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The final flight of the space shuttle program will carry experiments developed by N.C. State.

Mark HerringEditor-in-Chief

Plants are resilient, simple to maintain and can produce clean air, clean water and food for astronauts. It should be a no brainer to bring them into space and onto the International Space Station—except for that gravity problem.

Unlike other organisms, plants count on gravity for growth and respiration and researchers in plant biology at N.C. State are sending experiments with the space shuttle program’s final mission July 8 to study how micro-gravity envi-ronments influence plant growth.

Heike Sederoff, assistant professor in plant biology, has worked on cultivating plants in environments of little gravity

for the past three years and she said like humans, plants sense stimuli like drought, stress and the force of gravity.

“Plants will react to these stimuli,” Sederoff said. “They use a sugar called inositol phosphitase. It’s generated in the cell membrane, which reacts to the cells’ environment.”

IP3, which scientists prefer referring to the cellular messenger, is responsible for plants’ reaction to gravity acting on them, signaling roots to grow down, to-wards the force, and shoots and leaves to grow up. In space, with little or no gravity, plants will grow erratically, ac-cording to Sederoff.

Chris Brown, associate vice chancellor of research and development and profes-sor of plant biology, said the species of plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, will be the subject of the experiment, but previously wheat, lettuce, radishes and tomatoes have been tested to the space station.

“Growing plants in space is incred-ibly important when thinking about

supporting and sustaining life in space in the future,” Brown said. “Plants give us food, they convert carbon dioxide to oxygen and then can filter water through transpiration. To take the idea of habi-tation in space seriously, we will need plants.”

In collaboration with Sederoff, Imara Perera, research associate professor in plant biology, is in Florida to overlook the packaging of the experiments sup-plies.

According to Brown, the primary investigators chose Arabidopsis due to its simple genetic structure and ease to grow.

“You walk on it very day,” Sederoff said. “It’s a little wheat grass, that only grows a few inches.”

Arabidopsis only has five chromo-somes, making it an ideal subject for experiments, according to Sederoff. The chemical messenger IP3 is an enzyme

Area takes top spot in national ranking.

John WallStaff Writer

Forbes ranked the Raleigh-Cary metropolitan area number one in business and careers last week, reason-ing that a “strong university presence” greatly aided this growth.

Professor in agricultural and re-source economics, Mike Walden, gave

credit for the ranking to the Triangle’s education system—particularly refer-ring to higher education. High qual-ity businesses need a highly educated labor force, so they come to the Tri-angle, according to Walden.

“We have an unusual conf lu-ence here of universities and col-leges that are constantly turning out well-trained students,” Walden said. “That’s the big reason why [business-es] are here.”

According to Walden, the U.S.

economy has been drifting away from manufacturing and toward services for the past couple decades. Therefore, Walden said since businesses do not need to localize production, they can headquarter themselves at nearly any point on the globe.

“With modern technology,” Walden said, “businesses can locate any-where—certainly anywhere in the country, and virtually anywhere in the world.”

The area’s educational attainment,

or rate of the population over 25 with a bachelor’s degree or higher, was 42.2 percent, according to Forbes’ report.

Raleigh’s major industries, accord-ing to Forbes, are technology, health-care and education.

The Forbes ranking, available on their website, lists two prominent key business people: James Goodnight and John Sall. Goodnight completed three degrees in statistics from N.C. State, and Sall sits on the Board of Trustees, according to the SAS website. Sall also

earned an honorary doctorate from the University.

Goodnight owns two-thirds of SAS – the technology giant, while Sall owns the other one-third.

In another Forbes ranking, Raleigh took number one in “America’s most-wired cities,” a list of which cities are most broadband-connected. The area also placed number 10 in edu-

The Nebraska company that owns Raleigh textbook chains files for bankruptcy.

John WallStaff Writer

With hard economic times loom-ing over many businesses surround-ing campus, the parent company of multiple bookstores has declared bankruptcy to try to save its business endeavors.

Nebraska Book Company of Lin-coln, NE wholly owns Hillsborough St. Textbooks and Packbackers loca-tions on Avent Ferry Road and Hills-borough Street. According to the Ne-braska Company, the three stores will not close as a result of the bankruptcy.

The company filed June 27 under Chapter 11. According to Raleigh bankruptcy attorney William E. Brewer, companies are allowed to con-tinue to operate un-der this bankruptcy law, but “under the watchful eye” of the court system.

“A company puts their creditors on the sideline,” Brewer said. “They propose a plan to pay their creditors, not neces-sarily in full, but to pay them what the bankruptcy court considers to be a fair amount based on their assets.”

Nebraska Book Company said it

has reached an agreement to restruc-ture about $450 million in loans and bonds, according to a press release.

“Because there are many holders of our public debt, the most eff icient way to implement a full recapitalization of our company is through a proceed-ing under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code,” the release said.

Brewer said Chap-ter 11 is quite com-

mon for companies that want to re-structure, and cited examples such as General Motors and “about every airline that exists.”

The Nebraska Book Company’s press release also took time to at-tempt to prevent misunderstand-ings about its intentions.

“[This] process may make some nervous,” the release said, “[but] this recapitalization is great news for our future because it will give us the financial flexibility we need to execute our business plan.”

Although the company said no stores would close—including any of its other 287 stores located na-tionwide—Brewer mentioned the Kmart Chapter 11 case could prove otherwise.

“Kmart filed a Chapter 11 a num-ber of years ago for the purpose of

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PhoTo courTesy of hisTorical sTaTe The space shuttle program’s final flight will include experiments designed by researchers in plant biology at the University. Shuttle Atlantis will make its last mission July 8 and will mark the end of the 30-year-long era of shuttle missions to space.

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POLICe BLOTTeRJuly 18:52 a.m. | Damage to ProPerty/LarcenyFraternity Court Report of damage to excavator parked at construction site—also theft of motor fuel and two bucket attachments for

equipment.

9:47 a.m. | Hazmat IncIDentBroughton Hall Officer and FP responded to student after chemical spill. Student was transported to Student Health Center.

10:17 a.m. | SuSPIcIouS PerSonBrooks Lot Non-student was arrested for

2nd Degree Trespass. Two other non-students were trespassed for panhandling.

10:56 a.m. | aSSIStancePublic Safety Center Officers responded to student and three non-students engaged in verbal dispute.  6:25 a.m. | SuSPIcIouS PerSonHillsborough Street Report of two subjects bathing from exterior faucets. Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival. July 22:59 a.m. | traffIc StoPDan Allen Drive/Hillsborough Street Non-student was issued citation for driving while license revoked and providing false information. Subject was also arrested for drug possession. Second non-student was issued citation for allowing unlicensed person to drive and possession of open container of alcohol.  9:29 a.m. | oDor comPLaIntRiddick Hall Campus Police and Environmental Health and Safety responded to report of natural gas odor. Environmental Health and Safety determined that was no gas present and odor was caused by biological lab specimens. July 32:26 a.m. | traffIc StoPOff Campus Juvenile non-student was arrested at checkpoint for DWI and Provisional DWI. Subject was also issued citation for No Operators License and Possession of Open Container.

11:34 P.m. | aSSISt otHer agencyGorman St/Western Blvd

Student was referred for DWI and Inflict/Threat of Bodily Harm following arrest by RPD for DWI.

July 44:30 a.m. | SuSPIcIouS PerSonHillsborough Building Non-student was found sleeping on bench. Subject was intoxicated but not causing any problems and complied to leave the area.

1:27 P.m. | SuSPIcIouS PerSonLee Hall Report of subjects attempting to steal bicycles. Officers located two subjects who were trespassed from N.C. State property. Campus Police will attempt to located owners of bicycles.

July 5 6:48 a.m. | SuSPIcIouS VeHIcLeMain Campus Drive Officers located non-student asleep in vehicle. Subject complied to leave the area.

7:50 a.m. | meDIcaL aSSIStLee Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused.

4:10 a.m. | SkateboarD VIoLatIonPolk Hall Report of skateboarders in the area. Officers located two juveniles who were advised of policy and complied to leave the area.

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Todaynew StuDent orIentatIon 6Talley Student Center, 8:00 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Education and The Poole College of Management. LIfe: rePtILeS anD amPHIbIanSN.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, 10:30 a.m.From icy wastes to arid deserts, reptiles and amphibians have mastered the harshest environments on the planet. cIrque Du SoLeIL aLegrIa7:30 p.m.RBC Center, 7:30 p.m.Cirque du Soleil is an internationally acclaimed production that brings together acrobatics and special stunts in a unique circus show.

Saturdayn.c. SymPHony SummerfeSt concertKoka Booth Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m. William Henry Curry, Resident Conductor and Summerfest Artistic Director, will conduct the N.C. Symphony’s interpretation of numbers from the soundtrack of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean. Fireworks display will follow the concert.

SundayDeSIgn camP begInSCAM Raleigh, 12:00 p.m.Week-long camp introduces middle-school students to art and design at N.C. State

Mondaynew StuDent orIentatIon SeSSIon 7Talley Student Center, 8:00 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Natural Resources and The Poole College of Management.

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Tuesdaynew StuDent orIentatIon SeSSIon 8Talley Student Center, 8:00 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and The Poole College of Management.

Wednesdaynew StuDent orIentatIon SeSSIon 9Talley Student Center, 8:00 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Engineering.

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CORReCTIOns & CLaRIfICaTIOnsIn June 30’s “Student debt largest ever,” the 6th paragraph cites “students are turning to loans for school: from 13 percent of undergraduates in 2001 to more than 47 percent in 2011.” The accurate numbers are from 34 percent in 2001, increasing 13 percent, to 47 percent in 2011.

In June 30’s “Summer of wheat and the weird,” the wholesale home brewing company American Brewmaster is cited as American Brewmaster Company. This is not to be confused with a brewing company. American Brewmaster does not sell beer to consume.

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one in business and careers, Walden said continued invest-ment in universities is key.

“We need to continue to forge relationships between univer-sities and the private sector,” Walden said.

Forbes noted the cost of living

in the area is 4.4 percent above the national average. Walden mentioned another key to sus-tained success is keeping an eye on this cost.

“We need to continue to keep quality of life in mind,” Walden said. “Evidence suggests that another factor that is particu-larly attractive to high-end businesspeople is the quality of life environment: cultural aspects; and cost of living in the area.”

closing down and getting out of their unprofitable stores,” Brewer said, “and keeping their good stores where they were making money.”

Brewer, who is also president of the National Association of Bankruptcy Attorneys, said given the outcomes of similar bankruptcy cases, it would not be surprising for the Nebraska Book Company to selectively close some of its stores.

The textbook industry is changing fast, with rental ser-vices becoming more popu-lar among students and pro-fessors. Once restructured,

Nebraska Book Company said it intends to follow market trends.

“We have launched a new business strategy—rent-every-book. Rental is taking the in-dustry by storm and we are al-ready seeing great results from our stores,” the press release said. “This is the most strategic move our company has made in many years.”

Note: All three bookstores—Hillsborough St. Textbooks and both Packbackers locations—re-fused to comment on this infor-mation, and referred the Tech-nicianto the parent company’s marketing center in Nebraska. All calls to the marketing center went unanswered.

Newly announced Chief of Police speaks highly of campus community.

Brooke WalligNews Editor

Given the recent announcement of his promotion to Chief of Police, Technician spoke with Chief Jack Moorman about both the history and future of campus safety.

Moorman has been with Campus Police since 2006, according to the Campus Police website, but has also worked for years with the Raleigh Po-lice Department.

Technician : Why did you decide to take on the role of N.C. State Police Chief?

Moorman: When Chief Younce re-tired—and I think he did an excellent job with the police department here—I was in a position where I thought I had the qualifica-tions and experienc-es to be able to step in and fill that role, and to continue a lot of the initiatives he [Younce] started, and to lead the department in the direction he intended.

Technician: How big of a shift is this for you given your prior experience? Is there anything you are apprehensive of or are excited about undertaking?

Moorman: I wouldn’t use the word apprehensive. It’s certainly it’s a huge responsibility, and its always a big

challenge, but it’s one I certainly look forward to and welcome.

Technician: What experiences have you had that you think will benefit you the most as Police Chief?

Moorman: I think really my connec-tion to the University and really un-derstanding the university culture—from having been here as a graduate student, from having worked this area with the Raleigh Police Department and from my four years I’ve had in my previous position—have all re-ally enabled me to have a greater ap-preciation and understanding of the University. And it’s a really great work

environment as well.

Technician: How so?

Moorman: What I love about it is that even though we’re the Police Depart-ment, we’re still able to play a vital role in the University’s educat ional pro-cess. There are great collaborations here and partnerships—where we come to-gether with Greek

life, University Housing, the Women’s Center, the GLBT center, student con-duct—where come together with our different partners here at the campus and are really able to work collab-oratively on not just safety or crime issues, but also really have a role in issues affecting safety and lives of stu-dents here. I really feel like it’s a great opportunity to be involved. I really enjoy being able to work with other departments and have an appreciation

for their perspectives.

Technician: Will there be any sig-nificant changes to Campus Police?

Moorman: Well, Chief Younce did a great job of having our officers and our whole department involved in campus life, and had us involved in many of the partnerships I men-tioned. I’m really looking to continue the great job that he has done and to build on those relationships, and I’d like for us to continue to get more in-volved in the workings of the campus.

Technician: How is Campus Police handling the recent budget cuts?

Moorman: We certainly have been affected. We try to do as much consol-idation and to be as efficient as we can, and in fact our efforts have been in

streamlining mid level management positions. We’ve cut some supervisory positions because we want to protect delivery of service to students. We don’t want to compromise the service we provide to the campus community.

Technician: What do you feel is the biggest issue the University is facing concerning campus safety?

Moorman: I don’t know if I neces-sary think it’s the biggest issue, but one thing we always have to be careful about is because we have a relatively safe campus, we must constantly be aware of personal safety procedures. Each student needs to be aware that although we have a relatively safe cam-pus, they need to be aware of their sur-roundings and try to avoid situations or circumstances that could jeopar-

dize their safety. It’s almost like being the victim of your own success. Some-times in a safer environment, students feel they can let their guard down, but we always need to be vigilant.

Technician: Is there anything else you’d like to say to the campus com-munity?

Moorman: For me it’s an honor and privilege to be selected for this position. Again, it is a huge responsi-bility and I’m excited about it. I’m re-ally looking forward to it. Having been a student here—and currently being a student here—it’s a great university, with great students, faculty and staff. I feel very honored to be able to be a part of it.

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N.C. State faculty member and alum race to raise money for military families.

Anja DavisStaff Writer

Two members of N.C. State’s family competed just a few days prior to the nation’s 235th birthday in a race aiding the-families of soldiers who died protecting it.

Chris Holmberg, plant pa-thology research technician, won the Special Operations Adventure Race in Highlands, NC in June for the second time in a row alongside his long-time friend and N.C. State alum, Stuart Williams.

“I was searching for a multi-sport event that would be dif-ferent than just triathlons,” Holmberg said. “I had been racing various [triathlons] for several years but it was getting boring.”

Holmberg said what makes SOAR special is its mission to help raise money for the Special Operations Warrior Founda-tion, an organization that helps families of fallen members of Special Forces.

“It helps put their children

through college and helps to transition the families from the military life back into the civilian world,” Holmberg said. “Military life is hard on the families, especially for the special ops communities.”

Holmberg—a veteran him-self—said participating in events, like the race, benefiting this cause is especially impor-tant for him.

“It i s a n expensive race to join but knowing that around 95 percent of a l l t he money raised go e s r ig ht to the fami-l ie s ma kes everything worthwhile for me. It is an amazing foundation with a lot of wonderful volunteers,” Holmberg said.

Holmberg said he has com-pleted the race four times, once with a partner who was un-able to finish, once solo where he placed second in the sprint division, and twice with Wil-liams.

“I recruited my friend Stu-

art, who is an avid runner and I knew to be in great shape,” Holmberg said. “And he likes to push himself in these kind of events.”

In 2010, the duo won the 50-mile race in eight hours and two minutes. Then in 2011 the pair returned, beating their record and winning in seven hours and 45 minutes.

T he rac e itself consists of mountain biking, trail running, canoeing, repelling, orienteer-ing and go-ing through checkpoints wh i le c a r-rying all the gear and food necessary for

completion on the race, mi-nus the canoe. According to SOAR’s website, all competi-tors are responsible for bring-ing their own required gear and supplies, as it is an ‘unsupport-ed’ race.

“The coordinates for the check points are given to us the night before the race and you have to plot the route

to them. There isn’t a set route, just get from check point to check point,” said Holmberg.

While competitors are, for the most part, allowed to choose their own course, the SOAR website prohib-its racers from straying into private or prohibited prop-erty, roads or trails.

According to Holmberg, he and his colleague trained for the race by cycling and running for the majority of the time.

“We usually get serious about the training come late winter or so. We go out for 20 to 30 mile mountain bike rides or runs that last a couple of hours,” Holm-berg said. “We do this while wearing a backpack with a hydration bladder as well as other gear for weight.”

Holmberg said for him, the hardest part of the race was the eight mile run that takes them to the top of a mountain.

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Q&a withJack Moorman

N.C. State students can choose to do a vari-ety of things with

their summer. For some, the break opens up enough free time for much desired vacation time or lounging around by

the poolside. For others, the summer holds the opportuni-ty to earn some extra cash to pay off debts to benefactors. However, to few, the stress and strain of working to-wards a degree

rages on with summer classes.Many students find their de-

gree programs require heavier course loads than previously anticipated, and begin to look for ways to lighten their course loads for the school year. The ideal solution, whether one is at home or in Raleigh, seems to be summer school; however, depending on an individual’s experience, school over the summer can either make or break State students.

Currently I am home for the summer t a k i ng my second level of Physics at North Caro-l i n a A g r i-cultural and Technical State University, and while we are only a week into the actual course, the obstacles and challenges continue to ap-pear.

This venture began, like most collegiate ones do, with an ap-plication process. The key to succeeding in the tedious and confusing process is to first determine the correct course transfer credit and if your sum-mer school of choice offers it.

This proved to be very dif-ficult in my experience, due to the lack of ease on the N.C. A&T website, along with the lack of clarity on N.C. State’s site for course equivalency. The final say in the matter did not come from the resources provided by N.C. State and A&T, but from a personal e-mail to an advisor knowledge-able about the correct transfer credit.

At the two of the most dis-tinguished engineering schools in North Carolina, one would

think the summer session and transfer credit sites would be easier to navigate. The depart-ment responsible for the trans-fer credits from other institu-tions should make a clear cut distinction between what is accepted and not accepted for one’s particular degree option.

This could even be added as a choice on the degree planner in MyPack Portal.

The UNC-System is meant to unite these various schools together, and not merely by their individual and collective budgets. The system should take into consideration the im-portance for a unified course equivalency, especially at simi-lar Universities, like N.C. State and A&T.

This would allow student that are seeking courses to transfer over to their home school, or even future school, to pay for the accurate course needed for a particular degree.

Not only could this make life easier on the students, but this could also improve the repu-tation of individual schools,

a long w it h t he e nt i re UNC-System itself. Having the same, or merely equiv-alent, courses o f f e re d a t two Univer-sities has the potential to be seen as an overall gen-

eral rigorous course of study, which only increase the mar-ketability of graduates from the system in the national and global market.

My initial experience with summer school process has already given me the insight to promote a few improvements to the system to make it easier on students merely looking to stay ahead or afloat.

My adventure as a wolf in Aggie’s clothes will continue to be halted by some obstacle or challenge that, like so many in summer sessions, I too will have to defeat, but the admin-istration should ease some of students’ troubles by mak-ing the process for a trans-fer student more facilitative.

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July 8th will mark the final note in NASA space shut-tle history. Half a century

ago, our space endeavor stood as a symbol of national pride and inspiration. Now space missions have become routine and NASA has failed to pro-vide new milestones to spark the old nationalistic sentiment.

Although NASA may not have found alien life on Mars or a sustainable galactic planet, there is still a promising future for the space program. Ending this U.S. space shuttle series will only yield a backward step for America in global competi-tion and thus, it is in the best interests of the nation to con-tinue the space program.

President Barack Obama an-nounced an initiative to train an additional 10,000 engineers

during a speech on Monday, June 13. He also voiced that the STEM – science, technology, engineering, and math – sub-jects should be emphasized in education because this are the jobs of the future, and these are the jobs that are in jeopardy due to foreign competitors.

Astronauts and aircraft de-signers were once the heroes of future students. Young chil-dren aspired to be astronauts and it was space that fascinated the minds of the youth. Space held prospects of discovery and innovation that surpassed Earth’s bounds.

If the president truly desires more children to pursue the

STEM subjects and compete with China, India and other competitors for jobs, he should take a moment to realize that the future engineers of Amer-ica need a point of inspiration. NASA and the space shuttle program provided this in the past and will again, if given an-other chance.

One of the main reasons for Obama’s 10,000 engineers speech was because of the growing concern of jobs go-ing to other countries. With the end of the space shuttle program, American astronauts will have no other option but to tag along on Russian space shuttles.

Some supporters of the mo-tion say that NASA may now have the money for more uni-versity grants for aeronautic research. However, new gradu-ates in the aerospace field will not be able to experiment in space without special permis-sion from the Russians. Stu-dents will be unlikely to re-search innovations that may never make it past the hypo-thetical which is detrimental to our nation.

The decision to end NASA’s space program goes against the president’s words and the na-tional interest. If the American government wishes to gain a competitive edge in the global job market and enhance scien-tific education, the end of the space shuttle is disappointing and hypocritical.

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responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

Ending space program hinders STEM educationThe FacTs:NASA space shuttle Atlantis will leave Earth July 8th, marking the program’s final flight. The future of the program is currently unclear.

Our OpiniOn:If the nation wishes to gain an edge on foreign competition in the sciences, the cut of the space shuttle program is a hypocritical backward step that goes against the national interest.

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“It doesn’t seem like a very smart idea to me. Other countries might disocver something that we will miss out on.”

Jennifer Priessenior, horticulture

“I don’t think it is a bad thing since we have enough to worry about down here on Earth anyways.”

David Delgado Jr.junior in science education

Guess russia won the space race after all.

Anokhi Shah, junior in psychology

Raising taxes on rich will not help economy

American people pay no federal income taxes whatsoever

according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priori-ties. This means that when

workers examine their pay stubs at the end of their

pay period, those who find money withheld for federal income taxes are in the mi-nority by definition.

The president and his fellow Democrats in Con-gress and the media state that their goal is to only raise taxes on millionaires and billionaires. They fail to mention that their plans would affect anyone making over 250,000 dollars a year.

Someone making 250,000 dollars per annum is far from a millionaire or bil-lionaire. Most of these people are small business owners who report their business revenue on their personal taxes.

The small business own-er is the backbone of our economy. These are your small “mom and pop” shops with less than nine employ-ees that keep the American way of life going. Raising taxes on these individuals will do nothing but further slow our declining economy and lead to even greater un-employment.

Additionally, the debate on raising the debt ceiling

has been made far too politi-cal by the president. Failing to raise the debt ceiling will not lead to immediate default by the federal government pro-vided that the Treasury directs revenues to paying debt service.

With the federal government currently borrowing 43 cents of every dollar it spends, the de-bate should be about reducing spending and cutting govern-ment programs, not increas-ing spending. The U.S. House of Representatives should take the opportunity during this debate to get real, substantial cuts to our government and the various entitlement programs in place today.

It is important to note that the Democrats do not share responsibility for this almost unimaginable amount of debt. A Republican president and a Republican Congress spent billions on new spending and entitlement programs such as Medicare part D during the previous administration.

Despite the mistakes of the previous administration, the current president fails to grasp the basic tenets of eco-nomic theories that have lead our nation to be the greatest of all. His vision of a socialist, European-style economy will do nothing but cause further economic decline, poverty, and unemployment.

The fastest way to turn this anemic economic situation we find ourselves in is to cut the top marginal tax rate, reduce capital gains taxes -- possibly

taking them down to zero -- and to cut the tax rates on repatriated profits.

A further step that would lead to significant economic growth is the repeal of the 16th Amendment to the Constitution allowing for the collection of taxes on personal income and re-place it with House Bill 25, the Fair Tax. This would eliminate the entire current tax code and replace it with a consumption-based tax.

By doing this, investors will once again invest their money into various proj-ects, and the wheels that drive our economy will start to turn again. People will once again have jobs and revenue will pour into the Treasury.

This policy is proven to work, for Kennedy did it in the 60s, Regan in the 80s and Bush succeeded in the early part of our current decade.

With over 14 million unemployed people in the United States right now, it is critical to implement poli-cies promoting economic growth and prosperity. President Regan said it best when he said, “A rising tide lifts all boats.” This is what our country desperately needs, and it needs it now.

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“It removes the belief that space is the final frontier. It is almost like we are losing belief in a dream that there is something out there.”

Stephen Killiansophomore in architecture

“I think it is pretty interesting because it costs a lot of money and plus we have bigger problems other than space exploration.”

Jeff Gallaghersophomore in psychology

Featureslinked to a gene. Scien-

tists have already decoded the short genome of Ara-bidopsis, making it easy to isolate the IP3 gene.

Sederoff and Brown said the crew of Atlan-tis would transport the experiment to the In-ternational Space Sta-tion for station-resident astronauts to conduct.

“We are hoping the next flight of Russians bring the experiment back to Earth,” Seder-off said.

The retirement of the shuttle program will close a 30-year era of space exploration,

including scientific milestones like the first satel-lite rescue, the deployment of

the Hubble telescope and con-struction of the space station,

totaling 135 missions.N.C. State has been in-

volved with NASA and the shutt le program before Columbia’s f irst launch in 1981, according to Fred DeJarnette, campus direc-tor of North Carolina Space Grant.

“The University first got involved with development for the shuttle program in 1970, when I just arrived to the State,” DeJarnette, pro-fessor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, said. “Though the program is ending, we still continue to develop and expand our research to apply it to other vehicles that NASA is con-sidering, following the shuttle program.”

DeJarnette started his work developing a sys-

tem to protect the shuttle upon reentry to the atmosphere. The friction of reen-try is so tremendous it destroyed the mal-functioned Columbia

and killed its crew of seven. DeJarnette was involved in designing a ther-mal protect ion system including heat resistant ce-ramic plates and a computer system

that protect the interior of the shutt le f rom the hot exte-

rior.In light of the termination of the

shuttle program, DeJarnette said the project was a success.

“The shuttle program allowed us to ferry humans and equipment between earth and the space sta-tion and their research will have an important role in our scientific advancements and further explo-ration of space,” DeJarnette said. “The program did not live up to its predictions or expectations, but it was the best we could do.”

The end of the shuttle program won’t limit NASA, or the plant biology research team, in future missions to space. According to Sederoff, NASA will start to send American astronauts and equip-ment to space via Russian missions or f lights on private spacecraft, like the Space Exploration Tech-nologies Corporation soon-to-come rocket, the Dragon.

The contro-versy of the ter-mination of the shuttle program has erupted into debate after the Obama admin-istration asked Congress to scale back affairs at NASA in 2010.

Sederoff said the U.S. should work to collabo-rate with the international com-munity to develop an international shuttle system, basing off the In-ternational Space Station.

“We should look at science with a long term approach, not a 4-year election-cycle timeframe,” Sederoff. “We have come so far in space exploration and advanc-ing research beyond the frontiers of Earth and we need to keep on focusing.”

DeJarnette said NASA is working for a replacement for the shuttle, but he said the future craft will

need to operate same way the shuttle program did in effectively transporting crew and equipment.

N.C. State experiments won’t be the only local good Atlantis will carry to the space station.

Ted Bateman, associate profes-sor in the UNC/NCSU Biomedical Engineering department, will send his experiment studying bone loss

in mice on the Atlantis flight.

Similar to the confused growth of plants in zero gravity, animals experience bone density loss and muscle loss due to the lack of grav it y. Bate-man’s research will focus on sin-gling out the pro-tein, sclerostin, which controls

bone formation, to see if the mice have reduced levels of this bone precursor, according to a report by UNC Health Care.

However, according to Brown, the research is bigger than weeds and mice.

“It is important we develop this research so we can employ it for future missions to space,” Brown said.

Known for their heavy and gloomy tones, Bon Iver’s self-titled album brings hope to its usual sound.

Mike JonesWKNC DJ

Coming off of the success of his self-released debut album, For Emma, Forever Ago, Justin Vernon, lead singer of Bon Iver, had a lot to live up to. Where he could have relied solely on the success of his debut, Ver-non decided to evolve out of the cold, isolated feelings of the debut, and move into a world of sound that is optimistic yet grounded in reality, and color-ful in its production.

The execution of tracks is quintessential ly dif ferent. While in For Emma, Forever Ago the instrumentals were consistent and to the point, Bon Iver have produced a sound that is complex and var-ies multiple times within any given track.

“Perth,” the opener, starts with drums that drive the song forward. Then come along Vernon’s vocals that push the forward. Then both come to-gether for what is an extremely

powerful moment within the opening track.

Bon Iver’s self-titled album is muddled in its beautiful and tragic compositions—the mixture of sounds and paces transforms what could have come off as another tragic al-bum into something that has hints of hope.

Although grounded in real-ity, the guitars are precise and add a level that compliments the lyrics in ways that intro-duce overall depth of the re-cord overall. They are precise and the intensity of the guitars alongside the vocals helps dic-tate the overall feeling of the album.

It is the range within the vo-cals that also s ta nds out within this work.

I n s ong s l i k e M i n -nesota, WI, Vernon’s abil-ity to go from a somewhat unexpected low sound to the normal higher pitch makes a stunning difference in the delivery, and his abil-ity to transition between the two sounds works seamlessly within the emotion Bon Iver projects.

While the deeper vocals ac-

centuate this very blunt mean-ing, the higher vocals empha-size the vulnerability of the subjects in the tracks.

Timing and precision are some of this album’s greatest qualities. While in moments that feel similar to the dark and cold Bon Iver of before, Vernon and company construct these little moments that capture ev-erything the listener needs to understand about the emotions that are being expressed, with-out weighing the listener down.

The perfect example of this comes in “Wash.” As the track begins with a very simple piano intro followed by Vernon’s vo-cals, it then picks up additional orchestral elements that fade

in and out in a flash.

Yet, as they seem to lin-ger i n t he background, they provide for one of the most pierc-ing moments in the album. The v iolins p r o v i d e a brief, striking

whirlwind that emotes all of the anxiety that builds up until Vernon sings with appropriate punctuation, “We finally cry.”

Even in moments that seem completely unexpected, Bon Iver is able to tap into the

dreary themes that won over so many earlier. In the final track “Beth/Rest,” all the emotional sadness and intensity of any Bon Iver track are dominated by this 80s sound filled with vo-cal correction, saxophone and funky synth. However, they are all twisted brilliantly to work well within the arsenal of Bon Iver’s catalogue.

If there was one thing that could have potentially got in the way of Vernon and com-pany with their sophomore release, it would have to be the

immense hype and antici-pation following the criti-cally acclaimed debut.

In using the tragic tones of previous works and in ex-panding the musical arsenal of Bon Iver, Vernon has not only met the benchmark set by his first, but also raised it to a whole new level.

Bon Iver will come to Ra-leigh July 29 to tour with lo-cal band The Rosebuds, at the Raleigh Amphitheater.

Computer giant Lenovo and DoSomething.org organize scavenger hunt for good cause.

Ken ChengStaff Writer

Those who have ever par-ticipated in a scavenger hunt as a child will remember the excitement of searching fran-tically for the needed items and the thrill of rewards that come from a well-earned vic-tory. Being in college does not exclude one from the excite-ment, either.

Computer company Lenovo and humanitarian organiza-tion DoSomething.org are joining N.C. State to create a scavenger hunt to benefit vari-ous community service proj-ects.

The two companies have worked together to organize an 11-day scavenger hunt starting July 11, in which students will be able to perform charitable

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Courtesy of historiCal stateFred DeJarnette, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, meets with Chancellor John Caldwell in 1970 to discuss research N.C. State conducted on behalf of a NASA grant. Since 1970, NASA partnered with the University to develop hardware and experiments for the shuttle program.

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1970Nasa provides grant to N.C. state to commence research to help develop space shuttle

1981space shuttle Columbia makes the first shuttle mission, carrying hard-ware developed at N.C. state.

1986shuttle Challenger explodes, killing crew and Christina Mcauliffe, elemen-tary science teacher.

1990Nasa deploys hubble telescope.

1998john glenn returns to space in shuttle discovery

1998shuttle endeavour works on the pri-mary construction of the International space station

2003loss of shuttle Columbia during reetry.

2011shuttle atlantis wraps up the 30 years of missions carried out by the shuttle program, transporting N.C. state ex-periments to the International space station.

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and service deeds while at the same time working towards winning prizes such as laptops and other Lenovo products. According to event guidelines, new challenges will be texted to each team every day.

“We believe very strongly in the power of individual doers and their ability to make a dif-ference,” David Roman, chief marketing officer at Lenovo, said. “We’re thrilled to enable the next generation of doers to take social action and im-prove life in their local com-munities.”

Lenovo will donate comput-ers and funds for scholarships to the winners of the competi-tion.

Melanie Stevenson, DoSo-mething.org business devel-opment director, said the event entails students going out into their surroundings and doing community service projects of

their choosing to advance in the competition.

“The goal will be for each team to do as much good as they can,” Stevenson said. “There will be a volunteering task to do each day, and each task is worth points. Whoever gets the most points wins t h e g r a nd prize.”

According to Stevenson, t h e g r a nd prize will be a trip to Los A ngeles to attend the Do Something Awards, the only national awards ceremony for social action.

“Anyone can sign up and get up to 11 of their friends to join in,” Stevenson said.

With 12,000 teams around the U.S. already signed up to

participate and no cap on how many people can join in, DoSo-mething.org said they welcome anyone wanting to volunteer and compete.

DoSomething.org is one of t he la rgest organiza-tions in the U.S. that or-ganizes youth activ ism in an effort to promote vol-unteerism, according to Stevenson. In a nat iona l survey it was revealed that while 85 per-cent of teens in the U.S. have claimed

to want to volunteer, only 35 percent have actually done so.

“We are trying to encourage young people to take action for something they believe in.” Ste-venson said.

Rakan and Omnia met through one of Omnia’s best friends. The friend introduced them after meeting Rakan at the freshman social at the Mus-lim Student Association.

Eric and Ashley met in Eng-lish 101. They were partnered together on the final paper and became friends.

All three of these N.C. State couples have since made the choice get married, a choice in-creasingly uncommon among college students. According to the U.S. Census, the me-dian age of a first marriage in 2010 was 28 for men and 26 for women. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, less than 15 percent of female undergrads under 25 years old were married in 2004.

A rise in marrying age has to do in part with economic fac-tors, according to the Journal of Comparative Family Stud-ies. But family culture is also changing, with married cou-ples reaching an all-time low of 48 percent of households, according to the 2010 Census.

Rakan DiarBakerli and Om-nia Radwan, married in 2010 and recently graduated with degrees in zoology and psy-chology respectively, said they did not expect to be thinking of marriage when they first came to school.

“I absolutely had no intention of getting married so young,” DiarBakerli said. “I didn’t even really think about it. My mind was still young, and I didn’t have a real long-term plan for my future in life.”

Meeting his wife, he said, helped his ongoing attempt to refocus his life onto becoming a more committed Muslim and opened his mind to new pos-sibilities.

Nathan and Brittany Hamp-ton, seniors in environmental engineering and women’s and gender studies, had similar ex-pectations when they came to school, before they were mar-ried last spring.

“I was completely open to the idea [of marriage], but it’s always shocking and exciting when it actually starts to un-fold,” Brittany said.

“It sounds cheesy, but she was the one,” Nathan said.

Eric Rountree, senior in chemistry, and his f iancée Ashley Jones, 2010 communi-cations alumna, had their own career plans already set before they met, and only after they converted to Christianity did they begin to consider mar-riage—their big day soon to come July 23.

“That is when we started thinking about marriage, when our perspectives changed from what we wanted for ourselves,” Jones said.

Getting married while in school does not come without challenges. Rountree said fi-nances were the main reason that once kept him and Jones from getting married. As they further developed their devout Christian faith, they decid-ed money wasn’t their primary con-cern, according to Jones.

“We just kind of had to take a leap of faith that it would be

OK,” she said. “I realized that money and material things didn’t matter. What really mat-ters is learning to love some-one.”

Rountree works two jobs now, one in a campus chemis-try lab and the other tutoring students, and plans to continue in the fall.

“We are not going to be liv-i ng a fa nc y l ife by any means,” Roun-tree said, “but we will have enough

money to get by.”Giving attention to finances

and schoolwork, however, takes time away from cultivating a new and growing marriage.

DiarBakerli and Radwan said they both have made mis-takes in neglecting one another needed attention.

“Something that has helped a lot is to set aside uninter-

rupted time f o r o n e another, even i f this just means half an hour to-gether

grabbing a meal,” Radwan said.The Hamptons’ time is also

tight as they are expecting their first child, and Brittany is on the Wolfpack track team. Both use online classes, and Nathan said he has to slow his academic pace.

“I feel like being mar-r i e d h a s helped me s te p bac k a n d h a v e a m o r e long ter m perspec-tive on my educational and career goa l s ,” he said.

According to his wife

Brittany, a student marriage requires a l lot t ing t ime away from stud-ies and sports to maintain the re-lationship.

“We both had to learn our limits and make time for each other every

day,” Brittany said. “It’s hard

…but we see how those sac-

rifices

have brought us close together. If [your] relationship is rocky then everything else will be too. When you have a positive support system everything else just seems to fall into place.”

Though Jones is graduated, Rountree still has 22 credit

h o u r s t o complete during his f i n a l t wo semes-ters. Roun-tree plans to treat school as a job, ar-r i v i n g a t school early and leaving by 5 w ith homework finished.

“W hen I do leave I can just go home, enjoy t i me w it h

my wife and work on cultivat-ing that relationship,” he said.

While many students put off marriage because of these chal-lenges, Radwan said if you are up for the responsibility, mar-riage can actually help deal with stress.

“Marriage can really be a sort of catalyst for personal growth,” she said. “I think it helps one mature in ways they may not otherwise experience. And marriage allows you to have a safe person, always.”

Brittany Hampton said she experiences a similar feeling.

“I am signif icantly less stressed about pretty much ev-erything now that I am married and our grades or ability to do well in school haven’t suffered,” Hampton said.

Before marriage, however, according to Jones, it’s im-portant to spend time dealing with yourself. Students need to know what they are looking for, and it needs to be on a deeper level than interests alone.

“You need to figure out what you really believe,” Jones said. “You need to seek that out and figure out what is truth, what is right, what is wrong.”

Rountree said he agreed.“If you don’t, your world

views are going to conflict with each other and cause a lot of problems.”

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Sports“I talked with Tyler Harris recently about his account on Twitter as soon as I found out he committed. I assume that responsibility as a leader on this team.”

While he does not consid-er himself a Twitter or Face-book expert, Graham said he feels that players need to be well aware of what they post because it runs the risk of tearing down an entire program.

“A lot of players try to cut corners when it comes to social media,” Graham said. “But you’ve got to obey the rules or you run the risk of getting caught. All it takes is getting caught once, and they’ll backtrack you for the last few years and reveal ev-erything.”

In the words of Stefani Joanne Angelina Ger-manotta, more common-

ly known by her stage name, “Lady Gaga,” the Wolfpack football team was “on the edge

of glory” dur-ing the 2010 sea son but fell just short of competing for an ACC Champion-ship.

While coach Tom

O’Brien was able to salvage a bowl win over West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl, 23-7, many changes that took place during the offseason have fans wondering if the 2011 season can live up to the hype built up by the previous year.

Both offensive and defensive leaders, Russell Wilson and Nate Irving, will be gone this season, with Wilson enrolling at Wisconsin and Irving going in the third round of the NFL Draft to the Denver Broncos. Speaking of offense, the top two leading receivers from last year, Owen Spencer and Jarvis Williams, have graduated.

To make matters worse, the leading rusher last season, sophomore tailback Mustafa Greene, was sidelined with a foot injury. While O’Brien said the Irmo, S.C., native will re-turn in the fall, the injury will still hold him out of any offsea-son conditioning leg workouts and cuts that led him to the en-dzone in the first four straight collegiate games of his career.

With all of these factors stacked against O’Brien and co., the odds of competing for a spot in the ACC Championship game do not look very good.

So why do I still believe this is the year that the Pack will have its first 10-win season since Philip Rivers’ junior season in 2002? The answer is quite simple, actually — O’Brien, his defense and the schedule.

Fol low ing last season, O’Brien had a choice: deal with the offseason Brett Favre-like wavering that comes along with Wilson at quarterback, or go with redshirt junior Mike Glennon. O’Brien chose to go with Glennon and granted Wil-son his release to play football with another school in 2011, and we already know where he

ended up.But since Glennon started

his new job, O’Brien said the redshirt junior is “as talented as any quarterback I’ve had.”

And the bar is set high for Glennon, too. O’Brien’s past quarterbacks list include Tim Hasselbeck, a former NFL quarterback, a n d M a t t Hasselbeck a n d M a t t Ryan, starters for the Seattle Seahawks and Atlanta Fal-cons, respec-tively.

Though Glennon’s performance on the f ield may still be unknown, one of the team’s strengths from last season will remain intact: the defense.

While much has been said about State’s inexperienced offense, eight starters – led by redshirt senior linebacker Aud-ie Cole, who is moving to the middle linebacker position for the first time in his four-year

tenure – will return from last season.

The defense that held the Mountaineers to only seven points in the final game of the season will remain together as two linemen, two linebackers and all four players in the back-

field.Though the

defense will be a crucial component for the Pack, the biggest potential factor for an ACC Cham-pionship b er t h t h i s season wi l l be the way the schedule works out.

The first three games of the season are against Liberty and South Alabama at home and Wake Forest in Winston-Salem. Each of these games fall under the category of “cupcake” games, leading to a Thursday night contest with a Cincinnati team still recover-ing from losing Brian Kelly two years ago.

If the Pack can survive a home game against Georgia Tech and down Central Michi-gan and Virginia, the team will travel down to Tallahassee with a 7-0 record to start the season.

The meat of the schedule begins with the game against Florida State, but three of the last four games are at home against UNC-Chapel Hill, Clemson and Maryland, which are all winnable games.

While the Pack has not beat-en Clemson in seven straight contests, it lost by only a single point last year, and the game should be tight defensively with State having the upper hand at home.

Overall, my prediction for the season is a 9-3 record, though 10-2 is not out of the realm of possibility, and a tight race against Florida State for a spot in the ACC Championship game.

State has not won the ACC title since 1979, but with the players that O’Brien will be putting on the field in the 2011, the Pack has a shot at wearing a ring next year.

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ACC Title: thirty-two years in the makingCommentary

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COUNTDOWN• 58 days until the football team’s season opener

against Liberty.

INSIDE• Page 7: A commentary piece about

expectations for the upcoming football season. Sports

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After an investigation at UNC stemming from social media, programs crack down hard at N.C. State.

Cory SmithSports Editor

A storm started brewing in the tri-angle last fall when several players at UNC-Chapel Hill were investigated for earning illegal benefits by NCAA standards. All of this stemmed from Marvin Austin’s tweets about his shopping sprees and VIP treatment at clubs.

Meanwhile, N.C. State’s compli-ance department has been watching and changing the face of the Wolfpack athletic programs to make sure noth-ing like this happens at the University.

Senior wide receiver T.J. Graham said since the investigation began in Chapel Hill, the compliance depart-ment has changed the way they treat social media for the players.

“Compliance has certainly gotten a lot tougher on social media since what happened last fall,” Graham said. “Obviously, if we did anything here the NCAA is still investigating right in our backyard in Chapel Hill. It’s made a lot of guys more cautious

about what they do and say on Twitter and Facebook.”

The main problem with student-athletes and social media outlets is a lack of forethought when posting to the sites. While some of Austin’s tweets may have been funny to his friends or himself, NCAA investigators weren’t laughing.

Graham said the compliance depart-ment has a big hand in the way players’ social media is con-trolled at State, but in the end it’s the play-ers who decide what to post.

“Our support staff at compliance watch-es over what we do,” Graham said. “They want to make sure we don’t do any-thing to put the school or our program in danger like some people down the road might have done.

“Selfish acts like the ones that hap-pened at UNC don’t happen here be-cause we are a team, and we know that one person can take down a program.”

Graham shied away from having a Twitter account throughout most of his tenure at State, but he has had

a Facebook account for the past few years. During a class on social media, Graham said he was required to have a Twitter account, but he did not post a lot of personal thoughts to the site.

“I have a Twitter account because I had to create one in class,” Graham

said. “But I only post things like articles that may have been written on me and look at what other people say on Twit-ter.

“You can control what you do on Twitter; you just can’t let your emo-tions get the best of you.”

C.J. Williams, a senior guard, has also recently start-

ing tweeting and said he is well aware of the implications that social media can have when used improperly.

“They tell us honestly to be careful what we say,” Williams said. “Regard-less of whether you delete something after you say it, it’s still out there and people can still see it. So they tell us to watch what we say and to understand that

people are

always reading and watching.”While he does not talk to a lot his

friends online, Graham said he knows people are watching him when he posts things to social media sites.

“When [ESPN ACC reporter] Heather Dinich came in to see me, she wanted to know where she could follow on me Twitter,” Graham said. “They just want to follow you and try to get news that way in some cases. She could watch and see if I tweet something about my leg being hurt or see a picture where I’ve got a cup in my hand. It could be Kool-aid in that cup, but it would be t w i s ted however they want it to

look.”Many new players coming to State,

such as transfer point guard Alex Johnson or incoming freshman for-ward Tyler Harris, already have Twit-ter accounts.

Williams said he feels responsible for helping the new players learn

how to use social media properly.

“I have a Face-book and a Twit-ter, so I try to talk with some of t he newer

players about how to be responsible on

both,” Williams said.

Marchand competing in U.S. Women’s OpenBrittany Marchand, a rising sophomore golfer, will be competing in the 2011 U.S. Women’s Open from July 7-10 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Marchand tied for first in her second collegiate tournament at the UNC-G Starmount Classic from Sept. 12-14. Marchand will tee off at 7 a.m. today with Anna Grzebien and Ashley Prange.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Bryan on Mackey Watch List againWolfpack tight end George Bryan was named to the 2011 Mackey Award Watch List for the second straight year. The senior caught 35 passes for 369 yards last season en route to being named a semifinalist for the award. The two-time All-ACC honoree is the third tight end in State history to earn all-conference honors and the first to earn it twice.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Harper adds transfer Brown to rosterWomen’s basketball coach Kellie Harper added Southern California transfer guard Len’Nique Brown to the roster for the 2012-13 season. The guard will sit out for the 2011-12 season, but will still have three years of eligibility remaining. In 37 games for the Women of Troy last season, Brown averaged 3.1 points, 1.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists in only 12.4 minutes averaged per game.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

University keeps Pack on short leash with social media

Football

athletics

“Selfish acts like

the ones that

happened at UNC

don’t happen here

because we are

a team.”T.J. Graham, senior wide receiver

Quote of the day

“Our sup-port staff at compliance watches over what we do.”

T.J. Graham, senior wide receiver

STORy By Cory SmithGRAPHIC By brent kitChen

MaSSaChuSettS:Qb A.J. DoyleWest Roxbury, MEFrom: Catholic Memorialheight / Weight: 6’3” / 224 lbs. Commitment Date: June 29

South Carolina:oG eddie Gordon Boiling Springs, SCFrom: Boiling Springs HSheight / Weight: 6’3” / 305 lbs. Commitment Date: June 28

pennSylvania:Qb manny Stocker Coatesville, PAFrom: Coatesville Area SHSheight / Weight: 6’3” / 200 lbs. Commitment Date: June 28

delaware:te David Grinnage Newark, DEFrom: Newark HSheight / Weight: 6’5” / 240 lbs. Commitment Date: June 28

Wr Xavier Griffin Newark, DEFrom: Newark HSheight / Weight: 6’2” / 185 lbs. Commitment Date: June 10

north Carolina:oLb m.J. Salahuddin Fayetteville, NCFrom: Jack Brittheight / Weight: 6’3” / 185 lbs. Commitment Date: June 27

Qb James Summers Greensboro, NCFrom: Page HSheight / Weight: 6’2” / 196 lbs. Commitment Date: April 14

S Josh Sessoms Bailey, NCFrom: Southern Nash Senior HSheight / Weight: 6’3” / 185 lbs. Commitment Date: January 7

georgia:Cb niles Clark Marietta, GAFrom: Lassiter HSheight / Weight: 5’11” / 180 lbs. Commitment Date: January 30

did you know?

The Wolfpack foot-ball team outscored its opponents 414-277 for

the season.

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N.C. State was the first ACC institution to inte-grate athletics in 1956.

East coast a popular target for Pack

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Recruiting for the Wolfpack football team has picked up lately, with four players committing with coach tom o’brien

for the 2012 season. thusfar, the Pack has nine recruits accounted for and each of them share a popular theme — they are all from the east coast. out of the nine recruits, only three are from the state of North carolina, two are

from Delaware, and the other four are scattered out through the rest of the east coast.

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