-9 p.m. Her book chronicles the rise and fall of the Dixie Classic, the predecessor to what is now known as the ACC Tournament. The book is now on sale at the bookstore for $21.95.
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Women’s basketball falls to NorthwesternThe Pack lost its second straight game of the season, 76-59, in the Big 10-ACC Challenge. Junior guard Marissa Kastanek led State in scoring with 15 points and Senior forward Bonae Holston contributed 10 points and nine rebounds. State is now 4-2 on the season and its next game will be against the South Carolina Gamecocks on December 4th in Reynolds Coliseum.
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ACC ROUNDUP
Technician’s
athletic schedule
TodayMen’s BasketBall vs. IndIanaRBC Center, 7:15 p.m.
WoMen’s BasketBall at northWesternEvanston, Il., 8 p.m.
Sundaytrack at chrIstopher neWport InvItatIonalNewport News, Va., All Day
WrestlIng at penn state openUniversity Park, Penn., All Day
Men’s BasketBall at stanfordPalo Alto, Calif., 4 p.m.
Sunday, December 11Men’s BasketBall vs. north carolIna central Raleigh, 3 p.m.
WoMen’s BasketBall vs. alaBaMaRaleigh, 5:30 p.m.
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brent kitchen/technicianRedshirt senior linebacker terrell manning sacks Carolina quarterback bryn Renner during the team’s game at Carter-finley stadium saturday, nov. 5. manning led the Pack with 11 tackles as state defeated the tarheels 13-0 for its fifth consecutive win in the rivalry.
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Quote of the day“We have to
do a better job to realize that,
with our guards and our team
and take advan-tages of all the opportunities
we have on the court.”
Calvin Leslie, junior forward
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manning ranks in the acc• 1st in fubmles forced• 1st in fumbles recovered
2nd tabkle for a loss• 15th in tackles• tied for 18th in passes
defended
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