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Tyler Thorton drives past freshman guard, Tyler Lewis, at Cameron indoor stadium on Thursday night.

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Krispy Kreme Challenge to hit new heights BEFORE THE BIG RACE: • • • •

Last chance to pick up race bib pick-up: Today 5 to 9 p.m. at Krispy Kreme Be at the bell tower before 7:45 a.m.

Openning ceremonies begin at 8:10 a.m Race begins at 8:30 a.m.

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9th annual running of the challenge Largest race with 8,000 participants 5 mile course A dozen doughnuts contain 2400 calories 96,000 doughnuts in total Challengers must eat doughnuts before leaving, not required for casual runners All proceeds go to the North Carolina Children’s Hospital

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Eight-thousand runners will challenge their physical fitness and gastrointestinal fortitude when they jam-pack Hillsborough Street Saturday, in the ninth installment of the annual Krispy Kreme Challenge.

Their mantra will be simple: 2400 calories, 12 doughnuts, five miles, and one hour.

The Krispy Kreme Challenge has become a beloved tradition at N.C. State, and in the name of charity has raised over $374,000 over the last eight years, with all of the proceeds going toward the North Carolina Children’s Hospital, with $127,000 being raised last year alone.

The challenge first began in December 2004 as a dare between a few N.C. State undergraduate students,

with then-sophomore Ben Gaddy able practices for waste disposal. taking home top honors as the win- This year, organizers have chalner of that race. lenged themselves to make the event Since then, the competition has zero-waste, meaning no remnants received national from the event end coverage, and was up in local landfills. placed #85 on the According to the “102 More Things Office of SustainYou Gotta Do Beability, in the past fore You Graduate” two Krispy Kreme

by Sports IllusChallenges, nearly trated, while the 7,400 pounds of University’s own waste, including Michael Harrison, co-chair of Student Governdoughnut boxes, the publcity committee ment has ranked paper cups a nd it as the “#1 Thing doughnut remains To Do Before You have been composGraduate” ted. This year, reusable coolers will The Challenge is also looking to- be used instead of Styrofoam coolward the future with more sustain- ers, and any of the 96,000 dough-

“The real success story lies in the $374,000 raised for the children.”

nuts left uneaten will be donated or composted.

Michael Harrison, co-chair of the publicity committee and senior in industrial engineering, said he hopes with 8,000 runners enlisting this year to set the record for participants, the event’s ability to give will grow even more, and it will continue to inspire.

“It’s important to remember that the real success story isn’t going from 12 runners to 8,000 over the last eight years. The real success story lies in the $374,000 raised for the children, and the lives transformed by that money,” said Harrison.

An N.C. State graduate has been named the first female African-American Chief of Police of the City of Raleigh.

City Manager J. Russell Allen appointed Cassandra DeckBrown as Raleigh’s Chief of Police on Feb. 1. The promotion moves Deck-Brown to the highest rank in the Raleigh police department.

“Ca ssa nd ra-Deck Brow n stepped up in every occasion and especially during the interim period,” Allen said. “She will bring new ideas, and the vision she has for the department is what the Raleigh police department is about.”

The vacancy for the Chief of Police position opened up when former Chief Harry Dolan retired on Oct. 1, 2012. Allen appointed Deck-Brown as the Interim Chief of Police while the department enlisted a team to search for a new chief.

Allen started a national search for the position, which began last September, and created a team to help screen the 48 applicants they received.

Deck-Brown was a finalist in a search that also included finalists Malik Aziz, Deputy Chief for the Dallas, Texas Police Department, and Bryan Norwood, Chief of the Richmond, Va. Police Department.

The new Chief of Police is connected to the Raleigh community and provides a new perspective on how the city will handle issues, according to Sheila Smith-McKoy, Director of the N.C. State African American Cultural Center.

“I think it will have an immeasurable impact,” Smith-McKoy said. “Raleigh now has a police chief that is very connected to underrepresented communities.

It will make a vast difference in how Raleigh handles multicultural issues as they arise.”

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Foam Fighters See page 6.

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Ryan Fuhs uses the ‘sandwich method’ to finish his doughnuts at the Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012. Fuhs was second into the eating area and second back to the run.

Softball Takes on FIU See page 8.

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WEATHER WISE

TECHNICIAN POLICE BLOTTER

THROUGH NATALIE’S LENS

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Tuesday 11:22 A.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR EB II Officers responded to nonstudent exhibiting concerning behavior. Subject was trespassed from NCSU property.

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12:04 P.M. | LARCENY Reynolds Coliseum Employee reported theft of basketball banner.

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4:24 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR Nelson Hall Employee reported concerning behavior regarding nonstudent. Appropriate paperwork completed.

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4:34 P.M. | B&E VEHICLE Venture Deck Non-student reported vehicle had been entered. No items were taken.

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Suddenly there came a tapping

Partly Cloudy

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PHOTO BY NATALIE CLAUNCH

Downy Woodpecker forages for insects in a pine tree on Centennial Campus. The Downy Woodpecker looks and sounds almost identical to the Hairy Woodpecker, but the two can be distinguished by the length of the bill. Hairy woodpeckers have a bill that equals the width of the head. There are six species of woodpecker found in the wooded areas surrounding Lake Raleigh. Although woodpeckers are year-round resident birds, they are easier to spot in the wintertime when tree limbs are bare.

Students showcase short films Nicky Vaught Deputy News Editor

Rather than spending 10 dollars on a movie in theatres, the N.C. State community chose to spend their night watching 14 short films.

Students in the College of Design and the Department of Communications presented short films they created on Thursday in the D.H. Hill Auditorium.

The night was split into two distinct genres: animated short films and video short films. The video films were shot on actual film, as opposed to being shot digitally.

The first film, an animated one called “Geometrical,”

by Margo Jordan, a junior

4:59 P.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT Lee Lot Two employees were involved in traffic accident.

in art and design, featured three-dimensional shapes: a cube, cylinder and pyramid.

It followed the shapes as they tried to get apples.

“My hardest part was figuring out how to give these very inanimate objects life,” Jordan said.

Throughout the night, filmmakers and others involved joked about how many of the films portrayed a solemn mood. Topics in the film were life, death, disability and other obstacles. Some of the films were based solely on movement, such as walking or jumping.

Some of the animated films were shot in two-dimensions while others, such as Jordan’s film, had a more three-di-

mensional feel.

“I found 3D animation was never something I’d get into, but it’s definitely a useful skill,” Jordan said.

After the animators answered questions in panelstyle, the emcee played the video films.

One of the video films was “The Laugher,” a somewhat dark film by Elias Clarke, a graduate student in art and design.

The lighting was one of the most difficult challenges in making video film. “There’s so many different ways to light and shadow,” Clarke said, “but you want to light it so your film can develop.”

Thursday was the first of two nights for the Student

Short Film Showcase. The next is set to be Wednesday, Feb. 20, in the Hunt Library.

Some students attended the showcase for University Scholars credit. The scholars program helped spread the word for the event.

“I wouldn’t have known about it if it weren’t for scholars,” Amanda McCrackan, a freshman in the scholars program, said. McCrackan said she enjoys watching films and is glad the University offers the opportunity for students to share their work.

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Today CRAFTS CENTER EXHIBITION: “WHO LET THE WOLVES OUT” Craft Center, All day SINISTER (2012) Witherspoon Student Center, 9:30 p.m.

WRECK IT RALPH (2012) Witherspoon Student Cinema, 11:59 p.m.

Saturday CRAFTS CENTER EXHIBITION: “WHO LET THE WOLVES OUT” Craft Center, All day KRISPY KREME CHALLENGE Belltower, 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

FOSS FAIR 2013 EBII 2216, 3211, 3300, 9 a.m.

COLLEGE OF TEXTILES OPEN HOUSE College of Textiles, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

WRECK IT RALPH (2012) Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7 p.m.

SINISTER (2012) Witherspoon Student Cinema, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday WRECK IT RALPH (2012) Witherspoon Student Cinema, 7 p.m.

SINISTER (2012) Witherspoon Student Cinema, 9:30 p.m.

Monday NATIONAL STUDENT EXCHANGE INFO SESSION 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

“Da dolorepti dolor si offictatus re si untinti bearcii lorem ipsum.”

Tuesday MARDI GRAS Case and Clark Dining Halls, All day DIRTY BINGO Witherspoon Student Center, 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Wednesday WHAT’S NEW IN MOODLE 2 D.H. Hill ITTC Labs 1A and 1B, 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

WELLS FARGO EXECUTIVE SERIES — VOLVO Nelson Hall Auditorium, 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

FREE MOVIE: AME’LIE Witherspoon Student Center, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS AN INSPECTOR CALLS Thompson Hall, 7:30 p.m.

FREE MOVIE: NAMESTEY LONDON Witherspoon Student Center, 9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Thursday LEGAL ISSUES IMPACTING ONLINE INSTRUCTION PART II: COPYRIGHT & FAIR USE D.H. Hill Library - Assembly Room 12 to 1:30 p.m.

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS AN INSPECTOR CALL Thompson Hall - Titmus Theatre 7:30 p.m.

MOVIE: MOULIN ROUGE (FREE) Withspoon Student Cinema 10 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Friday MOVIE: SKYFALL WItherspoon Student Cinema 7 to 9 p.m.

UNIVERSITY THEATRE PRESENTS AN INSPECTOR CALL Thompson Hall - Titmus Theatre 7:30 p.m.

MOVIE: SKYFALL WItherspoon Student Cinema 10 p.m. to 12 a.m.

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Gun-control advocate slams NRA, pleads for student action Mark Herring Editor-in-Chief

The National Rifle Association is “making a profit over our slain community members,” the director of North Carolinians Against Gun Violence told N.C. State students Thursday.

“It’s sick,” Gail Neely told students at the Raleigh Presbyterian Campus Ministry Pease Lunch Forum.

“It’s really sick. It has got to change.”

Neely v isited ca mpus Thursday to convince students to support her group’s efforts to end gun violence in North Carolina and the country.

Her comments coincide with the renewed national debate on gun control, but Neely, who owns a gun, fo-

cused her talk on reducing gun violence, not banning guns. North Carolinians Against Gun Violence advocates for gun education, the distribution of locks on firearms and laws that limit reckless behavior, she said.

“We are all about prevention,” Neely said. “Thirty-two people are murdered every day in the U.S., and though it’s going to be a tough road ahead, we’re going to keep plugging away.”

North Carolina and the nation stand at a frightening crossroads in gun control, she said. Since the massacre of students and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn., Neely and other members of her organization have been disgusted with the National Rifle Association and its vice president,

Wayne LaPierre.

General Assembly Tuesday to LaPierre gained global at- support several proposals: tention when he said, “The Granting of “open-carry only thing that stops a bad privileges,” or the right to guy with a gun is a good guy wear holstered handguns in with a gun.” public.

Neely’s A proorganizaposed tion lobbies amendment for changto allow i ng policy p e o ple t o locally. But “persont he N.C. ally resist” General Aspolice from sembly has confiscating regressed on their weappublic safety ons, accordand gun coning to N.C. Gail Neely, trol, with five Rep. Larry director of NCGV pending bills Pittman, Rthat would Cabarrus. “ineffectively control vioHouse Bill 111 that would lence.” all gun-permit holders to Three hundred gun-rights carry hidden, loaded guns in activists outfitted in empty family restaurants and bars. holsters rallied in front of the Neely’s group opposes

“We’ve been fighting for an end to gun violence for 20 years, and we have to reverse the statistics.”

‘Dirty Bingo’ event: a ‘slippery slope’ Young Lee Associate Features Editor

Students may have the opportunity to back win back some of their tuition in bingo prizes next Tuesday —prizes that include lube, dildos, edible underwear and vibrators.

Members of t he UA B planned “Dirty Bingo” as part of its series of Valentine’s Day themed events. However, many students expressed outrage that the use of student fees might have been used to purchase items that many find offensive. In response, more than 100 students stated intent to gather at Witherspoon Student Center at 8:00 p.m. to protest the use of student fees to buy adult toys.

Issuing a statement Tuesday night, UAB president Lauryn Collier, stated that the 25 items purchased by UAB amounted to $304.64 of UAB’s $160,000 budget.

It’s funded with taking less than one cent from each student in fees Nevertheless, many students remain as upset as ever.

“This is a pretty slippery slope,” Patrick Dougherty, a senior in industrial engineering, said. “At what point should I start being worried that they’re spending money on things that I don’t want? It wasn’t the amount of money that was the big concern. It was about the principle that money could be going to stuff like that.”

Dougherty said that it was

because of programs such as “Dirty Bingo” that he questioned the merits of the continued funding of the UAB. However, according to Rick Gardner, an advisor of the UAB, the organization has not seen an increase in funding during the past few years.

While the controversial program has split the student body, it remains to be seen which side, in fact, holds the majority.

Similar programs, such as “I Heart Female Orgasm,” attracted more than 550 students last year. And though 136 students said they plan to attend “Dirty Bingo,” some students say they doubt UAB will be able to fill the 460 seats of the campus cinema where the event is scheduled to take place.

Rebecca Law, a junior in statistics, said that she hopes the event will have a good turnout. She believes that programs such as “Dirty Bingo” are necessary to educate students about healthy sexual lifestyles beyond safe sex.

“Education about sex is one of the most important things for a healthy world, physically and psychologically,” Law said. “And I think once we can start talking about it openly, then maybe we can decrease unwanted pregnancies, increase comfort, decrease stigmas and increase overall health.”

According to Collier, the students that organized “Dirty Bingo” wanted to ad-

dress many of the concerns about sexual health that Law brought up in their program. “[We knew of programs like this] happening at other institutions and we had heard that they were very successful,” Collier said. “[We] want to help educate, about sex, students from all backgrounds, of all sexual orientations and we want to be able to demonstrate safe sex as well as safe sex that is adventurous, in heterosexual and homosexual relationships.”

Collier said that she and her team are continuing to work to find a way to address student concerns and some changes have been made to the original “Dirty Bingo” program “I will be working with the advising staff as well as some of the students who programmed the event to try to look at some of the concerns students have,” Collier said.

“And if there are items that occur over and over, items that are not appropriate, we will pull [them].”

“There is never going to be a time when you won’t offend someone, but if we can’t bring up controversial topics in a comfortable and open atmosphere, then we’re only hurting ourselves as people and students in the modern world,” Law said.

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Brian Branch, sophmore in sports management models a purple dildo during the Sexual Communications Fair in Talley Student Center last fall.

“laws that don’t promote safety.”

“We’ve been fighting for an end to gun violence for 20 years, and we have to reverse the statistics,” she said.

Neely encouraged students to organize and advocate for an end to violence, and North Carolinians Against Gun Violence stands ready to help any student organization.

“We’re all in this together,” she said.

But a recent Pack Poll, conducted by an on-campus polling group, found students, like American in general, don’t agree on what to do with guns. Fifty-seven percent of students oppose concealed-carry of weapons on campus, but a hefty minority – 41 percent – support concealed-carry laws.

Students appeared to tilt

toward gun rights when responding to the idea of a national ban on semi-automatic weapons. 57 percent of students oppose the ban, while 41 percent would support it.

The nation’s – and N.C. State students’ – inability to reach a consensus on guns fuels her mission to educate North Carolinians about using guns safely, Neely said.

“Last year, a man was shot in a dispute while grilling with a friend when they were arguing whether the meat they were cooking was a pork chop or a pork steak,” she said. “We need to advocate for more responsibility and sensibility, and we will keep at as long as we can.”

Professor accounts personal growth in the Family Islands Lindsey Schaefer Staff Writer

Marvin Hunt discusses Bahamian life in latest novel Marvin Hunt, a professor in English, described being in the Family Islands as “being in paradise.” His book, Among the Children of the Sun: Travels in the Family Islands of the Bahamas, published last year, describes these Islands as a part of the Bahamas that few ever visit.

“I wrote stories about love, lust and death. I had real adventures, dangerous close calls and met great people,” Hunt said.

In the book, Hunt records his journeys and the life lessons that he acquired while traveling through the Family Islands such as Eleuthera, Cat Island and Long Island. They are called Family Islands because most of the residents in Nassau, the capital and largest city of the Bahamas, can trace their family back to these islands.

“In the 15 years that the book covers, my officemate died of cancer, my brother died and so I was going through life changes. Each time I went to a new island, I was different. I came to terms with my own life as I was coming to terms with their lives. It was a great place to think and reflect,” Hunt said.

Hunt has traveled to the Bahamas over 40 times.

His first journey to the islands was in 1994 with his friend to Eleuthera for geological research.

“I didn’t see these islands the way that most tourists did,” Hunt said. “I saw them as the life of the people.... [My friend and I] would walk through these little settlements and people would just invite us into their homes….

They were so friendly, outgoing and hospitable that I decided I wanted to know more.”

In 1995, Hunt returned and traveled to the island of San Salvador. While on the island, his respect for the lives of the Bahamians grew from listening to stories that the old women would tell of survival, adventure and lives without modern-day conveniences such as electricity.

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Marvin Hunt, a professor in the english department, discusses his latest work on the Bahamas on Wednesday Jan 23. “I want people so see the other side of the Bahamas,” Hunt said, “In my book, I look at the history, social economics, and culture of the people there outside of the tourist industry”. Hunt also said the stories and details in book came from as many as 30 trips to the Bahamas.

Some of the most compelling aspects of the Islands to Hunt were the people and the history. Hunt’s book follows several historic figures that he felt personal connections to.

For example, Hunt’s book explores the life of Jermone Hawes, a deceased Franciscan monk and church architect, who Hunt said captured his interest since his first visit to Hawes’ hermitage on Cat Island.

“Follow ing this man’s ghost, walking around and seeing where he was, seeing what he built with his own hands, was the most rewarding thing for me.”

Before escaping to the Bahamas, Hawes grew famous in Australia for his astounding architecture and eventually could not take the constant attention. He therefore spent his time in the Family Islands in solitude, traveling from town to town and building churches for the locals.

“I always thought he was tortured. Here he was this hermit who wanted to erase himself from history, didn’t want to leave a single footprint behind…. Yet, he built these churches which are going to last for centuries.”

In his novel, Hunt also tells the story of Frances Armbrister, a deceased starlet and businesswoman who made a name for herself when she

built the famous Fernandez Bay Resort on Cat Island.

Armbrister was born in the Midwest, moved to Los Angeles, became a starlet and met Cyril Armbrister, the man who owned the Bahama Islands and who later became her husband.

Hunt was also interested in Armbrister’s belief in Obeah, the Bahamian version of Voodoo. She would surround her house with turpentine and parts of chickens.

“It is a spirit world that you encounter on Cat and Long Island,” Hunt said. “You almost feel haunted by the spirits of West Africa. You’ll be driving along and see a tree with bottles stuck in the branches. It is Obeah, warding off bad spirits.”

Hunt was also captivated by the beauty of the islands such as the hills that mark Long island, a rarity among the mostly flat Bahamas, or Great Inagua which has more than 60,000 flamingos, the largest concentration in the world.

Hunt says that he loves to visit the islands in June “when the mangos are literally dropping from the trees.”

“Within two to three hours of leaving your home in Raleigh, you could be there,” Hunt said. “They are that close to us and that far away.

You can inhabit a very different world.”

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Dirty Bingo: hardly a reason to moan

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uch of the buzz on campus this week is about Union Activity Board’s “Dirty Bingo” event, for which the prizes include vibrators, a copy of Fifty Shades of Grey and other adult goodies. Some students publicized their outrage on the Facebook page for the event. Patrick Dougherty, senior in industrial engineering calls the event disgusting. If you ask Technician’s editorial board, what’s really offensive is that UAB thinks people still want to read Fifty Shades of Grey.

The event scheduled for next Tuesday is one of the activity board’s smaller events — it was planned by the board’s Leisure and Entertainment committee chair, Ryan Doggett.

Yesterday Doggett said he read about similar events at other universities that proved to be overwhelmingly successful, and he thought Dirty Bingo would be as popular.

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“I feel like it’s good to know what’s going on, but maybe in a less in-your-face way.”

Julie Falzon freshman, engineering

“I think it’s very sordid. I’m not dissing it, but I personally wouldn’t go.”

Alex Lichtefeld junior, industrial engineering

“The idea is good, but I think it’s the wrong way to go about it.”

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Because this is a smaller event, it was approved by the Leisure and Entertainment committee and advisors — it was not put to vote by all of UAB. Each committee is given its own $1,500 budget. Pending the approval of full-time advisors, the committees plan events autonomously.

UAB has hosted sex education events in the past like, I Heart Female Orgasm and The JSpot, another small event — but neither of those events drew as much ire as Dirty Bingo.

The event is cosponsored by Peers Advocating for Choice of Knowledge, a department within Student Health Services — the group will lead the educational portion of the event.

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All writers must include their full names and, if applicable, their affiliations, including years and majors for students and professional titles for University employees. For verification purposes, the writers must also include their phone numbers, which will not be published.

illions of years of evolution without predators populated New Zealand with f lightless birds and other vulnerable animals that occur nowhere else in the world. Cats are wiping them out. One environmentalist suggested the country ba n c at s , because its wildlife isn’t equipped to Natalie handle cat Claunch predation.

Photo Editor Our wildlife is not equipped to handle cat predation either.

On Friday, I published a feature photo, “One Eye… Nine Lives” with a caption that cited a study published in Nature Communications. The study estimated the effects of cat predation— feral and outdoor house cats—on our country’s wildl i fe . Re searchers estimated that cats kill 1.4 – 3.7 billion birds and 6.9 -20.7 billion mammals in the United States annually. That estimate does not include reptiles or amphibians.

Given a cat’s instinct to hunt and kill goes beyond its need for food; it is easy to see how large of an effect they can have on an entire ecosystem. While cats kill ‘pest’ animals such as rodents, they will kill more effective rodent predators, such as snakes, as well.

I referred to feral cats as an introduced invasive species. They aren’t all that

different than the Burmese pythons in Florida, except for the fact that cats range across the entire country.

Both started out as pets, and both established breeding populations. One has a hunting contest, and the other is nurtured. Why is it that pythons establishing in one area is a big news story, but when I acknowledge the cat as the predator it is, I am accused of being too harsh?

I don’t hate cats. I have two indoor cats of my own.

I included recent data in my caption because it is hard to ignore. I wanted to get people thinking about the ecological implications of letting their cat roam free.

In my original caption, I failed to mention that the N.C. State feral cat colony is managed under a TrapNeuter-Return Policy. Cats that can be caught are taken to a veterinarian, where they are vaccinated, neutered or spayed, and returned to live a feral life. This policy helps curb growth within these populations, but many feral colonies across the country are not managed.

Besides the completely feral population, there is the additional population of ‘outdoor’ pet cats. Of the pets, many are not spayed or neutered, and contribute to a growing feral population.

You can make your cat wear a bell or have her spayed, but my best advice is to keep your cat indoors. If for no other reason, it is a very effective flea and tick preventative.

“Our wildlife is not equipped to handle cat predation...”

Letter to the Editor After reading the editorial featured in Thursday’s Technician, I felt compelled to add my own two cents on the matter, from a different point of view.

I think the editorial is missing the point. In my opinion, they’re kids being kids, and thousands of Americans have fought and died for the student body to have that right- including many, MANY North Carolinians and NCSU Alumni. When they shout “Wolfpack” at the end, I believe that it’s the student body paying tribute to those members of the pack who have served, are serving, and will continue to serve as long as there’s a United

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Students who are offended by the event seem to have a cohesive argument: The board shouldn’t use student fee money to subsidize debauchery.

According to UAB president Lauryn Collier, The activities board spent $304.64 for the 25 prizes from Priscilla McCall’s. A few toys were yanked from the prize list in response to the criticism. “I can agree that some of the items shouldn’t have been purchased,” Collier said.

According to Collier, this event cost each student less than a penny. Regardless of the amount students indirectly give, it’s unreasonable to expect every event on campus to be in keeping with personal moral codes. Muslim

students don’t protest when Campus Crusade for Christ receive Student Government appropriations, nor do Christian students bat an eyelash when the Muslim Student Association receives our indirect funding.

Collier wants to remind upset students that she and her committee chairs are students too.

“Everyone makes mistakes,” she said. She also encourages students to get involved with UAB. Students can join any committee, even if only to plan one event.

There is talk of protesting the event on Facebook, but the activities board will move forward with the event.

“We can’t please everyone,” Collier said — though, the prizes should certainly help.

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States of America. As North Carolina residents and NCSU students, we, the home of the Wolfpack are also the home of the brave.

Ted Spencer Vice President, NCSU Student Veterans Association

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Matthew Clark, senior in arts applications

Shifting gears: Why Raleigh should put its citation officers in ‘park’

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arkLink has given out one too many parking tickets.

Not to me, mind you. After three citations, I decided last semester to boycott Raleigh parking. Instead, I park at Cameron Village, grab a Starbucks coffee – so that I’m technically a Cameron customer – and walk 10 minutes to class.

Last week, Cassia Lew is, a junior in fashion and textile manJoseph agement Havey and also Deputy Viewpoint Editor a friend, returned to find her car blemished with one of those $20 demerits. This confused her because the meter showed Lewis still had plenty of time allocated to her spot. She had been parked in her spot for four hours, but she returned to dump more quarters in the meter at the two-hour mark.

She called ParkLink for an explanation, and a representative told her rules prohibit parking in a metered spot for more than two hours, whether or not the meter is refilled.

This has always been a rule, but neither I nor anyone I’ve talked with knew about it. Until a few weeks ago, ParkLink never enforced it, and Lewis has parked on Hillsborough Street and refilled the meter for the past two and a half years. But now ParkLink has decided to

crack down. That’s fine, but the parking office posted no notice and released no public service announcement, not even a tweet.

Raleigh’s parking rules are rapidly becoming absurd.

Did you know that students are not allowed to park in a metered spot for more than two hours on any day?

ParkLink officers are ticketing by zones. So students can’t bypass the no-refills rule and move their cars to another open spot – even if 100 spots remain open along Hillsborough Street.

To see the generosity of ParkLink, look no further than Logan Sawyer, a senior in science education who was awarded two tickets in one day. Sawyer moved his car from Zone A to Zone B and back to Zone A in twohour increments, attempting to follow the assigned time limits. He received a ticket for sitting too far away from the curb in Zone B, which he deserved.

But get this: After returning to Zone A, he received a second ticket because the citation officer assumed he had been there all day. Even though he presented the Zone B ticket as proof otherwise, ParkLink refused to repeal either ticket.

Do you see why I park in Cameron Village?

Despite repeated calls and emails on my part, ParkLink did not comment on this issue. However, I k now ParkLink has decided to enforce the rule partly to open parking for the restaurants.

The restaurants? Students provide the majority of revenue for these restaurants –

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using their feet, not their cars, to get to the doors. Plus, last time I checked, restaurants like Bruegger’s and Chipotle offer ample parking in the rear. Has anyone ever seen those lots full of cars?

I’m stooping to complaining about this issue because I have no other outlet. Forget Civil Disobedience-style protests. According to the News & Observer, Raleigh intercepts tax refunds to extract any unpaid parking citations.

I plead with Raleigh officials to either drop this ridiculous rule or more explicitly explain on the signs the rules governing two-hour parking. And for goodness sake, if ParkLink officials want to crack the whip, they should provide a grace period.

N.C. State’s warning-ticket system make no sense for people like Michael Patterson, who, according to the News & Observer, pays $600 a month in citations because he is too lazy to park in a deck downtown. However, for college students who do not have a long record of parking tickets – or a large bank account – I can think of no better option.

You see why I park in Cameron Village?

As my friend Lewis said, a student can only understand the parking system by getting a ticketed for every possible violation.

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Anyone wandering past Witherspoon Student Cinema on Thursday nights might just find themselves on the sidelines of an unusual fight.

Clad in training gear and wielding weaponry covered in protective foam, students enthusiastically pound each other with a wide variety of weapons.

For the past two years, the Sparring Group, as they call themselves on their Facebook page, has gotten together weekly to practice fighting skills. Founded by James Austin and Tanner Williams, the group formed to test different weapons against one another.

“We talked about what weapons we liked and how we would fight these weapons against each other,” Austin said. “The whole purpose of the group was that we wanted to learn to practically fight using weapons.”

At first, Austin and Williams practiced at slow speeds, but they soon realized they weren’t learning much fighting in slow motion. They each bought Cold Steel practice weapons and, after suffering various injuries, began padding the weapons for safety.

“We started purchasing whatever we could get, which included pool noodles, which make for good foam,” Austin said.

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“It’s about a combination of learning and fun.”

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The sense of community makes the Sparring Group a success, Robert Nunley, a senior in creative writing and one of the group’s regulars, said.

“You can go to the gym and work out, but when you talk to [club] people, you can come up with ideas and ways to push yourself forward,” Nunley said.

Austin also stresses the friendship and camaraderie between club members.

“It’s about a combination of learning and fun,” Austin said. “We all want to learn to fight better, but it’s all fun and games.

There’s no competition but what you set for yourself. I’m competing with myself to get better.”

The group invites anyone interested in improving their skills to swing by Witherspoon on Thursday evenings around 10 p.m. – to watch or join the action.

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together has grown into a small group of weapon “I have a lot of years of knife-fighting experience, enthusiasts, all with different specialties and levels and I’m the only one in the group,” he said. “It was of training. interesting fighting swords and shields and other “We’d get a new member that specialized in a long weapons with short weapons.” new weapon that neither James nor I did,” Tanner The sparring group also gives its members a said. “By having different people in the group, it’s chance to create weapons. William Stumph, a senior forced me to be more adaptable. It’s about not get- in physics, has trained with numerous weapons, but ting rooted in doing the same stuff over and over.” he also made his own out of thick, plastic pipes and But the two founders approach pool noodles. variety in different ways. Austin “I’ve made swords and everypractices with as many different thing up to pole arms and things weapons as he can. When the that are longer than I am tall,” group started, he had experience Stumph said. fighting with two swords. Since While many Sparring Group then, he’s tried numerous weapmembers have gained experience, James Austin, ons, including knives, tomahawks, the club welcomes with anyone co-founder of the spears and a shield on both arms. with a willingness to learn, Aussparring group “I started branching out to tin said. where the entire group will say “We’ve had people just walk by that, while I’m not a master in any weapon, I’m and show interest in the group,” Austin said. “We probably the most well-rounded of the group,” do go easy on new people, if someone is obviously Austin said. a lesser-skilled fighter than we are.”

Williams, on the other hand, specializes. Though Further, the group uses numerous safety precauhe has spent some time with other weapons, Wil- tions and gear and follows basic rules of engageliams focuses on knife fighting. Recently, he has ment. added a tomahawk in his free hand.

“Don’t aim for the head, don’t aim for the crotch,” Williams most enjoys the chance to test his skill Austin said. “If you do get hit, gauge the injury and against as many different styles as possible. react appropriately. If you plan on coming regularly,

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As a rookie, Holt grabbed 53 receptions for 788 yards and six touchdowns and playing an essential role in helping the Rams clinch the Super Bowl XXXIV championship.

His seven catches for 109 yards in Super Bowl XXXIV set rookie records in each category.

During his illustrious 11year career in the NFL, he reached the Pro Bowl seven times, missing only 2002 from 2000 through 2007.

He was named an All-Pro twice, in 2003 and 2006; NFL Alumni Wide Receiver of the Year in 2003; and NFL 2000’s All-Decade Team.

As of 2009, his NFL career numbers were impressive: 920 catches, 13,382 receiving yards and 74 receiving

touchdowns. Holt was the first player in NFL history to reach 1,300 receiving yards in five consecutive seasons.

He was also fourth-fastest receiver to reach 500 receptions and fifth-fastest to attain 5,000 receiving yards in NFL history.

Holt played for the Rams from 1999 to 2008. In 2009, he joined the Jacksonville Jaguars for a season. He moved to the New England Patriots during the 2010 offseason but didn’t remain with the team.

Outside of his professional career, Holt and his brother, also a former Pack football player, started the Holt Foundation in 1999 in honor of their mother Ojetta HoltShoffner, who died of cancer in 1996.

The Holt brothers host an annual football camp and 7-on-7 tournament.

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WOMEN’S TENNIS

Pack defeats Spartans 7 - 0 at home David Cancio Staff Writer

N.C. State’s women’s tennis team took on UNCGreensboro Thursday afternoon at J.W. Isenhour Tennis Court in a passionate but one-sided affair, taking down the Spartans 7-0.

The Pack won its doubles 9-8, 8-2, and 8-6 to win one point of the needed four, behind junior Joelle Kissell and senior Tatiana Illova.

Sophomores Nicole Martinez, Elisha Hande, Sophie Nelson and Senior Chloe were essential in clinching matches for the team.

State extended its lead with two more singles victories coming from Kissell and Illova who finished their respective matches in two sets winning by margins of 7-5, 6-3 and 6-2, 6-3. The further matches were closer with freshman Rachel James-Baker and Martinez splitting their contests to three sets of 1-6, 6-4, 6-3, and 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 respectively.

NCSU’s Hande finished her singles contest 6-0, 6-2 to sweep up the sixth point.

Smith finished off the last set to deliver State’s seventh after splitting one set in 1-6 and 7-5 apiece to then close out 10-2 in the tie breaker.

Regaining calm paid off

big for both Rachel JamesBaker and Chloe Smith as both competitors fell in the first set by large deficits.

For James-Baker, this was her first competitive team match.

“I am so excited and feel so blessed,” James-Baker said, who just recovered from an ankle injury.

A lot of the same could be said for Smith whose later splitting of the set would come down to much closer results as the last match of the night.

“I got a little frustrated in the first set and I was able to calm myself down and focus on my base,” Smith said. “I was trying to be more aggressive by hitting through my forehand and getting the ball deeper in the court.”

“These matches are really close and I think that’s why we do what we do,” head coach Hans Olsen said. “We come out to play for this kind of situation when it’s really close. If we had won every match easily that’s great too, but I love to see the battle. I love to see tight situations and how we respond to them. We did a great job playing one point at a time.”

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State splits series with Duke

Nolan Evans & Rob McLamb Deputy Sports Editor & Staff Writer

The N.C. State Wolfpack (16-7, 5-5 ACC) dropped its third straight Atlantic Coast Conference game Thursday evening at Cameron Indoor Stadium against the Duke Blue Devils (20-2, 7-2 ACC), 98-85.

Duke jumped out to an early 20-5 lead over the State and eventually extended its first half lead to 20 points with 7:08 to play, 41-21.

Despite a late game run made by the Wolfpack, it could never fully recover.

The Blue Devils wasted no time getting on the board to open the game. Duke gained possession on the opening tipoff and freshman guard Rasheed Sulaimon drove straight in to the basket from the left side for a layup and the foul. He would hit his free throw to give the Devils their first lead, 3-0.

NCSU freshman guard Tyler Lewis made his first career start for the Pack, filling in for the injured junior guard Lorenzo Brown for the second straight game. On the Wolfpack’s first possession, Lewis put State on the board on a jumper off of an assist from freshman guard Rodney Purvis.

From there, Duke then went on an 8-0 run on a pair of 3-pointers and a slam dunk from senior big man Mason Plumlee.

Once again, Lewis stepped up, hitting his second field goal of the game off of another Purvis assist and drew the foul. He hit his free throw for his fifth point, making it an 11-5 Blue

Devil lead.

It seemed as if that would be enough to spark the Wolfpack, but Duke went on another run, taking the lead out to 20-5.

After a made free throw by Calvin Leslie, Duke grabbed the rebound off of his second attempt. Plumlee threw another dunk off of a feed from Sulaimon, forcing N.C. State head coach Mark Gottfried to call his second timeout with 12:35 remaining in the half.

The Wolfpack made significant adjustments in the second quarter, pulling within 12 by the 4:36 mark, but the Blue Devil lead was pushed back out to 21 by halftime, leading 58-37. Duke hit 10-of-17 from threepoint-land in the half, four coming from senior guard Seth Curry.

The two teams came out playing with ferocity in the second half, but Duke was able to maintain its lead for the first eight minutes of the game.

With both teams fighting foul trouble, N.C. State jumped right back into the mix, trailing by 14 by the under-12 timeout. From there, the opponents battled back and forth for the next six and a half minutes.

With 5:17 remaining, junior forward Richard Howell made a layup to pull the game within 11 points, the closest the game had been since the 15:15 mark in the first half.

After Leslie pulled down a rebound off of a miss jumpshot by Plumlee, Howell pulled up a jumper on the other end of the court to bring the Duke lead to single digits

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Head coach Mark Gottfried screams at his team during a timeout Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013. The Wolfpack trailed the Duke Blue Devils 58-37 at halftime at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

with 4:37 remaining.

Less than a minute later while Howell possessed the ball, he drew the flagrant foul for his fifth. Plumlee knocked down both free throws.

A minute and a half later, Leslie

drew his fifth foul as well, putting State’s most dominant inside players on the bench.

With 1:09 remaining, senior forward Scott Wood drained a 3-pointer to pull the Pack within eight, but

that would be as close as State could pull within.

The Wolfpack will return to action 1 p.m. Sunday at Clemson.

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Remembering Torry Holt

Brown selected as Cousy Award Finalist N.C. State junior Lorenzo Brown has been selected as one of 12 finalists for the 2013 Bob Cousy Collegiate Point Guard of the Year Award, as announced by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame this Thursday.

Brown leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with a 6.9 assists per game average and his 2.1 steals per game is second in the league. Brown also ranks among the conference’s leading scorers with an average of 12.7 points per game, 19th in the ACC, and a team-best 33.8 minutes per contest.

Brown needs six assists to become only the third player in school history to record 500 in his Wolfpack career.

He is the ACC’s active assists leader with 494, 127 more assists than Miami’s Durand Scott, who ranks second. Earlier this season, Brown became the 48th player in NC State annals to score 1,000 career points.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Track and Field to compete in three meets The NC State track & field team will send competitors to three different locations this Friday and Saturday, Feb. 8-9, as the team approaches the championship portion of the indoor season. Members of the Wolfpack will compete at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., the Husky Classic in Seattle, Wash., and the Virginia Tech Elite Meet in Blacksburg, Va. NC State will send its jumpers and throwers to Fayetteville, a small group of distance runners to Seattle and a mix of sprinters, distance and middle-distance runners to Virginia Tech.

The Pack received a lift at last weekend’s Hilton Garden Invitational in Winston-Salem, N.C., where freshman Alexis Perry was victorious in the women’s pentathlon. The Durham, N.C., native won the 60-meter hurdles with an 8.54 clocking, before taking the top spot in the long jump with a 19’ 1.25” leap.

Perry also finished third in the high jump, eighth in the shot put and 10th in the 800-meter run.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Jonathan Stout Senior Staff Writer

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Sophomore third baseman Scout Albertson high fives her teammates after scoring a run against Boston College Saturday, April 7, 2012. Albertson went 1 for 3 with 1 walk and 1 run in the 7-1 Wolfpack win.

Wolfpack Softball opens season at FIU Rob McLamb Staff Writer

N.C. State will begin its 2013 softball season today as it participates in the Florida International Panther Invitational in Miami.

The Wolfpack softball program is entering its 10th season and will do so under the leadership of new head coach Shawn Rychcik.

Athletic Director Debbie Yow hired Rychcik from Boston University, where he compiled a 271159-1 record in eight seasons.

“Shawn has a clear vision of how to mold our softball program into one destined for the College World Series,” Yow said. “His recruiting results and graduation outcomes, achieved within a modest infrastructure, are quite simply stunning.”

“The fit for N.C. State is an excellent one and we welcome Shawn and his family to our Wolfpack Family.”

“I am looking forward to this challenge and believe we will build North Carolina State softball into an ACC and national championship contender,” Rychcik said.

The Pack returns eight of its top 10 regulars from last season’s team.

Senior outfielder Bethaney Wells and 2012 Atlantic Coast Confer-

ence Rookie of the Year shortstop Renada Davis will look to lead the way.

Wells has been the team leader in home runs for State in each of the last two seasons. The Harrisburg, N.C.-native also tallied a team-best 39 RBIs in 2012. That total placed her 5th in the conference last season.

She also placed 4th in the ACC with a sterling .567 slugging percentage.

Davis set school-records last season by batting .362 along with a .450 on-base percentage. The Tomball, Texas-native finished second in the ACC in batting and also led the Wolfpack with 55 hits.

Seniors and South Florida-natives Caitlin Dent and Katie Mansilla will also look to provide leadership.

Dent, from Boynton Beach, led the Wolfpack last season with 34 walks, Mansilla, from Pembroke Pines, paced N.C. State with seven stolen bases and seven sacrifice bunts while batting .290 in 2012.

Juniors Scout Albertson and Kirsty Grant will also look to help guide N.C. State into the upper-half of the ACC standings.

Albertson was second on last year’s team with five home runs and 32 RBIs. The utility-player from Archdale, N.C. started 51 games at third base in 2012.

Grant was an ACC All-Academic

selection last season in her first year at State after transferring from Tallahassee Community College. The catcher from Oakville, Ontario paced the Pack in 2012 with three triples, good for third overall in the ACC. N.C State will compete against Georgetown and Kansas on its opening day in Miami. Saturday, the Pack will face hosts Florida International, with semifinals slated for later that day and the final on Sunday.

Next week, N.C. State will take its game north to Tampa, Fla. to compete in the USF Tournament.

The Wolfpack will face Tennessee and hosts South Florida on Feb. 15.

A match-up with Coastal Carolina follows the next day with semifinal action later and the tournament final that Sunday.

State will play its first match in Raleigh on March 1 when it hosts Stony Brook University in the N.C. State Wolfpack Challenge. On the following Saturday, the Pack will face Kansas in a rematch and tangle with in-state foe North Carolina A&T. State will open league play in Raleigh at the Dial Softball Complex with a three-game set against Florida State starting on March 9.

Many consider Gibsonville native and former wide receiver Torry Holt one of the most electric players to ever play football at N.C. State.

In a month where we remember African-Americans who have represented State on and off the field, the contributions of Holt cannot be forgotten.

The University retired his jersey, No. 81, on Jan. 16, 1999, during halftime at Reynolds Coliseum.

He set many records: • Most receptions in a game: 15 for 179 yards.

• Most receptions in a season: 88 for 1,604 yards.

• Most receiving yards in a game: 255.

• Most receiving yards in a season: 1,604.

• Most receiving yards in a career: 3,379.

Holt still holds the records for touchdown receptions: five in a game, 16 in a season and 31 in his career.

The Atlantic Coast Conference named Holt its 1998 Offensive Player of the Year in his senior season. He set conference records with 88 receptions and 1,604 yards.

After Holt graduated, the St. Louis Rams picked him sixth in the first round of the NFL Draft, and he joined a group of four who earned the nickname “The Greatest Show on Turf.” The other three: NFL superstars receiver Isaac Bruce, running back Marshall Faulk and quarterback Kurt Warner.

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