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Raleigh, North Carolina
Both the state senate and house passed a bill to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage.
John WallNews Editor
N.C. State’s Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center has plans to fight the ban on same-sex marriage passed by both houses of the N.C. leg-islature Tuesday.
Citizens statewide will have the op-portunity to vote on whether to ul-timately pass the constitutional ban, called SB514, in May. GLBT represen-tatives, both on and off campus, have spent the week working to organize a
response.Director of GLBT programs and
services Justine Hollingshead said on Thursday that it had been a long week.
“[The news] is still very fresh,” Hol-lingshead said.
Hollingshead has been in meetings all week trying to mobilize support. There are currently no concrete plans for on-campus action, but planning will continue for the next couple of weeks.
The GLBT Center is working with the GLBT Alliance and Equality N.C. of Raleigh, according to Hollingshead.
Protesters picketed the vote this week at the legislature in Raleigh in hopes of turning the tide in favor of the GLBT community.
Although North Carolina has never had a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, other states have put one in place.
Seven U.S. states recognize gay mar-riage, according to an NPR report.
Stay with Technician for updates on how the GLBT Center will fight the con-stitutional ban.
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John Mickey Jr./Technician archive phoToThe Chancellor Liaison group meets in the Alumni Association building with Board of Governors President-elect, Erskine Bowles. Chairs and presidents from various student organizations reported to Bowles on activities that went on at N.C. State.
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Representatives will vote next week on an increase in student fees for a wider range of newspapers.
Brooke WalligSenior Staff Writer
Two Student Government com-mittees held a rare joint meeting Wednesday night to discuss a bill that would increase the number of national newspapers on campus—but would also increase student fees.
According to Patrick Devore, a senior in meteorology and chair of the Tuition and Fees Committee, the bill was created after a sales representative from USA Today approached members of Student Government about buying into their Collegiate Readership Pro-gram.
“The pilot program entails them coming and setting up the non-lock box distribution points, the ones that are just in the residence halls, dining halls, and other semi-restricted areas that only students should be in,” Devore said. “The main thing this bill does is say ‘We like the idea and we want to do the pilot program.’”
However, Devore said while the pilot program is free, student fees would increase by up to $10 should the University decide to participate in the full program.
The bill passed through the Tu-ition and Fees committee neutral-ly—with no committee member actively supporting the bill—and
will move on to the Student Senate early next week for a wider vote.
Emerson Barker, chair of the Aca-demics committee and a junior in po-litical science with a public policy con-centration, said if the bill is approved by the Student Senate Wednesday, the trial program would begin soon. Par-ticipation in the full program, Barker said, will only happen if students re-spond well to this free trial program.
“[The bill] only authorizes the pilot program—it does not authorize the full program,” Barker said. “If the results of the pilot program were to return favorably, this bill states that we’ll look into [funding for the full program].”
While USA Today’s pilot program would survey students before and after the trial period, Barker said Student Government is looking into other potentially more reliable research options.
“The bill specifically states we can use other statistical data-gathering methods if we feel they’re necessary,” Barker said. “Personally, I do not trust a survey run by the company that is trying to sell me something.”
However, before a decision is made on the pilot program, Barker said it is important to think for the long term and decide if the University wants the full package.
“We really need to not only think about the logistics of the pilot pro-gram, but also whether or not we ac-tually want to do the full program,” Barker said. “If we’re pretty sure we don’t want the full program, then there’s really no need to drag the pi-
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GLBT to fight gay marriage ban
Megan farrell/Technicianhundreds of protestors gathered outside of the General Assembly Legislative Building on halifax Mall Tuesday to participate in an organized rally against North Carolina’s “Anti-LGBT Amendment.” The North Carolina Senate approved Senate Bill 514, the “Anti-LGBT Amendment,” 30-16 Tuesday afternoon.
Erskine Bowles joins Mark Zuckerberg in social media leadership position.
Caroline GallagherStaff Writer
Facebook announced Sept. 7 that former UNC system President Erskine Bowles joined as the seventh member of the company’s Board of Directors.
Prior to serving as the president of the 17-campus UNC System from 2006 until 2010, the North Carolina native established a career in politics and the government.
In 1993, Bowles was appointed to lead the Small Business Administra-tion under President Clinton before serving as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff from 1996 until 1998, according to the Associated Press.
In 2002 and 2004, Bowles ran as a Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, and most recently held a co-chair in President Obama’s National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, according to an article by WCNC.
In addition to his political career, Bowles has proven to be a successful businessman.
Bowles also holds board positions for several companies in various in-dustries. These companies include General Motors, Morgan Stanley, Belk Inc., Cousins Properties Inc., Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and Norfolk Southern Corp, according to his profile on Forbes.
During his term as UNC system president, Bowles had a major impact on making the universities more ef-
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wording on the bill:An act to amend to constitution to provide that marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this state.
source: norTh carolina legislaTure
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CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsIn Thursday’s “Obama visits to sell bill,” the Young Americans for Liberty party is more appropriately described as “libertarian-leaning.” They are not associated with the Libertarian Party.
Thursday’s page 8 “Did you know?” misspelled President Ronald Reagan’s name.
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Quote of the day“Personally, I do not trust a survey run by the company
that is try-ing to sell me something.”
Emerson Barker, Student Government press
secretary
Newslot on.”
Devore said while he feels this program is interesting, it may be a luxury the University cannot afford at this time.
“We love the idea of this program. The problem is with the funding, with where we are economically at the University right now,” Devore said. “It’s an increase of up to $10 per year—$5 per semester—on top of all of the other fees you have to pay now and will continue to pay, for a standing order of about 5 percent of the student population.”
For a university the size of N.C. State, which advertises enrollment numbers at more than 30,000, the program would cost the entire stu-dent body roughly between $150,000 and $300,000.
While both Devore and Barker said there have been discussions with other campus organizations to find partners in funding, no other organization has agreed to help off-set this cost with their own funding.
But for Abbi Davis, a second year in livestock and poultry manage-ment at the Agricultural Institute and CALS Agricultural Institute Senator, this program may not be one of particular interest for the students she represents.
“I know my constituents, being in the Agricultural Institute, do not care about the newspaper. They may read the Technician, but the USA To-day…they’re not going to pick up a USA Today and read it,” Davis said. “So I can’t support this because my constituents would not.”
According to Davis, while her constituents may not approve of this program—and its fee increase—the idea itself should not be thrown out completely for the future, as she said a smaller scale version may be of use to other colleges.
“I feel like this is a great program, but maybe this is a program better implemented within certain colleg-es. For example, I feel like CHASS would enjoy that,” Davis said. “That’s the kind of thing they have.
They have the English Department, journalism minor, international re-lations—that kind of atmosphere—and I feel like the Poole College of Management would also be one of those. But CALS…maybe not.”
However, Barker said this isn’t currently possible. Even if a lower number of papers were requested, the entire student body would have to incur the fee.
“We can cut it down to fewer news-papers, but they still make it a fee for everybody,” Barker said. “That gives [USA Today] security in know-ing that they’re going to get their money—one way or another.”
In light of this year’s tuition in-creases and the probability of an-other increase next year, Davis also said now may not be the time for a fee increase, even one that seems like a good deal.
“I don’t feel l ike students would be hap-py with this. Yeah, it’s $10, and if I were to get a newspa-per every time it came out of the three edi-tions they had it would ben-efit me because that’s a great deal. But, right now, the way things are happening, our tuition is not go-ing to go down any time soon—it could increase, and more than likely will—so I feel students would not be okay with doubling our fees for this,” Davis said. “It’s another fee increase when you have fees increasing all the time.”
Although the USA Today Colle-giate Readership Program presen-tation states one of the benefits of their program as being able to “reach over 90 percent of your student body every week,” Barker said even the USA Today representative claimed the actual readership number would be much lower.
According to Devore, while Stu-dent Government has had trouble gathering enough student com-ments on every issue—minus the Talley renovations—he hopes more
students will use this as an oppor-tunity to voice their opinions on the potential increase.
“We wanted to give students the opportunity to voice their opinion on the program—we don’t want to push this on students,” Devore said. “There are other fees on campus that do a similar thing, where everyone pays for something not everyone may choose to use. An example is the Carmichael fee. Everyone pays it, but not everyone chooses to use Car-michael,” Devore said. “We want to know if enough students will want to use this program to increase their fees.”
When asked how they thought the Student Senate would vote on the subject, both Barker and Devore said it will likely be a very close call.
“If this bill passes the Student Sen-ate, it will be by a very close vote,” Barker said. “And not every senator may have a strong opinion on this issue, so if you want to comment on it, be sure to contact them or come to the Student Senate meeting.”
According to Bark-er, although space in the meeting room is saved specifically for students who want to
attend and voice their opinions, it is rarely used—often proving to be a frustration for senators who may not know what their constituents think about an issue.
“There is a section of the room reserved for students who want to come and have their comments heard,” Barker said. “You have three minutes to tell the entire Student Senate what you think about this…or anything else for that matter.”
The Student Senate meeting will be held in room 314 in Harrelson Hall at 7:30 p.m. Barker and Devore both strongly encourage students to attend—even if they aren’t sure what their opinion is on the subject.
“We want to do what students want,” Devore said. “If you hate what we’re doing, tell us. If you don’t know what we’re doing, ask us.”
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“If you hate what
we’re doing, tell
us. If you don’t
know what we’re
doing, ask us.”Patrick Devore, chair of the
Tuition and Fees Committee
ficient and effective. This is evidenced through Bowles’ major achievements during his term, highlighted by UNC Board of Governors spokeswoman, Joni Worthington.
“Shortly after his arrival, President Bowles established a blue-ribbon President’s Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness (PACE) to examine the administrative costs of the University and to make recom-mendations for where costs might be avoided and savings incurred. As a re-sult of the PACE initiative, the Univer-sity has realized $32 million in annual cost savings and another $16 million in annual cost avoidance since 2006,” Worthington said.
The savings, although a minuscule part of the statewide higher education budget, are permanent.
“These recurring savings have largely come from more efficient uses of in-formation technology, standardizing and consolidating operations in key areas, and greater use of collaborative purchasing to leverage collective size and buying power. The PACE initiative has fostered a culture that continues to focus on streamlining administration and implementing improvements that generate cost savings,” Worthington said.
Bowles also encouraged UNC uni-versities and North Carolina com-munity colleges to work together to improve the state’s overall economy.
Despite his success as UNC system president, Bowles planned his retire-ment prior to accepting his position.
“President Bowles retired as UNC President on December 31. He made clear when he was elected to the po-
sition that he planned to retire at age 65 and would serve for five years,” Worthington said.
In response to how valuable Bowles’ experience could be for Facebook, Art Padilla, Management Innovation and Entrepreneurship Department Head, said he doubts Bowles’ appointment was related to his academic service.
“I am not sure his service in the UNC system would have much to do with this appointment, other than the recognition of having a former UNC officer would bring to the Facebook board,” Padilla said.
Padilla suspected Bowles’ connec-tions with the private sector, and his experience in finance, venture capital and government made him a prime candidate for the Facebook board po-sition.
“It is not unusual for companies to put such individuals on their boards,” Padilla adds.
Mark Zuckerberg, founder and board member of Facebook, recognized Bowles’ diverse background as an op-portunity to add value to the company.
“Erskine has held important roles in government, academia and busi-ness, which have given him insight into how to build organizations and navigate complex issues. Along with his experience founding companies, this will be very valuable as we con-tinue building new things to help make the world more open and connected,” Zuckerberg said in a statement.
Bowles said he is excited about his new position for the social media site.
“Facebook has clearly emerged as a transformative force in the world. It’s no wonder given the talent Mark has put in place and the company’s focus and dedication to its mission. I’m re-ally looking forward to getting to work and helping Facebook however I can,” Bowles said.
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Having lived on campus my freshman year, this year I decided to
shift off-campus to save money. Little did I know, this decision would greatly change my per-
ception of the University.
As a fresh-man I had all my classes on
Main Campus, just a short walk from my dorm. The only time I ever had to go to Centen-nial Campus was to meet with my adviser. Centennial felt like a different world back then.
But now that I have matric-ulated into my major, chemi-cal engineering, Centennial is where I spend the majority of my time. Shifting to off-campus living not only put me closer to Centennial, but I also ended up getting more involved with the Centennial community than I had been with students in my dorm.
To have a different zone earmarked specifically for this quar-ter of the stu-dent popula-t ion makes s en s e , but Centennial is much more than just that. It is one of the best examples of successful partnership between industry and academia in the country. It is a major contributor to the Research Triangle Park and is a major job creator for the region.
D.H. Hill Library is among the very few reasons I still visit Main Campus now, and af-ter Hunt Library is complete in Spring 2012, I wonder if I will come here as often as I do now. What’s more, Centen-nial Campus will soon have its own residential buildings; a lot of engineers who now live on Main Campus would find it beneficial to migrate to these new homes.
The creation of a “satellite” campus to N.C. State will soon be complete. While the need to develop Centennial is un-derstandable, we should keep in mind it is not just a collab-orative space for corporations, researchers and professors. It holds a huge chunk of the student population—around 8,000 students.
I sometimes come across people on Centennial who
say they have never been to or even seen the Atrium. While this might sound im-possible to regulars on the Brickyard, the fact is there are such people.
We have precious little interaction between stu-dents on both sides of cam-pus, and there’s even less opportunity for students on Centennial to interact among themselves. We need to stem this divide in time before, to invoke Churchill, the University becomes two different entities separated by a common boulevard.
Some of my best friends are in majors other than engineering, and this would not have been possible had I not lived on Main Cam-pus my first year. But now that I live in an apartment, I feel this bond weakening slightly, even as I continue to forge new bonds with
students within my major.
Students need to be reassured that even though Centen-nial is a bit far away from Tal-ley or the
Brickyard, it’s still only a bus ride away. The same goes for students who in-habit Centennial.
One of NCSU’s biggest strengths is the strong bond students feel for the Univer-sity. This can be seen in the unity we put on display ev-ery time the Free Expression Tunnel is misused. The wide range of majors offered here brings students together with as many varied per-spectives and ideas as can be. We must ensure we are able to share these ideas not only with our classmates, but spread it throughout the Wolfpack. It is only through interaction and engagement with others and among ourselves that we can build a stronger community on campus, the love for which will be with us for the rest of our lives.
Send Shivalik your thoughts on Centennial Campus to [email protected].
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{ }Our view
This Saturday is Consti-tution Day throughout our nation. The aware-
ness this day will bring could not come at a better time. In North Carolina we find our-selves at the beginning of an eight-month debate on wheth-er or not our own constitution should be amended to specifi-cally detail that heterosexual marriage will be the only mar-riage recognized by the state.
On Sept.13 a bill, SB 514, passed the North Carolina Senate that would put a consti-tutional amendment banning same-sex marriage on a ballot to be voted on by North Caro-linians in May.
The bill was passed by the House with a vote of 75-42 in
favor of the bill and passed the Senate with a vote of 30-16
Same-sex marriage is cur-rently illegal in North Caro-lina. The amendment, whether it is passed or killed by voters in May, will not impact the le-gal status of same-sex marriage in North Carolina.
What the constitutional amendment does do is make it more difficult for the legal sta-tus of same-sex marriage to be altered in the future.
It is difficult for something to be taken out of the North Carolina Constitution once it finds a place there. Since the
constitution’s inception 235 years ago, there have only been 28 amendments to it.
There are some surprising parts of the North Carolina Constitution that have sur-vived despite changing times and perspectives. Article 6 Sec-tion 8 makes public office un-available to “any person who shall deny the being of Al-mighty God.” Article 6 Section 4 makes literacy a requirement for voter registration, a tactic of the Jim Crowe era.
Although these sections should have been amended long ago, attempts to do so
have failed as that which is in the constitution has tremen-dous staying power.
The decision to attempt to ratify an amendment that touches on a topic still in the middle of a heated debate is perplexing. The illegal status of same-sex marriage does not find itself in flux whilst it re-mains outside of our constitu-tion.
Until a firm stance is estab-lished on the issue, a stance that cannot be accurately polled in the next eight months, there should not even be the op-portunity for a position, either way, to find its way into our constitution.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
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The debate is not overThe FacTs:The North Carolina Senate passed a bill, SB 514, allowing for an amendment to the North Carolina State Constitution to be put on a ballot in May. The amendment, if passed, would establish that the only type of marriage recognized by the state is between a man and a woman.
Our OpiniOn:To make a constitutional amendment is to make a stance that is practically immovable. With the issue of same-sex marriage still strongly debated, it is premature to ingrain a stance either way into our constitution.
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What is your opinion on the SB 514 as a constitutional
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“From a political standpoint, it might avoid controversy later on as it is much more difficult to change the N.C. Constitution than a law.”
Graham Snyderjunior in mechanical engineering
“I don’t think they should add it. More and more states are legalizing gay marriage, so we shouldn’t be banning it.”
Greg Mauserfreshman in psychology
“I don’t think it should be in the N.C. Constitution because it would go against the U.S. Constitution’s protection of freedoms.”
Megan Garrenfreshman in animal science
“I think that if you love someone, you should have the right to be with them. It doesn’t negatively affect the people around a couple of the same sex, so why should it matter?”
lauren Rakesjunior in nutrition science
Some things never changeAfter President Obama’s
visit to N.C. State was announced Monday,
I, along with the majority of the student body, had one goal—to get a ticket to see
him speak. Not an hour after the announce-ment, my dad texted me to see if I was going to see Obama, and that he had seen Reagan when he came to campus in 1985. After
talking with him, I realized the times might have changed, but the issues remain the same.
The two days leading up to Obama’s speech involved near-ly 12 hours of waiting and some sleeping on bricks to receive a ticket for a mere 25 minutes of inspirational remarks on the new piece of legislation geared to create jobs. Acquiring tickets for Reagan in 1985 was a lot less painful. They were distributed through a raffle system, much like our current football tickets today.
The day of the speech in-volved the same security mea-sures seen in 1985; however, the arrival of the guest of honor re-flected the difference in their personalities.
Reagan made his grand en-trance by landing Marine One, the president’s helicopter, on the intramural fields. Obama, who is not nearly as ostenta-tious, arrived taxied by car
from Air Force One. Audience members showed
up nearly four hours prior to both events, filling Reynolds to maximum capacity and sweat-ing through their clothes from the lack of AC. During each president’s speech, the crowd went crazy, cheering in support for the respective presidents and what they were endors-ing—restatements of their plans to fix America.
During Reagan’s pep rally, he discussed the impor-tance of his proposal on tax reform to the American people and what it would mean for the students in t he crowd. Obama dem-onstrated h o w h i s American Jobs Act would cre-ate jobs for young people grad-uating college. Each president promised positive impacts on students in and leaving the col-legiate atmosphere.
Whether Obama will deliver on his promise is still question-able. As with Reagan, Obama’s main challenge for the act is to get it passed through Congress and gain the appropriate sup-port from the public. We have the ability to voice our con-cerns to our representatives, but aside from that we can only wait and see until Con-
gress decides whether to pass the bill.
The tax reforms Reagan speech dealt with in 1985 carried America’s economy back to a state of well-being and security. We can only hope this plan provides the same since of sanctuary for our economy.
Similarly to Reagan’s condition, Obama’s main challenge for the American Jobs Act is to get it passed
through congress and gain t h e a p -propriate support from the public. However, much like i n R e a-gan’s day, his popu-larity will
aid him in pushing this bill into action.
After talking with my dad about his experience seeing Reagan and comparing it with my experience with Obama, I feel while there are many differences, the issues remain the same. Just as students were hold-ing their breath in 1985, we shall be doing the same.
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FeaturesSince 9/11, Muslim students have dealt with adverse judgements, but have found solace in faith.
Philip BakerCorrespondent
Zainab Baloch attended Al Iman, a local Islamic private school as a child. On 9/11, by the time the second tower was hit, the school “had received so many bomb threats, and people threatening our school, they thought it was safer for us to leave.”
An anti-Muslim sentiment had suddenly taken hold in the U.S., and according to Baloch, junior in psychology, the non-Muslim majority in the nation began to misconstrue the faith and liken it to the acts of ter-rorism witnessed in New York and Washington, D.C.
In the years between the at-tacks on the World Trade Cen-ter and today, this resentment toward Muslims on the part of many non-Muslim Ameri-cans has shifted drastically. After steadily rising for the better part of a decade, in re-cent years, it has slowly begun to subside.
In a 2006 article of the Wash-ington Post, a study showed 46 percent of Americans held neg-ative views about Islam. This growing resentment toward the religion manifested itself not only in numbers but in a display of ignorance toward the faith. Terms such as jihad, an inner struggle for God, and Allah, which literally translated from Arabic means “the God,”
became words associated not with a peaceful religion, but with holy war and extremists such as al-Qaeda and its lead-ers.
An article published on the University of Wisconsin at Madison website for Islamic and Middle East-ern studies found t hat two-thirds of Americans admit to have litt le or no knowledge about Islam.
Despite these numbers, there have been signs of progressive
change in American sentiment.“I feel there has been some
positive cultural advance-ment,” Emily Ford, a junior in communication, said.
These improving sentiments are echoed in more re-cent pol ls conducted this calen-d a r ye a r, showing a reversal of trends, as 61 percent of Americans
now claim to have a favorable view of Islam and Muslims, ac-cording to an article published
in January in USA Today.“Before 9/11, I don’t think
people knew much about Muslims. Ten years later, I still don’t think people know much about Mus-lims,” Baloch said.
Despite militant Islamist political thought and vio-lence from a small number of Muslims, Baloch said her religion is based on acts of charity and good will that are basic tenants of the re-ligion. But Baloch believes the experience has made her stronger, bringing her closer to her faith.
“It made me more focused on learning my religion and how to answer questions,” she said.
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Folk-blues singer returns to campus
Perceptions of Muslims change over the years
Ruthie Foster to play at Stewart Theater Sept. 16.
Daniel DeanCorrespondent
Ruthie Foster brought the Texas heat in 2008 when she rocked campus with her soul-ful blues-rock. Foster, an ac-complished young musician—said she’s a Texan by birth but a wanderer in spirit.
She began playing piano at the age of 11, later discovering that she possessed equal talent in both guitar and vocals. Fos-ter’s public performances took off in her high school years when she started singing in her church choir. Encouraged by her family of musicians, Foster sought out her career in music at a young age.
She studied commercial music production at McLen-nan Community College, and it was from this platform that she launched into the music industry. Foster became so im-mersed in the music industry that she began to yearn for a taste of the outside world; she then joined the Navy.
Even while serving her
country, she couldn’t escape her calling. She joined a Navy ensemble, Pride, and began performing again.
Foster credits Pride as being a sort of musical education—it was with the Navy band where she learned the rigors of tour-ing on the road weekly.
While performing with Pride, Foster’s life began to re-volve around musical perfor-mances again. She started to search for a sound of her own by blending her experience in gospel with her love for other styles of music.
Inspired by artists like Afri-can American gospel stars Sam Cooke and Mahalia Jackson,
Photo Courtesy of ruthiefoster.ComRuthie Foster, a musician with roots in soul, is returning to N.C. State to perform Friday. Foster describes her music as a mix of influences from her life.
tim o’brien/teChniCian file PhotoThe Muslim Student Association prays in Riddick Hall Aug. 18 during Ramadan. “Muslim prayer incorporates movement and speech, asking for guidance from God and glorifying God,” Mohammad Moussa, a senior in electrical engineering, said. The Muslim community has relied on each other after facing negative perceptions after 9/11, but the MSA is working to educate the public about their peaceful faith, according to their mission statement.
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Anna read, a freshman in First year College, was spotted with a bCbG shirt ($20) with destroyed denim shorts from American Eagle ($45) and shoes from toms ($40). read described her style as “anything that would be comfortable for my 8 a.m. class.”
Ashlyn Djali, a sophomore in biological sciences, wore a pair of American Eagle jeggings ($20) with shoes ($30) and a shirt ($30) from old Navy. Djali considers her style casual. “I just like to be comfortable and dress cute,” she said. “I don’t worry so much about style.”
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Fosters bears her soul as she deals with the issues of life in her lyrics.
Foster’s music could be called a four-way collision of blues, fo l k , ro c k and gospel. She said her music has “a litt le bit of everything” and def ines her genre as “spirit mu-sic.” Accord-ing to her, t h i s music makes her feel like she’s giving something back to the audi-ence.
Foster said she strives to please her crowd. She’s an art-ist who aims to provide her audience with an engaging, entertaining show.
Her songs speak to the heart of all listeners as she sings about love, loss and the good and the bad in life. Her lyrics are meaningful, personal, and
have the ability to connect with a variety of audiences.
Her rich, resonating voice left her crowd anxious for an encore when she last visited the University in 2008. Foster has since grown as a musician—adding more guitar to her set as she began to expand her outreach to the world of rock. Her music cannot be classified
as any single genre.
Those who attended her show in 2 0 0 8 w i l l be plea sed to hear that Foster is stay-ing true to her roots as she plays hits
from all along her career and her newest album: The Truth According To Ruthie Foster. The album has been a hit, even claiming a Grammy nomina-tion for the Best Contemporary Blues Album.
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Women’s soccer team faces challenge in match against nationally ranked rival.
Nate PedderStaff Writer
The N.C. State women’s soc-cer team hopes to continue their season against the highly ranked North Carolina team on Friday in Chapel Hill. The Wolfpack has only lost once this year, to the only ranked squad they have played so far, Penn State. Meanwhile, the seventh-ranked Tarheels hope to bounce back from their first loss of the season.
The Pack this season has been on fire, going 7-1 with 16 goals and only five goals against. However, three of the five goals State has allowed were against Penn State. While the team has been playing on a high level, giving them a strong record, Friday night is only the sec-ond time they will play against a nationally ranked team. It is a good test to see how the Pack has grown since their loss to Penn State.
Senior Alex Berger talked about what the Pack has done to change their play after the Penn State game.
“We felt like there were a lot of positives that came out of our game against Penn State, even though we did lose,” Berg-er said. “But we’ve been work-ing a lot in practice on some of the mistakes we did make and hopefully we’ll be able to cut down on the mistakes for Fri-day’s game.”
While State goes into this ri-valry match looking to prove themselves as a competitive team in the ACC, the Tarheels come in hoping to turn around after a disappointing loss and
show they deserved their No. 1 ranking they had last week. The team was dealt its first loss of the season on Sunday by Texas A&M in a 4-3 loss in overtime, causing them to fall from the first ranked team in the nation to the seventh.
Coach Steve Springthorpe spoke about playing Carolina after their first loss.
“It’s always an interesting time for a team to be playing Carolina, after they’ve lost a game, because it doesn’t hap-pen often,”Springthorpe said. “I’m assuming that they’ve worked pretty hard to fix the issue they may have had that last game. It’s always a chal-lenge playing them. But for us it doesn’t matter. Whether they won or whether they lost, we still prepare the same, we still have the same mindset. We’re expecting it to be a tough game,
and we know the challenges that will be ahead of us.”
Some players to watch for State are seniors Alex Berger and Tanya Cain as well as freshman Stephanie Bronson. The two seniors have each scored four goals to lead their team to a strong start to the season while Stephanie Bron-son is coming off a strong two-goal performance against North Florida, giving her three goals this season. After such a strong start, the team is feeling like this season will be different than the previous.
Senior defender Paige Dugal spoke about how the Wolfpack has started off the season, as well as the issues the team has had in the past and how they are looking forward to the rest of the season.
“I think it’s a little bit of a confidence boost but at the
same time, in the past, we’ve done decently well in our pre-season before we hit the ACC schedule and then we hit the ACC and we don’t do as well,” Dugal said. “I’m not too fo-cused on what we’ve done al-ready, I’m just really looking forward to going to each game and getting better and leaving it all on the field as we go.”
Dugal a lso spoke about how prepared the State team feels going into a rivalry game against a highly ranked Caro-lina team.
“I don’t know if we’ll ever be fully prepared but I know that we’re emotionally prepared,” Dugal said. “We’re all just so excited to play Carolina. It’s a rivalry, so it’s a game we all re-ally want to win.”
Wolfpack women to take on No. 7-ranked Tarheels
Last Week: Virginia 37, Indiana 34This Week: at North Carolina (3:30 p.m., ESPNU)#13 Virginia Tech (2-0, 0-0 ACC): The Hokies didn’t make it look easy in a hard fought win at ECU, but Frank Beamer picked up his 200th career victory nonetheless. Staying alive as a dark horse national title contender, Virginia Tech moves in on non-conference play with warm-up games against the Sun Belt and C-USA.Last Week: Virginia Tech 17, East Carolina 10This Week: vs. Arkansas State
(4 p.m., ESPN3.com)Duke (0-2, 0-0 ACC): It’s not the most compelling match up the ACC has to offer this season, but the loser of Duke’s contest against Boston College will likely be watching bowl season from their respective living rooms.Last Week: Stanford 44, Duke 14This Week: at Boston College (12:30 p.m., ESPN3.com)Miami (0-1, 0-1 ACC): Being dubbed by much of the nation as “The Ineligible Bowl,” Miami hosts Ohio State down in South Florida. NCAA suspensions aside, the watered-down version of ‘Canes vs. Buckeyes should give the country a great indication of where each program is headed this season.Last Week: IdleThis Week: vs. No. 17 Ohio State (7:30 p.m., ESPN)
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have to work for it.”The USA offense runs
primari ly through the two-headed back system of freshmen running backs Demetre Baker and Kend-all Houston. The two backs have averaged over 5 yards per carry and 121 yards per game through the first two games played.
Another player to watch is Enrique Williams of the Jaguars. The 6-foot, 235-pound linebacker leads USA with 3.5 tackles for loss and a forced fumble that he recovered. Williams is strong and agile, as he split time in high school as a run-ning back and linebacker.
Though the Pack will be battling against the Jaguars on Saturday, senior wide re-ceiver Tobias Palmer said his competition with Gra-ham has helped him to get to a new level.
“[The competition] has helped us a lot,” Palmer said. “It’s brought some-thing to this offense that the coaches have said they haven’t seen in a long time.”
While the Pack left Win-ston-Salem with a loss this
past weekend, N.C. State fans had some confidence in the passing game thanks to the arm of redshirt junior quar-terback Mike Glennon, along with Palmer and Graham.
Both receivers hauled in touchdown receptions of over 60 yards, and Palmer said the speed of the defensive backs for the Jaguars might be a key to success for the Pack.
“We think we can take ad-vantage of their corners,” Palmer said. “The way they play is not really a different style from what we practice here. We’ve just got to be physi-cal, more focused and ready to play on Saturday.”
Though both Palmer and Graham seem to think the passing game might be the solution to earning a win over the Jaguars, Glennon is not so quick to pull the trigger on which way the offense should be run.
“I think we are really just going to take what the defense gives us,” Glennon said. “That has always been our philoso-phy. I don’t think there is ever the mindset going into the game that it’s going to specifi-cally be a passing or running game predominantly. We’re just going to go out there and take what we can get.”
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A look at the weekend’s football match-ups.
Sean FairholmDeputy Sports Editor
Last season, four ACC teams tested themselves by traveling to some of college football’s most storied and success-ful programs: Florida State played at Oklahoma, Clemson visited Auburn, Maryland went to West Virginia, and Miami made the trip to Ohio State. Al-though Clemson sent eventual
national champion, Auburn, to overtime, the four ACC teams lost by a combined 59 points. This weekend, those same four teams will carry the conference torch by taking on their exact powerhouse opponents from last season.
Atlantic DivisionMaryland (1-0, 1-0 ACC): Sensational in his season debut, Terps QB Danny O’Brien now has to face No. 18 West Virginia and its stellar defense. The Mountaineers have only allowed 156 pass yards per game,
and finished third in the nation for total defense last season.Last Week: IdleThis Week: vs. No. 18 West Virginia (Noon, ESPNU)Wake Forest (1-1, 1-0 ACC): Gardner-Webb arrives to BB&T Field, which should mean the Deacs are one baby step closer to making a run at bowl eligibility. If Tanner Price (152.2 QB rating in the first two games) continues at his current rate, anything is possible.Last Week: Wake Forest 34, N.C. State 27This Week: vs. Gardner-Webb (6:30 p.m., ESPN3.com)Clemson (2-0, 0-0 ACC): Despite nearly tripping on its own shoelaces last Saturday versus Wofford, Clemson hosts No. 21 Auburn as the favorite in Death Valley. In the battle of two orange-clad Tigers, Clemson will be looking to snap a 14-game losing streak versus Auburn, which dates back to 1951.Last Week: Clemson 35, Wofford 27This Week: vs. No. 21 Auburn
(Noon, ABC)#5 Florida State (2-0, 0-0 ACC): They’ve had the Sooners circled on the calendar for the past year, and on Saturday night they finally get No. 1 Oklahoma at home. ‘Noles quarterback E.J. Manual has displayed potential to play in big games, but Florida State hasn’t defeated Oklahoma in 46 years.Last Week: Florida State 62, Charleston Southern 10This Week: vs. No. 1 Oklahoma (8 p.m., ABC)Boston College (0-2, 0-0 ACC): Heading into the easiest game of its schedule, BC desperately needs to pick up wins to hang around the bowl eligibility discussion. The Eagles, who will get Duke, UMass, and Wake at home in the next three weeks, have seen their traditionally vaunted rush defense plummet to 110th in the country.Last Week: Central Florida 30, Boston College 3This Week: vs. Duke (12:30 p.m., ESPN3.com)N.C. State (1-1, 0-1 ACC): The
eye test tells us State’s defense has been atrocious and the stats agree – The Wolfpack has allowed 14 plays from scrimmage to go for 20 or more yards, which is good for third worst in the nation. Although only one of its two FCS victories can count towards the bowl eligibility win total, N.C. State jumps out of conference to play South Alabama.Last Week: Wake Forest 34, N.C. State 27This Week: vs. South Alabama (6 p.m., ESPN3.com)
Coastal DivisionGeorgia Tech (2-0, 0-0 ACC): Leading the nation in yards per play, the Rambling Wreck has turned heads across the country with a more balanced attack throughout the first two games. Tech quarterback Tevin Washington, the commander of an option-read offense, will head into Saturday’s game against Kansas with an unusual early season stat - Washington has averaged 22.52 yards per passing attempt.
Last Week: Georgia Tech 49, Middle Tennessee State 21This Week: vs. Kansas (12:30 p.m., ESPN3.com)North Carolina (2-0, 0-0 ACC): The Heels launch into ACC play at home against the Virginia Cavaliers. With five turnovers in a chaotic win over Rutgers, UNC and quarterback Bryn Renner need to take care of the football against UVA.Last Week: North Carolina 24, Rutgers 22This Week: vs. Virginia (3:30 p.m., ESPNU)Virginia (2-0, 0-0 ACC): A thrilling last-second victory at Indiana has Charlottesville in a buzz. Criticized in past years for having a weak secondary, the Hoos are currently the conference’s second best pass defense. However, the most important mission in Chapel Hill is to generate some rush offense against an athletic front seven which allowed precisely one rushing yard to Rutgers last week.
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alex SaNchez/techNiciaNRedshirt junior Tobais Palmer braces for a hit from Liberty university’s Lee KaJuan at carter finley on sept. 3. Palmer had 3 receptions for 46 yards in the 43-21 Wolfpack victory.
10 tennis squads head to Fab-4The men’s tennis team will send four players to the 2011 Duke Fab-4 Invitational today at the Cary Tennis Park. N.C. State will be one of ten teams from the southeast to send a four-man squad to the competition. Among the four sent for the Wolfpack include redshirt sophomore Matt Thomson, sophomore Ivan Sanchez Gomez, Sean Weber and junior Dave Thomson. Play will begin at 9 a.m. as Matt Thomson/Gomez go up against Radford’s No. 3-seeded doubles team while Dave Thomson/Weber head up against the duo from Louisville. Each of the four players will return to the courts for singles play at 1:30 p.m. The competition will continue throughout the entire weekend.
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TodayWOMEN’S TENNIS AT UVA INVITATIONALCharlottesville, Va., All Day
WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. UNCChapel Hill, 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL VS. LIBERTYRaleigh, 7 p.m.
MEN’S SOCCER VS. MARYLANDCollege Park, M.D., 7:30 p.m.
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Football team comes home to rebound from conference loss.
R. Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor
After an entire offseason of media members describ-ing the Wolfpack’s opening leg of the football schedule as a “cupcake schedule,” the team has proven that any-thing can happen.
Following a tough con-ference-opening loss at the hands of Wake Forest, se-nior wide receiver T.J. Gra-ham knows the Pack needs to take the Jaguars of South Alabama seriously.
“We need to prepare for them like they are a Na-
tional Championship team,” Graham said. “We’re trying to win an ACC championship. So, we have to prepare like that and treat them like any other team.”
The Jaguars might not be contending for a BCS title any time in the near future, but the FCS powerhouse has won 19 straight games since its incep-tion in 2009.
While the Jaguars are not in the same conference or the same division as the Demon Deacons, they do run a similar defense. The 3-4 scheme fea-tures only three defensive line-men and four linebackers as the front seven, which helped the Pack open up the passing game against the Deacons in the second half.
Unlike the Deacons, the
Jaguars depend on their cornerbacks by using man-to-man defense, which Gra-ham feels the team should be able to exploit through-out the game.
“They play a lot of man defense,” Graham said. “So we’re going to try to create mismatches and should be able to get open down the-field.”
While Graham feels the Pack should be able to open up the passing game, he also understands the defensive schemes the Jaguars present might be challenging.
“Nothing’s going to be easy,” Graham said. “They are pretty fast and pretty physical. We’re going to
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2011 WolFpacK FootBall statsoFFensive statsRushing Offense: 77th (8th in ACC)Passing Offense: 51st (8th in ACC)First Downs: 84th (9th in ACC)3rd Down Conversions: 70th (9th in ACC)Total Offense: 76th (9th in ACC)
deFensive statsRushing Defense: 43rd (5th in ACC)Passing Defense: 112th (11th in ACC)First Downs Allowed: 84th (11th in ACC)3rd Down Conversions: 84th (10th in ACC)Total Defense: 94th (10th in ACC)
special teamsPunt Return Average: 4th (1st in ACC)Kickoff Return Average: 70th (5th in ACC)Punting: 82nd (7th in ACC)Field Goal Percentage: T-1st (T-1st in ACC)Opponent Punt Returns: 29th (4th in ACC)Opponent Kickoff Returns: 82nd (Last in ACC)Opponent Punting: 46th (4th in ACC)Opponent Field Goal Percentage: T-71st (T-7th in ACC)