Raleigh, North Carolina Student Senate, Student Health meet to discuss tight financial situation. John Wall Staff Writer Amid an already packed list of pro- posed University budget cuts, the Stu- dent Health Center is contemplating whether or not to reduce its hours of operation. Robert Hayford, associate director of Student Health Services, said the proposal process would take several weeks. He did not say what the new proposed hours would be. The Student Senate has been in talks with the Student Health Center about operations cuts for several weeks. Ste- phen Kouba, Student Senate president and a senior in political science,said he met with Hayford one-on-one. Hayford brought up the idea of cut- ting hours at their meeting as “some- thing that could happen,” according to Kouba. The Student Health Center has not submitted anything on paper. “Right now we [the Student Senate] are working on an alternate proposal for the Student Health Center,” Kouba said. “We certainly understand that the cost of healthcare has been dif- ficult to manage, including our health center.” Hayford declined further comment on the issue, saying he preferred not to talk about the proposed cut in hours until after the proposal process. “He [Hayford] is waiting on what we have to say,” Kouba said. “He’s not going to wait two months for us to come out with a proposal, but he is certainly wait- ing for the Senate to offer some kind of student prospective before they make a final decision on what they think they should do.” The Student Sen- ate does not support a decrease in hours at the center, ac- cording to Kouba. “We are willing to work with the Student Health Center to outline a plan that it is the most cost-effective for the Student Health Center and most beneficial for [students],” Kouba said. Currently the Stu- dent Health Center is open with full ser- vice Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The nurse clinic is open Mon- day through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. when a physi- cian is on call. There is a “physician pres- ent” on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., accord- ing to the University website. Jeremy Freeman, a first-year gradu- ate student in computer engineering, said he visits the Health Center about once a semester. “It’s usually not difficult for me to get an appointment,” Freeman said. “There were nine other appointments available for today when I made my appointment.” Freeman has health insurance not provided by the University, but he still prefers to come to the Student Health Center on campus. The convenience is what draws him, according to Free- man. Dharmesh Khant, a junior in bio- chemistry, said he feels the Student Health Center’s hours are adequate but inconvenient for students. Class and other obligations make it difficult for students to get to the center when it is open, according to Khant. “I have classes until 4 [p.m.],” Khant said. “I think [a cut in hours] would be a problem, because right now they close at around 5. It would be kind of a hassle to come straight here.” Like Freeman, Khant said he usually has no problem getting an appoint- ment. “I usually get [an appointment] on the same day I ask for it,” Khant said. Stephanie Coccaro, a freshman in First Year College, said she is not from Raleigh, and the Student Health Cen- ter is the only doctor she visits while at school. “The Student Health Center is right across the street [from the first-year dorms],” Coccaro said. “It’s really the only place I go.” Health insurance has been available through the University since the fall of 2010. Students are able to use that insurance at select healthcare provid- ers off-campus, according to Kouba. “There are other options for stu- dents,” Kouba said. “Of course it does cost money, but with the way student insurance is laid out, [students] should be able to find a relatively rea- sonable price for any sort of minor medical attention.” Mascot is the new face of campus golf course. Alanna Howard Deputy News Editor Officials are hoping a new mascot for the University’s golf course will help round up new golfers and sponsors. The Lonnie Poole Golf Course has worked to enhance the advertising power of the course. Dogleg, the new marketing mascot, is a “laid back, cool character” representing the golfing side of the wolf mascot, Tuffy. Dogleg, who sports a red and white Irish cap, a red polo shirt and black knick- ers, was the brainchild of Chip Watson and George Wallace. Watson, general manager of Lonnie Poole Golf Course and coach on the men’s golf team, thought up the idea of a marketing mascot for the golf course. Watson was in Costa Rica with the men’s golf team at press time and unavailable for comment. After getting the idea for a marketing mascot for the course, Watson went to Wallace for help with the design. Wal- TECHNICIAN b technicianonline.com Wolf Xpress Print & Copy Services - Now Open! On the upper level outside of NC State Bookstores next to the C-Store Black & White Copies 8.5” x 11” - $.06 ea 11” x 17” - $.10 ea Color Copies 8.5” x 11” - $.35 ea 11” x 17” - $.69 ea Posters & Banners Laminating & Mounting Thesis, Course Packs & More! insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Swimmers hope to ‘shave’ time See page 8. Movie fans gear up for the 2011 Academy Awards See page 5. ‘American Idol’ loses Simon, and many fans See page 5. KATIE FRABONI/TECHNICIAN The Student Health Center, located on the corner of Dan Allen and Cates Avenue, might change the nights they are open. Cuts could impact Health Center hours Dogleg to help Poole course slice into local markets “We are willing to work with Student Health to outline a plan that it is the most cost-effective.” Stephen Kouba, Student Senate president and a senior in political science GOLF continued page 3 STUDENT HEALTH CENTER CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION Full Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday (Open at 9 a.m. Tuesday) Nurse Clinic: 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday-Friday Physician Present: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday Students that suffer a life-threatening emergency when the Student Health Center is closed should call 911, use a Blue Light Emergency Phone to call for help or go to the nearest emergency room. Students that suffer a non- lifethreatening injury or illness when the Student Health Center is closed should visit a community medical facility or phone the physician on-call at 515-2563. SOURCE: STUDENT HEALTH CENTER ALEX SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN Junior forward Bonae Holston and redshirt senior guard Amber White hug after defeating 12th ranked UNC 88-72 in Reynolds Coliseum Monday. White led the team with 23 points and Holston scored 13. HUG IT OUT
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Raleigh, North Carolina
Student Senate, Student Health meet to discuss tight financial situation.
John WallStaff Writer
Amid an already packed list of pro-posed University budget cuts, the Stu-dent Health Center is contemplating whether or not to reduce its hours of operation.
Robert Hayford, associate director of Student Health Services, said the proposal process would take several weeks. He did not say what the new proposed hours would be.
The Student Senate has been in talks with the Student Health Center about operations cuts for several weeks. Ste-phen Kouba, Student Senate president and a senior in political science,said he met with Hayford one-on-one.
Hayford brought up the idea of cut-ting hours at their meeting as “some-thing that could happen,” according to Kouba. The Student Health Center has not submitted anything on paper.
“Right now we [the Student Senate] are working on an alternate proposal for the Student Health Center,” Kouba said. “We certainly understand that the cost of healthcare has been dif-ficult to manage, including our health center.”
Hayford declined further comment on the issue, saying he preferred not to talk about the proposed cut in hours until after the proposal process.
“He [Hayford] is waiting on what we have to say,” Kouba said. “He’s not going to wait two months for us to come out with a proposal, but he is certainly wait-ing for the Senate to offer some kind of student prospective before they make a final decision on what they think they should do.”
The Student Sen-ate does not support a decrease in hours at the center, ac-cording to Kouba.
“We are willing to work with the
Student Health Center to outline a plan that it is the most cost-effective for the Student Health Center and most beneficial for [students],” Kouba said.
Currently the Stu-dent Health Center is open with full ser-vice Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The nurse clinic is open Mon-day through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. when a physi-cian is on call. There is a “physician pres-ent” on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., accord-ing to the University website.
Jeremy Freeman, a first-year gradu-ate student in computer engineering, said he visits the Health Center about
once a semester.“It’s usually not difficult for me to
get an appointment,” Freeman said. “There were nine other appointments available for today when I made my appointment.”
Freeman has health insurance not provided by the University, but he still prefers to come to the Student Health Center on campus. The convenience is what draws him, according to Free-man.
Dharmesh Khant, a junior in bio-chemistry, said he feels the Student Health Center’s hours are adequate but inconvenient for students. Class and other obligations make it difficult for students to get to the center when it is open, according to Khant.
“I have classes until 4 [p.m.],” Khant said. “I think [a cut in hours] would be a problem, because right now they close at around 5. It would be kind of a hassle to come straight here.”
Like Freeman, Khant said he usually
has no problem getting an appoint-ment.
“I usually get [an appointment] on the same day I ask for it,” Khant said.
Stephanie Coccaro, a freshman in First Year College, said she is not from Raleigh, and the Student Health Cen-ter is the only doctor she visits while at school.
“The Student Health Center is right across the street [from the first-year dorms],” Coccaro said. “It’s really the only place I go.”
Health insurance has been available through the University since the fall of 2010. Students are able to use that insurance at select healthcare provid-ers off-campus, according to Kouba.
“There are other options for stu-dents,” Kouba said. “Of course it does cost money, but with the way student insurance is laid out, [students] should be able to find a relatively rea-sonable price for any sort of minor medical attention.”
Mascot is the new face of campus golf course.
Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor
Officials are hoping a new mascot for the University’s golf course will help round up new golfers and sponsors.
The Lonnie Poole Golf Course has worked to enhance the advertising power of the course. Dogleg, the new marketing mascot, is a “laid back, cool character” representing the golfing side of the wolf mascot, Tuffy.
Dogleg, who sports a red and white Irish cap, a red polo shirt and black knick-ers, was the brainchild of Chip Watson and George Wallace.
Watson, general manager of Lonnie Poole Golf Course and coach on the men’s golf team, thought up the idea of a marketing mascot for the golf course. Watson was in Costa Rica with the men’s golf team at press time and unavailable for comment.
After getting the idea for a marketing mascot for the course, Watson went to Wallace for help with the design. Wal-
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katie fraboni/technicianThe Student Health Center, located on the corner of Dan Allen and Cates Avenue, might change the nights they are open.
Cuts could impact Health Center hours
Dogleg to help
Poole course
slice into local
markets
“We are willing to
work with Student
Health to outline
a plan that it
is the most
cost-effective.”Stephen Kouba, Student Senate
president and a senior in political science
golf continuedpage3
Student HealtH Center current hours of operationFull Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday (Open at 9 a.m. Tuesday)Nurse Clinic: 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday-FridayPhysician Present: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Students that suffer a life-threatening emergency when the Student Health Center is closed should call 911, use a Blue Light Emergency Phone to call for help or go to the nearest emergency room.
Students that suffer a non-lifethreatening injury or illness when the Student Health Center is closed should visit a community medical facility or phone the physician on-call at 515-2563.
Source: Student health center
alex Sanchez/technicianJunior forward Bonae Holston and redshirt senior guard Amber White hug after defeating 12th ranked UNC 88-72 in Reynolds Coliseum Monday. White led the team with 23 points and Holston scored 13.
HUg iT oUT
Raleigh, North Carolina
Student Senate, Student Health meet to discuss tight financial situation.
John WallStaff Writer
Amid an already packed list of pro-posed University budget cuts, the Stu-dent Health Center is contemplating whether or not to reduce its hours of operation.
Robert Hayford, associate director of Student Health Services, said the proposal process would take several weeks. He did not say what the new proposed hours would be.
The Student Senate has been in talks with the Student Health Center about operations cuts for several weeks. Ste-phen Kouba, Student Senate president and a senior in political science,said he met with Hayford one-on-one.
Hayford brought up the idea of cut-ting hours at their meeting as “some-thing that could happen,” according to Kouba. The Student Health Center has not submitted anything on paper.
“Right now we [the Student Senate] are working on an alternate proposal for the Student Health Center,” Kouba said. “We certainly understand that the cost of healthcare has been dif-ficult to manage, including our health center.”
Hayford declined further comment on the issue, saying he preferred not to talk about the proposed cut in hours until after the proposal process.
“He [Hayford] is waiting on what we have to say,” Kouba said. “He’s not going to wait two months for us to come out with a proposal, but he is certainly wait-ing for the Senate to offer some kind of student prospective before they make a final decision on what they think they should do.”
The Student Sen-ate does not support a decrease in hours at the center, ac-cording to Kouba.
“We are willing to work with the
Student Health Center to outline a plan that it is the most cost-effective for the Student Health Center and most beneficial for [students],” Kouba said.
Currently the Stu-dent Health Center is open with full ser-vice Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The nurse clinic is open Mon-day through Friday from 4:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. when a physi-cian is on call. There is a “physician pres-ent” on Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., accord-ing to the University website.
Jeremy Freeman, a first-year gradu-ate student in computer engineering, said he visits the Health Center about
once a semester.“It’s usually not difficult for me to
get an appointment,” Freeman said. “There were nine other appointments available for today when I made my appointment.”
Freeman has health insurance not provided by the University, but he still prefers to come to the Student Health Center on campus. The convenience is what draws him, according to Free-man.
Dharmesh Khant, a junior in bio-chemistry, said he feels the Student Health Center’s hours are adequate but inconvenient for students. Class and other obligations make it difficult for students to get to the center when it is open, according to Khant.
“I have classes until 4 [p.m.],” Khant said. “I think [a cut in hours] would be a problem, because right now they close at around 5. It would be kind of a hassle to come straight here.”
Like Freeman, Khant said he usually
has no problem getting an appoint-ment.
“I usually get [an appointment] on the same day I ask for it,” Khant said.
Stephanie Coccaro, a freshman in First Year College, said she is not from Raleigh, and the Student Health Cen-ter is the only doctor she visits while at school.
“The Student Health Center is right across the street [from the first-year dorms],” Coccaro said. “It’s really the only place I go.”
Health insurance has been available through the University since the fall of 2010. Students are able to use that insurance at select healthcare provid-ers off-campus, according to Kouba.
“There are other options for stu-dents,” Kouba said. “Of course it does cost money, but with the way student insurance is laid out, [students] should be able to find a relatively rea-sonable price for any sort of minor medical attention.”
Mascot is the new face of campus golf course.
Alanna HowardDeputy News Editor
Officials are hoping a new mascot for the University’s golf course will help round up new golfers and sponsors.
The Lonnie Poole Golf Course has worked to enhance the advertising power of the course. Dogleg, the new marketing mascot, is a “laid back, cool character” representing the golfing side of the wolf mascot, Tuffy.
Dogleg, who sports a red and white Irish cap, a red polo shirt and black knick-ers, was the brainchild of Chip Watson and George Wallace.
Watson, general manager of Lonnie Poole Golf Course and coach on the men’s golf team, thought up the idea of a marketing mascot for the golf course. Watson was in Costa Rica with the men’s golf team at press time and unavailable for comment.
After getting the idea for a marketing mascot for the course, Watson went to Wallace for help with the design. Wal-
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Movie fans gear up for the 2011 Academy AwardsSeepage5.
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katie fraboni/technicianThe Student Health Center, located on the corner of Dan Allen and Cates Avenue, might change the nights they are open.
Cuts could impact Health Center hours
Dogleg to help
Poole course
slice into local
markets
“We are willing to
work with Student
Health to outline
a plan that it
is the most
cost-effective.”Stephen Kouba, Student Senate
president and a senior in political science
golf continuedpage3
Student HealtH Center current hours of operationFull Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday (Open at 9 a.m. Tuesday)Nurse Clinic: 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday-FridayPhysician Present: 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday
Students that suffer a life-threatening emergency when the Student Health Center is closed should call 911, use a Blue Light Emergency Phone to call for help or go to the nearest emergency room.
Students that suffer a non-lifethreatening injury or illness when the Student Health Center is closed should visit a community medical facility or phone the physician on-call at 515-2563.
Source: Student health center
alex Sanchez/technicianJunior forward Bonae Holston and redshirt senior guard Amber White hug after defeating 12th ranked UNC 88-72 in Reynolds Coliseum Monday. White led the team with 23 points and Holston scored 13.
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TodayWebinar: PhilanthroPic Psychology: Using donor identity to increase giving.Online1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
chef shoWcaseclark dining hall4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mr. WolfPack coMPetitionWithersPoon stUdent center7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WednesdaylUnch & learn: the changing face of e-books and ncsU librariesScott HallNoon to 1 p.m.
aMazing alUMni – greg volkD.H. Hill Library, West Wing, Second Floor4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WilliaM c. friday aWard Presentation and lectUreTalley Student Center Ballroom5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows Witherspoon Cinema7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema10 p.m. to midnight
Thursdaythe PUll of the Moon: recent Work of barbara lee sMithGregg Museum of Art & DesignNoon to 8 p.m.
lectUre: cash cab Writer talks aboUt his tradeWithers Hall, Room 1311:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
lectUre: JaMes dreier on ethical theoryWithers Hall, Room 3314:30 p.m.
concert: n.c. state Jazz enseMbleStewart Theater7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
lectUre: the Price of edUcation in little rock: a history lesson in integrationD.H. Hill Library, West Wing, Second Floor7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema10 p.m. to midnight
CoRReCtions & ClaRifiCationsIn Monday’s “SKEMA members adjust to housing, complain about high costs,” there are 2,530 international students at N.C. State as of Fall 2010.
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poliCe BlotteRFeb. 18 1:47 a.M. | fight/daMage to ProPertySigma Chi fraternity houseOfficers responded to fight between members of Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa Phi where window was damaged. Student was referred for fighting on behalf of Sigma Chi and second student was referred for fighting on behalf of Pi Kappa Phi. Both students
were treated by EMS and refused transport.
11:30 a.M. | Medical assist Engineering Building III Units responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. 12:15 a.M. | vehicle stoP Cates Avenue/Dan Allen DriveStudent was stopped for speeding and was referred to the University for underage possession, DWI fewer than 21 and inflict/threat of bodily harm. Student who was passenger was referred for aid & abet.
12:27 a.M. | noise distUrbance Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity houseOfficers responded to report of loud party. Student was referred for underage possession, possession of open container and providing false information. Second student was referred on behalf of the fraternity for aid & abet.
12:30 a.M. | vehicle stoPLeadership Drive/Varsity DriveNon-student was stopped for illegal u-turn and issued citation for no operator’s license. 12:38 a.M. | assaUlt/concerned behavior College of Textiles Student was issued citation for assaulting another student and referred to the University for Assault and trespassed from College of Textiles. Second student was trespassed from College of Engineering.
8:39 a.M. | traffic accident Main Campus Drive/Centennial Middle School Non-student reported running off road after being distracted. 8:54 a.M. | sUsPicioUs vehicleSchenck Forest Officer located unoccupied vehicle parked at entrance. Officer was unable to locate anyone. No action taken. 9:08 a.M. | larceny Landscape Services Building Non-student reported laptop stolen.
1:38 P.M. | sPecial event Doak Field Officer monitored men’s baseball game. 10:06 P.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Avent Ferry Complex Report of two subjects attempting to gain access to residence hall. Officers made contact two non-students who were waiting for student. No further action taken. 11:11 P.M. | drUg violation Wolf Village Apartments Officers located two students in vehicle. Both students were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and referred to the University. One student was charged with alcohol underage and referred for same.
2:45 P.M. | concerned behavior Gardner Hall Report of disoriented subject. Officers located non-student. After assessment subject was offered transport to Wake Crisis Center for further assistance. 3:52 P.M. | Medical assist Miller Field Lower Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. 5:50 P.M. | fight Cates Avenue Officers responded to report of fight. Officers searched the area but did not locate any problems.
7:02 P.M. | fire alarM Alexander Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 7:25 P.M. | larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported laptop stolen. 8:10 P.M. | fire alarM Bagwell Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 8:12 PM | assist another agency Off Campus Officers responded at request of Raleigh Police Department regarding two students who had been arrested for shoplifting. Subjects were referred to the University for theft.
Feb 192:32 a.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Lake Raleigh Officer observed ten students at the lake after closing. Subjects were advised of policy and complied to leave the area. 12:58 a.M. | sUsPicioUs vehicle Centennial Park & Ride Staff member was found sleeping in vehicle. Subject complied to leave the area. 8:21 a.M. | traffic accident Dan Allen Drive/Hillsborough StreetTwo non-students were involved in traffic accident. No injuries reported. 2:00 P.M. | concerned behavior University Towers Officers responded to concerning
behavior regarding student. Student was referred to the University. 4:44 P.M. | daMage to ProPerty Sullivan Hall Staff member reported broken window. 7:42 P.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Lake Raleigh Six non-students were found fishing at pier after hours. All subjects complied to leave the area.
8:19 P.M. | fight Carmichael Gym Two juveniles were involved in verbal confrontation at bus stop. Officer intervened and prevented from becoming physical.
Feb 201:04 a.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Cates Avenue Student was referred to the University for disorderly conduct. 2:20 a.M. | traffic stoP Avent Ferry Road Student was stopped for failing to burn headlights. Further investigation revealed subject was driving while impaired. Student was arrested and referred for driving while impaired. 1:47 P.M. | fire alarM Reynolds Coliseum Units responded to alarm caused by steam from laundry. 10:29 P.M. | drUg violation Bragaw Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officer spoke with student. No drugs were found but student admitted to possessing alcohol. Housing will handle alcohol issue. No further action taken. 2:59 P.M. | sUsPicioUs PersonTompkins Hall Staff member reported seeing subject who had been previously trespassed. Officer checked the area but did not locate anyone. 4:00 P.M. | tresPassing Caldwell Hall Officer encountered subject from earlier event who had been previously trespassed. Subject was arrested for 2nd degree trespass and re-trespassed from NCSU property.
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lace had designed a mascot for a previous course Watson worked for and was open to working with him on the Poole logo.
According to Wallace, the idea was to create a laid back wolf logo that could be used to supplement the four running wolves trademark of the course.
“When Chip took over Lon-nie Poole, we started to discuss ways to have a mascot. I’ve worked with him previously and had an idea of what he wanted. We sat down and put
together some characteristics that we wanted to see in the wolf,” Wallace said.
Dogleg, created to target col-lege-aged players, rests against his white golf bag with a driver in his right hand. His relaxed stance represents the “laid back and cool” attitude Watson and Wallace were trying to create.
According to Wallace one of the original designs included the block ‘S’ logo on Dogleg’s shirt, but due to trademark constraints, it had to be moved to the golf bag.
Gregg Zarnstorff, University director of trademark licens-ing, said Dogleg couldn’t have the block ‘S’ on his person be-
cause it would dilute the trade-mark of Tuffy, the Wolfpack’s main mascot.
“Dogleg originally had the block ‘S’ on his shirt, and we went through several changes to get him to where he is to-day. But anytime you allow other wolves to use the same identifying features, it dilutes the trademark and identity uniqueness, which are the whole reasons for having a trademark,” Zarnstorff said.
Watson and Wallace knew they had to have the block ‘S’ somewhere for the University to approve Dogleg, but since Tuffy is the only mascot to have the ‘S’ on its person, the logo
was moved from the shirt to the golf bag. This was the change that allowed Dogleg to be ap-proved by campus marketing officials.
According to Zarnstorff, the intent was to keep the logo fun.
“The intent isn’t to replace the logo, that is the trademark, but they wanted to have a mas-cot that could be targeted to-wards college-aged players: A fun graphic,” Zarnstorff said. “I think they’ve created that.”
Courtesy of Lonnie PooLe GoLf Course
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For reasons ‘Unknown,’ Neeson’s new thriller is a disappointmentOscar nominee Liam Nesson stars in what feels like James Bond spy thriller gone terribly wrong.
Katie HanderhanStaff Writer
When I first saw that Liam Neeson was starring in another fast-paced thriller, I was very excited. But oh, how high ex-pectations can be dashed.
The story begins with Dr. Martin Harris (Neeson) and his beautiful wife Elizabeth (January Jones) on a flight to attend a biotechnology confer-ence in Berlin.
Dr. Harris is a botanist. This isn’t exactly important to the story at all, but because he seemed to make the fact that he was a doctor evident every time someone would ask, it was drilled into my mind con-stantly throughout the film’s 113-minute run time.
Dr. Harris gives his “insignif-icant” name first, and then re-peats with his title as if it would make him worthy of special treatment. It went something like this, “Martin Harris, oh excuse me, Dr. Martin Harris”
Sorry Harris, but you’re not as suave as Bond.
But anyway, the Harris’ land in an unforgivingly cold and snowy Berlin, setting up the miserable events that are to follow. The two hail a cab and scramble to get in out of the cold as their driver loads their
bags into the trunk.And here’s where the trouble
starts, with something as sim-ple as a human being’s own stupidity.
Surprise! His briefcase gets left behind on the airport trol-ley. And guess what else! His only form of identification is inside that very same brief-case. I wonder how much time it took the filmmakers to whip that idea up?
However, the whole ridicu-lousness of the first couple scenes was a clever move for di-rector Jaume Collet-Serra, but in the interest of avoiding plot spoilers, I’ll let you figure out why for yourself.
With his wife inside the hotel checking in, our beloved doc-tor jumps in a taxi driven by Gina (Diane Kruger), an illegal refugee from Bosnia, to reclaim his briefcase and his identity, when suddenly a container falls off of a truck and smashes into their windshield, causing them to spin around like a tinker toy and fly off a bridge into the icy waters below.
Kruger becomes the heroine, pulling the now unconscious Dr. Harris out of the sinking taxi. But, since she is an illegal immigrant, she flees the scene, disappearing into the streets of Berlin. Dr. Harris ends up in the hospital unconscious for four days.
After waking from his coma,
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Technician takes a look at the best comic books and graphic novels in the crime genre.
Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer
When most people think of com-ics, they imagine the good deeds and valor performed by the average super-powered hero. However, some of the best stories in the medium focus on the other side of the law.
The following four books do just that, taking a look at the seedy un-derbelly of society, and those who are forced to dwell there. From crooked cops and crime syndicates to petty thieves and private dicks, these sto-ries represent some of the best crime comics available today.
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
It seems appropriate to start this list with one of the most highly-praised crime books of the past decade – Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets. Over a run of ten years and one hundred issues, Azzarello told a sweeping conspiracy story filled with murder, betrayal and every other element of a noir master-piece.
The series starts with the simple premise of a briefcase containing 100 untraceable bullets given to people who’ve had their lives destroyed. The briefcase also contains the identity of the person who wronged them and gives them a chance to be above the law and take vengeance if they so choose. Early story arcs in the series focus on cases such as these.
As the series progresses, however, the focus shifts to the mysterious Agent Graves, the man who is pro-viding the briefcase to people. It also becomes clear what the purpose of the briefcase and the earlier story arcs are and exactly what Graves is trying to accomplish.
The events of 100 Bullets are illus-trated exclusively by Eduardo Risso, who brings a dark, realistic art style that complements the series grim content.
100 Bullets requires a long invest-ment of time and a bit of patience, but the consistent strength of the charac-ters, dialog and artwork make it worth the commitment.
Vertigo Crime Line by Various Au-thors and Artists
Reminiscent of the anthology crime books of the 50s and 60s, the Vertigo Crime line is a constant and excellent source of murder and mystery. The line features some of the best crime writers from all mediums, including novels, comics and television.
Currently, the line sees a new entry every month. Each story is packaged the same and is about the size of the average hardcover novel. Each creative team brings its own crime tale to the table, featuring one-and-done stories that range from a private detective searching for a serial killer to a young man investigating the murder of his high school girlfriend.
The timely release of new content and ever-changing writers make the Vertigo Crime Line an easy recommen-dation for any fan of the genre. Even if one story doesn’t prove interesting, the next offers a completely new experi-
ence, while also introducing readers to authors they may have otherwise never checked out.
The consistent quality and sense of discovery each entry in the line provides make sure that there is something for everyone to love and is a great place for readers new to the comic book medium to start.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunt-er/The Outfit by Richard Stark, adapted by Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke began his adapta-tion of Richard Stark’s popular char-acter Parker in 2009’s The Hunter, and he followed with The Outfit just last year. The first in a proposed four-book series, both books won critical acclaim and graphic novel of the year awards based on the strength of their well-paced stories and creative artistic visuals.
The series follows the titular char-acter Parker, a conman and criminal who has built a reputation as being the best at what he does. The story begins as Parker finds himself wronged by another criminal group and follows him as he seeks out his vengeance.
Parker’s world is one fully invested in the criminal underworld; Parker only seems a hero because he is po-sitioned against a much larger and more devious and twisted group of criminals. This leaves a great deal of moral ambiguity and allows for a more brutal, violent main character.
Because these graphic novels are adaptations of previously released novels, a lot of the creativity comes from Cooke’s art, and, in this area, he manages to astound. His unique style of cartooning manages to bring a great
deal of emotion and charm to Parker, even when he spends the majority of both books with a scowl etched on his face. Add in Cooke’s creative use of alternate art styles to depict the vari-ous heists, and the visual elements of the Parker books alone make them must-read titles.
The Losers by Andy Diggle and JockIn Andy Diggle’s The Losers, a for-
mer CIA special ops team seeks re-venge on their former handler, the mysterious Max, after leaving them for dead on foreign soil. Joined by the cold-blooded Aisha, a woman with her own grudge against Max, the team works to end the corruption in the CIA and expose an international conspiracy.
While The Losers does not exactly follow a group of criminals, the dou-ble-crosses, espionage and constant twists in the story are all present. The Losers are also constantly on the wrong side of the law, even if it is a corrupt government standing against them.
The strength of Diggle’s writing is that all of the characters feel real, and they all have their own motivations for taking out Max, beyond simple revenge. Every character feels like their own person, even as they func-tion as a member of a larger team. It’s clear that the characters are friends as much as they are teammates, and this allows the reader to quickly connect and sympathize with the group.
Also on display here is the art pro-duced by renowned comic artist Jock. The art style is realistic without sac-rificing the expressive nature of car-tooning. Each character and locale is
distinct, and numerous visual cues tie the characters and their relationships with one another together.
At only 32 issues, The Losers manage to tell a complex, satisfying espionage story. Recently collected into a two-volume edition by publisher Vertigo, The Losers is an affordable and enter-taining series, worth the time of any crime fan interested in following a more heroic group of characters.
Crime comics profile the wrong side of the law
Poole Course - not Just for golf:Centennial Campus’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course has several goals. The main purpose of the course and facilities is “to provide a public golf course … that serves as a venue for the men’s and women’s varsity golf teams.”Poole Golf Course also serves
as a valuable research facility. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences uses it to perform turfgrass and storm water research. The course also serves as a teaching and training facility for the Professional Golf Management (PGM) Program in the College of Natural Resources.
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Courtesy of DC/VertiGoThe Vertigo Crime Line premiered last year, and new books have been release each month thereafter, including Fogtown.
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I read your article in Monday’s issue about the SKEMA students thinking they pay too much for housing. Why is this news? The complaints they have apply to almost every student at State. Most of us feel our rent is too high or our appliances don’t work. For instance, I pay almost $500 a month for my apartment at Wolf Creek where there are loud parties every weekend and roommates I don’t get along with. My complex is in the middle of nowhere, so I don’t live near most of my friends either. As far as sketchy neighborhoods? I lived on Gorman Street near Avent Ferry last year. I felt unsafe too. Since parking permits are ridiculously expensive, many off-campus students walk, ride bikes or take the bus to campus every day.They’re not alone there either. Anyone who doesn’t have car has the same issues getting groceries that the SKEMA students do: take the bus or bum a ride from a friend. The University is not going to build a dorm just for French students so they’ll feel more comfortable here at State. We already have a dorm that is primarily for our international students. If housing is really an issue then maybe Alexander should have more spots for the foreign students instead of for Americans. Reading this article was just like any conversation I have with friends about where we live. The difference is that we understand that we’re college students and that no situation will be perfect.
Amy Williamssenior, business administration
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It’s just that this is a University golf course and as a student, it feels very inaccessible.
Brian Schultz, junior in envornmental design in architecture
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The student sections of the RBC Center aside, attendance has been a
consistent issue at our men’s basketball games. It may seem unfair to expect such quick turn around from our new athletic director, but this issue lands squarely at the feet of the Athletics Department.
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzews-ki says bad attendance at Sun-day games could be improved by moving them to Saturday, but while discussing Coach K’s comment on Monday, colum-nist Ken Tysiac wrote, “There were thousands of empty seats for some sessions at the ACC tournament last year, and there may be more of the same next month in Greensboro. Teams from N.C. State, Boston Col-lege, Miami and some other
ACC schools should be used to that, because they often play in front of arenas that aren’t close to being full.”
It is upsetting that the Wolf-pack fan base has hit a spot where it is simply understood that basketball games will suf-fer from poor attendance.
The RBC Center is a massive venue for our basketball games, but that is no real excuse for it being half empty on game day. Chapel Hill has an average of 18,812 people attend its home game, while the Wolfpack only gets 13,117. We can see the list of promotions being offered throughout the schedule, but more of an effort should be
made to let Wolfpack fans in Raleigh know that there are in-centives to go to an N.C. State basketball game.
The better the Athletics pro-grams do, the more likely en-dowment money will find its way into the school. Potential-ly, the more fan support that our teams have, the better they will do. The more effort put into filling the game venues and creating an atmosphere of fan appreciation, the more fan support our teams will have. It is the purview of Debbie Yow and the Athletics Department to create the best circumstanc-es for fans to make it to the games and support teams that
perform to the maximum of their ability.
Working with the RBC Cen-ter and N.C. State Athletics to create the best environment for success, the Wolfpack fan base can see glory days once more. Increasing attendance can work to meet all our needs, di-rectly and indirectly. There are plenty of fans wishing they had a good reason to enjoy an N.C. State basketball game.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
Poor attendance means poor performanceThe FacTs:After their game Sunday, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about scheduling and blamed lackluster attendance on having Sunday games versus Saturday games. Ken Tysiac commented on Coach K’s observation and pointed out that N.C. State should be used to low attendance at their games.
OUr OpInIOn:RBC Center and N.C. State Athletics Department needs to increase attendance at men’s basketball games. This can improve the endowment, fan moral and possibly build up the team for a win.
ByJASMINE WIllIAMS
What should be done to improve attendance
at the men’s basketball games?
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“Fire Sidney Lowe and I’ll be there.”
Ahmed Amersophomore, communication
“More free gifts and rewards for attendance would be great.”
Chisom Anenfreshman, First year College
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“If our record was better, and some changes were made to our coaching staff attendance would improve.”
Sam Blantonsophomore, political science
“It shouldn’t be so hard to get a ticket that is good, because you end up really high up and away from your friends.”
Blair Jonesfreshman, textiles technology
To start a long dis-tance relationship or not to start a long
distance relationship, that is the question. There are ba-sically two types of long dis-tance relationships, those that start out long distance
and those that start o u t a n d t hen be-come long distance. Here a re some help-ful hints to surviving an LDR.
Getting i n t o a n
LDR right from the start of the relationship can cause it to move really fast. When you only see each other ev-ery other week, you tend to concentrate everything into those few days of seeing each other. This can lead to a really intense relationship.
You need to be cautious of moving too fast. You could burn out on this person quickly and that’s not a good start to any re-lationship. Be sure to take it slow and when you hang out, try and make it with a
group and not always just the two of you. Invite them out with your friends and go out with their friends when visiting each other.
Trust is something that can be very difficult to build in any relationship but can be especially difficult for those in LDRs. Since you are not able to be with your significant other very often, you have to trust that they are being faithful to you.
Especially with the advent of social me-dia and cell phones, it’s now easier than ever to see what your boyfriend or girlfriend is up to. It can be easy to go on Facebook and see them in a picture with another person and immedi-ately jump to conclusions. If you completely trust this per-son though, this shouldn’t even be an issue.
On the other hand, sometime you are in a relationship and due to school, work or life, you or your significant other have to move and a the relationship becomes long-distance.
Nicole Ralston, a gradu-ate student in higher educa-tion administration, recently graduated from Florida State University, where she met her boyfriend when she was a ju-nior. They dated for two years before Ralston moved to Ra-leigh, NC, and her boyfriend moved to Atlanta, GA.
Ralston said the biggest chal-lenge has been “not having him here to celebrate with me when I accomplish something or when he does. Also, not having
him here, being there f o r h i m when he or I need to be cheered up.”
Ralston states that even though it
doesn’t compare to being in the same room. texting, call-ing and Skyping have made it easier for them to feel connect-ed. Just like you would in any long-term relationship, Ralston and her boyfriend make sure to talk on the phone or Skype every evening to catch up on their day and say goodnight.
There are some things that are true in any relationship
but can be vital to keeping an LDR alive. As in any re-lationship, you have to keep things new and fresh. Keep-ing the spontaneity alive in a relationship will help the relationship last.
Unfortunately, an LDR won’t keep you satisfied in a relationship forever so be sure to keep up communi-cation on the possibility of you two being in the same city eventually. If your sig-nificant other seems wary of this, you might want to reconsider if they are the one for you.
Just remember to keep up communication, keep things exciting, and to al-ways trust your significant other and your relationship has the potential to with-stand the distance.
Staci ThorntonStaff Columnist
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2010’s best films, directors and actors vie for the most prestigious award in the film industry.
Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer
It is probably one of the most iconic and important phrases in the world of movies. For months now, directors, actors, actresses, and anyone else part of the film industry has been anxious-ly awaiting this coming Sunday night where they may or may not hear those important words as they receive the highest accolade in moviedom: “And the Oscar goes to…”
According to the Academy Awards official website, the very first Academy Award was given to German actor Emil Jannings before the first Academy Award dinner in 1929. Jannings had to return to Europe, so the Academy gave him his statuette prior to the ceremony.
For the f irst awards, the 15 winners were announced several months before the Awards dinner. The next year, they decided to keep the winners a secret to build suspense to all attending the ceremony.
They did, however, give a list of the winners to newspapers to be published the night of the Awards.
That system worked very well un-til 1940 when the Los Angeles Times published the winner list in its eve-ning edition, which guests attending the ceremony had plenty of access to.
In 1941, the Academy began its “sealed envelope” tradition that is still in use today.
The winners are chosen by the American Academy of Motion Pic-ture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). As of 2007, there were 5,855 Academy members who vote to determine the winners in each specific category.
The categories range from the cov-eted Best Picture award to more tech-nical awards such as Best Cinematog-raphy and Best Sound Editing. Awards are also given to Best Actor and Best Actress in a Lead Role as well as Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
As 2010 was a good year for movies, there are many favorites to win—es-pecially for Best Picture. So far, Black Swan, The King’s Speech and The
Social Network are the biggest contenders for the Best Picture. Toy Story 3 was also nominated for Best Picture, becoming the 3rd animated film to be nominated in that category.
For Best Ac-tor, British actor Colin Firth, who
played the lead in The King’s Speech, is considered most likely to win as his role was critically acclaimed and has won several other awards. Natalie Portman is the favorite to take home the Best Actress award for her perfor-mance in Black Swan.
Toy Story 3 is pretty much guar-anteed a win Best Animated Film. It not only won that award at the Golden Globes, but it is also the highest gross-ing film of 2010.
Many films this year were nomi-
nated for multiple awards; The King’s Speech received the most with 12. True Grit, Ethan and Joel Coen’s update of the 1969 John Wayne film, nabbed 10 nominations, and both Inception and The Social Network got 8.
While many students are interested in the winners, many do not watch the broadcast of the actual ceremony.
“The things I’m interested in I’ll look up later,” Jeanette Hernandez, a junior in mechanical engineering, said. “If I catch it on TV, then I’ll watch it.”
Janell Miller, a sophomore in Eng-lish, said she would watch just to see who wins.
“I usually don’t watch them actu-ally,” Miller said.
Andrea Mensch, a professor of Eng-lish who teaches courses like Intro-duction to Film, said she looks at the more technical categories instead of just the more popular ones like Best Picture.
“I’m interested in sound editing, because I have an interest in music,” Mensch said.
Mensch also talked about the other categories—such as Best Short Film and Best Animated Short—that get glossed over, especially since there is not as much wide access to those films as they are to the others.
“It’s kind of frustrating, because we don’t have access here to…short films and animated shorts,” she said. “That’s a shame that you can’t see them ahead of time.”
She explained that you have to trust the Academy’s opinion, and you can-not judge for yourself if a particular film deserved an award.
When looking at the Best Picture category for this year, Mensch was impressed by the different types of films and the accessibility of them to
wide audiences.“There’s a real variety,” Mensch said.And her personal pick for the Best
Picture winner?“I think it’s going to be between
Black Swan and The King’s Speech,” she said.
She said that while Black Swan was
a beautifully constructed film, The King’s Speech resonates with audiences a bit more.
“People love [The King’s Speech] be-cause it’s inspirational,” Mensch said.
The suspense will build until the Oscars go live on February 27. May the best film win.
FeaturesMovie fans gear up for the 2011 Academy Awards
Courtesy of aCademy awardsJames Franco and Anne Hathaway are set to host the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Feb. 27. Franco is also nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Role for his portrayal of Aron Ralston, the hiker who spent multiple days trapped between two boulders in the film 127 hours.
“I think it’s going
to be between Black Swan and The
King’s Speech [for
Best Picture].”Andrea Mensch, professor of English
‘American Idol’ loses Simon, and many fansStudents sound off on Idol’s bold new direction.
Brooke Shafranek Staff Writer
Following the departure of Simon Cowell, the show’s main judge and some major changes to the program, American Idol is not what it used to be.
Season 10 began this past month looking different than it ever has before. The judging panel has two new faces, Ste-ven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, added alongside veteran Randy Jackson. For the first time in the show’s history, fifteen year olds may audition. The show is now aired Wednesdays and Thursdays, instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A new executive producer and music director have also been added to the show, as well as many format changes such as reducing the number of lower-level audition rounds. And according to Idol fans, these changes have had a det-rimental impact on the quality of the show.
The ratings for the show are still large, though now air-ing on Wednesdays means that American Idol butts heads with other big television shows, such as Modern Family and The Middle. These shows have had steady ratings since American Idol ’s airing changes, which would not have been the case a few years ago, as Idol stole view-ers away from all other shows. However, with the show’s long-running time, this is quite common.
The new judges have not had the positive reception that their celebrity status had hinted. Speaking about Steven Tyler, Kid Rock told Entertainment Weekly, “I think it’s the stu-pidest thing he’s ever done in his life.”
“He’s a sacred American in-stitution of rock and roll,” Rock said, “and he just threw it all out the window. Just stomped on it and set it on fire.”
Freshman English major Kel-ly Harris thinks the new judges may be famous, but they are not well-known as respected as past American Idol judges.
“Steven Tyler is known as Aerosmith’s [lead singer],” said Harris. “And J.Lo, though very kind and talented in vari-ous ways, had one pop album that was on the charts for a hot
minute and really shouldn’t be judging American Idol. She’s what I assume [is supposed to be] a replacement for Paula Abdul.”
Harris also believes the origi-nal judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cow-ell, had more character and more chemistry with one an-other. As for the current judg-es, Harris said they are “kind of bogus.”
“Steven Tyler?” Harris said. “What a step back for his ca-reer.”
Ju n ior E ng l i sh major Kris Demers loved the “old trio because of the way they interacted with one another.”
“Simon was always the tough one to impress, Randy was the suave funny guy, and Paula was the peace-maker,” Demers said. “The judges now are a little bit too consistent…it’s like there is no element of surprise. “
Chrissy Bacak, freshman biology major, misses Si-mon Cowell’s presence on the show.
“He was really straightfor-ward and told people exactly what he thought,” Bacak said. “A lot of people stopped watch-ing after Simon left because he made the show.”
Sophomore arts applications major Kimberly Smith stopped watching the show after Cow-ell left.
“He was the main reason I watched it.” Smith said. “He
was brutally honest and told people what they [needed] to hear. Without him, there is nothing that attracts me to the show anymore.”
Smith also thinks that the more recent American Idol win-ners have not become nearly as successful as the early season winners.
“The later winners go no-where,” Smith said. “Compare Kelly Clarkson to Kris Allen or Taylor Hicks.”
Harris stopped watching because the show “lost its in-tegrity.”
“The best vocalists stopped winning, and the show became purely about appearance,” Harris said. “It’s a popularity contest.”
Her example comes from season nine.
“Adam Lambert was musi-cally talented and strived for the title over [Kris Allen],” Harris said. “From what I saw of Adam, he seemed to have a way with making known mu-sic unique to his own taste and style and was consistently a joy to watch. Though his post-Idol career hasn’t been what I’d call ideal, through the duration of his season he superseded Kris vocally and entertainingly.”
“Kris was the generic good-ole’ boy who was going to in-evitably win the hearts of all American girls. Adam was different, and I don’t think at the time America was ready to
handle him just yet,” Harris said.
Demers believes, despite the show’s long-running quest to find hidden talent, there is still more to be discovered.
“Younger contestants can try out when they reach the age limit, and other people who may not have had the chance, the motivation or the ability to try out are still out there wait-ing to be discovered,” Demers said.
Harris disagrees and believes the show has already found all the hidden talent.
“There’s nothing left out there,” Harris said.
And although Demers be-lieves in the show’s mission, he has recently stopped watch-ing American Idol.
“It became too repetitive,” Demers said. “I knew exactly what to expect, because I had seen it season after season. I guess it got old.”
Bacak thinks that the show “needs to end soon.”
“American Idol is the same thing every year,” Bacak said. “I think Simon Cowell’s new show X-Factor will take away from Idol.”
For now, Fox seems happy with how American Idol is do-ing with this season’s dramatic changes. The show’s future, though, is ultimately in the hands of the viewers.
Dr. Harris checks out of the hospital, determined to find his wife. Shock-ingly, he discovers she no longer recognizes him and is arm-in-arm with another man who, coincidentally, is named Dr. Martin Harris.
Here, in the midst of confusion and heartbreak, is where our doctor’s quest begins. Throughout the rest of the film, he’ll struggle to answer questions about his reality and identity while simultaneously acquiring assassin-like ninja skills to match the spies lurking around every corner.
It’s not every day you can witness a 50-some-year-old botanist bust a move with-out fracturing a hip.
Like most thrillers, we’re led through twists and turns, but there is no ele-me nt of surprise.
At t he moment where we see Mrs . Harris’ “new” husband, it was ob-vious how the movie was going to end up. Maybe it’s be-cause I’m a gifted genius. I’ll let you be the judge, but regardless, the ending was predictable, and the movie lacked a certain punch that would have kept you beg-ging for more.
If there were an award for most coincidental, unreal-istic events in a two hour span, this would be more than just a nominee; it would be the Oscar winner.
How coincidental is it that his brief case, and the one with his passport at that, is the one that gets left be-hind? Or that while racing to reclaim his passport Dr. Harris’ phone suddenly los-es signal in one of the big-gest cities in Germany?
Not to mention the fact that the taxi driver, Gina, is gorgeous. Now, I’ve nev-er been to Germany or had the privilege of being in the backseat of a German taxi, but my Americanized, ste-reotypical assumption is
that most taxi drivers aren’t go-ing to be drop-dead-gorgeous runway models.
When I think taxi driver, I’m thinking some older guy, miss-ing a few teeth. Not a pretty, blond hair blue-eyed chick with an adorable accent and hat to match.
However, I’ l l give credit where credit is due: there were some humorous scenes…but unfortunately, they occurred at all the wrong moments.
I found myself chuckling with the rest of the movie goers dur-ing awkward silences between characters, Dr. Harris stum-bling around the hospital in a drug induced fashion, and Nee-son’s signature “I’m angry now” voice; a mix between a wicked sore throat and Christian Bales’ Batman. If you’ve seen other movies starring Neeson, like Taken, you’re probably familiar with this characteristic of his.
There was one scene where Harris, bound to a hospital
gurney by his wrist, tries to reach for scis-sors near by. Of course, the pair of sc i s sors i s just out of his reach. But as each second passes by, or rather, after each agoniz-ing minute, his shaking fingertips
inch closer and closer to his goal. So we, the audience, sit there – eyes glazing over and glued to the gigantic screen watching and waiting for some-thing, anything, to happen.
I sat there, mouth open in awe, full of half chewed pop-corn, waiting for the ‘ah ha!’ moment, waiting for the goose bumps a good thriller usually bestows, waiting for something that would finally capture the essence of this film and reclaim its identity.
But, as fate would have it, the film’s 5-minute laser-focused scene dedicated solely to scissor seeking amounted to nothing more than another failed at-tempt to create suspense.
The ending of the film, in-cluding its final, predictable twist, made me wish that this film had left with something to figure out for myself. With a great cast, an adequate direc-tor and a nice, sizable budget, this film still managed to fall way short, for reasons that will forever remain Unknown.
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Courtesty of foxAmerican Idol’s 10th season debuted last month with an almost entirely new cast, including new members Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, and solo pop artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. Students have expressed their distaste for the changes, and are unanimous in their disappointment at show founder Simon Cowell’s decision to leave the show last season.
“I found myself
chuckling with
the rest of the
movie goers
during awkward
silences between
characters.”
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Calling All Seniors DOWN 1 The Classes of 1941-1949 donated electronic _______ to the Bell Tower. 2 The 2009 Class Gift is located in the _____ Corner. 4 The Classes of 1962-1969 donated the tile that surrounds which NC State “Professor?” 5 The Class of 2010 gave this as their gift. 6 The Class of 1991 donated a _______ room to DH Hill Library.
ACROSS 2 The Class of 1992 contributed to the 7 The class of 1959 donated the first brick new Student Health Center in order to sidewalk/ entryway to ______ Hall. replace _______ Hall. 8 The 2011 Class Gift is located at Dan 3 The Class of 1915 donated what to Allen Drive and ______ Street. Watauga Drive? 9 Our Class Gift is the 2011 ______ to 5 The Classes of 1916 and 1917 donatd Main Campus. what to Riddick Stadium?
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Pack fans live large at BIG EventThe N.C. State ACTION Committee hosted its annual BIG Event for
the 14th straight year Monday. The party—designed for alumni, faculty, staff, students and other Wolfpack fans—took place before,
during and after the women’s basketball game against UNC on Kay Yow Court in Reynolds Coliseum.
Attendees were treated to numerous giveaways, games and free food. University Dining is sponsored a “Last Student Standing” contest, where students were eligible to win several prizes, including a trip for two to this year’s Final Four.
This BIG Event was also the first “green” athletic event at N.C. State. To make the game and surrounding activities “greener,” the ACTION Com-mittee put compost and recycling bins inside Reynolds to collect waste. The committee also distributed T-shirts made of 100 percent recycled materials. After the game, student volunteers swept the aisles to collect recyclables left behind.
The ACTION Committee is also donating money to the sustainability trust fund at N.C. State to offset the energy and pollution caused by fans commuting to the game.
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Natalie ClauNCh/teChNiCiaNPlaying a basketball game before the BIG event 2011, Ahmed Amer, a sophomore in communication, and Bob Gilwater, a sophomore in business administration, battle to make more baskets than the other. Amer said the BIG event was a “good way to get people pumped for the game and bring the campus together.” The event started at 5 p.m. behind Talley Student Center, and continued in Reynold’s Coliseum before the Women’s Basketball game against UNC Monday.
Natalie ClauNCh/teChNiCiaNCelebrating her win at the BIG event 2011, Emily Marsh, a freshman undecided, proclaims her victory. Marsh won a t-shirt and a chance at at tickets to the final four. “The event is very cool, the game I played was like musical chairs, so I just got lucky,” Marsh said.
tyler thompsoN/teChNiCiaNPlaying on the inflatable basketball court, Christian Rhone, a freshman in biomedical engineering, goes for the dunk while pulling the second player attached to the other end of the harness. Rhone heard about the event on Facebook and wanted to check it out. Rhone is attending both the women’s and the men’s basketball games this week. “I was expecting more [from the event], but it was still fun,” Rhone said.
tyler thompsoN/teChNiCiaNLooking on in disbelief as the ball rolls back toward her, Sarah Ginsburger, a SKEMA student from France, plays a game at the BIG Event. Ginsburger was able to win a small stuffed animal during the game. Ginsburger heard about the event on Facebook and from an e-mail sent by University Dining. “We don’t have this in France, so it’s kinda cool,” Ginsburger said. The event brought out a large crowd to have fun and interact with other people.
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smoother, thus creating less drag in the water and quicker laps.
Senior Ben Mechak takes part in this shaving ritual because even a few fractions of a sec-ond make a difference in a close race.
“I s h ave m y l e g s , arms, stom-ach, ches t and back,” Mechak said. “It’s a great feeling when you first dive in the water.”
N.C. State is tied for most ACC Cham-pionships titles with 24, and coach Brooks Teal’s goal for the men’s team is to collect another title in the future.
“We’ve got a lot of talented freshmen,” Teal said. “We want to win an ACC championship, but in order to do that, we need to start getting in the top half, then top three, and ultimately win the championship.”
Going into the champion-ship, the Wolfpack men (6-3 overall, 3-3 ACC) are tied for fourth with Clemson (6-3 over-all, 2-2 ACC) in the conference. Defending champion Virginia
claimed its third consecutive and 13th overall ACC title last year.
The Pack was not satisfied with the way it performed last year after taking ninth place overall. So the team is ready to show the ACC that it is seri-ous in taking the title back to Raleigh this year.
“I look for-ward for the tot a l t e a m effort to re-bound from l a s t ye a r,” Mechak said. “We’re ready to prove to the ACC that we’re a lot bet-ter team than we were last year.”
Kingston echoed that com-ment and agreed that the team this year is a great deal more improved team compared to last year.
“We definitely have a stron-ger team this year and we have so much potential with all the new freshmen that came in,” Kingston said.
The meet starts on Wednes-day with the 200-medley relay and the 800-freestyle relay and will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 26th.
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“We’re ready to
prove to the ACC
that we’re a lot
better team than
we were last year.”senior swimmer Ben Mechak
One of the major story lines from Hillsborough’s Triangle Sportsplex wasn’t just mental preparation heading into the Sunday’s championship contest, but rather physical prepara-tion. Fourteen hours after defeating Georgetown in a physical match up, State had to quickly turn around to face a well-rested Mary-land team.
“It was a little tough for everybody being able to sleep that night,” Fryck-berg said. “George-tow n i s a pret t y solid team, and everybody was pretty tired after that game. They (Mary-land) were probably expect-ing to beat us, but we just kept fighting. We were able to put a little bit of pres-sure on them, skate a little harder, and it just all came together.”
While Fryckberg has been around to watch the recent development of State hockey, coach Mike Gazzillo is in his first year with the Pack. Echo-ing his captain’s statements, Gazzillo said that fight and determination ultimately de-cided State’s outcome of the tournament.
“You have to approach it one game at a time,” Gazzillo said. “You can’t ever look at an opponent that you’ve beat and think you’ve got it won. We looked at Duke as a strong opponent and we just went out there and put in the back of our minds that we had beat them. The thing we kept saying over and over was that this is going
to come down to who wants it more. Ev-ery game is a must win and every shift is a must win shift.”
Earlier in the sea-s o n w h e n State visited Maryland, the Terrapins outscored
the Wolfpack 16-3 in an em-barrassing two game series. Gazzillo’s team would only drop one more conference game in finishing during AC-CHL play before setting up a
match up of the one-seed and two-seed.
“I think Maryland was wait-ing to play us more than we were waiting to play them,” Gazzillo said. “They’ve got a good club, they’re well coached, and they’ve got really good hockey players. It was a match up that I was hoping for. If No. 1 and No. 2 can play for the championship, you can’t really ask for anything more than that.”
For Gazzillo, the main theme of the tournament was for his team to prove that they had a stronger will and determina-
tion than its opponent. After challenging his team on Sat-urday night to complete the mission, the Pack were able to battle and do just that.
“Going into the second pe-riod of the Georgetown game, I told them that they had five periods of hockey left in their entire season,” Gazzillo said. “I told them they had to win ev-ery period. That’s exactly what they did.”
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Contributed by n.C. State Club iCe HoCkeyN.C. State’s club ice hockey team gathers for a celebration photo after it won the ACCHL Championship, deafteding Maryland 6-5 in overtime. The Pack won three games over the weekend in route to winning the confrence title. “You can’t
ever look at an
opponent that
you’ve beat and
think you’ve got
it won.”coach Mike Gazzillo
Women’s basketball team defeated traditional rival North Carolina to get its first big win of the season.
Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer
The Wolfpack women were able to catch the Tar Heels napping as the Pack pulled out its first signature win of the season against ri-val No. 13 North Carolina in an 88-72 contest.
White stole the show for the Wolfpack by dropping 14 of her 23 points in the second half. Four other State players, Burke, Kas-tanek, Strachan and junior Bonae Holston all scored in double digits. White also added six assists. The Pack’s excellent care of the ball also helped them secure the victory as the team only turned the ball over four times, all-time low for the Pack.
“We’ve been telling our all kids to hang in there, we were going to get a big win, to keep on fighting, it was going to happen,” coach Kellie Harper said. “I thanked them after the game, I thanked them for believing and having faith in what our staff was say-ing, and it finally paid off tonight. “
The game started as a close contest with State getting its first lead off of a put-back from freshman forward Kody Burke to put the score at 6-4. It contin-ued to be a seesaw battle until a three from freshman guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman gave the Wolfpack its first double-digit lead at 35-24 with five minutes left in the first half.
The first half proved to be a collective effort for State on the offensive end. Senior
Brittany Strachan led the way with 10 points for the half and senior Amber White and Burke were also able to contribute with nine each for the half.
UNC was able to bring the game within single digits at sparing moments at the end of the first half, but the Pack was able to hold the Heels off and keep a double digit lead head-ing into the half.
The Tar Heels proved early on in the second half that they were not going to go down without a fight, possibly giving Pack players bad memories of
the game against Duke earlier in the season, where it blew a double digit lead in the second half. And those memories be-gan to come true when Waltiea Rolle hit a layup to cut the defi-cit to two points, followed by two consecutive threes from She’la Whie, giving the Heels a 55-52 lead.
But White said the team never had any doubts about its ability to pull off the win.
“When we came back into the huddle after the first me-dia, same thing I tell the team every time it’s a game of runs,”
White said. “They’re going to make their run; we’re not go-ing to hold them to zero points. We just have to do the things that got us our lead and make our run. “
But the Wolfpack stormed back. A layup from freshman Breezy Williams and a three from Strachan gave the Wolf-pack the lead at 57-55. Later, a free throw from Goodwin-Coleman took the lead back up to double digits at 69-59, secur-ing the victory for the Pack.
The N.C. State faithful put the final touch on this win as
the students began to storm the court to celebrate the victory.
“It was exciting,” Holston said. “I waited until the clock got to 0:00 to celebrate because I wanted to stay focused. After that it was great when the stu-dents stormed the court.”
The Wolfpack Women will be returning to Reynolds Coli-seum on Thursday to take on the Boston College Eagles on Senior Night.
COUNTDOWN• 17 days until the men’s ACC tournamnet kicks off in
Greensboro.
INSIDE• Page 7: A continutation of the men’s
swimming and diving preview at the ACC Championships.Sports
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Gymnastics falls to No. 9 BruinsThree 9.9 performances from junior Brooke Barr and freshman Stephanie Ouellette couldn’t help the Pack upset the UCLA Bruins Monday night. The No. 25 Wolfpack notched a final 195.025, but the No. 9 ranked Bruins outlasted the Pack, scoring a 197.475, helping them secure the win. Barr’s 9.9 came from the vault and the floor exercise, while Ouellette’s was also in the floor exercise. With the loss, the Pack drops to 4-6 on the season.
Source: N. c. State athleticS
Pack drops to ninth place in day two in Puerto RicoThe men’s golf team dropped three spots after its second round of golf in the Puerto Rico Classic at Rio Mar Golf Club. After round two, the team checked with a +7, good enough for 9th place. Sophomore Mitchell Sutton is leading the Pack as he sits in 22nd place with a 1-over. Freshman Albin Choi checks in at 30th place with a 2-over.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
Wolfpack upsets rival UNC , 99-72
alex SaNchez/techNiciaNSophomore guard Marissa Kastanek to the basket during the game at Reynolds Coliseum Monday. Kastanek scored 10 in the 88-72 win over the 12th ranked Tarheels.
JoNathaN VogelquiameN/techNiciaN File PhotoFreshman Andrew Tollefson competes in the 200-yard breaststroke on Oct. 16, 2010. The Pack beat both VMI and Campbell.
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Swimmers hope to ‘shave’ timeThe men’s swim team will be in Georgia for a four-day championship.
Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer
The Atlantic Coast Con-ference Championship with kick off Wednesday, and the freshmen on the men’s swim team will be headed to the Georgia Tech Aquat-
ic Center in Atlanta in style. Many of the freshmen can be seen with outrageous haircuts ranging from just a circle of hair on top of their head or random strips of hair cut off.
Brandon Kingston, a sopho-more on the team, finds the haircuts pretty humorous.
“It’s definitely a tradition that the freshmen get their haircut in a weird way and keep it until we get there on Tuesday, and then they get it all shaved off,”
Kingston said. “I’m sure some of them want to get it off as soon as possible.”
The freshmen get their hair cut crazily, but every swimmer on the men’s team shaves their whole body as a ritual before important meets such as the ACC’s in order to increase their speed. Shaving off a swim-mer’s hair makes their body
State trips Terps, captures ACCHL Championship crown
Club SPORTS
20-goal tournament capped off by OT thriller.
Sean FairholmStaff Writer
Despite never leading Mary-land until Brian MacLaren chipped in the tournament-clinching overtime winner, N.C. S t a t e c e l -ebrated a 6-5 victory over the ACC reg-ular season champions to win a title of it s own early Sunday afternoon. The Pack earned the gold by lighting up Duke 7-1 on Friday night and taking down George-town 7-4 on Saturday evening, en route to the defeating the Terrapins a day later.
Harry Fryckberg, the presi-dent and captain of State’s club hockey squad, led a young Wolfpack line up that featured
seven freshman. Although Maryland received a first round bye in the tournament, Fryck-berg said that having to play one more game than Maryland turned out to be beneficial in the end.
“I think it actually helped us out having to play those
extra games because we d i d n’t r e -a l ly have a c h a n c e t o look forward to anything,” Fryckberg, a junior in eco-nomics, said. “We just took everything one game at
a time. Maryland had an easy game shutting out Carolina and they probably took every-thing a little easy.
“We fought so hard to get to the finals and we just wanted to keep it going. It all worked out in the end.”
“I think it actually
helped us out
having to
play those
extra games...”captain Harry Fryckberg
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telling our all kids to hang in there, we were going to get a
big win, to keep on fighting, it was going to
happen.”coach Kellie Harper
TuesdayMen’s golf @ Puerto rico classicRio Grande Puerto Rico, all day
WednesdayswiMMing & Diving @ Men’s acc chaMPionshiPsAtlanta, Ga., all day
Men’s basketball vs. uncRBC Center, 9 p.m.
ThursdayswiMMing & Diving @ Men’s acc chaMPionshiPsAtlanta, Ga., all day
track acc chaMPionshiPsBlacksburg, Va., all day
woMen’s basketball vs. boston collegeReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
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TodayWebinar: PhilanthroPic Psychology: Using donor identity to increase giving.Online1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
chef shoWcaseclark dining hall4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Mr. WolfPack coMPetitionWithersPoon stUdent center7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WednesdaylUnch & learn: the changing face of e-books and ncsU librariesScott HallNoon to 1 p.m.
aMazing alUMni – greg volkD.H. Hill Library, West Wing, Second Floor4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
WilliaM c. friday aWard Presentation and lectUreTalley Student Center Ballroom5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly Hallows Witherspoon Cinema7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema10 p.m. to midnight
Thursdaythe PUll of the Moon: recent Work of barbara lee sMithGregg Museum of Art & DesignNoon to 8 p.m.
lectUre: cash cab Writer talks aboUt his tradeWithers Hall, Room 1311:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
lectUre: JaMes dreier on ethical theoryWithers Hall, Room 3314:30 p.m.
concert: n.c. state Jazz enseMbleStewart Theater7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
lectUre: the Price of edUcation in little rock: a history lesson in integrationD.H. Hill Library, West Wing, Second Floor7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Movie: Harry Potter and tHe deatHly HallowsWitherspoon Cinema10 p.m. to midnight
CoRReCtions & ClaRifiCationsIn Monday’s “SKEMA members adjust to housing, complain about high costs,” there are 2,530 international students at N.C. State as of Fall 2010.
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poliCe BlotteRFeb. 18 1:47 a.M. | fight/daMage to ProPertySigma Chi fraternity houseOfficers responded to fight between members of Sigma Chi and Pi Kappa Phi where window was damaged. Student was referred for fighting on behalf of Sigma Chi and second student was referred for fighting on behalf of Pi Kappa Phi. Both students
were treated by EMS and refused transport.
11:30 a.M. | Medical assist Engineering Building III Units responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. 12:15 a.M. | vehicle stoP Cates Avenue/Dan Allen DriveStudent was stopped for speeding and was referred to the University for underage possession, DWI fewer than 21 and inflict/threat of bodily harm. Student who was passenger was referred for aid & abet.
12:27 a.M. | noise distUrbance Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity houseOfficers responded to report of loud party. Student was referred for underage possession, possession of open container and providing false information. Second student was referred on behalf of the fraternity for aid & abet.
12:30 a.M. | vehicle stoPLeadership Drive/Varsity DriveNon-student was stopped for illegal u-turn and issued citation for no operator’s license. 12:38 a.M. | assaUlt/concerned behavior College of Textiles Student was issued citation for assaulting another student and referred to the University for Assault and trespassed from College of Textiles. Second student was trespassed from College of Engineering.
8:39 a.M. | traffic accident Main Campus Drive/Centennial Middle School Non-student reported running off road after being distracted. 8:54 a.M. | sUsPicioUs vehicleSchenck Forest Officer located unoccupied vehicle parked at entrance. Officer was unable to locate anyone. No action taken. 9:08 a.M. | larceny Landscape Services Building Non-student reported laptop stolen.
1:38 P.M. | sPecial event Doak Field Officer monitored men’s baseball game. 10:06 P.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Avent Ferry Complex Report of two subjects attempting to gain access to residence hall. Officers made contact two non-students who were waiting for student. No further action taken. 11:11 P.M. | drUg violation Wolf Village Apartments Officers located two students in vehicle. Both students were charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and referred to the University. One student was charged with alcohol underage and referred for same.
2:45 P.M. | concerned behavior Gardner Hall Report of disoriented subject. Officers located non-student. After assessment subject was offered transport to Wake Crisis Center for further assistance. 3:52 P.M. | Medical assist Miller Field Lower Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Transport was refused. 5:50 P.M. | fight Cates Avenue Officers responded to report of fight. Officers searched the area but did not locate any problems.
7:02 P.M. | fire alarM Alexander Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 7:25 P.M. | larceny D.H. Hill Library Student reported laptop stolen. 8:10 P.M. | fire alarM Bagwell Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking. 8:12 PM | assist another agency Off Campus Officers responded at request of Raleigh Police Department regarding two students who had been arrested for shoplifting. Subjects were referred to the University for theft.
Feb 192:32 a.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Lake Raleigh Officer observed ten students at the lake after closing. Subjects were advised of policy and complied to leave the area. 12:58 a.M. | sUsPicioUs vehicle Centennial Park & Ride Staff member was found sleeping in vehicle. Subject complied to leave the area. 8:21 a.M. | traffic accident Dan Allen Drive/Hillsborough StreetTwo non-students were involved in traffic accident. No injuries reported. 2:00 P.M. | concerned behavior University Towers Officers responded to concerning
behavior regarding student. Student was referred to the University. 4:44 P.M. | daMage to ProPerty Sullivan Hall Staff member reported broken window. 7:42 P.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Lake Raleigh Six non-students were found fishing at pier after hours. All subjects complied to leave the area.
8:19 P.M. | fight Carmichael Gym Two juveniles were involved in verbal confrontation at bus stop. Officer intervened and prevented from becoming physical.
Feb 201:04 a.M. | sUsPicioUs Person Cates Avenue Student was referred to the University for disorderly conduct. 2:20 a.M. | traffic stoP Avent Ferry Road Student was stopped for failing to burn headlights. Further investigation revealed subject was driving while impaired. Student was arrested and referred for driving while impaired. 1:47 P.M. | fire alarM Reynolds Coliseum Units responded to alarm caused by steam from laundry. 10:29 P.M. | drUg violation Bragaw Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officer spoke with student. No drugs were found but student admitted to possessing alcohol. Housing will handle alcohol issue. No further action taken. 2:59 P.M. | sUsPicioUs PersonTompkins Hall Staff member reported seeing subject who had been previously trespassed. Officer checked the area but did not locate anyone. 4:00 P.M. | tresPassing Caldwell Hall Officer encountered subject from earlier event who had been previously trespassed. Subject was arrested for 2nd degree trespass and re-trespassed from NCSU property.
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stormed the court.”Bonae Holston, junior forward
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Throwing a softball back and forth, Grace Fischetti, a sophomore in nuclear engineering, and Kaitlyn Pauli, a sophomore in business administration, take advantage of the warm weather on Monday. As they are interested in softball,
they wanted to get outside and practice throwing the ball. “I’m a big baseball fan, so I like playing softball,” Fischetti said. Pauli played softball for four years in high school and expressed interest in joining the intramural softball team.
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lace had designed a mascot for a previous course Watson worked for and was open to working with him on the Poole logo.
According to Wallace, the idea was to create a laid back wolf logo that could be used to supplement the four running wolves trademark of the course.
“When Chip took over Lon-nie Poole, we started to discuss ways to have a mascot. I’ve worked with him previously and had an idea of what he wanted. We sat down and put
together some characteristics that we wanted to see in the wolf,” Wallace said.
Dogleg, created to target col-lege-aged players, rests against his white golf bag with a driver in his right hand. His relaxed stance represents the “laid back and cool” attitude Watson and Wallace were trying to create.
According to Wallace one of the original designs included the block ‘S’ logo on Dogleg’s shirt, but due to trademark constraints, it had to be moved to the golf bag.
Gregg Zarnstorff, University director of trademark licens-ing, said Dogleg couldn’t have the block ‘S’ on his person be-
cause it would dilute the trade-mark of Tuffy, the Wolfpack’s main mascot.
“Dogleg originally had the block ‘S’ on his shirt, and we went through several changes to get him to where he is to-day. But anytime you allow other wolves to use the same identifying features, it dilutes the trademark and identity uniqueness, which are the whole reasons for having a trademark,” Zarnstorff said.
Watson and Wallace knew they had to have the block ‘S’ somewhere for the University to approve Dogleg, but since Tuffy is the only mascot to have the ‘S’ on its person, the logo
was moved from the shirt to the golf bag. This was the change that allowed Dogleg to be ap-proved by campus marketing officials.
According to Zarnstorff, the intent was to keep the logo fun.
“The intent isn’t to replace the logo, that is the trademark, but they wanted to have a mas-cot that could be targeted to-wards college-aged players: A fun graphic,” Zarnstorff said. “I think they’ve created that.”
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Commentary
For reasons ‘Unknown,’ Neeson’s new thriller is a disappointmentOscar nominee Liam Nesson stars in what feels like James Bond spy thriller gone terribly wrong.
Katie HanderhanStaff Writer
When I first saw that Liam Neeson was starring in another fast-paced thriller, I was very excited. But oh, how high ex-pectations can be dashed.
The story begins with Dr. Martin Harris (Neeson) and his beautiful wife Elizabeth (January Jones) on a flight to attend a biotechnology confer-ence in Berlin.
Dr. Harris is a botanist. This isn’t exactly important to the story at all, but because he seemed to make the fact that he was a doctor evident every time someone would ask, it was drilled into my mind con-stantly throughout the film’s 113-minute run time.
Dr. Harris gives his “insignif-icant” name first, and then re-peats with his title as if it would make him worthy of special treatment. It went something like this, “Martin Harris, oh excuse me, Dr. Martin Harris”
Sorry Harris, but you’re not as suave as Bond.
But anyway, the Harris’ land in an unforgivingly cold and snowy Berlin, setting up the miserable events that are to follow. The two hail a cab and scramble to get in out of the cold as their driver loads their
bags into the trunk.And here’s where the trouble
starts, with something as sim-ple as a human being’s own stupidity.
Surprise! His briefcase gets left behind on the airport trol-ley. And guess what else! His only form of identification is inside that very same brief-case. I wonder how much time it took the filmmakers to whip that idea up?
However, the whole ridicu-lousness of the first couple scenes was a clever move for di-rector Jaume Collet-Serra, but in the interest of avoiding plot spoilers, I’ll let you figure out why for yourself.
With his wife inside the hotel checking in, our beloved doc-tor jumps in a taxi driven by Gina (Diane Kruger), an illegal refugee from Bosnia, to reclaim his briefcase and his identity, when suddenly a container falls off of a truck and smashes into their windshield, causing them to spin around like a tinker toy and fly off a bridge into the icy waters below.
Kruger becomes the heroine, pulling the now unconscious Dr. Harris out of the sinking taxi. But, since she is an illegal immigrant, she flees the scene, disappearing into the streets of Berlin. Dr. Harris ends up in the hospital unconscious for four days.
After waking from his coma,
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Technician takes a look at the best comic books and graphic novels in the crime genre.
Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer
When most people think of com-ics, they imagine the good deeds and valor performed by the average super-powered hero. However, some of the best stories in the medium focus on the other side of the law.
The following four books do just that, taking a look at the seedy un-derbelly of society, and those who are forced to dwell there. From crooked cops and crime syndicates to petty thieves and private dicks, these sto-ries represent some of the best crime comics available today.
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
It seems appropriate to start this list with one of the most highly-praised crime books of the past decade – Brian Azzarello’s 100 Bullets. Over a run of ten years and one hundred issues, Azzarello told a sweeping conspiracy story filled with murder, betrayal and every other element of a noir master-piece.
The series starts with the simple premise of a briefcase containing 100 untraceable bullets given to people who’ve had their lives destroyed. The briefcase also contains the identity of the person who wronged them and gives them a chance to be above the law and take vengeance if they so choose. Early story arcs in the series focus on cases such as these.
As the series progresses, however, the focus shifts to the mysterious Agent Graves, the man who is pro-viding the briefcase to people. It also becomes clear what the purpose of the briefcase and the earlier story arcs are and exactly what Graves is trying to accomplish.
The events of 100 Bullets are illus-trated exclusively by Eduardo Risso, who brings a dark, realistic art style that complements the series grim content.
100 Bullets requires a long invest-ment of time and a bit of patience, but the consistent strength of the charac-ters, dialog and artwork make it worth the commitment.
Vertigo Crime Line by Various Au-thors and Artists
Reminiscent of the anthology crime books of the 50s and 60s, the Vertigo Crime line is a constant and excellent source of murder and mystery. The line features some of the best crime writers from all mediums, including novels, comics and television.
Currently, the line sees a new entry every month. Each story is packaged the same and is about the size of the average hardcover novel. Each creative team brings its own crime tale to the table, featuring one-and-done stories that range from a private detective searching for a serial killer to a young man investigating the murder of his high school girlfriend.
The timely release of new content and ever-changing writers make the Vertigo Crime Line an easy recommen-dation for any fan of the genre. Even if one story doesn’t prove interesting, the next offers a completely new experi-
ence, while also introducing readers to authors they may have otherwise never checked out.
The consistent quality and sense of discovery each entry in the line provides make sure that there is something for everyone to love and is a great place for readers new to the comic book medium to start.
Richard Stark’s Parker: The Hunt-er/The Outfit by Richard Stark, adapted by Darwyn Cooke
Darwyn Cooke began his adapta-tion of Richard Stark’s popular char-acter Parker in 2009’s The Hunter, and he followed with The Outfit just last year. The first in a proposed four-book series, both books won critical acclaim and graphic novel of the year awards based on the strength of their well-paced stories and creative artistic visuals.
The series follows the titular char-acter Parker, a conman and criminal who has built a reputation as being the best at what he does. The story begins as Parker finds himself wronged by another criminal group and follows him as he seeks out his vengeance.
Parker’s world is one fully invested in the criminal underworld; Parker only seems a hero because he is po-sitioned against a much larger and more devious and twisted group of criminals. This leaves a great deal of moral ambiguity and allows for a more brutal, violent main character.
Because these graphic novels are adaptations of previously released novels, a lot of the creativity comes from Cooke’s art, and, in this area, he manages to astound. His unique style of cartooning manages to bring a great
deal of emotion and charm to Parker, even when he spends the majority of both books with a scowl etched on his face. Add in Cooke’s creative use of alternate art styles to depict the vari-ous heists, and the visual elements of the Parker books alone make them must-read titles.
The Losers by Andy Diggle and JockIn Andy Diggle’s The Losers, a for-
mer CIA special ops team seeks re-venge on their former handler, the mysterious Max, after leaving them for dead on foreign soil. Joined by the cold-blooded Aisha, a woman with her own grudge against Max, the team works to end the corruption in the CIA and expose an international conspiracy.
While The Losers does not exactly follow a group of criminals, the dou-ble-crosses, espionage and constant twists in the story are all present. The Losers are also constantly on the wrong side of the law, even if it is a corrupt government standing against them.
The strength of Diggle’s writing is that all of the characters feel real, and they all have their own motivations for taking out Max, beyond simple revenge. Every character feels like their own person, even as they func-tion as a member of a larger team. It’s clear that the characters are friends as much as they are teammates, and this allows the reader to quickly connect and sympathize with the group.
Also on display here is the art pro-duced by renowned comic artist Jock. The art style is realistic without sac-rificing the expressive nature of car-tooning. Each character and locale is
distinct, and numerous visual cues tie the characters and their relationships with one another together.
At only 32 issues, The Losers manage to tell a complex, satisfying espionage story. Recently collected into a two-volume edition by publisher Vertigo, The Losers is an affordable and enter-taining series, worth the time of any crime fan interested in following a more heroic group of characters.
Crime comics profile the wrong side of the law
Poole Course - not Just for golf:Centennial Campus’s Lonnie Poole Golf Course has several goals. The main purpose of the course and facilities is “to provide a public golf course … that serves as a venue for the men’s and women’s varsity golf teams.”Poole Golf Course also serves
as a valuable research facility. The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences uses it to perform turfgrass and storm water research. The course also serves as a teaching and training facility for the Professional Golf Management (PGM) Program in the College of Natural Resources.
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Courtesy of DC/VertiGoThe Vertigo Crime Line premiered last year, and new books have been release each month thereafter, including Fogtown.
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I read your article in Monday’s issue about the SKEMA students thinking they pay too much for housing. Why is this news? The complaints they have apply to almost every student at State. Most of us feel our rent is too high or our appliances don’t work. For instance, I pay almost $500 a month for my apartment at Wolf Creek where there are loud parties every weekend and roommates I don’t get along with. My complex is in the middle of nowhere, so I don’t live near most of my friends either. As far as sketchy neighborhoods? I lived on Gorman Street near Avent Ferry last year. I felt unsafe too. Since parking permits are ridiculously expensive, many off-campus students walk, ride bikes or take the bus to campus every day.They’re not alone there either. Anyone who doesn’t have car has the same issues getting groceries that the SKEMA students do: take the bus or bum a ride from a friend. The University is not going to build a dorm just for French students so they’ll feel more comfortable here at State. We already have a dorm that is primarily for our international students. If housing is really an issue then maybe Alexander should have more spots for the foreign students instead of for Americans. Reading this article was just like any conversation I have with friends about where we live. The difference is that we understand that we’re college students and that no situation will be perfect.
Amy Williamssenior, business administration
Viewpoint Technicianpage 4 • tuesday, february 22, 2011
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It’s just that this is a University golf course and as a student, it feels very inaccessible.
Brian Schultz, junior in envornmental design in architecture
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The student sections of the RBC Center aside, attendance has been a
consistent issue at our men’s basketball games. It may seem unfair to expect such quick turn around from our new athletic director, but this issue lands squarely at the feet of the Athletics Department.
Duke Coach Mike Krzyzews-ki says bad attendance at Sun-day games could be improved by moving them to Saturday, but while discussing Coach K’s comment on Monday, colum-nist Ken Tysiac wrote, “There were thousands of empty seats for some sessions at the ACC tournament last year, and there may be more of the same next month in Greensboro. Teams from N.C. State, Boston Col-lege, Miami and some other
ACC schools should be used to that, because they often play in front of arenas that aren’t close to being full.”
It is upsetting that the Wolf-pack fan base has hit a spot where it is simply understood that basketball games will suf-fer from poor attendance.
The RBC Center is a massive venue for our basketball games, but that is no real excuse for it being half empty on game day. Chapel Hill has an average of 18,812 people attend its home game, while the Wolfpack only gets 13,117. We can see the list of promotions being offered throughout the schedule, but more of an effort should be
made to let Wolfpack fans in Raleigh know that there are in-centives to go to an N.C. State basketball game.
The better the Athletics pro-grams do, the more likely en-dowment money will find its way into the school. Potential-ly, the more fan support that our teams have, the better they will do. The more effort put into filling the game venues and creating an atmosphere of fan appreciation, the more fan support our teams will have. It is the purview of Debbie Yow and the Athletics Department to create the best circumstanc-es for fans to make it to the games and support teams that
perform to the maximum of their ability.
Working with the RBC Cen-ter and N.C. State Athletics to create the best environment for success, the Wolfpack fan base can see glory days once more. Increasing attendance can work to meet all our needs, di-rectly and indirectly. There are plenty of fans wishing they had a good reason to enjoy an N.C. State basketball game.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
Poor attendance means poor performanceThe FacTs:After their game Sunday, Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski was asked about scheduling and blamed lackluster attendance on having Sunday games versus Saturday games. Ken Tysiac commented on Coach K’s observation and pointed out that N.C. State should be used to low attendance at their games.
OUr OpInIOn:RBC Center and N.C. State Athletics Department needs to increase attendance at men’s basketball games. This can improve the endowment, fan moral and possibly build up the team for a win.
ByJASMINE WIllIAMS
What should be done to improve attendance
at the men’s basketball games?
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“Fire Sidney Lowe and I’ll be there.”
Ahmed Amersophomore, communication
“More free gifts and rewards for attendance would be great.”
Chisom Anenfreshman, First year College
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“If our record was better, and some changes were made to our coaching staff attendance would improve.”
Sam Blantonsophomore, political science
“It shouldn’t be so hard to get a ticket that is good, because you end up really high up and away from your friends.”
Blair Jonesfreshman, textiles technology
To start a long dis-tance relationship or not to start a long
distance relationship, that is the question. There are ba-sically two types of long dis-tance relationships, those that start out long distance
and those that start o u t a n d t hen be-come long distance. Here a re some help-ful hints to surviving an LDR.
Getting i n t o a n
LDR right from the start of the relationship can cause it to move really fast. When you only see each other ev-ery other week, you tend to concentrate everything into those few days of seeing each other. This can lead to a really intense relationship.
You need to be cautious of moving too fast. You could burn out on this person quickly and that’s not a good start to any re-lationship. Be sure to take it slow and when you hang out, try and make it with a
group and not always just the two of you. Invite them out with your friends and go out with their friends when visiting each other.
Trust is something that can be very difficult to build in any relationship but can be especially difficult for those in LDRs. Since you are not able to be with your significant other very often, you have to trust that they are being faithful to you.
Especially with the advent of social me-dia and cell phones, it’s now easier than ever to see what your boyfriend or girlfriend is up to. It can be easy to go on Facebook and see them in a picture with another person and immedi-ately jump to conclusions. If you completely trust this per-son though, this shouldn’t even be an issue.
On the other hand, sometime you are in a relationship and due to school, work or life, you or your significant other have to move and a the relationship becomes long-distance.
Nicole Ralston, a gradu-ate student in higher educa-tion administration, recently graduated from Florida State University, where she met her boyfriend when she was a ju-nior. They dated for two years before Ralston moved to Ra-leigh, NC, and her boyfriend moved to Atlanta, GA.
Ralston said the biggest chal-lenge has been “not having him here to celebrate with me when I accomplish something or when he does. Also, not having
him here, being there f o r h i m when he or I need to be cheered up.”
Ralston states that even though it
doesn’t compare to being in the same room. texting, call-ing and Skyping have made it easier for them to feel connect-ed. Just like you would in any long-term relationship, Ralston and her boyfriend make sure to talk on the phone or Skype every evening to catch up on their day and say goodnight.
There are some things that are true in any relationship
but can be vital to keeping an LDR alive. As in any re-lationship, you have to keep things new and fresh. Keep-ing the spontaneity alive in a relationship will help the relationship last.
Unfortunately, an LDR won’t keep you satisfied in a relationship forever so be sure to keep up communi-cation on the possibility of you two being in the same city eventually. If your sig-nificant other seems wary of this, you might want to reconsider if they are the one for you.
Just remember to keep up communication, keep things exciting, and to al-ways trust your significant other and your relationship has the potential to with-stand the distance.
Staci ThorntonStaff Columnist
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2010’s best films, directors and actors vie for the most prestigious award in the film industry.
Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer
It is probably one of the most iconic and important phrases in the world of movies. For months now, directors, actors, actresses, and anyone else part of the film industry has been anxious-ly awaiting this coming Sunday night where they may or may not hear those important words as they receive the highest accolade in moviedom: “And the Oscar goes to…”
According to the Academy Awards official website, the very first Academy Award was given to German actor Emil Jannings before the first Academy Award dinner in 1929. Jannings had to return to Europe, so the Academy gave him his statuette prior to the ceremony.
For the f irst awards, the 15 winners were announced several months before the Awards dinner. The next year, they decided to keep the winners a secret to build suspense to all attending the ceremony.
They did, however, give a list of the winners to newspapers to be published the night of the Awards.
That system worked very well un-til 1940 when the Los Angeles Times published the winner list in its eve-ning edition, which guests attending the ceremony had plenty of access to.
In 1941, the Academy began its “sealed envelope” tradition that is still in use today.
The winners are chosen by the American Academy of Motion Pic-ture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). As of 2007, there were 5,855 Academy members who vote to determine the winners in each specific category.
The categories range from the cov-eted Best Picture award to more tech-nical awards such as Best Cinematog-raphy and Best Sound Editing. Awards are also given to Best Actor and Best Actress in a Lead Role as well as Best Supporting Actor and Actress.
As 2010 was a good year for movies, there are many favorites to win—es-pecially for Best Picture. So far, Black Swan, The King’s Speech and The
Social Network are the biggest contenders for the Best Picture. Toy Story 3 was also nominated for Best Picture, becoming the 3rd animated film to be nominated in that category.
For Best Ac-tor, British actor Colin Firth, who
played the lead in The King’s Speech, is considered most likely to win as his role was critically acclaimed and has won several other awards. Natalie Portman is the favorite to take home the Best Actress award for her perfor-mance in Black Swan.
Toy Story 3 is pretty much guar-anteed a win Best Animated Film. It not only won that award at the Golden Globes, but it is also the highest gross-ing film of 2010.
Many films this year were nomi-
nated for multiple awards; The King’s Speech received the most with 12. True Grit, Ethan and Joel Coen’s update of the 1969 John Wayne film, nabbed 10 nominations, and both Inception and The Social Network got 8.
While many students are interested in the winners, many do not watch the broadcast of the actual ceremony.
“The things I’m interested in I’ll look up later,” Jeanette Hernandez, a junior in mechanical engineering, said. “If I catch it on TV, then I’ll watch it.”
Janell Miller, a sophomore in Eng-lish, said she would watch just to see who wins.
“I usually don’t watch them actu-ally,” Miller said.
Andrea Mensch, a professor of Eng-lish who teaches courses like Intro-duction to Film, said she looks at the more technical categories instead of just the more popular ones like Best Picture.
“I’m interested in sound editing, because I have an interest in music,” Mensch said.
Mensch also talked about the other categories—such as Best Short Film and Best Animated Short—that get glossed over, especially since there is not as much wide access to those films as they are to the others.
“It’s kind of frustrating, because we don’t have access here to…short films and animated shorts,” she said. “That’s a shame that you can’t see them ahead of time.”
She explained that you have to trust the Academy’s opinion, and you can-not judge for yourself if a particular film deserved an award.
When looking at the Best Picture category for this year, Mensch was impressed by the different types of films and the accessibility of them to
wide audiences.“There’s a real variety,” Mensch said.And her personal pick for the Best
Picture winner?“I think it’s going to be between
Black Swan and The King’s Speech,” she said.
She said that while Black Swan was
a beautifully constructed film, The King’s Speech resonates with audiences a bit more.
“People love [The King’s Speech] be-cause it’s inspirational,” Mensch said.
The suspense will build until the Oscars go live on February 27. May the best film win.
FeaturesMovie fans gear up for the 2011 Academy Awards
Courtesy of aCademy awardsJames Franco and Anne Hathaway are set to host the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Feb. 27. Franco is also nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Role for his portrayal of Aron Ralston, the hiker who spent multiple days trapped between two boulders in the film 127 hours.
“I think it’s going
to be between Black Swan and The
King’s Speech [for
Best Picture].”Andrea Mensch, professor of English
‘American Idol’ loses Simon, and many fansStudents sound off on Idol’s bold new direction.
Brooke Shafranek Staff Writer
Following the departure of Simon Cowell, the show’s main judge and some major changes to the program, American Idol is not what it used to be.
Season 10 began this past month looking different than it ever has before. The judging panel has two new faces, Ste-ven Tyler and Jennifer Lopez, added alongside veteran Randy Jackson. For the first time in the show’s history, fifteen year olds may audition. The show is now aired Wednesdays and Thursdays, instead of Tuesdays and Thursdays.
A new executive producer and music director have also been added to the show, as well as many format changes such as reducing the number of lower-level audition rounds. And according to Idol fans, these changes have had a det-rimental impact on the quality of the show.
The ratings for the show are still large, though now air-ing on Wednesdays means that American Idol butts heads with other big television shows, such as Modern Family and The Middle. These shows have had steady ratings since American Idol ’s airing changes, which would not have been the case a few years ago, as Idol stole view-ers away from all other shows. However, with the show’s long-running time, this is quite common.
The new judges have not had the positive reception that their celebrity status had hinted. Speaking about Steven Tyler, Kid Rock told Entertainment Weekly, “I think it’s the stu-pidest thing he’s ever done in his life.”
“He’s a sacred American in-stitution of rock and roll,” Rock said, “and he just threw it all out the window. Just stomped on it and set it on fire.”
Freshman English major Kel-ly Harris thinks the new judges may be famous, but they are not well-known as respected as past American Idol judges.
“Steven Tyler is known as Aerosmith’s [lead singer],” said Harris. “And J.Lo, though very kind and talented in vari-ous ways, had one pop album that was on the charts for a hot
minute and really shouldn’t be judging American Idol. She’s what I assume [is supposed to be] a replacement for Paula Abdul.”
Harris also believes the origi-nal judges, Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul, and Simon Cow-ell, had more character and more chemistry with one an-other. As for the current judg-es, Harris said they are “kind of bogus.”
“Steven Tyler?” Harris said. “What a step back for his ca-reer.”
Ju n ior E ng l i sh major Kris Demers loved the “old trio because of the way they interacted with one another.”
“Simon was always the tough one to impress, Randy was the suave funny guy, and Paula was the peace-maker,” Demers said. “The judges now are a little bit too consistent…it’s like there is no element of surprise. “
Chrissy Bacak, freshman biology major, misses Si-mon Cowell’s presence on the show.
“He was really straightfor-ward and told people exactly what he thought,” Bacak said. “A lot of people stopped watch-ing after Simon left because he made the show.”
Sophomore arts applications major Kimberly Smith stopped watching the show after Cow-ell left.
“He was the main reason I watched it.” Smith said. “He
was brutally honest and told people what they [needed] to hear. Without him, there is nothing that attracts me to the show anymore.”
Smith also thinks that the more recent American Idol win-ners have not become nearly as successful as the early season winners.
“The later winners go no-where,” Smith said. “Compare Kelly Clarkson to Kris Allen or Taylor Hicks.”
Harris stopped watching because the show “lost its in-tegrity.”
“The best vocalists stopped winning, and the show became purely about appearance,” Harris said. “It’s a popularity contest.”
Her example comes from season nine.
“Adam Lambert was musi-cally talented and strived for the title over [Kris Allen],” Harris said. “From what I saw of Adam, he seemed to have a way with making known mu-sic unique to his own taste and style and was consistently a joy to watch. Though his post-Idol career hasn’t been what I’d call ideal, through the duration of his season he superseded Kris vocally and entertainingly.”
“Kris was the generic good-ole’ boy who was going to in-evitably win the hearts of all American girls. Adam was different, and I don’t think at the time America was ready to
handle him just yet,” Harris said.
Demers believes, despite the show’s long-running quest to find hidden talent, there is still more to be discovered.
“Younger contestants can try out when they reach the age limit, and other people who may not have had the chance, the motivation or the ability to try out are still out there wait-ing to be discovered,” Demers said.
Harris disagrees and believes the show has already found all the hidden talent.
“There’s nothing left out there,” Harris said.
And although Demers be-lieves in the show’s mission, he has recently stopped watch-ing American Idol.
“It became too repetitive,” Demers said. “I knew exactly what to expect, because I had seen it season after season. I guess it got old.”
Bacak thinks that the show “needs to end soon.”
“American Idol is the same thing every year,” Bacak said. “I think Simon Cowell’s new show X-Factor will take away from Idol.”
For now, Fox seems happy with how American Idol is do-ing with this season’s dramatic changes. The show’s future, though, is ultimately in the hands of the viewers.
Dr. Harris checks out of the hospital, determined to find his wife. Shock-ingly, he discovers she no longer recognizes him and is arm-in-arm with another man who, coincidentally, is named Dr. Martin Harris.
Here, in the midst of confusion and heartbreak, is where our doctor’s quest begins. Throughout the rest of the film, he’ll struggle to answer questions about his reality and identity while simultaneously acquiring assassin-like ninja skills to match the spies lurking around every corner.
It’s not every day you can witness a 50-some-year-old botanist bust a move with-out fracturing a hip.
Like most thrillers, we’re led through twists and turns, but there is no ele-me nt of surprise.
At t he moment where we see Mrs . Harris’ “new” husband, it was ob-vious how the movie was going to end up. Maybe it’s be-cause I’m a gifted genius. I’ll let you be the judge, but regardless, the ending was predictable, and the movie lacked a certain punch that would have kept you beg-ging for more.
If there were an award for most coincidental, unreal-istic events in a two hour span, this would be more than just a nominee; it would be the Oscar winner.
How coincidental is it that his brief case, and the one with his passport at that, is the one that gets left be-hind? Or that while racing to reclaim his passport Dr. Harris’ phone suddenly los-es signal in one of the big-gest cities in Germany?
Not to mention the fact that the taxi driver, Gina, is gorgeous. Now, I’ve nev-er been to Germany or had the privilege of being in the backseat of a German taxi, but my Americanized, ste-reotypical assumption is
that most taxi drivers aren’t go-ing to be drop-dead-gorgeous runway models.
When I think taxi driver, I’m thinking some older guy, miss-ing a few teeth. Not a pretty, blond hair blue-eyed chick with an adorable accent and hat to match.
However, I’ l l give credit where credit is due: there were some humorous scenes…but unfortunately, they occurred at all the wrong moments.
I found myself chuckling with the rest of the movie goers dur-ing awkward silences between characters, Dr. Harris stum-bling around the hospital in a drug induced fashion, and Nee-son’s signature “I’m angry now” voice; a mix between a wicked sore throat and Christian Bales’ Batman. If you’ve seen other movies starring Neeson, like Taken, you’re probably familiar with this characteristic of his.
There was one scene where Harris, bound to a hospital
gurney by his wrist, tries to reach for scis-sors near by. Of course, the pair of sc i s sors i s just out of his reach. But as each second passes by, or rather, after each agoniz-ing minute, his shaking fingertips
inch closer and closer to his goal. So we, the audience, sit there – eyes glazing over and glued to the gigantic screen watching and waiting for some-thing, anything, to happen.
I sat there, mouth open in awe, full of half chewed pop-corn, waiting for the ‘ah ha!’ moment, waiting for the goose bumps a good thriller usually bestows, waiting for something that would finally capture the essence of this film and reclaim its identity.
But, as fate would have it, the film’s 5-minute laser-focused scene dedicated solely to scissor seeking amounted to nothing more than another failed at-tempt to create suspense.
The ending of the film, in-cluding its final, predictable twist, made me wish that this film had left with something to figure out for myself. With a great cast, an adequate direc-tor and a nice, sizable budget, this film still managed to fall way short, for reasons that will forever remain Unknown.
unknowncontinued from page 3
Courtesty of foxAmerican Idol’s 10th season debuted last month with an almost entirely new cast, including new members Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith, and solo pop artist and actress Jennifer Lopez. Students have expressed their distaste for the changes, and are unanimous in their disappointment at show founder Simon Cowell’s decision to leave the show last season.
“I found myself
chuckling with
the rest of the
movie goers
during awkward
silences between
characters.”
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Pack fans live large at BIG EventThe N.C. State ACTION Committee hosted its annual BIG Event for
the 14th straight year Monday. The party—designed for alumni, faculty, staff, students and other Wolfpack fans—took place before,
during and after the women’s basketball game against UNC on Kay Yow Court in Reynolds Coliseum.
Attendees were treated to numerous giveaways, games and free food. University Dining is sponsored a “Last Student Standing” contest, where students were eligible to win several prizes, including a trip for two to this year’s Final Four.
This BIG Event was also the first “green” athletic event at N.C. State. To make the game and surrounding activities “greener,” the ACTION Com-mittee put compost and recycling bins inside Reynolds to collect waste. The committee also distributed T-shirts made of 100 percent recycled materials. After the game, student volunteers swept the aisles to collect recyclables left behind.
The ACTION Committee is also donating money to the sustainability trust fund at N.C. State to offset the energy and pollution caused by fans commuting to the game.
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Natalie ClauNCh/teChNiCiaNPlaying a basketball game before the BIG event 2011, Ahmed Amer, a sophomore in communication, and Bob Gilwater, a sophomore in business administration, battle to make more baskets than the other. Amer said the BIG event was a “good way to get people pumped for the game and bring the campus together.” The event started at 5 p.m. behind Talley Student Center, and continued in Reynold’s Coliseum before the Women’s Basketball game against UNC Monday.
Natalie ClauNCh/teChNiCiaNCelebrating her win at the BIG event 2011, Emily Marsh, a freshman undecided, proclaims her victory. Marsh won a t-shirt and a chance at at tickets to the final four. “The event is very cool, the game I played was like musical chairs, so I just got lucky,” Marsh said.
tyler thompsoN/teChNiCiaNPlaying on the inflatable basketball court, Christian Rhone, a freshman in biomedical engineering, goes for the dunk while pulling the second player attached to the other end of the harness. Rhone heard about the event on Facebook and wanted to check it out. Rhone is attending both the women’s and the men’s basketball games this week. “I was expecting more [from the event], but it was still fun,” Rhone said.
tyler thompsoN/teChNiCiaNLooking on in disbelief as the ball rolls back toward her, Sarah Ginsburger, a SKEMA student from France, plays a game at the BIG Event. Ginsburger was able to win a small stuffed animal during the game. Ginsburger heard about the event on Facebook and from an e-mail sent by University Dining. “We don’t have this in France, so it’s kinda cool,” Ginsburger said. The event brought out a large crowd to have fun and interact with other people.
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smoother, thus creating less drag in the water and quicker laps.
Senior Ben Mechak takes part in this shaving ritual because even a few fractions of a sec-ond make a difference in a close race.
“I s h ave m y l e g s , arms, stom-ach, ches t and back,” Mechak said. “It’s a great feeling when you first dive in the water.”
N.C. State is tied for most ACC Cham-pionships titles with 24, and coach Brooks Teal’s goal for the men’s team is to collect another title in the future.
“We’ve got a lot of talented freshmen,” Teal said. “We want to win an ACC championship, but in order to do that, we need to start getting in the top half, then top three, and ultimately win the championship.”
Going into the champion-ship, the Wolfpack men (6-3 overall, 3-3 ACC) are tied for fourth with Clemson (6-3 over-all, 2-2 ACC) in the conference. Defending champion Virginia
claimed its third consecutive and 13th overall ACC title last year.
The Pack was not satisfied with the way it performed last year after taking ninth place overall. So the team is ready to show the ACC that it is seri-ous in taking the title back to Raleigh this year.
“I look for-ward for the tot a l t e a m effort to re-bound from l a s t ye a r,” Mechak said. “We’re ready to prove to the ACC that we’re a lot bet-ter team than we were last year.”
Kingston echoed that com-ment and agreed that the team this year is a great deal more improved team compared to last year.
“We definitely have a stron-ger team this year and we have so much potential with all the new freshmen that came in,” Kingston said.
The meet starts on Wednes-day with the 200-medley relay and the 800-freestyle relay and will conclude on Saturday, Feb. 26th.
swimcontinued from page 8
“We’re ready to
prove to the ACC
that we’re a lot
better team than
we were last year.”senior swimmer Ben Mechak
One of the major story lines from Hillsborough’s Triangle Sportsplex wasn’t just mental preparation heading into the Sunday’s championship contest, but rather physical prepara-tion. Fourteen hours after defeating Georgetown in a physical match up, State had to quickly turn around to face a well-rested Mary-land team.
“It was a little tough for everybody being able to sleep that night,” Fryck-berg said. “George-tow n i s a pret t y solid team, and everybody was pretty tired after that game. They (Mary-land) were probably expect-ing to beat us, but we just kept fighting. We were able to put a little bit of pres-sure on them, skate a little harder, and it just all came together.”
While Fryckberg has been around to watch the recent development of State hockey, coach Mike Gazzillo is in his first year with the Pack. Echo-ing his captain’s statements, Gazzillo said that fight and determination ultimately de-cided State’s outcome of the tournament.
“You have to approach it one game at a time,” Gazzillo said. “You can’t ever look at an opponent that you’ve beat and think you’ve got it won. We looked at Duke as a strong opponent and we just went out there and put in the back of our minds that we had beat them. The thing we kept saying over and over was that this is going
to come down to who wants it more. Ev-ery game is a must win and every shift is a must win shift.”
Earlier in the sea-s o n w h e n State visited Maryland, the Terrapins outscored
the Wolfpack 16-3 in an em-barrassing two game series. Gazzillo’s team would only drop one more conference game in finishing during AC-CHL play before setting up a
match up of the one-seed and two-seed.
“I think Maryland was wait-ing to play us more than we were waiting to play them,” Gazzillo said. “They’ve got a good club, they’re well coached, and they’ve got really good hockey players. It was a match up that I was hoping for. If No. 1 and No. 2 can play for the championship, you can’t really ask for anything more than that.”
For Gazzillo, the main theme of the tournament was for his team to prove that they had a stronger will and determina-
tion than its opponent. After challenging his team on Sat-urday night to complete the mission, the Pack were able to battle and do just that.
“Going into the second pe-riod of the Georgetown game, I told them that they had five periods of hockey left in their entire season,” Gazzillo said. “I told them they had to win ev-ery period. That’s exactly what they did.”
iCEcontinued from page 8
Contributed by n.C. State Club iCe HoCkeyN.C. State’s club ice hockey team gathers for a celebration photo after it won the ACCHL Championship, deafteding Maryland 6-5 in overtime. The Pack won three games over the weekend in route to winning the confrence title. “You can’t
ever look at an
opponent that
you’ve beat and
think you’ve got
it won.”coach Mike Gazzillo
Women’s basketball team defeated traditional rival North Carolina to get its first big win of the season.
Jeniece Jamison Senior Staff Writer
The Wolfpack women were able to catch the Tar Heels napping as the Pack pulled out its first signature win of the season against ri-val No. 13 North Carolina in an 88-72 contest.
White stole the show for the Wolfpack by dropping 14 of her 23 points in the second half. Four other State players, Burke, Kas-tanek, Strachan and junior Bonae Holston all scored in double digits. White also added six assists. The Pack’s excellent care of the ball also helped them secure the victory as the team only turned the ball over four times, all-time low for the Pack.
“We’ve been telling our all kids to hang in there, we were going to get a big win, to keep on fighting, it was going to happen,” coach Kellie Harper said. “I thanked them after the game, I thanked them for believing and having faith in what our staff was say-ing, and it finally paid off tonight. “
The game started as a close contest with State getting its first lead off of a put-back from freshman forward Kody Burke to put the score at 6-4. It contin-ued to be a seesaw battle until a three from freshman guard Myisha Goodwin-Coleman gave the Wolfpack its first double-digit lead at 35-24 with five minutes left in the first half.
The first half proved to be a collective effort for State on the offensive end. Senior
Brittany Strachan led the way with 10 points for the half and senior Amber White and Burke were also able to contribute with nine each for the half.
UNC was able to bring the game within single digits at sparing moments at the end of the first half, but the Pack was able to hold the Heels off and keep a double digit lead head-ing into the half.
The Tar Heels proved early on in the second half that they were not going to go down without a fight, possibly giving Pack players bad memories of
the game against Duke earlier in the season, where it blew a double digit lead in the second half. And those memories be-gan to come true when Waltiea Rolle hit a layup to cut the defi-cit to two points, followed by two consecutive threes from She’la Whie, giving the Heels a 55-52 lead.
But White said the team never had any doubts about its ability to pull off the win.
“When we came back into the huddle after the first me-dia, same thing I tell the team every time it’s a game of runs,”
White said. “They’re going to make their run; we’re not go-ing to hold them to zero points. We just have to do the things that got us our lead and make our run. “
But the Wolfpack stormed back. A layup from freshman Breezy Williams and a three from Strachan gave the Wolf-pack the lead at 57-55. Later, a free throw from Goodwin-Coleman took the lead back up to double digits at 69-59, secur-ing the victory for the Pack.
The N.C. State faithful put the final touch on this win as
the students began to storm the court to celebrate the victory.
“It was exciting,” Holston said. “I waited until the clock got to 0:00 to celebrate because I wanted to stay focused. After that it was great when the stu-dents stormed the court.”
The Wolfpack Women will be returning to Reynolds Coli-seum on Thursday to take on the Boston College Eagles on Senior Night.
COUNTDOWN• 17 days until the men’s ACC tournamnet kicks off in
Greensboro.
INSIDE• Page 7: A continutation of the men’s
swimming and diving preview at the ACC Championships.Sports
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Gymnastics falls to No. 9 BruinsThree 9.9 performances from junior Brooke Barr and freshman Stephanie Ouellette couldn’t help the Pack upset the UCLA Bruins Monday night. The No. 25 Wolfpack notched a final 195.025, but the No. 9 ranked Bruins outlasted the Pack, scoring a 197.475, helping them secure the win. Barr’s 9.9 came from the vault and the floor exercise, while Ouellette’s was also in the floor exercise. With the loss, the Pack drops to 4-6 on the season.
Source: N. c. State athleticS
Pack drops to ninth place in day two in Puerto RicoThe men’s golf team dropped three spots after its second round of golf in the Puerto Rico Classic at Rio Mar Golf Club. After round two, the team checked with a +7, good enough for 9th place. Sophomore Mitchell Sutton is leading the Pack as he sits in 22nd place with a 1-over. Freshman Albin Choi checks in at 30th place with a 2-over.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
Wolfpack upsets rival UNC , 99-72
alex SaNchez/techNiciaNSophomore guard Marissa Kastanek to the basket during the game at Reynolds Coliseum Monday. Kastanek scored 10 in the 88-72 win over the 12th ranked Tarheels.
JoNathaN VogelquiameN/techNiciaN File PhotoFreshman Andrew Tollefson competes in the 200-yard breaststroke on Oct. 16, 2010. The Pack beat both VMI and Campbell.
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Swimmers hope to ‘shave’ timeThe men’s swim team will be in Georgia for a four-day championship.
Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer
The Atlantic Coast Con-ference Championship with kick off Wednesday, and the freshmen on the men’s swim team will be headed to the Georgia Tech Aquat-
ic Center in Atlanta in style. Many of the freshmen can be seen with outrageous haircuts ranging from just a circle of hair on top of their head or random strips of hair cut off.
Brandon Kingston, a sopho-more on the team, finds the haircuts pretty humorous.
“It’s definitely a tradition that the freshmen get their haircut in a weird way and keep it until we get there on Tuesday, and then they get it all shaved off,”
Kingston said. “I’m sure some of them want to get it off as soon as possible.”
The freshmen get their hair cut crazily, but every swimmer on the men’s team shaves their whole body as a ritual before important meets such as the ACC’s in order to increase their speed. Shaving off a swim-mer’s hair makes their body
State trips Terps, captures ACCHL Championship crown
Club SPORTS
20-goal tournament capped off by OT thriller.
Sean FairholmStaff Writer
Despite never leading Mary-land until Brian MacLaren chipped in the tournament-clinching overtime winner, N.C. S t a t e c e l -ebrated a 6-5 victory over the ACC reg-ular season champions to win a title of it s own early Sunday afternoon. The Pack earned the gold by lighting up Duke 7-1 on Friday night and taking down George-town 7-4 on Saturday evening, en route to the defeating the Terrapins a day later.
Harry Fryckberg, the presi-dent and captain of State’s club hockey squad, led a young Wolfpack line up that featured
seven freshman. Although Maryland received a first round bye in the tournament, Fryck-berg said that having to play one more game than Maryland turned out to be beneficial in the end.
“I think it actually helped us out having to play those
extra games because we d i d n’t r e -a l ly have a c h a n c e t o look forward to anything,” Fryckberg, a junior in eco-nomics, said. “We just took everything one game at
a time. Maryland had an easy game shutting out Carolina and they probably took every-thing a little easy.
“We fought so hard to get to the finals and we just wanted to keep it going. It all worked out in the end.”
“I think it actually
helped us out
having to
play those
extra games...”captain Harry Fryckberg
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big win, to keep on fighting, it was going to
happen.”coach Kellie Harper
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