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Ten years after invasionTRANSCRIPT
Raleigh, North Carolina
Between 10 years of fighting, rebuilding and headshaking, victory looks to be subtle yet unconfirmed.
Mark HerringFeatures Editor
The terms victory in Afghanistan and the redevelopment of the broken nation seemed far simpler 10 years ago to Army Lt Col Kenneth Ratashak, former commander of the N.C. State Army ROTC detachment.
However, the mission of combat-ing al-Qaeda and those who support
them—the Taliban—has remained unchanged.
“The Primary goal—get rid of al-Qaeda and dislodge the Taliban to undermine the safe haven for them to train,” Ratashak said. “That’s why we entered Afghanistan and we are still working to do this.”
The Trials of naTion-buildingAccording to Ratashak, the only
changes in Afghanistan are the strat-egies to achieve this goal, and after 10 years, the war has evolved into a mis-sion of nation building.
After driving the Taliban out of power and helping install a parlia-
mentary government under Hamid Karzai, the war shifted to one of securing the country and building infrastructure.
“First, you have to gain stability and gain trust between the people and their government,” Ratashak said. “Then create the stability of economic systems so that the gov-ernment and people of Afghanistan could run their own country in a stable and sustainable manner.”
But according to Ratashak, the unforeseen obstacles of warfare, cultural subtleties and the history
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Occupy Raleigh protestStudents and Raleigh citizens come together to Occupy Raleigh and fight corporate greed.
Will BrooksStaff Writer
Hundreds of people gathered down-town in Moore Square last Sunday to begin a local addition to the protests that have “occupied” most of Ameri-ca’s major cities.
Students and citizens are fed up with the United States government and its role in supporting large corpora-tions. Occupy Raleigh was formed as a response to the Occupy Wall Street protests that began Sept. 17 in New York City.
Ryan Thomson, a graduate student in sociology, immediately became active in Occupy Raleigh’s student effort.
“[We’re against] capi-talism as it cur-rent ly exists,” Thomson said, “It’s absolutely disgusting that the top percent can control so much wealth while people are being kicked out of their houses.”
Thomson led a student discussion in Moore Square Sunday and staged a walkout last Wednesday. He has also gathered students to advertise Occupy Raleigh with flyers reading, “We are the 99 percent,” the motto of the Oc-cupy movement.
Protesters are fed up with the federal system, and with a broad problem-set comes a broad range of protesters. Thomson explained that the range of protestors includes Tea Partiers, An-archists, Socialists and many others.
This protest was conceived by no more than word of mouth and Face-book. It came together swiftly, not just in Raleigh, but also all around the country.
Citizens gathered to speak one-by-one in Moore Square, and it appeared that everyone at the meeting wanted to express their disappointment with the current capitalist system. One speaker, Hunter Savage, had just ar-rived from New York City after a day in the center of the protest on Wall Street.
“I spent one day in New York, I spent all of my money to go, I haven’t slept since Friday and it was totally worth it,” Savage said.
Savage explained that in New York he was often surrounded by police and thought himself lucky not to have been beaten or arrested. On Oct. 2,
700 protesters were arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge as Occupiers at-tempted to cross. There have also been accounts of police pepper-spraying and beating protesters.
As a testament to the movement’s diversity, Congressman Brad Miller appeared at the Occupy Raleigh meet-ing. It looked as if the movement had brought people from ages 15 to 65 of all genders and all ethnicities.
Dick Reavis, professor of journal-ism, participated in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, and he also participated in last Wednesday’s walk-out. Reavis believes that the Occupy protests are very similar in nature to the student-led protests of the 1960s in which he took part.
“These kids are doing the right thing, and I want to help them out,” Reavis said.
T he O c c up y protests could be seen as disorga-nized, but both t he Occ upiers and the numer-ous issues being protested are so diverse that there is no recognizable structure. The ap-pearance of disor-
ganization has caused these strong-minded citizens to be seen as a motley crew, but they are hopeful that as their objectives become clearer to the pub-lic, this image could change.
Thomson explains that the Occupy Wall Street protests began as an ex-pression of anger toward the system, but now they are a way for citizens to express their wants and needs. There will be a vote to see which issues should be on the forefront of protest; this will allow issues to come afloat rather than broad discontent.
At the walkout, Tara Beck, a senior in international studies, explained how corporate greed has affected her personally.
“I’ve seen what a corrupt system can do,” Beck said, “My parents are a half-million dollars in medical debt, and I have family who have been working jobs for 20 years who have been laid off.”
Savage believes that college-age stu-dents could make a huge difference in Occupy protests. “The youth is a huge part of this movement. We need to be, because we’re the future,” Savage said.
Occupy Raleigh has plans to begin major protests on Oct. 15. Students interested in involvement are encour-aged to stay updated through the Oc-cupy Raleigh Facebook group.
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Ten years after invasion
jordan moore/TechnicianSenior in construction engineering, Sam Brewer levels a surveying tool for his CE 301 class Wednesday. Brewer was doing an open traverse — a surveying technique requiring him to take multiple measurements across an area of land.
SurvEying thE land
courTesy of deparTmenT of defenseKunar PrOvinCE, afghanistan – u.S. army Capt. Mark Moretti sits hand-in-hand with Shamshir Khan, one of the most senior Korengal valley elders, april 13, at the Korengal Outpost in Kunar province, afghanistan. unlike conventional wars, the counterinsurgency strategy of afghanistan requires collaboration with agencies of the afghan government and local tribal leaders.
“These kids are doing
the right thing, and
I want to help
them out.”Dick Reavis, journalism professor.
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Pinhole Camera ExhibitionOctober 1-28 • The Crafts Center
Over 50 students took up the challenge in September, capturing the NC State campus as seen through the eye of a pinhole camera. Photos from the competition are on display October 1-28. To help select the “People’s Choice” winner, drop by the Crafts Center by October 20 to vote for your favorite.
CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsIn Tuesday’s “October encourages Internet safety,” Gov. Bev Perdue’s name was misspelled.
In Wednesday’s “Committee votes for fee increase,” the $90 student center expansion fee was approved two years ago and is not subject to review. Fundraising has not failed for the Talley Student Center. There were four students on the fee review committee, not three. Matt Tucker is not a senator, he is part of the executive branch. The Student Senate’s Tuition and Fees Committee is not a subcommittee.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Laura Wilkinson at [email protected].
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Hanging out
Junior in textile engineering Matt Cain said he sets up his hammock around campus a couple of times a week, usually in the Brickyard or near Bragaw Hall. Cain said it gives him a chance to study or catch up on his sleep between his classes.
PhOTO By ben Tran
Campus Calendar
TodayKirK adam – modern absTracTsAll DayCrafts CenterAn exhibition of acrylic paintings by local artist and Crafts Center instructor Kirk Adam.
inTramural sporTs regisTraTionAll DayOnlineRegistration is open for NFL Pick’M. Sign up online at http://ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/campus_rec/intramural/.
The urge To draw, The cause To reflecT: drawings, sKeTchbooKs, provocaTionsAll DayD.H. Hill Library GalleryThe exhibit features drawings and sketchbooks by College of Design Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA.
women empowered: inspiring change in an emerging worldAll DayAfrican American Cultural Center Gallery
pinK ribbon bagel campaignAll Day, Multi-Day EventPanera Bread locations in Wake CountyThroughout the month of October, our Wake County bakery-cafes will donate 10 cents from the sale of each Pink Ribbon Bagel to the Kay yow Cancer Fund. Also, throughout the month of October, we will donate $1 from the sale of each Baker’s Dozen.
universiTy council meeTing10 a.m.–noonWinslow Hall Conference Room
fab lab10 a.m.–6 p.m. BrickyardThe mobile Fab Lab allows student to utilize technologies and engineering tools to create and innovate their own ideas. Students will be able to create 3D products, customize T-shirts, engrave key chains and pint glasses, and explore the possibilities of creating through the use of technology. The event and materials are free.
earTh wiTh meaning: phoTographs of alan cohennoon–8 p.m.Alan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views,
he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory.
maThemaTics deparTmenT colloquium3–4 p.m.4104 SAS HallCharles Wampler, General Motors Research and Development Center, “Kinematics and numerical algebraic geometry.”
horTiculTure club6–7 p.m.125 Kilgore Hall
sTudenT cenTers board of direcTors meeTing6–7 p.m.Talley Student Center BoardroomJoin the SCBOD as the discuss matters regarding the campus student centers. Learn more about the Talley Student Center Project. All students and faculty are invited to attend.
archiTecTure lecTure6–7:30 p.m. Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall“Twelve Themes in My Work - Interplay of Thought and Form” by Juhani Pallasmaa.
srpe meeTing6.–10 p.m.2203 SAS HallCome watch anime and enjoy other otakus’ company.
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poliCe blotterTuesday9:47 a.m. | damage To properTyTalley Student CenterReport that windshield was shattered on construction excavator.
1:03 p.m. | larcenyD.H. Hill LibraryStudent reported bookbag taken. Bag was later found.
1:16 p.m. | larcenyWolf VillageStaff member reported two-way radios were taken from University vehicle.
1:20 p.m. | suspicious pacKage Patterson HallStaff member reported unattended suitcase. Suitcase was found to have projector.
5:12 p.m. | suspicious personHillsborough Square LotReport of suspicious person. Officers located non-student who complied to leave the area.
Wednesday11:38 p.m. | larcenyES King VillageStudent reported bicycle stolen.
12:09 p.m. | larcenyAvent Ferry ComplexStudent reported items taken from bulletin board three weeks ago.
2:12 p.m. | policy violaTionOff Campus Student was involved in traffic accident and arrested by RPD. Subject was referred to the University for driving while impaired.
2:41 p.m. | larcenyBrooks HallStudent reported laptop and cell phone stolen.
4:26 p.m. | suspicious personBiltmore HallReport of suspicious subject. Officers spoke with student. No problems were found.
5:25 p.m. | breaKing & enTering - auToColiseum DeckStudent reported vehicle had been broken into and iPod taken.
6:54 p.m. | larcenyCentennial Park & RideStudent reported leaving laptop on bus and was later unable to locate.
9:59 p.m. | suspicious personWildlife Resources DeckReport of suspicious subject. Officers located non-student and advised of University policy.
Thursday8:26 a.m. | damage To properTyAchievement Drive/Main Campus DriveStaff member reported vehicle drove through soccer field causing damage.
9:10 a.m. | Trespass D.H. Hill LibraryStaff reported previously trespassed subject had entered the building. Officers were not able to locate subject but saw subject on camera. Warrant for 2nd degree trespassing was sworn.
12:16 p.m. | suspicious pacKagePage HallStaff member reported package left in restroom. Officers checked area but did not locate package.
5:32 p.m. | suspicious personVarsity Research BuildingReport of subjects dumping trash into dumpster. Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival.
Keeping up With the ChanCellorfuTure chaTs wiTh The chancellor:Friday, Oct. 142:00-3:00 p.m.Port City Java, Nelson Hall
Monday, Nov. 21 2:00-3:00 p.m.Port City Java, Park Shops
Chancellor Woodson’s open office hours are specifically designed to solicit student feedback and serve to help him gather a clear understanding of student needs.
Source: chancellor’S oFFice
transportation updates
sTaTe fair wolfline service impacTs(ocT. 13-23)
Due to heavy traffic, the Wolfline cannot serve the Centennial Biomedical Campus (CVM) during the State Fair time frame (Oct. 13-23). The closest CVM Wolfline bus stop is a temporary stop located on Westchase Boulevard near Blue Ridge Road.
The Carter-Finley Park & Ride Lot will be temporarily relocated to the northwest corner of the
current P&R lot and Wolfline riders will board/deboard at Westchase Boulevard (bottom of steps) beginning Thursday, Oct. 13 through the duration of the State Fair.
Rt. 6 Carter-Finley will continue to serve the relocated Park & Ride lot, but will be detoured. hillsborough Street stops west of Faircloth/Gorman Street will not be served.
The Carter-Finley Park & Ride Lot returns to its normal location and Rt. 6 resumes its regular route Monday, Oct. 24.
Source: kiM Paylor, tranSit Manager
Quote of the day
“The doctors said I would be out for three weeks. I wasn’t
having it; I said two.”Terring Manning, outside linebacker
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Michael Pratt/technicianrebecca stubbs, a sophomore in environmental engineering, takes photos in Boone Fork, a stream in Grandfather mountain state Park, near Boone, north Carolina, on Friday. stubbs went with 12 other university scholars students on a backpacking and service trip over fall break. she backpacked through Grandfather mountain state Park on thursday and Friday.
Spirit remains optimistic at N.C. State Rocks the Vote 2011 regardless of lack of attendance.
Brooke WalligStaff Writer
Approximately 40 members of the University and greater Raleigh com-munities gathered at N.C. State’s “Rock the Vote 2011” event Sunday night to discuss participating in the October 11 local elections.
According to Jim Martin, chemistry professor and Wake County Board of Ed-ucation candidate, students have the po-tential to change the local government, but they have to want to do so.
“ T h e Wo l f -pack can have a rea l impact on the community by coming out to vote,” Martin said. “You hear a lot of people talk about ‘The Government, but a democracy is of, for and by the people. You and I need to be the government, and the only way to do that is to be engaged.”
However, mayoral candidate Nancy McFarlane said she hopes students will remain active in their local government long after Tuesday’s elections are over.
“It’s really important not just to vote, but to be engaged along the way,” Mc-Farlane said. “We need to grow in a thoughtful, mindful way and we need your talents, time and investment in our community.”
Lauren Caddick, sophomore in art and design, said she attended the event to show support for Martin and to hear what the other candidates had to say about the condition of Wake County Schools.
“[Martin]’s probably the best can-didate we’ve got for the Wake County School Board,” Caddick said. “Wake
County schools are in a lot of trouble right now, and I want to know what posi-tivity [candidates] are going to bring and what changes they’re going to make so the Wake County school system lives up to the great city Raleigh is.”
For Nancy Thai, sophomore in bio-logical sciences and event co-organizer, the event was still a success despite low turnout numbers.
“I was pretty happy with [the event]. We were expecting a little bit more peo-ple, but any turnout is good,” Thai said. “Sometimes [low turnout] is because people think, ‘Oh there are so many people, my one vote won’t matter.’ But those votes add up, and they’ll make a change. It might be a baby step, but it’s
still a change.”According to
Alex Chin, junior in mathematics and economics and event co-or-ganizer, this event may be a recurring one.
“We may look into doing this every year,” Chin said. “We wouldn’t focus on particu-
lar candidates, but rather on getting can-didates from both sides to come out here to try to get more students involved no matter how they decide to vote.”
McFarlane said she hopes more stu-dents will participate in the elections Tuesday given N.C. State’s prominence in Raleigh.
“I just found out that today is part of the University’s fall break, so given that I’m really happy people came out. The University is a huge partner with the city, and I think there are a lot of things we need to do in conjunction with N.C. State,” McFarlane said. “So it’s important to get out and vote. It’s your future.”
Students ‘rock the vote’ at campus rally
ryan Perry/technicianintroducing the candidates, nancy thai, a sophomore in human biology, stands on the stage talking about the importance of voting. “What these candidates run for is directly affecting us and it’s our job to know what they’re running for. if we don’t realize how everything is affecting us, then we don’t vote and if we don’t go out and vote, we can’t make change,” said.
“I want to know what
positivity [candidates]
are going to bring and
what changes they’re
going to make.”Lauren Caddick, sophomore in
art and design
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{ }Our view
Central Michigan’s foot-ball program doesn’t exactly inspire fear
into the hearts of their oppo-nents. Over the past two years the Chippewas record IS 5-13. They are not a football power house; however, more can be taken from the game than just a win.
The win was not easy, it pushed the Pack to respond and they did. Going into the half, the Pack was only up four points and it looked as though the Chippewas were going to keep it close. The Chippewas were playing great for the first half and a lesser team could’ve lost their cool and not endured their initial attack. However, N.C. State did not, they weath-ered the storm and outlast-ed the Chippewas. The Pack showed a resilience that will pay dividends as the season
goes on.There were great individual
performances found in Satur-day’s game. T.J. Graham was a bright spot, as always. With 186 all-purpose yards and an aver-age of 21.6 yards per return, he was a constant source of excite-ment and promise throughout the game. There is nothing as exciting as when T.J. gets the ball in his hands, we only wish his return opportunities came more from punt returns than kick returns.
The defense showed an ap-titude for getting out of tight spots. While allowing for 427 total yards of offense to be posted up against us by an av-erage offense should be con-cerning, it could’ve been a lot
worse. N.C. State’s defense cre-ated three turnovers with the Chippewas driving in State ter-ritory, likely keeping points off the board. A bend-but-don’t-break defense is not preferable, and at times can be unnerv-ing; however, Saturday’s game demonstrated that the defense can step up when necessary.
Mike Glennon, who struggled in his past two games, seems to be turning things around after his performance on Saturday. Glennon had a nearly flawless game Saturday with 244 yards, four touchdowns and no in-terceptions. His completion percentage, 55 percent, was the only sour spot in an otherwise great performance. However, with the Chippewas defensive
backs John Carr and Jahleel Addae flying around the field like Troy Polamalu, his lack-luster completion percentage is understandable. Hopefully, this outing will prove to be his standard performance moving forward.
Looking ahead, our season has the potential to look as good as our jerseys did Satur-day. There are certain areas of the team that need to be beefed up, that’s for sure. With the 3-2 Virgina Cavaliers on the dock-et for next weekend we have a perfect opportunity take the successes experienced against the Chippewas and apply them to a team of a greater stature.
If we sure up the defense a little, who knows, we could have the makings of a winning streak on our hands.
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.
Good signs moving forwardThe FacTs:On Saturday, the N.C. State Wolfpack defeated the Central Michigan Chippewas 38-24. The win pushes the Wolfpack to 3-3 on the season.
Our OpiniOn:The win against the Chippewas was more than just a victory against a mediocre team. There were a lot of bright spots to be found in the victory. Those areas where the Pack found success on Saturday should inspire hope when looking toward the final six games of the football schedule.
Teach, don’t lecture
Let me tell you a story. It’s 8:30 a.m. Last night you were up until 2 a.m.
finishing up some homework. You go to class and your profes-sor begins a lecture. Basically, your teacher begins talking and talking and talking and, even
though the subject mat-ter is some-t h i n g y ou enjoy, your e y e s s t a r t drooping. You’re bored to death and do not pay attention. If only the pro-
fessor had decided to teach in-stead of lecture.
A friend of mine once told me to take a class with a cer-tain professor. However, this professor only taught 8:30 a.m. classes. When I asked her why she would recommend this professor, she responded with, “Because he’s so engaging that I don’t even need a coffee to wake me up.” I instantly knew this was not a lecturing professor.
As an education major, I find it extremely frustrating when a professor lectures. It’s abso-lutely the worst way to teach. I begin to think I could teach the class better myself and pro-ceed to rebel by hopping on Facebook, texting my friends, doodling and doing anything else that would distract me from how boring the class is.
The problem with lectures is
that they’re not engaging. The students are not active partici-pants in the class. Some profes-sors will tell you it’s not hard to pay attention, that the media has ruined us so that we need to be entertained constantly, and their job is to teach, not to put on a show.
I agree that professors shouldn’t have to put on a show, be funny, tell stories or have numerous demonstrations. However, standing in front of a classroom just talking isn’t going to engage students.
The way to engage students is to include them in the class. Students aren’t included if the professor is the only one talk-ing.
There are many ways in which professors can engage the class. The easiest way is to have the seminary-type style, letting the students run the discussion while the professor merely facilitates. For example, if the students have a reading, the professor should ask the students what they thought about the reading and then guide them to a deeper mean-ing of the text.
There are problems with seminar styles of teaching. Students may have not read what was assigned and have nothing to contribute. This style can even be intimidat-ing to students, voicing one’s opinions to the entire class is not as easy for some as it is for others. However, I would still take these potential pitfalls of
seminar styles over those of lecture classes.
Another way to get stu-dents involved in the class is to assign group work. Many students groan about group work; however, it should be seen as our saving grace. Group work allows every-one to be involved and it’s less intimidating for some students to talk in a group of three than in a large classroom setting.
For example, a professor could assign a group of stu-dents some math problems and have them collaborate. A professor could also as-sign a group project and al-low the students to pursue the material for the project in class.
I’m not saying professors should never, ever lecture because, sometimes, it just has to happen. But they should be mindful of lec-turing all the time. A whole class period should not be spent with only the teacher talking.
Professors, if you don’t want your students to fall asleep in class, if you really want them to participate when you ask questions, then don’t bore them to death. Don’t lecture; teach.
Send Madison your thoughts on teaching to [email protected].
Madison MurphyStaff Columnist
Prepare yourself for a career fair
Last week engineers from all disciplines fought for a place in the ever more
exclusive club that we call The Employed. Considering how
much more sc a rc e jobs have become in t he past few years, it is more im-portant than ever to seize these sorts of chances and talk to those that have the
power to change your future in such a significant manner.
With the grand prize of these events being a career for you it is important to not take these events too lightly. Through my own experiences at the career fair, I have found there are things you can do in advance to properly equip yourself so that you can be a serious competi-tor in the rat race that is career building.
Before you waltz into the Mc-Kimmon Center for the next career fair ask yourself what you’ve done to be prepared. If you don’t know what you should do, here are my sug-gestions.
Be confidantIf you walk up to a company
representative stuttering and tripping over your words, you are not going to seem like a qualified candidate. You may be well qualified with relevant experience, but first impres-sions have significant pull in how people will remember you. Take time before hand to practice the kind of things you will say and questions you will ask, so when you go up to someone you at least seem like an intelligent individual, who would be a good choice for that company.
dress for the occasionYou don’t need to show up in
a three-piece suit or anything, but you will not leave a posi-tive first impression behind if you show up in flip flops, baggy gym shorts, and a raggedy old T-shirt.
You should wear clothes that you would be expected to wear if you were to go to work in the office of your potential employ-er. Khaki pants and a shirt with some buttons on it are probably a good idea for the most part.
Get your resume reviewedYour resume may be the
most important and last-ing thing that you will leave with the representatives at the career fair. You want your resume to not only list what you’ve done but also to show that you are awesome.
The process of getting a job is not the time to be humble. Be an exhibition-ist when you write your re-sume. Make yourself stand out against the grain so that you don’t disappear into the annals of paper work of those reviewing applica-tions.
Putting together a good resume is not the easiest task. Fortunately for us the Career Center has put to-gether a great program to help. They have put together resume writing clinics, re-sume reviews and mock interviews.
research what companies you are interested in.
There was a wide array of companies at this past event, ranging from Disney Interactive Studios to the CIA, and in future career fairs there will be a diverse pool of employers as well. It is crucial that you first know what companies you are want to talk to so that you don’t waste time walk-ing around aimlessly and
it is even more important for you to know something about the companies you are going to talk to. If you don’t have relevant ques-tions to ask you are going to look like any other random person out there asking for work.
It’s easy to find informa-tion on the companies. For this career fair it was as easy as logging onto ncsu.edu where all of the companies have links taking you to their websites. From their websites you can learn all about recent projects and the positions they are look-ing to fill.
Do yourself a favor before your next career fair and get prepared. It will greatly im-prove your chances of land-ing a job.
Send John your thoughts on career fairs to [email protected].
Jonathan LewisStaff Columnist columbus Day not recognized at n.c. state?
Rachel Jordan, sophomore in architecture
By BEN tRAN
What did you do over fall break?
{ }in yOur wOrDs
“I went to Lake Gaston over the fall break.”
Madison Bergen freshman in art and design
“I spent the fall break meeting up with friends in Charlotte and I went to live music shows in the area.”
Nick Hudsonsenior in civil engineering
“I spent a day in Boone, North Carolina with friends, we did some hammocking and some archery.”
Kathryn Smithfreshman in textile engineering
“I stayed on campus all fall break to play Super Monkey Ball and I ate once the whole weekend.”
Shirin Bamsophomore in statistics
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have brought the altruistic idea of nation-building into contention.
Ratashak said issues con-fronting the mission include ethnic and tribal tensions, the role of religion in government and increasing influence from Taliban and terrorist networks based in the countryside and in Pakistan.
“What it really gets down to is the tribal cult,” Ratashak said. “Conflict is at the tribal level rather than the ethnic level, and tribal elders have a great influence in regional poli-tics that provincial governors.”
PersPectives from the groundRataskak served 15 months
in the eastern provinces of Pak-tia, Logar and Wardak on the border of Pakistan and consid-ered his deployment between 2007 and 2008 to be the middle years in terms of progress in the war.
As battalion executive of-ficer of his battalion and key player in directing mission planning in these provinces of strategic and security impor-tance, Ratashak collaborated with Afghan contractors and security forces to work on local development.
“The war is not fought in huge battles,” Ratashak said. “The small goals of building bridges, providing security, creating economic and busi-ness structure all add up.”
Ratashak worked to develop sustainable small businesses in eastern Afghanistan and his
battalion brought in experts from the USDA to improve crop storage and agricultural efficiency.
unforeseen ProblemsImplementing a Western
system of government and economics in another country with different customs and folkways doesn’t go without encountering barriers.
“In Afghanistan, having op-erated under Soviet influence and with tribes and their own customs, the economic system seems to be more oriented to the government,” Ratashak said. “We have been raised under the concept of capital-ism, but that is a tough thing to implement in a place where it’s not prevalent.”
However, much of the aid the United States supplies to the Afghan government doesn’t reach the populace because of rampant corruption. Accord-ing to Ratashak, this causes dis-trust among Afghans toward their government.
“It is a delicate situation and for success there must be rule of law,” Ratashak said. “Part of it is to re-establish a bureaucratic system of law and order. It re-quires law that we consider fair to the people. Two, it requires a security force, the Afghan Police, who know and execute those laws for the benefit of the government. Then there is a justice system.”
According to Ratashak, these checks and balances rely on strict adherence, but unlike many nation-states, Afghani-stan is comprised of seven dis-tinct ethnic groups, each with smaller factions and tribes.
The Pashtun majority has controlled government power
for decades, and this ethnic group, which resides mainly in the south and eastern por-tions of Afghanistan, abides by a strict code of tribal conduct that competes with national law, according to Ratashak.
“This code, Pashtunwali, predates Islam and it governs many Pashtuns,” Ratashak said. “This ethnic majority has grown to be very powerful in the affairs of Afghanistan, and much of the Taliban strictly ad-heres to pashtunwali.”
The issue of national unity has plagued Afghanistan since the arrival of ethnic minorities throughout the country’s his-tory, and a factor contributing to the instability of the country comes from historic factions and disputes.
Ratashak experienced this first-hand in Logar province.
“These two tribes had a dispute over a piece of land,” Ratashak said. “One built a building on the piece of land. Each tribe would confront each other in force and riot because of the conflict. It was like an annual event.”
refined aPProachBefore Afghanistan, the U.S.
military was a post-Cold War garrisoned force according to Lt Col Chris Froeschner, com-mander of the University’s Air Force ROTC detachment. He said the military’s approach to training recruits hasn’t changed, but new recruits are coming in knowing what’s ex-pected of them.
“At N.C. State, I was asked, ‘are you all in?’” Froeschner said. “They know what is going on in the wars and they’ve ex-perienced it growing up. They know they will most likely be
deployed.”The modern soldier deploys
a lot, Froeschner said, and ac-cording to the Department of Defense, two-thirds of all ser-vicemen have deployed two or more times.
Along with the soldiers fight-ing in Operation Enduring Freedom, tactics have changed since boots officially hit Af-ghan soil.
According to Froeschner, along with nation-building, the Air Force has played a large role in counterterrorism with the use of unmanned aerial vehicles.
“The Air Force has increased its UVA fleet within the past decade and it has been instru-mental in spotting and taking out enemy combatants,” Froe-schner said.
UVAs have been instru-mental in Operation Endur-
ing Freedom and their strikes reach further than the borders of Afghanistan, and western ar-eas of Pakistan and the most recent strike in Yemen killing Islamist cleric Anwar al-Awlaki have brought these tools of war into contention.
According to Froeschner, the UVA fighting force has opened up a new opportunity for un-qualified candidates to become remote-based pilots.
Weighing cost and victoryAs the longest war in U.S.
history, Ratashak said many Americans have been consid-ering if the war is worth the nation’s time and resources.
“It’s tough, you don’t really ever know what the outcome is going to be,” Ratashak said. “I think the other part of it is, if you win, if you win a war at the strategic level, you have to
do things on the back side to make sure that win is a sus-tained win.”
Despite being removed from the conflict for the past three years, Ratashak said a big piece to success in Afghanistan is de-veloping trustworthy partners in government, a problem that has burdened current leader-ship. The Obama administra-tion has on many occasions ref-erenced the Karzai government as unreliable.
“We need to establish sus-tainable partnerships, which requires relying on the com-petency of the Afghan govern-ment officials,” Ratashak said. “Also, we have to trust the competence of the leadership and police, then their future is bright. If there is no coopera-tion or partnership from either side, then the future will be un-certain.”
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9/11 takes Marine to AfricaOfficer details his experiences in Djibouti, showing the wider scope of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Andrew BranchSenior Staff Writer
Expecting to go to Columbia “to chase drug lords around,” Raleigh master officer John Walls, a 21-year-old Marine in 2001, instead found himself on the edge of inevitable war.
“When [9/11] happened…it was like sucking the wind out of your lungs,” Walls said. “We all knew that this meant war and we were going to end up doing something and going somewhere.”
Instead of going to Afghani-stan, Walls ended up playing a part in one of the War on Terror’s more secret fronts. Operation Enduring Freedom has worked against terrorism, more or less combat related, in the trans-Saharan area, Chad, the Philippines and Djibouti.
Through the eyes of a new husband in his early 20s, Walls described his sights, sounds and feelings as he went to one of the world’s poorest and most dangerous places.
‘[state] Wasn’t for me.’Walls spent only one semes-
ter at N.C. State, although it was long enough to meet his wife, Kristie.
“I realized that wasn’t for me, and I went and joined the Ma-rine Corps,” he said.
Kristie and Walls were mar-ried on his boot camp leave in early 2001, only a few months before their lives were turned upside down.
On 9/11, Walls had just re-turned from desert training, a requirement for all troops once a year. He discovered he would soon have to use it, although he didn’t know where.
“We did battalion formation, and our battalion commander, Lt. Col. Miller, told us that the U.S. had been attacked and not to unpack our bags--that we were going to a desert site.”
The sudden war made it hard on the new couple.
“I was a lot more concerned--a lot more worried about his safety,” Kristie said. “There were a lot more sleepless nights.”
Walls was deployed four
times within four years.“In eight months we were
deployed pretty quickly to Kosovo for peace keeping, and we went from there to Africa,” Walls said.
“it Was very high sPeed”The U.S. went to Africa, ac-
cording to Walls, because Al-Qaeda fleeing Afghanistan hi-jacked a plane to Djibouti and took the country over.
“[Al-Qaeda] took the inter-national airport over, and we flew in there and took it back and gave it back to the sover-eign nation,” he said.
T he D j i-boutian government gave the U.S. Camp Lem-on ier w ho used it a s their base of operations in the Horn of Africa, a plac e t he y discovered to be crawling with terrorist camps.
“We would go and do raids into Somalia, into Yemen and places like that in 2002 and take terrorists out. Delta Force and Navy Seals did most of the dirty work,” Walls said. “They were doing the precisions strikes—the insurgent strikes—and we were doing backup for them.”
Walls said the strength of the military was surprising.
“It was very high speed. It was a lot of ops, a lot of mis-sions very quickly. We were constantly working. They were doing predator drone strikes into other countries and terror-ist training camps,” he said. “It was very, I guess, awe inspiring that we had that much intelli-gence.”
All of this was secret at first. Walls could not tell his wife where he was at the time. When calling home and operators asked what country they were calling from, they couldn’t say Djibouti.
Kristie said it was frustrating with John not being able to tell her what was going on, but she understood.
“I still don’t know all the de-tails of what he’s done or where he’s been,” she said.
the ‘heart’ of africaWalls described Djibouti as
a gorgeous place with a pro-
American, but extremely poor, populace.
It made him think twice about complaining, he said.
“You know you would see just a whole herd of goats and sheep coming out of the des-ert with these sheep farmers or goat farmers—and they’ve been out there for days with just a little bottle of water,” Walls said. “I used to think, ‘You won’t see many Ameri-cans do that. They’re just not as tough as these people.’”
Walls said when his unit first landed on the beach, he was met with a surprise.
“A n d I remember it was just hilarious—t here were probably 300 kids there—and we were expecting en-emy combat-ants,” he said. “And they’d be ‘Mister, mister! Coca-
cola? Cigarette? Cigarette?’”Contact with locals virtually
ceased once they arrived on base, he said. But there were some Djiboutians who came on base to cut hair.
“They would be searched ev-ery day, and they would come over onto the base and set a little make-shift barber shop up in this little shed and give us hair cuts for $2 a piece,” Walls said. “They did a great job.”
Pink mistWalls’s most memorable time
in Djibouti came one night af-ter a long day’s patrol.
“I got woke up by my best friend and was told that I had a son. And I got helo-lifted back out of the base and taken to Camp Lemonier and got to make a phone call to my wife, and I got to hear my son cry. And man, it was awesome. But also it was such a low point be-cause I wasn’t there to take care of my family. I wasn’t home.”
The hardships of war didn’t seem to cease for Walls. He wit-nessed the death of his friend gunnery sergeant Ronald E. Baum in Iraq on May 3, 2004.
“I remember that so viv-idly—the smell of copper in the air, the sound of gunfire in
“It was very high
speed. It was a
lot of ops, a lot
of missions very
quickly.”John Walls, former U.S. Marine
Walls continued page 6
A soldier’s unexpected homecoming
Drier carr/technicianDennis and Karen VanDreumel lost their son Army Spc. Joseph VanDreumel, 32, of Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 14 in Pakika province, Afghanistan. VanDreumel specialized in vehicle recovery operations and was assigned to 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade at Grafenwoehr, Germany. Karen VanDreumel is a writing programs assistant with the English department.
From the tarmac of a Michigan airport Aug. 28, Karen VanDreumel saw her son Joseph return from Afghanistan draped in an American flag
as his family’s hero.
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Being Afghan-AmericanAli Sabri Najafi shares his experiences growing up as an Afghan American during an age of conflict.
Mark HerringFeatures Editor
Ali Sabri Najafi, a part-time student, has become more cau-tious to talk about where he’s
from with strangers—saying he’s from Iran.
But the truth is, Najafi, an Afghan-American, has experi-enced hostile perceptions from fellow Americans since 9/11.
“I was working a RadioShack a while ago and people would make small talk and ask where I’m from,” Najafi said. “Then they would say, ‘alright, I’ll get help from somebody else.’”
However, born and raised in the U.S., Najafi doesn’t see his Afghan heritage as conflicting with his American citizenship. To Najafi, the U.S. was the “promise land” to his refugee family.
“I haven’t really asked, but my parents left at the end of
the conflict with the Soviet Union or during the be-ginning of the civil war that started right after in the 80s,” Najafi said. “They went to Germany, which was a checkpoint, but then they came to the U.S.”Never having visited
Afghanistan, Najafi regrets not having been immersed in his ancestral culture. Howev-er, Najafi isn’t disconnected to his Afghan roots.
His mother, who works as a translator on an American base in Kabul, is working to get him to visit. He also has family still living in Afghan-istan and close cousins who were born and raised there.
“I keep up with culture through the language most-ly,” Najafi said. “I speak Dari at home. I hang out with a lot of Afghan kids
and I have cousins who grew up in Afghanistan and they’ll keep me in
touch with every-thing. Sometimes
we’ll be sitting around a circle and joking and sometimes I feel like this is how it might have been if I was back home, in Af-ghanistan.”
The tone of Najafi is one of nostalgia, although he’s never visited his country. It’s a nos-talgia for the past, the former Afghanistan that he wishes to see again.
“You’d be surprised, but I would like to see Afghanistan like what it was like before the Soviet war,” Najafi said. “It wasn’t like what it was today. It wasn’t in shambles. It was beautiful. There was a stable government. I don’t think we would be a third world country if it wasn’t for the Soviet inva-sion.”
But turmoil in the country has made talking about his family’s home country an un-comfortable topic at times.
“I ask them about stories from the past, but whenever I ask them, they just reference the hard times,” Najafi said. “I can tell it wasn’t good to be in Afghanistan then. And it’s do-ing really poorly now.”
However, Najafi said many Americans have a misconcep-tion who Afghans really are.
“A lot of people look at us like we’re one big bomb squad, but it’s not that,” Najafi said. “Those people don’t have any-thing. A lot of them are tired of the war and the killing. And the majority of the people working against the Americans and the Afghan government are from the countryside and are un-educated.”
In consideration to negative perceptions for Afghans in the U.S., Najafi said he doesn’t blame people who disrespect him.
“People are people and I
brush it off,” Najafi said. “You have to learn that quick, but I guess it’s like how the Japanese felt after Pearl Harbor. When I tell people where I’m from, you can just see their face chang-ing when they find out I’m Af-ghani.”
Although Najafi has changed how he opens up to strangers, he nevertheless sees himself as a part of America. And despite his mixed opinions on the war, which he said he supported since the beginning, he said he sees the Afghan future as one that can be redefined.
“Honestly, as a Muslim, I don’t understand how the Tal-iban can justify killing other people and see it for a cause,” he said. “I don’t see how they can use religion as a justifica-tion. Or how they can drag other people into it. No doubt, they are giving Muslims a bad rap. I want to come off as an average person, because that’s who I am, to demonstrate that Muslim and Afghans aren’t like them.”
Najafi said he is uncertain on how he feels about the future of Afghanistan, but he sees him-self serving his home he’s never visited. He said democracy and peace would be a good thing, but most importantly, he would like to inspire young people.
“I’ve been fortunate to grow up here and keep up with my culture at home,” Najafi said. “And with that I want to serve them, no doubt. That’s why I’m going to school and the one thing I’ve learned from an Afghan background and then growing up in the U.S., that there is more out that, and to share that hope with other kids, that this isn’t how it has to be.”
the background, the smell of sulfur from the weapons going off, the gunpowder burning,” Walls said.
Baum was covering Wall’s men in a firefight with his machine gun.
“He was struck by a mor-tar that was dropped into the turret that he was in. He just…there was not much at all left of him. There were very few things we could send home in a body bag.”
Initially af ter the blast, Walls didn’t re-alize what had hap-pened.
“I saw the mortar strike him and I thought…he was there one minute and then just boom—pink mist,” Walls said. “I remember seeing a good friend of mine and saying ‘Where did he go?’ And I remember Patrick looking at me and saying, ‘Man, he’s dead. He’s gone.’”
Being forced to bottle his grief and lead his men is something that has stuck with Walls.
“I mean, an hour before he died, me and him were sitting smoking a cigarette together BS’ing about hunt-ing when we got back and about our families,” Walls said. “It was one of the hardest things I have ever dealt with. I still carry his dog tags on my keychain to this day, and there is prob-ably not a day that goes by that I don’t think about him.”
Looking aheadWhile today, the U.S. mili-
tary operations out of Africa are now officially limited to providing security assistance to Djiboutian and French armies and some aid to refugees, Walls said there may again be more going on than the U.S. govern-ment is letting on.
“What did we just do in Yemen [Sept. 30]? We just bombed the snot out of [Anwar Awlaki, a U.S. born al-Qaeda cleric]. But we had to have people on the ground to find out where that guy was at. And I think there is a lot of that be-
ing launched from the Dji-bout i ba se that I guess the U.S. gov-ernment doesn’t want to talk about right now.”
Walls is out of that busi-ness now. Af-
ter being wounded in Iraq, he came back home in 2005 and became a second-generation police officer, joining the Ra-leigh force in 2007. Walls and his wife have an 8-year-old son, Caleb, and a new daughter, Sa-vanna.
Now that he is home, he no longer has to make the diffi-cult choice between serving his country and serving his family.
“I was always torn,” Walls said. “[My family’s safety] was always in the back of my mind. It’s extremely frustrating. I think it is one of the reasons why we have such a high di-vorce rate in our military now.”
Though no longer in the military, the mission of the Marine Corps will always be in his blood, and Walls feels strongly about what the mili-tary was and is doing overseas.
“I was very proud of what we did in [Djibouti]—and still am.”
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“[My family’s
safety] was always
in the back of
my mind.”John Walls, former U.S. Marine
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one sack, and an interception.“Terrell [Manning] helped us
a lot by just being out there,” O’Brien said. “He understands the defense, he does it right. That’s the best thing I can say about him. He does it right whether it’s blitz, whether it’s not blitz. That was big for the defense to get him back.”
Across the board, the offense looked in sync. Glennon went 20 for 36 passing for 244 yards and four touchdowns. Running back James Washington led the rushing attack with 109 yards and caught five passes for 55 yards. Washington is the first Pack running back to run for two consecutive 100-yard games since Andre Brown in 2005.
Washington thinks the of-fense’s success comes from the unit working together.
“It helps a lot to have a lot of people contributing, mak-ing plays, our offense is really growing,” Washington said.
He embraced carrying the load, getting a career high 25 carries, and thought it got eas-ier for him as the game went by.
“As the game wears on, the defense gets tired after chas-i n g m e s o long,” Wash-ing ton sa id. “I’m able to push through, I’m in great shape, and in the backf ield I’ll be one-on-one with a line-backer and any time you get that it should be a win.”
T he Wol f-pack doesn’t play until Oct. 22 at Virginia and O’Brien hopes during the off week
the team can get more players practicing and get to the ideal playing level.
“It’s going to be a lot closer than we’ve been the last five weeks,” O’Brien said. “If guys can get healthy it will help a lot. A bunch of guys didn’t get a lot of practice time this week; of those guys up front Art [Nor-
man] was the only one that had a fu l l prac-tice week. W e h a d g uys t hat were miss-i n g h e r e and there, to get them back and get everybody a full week of practice and prepare, will be bet-
ter for us as we go into the last six games.”
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john joyner/TechnicianRedshirt junior setter Megan Cyr sets the ball during the volleyball game against the University of Miami on Friday in Reynolds Coliseum.
“Terrell
[Manning] helped
us a lot by just
being out there.
He understands
the defense, he
does it right.”Tom O’Brien, head coach
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john joyner/TechnicianSophomore cornerback David Amerson intercepts a Central Michigan pass in the endzone, which he would then kneel for a touchback during the fourth quarter of the football game against Central Michigan University on Oct. 8 in Carter-Finley Stadium.
Stat Leaders against Florida State:Nicole Glass - Kills (19), Points (22.5)Kelly Wood - Digs (25)Megan Cyr - Assists (50)
Team Record: 14-6, 2-5 ACCOverall Attack: 56 percentTotal Team Blocks: 13.5
Source: n. c. STaTe aThleTicS
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Freshman golfer successful at Tar Heel InvitationalWomen’s golfer Augusta James helped the No.14-ranked N.C. State team to a fifth place finish at the Tar Heel Invitational on Sunday. James produced a 3-under-par 69 on the day with an overall performance of 8-under 208. James’ overall score was one point behind Auburn’s Marta Sanz, who shot a birdie on the 54th hole. Heading into the invitational, James was ranked 86th in the nation but that did not stop her from out-shooting the top four golfers in the nation. State ends its fall season at the Landfall Tradition at UNC Wilmington from Oct. 28-30.
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WoMen’S volleyball vS. viRGinia TeChRaleigh, 7 p.m.
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football
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Junior runningback James Washington runs through Central Michigan’s defensive line during the second half of the team’s game at Carter-finley Stadium Saturday. Washington rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown in the game as the Pack won 38-24.
N.C. State brings its season record back to .500 after defeating Chippewas.
Brian AndersonStaff Writer
The football team took on the Central Michigan Chippewas in their quest to end their losing skid and a win over a FBS team on Saturday afternoon at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Wolfpack debuted black jer-seys with pink lettering for breast cancer awareness, black pants, and wore red helmets for the first time since the 1999 season.
Several key players unex-pectedly returned for the Wolfpack: defensive tackle Brian Slay and outside line-backer Terrell Manning. Slay had been out since the Cincinnati game with an ankle injury. Slay felt he didn’t have any physical problems on the field today.
“During practice it took a few plays for me to get all warmed up and get the leg warmed up,” Slay said. “Other than that, after the first couple of plays, I didn’t even feel it.”
Manning injured his knee during the South Alabama game and was itching to re-turn to the field.
“The doctors said I would be out three to six weeks,” Man-ning said. “I wasn’t having it, I said two.”
Sophomore cornerback Da-vid Amerson thought hav-ing Manning and Slay back strengthened the defense.
“Terrell [Manning] and Slay are very physical and are vocal leaders out on the field,” Am-erson said. “We were definitely missing them and we are glad to have them back.”
Both the Chippewas and the Wolfpack traded touchdowns on their opening drives. The Wolfpack again scored on their next drive, from a 12 yard pass from quarterback Mike Glen-non to wide receiver Jay Smith to go ahead 14-7. The N.C. State defense forced a three and out, but the punt returner, T.J. Graham, muffed the punt and Central Michigan recov-ered and proceeded to score a touchdown on a 23-yard recep-tion by wide receiver Courtney Williams.
Central Michigan brief ly took a 17-14 lead off a field goal. State answered back with a 13 play, 80-yard drive ending with a 2-yard touchdown catch by wide receiver Steven Howard, putting the score at 21-17. The Chippewas looked like they were destined to score again late in the half when wide re-ceiver Titus Davis, after a re-ception, ran down into the red zone, until it was stripped by
safety Brandon Bishop and re-covered by safety Earl Wolff at the N.C. State 12 yard line, end-ing the Chippewas momentum.
Central Michigan quarter-back Ryan Radcliff threw two interceptions during Central Michigan’s first two drives of the second half. On his first intercep-tion, he faced pressure from defensive end Art Norman and threw the football into the hands of Manning, who returned it two yards to the CMU 37-yard line. N.C . St ate capitalized on the turnover and turned it into a touchdown to make the score 28-17.
On the next drive, Radcliff missed the target and Amer-son intercepted it and returned the ball 28 yards into Central Michigan territory. Central Michigan’s attempt to fool Amerson failed.
“The first one they tried to hit me with a double move, “Amer-son said. “But I didn’t fall for it and it fell right into my hands.”
Besides a 77-yard run by Cen-tral Michigan running back Paris Cotton for a touchdown, all of the Chippewas drives ended in either punts or in-terceptions in the second half.
Amerson had one more in-terception at the end of the third quarter, giving him six for the season. Bishop had an interception on Cen-tral Michigan’s final drive. The defense had five turn-overs in the game.
According to Slay, the team was able to get turnovers by getting pressure o n t h e quarter-back.
“The pressure was i m-portant,” Slay said. “It gave
our secondary a chance to cover, they picked off quite a few balls tonight, so it was huge to get some pressure on the quarterback. “
After their spark from the fumble at the end of the first half, the defense wanted to keep the momentum up.
“In the second half, we were like alright, we can do this,” Slay said. “We put all our emphasis for those 30 minutes and left it all out on the field.“
Coach Tom O’Brien thought Manning left his mark, with nine tackles,
volleyball
“The doctors said
I would be out
three to six weeks.
I wasn’t having it,
I said two.”Terrell Manning,
outside linebacker
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Volleyball
drops third
and fourth
consecutive
matches
Pack falls twice as team fails to grab opportunities against Miami and FSU.
Rishav DeyStaff Writer
In yet another series of five-setters, Miami and Florida State defeated N.C. State to hand them their third and fourth consecutive losses in ACC play.
The Pack [14-6, 2-4 ACC] displayed why they were a much better team than before and why they were up there as one of the stronger teams in the ACC but it proved too much against the No. 21 Hurricanes [14-1, 5-1 ACC] and No. 24 Seminoles [13-4, 7-0 ACC] who showed their poise in handing the Wolfpack their first defeats at Reynolds Coliseum this year.
Coach Bryan Bunn, the re-naissance man for the pro-gram, felt the team needed to take full advantage of the op-portunities on hand in order to get the win, something they had failed to do.
“We have to learn how to win them, we were 2-1 in two of them, we have got to come out in the fourth set and be ready for that other team to turn it up a notch,” Bunn said. “They [Clemson and Miami] came out in the fourth set and turned it up and we had opportunities like we did against Clemson and we didn’t take advantage of that.”
Bunn also felt playing all of the five-setters was taking a toll on the mental health of the team and that they had to learn from their mistakes.
“They are pretty well trained, it’s more of a drain mentally than it is physically. “They are strong kids, they all work re-ally hard,” Bunn said. “When it comes to down to it, you got to learn how to win and In those tight situations we just have to learn how to do it and some-times you have to fail before you learn and that’s where we are at right now. We are failing in those situations and we will learn from it.”
Bunn admitted that the nu-
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