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technicianonline.com on in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, something President Barack Obama has pledged to do early in his administration. “We learn now that a very high per- centage of the people released after being de- tained as sus- pected terror- ists turn out to have been terrorists, and they have gone back signed up and put themselves in countries of operation in the hope of blow- ing up innocent civilians,” Clin- ton said. He stressed terrorists pose a very real threat to stability. “These faithless actors cannot be easily retaliated against and can make this unstable system more unstable,” Clinton said. The former president ad- dressed the cost of education in America. “The cost of education is above inflation, and the median wage is below inflation,” he said. Clinton spoke about climate change. “Most people recognize that we put enough green house gases in the air and we need to do something about it,” he said. Clinton said he spent a lot of time thinking about this topic. “We just can’t keep doing this folks,” he said. Clinton said the health care crisis needs a solution. “The President is going to have the chance to solve the problem that American citizens have run away from, and that other coun- tries have already figured out: how to provide affordable health care to all Americans,” he said. The president said Obama won’t face the same problems he did. “I had a Congress that denied there was a health care crisis,” Clinton said. He said the American people are spending 16 percent of our income on health care, and no other country we compete with spends more than 11, and they have better care than we do. “So what will we do? Cover ev- erybody and spend 19 per cent? Getting this right is very impor- tant,” he said. The former president has a lofty goal: to close every landfill in every major city in the world. “Landfills should be a relic of the past, there should be no more of them in North Carolina any- where in the world,” he said. After Clinton’s speech, John Coggin, a senior in communi- cation, received Stop Hunger Now’s President William Jeffer- son Clinton Hunger Leadership Award. “It’s our job, Clinton says it’s up to us to fix things,” Coggin said. After Coggin’s acceptance speech, Clinton took the stage again to talk about hunger. “Sixty-five percent of all people eligible for food stamps don’t use them,” he said. TECHNICIAN Raleigh, North Carolina Game Day Special! $5 5$ @ NC State Bookstores Limited quantities - while supplies last! Clinton calls for community action FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS STUDENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SOLVING WORLD’S PROBLEMS OVERHEARD “I wish there were more people in his position saying that [we should be active].” William Henderson sophomore, engineering “He made me think, ‘How?’ And why we should [act] instead of sitting on our butts and playing video games.” Genevieve Pike junior, paper science and engineering “I thought [the speech] was really informative. He’s a really good speaker. I made me wan to look into [food organizations]. I’m glad I skipped two classes to go.” Ed Mason sophomore, biology BY PEGGY BOONE What did you think of former President Bill Clinton’s speech at Reynold’s Coliseum Monday? James Cox Staff Writer Students, faculty and local citi- zens visited Reynolds Coliseum Monday morning to hear former President Bill Clinton speak as part of the Millennium Seminar Series, a collection of presenta- tions designed to engage and inspire students. Clinton’s speech, entitled “The Way Forward,” focused on get- ting students and citizens to act on topics such as climate change, health care, recycling, and hun- ger. Retta Clemons, an execu- tive assistant for Provost Larry Nielsen, said a crowd of 6,000 gathered to listen to the former president’s speech. Clinton urged students to take action in his speech. “We need doers,” he said. The president also asked stu- dents to think about this mo- ment in history. “What kind of world are we in and what can we do to make it better?” he asked. Clinton called interdepen- dence the fundamental fact of the 21st century. “We should be trying to build up the positive forces of national and international interdepence,” he said. Clinton explained the inter- dependent economy of the U.S. took more people out of poverty in the last 20 years than had be- fore in history. “Then, in five months, we saw $27 trillion in wealth disappear,” he said. Clinton reiterated America’s importance in the interdepen- dent economy. “That [$27 trillion] is twice America’s annual GDP and since we are 22 to 24 percent of the world’s income, that means that the world lost about half of it entire annual income,” the president said. He explained instability in the world as well. Clinton told the audience the worlds largest democracy, India, shares the sub-continent with Pakistan. “You have the terrorist attack in Mumbi, and you sit and hold your breath hoping these two nuclear powers don’t fight each other over what happened,” Clin- ton said. In his speech, he also touched on the closing of the U.S. pris- inside technician focused 3 arts & entertainment 5 classieds 7 sports 8 Cutting the budget The Focused section concentrates on budget cuts. See page 3. Mays grows into Wolfpack role Point guard learned to play the game from four older sisters. See page 8. PEGGY BOONE/TECHNICIAN Former President Bill Clinton challenges the audience and students to aid John Coggin, a senior in communication, in his eorts to ght world hunger. Coggin was the rst to receive the newly created President William Jeerson Clinton Hunger Leadership Award, which will become an annual presentation to an N.C. State student who is dedicated to promoting global awareness and support through action. Coggin has been involved with community programs such as Stop Hunger Now during his time at the University. “ I had a Congress that denied there was a health care crisis quote.” Former President Bill Clinton Hate crime commission continues talks Commission to analyze UNC system’s policy on hate speech met Monday Jonathan B. Laughrun Senior Staff Writer The 11-member commis- sion investigating further hate speech legislation for UNC system schools held its third meeting Monday to continue the discussion on the policies. The commission met for the first time on Dec. 17, 2008. The idea of placing restric- tions on speech has some students worried about the future and what will be re- stricted. “It is a real dangerous road to go down. You can restrict one thing like the [Ku Klux] Klan or any kind of hate speech and the next thing you know you are restricting another kind of speech, and then another kind of speech. Then eventually you don’t have free speech anymore,” Ches McDowell, a sophomore in political science, said. “The Uni- versity restricting [speech]. that is just dangerous. It is walking up the same path as George Or- well’s ‘1984’ when you have the thought police that run around and every time they think you are thinking something racist or something stupid you’re going to be in trouble for it.” At the same time, other stu- dents said they feel strongly that something needs to be done to limit the hate speech on campus. “I think certain steps are nec- essary,” Brad Frenier, a senior in business ad- ministration said. “Anything really threaten- ing — actually threatening somebody’s safety is where I could visualize actually draw- ing the line.” According to Geoffrey Hunter, a member of the commission and N.C. State University alumnus, the commission used Monday’s meeting to investigate the cur- rent policies of the 16 universities and the polices in effect in other states. “For the most part, we went deeper in each school’s code of conduct,” Hunter said. “And [we] also looked at examples from other states.” The amount of money and other resources that have been funneled into this commis- sion is un- known as a representative refused to com- ment on the subject. Regardless of the amount, McDowell said in the current economic state, a commission like this should not be a priority. “[The North Carolina gov- ernment] could care less about economic times, they could care less about what the North Caro- lina tax payer is going through, they could care less about what they are spending our tax dollars on,” McDowell said. “Nine times out of ten when they spend our money on stupid crap like this, it is just to make the people think they are actually doing some- thing when they’re really not.” McDowell also said that the current budget crisis facing the UNC system is more important than the potential changed the commission could recommend. “When we’re facing a re- ally large deficit the University [has] to cut classes, cut profes- sors’ salaries, do all kinds of crap like this because we don’t have enough money.” VIEW MORE TECHNICIANONLINE.COM Read more of James Cox’s story about former President Bill Clinton’s visit to Reynold’s Coliseum Monday online at www.technicianonline.com. SIGHTS AND SOUNDS: MILLENNIUM SEMINAR WITH FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON “Go State!” The Pep Band played the Fight Song just before Chancellor James Oblinger introduced former- President Bill Clinton. Can you hear me now? Mary Easley stood up to ask the crowd to turn o their cell phones. Seeing spots Pink shirts and sweaters dotted the crowd, in memory of the late women’s basketball coach Kay Yow. A pin drop Oblinger asked the crowd to take a moment of silence to honor Yow. Good choice! Clinton said he approved President Barack Obama’s pick for secretary of state who is Clinton’s wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. HATE CRIME COMMISSION Next meeting: Feb. 9, open to the public to solicit more opinions and feedback on the policy “Certain steps are necessary [to prevent hate speech].” Brad Frenier, senior in business administration
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on in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, something President Barack Obama has pledged to do early in his administration.
“We lea r n now t hat a very high per-centage of the people released after being de-tained as sus-pected terror-ists turn out to have been terrorists, and they have gone back signed up and put themselves in countries of operation in the hope of blow-ing up innocent civilians,” Clin-ton said.
He stressed terrorists pose a very real threat to stability.
“These faithless actors cannot
be easily retaliated against and can make this unstable system more unstable,” Clinton said.
The former president ad-dressed the cost of education in America.
“The cost of education is above inflation, and the median wage is below inflation,” he said.
Clinton spoke about climate change.
“Most people recognize that we put enough g re en hou s e gases in the air and we need to do something about it,” he said.
Clinton said he spent a lot of time thinking about this topic.
“We just can’t keep doing this folks,” he said.
Clinton said the health care crisis needs a solution.
“The President is going to have the chance to solve the problem that American citizens have run away from, and that other coun-
tries have already figured out: how to provide affordable health care to all Americans,” he said.
The president said Obama won’t face the same problems he did.
“I had a Congress that denied there was a health care crisis,” Clinton said.
He said the American people are spending 16 percent of our income on health care, and no other country we compete with spends more than 11, and they have better care than we do.
“So what will we do? Cover ev-
erybody and spend 19 per cent? Getting this right is very impor-tant,” he said.
The former president has a lofty goal: to close every landfill in every major city in the world.
“Landfills should be a relic of the past, there should be no more of them in North Carolina any-where in the world,” he said.
After Clinton’s speech, John Coggin, a senior in communi-cation, received Stop Hunger Now’s President William Jeffer-son Clinton Hunger Leadership Award.
“It’s our job, Clinton says it’s up to us to fix things,” Coggin said.
After Coggin’s acceptance speech, Clinton took the stage again to talk about hunger.
“Sixty-five percent of all people eligible for food stamps don’t use them,” he said.
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Clinton calls for community actionFORMER PRESIDENT ASKS STUDENTS TO BECOME INVOLVED IN SOLVING WORLD’S PROBLEMS
OVERHEARD
“I wish there were more people in his position saying that [we should be active].”
William Hendersonsophomore, engineering
“He made me think, ‘How?’ And why we should [act] instead of sitting on our butts and playing video games.”
Genevieve Pike junior, paper science and engineering
“I thought [the speech] was really informative. He’s a really good speaker. I made me wan to look into [food organizations]. I’m glad I skipped two classes to go.”
Ed Masonsophomore, biology
BY PEGGY BOONE
What did you think of former President
Bill Clinton’s speech at Reynold’s Coliseum
Monday?
James CoxStaff Writer
Students, faculty and local citi-zens visited Reynolds Coliseum Monday morning to hear former President Bill Clinton speak as part of the Millennium Seminar Series, a collection of presenta-tions designed to engage and inspire students.
Clinton’s speech, entitled “The Way Forward,” focused on get-ting students and citizens to act on topics such as climate change, health care, recycling, and hun-ger.
Retta Clemons, an execu-tive assistant for Provost Larry Nielsen, said a crowd of 6,000 gathered to listen to the former president’s speech.
Clinton urged students to take action in his speech.
“We need doers,” he said.The president also asked stu-
dents to think about this mo-ment in history.
“What kind of world are we in and what can we do to make it better?” he asked.
Clinton called interdepen-dence the fundamental fact of the 21st century.
“We should be trying to build up the positive forces of national and international interdepence,” he said.
Clinton explained the inter-dependent economy of the U.S. took more people out of poverty in the last 20 years than had be-fore in history.
“Then, in five months, we saw $27 trillion in wealth disappear,” he said.
Clinton reiterated America’s importance in the interdepen-dent economy.
“That [$27 trillion] is twice America’s annual GDP and since we are 22 to 24 percent of the world’s income, that means that the world lost about half of it entire annual income,” the president said.
He explained instability in the world as well.
Clinton told the audience the worlds largest democracy, India, shares the sub-continent with Pakistan.
“You have the terrorist attack in Mumbi, and you sit and hold your breath hoping these two nuclear powers don’t fight each other over what happened,” Clin-ton said.
In his speech, he also touched on the closing of the U.S. pris-
insidetechnician
focused 3arts & entertainment 5classi!eds 7sports 8
Cutting the budgetThe Focused section concentrates on budget cuts. See page 3.
Mays grows into Wolfpack rolePoint guard learned to play the game from four older sisters. See page 8.
PEGGY BOONE/TECHNICIANFormer President Bill Clinton challenges the audience and students to aid John Coggin, a senior in communication, in his e!orts to "ght world hunger. Coggin was the "rst to receive the newly created President William Je!erson Clinton Hunger Leadership Award, which will become an annual presentation to an N.C. State student who is dedicated to promoting global awareness and support through action. Coggin has been involved with community programs such as Stop Hunger Now during his time at the University.
“ I had a Congress that denied there was a health care
crisis quote.”Former President Bill Clinton
Hate crime commission continues talksCommission to analyze UNC system’s policy on hate speech met Monday
Jonathan B. LaughrunSenior Staff Writer
The 11-member commis-sion investigating further hate speech legislation for UNC system schools held its third meeting Monday to continue the discussion on the policies. The commission met for the first time on Dec. 17, 2008.
The idea of placing restric-tions on speech has some students worried about the future and what will be re-stricted.
“It is a real dangerous road to go down. You can restrict one thing like the [Ku Klux]
Klan or any kind of hate speech and the next thing you know you are restricting another kind of speech, and then another kind of speech. Then eventually you don’t have free speech anymore,” Ches McDowell, a sophomore in political science, said. “The Uni-versity restricting [speech]. that is just dangerous. It is walking up the same path as George Or-well’s ‘1984’ when you have the thought police that run around and every time they think you are thinking something racist or something stupid you’re going to
be in trouble for it.” At the same time, other stu-
dents said they feel strongly that something needs to be done to limit the hate speech on campus.
“I think certain steps are nec-essary,” Brad Frenier, a senior in business ad-ministration said. “Anything really threaten-ing — actually threatening somebody’s safety is where I could visualize actually draw-ing the line.”
According to Geoffrey Hunter, a member of the commission and N.C. State University alumnus, the commission used Monday’s meeting to investigate the cur-
rent policies of the 16 universities and the polices in effect in other states.
“For the most part, we went deeper in each school’s code of conduct,” Hunter said. “And [we]
also looked at examples from other states.”
The amount of money and other resources that have been funneled into this commis-s ion i s u n-k now n a s a representative refused to com-
ment on the subject. Regardless of the amount, McDowell said in the current economic state, a commission like this should not be a priority.
“[The North Carolina gov-ernment] could care less about economic times, they could care less about what the North Caro-lina tax payer is going through, they could care less about what they are spending our tax dollars on,” McDowell said. “Nine times out of ten when they spend our money on stupid crap like this, it is just to make the people think they are actually doing some-thing when they’re really not.”
McDowell also said that the current budget crisis facing the UNC system is more important than the potential changed the commission could recommend.
“When we’re facing a re-ally large deficit the University [has] to cut classes, cut profes-sors’ salaries, do all kinds of crap like this because we don’t have enough money.”
VIEW MORE TECHNICIANONLINE.COMRead more of James Cox’s story about former President Bill Clinton’s visit to Reynold’s Coliseum Monday online at www.technicianonline.com.
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS:MILLENNIUM SEMINAR WITH FORMER PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON“Go State!”The Pep Band played the Fight Song just before Chancellor James Oblinger introduced former-President Bill Clinton.
Can you hear me now?Mary Easley stood up to ask the crowd to turn o" their cell phones.
Seeing spotsPink shirts and sweaters dotted the crowd, in memory of the late women’s basketball coach Kay Yow.
A pin dropOblinger asked the crowd to take a moment of silence to honor Yow.
Good choice!Clinton said he approved President Barack Obama’s pick for secretary of state who is Clinton’s wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.
HATE CRIME COMMISSIONNext meeting: Feb. 9, open to the public to solicit more opinions and feedback on the policy
“Certain steps are necessary
[to prevent hate speech].”
Brad Frenier, senior in business administration
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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
In Monday’s Kay Yow special insert, the quote surrounding the photos of Kay Yow were quotes from Kay Yow.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at [email protected].
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We need doers.”Bill Clinton on the need for
citizens to be willing to help society
CAMPUS CALENDARJanuary 2009
Su M T W Th F Sa
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Today2009 TURFGRASS AND SHOWNorth Raleigh Hilton, all day
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
STUDY ABROAD (SUMMER 2009 CHINA TRIP)INFORMATION MEETINGPage Hall 109, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
WednesdayTHOMAS SAYRE: NEW YORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, all day
2009 TURFGRASS CONFERENCE AND SHOWNorth Raleigh Hilton, all day
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
WINTER SKILLS WORKSHOPCarmichael Recreation Center, 7 to 9 p.m.
FYC CONVOCATIONStewart Theatre, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Thursday2009 TURFGRASS CONFERENCE AND SHOWNorth Raleigh Hilton, all day
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
“SPIRIT, STRUCTURE AND FLESH” BOOK SIGNING1911 Building, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: ROBIN MOOREBurns Auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall, 6:15 to 8 p.m.
CHANGELINGWitherspoon Student Cinema, 7 to 9:30 p.m.
NICK AND NORAH’S INFINITE PLAYLISTWitherspoon Student Cinema, 10 to 11:30 p.m.
THROUGH MICHELE’S LENS
Remembering a role model
Amber Joyner, a senior in political science, signs a poster in honor of late women’s basketball coach Kay Yow near the Atrium Monday. “It was really hard for me because she’s been a great role model for my entire life,” Joyner said. Members of Student Government handed
out pink ribbons in Yow’s memory in the Brickyard from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday.
PHOTO BY MICHELE CHANDLER
POLICE BLOTTERJan. 231:05 A.M. | CHECK PERSONCates AvenueReport of suspicious subjects in the area. Officer canvassed area but did not locate any problems.
9:51 A.M. | CYBERSTALKINGTalley Student Center Student reported being harassed by e-mails from nonstudent.
11:12 A.M. | LARCENYWilliams HallFaculty member reported currency taken from unsecured office.
1:23 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTReynolds Coliseum DeckOfficers investigated traffic accident. Some damage to vehicles occurred.
1:34 P.M. | LARCENYCarmichael GymStudent reported theft of boots from locker.
1:42 P.M. | CHECK PERSONVeterinary SchoolReport of suspicious subject. Of-ficers canvassed area but found no problems. 10:37 P.M. | SIMPLE ASSAULTWolf VillageDispute between students. One stu-dent was referred to the University. Appropriate personnel notified.
10:51 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOPMorrill Drive Nonstudent was issued citation for No Operators License.
Jan. 2412:16 A.M. | CHECK PERSONDavid Clark LabsReport of subject sleeping near loading dock. Officer located highly intoxicated nonstudent. EMS notified. Subject refused transport.
2:36 A.M. | LARCENYVarsity Drive Construction SiteReport of group of subjects removing sign from site. Investigation pending.
2:39 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDan Allen DriveNon-student was issued citation for speeding.
11:45 A.M. | DISTURBANCEReynolds ColiseumUnits responded to unruly fan at wrestling event. Officers spoke with nonstudent. Subject complied to leave the area. No further action was taken.
IN THE KNOW Badminton registration coming up
Registration for intramu-ral badminton and softball is coming up on Feb. 2.
Students can register on-line at http://www.ncsu.edu/campus_rec or by going to the Carmichael Recreation Cen-ter 1st floor.
Right now, intramural racquetball registration is already underway. 4-on-4 flag football registration will begin on Feb. 9.
SOURCE: CAMPUS RECREATION
Artist’s work on display in Gregg Museum
The Gregg Museum of Art and Design will have Thomas Sayre: New Work on display from now until May 10 every Sunday, Wednesday, Thurs-day, Friday and Saturday. Sayre is recognized for his earth casting, but also has large scale paintings at the Gregg Museum as well.
Sayre utilizes carbon, iron oxide and pastels on a ma-terial know as masonite to create unique work. Admis-sion is free. The museum is open from noon to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and 2 to 8 p.m. on weekends.
SOURCE: GREGG MUSUEM OF ART AND DESIGN
CampusRec to hold workshop
The Campus Recreation Outdoor Adventures staff is teaching students how to rock climb on Jan. 30.
The staff will teach par-ticipants about rock climb-ing equipment, climbing techniques, safety issues and important knots. The clinic is free to all students, and beginners are welcome. Cam-pusRec will provide all of the equipment necessary.
After a lecture teaching the basic skills, time will be pro-vided to learn hands-on skills on the Carmichael Gymnasi-um rock wall.
SOURCE: CAMPUSREC
CALS conducting soil science seminar
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences will conduct a soil science seminar on Jan. 28. Emily Dell, a research specialist in the University’s Department of Soil Science, will be speaking.
The lecture, entitled “An-aerobic Ammonium Oxidiz-ing Bacteria in Anthropogen-ic Nitrogen-Loaded Systems: Potential Competitors to Denitrification,” will be held from 3:40 to 4:40 p.m. in the Williams Hall Auditorium (Room 2215).
SOURCE: CALS
WORLD & NATIONPromoter crushed at monster truck rally
A monster truck show promot-er, George Eisenhart, died Satur-day night after one of his monster trucks crushed him during a show in Madison, Wis.
Oddly enough, Eisenhart had just touted his show’s safety re-cord a few days earlier.
“Saturday’s incident... was a freak accident,” Dave Mahoney, the Dane County sheriff, said Sunday.
Eisenhart apparently stepped in front of the truck unknowingly in a way that made it impossible for the driver to react. This is the second monster truck fatality in a little over a week.
On Jan. 16, a 6-year-old boy was killed by flying debris in Tacoma, Wa. The shows were by different performers.
SOURCE: CNN
Home Depot to cut 7,000 jobs
Home Depot, the No. 1 home im-provement retailer, made public its plans to end its EXPO business and release many support staff Monday. Both moves combined will cause a release of about 7,000 employees.
The company said the cuts will im-pact two percent of employees.
“Exiting our EXPO business is a difficult decision, particularly given the hard work and dedication of our associates in that business and the support of our loyal customers,” Frank Blake, the CEO of Home Depot, said in a statement. “At the same time, it is a necessary decision that will strength-en our core Home Depot business.”
Blake also said that the housing market will be key for businesses like Home Depot or Lowe’s Home Improvement. He said if the housing market doesn’t make a change, retail-ers will have to cut back on expenses.
SOURCE: CNN
Blagojevich maintains innocence Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment trial is scheduled to begin Monday. However, Blagojevich maintains he is innocent of the allegations he tried to sell the Senate seat left open by President Barack Obama, and plans to skip the proceedings to defend himself on several television programs.
He has already appeared on ABC’s programs “Good Morning America” and “The View.” When Blagojevich was on GMA, he said he had considered appointing Oprah Winfrey for the open Sen-ate position.
“She seems to be someone who had helped Barack Obama in a significant way become president. She was obviously someone with a much broader bully pulpit than other senators,” Blagojevich said.
Eventually, Blagojevich selected former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris, one of the other candidates he was considering. Blagojevich will appear on CNN’s “Larry King Live” Monday in his first prime-time interview.
SOURCE: CNN
TECHNICIAN
BUDGET CUTS HINDER LEARNING
Chancellor James Oblinger re-leased a statement Jan. 15 concerning the budget and said the University would work with the state to help bal-ance the budget but would attempt not to forfeit the quality of education students receive.
“We are working with President [Erskine] Bowles to help make the case that cuts to higher education have a dual effect on the state’s econ-omy by not only limiting academic
programs but also slowing our ability to fuel North Carolina’s economic health,” he said.
When the state releases the 2009-10 budget in July, University officials will know exactly what has to be trimmed from the University budget for the next fiscal year.
Until then, the University can only plan potential cuts, something vice chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford said is very difficult.
“The impact of all those reversions were felt some in the fall semester and are now being felt in a much more significant way across the campus,” Stafford said.
The first round of budget cuts, announced during the fall semester, forced the University to give budget-ed money back to the state through a series of reversions.
“Over the course of the fall up until a couple weeks ago, the previous gov-ernor asked people around the state to revert a certain amount from the 2008-2009 budget,” he said. “As we went through the fall, the revenues from taxes have been running well below what was projected when the
budget was approved.”The newest projections for the
2009-2010 budget have once again made the University prepare for more potential cuts, according to Stafford.
Stafford said the budget for 2009-2010 could be anywhere from three to seven percent less than the original 2008-2009 budget, before the fall se-mester reversions.
“The part we are really concerned about is what the General Assembly will do for our budget in 2009-2010,” Stafford said. “If they cut our budget by a significant amount, it’s going to
REVERSIONS AND CUTS MAKE SERVING STUDENTS MORE DIFFICULTSTORY BY DEREK MEDLIN | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LUIS ZAPATA
“The revenues from taxes have been
running well below what was projected
when the budget was approved.”
Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for student affairs
As the U.S. economy slips deeper into a recession during the first few weeks of 2009, University officials have been working on plans in prepara-
tion to cut the University budget.
focused
Before cutting classes, cut pay
$34,000,000. That’s approximately the amount that the North Caro-lina state government wants back
from the University from its annual ap-propriations.
I can’t say that it’s too smart of a move on the state’s part considering it is si-phoning money away from an institution that has produced 70 start-up compa-nies, has been awarded 147 patents over the past three years and has completed
Budgeting past, present and future
How is the budget situation affecting the Faculty and the University? A question simply posed by the Tech-
nician in requesting my Viewpoint opin-ion, but hardly a simple one to answer.
In my role as Chair of the Faculty I have listened to faculty, staff and students across campus and have participated in countless meetings grappling with the reality of coming up with $28 million in cuts to the Academic Affairs budget. That is the core budget for all University
!OUR VIEW"
Budget cuts bog down University
The University implemented a 6-percent bud-get cut last semester, cutting jobs and caus-ing a frenzy to try and save money wherever
possible.On top of that, the University is considering
another budget cut of up to 7-percent for the 2009-10 year, starting in July. A 7-percent cut for the University equates to about $36 million. To put that into perspective, $36 million could pur-chase more than 19.5 million gallons of gasoline. That is enough gas to drive a Honda Civic going “highway speed” around the world 26,714 times.
Chancellor James Oblinger said in a statement that the University will be as transparent as pos-sible when dealing with the budget cuts, but this doesn’t seem applicable to the opinions of staff and faculty.
When we asked a member of a college coun-cil to contribute to the Technician about how the budget cuts have affected its program, she ini-tially said she was interested but later declined, saying that the college might have issues with her discussing it.
It’s understandable for the University to want to want to hide flaws in its program, especially since the lack of funding is not its fault. But it’s im-
Dude, !x that budget
Increased class sizes, higher tuition and shorter library hours are just a few changes students may see in the
coming months as the global economic meltdown affects the University.
Just as families and businesses have had to tighten their belts with the com-ing of hard financial times, the Univer-sity will also have to review its budget and make cuts to compensate for a pre-dicted 10 percent state budget shortfall.
There is no question that the Univer-
Budget cuts a!ect more than classes
As a College of Animal and Life Sci-ences student, the recent budget cuts have certainly not gone un-
noticed. I’ve felt reverberations of the recent funding adjustments throughout all extracurricular activities in which I am involved.
I got my first real idea of the serious-ness of the situation as I talked with my CALS Ambassador advisor last fall. She informed our team that due to lack
Jim Ceresnakjunior, political science
Benton SawreySenior sta! columnist
Tria Metzlerjunior, animal science
Jim MartinChemistry professor and Faculty Senate Chair
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Cutting the budget
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sity system, like all government entities, should sacrifice as the state confronts this money crisis.
However, the General Assem-bly and University system lead-ers’ lack of foresight to prepare for situations like this is as much to blame for the lowered qual-ity of education students will receive as a result of proposed budget cuts as any other scape-goats presented to take the heat.
Though the true severity of the economic downturn may not have been known at the close of business for the General Assem-bly last August, surely there was no question that hard times were on the horizon. Yet, in classic po-litical fashion, the powers at be chose to ignore coming problems in order to keep political prom-ises in an election year.
Students will be forced to pay for the legislature’s incompe-tence. Newly elected governor, Bev Perdue has just ordered an overall 7 percent cut of all state agencies’ budgets. This means
that the University must relin-quish more than $30 million it was originally promised by the General Assembly.
Our University has been pre-paring for these cuts, and has been proactively seeking ways to trim the budget, increase ef-ficiency, and eliminate waste to make this process as painless as possible. Yet in many cases, these “trimming” efforts are not enough, and students will inevi-tably suffer directly from these cuts. Again, while the anticipa-tion and efforts are applaudable, why can’t efforts streamline our budgets be an ongoing process? Recession isn’t the only time to improve cost-effectiveness and common-sense budgeting.
It is inexcusable that our elect-ed officials refuse to put the peo-ple first. Broken promises come as a result of political patronage often in politics, yet in times like these, there effects are amplified and we will all suffer for it.
Smart budgeting at the state and university level should al-ways be a top priority. Not just when dire economic circum-stances leave us with no other choice.
research that supported the cre-ation of 13,000 jobs.
So where does the money come from to make up the loss? As a land grant University, our mission is to serve the students with undergraduate, graduate, doctoral and research programs and to serve the state of North Carolina through extension and engagement. Cutting class sections, eliminating positions for professors and scaling back our presence in the commu-nity should be the last things touched when the University is looking for areas to cut waste.
Layoffs aren’t practical be-cause they’d have a dramatic impact on the quality of ser-vice the University can provide to the students and to the state. But what about marginal pay cuts to employees?
The University employs more than 8,000 people and spends $684,157,288.00 on salary and benefits for its employees - about 62% of the University’s expen-ditures in 2008. The unnerving bit is the proportion of these employees which are classified as administrative versus those that are classified as instructors.
The University employed 6,024 people in 2008 that were classi-fied as administrative in compar-ison to the 2,103 employees that were classified as instructors.
Since 2005, the University has added only 300 more faculty members but 866 new adminis-trative employees. In the same time frame, salary and ben-efits for employees has jumped $130,147,249.
Am I advocating cutting the University down to the bare bones?
No, most certainly not. I’m not even advocating for the
loss of anyone’s job, especially in this economy. But our school is a $1,100,000,000 annual en-terprise that’s become bogged down in administrative and pe-ripheral largess.
Rather than cutting sections and graduate prog ra ms, a five percent pay cut across the board would save jobs, save class sections, save research programs and make up the $34,000,000 the
state is asking back. If it isn’t in the best interest of
the University to cut pay for pro-fessors because they start look-ing for jobs elsewhere, cut pay to the disproportionately large number of administrative em-ployees until the magic number has been achieved.
It’s better than the alternative of throwing out services to the students and the state, and it shouldn’t be too much to ask in an economic environment when a lot of our parents are not only staring down even larger pay cuts in the face but the potential for lost jobs and failed businesses altogether.
be a really negative impact on our students.”
Jeffrey Braden, interim dean of the College of the Hu-manities and Social Sciences, said the budget reversion in the fall forced CHASS to eliminate positions and class sections for this semester.
“We lost a few permanent positions in non-teaching staff and we had a few people leave and didn’t fill those po-sitions,” he said. “We also lost some class sections for spring. Our class size went up but our number of sections went down.”
Braden said the potential for further cuts will contin-ue to hurt CHASS and other colleges across campus. He also said the plans being dis-cussed in CHASS center on trying not to harm the ability of students to make progress toward their degrees.
“The first priority is to save any direct services that im-pact student,” he said. “But we can’t lose that much of the budget without impact-ing instruction. Students will have more trouble getting the courses they want.”
Provost Larry Nielsen, who oversees the appointment, promotion and compensation of faculty, said that plans for potential cuts are not yet final despite the poor outlook for the state budget.
“It’s going to be quite some time yet,” he said of the Uni-versity having finalized plans. “We’ve got lots of people en-gaged in this but it will be
several months before we make any final decisions.”
Nielsen said that difficult deci-sions about the University’s bud-get will have to be made.
“These are hard times for the state and we’re going to have to tighten our belts even more,” he said.
Stafford said any budget cut for the 2009-2010 year will impact the University directly.
“If we get a seven percent cut we’re going to have to let some people go,” he said. “We’re go-ing to have to tell people who are now employed that they no longer have a job at N.C. State.”
Stafford also said students need to be concerned about budget cuts because they will also be impacted by the cuts.
“There is a possibility that pro-grams we have now for students not directly connected to degree programs could be eliminated or significantly reduced,” he said. “This is the number one issue students need to be concerned about.”
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SAWREYcontinued from page 1
portant to realize that the only way to solve a prob-lem is to recognize that it is there. If the University and the community don’t openly recognize where the mistakes are, then we can never patch them.
We also hope the N.C. General Assembly will be more careful with the al-location of funds in the future. This crisis may not have been as severe had the General Assembly been more careful and prepared for an economic situation like the one we find our-selves in now, and the Uni-versity been more diligent
and prepared.And if the University is
going to cut classes, then we must be smart and keep what is most impor-tant and keep core classes a priority. If the University must, then cutting extra-curricular classes and ac-tivities, though regretfully, may be the only way to stay afloat. If the University ex-pects to grow, then it must focus on academics.
2008 was a tough year for the economy, which in turn affects the University. We hope the General As-sembly plan for situations like this in the future. We also hope the University focuses on education and keep it a priority.
EDITORIALcontinued from page 1
of funding, we will be cutting back everything from the ac-tivities we plan for visitation days to how many paperclips can be used at our weekly meetings.
This year, our Outreach Advisor team is also branch-ing out to incorporate several committees, an endeavor that unfortunately coincided with the effects of major budget adjustments.
As the group leader of our fledgling Service Committee, I can personally attest to the fact that our committee had difficulty with creating proj-ects in which we could reach out to the community, but with zero to limited funding to back the projects.
I am also personally involved in undergradu-ate research, a nd since t he su m-mer before my f resh-man year, I have been involved in an on-campus poultry genomics lab.
The experience all began with an HHMI Rise Summer Research Internship, and it has since been invaluable in allowing me to make the most of my years as an NCSU un-dergraduate.
I fear that programs like the Rise Program, as well as all other undergraduate research awards, will be experienc-ing some of the largest bud-get cuts in the coming year, which will then deny many incoming undergrads the same priceless experience I was fortunate enough to have.
Graduate programs are also suffering intensely from budget cuts. According to
another peer working in an un-dergraduate research lab, there is a great amount of anxiety that researchers and professors will not have enough funding to hire an adequate number graduates in the coming academic year.
Though I am personally pursu-ing a career in veterinary medi-cine and hope to gain admission to the vet school within the next couple years, many of my peers in animal science are interested in going to graduate school in-stead, making funding restric-tions a topic of real concern for them.
The pre-veterinary club is an-other extracurricular in which I am heavily involved. On a semes-ter basis, we award one service organization a $500 donation. We also donate $100 each fall to the Service N.C. State project, as well as a $100 scholarship to one of our most scholastically com-
petitive active club members. As a profession-al club, we are largely respon-sible for raising whatever fund-ing is necessary for the year.
However, we are a lso de-pendent on an annual stipend
from the Agri-Life Council. Our club’s budget proposal is due within the next month, and of-ficers are already preparing to re-ceive a smaller budget than that which we received just a year ago.
As a land-grant institution, our university and college are in-tensely dependent on state fund-ing. When these budgets are cut to the degree we have witnessed within the last year, there is no student or faculty member who will remain unaffected.
Though it may take some groups, such as student clubs, longer to feel the real impact, I believe it is safe to assume that all aspects of the College of Ag-riculture and Life Sciences will feel the effects nonetheless.
N.C. STATE UNIVERSITY BUDGET 2008!2009Total Budget: $1,140,000,000
SOURCE: NCSU BUDGET CENTRAL
BUDGETBY THE NUMBERS46% State Appropriations
23% Grants and Contracts
15% Tuition and Fees
14% Auxiliaries and other
2% Federal Appropriations
METZLERcontinued from page 1
functions, not just the budget for ‘academics.’ The number increases to $36 million if you include the Ag. Research Ser-vice and Cooperative Exten-sion Service.
The magnitude of this cut is staggering. As a point of refer-ence, eliminating the entire college of Ag and Life Sciences (something that should not even be considered), with its academic affairs budget of $23 million would not cover this cut.
Addressing the current bud-get crisis is made only more complicated by the fact that in 19 of the past 22 years, the University has faced cuts to its academic affairs budget.
Even in good economic years with ‘good budgets,’ we have seen cuts to the core funding of the University. Last year for example, before the economic collapse, the celebrated increase in funds for enrollment growth and dedicated appropriations was matched nearly dollar for dollar with cuts in gener-al budget areas. This pattern of funding has resulted in a variety of new centers, pro-grams and institutes while core programs have been cut year after year.
Thus, even before this cur-rent budget crisis we have seen section sizes in many core classes increase dra-matically. In spite of enrollment growth, the number of faculty has remained stagnant. There has b e e n a substantial increase in hiring sig-nificantly lower paid non-tenure track faculty.
Research facilities and tech-nical support have been sig-nificantly pared back. I have been told of departments where as many as five faculty were assigned to share a single office.
And of all things, our com-munication department does not have funds to provide telephones for each of its fac-ulty.
It is on top of this situation, years in the making, that we must make an additional $28 million in cuts. The major difference in dealing with the budget cut now, compared to many of the previous cuts, is that today cuts will not so eas-ily be masked by a celebration of some new center or initia-tive that received a special ap-propriation.
Every sector of the Univer-sity will be impacted by this cut. Class sizes will continue to grow. Sections will be cut. More faculty will continue to forgo grant-funded summer salary in order to pay salaries of technicians and graduate students.
Extension faculty will se-verely curtail travel required to interface with the commu-nity. Critical infrastructure will not be built and repairs and renovation will continue to be postponed. People will lose their jobs. Quality will erode.
However, even if budgets were restored tomorrow, we
should not go back to the same manner of operation that led us to this point, any more than the financial sector should continue its past mode of operation if the tax-payer funded bail-outs in fact work.
We need to seriously address the University funding model that requires enrollment growth as the primary way to obtain new appropriations.
Selling enrollment growth when the physical and personnel infrastructure cannot accom-modate the increased enroll-ment is eerily similar to a Ponzi scheme, promising investment returns that cannot be realized. It is not sustainable to continue to build new programs without insuring that the foundation is kept strong. A research univer-sity simply cannot run on an enrollment-growth based fund-ing model.
We have also heard a lot about using a ‘business model’ for the operation of the University. But how careful are we in choosing
the business-es to model? Enron, Bear Sterns, etc . are not good models.
B y c o n -trast, in the 80s compa-nies such as Toyota recog-nized exces-sive growth in middle man-agement and
that management had become increasingly out of touch with the reality of the business.
Reorganization, resulting in a model which required man-agers to be on the shop f loor, got many managers out of their offices and into the plants and elevated many ‘workers’ giving them managerial responsibility. But most importantly quality and efficiency improved by en-suring that management was in-timately connected to what was really going on at all levels of the company.
Such a model translated into a University setting will require many faculty to take on some more administrative respon-sibility, while expecting every administrator/director/… to be in the classroom and/or research laboratory.
Such a serious reorganization of ‘middle management’ could not only provide substantial cost savings, but I suspect would also result in quickly abolishing unnecessary reporting, assess-ments, policies, etc. We might also discover we do not need to create a new center or new pro-gram requiring a director and staff for every new initiative.
Such an organizational model integrating management and the shop floor, in fact approaches the collegiate organizational model, born out of centuries of academ-ic traditions. Maybe this budget crisis can serve as a wake-up call to rediscover what it means to be a University.
MARTINcontinued from page 1
“If budgets were restored tomorrow,
we should not go back to the
same manner of operation that led us to this point.”
“I feel that programs... will be experiencing
some of the largest budget
cuts.”
A five percent pay cut across the board would save jobs, class sections
and research programs.
CERESNAKcontinued from page 1
BUDGET CUTS FROM GOVERNOR
a ban on training
SOURCE: NEWS AND OBSERVER
TECHNICIAN
Yamil CamachoSenior Staff Writer
The Technician’s Yamil Camacho sat with Cesar Comanche in his Missy Ann Studio.
It’s amazing that two stu-
dents recording songs in North Hall would lead to a future that includes tours across Europe, TV appear-ances, award-winning music videos and four albums. Ce-sar Comanche and 9th Won-der, along with the Justus League, forged a solid career. Now Cesar Comanche will release his new project, Die In Your Lap. Fifteen tracks combine to make a soulful album of gritty North Caro-lina Hip Hop.
Die In Your Lap (the title comes from a Shakespear-ean quote from Much Ado
About Nothing) follows the old school Hip Hop philosophy of making albums, not singles. It contains interludes (featuring NCSU Alumni and interna-tional rappers) that connect the album together and carry you from song to song. Like a true veteran, Comanche places the songs and interludes in a cer-tain order in order to enhance the experience.
Once you start playing the album, Cesar’s poetic lyricism (“Ghetto World,” “Mercy”) and inventive beats (such as the ener-getic “Guf 2,” “Everything”) will grip you and you will not have to skip a track. “Everything” con-tains a soul sample like many Cesar Comanche’s songs but this one stands since it has a synth and other instruments adding a rich and fuller sound that is common throughout the album, even in the interludes.
The album serves as a celebra-tion of Cesar’s progress. The re-cord has a therapeutic nature, as seen on the songs “What’s
Wrong” and “Lamb To Lion 2.” On the latter song, a sequel to
a song found on Cesar’s 2002 Paper Gods, Cesar takes a more serious tone that is superbly matched with his own produc-tion. Cesar seems more focused on this album, and rightfully so, since the only guests are in the interludes. That is not to say that the album become mo-notonous since it only contains one vocalist. Die In Your Lap is a very personal album so there are no dull moments. Even the instrumentals are varied. The al-bum features production from Khrysis, Lord Quest, 9th Won-der, Apple Juice Kid, Marvelous Beats, Science O’Mega and Co-manche himself.
The album flows like a movie — it has a very dynamic and cinematic sound. Die In Your Lap rises in tension with cer-tain songs and then transitions to cheerful, straightforward and humble songs. If this were a soundtrack to a movie, view-ers would certainly not be disap-
pointed by the score.Cesar Comanche plans to
tour in support for the album. He hopes to perform in North Carolina before heading out and performing across the world.
The video for the first single “Hands High” is on youtube.com and cesarcomanche.com. Die In Your Lap will be in stores Feb. 24, but it will be available on iTunes on Jan. 27.
TECHNICIAN
By Morgan McCormick Senior Staff Writer
I hate horror movies. There, my se-cret’s out, I’ve emerged from the cheez-ily gory, teen sex-infused, poorly plot-ted, frustratingly popular closet.
My animosity emerges partly from the disheartening standardization of the genre, where it’s actually accepted as funny that they’re all exactly the same, giving studio execs license to happily vomit the same tripe into our mouths ad infinitum like some wicked mother bird trying to silence her brat-ty, flightless children.
They also make me mad because some of them are actually scary, like, I have to call someone when I get home and all the lights are off, because if whatever terror is really waiting there to get me I want someone to notify Scooby and the gang so they have somewhere to start looking for the body. Assuming they can lay off the cannabis long enough to remember where they parked the Mystery Ma-chine.
Some of my cynicism has dissipated with the realization that last year’s Quarantine, a handicam zombie movie set in an LA apartment complex, was the second best movie of 2008. It was a fun, pants-wetting, moody, visceral experience worth far more than the ticket price.
Having attained a slightly stronger stomach for horror films, I reluctantly followed a group of friends into My Bloody Valentine 3D, a remake of the cult 1981 Canadian slasher about a series of murders on Valentine’s Day committed by someone dressed in a coal miner’s get-up, complete with a Darth Vader-esque breathing appara-tus and a seemingly limitless supply of randomly-manifesting pickaxes.
The original really drove home that these murders took place on Valen-tine’s Day, murders about lost love with a healthy helping of psychotic rage to really get the serial killer pasta pot boiling. This remake is mainly an episode of One Tree Hill attended by the spawn of some unholy threesome between BTK, Son of Sam and the Bos-ton Strangler, with dialogue written at the caliber of a Beverly Hills 90210 fanfiction site.
I told you so, responds my readers, it’s exactly how we said it would be. Well pardon me for having a little hope, I say. Though oddly enough this movie was a little harder to score than I thought it would be. One would think that if I can easily hand out a one-star score for Benjamin Button then I should be fast approaching nega-tive infinity with a movie that has a scene with a dwarf getting impaled on a pickax and electrified by a Motel 6 light fixture. However, it is a movie that is designed to be this stupid in every way technically a failure?
Okay, yes, it is.That being said, it’s a fairly decent
stupid in every way technical failure. Did you laugh a little when I mentioned that one scene where a person gets cleaved and electrocuted? If so, you
might want to check this movie out. I know I was in the minority of people in the theater giggling the entire time, but it’s so finely crafted in its sheer intellectual ineptitude, so carefully measured in its degree of ridiculous wholesale slaughter. You really have to appreciate a movie that is basically a re-cap of the last 20 years of horror flicks, almost like a lost copy of Scary Movie 5 that takes itself way, way too seriously.
It’s also a great movie to share with oth-ers, for while I gleefully pedaled my legs in mid-air at a woman’s head getting split in half by a square point gardening shovel I was also slowly losing blood circulation in my right hand as my female companion in the adjacent seat broke my fingers in what can only be described as a death grip.
Admittedly, though, she was as terrified by a man with a gas mask for a face as much as she had been of a movie trailer for an evil basement not 20 minutes earlier, so take that as you will.
The other big selling point of this film has been the IN THREE DIMENSIONS subtitle that has was unabashedly slapped onto the face of every poster made, and this is a double-edged sword, too.
Yes, it is very funny when a human eye pops out on the blunted metal tip of a pickax that currently resides in the corpus callosum of a human skull right in your face, but it is also extremely silly. I don’t actually think the directors intended the movie to be this silly, because everything looks so real, so pop-up-book-ish that there is no moment in the movie I could
ever even begin to consider being remotely afraid. And while sometimes it all seems to be about the spectacle of just throwing warm body parts at you, the middle of the film is just a bunch of people talking to each other about their feelings and no one even considers sticking things like golf clubs in our face to go “ooh, look at what I can do!” It seems like a waste to not keep the stupid train running all the way through.
It’s stupid, it’s funny, it is violent, it’s bad and it’s $10 if you want to see it in 3D at night for student prices, and bear in mind only a few theaters offer the film in 3D so check in advance.
Also, I’m putting it clear and in writing, yes, My Bloody Valentine 3D is a better movie than Benjamin Button.
Mediocrity abounds, but in 3-D
Features& ENTERTAINMENTARTS
Cesar Comanche’s new sound on ABB Records
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STORY BY MORGAN MCCORMICK | PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY LUIS ZAPATA
PHOTO COURTESY ABB RECORDS
UP AND COMINGMusic (Releasing Jan. 27)
Artist: Bruce SpringsteenAlbum: Working on a DreamLabel: ColumbiaArtist: Various ArtistsAlbum: Grammy Nominees 2009Label: RhinoArtist: Pat GreenAlbum: What I’m ForLabel: BNAArtist: Various ArtistsAlbum: WWE: The MusicLabel: ColumbiaArtist: HoobastankAlbum: ForneverLabel: IslandArtist: Katt “Money Mike” WilliamsAlbum: It’s Pimpin’ Pimpin’Label: Warner Bros.Artist: RihannaAlbum: Good Girl Gone Bad: The RemixesLabel: Def Jam
SOURCE: FYE.COM
Video Games
Jan. 26MLB Front Office Manager (XBOX
360, PS3, PC)Ultimate Shooting Collection (Wii)AC-130 (PC)
Jan. 27Afro Samurai (XBOX 360, PS3)DJ Max Fever (PSP)SimAnimals (DS)Coraline (DS, Wii, PS2)Nobunaga’s Ambition: Iron Triangle
(PS2)Jan. 28
Rygar: The Battle of Argus (Wii)SOURCE: GAMESPOT.COM
Movies (Opening Jan. 30)
New In TownStudio: Lions Gate FilmsSynopsis: A buisnesswoman used
to living in Miami is sent to a small town and finds something that the big city couldn’t offer her.
TakenStudio: 20th Century FoxSynopsis: Liam Neeson plays an ex-
CIA operative who retired to spend more time with his teenage daughter. When his daughter leaves for Paris with her friend, he is understandably apprehensive of the prospects of her traveling abroad. He finds his fears to be very real when the pair are ab-ducted upon their arrival in France.
The UninvitedStudio: DreamWorks Distribution
LLCSynopsis: A remake of Kim Jee-
Woon’s Korean horror film CHANG-HWA HONGRYON about a young woman who is moves in with her father after her mother dies. She finds that the woman to whom her father is engaged is not as innocent as she may appear.
SOURCE: ROTTENTOMATOES.COM
At The Pour House
Jan. 27Burning Rays
doors: 8 p.m.show: 9 p.m.
Jan. 28Mantras
doors: 8 p.m.show: 10 p.m.
Jan. 29Destroy All Sweaters (Weezer Tribute w/ Swingin’ Johnsons)
doors: 8 p.m.show: 9 p.m.
Jan. 30Purple School Bus & DJ Williams Projekt and Shotgun Romance
doors: 8 p.m.show: 9 p.m.
SOURCE: THE!POUR!HOUSE.COMAt The Lincoln TheatreJan. 28Ballas Hough Band featuring: Mark Ballas and Derek Hough as seen on Dancing With The Stars w/ Vic Kingsley Layden / Jason Adamo
doors: 9 p.m.show: 9:30 p..m.
Jan. 29Leon Russell w/ Jive Mother Mary
doors: 7 p.m.show: 8 p.m.
Jan. 30The Breakfast Club (The Ultimate 80’s Party Band)
w/ TBASOURCE: LINCOLNTHEATRE.COM
At The Brewery
Jan. 27Love and Reverie, A Clerestory,
Ailyne, En Serenade, A Bird a Sparrow, more
show: 8 p.m.
Jan. 29He is Legend, The Hottness, Boxbomb, Fastest Kid in 5th Grade, more
show: 6 p.m.
Jan. 30Soundlab, Silver Judas, Broken Theory, Modena
show: 9 p.m.
Jan. 31Kong, Injun Joe, more
show: 8 p.m.SOURCE: MYSPACE.COM/THEBREWERY
Laura FauschSenior Staff Writer
Say what you will about Fall Out Boy, but this Chicago-based band can write catchy songs that are alternative yet friendly enough to please a wide variety of music listeners. The latest album from Fall Out Boy, Folie a’ Deux, continues in the band’s somewhat notorious style of power chords and ma-jor sound — only something seems to be missing.
The missing link lies in the album’s lyrics. Fall Out Boy is known for their kitschy, clever lyrics that are often-times obscure and ambigu-ous, and that’s exactly what they’re going for. But Fall Out Boy may be too wrapped up in their own fame and what’s “expected” of them that they’ve lost sight of who they are as a band and the style of song writ-ing that made them famous in the first place.
A few of the songs on the album come off as almost a mockery of themselves. In Fall Out Boy’s earlier music, they were great at imagery, painting pictures through their lyrics, and not showing all their cards at once. This album does not have that clever insight. For example, the song “America’s Suitehearts” has radio staying power, but it doesn’t have the irony and wit that many fans love about this band. There’s something nagging, even an-noying about the song, as if the band is confused about who they are. They seem to be in this weird place between
taking themselves too seriously and not taking themselves seri-ously enough.
That’s not to say that Folie a’ Deux isn’t a decent album. In fact, it’s not half bad. The album begins with the strong “Disloyal Order of Water Buf-faloes” that is reminiscent of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”. The song “I Don’t Care” is instrumentally great, but the piece showcases the band’s egocentrism with lyrics like ‘I don’t care what you think as long as it’s about me.’
There are some highlights on the album, in particular, guest sing-ers l ike El-vis Costello, Debbie Harry from Blondie, Li l ’ Wayne, and Brendon Ur i e f r om Panic at the Disco. “What
a Catch, Donnie” which fea-tures both Costello and Urie amongst others, has bluesy undertones and a low-key vibe that really works. If you listen closely, you’ll hear remnants of the song that made Fall Out Boy famous, “Sugar We’re Go-ing Down Swinging.” Unfor-tunately, these great guest sing-ers oftentimes get drowned out and lost in the music.
“W.A.M.S” is another great song on the album. It’s clas-sic Fall Out Boy: catchy with a splash of teen angst. The end of the song features a smoky acapella rendition of the song’s chorus.
Fall Out Boy’s Folie a’ Deux won’t necessarily recruit any new fans. It has that classic Fall Out Boy sound, the lyrics are a disappointment, especially with the band’s tradition of well-written songs.
Andrew Johnson Senior Staff Writer
Do you like vampires? What about werewolves? If so, then supposedly you’re frothing at the mouth to see Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, the latest film in the franchise about a war be-tween the two mythical species. Unfortunately, you’re better off staying at home, because not only does it fail to live up to the previous installments, it’s just an awful film in general.
The f irst two Underworld films, while not fantastic, at least felt like they were trying to achieve something. Characters were multi-layered, there were various dimensions to their mo-tivations, and the mythology was more creative and richer than most fantasy films. Unfortu-nately, this prequel feels like it was made with no thought in mind except to make some more money for the studio. Forget about making a good film.
The film takes place hundreds of years before the original. Vampires and Lycans (were-wolves) are at war with each other, and the leader of the vam-pire coven, Viktor (Bill Nighy), decides to enslave the Lycans and use their unique abilities to his advantage. Unfortunately for him, his daughter Sonja (Rhona Mitra) is having an affair with Lucian (Michael Sheen), the first of a new breed of Lycan who has the ability to transform at will. One thing leads to another, and it isn’t long before Lucian is leading a Lycan uprising.
Anyone who’s seen the first movie already knows this basic origin story. Fortunately, Viktor and Lucian are the two most in-triguing characters of the entire franchise. Viktor’s arrogance and ability to manipulate oth-ers makes him a sinister villain, yet the first film also hinted at a more sympathetic side beneath the surface. Lucian also had complex motivations for his actions, driven in large part by Sonja’s ultimate fate. There’s enormous potential for a pre-quel to dissect these characters in more depth. But instead of ex-ploring these dynamics further, this latest entry disregards them entirely. Whereas the gothic tone
and black color palette perfectly complemented the moral gray-ness of the first film, this one deals in absolutes. Lucian is the archetypal hero, incapable of wrongdoing. Viktor is pure evil, with no hint of a conscience whatsoever.
To make matters worse, the writers seem to acknowledge this apparent contradiction. The film ends with the opening scene of the first film, as Kate Beckin-sale peers out over a desolate city. The last word of her voiceover – “Lies” – appears to imply that the writers were intentionally trying to distort our original perception of these characters. Unfortunately, taking complex relationships and making them simpler is the wrong way to go about making them more in-triguing.
The problem with Underworld: Rise of the Lycans is that it com-mits the cardinal sin of prequel filmmaking: Don’t just show the audience what it already knows happened. If it already knows that A leads to B, throw in ele-ments C and D. Or, just make A and B so incredibly exciting that it’s impossible to look away. Unfortunately, this film does nei-ther, and as a result feels boring and unnecessary. This marks the directorial debut of Patrick Tatopoulos, who designed the creature effects for the first two films. That in and of itself is the perfect example of how the mov-ie emphasizes effects over story, and visuals over characters. The film’s few action scenes feel so uninspired that after the cli-mactic battle at the end I thought there was an entire act of the film left to go – after all, surely this couldn’t be all there was?
Credit must be given, however, to Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy. Despite the lackluster script and bland direction, they give it their all, and come close to making it a tolerable time at the movies. Sheen in particular adds some emotional teeth to scenes that are otherwise formulaic and dull. Unfortunately, however, the actors can’t carry the entire weight of the film on their shoul-ders, and the poor quality of ev-erything else proves too much for me to recommend it.
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Innovation and creativity are two of the elements to look for when listening to a new band, and the new Colourmusic al-bum has both in spades. The ear candy that one can expect while listening to Colourmusic’s first full length album is almost over-whelming at times.
Whimsical, charming music is a guilty pleasure of mine, and f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 is as whimsical and charming as they come. Their poppy sounds and beau-tiful song-craft make listening to this album an exciting experi-ence. Conceptually, the band has tried to fashion songs that evoke feelings specific to an individual color.
On previous EPs, for instance, they have tried to evoke the color red, but this time around, orange is the focal point. This eccentric
fact wasn’t immediately obvi-ous and came from researching the album, but on subsequent listens the orange vibe in their songs does in fact seem to come through.
One could believe that picking a single color would be limiting a band’s sound, but Colourmusic is able to transcend those limi-tations and puts forth thirteen beautiful tracks that not only stand individually as extremely catchy tunes, but flow as a com-
plete and solid album. When listening to this album, you will catch yourself involuntarily singing along to the catchy songs such as “Put in a Little Gas,” and my personal favorite, “Winter Song.”
Eccentricity is their trademark, and Colourmusic has built an engaging mythology around their blend of performance art and publicity stunts. On many occasions, the band has been known to stage the death and
subsequent resuscitation of band member Nick Turner on stage.
They have also been known to hypnotize particularly appeal-ing members of the audience in failed attempts to con them into sleeping with them.
Sometimes all four band mem-bers dress alike, grow similar beards, and even date the same girl merging themselves into one stage personality, whom they call Roy G. Biv. According to Wiki-pedia, “another publicly-known interest of the band is going to local malls while on tour and pulling the old “dollar on the end of a string” trick.
Generally, one member will act as string-puller while the others crouch behind a potted tropical plant with their Fisher-Price PXL-2000 video camera, attempting to acquire footage for the video of one of their lat-est songs titled, “Don’t Hollah fo That Dollah You Di-int Get”.”
Colourmusic has put out one of the better albums released recently. The experience is defi-nitely worth a trip down to the local record store to check out this eccentric entry. Who knows, you might find your new favorite band!
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Bragging Rights basketball tournament brings out students on campus
A.G. WaltonStaff Writer
Featuring a Men’s Residence Hall division and a CoRec di-vision, students competed last weekend in the three-day Brag-ging Rights basketball tourna-ment beginning Friday evening and concluding with the finals and semifinals Sunday.
The tournament was limited to those who live in Residence Halls only, in order to encour-age participation on the part of students who live on campus. Ac-cording to Mitch Talley, program assistant for Campus Recreation and Intramural Sports, it gives students who live on campus an event to create camaraderie with other students they live with.
“We designed this to give these students something more than just a regular basketball season,” Talley said. “These students showed an interest in the tour-nament and asked us to put it on for them.”
Justin James, a sophomore in elementary education and mem-ber of the Syme Residence Hall team, said he liked that the tour-
nament was limited to those who lived in the dorms.
“All the guys on my team live on my hall, and we are all pretty tight,” James said. “We are tak-ing this pretty seriously. We lost yesterday but then we went out and starting having fun and be-ing loose. That is how we have got to play.”
Jeff Ray, a resident advisor and member of the Wood Residence Hall team, said it was a great op-portunity to be involved and do something with the guys on his hall.
“This is a good way to bring our residents out and stay involved,” Ray, a junior in civil engineering, said.
According to Talley, many of the participants will also compete in int ra mura l basketball play and have com-peted in this tournament in the past.
“A lot of the guys out here are the same ones from last year,” Talley said. “You’re not going to see any of the extraordinary teams like you would during the regular intramural season though.”
Ray considered this tourna-ment good preparation for the upcoming intramural season.
“We are actually using this same team for intramural basketball,” Ray said. “We are learning a lot about what we can and can’t do.”
James said the Bragging Rights tournament was criti-cal to his team’s chances in intramural play.
“We needed this,” James, who will be competing in CoRec and Men’s Residence
Hall intramu-ral basketball, said. “I think that playing in this tour-nament wil l get my team right.”
T he f i na l game of the Men’s tourna-ment featured the men from S y m e a n d Wood ha l l s
with Syme Hall prevailing in the end. By most accounts, the participants enjoyed the tournament and were glad to have played.
“It was a good way to spend the weekend and be with the guys on my hall,” Ray said.
DREIER CARR/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOHead Coach Sidney Lowe talks to freshman guard Julius Mays the game against Georgia Tech in the RBC Center Saturday. The Wolfpack beat the Yellow Jackets 76-71 and are now 10-5 on the season.
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night, so it’s very tough out there.”
Mays said he has grown as the season has progressed. He was admittedly ‘really nervous’ for the Wolfpack’s first exhibition game in Reynolds Coliseum, but he is now comfortable with the college game.
“You mature as you go through a season,” Mays said. “You keep learning more and more, espe-
cially when you’ve got a coaching staff that’s full of point guards.”
HOW MIAMI STACKS UP IN THE ACCCATEGORY MIAMI RANK IN ACC
Scoring Offense 75.5 ppg 6
Scoring Defense 64.6 ppg 4
Rebounding Margin +8.3m rpg 1
Steals 5.8 spg 11
Turnover Margin -0.32 tpg 8
SOURCE: ACC
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Race will be featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter
Kate ShefteSenior Staff Writer
N.C. State’s upcoming Krispy Kreme Challenge, which rose from humble be-ginnings and is rapidly be-coming one of N.C. State’s most recognizable events, has swelled in size and cover-age over the last several years.
Carrie McMillan, the pub-lic relations chair for the stu-dent-run event and a senior in history, said one of the most exciting developments thus far has been ESPN’s commit-ment to feature the event on SportsCenter.
“They’re going to be film-ing the race and doing a lot of coverage,” McMillan said. “It’s exciting for N.C. State students because they might get a picture of you shoving doughnuts into your face.”
Scott Harves, the producer from ESPN assigned to the feature, said since the Krispy Kreme Challenge is still sev-eral weeks away, the details are subject to change. However, he and his co-workers are throw-ing several ideas around.
“We are definitely kicking around a lot of thoughts, but the race will speak for itself,”
Harves said. “We could prob-ably just roll tape for an hour and come up with some pretty good stuff.”
Harves said one of ESPN’s producers in the features unit caught wind of the story through a press release sent out by Mc-Millan and her team, and since then, they have been thinking up interesting ways to cover the race.
“We’re also toying with the thought of having one of our own reporters run the race,” Harves said. He offered no hint as to who that reporter might be.
Harves said one of the afore-mentioned ‘thoughts’ included putting a camera crew on a golf cart so viewers could follow the action.
“It will probably be some sort of organized chaos out there,” Harves said. “I’ve covered one marathon before and found that it helps to be mobile when trying to shoot it all.”
Barton Strawn, a senior in architecture who serves as a co-chair for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, said the goal is to follow the progress of the more than five thousand participants expected to attend.
“They’re trying to cover all as-pects of the race and get as full of a picture as they can,” Strawn said.
ESPN’s coverage is just the lat-est development in the Krispy
Kreme Challenge’s rise into na-tional awareness. In 2007, event was No. 85 on the list of “102 More Things You Gotta Do Be-fore You Graduate,” complied by Sports Illustrated: College Edition.
“We were thinking that we should be in the top-5, but maybe after this year it will be,” Justin Carey, one of the event’s co-chairs and a senior in nuclear
engineering, said. McMillan said in addition to
ESPN, several local channels and radio stations will be on hand to witness the sugar-filled funfest.
“People are coming from out of town. This is becoming an event that people are coming to Raleigh for,” McMillan said. “It’s a huge deal for N.C. State and a huge deal for this organization.”
Though the Krispy Kreme
Challenge is unique compared to the events typically covered at the SportsCenter desk, Harves said events like this occasionally leap out at the ESPN staff.
“We like to take risks outside of the mainstream sometimes, and this would fall into that cat-egory,” Harves said.
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After growing up in a house full of women, point guard Julius Mays must now face the nation’s toughest competition nightly
Taylor AutenSports Editor
As a high school athlete and now a freshman on the men’s basketball team, Julius Mays has plenty of brothers. He has his teammates with whom he practices, travels and competes. But growing up in Marion, Ind., it was a completely different story.
Mays grew up with his five sisters and mother — no brothers, no father. Mays said his upbringing has shaped who he is today.
“Growing up with four older sisters was not bad, but I can tell you I learned a lot about women,” Mays said. “It bet-tered me. I learned how to re-spect women a lot. My mom was my mom and my dad, so I think I just learned a lot growing up in a setting of all women.”
According to Shirley Butler, Mays’ mother, she and Mays’ father were divorced before his third birthday. When he was a child, he was not interested in sports. But he grew up watch-ing his older sisters, now aged 29, 24, 23 and 21, playing bas-ketball and volleyball.
“I really wasn’t into bas-ketball when I was younger,” Mays said. “I would watch my sisters play, but it really wasn’t my favorite thing to do. I was a mama’s boy. I would rather be laying in bed or watching movies and cartoons with my mama.”
As Mays grew older, he began to follow his sisters’ examples by playing basket-ball. Shirley Butler’s brother, Jimmy, would work with him on his ball-handling skills and
take him to AAU tournaments. Mays’ sister Tanika, 21, said he seemed to thrive in a house with five females.
“I think it was hard, because all boys want a dad,” Tanika Mays, who is a forward on Toledo’s women’s basketball team, said. “But over time, it got easier be-cause he got used to having five women in the house with him.”
According to Shirley Butler, Mays did not hit a growth spurt until high school. She said he and Tanika would battle play-ing one-on-one basketball, but it was not until ninth grade when Julius could win.
“[Julius and Tanika] went round and round,” Butler said. “All my girls were tall, and Julius didn’t start growing until after
he was in high school. I would say, ‘please don’t tell me I’ve got four girls, and my son was going to be really short while my girls would be treetop high.’”
Mays enters tonight’s game against Miami averaging 4.5 points and more than 15 min-utes per game. With sophomore point guard Javi Gonzalez ham-pered by injury since the Dec. 20 matchup against Lipscomb, Mays has seen significant play-ing time and even started three games. He broke out for a career-high 13 points against Florida State Jan. 13. Mays said the op-portunity to play early was a big draw to come to State.
“Coming into it, I felt like I would play a lot,” Mays said.
“State had been lacking in
depth at the point guard position for some years now, and that’s what I was looking at. I figured I would want to go somewhere where I could play right away.”
Coach Sidney Lowe said Mays is getting the valuable experience of playing against the nation’s best point guards in the ACC.
“Julius Mays is just a solid play-er. He’s young and he’s learning,” Lowe said. “[Mays and Farnold Degand] are going against to point guards just about every
Point guard Mays is growing into his role with the Wolfpack
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CRAIG YATES/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOFreshman Julius Mays is playing more than 15 minutes per game this season. He grew up practing against his four older sisters.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOAt the sound of start, more than 3,000 people begin to race the two miles to the Krispy Kreme on Peace Street last year. This year’s race will be featured on ESPN’s SportsCenter Feb. 7.
MEN’S BBALL STANDINGS
Duke 5-0 18-1
Virginia Tech 4-1 14-5
Wake Forest 3-1 16-1
Clemson 3-2 17-2
North Carolina 3-2 17-2
Florida State 3-2 16-4
Miami 3-3 14-5
Boston College 3-3 15-6
Maryland 2-3 13-6
N.C. State 1-4 10-7
Virginia 1-4 7-9
Georgia Tech 0-6 9-10
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