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houses laterFor Melissa Holliday, president ofNCSU’s Habitatfor Humanity,building homes is a team project.

Carie WindhamAssistant News Editor

[Editor’s Note: This article is part ofaweekly series highlighting N. C. State stu-dents and their experiences in service.Each article will strive to give recognitionto those who rarely askfor it and exposeother students to opportunities to serve inthe community]

Melissa Holliday has a hard time put-ting herself in the spotlight. Each time sheis asked about her own work, she can’thelp but allude to the other members ofher organization that make her workpossible.But that’s just one of the many reasons

why she is president ofNC State’s chap-ter of Habitat for Humanity.Holliday, a senior in mathematics ap-

plications, has worked with the chapterforthe last two years, during which shehas spent most of her weekends puttingher own sweat and energy into buildinghouses for those that need them in WakeCounty.But as she will remind you time and

again, she hasn’t done it alone.“There’s an indescribable feeling of

satisfaction that one gets from being partof a successful team,” she said. “Whenyou’ve worked alongside people andachieved a goal that you know youSee HOLLIDAY page 2

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humanityThe main goal ofHabitatfor Hu-manity is to build homes ——freeofcharge ——for those who needthem.

Carie WindhamAssistant News Editor

When the NC. State chapter of Habitatfor Humanity was chartered in 1991,Habitat for Humanity International hadalready been in operation since 1976.But the story of Habitat actually be—

gan in 1965 when Millard and LindaFuller decided to abandon their mil-lionaire lifestyle and rededicate them-selves to their faith and service. Thatsame year, the couple visited a small in—terracial Christian farming communityin Georgia called Koinonia Farm.There, they met the community’s

founder and biblical scholar ClarenceJordan, and together, they developed theconcept of “partnership housing.” Theidea was that those who lived in sub-standard housing would work, togetherwith volunteers, to build “simple, decenthouses.”The need was simple.According to the 2000 World Devel-

opment Report by World Bank, 1.2 bil-lion people worldwide are experiencing“income poverty” and are living on lessthan one dollar per day.In addition, the United Nations Cen—

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Students p

As the clock neared midnight,students refused to leave D. H.Hill Library.

Carie WindhamAssistant News Editor

“Oh man,” Matt Spence said looking atthe front doors of DH. Hill Library.“Look at the kids coming in.”At 11:00 p.m., students were beginning

to file in the library. They came withbooks, pens, laptops and bookbags, and

they came with the intention of staying.As the clock neared midnight, the li-

brary slowly began to fill. With each tablefilled on the first floor, students were di—rected to the other floors. They didnitshout protests or lead chants.They came to read as part of a student-

led “read—in” to protest the library’s newhours.The libraryis hours were reduced from

the customary 24—hour operation in lightof recent budget restraints. Now, DH.Hill will close at midnight Sundaythrough Thursday and at 10 pm. on the

repare to wait it out

weekends. During exam weeks, the li-brary will stay open until 3 am.“Weire here because the library is a vi-

tal part ofwhat we do as a Research I in-stitution,” said Spence, director of gov-ernment relations in NCSU’s StudentGovernment.Michael Anthony, student body pres-

ident, echoed that same sentiment call—ing the decision to close the library atmidnight, “unacceptable.”“You know, weive already got budget re-

straints,” said Spence, “but they are re-stricting students who are on financial

aid,” pointing out that these students areforced to work all day, go to classes andthen must utilize the library at night tostudy.“Kids are paying for their library, and

they arenit getting to use it,” he said.So students decided to react.All day Thursday news of the “read—

in” circulated across list-serves and onflyers. As students entered the librarythey were given sheets of paper askingthem to not to leave.“Weire staging a sit-in to protest cuts

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Student Health director takes

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Jerry Barker, director of the NCSU Health Center, stands atop Mt. Illimani. Photo courtesy ofjerry Barker

Ierry Barker recentlyclimbed the highestpeakin the Bolivian Andes,helping to raise over$7,000for the construc—tion ofa health center inQuesimpuco.

Carie WindhamAssistant News Editor

Sitting back in his comfort-able chair in the StudentHealth Center, Jerry Barkerhas a hard time rememberingwhat was going through hishead three weeks ago whenhe was standing on a snowymountaintop in Bolivia.

It could have been the lackof oxygen at 21,120 feet. Butmore likely, it was the sheermagnitude of what he hadjust accomplished.Barker, the 57—year-old di-

rector of the Student HealthCenter, had just climbed Mt.Illimani, the highest peak inthe Bolivian Andes. And indoing so, he and his climbingpartners raised over $7,000for a health and developmentcenter in a small villagenamed Quesimpuco.

It was an exhilarating endto a 10—day mission trip to thevillage, which is nestled in theBolivian Andes. Barker, along

with three others, climbed themountain as part of a Climb-a—Thon to raise money forhealth care facilities for its res-idents.He witnessed the need for

such a facility firsthand dur-ing a medical mission trip tothe town through Servants inFaith and Technology, and de-spite his love for moun—taineering, Barker said hismission work was “by far thehighlight.”Also on the trip was health

services nurse practitionerWendy Bierwirth along with18 others. At the mission site,the group divided into con-struction workers and a med-ical team. The constructionteam, which Barker was a partof, worked to build a green—house for vegetable cultiva—tion, along with tables andbenches for a school.Bierwirth was a member of

the medical team that pro-vided general health care andservices to the desperate com~munity.“I had never met the oth—

ers,” Barker said, describingthem as a “fun, caring bunch.

“It was unique to work withpeople that are so willing togive back.”Entering Quesimp uco, he

said, was like “stepping back in

time.”Until 1996, the village had

had no contact with West—erners, and since then, theonly time the village receiveselectricity is when missionworkers bring generators.Their only lines of commu—nication are a short-wave ra-dio system.In fact, to get to the village,

the mission workers had todrive for two days over twist-ing, mountainous roads interrible conditions. And forall their traveling, they hadonly gone 300 miles.The road literally ended in

the town, 13,000 feet high inthe Andes Mountains. Butthere were at least 40 othercommunities beyond Ques-impuco that could only bereached by trail.

“It just blew my mind athow isolated it was,” Baker re-called.The nearest hospital is

hours away by jeep ride, andwith no vehicles in the village,the only medical care that vil—lagers receive is through mis-sion teams, like the one Bark-er was on, from SIFAT. Eventhen, the only medical treat-ment is in Quesimpuco, sosome residents of those re-mote villages have to traveltwo days to receive medical

care.And before the health facil-

ity was created in Quesimpu—co, the trip was five days.One of the most memorable

stories from his trip is one ofa little girl whose foot hadbeen badly burned five daysbefore she arrived at the med-ical center.Her father had carried her

on foot for two days, and af—ter she was cared for, it wouldbe another two daysbeforethey would return home. Andthat would not be the end oftheir trip -— she needed to

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educationThe Department ofAdult andCommunity College Educationhas begun ofifering a distancemaster’s ofeducation in trainingand developmentprogram.

Carlton NewsomeStafi‘Reporter

The Department of Adult and Com-munity College Education (ACCE) atNC. State offers courses to adults whoare currently working in business andindustry sectors ofthe marketplace. Theprogram strives to enhance the skills thatare needed for advancement as leaders intoday’s competitive markets.In addition, ACCE’s training and de-

velopment program is committed to im-proving human performance in busi-ness through graduate study.For more than 10 years, this program

has responded to the needs of adultlearners through alternative delivery ofcourses including cable TV, video cours—es and a weekend course schedule.And now, ACCE continues its inno-

vative teaching techniques by offering amaster’s of education in training anddevelopment Via distance education. Themaster’s degree program allows work~ing adults to further their education byobtaining an advanced degree withouthaving to quit their jobs, said DianeChapman, assistant professor and co—hort professor for training and devel—opment online.

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BARKERcontinuedfrom page Icome back a few days later to haveher wounds redressed.So it was no surprise that when

Barker saw the opportunity tohelp fund the medical center inQuesimpuco, he jumped at thechance.Barker made the journey to the

summit with a guide, Jose Ma-mani, and climbing partners TomCorson and Tim Bottenfield.The entire expedition took four

days, with the group reaching thesummit on the third day at 9:30am. after seven hours of climb-ing.When he reached the summit,

it was the highest he had everbeen, even though he has alsoclimbed Mt. Ranier and Mt.Hood, to name a few.

“It’s great to know you’ve madeit,” he said of his arrival at thepeak. “It was definitely high-fivetime.”But the group knew they could—

n’t stay long as avalanche dangerpeaks in the afternoon so theyhad to begin their descent thatsame day.And on the fourth day, their ad-

venture was over. Those four dayswere filled with numbing tem—peratures, grueling days and shortnights.But it could have been worse,

Barker said.Sympatheticweather and hard

preparation paved the way fortheir trouble-free ascent.“Your greatest fear is always al—

titude sickness,” Barker said, ex—

plaining that it can attack at anytime above 8,000 feet. “You al-ways wonder how people will ad-just.”Their work in the village, which

peaked at 13,000 feet, he believed,help acclimate them to the alti—tude.In addition, they were blessed

with relatively gentle tempera-tures and no wind.

“I told people before we left thatif it was 0 degrees and the windwas 10 mph, I would be happy,”he said, “It was 10 to 20 degrees thewhole time, and there was nowind. It was just phenomenal.”Even though nature appeared

to be on their side, the climbershad to face physical challenges asthey ascended.“You have to go at a snail’s

pace,” he explained. “You justdon’t know how slow you canwalk when you can’t breathe.”Oxygen is always a problem at

that altitude, and Barker ex—plained that at 20,000 feet, thereis half of the oxygen that there isat sea level. He used the examplethat it would be like climbing 300flights of stairs but only breath—ing half the time.And there was also the exhaus—

tion.While the group did get a fair

amount of sleep each night, theday they reached the summit,they had been climbing since 2:30am. And even after they reachedthe top, they still had to climbback down to 14,800 feet, whichthey reached at 6 pm.After twelve hours of sleep, they

climbed the remaining distance

in three hours, and Barker saidhe took his third shower in 13days and ate a “monstrous meal.”The next morning he flewback

to the United States.Looking back, Barker says that

he sees “tremendous potential forthe money and the clinic ” Themoney was raised by securingpledges for every foot climbed,and the climbers are_still secur-ing donations after the fact, soBarker hopes that their donationwill only increase.“They could use evervtbing,”

he said of the clinicNot only does he hope that the

money helps, he is also excitedabout the awareness that theirclimb will bring.“Most people have never heard

of it,” he said, “It’s another placethat has needs.”Personally, the trip was even

more profound.“The culture experience was

just unbelievable,” he said, “Youjust don’t know how education—al and how powerful it can be.”“As a Christian, it means a lot to

go be a witness,” he S’lld, “and Ialways think that a mountainshows the best of God’s creation.”

Finally, his experience hassparked a new sense of purpose.Barker hopes to collect eye glass—es, toothbrushes, school supplies,soap, first—aid supplies, coloringbooks and crayons, small toys andvitamins for future mission trips.A “Mission Box” has been set upin the first floor lounge (room1019) in the Student Health Cen-ter to collect these donations.

ACCErantiinued from page I 7The degree candidates are put

into groups called cohorts, whichare each currently comprised ofseven students. These studentsbegin the program together andalso graduate together. Theycome to NCSU for a one—weekorientation at the beginning ofthe program and are broughtback to campus toward the lastweek of the program to do hands-on work in one of the more ad-vanced courses.Besides those two weeks on

campus, students will not havecome to campus at all.The two-and-a—half—year de-

gree program provides studentswith a total of 36 hours of mas-ter’s level course work.Many of the students, who

come from industry and busi-nesses all over the Triangle andwho hold positions ranging fromtown planning executives to store

and plant managers, have admit—ted that through the program,they have had the opportunity toapply their skills to their every—day work.Chapman said that the degree is

innovative for online educationin that the materials are devel—oped from the ground up as a dis-tance course, whereas other col—leges that offer these programswill take courses that are designedfor the classroom and developthem into a distance educationcourse.The program is a joint effort by

ACCE and Distance Educationand Learning Technology Appli—cations (DELTA). DELTA’s mis—sion is to build a tradition of ex—cellence in technology—mediatedteaching and learning, whetherat a distance or on campus.DELTA provides ACCE with agraphic designer to help keep thematerial up to date and make it asuser friendly as possible, saidChapman.

There are currently four full—time faculty members workingon the program, said Jim Burrow,associate professor of trainingand development. He said that hehopes that the program will in—crease in size.Burrows said that the only crit-

icism that they have received re-garding the program is that theworkload is slightly more de-manding than some students an—ticipated. “The students com-mented that they enjoy the vari—eties of multimedia devices thatare used to make the material in—teresting, such as streaming videoand textbooks,” said Chapman.“This gives more wavs to absorbthe material.”The program is currently ac-

cepting applications for the nextcohort group, and the deadlineis Jan. 20, 2003. For informationon the master’s of education intraining and development, visitthe Web site athttp://tdonline.ncsu.edu.

Bush sticks to his policy in UN. speech on IraqBy Ron HutchesonKnight Ridder Newspapers

WASHINGTON — World lead-ers looking for new evidence anda new attitude from PresidentBush didn't get either during hisvisit to the United Nations Thurs-day.There was no smoking gun to

show that Iraq is ready to unleashchemical, biological or nuclearweapons— no startling satellitephotos, no incriminating tele-phone intercepts, no new intelli—gence data. And Bush made noeffort to link Saddam to the al—Qaida terrorist network or theSept. 11 terrorist attacks.Instead, he recited the familiar

list of Iraq's past transgressions,and put the burden of con—fronting Saddam squarely on theUnited Nations, an internationalbody with a long history of fa—voring talk over action. Bush'srecitation of Iraq's blatant disre-gard of UN. resolutions built apowerful legal case for some typeof enforcement action, but hedidn't spell out exactly what.He called for the UN. to live up

to its historic ideals, but delivereda bottom-line warning: either fol-low our lead and act jointly, orthe United States will do it alone.,That reversion to cowboy swag—ger, even when couched withinkind words for the UN, was pre—cisely the unilateralist attitudethat has unsettled governments

around the world.Still, faced with Bush's no-turn—

ing-back option, the internationalcommunity is starting to fall inline. Although Bush did not pro-pose any specific course of action,U.S. and British diplomatsworked behind the scenes on aUN. resolution to authorize theuse of force if Iraq fails to disarmand continues to flout interna-tional norms.U.S. officials expressed confi-

dence that they can come up witha proposal that will win approvalfrom the UN. Security Council,a 15-member body that sets U.N.policy on issues of war and peace.“Whatever the UN. Security

Council requires has got to be ef-fective,” said a senior adminis—tration official, who briefed re-porters on condition of anonymi-ty. “The time frame here should-n't be too long.”But the UN. has never gone so

far as to call for regime change inIraq, which is U.S. policy, andbridging that gap remains Bush'sbiggest challenge. For now, thetalk in most foreign capitals fo—cuses on reviving weapons in—spections in Iraq, not oustingSaddam Hussein.“We need more peace, not more

war,” German Chancellor Ger—hard Schroeder said at a cam—paign rally in Germany as Bushspoke in New York. “And that'swhy, under my leadership, Ger-many Will not participate.”

While Bush's 25—minute speechprovided a litany of Saddam's fail-ure to obey Security Council res-olutiOns demanding disarma—ment, it did not offer any new rea-sons for immediate military ac—tion.The question most often heard

in world capitals and at familydinner tables in the debate overIraq — why now? — was leftlargely unanswered. Bush's casefor swift, decisive action was chill~ing, but circumstantial.Repeating the White House re—

frain that the smoking gunagainst Iraq may come in theform of a mushroom cloud, Bushpresented a series ofassumptions:-- Saddam Hussein used poi—

son gas in the past: he will it usein the future.-— Iraq was close to having a

nuclear weapon In the early19905; it's on the verge of gettingone now.—- Iraq has ballistic missiles; it

will use them to deliver weaponsof mass destruction.—- Saddam has repeatedly

shown his disregard for interna—tional norms; he'll do it againwith the deadliest weapons at hisdisposal.“To suggest otherwise is to hope

against the evidence,” Bush said.“To assume this regime's goodfaith is to bet the lives of millionsand the peace of the world in areckless gamble. And this is a riskwe must not take.”

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HOLLIDAYcontinued from page Icouldn’t have achieved on yourown — its a fulfilling and satis—fying experience.”Last weekend, Holliday, along

with other members of the chap—ter, saw the fruits of months ofhard labor culminate as they ded—icated a new house that they hadco-sponsored and built to a veryhappy homeowner.Looking back, Holliday counts

the dedication as one of her bestmemories.“ [The homeowner] was stand—

ing on the porch in front of allthese people, and she couldn’t sayanything she was so overwhelmedand emotional,” she said. “All shecould do was say ‘thank you,’ butthat said it all.”The group had begun building

the house last February. Whilethey had worked on numeroushouses before then, this was thefirst house that the chapter actu-ally co-sponsored, putting down$12,000 that they had raisedthrough two Shack—A—Thonfundraisers.“Having the opportunity to see

the dedication,” Holliday said,“that was the biggest gift we couldhave received.”In addition, the group began

working with the house from thevery first weekend and were ableto see the project commence fromthe ground up. So watching Habi-tat “turn over the key” was a verysymbolic moment.“I’ve had the privilege to be in-

volved in Habitat a lot, but I’venever seen it from start to finish,”Holliday explained. “But her fam-ily is living there, and it’s madethat transition from a house to ahome —— it was pretty over—whelming.”And at the same time, it made

her feel very “proud, blessed,humble [and] privileged.”While the dedication was a new

experience for Holliday, workingwith Habitat or construction ingeneral was not.The senior began working with

Habitat two years ago after spend-ing a summer working in homerepair with Home Repair Min—istry. She discovered that build—ing was something she was pas~

The Habitat for Humanity group takes trips every fall and springbreak in order to help build housing for families that might not beable to afford a place. Photo courtesy ofMe/lssa HON/day

sionate about, and she loved theconnection she got with Habitat.

“I think it’s a dynamic organi—zation,” she said, “It couples con~struction with serving people,and I like that I get to work sideby side with the homeowner.”In her first year, she participat-

ed in the spring break CollegiateChallenge with the chapter, and af-terward she was “absolutelyhooked.”During the week, participating

chapters compete with a “Blitz—Build” where they race to put upthe outside structure of a house ina week’s time. Holliday called ita “pretty powerful experience.”

“I’ve been an addict ever since,”she said.Since joining, she has served as

works project co—chair. As co-chair, she was responsible for be-ing at the work site each day andcoordinating the work, lunchesand volunteer crew.And in a perfect world, she said,

she would be able to continue her“hands-on” work on the sites thisyear, but as president, she knowsthat her responsibilities havechanged.

“I still want to be out at thework site,” she said. “It’s just fun.”But she knows that she will have

to focus more on the “big pic-ture” now and the small goals itwill take to get there.

“It’s hard to take a vision andsee the steps it’s going to take toget there,” she said. “Now, I haveto worry about everything.”Despite the new responsibili-

ties and the stress that they are

sure to entail, Holliday is still pas-sionate about her work and ex—cited about the opportunity.And the lessons from her work

just keep coming.“Like so many people, I went

into this thinking that I was go-ing to be helping people,” she said.“It’s an arrogant notion. By theend of the experience, particu-larly if you are working with peo-ple, you realize that you’re the onewho’s been changed.”She thinks that service can be

a life-changing experience, andfor most, it’s easy to see the reci~procity.Her experiences have also

shown her just how blessed herlife is.One day, while talking with the

homeowner’s son, they begantalking about his new house. Heseemed to be nervous about hav-ing to tranSfer schools.But then he thought about it

for a few more minutes, and men-tioned that it would be nice tohave a house where the roof did- 'n’t leak.

It is those small things, she said,that really hit home.And then, there are her fellow

members.“In addition to working on a

team on building projects,” shesaid, “it’s also great to work as a

. team planning.”“We have a strong and talent-

ed base of officers, and it’s so en—joyable to work with them andknow that I can always rely onthem.”

HABITATcontinuedfrom page Iter for Human Settlements hasestimated that 21 more housingunits would be needed in devel—oping countries to accommodategrowth in the number of house—holds during the period between2000 and 2010.In the United States alone,

about 2.5 million people live inovercrowded situations, accord-ing to the U.S. Census Bureau in1993.With such a powerful need, the

Fullers decided to pursue theirdream of building houses for theimpoverished.The houses would garner no

profit for the organization, andconstruction would be financedby a revolvipg Fund for Human—ity. New homeowners’ house pay-ments, donations, fund—raisingand no—interest loans would pro—vide money for the fund. Then,these funds would be used tobuild more houses.In 1968, Koinonia began the

plans for their first Habitat com—munity. Forty—two half—acrehouse sites were laid out alongwith four acres for a community,

park and recreational area. Mon-ey for the project came from do—nations from across the world.Habitat for Humanity was

born.The project expanded world-

wide in 1973 when the Fullers de—cided to use the Fund for Hu-manity in developing countries.For three years, the Fullers livedin Mbandaka, Zaire, to launchtheir first international programbefore returning to the UnitedStates.The organization grew further

in 1976 when the Fullers, alongwith a group of supporters, de-cided to create Habitat for Hu—manity International — an or-ganization that would work toeliminate substandard housingin the United States and aroundthe world.Since its creation, Habitat for

Humanity International has builtmore than 125,000 houses, help—ing 625,000 people in 3,000 com-munities worldwide.The NCSU chapter began in

1991 and is composed of and runby students. Since its creation,they have funded and built twohomes in Wake County.

SIT-INcontinuedfrom page Ito library hours and the univer—sity budget,” it read. “Join us andhelp take back your library!”But library cuts werenit the only

issues organizers hoped to illu~minate.“Weire also trying to show the

General Assembly as well as ourinstitution that when studentscare about something, they canand they will mobilize,” said An-thony.Spence said that the students

are prepared to wait all night ifitis necessary.

“Our immediate goal is for thechancellor to come and address,specifically, the library issue,” saidSpence, “We wonit speak to any—body but the chancellor.”Anthony hopes the “read-in”

Will send a powerful message tothe General Assembly and the ad—ministration.Spence was ready to stay the

night. “Whatever it takes, all nightlong,” he said.

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In addition to actual construc-tion, the group also holds a num-ber of fund-raisers, includingShack—a—thon, the House YourNeighbor 5K Run and Pictureswith Santa.Also, members of the organi—

zation tutor the children ofHabi—tat homeowners and participatein fall and spring break CollegiateChallenge trips across the nation.Students interested in joining

the organization should e-mailMelissa Holliday' atmlholli2@unity.ncsu.edu or vis-it the organization’s Web site atwww.ncsuhabitat.org.

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walked all along the highway ofthe trailing plants and slowly dis—sappeared into the surroundinggrasses.“What is this?” she exclaimed,

though slightly amused.“You are an unbridled force,”

responded the foreman ant, incharge of the construction of theorganic chains that bound the“angel” to the ground. “You can’tjust run around smashingthings.”“What?” said Maxine, becom—

ing faintly cross, “I am my owncaptain. No person is my boss...Iam an entity on my own. Youcannot force me to do anything.”“You need a balanced tem—

perament,” said the ant. “Youractions are erratic and must besubdued by a sense of responsi-bility.”“Responsibility? To what? A

balanced temperament is a bondthat should not exist if you have

the might to back up your ideals.You needn’t a conscience becauseas long as your power is strongenough, no one may oppose yourwill,” smugged the “angel,” smil-

, ing slyly.“That is silly,” the ant said, “so

if you come to a wall, you mere—ly knock it down?”“Damn straight,” exclaimed

Maxine, “it only gets in my way.If a wall keeps me from accom-plishing my goal...I will teardown ANY wall.’“Walls only close in the greater

expansion of my personalspace...if something is not to myliking, I will destroy it and makeit anew to fit my tastes.”The ant looked up at Maxine.“But these walls may hold up

the ceiling! If you destroy thewalls, then the ceiling may comedown, possibly destroying youin turn. What will all of this gainyou?”

“I need no reasons for my ac-tions!” said Maxine.“You don’t know anything,”

grumbled the ant. “Nothing atall. You are too wrapped up inyour own self-interests to ac-complish anything. You havesuch power, but it must be tem-pered with reason!”Maxine became uncomfortable

with the ant’s notion that sheserved no purpose. Anger flamedthrough her spine and she sat up,tearing the vines that constrainedher movement and knocked thelittle ant flying into the grasses.

Staff illustration by Mark McLawhorn

“You puny little insect,” shegrowled, raising her foot over thetiny creature. “You have no rightto lecture me!”Before Maxine could bring her

foot down, a rushing of windknocked her to the ground. Theant began to outgrow its skin ahundred times and now toweredover the “angel” as big as she wasto him previously.“You stand for nothing. You

are nothing. You could be somuch more, but you waste yourtime with idle indulgences,”boomed the ant, its weak voicenow a deep rumble.Maxine glared at the towering

ant and began to yell a threat, butthe ant beat her to it and swal-lowed her whole.

Qpimon

TECHNICIAN’S VIEW

Shorter school days

a matter of convenienceAfour—day school week in highschools could have negative efi‘ects.

Remember those long days of highschool? Waking up early to make it tohomeroom before the 8 a.m. bell washard, but the worst parts were spent wait-ing in agony for 3 pm. to come. It wouldhave been nice to have more time offfrom school, like a four—day week, whichis an option proposed by high schoolsin six states as a means to combat budg-et restraints. Fewer days may be tempt—ing, but one must deeply examine theeffects of such a program before mak-ing dramatic changes to students’ edu—cation. This decision appears merely forconvenience and displays how educationis compromised due to budget problems.Midland High School in Midland, La.,

is a small Southern school that recentlyadopted four—day instructional weeks.This school and others in Oregon, Col-orado, New Mexico,Wyoming and SouthDakota are beginning the change for rea-sons such as the ability to save moneyon transportation, heating and substi—tute teachers. In place of Friday classes,students stay in school for an hour ormore longer each day. This plan is idealfor those who want more time to work,perform service or even just relax, butthe true cost may lie in the educationstudents will now receive.

If students stay in class for an hourmore each day, that only equals fourmore hours instead of the usual seven-hour Friday. Not only will students misshours in the classroom, but the longerhours spent there will make it difficultto concentrate and focus . Even in college,we see that in three or four-hour class-es, attention wanes by the end of theevening, and there is the temptation foreducators to finish early. Would highschool teachers be equally tempted toslow down the day’s pace after 3 p.m.?Midland High School provided many

statistics that appear to indicate that, inaddition to saving money, the programis benefitting students. Teachers see few-

er interruptions and student absences,for example, while grade point averagesrose and failing grades dropped 50 per—cent, according to Clyde Briley, the prin-cipal of Midland High School. Teachersmay have fewer interruptions, but whenthere is less class time overall, how doesthis help in the long run? The same canbe said for fewer student absences — al—though students may be at school moreof the days offered, there is less class timeto begin with. The trend of rising gradesdoes not always indicate smarter stu-dents. It is possible that teachers are notteaching as much material at a fast pace,therefore students are not required topush themselves to earn high grades.More research and studies need to bemade into the school day changes beforethe program can be hailed as beneficial.Schools claim that with saved expens—

es, they are not forced to close music, artand other classes. While there may bemore opportunities, if less time is spenton basic classroom instruction, studentsmay not be getting the most valuable ba-sic education possible. Midland HighSchool also claims they will still hold1,162 hours of classroom instruction,which is above the state minimum of960. This sounds like a lot, but shouldschools simply be content meeting min—imum standards with a child’s educa-tion? It cannot be proven that extra hourswill not be wasted time, due to attentionwandering after long classroom days.The initial reaction to a four-day school

week is that it sounds great, but this issimply because it seems convenient. Intruth, the decision is not as agreeable forworking parents whose children mustnow be left at home for an extra day. Itwill be difficult for parents to encouragetheir high school junior to stay at homeall day, and it will be even more difficultfor them to keep tabs on what their childdoes during the day alone. Several prob-lems exist, and before shortened weeks areimplemented in other schools, admin—istrators must cautiously approach cut—ting the value of their school’s education.

CAMPUS FORUMClarification regardinglibrary fee headlineThe headline, “Heftier fines are imple-mented for overdue library books” inMonday’s Technician is inaccurate andmisleading. This is because there is a dif-ference between “fines” and routine re-placement charges.Most fines at the NC. State Libraries

have, in fact, been eliminated this year. Inthe past, the most common fine was the$0.25 daily charge that began to accruewhen an item was four days overdue.The other charges described in the sto-ry, the replacement cost and processingcharge in the event that an item is notreturned by 60 days after its due date,have traditionally been part of libraryoperations. They are not newand they are

not fines. As long as library materials arereturned within 60 days after the duedate, neither fee is activated.

If an item is actually lost, it is impor—tant for the library and the borrower toresolve the matter as promptly as possi-ble so that a replacement copy may bepurchased for the collection. The only“fines” that remain are for highly time-sensitive items such as Reserve materialsand laptop computers.These procedures are described at

http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/ads/over-due.html. Items can be renewed onlineusing our “My Borrowing Record”service.

Carolyn ArgentatiAssociate Director for Public Services

NCSU Libraries

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If the budget crisis gets any worse,

we are in real troubleAs every student atthis fine, hallowedinstitution knows,the state is in themiddle of a budg-et crisis. Since thestate is in a budgetcrisis, the univer-sity is in a budgetcrisis. The details

Ben of this have beenMcNeely reported in Tech—StaffCDlurnnist nician, a bastion of

journalistic in-tegrity since 1920.

For example, since the good folks downthe road in the General Assembly have notpassed an actual budget, State and hersister institutions in the UNC Systemhave been running on an overall de-creased budget. N.C. State has been op—erating on a five—percent reduction in itstotal overall budget, meaning that thecolleges and other facilities in the uni—versity family were forced to cut jobs,class sections and other services.What does this mean for the students?

It means that we, as students, foot thebill for the state’s inability to add andsubtract. We pay for it with fewer sec-tions to choose from and the general an-noyance of dealing with the politicalmachine down Hillsborough Street.Education has always suffered at the

hands of the politicians in this state, de-spite campaign promises to reform thesystem and make the lives of teachersand students better. During Jim Hunt’stime as governor, he revamped the pub-lic school system, created programs suchas Smart Start and helped the universi-ties establish themselves as nationallyknown institutions of higher learning.But, though his intentions were good,

Chivalry isChivalry is definedby Merriam-Web—ster Online as“mounted men—,at-arms.” Wait,that’s not right.OK “gallant ordistinguished gen-tlemen.” Perhaps abetter definition is“the qualities ofthe ideal knight:chivalrous con—duct.” “Chival—rous” is defined as

“marked by gracious courtesy and high-minded consideration especially towomen.”

I never really thought about how of—ten men actually perform chivalrousdeeds until recently while experiencinga whole slew of them. One that standsout is when I got on a Wolfline bus tofind it so crowded that I had to hold ontothe bar. When someone got off, thusopening a seat, the guy standing in frontof me offered the seat to me ahead ofhimself. This struck me as a very kindaction, especially since I have often wit-nessed the same situation, except thatthe guy in the other scenario grabs the re-linquished seat without a secondthought.

It also seems like there are more guysopening doors for me. It makes me feela little shy, awkward, but very apprecia—tive and respectful. Guys get many re-spect points when they do things likethat.

HollyBezantStafl'Columnist

Jim Hunt spent too much money, andnow we are paying for it.North Carolina has always had a stel-

lar credit rating; now it has been down-graded. Public schools are hiring fewerteachers even in the midst of a nationalteacher shortage. Can it get any worse?Sure it can. Without a balanced budg-

et amendment to the state constitution,the General Assembly can flounder anddebate around till Doomsday and runthe state into the ground. While the Gen—eral Assembly continues to screw around,we should begin preparing for the worse.So, I propose some general restrictions inaddition to the money-saving proceduresalready in place:

1) University Dining should team upwith the vet school and the food sciencedepartment to come up with ways to cutfood costs on campus. They could trythings such as obtaining meat and dairyproducts from the vet schools’ extensiveherd of cattle as seen in the green, rollingfields beside Hillsborough Street. Oncethat supply of meat runs out, Universi—ty Dining could start harvesting fromthe prolific squirrel population that in-habits campus. Also, the horticulture andagriculture departments should begingrowing food crops in the intramuralfields behind Carmichael Gymnasiumand in Carter-Finley Stadium. To gain aprofit, we can sell food crops to otherpoor institutions, such as UNC-ChapelHill, where everything is handed down tothem.

2) The university should stop buyingpower from Duke Power and activate thenuclear reactor in Burlington Labs tosupply our power needs. Obviously, thisreactor is not big enough to handle thetotal wattage necessary to power a majorResearch I, land-grant institution. Ra-

far from dead 'I have gotten into a sort-of debate with

my boyfriend before where this questionarises: Women want to be equal withmen, and I have always claimed to be astough as he, so does that mean guysshouldn’t bother with opening doors forwomen? I decided to go to the streetswith this one. Well, actually to Talley Stu—dent Center.Steven Smith, a sophomore in civil en-

gineering, said that men should still bepolite to women. “The equality issue lieselsewhere, for instance the military andpolitical issues.”A similar response came from Roger

Penny, a freshman in aerospace engi-neering who is also an Eagle Scout. “I’vealways been taught to respect womenand to be courteous and helpful always.”Not surprising, since every Boy Scout,much less Eagle Scout, that I have methas been polite.The question I posed to females was

whether or not chivalry is dead. “Ab—solutely not; it’s just harder to find thesedays,” says Erin Purvis, a senior in animalscience. Similar sentiments came fromKim Wilson, a sophomore in history andbiology. “It’s not as widespread as it oncewas, but there are still the occasional menthat will open a door.”Some women may have a problem with

men being courteous in these manners,however. There are some who are sofiercely independent that they don’t wantany favors from men. This is an extremebut present point ofView. This goes withthe idea that women and men shouldnot be distinguished from each other in

dioactive leakage should be expected.Therefore, all students, faculty, and staffwill be issued lead vests to prOtect them-selves from harmful radioactivity that‘will blanket campus. (Where will themoney come from to get these lead vests,you ask? I propose we take all the leadpiping in the engineering labs and meltit down. Remember, self—sufficiency isthe name of the game.)

3) In the meantime, the nuclear reac—tor is only a temporary solution to theenergy problem, and the engineers needsomething to do. Therefore, we couldcall upon the College of Engineering andthe chemistry department to find alter—nate energy sources and build devicesthat can harness and deliver that ener—i .gy to the university community. For ex— S‘ample, the chemistry department couldstudy the uses of ethyl alcohol, found inalcoholic beverages, and the College ofEn-gineering could build huge generatorsthat ran off of kegs of beer. Every build—ing would have its own ‘kegerator’ to pro-vide it with electrical power. Burningtrash could also be used, however, thatwould not environmentally healthy, andwe are a clean, eco—friendly campus!These procedures should be put into

place as soon as possible to keep theNCSU campus running smoothly and.efficiently while the state is operatingwithout a budget. Or we all could just “call, write and e-mail our representativesin the General Assembly every day untilthey pass a budget. Either way, the choiceis yours.

As soon as we get the lottery, Ben is goingto be first in line at the nearest cent/en-ience store to get his tickets. E-mail himat hmmcneel@unity. ncsu.edu ifyou wantto join.

any manner other than dress (and ofcourse emotions) and instead should becompletely equal.Sophomore Jamie Bollman expresses it

well when she says, “It all depends on theguy. But I think in a world full ofwomenwho want to be equals it’s hard for mento even be chivalrous. Chivalry is notdead yet, but it will be if women don’tstart accepting that it’s nice to have some-one open doors, pay for dates.”Oftentimes the roles are reversed. I have’

found myself opening doors several timesfor people. The only difference is that it’snot ingrained in mybrain to do so moreoften for the opposite sex. It may be sec—ond nature for a man to open a door fora woman. What he may not realize is thatthe woman may look back in awe of therespectful deed he just performed, andmaybe wishing more men would followsuit.As for Whether or not the equality is-

sue hinders male chivalry, hopefully everyman will think along the same lines asChris Fredette, a senior in environmen—tal engineering, does when he states, “fig,don’t feel I have to [extend favors to Vwomen such as opening doors], I justlike being curteous and polite. To me, Ifeel I can still help give equality to womenand be a gentleman at the same time.”Awww.

Holly is celebrating being with her knightin shining armorfor three years this Sat-urday. Tell her your experiences atpaz_rata@yahoo.com. 9a6

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Selling insecurityAttention males: Ifyouwant to be successfuland/or find a beautifulwoman, you bettermake sure you don’t gobald. Everyone knowsbald peopledon’t getjobs, and they certainlydon’t get women. Whowould possibly want a

KeVin bald employee over anMCAbee employee with a fullStaffColamm'st head of hair? And what

woman in her rightmind would think that

a bald man could offer her romance, love oraffection?This is obviously the belief of the makers

of Rogaine for men. In efforts to sell theirproduct, Rogaine sells male insecurity. TheirTV ads constantly bombard watchers withstories of men who have regained their haironly to gain success. Without hair, wherewould they be now?Sure, a lot of men who go bald really do

want to get their h' ir back. A man has theright to decide how he looks. How we lookaffects how we feel. A full head of hair makesmany men feel more confident, younger andhealthier. However, the advertisements thatRogaine airs are the epitome of what is wrongwith today’s appearance—driven society. Theyaim to sell products solely by making menfeel bad about themselves.The most blatant and distasteful commer-

cial depicts a man noticing that he is begin-ning to lose his hair while his girlfriend/wifeis in bed waiting for him. The ad insinuatesthat the girlfriend might not love him any—

more if he goes bald. This man better ask hisgirlfriend if he needs to get Rogaine. He ob—viously can’t risk going bald because then shemight leave him.How shallow can these people be? If the

woman is going to leave the guy after he goesbald, she isn’t worth it anyway. Love isn’t con-tingent on having a full head of hair. This adnot only casts women as superficial but alsocauses men to question the strength of theirrelationships. What self— respecting companyor marketing campaign tries to create rifts inpeople’s personal lives? In an effort to sellproducts, the ad makers are causing havoc inpeople’s relationships. They apparently haveno shame.And the ads have now created a trend. Hair

club for men and other hair products havebegan to run similar ads. Men are getting jobsand meeting women all across America sole—ly because they have grown some new hair.Some men are even getting new hair trans-planted surgically.How superficial has our society become?

Will we soon have to add bald people to thelist of those protected by anti—discriminationlaws? These companies are trying to treatbaldness as if it were a handicap. Has societycome to the point that it believes baldness isnot an acceptable trait?Society has always been superficial, but it

is beginning to reach a new level. People canget a new nose, bigger breasts or a fuller set oflips. People are even getting a deadly virus in—jected in their face so that they have moretoned skin.

It is quite ironic that the people these com-panies market to are depicted as nerds, goofsand losers in their ads. Apparently the mes—

sage of “you suck, but we can fix you” is agood way to sell. What is next, Revlon adstelling women “with enough makeup, youwouldn’t be so ugly?”Other campaigns, such as diet commercials,

have been relaying these same messages foryears —— only they do it much more subtly.Car companies, clothing companies and evenbeer ads try to make you believe you wouldbe happier if you purchased their product.This myth of a false happiness is the center ofmost marketing campaigns. However, Lexusdoesn’t ask you to question whether your girl-friend will leave you if you are driving a Kia.

It would be a large waste of time and ener-gy to regulate these ads. The government reg-ulates too many things anyway. However, ifwe stop responding to ads that tell us we needto be prettier, skinnier or younger, then com-panies might just get the message.

This is an impossible fight. Everyone caresabout the way he or she looks, and insecuri-ties about it are not easily forgotten. The eas—iest solution is to notice those ads that makeyou feel immediately bad about yourself andthen ignore them. Make decisions to changethe way you are for your reasons — not thoseof some ad executive. The media and mar—keting companies know we all are insecureabout our appearance. Don’t let them sell youa better you.

Kevin uses Rogaine only on his back becausehe has plenty of hair everywhere else. E-mailKevin at ktmcabee@unity.ncsu.edu tofind outthe best way to add hair to your back, ears or toes.

N.C. beauty queen sealed her fateChris RickettsThe Oracle (U. South Florida)

(U—WIRE) TAMPA, Fla. - It’s the dream ofevery crazed mother who ever forced herdaughter into a child beauty pageant: to oneday compete for the Miss America crown. Re-bekah Revels and Misty Clymer are both com—peting this year. The problem is that they areboth representing North Carolina.Rebekah Revels overcame the misspelling

of her first name to win the state competi—tion. Then one of her ex—boyfriends revealedthat he had taken topless pictures of her. Rev-els resigned. Because Revels was unable tofulfill her duties, runner-up Clymer took overas Miss North Carolina.In a move that could rob the pageant of its

credibility, Revels changed her mind and suedto have herself reinstated. So, right now thereare two girls acting as Miss North Carolinaat the preliminary festivities, and there are 49angry runners—up sitting at home.A temporary order requiring Revels’ recog—

nition expires Wednesday. There is a danger

the judge may not even be able to rule beforethe Miss America Pageant, which is Sept. 21.That means there could be Miss North Car—olina A and Miss North Carolina B.

Let’s look at the facts here. First of all, Rev—els resigned. Her resignation was voluntary. Thelawyers for the Miss America Pageant saidthat Revels had not even signed a contract bythe time she had resigned. Clymer, on theother hand, has signed a contract. Pageantofficials have said they will honor Clymer’scontract no matter what the judge says.

I have some bad news for both Clymer andRevels: No matter what the judge’s decision is,no matter which of you actually gets to be thelone Miss North Carolina, you will not beMiss America. Sorry. It may not be an offi-cial rule, but I’m pretty sure that you can’t beinvolved in a controversy like this and stillwin.Even since Revels resigned and Clymer

should get the title, it’s not right that Revels’ex decided to go public with the pictures hehas. It’s worth nothing that Revels recentlysued him as well, which is probably what she

should have done in the first place.Having the court decide which girl gets to

wear the sash sets a bad precedent. Why don’twe just get the courts to decide who wins thewhole Miss America thing? Let the pageantmake its own rules.Let me state once again that Revels dropped

out on her own. She hadn’t been pressuredto quit, even though she says she assumed thepageant would not let her compete. Maybeshe should have checked on that before shebowed out. She didn’t. It was her mistake.This could all end up working in favor of

‘Revels. She will undoubtedly get more pressout of this situation than she would if she didbecome Miss America.Clymer is Miss North Carolina. Revels quit

before she had all her facts, but that does notgive her the right to have the courts interfere.The Miss America organization has its rules,and they say that Clymer is the winner.As thankful as I am that I had the chance to

take potshots at beauty queens, Revels shouldsimply step aside and prevent this.

Russia, China endorse KyotoRussia and China,the second— and third-largest polluters in theworld, announced last week that they would ratify the KyotoProtocol, a treaty aimed at lowering the world’s greenhousegas emissions.The United States,the world’s largest polluter,was left standing in the middle ofthe room feeling awkward.

N.C. primaries heldAfter a summer of redistricting disputes, North Carolina fi—nally held primary elections,originally scheduled for May,onTuesday. And nobody voted."Real|y? Primaries?”asked oneconfused student.”|’m okay with not voting, really.| think, youknow, totalitarianism is A—OK.”

McDonald’s cuts fry fatMcDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food chain, announcedon Monday that it would soon change the oil in which it cooksits French fries, a move which will lower the amount of theunhealthiest types of fats in the fries.“Oh, they’ll still kill you,don’t worry,” said a company spokesperson.”lt’ll just takelonger."

Two—headed turtle foundA sea-turtle monitor in Florida found a two-headed baby tur—tle this week and turned it over to state scientists”! was go—ing to let it do its thing, but it kept going left,then right,thenleft, then right,” said the monitor, Mary Toro.”l think heardthe left head called the right head a ’jerk’ right before l pickedit up. It was sad.”

Health care for OregoniansOregon voters will decide in the November elections whetheror not to authorize and fund a ”universal health care” systemfor all Oregonians.The state’s measure is the only such ballotinitiative in the country.”That’s cool,l guess. Health care for every-body. Whatever,” said a congressman, who asked to remainanonymous.

Noelle Bush drug bustOrlando police on Tuesday found two grams ofcrack cocaineinside the shoe of Noelle Bush,daughter of Florida GovernorJeb Bush, at the Orlando drug treatment center where shehas been staying since February.Governor Bush pleaded ontelevision for the public’s sympathy and for Noelle to”quit it,honey.Giving daddy a bad name, OK?"

Gustav does little damageTropical Storm Gustav swooped by N.C.’s coast earlier thisweek, causing little more than minor wind and water dam-age.Outer Banks residents stayed in their homes to weatherthe storm.One Duck, N.C., man said defiantly,”Ain’t no sissy lit-tle Euro-trash rainstorm going to make me get out of mychair.”

Comb causes plane turnaroundAn”unidentified object’jwhich later turned out to be a comb,noticed by a federal air marshal caused a Dallas—bound planeto return to Houston on Wednesday."We werejust afraid thathe might break out a tissue and start playing ’Oh Susanna’onthe thing,” said a flight attendant from the plane.

Reno defeated in primaryFormer Attorney General Janet Reno lost her bid for the De-mocratic nomination for Florida’s governorship in the state’sprimary on Tuesday,assuaging fears of a statewide dance par-ty from the Keys to the panhandle.”Apparently it’s not Renotime after all,”said the candidate in her concession speech.

Uribe obviates warrantsColombian president Alvaro Uribe approved a measure onWednesday that will allow arrests without warrants underthe country’s current”state of unrest,”saying the move was nec—essary to halt terrorism.When a reporter asked about the dic-tatorial overtones of the move, Uribe responded,”Seize him!Have him boiled immediately!”

Bush wrongly pushes for

same-sex schoolsKellie TolbertUniversity Daily (Texas Tech U.)

Cheating rampantI realize some people are just in

a relationship for the sex. It maythe best cheaters by far. We canbe secretive when we want to. If

Willie MickellNorthern Star (Northern Illinois U.)

(U-WIRE) DEKALB, Ill. - My fa-vorite game in junior high wasred light-green light, one-two-three.We all, both boys and girls,

played this one together. Therewere other games, too. While thegirls jumped rope and playedhopscotch, the boys played bas-ketball, dodge ball, soccer andbaseball. These are some gamesmy friends and I enjoyed whileattending a school that includedmale and female classmates.According to CNN, the Bush

administration has begun to pushfor separate schools for males andfemales.Some believe that through sep—

arate education, students willconcentrate more on their work.They also believe that sexual ha—rassment would decline againstfemales. They believe that teenpregnancy would decline becausemales wouldn’t be around to havesex with females. They also be-lieve that having separate educa-tion for males and females wouldinvolve parents more in their kids’education.

If separate education for boysand girls was to become the “sta-tus quo” for our nation’s schools,who would benefit the most?

If schools are converted intomale schools and female schools,will the Bush administrationmake sure the boys are taught bymen and the girls are taught bywomen?

If male and female schools be—came the norm in the UnitedStates, would the board membersfor these schools change? Wouldboard members for femaleschools consist of all women?Would board members for maleschools consist of all men?

If same-sex education occurs,how would tax payers’ money bedispensed? It wouldn’t be sur-prising if legislators were to go astep further and lobby so themoney paid in taxes by men in aparticular district go to the mens’schools and money paid in taxesby the women in that district goto women.

If males and females were sep-arated and received an education,would the authors of the booksthey study in class have to be theirsame genders? Should guestspeakers who come and visit theschools be of the gender they arecatering to? If the ambulance orthe fire department has to cometo the school for an emergency,should the staff consist of allmales or all females?Here we are looking at an even—

tual snowball of separation be-tween the genders in our society.

Don’t we have enough separationbetween groups, whether gov-ernment—mandated or otherwise,in our society?Diversity of genders and race

are very important elements of aperson’s education. Males and fe-males need to experience certainsocial interactions in grammarschool, high school and collegein order to contribute to society,operate in the world ofwork andto understand and work with dif-ferent personalities.Separating students by gender

will not guarantee a quality edu—cation. If kids don’t experiencesocial interactions between dif—ferent ethnic groups and genderswhen they begin to work in thecorporate world or otherwise,they won’t know how to com—municate with one another.- There are people who havegraduated from same-sex schoolsand enjoyed it. There’s nothingwrong with this because it wastheir choice to attend these typesof schools. The Bush adminis—tration shouldn’t try to forcemales to attend all—male schoolsand females to attend all-femaleschools.

If men and women are educat-ed together, this will provide abetter understanding betweenthem and prepare them for theissues they will face together inour society.

(U—WIRE) LUBBOCK, Texas -Cheating on significant others hasbecome so common in society to-day that it’s no big deal anymore.We have a TV show that catch—

es your cheating significant oth—er for you, eliminated any shockfactor left over. We see cheatingas something that happens nowa-days.

I do not understand why somepeople date seriously early in col-lege. There is no way you can ex-pect a 19- to 20-year old to befaithful.

If you know you’re a cheater,why would you even pretend tohave a boyfriend or girlfriend?Why not go around and haveyour fun, and when you are readyto settle down pick someone then.Why settle at that moment for

someone even when you are look-ing for someone better? It is aharsh situation to be put into. Iwould never settle for anyone. Itried it once, and I just ended uphurting the guyI was with. Ifyouare now in a relationship like this,get out.Some people are just not meant

to date. Instead they have lots offriends and when they meetsomeone they like, they let thingsgradually happen. But I must ad-mit this takes some time, and ifyou are impatient it’s not a goodidea.

not have started out that way butthat’s the way it ended up. Youput up a front to everyone elsearound you that you really likeeach other, but what it all comesdown to is the sex. .You may not be proud of your

relationship, but if that’s all thereis available why not take it? Justknowyou are not the only peopledoing this and be proud especiallyif it is good sex. This applies toall the non-sex people too. Youmayjust be together for each oth—er’s company, which makes it evenworse, because you could be outthere looking for a person whosets you on fire. >There also are those of you out

there who have a problem withtrust. Where you are always scaredif you leave your partner alonefor one minute, they are going tofind someone better and get withhim or her instead. I hope you allknow this is a sign of insecurity,and if you didn’t know, now youdo. Don’t say you are not inse-cure because you are. Just realizeit and move on. But I know a wayto help you alleviate this prob-lem. It’s really very simple. Dateugly people. If you are the onlyone who wants them, then thereis no problem of them cheating.And even if they try to cheat, noone will touch them, unless thereis a lot of alcohol involved.

It can be said that women are

the guy should find out they ’cheated, then they probably want-ed them to find out.Guys are bad at it because they

talk too much. They have to bragto their friends about how andwhere it happened. They also doit in front of too many people.You shouldn’t leave a party andgo get with someone becausesome partygoer will always no-tice. This will lead to you even-tually getting caught. Girls cankeep things to themselves, andthey also choose who they talk tovery carefully. We don’t brag toanyone who will listen about ourantics.Some of us do realize what we

have is good, and we want to keepit. Everybody makes mistakes be—cause we are human. Some areforgivable others are not. I amnot a forgiving person, but youmay be. If you feel what they didwas not that bad, forgive them.They may say they love you and

how it didn’t mean anything. Butmy first question is: If it didn’tmean anything, why did you do it?The second one is: Were you stillloving me while you were gettingwith this other person?

I must admit though; I havecheated. I know how to be goodat it. I don’t stand for cheatingthough. I know it’s a horribledouble standard, but I can do thatbecause I am a girl.

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DEACONScontinuedfrom page 8Wake is the only team with threeplayers in the top 10 for rushing.“They have a unique offense,”

said Amato. “They do so manythings, and they do them well.Theyknowhow to execute. You’realways worried about the possi—

"" bility of the option. That slowsyou down a little at times, and it’ssimple enough that they can learneverything they have to do be-cause their kids execute well.”N.C. State got a look at an op-

tion offense last week againstNavy. The Pack was able to zeroin on that spread option last week

and held the Midshipmen to 19points. Navy was able to gain 243yards on the ground but only 33in the air.Wake Forest, however, is more

talented than Navy. After last sea-son, nothing is certain in the ACCanymore, and the Deacons aredetermined to continue usingand improving their deceptionattack.“We are still looking to break

out offensively,” said MacPher—son. “We [put] up a lot of pointsagainst Northern Illinois andcould have had a chance to putup more points against ECU, soI think it is only a matter of timebefore our offense breaks out.”

‘ WOLFPACKcontinuedfrom page 8has managed to snatch hold ofeight grabs thus far. But whilemany would think that eightgrabs is low, the fact that thoseeight receptions have produced259 yards receiving and fourtouchdowns demonstrates howdangerous Peterson has been.Even more noteworthy is that

Peterson has also shown his abil—ity to do other things beside catchthe ball. He’s rushed the ball threetimes for an average of 4.7 yardsa carry and has even thrown theball three times.“He [Peterson] means a lot to

our team,”Amato said. “The firstthing I asked him when our sea-son was over last year was, ‘Whois going to be our Olin [Han—num] next year?’ I was hopingBryan’s name would come upwhen I asked because he can dothose things. He can throw it, runit, catch it. The only thing he can’t

4" do is probably play middle" guard.”

The Deacons (1-1), however,won’t be a team that will easilyroll over for the Pack. Returning16 starters from a year ago, Wake

is averaging 34 points and 424 to-tal yards a game.While the offense is relatively

strong, it is the Deacs defense thatmay hold the key for State’schances of victory.Giving up 408 yards and 32

points a contest, Wake’s defense isobviously out of sync. Led by sen-ior end Calvin Pace and line—backer Kellen Brantley, the Dea—cons will look to put a halt to thePack’s offensive machine. Pace isthe team’s leader with 23 tackles,four of which are for loss, whileBrantley is the team’s top re-turning tackler from a year ago,tallying 95 stops, including 11 forloss and three sacks.“In myopinion, the bottom line

is that we are in a conferencewhere the champion gets a BCSbowl,” said Amato. “That’s big. Ifa team goes eight dash questionmark, that team is going to a BCSbowl if those wins are againstconference opponents, and we allhave to play the same opponentsin the conference. Wake is a hun-gry team.”The Pack leads the overall se—

ries 58—31-6, while Wake has lostnine of its last 10 ACC openers.Kickoff is set for 7 pm.

The Wolfpack will be searching for its fourth win of the season in the ACC opener against Wake Forest Saturday.Staffphoto byZ/ggy Zahee“

GOLDENcontinuedfrom page 8en. “I feel like I’m where I shouldbe in my first year as a tailback atthe college level.”In his first year as a college tail-

back, Golden has recorded 188yards on a solid 4.8 yards per car-ry, including an 88-yard dayagainst Navy with second-teamrunning back T.A. McLendonnursing a shoulder injury.Golden is the poster boy for the

new face of State football. An ex—tremely fast, athletic Floridian,Golden hails from Ft. Lauderdale,runs the 40-yard dash in 4.45 sec-onds and has a 33-inch vertical. He

knows he’s good and isn’t afraidto tell you.Amato said that, prior to the

season, “adding Greg Golden tothe offensive side of the ball wasjust like adding another lip.”“That may be Greg Golden,”

said State safety Terrence Holtwhen asked who the cockiest guyon the team was. “He’s a verycocky guy, and it’s sort of j ustifi—able that he’s cocky with his playat times. He beats Hudson out byjust a nod, but they’re both verycocky guys, and they play well andmake a lot of plays for us.”Golden, on the other hand, con-

tends that he trash talks onlywhen necessary.

“In practice, I give these guyssome lip just to make it more in-teresting,” said Golden, who ap—propriately cites former HeismanTrophy winner Charles Woodsonas his favorite athlete. “Out on thefield, I only talk trash if someoneis talking to me, but most of thetime, I’m quiet until a big playcomes, then I’ll let them know.”The biggest play of Golden’s

young career came in the 2001Tangerine Bowl, where he took afirst—half kickoff 90 yards to paydirt. This season as a member ofthe Pack’s kickoff return team,fans may notice Golden and fel-low kickoffreturnee Lamont Reidpartake in a ritual they are trying

to get the crowd at Carter—FinleyStadium to mimic.“Lamont came up with it when

he said ‘this year we’re going tofly, and next year we’re going tozoom’,” said Golden, demon-strating that motion in which hespreads his legs and makes themotion of a bird flapping itswings with his hands. “We’re try—ing to get the fans to start doingit.”

If this year’s impressive 3—0 startis any indication, Golden and hisfellow teammates will indeed bezooming to even bigger and bet-ter things next year.

Word ofmouthN.C. State head coachChuck Amato sounds off

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On NC. State Injuries:“Jerrick Hall has been cleared bythe neurosurgeon, but he’s a lit-tle stiff. We’ve just got to be care-ful with him. He’s been around along time and he knows what he’sdoing. At first we thought AlanHalloway had an ACL [tear], butfortunately he doesn’t. It lookslike both of them are probableand that’s good. Now whether

,,, that means they’re going to playand won’t be a hundred percentor whatever, only time will tell.”(( CLs—you hate to hear thoseletters when it has to do with aknee, but they’re getting quickerand quicker of a recovery fromthem. ...Again, more and more isbeing learned about the injury.Years ago it was a career ending in—jury.”“Jed Paulsen has a sprained

ACL. He hasn’t done anythingsince the injury. We’re going to

r. see how he can operate with theinjury.

Possibility of Locklear at center:“He said he snapped when wasin 9th grade. I didn’t know hecould remember that far back. Wemoved Colvin in two-a-days anddidn’t realize he was left-handed.Center is one of those positionsthat nobody thinks about untilthe poor guy gets hurt.”

Competition level:“There is no question [the com-petition level] will pick up. WakeForest has a good football team.-They’re a 52 and 53 yard field goalaway from being undefeatedThey’re physical. Jim [Grobe] hasthose kids believing. They’re sec-ond in the league in rushing of-fense and they’re averagingaround 260 yards rushing. It’snothing fancy, they’re whole of-fensive operation is deceptive.They run the option and their re-verses are a form of option. Theiroffense is running on all cylin—ders. Defensively, they’ll strikeyou, they play hard. It’s a confer—ence game for both of us andthat’s the most important thing.In my opinion, the bottom lineis that we are in a conferencewhere the champion 'gets a BCSbowl. That’s big! If a team goes

eight dash question mark. thatteam is going to a BCS bowl ifthose wins are against conferenceopponents, and we all have to playthe same opponents in the con-ference. Wake is a team that’s hun-)3gry.

On Wake Forest’s Offense:“They have a unique offense.They do so many things, and theydo them well. They know how toexecute. You’re always worriedabout the possibility of the op—tion. That slows you down a lit—tle at times, and it’s simpleenough that they can learn every—thing they have to do becausetheir kids execute well.” \“Jim Grobe coaches a very

physical brand of football

On Josh Brown’s playing timeversus Navy:“1 think it was great [the JoshBrown] was able to play this pastweek. It was his opportunity tostep up. We told him on Fridaynight that we were unsure of TA.[McLendon’s] condition, ‘but ifit doesn’t work out, this is youropportunity to step up.’ It’s a longseason and running backs cantake a pounding. He did a really

good job. Josh is quick and he’sstrong. He can get in and out ofany situation and he’s got greatVision ”

On Greg Golden:“I think Greg [Golden] is com—ing a long great. I don’t want to saythis wrong, but I think he ran a lit-tle cautious at times. He’s done agreat job for us. [The Navy game]was the first game he didn’t breaktackles He’s got to bend his kneesa little more. Greg is a true foot—ball player. He can play a multitudeof positions he can play run-ning back, wide receiver, corner,safety. He’s just a skilled footballplayer. He doesn’t just have trackspeed, but he’s got football me—chanics ”

On Bryan Peterson:He means a lot to our team. Thefirst thing I asked when our sea—son when our season was over lastyear was ‘who is going to be ourOlin [Hannum] next year?’ Weprobably didn’t take enough ad-vantage of Olin last year. I washoping Bryan’s name would comeup when I asked because he cando those things. He can throw it,run it, catch it. The only thing he

STEVEcontinuedfrom page 8Against Texas Tech, the State

secondary will be challenged forthe first time. Over its first threegames, the Wolfpack secondaryhas given up only 201 yards in to-tal passing yardage. State is cur-rently third in the nation in passefficiency defense.While the Pack certainly has a

Malented secondary, its currentranking is more a product of itsopponents and their styles ofplaythan blanket coverage. Againstthe Red Raiders, the secondarywill face one of the more experi-enced and talented quarterbacksin the nation.Kliff Kingsbury, a preseason

Heisman candidate, has strug~.. gled this year, leading Texas Tech5 to a 1-1 record, with the only win

tking a close 24-14 victory over

woeful Southern Methodist. Still,he’s thrown for 710 yards and sixtouchdowns in only two games.He is still a proven threat, and ifthe Pack can stop him, it willmake a big statement.A 3-0 start is reason for opti-

mism around Wolfpack circles.The Pack appears to be a legiti-mate threat to finish first or sec—ond in the ACC and secure aquality bowl game.But the easy part of the sched—

ule is all but over (a home datewith Massachusetts still remains),and these first two games willlikely determine whether the Packis headed to a Peach, Gator orBCS bowl, or whether the Packwill be fighting for the bowl—gamescraps with the rest of the ACC.

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On Philip Rivers:“Philip is so special. I said this af-ter his first year, but by the timehe leaves here —— after four yearsof football —— it will be immeas-urable what he has done for thisuniversity. In all phases: football,excitement, fund-raising for thestadium. He will have been a big,big part of that.”

Rotation of players and playingtime:“We can continue to rotate ourpeople. We felt going into the sea-son that if there was one that wecouldn’t rotate, it was Dantonio.But then, you’ve got [OliverHoyte] who comes in. He’s pret—ty salty playing football and he’spicked up the scheme. It’s good.It’s no question that it cuts downon the stats. Dantonio really has—n’t played a full game yet. Ourpersonnel was talking this morn-ing and Coach [Doc] Hollidaywas talking about the wide re—

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ceivers. Peterson has only played27 snaps in a game where last yearhe was averaging 65 snaps a game.But that’s good. If at the end ofthe year if he only averages thatmany snaps a game the results arelike they have been the first threegames, then we’ll take it. It’s a wayto keep them all fresh, buildmorale and build some depth.

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Greg Golden strode off the practice fieldTuesday with his gray T—shirt sweat-soaked after running extra wind sprints

Steve lege football’s top with the offensive backs, yet he stillThompson 20. State’s rise to flashed that flamboyant grin despite

the upper echelon probably being physically exhausted.could be cement-

ed or destroyed pending the outcomeof the Wake Forest and Texas Tech foot—ball games.Both games are entirely winnable. State

will be favored in each contest, and thePack should win each game. One hall-mark ofChuckAmato’s two-year tenureat State has been that State doesn’t dropgames against lesser teams (with the pos—sible exception of a double-overtime lossat Maryland during the 2000 season);Wake Forest and Texas Tech represent

the first real hurdles State must cross toreach the next level. Any slip—up could bedevastating to a season that is current-ly rife with potential. And while neitherthe Demon Deacons nor the Red Raidersseem to be as good as State, each team’sstrengths seem to match up with a pos-sible State weakness.On the immediate horizon is Wake

Forest, a team with a triple-option of—fense that gave the Pack problems lastyear. State has faced two consecutive op-tion attacks, and though the Pack woneach game, it had problems stopping therun.Last week at Navy, the Midshipmen

gained 243 yards on the ground. ThePack allowed an average of 4.5 yards perrush. All three components of the tripleoption offense gained over 50 yards forthe day. Against East Tennessee State,the Pack did a better job at containing therun overall (against weaker competition— in rain and playing with an inexpe—rienced offensive line), but athletic quar-terback Jatavis Sanders occasionally gavethe defense troubles with his ability toscramble for yardage.Against Wake Forest, any weakness in

defending the run is going to be exac-erbated. Despite missing action in pre-vious games with a broken foot, tailbackTarence Williams is one of the premierbacks in the league. He rushed for over1,000 yards last year. No one from Statehas run for 1,000 yards since TremayneStephens did so in 1997.Last year, State narrowly escaped with

a 17-14 win against Wake, despite 221yards of rushing offense by the Deacs.If Wake puts up similar totals this year,State could be in for another nail—biter.

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Golden also walked off that practicefield as the tentative answer to N.C. State’sbiggest off—season question Who willreplace Ray Robinson as the Wolfpack’srunning back?And to think, Golden was pretty close

to not even playing college football —— ‘anywhere.

“I was actually thinking of not com-ing to school and to just get a job, be-cause I have my son at home,” said Gold—en, who has a 2-year—old son namedDionte.After Golden eventually chose the Pack

with schools like Notre Dame, Miami(Fla) and Arkansas all showing interest,he became part of the 2001 recruitingclass that is now the backbone of thePack’s defense. Eight members of thatrecruiting class now start on the defen-sive side of the ball for State, a place veryfamiliar to Golden.Prior to the Pack’s historic win at Flori-

da State last year, durable cornerbackBrian Williams suffered an injury andGolden was thrown into the starting roleat cornerback opposite fellow freshmanMarcus Hudson. Golden rememberedhis welcoming ticket to big-time collegefootball when he was beaten deep earlyby FSU’s Javon Walker, now with theGreen Bay Packers.

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out there, all your nervousness goes awayonce the first snap is taken,” said Gold-en.Golden rebounded from that early mis-

take to help thwart the Seminoles’ laterally and give the program a landmarkwin. Naturally, Golden was penciled in asthe starting corner heading into 2002when a sudden turn of events changedthat plan.

When Golden heard the news of CotraJackson’s ineligibility, he went to Amatoand pleaded for a chance to prove him-self as a runner just before preseasonpractice began.

“I heard about Jackson’s situation, andI went to Coach [Amato] and asked if Icould give it a try at tailback,” said Gold-

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Rivers, WolWith the nation’s most eflicientpasser at the helm, N. C. Statelooks to grab itsfirstACC winthis weekend.

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The 2002 season has brought an in-creasing level of variety early on for theN.C. State football team.But despite the different offensive and

defensive schemes the No. 20 Wolfpack(3-0) has seen each week; it has easilymanaged to go through its opposition.After a 65—19 blowout win over Navy

last weekend, State returns to the friend-ly confines of Carter—Finley for a Satur-day night matchup with conference foe

ack target DeaconsWake Forest.“There is no question [the competi-

tion level] will pick up,” said head coachChuck Amato. “Wake Forest has a goodfootball team. They’re a 52— and 53—yardfield goal away from being undefeated.They’re physical. [Head coach] Jim[Grobe] has those kids believing.”But while the Demon Deacons may be

believing, so is the Pack — led by theearly offensive duo of quarterback PhilipRivers and Bryan Peterson, which hashad State dancing in the end zone quiteoften this season.

Rivers, the ACC’s Offensive Back of the' Week twice this year, enters this week-end’s contest rated as the nation’s mostefficient quarterback, with a passing ef-ficiency rating of 232.8. Furthermore,

the Walter Camp award nominee is 35-of—51 for 730 yards and eight touch~downs through the air, and he has also runfor four more.“We’ve not faced anybody like Philip

Rivers, nor have we faced the receivershe’s got,” said Grobe. “I think [East Car—olina] was very talented, but Paul Trothis a young quarterback and gave us theopportunity to break on the ball a littlebit.“Philip Rivers doesn’t give you those

opportunities. He’s a veteran guy; he’sgot a lot of experience, so we know we’vegot a tougher chore. We know we’re fac-ing a much bigger challenge in PhilipRivers.”And River’s deadliest target, Peterson,

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using trickery on the field. Reverses?Check. Ball fakes? Of course. Counters?Yep. So far this season, their “deceit” hasgotten them to 1—1 on the season, witha recent win over East Carolina, 27—22.“They run some triple option, but

when they’re not running the triple op—tion, they’re running every double op-tion known to man,” said ECU headcoach Steve Logan. “It really ties yourdefensive players down. You’re going tohave to play dive, quarterback pitch onjust about every defensive call. The quar-terback they’re using right now does agood job and runs that offense just likeCoach Grobe wants it.”That quarterback is senior James

MacPherson, who passed for 216 yardsand one touchdown against ECU.MacPherson also became the 10th Dea-con quarterback to pass for more than3,000 yards in a career.At running back, however, the Pack

should expect to see a barrage of differ-ent players. Wake Forest has had fiveplayers line up in the backfield for themin just two games this season. TarenceWilliams, who ran for over 1,000 yardslast season, is still out recovering from abroken foot but will reportedly see in-creased action against N.C. State.

If he is not able to go, however, NickBurney, Cornelius Birgs, Fabian Davisand Chris Barclay will all see time at tail-back. Fullback Ovie Mughelli has alsomade a big impact, scoring five touch-downs so far this season.“There’s no question [the competition

will pick up this weekend,” said headcoach ChuckAmato. “They’re a 52- anda 53—yard field goal away from being un-defeated. They’re physical, and Jim[Grobe] ’s got those kids believing. Theyare second in the conference in rushingoffense, and it’s nothing fancy.“Their offense is deceptive — they’ll

run the option, they’ll run everythingelse. Their offense is running on all cylin-ders, and defensively, they’ll strike you.They play hard.”That offensive has hit pretty hard so

far this year, scoring 68 points in twogames, good enough for fourth in theleague. Davis also leads the ACC in all—purpose yards, averaging 166.5 yards pergame. Burney is third in the rushing cat-egory with 69.5 yards per game. Davisand Birgs are eighth and ninth respec-tively with 52 and 49.5 yards per game.

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