Raleigh, North Carolina Dining hall hosts local suppliers to cook a meal from food produced in-state. Jordan Alsaqa Arts & Entertainment Editor Every year, University Dining pro- vides a change of menu at Fountain and Clark Dining Hall. Instead of the usual processed foods, all-natu- ral food grown ex- clusively on farms around the Caroli- nas is brought in for a special dinner op- tion. This showcase of the hard work and livelihood of local farmers is called the All Carolinas Meal. The annual event, a staple of Universi- ty Dining, features local grown and farmed food from the area, including producers such as Brookwood Farms, Carolina Catfish, Wayne Bailey Farms, and House of Raeford. Kelley Brackett, a recent University graduate who works with University Dining, described the event as an op- portunity to provide something dif- ferent for students. “At Fountain, we serve about 5,000 students,” Brackett said. “It’s really hard to provide local ingre- dients that are in season, for that many students, on a daily basis. We’d certainly like to do it more if we could.” The event, which lasted from 5:00 to 8:30 last Thursday night, saw a large number of students turn out to sample the foods on offer. Even students who do not normally eat at the dining halls chose to visit and try out the local- ly-grown wares. Sara Hess, a ju- nior in computer science, found the selection to be an exciting change of pace. “I thought the food that was provided was excellent,” Hess said. “I really like homegrown food, and it’s great to be able to support North Carolina agri- culture here on campus.” Students were given numerous choices at the four dining stations One of the main points of the plan focuses on teacher stabilization. Obama has proposed $35 billion to prevent the layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers in N.C.. His plan also sup- ports new hires for teachers. N.C. will be provided with $900,300,000 to sup- port up to 13,400 educator and first responder jobs if the plan is passed. Improving schools is also a large part of the plan that would affect N.C. A $25 billion investment in school in- frastructure in order to update at least 35,000 public schools nation wide is proposed. These updates, according to the official press release, are meant to upgrade our schools and make them more technology friendly. N.C. would receive $675,700,000 in order to sup- port as many as 8,800 jobs in the pub- lic school system. In the plan, $5 billion is allotted for modernization needs at com- munity colleges. N.C. would receive $163,100,000 in funding for this pur- pose. In the press release for this pro- posed plan, it stated that the money would go towards ensuring that these “local, bedrock education institutions have the facilities and equipment to address current workforce demands”. N.C. could potentially receive up to about $20,000,000 to go toward refur- bishing local communities. Additional funds would also be made available through a competitive application process, according to the press release. Obama wants to use this money to help put construction workers back on the job as well as to help refurbish and rehabilitate businesses and homes that have been foreclosed. Unemployment is also addressed in the plan. Obama plans to institute a Pathways Back to Work Fund, which would help to provide low-income youth and adults with opportunities to receive needed training and work. The program could potentially assist 4,000 adults and 12,700 youth with getting work. Obama wants to extend unem- ployment insurance and, if ap- proved, could potentially prevent 90,400 people in N.C. looking for work from losing their benefits in the first six weeks. Ultimately, Obama wants to use this plan to help put 234,000 people who have been out of work long-term back to work. A seminar on education had four panelists commenting and answering questions. Erin Schnuit Staff Writer The Global Issues seminar series hosted an event Tuesday, Sept. 13 re- garding Education in the 21st century where panelists commented and an- swered questions. In the seminar, each panelist gave a brief, 10-minute monologue discuss- ing their personal views of education in the 21st century. After these discus- sions, the floor was opened to a ques- tion and answer segment. Chantell LaPan, program coordi- nator at the Office of International Affairs, planned the seminar. LaPan says that the purpose of the series is to showcase what University experts are contributing in terms of big global issues regarding the state, the nation and the world. “Education in N.C. hasn’t always been globally focused and I think this is a step in the right direction,” LaPan said. “We need to start prepar- ing students and teachers for a global society.” With each new semester comes a new theme for the seminar. Last se- mester’s theme was “Energy of the Environment,” this semester was “Well-Being,” and next semester’s will be “Health: Bridging the Gap.” In the 10 minutes allotted for pan- elists to discuss issues, they may choose any topic that relates back to the larger theme. One panelist, Dr. Hiller Spires, spoke about con- necting globally a new ecology for teaching and learning. Dr. Spires discussed in depth a change that is quickly arising from an old classroom ecology to a new, advanced one. “There is a sharp contrast in the old learning ecology in which the teacher is the center of attention in the classroom and the students simply do what they are told and the new ecology that has emerged,” Spires said. “Now there is com- munication among students in the classroom, in the county, and TECHNICIAN mb 4 technicianonline.com SEPTEMBER 17 RALLY for NC STATE vs. S. Alabama Bookstore Specials Win a Dell Tablet! Atrium Food Court Open go.ncsu.edu/redzone insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Letting the bed bugs bite Researchers in entomology are working on a way to get rid of bed bugs. See page 6. BAND continued page 3 EDU continued page 3 MEAL continued page 3 HE’S GOT A PLAN. BUT WILL IT WORK? It’s the question that will be on everyone’s mind when Obama sells his job plan on campus today. But it’s not an easy one to answer. STORY BY ELISE HEGLAR | PHOTO BY BRENT KITCHEN Students torn on importance of college football jerseys Students torn on the importance of jerseys in college football. See page 8. All Carolinas Meal showcases local farmers Band welcomes President Obama “It’s really hard to provide local ingredients that are in season, for that many students, on a daily basis.” Kelley Brackett, recent University graduate and University Dining employee Starting local to go global Pack embraces ‘Howl Towel’ New tradition for Wolfpack set to “make a splash.” See page 8. P resident Obama will be speaking about his American Jobs Act on campus today. While the act itself is extremely comprehensive, there are sections that apply directly to NC and affect the students of our state directly. Updates for public schools, stabilization for teachers and tax relief plans are all in the program. QUICK FACTS ON THE JOBS ACT $900,300,000 allotted for education jobs $675,700,000 allotted for updating public schools $163,100,000 allotted for community college updates $20,000,000 allotted for refurbishing local communities 90,400 people protected from losing benefits in first 6 weeks of work 35,000 US schools allotted to receive updates SOURCE: AMERICAN JOBS ACT PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE MEET THE PANELISTS • Dr. Jayne Fleener, Dean of the College of Education • Dr. Hiller Spires, Curriculum, Instruction & Counselor Education, Professor & Senior Research Fellow • Megan Landwehr, International Education Program Coordinator, Office of International and Distance Education Alliance- IDEA • Katie McMahon, Principal of Wiley International Magnet Elementary School. SOURCE: OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Welcoming the president, marching band will perform in Reynold Coliseum. Young Lee & Nishanth Coontoor Staff Writers Peter Lin, a sophomore in Arts Ap- plication was sitting with his fellow band members in Wind Ensemble when band director Paul Garcia walked in, with special orders from the White House. The excitement in the room at that time was palpable but Garcia asked anyway if the N.C. State marching band be ready to perform for the President Barack Obama. “We were all excited,” Lin said. “Ev- eryone said yes.” There will be no touchdowns to highlight, no roaring crowds of foot- ball and marching band fans, but ac- cording to Lin, playing for President Obama is just as exciting and the marching band believes that they are prepared this morning to give Presi- dent Obama a friendly Wolfpack wel- come. Even for a fourth year marching band veteran like Karin Hurwitz, a senior in History, who has marched in bowl games and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ireland, this opportunity is a special one. “This is a completely mind-blowing opportunity,” she said. Nevertheless, this performance is not without unique challenges. With the highest standards for security, band members had to surrender their instruments Tuesday night to the Se- cret Service and White House staff for inspection and safe keeping until this afternoon’s performance. Color- guards and majorettes will not get a chance to perform. Food items are permitted only under strict guidelines. But Lin remains hyped despite all of the extra precautions. “I feel really privileged,” he said. Lin had considered joining one of the Ma-
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Raleigh, North Carolina
Dining hall hosts local suppliers to cook a meal from food produced in-state.
Jordan AlsaqaArts & Entertainment Editor
Every year, University Dining pro-vides a change of menu at Fountain and Clark Dining Hall. Instead of the usual processed foods, all-natu-ral food grown ex-clusively on farms around the Caroli-nas is brought in for a special dinner op-tion. This showcase of the hard work and livelihood of local farmers is called the All Carolinas Meal.
The annual event, a staple of Universi-ty Dining, features local grown and farmed food from the area, including producers such as Brookwood Farms, Carolina Catf ish, Wayne Bailey Farms, and House of Raeford.
Kelley Brackett, a recent University graduate who works with University Dining, described the event as an op-portunity to provide something dif-ferent for students.
“At Fountain, we serve about 5,000 students,” Brackett said. “It’s really hard to provide local ingre-dients that are in season, for that many students, on a daily basis. We’d certainly like to do it more if we could.”
The event, which lasted from 5:00 to 8:30 last Thursday night, saw a large number of students turn out to sample the foods on offer. Even students who do not
normally eat at the dining halls chose to visit and try out the local-ly-grown wares.
Sara Hess, a ju-nior in computer science, found the selection to be an exciting change of pace.
“I thought the food that was prov ided wa s excellent,” Hess said. “I rea l ly like homegrown food, and it ’s great to be able
to support North Carolina agri-culture here on campus.”
Students were given numerous choices at the four dining stations
One of the main points of the plan focuses on teacher stabilization. Obama has proposed $35 billion to prevent the layoffs of up to 280,000 teachers in N.C.. His plan also sup-ports new hires for teachers. N.C. will be provided with $900,300,000 to sup-port up to 13,400 educator and first responder jobs if the plan is passed.
Improving schools is also a large part of the plan that would affect N.C. A $25 billion investment in school in-frastructure in order to update at least 35,000 public schools nation wide is proposed. These updates, according to the official press release, are meant to upgrade our schools and make them more technology friendly. N.C. would receive $675,700,000 in order to sup-port as many as 8,800 jobs in the pub-
lic school system.In the plan, $5 billion is allotted
for modernization needs at com-munity colleges. N.C. would receive $163,100,000 in funding for this pur-pose. In the press release for this pro-posed plan, it stated that the money would go towards ensuring that these “local, bedrock education institutions have the facilities and equipment to address current workforce demands”.
N.C. could potentially receive up to about $20,000,000 to go toward refur-bishing local communities. Additional funds would also be made available through a competitive application process, according to the press release. Obama wants to use this money to help put construction workers back on the job as well as to help refurbish
and rehabilitate businesses and homes that have been foreclosed.
Unemployment is also addressed in the plan. Obama plans to institute a Pathways Back to Work Fund, which would help to provide low-income youth and adults with opportunities to receive needed training and work. The program could potentially assist 4,000 adults and 12,700 youth with getting work.
Obama wants to extend unem-ployment insurance and, if ap-proved, could potentially prevent 90,400 people in N.C. looking for work from losing their benefits in the first six weeks. Ultimately, Obama wants to use this plan to help put 234,000 people who have been out of work long-term back to work.
A seminar on education had four panelists commenting and answering questions.
Erin SchnuitStaff Writer
The Global Issues seminar series hosted an event Tuesday, Sept. 13 re-garding Education in the 21st century where panelists commented and an-swered questions.
In the seminar, each panelist gave a brief, 10-minute monologue discuss-ing their personal views of education in the 21st century. After these discus-sions, the floor was opened to a ques-tion and answer segment.
Chantell LaPan, program coordi-nator at the Office of International Affairs, planned the seminar. LaPan says that the purpose of the series is to showcase what University experts are contributing in terms of big global issues regarding the state, the nation and the world.
“Education in N.C. hasn’t always been globally focused and I think this is a step in the right direction,” LaPan said. “We need to start prepar-ing students and teachers for a global society.”
With each new semester comes a new theme for the seminar. Last se-mester’s theme was “Energy of the Environment,” this semester was “Well-Being,” and next semester’s will be “Health: Bridging the Gap.”
In the 10 minutes allotted for pan-
elists to discuss issues, they may choose any topic that relates back to the larger theme. One panelist, Dr. Hiller Spires, spoke about con-necting globally a new ecology for teaching and learning.
Dr. Spires discussed in depth a change that is quickly arising from an old classroom ecology to a new, advanced one.
“There is a sharp contrast in the old learning ecology in which the teacher is the center of attention in the classroom and the students simply do what they are told and the new ecology that has emerged,” Spires said. “Now there is com-munication among students in the classroom, in the county, and
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He’s got a plan.
but will it
work?It’s the question that will be on everyone’s mind when Obama sells his
job plan on campus today. But it’s not an easy one to answer.
Story By elise heglar | photo By brent kitchen
Students torn on importance of college football jerseysStudentstornontheimportanceofjerseysincollegefootball.Seepage8.
All Carolinas Meal showcases local farmers
Band welcomes President Obama
“It’s really hard
to provide local
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are in season,
for that many
students, on a
daily basis.”Kelley Brackett, recent
University graduate and University Dining employee
President Obama will be speaking about his American Jobs Act on campus today. While the act itself is extremely comprehensive, there are sections that apply directly to
NC and affect the students of our state directly. Updates for public schools, stabilization for teachers and tax relief plans are all in the program.
Quick facts on the jobs act
$900,300,000 allotted for education jobs
$675,700,000 allotted for updating public schools
$163,100,000 allotted for community college updates
$20,000,000 allotted for refurbishing local communities
90,400 people protected from losing benefits in first 6 weeks of work
35,000 US schools allotted to receive updates
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Welcoming the president, marching band will perform in Reynold Coliseum.
Young Lee & Nishanth CoontoorStaff Writers
Peter Lin, a sophomore in Arts Ap-plication was sitting with his fellow band members in Wind Ensemble when band director Paul Garcia walked in, with special orders from the White House. The excitement in the room at that time was palpable but Garcia asked anyway if the N.C. State marching band be ready to perform for the President Barack Obama.
“We were all excited,” Lin said. “Ev-eryone said yes.”
There will be no touchdowns to highlight, no roaring crowds of foot-ball and marching band fans, but ac-cording to Lin, playing for President Obama is just as exciting and the marching band believes that they are prepared this morning to give Presi-dent Obama a friendly Wolfpack wel-come.
Even for a fourth year marching band veteran like Karin Hurwitz, a senior in History, who has marched in bowl games and the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Ireland, this opportunity is a special one.
“This is a completely mind-blowing opportunity,” she said.
Nevertheless, this performance is not without unique challenges. With the highest standards for security, band members had to surrender their instruments Tuesday night to the Se-cret Service and White House staff for inspection and safe keeping until this afternoon’s performance. Color-guards and majorettes will not get a chance to perform. Food items are permitted only under strict guidelines.
But Lin remains hyped despite all of the extra precautions.
“I feel really privileged,” he said. Lin had considered joining one of the Ma-
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Wednesdaypresident obama Visits12:55 - 2:00 p.m.Reynolds ColliseumSpeech on Jobs Act
KirK adam – modern abstractsAll DayCrafts CenterAn exhibition of acrylic paintings by local artist and Crafts Center instructor Kirk Adam.
hispanic achieVement conFerence10:00 a.m.—Thursday, 11:30 p.m.McKimmon CenterTime to serve our community, if you are interested in volunteering and assisting the North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals with their annual achievement conference for educators, here is your chance.
alternatiVe careers in the sciences: a panel discussion12:00-1:30 p.m.Talley Student Center, Walnut RoomEach panel member is a scientist who currently works in a non-academic field. They will discuss how they acquired their current
positions and what led them to seeking employment outside of the traditional faculty role. In addition, the panelists will discuss their current positions and offer insights into what one needs to know and expect when working in non-academic environments. Registration is required: go.ncsu.edu/pflevents.
the wells Fargo executiVe lecture series4:30-5:30 p.m.3400 Nelson HallChairman and Chief Executive Officer Chuck Swoboda will be speaking about leading the “LED Lighting Revolution”, based on his career with Cree. Swoboda has devoted his career to evolving Light Emitting Deodes (LEDs) from a technology to a business. As chairman and CEO, he guides Cree’s leadership in the LED revolution, setting the stage to make energy-wasting traditional lighting technologies obsolete through the use of energy-efficient, environmentally friendly LED lighting.
ingredients7:00-8:30 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaAt the focal point of this movement, and of this film, are the farmers and chefs who are creating a truly sustainable food system. Their collaborative work has resulted in great tasting food and an explosion of consumer awareness about the benefits of eating local.
dancing with the wolVes newcomer lesson8:00-10:00 p.m.Carmichael Gymnasium Dance Studio Come learn how to ballroom dance. No experience, partner or shoes necessary. Bring socks or non-rubber soled shoes to protect the floor. Talk to an officer about how to join.
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Newsrine marching bands that plays for presidential functions.
“This is a good trial for me,” he says.
Fielding 320 band members, this is one of N.C. State’s largest bands in recent history. Band numbers have been growing. The band has just received new specialized drums for the drum-line. The marching band is using props for the first time since Garcia has been in charge.
This year has been a year of change for the marching band according to Garcia but as far
as representations of N.C. State spirit go, President Obama will be welcomed by what Garcia believes is a great one.
“We have students in the march-i n g b a n d from Taiwan, Australia, from all over the United St ate s not just Nor t h Carolina, we have students from virtually every major on campus,” Garcia said, “so the band is essentially a smaller version of our campus… The band is representing all of the students here at N.C. State.”
Aaron Marcus, a senior in applied mathematics, agrees.
“I do believe they are a good repre-sentation… t h e y a r e hard work-ing and they have loads of school spirit,” he said.
Despite the fact that Pres-ident Obama wil l not be able to see ev-ery aspect of
N.C. State in person, he will at least get to see the best of what the marching band has to offer.
even around the world thanks to new technology.”
One of the main problems Spires foresees is that not all schools have the necessary technology or intercon-nectivity to provide their students with t he on l i ne advantages of distance-communica-tion.
“ We a r e currently try-ing to make policy chang-es so that all students will be able to be connected to important information on the web and learn about different cultures,” Spires said. “We are trying to create a system to take
advantage of all the knowledge around the world- and then bring it into the classroom.”
Megan Landwehr, another panelist, also shares Spires’ passion for teaching students about other cultures and be-lieves that an excellent way to do so is by giving teachers
the opportu-nity to travel abroad.
Landwehr coordinates student teach-ing abroad programs for the Col lege of Education that can be completed during stu-dent teaching in the last few weeks of the program.
Landwehr noted t hat the University
has five partner institutions in five different locations across the globe including Beijing, Brazil, Russia, London and
another small city in China. Last spring, Landwehr accom-panied a group of 11 students to Brazil, where they did a portion of their student teaching. She will be taking another group of 10 to Beijing this fall.
“This is a new option for education students to achieve a comparative approach to teaching so that they know more than just what they ex-perience in North Carolina,” Landwehr said. “In most North Carolina classrooms, generally anywhere from 15 percent to 20 percent of the students will be from a different background, so this program teaches them how to deal with this differ-ence.”
These are only two of the four topics discussed, and LaPan has recorded the event for anyone to view. This link is located on the International Affairs web-site. The next seminar is Oct. 11 and will be titled, “Health: Bridging the gap between local and global.”
in Fountain. Meal options included BBQ, green beans, red skin potatoes, and hush puppies. Even farm-raised catfish was available, pro-viding a w i d e range of meat op-tions. Even des-ser t was a special treat, with Howl-ing Cow Sweet Po-tato Pie ice cream on the soft serve machine.
The focus of the event was not only on providing good food, but also on showing students just how much agriculture is a part of the North Carolina economy. Placards above each item on
the buffet told students from which farm each item came, and what town in the state the farm was located in. Also, large signs proclaiming “Good things grow in North Carolina” were hung up around the din-ing hall.
Jesse Cox, a sophomore in criminology, appreciated University Dining’s goal to provide a better under-standing of agriculture in the Carolinas.
“It is always a good idea to let people know where t he i r food
comes from,” Cox said. “It’s feels like it’s something that’s overlooked a lot. It puts it in perspective to know where the food is grown.”
Cox was also just happy to see a change of pace in the selection at Fountain Dining Hall.
“It’s a good selection, and a little better than usual,” Cox said. “I always like it when there’s a cut of meat to choose.”
The All Carolinas Meal proved successful with stu-dents, and Brackett is hopeful that students will continue to look into the agricultural im-pact of North Carolina.
“A film screening for the documentary film Ingredients is going to take place [Septem-ber 14] at the Witherspoon the-ater,“ Brackett said. “The film shows how items are brought from the farm to table. The di-rector will be taking part in the screening, as well as a discus-sion panel afterwards.”
The clear goal of the All Carolinas Meal was to intro-duce students to the farmers that support the economy of North Carolina, and the hope of Student Dining is that this came through. If nothing else, students were provided with an enjoyable meal.
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President Barack Obama is keeping his promise he made to Congress
at the Sept. 8 Joint Session to “take [the American Jobs Act’s] message to every corner of this country.” By coming to N.C. State, Obama is attempting to gain support for his American Jobs Act, so those who agree will lift up their voices to their representatives in Congress to have the bill passed.
The bill is aimed at creating and increasing jobs for Ameri-cans, while not adding to the embarrassing $1 trillion defi-cit. While many politicians on both sides have argued in op-position to the bill, Obama is escaping the comfort of the Oval Office and is taking his work on the road with him. Speaking to diverse audiences all across the nation, Obama addresses the bill as a way to “put more people back to work
and more money in the pock-ets of those who are working.”
For years our economy has been in a recession, with the future looking dimmer by the day. Obama’s last attempt to stimulate the economy re-sulted in an even worse spiral into recession. However, with the American Jobs Act, payroll taxes are cut in half and tax breaks for companies who hire new workers are put forward. This would allow more small businesses to emerge and allow more opportunities for unem-ployed citizens to fill new posi-tions.
As college students with a bleak chance of employment upon graduation, the bill will make it easier for small busi-nesses to hire students right
out of school. The impact of such a bill has the potential to heave our economy from this state of recession, which will empower businesses to in-crease new hires and provide the optimal products and ser-vices for consumers, only if it gains the required support.
The goals of the bill appeal to both sides, liberal and con-servative; however, if neither side gives the bill the chance it deserves, we will not know if it will succeed or fail. Since Con-gress kicked the can down the hill when they had the chance to pull America out of its eco-nomic downturn, they should put aside their differences and support this attempt to pick up the chips where they allowed them to fall.
As students and voting citi-zens, it is our responsibility to ensure our representatives understand what we want. As Obama speaks on his plan, demonstrate the power of the people by choosing a stance and supporting it by lifting up your voices to your representa-tives. If we ever want to have a glimmer of hope for a de-cent job upon graduation, we should take the future into our own hands by forcing Con-gress’ hand.
As Obama suggested to Con-gress in his Joint Session ad-dress, “it’s time for us to do what’s right for our future.” As N.C. State students, as well as the generation of the future, Congress must do what is best for us, their constituents. Con-gress should put aside their donkeys and elephants in the room and support any plan aimed to serve the wpeople.
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Obama’s plan could work, if given the chanceThe FacTs:President Barack Obama unveiled his American Jobs Act at the Joint Session of Congress Sept. 8. Being true to his word, he is taking it across the nation to garner support.
Our OpiniOn:The bill appeals to both sides and has the potential to spring us out of this recession. Instead of complaining why the bill doesn’t fit on their side of party lines, Congress should do what they were elected to do— represent.
You might not agree, but you should respect
Monday evening I received an email informing me Presi-
dent Barack Obama would be making a stop here at N.C. State on his tour to talk about his
newly unveiled American Jobs Act. It wasn’t long after this notice was sent
out that a mixed bag of com-ments began to find their way into my news feed on Facebook.
Some of these comments were positive, like people say-ing that they were so excited for the opportunity to hear the president they were going to sleep on bricks all night to make sure that they would get their golden ticket. Of course, not all comments were ones of joy. I didn’t expect everyone to be excited about his appear-ance. Some people aren’t in-terested in politics and some people don’t approve of the job Obama has done.
I a lso ex-pected a fair nu mber of p e o p l e t o make ridicu-lous and out-landish state-ments about how Obama is out to ruin America with h is rad ica l policies. I was not let down in this regard in the least.
The negative comments just last night ranged from things like, “Stay away from school Obama, we a lready have enough money problems” to “he is a sociopath and needs to be put down.” The negativity did not end there.
This morning while I waited in line for my ticket I heard a handful of people say things about how everybody in the line wasn’t a true American or how they would never wait in line to watch someone as detri-mental to the American way of life as Obama has been.
These are comments that come from my friends, my peers, my fellow Americans. It infuriates me that people who call themselves patriots have the audacity to show such dis-respect for a man of such pow-er. A man who has devoted his life to doing what he can to help the American people and pro-tect the freedoms they enjoy.
It doesn’t matter if you do not agree with Obama’s politics; he is the president of the United States of America and that is a position that deserves some respect.
This habit of disrespecting the president is not new. The angst and hate demonstrated by Democrats during Bush’s eight-year reign is still fresh in my mind.
As a Democrat, I hold those people in contempt for not showing that they are just as weak and just as easy to an-ger as my peers now who are spewing uninformed hate from their mouths. I did not agree with most of the policies Bush pushed to be passed but what I didn’t do was go out and try to tear down his character and insult his intelligence. I didn’t call him a fascist or say that the Patriot Act was Bush wanting to make America a police state.
What I did was respect him. I knew that, as the president,
he was do-ing what he thought was best at the time and even though I did not think his plan would work, I did n o t h o p e that it failed b e c au s e i f the president
fails, the country fails.The lack of respect my peers
have shown is absolutely abom-inable. If they were really the Americans they claimed to be, they would lend an ear to the president. They would listen to what he has to say and if they disagreed they wouldn’t call him a socialist, communist, or radical Islamist.
Saying those things does nothing to fix the situation; a true American patriot would show him the respect he de-serves and voice their thoughts through their representatives. So if you are planning on miss-ing Obama’s speech today be-cause you don’t like him, shame on you.
As American citizens and residents you owe him the re-spect to give him a few hours of your time on this special occa-sion to hear what he has to say.
body for t he nex t few days, the major reasons behind t h i s ap -pearance w i l l b e forgotten. Obama’s new American
Jobs Act has many com-mendable aspects, which will hopefully shock the United States’ economy into a more regular pat-tern. The final key element of the plan brings about the question of the feasibility of such an idealistic plan—the funding.
The American Jobs Act claims it will “put workers back on the job while re-building and modernizing America” and “put more money in the pockets of every American worker and family;” however, it raises the question of how will these initiatives be funded?
The plan itself projects a total of $447 billion in-vested in the dif ferent initiatives. However, this projection is justified with the disclaimer: “the Presi-dent will call on the Joint Committee to come up with additional deficit reduction
necessary to pay for the Act and still meet its deficit target.”
How this political mumbo-jumbo translates to the plan‘s funding is not yet determined, but the Joint Committee is supposed to make sure it stays on the targeted budget, while somehow reducing our debt.
This is not the first bill to have a vague funding state-ment. Too many times politi-cians purpose bills, which the f u nd i ng i s left open to interpreta-t ion . T h i s is the type of spending that got us in this mess to begin with. Any college student could tell you, if you use loans to pay off your tuition, even-tually you have to pay them back; you can’t continually keep putting it off.
This is not to completely be-smirch the American Jobs Act. However, it is cause enough to raise concern for how bills and plans, like this one, can decrease the deficit when it has no concrete plan to do so embedded in it.
Bills should have a strict plan as to how they are to be funded, this way if and when Congress and the President approve and sign the bill into law, they will be held accountable with the direct financial plan tacked onto a bill.
If law makers had to con-sider making the budget for a bill before the bill can be approved, perhaps they wouldn’t pass so many haphazardly, and use their committee meetings to find ways to compromise.
So I urge you, when you are at events where politi-cians are presenting their plans, never take anything at face value. Whether you
decide you sup-port it or you don’t, i t ’s t h e decision that is im-portant. What’s important i s bei ng a b l e t o dig deeper and f ind discrep-
ancies, like funding for particular plans.
All this is not to say the American Jobs Act is an ineffective plan; but rather, the particulars of it, like most bills that go through Congress, are unclear and should be clarified from the beginning. Funding for a plan of action should not be TBD, but rather the first thought in the mind of law-makers.
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“I am slightly uninformed on the act, but with unemployment at nearly 10 percent anything to help would be welcome.”
Damian Findlay, sophomore, English
“In the grand scheme of things, I don’t think one bill can really make much of a difference.”
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Rachel Jordan, sophomore in architecture
“I haven’t gotten around to reading the bill, but I hope it will.”
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Assistant Professor Xuxian Jiang worked in collaboration with a Chinese company to track technology threats.
Jack BorkeyStaff Writer
Xuxian Jiang, assistant pro-fessor in computer science, in collaboration with Chinese mobile security firm, NetQin, uncovered two pieces of mal-ware, GingerRoot and Droid-Deluxe, inside the Android Mobile Operating System.
For all the technophobes
out there, Jiang defines mal-ware as “[any] app [that] does something malicious to either compromise the phone—i.e., turning it into a bot—or cause damage to the phone user, leak-ing personal information or in-creasing the phone bill without the user’s knowledge.”
GingerRoot, which origi-nated in China, infects the lat-est Android version, 2.3, while DroidDeluxe is only able to reach phones using Android 2.2.
Both disguise themselves within applications, which users download, thinking they are legitimate, and then the
malware is unleashed within the phone.
Once installed on the phone, the malware is able to do what-ever it please within the inter-nals of the phone.
GingerRoot and DroidDe-luxe are able to gain unauthor-ized root-level access into the phones.
Once they have access, they are able to extract any informa-tion they desire from the inter-nals of the phone and deliver it to a third party, mainly the developers of the malware.
To uncover the two pieces of malware, Jiang and his team used patience and created their
own software to sniff out mali-cious applications.
“We have been crawl-i n g a n d monitoring a few Android-oriented mar-ketplaces and developed a nu mber of tools to spot suspicious apps,” Jiang said. “While we are still in the process of improving our tools and tech-niques, they are so far rather
effective in identifying these malware, ahead of most exist-
ing anti-vi-rus software companies.”
Impressive for an assis-tant profes-sor who has a ful l slate of teaching in addition to f ight ing cyber-crime.
The discov-ery of both pieces of mal-
ware is an important one. Now that both are uncovered
the threat of both spreading globally, and perhaps infect-ing millions of phones, has been quelled.
Xuxian Jiang’s team has made App Marketplaces around the mobile cyberspace safer for millions of Android users.
“With the discovery of latest threats, Jiang said, “we can ef-fectively notify anti-virus com-panies so that they can timely push updates to their anti-virus software to detect and block them.”
Professor tackles Android malware issues
A look into what N.C. State is doing to combat a deadly disease.
Eric Rizzo Correspondent
With the anniversary of Sept. 11 in the rear-view mirror, it is hard not to remember the events that came after that di-sastrous day. One of which was the anthrax scare.
Anthrax develops from the bacteria Bacillus anthracis, ac-cording to professor John Ca-vanagh from the department of molecular and structural biochemistry.
“If you upset it [Bacillus anthracis], it develops spores, which are like protective shells to the bacteria,” Cavanaugh said.
These spores are incredibly strong. According to Benjamin Bobay, senior researcher in bio-chemistry, “you could throw a nuclear warhead at a spore and nothing would happen.”
These spores are what An-thrax victims inhale. Once the spores get into the lungs, according to Cavanagh, they become more “comfortable,” and start germinating. This means that the bacteria come out of the spores.
With the help of the AbrB protein in the bacteria, anthrax toxins are produced. According to Bobay, there are three differ-ent anthrax toxins that com-bine to kill the anthrax victim.
“Individually they don’t kill you, but together they do,” Bo-bay said.
Anthrax is hard to notice, since it produces flu-like symp-toms when it starts germinat-ing in the lungs, according to Cavanagh. Furthermore, it is difficult to combat it once someone has the disease, since no antibacterial medication exists.
However, this is precisely what Cavanagh and Bobay are researching on campus.
“We’re interested in once you’ve got the anthrax, what do you do?” Cavanagh said.
According to Cavanagh, by
targeting the AbrB protein, blocking it from producing the three anthrax toxins, could produce effective antibacterial medication, which could com-bat the anthrax disease once it has started affecting a person.
It has been four years since Bobay and Cavanagh start-ed researching the intricate structure of the AbrB protein, something necessary in order to create a “block” to prevent the anthrax toxins from being produced, and they are con-tinuing to research it.
By targeting the AbrB pro-tein, according to Bobay, they are preventing anthrax from mutating into a new, stronger form, since what they are tar-geting is not yet anthrax.
On a more understandable scale, Bobay compared the AbrB protein to the trunk of a tree, making anthrax a branch of that tree. By chopping down the tree early on, the branch cannot grow.
However, this is not the first time N.C. State has worked on trying to protect people from anthrax. Todd Klaenhammer, professor of the food, biopro-cessing and nutrition sciences, led research on a unique way to distribute the anthrax vaccine through using benign bacteria.
According to Klaenham-mer, his research was geared toward putting the anthrax vaccine into a non-pathogenic strain of bacteria, which when consumed would inoculate an individual.
However, just doing this does not produce good results. Ac-cording to Klaenhammer, only 30 percent of the mice who consumed the bacteria with the vaccine in it survived.
The problem, according to Klaenhammer, is that the GI tract doesn’t accept all of the vaccine bacteria, making it not as effective. Thus, his research produced a peptide; which, when attached to the vaccine bacteria, would attract the GI tract more effectively than the bacteria alone. According to Klaenhammer, these peptide-enhanced bacteria produced a 100 percent survival rate when
mice consumed the new vac-cine containing the peptide-enhanced bacteria.
By producing vaccine bacte-ria, according to Klaenham-mer, public health infrastruc-ture could package the bacteria and send them to areas of the world where shots may not be as accessible.
In developing countries, where there aren’t always ster-ile syringes, having a vaccine you could take by eating yogurt would have a great potential, according to Klaenhammer.
“For us, it’s not so much the disease aspect of anthrax, more that is makes a great model,” Klaenhammer said.
Therefore, Klaenhammer, could apply this type of vaccine absorption to other of vaccines.
Although many may have forgotten about anthrax and the harm it could cause in the wrong hands, research at N.C. State shows that not everyone has and that there are solu-tions being created locally for a global concern.
Taking the terror out of the anthrax scare
Photo courtesy of fBIThis copy of a letter sent to Sen. Tom Daschle’s office in 2001 is one of many letters containing anthrax sent around the U.S. to policy makers and celebrities. The attack, which the FBI referred to as Amerithrax, killed five people and injured 17.
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Photo courtesy of cdcThese are spores from the Aimes strain of Bacillus anthracis bacteria, the anthrax bacteria, under an electron microscope. A key characteristic of the Aimes strain is the smooth surface of the protein coat of these bacterial spores, which makes it very resistant to treatment. These spores can live for many years, enabling the bacteria to survive in a dormant state.
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According to Coby Schal, professor in entomology, bed bugs are little insects that live indoors and prefer nice, dark areas: like our beds. These bugs feed on human blood and can live anywhere in the world as long as there is a hu-man around to feed on. They come in colonies and yet, many people are not extremely famil-iar with them.
“I know that they are really hard to get rid of and I wit-nessed them when I was in New York,” Zainab Baloch, a junior in psychology, said. “I heard if they get into your mattress, then you literally have to throw it away, as well as your other furniture.”
Schal has studied insects and urban entomology since 1976, specifically on cockroaches. In the last three years, he picked u p t h e s t udy of bed bugs because of the in-creasing problem it was be-coming.
The lab h a s c o l-lected bed bugs from all over the country to do genetic testing to enhance understand-ing of how they infect humans and to find a way to effectively remove the pest.
“We have about 40 differ-ent colonies of bed bugs in the lab, each of them representing a specific area and type of ge-netics,” Schal said. “There are ten populations from North
Carolina. All in all, I wouldn’t be surprised if we have a mil-lion bed bugs here in the lab.”
Bed bugs normally feed on humans, so in the beginning Schal would let the bugs feed on him, but after two weeks, he had negative reactions. Now, these bed bugs are fed with rab-bit blood, which simulates hu-man feeding.
“We are looking to under-stand [the bed bug’s] biology better, so we can come up with a more targeted way to treat them,” Rick Santangelo, a re-search specialist working in the Schal lab, said.
The Urban Entomology department is researching a way to treat bed bug infesta-tions. According to Schal, this requires killing the insects without having to spray a whole house with pesticides or do an
expensive heat treat-ment.
The topic of research for Schal’s team right now is a liquid bait. Schal said t he con-cept of liq-uid bait is to make an artificial human for
the bed bugs to feed on. Ac-cording to Schal, the first step is to find out what attracts bed bugs to humans. Then they must decipher what chemicals the bed bugs are most attracted to.
The third step includes put-ting those chemicals into an artificial feeder so that the bed
bugs will feed on it. In this ar-tificial feeder would be a pes-ticide that would not only kill the bed bug, but could be trans-ferred to the rest of the colony.
Santagelo has worked with Schal for nine years and said the lab not only does research, but provides bed bugs to those who need them. Bed bugs are supplied for training dogs to detect live bed bugs and eggs, and also for companies to test their pesticides. Every-one is trying to get rid of bed bugs through pesticides, but at the lab, they are working to find the most effective manner of removal.
This Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences will hold its annual Bug Fest. This event will showcase the research on bed bugs, cockroaches, and the other insects that the entomol-ogy department works with.
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Letting the bed bugs bite
Brett Morris/technicianA feeding frenzy ensues as hungry bed bugs rush up to the top of a glass container sealed with a synthetic material that mimics human skin. A vial of rabbit’s blood rests on the surrogate skin as it is systematically heated to 98 degrees Fahrenheit by the tubes of water on either side of it.
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Brett Morris/technicianCoby Schal displays some of the instruments in his lab in Gardner Hall. The one to his left is used to test the bed bugs’ reactions to different stimuli, most of which are human-based and can run the gamut between the oils we secrete and the carbon dioxide we exhale. The bed bugs’ antennae, which are painstakingly clipped from underneath microscopes, are used for these particular tests.
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Throughout our lives we have always heard the well-known bedtime saying: Sleep tight, don’t let the bed bugs bite. Despite this warning,
bed bugs have been biting more than ever in the last ten years, and have become a real problem for the lives of people around the world, including those on campus.
Sportsfor a matchup between the two schools who have been surrounded by scandal all season. Newly eligible quarterback Jacory Harris will have an immediate impact, lending experience and athleticism to an offense that needs a spark. (vs. #17 Ohio State) 7. Wake Forest – 1-1 (LW: 9) – The Demon Deacons continued their home winning streak against N.C. State, highlighted by the inspired quarterback play of Tanner Price. While the offense shone, the defense, specifically the secondary, will need to improve, as another late game collapse looked imminent. Expect head coach Jim Grobe to tighten the loose screws against Gardner-Webb. (9/17 vs. Gardner-Webb) 8. Clemson – 2-0 (LW: 6) – Two uninspired performances have left Clemson fans worrying about their upcoming clash against reigning National Champion Auburn. If the Tigers can come away with a win and exploit their SEC opponent like Utah State did, fans of the orange and white will breathe easier. If not, head coach Dabo Swinney’s seat will get a little hotter, and panic mode sets in in Death Valley. (vs. #21 Auburn) 9. Virginia – 2-0 (LW: 10) – The Cavaliers just barely squeaked by Indiana, managing a field goal as time expired that sent them back to Charlottesville victorious, despite giving up a 20 point lead in the second half. UNC will provide a good test to see whether or not the Cavs has what it takes to compete in the ACC this season. (9/17 @ North Carolina) 10. N.C. State – 1-1 (LW: 7) – The concerns about the defense were legitimized as the Wolfpack went into Winston-Salem and gave up 34 points to the Demon Deacons. While the offense has showed that it can put up points, quarterback Mike Glennon will need to play well for a full game before the Pack turn the season around. South Alabama should provide the confidence boost that State needs. (9/17 vs. South Alabama) 11. Boston College – 0-2 (LW: 11) – Easily the biggest disappointment in the ACC thus far, Boston College was embarrassed by Central Florida, losing 30-3 last Saturday. The Eagles’ offense has been unable to put anything together, leaving the defense to carry the team. (9/17 vs. Duke) 12. Duke – 0-2 (LW: 12) – The Blue Devils hung with Stanford for a half but eventually succumbed to their high energy offense. This week they take on fellow bottom feeder Boston College in a matchup that will put the losing coach’s job in jeopardy. (9/17 @Duke)
fans and gives Heinz Field an intimidating look on Sundays,” Pfendler said. “If the Howl Towel became a tradition like that, it would separate Wolfpack fans from other fans and really add to the ‘12th man’ aspect of the crowd.”
Pfendler thinks it will take at least a season for the tow-els to catch on.
“I will bring my towel, but I don’t think everyone else will at first,” Pfendler said. “It might take a whole sea-son to catch on.”
Pfendler suggested other ways the Howl Towel could be promoted and be benefi-cial to fund raising organi-zations.
“Give them to students free at orientation,” Pfendler said. “Have anyone else who wants one to pay a small fee that would be a donation to the [Jimmy] V Foundation for Cancer Research.”
It will be interesting to see if the Howl Towel catches on and remains a fixture at Carter-Finley Stadium this week against South Alabama, the remainder of the season, and for years to come. The “Howl Towel” could be one way State sets itself apart from the rest of the NCAA.
dustrial engineering, was from a different school of thought as he felt the football team uni-forms were one of the more important components of the football program.
“I think the football uni-form is very important from a branding perspective, be-cause most people only see and identify universities through their sports program,” Blair said. “What the team looks like factors into how they view NC State, and that makes our appearance critical.”
Blair also critically reviewed the present set of uniforms and came up with some thoughtful observations.
“I like the simplicity and sleekness of the new uniform, although the text for ‘STATE’ could stand to be a bit bigger going across the whole chest.” Blair said. “I also have mixed feelings about the black trim, because a more classic look would only have red and white, with no black trim around the numbers, though the black does modernize it a bit perhaps.”
Blair also didn’t seem to care about which brand of uniforms the team was go-ing to play in, as long it pro-vided quality products for the players and fans. He also felt Adidas had done a shoddy
job with the football team uni-forms.
“Adidas seems to have been sub par in some re-spects, with the pants slip-ping down with this years new jersey, and the discolored red of the jer-seys from last year,” Blair sa id. ”I wouldn’t b e o p -posed to a switch depend-ing on the financial offers.”
Blair a lso of-fered an ultimate solu-tion that would erase the problem of having to get new and differ-ent jerseys every year.
“The teams with the best uniforms are those timeless classics that will never go out of style,” Blair said. “All of these programs also have better history as a program than N.C. State, which is why their traditional jerseys end up being timeless. But if we go with a design based on these, or pull a design from our past that will never go out of style, we can create a better brand.
“Our current problem is that we change jerseys too often so the general public does not
have something constant to identify N.C. State. We don’t have something that stays con-stant like those teams do.“
R.J. Mattes, offensive guard on the team, had a first hand approach to the whole football
uniform situ-ation and felt there were cer-tain positions t h a t l o o k e d good wearing the uniforms and some that didn’t.
“Our linemen don’t look too great in them because of the form and f it but our receiv-ers look great in them” Mattes said. “For the l i n e m e n i t
shows their curves which is somewhat not flattering, so I mean they are tight jerseys but its good because it ensures no one can grab them.”
Mattes also claimed to like the Maryland football jerseys and admitted a lot of people were talking about them, but claimed to like the Wolfpack jersey more.
“It’s a change, they do what they gotta do, they got people talking about it,” Mattes said. “I kinda like them, I know a lot of people hate them, but I like our playing jerseys better than their jerseys.”
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New tradition for Wolfpack set to “make a splash.”
Brian AndersonStaff Writer
The fate of the Howl Towel, handed out at the Sept. 3 football home opener against Liberty, will either be a one-time gimmick or a long-last-ing, gameday tradition.
If Chris Alston, Assis-tant Athletics Director in charge of marketing, promotions and web operations, had his way, he would like to see the Howl Towel stick around. He hopes N.C. State turns the Howl Towel into a tradition similar to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ “Ter-rible Towel.”
“Absolutely, [creating a tradition] is kind of where we are going with it,” Alston said. “We’ve put a f lyer inside ev-erybody’s season ticket packet that went out this June explaining that we are going to be handing it out and for them to use it on third down and for fans to get up and use the towel. We’ve used a lot of
video board elements for the fans to use it throughout the course of the year.”
Alston and the marketing team worked with spon-sors to form a giveaway fans would embrace.
“The sponsors such as the Wolfpack Club wanted to find an item that would make a splash,” Alston said. “They thought doing a H o w l Towel for the season would be an item the fans could easily bring back to the game.”
He added the distri-bution of the towel was a one-time event.
“We are not hand-ing out more towels this season and that’s why we put on the towel to bring it back to every game,” Alston said. “This is the first time we have done a full stadium giveaway, so handing out 55,000 plus towels in itself was a big task, so we are going to be promoting this
week reminding them to bring it back.”
The towels were made white, as opposed to the red towels distributed in C-Stores in 2009, to create color contrast inside Carter-Finley Stadium.
“About 95 percent of our fans wear red to the game and the towel being red
would blend into the back-ground and wouldn’t work very well,” Alston said. “The white tow-el against a red back-ground seems to be the best way to get the towels t o s h o w up.”
Students seem to like the idea of the Howl Towel be-coming a game day tradi-tion. Anthony Jamgochian, a freshman human biology major, thought the Howl Towel would be a good tradi-tion, but may take some time to catch on.
“I think it is a good idea
like a ‘ Te r r i b l e Towel,’” said Jamgochian. “I feel it will be-come a tradition in a few years.”
Chase Pfendler, a sophomore ma-joring in plant and soil sciences, is a Pittsburgh Steelers fan and thinks the towel would add to the game day envi-ronment at Carter-Finley Stadium.
“As a Steelers fan, there is a unifying, tran-scendent quality in the ‘Terrible Towel’ that in-spires Steelers
New jerseys across the nation more flashy than N.C. State jerseys.
Rishav DeyStaff Writer
Oregon did it. Maryland did it too. Why not us?
That was the question on everybody’s mind as college football teams all across he country donned new team jerseys that were not only unique, but also said to en-hance player performance.
While many were in favor of a new and better set of uniforms, there were some who felt the uniforms didn’t matter that much.
Hannah Mostel ler, a sophomore in English, was one of the few who felt that football uniforms weren’t an important factor when it came to judging the reputa-tion of a football program.
“I do not feel that the uni-form is a top factor in the ability of the football team,” Mosteller said. “Our team is known for having talent, so a uniform is not what people need to think about when they think of our awesome football team.”
Hannah also felt that if it came down to a choice be-tween color and comfort, she would pick the latter.
“I think comfort is more important,” she said. “The uniform does not matter if the players are uncomfort-able. If they are not com-fortable, then more than likely they will not play well.”
Eric Blair, a junior in in-
COUNTDOWN• 52 days until football plays the UNC Tarheels at
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FridayMEN’S TENNIS AT DUKE NIKE FAB FOURCary, All Day
WOMEN’S TENNIS AT UVA INVITATIONALCharlottesville, Va., All Day
CROSS COUNTRY AT ADIDAS CROSS COUNTRY CHALLENGECary, 5:15 p.m.
WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. UNCChapel Hill, 7 p.m.
FridayVOLLEYBALL VS. LIBERTYRaleigh, 7 p.m.
MEN’S SOCCER VS. MARYLANDCollege Park, M.D., 7:30 p.m.
SaturdayMEN’S TENNIS AT DUKE NIKE FAB FOURCary, All Day
FOOTBALL VS. SOUTH ALABAMARaleigh, 6 p.m.
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Team synergy leads to best weekend everThe Wolfpack women’s golf team finish tied fourth in a 22-team field at the Cougar Classic, but the three-day total of even-par 864 set a school record. While the team did not win the tournament, it did triumph over programs like No. 3 Alabama and conference rivals No. 8 Duke and No. 14 Wake Forest. N.C. State also earned its most wins in a tournament as its record sat at 17-3-1 for the weekend.
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Pack set to host USA 18-U Team WednesdayN.C. State’s baseball team will start off Wednesday afternoon by attending a fundraiser battling leukemia and lymphoma at 4:30 p.m. at Amedeo’s Restaurant on Western Boulevard, then will travel over to Doak Field at Dail Park for a slightly different battle. A scrimmage with the 18-and-under National team is set for 7:15 p.m. and admission is free of charge. The Wolfpack softball team will also be present from 6 to 8 p.m.
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Towel for the
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`What color would you have the football team wear as its alternate uniform?
• red - 21.4• black - 2.4• red and White - 40.5• red and black - 32.1• Pink - 1.2• gold - 2.4
Do you like the current N.C. State football uniform
• yes - 79.8• no - 20.2
If you had a choice, which brand would you choose as the official uniform provider to the N.C. State football team?
This week, the ACC has the opportunity to restore some of the respect that it has lost in recent years. A slew of high pro-
file games mark the schedule, including one against reigning National Champion Auburn and another against the current #1 team in the country, Okla-homa. With four matchups against ranked teams, this Saturday is a crucial turning point for the con-ference as a whole.
1. #5 Florida State – 2-0 (Last Week: 2) – The Seminoles’ first true test of this season comes this week with a matchup against #1 oklahoma. Their offense, which is averaging 48 points per game, has been spectacular, and the defense has not been far behind. A victory by FSU would vault them to the top of the rankings and avenge last season’s loss to the Sooners. Expect a hard-fought battle that will go down to the wire and help figure out the BCS landscape in the coming weeks. (9/17 vs. #1 oklahoma) 2. #13 Virginia Tech – 2-0 (LW: 1) – Last week’s 17-10 win over East Carolina showed the good and bad in this year’s team. Their defense shined, only allowing 112 total yards to a team that played exceptionally against South Carolina the week before. However, the offense fell flat, especially in the passing game, as quarterback Logan Thomas threw for 91 yards on 8/20 passing. Virginia Tech will rebound this week, but doubts are rising in Blacksburg, and the Hokies are no longer looking like the favorites to win the conference. (9/17 vs. Arkansas State) 3. Maryland – 1-0 (LW: 4) – Maryland had the week off after beating Miami to open the season. Their matchup with #18 West Virginia, whose offense is similar to the Hurricanes, offers Randy Edsall and company another opportunity for a statement victory. Expect quarterback and North Carolina native Danny o’Brien to have another big game and put his name among the ACC’s elite playmakers. (9/17 vs. #18 West Virginia) 4. Georgia Tech – 2-0 (LW: 8) – The potent yellow Jacket offense has put up huge numbers on the ground and in the air against two weak opponents. Their 49-21 drubbing of Middle Tennessee should have them prepared for Kansas on Saturday. The Jayhawks struggled last week against Northern Illinois, so Georgia Tech should get a nonconference victory to add to their resume before the start of their ACC slate. (9/17 vs. Kansas) 5. North Carolina – 2-0 (LW: 3) – The Tar Heels were lucky to escape with a win against Rutgers, especially considering they turned the ball over five times. Quarterback Bryn Renner looked pedestrian compared to his debut, throwing three interceptions as well as struggling down the stretch. Luckily, the Tar Heel defense was able to hold on despite all of the turnovers, avoiding what would have been an embarrassing home loss to an inferior opponent. (9/17 vs. Virginia) 6. Miami – 0-1 (LW: 5) – ohio State meets with the Hurricanes in Miami
