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Habitat prepares for Shack-a-Thon Unemployment stays at record

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Members of N.C. State’s Habitat for Humanity chapter are gearing up for their 15th annual Shack-aThon, an event that brings student organizations together and helps fund housing projects throughout Wake County.

The University’s chapter is one of the largest in North Carolina and has been nationally recognized for its impressive fundraising. Last year, the chapter raised more than $22,000 — more money than any other public university in the United States, according to Nicole Thorn, senior in economics and treasurer of the chapter.

Habitat for Humanity is a prominent nonprofit organization that provides inexpensive houses to low-income families. Volunteers for the organization, as well as the families involved, help build the homes, which cost $75,000 each. Thorn said there is a big misconception about how the organization provides aid to families that qualify for it.

“Although Habitat is able to provide the houses at an extremely low cost, through volunteers’ participation in building the house, the family has to take out a loan with zero percent interest, and also has to help build the house,” Thorn said. “Certain members of the family have a certain number of required hours to help build either their house or someone else’s before they can attain their own.”

Thorn said this approach to providing houses is what has made Habitat so successful since it was founded in 1976.

“That’s how Habitat has been so sustainable, is that these families actually have to work for their houses and aren’t just given it,” Thorn said.

Shack-a-Thon is a five-day event

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Ashley Autry, a sophomore in elementary education, sits next to the Teaching Fellows shack during the busy hours of the Brickyard, Sept. 19, 2011. Autry had been manning the shack for a while and was looking forward to spending more of her time there. “I’ve been here for three hours, and i’ll be here for three more,” she said.

held in the Brickyard each year. Student organizations and local businesses partner with one another to build about 15 shacks where students will live for five days. Thorn said Shack-a-Thon is on the top 20 list of things to do before graduating from N.C. State and brings many exciting events along with it.

“On Sept. 22, Shack-a-Thon starts with the officers delivering wood, and the following day the organizations come out to build their shacks. Once Shack-a-Thon week begins, there is a constant flow of activities going on, from manning the shacks, to scavenger hunts, to concerts,” Thorn said. “There’s always something going on.”

This year, the chapter has high hopes for the event. In honor of N.C. State’s 125th anniversary, members are hoping to raise $25,000. Thorn

said the University has achieved this in the past and is ready to do it again this year.

Shack-a-Thon will take place from Sept. 24 to 28, and anyone can support the cause by donating in the Brickyard.

“If every student at N.C. State contributed $2, we could fund a house,” Thorn said.

In addition to Shack-a-Thon, students in the University’s chapter are working directly with Habitat for Humanity on a constant basis.

Thorn said N.C. State’s Habitat chapter has more than 1,000 members and is continually adding new ones.

“We constantly have new members coming out, either to our build days, which happen every Saturday, or to our meetings, which are usually the first Monday of every month,”

Thorn said.

Thorn said that the chapter provides students with free lunch on days when they will be building houses.

In addition to monthly meetings and building days, the chapter coordinates Habitat trips throughout the year. Thorn said she first became involved with the organization when she traveled to Miami for a spring break trip. For just $300 a week, Thorn said she was able to see the city of Miami while also working on Habitat projects. The campus chapter also offers trips during the fall.

For more information on the campus Habitat chapter, visit http://clubs.ncsu.edu/habitat/.

North Carolina presidential vote still unclear

Noah Rouse Correspondent

Once part of the Republican stronghold in the solid south, North Carolina has quickly risen to the forefront of American politics in one of the most contested presidential elections the state has witnessed.

The excitement demonstrated itself in Charlotte, where Democrats gathered and galvanized for the next few months of campaigning, a contest in which local Democrats hope to see the president repeat his success in North Carolina in 2008. The scenes of grassroots organization and frequent campaign stops show how the state has become a serious contender in national politics. It was only in 2004 when President George.

W. Bush was able to win the state with a strong 12-point lead without ever having to make a stop. Gone are the days of easy delegates for the Republicans in the Old North State. Current polls from CNN have GOP nominee Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama within two points of each other with less than two months until the election.

That does not, however, make this state anything less than an uphill battle for the president. Key to the success of Obama in 2008 was the comprehensive volunteer network that was able to get Democrats to the polls in record numbers under the noses of state Republicans. It is unlikely that such a turnout will repeat itself in 2012 among the now disappointed supporters of the president who find themselves in situations similar to four years ago. Support still remains strong for Obama in nearly all the major urban centers, college towns and primarily African-American counties of the northeast. He also has a natural form of support from women,

minorities and recent immigrants to the area including northerners by a wide margin.

Poltico’s Election blog, however, pointed out recently that of the nine swing states that are currently the prime staging grounds for the general election and were carried

by Obama in 2008, North Carolina remains the most likely to recede back into the red. Much of their opinions have been based thus far on local politics, with the success of the Republican Party in taking the state legislature in record numbers in 2010 and the unpopularity of Democratic Governor Perdue.

A majority of North Carolinians might also find problems accepting the Democrats with their positions on social issues with the inclusion of same sex marriage as a plank in the Democratic platform, a policy that was overwhelmingly rejected in a referendum vote last May. Whether or not these demographics end up deciding the new color of our state, jobs and the economy will remain the hot button issue for po-

NUMBERS FROM THE N.C. POLL: Romney: 47 percent Obama: 43 percent Romney leads male voters by 12 points, but the Massachusetts governor and President Barack Obama are tied among women voters.

Only 1 percent of black North Carolina voters support Romney, while Obama garnered support from 89 percent of African Americans.

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tential voters. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment rates are at 9.6 percent, well above the national average. If either candidate wants to make an impression, they will have to convince the people of North Carolina their vision for the future will help alleviate the working class and bolster the national recovery.

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Last Friday, the Department of Labor announced the U.S. unemployment rate dropped from 8.3 percent to 8.1 percent—but this does not mean employment is on the rise.

To calculate the unemployment rate, the Labor Department takes the number of people in the country who are unemployed and looking for work and divides it by the combined number of unemployed and employed workers in the country.

The recent decline in the unemployment rate is due to unemployed workers dropping from the job market as opposed to the creation of new jobs, according to a recent study.

Prior to the start of the recession in Dec. 2007, the unemployment rate was less than 5 percent. At the height of the recession in Oct. 2009, the rate rose to 10 percent and has been slowly decreasing since.

Douglas Pearce, department head of the Poole College of Management, said that before 2000, North Carolina’s unemployment rate was generally lower than for the rest of the country.

“Since the start of 2008, however, it has been higher by one or more percentage points,” Pearce said.

“For July 2012, the North Carolina unemployment rate was 9.8 percent compared to the national figure of 8.3 percent.”

Currently, 1.7 million young adults have dropped off the Labor Department’s unemployed list because they are no longer seeking jobs.

As of Aug. 2012 the unemployment rate for 18 to 29-year-olds stood at 12.7 percent. For AfricanAmericans in that age group, the rate is at 22.4 percent. Hispanic unemployment rate for this age group is 13.7 percent. Women are at 12.6 percent.

If all of the unemployed workers in the 18-29 age group who are currently not seeking jobs were to rejoin the work force, the unemployment rate would rise to 16.7 percent.

Education plays a large role in unemployment as well. For the demographic older than 24, the unemployment rate for those with college degrees is 4.5 percent, while for those with a high school degree it’s 8.4 percent. For those with less than a high school education, it’s 11.1 percent.

“Younger workers always have higher unemployment rates than more experienced workers,” Pearce said. “…Like other groups, these rates are about double normal rates.

Minorities also generally have higher unemployment rates and were hard hit by the recession.”

Many graduating students worry about finding a job in this unstable market. Pearce said those worries might be well-founded, as the road to recovery might not be a smooth one.

“There is currently a lot of uncertainty about tax rates, health insurance ... in addition there are concerns about the growth rates of our trading partners” Pearce said. “I guess the market will be better than last year, but still not great.”

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America, never forget the big picture

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ere are three numbers to remember: 14 million, 3,000 and 250,000.

In our post-Sept. 11, 2001* world, those are three very illuminati ng nu mbers. What happened Sept. 11 was horrible, and it is noble to Ishan Raval pay our reDeputy spects to the Viewpoint Editor lives lost that day. But now that we are done with devoting a day, plus a couple, to befitting and solemn remembrance, I’d like to expand our focus to these numbers before we drift back into our routine frames of mind.

14 million: The approximate number of deaths

caused by U.S. imperialism from the end of World War II through Sept. 11, 2001.

This number consists of mass killings and genocides attributable to the U.S. government, either through direct military intervention or by arming forces allied with U.S. interests. For the U.S., the fundamental motivations for these killings have revolved around securing economic hegemony for multinational corporations and military power. These deaths took place almost exclusively in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Western Asia.

Specific examples include sponsoring murderous dictatorships such as Suharto’s in Indonesia and Saddam Hussein’s in Iraq, and carrying out coup d’états such as the CIA’s ouster of Jacobo

Árbenz Guzmán, the democratically elected president of Guatemala at the request of the United Fruit Company.

3,000: 2,996, to be precise. The number of lives, firefighters and policemen included, that were taken due to the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001. As we all know the details of what happened on that date, I would only like to reassert my attitude here that I do not hold this loss of life to be trivial.

250,000: The approximate number of lives lost since 9/11/2001 in the “War on Terror,” i.e. the number of deaths prompted essentially (according to the official narrative) by 9/11.

This is 83 times the number of deaths from the Sept.

11 attacks, justified by the U.S. on the grounds of plain

retribution, and preventing more such attacks by eliminating a dangerous enemy.

Major oil companies played important strategic roles in planning the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and military contractors and security firms have reaped massive profits through the wars. Of the 250,000 deaths, 180,000 were civilians killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The armed conflict in Pakistan has taken more lives than in Afghanistan, though it is discussed much less. Pakistan and Yemen have been the victims of covert, CIAled drone wars, and a more recent military operation was carried out in Libya without Congressional approval. Human history has seen its first instance of cyberwarfare, with the computer virus

Stuxnet being used to attack an Iranian nuclear facility.

The damage has not been restricted to non-Americans.

Over 6,000 U.S. troops have been killed in the War on Terror, and today, a U.S. soldier is more likely to commit suicide (nearly one soldier everyday) than be killed in combat. The financial costs of the war have extended to trillions. Moreover, an assault on civil liberties, through an increase in citizen surveillance and executive governmental powers, has accompanied and been justified by the War on Terror.

These are just the facts. I have made no “suggestions” about this or that, or put forward any moral or causal hypotheses anywhere above.

If any notions of cyclicality or sanctimoniousness are

emerging, they are in your minds only. I have made no connections; I am merely presenting the facts.

Also, finally, I am making a request: Never forget, America. * I write Sept. 11, 2001, because Sept. 11 can refer to two dates of geopolitical note, the earlier of which is hardly spoken of in the U.S.: On Sept.

11, 1973, a CIA-backed coup d’état overthrew and assassinated Salvador Allende, the democratically-elected socialist President of Chile, and replaced him with a U.S.-friendly dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

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esterday I discovered some t h i ng about myself: I’m gay. Really, I had no idea, but it must be true because other people keep reminding me. I hope you can understand my distress, b e c au s e a s I’ve said before, gay p e ople a re Ahmed the number Amer Viewpoint Editor one threat to the American way of life — often doing sinister things, like each other.

Let me clarify: I became temporarily gay, and all it took was one bow tie ... As is always the case, hindsight is 20-20. I am now wearing basketball shorts and an N.C. State Football shirt, so I don’t want to have sex with other dudes at the moment, and I now know the error of my ways.

Thinking my appearance was acceptable for a public outing, I had decided to go off campus for lunch. My place of choice was the Arab market off Western Boulevard — Almadina. Admittedly, I don’t look like the stereotypical Arab. No mustache, no beard. Instead, I was wearing what I thought was a stylish red, white and blue bow tie, white shirt and red slacks. I might as well have been the American flag.

Maybe I don’t do a very

good job looking like an Arab, but one thing I do know how to do is speak Arabic. I ordered my food (in English) — chicken shawarma — and waited patiently.

The employee who took my order struck up a conversation with another employee in the groceries section across the store. I was inbetween the two men — but in a totally not gay way (or so I thought). To my surprise, they shifted their focus to me, and considering what t he y said, it was obvious they didn’t know that I knew exactly what t he y we re saying.

“He looks like a [gay],” the employee who took my order said. The actual translation of the Arabic word he used is too ... colorful for print.

That wasn’t the first time my clothes turned me gay. It actually happens quite frequently.

A football jersey says, “Hey dude, let’s hang out.”

But a tank-top says “Hey dude, let’s make out.”

Sure, most people want to point fingers at those passing judgment, but who should we really blame? Do you blame the shooter, or do you blame the guy who got shot for be-

“I was in between the two men — but in a totally not gay way (or so I thought).”

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ing in the way of the bullet?

When it’s put that way, the answer is actually pretty clear: You always blame the victim.

When I told the story later, the follow-up question was, “Why did he say that about you?” As if there was a rational justification for what had been said. And that was followed by, “Well, you are wearing … that.”

The truth is, I didn’t do anything “ g a y.” I didn’t ask for his number, I d i d n’t w ink at him, and I didn’t say, “Can I get the chicken shawarma, but by the way, that’s not the only meat (nudge nudge, wink wink) I want.”

I realized what was perhaps the most severe insult after I left the market with my food — they had given me beef shawarma instead of chicken.

I can’t say my clothes will change, but I will likely be making the pilgrimage across Western Boulevard from Almadina to Mecca Market.

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r so promises Yucca Mountain Johnny, the Department of Energy’s cartoon character that attracted national criticism as the Heather Joe Camel of Troutman energy. Yucca Mountain is, Staff Columnist thus far, the only solution devised to manage nuclear waste.

Nuclear power plants operate under the same design as coal power plants— steam is generated to rotate a turbine, which induces an electrical current. Coal power plants generate steam by burning coal to boil water. Nuclear power plants suspend uranium rods, or more efficiently, uranium pellets, into a pool of water. Controlled fission then emits the heat, generating steam. Once the uranium is spent, it remains highly reactive and toxic for an estimated hundreds of thousands of years—others estimate more than one million years.

So what do we do with the mutant-making mess that is left behind? Worldwide, there is no answer. Currently, the reactive rods are suspended in large pools of water where they wait for the answer, a permanent destination. The United States has been concerned about nuclear waste disposal since the 1982 Nuclear Waste Policy Act, which promises billions of dollars in funds to the DOE annually to discover the answer.

The best solution devised in the past thirty years is to dig a big hole and bury it like a corpse.

But unlike a corpse, spent uranium does not decom-

pose. Rather, with a half-life of 100,000 years, the spent rods, radioactive enough to melt DNA strands, will fume and fester 1,000 miles below the surface of Yucca Mountain.

Did I mention that Yucca Mountain sits atop tectonic deformations subject to seismic activity? Site analysts don’t seem too concerned about the history of volcanic activity, but I wonder how good their geological estimates are for coming eons.

Another discrepancy of apparently little concern to the DOE is how many billions of dol l a rs of ta x money the federal government has invested into the construction of Yucca Mountain—a project that is unapproved, and has superseded President Clinton’s veto. According to the DOE’s official website, the federal budget has allocated $43.6, $57.5 and $96 billion into its construction.

So, is the DOE really that uncertain about how many billions of dollars they’ve received, or are those three independent figures that should be summed up? The projected date to go online was Jan. 31, 1998. Rather than acknowledge scientific and public concern for the abolition of the project, the federal government has decided to move forward with annually allocating billions of dollars, and deal with public animosity when the time comes.

And there is plenty of animosity. Opponents of the

project across the nation have been questioning the wisdom behind burying nuclear waste below ground since the introduction of the 1982 bill, and protesting with every step of development. The general public may be in disaccord, but Nevadans are furious. Not a single watt of nuclear-generated electricity is produced or consumed in Nevada. So what makes Yucca Mountain so perfect for toxic contamination?

The U.S. military has been detonating nuclear weapons there for the past 50 years and had halfheartedly considered t wo ot he r sites before plunging forward with a blata nt “screw you Nevada, this is a matter of national security” attitude.

National security is also the cry of the opponents. Surely everyone agrees that a safe and permanent nuclear waste solution must manifest. With great concern and objectivity, we who reside in this country should bear in mind the international consensus that burial is a bad idea. Not one other nation has considered this method, and many other nations are sitting on much larger quantities of spent uranium with the threat of a Fukashima-like incident always in mind.

We cannot continue to produce something we cannot live beside.

“...bear in mind the international consensus that burial is a bad idea.”

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“I will go with friends, get pizza and drink some nonalcoholic drinks because I’m not 21.”

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“My friends can’t make it so I won’t really be tailgating much.”

“I will be barbecuing and eating good food.”

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Wassabi brings unique style to YouTube

Jennifer Jung Staff Writer�

They lip-sync to pop music, use Sharpie markers as their makeup and film themselves dressed in wigs and costumes in public. The popular duo behind Wassabi Productions on YouTube is Roi Fabito and Alex Burriss, known online as Roi and Alex Wassabi. These YouTube partners have come a long way since uploading their first videos in 2006.

“At first we used to make videos for fun because my parents bought a camera, but they never used it,” Fabito said. “So I would just take it and record us dancing and singing, and then eventually I put them up on YouTube.

This was when YouTube first started, too, so I put them up on YouTube and we got a lot of views for some reason.”

Wassabi productions hasn’t stopped since. Fabito, a junior in computer science, recently made a decision to turn his lifelong hobby of video-making into a career.

Fabito transferred to the

University from Durham Technical Community College to pursue a career in computer science. With mathematics being one of his best subjects, and having had experience with editing software, Fabito decided his major thanks in part to a slight push from his parents, and also with the thought that a career in computer science would provide more stability in the future. But after a year at NCSU, Fabito decided to switch his major to film studies.

Burriss said he has similar thoughts of pursuing a film career, with hopes of branching out into television while keeping Wassabi Productions running as long as possible.

“Even if I do branch out and start doing other stuff, I want to stay with Wassabi,” Burris said. “Me and Roi together forever. Even if we want to collaborate with other YouTubers and we want to branch out, we’re just going to keep going and hope to stay on the same path.”

As their popularity has grown, Fabito and Burriss have had their share of wild

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fan encounters. Fans now recognize them in shopping malls and other public places. Soon after, their private phone numbers were leaked to the public. Since then they have received calls from fans not only in the United States, but from other countries as well.

Fabito remembered how a fan found his house on Google Maps and posted it on Myspace. Someone has even left a cake on Roi’s doorstep. Since then, the duo has grown used to it as part of their everyday life.

With such popularity has come opportunities to work with other YouTube icons.

While they have worked with many, they say they have not had the chance to work with everyone that they have kept in contact with, including such YouTubers as Nigahiga and SteveKardynal.

At the Gawad Kalinga Benefit Concert in Orlando, Fla., this year, Fabito and Burriss met two people they consider to be the best YouTubers they have ever worked with: North Carolina native Michael Alvarado and his wife, Carissa

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Rae Alvarado, who are better known as the musical duo, Us. Fabito and Burris have since helped promote their music, most notably with a parody of their video “Never Gonna Leave You.” Gawad Kalinga, also known as G.K., was one of several charity and entertain-

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can do something here at State, that’d be cool.”

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Activate Raleigh brings community together in service Emma Cathell Staff Writer

Eleven years ago, four airliners were hijacked by terrorists and used to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Americans stared at their TV screens in shock as they saw the destruction.

Nearly 3,000 people were killed during the attacks, leaving many Americans feeling helpless.

Now, 11 years later, Americans no longer feel that way.

Americans can and are helping, right here in Raleigh.

On Tuesday, on the 11th anniversary of the attacks, roughly 1,300 volunteers participated in a community service event called Activate Raleigh. The Downtown Raleigh Alliance partnered

with Activate Good, the City of Raleigh, and several downtown businesses to volunteer around the city throughout the day.

“Activate Raleigh is an effort to give back to the community in remembrance of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in a way to have our community come together and show we care,” said Lacie Lindstaedt, member relations manager for Downtown Raleigh.

The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is a nonprofit organization that focuses on promoting the downtown area. Activate Good is a volunteer organization whose goal is to partner people in the community with different volunteering activities.

With both of these organizations working together

along with more than 25 local companies, the city of Raleigh was given a day focused on bringing the community together.

This was the first year of Activate Raleigh, but organizers hope to continue the event and turn it into an annual community service day.

“Activate Raleigh actually started because Red Hat, the new technology company that’s moved downtown, approached us,” Lindstaedt said. “Then other companies heard about it, and they wanted to do the same thing.

So we decided to make it an overall event, and it exploded.”

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State’s Global Training Initiative carried out a service project at the Raleigh City Farm.

“We have French business school students from SKEMA,” said Ilin Misaras, international programs coordinator of GTI. “SKEMA is a private business school in France, and they send between 150 to 300 students here every semester. We also work with partner schools in China, Taiwan and Brazil.”

GTI’s goal is to give students an international experience while at N.C. State. GTI has American, French, Brazilian and Chinese students working together to participate in cultural activities.

“We also focus a lot on community service because that’s a really core component to what N.C. State is, and that is something we really want to stress to our international students,” Misaras said.

Misaras saw the event as a great way to get international students to experience Sept.

11 through the American lens.

“What a great idea to have the community give back on a day where we were standing around realizing that we couldn’t do anything,” Misaras said. “From here on out, the legacy is that we can do something. We can give back to the community.”

Activate Raleigh proved to be a way to do something based on all the feedback from the volunteers. The volunteers said the event went well, including the 15 students in GTI who worked at the Raleigh City Farm.

“This volunteer opportunity made [the international students] realize that Raleigh is an active city with a lot going on, and that their help is appreciated anywhere,” said Lise Brocard, a GTI intern from France. “It shows them that even if they are new to this community, they can be part of it very quickly.”

T h e G T I v o lu nt e e r s trimmed basil, helped spread compost and mulch to fertilize gardens and watered plants for the Raleigh City Farm in preparation for this

weekend’s City Farm Tour.

“All our students, both N.C. State volunteers and SKEMA students, really enjoyed the activity,” Brocard said. “The tasks we were given didn’t require specific training or abilities, and everybody was able to contribute. Everyone went back tired from hard work, but happy they participated.”

According to Brocard, volunteering at Activate Raleigh opened the eyes of many and inspired them to do more within the community. This is exactly what Activate Raleigh hoped to achieve from the event.

“Most of our students asked if they will have more volunteer opportunities with the Global Training Initiative or if they could come back to Raleigh City Farm and volunteer on their own,” Brocard said. “Community Service is not such a big institution in Europe, and I think our students really want to get more involved and do good for the community.”

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Pack to play home opener Women’s soccer trumped

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Jonathan Stout & Daniel Wilson Deputy Sports Editor & Correspondent

The Wolfpack dropped its first ACC matchup against the No. 8/5 Virginia Cavaliers, 4-0, in Charlotesville, Va. The Hoos received two goals from Caroline Miller in a span of 86 seconds in the early portion of the second half. State’s record now stands at 5-4 and its next game will be against the Virginia Tech Hokies in Blacksburg, Va. on Sunday at 1 p.m.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Volleyball to open ACC schedule against UNC N.C. State will look to take its momentum from rallying from behind against UNC-Wilmington into its first ACC matchup against Tobacco Road rival UNC-Chapel Hill tonight in Reynolds Coliseum at 7 p.m. The Pack enters the match with a 9-1 record, giving it the most wins in the ACC and the league’s best winning percentage.

The Tar Heels have won eight straight matches after losing their opener to No. 13 Kentucky. State will also take on Ohio on Sunday at 2 p.m. The Bobcats are currently 4-5 and have won six consecutive Mid-Atlantic Conference regular-season titles.

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N.C. State will face off in its home opener against the University of South Alabama Saturday at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Wolfpack has won three of its last four home openers and will try to continue its winning ways against the Jaguars in a non-conference bout.

South Alabama (1-1), who hails from the Sun Belt Conference, defeated Nichols State this past weekend, 3-9. Last season the Jaguars finished with a record of 6-4, which included a trip to Raleigh where the Pack was victorious, 35-13. Graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon went 17 for 20 with 274 yards and four touchdowns in the contest.

After being dismantled by a vengeful Tennessee offense, the Wolfpack secondary stepped up to limit Connecticut to only 204 passing yards as well as picking off the quarterback three times.

With graduate student cornerback C.J. Wilson still suspended, junior cornerback David Amerson, who picked off his 14th career pass last week, and company will need to continue to build on their momentum in order to stop the South Alabama offense.

South Alabama’s top-3 receivers

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Quarterback Mike Glennon looks down the field for a receiver during the first quarter of the Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game against Tennessee. Glennon threw for 288 yards in the Wolfpack’s 35-21 loss to the Volunteers at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia Friday, Aug. 31.

have five receptions each for a total of 251 yards.

A key to a Wolfpack victory on Saturday rests on whether or not the Pack’s three-pronged rushing attack will improve from its abysmal statistics thus far, led by senior back James Washington and sophomore backs Mustafa Greene and Tony Creecy. The team is averaging 86.5 rushing yards per game, ranking No. 110 in the nation.

The offensive line, which starts

four seniors, has surrendered seven sacks through two games, including six last week against Connecticut.

It will need to provide more protection for Glennon and open up running lanes for the backfield as the season progresses.

South Alabama’s top threat, sophomore running back Demetre Baker, averaged 54.6 yards per game with nine touchdowns last season.

This season he ran for 138 yards on the ground and one score.

IN N.C. STATE’S PREVIOUS MATCHUP AGAINST SOUTH ALABAMA: Passing: NCSU: 297 USA: 182 Rushing: NCSU: 127 USA: 138 SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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The Wolfpack is led by Martinez, who has accumulated five goals and four assists through six games.

The N.C. State men’s soccer Sophomore forwards Zabarle Kollie team is off to its best start since and Monbo Bokar each have three 1982 and looks to continue its goals on the season for the Pack. hot streak as the top-ranked Junior goalkeeper Fabian Otte has Maryland Terrapins come to Ra- been stellar between the pipes, alleigh for a 7 p.m. matchup Friday lowing just three goals in five games. night at the Dail Soccer Stadium. Otte has totaled 10 saves this season.

The game will be webcast live on Martinez said the Pack has been ESPN3.com. working together very well as a unit State is coming off a week- this season, something he believes end in which it scored a pair of has contributed to the undefeated 3-1 victories, first on the road start. at UNC-Greensboro, then at “We’re all coming together as one home against Marist. The two team, we all have one mind,” Marw i n s pu she d tinez said. “We’ve the Wolfpack’s worked hard, we’ve record to 6-0-0 ran and played and on the season worked out indiand vaulted the vidually, so I think Pack to No. 14 we’re more of a in the country. team this year than Maryland enin the past.” ters with a 4-0-1 Maryland counmark following ters with senior Alex Martinez, a 3-1 home win midf ielder John junior midfielder over UMBC on Stertzer and freshTuesday. Friman forward Schilday’s game is the ACC opener lo Tshuma, who lead the team with for both teams. three goals apiece. Junior foward “I’m happy we’re doing well Patrick Mullins leads the team in asas a team and that we’re num- sists with four and also has a pair of ber 14,” junior midfielder Alex goals this season. Sophomore goalie Martinez said. “But to us, rank- Keith Cardona has allowed just two ings don’t mean anything. I’m goals and has 11 saves in four starts happy to be able to help this team for the Terrapins. any way I can.”

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Friday VOLLEYBALL V. NORTH CAROLINA Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

MEN’S SOCCER V. MARYLAND Dail Soccer Field, 7 p.m.

CROSS COUNTRY ADIDAS XC INVITE Cary, N.C., TBA Saturday FOOTBALL V. SOUTH ALABAMA Carter-Finley Stadium, 6 p.m.

MEN’S GOLF TAR HEEL INTERCOLLEGIATE Chapel Hill, N.C., All Day Sunday WOMEN’S SOCCER AT VIRGINIA TECH Blacksburg, Va. 1 p.m.

“I’m happy we’re doing well as a team and that we’re number 14.”

VOLLEYBALL V. OHIO Reynolds Coliseum, 2 p.m.

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QUOTE OF THE DAY “But to us, rankings don’t mean anything. ” Alex Martinez, junior midfielder

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Junior Alex Martinez and sophomore Matt Ingram celebrate Martinez’s goal during the first half of the Marist game Sunday, Sept. 9. The Wolfpack improved their record to 6-0 with their 3-1 win over the Red Foxes at Dail Soccer Field.

to get a little carried away when preparing to face the nation’s topranked team. But despite the Terps being State’s stiffest test on paper thus far, the Pack is not approaching the game any differently.

“It’s always going to be about us, what we’re going to do, how we’re going to play.” Martinez said. “We never overthink a team. We don’t look at a team any differently, whether it’s Maryland or any other team.”

The Pack will be looking to get a major monkey off its back this game. State has not beaten the

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Terps since 2005, a 1-0 decision in Raleigh. Last season, the Wolfpack fell 3-1 to Maryland in College Park.

Maryland was also the nation’s topranked team in that contest. Maryland owns a 44-19-6 overall record against the Pack in a series that dates back to 1950.

Martinez knows the Pack will have to bring its A-game if they want to take down the Terps.

“We’re going to have to take the field with a lot of intensity.” Martinez said. “I think our intensity is the number one thing that sets us aside from other teams.”

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