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78 May 22. The emergency law attempted to quell the student protests before the summer tourist season. According to the McGill Daily, the McGill University student newspaper, Bill 78 stipulates strict regulations on demonstrations and will impose large fines if these regulations are violated. “I think the law’s pretty harsh, and there are some crazy impositions to students,”Murtaza Shambhoora, a McGill senior, said. “Groups of 50 people or more protesting must submit their route and proposed venue for the police to approve. Let’s keep in mind this is an emergency law, but once they passed this bill, it made the situation worse.”
With the State Fair less than two months away, state officials have adoped regulations that will limit human-animal interaction in an effort to prevent a repeat of last year’s E. coli outbreak. Last year 27 fairgoers became infected with E. coli O157:H7, including a 2-year-old who was hospitalized for 16 days as a result. A public health investigation found the outbreak was the result of human exposure to goats, pigs and sheep housed inside the Kelley Livestock Building. Health officials believe interaction with the farm animals resulted in cross contamination with fair food. This is not the first time E. Coli has struck fairgoers. In 2004, the petting zoo left 108 people infected. In 2006, a pita stand was found to have infected three people with the same bacteria. In response to the outbreak, the newly-created State Fair Study Commission looked into policies that would separate competition livestock from attendees without preventing anybody from enjoying the fair. N.C.
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Protesters march against the tuition increases proposed by the Quebec Liberal Party during a large demonstration organized by the CLASSE student association in Montreal on Wednesday, August 22, 2012.
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Students in Quebec are protesting a proposal that will raise university tuition more than $1,600 between 2012 and 2017. According to the New York Times, Quebec’s average undergraduate tuition, at $2,519 a year, is the lowest in Canada, and the proposed increase is $254 per year. Within five years, the average university tuition
would increase nearly 60 percent. Thousands of students are outraged by the increases, and many have taken the streets this past year to demonstrate their frustration. The protests began as student strikes and demonstrations, but quickly grew with the support of major left-wing groups. In addition to demonstrations, many university students are refusing to attend classes, much to their educational detriment. William Raillant-Clark, a representative of the Université de Montréal, one of the city’s four major universities, estimated 12,000 of the 43,000 students have missed significant portions of their winter semester. The National Assembly of Quebec passed Bill
NCSU ranked 8th on Newsweek’s ‘rigor list’ Jake Moser Correspondent
For colleges, a place near the top of most national rankings is usually a good place to be–but not always. A recent Newsweek poll is a good case in point. The magazine recently ranked N.C. State the eighth-easiest undergrad program in the country. The article, which carried the headline “College Rankings 2012: Least Rigorous Schools,” rated 25 four-year universities based on their degree of selectivity and student-tofaculty ratio. The ranking system also relied heavily on a “workload score” provided by Collegeprowler. com. The ranking was particularly unkind to the biggest public universities in Florida. The University of Central Florida was ranked the least rigorous university on the list, with Florida State at No. 2, the University of South Florida at No. 4, Florida Atlantic at No. 14 and the University of Florida at No. 21. Other schools joining N.C. State in the top 10 on the list were California State Polytechnic UniversityPomona (No. 3), San Diego State (No. 5), the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (No. 6), Dallas Baptist University (No. 7), the University of Alabama (No. 9) and the University of Texas at Dallas (No. 10.) The article left some of students and faculty of the University confused and upset, while others questioned the criteria that went into the ranking. Lewis Carson from University Planning and Analysis double-
checked the statistics Newsweek used. While he confirmed the accuracy Newsweek’s data on median SAT score, number of applicants and student-to-faculty ratio are accurate, Carson he said he was still skeptical about the validity of the “workload score” component from collegeprowler.com, which compiles reviews from students who are currently attending various colleges. Those reviews cover everything from athletics, to parking to “girls” and “guys.” “They’re saying the workload is very manageable,” Carson said. Many University students dismissed the article outright. Michael Bissette, a senior in chemical engineering, was among them. “I can think of eight schools in North Carolina alone that are easier than N.C. State,” Bissette said. “We’re usually thought of as one of the better schools in the state. It just doesn’t make sense.” A closer look at the magazine’s selection criteria shows why none of those schools are included. Newsweek narrowed down its list to 200 schools in order to rank the “top” colleges with the easiest course loads. A major criterion for deciding which colleges would be considered “top schools” was selectivity, and several of N.C. State’s sister schools in North Carolina weren’t selective enough to
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Clark Dining Hall underwent a renovation over the summer, as shown here Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2012. Included in the renovations were new paint, new furniture, and the addition of booths.
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After a summer of renovations, Clark Dining Hall reopened to the public for the fall semester with a whole new look. In the last few weeks, construction crews have been working hard to complete the final preparations before opening the dining hall for the fall semester. Their efforts can be seen in Clark’s sleek, modern design. Clark Dining Hall, or as it was originally called, Clark Hall Infirmary, was constructed in 1939 for treating sick and injured students on
campus. During its 73-year tenure at N.C. State, Clark has only been renovated twice: once in the early 1980s, and again in the spring of 2002 when it was opened as a dining hall for students living on East Campus. This summer was the first time Clark has been renovated strictly to improve its cosmetics. The original idea behind the renovations was the seating. Complaints of bulky, uncomfortable chairs led to the idea of creating a more comfortable, relaxing space for students to eat. “Seating was wearing down and wearing out, so we updated the seating to give it a more restaurant
feeling,” Keith Smith, food service manager at Dining and Catering Operations, said. University Dining staff wanted to make sure everything in the building was new this year. The biggest change, Smith said, has to be in aesthetics. The intention behind the renovations was creating a more café-style atmosphere. Sleeker chairs and tables were key in creating this effect. The completion of the renovations of Clark Dining Hall is just the beginning of many more changes
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make the initial list of 200. As just two examples, the University’s undergraduate acceptance rate last year was 54 percent while East Carolina and UNC-Charlotte both had acceptance rates of 70 percent. Brittany Shore, a freshman in First Year College, does not agree with Newsweek’s rankings. “We’re always ranked pretty high for a public school, so us being called easy doesn’t match up to me,” Shore said. “It’s pretty embarrassing.” Though the debate over whether N.C. State students have it easier, academically, than their counterparts at other schools continues, some students question the connection between the rigor of course loads and the overall quality of a university. According to media professor Ryan McGrady, statistical
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students will see in dining in coming years. Smith said successful remoldeling in the Atrium and Clark Hall shows renovation is the way of the future. More updates to the furniture and renovations to dining halls are already being planned across campus. These include changes to Centennial Campus. Student reactions to the changes in Clark Dining Hall have been mostly positive, and there has even been
NEWSWEEK’S TOP 10 LEAST RIGOROUS SCHOOLS 1. University of Central Florida 2. Florida State University 3. California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 4. University of South Florida 5. San Diego State University 6. University of Nebraska-Lincoln 7. Dallas Baptist University 8. North Carolina State University at Raleigh 9. The University of Alabama 10. The University of Texas at Dallas SOURCE: NEWSWEEK
data does not accurately represent the difficulty–much less the quality–of any school. “Grades and education are related but separate,” McGrady said. “Let’s say you have a really bad teacher who doesn’t explain things very well but expects a lot in return. If everyone fails the test, then people might think the class is difficult … but difficult doesn’t necessarily mean you got a good education.” Just like difficulty does not equal quality, neither does
ease. While the University was ranked an easy college in 2012, U.S. News and World Report ranked the University positively in 32 categories for its 2011 rankings. Highlights there included a third-place ranking for overall value, 10th in biological/agricultural engineering, 10th in industrial engineering, seventh in graduate nuclear engineering, third in graduate veterinary medicine and first in textiles.
a small spike in customers. “The numbers have not come in yet, but we are seeing a small rise in revenue, but nothing to celebrate,” Smith said. According to Smith, no complaints about the renovations have been filed so far, and he has only heard positive student reviews. The only drawback Smith mentioned was a loss of 12 seats. Smith even spoke of future changes to the menu but gave no details about what they include. The project is one of many renovations undertaken in the past few years. Renova-
tions to Sullivan Residence Hall and D.H. Hill Library have already been completed, while renovations to Carmichael Hall and Talley Student Center are still in progress. The Clark renovations included brand new furniture, and its old furniture was recycled. “It was Clark that got the new furniture,” Tim Hogan, operations director for University Student Centers, said. “Talley got the handme-downs.” New furniture will be purchased for Talley once renovations are complete in 2014.
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State Agricultural Commissioner Steve Troxler created the commission, and all of its recommendations were adopted for this year’s fair. The solutions the group put forth included controlling crowd f low in buildings where livestock are housed, which include the Kelley Building, Jim Graham Building and the Expo Center. This would involve rearranging livestock pens within buildings and changing how animals and people enter and exit buildings. Other changes include relocating food vendors from the area between the Graham Building and Expo Center, making instructional signs at animal exhibits larger and lighting hand-washing stations at night so they’re more visible. St ate of f ic ia l s s ay these changes will cost $206,000 and will be paid for with state revenue taxes. “The changes put forth by the Study Commission are a practical and effective way to further reduce the potential for disease transmission– both animal-to-human and human-to-animal,” Troxler said. “They build upon protective measures already in place, and they reduce risks while maintaining the fair’s agricultural heritage.” Lindsay Tallent is the mother of Hunter Tallent, the 2-year-old boy who spent 16 days in the hospital with kidney failure after last year’s outbreak. “It’s sad that families must be kept farther away from the animals, but in the long run it is better to keep away any spread of diseases and keep families away from what we’ve had to deal with,” Tallent said. “While there is no way to completely eliminate the potential for exposure, the measures being implemented will mini-
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Stefanie Watts, a senior in animal science, pats the back of Megan, the cow, as Adrianne Rowe, a teacher at Martin Middle School, milks her at the N.C. State Animal Club’s Milking Booth at the N.C. State Fair on Friday, Oct. 21, 2011.
mize the risk,” Dr. Megan Davies, state epidemiologist with the N.C. Division of Public Health, said. “We also want to encourage the public to do their part by following traffic patterns at the fair and using common-sense measures to keep themselves and their families healthy.” Wake County Community Health Director Sue Lynn Ledford said State Fair visitors can help themselves stay healthy by taking a few simple precautions. Parents with small children should leave strollers outside buildings that contain animals. Fairgoers should also follow the instructions on signs indicating which animals should not be touched. Finally, fairgoers should use the hand-washing stations located throughout the fair-
grounds frequently during their visit, and parents should make sure their children do so as well. “While hand sanitizers and hand wipes are easy to use, washing hands for 20 seconds with soap and water and drying them with clean paper towels is the best way to prevent the spread of germs that cause illness,” Ledford said. “Washing hands before you eat, every time you eat, greatly reduces the spread of disease. This is particularly important after visiting animal exhibits or being in direct contact with animals.” More than a million visitors are expected to attend the N.C. State Fair this year.
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Pantana Bob’s, you’ve changed–it hurts
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n May, when I wrote my final column, I never thought I’d return here to write. I said what I had to say, graduated, enrolled at UNC— my apolog ies for selling Josh Lucas out—and Guest Columnist moved on. I was comfortable with my decision until last Thursday when my world was turned upside down. As is tradition on Thursday night in Raleigh, my friends and I were going to Pantana Bob’s. Why Thursday? Why PB’s? How does this all add up? On Thursdays at PB’s, for $6 it’s all you can drink. Of course, the open bar is confined to Busch Light kegs, but this almost adds to the allure of PB’s. I’ll be honest, the first time I went to PB’s I was dragged, kicking and screaming. I was raised on The Saucer and it’s ilk. I had standards. The idea of going to a dilapidated
hole-in-the-wall joint across the street from Cup A Joe had no appeal. But, with a condition known as F.O.M.O., fear of missing out, I found myself there. Over time, it grew on me. PB’s had a different vibe. The regulars there didn’t give me feelings of emasculation for not driving a 5 Series nor did they give me the feeling that a stabbing was eminent. Really, what more could you want? Oh yeah, “free” beer. The price ceiling on the lowest-end beverages in college is well established at $5. This has been ingrained in us through the years; however, I did overhear someone this past weekend ask the cup baron at a keg party if he needed to pay $5 every time he filled up a cup—what year do you think he was? My point being, $5 is the price we’re anchored to, and while PB’s is $6, I’ll gladly pay an extra dollar as tribute to some of the bartenders who work there; I have a special affinity for girls with tattoos. PB’s was a deal, it filled a hole in the market, it was per-
fect for what it was; but everything changed last Thursday. After coaxing a friend into paying for my cover, thanks again, I Usain Bolted to the bar. I couldn’t wait to snag a cup and feel the cheap plastic w ilt under my grip. But, as I extended my hand and my trust, I found there was nothing there but a tatted goddess politely asking for $2. “What?” “$2 please?” “I already paid, see my wrist?” “I know sir, $2 please” The whole interaction felt like going in for a high-five and having the other person walk away. I had already paid cover, so I let her loot what would’ve been that night’s Hot Box Pizza fund. She filled up a green mug and handed it to me. Dejected from the bait and switch perpetrated upon
me, I left the bar to find my friends and maybe have a cry. After we all comforted each other, we discussed the policy change: for a one-time fee of $ 2 you wou ld ge t a mu g to keep and if you brought it back the ne x t t i me you wouldn’t have the pay the $2. Let’s think about this for a minute PB’s. You expect me to protect my cup the whole night—I say “protect” because I have multiple friends who went around stealing cups for fun—go home with it, wash it, and return with it the next week. Of course I’m not going to do this, you just effectively raised your price to $8. If I wanted to spend $8 it won’t be for Busch. This is not about the money—it’s a little about the money—it’s about being something you’re not. PB’s, you were perfect for your
“This is not about the money...it’s about being something you’re not.”
market at $6, as we’ve grown up anchored there, $8 just doesn’t feel right. Your staple product shouldn’t change, especially after it’s been established. Would Downtown Sports Bar have the same allure if it let everyone in no matter their ethnicity, had proper lighting and casual conversation? Would The Big Easy have the same charm if their patrons weren’t perpetually dressed for Easter? The answer is a resounding no. And, PB’s, for you, the market you could have a foothold on has long had its price established. Change it and you downgrade your appeal. You must feel pretty silly for reading a nonsensical piece on a $2 price increase, yet I applaud you. You see, there’s something deeper here I hope is illustrated: whatever you do, know your market and be consistent. Even the dilapidated has its appeal as long as it’s unwavering.
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be sought to prepare for the day when our global supply will be exhausted. Many citizens desire alternative energy sources because depending on foreign countries for essentials is a fickle formula for national security. Most experts agree we should seek alternatives since fossil fuel use is dirty, damaging and loaded with adverse consequences from combustion. Few people discuss the possibility traditional electricity production could be stifled by inadequate water supplies. The world population is soaring, rising from 2.5 billion in the early 1950s to 7 billion currently. Population growth is exponential. More people require more water, as well as more food, which requires more water. More people require more electricity, which requires more water. The global energy consumption per capita is sharply rising as well. This means more energy is needed per person and we are expecting a lot more people on this planet in the next several decades. These variables lead to shrinking supplies of available freshwater. Rising temperatures also
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{OUR VIEW} Newsweek should know mediocrity There’s comfort to be found in mediocrity. When a mediocre institution makes mistakes, there are rarely serious repercussions because … well, who would allow mediocrity to be in a position of influence? Newsweek ranked N.C. State the eighth least rigorous university among the 200 institutions they included. Newsweek used rankings from collegeprowler.com as part of its data set. If you’re not familiar with College Prowler, all you need to do is visit their website and view the numerous ranking criteria to know how important dignity is to them. N.C. State’s College Prowler report card is quite average. The University was graded on everything from academics to the attractiveness of the students. As much as Technician hates to report how unattractive State’s students are, if you’re reading this, chances are you’re quite average looking, at least in the eyes of College Prowler’s student respondents. The men got a ‘B’ grade, and the women scored slightly worse with a ‘B-.’ Even though the attractiveness factor wasn’t used to assess N.C. State in the Newsweek ranking, it does speak to the credibility seri-
ousness of the magazine’s sources. There’s little doubt that at least some of the national college rankings influence public perception of the schools ranked. They may even cause some students here to feel insecure. Before we demand that Hunt Library be retrofitted with a sandbox and a complete Clifford The Big Red Dog collection, we need to understand what mediocrity is. One can either be comfortable with mediocrity or—through one desperate act after another—try to deny it. In the case of news outlets, mediocrity is when an organization— Newsweek—is purchased from The Washington Post Company for $1 and later restructured so that half of it is owned by The Daily Beast. (If you’re not familiar with The Daily Beast, just think of it as the College Prowler of Internet “news” sites.) Once you know that, it’s easy to see why Newsweek would resort to shoddy school rankings to boost readership. So, to come full circle, there’s comfort to be found in mediocrity. No one should know that better than Newsweek. And no one here should care how they rank N.C. State or any other school.
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Bill 78 restricts freedom of assembly, protest or picketing on or near university grounds, and anywhere in Quebec without prior police approval. The bill also places restrictions upon the right of education employees to strike. “The government imposed the conditions to stomp out the strikes and that they wouldn’t affect the school year—this year—but it hasn’t been working,”Shambhoora said. The most recent protest was Aug. 22, marking five months since the law was passed. Since protesting the day the bill passed, Quebecoise students have taken the streets the 22nd of each month. “This is about people power,” Carlos Luer, a 53-year-old children’s worker who attended the protests, said. “This government said: ‘Keep your mouth shut.’ But they forget, these are the kids of tomorrow.” In early June, the government pulled out of negotiations with student leaders that were meant to end the protests, which have now been going on for several months. “In the beginning the stu-
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dents didn’t have a strong argument,”Shambhoora said. “But since Bill 78 passed, the debate became a lot more polarized.” Polls in the Montreal Gazette found public opinion split 50/50 on the bill. The yearlong push by students for lowering tuition rates has radicalized all sides, Shambhoora said. Shambhoora says he no longer supports his fellow students taking to the streets. “I actually favor higher tuition in Quebec,” Shambhoora said. “I think Quebec students should pay their fair share for a valued education. Compared to the U.S., they have a real deal. I’m not saying you should pay 30,000 or 40,000 dollars like in the U.S., but they keep asking for more and more.” The tuition increase comes from the bigger problem of debt in Quebec. The province’s debt whops at $122.4 billion, the highest in Canada. “The debt is almost like Greece,”Shambhoora said. “It’s more of a cushion state here. Taxes are 10 percent higher in Quebec than in other parts of Canada, but the government spends it inefficiently. Adding more of the college cost in taxes would be less efficient than just paying for it.”
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Student business promotes kindness T his fall, no one is safe from the random act of kindness the Witty Tie Shirts company has in store for strangers. Mike Wittorp, a junior in elementary education, has created a business of giving out flowers when one of his shirts are bought.
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Wittorp launched Witty Tie Shirts, an created a list of 100 things he wants to do online business, July 25. As part of his before he dies. One of the things on his list business’ operation, every time the com- is to start his own business. With advice pany sells a T-shirt, Wittorp or another from professors and classmates, Wittorp representative gives a stranger a bouquet was able to check that goal off of his list of flowers. with money saved up from odd jobs. According to Wittorp, this sets him Thus far, Witty Tie Shirts has garnered apart from other clothing companies. more than 200 Facebook followers and While many companies sell shirts, few Wittorp said he has hand-delivered more offer the good feeling and karma custom- than 30 bouquets. ers received after buying one of his shirts. Although Wittorp said he was initially All the T-shirts on the company’s web- anxious about delivering flowers to ransite feature a faux tie Witthorp designed. dom people, he now looks forward to the “When I was in high school, I used to opportunity. draw my own ‘tie shirts,’” Wittorp said. For customers such as David Meyer, a “Looking back on it, they were really junior in sociology, this opportunity to crappy-looking but I always loved tie spread happiness to others is an shirts. I think they’re awesome and sexy. important part of the I know it’s not a large market, but I knew experience Witty that I could perfect them... I could maybe Tie Shirt offers. be the top dog, because there aren’t many “I t h i n k it ’s people that sell tie shirts.” great because I Although Wittorp’s admiration of the don’t always get design began in high school, he didn’t the opportunity to enter college with the goal of creating a do something that company around it. nice and it’s good that “This [idea] just hit me in May or his cause helps to make April. I was in First Year College for two people happier,” Meyer years and was scramsaid. bling to find a major,” “[WitWittorp said. “I dabbled torp] in business. I dabbled in didn’t have to engineering... way too go out and spend difficult for me. Then I the effort, but he did and found elementary eduhe continues to do it for cation, which I love, but his customers.” I’ve always had a passion According to Wittorp, for business.” the college environment After taking an enhelps get businesses gotrepreneurship course, ing. Mike Wittorp, junior in elementary education Wittorp decided to pur“There are so many sue the goal of creating a people, so many opporbusiness by combining his interests. In tunities in college,” Wittorp said. “People high school, Wittorp said he was inspired with different majors. All these different by the MTV show, “The Buried Life,” and people can help you get to where you want
to be. Without N.C. State, I don’t know how I would’ve gotten started.” Meyer said Wittorp is, in this way, inspiring for college students who want to achieve some of their dreams while still in school. “I think everybody in college is young and ambitious,” Meyer said. “It’s great to see that he stepped up from one of the regular college students to make a difference in the world. If everybody did that, the world would be a better place.”
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ing freshmen must learn to balance life away from home continued from page 8 on and off the court. “I think the main thing is way the basketball team per- to keep your eyes open,” Mcformed last year and is happy Millan said. “That first year is with where the program is a learning experience to adheaded. just and adapt to the lifestyle “It was good to see them of classes, the university, the back in the tournament city ... You’re playing in one la st yea r,” of the best McMillan conferences said. “Coach in the counGottfried try, the ACC. did a great That league job of bringhas always i ng Wol fbeen like pack baskett he NBA. ball back to There’s so the level that much talent we’re used to there, every seeing that night it’s goNate McMillan program in, ing to be a which is in huge chalthe tournament and making lenge on the basketball floor.” some noise.” Now back in Raleigh after McMillan is very impressed is trip to London, McMillan with Gottfried’s recruiting plans a return to the NBA in success during his time at the near future. the University. He said he “My plan is to possibly do knows the challenges of com- some consulting working for ing straight from high school some NBA teams, and I look with high expectations from forward to getting back into others, stressing the incom- coaching,” McMillan said.
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rated on. I got together with a few members of the men’s team and the women’s team,” Eubanks said. “We haven’t done much togeth- one member of the women’s er in the past so this is our team, the cause hits home. first event together. I actuAs a team, I think...Kay ally spoke with one of the Yow had such an impact on women on the women’s the N.C. State community, team and she wanted us specifically with women’s to get involved together.” basketball,” Simanovich said. Sima“As a womnovich en’s basketsaid both ball club we the men’s all came up and with a way women’s to play basclub ketball in the teams sprit of Kay came to Yow on the Katie Simanovich a consenstrength she sus on the provided.” foundation the tourna“We also have a team memment will support, draw- ber whose mother actually ing on inspiration from passed away as well,” Simaformer women’s basket- novich said. “She has a conball head coach Kay Yow’s nection to be inspired to raise influence on campus. For money in that.”
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Baseball to hold walk-on tryouts Sept. 7 N.C. State baseball will hold walk-on tryouts Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Doak Field at Dail Park. This marks the only tryout for the 2013 baseball team. Anyone hoping to walk on must be at the Sept. 7 tryout session. Those wishing to try out must complete, in advance, a walk-on tryout form, which you can find on gopack.com. The form must be turned in to the compliance office at the Weisiger-Brown Athletics Facility prior to Sept. 7. Players should bring their own equipment, including bats, gloves and catcher’s gear, to the tryout. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Men’s Tennis releases 2012-13 schedule N.C. State men’s tennis head coach Jon Choboy has announced the program’s 2012-13 schedule. The Wolfpack will compete in 10 tournaments during the fall portion and then an additional tournament before beginning dual matches in the spring. State will face 15 teams that finished last season ranked in the final polls, according to the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Four of those teams were in the final top-25. The Pack will begin the season by hosting its first of three open tournaments, Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-3. The other two open tournaments will be held Oct. 5-7 and 26-28. Last season, NC State finished with a 20-10 record with five wins against conference opponents. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Softball Names Oliver Pitching Coach N.C. State softball coach Shawn Rychcik completed his fulltime coaching staff by hiring assistant coach Courtney Oliver from Hofstra to be the Wolfpack’s pitching coach. Oliver, an accomplished pitcher/ designated player from 2004-08 at Hofstra, spent the last two seasons as the pitching coach at her alma mater, helping the Pride win the Colonial Athletic Association championship and the NCAA Los Angeles Regional championship in 2012. Prior to her time at Hofstra, she spent one season on Rychcik’s staff at Boston University. She also spent one season at Monmouth in 2009. Oliver has coached her conference’s Pitcher of the Year in each of the last three seasons. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
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N.C. State alumnus and Raleigh native Nate McMillan recently returned from his stint as an assistant coach with the goldmedal-winning men’s Olympic basketball team. After a brief stint at Chowan University, McMillan transferred to N.C. State and starred during his time playing under head coach Jim Valvano from 198486, helping the team reach the Elite Eight twice. After graduating in 1986, the Seattle SuperSonics selected McMillan 30th overall in the second round of the NBA Draft, and he would go on to spend his 19-year professional playing career in Seattle. The SuperSonics retired his No. 10 jersey, and it can now be seen hanging from the rafters of PNC Arena. After retiring as a player in 1998, McMillan returned as head coach of the SuperSonics three years later, where he remained until the end of the 2004-05 season when he left to coach the Portland Trailblazers. He remained in Portland until his firing mid-season last year. His lifetime record as a pro coach is 478 wins and 452 losses. Because of his extensive coaching resume and knowledge of the game, Team USA and Duke University head coach Mike Krzyzewski hired McMillan as his assistant for the 2008 Olympics. After winning the gold in Beijing, Krzyzewski asked McMillan to return for the London games this summer, where he helped lead Team USA to a perfect 8-0 record, including the victory over Spain in the gold medal game. “It’s just a great honor, not only
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to be a part of the Olympics but be a part of USA basketball,” McMillan said. “It was my third time with those guys, and it went well.” Although McMillan was successful coaching the USA Olympic team, he has no immediate plans to coach in the 2016 Olympic games. “We were asked to come back for 2012, and we decided this would be our last time as coaches participating in the Olympics,” McMillan said. “If I was asked again, I don’t think I’d do 2016, but somewhere down the road, if that opportunity presented itself, then I would cer-
tainly have to look at it.” Memories, McMillan said, are the best part of participating in the Olympics. “All of that is such a great experience to be a part of,” McMillan said. “From start to finish, there isn’t one particular thing that stands out other than winning the gold medal, but there’s so much that goes into it. It’s such an unbelievable experience to see how everything has been put together. From start to finish, all those moments you will cherish, you’ll learn from, they’re great experiences.”
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A number of sportswriters and pundits have questioned whether a team composed entirely of America’s best professional basketball players is truly in keeping with the amateur spirit of the Olympics. They’ve also questioned whether any coach could hope to keep the best players in the world happy with just one basketball to go around. McMillan said coaching an Olympic basketball team is eerily similar to coaching any NBA team. “You don’t have as many all-stars [on a conventional NBA team] but the NBA teams are very talented, and you’re basically managing those [Olympic] players the same way you’d manage an NBA team,” McMillan said. “I think the one thing in managing an Olympic team that is a little different than managing an NBA team is that because they are all all-stars, they have to adapt to the team, whereas the players on the teams they normally play for are adapting to them.” Players like Kobe Bryant, Lebron James and Kevin Durant, who are faces of their individual franchises, have to come together to share what McMillan called a team vision. “Giving them that vision and building a team, getting those guys to focus on your goal which for us was winning the gold medal and ... laying out a plan to execute that goal,” McMillan said. During his time in London, McMillan said he had a chance to speak with Coach K about this season’s Wolfpack basketball team. “I haven’t had an opportunity to look at their players, but I do know that Coach K is well aware of the talent N.C. State is bringing in, and in talking with him, he thinks that they’re going to be a pretty good team,” McMillan said. An avid Wolfpack supporter, McMillan said he is proud of the
The ACC schedule for N.C. State men’s basketball was released Wednesday. The highlights of the 18-game conference schedule include homeand-home games with in-state rivals UNC-Chapel Hill, Duke and Wake Forest. This marks the first time State will play all three teams at least twice in a year since the 2007-08 season. This year is also the first time all ACC teams will play 18 conference games in a season. The Wolfpack will play a home-and-home series against reigning ACC Tournament champion Florida State as well as Clemson, Boston College and Georgia Tech. Virginia Tech and Miami will both travel to Raleigh while the Pack hits the road to Virginia and Maryland. With possibly the most talented lineup in the ACC, the Wolfpack is the preseason favorite to win the conference over in-state rivals Duke and Chapel Hill. Duke lost freshman guard Austin Rivers to the NBA Draft and UNC enters this season without four of last season’s five starters. The only serious challengers coming from outside the Triangle are Florida State and Virginia. FSU head coach Leonard Hamilton and Cavalier head coach Tony Bennett have turned their teams into strong competitors every year. Both squads specialize in defense, creating problems for high-octane offenses such as UNC and Duke. The Pack has lost personnel since last year after starting
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was C.J. Leslie. After leading the Pack to deep runs in both the ACC and NCAA tournaments, Leslie was considering entering the NBA Draft but decided to stay in Raleigh. We may never know how seriously he was considering going pro after his sophomore year but Gottfried was a main factor in convincing Leslie to stay committed to the Pack. Before Leslie made his decision, preseason conference ratings had the Wolfpack in the top three. These rankings assumed Leslie would not
The men’s and women’s club basketball teams are preparing to host a three-on-three basketball tournament in Carmichael Gym Sept. 29. All proceeds from the tournament will benefit the Play 4Kay foundation benefiting cancer research. The Kay Yow Foundation was founded Dec. 3, 2007 with the assistance of the V Foundation, which was established in memory of former N.C. State men’s basketball coach Jim Valvano, who also died of complications from cancer. Since the foundation’s creation, it has raised $6.7 million, and $2.5 million has been donated in grants for research and programs dedicated to women with cancer, according to the fund’s official website. “We wanted to do community service and we’ve done fundraisers for the Kay Yow Foundation in the past from our home tournament at N.C. State, but none specifically benefiting the Kay Yow Foundation or anything this big,” Katie Simanovich, a senior in psychology, said. This is the first time the club teams will be holding this event and Simanovich is one of the organizers. Grayson Eubanks, a senior in human biology, is also one of the organizers. According to Eubanks, this is one of the first events both clubs have collabo-
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Sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown dunks the ball during the semifinal game of the ACC Tournament against UNC Chapel Hill in Phillips Arena, Atlanta, Ga. Saturday March 10.
forward C.J. Williams graduated. Williams was a key glue guy for the Pack, often playing tough defense on the opposing team’s best wing player and consistently knocking down jump shots at critical times. The Pack also lost sixth man DeShawn Painter, who left Raleigh to be closer to his ailing mother and grandmother. These losses will be tough to deal with, but head coach Mark Gottfried pulled in a stellar recruiting class last year, ranked No. 5 by Scout.com. Arguably Gottfried’s most important recruit in 2011-12