Technician - February 23, 2011

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Austun finally recognized for accomplishments Former player wins NCAA social media award.

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divergence | page 7 Poll results in UNC actually sucks, A recent student poll shows. UNC students are realizing that Chapel Hill sucks more than Duke and many other ACC schools.

religion | page 29 Mars attacks Local Scientologist faction has freak UFO experience.

Group claims to have found proper way to whip your hair back and forth. Will Smith to attend next meeting.

fail | page eleventy We losed? to da Wufpaq?

How can we contiue to tell the Wufpaq we are not rivals, when their unranked women’s team contiues to whoop up on us?

PhiLo | page 24,756 What is the meaning?

UNC student guess the meaning of words, objects, and initial results show UNC students are as deep as a puddle.

sprouts | page .36 Is it over?

Game attendencane at an all-time high. Fans are totally pumped about season.

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In a surprise move, the NCAA named former defensive tackle Marv Austun its recipient of its first ever Social Media award.

Austun would be the first athlete chosen for what the NCAA is chalking up to be the most singularly prestigious award in recent times.

Since Austun is the first ever recipient, the award will be from here on known as the @AnchorManAustun award, named after the former players long deceased twitter account.

The AnchorManAustun award is given annually to the best collegiate American football tweeter, Facebooker or whatever is developed next and is as decided by members of the NCAA special panel on investigations. This panel includes former NCAA favorites, Mariek Clareto, Reggie Smush, O.J. Mayonnaise, Cad Newten’s father.

Austun’s antics last spring and summer helped land the Tar Fool’s football team a NCAA investiga-

tion that turned the team from dark horse contenders for the national title, to a team that is the laughing stock of the nation, while simultaneously pushing the university off of its perceived ‘better than you at life’ approach.

Austun himself declined to comment over the phone or in person, but did tweet us from his new name, @CupCakesGlocksAllegations.

“I am glad that my legacy as a great Tar Hulla will last 4evr, good to be remember as some1 who brought good to Chapel-Hill.”

Austun’s won the award due to his excellent coverage of himself over the summer months, using mainly twitter. During this time, Austun helped catch the attention of the NCAA with his tweets about his trips to Miami, where the according to Austun, “I live in Club Liv so I get the tenant rate…bottles comin’ like it’s a giveaway.”

This tweet may be one that lives in infamy, as it seems Austun’s silly little comment helped lead to the downfall of UNC football program that frankly didn’t have that far to fall. A tutor scandal, about 45 suspensions and two NCAA investigations later, Austun is finally receiving his due for

The men’s basketball coach will soon enter rehab voluntarily.

Frances Carhoreleone Devoted UNC well-watcher

During a press conference Tuesday, basketball coach Roy Williams announced his addiction to the popular teen-girl series, the Twilight Saga.

This announcement came as a shock to everyone, except the members of the men’s basketball team. Much to the despair of the team and Team Edward fanatics, Williams is all Team Jacob.

“He is my hero and is much less creepy than Edward Cullen. Also, Jacob’s movie character reminds somewhat of my younger self. Even while I coach for UNC, I’m all about the Wolfpack,” Williams said.

“And my dark eyes and

hair went right along with my mysterious, stealth-like personality.”

Williams said he is trying to become a werewolf to more closely identify himself with wolves without actually being fired.

“I have always wished to be a werewolf and be part of a wolf family,” Williams said. “Although I haven’t figured out how to become a werewolf yet, I am a fan of Jacob because I can live vicariously through his actions.”

The UNC coach said he finally admitted he had a problem last week. During practice, a player’s injury began bleeding. Instead of helping, Williams dropped his clipboard, cried out for mercy and ran out of the gym as fast as possible in order to escape before vampires found the hurt player.

“It was then I realized my addiction. I have slowly fallen into a world where Twilight is real, where creepy vampires prey on the weak and where werewolves do their best to save the day,” Williams said.

“It’s a real problem and I will begin rehabilitation for Twilight fanatics next week.”

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many Tar Hack enthusiasts who have never known what was happening in the game.

“I tell you, without Marv twe would’ve been stuck right up sh** creek,” Damos said.

“Hell, it was Marv tweet to me that told me to send out both the field goal team and the offense to confuse Tuneessee in the last few seconds during the Singing Bowl.”

Even Tar Hoe’s own students are enthralled that the man who brought down the legacy of the institution final-

ly got the respect and notice that he so deserved.

“I could never be happier for the Anchorman for winning this prestigious award,” Charles Ginger, a senior in Greek organizations, frattiness and paddles, said. “Us students here at UNC view it as a bright sport amid a season filled with allegations, investigations, TJ Yachts, again, and heartbreak. I am so pleased that someone other than the

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day, it would be the happiest day of my life. But at the end of the day, there’s no copying the Wolfpack; they’re just too classy for Carolina.”

Although some questioned Williams’ dedication to the Wolfpack and the Tar Hecks at the same

Over the course of the last month, the Tar Hore basketball program has witnessed the departure of the son of an NBA coach, as well as the public scrutiny of its head coach Roy Williams via Facebook. Although emotions were flying, Williams, Drew Niner and the McCans family put their differences aside to enjoy current forward Josh Hansen’s 11th birthday at AMF bowling alley.

After hours of bowling with bumpers, eating pizza, mixing every soft drink in the same cup and garnering thousands of prize tickets, friends, family and teammates began to file out of the bowling alley. The birthday boy, Hansen, thoroughly enjoyed himself the entire day.

“It was really awesome,” Hansen said. “I was definitely most excited to play with my new yo-yo, but it was cool my teammates and coaches came too. When I’m 12, I want to have a moon bounce!”

The player who once compared playing at UNC to living in prison, James McCans, and recent transferLonny Drew Niner took time out of

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Ralphy Williams, an avid fan of team Jacob, day dreams of Bella Swan and moonlit walks on the beach.

The head coach furthered his admiration for werewolves by explaining his obsession with the N.C. State Wolfpack.

“It’s hard to fight my true nature. Although I love my Tar Hores, my heart will always belong to the Wolfpack because of their mascots,” Williams said. “If I could be Mr. Wolf for one

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the magnificent work he did.

Head coach Batch Damos said he was enthralled that Austun was finally getting the credit he deserved.

“Big Mak has always loved the spotlight and he finally got everyone focusin on him,” Damos said. “ I’m just mad he never invited me to some of those Cheesecake Factory meals.”

Damos went on to state how without Austin tweeting about the games from the front row of the stands,

Williams confesses t0 ‘Twilight’ addiction Coach, former

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Even on the playing field, Marv Austun can’t keep the twittering birds out of his head. No wonder UNC could never beat Russell Wilson and the Pack.

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During the morning rush Tuesday, the Starbucks at Rams Head was forced to close unexpectedly due to severe computer malfunctions, implosions and students’ protests.

After the crisis, details about the closure are being released. However, the popular coffee shop will be closed for an indefinite amount of time, according to Notour Problem, the CEO of Starbucks, who came to speak due to the dire emergency of the situation.

The event was caused by an unexpected overload of complicated orders. They were reportedly processing too many coffee orders that were too complicated for approximately 105 percent of the student

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As the morning rush began at Starbucks, computers began to malfunction and sparks eventually caused the cardboard muffins to catch fire. body.

“Our baristas and computers just aren’t capable of handling that many orders,” Problem said. “I thought my company could overcome any challenge, but now I don’t know what to do.”

However, Problem said the company

would like to apologize and reassure customers they are working on developing a new system.

“We regret the incident, but we know that this event will not deter our best customers, Tar Hole students, from visiting our stores in the future,” Problem said. “We’re all about sus-

tainability, and who can live without their drug-laced Pike’s Place?”

One cause of the closure was due to the fact that they misjudged the true coffee addiction of the student body, and it isn’t something they want to do again. The company has already started to lose money.

“We knew that putting in four Starbucks locations around Chapel Hill would increase our revenues exponentially,” Problem said, “but I’ve really seen a coffee craze like that of these students. It is making us rich.”

Students were seen running from the Starbucks, some with Venti lattes still in hand.

“Like, oh my god, I will never be able to like, take notes tomorrow in my ‘Philosophy of wooden tables in European history’ class tomorrow,” said Claudia Pigg, a junior majoring in playwriting and binge drinking.

Chancellor Hold ‘Em Twerp was seen hyperventilating and in the fetal position in the back corner of his 1,500 square foot office, according to reports from his secretary. When the Daily Tar Hell tried to reach the chancellor for comment, his office said he was un-

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Competition highlights diversity Students from every year and college competed for charity in the competition.

testants dressed up as cowboys and even rappers to show what they had once wanted to do as adults.

“We thought that talking about what the contestants wanted to be as children was appropriate because of Elise Heglar the organization they are supporting Staff Writer by participating,” Hillary Simpson, The first annual Mr. Wolfpack com- the director of youth programs for petition held in Witherspoon Cinema CSLEPS and a senior in biochemisTuesday night raised $693.45 for a lo- try, said.

The talent section of the competical school initiative group Communition was extremely diverse. Contesties in Schools.

The event was put on by CSLEPS tants sang, danced, played musical and the Union Activities Board as a instruments, drew, and even demonstrated cooking techniques. fundraiser.

Evan Drahzal wrote a rap about “We were brainstorming service project ideas in a meeting and this was Waffle House as his talent and enone of them; a male beauty pageant. gaged the crowd by dancing around the room as he It just stood out,” performed and Elizabeth Aberspoke about the nethy, a junior in importance of graphic design and finding a cure active member of for cancer afCSLEPS, said. ter his perforPrizes, like an mance ended. iPad, iPod shuffle, Many of the and a digital camcontestants era were raffled off Andy Walsh, sophomore in political spoke about an during the compescience issue that was tition as well. All important to proceeds went to them during their performance time.

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There were 10 contestants in the Contestants had 2.5 minutes to percompetition. There were contestants form the talent of their choice.

The final section of the competirepresenting every class and nearly every college at the University. Accord- tion was a question and answer sesing to Abernethy, CSLEPS hopes to get sion with the contestants dressed in one representative from each college full Wolfpack gear. Scarves, hats, and even wolf masks were worn in an effor the competition in the future.

“Our contestants are pretty diverse. fort to stand out onstage.

The contestants were funny and apThere is a good mix from every class.

Next year we’re hoping to get an of- propriate in their answers according ficial representative from every college to Andy Walsh, a sophomore in political science, who attended the event. on campus,” Abernethy said.

“The contestants were funny on There were four components to the competition. First was an opening the questions where it was appropridance number that the contestants ate and highlighted important social choreographed themselves. They issues when those questions came up. performed to a mash-up of songs they The answers were very diverse,” Walsh selected. A section that focused on said.

The audience was very enthusiaswhat contestants wanted to be when they grew up when they were children tic during the competition, clapping followed the opening number. Con- and singing along with the contestants

In light of recent budget cuts, there is a growing desire for accurate advising among students.

To address this need, CHASS has created an advising pilot program for the spring 2011 semester. Four graduate students were competitively selected to assist CHASS undergraduates in an effort to provide students with an additional advising resource for a wide range of questions.

Dara Leeder, director of student recruitment and retention, is the driving force behind the project and says the main purpose of the advisors is to provide walk-in help for students.

“The main function of these individuals is to support, not replace, the academic advising that occurs within our departments and the dean’s office. These individuals can assist with issues pertaining to college and university policies, degree requirements, transition issues, recruitment efforts, and university resources” Leeder said.

“Examples of areas they can discuss with students include: intra-campus transfer, registration procedures, the General Education Program, and determining strategies to assist those experiencing academic difficulty,” Leeder said.

The four staff members for the spring semester are current graduate students in CHASS and have back-

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grounds in the humanities and social science disciplines. They received onthe-job training and printed materials and websites for reference.

According to Leeder, the process for hiring the advisors began with interest emails from the director of graduate programs, and then interviews took place with applicants.

“We talked early in the fall about improving advising, and sent emails to garner interest in the potential positions,” she said.

The program is currently a pilot for one semester, with plans to evaluate its success in May. Leeder says the means of evaluation will be student input, the budget, and the advisors, to see how the program has been received.

One of the advisors, Courtney Mitchell, a graduate student in psychology with a concentration in school psychology, said she enjoys being an advisor because it fits with her educational background.

“I had experience working directly with students, and it fits great with my area. I also think it’s a good program because it’s a less formal way for students to get their advising needs met, or information for their majors, you don’t have to make an appointment with an advisor,” she said.

A second advisor, Whitley Anderson, a graduate student in English, agreed informal advising is a positive aspect of the program.

“The people that do drop by, they sometimes present questions that we might not know the answers to and lots of the questions asked are really good but can be answered easily. It’s just a better format to help students since they can just drop in and ask that

First ‘green’ athletic event fell short

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Mr. Wolfpack King Patrick Angle, a senior in business administration, portrays an opera singer for the talent portion of the first annual Mr. Wolfpack competition. The pageant included ten contestants who’s audience raised about $693 for Communities in Schools.

during the talent portion.

Contestant Ethan Grimmer got the entire crowd to dance along to the YMCA during his talent section.

Mr. Wuf sat in the front row and Mrs. Wuf handed out shirts as prizes during the audience trivia portion of the show.

Patrick Angle, a senior in business administraion was announced as the

first official Mr. Wolfpack. He also won the Facebook competition that students voted on the week before the event. He took home a prize pack from the bookstore and an engraved watch as his reward for winning the competition.

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Initiative offers students informal, appointment-free advising assistance, Monday through Friday.

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quick question,” she said.

The advisors don’t always wait for students to come to them, and recently have been proactive towards students who might need academic help.

According to Mitchell, the advisors are reaching out to those on academic suspension or warning.

“We’ve been going to those students who especially might need guidance. I think this is something other colleges should implement, the more you can make advising practical and available to students and the better it is overall for students. You end up with a more informed student body,” she said.

Another advisor, Dawn Henderson, a graduate student in psychology, agrees this is a positive program.

“The students who come see us are very diverse, high GPAs and academic difficulty, and so far it seems they’re finding us beneficial, with this new furniture we’re more visible now and it offers more confidentiality, a comfortable environment,” she said.

Although the program has been advertised to CHASS students, anyone interested in double-majoring or minoring in a CHASS degree or transferring into CHASS is welcome to drop by. One to three of these individuals will be available Monday through Friday between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a walk-in basis in the Caldwell Lounge.

Adair-Hayes Crane, a senior in communications, said she thought it was a good idea, but wished it had been created sooner.

“I think it’s a really good idea, mainly because it’s not always easy to get an appointment with an advisor, and sometimes you may have quick question that you might not need to

see your advisor for, and it saves time for advisors and students. I’m graduating in May, but otherwise I would’ve used it,” she said.

The advisors do get a stipend for their work, it’s considered a graduate assistantship according to Leeder, but the accumulation of experience is where Anderson says she finds her wealth.

“I love this job, Dara [Leeder] has been our anchor, and I think what we’re doing so far has had a really positive response. Student feedback has been high and I think the work we’re doing will speak for itself and we hope it will continue,” she said.

Advertising of the program has been limited, but is slowly being vamped up over the course of the semester.

Thomas Ryan, an exchange student from Manchester University, said he wasn’t aware of the program, but thinks it’s a good idea.

“I’ve seen the furniture but didn’t really know what it was and ignored it. I guess it’s a good idea along as that info that doesn’t conflict with what you advisor would recommend,” he said.

The academic support initiative is not a substitute for advising from academic major departments. Students must still visit their academic advisor for course registration approval, and our departments remain the most comprehensive source of information for major requirements, careers, internships and discipline-specific graduate studies.

While Monday night proved to be a great night for N.C. State women’s basketball, many students said they had no idea “The BIG Event” was also the University’s first green athletic event.

The Big event is a rivalry party that has been hosted every year for the past 14 years, but this year was supposed to be a little bit different, according to organizers. This year was the first year this event—or any other University athletic event—has made an attempt to “go green.”

As part of their efforts to be the first green N.C. State athletic event, Campus Recreation partnered with other campus departments like Waste Reduction and Recycling to make recycling and composting bins available, provide 400 free t-shirts made of recycled materials, and had volunteers collect recyclables after the game was over. A donation was also made to the University’s sustainability trust fund to help offset costs of students’ sustainability projects.

Despite all of these efforts, many students like sophomore mathematics education major Corey Obermiller said these efforts weren’t enough to really drive home the notion that the event was meant to be green.

“I think having green athletic events is a good start when moving towards a more sustainable campus,” Obermiller said, “but I think they could have done more things during the game to encourage recycling or sustainability.

They could have gotten the crowd involved a bit more. I know there was a video that showed how N.C. State students are researching solar energy but I don’t think it really grabbed the attention of the crowd.”

Other students, like freshman elementary education major Victoria Clarke said they were completely unaware the event was designed to be green.

“I enjoyed the game, but I didn’t even notice it was a green event until I asked someone about the meaning of the shirts they gave away,” Clarke said. “I think it’s important to increase green awareness, so I would have liked to have seen them advertise this aspect of the event much more.”

In an environment where there are large amounts of students in one location, freshman visual arts major Ebone’ Mitchell said placing a heavy emphasis on marketing the green message is important.

“I think having these types of green events is very important. I think a good place to start is to say if we drink something, we put the bottle in a recycling bin,” Mitchell said. “But I don’t think it was very obvious that this event was meant to be green at all.

However, I do hope there will be more green events in the future at different sporting events.”

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POLICE BLOTTER February 21 6:52 A.M. | ASSAULT Farm House Lot Student was assaulted by unknown suspect after a party on 2/17/11. Investigation is ongoing.

9:45 A.M. | WARRANT SERVICE Public Safety Center Detectives arrested student on pending warrant and served with an interim suspension.

12:20 P.M. | FIRE ALARM Materials Management Warehouse Fire Protection responded to alarm. Cause unknown.

FULL DISCLOSURE: The photo illustration of Roy Williams on the front page of The Daily Tar Hell was constructed from a photo by Ian Soileau from The Chronicle.

The Technician thanks the The Chronicle for their contribution.

In Tuesday’s “Wolfpack upsets rival UNC, 99-72,” the score of the game was 88-72.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Amanda Wilkins at editor@ technicianonline.com

3:51 P.M. | FIRE ALARM ES King Village Fire Protection responded to alarm. Alarm appeared defective and electronics was notified.

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6:21 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Morrill Drive/Western Boulevard Two non-students were involved in traffic accident. Minor injuries were reported but medical treatment refused.

elissa Rickenbaker, a junior business administration, purchases a box of Girl Scout Cookies outside Wolf Plaza Tuesday. Rickenbaker, who was a Girl Scout growing up, enjoyed being able to help out the local troop with her purchase. “I’ve been seeing [the Girl Scouts] around campus, but I never had any money until now,” said Rickenbaker. The cookies sell for $3.50 a box and include traditional favorites like Thin Mints, Peanut Butter Pattiess and Samoas.

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Reduce the Health Center’s hours, then reduce our fees The Facts:

The Student Health Center serves 55,000 patient visits each year and the pharmacy fills 60,000 prescriptions a year. Each student pays $245.62 worth of student health fees, plus a $35 fee for the Health Center’s addition.

Cutting back the hours of the Student Health Center is on the table as an option to offset budget cuts.

Our Opinion:

The Student Health Center is here to fill the health needs of the student body. Reducing hours without compensating for them in other areas will decrease the quality of care and the amount of students the Health Center can serve.

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he NCSU Student Health Center is “there to provide quality primary health care, comprehensive disease prevention and health promotion services.”

The budget cuts have started to take an effect on our Student Health Center and tough choices are in the future. One idea floating around that has worried Student Government is the possibility of cutting hours from the Student Health Center. While this would help the budget, the center’s ability to offset the burden should not hinder their ability to provide care for students.

Many students depend on the Student Health Center because they either cannot get off campus or do not know how to look for their own doctor.

The hours are normal enough for a full-time or graduate

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student to plan around them.

Students who have full days or late classes might have to rearrange their schedules to get to the center before 4:30 p.m., but at least it is open into the afternoon. With these hours, it is flexible for students to work appointments into their schedule, but just barely as other students vie for the same appointment time.

Since there are only a certain amount of appointments available a day and there are still unanticipated walk-ins, the Student Health Center is already pressed to fit the needs of all students. The Center’s administrators should not reduce from normal business hours unless they increase the

number of appointment slots and staff to stock the various general, women’s and mental health services. If they cannot do that, then they need to reduce our student fee. The Student Health Center cannot expect to take away a service and the expect us to pay the same amount.

The Student Health Center is about to finish construction on its facilities. It would be unfair for students to pay our increased student health fee, part of it going toward the new facilities, then reduce the time the center is open. The goal of the renovations are “ ... a more comfortable environment, better service, and satisfactory health care assistance,”

according to Dr. Jerry Barker, vice chancellor of student affairs and director of Student Health Services. Is this really true when we could be inconvenienced into shorter hours?

If a student is feeling sick, the Student Health Center is there for them and should be there to be proactive. To do that, they must be flexible and understanding with their operation and this is questionable if they are cutting back their hours to a point that the quality of care decreases. They should find alternatives to closing the center early, such as hiring more doctors to make more appointments available and utilizing the additions to fit more students. If the Student Health Center can’t do this, then we should have our fees refunded or reduced.

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.H. Hill Library is open daily, sometimes running 24 hours.

Each floor’s lights are on and there are computers terminals available on each f loor. Not all of these Manan resources are Chandra bei ng u sed Staff columnist all the time, though. The University and NCSU Libraries should be looking for ways to cut energy uses, such as sensors, to cut cost.

While going through times of economic crunch, frugality is required on our part. Conservation of the resources that we have at our disposal is key in terms of guiding us through these financially turbulent times. Given the number of buildings around our sizeable campus, it is natural that the University’s electric bill would be colossal. However, not all of the electricity consumption is necessary, and D.H. Hill Library is an area where we can improve.

With nine stories worth of almost constant 24 hour activity, D.H. Hill Library accounts for a large chunk of electric output. With the number of lights, power outlets and computer terminals running day after day, a lot of electricity is needed to keep the library running.

Something should be done to improve this.

There have already been efforts by the University to cut down energy costs in unused facilities. Hoods in science labs have reminder stickers for students and faculty using them to make sure they are kept low.

Certain buildings are partially or completely shut down during long breaks. We can even look forward to a more sustainable energy source with our new steam plants.

Regardless of the time of year, the library runs continuously, except for eight hours on Friday and Saturday evenings.

On weekdays, during the early hours of the morning, there is hardly a soul in sight on the upper floors, yet all lights remain turned on. It makes sense to have the Learning Commons completely functional at all times, as there are always a few people taking advantage of the tranquility absent during the hustle and bustle of the day.

However, to have all the floors running with a mere handful of people around in the early

morning hours is an unnecessary drain on the University’s resources. To have the lights turned on throughout the book stacks on all floors with barely any people around doesn’t exactly reflect an efficient practice.

Installing sensors could be a huge help in this matter. Having only as many lights on as the number of people would provide the Libraries and the University with the dual benefit of curtailing energy expenses and not denying students the right to utilize all the facilities the library has to offer at any time. It is true that in the current scheme of things, purchasing and setting up these sensors would be costly initially. This is something the University would be trying to avoid with the recently proposed budget cuts, but this method would ensure long term savings for the University.

This plan could be implemented in the library initially as a trial on their busiest floor in the stacks. If it does cut down on electricity costs, this approach could be applied to other parts of the library and buildings on campus, which see lesser amounts of student activity during certain hours.

If the trial is effective, the University could even pursue this as another performance contract to offset the cost. Such an approach to curbing costs is a logical addition to the University’s efforts to be more sustainable and save money.

Leading by example, N.C. State should be a standard for the community. By doing its part for the community at large, we could promote the concept of “sustainable development” and spread the value of conservation as opposed to cuts as an economically feasible and a much more efficient option of curbing high energy costs and expenses.

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Let’s hope we pull ahead over the Heels.

“I don’t think it would affect me too much, but I do have classes that go all day so it may be slightly inconvenient for me if they were to reduce their hours.”

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Education is the first to be repossessed

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ederal Pell Grants are to get the axe in a new proposed bill.

This would be cutting funds that would attempt to relieve some of the national debt.

A new spending bi l l was proposed to the House of Trey RepresenFerguson tatives last Deputy Friday that Viewpoint would subEditor stantially cut spending by over $100 billion from the President’s fiscal year. This bill proposes cutting the amount of Pell Grants the federal government gives out, along with the complete elimination of Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants. These grants are given to various need-based students in university systems across the nation as scholarships towards their education. It is unacceptable that the government keeps cutting from education funding.

According to the NewsRoom of the House of Representative’s website, this bill is the “largest single discretionary spending reduction in the history of Congress.” This means the bill is the largest attempt to pay off the $14 trillion national debt in one swift

move. While this is great, the bill also includes cuts of up to 24.5 percent from the Federal Pell grants in the 2011 fiscal year, which equals up to $5.7 billion. This is millions of students who will lose the support they so desperately need.

The elimination of SEO grants cuts an additional $757 million from education on the national scale.

To many N.C. State students, along with the students across the nation, these grants are the difference between getting an education and not. Cutt i ng t he s e grants is not o n l y c u tting money, it is cutting the number o f o p p o rtunities for Americans to get an education. These grants go to t hose who normally could not afford to pay the astronomical cost of tuition, as deemed by Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Without these grants, many students do not stand a chance at an education higher than that of a high school degree, which in these ever-changing times is not enough to get past working at McDonalds.

The cut of these programs is an attempt to save money for the remaining seven months of the fiscal year. This solution is

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not only a flawed quick-fix, but one that will certainly come back to bite politics in the rear. Offering less opportunities for an education to those who are not able to afford it will prevent some of the most brilliant minds of our future to be stifled.

The assistance provided by these scholarships and grants are not only a valuable resource for students, but many times a necessity.

While it is to attempt to lower our national deficit, cutting from education is not the r ou t e t o take.

These cuts are on ly a nother blow towards the neverending battle between our government and education.

As students, and obligated American citizens, we can speak out against such outrages. The stereotype that as students we are apathetic towards the decisions our government makes could not be farther from the truth. So let’s prove it to them: find out who your congressman is and contact them with your concerns, make them work for you.

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I think they should add more people too. Their services are very good, the free hand sanitizer is smart. ” Chinhyu Hsieh, graduate student in operation research

“I’ve been there just for prescription medicine. I live a long way from home, they make it much easier for me. I think it would hurt students if they cut back on hours. It may be a good thing to have them open longer on the weekends. ” Tierra Pressley, junior in biological science

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‘I Am Number Four’ pulls off trifecta The film topped the box office at No. 2 during its opening weekend, powering through its problems with a good end result.

Egypt’s upheaval affects University orginizations Political protests in Egypt spark discussion and changes of plan for students and organizations around campus.

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The combination of sci-fi aliens, angsty teenage romance and car-flipping action scenes is a very tough one to pull off, but it seems natural for I Am Number Four.

The film, which hit theaters Feb. 18, made it to No. 2 in the weekend box office, behind Unknown with Liam Neeson.

The movie pulled off an amazing feat by incorporating different elements that usually only appear in one movie at a time. It was a triple play of Twilight romance, Transformers action and War of the Worlds aliens that eventually led to a home run. By incorporating each of these, the film is relatable to the male and female young adult audience.

I Am Number Four is centered around John Smith, aka Number Four (Alex Pettyfer).

He is the fourth of nine alien children who had to flee their home planet Lorien to hide amongst the humans of Earth after it was attacked by the Mogadorians. The “Mogs” hunt the aliens in numerical order. After Number Three is killed, Number Four is next.

John comes to hide in Paradise, Ohio with his mentor and protector Henri (Timothy Olyphant). He goes to school among high school humans and meets Sarah (Dianna Agron). Sarah runs her own website where she posts photos. John falls in love with her and does nothing to prevent her from putting photos of him on the internet where the world, including the Mogs, can see him.

Number Six (Teresa Palmer) teams up with John as they battle the Mogs. John and Number Six decide to hunt down the remaining children of Lorien because together they are more powerful and they stand a greater chance of survival.

The females in the audience are treated to a destined love story, as John’s kind has a biological predetermination to only fall in love once, which hints at a reuniting with Sarah.

The men, on the other hand,

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are treated to action-packed scenes that are very well-shot and display many alien abilities that John learns to control.

The fight scenes are well-choreographed and mildly violent, but nothing to make the movie rated R. The movie flows well, is easy to understand and appeals to young adults. However, it appeals only to young adults, which is one of the movie’s main problems. It lacks an indepth, unique twist that would make the movie appeal to a wider audience.

There is no new storyline that audiences have not seen before, although this one is spiced up with the combination of the different types of movie elements.

Another issue that comes with the movie being geared towards young adults is the very obvious moral messages that are “hidden” inside the movie.

The characters of Number Four and Number Six are, to put it bluntly, drop-dead gorgeous. The Mogs, however, are the most hideous creatures in the film, showing a very basic “good guys are pretty, bad guys are ugly” complex first introduced to young audiences in Disney movies.

Another message in the film

is the classic high-school drama situation, that being popular isn’t the most important thing and everyone should get along.

It’s overplayed in the film and reminds too much of an episode of Glee. This is another example of the movie lacking a unique quality, since the characters are thrown into the high school scene that audience members know all too well.

Even for something featuring aliens, the film is unrealistic.

John’s secret is posted on the Internet, and when word gets out, local small town cops take on the challenge. Where is the government and why aren’t they already on their way?

Aliens are a big deal, and the government’s inactivity throughout the movie is a big issue, taking away some of the spark the movie causes.

It seems this issue was either not planned out or underdeveloped.

The flaws do bring a bit of repetitiveness to the formula, but overall it doesn’t hinder I Am Number Four’s success.

The film is well-done, has a better-than-expected result and is definitely worth the trip to the theaters.

protests,” Eads said. “I would watch the news on TV and AlJazeera live streaming and see the places I have visited and know that I walked the same streets with all those people.”

The demonstrations abroad sparked discussion among concerned students in both Joanne Wu the classroom and casual conStaff Writer versation. Even courses such as In just 17 days, 30 consec- Global Politics revamped their utive years of political reign syllabuses to study the political came crumbling down, developments in Egypt’s purleaving Egyptian presi- suit for democracy.

“Through the duration of dent Hosni Mubarak as expresident and the country the protests, quite a few of us under military rule. Anti- who lived together in Egypt Mubarak Egyptians pro- last summer would get together fessed their freedom three and talk about how proud and decades after Mubarak took excited we were about all that office, with Egypt is on its was happening, how much we wanted Mubarak to resign and, way to democracy.

This series of head-swirl- of course, we spent quite a bit ing events found their way of time discussing U.S. foreign across the Atlantic Ocean policy,” Eads said.

Others came close to walkand onto campus, hiting the same ting home s t re e t s a s for ma ny Eads a nd students. her s t udy Some have abroad ventured to peers. The the counUniversity try in the Scholars past, while Program others had ho s t s a ntheir eye on nual Spring Eg y pt for the upcom- Bengt Carlson, assistant director Break trips of the University Scholars abroad to ing spring Program countries break, such as Turleaving the Middle Eastern coun- key and Greece. This year, the try rooted in the hearts of itinerary consisted of tours all over Cairo, Luxor and Aswan many students.

Amanda Eads, a senior in — until demonstrations gathEnglish, language, writing ered momentum in Egypt.

When the severity of the proand rhetoric, and president of the Middle Eastern tests came through the news, North African Student Assistant Director of the UniAssociation, found herself versity Scholars Program Bengt following every facet of the Carlson, along with the rest of the Scholars Program, planned protests from day one.

“After living in Cairo last a new Spring Break destination summer, the people were with just more than a month the largest thing weighing remaining before departure.

“We realized that the situaon my mind throughout the

“We realized...that we would likely have to think about another location.”

tion in Egypt was unlike other protests and that we would likely have to think about another location,” Carlson said.

However, the mindsets of Scholars students have not changed as quickly as the itinerary. Although the program is now going to western Turkey and Istanbul, students and faculty still feel linked to the country and people of Egypt.

“Being connected to Egypt by virtue of this trip has made us alert to the uncertainty of the people of Egypt in their hopes for the future. Immediately, we felt — and still feel — bound up in their concerns for the people and their precarious situation there,” Carlson said.

While they were just weeks away from walking alongside Egypt’s politically-charged citizens, disappointment was inevitably present among the Scholars students when notified of the relocation. Yet, thanks to timely planning, students will still find their way to other parts of the Middle East this March.

While the demonstrations in Egypt have subsided, empowerment has spread to neighboring countries such as Bahrain and Iran. Much like the rest of the world, students on campus are standing by and watch this unfinished narrative in the Middle East. “[During the Egyptian protests], the world kept turning, but it felt like I was standing still — watching and waiting,” Eads said. “I am anxious to see what happens over the next few months. Now people know they can take to the streets and make a difference. The world is watching them. They have the power for a change.”

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Since its 2003 release Hail to the Thief and its departure from Capitol Records, Radiohead has broken away from the typical formalities of releasing an album.

Radiohead doesn’t release singles, and rarely mention it has anything near completion. Then one day it says it has a new album coming out, and four days later you have it in your lap.

The King of Limbs is Radiohead’s eighth full-length album, and finds them once again polishing off the direction they have been heading in since the release of 2000’s Kid A. In Kid A, they wiped away the guitar-driven rock band persona they developed in their first two albums for something much more abstract. They experimented with scattered percussion segments, looped vocals and ambient noises that can easily leave the listener lost at first, but rewarded in the long run.

Limbs starts out much the same way with “Bloom.”

The song skips and buckles with spattered drum beats and an off-kilter bass line that slowly grows. Finally, Thom’s reverberating vocals reel you into the bigger picture.

Although “Bloom” is entertaining, it is nothing the band has not tried before on Kid A or Amnesiac, and is probably the lowlight of the

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album. “Morning Mr. Magpie” is the same. It’s better than the first track, but lacks the excitement expected when one hears Radiohead.

Limbs really starts to pick up speed in the third track.

“Little by Little” is an energetic number that recovers from the dullness of its predecessors.

“Fera l ” is the most outlandish track on the album.

It is an instrumental piece comprised of fast-paced, high-pitched drums, consumed by overwhelming bass and synth notes. Much like the rest of the album, it has a constrained, claustrophobic sense of urgency.

“Lotus Flower” is the album’s dominant force. It is catchy, beautiful and reminiscent of the 90s band Massive Attack.

“Codex,” the following song on the album, is an elegant slow-burner that quickly diminishes this excitement. The

band seems to take a page out of Bon Iver’s playbook for “Give Up The Ghost”. Thom’s vocals are at their prime here. They are haunting and calm, soothing and fearful — a brilliant dichotomy that truly makes Radiohead the world-renowned band they are.

The album e nd s on a hig h note with “Separator.” This song is much less controlled than the rest of the tracks and is riddled with perfectlyplaced overlapping vocals. Unlike the restless feeling given off by most of the previous tracks, “Separator” comes across as much more optimistic.

Although Limbs starts off slow, it gains speed and makes a promising finish. As with most Radiohead albums, it needs countless listens to be fully understood. It takes time to appreciate it for what it is.

“As with most Radiohead albums, it needs countless listens to be fully understood.”

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Students paint the Free Expression Tunnel red at the Ram Roast Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2011. The Ram Roast suffered low numbers this year, with a handful of students showing up to paint, and zero participants for the “Amazing Race,” a scavenger hunt planned for the evening.

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he Ram Roast is traditionally held every year before the N.C. State vs. UNC home game. Participants spend their evenings guarding the Free Expression Tunnel from being painted by UNC fans. This year, a scavenger hunt around campus was canceled due to a low turnout.

Carolina Caro, a freshman in microbiology, puts the finishing touches on her painted wolf Tuesday night at the annual Ram Roast. The Ram Roast is held every year prior to the N.C. State v. UNC game in order to prevent the Tarheels from painting the tunnel blue.

Simon Cau, a graduate student in the SKEMA business school program, paints from a bucket Monday evening. Cau, along with some friends, wanted to paint the tunnel to complete his college experience. “[My friends and I] wanted to get involved in a lot of traditional events,” Cau said. “Painting the tunnel seemed logical.”

Claire Gremilett, a graduate student in the SKEMA business school program, poses for a photo in front of her artwork in the Free Expression Tunnel Monday evening. Gremilett used the freshlypainted red tunnel to display the French word “clochette,” which means “Tinkerbell” in English.

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said. “We need a big win to at least have a couple good wins on our resume for this year. We still have a slight opportunity to make the NCAA tournament and we have to win the rest of our games pretty much.

We just have to take it one game at a time.”

“It’s the next game, so that makes it a big game.”

Echoing his teammates statements, senior Javier Gonzalez quickly dismissed the notion that beating UNC would merely put a bow on a self-admitted disappointing campaign. With four regular season games remaining, Gonzalez said that gaining momentum within the clustered ACC has the group’s attention.

“To get the next couple of wins heading towards the ACC Tournament like we did last year, that would give us a lot of confidence as a team,” Gonzalez said. “We just need to concentrate and take it one game at a time.”

While the Pack focuses on game-by-game improvement rather than the historic rivalry, containing North Carolina’s star forward John Henson will be a major key in determining State’s success on Wednesday night. The dynamic 6’10” sophomore out of Tampa, Fl. had 16 points, 16 rebounds, and seven blocked shots when the two teams met on January 29.

“We have to keep him off the boards,” Gonzalez said. “He lives by trying to get offensive rebounds and put them back,

so if we could try to keep him becomes an uphill battle. The off the glass, that would help quick shots, the one-pass shots, a lot. We can’t let him hang the no-pass shots... when you play against a good team, you around the paint.”

Fifth year head coach Sidney have to be willing to make the Lowe noted that being success- extra pass. They’re not going to ful against Henson will involve allow you to get a quick, open smarter decision making than shot.”

Unfortunately for N.C. State, the Pack displayed earlier in the year at Chapel Hill. Henson is the 219th edition of the Caro14th in the NCAA in blocks lina-State rivalry will not feaper game, which leads all ACC ture talented sophomore forward Richard Howell on either players.

“You have to be a moving side of the court. Howell is the third member target,” Lowe of the Pack to s a id . “You miss action can’t change due to injury the situation. or illness this If I’m 6’4” season. and Henson’s “It’s frusguarding me, trating, and and I try to Sidney Lowe, coach disappointshoot it over ing for our him 10 times, he’s probably going to block it team and for Richard,” Lowe 10 times. I think you have to be said. “He was starting to really realistic about who he is. Ev- play well and fit in to his role. ery player has strengths, and He was realizing how effecthat’s his. You can’t play to tive he can be at doing certain his strength. You have to keep things for us to help this team him moving around, and if he win. He was a major piece to comes over for a block we need our team. We’re going to miss to keep our heads up and find his rebounding, his passing, his defense, we’re going to miss the open man.”

As Henson and the Tar Heels that.”

To finish off the season, the visit Raleigh winning eight of its past nine games, the Wolf- Pack will host three of its final pack’s ability to gain confi- four regular season games, indence early in the match up will cluding a pair of Sunday match be crucial. Despite State’s bal- ups against Georgia Tech and anced offensive performance Florida State. The ACC Tourin an 87-80 loss on the road nament will begin in Greensat Maryland, Lowe said that boro on March 10. playing smart with the ball is still the biggest key to reversing the Pack’s fortune against North Carolina.

“I think we forced some shots (when playing Carolina earlier in the season),” Lowe said. “Before you know it, it’s 11-2 and it

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passion to beat the Heels.

“It means a lot [to win],” Williams said. “It’s very important because you want to have bragging rights in your own state. You want to be able to say that you beat UNC. They’re a big name school. Me growing up here, I’ve watched them through the years.”

Every Wolfpack player that has stepped on to the courts of either the RBC Center or the Dean Smith Center has had the urge to take down the Heels. Howcourtesy of N.c. state special collections ever, the urge to win and show our school spirit isn’t N.C. State takes on UNC-Chapel Hill in 1959. The Wolfpack won an found just within Pack play- ACC Championship after defeating the Tarheels in the title game. ers, it is found in its students ‘you’re not our rivals’ at their senior in civil engineering and too.

“When it comes to the home games, [but] the chant is a long time veteran of Wolfpack basketball rivalry, I’ve no- absent when we play and beat sports, said that with State not beating UNC recently, the ticed that UNC has domi- them in football.”

This season seems to have game has lost its edge. nated us with the exception “Unfortunately, since we all eyes on head of on e coach Sidney haven’t beat them in four years time Lowe. He has [it] has caused the games to lose [Sidney’s not been able a little luster,” Fuqua said. “But first to produce the it only takes one game to relight year] best record for the fire. When we beat them when the skilled play- five years ago the campus was we beat ers that State red for a week and it’s always them at has brought in nice to shut the sissy blue fans home,” this year. Going up for a while.”

John Painto this game lumbo, with the chance a senior for coming out in engiJavier Gonzalez, senior guard with a big win neering, will help raise said.

“But they have absolutely the support this campus has owned us for four years in been losing.

Some students still keep basketball, and they treat us like we don’t matter. I fre- their strong connection with quently hear them chanting the school. Brennon Fuqua,

“It’s frustrating, and disappointing for our team...”

“Everybody knows that it’s our rival and that’s the game that everyone pretty much waits for...”

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10 Hockshop receipt 11 Beatnik’s “Got it” 12 Calaboose compartment 13 Pants part 18 2009 Series winners 23 Lend a hand 25 Synthetic fiber 26 Congressionally change 27 The king of France?

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Sports

COUNTDOWN

• 16 days until the Men’s ACC Tournament kicks off in Greensboro.

INSIDE

• Page 7: A continuation of the rivalry with UNC-Chapel Hill.

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Howell out for UNC game Coach Sidney Lowe announced that Sophomore forward Richard Howell will sit out for tonight’s game against the Tarheels. After suffering an injury during the Maryland game, Howell’s status has been up in the air all week, with him visiting a doctor earlier in the week. Howell is averaging 7.7 points and 6.5 rebounds per game for the Pack.

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During a game against UNC-Chapel Hill held in Reynolds Coliseum, fans were brought to the center of the court with an obligatory sign towards the crosstown rivals.

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Rivalry that dates back to 1910s will be renewed tonight.

Wednesday Swimming & Diving @ Men’s ACC Championships Atlanta, Ga., all day Men’s basketball vs. UNC RBC Center, 9 p.m.

Thursday Swimming & Diving @ Men’s ACC Championships Atlanta, Ga., all day Track ACC Championships Blacksburg, Va., all day Women’s basketball vs.

Boston College Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

Friday baseball vs. pacific Myrtle Beach, 12:00 p.m.

Saturday baseball vs. california Myrtle Beach, 11:30 a.m.

Quote of the day “We finished right in the middle of the pack and we should have done a lot better.”

Mitchell Sutton, sophomore golfer

Did You Know?

The Wolfpack women’s basketball team committed only four turnovers in the 88-72 win over UNC-Chapel Hill on Tuesday night—the fewest in school history.

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Freshman forward C.J. Leslie fights with North Carolina’s John Henson for a rebound during the second half of the Pack’s game at the Dean E. Smith Center Jan. 29, 2011. Leslie had seven rebounds, but the Tar Heels out-rebounded State 53-39. The Wolfpack lost 84-64.

Wolfpack looking to build momentum against rival Upperclassmen hungry to finally down UNC. Sean Fairholm Staff Writer

After posting a 1-15 mark in its past 16 contests versus Carolina, N.C. State (14-12, 4-8 ACC) will try to breakthrough versus No. 19 North Carolina (20-6, 10-2 ACC) at 9 p.m. from what is expected to be a near-capacity crowd at RBC Center.

If the names of 2007 starters Ben McCauley, Courtney Fells and Gavin Grant

sound ancient to Wolfpack fans, State’s lackluster play against its archrival down I-40 West is probably the main reason why.

After posting a 1-15 mark in its past 16 contests versus Carolina, N.C. State (14-12, 4-8 ACC) will try to breakthrough versus No. 19 North Carolina (20-6, 10-2 ACC) at 9 p.m. from what is expected to be a nearcapacity crowd at RBC Center.

With Feb. 3, 2007 marking the last occasion in which State was able to defeat the Heels, no player on the current roster has been a part of a winning effort

against UNC-Chapel Hill.

For junior guard C.J. Williams, the recent difficulties against the Tar Heels are overshadowed by what the team aims to accomplish in the present moment. While Williams acknowledges that the rivalry has turned into a lopsided affair, the Fayetteville native said the team is solely concentrated on picking up a quality win.

“They’re a ranked opponent, and that’s the one I look at the most,” Williams

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tunity to do that Wednesday night.”

The rivalry between the Wolfpack and Tarheels goes back to the 1910s, when State and UNC played just two Sean Ege games, falling to the Heels both Correspondent times. Since then, UNC has had The time has come once the upper hand on wins for again for N.C State to face off every decade up through 2010 with its biggest rival, UNC- with a total record of 143-75.

The closest the Pack has ever Chapel Hill, in basketball. T he 9 p.m. tipoff will mark the been to having a winning de219th matchup between these cade against the Heels was in two well-known institutions in the 1970s, when State had 13 North Carolina and the rest of wins and UNC had 17. In the years of Jimmy Valvano’s reign the ACC. as head coach Students for State, the had the opteam had a portunity winning reon Jan. 15 to cord overall. camp out an However, entire night t he matchfor a chance ups between at receiving the Pack and what some Heels have alc a l l “T he Brennon Fuqua, senior in civil ways been faGolden Tickengineering vored toward et,” due to its UNC. Both worth, to the teams have won a combined 7 RBC Center.

Senior guard Javier Gonzalez NCAA Championships and 27 said that this year’s matchup of the past 57 ACC Championmeans much more than beat- ships that have occurred.

Most students at UNC being the Heels.

“Everybody knows that it’s lieve their real rival is Duke, our rival and that’s the game claiming that Duke brings that everyone pretty much more to the table when it comes waits for throughout the whole to competition. Junior guard year,” Gonzalez said. “It’s a big CJ Williams has had plenty of game for us, not just because appearances against UNC and it’s UNC, but because we have goes into every game with the to win if we want to make a run. We have a great opporRIVALRY continued page 7

“It’s always nice to shut the sissy blue fans up for a while.”

Men’s golf

Golf washed out in Puerto Rico Wet conditions helped lead to poor finish by men’s team.

Taylor Barbour Sports Editor

The No. 19th ranked men’s golf team didn’t kick off its spring season as well as it wanted to, finishing 8th place in the Puerto Rico Classic at the Rio Mar Golf Club. The tournament was a three-day event that consisted of 14 teams, 11 of which were ranked in the top 50 according to Golfstat.

State finished with a team score of +7, well behind the first place score of Alabama,

which checked in with a 54hole team score of -28. The highest individual finishes for the Pack were freshman Albin Choi and sophomore Mitchell Sutton, who both finished their final round with a combined score +1, making them tied for 23rd place. Junior Mark McMillen rounded out the team’s scoring, shooting a +11.

Senior Brandon Detweiler finished at +7 for the Pack, and was able to recap the team’s performance with only a few words.

“It was not very good,” Detweiler said. “I think that pretty much sums it up. Nobody really played great.”

Consistency was key for the Pack, or the lack thereof as each member of the five man

team couldn’t manage to put up three solid scores. Choi sandwiched a 3-over between to 1-unders, while a +5 on the first day of competition put junior Chad Day in a hole he couldn’t dig himself out of for the rest of the tournament.

“We all played decent at least a couple of days and then we each had a round where we struggled,” Sutton said. “I played all right, I had one consistent round, but it wasn’t what I was hoping for or expecting and same for the team. We finished right in the middle of the pack and we should have done a lot better.”

Unlike the semi-drought Raleigh is in right now, Puerto Rico had plenty of rain, which made for some tough play-

ing conditions as the course was drenched throughout the tournament. However, Sutton made sure to note that the weather was not the reason for the team’s poor play.

“The course was wet for the most part,” Sutton said. “The greens were a bit rough and bumpy but everyone had to play on them so everyone was playing on the same field. So there are no excuses.”

Playing a part in the teams performance was its inability to really practice on the grassy conditions that a tropical climate like Puerto Rico offers.

“All of the grass back home is dormant Bermuda, so that really affects you around the greens right now,” Detweiler said. “Down here you have

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some thick Bermuda rough that you have to pitch out of and we just haven’t practiced that in three months easy. So that is tough to really get back to that because the only way you are going to ever be a good chipper out of the rough is with a lot of practice, which we just haven’t had.”

With its lackluster performance, the team understands that it has to get back on the right track and do it quickly.

Its next competition is less than two weeks away, at the Rio Pinar Invitational in Orlando, Fla. “We better get better and we better get better quick,” Detweiler said. “Because we have to leave in a week and a half for our next event.”

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Opinion

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Make The Pit more student friendly

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Editorial Cartoon

By Idrah Good, jdrahgood@uncsucks.com

Featured online reader comment

“I think the UNC system should build a temple for the Ram. I praise it.” “ram_freak,“ on worshipping our mascot, the ram

Letters to the editor

Ghost of Ramses

I want more men!

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The UNC system may be going through a budget crisis, but we are so awesome we can harness our own power.

here has been a lot of concern lately about how we here at UNC are going to weather this storm of budget cuts. We here at The Daily Tar Hell understand that it is a part of our job to comfort the student body in this time of need. If the student body was a real person, The Daily Tar Hell would be the creepy friend who rubs your back and makes way too much eye contact.

First, some of you may not know this, but we can simply get rid of the math and science departments at any time. Who needs them? Not us. We keep them around just in case for times like these. They are like those little sandbags on the side of hot air balloons. We can just cut them loose at a moments notice. That is what they are there for.

Next, we have a wishing

well right on campus. We essentially own the ability to bend time and space to our will.

We are not supposed to use this power except for times of emergency, but we have been doing it for years and it is working out fine. We just have to make sure that we are all wishing for the same thing. Sometimes we confuse the well spirit and things do not go the way we would like. This happens a lot during football season.

Finally, it is important for us to remember that we are just plain better than other schools. We do not mean that qualitatively. Tests have been run. We are actually 38 percent better than the people who go to school anywhere else. We actually have scientists who are working to find a way to harness our latent awesomeness and use it to provide power for Chapel Hill. Maybe even parts of the Carrboro, but only the restaurants and clubs we like.

There is no reason to worry about bad things happening to us, because bad things simply do not happen to people as awesome as us.

Now, if you have friends who go to other universities, you may want to sever ties with them now. You likely will not want to go visit their hovels where they will be chiseling stone tablets and using an abacus to do (Ugh!) math. Better to just go ahead and isolate ourselves now. That is what you do in a storm, you board up the windows and wait it out, ignoring your neighbor’s cries for help as he bangs on your boarded up door.

So do not fear, Tar Hellians, we shall be fine.

And remember, throughout it all, The Daily Tar Hell will be here with you. Not like the others. We’re better than them.

California Boys: the mass exodus finally explained Our SYKE editor tracks down recent transferees and discovers the real truth behind their departures.

Thaddeus William Huntington III Senior Yachts and Knots Editor

In a statement Tuesday, UNC Director of Athletics Mick Bladdour said Tarhole coaches are henceforth banned from recruiting in the state of California, citing the “no-good, ungrateful, wishy-washy attitudes of those chain-smoking, gay-marrying hippies.”

Baddour went on to say that he is strongly considering also banning twins and “anyone with Greek letter sh** after their names” from Tarhole sports teams.

We caught up with men’s basketball coach Troy Williamson before he hopped a flight to San Francisco for an official visit with a recruit his program is observing closely, point guard Dodgy McHomesickerson.

When informed of Blad-

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their busy schedules in the name of pizza and cake. That’s right, pizza and cake.

Initially the tension was high, as both James and Rashard McCans greeted Williams with a middle finger, and Drew Niner failed to acknowledge the coach’s presence, utilizing the silent treatment.

The uncomfortable ambience was broken as Hansen’s mother, Annette, brought ice cream cake and refused to serve anyone who ‘was wearing his or her grumpy pants.’

“I wasn’t going to let anyone or anything stand in the way of my baby’s birthday,” Hansen’s

“We could try a little harder to keep the non-fraternity boys out. They don’t have nearly enough money and we have to have at least enough girls to go around twice before they get anything. Wait, what were we talking about?”

Larry Dickerson, senior, fraternity leadership -101

It’s our empty space, they might as well let us do what we want with it.

e all know why The Pit was created. It was designed so that we elitists have a place to go and ponder about the nothingnesses in life. It’s where we can take a break from making cheat-sheets and slamming natty lights to reflect on our lives with Dave Matthews humming through our iPads. There is one magnanimous problem that continues to bug me on a daily basis: there’s nowhere to park my Prius!

Putting a lot or even a parking deck would solve so many problems! For one, when I’m in a rush to my morning class, I won’t have to stop and walk into Alpine Bagel, they can install a drive-thru so I can just continue on my way! Not only that, but if parking was incorporated, it would stop the ridiculousness of the Dance Marathon dances. It’s not like our fundraising abilities even compare to that of U-Penn.

We should just stick to what we know, philosophically speculating about the future and how much money is left on our debit cards. Mine is almost down to three grand! Soon I’ll have to take a loan!

Let’s face it, though the motive was more radical-republican than what we’re accustomed to, Mohamed TehariAzar had the right idea five years ago. Parking in The Pit is a necessity. I believe that if we’re strong enough of a community to throw the Student Body President elections, then convincing our parents to get a few cement trucks to lay a few slabs shouldn’t be a problem.

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dour’s ban, Williamson smiled and said his trip was still on.

“It’s like my mom dadgum told me…fool me five times, shame on you. Fool me six times, shame on me,” Williamson said.

Power forward and Los Angeles native Alex Stevens started the trend in 2008, when he announced he was transferring from school to be closer to a sick family member.

“I was misquoted,” Stevens said. “What I really said was, ‘I’m sick of this school and my close family need to RE-member to transfer me the hell out of here!’”

The second and third to depart were twin brothers Tavid and Dravis Worn, who were expected to see major playing time this season for the Tarholes. The Worns’ father insisted that it was a personality

issue, and told the USA Tomorrow that “they felt they didn’t want to return.”

But The Daily Tar Hell can exclusively disclose the real reason behind the parting of ways. Before committing to Carolina, the Worn brothers listened to General Norman Johnson’s classic “Carolina Girls” on repeat, which according to Dravis, turned out to be false advertising.

“Sweet southern pearls?”

Dravis said. “Try skanky and itchy. My ‘want some Dean Dome?’ pick-up line worked every time. And it’s not even my best line!”

Most recently, Larry DrewTwo headed for the West Coast after Kendall Marshall was allowed into the special, ropedoff VIP section of La Rez on New Years’ Eve, while DrewTwo was forced to stand in line.

mommy said. “If those boys had bad attitudes, and weren’t having fun, there was no way they were going to have even a crumb of this ice cream cake.”

Annette Hansen clearly explained those guidelines to Williams, Drew Niner, and the McCans family upon arrival.

McCans admitted it was difficult to be civil around the man who allegedly warned NBA coaches not to draft him, but finally let go of his differences in the sake of birthday spirit.

“As much as I can’t stand that tool [Williams], I really wanted Josh to have a good time,” McCans said.

During the traditional singing of happy birthday, fresh-

man forward Harrison Barney was not in attendance due to a previous engagement at the N.C. Memorial Hospital where undergraduates were conducting a genetic research study comparing Barney to Jesus Christ and/or Michael Jordan.

The original root of the issue was father of Rashard McCans, James McCans, referred to Williams as a “piece of shit asshole who ruins players’ careers with his underhanded tactic and insincerity,” among other colorful, and creative insults toward Williams as well as innocent Facebook bystanders.

“I’ll be honest, I’m not entirely sure what Facebook means or does,” Williams said. “But

W hen asked why he left without a single word coaching staff, DrewTwo said he wanted to set the record straight.

“People are being so mean because they think I ditched without talking to anyone.

That couldn’t be further from falsehood,” DrewTwo said. “I was going to write him a nice letter, but that damn tutor girl was too busy helping out the football guys and I don’t write so good.

“I tried to call, but he wasn’t there. His voicemail machine said something in this rude tone and there was this beep, so I cursed it out and hung up. No one beeps at DrewTwo.”

dag gummit, my feelings were hurt by those comments. I’ve always prided myself on being a good ol’ boy.”

But all differences aside, everyone was there for Hansen to enjoy his birthday party.

“I’m really pleased with the way things turned out,” Williams said. “It’s nice to be liked, or at least tolerated again. As I’ve said before, my scouting report on myself is: can be great, needs to get better overall.’ Josh Hansen’s eleventh birthday was a step in that direction.”

TO THE EDITOR: What’s the matter UNC— isn’t baby blue a boy’s color? I swear, ever since I arrived on this campus I feel like all I ever see are girls. Women, women, everywhere! When I happen across a guy, he is always one of three things—a slob, gay or some other girl’s boyfriend.

What am I supposed to do?

At first I thought it was the way I looked, so I grabbed my dad’s credit card and hightailed it over to the mall. After purchasing several sexy new outfits, I went out for a night on Franklin Street only to find an army of females with even more make-up and padded bras than I previously thought acceptable. I just don’t think it’s possible for me to keep up without shredding every last morsel of what dignity I have left from coming here.

If I can’t find a man at this school, should I just take up being a lesbian? All I’m saying is I came to this school to get a true blue frat boy and let him make me money. I want my money and I my man!

Cindy Boyhoper sophomore boys boys boys

SAVE UNC Fair TO THE EDITOR: I’m a little alarmed about the lack of job prospects this school seems to be leading to. Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure with a little tweak of the design, I have a real potential moneymaker in my Tumblr blog, but that being said, the opportunities for fulltime employment of stories about elementary school kids’ science projects are looking pretty grim.

I have friends majoring in dramatic megaphoning, writing for monkeys and medieval llama studies and none of them seem to be having any luck either. I thought that surely there would be lots of work out there for graduates of what many consider to be one of the best public universities in the country. And everybody loves llamas!

A friend of mine in political fish studies proposed a great idea. Why not use some of the leftover fish food money to hold a Triangle SAVE UNC Fair? That way the people I know in dramatic megaphoning and medieval llama studies can collaborate on an amazing sword-fighting show and can use their llama-corralling abilities to get some jousting going. Then my buddy in writing for monkeys could write, and heavily edit, an awesome book about four brothers in spirit, using government fish funds to find their callings, while also finding jobs for all the deadbeats in UNC land.

Alright, maybe we’re okay after all.

Chadus Icannotrite senior elementary school journalism

Speak Out Writing Guidelines: Please type: What century do you think this is?

Use an aesthetically-pleasing font: If you use Comic Sans,we’ll tell our friends at the Hilltop Bar to never serve you again.

Edit: If you hate on us or the basketball team, we will hunt

Kvetching board: kvetch: v.1 (Yiddish) to complain To the dean, are the budget cuts going to affect my golf scholarship?

To the Board of Trustees, hey dad, I got an F on my calc exam, can you fix it?

Dear fifth hipster in a pea coat and on a fixed-gear bike that I almost ran over in my car today, please use the bikes lanes painted in the roads, not the entire road itself.

To the loud girl in Starbucks, maybe your leggings would fit if you didn’t go to Starbucks before every class.

To the bandwagon Carolina fans, did you even graduate?

To Starbucks, thank you for existing.

To guy in my men’s rugby for girls gym class, I think you signed up for the wrong class.

Why are guys so dumb?

To llama stable manager, I don’t think you are supposed to do that with animals.

To everyone who is excited to be going to Carolina, it’s saddening that high school is different than college.

To the girl complaining about the muggle test, maybe you should stay off of Facebook chat with your boyfriend during class and pay attention.

To our marching band, you sound like dying cats.

To everyone walking across the road in front of me, I wish I could hit you.

Rock on Professor Snape who lets me cite Wikipedia as a source.

Dear drunk guy who threw up in my bed because my roomate didn’t have the decency to let you sleep in her own, your quite the catch.

To Alexander Julian, how many shades of Carolina blue are there?

To the Carolina graduate, can I have a little less salt on my fries?

To the Ware twins, I don’t blame ya.

Tyler Hansbro, I found your contact, please come to roof top of the Dean Dome to pick it up.

Jon Blakley, hows the job search going?

Coach Batch Davis, paying them still didn’t work.....

To the girl reading out loud in English class, the word wicked is pronounced ‘wick-ed,’ not ‘wikt.’

To the giddy little girl who thinks jumping puddles is fun and spontaneous, you just got my new expensive jeans muddy. F*** you.

Send your one-to-two complaints to dthelledit@ carolinasucks.com, subject line ‘kvetch.’

Otherwise, shut your face.

you down and beat you with AP Stylebooks.

SUbmission: Drop-off: Climb the steps of our ivory tower and knock three times.

E-mail: to dailytarhell@ carolinasucks.com, but God help you if you send it as an attachment.

Send: Snail mail? Really?

EDITOR’S NOTE: Columns, cartoons and letters do not necessarily represent the opinions of The Daily Tar Hell or its staff, but to be honest, we’re probably just as pissed off about the lack of polos with collars that stay popped all the time.

Editorials reflect the opinions of whatever voices speak loudest in our heads.