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Panel makes system recommendations UNC HATE CRIMES PANEL SUBMITTED ITS FINAL REPORT TUESDAY TO OUTLINE HATE CRIMES POLICY Ty Johnson News Editor

The UNC Hate Crimes Panel submitted its final report Tuesday on the future of hate crimes policies in the UNC System.

The report awaits UNC President Erskine Bowles’ approval before he will present it to the Board of Governors, likely at its May 8 meeting.

Geoffrey Hunter, an N.C. State alum and member of the commission, said

the panel’s final recommendations are in accordance with the panel’s previous meetings in suggesting a system-wide hate crimes policy, though student input impacted the details of the report.

“Specific recommendations were made in consideration of not only legal fact but [also] questions brought up by students in the February meeting,” Hunter said.

Hunter said while the weekday morning forum in Chapel Hill wasn’t convenient for students to attend, concerned

members of the UNC community took advantage of e-mail to have their voices heard.

“The forum time wasn’t great for students,” Hunter said. “But the e-mail account was heavily used by different organizations and individuals and other people throughout the system.”

Hunter said he was pleased with the response from students, and felt there was plenty of time for the public to have their ideas heard. “[There] was enough time for any

comments or information people wanted to send out to be presented,” he said.

“As far as I know we haven’t had any more information to come in [for us to] consider over the last two meetings.”

The details of the report haven’t been released yet, Hunter said, as it is still pending Bowles’ approval.

“We will pretty much finalize the draft and then it will be presented to the Board of Governors for their opinions,” Hunter said. “It’s pretty much all put together.”

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Student Body President Jay Dawkins, a member of the University’s Campus Culture Task Force, hopes the report will have kept student concerns its main focus.

“I hope student input was top priority,” Dawkins said. “I’m certainly eager to hear what they’ve decided, as is everyone, I’m sure.”

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Grounds maintenance staff Lucy Mabry and Robert Bradley discuss the garden surrounding the fountain they fixed in the Court of North Carolina Monday. Mabry was optimistic while she was filling the reservoir. “The true acid test will come when I flip the switch,” Mabry said.

Registration changes create mixed responses Overhaul has not created any major problems, University registrar says Derek Medlin Managing Editor

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The new registration system allows students to add classes to a wish list.

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REGISTRATION’S NEW FEATURES Wish list : allows students to plan for classes in advance Swap : allows students to switch classes without giving up their current seat in the process Edit: allows students to change lab and problem session or adjust grading methods

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class from this semester.

“You had to make sure you chose the right term,” she said. “It would have been 2008

could look up classes before I enrolled and I ended up not caring that it was harder to find classes.”

Clayton did say the new system is somewhat harder to navigate and has more steps than the old system.

“The new system makes it harder to view your schedule and try to add classes at the same time,” he said. “You had to either browse by subject or by course number. It just took a little longer.”

Elizabeth Stevens, a freshman in psychology, also said she had trouble when she registered Monday.

“Once you find the class you want, there are like three steps to actually add it,” Stevens said. “And it doesn’t have the time table like the old system for printing your schedule.

You can’t read the new one so I ended up drawing my own.”

Another problem Stevens said she had came when she tried to drop a class from

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The major changes made by Registration and Records to the MyPack Portal registration page, which overhauled how students register for classes, has been met with mixed response from students and faculty alike.

Louis Hunt, vice provost and University registrar, said the reactions to the new system have been what he expected.

“The reactions are mixed,” he said. “It’s quite a bit of change and people are having some difficulty adjusting at times.”

The changes, introduced in mid March, included things like automatic prerequisite enforcement and the addition of a wish list feature and were designed to make the registration process easier and smoother for students.

Hunt said the transition for Registration and Records has been smooth despite the somewhat mixed feedback from students.

“We’ve heard some very positive feedback and others have said they wanted the old system back, it’s been really mixed,” he said.

“Our [transition] to the new system has really been quite smooth. The folks from [the Office of Information Technology] have done a good job to mitigate problems and minimize the change.”

Michael Clayton, a junior in parks, recreation and tourism management, said he didn’t have too many problems when he registered March 24.

“My first impression was that I thought it would be harder to look up classes by sections and it took me a while to do that,” he said.

“But I liked the wish list feature because I

The Campus Enterprise Division will begin its work today though details about this new division and what it will accomplish are still unclear.

Charlie Leffler, vice chancellor of finance and business, said a series of transitional meetings will begin today.

“The first few weeks will be mainly getting information from people,” he said.

Leffler said the new division has a lot of sorting out to do before it will be able to make progress.

“We have to restructure the organizations to fit the new division,” he said.

Leffler also said the transition of the bookstore will be straight forward, but the transition of Talley Student Center will be complicated because there are so many sub-divisions working there.

Bob Wood, director of materials management of the purchasing department will be heading this new division and will serve as interim associate vice chancellor.

Wood said his job is to get the wheels of the new division moving so his successor won’t have to wonder who plays what role.

However, Wood said he doesn’t fully know what the new division will accomplish, other than to serve as an umbrella for all revenue entities on campus.

He did say that the primary and secondary goals of the division are in place. Wood said his main goal of the project is to renovate Talley Student Center.

“I want it to be so the first time you walk into Talley. I want your jaw to drop and for you to say ‘this is what a student center should be’,” he said.

Wood said he wants to keep the Talley project moving for his successor, who will be a major player, and help it build up steam before the design team starts meeting with students and making a “wish list.”

Wood said while Talley is his

goal. This will allow students to have one all-purpose card. However, he foresees problems with the transition.

“The stripe has to be in just the right place for the cards to work in the machines,” Wood said.

Wood’s secondary goal coincides with Student Body President-elect Jim Ceresnak’s goal, despite no communication about the topic between the two.

“I’m happy they understand this is a problem that needs to be fixed,” Ceresnak, a junior in political science, said.

However, Ceresnak said the University can’t just jump into this blindly, and the costs need to be evaluated.

Wood agreed and said with any project, it is a dance between how much money the University has and what it wants to do.

“We can’t give everything to everyone — there is not enough money,” he said.

Wood said there are many projects students don’t know about — projects buried in the system — which he wasn’t willing to provide details about.

“We don’t announce projects until they are under way and can be achieved,” he said. “We don’t want to get students’ hopes up.”

From a financial standpoint, Leff ler said no decisions have been made about the division.

“There’s nothing mandating that decisions have to be made quickly,” he said.

Leff ler said there will be no changes to the budget until after July 1 but said he doesn’t know how the budget will be affected in the long run.

Wood said the budget will be tough for this fiscal year and the year after.

“We don’t have a crystal ball,” he said.

Alex Miller, associate vice chancellor and director of University Scholars, said discussions on the budget topic will begin soon.

Miller also said the overarching business division is a good idea.

“It will be good to have all [the

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Today UNION ACTIVITIES BOARD CHAIR SELECTION Talley Student Center, All Day PAN-AFRIKAN FESTIVAL All Day

WEATHER WISE

THOMAS SAYRE:NEW YORK Gregg Museum of Art & Design, All Day

Today:

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN ACTION 1 to 4 p.m.

ADVISING STUDENT OF COLOR: ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDERS Talley 3118, 9 to 10 a.m.

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SOIL SCIENCE SEMINAR Williams Hall, 3:40 to 4:40 p.m.

Chance or rain showers as high temperatures reach into the mid 60s.

REFLECTIONS OF A TRIP TO TURKEY Riddick Hall, 5 to 6:30 p.m.

Paintball club raises awareness

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osh St. Peter, a freshman in nuclear engineering, holds up his Nerf gun with Thomas Blackburn, a sophomore in biomedical engineering, and the rest of his team before going into battle in the Brickyard Tuesday. The paintball simulation was held by the paintball club on campus to raise money and awareness for the club and the sport in general. “Some people think paintball is some war game played in the woods somewhere,” said Nathaniel Hinds, a sophomore in mechanical engineering.

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BackPACK begins Sunday

74 52 Isolated thunderstorms in the area as highs reach into the lower 70s.

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The National Residence Hall Honorary will be holding a meeting in the First Year Commons Room 104 concerning Project BackPACK April 5. Project BackPACK is an opportunity for students to back Wolfpack alumni now working with Teach For America. Students will have the opportunity to pack backpacks for Trianglearea students in Teach For America schools, as well as sign up for one-onone tutoring slots in local schools.

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Dance crew challenge starts Sunday A showcase of N.C. State’s best dance groups will take place in Stewart Theatre April 5. The student organized performance will begin at 6:30 p.m. and feature Fusion Dance Team, W.O. Break dancers, Wolfpack Shag Association, NCSU Bhangra, Chinese Lion Dancers, Sube Ritmo Latin Dance Team,

DANCEVISIONS SPRING CONCERT Stewart Theater, 8 to 10 p.m.

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NCSU Clogging Team, Dancing With Wolves - Ballroom Dance Team and DanceLife. Tickets are $3 with a valid N.C. State ID and $5 for the general public.

The event is supported by Parks Scholarship, Student Government and IRC. Each group will perform one dance.

New G.M. chief says bankruptcy is more probable

In his first news conference as interim Chief Executive of General Motors Frederick Henderson said bankruptcy for G.M. is “more probable” now. However, Henderson said he will still try and restructure the company without going to court.

“We will either do it out of court or we will do it in court,” Mr. Henderson said, “But we will get the job done in terms of recreating and reinventing General Motors as a competitive enterprise, one that wins in the marketplace.”

Henderson took over for Rick Wagoner during the weekend after Wagoner was requested to resign by the White House.

SOURCE: RACHEL MCINTYRE

Franz Kafka group to speak Thursday A group of Franz Kafka scholars from North American and Europe will be in the Research Triangle April 2 through 4 to “[explore] the ways in which the extraordinary writer, who so decisively shaped our conception of the 20th century, might suggest fruitful strategies for coping with the 21st,” according to CHASS. There is a $125 registration fee that covers admission to the conference. However, admission to lectures and roundtable discussions is free with a valid student ID.

SOURCE: NY TIMES

U.S., Canada propose pollution control zones

In an announcement Monday, the Environmental Protection Agency said ships and other large vessels will need to ensure they emit less sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and soot when they approach the lower 48 states as well as Anchorage, Alaska, Hawaii and Kahoolawe nature preserve. The move is to save as many as 8,300 American and Canadian lives that die every year from ship related illnesses. A recent report by the National Association of Clean Air Agencies said more than 87 million Americans live in port areas that do not meet federal air quality standards.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE CHASS

Relay for Life this Saturday

The American Cancer Society will sponsor a Relay For Life on Lee Field between 5 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m.

Saturday.

The event is designed to raise both funds and awareness to support research in the attempt to discover a As of Tuesday evening, there were more than 700 registered participants for this weekends event. Any people who wish to register for the event or simply donate to the cause should visit www.relayforlife.org/NCSU. or contact Kelly Andrews ad jandr59@ aol.com.

SOURCE: THE WASHINGTON POST

Colleges accept wealthier students

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With endowments falling and need increasing, many colleges and universities are accepting those students who require less financial aid. Many private colleges have noted they take financial

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status into account when they admit a student. However, they are looking at financial status even closer this year.

“If you are a student of means or ability, or both, there has never been a better year,” Robert A. Sevier, an enrollment consultant to colleges, said.

It isn’t that universities are cutting their financial aid budget. In fact many are doing the opposite, it’s the number of students needing aid is increasing as well.

SOURCE: NY TIMES

EPA to monitor air near schools

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday its intentions to monitor the air quality around 62 schools across the nation to determine if there are too many toxic pollutants.

The decision to monitor the air around the schools is an attempt to determine if those schools are safe to remain open.

Following the three month period of data collection, the EPA will be making judgements about long term impacts of poor air quality near schools.

The EPA will also project the risk for cancer, respiratory and neurological effects. The results of the study will be made public and available on the EPA’s Web site.

SOURCE: CNN

POLICE BLOTTER March 28 1:27 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOP Morrill Drive/Warren Carroll Drive Student was issued citation for speeding.

9:25 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Vet School NCSU officers checked on welfare of staff member. Subject was not located on campus.

9:43 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Flex Labs Units responded to alarm. Cause of activation unknown.

3:42 P.M. | FIRE ALARM D.H. Hill Library Units responded to alarm caused by dust from contractors working.

7:01 P.M. | WELFARE CHECK Owen Hall NCSU PD checked on welfare of student. Student was located.

7:29 P.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCY Method Road/Jackson Street NCSU officer observed fight between nonstudents. RPD was contacted and responded to handle criminal investigation.

8:01 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Engineering Bldg II Units responded to student in need of medical assistance.

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Speaking to the Commission to Review Student Codes of Conduct, Matt Woodward, a member of the Free Expression Tunnel Incident Task Force and freshman in microbiology, makes his case for a mandatory diversity class Jan. 15. “It’s important to take a proactive approach,� he said.

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ability makes up a large part of the recommendations. “The policy will [seek to] maintain freedom of speech while being sure students are aware of the policies of free speech and hate speech,� Hunter said. “[It will make] students more accountable by making sure they know what the codes of conduct are for the different campuses.�

He said the report also suggests informing students better on restrictions on expression in North Carolina, from speech to harassment and acts of violence. “[We want to] make sure students are aware of where the line is drawn,� Hunter said.

Hunter said students should

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also take active roles in diversity education by attending programs and functions so campuses can learn from one another. “What’s going to be really important is that students take advantage of programs and organizations that have diversity initiatives and objectives so we can know what’s working and what’s not,� Hunter said. “[The programs have] always been there, and I’m not sure if it’s a lack of communication or advertisement but students should really take advantage of what we have now.�

Dawkins said students have many opportunities to attend the types of programs Hunter advocated. “There are such a wide array of events on campus,� Dawkins said. “Students have great re-

HATE CRIMES PANEL TIMELINE Nov. 5: Racist graffiti found in Free Expression Tunnel Dec. 17: Panel, formally titled the UNC Study Commission to Review Student Codes of Conduct as They Relate to Hate Crimes, has first meeting March 31: Panel submits final recommendations as report to be presented to UNC President Erskine Bowles May 8: Report expected to be presented to Board of Governors SOURCE: : HATE CRIMES PANEL

sources like multicultural student affairs and should attend [diversity education] events like the Pan-Afrikan festival to broaden their perspectives.�

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revenue-generating businesses] housed under one roof to make them all better,� he said.

However, Miller said there may be some issues with the student centers. He said his main concern will be how reservations of space are handled. “The logistics of how we re-

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serve the space will be an issue,�

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Regardless of the issues, Wood said he is happy to get the new division jump started, although he is doubtful he will be the

permanent director because he is nearing retirement. “I get to do some of the down and dirty business procedures required to get a business up and running,� Wood said.

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really easy to drop one of the classes I have now.�

One feature which Stevens said is an upgrade is the wish list. “I used the wish list before I made my schedule so when I logged on to actually register it was faster,� she said.

Hunt said the system will continue to be improved by OIT and changes will continue to make the process easier in future registration cycles. “We’re quite pleased that we’ve enrolled tens of thousands of students and we haven’t had any system crashes,� Hunt said. “Many of the things people have indicated as problems have been able to be adjusted because of the abilities of the new system.�

Hunt said things should continue to run smoother as students learn the new system better. “It’s going to take some learning,� he said. “But as [students] become more familiar with it

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they will benefit from it.�

Clay ton agreed and said change is something everyone has to deal with. “It’s something we have to get used to,� he said. “Everybody hates stuff at the beginning.

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Despite the initial challenges and a bit of a learning curve, Hunt said the infrastructure of the new system has held up well. “Our first goal was to get the system up and have a successful registration cycle,� he said. “We certainly seem to be well on our way to that.�

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The University’s new registration system is getting mixed feedback from students.

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The University must fix the problems it is having with the new registration system and make sure it fits students’ needs for the future.

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The University must make sure it listens to feedback from students and advisers to avoid these problems next semester.

he University introduced its new registration system in February, which has received mixed reviews from students, according to Vice Provost and University Registrar Louis Hunt.

Students should have been gone through a training before registering to avoid problems with confusion of the new system to avoid problems, but students are still experiencing issues with the new registration system, which can be harmful to students’ planning.

Though students have had problems, the new system has some features, which make it superior to the old system.

The new system has windows

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of time for registering, ensuring that upperclassmen will get the classes they need, so students are not burdened to wake up at 7:30 a.m. to try and get the classes they want.

It has a feature in which students can swap classes instead of having to drop a class before registering for one in its place. The new system also does not require a PIN number.

But some advisers do not know the new registration system, making it difficult for students to register, it does not allow students to print out their weekly schedule, making it difficult for students who want to have an

outline of their schedules and it has TBA, or to be announced, listed for their class time, which may lead to an overlapping schedule.

It also may be difficult for students to navigate because the tutorial is difficult to find on the Web site, it consists of too many steps to register for classes and it is too different from the degree progress system, or the degree audit. This can possibly confuse students because it does not mesh well with the old system.

Students also can sign up for an unlimited number of classes, so students can pick and choose which classes they want to keep

when the next semester rolls around, preventing other students from taking those classes.

The new registration system has its flaws, but the University has time to work out the kinks by the time students register for classes for spring 2010.

It is not only possible to fix these problems, but it is critical for last semester for those who are going to be seniors so it will not keep them from signing up for final classes.

Though it is commendable the University is trying to upgrade its system, which it needed badly, it is evident there needs to be work done on the new system, but mostly it needs to be more user friendly.

Ceresnak must work with former opponents

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hi le Jay Dawk i ns finishes up his presidency as the customary lame duck, he’ll be able to look back and point to some tangible accomplishment s a nd programs that Benton Sawrey broadened the Senior Staff Columnist impact of Student Government into the individual student’s life. Something that really isn’t easy when you consider the scope of the power that the office truly holds.

Realistically, there is only so much that a student body president can do as an executive within a fundamentally representative organization like a Student Government; the trick to success is to figure out how to maximize the little executive power within the office and balance it with the tremendous advocacy potential that the office carries as the students’ “representative in chief.”

Aside from the apparent lack of interest in lower level offices of Student Government, the field for student body president this election was about as diverse and well rounded as the field for the 2008 Presidential Primaries. Each candidate had his or her own unique niche in the University and for the most part campaigned on their past experiences. One brought sustainability to the table, another brought years of gloryless representative work for students on academic issues and another took his computer science experience and put it to use by developing a radical concept of “open source” student government. All candidates brought unique, and fairly practically, well-thoughtout ideas that fit right in with the core student government power of representation with limited power to execute.

Student Body President-elect Jim Ceresnak’s biggest weakness

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coming into office is his extreme lack of experience within Student Government. Whether or not that’s an actual weakness is debatable considering it’s always nice to see someone from the outside break up the monotony of a system that’s mired in the bureaucracy of the University.

But regardless of the cynics, navigating the tangled webs will prove challenging.

He’ll need some experienced staff to help him get his agenda off the ground because for all his charisma, mastery of the Student Senate’s complex political process, as well as the University’s confusing system of committees, will be essential to the success of his agenda.

With all the ideas candidates brought to the table and all the years of experience, some of that help for Ceresnak may lie a bit further down the ballot when the results are finally officially announced. Some of these candidates have the necessary skills to take Ceresnak’s charisma and turn it into results within his upcoming administration. The point isn’t to embrace its ideas and create a blanket agenda but instead to create a culture of excellence within an administration.

Put Anup Engineer in charge of sustainability because he has the managerial experience, the passion to serve and knowledge on the issue. Give Amber Joyner the position to work on academic issues and let her have the leeway to continue to produce results the way she has for the past two years and let Adam Cloninger teach you the internal politics of the bureaucracy. It’s a modern day “team of rivals” that would make Abraham Lincoln proud and it will bring the best minds in student government together to work for the common good of the students as well as embrace the good components of each candidate’s run for student body president.

Factory farms responsible for animal cruelty In response to your article “No meat please, we’re vegans‚“ (3/22/09), it was wonderful to see that members of SPARC are actively promoting a compassionate vegan lifestyle on campus. With more and more students becoming educated about the ways that animals suffer when raised and killed for food, there is an increasing demand for delicious and crueltyfree meals.

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What are your favorite and least favorite parts of the registration system?

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“Hey guys, wait up!”

“My favorite was the wish list because it didn’t take me forever to register.

My least favorite was that I just wasn’t used to it.”

Kirsten Southwell, freshman in graphic design

Playboy, some media objectify women

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t is difficult at times to make the connections between the portrayals of women by the media, such as in Playboy, and women’s inequality. The objectification of women has become such a regular occurrence that it is normalized, a nd t hus Christina Scarano t he consenior, criminology nections Guest Columnist to issues, such rape and sexual assault against women, are made nearly invisible.

In order to fully understand the detrimental effects that the media have on men’s perception and treatment of women, read the following statements adapted from models created by scholars Peggy McIntosh and Barry Deutsch.

While some of the statements may seem unrelated to this discussion, the underlying connection is that they are all statements that men in our

society can say with confidence while their female counterparts most certainly cannot: “the bodies or body parts of people of my gender are rarely used for marketing purposes. I can pick up a magazine and not see beauty products, clothing or sex tips to make myself more appealing to people of the opposite gender. I turn on the radio and do not hear songs with lyrics that degrade or objectify people of my gender. I have never been propositioned to represent my University with my body, rather than my academic accomplishments. If I became the victim of a sexual assault or rape, I would never be asked what I was wearing or why I drank so much. There are no stickers in bathrooms for people of my gender with steps about what to do when I am raped or assaulted because chances are I will never need that information. I have never thought about the possibility of being raped or sexually assaulted.”

The above statements are all common injustices that women face in our society, yet the correlation between them is consistently disregarded. Playboy, and

that nearly a quarter of college students are actively seeking out vegan options when they sit down to eat, for reasons ranging from their own health to environmental concerns and, of course, cruelty to animals.

Students are understandably horrified when they discover that chickens in factory farms often have their beaks sliced off with blades, or that many cows and pigs are skinned and dismembered while they’re still fully conscious.

If these kinds of abuses were inflicted upon cats or dogs, it would result

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“My favorite was the wish list. My least favorite was with the wish list I couldn’t see the weekly schedule.”

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“It sucks. It won’t give you the nice schedule that you can print out. It’s less creative and not as easy to use. I don’t really have a favorite part.”

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TECHNICIAN TWO CENTS IBM cuts more jobs

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IBM announced this week that it will cut another 5,000 jobs from it’s domestic operations. The company has already cut 4,600 jobs this year.

Those layoffs represent 8 percent of IBM’s domestic workforce. While U.S. workers are losing jobs though, IBM’s outsourced operation have grown.

Despite the recession, IBM has done well, keeping about $13 billion in cash on hand and reporting a $4.4 billion profit last year.

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Lecturers: $1,217

Lecturers: $3,280

Professors: $6,385

Professors: $7,120

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Newspapers see bad days get worse After a slew of newspaper’s closed their doors over the past few weeks, USA Today -- the nations largest paper -- announced that its publisher, Craig Moon, would be retiring. The announcement came suddenly, and will leave the newspaper with its two top-level positions unfilled. Mood said the paper has experienced a 7 percent decrease in copies distributed and lost 100,000 subscribers due to the drop in travel. USA Today’s parent company, Gannett Co., expects the paper to report a 35 percent drop in advertising revenue in the first quarter alone. Moon said he does not view his departure from USA Today as an escape from a dying industry.

Lecturers: $2,015 Professors: $4,165

IF FURLOUGHS GO THROUGH...

Faculty and staff across the University could lose a significant amount of income. Whether that loss is better than a possible job loss is debatable. The numbers here show a possible average loss for personel in lecuturer and professor positions. These amounts are approximate and do not neccessarily account for every faculty member.

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First quarter closes after heavy losses

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PAMS:

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 13 percent in 2009’s first quarter -- the sixth consecutive quarter where stocks saw losses. The Dow finished the quarter down at 7608.92 points and the Standard and Poor 500 is 96 percent off of its 2007 high.

The Nasdaq lost only 3.1 percent, however. The quarter has been a strange one. Though the market is down overall, it has also experienced a bull market, with a 20 percent rally in the span of three weeks.

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Professors: $5,365

Lecturers: $2,880 Professors: $3,700 Total: $1,053,341,456

After President Obama’s speech about the auto companies Monday, GM is talking about reorganizing its operations. The plan includes splitting the most profitable parts of the company off into its own company and leaving the others under bankruptcy protection. The company said Tuesday that there is a good chance it will file for bankruptcy

by June. Parts that would be kept under bankruptcy protection include Saturn and Hummer.

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LOOSE CHANGE Facebook’s chief financial officer, Gideon Yu, who has been with the company since August 2007 will be leaving the company. Facebook seeks a replacement with “public company experience.”

A judge has frozen the assets of Bernie Madoff’s sons and top executives of his company. The order is effective until April 13.

Prices of family homes plunged a record 19 percent in between Jan. 2008 and Jan. 2009. As of January, average house prices were akin to those in 2003.

The Federal Aviation Administration predicted the number of airline passengers will drop 7.8 percent in 2009 -- as much as it did post Sept. 11, 2001.

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Biggest Holders of U.S. Government Debt 15. Luxembourg - $87.2 billion 14. Depository Institutions - $107.3 billion 13. Russia - $119.6 billion 12. United Kingdom - $124.2 billion 11. Insurance Companies - $126.4 billion 10. Brazil - $133.5 billion 9. Caribbean Banking Centers $176.6 billion 8. Oil Exporters - $186.3 billion 7. Other Investors - $413.2 billion 6. Pension Funds - $456.4 billion 5. State and Local Governments $522.7 billion 4. Japan - $634.8 billion 3. China (Mainland) - $739.6 billion 2. Mutual Funds - $769.1 billion 1. Federal Reserve and Intragovernmental Holdings - $4.806 trillion SOURCE: CNBC.COM

Taking one day at a time FURLOUGH BILL HITS THE HOUSE FLOOR WITH SUPPORT, SUSPICISION STORY BY SARAH EWALD | GRAPHIC BY TYLER DUKES

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he word “furlough” used to be likely to conjure mental images of World War II soldiers on leave from war. Now, the term is much more likely to be used describing a cost-cutting measure to help the economy.

Now, the term is much more likely to be used describing a cost-cutting measure to help the economy.

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue and President of the University of North Carolina school system Erskine Bowles are at odds over decreasing spending for the state budget.

Earlier in the month, Perdue proposed a budget that totaled nearly $21 billion. This budget includes a 4.8 percent increase in the University of North Carolina school system’s budget. However, Bowles claims that this proposal would actually slash the budget by 6.5 percent.

According to Forbes.com, “about 171 million dollars would come from reduced spending in the UNC System schools.” This reduced spending would lead to a permanent loss of jobs.

Bowles has since counter-proposed that furloughs be implemented into the system in order to save the 400 to 500 jobs Perdue’s budget would cut.

According to the United States Office of Personnel Management Web site, “a furlough is the placing of an employee in a temporary nonduty, nonpay status because of lack of work or funds, or other nondisciplinary reasons.”

Barbara Carroll, Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources for NC State, said that if the question is having to cut budgets on a temporary basis, there are some tools that work better than others.

“Laying-off employees is a permanent decision. With a furlough, there would be a small impact on a lot of people, instead of one big impact on one person,” Carroll said.

Chrissy Pearson, press secretary for Governor Perdue, said the governor presented a balanced budget that focused on education. Pearson said Perdue hopes furloughs are not considered an option.

“Perdue did not utilize furloughs because she is hopeful that the budget

passed will avoid furloughs,” Pearson said.

Pearson said that Perdue made the decision not to include furloughs because she believes that the budget can be balanced without them.

In an e-mail, Provost and Larry Nielsen said, “The University does not have the authority to implement furloughs. State law does not currently permit this.”

The talk of furloughs is just that -talk. Nielsen is correct -- the UNC System only has the legal ability to fire personnel, not furlough them.

However, Monday, state representatives introduced House Bill 708 -“Furlough of State Employees” -- that, if passed, would give executive state offices, including the UNC System, the ability to furlough employees.

Nielsen said in an e-mail furloughs are not part of the University’s budget reduction plan.

If Bowles gets his way, the University will have to work around the mandatory time off.

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BREAKING DOWN THE FURLOUGH BILL Sponsers: Rick Glazier, Rep., Cumberland County Ray Rapp, Rep., Madison, Yancey, Haywood counties Long Title: An act to authorize the governor, the legislative services commission, and the chief justice to order the mandatory furlough of employees in order to effect necessary economies in state expenditures when it is determined that a significant budget deficit will occur.

Who it would impact: Any department, council, board, commission or office in the executive branch of the state government, including the Council of State, the Governor’s Office and the University of North Carolina and its constituent institutions, excepting elected officers of the Council of State.

Who it would not impact: Employees making less than $30,000 a year.

Benefits: Furloughed employees would still be eligible for the same benefits they have always been eligible for.

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Plans for Hunt Library move forward Despite budget concerns, plans for a new library on Centennial Campus are in the works Justin Carrington Staff Writer

For more than fifty-six years, D.H. Hill Library has served the research needs of students. The library itself, built in four stages, was an upgrade from Brooks Hall library, which was a replacement for a small, one floor library in Holladay Hall. However, plans are currently underway to not only continue renovations on D.H. Hill but to erect a new library on Centennial Campus.

Merely a few months ago, the plans for the library were just that -- plans. However, in January, state officials decided to fast-track the progress of 29 statewide construction projects in order to create more jobs and stimulate the economy.

The Centennial Campus library, called the James B. Hunt Jr. Library, which will also house the Institute for Emerging Issue, just so happened to be one of these projects.

However, some students, like Callie Teague, a sophomore in math, oppose the project for the same reason the state decided to fast track it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I first heard about it, I was kind of upset,â&#x20AC;? Teague said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have all this stuff going on on-campus right now, and we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a library that costs that much.â&#x20AC;?

From a numerical standpoint, the library will cost approximately $126 million to build. The bulk of this money will come from the state, as this project will receive the largest chunk of the state appropriations for the 29 projects: $109 million.

When numbers like this are brought up, the thoughts of Teague are echoed among other members of the student body.

Joanne Wong, a junior in business management, agreed with Teague and said the funds being allocated for this project could be used more appropriately in order to address current problems that plague the campus and students of N.C. State, such as the budget cuts facing numerous departments. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to think about how many students are going to ac-

tually use this library,â&#x20AC;? Wong said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel that Centennial Campus is mainly for students in a specific major, unlike here at D.H. Hill.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s important to think how many people are going to use it and how many people will benefit from it.â&#x20AC;?

Differing in opinion, however, is Carolyn Axtman, the architect and project manager for the project, who said the library will provide a significant amount of additional space for students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;N.C. State is way below the student seating requirement that the UNC System has,â&#x20AC;? Axtman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have been way under-seated for quite some time, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s critical that we be able to accommodate more students.â&#x20AC;?

In comparison to the other schools in the UNC System, NCSU sits at the bottom, with library seating for around 5 percent of the student population. The average for the system is around 20 percent. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Right now, D.H. Hill Library is very heavily used, and really cannot accommodate all the students that would like to use it,â&#x20AC;? Axtman said.

According to Axtman, the new li-

brary would enable more students to utilize all that the libraries can offer. She also believes that Hunt Library will serve to complete Centennial Campus.

For years, the campus focused around innovative research has lacked a focal point. However, Axtman believes that Hunt Library will give Centennial Campus what it has been waiting for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A library is always the heart of any campus,â&#x20AC;? Axtman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This building will provide a real gathering point for the campus. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a place where not only students can converge, but also our corporate partners on Centennial Campus.â&#x20AC;?

And a focal point it will be. Enlisted to design this masterpiece will be the Norwegian firm of Snohetta that is known for its innovative creations â&#x20AC;&#x201D; like the National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center site.

In addition, the library will not only feature innovative design on the outside, but on the inside. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Initially we were looking to build traditional stacks, similar to whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

in D.H. Hill,â&#x20AC;? Axtman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;However, these take up a lot of space and a significant structural system to hold up the weight.â&#x20AC;?

So, this idea was nixed. Instead Hunt Library will feature an automated retrieval system.

Axtman described the system by likening it to â&#x20AC;&#x153;robots on tracks.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are rows of bins that are on racks that go all the way up to the top and in the bins are books,â&#x20AC;? Axtman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The robots are computer-run, so books are scanned, put in the bin, and when a request for a book comes in, the computer tells the robot which bin to pull out.â&#x20AC;?

At that point, the bin is delivered to someone working at the service counter who will pull the requested book from the bin.

In comparison to searching book stacks, Teague said she thinks the idea of an automated retrieval system sounds great, but it still is not enough to sell her on the idea of a new library. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a cool idea, but with the economic crisis that many Americans are dealing with, why not cut back on things like that?â&#x20AC;? Teague said.

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intended consequences. Many worry that furloughs could become permanent, or that so many days would be cut that even employees who still have jobs may not make enough to maintain bill or mortgage payments.

Furloughs would have a definite impact on someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pay, especially with saving towards retirement, according to Carroll, and the lower the number on the paycheck, the higher the impact. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day without pay could also impact lower-income employees more significantly than higher-level ones,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The bill, as it stood Tuesday, includes clauses that would

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protect employees making less than $30,000 a year from being furloughed.

As for how furloughs would run in the University, Carroll said it would most likely be up to the faculty and staff. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The University wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t shut down every Friday or one Friday out of every month. The faculty and staff would pick out one day with their department head, and that would be their day off,â&#x20AC;? Carroll said.

Carroll said the University has not designed a furlough program, but she does not believe that this is the first time that the idea has surfaced. Carroll also said furloughs have never been done in the four years she has been working at the University.

Carroll said implementing a furlough has a finite timeline attached to it -- meaning the

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furloughs would be lifted once the state budget reached some level of recovery. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The idea of a furlough is temporary by design. It is a one-time thing, and occurs over the course of a year,â&#x20AC;? Carroll said.

The permanent solution would be a salary cut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A temporary situation needs a temporary solution, as opposed to using a permanent solution for a temporary problem,â&#x20AC;? Carroll said.

Students are divided on the issue as well.

Sara Yasin, senior in fashion and textile management, sides with Perdue on the issue. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re asking employees to go a day without pay,â&#x20AC;? Yasin said.

Yasin also said University employees taking furloughs would hurt general morale around campus.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Students will notice people missing, and it wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be a nurturing environment,â&#x20AC;? Yasin said.

Greg Doucette, a senior in computer science and Student Senate president, is in favor of Bowlesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; proposal. Doucette said the UNC Association of Student

Government passed Resolution 35, titled, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Furlough Authority Endorsement Pact,â&#x20AC;? in favor of the UNC System implementing furloughs instead of job cuts. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It saves money for the University, but not on a dollar-by-dollar basis. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in favor of it as long as itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only used in times of eco-

nomic crisis and protects lowerlevel employees,â&#x20AC;? Doucette said.

Even if the furlough bill passes the House, it will have to pass the Senate and receive a nod of approval from Perdue before any employeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pay is cut.

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win today.”

Chermak, playing No. 6 singles, walked off the court with the lone singles win, beating Wake Forest’s Andrew Brasseaux, 6-3, 7-5.

“It feels good to finally get a win,” Chermak said. “I had to fight for my spot in the lineup for the past few weeks. I lost seven straight at the beginning of the season and I’m just now finding my forehand again.”

Senior Jay Weinacker now holds his highest career individual ranking at No. 36 nationally.

He also holds the school record with 103 career victories. Playing number one singles, Weinacker lost his first conference match of the season to No. 21 Cory Parr, who remains undefeated in ACC play.

The overall match came down to Welte and Derek Stephens’ singles courts, yet both seniors lost their firsts set and couldn’t bring it back. Wake Forest pulled out the win on five of the six singles courts, Chermak being the only Wolfpack victory.

According to Choboy, the team is lacking some experience and motivation.

“Certain spots have some inexperience,” Choboy said. “That’s going to come into play and we just need to learn and grow from it. We need to continue to get more help from the upperclassmen and they need to continue to perform and even raise the level a little bit.”

Only four matches remain until the ACC tournament, as

worst spring I can remember in 12 years here, and it [was one factor that] caused them to think too much and not trust themselves and relax.

We know we have talented players, they just have to keep working to try to get better every day.”

It’s been all Wolfpack in recent games against the Pirates, as the Pack has won five in a row against ECU and six of the last seven, with its last loss in the series dating all the

way back to April of 2006. And while this might seem to indicate sheer dominance by the Pack, each of these games was decided by just one run.

“Whether we’re ranked high or they’re ranked high, we have the same level of respect for them,” Ferguson said. “This is our most important game of the season.”

Entering tonight’s game, the Pirates are ranked 18th nationally according to the latest USA Today/ESPN Top 25 coaches’ baseball poll.

Aside from East Carolina’s ranking, the veteran players on the team have an instilled yearning to defeat the very same play-

ers who they may have competed with in backyard ball as kids.

“There’s just bad blood between us,” junior Dallas Poulk said. “Being a North Carolina guy, I’ve grown up playing against these guys from ECU and it is just fun to get after somebody with such high intensity.”

Expect a full house when the first pitch is thrown against the Pirates in Doak Field at 6:30 p.m.

“This is the game that the fans talk about outside the field,” Poulk said. “When the schedule comes out, we look for this game.

It’s this, and then the Carolina series.”

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Jay Weinacker returns the ball during his singles match Tuesday afternoon. Weinacker lost his singles match, but won his doubles match alongside partner Jaime Pulgar. The Wolfpack fell against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons 5-2.

the Pack prepares itself for No. 31 Miami at home Friday.

“We need different guys stepping up,” Welte said. “We need to get a complete team effort on the same day. We’re just trying to finish strong.”

Moving on from these losses, Choboy said the team will grow and learn.

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“We’ve put ourselves in this position and we’ve got to play it out,” Choboy said. “[In Welte’s doubles match] in the last game he was serving and he won each and every serve. That’s how you win — you play the basic stuff well. And that’s the stuff it’s going to take to win in singles as well.”

enzie got the win after entering the second game in the fifth inning and throwing three scoreless and hitless innings with five strikeouts.

Ishibashi said it seemed like one hit led to the other when asked to explain the offensive production in the fifth and sixth innings.

“I think we started off with hits,” Ishibashi said. “And we just carried the excitement on from one person to the next.”

According to Ellis, the team will look to build on its dominant offensive performance going into Thursday’s doubleheader vs. Radford, which is scheduled to start at 4 p.m.

“Hopefully [today] will set a trend and we will build on this and use this as a basis to keep getting better,” Ellis said. “Thursday we should be able to pick up right where we left off and keep going.”

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Losing streak continues for Pack The menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tennis team loses 2-5 to No. 28 Wake Forest Jen Hankin Senior Staff Writer

Senior Christian Welte and redshirt freshman Julian Sullivan upset the No. 1 nationally ranked doubles, Cory Parr and Steven Forman, 8-5. Despite the huge win in doubles, the Pack dropped its match Tuesday to No. 28 Wake Forest, 2-5. This marked the third loss for the Pack in a row, falling to 9-10 (3-4 ACC) as the Demon Deacons advanced to 15-6 (5-1 ACC).

Beating the No.1 ranked team was quite an accomplishment, according to Welte. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew if we just made the basic shots we could win,â&#x20AC;?

Welte said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Basically, we just tried to make a lot of first serves and make them play.

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no one in college tennis thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s unbeatable.â&#x20AC;?

Coach Jon Choboy said he was pleased with the doubles performance overall, especially from Welte and Sullivan, who clinched the doubles point victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was solid,â&#x20AC;? Choboy said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Christian and Julian have been in the position to win every match this season.

They played a good team, a No. 1 team, and they have that ranking for a reason.â&#x20AC;?

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The baseball team will look to build on a pair of one-run wins in last Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubleheader vs. Virginia Tech when it squares off with rival ECU tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field. Redshirt senior first baseman Pat Fergusonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two-run homer in the eighth inning of Sundayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late game allowed the Pack to take the 7-6 victory in the game and

the 2-1 series win, its second consecutive ACC series victory.

Coach Elliott Avent said winning the weekend series with Virginia Tech was important for his teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s confidence going into the ECU game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Winning those two games on Sunday was a big plus for our players,â&#x20AC;? Avent said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And hopefully they will build off that and continue to get better.â&#x20AC;?

The game will be an opportunity for the Pack to continue to build on the momentum it has after pulling out wins in four of the last six conference games in response to losses in five of its first six ACC games.

The recent turnaround in ACC play has coincided with

the emergence of the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense, which was particularly dominant against Virginia Tech, compiling 33 runs on 31 hits in three games to help improve the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s record to 15-12 overall and 5-7 in the ACC. Avent said the offensive outbursts have been a product of improvements in both confidence and the weather since the seasonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first few games. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hitting is contagious, it is just a timing thing and a little bit of a confidence thing. We started off kind of slow, [because] we have had a lot of things to overcome,â&#x20AC;?

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The softball team erased the bad taste remaining in its mouth from losses in two of three games in last weekendâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubleheader with Maryland by pounding Elon 10-2 in the opener before taking the second game 7-2 after offensive outbursts in the fifth and sixth innings during Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s late game.

Sophomore second baseman Alyssa Ishibashi, who hit home runs in both games, said it was good to get back on the right track after dropping the series with the Terps 2-1 on consecutive one-run losses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It feels good,â&#x20AC;? Ishibashi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Also, because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a regional game, it means a lot to us.â&#x20AC;?

The first game was a relatively quiet affair with the exception of the third inning when the Pack and Phoenix combined for ten of the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 11 total runs. It was Elon that struck first, scoring two runs on a home run by third baseman Patti Weber that drove in two runs after an error by the catcher allowed the lead-off batter to reach base despite striking out.

But the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bats responded in dominant fashion in the bottom of the third, driving in nine runs on seven base

hits. The runs came on a pair of RBI singles by junior designated hitter Claudia Cooper and redshirt sophomore Lauren Peters, doubles to left field by two sophomores, one by third baseman Bridget Desbois and the other by shortstop Eliza Jacobellis, and a two-run homer by Ishibashi to end the third inning fireworks.

Pitching coach Leigh Ann Ellis said momentum was the key to the Packâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offensive outburst. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We did a good job feeding off one another and letting the momentum carry onto the next batter and then to the next batter,â&#x20AC;? Ellis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Hitting so well] is something that we have been talking about but havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been doing yet.â&#x20AC;?

The offense cooled down considerably in the second game after putting up its highest scoring output of the season, 10 runs, in the opener.

State was held scoreless until the bottom of the fifth inning, which they entered trailing by two runs on a pair of solo shots

by Elon.

The struggles against former Wolfpack pitcher Lauren Taylor, who started for Elon, ended in the fifth when Ishibashi broke open the f loodgates with her second two-run home run of the day.

Ishibashiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second home run, a two-run shot to center, came after a solo blast to center by junior right fielder Kristine Bechtholdt and gave the Pack a 3-2 lead.

The Pack provided four more insurance runs in the bottom of the sixth on six hits for senior pitcher Mendy McKenzie. McKSOFTBALL continued page 7

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