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technicianonline.com TECHNICIAN Raleigh, North Carolina All the supplies you need. All right here. All the supplies you need. All right here. NC State Bookstores Now oers Staples® brand oce & school supplies right here in our store. NC State Bookstores Now oers Staples® brand oce & school supplies right here in our store. Campaigns for all Student Government positions will begin Tuesday Samuel T.O. Branch Deputy News Editor Campaigning for Student Government elec- tions is set to start Tuesday at midnight. All candidates will have two weeks to campaign leading up to the March 24 election, Andrew Tucker, the chairman of the Elections Com- mission, said. Tucker said the election time period is based off of Spring Break. Campaign- ing begins the Tuesday after the break, and then elections are two weeks after that. The role of the Elections Commission is important, according to Tucker. “We oversee the elections process,” Tucker, a senior in political science, said. According to Tucker, overseeing the entire process can mean anything like keeping candi- dates in line, fielding any questions or settling disputes during campaigns. Erin Summerlin, a junior in business ad- ministration and a member on the commis- sion, said the group mainly focuses on Chapter Seven of the Student Body Statutes. “Our job is to enforce those statutes,” Sum- merlin said. Tucker said since the commission is dealing with the elections, and thus the future of the Student Government, being unbiased is key. “None of us have any connection [to the can- didates] or hold elected offices,” Tucker said. Summerlin said the team has one or two meetings usually during campaign season, where they look at complaints and concerns to settle disputes between candi- dates. “We hear both sides and decide if the rules were broken,” Summerlin said. Every member of the group is expected to make time so the Elec- tions Commission can function, according to Summerlin. “When we got appointed we needed to make sure we were as free as possible [during this period],” she said. Another major role of the commission is to deal with campaign finances. Summerlin said the group receives all of the candidates required expense reports, and then determines if the reports are in fact legitimate. According to the Elections Packet that Stu- dent Government gives to all candidates, the expense report is very specific. It records ev- erything from sandwich board expenses to paint to put on the Free Expression Tunnel. The new bill that was just passed through the Student Senate has changed a lot of the SG campaigning begins Tuesday T he annual Polar Plunge, which raises money for Special Olympics North Carolina, took place Feb. 28. The event, which Campus Police sponsors, featured a 5k Run and Walk followed by an icy plunge into the waters of Lake Raleigh. The actual Plunge portion of the event raised $13,884 for the 38,000 Special Olympics athletes in North Carolina, while the 5k Run and Walk raised $4,067. The top team overall in both events was able to raise $5,035. Iraq university officials, Provost sign agreement to work together in the future James Cox Staff Writer The University is looking into a partnership with Iraqi unvi- versities. Ali Esmail al-Sanafim, the president of Thi Qar University, and Khalil Ibrahim al-Dulemi, the president of Al-Anbar Uni- versity, signed a memorandum of understanding with N.C. State Feb. 12 to enhance educational capabilities. By signing the memorandum, both institutions agreed to “make every effort to exchange faculty, scholars, and students,” and agreed that the universities will offer educational, research and extension materials in the best interests of cooperation. However, the memorandum did not say specific details about the exchanges, only saying they “will be negotiated.” “It is proposed that collabora- tions and exchanges be initiated in fields of common expertise and interest,” the memorandum stated. David Dixon, a coordinator in the Office of International Af- fairs, said the Iraqis want to send their students and faculty to N.C. State to study in their fields. University Solar Center to get expanded funding and expects to continue to make progress Alex Vaughn Staff Writer The University’s Solar Cen- ter is preparing for expanded funding of programs that it is involved with through the federal stimulus package, ac- cording to executive director Steve Kalland. “In the stimulus package as a whole there’s lots and lots of opportunities for clean tech- nology and our phones are ringing off the hook here,” he said. “It’s all exciting right now.” The Solar Center is a “full service sustainable energy shop,” Kalland said, which deals with technology, policy and education for clean trans- portation, renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean building technologies. Kalland said local govern- ments in North Carolina will need assistance in determin- ing how to best utilize funds that will be available for sus- tainable energy and energy efficiency programs through the stimulus package. “There are a lot of people that are going to need help and the Solar Center can pro- vide that help,” he said. “With a staff of roughly 35 folks we cover a lot of ground, but we try to be a portal where if you need help we’ll provide it and if we can’t provide it we tend to know where else to go in the University and the Uni- versity system, and even the Community College system and other resources through- out the state.” The Solar Center will also assist North Carolina in max- imizing its share of federal grant money available through the stimulus bill, Kalland said. Changes to the federal tax code regarding sustainable energy and energy efficiency already took place when the stimulus pack- age was approved, according to Brian Lips, a policy analyst at the Solar Center. Tax credits for both individuals and com- panies which implement energy efficient building improvements or alternative energies were in- creased, and a new tax credit for manufacturers of renewable en- ergy systems was added, he said. “Maybe a company that’s look- ing to put a new plant in China because the labor is cheaper may be swayed to put it here in America because we have this tax credit,” Lips said. Both Lips and Kalland said further regulation and funding related to energy efficiency and sustainable energy is likely. “This administration has really taken a very serious approach to turning a corner on how we do energy,” Kalland said. “A lot of things have been laid in place so that as the economy recovers we’ll see more and more interest in this stuff.” Demand for classes the Cen- ter offers to public has increased dramatically over the past year, according to Kalland. “Our solar electric class used to be twice a year, last year we of- fered it four times, and this year we’ll have had four by April,” he said. Some students feel the progres- sion of the Solar Center is a great step towards progress in energy. “It’s just really cool,” Joshua Peavey, a junior in environmen- tal technology, said. “It’s taken a long time for Americans in general to realize that we need to change our ways with energy consumption and its really great being a N.C. State student and knowing that our college is doing so much to further that.” Solar Center continues work despite economy MICHELE CHANDLER/TECHNICIAN Jumping in as the Polar Martinis, Alycia Torbet, a student at North Carolina Central University, and Sara Williams, a N.C. State alumna, plunge into Lake Raleigh Feb. 28. Torbet and Williams represented Mac’s Tavern at the Polar Plunge. Polar Plunge raises $13,884 SOME OF THE ELECTION COMMIS SION’S RESPONSIBILITIES Hear all allegations that a candidate or candidates have violated campaign rules Provide a governing interpretation of the regulations of this chapter upon request of any candidate, campaign, or Student Government Official Remove unqualified candidates from the ballot once verifying of the lack of qualification Certify petitions for Student Body Referenda Grant or deny ballot access to College Councils not inconsistent with Senate decisions on the same access Adopt a budget of funds appropriated to the Board of Elections Hear appeals of an election Certify the elections results Publishing names and offices from all filed intent- torun form within 24 hours of submission Notifying candidates of intent-to-run form receipt via the email address supplied Invalidating the intent-to-run form of any candidate who supplies fictitious, misleading or incomplete information Producing an initial certified candidate list within 12 hours following the All Candidates Meeting Notifying all candidates who submitted an intent- torun form via email of published draft ballot Correcting any errors in the ballot within 12 hours of being notified that corrections are needed. SOURCE: STUDENT BODY STATUTES “None of us have any connection [to the candidates] or hold elected offices.” Andrew Tucker, chairman of the Elections Commission “It is not something we want a student or faculty to do, Iraq isn’t for tourists yet.” Bailian Li, the vice provost for International Affairs ELECTIONS continued page 3 Iraqi university presidents visit N.C., campus IRAQ continued page 3
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Campaigns for all Student Government positions will begin Tuesday
Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor
Campaigning for Student Government elec-tions is set to start Tuesday at midnight. All candidates will have two weeks to campaign leading up to the March 24 election, Andrew Tucker, the chairman of the Elections Com-mission, said.
Tucker said the election time period is based off of Spring Break. Campaign-ing begins the Tuesday after the break, and then elections are two weeks after that.
The role of the Elections Commission is important, according to Tucker.
“We oversee the elections process,” Tucker, a senior in political science, said.
According to Tucker, overseeing the entire process can mean anything like keeping candi-
dates in line, fielding any questions or settling disputes during campaigns.
Erin Summerlin, a junior in business ad-ministration and a member on the commis-sion, said the group mainly focuses on Chapter Seven of the Student Body Statutes.
“Our job is to enforce those statutes,” Sum-merlin said.
Tucker said since the commission is dealing with the elections, and thus the future of the Student Government, being unbiased is key.
“None of us have any connection [to the can-didates] or hold elected offices,” Tucker said.
Summerlin said the team has one or two meetings usually during campaign season, where they look at complaints and concerns to settle disputes between candi-dates.
“We hear both sides and decide if the rules were broken,” Summerlin said.
Every member of the group is expected to make time so the Elec-tions Commission can function, according to Summerlin.
“When we got appointed we needed to make
sure we were as free as possible [during this period],” she said.
Another major role of the commission is to deal with campaign finances. Summerlin said the group receives all of the candidates required expense reports, and then determines if the reports are in fact legitimate.
According to the Elections Packet that Stu-
dent Government gives to all candidates, the expense report is very specific. It records ev-erything from sandwich board expenses to paint to put on the Free Expression Tunnel.
The new bill that was just passed through the Student Senate has changed a lot of the
SG campaigning begins Tuesday
The annual Polar Plunge, which raises money for Special Olympics North Carolina, took place Feb. 28. The event, which Campus Police sponsors, featured a 5k Run and Walk followed by an icy plunge into the waters of Lake Raleigh. The actual Plunge portion of the event raised $13,884 for the 38,000 Special Olympics athletes in North Carolina, while the 5k Run and Walk raised $4,067.
The top team overall in both events was able to raise $5,035.
Iraq university officials, Provost sign agreement to work together in the future
James CoxStaff Writer
The University is looking into a partnership with Iraqi unvi-versities.
Ali Esmail al-Sanafim, the president of Thi Qar University, and Khalil Ibrahim al-Dulemi,
the president of Al-Anbar Uni-versity, signed a memorandum of understanding with N.C. State Feb. 12 to enhance educational capabilities.
By signing the memorandum, both institutions agreed to
“make every effort to exchange faculty, scholars, and students,” and agreed that the universities will offer educational, research and extension materials in the best interests of cooperation.
However, the memorandum
did not say specific details about the exchanges, only saying they “will be negotiated.”
“It is proposed that collabora-tions and exchanges be initiated in fields of common expertise and interest,” the memorandum stated.
David Dixon, a coordinator in the Office of International Af-fairs, said the Iraqis want to send their students and faculty to N.C. State to study in their fields.
University Solar Center to get expanded funding and expects to continue to make progress
Alex VaughnStaff Writer
The University’s Solar Cen-ter is preparing for expanded funding of programs that it is involved with through the federal stimulus package, ac-cording to executive director Steve Kalland.
“In the stimulus package as a whole there’s lots and lots of opportunities for clean tech-nology and our phones are ringing off the hook here,” he said. “It’s all exciting right now.”
The Solar Center is a “full service sustainable energy shop,” Kalland said, which deals with technology, policy and education for clean trans-portation, renewable energy, energy efficiency and clean building technologies.
Kalland said local govern-ments in North Carolina will need assistance in determin-ing how to best utilize funds that will be available for sus-tainable energy and energy efficiency programs through the stimulus package.
“There are a lot of people that are going to need help and the Solar Center can pro-vide that help,” he said. “With a staff of roughly 35 folks we cover a lot of ground, but we try to be a portal where if you need help we’ll provide it and if we can’t provide it we tend to know where else to go in the University and the Uni-versity system, and even the Community College system and other resources through-out the state.”
The Solar Center will also assist North Carolina in max-imizing its share of federal
grant money available through the stimulus bill, Kalland said.
Changes to the federal tax code regarding sustainable energy and energy efficiency already took place when the stimulus pack-age was approved, according to Brian Lips, a policy analyst at the Solar Center. Tax credits for both individuals and com-panies which implement energy efficient building improvements or alternative energies were in-creased, and a new tax credit for manufacturers of renewable en-ergy systems was added, he said.
“Maybe a company that’s look-ing to put a new plant in China because the labor is cheaper may be swayed to put it here in America because we have this tax credit,” Lips said.
Both Lips and Kalland said further regulation and funding related to energy efficiency and sustainable energy is likely.
“This administration has really taken a very serious approach to turning a corner on how we do energy,” Kalland said. “A lot of things have been laid in place so that as the economy recovers we’ll see more and more interest in this stuff.”
Demand for classes the Cen-ter offers to public has increased dramatically over the past year, according to Kalland.
“Our solar electric class used to be twice a year, last year we of-fered it four times, and this year we’ll have had four by April,” he said.
Some students feel the progres-sion of the Solar Center is a great step towards progress in energy.
“It’s just really cool,” Joshua Peavey, a junior in environmen-tal technology, said. “It’s taken a long time for Americans in general to realize that we need to change our ways with energy consumption and its really great being a N.C. State student and knowing that our college is doing so much to further that.”
Solar Center continues work despite economy
MICHELE CHANDLER/TECHNICIANJumping in as the Polar Martinis, Alycia Torbet, a student at North Carolina Central University, and Sara Williams, a N.C. State alumna, plunge into Lake Raleigh Feb. 28. Torbet and Williams represented Mac’s Tavern at the Polar Plunge.
Polar Plunge raises $13,884
SOME OF THE ELECTION COMMIS!SION’S RESPONSIBILITIES
Hear all allegations that a candidate or candidates have violated campaign rules
Provide a governing interpretation of the regulations of this chapter upon request of any candidate, campaign, or Student Government Official
Remove unqualified candidates from the ballot once verifying of the lack of qualification
Certify petitions for Student Body Referenda
Grant or deny ballot access to College Councils not inconsistent with Senate decisions on the same access
Adopt a budget of funds appropriated to the Board of Elections
Hear appeals of an election
Certify the elections results
Publishing names and offices from all filed intent-torun form within 24 hours of submission
Notifying candidates of intent-to-run form receipt via the email address supplied
Invalidating the intent-to-run form of any candidate who supplies fictitious, misleading or incomplete information
Producing an initial certified candidate list within 12 hours following the All Candidates Meeting
Notifying all candidates who submitted an intent-torun form via email of published draft ballot
Correcting any errors in the ballot within 12 hours of being notified that corrections are needed. SOURCE: STUDENT BODY STATUTES
“None of us have any connection [to the candidates] or hold
elected offices.”Andrew Tucker, chairman of the
Elections Commission
“It is not something we want a student or faculty to do, Iraq isn’t for
tourists yet.”Bailian Li, the vice provost for International Affairs
ELECTIONS continued page 3
Iraqi university presidents visit N.C., campus
IRAQ continued page 3
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TodayADVISING FOR 2009 SUMMER AND FALL ENROLLMENT BEGINS
ADVISING 101Talley Student Center room 3118, 9 to 11 a.m.
BODY FAT AND BLOOD PRESSURE SCREENINGSCarmichael Recreation Center, noon to 2 p.m.
SEMINAR: EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT FOR AIR POLLUTANTS: APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE SOURCESMann Hall, 4 to 5 p.m.
TuesdayTIME MANAGEMENT SEMINARD.H. Hill Library, 10 a.m. to noon
THE STATE OF N.C. STATE ADDRESSStewart Theatre, 11 a.m. to noon
WednesdayLAST DAY TO CHANGE FROM CREDIT TO AUDIT AT ALL LEVELS
LAST DAY TO CHANGE TO CREDIT ONLY
LAST DAY TO SUBMIT REQUEST FOR COURSE REPEAT WITHOUT PENALTY FORMS
LAST DAY TO WITHDRAW OR DROP W/O GRADE AT ALL LEVELS
THROUGH BRENT’S LENS
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Richard Pridgen, a junior in paper science and engineering, looks under the hood of Tim Canty’s car as Canty, a sophomore in physics, looks on. Canty’s car died after a three-hour drive back to Raleigh after spring break.
PHOTO BY BRENT KITCHEN
POLICE BLOTTERMarch 1 2:11 A.M. | VEHICLE STOPDan Allen Drive and Sullivan Drive Student was issued citation for stop sign violation. 2:27 A.M. | VEHICLE ACCIDENTVet School Officer located vehicle damaged and stuck in mud. Vet school fence damaged and torn down. Vehicle was towed and owner notified. Ap-propriate personnel were notified of damage.
2:28 A.M. | CHECK PERSONFraternity Court Report of suspicious incident in the area. Subject left prior to officer’s arrival.
3:10 A.M. | FIRE ALARMMath & Statistics Building Units responded to alarm. Cause unknown. 4:15 A.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENTCates Avenue Staff members were involved in traf-fic accident. Staff member was issued citation for No Operators License. March 24:20 A.M. | BREAKING & ENTERING, LARCENYWolf Village Student was arrested and referred to the University for Breaking and Enter-ing and Larceny of a vehicle.
7:15 A.M. | FIRE ALARMMonteith Research Center Units responded to alarm. Cause Unknown. 7:20 A.M. | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYOberlin Road Report of broken window. No evidence of entry. Facilities was notified for repair. 7:32 A.M. | BREAKING AND ENTERING, LARCENY D.H. Hill Library Report of break in and larceny from vending machine. 8:52 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDan Allen Drive and Western Boulevard Nonstudent was issued citation for stop light violation.
9:57 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLELake Raleigh Dam Officer investigated vehicle in the area. Students were referred to the University for trespassing in restricted area.
11:34 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIORWolf Village Units assisted student in need of medical assistance. On call coun-selor was notified and student was referred to University. Appro-priate personnel notified.
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WORLD & NATIONPastor killed during serviceFred Winters, the pastor of First Baptist Curch in Maryville, Illinois, was killed Sunday during the morning worship service. A gunman walked into the group and proceeded to the pulpit where Winters greeted him. Upon hearing the greeting, the gunman shot Winters three times, according to police. According to Illinois state police spokesman Ralph Timmins, the assailant’s .45 caliber pistol jammed after he killed the pastor. This caused the offender to stab himself with a knife he was carrying. The worshippers, who were watching the event unfold, tackled the gunman just after he had knifed himself. A couple church members suffered minor injuries in the attack, but none were seriously injured. However, the assailant’s wounds were very serious.
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IN THE KNOW State of N.C. State this Tuesday
The State of N.C. State address will be held Tuesday as Chancel-lor James Oblinger makes his an-nual address to the population of the University. Oblinger will discuss the accomplishments of the University during the past year, as well as some challenges the University has faced. He will also take a look into the Univer-sity’s future, both in terms of what good the future will hold and what challenges might be in store. The event will be in Stew-art Theatre from 11 a.m. to noon. Admission is free and open to anyone who wants to attend.
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Various class deadlines coming up
This Wednesday marks the fi-nal day to adjust a class in any capacity. It will be the final day to change from taking a class as credit to audit only, change a class to credit only, submit a “Re-quest for Course Repeat without Penalty” form and withdraw or drop without recieving a grade at any level. At this point, any changes in classes will not result in any adjustment in tuition. In addition, registration for sum-mer and fall classes begins on Wednesday.
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Engineering open house March 14
The College of Engineer-ing is hosting an Engineer-ing Open House on March 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. All departments in COE, on both Main Campus and Centennial Campus, will conduct tours, displays and information sessions. The open house is open to middle-school and high school students looking at the University, as well as students who already attend the University. Any parents or guests that a student desires to bring along is welcome as well. Although March 14 is a Saturday, University Trans-portation is providing buses that will run continuously be-tween Centennial and Main Campuses.
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NewsTECHNICIAN
Meet the candidatesOn March 10, the Student Media Board will be hiring the editors and general
manager for the Student Media for the 2009-2010 academic year.
Come voice your opinion on what you want
from your student media.
DREIER CARR/ARCHIVE PHOTOTravis Cruse, a freshman in FYC talks to John Mickey, a junior in business management, and Ryan Smith, a sophomore in engineering, on the Brickyard, March 17, 2008, about his student body president campaign last year. Case said that he “saw them out here and I said, ‘hey, couches and drinks.’ So I decided to come out here and talk.”
pertinent election statutes that the commission is required to oversee, according to Summerlin. A very important change, she said, was the change regarding donations.
“A rule that has been changed is if donations are brought forth...[they] will go against expenses,” Summerlin said.
Before, donations were reported, but just set aside as other cash and did not go against a candidate’s spending limits, Summerlin said.
Another new bill just recently passed by the Student Sen-ate has increased the spending limits for all positions as well. Spending limits for some offices, such as student body president which increased from $450 to $625, have increased.
With all the changes, the campaign season will kick off Tuesday. The All-Candidates meeting, a meeting mandatory that happens before campaigning begins and is for all can-didates who wish to appear on the ballot, is being held today at 9 p.m. in the Student Government office, Tucker said.
CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR ELECTED OFFICESStudent Body President -Anup Engineer, Amber Joyner, Adam Clon-inger, Andrew Swanson, Jim Ceresnak and Kornelius Bascombe
Student Senate President-Kelli RogersStudent Body Treasurer-Elmo LammStudent Chief Justice-Mary Frances Woods and Timur Ender
Senior Class President-Caroline Gibson, David Bascombe Jr. and Jay Dawkins.
Student Centers President-Matt Woodward
UAB President-Margo Sauter
Student Media Board of Directors-Al S. McArthur and Joshua E. Poteat
CHASS Sophomore-Scott Goldsmith, Amanda Birman, Jermanie O’neal Jones, Jasmine Ashley Brown, Jackie Smith and Ashley Brown
CHASS Junior-Maritza T. Adonis, Lauren Demanovich, Danielle Maness, Rebekah Dunstan and Ste-phen Kouba
CHASS Senior-Celeste Hurtig, Jason Lindsday and Morgan Donnelly
Ag Institute
-Steven HoldenCALS Sophomore-Ethan K. Harrelson, Arialle Crabtree, Dustin Short, Erica Brown and Harrison Gray
CALS Junior-Brittany M. Griffin, Kristen Baughman and Zane Al Chead
CALS Senior-Aaron Massey, Jeanne Chen, Katie Mills and Missy Kosht
Management: Lynn Clark, Brianne Bower, Katie Cox, Marycobb Randall, Phillip Clark, Jessica Humphrey, Stephen Avery Morris and Jake BloodworthEngineering Sophomore-John Tucker Engineering Junior-Steve Cosolito, Dustin Ryan Junior and Cody Bryant
Engineering Senior-David Bascombe Jr.
Textiles-Heather Chiang
Education-Sarah Center
FYC-Sarah Lindh
Graduate-Michael Robinson
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ELECTIONScontinued from page 1
He said if details can be negotiated, NCSU would begin training Iraqi faculty members and granting them research opportunities.
Bailian Li, the vice provost for Inter-national Affairs, said no timeline to begin training Iraqi faculty has been set. However, his best guess is the fall semester.
According to a statement released by the Office of International Affairs, Iraq’s Ministry of Higher education established 10,000 scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students to study abroad.
Li said money isn’t an issue with any of the Iraqis’ proposals.
“They have money,” he said.Li said the University appealed to
the Iraqis because the Iraqis are more interested in land-grant institutions because at a land-grant institution, “high level research transfers to local economic development, and that is very important for Iraq.”
“Land-grant institutions have a special mission of research, economic development and education,” Li said.
He said the Iraqis were especially interested in public relations, engi-neering, business and physical and mathematical sciences.
“They realize engineering, manage-ment and higher education are the building blocks for rebuilding Iraq,” Li said.
Li said the Iraqis offered to pay to bring NCSU faculty and administra-tors over to the universities to visit.
However, due to security, Li said the trip is “not practical anytime soon. It is not something we want a student or faculty to do, Iraq isn’t for tour-ists yet.”
Dixon did not rule out the possibil-ity of sending students and faculty to Iraq in the future.
Al-Dulemi and al-Sanafi did not respond to requests for comments.
Despite the war, Li is optimistic the situation in Iraq is improving and this proposal can work.
“This trip wouldn’t have happened otherwise,” he said.
Li said the trip will allow the Uni-versity to be at the front of rebuilding Iraq.
“This is the perfect chance to build a relationship,” he said.
According to Dixon, Al-Anbar Uni-versity has 19 colleges across Iraq with 15,000 students, 1,500 faculty and 2,500 staff members.
He also said Thi Qar Universities has 11 colleges across the nation, 10,000 students and two research centers.
IRAQcontinued from page 1
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Both institutions agree to academic exchanges in various areas of education, research and extension.Both institutions will make every effort to exchange faculty, scholars and students, as well as educational, research and extension materials appropriate to the areas of collaboration.Specific details of exchanges noted above will be negotiated between the institutions subject to the approval of each institutionThis agreement will remain in effect for five years from the date of singing, and is renewable thereafter for five-year
party may terminate this agreement by giving at least six months notice in writing to the other party.
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Students may still be in spring break mode or not adjusted to daylight
savings time, but be sure to take time to listen to two important speeches coming up this week from our leaders in North Caro-lina and at the University.
Gov. Bev Perdue is giving her State of the State address at 7 p.m. tonight, and it will be broadcast live on UNC-TV, ac-cording to the governor’s Web site. Perdue’s address will also be broadcast live at //www.gov-ernor.state.nc.us.
The main issue Perdue is go-ing to tackle in her address is the state’s budget. She may have to make even more cuts to help prevent the potential $3 billion
deficit.It is important for students to
pay attention to the issues of the state, even for students not na-tive to North Carolina, because problems the state encounters will trickle down to the Univer-sity.
Chancellor James Oblinger will give the State of N.C. State address at Stewart Theatre at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
It’s vital to the future of the University to listen to the ad-ministration and give feedback. If you have a comment about the University’s budget, then leave feedback at the Budget Central Web site.
Also, write in forum letters to Technician and let the student body know your reactions and suggestions to Oblinger’s ad-dress.
Don’t be hestitant to be criti-cal of administration and the state government when they are making decisions. Be sure to re-mind them they are working for you.
But also remember that these decisions are hard to make and they are under tremendous pressure from all sides.
The administration must look into the needs of students and be open to explaining how these cuts will affect students. It must
be willing to listen to comments while using its members’ exper-tise to find the best and solu-tions.
The administration must be open and willing to consider opinions of students when mak-ing decisions, but students must also make an effort to commu-nicate their opinions to the ad-ministration.
It is important to make an ef-fort to listen to the State of the State and the State of N.C. State addresses, especially in dire eco-nomic times as these.
We, as students, need to know as much about the future and be prepared for what coming ahead.
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:The state and the University have many complicated issues to address in the coming weeks and months.
OUR OPINION:Students must be knowledgeable about the issues facing the University and the state.
THE SOLUTION:Watch, listen or read the transcripts from Gov. Bev Perdue’s and Chancellor James Oblinger’s addresses and analyze them.
Pay attention to addresses!OUR VIEW"
We live in very inter-esting times indeed, and that might not
be a good thing.As practically every news out-
let in the galaxy will tell you, the economy is not doing so hot. It’s at the point where our wonderful University has to do some not-
so-wonderful things in or-der to dea l w i t h d e e p budget cuts. A nd t h at ’s just in our litt le corner of the world — there real-ly is bad news,
more bad news and even worse news coming every day regard-ing banks, car companies and the housing market.
And this is on top of al l our other prob-lems: two wars abroad, a decay-ing infrastruc-ture at home and a host of programs and agencies in be-tween that need to be fixed or scrapped.
S o t h e r e should be plen-ty of interesting discussion on ways to fix the economy (for starters), right?
Wrong.During spring break, news-
papers like the New York Times came out with fascinating dis-cussions about how Barack Obama may be getting gray hairs, whether Michelle Obama can have bare arms and who the real leader of the GOP is.
The importance of this infor-mation is so profound — it actu-ally is so profound and beyond me that I am unable to accept it as the true issue.
Or I’m unable to accept this news because I DO NOT CARE about Barack Obama’s hair or Michelle Obama’s arms. Regard-ing the actual leader of the GOP thing, I’m actually interested — I want to see a cage match between radio pundit Rush Limbaugh and GOP Chairman (or “chair-man”) Michael Steele.
By the way, I’m putting Student Government on notice: if we had cage fights instead of debates, more people would show up.
Hand-to-hand combat aside,
there really are big issues out there, ranging from the global and national news about the economy going down the toi-let to the local news and gossip about the economy going down the toilet. Instead of focusing on the tabloid-quality nonsense about hair color or bare arms, we could try to come up with solu-tions to our economic problems.
Even if you don’t care about the credit markets, the bank bailouts and the government’s budget, you should at least worry about the unemployment rate or the University’s budget. This stuff could affect when you gradu-ate and, upon said graduation, whether you can find somewhat solid, long-term employment.
Unlike the federal budget or any of the other 5 million eco-nomic problems out there, the
University’s budge t c ut s are pretty easy to fol low — there’s a nice link on the Uni-versity’s Web site that leads you to Budget Central (http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/rm/bud-get_central/). The informa-tion is mostly there, all in one easi ly acces-sible place, and there’s even an
online suggestion box. The facts are there, and, unless you are some kind of technophobic Lud-dite, accessible — get cracking.
But the University can do a lot more. Members of the budget committee can take the initia-tive and sit in on classes or go out and interact with students and faculty. This will give those responsible for deciding what to cut from the budget direct feed-back regarding what classes or departments aren’t vital or are underperforming.
So if you don’t see the provost or a dean on campus trying to see firsthand what programs work on campus, give one of them a call or e-mail. With registration around the corner, you do not want to find out that one class you need to graduate isn’t avail-able. We all need to make it clear to the budget committee what we think — get to it!
“Instead of focusing on the tabloid-quality nonsense... we scould try to
come up with solutions to
our economic problems.”
Guess the University thought it would be funny to have spring break earlier than everyone else.
Phil Hursey, junior in biochemistry
“No. I don’t usually watch TV at all at school. I’d probably just get distracted by something else.”
Noah Braunfreshman, aerospace enineering
“I hadn’t planned on it. I just got o# spring break and I have to take care of some things. I have so much stu# going on my own that I can’t think about things on a larger scale.”
Luke McIntyrejunior, applied arts-music
“Maybe for like 15 minutes. I have class, though, and I don’t expect to see anything interesting. But I’ll watch it to see what the government’s up to.”
Detric Robinsonfreshman, biomedical engineering
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Are you going to watch Gov. Bev
Perdue’s State of the State address tonight?
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Native-American Student Affairs Director will help Native-American students
American enrollment and reten-tion at NCSU. I attended NCSU 20 years ago as an undergraduate student and did not even know there was a group on campus to share Native American traditions and current issues. After return-ing to school, I was glad to find such a group.
Today I was in the George Patton Museum and noted that several areas of the museum were dedicated African-American sol-diers and their plight of dying in so many American wars with less honor given to them for perform-ing in battle than they’re white comrades.
The articles pointed out that integration happened in military circles before our society as a whole. However in one article I read credited a black soldier with helping put down the “Indian Threat.”
No mention was made of how this threat was created. As an American who is part “white” and part “Native-American” I would say the odds are that the threat was created by the taking of tradi-tional Indian land or worse.
It would be shameful to forget
the Native-American parts of our his-tory in America and I think our new director of Native-American Student Affairs Derek Oxendine might help Native-Americans become more a part of the culture at NCSU as well as a voice for Native-American issues/History.
Craig Cunninghamsenior, business management
Native Numbers’ article misled readers
I wanted to address the article pub-lished Feb. 6, titled “Native Numbers.” As a proud member of the Native community and also a proud mem-ber of the Native American Student Association, I found the article to be extremely misleading and uninforma-tive.
Furthermore I was offended to be portrayed in such a manner. The author of this piece intentionally misconstrued the article’s intentions and put the spotlight on a rather ir-relevant issue.
Bashing our new assistant director of Native Affairs does not reflect “Na-tive Numbers” in the least. A retrac-tion and or apology from the Techni-cian would be greatly appreciated.
Chelsea Richardsonfreshman, transition program and
Native American Student Association member
Discrimination truly does have many forms
In regards to the “Discrimination has many forms‚“ article and its writer, I would first like to ask where in your description of the advertisement does the person request Christian, white roommates?
Your version of the advertisement said, “seeking similar non-smoker, non-drinker, school focused, male students. If the words Christian or white were not added in by mistake, then I willfully apologize for this re-
sponse. I see no connection whatsoever
between a roommate advertise-ment and the prejudices on our campus.
I would venture to say the majority of students would not request, “Roommates, just room-mates.”
Call me a realist, but I would like to live with people I can get along with.
Perhaps you should do some-thing more productive with your “precious” time rather than use a slippery slope argument to com-pare Christian students seeking like-minded roommates to neo-Nazi’s seeking holocaust deniers.
There is nothing wrong with surfacing underlying beliefs and issues concerning discrimination. But trying to make an abstract connection to discrimination regarding studious, Christian stu-dents seeking similar students to live with only seeks to complicate the subject and add an unhealthy amount of political correctness to the problem.
Brice Smithfreshman, international relations
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Each year, hundreds of students pack up their pencils and pull out the chalk for student teaching
Justin Carrington Staff Writer
It is 6:30 AM, and the sun has barely reached its destined place in the sky. How-ever, for Katherine Miller, a senior in math education, who has been up for more than an hour already, the day is already in full swing. In approximately forty-five min-utes, she will assume her position in the front of a classroom filled with adolescents at Garner High School.
Miller is one of approximately 250 stu-dents at N.C. State who are participating in student teaching this semester.
As a part of the degree and licensure re-quirements for students pursuing careers in education, a professional semester is re-quired to prepare them for the transition from student to teacher.
However, despite what many people may think, the job is not as easy as it seems. One thing that keeps Miller going, how-ever, is the same thing that she attempts to instill in her students, each day: the power of learning.
“You learn things every day that you didn’t expect to learn,” Miller said. “You learn how to think on your feet. You learn through actually doing stuff.”
Prior to actually getting the chance to complete a semester of student teaching, however, Miller like others in her degree program took numerous courses focusing in on education practices.
However, according to Miller, nothing has prepared her nearly as well as the past few weeks have.
“Classroom experiences for me, mainly, for the better part of the past three and a half years has consisted of sitting in
a classroom and listening to lectures,” Miller said. “Now I’m actually learning through actually doing stuff.”
Part of this learning process began in a curriculum and methods course that Miller took.
“I loved my methods courses,” Miller said. “They prepared me book-wise, and they did make me think about how I would manage my classroom, what kinds of rules I would have and what kind of teacher would be.
However, the course was not able to fully teach Miller how to get along in the daily life of a high school teacher,
According to Michael Maher, director of professional education with the Col-lege of Education, these aspects of student teaching often prove to be the hardest to get across to students.
“It’s hard to prepare people for that first time when you get out there in the school and you take over and you become the teacher,” Maher said. “Most students have never worked a full time job in the way that they are going to be expected when they become a student teacher.”
One aspect that comes along with the responsibilities and duties of being a stu-dent teacher is waking earlier than many col-lege students.
“I usually get up at about 5:15 every morning,” Miller said. “I leave my house be-tween 6:30 and 6:40, and I get to Garner at about 6:50.”
From that point until three o’clock in the afternoon — minus one planning period and a lunch break — Miller is busy teach-ing lessons, grading papers, planning fu-ture lessons or maybe even on lunch duty.
Relating with kids, dealing with situ-ations, dealing with other teachers and having lunch duty are things that no one can really teach — it’s the experience that counts.
Fortunately, Miller’s day ends at three. Right?
Wrong. Despite what many may believe, a teach-
er’s day does not simply end at the end of the instructional day. In fact, it extends into much of the night. According to Miller, this is a lesson that many student teachers learn within their first couple of days on the job.
Although Miller generally reserves her nights for simply preparing herself for the next day of teaching by doing things
such as creating guided notes for herself or thinking of questions to ask, this idle time — if that is what people call it — does not come without a cost.
Miller acknowledges that some of her weekends are spent completing work.
I actually do all my lesson plans in a row,” said Miller. “I worked con-stantly, all day and night this weekend, and I finished an entire unit. So now, when I’m teaching, I can kind of relax.”
Laura Pierrie, a sophomore in sci-ence education, will soon be do-ing the exact same things as Miller.
“I do not really have any specific expec-tations of student teaching,” said Pierrie. “In high school, I had some experiences with student teachers in some of my class-es, and I saw how well the teacher worked with the students to help them through the process.”
Pierrie will not only have a cooperating teacher to help her in this transition. She’ll have more — an entire family of teachers.
Both of Pierrie’s parents were teachers, and her mom is now a principal in Wake County. Her uncle is also a special educa-tion teacher within Wake County.
“I talk to them a lot about any questions that I have about classroom issues,” Pierrie said. “I have learned so much from them.”
In the end, however, it all boils down to the belief that is shared by both Maher and Miller. This is the notion that what-ever you put into something is what you will get out of it — student teaching is no exception.
Student life merges with teacher life
“You learn things every day that you didn’t expect to learn You
learn how to think on your feet. You learn
through actually doing stuff.”
Katherine Miller, senior in math education
PURPOSES OF EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCES AND STUDENT TEACHING
That student teachers should assume responsibilities gradually through stages of observation, cooperative planning and part-time teaching duties until a full teaching load is attained.
That the field experience should not be limited to classroom activities but rather should include non-instructional opportunities to become acquainted with the total program of the school and its relationship to the community it serves.
That it is necessary for cooperating teachers to take an active part in the student teaching experience, providing guidance and feedback.
That student teachers can make a meaningful contribution to the teaching- learning experiences in the school program.
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FeaturesLIFE & STYLE
Cheyenne AutryDeputy Features Editor
It’s all the rage. People everywhere are going green. Whether it be a new form of technology being used by a business or just recycling a bit more, everyone is paying more attention to their effect on the en-vironment. And the fad has trickled down to beauty products — mainstream beauty products.
Lush Cosmetics is a line of shampoos, soaps, lotions and more devoted to help-ing the environment. According to the company’s Web site, all its products are handmade and use 100 percent vegetar-ian and 70 percent vegan products. Items like soaps, body wash and lotions contain ingredients like lemon, fresh mint and sea salt that come straight from the manufac-turer and go directly into the products. Lush also minimizes its dependence on preservatives, using only two (methylpara-ben and propylyparaben), which have been used in skin care products for more than 60 years.
Lush also tries to protect the planet through limited packaging. “Naked is Nice” is used to describe the packaging policy. Whenever possible, Lush sells its
products with no packaging whatsoever. Items like bath bombs, bubble bars and facial cleansers are made in a solid form so no packaging is needed. In all, about 70 percent of Lush’s products are sold “naked.”
It’s facts like these that drew Nancy Boyce, a sophomore in environmental technology, to the products.
“I love that Lush puts so much work into making sure their products are eco-friendly and healthy for the consumer,” Boyce said. “Many people don’t realize what kind of stuff they are putting on their body. There are so many harsh chemicals and preservatives in lotions, make-up and hair products, and it’s just not good in the long run.”
Boyce is a big fan of Lush’s line of hair products. The company offers everything from solid shampoos and conditioners to hair dyes — all from natural products like coconut, jasmine and citrus fruits.
“Their conditioners leave my hair soft and shiny,” Boyce said. “It got me hooked.”
But Lush isn’t the only company on the environmental bandwagon. Victoria’s Se-cret introduced its own line of eco-friendly products in February called PINK Body. The line has the same basic principles as Lush Cosmetics, but has fewer products to offer right now and focuses mostly on bath and body products. PINK Body also divides their products into four catego-ries—energizing, nourishing, soothing and essentials. All the products are organic and are made from products grown right here in the U.S.
“We were able to incorporate natural and organic ingredients in all of our prod-
ucts and also made sure to remove all the parabens and sulfites which are
known to irritate the skin,” Ashli Stockton, Victoria’s Secret PINK
body spokeswoman, said. “It’s a nice feeling to be able to pam-per yourself and know you are doing something good for the environment at the same
time.”Stockton traveled
across the country talking to girls about what they want-ed in their
body care products.
“She spoke and we listened,” Stockton said.
PINK Body is geared toward the col-legiate customer, Stockton said, because though there are certain financial re-straints on college students, girls still want to use great products and feel pampered.
During her travels around the coun-try, Stockton found that college students shared a major concern for the environ-ment and wanted to make a difference.
“No one seems more concerned about the environment these days than college students,” Stockton said. “As I traveled around the country talking to girls on campuses, I was inspired by all of the en-vironmental programs they were involved in and how they were incorporating green living into their own lives. It just goes to show that if everyone does a little, it can really add up to a lot.”
Though Boyce said she hadn’t yet tried any of the new PINK Body products, she plans on purchasing some in the future.
“If it’s good for me and good for the environment then that’s what I want to put my money to-ward. It’s a win-win situation,”
Boyce said.
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LIFESTYLESObama to overturn stem cell limits
President Barack Obama plans to sign an executive order today to overturn Bush-era limits on the use of tax dollars in embryonic stem cell research. With the spending limits overturned, more research will be able to be conducted on cures and aids for diseases like Parkinsons.
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Tweeters argue sex, language
A Twitter discussion about gender specific pronouns has found its way onto CNN. The news outlet said the controversy over phrases like, “men at work,” which translates to “people working,” are offensive to female and non-genders. Paul Easton, a lawyer who began the tweet-off about the “PC” issue with gender specific pro-nouns said he is tired of maneuvering around statements like, “Everyone loves his mother,” because the use of the word “his” is non-inclusive, “his or her” is “cumbersome” and “their” isn’t even grammatically feasible. The discussion ultimately calls for the cre-ation of a gender-neutral pronoun. CNN reported that the non-words “ip” and “thon” have been tried be-fore, but haven’t caught on.
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High insurance rates leave some uncovered
Winston-Salem man Doug Pegram doesn’t have health insurance. He lost his job in November and hasn’t tried to get on another plan. But for Pegram, a lack of health insurance hasn’t been a problem -- his medi-cal bills are lower than an insurance premium. Pegram admits that not having health insurance will be a big problem if something major was to go wrong, but now, saving a couple hundred dollars a month “goes a long way” in this economy.
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Restaurants bustling despite downward dip
Last year, downtown Raleigh saw the opening of 45 new businesses. A few more have opened this year and six more are on the verge of opening their doors. A recession doesn’t seem like the best time to be opening up a new business, but Dave Justus, owner of the newly opened Remedy Diner, said someone has to take the chance. Fortunately for Justus and the other new owners, downtown has been busy despite the poor financial out-look many consumers are faced with. The restaurant business isn’t Teflon coated against hard times though. Just recently Enoteca Vin and Joe’s Place closed their doors, and, state-wide last year, 156 restaurants closed.
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Fruits and veggies leak pesticides
It’s no secret farmers use pesticides to keep their crops free of pests. Ingesting a few chemicals here and there is something most Americans have just accepted. But some produce has been found to have more chemicals in or on them than others. The top ten: peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, imported grapes and pears.
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groin in the late first half of the 74-69 win versus Boston College March 4.
“Courtney’s not good,” coach Sidney Lowe said after the Boston College game.
Fells was still unable to play at all in Saturday’s matchup against the Hurricanes, and his status has not been deter-mined for the upcoming ACC
Tournament.Though Fells went down,
sophomore center Tracy Smith and sophomore point guard Javi Gonzalez are beginning to peak at the right time. Gonzalez scored 19 points in Fells’ absence in the Miami game, and Smith, who has 45 points in his last three games, is thriving as the starting center. Junior forward Dennis Horner also found his shot in the Boston College game, going three of five from 3-point range.
“I’ve been working on my shot all season long to get it back to where it was [last season],” Horner said.
The 16-13 finish is slightly bet-ter than last year’s 15-16 cam-paign. In addition, the 6-10 re-cord in the ACC is the best Lowe has had in his three years as head coach. A top-25 recruiting class is joining this team next year, but the Pack will lose seniors Fells and Ben McCauley, along with graduate Simon Harris. Mc-Cauley has shown a strong deter-
mination throughout his career, and that will certainly be missed. McCauley had 20 points in the Boston College game this week.
“I haven’t had a single day where [McCauley] hasn’t come ready to play,” Lowe said.
McCauley himself appreciates all the work Fells has done, and is sorry that Fells has had to suf-fer through a late season injury.
“I told him ‘I wish I could have you out there with me.’ Hope-fully he gets healthy,” McCauley said.
nounced that freshman Bonae Holston earned the ACC Sixth player of the year award, which is given to the best player off the bench and voted on by the league’s 12 ACC women’s bas-ketball coaches. Divisional ri-vals seemed to bring out the
best in Holston this season - she was ranked fourth among ACC freshmen in scoring and rebounding, but first in ACC games in both categories. Hol-stonesd also namedw to the ACC All-Freshman team earlier in the week.
Senior Shayla Fields was named to the 2009 all-ACC second team. Fields led the ACC in minutes played for the second season in a row and was third in scoring.
No. 9 Miami
No. 5 Clemson
No. 4 Florida State
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Baseball falls in Florida
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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
BASEBALL VS.GEORGE MASONDoak Field, 3 p.m.
SOFTBALL VS. MICHIGAN STATECurtis & Jacqueline Dail Stadium, 3 and 6 p.m.
BASEBALL VS. MARYLANDDoak Field, 2:50 p.m.
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“I was eager to get out there and get it over with.”
N.C. State defeats Boston College but drops games to Maryland, Miami
Samuel T.O. BranchDeputy News Editor
The men’s basketball team closed the book on its regular season over spring break, ending with a 72-64 loss at Miami Saturday.
N.C. State finished 16-13 overall and 6-10 in the ACC, virtually out of any at-large contention for the NCAA tournament. The Wolfpack will have to win the ACC Tourna-ment in order to make it to the ‘Big Dance’. State will face Maryland at 7 p.m. Thursday in the opening round of the conference tournament.
If the Pack wants to win the tourna-ment, it will have to be more consis-tent than it was in the Miami game. State started well, and led by nine at the half. But the team went for more than 12 minutes in the scond half without a field goal, a time during which State missed 12 consecutive shots.
In addition, the Pack could be without the services of senior guard Courtney Fells after he injured his
Darrion Caldwell and Kody Hamrah both take home individual championships
Jen HankinSenior Staff Writer
This season, the wrestling team has suffered many set-backs, including injuries and players departing midseason. However, the Pack still man-aged to pull out a fifth place finish at the ACC Champi-onships this past weekend in Blacksburg, Va.
“Obviously at the beginning of the year we really thought we could win the tourna-ment,” coach Carter Jordan said. “The lesson of the year was you can only control the things you can control. You can’t control injuries and you’ve got to go with what you got.”
The wrestling team traveled to Virginia to compete in the ACC Championships, which took place on Virginia Tech’s campus. Maryland earned 70 points and took home the title for the second year in a row. The Pack, which placed fifth in the tournament with 49.5 points, also secured two in-dividual championships and four bids to the 2009 NCAA
tournament. “I’m so proud of our team this
weekend and how we competed,” Jordan said. “We went to the tournament with less than half of our full starting lineup and we still wrestled like N.C. State wrestles.”
No. 1 Darrion Caldwell, 149 weight-class, and No. 1 Kody Hamrah, 157 weight-class, each won their respective individual titles and earned a spot in the NCAA Championship.
Caldwell said early in the sea-son that this was his year, and in fact, it proved to be. He plowed through his competition over the weekend, winning the title in the finals in a major decision over
No. 3 Nick Stabile from North Carolina.
“One of my goals is to win the national title,” Darrion Caldwell said in November. “It’s been that way since I got here and I know I have the best shot this year.”
Hamrah had an exciting run as well, especially during his semi-final match. He took Thomas Scotton from UNC to three overtime periods, winning his decision 3-2.
“This had to be the longest match I ever coached,” Jordan said. “I probably had three heart attacks during that match. It was just unbelievable to watch.”
Hamrah came to the tourna-ment with a lot of confidence,
since he had already encoun-tered many of his opponents during the regular season.
“I had wrestled all of these guys a bunch this season,” Hamrah said. “In the finals I knew how the match was go-ing to go, since I had wrestled him four times this year. I was eager to get out there and get it over with.”
During the weeks lead-ing up to the championship, Hamrah was working closely with coach Noel Loban on a particular technique, accord-ing to Jordan.
“[Hamrah] ended up pin-ning the guy with that tech-nique in the finals,” Jordan said. “That’s about as fun as it gets for a coach - to work with someone on something and then they apply it and win. I was so proud.”
Along with Caldwell and Hamrah, No. 4 Darrius Little in the 133 bout and Joe Cara-manica in the 141 bout quali-fied for a bid to the NCAA tournament, held March 19-21 in St. Louis, Mo.
“The focus toward the end of the year turned from win-ning the [ACC] tournament to having it looking as though we could have about 4-5 guys compete for the national ti-tle,” Jordan said. “We got four and that was just big.”
Pack !nishes regular seasonMEN’S BASKETBALL
LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANSenior center Ben McCauley and forwards Courtney Fells and Simon Harris hug each other after defeating Boston Col-lege, 74 - 69, during the men’s basketball team’s last home game of the season. This win was the !rst time the Wolfpack beat the Eagles in the RBC Center. “Ben and Courtney were ready to play,” head coach Sidney Lowe said. “I’m glad we won this game for those guys.”
DREIER CARR/TECHNICIANDarius Little works to half nelson Joe Baker of the Naval Academy. The Wolfpack took !fth place in the ACC meet, with Darrion Caldwell and Kody Hamrah winning individual championships.
Wrestling takes fifth place at ACC Championship in Blacksburg, Va.
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State falls to ninth-seeded Wake Forest, 59-54
Staff ReportDespite finishing the regular
season strong with four wins in its last six in recent games, No. 8-ranked N.C. State fell, 59-54, to No. 9 Wake Forest in the opening round of the ACC Tournament. The teams were playing for the right to face top-seeded Mary-land on Thursday, March 5.
Wake Forest, a team State beat twice during the regular season, jumped out to a 29-22 lead at the half. Though Nikitta Gartrell hit a three-pointer to bring the score within three with 24 seconds re-maining in the game, the Pack sent the Demon Deacons to the line and Wake’s Alex Tchangoue put the game away.
State couldn’t get it going from the field and made just 37.3 per-cent of field goal attempts. In ad-dition, the Pack sank only two of eight tries from the 3-point line.
State will host the 2009 NCAA Championships on March 28 and 30.
