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Post-Cold War strategic reduction treaty set to expire, future of nuclear weapons uncertain

Nick Tran Staff Writer

The first Strategic Arms Reduc-tion Treaty, considered by many as the most comprehensive arms control treaty in history, will expire tomorrow.

President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medve-dev are negotiating the expansion of the treaty and its limitations, with both sides expressing a desire to promote global disarmament.

MSNBC reported Obama de-clared it is the two countries’ duty to take the lead in ridding the world completely of nuclear weapons.

RIA Novisti, a state-run Russian news agency, reported Medvedev insisting the new treaty set lower limitations on both the number of warheads and delivery systems.

Andy Wagner, a freshman in engineering, said it was important to ensure START 1 is continued in some way.

“The treaty helped cool tensions a lot between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. and shift nuclear strategy to a more defensive stance,” Wagner said.

“We need that to continue or we’ll have to be wary of countries doing what they were doing before the treaty.”

Despite the air of cooperation displayed during the ongoing ne-gotiations there is doubt the two countries will have a new treaty ready by Dec. 5, the insisted sign-ing date and expiration date of START 1.

Delays have been attributed to disagreements encountered dur-ing negotiations.

As reported by the Washington Times, the U.S. Senate accused Russia of violating START 1 by upgrading an older ballistic mis-sile to fit multiple warheads.

Negotiations were also strained in light of the war between Russia and Georgia in August.

On the other side of the world, Russia has insisted the United

States dismantle its plans for a missile shield in Europe before negotiations can proceed, as reported by The New York Times.

Additionally Russia has threatened to pursue rearmament and mod-ernization of its nuclear arsenal and conventional forces if regional con-flicts similar to the war with Georgia persist.

The University, along with having a comprehensive nuclear engineering program, has also hosted guest speak-ers in nuclear non-proliferation and members of nuclear-related control agencies.

Man-Sung Yim, an associate profes-sor of nuclear engineering, said there would need to be some give and take for this treaty to succeed.

“Russia has to believe they are gain-ing something from the new treaty,” he said.

“Countries outside the missile shield will feel at a disadvantage. Even though the shield doesn’t really work, the US needs to change its stance to level the field for negotiations.”

Yim said Russia’s rearmament is a feasible scenario to increase leverage on NATO members and to revive the country’s status as a superpower.

“There are some signs in Russia of nostalgia for the Cold War superiority among world leaders,” Yim said.

“The [modern] equations of hege-mony are different and the reasons to have nuclear weapons are different, but Russia still wants to demonstrate their ability.”

Kyle O’Donnell, a sophomore in nuclear engineering, said these are among the reasons it is important to establish another treaty with a cap on weapons.

“There’s no reason for any coun-try to have more than 1,000 nukes,” O’Donnell said.

“Also there’s no reason for the US to have land based deterrents [the missile shield] in Eastern Europe.”

According to O’Donnell, because the development of nuclear weapons is so time-consuming there is little chance Russia will be able to rearm as long as a new treaty is ready within a few months.

Scott Lassell, the manager of nuclear services for the University’s reactor program, said he couldn’t see a rear-

mament strategy happening in either the US or Russia regardless of what happens with the treaty.

“It’s worrisome countries are con-sidering jumpstarting their nuclear programs, but it would be economic suicide to enter another arms race,” he said.

“The Cold War was expensive.” According to Lassell, the primary

concern should be future of the cur-rent nuclear arsenal.

He said the potential for conversion to tactical nuclear weapons, which cannot be traced like strategic vari-ants, poses a greater threat.

“Mutually assured destruction is present to a lesser degree and with the fall of the USSR the possibility of an exchange has dropped significantly,” Lassell said.

“I can see how Russia would want its sphere of influence, but I can’t envi-sion a demand for a nuclear weapons program. We should be more worried about portable and tactical nukes that don’t have return signatures being used by rogue states.”

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Student Conduct will pass out special exam booklets to students during exam week

Adair-Hayes CraneStaff Writer

The Student Conduct board will be passing out free Blue Books to students this exam week, though the books will be slightly different from the ones students can buy at the bookstore or PackBackers.

The main difference? The University honor code.

The N.C. State honor code, com-monly printed on many professors’ tests, states that the student has nei-ther given nor received aid on a given test or project.

Every morning and afternoon of exam days, members of Student Con-duct will be in the free expression tun-nel to hand out Blue Books to students that need them for exams.

According to Mary Frances Woods, a junior in political science, the idea of including the honor code on Blue Books was brought up by a student in a recent Student Conduct Judicial Board meeting.

Student Conduct has made close to 400 Blue Books bearing a white sticker with the honor code and a space for a signature to hand out to students going to and from exams next week.

“We all thought that would pro-

mote academic integrity within the students,” Woods said. “We want to get more involved with the students.”

Woods also said they were looking forward to doing the blue books again in the future, in addition to other ways to get involved with the student body.

Scott Goldsmith, a sophomore in political science, is one of the students who will be in the free expression tun-nel handing out the books to students.

According to Goldsmith, Student Conduct will be out there for 30 minutes leading up to morning and afternoon exam times. They will also offer free coffee to those students on their way to morning exams.

“It’s a way to provide service for students during exam week,” Gold-smith said.

Liz Zimmerman, a junior in po-litical science and Spanish, said she thinks having the honor code sticker on the Blue Books is a good idea.

“It is a very commendable effort to promote integrity at a time when many fall subject to the temptation of cheating,” Zimmerman said.

Woods encourages students to apply to be on the Student Conduct Board. The applications are available online at the Student Conduct Web site until Jan. 15.

“We’re looking forward to doing more like this to promote academic integrity,” Woods said. “We want to get involved with the students and it is a good way to get involved.”

End of START 1 brings uncertainty

Blue Books to bear honor code

Strategic armS Limitation treaty (Start) quick factS ·      Signed by George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev·      Effective July 31, 1991 to Dec. 5, 2009·      Conscious that nuclear war would have devastating consequences for all                humanity  

LimitationS ·      6,000 warheads·      3,600 metric ton throw-weight (ability to deliver heavy weapons)·      1,600 intercontinental ballistic missiles, submarine launched ballistic missiles, and strategic bombers·      No production of new ICBMs or SLBMs 

Source: u.S. Department of State

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Matt Robbins to present on history, Bell Tower project

Heidi Klumpe Staff Writer

Matt Robbins, a graduate student in architecture, will give a presentation on the his-tory of the University as well as talk about his interest in com-pleting the Bell Tower project Tuesday.

The presentation, the first in series of talks by invited stu-dents, will take place at 4 p.m. in D.H. Hill Library’s assembly room.

Robbins’ interest in the school’s history began early during his undergraduate ca-reer.

“A lot of this started when I was an undergrad,” he said. “I got interested in the narrated story a building could physi-cally tell.”

Now wrapping up his final semester of graduate school on campus, he continues to add to his knowledge of campus.

“The special collections li-brary in the University archives is a giant repository of informa-tion,” he said. “A lot of the stuff in the archives is still waiting to be looked at and accessed for the very first time.”

According to Robbins, dig-ging up history has become much more than a hobby.

“It ’s t hat ‘National Treasure’ feel ing you get when you attach your thought pro-cess to some-on e e l s e ’s thought pro-cesses a hun-dred years later. It gets personal,” he said. “That’s what hap -pened to me with this Bell Tower project. I want to put into action what they were

thinking.” Robbins thinks it is impor-

tant that other students under-stand these stories.

“The biggest reason why I want to tell people is so that people will spread the tradi-tion,” he said. “[The Univer-sity] is more than a haphazard collection of bricks.”

According to Robbins, his presentation will canvass everything f r o m , t h e founding of the col lege, to integra-tion of sexes and how the college grew from a group of freemasons into a globally recognized University.

Robbins said understanding the inten-tions of the University’s found-ers as well as the school’s his-

tory can mean a lot to students. In particular, he wants students to understand the vision of Leonidas Polk, who champi-oned the goals of the Watauga Club to create a physical Uni-versity intent on practical edu-cation.

“Looking back at this history allows us to look back and see how we grew up in that mental-

ity,” he said. “Campus is a place where people get a practical education, and use it in their community for the better good, and bring it back to campus to do good here. Ownership is very important.”

He hopes his talk will give curious students access to that history.

“I want this to be a discus-

sion, where people can under-stand and engage,” he said. “I want it to be people who walk around campus, see stuff, and want to know about it.

Then they can know more about the environment to which they devote four years of their life.”

Tower enthusiast to share tales of University

luiS Zapata/technician file photoMatt Robbins, graduate in architecture, looks over a copy of the blue prints of the Memorial Bell Tower with Tom Stafford, vice chancellor of student affairs, during one of Stafford’s tours. The original copy of the blue prints are located in the cornerstone along with other documents related to the Tower and the University’s history.

tim o’brien/technician file photoMatt Robbins, a graduate student in architecture, instigated the Finish the Tower campaign.

When’S the Lecture?Tuesday at 4 p.m. in D.H. Hill Library’s assembly room.

Source: matt robbinS

“Looking back at

this history allows

us to look back

and see how we

grew up in that

mentality.”Matt Robbins, graduate student 

in architecture

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CoRReCtions & ClaRifiCationsThursday’s page 1 Campout photo should have been attributed as an archive photo.

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

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Crusade re-enacts Nativity

Caleb Durham, a junior in English and film, Zachary Carscaddon, a sophomore in agriculture, and Jeremy Clayton, a junior in business administration, dress up as shepherds in a live Nativity scene as a part of Campus Crusade’s Campus Outreach program. “I thought it was a cool opportunity to share my love for God,” Durham said. “It’s just

to show people the real meaning of Christmas: the ultimate gift, God’s love.”

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in the knoW Grains of Time perform in special fall performance

Saturday, the all-male a cappella group, the Grains of Time, will host a special fall concert.

The Grains of Time have been a long standing tradi-tion on campus and per-form a wide variety of music with only the voices of the eight members.

The concert will be held in Stewart Theatre and tick-ets are $5 for students with a student ID. Tickets can be purchased at Ticket Central located in Talley Student Center.

source: ncsu.edu

Classes out of session Monday, Tuesday

Dec. 7 and 8 will be the University’s first Reading Days.

On these two days, classes will not be in session and there will be no exams.

These two days were put in place by the University to give students an additional opportunity to study and give faculty time to hold review sessions.

source: ncsu.edu

Libraries use technology to branch out

Any person with a web-enabled phone can now ac-cess a wide variety of library information.

The new ‘app’ allows stu-dents to search for books and articles, see computer availability, and view we-bcams of various places throughout the libraries, including the Hunt Library construction.

Next semester they plan to expand the program to include the ability to reserve study rooms and put books on hold.

N.C. State is now one of only a half-dozen universi-ties to have a program avail-able.

source: ncsu.edu

poliCe BlotteRNov. 21:17 a.m. | sUspicioUs peRsontUckeR HallStaff reported suspicious subjects in lounge. officers located two non-students sleeping in area. Subjects were trespassed from NCSU property. Two students were given referrals for housing violations.

3:25 a.m. | sUspicioUs inciDentAvent Ferry ComplexStudent reported damage to door and trash in plant by door.

10:28 a.m. | laRceny1911 BuildingStaff member reported personal items stolen.

10:48 a.m. | meDical assistAlexander HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported.

12:36 p.m. | meDical assistEngineering Building IIUnits responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. Non-student was transported.

1:31 a.m. | meDical assistDaniels HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported.

3:52 p.m. | safety pRogRamVenture Center IIofficer conducted safety program.

4:10 p.m. | laRcenyAvent Ferry ComplexStudent reported bicycle stolen.

4:21 p.m. | assist otHeR agencyVarsity Drive/Wolf Village WayNCSU PD assisted RPD with incident related to traffic accident. RPD handled investigation.

4:26 p.m. | Damage to pRopeRtySigma Phi EpsilonStudent reported damage to outdoor grill and furniture.

7:41 p.m. | meDical assistCarmichael GymUnits responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. Non-student refused transport.

9:13 p.m. | commUnicating tHReats Delta Delta DeltaReport of student sending harassing text messages. Concerned Behavior report completed. Student will be referred to the university.

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{ }Our view

The University, for the purpose of studying, has blocked off the calendar

on the Monday and Tuesday of the first exam week. The “Read-ing Days” — in other English speaking countries studying is referred to as reading — are supposedly an opportunity for students to prepare for their examinations and transition from the academic semester to exam week.

These Reading Days were not the ones students had hoped for, and many students have complained that they should be renamed drinking or sleep-ing days, but they are going to occur nonetheless. Students

should take advantage of the free time — what amounts to a four-day weekend — and use it to its fullest. Carpe diem if you will.

When Reading Days were discussed last year, the inclina-tion was that the days would supplant the final two days of the farce that is Dead Week. In-stead, the University tacked the days onto the end of the semes-ter, thereby extending the mis-ery of exam week and shorten-ing the break leading up to the winter holidays.

Regardless of the University’s

curious planning, the two days represent an opportunity for students to do as they please. For those who have a Wednes-day exam, it’s a chance to enjoy your weekend and then study; for other students the days can be utilized for indulging in weaknesses or catching up on much deserved rest. If noth-ing else it’s an opportunity to go on the Hillsborough Hike Friday evening with the knowl-edge that a day-long Saturday hangover is tolerable.

Next year, the University will change over to the UNC Sys-

tem universal calendar and the Reading Days could be al-tered or eliminated altogether. Complaining about the fact that they were not as promised is nonsensical and fails to ad-dress the more pertinent issue: it’s two days off before exams.

Seize the opportunity for some personal time and make the most of Reading Days. The occasion may be short-lived;students should take them for what they are and en-joy a little piece of freedom be-fore the rigors of exams begin.

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.

A little paradise before examsThe FacTs:The Reading Days the University delivered for the 2009-2010 academic year were not the ones students expected. The two days each semester simply added to the length of the semester instead of replacing two days of Dead Week.

Our OpiniOn:The Reading Days are not as desirable as students may have liked, but they will likely be altered next year when the UNC System calendar kicks in; thus, students should take the days off and enjoy them to their fullest potential.

Weathering the ‘perfect storm’

It was predictable that there would be cases of H1N1 in-fluenza at N.C. State fall se-

mester. Two cases had already been confirmed at the Univer-

sity June 12, and no one born after 1950 was considered to have any immunity to this new strain

of flu virus that was becoming widespread nationally and in-ternationally. To make matters more difficult, the strain was primarily affecting those under the age of 25.

No vaccine would be avail-able for months as thousands arrived on campus to begin fall semester. It was, quite possibly, the “perfect storm.”

More than 1,500 students vis-ited a Student Health physician, nurse practitioner or PA with flu symptoms the first 14 weeks of fall semester. This included 321 students in CALS, 303 in engineering, 282 in CHASS, 170 in management and 123 in undergraduate studies.

No college was left behind, as 7 percent of the total students enrolled in textiles, almost 6 percent in PAMS, more than 5 percent in design, more than 2 percent in education and 2 percent in veterinary medicine were sickened.

The more than 1,500 in-cluded 63.4 percent residing off campus, 51.3 percent male, 89 percent undergraduate and 92 percent age 24 or younger. Flu cases peaked the week of Sept. 14, with a second wave peaking the week of Oct. 26.

Sick students self-isolated away from school, work or socializing until 24 hours af-ter fever resolved, an average of 3 to 5 days. Some students developed pneumonia or other complications, but there were no deaths.

H1N1 burden was not just felt by students or Student Health. Faculty and staff planned for their own outage, some car-rying an extra load when col-leagues became ill. Faculty received thousands of notifi-cations about student outages and planned with students to make up missed assignments. Some students never caught up and dropped classes or the semester. Roommates and families were creative about self-isolating.

The University was fortu-nate to receive H1N1 vaccine, despite a nationwide shortage.

It has vaccinated about 10 per-cent of its students, a higher percentage than the current national average, which ac-cording to the American Col-lege Health Association is at 5 percent of college students.

Flu activity for spring semes-ter 2010 cannot be predicted with certainty. If history is any indicator, every time there has been pandemic flu, there has been a third wave. Seasonal flu has not been active yet, but is expected and tends to peak in Jan. or Feb. If these two trends hold, the combination of events might lead to the next wave of flu activity in Jan. or Feb., one which has the potential to be worse than activity seen fall semester.

So how can the University stay ahead of the curve, what-ever curve is thrown at it next semester? Simply put, an H1N1 vaccination is the most effec-tive way to prevent H1N1 and only takes about two weeks to be protective.

H1N1 vaccine (shot or na-sal spray) is available free to University students in priority groups the remainder of fall semester at Student Health by appointment.

Current CDC priority groups are people 6-months-old through age 24, healthcare and emergency medical personnel, those who live with or care for an infant less than 6-months-old, pregnant women and people age 25 through 64 with certain medical conditions.

Others around you (faculty, staff and family) may not be in a priority group yet to receive vaccine. Protect those people indirectly by receiving vaccine and staying well.

Ideal flu protection for the re-mainder of 2009 and into 2010 involves receiving one dose of H1N1 vaccine and one dose of seasonal flu vaccine. Seasonal flu vaccine has a charge, can be received the same day as the H1N1 vaccine, is not re-stricted to priority groups and is available by Student Health appointment.

Even if you are tired of hearing about H1N1, do not let down your guard. Flu is spread by a sick person or a “sick” thing (object contami-nated by a sick person). Stay well by avoiding sick people and cleaning hands frequently after touching objects.

And as always, additional information can be found at ncsu.edu/student_health.

Dr. Mary Bengtson medical director, Student Health Services

The promises that weren’t there

Friday will be the last day of class for this semester, but it will

also be the last day of class this decade.

It seems strange to imagine that a whole decade has passed since t he n ig ht we were ter-rified of a worldwide computer

failure due to some pesky zeros. In the 10 years since, most of us have progressed from the awkward dol-drums of middle school to the confinement of high school and finally to the rewarding experience of college. This decade has seen our generation grow up. We are on the cusp of adulthood, but are we ready to take on the responsibili-ties of leading the U.S. into the next few decades?

“You’re out of the house when you turn 18,” used to be a rallying cry for fa-thers everywhere. Eighteen years of care was all that was expected and needed for children to become inde-pendent. While many have truly become independent, the majority of young peo-ple still rely on their par-ents for financial support. In most cases, it’s not the students’ fault. Good jobs for young people are just not available the way they

used to be. According to The New York

Times, the jobless rate of teen-agers who are actively seeking employment has risen to an all time high of 25.5 percent. It is very hard to get a job without any experience; it’s a big prob-lem for many students. The phenomenon definitely con-tributes to further reliance on parents for many things. Pay-ing for college is something t hat ma ny parents help their children with, espe-cially now, as financial aid dwindles.

These fac-t o r s a n d others con-tribute to a generation that is still in the teenager mindset and lifestyle, even into its 20s. Even worse, college degrees used to be a vast advantage over a high school diploma. While it de-fiantly has its advantages, it is not as important as it used to be. Graduate degrees are almost pre-requisites for the types of jobs a bachelor’s degree used to qualify an applicant for. More time in college means more debt for you and your parents, many of whom will have to work past retirement age to pay for the massive bills.

We have a tough road ahead in the next decade. The econo-my will eventually recover but it will look very different. Find-ing our respective places in this

vast service economy will be very different from what our parents and grandpar-ents worked with. Our ca-reers will face competition from an international mar-ket. How we as Americans set ourselves apart from and above our competition re-mains to be seen, though.

It is easy to forget how this decade was expected to be wonderful. The future was

supposed to be a magical world of flying cars, ro-bots and moon col-onies. In-stead, the new mil-lennium brought terrorist attacks,

economic crises, auto-tune, UGG boots and a YouTube culture where anything you do can be videoed and ridi-culed by people all over the world — all without your knowledge or consent. Now is the time — it is up to us to make the next 10 years successful and innovative, another continuation to this country’s greatness in-stead of the continuation of its decline.

Send Zakk your thoughts on the 00s to letters@techni-cianonline.com.

“We have a tough

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The economy will

eventually recover

but it will look

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Zakk WhiteAssistant Viewpoint Editor

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Technician Friday, december 4, 2009 • Page 5

With so many different methods of payment, students find that certain mediums result in excessive spending

A wealth of ways to spend moneyStory By ANN POLK

Ten $100 bills in your pocket or a debit card worth $1,000. Which would you prefer? More importantly, which would you spend faster?

Ultimately it depends on individual personalities and abilities to manage money, as each form of payment offers its own set of benefits and drawbacks.

Debit cards, for example, offer the convenience factor, which makes this a popular method of payment for many students. Instead of having to make a trip to the ATM machine to obtain cash, debit card users simply swipe and go. However, this some-times leads to overspending for some students.

Ray Coleman, a sophomore in tex-tiles engineering, is one of these stu-dents.

“Whenever I get a paycheck, I just deposit it and never get cash back so I hardly ever have cash on me,” Cole-man said.

Coleman attributes much of his ex-

cessive spending, however, to the fact that he never has cash on him.

Echoing the notion of Coleman, Cambridge Cunningham, a sopho-more in communications, said she believes she spends more freely with her debit card.

Cunningham said it is a matter of not seeing the physical cash that she is spending, which causes her to use her debit card more often than she would spend cash.

“I definitely spend more money when I use my debit card [because] I’m not seeing the 20 dollars,” Cun-ningham said. “It’s abstract in the plastic.”

According to Cunningham, with cash it is relatively simple. If you don’t have it, you can’t spend it. With debit cards, however, there is the opportu-nity to spend what you don’t physi-cally have.

Some students, however, run into a problem when they overextend them-

selves and find they have overdrawn their accounts, which can result in bank overdraft fees.

Cunningham has overdraft protec-tion so when she overspends it dips into a joint account instead of charg-ing her.

“If I think I may not have enough money, I know I am protected if I spend over,” Cunningham said.

Just as some people swipe their cards more easi ly than they fork over bills, Virginia Jones, a ju-nior in psychology, said she believes it is easier to pay in cash than to swipe.

“I spend more with cash because I feel like it’s more ready to use,” Jones said. “If I have it, I spend it. I’m less

likely to use my debit card because it’s a card.”

Jones is even exclusive with her debit transactions.

“I will get cash out to go out and I spend it all, it’s more convenient for that purpose. I only use my debit card

for gas and grocer-ies,” Jones said.

Credit cards carry a bit more weight, as reckless spend-ing can have lasting damage on things like credit scores, which often deter-mine one’s ability to get loans or other credit in the future.

With record high interest rates, indi-

viduals who rely too heavily upon their credit cards can also end up paying more than they have.

For this reason, Coleman said he be-

lieves credit cards require a significant amount of added responsibility.

“Credit cards are a good thing to have since they can help you build a credit score and show that you are reli-able and responsible,” Coleman said. “But several people can go wrong with them as well if they aren’t responsible.”

Srini Iyer, a junior in computer sci-ence, prefers credit cards because he finds them a useful tool for budgeting.

“You can pick your credit limit for the month and that is a good way of saving money because if you go over you get a mega penalty,” Iyer said.

Iyer said he does admit to spending more easily with credit than debit, but he finds the benefits of doing so greatly outweigh the possible negatives.

“I spend more with my credit card,” Iyer said. “It’s more convenient than cash, but credit cards are safer and a good way of building credit.”

“If I have it, I

spend it. I’m less

likely to use my

debit card because

its a card.”Virginia Jones,

junior in psychology

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Black Friday shoppers boost retailers’ salesDespite ailing economy, Black Friday produces good numbers

Rich LeporeStaff Writer

Black Friday is the busiest and highest grossing shopping day of the year. A survey con-ducted by BIGresearch showed that 195 million shoppers vis-ited stores and Web sites over Black Friday weekend, spend-ing an estimated 42.1 bil-lion dollars. This is a roughly 13-percent increase over last year, when 172 million shop-pers got up early and braved the large crowds.

The average amount of mon-ey that each shopper spent, however, decreased from last year, dropping from $372.57 to $343.31.

According to financial ex-perts, these results reveal a clear trend toward bargain

hunting.Bargain hunting was not the

only trend this year, however. Ashley Jones, a senior in fash-ion and textile management, worked at Aerie at Crabtree Valley Mall on Black Friday both this year and last.

“When I first got to work on Friday, it was crazy busy. For-ty people in line, jam packed, from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. when I left,” Jones said.

Later on in the day, however, Jones said business died down quite a bit.

“Last year was definitely bus-ier,” Jones said. “I worked from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and the store was busy all day long.”

As a student studying fash-ion and marketing, Jones said based on the fact the economy is not as good this year as it was last year, she predicts that holi-day sales will not be as strong.

According to Jones, a lot of the decrease in numbers Black Friday can be attributed to few-

er people waiting until the last minute to do holiday shopping.

“People are doing their holi-day shopping earlier this year,” Jones said. “They started doing their shopping this year in early November, as opposed to late No-vember last year. .”

Kyle Bolton, a senior in electrical and com-puter en-gineering, had some similar in-sights.

“I noticed that a lot of stores were open Thursday in the af-ternoon,” Bolton said. “I heard from a friend that worked at Old Navy on Thursday and he said they had a good turnout when they were open.”

Extreme shopping stories are

also becoming more common, according to Jones.

“Some of my customers told me that they went out at mid-night on Thursday night, wait-ed at Best Buy, went home to

sleep and shower and went back out later for more shopping,” Jones said.

But for those shop-pers who are more concerned with con-venience, there is the

option of shopping online Cy-ber Monday.

In recent years, online re-tailers offered special deals on the Monday after Black Friday weekend. Bolton is in this cat-egory.

“At least for me personally,

I prefer buying stuff online,” Bolton said. “Normal shopping for family and friends is done over Christmas break. So it’s no help for me to go shopping Black Friday. I’m also not crazy, nor do I have a death wish.”

This year’s Cyber Monday sales were up 14 percent com-pared to last year, according to Mercent, an e-commerce and marketing company. In addi-tion, retailers like Amazon, eBay and Bing reported sales that were up 33 percent.

Bolton was one of the online shoppers flocking to the web throughout the weekend.

“I shopped online on Friday, Saturday and Monday,” Bolton said. “A lot of stores offered deals all weekend online, so I took advantage. “

According to Bolton, Monday is usually a big day for online sales. However, he still said he believes that Friday offered some good deals in some cat-egories.

“Personally, I think more deals were offered, at least in the tech area, on Friday than Monday,” Bolton said. “Over-all retail deals were pushed on Monday though.”

Not surprisingly, many of these online sales are on elec-tronics and technology items, but according to Multiplayer Gaming Club member James Evans, such items are also pop-ular in retail settings.

“I did some shopping at Best Buy and Walmart on Black Friday,” Evans said. “It was like walking into Crazytown. I bought some new stuff for my iPhone. And online, the Steam, D2Drive and GOG gaming sites had some great Cyber Monday deals as well.”

Other popular purchases over Black Friday weekend were Laptops, HDTV’s, and this year’s must-have Christ-mas toy, Zhu-Zhu Pets.

“Personally, I think

more deals were

offered, at least in the

tech area, on Friday

than Monday.”Kyle Bolton, senior in electrical &

computer engineering

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Sportsand lay up. State had its larg-est lead of the game at the twelve min-ute mark with a 39-34 lead.

“I felt like we h a d a couple timely turnovers, a n d s o m e defensive lapses here and there will swing that mo-mentum back in their favor,” Harper said. “They shoot and pass the ball well on the floor well enough they [could] capi-talize.”

Wisconsin began to pull away slightly going into the fi-nal minutes, but State did not back down. With 1:20 seconds

left, White took an offensive foul with the score at 46-51, but Wisconsin pulled away with a lay up from guard Alyssa Karel to give it a five point lead.

“I have to credit Wis-consin. Their players were educating a great game plan, their team was able to dictate the tempo and m a k e b i g baskets when

they needed them,” Harper said.

A missed three-point attempt from Kastanek with eight sec-onds left dashed any hopes for the Pack, leaving the final score at 48-53.

State will continue its homes-tand as it hosts Texas Christian Sunday at 2 p.m.

showed everyone just how much ‘The Chest’ had to do with his team going to bowl games in each of his first four seasons.

As has hopefully been explained, Amato was in-competent. It would not be enough for me if the cur-rent coach’s only redeem-ing quality was the nature of his role as the man who replaced him. O’Brien, who built a winning pro-gram at Boston College with a fraction of the sup-port he’s getting here, is much more than a slight improvement on a coach who knew much more about how to create flair and hype than win games. 16 players suffered season-

ending injuries this year. Yet O’Brien nevertheless finished the season with a win over a ranked North Carolina team in the finale of what he called the “hardest year I’ve ever been through coaching.” The win made him undefeated in three tries against UNC, the most im-portant op-ponent on the schedule as far as many are concerned. His resilience rallied the team to finish the regular season with four straight victories after a 2-6 start last season. Satur-day’s win over Carolina also gives O’Brien four victories

over ranked teams, just three less than the total of seven victories Amato posted over ranked opponents in more

than twice as many seasons. But more tell-ing than any comparison between the two is the fact that O’Brien’s winning percentage, .432, through his first three years in Ra-

leigh is better than Amato’s mark of .429 in his last three with the Pack. O’Brien has accomplished all this despite taking over a team full of Amato’s recruits, completely revamping the coaching staff before and during his first

season, and going through all the injuries this season.

I always have and always will pride myself on the strength of my hatred for UNC, but would prefer to consider transferring to Cha-pel Hill over listening to any-one who would prefer we still had Amato. I am as disturbed as anyone by the amount of losing over the past three seasons and I’m not suggest-ing we accept losing season after losing season. But, at the same time, it is important to realize that State’s losing ways in recent years are far more indicative of bad luck and the nature of the program before he took over than of inad-equacy on the part of Tom O’Brien and his staff.

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

FOR RELEASE DECEMBER 4, 2009

ACROSS1 Afternoon break7 City on the

Cauca River11 Monastic title14 Many a marigold15 Juice letters?16 VCR button17 Takedown by

Tinker Bell?19 “Little” 1960s

singer20 Former Spanish

queen21 “The A-Team”

actor22 Vile smile24 Reaction to an

amusingporcelain?

29 Sought a seat30 Limoges-born

impressionist31 Parsley piece34 Mideast carrier36 USSR successor38 Symptom of poor

lighting?42 NASDAQ listings43 Military station44 Western prop45 Out in the open48 Title for Roger

Moore49 Supermarket

group taking acoffee break,perhaps?

53 Jersey groups54 Super Bowl

played in MMVII55 Expression of

satisfaction58 Sporty truck, for

short59 Store-brand dill?64 MC’s aid65 First name in

architecture66 Block67 Pie chart fig.68 Inert gas69 Like some foot

bones

DOWN1 Place for gems2 Words with

uproar or instant3 Massive old

computer4 Baja California

__: Mexicanstate

5 Scotland’slongest river

6 “Gosford Park”director

7 Saguaros, e.g.8 Comics cry of

disgust9 Cholesterol

initials10 Strands at the ski

resort, perhaps11 Consequences

of some soccerfouls

12 Big-time parties13 With it18 Shirt part23 31-Down, e.g.25 La Salle of “ER”26 Pizza Quick

sauce maker27 Scrapbooking,

e.g.28 Recount31 Army E-7: Abbr.32 Like some visions33 Bring back into

practice34 Cain’s eldest son35 Kojak and

Crocker: Abbr.37 Sign of a big hit39 Majestic40 Nastase of

tennis

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47 Ease48 “Never mind”49 Haunted house

sound50 Former pen

pal?51 Court

recordkeeper:Abbr.

52 “Land __!”56 “The West

Wing” Emmywinner

57 Achilles’weakness

60 Place to start ahole

61 Pizarro’s quest62 The Monkees’

“__ Believer”63 “Kiss of life,”

briefly

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EVERETTcontinued from page 8

“O’Brien ... built a

winning program

at Boston College

with a fraction of

the support he’s

getting here.”s

BBALLcontinued from page 8

“Their team was

able to dictate the

tempo and make

big baskets ...”Coach Kellie Harper

Pack falls in close game against Wisconsin, 48-53, keeps State basketball winless against Big Ten

Jeniece JamisonStaff Writer

State fell to the Wiscon-sin Badgers in a tightly con-tested game Thursday night at Reynolds Coliseum. This game was a part of the Big Ten ACC Challenge event, which the ACC was leading 2-1 before this game.

The Badgers struck first with a lay up from forward Tara Steinbauger, but the Pack quickly responded with two free throws from guard Marissa Kastanek.

Poor shooting plagued both teams on the offen-sive end. The Pack only shot 29.2 percent from the field and Wisconsin shot 38.5 percent.

Turnovers and physical play also slowed the pace of the game. The Pack com-mitted seven turnovers and eight fouls while the Badgers committed eight turnovers of their own.

“They were just tall and big-bodied, it was tough to get shots just because they were bigger,” forward Bonae Holston said.

Wisconsin maintained control for the majority of the fist half, but the Pack continued to climb back into the game. Forward Bo-

nae Holston scored six straight points to bring it within two points. Forward Brittany Strachan later hit a three to

bring the score to 17-18. The Pack finished off the first half with a last second jumper from guard Nikitta Gartrell, leaving

the score at 21-25.“Well they forced us [into]

playing the half court game, and they took away any tran-sitional opportunities that we might could get,” coach Kellie Harper said.

The game began to change for the Pack early on in the second half. A steal and lay up from guard Amber White brought the Pack within two once more. Guard Emilie Tassler later tied the game at with another steal

COUNTDOWN• 18 days until the men’s basketball team takes on

Wake Forest

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Divers headed to Ohio State InvitationalThree Pack divers will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for the Ohio State Invitational this weekend. Hudson Rains, Hannah Hopkins and Kirstyn Shepler, all freshmen, will represent State against divers from 14 other programs. Rains has already qualified for NCAA diving zones in both the 1- and 3-meter dives, while Hopkins has qualified in the 3-meter.

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Another once promising football season, and an-other offseason Pack fans will spend wondering what on earth happened to a

team many expected to challenge for an ACC champion-ship. State defeated two teams, Carolina and Pitts-burgh, that could pos-

sibly be considered quality opposition. Sorry, but the win over Maryland, a team that finished 2-10, lost to Middle Tennessee State and needed overtime to beat James Madison, does not fall into the category of quality opposition.

That’s probably enough negativity for one column. I’m aware I’m stating the obvious, but it is in times like these, and it’s not just because Thanksgiving was last week, when we should be grateful for what N.C. State football has. And what it has is a coach I’m quite sure will never wear bright red Oakleys dur-ing a night game or, in his sixth season in Raleigh, post a losing record in ACC play with three first round draft picks. Amato finished the 2005 season with a 3-5 ACC record de-spite three of his defensive linemen, Mario Williams, Manny Lawson and John McCargo, getting drafted in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft.

For many, the Pack’s combined record of 16-21 through three years of the Tom O’Brien era leaves something to be desired. But I still think O’Brien’s a good coach and I am even more thankful for him considering his predeces-sor.

To those upset with O’Brien’s current record as head coach, I suggest you begin thinking care-fully about the days when Chuck ‘The Chest’ Amato was coach. At a quick glance, it might seem as though Amato wasn’t so bad. He went 26-12 and 13-11 in ACC play through his first three years, while O’Brien has gone 16-21 and 9-15 through his first three. But think about Amato’s first three years; he won games because Philip Rivers was throw-ing to Jerricho Cotchery. He enjoyed the moderate success any coach would be hard pressed to avoid with a pair of future Pro Bowlers he didn’t recruit tearing up defenses week in and week out. And Amato had me as fooled as anyone--until Rivers’ graduated. After going 34-17 with Rivers as his four-year starter at quarterback, Amato posted a combined record of 15-20 overall and 8-16 in conference play over his final three years. The struggles Amato’s program experienced without the star quar-terback he didn’t recruit

Chucking ‘The Chest’ still a good decision

Tyler EverettDeputy Sports Editor

EVERETT continued page 7

First three years tell different stories for Amato, O’Brien

Here is a brief look at Chuck Amato’s first three years as head coach compared to Tom O’Brien’s. Amato went 26-12

and coached his team to a bowl game each of his beginning years. Amato’s team beat Min-nesota in the Micronpc.com Bowl 38-30 in 2000

and dominated Notre Dame in the Toyota Ga-tor Bowl 28-6 in 2002. O’Brien has gone 16-21 and only managed one bowl appearance, with his team dropping the PapaJohns.com Bowl to Rutgers, 23-29, in 2008.

STORy By jen hankin

ChuCk AmATo(2000-2002)

Tom o’BRiEn(2007-2009)

First three years

2000 ACC Defensive player of the year Levar Fisher2000 Phillip Rivers named ACC Rookie of the Year2000 First team All-ACC: Levar Fisher and Koren Robinson2001 First team All-ACC: Levar Fisher and Terrence Holt2002 First team All ACC: Seam Berton, Dantonio Burnette, Jerrico Cotchery, Terrence Hold, and T.A. McLendon

2008 Russell Wilson named ACC Rookie of the Year and Offensive Rookie of the Year

2007 First team All-ACC: None2008 First team All-ACC: Russell Wilson2009 First team All-ACC: George Bryan

26-12 Overall Record

0 Championships

2000 8-4 overall, (4-4ACC/5th) Won the Micronpc.com Bowl, Miami, Fla.

2001 7-5 overall, (4-4 ACC/5th) Lost the Tangerine Bowl, Orlando, Fla.

2002 11-3 overall, (5-3 ACC/4th) Won the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, Fla. Ranked 12th in Final AP Poll

16-21 Overall Record

0 Championships

2007 5-7 overall, (3-5 ACC/T5th in Atlantic) No Bowl Appearance

2008 6-7 overall, (4-4 ACC/ T3rd in Atlantic) Lost the Papajohns.com Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.

2008-2009

5-7 overall, (2-6 ACC/10th in Atlantic) No Bowl Appearance

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sTATE Vs wisConsin: sighTs And soundsPack gets hula fever

The women’s basketball team hosted its first annual “beach night” Thursday and encouraged fans to show up in tropical-themed costumes.One fan earned airline tickets for her extravagant get-up, which included a grass skirt and oversized sunglasses.

Badger family present amid pack of wolves

While there weren’t many badger fans in attendance, there was one exuberant family supporting the Wisconsin team. The family of five was decked out in Wisconsin attire. The family, especially the three children, cheered loudly each time the Pack took a free throw.

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TodaySwimming and diving in the ohio State ivitational Columbus, Ohio, all day

wReStling in the CliFF keen laS vegaS invitationalLas Vegas, Nev., all day

Saturdaymen’S BaSketBall vS. maRquetteMilwuakee, Wisc., 3 p.m.

Swimming and diving in the ohio State ivitational Columbus, Ohio, all day

Sundaymen’S and women’S Simming and diving @ ohio State invitationalColumbus, Ohio, all day

women’S BaSketBall vS. teXaS ChRiStianReynolds Coliseum, 2 p.m.

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did You know?The volleyball team’s last – and only – NCAA tournament appearance was in 1987.

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transitional opportunities that we might

could get.”Coach Kellie Harper on

Wisconsin’s strategy

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peggy booNe/TecHNIcIANFreshman guard Marissa Kastanek struggles with defensive pressure from Wisconsin’s Tara Steinbauer during the second half of the 53-48 loss to the Badgers. The contest was part of the third annual Big Ten ACC Women’s Basketball Challenge.

State stumbles against Badgers

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