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Changes made to engineering week will move focus away from academics
Annie AlbrightStaff Writer
Engineering week has undergone changes that have moved its focus from strictly academics to provid-ing entertainment for the students involved.
Trey Warren, junior in construction engineering and management, and a member of the e-week committee, said adjustments were made to benefit stu-dents of the college.
“We have made e-week this year geared towards the students and stu-dent organizations,” Warren said. “It is competitively themed so we want to see who makes up the strongest set of engineers.”
The main difference, he said, is the focus on student participation.
“There are a lot less lectures and workshops and a lot more fun events like rockband and a scavenger hunt,” Warren said. “We will be giving out prizes at each event and a grand prize at the conclusion of the week.”
Warren said the administration was hesitant to allow changes.
“We have had a lot of opposition from administration about shying away from an academic based e-week,” Warren said. “We hope that after they see the success of the new structure
of e-week, we hope to have their full support.”
The low turn out at last year’s event became reason for change, Warren said.
“The e-week committee has been working with sponsors to coordi-nate and plan these events,” Warren said. “We wanted to increase students participation and satisfaction with e-week. Last year it was a lot of profes-sional development workshops and now we have activities that a more diverse population of the student body will be able to enjoy.”
Kyle Cutler, sophomore in biomedi-cal engineering, said last year was the first time he participated.
“I went to one or two of the night lectures but it didn’t seem like the same kind of excitement that I thought events like that should have,” Cutler said. “I think that the competition theme should really bring people out and help have a different attitude this year.”
Competition is what e-week is about, Cutler said.
“We want to build excitement and inform people about new develop-ments and research that is occurring at N.C. State through our speaker se-ries,” Cutler said.
The committee tried to incorporate something for students with a wide range of qualities and interests, War-ren said. There will be speakers from major hiring companies such as Prog-
ress Energy, Fluor, Norfolk Southern and the Shaw group in attendance, which he said would be an excellent opportunity for networking.
“E-week delves into many differ-ent qualities that engineers have so the week is a good time to showcase our many interests,” Warren said. “I am most excited about getting to meet the distinguished alumni and faculty that will be in attendance at the kickoff event.”
Kelly Mulholland, senior in textile engineering, said she hopes the week will disprove the stereotypes many have about engineering students.
“I am excited for other people on campus to learn about what engi-neering is and for engineers to have fun for a week,” Mulholland said. “I think other people think we do math problems all day. I don’t think they understand what engineers do all these math problems for. They don’t understand that we’re designers.”
Warren said he agreed that e-week could be an excellent opportunity to dissolve stereotypes.
“Engineers kind of have a bad ste-reotype of being anti-social and overly studious, but we are more than just that,” Warren said. “We are not just mathematicians and scientists. We are athletes and Greeks, actors and senators.”
Attendance is expected to be signifi-cantly higher this year, Warren said.
“We are expecting great things for
e-week so we want everybody to regis-ter as soon as they can,” Warren said. “Basically what we want students to know about e-week is throw away your preconceived notions of what it is because we have revamped it beyond recognition.”
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Engineering week to project new image
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Force-drop policy passedSenate passes resolution to drop students who fail to attend the first two days of class
Rachel PortStaff Writer
The Student Senate passed a reso-lution on Monday night to support the implementation of a Univer-sity-wide, force-drop policy that would make professors responsible for dropping students who miss the first two days of class.
Senator Amber Joyner, senior in political science, said the purpose of Resolution 79 was to make sure class seats are filled by students who want to be in class. She said the University has cut many cours-es due to budget constraints and it is often difficult for students to get into the courses they need to graduate.
“The Senate is not trying to pull over anything on students,” she said. “The purpose is to be proac-tive in catching students who aren’t investing in their education.”
Joyner said that if students who do not attend class are dropped af-ter the first week, then other stu-dents will have time to fill the seats that open up before the cut-off date for adding a class passes.
Resolution 79 was passed by a vote of 27 for, 6 against and 3 ab-staining.
According to the resolution, ap-proximately 400 students per se-mester fail their classes by not ever attending. Julie Mallette, director of the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, said 193 of those stu-dents last semester were receiving financial aid.
Mallette said that enrolled stu-dents receiving federal aid, who fail all of the classes they take in a given semester, are of special con-cern to the Office of Financial Aid. She said the federal government requires the University to provide documentation within 30 days of the end of the semester that those students were attending classes.
If the University fails to provide documentation proving that those students attempted the courses they enrolled in, the government can withhold financial aid funds from the University, Mallette said.
Documentation of these students is very difficult to get within 30 days of the end of the semester, Mallette said. The Senate’s pro-posed force-drop policy would provide that documentation earlier in the semester.
“This policy would be helpful to everybody,” she said. “With limited dollars, we can’t afford to risk the University’s ability to participate in Federal aid programs.”
According to University Regula-tion 02.20.3, teachers of 100- and 200-level courses are already re-quired to keep a record of atten-dance throughout the semester.
“It shouldn’t be a burden to pro-fessors to take attendance for the first two days of class,” said Joyner.
Jordan moore/TechnicianIn an awards ceremony on Thursday, Michael Steer of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department receives the Commander’s Award for Public Service for his work related to electronic defensive warfare. The award is the fourth highest honor the United States Army can award to a civilian, and consists of a bronze medal, lapel button and citation certificate.
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SchEdulE of EvENTS:March 22-26, 2010Register today for free!students.engr.ncsu.edu/eweek
MondayProgress EnergyKickoff event and scavenger huntRiddick atrium, 6:30 p.m.
TuesdayNorfolk SouthernAmazing RaceRiddick atrium, 6:30 p.m.
WednesdayFluorDesign-a-thonRiddick atrium, 6:30 p.m.
ThursdayThe Shaw GroupVideo game tournamentTalley Student Center, 6:30 pm.
FridayBowling and awards nightWestern Lanes, 5:00 p.m.
Source: STudenTS.engr.ncSu.edu/eweek
Cars parked with permits can be moved to ensure added security
Alanna HowardNews Editor
In a collaboration between Campus Police and Transportation a spring break parking package will be offered again this year. Students who park in perimeter and resident lots can move their vehicles to the West Lot, which is off Sullivan Drive, during spring break.
This is the third year this plan has been implemented according to David Gregory, parking services manager for Transportation.
“Not many people know about this so we’re trying to make it better
publicized and spread awareness on campus,” he said. “We realize students leave cars on campus for extended periods of time so we wanted to make sure there was a way to keep a lot of cars in the same area to keep an eye on them.”
All University permit holders, regardless of the type, may park in the West Lot w i t h o u t a n y special arrange-ments, he said.
For students who utilize this service, Gregory said, Wolfline shuttle bus ser-
vice will be provided from the Centen-nial Campus Storage Lots to campus residence halls on Sunday, March
21. He said the service will be-gin at 5 p.m. and run continuously until 9 p.m. with service approxi-mately every half-hour.
“We have co-ordinated t he Wol f l i ne bu s schedules to ac-commodate stu-dents returning
their cars to their respective Lots on Sunday,” Gregory said.
The idea behind the temporary stor-
age comes from the knowledge that Campus Police is located near West Lot and many police officers park their own cars in that lot. Therefore increased attention will be paid to that area, according to Gregory.
“If we congregate all the cars near where the police are available at all times, there is less likely of a chance they will be attacked since there is a constant presence there,” he said.
John Garrison, a freshman in com-puter science, said he would take ad-vantage of this benefit if he left his car on campus during spring break.
“Parking in West Lot would make me feel more secure because it’s not all
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THROUGH MICHAEL’S LENS
Quite literally, giving of yourself
Kelsey Weber, a junior in general engineering, gets her blood drawn by Wesley Kissel, an alumnus, at the blood drive in the Bragaw Activities Room Thursday. Weber is a regular blood donor but as for platelets, “No, maybe one day. Not today.” Kissel commented that “[Platelet donation] takes quite a while, it can take about two hours.”
PHOTO BY MICHAEL SHRIVER
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Thursday’s page-1 story on the state of Technician, the newspaper’s campus organization was incorrectly referred to as SMA. It is now called Student Media. Technician regrets the error.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Executive Editor Russell Witham at [email protected].
CAMPUS CALENDAR
MondayCLASSES RESUME AT 8:05 A.M.
FACES AND MAZES (LIA COOK)Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Noon to 8 p.m.
TIBETAN/CHINESE RELATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURYTalley Student Center 2nd floor North Gallery, Noon to 1 p.m.
WITH LATHE AND CHISEL: NORTH CAROLINA WOOD TURNERS AND CARVERSGregg Museum of Art & Design, Noon to 8 p.m.
“SURVIVING THE DRAGON” – TALK AND BOOK SIGNING BY TIBETAN MONK ARJIA RINPOCHE232A Withers Hall, 4:30 to 6 p.m.
IN THE KNOW First Annual N.C. State Soap Box Derby
On March 27, the first annual Centennial Cam-pus soap box derby will be held at 8 a.m. with proceeds going to the North Carolina Special Olympics. There is a $25 entry fee to enter a soap box in addition to a com-pleted waiver form. There will be awards presented for the fastest car, the most creative design and the best looking car. For more infor-mation contact Taylor Dil-lon at [email protected].
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS CALENDAR
N.C. State alumni finalists for Citizen Act competition
Holly Hardison, Jenn Hal-weil and Yusuf Simonson are finalists in a business-game competition called Citizen Act — an event that brings university students from around the world to-gether to develop business initiatives. The program highlights the interdepen-dent nature of corporate success and social welfare.
Their team, Contribution Globale, was the only U.S. team to advance to the sec-ond round of the competi-tion, and is now competing for a 12,000-euro prize and the chance to turn their idea into reality.
The project, known as RoseLeaf, proposes the creation of a social network within Société Générale’s retail banking and consum-er finance sectors to support
aspiring women entrepreneurs and business leaders.
“The goal of RoseLeaf is to provide women with greater access to financial capital and mentoring and, in turn, raise the likelihood of these women fostering meaningful careers and financial independence,” Halweil said. “Given the strong correlation between gender in-equality and poverty, we also view this as a sustainable de-velopment project, targeting women in low-income and rural areas with the goal of hopefully raising these com-munities out of poverty.”
SOURCE: NCSU FEATURES
Chris Kearney: CEO, SPX Corporation
The College of Management will host Chris Kearney, CEO of SPX Corporation on March 29 at 4:30 P.M. as part of its Wachovia Executive Lecture Series. The lecture series fea-tures top executives of leading companies. This will serve as an opportunity for manage-ment students to gain corpo-rate and professional insight.
Kearney was senior vice pres-ident and general counsel of Grimes Aerospace Company, and he has also held positions at Borg-Warner Chemicals. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his law degree from DePaul University Law School. He was named presi-dent and CEO of SPX Corpora-tion in 2004 and added the title of chairman in 2007.
Kearney’s lecture will take place in Room 3400 Nelson Hall and will be free of cost. Parking will be available in Dan Allen Parking Deck.
SOURCE: NCSU CAMPUS CALENDAR
Today:
Sunday:
SOURCE: TRINEAN WHITE, NCSU METEOROLOGY
69/58Mostly cloudy skies. Thirty-percent chance of showers with winds between 5 and 10 mph.
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Mostly cloudy skies. Forty-percent chance of showers and possible thunderstorms, winds between 10 and 20 mph.
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WORLD & NATIONNo peace talks if Israel sticks to construction plans
TEL AVIV, Israel - Vice President Joe Biden’s trip to Israel wound to a close, prospects for new peace talks seemed to dim Thursday because of Palestinian anger at Israeli plans to construct housing in a disputed Jerusalem neighborhood. Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian negotiator, said Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would not take part in upcoming indirect peace talks unless Israel spoke of discontinuing their current construction plans to put 1,600 new homes in the East Jerusalem area.
SOURCE: MCT CAMPUS
Hustler request for release of photos denied
A writer for Hustler’s request for pictures of the decapitated body of Meredith Emerson was denied Wednesday. The writer, on assignment for the magazine, was seeking pictures of her unclothed or dismembered and was mainly focused on receiving crime scene photos, according to authorities. Georgia state lawmakers have been reviewing legislation that would ban public release of crime victims but are opposed by First Amendment lawmakers due to open records request laws.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was ordered by Superior Court Judge Daniel Courtesy from releasing any pictures of Emerson in an “unclothed or dismembered state.”
The order was sought by Emerson’s family after they learned of the request for pictures of the 24-year-old.
Emerson’s killer, Gary Michael Hilton, led authorities to her body in exchange for a life sentence.
SOURCE: CNN
Details behind the concealment of Lehman Brothers bad investments
A 2,200-page document was complied by an examiner for the Lehman Brothers which detailed how the seemingly stable company used accounting to conceal its mistakes. The demands of its two main rivals, JPMorgan Chase and Citigroup, combined with bad mortgage holdings were among the multiple causes for bankruptcy.
Examiner, Anton R. Valukas discovered the accounting tricks Lehman used to cover up the largest bankruptcy in American history. Within the report were deceiving records, evidence of money being shuffled around in what could be called financial engineering.
SOURCE: THE TIMES
Release of British Journalist
Hamas authorities released a British journalist, Paul Martin, on Thursday after he was arrested on February 14 after being accused of collaborating with Israel. Martin had made plans to testify on behalf of a former member of a rocket-firing squad.
Martin left Gaza immediately following his release in accordance with warnings from the authorities.
SOURCE: THE TIMES
Settlement reached for ground zero cleanup workers
Rescue and cleanup workers involved in lawsuits over damage to their health reached a settlement for up to $657.5 million. The plaintiffs will be compensated according to the level of exposure to contaminants and the severity of their illnesses. Individual settlement amounts are estimated to vary from thousands of dollars to more than $1 million for those with serious illnesses.
SOURCE: NEW YORK TIMES
POLICE BLOTTERMarch 712:05 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Polk Hall Officer responded to alarm. Cause unknown. System reset.
6:00 A.M. | ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCY Off Campus Report of possible shots fired. RPD responded. It was determined firecrackers were set off in hallway.
11:59 A.M. | FIRE ALARM Sullivan Hall Units responded to alarm caused by cooking.
1:16 P.M. | SMOKE/ODOR COMPLAINT Wolf Village Officers responded to alarm caused by resident cleaning oven. RFD responded with fans to disperse smoke.
12:04 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Alexander Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported for treatment.
3:25 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Alumni Center Units responded to non-student in need of medical assistance. Subject was transported for treatment.
6:30 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOP Sullivan Drive Student was issued citation for speeding.
8:02 P.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST McKimmon Center Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student refused transport for treatment.
11:15 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIOR REPORT Wolf Village Student requested transportation to hospital. On-call counselor was contacted. Student was transported to Wake County Crisis Center. Appropriate personnel notified.
March 810:43 A.M. | FIREWeaver Labs FP responded to fire in tree stump. Facilities was in control of the incident. Origin of fire was unclear. 4:13 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTNorth Hall Units responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported for treatment. 1:32 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOPWest Campus Drive/Oval Drive Non-student was issued citation for stop sign violation and expired registration plate.
1:47 P.M. | CONCERNED BEHAVIORPublic Safety Center Student reported possibly being stalked by admirer and sought assistance. Non-student was instructed to cease activities. 6:05 P.M. | LARCENYRiddick Hall Student reported stolen purse. Purse was later located missing cash and cell phone.
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“We are not just mathematicians and scientists. We are athletes
and Greeks, actors and senators.”
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Robert Kochersberger, an associate professor of English, said he thought a force-drop policy was a “particularly good idea” right now because classes are full and there is pressure on enrollment.
“It’s an appropriate way to make sure we’re making use of seats,” he said.
On the contrary, Erik Skau, a senior in physics, said he was unsure about having a force-drop policy.
“The first couple of days of a lot of classes are worthless,” he said. “Maybe it would be better to just implement a force-drop policy for freshmen.”
Joyner said she brought the idea to the Senate’s Academic Policy Committee after par-ticipating in a discussion that took place in a University com-mittee working to improve the transition students make their first to second year.
Resolution 79 was not meant to be a draft of actual academic policy, Joyner said, but instead a recommendation to the Uni-versity from students to insti-tute a force-drop policy similar to the policy already used by the College of Management.
Now that the resolution has passed the Senate, Joyner and the chair of the Senate Aca-
demics Committee will begin the process of turning the reso-lution into real academic poli-cy, she said. They will work out the details with Registration and Records and the Division
of Undergraduate Academic Programs over the course of the rest of the semester.
the way out on Centennial,” Garrison said. “I don’t know how often Campus Police monitors Centennial, and moving it to main campus would make me feel more comfortable about leaving my car on campus over break.”
Gregory said moving the cars together allows for in-creased security.
“If West Lot, the lot clos-est to Campus Police, sat empty over break, that would be a waste of space
that could be utilized for a secure area for students and faulty vehicles,” he said.
Gregory said all resident per-mits and non-resident permits can park in the West Lot. The important thing, he said, is to fill up the lot in order to utilize space.
“Coliseum and Dan Allen deck permits can park in West Lot as well without any spe-cial arrangements needing to be made,” Gregory said. “We advertise this for the RS Lot be-cause a lot of people have this permit. We just tried to think this out and make sure our ar-eas are covered.”
Calico Holiday, a freshman
in nutrition science, said she would also use this service.
“If I were keeping my car on campus during spring break I would definitely use the West Lot. I would want to know my car was safe,” she said.
SENATEcontinued from page 1
jordan moore/Technician archive phoToPeter Barnes, a junior in natural resources, speaks about the Senate’s duty to the students at a weekly meeting. The meeting became heated around the proposed renovations to Talley Student Center and the costs it would require.
PARKINGcontinued from page 1
SPRING bREAK PARKING:All vehicles with a university permit, regardless of type, may park in West Lot off of Sullivan Drive over spring break.
Spring break parking begins Thursday, March 11 at 5 p.m. and ends at 7 a.m. on Sunday, March 22.
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{ }OUR VIEW
It’s that time of year again. The beautiful nine days a year when co-eds can re-
turn to their youth and slap on some baby oil, peruse the pack-age store for a trashy bottle of spirits and completely ignore the idea of impending exams.
Yes, it’s one of the most won-derful times of the year; rarely can students take for granted the realities of classes, reading assignments and other Univer-sity obligations.
Students who are donating their time to Alternative Spring Breaks or other service proj-ects should certainly be com-mended for their generosity. But spring break is one of the only extended opportunities students have during either se-
mester to de-stress.Students shouldn’t hesitate
to seize the opportunities the week affords and truly take a step back from the school en-vironment.
During the course of the past year, students have had to deal with the Talley Student Cen-ter fee, the General Assem-bly’s mandated $200 tuition increase, Board of Governors’ insurance program and now, perhaps, the cessation of the University’s 90-year-old stu-dent newspaper.
The campus community is starring several serious — and
potentially expensive — issues in the face and could use some brevity.
Therefore, students shouldn’t fear relaxing or sitting down to read a book completely un-related to any of their class-es. That’s what spring break should be all about.
Nonetheless, students must not be careless and make de-structive decisions. Drinking in excess, making bad choices regarding sex or participat-ing in illegal activities are never ethical and spring break doesn’t constitute a reason to throw morality to the wind.
If you wouldn’t do it during any other week, you probably shouldn’t be doing it during spring break. It’s an excuse to have fun and relax, but shouldn’t be a cover for inap-propriate behavior.
Whether or not students are leaving the Raleigh area, they should try to have fun, but still remember that actions have consequences. Spring break is a time to cut loose, but should not develop into an anything-goes experience.
Exams are right around the corner and final-project dead-lines are closing quickly. But students will only be able to at-tempt the work if they are rest-ed and have a clear mindset.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility
of the Executive Editors.
Take advantage of spring breakTHE FACTS:Students have the next nine days off for spring break.
OUR OPINION:Students should take the break as an opportunity to relax in the face of upcoming exams and relish the chance to read a good book or take a break from school work.
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Mark McLawhorn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
{ }ONLINE POLL
This week’s poll results: Are you travelling out of the country for spring break?
BY SATYAJIT SARANGDHAR
What are your plans for spring break? Why?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“I [live] nearby in Raleigh, so I just want to spend some time with my family.”
Nicholas Mianojunior, philosophy
“I will go to Florida with my church for the ‘Habitat for Humanity ‘ organization to build homes for the homeless.”
Erika Davisfreshman, zoology
“I have no plans, I don’t want to go anywhere, just stay at home and play video games.”
Jonathan Wittsophomore, biological engineering
Yes - 15%
No - 77%
I don’t care be-cause it doesn’t affect me - 8%
‘Twas the worst of times
In 64 days, I will be join-ing the ranks of the un-employed. Not by choice
or because I have plans for some sort of self-fulfilling vol-
unteer work, but because the American economy — in all its stunning stagnation — has created a hiring envi-ronment that i s about as hospitable as a perverse com-bination of the
planet Hoth and the Forbidden Forest.
This leaves a 21-year-old mechanical engineer with an inclination toward prose in quite a bind. What do you do when the world — by way of many, many hiring officers — has told you that your services simply aren’t valued right now? How do you respond when the tra-ditional hir-ers — includ-ing severa l Fortune 500 companies in the last month — suggest you look elsewhere or try again when the economy picks up?
I’m not really sure how to progress. But what I do know is that May’s graduates are in for one tough haul. Every eco-nomic downturn has its ills and lingering effects, but this one is a new beast.
Not since the Great Depres-sion have Americans, in such large numbers, been relegated to the real possibility of long-term, debilitating unemploy-ment — or equally as dreadful, underemployment. Thousands of students at N.C. State and across the country will walk into that mayhem in just a little more than two months, preparing to face weeks, and possibly months, of rejection.
The worst part may be that the longer an alumnus goes without finding employment, the worse his or her prospects become. Every graduating class that follows me — especially if I fail to obtain a job — be-comes competition in the hunt
and will likely appeal more to perspective employers because the graduates won’t have been sitting unemployed for six months. It’s not really equitable and probably doesn’t provide a realistic expectation of abili-ties, but it’s the reality I’ll be facing.
The clock is ticking; come December, my prospects will start looking even worse.
I’m not going to say I’m des-perate for employment, in a worst-case scenario — at this point a distinct possibility — I can take a ride north and live with my parents in the Wash-ington, D.C.-area for a little while until I find my feet, but many others won’t be so lucky.
Many of my friends don’t have the same hereditary safety net to fall back on. I might be
unemployed, but I’m one of the lucky ones — I have three warm meals a day and a double bed waiting for me if I need it.
Spring break starts this evening for students. And I’m not
trying to be a Debbie Downer, but there are a lot of us who are going to be sweating bul-lets these next couple months.
The pundits and politicians can talk about the job crisis until they’re blue in the face, but as far as I can tell none of them are actually unemployed.
The politicians can feign em-pathy, but until they’ve stood where hundreds of my fellow graduating seniors have stood, they can’t possibly understand what this generation faces.
It’s not the story of the year or the decade. This is going to be the story of many people’s lives and — for once, ironi-cally enough — I’m not sure I have a witticism to cover the true depression of facing un-employment.
Enjoy your break, but don’t get too comfortable — the real world is waiting.
Send Russell your thoughts on unemployment to [email protected].
“The clock is
ticking; come
December, my
prospects will
start looking
even worse.”
Russell WithamExecutive Editor
Lying is a horrible thing. I’m no saint, so I won’t tell you that
I’ve never done it, but lying to your friends is poten-
tia l ly the worst thing you can do to your re-lationship with them. Honesty is the single most im-portant va lue of any human
relationship, at least by my terms; and if your friend is lying to you, confront him immediately. If it is a chronic condition, recom-mend he see a doctor or a counselor. If you care about this friend, it would be the most beneficial thing to do. If he is not confronted, you are feeding his problem, and potentially setting him up for bigger issues in the future. Be prepared for him to deny it, put up a huge fight, and become extremely defensive.
Having been in your shoes before, I know what it feels like to have been lied to, es-pecially by someone with a
potentially pathological prob-lem. From personal experience, I can tell you that if this prob-lem isn’t nipped in the bud, he can go on to create bigger lies, ones that can cause him and the people he associates him-self with extreme amounts of emotional pain and loss; that’s not something anyone should have to face. I sympathize with you for what he has done to you, and I am beyond s or r y t h at you have to be in the po-sition I found myself in not too long ago. Please trust my judgment when I say confront him, because aside from it being unfair to you and your friend group, it is a serious problem if it is pathological and he could potentially be of harm on a whole different level.
As far as the group falling apart, I can tell you that it is inevitable. Granted you really care about your friends and I’m sure they care about you too, but a group of friends is more than likely to slowly and steadi-ly drift apart. You’re not going
to like hearing this, but again, I know this from per-sonal experience. A group of friends means a group of ideals, mindsets, values and mentalities. It is foolish to believe that so many dif-ferent and changing people can coexist for a very long period of time, especially in as delicate of a time as col-lege life. At this age, we as
people are growing, and to be-lieve that w e c a n create per-manent re-lationships at such a delicate stage is al-most fool-i s h . I t ’s
unfortunate, it’s sad, but it’s reality.
Long story short, lying in a friendship is unaccept-able, and if that means you have to confront him for his problem — do it. Yes, this may divide up the group, but that’s inevitable. Pos-sibly sacrificing a pseudo-permanent group for the truth is a small price to pay.
Avani PatelStaff Columnist
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Dear Avani,My group of friends and me are great — I love them — and the
more we hang out the closer we get. However, our group believes that one of its members lies a lot. Some of the things he says are hard to believe. At first we ignored it; however, we are starting to believe he’s a chronic liar. Half of our group wants to support him and sympathize with him, while the other half is starting to despise him. We want to confront him, but we also don’t want our great group to die. What should we do?
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Synthesizers, horns, drums, rhythmic chanting and a ma-rimba? Oh my! These New Pu-ritans are back after their 2008 album “Beat Pyramid” with their new album “Hidden.” Not to be cliché, but they are back with a vengeance. With this al-bum, orchestral composition meets hip-hop beats backed by synthesizer melodies reminis-cent of the 1980s underground in a tour-de-force that refuses to relax.
After I listened to this al-bum the first time, I caught my breath and took a moment to mull it over, as I couldn’t help hearing the culturally signifi-cant undertones of it. Inten-tionally or not, “Hidden” rings like an anthem for the new multicultural, post-colonial England that the band hails from. Influences from South Asia, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean and England itself come together to tackle serious issues. I wouldn’t call “Hidden” explicitly political in the tradition of Rage Against the Machine, but with the right ear to catch the percussion and augmentation-slathered lyrics, it’s easy to see this album’s sig-nificance beyond the musical level.
“White Chords” is a great track which slows the runaway freight train of “Hidden” down without draining it completely
dry of momentum. Whisper-ing, humming and syrupy lyrical goodness drips all over “White Chords,” making it a better showcase of Jack Bar-nett’s smooth vocal talents than “We Want War” or “Attack Mu-sic”. “Three Thousand” shows off the band’s indebtedness to Wu Tang Clan, and “Drum Courts — Where Corals Lie” drills hard into your brain like a Prodigy-laced lobotomy. The final track I’ll mention specifi-cally is “Hologram.” It’s poetic, asymmetric, and eccentric in its delivery, but completely de-liberate underneath — truly indicative of the album as a whole. All of the tracks on “Hidden” are fairly lengthy, but it still feels as if they’re over much too soon. Perhaps this longing we’re left with is the real success of the album.
Overall, “Hidden” is an ex-pression of what I think we can expect to see coming out of England’s art-rock scene in the coming years. As much
as punk rock grew from the disaffected youth of a struggling Cold War-era England in the 1960s and 1970s, a new epic and lush synthesis, as exemplified by These New Puritans in “Hidden,” is growing out of a 21st century England trying to rediscover itself.
On a less political note, it is simply good music. While I did occasionally find my-self wishing for more vo-cals, the mixing is superb for an album attempting to incorporate so many differ-ent musical expressions.
Furthermore, it rocks. Even if the cultural nuances and musical complexities are lost on certain listeners, it’s simply a great album to turn on, crank up and rock out to.
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It’s a rare occasion when a band’s debut album has the passion, drive and intensity that many artists fail to reach during their entire careers. Mumford & Sons’ debut al-bum, “Sigh No More,” packs a punch that has yet to be matched on the British folk scene in the past decade.
It has been a long time com-ing for this band out of Eng-land. Polarized by the tremen-dous hype it received by British outlets before the release of its debut album, the band that was previously only known by obscure EPs was thrown into the spotlight.
The equation for success for Mumford & Sons is relatively simple songs about love, heart-break and redemption, while keeping things simple enough to still be labeled a folk band.
The opening track a perfect opening to the album, set-ting the themes that resonate throughout the entire work. Slowly at f irst, front man Marcus Mumford apologeti-cally belts, “I’m sorry,” and “My heart was never pure.” Then Mumford & Sons starts to develop its first motif. The acoustic guitars pick up speed, the banjos punctuate the melo-dies and Mumford, singly like a man on top of the world, ex-claims “Love that will not be-
tray you, dismay or enslave you, it will set you free. Be more like the man you were made to be.”
The album then flows into the next song, “The Cave,” which uses a similar format. Banjos kick in, picking up the pace of the song as Marcus Mumford pledges to change his ways and see things in a new light. The beautiful layer-ing of instruments in this song is something to be admired. Seamlessly queuing changes in moods and tempos, the piece is amplified by Mumford’s unique voice that unintention-ally produces a “har” sound at high pitches.
The pace changes with the ex-cellent track “Winter Winds.” Now more whimsical in its approach to love, Mumford & Sons asserts, “And my head told my heart, ‘Let love grow.’”
From here, the album takes a darker thematic turn. Songs like “Roll Away Your Stone,” “I Gave You All,” “White Blank Pages,” and “Little Lion Man”
produce sounds of complete regret and defiance. In one ex-ample, Mumford yells, “These here are my desires, and I won’t give them up to you this time around.”
As if in a state of recupera-tion, the final third of the al-bum attempts to provide hope and reasoning. In some cases, the songs become submissive to the environment they are in. In “Awake My Soul,” the band uses down tempo ban-jos alongside lyrics like, “Now my heart stumbles on things I don’t know. My weakness, I feel, I must finally show.”
Although “Sigh No More” is debatably akin to the early works of the Avett Brothers, Mumford & Sons adds a Brit-ish drive incomparable to many artists of the genre. If its debut album is any indication of the future, expect great things to come.
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College classics make good spring break flicks
AMERICAN PIE 2 (2001)Cast: Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Seann William ScottFamous line: “Don’t forget your penis cream.”
Conceivably the best movie in the American Pie franchise — with the exception of the original, of course — this movie centers around the lives of four hormone-driven friends, who are seeking to have the greatest summer party of all time. At the center of this quartet is Jim, the corky neighbor next door.
For Jim, the movie’s principal character, the determining factor of whether this will be the greatest party of all time revolves around Czech exchange student Nadia — particularly, his ad-equacy when it comes to performance.
This is just one of many comical undertones that exist throughout the movie. Laced with other laughable moments — including Jim’s de-bacle in which he glues himself to, well, himself — the movie is a timeless classic. Does it have a multidimensional plot? Maybe not. But what it lacks in plot, it makes up for, immensely, in laughs.
While you may be too busy over the break tanning on the beach, serving abroad in the Dominican Republic or domestically,
or simply catching up on sleep, if you’re in the mood to watch a good spring break flick, Technician has got you covered with
a few epic films that will live forever in the hearts — and DVD players — of college students.
STORY BY JUSTIN CARRINGTON
SUPERBAD (2007)Cast: Michael Cera, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-PlasseFamous line: “All right, you look like a future pedophile in this picture, number 1. Number 2: it doesn’t even have a first name, it just says McLovin!”
OK, this movie kind of doesn’t revolve around the lives of college students or even spring break, for that matter. However, it is still deserving of multiple viewings.
After a less than stellar senior year in high school, in which two friends begin their mission to procure alcohol for an upcoming party. Un-der the impression that this feat will enable them to turn in their “V-cards,” the tandem — and its friend “McLovin” — jump through hoops of all kinds to secure the alcoholic beverages for the night’s festivities.
Along the way to acquiring the booze, “McL-ovin” is physically assaulted in a convenience store, where he tried to use a fake ID. The movie then takes a number of other spins sure to leave audiences breathless.
ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)Cast: John Belushi, Tom HulceFamous line: “I mean hanging around with a bunch of animals getting drunk every weekend.”
The film begins with the two freshmen, Larry and Kent, who are attempting to get into the fraternity of their dreams. The unlucky pair first tries their luck at the Omega Theta Pi House invitational party.
Hoping to be more successful, they try the Delta Tau Chis, the fraternity that Kent’s brother belonged to. As a result of their dire need for money, the Deltas allow Larry and Kent to pledge. And that’s it. The two guys live happily ever after, toga parties and all. Right? Well, not exactly.
As a result of the repeated conduct infractions incurred by the Delta Tau Chi fraternity, the dean of the school hatches a plan to erase the existence of the fraternity. He even enlists the help of the Omega brothers to bring the Deltas down. With their pride at hand, the Deltas don’t go out without a fight.
MOVIE WATCH Our Family Wedding (PG-13)March 12America Ferrera and Lance Gross star in the “clash-of-cultures” comedy in which two overbearing fathers are forced to put aside their many differences to plan the wedding of their son and daughter. Along the way, the true star-gazed lovers discover the true meaning of love. Remember Me (PG-13)March 12A romantic drama, “Remember Me” is the story of a rebellious young fellow in New York City, who meets a young lady, who is able to relate with him. Although love was the furthest thing from his mind, he can’t help but fall for the girl. She’s Out of My League (R)March 12This romantic comedy involves an average Joe who becomes involved with an incredibly gorgeous girl, who seems too good to be true. Now, he must find a way to figure out how to make the relationship work, as he knows that she is completely out of his league.
Stolen (R)March 12After the disappearance of his young son, work becomes a habit for a small-town detective, as he tries to uncover the identity of a boy whose remains are found in a box that has been buried for fifty years.
JOB OPApplications being accepted for intern positionsThe Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is now accepting applications for its annual Summer Internship program. Undergraduate and graduate students can apply to work in such categories as casting, costume design, music and special visual effects. Chosen interns are additionally assigned a mentor within the industry, and given a stipend for this 8-week Los Angeles-based program. Full information is available at www.emmysfoundation.org.
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Not making the trip down to Key West or Myrtle Beach for spring break? Low on cash and looking for
some cheaper alternatives to the beach house on the coast? With spring break already underway for
many, and merely hours to go for others, Technician decided to find local alternatives for those of you who
will remain in the Triangle area during the break.
STORY BY JUSTIN CARRINGTON | GRAPHIC BY NETTIE FISHER
Grand Opening of H&MBe one of the first shoppers at H&M’s opening to receive awesome prizes.
After months of waiting, the trendy, affordable H&M will finally make its debut in North Carolina at Crabtree Valley Mall on March 18 at noon. For years, H&M, Hennes & Marutiz, has provided fashion-forward collections for guys and girls. In addition to adult collections, the store at Crabtree will also feature a children’s collection with gar-ments for kids of all ages. In order to celebrate the opening of H&M, Crabtree Valley Mall will offer the first 200 shoppers in line an H&M T-shirt and Access to Fashion Pass, which is valued anywhere from $10 to $300. As a side note, H&M will also debut its first 100 percent sustainable collection in March.
Cupcakes, anyone?Visit NCSU alum Sara Coleman’s shop on Glenwood and take a bite out of one the many delicious confections.
Featuring made-from-scratch cupcakes made using only the highest quality ingredients, The Cupcake Shoppe Bakery has something to offer for everyone. Whether it’s the carrot cake cupcake with a cream cheese icing that is to die for or the “Pretty in Pink,” which is literally decked in pink from icing to cake. Each day, the bakers prepare 12 to 15 specialty cupcakes. In addition, the bakery also features a new cupcake flavor each week — which to this point has not been repeated — as well as cookies, breakfast muffins and other creative confections for guests to enjoy in the shop or for carry out.
Picnic in the parkPack a lunch, a blanket, a Frisbee and head across the street.
One of the perks of going to N.C. State is the fact that the beautiful Pullen Park is located within walking distance. Sadly, however, many students never get the chance to visit the park or even see more than driving on Pullen Drive on the way to and from class.
In addition to the tennis courts, which can be seen from the street, the 72-acre park also features a carousel for those of you who are still young at heart, and even pedal cruisers that you can take out on the beautiful Lake Howell. The park will be open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. and Sunday from 1 until 6:30 p.m.
Go-karts, laser tag and mini-golf in one stopHead over to Adventure Landing to take advantage of a different special for each day of the week.
Take a trip down Capital Blvd. to Adventure Landing, the proclaimed “place to play.” Here you can enjoy life in the fast lane on the quarter mile Adventure Speedway, play 18 holes of mini-golf on one of three miniature golf courses or even blow off some steam shooting lasers in the 5,000 square foot laser tag arena.
As mentioned, the small amusement park features a different special for each day of the week. In fact, on Mondays and Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., you can even get unlimited mini-golf, laser tag and 10 arcade tokens for only $10. If you’re looking for a mix of everything, you may want to try the Quest Pass, a guest favorite at $16.99.
Museums, museums and more museums Take a trip to any of Raleigh’s local museums to get a more hands-on approach to learning.
The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, which is located merely minutes from campus offers a number of events sure to cap-tivate anyone’s time. For example, on Tuesdays, a museum naturalist leads a one-mile walk through the 38-acre Prairie Ridge Ecostation.
A couple of blocks down the street is the N.C. Museum of History for those of you interested in learning about the rich history of North Carolina.
Or, there’s always Rebus Works, a small gallery, located near Boylan Heights. Currently, the Plastic CameraWorks exhibit is being shown. Works in this exhibit – all of which were taken by plastic cameras – come from all across the United States and abroad.
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game. I can’t wait to go down there.”
The Tigers (9-1) are ranked No. 7 in the nation in the latest rankings and pose State’s first true road test this season. The series will mark the begin-ning of the Pack’s conference schedule.
“We’ve been tested this year already in the tournament at Myrtle Beach,” coach Elliott Avent said. “But now we’re talking about ACC games. It’s a completely different type of test.”
The Wolfpack does not have a particularly outstanding track record against Clemson, espe-cially on the road, losing nine of tits last ten games played at the Tigers’ Kingsmore Stadium. State will look for better results in this year’s series compared to last year’s, which saw the Pack get swept in three games to end its season.
“These games count in the conference race, which can cause people to approach the game, an at-bat, or a ground-ball differently,” Avent said. “We need to make sure we keep approaching a groundball or an at-bat with the same inten-sity as we do in practice and we’ll see if we can’t continue to grow.”
Much of State’s success this season can be attributed to an offense that has not slowed down a bit since opening day, when the Pack downed La-Salle, 32-3. Since then, the team has averaged 13.5 runs per game and is batting an as-tounding .392.
A key contributor to the Pack’s offensive exploits has been senior infielder Dallas Polk. In five games since be-ing moved to the No. 2 spot in the batting order, the second baseman is batting .400 with 10 RBIs.
Poulk, however, is not the only Wolfpack player finding success at the top of the batting order. Fellow senior Kyle Wil-son has hit safely in all twelve games this season from the leadoff spot and leads the team in runs scored with 22.
With two offensive jugger-nauts set to clash, the series will likely come down to pitch-ing. Junior Jake Buchanan and sophomore Cory Mazzoni will be called upon to take the mound this weekend and help
stifle the Tigers’ bats. Buchanan and Mazzoni
have been State’s most reliable starters this season. Buchanan is 2-1 on the year and sports a 1.77 ERA along with 15 strike-outs. Mazzoni has been equally as impressive, with a 2-0 record to go along with a 2.16 ERA and 18 strikeouts.
“I feel our pitching staff has matured and our hard work is paying off,” Mazzoni said. “Coach [Tom] Holliday is a great pitching coach and really helped us all out.”
State’s first game of the series against the Tigers is scheduled for 4 p.m. Friday. The Pack will also compete against North Carolina Central, UNC Wilm-ington, and Wake Forest over the break.
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22 points on eight for eight shooting from the field and six for six shooting from the free throw line. The Hur-ricanes quickly made the game the blowout many expected it to be, except that Miami played like the higher-seeded team from the opening tip to the final whistle. Miami jumped out to a 27-15 lead midway through the first half, took a 14-point cushion to the locker room for halftime, then extended the lead to
as many as 25 late in the sec-ond half. Miami will square off with fellow former Big East member and No. 4 seed Vir-ginia Tech at 2 p.m. on ESPN2 in Friday’s quarterfinals.
Georgia Tech 62, UNC-Cha-pel Hill 58
UNC’s season might very well be over after the Heels’ third loss of the year to the Yellow Jackets. Georgia Tech came out in the second half and wasted little time erasing the 34-24 deficit they faced at the half. The Jackets reeled off seven straight points in the first minute and seven seconds of the second half to pull within
three of the Heels at 34-31. The teams were tied at 36 a little more than a minute later, and played each other tight the rest of the way. Georgia Tech took advantage of UNC’s inability to score down the stretch, as Carolina’s last field goal was a jumper by Will Graves that tied the game at 56 all with 5:11 remaining. Marcus Ginyard made two foul shots, but his trip to the line with 47 seconds to play gave the Heels their only points of the game’s final four minutes. Georgia Tech will take on No. 2 seed Maryland Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2.
andy musselman/TechnicianWhile walking off the field after being thown out at first, senior second baseman Dallas Poulk receives a pat on the back for his hustle by first base coach Brian Ward.
team get a little momen-tum,” Degand said.
State managed to hold the lead for most of the f i rst ha l f thanks to Smith’s nine points and Rich-ard How-e l l ’s s i x rebounds. The Pack led 25-21 as the teams headed i n t o t h e locker rooms at halftime.
State started the second half hot with two quick bas-kets by Smith and Horner to force a Clemson timeout,
but the Tigers regrouped and cut the lead to three at 33-30 after some sloppy ball handling by the red and white.
The Pack built the lead back again, but after an intentional foul called against State and a Clemson three-pointer, the
l e a d w a s again three before fresh-man Scott Wood con-nected from behind the arc to put his team up 47-41.
Clem-son got key contribu-tions from senior big
man Trevor Booker down the stretch as he created extra pos-sessions for himself and team-mates with rebounding on the offensive end. Booker finished
with 17 points to lead the Ti-gers.
But with his team trailing 51-47, Booker was whistled for his fourth foul on a C.J. Williams dunk attempt. Clemson coach Oliver Purnell left his center in despite his foul trouble, but Williams hit both free throws and a put-back basket at the 2:10 mark left his team down 55-47.
Lowe said bottling up Booker was one of the keys to his game plan against Clemson.
“We took away some of the things they like to do,” he said. “We did a nice job of bothering Booker somewhat.”
Booker fouled out with less than 10 seconds to go, with State leading by three, and the Pack survived to the next round by hitting free throws.
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“This could have
possibly been my
last game so I was
going to leave
everything on the
court.”Farnold Degand, guard
COUNTDOWN• 37 days until the football team’s spring game
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ACC Tournament, State’s first round game, and baseball Sports
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Women’s golf heads to Tiger/Wave ClassicThe women’s golf team will travel to Louisiana this weekend to take on 22 teams – nine of them ranked – in the LSU Tiger/Wave Classic at the English Turn Golf and Country Club in New Orleans. The three-day, 54-hole tournament begins at 8 a.m. Friday and Saturday and 8:30 a.m. Sunday. Local competitors include UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC-Wilmington, Virginia and Wake Forest.
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Ward earns at-large NCAA bid149-pounder Bobby Ward will take on Michael Kessler of Rider University in the opening round of the NCAA Championships, which will take place March 18-20 in Omaha, Neb. Ward received an at-large bid despite falling at last weekend’s ACC Championships as the top seed. The only ranked wrestler in his weight class, Ward earned a bye in the opening round but lost to Virginia’s Shawn Harris. He won both his bouts in the consolation bracket to take third place.
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TodayMen’s BasketBall at aCC tournaMentGreensboro Coliseum, Greensboro TBA
swiMMing and diving in nCaa diving Zones, day 1Atlanta, Ga., ALL DAY
traCk and Field in 2010 nCaa indoor ChaMpionships, day 1Fayetteville, Ark., ALL DAY
riFle in nCaa ChaMpionships, day 1Fort Worth, Texas, ALL DAY BaseBall at CleMsonClemson, SC., 4 p.m.
gyMnastiCs at new haMpshireDurham, N.H., 7 p.m.
SaturdayswiMMing and diving in nCaa diving Zones, day 2Atlanta, Ga., ALL DAY
traCk and Field in 2010 nCaa indoor ChaMpionships, day 2Fayetteville, Ark., ALL DAY
riFle in nCaa ChaMpionships, day 2Fort Worth, Texas, ALL DAY
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Tigers tamed, Pack to advance to Friday’s quarterfinal round
Wolfpack readies for start of ACC competition, road tripState looking to continue winning ways as it prepares to take on Clemson, kick off nine-game road trip
Tucker FrazierStaff Writer
After an impressive start to the season, the Wolfpack baseball team will take its
11-1 record on the road as it leaves the friendly confines of Doak Field at Dail Park to take on ACC rival Clemson in a three-game series this week-end.
Playing in front of the home crowd is something State has gotten used to after starting the season playing nine of its first twelve contests at home. The Pack will set out on its longest road trip of the season, play-
ing all of its next nine games on the road.
“It should be a great atmo-sphere and a great game. They can hit, they can run and they have great players,” said ju-nior shortstop Russell Wilson regarding the Clemson series. “But we have great players too, and I think it should be a great
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aNdy MuSSelMaN/techNiciaNFreshman shortstop Matt Bergquist slides safetly back to first before Quinnipiac’s pitcher could catch him leading off base during Saturday’s game at Doak Field. Bergquist had 2 runs and 1 hit in the Pack’s 14-3 victory over the Bobcats.
Before the Wolfpack took the court Thursday night, three other ACC teams, Miami, Virginia and Georgia Tech advanced to the ACC Tournament quarterfinals
Staff Report
Virginia 68, Boston Col-
lege 62
No. 8 seed Virginia took down ninth-seeded Boston College behind 21 points from Sammy Zeglinski. Zeglinski, who scored 16 of those points in the first half, was one of four Cavalier starters to finish in double figures. Other Virginia starters with 10 or more points were Mu-stapha Farrakhan, Jef f Jones and Jerome Meyinsse. Those four combined with Mike Scott, who scored 11 points and pulled down 13 rebounds, to help the Cavs snap a nine-game los-ing streak and advance to quarterfinal play. The nine-game losing streak was not
the only trend UVA fans were happy to see come to an end. The win was also the first tour-nament victory for the Wahoos since Virginia defeated in-state rival Virginia Tech in the first round of the 2006 tournament. Up next for the Cavs will be a tilt with top-seeded Duke and first-team All-ACC selections Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler. Virginia’s quarterfinal show-down with the Blue Devils will tip off at noon.
Miami 83, Wake Forest 62
Prior to this year’s conference tournament, coaches through-out the league spoke of the wide open play they expected out of this season’s postseason tour-ney. No. 12 seed Miami pro-vided ACC fans with a glimpse of what those coaches were talking about with a shock-ing 21-point romp over fifth-seeded Wake Forest. The Canes were led by Reggie Johnson’s, who had the best performance of his young career, as the red-shirt freshman from Winston-Salem came off the bench and did not miss a shot, pouring in
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Elsewhere in Thursday’s ACC Tournament first round action...
11th-seeded N.C. State upsets 6th-seeded Clemson to reach quarterfinals of ACC Tournament for first time since 2006-07
Ty JohnsonSenior Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team is in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament for the first time since coach Sid-ney Lowe’s first year, when the team made a run to the tournament final, with a 59-57 win over sixth-seeded Clemson Thursday night.
The Pack shot 61.9 percent from the field in the second half to close out the Tigers (21-10) and advance to face Florida State Friday in the quarterfinals at 9 p.m.
Junior forward Tracy Smith led N.C. State with 19 points as the Wolfpack improved to 18-14 overall on the strength of a 52.3 percent effort from the field in State’s best shooting game since a 60 percent clip
against N.C. Central Jan. 30.“I thought we showed nice
patience in not forcing shots,” Lowe said during his postgame press conference. “We forced a couple early in the first half and we learned from that. We showed good composure against a lot of pressure.”
Smith also pulled down the final rebound of the game, as-suring the junior would reach the second day of tournament play for the first time in his career.
“I didn’t want to give them a chance to get the ball and get up a shot or anything,” Smith said. “I knew there was a little time left on the clock and I just wanted to secure the ball and by that time, I was on it.”
And for the players who had been to the quarterfinals be-fore, there was also the thought of the season ending to inspire the seniors, like guard Farnold Degand, to play hard.
“This could have possibly been my last game so I was go-ing to leave everything on the court and I was able to help our Peggy booNe/techNiciaN
Junior forward tracy Smith banks in a jumper from in close during the second half of the first round of the ACC tournament, held at Greensboro Coliseum. Smith tallied 19 points for the Pack in the 59-57 victory over the Clemson tigers.
