technician - january 28, 2009
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Mays' 3-pointer lifts pack in OT, Green means wait, Give WolfProwl time to see if it is useful, Kay Yow memorilization continue on, off campusTRANSCRIPT
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Students, citizens look for different ways to honor late coach
Derek MedlinManaging Editor
Four days after the death of women’s bas-ketball coach Kay Yow Saturday morning, students on campus and citizens in the area have continued to find ways to remember her.
Hundreds of students on campus wore pink to remember Yow and her fight against breast cancer Monday. Members of Student Gov-ernment painted the Free Expression Tun-nel pink and white Tuesday afternoon and pledged to keep it that way the rest of the week. The University will host a program in Reynolds Coliseum to honor Kay Yow today. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the program is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Members of Uni-versity and Athletics administration and the women’s basketball coaching staff will speak. A video tribute to Yow will also be shown.
Community members have also come up with different ways to honor Yow and her memory.
Thomas Allen, a Raleigh resident and N.C. State alumnus, said he has written to Mayor Charles Meeker to attempt to develop an of-ficial day to remember Kay Yow.
“I wrote a letter about it and we were try-ing to put together a day or even a week for coach Yow,” he said. “I wrote before coach
Yow passed so I don’t know what the plans are now.”
Allen said he also wrote Gov. Bev Perdue and even the President Barack Obama to try and continue to commemorate Yow.
“I wanted to see what anyone can do,” Allen said. “When I went to Hoops for Hope last year, I got a chance to meet coach Yow. She
means a whole lot to me.”Allen said Yow’s story hits home for
him. “Kay Yow just stands out to me as a per-
son that never looked at herself but that was always trying to help other,” he said.
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SOURCE: TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENTThis is the projected route for the WolfProwl service, which is scheduled to begin Feb.19
Kay Yow memorialization continue on, o! campus
Downtown Wolfline connector to highlight new features
Derek MedlinManaging Editor
The Transportation Depart-ment, in response to requests from students, will begin offer-ing a new Wolfline bus service to take students from campus to the downtown entertainment district near Glenwood Avenue Feb. 19.
The service, called WolfProwl, will run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights each week, Bri-an O’Sullivan, assistant director of planning and operations for Transportation, said.
“This is in response to requests for an entertainment district bus,” O’Sullivan said of the addition of the new program. “There was a desire for students to get safely from campus to downtown and back.”
T he Wol f-prowl bus ser-v ic e , w h ich student fees are paying for, will take students from areas on ca mpus a nd Hillsborough Street to two stops, one on Glenwood Avenue and one near the Warehouse District, O’Sullivan said.
O’Sullivan said the service will begin Thursday nights at 9 p.m. and run until 3 a.m. with no set schedule for pickup and drop off.
“There will be nonstop service on Hillsborough Street from campus to a couple stops in the vicinity of Glenwood South and the Warehouse District,” O’Sullivan said.
Students will be required to show bus drivers student IDs in order to board the Wolfprowl bus.
“This is not open to the pub-lic,” O’Sullivan said. “But we understand students will have guests. Each student will be al-lowed to have up to two guests depending on how crowded the buses are.”
Students will also be subject to University Honor Code pol-icy while using the WolfProwl service.
“If a bus operator needs to call Campus Police or Raleigh police, they can,” O’Sullivan said. “We
want everyone to get to down-town and back safe and sound.”
Other new services Transpor-tation is unveiling, scheduled to begin in the fall of 2009, will change the way students buy parking permits and will also allow students to purchase car-
pool park ing permits.
The parking per m it pu r-chase system, according to O’Sullivan, will make students ability to pur-chase permits based on several requirements, most notably credit hours.
The new sys-tem will also be completely on-line.
“This coming year the permit system will be more of an alloca-tion system,” he said. “We will allocate a certain number of per-mits in each zone with certain requirements. We will actually be putting credit hour require-ments on certain zones.”
O’Sullivan said a student group doing a class project began look-ing at this type of permit pur-chasing system two to three years ago.
“This is something we’ve been putting pieces into place for about three years now,” he said. “We had kind of been talking about it here and then a student group looked at it. Now all the pieces have fallen into place.”
The other potential feature to be added in the fall of this year is a carpool permit system to al-low students to save money on permits by traveling to campus with other students.
Greg Cain, the assistant direc-
Transportation to roll out new services
MATT MOORE/TECHNICIANInterim Coach Stephanie Glance watches a tribute to Kay Yow while on the !oor of the RBC Center before the men’s game against Miami.
MATT MOORE/TECHNICIANAlum Len Hill gives money to James Lamb, a graduate in accounting, for the Kay Yow/ WBCA Cancer Fund. According to Lamb “the fund is to support breast cancer research and awareness.”
“Students should take advantage of it. Parking is going to keep
getting worse.”Kelli Rogers, a junior in
political science and Student Senate President pro tempore
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Green means waitSee page 6.
WOLFPROWL DOWNTOWN CONNECTOR
Scheduled to begin Feb. 19Scheduled to run Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. Will take students from campus and Hillsborough Street downtown to Glenwood Avenue and the Warehouse DistrictRequires students to show student IDs Will allow each student two guests depending on how busy the buses are
SOURCE: TRANSPORTATION
Spending limits in SG elections could change
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PROWL continued page 3
Student Senate will vote on whether to remove the spending limits for candidates
James CoxStaff Writer
The Select Committee on Elec-tions Reforms met to discuss the proposed Elections Reforms Act, Tuesday night.
The proposed bill aims to amend Student Government election statutes, such as student candidate spending limits.
Sarah Lindh, a senator for first year college, said she doesn’t think candidates need much money.
“No candidate tells the truth of what they really spent,” she said.
In return, Adam Compton, the senior class president, proposed to remove the current spending limits.
“By removing spending limits, we can institute a more account-able system that doesn’t encourage dishonest students,” he said.
Under the current sys-tem, Morgan Donnel ly, a senior in po-litical science, and Student Senate Campus Community Chair said, students don’t follow the limits.
“Why have them if no one fol-
lows them?” she asked.She said if the bill is passed,
there will be no more reason for students to lie about finances.
“If we see questionable records, we will question them,” Donnel-
ly said about the bill if the Student Senate passes the bill.
This stance is a change from the current policy, Compton said.
“In the past, the elections com-mission hasn’t had the clout to
break down and enforce these rules,” he said.
Compton, a senior in man-agement, said this fact comes
through by candidates being open about breaking the rules and not being disqualified.
Jay Dawkins, student body president, said the problem of dishonest candidates isn’t going to be easy to fix.
“It will take a lot of willing individuals to fix this prob-lem,” he said.
Dawkins, a junior in civil engineering said if the prob-lem isn’t fixed, students with money could buy their seats in Student Government.
“For the right price, I could veto the bill,” he joked re-ferring to Illinois governor Blagojevich.
Lindh, a junior in political
“No candidate tells the truth of what they really
spent.”Sarah Lindh, student senator
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Krispy Kreme Challenge registration continues
Bryan Peele, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, and Matthew Hunt, a sophomore in biomedical engineering, work to fix their rain-soaked Krispy Kreme Challenge poster to their tent in the Brickyard Tuesday. “It’s a fun event,” Hunt, who was volunteering for the race, said. “I just want the doughnuts. . . Just kidding.” Their tent registered fifteen runners,
with about 2,200 already registered online. “Next week is going to be pretty busy for registration.”
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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
In Tuesday’s page-eight sports story “Point guard Mays is growing into his role with the Wolfpack,” the story incorrectly attributed the number of sisters Mays has. He has four sisters.
In Tuesday’s page-three column, “Budget cuts affect more than class-es,” CALS was incorrectly attributed. It should have actually stated the Col-lege of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Technician regrets the errors.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at [email protected].
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POLICE BLOTTER1:18 A.M. | CHECK PERSONSyme Hall Area Report of suspicious subject wearing wolf mask. Officers located and spoke with student. No further action taken. 10:05 A.M. | WELFARE CHECKWolf Village Officers checked on welfare of stu-dent. Everything OK. 3:27 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDale Basketball Center Nonstudent was arrested for DWI and as a provisional licensee.
1:20 P.M. | FIRE ALARMWolf Village Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 1:54 P.M. | FIRE ALARMES King Village Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 7:49 P.M. | WELFARE CHECKWood Hall Officers checked on welfare of stu-dent. Everything OK. 8:46 P.M. | SAFETY PROGRAMZeta Ti Alpha - Off Campus Officer conducted Alcohol Program. 8:49 P.M. | FIRERobertson Hall Units responded to fire on roof of building. Damage confined to roof area.
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IN THE KNOW Kay Yow memorials continue The University will hold a memorial ceremony for coach Kay Yow Wednesday evening in Reynolds Coliseum.Administrators, members of the Athletics department and the women’s basketball coaching staff will speak at the service.
The doors open at 6 p.m. and the event will begin at 7 p.m.
SOURCE: GOPACK
Protecting the tunnel
Student Government is at-tempting to prevent the free ex-pression tunnel from becoming blue like it did back in Novem-ber before the last clash between N.C. State and UNC.
Student Government has post-ed sign-ups requesting students to volunteer to protect the tun-nel between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.
The sign-ups are for two-hour intervals and organiz-ers would like no fewer than three students protecting the tunnel at all times.
SOURCE: STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Ram Roast to take place !ursday
In preparation for the UNC basketball game Saturday, the Alumni Association is hosting their traditonal Ram Roast outside the Free Ex-pression Tunnel Thursday night.
Coach Sydney Lowe, N.C. State basketball players, the marching band, cheerleaders and the dance team will be in attendence.
The event starts at 7 p.m.
SOURCE: STUDENT GOVERNMENT
WORLD & NATIONIsrael retaliates bombing
Tuesday morning, Israeli planes crossed into the Gaza Strip for a retaliatory strike against Hamas after a bomb attack killed an Is-raeli soldier and wounded three more.
Israeli ground forces, consist-ing of 20 tanks and 7 bulldozers, rolled across the border as well.
The Israeli planes wounded two people in the town of Khan You-nis, in southern Gaza.
One of the wounded was a member of Hamas’ Popular Re-sistance Committee, who was on a motorbike, and the other wounded was a civilian.
Reports say the heaviest fight-ing is occurring in the area around Khan Younis.
This is the worst upsurge of violence since Israel’s offensive ended nearly two weeks ago.
Since then, a relatively unstable cease-fire has kept the two sides from continuing violence which began in late 2008. Israel has also closed border crossings into Gaza as a result of the bomb.
SOURCE: BBC NEWS
FedEx plane crashes early Tuesday
In Lubbock, Texas, a FedEx cargo plane crashed on landing.
Officials could not comment as to what caused the crash, but the inju-ries sustained by the two crew mem-bers were said to be minor.
SOURCE: CNN
Obama meets about stimulusOn Tuesday, President Obama met with congressional Republicans to discuss his proposed $825 billion stimulus package designed to help jump start the American economy.
The House of Representatives will meet to debate the same topic today, and could potentially vote on the issue.
Tuesday, Senate committees were scheduled to debate and vote on the plan.
The Congressional Budget Office said roughly 64 percent of the $825 billion will be used in 2009 and 2010, assuming the bill gets passed before mid-Feb.
SOURCE:CNN
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DIANNE SEXTON/TECHNICIANTaylor Dillon, a sophomore in nutrition, stands on top of Patrick Sessmon’s shoulder in order to paint every inch of the tunnel pink. “We’re turning the tunnel pink instead of blue,” Dillon said. It took the participants a little more than an hour to paint the Free ExpressionTunnel pink in honor of Kay Yow.
KAY YOW MEMORIAL OPPORTUNITIESTodayTribute to Kay Yow in Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
ThursdayPink out for women’s basketball home game against Boston College
FridayPublic viewing, Colonial Baptist Church in Cary, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Funeral, Colonial Baptist Church in Cary, 3 p.m.
SaturdayPink out for men’s basketball game against UNC-Chapel Hill
SOURCE: GOPACK.COM, STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Student Body President Jay Dawkins, a ju-nior in civil engineering, said the memory of Yow is not simply about remembering her personally.
“The big part is not only to remember her but also to be inspired by how she lived her life,” he said. “We can all learn a lot from her.”
Other events, scheduled for later this week, will continue to honor Yow and her fight against breast cancer.
Fans have been encouraged to wear pink to tonight’s women’s basketball game in honor of Yow.
Following the game, the Student Govern-ment sponsored Ram Roast will continue to protect the pink Free Expression Tunnel while also getting students prepared for the men’s game against UNC-Chapel Hill Sat-urday.
A public viewing will be held at Colonial Baptist Church in Cary from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m.
Yow will be buried in her hometown of Gibsonville, N.C. Saturday afternoon.
Allen said he plans to continue efforts to memorialize Yow in any way possible.
“There are still a lot of things that can be done,” he said. “Somebody even mentioned to me the possibility of naming a street after her. I have not and will not quit trying to do things in her name.”
tor for parking services, said the new carpool permits will allow two or three students to turn in single permits and be given one carpool permit, allowing them to save money and make parking less of a hassle.
“Two or more students who have a parking permit could turn them in for full or a pro-rated refund,” Cain said. “With a car-pool permit, those students will be allowed to park in any deck on campus.”
Kelli Rogers, a junior in politi-cal science and Student Senate President pro tempore, said she has been working with Trans-portation for more than a year to develop the carpool permit system.
“Sophomore year I started car-pooling with a friend. I lived on campus and I realized parking is a hassle for students,” she said. “I wanted to look into benefits for carpooling. Transportation was pretty open to it. We just had to fit the program to work here.”
Rogers said another important aspect of the carpooling push is to help the environment.
“There was not a lot of park-ing on campus and we wanted to try and be more environmentally friendly,” she said. “Students should take advantage of it. Parking is going to keep getting worse.”
Cain said the fall program will have a cap on the number of carpool permits that can be given out to help test the systems effectiveness.
“We would limit this to 100 participants,” he said. “The fol-lowing academic year we could look to expand it if it proves to be successful.”
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science, said the bill serves an-other purpose.
“Other than leveling the play-ing field, the bill is hoping to get students more informed,” she said.
Lindh said she hopes this bill is a step towards making Student Government more transparent.
“We don’t want to operate behind closed doors, students should know what we are do-ing,” she said.
Donnelly said transparency is the key to serving the students.
“If we’re going to serve the stu-dents best, the students need to be able to see the cost,” she said.
Kelli Rogers, Senate Pro Tem-pore, raised concerns about re-moving the spending limit.
“What happens to the poor students?” she asked.
Compton said the current sys-tem works against poor students.
“The current system gives them false hope. People are go-ing to spend what they want to spend,” he said.
Rogers, a junior in political science, stuck to her argument.
“While I recognize the impor-tance of clarity and transparency in Student Government, I also recognize the importance of fair-ness especially in these economic times,” she said.
Rogers thinks that the senate vote to take place Wednesday won’t affect the outcome — more transparency in Student Govern-ment.
She is confident this year’s campaigns will bring a new level of transparency to Student Government. Kenneth Webb, the chairman of the Senate Univer-sity Affairs Committee, wrote the bill.
His goal is for more fair elec-tions to take place with fewer blatant violations.for fines.
ELECTIONScontinued from page 1
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TECHNICIAN
The WolfProwl, aside from sounding like a low-budget horror film, is a
bus line that will run from the Werewolf ’s route to downtown Raleigh starting Feb. 19, Thurs-days through Saturdays. Student Government thought of the idea in order to support downtown businesses and keep students safe and prevent them from drinking and driving.
Student fees have already been allocated to supply this service to the University, so Transportation is obligated to go through with the bus line, despite budget cuts. But the WolfProwl’s trial period is this semester, so if it is not sat-isfactory, the University does not have to continue with it.
We are glad the University is keeping students’ safety in mind and for trying to pump more
money into downtown Raleigh’s night life, but should the Univer-sity be responsible for student transportation to somewhere off-campus? Some say it is.
Whatever your thoughts are on whose responsibility it is to make sure students are safe during their night time endeavors, since WolfProwl is already planned to happen, we should give it a try. If students do take advantage of it, then the University should evalu-ate the cost-effectiveness of it.
The WolfProwl could be more useful if it visited student apart-ment complexes on and around Trailwood Drive also. This would cut the likelihood of drinking and driving, and the WolfProwl would get more use, which means
keeping more people safe.The Technician advocated for
the WolfProwl in November, assuming the buses would also is it more apartment complexes and transport students from those complexes to downtown and back.
It is understandable why the University would want to have the WolfProwl and feel a need to keep students entertained and safe, but the fact is that going out at night is a luxury, not a neces-sity. So, take advantage while you can use this service, evaluate it and then decide whether or not it is worth keeping.
The WolfProwl is a good con-cept and Student Government had good intentions when cre-
ating it, but if it not used as much as expected, the funds should be used for something more vital, such as funding for clubs, in the coming semesters, especially with the continued budget cuts the state and the University is facing in the coming year.
Also, education should be the top priority at the University. Though the bus line was a good idea at the time when it was planned, times have changed and pools of funds are running dry.
If it comes down to the wire, we hope the University will be wise and cut the WolfProwl, and other unnecessary programs and proj-ects, before cutting classes and faculty members.
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. THE ISSUE:Student fees fund the University’s Wolf Prowl bus line, but it shouldn’t be used without some changes.
OUR OPINION:The University should not be responsible for providing transportation to places that are not academic, but if it does provide transportation to downtown, it should do it correctly.
THE SOLUTION:The University should update the Wolf Prowl to visit apartment complexes in addition to campus and discontinue it if it is not popular.
Give WolfProwl time to see if it is useful!OUR VIEW"
The weak economy may make students feel uneasy when it comes time to graduate.
Mack Garrison, junior in art and design
Happy one year anniversary, GLBT
Jan. 23 marked a significant victory for the GLBT (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Trangender) and their allies here at the University. Numerous people were always opposed to the creation of the center, worried about where or who was going to pay for a center that promotes the importance of embracing diversity and acceptance. However, through plenty of years and hard work discussing and arguing the need for the GLBT Center by students, faculty and administration — such as supporter Deb Luckadoo — the center has proven to be making a huge impact on the GLBT commu-nity and its allies. The director of the GLBT Center, Justine Hollingshead, has done an amazing job getting the word out on events — such as Com-ing Out Week and Dragapella — with the help of the AEGIS (Accepting and Embracing Gender Identity and Sexu-ality) organization.
To sum it all up, I am glad to have the GLBT Center. The GLBT Center has given many students that do iden-tify as being gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender an opportunity for support and has helped allies with being able to get educated on the GLBT community. As a result, I want to applaud the University in its efforts to promote equality and embrace di-versity. Happy one year anniversary, GLBT Center!
Liam Gehlingjunior, business administration
Lower your expectationsInstead of attacking your male
peers, you would be better off reeval-uating your attitude, Antoinette Rus-sell. Perhaps the reason men are less than eager to help women (or break their necks to acquiesce their every whim) is the matter-of-fact attitude of entitlement that so many hold toward simple acts of kindness. This is all that carrying books or lending a seat boils down to — kindness — and the merit of kind acts is lost when they become obligatory.
Kind acts give us the opportunity to reach out and lighten the burden for another individual regardless of his or her personal, physical, mental or social traits or status. Your gender does not indicate your suffering or need. Being a female does not entitle you to extra consideration from oth-ers just as it does not assign to you any more or less difficulty in complet-ing your daily lot. Why should men feel required to do for women as well as for themselves? Dependency on men is not solely comprised of need-ing your bills paid, your hair and nails done or your shoe habit funded. If you must have a man´s seat, perhaps you should revisit the idea of an ¨in-dependent woman¨ and the meaning of ¨interdependent.¨
As a side note, your article itself is a small testament to the irrelevance of gender expectations or perhaps you are not a proper lady who un-derstands that she is best seen and
not heard as well as she understands how to leave the issues of men to be discussed and settled by men.
Lossie Rooneyjunior, engineering
Chivalry reinforces stereo-types
Everyone on this campus has an equal opportunity to sit anywhere and/or stand anywhere on the Wolfline. It is first come, first serve. The laziness that Antoinette Russell is referring to is on her own part, not the men of the University. There were multiple more capable and more hon-orable women that defined what it is to be an independent woman long before Destiny’s Child. Obviously, Russell does not grasp what it is to be a responsible courteous adult. When someone is need of a seat, or just in need, gender should not determine if that person receives assistance. We need to pull the plug on chivalry. Chivalry has done nothing but rein-force gender myths of helplessness and weakness in women. I am not as bold to speak for all women, but I know I myself am capable enough to stand, lift and carry my on weight in this world.
Andria McDuffiesenior, psychology
Viewpoint not a section for pet peeves
Two articles have caught my eye in the past two weeks. The first, on Jan. 15, an article about smoking in the tunnels, the second, on Jan. 21, an ar-ticle about chivalry. Both articles are written with an irritated tone, both demand an action from a particular group, and both have very poor sup-porting arguments, aside from per-sonal conviction.
The first article begins by saying, “[p]eople should not be allowed to smoke in the free expression tunnel.” After the author dashes aside points about the possible harms of smok-ing, the argument comes to this: “I really don’t like holding my breath … through the tunnel.” There is no new viewpoint on smoking here, just an old rant about the smell of smoke and why we should ban it.
The second article is a scathing as-sault on men demanding courtesy in return. The article insists that men give up their bus seats to women who “suffer day to day under pressure.” It states the difficulties of holding onto a rail, listening to an iPod, carrying books and texting while riding the bus. Only two of these things require hands and coordination, one of which can wait until after the bus ride. This article is an attack on men, but also portrays woman in poor light.
Articles like these do not belong in the Technician. They are more suited to blogs, not printed papers. If you are ever lacking in reasonable “View-points,” contact me.
Matt Johnsonjunior, mechanical engineering
In the midst of a reces-sion, money concerns are prominent for many
Americans. As part of his campaign for change, President Barack Obama vowed t h at h i s economic recovery plan would solve many
of the financial dilemmas in this coun-try. How-ever, one unnerving aspect of his recov-er y pla n was to ap-point the newly con-firmed, Timothy Geithner as Treasury secretary.
In an economy where busi-nesses are either pushing for bailouts are going bankrupt, every decision made needs to be a solid one with minimal doubt, and Geithner is not the man for the job.
According to The New York Times, he failed to pay more than $34,000 in taxes. He neglected paying his self-employment taxes between
the years of 2001 and 2004. He made a few embarrassing com-mon mistakes and he will now be overseeing the IRS.
For a country that is trying to rebuild its reputation, appoint-ing people with potential flaws is not the best direction to go in so early in the Obama admin-istration.
Besides his tax evasions, Geith-ner has also made other foible decisions concerning bailouts and wasteful spending of tax payers’ money.
After establishing a plan to have the govern-ment give AIG an emergency loan in the amount of $ 85 bi l l ion dollars, he also supported the plan to use your money to help s ave L eh m a n Brothers, which ac c ord i ng to CNBC was “the largest casualty of
the global credit crisis,” as they became the “largest investment bank to collapse since 1990.”
The errors Geithner made are not excusable when he is going to be in charge of our money.
We already have the task of monitoring increases in tuition along with decreases in the per-centage the state pays.
Now we have the burden of worrying if our Treasury secre-tary is going to continue to make
the same mistakes, the ones that gave him the title of the original Bailout Czar.
The government has now put a man who pays his taxes whenever it is convenient to him in charge of your tax dollars.
If he is not monitored close-ly, then that money could end up being used to help finance more failing businesses in-stead of putting money in the pockets of taxpayers so that they can stimulate the economy.
With a falling economy, making faulty decisions — such as appointing Geithner as Treasury secretary — is discouraging as we are hop-ing to see our way out of a recession.
We have to begin to moni-tor our dollars and the people that are in charge of it, and if he begins to make ignorant decisions, it is our duty to see that he is taken out of office.
Our president was elected based on a promise of hope and change, and this latest decision does not fulfill any aspect of that promise.
Let Antoinette know your thoughts on Timothy Geith-ner at [email protected].
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TWO CENTSShedding Jobs
“The employment outlook for the next six months has weakened further,” Sara Johnson, National Association of Business Economics, said. Large companies are still cutting jobs due to a slow economy. Pfizer Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. are cutting 8,000 jobs each, Home Depot Inc. is cutting 7,000 jobs, Caterpillar Inc. is cutting 5,000 more jobs and General Motors Corp. is cutting 2,000. Currently, the economy is shrinking at a rate of about 4 percent, slightly slower than the projected 5.4 percent of last quarter. However, the NABE expects the country’s gross domestic product to fall by more than 1 percent in 2009.
SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
SECU BreachThe North Carolina State Employees
Credit Union announced a possible security breach. The credit union is asking account holders to monitor their accounts for suspicious activity. Account holders that may have been affected will receive new cards and PIN numbers. The old cards will be deactivated on Feb. 9.
SOURCE: WRAL.COM
So long, Joe’s PlaceDowntown restaurant Joe’s Place
will close Friday after years of serving Raleigh. Owner Joe Sciolino said in an e-mail to his customers that “it is time for us to move on.” Sciolino said he plans to continue selling Joe’s Seasoned Salt after a vacation. Joe’s Place nearly closed in 2006, but canceled the closing at the last minute. This time will be different. “...you’re not going to talk me out of it this time!” he said.
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MATT MOORE/TECHNICIANA selection of bottled beer at Sammy’s Tap and Grill. According to owner Sammy Stephens despite the economy, business is remaining steady. “We tend to have lower prices and I think that during times like that it can bene!t your business,” Stephens said.
Area watering holes don’t know what ‘recession’ means
Taylor McCuneFeatures Editor
If you thought last fall looked bad fi-nancially, did you take a look at the unemployment numbers that came out Monday? More than 47,000 job cuts were announced by companies like IBM, Cat-erpillar and Pfizer, according to the News and Observer. When the unemployment rate is already 7.2 percent, numbers like 47,000 are downright terrifying.
But, if the Great Depression is any indi-cator, there is one industry that should do just fine in a recession. After years of pro-hibition in the 1920s, the 23rd amendment was added to the Constitution, making alcohol legal again in 1933.
When times are tough, the tap is open. Bars, mini-marts and ABC stores don’t seem to have much to fear.
Jeff Mickel, general manager of the Fly-ing Saucer, said business at the popular beer hall has steadily increased since 2007.
Times are also still good at Sammy’s Tap and Grill, according to owner Sammy Ste-
phens, who said the University helps keep business steady.
College Beverage owner Raj Kumar has seen a slight downturn in business, “no more than 5 percent,” since last year, a number that he says is “not much.”
But all three men noticed a change in the buying habits of their customers over the last few months.
For Stephens and Kumar, cheaper beers are rising in popularity.
“Specials are a big deal,” Kumar said of his beer sales. “Imports cost the same for a six-pack as a twelve-pack of domestics. People will buy the domestics.”
Stephens said his prices are generally lower than other bars, but that some peo-ple are selecting even lower-priced drinks.
“The person who comes out on a regular basis, you’ll see them go for a lower priced beer,” he said.
The Flying Saucer, which has beers on it’s menu topping $40, is experiencing a rise in higher-priced beer sales, according to Mickel.
“We’re seeing an increase in more ex-pensive beers. I think that has to do with our UFO club,” he said.
The UFO Club is actually a challenge of sorts. Members attempt to drink 200
of the nearly 300 different beers the bar offers. Since fewer than 200 are under the $5 or $6 range, to complete the challenge, “Beer Knurds,” as they are called, must drink more expensive brews.
Mickel has also noticed that happy hour is getting busier.
“We’ve seen an increase in our after-work crowd,” he said, but wasn’t sure if it is because of the economy.
So far, neither Mickel or Stephens have noticed a rise in drunkenness or mental breakdowns at their bars.
However, with the economy heading farther downhill, they may.
“We’re expecting an uphill battle,” Mickel said of the coming year. “We hope we’ll be able to maintain.”
Stephens’ plan for the future centers on promoting his specials and low prices.
“If anything we’re trying to promote the extraordinary specials that we have,” he said.
Bull market or bear, Mickel isn’t too concerned.
“We have a saying in the company,” Mickel said. “People drink when they’re happy, people drink when they’re sad.”
Now I was just a me-chanical engineering major, so please don’t
hate on the way that I write, I already know it sucks.
I’ l l start off with a l it t le info about my-s e l f . I ’m from a little town called New Bern, N.C. There’s a d e c e nt number of us New Ber-
nians that go to N.C. State. You may have heard of Pepsi-Cola — it was born there. Anyway, I went to NCSU, graduated a little over a year ago, and I’ve ended up in Montgomery, Ala. (it’s not as bad as it sounds). Yes, I have gone to “Flea Market Montgomery” and yes, I’ve seen Sammy Stephens and yes, he is just as crazy look-ing in person. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, type in “Flea Market Montgomery” in YouTube. I am also a guitar hero extraordinaire, and even though I’m out of college, I still love Ul-timate Frisbee.
One crucial mistake that I made was that I didn’t start look-ing for a job until a month before I graduated. That was stupid. Don’t do that, start earlier. I then sat around Raleigh looking for a job for about 3 months. It was fun, but terribly unfulfilling; refer to the sentence above on how to avoid doing that. I then interned at Bosch for six months and then I ended up here in Ala-bama working for Hyundai as a “mechanical engineering spe-cialist.” I can’t technically call myself an engineer yet because it’s illegal.
Okay, enough about myself, I’m supposed to be writing about you, and what I think you should do while in school. My advice to you is to savor your time while you are in school and while you are in Raleigh as best you can. I like lists, so I’ll list the three things to savor the most (i.e. the things I miss the most, not nec-essarily in any order):
Summer vacationCollege!Bojangles and Cookout
This past summer was my first post-school summer and let me tell you. It’s rough. My sugges-tion for summer vacation is to work someplace awesome like a summer camp, or go travel someplace awesome. Perhaps backpack Europe or something. Unless you’re going to become a teacher, these are most likely the last summer vacations of your lives. Do something cool.
Next is to simply enjoy the college experience. College is great, it’s probably the first time you’ve lived away from the parents. Hooray freedom! It’s no secret that you go (I went) to the best school in the damn country. Enjoy it! Most of the people you frequently see now, you will probably seldom see, if at all, later. I know you’ve been in school basically your entire life and many of you probably want out, but it is a huge transition going from school to work and one should enjoy the hell out of these times because they won’t come back again. Being a super senior, I was blessed with even more time to enjoy college life.
Lastly come the eats. Oh how I miss Bojangles and Cookout. I missed Bojangles so much that I got it at the Charlotte Airport where a 4 piece supreme dinner was $8.50. EIGHT FIFTY! I got it anyway, now that’s love. And can’t forget about those scrump-tious Cookout trays. The later it is, the better!
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Former AIG executive Christian Milton was sentenced to four years in prison Tuesday for his involvement in AIG investors’ losses. He will also have to pay a $200,000 fine.
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Wake County Commissioners will vote next week on a 4 percent budget cut. County Manager David cook said he doesn’t expect any layoffs, however.
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Yahoo! reported a loss of more than $300 million for the fourth quarter Tuesday.
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The Dow Jones, S&P 500 and NASDAQ each saw gains Tuesday, though none were large. At the end of the trading day, the Dow hovered fewer than 200 points above the 8,000 point mark.
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he concept of “going green” has been in the lexicon for a few years now, leading to an increased
awareness among individuals, and somewhat of an increase in action. Ev-eryone seems to know what “green” means, but most businesses are still figuring out how to fit it into their ev-eryday operations. It’s not that the research isn’t being done. The University is on the “lead-ing edge” of environmental research, according to Robert Bruck, professor of plant pathology and environmental technology. “It is home to the only environmental technology department of its kind, and many of the colleges and departments are working together on environmen-tal projects,” he said.And green changes in business surged in the last year, as more technology de-veloped.“A year ago, environmental sustainabil-ity was number one on a lot of agen-das,” Bruck said. But because of the re-cession, “it has dropped substantially.”“Environmental issues tend to drop to the back burner when financial times are tough,” Bruck said, but, “even in a tough environment we can advance these issues. The economy will recover. ... Making investments today will pay off.” The country isn’t yet at the point where every household and business has so-lar water-heaters, but governments are trying to make that day come soon.In August of 2007, North Carolina ad-opted the Renewable Energy and Ener-gy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS) —- the first state to do so in the south-east. The law requires investor-owned utilities to meet up to 12.5 percent of their energy needs through renewable energy or energy efficiency measures. Rural electric cooperatives and munici-pal electric suppliers are subject to a 10 percent REPS requirement.
In order to comply with this new law, Raleigh company Progress Energy or-ganized three contracts to purchase energy from three one-megawatt sized solar photovoltaic plants, one of which went online last December at software company SAS headquarters in Cary.The plant spans five acres and features SunPower Tracker solar tracking sys-tems. The Tracker increases energy capture by up to 25 percent because of its ability to tilt toward the sun as it moves through the sky. It is estimated to generate 1.7 million kilowatt-hours per year, while reducing carbon dioxide emission by over 1,600 tons annu-ally. “[Solar electricity] is a technology that almost every-body likes,” Prog-ress Energy’s Mike Hughes said. “It does not require a separate fuel source, it’s clean and it provides no emissions.”T h o u g h s o l a r power is a cleaner alternative to energy, there are some drawbacks. “Solar power only produces energy when the sun shines,” Hughes said. “But people use [energy] when it’s cloudy, when the sun is out, at night time, etc.”There is ongoing research in the field of storage, but no technology has been developed yet — a big marketing prob-lem for solar power.Solar also has a greater expense than conventional energy sources, while not being nearly as productive.“Currently solar power is about five times as expensive as, say, a nuclear power plant,” Hughes said. “It produces energy 16-20 percent of the time.”Progress Energy’s Harris Nuclear Power
Plant produces 900 megawatts and is producing energy almost 100 percent of the time.“You can’t replace a megawatt of nu-clear energy with solar energy,” Hughes said.Bruck agrees that building solar arrays is out of reach for most businesses, but said he supports SAS’s decision to in-vest in the technology.“SAS can make that kind of investment —- it costs billions to do that. I’m glad they did that because it’s [a good ex-ample],” he said.Other means of creating renewable en-
ergy are in limited practice as well.Progress Energy is also moving forward on al-ternative energy resources such as biofuels, plants and wind power through a specific tri-fold strategy.“Our strategy for providing future energy needs is using renewable
resources, state of the art plants, tech-nology and utilizing energy efficiency,” Hughes said. “The balance of all three is absolutely critical.”However, renewable power still has a long way to go before it’s cost-effective for smaller companies to join in. Bruck said to promote costlier green tech-nologies, there has to be an incentive.Former President Jimmy Carter created the first environmental incentives back in the 1970s. Taxpayers who installed solar technology in their houses re-ceived a 50 percent tax write-off.President Barack Obama’s adminis-tration is likely to do the same sort of thing, depending, of course, on the economy. Bruck said most people need Obama to create an incentive plan be-
fore they can afford to really go green.W hen that day comes, the Univer-sity will have a lot to offer. The University has moved energy conser-vation to the forefront over the past year and making many advance-ments toward more envi-ronmentally friendly pro-grams and projects.“Energy is a major em-phasis on this campus — coming up with alternative forms of energy and green energy such as solar, wind and fuel cell technology.”Chris Hopkins, doctoral student in forestry, has been working on an alternative energy source project for nearly three years. His project takes woodchips from forest harvestings and heats them in a low oxygen en-vironment where they stay for eight minutes. This process makes the wood more fragile so it acts like coal.Hopkins said the process will help the forestry industry be more profitable. “We’re taking a waste product and giv-ing it value,” Hopkins said. “We take a product and make a market for it.”He expects to license the technology sometime this month.Hopkins’ method will be only one of hundreds of environmental technolo-gies available for use by businesses and homeowners. But people aren’t drop-ping everything and switching.“When you talk about energy efficien-cy, you are talking about changing peo-ple’s behaviors with energy and that takes time,” Hughes said. “We have to help our customers be more efficient.”For now, only the innovative and mon-ey-swollen businesses can afford to use alternative methods.
McDonald’s has added an entire sec-
tion to their Web site dedicated to promoting the company’s en-vironmental concern. It boasts of a “sustainable supply chain” and “green restaurant design” among other things. In fact, the new McDonald’s building on Western Boulevard is one of those “green” buildings.Walmart is also trying to create a green image by cutting down on packaging, according to Bruck.But even these “early adapters” aren’t really doing what they should.“McDonalds is the poster child of how not to be green,” Bruck said. “When you put that Big Mac in your mouth, it represents 300,000 miles of traveling —- plus those plastic containers that they put the damn thing in.” Bruck said more of the things they use can be found locally instead of ship-ping from foreign countries.“There is no reason why my pickle had to be raised in Mexico, we have them here,” Bruck said.
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Sportsvenson, the doctor sets the re-covery time, which is part of the reason that Vontz recovery has been such a long process.
“It really depends on the kid and how the doctors approach it. Any given doctor can dictate the speed of what happens,” Steven-son said. “The way [the doctors] approached [her injury] was at a very slow pace so she didn’t get to the point where she could go aggressively until a year and a couple months after the injury.”
Vontz’s progression to return-ing to her pre-injury form has really been hindered by the con-servative approach taken by her Nebraska-based doctors.
According to Vontz, the length of time she was in the boot kept her from gaining full mobility back in a timely manner.
“They kept me in a boot and on crutches a little bit longer then I should have been,” Vontz said. “So, my Achilles was really im-mobile when I got out of the boot so it took me a little bit longer to come back than it should have but I am finally getting there. I
pretty much have all my flexibil-ity back now.”
The physical damage is not the only part of the injury that Vontz has to overcome to return to the level of skill that she was at before the injury. According to Vontz, the mental issues play a big role in her return to her pre-injury form.
“That is part of the reason I’m not back on vault yet because that is the skill I am most ter-rified of,” Vontz said. “But, my strength in my Achilles is defi-nitely getting there and so is the f lexibility. It’s just starting to come along around the end of the season.”
with them and give something back to them. And that was just an amazing, incredible thing,” Glance said. “It was like her last gift to the team.”
Senior Shayla Fields echoed Glance’s sentiments. She was un-sure of what to expect during the visit and per her coach’s request, tried not make things emotional.
“But I shed a couple of tears. It was so good to see her and the spirits that she was in,” Fields said.
Sophomore Tia Bell said she knew that although Yow was in a hospital room, rather than on the basketball court, she was the same coach that the team had al-ways known.
“She wouldn’t let us see her weak. We came in and she was the same strong, uplifting Coach Yow,” Bell said.
Yow prayed throughout her second diagnosis of breast cancer that God would give her a pur-pose so that she may be a beacon of light and a ray of hope through her own personal storm, Glance said.
“I don’t think she was exactly
driven to inspire people — but through her faith, she wanted to make sure that God’s purposes were carried out through her,” Glance said.
Glance spoke on behalf of the team, which resumed prac-tice Tuesday afternoon, during Tuesday’s press conference. The mood was somber but frequently filled with smiles from the play-ers and moments of laughter from Glance as she reminisced about the woman that had been at her side on and off the court for fifteen years.
“This is a sad day, a sad time for our team and our staff. It’s a sad time for N.C. State University, the state of North Carolina and the country as a whole,” Glance said. “The impact that Yow has had on all of us personally, as well as so many people from afar is incredible. It runs so deep and she has touched so many lives.”
The opportunity to have been so close to Yow — to be men-tored, coached and loved by Yow — is what the team has held on
to in these difficult times, she said.
“But as sad as we feel, we wouldn’t trade our sports with anybody, or the oppor-tunity that we have gotten to share with Coach Yow,” Glance said.
“So the sadness we feel right now is all worth it, because the rewards we’ve gotten by knowing Coach Yow and be-ing impacted by her far out-weigh the sadness. And what she has left us will be with us for the rest of our lives.”
Bell and her teammates have already received an outpouring of support from the student body. She said fellow classmates have been approaching her throughout the week.
“I didn’t know it, but I guess it was broadcasted to wear pink on Monday, so that meant a lot,” Bell said. “There’s been so much sup-port that’s making it all eas-ier.”
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WHAT IS THE ACHILLES TENDON?The Achilles tendon is the connection behind the ankle connecting the heel with the calf muscle. It gives you the ability to adjust the tilt of your foot in-cluding the ability to walk, run and jump. It gives you the ability to push off of the ground and rise up on your toes.
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Coach Yow’s legacy will remain part of the program forever
Lindsey HallStaff writer
During Tuesday’s press con-ference, interim head coach Stephanie Glance offered her memories of Yow’s life — one which was highlighted by generosity and selflessness.
“Coach Yow is such a giver. She spent a lifetime of giving — so we are the recipients and we feel very blessed to be on the receiving end of so many gifts that she has given us and left for us,” Stephanie Glance said as a testament to Yow’s character.
The team visited Yow in the
hospital last Wednesday before departing for its game in Mi-ami. Glance and her staff tried to prepare the team for what they may see in the hospital room. But the always upbeat Yow surprised Glance and the players.
“She had to have mustered up every bit of energy she had left because she was sitting up in the chair talking with them and jok-ing with them,” Glance said.
“We talked amongst ourselves and we thought ‘that’s incredi-ble,’ that she was able to do that,” Glance said.
Even in her last days, she was still living out her legacy of giv-ing to others, Glance said.
“She still found it within her-self, with the Lord’s help, to have that kind of strength to speak
Sophomore gymnast’s Achilles tendon injury almost ended her career
Jonathan B. LaughrunSenior Staff Writer
In April 2007, sophomore Brittany Vontz thought she might never participate in compet it ive g ymnast ics again. After signing with the Wolfpack her senior year of high school, Vontz blew out her Achilles tendon resulting in surgery two days later.
“At the time I thought I was going to quit,” Vontz said. “But that was a spur of the moment just happened thing. It hurt really bad and freaked
me out and I didn’t think I would be able to get back to the level I used to be at.”
After the surgery, Vontz had to wear a boot that kept her lower leg completely immobilized for six months. With the exception of slight work on bars, this kept her out of gymnastics until Oc-tober when the boot was finally removed.
“Everybody was really encour-aging when I started coming back to gymnastics. I actually started here — I did a little bit of bars with my boot still on back home but just basic stuff,” Vontz said. “I pretty much got every-thing back while I was here.”
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Mays’ 3-pointer lifts Pack in OT Mays comes off the bench as a hero in 84-81 overtime win
Jen Hankin & Sean KlemmStaff Writers
Freshman Julius Mays’ 3-pointer with 4.3 seconds sailed in to give N.C. State an 84-81 win over Miami in overtime Tuesday night.
It was only his third shot attempt of the game, but he made it count, causing the RBC Center to erupt in ex-citement.
“It felt real good,” Mays said. “I didn’t know if it would be long, but I knew it wouldn’t be short.”
Prior to tip-off, the entire crowd was on their feet to pay their respects to the late women’s basketball coach, Kay Yow. The montage of pic-tures and highlights of her life flashed throughout the RBC Center while the women’s basketball team and staff took center court.
“Coach Yow [was] a re-ally great person and a great friend to not only me but all the teammates,” redshirt ju-nior Brandon Costner said.
“She would always talk to us and was always nice to us. She is just a great person and it’s just such a sad loss for the University and for mankind period.”
The Pack took an early lead and was able to hold on for the overtime victory. State
led by as many as 15 en route to a 39-25 halftime score. The old adage, the best offense is a good defense, was never truer then in the first half. McClinton, perhaps the ACC’s most prolific 3-point shooter was frustrated after be-ing held to a measly two 3-point
attempts, missing both. “Credit our defense. Credit
our guys [because] they never gave up,” senior Ben McCauley said. “It’s so easy to give up after a 19 point lead when they take the lead. It’s so easy to pack your bags and go home, but the guys
fought through it.” However, perhaps the most
impressive and even unchar-acteristic halftime statistic was how well the Pack protected the basketball. NC State limited their turnovers to 10—a stark contrast to previous ACC games, in which they have averaged an abysmal 17.2 turnovers per game in their last five contests.
“We had 10 turnovers, and we’re telling the guys that that’s our mark. We don’t want to get to 10 but we don’t want to get more than 10,” coach Sidney Lowe said. “If we have 10 turnovers in a ball game then were going to win every single night.”
Surprisingly, the Pack returned with explosive force after half-time, picking up right where they left off with a 3-pointer from Brandon Costner followed by a dunk from Smith.
However, Miami found a way to chip away at State’s lead as Jack McClinton began to look like the 1st Team All-ACC per-former that he is, scoring 18 of his 27 points in the second half and overtime.
“We figured that McClinton would get hot,” McCauley said. “He’s a great player. In the second half we just had to realize that they were going to make runs and we just needed to make our own runs.”
But the Wolfpack wouldn’t go down without a fight. Costner, who finished the game with 21 points, tied the game with 17 sec-onds and sent it into overtime.
The term “nail-biter” doesn’t begin to describe the overtime period. Courtney Fells, who led
the Wolfpack with 24 points in one of his most impressive games this season, put the Pack up by three after converting on two foul shots.
“In overtime I thought we had great energy and great concen-tration,” Lowe said.
Mays then came into the game after Farnold Degand fouled out in the waning moments of the game, after hitting Miami’s Jack McClinton on a three-point at-tempt. McClinton converted all three free throws to tie the game, but the Pack held on to pull out their second league win.
MATT MOORE/TECHNICIANEnrico Kufuor celebrates with Julius Mays after Mays scored the game winning goal in overtime. The 3-pointer boosted the Pack to an 84-81 win Tuesday night.
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SYDNEY DOTTERER/TECHNICIAN FILEStephanie Glance, the interim head coach for the women’s basketball team, directs players during the Florida State game. Glance became interim head coach after Kay Yow was forced to step down due to her battle with breast cancer.
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TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANBrittany Vontz, a sophomore in biological sciences, practices in Carmichael Gym Tuesday. Vontz tore her Achilles tendon her senior year in high school and only competed on the bars last year at N.C. State because of her injury. “I hope to get back in all-around, maybe make it to nationals,” Vontz said. “It’s been rough not being able to compete with everyone else.”
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