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The 19th annual Dog Olympics, hosted by the College of Veterinary Medicine, were held Saturday in Moore Square.
Aaron AndersenCorrespondent
Keith Pickens has been a Raleigh po-lice officer for 14 years. The past four years of that has been shared with his K-9 partner, Phantom, a four-year-old black German shepherd.
“He’s with me 24/7,” Pickens said.Pickens’s and Phantom’s K-9 dem-
onstration was just one of many events going on Saturday in Moore Square during the 19th annual Dog Olympics. Hosted by N.C. State’s College of Vet-erinary Medicine, the event was held to raise money for rescue organiza-tions around North Carolina.
In Pickens’s demonstration with Phantom, he showed the audience how well the dog obeys commands. Speaking in Dutch, Pickens instruct-ed Phantom to stay by his side as he walked around the middle of the park, explaining how the orders work.
“Speaking in Dutch to the dogs makes it harder for other people to try and command the dogs,” Pickens said.
Other than the demonstrations given by Pickens, there were 10 orga-nizations represented, including the
Carolina Border Collie Rescue, “2 Paws Up” and the Southern Siberian Rescue. Laura Greene, the event or-ganizer, said last year there were only eight organizations represented. Each of them received $300.
“We try to limit the number of res-cue organizations represented so that more [money] can be given to each,” Greene said.
Demonstrations from the Ameri-can Kennel Club a n d “ P a w s i -t ive Pooches,” a g roup t hat supports using only positive re-inforcement in dog training, also gave demonstra-tions.
The AKC, a national group who is responsible for keeping records of purebred dogs’ genealogical history, held two agility demonstrations that showed a small portion of what a pro-fessional agility course for dogs would be like. It involved having dogs jump over hurdles, crawl through tunnels and run around poles. The AKC also holds national competitions for sport-ing and herding dogs, show dogs and obedience training.
Admission to the Dog Olympics was $1 for spectators and $7 for dogs. The admission fee for the dogs
allowed them to participate in one of the many competitive events during the day. Some of these events included the Look-A-Like contest, the Rollover Rover contest, the High Jump and the Frisbee Toss.
Volunteer Kathleen McGinnis, a first year student in CVM, said win-ners of these contests were awarded gift certificates to a local pet store, Unleashed. The owners also got a pic-
ture of their dog in the winner’s circle as well as a small medal for their dog.
Raff le tickets could a lso be bought for $1 each or six tick-ets for $5. The
prizes for the raffle ranged from or-ganic pet food to small pet toys.
Chancellor Randy Woodson made an appearance as a judge for the Look-A-Like contest. This contest pitted three owner/dog pairs against each other to see which dog looked the most like their owner.
Eva Millar and her Bichon Frise,
Dogs, owners invade downtown for Dog Olympics
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANChancellor Randy Woodson looks at his Dog Olympics T-shirt with his wife, Susan Woodson and their two dogs, Mr. Beasley and Georgia, before judging the “Look-a-like” contest. The Dog Olympics has been held every year for the past 19 years by the College of Veterinary Medicine.
The festival of the elephant- headed god was celebrated at Champion Court Condominiums this weekend.
Pranay DeshpandeStaff Writer
Lord Ganesha arrived at the Univer-sity for one and a half days this year.
Ganesh Chaturthi, a popular annual Indian festival normally celebrated in September, ranges from one and a half days to 21 days.
The celebration revolves around a clay idol that is brought home and
worshipped. The festival is celebrated to encourage social gatherings. Ga-nesha was considered to be lord of knowledge and prosperity.
Idols range from six inches to over 25 feet. The idol is offered popular sweets made out of coconut and sugar called modaks.
According to Saurabh Bengali, an event organizer and graduate student in computer science, more than 150 students were involved in the event this year.
The immersion of the idol took place in Lake Raleigh on Sept. 12 at 6.30 p.m.
Bengali said the student commu-
nity came together to authentic the festival.
“It was genuine effort by us to make this festival as authentic as possible, one of the major factors in organiz-ing this festival was to bring student community together in pious envi-ronment,” Bengali said.
Bengali said he hopes the festival will be celebrated in the future and tradition will be carried forward by future students.
Ben Matthew, a graduate student in business administration, said it was interesting to see a different commu-nity’s worship style.
“It was a different style of worship,
nothing close to what I have ever seen, incredible to see so many people wor-shipping, it was interesting to observe the traditions of a different commu-nity,” Matthew said.
Sagar Khale, a graduate student in business administration, said the event brought a sense of homecoming.
“I felt a sense of Déjà vu and home coming; Graduate students from dif-ferent departments and housing com-plexes welcomed the beloved lord with enthusiasm,” Khale said.
According to Khale, the idol was specially f lown from India for the event.
“2322 Champion Court resembled a
typical Indian temple with flowers and essence sticks. Hats off to those who made it possible,” Khale said.
Prachiti Sakhalkar, event or-ganizer and graduate student in computer science, said the organi-zation got permission from Uni-versity authorities for the celebra-tions and procession for immersion. “Except from getting the idol from In-dia, everything went smoothly, the au-thorities of N.C. State University were co-operative in giving us permission for procession and immersion,” said Sakhalkar.
International charity organization Operation Smile provides non-profit surgeries for cleft lip and palate.
Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor
Operation Smile Club is raising awareness, along with funds, for chil-dren around the world with cleft lip or cleft palate.
Operation Smile, an international charity, was established in 1982, has a presence in over fifty countries and uses the funds internationally for underprivileged children’s surgeries.
According to the Operation Smile website, over 200,000 children are born with severe a cleft condition each year. These cleft conditions of-ten leave children unable to eat, speak, socialize or smile.
Joshua Wall, president of the Opera-tion Smile Club and a junior in his-tory, said this is the first semester the club has been on its own.
“Operation Smile Club was a part of the pre-health club in the past, but the decision was made for Operation Smile Club to be on its own. We don’t have an advisor for this. It’s just the students,” Wall said.
Mackenzie Gibbons, a co-vice presi-dent of awareness and a freshman in biological sciences, said the club is
hoping for more student involvement this year.
“I hope we can get more people in-volved this year,” Gibbons said. “It’s really a great cause and so rewarding to know you’re helping someone live a normal life.”
Operation Smile Club is planning two fundraisers, according to Wall.
“In the fall, we’re planning to go to businesses on Hillsborough Street to see if they will donate a percentage of their sales to the club for a week,” Wall said. “Then we’ll encourage people to go to these businesses, especially for that week.”
The club is hoping to have the fund-raiser sometime in October, but they are still planning, Wall said.
“In the spring, we’re planning on having a run for Operation Smile,” Gibbons said. “This is our first year doing a run, so hopefully we will have a great turnout.”
Operation Smile Club is planning on having the run in the middle of the spring semester.
Spencer Shell is recovering well, but doctors have not determined underlying cause of collapse.
Allison SaitoStaff Writer
Spencer Shell, the student who collapsed in front of Harris Field on Thursday, Sept. 2, has been moved from the Intensive Care Unit and is in stable condition.
Koby Shell, Spencer’s mother, said he was transferred into a regu-lar hospital room at Rex Hospital.
“He came to his regular room yesterday,” Koby Shell said.
“He’s doing awesome. He is not hooked up to anything,” Shell said. “He is walking the halls right now. He is feeling good and wanted to go to the courtyard.”
According to a website set up for Shell, Shell’s recovery has been as-tonishing.
“I ran into [the first emergency room doctor to see Spencer] in the hall. She was astonished at his progress and said when he first got to the ER she did not think he was going to make it,” Koby Shell wrote in the journal of Shell’s website.
According to Spencer’s website, he suffered cardiac arrest and Acute Respiratory Distress Syn-drome. According to the National Institute of Health, ARDS is when capillaries leak too much fluid into the lungs, preventing oxygen ab-sorption.
“ARDS usually occurs in people
who are very ill with another disease or who have major injuries,” the NIH website says.
Koby Shell said that they do not know what caused Spencer to develop ARDS.
“We still don’t know why he col-lapsed. We are still waiting for his heart test next week,” Shell said.
Although Spencer Shell is doing well, doctors have not said when he will be able to leave the hospital. Koby Shell said that they have “no clue” when he will be released.
“It depends on how the heart test turns out,” Koby Shell said. “They will be monitoring him over the next few days.”
Koby Shell explained that they are trying to prevent him from being overwhelmed.
“We are really trying to protect his emotional state,” Koby Shell said. “He’s still very confused about what happened to him, and he doesn’t re-member going for a run. But, the doc-tors tell us that is normal.”
“He hasn’t read Facebook yet,” Koby Shell said. On Shell’s website, Koby wrote, “Information overload is a con-cern. Less is best right now, until he comes to grips with things.
According to Koby Shell, friends can send cards to Spencer Shell through a website run by Rex Health Care: http://www.rexhealth.com/patients_and_visitors/greeting_cards/ .
For more information and updates, visit http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/spencershell
Collapsed jogger in stable condition
BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANSpencer Shell, a junior in political science, is put in an ambulance following his collapse on Dan Allen Drive Sept. 2. Shell went into cardiac arrest while jogging due to an Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Shell is in stable condition at Rex Hospital.
Operation Smile Club helps funds surgeries for underprivileged
FOR MORE INFORMATION:Contact: Josh Wall Email: [email protected] Smile website: operationsmile.org
“It really shows off the
special human-animal
bond.”Laura Greene, event organizer
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MondayDIVERSITY SPEAKER SERIES - DR. PEGGY MCINTOSH AND VICTOR LEWISNoon to 1:30 P.M.African American Cultural Center
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IN THE KNOW Downtown Raleigh hosts 6th Annual Ray Price Capital City Bike Fest
From September 24 to 25, Fayetteville Street will host motorcycles, live music and shows. This free event is hosted by Deep South En-tertainment, a nationally recognized record label and artist management compa-ny. The event was created to bring businesses to the area and to give motorcycle en-thusiasts a family friendly area to converge. An all-girl AC/DC cover band (Back Seat Confidential) and country music singer Matt Stillwell will headline and more than 16 bands, dance troops and martial artists will perform on two stages during the two-day event. For more information visit capitalcitybikefest.com.
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Little Shop of Horrors Performance
North Carolina Theatre opens its production of Little Shop of Horrors on September 18 and it runs through 26 in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium, in downtown Raleigh. The Student Preview night is a special night for students, sponsored by Target. It is on Friday, September 17th with $10 tickets for any stu-dent or teacher with a valid I.D. There is also a student rush program with $10 tickets during the regular run of the show.
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POLICE BLOTTERSeptember 71:37 A.M. | ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCYOff Campus NCSU Police Department assisted Raleigh Police Department in reference to arrest of two students. Students were arrested for Possession of Marijuana and Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Third student was issued citation by Raleigh Police Department for Possession of drug Paraphernalia. All students were referred to the University for same. 12:14 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEFaucette Drive/Dan Allen Drive Report of suspicious vehicle in the area. Officer searched but did not locate vehicle. 2:28 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTFraternity Court Report of suspicious incident in the area. Officers checked area but did not locate any problems. 3:08 P.M. | LARCENYD.H. Hill Library Student reported unattended textbooks were stolen. 3:14 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONStudent Health Center Staff member reported suspicious subject in the building. Officers checked area but did not locate subject. 3:48 P.M. | LARCENYStudent Health Center Staff member reported digital camera stolen.
4:22 P.M. | CHECK PERSONPeele Hall Staff member reported suspicious subject in the building. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.
4:27 P.M. | BREAKING & ENTERING-VEHICLEFraternity Court Student reported face plate from care stereo missing. 8:38 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR ASSISTANCELee Hall At the request of non-student, officers advised student regarding unwanted text messages.
North CarolinaComputer Music FestivalMon-Tues, Sept 13-14Stewart Theatre & Talley BallroomTh e Arts NOW Series in cooperation with the Music Department and the Arts Studies Program presents the fourth North Carolina Computer Music Festival. Th is two-day festival will include two aft ernoon concert events, two evening concerts, and a panel discussion with the guest composers. All events are FREE. Visit ncsu.edu/music for more info.
Haitian Celebration!Resurrection Dance TheatreFri, Sept 17 at 8pmStewart TheatreHearts with Haiti and Center Stage present a free performance by this internationally recognized dance troupe of former orphaned street children and child slaves in Haiti. Th is is a free event, but tickets are required. Hearts with Haiti will accept donations at the performance.
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Freshmen, graduate students and transfer students are encouraged to vote Sept. 14, for the senate seats, according to Jennifer Meoni, student government elections commission sec-retary. Senators are assigned duties by the Student Body Constitution. According to the
Student Government website, these duties include enacting legislation to promote the welfare of the student body, approve the student body budget annually, allocate funds to agencies, con-firm or reject appointments of the Student Body President. As well, the Senate along with the department of athletics, determines student ticket distribution policies for football and men’s basketball games. The current Student Senate President is Stephen Kouba. Voting is online Sept. 14 from midnight until 11:59 p.m. at vote.ncsu.edu.
JAMES STEPHENSYear: FreshmanMajor: Political ScienceWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I want to be able to make a difference on the campus of N.C. State.”Campaign: “I do not have a specific cause other than helping to ensure that funds are spent conservatively to best benefit the student.”
SOURCE: JAMES STEPHENS
MELISSA ASHLEY SCALLYYear: JuniorMajor: Natural resourcesWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I want to try and make a difference on campus. I love N.C. State and I want everyone else to love it as much as I do.”Campaign: “My main campaign goal is just to have students first. I want students to be able to come up to me and talk to me about thing they think should be changed.”
SOURCE: MELISSA ASHLEY SCALLY
BEN RICEYear: FreshmanMajor: PsychologyWhy are you running for office: “I am running for Student Senate because I want to be able to make a difference on this campus, no matter how small that may be.”Campaign:
SOURCE: BEN RICE
BENTON MORTONYear: FreshmanMajor: Biomedical engineeringWhy are you running for office: “I’ve always been interested in government and how it works. My family and friends suggested that I get involved.”Campaign: “I just want to accurately represent the freshman and first year class at N.C. State.”
SOURCE: BENTON MORTON
KATIE MILLSYear: Graduate studentMajor: Extension educationWhy are you running for office: “I’ve been in Senate for four years. Why not?”Campaign: “More graduate student representation, voices heard.”
SOURCE: KATIE MILLS
HAYLEE MCLEANYear: FreshmanMajor: Nutrition scienceWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I wish to represent the freshmen class and make sure that they have a voice in our Student Government.”Campaign: “I am campaigning for representation and I am in favor of the referendum bill.”
SOURCE: HAYLEE MCLEAN
BRANSON KINSEYYear: SophomoreMajor: EngineeringWhy are you running for office: “I really enjoy making things easier and better for my friends and classmates. I hope to do this in big ways that help N.C. State improve as a whole and allow for the best personal college experience.”Campaign: “Although I do not have any specific issues to address, I will strive to stay connected and open to my peers as I work to continue improving [N.C.]State’s greatness.
SOURCE: BRANSON KINSE
WESLEY JONESYear: FreshmanMajor: Human biologyWhy are you running for office: “In the few short weeks I’ve been at N.C. State, I’ve really come to love being a student here, and as a First Year Senator, I would be excited to make sure other students are enjoying their college experience as well.”Campaign: “As a freshman, I don’t feel that I’m in a position to campaign for specific issues just [this] year, but I’m sure I’ll develop quite a stance on things in a very short period of time.”
SOURCE: WESLEY JONES
JOE DICESAREYear: FreshmanMajor: Textile engineeringWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for Student Senate so that I may be involved here on campus.”Campaign: “I do not have anything specific that I am campaigning for, but I am keeping my mind open for ideas that I get when walking around campus.”
SOURCE: JOE DICESARE
RISHAV DEYYear: FreshmanMajor: Aerospace engineering and economicsWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I like to try and make a difference from within the system, rather than criticize it. I am also a determined person and a workhorse, and if I see something that has to be done, I will do it, no matter what. Campaign: “The main themes of my campaign are happiness and the ‘Make a Difference’ slogan. I want everyone happy and wish for those who are already happy to be happier.
SOURCE: RISHAV DEY
THOMAS DEANSYear: SophomoreMajor: Political ScienceNote: Thomas Deans could not be contacted, despite repeated attempts.
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TONI CAMPBELLYear: FreshmanMajor: First Year CollegeWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I’ve found something that makes me happier than anything is participating in something bigger than myself. I really enjoy feeling like I am a part of something big, something important.”Campaign: “My biggest platform that I am campaigning for is the student voice. I believe it is incredibly important to listen to the student body and do whatever necessary to make their college experience here at N.C. State the very best it can be.”
SOURCE: TONI CAMPBELL
EMERSON BARKERYear: SophomoreMajor: Political scienceWhy are you running for office: “I decided to campaign because I love to work with groups of people to get things done. Student Government provides an excellent opportunity to make changes that will really matter to the student body.”Campaign: “One of the major focuses of my campaign is freshmen advising. During orientation it is difficult to advise so many students on a personal level when there is only one advisor. I think that more professors should be given the option to become advisors.”
SOURCE: EMERSON BARKER
V.S. AKSHAYYear: Graduate studentMajor: Industrial engineeringWhy you are running for office: “I would like to be an integral part of the University and help make a positive impact on the lives of students.”Campaign: “Impact State! I would like to get the graduate community more involved on campus. I am also thinking on the lines of integration of various student organizations in order to augment their efficacy on the Wolfpack community.”
SOURCE: V.S. AKSHAY
KATIE ADCOCKYear: FreshmanMajor: Political ScienceWhy you are running for office: “I chose to run for office because I want to leave my mark and my legacy here at N.C. State in the best way possible.”Campaign: “I’m running for you and because I have the passion, motivation, dedication, and diligence it takes to be a member on the Senate. I’m placing the students wishes and hopes for N.C. State and its future in my hands and delivering in Senate what is most important to them.
SOURCE: KATIE ADCOCK
CHRISTIAN GRUNDMANYear: FreshmanMajor: Mechanical engineeringWhy are you running for office: “I want to be a part of things at N.C. State, and this is a good way for me to get involved. I also want to help make more fun events possible.”Campaign: “I am campaigning for fun. I want my campaign to embrace humor.”
SOURCE: CHRISTIAN GRUNDMAN
VICTOR GALLOWAY IIYear: FreshmanMajor: Environmental design in architecture
Note: Victor Galloway II could not be contacted, despite repeated attempts.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTORY
SEVE M. GASKINYear: FreshmanMajor: Environmental design in architecture
Note: Seve Gaskin could not be contacted, despite repeated attempts.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTORY
DEMIA FARINAYear: FreshmanMajor: Business AdministrationWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because I wanted the opportunity to represent the class of 2014 and be a part of the leadership and decisions made by Student Senate here at N.C. State.”Campaign:
SOURCE: DEMIA FARINA
ASHLEY HONEYCUTTYear: SophomoreMajor: Political scienceWhy are you running for office: “I decided to run for office because N.C. State is very dear to me. I am running because I want to make my school and my community a better place and I think I would do a good job at accomplishing those goals through the Student Government.”Campaign: “I will always have the students in mind when making decisions and I know I have the creative problem solving skills to help run our Student Government.”
SOURCE: ASHLEY HONEYCUTT
ANGELINA EUN SONGYear: FreshmanMajor: Biochemistry
Note: Attempts to reach Angelina Song went unanswered.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTOR
FRANCESCA VERCELES-ZARAYear: FreshmanMajor: Biological SciencesNote: Attempts to reach Francesca Verceles-Zara went unanswered.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTORY
JAY TOMBLINYear: FreshmanMajor: Biological SciencesNote: Attempts to reach Jay Tomblin went unanswered.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTORY
PARTH THAKKARYear: SeniorMajor: Biological SciencesNote: Attempts to reach Parth Thakkar went unanswered.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS DIRECTORY
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According to Wall, one sur-gery costs between $200 and $250.
“When we have the f irst meeting of this year, we will discuss how many surgeries we’d like to fund, but I hope we can do at least 10,” Gibbons said.
Wall said he first heard about Operation Smile on TV.
“I saw something about Op-
eration Smile on television,” Wall said. “I saw how the kids with cleft lip or cleft pal-ate are excluded from school. They’re scared to go because of how they get picked on and shunned.”
Gibbons said she chose to join the club because of Opera-tion Smile’s involvement with children.
“I decided to get involved with Operation Smile because it truly changes children’s lives,” Gibbons said.
“Without the cheap and sim-ple operation to fix their cleft
lip or pallet, they would spend the rest of their lives looking very different than everyone else.”
Wall said cleft lip and cleft palate are two different prob-lems that are both caused by malnutrition in pregnancy.
“Cleft lip is when the lip is split in one part,” Wall said. “Cleft palate is when the pal-ate inside the mouth is split.”
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Freshmen and first-year stu-dents, there is no excuse for not knowing. All the candi-dates running are available for questions and comments. And, if they are not, they are prob-ably not the best person for the job. Part of their job is to be
available for any constituent to talk to and if they cannot, they should not be trusted to repre-sent you.
Remember, despite being a freshman, transfer or even in-ternational student, this is your first exercise as members of a free, democratic republic. You have a chance to be involved in public affairs and policy in a way that millions of people and hundred of countries still have yet to achieve. Do not take your voice and your vote for granted. Voters, good luck finding the perfect candidate and may the most trustworthy person win.
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Use it, don’t abuse itThe Bill of Rights is
in our Constitution to guarantee certain
inalienable rights all free men should have, and pro-tects the people from too
much gov-ernment control. The f irst amend-ment specifi-cally, has been on my mind quite a bit recently. The issues of Mosque
building and Quran burn-ing has taken over the news. The issues have surrounded the first amendment.
What Rev. Terry Jones wanted to do was nothing short of atrocious. It is com-pletely ignorant, and disre-spectful to believe anyone can destroy another’s holy text and actually expect something positive to come from it. It is even more ig-norant to believe “mod-erate” members of Islam should not only support the burning, but join in them-selves. Rev. Jones wanted attention, and he got it. He is a perfect example of what is wrong with the United States today. These indi-viduals fall on both sides of the spectrum, whether they are liberal or conservative. I am sure there are ignorant, outspoken people like this all over the world; however, the problem in the United States is they get publicized for it.
Freedom of press is guaran-teed to us by the first amend-ment in our Bill of Rights. I be-lieve the founders would turn in their graves if they knew how the media acted today. The media has transitioned from an informative body to pure garbage. It is impossible to even watch a news network, yes, I mean all of them, without get-ting a biased presentation of the “facts.” It has turned into an en-tertainment industry, and not an infor-mative one. We care more about how much money Elin is getting from Tiger, or whether this is going to be Brett Farve’s last season in the NFL, than we do about the war in Afghanistan or the eco-nomic hardship our country is facing. What Rev. Jones did, and what the media did that surrounded the incident, was not only selfish, but dangerous.
The minute Rev. Jones decid-ed he wanted to burn a stack of Qurans and the first person that picked up the story put both themselves and the United States in danger. I could only imagine how outraged Mus-lims, both in our country and in Muslim nations, were when they got news of this. His ac-tions make it appear the United States is at war with Islam, and that is simply not the case. With already shaky relations among Islamic nations, his actions and
the media publicizing his actions is the last thing the United States needs.
There needs to be a change in our media today. There is a freedom granted by the Bill of Rights that al-lows us to have freedom of press, but it needs to be used responsibly. As a nation, we need to be informed about
what is go-ing on, but when we start en-dangering lives just to ma ke news people will want to watch, t here i s certainly a prob -lem. For-tunately this prob-lem was
squashed before it became extremely ugly. I just hope people realize the potential repercussions of what could have happened.
An old saying says “the problem with democracy is that every idiot has a vote.” The same problem comes with freedom of speech. Everyone can say what they want within reason, but that doesn’t mean they should. The same goes with media. Just because a story can be told, doesn’t necessarily mean it should be told.
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Tasha, were decided to look the least alike. The other two pairs, Me-lissa Markus and her golden retriever, Maddie, who dressed alike for the event with matching shorts, shirt, hat and scarf, and Beverly Tucker and Tobi, who sported matching hair and N.C. State pride, were voted on by the audience.
Despite a much louder cheer for the matching pair, Melissa and Maddie, Woodson said, “there’s only one way for a chancellor of N.C. State to decide. I have to go with N.C. State,” deeming Beverly and Tobi the winners.
Another event that attracted atten-tion was Rollover Rover. In the con-test, judges counted how many times a dog will roll over on command before getting tired or dizzy, and stopping. One dog rolled her way into third place by consistently rolling the op-posite way to what her owners were telling her. Owner Chris Kelly, Uni-versity alumnus, and his girlfriend Irene Brandon, were both very proud of Lilly-Anne.
“This is one of the few [events] we thought she could do,” Kelly said.
“She has a mind of her own some-times,” Brandon added. The owners got a $10 gift certificate and a bronze medal for Lilly-Ann.
For the first time in the event’s his-tory, the Dog Olympics featured the Paralympics, a special event designed for dogs with spinal cord injuries.
“It really shows off the special human-animal bond,” Greene said. There were three events for the dogs that took place in the Paralympics: a cart costume contest, a race and an obstacle course. “It shows how well these dogs in carts can do,” Greene said.
Dr. Natasha Olby, a neurologist at the Vet School as well as the president of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, introduced the Paralympics. She told the audience her motivation for starting the Para-lympics was not only to thank the sup-port they have gotten over the years, but also to raise positive awareness about dogs who have suffered spinal cord injuries.
“A loving owner can do incredibly well and lead a happy life,” Olby said. The events helped to prove that point.
In the costume contest, owners dressed their dogs in outfits that in-tegrated their carts into the costume. One dog was dressed as the Bat Mo-bile, another as a pirate in a boat. Mil-lar dressed her dog, Tasha, in a tutu. The winning dog was Tobi, dressed with N.C. State pride by her owner, Tucker.
After this contest was the race, in which the dogs ran the length of the small demonstration field.
The last event, the obstacle course, challenged the dogs to run from one corner of the demonstration field, cross a small, plywood foot-bridge and then go through a “maze” of buckets, where they would exit and sprint to the finish line. The dogs with the fast-est times were awarded gift certificates to Unleashed, as well as small medals.
After the events, Olby explained more about spinal cord injuries.
“They are really common in dogs,” Olby said, “but many dogs recover from this injury.”
The estimate for the number of all spinal cord injuries in veterinary of-
fices across the nation is about 1 per-cent of all vet visits, “but this number varies greatly,” Olby said.
“50 percent of all those injuries make full recoveries,” Olby said, “and less than 10 percent become completely para-lyzed.”
She told the aud ienc e t he only way they be-come completely paralyzed is if the spinal cord i s completely severed. Accord-ing to Olby, most of the recovery takes place in the first three months, and that the dogs in the carts are “the worst of the worst.”
Several rescue organizations were represented Saturday, including “2 Paws Up,” a no-shelter rescue orga-nization, meaning they do not use shelters to house their cats and dogs.
Linda Hayes of Harnett County said
the organization is centralized in five or six counties, mainly in central North Carolina.
“We rescue cats and dogs from shelters, especially from the high-kill
ones,” Hayes said, “then we fos-ter them in our own homes.” She said more people adopt young ani-mals, and white is a more popular color.
Another rescue organization rep-resented was the Carolina Border Col l ie Rescue.
Founded in 1998, they rescue about 40 border collies per year.
Nancy Solum, application coordina-tor and former president of the orga-nization, said she considers a rescue “when you take a dog out of a shelter and then adopt them out to a good home.”
Solum got her start in the world of
border collies after watching a movie in the 1980s with a border collie in it. This inspired her to get two border collies. However, after one of the two dogs died in an accident and left the other heartbroken, Solum said she be-gan looking for another border collie and found the organization.
“They are wonderful dogs,” Solum said. Adopting a border collie from the organization costs $225 and includes up-to-date shots, behavior evalua-tions and getting the dog spayed or neutered. Solum said she loves be-ing around people who know how to handle border collies. “We’ve been coming here for years.”
Ryan Garret, a senior in biochem-istry engineering, said “I don’t have a dog, but I’m looking at adopting one.” Garret said the event had good resources for learning about adoption.
As with most rescue organizations, in order to adopt an animal, there is an application process. This involves giving background information, as well as allowing a volunteer come to check the potential home.
The application process can often be tedious. Dawn Howard, co-founder of Southern Siberian Rescue, is very particular about where the dogs go.
“We make sure that the home is a good match,” Howard said. Howard started the organization after she came to own five Siberians about 10 years ago. A couple of years later, in 2002, she started to rescue the Sibe-rians from shelters.
The cost to adopt a Siberian from Southern Siberian Rescue is $250. This includes up-to-date shots, getting the dog spayed or neutered, medical care until the adoption date and get-ting the dog microchipped. A micro-chip is like an internal, electronic ID tag. If a dog or cat becomes lost and is found and taken to a veterinarian’s office, most vets will scan the animal for a microchip. If the animal has one in it, it will tell the vet who he or she belongs to.
Howard said that while Siberians may be very beautiful, many people don’t understand the responsibility behind owning one.
“You have got to have a sense of hu-mor to own these dogs,” Howard said, smiling at her Siberian.
The Pakistani Student Association and the Muslim Student Association have joined forces to pack boxes of donated items for flood victims.
Nasir KhatriStaff Writer
Flooding in Pakistan has displaced millions of people throughout the poverty-stricken nation, and many N.C. State students have teamed up to help those af-fected by the disaster.
The Pakistani Student Association and the Mus-lim Student Association have teamed up to create the “Pack for Pakistan” movement, which strives to provide relief and aid to the flood victims.
So far, the aim of this or-ganization has been to pack hundreds of boxes which contain donated items such as water, soy milk, juice, bis-cuits and blankets, which will then be shipped to the affected areas in Pakistan free of charge by PIA, Paki-stan International Airlines.
The United Nations has officially declared these floods the greatest humani-tarian crisis in recent histo-ry, citing the fact that more people have been affected by these floods than the South-east Asian tsunami in 2004, and the recent earthquakes in Kashmir and Haiti com-bined.
According to the Anam Lodhi, a board member for
the organization and a junior in psychology, “the floods have truly ruined the lives of mil-lions of Pakistanis and I believe it’s our obligation as humans to help those in need.”
“We are continuing to accept donations and any help by the members of the Wolfpack will be greatly appreciated,” Lodhi said.
Lodhi expressed resentment at the alarmingly low level of response to the disaster by other organizations on cam-pus, including Student Gov-ernment, who they contacted to assist them in the Pack for Pakistan movement.
Furthermore, only a frac-tion of the people needing aid has been contacted by emergency crews. Statements by the United Nations and several independent research organizations have repeatedly stated that in the 10 days fol-lowing the flood, only 10,000 flood packs had been disbursed by the government, for the 15 million people that need aid.
For this reason, the Pack for Pakistan movement is donating the relief packages independently to a reputable, non-profit organization, and not directly to the Pakistani government.
Pack for Pakistan is planning to hold a Pakistan Flood Relief Fundraising Dinner October 2.
Tayyaba Rayyast, a board member for the movement, said “hopefully we’ll raise a substantial amount of money, and every cent of the proceeds will be donated to a reputable, non-profit organization that will give the money to those who are in dire need of the funds.”
JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIANGarrett Parrish, a junior in chemical engineering, plays with his dog Chester at the Dog Olympics held at Moore Square Saturday. The Dog Olympics, hosted annually by the N.C. State College of Veterinary Medicine, incorporated numerous events for participants to demonstrate their canine’s talent.
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Students share knowledge at BugFest
N.C. State students and faculty informed visitors about a wide range of insects at Museum’s insect festival.
Allison SaitoStaff Writer
Bug scientists from N.C. State went to the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences this Saturday to teach the public about insects.
Groups set up displays and demon-strations for visitors at the 14th annual BugFest.
Hannah Burrack, an assistant professor in entomology, said it is a way to educate the public.
“It’s a great outreach tool,” Burrack said. “We think about insects every day because it’s our job. Most people only think of bugs in a negative way, and this is a way to show them beneficial bugs.”
Lena Guisewite, a graduate student in entomology, said it is a way to share their interest with others.
“It’s great, so many people in one spot to celebrate arthropod diversity, espe-cially with the general public involved,” Guisewite said.
According to Jim Hunt, a visiting pro-fessor of biology and entomology, Bug-Fest is mostly a family event.
“We get a lot of young children, moms, dads, and everyone learns something,” Hunt said. “This is mostly a family af-fair, but you see a few curious [college students].”
Many students and professors said they were delighted to see children learning about bugs. Heather Lessig, research technician in the biology department, said she likes to see their enthusiasm.
“I like seeing all the kids around. Work-ing in a university, you don’t see many kids around. It’s great to see them get-ting excited about sciencey things,” Lessig said. “We want to get them excited about butterflies and bugs in general.”
According to Guisewite, whose group was running a live insect display, children learn from their parents’ reactions as well
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NATALIE CLAUNCH/TECHNICIANAdam Whisnant, an alumnus of N.C. State, volunteers his seventh year at BugFest. Whisnant said he enjoys working at the Lepidoptera table, the butterflies and moths. “It’s the easiest way to get people interested in insects. Caterpillars are fun for kids to hold and people are drawn to a butterfly’s beauty. It shows people not all insects are gross or bad.”
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As one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, Raleigh has recently transformed into a cultural center for music, food and nightlife.
The brainchild of Indepen-dent Weekly’s Greg Lowenha-gen and Grayson Currin, Hop-scotch Music Festival brought growth to Raleigh’s music and artistic scene.
A year ago Lowenhagen and Currin debated the possibilities of how to plan and execute such a music festival. Their main in-tention was to create a festival that paid tribute to local bands and to celebrate the promising music venues of Raleigh. The name Hopscotch came from their idea that people would hop from venue to venue. Moreover, they say Hopscotch won’t be a short-lived fling.
“I don’t want to look back and say, ‘Remember when we did Hopscotch Fest?’” Lowen-hagen said. “The goal is to keep this thing going.”
The nascent festival attracted crowds from various genera-tions. Along with homegrown indie rock bands, Hopscotch recruited rap artists, alterna-tive rock bands from all across the U.S. and some foreign art-ists from as far away as Sweden and Iceland.
The festival opened Thurs-day downtown at a collection of bars, nightclubs and public venues. Friday night, the fes-tivities started early at 5:30 p.m. in City Plaza. The con-cert starred Raleigh band The Rosebuds, Canadian alterna-tive band Broken Social Scene and Panda Bear, the lead singer of The Animal Collective. The show attracted a large student crowd eager to get its fill of in-die music.
“Broken Social Scene was what I came for,” Samatha Walker, a junior in zoology, said.
Walker managed to get free
tickets since she volunteered a minimum of seven hours for Hopscotch. “It’s awesome to get in for free and I would definitely do it again,” she said.
Jay Patel, a junior in bio-logical sciences, excited to see the Chapel Hill band The Love Language, said he’s been pleased with the growth of Ra-leigh’s culture.
“I like it that Raleigh has a great music scene and that we’re working on it even more now. It’s awesome to be a part of the first big music fest Ra-leigh’s had,” Patel said.
“It’s really great that bands that I listen to a lot come to Raleigh,” William Hinrichs, a sophomore in zoology, said. “I am most pumped about Panda Bear, Broken Social Scene and Love Language. I listened to their stuff countless times, imagining what they will be like live. This concert was bet-ter than what I dreamed.”
Local businesses saw Hop-scotch as an opportunity to cater to the music crowd as well as increase profits. Vari-ous restaurants downtown kept their kitchens open past mid-
night and offered reduced price menus in light of Hopscotch.
However, restaurants and bars were not the only business looking to make a buck off of Hopscotch.
Erwann Domalain, a junior in biomedical engineering and employee of Raleigh Rickshaw, carted revelers around down-town during the festival.
“ B u s i n e s s h a s b e e n great. They’re a hip crowd and they’re a blast. Plenty of people are looking for rides and I have been able to watch some of the shows,” Domalain said. “I’m
absolutely getting a workout. I go after the heavyweights!”
Despite the threat of bad weather Saturday, a large crowd hit downtown Raleigh to attend the Hopscotch finale. The big-gest act of the evening was
Public Enemy, the hip-hop band that has been around since 1988 and is currently on its world tour.
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as learning from the people at the booth.
“[We are] showing kids the insects aren’t scary and gross. But, a lot of times, the kids mimic the parents’ reaction,” Guisewite said.
Andi Hawksley, a freshman in chemical engineering, was showing caterpillars to visitors. Hawksley said visitors’ reac-tions to the caterpillar crawling on her hand were unexpected and fun to see.
“[Occasionally] when a par-ent and a child walk up, the parent pushes their child for-ward as a shield from the cat-erpillar,” Hawksley said.
“It’s all volunteer. I also like to listen to the little kids be freaked out by the bugs. I like the enthusiasm,” Mary Beth Conrad, a freshman in me-chanical engineering, said.
Students from Entomology 203, an Introduction to the Honey Bee and Beekeeping, were telling visitors about
bees. Riley Huston, a senior in graphic design, said the chance to receive extra credit for ENT 203 motivated him to come to BugFest, but it was a worth-while experience.
“[I came] initially for extra credit, but it has helped us see what people don’t know about bees,” Huston said.
Margaux Novak, a senior in English, is also a student in ENT 203. She said they helped many people at BugFest.
“We are answering a lot of questions,” Novak said. “There was this one little kid who asked so many intelligent questions, it was great to see.”
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CAMPAIGN MONEY QUICK FACTS:• BugFest is the kickoff
event to the North Carolina Science Festival. The Science Festival runs Sept. 11-26.
• There are more ants in a square mile of a tropical forest than there are people on Earth.
• In tropical forests, the biomass of ants is four times more than terrestrial vertebrates.
• There are about 180 species of ants in North Carolina.
• About 12,500 species of ants are known.
• Estimate 25,000-30,000 species on the planet (known and unknown).
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NATALIE CLAUNCH/TECHNICIANMichelle Miller; currently studying Immunology as a graduate student at N.C. State; shares her knowledge of entomology at the Orthopteroid table during BugFest. The display included cockroaches; stick insects; and grasshoppers; all members of this group of insects; but “the praying manids were a definite favorite.” Miller worked with the Entomology department as an undergraduate student; and has volunteered at BugFest for the past five years.t.
Ryan Gustafson and band play at The Pour House Sept. 10, 2010. Gustafson and more than 100 other artists were showcased at Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival.
John Hubbard, a senior in communications, and other fans dance to Raleigh indie rock band The Love Language Sept. 11, 2010. The concert was part of Hopscotch, a three-day music festival organized by the Independent Weekly.
Jon Mueller of Collections of Colonies of Bees plays for fans at The Pour House Sept. 10, 2010. The free show was a part of Raleigh’s Hopscotch Music Festival.
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gest coordinated music event in Raleigh’s his-tory. With 130 bands and artists representing various genres perform-ing at 10 different venues in downtown Raleigh, the three-day event cel-ebrated local music talent as well as contributions from international stars.
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scene and that we’re working on it
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brought their freshman in with his fresh legs. The defense hung in there. We had a couple of big, big turnovers and that ended up being the difference in the football game.”
Despite starting 2-0 for the first time since Phillip Rivers led the 2002 team to a Gator Bowl victory over Notre Dame, a quick turnaround, with Cin-cinnati coming to Raleigh on Thursday night, has the team’s attention. As soon as State wrapped up its first road vic-tory of the season on Saturday night, Russell Wilson said the team’s focus had already
shifted to Zach Collaros and the visiting Bearcats. The na-tionally televised game will be Wilson’s fourth Thursday night start of his career.
“The experienced guys have to lead more than anything,” Wilson said. “We’ve had a few Thursday night games since I’ve been here. The seniors have to step up and tell them what the deal is. You have to get your rest and get ready to go.”
The two-time defending Big East Champions will come into Carter-Finley with a 1-1 record as the Bearcats begin a difficult stretch including a contest against Oklahoma on September 25th.
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in front of Wolfpack Nation: junior outside hitter Luciana Shafer, redshirt sophomore setter Megan Cyr and junior outside hitter Becah Fogle.
Shafer, a UNC-Greensboro transfer, led the team with 11 digs while also helping the Pack’s offense with 10 kills.
“[Luciana is] really embrac-ing what we’re teaching her,” Bunn said. “It’s a change from what she’s done in the past and anytime you do something new, there’s some adjustment but she’s making great adjust-ments.”
Shafer said the adjustments have been a challenge, but the support around her has al-lowed her to become better.
“It’s been different,” Shafer said. “I’m definitely getting a lot of feedback, positive feedback of course, but at the same time there’s always the challenge of having those bad games where
you’re still figuring things out and I feel like tonight was one of those nights where it kind of clicked so it was a good feeling to be like, ‘Oh, that’s what they were talking about.’”
Cyr, a University of Colorado transfer, led the team in assists in every game of the tourna-ment, including 41 in the final match.
“Megan Cyr did a great job distributing it,” Bunn said. “They had no idea where she was going to set it, so we had a lot of seams and everybody was locked in tonight.”
Fogle, also a University of Colorado transfer, earned tournament MVP honors for her efforts, grabbing a team-high 13 kills in the nightcap.
“[Becah is] really embrac-ing the things that we’re doing here,” Bunn said. “And you can just tell the difference be-tween how she’s playing now compared to three weeks ago in terms of how she’s fitting in with what we’re doing”
The Pack will take on UNC-Wilmington this weekend.
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Pack drops ACC openerMen’s soccer
State loses narrowly in front of sell-out crowd.
Sean KlemmDeputy Sports Editor
With fall in full swing, students, alumni, children, parents and even some Uni-versity of North Carolina supporters ventured out of the woodwork to Dail Soc-cer Stadium for N.C. State’s ACC opener against No. 3 UNC.
“The crowd was huge, huge, huge,” coach George Tarantini said. “I want to applaud my athletics direc-tor [Debbie Yow], because I think she understands what this means to us. I want to say thank you in the name of the N.C. State soccer team for the opportunity we had.”
The crowd of over 3,000 spectators cheered, sneered and jeered from the per-manent seats, additional bleachers behind each goal,
through the fence of the old practice football field and even from the top of the Reynolds Coliseum parking deck.
“That’s definitely the biggest crowd I have ever seen in my life,” senior defender Lucas Carpenter said. “That’s the most fans I’ve ever played in front of. I would really love to see it again.”
Despite the enormous crowd, the Pack struggled to get things going offensively, and conceded a goal in the 32nd minute.
“They gave us great motiva-tion,” Carpenter said. “We went down one but we never stopped fighting, and the crowd had a lot to do with that.”
In the second half, the Pack seemed to be a different team, outshooting the Heels, and providing many goal-scoring opportunities.
“It was a hard fought match,” Carpenter said. “Both teams had chances and opportunities. In the second half we definitely had the run of play and a lot of opportunities to score. We just
couldn’t get in on one.” Tarantini agreed that the
team showed improvement in the second half.
“I think the energy from the second half was better, and that’s encouraging,” Taran-tini said. “But we need to win. We are 0-1 in the league, now we have to recuperate and get ready for the next game.”
Although the Wolfpack did not gain three points for a win, the young team did gain valu-
able experience. “It’s a good experience be-
cause they are a ranked team and our big rivals,” DeFrei-tas said. “I think we have the caliber to be a ranked team as well. It was a good experience, especially for the newcomers to see how fast the ACC play actually is.”
State is back in action Wednesday night at 7 p.m. at Dail Soccer Stadium as it takes on VMI.
ECU so we just came here and had to do something to come away with a win and we did.”
It was Cain, who scored the first goal of the game off a missed shot from sophomore midfielder Kara Blosser. The goal occurred at the 44:27 mark, just sec-onds before the end of the first half.
“It felt great,”A breathless
Cain said. “Thank God,It’s al-ways great to score.”
In the second half State dominated on offense ,State finished with a 17-5 shot advan-tage to come away with the win.
“Anytime we win, and cer-tainly at home finishing in front of our fans, it’s a positive, good thing for us,” State coach Steve Springthorpe said after the game. “Especially coming back from that loss at ECU.”
While praising the play of his team, Springthorpe mentioned he was impressed by Chesnutt’s coaching. Before becoming head coach for the Wolfpack
women, Springthorpe spent five seasons at Fresno State University. Florida Interna-tional coach Thomas Chesnuitt served as Springthorpe’s first assistant for much of the time and the two have remained close in the years since.
“It’s always a little differ-ent,” Springthorpe said about coaching against his former assistant.”But this is the sec-ond time I’ve had to do that. We coached against each other when he first left Fresno State and took over at Florida Inter-national. So I’m glad we got the win but sorry that he got the
loss. He’s got a great team. He’s a great coach and he’s done a great job rebuilding the pro-gram.”
Springthorpe will face yet another former colleague when his team plays Old Dominion in its next game.
“ODU is another important win,” Springthorpe said. “And it’s against my old coach that I used to coach for so it should be a good time visiting with a friend of mine. And hopefully we’ll get on the field and get another win.”
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AmAndA KArst/techniciAnFreshman midfielder Mamadou Kansaye passes the ball through Unc’s midfielders - senior Dustin Mccarthy and junior Kirk Urso at the game Friday.
Wolfpack Women hold on to 1-0 halftime lead for win.
Christina OwensCorrespondent
The women’s soccer team outplayed Florida International to win 1-0, Sunday afternoon.
After losing to East Caro-lina,0-1 in the first away game of the season Friday, N.C. State returned home and redeemed themselves with a win Sunday.
Despite a number of oppor-tunities on the offensive end, State was unable to come away with the victory against its in-state rival due in large part to the play of East Carolina goalie Christiane Cordero, who made 11 saves.
“It was a tough loss to ECU,” junior forward Tanya Cain said. “We don’t like losing against anyone, but especially
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Women’s golf begins season at Cougar ClassicThe women’s golf team opened its season at the Cougar Classic at Yeamans Hall Golf Course in Hanahan, S.C. on Sunday. The Pack shot a 20-over par in the opening round and currently sits in 16th place out of the 21-team field. Senior Brooke Baker and freshman Ana Menendez led the Wolfpack by each shooting a three-over par in the first round. Freshmen Maureen Dunnagan and Brittany Merchand and sophomore Amanda Baker each finished seven-over par. The second round will be held today, while the final round wraps up Tuesday.
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Men’s tennis opens season with a bangThe men’s tennis team kicked off the fall portion of its season at the University of Virginia Invitational over the weekend. The Wolfpack received strong efforts from Julian Sullivan, Rafael Paez, Rob Lowe and Sean Weber in the four-bracket invitational. Sullivan won four matches en route to the purple bracket singles title. Paez finished fourth in the white bracket, while Lowe and Weber took home fourth place finishes in the gold and orange consolation brackets, respectively. The Wolpack collected nine singles wins over the weekend, giving the team momentum as it heads to the Nike Fab Four this upcoming weekend.
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athletic schedule
MondayWOMEN’S GOLF AT COUGAR CLASSICHanahan, S.C., all dayMEN’S GOLF AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON INVITATIONALKiawah Island, S.C., all day
TuesdayWOMEN’S GOLF AT COUGAR CLASSICHanahan, S.C., all dayMEN’S GOLF AT COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON INVITATIONALKiawah Island, S.C., all day
WednesdayMEN’S SOCCER VS. VMIDail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m.
ThursdayFOOTBALL VS. CINCINNATICarter-Finley Stadium, 7:30 p.m.
Cole, Defense fend off stingy KnightsFootball
21 points off turnovers enough to escape Orlando with victory.
Sean FairholmStaff Writer
A week removed from settling into its season with a 48-7 win over Western Carolina, NC State passed a much sterner test Satur-day night by defeating pre-season Conference-USA favorite Central Florida, 28-21. It was the first non-conference road victory for the Pack since defeating the ECU Pirates in Greenville on October 20, 2007.
The story of the night from Bright House Net-works Stadium was the opportunistic Wolfpack defense, which forced five turnovers while only allow-ing 14 points. State’s effort was highlighted by junior linebacker Audie Cole’s impressive 12 tackles, one interception and one sack display. The team leader in tackles a year ago nearly matched his career high of 13 tackles, which came against Virginia Tech last November. With the Pack offense only able to muster 239 total yards, Cole said he
and the rest of the defense en-joyed the opportunity to carry an offense that often picked up the slack for the second-worst scoring defense in the ACC last season.
“They’ve kept us in games plenty of times before,” Cole said. “I think we owed them one. Whatever happened, we’ll get it fixed.”
C.J. Wilson’s 43-yard inter-ception return for a touchdown
to extend the lead to 28-7 in the 3rd quarter was the first pick of the sophomore cornerback’s career. It was one of three inter-ceptions that starting Knight quarterback Rob Calabrese ended up throwing after he en-tered the game with a streak of 98 consecutive passes without an interception.
“That’s how our defense works,” Wilson said. “We try to get turnovers and try to get
pressure on the quarterback. The Lincolnton native also
noted that linebacker coach Jon Tenuta’s blitz-happy approach, which he became infamous for during his days at Georgia Tech, has given the defense a new and exciting dynamic.
“It helps us out a lot,” Wilson said. “The balls are coming out fast and we need to react faster [than before].”
Another theme, aside from
finishing the game plus-five in the turnover department, was being able to capitalize on those opportunities. Despite a self-admitted disappointing offensive effort, Russell Wilson and Co. were able to convert the first three turnovers that Cen-tral Florida committed into touchdowns. After racing out to a 21-0 lead on the strength of Mustafa Greene and Dean Haynes rushing scores as well as Darrell Davis’ first ever col-legiate touchdown catch, the offense only managed 85 yards the rest of the night.
The Pack’s offensive strug-gles combined with strong play from Knights freshman quar-terback Jeff Godfrey late in the third quarter to keep UCF in the game until Brandon Bish-op forced a Quincey McDuffie fumble inside the Wolfpack’s 10-yard line with less than a minute to play.
Coach Tom O’Brien said he was relieved more than any-thing to escape Orlando with a victory after nearly letting go of a 21-point lead through the third quarter.
“That was a heck of a win for our team,” O’Brien said. “We thought we had things pretty much under control until they
BreNt KitcheN/techNiciaNFreshman running back Mustafa Greene runs past the Catamount defense during the Wolfpack’s season opener Saturday, Sept. 4. Greene rushed the ball 10 times for 35 yards and a touchdown. N.C. State defeated Western Carolina 48-7.
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Volleyball
New faces provide new results for PackVolleyball goes undefeated in weekend tournament.
Brent KitchenAgromeck Sports Editor
When coach Bryan Bunn came to Raleigh, few Wolf-pack volleyball fans could have expected him to turn the program around in the blink of an eye. This week-end showed that he is on track to doing just that.
The Wolfpack left little doubt this past weekend as to who the best team com-peting at the Hilton RTP Invitational was this year, going 3-0 in its first home appearance of the season.
“Winning is always bet-ter than losing,” Bunn said. “It’s something that the pro-gram hasn’t experienced in a while, so it’s something that the girls are very excited about what we’re doing.”
The team started out the tournament on Friday with a 3-1 win over Georgia
Southern. The Pack followed up its first performance with a 3-0 victory Saturday morn-ing over Mercer and finished its weekend off with a 3-0 win over Morehead State in the nightcap, bringing its overall record to 8-1.
Much of the team’s success in the final game of the tourna-ment came from an area the Pack has found itself much improved in—blocking.
The Wolfpack out-blocked Morehead State 9-2, led by junior middle blocker Mar-garet Salata. Salata, who had one unassisted block and five block assists, attributes the improvement to new assistant coach Pete Hoyer.
“Pete Hoyer, he knows how to teach how to block,” Salata said. “If you’re not clicking with him on how he’s saying something, he tries it another way. He doesn’t give up on you ever.”
The Wolfpack also benefit-ted from a trio of outstanding transfers making their debut
luiS Zapata/techNiciaNSenior setter alex Smith and junior over hitter luciana Shafer raise there arms up for a team hug after scoring a point against Morehead State Saturday in Reynolds Coliseum.
WoMeN’S SoCCeR
Women’s soccer edges FIU
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Randy WoodsonChancellor
Kelly Hookstudent body President
Tommy AndersonWKnC general manager
Mark ThomasCo-host of 620 the buzz’s “the Insiders”
Julius HodgeFormer Wolfpack basketball star
Debra MorganWraL tV anchor
Tyler Everettsports editor
Tucker Frazierdeputy sports editor
Sean Klemmdeputy sports editor
Taylor Barbourdeputy sports editor
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No. 9 Penn State at No. 1 Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama Alabama
No. 13 Miami at No. 2 Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State Miami Ohio State Miami Miami Ohio State Ohio State Ohio State
No. 20 Florida State at No. 7 Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Florida State Florida State Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma Florida State
South Florida at No. 4 Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida Florida
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No. 11 Oregon at Tennessee Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon Oregon
Duke at Wake Forest Wake Forest Duke Duke Duke Wake Forest Wake Forest Duke Wake Wake Wake
No. 23 Georgia at South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina South Carolina Georgia South Carolina Georgia South Carolina
Michigan at Notre Dame Michigan Notre Dame Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Michigan Notre Dame Michigan Notre Dame
Colorado at California Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal Cal
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