Raleigh, North Carolina TECHNICIAN b technicianonline.com Mayoral, city council elections today Chancellor wary of joining Twitterverse Students and Chancellor weigh the pros and cons of University leaders joining Twitter.w Lauren Vanderveen Correspondent Students are debating whether or not Chancellor Randy Woodson should join the Twitter bandwagon. Both the students and Woodson him- self are torn on the actual decision to do so. Chancellor Randy Woodson, ap- pointed in January 2010, said he is too busy to focus on a Twitter account. “I’m working hard to cultivate new donors to the University so we can grow our endowment to keep our tu- ition low,” he said. “Being the chan- cellor of this University is like being the CEO of a large company because N.C. State has a budget of $1.4 billion, 10,000 employees and 34,000 students. My main focus needs to be in run- ning this organization and keeping it strong.” Woodson’s UNC-Chapel Hill coun- terpart Holden Thorp, on the other hand, has 5,722 followers, with his tweets dating back to Dec. 5, 2010. Trying to keep Woodson up-to-date is Chandler Thompson, student body president and one of the foremost ad- vocates for Chancellor Woodson get- ting a Twitter. “One thing the student government has wanted is the administration to be more accessible to students,” Thomp- son said. “[Social media sites] are the number one way students get their news and information.” Thompson is an avid user of the many avenues of networking avail- able to students. “As student body president, I try to communicate as many ways as pos- sible. I tweet. Student government has insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Political film proves familiar themes still impress viewers See page 5. Alum’s photographs showcased See page 6. Pack well overdue for some sunshine See page 8. Five Raleigh districts and a mayoral position are up for the taking. John Wall News Editor Students will have the opportunity to vote for a new mayor and Raleigh City Council members Tuesday. Three candidates are on the ballot for the mayoral race—Nancy McFar- lane, Billie Redmond and Randall Williams. The first to announce a run for the mayoral position, Nancy McFarlane is a city councilor and registered In- dependent. Current Raleigh mayor Charles Meeker officially endorsed McFarlane Oct. 3. Meeker is stepping down from the position after 10 years at the helm. Redmond, a Republican, is the owner and CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial Trademark Properties and was the second person to an- nounce her run. The last to enter the race was Ran- dall Williams, a Republican and doctor of obstet- rics and gynecol- ogy. A total of five districts make up the City Council, all of which are up for grabs. Thomas Crowder of Dis- trict D, which encompasses land surround- ing campus, is running unop- posed in this election cycle. Crowder has been at the helm of District D since 2003. Although he does not control activity on the cam- pus itself, he helps make decisions and carries favor over areas directly ad- jacent. Hillsbor- ough Street and Western Boule- vard fall under Crowder’s juris- diction, along with the remain- der of the South- west corner of the city. “[District D] is basically the Southwest quad- rant of the city, and N.C. State takes up a big geo- graphic area of that,” Crowder said. Decisions relating to construction on Hillsborough Street, through pub- lic funding such as municipal bonds, fall under Crowder’s district. On Au- gust 2, the city council voted unani- mously to put a bond referendum on the ballot for Tuesday, according to the City of Raleigh Website. Part of that referendum, which is “roughly a $70 million bond,” is $1 million that would go toward Hills- borough Street, according to Crowder. “Part of that bond is $1 million to continue the next phase of design work so that we will have a budget to put together for funding the sec- ond phase of Hillsborough Street,” Crowder said. “[The money] is for design and planning.” Crowder outlined which section of Hillsborough Street design work would be applied to. “We are looking to continue on toward Faircloth [Street], extending those improvements we have made between Oberlin [Road] and Gard- ner Street,” Crowder said. Improvements have been made to Western Boulevard during Crowder’s tenure as well. “We did quite a few improve- ments to Western Boulevard several years ago that was part of an upgrade with multipurpose paths and landscaping projects,” Crowder said. The referendum contains two bonds — $40 million for transpor- tation and $16 million in housing bonds totaling $56 million. Hill- sborough funds come from the transportation bond. If both are passed, funds will be Campus Police may use cameras in some of the emergency stations. Sruthi Mohan Staff Writer The University’s aging “blue light” emergency phones could get an up- grade to include cameras as early as next year. According to Scott McInturf, de- partment head of the University’s En- vironmental Health and Public Safety Administration (EHPSA), the depart- ment installed three cameras in blue light phones on Centennial Campus to research the feasibility of bringing emergency services and surveillance on campus up to date. Although the cameras are not yet active, McInturf said the goal is to start operation and data collecting by the end of the fall. The University has more than 400 blue light emergency telephone boxes spread throughout campus. Accord- ing to campus tour guides, two sets of blue strobe lights from the emergency call boxes should be visible from any point on campus. The emergency poles are activated when the red button on the pole is pressed. The telephone box connects directly to the University Police Emer- gency Communications Center, which can trace the call. The current system is old, however, according to Jon Barnwell, deputy chief of the Uni- versity Police De- partment. “Current blue light phones are from pre-cel- lular times and were intended as a means of communicating through cam- pus,” he said. The EHPSA is experimenting with a few potential changes to the blue light phones in order to make them more cost- efficient and ef- fective in light of recent and expected budget cuts. All of the blue light polls are still com- pletely funded by the University, McInturf said. The phones are seldom used now, Barnwell said. “Even the ones that are recorded are usually for non-emergency purposes such as a car that needs to be towed, etc,” he said. The EHPSA is thus attempting to bring the blue light poles into the modern era by adding cameras to them that would be able to zoom in on any emergency event that occurred, Barnwell said. One possibility that is being ex- plored is having multiple cameras on a single pole: one might be used for parking lot surveillance, while the other would be activated when an emergency button was pushed. Various options have only been ex- plored since the end of spring 2011. Over the past summer, different cameras have been added to three blue light poles on Centennial Campus, but they are still marked as “under repair” and are not fully activated, McInturf said. Nothing is certain yet regarding the future of the blue light poles, he said. “We are attempting to improve the blue light poles’ technology and possibly reduce the number of to- Blue light phones to get upgrade TYLER ANDREWS/TECHNICIAN A designated emergency (blue light) phone outside of The Free Expression tunnel Monday. The emergency phones are meant to provide safety services to the NCSU community. LIGHT continued page 3 “The ones that are recorded are usually for non-emergency purposes.” Jon Barnwell, deputy chief of the University Police Department TWITTER continued page 3 ELECTION continued page 3 BILLIE REDMOND Occupation: CEO of Coldwell Banker Party: Republican Policy position: Rewarding system to attract jobs, partner students and businesses to improve education NANCY MCFARLANE Occupation: Pharmacist Party: Independent Policy position: Expanding transportation, encouraging small business RANDALL WILLIAMS Occupation: Doctor Party: Republican Policy position: Fiscal conservative, attracting jobs through low taxes “We are looking to continue extending... those improvements we have made between Oberlin [Road] and Gardner Street.” Thomas Crowder of District D
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Mayoral, city council elections today Chancellor
wary of joining
Twitterverse
Students and Chancellor weigh the pros and cons of University leaders joining Twitter.w
Lauren VanderveenCorrespondent
Students are debating whether or not Chancellor Randy Woodson should join the Twitter bandwagon. Both the students and Woodson him-self are torn on the actual decision to do so.
Chancellor Randy Woodson, ap-pointed in January 2010, said he is too busy to focus on a Twitter account.
“I’m working hard to cultivate new donors to the University so we can grow our endowment to keep our tu-ition low,” he said. “Being the chan-cellor of this University is like being the CEO of a large company because N.C. State has a budget of $1.4 billion, 10,000 employees and 34,000 students. My main focus needs to be in run-ning this organization and keeping it strong.”
Woodson’s UNC-Chapel Hill coun-terpart Holden Thorp, on the other hand, has 5,722 followers, with his tweets dating back to Dec. 5, 2010.
Trying to keep Woodson up-to-date is Chandler Thompson, student body president and one of the foremost ad-vocates for Chancellor Woodson get-ting a Twitter.
“One thing the student government has wanted is the administration to be more accessible to students,” Thomp-son said. “[Social media sites] are the number one way students get their news and information.”
Thompson is an avid user of the many avenues of networking avail-able to students.
“As student body president, I try to communicate as many ways as pos-sible. I tweet. Student government has
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viewpoint 4features 5classifieds 7sports 8
Political film proves familiarthemes still impress viewersSeepage5.
Alum’s photographs showcasedSeepage6.
Pack well overdue for some sunshineSeepage8.
Five Raleigh districts and a mayoral position are up for the taking.
John WallNews Editor
Students will have the opportunity to vote for a new mayor and Raleigh City Council members Tuesday.
Three candidates are on the ballot for the mayoral race—Nancy McFar-lane, Billie Redmond and Randall Williams.
The first to announce a run for the mayoral position, Nancy McFarlane is a city councilor and registered In-dependent. Current Raleigh mayor Charles Meeker officially endorsed McFarlane Oct. 3. Meeker is stepping down from the position after 10 years at the helm.
Redmond, a Republican, is the owner and CEO of Coldwell Banker Commercial Trademark Properties and was the second person to an-nounce her run.
The last to enter the race was Ran-dall Williams, a Republican and doctor of obstet-rics and gynecol-ogy.
A total of five districts make up the City Council, all of which are up for grabs.
Thomas Crowder of Dis-trict D, which encompasses land surround-ing campus, is running unop-posed in this election cycle.
Crowder has been at the helm of District D since 2003. Although he does not control activity on the cam-
pus itself, he helps make decisions and carries favor over areas directly ad-jacent.
Hillsbor-ough Street and Western Boule-vard fall under Crowder’s juris-dict ion, a long with the remain-der of the South-west corner of the city.
“[District D] is basically the Southwest quad-rant of the city,
and N.C. State takes up a big geo-graphic area of that,” Crowder said.
Decisions relating to construction on Hillsborough Street, through pub-
lic funding such as municipal bonds, fall under Crowder’s district. On Au-gust 2, the city council voted unani-mously to put a bond referendum on the ballot for Tuesday, according to the City of Raleigh Website.
Part of that referendum, which is “roughly a $70 million bond,” is $1 million that would go toward Hills-borough Street, according to Crowder.
“Part of that bond is $1 million to continue the next phase of design work so that we will have a budget to put together for funding the sec-ond phase of Hillsborough Street,” Crowder said. “[The money] is for design and planning.”
Crowder outlined which section of Hillsborough Street design work would be applied to.
“We are looking to continue on toward Faircloth [Street], extending
those improvements we have made between Oberlin [Road] and Gard-ner Street,” Crowder said.
Improvements have been made to Western Boulevard during Crowder’s tenure as well.
“We did quite a few improve-ments to Western Boulevard several years ago that was part of an upgrade with multipurpose paths and landscaping projects,” Crowder said.
The referendum contains two bonds — $40 million for transpor-tation and $16 million in housing bonds totaling $56 million. Hill-sborough funds come from the transportation bond.
If both are passed, funds will be
Campus Police may use cameras in some of the emergency stations.
Sruthi MohanStaff Writer
The University’s aging “blue light” emergency phones could get an up-grade to include cameras as early as next year.
According to Scott McInturf, de-partment head of the University’s En-vironmental Health and Public Safety Administration (EHPSA), the depart-ment installed three cameras in blue light phones on Centennial Campus to research the feasibility of bringing emergency services and surveillance on campus up to date. Although the cameras are not yet active, McInturf said the goal is to start operation and data collecting by the end of the fall.
The University has more than 400 blue light emergency telephone boxes spread throughout campus. Accord-ing to campus tour guides, two sets of blue strobe lights from the emergency call boxes should be visible from any point on campus.
The emergency poles are activated when the red button on the pole is pressed. The telephone box connects directly to the University Police Emer-gency Communications Center, which can trace the call.
The current system is old, however, according to Jon Barnwell, deputy chief of the Uni-versity Police De-partment.
“Current blue light phones are f rom pre-cel-lular times and were intended as a means of communicating through cam-pus,” he said.
The EHPSA is experimenting with
a few potential changes to the blue light phones in order to make them more cost-efficient and ef-fective in light of recent and expected budget cuts. All of the blue light polls are st i l l com-pletely funded by the University, McInturf said.
The phones are seldom used now, Barnwell said.
“Even the ones that are recorded are usually for non-emergency purposes such as a car that needs to be towed, etc,” he said.
The EHPSA is thus attempting to bring the blue light poles into the modern era by adding cameras to them that would be able to zoom in on any emergency event that occurred, Barnwell said.
One possibility that is being ex-plored is having multiple cameras on a single pole: one might be used for parking lot surveillance, while the other would be activated when an emergency button was pushed.
Various options have only been ex-plored since the end of spring 2011.
Over the past summer, different cameras have been added to three blue light poles on Centennial Campus, but they are still marked as “under repair” and are not fully activated, McInturf said. Nothing is certain yet regarding the future of the blue light poles, he said.
“We are attempting to improve the blue light poles’ technology and possibly reduce the number of to-
Blue light phones to get upgrade
tyler andrews/technicianA designated emergency (blue light) phone outside of The Free Expression tunnel Monday. The emergency phones are meant to provide safety services to the NCSU community.
light continuedpage3
“The ones that are
recorded are usually
for non-emergency
purposes.”Jon Barnwell, deputy chief of the
University Police Department
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election continuedpage3
Billie redmondOccupation: CEO of Coldwell BankerParty: Republican Policy position: Rewarding system to attract jobs, partner students and businesses to improve education
nancy mcFarlaneOccupation: PharmacistParty: IndependentPolicy position: Expanding transportation, encouraging small business
randall williamsOccupation: DoctorParty: RepublicanPolicy position: Fiscal conservative, attracting jobs through low taxes
“We are looking to
continue extending...
those improvements
we have made
between Oberlin
[Road] and
Gardner Street.”Thomas Crowder of District D
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TodayKirK AdAm – modern AbstrActsAll DayCrafts CenterAn exhibition of acrylic paintings by local artist and Crafts Center instructor Kirk Adam.
intrAmurAl sports registrAtionAll DayOnlineRegistration is open for NFL Pick’M. Sign up online at http://ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/campus_rec/intramural/.
the urge to drAw, the cAuse to reflect: drAwings, sKetchbooKs, provocAtionsAll DayD.H. Hill Library GalleryThe exhibit features drawings and sketchbooks by College of Design Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA.
women empowered: inspiring chAnge in An emerging worldAll DayAfrican American Cultural Center Gallery
pinK ribbon bAgel cAmpAignAll Day, Multi-Day EventPanera Bread locations in Wake CountyThroughout the month of October, our Wake County bakery-cafes will donate 10 cents from the sale of each Pink Ribbon Bagel to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Also, throughout the month of October, we will donate $1 from the sale of each Baker’s Dozen.
fAb lAb10 a.m.–6 p.m. BrickyardThe mobile Fab Lab allows student to utilize technologies and engineering tools to create and innovate their own ideas. Students will be able to create 3D products, customize T-shirts, engrave key chains and pint glasses, and explore the possibilities of creating through the use of technology. The event and materials are free.
eArth with meAning: photogrAphs of AlAn cohennoon-8 p.m.Alan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views, he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory.
125th AnniversAry plAnning committee meeting3-4 p.m.Winslow Hall Conference Room
ZumbA worKout6:30-8:30 p.m.126 Witherspoon Student Center
“heAlth: bridging the gAp between locAl And globAl”7-8:30 p.m.216 Poe HallThe Global Issues Seminar Series, co-sponsored by the Office of International Affairs and the School of Public and International Affairs, will feature panels of N.C. State experts tackling global issues that are relevant to North Carolina, the nation and the world. These seminars will showcase what North Carolina
State University is contributing in terms of teaching, research, extension and engagement to these internationally-pressing issues. This panel will address the relationship between contemporary local and global public health issues.
operAtion thrive meeting7-8 p.m.120 Withers HallOperation Thrive is a new organization dedicated to raising money and awareness for local nonprofit organizations. We will have information regarding a number of volunteer opportunities as well as information about our first big event, Skate 2 Thrive.
free sociAl dAncing lesson8-10 p.m.Talley Student Center BallroomFree and open to anyone in the Triangle community. Comfortable shoes are recommended, ideally without rubber soles.
WednesdaypinK ribbon bAgel cAmpAignAll Day, Multi-Day EventPanera Bread locations in Wake CountyThroughout the month of October, our Wake County bakery-cafes will donate 10 cents from the sale of each Pink Ribbon Bagel to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. Also, throughout the month of October, we will donate $1 from the sale of each Baker’s Dozen.
cAmpus fArmers mArKet10 a.m.–3 p.m.Brickyard
fAb lAb10 a.m.– 6 p.m. BrickyardThe mobile Fab Lab allows student to utilize technologies and engineering tools to create and innovate their own ideas. Students will be able to create 3D products, customize T-shirts, engrave key chains and pint glasses, and explore the possibilities of creating through the use of technology. The event and materials are free.
eArth with meAning: photogrAphs of AlAn cohennoon-8 p.m.Gregg MuesemAlan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views, he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory.
populAtion medicine seminAr4:30-5:30 p.m.College of Veterinary MedicineCryptosporidiosis outbreak among North Carolina summer camp attendees and staff.
homelAnd security cyber citiZen forum5-7 p.m.Nelson Hall AuditoriumThe goal of Cyber Citizen Forums is to initiate dialogue about daily online habits and protection from the four main issues affecting people online: cyberbullying, cyber predators, identity theft, and fraud and phishing.
collegiAte entrepreneurs club presentAtion5:30-7 p.m.Erdahl Cloyd Theatre, D.H. Hill LibraryJoin the NCSU Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization for their Q&A session with Josh Whiton, alumnus and founder of TransLoc, the company that helps Wolfline riders track their buses. He will be talking about the process of starting a technology-based company.
pulp And pAper foundAtion industry night6:30-8:30 p.m.Talley Student Center
the mis-educAtion of columbus6:30-8:30 p.m.126 Witherspoon Student CenterShould Christopher Columbus be considered an American hero? Please join us as we explore inaccurate depictions of Christopher Columbus in modern textbooks. This event is sponsored by the Office for Hispanic Student Affairs and the Office for Native American Student Affairs.
The ImporTance of BeIng earnesT8-10 p.m.Stewart TheatreOscar Wilde’s “Trivial Comedy for Serious People” is crammed full of memorable satirical humor and larger than life characters (in fact, in all of theatre, is there one more delectable than Lady Augusta Bracknell?). Aquila Theatre’s staging of Wilde’s masterpiece promises to overflow with wit, elegance, and romantic comedy.
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poliCe BloTTeROctober 710:58 A.m. | hAZmAt incidentDabney HallNCSU PD, FP, EH&S responded to student who spilled solvent. No injuries reported.
11:16 A.m. | lArcenyES King VillageReport of juveniles attempting to steal bicycle. Subjects were found to be in possession of stolen bicycle. Subjects were trespassed from campus. Juvenile petitions are pending.
3:38 p.m. | breAKing & entering - AutoColiseum DeckNon-student reported vehicle had been entered and GPS taken.
October 811:12 A.m. | suspicious personButler CommunicationsReport of items taken from truck. It was determined items were for departmental event.
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2:47 p.m. | suspicious personD.H. Hill LibraryStaff reported previously trespassed subject in the building. Officers were unable to locate subject to verify trespass status.
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6:29 p.m. | dAmAge to property Bunn FieldStudent was referred to the University for damaging vehicle belonging to non-student.
8:06 p.m. | suspicious personFairground LotsTwo non-students were trespassed from Carter-Finley Stadium and lots.
October 912:16 A.m. | trAffic stopDan Allen Drive/Sullivan DriveNon-student was arrested for provisional DWI and open container.
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5:47 p.m. | trAffic AccidentUpper Wood LotStudent collided with parked vehicle causing minor property damage.
Keeping up WiTh The ChanCelloRfuture chAts with the chAncellor:
Friday, Oct. 142:00-3:00 p.m.Port City Java, Nelson Hall
Monday, Nov. 21 2:00-3:00 p.m.Port City Java, Park Shops
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State Fair Wolfline Service Impacts(Oct. 13-23)
Due to heavy traffic, the Wolfline cannot serve the Centennial Biomedical Campus (CVM) during the State Fair time frame (Oct. 13-23). The closest CVM Wolfline bus stop is a temporary stop located on Westchase Boulevard near Blue Ridge Road.
The Carter-Finley Park & Ride Lot will be temporarily relocated to the northwest corner of the current P&R lot and Wolfline riders will board/deboard at Westchase Boulevard (bottom of steps) beginning Thursday, Oct. 13 through the duration of the State Fair.
Rt. 6 Carter-Finley will continue to serve the relocated Park & Ride lot, but will be detoured. Hillsborough Street stops west of Faircloth/Gorman Street will not be served.
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a Twitter and a Facebook. We also send out emails of events on campus,” Thompson said.
On the other side of the de-bate, Mario Terry, a senior ma-joring in psychology with a mi-nor in forensic science, sees po-tential harmful effects in the chancellor get-ting a Twitter account.
“It could be a huge liabil-ity,” Terry said. “False things can be spread once someone ‘retweets’ it and it could look bad for the University.”
Thompson recognized those potential problems.
“One thing we know is that there are legal issues and pri-vacy issues. But we’ll keep en-couraging [leadership] to com-municate to students,” she said.
One way Terry suggests this could be done is to interact more face-to-face.
“[It will] make the chancellor
appear more personable,” he said.
Woodson has already implemented this in certain aspects with ‘Chat with the Chancellor’ events at Port City Javas around campus. Woodson will be at the Nel-son Hall location on Oct.
14 a nd at Park Shops Nov. 21 from 2-3 p.m.
“My goal is to commu-nicate clearly
with all constituents —students, alumni, faculty, staff,” Woodson said. “The main thing is we have clear mechanisms to get out in-formation quickly.”
In response to if there was a student outcry for him to join Twitter, Woodson said, “I’d certainly consider it.”
Faculty weighs in on reassignment plan options.
Jessie HalpernStaff Writer
After months of protests, heated school board meetings, and threats to revoke the system’s accreditation, the Wake County Board of Education met on Oct. 4 and selected a student reas-signment plan it will vote on Oct. 18.
N.C. State faculty and parents weighed in on their opinions as par-ents and how the plan might affect graduates of the College of Education.
Superintendent Anthony Tata has for the past eight months been work-ing with the Wake County Board of Education to construct a plan to maximize student achievement, of-fer families more stability and choice in their childrens’ education, and ac-commodate future growth.
The Oct. 4 Board meeting selected Tata’s controlled choice plan that stands on four pillars: proximity, sta-bi l i t y, choice a nd ach ie ve -me nt . Unde r these goals, the new plan claims s t udent s w i l l have a selection of schools based on their address. At this point, about 94 percent of families have in-dicated they wish to stay in their cur-rent school.
Achievement, one of the most high-lighted problems associated with the debate, is to be dealt with using in-centive pay structures and magnet schools.
Some parents still hesitate to trust that all of the county’s promises. Karey Harwood, associate professor
of philosophy and religious studies, is one of these concerned parents.
“In my opinion, it’s still too early to pass the plan because the major unre-solved question is how we are going to balance achievement,” Harwood said.
Harwood said while the plan’s pil-lars have good intentions, as of now they are just words.
“While the plan guarantees stabil-ity and proximity, it can’t guarantee choice. In reality, a lot of people aren’t going to get their first or second choice and I’m afraid there are going to be a lot of unhappy people without any re-course to challenge it,” Harwood said.
Overall, however, Harwood ex-pressed a positive feeling toward the proposed plan, stating it is a balancing act that needs more work, but could feasibly work out well.
Calls to the superintendent’s office were not returned
While Harwood’s concerns are val-id, they cannot be assumed to speak
for all parents’ views of the plan. Current Wake County parent Kim Smallwood offered her opin-ion.
“With the re-sources in Wake C o u n t y, a l l schools should be able to perform at high academic standards. By attending com-munit y based schools, our chil-
dren would benefit socially, academi-cally and financially through the sup-port and partnership of parents and local businesses,” Smallwood said.
Smallwood focuses on how the plan may affect the schools in the commu-nity.
“Shorter commutes would de-crease transportation costs, possibly allowing those finances to benefit the schools with the most need,” Small-
wood said. While the plan will have the larg-
est impact on the students of Wake County, there is a sizeable amount of students in the College of Education who seek employment in Wake Coun-ty because it is used for the majority of their student teaching, according to Carol Pope, professor of curriculum, instruction and counselor education in the College of Education.
Another $5 million was cut from the system in August. So far, the county has tried to take the cuts from programs that would not impact edu-cation, like custodial services. Never-theless, cuts and employment freezes are currently in place for teachers.
As a former Wake County teacher at
Broughton High School during inte-gration, Pope’s main concern with the plan was it would decrease diversity in schools.
“Having diversity in the classroom opened up my world to new things. It is so critical that we maintain a diverse perspective for children because that is the society they will function in. The critical element of an informed citizen is to be able to understand each other, which we can only learn to do in a diverse environment,” Pope said.
While Pope acknowledged the posi-tives of offering parents choices under the proposed plan, she also said these choices might not be made on a level playing field for all families.
“Some lower-income families might
not have the ability to stay informed on this issue, and my biggest concern is to help those with limited resources and understanding, possibly due to speaking another language, compre-hend their options very well,” Pope said.
Diversity was one of the most divi-sive aspects to Wake County’s discus-sion of reassignment. Pope says she hopes diversity is made a priority.
“This has been weighing heavy on my heart for some months,” Pope said. “As I think of the specific students I taught during Wake County’s integra-tion, I’m convinced that their current successes are because we all thrived in a diverse community.”
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“There are legal
issues and
privacy issues.”Chandler Thompson,
student body president
tyler andrews/technicianAnthony Tata, Superintendent of Wake County Public Schools, listens as the public comments on the proposed school plan at the Wake County Board of Education meeting Tuesday, Oct. 4. If passed the plan would allow families to choose where their children went to school rather than it being based strictly on location.
Wake County to vote on controversial reassignment plan
“Shorter commutes
would decrease
transportation costs,
possibly allowing
those finances to
benefit the schools
with the most need.”Kim Smallwood, Wake County parent
tal blue light poles and try to make the reduced ones more efficient,” he said.
McInturf said the EHP-SA is hoping to begin the evaluation period for the camera additions by late fall of 2011 and use the data in the spring of 2012 to make more informed decisions regarding the matter.
“Rest assured that we are not getting rid of the exist-ing blue lights without be-ing confident that we will be able to replace them with a safer, better system,” McIn-turf said.
Neerali Patel, a sopho-more in human biology and a CALS Ambassador, said she would feel better know-ing the cameras were there.
“I would be less afraid to walk around campus by myself at night. The current blue light poles are defi-nitely reassuring, but the cameras would certainly be a great addition,” she said.
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drawn from property-owning taxpayers. A homeowner whose property is worth $188,139 would pay an additional $17.11 annually, according to the City of Raleigh website. $188,139 is the “median-priced assessment for Raleigh homes.”
It could not be readily deter-mined why Crowder valued the bonds at “roughly” $70 mil-lion, but the City of Raleigh said they would bring in $56 million.
Crawford said that in his next term he will be working on a partnership the University has fostered with the city to help provide a “branding initiative.”
“We will have a branding and economic development initia-tive that we have actually part-nered with N.C. State’s Col-leges of Design, Management and Humanities. We are look-ing at branding the assets of Southwest Raleigh,” Crawford said. “In fact, we have staked out claim as the capital city’s creative district, and we will be focusing on the communities,
the recreation, education, arts, technology, innovation and en-tertainment that takes place in Southwest Raleigh.”
The process will take two years, Crawford said.
The most highly contested d i s t r i c t i s D i s t r ic t C — Southeast Raleigh. Five candidates are vying for the position, whereas dis-tr icts B, D and E have candidates running without op-position.
Corey Branch is in the run-ning for District C. He said he opposed raising property taxes, which would fund the bond referendum.
“On a local level, we need to make sure our property taxes are spent wisely,” Branch said. “At this time, we see no rea-son to go up on our property taxes.”
However, Branch saw the need to improve the city trans-portation system.
“We want to work with our
public transportation to service areas that have grown outside of what would commonly be referred to as the Raleigh city limits,” Branch said. “Trans-portation is definitely one of the major issues here in this
community.”Gale
Wilkins, who i s running against one challenger for District A — North Ra-leigh, agreed with Branch’s sentiment.
Wilkins said she had
three main goals she wants to focus on if elected: job creation, public safety and transporta-tion.
“We want to make sure we have an efficient CAT bus sys-tem, and that’s one of the areas I plan to work on extensively whenever I am elected. In order to have continued economic growth in a great city like Ra-leigh, we need to have an ef-ficient public transportation system,” Wilkins said.
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“Transportation is
definitely one of
the major
issues here.”Corey Branch,
candidate for District C
Viewpoint Technicianpage 4 • tuesday, october 11, 2011
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Vote for Nancy McFarlane. Matthew Clark, junior in arts applications
By VANESSA MoVASSEghi
Are you planning to vote in the municipal
elections tomorrow? If so, who are you
voting for?
{ }iN your words
“No, I don’t have to time to. I am too busy with my classes.”
Jeffrey Micklerjunior, aerospace engineering
“No, I’m not voting. I never figured out how to vote, no one explained it to me. Am I suppose to vote at certain places if I’m Republican? Who knows.”
Forrest Kiddjunior, aerospace engineering
“No, what are we voting on?”
Denise Suterjunior, bioprocessing science
“No, I’m not in my voting jurisdiction and I am not going home.”
Rachael Kornegayfreshman, international studies
Tips to ease college stress
College can be a stress-ful experience, but here are a few tips
to achieve what you want to without breaking down.
Don’t over- com m it . Take a proactive approach
to s t ress b y o n l y taking on commit-ments you can han-dle. Some students thrive on t h e f i ve classes, three jobs, an intern-
ship and a handful of clubs schedule, but lesser mortals will find themselves buck-ling under pressure within a few weeks. Instead, make smart decisions and realis-tically decide what you can handle. Rather than signing up for 10 different campus clubs, choose the one that is most closely aligned with your personal and profes-sional goals. The same ap-plies for jobs, particularly in your first semester. While the reality for most students is that one or more jobs are necessary, don’t set yourself up for failure by taking on late-night jobs when you have 8 a.m. classes.
Stay organized. First, in-vest in a giant four-month-view reusable calendar. These dry-erase calendars allow you to view 180 days at a time. When classes begin, gather your syllabi and write down every single deadline for every class. Type-A per-
sonalities will color code these deadlines, assigning each class a specific color.
Get some social time. Have you been working on that English paper for three days straight? Can you even see what you’re writing anymore for your Chemistry lab? You could be stressed because you’re be-ing too focused on getting things done. Don’t forget that your brain is like a muscle, and even it needs a break every once in a while! Take a break and see a movie. Grab some friends and go out dancing. Hop on a bus and hang out downtown for a few hours. Having a social life is an important part of your college experience, so don’t be afraid to keep it in the picture when you’re stressed. It could be exactly what you need!
Get physical. Physical activ-ity is a great stress reliever, and gives the brain a much-needed break from the books. Surfing, running and yoga are great op-tions for keeping stress at bay.
Enjoy yourself. We’ve all seen stories of people who are diagnosed with some horrible disease and given six months to live who have, in those last months, really developed a love of life — a desire to enjoy it all. Well, forget about the person with only six months. What about you? You probably only have 80 or so years, if even that. Shouldn’t each moment of your life be utterly succulent too? There’s only so much time in this life. Every moment of it is precious. Make it all count. When you do, you’ll find you have less stress, fewer physical problems, and that you’re more productive. Look for the good/
sweet/fun/joyous in every situation, even when life seems less than fair.
Schedule breaks. Using your calendar, schedule breaks for yourself just as you’d schedule a doctor’s appointment or a study ses-sion. It’s easy to get caught up in the crush of study-ing, papers and jobs, and to convince yourself that you don’t have time for fun. Taking breaks, however, re-freshes the brain and allows you to take a step back from your busy workload to enjoy the college experience.
Get some quiet time. Take one moment and think: when was the last time you had some qual-ity, quiet time alone? Per-sonal space for students in college rarely exists. You may share your room, your bathroom, your classrooms, your dining hall, the gym, the bookstore, the library, and anywhere else you go during an average day. Finding a few moments of peace and quiet —with no cell phone, roommates, or crowds—might be just what you need. Stepping out from the crazy college envi-ronment for a few minutes can do wonders for reduc-ing your stress.
Following these tips will ensure increased enjoyment rather than stress, and will prove to make your college experience a positive one.
If you had said that to someone 10 years ago, he or she would have assumed you were drunk or incredibly reck-
less. If you’re not from the Raleigh area, or don’t have a tenured un-derstanding of the downtown rejuvenation, you might not know that Fay-etteville Street has not always catered to our four-wheeled
friends. In fact, prior to 2006 the area was a pedestrian ar-cade of sorts.
Charles Meeker changed that. His list of accomplish-ments as mayor of Raleigh during the last decade is quite lengthy. The convention cen-ter, Raleigh Amphitheater and all the down-town-centric revitalization were either catalyzed or directly ini-tiated by Ra-leigh’s long-standing chief.
Before I go too much far-ther, though, and lose you permanently to the cross-word puzzle with this account of a local politician, allow me to argue why you should care about balding lawyers.
He was one man. And while I’m certainly not endorsing or demonizing any of those proj-ects in particular, it’s abun-dantly clear how much impact one person can leave on the city.
Meeker didn’t do it alone—and there were definitely sev-eral economic and political factors that blew wind into his sail—but he was nonetheless extremely impactful.
Holistically, his story weaves a compelling yet unglamorous political tale: national elections are important, but municipal elections are much more con-spicuous.
The votes cast in Tuesday’s elections will go a long way to-ward determining the ultimate fate of neighborhood schools—
the Wake County School Board elections—and the quantity and type of public projects in Wake County during the next two years—the mayoral and city council elections.
It’s not really even about the civic aspect of voting. This is all about you. If you care at all about the way your home—temporary or otherwise—is run during the next two years you need to go to your local precinct after class today and have your say.
Meeker brought us a down-town which has assisted in Ra-leigh consistently leading the nation in livability studies. It came at a cost, though. You face it every time you walk up to a cash register.
Likewise, there are many parents and community activ-ists who are in favor of neigh-borhood schools over busing. I’m not attempting to talk you into one system or the other in this space, but if you choose to
settle down i n Ra le ig h and start a family here, Tuesday’s election may impact what sort of edu-cation your children re-ceive.
Munici-pal elections aren’t sexy. T he b lu nt reality there-fore is that
most of you didn’t listen to a word in this column—and that’s fine, I’ve come to expect it. You have the right to be to-tally ignorant—read: wrong—and coast through life letting other people seize your weight in these discourses.
Perhaps you’ll claim it just doesn’t matter. Based on the political shift at the local and state level the last two years, the grand public projects of the Meeker era are likely gone regardless of the results from this election. My answer to that brutally pervasive argu-ment about the mayoral elec-tion: those “I Voted” stickers are pretty awesome.
I’m going to vote Tuesday. I hope I’ll see you there.
Forbes.com recently rat-ed Raleigh the number one city overall, and the
top place for businesses and careers. Over the last decade, Raleigh has come a long way. Raleigh’s direction is com-mendable, and the new City Council should ensure that Raleigh’s positive development continue.
The mayor elected will hold the most power in the counsel over the direction of Raleigh, and the candidate who will serve the University’s student interests best is Nancy McFar-lane.
McFarlane served on City Council for the past four years. She is an entrepreneur and a parent, and plans to tackle three big issues of the city if elected. Her platform focuses on planning for growth and
public transportation, and she says money should go to small businesses, which are key to bringing us out of the reces-sion.
As students, we are less con-cerned with issues of growth in terms of education, but more interested in how growth will impact our job prospects. If Forbes rates Raleigh as the best place for businesses and ca-reers, students should expect to find increased job prospects upon graduation. This could be remedied by promoting Ra-leigh to attract large business-es, as well as supporting small businesses and their develop-ment.
Obviously jobs are important
to students, but there are other issues we care about as well. Transportation is a major issue —the Wolfline exists around campus, but there isn’t really a great alternative for transpor-tation around the city. Many students don’t have a car, and Raleigh is not a friendly city to public transit.
The bus system doesn’t mar-ket well to students; it is in-effective, poorly advertised, and often inaccessible. It also doesn’t go to the places stu-dents want to go to—if it does, the bus schedule makes it hard to get back to campus. The bus system is also an unsafe alter-native for many students who do not wish to wait for hours in
a sketchy downtown bus stop at odd hours of the morning. Increased safety of bus systems would attract many additional users, particluarly students.
Students would travel to and invest in downtown if it was easily accessible and con-tained more attractions. Ra-leigh’s events like First Friday and MLG resulted in stuffed restaurants and high revenue gain. More events like these, or at least more attractions for college students—shopping and restaurants—would go a long way.
The new mayor should serve these interests. We endorse Nancy McFarlane and urge students to vote for her because she will invest in small busi-nesses, improve transporta-tion, and revitalize downtown and access to it in the process.
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.
McFarlane will serve student interestsThe FacTs:The Raleigh City Council elections take place today and voting locations for Wake County are posted. The mayor position, along with other council seats, will be filled. There are three candidates in the running for mayor: Nancy McFarlane, Billie Redmond, and Randall Williams.
our opiNioN:Students care about jobs, public transportation, and city attractions. Students will invest in Raleigh’s economy if Raleigh markets more toward college students. Nancy McFarlane is the mayor candidate who will best serve student interests.
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Ryan Gosling leads a stellar cast in ‘The Ides of March.’
Jordan AlsaqaArts & Entertainment Editor
A film exploring the idea that even the most optimistic and genuine people can be corrupted by the dirty game of politics is certainly nothing new. Filmmakers have explored the concept numerous times in the past few decades.
Therefore, the success of a political film that chooses to tackle this theme ultimately comes down to execution and the performances of its cast. In this regard, The Ides of March manages to provide a highly enjoyable, if rather familiar, viewing experience.
The Ides of March follows Stephen My-ers (played b y R y a n Gosling), t he ju n ior campaign manager of Mike Mor-r is (played by G e orge Clooney, who also directed the f ilm), a Democratic presidential candidate seeking his party’s nomination.
As the campaign moves into Ohio, a state which would mostly guarantee Morris’s victory, complications arise that test just how far Myers is willing to go, both to secure a win and to keep his own career afloat.
The plot carries numerous betrayals and twists, so giv-ing too much away would take away from the overall experi-ence. However, it’s safe to say that the numerous reveals and turns make sure that viewers won’t be sure of what’s to come.
Again, much of the f ilm works because of the cast. Ev-
ery role feels well-cast, with ac-tors working at the top of their game to elevate the material
provided. Gosling,
who has seen a streak of big f ilm re-leases already this year, im-presses in the leading role. He manages a wide range of emotions throughout, t a k i ng h i s character from an ide-alistic young
man to someone as jaded and vengeful as the political advi-sors around him.
Beyond Gosling, the rest of the supporting cast is just as dedicated to bring their roles to life. Clooney, while bring-ing much of the charm and charisma he’s built from his ca-reer onto Morris, is brilliant in the scenes that require a darker edge. Paul Giamatti also hides malevolence beneath the sur-face in his role as the campaign manager of Morris’ opponent.
By far, the best performance comes from Philip Seymour Hoffman as Paul Zara, Morris’ senior campaign manager and
Myers’ boss. Hoffman perfectly captures the essence of a man who has dedicated his life to the election process.
The actor brings an intensity that elevates every scene he is in. From sharing pleasantries with a New York Times reporter to chewing Myers’ out over his mistakes, Hoffman is wholly convincing as Zara, and will hopefully receive recognition come awards season.
While the actors manage to commit to the dramatic high points of the film, the scenes that provide its lighter mo-ments are equally effective, and allow for some original material.
Early on, simply watching the everyday activities involved in running a political campaign are enjoyable, from Morris complaining about not having print copies of his speeches to Myers trying to hide a video of Morris speaking on an is-sue from before he announced his intention to run. It’s these smaller moments that allow the film to breathe and rise above being a forgettable political drama.
Still, despite the caliber of the performances and moments of creativity in the script, there’s no getting around the formula-ic moments in the plot. Again,
the film’s overall message about the corrupting influ-ence politics can have has been done countless times before.
Further, the potential scandal that threatens Mor-ris’ campaign is so predict-able and cliché that it bor-ders on being groan-worthy.
However, The Ides of March manages to do enough right that it can be forgiven for the few places it stumbles.
A strong cast of actors working off a solid script shows that even familiar situations and messages can have new life breathed into them. As such, The Ides of March stands a great, if not perfect, addition to the fall’s line-up of dramas.
Political film proves familiar themes still impress viewers
photo courtesy of columbia picturesGeorge Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Ryan Gosling in a scene from The Ides of March. The film follows a fictional democratic primary leading up to the 2012 election.
‘Whistling Pines,’ an upcoming southern comedy, features the artwork of an N.C. State freshman.
Ankita SaxenaStaff Writer
It’s not every day that some-one gets to shine both as an actor and an artist in the same movie, but Adaria Coul-ter, a fresh-man in art and design, wa s luck y enough to do both.
Coulter was recently cast, a long with pieces of her ar t work, in the movie Whis-tling Pines . Playing the role of an art gal-lery owner, Coulter’s character has to teach art appreciation to two people who possess no artistic sense at all.
“While writing the script for the movie,” said Mark Grady, the film’s director. “I already had this vague idea of these two people being sentenced by a judge to learn art appre-ciation, and knowing about Adaria’s strong art back-ground, it was a no-brainer to add her as the gallery owner.”
According to Coulter, she has been passionate about drawing since she was a child. She also wanted to be an ac-tress when she was younger, and had done some theater work as well.
Now she gives most of her time to pursuing art, her pri-mary passion. Due to her ma-jor in design, she has tried her hand at a wide variety of art forms, including water colors, Photoshop, and acrylic, pen and ink drawings.
The movie, a southern com-edy, follows a big city reporter coming to do a story about the town that the film is set in. However, the residents of the
town do not know that he has come to make fun of their smal l town and its people.
The idea for this movie, according t o G r a d y, a native of t h e s ou t h himself, was conceived through the
“embellishments of the various characters typical of the south” he has known throughout his life.
This is not the first movie Coulter has done with Grady. She has also had a role in his first movie, Blaire’s Bridge. Ac-cording to Coulter, she landed that role by sheer chance.
“A friend of mine wanted to try out in the auditions which were being held at Clayton Center after seeing their ad in the newspaper,” Coulter said. “I just went along with her. I tried out, and luckily got the part.”
It then naturally followed
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Student artist’s work showcased in upcoming comedy
“Knowing about
Adaria’s strong
art background, it
was a no-brainer
to add her as the
gallery owner.”Mark Grady, director
the ides of Marchcolumbia Pictures
“Every role feels
well-cast, with
actors working at
the top of their
game to elevate
the material
provided.”
FeaturesAlan Cohen’s photography of significant locations is on display in the Gregg Museum this semester.
Nishanth CoontoorStaff Writer
Earth with Meaning: the Photographs of Alan Cohen, curated by Mary Jane Jacob, is currently on display at the Gregg Museum of Art & De-sign at the Ta l ley Stu-dent Center. The display showcases the work of the former N.C . St ate student over the course of the past 17 years.
Cohen “makes vis-ible the un-seen” in plac-e s ma rked by history or the processes of natural events. He aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory. In his photos, such as “Boston Massacre-Start of the American Revolution” pho-tographed in 2003, he seeks to capture locations that hold historical importance as they are now.
Cohen, a B.S. in nuclear engineering, would have con-tinued his doctoral program in thermodynamics if not for a chance trip with his wife to Germany. However, this defin-ing moment in his life came in 1992, and turned his interest to photography.
“I was at Duchan,” Cohen said, “a suburb of Munich. I was at the first Nazi death camp.”
“To look into the many layers that a photograph has to offer depends a lot on what the artist has put on a wall,” Roger Man-ley, the director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, said, “and what you have in yourself to connect with it.”
Cohen plays with his image, Manley explained, pointing
out a picture of a Nazi ex-ecution site in Oslo, Nor-way.
“Without t h i s bac k-ground of the place,” Man-ley said, “if you simply look at the image, it does n o t m a k e much sense. It merely looks like a field of
flowers, and some rocks. It is really the remains of the gas chambers. [Cohen] shows the passage of time, and nature’s way of healing horrors of the past. The flowers signify this.”
The picture of Fort de Douaumont in Verdun, France and a picture of the aisle of the temple of the Buddha’s first sermon taken at Sarnath, In-dia also need some background for understanding, according to Manley.
“These trenches that are cov-ered with soil and grass,” Man-ley pointed out, “were where men lived during World War I. Their feet are said to have rot-ted from standing in the mud.”
Cohen was struck by this imbalance between what you know about a place and what you can and cannot see during that first trip to Germany.
“Standing in the middle of where barracks had been,” Cohen said, “I looked at the passenger of a passing bus. He looked back at me. I began work in this fissure between what I sensed and what I could not show.
“This exhibition requires a lot of thinking,” Manley said. “What may seem important, you can’t always see. And what you see may not be unimport-ant, either. There is a lot of sad-ness in this show.”
The exhibition has not yet had many visitors, according
to Manley.“People come to an exhibi-
tion and expect to see some-thing happy or something pretty,” Manley said. “The aisle of the temple of Buddha’s first sermon may not interest or excite everyone. Even when a class comes to the exhibition, I try to get them excited. But, if they don’t, it’s not really their fault. Everyone has different experiences. Even if Buddha were here, he would simply go a ‘Burr’ on this.”
Still, the exhibit is a showcase not only of what sad things have happened throughout history, but of how those places and locales have changed.
Through his work, Cohen hopes to have captured images
worth the time to look at.“With some knowledge
of places in these pictures,” Manley said, “you can sense a presence. You are able to use pieces of shared knowl-edge to look deeply into these sites.”
The Earth with Meaning exhibit will remain in Gregg until the end of the semes-ter. Students interested in photography or history should find the time to see the world through Cohen’s lens.
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Alum’s photographs showcased
Sarah Tudor/TechnicianAlan Cohen, an N.C. State alumnus, has an exhibit, Earth With Meaning, in the Gregg Museum of Art and Design until Dec. 17. Cohen now lives in Chicago as an adjunct professor in the Art History, Theory and Criticism Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
“Cohen shows the
passage of time,
and nature’s way
of healing the
horrors of
the past.”Roger Manley, director of
Gregg Museum
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that she would be offered a part in Grady’s second movie as well; the director has a pen-chant for using the same cast in all of his films. Coulter’s mother, Alnita, also had a role in the film.
“The cast is like a big family, which is not always true on ev-ery movie set,” Alnita Coulter, a seasoned actress, said. “We all have very good chemistry, which I think is due to the ef-forts of Mark Grady to bond us all together.”
Alnita is very proud of her daughter’s work in the movie. According to her, Adaria’s role in this movie is smaller compared to her character in Blaire’s Bridge, but much more significant.
“Adaria is a conscientious, dedicated person,” Grady said. “As usual, she did a great job. The cast and crew of the movie love her to death. She is such a delightful and outgoing per-son.”
Alnita said the movie was a wonderful chance for Adaria to showcase her art. The art gal-lery in which the movie scene was shot had its actual art taken down, and Adaria’s paintings were put up instead.
“Mark Grady was very open to the idea of highlighting her talent and her work,” Alnita Coulter said. “I think it is a very good opportunity for Adaria as an artist, because you never know who is going to notice it in the movie, and how it might affect her.”
The FIFA franchise continues to build upon its success.
Josh HyattSports Editor
EA Sports’ FIFA Soccer 12, on the whole, is a solid addition to the 18-year-old series. The ma-jority of the game features are similar to that of FIFA Soccer 11 while adding a few interest-ing and new features, including “self-aware” CPU-controlled players, an improved player impact system and more pre-cise dribbling along with a re-vamped system of online play.
If you take those changes, prov ide over 5 0 0 t e a m s with roughly 15,000 differ-ent players , and pair them up with what F I FA ga me s have become we l l k now n for—amazing soundtracks—there’s not a whole lot of room for much to go wrong. Or is there? The pockmark on the nearly perfect face of FIFA 12, for some gamers, is the new tactical defending system, a stark contrast to what had previously been an offensive-minded game.
This newly added feature to the FIFA franchise now allows the player playing defense to jockey, or strafe, along with the player who possesses the ball in order to contain the ball possessor from doing anything beneficial on the goal-side of the ball. When the defender is in close enough proximity, the player can make the defender he or she is controlling make a stab at the ball in an attempt to dispossess the ball carrier.
This change has brought about mixed responses from the FIFA-playing community, some of which would rather have the mindless, one-button mashing system of the past. The
new complex-ity prov ided by tactical de-fending, how-ever, makes the soccer-playing experience prov ided by the game to be more realistic than ever be-fore. Stealing
the ball while playing defense in a real game requires no less timing accuracy than shoot-ing while playing offense; why should it be any easier in a simulated environment?
But there’s good news for everyone: those in love with the old style of defense will find that there’s an option to
toggle the tactical defending system to the legacy defend-ing that all players of former FIFA titles will find familiar. The bad news: it’s not possible to use legacy defending for on-line play. The result: if you want to be successful in all facets of FIFA 12 game play, you’ll just have to assimilate yourself to the new style of defense or just really get used to playing the offline portions of the game.
Other than the qualms with the tactical defending system, there is a multitude of options for soccer lovers to choose from with the many different gam-ing modes included with the game.
If you enjoy playing against others online, there are a few different modes of online play, including a refurbished head-to-head system, a new system of various cup tournaments that
are only open periodically, as well as the ability to join a club team with your virtual pro.
Other aspects of game types returned from FIFA 11, includ-ing near carbon copies of Ulti-mate Team and Career Mode. In the absence of Martin Ty-ler’s old partner in crime, Andy Gray, three new English-lan-guage announcers have been added to the game, including Alan Smith, Andy Townsend
and the most annoyingly shrill quotes ever made by Clive Ty-ldesley.
All in all, FIFA Soccer 12 provides both new additions as well as diehard fans of the FIFA franchise a unique and enjoy-able soccer-playing experience well worth the purchasing cost of owning the game and receiv-ing the code to play online.
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Amerson named ACC defensive back of the weekSophomore cornerback David Amerson was named the ACC defensive back of the week after putting up two interceptions and five tackles against Central Michigan. Amerson, a native of Greensboro, has averaged one interception per contest and has the most interceptions for a State player in one season since Lloyd Harrison had seven in 1998.
Source: GoPack.com
Volleyball freshman earns conference honorsOutside hitter Nicole Glass picked up honors as ACC Freshman of the Week after she recorded 50 kills and 53 points in three conference matches during the past week. Glass had a career-high 21 kills in a 3-2 loss to No. 21 Miami and 19 more in a 3-2 defeat against No. 24 Florida State. The Colorado Springs, CO native compiled 3.33 kills and 1.6 digs per set in the three conference matchups. The award is Glass’s second of the year.
Source: NcSu athletic DePartmeNt
Commentary
Pack well overdue for some sunshineIf State stays based on homegrown personnel, it will never compete.
Even powerhouses can watch con-stant success get stolen away.
For the first time since Dec. 6, 1982, not a single college football pro-gram from the state of Florida is rep-resented in the AP Top 25 poll. Among the top three most ta lent-rich states for recruiting foot-bal l players, the Sunshine State is far from alone — Texas and California have
a combined two teams in the top 20, and even those programs (Baylor and Stanford) are private institu-tions considered strangers to college football relevancy.
It’s not that the three power states have lacked a production of athletes —34 percent of NFL draft picks in the past 23 years have come from Florida, Texas or California. How-ever, programs from untraditional football regions are hurting schools from these three states because they are privy to the evolving formula, and it largely involves poaching from these talent-heavy regions of the nation.
And it’s difficult to find a weekend without an example to prove it, es-pecially in the ACC.
For all of the gross disadvantages of Wake Forest’s football program, including rigid academic standards, lack of tradition and one of the smallest stadiums in BCS football, the Deacs can recruit harder than any other team in the conference. En route to a key weekend upset over No. 23 Florida State, Wake carried a roster with 39 players from the three power states. The Deacs’ athletic and agile attack included 31 Floridians who most likely would’ve signed on in a heartbeat to wear the garnet and gold of FSU.
Regardless of Tom O’Brien’s the-ory of recruiting “his own players,” a high football IQ and a childhood desire to join the Wolfpack can’t compensate for a lack of speed and athleticism. If Wake Forest can
sign 31 athletes from the state that has produced four of the past six high school football national champions, State should at least attempt to wrestle the seven FBS programs in Florida for its athletes.
But for reasons u n k now n, t he Pack f lat out re-fuses to dip into the power states — three players on the active roster call Florida home and only one player came over from California. Ironically enough, the small group boasts two of N.C. State’s most prominent playmakers, running back James Washington and safety Brandon Bishop. Washington has five of State’s six rushing touchdowns and Bishop is the third-best tackler on the defense while also claiming two interceptions.
Although Washington and Bishop are a sliver of a sample size, history is laughing at a North Carolina program trying to win with its own product.
The state has undoubtedly produced a litany of college stars, including re-cent Pack players Adrian Wilson, Nate Irving and Torry Holt, but living en-tirely off of North Carolina products
rarely produces success. The ma-jority of non-tra-ditional programs in recent memory would fall flat on their faces if they depended on 57 North Carolin-
ians, as N.C. State does this season, to provide depth and talent.
Wake Forest won the ACC in 2006 with 20 Floridians. N.C. State’s best season in program history (2002) came on the strength of 19 Floridians. Even teams in other states not considered wealthy in homegrown talent went down to the state to find depth: Rutgers recruited 21 Floridians in advance of its best season in program history five years ago.
And these teams are not a simple fluke
— if State does not take advantage of recruiting athletes from the three power states, especially Florida, the Pack will be well behind the curve of a recent col-lege football trend. The trend has taken substantial depth away from major pro-grams within Texas, California and Florida, and programs like N.C. State are their best friends — they depend upon an average local recruiting base and let more elite athletes wear colors like the cardinal and gold of Southern Cal, the burnt orange of Texas, or the orange and blue of Florida.
Following nearly 30 years of expected domination and nine accompanying na-tional titles, the major Florida programs are currently on the outside looking in at the top 25. The occurrence may spell out problems for Florida, Florida State and Miami, but it mostly screams at non-traditional programs to join the trend of recruiting down south or to suffer the consequences.
Even State can successfully travel out-side of North Carolina to recruit.
A look at the previous weekend’s ACC football performances.
Matt Hayes Staff Writer
Undefeated Ti-gers and Yel-low Jackets
headline this week’s power rankings.
1. #8 Clemson (6-0, 3-0 ACC; Last Week 1) – Despite losing Tajh Boyd to a hip strain for much of its game against Boston College, Clemson continued its ACC dominance. The defense continues to shine and the offense has consistently provided a balanced attack. The Tigers, who have three wins against ranked opponents, look to
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be the ACC’s best chance at a National Title. (10/15 @ Maryland)
2. #12 Georgia tech (6-0, 3-0 ACC; LW 2) – Paul Johnson has worked his magic, equaling last year’s win total in six short weeks. The yellow Jackets continue to put up big numbers on the ground, but the passing game has been lacking in recent weeks. If the air attack can get in order, Georgia Tech will be even tougher to beat, but completing only 31% of its passes may keep the Jackets from a perfect season, no matter how strong their running game may be. (10/15 @ Virginia)
3. Wake Forest (4-1, 3-0 ACC; LW 6) – Wake Forest finds themselves tied atop the Atlantic division after holding off a Florida State team that was predicted by many to win the ACC. The Demon Deacon defense forced five turnovers on the day, crippling the Seminoles vaunted passing game. Josh Harris also had his first breakout game of the season, rushing for 136 yards
on only 13 carries. (10/15 vs. #19 Virginia Tech)
4. #19 Virginia tech (5-1, 1-1 ACC; LW 3) – It was a nail-biter in Blacksburg, but the Hokies came away with the victory, capped off by Logan Thomas’s late touchdown run. Thomas had a breakout performance, completing 23 of 25 passes for 310 yards and three touchdowns. However, the Virginia Tech defense has a lot of work to do after giving up 519 total yards and forcing no turnovers against a Miami team that has given up the ball consistently this season. (10/15 @ Wake Forest)
5. North Carolina (5-1, 1-1 ACC; LW 5) – The Tar Heels have quietly been having a strong season, getting off to a quick start that has them one win away from bowl eligibility. If North Carolina wants to continue to be in the discussion for winning the Coastal Division, they will have to put the slow starts behind them in ACC play. (10/15 vs. Miami)
6. Florida state (2-3, 0-2 ACC; LW 4) – It was assumed that the Seminoles would go into Winston-Salem and easily put away Wake Forest after having a bye week to get ready. However, Florida State looked ill-prepared and unfocused, as they turned the ball over five times and committed 13
penalties for 109 yards. (10/15 @ Duke)
7. Maryland (2-3, 1-1 ACC; LW 7) – While Maryland put up a fight against Georgia Tech, its quarterback play doomed them from the beginning. This season, Danny O’Brien was supposed to show that he was one of the conference’s elite quarterbacks, but he has now been benched by randy Edsall, as controversy abounds in College Park. (10/15 vs. #8 Clemson)
8. Miami (2-3, 0-2 ACC; LW 8) – Jacory Harris has put up his best games the past two weeks, but they have both resulted in losses for the Hurricanes. While an ACC title isn’t in the cards, a solid bowl birth should be attainable. (10/15 @ North Carolina)
9. Virginia (3-2, 0-1 ACC; LW 10) – The Cavaliers have a well-timed bye leading into their matchup with Georgia Tech. Quarterback Michael rocco will need to limit his interceptions moving forward for Virginia to be competitive in conference play. (10/15 vs. #12 Georgia Tech)
10. N.C. state (3-3, 0-2 ACC; LW 11) – After five weeks, the Wolfpack finally have its first victory over an FBS opponent. Mike Glennon looked good against Central Michigan, but the
defense needs to continue its improvement; the upcoming bye is sure to help. (Bye)
11. Duke (3-2, 1-0 ACC; LW 9) – Heading into its first true ACC test of the season, the Blue Devils have a good amount of momentum. Three straight wins have given Duke confidence as they prepare for the heart of their conference schedule. (10/15 vs. Florida State)
12. Boston College (1-5, 0-3 ACC; LW 12) – The lone bright spot for the Eagles thus far has been the play of linebacker Luke Kuechly, who leads all FBS players in tackles. (Bye)
keviN cook/techNiciaNJunior halfback, James Washington, tries to run the ball for a touchdown during the second quarter of the n.C. State-Central michigan football game at Carter finley Stadium on Saturday. Washington, one of three floridians on State’s active roster,
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TuesdayMeN’s soCCer Vs. GeorGiA soutHerNRaleigh, 7 p.m.
ThursdayMeN’s teNNis At reGioNAL CHAMpioNsHipsChapel Hill, All day
WoMeN’s soCCer Vs. VirGiNiARaleigh, 7 p.m.
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MeN’s soCCer Vs. VirGiNiA teCHRaleigh, 7 p.m.
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did You know?Wolfpack cornerback David Amerson leads the country in interceptions with six interceptions. The next closest players have four picks on the year.
