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Students await second, third opportunity to receive new vaccine

Amber McClureCorrespondent

For those who missed Friday’s H1N1 vaccine clinic in Talley Student Center, Student Health Services is offering another opportunity today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in room 2301 of the Student Health Center. Both are distributing the nasal vaccine free of charge with proper student I.D., and no appointments are required.

Despite the long lines, last Friday’s clinic was considered a success according to Jerry Barker, the director of Student Health Services.

“We gave over 1,000 vaccines last Friday, in-cluding over 800 nasal spray vaccines,” Barker said. “It was the first nasal vaccine for almost ev-ery student but they found it easy and painless.”

Some students have already gotten the sea-sonal flu vaccine, but not the H1N1 vaccine.

Kywonda Lewis, a junior in horticulture, said she got the seasonal flu vaccine.

“I’m not so worried about H1N1 for me in particular,” Lewis said. “But for others with respiratory problems, yes, I am concerned.”

Some students have not gotten either vaccine. Allison Ballard, a freshman in biological sci-

ences, said she may not get the nasal vaccine.“I’ve gotten the nasal vaccine for the seasonal

flu before, but it made me sick,” Ballard said. “But I am concerned for others.”

University architect explains future plans for University landmark

Ann PolkStaff Writer

Harrelson Hall has been the subject of many rumors on campus regarding structural deformities, window placement and lack of women’s restrooms. One of two non-brick buildings on main campus, Harrelson is conspicuous for more than just its construction.

When asked what he found odd about the building’s exte-rior, Jake Singerling, sophomore in biological sciences, compared its façade to an alien space craft.

“Well, I think the strangest/weirdest thing about Harrelson is definitely the small window thing on the middle of the roof.

It makes the building look like a UFO,” Singerling said.

Harrelson Hall, completed in 1960, was designed to be a “teaching machine” and a par-adigm of ef-ficiency, Mike Harwood, University ar-chitect, said.

“Harrelson ref lec ts the utilitarian ideolog y of the ‘50s. Dur-ing that time designers be-l ieved t hey could save the world through architecture,” Harwood said. “Efficiency was the objective.”

According to Harwood, the plan was to implement the qualities of an ideal classroom, including good sound reso-

nance, optimal viewing of the instructor and maximum space utilization. This resulted in the circular shape of the building.

The pie-shaped classrooms, with their el-evated seat-i ng , d i re c t fo c u s onto the instructor and help stu-dents in the farthest rows to hear their instructor. Concurrently, the shape of the classrooms assists in max-

imizing usable space within the building. It was the first cylin-drical classroom structure ever built on a university campus, Harwood said.

As years passed, and soci-ety and state building codes

changed, Harrelson’s unconven-tionality lost its initial intrigue, Harwood said.

Part of the Bond Program in 2000 included a study on reno-vating the building, and this uncovered many flaws that did not meet today’s building codes, he said.

This report resulted in shift-ing funds initially intended for use for Harrelson to be redi-rected into building SAS Hall.

“There was no SAS Hall project until this study, after which we asked the legislature to switch from renovation to rebuilding,” he said.

According to Harwood, reno-vation of the building to bring it up to code, though cheaper than replacing it, would result in a 35 percent reduction in classroom seating capacity. The University

Despite low profile, branches provide good resources, great study environment

Siva RameshStaff Writer

Although D.H. Hill Library and the much-vaunted, soon-to-be-built James Hunt Library are well known on campus, the branch libraries are also important in fostering a strong learning environment on campus.

Students find the low profile and small size of the branch libraries to be convenient.

Rajiv Havapiter, a junior in environmental technology, said he found the branch library in the College of Natural Resources to provide a better study environment than D.H. Hill Library.

“Not a lot of people know about this area, so it’s less crowded and less distracting than at D.H. Hill,” Havapi-ter said.

Most colleges maintain collections of materials rel-evant to their particular fields of study. The largest collections are classified as branch libraries within the University library system.

The College of Natural Resources, the College of Tex-tiles, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the College of Design each house a library.

According to Karen Ciccone, the director of the Natu-ral Resources Library, N.C. State has a relatively small number of branch libraries in comparison with other universities.

“The [University of] Illinois has over 40 [branch li-braries], I believe, but that’s an extreme example,” Cic-cone said.

According to the library directors, most branches are patronized by a mix of undergraduate and graduate students and faculty.

Ciccone said while the Natural Resources Library sees usage by College of Natural Resources students and fac-ulty, students from other colleges within the University also use the library as a quiet study space.

“Study space on the south side of campus is at a pre-mium, so this is really the only convenient place on this side of campus for students to study,” Ciccone said.

She said this was why the library was kept open when the University planned to close it last year as part of a budget reduction strategy.

“There was very vocal opposition from students [and] from faculty members who used the library, who explained that it’s the only place on the south side of campus where they can study or where they can access reserve materials or pick up books,” Ciccone said.

However, Ciccone said the south side of campus re-quires more places to study.

“This side of campus could use more spaces where students could gather,” Ciccone said

Greg Tourino, the associate director of the Burlington Textiles Library, said the library sees a variety of patrons on a given day.

“We have quite a few graduate students from the Col-lege of Textiles that use the library here. We have a lot of undergraduate students here too, so it’s quite a mix,” Tourino said.

Harrelson starts commotion on campus

Branch libraries attract students

Students get another chance to prep for H1N1

MATT MOORE/TEchniciAnWhile free running Tyler Scales, a sophomore in nutrition, tries to make it to the second level outside Pullen Hall Monday night. Scales had been running with a group of friends for about 15 minutes before attempting the jump. “I like to jump a lot. I’m always real active. I pole vaulted in high school so I’m not really afraid of climbing and jumping and being high on stuff,” he said.

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H1N1 vAcciNAtiON iNfOToday: Talley Student Center Ballroom — 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.Friday: Room 2301, Student Health Center — 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Free with student I.D.

Eligibility: Students, staff and faculty younger than 24 years of age that have no serious or chronic medical conditions including illnesses like diabetes, asthma, heart, kidney or liver problems. Those who have any chronic illnesses are at a high risk and should receive the shot instead.

Nasal Spray vs. Shot: The shot is made of inactivated viruses, or the virus used to make the vaccine has been killed, while the nasal shot is made from live, but weakened viruses.

Symptoms of the flu: • fever greater then 100 degrees• cough• runny nose• body aches• sore throat• fatigue• nausea• vomiting

sOuRcE: JERRy BARkER, diREcTOR Of sTudEnT hEAlTh sERvicEs

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pEggy BOOnE/TEchniciAnJoseph Magliocca, a fifth-year student in biochemistry and chemistry, cringes as he receives the H1N1 vaccine injection from registered Nurse Monteen Lerew Friday. “I have mild asthma so they said I shouldn’t take the live [nasal mist] vaccine. My cousin got [H1N1] and I know a couple other people who have, so I’m surprised I haven’t gotten it yet,” Magliocca said. “I had been here for two and a half hours already when my class was supposed to start, but I wasn’t going to leave then so I missed class.”

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TODAY at 7pm Kennedy-McIlwee Studio Theatre

Re:Design

Pack Howl is brought to you by NC State Alumni Association and Student Government

CAMPUS CALENDAR

TodayTHE PROTECTED CLASS OF RACE AND COLORTalley Student Center Room 3118, 9 a.m. to noon

SMART-SHOP SERIES WORKSHOP: FINANCE AND SUCCESSTalley Student Center Brown Room, 10 to 11 a.m.

WEAR RED, GET FEDBrickyard, 11 a.m.

HANG IT UP!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.

RECENT GIFTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF DRS. NORMAN AND GILDA GREENBERGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.

DOC HENDLEY: TOP 10 CNN HEROTalley Student Center Ballroom, 7 to 8:30 p.m.

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS RE: DESIGNThompson Hall, 7 p.m.

ThursdayWEAR RED, GET FEDBrickyard, 11 a.m.

HANG IT UP!Gregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.

RECENT GIFTS OF NATIVE AMERICAN ART FROM THE COLLECTION OF DRS. NORMAN AND GILDA GREENBERGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 8 p.m.

PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETINGWinslow Building, 3:30 to 5 p.m.

MOONWitherspoon Cinema, 7 to 8:40 p.m.

REALIZING REAL ESTATE DREAMSTalley Student Center Room 3118, 8 to 9 p.m.

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS RE: DESIGNThompson Hall, 8 p.m.

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCEWitherspoon Cinema, 9 to 11:35 p.m.

CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSTuesday’s page 1 story “Free food attracts students on both campuses,” incorrectly stated participants in “Wear Red, Get Fed” receive loyalty points toward student ticketing. The Pack Howl Concert is the only Homecoming event where loyalty points will be given out, though students scanning their I.D.s at other events can earn participation points for an organization in the spirit competition.

Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at editor@technicianonline.com.

SOURCE: MORGAN BROOKS, NCSU METEOROLOGY

WEATHER WISE

WORLD & NATIONWhite House warns job creation will lag U.S. recovery

The pace of job creation will lag even as the U.S. economy recovers, White House budget director Peter Orszag warned Tuesday, adding that the coming months “will continue to be difficult ones for American workers.”

In remarks prepared for delivery at New York University, the director of the Office of Management and Budget said the economy is “somewhere between” the stages when hours worked increase and additional workers are hired.

SOURCE: MCTDIRECT.COM

POLICE BLOTTER12:33 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTKamphoefner HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance.

2:06 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTDan Allen Drive/Sullivan DriveSafety Escort reported suspicious incident. Subjects have not been located. Investigation ongoing.

3:01 A.M. | CHECK PERSONDunn AvenueOfficer observed intoxicated students entering vehicle. Officer spoke to driver who was OK to drive. No further action taken by officer.

4:04 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCYVal ParkingCampus Police assisted RPD who were in pursuit of suspect.

4:54 A.M. | UTILITY PROBLEMTri Towers AreaPower outage in Tri Towers area. Facilities was notified.

1:24 P.M. | CHECK PERSONLee HallReport of subject alleged to be entering rooms without permission to solicit magazine sales. Subject was not located in building.

12:16 P.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYPage HallStudent reported unknown subject had walked on vehicle and damaged trunk and convertible top.

7:07 P.M. | SPECIAL EVENTHillsborough StreetCampus Police, RPD, Wake Sheriff Deputies, and ALE monitored Hillsborough Halloween Hike. A total of 102 citations were issued by all law enforcements agencies.

7:13 P.M. | CHECK PERSONBrickyardOfficer spoke with student using smoke machine for Halloween event. No further action taken.

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THROUGH MARISA’S LENS

Brickyard preacher causes commotion

Jonna Green, a freshman in zoology, brings out her Bible to debate with Brickyard Preacher Ross Jackson. “He’s just not listening,” Green said after talking to Jackson in front of the many spectators. “He’s just driving people away from Christ. He’s judging people, and that’s not what Christ came to do.”

PHOTO BY MARISA AKERS

Today:

61/43Sunny. North winds at 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast.

IN THE KNOW Homecoming brings keynote speaker

Homecoming events con-tinue today with “Wear Red, Get Fed” on the Brickyard starting at 11 a.m. Food will be provided by Moe’s and Bright Leaf Hotdogs.

Carmichael Recreation Center is hosting a blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Playzone.

Keynote speaker, and Top 10 CNN Hero of the Year, Doc Hendley will ad-dress students tonight in the Talley Student Center Ballroom, starting at 7 p.m.

SOURCE: NCSTATEHOMECOMING.COM

NewsTechNiciaN wednesday, november 4, 2009 • Page 3

LearnMore ncsu.edu/student_health

H1n1 and seasonal flu vaccine clinics

Date Location Charge

Nov. 4 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Tally Student Center Ballroom

Your flu vaccine is free if you are covered by Student BlueSM, a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina health plan or another Blue Cross/Blue Shield health plan. Just bring your plan’s member ID card and photo ID.

Free to others with current NCSU student ID.Nov. 6 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Student Health Center

Date Location Charge Payment

Nov. 5 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Student Health Center

Your flu vaccine is free if you are covered by Student BlueSM or a Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina health plan. Just bring your plan’s member ID card and photo ID.

Others pay $15.

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marisa akers/TechnicianSean Echevarria, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, takes a few minutes to do work in Harrelson Hall. “I don’t like the steep steps. I don’t like how you have to walk all the way around to go to the second or third floor,” Echevarria said about the building. “it could have been designed a lot better.”

decided complete rebuilding was the best use of funds.

Hardwood said lack of funding is to blame for leaving Harrelson the way it is. Relocation of classes from buildings that are being renovated makes it difficult. Be-fore renovations on Harrelson get started, Broughton Hall must be renovated, chem-istry classes must be moved to Broughton and Dabney Hall must be renovated. Then Harrelson will be torn down.

“Realistically ten years to get funded, de-signed, completed and get people moved,” Harwood said. “No committee is currently in charge of the Harrelson project because plans are so far off.”

Rebukes of the building are shared by a

vast number of students. One of the most rampant rumors about the building, that it is sinking, is amusing to Harwood.

“The building would crack in to pieces of it were sinking. I try to negate myths such as this when I speak to orientation counselors,” Harwood said.

Other oddities distinctive to Harrelson are its lack of windows in the classrooms, the shortage of women’s restrooms, its labyrinth-like halls and the elevator.

Harwood said the lack of women’s rest-rooms is due to the overwhelmingly male student population of campus during the time which it was built; few female stu-dents attended the University at the time thus restrooms for them were not a major concern.

During the ‘50s and ‘60s it was com-mon for windows to be excluded from classrooms, as is reflected in Harrelson,

he said. University offices circumscribe the building and are the sole rooms receiving natural light.

An issue recognized by both students and Harwood is how difficult it is to find your way in the hallways of the building.

“To me the most interesting thing about Harrelson is that you can never go around a corner in a round building. It’s hard to remember what color stair, left or right. It is a sort of optical illusion,” he said.

Other than the lack of cell phone service, Anna Gillespie, sophomore in criminol-ogy, said the most irritating thing about the building is its complicated layout.

“First you have to find your floor, or the right door to walk in at the top of the stairs, and then you have to find the room num-ber which can be confusing because they go in a circle,” Gillespie said.

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Brian Wummel, a graduate student in textile management, said his stud-ies cause him to use the College of Textiles Library more than D.H. Hill Library.

“As a master’s student, I use [the Textiles Library] more, about once or twice a week, though when I was an undergrad, I used D.H. Hill triple times a week,” Wummel said.

Jacqueline Gadison, a technical as-sistant at the Kenan Library of Veteri-nary Medicine, said besides students and faculty, the library is also visited by veterinarians and faculty from other universities.

“We have graduate students, we have interns and residents and students and staff here at the college, and then some undergraduates do come over from the main campus as well as veteri-narians and individuals from other campuses,” Gadison said.

Usage of the branch libraries is also dependent on the time of year and the branch’s relative accessibility.

Ciccone said the Natural Resources Library sees 900 to 1,000 visitors in a given week, and Tourino said the

Textiles Library sees about 400 visi-tors a week.

Tourino said more people, particu-larly undergraduates, use the library around exam time.

“We get a lot more undergraduate students around exam time, with all the preparation for exams,” Tourino said.

Karen DeWitt, the director of the Lyons Design Library at the College of Design, said the library sees numerous visits by students and faculty.

“We have a lot of students and a lot of faculty who use the library. This is one of the most heavily used libraries, I think, on campus at least in terms of the branch libraries,” DeWitt said.

She said the Design Library circu-lates about 18,000 volumes a year, in comparison to the other branch li-braries which circulate 3,000 to 5,000 volumes each year.

Owing to construction on the vet-erinary school campus, the accessi-bility of the library there is limited. Visitors cannot enter through the main library entrance and must en-ter through a secondary entrance. For security reasons, upon entering they must first be paged in through a secretary and then be escorted to the library by an on-duty staff member.

This has altered the number of visits to the library, Gadison said.

“Because of the construction, [visi-tors] are restricted to being escorted, so [the number of outside visitors] has changed. We’re not freely open as we were when visitors would come in through the front entrance,” Gadison said.

The construction has been ongoing since the spring semester.

Overall, while most students are satisfied with the facilities available to them in the branch libraries, the limited availability of computers and seating in certain branches causes a degree of difficulty for some.

Havapiter said he would like to see more computers being installed in the Natural Resources Library.

“Perhaps [the library should] install more computers, because there’s only like four or five. If someone else is waiting, you [feel you have] to give it up, just to be a good person,” Havapi-ter said.

Wummel said he would like to have the computers at the Textiles Library to all be on one operating system.

“The computer labs are all kind of different, they’re not on the same sys-tem. They should run on one system,” Wummel said.

Upgrades are not planned for either the Natural Resources or for the De-sign Libraries, though DeWitt said renovations were planned for the De-sign Library earlier, but were stalled due to budgetary problems.

This past August, the Veterinary Medicine Library was remodeled to accommodate more people and a learning-commons style study area was set up to provide a better study environment.

Gadison said a new multimedia room was added, along with large whiteboards in each study room.

“This past August, the main floor was added with the learning-com-mons concept. There were some changes in the back to the study rooms. We have private study rooms right now,” Gadison said.

She feels the students appreciate the new library arrangements. “I think the students are pleased,” Gadison said.

Tourino said the Textiles Library is working to remodel its study space while the Hunt Library undergoes construction.

“We’re planning on redoing one of the rooms in the back to have more of a collaboration space for students, [install] some whiteboards and some furniture, so we’re in the process of

creating that,” Tourino said.However, he said that more study

spaces are required on Centennial Campus as it does not yet have enough for students. Even so, Tourino said that the University as a whole has excellent resources and excellent stu-dents.

“It’s a great bunch of students we have here at N.C. State. It’s a really high level research university [and] it’s a really high level of students who are here. I find it a great place to work,” Tourino said.

LIBRARIEScontinued from page 1

BRANcH LIBRARIES:Natural Resources Library: Jordan Hall

Textiles Library: College of Textiles Building, Centennial Campus

Harrye B. Lyons Design Library: Brooks Hall

Veterinary Medicine Library: Hillsborough Street near College of Veterinary Medicine

source: lib.ncsu.edu

Ticketing differences between basketball and footballThere are a couple differences and, in some ways, advantages in obtaining men’s basketball tickets over football tickets. Athletics and Student Government want to ensure you are aware of these differences as we get ready for the men’s basketball’s season opener. For basketball, all the seating within the RBC Center is a reserved seat. Also, student seating is awarded based solely off loyalty/seniority points. To lock up the best available seating, it is important for students to earn loyalty points every chance they get. Students receive one loyalty point for each game they attend and another for arriving at least 45 minutes before tip-off. Since there are numerous men’s home basketball games, it’s a great advantage to students who attend the non-conference games being played in November, December and early January. Attending these games gives them a leg up on the rest of the student body when conference play starts in January. Whether you are a freshman, graduate student or somewhere in-between, you still control how good a seat you earn for the ACC stretch run. Don’t forget about student loyalty rewards as well. For more information on loyalty rewards, distribution schedules

and policies log on to gopack.com/tickets and click on the student link.

Dick Christy associate athletics director

Ms. Wilson, a query if you pleaseMarlena, I love your articles. In fact, on days when I take no interest in the front page, your column is the only one I read. The thoroughness with which you think your opinions through before you submit them to print is much appreciated. I enjoy your reflections on gender role and feminism the most, and it is because of this I write. I’m sure you’ve heard that President Obama was recently questioned about his intent when he held a basketball game at the White House and invited no women. Some critics claimed he had formed a “boys club” and took offense to the omission. While I am pro-equality for any race, gender or orientation, this is an example of how America is taking political correctness and equality ideas too far. Men should be entitled to “guy nights” just as women should be, but where should the line be drawn? I would be interested to hear your opinion.

Letisha Mclaughlin graduate student, physics

Keep an eye on Kappa AlphaI would personally like to urge those that oversee Greek life to take time to intricately review the Kappa Alpha Order that is attempting to re-establish at the University. Upon a simple Google search, you can find a plethora of information about KA, some exemplary and some appalling. I understand there are fraternities with a bad reputation at most schools; however, the bad reputations for this over-arching group are not just related to partying, but to hazing, sexism and racism. Certain chapters are

even known for placing civil war cannons on the front lawn if they choose not to integrate. Kappa Alpha members have ideals of being chivalrous Southern gentlemen, which can be an admirable trait. But to the extreme — as seen at quite a few schools — it can be detrimental. I am not trying to condemn these men before they even start, as these men could very well turn out to be part of the good lot that the Kappa Order promotes. But I urge the new KA to take extra measures to prove that they are of the better variety than their embarrassing brothers, and I urge the University to keep a watchful eye as the organization begins. Trisha Gooding junior, zoology

I did not pick Florida StateAs I’ve been bringing up the rear in Technician’s Pigskin Picks for several weeks now with virtually no chance of recovery, I’ve become pretty slack about making my selections. Life is pretty comfortable in the cellar, and I’ve been apt to pick a few wild upsets here and there just for the heck of it.However, one pick I did not make was Florida State over our beloved Wolfpack last week! That choice was left up to a coin flip as I foolishly forgot to submit my week’s selections to the sports staff on time. The blunder is most certainly all mine, and I thought it appropriate to let the student body know I would never actively pick against the Pack! I sincerely apologize to anyone who may have thought otherwise. Let’s Terminate the Terps this weekend! Go Wolfpack!

Jim Ceresnakstudent body presidentsenior, political science

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Students with less than 29 credit hours began regis-tration Monday and be-

came the last major group to register for spring classes.

The class pickings were slim from an availability standpoint and many students complained about not getting the classes they wanted, but the vehicle for class registration has been a welcome change.

Pack Tracks, N.C. State’s pre-vious registration system, was a very intuitive user interface and easy to use. The downside is that it provided few perks; students were forced to do ex-tensive research on classes be-fore their registration day and had to rush on as soon as the period opened to sign up for

the most desirable classes and sections.

MyPack Portal has noticeably upgraded the registration pro-cess and brought all the regis-tration tools under one roof. For instance, students can now easily access class and profes-sor grade distributions on the same screen where they see who is teaching a class that se-mester.

The system has been an an-noyance for many students who see it as more difficult to adapt to, but the additional features it provides cannot be disregarded.

The wish list feature enables

students to complete their class selection before their registra-tion date; and the system’s as-signed registration times avoid 7 a.m. registration relays to sign up for classes and get the schedule they want for the next semester (registration for Pack Tracks opened at 7 a.m. for ev-ery student that registered that day).

Students’ complaints about the current registration system principally stem from their in-ability to get the classes they need. These are valid com-plaints — the University is un-able to provide adequate class seats during the difficult finan-

cial situation it faces — but they should not be directed at the registration vehicle.

MyPack Portal has facilitated a faster and more efficient reg-istration system that helps stu-dents find and schedule classes.

It isn’t perfect, but is only in its second run with the first be-ing fall registration for last se-mester. If you’re a graduating senior — look on the bright side — you’ll never have to register for classes again, on any system. If you’re not, take a couple minutes and learn the system, it has a lot to offer and is a great tool. If nothing else, it’s a spectacular upgrade from Pack Tracks.

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

of the Editor-in-Chief.

Registration relief is a welcome changeThe FacTs:Students have registered for classes during the last month on a relatively new registration system. MyPack Portal made some significant changes from Pack Tracks and created an excellent registration experience.

Our OpiniOn:MyPack Portal has made the registration process much easier for students. Class availability wasn’t ideal for next semester, but the system is a great tool which students should learn to use.

Forget parking — improve transit

Between the ever-chang-ing crosswalks on Hill-sborough Street, the

terrible parking situation on campus, the unpleasant rev-

elat ion that every removed parking spot costs $17,000 due to an odd policy and the mess that is the student fee ref-erendum, it’s hard to see the silver lining in the brave new post-recession world.

Yet in spite of the crap sand-wich the University and econo-my have served up, even a pes-simistic cynic like me can see a possible light at the end of the tunnel. We have been afforded the opportunity to lay down a lasting infrastructure which could easily benefit future gen-erations of students and even-tua l ly have immediate, measurable effects.

In several conversa-t ions w it h parking offi-cials, I’ve dis-covered that University Transporta-tion only as-signs parking spots desig-nated for on-campus residents at a roughly one-to-one ratio. Commuter lots will never see such luxury, as parking on campus is limited by space and the fact that people tend to want to park as close to their destinations as possible. Since we cannot build sufficiently large parking facilities next to every building and could not hope to maintain enough spots on-campus to make everyone happy, we must consider alter-natives.

If parking continues to be held in limited quantity, why not put the money to better use? A parking spot’s value is limited to whomever manages to secure it for his or her vehicle — we should instead invest the money in public goods. Why not put the money towards expanding Wolfline coverage to more locations over a lon-ger period of time or improving the park-and-ride services?

I’m not suggesting a switch to a mass-transit system — we lack the population density to support any sort of effective

rail-based transit program to service the various off-cam-pus residential areas. But we do have a decent bus service in the Wolfline, and if we can appropriate enough money to make service more efficient, convenient and timely, our bus service could shine.

To do this, we’ll need to work with local politicians and businesses. Many of the businesses students support on Hillsborough Street have been ardent supporters of efforts to revitalize the area into a more energetic and useful place for students and residents alike to go out for a meal, enjoy a night out on the town or have a social life. And the Wolf Prowl night service connecting campus to down-town on weekend nights is an example of effectively using existing resources to supple-ment our own. After all, can you really expect University Transportation to finance

a n d r u n buses in the downtown area when our campus is a couple o f m i l e s removed f rom sa id location?

And un-like Talley, where the benefits are intangible,

we can measure the success of infrastructure programs. If local restaurants and bars see a sustained increase in business after efforts to make transit almost as convenient as getting into a car (and, of course, controlling for other factors), we can claim success. If more people start using park-and-ride lots after we put the resources into making sure the buses run on time, then we can use this informa-tion to expand and continue improvement on the system. And overall, we can definitely reduce the problem of park-ing on campus if we do more to make the Wolfline as reli-able as (and much safer than) having to speed to campus to park in order to get to class on time.

Now if only we could do something about those pesky idiots who don’t look before crossing the street...

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One of the Homecoming traditions the University has upheld is rewarding two de-serving students with the title of Leader of the Pack.

Mike Giancola, advisor for Leader of the Pack and Director of Center for Student Leader-ship Ethics and Public Service, has overseen the process since 2001. He said Leader of the Pack is the University’s equiva-lent to Homecoming King and Queen, but they choose them based on leadership, commu-nity service and scholarship.

“There are four main steps. The first is the application. You must be an undergraduate and must have been at the Univer-sity for at least two semesters and have a 2.5 GPA, which counts for 20 percent. There are three essays, which col-lectively count for 30 percent and are reviewed by a panel of students and faculty.

“Then we have the semifinal-ists, six men and six women. In front of a different panel, they do a 10-minute presenta-tion on how they have impacted leadership and scholarship at N.C. State, which makes up 30 percent. The student vote is worth 20 percent, which could put someone over the top,” Gi-nacola said.

The first Leader of the Pack scholarship was given in 1991, according to Technician ar-chives.

And some aspects of the competition have not changed much in the past 19 years.

“Historically, we present the Leaders during halftime of the Homecoming game, and each winner receives a $1,000 scholarship, one funded by the Alumni Association and one by Student Government,” Giancola.

Though the Leaders of the Pack have been traditionally announced during halftime of the Homecoming game, in it’s third year the winners, along with the winners of the Caldwell Cup, were only given two minutes of recognition, according to an agenda from

1994.But some parts of the compe-

tition vary each year and they receive other incentives and prizes.

“The bookstore is giving three book scholarships worth $250 to the finalists with the highest GPA, irrespective of who is the overall winner. But the number of cards var-ies from year to year. And this year, the Alumni Association is giving a class ring to the win-ners,” Giancola said.

The Leaders of the Pack used to have one trophy that was handed down, but it became tarnished with fingerprints, so all finalists receive a plaque and the winners get a person-alized trophy with their names engraved on it.

The number of students who apply also fluctuates depending on when Homecoming is.

“Typically, it is a process of self-selection because they do not get nominated. Some years 20 to 30 men and 20 to

30 women apply, sometimes it’s as low as 15 to 20 men 15 to 20 women,” Giancola said. “The date of Homecoming has an effect. Some years it is the first week of October, so all four steps have to be done by the first two weeks of school, so some years there are fewer applicants.”

The number of students vot-ing fluctuates, as some years the election piggybacks on other ballots.

“The vote depends on what is

on the ballot. Last year the ref-erendum was on the ballot with Leader of the Pack, so this year, there’s nothing else to draw at-tention,” Giancola said. “And if it’s really early in the year, we’ll pair it up with the Senate elections.”

Before Internet ballots came along, the voting system for Leader of the Pack, as well as Student Government elections, cost more money and there were only two voting polls. This required volunteers to man the polls and also a control mechanism to count the ballots.

In 1993, students swiped their all-campus cards at the Tunnel Inn or the Library to vote, but this system has fallen out of favor within the last ten years. Now students can vote at vote.ncsu.edu.

Aside from changing the aes-thetics and process of Leader of the Pack, they have also have also given the selection process a facelift.

Giancola said when he first took on the advisor position for Leader of the Pack, pat-terns emerged among who was winning year to year, as people from certain groups would win over and over.

The grading system of the applications was modified to

focus more on quality over quantity.

“Now we focus on what is the impact of their leadership and service,” Giancola said.

As the winners of Leader of the Pack are examples for the student body, the competition itself is also becoming an ex-ample other institutions seek to follow. Giancola said several schools are interested in using the University’s Homecoming as an example for the future, including another UNC system school.

“Many other schools have asked us about our program. They want to model their homecoming after ours. This year, UNC-Pembroke wanted to get away from Homecoming King and Queen being a popu-larity contest,” Giancola said.

Giancola said Traditional means of winning Homecom-ing Queen and King are a thing of the past

“This year, I told [the appli-cants] that they may have good looks and be popular, but that wouldn’t earn them points. We recognize that this is not just looks and popularity but sub-stance,” Giancola.

Michael Anthony, alumnus and a 2001 Leader of the Pack finalist, said he applied for the scholarship because he wanted to represent the University.

“There are two reasons I ap-plied for Leader of the Pack. One, It came with scholarship. Two, I also like homecoming. It was an opportunity for me to be a representative of N.C. State, and I really care about N.C. State,” Anthony said.

Anthony said he also har-bored leadership skills, as he won an elected position that next year.

“I was elected 2002-2003 student body president, and I actually ran against [Jonathon Spencer], the Leader of the Pack that year,” Anthony said.

Anthony also said he was proud to be a finalist for Leader of the Pack because it is such a high achievement.

Giancola said he treats all of the finalists like they are winner and that if he could, he would give every one a schol-arship.

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games per year. More than half are home games. Holm doesn’t go to all the away games, de-pending on her school sched-ule.

The positions Holm has played are blocker and jam-mer. She has tried other po-sitions as well.

“We try to get everybody to try each position, and then we choose from there depend-ing on who works

where the best,” Holm said. Holm’s worst injury came

when she partially tore a liga-ment in her knee.

“It ended up healing on its own, but it took about six weeks,” Holm said. Happen-ing about a month before the bout, she missed the first game

s h e w o u l d have had in

Arizona. Holm hasn’t had any major injuries

in the past year.

Reed hopes the recent Drew Bar-rymore-

helmed film Whip It will

bring a surge of interest to the sport.

“We were out at five theaters

around the area to promote our-selves along with the movie. [We

w e n t t o ] Mission Valley, Cross-roads Cary, Streets

of South-point, North Hills and

Raleigh Grande,” Reed said. She said there were also a few

more girls at tryouts that hadn’t heard of the team before.

“We are hoping for an even larger crowd at our upcoming charity bout on Nov. 21 at Dor-ton Arena. We know the more people that see it live, the more fans, skaters and volunteers we will have. People just fall in love with derby,” Reed said.

Within the film itself, Reed was surprised at the accuracy of it, although she thinks a lot of other derby girls would dis-agree.

“The movie talks about the jammers being the only ones to score points, the jammers not being able to score on their first pass through the pack. The things that are not accurate were the blatant hits like the choreographed elbows or punching girls in the face,” Reed said. She also notes the Rollergirls’ league is also differ-ent because they play on a flat track as opposed to a banked one.

“It embellished the violence, probably to make it appeal-ing to the audience,” Holm said. She said it was accurate in terms of the sport bringing people together with spirit of the team and the subsequent community it builds.

“I think the one thing that all derby girls can agree on is [that] we know exactly how Whip It ’s main character] Babe Ruthless felt when she was trying to defend playing roller derby to her mom. She said, ‘I am in love with this,’” Reed said.

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For working out, some girls like to jog on a treadmill in a temperature-controlled en-vironment. Other girls prefer a take-no-prisoners pseudo-brawl to make them sweat.

Roller derby is a sport that has been growing. With the

recent release of the mov-ie Whip It, the sport is

steadily gaining more exposure as well as the local roller derby

team, the Carolina Roller girls.

Beth Reed, Carolina Rollergirls market-ing direc-tor a nd known on

the track a s B e t h

R ow, s a i d the Rollergirls

have been around since 2004. “Celia Fate attended

a bout in Austin, Tex-as in the fall 2003 and decided she wanted to

bring roller derby back to the City of Oaks. So we can credit Celia with the founding of the Carolina Rollergirls,” Reed said, noting that Fate is still active to-day.

Reed got into roller derby in Wilmington, playing with the Cape Fear Roller Girls be-fore playing with the

Carolina Rollergirls.

“I was watching the news one night and they had a segment on the Cape Fear Rollers Girls. I thought it looked fun and I needed a new hobby,” Reed said. “I thought that I had re-membered being a good skat-er as a kid. Boy, was I wrong! It’s a lot harder when you are taller and carry around more weight!”

Reed said roller derby is a fast-paced and exciting game of strategy on skates where participants have to play both offense and defense at the same time.

“Two teams of five players each compete in two-minute periods, called jams, to see who can get their scorer into posi-tion to make the most points. The scorer, called the jammer, scores a point for every op-posing team member that she passes legally,” Reed said.

She draws a parallel to ladies’ football on skates without an actual ball.

Derby is notorious for vari-ous injuries, and Reed is no exception.

“I’ve sat out for most of the year due to injuries. I think I just break easily though,” Reed said.

The worst incident was when she broke her leg right before her first game in February 2009, so she couldn’t compete.

“That was horrible; I was heart-broken. Then about six weeks ago, I broke my wrist. I think my team would like to have me wrapped in bubble-wrap,” Reed said.

For those interested in get-ting started with roller derby, Reed said the first thing to do is to get comfortable on skates. She suggests attending to the Rollergirls’ speed skating ses-sions at the Skate Ranch on Wednesdays and Fridays.

“If you are already comfort-able on skates, come to tryouts and then if you pass, you should attend as many practices as you can. We have five a week, in-cluding the two speed skate ses-sions,” Reed said. At practices, team mem-bers learn to improve their skills, such as fa l ls , stops a nd turns . T h e t e a m t hen holds assessments to test these skills. Once a team mem-ber passes the test, they’re able to scrim-mage.

The last test before a team member can play in a game, called a bout in derby parlance, is pack abilities.

“This just makes sure you are safe on skates and safe when you fall so you don’t hurt yourself or someone else,” Reed said. “In addition to the physi-cal tests, you’ll need to pass a basic rules test. Once you have completed this series of events, you are eligible to play on a team for the Carolina Roller-girls.”

Reed said the team has a pret-ty good range of experience.

“We have girls who are look-ing to make tryouts in January coming to our open speed skate practices to get more comfort-able on skates. Then we also have people who just look like they were born to be on skates like Kitty Crowbar and DVS,” Reed said.

Reed said one thing specta-tors might not pick up on is that derby is a lot of hard work.

“I know when I first watched the Carolina Rollergirls, they made it look easy. It takes a lot of time and dedication, but it is

definitely worth it,” Reed said. Getting a fun name is a tradi-

tional part of the sport. Kath-leen Holm, a third-year Ph.D. student in biomathematics, goes by Roxxy Slide in derby bouts. Holm had a friend who participated in roller derby in Arizona who got her into it af-ter watching a few bouts.

“It comes f rom when I was on a home team c a l l e d t he Copper Queens. We were a team of copper-min-ing women,” Holm said. Holm’s name comes from the rock slide, with part of

her origin story being that she was born from the rocks.

“[Skating] turned out to be great exercise and helped relieve the stress that comes with hitting and being hit,” Holm said, citing the workout for cardio and her legs. She also skates for the friendship and being part of the team.

Holm has been skating for three years, skating two years in Raleigh and one year in Arizona. She practices three to four times a week for one to two hours at a time.

“Pretty much all I do is roller derby and school,” Holm said. “All the time that I’m not doing roller derby is time when I’m in the library and getting stuff done for school.”

The balancing act gets to be a challenge when she has a game coming up. Practices have at-tendance requirements.

“I feel a lot more pressure to choose roller derby over school when it’s a couple weeks before a game,” Holm said. The Caro-lina Rollergirls play about one game a month and about 10

Carolina Rollergirls rule the rink

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ROLLER DERBY BY THE NUMBERS:2 teams with 5

players each

1 jammer (point-scorer)

4 defensive players

3 blockers

1 pivot

2 30-min. periods

2 min. jams

SOURCE: WWW.CAROLINAROLLERGIRLS.COM

LEAGUES THROUGHOUT THE STATE:Asheville: Blue Ridge RollergirlsCharlotte: Charlotte Roller GirlsFayetteville: ROGUE RollergirlsGoldsboro: Neuse River RollergirlsRaleigh: Carolina RollergirlsWilmington: Cape Fear Rollergirls

SOURCES: WWW.QUADSKATING.COM, WWW.MYSPACE.COM/

NEUSERIVERRG, WWW.ROGUEROLLERGIRLS.COM

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STORY BY SARAH EWALD | PHOTOS BY LUIS ZAPATA

AREA ROLLER DERBY TEAM HAVE FUN, GET PHYSICAL

“It takes

a lot of time

and dedication,

but it is definitely

worth it.”Beth Reed, Carolina Rollergirls

marketing director

Sportscompare to this year.

“You can’t work around injuries,” O’Brien said. “We thought it was bad last year, but it is three times as bad this year. It has to end sometime.”

In most aspects of football in-juries are a negative thing, but a positive that can come out of them is how well a player plays when he is called upon to fill a spot for an injured teammate. This is the case for sophomore linebacker Dwayne Maddox, who had to fill in for the injured Irving at weak-side linebacker last year as a true freshman.

“I have been in this situation since high school. Someone got hurt and I had to step in,” Maddox said. “When I came here and had to step in my freshman year it wasn’t anything new to me. I knew I had to step in and it was going to be a big task be-cause I had b i g s h o e s to fill in for Nate. He ob-viously was a good player, so I just had to elevate my game and step it up to another level.”

With the season-ending in-jury that Irving suffered before the season, Maddox had con-tinued to play at the weak-side linebacker position.

However, with a recent in-jury to redshirt senior middle linebacker Ray Michel, Mad-dox had to make a move to the middle.

“Luckily most of the line-

backer spots are similar,” Maddox said. “So a lot of it is the same thing and is not too much of a big dif-ference.”

With the defense playing the way it is, it makes sure it does not use injuries as an excuse for its performance. The Pack players under-stand football is a physical game and injuries happen, and every team has to deal with them.

“I’m sure if you look at any team, they probably have the same thing going on when it comes to injuries,” senior safety Clem Johnson said. “Injuries are a part of foot-ball, so we just have to keep on moving.”

With the season going the way it is, O’Brien is hopeful the bad breaks the team has experienced over the

past few months will even-tually even out, and t he luck w i l l ge t back onto i t s s ide . And until it does, he said State has to go out a nd continue to f i g ht

every day.“We all keep waiting for a

break. Something good has to happen sometime. You can’t keep going south for-ever,” O’Brien said. “We just have to hang in there, circle the wagons and believe in each other and come out fir-ing in all directions. There isn’t anything else to do. There is no sense in feeling sorry for ourselves.”

$10 to $15 as a practice fee. The competitions themselves cost approximately $30 per day to enter, and some students com-pete on both Saturday and Sunday.

Club president Susanna Morehead, a sophomore in animal science, believes gain-ing club status would alleviate the economic battles faced by the team.

“[Through becoming a club sport] we hope to partially or completely eliminate funding problems for those students who can’t pay for practices or shows,” Morehead said.

Though the hoops the team has had to jump through have been numerous, the hard work and struggles have paid off. By the end of its first season, the team won Reserve Champion Team in its region and believes its sport can be even more suc-cessful with the support of the University.

“I know from my off ice standpoint how scarce funds are out there,” Lynn said, “but these kids need all the support they can get. They’re represent-ing this University very well.”

In hopes of promoting the club and raising funds from team entries, the team is co-hosting an open show with the N.C. Equine Rescue League Dec. 5-6 at the James B. Hunt Horse Complex on the N.C. State Fairgrounds.

one out there was fresh. That’s been our main problem all season - starting out slow. We actually did a good job to start off well but it went back down again. But through all that, we persevered and had to fight for it which we did it.”

State came out early in the second half and got a goal via penalty kick from Aiyegbusi, the first goal of his career. The Blue Hoses came back and tied the game 2-2 at in the 56th minute. Emotions continued to run high as the refs talked to a number of players through-out the game and both coaches.

Momentum shifted in the Pack’s favor as junior mid-fielder Chris Zuerner put the Wolfpack up 3-2 with a goal at the 67:55 mark. He would soon

receive a yellow card after the goal, the second card handed out that night to a Wolfpack player, when senior goalie Christopher Widman received one in the first half. Zuerner said the goal gave the team a little moti-vation.

“ I t p r o -vided a small spark,” Zue-rner said. “We eventually got a fourth goal and that s e a le d t he deal.”

State, 12-4-1 on the season, will now head to Virginia for the regular season finale Satur-day, followed by the ACC Tour-nament, which begins Nov. 10.

But for now, the seniors will celebrate their final win at home. Zurner had nothing but positive things to say about the

senior class.“Not only are they great

guys, they are great players and just great people in gen-eral,” Zuerner said. “I’ve had a privilege to be here three

years with them and you learn a lot from them, in-cluding their ex-perience on and off the f ield. They can really pro-

vide some insight and some valuable information so I’ve enjoyed it and I’ve loved having them here.”

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“There isn’t

anything else

to do. There

is no sense in

feeling sorry for

ourselves.”Football coach Tom O’Brien

sarah tudor/technicianSenior forward Amar Brkic lunges for the ball during the Wolfpack’s match against Presbyterian Tuesday.

“Any time a player

leaves, a part of

you leaves with

them.”Soccer coach George Tarantini

Injuries continue to decimate team, put it further behind the curve

Taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

For the football team, season-ending injuries are becoming about as com-mon as touchdowns. The Pack now has 11 players of-ficially out for the season including starters fresh-man cornerback Rashard Smith, redshirt junior linebacker Nate Irving and redshirt freshman guard R.J. Mattes. The team has also had many key players miss individual games due to injuries, including junior wide receiver Owen Spen-cer, redshirt junior corner-back DeAndre Morgan and redshirt senior half back Jamelle Eugene.

Even with all of the in-juries the team has sus-tained this year, coach Tom O’Brien believes that his team has accepted the fact injuries happen and has to move on and not focus on things it has no control over.

“The kids are fine; I think they are excited about com-ing back home and playing a football game. And I think that is who you worry about the most,” O’Brien said. “They have accepted the

fact that they have been dealt a bad hand and there is nothing that they can do but fight their way out of it so we are going to continue to fight and do the best that we can.”

Injuries are not a new thing to the football team. Last year the Pack was hit with the injury bug throughout the year, with 13 starters missing a combined 75 games. Key players such as

redshirt sophomore quarter-back Russell Wilson, Irving, redshirt senior defensive tackle Alan-Michael Cash and redshirt senior halfback Toney Baker all missed significant

time due to injuries. But O’Brien says the injuries

suffered last year don’t even

After a sloppy first half, men’s soccer team pulled away to take out Presbyterian, 4-2

Fidelis LusompaSenior Staff writer

It was fitting that the fi-nal goal of the No. 14 men’s soccer team be from senior midfielder Alan Sanchez with an assist from red-shirt senior forward Ron-nie Bouemboue. The goal, which occured at the 89:14 mark, put the Pack up for good 4-2. But looks can be

deceiving as State struggled early in the first half.

Redshirt sophomore mid-fielder Kris Byrd scored the Pack’s first goal in the 18th minute to make the score 1-0. But Presbyterian tried to steal the night away from State’s nine seniors who were honored before the start of the game, by scoring its first goal at the 41:09 mark. The teams went into halftime tied 1-1.

Coach George Tarantini ex-pected the game to be close and said the team struggled emo-tionally on Senior Night.

“I have a lot of mix emo-

tions,” Tarantini said. “You bring someone to N.C. State and watch them grow up and leave. Any time a player leaves, a part of you leaves with them. Second half, to be honest with you, it has been a tough game for us today for many reasons.”

Senior defender Korede Aiyegbusi said the team came out well the first 5 to ten minutes, but the play of the team became sloppy.

“It showed,” Aiyegbusi said. “I’m not sure if every-

COUNTDOWN• 3 days until the football’s team Homecoming game

against Maryland

INSIDE• Page 7: Continuation of the soccer recap,

feature on recent Pack injuries and Western horseback riding club featureSports

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Blosser named to All-Freshman teamWomen’s soccer player Kara Blosser was named to the ACC’s All-Freshman Team. Blosser played midfield for N.C. State in her first collegiate season, tallying nine goals to lead the team. Her 20 points also ranked at the top of the Wolfpack’s squad. The numbers were enough to put Blosser near the top of the ACC scoring ranks as well, ranking eighth in goals and ninth in scoring.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Cross Country flies through pollsThe men’s cross country team flew up the national rankings following the team’s victory at the ACC Championships this past weekend. N.C. State is now ranked No. 16, compared to the No. 30 ranking the Wolfpack held at the last poll. The women’s team remains unranked nationally, but pulled to third in the Southeast Regional after a fourth-place finish at the ACC’s.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

Pack shut out by Tar HeelsThe volleyball team fell to UNC in three sets in Chapel Hill Tuesday night. Lisa Kretchman led the Pack with seven kills and freshman Sarah Griggs notched two aces, while Alex Smith had 19 set assists and Kelly Wood finished with 13 digs, good for tops on the team. The loss moved the team to 7-21 overall and 0-13 in the ACC. It will take on Virginia Tech and Virginia at home this weekend.

Source: N.c. State athleticS

athletic schedule

Thursdaywomen’s tennis at ita national indoor championshipsNew Haven, Conn., all day

men’s basketball vs. st. paul’s college (exh.) Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Fridaywomen’s tennis at university of north carolina invitational, day oneChapel Hill, all day

volleyball vs. virginia tech Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Saturdayrifle at searc#4Dahlonega, Ga., all day

women’s tennis at university of north carolina invitational, day twoChapel Hill, all day

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did You know?The football team has given up 30 or more points in each of its last five games.

breNt kitcheN/techNiciaN File photoOffensive lineman R.J. Mattes tries to block defensive tackle Boo Robinson while State quarterback Russell Wilson looks for an open man in the Pack’s 30-24 loss to Wake Forest this season. Mattes will sit out the rest of the season due to injury.

FOOtBall

Men’S SOcceR

Slumping Pack bitten by injury bug

Seniors lead Pack to victory over Presbyterian

Sarah tudor/techNiciaNJunior midfielder chris Zuerner dribbles down the field during tuesday’s game against Pres-byterian. the men’s team won 4-2, icing the game with a goal with 47 seconds left in the match.

Through short tenure, team has racked up honors

Kate BarnesStaff Writer

In August of 2008, the North Carolina State University Inter-collegiate Horse Show Associa-tion Western Riding Club came into existence at the hands of junior Justin Bubenik, a com-munication major, and Rebecca Bisophric, a junior in biological sciences.

Along with coaches Robin Lynn and Bob Mowrey, State’s western rid-i n g c l u b found a home at N.C. State alongside the dressage and hunt-seat dis-ciplines.

As a trans-fer student from Oregon State Univer-sity, Bubenik came to N.C. State knowing there was not a riding club to suit his eques-trian needs.

During his first year of com-petition at OSU he won the National Championship in Be-ginner Western Horsemanship. Upon coming to N.C. State as part of the National Student Exchange Program, he imme-diately began researching the feasibility of starting a team on State’s home turf.

“It all seems like a blur now,” Bubenik said. “But somehow everything came together with a lot of hard work and commit-

ment on everyone’s part.”Since its formation last fall,

the team has really “come out of the box” in terms of strength, according to Bubenik. Lynn, who has worked for the University for 20 years in the Extension Horse Husbandry department, attributes its be-ginning success to the leader-ship that the students took on.

“Since this is not one of my job descriptions, they were in the understanding that they were going to have to take a huge leadership role in this team,” Lynn said. “The first

organized meeting we had last fall, they brought in 25 mem-bers . Even I wasn’t ex-pecting it.”

The turn-out was the r e s u l t o f many Brick-yard excur-sions by the

team in attempts to recruit members and get informa-tion out amongst the student population. Though the team’s growth has impressed Lynn and the team founders, there has been one pressing issue: funding.

Each student has to pay for lessons and for his or her show entry fees each week. Typically riders practice once or twice a week, driving as far as an hour away to reach their practice destinations and then paying

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Western Equestrian team searching for support

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“It all seems like

a blur now...

but somehow

everything came

together.”Junior Justin Bubenik