TECHNICIAN
tuesday november
20 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
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THE PLIGHT OF GAZANS: A STUDENT PERSPECTIVE
McCrory prepares for his upcoming term as governor Sara Awad
McCRORY’S MAYORAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Staff Writer
• Reduced property tax rate Pat McCrory will be the first Re• Reduced crime rate publican governor of North Caro• Founded Mayor’s Mentoring lina since 1993, but the implications Alliance to mentor youth • America’s Promise Alliance of this change in power are still unnamed Charlotte as one of the clear. “100 Best Communities for Young Public & International Affairs asPeople” • Chaired Alzheimer’s and Arthritis sociate professor Steven Greene said Foundations the citizens of North Carolina are • Served on Afterschool Alliance likely to see more Republican legisSOURCE: WWW.PATMCCRORY.COM lation enacted, such as a photo I.D. law, which would not allow citizens to vote unless they had proper photo McCrory is more moderate, while identification. It had been previ- the Republican leaders of the Genously vetoed by Gov. Bev Perdue. eral Assembly are more conservaMcCrory is also likely to reform tive, Taylor and Greene said. the Racial Justice Act, another item “The interesting thing is he’s nevvetoed by Perdue, Greene said. Ac- er been a part of state government. cording to the News & Observer, Re- He’s probably going to have to build publicans in the General Assembly a staff out of people who have never fought to “repeal” the act back in worked for him before,” Taylor said. April. The act protects criminals “This puts him in a unique situation from receiving the death penalty compared to the last few governors.” on the basis of their race. It is also going to be hard for him For education, to make changMcCrory seems to es, even within be leaning towards a unified party, a voucher pla n, because citizens Greene said. He will have a “statuslikely subsidize tuquo bias,” meanition for private ining they have a stitutions and make tendency to want Andrew Taylor, political it harder for teachto keep things science professor ers to tenure. Pubthe way they are, lic & International Greene said. Affairs professor Andrew Taylor Other roadblocks to implementsaid McCrory will likely initiate ing promises include “real-world “merit pay for teachers” and “come constraints” like funding. up with new ways to gauge school As mayor, McCrory pushed for performance.” more public transportation in The most important issue for Mc- Charlotte, but Greene said it’s hard Crory will be the economy, Taylor to tell whether he will push for that and Greene said. McCrory has talk- as governor. ed of reforming the tax code, but “In his campaign, he was always because he is cutting taxes, there has sold as a pragmatic problem-solver, been talk of making things like ser- person of action…not someone parvices “more taxable,” Greene said. ticularly ideological,” Taylor said. “The problem is everyone who is McCrory might try to look for currently not taxed is not exactly places of common ground with the interested in being taxed,” Greene conservative Republican legislature, said. There has been bipartisan sup- Greene said. But he probably won’t port for this issue, though. be in favor of more conservative so“What’s really going to matter cial issues. are the conflicts within the RepubGreene said he thinks the next lican Party and whose side [Mc- two to four years will be filled with Crory] ends up taking,” Greene significantly more conservative said. “There is always going to be policies, especially in the areas of the issue of agenda versus legislature due to ‘intraparty conflict’ regarding the details.” McCRORY continued page 3
“In his campaign, he was always sold as a pragmatic problem-solver...”
Two Gazan men stand at an Israeli-controlled checkpoint.
Staff Report After an Israeli airstrike Nov. 14 in the Gaza Strip killed Hamas commander Ahmed al-Jabari, hostility between Israel and the residents of Gaza has reignited in a conf lict that has recently claimed the lives of more than 100 people, according to the Health Ministry of Gaza. Among
the 850 wounded, 200 are children. Students against the Israeli occupation of the Gaza Strip have been vocal around the Triangle, voicing their frustration with the violence. N.C. State students involved in the Muslim Student Association, along with others, joined UNC-Chapel Hill students to protest the violence directed toward the people of Gaza. Over the weekend, Muslim students
joined forces with Occupy Raleigh, protesting the conflict at the state capitol. In Viewpoint, Gazan graduate student in English Nesren Elhertani shares her opinion of Western perspectives toward Gaza.
ELHERTANI’S COLUMN page 4
Facebook scam teaches students lesson Sara Awad Staff Writer
Many students will think twice before they use the N.C. State Free & For Sale group on Facebook after a scam raised red flags about the page. In October, Daniel Hodge posted an advertisement in the group for two MacBook Pros, two iMacs and 52- and 42-inch flat-screen TVs. Several students commented on the post asking for more details and price information. In his Facebook comments, Hodge listed the 42-inch f latscreen television for $350, the 52-inch television for $450, the MacBook Pros for $650 each and the iMacs for $1,000 each. In further comments, he lowered the price of the 42-inch flat screen to $300. In his comments, Hodge said he got the electronic items from
Overstock.com. According to posts on Facebook, one student was sold a faulty monitor in November. Hodge told the student that he had bought the monitor in January and was getting rid of it to “free up desk space.” Then, Hodge changed his story to his “job was going out of business” after meeting the student in person. After discovering the monitor didn’t work, Hodge avoided the student and failed to meet up with him again, according to a post by the student. The student finally contacted Campus Police, who told the student to always test products before buying them, according to his post. The police also said the student had enough information to send Hodge to “civil court,” the post stated. The post stated the student contacted Hodge’s parents about the scam and eventually got his money back. Graduate research assistant
Wolfpack to wrap up season against Eagles
Kartheek Anekella said that Hodge also tried to sell him the same faulty monitor, but Anekella did not fall for the scam. “I didn’t buy the monitor, because Hodge kept increasing the price,” Anekella said. According to Anakella, Hodge “kept posting a lot of stuff ” and there were many posts asking, “Is this guy authentic?” One person commented saying Hodge was in fact “authentic,” Anekella said. “Hodge later told me that someone else had offered him a better deal, and promised to get me another monitor the next day,” Anekella said. “I got suspicious at that point.” Hodge said he was just trying to “get rid of a lot of stuff,” Anekella said. Sophomore in zoology Kalysha Clark said Hodge also tried to sell her twin sister a 13-inch MacBook
FACEBOOK continued page 3
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Daniel Wilson Staff Writer
N.C. State (6-5, 3-4 ACC) will finish out the season this weekend at Carter-Finley Stadium against the Boston College Eagles (2-9, 1-6 ACC). The Wolfpack will be looking to bounce back from its highscoring 62-48 loss Saturday against Clemson. The last time these two colleges faced each other, Boston College took advantage of the notorious “Carolina hangover” that has plagued the Pack in recent years, winning at Chestnut Hill, 14-10. Head coach Tom O’Brien and Eagles coach Frank Spanziani have a long history of coaching together, starting in 1975 when they were both added to the coaching staff of Navy head coach George Welsh. Welsh was later named head coach at Virginia and took O’Brien and Spanziani with him to Charlottesville. When O’Brien was hired as the Eagles’ head coach, Spanziani was added as the running backs’ coach for two years and then served as O’Brien’s defensive coordinator for an additional eight years until O’Brien resigned to come to N.C State.
PHOTO COURTESY OF KLEARCHOS SANTORINI
4 5 7 8 Inside poster See page 2 & 7.
Kendrick Lamar proves his worth as a rapper See page 5.
‘Black Ops II’ breaks the series’ montonous streak See page 6.
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Junior defensive tackle Deylan Buntyn runs out of the tunnel before the start of the Wake Forest game at Carter-Finley Stadium. The Wolfpack had 428 total offensive yards in its 37-6 win over Wake Nov. 10.
“It’s always tough [to play against a former colleague],” O’Brien said. “Once the ball gets kicked off, it doesn’t matter who is on the other sideline.” Coming off of his best statisti-
cal game, senior quarterback Mike Glennon will be looking to finish the regular season strongly alongside his fellow seniors. Among the 16 players being recognized on Senior Day, Glennon, safety Earl
Wolff, linebacker Sterling Lucas and cornerback C.J. Wilson are graduate students for the Pack. “It is becoming more and
FOOTBALL continued page 3
Wolfpack falls in doubles finals See page 8.