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Raleigh, North Carolina
The Memorial Bell Tower is having slight renovations to ensure it’s still around in the future.
Chelsey FrancisSenior Staff Writer
Like many other buildings around for more than 60 years, the Memorial Bell Tower is getting what some consider a much needed renovation.
Although it took thirty years to con-struct, the Bell Tower has been an icon for N.C. State since it was completed in 1949. In the decades that followed, water seeped inside the building and harmed some of its surfaces, according to Andy Snead, direc-tor of Design and Construction Services.
According to Snead, this is the first of what will likely be four phases of repairs. This initial phase aims to resolve the prob-lem of water entering the tower, especially through its small windows and leaky mortar joints. This water intrusion, if not addressed, could lead to greater structural prob-lems.
“This is the first phase of the Bell Tower repairs, which involves sealing the building envelope, an industry term that es-sentially means keeping water and humidity on the outside of the building,” Snead said.
While Snead said the timing of the re-pairs isn’t great since graduation is ap-proaching, the Bell Tower will be available for photos during graduation.
“Construction activity will cease all work during the week of graduation and then resume for completion by June 1, 2011,”
Snead said. The current budget for
repairs of $13,000 will allow the most pressing needs in the most sensi-tive areas of the building to be taken care of first. However, according to Snead, all of the main-tenance and repair work
needed could cost upwards of $1 million. That includes repairs to the courtyard area, installation of windows at the top of the Bell Tower, a complete resealing of all masonry joints and cosmetic work on the
shrine room.The phased approach will ensure the
most critical items are taken care of first, says Snead.
“The scope of this phase is to stop water intrusion through the wall into the lower part of the tower and shrine room where the damage is most pronounced,” Snead said. “The age of the mortar joints requires that they be tuck pointed to restore the in-tegrity of the joint.”
Tuckpointing is a form of joint repair, ac-cording to Snead. The old or failing mortar is removed and replaced with new mortar. When the mortar in the joints fail, mois-ture can seep through the joint and ulti-
State provides drop-off for unused or expired medications to help water supply and community health.
Anja DavisStaff Writer
Student Health Services and Cam-pus Police are joining forces with the Drug Enforcement Agency’s Nation-al Take Back Initiative to encourage people to remove expired and unused medications from their homes—no questions asked.
Lisa Holzworth, medical laboratory technician with Stu-dent Health Services, said this initiative is the result of the or-ganization’s desire to take part in Earth Day celebrations.
“Student Health Services was looking for some way to participate with Earth Day and we found information on the National Take Back Initiative,” Hol-zworth said. “The medication drop
off provides an environmentally safe method of disposing unused medica-tions.”
According to Stephanie Pomeroy, Student Health Services pharmacy technician, one common misconcep-tion regarding medications is they can be disposed of like garbage.
“Medication should never be flushed down the toilet or put in the trash,” Pomeroy said.
According to Pomeroy, one reason why f lushing medications is unac-
ceptable is because it contaminates drink-ing water.
“Trace amounts of drug residue are showing up in city water systems across the U.S.,” said Holz-worth, who said she became interested after reading about t he topic whi le serving on Student Hea lt h Ser v ice’s Sustainability Com-mittee.
But according to Rebecca Sasser, a Student Health Services pharmacist, the potential for contamination goes far beyond the city limits.
“Research suggests that certain drugs may cause ecological harm,” Sasser said. “Effects on aquatic life are a major concern as well.”
While Sasser also said there are no known human health effects from the levels of pharmaceuti-cals found in our water supplies, the levels of substances are increas-ing and as a result of this, more re-search is being done on the matter.
According to Pomeroy, medica-tions do not have to be diluted in water supplies to be of danger to the public.
“Removing expired or unused medications from the home may help to prevent accidental child poisoning,” Pomeroy said. “It may also help to remove the temptation for people to experiment with pre-scription drugs.”
“Last year’s National Take Back Initiative collected 121 tons of medication across the U.S.,” Holz-worth said. “This past spring, Cary Police collected 200 pounds with a medication drop off.”
Pomeroy, who has been working with the Student Health Services Sustainability Committee and
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Bell Tower undergoing repairsRepaiR and Renovation of n.C. State UniveRSity MeMoRial Bell toweR:
Problem: Water entering the tower through small windows and leaky mortar joints causing damage to the tower interiorSolution: Reduce the leaks at the roof slab, seal the window openings and waterproof the second floor slab. Then repair and paint the steel beams and steel plates. Problem: Weathering has discolored the granite stone and deteriorated the exterior mortar joints.Solution: Repoint exterior mortar and wash tower.
Problem: Marble ceiling and wall panels in the shrine room have been severely damaged by water infiltration.
Solution: Dismantle and store the marble ceiling, wall and floor panels. Construct a waterproof enclosure to encapsulate the room. Reset the marble. Install a small air handling unit at the second floor slab to provide air circulation within the shrine room.*This problem will be resolved as funding is identified.*
Problem: Granite cobblestone pavers just outside the tower are subsiding and uneven and the concrete pavement at the courtyard is badly cracked and also has subsided.Solution: Remove the granite cobblestones, re-compact the subgrade, install a subgrade drainage mat, and reinstall the cobblestones. Demolish concrete pavement, re-compact the subgrade, and cast and install new concrete panels.
Source: N.c. State facilitieS
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Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh reopensAfter two years of renovations and reorga-nization, the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh will open its doors tonight. See page 5.
“Medication
should never be
flushed down the
toilet or put in the
trash.”Stephanie Pomeroy, Student
Health Services pharmacy technician
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“Our goal will be
for the repairs to
be unnoticeable.”Andy Snead, director of Design
and Construction Services
Sarah tudor/techNiciaNWorkers continue to work on the Bell Tower to help prevent water damage. Water damage could cause other long-term damage to the Bell Tower; work is expected to be completed by May 20, 2011.
Mayor Charles Meeker giving up the reins as he declines to run for a sixth term.
Lana Layton Staff Writer
Since elected as Mayor of Raleigh in 2001, Charles Meeker has done much to attempt to increase the quality of life in the state capitol.
But when Meeker’s fifth term comes to a close, someone else will fill his seat as Mayor of the “City of Oaks.”
According to Chancellor Randy Woodson, Meeker fostered a positive
relationship with the N.C. State com-munity.
“I think Mayor Meeker has been a great partner with N.C. State,” Wood-son said. “The relationship between the University and Raleigh couldn’t be stronger and that’s because of the mayor. He was hugely instrumental in Hillsborough Street and getting that project to completion. A lot of us associated with the University are disappointed he won’t continue [to be] mayor, but we certainly appreci-ate what he’s done during his 10 years in office.”
Woodson continued to highlight Meeker’s dedication to serving Raleigh
and the N.C. State community well, specifically mentioning one of the Wolfpack’s favorite fund-raising events.
“The Krispy Kreme Challenge is a great example where the city has been a willing partner with us as we have grown that race in the last six or seven years to be as large as it is and that required a lot of cooper-ation with the city,” Woodson said. “There are just so many things that the mayor has been instrumental in that has involved NC State.”
So far, one candidate has stepped
New face to mayoral race
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alex Nitt/techNiciaNJana Angel, senior in international studies, models for Allison Cross’ collection, “The Art of Being lovely,” during the Threads senior Collection spring 2011 Fashion show on Thursday, Apr 28, 2011. Cross’ collection was inspired by retro prints from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s and Audrey hepburn.
Harrelson plans releasedtechnicianonline.comBy Elise HeglarStaff Writer
As the Tally Student Center undergoes a complete renovation process, student organizations currently located in this building and Witherspoon Student Center are moving their operations to Harrelson Hall. The temporary move will be in effect through 2013, when the new Tally Student Center is scheduled to be finished.According to Jonathon Smith, student centers president, Harrelson was chosen as the temporary space because it has more room available than other buildings on campus. The current plan is to allow the space to be used until the new Tally is unveiled and then to demolish Harrelson completely due to its old structure.
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POLICe BLOTTeRApril 264:10 A.M. | TrAffic AccidenTCentennial Middle School Campus Police responded to accident caused by unknown driver driving in careless manner at high rate of speed. Vehicle lost control and struck tree then left scene of accident.
5:08 A.M. | SuSpiciouS perSonAvent Ferry Complex Non-student was found sleeping on bench. File check revealed prior trespass warning issued. Subject was arrested.
10:27 p.M. |drug ViolATionTurlington Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officers checked area but did not locate any problems.
12:20 p.M. | dAMAge To properTyCarmichael Gym Staff reported graffiti at this location.
2:34 p.M. | HiT/run-properTy dAMAgeBrooks Hall Student reported vehicle was sideswiped at this location.
5:35 p.M. |fire AlArMReynolds Coliseum Officer responded to alarm caused by heat from laundry area. System reset.
6:04 p.M. | TrAffic AccidenTPullen Road Two students and non-student were involved in traffic accident resulting in property damage only.
7:55 p.M. | lArcenyMann Hall Student reported bicycle stolen.
8:53 p.M. |fire AlArMAvent Ferry Complex Officers responded to alarm caused by steam from shower.
9:20 p.M. |SuSpiciouS perSonOld Field House Report of suspicious subject loitering in this area. Officer
searched but did not locate anyone.
April 2710:54 A.M.| TrAffic AccidenTDan Allen Drive/Sullivan Drive Report of accident involving student. No injuries were reported and second drive left the area.
11:45 A.M. | MedicAl ASSiSTCentennial Middle School Units responded and transported non-student in need of medical assistance.
5:29 A.M. | SuSpiciouS perSonJackson Street Student reported being followed by suspicious subject. Officers searched the area but did not locate vehicle.
7:43 A.M. | BreAking & enTeringPoole Golf Course Staff reported storage shed had been entered by prying door hinges. No items found to be missing at this time.
1:03 p.M. |dAMAge To properTyForeign Language Labs Staff reported graffiti on exterior door. 1:20 p.M. |MedicAl ASSiSTStudent Health Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.
1:28 p.M.| SkATeBoArd ViolATionGardner Hall Two non-students were trespassed from N.C. State property for performing prohibited skateboarding.
11:47 p.M. |MoleST fire equipMenTWilliams Hall Units responded to report of fire and determined unknown person(s) had activated fire extinguisher in the building.
2:09 p.M. |concerning BeHAViorHarris Hall Staff member reported non-student had made a threat during phone call.
2:52 p.M. |ASSiST oTHer AgencyGorman Street/Kaplan Drive Campus Police assisted Raleigh Police Department with traffic accident involving Wolf Line bus.3:56 p.M. |HiT/run-properTy dAMAgeCurrent Drive Staff member reported vehicle had been stuck causing damage to mirror.
4:03 p.M. |AlcoHol ViolATionHillsborough Street Report of three subjects drinking alcohol at bus stop. No subjects were found to have alcohol and were allowed to leave the area.
4:55 p.M. |SuSpiciouS perSonUpper Miller Field Report of subjects on the field while closed. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone.
5:13 p.M. | SuSpiciouS perSonD.H. Hill Library Report of suspicious subject. Officers checked area but did not locate anyone matching description of subject.
6:30 p.M. | SuSpiciouS perSonHarris Field Report of subjects creating disturbance. Officers checked area but did not locate subjects.
6:51 p.M. |SuSpiciouS perSonBrooks Lot Non-student was trespassed from N.C. State property due to unexplainable activity and presence in restrooms on multiple floors of building.
9:48 p.M. |lArcenyBagwell Hall Student reported unsecured bicycle stolen.
April 281:16 A.M. | fire AlArMWilliams Hall Officers responded to alarm caused by Housekeeping working in the area.
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Megan Bates, sophomore in zoology, and Shelby Hawkins, freshman in computer science, lounge on the wall above the Free Expression Tunnel Thursday. Megan, top, who climbs up to this spot frequently, said “One day I thought, ‘I can get
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mately find its way into the structure.
“This is normal in buildings as they age, and we perform re-pairs of this nature on a regu-lar basis in older buildings on campus,” Snead said.
The first phase accounts for the lower 18 feet of the tower to have the masonry joints cleaned and repaired, accord-ing to Snead.
“Scaffolding has been erect-ed to that approximate height around the tower, and a ply-wood screen covers the lower 12 feet for pedestrian protec-tion,” Snead said.
However, Snead said the goal is for the new mortar to be un-
noticeable—even after the ex-tensive repairs.
“Our goal will be for the re-pairs to be unnoticeable, ex-cept perhaps by an engineer or someone in the construction
industry who has experience with masonry work,” Snead said. “We worked diligently to ensure the new mortar will match the existing mortar.”
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administration, along with campus police and regional and local DEA offices to co-ordinate staffing needs and legal requirements neces-sary to hold the event.
“This is the first year we have done this, so I am not sure what to expect,” Pomeroy said. “But anyone interested in dropping off expired or unused medica-tions can drive by or walk over to our table which will be set up behind the Student Health Services this Satur-day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.”
While Student Health
Services asks anyone partici-pating in the drop off to leave labels on the medicine bottles for drug identification purpos-es, labels that will be removed at the site to protect pri-vacy, Holz-worth said all medica-t ions wi l l be accepted.
“If some-o n e h a s medication without la-bels we still want them to drop off their medication and our pharma-cist will identify the medica-tion,” Holzworth said.
Holzworth also said the
medication will be collected, weighed, and incinerated at the drop off site and none of the medication is reused nor released into the water system.
In addi-tion, Sasser s a id f ac-ulty will be present to answer any medication questions related to drug expi-ration, drug disposal, or
environmental contamina-tion and Campus Police will be present to assure security.
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The Spanish department is now considering not just students’ grades, but proficiency too.
Ken ChengStaff Writer
N.C. State is setting a new standard for Spanish majors, requiring that all Spanish students take the new proficiency test in or-der to graduate. Mark Dar-hower, professor of Spanish Implied Linguistics, intro-duced the test to an over-hauled Spanish language and literature curriculum.
“The new proficiency test makes both professors and students pay closer atten-tion to oral proficiency de-velopment,” Darhower said.
What makes the new pro-ficiency requirement and test so innovative is that it gives a common mea-surement of prof i-ciency. The standard for the re-quirement comes from the Ameri-can Coun-cil on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, a n orga-nization designed to g ive a common measurement of proficiency. Not only is it designed to set a common standard, but also one that yields higher expectations.
“We try to gear our in-structions by the third year in the program to focus on advanced and superior lev-els,” Darhower said. “That’s where students need to get to.”
According to Darhower, problems in the past have brought forth the need for such a program. It came from the concern that Spanish majors were grad-uating with the degrees without actually having learned to be proficient in
the language. “Part of the new proficiency
requirement is to help students get to the advanced and supe-rior level and not just assume that they are at these levels just because they are taking Spanish classes,” Darhower said. The new requirement is designed to make sure students graduate knowing Spanish with expertise and proficiency.
Darhower stated concern with the challenges to face with the new proficiency re-quirement. One of the big-gest concerns for professors is the language/literature divide. This is the conflict in which professors who teach Spanish literature feel that they should not be accountable for the lan-guage and grammar aspect of the curriculum.
“A lot of departments are afraid of it still,” Darhower said. “It’s a huge endeavor. In addition to the literature/lan-guage divide there is also the
opposition to the new require-ment by those who d o n o t agree with it.”
The ACTFL has incited protest i n s ome people and Darhower acknowl-edged how
the extra requirement has cre-ated some upset.
“Some people don’t believe that the ACTFL should be the authority in language profi-ciency,” Darhower said. “Why put an additional requirement when other majors don’t?”
There is also the concern that it will hold up the graduation of students who are not reaching the level. According to Dar-hower, they ultimately would not graduate on time. Also, there is the test cost of fifty-five dollars, and that depends on how many times the students will have to take the test.
Ilse Gonzalez, a sophomore in nutrition science, is a native Spanish speaker from Mexico
and she worked with Darhower to take a trial test.
“My Spanish teacher, profes-sor Garrigan, encouraged me to take the test since I’m a na-tive speaker,” Gonzalez said. “I was a little nervous taking it at first, but I think it really does critically test language skills. I think it’s great that the depart-ment is requiring this because the skills that the test looks at are things you need in a con-versation setting.”
For those Spanish majors struggling to meet the require-ment or feel they could use the extra help, the University does offer FLS 399, a Spanish Oral Proficiency Workshop.
“It is a one-credit, five-week class designed to help students reach the intermediate high oral proficiency level,” Dar-hower said. “So they take it if they don’t reach the level to prepare for the test.”
The ACTFL not only sets guidelines that both professors and students can work towards, but it also provides training and certification for professors.
“The ACTFL came and gave a four day workshop to ten Spanish professors to become certified testers,” Darhower said. “Seven out of ten of those professors are now pursuing certification to become official ACTFL testers.”
New proficiency test for Spanish majors
The measuremenT of proficiency can be defined by The following groups:Novice- Memorize words and expressionsIntermediate- Puts together sentences, is able to describe things, can narrate in the present tenseAdvanced- Oral paragraphs by stringing together coherent sentences, can narrate in all tenses, can tailor language to formal vs. informalSuperior- Can string together abstract topics, academic topics, unfamiliar topics, can put for theories and opinions and defend them.
Source: www.actfl.org
“We try to gear our
instructions by the
third year in the
program to focus
on advanced and
superior levels.”Mark Darhower, professor of
Spanish language and literature curriculum
“This is the first
year we have done
this, so I am not
sure what to expect.”Stephanie Pomeroy, Student Health
Services pharmacy technician
Sarah tudor/technicianWorkers continue to work on the Bell Tower to help prevent water damage.
up to the plate: city council member Nancy McFarlane. Having lived in Raleigh for over 20 years, McFarlane said she is running to maintain Raleigh’s growing atmosphere.
“I’ve always been involved in the community. I’ve been on the council for four years and I love Raleigh. We’ve grown a lot, we’ve really changed a lot,” McFarlane said. “We’re antici-pating a great deal more growth and I want to make sure that we continue to maintain all the things we love about [the city].”
Serving Raleigh since 2007, McFarland said her original inspiration to join city council stemmed from advocating for an issue that hit close to home for many citizens of Raleigh.
“[There] had been a lot of is-sues with storm water runoff from development that would continually f lood people’s yards. Lakes would fill up, and we were spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to clean
up all of the runoff,” McFarlane said. “I was actively talking to the city council and I just didn’t think it was fair that the citi-zens were going to have to pay to clean up the mess. So that’s how I initially got involved. One of the things I did as a re-sult of that was I implemented stronger storm water and silt runoff controls for construc-tion sites.”
McFarlane also said she wants to continue fighting for improved communication channels between the city and Raleigh residents.
“There are some things I’d like to see the city improve [upon] with communication. There are lots of ways to com-municate now and I would like to see us step up and do a better job of letting people know what their city government does for them.”
Although McFarlane is start-ing to form her election cam-paign, she said she does and will continue to think highly of Meeker’s legacy as mayor.
“I have great respect for all of the things that [Meeker] has
accomplished and I’ve learned a lot working on the council with him. He’s very thought-ful [and] he brought a great demeanor to the council where everyone felt like they could be heard,” McFarlane said. “I think that’s important, [where] everyone on the council is re-spected and all the interactions with the citizens are respected too.”
Woodson also spoke of the mayor’s accomplishments, ex-pressing his respect for all of Meeker’s dedication to Raleigh and the University.
“To be an elected official for 10 years, he’s seen the city through a lot of new projects and through a very difficult recession. It is a very long run for an elected official,” Wood-son said. “At this point, it’s just good to step back and celebrate everything that Meeker has done for the city and for [NC State].”
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Two poets, a translator and a photographer aim to record civilian stories in Egypt and Tunisia.
Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor
In a time when seniors Mo-hammad Moussa and Sameer Abdel-Khalek could be focus-ing on the end of their college careers, they’re focused on a different journey. Along with two poets, Moussa and Abdel-Khalek are putting the final touches on a travel schedule that will take them into con-flict-heavy areas of the Middle East.
They’re not going to raise arms, or join the fight. They’re going to create art.
The group are members of “Poetic Portraits of a Revolu-tion,” whose mission is to visit
areas of Egypt and Tunisia to record the stories of the self-determined people behind the movements in each country. Using photography, video and poetry, the four will spend a month in each country to doc-ument the lives of the people with which they interact, ac-cording to Moussa.
The trip is two-fold, with the group visiting Egypt in June, Tunisia in July, and returning to the United States in early August. According to Moussa, they hope t o h a v e compiled poetry, photographs, video and mate-rial to broadcast over the radio while abroad.
Moussa, senior in electrical engineering, is the interpreter for the group. He said he joined
because he speaks Arabic.“They needed a translator
and interpreter for the locals, and I speak Arabic,” Moussa said. “I wanted to get involved.”
Abdel-Khalek, senior in envi-ronmental technology, will be the chief photographer for the project. Abdel-Khalek said he thinks capturing their interac-tions on film is crucial.
“First and foremost, photog-raphy is such a unique element, and it allows you to see some-
thing that ha s hap-pened i n the world in a d i f-ferent way t han you
normally see things document-ed,” Abdel-Khalek said. “I love that we’re meshing multiple art forms to showcase what’s going on over there.”
Group uses poetry to chronicle a revolution
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Technician was there. You can be too.
The Technician staff is always looking for new
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Congrats Sean Klemm
I would like to congratulate Sean Klemm on writing a fantastic farewell article. For the last few years I have painstakingly combed the sports page of Technician looking for any reason to privately disparage him in his work. However, this final article was well-written and provided wonderful insight into his hopes for the future of intercollegiate athletics at N.C. State. Thanks for
the articles, Sean, it is apparent to me that Tyler Everett doesn’t have a prayer of being as good a writer as you when he returns.
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It didn’t hit me until Thursday that my year has come to an end. I almost teared up at the Techni-
cian budget meeting and our end of the year picnic didn’t help the nos-
talgia.Reflecting back on
when I was first hired, I cannot believe I made it. Along with everyone who was there to see me hired, it seemed impos-sible then to tackle this something no one fully
understood. I kept pushing through though and the staff beat the odds. A freshman photographer in horti-cultural science can move beyond the stereotype, lead the newspaper and serve the N.C. State community.
I know Technician has not been
perfect this year and I never expect-ed it to be. When I started, Techni-cian only had a few staff members and the first issue of the year ran a blank viewpoint page. It makes me cringe, but it reminds me how far we’ve come.
It may not seem far when you think about each story we didn’t tell, each detail we didn’t fix before it printed, or each correction we’ve run, no matter how small. But my goal was to make sure that the news-paper was in the stands the next morning and was as informative and accurate as we could make it. I know we are not perfect but we still tirelessly work to improve so we can keep you informed.
I can’t forget the victories Techni-cian has also had. We’ve continued
to serve as the N.C. State commu-nity’s forum. We’ve covered stories that have made you think, laugh and respond. We’ve created and engaged in dialogue with members of our community. We’ve completed our mission and I’ve done what I can, but now it is time to move on to the next stage.
Sixty hours a week is a lot of time to get back. Thinking about what I will do with it after everything I’ve done in Witherspoon and across this campus, I don’t know if there is enough to do. You can look for-ward to seeing me at more events, behind a camera or maybe through the panes of the Marye Anne Fox Greenhouses. Who knows?
This year at Technician has been amazing though. I’ve seen signifi-
cant changes in the quality of the paper and the staff members. Every-one has grown so much and know-ing what I’ve seen this year, I know next year will be even better.
I leave the newspaper in good, capable hands, both with the next editor-in-chief and next year’s staff. Technician will be here to cover the issues, the people and the stories and bring them to you each day. So here’s to another paper, update, sto-ry, photo and tweet.
Sincerely,Amanda WilkinsEditor-in-Chief
My final farewell
Amanda WilkinsEditor-in-Chief
By EMIly WHITE
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Students prove to be politically misinformedSince The president began cam-
paigning in early 2008, his religion has been a point of controversy. At
first, Hillary Clinton’s campaign dab-bled in the speculation that the presi-dent might be a Muslim. Since then, it’s been mostly conservatives promoting
this factually chal-lenged myth. In June of 2009, for example, Fox News ran a special report called, “Islam or
Isn’t He?” Recently, Rush Limbaugh has taken to calling the president “Imam Obama.”
So maybe it is unsurprising that sur-veys find many people think the presi-dent is a Muslim. And the percentage is growing. Surveys conducted by the widely respected PEW Foundation found the percentage of respondents saying they believe Obama is a Muslim has increased from 12 percent in March 2008 to 18 percent in August 2010. Also, the number of respondents who said they “did not know” the president religion increased from 36 percent in 2008 to 43 percent in 2010. In addition to the number of incorrect responses increasing, the number of people who could correctly identify the president as a Christian dropped from 47 percent in 2008 to 34 percent in 2010.
Just last month, I helped craft and run the Spring 2011 Pack Poll, and we polled students on similar questions about the president religion to determine how well the N.C. State student body lined up with the national polls.
N.C. State students preformed slightly better than the national average when asked to identify the president’s religion. We found that 16 percent of students incorrectly identified the president as
being Muslim, 27 percent of students said they “did not know” his religion, and 57 percent of students correctly knew that the president is Christian. In fact, a far greater percentage of N.C. State students knew that the president is Christian compared to national sam-ples, but the percentage of students who believe that he is Muslim falls in line with national trends.
Which kinds of students still believe that the president is Muslim? One indi-cator of misinformation appears to be the type of news media that students are consuming. Of those who rely on the Internet for most of their news, only 13 percent believe that the presi-dent is Muslim. Those who rely on independent websites a nd blog score even better, with only two percent of “pure” Internet news consumers believing that the president is Muslim. To the contrary, students who rely on TV and newspapers for news did the worst, with 23 percent of each group thinking that the president is Muslim.
If we dig deeper into the TV shows that students are watching, certain shows have stronger correlations with correct or incorrect responses. Major network news consumers score about in line with the general student popula-tion, 19 percent cannot correctly iden-tify the president’s religion, while stu-dents who watch The Daily Show or The Colbert Report are the most informed
about the president’s true religious views, only 10 percent of their view-ers think The president is Muslim. As might be expected based on academic studies of the so-called “Fox Effect,” we find that Fox news viewers do the worst. Overall, 28 percent of Fox viewers incorrectly identified The president as Muslim. The actual shows on Fox that students watch does not seem to matter: viewers of Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly’s are among the most misinformed.
There are some obvious reasons why these types of media are associated with more or less correct information but it
is impossible to sort out. One way to better understand this is to examine the factual be-liefs of students who say the Tea Party does or does not do a good job of rep-resenting their beliefs. It is well-documented that
those belonging to the Tea Party move-ment are more conservative than most Republicans. It is also widely believed by political scientists that one’s partisan-ship can “blind” people to the truth, and allows them to see only what they want to see. Democrats, for example, were more likely to think that President Bush knowingly allowed 9/11 to hap-pen in order to consolidate his power, which is false. We find that 28 percent of so-called “Tea Partiers” falsely believe the president is a practicing Muslim, but just five percent of students who are not
in line with the Tea Party movement think the same thing.
Could some Tea Partiers be hold-ing on to false information because they really believe it or is it an expres-sion of negative feelings towards the president?
Based on Pack Poll results, it would be easy to say that Tea Partiers are ill about the president. They do, af-ter all, report being the most disap-proving of the president’s job perfor-mance. However, according to some studies done on the national level, Tea Partiers still report false beliefs about The president’s religion, even after being offered a monetary incen-tive to give correct answers.
The Pack Poll has helped us to an-swer several questions about the state of politics today and opened new areas of uncertainty. Disgruntled voters are holding onto misinforma-tion. As we discovered in the fall 2010 Pack Poll, 28 percent of students said they were unwilling to vote for a Muslim candidate in an election.
Because of the current state of the economy, the 2012 presidential elec-tion will likely be a close one. If vot-ers still falsely believe that the presi-dent is Muslim after serving more than two years of his term, this could be a campaign hurdle for the next election cycle.
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Lauren ForbesGuest Columnist
“N.C. State students
preformed slightly
better than the national
average when asked
to identify President
Obama’s religion.”
“I’m getting with groups, but I’ve not started yet.”
Shane Beeson freshman, environmental technology
“I’m actually graduating in May, so right now I’m busy and not doing anything. I need to get more sleep.”
Demetria Stuartsenior, psychology
Dear Readers,
After two years of renovations and reorganization, the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh will open its doors tonight.
Mark HerringLife & Style Editor
The bright light shining into the clean gallery of the Con-temporary Art Museum of Raleigh may create an atmo-sphere that seems unfitting in an abandoned warehouse, but according to Kate Thompson Shafer, gallery and exhibitions manager, it museum works as an unexpected paradox.
“The idea of putting an art museum in the warehouse f lips the whole thing on its side,” Shafer said. “But the space works extremely well. The building has amazing ar-chitecture and we wanted to keep all the integral parts, the truss supporting the roof and the wide open space, so we kept that visible and highlighted on purpose by painting it white. Before, it was black. Now, we have natural light coming in from all around on the win-dows.”
The gallery is located on t he cor ner o f M a r t i n St ree t a nd West Street in the ware-house district in downtown Raleigh and w a s c o n -verted from an old cold storage facil-ity. Accord-ing to Shafer, the museum demonstrates that art can be found in any set-ting and is not limited to any viewer.
“We really wanted to make art accessible here,” Shafer said. “We the large windows, you can basically see all the exhibited work in the gallery from the outside, so it speaks to how aren’t excluding it from anyone. But viewing the gallery
itself is free to the public.”Tonight is the reopening of
CAM after the gallery closed four years ago, quickly after its relocation to the warehouse district. The formal reopening ceremony is closed to public, but tickets are available for $150. According to Shafer, the reopening will include a meet-and-greet with up-coming featured artists, Dan Steinhil-ber and Naoko Ito. The two approach the idea of recycling and use of industrial space in different ways, but Shafer said, “…they balance each other out in fun and unforeseen way.”
Shafer said that the museum is a new addition to a growing artistic district, with other spe-cialty boutiques, restaurants and smaller galleries sprouting
in the former railroad cargo storage build-ings.
CAM Ra-leigh started in 1983 and was founded by the North Carolina Contempo-r a r y A r t Foundation, but in 2006, the museum partnered
with the N.C. State College of Design and has worked closely with university faculty and students to focus the museum not just on the art presented, but also the educational aspect of art. The museum puts on a summer design camp for pro-spective design students and has worked joined efforts with the University to search for and
support local youth artistic tal-ent.
Christine Fleming, senior in graphic design, worked as a counselor for design camp two years ago. According to Flem-ing, the museum and the Uni-versity partnered five years ago for organize the camp.
“After I was a counselor, CAM accepted me as graphic design education intern,” Fleming said. “I’m in charge or organizing and planning activities for the camp.”
Fleming said she has been working more preparing for the reopening and she will attend opening night.
“I’m excited to go and get to mingle with the big-wigs and foundation supporters,” Flem-ing said. “I’ll be there all night.
They invited me as a full-time staff member. Afterwards is a museum after party, which is a $50 admission, but then for the rest there is an after-after party over at Kings Barcade.”
Due to the admission fees for the reopening night, many stu-dents won’t be attending, but Emily Struthers, a senior in landscape architecture, said she will go to the “after-after party” and will see the museum once it become free to the pub-lic starting Saturday.
“I’m excited to see what’s new at CAM and I know they’ve put a lot of work into the reopen-ing,” Struthers said.
Artspace hosts emerging artist residencies for students trying to break into the art scene.
Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer
One of the hardest things students have to deal with after graduation is getting a job, especially in fields like the fine arts where many professionals do not have steady jobs with a com-pany, but rather work on commission. It can be tricky for emerging artists who have recently graduated to mar-ket themselves to the art community without a little extra help.
Artspace gallery in downtown Ra-leigh created the Regional Emerging Artist Residency program in 2000 to help local artists become recognized i n N o r t h Carolina’s art scene.
“It ’s per-sonal ly one of my favor-ite programs because it’s a great way to support up-and-coming ar t ists and to prov ide them space and time to work,” Mary Poole, execu-tive director of Artspace, said.
The gallery supports two resident artists a year for a six-month duration in which the artists get free 24-hour access to Artspace studios. They must also work for at least 15 hours a week during Artspace business hours, par-ticularly during scheduled tours.
The program was started in Janu-ary of 2000 as a way to support and inspire emerging artists in the Raleigh area. According to Poole, it came from a desire “…to create ways to support
artists in the community and not just professional artists.”
Poole talked about a few of the requirements for eligibility for the program. Some of these include: NC residency, no current enrollment in an academic program and being 18 years of age or older. These requirements are available in detail at Artspace’s website.
According to Poole, the process to apply is simple. Applicants must submit digital images of their work as well as a statement that discusses their work and how the residency will benefit their career, which is a factor in how applicants are chosen.
“It’s a review process by commit-tee and then…we typically narrow it down to a few and then do interviews,” Poole said.
“They get exposure to the commu-nity just by having the stu-dio space,” Poole said.
Several University alum-ni have successfully gone through the residency with huge benefits to their ca-reers in the art world.
Luke Buchanan, a 2002 graduate in architecture, did his residency during the fall of 2003, focusing on painting. He said that after he graduated, he needed studio space in order to paint.
“When I graduated I no longer had a studio space
and it was kind of difficult to paint in my apartment,” Buchanan said.
One of the things Buchanan said he learned from his residency expe-rience is how to market himself and his artwork, which he said he picked up from the professional artists he worked beside.
“I learned some things about getting into galleries and applying for juried shows and things like that,” he said. “I didn’t really learn that kind of stuff at school.”
He also said that he made many contacts throughout the residency that have continued to benefit him years later.
“It really jump started my presence in the local art scene,” Buchanan said. “There are…contacts that I made that I still benefit from.”
Marie Cordella, a 2008 gradu-ate with a master’s in industrial de-sign, works with textiles as well as in graphic design. She explained that af-ter graduating she was not quite sure what to do next.
“I had just graduated and I didn’t know what to do,” Cordella said. “And I’m really project oriented. I thought it would be beneficial to spend 6 months with those people learning about my-self and being watched.”
Through the program, Cordella said she learned a lot about her work habits
and that it helped her to decide where she wanted to work in the future.
“I learned that I work better alone. I’m a high energy person, but I don’t talk when I’m working,” she said. “It helped me learn that I wanted to work for myself instead of working inside of a large company.”
She also explained that she learned how to price and sell her work, divid-ing her studio time between making personal art and commercial works.
“They ask you to create something to sell,” she said. “It taught me a lot about pricing and selling.”
Poole said the program is extremely beneficial for emerging artists, not only to get their work recognized in the community, but to also develop their craft and grow as an artist.
“I think it’s a great opportunity to have a concentrated focused time to
work, to develop ideas, to get feedback from professional artists and also to get experience with talking about their work which is extremely important,” Poole said.
Considering the economic climate for graduates of any field, Buchanan and Cordella said they would recom-mend the program to other young artists.
“You just can’t match the exposure,” Buchanan said. “People come through there for not just First Friday but every day.”
Cordella said she believes her expe-rience got her a head start with her art career and pursuing her future goals.
“I think if you are serious about whatever you are doing, practicing it within your community is the way to go,” Cordella said.
TECHNICIAN FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011• PAGE 5FeaturesLIFE & STYLE
Artspace residencies jump start students’ careers
“I think it’s a
great opportunity
to have a
concentrated
focused time to
work, to develop
ideas”N.C. State alumna Marie Cordella
SARAH TUDOR/TECHNICIANArtspace is a gallery in downtown Raleigh in the City Market district with over 100 associated members. The gallery is offering its studios and resources to talented local residents.
PHOTO COURTESY OF CAM RALEIGHAbove: The interior of the Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh is the product of a renovated railroad warehouse. These pieces by Dan Steinhilber are made from various packing and industrial supplies materials. Shafer said his work celebrates the roots of the building. Right: Featured artist Dan Steinhilber made this piece of art by scattering various plastic cutouts onto industrial plastic tarp melting it into an inflatable shape. The piece, which is untitled like the rest of Steinhilber’s, is inflated with the help of electric fans and can be viewed from the inside.
CAM RALEIGH REOPENING DETAILS:Grand reopening: Friday 7:00 p.m. Tickets $150Museum after-party: $50 at the museum after reopening“After-after” party: Kings BarcadeGeneral Admission: open to public Saturday and Sunday
SOURCE: CAMRALEIGH.COM
“The idea of
putting an art
museum in the
warehouse flips
the whole thing
on its side.”Kate Thompson Shafer
Gallery and Exhibtion Directore
Contemporary Art Museum of Raleigh reopens
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Nick LivelyStaff Writer
With the season coming to a close, the N.C. State softball team hopes to finish on a high note as it takes on the Virginia Cavaliers in a three-game ACC series starting tomorrow after-noon at the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Softball Stadium.
Coming off a series win over Virginia Tech last weekend, senior third baseman Bridget Des-bois pointed to improved offense and defense, as well as pitching, as the reasons for the Wolf-pack’s (24-20 overall, 5-11 ACC) recent success.
“The series against Virginia Tech went great,” Desbois said. “We finally all worked together as a team for those wins. It was defense, pitching and offense all put into one unit.”
Desbois, who sports a team-high batting av-erage of .324, admitted that her success stems from relaxing at the plate, and thinking about nothing but the task at hand.
“It makes me feel confident, very confident,” Desbois said. “I think I’ve just been turning my brain off mentally when I hit, and not think-ing about anything else. It seems to have been working.”
Even with State’s recent success, senior third baseman Alyssa Ishibashi stated that the out-come of Saturday’s game against Virginia will be difficult, but will come down to who fights harder to secure the series victory.
“They have been a slightly different team ev-ery year,” Ishibashi said. “I think they are faster than they have been in the past, so it is really up for grabs as to who wants to win. It simply comes down to who wants it more.”
With the Pack losing each past three season
series against the Cavs in very close matchups, including a tight 1-0 loss in 2010, the team must be prepared every way possible in order to break the trend.
Ishibashi said she believes State is adequately prepared for Virginia, stemming from the fact that the coaching staff has made players watch game film and get familiar with Virginia’s play-ing style.
“For most teams that we play against, we have film that we watch so we are acquainted with their playing style,” Ishibashi said. “Occasion-ally, we have teams that have more left-handed batters than right-handed ones, so we try and prepare defensively for that as well.”
With both Desbois and Ishibashi being se-
niors this year, progression has definitely oc-curred according to both of the upperclassmen.
Desbois agreed with the fact that coach Lisa Navas has helped her become a better person, both on and off the field.
“I think Navas has taught me a lot of things on and off the field that have made me a bet-ter person,” Desbois said. “On the field, I’ve gained more confidence and she has helped my mental game. Off the field she has taught me respect and manners, along with how you carry yourself off the field.”
Saturday will feature a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. with the series finale starting at noon Saturday and will also serve as Senior Day.
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ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOSenior first baseman Alicia Abbott looks a throw into her glove in the final inning of the game against UNCG at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail stadium March 23. The Wolfpack won 9-0 in five innings.
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want too. It was the best I’ve seen us play all year.”State looks to continue its run of playing good
baseball and hope to reach the .500 mark in the ACC after early season struggles. The Pack is fac-ing an opponent that might not be as imposing as the Virginia’s, North Carolina’s or Clemson’s of the conference, but the Pack knows it cannot take them lightly. Granted, the team has come a long way since earlier in the season, but they dropped two of three to Duke, which is also 4-17 in the league. This only further emphasizes how tough the ACC truly is, and that anyone can win on any given day.
Following Friday’s opener, the Pack will play Saturday at 6:30 and Sunday at 1:00.
Durham native D.J. Thomas has quickly become the Pack’s top left-handed reliever.
Tucker FrazierSenior Staff Writer
Thankfully for N.C. State, freshman lefthander D.J. Thomas was a Wolfpack fan growing up. Lefthand-ers can sometimes seem unusual, weird or uncanny. After all, roughly only one in every 10 people is left-handed and may have dif-ficulty using simple objects such as scissors or even a computer mouse.
But when it comes to baseball, being left-handed is considered a blessing, especially for pitchers be-cause of the simple fact that most hurlers, just like most people, are righties. Hard-throwing high school left-ies can virtually take their pick as to which college they want to attend.
The former Durham Riverside standout has impressed teammates and coaches in his first season of college baseball and given the Wolfpack (24-18 over-all, 9-12 ACC) a dependable left-handed arm out of the bullpen.
“He’s done outstanding,” coach Elliott Avent said. “He’s come into a lot of big situations and something positive always happens when he’s on the mound. He fills up the zone a lot and does a good job hold-ing runners on base.”
Junior lefthander Grant Sasser’s move to the start-ing rotation three weeks ago left only two left-handed re-lievers on the roster besides Thomas – senior Nick Rice
(4.82 ERA) and sophomore Mike Clark (18.00 ERA). Need-less to say, Thomas’s seamless adjustment to the college level has come as a pleasant surprise for the Pack.
But the Thomas-N.C. State marriage almost did not hap-pen. After earning all-state honors as a high school senior for finishing with a 7-1 record and a 1.49 ERA, Thomas was pursued by perennial baseball powerhouses South Carolina, Virginia, East Carolina and North Carolina before signing with the Pack.
“I’ve always been a State fan so that was a big factor,” Thomas said. “My mom kind of wanted me to go to [North] Carolina because she went there, but a bunch of guys I knew went there and I just wanted to do something dif-ferent.”
Teammates joke with Thom-as about his high school ex-ploits and are quick to point out one performance in par-ticular – a 16-strikeout effort, which included a 3-4 day at the plate and four RBIs. With a fastball that tops out in the upper 80’s and good offspeed stuff, Thomas was quick to catch the attention of State coaches.
“We got on him early and re-ally liked what we saw out of him,” Avent said. “Coach Hart did a good job locking him up and he’s just been a real positive influence on our ballclub since he’s been here.”
One of only three freshmen on the roster, Thomas has taken the brunt of upperclass-man pranks and forced to lug equipment around on some occasions.
“We have to take it easy on him because if we made him do everything, he would probably just want to leave,” Sasser jok-ingly said.
Thomas said his best moment so far in his first season was when he was the first pitcher out of the bullpen in the Pack’s season-opener against Elon.
The Durham native’s best performances have interest-ingly come against the very teams that recruited him. Against East Carolina on April 5 and North Carolina on April 17, Thomas worked 2.2 innings and surrendered only two hits each time. Thomas pitched two innings Sunday afternoon against No. 1-ranked Virginia, giving up only one hit to keep the Pack’s chances alive.
Perhaps the biggest pill to swallow for Thomas was go-ing from one of the state’s top starting pitchers to joining the Pack’s bullpen as a reliever.
“It was definitely a wakeup call,” Thomas said. “You’re back to the bottom of the to-tem pole and just have to work
your way up.”In addition to being
more highly sought after, lefthanders naturally have a better pickoff move than righthanders because they are already facing first base. Thomas has shown a knack for picking base runners off as he is tied for the team lead after picking two players off in the same week.
“We were working on that all week and D.J. goes out and ends up picking a cou-ple guys off in big situations, so we were like, ‘I guess the kid does listen,’” Sasser said.
As the homestretch nears and the Wolfpack jockey for position in the ACC standings, Thomas’s role will be increasingly vital to the team’s success as he has now asserted himself as the Pack’s top left-handed reliever.
COUNTDOWN• 126 days until the football team’s season-opner
against Liberty.
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TECHNICIANPAGE 8 • FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011
Wilson wins Arthur Ashe Scholar of the YearTwo-sport star Russell Wilson was named the Arthur Ashe Jr. Male Sports Scholar of the Year, an award given to collegiate athletes who best exemplify high scholarship achievement, athleticism and community service. After being drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the fourth round last year, Wilson, who sports a 4.0 GPA as a graduate business student, is currently batting .216 for the Asheville Tourists. Coach Tom O’Brien has made it clear, however, that if Wilson were to return to the gridiron, he would do so as Mike Glennon’s backup, which has opened the door for rumors about the possibility of the All-ACC quarterback transferring to another school for his final year of eligibility.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Pulgar named All-ACCFor the second consecutive season, Jaime Pulgar has been named to the 2011 All-ACC men’s tennis team, voted on by the 12 head coaches. Pulgar missed roughly one month of action due to injury, but still managed to pick up 10 victories at the No. 1 and 2 singles slots for the Pack, three of which came against ranked ACC opponents. The native of Madrid, Spain is ranked No. 117 nationally in singles by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and becomes the first Wolfpack stringer to garner back-to-back All-ACC honors since Jay Weinacker in 2008-09. Overall, Pulgar’s honor marks the sixth consecutive year the program has had an All-ACC performer.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
TodayTRACK AT PENN RELAYS Philadelphia, Pa., All day
BASEBALL VS. MARYLANDDoak Field at Dail Park, 6:30 p.m.
SaturdayTRACK AT PENN RELAYSPhiladelphia, Pa., All day
SOFTBALL VS. VIRGINIACurtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 1 and 3 p.m. (doubleheader)
BASEBALL VS. MARYLANDDoak Field at Dail Park, 6:30 p.m.
SundayTRACK AT PAYTON JORDAN INVITATIONALPalo Alto, Calif., All day
SOFTBALL VS. VIRGINIACurtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium
BASEBALL VS. MARYLANDDoak Field at Dail Park, 1 p.m.
Wolfpack looks to shell struggling TerpsBaseball team looks to strengthen postseason resume with a series sweep of struggling Maryland.
Jeff GonzaStaff Writer
If there is a redheaded stepchild in ACC baseball, it’s hard to argue against Maryland. The Terrapins (19-25 overall, 4-17 ACC) have not finished with a conference record above .500 since 1981, and ap-pear to be headed down the same path this season as N.C. State plays host to the ACC’s bottom-feeder this weekend.
The three-game series at Doak Field at Dail Park kicks off tonight at 6:30 p.m. with the Wolfpack looking to improve their standing in the race for the ACC tournament, where only the top eight teams qualify.
The Terps have strug-gled mightily in ACC play, winning only four games against conference foes. But despite being tied for last in the ACC standings, Maryland has shown im-provement from past years and proven it can still be competitive in one of the toughest baseball confer-ences in the country.
ACC victories are tough to come by but the Terps have shown they are capable of putting it together, win-ning games against Clem-
son, Miami and Florida State earlier this season.
“[Mar yland ’s] bet ter. They’ve improved their ball club, their coach is a worker, and he’s been very successful at a number of places,” coach El-liott Avent said. “Wins are hard to get in this league. We will be presented with another chal-lenge which this league gives you every weekend and we’re going to have to be ready for it.”
State comes into the series with a 24-18 overall record and 9-12 in the conference after battling with the No. 1-ranked Virginia Cavaliers this past weekend where the team played exceptionally well despite los-ing the series two games to one.
After Friday’s opener was postponed due to rain the Pack came out ready to play in the first game of Saturday’s dou-bleheader. Senior pitcher Rob Chamra turned in one of the best performances of the year by a Wolfpack starter, allow-ing only two unearned runs on four hits in seven innings. The offense took care of its part, putting up six runs in the sixth inning to beat a potential top-five pick in the upcoming MLB draft in southpaw Danny Holt-zen, his first loss of the season.
State gave Virginia all they could handle the next two games but the Cavaliers proved to be too strong as they won two close games, 3-1 and 7-6. Junior pitcher Cory Mazzoni threw a gem of his own in the second game of the double-header but the Pack’s rally came up short. The Wolfpack also took the Cavs down to the wire in Sunday’s finale, taking
Virginia down to the last out before being defeated.
Even though it was unable to seal the deal in the next two games, the Pack proved to ev-eryone that they are a force to be reckoned with in the ACC and look to further empha-size that notion with a strong showing against Maryland this
weekend. “We played at a level of
toughness and a level of wanting it so bad that I haven’t seen,” Avent said. “[They played] with a level of concentration, determi-nation, focus, intensity and
Southpaw deals in freshman season
SureShot, signing off
Hello, all. In explana-tion, I took a decided-ly less prominent role
after my tenure as Sports/Ex-ecutive Editor ended last year. But I contributed three years
of my college experience, several points of f my GPA and countless hours of sleep to this news-paper, so I will have my say, damn it!
I honest ly can’t believe
it’s over. I haven’t left yet, and I miss N.C. State already. I love this University. I love ev-ery little thing about it. I loved almost getting plowed over by skateboarders every time I tried to walk back to Met-calf. I love the character the uneven bricks provide. I love the weird, smelly steam that emanates from those vents on the Brickyard side of the Free Expression Tunnel. I love the Court of the Carolinas, Tucker Beach and the Crafts Center. For reasons I don’t quite un-derstand, I named my dog af-ter Winston Hall. Some of the best free concerts I’ve been to have been at Stewart Theater. Some of the best memories I’ve made include the people I met while being all but one vending machine dinner away from living on the third floor of Witherspoon.
Thanks to all of that annoy-ing text that surrounds your daily crossword puzzle, I was threatened by a volleyball play-er as well as guy in my friend’s math class who said he wanted to come after me with a pellet gun after reading a column I wrote. While reporting what I felt to be accurate and justified, I’ve been lambasted by parents, coaches, PR guys and self-or-dained Internet sports gods alike. And you know what? It was pretty awesome.
And all right, State’s revenue sports teams, by and large, struggled during my four years here. When I applied to be Sports Editor, I had all these ridiculous, romantic notions of being the one on the field in-terviewing Tom O’Brien at the ACC Championship; of being ten feet away from Tracy Smith as he went for a lay-up in the Final Four; of road tripping to Omaha to watch our baseball team finally live up to the hype. Obviously, those things didn’t happen. Instead, it was more firing and hiring, more medi-ocrity, more heartbreak. You’ve read all sorts of testimonials this week from some of my former co-workers about how our athletic teams are headed in the right direction. They may be, but I think it will take time. When our major sports finally start clicking, the fans – the real ones, who’ve stuck it out through rain and shine, through the Sweet Sixteen and the NIT – will be there, ecstatic and ready, faces painted with a beer in one hand and a spatula in the other.
I’ll be leading the charge. Because I am, and will forever continue to be, in love with this place.
Sincere thank-yous go out to all of the coaches and club pres-idents that allowed me to cover their teams, especially Keith Miller of the rif le team and the talented group of guys who call themselves the BassPack. It came as no surprise that the most overlooked and under-appreciated organizations at N.C. State are also the nicest and most accommodating.
Thank you, most impor-tantly, to my dad, for guiding me through this entire pro-cess with unwavering support and generosity, as he has my entire life. And now, time for the obligatory shout-outs to the Technician Sports “boy’s club.” Thanks to Josh Harrell
Kate ShefteSports Editor Emeritus
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ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOJunior first baseman Harold Riggins connects with a pitch in the game against UNCW at Doak Field April 13. Riggins went 0 for 3 in the 9-1 Wolfpack loss, extending the team’s losing streak to four games.
ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOFreshman pitcher D.J. Thomas delivers a pitch on Doak Field April 5 in the game against ECU. Thomas allowed 2 hits and no runs in 2.2 innings and N.C. State won 4-2.
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“Wins are hard to get in
this league. We will be present-ed with another challenge which this league gives you every week-end and we’re
going to have to be ready for it.”
Coach Elliott Avent
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