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N.C. State will continue to be a great buy for out-of-state undergraduate students if the UNCBoard of Governors agrees on a 9.2 percent tuition increase for the University for the 2014-15 fiscal year, according to Provost Warwick Arden.

“There’s a lot of discussion about what’s called price-demand elasticity, which means, ‘When do you start hitting the point when you will significantly lower the number of out-of-state applicants?’”

Arden said. “Even with this proposed rate, which is $1,800, we would be in the lowest quartile compared with our peers [institutions].”

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Presidential visit changes Wolfline schedule, parking

The new year usually comes along with resolutions such as losing weight, spending less money and quitting smoking.

However, of the 45 percent of people who typically make New Year’s resolu-

“Unfortunately, give it about four to six weeks and the traffic tends to get back to a normal level.”

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President Barack Obama’s visit to N.C. State Wednesday will result in road closures west of Dan Allen Drive due to security measures.

West Deck and the C parking section in Sullivan parking lot will be reserved for event attendees for the entire day.

University Transportation also expect parking in the Adminstrative Services Complex to be impacted by displaced C permit holders mi-

grating to Administrative Services Complex and Wolf Village parking.

Overflow parking will be in the gravel parking lot located off Varsity Drive near Western Boulevard. A shuttle will operate from 6:30 – 9:30 a.m. and from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. between the gravel lot and Administrative Services lots.

Overflow parking will also be available in the Varsity Lot, located near Marcom and Gorman Streets.

Obama’s visit will also impact Wolfline routes.

Four Wolf line routes will be de-

toured until 5 p.m., including the route 2 Hillsborough shuttle, route 5 Varsity route, route 7 Wolf link shuttle and the route 11 village link.

No buses are able to serve Wolf Village, Administrative Services (Sullivan Drive), West Deck and stops on Faucette Drive.

According to University Transportation officials, Wolf Village riders should plan to use these inbound routes at a stop that will be temporarily located on Gorman Street just south of Wolf Village Way.

Professors find faults in Forbes list about stress Jess Thomas Staff Writer

Despite outsider perceptions and a recent study criticizing the workload of tenured professors, N.C. State faculty workloads tend to increase after receiving tenure.

According to a recent article published by Forbes, being a tenured professor was named one of the least stressful jobs of 2013.

Forbes created the article using a ranking by CareerCast, a job listing and career advisement website that

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The article has received widespread criticism from professors from various universities who believe their jobs are extremely stressful, contrary to the study’s claims.

David Zonderman, a tenured professor of history at N.C. State, said the Forbes article is very simplistic and is based on the perception of the easy life of professors, but it fails to understand that work and stress are not the same thing.

According to Zonderman, many people have a misunderstanding of

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what receiving tenure actually involves.

“The first thing that people need to understand is that tenure is not

a lifetime contract,” Zonderman said. “Basically what tenure says for university faculty is that you have this job and you cannot be fired or dismissed without some kind of hearing.”

Additionally, Zonderman said people have a misconception of tenure because they think it protects these faculty members from negligence and incompetence, though in reality, it doesn’t.

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“I know very few faculty members that are tenured and relax while sitting at their desks.”

A recent study has found that attractive students have a better chance of graduating college than unattractive students, according to Inside Higher Ed. The study was published in a book, Physical Attractiveness and the Accumulation of Social and Human Capital in Adolescence and Young Adulthood: Assets and Distractions, and included 8,918 students who were chosen from randomly select-

ed high schools. They were tracked from high school through the postcollege years.

At the beginning of the study, the students were rated by the researchers as “very attractive,” “attractive,” “average,” “unattractive” or “very unattractive.”

About one-third of the participants finished their four-year college degree, but those rated as “attractive” finished about 3 percentage points higher than those in other categories.

Rachel A. Gordon, professor of sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and one of the authors of the book, said the research showed that there may be “some kind of bias” by professors to more attractive students, which may be the part of the cause for the higher academic success of these students.

“It’s important that we think about ways to change that,” Gordon said to Inside Higher Ed.

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tions, only 8 percent are successful in sticking with them, according to the University of Scranton.

On N.C. State’s campus, many students engage in a healthier and more active

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Smoking ban helps profits, air quality and health Rachel Coffman Staff Writer

For smokers in North Carolina restaurants and bars, the news of an indoor smoking ban in 2010 came as a disappointment.

However, many North Carolina restaurants and bars, including establishments on Hillsborough Street, have become more profitable since the ban, and the state has improved in terms of indoor air quality and general health.

According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the four-year anniversary of the NC Smoke-free Restaurants and Bars Law, the ban has improved indoor air quality by 89 percent since 2010, benefitting the health of restaurant employees and customers.

The report also stated that within the first year of the smoking ban, the average number of weekly

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS

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JANUARY 14 8:38 A.M. | BREAKING & ENTERING Grpve Hall Report that someone had pried steel door from hinges. Nothing was found to be missing.

In the feature photo published Monday, Student Senator Rusty Mau’s name and position were given incorrectly.

In a photo caption for the story “Q&A sparks controversy at MLK event,” Dick Gregory was incorrectly indentified as David Gregory.

11:54 A.M.| DRUG VIOLATION Wolf Ridge Report of possible drug violation. Student was referred to the university.

In the same story, Julian Cobb was incorrectly identified as the vice president of the African American Cultural Center.

10:27 P.M. | SKATEBOARD COMPLAINT Oval West Parking Deck Report of 20 subjects skateboarding in the area.

Subjects left prior to officer arrival.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Sam DeGrave at technician-editor@ ncsu.edu

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10:31 P.M. | DRUG VIOLATION Avent Ferry Complex Drive Report of possible drug violation. Officer did not detect any odor.

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armichael Gymnasium offers a multitude of activities to students. Maxime Benaim and Augustin Fournier, participants in the SKEMA Business School, play racquet ball In Carmichael Gymnasium Tuesday. The French SKEMA Business School has satellite campuses in China, Morocco and N.C. State. SKEMA is located on Centennial Campus and works closely with the Poole College of Management. SKEMA seeks to prepare students for success at an American university or business.

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a year after the state legislature cut UNCSystem funding by $66 million and assigned tuition increases at every member institution except N.C. State and UNC-Charlotte.

Tuition for out-of-state residents currently costs $21,661, according to the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid. If the 9.2 percent tuition is agreed on by the Board of Governors next month, out-of-state residents would see their tuition increase by $1,800 in the next fiscal year.

Arden said UNC-System President Tom Ross would not approve any measures that

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emergency room visits of those experiencing heart attacks in North Carolina decreased by 21 percent.

According to the report, the ban didn’t have an adverse economic impact on bars and restaurants in North Carolina. In fact, the North Carolina Restaurant and Lodging Association stated that the smoking ban has helped restaurant sales.

For restaurants on Hillsborough Street, the smoking ban was not as detrimental to business as some bartenders predicted.

Mitch’s Tavern on Hillsborough Street eliminated smoking in 2006, four years before the ban officially took effect.

According to restaurant owner Mitch Havouri, choosing

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GLOBAL LUXURY MANAGEMENT INFO SESSION Nelson, 5 - 6 p.m.

Jan. 23 GALLERY OPENING: THEATER OF BELIEF NCSU African American Cultural Center Gallery, 9:15 - 10:35 p.m.

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would have increased tuition for native North Carolinians, so it was never part of the debate.

Unlike the tuition hikes set by the General Assembly, the 9.2 percent tuition increase for out-of-state students would be driven by the University, according to Arden.

In legislative increases, the universities do not gain any direct revenue, except for Campus Initiative Tuition Increases, which go directly toward academic and University programming to benefit students.

Michael Patlovich, a freshman in engineering who is originally from Florida, said that although a $1,800 price tag would add up, N.C. State’s out-of-state tuition is still much less than compared to other schools he was

to eliminate smoking inside his restaurant caused significantly less bar business but was part of an effort to establish a new customer base during the business’s transformation from a sports bar into a restaurant operation.

“We wanted to be appreciably different from other bar restaurants,” Havouri said. “[The smoking ban] wasn’t a negative thing for us because we were already on the other side.”

According to Sabrina Aldridge, manager at BrickHouse Sports Pub on Hillsborough Street, more customers supported the ban compared to those who didn’t.

Aldridge, who worked as a server at a Golden Corral restaurant during the time of the ban, said customers welcomed the law.

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plaints all the time from families that it was really disturbing their meal, or that they could smell it even from the other side of the restaurant,” Aldridge said.

Aldridge said BrickHouse customers who now smoke on the bar’s outdoor patio have adjusted to the law despite initial complaints.

“A lot of our clientele is smokers,” Aldridge said. “I hear complaints of the ‘good ol’ days’ when they could smoke inside, but after people got used to the law, it didn’t affect customers as much.”

East Village Bar and Grill Manager Scott McIver said he personally supported the smoking ban in bars.

McIver said, in general, customers have been happier since the smoking ban.

“In my opinion, the experience is much more enjoyable without the smoke in my lungs and hair,” McIver said.

NCSU CENTER STAGE PRESENTS LUCKY PLUSH PRODUCTIONS Jones Auditorium at Meredith College, 8 p.m.

MOVIE: JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA Witherspoon Student Cinema, 9:30 11:05 p.m.

Jan. 25 NCSU CENTER STAGE PRESENTS LUCKY PLUSH PRODUCTIONS Jones Auditorium at Meredith College, 8 p.m.

10:39 P.M. | TRAFFIC VIOLATION Achievement Drive/Centennial Pkwy Student was cited for speeding.

9:16 P.M.| FIRE ALARM Wolf Ridge Units responded to alarm caused by cooking.

Jan 28 GLOBAL ISSUES SEMINAR - U.S. TRADE POLICY 232A Withers Hall, 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Jan. 29 UNIVERSITY BUDGET ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Holladay Hall, 10 - 11:30 a.m.

MGIM INFORMATION SESSION 3220 Nelson Hall, 5 - 6 p.m.

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Feb. 2 SUPER CHILI BOWL BRUNCH Case and Clark Dining Halls, 11:30 a.m.

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interested in, such as Georgia Tech and Virginia Tech.

“Obviously, I’m not thrilled that my rates will go up next year, but compared to the tuition I’m paying per year, it’s not anywhere significant enough for me to reconsider my enrollment here,” Patlovich said.

Arden said the University is still a “great buy” for out-of-state applicants.

“At the moment we’re so far below the average [cost] of our peers, and even below the average of the third quartile of our peer institutions that we feel it will not be an issue,” Arden said.

Chancellor Randy Woodson said the University is attracting more out-of-state students because of its growing reputation and

its presence on “best buy” lists. Last fall, 16 percent of first-year students were from outside North Carolina, The News & Observer reported.

The higher demand is likely to support a higher price tag, Woodson said.

“We’re recognizing that we’re falling out of line with our peers,” he said. Even with the increase, he said, the rate would fall below most of N.C. State’s peers across the country.

The UNC Board of Governors will vote on these measures next month.

Arden’s statement on the matter contrasted starkly with that of UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol Folt.

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lifestyle as they kick off the new year, making January a busy time at Carmichael Gy m, according to Eric Hawkes, director of University Recreation.

Hawke acknowledged that the influx of gym traffic is typical, but not permanent.

“Unfortunately, give it about four to six weeks and the traffic tends to get back to a normal level,” Hawkes said.

“But it is always an exciting time to see so many people in the facility.”

In September 2013, University Recreation introduced turnstiles to assist staff in keeping track of the number of students and members accessing the facility, especially when the gym is experiencing an increase in traffic.

Though right after the new year is the busiest season for Carmichael’s facilities, staff members continue with standard procedures for keeping the gym under control.

“Our staff is just there to make sure things are cleaned up and sanitized appropriately,” Hawkes said. “I think it’s

creating a culture where students and members take care of the facility themselves.”

Ryan Overcash, a sophomore in First Year College, works at the reception desk at the gym and said the best way to manage the chaos is to diversify workout routines.

“Well sometimes in the gym it becomes difficult to get a spot on the machines,” Overcash said. “The only free time is around 9:00 p.m.”

By suggesting a 30-minute time limit on cardio machines and being mindful of students and faculty members in line for equipment, some employees hope to alleviate some of the traffic.

“I usually just switch up my workout,” Overcash said. “I’ll work out outside one day and inside the next.”

Andrew Norris, a senior in environmental engineering, is among many N.C. State students attempting to succeed in their health conscious New Year’s resolutions.

“My mom raised us to eat organic foods all the time,” Norris said. “When I came to college, I went through sort of a rebellious phase. I gained, like, 20 pounds in the first

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Zonderman said the idea of tenured faculty members being lazy and having a relaxed lifestyle is a myth, and many members of the senior faculty work extremely hard.

“Tenure is important because it’s the basis of academic freedom, and academic freedom is the basis of a healthy university both in the way

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Qays El-Ali, freshman in engineering, works toward his New Year’s Resolution In Carmichael Gymnasium, Tuesday of increasing the amount he lifts by ten percent. Losing weight and getting fit appear among the most common New Year’s Resolutions.

two months.”

Though weight gain in college is normal, Norris said he has made his New Year’s resolution to change his unhealthy habits.

“This year I wanted to organize my life, and being healthy is a part of that,” Norris said. “I want to lift on Mondays, Wednesdays and

you teach and the way you do research,” Zonderman said Zonderman said maintaining his tenured status has subsequently increased his workload every year and given him more responsibilities.

“In terms of business, I would argue in several cases that many senior faculty are even busier, that they have committee work, more graduate students to work with and they have to work more with national organizations,” Zonderman said.

Fridays and then go running on Tuesdays and Thursdays.”

Norris said he hopes that this change in his lifestyle will help him feel better physically and succeed academically.

“If you’re maintaining your health, it helps you to think better in your classes,” Norris said. “When you’re eat-

Zonderman also said faculty members are misunderstood in their roles and are expected to serve as teachers.

“Senior faculty members, in addition to teaching, have a lot of responsibilities such as research, advising and possibly supervising a grant that is worth millions of dollars,” Zonderman said.

John Kessel, a tenured professor of English at N.C. State, said he thought that he had a lot more work

ing all this processed food, it gets you depressed and down, and you’re feeling bad all the time.”

However, as the semester progresses, many students said it becomes increasingly difficult to keep up with a fitness routine.

“We hope that people who may not typically have been

when he became tenured.

“When I was an untenured professor, my main job was to teach my classes and to do enough research that would qualify me to be tenured,” Kessel said. “I did not have a lot of committee meetings or the administration of any programs.

Now I have a lot of administrative responsibilities.”

Zonderman said the vast majority of faculty members at N.C. State are extremely busy and are working an

regularly active will stay more consistent with it,” Hawkes said. “We do recognize that after four to six weeks the building gets a little slower.”

As for the next couple of weeks, Carmichael employees expect the facilities, as well as fitness classes throughout the week, to fill up with the traffic .

average of 50-60 hours per week, if not more.

“Most tenured faculty members are extremely busy if they are committed to their research. I know very few faculty members that are tenured and relax while sitting at their desks,” Zonderman said.

Kessel said there are some professors who publish work less frequently and have been teaching the same classes for a long time, which puts less stress on their jobs.

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Does the ‘American Dream’ still exist?

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love the United States.

It is because of this love that I say this: The U.S. is not the greatest country in the world.

Based on some of the discussions I’ve had in my college c l a s s e s , it seems very Megan few of my Ellisor peers have Opinion Editor e ve r b e e n taught about history in a way that doesn’t praise the Americans. It wasn’t until my junior year of high school when I was assigned Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” that I was exposed to an American history that didn’t glorify the Americans. It told the story of the oppressed Americans: the Native Americans, early American factory workers, African Americans and the American women.

I think this gap in the teaching of history has contributed to the pervasiveness of American exceptionalism.

Without knowing the stories of the oppressed, we tend to blindly credit American ideals such as freedom and equal opportunity as the reasons the U.S. is so great. Anyone can live the American dream if they work hard enough for it, right?

This is no longer the case.

I say “no longer” because I know the American dream was once attainable. My mom lived the American dream.

She started working as a teller for Bank of America in 1982.

Thirty-two years later, she is the SVP of Corporate Communications for the bank. I won’t go into her whole life story, but she’s amazing, and she worked extremely hard to get to where she is.

Unfortunately, I don’t think what my mom has accomplished in her life can be accomplished by everyone from my generation. When searching for a job, a college degree is no longer an added bonus that boosts your resume. A college degree is a necessity, and the cost of earning one has increased more than 500 percent since 1980, according to the 2012 documentary Park Avenue: Money, Power

“ ... wealthy people have been pumping money into the political system to make it work in their favor ... ” and the American Dream.

Add it iona l ly, wea lt hy people have been pumping money into the political system to make it work in their favor and disproportionately hurt poor people. In 2010, 400 of the richest Americans controlled more wealth than the bottom half of American households, or roughly 150 million people.

Paul Piff, a social psychologist researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, conducted a study in which people played an openly rigged game of Monopoly. One player was randomly assigned to be rich.

The rich player started with more money than the other player, collected more money when he or she passed “Go,” and was able to roll two die, thereby giving the rich player more opportunities to buy property than the poor

players. He found that even though the game was openly rigged, the rich players tended to feel entitled to win.

It doesn’t bother me so much that wealthy people spend excessive amounts of money on mansions and cars.

At least spending money on unnecessary material items helps fuel the economy. It bothers me much more when wealthy people spend their money lobbying for politicians to sign bills that will allow their families to stay perpetually wealthy and make it even more difficult for poor people to escape poverty.

“The idea of the American dream is everyone’s got an equal opportunity; you just have to decide to play,” Piff said. “But in fact, there are large groups of people that experience the game as unfair. The opportunity’s not there. All the rules have been decided. The property’s already been bought up, and the money’s already in the hands of the other players.”

Equal opportunity is an ideal, but it’s not the reality.

This is not to say the U.S. should become socialist. The U.S. economy, which is somewhere between pure capitalism and pure socialism, has worked relatively well in the past. It is the increasing amount of political corruption that has led income inequality to become such a problem in the U.S. I love the U.S., but we have to recognize its downfalls.

If we continue to allow our patriotism to blind us, we will undoubtedly watch the country we love continue on its regressive spiral.

Send Megan your thoughts at technician-viewpoint@ ncsu.edu.

Sam Jones, freshman in English

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In response to NCSU Libraries budget cuts: Jordan Moose, NCSU Libraries Building Services: hese are sad and very frustrating times at NCSU Libraries. In my opinion, closing one of the Libraries at night or on Saturdays would have the least impact

on jobs and save the most money, so I think this is the best option. Hopefully, this budget crisis will end soon, and North Carolina will wise up and stop cutting money from its education systems!

Andrew Gannon: have been reading the stories in the Technician recently about the library budget cuts. Students even answered a poll about what they thought about the library cutting back on scholarly journals and articles to save money.

I think this is ridiculous that they can complain about these cuts. Yes, they are getting cuts, but they have been receiving cuts for nearly 10 years, and it looks like they will be cutting staffing this year tremendously. Good.

Staffing needs to be cut. I have perused through The News & Observer’s employee salary database and found that there are 11 persons designated as librarians making more than $100,000 a year.

This is ridiculous. I have calculated that the first 39

“librarians” on the list make more than $3.5 million combined. And this is the information I received after only looking through the first pages of salaries; there are four more. This does not include all the student employees who work there. What do all these people do? Even if the student workers are on work-study, they are still doing the majority, if not all, of the work.

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And if they have received these cuts for all these years, why would we build another library? Hunt is a wonderful place, but do we need it? Although it was built with state appropriations, we still have to pay employees to manage and run it afterward. If the library even wants to complain about funding, maybe they should check their pockets first.

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Do you think income inequality is a problem in the U.S.?

BY MOLLY DONOVAN

“Income inequality will always be an issue in the United States because the U.S. is a capitalistic government. So, while we do have the advantage of a free-market government, we have to face the effects of the government-issued minimum wage.”

Jack Mitchell freshman, management

“It depends on if it is racial or gender inequality in income or stuff like that. It shouldn’t be based on the way people are or their opinions.”

Ashley Zdelar freshman, mathematics

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he academic year 2013-14 has witnessed a dramatic slowdown compared to the growth rate of in-state tuition across the nation during the past five ye a r s . I nstate tuition at public four-year colleges averaged $ 8,900 for the 2013-14 Ziyi Mai Staff Columnist academic year, a small hike of just 2.9 percent compared to last academic year, according to the College Board.

In-state tuition has been rising since 2000, when state legislatures started cutting taxpayers’ support for colleges. The skyrocketing tuition reached its peak in the 2011–12 academic year, offsetting the impact of recession-led budget cutting at the expense of higher burden for residents. Yet, starting from 2012, the spiral growth has lost its sting. The booming of the economies in some states is fueling the tax revenue and

restoring state governments’ ability to increase funding for higher education.

In North Carolina, the state government has continued to reduce the funding of higher education, forcing public universities across the state to cut expenditure and raise revenue through different channels. One of the channels is to raise the overall level of tuition and fees, for both in-state and out-of-state students. But this proposal will face enormous opposition because 85 percent of UNC-System undergraduates are North Carolina residents. Thus, the UNC board is considering freezing tuition for in-state students but raise tuition for out-ofstate students.

According to The News & Observer, the university system’s governing board will soon vote on a proposed tuition freeze for students who are North Carolina residents, along with increases averaging 4.2 percent for most fees.

But at the same time, out-ofstate students might be facing a sharp tuition increase if

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N.C. State’s proposal of raising out-of-state tuition by 9.2 percent were to be approved.

Recent years’ data on enrollment show that the number of North Carolina students is stable whereas out-of-state students are on the rise. The cap of 18 percent placed on out-of-state undergraduate students means re-

“ ... the cap of out-of-state students should be loosened ... ” sources for low-cost higher education are scarce. It is reasonable to raise the price if the demand for this resource is high, which is how market force is working on limited resources. N.C. State’s Chancellor Randy Woodson said the University is attracting more out-of-state students because of its growing reputation, and it’s considered one of the top “best value” colleges in the nation. Even with

the 9.2 percent increase, N.C. State’s tuition level is still behind most of its peers across the nation.

But the seemingly sound proposa l doesn’t come without opposition. In fact, whether to enroll more outof-state students has long been a controversial debate among UNC-System leaders and North Carolina lawmakers. Some question if out-ofstate tuition is an effective way to collect enough revenue to save the new round of budget cuts. Others are concerned that the spike of tuition will make UNC-System less attractive to talents that potentially may contribute to the state. The UNC-System has data to show that 45 percent of out-of-state students are employed in North Carolina within three years of graduation, suggesting that the graduates have contributed to the state’s economic development.

Some colleges in the system are far from reaching the maximum capacity of in-state students. In 2012, N.C. A&T State University

exceeded the out-of-state cap and thus was subject to violation of the law. More North Carolina high school students are interested in the engineering program at N.C. State than the University is able to admit.

As negotiation of the budget cuts is no longer on the table, the UNC-System should strike a balance between making up the budget and giving in-state students top priority. Despite skepticism, the cap of out-of-state students should be loosened, but it can be conducted on an individual college basis. It is not difficult for each college to estimate and forecast the numbers of prospective applicants of both in-state and out-of-state students. Greater freedom to admit more outof-state students should be given to those schools that are less attractive to North Carolina residents.

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Manifestaciones continuan para NC DREAM Team Ravi Chitilla Editor asistente de noticias

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PHOTO COURTESY OF LISBETH ARIAS

Becarios de Caldwell caminan entre tallos de maíz para subir una pequeña montaña en la periferia de San José Villa Nueva.

En ocho días, los becarios de Caldwell se enamoraron con el campo de El Salvador, el país natal de Lisbeth Arias, uno de los becarios de Caldwell.

Paula Gordon Editor de Bienvenidos

Lisbeth Arias, un becario Caldwell y en su cuarto año de diseño de tela y moda, sabía que quería contribuir a el programa que se ha determinado y enriquecido su experiencia en N.C. State. Para inspiración, se volvió a su país natal, El Salvador.

“Algunas personas tienden a dejar El Salvador a cabo cuando piensan en América Central, a causa de la violencia y porque es un país pequeño, pero hay tanta belleza allí que tenía muchas ganas de mostrarlo a los Caldwells,” dijo Arias.

Gino Lerebours, en su tercer año en estadísticas, fue uno de cuatro estudiantes que viajaban con Arias a su cuidad natal en San José Villa Nueva, casi dos horas desde San Salvador, el capital. El viaje duró ocho días y los Caldwells celebraban el Año Nuevo en una cultura nueva.

Lerebours nunca pensó verdaderamente sobre viajando fuera de los E.E.U.U. antes de llegar a la universidad, a pesar de un deseo a ver más del mundo. Él dice que a través del programa de Caldwell, el encontró la vía perfecta para introducirse a viajes internacionales de una manera profunda, a través de estancias en casa y conocer a la gente fuera del ámbito turístico. En semestres recientes, estudiantes de Caldwell han ido en viajes de servicio a México y Guatemala, pero Arias quería

mostrarles su propia cultura.

“La mayoría no han ido a El Salvador, y por eso quería traerlos para aprender sobre yo y mi familia,” dijo Arias.

Según su página de web, los becarios Caldwell se basa en el legado de la canciller John T. Caldwell mediante la inversión en estudiantes en su primer año que comparten una pasión por el crecimiento, el aprendizaje y servir a los demás. A finales de este año, los becarios Caldwell también viajarán a Etiopía para un viaje de servicio.

“Los viajes mejores, los que tienden a ser mas exitosos, son los que son iniciados por estudiantes,” dijo Lerebours. Es un énfasis en liderazgo estudiantil que hace los Caldwells uno de los becarios más conocidos en N.C. State.

Después de pasar ocho días con la familia Arias, por cierto los Caldwells tenían un mejor comprensión de la cultura Salvadoreña, particularmente valores de la familia.

“Lo que aprendí es que lo que hace la gente o la familia rica no viene de lo que tenemos en cosas materiales. Suena cliché, pero fue verdad,” dijo Lerebours. “Podría decir que la familia de Lisbeth estaba muy cerca, que se amaban.”

Para Arias, fue gratificante observar las reacciones de sus compañeros, ya que sintieron todo, desde frijoles y pupusas caseras frescas de una tía al espectáculo de cohetes de 20 minutos en las calles.

“Sólo me recordó a lo que sentí cuando regresé a El Sal-

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Lisbeth Arias, a la dercha, se baptizó su primo durante el descanso de Navidad en San José Villa Nueva. Según Arias, fue importante traer los becarios de Caldwell a su país natal para enseñarles su familia y cultura.

vador cuando tenía 16 años, y como la gente me miraba cuando llegué por primera vez. Fue realmente genial ver a estos estudiantes humildes y de mente abierta ver quien soy y de donde es mi familia,” dijo Arias.

Según Arias, los Caldwells tenían una reacción bien positiva desde la comunidad, abriendo el camino para viajes de servicio en el futuro, sobre todo en los barrios de cantones. Estos comuni-

dades se forman de familias viviendo en casas hecho de cartón. Arias espera que volver a San José Villa Nueva con más becarios de Caldwell en la Primavera de 2015 para construir una casa. Arias dijo que este depende en decisiones hecho del resto de la comunidad de Caldwell y que fondos pueden recaudar para viajes en el futuro. “Francamente, yo sería uno de los primeros en inscribirse para volver allí,” dijo Lerebours.

El Sábado, miembros de los grupos de defensa de inmigración se manifestaron por 30 millas desde Chapel Hill a la oficina del secretario de Justicia de N.C. Roy Cooper. Activistas protestaron el silencio continuado de Cooper sobre la cuestión de inmigrantes sin documentos y sus derechos a tener matrícula a la cuota universitaria preferente para los residentes de Carolina del Norte.

Unos 40 personas participaron en “la marcha de sueños rotos,” según Jose Rico Benavides, un estudiante de Durham Technical Community College y un coordinador de N.C. DREAM Team, uno de los grupos de defensa que participaron en la manifestación.

La manifestación empezó a las siete de la mañana, y los manifestantes llegaron a la oficina de Cooper a las cuatro de la tarde, donde se celebró el funeral. Los manifestantes empezó la marcha de 30 millas en el U.S. Postal Office en la calle de Franklin en Chapel Hill, haciendo paradas en una tienda en Durham y en la intersección de la Avenida Varnell y la Avenida Glenwood, donde se congregaron más seguidores antes de llegar a la oficina de Cooper.

Activistas llevaban un atuád que, según Benavides, simbolizó el “muerte de sus aspiraciones” a asistir universidad en Carolina del Norte, debido al alto costo.

“No sólo había estudiantes universitarios presentes, sino también los jóvenes de DACA de todas edades que saben que cuando son elegibles para aplicar a la universidad en Carolina del Norte, no será capaz de pagar la universidad en este estado,” dijo Benavides.

Keny Murillo, un estudiante de DACA que ha asistido Durham Tech y Wake Technical Community College con aspiraciones de eventualmente asistir un facultad de medicina, dijo que está muy frustrado con el problema.

“Me hace enojado,” dijo Murillo. “He estado viviendo aquí 17 años, y para el secretario general permanecerse silencioso sin decir nada es malo.”

Viridiania Martinez, cofundador del N.C. DREAM Team, está elegible para DACA. Martinez dijo que su grupo de defensa originalmente había estado esperando una declaración formal por parte de Cooper antes de la Navidad.

“Roy Cooper has sido unos de los pocos políticos a hablar en contra de las temas como las leyes de identificación de votantes, pero en este cuestión de acceso a educación superior no se ha demostrado un espina dorsal,” dijo Martinez.

Benavides dijo que está esperando que la oficina de Cooper va a emitir un dictamen la próxima semana.

The News & Observer informó que Noelle Talley, portavoz de Cooper, dijo que la oficina del Secretario General está elaborando un dictamen jurídico.

Según el N&O, Talley dijo que Cooper se ha reunido con los activistas en el pasado. El N&O, también informaron que Cooper es un líder contendiente para gobernador por el Pardio Demócrata en 2016.

“Comprendemos sus preocupaciones, pero un dictamen legal no está impactado por manifestaciones,” dijo Talley.

Según The N&O, por lo menos 17 estados permiten estudiantes de DACA a recibir la tarifa de residentes para colegios y universidades. En Virginia y Georgia, desafíos a las leyes del estado se están realizando en los tribunales como un esfuerzo para que estudiantes de DACA pueden obtener elegibilidad.

Es la segunda vez este més que activistas han reunido afuera de la oficina de Cooper. El primero de enero, activistas se reunieron por primera vez afuera de su oficina para protestar contra su silencio.

Estos esfuerzas por parte de la defensa de inmigración vienen después de que Rep. Marcus Brandon, un Demócrata repre-

La banda musical gozaban la vida en España Paula Gordon Editor de Bienvenidos

Más que 200 estudiantes en la banda musical de N.C. State fueron a España para siete días, un viaje que no van a olvidar. Este viaje incluyó visitas a Madrid, el capital de España, Barcelona en la costa este, y Toledo, un ciudad anciano de España.

Este viaje es el segundo viaje para la banda musical a fuera de los Estados Unidos, por parte de la guía de su director, Dr. Paul D. García. En 2010 la banda se presentó en el desfile del día del St Patrick en Dublín, Irlanda. Él habló con el News & Observer antes de este viaje y dijo que, “Nuestra banda ha hecho mucho para aumentar su visibiliad en los últimos años, pero hace poco no había sido salir de la región mucho más, así que esto es simplemente fantástico.”

Andi Hawksley, un biblotecario de la banda y estudiante de ingengiería química en su cuarto año, pasó su tiempo en España explorando museos y lugares culturales de un país nuevo.

Katherine Freemen, una de los líderes de la banda, dijo que el imagen

de los niños españoles cantando “El Pieces en el Río” se quedará con ella por mucho tiempo.

Unas de las consequencias del viaje fue perder la primera semana de clases, algo que afectó algunas estudiantes y otros no.

“Afortunadamente, todo pasó bien en mis clases y tengo todo lo que necesito para continuar el semestre sin problema, pero conozco unas personas que se perdió sus clases por no venir los primeros dos días,” dijo Hawksley.

Markoch también tenía suerte con tus clases también cuando regresó.

“Todos mis profesores han sido muy comprensivos, y es una experiencia que nunca olvidaré,” dijo Markoch.

De todos modos, valió la pena perder clases y gastar el dinero en pasar la primera semana de 2014 en el extranjero. “Sólo fue trabajo de escuela. No quise perder esta oportunidad única en la vida,” dijo Hawksley.

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El grupo de clarinetes planteaban en Toledo, España, antes de su marcha en las calles. Para muchos estudiantes, el viaje fue su primer viaje fuera de los Estados Unidos.

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Ram grabs ‘Bull City’ by the horns Katie Sanders Assistant Features Editor

Bubba the Outlaw Sheep, as he is known, is a Barbados-Mouflon ram, a stubborn breed with curled horns that looks a lot like a goat, and he will be auctioned off by the Durham Sheriff’s Department at the end of this month.

No one knows where Bubba came from or why he decided to stay.

But stay he did, roaming Durham County near Southpoint mall for four months before he was finally caught.

“He literally just showed up one day in this woman’s backyard,” said Paul Sherwin, a deputy and the sheriff’s public information officer. She told the sheriff’s department that it was cute at first, but she called it in after Bubba stayed a few days.

Citizens quickly adopted their new four-legged neighbor. According to The News & Observer, one began leaving out dog food for him, while another christened him with his name. He was also allowed to drink out of their birdbaths.

However, the sheriff’s department was still committed to catching the creature. Unfortunately for it, he proved extremely quick and able to jump.

“He can jump a four-foot horse fence with no problem,” Dave Artigues said. “He’s out of control.”

Artigues is the owner of Elodie Farms where Bubba will be auctioned off, and has been helping manage and care for the sheep since he was caught. Bubba was put into Artigues’ custody because of a relationship Artigues formed with animal control officers six years ago.

He acquired that relationship after working closely with them when his farm saw the first recorded case of a

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“Bubba the Outlaw Sheep” stands in a pen after being captured by the Durham County Sheriff’s office at the Elodie Farms.

rabid donkey in the history of North Carolina.

Because of Bubba’s abilities, cornering the ram took longer than anticipated.

“It was a long process,” Sherwin said. “Initially it just started with going out and trying to capture him like we would a stray dog or anything — a couple of deputies with a catch pole.”

After finding that it was impossible to get close enough to Bubba to catch him, the sheriff’s department called in a large animal vet, who brought tranquilizers and nets, and a lasso expert. Bubba easily dodged them both.

“At that point we just put the brakes on trying to capture him

because he wasn’t causing any problems and it was consuming too many resources,” Sherwin said.

The quest to catch the ram was back on several weeks later when Bubba took to living on Glover Road, causing thousands of dollars of damage to one resident’s property.

“What the deputies did was they basically built a custom pen,” Sherwin said.

The pen was eight feet by eight feet with four-foot walls, which were further topped with fencing so that he couldn’t jump out. Deputies went out to the property for several days, getting Bubba used to eating apples and sweet corn out of the pen.

On the third or fourth day, the

deputies waited for Bubba with a rope tied to the gate so that they could quickly close it behind him.

Even after catching him, they had to create a tunnel from the trap to the trailer used to transport him so he wouldn’t get away again Bubba is currently comfortably housed in a tobacco barn with a yard — surrounded by a fence that is higher than four feet, of course.

He spends his days running inside and outside to avoid people.

“Bubba’s a little skiddish,” Artigues said. “He’s used to running around Durham and RTP and Chapel Hill, and he’s ready to get out and do some more running.”

Artigues said the ram was very sweet, just scared of people. He also

had a taste for their gardens, as his favorite food by far is shrubbery.

The auction is taking place because of a state law.

“He’s considered a livestock animal, which prevents us from adopting him out like we would a domestic animal,” Sherwin said. They’ve gone through this process before: They recently auctioned off a potbellied pig for $5.

Bubba is in high demand from area farmers. The only reason he hasn’t been sold yet is because there is a law requiring him to have 30 days of confinement and 20 days of auction notice before being auctioned.

“There seems to be a lot of interest in his welfare,” Sherwin said. “We’ll see how much of that translates into the auction. We have no idea what to expect at this point, as far as turnout or how much he’ll sell for.”

“I think it’s just kind of a cool thing, that you have this animal that’s been running around Durham and not really causing any real trouble or putting people in harm’s way but he’s just doing his own thing,” Artigues said.

Bubba will be auctioned off Jan. 31 at 10 a.m. at Elodie Farms. Anyone is welcome to bid and there is no minimum.

“We’re going to try to make it a kind of family-day type thing,” Antigues said. “Come see the goats and the pigs and the animals, and check out the farm and make sure Bubba goes to a good home.”

However, if it’s left up to Bubba, he’ll be wild and running free again any day now.

“You know, Bubba is a very energetic young guy, and it wouldn’t surprise me if he gets loose again, given the opportunity,” Artigues said.

Shakori Hills becomes a permanent landmark for entertainment Grant Golden Staff Writer

For the past 11 years, Pittsboro has been home to one of the most unconventional festivals in North Carolina.

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance has been providing the community with a hallowed ground of sorts, a four-day excursion deep into Chatham County suitable for folks of all ages. Though the festival has always been filled with good times and good vibes, there was always one thought looming over attendees and organizers alike: What happens if someone purchases this 75-acre farm? Thankfully, when festivalgoers make the trek out to Pittsboro this April for the spring installment, that problem will be a

distant memory.

Last month, the Shakori Hills Community Arts Center, the festival’s non-profit organization, and the Finger Lakes Grassroots Organization, the original Grassroots festival, teamed up to purchase the land that has long been owned by an “angel investor.”

Jordan Puryear, one of Shakori’s co-founders, said the festival grounds have been owned by a close friend since the festival’s inception and for the past decade, the festival and community members alike have been raising money to help make Shakori Hills a permanent staple for the region.

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not go through them, they will go through you.

Head coach Mark Gottfried has been insistent with limiting the emphasis for the next game. In the context of this season, with this conference and with his team, that is probably the best approach. N.C. State has been inconsistent since losing a second half lead to Missouri in December, but the rest of the ACC besides Syracuse and Pittsburgh have been as well.

Even Virginia had a wretched 35-point loss to the same Tennessee team that the Pack controlled in Knoxville less than two weeks prior.

Pundits and fans however are not bound by such game-to-game restrictions.

Looking ahead at the Pack’s schedule, the coming two road games within the state versus Wake Forest and Duke will be followed by a threegame homestand against

Maryland, Georgia Tech and Florida State. The way things stand now, wins or losses in any of those particular games would not be incredibly shocking. It is hard to discern where N.C. State might end up.

It would be helpful for the Wolfpack, who are currently 11-5 overall and 1-2 in the ACC, to come out of that stretch playing better basketball. If Gottfried can somehow replicate the magic from N.C. State’s impressive road wins over Tennessee and Notre Dame in February, the Pack still has a realistic shot to cause some damage in the league. Beginning with the annual trip to Chapel Hill on the first day of the month, State will play five of its first six games in February on the road, all within a three-week stretch. That would be brutal even for a senior-laden bunch. As it is, the time for consistency from the young team has arrived.

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expansion, he expects more than 200 participants in the event. The tournament is also the club’s primary fundraising event.

The other spring competition is the National Intercollegiate Tournament. Last year, the State team competed in this tournament for the first time in school history, finishing in sixth place in the overall standings.

The team will look to end this season with an even better result, as the winner of the men’s and women’s singles in the hardest skill level will earn a spot on the U.S. Adult National Team.

Last year, Matthews finished in fourth place at Nationals.

The senior has had an impressive season so far and is currently ranked within the top 50 college players in the nation.

While the racquetball club is extremely competitive

in tournaments and other events, not everyone in the club is an expert. Lexi Haggard, a junior in animal science, said students of all skill levels are encouraged to join the team.

“We’re a pretty open club,” Haggard said. “People of all experience can join, and we will help those who haven’t played before to get better.”

The club recruits mostly from the University’s racquetball courses, looking for players who have potential, but also players who simply want to improve their game.

Katie Leonard, a junior in human biology, said her skill has improved due to the team’s support.

“When I joined, I had never played a racquet sport, so I had no idea what I was doing,” Leonard said. “If you show you have interest and you want to get better, [the coaches] are really good at one-on-one instruction.”

Leonard is now the club’s top female player, earning first place finishes in each of

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Senior in fashion and textile management Dorothy Lynn Harris of the N.C. State Racquetball Club prepares to serve during a tournament at Liberty University on Oct. 5

the team’s two tournaments this season.

Though the racquetball club is one of the biggest in the MACRC, the team is always looking for new members. Meetings for the club are on Mondays and Wednesdays at 7 p.m. at the Carmichael racquetball courts.

Leonard said that, if nothing else, racquetball is a fun way to spend time.

“The racquetball community is really fun,” Leonard said. “[People at tournaments] remember who you are, and everyone is really hospitable. It’s a great way to make friends.”

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Thompson named All-American

Women’s basketball moves up in poll

Luke Nadkarni

The NC State women’s basketball team (15-2, 2-1 ACC) improved its ranking by two places from No. 23 to No. 21 in the latest USA Today top-25 poll released Tuesday afternoon. State received 107 votes in this week’s poll, 41 more than it received one week ago.

SOURCE: N.C. ATHLETICS

Glennon named to PFWA NFL All-Rookie Team

Rookie quarterback Mike Glennon of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers has been named to the Pro Football Writers of America NFL All-Rookie Team. Glennon spent two seasons as the starting quarterback for the Wolfpack from 2011 to 2012. Glennon led all NFL rookies in touchdown passes and passer rating.

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Tickets on sale for Duel at the DBAP

Tickets have gone on sale for the “Duel at DBAP” where N.C. State will play UNC-Chapel Hill at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park on Tuesday April 15.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at durhambulls.com.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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The N.C. State football team finished 3-9 and winless in the ACC in 2013, cementing the campaign as one of the most forgettable in school history. However, if you look hard enough, there are some bright spots among the mess.

One of those is junior long snapper Scott Thompson. The native of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif., was named a first-team All-American by Phil Steele College Football on Jan 2.

He has handled snapping duties on all punts, field goal attempts and extra point attempts for the past three seasons.

Thompson was named a preseason All-American by Steele, and he made it a personal goal this season to prove Steele right.

“I woke up to messages from my dad, my mom, my grandparents, and I wondered what the big deal was. Then I saw that I had been named a preseason All-American,” Thompson said. “I had to make sure I got it after the season, so I worked my tail off to make sure that happened.”

The long snapper is somewhat of an obscure position, and there are hardly any statistics available for the position. Most long snappers start by playing other positions in high school or earlier and morph into the position.

“I wasn’t too good at it at first,” Thompson said. “It was kind of a tradition for my dad and brother and I to go out every Saturday and mess around snapping and throwing the ball. One afternoon we saw a man instructing snappers.”

That man turned out to be Chris Rubio, a dedicated long snapping coach who runs camps across the country. In football circles, Rubio is viewed as the Phil Jackson of long

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Junior long snapper Scott Thompson runs downfield during N.C. State’s game against Maryland on Nov. 30, 2013. Thompson was recently named a first-team All-American by Phil Steele College Football. snapping.

“I’ve worked with [Rubio] ever since that day,” Thompson said.

“If you want to be a long snapper, go find him. I went to his camps since I was 14. He became like my second father. He’s the reason why I’m here.”

Thompson pitched himself tirelessly to programs all over the country in order to fulfill his dream of playing college football.

“I sent film to every Division I school in the country,” Thompson said. “State was one of those schools that kept responding. It wasn’t nec-

essarily about just football, but also about the quality of the school and the coaching staff that was here. I really fell in love with the place.”

When Thompson made the crosscountry trip to Raleigh to visit the campus, he was sold.

“They really rolled out the red carpet for me,” Thompson said. “I came out to Carter-Finley for the Thursday night game against Florida State [in 2010] and that sealed the deal for me.”

Not surprisingly, Thompson spends most of his time at practice working with the other first-string

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whoever else was in his way in the first half. Virginia, with its intricate offensive sets and screening system, always found the correct spots on the floor to punish the State defense.

The Wahoos can actually serve as a model for emulation for the Wolfpack. With four freshmen receiving significant playing time, three frontcourt players and one point guard, N.C. State has the potential in the coming years to get where Virginia is now—an experienced team that works as an effective unit.

Picked to finish 10th in the ACC, State was expected to have its upsand-downs. That has certainly been the case.

To be fair, the two losses within league play, at home to Pittsburgh and Virginia, were to teams that will present issues to most others as well. But in the ACC, teams like that cannot be avoided. If you do

The members of the N.C. State racquetball club have high hopes for the second half of the 2013-14 season as the team looks to win the Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Racquetball Conference title for a third consecutive season.

The Wolfpack plays in the MACRC with nine other schools, spanning a region from Delaware all the way to eastern Tennessee. Teams in the MACRC include ACC rivals Duke and UNC-Chapel Hill.

In the two conference tournaments in which the club has participated this season, first at Liberty University in October and UNCChapel Hill in November, the Pack delivered, earning seven first-place finishes in 11 total division events.

So far this season, the team leads in men’s overall point total, women’s overall point total and overall point total. Club president Jordan Matthews, a senior in biological engineering, said that the high scoring comes from consistent play at all levels.

“We usually have one person in the finals of each division,” Matthews said. “Sometimes both of the finalists will be from our team, so we rack up points that way.”

Looking forward, the team has two important events approaching this semester, both hosted at N.C. State. The first is the fifth annual Wolfpack Classic, a MACRC tournament that also features divisions that are open to the public.

Matthews said that because of the

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Head coach Mark Gottfried watches the closing minutes of the game against Virginia in PNC Arena Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. The Wolfpack fell to the Cavaliers, 76-45, in their worst ever loss in PNC Arena.

Wolfpack has plenty of time for turnaround Rob McLamb Assistant Sports Editor

QUOTE OF THE DAY “I had to make sure I got it after the season, so I worked my tail off to make sure that happened.”

Junior long snapper Scott Thompson

specialists, namely junior placekicker Niklas Sade and junior punter Wil Baumann. Sade made 19 of 23 field goal attempts and was named a semifinalist for the Lou Groza Award, also earning an All-ACC honorable mention for his efforts this season.

“Everyone says kickers are a little weird, but I love those guys,” Thompson said. “We came in together and have been working together all three years, and we can’t wait to start our fourth season as a unit. I wouldn’t trade those two for any other kickers in the country.”

Saturday’s game against Virginia at PNC Arena was a game of runs.

The problem for N.C. State was that Virginia had all of them.

The Wolfpack is a young team.

The starting lineup for Saturday consisted of three players in their first season of ACC competition: Freshman guard Anthony “Cat” Barber, freshman forward Kyle Washington and junior guard Desmond Lee, a junior college transfer.

They were joined by a redshirt senior in center Jordan Vandenberg, who had played a grand total of 30 games the previous two campaigns.

The stalwart, forward T.J. Warren, is only a sophomore. At this point, State will have to get its experience within conference play, and that can be a cold place to learn. There will be some ugly days.

On Saturday, the Cavaliers used sophomore center Mike Tobey and senior forward Akil Mitchell to bully the Wolfpack inside and had a veteran roaming the perimeter in senior guard Joe Harris. It was a

“Picked to finish 10th in the ACC, State was expected to have its ups and downs.” clear case of needing to pick a poison and State abstained, allowing all three to work with impunity.

The season is near the halfway point and it appears that teams who have interior strength augmented with a viable outside threat are going to give the Pack problems. Tobey pushed around Vandenberg and