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Obama, too soon for Nobel Prize? and Woodrow Wilson did it during their terms. Jimmy Carter won the prize as well, but after his term in the Oval Office.

Students like Jared Cottrell, a freshNick Tran man in aerospace engineering, are Staff Writer wondering what Obama has done as Last Friday president Obama was president to win the award.

“I don’t think Obama has had awarded the Nobel Peace prize for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen- enough time to establish himself as a ing international diplomacy and co- meaningful role,” Cottrell said. “He operation.” Obama, as well as oth- has not been in office long enough ers present at the awards ceremony, to have significant influence on the was reported to have been visibly world yet.”

Cottrell said people like Obama as shocked at the announcement. Since then, questions have arisen as to what president and the only effect he has qualifications make Obama deserving had is to make people happy.

“The committee wants to make of the award.

The process for choosing a Nobel people happy too; that’s why they gave laureate begins in Sept. with a call him the award,” he said.

Winslow Dalpe, freshman in comfor nominations. Those qualified to puter science, said make nominations t he Nobel Cominclude university mittee awarded the professors, former prize as just a porecipients of the litical statement on prize, and members Obama’s presidency of various internacompared to that of tional organizations.

George W. Bush.

Nominations are “It’s too soon, submitted in Feb., [ O b a m a] h a s n’t and the nominees earned it yet,” Dalpe are evaluated by the said. “They’re cheapNobel committee Tom Wilkinson, graduate ening the merit of through Aug. student in English the award by giving In Oct., the Nobel it away prematurely.” laureates are chosen Obama’s victory comes at a time by the Nobel Committee and are presented their award and prize money in of a major shift in the Nobel ComDec. by the Nobel Committee chair- mittee, namely Jagland’s return from man, currently Throrbjorn Jagland. retirement to become chairman of the Unlike Nobel Prizes in other cat- committee.

Jagland was reported to have wanted egories, which are generally awarded looking back on the accomplishment to begin with his term with a splash 20 to 30 years after the fact, the No- and promised the winner would have bel Peace Prize has been traditionally global renown. To that end, Obama’s awarded for recent accomplishments victory has been criticized as a populous play. and is based on current opinion.

Despite this, some students are deObama, whose presidency spans less than a year, is now the third American fending Obama and the legitimacy of president to win the Nobel Peace Prize the award.

Tom Wilkinson, a second year maswhile in office: Theodore Roosevelt

Students disagree on legitimacy of Obama’s award

Did Obama deserve to win the Nobel Peace Prize? Why or why not?

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“No, he hasn’t done anything. I don’t really understand why he got one. The prize is actually for doing something, not coming up with an idea.”

Lauren Wright freshman, elementary education

“I’m frustrated that Obama is being criticized for winning the Peace Prize.”

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President Barack Obama speaks at his town hall forum on health care at Broughton high school July 29, 2009. The president touched on the quality of the current health care system and how his improvement will help citizens.

ter’s student in English, said he was going to take the victory as a patriot.

“I’m frustrated that Obama is being criticized for winning the Peace Prize,” he said. “We should be celebrating his victory and using to move the country forward.”

Wilkinson said he felt the social

or political circumstances were irrelevant.

“I don’t know if there were other politics involved, and I don’t know that politics really matter. It’s not like Obama had a hand in deciding if he won or not,” Wilkinson said.

“No. I admire the progress he has made but, in comparison to others who have won, I do not think he has accomplished any of the feats of Gandhi or Martin Luther King, Jr. Even though he is an icon, I do not think he has accomplished much yet.”

Jordan McIntyre freshman, aerospace engineering

Commission seeks ticketing input Dialogue communicates Students voice opinions on ticketing at open forum

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Housing, safety, acceptance all concerns for GLBT students and allies

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Student Government’s athletic commission held an open forum last night, giving students an opportunity to discuss and offer feedback about the student ticketing system has frustrated students during the beginning of the football season.

Jeffrey Johnson, the SG chairman of athletics, said student feedback is important as the commission goes forward to re-evaluate the system. “[Athletics] is an important part of student life and I want students to feel that they have an hands-on approach to ticketing,” Johnson said.

The open forum was held six weeks after the season opening South Carolina football game that left many students without tickets.

Associate Athletic Director Dick Christy released a statement Oct. 5 addressing common queries students had regarding the ticketing system, from concerns over point distribution to failed e-mail notifications about ticket claims.

Christy said more than 13,000 students requested tickets for approximately 8,000 seats.

“No matter how they are distributed there is going to be a large contingent of students who are frustrated that they were not awarded a seat,” Christy said.

A major topic discussed at the forum was the way the ticket distribution system operated.

Though the system gives seniors higher probability to win tickets, many students felt it was unacceptable that some freshman could receive tickets over upperclassmen.

Data from the South Carolina game showed freshman requested significantly more tickets than the sopho-

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Associate Athletics Director Dick Christy speaks at the student ticketing forum in the Carmichael Recreation Center Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. The forum was held to receive feedback from students on the ticketing process.

Christy was responding to a question about problems some students have had receiving attendance points.

more and junior classes. Christy said the only class to beat freshman were seniors and graduate students, which are combined. Christy said this was one of the primary reasons why freshman received a higher amount of tickets.

“It is a hybrid of seniority and loyalty. If you were a senior for the South Carolina game, you had more chance in the lottery —but that didn’t mean you were going to get picked— just more chance.”

However, Christy did acknowledge that more effectively informing the study body about the system could have lessened student confusion and outrage.

“A lot of the feedback we got back

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were students didn’t really understand how loyalty points worked,” Christy said.

Concerns over the e-mail notifications —which failed to notify students about ticket claim periods— were also addressed.

According to Christy, Athletics is working with the Office of Information Technology to get the problem —which may lie in the filtering process— fixed.

Trisha Gooding, a junior in zoology and psychology, said the new system has actually been beneficial for her.

“I’ve had better seats this year

This semester’s diversity dialogue, entitled “Is Everyone Really Welcome?”, partnered with the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Center to present the personal stories of students as well as this organization’s efforts to raise awareness on campus.

“To be safe, the number of education programs has to increase,” said Justine Hollingshead, the director of the GLBT Center.

The dialogue came as one of a series of events in “Everyone Welcome Here” week, continuing with today’s Blue Jeans Day and concluding with Saturday’s “Raleigh is Coming Out” party.

The week began with painting the Free Expression Tunnel painting on Monday, though it was met with negative responses, which is just another example of the need for change, according to Hollingshead.

“You walk by the big mural, and this is what you see,” she said, referring to the anti-GLBT community messages in the tunnel. “A member of the GLBT community feels, ‘Well, gosh, I’m not

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Luke Harris, a sophomore in sociology, felt the messages were important.

“Leaving it on the wall raises awareness,” he said. “It’s a representation of what we go through every day.”

Harris was one of four panelists at the event who each shared personal stories about their experiences on campus, a key feature of the event “When people can put a face with an idea, it’s personal,” Hollingshead said. “It’s a lot harder to hate some you know.”

The panelists’ stories demonstrated many of the issues which the college experience complicates.

“Families just walk away,” Hollingshead said of many of her students’ experiences. “People take for granted having that family support.”

The campus also provides what she calls a “fishbowl environment,” an effect of constantly being around others whether in a classroom, dormitory or dining hall.

“It’s really hard to be anonymous,” she said. “You’re always being looked at. It’s harder to hide.”

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PRE-RETIREMENT PLANNING IN THE WORKFORCE Marriott-Raleigh, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mostly cloudy, especially in the morning. By the afternoon, skies look to be partly sunny. Winds from the north northwest 5 to 10 mph.

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59 41 Partly sunny to begin the day, though clouds look to move in by late afternoon. Great weather for a day at the state fair. Winds from the northwest about 5 to 10 mph.

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atthew Kiker, a freshman in management, squeezes mustard onto a free hot dog given by the Kunzler meat company. Kiker and many other students crowded the Talley Ballroom Thursday for the C-Store Food Show. Vendors like Kunzler, whose products can be found in the C-Stores, gave out free food samples of tried-and-true student favorites, along with new items that students may not have tried before. As students entered the ballroom, they were each given a bag and then rotated around to different vendors’ booths. “I heard about this when I went to Lil’ Dino’s,” Kiker said. “I thought it was a great way for students to learn about the products the C-Stores have to offer.”

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Animal Hunger Awareness brought to campus The week of Oct. 19 - 23 is Animal Hunger Awareness week. The Companion Animal Club will be on the Brickyard from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. raising awareness.

The club is looking for monetary donations as well as slightly used, or new, dog toys and unopened dry dog food. The donations will benefit the Coalition to Unchain Dogs, SPCA and Second Chance Pet Adoptions.

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Preparing students for travel As a part of International Education Week, the 6th annual Passport Fair will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 17 in the Talley South Gallery.

This is an opprotunity for students, faculty and staff to obtain their first passports, or submit passports for renewal.

Representatives from the State Department will be there to process applications and photos will be taken for $5.

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Obama makes brief trip to New Orleans President Barack Obama on Thursday made his first visit as president to New Orleans, a trip that has provoked local complaints for its brevity and will feature the political oddity of a presidential meeting with Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, one of Obama’s most prominent critics.

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Drug manufacturers object to part of health care overhaul Makers of generic drugs say it’s unfair to make them pay $460 million to help fund health care overhaul legislation.

They warn consumer prices could rise if Congress approves the 10 years of increased Medicaid discounts included in the bill passed by the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday.

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‘First lady set to Lawmakers discuss education hear of women’s First lady Michelle Obama arrived frustration with in Miami Friday, eady to speak to more than 500 people expecting health coverage to be energized by her views on inspiring community involvement in education.

Dressed in a silk lavender jacket and floral dress, Obama entered the chamber to the clicking of cameras and cheers at the $250-a-plate fundraiser for the Florida Campus Compact, an organization that supports student public service.

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Families of victims still awaiting damages For the last 26 years, hundreds of Americans whose sons, husbands and brothers were among 241 U.S. servicemen killed in the terrorist bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut have waited for recompense.

A court found Iran responsible for the worst terrorist attack on U.S. citizens prior to 9-11, and awarded the families $2.65 billion.

But despite a law passed last year to help them, the families have been unable to collect — due in part to opposition from the Obama Justice and State departments.

When Amanda Buchanan and her husband discussed having a second baby, what should have been an intimate conversation felt like it had been invaded by her insurance policy, she told a Senate committee Thursday.

Ultimately, the 32-yearold Weiser, Idaho, woman had another child, but she dropped her expensive insurance policy so that she and her husband could pay off the bills from the baby’s delivery.

Buchanan and several other women shared their stories of disparities in coverage that make insurance premiums for women more expensive in many states.

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Monday USCOEEED MEETING McKimmon Center Room 232, 3 to 5 p.m.

ORIENTATION COUNSELOR INFORMATION SESSION Talley Student Center Brown Room, 4 to 4:30 p.m.

WACHOVIA EXECUTIVE LECTURE SERIES Nelson Hall Room 3400, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

ARCHITECTURE LECTURE: MATT NOBLETT OF BEHNISCH Burns Auditorium, 7 p.m.

PURSUIT OF EQUALITY Witherspoon Cinema, 1 to 8:30 p.m.

THE FOURTH KID Witherspoon Cinema, 10 to 11:30 p.m.

Tuesday SMART-SHOP SERIES WORKSHOP: EXAM PREPARATION AND TIPS Talley Student Center Blue Room, 10 to 11 a.m.

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8:49 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENT Free Expression Tunnel Report of non-student putting up flyers. Officers checked area but found no policy violation of subjects in question.

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Nutritionist educates on American eating habits Sarah Ash presentation explores different factors that contribute to Americans’ poor diets Joanna Banegas Staff Writer

Sarah Ash, an associate professor in the department of food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences and the coordinator of the undergraduate nutrition program, explained Americans’ ways of eating today by examining social, economic and scientific factors that existed during the midnineteenth through the early twentieth century last night.

“Americans are living to eat instead of eating to live,” she said.

Ash teaches over 1,000 students a year in a wide variety of classes, including one on U.S. food history.

“This presentation was about the understanding of relationships Americans have with food through history and learning,” Ash said.

Ash’s presentation included different topics such as the first health reformers, the television, technology and science as they inf luence Americans and foods.

“A lot of food issues that we have today chase back to food reformers,” Ash said. “They focused on how you shouldn’t have anything stimulating.”

Daniel Lucas, a library worker who attend Ash’s presentation, said he found the effects

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students facing these issues, according to Hollingshead.

“We need to move beyond tolerance and acceptance to understanding,” she said.

One of the most discussed issues at the event was enhancing these students’ feeling of comfort in the residence halls, where most GLBT students feel unsafe, according to Hollingshead. All three student panelists struggled to integrate their living quarters and their sexual orientation.

“I can’t just be Matt,” Matt Woodward, a sophomore in applied sociology, said.

Panelist Miles Clark, a junior in sports management, experienced similar difficulties.

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than the whole time I’ve been here,” Gooding said.

The forum also cleared up some misconceptions about the system and the way it was being handled.

“I realized that nothing is perfect, but now I am confident that they are making changes in the best interests of the students,” Gooding said.

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Associate Professor in the Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences Sarah Ash gives a talk entitled “Eating Through American History” as part of the Fabulous Faculty Series in the East Wing of DH Hill Library Thursday. The talk focused on American eating habits from the discovery of the Americas by Europeans through the 1950s. Ash discussed how sex has been associated with food from early nutritionists who associated meat with sexual excess to the Food Network which uses sex as a marketing tool for food.

of morality and features on Americans’ diets are based on missed information from health reformers that Ash discussed in the presentation.

“We’re in the same place we started back with our eating habits but perhaps we moved more to a scientific basis,” Lucas said.

Ash said the country is very young.

“Our ancestors sought food that was sweet to their diet,” Ash said.

In addition to American history, Ash said Americans apply chemistry and technology to foods.

“We have an idea that our

As a transgender beginning hormone therapy after enrollment, he said he had trouble balancing that situation with his housing.

Eventually, he was given his own space and bathroom, which, with the additional aid of the GLBT Center, made quite a difference.

“I’ve had people in my corner to back me,” he said. “I’m able to say that’s not the only thing about me. There are other sides to my personality besides being transgender.”

However, the situations are not exclusive to GLBT students.

Spencer Guy, freshman in the First Year College, experienced this last Tuesday, after picking up an “I [Heart] Diversity” shirt in the Brickyard.

“Someone said, ‘You’re going to burn in flames for wearing

that,’” he said.

The GLBT Center is also starting conversations with faculty and staff on campus and plans on presenting before the Faculty Senate, according to Hollingshead.

Ultimately, the goal of the GLBT Center is to change the campus climate. According to Hollingshead, the ideal climate would look like Sunday’s National Equality March in Washington, D.C. “You can be comfortable, safe and people embrace who you are,” she said.

To her, these desires are not unique to the GLBT commuity.

“Allies want to feel safe, get married, have families, enjoy life,” Hollingshead said. “I want all those same things.”

schools in the Atlantic Coastal Conference, Jim Ceresnak, the student body president, said the University’s student ticketing system is more convenient and student-oriented than others.

“We really and truly have one of the best student ticketing systems in the ACC. Our system rewards the most loyal students. Our system has reduced wait times to get into games.

Our system has really allowed students to have a real enjoyable experience at the games,”

Ceresnak said.

Ceresnak said SG will continue to work to make the ticketing process more efficient.

“We have experienced problems —most notably the ticket notification emails—and we are working every week to make that better” Ceresnak said. “Overall, it has been a successful year, and we will continue to try to work these things out.”

morals for food are based on a technology-driven country,” Ash said. “I try not to be negative about it but it’s hard because we’re so into technology and it makes it easier to access any foods we want and now it’s a hobby.”

Cindy Wanny, a senior in biochemistry, said the program

inspired her to choose healthier eating habits and take advice from health professionals.

“Now I have seen people being careful about their dietary habits,” Wanny said. “I am sure that there has been a larger change in the eating habits of society.”

At the end of the presentation

samples of popular foods from the ‘30s through the ‘80s were available for tasting. The dishes included a 1950s fruit cocktail and Spam buffet party loaf, a 1960s Tang pie, and 1940s M&M’s.

“We have a notion that stimulating substances are now okay,” Ash said. “We have access to a tremendous variety of foods and it is also inexpensive, which contributes to our overconsumption of foods.”

Ash also talked about television and its effects on the importance of foods.

“To me it’s fascinating that if you watch the Food Network you see a lot of sexual image or appearances,” Ash said.

“Because of television, food has become secondary. People are not aware of what the chef is making.”

Ash said food programs have lots of slow motion and more emphasis on the foods chefs are making.

“In the sexually aspect of food networks, eating is a pleasurable activity,” Ash said.

“It gets pretty roguery in the programs.”

Ash said Americans are just as gullible as they ever were and people should probably eat less and exercise more.

“In the late twentieth century quantity reappears as a theme of ‘right eating’ with moral values that remain part of our collective consciousness,” Ash said. “There is a much younger cultural association.”

Fire alarm disrupts DELTA Students, staff in Venture II evacuated for about 25 minutes yesterday Ty Johnson Editor-in-Chief

Students taking DELTA proctored tests in Venture II yesterday had a rather unexpected break in their testing time as a fire alarm forced all test-takers and employees of the Centennial Campus building to evacuate.

The alarm sounded at 3:16 p.m., sending students out of the building to await instruction outside.

DELTA employee Diane Barbour told a student after the building reopened at about 3:30 p.m. that the alarm was caused by an accident involving popcorn.

Assistant Director of DELTA Testing Services John Pugh said no one was positive about the cause of the alarm.

“That’s the rumor going around,” Pugh said of the popcorn theory. “It was triggered by a fire. It wasn’t a planned fire alarm. It’ll get shaken out eventually.”

Pugh said the procedure for planned drills allows him to know about an hour ahead of time about alarms. The testing area is then blocked off to avoid disrupting students during testing. Pugh said a drill was planned for Monday, which is why most staff in the building were confused by the alarm.

Melissa Arthur, a senior in psychology at Appalachian State taking online classes through DELTA, said she may have missed an extra studying opportunity.

“I just grabbed my purse,” Arthur said. “If I had my [studying materials], I wouldn’t have minded [studying].”

Despite many students getting their notes out after the evacuation, Arthur said she wasn’t sure if she would have studied even if she had her materials, since it could have been considered cheating.

Pugh said he wasn’t a fan of the concept of students studying during the alarm. He said he and the rest of the DELTA staff were busy trying to take care of other issues, so using the alarm as a study break wasn’t a top concern.

“We didn’t let students take tests out. It’s just like if you took a test on campus,” Pugh

said, though he added it was the first time a fire alarm has interrupted a testing session.

“We’ll probably revise a couple of procedures.”

Pugh told students who had been displaced he would contact their professors, assuring them any time they missed on their exams would be made up.

Pugh began calling professors even while students were still awaiting instruction to return to the building.

Pugh said staff members recorded the times of those taking paper tests and additional time was added when students returned. Since online tests are timed assessments, Pugh had to contact individual professors.

“While [students] were out there waiting out the fire that time [was] ticking off the clock,” Pugh said.

Pugh said students were given more time than allotted to give them an opportunity to calm down after the interruption.

Arthur said the alarm, which shocked her, likely didn’t affect her performance.

“I don’t think it made me do worse,” Arthur said. “It was just unexpected.”

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THE FACTS:

Protest and discussion at Senate S

Approximately 40 students came to the Talley-fee protest Wednesday evening at the Student Senate meeting.

A second open-forum will be held by Senate Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Student Senate Chamber.

OUR OPINION:

The student advocacy and Student Government receptiveness concerning the Talley-Atrium fee is a step in the right direction for Student Senate as it strives to strengthen relations with its constituents — the students.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief.

tudents came out in force Wednesday evening for the Student Senate meeting and seized the chance to have their voices heard about the Talley-Atrium fee referenda.

Students — the approximately 40 that overflowed the Senate Chamber — and Student Government should be recognized for their discussion and see it as a positive sign for the process.

Senators and other Student Government leaders patiently and politely listened to students and seemed to take their concerns seriously. For hours after the open-forum period of the Senate meeting ended, many Student Government members

— including Senators Morgan Donnelly, Stephen Kouba and Sam Daughtry, Student Body President Jim Ceresnak and Deputy Chief of Staff Tim Lipka — could be seen engaging students in sincere discussion.

Student Government did the right thing; it put the concerns of students before everything else.

The student turnout disproved any sort of assumed apathy and social ambivalence during the past year; student turnout was relatively low at the bank bailout protests in April.

The response to the Talley fee

the Board of Trustees, Board of Governors and General Assembly. The fee is now out of was something notably differ- Student Senate’s hands but is ent; many students took a real certainly not final.

Students who are ardently stake in the consequences of against it should continue to the fee and have been vocal in advocate and protest informed. their dissent. Even before Student Senate’s recommendation Likewise, supporters of the fee and the unanimous approval should not rest on their laurels.

The protest last night and for the Talley fee at the Fee response

by Student GovernReview Committee, students turned out in large numbers to ment was encouraging for the vote on the measures in the ref- idea of continued debate on erenda — an impressive 21.4 the Talley issue. Hopefully it percent of undergraduate stu- will carry over into another open-forum session Oct. 21 at dents voted on the proposals.

Student Government must 7:30 p.m. in Witherspoon Stucontinue to inform and treat dent Center. “students first.” Students must continue their advocacy as the fee works its way up to

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aybe this is just me, but when I’m eating something, I want to know how many calories it is and if it will increase my jean size.

Students can’t a lways make accurate guesses about t he ca loric content of the foods they eat; Jessica a s su m i ng a Ekstrom salad is healthy Staff Columnist because it is a salad is not always correct.

Hidden calories in food are mischievous. You may think you are being good and healthy by ordering a McDonald’s Bacon Ranch Salad instead of a 580-calorie Big Mac (33 grams of fat), but you could be wrong.

Choosing the “crispy” chicken over the grilled adds an extra 8 grams of fat and 100 calories.

Top it off with a packet of Newman’s Own Ranch Dressing and you’ve got a calorie count of 660 with 51 grams of fat. You were better off ordering the Big Mac. Having a bagel or a muffin for breakfast sounds innocent enough, but according to the “WebMD Weight Loss Clinic” our portion sizes have basically tripled in recent years.

Muffins were once the size of tennis balls, now they’re closer to softballs. Bagels have grown from four inches in diameter to more than six; the calorie count has also risen. With 590 calories and 24 grams of fat, a Dunkin’ Donuts chocolate chip muffin makes a 200 to 300 calorie doughnut look relatively healthy, even the reduced-fat blueberry muffin packs 450 calories. A traditionally sized bagel ranges from 200 to 300 calories; but a fresh bagel from Starbuck’s or Dunkin Donuts now has more than 400 calories.

To be honest, I believe restaurants only add healthy options on their menus because they believe there’s a market for them, not because they care about your health. A recent study published in the “American Journal of Preventive Medicine” found the majority of restaurant menu developers care more about sales, profits and demand than they do about health and nutrition.

In fact, only 21 percent of the people surveyed noted health and nutrition as important at

all.

It was hard for me to grasp that the so-called “healthy” options on menus may not be as good for you as they claim. The “Sinless Shakes” at Coldstone Creamery come with at least 490 calories, which isn’t bad for a shake, but they also come with 52 grams of sugar and a half-day worth of sodium.

They look pretty trim next to Cold Stone’s other menu items but it doesn’t mean they’re healthy options.

What if there was a way to know the calorie intake of what we were eating? Placing nutrition information on the backs of menus or on a poster at fast food restaurants can only help us. People who don’t want to know how many calories they are consuming don’t have to read it. According to the New York Times, a city study last year found 30 percent of New Yorkers were consuming more than 1,000 calories at lunchtime. Officials say adding nutrition information to menus could prevent at least 150,000 New Yorkers from becoming obese and prevent at least 30,000 from developing diabetes over the next five years.

So answer me this: why not? Why not have calorie boards at Port City Java or Taco Bell? Sure, we can make an educated guess on our calorie intake, but without clear nutrition information, it’s difficult to make informed choices at chain restaurants. How could we know that ordering a Chicken Fiesta Burrito (350 calories) instead of a Grilled Stuffed Burrito (690 calories) at Taco Bell could save over 300 calories, or that a café mocha and pastry from Starbuck’s has more than 1,000 calories?

Adding easy access to nutrition information — not Web sites — is a simple and cheap addition to our campus that has the ability to make a huge difference.

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riday morning, like the rest of the world, I comically spat out my Koolaid when I heard President Barack Obama had won this year’s Alfred Nobel Prize f o r Pe a c e .

Other Obama supporters I k now were scratching their heads Zakk White at this premature decAssistant Viewpoint Editor la rat ion of love from the pr i ze committee. Why did he deserve such a prestigious prize? He has only been in office eight months and has yet to see real, concrete results of his diplomatic efforts. Obama is trying to create peace; but the real problem may lie with the prize itself.

Alfred Nobel, the prize’s founder, has a few curious characteristics for a namesake of a peace prize. Did you know he invented dynamite?

Nobel pioneered the making of nitroglycerin; he also invented the blasting cap, which according to the Encyclopedia Britannica “inaugurated the modern use of high explosives.” He then turned a modest iron mill into a large cannon manufacturing company — sure sounds like a peaceful guy. But dynamite has its peaceful uses along with those for conflict, just like a U.S. President.

It would have been great if

Obama had politely returned the prize. Even he admitted in his remarks Friday that he did not deserve it. If you acknowledge that you don’t deserve something, do the right thing and return it with the suggestion that the committee posthumously award someone more deserving. There are many to choose from: Gandhi, despite being nominated five times, was never awarded the Peace Prize.

Who has done more for world peace than him?

What is so great about peace a nyw a y ? I s n’t peace the objective of all wars? Pretty much every side in every conf lict wants peace; they just want to be the ones who benefit from that peace. Take the American Civil War for example. The North wanted peace ; it involved preservation of the Union.

The South wanted peace; it preserved its right to succeed from the Union and determine its own way of life. The difference is that the South’s idea of peace involved the unjust treatment of a large group of people. Shouldn’t the real prize be for the promotion of justice even if war is necessary? The Peace Prize has had its good moments, which include recognizing the extraordinary works of Martin Luther King

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Jr., Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, General George Marshall and many other worthy recipients.

All of the great leaders who have won the prize have the pursuit of a more just world in common.

If you want a perfect candidate for a leader who embodies what the current Nobel committee values in history, take a look at British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

His appeasement of Hitler through t he Munich Agreement i n the September of 1938 seems to be the model for a peace agreement that the prize committee would love. Too bad Hitler reneged and World War II broke out.

Next time, when the Nobel committee meets behind closed doors, hopefully it will take into account real world results and not attitudes, stances and promises — sometimes those lead to a more dangerous world.

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Graduates break away from tradition Economic downturn allows students creativity in career choices Story By Jessica Neville | photo Illustration By jonathan stephens

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raditionally, students come to college with the mindset that they need to earn a degree and head straight into the workforce. As the economy continues to decline, however, students are finding unconventional ways to be creative with the choices they make after graduation.

Some graduates choose to continue their education through graduate or professional school. Others take internships or volunteer jobs with companies they hope to work for.

However, an increasing number of students are entering service-related programs, such as Teach for America, AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps, said Woody Catoe, assistant director of the University Career Center.

Catoe said he believes there is a national trend growing among college students. This trend is one that has forced some students to seek creative ways to deal with the economy.

According to Catoe, one creative way to deal with the economy is through service programs, internships, graduate school and work with non-profit organizations.

“It is important for students to appreciate that these programs are not ways to delay future career plans, but career decisions themselves,” Catoe said. “The key is to think about what you want to get out of the experience.

If a student is deliberate in the programs they choose to be involved with, they can learn skills that make them very valuable to an employer.”

Teach for America is an organization that many students are turning to.

Founded in 1989, Teach for America is an organization whose mission is to “build the movement to eliminate educational inequity” in urban and rural communities throughout the nation. The program has 1,600 schools reaching 450,000 children in the U.S. and provides training and support to teachers who commit for two years.

Joe Wright, the campus coordinator for Teach for America, said there has been an increase in applicants for the program both nationally and at the state level.

“We usually have a couple hundred applicants from State each year, and our highest acceptance rate was fourteen in one year,” Wright said. “The program recruits students with leadership skills who recognize the social gap in education and want to make a change.”

Wright, also a senior in English and civil engineering, said there is no specific major or teaching experience

of the Corporation for National and Community Service. The AmeriCorps program offers 75,000 opportunities per year for adults to work with local and national non-profit organizations.

CJ Barnes, the community service coordinator of the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service, required by the program.

“TFA encourages applicants from all is serving the University through an backgrounds and majors because the AmeriCorps VISTA, or Volunteer in program wants to build a community Service to America Program.

Barnes said AmeriCorps has a proof dedicated and responsible leaders that will continue to be involved af- gram called National Civilian Comter their two years of service,” Wright munity Corps that assigns students projects for six to eight weeks, while said.

Teachers with the program are paid VISTA is a year-long commitment.

Barnes said the recent increase of the teacher salary in the region they work in, along with an AmeriCorp en- interest in service programs after dorsement, full benefits and moving graduation comes from more than expenses. Wright said students who just difficulty in finding jobs.

“While this may be a factor, I also are accepted to graduate school and believe that the decide to join culture of today’s TFA are also givsociety is leaning en deferment for more towards an two years, and understanding of student loans are one’s responsibilput on hold until ity in the global the graduate has community and completed the a desire to give program. back to others,” Tara Sivamani Barnes said. graduated spring Students inter2009 and is now ested in applying work i ng w it h should check out Teach for AmerTara Sivamani, alumna the Web site for ica in Houston, open positions Texas.

“I knew I wanted to take a year- and narrow down their options, acoff doing something different after cording to Barnes. He also said that graduation, and TFA ended up being students think about their personal passion for service and their intera great fit for me,” Sivamani said.

According to Sivamani, individuals est in getting others involved in the who enroll with the program have to program.

“The pay is not that great,” Barnes be completely committed because of said. “But the reward you have when the difficulties they will face.

“I never thought it would be this dif- you see those being served and the ficult,” Sivamani said. “I went through service providers both benefiting a training program called the Summer from the experience far outweighs Institute, that was the most grueling the monetary gain you may receive month of my life, and since I’ve started in a professional job.”

Beyond Teach for America and work I’ve been extremely busy as well.

But the support system of teachers and AmeriCorps, there are also opportunities for students to go abroad after my adviser has been great.”

While Sivamani acknowledges the graduation through programs such difficulties, she said she believes very as the Peace Corps and Mission Year.

Many religious and non-profit orgastrongly in her ability to affect her nizations also have options for service students.

“If I can make an impact on just one trips, internships and jobs available. of my students, at the end of the day Catoe said he encourages students to all of my hard work will be worth it,” start thinking about opportunities such as these as soon as possible and Sivamani said.

Another great opportunity for stu- to seek out help in choosing the right dents after graduation to serve in the program to align with their personal country is provided through Ameri- goals and interests.

Corps, a program initiated by the national government in 1993 as a part

“If I can make an impact on just one of my students, at the end of the day all of my hard work will be worth it.”

Teach for America

As a college senior at Princeton University, Wendy Kopp developed a plan for creating a teacher corps organization based loosely on the Peace Corps. Convinced that many were looking for more opportunities to better serve their communities and the world around them, Kopp raised $2.5 million and created Teach for America, a program she hoped would attract

Peace Corps

On Saturday, Oct. 14, 1960, John F. Kennedy delivered a speech to students on the steps of the University of Michigan Union. In this speech, Kennedy challenged students to donate two years of their lives by traveling abroad to help people living in developing countries. Since this time, more than 195,000 Peace Corps Volunteers have spent time serving in 139 host countries. At the time of conception, Kennedy outlined three simple goals for the Peace Corps.

AmeriCorps

Nearly 16 years ago, President Bill Clinton signed the National and Community Service Trust Act, establishing the Corporation for National and Community Service and the AmeriCorps program. Building upon prior legislation signed into law by President George H.W. Bush in 1990, the concept for AmeriCorps merged two existing national service

By the Numbers Number of urban 35 and rural regions that are actively served by TFA

7,300

Number of TFA members

450,000

Number of students impacted annually by TFA teachers

3 million

Number of students affected since the inception of Teach for America

SOURCE: teachfforamerica.org

the nation’s brightest college students to teaching, as opposed to other more lucrative job opportunities. Since the program’s inception, its network has grown to include approximately 24,000 members and continues to provide large numbers of teachers to particularly at-risk communities across the United States.

Source: teachforamerica.org

1. Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women 2. Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the people served 3. Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans Source: peacecorps.org

programs: VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) and the National Civilian Community Corps. In September 1994, the first class of AmeriCorps, composed of 20,000 members, embarked on their missions in more than 1,000 communities across the United States.

Source: Americorps.gov

By the Numbers Number of 7,876 volunteers and trainees

27

Average age of PEace Corps volunteer

76

Number of countries being served by Peace Corps Volunteers SOURCE: teachfforamerica.org

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fter another year of waiting, the State Fair made its way back to Raleigh Thursday. Despite what some may think, this yearly event offers more than just the chance to indulge in deep fried confections and cotton candy. In fact, it is one of the largest economic stimulators for the capital city.

Since 1986, an average of 731,386 visitors time that we open until we close.”

However, some obstacles pose significant have attended the State Fair each year. In 2007, however, attendance spiked at 858,611 visitors, threats to the success of this year’s fair — one resulting in more than $10 million in revenue being the swine flu.

With the threat of such a disease lurking, for the fair.

If pre-sales are an indication of what is to Justus — like most people — understands pocome, this year’s fair could see similar num- tential visitors’ hesitancies. However, she siad bers according to Karlie Justus, public infor- does not think it is a reason to keep people away. mation officer for the State Fair.

Justus said anytime you get a big group of “We’ve seen a great number of advanced sale tickets being sold,” Justus said. “It’s a great people together — whether at the fair or not deal if you buy in advance. We’re really excited — health matters are items of concern. Howwith [the turnout], and we feel like we’re doing ever, she does not think this particular concern should weigh in too heavily on anyone’s decireally well.”

According to fair officials, more than sion to visit the fair or not.

“We have several hand-washing stations 123,000 pre-sale admission tickets have been out and around the sold. fairgrounds,” Justus State Fair officials said. “We expect to bel ie ve t h i s may have a healthy fair, translate into an asand we’ll hopefully sortment of things get people to come for Raleigh. out and have fun.”

“It’s great to have Julia W hitt, a nearly 800,000 people said by Karlie Justus, State Fair Public sophomore in biocome into Raleigh,” Information Officer logical science who Justus said. “That defhas worked at the fair initely helps out local for the past couple of businesses — hotels, years, does not think H1N1 will affect people’s restaurants and even gas stations.”

Further adding to the possibility of having decisions to attend too heavily.

“It’s the fair, it’s tradition,” Whitt said. “I more people in hotels and restaurants in the area is the addition of more nightly entertain- don’t think the flu is going to stop people from coming out.” ment options.

Ryan Lassiter, a freshman in civil engineer As a part of the Dorton Arena Shows, which have become a staple of the State Fair in recent ing, believes that the economy is a bigger issue.

“As far as swine flu goes, it’s not as big an years, North Carolina natives and American Idol alums Kellie Pickler and Anoop Desai will issue as the economy,” said Lassiter.

While some point out that the fair stands to take the stage to entertain fairgoers.

Gone are the days where going to the fair positively stimulate Raleigh’s economy, Lasincluded spending the afternoon at the fair- siter said he believes the economy may ultimately keep some people at home this year. ground, Justus said.

Whitt, however, said she believes that people “Every day we have stuff going on all day,” Justus said. “There’s entertainment, food, art- should think of the good the fair stands to ists and other stuff going on all day from the bring to Raleigh’s economy.

“Cold, crisp, fall weather is as much a part of the fair as deep fried foods.”

“The fair brings other people to the area, and it gives back,” Whitt said. “It also brings a lot of people to North Carolina from out of state.”

In addition to the money that the fair stands to bring in over the course of the next couple of weeks, the fair is reigning in some well-needed jobs for North Carolinians. More than 2,000 people completed applications for nearly 350 available positions.

However, if people do not show up, there will be no demand for workers.

Justus and other fair officials hope this won’t be the case.

This year, the job routing for vendor positions went through the state Employment Security Commission, as opposed to the fair’s office, yielding additional benefits for job seekers.

As a result of the routing going through the state ESC, job applicants may find themselves with long-term job opportunities after the fair, as the office will be able to match the applicants with other jobs that they might not have known about previously.

As far as the fair goes the ultimate success may depend on something that no one will have any control over: the weather.

With weather forecasts predicting some of the coldest weather North Carolinians have seen in months, the question has been raised whether people will still make the trip in the cold autumn weather.

According to Justus, this should not be as much of a problem as rain.

“Cold, crisp, fall weather is as much a part of the fair as deep fried foods,” Justus said.

“The cool weather will be a nice addition, as long as the rain holds out for us.”

Fair hours

Gates: 8 a.m. to midnight Ticket booths: 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily Exhibit halls : 9 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.

Midway: 10 a.m. to midnight

Admission

Adults $7 Children (6-12) $2 Children (5 and under) Free Adults over 65 Free

Source: ncstatefair.com/2009

TXT-O-LYMPIX

Ever wondered what a texting competition might look like? Well, this is it. Contestants will vie for the title of “Fastest State Fair Thumb” as t well as $150 grand prize. This even takes place on Oct. 24 at 6:00 P.M.

For more info

Go to http ://ncstatefair.org/2009

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ary,” senior Clem Johnson said.

“That is where we are going to be focused on this week, trying to get better.”

There is hope for the secondary this week, with the return of freshman corner Rashard Smith to the starting lineup.

With his return the secondary is finally all in tack and is lined up the way coach Tom O’Brien and the coaches want it to be.

“We finally have the secondary aligned the way we want to,” O’Brien said. “We will see if we are better and if they are not, we certainly are going to have to recruit guys.”

There are a lot of side stories taking place this weekend, including O’Brien’s second trip back to Boston College since he left the school he had coached at for ten years. O’Brien will also be facing a former friend and colleague in first year Boston College head coach Frank Spaziani. Spaziani and O’Brien coached together for 26 years and this will mark the first time in their friendship that they are coaching against each other.

“It was probably one of those dumb things we did in 1975 and I said, ‘If I ever get a head job I’ll hire[Spaziani]’,” O’Brien said. “I just held to what I said.

I wanted him on my staff. I know he is a good coach and I know he is a great guy and a good friend. I brought him to Boston College.”

Though the game may have certain sentimental factors outside of football, O’Brien quickly acknowledges he is going up there for one single reason, and that is to win a football game.

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“I just want to win a football game,” O’Brien said. “I told the players it is a business trip. I am not going up there for a social.”

After two back-to-back losses, the Pack has put itself into a corner and has made this game almost a must-win game. The team sits in second to last place in the Atlantic Division and must win four of the next six games to become bowl eligible.

“Every week is the same for him and the rest of our team,” Wilson said. “I know going up against Boston College is definitely important for us. It is a division game, it’s important for them too. With our record right now, we’ve got to win this game. The way we look at it, every game counts and every game matters.”

Even though the team feels as though this game is a must-win, Wilson stresses that the team needs to stay calm and confident in themselves and the system and not try to press or do too much at one time.

“You can say our backs are against the wall, but at the same time you cannot press and get stressed out about it or get worried about it,” Wilson said. “You just have to believe in the system, the coaching staff and the players you got and whoever is besides you, in front of you, behind you, whatever. You just have to believe in them and know that they are going to make the play at the right time.”

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a 2-0 lead.

The Pack had chances down the stretch firing eight shots in the second half but was unable to get any into the back of the goal.

“We were more aggressive [in the second half],” Springthorpe said. “The girls played hard, fought hard, tried to come back but just couldn’t find a goal unfortunately.”

Cipollini and junior midfielder Alyson Santilli were each given a yellow card in the second half for being verbally unsportsmanlike.

“I don’t want our players getting cards for saying things to the referee in the heat of the battle,” Springthorpe said. “We have to be more mature about things like that.”

Cipollini said the players do not mean to yell at each other, but the high emotions are a result of frustration.

“That has a lot to do with us trying to keep our composure,” Cipollini said. “We don’t mean to yell at each other, but to get to somebody you have to try to yell at them to get in their head.”

Blosser led the Wolfpack with three shots.

“For the No. 6 team in the nation, I thought we played pretty well,” Blosser said. “Coming in here, of course when they have a number six in front of their name you get a little intimidated, but I thought we hung with them.”

The game was the third in a row for the Pack against an opponent ranked sixth or higher.

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Defender Alex Berger tries to take control of the ball from Wake Forest forward Allie Sadow at the game Thursday. The Wolfpack lost 2-0.

“I think we’re improving, no matter what the record says,” Springthorpe said. “Hopefully out of the four ACC games we have left we can find a way to get a win, two wins, a tie, and put ourselves in a position to go to the [ACC] tournament.”

The team will travel to play

the ACC,” Springthorpe said.

“When you sign up to play at N.C. State, that’s what you want, that’s what you’re expecting.”

With four conference games remaining, Springthorpe is optimistic about the direction the team is moving.

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Toney’s Take: Week 7

Football

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Boston College

Time to turn it around It’s a shame we have to keep meeting under these circumstances. Kidding... sort of.

Hopefully you all have forgotten about the Duke game by now, or at least tried to. I can promise you that the team, however, has not.

It was a very rough game.

I don’t even k now what you take out of it, honestly.

On Su nd ay, we went back and watched the film. The Toney Baker offense had a pret t y good Pack Halfback first half, but we didn’t come and finish it off in the second half.

Coach said he thought we were focusing too much on what they were doing instead of focusing on us and getting into the end zone. There – that’s one thing we can take from the game and something we have to learn from.

It was a tough loss, especially in the ACC, and we really tried to come together this week. It’s critically important that we go up to Boston College on a mission and get a win.

The tough thing right now is not letting that inkling of doubt get into your head. You have to know you’re on a good football team and you just have to put it together. I can only speak for us on offense, but we’re going to come ready to play. We’re going to go up there and play a good game this weekend.

I’ve been up to Boston College once before, in my freshman year. It was miserably dry and cold. I don’t know what the weather’s going to be like, but hopefully it will be at least a little better.

Boston College hasn’t had the best run so far this year, but that’s the thing with college ball now. You really have to come prepared to play every week, and if you’re not ready, you will get beaten. They’re a good team, especially between in the tackles. They’re good run stoppers in that area.

Really, we just have to focus on the second half of this year.

We have the bye week after this and we’ve got to get a good start to the second half of the year and just really turn it around.

We’ll get everyone healed up next week and get all the bumps and bruises out. In the past it seems we’ve done really well coming out of bye week.

But first, we need this win.

Desperately, badly. We’re going in there hungry.

As told to Kate Shefte

Location: Chestnut hill, mass Total Enrollment: 14,623 Established: 1863 Conference: Acc Stadium: alumni stadium

Redshirt freshman quarterback Russell Wilson beats Boston College’s Roderick Rollins into the north end zone to tie the game 31-31 with 3:33 left in the fourth quarter Oct. 4, 2008. Wilson returned after missing the South Florida game with an injury and threw for 218 yards. Despite Wilson’s return, a late score lifted the Boston College Eagles over the Wolfpack 38-31 at CarterFinley Stadium.

Pack seeking first ACC win against Boston College Team in a must- win situation as it heads to Chesnut Hill Deputy Sports Editor

woMen’s Soccer

Brent Kitchen Staff Writer

The women’s soccer team fell at Dail Soccer Park Thursday night to Wake Forest 2-0.

Though the game time temperature was 53 degrees and a drizzle fell throughout the game soa k ing the field, but coach Steve Springthorpe did not think the conditions had any effect on the game.

“This is great weather to play soccer in actually,” Spring thorpe said. “If you’re on the field running around, you feel great.”

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.C. State lost to Boston College at home Oct. 4, 2008, 38-31. The two teams came out and traded touchdowns on each of their first drives. Boston College went on to score two more touchdowns in the first half, but a 100-yard kickoff return by T.J. Graham and 22-yard field goal by Josh Czajkowski cut the Eagles deficit to 21-17 at the half. Out of halftime, Boston College put up ten points but Russell Wilson and the pack responded with a 61-yard touchdown pass to Owen Spencer and a 2-yard run by Wilson to tie the game at 31. But with just .23 seconds left Boston College quarterback Chris Crane rushed for a touchdown to seal the victory for the Eagles.

Players to watch for: N.C. State Clem Johnson, safety — Coming off a career high game in tackles, with 13 against Duke, Johnson expects to play a big role for the Pack as he and the team try to fix the problems in the secondary.

Owen Spencer, wide receiver — After missing the Pittsburgh

game due to an injury, Spencer has played exceptionally well hauling in six passes for 173 yards, including a 63-yard touchdown reception against Duke.

Boston College Montel Harris, running back — The sophomore running back

Missed opportunities cost Pack Women’s soccer falls to No. 6 Wake Forest, 2-0

Boston College?

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After back-to-back ACC loses in the past two weeks, the Pack is looking to rebound this week as it travels to Boston College to take on the Eagles. Boston College, which is 4-2 (2-2 ACC), looks to continue its dominance over the Pack in recent years, winning four of the last six games the teams have played, including last year’s win 38-31 State loss.

Red sh i r t sophomore quarterback Russell Wilson

Chancellor

22 South Carolina @ 2 Alabama

said Boston College will be yet Achilles’ heel of the Pack the another challenging roadblock past two weeks, with State givin the way of State’s first ACC ing up an average of 410 passing yards per game. With the probwin.

“They are a real fundamen- lems the Pack secondary is experiencing, it tal team and expects notha hard hitting ing less than a team; they are continued atalways in their tack through spots at the Follow @Techsports the air, until right time,” Follow Technician Sports on it shows it can Wilson said. Twitter for in-game analysis and stop the pass “It should be insight. on a consisa n excit ing PLUS: Tweet your postgame tent basis. game. I am questions for the players and coaching staff. “ We c a n excited to go expect them up there and at attack where we have been play them.”

A major key to the Pack win- struggling at the past couple ning the game this week will weeks and that is in the secondbe the improvement of the secondary, which has been the BOSTON continued page 7

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N.C. State @ Boston College

What happened the last time State played

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came charging out of the gates with a score by forward Allie Sadow in the sixth minute on a cross from Jackie Logue, but N.C. State was unable to keep up the early attack, combining for just four shots in the first half.

Even though the first half was relatively quiet offensively, it did provided yelling from both coaches at referee Michael Salyers about a lack of fouls being called.

“The first half he didn’t really want to call anything for either team,” Springthorpe said. “We yelled at him, I think the fourth official talked to him, and then he started calling really everything.”

Halfway through the first half Salyers could even be heard yelling to the coaches,

Debra Morgan WRAL anchor

Taylor Seaman Varsity gymnast

“We’re going to call everything now.”

The Wolfpack came out with a sense of urgency in the second half with shots from freshman midfielder Kara Blosser, sophomore forward Paige Dugal and senior defenseman Gia Cipollini in the first six minutes of the half.

“We were down 1-0 at half, so we had to come out early and get the equalizer,” Cipollini said. “We knew we had to calm down, play it around a little, and finish our opportunities.”

However, it was Wake that was able to finish on its opportunities, scoring in the 63rd minute on a fast break by Sadow from a pass by forward Kaley Fountain, giving Wake

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has scored five touchdowns and rushed for 531 yards this season. He ranks fifth in the ACC with 82 rushing yards per game. Harris was held in check last week against Virginia Tech, gaining only 43 yards, and should have another tough time this week as he faces the number one rush defense in the ACC in the Pack Luke Kuechly, linebacker — The true freshman has racked up

55 tackles this season, 27 more than the next closest player on the Eagles’ defense. He is second in the ACC for tackles, averaging 9.2 a game.

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Herzlich’s battle After a dominating 2008 season in which Boston College linebacker Mark Herzlich was named ACC Defensive Player of the Year and named to the AP All-American third team, Herzlich had high hopes for his senior season in 2009.

However, tragedy struck in May of this year, as Herzlich announced he had been diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a type of cancer. After surgery to remove the tumor and chemotherapy and radiation, Herzlich revealed Oct. 3 that he believes that he is cancer-free.

Source: Boston college athletics

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