Technician - November 7, 2012

TECHNICIAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

TECHNICIAN WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Four more years

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McCory wins Governor

Hassan Durant Deputy Features Editor

Pat McCrory, the republican candidate for North Carolina governor, has won the gubernatorial election.

This marks the first time in 20 years that a republican has been elected as governor of North Carolina.

With 32 percent of the precincts reporting, McCrory had 54 percent of the vote compared to the 44 percent won by Democratic candidate Walter Dalton. The Libertarian candidate, Barbara Howe, earned a little less than 2 percent of the vote.

This is the second time McCrory has run for governor — he narrowly lost to Bev Perdue in the 2008 elections. McCrory also served as mayor of Charlotte for 14 years from 19952009.

McCrory opened up his victory speech last night by thanking Dalton and Perdue for their service to North Carolina as governor and lieutenant governor respectively.

McCrory said he received calls from both Dalton and Perdue. McCrory said he sympathized with Dalton, and that he greatly appreciated Perdue’s willingness to help with the transition of gubernatorial power.

McCrory went on to express his pride in the “positive campaign” he ran this year.

“Running for elected office can be honorable,” McCrory said. “You don’t have to tear down another person to make that happen ... we won the right way.”

Education is one of McCrory’s major platforms — he intends to reform the North Carolina education system to be more effective and cost-efficient.

On his official website, McCrory hosts a 2-and-a-half-page document entitled “A Passion for Education.”

In the document, McCrory outlines his plan for the future of North Carolina schools.

McCrory says that he favors more options for high school students

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who do not plan to go onto college — specifically, separate diplomas that designate a student as being either “college ready” or “career ready”. McCrory also supports a wider variety of virtual education courses and hand-held educational technology to improve the learning experience.

“Teaching and education can no longer be limited to lectures, chalkboards and brick buildings,” McCrory said.

McCrory favors more charter schools, and said that last year’s legislative vote to end the 100 charter-school limit is a step in the right direction. McCrory fears that a slow approval rate for charter schools will hinder the progress he envisions, however. “We must implement a process to ensure that parents and students are not left in limbo on their school options,” McCrory said; however, he does not give specific details on such a process.

McCrory also wants to put an end to social promotions for third graders. Social promotions occur when a student fails a grade, but is promoted to the next grade anyway in order to protect the child’s psychological well-being. McCrory says that third grade is a critical step in a child’s education, and should not be subject to social promotions.

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Barack Obama will have another four years in office as president after winning the election with more than 270 electoral votes. As of midnight, Obama had accrued 281 electoral votes, though official numbers are pending.

Obama won the key state of Ohio to secure a victory over Republican rival and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. California, Florida and New York — which have high electoral vote counts — all leaned Democrat while Romney’s largest electoral vote acquisition came from Texas.

Obama gained the majority of the Northeast, west coast and Great Lakesarea states. Romney won the majority of the South and Southeast — the major exception being Florida — as well as the Midwest.

Shortly after winning the Ohio votes, Obama tweeted his followers.

“This happened because of you. Thank you. We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are.

Thank you. –bo.”

According to the Federal Election Commission, President Barack Obama won 49.7 percent of votes in the 2008 election, while Republican candidate John McCain won 49.38 percent.

Preliminary results Tuesday night showed Obama winning the majority of the electoral votes but Romney in close contention for the popular vote.

This year, Romney took North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes. Although the

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Sept. 6 Obama accepts the presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

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Romney accepts the presidential nomination at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla.

Paul Ryan campaigns at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.

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Oct. 3 The first presidential debate on domestic policy at the University of Denver in Denver, Colo.

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state swung red, Wake, Durham, Orange and Mecklenburg counties all swung in Obama’s favor. In the 2008 presidential election, North Carolina went blue for the first time since 1976, though the race in the state was extremely close.

Early voting in North Carolina was higher this election year than in 2008, according to the Charlotte Observer. After Saturday, the State Board of Elections reported that 2.55 million in-person ballots were cast, more than the 2.4 million early ballots cast in the 2008 election.

Alex Parker, president of Students for Obama on campus, said the country saw the youth vote come out and it showed that President Obama fought for students and fought for keeping college affordable.

“What we saw tonight was a decisive victory for President Obama, the policies he has enacted, and the trust that voters in America have for him and his ability to pull us forward,” Parker said.

Baxter Hunter Wells III, a senior in criminology, cited many reasons to be thankful for Obama’s victory.

“I no longer have to worry about my student interest rates being doubled. I no longer have to worry about my mother’s health insurance becoming a voucher program. I no longer have to worry about how much someone makes being a true gauge of their personal worth,” Wells said. “You mad, bro?”

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The U.S. embassy in Benghazi is attacked, leaving the ambassador and three other Americans dead.

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Some criticize McCrory for putting such an importance on education, yet standing by legislature that has cut funding to education in North Carolina within the past few years.

McCrory purports to have for higher education as well; however, many of the statements on his website concerning higher education are vague. According to his campaign site, the McCrory administration will: 1. Help students find the path to success that is right for them; 2.

Ensure students are attaining marketable skills to enter the workforce; 3. Encourage degree completion and 4. Integrate resources across campuses and expand the use of technology to improve educational quality and drive down costs.

In time, we will hopefully get a fuller picture of what McCrory plans to do to improve North Carolina colleges and universities.

On the Democratic side of the race, Dalton delivered a concession speech last night in which he conceded defeat in the election, but refused to give up for future campaigns.

“It looks like time has run out on this campaign,” Dalton said, “but we have not lost.”

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Republican candidate Mitt Romney won North Carolina with 51 percent of the vote, but came up short in the electoral college.

wants to focus on job growth, eliminate tax breaks for companies that outsource jobs overseas and provide incentives for companies that create jobs in America.

He wishes to double exports and create one million new manufacturing jobs, according to his campaign site.

Obama has set a goal of cutting foreign oil imports in half by 2020 and wishes to invest in clean energy sources, such as wind and solar power.

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Michelle Obama campaigns at UNC-CH to inspire student voters.

Second lady Jill Biden visits the Obama campaign headquarters in Asheville, N.C.

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Oct. 29

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The presidential town meeting debate at Hofstra University in Hempstrad, N.Y.

Tropical Storm Sandy hits the Northeast region of the U.S.

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Responses from around the Triangle Dems wait with baited breath for results

Reps celebrate NC win, mourn US loss

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A crowd comprised of people of all ages sat, stood, and laid down to watch two screens, one streaming local election results, one playing MSNBC’s coverage of the presidential election. Among them were various local candidates and their families.

The Wake County Democrats hosted an election night watch party at the Marriott City Center in downtown Raleigh last night. Before the speakers began, optimism ran low.

“I’m a little nervous,” David McDonald, a Duke Universit y a lu mn sa id.

“Romney may have business, but he doesn’t have the foreign policy Obama has.

He doesn’t have experience

either. Obama is somewhat seasoned, not perfectly, but somewhat.”

Bessie Elmore, the owner of Turning Corners Alliance in Raleigh-Durham, admitted to being a strong Obama supporter. She also pointed out a sense of diversity amongst Democrats and the lack of it amongst Republicans.

“I don’t like the way the election goes with the racial stuff,” Elmore said. “If the president is elected again we will be unified regardless of ethnicity.”

Once states’ senate results came, the crowd began cheering for every Democratic victory. On seeing Obama win various states, the crowd did the same. Even the “too close to call” and “too early to call” reports, the crowd remained optimistic.

“We know that at the end of the night, we’re going to have a lot to celebrate in North Carolina,” Deborah Ross, the North Carolina House Representative said.

Other speakers met her enthusiasm. Officials Roy Cooper, David Price, June Atkinson, and a few more also spoke, most frequently emphasizing the need for growth in the middle class.

The crowd became more enthusiastic as more Democratic senators gained victory and as Obama won more states. They did, however, boo for North Carolina’s voting for Romney.

Upon seeing Obama surpass the needed 270 Electoral College votes, attendees cheered, hugged, danced, and sang.

Libertarians celebrate growth

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Four fully-stocked bars were open at the North Raleigh Hilton for Republicans to drown their sorrows Tuesday night at the Republican election night party.

Talk amongst those in attendance — which numbered at least 500, although party organizers would not release an exact number — flowed smoothly until CBS announced Obama’s victory over Romney on a large screen in the corner of the room. Obama’s win was displayed on two screens: one tuned to CBS, and the other tuned to FOX News.

Ali Duffy, who graduated N.C. State in 2011,

was a full-time employee for the Republican headquarters of the state. She said she did not donate any money to the campaign, but donated a lot of her time.

“Hopefully I’ll get on b o a rd w i t h G ove r n or McCror y,” Du f f y sa id .

As results from around the country trickled in, attendees began to lose hope in Romney’s chances of winning. Outside the hotel, in a cigarette smoking section, talk revolved around the necessity of Romney’s winning all of the swing states.

Justin Taylor, a student at U NC - Cha rlot te a nd three-time Iraq War veteran, was in the smoking area at 11:07 p.m., before CBS’s 11:14 a n nou nce-

ment that Obama had won.

“It’s not looking good,” Taylor said to a f riend of h i s who work s for t he NR A in Cha rlot te.

Balloons in a net hung above the ballroom where the party was being held. North Carolina Speaker of the House Thom Tillis consoled attendees by telling them that Republicans had maintained majority in the House of Representatives three minutes after the announcement of Obama’s win when the balloons were released.

As the gleeful children of the attending parents jumped on balloons intended for celebration, trying to pop as many as they could, smiles among the adults watching the balloons were few and far between.

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The North Carolina Libertarian Party held a watch party at the Crabtree Holiday Inn on election night. Gubernatorial candidate Barbara Howe attended the event and gave a speech on the growth of the party through the election season.

The party must gain 2 percent of the popular vote in the gubernatorial or presidential election to stay a legallyqualified party on the ballot without petitioning in North Carolina. It had continuous ballot status from 1996-2004.

The party was decertified by the state in 2005 and regained

its continuous ballot status in 2008. Libertarians received 2.8 percent of the vote in the 2008 gubernatorial election.

At the time of her speech Tuesday night, Howe had received 2.12 percent of the vote.

Howe said the popularity of former presidential candidate Ron Paul helped the party �gain traction in the local and national elections.

“We’ve seen a lot of enthusiasm from former Ron Paul supporters,” Howe said.

“They’re still Ron Paul supporters, but since he’s not in the race they’ve tracked to the Libertarian Party as the more fiscally responsible and socially tolerant party.

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They don’t find that in the Republicans or the Democrats, and they see that in the Libertarian Party.”

The Libertarian Party has grown from 13,000 registered voters in North Carolina in 2008 to 19,000 registered in the 2012 election. It is also active in 50 counties in North Carolina.

Jason Melehani, co-director for North Carolina for Johnson and a medical student at UNC-Chapel Hill, said the Libertarian Party is active in the most urban counties out of the 100 in North Carolina.

Howe said these numbers show some promise for the growth of the party.

“It shows an incredible growth and interest in the ideas of the Libertarian Party. We’re just going to keep moving forward,” Howe said.

Howe also said she is excited about the amount of young people that have been drawn to the party’s beliefs.

According to Melehani, the average age range of a registered Libertarian is 36-38 years old, and there are many college-aged Libertarians that exhibit a high level of involvement and enthusiasm in the party.

Howe said presidential candidates don’t have a large following. The Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson, gained 1 percent of the popular vote in North Carolina.

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television, packing in close.

Each elected Democratic senator brought out a big The Contemporary Arts burst of clapping, and no Museum in downtown voices were raised in protest.

Raleigh hosted a unique Some patrons circled the teleexhibition Tuesday night: vision, watching both Fox a living, feeling sample of News and MSNBC, trying American politics. to find differences, holes to Across the glass walls of poke, but none were found. the Contemporary Arts As it got later, and the elecMuseum, which exposed tion grew closer (around 9 the white walls and hang- p.m., Florida was at a staggering art inside to the urban ing 50 percent to 50 percent, streets outside were the at approximately 3,393,000 words “My Land” and “Your votes each) and tension grew.

Land”, reHowever, it ferring to was eased by a political a nearby icelounge, pail of beer presenta nd w i ne . ing red Expectations a nd blue were all over Jason Foster carpets to the place as separate the race got people by political beliefs, down to sparks. with joined televisions at “I don’t know what to exthe center, broadcasting pect, I thought Obama had it.

MSNBC to the blue car- But … it seems to be a strong pet, and Fox News to the lead,” said Gregory Roche, an red carpet, with President important member of Apjet, Obama’s portrait hanging an applications engineerhigh above. ing company working out of The blue carpet filled fast Centennial Campus. when the gallery opened its “I expect at least North doors and tuned the televi- Carolina to go Obama,” said sions to the election broad- another attendee, Jason Foscasts. Free beer was passed ter. “I hope our guy wins.” out to all patrons, to make Patrons were encouraged, up for the $5 door charge. during the long wait, to exHopes were high, as was plore the open gallery, of stress. People sat around the which this election party was Staff Writer

“I expect at least North Carolina to go Obama.”

a part. Put together by Jonathan Horowitz, a New Yorkbased artist with experience in sculpture and soundscaping with art featuring in galleries around the world. The exhibition was originally shown in New York, for the 2008 election, and is now being held in eight Contemporary Arts Museums around the country.

When both MSNBC and Fox News declared Barack Obama the 44th President of the United States, the crowd here erupted into cheers. People circled around the television, grazing for information with big smiles, texting and tweeting. A computer hub in the middle of this gallery connected this gallery with galleries in Texas, Utah, California, New York and other places via Twitter.

Not all patrons were members or citizens. For Dan Spenzer, from the UK, it was a first time seeing American politics in action. “I don’t like Mitt Romney, so I’m quite happy to be in a country led

by Barack Obama.”

For the more democratic patrons, the general consensus was “relief”, according to attendees Marvin Johns and Andrew DePompa.

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OBAMA RECLAIMS THE PRESIDENCY BY SLIM MARGIN IN NATION, STATE Gov. Mitt Romney won North Carolina’s 15 electoral votes, claiming the contested state soon in the race, leading with about 90,000 votes, according to the State Board of Elections. In the weeks leading up to the elections, pollsters took North Carolina off the list of swing states, and many surveys, including Rasmussen Reporting and Real Clear Politics.

President Barack Obama won North Carolina by 13,000 votes in 2008, making it the closest race in the nation.

Romney claimed Republican strongholds in Western North Carolina, with exception to Buncombe County, home to UNC-Ashv ille.

Obama won other counties with universities, including Wake, Durham, Guilford, Forsyth, Mecklenburg, Robeson and Pasquotank counties.

In the beginning of the race, Romney led Wake County until the 90 percent count, until Obama reclaimed the county with 54.5 percent of the votes.

Romney won the state with 50.6 percent of the popular vote, beating Obama by 2.2 points, a closer margin than what Rasmussen, and Gravis Marketing polls.

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Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) speaks to the LGBT Caucus at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C.

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COLLEGE COUNTY VOTES: Wake: 54.5 % Obama, 44.2% Romney Durham: 75.9 % Obama, 23.2% Romney Orange: 70.4 % Obama, 28.2% Romney New Hanover: 51.9 % Romney, 46.9% Obama Buncombe: 55.5% Obama, 43.1% Romney Mecklenburg: 60.8% Obama,

38.3% Romney Robeson: 57.9% Obama, 41.3% Romney Pitt: 53.0% Obama, 46.3% Romney Pasquotank: 57.5% Obama, 41.6% Romney Cumberland: 59.5% Obama, 39.8% Romney SOURCE: N.C. STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS

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President Barack Obama became the first sitting president to support equality of all individuals regardless of their sexual orientation. The statement came in May, one day after North Carolina changed its constitution to ban same-sex marriage via Amendment One. Justine Hollingshead, director of the GLBT Center, was shocked when she heard the news. However, she said it showed that “I matter and members of the GLBT community matter.”

W hile controlling the White House, Obama has repealed Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, a policy that barred openly gay, lesbian or bisexual persons from military service. He said the Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman, was unconstitutional.

He also passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crime Prevention Act, extending hate crimes to include attacks based on the victim’s actual and perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. Obama was also the first to structure a portion of his party platform on gay rights.

Because of the legislation Obama has put into place, Adam Ward, a graduate student in comparative biomedical sciences and GLBT Center assistant, has “felt very supported by the Obama administration.”

Rachel Turner, a senior in human biology and Student Government chief of staff, said Obama “gave the community hope that change is

on the way.” Turner is an ally of the GLBT community.

Ma ny have t houg ht Obama’s support is a reflection of the younger generation’s desires.

Alex Parker, Students for Obama president and sophomore in Spanish, said students have responded to his support.

“College students have said that it made it easier to support him,” Parker said.

A mid-October Pack Poll stated that 70 percent of N.C. State students favored allowing gays and lesbians to legally form civil unions, and 65 percent favor allowing gays and lesbians to legally marry.

A Gallup poll shows the impact age can have, stating that 65 percent of Democrats and 22 percent of Republicans supported the legalization of same sex marriage.

Parker believes the president did not want GLBT rights to be a political matter.

“I did not think that it was supposed to be an impactful moment for the election,” Parker said.

Hollingshead and Turner think every decision Obama makes is a political one, but the support could have hindered �his chances of reelection.

“Most people would [say] ‘don’t say [you support the GLBT community],’ but at a certain point, you have to say ‘enough is enough,’” Hollingshead said.

“It could have hurt him really bad, but he still took a chance and came out as an ally,” Turner said.

Kyle Vey, president of the GLBT Community Alliance and junior in biomedical engineering, believes electing Mitt Romney would certainly set the accomplishments

back, because he “certainly isn’t for the GLBT community.”

But Vey doesn’t think the community will go down without a fight. Vey, a Canadian citizen, finds it frustrating that he cannot vote, especially because it is legal for same-sex couples to marry in Canada.

The timing of the president’s support was a relief for the GLBT Center, which was “down in the dumps” after Amendment One passed.

“It helped push the conversation and [remove] the elephant in the room,” Hollingshead said.

Turner said Obama being an ally helped others come out in support of the GLBT community, which she feels is needed.

“The community itself can’t fight this on their own,” Turner said. “It’s okay to fight for other people’s rights.”

“I have met a lot of people that were tentative to come out as an ally or come out in general, and this has helped,” Vey said.

The president has shown his opposition against states denying gays to marry. On March 16, Obama stated he was against Amendment One. In 2008, he spoke out as a candidate against California’s Proposition 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. Proposition 8 is set to go to the Supreme Court this month.

Some states have already legalized same-sex marriage, like Massachusetts, Iowa and Vermont. Same-sex marriage is on the ballot for Maryland, Washington, Maine and Minnesota.

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Good morning, America

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oday is a new day — we know whom we have elected to be in the White House for the next four years. The verdict has been made, and the word is out. We have chosen whom we want to be president.

So, as a preview to the next four years, here’s a sneak peak at what this president is going to do: This man is going to continue tapping your phone and building massive databases of information about all citizens. He’s going to put drones Ishan Raval into the American sky to keep Deputy Viewpoint Editor track of the people. He’s going to try and turn the Internet against us, limiting our ability to utilize it for creative means and use it to spy on us.

He supports the newly-instituted presidential powers giving him the ability to order the U.S. military to indefinitely and extrajudicially detain American citizens on American soil if suspected of “terrorism.” Terrorism, the enemy-of-choice in post-Cold War America,

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“My gut feeling is that Romney is gonna win, because he’s had more support. Based on the debates he had a lot more people backing him.”

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“I’m fairly confident that Obama will win. I think society agrees with the platforms he is standing for, like gay marriage and abortion, which are issues that affect a lot of people.”

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“I honestly have no idea. These are the closest pre-election polls have been since about the 1930s.”

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is broadly and repressively defined, and will remain this way under his presidency and the regime of fear-mongering that will be persist in it. As the law stands, besides by killing civilians to an ideological end, you can be a terrorist if you dissent against the government, or even, ridiculously, if you have more than a week’s worth of food in your house. And the president will continue to believe “terrorist networks” pose the greatest national security threat to our country. Since there are bloodthirsty Islamic terrorists out there scheming to kill us, he will stand by a firm foreign policy to take this enemy down, and indiscriminately bomb entire villages in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries in the process. All this, of course, while taking away the freedoms they hate us for.

Because of his perception of what our nation’s priorities are, he will not be interested in taking down the people from the financial industry that are wreaking havoc on this country. He will protect Wall Street from criminal liability, and will support rules that will allow

ability, finally, is not a priority of his — unlike “fighting the terrorists” and maintaining the GDP. So, the president will likely try to avoid any potential international agreements on climate change that would lead to some constructive, cooperative action on the issue. He will advocate for offshore drilling, and will hold Big Oil and Big Gas unaccountable for their crimes against future generations, human and non-human individuals and underprivileged communities. He believes that coal can be “clean,” and he will generally not take firm, necessary action against the challenges posed by multiple ecological crises.

And as all of this happens, we’re all going to go about our lives thinking how good, or how bad the other option would have been. We’re going to rack our brains over how this president is making things different, and which president we should elect after this one to affect a profoundly significant change in our society.

Good morning, America — it’s just another day.

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’ll give you an exercise. Try and think about how many pictures you took recently that were for the sake of recording memories and not for uploading on Facebook?

I am talking about “change” in those times. It Naman was slow.

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Personal change still had to take express permission of one’s conscience. Thinking and spending time on one’s own self was punctuated by work pressure and not the other way around. Interaction between strangers still needed to cross the barrier of formality and eye contact. Makeup has been taken over by Photoshop.

Concepts about life were still learnt during long walks with Grandpa.

Tradition did not need UNESCO’s certificate to be kept alive. Newspapers were kaleidoscopes for looking at the world.

There was a sentiment of exploration in visiting new cities. Decisions were based on personal calculation and the referee was still the last call on the football field.

I could go on. But information revolution has become a boring term.

This article is not about information revolution.

It is about how in connecting with others, one has learnt to lose himself.

I want to outline two things: first, a conscious d i s t i nc t ion be t we en the goals and means of achieving those goals. Do not lose this distinction.

Let the means not shape your ends. Don’t let the Internet determine what you learn.

Second, use the tool actively in all its grace. A hammer needs to be held and struck at a certain angle, power and base to yield maximum result.

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the financial institutions to grow even bigger (they already have, since 2008) and even more prone to risky behavior. Just because he relied on the banksters’ money to get elected, he will not stop them from gambling on the country’s future, and will thus keep alive and distinct the possibility of another financial meltdown.

To be fair to him, he doesn’t think that it’s solely a serpentine network of terrorists that’s out there to destroy our nation, though that may be the biggest enemy in his mind. He also thinks there are plenty of people nearer to us that our country is best detached from as well, and so he will support the expansion of the prison-industrial complex. Immigrants will continue to be jailed in for-profit prisons, and will be sent back in record numbers. To fill the labor those immigrants would have provided, he will continue the war on drugs. This way, young, mainly black, people of color will be put in more private jails, and will be made to work below minimum wage where the immigrants would have otherwise slaved away.

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Use the internet and not drag away in it.

What we read on the Internet shapes our thoughts.

Earlier, your own living experiences shaped your thoughts.

Experience, it seems, has lost its touch as a teacher. Mind you, I do not consider information networks hostile.

I am merely lamenting the weak immune system of our character.

One of the most important things in life is continued learning. It saddens me as to how malleable our learning curves have become. Information is so easy and overwhelming that our filters are not keeping up. The struggle to knowledge is crucial in determining how valuable it is for us. Perhaps, we need to see the negative side of easy information and the positive side of the lack of it.

You see, Facebook is like TV. Although it helps you stay connected, it also has the addictive and passive nature that makes the TV an idiot box. The feed just keeps on coming. A more intelligent way to use it would be to actively use the ‘unsubscribe’ button.

Shape the way you use your Internet. Clear the clutter on your feed. Look out for the © symbol. This will mean that someone is ready to take name for what is written. Ask the “why”. Answer the “why not”. Don’t leave your brains at the coffee machine while you log onto the Internet.

Look at opinions for what they are: only opinions. Not the gospel of truth. Check with your own “habits-Ican’t-afford-to-lose” chart before you imbibe something cool you read on the Internet.

Email back authors of articles citing your criticism. If he’s a true author, he will appreciate your difference of opinion and debate. Argue, don’t blindly accept. Read, evaluate and imbibe.

Technology is a tool. The Internet should, no doubt, be used to enhance one’s life.

Enhance, not shape.

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Let us not forget

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s of my writing this – since I am writing this on Tuesday – I don’t know who will be the next President of the United States.

However, I do know that half of you reading t his a re pleased Joseph with last Havey night’s Staff Columnist election results, and the other half you, well, not so much.

Despite what any naysayers think, let us not forget that whoever is taking the reins of our government this January is not going to ruin the country. As pointed out

by Gil Troy, a professor of history at McGill University, in a recent New York Times article, most presidents have swayed from the extremes of their campaign platforms towards a more neutral middle once in office.

Let us not forget that both George W. Bush and Barack Obama approved massive economic stimulus plans when in office.

Party lines meant little to them when it came to the rapidly plummeting state of our economy. Let us not forget that both of these men reacted to foreign attacks, Bush toward 9/11 and Obama toward the Libya attack, by seeking out the attacker and taking precautions to

keep the rest of our country safe.

There are disagreements over hot-button issues such as abortion and healthcare, but let us not forget that our next man in office sincerely has the intention of bettering our country. Issues such as what to do about Iran and how to fix the economy have different paths towards success. The two major political parties disagree on what those paths are, but each has the same end goal in sight.

It’s easy to get caught up on focusing on the wrong things.

This applies to every single area of life, well beyond the outcome of Election Day. If your candidate lost last nig ht, I am sure that you are now very nervous for t h e future of our country. What will happen to your job possibilities after you graduate? Will you be able to afford healthcare?

Are we going to be able to stop catastrophically sending ourselves into national debt? Questions like these are completely understandable, and I’m sure that I will be thinking the same ones on Wednesday as well, regardless of who won.

Let us not forget that Ronald Reagan, despite all of the cliches about the Republican Party sending women back in

time, appointed the first female Supreme Court justice.

Dwight D. Eisenhower kept the extremely Democratic Social Security Program.

Let us not forget that Bush went back on his word when he, in fact, did raise taxes to help ease the rate at which the deficit was rising. Romney instated the healthcare plan in Massachusetts, the plan that Obamacare was based upon.

Clinton encouraged private expression of religion inside public schools saying that we “need not leave religion at the schoolhouse door.”

Let us not forget that, despite the trends in recent years, politics is still about governi ng ou r country, and t he men and women that have been elected understand that. It’s quite easy to become cynical and claim that our system is broken, but let us not forget that no one sincerely goes into politics for the fame and fortune. While you may be frustrated and annoyed, especially if you actually went out and voted, I don’t think that we are going to cease to exist as a country four years from now.

“...whoever is taking the reins of our government this January is not going to ruin the country.”

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Men’s basketball schedule breakdown Will Raynor Staff Writer

Coming off an unexpected NCAA tournament run last season, the preseason No. 6 N.C. State Wolfpack men’s basketball team is favored to win the ACC. It will play its home opener this Friday night at PNC Arena against Miami of Ohio.

Head coach Mark Gottfried and his staff has unquestionably put together the most talented, hungry and most importantly, structured Wolfpack team the program has seen in years.

Last year, State led the ACC in multiple individual statistical categories. Senior forward Scott Wood was the most proficient three-point shooter in the conference, making more than 40 percent of his attempts. Junior guard Lorenzo Brown led the conference in steals, averaging 1.8 per game, and second in assists with an average of 6.3 per game. Junior forward C.J. Leslie was third in field goal percentage, and Richard Howell was second in offensive rebounding and third in overall rebounding, aver-

aging 9.2 per game. Throw in a couple All-American freshmen, and both State’s frontcourt and backcourt are looking pretty impressive.

A schedule breakdown will preview the Wolfpack’s journey through the 2012-2013 men’s basketball season, and answer questions about our competition.

State’s schedule starts off lightly, as is tradition for power-conference schools. After this week’s season-opener against Miami of Ohio, the Pack will travel to San Juan, Puerto Rico to play in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off tournament. There, it will first face Penn State, one of the bottom-feeders of the Big Ten this season, and then, if victorious, will navigate through the round-robin style tournament. State is favored to win the tournament, but must be weary of teams such as Tennessee or even Massachusetts who have adequate size and hope to play spoiler.

Upon returning to the U.S., the Pack will travel to Anne Arbor, Mich. to play the No. 5 Michigan Wolverines. By far, this will be State’s toughest test in the early portion of the

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Standouts for the Wolverines are guards Trey Burke and Tim Hardaway, Jr., so watch for Brown, Wood, Leslie and Howel l to have t hei r ha nds f u l l defensively.

Following the ACC/Big Ten Cha llenge , t he Pack will return home to play a string of games at PNC Arena.

It will face Cleveland State Dec. 8, who is consistently near the top of the Horizon League, then Stanford Dec.18, who defeated the Pack by a narrow margin last season.

To round up non-conference play, the Pack will host St. Bonaventure Dec. 22, who came close to beating Florida State in last year’s NCAA tournament, then Western Michigan and UNC-Greens-

boro. Besides the Michigan game, the Pack will be heavily favored in all of its non-conference games leading up to the ACC opener against Boston College Jan. 5. However, one loss could drop the Pack significantly back from its elite ranking, forcing an uphill climb to stay relevant in the nation’s eyes.

Jan. 12 will be the first r e a l AC C test for the Pack, when it will match up against No. 8 Duke at PNC Arena. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s Blue Devils are once again loaded with young talent, including freshman forward Marshall Plumlee, the last of the three Plumlee brothers to go through the program after both his All-ACC brothers went pro.

Watch for a battle down low in this game, and keep an eye on three-point shooters Andre Dawkins and Seth Curry for Duke, and Scott Wood for State.

“It will play its home opener this Friday night at PNC Arena against Miami of Ohio.”

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Moving forward, the Pack will face Maryland, Clemson and Wake Forest before it gets a crack at No. 11 North Carolina Jan. 26. For the first time ever, ESPN’s College Gameday will be in Raleigh to showcase a highly anticipated game. The Wolfpack will surely be hungry to avenge their last meeting in the ACC tournament, when it suffered a devastating twopoint loss that may have been influenced by a controversial no-call at the end of regulation.

Following the UNC game, State will face Virginia and Miami to wrap up the first half of conference play.

Both teams are expected to improve their standing in ACC this season, as their new coaches are settling in and rebuilding their respective programs. Look for a rebounding battle down low against Miami. With Mike Scott now gone for Virginia, the Cavaliers should be much more manageable this season given State’s own explosive guards.

The Pack will play each ACC team once more in the second half of the season.

2012-13 MEN’S BASKETBALL HOME SCHEDULE: 11/9: Miami (OH) 11/23: UNC-Asheville 12/8: Cleveland State 12/15: Norfolk State 12/18: Stanford 12/22: St. Bonaventure 12/29: Western Michigan 12/31: UNC-Greensboro 1/9: Georgia Tech 1/12: Duke 1/20: Clemson 1/26: North Carolina 2/2: Miami 2/16: Virginia Tech 2/19: Florida State 2/27: Boston College 3/6: Wake Forest SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

For now, the Pack must take it one game at a time, and head coach Mark Gottfried is known for not allowing his team to get ahead of itself. Excitement has been building, College Gameday is coming and analysts are high on N.C. State. Now the stage is set for the highest expectations the school has had in decades. All that’s left to do is play.

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Rock servido en Bandeja de Plata ROCK SERVED ON A SILVER TRAY

Kenneth Smith Corresponsal

La música latina e hispana se caracteriza por sonidos tropicales, alegres y divertidos para bailar y disfrutar, pero eso no significa que sea el único tipo de música latina. El rock en español ha expandido con nuevas bandas de jóvenes dispuesto a darlo todo, y esto se observa en las nominaciones a los Latin Grammy. Dos de esas bandas son Los Mesoneros y Viniloversus, ambas provenientes de Venezuela.

MÚSICA EXTRACURRICULAR Los Mesoneros es un quinteto de jóvenes con una sola misión: llevar el rock a cada lugar donde toquen. Conformado por Luis Jiménez (guitarra y voz principal), Andrés Belloso (bajo), Juan Sucre (guitarra líder y voces), Ignacio Sucre (batería) y Carlos Sardi (teclados), estos chicos de 21 años ya han conseguido el sueño de muchas bandas hispanas de ser nominados a los Latin Grammy.

Más bien, lo han logrado cuatro veces (solo superados por Juan Luis Guerra y Jesse & Joy), en que han sido nominados como mejor canción de rock, mejor álbum de rock, mejor banda nueva y mejor empaque todo por su primera producción Indeleble.

Aún pese a su edad ya han tocado y compartido tarima con artistas como Zoé, El Canto del Loco, Simple Plan y Hombres G. Todos los miembros se encuentran estudiando carreras universitarias.

“Es extremadamente rudo, y aún más difícil ahora que estamos más ocupados desde que nos informaron de la nominación. Es difícil, pero aun así se puede hacer, con mis amigos y los profesores que entienden nuestras ausencias se puede lograr, aunque no deja de ser difícil,” dijo Luis Jiménez.

Indeleble, el primer disco y además nombre del sencillo nominado a mejor canción rock fue publicado en la página web del grupo para que la gente pudiera descargarlo gratuitamente.

“En Venezuela y en Latinoamérica no hay muchas dis-

queras y es difícil distribuir tus discos, por lo que aprovechamos el Internet para que cualquier persona pueda tener el disco a la mano, además preferimos que si ya la gente lo puede conseguir ilegalmente, ya seamos nosotros mismos quienes se las ofrezcamos,” dijo Jiménez.

VINILOVERSUS… Viniloversus tiene una abudancia de experiencia en la industria música y vuelve as los Grammy con otra nominación. Rodrigo Gonsalves (cantante y guitarra) empezó el grupo con Adrián Salas (bajo), Juan Belisario (bajo) y Orlando Martínez “Mangan” (batería). Este grupo de rock ha sido nominado dos veces a los Latin Grammy como mejor álbum de rock y mejor empaque. Ya han compartido tarima con bandas como Franz Ferdinand, Nine Inch Nails, Babasónicos y Zoé.

El disco nominado es su última producción llamada Cambié de Nombre, una mezcla de Rock fuerte y canciones con mensajes cercanos a la realidad como en la canción titulada “Ares.” La canción ha sido una sensación en Venezuela debido a que en el video la banda se graba a sí misma haciendo una expresión gráfica en contra de la violencia en las paredes del Palacio Presidencial en Venezuela.

“Ares siempre ha sido un himno por la paz, nosotros formamos parte de la organización Paz con Todos, y no es un secreto los hechos violentos en Venezuela por lo que quisimos hacer pensar a la gente que tiene el dedo detrás del gatillo,” dijo Martínez. “Hicimos los grafitis en entes gubernamentales porque creemos que son los que tienen la fuerza y son los

encargados de que la gente no dispare.”

Una de las nominaciones es por el empaque y diseño del arte del disco.

“Son 16 portadas diferentes, diseñadas por Miguel Vázquez, un diseñador venezolano. La verdad es que estamos agradecidos por el arte de la producción, y creemos que la nominación es para él. Estamos súper contentos y emocionados,” dijo Martínez.

LAS DOS BANDAS Al final ambas bandas son muy jóvenes y se observa cómo hay una tendencia en un resurgimiento del rock en Venezuela y países de Sudamérica. Incluso es muy común ver cómo se unen entre ellas a la hora de hacer canciones y conciertos. Luis Jiménez por ejemplo aparece en la canción “Implosión” del disco Cambié de Nombre, demostrando que ambas bandas se apoyan mutuamente.

Con esto se demuestra que los latinos e hispanos no sólo se dedican a tocar merengue, bachata o salsa, sino también son expertos en grupos de rock, y esta es una pieza escrita que va dedicada a aquellas bandas que representan este estilo de música y quieren darse a conocer.

Para mayor información sobre las bandas se pueden visitar sus páginas web losmesoneros.com y viniloversus.com así como seguirlos en Twitter @LOSMESONEROS y @VINILOVERSUS. Así como ir a technicianonline.com/Bienvenidos para ver las entrevistas con Luis Jiménez y Orlando Martínez.

Kenneth Smith Correspondent

Latin music has been characterized for having tropical, cheerful and “easyto-dance-to” rhythms, but that doesn’t mean that is the only kind of Latin music.

Rock in Spanish has been expanding with new young bands willing to give it all, which is apparent just by looking at the Latin Grammys nominations. Two of those bands are Los Mesoneros (“The Waiters” in English) and Viniloversus, both originating from Venezuela.

EXTRACURRICULAR MUSIC Los Mesoneros is a quintet of young fellows with only one mission: to take rock to every place they play. Founded by Luis Jiménez (guitar and lead singer), Andrés Belloso (bass), Juan Sucre (lead guitar and background voices), Ignacio Sucre (drums) and Carlos Sardi (keyboards), all 21 years old, have achieved the dream of many Hispanic bands of being nominated for the Latin Grammys.

Even more, they did it four times (only outdueled

by Juan Luis Guerra and Jesse & Joy), nominated for best rock song, best rock album, best new band y best recording package for their first production Indeleble (Indelible). Even despite their young age, the members of Los Mesoneros have already played with bands like Zoé, El Canto del Loco, Simple Plan and Hombres G. On top of the bands accomplishments, all the members of the band are college students.

“It is extremely hard, and even more difficult now that we are busier since they informed us of the nomination. It’s difficult, but you can still do

it, with the help from friends and teachers that understand our absences, it is possible it can be achieved, although it is still difficult,” lead singer Luis Jiménez said.

Indeleble, the first album and also the name of the single nominated for best rock song was published in the band’s website for listeners to download it for free.

“In Venezuela and in Latin America there are not a lot of record labels and it is hard to distribute your work; for this reason we used the Internet to our advantage, so that anyone can have access to the music. We also preferred to give it free instead of people illegally downloading it, since it is better if we ourselves are the ones who offer it,” Jiménez said.

VINILOVERSUS Viniloversus has a wealth of experience in the music industry and returns to the Latin Grammys with another nomination. Rodrigo Gonsalves (singer and guitar) started the band with Adrian Salas (bass), Juan Belisario (bass) and Orlando “Mangan” Martinez (drums).

This rock group has been nominated for two categories in this year Latin Grammys for best rock album and best recording package for its production Cambié de Nombre (I Changed my Name in English). They have also shared the stage with bands like Franz Ferdinand, Nine Inch Nails, Babasónicos and Zoé.

This album is a mix between hard rock and songs and lyrics with messages that comment on the realities facing the country. The song “Ares” has been a sensation in Venezuela ever since in the music video was publicized, with the band taping itself doing a graphic expression against the violence on the walls of the Presidential Palace.

“Ares has always been a

peace anthem for us, we also make up part of the organization Paz con Todos, and it is not a secret that there is a lot of violence going on right now in Venezuela, so we wanted to make all those people with a finger behind the trigger think,” Martinez said. “We did the graffiti on governmental entities because we think that they are the ones that have the power and are the ones in charge of making sure the people don’t shoot.”

One of the nominations is for the recording package and design of the album cover.

“There are 16 different covers, designed by Miguel Velazquez, a Venezuelan designer,” Martinez said. “We are thankful for the art of this production, but we think this nomination is for him.

We are extremely happy and excited.”

THE TWO BANDS In the end, both bands are young and it is possible to notice a new tendency in resurgence in Venezuela and Latin America’s rock. Also it is more common to see how bands get together to support each other at the moment of making concerts or creating songs. For example, Luis Jimenez appears in “Implosion” in Cambié de Nombre, showing how they get together to help each other.

This shows that Latin people and Hispanics not only listen to or play merengue, salsa or bachata, but can also play rock, and this writing piece is dedicated to that genre and all the bands that represent this style of music.

For more information about the bands visit losmesoneros.com and viniloversus.com, follow them on twitter at @LOSMESONEROS and @VINILOVERSUS. And watch the full interviews with Luis Jimenez and Orlando “Mangan” Martinez online at Technician’s website.

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To combat the effects of Superstorm Sandy, the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service is partnering with Student Government and other organizations on campus to raise money for the American Red Cross, one of the agencies involved in disaster relief.

Director of Global Awareness for CSLEPS’ Service Leadership Team Alexander Parker said members of CSLEPS carried around buckets and asked students for spare change during Homecoming Week events.

Donations could be made at the tunnel painting event, the Homecoming Parade, the National Pan-Hellenic Council Homecoming Stroll Off, the Alumni Association’s Homecoming tailgate and the homecoming football game.

CSLEPS is also encouraging students and the surrounding community to text $10 to the Red Cross, Parker said.

Relief for storm victims will take time, Parker said.

Though many may want to donate canned foods and clothing, the Red Cross primarily needs monetary donations, allowing them to “purchase supplies as they need it,” Parker said.

According to CSLEPS representative Tonia Salas, the organization has exceeded its goal of $500 solely through donations of spare change.

Salas said CSLEPS’ biggest focus in response to Superstorm Sandy is “awareness,” something she said our community has excelled at, judging by the immediate queries from staff members.

“Our goal is to keep the campus posted as time elapses,” Salas said.

According to Salas, CSLEPS is also working to promote upcoming Red Cross blood drives, after so many were

canceled due to the storm.

Students can donate blood Thursday at North Hall from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., Salas said.

Two more blood drives will be held Nov. 15 at Talley Student Center from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and at Wolf Village from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.,� Salas said.

At first, Parker said his motivation came from “what I’ve seen [and] the aftermath,” but later he said this changed after witnessing the sense of community the storm brought to campus and how it “brings it all home for us.”

“It is important to recognize that a good majority of students in addition to staff members either have family or different connections to the areas that have been affected by [the storm],” Salas said.

North Carolina Emergency Management spokesperson Julia Jarema said North Carolina was “very lucky” in regard to the minimal damage wrought by the superstorm compared to other states.

According to the National Hurricane Center’s website, “Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy” made landfall in New Jersey Oct. 29, with state of emergencies declared for many states along the eastern seaboard, including North Carolina.

According to Jarema, crews had been pre-positioned on the east coast to prepare for Superstorm Sandy’s arrival.

Throughout the superstorm, the state Emergency Response Team talked to residents to identify their needs, which turned out to be very minor, Jarema said.

There were some “miniscule power outages, down trees and limbs,” Jarema said.

Traffic concerns were another issue, Jarema said.

There were two fatalities in North Carolina, according to Jarema. One involved a vehicle crash in which a

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A MESSAGE FROM TOM STAFFORD, FORMER VICE CHANCELLOR FOR STUDENT AFFAIRS Stafford is now Interim Vice President of Student Affairs at John Jay College in New York City. He retired as Vice Chancellor at N.C. State in July.

I’ve had inquiries about my status in the storm that just hit NYC. Please share this picture and this report with the Division and any others who might have an interest.

I’ll start my report by saying that when I began this job, I never imagined that I would live through a hurricane right in the middle of NYC.

John Jay College was closed Monday and I was spending the day in my apartment on the top (17th floor) of my apartment building on 58th Street, between 6 and 7th Avenues watching coverage of the storm. Around 3 p.m. the news report indicated the the wind gusts had blown the boom of a crane over the body of the crane and the boom was dangling over 57th Street.

The building where this crane is located will be the tallest PHOTO COURTESY OF TOM STAFFORD

man drove into a tree, while the other occurred in international waters, but had assistance crews from North Carolina sent to the area, Jarema said.

National Public Radio said Sunday that at least 97 people were killed in the wake of the storm, while a CNN report said Sunday that total fatalities reached 110.

According to a Huffington Post report, more than 1 million people were still without power Tuesday.

ABC News said Saturday that the superstorm might

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Jesse Halpern News Editor

Congressman David Price (D) was re-elected Tuesday night and will continue representing North Carolina’s Fourth District, which includes Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill. Price defeated Republican candidate Tim D’Annunzio by more than 50 percent of the votes, according to unofficial polling data from the N.C. Board of Elections.

Price, a UNC-Chapel Hill graduate, has served 12 terms since his original election to Congress in 1986. He is also a member of the Appropriations Committee.

Price told The News&Observer that he has felt honored to work with President Obama.

“Together, we’ve reformed the health insurance system, reined in Wall Street, expanded access to higher education and begun a recover that has seen millions of new jobs created,” Price stated.

According to his platform, Price plans to strengthen eco-

nomic growth by supporting the middle class, investing in public education and community college training, and helping research and startup companies that he said have been a “blueprint for success in our state.”

In addition to these shortterm goals, Price told The News&Observer that he has a plan for North Carolina’s long-term development that would “achieve fiscal balance.”

Students familiar with the congressman may remember his June 25, 2012 visit to campus, when he spoke about potential increases to student loan interest rates.

“At a time when Americans owe more on their student loans than on their credit cards — and that’s saying something — it means an additional $1,000 every year on the average of interest costs, about $127 million per year in total for those North Carolina students,” Price said at the event.

Price’s legislative acts have often echoed President Obama’s platform, which

residential building in the city when construction is finished — 90 stories.

All of a sudden it hit me. I can see the top of this building from one of my windows. And it’s right next to me. By 8 p.m.

I had to evacuate and spent the night in a shelter in a high school on 84th Street. Tonight I’m staying on the John Jay campus. I’m fine, but I won’t be able to get back into my apartment until the boom is secured.

Meanwhile, all CUNY campuses will be closed again tomorrow and probably for the rest of the week, since most of our students ride the subways which remain closed.

Our campus had no significant damage.

The storm has created tremendous damage, and it will take a long time for the area to recover.

So, I’ve had (am having) an adventure, but I’m fine and continue to be challenged by my work here.

The attached photo was taken this afternoon and shows the crane and boom above 57th Street.

My best wishes to all.

students will evaluate over the next four years.

O b a m a’s p l a t f o r m regarding issues such as healthcare, foreign policy

have cost the American economy as much as $50 billion due in part to thousands of flight cancellations and the temporary shutdown of Amtrak train service.

and immigration relied heavily on what he has done during his first term.

President Obama will be sworn in during a private ceremony Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013, in Washington, D.C., with a public ceremony following the next day.

Technician was there.

You can be too.

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN

Congressman David Price speaks at Cree, Inc. in Durham, N.C. Monday, June 13, 2011.

supports both aid to students and protection of the environment.

Price has held the position

since 1986 with the exception of a two-year period between 1994-1996.

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