technicianonline.com Staff Report Pack-A-Thon, the annual dance marathon students partake in to raise money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and Speciality Clinic, will be a total of eight hours this year. Last year, the marathon was cut from the 24-hours the year before to 12 hours. Participants, or lifesavers as they are called, can attend an informa- tional meeting on how to get in- volved by stopping by the organizers’ overall committee meeting today from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Green Room at Talley Student Center. Pizza will also be provided. Last year’s goal was to raise $35,000, and though only $7,000 was raised, organizers hope to raise even more money than last year. Pack-A-Thon is free and open to anyone who is interested in partici- pating, and lifesavers do not neces- sarily have to dance the whole night — but they do need to remain active and on their feet for the eight hour- long marathon. In previous years, the participant that raised the most money was awarded a chance to sit with Chan- cellor James Oblinger in his box seats for a basketball game. Highlights have also included performances by the cheerleading squad, a local band, a Guitar Hero tournament, a basketball tourna- ment and a chance to play with the volleyball team. Food for all partici- pants is provided. The date will be announced Wednesday. TECHNICIAN Raleigh, North Carolina All Greek gifts & novelties are 25% o - Sale ends Friday. We accept special orders, too. NC State Bookstores Greek StufF 25% off Housing addresses problem Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor Students and staff have found a small mice infesta- tion in Turlington Hall. According to Kathleen Rup- pe, the associate director of Central Campus Housing, a few have been found in just the last month. ‘We have had three of four [mice] recently and I know we’re trying to get to the bot- tom of it,” Ruppe said. Barry Olson, the associate director of University Hous- ing and Facilities, confirmed Ruppe’s report, and added that these reports of mice have been the only ones in the past year. “Over the past year, we have only had four work orders. They have all occurred over the last month,” Olson said. All of the mice have been discovered on the third floor, with no evidence of activity anywhere else. Two of these mice were in Katie Hamilton’s room. “I just had a couple of mice in my room. They came out of a hole in the wall. We caught one in a cup and found one on a glue board,” Hamilton, a junior in landscape architecture, said. “I went to the RD and got Housing to take care of it.” Eric Stewart, a freshman in art and design, said he found one in his room. “Just [on Monday], my room- mate found a mouse in our room, and we put a sticky pad and it moved without us touching it,” Stewart said. Yulissa Lin, the community director of University Housing, acknowledged the problem and said the necessary procedures are Vice chancellor and Student Government to work together to approve student organization funding requests Ty Johnson Deputy Sports Editor Student organizational changes due to budget freezes have student leaders holding their breath as the extended deadline for requests from student organizations for funding from Student Gov- ernment draws near. The deadline, now this Saturday, was extended in order to allow student orga- nizations more time to doc- tor their proposals since the administration will be play- ing an integral part in the approval process this year instead of only Student Gov- ernment. Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford has ex- pressed interest in approving each proposal personally, paying special attention to travel funding requests, accord- ing to Student Senate Pro Tem- pore Kelli Rogers. But the extended preparation time won’t help out Sonja Jones, a sophomore in chemical engi- neering and paper science and engineering and treasurer of club water polo. “It didn’t help me at all,” Jones said. “I had already submitted appropriations, and you can’t go back to edit it unless a sena- tor does it.” The difficulty to edit her ap- propriations request could spell disaster for Jones’ club, a co-ed team of water polo enthusiasts that travels to tournaments around the region. “We requested $900 to pay for tournament fees and hotel rooms but since they’re not paying for travel, we lost our hotel money,” Jones said. “We’re still not sure if [Stafford will] approve our entry fee requests.” Jones said involving Stafford would likely be a waste of his time since a committee of stu- The Free Expression Tunnel’s purpose begins to be questioned James Cox Staff Writer The defacing of the Kay Yow memorial in the Free Expres- sion Tunnel following Satur- day’s UNC basketball game has once again raised questions about what the purpose of the tunnel should be. Some Univer- sity officials and members of the NAACP have questioned the role of the Free Expression Tunnel, including what can and can’t be said in it. According to the First Amend- ment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg- ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Traciel Reid, an associate pro- fessor of political science, said the First Amendment promotes discussion but does not give peo- ple the right to say whatever they want, no matter the situation. “The government’s policy on free speech has been decided by the Supreme Court over a series of court cases,” she said. In the policy, Reid said, are restrictions on certain types of speech, includ- ing obsceni- ties - words that disrupt the public peace and threats. Reid said that the f-word is considered an obscenity, but words like the n-word, which appeared in the tunnel in No- vember, are not. “N***** is offensive, but offen- sive language and obscenities are different things in legal terms,” Reid said. The f-word, which appeared in the Free Expression Tunnel Sat- urday night, does violate the First Amendment, according to Reid. However, Reid said the threats in the tunnel last November, which angered many on campus, still didn’t violate the First Amend- ment. The laws for threats, Reid said, are there, “but the threat has to be real, actual and targeted.” She said for what was written in November to actually violate the First Amendment, a few questions must be asked and answered by investigators. “Was it the intention of the painters to actually carry out on the threat? Did Obama feel threatened in any way?” she asked. “Hate crimes are actual crimi- nal crimes, not someone saying something offensive,” she said. Dance o for charity MICHELE CHANDLER/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO Dancing with the group Fusion, Paul Tonog, sophomore in biological sciences, and Jimmy Vu Nguyen, senior in civic engineering, breakdance on the oor of Carmichael Gym. Fusion performed at the 2008 Pack-A-Thon. MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO Melissa Nordan, a junior in public relations, and Jessica Medlock, a sopho- more in political science, swing each other during the 2008 Pack-A-Thon. CHRIS SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTO Rachel Sheeld, a freshman in arts applications, reads one of the posters decrying “hate speech” in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5. “I hate that the whole tunnel had to be painted,” Sheeld said. “It upsets me that there had to be something like this at all to elicit such a drastic response.” “People are suprised to find content protected.” Traciel Reid, an associate professor of poilitical science MICE continued page 3 AFFAIRS continued page 3 TUNNEL continued page 3 WHAT ADVISERS DO WHEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTS Efforts are made to ensure good study and living conditions in the residence halls. Faculty advisers who have concerns or receive complaints from students, are encouraged to call the Director of University Housing at 919-515- 3088. SOURCE: N.C. STATE HANDBOOK FOR ADVISING AND TEACHING Mice infestation leads to complaints Appropriations to go through Student Affairs First Amendment controversy continues inside technician viewpoint 4 business & money 5 classieds 7 sports 8 When economy dips, so does giving Financial Aid For Students, Others Falls By The Wayside As The Economy Struggles. See page 6. State soars past Eagles 87-59 After a rough start wolfpack regain control and top North Carolina Cen- tral University. See page 6.
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Staff ReportPack-A-Thon, the annual dance
marathon students partake in to raise money for the North Carolina Children’s Hospital and Speciality Clinic, will be a total of eight hours this year. Last year, the marathon was cut from the 24-hours the year before to 12 hours.
Participants, or lifesavers as they are called, can attend an informa-tional meeting on how to get in-volved by stopping by the organizers’ overall committee meeting today from 5 to 6 p.m. in the Green Room at Talley Student Center. Pizza will also be provided.
Last year’s goal was to raise $35,000, and though only $7,000 was raised, organizers hope to raise even more money than last year.
Pack-A-Thon is free and open to anyone who is interested in partici-pating, and lifesavers do not neces-sarily have to dance the whole night — but they do need to remain active and on their feet for the eight hour-long marathon.
In previous years, the participant that raised the most money was awarded a chance to sit with Chan-cellor James Oblinger in his box seats for a basketball game.
Highlights have also included performances by the cheerleading squad, a local band, a Guitar Hero
tournament, a basketball tourna-ment and a chance to play with the volleyball team. Food for all partici-pants is provided.
All Greek gifts & novelties are25% o! - Sale ends Friday.We accept special orders, too.
NC State BookstoresGreek StufF 25% off
Housing addresses problem
Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor
Students and staff have found a small mice infesta-tion in Turlington Hall.
According to Kathleen Rup-pe, the associate director of Central Campus Housing, a few have been found in just the last month.
‘We have had three of four [mice] recently and I know we’re trying to get to the bot-tom of it,” Ruppe said.
Barry Olson, the associate director of University Hous-ing and Facilities, confirmed Ruppe’s report, and added that these reports of mice have been the only ones in the past year.
“Over the past year, we have only had four work orders. They have all occurred over the last month,” Olson said.
All of the mice have been discovered on the third floor, with no evidence of activity anywhere else. Two of these mice were in Katie Hamilton’s room.
“I just had a couple of mice
in my room. They came out of a hole in the wall. We caught one in a cup and found one on a glue board,” Hamilton, a junior in landscape architecture, said. “I went to the RD and got Housing to take care of it.”
Eric Stewart, a freshman in art and design, said he found one in his room.
“Just [on Monday], my room-mate found a mouse in our room, and we put a sticky pad and it moved without us touching it,” Stewart said.
Yulissa Lin, the community director of University Housing, acknowledged the problem and said the necessary procedures are
Vice chancellor and Student Government to work together to approve student organization funding requests
Ty JohnsonDeputy Sports Editor
Student organizational changes due to budget freezes have student leaders holding their breath as the extended deadline for requests from student organizations for funding from Student Gov-ernment draws near.
The deadline, now this Saturday, was extended in order to allow student orga-nizations more time to doc-tor their proposals since the administration will be play-ing an integral part in the approval process this year instead of only Student Gov-ernment.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Tom Stafford has ex-pressed interest in approving each proposal personally, paying special attention to
travel funding requests, accord-ing to Student Senate Pro Tem-pore Kelli Rogers.
But the extended preparation time won’t help out Sonja Jones, a sophomore in chemical engi-neering and paper science and engineering and treasurer of club water polo.
“It didn’t help me at all,” Jones said. “I had already submitted appropriations, and you can’t go back to edit it unless a sena-tor does it.”
The difficulty to edit her ap-propriations request could spell disaster for Jones’ club, a co-ed team of water polo enthusiasts that travels to tournaments around the region.
“We requested $900 to pay for tournament fees and hotel rooms but since they’re not paying for travel, we lost our hotel money,” Jones said. “We’re still not sure if [Stafford will] approve our entry fee requests.”
Jones said involving Stafford would likely be a waste of his time since a committee of stu-
The Free Expression Tunnel’s purpose begins to be questioned
James CoxStaff Writer
The defacing of the Kay Yow memorial in the Free Expres-sion Tunnel following Satur-day’s UNC basketball game has once again raised questions about what the purpose of the tunnel should be.
Some Univer-sity officials and members of the NA ACP have questioned the role of the Free Expression Tunnel, including what can and can’t be said in it.
According to the First Amend-ment, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridg-ing the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.”
Traciel Reid, an associate pro-fessor of political science, said the First Amendment promotes discussion but does not give peo-ple the right to say whatever they want, no matter the situation.
“The government’s policy on free speech has been decided by the Supreme Court over a series of court cases,” she said.
In the policy, Reid said, are restrictions on certain types of speech, includ-ing obsceni-t ies - words that disrupt the publ ic peace and threats.
Reid said that the f-word is considered an obscenity, but
words like the n-word, which appeared in the tunnel in No-vember, are not.
“N***** is offensive, but offen-sive language and obscenities are different things in legal terms,” Reid said.
The f-word, which appeared in the Free Expression Tunnel Sat-urday night, does violate the First Amendment, according to Reid.However, Reid said the threats in
the tunnel last November, which angered many on campus, still didn’t violate the First Amend-ment.
The laws for threats, Reid said, are there, “but the threat has to be real, actual and targeted.”
She said for what was written in November to actually violate the First Amendment, a few questions must be asked and
answered by investigators.“Was it the intention of the
painters to actually carry out on the threat? Did Obama feel threatened in any way?” she asked.
“Hate crimes are actual crimi-nal crimes, not someone saying something offensive,” she said.
Dance o! for charityMICHELE CHANDLER/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO
Dancing with the group Fusion, Paul Tonog, sophomore in biological sciences, and Jimmy Vu Nguyen, senior in civic engineering, breakdance on the !oor of Carmichael Gym. Fusion performed at the 2008 Pack-A-Thon.
MATT MOORE/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTOMelissa Nordan, a junior in public relations, and Jessica Medlock, a sopho-more in political science, swing each other during the 2008 Pack-A-Thon.
CHRIS SANCHEZ/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTORachel She"eld, a freshman in arts applications, reads one of the posters decrying “hate speech” in the Free Expression Tunnel Nov. 5. “I hate that the whole tunnel had to be painted,” She"eld said. “It upsets me that there had to be something like this at all to elicit such a drastic response.”
“People are suprised to
find content protected.”
Traciel Reid, an associate professor of poilitical science
MICE continued page 3
AFFAIRS continued page 3TUNNEL continued page 3
WHAT ADVISERS DO WHEN RECEIVING COMPLAINTSEfforts are made to ensure good study and living conditions in the residence halls. Faculty advisers who have concerns or receive complaints from students, are encouraged to call the Director of University Housing at 919-515-3088.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE HANDBOOK FOR ADVISING AND TEACHING
Mice infestation leads to complaints
Appropriations to go through Student Affairs
First Amendment controversy continues
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CAMPUS CALENDARFebruary 2009
Su M T W Th F Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
TodayENGINEERING CAREER FAIR: DAY ONEMcKimmon Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
THOMAS SAYRE: NEW YORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEEChancellor’s Conference Room, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.
SOIL SCIENCE SEMINARWilliams Hall, 3:40 to 4:40 p.m.
KAYAKING POOL SESSION IICarmichael Gymnasium, 6 to 9 p.m.
BASKETBALL SKILLS CHALLENGECarmichael Gymnasium, 6:45 to 8:45 p.m.
POETRY READING - ALAN SHAPIRO123 Tompkins Hall, 7:30 p.m.
GLOBAL WARMING NATIONAL TEACH IN DAY AT N.C. STATEAll day
ThursdayENGINEERING CAREER FAIR: DAY TWOMcKimmon Center, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
THOMAS SAYRE: NEW YORKGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
NORM SCHULMAN: A LIFE IN CLAYGregg Museum of Art and Design, noon to 8 p.m.
38TH HENRY M. SHAW LECTURE216 Mann Hall, 1:30 p.m.
CULINARY SHOWCASEFountain Dining Hall, 5 to 7 p.m.
TAI CHI CLASSESCourt of Carolina (Inclement Weather Site: Caldwell Lounge). 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
SOUL MENCampus Cinema, 7 to 8:45 p.m.
MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICACampus Cinema, 9:30 to 11 p.m.
THROUGH DREIER’S LENS
Light-headed lifesaving
Kristine Dodd, a phlebotomist, assists Travis Cook, a sophomore in civil engineering, in giving blood on the Brickyard Tuesday. “It makes me feel like I helped out, and it makes me feel light-headed. I feel great for the rest of the day. It gives me both a moral high and a physical one,” Cook said.
PHOTO BY DREIER CARR
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Saja Hindi at [email protected].
Today:
Friday:
SOURCE: NCSU BRODCAST METEOROLOGY PROGRAM
32/20Cold temperatures throughout the
day. Chance of morning snow.
WEATHER WISE
Thursday:
3523
Temperatures remain cold, but sunny skies return to the area.
5534
Somewhat warmer temperatures return to the area. Sunny skies.
QUOTE OF THE DAY“I just had a
couple of mice in my room. They came out of a
hole in the wall. We caught one in a cup and found
Alan Shapiro, the William R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Pro-fessor of English and Creative Writing at UNC-Chapel Hill, will visit campus today to read poetry. Shapiro will read in Tompkins room 123 beginning at 7:30 p.m. Shapiro is the author of nine books of poetry and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He was also recently elected as a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
SOURCE: NCSU CALENDAR
Engineering Fair begins today
The spring edition of the bi-annual Engineering Career Fair will begin today in the Jane S. McKimmon Center. Scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m., the first day of the event will last until 4 p.m. and will run again tomorrow un-til 4 p.m. The event is designed to provide students the opportunity to meet prospective employers and discuss opportunities within those companies. Both days of the event are free and open to the public. For more informa-tion, contact Brian D. Koehler at [email protected].
SOURCE: COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Global Warming teach-in day !ursday
The Union Activities Board will be sponsoring the “The National Teach-In on Global Warming” in an attempt to help ease the negative impact of Glob-al Warming by coming up with solutions.
The national teach-in will be an opportunity for students, faculty and local citizens to dis-cuss how to make the problems of Global Warming go away in the future.
The main event, scheduled to take place in the Brickyard from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., will focus
on climate change. For more information contact
Margo Sauter at the UAB office in Talley Student Center.
SOURCE: UAB
MIT professor to speak !ursday
Dr. Franz-Josef Ulm, a profes-sor of civil and environmental engineering at the Massachu-setts Institute of Technology, will present the 38th Henry M. Shaw Lecture Thursday in 216 Mann Hall at 1:30 p.m.
The lecture will focus on a multi-scale approach to the de-
velopment of sustainable ma-terials and structures. Ulm, who received his engineering degree from the Technical University in Munich, Ger-many in 1990, researches on experimental and theoretical nanomechanics of natural composites, microporome-chanics and biochemome-chanics.
For more information about the event, contact Sankar Arumugam at [email protected].
SOURCE: HENRY M. SHAW LECTURE
WORLD & NATIONSheri! still considering charges
A sheriff’s office in South Carolina is still investigating to try and deter-mine if Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps smoked pot on the campus of the University of South Carolina last fall.
On Tuesday, a spokesman from the sheriff’s office said charges would be pressed if the investigation found credible evidence against Phelps.
The initial report of Phelps’ mari-juana use came from a British news-paper, who printed a photo from the party Phelps attended in Nov. 2008.
The release of the photo forced Phelps to admit to his actions on Sunday.
The South Carolina campus police
and the city police department in Co-lumbia will not charge Phelps, but the sheriff’s office is still investigating.
SOURCE: CNN
Auto sales drop 38% in January
The auto industry saw its sales drop nearly 40 percent in January, reaching lows not seen since 1982.
Sales dropped more than forecast-ed due to rental companies purchas-ing fewer cars during the month.
General Motors reported a 49 per-cent drop in its numbers from January 2008. Ford sales fell 40 percent.
The dip in sales in January, which was down 12 percent more than Dec. 2008 numbers, shows that the auto industry crisis is no where near over.
The leaders of all three major com-panies, GM, Ford and Toyota, said a drop in purchasing by rental compa-
nies contributed heavily to the overall decline.
Jesse Toprak, an auto industry ana-lysts for Edmunds.com, said sales are not likely to improve as long as the economic crisis remains.
Toprak said people are more likely to hang on to older cars in order to save money.
SOURCE: CNN
Venezuelan leader questions U.S.
On Monday, Hugo Chavez, the president of Venezuela, said he did not believe the United States could lessen its dependence on oil in the time frame President Barack Obama said it could.
While Chavez said he supports the U.S. efforts, he does not believe the energy independence goals are feasible.
Chavez said the U.S. needs oil like oxygen in order to survive.
Venezuela relies on the U.S. and others to buy its oil to allow its coun-try to succeed. 30 percent of Venezu-ela’s gross domestic product comes from exporting oil.
In his exclusive interview with CNN Monday, Chavez also said he hoped to restore U.S.-Venezuelan relations to what they were during the 1990s when Bill Clinton was in office.
SOURCE: CNN
Iran launches "rst satellite
On Tuesday, Iran launched its first satellite into orbit, causing the U.S. Department of Defense to express “grave concern.”
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahma-dinejad, called the launching of the satellite “a source of pride” for the
country. U.S. Department of Defense
spokesman Robert Wood said the U.S. is concerned because the launch of the satellite could mean Iran now has the ability to create a ballistic missile system.
The satellite launched on Tues-day contained no weapons activ-ity, according to correspondents from the Pentagon.
Named Omid, which mean hope in Farsi, the satellite left the earth in a time that coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in Iran.
President Ahmadinejad said the launch of the satellite improved Iran’s standing throughout the world.
SOURCE: CNN
POLICE BLOTTERFeb. 210:52 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIORPublic Safety Center Student reported being harassed by email, text messages, and phone calls from another student. Subject was referred to the University. 1:21 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTWeisiger Athletic Facility Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. 2:47 P.M. | INFORMATION POLICEPublic Safety Center Faculty member expressed concern for safety of student. Investigation ongoing. 5:36 P.M. | WEAPON ON CAMPUSUniversity Club Report of juveniles in the area shoot-ing air guns. Officers located subjects. Weapons were confiscated and parents and appropriate personnel notified.
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NewsIn November, some won-
dered if the University had violated the First Amendment by painting over the messages. Reid said the University has gone out of its way to avoid breaking the First Amend-ment.
“It is very commendable that the University hasn’t tried to regulate speech by enacting speech codes, or chill speech. They have been respectful of the values implicit in the First Amendment,” she said.
Reid also worries that many people don’t understand the scope of the First Amendment.
“People are surprised to find content protected,” she said.
Arthur Haislet, an unde-clared freshman, was one who thought that hate crimes vio-lated the freedom of speech.
“A person has a right to their opinion, but not to insult peo-ple,” he said. “I thought what happened was slander.”
Charles McDowell, a sopho-more in political science, said he thinks that many people don’t care about the First Amendment.
“If you take away the First Amendment, we wouldn’t be the country that fought the Revolutionary War,” McDow-ell said.
Reid agreed that the First Amendment is very important for a democratic society.
being completed. “We found mice and what we have been
doing is finding out where they came from, and we are working with facilities to get rid of them because they are pests,” Lin said.
At the same time, Lin urged residents to be smart about the issue and to help facilities in whatever ways they can.
“We have been asking residents to not leave food out and identify where they are coming out of. We want to get rid of them, and we need to get residents to not let the issue build ... so it is necessary for residents to work with staff,” Lin said.
Ruppe also stressed the cooperation of stu-dents, because otherwise Facilities will think the problem is solved when it actually isn’t.
“Students need to be sure and let us know. If we only have a few complaints and we think we have it handled and we don’t, the maintenance requests can help us track that,” Ruppe said. “If you see this problem, go online and put a maintenance request in. We want to work together to spot them and get them out.”
John Ashley, the exterminator and safety of-ficer, could not be reached for comment Tues-day. However, Ruppe said Ashley is working hard to solve the problem.
“I know our exterminator is diligent and trying to address the concerns,” Ruppe said.
So far, students are happy with how the Uni-versity is handling this problem.
“As long as [University Housing] gives us the measures to help prevent it ... and do what we can to help us, such as giving traps, [then I’m fine,]” Stewart said.
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MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIANThomas Jones, a sophomore in history and resident of Turlington Hall, walks to his friends’ room on the third !oor of Turlington Hall. “I don’t have a rat in my room, but I think [University] Housing should have done something before.”
MEREDITH FAGGART/TECHNICIANSean Taylor, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, watches himself do bicep curls in Carmichael Gymansium late Tuesday night. “I do a little bit of everything. My roommate is upstairs training for the Krispy Kreme Challenge,” Taylor said.
dent leaders will also preside over the approvals.
“We’ve always trusted Student Government appropriations to do it before and I don’t know why it would be different this time — the money is already there,” Jones said. “I honestly think it’s stupid because a whole board looks over it, [Stafford] doesn’t really need to approve it him-self.”
Jones said the appropriations process is flawed even without Stafford presiding over approv-als, and sees no sense in involv-ing the vice chancellor.
“Everyone knows you only get a third of what you ask for,” Jones said. “It’s frustrating because they say they’ll check where your money goes, but once the check is cut, student government has no idea where it goes.
Rogers, a junior in political sci-ence and appropriations chair, said the committee will be more reluctant to give money this year than in the past.
“Appropriations will be more strict this semester because of the budget cuts, but the committee is trying to afford every group the opportunity to justify their requests.”
And even if organizations don’t receive the funding they feel they need, Rogers said they’ll have an-other opportunity to try to get their proposals approved.
“And all groups will still have an opportunity to appeal the de-cision,” Rogers said.
Rogers added that while appro-priations has not been directly
affected by the budget cuts, the committee is striving to mini-mize frivolous spending.
“The University and the state are in a budget crisis,” Rogers said. “And while appropriations isn’t being affected by it, [stu-dents and the committee] still have to be aware of it.”
Still, the stricter appropria-tions approvals may affect the programming of some organi-zations, including the future of club water polo, according to Jones.
“We’ve been trying to get a girl’s club started and if we can’t get the funding, then we won’t be able to enter tournaments,” Jones said. “Meaning we won’t be able to get recognition or recruit well so the club will remain co-ed.”Technician was there.
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TUNNELcontinued from page 1
PUMPING IRON
APPROPRIATIONS BY THE NUMBERS$121,203.52 requested
money
~$40,000 available money
129 interviews
20 hours of interviews
SOURCE: APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
APPROPRIATIONS TIMELINEThursday, Friday, Sunday: InterviewsMonday: Committee discussionsTuesday: Dr. StaffordWednesday: 1st ReadingThursday: Sunday - AppealsSunday: Final considerations
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Students have filed com-plaints that the third floor of Turlington Residence
Hall has a mice infestation. This comes after a series of similar complaints in other residence halls across campus, such as Bragaw Hall in previous semes-ters.
These mice may seem cute and cuddly, but keeping these pests as pets is not only unsanitary, it is unacceptable. Domesticated animals are not allowed in resi-dence halls, and having wild, unwanted animals poses greater health risks for students.
University officials must con-tinue to listen to students’ com-plaints and do everything they
can to prevent this from happen-ing again. They must continue to provide equipment and sup-plies to get rid of vermin and other health hazards. Since the problem has spread to several rooms in Turlington, we sug-gest the University fumigate the third floor in order to get rid of the problem.
But the only way to keep the residence halls clean is to have students voice concerns over these issues. Since University Housing does not rummage through every inch of residence halls to check for imperfections,
students are the ones responsible for reporting problems.
Yulissa Lin, community direc-tor of University Housing, sug-gests that students who encoun-ter this problem contact Uni-versity Housing staff. Another option is to write a complaint on its Web site.
Pests in residence halls aren’t the only issue students should report. Students should also be wary of problems such as leaky faucets and showers, mold, burned out lights and broken furniture. Reporting such prob-lems allows students to live in a
safer environment.And resident advisors and di-
rectors aren’t in residence halls just to hold events twice a year. They are there to serve you and listen when complaints come their way. They are always more than willing to help out in a situ-ation that could lead to safer liv-ing conditions.
As of Tuesday night, the mice seem to be concentrated on the third floor, but we hope Univer-sity Housing will be proactive when it comes to these matters so the problems do not continue. We also hope students continue to voice complaints to the proper authorities so problems like these can be wiped out.
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. THE ISSUE:Mice have infested residence halls across campus, including Turlington Hall, and this is unhealthy and can cause the spread of disease.
OUR OPINION:Housing should address the problem right away and prevent it from happening in the future.
THE SOLUTION: Both students and University Housing should be more proactive when it comes to health concerns..
Wolfpack should not have to encounter rat pack !OUR VIEW"
Lack of jobs and more competition worsen the job opportunities for students.
Mansoor Omar, senior in communication
You’ve got two days to register for what might be a once-in-a-
lifetime humiliating second-long spot of you throwing
up a dozen doughnuts on ESPN. What more could you ask for as a pinnacle — a crowning culmina-tion to a
college career? The University lacks tradi-
tion and finally has some-thing it can call its own that doesn’t require alcohol and seems about as bulletproof from cancellation as any idea in recent memory, un-less they’re worried about obesity from doughnut con-sumption (at least the orga-nizers stuck with a relatively healthy North Carolina prod-
uct instead of something like the “Marlboro Light Challenge”).
The Krispy Kreme Challenge started in 2004, and it has mush-roomed into a local cultural phe-nomenon and last year raked in $20,000 and featured over 3,000 participants. The challenge has landed NC State on ESPN for something other than the 1983 National Championship game and earned a coveted place on the “102 More Things You Gotta Do Before You Graduate” in Sports Illustrated:On Campus.
We need an event that we can call our own so when people think of NCSU, there’s some sort of tradition or event associated with the University community.
Year after year it’s almost pain-ful to watch the ideas flounder and the formerly successful event and traditions slowly fade from the memories of each new in-coming freshman class.
Hillsborough Street is stag-nant, student housing continues
to move further and further away from campus and an increasingly apathetic mood seems to hover over the school at times when it comes to de-veloping a sense of what “NC State” is other than an auto-bahn of innovation.
We need traditions and need support from adminis-tration because our traditions define our University and drive publicity and students. We need events that bring the school together or else we risk becoming the University of Phoenix’s latest commuter university in Raleigh with no sense of camaraderie.
Its $16.00 for a good cause and you get a dozen dough-nuts and a T-Shirt. More importantly, you get to look back 20 years from now and tell people you completed (or attempted to complete) the Krispy Kreme Challenge when you were in college.
As the middle of the semester rapidly ap-proaches and students
and soon-to-be graduates begin searching for summer intern-
ships or full time employ-ment, more of us are discov-ering how bad the economy actua l ly i s . Looking for work we are all finding less
options and more competition in a very tough market.
At the end of 2008 unemploy-ment was at 7.2 percent, its high-est level in over a decade.
With no visible end in sight, and President Barack Obama’s plans to save the world apparent-ly delayed, the rather bleak job market is cast-ing an ominous shadow over the conversations and minds of students.
Since, in a l l likelihood, this economic crisis isn’t going to be fixed any time soon by “hopeconomics” we must all do a bit of belt-tighten-ing, so I’ve come up with a few sure-fire ways to help save money during your job hunt.
First, stop wasting money on alcohol. It’s expensive and as much as it makes being laid off not hurt so much it’s an expen-sive way to kill the pain.
If you must keep drinking, then at least focus your atten-tion on the pregame or go out on weeknights to take advan-tage of the deals; it’s the positive side of not working. Switching to bottom-shelf booze and low-quality beer is also a good way to save money without having to be too coherent and aware of your
fiscal situation.Next, it’s important for every
budget to be prioritized, or else you end up being the stereotypi-cal loser in the sketch apartment with no bed and $2000 speakers. If the love of your life is music then buy a cd player (just $12.98 at Wal-Mart).
Sure, you may have trouble picking people up at the gym without a hip iPod and a flashy arm band but there’s no point making a date if you can’t afford to go on one.
Additionally, trying to buy used items instead of new can be a great way to save some dough. Sure, we all love used textbooks, but Ebay is full of other people’s stuff that they no longer want and which you may be able to
find a use for. In about five
minutes I locat-ed several use-ful job-hunting items including a Wonder Woman business card holder for $11.95 (I can’t think of a better way to be memorable on an interview) and an offer for a Scottish title and
a plot of land in Scotland going for less than $40 (imagine writ-ing Lord/Lady yourlastname on the top of your resume! They would love to set up an inter-view).
It’s my hope that some or all of these tips will help you save a few pennies to get you through these tough times or, if nothing else, I hope they have amused you and/or temporarily distracted you from the unfortunate economic climate.
“I see a spider every now and then, but haven’t had any major issues with pests in my dorm.”
Brandon Longsophomore, computer engineering
“I live in Lee and haven’t had any trouble with pests or bugs.”
Megan Knoxfreshman, biological sciences
“The work orders that I have had have been completed on time, but I haven’t had any problems with pests. And my roommate is a slob so whatever they are doing in Owen works.”
Sam Finksophomore, engineering
“I live in Wolf Village and we have had some ants, but they just went away so we did not put a work order in.”
Stephanie Knoxjunior, elementary education
BY DREIER CARR
Is University housing doing enough to keep pests out of dorms?
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CAMPUSFORUM! "
Where’s the clever journalism?I was appalled and disappointed
by the absolute lack of creativity and clever journalism presented in this year’s edition of The Daily Tar Hell.
While it’s wonderful to have a tradi-tion that mocks Carolina’s student paper, I expected more from our student journalists than lowbrow, sexual humor that relied heavily on
name-calling. I understand the desire to make a
spoof rival paper look bad, but can’t we be more creative than making an author’s name “Popma Cherie” or “Douchebox McSperrys,” or how about something a little better than www.carolinasucks.com as the school’s Web site?
It’s one thing to make fun of the Daily Tar Heel, but sloppy comedy makes the Technician look like a joke. Maybe start reading some Mark Twain or Jonathan Swift. For a more mod-ern approach, try Slate or The Onion. Here’s to a better attempt next year!
Kate SuttonAlumna 2008
Can We Please Show Some Re-spect
As a student on North Carolina State University’s campus who uses the Free Expression Tunnel, I was ap-palled to see such disrespect to an act that was meant to be a memorial. It also hurt me deeply, because I in the fall of 2008 lost my aunt that raised me to breast and lung cancer.
It just seems that students have [no] respect to the fact that it was a memorial or to the people who were affected by this tragedy. Every time we as students try to do something positive in the Free Expression Tunnel there is [this] other group of people that has to ruin it with negativity.
It really hurts my heart that we, young adults, can’t show any respect and be mature about something
this serious. It is never OK to take a situation like this as a joke, we should have more sympathy toward others and situations as a community. [Though] it is the Free Expression Tunnel no one should have to walk through it and be offended by what’s written in the tunnel. I just hope in the future this will not be the case seeing that myself and a number of my fellow students have spoken out about it. We can do better as a whole and show respect.
Jamequia Millersophomore, social work
“It’s important for every budget to be prioritize, or else you end
up being the stereotypical
loser...”
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LOOSE CHANGEThe Dow Jones Industrial Average
finished January down 8.84 percent for the month, making it the worst January on record.
President Barack Obama signed his first law into effect Thursday, loosening the conditions under which a worker can sue for pay discrimination based on gender, age, race or disability.
Amazon.com announced a rise in its fourth-quarter profits of 9 percent. Total online retail sales were down 3 percent for the same quarter.
SOURCES: CNNMONEY.COM, WSJ.COM
Job Cuts Announced Since Jan. 27
Morgan Stanley: 1,880Macy’s: 7,000Los Angeles Times: 300Bon-Ton: 1,150Chico’s: 180Disney’s ABC: 400Kodak: 3,500-4,500Chartered Semiconductor
Year to Date total: nearly 300,0002008 total: 2.6 million
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TWO CENTSTax trouble
Former Sen. Tom Daschle asked President Barack Obama to withdraw his nomination for Health and Human Services secretary. Obama said he accepted Daschle’s decision “with sadness and regret.” The withdraw follows a drawn-out controversy over Daschle’s tax records, which indicated that he did not report $80,000 in income and $15,000 in donations.
SOURCE: CNN.COM
Best places to liveCary and Chapel Hill have made
Money Magazine’s list of the top 100 best places to live in the U.S. Chapel Hill came in at number 65 because of “arts and entertainment,” education and “relatively low tax rates.” Chapel Hill’s average household income is $93,470 per year and jobs are growing at a rate of 3.94 percent. Cary landed quite a bit higher on the list at number 16 for high yearly household incomes — the average is $104,858 — and its proximity to Research Triangle Park, which may explain why job growth in Cary is a whopping 24.5 percent.
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Paid to LeaveIt’s not going well in auto country.
Monday, Chrysler LLC offered all of its hourly employees a buyout package to leave the company. The package includes an offer of up to $50,000 and a $25,000 voucher for a vehicle purchase. The buyout has been extended to 27,000 employees, but the number Chrysler actually hopes to buy out is unknown. General Motors announced a similar buyout Tuesday. GM’s deal includes a $20,000 buyout for hourly employees and a $25,000 voucher for a vehicle purchase.
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FeaturesBUSINESS & MONEY
After graduating in May and enduring four months of frozen dinners and frequent interviews, it hit me that I should have done a few things differently during my time in
college. Now i s
not exactly t h e b e s t time to be exiting an undergrad career, but since you cannot just put your ca-
reer on hold until a brighter day, take advantage of the “down” time and start your journey now.
I majored in business man-agement with a concentration in finance and tacked on a minor in ac-counting for the fun of it. I was confident in my inter-view skills and was proud of all of my ex-tracurricular accomplish-ments.
However, I let my summers pass me by and had nothing to show for myself as a soon-to-be graduate. Speaking from experience, or actually lack thereof, I encourage you to use every opportunity you can to build your resume, es-pecially the “experience” sec-tion. We all know that the job market is beginning to gain the upper hand on us and that it is extremely trying out there. Companies are cutting costs in many ways and are less willing to invest the time or money into t ra in ing a n inexperienced intellectual.
Wit h t hat in mind, start taking the time to get some real-world ex-perience. Use some of your free time to make a few connections. You can still spend your summers at the beach. Just donate some of that time to the aquarium or the administrative depart-ment at the fun park.
As a previously exhausted job hunter, I want to remind you not to become over-whelmed. Be sure to narrow the breadth of your search and extend the depth. In other words, zone in on the type of work you want to do and then look in every place possible to find it. Use the internet, the Career Center, your parents, your dentist and even your second grade teacher.
Believe it or not, most everyone wants to see you succeed, and of course feel as though their assis-tance is indispensable!
The last few pieces of advice relate to the interviewing pro-cess. If you are anything like me, interviews equate to a night of panic, a morning without break-fast and a very sweaty steering wheel. I found that neither par-tying nor pleading would resolve these problems. Not even prac-tice seemed to help.
I eventually learned that the only medicine for my inter-view insomnia was preparation. When you are called in for an interview, consider it a once in a lifetime opportunity – espe-cially these days. Make sure you know as much as you can about the company, its history, the em-
ployees or any-thing else that may give you an edge during an awkwardly quiet moment. Study for your interviews as you do your fi-nal exams and sit down with confidence.
Then if you start feeling shaky, use that knowledge to ask your interviewer the questions and take the spotlight off of you for a few minutes. You will never believe the composure you can regain while pretending to listen to their response.
Lastly, and at the risk of sound-ing like your mother, make sure you write your thank you notes in a timely fashion.
We grow up hearing that high school prepares us for college and that college sets the stage for life as a responsible adult.
Wel l , we all know that those cl iché statements we hear dur-ing childhood are not always true. Seriously, did anybody tell you in high school that you wou ld have to wake your-self up from a
comfortable wooden cubicle for your 8 a.m. history exam after a night of studying at the library? You have to take hold of your own future now and believe that your hard work and charisma will get you exactly where you want to go.
If you spend your summers sleeping and reapplying sun-screen as I did, you will find the transition to be a tough one.
Want to help out the campus community? Nominate your fa-vorite alumnus or alumna to share his or her tale of post-college success — or failure.
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Make semesters, summers count for post-graduation
Kylie Bell2008 Alumna, Business
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“... the job market is
beginning to gain the upper hand on us ....”
but that a decline in available scholarship money is a definite.
In a situation like this, Rice Mallette said the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid must prioritize the scholarships and give them out based on that.
“We’re looking at what [the 30 percent decline] will do to our ability to renew scholarships,” she said. “Our top priority [is to] renew existing scholarships.”
Once renewable scholarships are dealt with, Rice Mallette said there will be less money with which to award scholarships for incoming stu-dents.
Rice Mallette and Odom both said the coming academic year will be hard on scholarships, but Rice Mallette said, “the two years following that could be worse.”
Students who are in school already and aren’t looking for new scholarship money may not feel much of an effect, but incoming freshmen, trans-fers and anyone who applies for new scholarships probably will.
Caldwell Fellows will feel a $1,000 crunch next year, but Odom said the reduction in available money is flexible.
“[Fellows] decided where it comes from,” she said. So students who cannot afford to lose any tuition money can instead deduct the $1,000 from the money set aside for trips or other extra learning opportunities.
In addition to the scholarship reduction, the Caldwell Fellows program will only be taking in 20 new students for 2009, instead of the usual 25 to 29.
Rice Mallette said she does not expect the re-duction in scholarship availability to affect the number of students who enroll in the University each year. The students most likely to forgo enroll-ment because of scholarship money are those who qualify for need-based aid, and Rice Mallette does not anticipate an overall change in it.
“Certainly there are endowments for need-based [scholarships] that could be impacted,” she said. “We’re hoping [state and federal grant] sources offset the endowments.”
Even as scholarship pickings get slim, Rice Mal-lette said federal loan programs have not had any problems lending. In fact, the federal government increased the amount of money students could borrow through the Stafford loan program by $2,000 in July, 2008.
“There are more loan funds available to stu-dents. There is talk in the senate and house about increasing Stafford loans by $2,000 again,” Rice Mallette said.
The extra cash for education is currently caught up in the stimulus package debate.
“The question is whether money should be put into federal programs for education or to add more jobs,” Rice Mallette said. “It’s really any-one’s guess right now.”
While University endowments dwindle and loan money is tied up in legislation, Odom said the Caldwell Fellows program will “press on,” relying on Caldwell alumni to step up to the plate.
“I think we’ll probably see an upswing of alumni giving. I think the word is getting out that we’re looking at a lean year,” she said. “Knowing the nature of this program, people will do what they can do to keep it going.”
Despite the dismal news, students and scholar-ship programs will be OK, according to Odom.
“What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger.”
Habitat was able to purchase 34 lots at below-market rates at the end of last year. In addition, Yates commented on how Habitat of Wake has consistent number of volunteers, perhaps even with a slight increase in recent months.
Students who are committed volunteers but have little responsibility crunching numbers in service organizations have witnessed fun-damental changes as well.
Service Raleigh, an annual citywide day of service organized exclusively by students, is working to adapt to a shoestring budget while
preparing for this year’s event, scheduled to take place March 28.
“Dollars don’t stretch as far as they have in the past, but it is our job to get creative with the ways we use our money,” Greg Wilson, a senior in fish-eries and wildlife science and Service Raleigh co-chair, said.
He also said things like food donations from U.S. Food Service and a Wolf Copy Card Donation from NCSU Libraries will ensure this year’s event is a success.
Sarah Lawrence, a sophomore in psychology, is a tutoring officer for Habitat.
“It’s has been hard to get businesses to donate school supplies and educational games since the start of the fall semester.”
SCHOLARSHIPScontinued from page 6
NONPROFITScontinued from page 6
“When you are called in for an interview, consider it a
once in a lifetime opportunity.”
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$16,028.That is the average cost-per-year for full-time
dependent students to attend school accord-ing to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. For independent students, the cost rises to $17,222 per year.
It’s a load too heavy to bear for most students and even most parents, so private and public scholarships and loans are available to shift the brunt of the burden elsewhere.
And the University awarded 13,000 under-graduate students with some sort of financial aid package in the 2006-2007 school year — that’s more than half of the total undergradu-ate enrollment.
Unfortunately, the economy is about to change that.
When businesses and governments run out of expendable cash, so do the organizations and programs that benefit from them. Scholar-ships fall under that.
Caldwell Fellows Program Director Janice Odom said scholarship finances change just like any other financial orga-nization’s funds.
“It’s the natural impact of the economy,” she said. “When the economy’s really good, there’s more money. Next year will be tough.”
Although some scholarships are supported yearly by private donors, most University scholarships, in-cluding the Caldwell Fellows pro-gram, are funded by financial en-dowments. An endowment allows donors to give a set amount of mon-ey to an institution to be invested in some way by that institution.
According to Jill Tasaico, senior director of the Foundations Ac-counting and Investments office, endowment money is invested in domestic equities, private real estate and energy and natural resources, among other things.
The principal amount remains in-vested, but the interest or earnings
generated go toward the scholarship, profes-sorship or fellowship indicated by the donor.
The difference between endowments and scholarships paid in full each year is similar to the difference between placing money in an interest-generating savings account or using it all to purchase something. When the money is spent, it’s gone, but if it’s put away in a sav-ings account, it will generate interest for years to come — effectively stretching the time the money can be used.
The upsides to endowments lie in the fact that they respond to the economy. In good eco-nomic times, the investments generate more revenue. The downside is exactly the same. When the economy is down, investments stop performing.
According to Julie Rice Mallette, director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, this is exactly the problem for the University.
“It’s too early to give a definitive answer, [but] we can anticipate a 30 percent decline on the endowed scholarship report next year,” she said, meaning investments will be reduced by nearly a third.
Rice Mallette said she isn’t sure yet how much the scholarships themselves will be af-
fected,
Donations take a dive in tough times
Sam-Austin AdamsCorrespondent
Last week 100,000 job cuts were announced by various nationwide companies, the eco-nomic stimulus bill has been increased, yet again and state governments are making sub-stantial budget cuts. All of these things mean less money is available for spending. But there is also less available for giving.
University-affiliated service organizations that function on donations and fund-raising proceeds are learning to shift with the tide as the economic crisis carries financial stability farther away. As the national deficit ticks up, organizations are experiencing substantial losses due to declining donations and lack of fund-raising profits.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, an or-ganization that often uses NCSU students to mentor at-risk youths from low-income, single-parent homes, is experiencing the ef-fects of a slouching economy in its fund-raising efforts.
John Tedesco, vice president of development for BBBS of Wake County, said the organiza-tion has seen a sharp decline in donations from private foundations and grants. He said this
year the organization is relying on fund-raising efforts more than ever before, but, the upcoming events are looking grim.
Bowl For Kids’ Sake, an event traditionally popular with NCSU students, registers partic-ipants into a bowling competition that raises money for BBBS of Wake County’s mentor program.
Tedesco said usually about 500 people partici-pate but this year only about 200 have signed up. Each registered team commits to raise a mini-mum of $500 each. With this year’s projected attendance expected to be almost half what the organization is accustomed to, BBBS of Wake County is preparing to see a weighty drop-off in proceeds.
The event’s Web site, www.bowl4kids.com, states that donations for February’s event are currently totaled at $1,610, a far cry from the $40,000 raised last year. BBBS of Wake County has through the week of Feb. 21 to make up the difference.
Habitat for Humanity, an organization fa-miliar to many students, is experiencing hard financial times as well.
Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, Woody Yates, said that the or-ganization’s general contributions were down by about $85,000 during the first six months of the 2008 fiscal year.
In spite of sparse funding, Yates said the Wake County chapter of Habitat is remaining optimistic during the economic crisis.
“The Wake County chapter has not had an upside-down flip. In fact, there is a silver lining in the midst of this dark cloud – Habitat has been able to take advantage of cheap land prices,” he said.
Yates said that before Habitat is able to break ground for a housing project, the organization must first raise $35,000.
This has always been an expensive figure for the non-profit organiza-tion. However, due to declining property values in The Triangle, less of that sum has had to go directly to the purchase of land.!! !
FINANCIAL AID FOR STUDENTS, OTHERS FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE AS THE ECONOMY STRUGGLES
Scholarships suffer losses Nonprofit orgs in need
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SCHOLARSHIPS continued page 5
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Sportsone to see that the team was im-proving despite the loss. Coach Brooks Teal was also very im-pressed with the results.
“We raced extremely hard. We had a ton of very fast swims,” Teal said. “They could have come in and been intimidated - Caro-lina is one of the top teams in the nation, but we got up, raced them head to head and won our share of races.”
Teal also talked about the im-
pact of having leadership and confidence on the team.
“We have been improving but we have usually struggled this time of year because we lacked leadership and confidence, but we are getting more confident and people are believing in themselves.”
Despite the loss, the team was still able to use this meet as a building block for the upcom-ing ACC Championships.
“To have a meet where we swam this well is just what we needed heading into the ACC’s,” Teal said. “I was very proud of them and very pleased.”
The men and women both have high expectations for the ACC
Championships and believe ev-erything is setting up nicely for them to perform well.
“We believe that we’ll do really well in the ACC’s and everyone is diving really well and everything seems to be falling into place,” Hampton said.
In the meet, the women’s team also showed their support to the
late Kay Yow by wearing pink swim caps in all of their races, instead of their usual black swim caps with the NC State logo on the side.
“We wanted to do something to show our support to our school, by showing our concern for her and wearing pink,” Linkenauger said. “And [we were] just show-
ing we’re supporting her and backing the Pack.”
With only a few pink caps in the supply closest, how-ever, many of the women’s swimmers took it upon them-selves to buy their own caps with money out of their own pocket to show their support for Yow.
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to go, but I never thought it was an option to play tennis.”
Adjusting to the fact she is now a varsity athlete has proven to be a worthwhile challenge, accord-ing to Ussery.
“It’s been challenging for me to just juggle the time I spend with the friends I’ve already made, getting used to the practice hours, and juggling time with the girls on the team,” Ussery said. “I’ve had [my schedule] planned out for pretty much every second of the day. But it’s been helping me focus on school.”
Playing at this level, Ussery noted the way practice is run is very different from any of her previous training.
“I love the way practices are run,” Ussery said. “They are the best run and most produc-tive practices than anything I’ve ever done. In two days [Olsen] helped me fix something that my old coach of four years could never fix.”
Ussery has really been improv-ing and jumping levels each week according to Olsen.
“She is a very talented ten-nis player,” Olsen said. “I think that within three weeks she’s re-
ally responding very well. She is very smart on the court with very good instincts. She’s like a sponge just absorbing every-thing.”
Coming up from playing for recreational purposes to playing competitively has come easily for Ussery according to Olsen.
“I don’t think that she’s behind at all,” Olsen said. “But anytime someone is in their first semester of college tennis, they just need experience in match situations. Each match that she plays she’s gaining more and more -- that’s where she will catch up the most.”.
According to Olsen, Ussery will compete in more matches in the future.
“I think that she has a very high ceiling because she’s a good ath-lete and she’s got good technique. She doesn’t really have any limi-tations,” Olsen said.
Aleksandra Malovic (University of Washington) def. Jackie Ussery (NCST) 6-1, 6-0
Lisa Sutton (LBSU) def. Jackie Uss-ery (NCST) 6-1, 6-3
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DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANDaniel Basler swims in the mens 100-yard butter"y against Carolina Tuesday. Basler came in 5th place, and the men’s team lost 129-169.
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State soars past Eagles 87-59MEN’S BASKETBALL
After a rough start, Wolfpack regain control and top North Carolina Central University
Jonathan Laughrun &
Tyler EverettSenior Staff and Staff Writers
The men’s basketball team improved to 12-8 on the sea-son, beating North Carolina Central University (2-23) last night in the RBC Center 87-59. The night started rough for N.C. State, though. After a sloppy possession that re-sulted in two points for the Wolfpack, the Eagles went on a 10-0 run forcing four straight turnovers.
“We were sloppy. We didn’t have any intensity and [the Eagles] came out and made their first couple of shots,” coach Sidney Lowe said. “And then we woke up and [went] after it. Our guys they grind-ed out, they hung in there and they go back in it.”
Senior Ben McCauley broke the 10-0 run with a 5-0 run of his own during a stretch when the Pack scored 13 unan-swered points. This run was followed by two big dunks from McCauley and redshirt junior Brandon Costner and a huge 3-pointer from senior Courtney Fells. The 18-3 run, followed by solid play throughout the rest of the half, gave the Pack a 46-36 lead going into the locker room.
After the break, State came out slow, turning the ball over three times before Costner was able to drive to the basket for an easy layup. The Pack kicked it into high gear for the rest of the half, outscoring the Eagles 41-23.
According to big man Ben McCauley, the non-confer-
ence game gave the team confi-dence, which it will need during the remainder of the season.
“It was a tough game, especially
in the middle of the ACC season to throw this in there, but this builds momentum for us to go on the road against Virginia Tech
on Sunday,” McCauley said. “We just have to stay within ourselves — we have to play our game.”
According to Lowe, the play of
the big men down low was es-sential in utilizing the size ad-vantage between the two teams.
“Brandon was big on the of-fensive boards and the tip-ins.” Lowe said. “We felt that we should have an advantage there, but we knew they were going to trap down and front the post and make it tough for us.”
Costner and McCauley fin-ished the night with a combined 42 points and 25 rebounds.
“I thought our bigs were pa-tient enough, did a nice job of ducking in there and they were big on those boards,” Lowe said.
The Pack also utilized hard play from its bench players in the game. 28 of the Pack’s 87 points came from the bench. Johnny Thomas led the bench players with nine points in 17 minutes. Two of those points came off of a highlight reel dunk with 12:41 left in the second half.
“Johnny plays hard, we know that,” Lowe said. “I don’t have to ever wonder if he is going to be ready to play or if he is going to play hard. That is all you can ask from a player.”
DREIER CARR/TECHNICIANJohnny Thomas, a redshirt freshman forward, dunks for two points against North Carolina Central Tues-day night. At halftime, Thomas had !ve points and two rebounds to put the Wolfpack up 46-36.
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Ussery stays humble during move to varsity
Pack swimmers fall to Heels
SWIMMING & DIVING WOMEN’S TENNIS
Sophomore Jackie Ussery is the newest athlete on the women’s tennis team
Jen HankinSenior Staff Writer
About a week before winter break, the women’s tennis team recruited sophomore Jackie Ussery to be the newest member of the team. Kristen Bleakley, who played on the team last year, transferred schools, and the Wolfpack was left with a spot open go-ing into the spring season and decided to re-cruit in-house.
“W hen we had a spot that we needed to fill, we thought Jackie would be a great option,” coach Hans Ol-sen said. “Our club team is one of the best in the country, so we’ve known about Jackie for a while.”
Jeff Kader, the men’s ten-nis team’s assistant coach, worked at Smith Stearns Ten-nis Academy in Hilton Head, S.C. during the time Ussery trained there.
Michael Woodson, the women’s tennis team’s man-ager, also helped in recruiting
Ussery. Woodson helps organize a lot with the club team and would often play with Ussery.
“We learned a lot from Michael [Woodson] about Jackie,” Olsen said. “I would love for our team to receive the benefits from our club team in the future.”
Moving from the club level to playing at the division I college level is a huge step up, yet ac-cording to Ussery, she tries not to think about it to much.
“It still doesn’t feel real to me,” Ussery said. “I really don’t think about how I’m now on the ten-nis team, because if I did think about it I think I would be more
ner vous and there would be more pressure on me.”
U s s e r y i s f rom Hi lton Head, S.C. and h a s t r a i ne d at the Smith
Sterns Tennis Academy four years prior to coming to State. She said she has always thought about being able to play tennis at the college level but never though it was within reach.
“I actually looked at smaller schools to play for, but I decided I wanted to come to a major university,” Ussery said. “I knew [N.C. State] was where I wanted
Despite showing improvement, men, women endure loss to high-ranked Heels
Taylor BarbourStaff Writer
In a hard fought meet the men’s and women’s swim-ming & diving teams both lost last night to UNC-Chapel Hill at home. The women’s team lost 186-111, while the
men’s team suffered a 169-129 defeat. The loss moves the men’s team to 5-3 (3-3 ACC) and took the women’s team to 5-5 (2-5 ACC) on the year.
Even though the meet ended in a loss, it was not a total dis-appointment with many swim-mers and divers having excellent scores and times.
“As a team we did really well,” senior Austin Hampton said. “I know we had one girl score her best score ever diving, and I got my second highest score,”
Through their higher caliber performances, both teams were able to show that they are im-proving and that they are going to continue to improve until the ACC’s at the end of February.
“We only won two or three events last year against [UNC], and this year I know we won a lot more than that,” junior Anna Linkenauger said. “I think we will be even better come ACC’s.”
Linkenauger was not the only
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DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANPreparing to swim in the 400-yard individual medley, freshman Jessica McBroom adjusts her cap and goggles Tuesday. McBroom came in 7th place. The women lost 111-186 to Carolina.
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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS:MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. CENTRALEagle Cheerleaders make dis-rupt quiet RBC Center.
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“Our club team is one of the best in the country,”
