Technician - September 26, 2009

Raleigh, North Carolina

Sharon EshetCorrespondent

A meeting to discuss sustainabil-ity and climate change Wednesday brought about ideas through which the University can achieve climate neutrality.

Sustainability Program Coordina-tor Lindsay Batchelor said the climate action plan is “a comprehensive plan including a target date and interim milestones for how NC State will reach climate neutrality.”

The sustainability team is targeting certain parts of the University to try to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The working groups are academics

and research, buildings, energy and water, materials and purchas-ing, land use, transportation, and waste reduction and recycling.

The Team Sustainability’s web-site has released a report on the University’s greenhouse gas in-ventory. They have also calculated the University’s carbon footprint, and soon the team plans to begin creating their climate action plan, which will attempt to lower green-house gas emissions and neutralize the campus’ impact on the envi-ronment.

The Climate Action Plan is ad-

Department of Environmental Health and Safety looks to decommission panic buttons in Harrelson Hall’s bathrooms as residents transition to SAS Hall

Nick TranCorrespondent

The panic buttons mounted on the inside of the stalls in the girl’s bath-rooms of Harrelson Hall are in their last days of operation. When Harrel-son Hall was at full student capacity, the buttons served to send a silent dis-tress signal notifying campus police to respond to an emergency. With most of the college staff and students relo-cated to the SAS Building, the Depart-ment of Environmental Health and Safety,which oversees campus security systems, sees no reason to continue employing the panic system.

Scott McInturf , director of security applications and technologies, said that the move was in line with the EHS’s goals to “reduce” on campus,

referring to spending and the em-ployment of resources. “The panic buttons were funded by the original occupants and are being removed with that population,” McInturf said. He said the existence of the panic buttons was largely unknown and thus their usefulness was limited.

With Harrelson Hall mostly empty following the completion of the SAS Building, it was not surprising that both students and staff were unaware of the buttons. Sherrie Smith, a fresh-man in polymer and color chemistry, said she was completely oblivious to their existence. “They don’t seem all that effective, certainly not for real emergencies,” Smith said.

This sentiment was reinforced by Amber Johnson, sophomore in poly-mer and color chemistry. “There might not even be an answer,” John-son said. “ It would only be helpful if you didn’t have your cell phone.”

Captain Jon Barnwell, campus po-lice, said that that is a primary rea-

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Brent Kitchen/technicianFreshman wide receiver Payton Quintin sits alone on the bench following Thursday night’s loss to the Gamecocks. The Pack had two scoring chances at the end of the fourth quarter, but came up short with passes falling incomplete in the end zone both times. The team lost 7-3.

Campus Police moves to cut Harrelson panic buttons

amanda WilKins/technicianRebecca Davis, a sophomore in communication media, walks by an emergency call button in a women’s bathroom in Tompkins Hall on August 28th. “I don’t think they are necessary in the bathrooms,” Davis said. There are call buttons in each of the women’s bathroom stalls and one on the outside.

Senior class gift vote results kept secret until ThursdayDawkins says winner will be made public at first senior night out

Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

The result of the vote for the senior class gift was won in a landslide, ac-cording to Senior Class President Jay Dawkins, though the winning concept won’t be released until Thursday at the first senior night out.

According to a release, 1,172 seniors voted in the poll — 19.8 percent of the 5,905 eligible voters.

Voting options:The results will be kept secret until the first senior night out.• Build an outdoor timeline of

N.C. State• Build an outdoor picnic area

with Wi-Fi• Buy a “2010 Bell” as part of the

Finish the Bell Tower campaign• Reforest and enhance the

Centennial Campus Frisbee Golf course

source: jay daWKins

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viewpoint 4features 6classifieds 7sports 8

Alumna takes a risk, takes the cakeSee page 6.

sECURitY continued page 3

CLiMAtE continued page 3

Sustainability team aims to reduce footprint

Gamecocks deny Pack again

For story see page 8

Technicianpage 2 • Friday, september 4, 2009

Headaches?

If interested, call Diane: 919-357-6023 or [email protected]

The Carolina Headache Institute is conducting a study to demonstrate the effectiveness of a hormonal medication for the treatment of menstrual-related headaches. Earn up to $150 for participating.

We are seeking women who:Are between the ages of 18-34Have regular menstrual cyclesExperience migraines with most of their cyclesAre not currently taking a hormonal contraceptive or are willing to come off their current hormonal contraceptive during the study

Through Jeffrey’s lens

Break-dancing with a Tri-Towers backdrop

Christi Ogu, a sophomore in FYC, practices her break dancing with other members of the Raleigh Rockers BBoy Crew in the vacant expanse of brick next to the Tri Towers on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2009. The student organization, of which Ogu is the president, normaly practices in the squash courts of Carmichael Gym, but on “nice days like

this, we play out here,” she said.

photo By Jeffrey fowler

CorreCTions & ClarifiCaTionsIn Wednesday’s page 1 story, “First day of Farmers Market a ‘success’ “, the end date for the market was incorrect. the market will run through Sept. 24.

Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at [email protected].

Campus Calendar

todayVice chancellor and General counsel search committee meetinGChancellor’s conference room, 10 a.m. to noon

Graphic Quilts at the GreGGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.

Mondaylabor day holiday, no classes

tuesdayclasses resume at 8:05 a.m.

Graphic Quilts at the GreeGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.

WednesdayGraphic Quilts at the GreeGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.

buildinG bridGes: strenGtheninG leadership for diVerse communities: parts i & iitalley Student Center, Brown Room, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

tuition reView adVisory committee1911 Building, room 138, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

thursdayeQual opportunity institute 2009-2010 orientationtalley Student Center, Walnut room, 1 to 4 p.m.

cello music: Korea and the usatalley Student Center, Ball room, 7 to 9 p.m.

Up!Witherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m.

Goodbye SoloWitherspoon Cinema, 9:30 to 11:00 p.m.

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World & naTion

Experts say VA booklet not a ‘death book’While Republicans are calling a Department of Veterans Affairs health planning booklet a “death book” that encourages veterans to kill themselves or forgo care, ethicists and legal and medical experts say it’s a reasonable attempt to help America’s veterans plan for the end of their lives.Jim towey, the former director of president George W. Bush’s White house office of faith-based initiatives, wrote in the

Wall Street Journal last month that the VA’s “your Life, your Choices” booklet encourages veterans to “hurry up and die.”“there is nothing in this pamphlet or in any of the VA effort in this area that is aimed at asking that veterans be allowed to die to save money,” said the University of pennsylvania’s Arthur Caplan, one of the nation’s leading bioethicists.

Source: McTdirecT.coM

Obama’s speech brings oppositionA groundswell of parent opposition to president Barack obama’s speech next week to students on the importance of education has forced many North texas school districts to decide against airing it live in classrooms.obama announced the speech

weeks ago, but opposition and concerns spread rapidly Wednesday morning through conservative social-networking Web sites and radio talk shows.


FDA: Frog found in soda canIt wasn’t a rat, after all, but probably a frog that an ormond Beach, Fla., man discovered in his can of Diet pepsi in July.A federal laboratory confirmed a small animal, possibly a frog or toad, lurked inside the can from which Fred Denegri drank on July 23.


Money woes threaten NASA projects, goalsNASA, whose scientific successes of the past 40 years has helped

cement America’s reputation as the world’s technological leader, is in danger of succumbing to a series of money woes that will thwart its current hopes of once again leading the globe’s exploration of space.A presidential advisory panel is expected to advise the White house later this month that returning astronauts to the Moon by 2020, as former president George W. Bush proposed, is financially impossible under NASA’s $18.7 billion budget.Meanwhile, NASA officials told a committee of the National Academy of Sciences this week that the costs of major scientific projects — like a successor to the hubble Space telescope or a new Mars lander — are running far above the funds available from the White house or Congress.


in The knoW University closed Monday for Labor Day

No classes will be in session and the University will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.

Source: ncSu.edu

Workshop teaches time management

A time management and syllabus review is planned for Sept. 8 in the Talley Stu-dent Center Blue Room. The workshop “will outline steps for syllabus review and un-derstanding as well as cal-endar strategies for manag-ing academic and personal

schedules as a college student.” The workshop aims to help stu-dents set goals, avoid procras-tination and stay on task. The event is a Pack Promise Scholar event and all students are in-vited to participate.

Source: ncSu.edu/oaSiS/pack-proMiSe/index.hTM

Institute offers course

The John William Pope Civi-tas Institute is offering a cam-paign management course for college students as part of the Civitas Institute Academy of Practical Politics. The class is held on Wednesdays from 3 to 6 p.m. beginning Sept. 9 and ending Dec. 2. The CIAOPP course is held each semester and includes real life scenari-

os that experienced campaign professionals face on a daily basis. The class is free, held in Research Triangle Park and dinner is served with each class. For more information and to sign up e-mail Jeff Mixon [email protected]

Source: John WilliaM pope civiTaS inSTiTuTe

EPA rep to speak at toxicology seminar

Mark Strynar of the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency will speak at a seminar Sept. 8 in Toxicology Building Room 2104. The seminar is titled “Analysis of Perf luorinated Compounds in Biological and Environmental Media,” and will begin at 4 p.m.

Source: ncSu.edu

EOI plans free diversity workshop

Parts one and two of the workshop “Building Bridg-es: Strengthening Leader-ship for Diverse Commu-nities” will be conducted in the Brown Room of Tal-ley Student Center Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The workshop will teach attend-ees self-awareness and help them gain understanding about discrimination, ha-rassment, prejudice and diversity issues.

Source: ncSu.edu/equal_op/

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QuoTe of The day

“Every person with a cell

phone has a panic button.”

Captain Jon Barnwell, campus police

geT involved in technicianTechnician is always looking for people to write, design, copy edit and take photos. If you’re interested, come to our office on the third floor of Witherspoon (across from the elevators) Monday to thursday 9 a.m. to midnight and Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., or e-mail Editor-in-Chief ty Johnson at [email protected].

poliCe BloTTerSept. 18:33 a.m. | medical assistHarrelson HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance,

8:40 a.m. | assist other aGencyPublic Safety Centerofficer assisted Monroe pD investigation by compiling composite sketch.

9:35 a.m. | concerned behaViorHarris Hallofficers assisted the initiation of concerned behavior investigation.

9:52 a.m. | safety proGramClark Avenueofficer conducted program at Chaplains’ Cooperative Ministry.

11:34 a.m. | concerned behaViorLee Hallofficers assisted initiation of concerned behavior investigation regarding non-student.

4:18 p.m. | concerned behaViorPublic Safety Centerofficer assisted initiation of possible harassing of student.

4:43 p.m. | traffic accidentMethod Road/ Western BoulevardStudent was issued citation for speeding.

7:04 p.m. | safety proGramTucker Hallofficer conducted engraving program.

8:48 p.m. | assistancePullen Parkofficer spoke with student involved in accident. RpD handled investigation.

News

mittedly “a lengthy process” but Team Sustainability said it might encourage the whole campus to help with these emissions is to have an aca-demic climate competition be-tween North Carolina’s public universities.

So far, there are three tangi-ble actions that the University has taken to bring the campus closer to climate neutrality. The school is using the U.S Green Building Council’s LEED sil-ver standard or equivalent, has adopted the U.S. EPA’s energy star partner, and has provided access to public transportation.

The team also stressed in-volvement from the campus.

There are many ways to help out, including joining a CEST working group, submitting a project idea or suggestion, and joining the listserv or the facebook group.

“There is no one silver bullet that creates our carbon emis-sions,” Batchelor said. “We are going to be doing lots of little things over the years to reduce them.”

Edward MarkusCorrespondent

With the resurgence of a strain of H1N1 inf luenza that specif ically targets young people expected this winter, students and staff are preparing for potential outbreaks on campus.

According to the Associ-ated Press, H1N1 influenza, also known as swine f lu, now seems to account for about 70 percent of all flu circulating in the world, . The World Health Organi-zation predicts that nearly one-third of the world’s population will have got-ten the virus within two years. Unlike the regular f lu, which targets mostly older people, the H1N1 flu is 20 times more common in the 5-to-24-year-old age group than in people over 65. A presidential advisory panel recently announced that the virus could cause up to 90,000 deaths this fall, mainly in children and young adults, according to CNN. This raises major concerns for universities, where a large part of the student body falls within this critical age group.

Instructors like math-ematics professor Eliza-beth Dempster and sociol-ogy professor Christopher

Dawson are already urging students not to attend classes if they display symptoms of the flu, and, provided they receive documentation from Student Health Services, won’t penal-ize students for absences due to swine flu.

While most students know they should not attend classes if they develop symptoms of the H1N1 flu, some will consider going anyway in order to meet the demands of challenging course loads.

Loren Moles, a sophomore in biological sciences, said it’s likely some students won’t even realize they have the illness.

“People will not realize they have H1N1 or they will go to class anyway,” Moles said, add-ing she would consider attend-ing even if she felt sick. “My difficult class schedule makes it hard to catch up if I fall be-hind.”

Tricia Wong, a freshman in management said she will probably go to class if she has flu symptoms but has begun sanitizing her hands before dinner in order to prevent ex-posure.

Student Health Services says that a sick person might self-treat mild symptoms but should visit a medical provid-er if symptoms are more than mild or if there is uncertainty about the diagnosis. The CDC recommendation for schools

like NCSU is for people with influenza-like illness to remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever or signs of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.

Student Health Services says symptoms of the H1N1 flu in-clude fever over 100 degrees, sore throat, cough, fatigue, headache, body aches, runny or stuffy nose, vomiting and diarrhea. Symptoms gener-ally appear one to seven days after exposure to the influenza virus, and an infected person becomes contagious one day before symptoms appear and remains contagious up to seven days after.

While a vaccine for the H1N1 flu will not be available until mid-October or later, there are preventative measures that students can take to help prevent transmission of the virus. Avoiding sick people, frequently cleaning hands with soap and water or sanitizer and periodically decontaminating your possessions lowers your risk of being exposed to the vi-rus. Sharing drinks and other personal items can transmit the disease and should be avoided.

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Threat of H1N1 flu continues to grow

son their removal is benefi-cial is in the twelve years the buttons have been employed there have been no success-ful uses of the systems. “The buttons serve no purpose but to drain resources,” Barnwell said. “99 percent of the activa-tions are false alarms — just people goofing around. In the past year there have been over one thousand false alarms, each of which costs an officer forty-five minutes to undergo the entire response and filing process.”

Barnwell said he, instead, advocated for the use of more modern devices l ike cel l phones or the call boxes scat-tered around campus. “Every person with a cell phone has a panic button. It is more ben-eficial for the police to have voice confirmation of an emer-gency before responding.”

For the past five years Barn-well has made suggestions to

the College of Physical and Mathematical Science — the original occupants of Harrel-son Hall and those endorsing the buttons — to have them removed due to the costs to campus security.

Chris Gould, the associate dean of the College of Physi-cal and Mathematical Science, said that there were discus-sions between his college and the math department about having them relocated to more conspicuous and manageable locations. Gould said these considerations did not come to fruition because the College of Physical and Mathematical Science and the math depart-ment did not want to compro-mise campus security.

Gould said more patrols were added to monitor Har-relson’s Halls to increase re-sponse and turnover rates, addressing problem with false alarms.

SymptomS:• fever over 100 degrees• sore throat• cough• fatigue• headache• body aches• runny or stuffy nose• vomiting • diarrheaSymptoms generally appear one to seven days after exposure to the influenza virus, and an infected person becomes contagious one day before symptoms appear and remains contagious up to seven days after.

source: ncsu.edu/student_health

prevention:WhileavaccinefortheH1N1fluwillnotbeavailableuntilmid-Octoberorlater,therearepreventativemeasuresthatstudentscantaketohelppreventtransmissionofthevirus.Avoidingsickpeople,frequentlycleaninghandswithsoapandwaterorsanitizerandperiodicallydecontaminatingyourpossessionslowersyourriskofbeingexposedtothevirus.Sharingdrinksandotherpersonalitemscantransmitthediseaseandshouldbeavoided.

source: ncsu.edu/student_health

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Brent Kitchen/technicianBrock Rosenkampff, a freshman in FYC, gets barbeque while tailgating for the football game against South Carolina Thursday. “The best part of tailgating is the food and the friends,” Rosenkampff said. Rosenkampff tagged along with a friend who is rushing Sigma Chi. “I’m just along for the ride,” he said.

TaIlgaTIng

DonAtionS/CAmpAign money BreAkDown:Therearefourmainstepstotakewhentryingtotackleacarbonfootprint.Thefirstoneisavoidingcarbonintensiveactivitiesandrethinkingbusinessstrategies.Thenonemustdoeverythingmoreefficientlyandreplacehighcarbonenergysourceswithlowcarbonenergyones.Finallyistheoffset,andeventhoughthecampuscannotbecompletelycarbonfree,NCStatemuststrivefortheleast.ThereisaplanthatwasinitiatedbyJeffHightower-thedirectorofutilitiesinfrastructure-whichintroducesacombinedheatandpowerproject.Normallyheatandpowerareproducedseparately,butiftheyarecombinedandcanworksimultaneously,NCStatecanreduceitscarbondioxideequivalenceemissionsby13%.

source: team sustainaBility

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{ }Our view

This flu season is filled with hype and hot air as the world braces for the

new H1N1 strain of influ-enza. Since the start of the fall semester, the Student Health Center has reported 158 pre-sumed cases of this particular strain.

Before you get caught up in the storm surrounding the “dangers” we all face during this particular flu season, take a deep breath and use a bit of that increasingly rare com-modity: common sense.Regardless of the H1N1

strain, the flu season is not something to take lightly and should be something every student considers a serious matter.

But there is no need to panic

— this will only invite prob-lems for the University, rang-ing from the lost time due to an outbreak caused by a lack of preventative measures to logistical problems stemming from students overreacting and swamping the Student Health Center.

Students cannot cry wolf too many times, so not every fever, ache and pain is a sign that you have H1N1.

If you are suddenly hit with any symptoms, calmly get to the health center and see a doctor — but if you get kicked while playing soccer and your body aches afterward, you should probably stick to

putting ice where it hurts and resting.

As far as your health is con-cerned, the answer is simple: don’t panic. As the American College Health Association has recorded, the odds are in students’ favor: since the start of the H1N1 outbreak, no students have died from this strain of influenza.

Use the resources at hand. The Student Health Center has a part of its Web page devoted exclusively to H1N1, with information regarding preven-tion, symptoms, transmission and treatments.

The health center’s Web site will also have more informa-

tion regarding vaccination for both the H1N1 strain and the normal flu shot.

But in the end, just use your head. Keep your hands clean, wash commonly contacted surfaces, don’t share cups or utensils and don’t sneeze on people.

If you think you might be sick, e-mail your instructors, tell them the situation and come up with a plan to get your work in order.

Even with H1N1 out there, there’s no reason to lose your head or your health for a few days this flu season.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility

of the Editor-in-Chief.

Don’t panic — be smart about the fluThe FacTs:As flu season approaches, health officials and other administrators are looking to prepare for a potential widespread outbreak of the new H1N1 strain of influenza.

Our OpiniOn:The flu is a serious issue that should be taken as such, but students should use common sense and act calmly instead of panicking and throwing even a minor outbreak into chaos on campus.

Where’s George?There is a menace among

us — it rolls about in the shadows, yearn-

ing to weigh our pockets and bags down. It longs to get lost amongst our precious quarters

and nickels.My friends

(insert John McCain’s voice for the full ef-fect), the dan-ger is here and it comes forth bold ly f rom cash registers in a l l of its golden pomp

and frivolity.The $1 coin must be stopped.

It threatens the inefficiency this nation has grown to rely on.

To imagine that the govern-ment, of all institutions, would attempt to undo 147 years of wallet-stuffing misery and commercial impotence is sim-ply preposterous.

If this sort of s e l f-i n-duced mel-ancholy and masochism w a s g o o d enough for S a l mon P. Chase, sec-retary of the Treasury in 1862, it’s good enough for me.

Haven’t those legislators on Capitol Hill learned anything about the resolve of the American consumer?

We don’t want more efficient exchanges on “public transpor-tation, parking meters, vending machines, and low-dollar value transactions” as the Presiden-tial $1 Coin Act of 2005 set out to accomplish.

Not only do we enjoy the lim-itations the buck induces, we enjoy the fact that it wears out 28 years faster than the average coin — it truly does stop here.

Take a look at the circula-tion statistics and the cost of printing that many extra dol-lars per year, you’ll quickly see the government costs the American taxpayer anywhere between $500 million and $1 billion a year.

That’s fantastic. We wouldn’t want that money to be freed up for healthcare, transportation or some other constructive project.

In all seriousness though, the bills are endemic of the sort of

inefficiency that plagues the country — and the University for that matter.

To the disgrace of the mem-ory of Ronald Reagan, the true American hero, we’ve built a giant system of government where a series of mid-level managers serve other aides and managers in a never-ending loop of futility.

Government is not the rem-edy to our problems — govern-ment has once again become the problem.

This isn’t simple whining on my part — take a look around and count all the places where the government has made these sorts of strategic errors. They’re going to nickel and dime the economy to death (so to speak).

Printing $1 bills instead of minting their equivalent coins may be pretty low on the list of the government’s errors over the last decade, but a bil-lion dollars is not something to

shake a stick at.

I t ’ s t h e same sort of error the Uni-versit y has been ma k-ing. Some-times these l it t le sums ($1 billion is small when compared to the nation’s tab) are just

as significant as the big ticket items.

My mother always used to tell me I needed to save my money a penny at a time. The Univer-sity and the feds should take heed of that advice.

The brand new commercial during the game last night was flashy and supposedly cost-ef-fective, but did we really need it? What about all of these cen-ters and the countless adminis-trators they employ — are they serving as vital a task as say, the language tutorial center was?

These items may be small, but they really do add up. Save those pennies kids.

Last time I checked, the Uni-versity wasn’t in the business of printing money, but if it did, I guarantee we’d be printing dollars.

Send Russell your thoughts on government inefficiencies to [email protected].

“These items

may be small, but

they really do add

up. Save those

pennies kids.”

Russell WithamViewpoint Editor

Lightning strikes the Bell Tower...and the budget too.

Christian O’Neal, freshman in mechanical engineering

By JONATHAN STEPHENS

What precautions do you plan on taking to protect yourself from H1N1 this

year?

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“I plan to get the vaccine when they have it available.”

Paul Bridgersfreshman, animal science

“I’ve been sick for the past two weeks with strep throat and flu. Not H1N1 though.”

Sharon Buifreshman, fashion and textile management

“I’ll wash my hands a lot but that’s about it.”

Melissa Gillfreshman, undecided

“I’ll just wash my hands, try to stay healthy, and eat right.”

Ryan Czarfreshman, biological chemistry

Socialism good for farmsSocialism is a political

curse word. When the general public hears a

person spew it, we usually perceive the accuser as ir-rational. However, I have found that I agree with

m a n y o f the accu-sations. A person is a soc ia l-ist if their cumula-tive actions and beliefs br i ng u s c loser to a soc ie t y

where the invisible hand is slapped down by the iron fist.

I have been called many names in the past, but I never once been accused of being a socialist. After all, I am a Republican in the po-litical science department. There is, however, a time and place for everything.

American industry has shifted, along with the rest of the Westernized world, towards a service sector economy. Industrial fac-tories and, before that, the fields once comprised the majority of our labor. Al-though the shift away from the smoke stacks has left the assembly lines bare in many places around the States, anyone who drives cross-country knows we still grow crops on plenty of fields.

The farmers still grow in America because of social-ism. The government pro-vides subsidies to farmers

that are intended to influence the quantity and type of ag-ricultural output that is pro-duced. The government did not let the agrarian sector die in America when the free market said it was someone else’s turn to make the food.

I am a free market-loving Republican who swings hard-er right than most left-handed major league batters, but I support this socialism. When I began re-searching the issue, my preconceived not ion was to suppor t the free mar-ket —most of the empty ar-guments out there could a nd wou ld not change my mind. But then I saw the argument of pro-tectionism, which is any policy that protects our country from harm.

Once the free market became more global, Americans farm-ers began to see outside farmers competing against them for our consumption. These outside farmers could produce food at cheaper prices. Logically, the free market would allow the outside farms to produce our food, while our farms would seek better jobs. This would create a world where America relied on other countries for our food supply.

Would we want to be that vulnerable? Right now we have two military conf licts in the Middle East, and if our

track record keeps up, we will probably be interact-ing with other countries in a militaristic fashion for some time. I support these war efforts, but acknowl-edge that other countries dissent. I do not want these other counties to dangle the possibility of famine above our heads. We might be a fat country, but imagine if we had food shortages the en-

tire time we were fighting in Iraq.

Econo-mists think we could change our indus-try back to agrarian in such a scenario,

but it takes time to make subdivisions into fields. And that is the obstacle we would face if we did not have our fields for a long enough time. Who knows how long we would wait for food if we were totally cut off. Regardless of my politi-cal identity, I support this specific socialism.

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$4.3 million project completed in time for basketball season

Kate ShefteSports Editor

At just a month shy of its 10th

year anniversary, the score-board at the RBC Center, home of N.C. State’s men’s basketball team, was due for a facelift.

The arena is home to a new, state-of-the-art center home scoreboard. The final prod-uct was finally unveiled after months of construction and testing in the form of a $2 mil-lion unique display that will feature 14 individual displays as opposed to the old Jumbo-tron’s eight.

RBC Center vice president and general manager Dave Ol-sen said the upgrade was an ex-pensive, but necessary, venture.

“The building is going to be ten years old this year, and with everything going to High Defi-nition, it was not HD compat-ible,” Olsen said. “The video portion was originally manu-factured by Sony, and I was no longer able to get parts for the board in the event something went wrong. And it reaches the age of ten years old, things tend to go wrong.”

The previous scoreboard had called the RBC Center home since October, 1999, when the arena opened its doors.

“Completion of this proj-ect further demonstrates the Centennial Authority’s com-mitment to maintain the RBC Center as a state-of-the-art venue,” Olsen said. “This up-grade will significantly en-hance fans’ experiences at the arena by taking advantage of the advances in video technol-

ogy since the building opened.”The scoreboard features four

primary HD video screens, eight auxiliary video above those and two circular rings. The score will now be displayed below the screens instead of be-tween them. The primary video displays are among the largest LED video displays in arenas nationwide and are capable of displaying 4.4 trillion shades of color.

The new system will allow for more creative in-house ads and highlight reels for basketball fans, and will add additional reveue by offering advertising opportunities. ACC fans will be pleased to learn that, due to the scoreboard’s enhanced

features , statistics and out-of-town scores will flash before their eyes mid-game instead of during breaks in play.

“They’ll put scores, stats and those kinds of things up there. Advertisements and whatever it may be,” Olsen said. “That will hopefully create more rev-

enue.”Tara Hill, a junior in middle

grades education, said she went to several basketball games last year and is excited to see the new upgrades.

“I think it’s really cool,” Hill said. “I like how you’ll be able to check on scores of other

games while you’re watch-ing the State game.”

In addition, $2.3 million was used to outfit the con-trol room with high-tech upgrades.

Daktronics, a company based out of Brookings, SD, that is regarded as the world’s leading provider of large screen LED video displays, created the score-

board. The company has sold and installed 5,700 large screen video displays in sporting and commercial facilities around the world.

“Typically, depending on the entities involved, nine months to a year is very common from the time we start talking about

what equipment to use, work-ing through different options,” Mark Steinkamp, Daktronics’ marketing and public relations manager, said. “They’re not the speediest projects to work through.

“It takes a while to get it right.”

Though the men’s basketball season opener is still months away, the scoreboard serve the Carolina Hurricanes, a profes-sional hockey team that shares the space, in the meantime when the team’s season begins in early October.

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RBC Center installs state-of-the-art scoreboard

COURTESY PHOTO /RBC CENTER MARKETING

“This upgrade will significantly

enhance fans’ experiences at the arena

by taking advantage of the advances

in video technology since the building

opened.”Dave Olsen, RBC Center vice president and general manager

men’s basketball

club sports

Club men’s rugby prepares for season opener next Friday

COURTESY PHOTO /BRYAN MAxwEllbryan maxwell, a junior in civil engingeering, leans over the ruck while his brother, craig throws the ball to teammate David Hunt last fall during a game against ecu.

With bevy of new members, team looks forward to first home game Jen HankinDeputy Sports Editor

Since 1965, the men’s rugby

club has been roughing up the local compeition. Today, the team is comprised of about 40 men with high expectations to win the State tournament, held in late October.

“2006 is when we last won the State tournament,” Bryan Maxwell, junior in civil en-gineering, said. “Last year we didn’t do so well because we had a heavy freshman class.”

The team is looking to avenge last year’s record by working hard to prepare for its season opening home game next Friday against Eno River at 7 p.m. on the IM fields.

“We are running some pretty vigorous practices,” Phillip Burcal, club president and team captain, said. “We are trying to get prepared since we have about 20 new players who have never touched a rugby ball be-fore.”

Practices are held twice a week and consist of condi-tioning and working on skill. Head coach Robert McAllister is in charge of training the new players.

“He’s doing everything in his power to get them up to s pe e d a nd to perform well,” Burcal said. “Safety is also one of our concerns, especially if they have never played before.”

It’s impor-tant to have a large team, a minimum of 30 players, be-cause the club fields an A team and a B team, similar to var-sity and junior varsity levels, according to Maxwell.

“The club is for people of all shapes and sizes,” Maxwell said. “Rugby is just full of peo-ple who like to play a physical sport.”

The rugby schedule puts the team on the road through most of September and into October. According to Maxwell, games and tournaments usually pro-

vide memorable experiences. “Every team has an unwrit-

ten rule to throw the other team a social after the game,” Maxwell said. “You either go out to a bar or back to some-one’s house. The social aspect is one of my favorite parts.”

Ma x wel l a lso enjoys rugby for an-other reason — the physi-cal contact. He s ta r ted play ing the sport in fifth grade when his dad cre-ated the Car-olina Youth

Rugby League, based out of Charlotte.

“I love the physical part — just the tackling and getting physical,” Maxwell said.

As a high school football athlete, Burcal joined the club because he needed to find a substitution when he no longer could play football.

“I was trying to replace foot-ball in my life, and it’s been great,” Burcal said. “I put a lot of time and effort into it, be-ing the president and captain of

the club right now. It’s a great sport.”

Like any true Wolfpack fan, it feels good to beat Carolina and that rang especially true for Burcal.

“We have always played Car-olina — even beaten Carolina while I’ve been here,” Burcal said. “But I didn’t get to play in any of the games until April of last year. I got to help beat Carolina 26-0 in a tournament in Charleston. It was a pretty good feeling and one of my fa-vorite moments.”

fall 2009 schedule• Sept. 11 - Eno River at NCSU• Sept. 12 - NCSU at UNCG• Sept. 19 - NCSU at UNCC• Oct. 3 – Rucktoberfest

Tournament• Oct. 10 - WCU and ELON at

NCSU• Oct. 17 - NCSU at USC• Oct. 24 - Alumni Match at

Raleigh Vipers Pitch• Oct. 31 - State Tournament• Nov. 14 -NCSU at UNC• Nov. 20 - Guilford at NCSU

SOURCE: NCSTATERUGBY.COM

scOReBOaRd facTOIds• The overall dimensions of

the centerhung scoreboard are approximately 23 feet tall by 29 feet wide at the top.

• The scoreboard contains 14 individual LED displays.

• It displays contain more than 2.3 million LEDs, and uses the highest quality LEDs in the world and among the largest video displays in any college venue.

• Offers state of the art, high resolution

• The control system data integration with NCAA league-wide statistics for immediate display of other game scores and stats

SOURCE: RBC CENTER MARKETING

“We have about

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who have never

touched a rugby

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Even as a child, she got a kick out of knowing that if you mix the right amount of butter, sugar, eggs, flour and chocolate, she would come out with a beautiful con-fection. Now, she not only enjoys making such confections, she gets to sell them in her own bakery.

Eight years ago, Coleman, then a student at N.C. State, was preparing for a career in corporate finance. However, after an internship experience, Coleman began to ponder the possibility of different career options.

“While studying at State, I was also in-terning with Merrill Lynch here in Raleigh and had planned to enter the financial in-dustry,” Coleman said. “After the down-turn in the market and some soul searching I found my way into sales with Johnson & Johnson and never looked back.”

For nearly seven years, the Hillsbor-ough, N.C. native climbed the corporate ladder while moving and traveling all over the United States. From this experience, Coleman says she learned a lot, particularly about the different aspects of business.

However, in 2006, Coleman decided it was time for a change — one that was far more extreme than her prior switch from corporate finance to sales.

Feeling the need to embrace her inner stroke of creative genius, Coleman sought out a new career — one that would provide her with the opportunities to move closer to home and have the chance to do some-thing on her own.

She wanted to open her own business — a bakery to be exact.

“I had always dreamed of having my own business,” Coleman said. “But, obviously, at a young age I had no concept of the scope of what was possible and the work it would take to get there.”

While visiting family members in the area during Thanksgiving, Coleman spotted a local commercial space that had previously housed an antique shop and

thought that it would be the perfect spot for a cupcake shop, like many

that she had visited in New York

City. “I happened to be driving down, and I

was actually checking out another location that some friends were opening and saw the sign for lease,” Coleman said. “I took a look and was sold.”

In a matter of months, Coleman’s dream had begun to merge with reality. After completely gutting the building and fin-ishing some renovations to the building, The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery opened in July 2007.

Featuring made-from-scratch cupcakes made using only the highest quality in-gredients available, The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery has something to offer for every-one. Each day, the bakers prepare 12 to 15 specialty cupcakes.

In addition, the bakery also features a new cupcake flavor each week — which to this point have not been repeated — as well as cookies, breakfast muffins and other creative confections for guests to enjoy in the shop or for carry out.

With business, The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery is doing so well that there is even some presiden-tial buzz around it.

Almost a month ago, President Barack Obama made a stop in Raleigh, N.C. to promote his healthcare plan. However, the speech showcased more than the hotly-de-bated healthcare plan — it also featured Coleman, otherwise known as the “the cupcake lady.”

Coleman was picked over other local business-owners to introduce the president at his healthcare town hall at Broughton High School.

Although the actual person who recom-mended Coleman for the job is unknown, she describes the experience as one of the highlights of her personal and professional career.

“It was really sort of surreal,” Coleman said. “It was exciting, but there were also some nerves that came into play. It was re-ally cool to know that I was getting to take part in something like that.”

Now, with nearly two years of business under her belt, Coleman’s bakery is show-ing signs that the Capital’s first cupcake boutique is here to stay—plus, a little presidential PR never hurt anyone, right?

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“We do have to be able to run effectively and get things going, but now it’s back to the drawing board,” O’Brien said. “Only giving up seven points is a good night for the defense, though.”

The Pack lost junior tackle Jake Vermiglio and redshirt senior running back Jamelle Eugene to injuries.

O’Brien said the team played well overall. He also theorized his players were stung from last year’s per-formance.

“This is a team that under-stands that maybe we let one slip away, but they know to come back and work on some things this week and make corrections,” O’Brien said.

FOOTBALLcontinued from page 8

luis zapata/technicianPack sophomore wide receiver T.J .Graham is blocked from recieving a pass thrown by redshirt freshman quarterback Mike Glennon during the USC game Thursday night. Graham had 39 yards off kick returns. N.C. State lost to USC, 7-3.

But the Pack were no slouches on defense, either. Goalkeeper Kim Kern held her own during the first half, totaling three saves and hold-ing down the UNLV attack.

Defender Katie Ruiz had a spectacular sliding block to save a potential UNLV goal in the 12th minute of the first half.

In the second half, the Wolf-pack almost took advantage of a scoring opportunity in the 39th minute, but the shot went wide left. In the 30th minute, UNLV knocked at the door as the Rebels began to receive bet-ter scoring opportunities.

But the dagger to the heart of the Pack came in the 10th minute of the second half when UNLV midfielder Shannon Hughes scored the eventual game-winning goal off of a penalty kick.

The Pack threatened to tie

the game during the 9th min-ute of the second half, but UNLV put the clamps down on Tanya Cain’s look from the left side of the net.

From that point, the Pack were not able to get a clear look at the goal to tie the game, resulting in its first loss of the season.

Their next test will be against Stony Brook Sunday at Dail Soccer Stadium.

SOCCERcontinued from page 1

pACk vS unLvBy ThE numBERS4 Saves by

goalkeeper Kim Kern

1 Yellow card issued to N.C. State

79:37 Time of the first and only goal from UNLV’s Shannon Hughes

Fidelis LusompaSenior Staff Writer

After last season’s 34-0 loss to South Carolina, N.C. State would take the field Thursday night in front of a na-tional audience with the intent of seek-ing revenge against the Gamecocks.

A victory would also give Tom O’Brien his win in a Wolfpack season opener. But it was never to be as the Gamecocks beat the Wolfpack, 7-3.

O’Brien said the loss was a disap-pointing start to the season.

“We weren’t able to get anything consistently going on offense,” O’Brien said. “We had one sustained drive the whole night that ended with nothing out of it. We have to get back on the drawing board. Figure out, especially some things up front on the offensive line.”

USC’s defense held the Wolfpack to just 59 rushing yards and 74 passing yards to the Gamecocks’ 108-148.

State’s offense did not get off to a good start as redshirt senior halfback Toney Baker fumbled the ball in South Caro-lina territory.

The Gamecocks would capitalize on the Pack’s mistake, as USC’s Brian Maddox ran in for a 1-yard touchdown.

After a two-year absence, Baker said the fumble was not what he had in mind for his first play and said the loss was disap-pointing.

“Three points isn’t going to cut it.” Baker said.

With less than three minutes re-maining in the t h i rd q u a r t e r, Wilson ran out of the pocket to make a pass but was dragged to the ground by a Caro-lina defender. Wilson would lose the foot-ball as he fell to the ground. The ball was recovered by the Gamecocks.

But fortunes would change for the Pack as that play went under review. The of-ficials ruled the defender did not have possession of the ball and State would re-tain possession. The series ended with a 43-yard field goal by red-shirt junior Josh Czajkowski.

O’Brien kept his promise as he played both Wilson and redshirt freshman Mike Glennon. Glennon ended the game with just one completion out of two attempts.

O’Brien said he felt there was too much pressure on Wilson.

Meanwhile, Wi l son gave credit to Caro-lina’s defense.

“They were pretty good,” Wi l son sa id . “They have a lot of talent on the defensive side. You have to give

them credit. We just have to keep work-ing hard and getting better.”

O’Brien said the team had to improve in the areas of both running and pass-ing.

UNLV downs Pack, 1-0, in home team’s first loss of the regular season

Jeniece JamisonStaff Writer

The Wolfpack couldn’t bring the offensive firepow-er as they had in its three other wins this season and fell, 1-0, to the UNLV Run-ning Rebels. N.C. State was not able to score any goals due an intense defensive pressure from the Rebels.

However, the Rebels did not dominate the entire game. It was rather a drag out slugfest with plenty of contact and hard hits be-tween the two teams, and no one was willing to crack early.

“I thought UNLV did the job coming in here and defending hard and play-ing aggressive,” head coach Steve Springthorpe told GoPack.com. “They came in prepared and they got

their goal.”N.C. State found itself unable

to advance the ball across the

field, which was unusual for a team that outscored its first three opponents 9-1.

COUNTDOWN• 64 days until the football team’s homecoming game

against Maryland

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When Tony Baker fumbled the ball during the Pack’s first possession Thursday night, it was like the clock had struck midnight and Wolfpack nation was trapped in the proverbial pumpkin. After months of hype, fans remembered being a State fan

only means one thing–you’ll be disappointed.

It wasn’t that the team’s effort on the field was atro-cious.

Yes, not putting up a point during the first half isn’t something to be proud of, but when the ball slipped away from Baker it was much more than a turnover–it made fans hurt in places that had gone numb since Wilson’s return last season.

But last night’s game wasn’t a microcosm of N.C. State’s football program, it was ex-actly what Tom O’Brien and his staff built it up as–a sea-son opener.

We are the ones who put the yoke of expectation on this squad, and anyone who knows how O’Brien coaches will tell you that it isn’t about hype. It’s about results.

Results like grooming three capable running backs into contributors, sharpening two high-caliber quarterbacks into playmakers and taking whatever players are laying around and forming them into a solid offensive line.

And you’re not going to see all of that in one game–es-pecially when that game is played under the lights and lenses of the entire nation on a Thursday night in Raleigh.

Yes, winning is important, but it’s not the only thing–es-pecially in a season opener.

Chuck Amato was 6-1 in season openers during his tenure, but he also wore red shoes and also allowed his offensive coordinator to run two flea flickers in a row dur-ing his final season.

I’d rather be where we are now–0-0 in the conference with the pieces in place to make a serious run at a cham-pionship.

Look beyond the hype and extend your memory beyond last season. It’s not all about how far we can go, it’s also about how far we’ve come.

We’ve only begun

Ty JohnsonEditor-in-Chief

Gamecocks slip by Pack, 7-3For third straight season, Pack Falls in season oPener

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athletic schedule

TodayVolleyball Vs. The CiTadelSpartanburg, S.C., 12:30 p.m. Men’s soCCer Vs. denVerDurham, N.C., 5 p.m. SaturdayVolleyball Vs. souTh CarolinaSpartanburg, S.C., 10:30 a.m. SundayMen’s soCCer Vs. ColuMbiaDurham, N.C., noon WoMen’s soCCer Vs. sTony brookDail Soccer Field, 1 p.m.

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“This is a team that un-derstands that maybe we let

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LUIS ZAPATA/TechnIcIAnduring the fourth quarter in carter-Finley, redshirt sophomore quarterback russell Wilson tries to dodge Usc’s defense in the first home game of the 2009 season. Wilson had 74 passing yards in the game. n.c. state lost to Usc , 3-7.

“We weren’t able to get

anything consistently

going on offense...we

have to get back to the

drawing board.”Coach Tom O’Brien

Rebels down Pack on penalty kick

AMAnDA WILKInS/TechnIcIAnUnlV guards the ball against alyson santilli, a junior in arts applications and a midfielder, on thursday night. the Wolfpack lost to UnlV in the last ten minutes after UnlV’s shannon hughs converted a penalty kick. the final score was 1-0.

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Quick hitsHow N.C. state’s stats stacked up in the game against south Carolina: rushing - 59 yardsrushing leadersJamelle eugene - 36 yards, 4 yards per carrytoney baker - 24, 3 yards per carryPassing - 74 yardsPassing leadersrussell Wilson - 74 yards, 12-23-0mike glennon - 0 yards, 1-2-0receiving leadersgeorge bryan - 4 catches, 22 yardss. Howard - 2 catches, 13 yards

game-changing statsrussell Wilson was sacked six times, while the Pack defense brought stephen garcia down only three times.despite four fumbles, the only turnover of the game led to the only touchdown of the game, giving UsC an early lead and momentum.running back tony baker on his fumble in the red zone:“it definitely hurt,” baker said. “it was their only score of the game. “i don’t know what

Volleyball heads to South CarolinaThe Pack will head to Spartanburg, S.C. this Friday and Saturday to participate in the USC Upstate Volleyball Tournament. State will face the Citadel, UNC Ashville, and South Carolina Upstate after coming off a 3-1 weekend as host of the RTP Classic. Isis Gardner led the way with 39 kills while freshman Sarah Griggs notched 28 in her first colligate tournament. Both UNC-Ashville and South Carolina Upstate carry 2-2 records into the weekend and the Citadel went 1-3 last week. The Pack and Upstate South Carolina have never faced each other, but State has compiled a 3-1 combined record against the other two teams.

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Yow selected for FIBA Hall of Fame The International Basketball Federation announced its list of 11 inductees for its class of 2009 earlier this week and legendary Pack women’s basketball coach Kay Yow made the cut. The enshrinement ceremony will take place Sept. 20 in Katowice, Poland, to coincide with the 2009 EuroBasket Finals. Yow’s contributions to the growth of basketball internationally led in part to her posthumous selection; she was a member of nine USA Basketball staffs in 10 years and won two U.S. teams to gold in 1986 and 1988.

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