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The free expression tunnel is constantly changing because of students and groups painting in the tunnel.
Nithya Kote Staff Writer
Students use the free expression tunnel to share messages around campus. The free expression tunnel changes daily.
The free expression tunnel is the University’s answer to combating graffiti on campus since the 1960’s. The free expression tunnel connects North campus to the Central campus which is split by the railroad track.
Students can express their thoughts and feelings about anything in the tunnel. Students paint announce-ments of upcoming events or express their art on the tunnel walls. As a re-sult the tunnel never looks the same.
David Hatch, the director of repair and renovation said students should act responsibly when using the tunnel.
“Students should paint within the defined region on the both sides of the tunnel, as it costs us a lot for clean-ing up the areas outside the tunnel,” Hatch said. “Students should not paint beyond the signs “No painting beyond this point” which are placed at the northern and southern extremes of the tunnel.”
According to policies in REG 11.55.4 specified by Student Activities and
Services, there is no restriction re-garding painting over the sections of the tunnel that other people or orga-nizations have painted - no matter how recently they have been painted. However, in the past a lot of animos-ity has been generated toward groups who paint over sections that are adver-tising events not yet held or sections painted very recently. Students should use some courtesy and common sense when selecting an area of the tunnel to paint.
Only the lights and railings inside the tunnel are repaired, according to Hatch.
“Before we would paint and clean up the tunnel walls and ceilings, but we no longer do it as it is not practical,” Hatch said. “But we do fix the lights and railings inside the tunnel when needed.”
According to Hatch, students should not paint on the lights in-side the tunnel.
“We prefer if students do not paint on the light coverings. It is not practical to clean up the paint on the light coverings as it gets sprayed on once again,” Hatch said.
Free Expression Tunnel allows for painting on campus
The Office of Information Technology is hosting a variety of e vents for Cyber Security Awareness month.
Shivalik DagaStaff writer
The Office of Information Technol-ogy is planning two presentations on cyber security in October.
Tim Gurganus, security officer with OIT security and compliance, said he will present the opening presentation,.
“The presentation will be an annual report of our most important security concerns, and contain an analysis of all the phishing attacks, malicious mail and viruses that infect numer-ous Facebook and Twitter pages,” Gurganus said.
Marc Hoit, vice chancellor of OIT, said he wants to emphasize precau-tions are never enough.
The University network in the state and is a major target for hackers and phishers alike, according to Gurganus.
Attackers are beginning to target applications more frequently, rather than just the operating system. A ma-jor trend is to attack commonly used applications like Java, Adobe Reader, Flash and Firefox, according to Gur-ganus.
“My view is that we have to balance between allowing for freedom for ex-pression and exploration, and creating and maintaining a safer network that prevents malicious code,” Gurganus said.
Gurganus said he wanted to em-phasize the importance of regularly updating products.
“Many students do not install these patches because they either simply don’t know that they exist, or don’t bother much. This should be taken seriously because it helps avoid many security problems,” Gurganus said.
OIT recently upgraded the student
information system. SIS is an inte-grated information system which serves all departments within the University. There are modules which include information about business activities and human resources. SIS has a lot of monitoring systems and is safer than before. The OIT also plans to start a “Safe Computing Section” on its website.
The University has a bi-monthly newsletter which updates students about various issues related to infor-mation technology on campus. Sys-News, a public webpage, is another resource maintained by the OIT.
The cyber security presentations will focus on Facebook privacy and the numerous ways students can stay updated and safe.
“Our two biggest concerns regard-ing students’ safety are with students releasing information that compro-mises their identity on the Internet, mostly on sites like Facebook and Twitter, and regarding social engi-
neering for security,” Hoit said. According to Hoit, social engineer-
ing includes emails that redirect the user to a webpage which causes them to give personal information online.
“With the advent of smartphones, staying aware and protecting your identity has become all the more important. Luckily such cyber-theft issues are not widespread and stu-dents are generally aware about such threats,” Hoit said
Hoit said students should remem-ber the information they share can be found by other people.
“If you spend a little time thinking about the implications of the informa-tion you share, you’ll be a lot safer. When you put something in an email, you should be able to put it as a head-line in the newspaper,” said Hoit.
The Student Advisory Group start-ed by Hoit is a link between the OIT and the student body. These meetings provide a place for students of all af-filiations to share their thoughts and
ideas about technology. Hoit partici-pates in these meetings by listening to feedback, answering questions and addressing concerns. The Student Ad-visory Group generally meets once a month during the fall and spring se-mesters.
Gurganus said, “The Student Advi-sory Group is to help us to stay con-nected to the student body.”
OIT plans Internet safety presentations
AyAnnA SeAlS/TechniciAnSpotted spray painting from the top of the Free Expression tunnel, John Potts a senior in mechanical engineering and Kayla Flanagan, a sophomore in communications tag the tunnel for their first time. “Its good to see something new on the wall on your way to class. Its mildly entertaining”, Kayla said while deciding to embark in on the action.
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Program seeks to inspire young readers Through interactions with N.C. State student athletes, area middle school students are becoming more excited about reading and writing.
Joshua ChappellCorrespondent
For some local middle school stu-dents, reading books does not only mean increased knowledge – it also means free N.C. State women’s bas-ketball tickets and the opportunity to meet some of the N.C. State student athletes.
“Booking with the Pack,” a program coordinated by the Academic Support Program for Student Athletes (ASPSA) is a fairly new program at the Univer-sity striving to inspire middle school students to read, and to those students a sense of connection to the local uni-versity.
There are essentially two parts to this project. The first, which has been around since 2006, specifically targets improving reading and writ-ing skills among Triangle-area middle school students. According to Jennifer Womack, ASPSA graduate assistant, the first part of the program chal-lenges middle school students to read ten books in ten weeks.
Should they complete the require-ment, they can earn tickets to an N.C. State women’s basketball game that recognizes all of the students who achieved the goal. The students will also get a chance to meet N.C. State student athletes at the event.
Additionally, the middle schools can request a ‘pep rally,’ in which case student athletes from the University and ASPSA staff members come to the schools to kick off the program and get students excited about reading.
“Students sometimes tend to lis-
ten better when they are listening to someone they look up to – like a student athlete. They have seen these guys on TV, so they really enjoy it,” said Womack.
This part of the program also seeks to connect middle school students to the idea of college at a young age. The schools sometimes bring their stu-dents to N.C. State and the student-athletes get to spend time with them and tour them around campus.
“Often there are programs to con-nect high school students to college,” Womack said, “but this program goes after the middle school students and gets them thinking about college at a young age.”
Although there are certain guide-lines for the program, the schools do a lot of their own planning and steering of their respective programs.
“We provide the resources, and it’s up to [the schools] to decide the direc-tion of their program,” said Womack.
The second part of the program is a more recently started effort to collect books through various organizations to donate to area schools. According to Womack, Booking with the Pack has collected 17,902 books and donated 11,613 of them.
“We contact area organizations to let them know that we have books to donate,” said Womack, “and based on their current needs and storage space, they can request the books on a first come, first served basis.”
Organizations that have received books include: Tammy Lynn Cen-ter for Developmental Disabilities, Boys and Girls Club of Wake County, Greystone Recreation Center, and more, according to ASPSA.
A few weeks ago, Booking with the Pack made one of its first large-scale
AyAnnA SeAlS/TechniciAnGetting a boost from the center hand rail, David Ji a freshman in architecture, spray paints an image in the expression tunnel. “The tunnel keeps society in check. It[graffiti] would be raining across campus if this wasn’t here”
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“IN SEARCH OF A STATE TREASURE”The Crafts Center, Street Gallery Start Day
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Administration, including Chancellor Randy Woodson and Interim Provost Warwick Arden, are in the process of cre-ating a new strategic plan for the University to span over the next five to ten years. A strate-gic plan is a plan that outlines the vision and action plans for “nine task forces, an overseeing committee, and several hun-dred volunteers,” according to a bulletin posted on NCSU’s Web site. Due to a drop in N.C. State’s drop in U.S. News rankings Woodson highlight-ed areas to improve in the life sciences industry, and focused on partnering with private in-
dustries. He also spoke of the challenges facing the current faculty and how the student/faculty ratio has become too disproportionate. To fix this he cited building the endowment fund to help fund scholarships, research and more positions. Starting in November nine task forces will being looking into the following areas, un-dergraduate student success, graduate and postdoctoral program development, faculty excellence, research and schol-arships, comprehensiveness and interdisciplinary, global engagement, partnerships and innovation, campus culture and resource strategies. The next set of task force reports are scheduled for December.
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Grinding on a rail near the bookstore, Matt Perrault practices his rollerblading tech-niques. Perrault, a junior in Mechanical Engineering, has been rollerblading since the 6th grade. He rollerblades for recreation, not for competition. “Competitive
rollerblading used to be a part of the X-games, but now it’s really only found in Japan.” Despite this, he enjoys the recreational sport; “Rollerblading gives you more freedom than skateboarding,” Perrault said, “It’s like gymnastics on wheels.”
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10:15 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONJordan Hall Staff member reported suspicious subject in the building. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.
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Hatch said the tunnel is the only place on campus students are allowed to paint.
“Students should not paint on any other buildings on the campus, as it costs us a lot to clean it up. Many students are not aware of the rules re-garding putting up posters and chalking the sidewalks. Students should learn how to do it properly. They can learn this by reading the student handbook which is available online,” Hatch said.
According to policies regard-ing Poster/Painting/Sidewalk Chalk in REG 11.55.4, posters should be displayed only on designated surfaces like bul-letin boards and kiosks. They should be mounted with tape and pushpins so as to allow removal without surface de-
facement.Students are not supposed to
use chalk on building walls.“Students should chalk only
on horizontal surfaces, which can be washed off by the rains. Only water soluble chalk has to be used. They should not use chalk on any other building walls on campus as we need to clean it up which could be costly,” Hatch said.
Cathleen Brooke, a junior in natural resources said the free expression tunnel was a good place to express thoughts and advertise.
“The free expression tunnel is a good place for the student organizations to advertise for upcoming events which people might be interested in. For the most part students are respon-sible when painting inside the tunnel,” Brooke said.
Sara Babcock, a freshman in accounting said that people abuse the free expression tun-
nel.“Students abuse it. They do
some offensive drawings inside the tunnel. They should use to express positive thoughts instead. Students should not paint on the light coverings, so that there is sufficient light in the tunnel at nights,” Bab-cock said.
Zach Sherman, a sophomore in civil engineering said he liked the concept of the free expression tunnel.
“It is pretty original; it is un-common for a school to have a tunnel where students can freely express their thoughts. I am a transfer student and my previous school did not have it,” Sherman said.
Sherman said he found the tunnel to be informative.
“I learn about many upcom-ing events when I pass through the tunnel on my way to classes. Just today, I learned about the Shack-a-thon,” Sherman said.
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donations in collaboration with the N.C. State Golden Key Society. According to Womack, they donated a large amount of books to Better World Books, which is an organization that distributes donated books worldwide.
Womack said that ASPSA has received donations from vari-ous on-campus organizations like the Women’s Center and
women’s basketball team, and is seeking more donations from the community.
Jennifer MacNab, Booking with the Pack coordinator, says she believes that the program has been extremely successful.
“The student athletes who volunteer with our program prove they are committed to giving back to the community and to using their notoriety to set a positive example for youth today,” said MacNab.
Although the program was founded on the idea of stu-
dent-athletes getting involved with area schools, ASPSA has given thought to expanding the program to include non-student athletes. According to Womack, involving the rest of campus will only help to fur-ther the impact of the program.
“We really want to expand this program to the rest of campus,” said Womack.
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Marisa akers/TechnicianJosh robbins, a junior in construction engineering and management, and Matthew nifong, a junior in civil engineering, sing praise with a group of intervarsity and Campus Crusade for Christ club members in the Brickyard, during shack-A-Thon. “i’m here to worship god,” robbins said. “[i like] seeing the impact it can make with the people walking by.”
The 1911 Building Snack Bar is not on the University meal plan and the only place on campus which serves Pepsi products.
Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor
The 1911 Building Snack Bar holds the special distinction of being the only place on cam-pus where Pepsi products are served.
Because the 1911 Building Snack Bar operates on Univer-sity property, owner Eva Yee must pay the University equip-ment maintenance charges.
The 1911 Building Snack Bar has gained popularity because it is the only place that serves Pepsi products.
“We’re the only place on cam-pus where you can get Pepsi,” Yee said.
According to Yee, the 1911 Building Snack Bar has been operating for almost three de-cades. Yee has only owned the 1911 Building Snack Bar for 12 years.
“The Snack Bar was started nearly 30 to 40 years back,” Yee
said. “I have been here myself since 1998.”
In 2006, the 1911 Building Snack Bar closed for renova-tions, according to Yee.
“The store was closed in 2006 for renovations and reopened in February of 2008,” Yee said.
According to Jennifer Gilm-ore, marketing and commu-nications manager with Univer-sity Dining said the 1911 Building Snack Bar is funded by a special pro-gram.
“The 1911 Building Snack Bar is funded by a federal program to provide jobs for people who are visually impaired,” Gilmore said. “It is administered by the N.C. Division of Services for the Blind.
According to Gilmore, the 1911 Building Snack Bar existed before University Dining.
“The 1911 Building Snack Bar has a history that pre-dates University Dining,” Gilmore
said. “University Dining was founded in 1982.”
According to Yee, since the 1911 Building Snack Bar is not affiliated with University Din-ing, she can only accept cash. Yee is not allowed to process credit cards either. Yee said this poses a problem for her, as many students do not carry
cash. “ I d o n ’ t
k now, [t he University] h a s s o m e rules. So, I can’t accept credit cards f r o m s t u -dents,” Yee said. “But it’s fine, what can I do. One
must keep going.” According to Yee, drinks
form a major part of the sales, with North Carolina special-ties Cheerwine and Sundrop also popular for students. As well, the 1911 Building Snack Bar has chips, candy bars and chocolates for sale.
“People here just love Pepsi, and they’re always asking for more,” Yee said.
According to Yee, people giv-ing campus tours wrongly state proceeds from the 1911 Build-ing Snack Bar go to an organi-zation for the blind.
“Volunteers who give cam-pus tours aren’t completely informed about the Snack Bar and say that some proceeds from the Snack Bar go to an organization for the blind,” Yee said. “Except for the money paid to the University, all money from the sales comes to me.”
Yee said her prices are cheap-er than any of the machines on campus.
“The prices in the Snack Bar have always been lower than the machines on campus for years,” Yee said. “The Snack Bar is a good place for students to grab a quick snack or drink, without having to go all the way to Hillsborough Street.”
Staff Writer Shivalik Daga contributed to this report.
1911 Building offers non-University dining option
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alex canouTas/Technicianeva Yee, the blind owner at 1911 building’s snack bar, rings up a student on september 2, 2010. “i’m the only one on campus, physically, that’s not part of it {n.C. state} and i’ve been doing it for the past thirteen years,” said Yee. Yee’s snack bar is the only establishment on campus that sells pepsi products and that is not owned by the university.
“People here just
love Pepsi, and
they’re always
asking for more.”Eva Yee, owner of 1911 Building
Snack Bar
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BY NATALIE CLAUNCH
“Do you think the free expression tunnel is
important? Why or why not?”
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“I think it is very important in communicating different events.”
Keron Fraserjunior, business administration
“Yes; I just do.”
Stephanie Defrancescofreshman, chemical engineering
“I think it is very important in communicating different events.”
Aaron Purkaplefreshman, nuclear engineering
“I think it is very important in communicating different events.”
Erica Sutterfreshman, animal science/international studies
“It is important, but sometimes people take advantage of it; some people don’t realize the impact that words have.”
Chelsea Durant freshman, engineering
Sorry Charlie Brown, it’s a Ronald McDonald
universe
What do Ronald Mc-Donald, Sketchers Shoes, children’s TV
shows and the Tea Party have in common? At first glance, not much. But upon closer
inspection, it becomes ap-parent they are all symptoms of our shallow, money-ob-sessed society, where experi-ence and real-ity have lost their meaning and depth. One
of the main culprits of a deval-uation of human emotions and meaning is the advertising in-dustry, who have recently tried to craft a cartoon show out of commercial characters.The Federal Commu-nications Commis-sion recently re c e ive d a serious com-plaint from a children’s ad-vocacy group to ban Nick-toons f rom airing a new cartoon show called Zevo-3. The show isn’t under fire for any obscene content, but for the origin of its charac-ters. The characters on Zevo-3 were originally created to mar-ket Sketchers shoes to children. The advocacy group targeting Zevo-3, Campaign for a Com-mercial Free Childhood, said this is the first show ever to consist of pitchmen characters and this would open the door for Ronald McDonald and Tony the Tiger shows.Legally, the advocacy group trying to ban Zevo-3 is on solid ground. Federal law which reg-ulates the airwaves stipulates that for every half-hour TV show geared towards children, there should be no more than 12 minutes of commercial ma-terial. So it is OK for shows to create empires of merchandise for children to buy, but they can’t start a show with pitch-characters? We like to think childhood is a special time of pure experience and innocent joy instead of one dominated by soulless corporations and
slimy ad wizards. Unfortu-nately, children and adult’s experiences and beliefs have been fodder and play-dough for a long time. Advertising geared towards adults is no different. Product placement has become stan-dard practice for movies and television. Full length com-mercials are actually being shown in movie theaters now. I remember how shocking this was when it started and now no one even bats an eye. The main problem with advertising is that it exploits our deepest held beliefs and achievements for monetary gain. It seems that almost every commercial on television today features a montage of the moon landing, Ellis Island, and the Wright brothers to try to sell you the
newest gadget or gizmo that will be out-dated before you f i n i sh this sentence. This loss of meaning is a big motiva-tion behind recent po-litical move-ments, with Obama’s can-didacy and the Tea Party movement.
“Taking our country back” is nothing more than a desper-ate call for a return to a culture that had meaning, value, and purpose. Instead of living in a simple and beautiful “Char-lie Brown’ world, we live in a chaotic, frightening and com-moditized “Ronald McDonald’ universe. The best you can do is every once in a while turn off the TV, computer and even the cell phone, and enjoy nature or read some classic literature. The Campaign for a Commer-cial Free Childhood is taking an admirable stand against the shallowness of our modern lives but I am afraid the battle for meaning and depth has al-ready been lost.
Send Zakk your thoughts on self-image to [email protected].
There are few places on campus where Wi-fi is not available and new
students are discovering the freedoms of the University’s extensive wireless network. Af-ter being restricted at school from Facebook and Twitter during their high school years, new students can now take ad-vantage of all the Internet has to offer. Few students have a background in basic computer safety and this poses a risk to them and the school’s network.
New students need to realize when they go to websites on the Internet, they are opening a gateway for other users to gain access to their computer and the network they are on. Keep in mind, there are thousands of other users on the University’s network, and any security risk can make these users vulner-
able as well. Irresponsible com-puter use can cost hundreds of dollars replacing software and hardware. Data, whether it is files or user data, is accessible on the Internet and there are people who prowl the Internet looking for it.
When students take in the breadth of the Internet, it can be intimidating. However, the Office of Information Technol-ogies offers services students can take advantage of to protect their computer. All students, both new and old, are encour-aged to use is the antivirus soft-ware, Trend Micro OfficeScan. OIT also offers classes to help inform students about possible ricks and other computer-relat-
ed topics. Their website is also a great resource new students can use to learn about computer safety.
Antivirus is critical to com-puter health, but so is an ac-tivated firewall and spyware blocker. Firewalls are built into Microsoft Windows, but there is also independent software stu-dents can use. Spyware is also a security risk. It is a program that sends out unwarranted information from computers unknowingly to users. There are free programs offered, like Spybot Search and Destroy, that can scan your computer and disable these programs. If students are unsure about these programs, they should imme-
diately ask OIT and report any errors that occur.
Ultimately, students should always be aware of where they go on the Internet. There are a wide variety of websites, and some are unsafe. Many brows-ers have built-in databases of unsafe websites and users should listen to these warnings on the Internet.
New students should make sure their computer is protect-ed before they start using the University’s network. There are resources available to keep stu-dents and other users safe and informed if they have any ques-tions. In the end, the difference between students keeping their term papers and laptops safe and having to wipe their hard drives and losing all of their files is awareness while they are using the Internet.
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Cyber protection will save collegeTHE FACTS:Students at the University put their information and the University’s network at risk when they access unsafe webpages.
OUR OPINION:Students need to make sure they protect their computer and be wary of giving personal information out online.
To the Anonymous ROTC Student
As an officer in the Student
Senate, it angered me to read the letter that was printed on Sept. 17 regarding the seating for the ROTC students. I too was upset when I found out where the ROTC students were to be seated during the game and I am in no way supporting the decision by the Athletics Department to seat them there. Rather, I am upset with the Technician for printing the letter to the editor in the fashion that they did. After receiving this “anonymous” letter, I think it would have been appropriate for the Technician to contact Stephen Kouba, the Student Senate President.
The student is correct in his claim that Student Government is in charge of student ticketing. He is also correct when stating that the Student Senate passed two resolutions last year: one for designating a certain amount of tickets to the Military Appreciation Game for last year, and a separate resolution allocating tickets for every home, football and military appreciation game.
The Student Senate can only make changes to ticketing through the passage of a
resolution. The decision to move the ROTC students into the 14/15 section was not even known by anyone in the Student Senate until the night before the game. This was a decision that, to the extent of my knowledge, was made by the Athletics Department. When he says that the Senate “wanted to be able to sell the seats normally reserved for us instead of giving them away for free,” he is spreading nothing but rumors and false accusations. We do not sell tickets to football games.
Now, I am not writing this letter as an attack against the student. I do not expect him to know the truth behind many of his false claims. I place the blame for this letter onto Technician. You have a responsibility to print factual information and prevent the publication of false claims. When it comes to printing “Letters to the Editor,” I have never before seen a letter get printed anonymously. I am most disappointed in the fact that Technician didn’t investigate the claims made to see if there was any truth to them. I sign my name proudly to this because I want students to be able to contact me if they have any questions, comments or concerns regarding this letter.
With Wolfpack Pride, Johnathan Tuckersophomore, political science
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Many University students have wandered into Melvin’s and tried their legendary ham-burgers, but they may have overlooked their next-door neighbor while grabbing lunch.
5-O-Clock Sports Bar is nestled right beside Melvin’s Hamburgers on Hillsborough Street. Often students
can be found enjoying their favorite beverage and playing in one of the bar’s cornhole tournaments.
Elyse Kline, N.C. State alumna, can be found behind the bar greeting people with a smile and
making sure that no one gets thirsty. “I love still having that closeness to the N.C.
State community,” Kline said. Kline said she knows all of her regulars
by name, but it isn’t her memory that has them coming back to this watering
hole again and again. She doesn’t just make everyday small talk with the patron’s, but instead engages them in thoughtful conversation.
She took the bartending job at 5-O-Clock with the hopes of making it more college friendly. To reach out the student popu-lation, Kline communicates through social media net-works. The bar’s information can be found on Facebook and the site regularly posts up-coming events and specials.
Occasionally, Kline will get a special visitor patrons of 5-O-Clock love to see walk by. Ruckus, her adorable — and massive — rescue dog will sometimes stop by outside for a drink of water when out for an evening stroll with one of Kline’s friends. If people hadn’t stopped by to play cornhole, check out the evening’s spe-cials, or to chat with Elyse, then they are definitely going to stop outside to pet Ruckus.
Kline has managed to cre-ate a family-like environment from behind the bar. Clientele
get to know her and the people sitting beside them. It’s the kind
of environment where a patron can expect at least one person they
know to ask how the latest test went or how school is going. “I heard good things about Melvin’s
Hamburgers and I like being able to sit down at 5-O-Clock and watch the game
or talk to friends,” Matt Roberts, a junior in mathematics, said. The bar not only offers drink specials that
are budget-friendly for college students, but Melvin’s Hamburgers are also available for order. “The prices are amazing too,” Roberts said.
Kline said she does a lot of marketing on campus. Every now and then she can be spotted on campus
posting flyers to let students know the latest news at 5-O-Clock. Her approachable demeanor makes it easy for students
to approach her and ask questions about events that are com-ing up.
“Elyse really makes this place happen at night — there is always something fun going on,” Annie Cohen, a N.C. State alumna, said. Cohen said she and friends like to come by to socialize in a more relaxed environment.
The business is also reaching out to student organizations. Student organizations have held gatherings at Melvin’s and 5-O-Clock to promote fundraisers and to host mixers.
Kline said she will keep up her marketing efforts on cam-pus and hopes the NCSU football season will bring in bigger crowds.
There are TVs at every booth and a big screen outside so pe-destrians and people enjoying a cigarette won’t miss the game.
It’s 5-O-Clock somewhere
ALUMNA USES MARKETING SKILLS AND FRIENDLINESS TO PROMOTE SPORTS BAR ON
HILLSBOROUGH STREET
STORY BY ELLEN SCOTT
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TECHNICIANPAGE 6 • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
Gourmet street food may sound like an oxymoron, but a new mobile busi-
ness is redefining the conven-tional outlook on food served from a truck.
Mom’s Delicious Dishes, a nascent Raleigh food truck, has quickly developed a large following, especially among the students, faculty and profes-sionals on Centennial Campus.
Ardath Church and Thao Beck, the “moms” behind Mom’s Delicious Dishes, come to Centennial Campus twice a week. The three-month-old business strives to deviate from the generic hot dog and fun-nel cake expectation associated with street food. `
“We want to serve hearty food that reminds the customer of comfort food,” Church said. “For instance, instead of a tra-ditional hamburger that you can find anywhere, we serve a meatloaf sandwich.”
The menu is a compilation of various comfort dishes ex-ecuted with a gourmet twist.
“We have macaroni and cheese, but I also add some nut-meg to give it a unique twist,” Beck, the mastermind behind the cooking, said.
Additionally, Mom’s Deli-cious Dishes tries to use lo-cal vegetables and organic products whenever possible. Church said she goes to the farmers market daily. Fresh-ness at Mom’s Delicious Dishes is not a hackneyed mantra but
rather one of the goals of the business.
“Local ingredients typically taste better and are healthier,” Beck said.
Furthermore, Church and Beck still manage to keep prices affordable. A sandwich, drink and a side go for $7.
“We have to manage between getting the best ingredients and the price, so we find a balance,” Beck said. “But we don’t want gouging! I’m very cost con-scious, so I see what we can save in paper products and things like that so [we] don’t cheap out on the food.”
The Centennial Campus stop has so far been the business’ busiest location.
“We sell out every time we come,” Beck said.
Even before the fall semester started, Church said Mom’s Delicious Dishes thrived at its location at 930 Main Campus Dr., near Venture II Building.
“First of all, we believe that the students here are exactly our target audience,” Church said. “The other part of it is that Red Hat is so close nearby. We have an audience here that we can’t discover anywhere else in Raleigh.”
Finding an audience proves to be one of the most crucial factors to the success of the mo-bile food business, according to Church.
“In Durham there is a great truck called Only Burger, and they pretty much have all of Duke behind them,” Church said. “We want to be able to make that connection here at State.”
Moreover, Mom’s Delicious Dishes is interested in coming to main campus.
“We would love to be here at State for another day,” Church said. If the process works out, Church and Thao said they will come to the Brickyard on Mondays.
Despite being isolated from main campus, Mom’s Delicious Dishes still attracts students that don’t study on Centen-nial Campus. Kyle Jones, a sophomore in nutrition, has made the trip to Centennial
Campus twice. “I was pretty excited to see
some of the menu items that are not very typical of street food cuisine. You can tell how they have their own little flair on normal dishes,” Jones said. “The service is great and the la-dies are very lively and mom-like. My favorite is the avocado BLT.”
Mom’s Delicious Dishes is not exclusive to the N.C. State demographic. Throughout the week, the truck goes to RTP, Cary Crossroads Office Park and various spots in Durham. On weekends, the women plan around community events.
“We play the weekends by ear, but there is still a lot of planning involved,” Beck said.
Mom’s Delicious Dishes participated in SPARKcon in downtown Raleigh last week-end and got so much business they said they ran out of side dishes within a few hours.
Adam Kim, a junior in civil engineering, was downtown during SPARKcon and tried Mom’s Delicious Dishes for the first time.
“The Asian barbeque chicken sandwich is really good. It was interesting, because I’ve never bought real food — besides snow cones and stuff — from a food truck,” Kim said.
Church and Beck said they have put a lot of effort into
trying to alleviate common suspicions about street food.
“There is the term ‘roach coach,’” Beck said. “A lot of people have impressions that food trucks are dirty.”
Wake County has set strong regulations to avoid the nega-tivity associated with “roach coaches.” Church said the food truck is certified with the county and is associated with commissary.
Restaurants are the most common commissaries in the food truck business and Mom’s Delicious Dishes works with Jibarra Mexican Restaurant. The main intention of the reg-ulations is to assure that food trucks have a preparation area that is safe, sanitary and ac-countable.
Despite being relatively new to the business, Church and Beck are confident they can continue to satisfy their cus-tomers.
“We just want to serve really good food that makes people happy,” Church said.
“I think everyone grew up — no matter what culture — with these types of f lavors,” Beck said.
Beck said her cooking style comes from a mix of various culinary inf luences. Beck is Vietnamese American, and this is occasionally expressed in her food. The truck’s Asian Barbeque Chicken Sandwich is a spinoff of the famous French Vietnamese sandwich, Bánh mì.
“I just cook what feels and tastes right,” Beck said.
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Alex Manasa, a senior in aerospace engineering, and twins Spencer and Andrew Williamson, both seniors in electrical engineering, enjoy their sandwiches from Mom’s Delicious Dishes.
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Mark HerringStaff Writer Mom’s Delicious Dishes food truck serves food
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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANRedshirt junior halfback Curtis Underwood, Jr. drives past Cincinnati defensive during the 4th quarter of the Thursday night home game in Carter-Finley Stadium. Underwood had 23 yards of rushing. N.C. State won against Cincinnati 30 - 19.
Wilson. “It is all about opportu-
nity. And once I got the op-portunity I had already pre-pared myself mentally earli-er in the week,” Underwood said. “So when it came time, I had already prepared my-self as a starter.”
His play did not go unno-ticed, as coach Tom O’Brien noted Underwood’s play and said he was impressed at Underwood’s continued commitment.
“He has been very patient. He knows he is going to get a chance and he is going to have an opportunity and he got it Thursday night to get in as a part of the offense,” O Brien said. “I felt very good about it and I know his teammates felt very good about it.”
When the depth chart for the Georgia Tech game was released on Monday and Underwood was still not on it, he remained fo-cused on giving everything he has in practice, so that when opportunity comes knocking, he will be at the door to answer.
“Every week I just try to prepare like I am the starter and when my number gets called I’ll try and do my best,” Underwood said. “There is still a chance for things to change. Things happen in between games and it is just all about op-portunity.”
in some running out at the field and might go work out after-wards.
“Also, we’ve been trying to do more social-type things. Every-one on the team met up at the Cincinnati game last Thursday and hung out with each other. We’ve been trying to keep the team connected through social events and make sure everybody still feels a part of the team even though we’re not having practices.”
The renovations should fin-ish in two to three weeks, right before the team plays its second tournament of the season at James Madison Oct. 8-10.
Despite stiff competition in its first tournament, the team is looking to see how it stacks up against fellow Atlantic Di-vision foes of the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
“We’re playing some of the toughest teams in the confer-ence in our first tournament,” Brown said. “We’re playing Duke, Virginia Tech and Vir-ginia, which are three of the top five teams in our confer-ence. It will be a good indicator of how we are as a team, even though we haven’t had a place to practice.”
FOOTBALLcontinued from page 8
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team’s attitude seems to be different this season. While fans celebrated the first 3-0 start since the Philip Riv-ers days, the refrain in the locker room was far more grounded. Nearly every player asked about the thrill of three straight victories dismissed being 3-0 as no big deal. This team is far from content, and memo-ries of the difficulties of a year ago will not be washed away any time soon. State was 3-1 last season and knows what happened. With recollection of the di-sastrous conclusion to 2009 still vivid, expect this team to keep playing like it has something to prove.
O’Brien’s players are buy-ing in to his system. Curtis Underwood is a veteran player who was expected to start the season. And he’s not even on the depth chart, as he was replaced by a pair of freshmen. In a lot of locker rooms, a con-troversy would be brewing. Instead, Underwood has kept his mouth shut and his motor running, and helped spell Greene with a touchdown in week three. Nate Irving, the unques-tioned star of this defense, has willingly moved to the middle in a scheme that will have him wrong-arming guards and centers while his counterparts Cole and Manning rack up sacks and big plays. He’s said more than once that he doesn’t care how many tackles he makes, as long as his team wins. More than anything, it’s that attitude that makes State a force to be reckoned with in a down year for the perennially mediocre ACC.
EVERETTcontinued from page 8
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COUNTDOWN• 4 days until the football team opens ACC play
against Georgia Tech
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Underwood featureSportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
ACC recognizes stars of win over Bearcats
The Pack’s nationally televised romp over visiting Cincinnati Thursday night has yielded weekly recognition from the ACC for both Russell Wilson and Mustafa Greene. Wilson took home ACC Player of the Week honors for his sixth career game with 300 or more yards through the air. The Wolfpack’s offensive leader spread the wealth, completing passes to 11 different receivers on his own team, while committing no turnovers on 40 pass attempts. In easily the best performance of his young career, Mustafa Greene accounted for more than 100 yards, rushing for 84 and adding 54 yards receiving. The effort was good enough to earn Greene ACC Rookie of the Week.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Football approaching top 25
Voters in the Associated Press and USA Today Top 25 polls are slowly but surely beginning to take note of the Pack’s 3-0 start. State remains unranked, but received 14 votes in the AP poll. The Wolfpack is one of 19 teams outside the Top 25 that received votes in the AP poll and is one of three ACC teams, along with Georgia Tech and Clemson, that received exactly 14 votes. State earned seven votes in this week’s AP Poll. In last week’s edition, the Pack received one vote in the AP Poll and none in the USA Today rankings.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ACC FOOTBALLSTANDINGS
ATLANTIC CONF OVERALL
Wake Forest 1-0 2-1
North Carolina State
0-0 3-0
Boston College
0-0 2-0
Clemson 0-0 2-1
Florida State 0-0 2-1
Maryland 0-0 2-1
COASTAL CONF OVERALL
Georgia Tech 1-0 2-1
Miami (FL) 0-0 1-1
Virginia 0-0 1-1
Virginia Tech 0-0 1-2
Duke 0-1 1-2
North Carolina
0-1 0-2
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
FOOTBALL
Patience pays for UnderwoodTaylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor
When Curtis Underwood com-mitted to N.C. State in the fall of 2006, he understood what he was getting into. Underwood, a red-shirt junior running back, knew at the time that N.C. State had just signed two highly ranked running backs in Toney Baker and Andre Brown the year before and both players had exceeded expectations in their freshman seasons.
Baker rushed for more than 500 yards and scored five touchdowns, while Brown ran for 667 yards, scoring six touchdowns. Thus, Underwood knew playing time probably would be at a premium but nonetheless committed to the Pack.
A n d Un d e r w o o d played in his first two years in Raleigh as a knee injury to Toney Baker left State short on running backs and Baker’s career in jeopardy. In his first two seasons, Under-wood played sparingly, seeing time in six games his freshman year and in all 12 games as a sophomore.
Heading into last year, Under-wood was positioned for a break-out season. He had paid his dues and waited his turn. Andre Brown had gone on to the NFL and all that was left was redshirt senior Jamelle Eugene as the starter and Underwood as his backup. But then Underwood’s plan hit a brick wall when Toney Baker was able to come back from multiple knee sur-geries to diminish Underwood’s role to the point that coach Tom O’Brien decided to redshirt him.
“It was a shock at first,” Under-wood said. “The decision was up to coach O’Brien. He pulled me into the office one day and told me that I was going to redshirt.”
Underwood admits that sitting out for him was tough, but said he understood why it had to happen and took it in stride, while using it as a motivating tool.
“Sitting out last year was hard. But it was something that needed to
be done for the better-ment of the program,” Underwood said. “Watching and playing with Toney, Jamelle, and Andre and just seeing the success they are having outside of foot-ball has been a motivat ion to me because I know I can play with those guys.”
But a year later, Underwood ap-peared poised to take over as the starting running back and many be-lieved he would. However, when the depth chart was released, Underwood was nowhere to be found, as two freshmen, Dean Haynes and Mustafa Greene, were listed above him.
“Obviously it was the coach’s deci-sion and that is what they wanted,”
Under-wood said. “But
going through my head was, ‘I just have to keep working and can’t stop playing and trying hard.’”
And just like when he was red-shirted in 2009, Underwood did not get down and start to sulk when he was not named the starter but instead learned a valuable lesson and kept working hard.
“I have learned about coming into things and just knowing not to sit
back and expect things to be given to me,” Underwood said. “I have learned to work a little harder and appreciate things a little more.”
With this attitude, Underwood kept practicing hard, knowing that his chance would come. And it when finally did, Underwood took full advantage Thursday against Cincin-nati, as he came in and scored his first touchdown of the season on a 13-yard pass play from quarterback Russell
CLUB SPORTS
Just three games into the season, it’s probably way too early to start enter-taining thoughts of State fighting for
an ACC title. Three wins over unranked opponents, no matter the nature of those
victories, would normal-ly be no reason to start such discussions before a team’s first conference game. But based on the state of the conference this year and what the Pack has shown in its first two games against respectable opponents, (Sorry, Western), I can’t help but wonder, why
not State?It would be easy to trash the ACC af-
ter Virginia Tech fell to James Madison and Georgia Tech fell to Kansas. Making matters worse for the conference was the humiliation FSU suffered at the hands of Oklahoma. But it’s a long season, and 2010 wouldn’t be the first time a team
that looked pitiful one weekend in September was celebrating a confer-
ence title three months later. So it would be unwise to say the Pack
has a conference schedule full of cupcakes. The Hok-ies have an annual habit of
playing their best football of the season later than sooner. Georgia
Tech’s loss to a Kansas team that has lost to North Dakota State and Southern Miss makes the Jackets vulnerable, but is no reason to pencil in the trip to Atlanta as an easy victory. Plenty of State’s confer-ence opponents will provide stiff com-petition.
The ACC might rebound and regain some national credibility. It might not. All that is really certain about the rest of the teams on State’s schedule is that the Pack will have good reason to like its chances, week in and week out. The ACC slate looks even better considering State will take on two of its toughest ACC foes, Virginia Tech and Florida State, at home, and does not have to play the only team in the conference currently ranked in the Top 25 - Miami.
As for the Pack itself, the team’s effort against UCF and Cincinnati makes it hard for even the most grounded of fans to stave off optimism. State went on the road to what figures to be one of the top teams in CUSA and won despite one of the worst nights of star quarterback Rus-sell Wilson’s career. Fans need to real-ize what a big deal that was. Every team O’Brien and Co. square off against knows what No. 16 can do, and nobody doubts the Pack’s capabilities when Wilson is on target. But the defense made an invalu-able statement, preserving the victory with a late takeaway to win despite the offense’s last points of the night coming in the first half.
One week later, it became apparent that in year four, Tom O’Brien might very well have one of the best defenses and most complete teams of his tenure in Raleigh. Audie Cole was the hero in Orlando. Thursday night, it was hard to single out just one player from a unit that harassed Zach Collaros into a largely miserable night, letting up only after the game had long since been decided. Defenders flew around the field with an energy level un-seen throughout a disappointing 2009 season. Perhaps the most encouraging thing about the Pack’s defense is that it has played at a high level without Nate Irving dominating as he did in 2008. Against the Bearcats, Irving made his presence felt, but by no means stole the show. Based on the way Audie Cole and Terrell Manning have played the past two games, should Irving return to form, the linebacking core might go from good to downright scary.
On offense, Russell Wilson has played great in two of three games. His perfor-mance has lived up to the expectations. With top receivers Owen Spencer and Jarvis Williams and All-ACC tight end George Bryan, Wilson was counted on to lead a potent aerial attack. But so far this year, those three players are just part of the equation. Considering the capa-bilities of that pass-catching trio, the fact that they are just three of five players with at least eight catches this season gives the Pack a real possibility to easily exceed the production of last year’s offense, which often scored at will. In addition to Wil-liams, Bryan and Spencer, T.J Graham and running back Mustafa Greene have both caught at least eight passes. Wilson hit 11 different receivers in the win over the Bearcats. It’s hard to find the words to adequately explain how explosive this offense might be if Wilson can consis-tently keep people guessing who he wants to target.
Finally, and most importantly, the
ACC there for the taking
COMMENTARY
Tyler EverettSports Editor
Water polo temporarily without homeWith first tournament approaching, team struggles to find adequate practice facility
Tucker FrazierDeputy Sports Editor
Like former NBA All-star Allen Iverson once said, “We talkin’ about practice.”
The N.C. State water polo team wishes it had the opportunity to do what Mr. Iverson once took for granted—practice.
While renovations continue at Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center, the N.C. State water polo club finds it-self with no practice facility, just 11 days away from its season-opening tournament at Virginia Tech.
Needless to say, the inability to hold practices has hindered the team, but it has been making at-tempts to find alternate pools for practice in preparation for its first tournament, according to club president Kamau Brown.
“We’ve been trying to go over to the Triangle Aquatics Center in Cary once a week and scrimmage with a team out there,” Brown said. “We’re also going to go to [North] Carolina and scrimmage with them starting this week. TAC charges us five dollars per person but it’s free to scrimmage Carolina, it’s just a matter of getting over there.”
One of the biggest hurdles in holding structured practices has been the struggle to find an ad-equate facility.
“We were supposed to practice last Monday but the space that they gave us wasn’t adequate enough for us to have a decent practice, so we didn’t,” Brown said.
Renovations at the aquatic facility have also had an impact on people’s in-terest in joining the club. The team had a record number of people who showed interest this season, but the lack of hav-ing a nearby pool to practice in has jeop-ardized the wellbeing of the team.
“It’s really detri-mental to the team,” Brown said. “This is the first year we’ve had a lot of people to come out for the team. A lot of people showed interest. We had about 40 people come out for the first practice, which were pretty high numbers. The next practice we held, we had about 25
people show up, which was really good for us. So not having a place to practice has hurt us.”
Although the team may be pool-less, players have b e e n m a k i n g efforts to main-t a i n persona l conditioning, as well as keep the team spirit high by holding social events to promote team cohesive-ness.
“We’re trying to do more things outside of the pool like cross-
training,” Brown said. “We’ll get
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
TodayWOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL VS. NORTH CAROLINAReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
MEN’S GOLF AT GOLFWEEK’S CONFERENCE CHALLENGEBurlington, Iowa, All day
WednesdayMEN’S SOCCER VS. PRESBYTERIANRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
ThursdayWOMEN’S SOCCER AT CLEMSONClemson, S.C., 7 p.m.MEN’S SOCCER VS. UCLA, 4 p.m. (exhibition)
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“This is the first
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