the technician - september 20, 2012
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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina
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Taylor O’QuinnCorrespondent
Last week students were inter-rupted from their online sessions due to multiple issues with N.C. State’s main servers.
There were two different issues that caused these servers to seem-ingly crash. The problems that be-gan Sept. 12 were directly related to an IP address allocation on the wireless network, according to the Office of Information Technology. This means the software that pro-duces the IP addresses was mal-functioning and not allowing new IP addresses to be assigned.
This problem affected, for the most part, freshmen using any de-vice that was not previously regis-
tered through the University’s No-mad System. Once the Avent Ferry Technology Center successfully determined the root cause of the issue, they immediately rebooted the IP address servers and resolved the problem.
Even though the solution to Wednesday’s issues could be made quickly, the same could not be said about the bigger issue the employees of the Avent Ferry Technology Cen-ter faced the following day.
The issue Thursday involved heavy malfunctions in the au-thentication process that verifies the University’s UnityID creden-tials. Students use the UnityID’s to access almost everything N.C. State-related online. This caused
an issue when it came time for students and faculty to access their MyPack accounts, as well as websites such as Moodle and WebAssign. The source of this issue was the controller for the UnityID processes, which had to be completely restarted, result-ing in the major server crash that occurred last week.
Many students and faculty were affected by both server is-sues of last week. However, one case in particular stands out. Robert Moore, a sophomore in chemical engineering, logged into his MyPack Portal account
Staff Report
Chick-fil-A is taking a step back from its statement against gay marriage.
The Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday that the restaurant promised it will not donate money to groups that oppose gay marriage. Chick-fil-A also an-nounced it will issue a statement of respect for all sexual orienta-tions in an internal document to the relief of Chicago Ald. Proco “Joe” Moreno.
Moreno publically opposed the anti-gay marriage stance of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy and considered the restaurant’s latest promises to be a “big win,” according to an article in the Chicago Tribune.
The company will distribute a statement titled “Chick-fil-A: Who We Are” to all corporate employees and restaurant opera-tors, Moreno said. He continued that the statement will empha-size Chick-fil-A’s commitment to respect all people, regardless of their sexual preference.
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Michelle Obama reaches out to studentsLindsay Schaefer Staff Writer
First Lady Michelle Obama urged students to take their futures into their hands while she visited univer-sities in North Carolina Wednesday.
First on her trip was North Caro-lina Central University in Durham. Later that evening, she spoke at East Carolina University in Greenville to advocate for students and edu-cation.
Her speech at NCCU came 15 days after her keynote speech from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, where she inspired the crowd and reassured Americans President Barack Obama is just like them.
“After our convention, I’m feel-ing pretty fired up and ready to go myself,” Michelle Obama said, while opening her 20-minute long speech. She started out talking about her ad-miration for her husband and fo-cused on his integrity throughout the duration of the speech.
“What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was his char-acter,” the first lady said. “Did you hear me? It was his character. It was his decency, honesty, compassion and conviction.”
Though Michelle Obama’s speech focused on her husband’s achieve-ments and personality, she said the president has more plans for the na-tion for another four years.
“My husband is nowhere near sat-isfied,” she said. “He knows there is plenty of work left to be done and it is gonna take a lot longer than four
years to rebuild an economy from the ground up.”
Before Obama spoke, the energy from the crowd filled NCCU’s gym-nasium up to its maximum capacity of 3,100 people. The crowd did the wave, stood up, sang, waved post-ers and chanted, “Four more years.”
Harmony Cross, Miss NCCU of 2012-2013, spoke before Obama took the stage, and talked about the importance of the student vote.
“If you ever doubt yourself, if you ever think your vote doesn’t matter, I want you to remember that it only takes one person to make a differ-ence,” Cross said.
Congressman David Price, U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s fourth congressional district, pref-aced Obama’s speech, saying 2012’s presidential election has conse-quences that will persist after the next president’s term is complete.
“We face a critical choice in this election and many, many questions, but none are more critical than edu-cation,” Price said. “This is a per-sonal issue for President Obama and the first lady. They went to college on student loans and worked hard to pay off those student loans.”
In her speech, Obama said her husband lived the struggles “aver-age Americans” face every day. She also spoke about women’s rights and the importance for women to have equal opportunities.
“When it comes to standing up for the rights of women, ladies, we know Barack will always have our back,” Obama said. “He knows when women struggle to meet the
demands of their jobs and the de-mands of their families. He will al-ways, always fight that women can make their own decisions about our bodies and about our healthcare.”
Obama talked about the president ending the war in Iraq, passing the Affordable Care Act, giving more grants to students who can not af-ford education and cutting taxes for small businesses.
“Newspapers were using words like meltdown and calamity — banks weren’t lending, companies weren’t hiring,” Obama said. “A lot of folks wondered whether we were heading for a Great Depression. This is what welcomed Obama to the Oval Office. Instead of pointing fingers and placing blame, Barack got to work.”
After the event, Simone Turner,
a senior in family and consumer sciences, discussed why Obama’s campaign affects her personally.
“I feel that Obama is helping me by making college more affordable so that I can go to school,” Turner said.
Ernestine Daniels traveled from Butner, N.C. to listen to Michelle
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only to discover that all but one of his classes had been mysteriously dropped.
Moore called WebAssign about the issue and they had the problem addressed with-in a few hours. Moore’s issues were taken care of quickly, but he said it was still a stress-ful process to experience.
“When you’re using any-thing technological, you have to realize that there will be is-sues, and chances are if there are serious problems then teachers will be understand-ing,” Roberts said.
In light of the server prob-lems, steps are being taken to permanently repair these issues and prevent them from happening in the future. The
employees at the Avent Ferry Technology Center have set up their logging server to re-cord any authentication error messages and send them an urgent notification once they have reached a particular threshold.
Kristina Kel ly, net-work opera-tions man-ager at the Avent Ferry Technology Center, said she hopes this problem won’t come up again.
“We are working diligently to provide a permanent solu-tion to campus and stability to the wireless environment,” Kelly said.
Once they capture any is-sues, the center will be able
to take immediate action to resolve the problem.
Mark Hoit, vice chancellor for information technology, issued a statement Wednes-day saying all available re-sources are going toward
f ix ing this problem.
“Unt i l a solution is determined, p l e a s e b e aware that t he w i re -less network m i g h t b e unstable and unavailable at times, and
consider alternate options when available,” Hoit said in his statement. “The difficul-ties are most often occur-ring when there are a high number of users accessing the wireless network at the
same time typically around midday.”
Kelly said they are working closely with the Aruba Tech-nical Assistance Center to re-view the University’s current configurations and setup in order to eliminate bugs and errors.
Additional information and updates can be found at OIT’s Sysnews site (http://sysnews.ncsu.edu). For spe-cific questions, please contact your local tech support or email [email protected].
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Staff Report
Student Health is offering flu vaccination clinics begin-ning Oct. 2 to help “Protect the Pack” from the upcoming flu season.
According to the Center for Disease Control, seasonal in-fluenza occurs primarily in the winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
While f lu outbreaks can happen as early as October, most of the time flu activity peaks in January or later, ac-cording to the CDC website.
According to Student Health, last year’s flu season was “mild,” causing them to actively advertise their f lu vaccination clinic in case students aren’t worried about catching the illness.
The CDC’s website has a plethora of information on the influenza illness, includ-ing symptoms to look for. Fe-ver or feeling feverish, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches and fatigue are all on the list, though the website specifies not all people with
the flu will have a fever, and some may experience vomit-ing.
Whether you were flu-free last year or not, the Student Health Center encourages all students to take advantage of their flu vaccination clinic.
For more information on the flu, visit http://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/disease/index.htm. For information on Stu-dent Health’s vaccination clinics, visit http://healthcen-ter.ncsu.edu/student-health-services/services/2012-flu-vaccinations/
Student Health offers flu shots to ‘protect the pack’
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Obama’s speech.“[This election] affects me
because I believe in this cam-paign and the promises that Barack Obama has made and what he can do if we give him the chance,” Daniels said.
Obama urged the students in the crowd to do everything they could to get people reg-istered the vote, saying that just one vote in each neigh-
borhood could determine Obama’s fate in this elec-tion.
“In the end, when it is all said and done, that is what it is all about,” Obama said. “Elections are al-ways about hope. Here in America, the greatest country in the planet, there is always something there if you are willing to work for it.”
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Today STUDY ABROAD FAIRTalley Student Center, 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
DISCOVER MEDIASITE: A CONTENT CAPTURE TOOL FOR ONLINE LEARNINGD. H. Hill Library, 12 to 1:00 p.m.
IACUCAdmin III, 1:00 p..m
PHILOSOPHY TALKWithers Hall, 4:30 p.m.
MOVIE: MADAGASCAR 3: EUROPE’S MOST WANTED Witherspoon Student Center, 7 to 9:00 p.m.
READ SMART BOOK DISCUSSION: IN THE GARDEN OF BEASTS BY ERIK LARSONCameron Village Public Library, 7 to 8:00 p.m.
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POLICE BLOTTER 10:37 AM | SUSPICIOUS PERSONHillsborough Street Non-student was arrested for second degree trespassing on NCSU property.
12:10PM | LARCENYDaniels Hall Student reported unsecured jacket taken from classroom.
11:12 AM | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTDan Allen Dr/Sullivan Dr Vehicle and bicycle were involved in collision. Student on bicycle was taken to Student Health Center. 11:36 AM | MEDICAL ASSISTStudent Health Center Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance. 2:48 AM | FIREBurlington Labs Units responded to smoldering mulch. RFD extinguished mulch. Fire Marshal notified.
3:00 AM | ASSISTANCEWest Dunn Building Non-student requested to be taken to The Healing Place. Officer transported with no issues. 3:25 AM | MISSING PERSONBrooks Hall Non-student reported student missing. Officers located student at Leazar Hall. 1:40 PM | SAFETY PROGRAMPatterson Hall Officer conducted safety program. 10:20 PM | SUSPICIOUS
VEHICLECapability Lot Report of vehicle driving erratically in lot. Officers checked lot but did not locate vehicle. 11:40AM | LARCENYDH Hill Library Student reported bookbag stolen while he slept.
2:27 PM | INFORMATION - UNIVERSITYReid Hall Student reported possible drug violation. Investigation ongoing. 3:10 PM | INFORMATION -
UNIVERSITYSullivan Drive NCSU PD restricted traffic between Varsity Drive and Motor Pool Drive due to flooding caused by excessive rainfall. 3:20 PM | FRAUDAdmin II Staff member reported becoming victim of fraudulent check email scam.
7:09 PM | MEDICAL ASSISTCarmichael Gym Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused.
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NewsNoah RouseCorrespondant
More than 2,500 overseas students at London Metro-politan University are being threatened with deportation by the British government after the university failed to make proper checks on over-seas students, government agencies said, although it is being disputed by the univer-sity which is mounting a legal challenge.
The decision was made by the UK Border Agency in conjunction with what activ-ists have called growing anti-immigrant sentiment within the EU structure.
The government is con-cerned the system of stu-dent visas is being abused by those who have no intention of studying in Great Britain
and pledged to crack down on “bogus colleges”
where they
obtain their visas.Since 2009, some 500 col-
leges have lost their licenses to bring in foreign non-EU students, some of these be-cause they chose not to com-ply with the strict new system put in place by the UKBA. Since 2011, 51 college licenses have been revoked on charges of suspected immigration hoaxes.
The backlash over the UKBA’s decision to deport the thousands of students studying abroad continued throughout the week as pro-testers in The University’s Tower Hamlets Col lege demonstrated in a show of solidarity.
Staff and students united at the college in Poplar to en-courage the UKBA to grant amnesty to the students out-side of the EU.
Universities UK, a repre-sentative organization for all of the UK’s university systems, applauded the move.
“This is good news and a step in the right direction. It will help make a clearer dis-tinction be-tween tem-porary and permanent migrants and brings us into line with the way our major competitors report this informa-tion,” Pro-fessor Eric Thomas, the group’s president, said. “Universities UK would like the government to go further and remove students from net migration targets, b u t t o -day’s an-
nouncement will make it possible to see what contri-bution students are making
to any future reductions.”
Lecturers represented by the UCU u n ion re-sponded to t he s t ate-ment refer-ring to it as a “fudge.”
N o t a l l hope is lost for the stu-dents, how-
ever. The government also announced it will be offering financial help to legitimate
overseas students.A £2 mil lion fund is being
set aside for the students.
“This will pro-
vide cer-
tainty to London Met stu-dents at what is a stressful and unsettling time,” said David Willets, a Conservative party MP and the minister of state for Universities and Science.
“It appears that the Govern-ment has finally recognized the damage its student visa policy coupled with threat-ening to depart thousands of fee-paying overseas students is doing to our international reputation,” Sally Hunt, gen-eral secretary of the Univer-sity and College Union, said. “However, today’s fudge will not solve the problem. Sim-ply providing a mechanism to count overseas students does not remove them from net migration figures.”
The move corresponds to a recent pledge made by the government to cut annual net migration to “tens of thou-sands,” but the latest num-bers come closer to 216,000 and most people who travel to the UK from outside the European Union come on student
visas.The Home Off ice, The
British administration in charge of immigration, re-cently stated there had been a steep decline in new student visas. Some university profes-sors are now worried about whether this would contrib-ute to the image of the UK as intolerant and isolationist.
The university has made clear that is plans to take legal action to challenge the deci-sion, and the announcement of an application to provide students with “interim relief” is expected to be announced September 21. Students af-fected by the UKBA’s deci-sion will receive a letter at the beginning of October stating that they must leave the coun-try. They may apply within 60 days for an application to continue their stud-ies in a different school or leave the UK.
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UK university deports foreign students
Alex PetercuskieStaff Writer
The Study Abroad Fair is being held today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Talley Ballroom for all students looking to gain international experience and take advantage of the various programs offered through the University.
With more than 55 countries to travel to, the Study Abroad Office of-fers students diverse op-tions. The process to study abroad requires proper planning and prepara-tion on students’ behalf. When applying for a study abroad program, students must ensure they select a program and country rel-evant to their major.
Madison Barefoot, a senior in chemical engi-neering, said the Study Abroad Office’s website helps students achieve this by allowing them to search within their spe-cific major and view the available courses and credit hours. Barefoot said because of this option, she was able to stay on track for graduation by taking 12 credit hours during her 2012 spring semester in Australia.
Julia Kisner Law, assis-tant director of the Study Abroad Office, said the short lists, like the one used by Barefoot, are cur-rently in place for certain colleges that require a more structured schedule.
Kisner Law said it is a myth that studying abroad causes students to graduate later than expected. What seems to be the real culprit, according to Kisner Law, is when students have multiple majors or change their ma-jors. However, Kisner Law said it is especially important for students to discuss their schedule options with their academic advisers.
Kisner Law said the Study Abroad Office works closely with faculty and financial aid in order to create the best program options available for students.
Barefoot a lso studied abroad in Italy during the summer of 2010, during which she had to weigh all the options mentioned by Kisner Law. Barefoot encour-ages students who have never studied abroad to consider the summer option because it is typically less rigorous and provides students the opportunity to travel.
“I’d recommend a summer program because it’s really easy to fulfill general educa-tion requirements, while also gaining international experi-ence,” Barefoot said.
Barefoot said the Italy study abroad summer program also offered weekend trips planned and organized by the University.
Choosing a program and staying on track to graduate are just a few of the major considerations for students who are looking to study abroad. A primary concern for many students is the
cost. In addition to tuition fees, students must factor in flight expenses and living ar-rangements, as well as spend-ing money.
Allison Whaley, study abroad operations assistant, said financial aid is available to all students, regardless of the program they choose. Ac-cording to Whaley, any stu-dent who is eligible to receive financial aid during a regular semester at N.C. State can also use financial aid toward tuition costs abroad.
In addition, Whaley said there are various scholarships offered both within the Study Abroad Office and from out-side sources that can be found on the Study Abroad Office’s website.
Although studying abroad can be expensive, Barefoot says the overall international and cultural experience is in-valuable.
Whaley and Kisner Law recommend students first at-tend the Study Abroad Fair to talk to students and faculty who have traveled abroad in the past and learn in greater detail about the various types of programs and financial op-tions.
“We cover all different ma-jors, with more than 200 pro-grams available, so we hope that all students can find a program that is the right fit for them and their major,” Kisner Law said.
Students receive a glimpse of
Study Abroad opportunities
Agenda, said “Chick-fil-A: Who We Are” is progress, however it is “not the end-game.”
Martinez said the Civil Rights Agenda supports Chick-fil-A’s statement, how-ever the company’s promise to end financial contributions to groups that oppose gay marriage is more pleasing.
Illinois Family Institute
Executive Director David Smith did not agree with the financial limitations of the company, the Chicago Tri-bune stated.
“Why couldn’t they fund whatever organization they want?” Smith asked.
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“Staff and
students united
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UKBA to grant
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STUDENTCONNECTIONS
NATALIE CLAUNCH/TECHNICIANCustomers can be seen lining up from the top story of the new Chick-Fil-A in Cameron Village. The restaurant opened Thursday, March 1, and features servers delivering meals to customers throughout the building. “The service is phenomenal, and they have grilled nuggets!” Jamie Davis, senior in Agricultural Business said.
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PAGE 4 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 TECHNICIAN
Public companies have been the leading force in
capitalism since they were created in the mid-19th
century. Since then, they have thrived and tr i-umphed over oth-er forms
of corporations because of two attributes: limited liability boosting the po-tential benefit from in-vesting , and professional management increasing the likelihood businesses survive despite the remov-al of a founder.
The number of Ameri-can public companies reached an all-time high of 7,888 in 1997, and they were more profitable than in over the past half cen-tury. But since peaking, the number of public companies in America has gone down dramatically by 38 percent.
One of the most impor-tant reasons corporations do not undertake an Ini-tial Public Offering is be-cause government regula-tions on public companies have piled up at almost the same rate as public com-panies spreading across the country. Public com-panies are more likely to become the scapegoat of many major economic crises.
Government usually places heavier regulations on public companies than on private firms because it thinks public compa-nies encourage people to
gamble in the stock market. To prevent public compa-nies from fraud and cheat-ing shareholders, govern-ment officials push public companies to disclose their financial report completely and supervise them even in some micro-level operations.
The regulatory burden has become heavier after the 2008 financial crisis. Amer-ica has introduced plenty of new rules, from the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on accounting to the Dodd-Frank financial regulations of 2010.
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, for example, has added enormous compliance costs, particularly for small compa-nies, prompting some corpo-rations to go private to avoid the Securities and Exchange Commission. According to Deloitte, a consultancy firm, the annual cost of complying with Sarbane-Oxley has in-creased from $1.1 million to roughly $2.8 million.
In the wake of these cum-bersome regulatory laws, other corporate life forms are booming. Companies that intend to avoid the burden of enormous costs are embrac-ing partnerships again, which had fallen apart since mid-19th century. Legal reforms enable partnerships offering most of the benefits of listing companies without abiding by the same regulatory codes. Other forms such as family companies and private-equi-ty firms are also on the rise.
Government’s well-mean-ing regulations usually aid big, profitable companies while tearing down the small and medium-sized ones. The increased cost for conglom-erates might not have such
a large bearing on their ex-penditure. But the survival of small and medium-sized public companies is under threat because of the ad-ditional cost. As small and medium-sized companies are squeezed out of the stock market, investors are sent a message that they are not trustworthy just because they cannot comply with the high standards that government puts up. Once those com-panies are out of the game, investors end up having fewer choices and thus suffer a loss of welfare.
In a free market system, people exchange goods and services voluntarily based on their discretion that ex-changes make them better off. The stock market may not have complete information that helps detect and prevent fraudulent behaviors. How-ever, that ís not a reasonable argument for government to step in the market and play the role of supreme judge.
In the absence of govern-ment, entrepreneurs driven by a sense of profit can pro-vide better services and prod-ucts than government does. Consulting firms like Stan-dard & Poor’s and Moodyís are the best examples of pro-viding investors information about public companies. Yet this kind of market is still unfledged mainly due to the intensive regulations.
Public companies were born and bred in an era when government was limited and regulations were far fewer than today. The next decade will be more likely to wit-ness a shrinking number of public companies unless gov-ernment lets go of its role as a ìnannyî of the private market.
Rachel Jordan, junior in architectureAnswers from a professor
Anonymous writes, “What do students do out of class that really annoys profes-sors?”
In my last column I wrote about what students do in class that annoys professors. Truth is, most of the things students do that really drive us crazy happen outside of class. And most of them come down to email. Per-haps the best approach is a mini-rant ÖAs much as many of us enjoy our students and an occasion-al casual and informal conversa-tion, we’re not your “dude,” and we generally prefer you don’t address us by “yo” or our first name. Emails should be addressed to “Professor ____” and that’s pretty much it (personally, I’ve got a soft spot for being referred to as “Chief” and “Oh Captain, my Captain,” but I don’t recom-mend you try that with most of my colleagues). Oh, and after you get the name right, re-read what you write before you send it. In some cases, an email conversation may be the extent of our interac-tion with you and you want to make yourself look good
— it really matters how you come across.
Oh, and though I person-ally enjoy answering an email shortly after receiving it at midnight (mostly because of the surprise it engenders), we are not here at your beck and call. If you write somebody at 7 p.m. and haven’t heard back by the next morning, please don’t send another email. We’ve got plenty of other stuff to do besides answer every student’s email in 20 minutes or less (like helping raise four kids, some of whom, okay, all of whom, can be incredibly whiny and demanding — just as a random example).
While I’m at it, don’t expect an overly quick turnaround on anything — emails, grad-
ing, recom-mendations, etc. Most of us wouldn’t be here if we didn’t really enjoy teach-ing, but as I explained la st week, it’s actually a
pretty small part of all we’re expected to do. Truth is, if you want to keep your pro-fessors happy, try not to act entitled about anything. Even if you are sure you are enti-tled, acting like it is a pretty effectual way to annoy your professors (like the 47 percent of Americans who think they are entitled to food, housing, medical care and other silly stuff like that).
Lastly, the lies. My God, the lies. Please stop lying. We’re not stupid. Just tell the truth and accept responsibility for your irresponsible actions. Personally, I hate to hear
that you couldn’t let me know that you would need to miss a class or assignment because you were sick until after the fact. I suspect the average col-lege student today is some-how able to still send 10 text messages while vomiting, yet you couldn’t fire off a quick email to your professor? Not that long ago I had a student tell me that she had missed two weeks of class because of a sick dog and had been too busy to address the situation with me until after the fact. Seriously?! You have no idea how far a little honesty can take you and just how far you can drop in our esteem for playing fast and loose with the truth.
Short version: treat us with respect and appropriate def-erence for our position and authority (no one is asking to be treated like a god — okay, well, a few — just a proper understanding of our role) and we’re all good. Ignore that general rule, and we’ve got problems. And of course, professors need to have the same attitude regarding students. But this column is “ask a professor” not “ask a student.”
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A conversation with an NYPD officer, and why facts matter
Public companies in peril
Facts are tremendously important. What bits of information about re-ality we consider true — whether or
not we think this reality exists out there ob-jectively influences how we interact with the world. I got a taste of just how consequential
facts can be this Monday.Occupy Wall Street cel-
ebrated its first anniversary on Monday, Sept. 17, and I traveled up to take part in the actions planned for the day. By the afternoon, Zuc-cotti Park, the site of the former encampment, was full once again after a lull of months. After a morning
of fervent marches, things were a bit quiet, and I made use of this time to walk along the periphery of the park by the line of cops. I asked them a single question: “I know you’re just doing your jobs, and that you’ve probably got mouths to feed, but in general, do you think most of the police force is pro-Occupy, or do most of you think it’s stupid?” Most of the cops were evasive. (“We can’t tell, be-
cause you people don’t have a clear message,” “I don’t know most of the police force” ... I mean, seriously?)
But there was one particularly bored cop who decided to speak his mind, and the con-versation that followed was very revealing: “Most of us think it’s total crap,” he declared. “Yeah, why?” I asked in return. “Well,” he said, pointing to a couple of girls dancing with red flags, “See those communists? That’s what y’all stand for.”
Note how the facts start going all sorts of awry here, and how the accumulation of them not only determines his view of Occupy, but reveals much of his worldview.
Most Occupiers actually aren’t communists, but also include other flavors of left such as anarchists and not-so-radical progressives, as was obvious from the two other girls danc-ing there with black flags. “It’s wrong, what you want.” “Yeah, why?” “Well, communism failed.” I try to cut him off there to give my standard response to that assertion, but fail. (I feel like pure communism.) He goes on. “It’s just wrong — look at how many people communist dictators have killed — Stalin,
Pol Pot, Ho Chi Minh, Hitler.” Uh-oh. If you think Hitler was a communist, that’s going to tarnish your image of communism. But he wasn’t one. “You want that. You want to do away with what we have in this country. How many people has America killed?” “Mil-lions!” I blurt out. “On it’s soil?” Why does it matter if we’re killing people on our soil or somewhere else, I think. But instead I an-swer, “Well, on our soil, not that many, but just look at the deaths because of our imperi-alism.” I don’t know why I didn’t mention the Native American genocide — is it because of the fresh memory of my column on Ameri-can imperialism from last week, or is it some deep-seated racism, the manifestation of a colonized mind? Anyway, he shoots back, “What imperialism?” “Well, for one, we’ve armed and empowered so many dictators...” “That’s not imperialism! Have we, like Britain, gone and colonized any other lands?” “No, no, no, you’re getting it wrong — that’s not imperialism; that’s colonialism — it’s in the name, colonized, colonialism, see?” But he doesn’t get it, and shouts, “You don’t know what you’re talking about!” Sigh. Before his
aggression in speech can possibly extend to action, I say “No; you don’t,” and walk off.
Officer Italian-last-name-that-I-don’t-remember, America is imperialist. It’s also killed a lot of people, both on its own soil and elsewhere, so you don’t want to make that the basis for supporting it over communist coun-tries. Hitler was not a communist. And neither is all of Occupy. Please, get your facts right, so that you can form judgments and choose your actions in consistency with reality.
You can have opinions and views, even about the nature of physical reality, but when you’re having a discussion about things in the world, a discussion implicitly based on a physical reality, there are facts. You do not decide them. You can form interpretations of them, but for these interpretations and any action based on them to be valid, they have to be based on the right facts. Or else mas-sive delusions, and baseless, potentially unjust events will ensue. Perhaps the perceptions and reactions to Occupy are an example of this.
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Instead of buying an expen-sive airline ticket, packing too many travel-sized bottles of shampoo and getting a pass-port, take a culinary journey to Laos through the delicious menu of Raleigh’s new res-taurant, Bida Manda.
Bida Manda, a Sanskrit ceremonial term for mother and father, is cherished by its owners, Vansana and Van-visa Nolintha. The restau-rant honors the values their parents instilled in them as well as their love of food and culture.
“My sister and I moved to the [United] States from Laos when I was 12,” Vansana No-lintha said. “Everyday, it feels like I’m returning home and reconnecting to the roots that sometimes feel far away.”
Bida Manda defies conven-tional culinary norms as it is not a restaurant where cus-tomers are supposed to eat their food and leave quickly. The essence and purpose of Bida Manda is to create a cu-linary experience for all.
With the marriage of de-cor, classic cuisine and man-nerisms, Bida Manda brings Laos to Raleigh. Nolintha, a former N.C. State Caldwell Fellow and 2008 graduate in chemistry and art and design, still felt connected to Raleigh.
“Com-i n g b a c k to Raleigh, the city has taken a new life,” Noth-lintha said. “The energy is v ibrant, people gen-uinely care where down-town Raleigh is going and I want to be a part of that.”
The colors and textures that adorn the walls are easy on the eyes, and the warm, soothing tones and custom art installations are inter-mingled with relics of Laos.
The restaurant design’s goal was to convey the Laotian people’s understanding of the relationship between space and nature.
Many other countries that border Laos have influenced Laotian cuisine and culture.
T he de l i -cious fusion o f T h a i , Vietnamese and Chinese f o o d s , a s well as the influence by t he cou n-try’s French coloniza-tion, creates a u n i q u e
menu full of fresh local ingre-dients and history that can be experienced at the restaurant.
Some staples in Laotian cuisine include sticky rice, raw greens, vegetables and herbs. One of the most fa-mous dishes is larb, a spicy
mixture of marinated chick-en, beef or fish with greens, herbs and spices undressed on the side.
“We were really scared because people knew noth-ing about Laotian food,” Nolintha said. “After having tastings after tastings, the dishes that were most loved happened to be the ones that Mom and Dad cooked for my sister and I growing up.”
Another classic meal at Bida Manda is the green papaya salad. Blending the natural greens with sticky rice, tomatoes, peanuts, a spicy lime sauce and a choice of grilled meat or vegetables, visitors are able to experi-ence a delicate combination of freshness and flavor.
By bringing the foods they grew up eating at their din-ner table to Raleigh, Nolintha and his sister are offering a look into their childhood, history and love for Laotian
cuisine and culture.Bida Manda is one of the
few Laotian restaurants in the nation and plans to bring cul-ture, excitement, values, ex-perience, love and knowledge
to their restaurant and the Triangle for years to come.
“What is wonderful about Bida Manda — yes, it is for-eign cuisine — but everyone can taste the home-cooked
food that my sister and I grew up with,” Nolintha said. “We get to share our culture and the history of Laos and that’s great.”
Jordan AlsaqaFeatures Editor
While larger multiplexes like Crossroads 20 serve as a showcase for the year’s big-gest film releases, it is the goal of smaller cinemas to bring a wider variety of films to the public. For Galaxy Cinema, what began as a desire to bring more Indian films to Raleigh grew into one of the city’s most diverse theaters.
After a summer of escaping eviction notices and financial re-evaluations, Galaxy Cin-ema’s future is unclear. The theater, which first opened its doors eight years ago in 2004, has grown to include more than just Bollywood films.
“We do independent films, foreign films, documentaries, regional language Indian films and Bollywood,” Brant-ley Sawyer, manager of Gal-axy Cinema, said. “Occasion-ally, we’ll get a mainstream film, like ‘The Dark Knight’ or ‘Harry Potter.’”
Variety has long been one of the theater’s tactics for mak-ing a name for itself. Offering a different style of film also helps combat the limitations the theater has encountered and overcome, as the major-ity of the equipment is from before Galaxy opened.
However, domestic and international releases only make up part of what the theater shows on its screens. Galaxy rents out space to
filmmakers looking to show their latest works, as was the case with “Indie Game: The Movie,” earlier this spring. In the past, Galaxy has also run numerous classic films as spe-cial events, such as “The Big Lebowski,” and a Christmas screening of “Die Hard.”
Galaxy has also hosted nu-merous live shows, including sporting events and President Barack Obama’s nomination acceptance at the Democratic National Convention. There have even been a few propos-als conducted with on-screen assistance.
“A couple of weeks ago, a guy came in with his girl-friend and another couple,” Sawyer said. “We played a slideshow of pictures, and then he proposed to her.”
The recent proposal sup-ported another goal the the-ater has accomplished since its opening: creating a strong sense of community within its halls. Galaxy Cinema pro-vides a variety of snacks and beverages from local stores such as Locopops and Sweet Jane’s in Durham.
The employees, most of whom have been with the theater from the beginning, have developed a genuine sense of familiarity with customers.
“A lot of customers are regulars and the staff gets to know them by name,” Sawyer said. “Most have been com-ing since we opened, if not
soon after. The staff adds a personal touch.”
Kirit Padia, one of the founders and chief executive of Galaxy, noted the impor-tant role the theater’s staff has played in the past.
“The success of the theater goes to my staff,” Padia said. “Most of the people are still working from the day we started the theater. I would say they know about 85 per-cent of the customers.”
Padia further explained his belief Galaxy has filled an important niche for the
community.“It’s not a run-of-the-mill
theater,” Padia said. “We show a lot of movies that are intelligent, thought-provok-ing films. People will come out, grab a glass of wine, sit on the couch and talk about it.”
Padia believes those who come to Galaxy are seeking to experience real-world is-sues through a more detailed lens than the nightly news provides.
“Our clientele is people with a lot of curiosity,” Padia
said. “We’ve helped create a demand for this knowledge-based movie. We have given the exposure to the people, the knowledge-based cus-tomer, to help understand that something like that ex-ists.”
With all Galaxy Cinema has offered over the years, Padia has developed a strong connection to the theater and what it has become.
“It’s a highly satisfied feel-ing running this business,” Padia said. “After eight years, you get attached to the staff
and customers.”Galaxy’s time may be near-
ing its end, but the theater still has some life left. In that period, Padia hopes more people will be able to enjoy what the theater offers.
“[I hope] students get hold of this concept of learning the real things, getting into wanting to know,” Padia said. “What we have might not be entertaining, but what we have, when you leave this theater, the knowledge you gain will be with you for the rest of your life.”
International Cary cinema could be on its final take
Experience Laotian cuisine in downtown Raleigh
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANGalaxy Cinema in Cary, next to Cary Towne Center, faces being turned into a shopping center by its property owners after several disputed court cases about eviction in June.
COURTESY OF VANSANA NOLINTHAVansana and Vanvisa Nolintha, owners of Bida Manda Laotian Restaurant and Bar in Raleigh, greet guests in the entrance of their new eatery.
COURTESY OF VANSANA NOLINTHACarmelized ginger ribs, a Laotian specialty, are expected to be a popular choice for partons at Bida Manda.
“...it feels like I’m
... reconnecting
to the roots that
sometimes feel
far away.”Vansana Nolintha, owner of
Bida Manda
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Kenneth PhamStaff Writer
Thanks to pop-culture representations, meditation is seen as something that takes place in the isolation of a lush forest at the top of a Himalayan mountain. Those who practice the delicate art know one does not have to be alone or in an exotic location to meditate.
Billy Juliani, a junior in phi-losophy and president of N.C. State’s Buddhist Philosophy Club, defined meditation as the practice of “living in the present moment and being aware of what’s around us.”
“It reduces stress and anx-iety and promotes a more peaceful and thoughtful approach to looking at the world,” Juliani said.
According to Juliani, there are many different ways to meditate. The most com-mon form is a sitting medi-tation where an individual sits cross-legged and focuses on breathing. Other forms in-clude sitting, lying and walk-ing meditations.
Lying meditation is simi-lar to sitting meditation, as both focus on the aspect of breathing and experience of existence.
“The experience of walking meditation is more about ex-periencing the environment around us—directing the mind to focus the experi-ence of the body or the senses while you walk,” Juliani said.
Beyond internal meditation during which an individual attempts to improve the mind and spirit, Juliani explains the “Loving Kindness Medi-tation.”
“The ‘Loving Kindness
Meditation’ is like many other forms of meditation,” Juliani said. “It allows you to think and imagine complete positive regard toward some individual or group of indi-viduals. You practice uncon-ditional love.”
Katie Perry, a junior in Spanish language and litera-ture, finds there are many benefits of meditation.
“The benefits of medita-tion are threefold—physi-cal, mental and spiritual,” Perry said. “To me these are interconnected, meaning that it’s hard to benefit one area without benefiting another, no matter the intention.”
The most common type of phys-ical medita-tion comes in the form of yoga, a Hindu com-bination of breathing exercises, physical postures and medi-tation that has been practiced for more than 5,000 years.
Jessica Caudle, a sopho-more in English education, has been practicing the art of yoga for three years. Caudle uses yoga to cope with the stresses of both school and social life.
“I’m on the color guard so stretching is really important to me,” Caudle said. “I’ve managed to incorporate what I’ve learned in yoga to my performance preparations because when I finish, I feel like I can take on the world.”
In addition to training, Caudle uses yoga as a form of recovery.
“There are some times
when I come back from a practice or a game with a pulled muscle,” Caudle said. “You can’t just let a pulled muscle be, and massages aren’t really an option, so a few yoga poses are the best way to go.”
Both Juliani and Perry agree meditation promotes mindfulness and peaceful-ness, and practicing seated meditation with proper pos-ture immediately decreases stress.
“Taking time out of one’s day to meditate allows the mind to unwind, relax and become clear,” Perry said.
“Decisions to be made may not be-come easy to make, but they can be made more mindfully.”
Many cultures around the world use meditation
to develop spiritually and to connect with deities.
“Depending on your spiri-tual background meditation has different spiritual mean-ings for people,” Juliani said. “For many Christians, Mus-lims and Jewish people who practice, it can be thought of as a way of being closer to God. For some Buddhist practitioners it is a way of experiencing Nirvana or in-terbeing with the world.”
While people who adhere to certain religions practice, meditation is not a strictly religious action and can be practiced by anyone.
“It’s just a universal way for a person to focus inward,” Perry said.
Meditation: the new medication
Kaitlin MontgomeryStaff Writer
Ramen Noodles are a col-lege staple for three reasons: they’re easy, fast and cheap. College life can leave stu-dents broke, and this quick and simple dish can rapidly become a boring and bland mess. What’s causing the pot to boil over is the idea Ra-men Noodles can be trans-formed into a delicious and even healthy culinary masterpiece.
Lisa Eber-ha r t , N.C . State’s resi-dent nutri-tionist, knows the tips and tricks for turning this sodi-um-packed dish into some-thing a little more palate pleasing.
“The problem with Ramen Noodles, if there is a problem with them, is that they have a lot of fat and a lot of sodium,” Eberhart said. “You can de-crease the sodium pretty eas-ily by using half the packet or
leaving it out all together.” Ju s t bec au se R a men
Noodles are cheap and easy doesn’t mean they have to taste that way. Replacing the water used to boil the noodles with two cups of low sodium chicken broth can easily do the trick. By adding one half teaspoon of fresh minced garlic and a dash of pepper,
t h e t a s t e of R a men Noodles is instantly trans-formed. With a few slices of on-ions, some chopped ci-lantro and whatever vegetables
are lying around, Ramen Noodles become an entree.
“Being pretty cheap, Ra-men Noodles are a norm for college students,” Eberhart said. “What students don’t know is that the noodles are flash fried and dried which leaves them with a high fat content.”
Ramen Noodles can easily be as filling as a burger with
fries, and if done correctly, can be as nutritious as a sal-ad. Tori Santonil, a sopho-more in computer science, is an expert when it comes to jazzing up the plain noodles.
“A lot of times if you go to a traditional Japa-nese restaurant, they serve Ramen,” Santonil said. “They don’t serve it with just the noodles. There are usually a lot of other things that go along with it. Usually when I cook I try different things, so I just started to take what I saw from eating at Japanese restaurants and went from there.”
Santonil knows unless tweaked here and there, the normal meal of Ramen Noodles isn’t the healthiest option. That’s when experi-ments come into play.
“You don’t always have to make the noodles into a soup,” Santonil said. “It’s ac-tually not that hard because they give you a lot of what you need with the season-ing package. I like to fry an egg sunny side up with some green onions. It’s all about
taking what you have and making it a heartier meal.”
Just as Eberhart suggests, Santonil adds protein to revo-lutionize her dishes. Adding some thinly sliced beef and boiling it with the Ramen in-stead of the heavily sodium seasoning packet gives the noodles plenty of flavor with half the fat.
“Ramen is one of the easiest things to [cook] but around here it’s caught a bad reputa-tion,” Santonil said. “Earlier this semester a bunch of my
friends and I boiled a huge pot of Ramen with green onions and mushrooms with some beef on the side. We all loved it. You can just go crazy with it.”
Santonil isn’t the only one who has experimented with the countless ways to spice up a pot of Ramen. Several websites showcase articles in which students can learn to make anything from Ra-men with stir-fried spinach to chocolate Ramen cakes.
Ramen is the one dish that
can blossom into just about any-thing, and both Santonil and Eberhart wish students knew about its potential.
“I was with a friend of mine once while he was making Ramen,” Santonil said. “He just dumped it into a con-tainer and put it in the mi-crowave. I asked him if that’s all he planned on doing with it, and he made a face asking if there was something more he could do. I laughed and said, ‘Yeah, you can actually make it taste good.’”
BOBBY KLIMCZAK/TECHNICIANBao Vuong, a junior in computer science, meditates at the Buddhist philosophies club. The club meets Wednesdays at 7 p.m. in Daniels Hall. Katie Perry, a senior in Spanish literature and vice president of the club, talks about meditation: “It is an easy way to find peace and calmness in the middle of a hectic day. It relieves stress, clears the mind and helps remind me to be in the here and now.”
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Spicing up dorm cuisine
“Ramen is one of
the easiest things
to [cook] but ...
it’s caught a
bad reputation.”Tori Santonil, sophomore in
computer science
“The benefits
of meditation
are threefold—
physical, mental
and spiritual.”Katie Perry, junior in Spansh
language and literature
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Sportscially with stiffer competition on the horizon.
“Our middles didn’t play quite as well today,” Bunn said. “They played much bet-ter this weekend. We’ll work on that going into Duke.”
This is the first time since 2008 that State has won its first two conference contests. It will look to make it three Friday night when the afore-mentioned Duke Blue Devils invade Raleigh. Match time at Reynolds Coliseum is 7 p.m.
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Already 2-1 on the year, Duke now hosts Memphis (0-3). Not only does that 50-13 loss at Stanford, now a 3-0 team who just beat No. 2 Southern Cal, look a whole lot better, but it’s not far-fetched to believe Duke can give teams like Wake and UNC a fight.
Georgia Tech (2-1, 1-1 ACC) - “Keep Me In Mind” by Zac Brown Band
“Well the world can be real tough/Why don’t you hold on to me?/When there’s no one else to love/Keep me in mind.”
With no ranked teams in the Coastal Division, the Jackets could easily become the favorite to head to Char-lotte despite losing at Virginia Tech.
Miami (2-1, 1-0 ACC) - “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” by Smashing Pumpkins
“Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage/Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved.”
Not only did Miami’s 38-10
win against Bethune-Cook-man feel like a scrimmage on the field, but only about a quarter of the seats were filled in the stands. Up next is a trip to the wasp nest at Georgia Tech where nobody expects the Hurricanes’ defense to hold the Jackets under 500 yards of offense.
North Carolina (1-2, 0-1 ACC) - “Hell on Heels” by Pistol Annies
“I’m hell on heels, say what you will/I’ve done made the devil a deal.”
Already beginning to play the role of spoiler, UNC hosts an improving ECU team this weekend in Chapel Hill. With no bowl game or 5-1 start like last year, and a slew of games against teams with bowl as-
pirations, Larry Fedora’s tal-ented albeit complacent Tar Heels could indeed break a million hearts.
Virginia (2-1, 0-1 ACC) - “Resolve” by Foo Fighters
“One more tear that you won’t hear/That’s gone and passed you by/What hap-pened to you, what happened to you/A little bit of resolve is what I need now.”
Ranking dead last in the conference for turnover mar-gin and tackles for a loss, it might get worse for UVA before it gets better. A trip to No. 17 TCU promises to be an ugly one unless the Wahoos wake up and display some mental toughness.
Virginia Tech (2-1, 1-0 ACC) - “Wake Up” by Arcade Fire
“Now that I’m older, my heart’s colder/And I can see that it’s a lie/Children wake up/Hold your mis-take up/Before they turn the summer into dust.”
Out of nowhere, a Pittsburgh team that lost to Youngstown State to open the season decided to hammer a listless Hok-ies squad that just wasn’t ready to play. The sched-ule remains relatively soft, but the Labor Day win over Georgia Tech means nothing if they decide to play like this for the rest of the year.
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ATLANTIC DIVISIONBoston College (1-2, 0-1 ACC) - “Under Pressure” by Queen
“Chippin’ around, kick my brains across the floor/These are the days, when it rains it pours.”
After a loss at Northwestern, Boston College will use its bye week to put head coach Frank Spaziani’s house up for sale. Bar-ring seismic upsets, BC is look-ing straight toward a 2-5 start.
#10 Clemson (3-0, 0-0 ACC) - “I’ve
Got Your Number” by Deep Purple“When you discover/I’m just a
man/Take it girl or leave it/Don’t be reading out the label on the can/I got your number.”
To make it six of eight wins against the Seminoles (and to wake up Tiger-sized demons currently dor-mant in the minds of FSU), Clem-son will need a special performance in Tallahassee. Despite being two touchdown underdogs, the Tigers have faith they can channel their in-ner Florida Gator and become the third straight road team to win the game College Gameday is traveling to.
#4 Florida State (3-0, 1-0 ACC) - “Story of Your Life” by Five for Fighting
“In the country looking hard to find a home/We’re nothing perfect/All considered/But we’re so damn good.”
It’s hard to control your ego when you win the first three games by a 176-3 margin, but Jimbo Fisher
claims his team has greatly matured since last season. The stats and the eyeball test back him up so far, but can FSU finally deliver against an-other top-10 team under the prime time lights?
Maryland (2-1, 0-0 ACC) - “Take Me Home, Country Roads” by John Denver
“Country roads, take me home to the place I belong/West Virginia, mountain momma, take me home, country roads.”
The Terps are headed north to Morgantown in a non-conference battle against No. 9 West Virginia and its Heisman candidate, quarter-back Geno Smith. Expect no mercy from the Mountaineer faithful, who will be throwing pennies at Mary-land because they can’t afford to throw nickels.
N.C. State (2-1, 0-0 ACC) - “Nowhere to Run” by Martha and The Vandellas
“Got nowhere to run to, baby/Nowhere to hide/I know you’re no
good for me/But you’ve become a part of me.”
Not being able to establish a re-spectable running game shouldn’t hurt State against The Citadel, but the strictly one-dimensional of-fense could become a major concern throughout the year. On an educa-tional note, a “citadel” is a fortress in a commanding position in or near a city.
Wake Forest (2-1, 1-1 ACC) - “Scar” by Missy Higgins
“And doesn’t that sound familiar? Doesn’t that hit too close to home?/Doesn’t that make you shiver; the way things could’ve gone?”
The end zone received the game ball for Wake after it turned out to be the Deacon’s best defender in a humiliating 52-0 loss at FSU.
INSIDE• Page 7: A musical take on the ACC’s
Coastal Division in this week’s ACC Roundup.
COUNTDOWN• 2 days until football takes on The Citadel at Carter
Finley Staduim. SportsTECHNICIANPAGE 8 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Often unseen by the public eye, the Wounded Warrior Project is an organization dedicated to providing unique, direct pro-grams and services to meet the needs of injured service mem-bers. One of those unique pro-grams for disabled members of our military is golf. For N.C. State students studying to one day teach wounded warriors how to enjoy the game they love, fundraising is a grassroots effort.
The PGA Golf Management program in the Poole College of Management hosted a unique fundraising tournament to sup-port injured service members. On Sept. 11, students in the pro-gram dressed out in red, white and blue to play an American
Flag Tournament at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on Centennial Campus. Each player was given an American flag and allowed to hit 40 shots with the goal of placing his or her ball in the hole on the 10th green in 40 shots.
The event raised more than $250 while also sending a clear message to those surrounding the event. With a litany of flags dotting the 9th and 10th holes, the main focus was re-membering our country’s freedom and the livelihood of those who protect it.
“Our committee really felt the de-sire to initiate this event and begin a tradition that will hopefully be passed on from year to year,” said Alex Kowalski, tournament director and senior in professional golf man-agement. “The tournament allows us as a program to come together, raise money for our troops, and en-joy the liberties our brave service-
men and women fight, around the world, every day to protect.”
Kowalski, whose father is a three-star bomber pilot in the Air Force, leads the program’s tournament committee and proposed the idea to give back to the military. The Professional Golfers’ Association of America has strong ties to the Wounded Warrior Project. The young men and women at State will one day be a driving force behind leading the clinics where members of the military with physical limita-tions as a result of injuries from war learn to play the game.
“Playing in this event is about honoring our troops and remem-bering 9/11,” said Stephen Limpach Jr., program president and senior in professional golf management. “Taking the time to enjoy a round of golf with friends on this day really makes me stop, think and appreciate our freedom.”
Many players in the tournament also felt an enormous connection to what their action’s represented on an important day in American history.
“I really enjoyed playing in the event because of how connected I felt to the remembrance day of September 11,” Gabriella Sinkovic, a junior in professional golf man-agement, said. “I felt as though I had some way of participating and appreciating the special day when ordinarily I wouldn’t have known how to express my gratitude or par-ticipate in such a historic day.
“I thought that the event was ex-tremely unique, which added to the excitement to play in it.”
The PGA Golf Management pro-gram intends to make the event a tradition that will coincide with other Wounded Warrior Tourna-ments throughout the country.
The N.C. State volleyball team improved on its already hot start by defeating ACC rival Wake Forest in straight sets Wednesday night at Reynolds Coliseum. The 25-20, 25-16, 25-16 win improves State’s record to 11-1 along with a 2-0 mark in the ACC. It was the Wolfpack’s seventh consecutive win on the season.
The Pack was led by sopho-more outside hitter Nikki Glass, who had 11 kills. Senior setter Megan Cyr had 31 of State’s 38 assists, and the Wolfpack made just 13 errors on the attack com-pared to 26 for Wake Forest.
The first set was tight early on, but the Pack used a 7-1 run to take an 18-11 lead on a tre-mendous block by junior middle blocker Meredith Richardson. Wake called a timeout, but the Pack refused to relent, winning the next two points after that before the Deacons stopped the bleeding. Wake Forest closed the gap to 23-20, but State closed it out behind the serving of sopho-more libero Alston Kearns.
Head coach Bryan Bunn said the Pack did a good job of pull-ing away in the first set.
“We took care of the ball and we limited our errors,” Bunn said. “And once we got a big lead, we kept it.”
State took charge much ear-lier in the second set. The Pack turned a 4-4 tie into a 16-9 lead to wrestle control of the set and
with it the match. A Demon Dea-con timeout did little to stop the momentum as Wake got no closer than six points the rest of the set. A kill by Glass gave the Pack a two sets to none lead over their in-state foe.
Wake scored the first three points of the third set, but the Pack re-sponded with a 5-0 spurt and did not trail after that. Wake managed to tie the set at 9-9 on a kill by Danae Rosendall, but the Pack won four straight points and forced the Dea-cons to burn yet another timeout. State was never seriously threatened
thereafter and cruised to its second consecutive ACC win. A kill by sophomore middle blocker Alesha Wilson punctuated the straight-set victory. It was Wilson’s fourth kill of the game.
Wilson said that despite the mag-nitude of the point she finished, she wasn’t treating it any differently than earlier in the game.
“I was just thinking, ‘no errors,’” Wilson said. “I saw it just like any other point, I just told myself ‘be confident.’”
Wilson also praised her team-
mates for not letting the slow start in the third set get to them. She liked how they bounced back from the early deficit and turned it into a comfortable win.
“When we start doing good things, we get on a run,” Wilson said. “And that propelled us to vic-tory today.”
Despite the straightforward na-ture of the victory, Bunn continues to see room for improvement, espe-
ACC to break records in televised gamesFor the upcoming men’s basketball schedule the ACC will have an all-time high of 327 overall televised games, breaking the record of 304 set a year ago. Member schools will also play in 53 games that will be televised on a national basis on either ESPN (30) or CBS (3). Each of the 108 conference games, with the exception of three CBS telecasts, will be available through WatchESPN.
SOURCE: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
Women’s soccer to take on Boston UThe Wolfpack will hold its next home matchup against Boston U tonight at 7 p.m. It will be the first match in a five-game home stand for N.C. State. The Pack is coming off a 3-0 loss at the hands of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. State will attempt to extend its home winning streak to four games after playing its last three on the road. The Terriers are walking into the match with a 3-5-1 record on the season. Nine different players have scored at least one goal for the Pack in 2012.
SOURCE:N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Wolfpack tops Deacons to continue win streakVOLLEYBALL
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANThe Wolfpack celebrates after scoring to make it set-point in the second set against Wake Forest Wednesday, Sept. 19. N.C. State beat Wake Forest 3-0 to start the season 2-0 in ACC play.
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ThursdayWOMEN’S SOCCER VS. BOSTON UNIVERSITYRaleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
FridayWOMEN’S TENNIS AT SOUTHERN SHOOTOUTAtlanta, Ga., All Day
MEN’S SOCCER AT CLEMSONClemson, S.C., 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL VS. DUKE Raleigh, N.C., 7 p.m.
SaturdayWOMEN’S TENNIS AT SOUTHERN SHOOTOUTAtlanta, Ga., All Day
FOOTBALL V. THE CITADELCarter Finley Stadium, 6 p.m.
SundayWOMEN’S TENNIS AT SOUTHERN SHOOTOUTAtlanta, Ga., All Day
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“Playing in this
event is about
honoring our
troops and re-
membering 9/11.”Stephen Limpach Jr.
senior in professional golf management