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This summer, the NCSU Bookstore will be making several changes to help lower book prices.
Shawn ThompsonStaff Writer
Students will soon be able to partici-pate in new cost saving programs that will be implemented this summer to decrease textbook expenses.
A Chancellor’s Liaison Meeting, held Feb. 29, focused on innovative ways to help students save money on course materials, like the introduction of a mobile textbook buyback app for Android and iOS users.
Although students have access to some textbook cost-reduction pro-grams, the new programs are pro-jected to increase those savings. Cur-rently, Bookstore programs like Sales Tax Holiday, eBooks, and Guaranteed Textbook Buyback help students cut expenses.
During the sales tax holiday, stu-dents have a weekend to purchase their fall textbooks tax free. In-store shoppers and online shoppers both benefit from this event, which aver-ages sales tax savings of $150,000 each year.
“It depends on the class on how I feel about the textbook cost. But I usually try to purchase used books because they’re much cheaper. I wish there were more options when purchas-ing WebAssign for class, like being able to purchase it without having to buy the book too,” Katherine Selman, junior in zoology, said.
EBooks have been avai lable through NCSU Bookstores since 2008. The eBooks are made possible through partnerships with three pro-viders of digital textbooks. Cours-eSmart is one of the current providers, offering savings up to 50 percent off
Student body presidential candidates are experiencing problems with sign vandalism and theft.
Will BrooksDeputy News Editor
Several days into the election, candi-dates’ signs have been spray-painted, knocked down and stolen.
Jonathon Smith, student body presi-dential candidate, said he hasn’t had a tremendous problem with vandalism, but has experienced some issues.
“I got a ca l l last week that some skateboarders were using my signs as a ramp,” Smith said. “I got [to the sign] and the boards were nearly split in half.”
Smith said the vandalism is unfor-tunate for all candidates. He expressed his disappointment in the vandalism.
“We’re all really committed to this, so to see that kind of thing is discour-aging,” Smith said.
Andy Walsh, student body presiden-tial candidate, experienced the most vandalism. Walsh said one particular event appeared to be a direct attack.
Walsh’s large wooden “A-frame” sign in the Court of Carolinas was spray-painted with the words “cheater,” and “stupid.”
“I’m the only c a nd id at e to bu i ld one of those A-frame signs ,” Wa lsh said. “I want a lot of votes.”
Wa l s h e x -plained the spray-paint incident was
the only one that particularly annoyed him.
“I thought that was a pretty di-rect attack, and I ’m t he on ly person that has had that happen to them,” Walsh said. “I don’t care what you do with my signs af ter Tuesday of next
week, but until then, just please don’t
touch them.”There are no suspects as to who may
have vandalized the sign, but Smith said he didn’t suspect foul play among fellow candidates.
“I’m thinking that it is just typical students going crazy on campus at nighttime,” Smith said.
Although the sign was vandalized, Walsh said he continues to keep his head up.
“I keep doing my own thing, trying to win the election,” Walsh said.
Caroline Yopp, student body presi-
dential candidate, said although she hasn’t experienced as much vandalism as Walsh, it is an unfor-tunate thing to happen to anyone.
“I think that coming out and doing something like that, you’re basically tearing up someone else’s property,” Yopp said. “Even if you don’t agree with the person or the platform, I encourage people not to take it out on their campaign.”
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Jordan Moore/TechnicianA student walks by a vandalized sign in the Court of North Carolina, that endorses Andy Walsh for student body president.
Student body president hopefuls were asked various questions about diversity during last night’s debate.
Jessie HalpernDeputy News Editor
Matt Woodward, senior in applied sociology, moderated a debate on the issue of campus diversity last night in the Student Senate chambers, where student body officer candidates were invited to field questions.
Several minority groups on cam-pus, most notably the GLBT Center, Multicultural Student Affairs and the Women’s Center, hosted the debate. These organizations, as well as other students, submitted questions for the debate via email.
While hopefuls for student body treasurer and other positions were in attendance, presidential candidates were the first to be questioned.
To begin, Woodward asked a unique question causing each of the candi-dates to pause and consider their an-swer.
“How can the University facilitate creating a climate in which women de-velop deeper relationships with each other across ethnic backgrounds,” Woodward asked.
Carol ine Yopp, presidential candi-date, was the first to answer, mentioning her experience on the appropriations committee, claim-ing it gave her direct contact to diverse c a mpu s g roup s organized for fe-males. Yopp stressed the importance of attending events, and candidates Andy Walsh, junior in political science, and Jonathon Smith, junior in agriculture, agreed
with minor variations.With only five general questions
posed, the debate took a more serious turn when Woodward asked the sec-ond question- should undocumented students be able to enroll at N.C. State?
Walsh was the first to answer this controversial inquiry.
“All students should get access to education,” Walsh said. “Not having these students in the classroom hinders the environment.”
Smith, up next, added a qualifier to his response.
“I agree that every-one should have the rights to basic neces-sities, but I believe we need to reform the immigrat ion
system and make it easier for people to come here legally,” Smith said.
Finally, Yopp responded by saying
she did not want to linger on poli-tics. Instead, she offered an anec-dote and told the audience of her trips to different parts of Mexico, where she taught young students English.
“Sometimes we don’t understand what it’s like to be in someone else’s shoes,” Yopp said.
As the debate continued, candi-dates answered questions about in-creasing African American enroll-ment rates and students with dis-abilities. In addition, Woodward posed a question on whether the candidates would support gender-neutral housing.
Though the means by which they came to their answers differed, all three candidates agreed if there is a need for something amongst the student body, it is worthwhile to do the necessary research to make that happen.
Diversity debate poses tough questions
Sarah Tudor/TechnicianAndy Walsh, a student body presidential candidate, speaks about diversity within N.C. State, during the Diversity Debate. In response to the second question asked-should undocumented students be able to enroll at N.C. State Walsh said, “All students should get access to information…Not having these students in the classroom hinders the environment.”
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“Sometimes we
don’t understand
what it’s like to be
in someone
else’s shoes.”Caroline Yopp,
presidential candidate
“I’m thinking it’s just
typical students going
crazy on campus at
nighttime.”Jonathon Smith,
presidential candidate
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Walsh pointed out he was an avid supporter of the gender-neutral bathrooms offered in Harrelson, saying he would continue to be proactive on similar issues.
“Just because we don’t under-stand something doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do what we can to make that person comfort-able,” Yopp said.
The candidates once again agreed on issues of students with disabilities. They also spoke on the need for increased exposure to students with dis-abilities, saying other students are at a disservice with a lack of such.
“We haven’t done the best job of updating all the buildings on
campus,” Smith said.He also pointed out in this
way, we are still living as though it were the first anni-versary of the University’s cre-ation, and not the 125th.
Though Walsh had already utilized the two rebuttals allotted to each of the can-didates, personal questions began.
Woodward did not shy away from potentially inflammatory is-sues, asking Smith how he thinks it made members of the GLBT com-munity feel when, two years ago, he walked out of a Student Senate meeting instead of abstaining a vote, or voting against a bill in support of creating a GLBT ap-
preciation month.“If you’ll read the minutes, I
was opposed to giving a whole month, simply because there are so many other minority groups on campus and only 12 months in the year. I did
support giv-ing a week, though,” Smith said.
Yopp used one of her rebuttals to highlight that she gave a speech on this bill and was offended by the number of senators who chose to
walk out of the meeting.Yopp’s personal question in-
volved diversity. She was asked to explain how she will assure
students in the less acknowl-edged diverse groups a voice. To this, Yopp rattled off a list of cultural events to which she has recently been invited and attended.
“I may not know about ev-eryone, but I’m willing to learn,” Yopp said.
Finally, Walsh was asked to clarify a statement made in Monday night’s Techni-cian sponsored SBP debate, in which he answered a question about the appropriateness of Student Government’s writ-ing of a bill dealing with the GLBT community.
“My role is to support stu-dents, I have no personal po-litical agenda,” Walsh said.
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ing a close watch over their signs.
“I have to be more strate-gic about where I place stuff, and I am keeping a better eye on my stuff,” Yopp said.
“We have been monitoring it and we have people walk-ing around at night to do rounds,” Walsh said.
Walsh said vandalism—although burdensome—is something that happens in every student election.
“I was joking with a few of the past student body presi-dents that I had set a new re-cord because my signs were defaced the very first night, it usually takes a week for it to happen,” Walsh said, “I
even heard jokes that people last year who stole signs and used them as furniture.”
Yopp said unfortunately, there would always be people out there who are against Stu-dent Government.
“Some people hate Stu-dent Government altogeth-er, some people hate elec-tions,” Yopp said.
All candidates expressed they wanted an election free from vandalism and ill will toward any person running.
“It’s not about the signs or the advertising, there are really some great candidates,” Walsh said. “Just learn about them and their vision for N.C. State.”
“The candidates have put a lot of money and a lot of time into this,” Smith said. “It’s not necessary to be vandalizing things.”
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all the buildings
on campus.”Jonathon Smith,
presidential candidate
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new textbook prices.The Library Reserve Program
gives students the opportunity to access textbooks using their student identification cards for a short period while in the li-brary. Library staff reports stu-dents have heavily patronized the program.
“The reserves at the library are very helpful. Sometimes I don’t even purchase my text-book because it’s cheaper to use it through the reserves,” Brian Andrews, freshman in First Year College, said.
According to Andrews there are still some drawbacks to the program.
“The reserves has its cons and pros, especially with there only being one book available to check out for that one class. So, at times you have to wait for other students to return the textbook,” Andrews said.
New cost-reduction pro-grams will include ‘Shared Buyback’, timely faculty adop-tions, renting services, and Print on Demand. The addition of the new cost-reduction pro-grams will hopefully increase those savings.
The Shared Buyback pro-gram is a partnership be-tween NCSU Bookstores and other campus book-stores. NCSU Bookstores purchase textbooks that are used on other campuses. The Shared Buyback program in-creases used book availability
on NCSU’s campus by purchas-ing books from other schools, creating more cost efficient op-tions for students.
Timely faculty adoption re-quests are a cost saving strategy for faculty members. This strat-egy encourages faculty mem-bers to request textbooks by designated deadlines, al-low i ng t he bookstores to pay back more to s t udent s who purchased new textbooks du r i ng t he buyback pe-riod.
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Due to high demand, NCSU Bookstores will begin renting books in-store and online this summer. Many of the text-books on NCSU’s title list will be available to rent. This new option for students will help save an average of 54 percent
off new textbooks.Students are encouraged to
take advantage of the cost sav-ing programs available through the campus bookstores and website.
“I don’t really like how ex-pensive they are but there’s
nothing I can do about it so there’s no use in complain-i n g ,” S h a -rese Roberts, sophomore in integrated physiology and neurobiology, said.
As a way to compare prices from competi-
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While comparing prices, students will also have the op-tion to purchase online ver-sions of textbooks from dif-ferent vendors such as Cours-eSmart, CengageBrain and Inkling. Students will be able to create separate shopping carts if they want to purchase from other resources as well.
This feature will be available starting the first summer ses-sion.
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Independence in the news There are two kinds
of libertarians. One kind is the conspir-
acy theorist—he spends time watching documenta-ries written by Alex Jones, notices something sinis-
ter in how his Spaghet-t iOs spel l out “CIA” one af ter-noon and ultimately believes members of the Illumi-nati secret society are
out to get us.The second kind of lib-
ertarian is the realist, the group into which I catego-rize myself. We see the same things occurring, but the re-alists take in everything dif-ferently. To differentiate var-ious libertarians, I recom-mend asking their opinions on 9/11. The former group will start talking about how the buildings collapsed awk-wardly, how specific metals can’t melt under the certain pressures, et cetera.
The realists will provide to you the definition of blow-back. We’ll discuss the his-tory of military relations in other nations, explain how foreign aid ends up in the hands of dictators, and most importantly, clarify 9/11 happened exactly how the government said it did, including when it listed
the primary cause as U.S. in-tervention overseas.
Perhaps we realists are simply less creative.
“Why is he telling us this?” you may be asking. The easy answer is I’ve noticed a clear pattern among the libertarian sphere: whether I agree with individuals on specific details of public policy or disregard their conclusions as insane, every single person I meet has an excess of information run-ning through their minds.
Informa-tion overload is a symbol of our genera-tion. It used to take weeks for newspa-pers to get from one lo-cation to another. Nowadays it takes the click of a button and the same amount of informa-tion can present itself across entire continents.
Even though any idiot with a connection can publish so-called news online, two swift hands on the keyboard have the ability to tear down mis-representations in one swoop. Without hyperlinks and search engines, I couldn’t have con-vinced you it’s not best to fight Ugandan war criminals by do-nating money to people who will misuse it. I also couldn’t have proven to you that a cam-pus anti-smoking bill was be-ing shoveled through Student Government under false pre-
tenses.We on the Internet have
learned to welcome imme-diate cynicism as a natural response to breaking news, yet we still manage to filter everything before it reaches televisions and newspapers. The phenomenon tends to cause confusion between us and older generations.
For example, the Stop On-line Piracy Act was first in-troduced to the Internet
in Octo-ber 2011; the f i rst t i m e i t was men-tioned to me in per-son was in January 2012.
Every-one shuddered at last week’s news of 16 Afghan civil-ians being massacred by a rogue soldier. But I was actually surprised by the public’s sudden interest in the case, as if they weren’t aware of these things con-t inua l ly happening to civilians via the Obama administration’s frequent drone strikes in Libya, Paki-stan, Yemen and elsewhere.
And that’s when I real-ized—maybe most people really weren’t aware of these events. I still don’t expect them to be ; I wouldn’t waste the time, either, if this weren’t my job.
“Information
overload is a
symbol of our
generation.”
Brian AndersonStaff Columnist
Spring death
A long time ago, in a mindset since forgot-ten, all of us at N.C.
State were sitting easy on the beach downing beers with friends, in the mountains hik-
ing to find that perfect view. M ay b e you were in a dif-ferent country experiencing a new culture or perhaps you were just sit-ting at home relaxing with your family.
These glorious days of yonder have been dubbed spring break. A carefree place where pending class assignments, early morn-ing lectures and the stresses of being a college student could be ignored, at least for a while. Even more distressing, the re-spite that seems so fleeting in my memory was little more than two weeks ago.
When I looked back at the calendar to figure out how long it’s been, I found myself falling into a bleak crevasse of despair. Only t wo week s have passed s i n c e o u r mid-semester break and yet in these two weeks I have had more as-signments, tests, papers and work to do than the entire semester pre spring break rolled into one.
The wear this deluge of work has put on my brain makes me wonder how it is that all of my axons and synapses haven’t gone and blown a fuse, switch-ing off the circuit breaker and leaving me a drooling pile of what was once a student. If this is the pace I’m expected to keep up until May, I don’t know if I’m going to get there with only one mind.
Why has school all of a sud-den become so overwhelming? How come every semester after spring break, professors seem to ramp up the work load in an attempt to drive their students to the brink of chaos and push them off the edge?
In my first two years the jump to insanity was always chalked up to the course being a way to weed out the weak and make sure only the elite were able
to advance to the next level. I never liked this excuse since I don’t believe the obnoxiously difficult assignments are a true test of knowledge, but at least it was an excuse.
Now, as a junior, the only answer I seem to get is that the class is hard and that’s all there is to it. Of course I know the course is hard. One of the reasons I came to N.C. State is because I knew about how rigorous the courses are. However, difficulty of a course should not mean that all of a sudden classes get difficult at a certain point.
The problem seems to be a lack of proper prior planning of how much material to cover before spring as opposed to afterward. Never has a class seemed too daunting in the first half of the semester. You always get a reasonable, some-times even spacious, separa-tion of assignments and tests. It always seems as soon as the second half of the semester is underway, the pace is turned up to 11.
Instead of hav i ng an easy half and a freak-ish half, why don’t profes-sors do the reasonable t h i ng a nd give a mod-erate spread of material throughout? It is point-
less to ease us into the semes-ter after a summer or winter break if the plan is to skip the weaning phase and go right into hardcore mode after a shorter spring break. That way we could get an accurate idea of whether we should drop a class before the drop date passes instead of finding out we can’t handle it when it’s too late.
Here I am two days into ac-tual spring, the rains are res-urrecting the barren trees, the birds are singing in the morn-ing again, life is flourishing ev-erywhere around me and yet I am stuck in EB I working all day long and experiencing what I call spring death.
Send Jon your thoughts on spring death to [email protected].
“...the respite that
seems so fleeting
in my memory
was little more
than two
weeks ago.”
JonLewisStaff Columnist
Perhaps the Mayans were right...
Elizabeth Tate, senior in fashion and textile management
By ChARliE hARlESS
What do you know about conflicts in the
Middle East?
{ }in your words
“It is a war against an idea that has been fought for thousands of years; one war and one generation can’t stop it.”
William Greenfreshman, mechanical engineering
“I know that it has escalated in the last two weeks, but other than that I haven’t been following it too much.”
Molly Renaudfreshman, textile engineering
{ }our view
In yesterday’s article, ”Ten-sions continue to rise be-tween Iran and Israel,”
Lindsey Rosenbaum discussed how N.C. State students have “grown up in a world plagued by unrest in the Middle East.” While conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have dominated for-eign political discussion over the last decade, it seems the current topic has shifted to Iran’s use of uranium and the global concern they begin to weaponize it. The U.S. has two options: get involved or get out of the way.
The U.S.’ foreign policy has always been to attempt to be the shining beacon of democ-racy for the entire world to see, especially with the birthplace of democracy—Greece—near-ly in ruins. However, some have argued against the U.S.’
involvement in other coun-tries’ issues, such as Vietnam, Korea and Iraq. With current tensions growing between Is-rael and Iran, there is the pos-sibility Israel will make a pre-emptive strike on Iran, though the country has not made a de-cision yet.
Looking forward, if a strike were to occur, the U.S. would be posed with the question to either support our ally Israel, or not. The current policy makers and political minds might be the ones to make this decision; however, our generation will be the one to deal with it.
Being brought up during a time of conflict, our genera-tion has reacted to the War on Terror in different ways. Some
have used it, along with other socio-economic issues, as a reason to protest. Others have enlisted either in the military or political sector solely to support our country militar-ily. The question we should ask ourselves now is, do we want another “no way out” war?
The War on Terror changed our society. Billions of dollars have been poured into un-popular conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and thousands have been killed in the effort to uproot terrorist organiza-tions and stabilize countries. America is weary of war and we do not want to get involved in another international con-flict. While it is unlikely the country will move back to iso-
lationism, we will not support another conflict where the end game is unclear or impossible to achieve.
As students who will eventu-ally be in positions of power to change this policy—or at least vote for people who can create change—it is our re-sponsibility to allow our voice be heard. We must say no to a U.S. intervention in the case of an Iranian-Israeli conflict. We will have to clean up and pay for whatever mess the current generation makes—why wait to do something about it after the fact?
We should do it now. We must protect future genera-tions from being weary and disillusioned the way we are now.
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.
Keep us out of Iranian-Israeli conflictThe FacTs:Tensions between Iran and Israel mount as Iran continues enrichment of uranium. Fear of their use of this substance for a weapon is growing, and the U.S. will eventually have to make a decision.
our oPinion:Our generation must deal with the conflict or any type of intervention that occurs. We should allow our voices to be heard now to avoid a potential mess to our society—like the “War on Terror” did for us.
“More than nothing, but less than enough.”
David lenzsophomore, mechanical engineering
“The Jewish race is on the verge of a nuclear holocaust, and Assad is murdering his own people.”
Aaron Picartsophomore, graphic design
The FifthTechnician thursday, march 22, 2012 • Page 7
CONTRIBUTORSJosh Lucas
Elise HeglarTaylor Cashdan
EditorDeputy EditorDesigner
The FiFTh is The Technician’s FirsT parody secTion based on oF collegiaTe liFe. iT is in no way a reFlecTion oF The Technician or a
represenTaTion oF iTs views.FThe FiFThIt’s that time of year again; that time when we get our first look at our new fall line
of freshmen. Parents and pro-spective students alike take to open houses and campus tours like salmon take to a stream. They are only at the beginning of their journey, and while the future may seem bright, they have no idea what lies ahead— but we do.
We know as parents tour cam-pus, they will come to delude themselves that they’re send-ing their child off to a sacred-incubator for young minds, a Fortress of Solitude if you will. Strolling through campus they will come to reminisce on the times of old, their college days, and then quickly hope their child chooses to stay home for another year or five.
We know prospective students will be dressed in their finest Hollister shirt and Abercrombie cargos—it’s never too early for a first impression. Who knows, maybe they’ll catch a stray Fris-bee and make a friend. But, like Ariel in Little Mermaid, their entrance into this whole new
world will sweep their feet right from underneath them.
The awkward middle-school sibling is the only one with perspective on the tour. He was dragged to campus due to his parent’s lack of trust in his idle hands, but while his hands may not always be in the right place, his mind is. He has his Zune on full blast to the latest offerings from LMFAO to drown out the propaganda being shoveled his way. He’s not looking for aca-demics or where to put posters in his room; he’s just taking in the scenery—the only benefit to be had. Side note: when did they discontinue Proactive?
We know after our years here nothing is as it seems. What you think you’ll love, you never find time to do. That which you have no idea exists during your tour will end up consuming all of your time. Sure, campus tours are a great way to push N.C. State merchandise, but really, their only value comes in the way of entertainment. It’s amaz-ing what we all believed would be our future when we first stepped foot on campus.
Tour de campus
PaReNTS: The rule generally goes that
when one is paying for some-thing, they want a bang for their buck. Thus, the paren-tal set is searching for value in these facilities. They look at the state-of-the art equip-ment, the card swiping sys-tem and the construction that is undoubtedly improv-ing something they know nothing about and are sud-denly more content with the price. Oh, a nice gym? Clear-ly, they think, this university knows where the money lies.
PROSPeCT: People coming into college,
all fresh-faced and ignorant, always say the same thing about the gym facilities. “I’m going to get so ripped, dude!” They come in with large goals, whether it be shed-ding pounds or beefing up to impress the opposite sex. Longingly, they will stare at
the equipment with dreams of changing their workout habits for the best and sign-ing up for all those “free” fit-ness classes the Carmichael reps are constantly hawking.
RealITy: Current students gain cru-
cial knowledge from the gym.
Their workout is not sched-uled by a specific class but by the sex appeal of their fitness structure. And, most, impor-tantly, they learn that while downing a smoothie after a workout might sound like an amazing idea, Port City Java is far too overpriced.
Gym
PaReNTS:Glancing around at the
seemingly high-tech facilities of the library, parents perk up a bit. A facility dedicated to learning? This is something they won’t argue about pay-ing for. They conjure up im-ages of their special student slaving away in the book stacks and waiting in line for coffee as they pore over their expensive textbooks. To a parent, the library is a haven that explains why they are throwing so much money at this special learning insti-tution.
PROSPeCT: They’ll no doubt be floored
by the general concept of a library. They’ll begin to think back and realize that might’ve been the place they
cut class in high school, or was that a Hardees? In any case, they’ll be as astounded by this new development in their universe as they are with the concept of washing
their own clothes.
RealITy: It’s home, sweet home.
D.H. Hill
PaReNTS: As the older crowd wan-
ders through the tunnel, they flashback to the days of great activism and achievement. They protested for something real and they have no doubts the current generation will be just as passionate about something or another. They glance at the walls seeing hid-den meanings that aren’t re-ally there and activism where there is only degeneracy and audacious advertising.
PROSPeCT: The walls, papered with ad-
vertisements for downtown and various club meetings all over campus, make the
potential student perspire with excitement. They want to attend every event and join every organization; this is their chance to get involved, to meet new people and to, theoretically, expand their
horizons further than their high school lunch table.
RealITy: It’s just an exhibit on pe-
nises.
Free Expression TunnelPaReNTS:
While the guides gloss over the previously exciting history of the most ancient building on campus, they are focused on one thing and one thing only. How much text-books are going to run them. $600, $700 just for books their kid might never open? Isn’t this place charging them enough as it is? Sighing, they will eventually resign them-selves to whatever informa-tion is thrust at them, pray-ing they won’t fall too far into debt for their offspring.
PROSPeCT: While hearing about a
building that’s going to be torn down in a few years is obviously fascinating, most students’ thoughts are turned
on the Brickyard. They’re floored by being within walk-ing distance from a Chick-fil-A and wonder to themselves if they can con their parents into purchasing a shirt at the Bookstore. After all,
what would a college tour be without some take-home posterity?
RealITy: Harrelson is about to be
obliterated. Yayy!!!
Harrelson/Bookstore
PaReNTS: The typical parent consid-
ers value during this section on the tour. How much can they expect to pay for dorm life, for a meal plan? They find themselves asking ab-surd internal questions, like, how often does that kid re-ally need to eat, anyway? As their eyes scan toward Tucker Beach, the mothers will shake their heads at the girls who have lost their clothes and the fathers will smile and remi-nisce on better times. That is until they remember what exactly they’re paying for.
PROSPeCT: A potential students’ view
of upcoming residence hall life can be summed up rather simply; eternal optimism. They daydream of lounging on the fake beach they already covet, surrounded by only the most attractive members of the opposite sex and hope-
fully being subtle as they sip beers out of Nalgene bottles. As they consider the myriad of adventures they are sure to pursue, the main thought flashing through their brains is that of a parentless future.
RealITy: The seasoned student sees
opportunity for success and pitfalls in the residence areas near Tucker and Owen Halls. The Tri-Towers, which no-body warns about on such
a tour, are little more than an overpriced holding cell, Tucker Beach a collection of freshmen parading around with the muscles they haven’t yet acquired and the tans that haven’t quite been perfected yet. The strategically-placed swings, however, remain a favorite for even the most experienced student.
Residence Halls & Tucker Beach
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Josephine YurcabaLife & Style Editor
As the group entered the stage, they wore flirty dresses and bold heels, dominated by the colors red and black. Their first song, Notorious B.I.G.’s “More Money, More Prob-lems,” brought a high energy beat to start off the concert. Members were constantly urg-ing the audience to clap, sing along and yell or whistle when they enjoyed what they heard. The Ladies in Red worked to provide an energetic, engaging show.
The Ladies sang 11 songs at the concert, held Saturday at Stewart Theater, including numbers such as “Pumped-Up Kicks” by Foster the Peo-ple, “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence and the Machine and “Waving Flag” by British Sea Power.
The group members have been involved in singing since a young age. Krystal Rodas, a sophomore in human biology, said she’s been singing since she was two years old, and wanted to continue into college.
“I really enjoy singing and I had heard about the La-dies in Red through some friends,” Rodas said. “I want-ed to audition after I saw them perform because I thought they were really good.”
Krystal had solos in four of the songs but said the pressure doesn’t usually make her ner-vous while on stage.
“After the first song, you lose all your nerves because you worked really hard for that mo-ment,” Rodas said. “Instead of being nervous, it turns into a lot of hype and excitement.”
Olivia Springer, a sophomore
in communications and mem-ber of Ladies for three semes-ters, also gets excited about performing.
“It’s more adrenaline than butterf lies, similar to what I think an athlete would feel be-fore a big game,” Springer said.
Both women agree audience response has a big effect on their performance, which is why they encourage audience participation.
“Saturday night was a good example of how the audience really influences us,” Spring-er said. “When they give us feedback and applaud and do shout-outs, it encourages us to amp it up even more and be more dramatic.”
The Ladies in Red practice two to three times a week. During these sessions they ar-range songs, decide on solos and practice.
“We pick songs we think would sound the best with our group and our image, and then a few members volunteer to start arranging it,” Rodas said.
Rodas and Springer said last semester their image was an empowered female group, but this semester things were slightly different. The group’s vocals have become tighter but they have developed a goofier
attitude.“This semester had a totally
opposite dynamic from last se-mester,” Springer said. “[Our group] being so small gives us leeway to change frequently.”
Both members said they felt this concert was much stronger than their last because of the improvement in vocal perfor-mance.
“I think this concert was a lot better because of the level of commitment this group of girls had, and because they are all super talented,” Rodas said. “This year everybody clicked very well and we did a lot of events off campus and we all hang out sometimes. We also had Andy Beck, our vocal coach.”
For the next concert, the group is focusing on adding more elements to their perfor-mance.
“For our next concert, we still want to focus on the sound and make people see us as classy ladies, but we want be more powerful and add more chore-ography and visually appealing stuff in general,” Rodas said.
The next concert will be held in the fall. Students can look for the event on Facebook, or keep an eye out for flyers and posters around campus.
Ladies in Red brought class and talent
Katherine hoKe/technicianAshley Oskard May, a junior in biochemistry, performs a solo for the song “The Dog Days are Over” by Florence and the Machine at the Ladies in Red spring concert Saturday night.
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FOR RELEASE MARCH 22, 2012
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medicals pretty well. You go through every team almost and I made it to one of the last rooms before somebody was like “Hold on, lets just get our eyes on both knees.” That kept me long. They spent two hours on each leg getting MRIs. Man, I almost made it out of there but everything checked out well. They were definitely pleased with my health.
Q: Where’s your weight at now?
A: I checked it now, it’s 235.
Q: Did you get any inter-esting questions from the teams?
A: I got a few interesting questions, some of them I am not going to say. The
craziest thing that happened was that, I have been a Carolina [Panthers] fan for a long time, I walked in to talk to Denver and John Fox [head coach of the Denver Broncos] was sit-ting there and John Elway [vice president of the Denver Bron-cos]. That’s when it hit me. It was a great experience. They ask you everything down to, “Do you drink? You have a girlfriend? When was the last time you had s...” and things like that. They get real close back there in the rooms and they fuss you out a little bit.
Q: Who did you think were some of the teams that were showing the most interest in you?
A: About every team I in-terviewed. Denver was one of them that showed a lot of interest, Carolina of course, Seahawks. Pete Carroll [head coach of the Seattle Seahawks] was a great guy. I had decent interviews.
Q: You have a lot of ex-team-mates in the pros. Were there any you were talking about the process when you were making a decision whether to return or leave?
A: I spoke with Nate a lot about it. He made jokes last year when we were playing about me coming out. He pretty much saw it coming. Anybody I spoke to who knew me knew it would be the best for me.
Q: What was the advice he gave you?
A: Just go there with a clear mind. Don’t worry about what everybody else is saying, of course there is going to be negativity, but you just go out there and play. Do what you got to do to make it work and that’s what I am doing.
headlined by Justin Faulk, 20, and Jamie McBain, 24, Muller said the return of a more ex-perienced defenseman is a vital piece to pushing for the playoffs.
“That’s not easy to miss that much time and then step into a game this late in the year,” Muller said. “He got confi-dence early on and scoring the goal was huge for him. He re-ally brought another element to the game. He made us a bet-ter team tonight.”
For many N.C. State stu-dents, Wednesday night was the perfect opportunity to get away from studying and watch some hockey. College Night tickets were sold out for the game against the Panthers, and the Hurricanes provided some excitement in the 3-1 victory.
Danielle Lindquist, a senior in Zoology, has been going to Hurricanes’ games for the past
couple of years, but said she en-joyed taking many of her pre-vet friends to their first ever hockey game.
“It’s the first time any of us have gone out as a club, so it’s a lot of fun,”Lindquist said. “We mostly came to yell and scream so we could get away from studying.”
From one student who has a favorite play-er - Staal, the game’s star - to another who has nev-er witnessed a h o c k e y game before, College Night offers many different perspectives. A junior in animal sci-ence, Nicola Maher, witnessed the great-est game on ice for the first time ever. After 60 minutes of Hurricanes hockey, Maher determined that she also had a favorite player - goalie and
former All-Star Cam Ward. As for the “cutest” player on the team, that was a tie between forwards Brendan Sutter and Chad LaRose.
Maher said the experience was well worth the trip pro-vided by the Pre-Vet Club.
“It’s really cool because I come here for basketball games and I’ve never seen the
ice before,” Maher said. “I t houg ht there would b e m o r e fights; I was excited for the fights.”
The Caro-l i n a Hu r-ricanes will now be host-ing one final College Night to conclude
the season—an April 5 con-test against the Montreal Ca-nadiens. Puck drop is set for 5 p.m. as the Canes play their final home game of the season.
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“We mostly
came to yell
and scream so we
could get away
from studying.”Danielle Lindquist, senior in zoology
COUNTDOWN• 1 day until the men’s basketball team takes on
Kansas in the NCAA Tournament in St. Louis, Mo.
ONLINE• For a recap of the women’s tennis
match against North Carolina, go to TechnicianOnline.com.
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Q&A with redshirt junior linebacker Terrell Manning.
Rishav DeyDeputy Sports Editor
After a stellar season that saw him grab multiple ACC Player of the Week honors and a place on the All-ACC Second Team, despite miss-ing more than two games due to injury, redshirt ju-nior linebacker Terrel l Manning decided to declare himself eligible for the NFL draft with one year of eligi-bility remaining.
Ma nni ng had some great performances over the course of the season, notching 11 tackles and one sack in the shutout against UNC and 10 tack-les against BC. Manning was also one of the top per-formers against then No. 7 Clemson, registering eight tackles before going on to win the ACC Player of the Week for his show against Maryland, where he regis-tered seven tackles, two of them for a loss of 11 yards and one sack for a loss of eight yards.
Manning also blocked a field-goal attempt and re-turned it for 21 yards and was influential in the de-fense shutting down Mary-land for the last 25 minutes.
Manning led the ACC with 14.5 tackles for loss for a total of 65 yards as well as most fumbles forced. Man-ning led the ACC in fumbles recovered, as well, and had three interceptions during the year.
After spending nearly two months in Arizona prepar-ing for the NFL Combine and draft, Technician finally caught up with Manning at Pro Day:
Q: Everybody at N.C. State has been clueless as to why you decided to leave with another year of eligi-bility still left. What moti-vated your decision?
A: I just felt like I was one of the best linebackers in the ACC this year. As every-one knows, there are many highly rated linebackers in the ACC. I felt like any-body who has watched me play compared me to those people. I have some people who agree and I have some
people who disagree, I am a firm believer in that and that’s what gathered my attention.
Q: You had some injuries and surgeries in the last few years, how did that affect your deci-sion?
A: I mean, if I had to sit with another injury, who knows what I would have ended up do-ing. But, at the end of the day, I was blessed to come back from the minor surgery I had this year and play as well as I did, so it definitely played a part in my decision and I think I made the right one. I played my best ball immediately after I came back from my surgery, the best I have ever played, as a matter of fact, and it worked out in my favor.
Q: Talk about how your re-gime has been over the past few months in Arizona.
A: It has been hectic; a lot of football, a lot of lifting. I worked out three times a day. I had a chef cooking everything for me. It was real strict. It is unlike anything I have ever done before in my life. I think it helped out a lot.
Q: Can you talk about your
experience at the NFL Com-bine, working alongside other prospects?
A: I don’t pay a lot of at-tention to that. Indianapolis was one of the worst experi-ences I have had in my life. It was cold. They wake you up early in the morning for medicals. You had medicals all day. They expect you to perform at your highest lev-el. It was a bad experience but I was glad I was able to do it.
Q: How did you perform at the Combine?
A: I did well, I answered a few questions. A lot of people thought I would be undersized, that I would weigh 224-225. When I was way over 237, I ran a decent 40 time, the unofficial times from what I have seen. Oth-er than that, I think I had an overall decent performance.
Q: Were you under extra scrutiny because of the pre-vious knee injuries?
A: That’s the thing, I didn’t. I was going through
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Today-SaturdaySwimming & Diving at men’S nCaa ChampionShipSFederal Way, Wash., All Day
Friday-SaturdaytraCk at high point UniverSityHigh Point, All Day
Fridaymen’S tenniS at miamiCoral Gables, Fla., 2 p.m.
men’S BaSketBall vS. kanSaSSt. Louis, Mo., 10:17 p.m.
Saturday-SundaySoftBall vS. virginia teCh (3-game SerieS)Raleigh; 1 p.m. & 3 p.m. (Sat.), Noon (Sun.)
Saturdaywomen’S tenniS vS. floriDa StateRaleigh, Noon
Saturday-MondayBaSeBall vS. north CarolinaChapel Hill; 1 p.m. (Sat.), 1 p.m. (Sun.) & 7 p.m. (Mon.)
Sunday-Mondaymen’S golf at hootie at BUllS Bay interCollegiateAwendaw, S.C., All Day
Sundaymen’S tenniS at floriDa StateTallahassee, Fla., Noon
women’S tenniS vS. miamiRaleigh, 1 p.m.
did You know?When the 2012 NCAA Tournament began, coach Mark Gottfried was one of seven coaches participating in the tournament as a first-year coach. Now, in the Sweet Sixteen, Gottfried is the only first-year coach remaining. It took Gottfried two seasons to get Murray State to the tournament; four seasons at Alabama.
Manning up for the NFL
With College Night tickets sold out, Carolina wins to stay in playoff discussion.
Sean Fairholm & Andrew SchuettDeputy Sports Editor & Staff Writer
Er ic St a a l cou ld n’t h ave p ic k e d a b e t-ter t ime to catch f ire. With his 22nd and 23rd tal-lies of the season, the Hurri-canes’ captain led Carolina to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night over the Southeast Division-leading Florida Panthers. The team points leader led off the night with a goal just 46 seconds into the game and capped the scoring summary with a power play goal at 8:14 of the third period. Desperate to reach the eighth and final playoff spot, the Canes de-feated the Panthers for the first time in five attempts this season.
“[Florida] is a team that
kind of grinds it out and it can be ugly at times,” Staal said. “But we were able to stay with our game and find a power play goal and get a goal from Joni [Pitkanen] down at the other end.”
Now trailing Buffalo and
Washington by five points for the eighth seed, the Hurricanes have won four consecutive games. With only eight more games remaining in the regu-lar season, Staal said he un-derstands the urgency coming down the stretch.
“We’ve got everyone play-ing well and it feels good right now,” Staal said. “We got to keep it going because that’s all we can do. We’re look-ing forward to a big game in Columbus.”
The other major story line
from PNC Arena came from defenseman Joni Pitkanen, who returned to game action for the first time since a Dec. 6 injury at Calgary. The upper body injury hurt Carolina’s blue line throughout the past several months, and noth-ing displayed that more than when the Finnish player scored to make the game 2-0. Florida’s Tomas Fleischmann (23), who scored in all three of this sea-son’s match ups between the teams at PNC Arena, cut the lead in half before Staal’s power play marker midway through the final stanza.
Although time may be run-ning out on Carolina to earn a postseason bid, head coach Kirk Muller said he appreci-ates his team’s strong effort and work ethic.
“We’re not going away and we’ll just give it all we have every game,” Muller said. “We just need to take care of our games and see where we end up at the end of the year.”
And with a young blue line
Hurricanes conquer Panthers on College Night
football
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The road ahead of N.C. State is arduous, but traversable.
Brian AndersonSenior Staff Writer
The Wolfpack has reached the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2005, when the No. 10 seed Pack suffered a 65-56 loss to No. 6 Wisconsin. This time around, the Wolf-pack will face a tough chal-lenge against the No. 2 seed, the Kansas Jayhawks (29-6), to reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1986. An Elite Eight appearance would give N.C. State the opportunity to return to the Final Four, a feat State hasn’t accomplished since the 1983 championship season.
Where: The team has already headed out to St. Louis, Mo., a city known as “The Gateway to the West.” All remaining Midwest regional games will be held at the Edward Jones Dome. The Edward Jones Dome is home of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams and has a capacity of 66,965, making it the largest venue in which the State bas-ketball team has ever played. In the past decade, the NCAA has favored having regional sites at indoor football stadi-ums due to the fact they can seat three times as many people as a regular basketball arena. The Edwards Jones Dome has hosted the 2005 Final Four and 2004, 2007 and 2012 regionals.
Sweet Sixteen Match-up: KanSaS
W hy N.C . State would win: While Kansas is 29-6 overall, they are only 5-4 at neutral site games. Kansas also turns the ball over slight-ly more than the Pack (13.1 vs. 12.7). State has a slight edge in rebounding and assists per game. Kansas has been sharp so far in the NCAA tourna-ment, scoring only 65 points against Detroit, and led only 45 seconds in their last game against Purdue. The way the Pack has played over the past several games proves they can beat any team in the country and they defeated a talented Georgetown in the previous round.
Why Kansas would win: The Jayhawks have won 11-of-12 and have a star-studded team. Kansas is led by Big 12 Player of the Year Thomas Robinson (17.7 PPG, 11.8 RPG), who leads the nation
in double-doubles. If Richard Howell and/or C.J. Leslie get in foul trouble for State, it could be disastrous for the Pack. Kansas has a higher scoring margin (+12.9 vs. +5.5) and is used to playing deep in the tournament.
poSSible elite eight MatchupS:
If N.C. State can get past the Jayhawks, awaiting them will be either North Carolina or Ohio.
ohio (29-7)
W hy N.C. State would win: N.C. State overall is a more talented and athletic team than the Bobcats. The Pack has the advantage in the three key areas: offense scor-ing, assists and rebounds. No Ohio player averages more than 5 rebounds per game and, as a result, Richard Howell should be able to thrive inside. The Bobcats only shoot 42.9 percent from the field.
Why Ohio would win: The Bobcats have gone 5-0 at neutral sites and 9-4 in close games, both better than what N.C. State has done. Ohio al-lows 62.2 points per game on defense and opponents only shoot 41.3 percent against them. A low-scoring game would work in Ohio’s favor. The Bobcats at this point would appear to be this year’s “Cin-derella” and already knocked off No. 4 seed Michigan.
north carolina (31-5)
W hy N.C. State would win: Following the ACC semi-final game with North Caro-lina, N.C. State now has con-fidence they can play with the Heels. With Kendall Marshall either out or less than 100 per-cent, the Tar Heels will struggle to run their offense and have no depth at the point guard position. Marshall made the difference for Carolina in the last two contests.
Why North Carolina would win: The Tar Heels have had the Wolfpack’s number in re-cent years, winning all three matchups this season and 13 straight. Harrison Barnes and Tyler Zeller can take over games and lead the team to victory. North Carolina is the top rebounding team in the na-tion and excels at getting sec-ond chance points off offensive rebounds.
The gateway to Louisiana
LuiS ZapaTa/Technician archive phoToRedshirt sophomore linebacker terrell Manning slaps the hands of fans after the homecoming game against Wake forest nov. 13, 2010. n.c. state dominated Wake forest, 38-3.
Football team hosts annual awards dinnerThe football team hosted its annual awards dinner at Sullivan’s Steakhouse in Raleigh on Tuesday night. Junior cornerback David Amerson, who set the ACC single-season record for interceptions in the 2011-12 season, won the 2011 Governor’s Award, which is given to the most valuable player based on ability, contribution, leadership and intangibles and is voted on by the entire team. Amerson also won the 2011 Jack Tatum Award and was a finalist for the Thorpe Award last season.
Awards:Most Valuable Defensive Lineman: Markus Kuhn
Most Valuable Defensive Back: David Amerson
Most Valuable Linebacker: Audie Cole
Most Valuable Offensive Lineman: Camden Wentz
Special Team Player of the Year: Zach Gentry
Most Valuable Offensive Back: Mike Glennon
(A complete list can be found on GoPack.com)
Source: n.c. STaTe aThLeTicS
oLiver ShoLder/Technicianthe carolina Hurricanes’ tuomo Ruutu goes for the shot against the Panthers. the Hurricanes beat the Panthers, 3-1.
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