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Students unhappy with Student Senate resolution plan to attend tonight’s meeting in protest

Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

Tonight’s Student Senate meeting may have an additional 91 attendees as a Facebook group known as “Rally against Talley,” has planned a protest of the Student Senate’s resolution last week suggesting the fee review com-mittee move forward with an $83 stu-dent center renovation fee increase.

The student-led initiative has formed an event online which, as of Tuesday night, had 91 “confirmed guests.”

Vidya Sankar, a sophomore in bio-chemistry and creator of the event, said the group aims to hold senators accountable for their votes last week.

“We are planning, pretty much, to pack the house and draw out as many people as possible to express their frustration with Student Sen-ate, which has completely ignored the voices of those who they’re supposed to represent,” Sankar said.

Sankar said while not everyone who responded to the Facebook group may show, she expects to have at least a good percentage of those confirmed.

Tucker Beeninga, a senior in land-scape architecture, said he couldn’t estimate how many will show, but thinks it may be more than 90. 130 individuals on Facebook were listed as “maybe attending.”

Sankar said the initiative, which sold T-shirts in the Brickyard yester-day with the words “Student Govern-ment epic fail” on them, is concerned about both the fees and the lack of im-pact the student fee referenda had on the senate’s resolution.

Beeninga said the “Rally Against Talley” movement, which had 1,348 members early Wednesday morning, began on Facebook because of the

timing of the Senate’s decision.“It was over fall break,” Beeninga

said. “We didn’t have access to any other form of getting people together.”

Beeninga said his group is encour-aging students to speak tonight at the meeting, and while members’ con-

cerns range from the Senate’s resolu-tion to the renovations, his individual opinion concerns the student senators.

“It’s more, to me, about the Student Government not listening to the stu-dents,” he said.

Sankar said the group and protest

is largely a catch-all for all who are upset about the process by which the fees were approved.

“There are definitely troubles around the fees,” Sankar said. “I do think the primary concern of the group is that Student Govern-ment is not representing the voices of its constituency.”

Sankar said while the questions on the ballot and the criteria the senate used to evaluate the refer-enda were misleading, students still voted down the measure.

“The majority voted against the fee and the Senate shouldn’t be passing the fee,” Sankar said. “It’s definitely a major threat to student democracy.”

According to the resolution, the criteria the Senate used to evalu-ate the referenda were based on the three questions: Whether students see a need for increased funding for a respective project or service, whether students expressed a par-ticular fee is a top priority among all other proposed fee increases and whether a majority of students voted in support of at least partial funding of a proposed fee increase.

Student Senate President and Fee Review Committee Co-Chair Kelli Rogers said the Senate and committee considered a smaller fee since the student center fee in-crease met only two of the three criteria, but determined to do so would be irresponsible since con-struction could be delayed and possibly more costly.

Sankar said the question asking students to rank fees in order of priority shouldn’t have been con-sidered since it was hypothetical.

“The three questions, I see them almost as a fail-safe,” Sankar said. “If students didn’t have to pay then of course they would be for reno-vation. In this situation money is an object.”

jordan moore/Technician file phoToPeter Barnes, a sophomore in natural resources, speaks about the Senate’s duty to the students at the Student Government meeting Oct. 6.

Talley protest moves to cyberspace, Senate

PackPulse to increase energy conservation

Student Health Services develops two online services to speed up process for students

Chloe Fiorentino-BachCorrespondent

Student Health Services is provid-ing two online tools, HealthWeb and CheckIn, to streamline students’ ex-periences with the center.

HealthWeb helps students sched-ule appointments and communicate with providers, including physicians, nurse practitioners and physician as-sistants, refill prescriptions and fill out required medical forms such as immunization records and medical histories.

Dr. Elizabeth Neel, the assistant medical director at Student Health Services, said the two online tools are helpful to students.

“Students can make appointments anytime during the day or night, and it doesn’t depend on whether the Health Center is open or not,” Neel said. “If a student decides he or she is ill and needs to be seen by a doctor, the student can make an appointment with no wait.”

Neel said students can also cancel their appointments online even if they’ve made them over the phone.

CheckIn, the other service, gives students the option to check in to the health center before their appoint-ments, replacing the need to stand in line and check in with Health Center staff members.

The tool is similar to those found in airport self-check ins and is user-friendly, according to Neel.

The new tools, she said, streamlines both the students and health center employees’ experiences.

Neel said the tools benefit students and employees because it gets students online and off the center phone lines, which reduces overall student wait time. By uploading electronic records and checking-in online, students can simplify their experience with the Health Center. A student can make an appointment online at night, walk in the next morning, check-in, and sit in the waiting room with a minimal wait time.

Both Student Health tools are con-fidential. Communications through HealthWeb and CheckIn are stored in a secure electronic medical record with Student Health Services and are HIPAA and FERPA compliant, Neel said.

“It is a secure Web site because stu-dents have to enter their Unity IDs, their passwords and their birth dates,” Neel said.

Andrew Cantrell, a graduate student in accounting, said he wasn’t aware of Student Health’s new online tools.

“I’ve never heard of the Health Center’s online capabilities,” Cantrell said. “I wish they had it when I was a freshman because it would have made going in and getting out easier.”

Cantrell said the program is a step in the right direction.

“My schedule is way too busy to

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IRC holds competition to increase awareness on campus

Joanna BanegasStaff Writer

Recycling water bottles, avoid-ing driving long distances and taking shorter showers are several approaches to helping the environ-ment.

Students in residential halls are also able to track their efforts to “go green” by watching a television screen that shows the amount of electricity consumed in dorms.

The PackPulse, an energy con-servation project that the Inter-Residence Council, Student Gov-ernment and Token Energy Tech-nologies are hosting, is an energy competition between Owen and Syme halls throughout October and November. The purpose of the competition is to stimulate the residential halls towards lower energy consumption on campus.

Matt Peterson, IRC sustainabil-ity chair, said this will encourage students to change their usage habits, which hopefully will reduce energy usage noticeably in the two dorms.

“With involvement of student organizations, the results of this change can be popularized on campus and lead to even more energy reduction as a greater population of students realizes the importance of saving energy,” Peterson said.

According to a PackPulse ex-ecutive summary, the goal of the project is to increase awareness of energy issues to students, faculty and visitors of the University and to continue the search to find the most effective means of display-ing energy data through analyti-

cal and behavioral research and experimentation.

Anup Engineer, the founder and president of Toke Energy Technol-ogy, said the group wants to inform students about energy usage so they can become aware of their own behavior about conserving energy.

“Our goal is to increase energy awareness of the students and in-crease the environment profile of the University, and hopefully get people consciousness of good en-ergy habits,” Engineer said.

Kylee Phillips, Inter-Residence Council president, said when stu-dents live in residential halls, they do not have to pay for utility bills, and it makes it harder for them to conserve energy.

“If they give some energy up, stu-dents can actually see the number of electricity reducing on the tele-vision screen,” she said.

Phillips said the amount of elec-tricity being consumed isn’t going to change unless people change their habits.

“That’s what this project is aimed for,” Phillips said. “We want Pack-Pulse to make students realize the importance of conservation and to increase their knowledge of con-servation.”

Over the past year, Token Ener-gy Technologies has worked with University Housing and student groups to move the project from an idea to a working system called Smart Meter. The system is opera-tional in Owen and Syme.

Engineer said to present the electricity consumption data to students in a manner that allows them to see their energy usage, it

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amanda wilkins/TechnicianMatthew Sprouse, a junior in parks, recreation and tourism management, looks on as a skirt made of cardboard and duct tape is wrapped around him after cardboard Wars in front of Witherspoon Tuesday. “I am having fun,” Sprouse chuckled. “This event is very sustainable and educational.” Sprouse acts the east campus liasion for the IRc, who hosted cardboard Wars Tuesday after-noon. There were information tables set up for the purpose of giving students tips about sustainable living.

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TodayOrientatiOn COunselOr infOrmatiOn sessiOnTalley Student Center Brown Room, 11:15 to 11:45 a.m.

YOu’re GOnna miss me: a film abOut rOkY eriCksOnWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:45 p.m.

ThursdayThe hangoverWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m.

musiC@nCstate presents nCsu ChOral COllaGe: hOw Can i keep frOm sinGinGStewart Theatre, 7 to 9 p.m.

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Witherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:15 p.m.

Fridaylast daY tO ChanGe frOm Credit tO audit

last daY tO ChanGe tO Credit OnlY

last daY tO submit first Year COurse repeat fOrms

laY daY tO withdraw Or drOp a COurse withOut a Grade

pre-retirement planninG in the wOrkfOrCeMarriot-Raleigh City Center, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The hangoverWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m.

The hangoverWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:15 p.m.

The hangoverWitherspoon Cinema, 11:59 p.m.

SaturdayThe hangoverWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m.

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1:59 a.m. | b/e VehiClePi Kappa PhiStudent reported vehicle had been entered and items taken.

9:04 a.m. | CheCk persOnMiller FieldOfficers spoke with two students on field. No action taken.

9:23 a.m. | speCial eVentFairground LotStudent and nonstudent were arrested for resisting an officer. Student was referred for same. Second nonstudent was arrested for second degree trespass and resisting an officer. All were trespassed from NCSU property.

9:24 a.m. | speCial eVentCarter-Finley StadiumNCSU vs Duke. Stadium — 27 subjects were ejected, 22 subjects were issued trespass warnings, 6 students were referred to University, 4 citations issued. Parking Lot — 5 subjects trespassed, 2 students referred to university, 3 subjects were arrested.

3:49 p.m. | CheCk persOnTalley Student CenterNonstudent was found intoxicated and issued citation for trespassing on railroad right of way.

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In The knOW Ticketing system open to opinions

The Athletics Commission of Student Government is hosting a Student Ticketing Open Forum Thursday.

Students are encouraged to voice questions, concerns, support and ideas for the ticketing process.

The event will begin at 7 p.m. in the Carmichael Rec Center Play Zone.

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Animal Hunger Awareness brought to campus

The week of Oct. 19 - 23 is Animal Hunger Aware-ness week. The Companion Animal Club is looking for monetary donations as well as slightly used, or new, dog

toys and unopened dry dog food. The donations will benefit the Coalition to Unchain Dogs, SPCA and Second Chance Pet Adop-tions.

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Analyzing today’s food

Sarah Ash, an associate professor in the department of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences, will give a presentation as part of the Fabulous Faculty Series.

The presentation will ex-plain eating today in a so-cial, economic and scientific manner. She will address how eating has changed throughout the century.

The presentation will be Thursday at 4 p.m. in the East Wing of D.H. Hill Library and will feature samples of foods from the ‘30s through the ‘80s.

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WORld & naTIOnPanel approves health care overhaulThe Senate Finance Committee voted 14-9 on Tuesday to back a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s health care system, clearing the way for a historic congressional showdown this fall over how Americans receive and pay for their medical care.Thirteen Democrats and one Republican, Maine’s Olympia Snowe, voted to approve the measure. It would require nearly everyone to obtain coverage, bar insurers from denying coverage because of pre-existing conditions, and make insurance plans easier to afford by providing lower-income consumers with financial help. It would cost an estimated $829 billion over 10 years and be paid for by taxes, fees and reductions in Medicare costs.

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CORReCTIOns & ClaRIfICaTIOnsTuesday’s page 6 story “Beef: It’s what’s for dinner, lunch and breakfast,” incorrectly stated how long cattle are kept in feedlots. They are kept in feedlots for four to six months.

Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at editor@technicianonline.com.

GeT InvOlved In technicianTechnician is always looking for people to write, design, copy edit and take photos. If you’re interested, come to our office on the third floor of Witherspoon (across from the elevators) Monday to Thursday 9 a.m. to midnight and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or e-mail Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at editor@technicianonline.com.

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H1N1 not as bad as seasonal flu

stand around and wait for an appointment,” Cantrell said. “I’m already online do-ing work, so it’s easy to go to the Web site and fill out what I need to.”

Laura Rogers, a senior in communication, agreed.

“It’s nice to complete the medical process on the internet,” Rogers said. “Sometimes, there’s a long wait at the Health Center, especially in the middle of flu season, and if you need an appointment, it’s helpful to do everything online.”

Although Student Health tools are completely confi-

dential, Rogers said she believes there is always a chance for error, and she would not want to risk someone stealing her iden-tity or losing medical infor-mation.

According to Neel, updat-ing these forms on Health-Web is not necessary now but will be in the future.

“Our goal is to make it mandatory by Fall 2010,” Neel said.

Students can access HealthWeb by going to healthweb.ncsu.edu, My Pack Portal or the Student Health Web site.

would make students more in-formed of their habits.

“This is an active way to envi-ronmental change. It is purely an upside to conserving en-ergy,” Engineer said.

Philips said there are lot of projects going on campus to save energy.

“This is a different approach to sustainability. It’s more in your face, actually showing you the results of the electricity consumption. This will make people realize that conserva-tion is big,” Philips said.

Peterson said his favorite part of the movement is Pack-Pulse’s potential to encourage

change in students’ behavior — a change that will involve a lifestyle choice that will be beneficial for the environment.

“By giving students the chance to experiment individ-ually and as a group to see how their personal energy usage af-fects a larger sum of usage, they will see that their actions can have an affect,” Peterson said. “This will encourage students to change their usage habits, which hopefully will reduce energy usage noticeably in the

two dorms.”According to Peterson, the

energy competitions that will occur during the next two months will bring the energy conservation issue to the fore-front for the two residence halls.

“In a way, PackPulse isn’t just about solving the energy conservation problem, it’s also about solving the problem of our generation not being mo-tivated to address the issues of the day,” Peterson said.

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what iS Pack PULSE?PackPulse is an energy conservation contest between Owen and Syme residence halls.View the statistics at packpulse.com. The numbers are updated every five seconds.

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Health experts say new virus has similarities, differences with regular flu

Jasmine WillisStaff Writer

As the anxiety around con-tracting H1N1, more com-monly known as swine f lu, continues, health officials insist the public isn’t well-informed about the differences between H1N1 and the regular flu.

According to Richard Ros-selli, project manager of the pandemic influenza planning efforts for the North Carolina Center for Public Health Pre-paredness, said although the symptoms of H1N1 are similar to that of the seasonal flu, there are some distinct differences.

“Other than symptoms like fever, coughing, sore throat, fatigue and headaches, H1N1 also may include diarrhea and vomiting especially in young children,”Rosselli said.

Compared to the seasonal influenza, the H1N1 strain is more likely to cause infection in young children and adults while seasonal inf luenza is a concern mainly for elderly individuals, according to Ros-selli.

“H1N1 has to be looked at carefully because it is causing significant illness in people with underlying illnesses and among age groups that typi-cally do not get serious cases of influenza,” Rosselli said.

According to Rosselli, H1N1 has received a lot of media at-tention because it is a relatively new virus and “humans have no natural immunity to it.”

H1N1 has two types of vacci-nations either a live attenuated vaccine nasal spray — FluMist — or an inactivated vaccine, which is administered as a shot in the arm, he said.

For children ages 10 and younger, after initially receiv-ing the shot, they must return after three weeks to receive an-other shot. Adults only have to get the shot once. Wake County has given more than 3,500 vac-cinations during the past few days, Rosselli said.

Health officials are recom-mending people get both the seasonal inf luenza and the H1N1 vaccination. The season-al influenza is typically avoided by a one-time vaccination or treated with medications.

“Many people think that they can catch influenza from the vaccine,” Rosselli said. “But most influenza vaccines con-tain an inactivated killed virus that can not cause influenza.”

Rosselli also said while the FluMist nasal spray vaccine does contain a live virus, it is weakened so it cannot cause influenza infection.

According to Administra-tive Director at Duke Student Health Jean Hanson, the sea-sonal flu has more potential to make people more sick than H1N1.

“H1N1 is not as bad as the regular flu,” Hanson said. “One may develop complications if he or she has an underlying health condition.”

Hanson said the seasonal flu has not begun circulating as much as H1N1.

Although people are not im-mune to the H1N1 virus, the virus usually lasts three to four days while the seasonal flu last seven to 10 days.

“When H1N1 first appeared in Mexico, countless people did not know what to expect or what would happen,” Han-son said.

The H1N1 hit the United States in April, and while there have been several cases of death, in most cases, the person had a previous health condition.

Hanson said though it has been called “swine flu,” H1N1 has nothing to do with pigs.

“Physicians are making the effort to get away from the term ‘swine flu’ because the particu-lar strain does not come from pork,” Hanson said.

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{ }Our view

In the week after the Stu-dent Government fee refer-enda, many students have

voiced questions and concerns about the fee process. In re-sponse to these concerns, sev-eral student groups, including “Rally Against Talley,” have proposed “protesting” the Stu-dent Senate meeting tonight so that students’ elected officials will be forced to listen; Student Senate facilitates time at the start of its meetings where stu-dents can speak on issues that affect them — the allotted time is one to three minutes per stu-dent.

Whether you feel betrayed by the results of Student Senate’s recommendation to the Uni-versity fee committee or you

believe it made the right deci-sion, come to the Student Sen-ate meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center.

Student Government held the referenda this year as a way to reach large numbers of stu-dents and gauge their opinions on student fees — notably, the Talley-Atrium fee. The next best way to tell the students’ representatives how they’re ex-ecuting their mission is to say it to their faces.

A lot of issues from the fee process have not been vetted and resolved for students. If students or faculty want to un-

derstand the criteria system in-volved in Student Senate’s rec-ommendation or ponder the chancellor’s recommendation before the fee process began, go listen to students’ concerns. Student Senate meetings are not closed door and provide some insight into campus hap-penings. Students could prob-ably learn a thing or two, even despite the meeting location in the oft-cramped senate cham-ber.

Students may go and speak for two minutes and leave if they wish.

The responses to the Talley-Atrium fee and University fee

process in general have clut-tered the University’s Web waves this week. Take the anonymous and derogatory comments off the Internet and go discuss them in person.

If you’re upset about the Tal-ley-Atrium fee, go tomorrow and tell your representative. Likewise, supporters of the project should go to the meet-ing tomorrow so that a bal-anced debate can occur.

The time is 7:30 p.m., the place is the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center — students may know it better as the Campus Cinema. If you care, take one to three minutes out of your evening and let the students’ representatives know how they’re doing.

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.

Three minutes to protestThe FacTs:Student Senate has a meeting at 7:30 p.m. this evening on the second floor of Witherspoon Student Center. Student Senate provides time at the beginning of its meetings for students to voices concerns and comment about Student Senate actions and University events.

Our OpiniOn:Students should take the opportunity to “protest,” or speak otherwise, at the meeting this evening — give the students’ representatives a performance report.

Look familiar?

Will Chase, junior in English

Past generations weren’t this selfishI’m not coming down on either side of the Talley renovation, but I am concerned about some statements made over the last few days in the “In Your Words” section. Several students have stated that they don’t want to pay for renovations because it won’t benefit them — they’ll be gone before the renovations are completed. It’s a good thing past generations of students weren’t as selfish, how do you think all the campus improvements you now enjoy were built? Jim Michnowicz assistant professor, foreign languages A few hundred dollars can make a differenceAs a senior graduating in December, it’s assumed that for my last semester at N.C. State I’m going to possess indifference about on-campus issues. Throughout my time here, there have been many issues, referendums, elections and reports that have requested my input, and all too often I ignored them and preferred instead to refrain. Taking those two facts into account, it’s surprising I felt compelled to vote in last Tuesday’s referendum. While the proposed fees will have no financial affect on me, and would likely increase the notoriety, prestige and appeal of the University I call my own, I still voted no to the Student Center Expansion Fee. A few hundred dollars a semester can be the difference between getting an education, and having to work another year to afford one. I voted against the fees because I felt that if the University really wanted this project to progress, it would genuinely be able to find another way to fund it, without making families struggle further. But thanks to the consistently deaf and ineffectual Student Senate, we will never know. I voted against the fees because I struggled to afford my own education and I didn’t want to put anyone else in a worse situation than I myself had. I voted against the fees, and 61 percent of the student population joined me — we were all ignored. It would have been nice to know that our vote didn’t count before they asked us to participate. Clinton Caudlesenior, agronomy

The library is workingZakk, you have good questions! Our brains have been a buzz continually evaluating spaces and services in the libraries and finding ways to improve them. You’ve only touched the surface regarding some of the discussions we’ve had with the students and faculty we serve. A lot of thought and student input goes into shaping the environments within the libraries. D.H. Hill, especially with all its recent changes, would look a lot different without it. From monthly meetings of the Libraries Student Advisory Board to the University Library Committee and project-specific focus groups — details as small as our marshmallow-cushioned couches get vetted. Never let shiny new buildings distract you from the improvements needed at D.H. Hill — it hasn’t distracted us. We’ll be doing a lot to D.H. Hill before Hunt Library arrives, from increasing the seating and diversity of spaces (including adding more for quiet study), to trying out new technology arrangements so we can take an evidenced-based approach to our investments in spaces included in Hunt. We hear you. Joseph Sevits University Libraries, library associate It just doesn’t matter Stop. Please. Does anyone realize what all this bickering back and forth about the fee referendum means? Nothing. Do you know what the Student Senate vote on the referendum means? Nothing. In the great words of Bill Murray from the comedy classic “Meatballs”: “IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER!” It is neither the student body nor the senate that decides where fees are increased. That responsibility falls on the shoulders of a dozen old guys that sit around a table grumbling about how bored they are. Lee Fowler will say why his athletics program needs an additional $40 per student next year. Then someone from Transportation will say why they need money for a new bus, then Dining, Student Health and so on. Then the Student Senate President gets to talk about how the students voted, by which time all the previously mentioned old guys are snoring, so the “student voice” everyone is begging to be heard falls on sleeping ears. My opinion is if we’re going to be paying the same amount of money next year regardless, at least put it towards something that will better the University’s future, not just buy new shoes and Cadillacs for the football players that will be gone in less than two years. But when it comes to my opinion, just like all of yours, IT JUST DOESN’T MATTER.

Ben Mazur senior, religious studies

The democracy myth

How can anyone be surprised the Stu-dent Senate kow-

towed to the upper echelons of the University’s admin-istration with regard to the

Talley Stu-dent Cen-ter indebt-edness fee? The truth of the mat-ter is our University never has been a de-mocracy, which re-f lects the grand illu-

sion of American democ-racy, which is very tenu-ous at best. So if we plan on blowing life into the rapidly-fading spark of de-mocracy at our University, we’d best act now.

Seriously, in a country where roughly 95 percent of all incumbent represen-tatives in the House and 88 percent of all Senators run-ning for re-election win, do you really think the wheels of democracy are turning? In a nation where a black person didn’t win the right to vote until 1870 (1965 without establishment in-timidation) and a woman could only vote after 1920, do you really believe we have a government “of the people, by the people, for the people?” Democracy is nothing but the faint light at the end of the tunnel — we never seem to get closer to it.

Given this sad history of “democracy in action,” does anyone really think it is going to start working at this Univer-sity simply because we do not feel the time is right to start paying for the Talley renova-tions? The vote on the Talley indebtedness fee is not the last nail in democracy’s coffin, but merely the latest reminder of this simple fact: it is easy to ig-nore the will of 61.6 percent of the voting population.

Regardless, there are plenty of arguments against starting the indebt-edness fee ; obviously, the economy is still quite unstable. Yes, construction costs are low and the dol-lar is weak, but please, treat students like adults — most students are 18, and thus legally adults.

Tell students how the project will increase in cost per year due to various reasons. Ex-plain how the structure of the proposed indebtedness fee will scale up and how it fits within the rest of the costs of a college education — be transparent.

But I’ve said it before and will say it again: ultimately, we should put the money we pay now into what matters, and either let students and their families keep their money in these troubled times, or better yet, give them the opportunity to put it into a tuition increase that would help improve the

value of their degree by building up graduate pro-grams, expanding academic facilities to keep up with continuing enrollment in-creases and bringing back supplementary educational resources like the various tutoring centers.

For that, I have no prob-lem with a 6.5 percent in-crease; the benefits down the road will pay off enor-mously for every student that graduates from the University.

I n t he end, em-ployers could care less about how pret-ty the new student center at your alma mater i s . They l o o k a t

the degree. And if we can drastically improve the impression employers get by seeing that you gradu-ated from N.C. State, I’d take that over a shiny new building any day.

Eh, who cares? We prob-ably won’t have the power to inf luence University decisions via the ballot till 2038. Democracy didn’t die at our University Oct. 5. It wasn’t ever really here.

Send your thoughts on American democracy to Paul at letters@technicianonline.com.

“Democracy

didn’t die at our

University Oct.5.

It wasn’t ever

really here.”

Paul McCauleySenior Staff Columnist

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FeaturesTechnician Wednesday, OctOber 14, 2009 • Page 5

Attention Seniors!WANTED:

Student Speaker for 2009 FallGraduation Exercises

Applications available at:1008 Harris Hall

orhttp://www.ncsu.edu/registrar/graduation

Application Deadline:Thursday, October 22, 2009

Return applications to:1008 Harris Hall

Stop by 323 Witherspoon Student Center to receive a complimentary pair of tickets. First come first served.

Business hours are 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday.

EVENTS FOR ulTimaTE FiNdERS kEEpERS:Friday: Registration drive at Pourch and Bassment of Glenwood Avenue, starting at 8 p.m.

Sunday: The ring will be on display for Greek Life in the Greek Village.

Monday through Oct. 22: Registration promotion in the Brickyard from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The last day to register online is Oct. 22.

Oct. 24: Bailey’s Ultimate Finders Keepers kickoff at the Capitol Building at 11 a.m. After party at Solas at 3 p.m.

Source: will Stronach

University, would use the ring as an engagement ring.

“If we found it, I would take it, put it in a box, and give it back to you,” Bell said to Etheridge. “It would be a good start to marriage if we sold it and put the money toward something else, or you could have a nice ring.”

Ba rbee sa id t houg h $20,000 is a lot of money, the ring would be better suited as a symbol of their relationship.

“If we win, honestly, I would like to keep it, and she would, too … It would

BailEY’Scontinued from page 6

BailEY’S hidES jEwElRY aROuNd campuS

Bailey’s Fine Jewelry is holding the Ultimate Finders Keepers, a scavenger hunt to find a $20,000 diamond ring, as a way of promoting the company.

But the Ultimate Finders Keepers scavenger hunt is not the first time Bailey’s has hidden jewelry around Raleigh.

The jewelry company, which has a store in Cameron Village, has also left boxes with jewelry in them around campus as well, according to Will Stronach, a senior in public relations who is working with the University’s chapter of Public Relations Student Society of America to promote the event.

“Bailey’s had been hiding jewelry around campus. I actually have a friend who found a pair of $100 earrings from Bailey’s,” Stronach said.

There may be some boxes still left, so keep your eyes peeled for Bailey’s trademark black and white box with a red ribbon on top.

Source: will Stronach

campuS SpOTlighTCampus Sustainability Day showcases objectives

The University is holding Campus Sustainability Day Oct. 21. There will be an information fair, the weekly campus farmer’s market and a tire pressure check. At the tire pressure check, people can learn how to properly check and inflate bike, car or truck tires. They will also be giving away free tire gauges to the first 500 people.

The purpose of the day’s events is to show how the University’s departments and student groups are working to be more sustainable and environmentally friendly.

The theme of the day will be “Reduce Your Paw Print.” All of the events will be held in the Brickyard.

Source: ncSu.edu

State Fair coming Thursday

Thursday is the first day of the North Carolina State Fair. The Fair will last until Oct. 25. The yearly event takes place at the State Fair Grounds on the corner of Blue Ridge Road and Hillsborough Street.

The 10-day fair is the largest agricultural event in the nation.

Several groups from the University will be there, including a booth on honey bees, the Poultry Science Club and the Food Science Club.

Tickets for the family-friendly event will cost $5 for adults in advance and $7 at the gate. Tickets for rides can also be purchased in advance for $10 for a sheet of 18 tickets.

Source: www.ncStatefair.org/2009/

be a nice ring to have,” Barbee said.

But for Barbee, winning isn’t everything. The Bailey’s Ulti-mate Finders Keepers would be a fun activity for the two of them and an opportunity to spend quality time together.

“We’re really excited regard-less if win or not,” Barbee said. “It sounds like it’s going to be really fun, and I look forward to it.”

campus & capiTal

Features Technicianpage 6 • Wednesday, OctOber 14, 2009

The Bailey’s Fine Jewelry box is an icon in Raleigh that the company says is a sign of lasting love. The signature black and white box topped off with a shiny red bow is bound to make any girl’s heart flutter, as well as make any boy’s wallet much lighter.

But on Oct. 24, 125 lucky couples have the chance of finding a diamond ring valued at $20,000 for free.

Bailey’s is hosting a scaven-

ger hunt in downtown Raleigh, called Bailey’s Ultimate Find-ers Keepers, and will send text messages to selected partici-pants, giving them riddles and clues to the ring’s location.

Andy Barbee, a redshirt se-nior center football player, and his girlfriend of five years have been selected to join in on the scavenger hunt. They have known each other for most of their lives and they are looking forward to spending the rest of

their lives together.“We’ve known each other

since elementary school. We grew up in the same town and have probably been friends since fourth or fifth grade. Then a friend of mine set us up our senior year, in October 2004. Since then we’ve pretty much been inseparable … Though we are not engaged now, we will be if we win,” Barbee said.

Barbee said if he and his girl-

friend, who graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill last May, do not win, he will propose by springtime, but his busy sched-ule has prevented him from be-ing able to afford a ring.

“I would have liked to [have proposed] sooner, but playing football for five years, there hasn’t been a chance for me to get a job or find a way to get money,” Barbee said.

Amanda Etheridge, a junior in fashion and textile man-agement, is interested in participating in Bailey’s Ul-timate Find-ers Keepers with her boy-friend of one year.

Though it will be at least two years until they get engaged, Etheridge said they are pretty much together forever.

Since Barbee has a lot of com-petition against him, his special strategy for winning is to edu-cate himself about downtown Raleigh.

“I’ve lived in Raleigh for five years, and I don’t know Raleigh all that well. I’m definitely go-ing to get a couple maps to fa-miliarize myself with some of the road names and different

places. This might lead to clues. I will definitely get on the Internet, try familiarize with downtown Raleigh,” Barbee said.

Though splitting up m a y h e l p couples cover more ground and search two places at once, Barbee said he and his girlfriend are going to stay paired up for the scav-enger hunt.

“We’re going to stay together. She would be completely lost. She doesn’t know anything about downtown Raleigh. We work pretty well together, so this should be interesting any-way,” Barbee said.

Though the possibility of winning a diamond ring ap-peals to couples, girls are partnering up to search for it as well, according to Will Stro-nach, a senior in public rela-tions who is working with the University’s chapter of Public

Relations Student Society of America to promote the event.

Both Barbee and Etheridge said that while selling the ring would be tempting, they would keep the ring if they found it.

“If we found ring, I would keep it … but I wouldn’t want to see it,” Etheridge said.

Chris Bell, Etheridge’s boy-friend and a senior at Campbell

Local jewelry store to hold scavenger hunt

Story By jane moon | photo courteSy of bailey’s jewelry

campus & capiTal

Bailey’s to hide diamond ring in downtown raleigh

BAILEY’S continued page 5

“Though we

are not engaged

now, we will be

if we win.”Andy Barbee, a redshirt senior

center football player, on finding a Bailey’s diamond ring

wAnt thE chAncE to wIn A $20,000 dIAmond rIng?Go to www.ultimatefinderskeepers.com to register.

bailey’s Fine jewelry will also be in the brickyard doing registration promotion the week of oct. 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. the last day to register is oct. 22.

Source: will Stronach

Sports

Bouemboue, the center striker, if I wanted an opportunity to score, or to get involved in the scores and assists,” said Sanchez. “So I took what he said. There was a long ball, Ronnie chested it back to me, and I hit it one time and I scored.”

Outstanding play from goalkeeper

Christopher Widman throughout the rest of the half helped seal the victory for the Pack. He finished the game with five saves.

This was Widman’s third straight shut-out.

“I think Chris is playing fantastic in the goal. I mean he’s constantly [giving] us so much confidence, so [he’s] playing terrific,” Tarantini said.

Nachmann said Widman deserves rec-ognition for his streak of solid play.

“Widman, [for me] he was the MVP of the game. He was great. He took some great shots and their opportunities so I think he was the man of the game,” Nachman said.

The Pack will undergo its next test Sat-urday against ACC rival Wake Forest at Dail Soccer Stadium.

Walker will need a third knee surgery and will take a medical leave, allowing him to continue to pursue his degree.

Senior back safety Bobby Floyd said his

heart goes out to Walker after hearing the news.

“He’s a good friend of mine, we came in together,” Floyd said. “We were actually roommates freshman year so he’s a good friend of mine. It’s tough to hear about that and see that. I know it’s hard on him be-cause I know he loves the game and wants

to play.”Burgess said Walker is still a part of the

team.“He’s still a part of this family,” Burgess

said. “We are here for him, and hopefully through the grace of God, we’ll keep pray-ing for him and he will be back out on this field.”

earned all-conference titles three years of her high school volleyball career.

She joined the team because she not only missed the sport itself, but because of the drastic change from being an athlete to just being a full-time student since; in high school, volleyball was “all she did.”

Kretchman and her coaches did something differently this season that has put her on the board as one of the statistical leaders. Coach Charita Stubbs believes that a more honed-in knowledge of the game has been the greatest com-p on e nt o f Kretchman’s individual success.

Stubbs and the coaching administra-tion focused heav i ly on teaching Kretchman about her belonging to the court and about the speed of the game. Stubbs believes that the athlete has “adapted to that very well.”

“Before it was always just going fast, and she couldn’t understand even though she did have the skill to excel and the desire to be better,” Stubbs said. “[This season] she’s done a great job of stepping up to the plate and filling the hole when we needed it.”

Captain Alex Smith also gives credit to Kretchman’s ability to adapt to circumstance, stating that she “came in at the perfect time,” and also compliments her skills as an athlete.

“She really helped out with another body in the middle because we lost our senior blocker,” Smith said. “She takes care of every-thing and gets things done that have been asked of her.”

Kretchman accredits her newfound knowledge of the game to her coaches and teammates, claiming they helped her improve “on a physical level as well as mentally” by teaching her more and more as the season has progressed.

Kretchman also believes having more playing time this season has possibly been the biggest change that has helped her individually.

“Having t he op -portunity t o p l a y more has boosted my con-fidence, and that’s some-thing that’s helped me

to carry on and improve,” Kretchman said.

As a f ifth-year senior, Kretchman is playing in her second and final fall season and has been a dynamic as-set to the team as one of the leading players as far as kills and points go.

Her success hasn’t gotten to her head, though, Stubbs said.

“By nature she’s a quiet person, but she’s the kind of person who does everything you ask her to do,” Stubbs said. “She’s probably one of the most comfortable ath-letes we have.”

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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis

FOR RELEASE OCTOBER 14, 2009

ACROSS1 Made a

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president17 Trembling18 Having all one’s

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playingtrombones?

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60 Remark to theaudience

61 To __: perfectly62 Sporty sunroof63 Baseball card

brand64 Wall St.’s “Big

Board”

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DOWN1 Samples a bit of2 Ball3 Loud auto

honker of yore4 “__ mouse!”5 Weekly septet6 Argonauts’

leader7 Large antelope8 Tune9 Dainty laugh

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aroma57 Shipwreck site58 Air mover

Tuesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Charles Barasch 10/14/09

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KRETCHMANcontinued from page 8

LUIS ZAPATA/TechnIcIAn FILe PhOTOPack secondary Justin Byers trails behind Duke wide reciever Connor Vernon in the second half of Saturday’s 49-28 Blue Devil win at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Pack will travel to take on Boston College this Saturday in its third ACC match-up.

“She’s done

a great job of

stepping up to the

plate... when we

needed it.”Coach Charita Stubbs

COUNTDOWN• 24 days until the football team’s homecoming game

against Maryland

INSIDE• Page 7: Continuation of the men’s soccer

recap, Kretchman feature and football story SportsTechnicianPage 8 • Wednesday, OctOber 14, 2009

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Senior Bouemboue receives ACC honorMen’s soccer player Ronnie Bouemboue was named Co-ACC Player of the Week after leading N.C. State to wins over No. 8 Duke and Wofford, including tallying the only marker in the Wolfpack’s 1-0 double-overtime win over the Blue Devils. Bouemboue leads the ACC in goals and points with six and 17, respectively. The redshirt senior forward was also named to the national team of the week by both TopDrawerSoccer.com and CollegeSoccerNews.com.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Men’s soccer climbing the rankingsThe men’s soccer team continued to climb the rankings after beating No. 8 Duke and previously unbeaten Wofford last week. N.C. State ranks No. 6 nationally in the RPI rankings and has ranked, for six straight weeks, in all four of the national polls. The Wolfpack is in at No. 12 according to Soccer America, No. 13 on CollegeSoccerNews.com and No. 14 in the Soccer Times and by the NSCAA.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Men’s golf vaults into GolfStat top tenAfter good performances in both of the first two fall tournaments, the men’s golf team has been pushed into the top ten by GolfStat.com. N.C. State, now ranked No. 9, has finished at least fifth in all of the team’s last eight tournaments going back to last season. The Wolfpack now holdsan adjusted score of 73.28.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

athletic schedule

TodayVolleyball Vs. south Carolina st. @ n.C. Central tournament Durham, 11 a.m.

ThursdayWomen’s soCCer Vs. WakeForestDail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.

FridayVolleyball Vs. Wake ForestReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

red rally (men’s andWomen’s basketball)Reynolds Coliseum, 9 p.m.

men’s GolF at the ridGesinterColleGiateRidges Country Club, Johnson City,Tenn., All Day

riFle at armyWest Point, N.Y., All Day

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coming soonThursday: A feature on Pack tight end George BryanFriday: Coverage of the women’s soccer game against Wake ForestMonday: Coverage of the football team’s road game against Boston College

Pack notches fifth straight win, third straight shutout over Eagles

 Jeniece Jamison Staff Writer

 N.C. State kept Georgia Southern winless with a win over the Eagles, 2-0. 

This game was a  tale of two halves, with  the  first half being a stalemate and the  second  solely  belong-ing to the Pack, as has often happened this season.

 Missed scoring opportu-nities for the Pack was the main story of the first half. State’s offense was plagued by bad passes, penalties and missed  shots.  Midfielder Alan Sanchez missed two shots,  forward  Ronnie Bouemboue missed  three shots and midfielder Chrys-tel Bakong missed one shot in the first half. 

The best look came from Bouemboue  at  the  19th minute,  but  the  goal  was called back due to an off-sides call.

 “The team was relaxed in the first half, knowing that [Georgia Southern] had a losing record, and we went into the second half with a little more energy knowing that we had to take care of business,” Sanchez said.

  Georgia  Southern  also had trouble generating any offense in the first half. Its 

offense had only one shot at-tempt by midfielder Rich Heyer in the fifth minute of the first half. The referees assessed mid-fielder Adam Guediri a yellow card  at  the  28th  minute  for complaining about a foul call.

“[In]  f irst  half  we  really struggled.  We  struggled  to play our game,” coach George 

Tarantini said. The score was tied at zero 

after the first half. Then, the Pack  managed  to  turn  their luck around in the second half.

 Bouemboue kicked off the second half with a missed at-tempt on goal in the 40th min-ute, but the offense came alive soon after.  At the 51st minute, 

senior  midfielder  Federico Nachmann broke the tie with a goal that was assisted by junior Chris Zuerner.

  “It  was  a  tough  game.  At the beginning we were kind of relaxed, but then at half time, we have a great talk and we put things together to pick it up for the second half,” Nachmann 

said. Thirty seconds later, Sanchez 

scored a goal of his own, which was  assisted  by  Bouemboue and defender Lucas Carpenter.

  “At  the  beginning  of  the game, my coach told me that I  had  to  be  close  to  Ronnie 

Pack shuts out Georgia Southern, 2-0

Kretchman shining in heightened role for Pack

Defense to toughen up against Boston College

Senior goes from walk-on to dependable middle blocker

Kate BarnesStaff Writer

N.C. State has seen many breakthrough  athletes  in its  time.  What  sets  Lisa Kretchman  apart  from other athletes is her mod-esty. This season alone, she has dominated the volley-ball team’s statistics and has reached that pinnacle with the poise and class of some-one to be truly admired for both her athleticism and her ingenuity.

Kretchman,  a  nutrition science major, only played in three matches last season, but the middle blocker has already  played,  and  done well in, virtually every game since this season began in late  August.  With  high kills in tournaments, non-conference and conference games alike, she accredits her greatest game to be the Dartmouth game, as it was the highest scoring with 14 kills and 15.5 points. 

Though this was her best match, she doesn’t claim it as her shining moment as an N.C. State volleyball player.

“I’m just proud that I can play and stay in there, and that I’ve made my place on the team,” Kretchman said. “Even  if  [my  role  on  the team]  isn’t a  starting one all the time, I just hope my 

teammates can count on me and that I can get the job done in most cases.”

Kretchman tried out for the team in the spring of her ju-nior year and became part of 

the Wolfpack volleyball pro-gram the following fall. As a volleyball  and  soccer  player throughout high  school,  she 

MEN’S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL fOOtBALL

joNathaN StepheNS/techNiciaNMidfielder Kris Byrd passes through two defenders within 18 yards of the goal in the first half of a tuesday night game against Georgia Southern. the Wolfpack beat the Eagles in a 2-0 shutout with both goals occurring within seconds of each other at the start of the sec-ond half.

aNDY MuSSelMaN/techNiciaN File photoSenior middle blocker Lisa Kretchman leaps into the air to return the ball during the Oct. 2 game against Maryland in Reynolds Coliseum. Kretchman earned 8 kills in the Pack’s 3-2 loss to the terrapins.

Defense continues on amidst fan and media scrutiny, now without injured safety Javon Walker

Fidelis LusompaSenior Staff Writer

The defense, particularly the  secondary,  has  borne the  brunt  of  many  talks about  the  team  over  the last two weeks, particularly after Saturday’s loss against Duke, in which quarterback Thaddeus Lewis threw for a career high five touchdowns and 459 yards passing.

Head coach Tom O’Brien said  in  his  press  confer-ence on Monday it is time the team stood up, became accountable and start tack-ling.

“We have worked awfully hard on it,” O’Brien said. “We tackle Sunday, Tues-day  and  Wednesday,  you just can’t do it in a drill.”

Senior  free  safety  Clem Johnson felt the team has been inconsistent when it comes to tackling.

“In my opinion, tackling is  just  a  want,”  Johnson said. “If you want to tackle, you’re going to go out there and tackle. There  is  tech-nique involved. But it comes down to a want. I think guys just really had high expecta-tions for the season. Guys really  expected  things  to be given to them. We really need to start earning the re-

spect, just going out there and proving we can tackle and can get the job done.”

As for fans that are concerned about the performance of the defense, senior defensive tackle Leroy Burgess said the defense and team will come through.

“From seeing us on TV and watching the game and stuff, that’s  not  us,”  Burgess  said. “That’s not what this football team is about. That is not what this defense is about. Give us some time, we are going to get it together and get back to win-ning and trying to win an ACC championship.”

O’Brien believes his team is better than it was a year ago.

“The question still comes is that most of the mistakes we made are self-inflicted; a year ago we had all the injuries, an inexperienced quarterback,” O’Brien  said.  “But  the  three drives  we  started  the  game last Saturday, you talk about making progress on offense. We went right down the field, one was a 79 yard touchdown, but  the  other  two  were  well executed,  we  blocked  well, protected well and everything else. So certainly we have made strides, it is just the problem we have had from the start which is not being able to get people on the ground, tackling.”

Someone  that  could  have helped the Pack in the second-ary  has  seen  his  career  end. O’Brien announced Monday redshirt  junior  safety  Javon 

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