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NCSU helps public schools implement Common Core Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor

States that have adopted the Common Core State Standards report that higher education is playing an increasingly important role in CCSS’ implementation. N.C. State’s College of Education is helping public schools across North Carolina adopt these standards.

CCSS is a set of math- and language-arts-based educational standards for all public schools in the United States, developed by the National Governors Association in

2009 and released in 2010. Though not mandatory, all but five states have already adopted the standards.

President Obama’s Race to the Top program, which required that states adopt CCSS or similar standards to become eligible for federal grants, is credited as providing a major push for states to adopt CCSS. In a national survey report released recently by the Center on Education Policy at George Washington University, the states that have adopted the CCSS indicate that their

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More students opt for non-linear paths through universities Travis Toth Correspondent

Non-traditional approaches to higher education are becoming more popular among college students.

N.C. State has not been a stranger to this phenomenon. Among these alternative college pathways is the Cooperative Extension Program, which typically elongates a student’s

college career by two or three semesters. It’s purpose is to provide students with valuable job experience before graduation since the 1960s, according to Susan Matney, associate director of the Career Development Center.

Traditionally, college has been presented as an option for the four years immediately following

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Lindsay Jones, a sophomore in bioprocessing sciences, volunteers by handing out “I [Heart] Diversity” T-Shirts to N.C. State students in the brickyard as part of Diversity Education Week on Monday.

Diversity Education Week launches with free T-shirts Katherine Kehoe Staff Writer

In honor of Diversity Education Week at N.C. State, several students distributed free “I [heart] Diversity” T-Shirts at the Brickyard Monday.

The shirt distribution marked the beginning of the University’s fourth annual Diversity Education Week.

Beginning last year, various student organizations partnered with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Center to promote student diversity during the week.

According to Justine Hollingshead, the director of the GLBT Center, Diversity Education Week is a good start for talking about di-

versity, but the University is trying to keep the discussion going even after the week is over.

“We don’t want, at N.C. State, there to just be one time that you talk about diversity,” Hollingshead said. “We should be talking about diversity all the time.”

Asante Amaning, a junior in environmental science and member of the diversity commission, said he is looking forward to a forum Tuesday sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social Sciences that will discuss research about underrepresented populations. The topic of the discussion will be the portrayal of minorities in the United States.

Amaning said he is involved with Diversity Education Week because thinks everyone should experience unfamiliar cultures.

“My dad is actually from Ghana and my mom is from North Carolina, so I’ve always been mixed up with different crowds and diverse cultures,” Amaning said. “I think that’s a really important experience for people to have.”

The T-shirts will feature a rainbow heart, which is typically associated with the GLBT Center community, and an N.C. State block “S” in the word diversity.

According to Hollingshead, the

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Bishop Gene Robinson lectures about religion and GLBT community Madeline Safrit Correspondent

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Sadlack’s Heroes sits on the corner of Enterprise and Hillsborough Streets and has been open since 1973. The restaurant is set to close in the coming months to make way for a new hotel on Hillsborough Street.

Sadlack’s moves from location of 40 years to Martin Street downtown Joseph Havey Deputy News Editor

Sadlack’s Heroes on Hillsborough Street will officially close Dec. 31, after 40 years of service at its current location.

Owner Rose Schwetz is moving her restaurant business to the Berkeley Café on Martin Street in downtown Raleigh.

“I’m happy and sad,” said Raleigh resident Linda Eddins. “I’m sad that they’re leaving this iconic spot, but

I’m excited that they are moving and not closing.”

Eddins, a retired North Carolina Department of Transportation employee, said she used to walk to Sadlack’s about every day for lunch. She has been coming to the Hillsborough Street location since it opened in 1973.

Both Sadlacks and the Berkeley have experienced hardships recently, according to The News & Observer. The economic downturn struck

the Berkeley, which had to close its adjoining 200-person-capacity music room this past summer to make way for a tobacco store. Sadlack’s is one of several businesses across from the Bell Tower that will have to close by the end of this year to make way for construction of a 125room hotel and retail complex, owned by N.C. State.

Schwetz said she spent months looking for a new location on Hillsborough

Street for Sadlacks but was unsuccessful. She eventually settled for the Berkeley.

“I’d like to have another Sadlack’s somewhere,” Schwetz told the N& O. “Maybe someday. But right now, my only way to stay alive is to get the Berkeley up and running.”

Schwetz plans to remodel the Berkeley by enlarging the kitchen and sprucing up

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Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop, spoke to audiences about the importance of religion in the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community. The N.C. State GLBT Center hosted Robinson in Witherspoon’s Campus Cinema on Monday for a presentation called God Believes in Love, Straight Talk about Gay Marriage.

Robinson is an active member of the GLBT community.

Upon introduction to his audience, N.C. State’s Center for Leadership, Ethics and Public Service awarded Robinoson its honorary Role Model Leader Award.

Dani Lechner, vice president of the GLBT Community Alliance at N.C. State, announced the award, and referenced some of its former recipients, such as Maya Angelou and Coach Kay Yow. Lechner said Robinson exemplified and shared many of the traits that qualified him for this award.

“Bishop Robinson has shown love in the face of fear and hate,” Lechner said.

Lechner said that as a prominent figure in the GLBT community, Robinson has proven to take on the roles of a teacher and a leader.

Darren Lipman, secretary of the GLBT Community Alliance, said he advocates for many of these ideals that Robinson shares.

“This is to show that religion is compatible with sexuality.

There is a place for those who are religious and belong to the LGBT community,” Lipman said.

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“When you see the T-shirt, it catches your eye,” Hollingshead said. “The heart is a rainbow and

K-12 and higher education systems have begun working together to implement the standards.

North Carolina is among the states that have adopted CCSS. N.C. State has helped public schools implement the standards by educating current College of Education students and by providing professional development training for current principals.

“We’ve been implementing common core for a couple of years now,” said Michael Maher, assistant dean for professional education at N.C. State, “All the new teachers coming out of N.C. State have been schooled in common core.”

Maher said College of Education graduates have also helped teachers in North Carolina who are less familiar with CCSS implement the standards into their classrooms.

Additionally, N.C. State offers a Massive Open Online Course to teach frameworks for implementing CCSS. The MOOC, which is partially funded by the National Science Foundation and the Oak Foundation, is recommended

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most people get what that means.

Then you add the word diversity with the block “S” in there, it represents N.C. State and that says a lot.”

This is the eighth year that the GLBT Center has distributed free “I [Heart] Diversity” T-shirts to students. Hollingshead said that the purpose of the shirts is to show N.C.

for elementary and middle grades educators seeking a deeper understanding of students’ learning of fundamental mathematics.

Maher said these efforts to help implement CCSS are not mandated, but they help the College of Education meet its service work goals.

“At N.C. State we do a lot of service work,” Maher said.

“There are tons of things that go on in public schools that are really driven by faculty from this University. This is part of our overall mission to provide service to public schools.”

Maher said it’s also important to note that education standards are often updated on a rotating basis, and CCSS should be viewed as one of these updates.

“Every year or every several years, we’re re-evaluating our education standards,” Maher said. “For example, we implemented English language arts and math from the Common Core last year. Next year might be the year that we adopt new social studies standards.”

Maher said CCSS was a more sweeping change than usual, but teachers are used for these kinds of updates. “[CCSS] requires some different teaching, some differ-

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State’s support for diversity and acceptance without targeting specific minorities.

“To say I [Heart] Diversity, you could be an ally, you could be a member of the community … and someone isn’t necessarily going to know your sexual orientation by wearing the shirt,” Hollingshead

said.

There are plenty of opportunities for students wanting to stay involved with diversity events on campus after this week. Groups such as the GLBT Center, the Women’s Center, the Union Activities Board Diversity Activities Board and the Student Government Diversity Commission

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45 states have formally adopted some form of Common Core.

N.C. adopted CCSS on June 2, 2010.

The only states that have not adopted CCSS are Texas, Nebraska, Alaska, Minnesota and Virginia.

37 states have offered or are going to offer CCSS briefings faculty in colleges and universities SOURCE: COMMONCORESTANDARDS.ORG

ent ways of teaching,” Maher said. “It requires teachers to be a little more thoughtful in how they prepare lessons and the kinds of lessons, but this is the work of teachers. That’s what teachers do. It’s not like we’ve completely flipped education upside down.”

Other North Carolina education programs are also helping implement CCSS. Kaitlin Gastrock, managing director of regional communications for Teach For America in Eastern North Carolina, said she has not worked with N.C. State to implement CCSS, but TFA still incorporates the standards in its training programs.

“Teach For America in North Carolina incorporates the Common Core standards into our intensive pre-service teacher training and ongoing support to ensure our teachers are able to align their lesson and unit plans to stateadopted Common Core standards,” Gastrock said.

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North Carolina State Board of Education could not be reached for comment about this article.

The Center on Education Policy survey was administered electronically to state deputy superintendents of education or their designees from February through May 2013. Only representatives from the 45 states that had adopted some form of CCSS already received the survey.

Representatives from 40 states responded, including 39 that had adopted the CCSS in both English language arts and math and one that had adopted the standards in English language arts only.

Thirty-five state education agencies responded to the survey and reported that they have forged formal partnerships with postsecondary education officials to implement CCSS. Only five states said they have not established any of these types of partnerships.

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hold events year round.

One upcoming event is Cabaret, one of the GLBT Center’s signature programs, which is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 15.

Upcoming events for 2013 Diversity Education Week Staff Report

Started by students in the spring of 2011, the purpose of Diversity Education Week is to build understanding and respect among different peoples and enhance constructive leadership in communities. The Week, which is a joint initiative of the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity and the Union Activities Board, includes several events, such as lectures, workshops, panel and group discussions, information sessions, film, food, music and dance.

N.C. State is hosting several events as part of Diversity Education Week.

Today marks the second panel forum “Research and Underrepresented Populations,” which will highlight N.C. State faculty research w it h u nder re pre s ente d populations. Attendees will hear about variety research being conducted at the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. The panel will take place at 11:45 a.m. in Caldwell Lounge.

Wednesday, the Women’s Center and Department of Multicultural Student Affairs is hosting a breakfast and discussion about gender and race, from 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. in 322 Harrelson Hall.

Student leaders will present

their experiences and lead a discussion about identity.

Bagels and cream cheese will be provided.

On Thursday, the Women’s Center is hosting “These Hands Don’t Hurt.” Between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the Brickyard, students can make a pledge to help end violence in the community by placing painted hand prints on a canvas that will be displayed at D.H. Hill library.

Friday is “I Heart Diversity” T-shirt Day, sponsored by the GLBT Center. All day, students, faculty and staff members are encouraged to wear their “I Heart Diversity” t-shirts, which were given out Monday, to support the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender community.

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In his speech, Robinson said he acknowledges a period of time when the power of the GLBT community was inexistent.

“Thirty years ago, most Americans would have told you that they didn’t know anyone who was gay,” Robinson said. “And now, there isn’t a family left in America who doesn’t know one family member, one coworker or one classmate who isn’t LGBT.” Lipman said this radical change and works with the GLBT on campus to give support to those who feel as though society is not acceptant of their sexuality.

“There are definitely a number of students who are going through that struggle right now. I know I have gone through that period of not knowing where I fit in with my religion,” Lipman said.

Robinson said that as society has moved and evolved, the presence of the GLBT community has become more accepted in everyday life.

“At the Episcopal Diocese general convention last summer, we welcomed transgendered people.

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the back patio. She said she plans to continue to book live bands there.

Some Sadlack’s regulars responded the same way as Eddins: sad about the move from the restaurant’s iconic location but happy Schwetz is staying in business.

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high school. However, more students are now attending universities later in life, attending several institutions, signing up for online courses through Coursera or edX or simply taking a year off in between semesters, according to an article from The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Despite prolonging graduation, Trey Moore, a sophomore in computer science, said co-op was something he was interested in. Moore recently accepted a position at PerkinElmer, a biotechnology company that specializes in areas of human and environmental health, including environmental analysis, food and consumer product safety.

“Why not delay graduation to get that extra experience

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Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay man to be consecrated, was awarded the 27th Annual Role Model Leader Award at Witherspoon Cinema on Monday.

In 2003, if that had happened, you would have thought the world had ended,” Robinson said. “Now, ten years later, it is hardly a problem.”

However, Robinson said elements of religion still do place pressure on the LGBT community.

Cathy Marshall, a member of

the Community United Church of Christ in Raleigh, attended the seminar to stand against many of these discriminatory churches.

Michelle McKay has been coming to Sadlack’s since the early ‘90s, and said she is optimistic about the move.

“I live closer that way and so do a lot of the [regulars],” McKay said. “You’re going to see a lot of the same people at the Berkeley Café, I think.”

Still, McKay said she’ll miss the view she’s enjoyed for 20 years.

“I think it’s sad because I’m

going to be missing looking at the Bell Tower, and this is definitely a unique building,” McKay said. “There are people that have been coming here for decades.”

McKay said there’s a running joke among the regulars, who will often call each other to see who is at the restaurant for the night.

“Everyone always says ‘heroes,’” McKay said. “There’s

nothing but heroes here.”

McKay said her favorite parts of Sadlack’s are the people, the staff and the Bingo nights.

“We found out a couple weeks ago that Rose Piggins is continuing to do the Bingo when they move to Berkeley,” McKay said. “The whole place went up in applause. No one wants to miss Monday night bingo.”

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Matney said that although the program doesn’t fit into the traditional four-year plan, students who participated in co-ops tend to have an advantage compared to other graduates.

“It’s part of the mission of the University to provide students with the skills they need after graduation,” Matney said.

Other students have found themselves veering from the four-year track for various reasons.

For Cameron Jetton, a senior in economics, the decision to take time off from his undergraduate degree stemmed from financial reasons. After landing a job at Pergo Factory Outlet, a hardwood flooring manufacturer, Jetton sought to gain financial independence before returning to his college career.

Jetton said he opted to attend N.C. State when the time came to return to his education. He started as a transfer student and attended orientation with other future transfer students.

“Orientation was pretty helpful,” Jetton said. “It’s kind of nice because you’re hanging out with people who are in the same boat as you.”

After some setbacks during the move-in process, Jetton said his transition back into college life was pretty smooth. He said he’s happy with his decision to pursue higher education atypically.

Emily Stover DeRocco, who was the assistant secretary of labor for employment and training during the George W. Bush administration, told The Chronicle of Higher Education that the large amount of choices students have in higher education are like an

“educational buffet.”

According to the article, some students can benefit from the non-standard pathway through college.

For example, students could take a Massive Open Online Course, study abroad or take an apprenticeship or internship, all while collecting the results of their learning into an electronic portfolio. Students could then show this portfolio to employers at the end of their higher education journeys.

“There are a huge number of options now for learning.”

DeRocco told The Chronicle of Higher Education. “The nature of the workplace and occupations is changing so dramatically that thinking of college as one place, one time, is quickly becoming outdated.”

“As members of the Open and Affirming Task Force, we are always looking for opportunities to support the LGBT community through our faith and through our church,” Marshall said.

In contrast to Open and Affirming churches, many churches continue to fight against GLBT rights.

Robinson said he continues to preach that even though the Bible and religion are often used to incriminate members of the GLBT community, they can also be used for support.

“You can’t pretend to know what the Bible says or means unless you know the context,” Robinson said.

Robinson said religion can become an integral part of the GLBT community. During the question and answer session of the seminar, some GLBT members also mentioned the importance of religion.

“Religion should be personal and you should not be excluded for being essentially who God made you to be,” Lipman said. “To have someone of such recognition—to make that statement on our campus—it’s phenomenal.”

Eddins said the she will probably continue to regularly eat at the Berkeley but that will depend on the parking downtown. Her favorite parts of the restaurant are the people and the eclectic environment.

“It has changed a ton since the beginning,” Eddins said.

“It has gone from basically a dive to a really nice bar. It’s like night and day.”

Eddins said she thinks N.C. State students will be the most upset about Sadlack’s move downtown.

“I know the state students will be heartbroken when they can no longer get these wonderful sandwiches so close,” Eddins said. “They’ll have to take a hike. I’m just happy that it’s going to live on.”

Campout for Carolina tickets to be held Friday at PNC Arena Staff Report

Student Government will host Campout 2013 for N.C. State students on Friday in PNC Arena. This all-night event will include a variety of activities, including sports, food, performances, games and prizes. N.C. State students who participate will gain six loyalty points toward the ticketing lottery system for the N.C. State men’s basketball season.

Prior to the campout event will be Primetime with the Pack at PNC Arena, an exclusive scrimmage game to kickoff the basketball season.

Campout 2013 honors the Wolfpack tradition for students to campout outside of Reynolds Coliseum to earn their tickets to the N.C. State men’s basketball games.

Registration for Campout 2013 is still open to all N.C. State students who wish to participate. Registration can be completed online at http:// go.ncsu.edu/campout. Students will need to use their NCSU Unity ID and password to access the form.

Also, a variety of student organizations will be performing at the event.

Free Expression Tunnel gets a diversity-themed makeover Staff Report

Several students gathered Monday night at Free Expression Tunnel to celebrate Diversity Education Week at N.C. State. Students from across campus painted the walls of the tunnel with statements such as “I heart diversity,” “Gay Christian is great” and “I may not have love, but I do love who I am.”

The event, which was sponsored by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center at NCSU, commemorated Bishop Gene Robinson’s speech, God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Marriage. Robinson is the first openly gay Episcopal bishop.

Guadalupe Arce, a senior in agricultural extension education, said she attended the event because she was part of the diversity commission in student government.

“We really support any kind of culture,” Arce said.

“It doesn’t matter if it’s a ROTC culture or an ethnicity culture, and obviously, we do support the GLBT com-

munity. We’re big allies of the GLBT community.”

Arce was painting “I heart diversity” in rainbow-colored block letters. She planned to add a Student Government symbol to her design.

Michaela O’Connor, a sophomore in international studies, said she was also at the event to support the diversity commission.

“We’re trying to get more involved this year so that we can build up and get a bigger standing here at N.C. State to show that we’re more accepting,” O’Connor said. “We’re promoting diversity and acceptance from everybody.”

Although the GLBT Center hosted a similar event last year, O’Connor and Arce were both attending the event for the first time.

“The diversity commission was still trying to get its legs under itself [last year] because we were disbanded a couple years ago,” O’Connor said.

O’Connor said the diversity commission was formally recreated this year.

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Shaun Ross, a sophomore in agricultural education, expresses his feelings about diversity in the free expression tunnel after Bishop Gene Robinson’s visit on Monday.

Arce said she thinks the GLBT Center is doing a great job promoting the events during Diversity Education

Week and partnering with other departments within the University, such as the Union Activities Board.

“I think they’re doing an amazing job at making sure it’s a broad spectrum of diversity so it’s not only advertising

the stuff that’s at the GLBT community but any community that might feel diverse,” Arce said.

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.C. State Stewards, a group supported by the University Sustainability Office, conducted a study Sept. 3–4 to find out how much food the average student wastes. Within only two hours, 732 people at Fountain Dining Hall produced 138 pounds of food waste — an average of three ounces per person.

University Dining already has several programs in place to help reduce our food waste.

Throughout the semester, University Dining employees occasionally “recognize students who turn their plates in ‘clean’ as members of

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the Clean Plate Club with a button and small prize,” according to the N.C. State Recycles website. Additionally, University Dining has been composting food waste in dining halls since fall 2010.

We commend these efforts, as they have proven to be effective — the three ounces of waste per person demonstrates a decrease in food waste from February 2012 when the average waste per person was 3.73 ounces.

Still, three ounces adds to about 5.6 pounds of food waste per person every month, and that’s only accounting for one meal. We think the University can become more sustainable by expanding its composting program to The Atrium and Talley Student Center as well.

But even if the University does implement more programs to increase our sustainability, the responsibility of reducing waste falls on us as the students. Many students seem to think

they will get the most out of their meal plan if they fill their plates with as much food as possible, but when they end up throwing away half of their food, they are only costing the University more money. This will eventually result in students having to pay more for their meal plans to make up for the food loss. We can reduce our waste by only taking as much food as we know we can eat on our first trip through the buffet line. After all, anyone who is still hungry can always go back for more!

Do you know where your student fees go?

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26 article “Student Senate votes on proposed fee increases,” I can certainly understand why fees are increasing.

Michael To underHelms sta nd why Guest Columnist fees increase, we should understand the mechanism that controls the fees. No fewer than three committees, an entire branch of student government, the board of trustees, the board of governors (what exactly is the difference between trustees and governors?) and the entire North Carolina Legislature are involved. Gideon Tucker’s famous quote, “No man’s life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session,” seems fitting here.

I contacted Student Body President Alex Parker about this last week. Sadly, Alex told me that I was the only student who responded to his call for feedback in the middle of September.

Whoever came up with this convoluted process understood clearly that just about anything could be passed through this labyrinthine of bureaucracy. I suspect that there are only a handful of students on campus that could speak cogently about this and even fewer that are actively involved. A lack of meaningful student participation in the process should be alarming to every student at N.C. State. Did you know that fees are poised to increase by more than $83 per semester? That’s more than an extra 7 percent on top of the $1,084 that full-time students already pay in fees each semester.

How many students are asking questions about where their $2,168 is going every year?

There are no fewer than 10 special interest groups, in addition to Student Government, that are vying for more money. These include the Office for Institutional Equity and Diversity (whose cryptic mission statement includes such vagaries as “fostering

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the new student orientation (that I diligently attended, and which I can safely say was a wasted day), and fees for a myriad of other things that have questionable value.

And if the fees aren’t bad enough, the institutional ineptitude could keep comedians in full-time work. Like the time I tried to pay tuition in person and was told that the cashier’s office would no longer accept in-person payments, which begs the question: Why do we have a brickand-mortar cashier’s office in the first place? Or like the time I pre-ordered books at the bookstore (under the egis of saving time), which turned into a half-hour long exercise in stair-climbing as I went back and forth between the bookstore cashier and the third-floor office where I was to pick up my books.

I don’t know what’s more disheartening ; that our bloated institution recklessly funds itself with our hardearned money or that so few students seem to care.

Fee increases? How about convincing me that I’m getting good value for the money I’m already spending? How about demonstrating the sort of fiscal responsibility that private, for-profit enterprises have to demonstrate to remain competitive? And how about remembering that, at the end of the day, the University exists to service the people of North Carolina and not the other way around?

The committee wants feedback about the fees. From this student’s perspective, they’re wasted money — money that I’m forced to pay, even though I’m not receiving any value in return. Instead of raising the fees and robbing us of even more money, how about spending some time convincing us that the money we’re already giving to the school is being well spent?

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The Technician is a part of SMA, and the increase will fund a full-time production assistant for the Technician and the Nubian Message.

“I think they should because it would reduce waste and be more environmentally friendly.”

“Yes because N.C. State already has a wide diversity of sustainability programs and this would continue their efforts.”

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lcohol abuse among the college population is not a secret.

Whether someone is of age is often irrelevant and instead we treat it as a part of our culture. The association Tyler Gobin w e m a k e Staff Columnist between college and drinking is as obvious as the association between pumpkins and October. But why is it that consuming alcohol has become a rite of passage in college?

A report published by the State University of New York found that people whose parents served them alcohol as children generally don’t have drinking problems later in life. This practice is popular in Italian, Spanish, Greek, Jewish and Portuguese cultures and they all share three characteristics.

First, alcohol is seen as a neutral substance. Parents in these countries preach the failure of alcohol to serve as a magic elixir, but don’t refer to it as a prohibited poison either.

“We need to recognize that it is not alcohol, but rather the abuse of alcohol that is the problem,” said Professor David J. Hanson of the State University of New York.

In the United States, school alcohol education programs place it in the same boat as illegal drugs and try and scare young children away from it.

We all know when you refer to something as prohibited it increases curiosity and increases desire to try it in some people.

Second, in these cultures, people tend to learn how to drink responsibly in the safety of their homes. From an early age, children are allowed to drink with their parents. This helps children realize that alcohol is completely natural and does not symbolize adulthood. When alcoholic drinks are served as often as water, children view drinking as a normal activity with no special significance.

By treating alcohol as insignificant, people are less likely to view college as the gateway to binge drinking.

Lastly, people in these countries commonly choose to abstain or drink in moderation.

“Because either drinking in moderation or abstaining are both equally accepted options for adults, we must prepare children for either choice,” Hanson said.

When parents allow alcohol in the home, their kids have the option to either abstain from drinking or consume in moderation.

Hanson calls the prohibition of alcohol irresponsible. Abstinence-oriented education programs and parenting are wasting money and time and teaching moderation is more effective.

“Either choosing to abstain or to drink responsibly is a real sign of maturity and

good judgment,” Hanson said.

The abuse of alcohol is not socially accepted around the world. The effects of abuse are poor decisions that lead to sometimes fatal consequences and are uniform around the world. Granted a fatal consequence is the extreme, it seems to slip people’s minds after too many unscathed weekends.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there are about 80,000 deaths attributable to alcohol overconsumption per year in the U.S. I don’t think people realize how easily something can go wrong.

After a forgotten night during my freshman year at Oregon State University, I woke up to learn that a 20-year-old sorority girl was found dead in the Alpha Chi Omega house. This shockwave reverberated throughout campus and gave students a reality check. I am not trying to portray a bad image of sorority girls or the specific sorority — this could have easily happened to anyone.

I don’t believe alcohol should be prohibited at all, but I believe students need to realize they’re not invincible.

Also, parents need to stop trouncing alcohol as if it’s a poison because all that does is increase curiosity and the probability that students will abuse it when they get their hands on it. This weekend, try to think twice about that next drink.

“Yes because it would be very beneficial to the school , and it would be a step toward ecological change.”

“Yes because I’m all about saving the planet.”

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an inclusive, accessible, and diverse intellectual and cultural campus experience,” which I would have thought was achieved by the diverse community of students we have, and not by a group of bureaucrats), Arts N.C. State, a group that has its own viceprovost at the costly sum of $131,524 per year, and the Union Activities Board (a group that I’d never heard of until reading this article, despite having been a part-time student since 2008).

How many of these groups have you heard of? You’re paying for them, after all!

UNC-System President Tom Ross wryly notes that tuition won’t be rising, but fees will. Call it tuition, fees or whatever else, but the result is the same: The cost of our education is increasing.

And I doubt that the fees are increasing because of inflationary cost increases. I suspect it’s because we need another committee, another board, another provost or another special interest group that wants to fund itself on the back of every student.

And to be clear, my educational experiences at N.C. State have been top-notch.

I’ve attended no fewer than five colleges and universities in the past 20 years, and I’ve never met a group of educators as dedicated to providing a high-quality educational experience as I have at N.C. State.

I simultaneously find it mind boggling how institutional and bureaucratic the University is. Every time I pay tuition, I’m reminded that about a quarter of this money goes to “fees;” fees for sporting events that I have no intention of patronizing, fees for legal services that I’ll likely never use, fees for a public transit system that is of no service to this adult student who lives in north Raleigh, fees for renovating student center buildings that I’ve yet to set a foot in (and may not be complete before I graduate), fees for a health services complex that does little more than harass me about my immunization records, fees for

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Shakori Hills brings musical diversity to Triangle Grant Golden Staff Writer

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance took place during the weekend and, despite the sporadically gloomy weather, the weekend was filled with excellent music and cheerful vibes.

The festival boasts an impressive array of highcaliber artists from around the world, but its main draw comes from the highly localized environment around the 70-plus acre farmlands. The lineup consisted of more than 60 artists performing on four separate stages for a weekend filled with everything from bluegrass and soul, to hiphop and electronic music.

Though the first day of the festival was marked by overcast weather, things kicked off vivaciously with the Afrobeat-fusion of Greensboro’s Brand New Life. From the comfort of your campsite, the band’s mesmerizing grooves filled the airwaves, sparking some life into an otherwise drab day.

After Brand New Life, festivalgoers had some rough decisions to make in terms of scheduling.

The Grassroots house band, Donna The Buffalo, had its first of three sets of the weekend on Thursday night and its infectious zydeco melodies compelled even the most stoic of attendees to loosen up and dance along to the wild jams.

The evening rounded out with two accomplished DJs, DJ Bill Kelly and DJ Richard McVay, spinning a genrebending selection of dance tunes at the festival’s secondlargest stage, while Haitianrock band Compa brought some serious rhythms to the Dance Tent.

The weekend was defined by a spastic selection of music. One minute you’re entranced by the robust orchestral sounds of Triangle standouts like Morning Brigade, and the next you find yourself darting off to check out some mesmerizing world music.

However, Friday proved to be one of the weekend’s surprising standouts. Although the festival’s marquee headliners wouldn’t take the stage until later in the weekend, the powerful undercard proved Shakori’s lineup depth.

Raleigh jazz act Peter Lamb & The Wolves put on a compelling show that came after a swing dance workshop in the Dance Tent, making

for a wonderful ambiance to surround this whimsical jazz outfit.

The highlight of the festival surprisingly came from Auxiliary House’s rare performance. The self-proclaimed Trekky Records house-band combines members of Lost in the Trees, Midtown Dickens, Bowerbirds and Butterflies to make one massive folk-rock powerhouse. Donning bandannas, Auxiliary House brought a compelling and fresh sound to Shakori with a raucous live performance.

This long broken-up band dusted off the cobwebs for a tantalizing set that shook Shakori to its core.

While Bombadil brought a fantastic set that showcased some of its fantastic new songs from the recently dropped album Metrics of Affection, much of Friday night just fell in the wake of Auxiliary House. Even the mammoth 9-piece funk band Orgone couldn’t hold up to the North Carolina stars’ valiant return to the stage.

Saturday was easily the most subdued day of the festival. The lineup’s standout acts were placed comfortably apart from each other, allowing fans time to relax at the campsite, sprawl out in the grass for a mid-day performance or take in the many instrument workshops and lessons.

The Paperhand Puppet Parade once again proved to be one of the weekend’s standout moments, as adults and children alike put on papiermâché heads and hoisted up robust puppets that towered over the crowd for a banddriven parade that marches throughout the grounds.

Acts like this highlight the deep-rooted community aspect of Shakori Hills — everyone stands side by side as the music comes to a halt and simply basks in the overwhelming joy that Shakori Hills emanates.

After the parade, the Latinfunk of Suenalo and Cajun rhythms of Cedric Watson and Bijou Creole provided a vigorous soundtrack for the afternoon before things calmed down for a bit. However, once Yonder Mountain String band brought its jaminfused bluegrass music to the stage, the rest of the night was an all-out dance-off for most festivalgoers.

Mia mi ’s Elast ic Bond brought Latin rhythms to the Dance Tent, Durham’s Shirlette Ammons put on an engaging and energetic set

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Festival attendees trekked throughout the campgrounds for the Paperhand Puppet Parade on Saturday afternoon at Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance in Pittsboro, N.C.

as the festival’s sole hip-hop act and dub Addis brought its sweet reggae stylings to the main stage.

One of the weekend’s disappointments came from beloved North Carolina natives, Holy Ghost Tent Revival. Despite a large lineup that consisted of two accompanying female vocalists, the band felt a bit like it was just going through the motions for its set, which proves to be the first disappointing encounter I’ve had with the band.

There’s plenty of music to choose from when things like this happen though, so Shakori is rarely plagued with disappointments.

The festival wound down on Sunday, with attendees slowly leaving the campgrounds throughout the day.

But this year’s schedule lent to far more stragglers who hung around throughout the misty final day.

Tom Maxwell & The Minor Drag (formerly of Squirrel Nut Zippers) and marquee headliner Robert Randolph & The Family Band were reason enough to hang around and soak in the last of the weekend’s offerings. Robert Randolph’s steel guitar blues jams were enough to brighten up this sleepy Sunday and Donna The Buffalo’s starstudded, seemingly endless set closed out the weekend’s festivities.

All in all, Shakori Hills continues to prove itself as an anomaly amongst the festival

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Shirlette Ammons of Durham, N.C., displays her unabashedly poetic lyricism at the Cabaret Tent as part of the Saturday night line-up at Shakori Hills.

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Peter Lamb of Peter Lamb & The Wolves leads off a raucous jazz song with a soaring saxophone solo on Friday night in the Dance Tent. The musicians incorporated jazz and blues rhythms into the set, providing further musical diversity.

scene. Every trip out to Pittsboro will give you a brand new festival experience but will still feel like a familiar setting. Shakori Hills could

act as the poster child for music festivals — it’s a family friendly fest that bridges the age gap between young and old by selling itself as an

event filled with great people and great music. Really what more could you ask for from a festival?

The real weight of dining-hall-food waste Kaitlin Montgomery Staff Writer

The Rose Bowl stadium in Pasadena, Calif. can hold about 92,542 visitors and, according to the Mayo Clinic, one day’s worth of food waste in the United States would fill the entire stadium.

Comprised of 17 students, the N.C. State Stewards program is a student behavior change and peer-to-peer education campaign program.

The Stewards, working in conjunction with the Sustainability Office, concentrated on campus food waste as a part of Change Your State, a behavior-change campaign, declaring a new theme for every month for how people can live more sustainably on campus.

Caroline Hansley, a senior in interdisciplinary stud-

ies and student coordinator for the N.C. State Stewards program, spent the month of September working with other Stewards to reduce campus food waste.

“I think it was really good, since we’re in our first year, to kind of see food as the monthly theme in September,” Hansley said. “Crop harvesting is coming to an end and [University Dining] has the All Carolina’s meal, which is really great.”

According to Hansley, the fight against waste is more than just recognizing food is wasted — people have to find a way to combat it.

Hansley said the biggest problem the Stewards run into is the misunderstanding of what constitutes food waste and just how much food is wasted.

Carla Davis, communica-

The dining halls now use a system of composting the food that gets prepared but remains uneaten.

tion coordinator at the sustainability office, said the amount of actual waste is

hard to picture, and that it is common to get lost in day-today routines.

“We have a lot of things we have to focus on in life, and not many people are paying

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Too much stress to stomach N.C. STATE RESEARCHERS REVEAL THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS AND DIGESTIVE DISCOMFORT STORY BY KAITLIN MONTGOMERY | GRAPHIC BY ELLYSON WILLIAMS Stress

Digestion is controlled by the enteric nervous system, or the “second brain”

Symptoms

Physical symptoms of stress include headaches, sleep problems, and weight loss or gain

Behavioral symptoms of stress include procrastination, difficulty completing work, and increased desire to be with or to withdraw from people

Stress can cause esophageal spasms indigestion, nausea, diarrhea, constipation and inflammation

Too much stress triggers the “flight or fight” response, which restricts blood flow to the digestive system, shutting down digestion

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Emotional symptoms of stress include crying, quick temper and depression

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Gastrointestinal symptoms of stress include nausea, diarrhea and constipation

The digestive tract is about 30 feet long and includes roughly 1 million nerves

Exercise, relaxation therapy, talk therapy, hypnosis, and progressive muscle relaxation can help reduce symptoms of stress Have you ever noticed that f luctuating emotions can cause a reaction in your stomach? You may feel butterflies with love, nausea with anxiety and gut-wrenching fear. This is because the brain has a direct effect on the gastrointestinal system.

This also means that when you are experiencing stress — chronic stress or ongoing tension from daily stressors, such as quizzes or that next homework assignment — your gastrointestinal health is impacted.

Adam Moeser, assistant professor of swine medicine and gastrointestinal physiology in the department of population health and pathobiology, received a five-year, $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to further his research studying the physiological changes in the GI tracts of pigs that have undergone early life stress. Pigs and humans experience stress in similar ways, which often causes internal complaints.

“There was a specific call for proposals that had dual benefits,” Moeser said. “Dual purpose and dual benefit for projects that had impact or relevance to human health while at the same time they could have impact to animal health.”

According to Moeser, his research program was the perfect fit, with stress having a major role in GI disease in humans and animals.

“In humans, there’s an increasing prevalence of stressrelated GI diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel diseases as well as a number of other diseases,” Moeser said. “We know that stress is playing a major role in either increasing the susceptibility of a person to become sick with these disorders, or if a person has these disorders [stress] heightens the disease or exasperates it.”

According to Moeser, increasing evidence has shown that early-life stressful events in humans, whether they’re

infections or psychological or traumatic stresses, are more likely to cause inflammatory diseases later on in life.

“Based on our previous research in the lab, we’ve shown that when stresses occur early in life or early in development they can have lasting effects on the development of the GI system that makes the animal more susceptible to diseases later in life,” Moeser said.

Moeser said his research concentrates specifically on early-life stress as well as the interest of gender in the process.

“We are really interested in how gender plays a role in this,” Moeser said. “With stress-related disorders there seems to be … a gender-specific effect where females are actually more susceptible to developing more stress related gastrointestinal diseases.

We’re finding the same thing in the lab and in our research and in our animal models.”

Using swine as a model for GI stress, Moeser said using pigs as models for GI stress is

appropriate because pigs are the best mirrors for research and can eventually translate to humans.

“The pig is more similar to the human as far as anatomy, physiology and development — in particular, the GI system,” Moeser said. “Pigs have long been known to be appropriate model for human diseases but we’re learning more about the gastrointestinal tract and how they’re very similar to humans and they may better predict the diseases in humans.”

In order to research the effect early-life stress can have on the GI tract, Moeser had to decide upon an event that was significantly stressful in an animal’s life.

“We felt that weaning was an event we should focus on,” Moeser said. “The weaning is very stressful especially for pigs because they’re removed from their mom and they’re often removed from their littermates. There’s a lot of social anxiety as you can imagine that would take

place in these animals. Right after weaning the animal is actually more susceptible to disease.”

Similar to humans, the psychosocial stresses pigs go through during the weaning process cause the physiological pathways to become activated during the stress response.

“It’s difficult, obviously, to ask an animal if they’re stressed or not,” Moeser said.

“We use biological markers for stress because the stress response in animals is well conserved all the way from lower species to humans.

There are key biological pathways that we can measure like the corticotrophin-releasing factor system is activated in stress in mice, pigs and humans.”

According to Moeser, one of the key measurements he has studied is the permeability of the intestinal tract.

“We found a link between stress and intestinal permeability,” Moeser said. “Once that permeability becomes

increased, it can lead to diseases. We’re trying to understand the biology behind that. What does stress do to increase something like leaky gut and then how can we circumvent that?”

Moeser said the biggest curiosity within the recent research is the previously unstudied gender effect.

“We would expect there would be a gender influence, but what we didn’t expect was that we would see changes at such an early age before sexual maturity,” Moeser said.

“It’s always been thought that sexual maturity and sex related hormones like estrogen and testosterone would be contributed to gender differences. We’re finding that that’s not the full story. There are actually potentially innate genetic differences that could be contributing to disease and to the stress response. It seems like every day we find something that’s interesting.”

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about.”

The Stewards and the sustainability office teamed up to hold a food waste audit on Sept. 3-4 at Fountain Dining Hall. Working during the dinner rush from 5-7 p.m., the Stewards, armed with rubber gloves, collected

plates — scrapping the contents into bins.

On the first night, the Stewards took the students’ plates, scraped the contents into a bin and asked the students questions regarding their dining experience. The second night, after taking the

students’ plates, the Stewards scraped the contents into a bin to be weighed later.

“Some of the national food waste specs are pretty significant, but, then again, people can’t really grasp those big national facts,” Davis said.

“We wanted to give it a localized flair — we are compiling dinner waste. It’s very local to campus and helps people grasp how much we’re throwing out.”

At the end of the audit, the stewards weighed the food waste of more than 1,100 students who threw away a total of 221 pounds of food.

Broken down, that’s just more than three ounces of food per person. If a person were to waste that amount at every dinner for one month that would total more than five pounds of food waste per person, per month.

“When you look at it as three ounces per person, it doesn’t sound like a lot,” Hansley said. “When it’s extrapolated though, that’s five pounds a month and that’s only factoring one meal, so

it really is a lot. It adds up.”

Hansley said the correlation of food waste with how long a student spends eating in the dining hall to be the most surprising.

“We asked how long it took them to eat,” Hansley said.

“The people who tended to stay longer generally ate more because they would socialize.

They would take their time and go back but they’d say, ‘I’ve been here for 15 minutes, I’m not as hungry.’ But if you’re there and you’re scarfing down you don’t have time to finish everything. The time factor is an interesting dynamic.”

According to Hansley, the Stewards hope to try the audit on the other dining halls, Case and Clark.

“It would even be interesting to try the audit out on places like the Atrium,” Davis said.

Hansley and Davis said that students could do many little things to help reduce the amount of food they waste.

“It’s as simple as planning to make two trips through

the buffet line,” Davis said.

“Dining halls are buffet style, so you can go eat as much as you want. If we were paying by the pound, people, I would think, wouldn’t waste as much. It’s because it’s sort of a free for all that people don’t have any incentive not to waste.”

Hansley said there are ways for students to reduce food waste outside of dining halls, including volunteering with grassroots initiatives on and around campus.

“Besides these daily little things that you can do, you can be involved with campus farmer’s market on Wednesdays in the Brickyard,” Hansley said. “You can be involved and take it a step farther by getting involved in the local food movement. There are a lot of ways people can get involved. These are just a few of the many suggestions you can do on a daily basis. I think that scale is infinite.”

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they’re wasting or even how much trash they’re putting out,” Davis said. “We just have other things to think

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Sophomore shortstop Trea Turner catches a ground ball against Villanova, Feb. 21, 2013. Turner went two-forthree with one earned run in the Wolfpack’s 14-3 win against the Wildcats at Doak Field at Dail Park.

N.C. State defeats Czech Republic in scrimmage Staff Report

In its first game since falling to the UNC-Chapel Hill Tar Heels in the College World Series, the N.C. State Wolfpack defeated the Czech

Republic in a scrimmage on Sunday at Doak Field at Dail Park, 4-1.

Junior starting pitcher Carlos Rodon completed two innings of work, giving up no hits, runs or walks and struck out three batters. Rodon and the Pack bullpen

combined to strike out 14 batters.

The Pack jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead in the opening frame with RBIs from Bubby Riley, a junior college transfer from Delgado Community College and junior second baseman Logan Ratledge.

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Sophomore pitcher Carlos Rodon prepares to fire a pitch toward the plate against William & Mary during the Raleigh Regional of the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament June 2 at Doak Field.

Riley went 2-for-3 with one RBI. State added runs in the sixth and 10th innings to put the game out of reach.

Junior standouts Trea Turner and Jake Fincher combined for

3-for-6 on Sunday, tallying three runs and one RBI. The Pack is scheduled to hold an intrasquad public scrimmage at the end of October.

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Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit 1 to 9.

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ACROSS 1 Medicine-testing org.

4 Brief chat 8 Destructive insect 12 Tolkien henchmen 14 Astrological Ram 16 Days of old 17 Frequent prank caller to Moe’s Tavern 18 Snicker 19 Ostrich cousin 20 Put on trial, in the military 23 Forrest Gump’s Army friend 24 “Nifty!”

25 Chowed down 26 One of the Gulf States: Abbr.

27 Springsteen’s “__ to Run” 30 One who hems but doesn’t haw?

32 Fruity loaf 35 Séance sounds 36 Even-steven 37 Indian prince 40 “Nerts!”

43 Caption under a monkey covering its eyes 48 Casual comment 51 __ helmet: safari wear 52 “__ Yankee Doodle ...”

53 Sleeve filler 54 Broadcasts 56 Parachute fabric 58 End dramatically 62 Catches some rays 63 Freeze over 64 Committed perjury 66 “Miss __ Regrets”: Porter song 67 Perform brilliantly 68 Long-tailed 8Across 69 Approach 70 Sinusitis docs 71 Darn or baste DOWN 1 Watch chain 2 Bram Stoker’s count

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3 Nimble circus performer 4 Light bulb unit 5 Utah city 6 One-named Barbadian singer 7 Brand that “Nothing runs like” 8 British pianist Hess 9 “C’est magnifique!”

10 “Rock-a-bye baby” spot 11 Painful-looking soccer shots 13 Puny pencil 15 Tuned to, as a radio dial 21 Synagogue leader 22 Call __ day 23 Defective 28 Miner’s discovery 29 Wine shop section 31 “Dies __”: hymn 33 Jones of jazz 34 Half of sechs 38 Colony crawler 39 Sloop in a Beach Boys hit

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40 Seems to last forever 41 Require to detour 42 Strong-smelling cleaner 44 Oscar-winning “Casablanca” co-screenwriter Julius or Philip 45 Lithuania’s capital 46 Comic Coca who worked with Sid Caesar

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47 PC-to-PC system 49 Wharf rodent 50 Fuzzy green fruits 55 Wealthy, in France 57 Southern pronoun 59 U.S. ally in WWII 60 Follow the game?

61 “Planet of the __” 65 Margery of nursery rhymes

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COUNTDOWN

• Page 6: Ever wonder how the stresses of class and homework can affect you in the long-term? An N.C. State researcher is finding out why today’s little stresses can cause big problems down the road.

• 11 days until football takes on Florida State in Tallahassee, Fla.

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Wolfpack slips to bottom of Atlantic Division Luke Nadkarni Staff Writer

Jake Fincher @JFincher2 Felt good to be back on the field playing a real game

Ralston Turner @TURNup22 Looks like the homie @ Zo_Brown getting some court action tonite. Keep ballin bruh

Jordan Vandenberg @jpv14wolfpack People be like RT to show respect or to support certain things, but all they really care bout is their own RT’s

Tyler Lewis @tylewis_12 Leadership meeting tonight was a success. Learn how to be comfortable being uncomfortable

Earl Wolff @Ewolff27 @Mike_Glennon you played a great game today bro. Proud of you. #wolfpacknation

Mike Glennon @Mike_Glennon @Ewolff27 thanks bro same to you. Pretty awesome seeing you across the ball #WolfpackClassof08

TJ Warren @T24Warren Prayers up for Adrian Peterson

Atlantic Division: Clemson (6-0, 4-0): The No. 3 Tigers survived a scare from visiting Boston College last Saturday, falling behind early before pulling away to win 24-10. They host No. 5 Florida State this week in a showdown which will put the winner in the drivers seat for the Atlantic Division title.

Florida State (5-0. 3-0): Coming off of a bye week, the Seminoles are primed for their trip to Clemson. Freshman quarterback Jameis Winston has thrown 17 touchdown passes this season, and his matchup against Clemson’s Tajh Boyd is sure to be an electrifying one.

Maryland (5-1, 1-1): The Terps survived against Virginia last week in College Park, and they need just one more win to become bowl eligible. Dualthreat quarterback C.J. Brown will return next week against Wake Forest, having missed the Virginia game with a concussion.

Syracuse (3-3, 1-1): The Orange’s first road conference game as a member of the ACC was a successful one as it defeated N.C. State in Raleigh 24-10. Running backs Jerome Smith and Prince-Tyson Gulley both amassed more than 100 yards on the ground.

Next Saturday’s game at Georgia Tech presents a big swing game for ‘Cuse’s bowl chances.

Boston College (3-3, 1-2): Everyone expected Clemson to steamroll BC last Saturday, but the Eagles showed they can hang with the big boys before the Tigers wore them down. They get a bye week before a trip to UNC-Chapel Hill on Oct. 26.

Wake Forest (3-3, 1-2): Coming off of a bye week, the Demon Deacons also have a swing game on Saturday when Maryland visits BB&T Field. Senior quarterback Tanner Price has played brilliantly since being benched in the loss to Clemson on Sept.

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N.C. State (3-3, 0-3): An abysmal offensive show-

ing against Syracuse and injuries to several key players land the Wolfpack in the Atlantic cellar this week. State enjoys a much-needed bye week to get healthy before a big road test at Florida State.

Graduate student quarterback Brandon Mitchell, the opening day starter, is expected to return to action in Tallahassee after missing the previous five games with a foot injury.

Coastal Division: Miami (5-0, 1-0): The No. 10 Hurricanes were off o n S a t u rd a y a nd head to Kenan Stadium on Thursday to face UNCChapel Hi l l.

They should remain undefeated going into a two game stretch with big games against FSU and Virginia Tech to open the month of November.

Virginia Tech (6-1, 3-0): The Hokies clinched bowl eligibility for the 21st year in a row with a 19-9 win against Pittsburgh in Blacksburg.

As usual, the defense has been the straw that stirs the drink for the No. 19 team in the nation. They get a week off before traveling to Duke on Oct. 26.

Pittsburgh (3-2, 2-2): Saturday’s loss at Virginia Tech was far from unexpected, and the Panthers are still very much alive for a bowl bid. They now have two straight non-conference games against Old Dominion and Navy before heading to Georgia Tech on Nov. 2.

Duke (4-2, 0-2): the Blue Devils full of confidence heading into a game at Virginia next week, after 35-7 win against Navy in Durham. The winner of that game will get their first conference win. Senior quarterback Anthony Boone returned to action for Duke and threw for 295 yards and three touchdowns against Navy.

Georgia Tech (3-3, 2-2): T he Yel low Jac ke t s stepped out of conference play on Saturday and fell to BYU on the road 38-20 for their third straight loss, which lands t hem behind Pitt and Duke.

There’s no need to panic yet for Paul Johnson’s club, but they need to stop the bleeding against Sy racuse next week.

Virginia (2-4, 0-2): The Cavaliers fought the Terps across the Potomac on Saturday but missed a field goal at the gun in a 27-26 loss to Maryland. UVa amassed more than 500 yards of offense in that game, but with several tough opponents left, they can likely kiss their bowl hopes goodbye if they lose to Duke.

UNC-Chapel Hill (1-4, 0-2): The Tar Heels got Saturday off in preparation for their clash with Miami on Thursday. The good news for Carolina is that the schedule softens considerably after that game. The bad news is that the Heels have dug such a hole that they have almost no margin for error if they want to go bowling.

NFL Roundup COMPILED BY ZACK TANNER

Player of the week Mike Glennon Quarterback, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 26-43 for 273 yards; two TDs and one INT In his second career start, Mike Glennon backed up the decision to bench—and eventually cut—former Tampa starting quarterback Josh Freeman. The rookie quarterback completed 26 passes on 43 throws for 273 yards on Sunday, including two touchdowns and one pick in a losing effort against the Philadelphia Eagles. The performance earned Glennon a quarterback rating of 84.7 percent, which is a vast improvement from last week’s 55.7.

The best of the rest STEPHEN TULLOCH: LINEBACKER, DETROIT LIONS • Tulloch continued his streak of defensive dominance against the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. He recorded seven total tackles, including four solo.

• Tulloch has not recorded less than five tackles in any game in the 2013 season so far. His 46 total and 31 solo tackles are second-best on the team.

EARL WOLFF: SAFETY, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES • Wolff made six tackles, including five solo, in Sunday’s win against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He now ranks fifth on his team in tackles.

STEVEN HAUSCHKA: KICKER, SEATTLE SEAHAWKS • Hauschka knocked in two field goals and two extra points in a victory against Tennessee this Sunday. The kicks came in the third and fourth quarters from 31 and 29 yards, respectively.

• This is the fourth game in the 2013 season that Hauschka has converted on 100 percent of his kicks. His season average now sits at 93.3 percent.

Honorable mentions Russell Wilson Quarterback, Seattle Seahawks: 23-31 for 257 yards and 61 rushing yards Former N.C. State standout quarterback Russell Wilson led the Seahawks to a seven-point victory against the Tennessee Titans this week, improving the Seattle Seahawks record to 5-1. Though Wilson didn’t throw a touchdown, he made several key plays to give Seattle the win, including a 24-yard pass to wide receiver Sidney Rice to set up the Seahawks’ first touchdown.

With the win, Seattle remains undefeated at home this season.

T.J. Graham Wide receiver, Buffalo Bills: Four catches for 74 receiving yards Former N.C. State wide receiver T.J. Graham had his biggest game of the season in a losing effort to the Cincinnati Bengals. The secondyear wideout led his team in receiving yards on Sunday, snagging four passes for 74 yards, including a 47-yard bomb catch up the sideline to set up the Buffalo’s first touchdown. The total doubles Graham’s yardage in his previous five games; Graham now has 140 receiving yards for the 2013 season.