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TECHNICIAN Raleigh, North Carolina technicianonline.com Katie Sanders Deputy Features Editor When Dick Reavis, now an as- sociate professor of English at N.C. State, was working with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, he thought he and his fellow organiz- ers were the first people in history to fight for equal opportunity. Now, however, he has come across a for- gotten four-page tabloid newspaper called The Southern Worker that proves there were people fighting for racial equality in the South as long ago as the 1930s. In 1965 and 1966 Reavis was a vot- er registration worker in Marengo County, Ala. At that time African Americans were only allowed to vote if they could pass a literacy test. Moreover, these tests were only given one Tuesday a month, only about 20 applicants could try a day, and very few people passed. Reavis worked to prove that it was unreasonably difficult for a black person to register to vote, among other things. “The problem is they were trying to arrest us all the time we were do- ing this,” Reavis said. “I ended up going to jail, I believe, six times, six or seven, on charges like vagrancy or disturbing the peace. And at one point I was sentenced to six months of hard labor.” Reavis found a reference to The Southern Worker a few years ago in the footnote of a book, Hammer and Hoe by Robin Kelley and, after read- ing a microfilm copy of the publi- cation in the library, immediately connected with it. Even though it was written and published in the 1930s, every issue argued for racial equality. “Those of us who were integra- tionists from the South thought that we were freaks and accepted that critique, because we didn’t know there was anybody like us,” Reavis said. “But this newspaper says, ‘Oh yes. You had ancestors. You represent a lineage….’ I looked at it and I said, ‘Gee, there’s nothing new under the sun, it’s just in the ‘30s they got beat.’” The Southern Worker was pub- lished by the Communist Party in Chattanooga, Tenn., but its reader- ship covered the whole South, in- cluding North Carolina. The paper shone a spotlight on lynchings or trials in which race was a determin- ing factor no matter where they took place. The Southern Worker was illegal – not because it was published by the Communist Party, but because of its stand on racial equality. Its writers and readers therefore had to take precautions. For example, the front page claims it was published in Birmingham, Ala., instead of Ten- nessee, and its editor Solomon Au- erbach wrote under th e pseudonym James S. Allen. “It stunned me,” Reavis said. “It brought up all the questions from the right of black people to serve on juries to racial intermarriage. It didn’t blink at anything.” The newspaper even referred to groups of white Southerners who were engaged in the fight for equal- ity. “You look at The Southern Worker and you find out that not only were there blacks, but there were whites in the ‘30s that opposed Jim Crow. And you know, if I had to pick a set of grandparents, it would be them,” Reavis said. Reavis also began to pull other newspapers from the day to com- pare the events reported and check The Southern Worker ’s accuracy. “I found that The Southern Worker didn’t distort the facts,” Reavis said. “It had ordinary concerns. It was not that ideological.” This was a surprise, as other Communist papers, like The Daily Worker , regularly published heavily slanted propaganda. j 3 Sara Awad Staff Writer Students heading to Carmichael Gym this January might find their usual treadmill taken. After nearly a month at home, many students return to campus with a few unwanted pounds and New Year’s resolutions to go with them, which makes January the busiest month for the gym. Howev- er, last year’s renovation to the Car- michael Complex should ease the transition by providing additional space for the additional patrons. University Recreation Fitness As- sistant Director Natalie Freeland said the entrance to Carmichael Gym is now more “cosmetically pleasing” and has new cardio and strength equipment to shorten the lines that had been forming outside the door of the old facility. “Some people only go to the Rec- reation Center and now they have the opportunity to see both facilities,” Freeland said. “I am excited students are coming out to the gym, and I want people to lead healthy and active lifestyles during all times of the year.” Patrons are not the only people excited to hit the gym in January. Fitness instructor and junior in nutrition science Kaitlyn Strick- land said many fitness instructors are motivated by the new interest in their classes. Several group fitness classes are filled, and 250 people at- tended the first day of fitness classes, Strickland said. “[January] has definitely been chaotic. I like the rush, and I think everybody loves the high population in fitness classes,” Strickland said. According to Strickland, the crowd begins to die down after two weeks, at which point she is able to see who her “regulars” will be. The stress that accompanies an in- creased flow of traf- fic to the gym has caused problems, like compact disc players not func- tioning properly, but there is always someone there to help, Strickland said. “During these busy times, we always make sure the staff is ready to go with easy-to-use procedures,” Strickland said. “Many new classes are also being offered this semester, like Turbo Kick. Group fitness classes are a great place to start for those looking to complete their New Year’s resolu- tions,” Strickland said. According to Freeland, there are also more than 120 pieces of group exercise equipment for students to use at their leisure. “I like group fitness because you’re working out with people, it’s just more lively, you laugh, we make fun of each other, encour- age each other and motivate each other,” Strickland said. “It’s like a social thing, you get out and make friends,” Strickland said. According to Strickland, many students don’t know what they are doing the first day of class, and those who continue trying to come to class are the ones who are suc- cessful. Personal training is another pop- ular activity for gym-goers. There are 13 trainers on staff to assist students with their physical needs, Freeland said. Students also tend to take advantage of club sports, out- door adventures, the bike rental program and the rock wall. Peak times at the Carmichael Complex include weekday mornings before classes, lunchtime and any time after 4 p.m. According to Free- land, more classes are offered in the afternoon to accommodate for the increased influx of students. While no classes are offered on Saturdays due to low demand, Sunday nights are typically popular with students, Freeland said. “You want as many people to par- take in activities because you want to see those changes within people,” Strickland said. “That’s why we’re here.” Taylor O’Quinn Staff Writer It has been a semester since the University dropped the extra charge for online courses, and some teachers say the work eth- ic of students enrolled in these classes disappeared with the fee. The University dropped the premium for taking an online course for full-time, degree- seeking students in the fall se- mester of 2012. Since then, the grade distributions for many online courses have been more varied than they were previously. Melissa Hart, a finance lec- turer for the Poole College of Management, teaches two live courses and two online courses. According to Hart, students be- lieve online courses will be easier than live courses, but she warns this is not always the case. “It’s much easier to go to class than to tell yourself to make time for an online course,” Hart said. Hart said she noticed a change in the planning process of her distance education students. According to Hart, more stu- dents missed homework as- signments than they did before the cost drop was implemented. Hart said she thinks the grade distribution for online courses will even out eventually when students become more aware of what a distance education class really is all about. Hart encourages students to consider the costs and the ben- efits of taking an online course before signing up for such a class. Hart said though there is not a monetary cost, students should view the additional time man- agement associated with online courses as a cost. “I encourage students to try one distance education course at a time,” Hart said. “Don’t try to jump into it all at once.” William Johnson, a JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIAN Dick Reavis, an associate professor of English, rediscovered and indexed all but two issues of the anti-racist 1930s newspaper The Southern Worker. It is now available online. ONLINE continued page 7 Working out New Year’s resolutions ‘The Southern Worker:’ An old voice rediscovered Premium dropped for online courses WORKER continued page 7 NEW FITNESS CLASSES TRX Strech: a stretch class for suspension training designed for those students who need a warm-up or cool-down Double Trouble: a boot camp workout taught by two male instructors PiYo: a fusion of Pilates and yoga Strength in Motion: a strength building class SOURCE: UNIVERSITY RECREATION CAIDE WOOTEN/TECHNICIAN Students play a pick-up game of basketball Thursday afternoon at the Carmichael Complex. January is the busiest month for Carmichael Complex due to New Year’s resolutions. insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 One change toward student health See page 6. Ke$ha defeats the sopho- more slump like a warrior See page 7. 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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina

technicianonline.com

Katie SandersDeputy Features Editor

When Dick Reavis, now an as-sociate professor of English at N.C. State, was working with the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, he thought he and his fellow organiz-ers were the first people in history to fight for equal opportunity. Now, however, he has come across a for-gotten four-page tabloid newspaper called The Southern Worker that proves there were people fighting for racial equality in the South as long ago as the 1930s.

In 1965 and 1966 Reavis was a vot-er registration worker in Marengo County, Ala. At that time African Americans were only allowed to vote if they could pass a literacy test. Moreover, these tests were only given one Tuesday a month, only about 20 applicants could try a day, and very few people passed. Reavis worked to prove that it was unreasonably difficult for a black person to register to vote, among other things.

“The problem is they were trying to arrest us all the time we were do-ing this,” Reavis said. “I ended up going to jail, I believe, six times, six or seven, on charges like vagrancy or disturbing the peace. And at one point I was sentenced to six months of hard labor.”

Reavis found a reference to The Southern Worker a few years ago in the footnote of a book, Hammer and Hoe by Robin Kelley and, after read-ing a microfilm copy of the publi-cation in the library, immediately connected with it. Even though it was written and published in the 1930s, every issue argued for racial equality.

“Those of us who were integra-tionists from the South thought that we were freaks and accepted that critique, because we didn’t

know there was anybody like us,” Reavis said. “But this newspaper says, ‘Oh yes. You had ancestors. You represent a lineage….’ I looked at it and I said, ‘Gee, there’s nothing new under the sun, it’s just in the ‘30s they got beat.’”

The Southern Worker was pub-lished by the Communist Party in Chattanooga, Tenn., but its reader-ship covered the whole South, in-cluding North Carolina. The paper shone a spotlight on lynchings or trials in which race was a determin-ing factor no matter where they took place.

The Southern Worker was illegal – not because it was published by the Communist Party, but because

of its stand on racial equality. Its writers and readers therefore had to take precautions. For example, the front page claims it was published in Birmingham, Ala., instead of Ten-nessee, and its editor Solomon Au-erbach wrote under th e pseudonym James S. Allen.

“It stunned me,” Reavis said. “It brought up all the questions from the right of black people to serve on juries to racial intermarriage. It didn’t blink at anything.”

The newspaper even referred to groups of white Southerners who were engaged in the fight for equal-ity.

“You look at The Southern Worker and you find out that not only were

there blacks, but there were whites in the ‘30s that opposed Jim Crow. And you know, if I had to pick a set of grandparents, it would be them,” Reavis said.

Reavis also began to pull other newspapers from the day to com-pare the events reported and check The Southern Worker’s accuracy.

“I found that The Southern Worker didn’t distort the facts,” Reavis said. “It had ordinary concerns. It was not that ideological.”

This was a surprise, as other Communist papers, like The Daily Worker, regularly published heavily slanted propaganda.

j

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Sara AwadStaff Writer

Students heading to Carmichael Gym this January might find their usual treadmill taken.

After nearly a month at home, many students return to campus with a few unwanted pounds and New Year’s resolutions to go with them, which makes January the busiest month for the gym. Howev-er, last year’s renovation to the Car-michael Complex should ease the transition by providing additional space for the additional patrons.

University Recreation Fitness As-sistant Director Natalie Freeland said the entrance to Carmichael Gym is now more “cosmetically pleasing” and has new cardio and strength equipment to shorten the lines that had been forming outside the door of the old facility.

“Some people only go to the Rec-reation Center and now they have the opportunity to see both faci l it ies,” Freeland said. “I am excited students are coming out to the gym, and I want people to lead healthy and active lifestyles during all times of the year.”

Patrons are not the only people excited to hit the gym in January. Fitness instructor and junior in nutrition science Kaitlyn Strick-land said many fitness instructors are motivated by the new interest in

their classes. Several group fitness classes are filled, and 250 people at-tended the first day of fitness classes, Strickland said.

“[January] has definitely been chaotic. I like the rush, and I think everybody loves the high population in fitness classes,” Strickland said.

According to Strickland, the crowd begins to die down after two weeks, at which point she is able to see who her “regulars” will be.

The stress that accompanies an in-creased flow of traf-fic to the gym has caused problems, like compact disc players not func-tioning properly, but there is always someone there to help, Strick land said.

“During these busy times, we always make sure the staff is ready to go with easy-to-use procedures,” Strickland said.

“Many new classes are also being offered this semester, like Turbo Kick. Group fitness classes are a great place to start for those looking

to complete their New Year’s resolu-tions,” Strickland said.

According to Freeland, there are also more than 120 pieces of group exercise equipment for students to use at their leisure.

“I like group fitness because you’re working out with people, it’s just more lively, you laugh, we make fun of each other, encour-age each other and motivate each other,” Strickland said. “It’s like a social thing, you get out and make friends,” Strickland said.

According to Strickland, many students don’t know what they are doing the first day of class, and those who continue trying to come to class are the ones who are suc-cessful.

Personal training is another pop-ular activity for gym-goers. There

are 13 trainers on staff to assist students with their physical needs, Freeland said. Students also tend to take advantage of club sports, out-door adventures, the bike rental program and the rock wall.

Peak times at the Carmichael Complex include weekday mornings before classes, lunchtime and any time after 4 p.m. According to Free-land, more classes are offered in the afternoon to accommodate for the increased influx of students. While no classes are offered on Saturdays due to low demand, Sunday nights are typically popular with students, Freeland said.

“You want as many people to par-take in activities because you want to see those changes within people,” Strickland said. “That’s why we’re here.”

Taylor O’QuinnStaff Writer

It has been a semester since the University dropped the extra charge for online courses, and some teachers say the work eth-ic of students enrolled in these classes disappeared with the fee.

The University dropped the premium for taking an online course for full-time, degree-seeking students in the fall se-mester of 2012. Since then, the grade distributions for many online courses have been more varied than they were previously.

Melissa Hart, a finance lec-turer for the Poole College of Management, teaches two live courses and two online courses. According to Hart, students be-lieve online courses will be easier than live courses, but she warns this is not always the case.

“It’s much easier to go to class than to tell yourself to make time for an online course,” Hart said.

Hart said she noticed a change in the planning process of her distance education students. According to Hart, more stu-dents missed homework as-signments than they did before the cost drop was implemented. Hart said she thinks the grade distribution for online courses will even out eventually when students become more aware of what a distance education class really is all about.

Hart encourages students to consider the costs and the ben-efits of taking an online course before signing up for such a class. Hart said though there is not a monetary cost, students should view the additional time man-agement associated with online courses as a cost.

“I encourage students to try one distance education course at a time,” Hart said. “Don’t try to jump into it all at once.”

William Johnson, a

JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANDick Reavis, an associate professor of English, rediscovered and indexed all but two issues of the anti-racist 1930s newspaper The Southern Worker. It is now available online.

ONLINE continued page 7

Working out New Year’s resolutions

‘The Southern Worker:’ An old voice rediscovered Premium dropped for online courses

WORKER continued page 7

NEW FITNESS CLASSES• TRX Strech: a stretch class for

suspension training designed for those students who need a warm-up or cool-down

• Double Trouble: a boot camp workout taught by two male instructors

• PiYo: a fusion of Pilates and yoga• Strength in Motion: a strength

building class

SOURCE: UNIVERSITY RECREATION

CAIDE WOOTEN/TECHNICIANStudents play a pick-up game of basketball Thursday afternoon at the Carmichael Complex. January is the busiest month for Carmichael Complex due to New Year’s resolutions.

insidetechnician

viewpoint 4features 5classifieds 7sports 8

One change toward student healthSee page 6.

Ke$ha defeats the sopho-more slump like a warriorSee page 7.

Women fall to Chapel Hill See page 8.

“I want people to

lead healthy and

active lifestyles

during all times

of the year.”NatalieFreeland,UniversityRecreationassistantdirector

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Staff Report

Noted author and lec-turer Iyanla Vanzant will speak at the McKimmon Center Monday, Jan. 14, from 6 to 8 p.m.

Vanzant will be speak-ing as a part of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity’s the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Campus Commemo-ration.

In addition to host-ing her own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, Vanzant founded and directs the Institute for Spiritual Development.

Tickets for the event are

on sale now at Ticket Central in Talley student center. Tick-ets are free for students and faculty and cost $10 for the general public.

The phone number for Ticket Central is (919) 515-1100.

Staff Report

Students now have ac-cess to Dining Dollars again.

In a press release posted on the University homep-age, Communications Manager for Campus En-terprises Jennifer Gilmore said spring Dining Dollars

have been added to students’ accounts.

Despite some concerns re-garding balances from last se-mester showing up on regis-ter screens, Gilmore said that balances have been updated.

To check account balances, go to www.ncsu.edu/dining and look under the Manage Accounts tab.

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THROUGH CAIDE’S LENS

Linux: Easy as Pi

Students and community members file through line to see the Raspberry Pi single board computer at the Triangle Linux Users Group (TriLUG) meeting on Centennial Campus, Jan. 10. The tiny Linux-based computer is designed for educational purposes and runs for just $25-$35. Employees of Splat Space, a

Durham “Hackerspace,” gave a brief presentation on the surprisingly versatile gadget. “It is a very good educa-tional device, and I would love to see more of it in the future,” said Matt Ledford, freshman in computer science. TriLUG meets monthly at various locations around the Triangle.

PHOTO BY CAIDE WOOTEN

CAMPUS CALENDAR

Thursday, January 10MOVIE: LOOPER 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: PITCH PERFECT9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

Friday, January 11Last day to add a course.

MOVIE: LOOPER7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: PITCH PERFECT 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: THE EMPEROR’S NEW GROOVE 11:59 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

Saturday, January 12MOVIE: LOOPER 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: PITCH PERFECT 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

Sunday, January 13

MOVIE: LOOPER 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: PITCH PERFECT 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

MLK SPEAKER Monday, January 146 p.m -8 p.m.McKimmon Center

Tuesday, January 15All DayN.C. State Crafts CenterREGISTRATION FOR CRAFTS CENTERSign up for crafts center classes for Spring Semester.

Wednesday, January 16MOVIE: TAKEN 2 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: THE PERKS OF BEING

A WALLFLOWER9 p.m. - 11 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

Thursday, January 17All DayN.C. State Crafts CenterREGISTRATION FOR CRAFTS CENTERSign up for crafts center classes for Spring Semester.

MOVIE: THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER7 p.m. - 9 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

MOVIE: TAKEN 2 9:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.Witherspoon Student Cinema

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POLICE BLOTTERJanuary 98:33 A.M. | COMMUNICATING THREATSHarris HallEmployee reported threatening phone call. Investigation ongoing.

10:54 | ASSAULTHarris Field Student reported being approached by subject who attempted to pull out possible knife. Student fled the scene.

4:31 P.M. | SKATE COMPLAINTDaniels HallOfficer responded to skate complaint but subjects left the area prior to officer arrival.

Dining Dollars are back

Speaker commemorates MLK

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Marijuana has re-cently been in the news and

not just because Canada’s golden-haired gift to the U.S. was reportedly seen indulging in the drug with

friends. Instead,

marijuana has been at the core of the drug debate be-cause of it s ever-changing legality

status. In November, rec-reational marijuana was legalized in Washington and Colorado, in addition to the states where it is al-ready legal for medicinal purposes.

Though few states have decriminalized mari-juana, part of me believes recreational marijuana should b e l e g a l i n e ver y state. This means, much like in Colo-rado and Washing-ton, adults over t he age of 21 should be al-lowed to possess up to an ounce of the drug — without foregoing Driv-ing Under the Influence of Drugs (DUID) provisions to protect against poten-tially harmful incidents.

There aren’t many dif-ferences between mari-juana and a lot of other legal substances. When compared to alcohol, to-bacco and even caffeine and refined sugar, the ef-fects of marijuana seem rather minimal.

Many believe in the old adage, “People always want what they can’t have.” By making a prod-uct off limits, that product quickly becomes much more desirable. Much like the speakeasies during the Prohibition era, marijua-na has an underground subculture — which, for

some, heightens the excite-ment surrounding the mel-low drug. If we legalize it for adults over 21 and continue to educate youth on the side effects, a portion of the allure will weaken.

There is also the argument that marijuana is the gate-way drug. However, don’t you think it’s possibly dur-ing back-alley transactions when people are introduced to more harmful drugs? Wouldn’t this opportunity for exposure diminish if the drug were sold at a liquor store?

Lastly, there is the eco-nomic factor, which should be highly considered. You do not have to be a student in the Poole College of Management to know that the economy is in rough shape and could use any boost. According to Harvard economist Jeffrey Miron, if the government were to legalize marijuana,

it would save $7.7 bi l l ion annual ly by not having to enforce the current ban of the drug. Moreover, Miron a l so suggests that the legaliza-

tion would create an addi-tional $6 billion per year in revenue if the government taxed marijuana at rates similar to that of alcohol and tobacco.

Between the economic advantages, the possibility of diminishing exposure to other drugs and making it less desirable by acceptance, the legalization of marijua-na could have some definite benefits. Also, let’s be hon-est, I am not interested in hearing so-called breaking news involving a young pop star smoking with one of his buddies. Marijuana is only as criminal as society wants it to be, but compared with what else is out there in the world, I do not think it is our biggest problem.

Tony Hankerson, junior in arts applications

Upholding my beliefs and integrity

As a deputy sports editor for Techni-cian, my primary

responsibility is to cover and report on N.C. State athletics. I like sports. I understand sports. I enjoy everything about college athletics from the inten-sity of the competition to

the tenac-ity of the fans.

Out-side of my duties as deputy sports edi-tor, I also have a de-sire to read

about politics, learn how the United States govern-ment operates and state my opinions on subjects that matter to me, always welcoming debates with my peers. However, I try to keep my political opin-ions far from the public eye, generally extending no further than Facebook and my friends.

Technician’s recent edi-torial, “Drills, not guns, promote safety,” hit a nerve with me. As a mem-ber of Students for Con-cealed Carry on Campus and a gun owner, I was ap-palled to read the words, “This newspaper disagrees with [SCCC’s] stance, which if implemented would increase the num-ber of guns on campus.”

Because I was not at that day’s budget and planning meeting, my input was not sought out for the matter. Naturally, the opinions of the editors present at the meeting became my own according to Tuesday’s Technician.

I am not only writing this to express my disdain for the editorial, but to ensure my integrity is upheld by defend-ing it.

Due to word constraints, I have abridged my column— it is available in its entirety on Technician’s website. First, a bone-chilling testimony.

Dr. Susan Gratia Hupp, a former member of the Texas House of Representatives, was eating lunch with her parents at Luby’s Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, in 1991 when a mad man crashed his truck through the window of the restaurant. The man exited the truck and began opening fire on the restaurant.

Gratia Hupp would later testify before the United States Senate about a mas-sacre she lived through, the deadliest this nation had ever seen until the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre.

Gratia Hupp opened her testimony by stating that she was not a member of the Na-tional Rifle Association, she abhorred hunting and she grew up in a house without guns. But when she was 21, a friend gave her a .38 revolver to protect herself with, which she received proper training

with and kept in her purse.When the shooter opened

fired in Luby’s Cafeteria, Gratia Hupp and her father dropped to the floor and hid behind a table. After she real-ized what was going on, she reached for her revolver, only to remember she had left it in her car. She had taken it out of her purse because in some locations in Texas, concealed carry permit holders aren’t allowed to carry a concealed weapon.

The shooter continued to fire. Her unarmed father then tried to stop the shooter and was killed in the process. Af-ter escaping, she learned her mother had not followed her out, but was also shot in the head while cradling her hus-band’s body.

The shooter shot 50 people, killing 23, before killing him-self.

Gratia Hupp stated that taking her revolver out of her purse was the worst decision of her life because she could have stopped that shooter. She would rather have a fel-ony knowing that she saved numerous people, including her own family.

She ended her story not by blaming the shooter, nor by blaming the guns. She placed the blame on the legislators that took away her right to defend herself and her family.

Send your thoughts to [email protected]

“Marijuana

is only as

criminal as

society wants it

to be ...”

Nolan EvansDeputy Sports Editor

Marijuana...up, up, and away

Brickyard banditThere is a bandit on the

loose — a Brickyard bandit. No, he is not

sneaky. No, he is not sly. But somehow he is robbing us

of both our patience and our t ime. H e d o e s not carry a

weapon; instead he carries his book tightly against his chest. He’s known as the “Obnox-ious Preacher” to students, and it would appear he’s here to stay.

It seems as though stu-dents cannot walk through the Brickyard without be-ing tastelessly challenged by this man. If a thought is started in a student’s mind, it is bound to be interrupted by the overbearing assertions of the “Man with the Bible.” I understand free speech and a permit allow him to

be on the Brickyard, but one would think that the count-less eye rolls, the wide-eyed glares and the harsh grimaces would drive him away. Well, they don’t.

Students are getting frus-trated with this bumptious, bearded bigot. When we walk through the Brickyard, we’re on our way to study or eat, not waiting to hear a ser-mon barked at us. Last time I checked, the Brickyard was not a church. Who wants to listen to someone yelling commands? I doubt even Moses was this gauche about his Commandments.

As I was on my way back from class, I saw the portly preacher surrounded by a crowd of people so I did what any curious person would do: I listened in. At first, I pitied him, but after listening a bit longer my spiking blood

pressure told me my feelings toward him were something along the lines of rage.

It would be fine if he was in the brickyard spreading love and peace, but he is trying to instill the exact oppo-site. He calls people names a nd ma kes ridiculous assertions that he just cannot back up with valid information from the world or from the book he clutches so tightly. Within minutes of hearing his vile vitriol, I found myself in an argument with him, and I’d been called a “wicked, wicked woman” and told that I “praise Satan.” I had even left my “I heart Sa-tan” pin in my dorm room, so he had valid grounds to make

that assumption.Along with calling inno-

cent students horrible names, he spews statements that are completely illogical and ex-tremely uncanny. When I

was watching the madness unfold he said things such as, “women belong in the kitchen,” “all brown people are Muslim,” and not to

mention “marijuana makes you gay” and “blacks are the reason for crime.”

Those are direct quotes. Direct. He said those things — out loud.

This duel is not one be-tween theists and atheists, because frankly, even Chris-tians are frustrated with this preacher. The things that he

says are downright outra-geous.

Nobody wants to be told what to believe and if he re-ally wanted people to hear his word, he would draw people in with quiet, genuine words. So essentially he would ex-ercise the polar opposite of his current approach. True Christians are the ones who read the Bible quietly at night, not the ones who perform a show every time they preach.

When I was listening to him, I was waiting for some dancers to come out to help along his “show” or maybe for him to even whip out a red boa for extra pizazz.

I commend those brave souls who try to argue against him, but let’s get real, he lives for the arguments. I am even guilty of giving him the sat-isfaction of argument, but it is so hard not to. People who

put themselves out there in the way he does are just wait-ing for a fight, and if we want him to leave our campus, we shouldn’t give him what he wants. It seems as though all he wants is to get a rise out of students. No, not as in catch-ing-the-Holy-Spirit kind of “rise,” but a “rise” as in evoking anger. I can just see the sparkle in his eye when a confident candidate argues with him or the cynical smirk he gives to the passersby who dramatically roll their eyes.

Does he belong in a mental institution? Probably not. But all I know is he does not be-long on our campus. A college campus is supposed to be a place where students are ex-posed to different beliefs and cultures, not force-fed them.

BY CAIDE WOOTEN

How will you be watching

the Duke game tomorrow?

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IN YOUR WORDS

“I’ll be on the front row, hopefully, with the pep band.”

Lauren Mabrygraduate student, animal science

“I’ll definitely be in the line to get in the front seats[at PNC Arena], decked out in everything I’ve got.”

Joel Calhounsophomore, animal science

“I’ll be at PNC.”

Muneeb Mustafa,senior, business administration

“I will be cheering on our team so hard [at PNC Arena] because I know they can do it. I have high hopes for this game.”

Sruthi Monhanjunior, chemical engineering

Lauren NoriegaStaff Columnist

EMAIL GREENE [email protected]

Professor Greene will respond to questions in a bi-

weekly advice column.

Taylor QuinnStaff Writer “I had even

left my ‘I heart

Satan’ pin in my

dorm room ...”

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2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. NC State Campus Commemorative

The African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University will present, An Evening with Iyanla Vanzant, Celebrating the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 14, 2013 from 6PM to 8PM at the McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University. The event is part of the campus-wide commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Beginning Jan. 21, N.C. State Dining will be encouraging students to make one positive lifestyle change each week for six weeks in order to improve their overall health. They call the program One Change, and hope by emphasizing walking, hydration, exercise,

relaxation and nutrition, students and staff will gain the knowledge and motivation to con-tinue improving their health in the future. “I want anything that we do as a program to be life-changing,” Lisa Eberhart, N.C. State’s dietician, said.

The first week of the program chal-lenges students and staff to become more active in their everyday life by walking a little more or taking the stairs when pos-sible. There will be table tents set up in popular areas with pedometer giveaways and walking maps that include the walk-ing times and distances between popular locations on campus.

There will also be menu identifi-ers in the dining halls comparing the amount of calories in certain foods to the amount of walking needed to burn off those calories.

Week two encourages students and staff to hydrate with water instead of soda or energy drinks.

“Students don’t always realize how much sugar there is in certain beverages like Gatorade or soft drinks,” Elizabeth Paca, a dietetic intern, said.

Another common problem is that the brain can mistake thirst for hunger. Therefore, it is advisable to hydrate be-tween meals to curb hunger and avoid over-eating. Hydration stations in Foun-tain Dining Hall will be available this week with healthy drinking options.

One Change wants to encourage stu-dents to be active at least 30 minutes per day, and so during the third week of the program, prizes will be handed out to students who take classes at the gym such as zumba, Pilates, kickboxing and yoga.

Another goal for this week is to spread awareness about recovery drinks such as Howling Cow Chocolate Milk. These drinks contain the proteins and carbohydrates needed after a cardio or strength workout.

The fourth week of One Change will highlight the importance of relaxation for maintaining good health. Students will be encouraged to take yoga classes as a way to reduce their stress.

There will also be information avail-able to inform students about healthy ac-tivities and eating options. For example, getting seven to nine hours of sleep is also important in keeping stress levels low, and foods like almonds, walnuts, skim milk, oranges and spinach all com-bat stress.

The goal of the program during week five is to inform students about healthy eating choices. Students should make sure that half their plate is fruits and veggies and that half of their grains are whole grains. They are also encouraged to avoid excess sodium and switch to fat-free or low fat milk.

To make this easier there will be vege-table stations and fruit bars at the dining halls as well as vegetarian sandwiches at Case Dining Hall.

The final week of One Change intro-duces students to keeping a food diary. Through MyFitnessPal, an online nu-trition tool, and FitBit, an electronic tracking device that helps record your movement, sleep and calories burned, students and staff can help keep track of their daily progress toward a healthy lifestyle.

There will be tables set up at Fountain dining hall educating students on how to start a MyFitness Pal account. They will also have the option to become friends online with N.C. State’s dietician, Lisa Eberhart, so that she can give them tips on how to stay healthy.

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FeaturesWill E. BrooksDeputy News Editor

Ke$ha’s debut, Animal, was shocking, funny, exciting, and according to an inter-view in The New York Times, at least partly a joke.

Ke$ha’s sophomore album, Warrior, is less a party an-them than an admission to having a soul. Despite con-taining less of the party-satire that originally drew listeners in, the album makes an ad-vance musically.

With roots in house, dub-step and classic rock, Warrior represents the unique beast that Ke$ha has made herself into. And while it is less taste-less for the sake of irony, the album provides exactly what a pop album should, catchy,

positive songs that most peo-ple can enjoy.

Ke$ha’s style-change is safe, leaving enough of her roots to recognize Warrior as a Ke$ha album, but shedding enough in attempt to invent herself as a more serious artist.

Pulsating house music serves as a setting for the first half of Warrior, morph-ing behind love songs like “C’mon,” and “Wherever You Are,” presenting a dreamy, love-struck Ke$ha that was previously absent.

Love takes the place of the previous theme, promiscu-ity, and while Ke$ha’s main venue of choice is still the dance-f loor, she would no longer have us believe that she is purely hedonistic or that her toothpaste of choice is Jack Daniel’s.

House blends with acous-tic guitar and the bellows of dubstep in the album’s first single, “Die Young,” which remains to be my favorite song on the radio, showcas-ing the mix of these styles that define the “new” Ke$ha.

A report by The New York Times explained that Ke$ha’s original intent for Warrior was purely rooted in clas-sic rock, apparently being inspired by Iggy Pop’s “The Idiot.” Ke$ha’s producer changed the direction, but some of these rock songs do remain.

“Dirty Love” and “Only Want to Dance with You” ditch electronics and feature Iggy Pop. These songs seem to be underdeveloped and out of place, and though they are enjoyable as stand-alone

songs, they simply don’t fit.The lyrics, too, seem out of

place in spots, often shallow during love songs. Perhaps this is in attempt to slowly let go of her old image, but in some spots she does seems genuinely mature.

In “C’mon,” Ke$ha sings, “I don’t want to think about what’s going to be after this, I just want to live right now.” It is something that nearly every college student can re-late to; how can anyone enjoy youth when it is essentially a preparation for something profoundly less interesting?

Ke$ha finds a new sound in

Warrior and tries a new way of expressing herself lyrically, she is now at a crossroads, not a sophomore slump, and pro-

vides a solid album, but leaves growing room.

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However, while Reavis has found a few minor references to the newspaper’s existence in older scholarly works, it had been all but forgotten by history. He thinks that as the Civil Rights movement evolved it tried to play down its early ties to communism, and The Southern Worker was pushed aside and buried.

“If you read textbooks or take courses today they are going to tell you that the Civil

Rights movement was begun by the Supreme Court when it ruled in Brown vs. Board of Education in ’54, saying that schools should be integrated,” Reavis said. “So the govern-ment started the Civil Rights movement, and then Dr. King and Rosa Parks took it up; that’s the official story.”

But that’s not the complete truth – through his work with The Southern Worker Reavis has been uncovering evidence for what is known as the Long Civil Rights Movement point of view. This view argues that the Civil Rights movement

was started by the people and had been going on un-derground for years be-fore it fully emerged.

The South-ern Worker is also valu-able for the information that it gives us about the Great De-pression. Its third page was always filled with letters from the people talking about the racial and economic issues of

the day.“When I looked at those

letters I saw the Depres-sion,” Reavis said. “This wa s te s t i-mony from the horse’s mouth. Those letters enchanted me because they were the

unedited words of ordinary people.”

Although we can study The Great Depression from statis-

tics and other sources, these newspapers give an unembel-lished and shocking view of daily life, making them in-valuable resources.

Soon after discovering it, Reavis decided The Southern Worker needed to be indexed and began a three-year proj-ect of tracking down and preserving each issue. After acquiring the microfilms by ordering them from various libraries, he found the origi-nal filming institution had lost about 20 issues. How-ever, he continued to look, unearthing paper copies in

libraries in Alabama and en-listing the help of the Marxist Internet Archivists. There are only two issues still missing; Reavis thinks they may be lost forever.

Reavis recently posted The Southern Worker available freely online and said he is optimistic that The South-ern Worker is such a valuable source that historians and professors who teach about the Civil Rights Movement will begin using it.

“When I looked

at those letters

I saw the

Depression.”Dick Reavis, associate professor of English

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his 3-point shooting ability. His presence allows senior center Mason Plumlee, an early contender for ACC play-er of the year, to get easy one v. one looks down low which Plumlee can finish with ease.

With Kelly unable to play on Saturday, State can fo-cus more on locking down

Plumlee in the post and se-nior guard Seth Curry on the wings. Plumlee and Curry both lead the Blue Devils in points per game, 17.7 and 16, respectively. Another player to watch on the Blue Devils is sophomore guard Quinn Cook. Cook runs the point for Duke and can do it all, averaging 11.4 points and 6.1 assists per game including an impressive 3-point percent-age of .458.

Saturday’s game promises

to be the most high profile ACC clash so far in the sea-son. State is talented enough to win the ACC regular sea-son title, but if they are to achieve this goal then they must consistently defeat pe-rennial ACC powerhouses such as Duke. Saturday’s game will be a major indi-cator of who has the best chance to win the ACC. Tip off is scheduled for noon at the PNC Arena.

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sophomore in electrical engineering, has taken a few online courses. Johnson said he is a consistent “A” student, but when he took his first on-line class it was “difficult to keep up with.”

Hart stressed the impor-tance of organization for taking distance education classes. Each online course varies in the way it is taught depending on the subject and the instructor, which is not unlike any live course.

“There’s no template for distance education classes,” Hart said. “There isn’t one standardized way that the class will be delivered.”

Distance education classes can be a great advantage for faculty and students since they provide more flexibility than live courses do. How-ever, with flexibility comes

more responsibility, Hart said.

Taking a distance educa-tion class requires not only learning the material for the course, but also learning how to adapt to the way online classes are structured. Har t sa id distance education classes tend to require m ore a t-tention a nd have a s l ig ht ly heavier workload. However, the amount of work and level of difficulty varies depending on subject and course.

“Over the semester I learned to adapt to the way my distance education class worked,” Johnson said. “I became so accustomed to it that I decided to take another

online course.” Some distance education

classes require daily or week-ly posts while others may not. Instructors develop the way their classes will be taught through their experiences in

the class-room and convert that into an online format.

Students can com-pare online courses w it h t he course catalog by goi ng to

the distance education web-site, which can be found on the N.C. State homepage. Specific grade distributions for each class can be found in the MyPack Portal under the Enrollment tab.

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ing blow for the Pack, Kastanek, the team’s captain, says that it’s

time to put the loss behind them and move forward. “Coach tells us that people who fail quit right before they’re about to succeed,” Kastanek said. “We have 14 games left for sure in this sea-

son and we believe we can do good things if we keep push-ing. … This team hasn’t quit and I really don’t believe that we will quit.”

“Over the semester

I learned to adapt

to the way my

distance education

class worked.”William Johnson, sophomore in

electrical engineering

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INSIDE• Page 6: A review of Ke$ha’s album,

Warrior.

Andrew SchuettDeputy Sports Editor

Fresh off a hard fought win against Georgia Tech Wednes-day night, the No. 20 N.C. State Wolfpack (13-2, 2-0 ACC) take on the No. 1 Duke Blue Devils (15-0, 2-0 ACC) this Saturday in Raleigh. Both teams sit atop the ACC stand-ings and are the only two ACC school s t hat are current ly ranked in the top 25.

This is a game that has been circled on both teams’ calen-dars since the media picked the Wolfpack to win the ACC regular season title before the season started. State is looking to re-assert its dominance in the ACC after more than twenty years of drought. Duke, on the other hand, wants to maintain its No. 1 ranking and stay at the top of the ACC standings.

“This is a dream for me, play-ing against the No. 1 team in the nation at home,” freshman guard Rodney Purvis said. “We’re in Raleigh and I’m from here so this is a benchmark for me.”

Saturday will mark the second straight year that a top-ranked team has come into Raleigh. The Wolfpack lost to top-ranked Syr-

acuse last year by a score of 88-72. Both teams come into the game

hot. Duke has posted early season wins over three of the four teams in the 2012 Final Four (Kentucky, Louisville and Ohio State) and is so far undefeated in the 2012-13 sea-son. The Wolfpack, since two early season losses to Oklahoma State and Michigan, have fought back

and enter Saturday riding a nine game winning streak. State also has a nine game home win-ning streak dating back to last season.

“I can’t wait for Saturday,” junior g u a r d L o r e n -zo Brown sa id. “ T h e y ’ve b e e n playing hard. Their

whole team has been playing pretty good. I mean we have, too, so it’s going to be a good game.”

Recent history against our Tri-angle neighbors doesn’t bode well for State. State’s record against Duke over the past five years is 1-6, in-cluding a 78-73 heartbreaker against the Blue Devils last year in Durham. The Pack was up by 20 points with 11:33 left in the second half before Duke surged back to escape with the victory. The Wolfpack’s lone victory came in 2009 in Raleigh as State stu-dents stormed the court after the 88-74 victory.

Duke will come into the game with one of its stars sidelined by injury. Senior forward Ryan Kelly,

a Raleigh native from Ravenscroft High School, incurred an injury to his right foot during Duke’s 68-40 win against Clemson on Tuesday and will be out indefinitely.

Kelly is a key starter for the Blue Devils, averaging 13.4 points per game and stretching the floor with

Nolan Evans & Daniel Neal Deputy Sports Editor & Staff Writer

In a game that featured back-and-forth spurts from both teams, N.C. State could not finish off the No. 11 Tar Heels Thurs-day night in Reynolds Coliseum. After UNC jumped on the board to start the game off, ju-nior guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman responded for the Wolfpack by draining a 3-point-er to put the Pack up 3-2 early on. Carolina was quick to take the lead back, going on a 7-0 run to go back up 9-2. The Tar Heels seemed to be taking control of the game, but Goodwin-Cole-man and junior forward Kody Burke stopped the momentum with a pair of layups to pull the Pack within two points be-fore the first media timeout. The seesaw battle continued for most of the first half as the teams exchanged leads seven times and tied once. State was able to carry a 31-28 lead into halftime behind 10 points from senior guard Marissa Kastanek and 12 points from Burke. The Wolfpack stormed out of the gates to begin the second half, quickly grabbing a dou-ble-digit lead. But right when it seemed N.C. State was about to run away with the game, the tide turned dramatically. Three minutes and 21 seconds later, the Tar Heels were right back in it after tying the game at 42 apiece.

For the next 10:39, neither team led by more than two points as they continued to battle. With

1:54 remaining, Carolina guard Brittany Rountree broke that spell by putting the Tar Heels ahead af-ter stealing the ball for a breakaway layup. Rountree finished the con-test with 17 points to lead the Heels. A pair of free throws pulled State within one, 62-61, with 1:24 to play. Despite its resilience, the Pack would never fully recover. With Carolina up by three with 49 seconds remaining, the Pack tried to inbound the ball but was called for a 5-second viola-tion as head coach Kellie Harp-er attempted to call a timeout. “I thought I got the timeout,” Harp-er said, taking a moment to hold

back tears. “But I guess I didn’t.” The Tar Heels received the ball and Rountree was immediately fouled, sending her to the free throw line where she nailed both shots. Following a missed Tar Heel layup, State responded with a quick layup by redshirt sopho-more guard Len’Nique Brown, cut t i ng t he lead to t hree . Rountree was fouled again upon Carolina’s inbounds play and she again drained both shots from the charity stripe. Five seconds later, Kastanek drained a three-pointer to bring it to a 68-66 game with 20 seconds remaining. Once again, Rountree was fouled

on the inbounds play. This time, however, she missed the front end of a 1-and-1. Junior center Markei-sha Gatling rebounded the ball for the Pack, but threw the ball away with 14 seconds remaining. Carolina again managed to in-bound the ball to Rountree who was fouled, sending her to the free throw line where she nailed her sixth free throw in a 33 second span, giving the Heels a 70-66 lead. Goodwin-Coleman heaved up a last second shot, but it was off the mark and UNC took the win. Although the loss is a devastat-

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Battle charged with DWISophomore guard Staats Battle was arrested Jan. 1 and charged with driving while impaired. Battle, who hasn’t dressed for the Wolfpack’s last two games, faces charges of DWI, provisional DWI and a lane violation. Battle walked-on to the basketball team during his freshman year and is most known for winning the “Coolest name in the NCAA Tournament” in an online contest hosted by ESPN.

SOURCE: WRAL

Volleyball adds two more recruitsThe N.C. State volleyball team has added Tanna Aljoe, a transfer from San Diego State, and Mary Catherine Preddy, an outside hitter from South Granville High School, to its 2013 recruiting class. Aljoe was named team captain during her time with the Texas Advantage Volleyball club and won six championships. Preddy helped South Granville to a 23-4 overall record and led her team to the class 2-A finals.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Brown selected as Cousy award finalistJunior guard Lorenzo Brown was selected on Thursday as one of 20 finalists for the 2013 Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year. The Cousy Award is given annually to the top point guard in college basketball. Brown currently leads the ACC in assists per game (6.7), the highest in Wolfpack history since Chris Corchiani dished out an average of 9.6 assists per game in the 1990-91 season.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Pack falls in closing minutes to UNC

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANSenior guard Marissa Kastanek drives around Carolina senior guard Tierra Ruffin-Pratt during the women’s basketball game in Reynolds Coliseum Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013. The Wolfpack lead the Tar Heels 31-28 at the half.

NCSU v. Duke Men’s Basketball Preview

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANSophomore forward C.J. Leslie reaches up to put the ball in during the basketball game against Duke in Durham, N.C. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.

FridayGYMNASTICS V. MARYLANDReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS AT ILLINI INVITATIONALNaples, Fla., All Day

MEN’S BASKETBALL V. DUKEPNC Center, 12 p.m.

WRESTLING V. GARDNER-WEBBBoiling Springs, N.C., 6:30 p.m.

RIFLE V. ARMYCharleston, S.C., All Day

MEN’S TENNIS AT ILLINI INVITATIONALNaples, Fla., All Day

SundayWOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. VIRGINIACharlottesville, Va., 2 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS AT ILLINI INVITATIONALNaples, Fla., All Day

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

MEN’S BASKETBALL

“This is a dream

for me, playing

against the No.

1 team in the

nation at home.”Rodney Purvis,

freshman guard

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QUOTE OF THE DAY“This team

hasn’t quit and I

really don’t believe

that we will quit.”Marissa Kastanek, senior guard