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Getting to know the candidatesTECHNICIAN CONDUCTED A Q&A WITH THE THREE CANDIDATES. HERE’S WHERE THEY STAND
1. I felt a strong urge to do something about why some students weren’t happy on campus, why there was a disconnect for some students and just to explore what was really going on, either from a structural standpoint or just the social experience, the campus climate.
2. I was the black students board chair on UAB last year, so I was doing interviews for our scholarship I created. There were two freshmen in the college of design who mentioned an incident in the college of design where the N-word was written all over the girls’ bathroom. They were really upset about it. It was the first time I realized it was happening frequently. And it’s not being disseminated across campus and there must be something else going on.
3. Being UAB president, I’ve been super busy. I’ve had to give up a lot of things, not been able to go home, it’s a huge sacrifice. This position has made me more aware of things happening on campus. It’s helped me interact more with students, faculty, administration, the chancellor. I’ve been under the heat lamp. It makes me mentally, physically, emotionally prepared for the position of student body president.
4. My biggest challenge is going to be really diving deeper into this idea that you can’t please everybody. It’s something I struggled with this year with UAB because I wanted to be able to make everyone happy, I wanted to be sure our programs made everyone happy. As student body president, you’re looked at to make sure that happens, that you represent all the students all the time. I’ve gotten hate emails from students, and I know that’s going to happen even more as student body president.
5. My top three goals are: social, leadership and academic. As far as those three go, it’s really combining campus. I’m involved in three colleges with my studies and I know the colleges are very disconnected, so I have a plan to connect the colleges –assuming that it’s feasible. And then fix the academic advising structure for students and faculty. As far as leadership goes, making sure I’m visible on campus. I eat in the dining halls now. I’m always on campus even though I live off campus. I’m here all day every day even on the weekends and during breaks.
6. I don’t think they understand the student experience from a variety of students. Until you have possessed multiple identities, you’ve lived in different students’ experiences, it’s hard to implement programs for them and then wonder why it doesn’t work, especially with the ClassEvals. There’s been discussion as to why it doesn’t work and what can we do. It’s just not understanding the students.
7. We have a dog. Her name’s Nadia Renee, she’s a Dutch shepherd. When my roommates aren’t home, Nadia and I make videos singing.
1. I love helping students and I always want students to feel like their voices have been heard. I’m a transfer student, so even when I came here sophomore year, I wanted to join the organization I felt helped the most students on campus. That was student government. I’ve been in it ever since. I just want students to feel their voices have been heard at the end of the day, that they’ve been attended to in a timely and proper way, that they’ve had time to react and that they’ve been informed of everything going on.
2. After working with Packapalooza last year, I really got a sense of what could happen when multiple student groups and departments on campus get together and work together. We can make huge events. Students want big events, and the way to make that happen is to collaborate and work together.
3. I actually started last year in the executive branch and the traditions commission while also serving as a student senator. I learned both branches there, which is really important because both branches have to collaborate. That’s really prepared me for the student government side. The leadership side also came from being an R.A. last year. Working with different personalities, working with different students gave me an opportunity to grow as a leader and gave me a chance to help people.
4. My greatest challenge will be what my greatest goal is: to build up communication between administrators and students and between student groups. One of my main things is a universal website and right now it’d be a little easier than it has in the past because they’ve already started to turn the current students page on the website into that place for students. But it’s not really updated, it’s not used like it should be. We want to make sure if you have access to the Internet, you can log on and know what’s going on.
5. My top three goals are the universal calendar and the universal website, and those go hand-in-hand. The universal calendar will help student organizations and arts programs because they’ll all be on one calendar. My plan is to make it like a Google calendar where you can take some links off, say if you aren’t so much interested in arts or athletics. Another thing is to increase collaboration between student groups. Another thing is tuition and fee transparency as well. A lot of students see their tuition going up every year but don’t know exactly why.
6. I know they try to communicate with students. They just aren’t doing it effectively. I’ve talked to certain administrators. They reach out to certain things and send out emails and do certain posts, but it’s not getting directly to the students. Students need to know they are thinking of students first.
7. I am in love with watches. I consider myself a mini-collector. I have 35 watches right now.
1. I’ve been in student government for the past two and a half years working for the past student presidents, Chandler Thompson and Andy Walsh. I served on Chandler Thompson’s presidential cabinet and really loved it. In freshman year I stayed in Owen hall. I decided to run for president for Owen Hall council. I worked on the council all year. I got to thinking, ‘Hey, if I can do this in Owen and I can bring Owen together, why not try to take the next step up?’ … I would like to see things change for the better next year.
2. Seeing student government from the outside and seeing how well it was operated when I was a freshman really motivated me to get onto Chandler Thompson’s council, and that was the start. Once I got on her campaign and then her council, I saw she was doing a great job. It started clicking in my head that there’s no reason I can’t be her one day. Watching her work and delegate between different groups on campus really sparked an interest in me because it’s about the team, not the individual.
3. I got my first job at 16. I’ve had nine different jobs. Working all those jobs and being a part of all these things growing up has really taught me how to work with people and how to really embrace diversity. Coming to N.C. State, seeing everybody I see, we’re all different, and we all come together as one. I really believe we, as N.C. State can come together as one if we work at it. One pack, one goal.
4. My greatest challenge will be my union of the different student organizations next year, to properly delegate and bring those organizations together as one. N.C. State has a lot of great organizations, but we don’t work together like we could.
5. Number one: I want to fight to lower tuition and stop fee increases. Number two: Make sure students’ voices are heard in administrative decisions. Number three: to integrate Hillsborough Street with N.C. State. My friend who goes to ECU called me last week and told me he took his meal plan card and went to Chili’s downtown for lunch. If ECU can do it, we can do it here. I understand it’s been talked about for three or four years but it’s never really been pursued by anyone. In my opinion, if I could start here and get there, I would do it.
6. Campus administration does not take into account enough of what students think. We as students are the mouth of N.C. State. We are the wolves in the pack. Now, the administrators lead the pack, but they need to listen to the wolves in the pack. We can give advice and our opinion matters. But my biggest criticism is the administrators and board of trustees don’t take students’ opinions and thoughts into account as much when making administrative decisions.
7. I eat my Oreos with peanut butter.”
SBP electioneers start, campaign violations already
1) Why are you running for Student Body President?
2) What specifically inspired you to run for the position?
3) What experience do you have that you think qualifies you for the position?
4) What will be your greatest challenge as Student Body President?
5) What are your top three goals and why?
6) As president, you will have to work a great deal with administration. In your opinion, what is the biggest flaw in administration?
7) What’s one fun fact about yourself?
Mark HerringEditor-in-Chief
Student Body President cam-paigns officially began Tuesday at noon, and within the first after-noon of electioneering, all three candidates violated campaign statutes, according to Student Government Elections Commis-sioner Victoria Melbourne.
Candidate Lauren Collier, cur-rent Union Activities Board president, failed to file expense report that was due on Monday on time, according to the Elections Commission. Candidate Matthew Williams, a current student sena-
tor, used Student Government resources — a campaign button maker — without permission. O’Rear, a former football player, also filed a late expense report and fraudulently used the website source code from the 2012 cam-paign of current SBP Andy Walsh.
Melbourne, a junior in biochem-istry and political science, prides herself on taking these violations seriously. Due to slack regulation in the past, Melbourne said she and the nine others on the elec-tion commission have been keen to report any violations.
“I’m serious about this,” Mel-bourne said. “In the past, peo-
ple got away with things they shouldn’t have.”
Melbourne’s claims come with backing: The Election Commis-sion will disqualify any candidate who accrues three campaign vio-lations. O’Rear already has two, and elections don’t end until March 27 at noon.
After weak regulation of cam-paigning, the Election Commis-sion has enacted changes in Stu-dent Government statute enforce-ment. Melbourne said the zones where students can display cam-paign signs is smaller this year, after a 2012 candidate caused thousands of dollars in damages
after splitting an underground electric wire on Centennial Cam-pus.
Other violations include “dorm storming,” the act of distributing excessive amounts of campaign literature around residence halls and going door-to-door soliciting votes, and all candidates must ask permission from University Housing to campaign in residence halls.
Student Government can no lon-ger fine candidates for campaign violations, as it did in the past.
“As a state school, we cannot ac-cept their money,” Melbourne said. “It’s illegal. I’m not sure how much
money was fined in the past, but there are some students who are rallying to get their money back.”
If you see any violations, you can report them to the Elections Commission at [email protected], which Melbourne highly encour-ages.
“It’s just me and my colleagues on the commission who are really looking out, though campaigners re-port violations by their competitors, too,” Melbourne said. “When we get complaints, we need actual proof to adjudicate the problem.”
DWAYNE O’REAR• From Charlotte, N.C. • Age: 21• Studies business• Serves as a senate
liaison to the Executive Branch of Student Gov.
MATTHEW WILLIAMS• From Cary, N.C. • Age: 20• Studies history• Serves in the Student
Senate, chair of the Traditions Commission
LAUREN COLLIER• From Charlotte, N.C. • Age: 20• Studies animal science• Serves as Union
Activities Board President
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Last month the North Car-olina Senate gave prelimi-nary approval to legislation regarding allowing fracking in North Carolina, accord-ing to the News & Observer. Since then, no further actions have been taken to advance the legislation to complete approval.
Allowing fracking in North Carolina could have nega-tive effects on the environ-ment, but it could also have positive effects on the state’s economy.
Robert Bruck, professor of plant pathology and forestry, said if there are large depos-its of natural gas, then the government can justify the use of fracking to extract it. However, Bruck said he be-
lieves there is hardly enough gas in shale deposits in North Carolina to warrant the use of fracking.
Fracking is a process where hot water and chemicals are injected deep into the ground where shale is present to move natural gas into pock-ets, according to Bruck.
Once the gas is accumu-lated in these pockets, it can be collected and pumped out of the ground, Bruck said
“I can’t think of any posi-tive impacts of fracking on the environment,” Gerald LeBlanc, professor of toxi-cology, said. “There are many environmental concerns in-volved in fracking.”
Disruption of the land-scape, release of methane into the atmosphere and the con-tamination of groundwater are just a few of the “numer-
ous” environmental hazards that come with fracking, ac-cording to LeBlanc.
“Fracking can cause chemi-cals to leak into aquifers and wells,” Bruck said. “It can take decades for that water to be potable again.”
Any potential direct health impacts from fracking on the human population would likely be due to the contami-nation of drinking water, LeBlanc said.
According to LeBlanc, the release of toxic materials and increased noise pollution are other effects that the public may encounter from fracking.
A member of the N.C. Min-ing and Energy Commission made a proposal last week that drilling operators reuse “industrial wastewater” to ir-rigate crops, according to the News & Observer.
This proposal allows for a more efficient way of frack-ing and may inf luence the state legislature in favor of fracking.
“This approach would limit the volume of water and also solve the problem of dispos-al,” Vikram Rao, a member of the North Carolina Min-ing & Energy Commission, said. “Treating for reuse is the cheapest thing you can do and the most environmentally safe thing you can do.”
Allowing fracking can help the state’s economy by pro-ducing a multitude of jobs and the retrieval of the natu-ral gas could help the state meet energy needs.
“It is important that these jobs are filled by North Caro-linians,” LeBlanc said.
The risks are high for frack-ing in North Carolina since it
is unclear how much natu-ral gas is available or ex-traction, according to Anne Tazewell, the transporta-tion program manager for the N.C. State Solar Center.
“We don’t have a his-tory of oil or natural gas in North Carolina,” Tazewell said.
According to Bruck, the real question is whether or not fracking is worth the amount of gas that we might be able to extract versus the environmental damages we may incur.
“A lot of folks feel the legislature is rushing this bill,” Tazewell said. “The potential costs may not be worth the benefits.”
Sam DeGraveNews Editor
Two men assaulted two Ra-leigh residents in Pullen Park Monday night before stealing a car from one of the men, ac-cording to Jim Sughrue, di-rector of public affairs for the Raleigh Police Department.
The victims, Donald Fon-ville, 57, and James Gause, 48, were standing in the parking lot near the park’s tennis courts when the suspects, one of whom was reportedly armed, approached and at-tacked Fonville and Gause just before 10 p.m.
At least one shot was fired during the robbery, but no-body was hit, according to a report released Tuesday after-noon by the RPD.
The suspects, described as black males dressed in black jeans and hoodies, pistol whipped the victims and stole a 2005 Toyota Camry from one of them. Police recovered the stolen vehicle in a parking lot near Central Prison shortly after.
Fonville walked to the BP gas station and convenience store located at the corner of Western Boulevard and Ashe Avenue, where he asked 21-year-old employee Abdul-lah Momand to call 911.
Neither victims have con-nections to N.C. State, but Campus Police released a WolfAlert at about 11 p.m. to warn the student body of the crime.
Both victims were treated and released from Rex Hos-pital.
Fonvilee declined to com-ment about the robbery.
The case remains under investigation by the Raleigh Police Department. Anyone with information that might assist detectives is asked to ei-ther call Raleigh CrimeStop-pers at (919) 834-HELP or to go to the CrimeStoppers Web-site, www.raleighcrimestop-pers.org, for instructions on how to report a tip online or by text message. CrimeStop-pers pays cash rewards for anonymous tips that help solve cases.
Senate takes first steps to frack in N.C.
Car jacking near campus remains under investigation
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSSend all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Mark Herring at [email protected]
THROUGH PATRICK’S LENS
Mayor speaks to College Democrats
Cary Mayor Harold Weinbrecht Jr. speaks to the NCSU College Democrats Feb. 28. Weinbrecht spoke to the club Thursday evening about his role as mayor of the Town of Cary and on relations between state and federal governments from a municipal perspective. Elected for the first time in 2007 and re-elected in 2011,
Weinbrecht served as a council member in Cary’s council-manager form of government before becoming mayor.
PHOTO BY PATRICK WHALEY
Josué MolinaStaff Writer
State Representatives George Cleveland (R) and Chris Whitmire (R) pro-posed a bill on March 5 that could make it harder for undocumented students to seek higher education at community colleges and universities in North Car-olina.
If the proposed bill, House Bill 218 titled No Post-Sec-ondary Education/Illegal Aliens, is passed, it could overturn current policies that allow students with unlawful immigration sta-tus to attend community colleges and universities.
Currently, illegal immi-grants can attend North Carolina universities and community colleges by paying out-of-state tuition costs and meeting crite-ria such as attending high schools in the United States.
Abraham Dones, the as-sistant director of multi-cultural affairs, has worked with undocumented stu-dents in the past. Dones said the proposed legisla-
tion could hinder undocu-mented students.
“Legislation like the one proposed just provides the opportunity to place these students on pathways that, to me, will not lead them to success,” Dones said. “What other avenues are we pro-viding these specific stu-dents with regards to be-coming a better qualified member of our society? I was always at the notation that an educated society is always a better society.”
Future illegal immigrants would no longer be able to pursue their education at universities like N.C. State or other UNC System schools. The Bill doesn’t only focus on UNC System institutions but it also looks to expand the same admis-sion restrictions to illegal immigrants seeking higher education at any North Car-olina community college.
America Moreno, an un-documented psychology student at Meredith Col-lege, said going to college for the Hispanic communi-ty, especially undocument-ed immigrants, seems un-attainable and potentially
harmful to many in such a community.
The Bill was proposed in 2009 and again in 2011, ac-cording to Moreno.
“It hasn’t worked so far,” Moreno said. “It would be barring and would prevent us from being able to get an education and also from be-ing able to be a contribut-ing citizen to the American society.”
The Bill will not affect current students who are enrolled with unlawful im-migration statuses at any of the UNC campuses or com-munity colleges.
The major purpose of each and every institution operating under the provi-sions of this bill is to contin-ue offering education and training “for students who have lawful immigration status under federal law,” and only those students.
Elizabeth James, director of the office of international services, said if the bill be-comes law it could create an environment where people would not be allowed to contribute to the state.
“It creates a chilling cli-mate within the state,”
James said. “As an educa-tor, you hope universities are seen as open to all, es-pecially at the community college level. This would certainly send a different message then what exists currently.”
James also said that she
believes that the long-term implications of bills aimed to prevent people from be-coming members of our so-ciety have not been thought about.
Representative Cleveland chose not to comment on the matter.
Representative Whitmire was not able to respond in time due to a “slammed schedule.”
House Bill 218 has been sent to the House Standing Committee on Education.
Immigration reform comes to N.C. students
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Politics, and the discussions that take place under its expansive umbrella, fosters disagreement. And if the Pack
Poll is a fair representation of students’ opin-ions, then it’s safe to say State students prob-ably get into several heated debates. Pack Poll results are almost mirror opposites of numer-ous other polls for which Millennials (ages 18 − 29) were interviewed.
According to a poll by Washington Post and ABC News, Millennials are less supportive of gun control and an assault weapons ban. But whereas their poll reports 46 percent of Mil-lennials are opposed, the Pack Poll shows 55 percent of N.C. State students oppose similar bans.
Interestingly enough, U.S. citizens love their
guns — much more than they did 19 years ago. A 1994 poll by Washington Post and ABC News shows that an astounding 80 percent of voters would have supported an assault weapons ban, a stark contrast from today’s 57 percent.
N.C. State students who voted dispelled the myth that our campus is populated by nothing but right-wing conservatives. Seventy percent of voters say they support a legal path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. On this issue, we fall in line with most other Millennial polls.
Perhaps it’s too bold for us to say this, but the poll indicates a more liberal atmosphere at N.C. State. President Barack Obama received a 55 percent approval rating from the Wolfpack. However, a study published last spring by the Harvard Institute of Politics shows that the president’s approval rating is generally low among Millennials.
It’s important to note that a total 923 stu-dents responded to the Pack Poll — a mere 2.7 percent. Campus organizations and students alike cite “survey fatigue” as the reason few students respond surveys. Not to mention
some ambiguity in answer choices that might put off students. For example, the two answers to “How worried are you about being able to find a good paying job after you graduate?” were “A little worried,” and “Somewhat wor-ried.” Perhaps we’re a little incompetent, or somewhat incompetent, but we can’t tell the difference.
The Pack Poll has potential to be a good po-litical barometer for this campus, but it has yet to gain the popularity it needs to be relevant.
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Comparing the Pack Poll
Keep the sugary drinks
I’m just going to come clean: I’m a f laming Republican. If you’re
a regular Technician reader, you may have noticed that re-cently, my columns have flirt-ed with Republican ideology.
Readers, I’m ditching flirtation for full-on advances. The not-so-secret se-cret is out. Get ready, because f rom now u nt i l t he end of this
semester, you’re going to get weekly columns full of talk about smaller government and capitalist practices. I’ve decided to champion the Re-publican cause. You can call me RepublicMan … see what I did there?
First things first: I’m not conservative. I hate camou-flage, I’ve never shot a gun, and I’ve already written about how I refuse to oppose gay rights. These columns are not going to be about social issues. Conservatives and Re-publicans are not one and the same, and hopefully, I will help illustrate that over the coming weeks. I am, however, staunchly in favor of smaller government, and I believe that business is the key to our country’s greatness.
Which would explain my deep man-crush on Justice Milton A. Tingling Jr. Yes-terday, when I read about his rejection of New York City’s ban on large sugary drinks — Well, I guess you could say I felt a Tingling sensation.
According to The New York Times, Tingling struck down the ban because he is “wary of government’s power.” While “wary” isn’t the word I would use to describe my own view of our government, The Times got the basic idea.
“Annoyed” is a better word for me. Or “perturbed.” Or “so flustered at federal gov-ernment’s presence that I want to beat it out of my life with a baseball bat.”
Someone recently told me that they were a Democrat because they liked the idea of helping people. Fantastic sentiment, but the guise of “helping people” has been used so often for the justifi-cation of our bloated govern-ment that it’s lost meaning.
Besides — and this is im-portant — the United States did not become great because it helped people. Conversely, it is only after we became the great nation we are today that we were able to start so many aid programs, b o t h d o -mestic and foreign. Remember t h a t o n e of the key reasons that our country is the superpower it is today was FDR’s decision to enter World War II so late. Isolationism was essentially national selfishness.
Wow, it just got super con-troversial.
Additionally, aid doesn’t always work. The Journal of Humanitarian Aid reported last week that aid can often “push recipients into a de-pendent state and negatively impact confidence, building capacity and future sustain-ability.” There’s value in so-cial work, yes, but what’s that phrase about teaching a man to fish as opposed to just giv-ing him one?
Before becoming an inter-national Ironman champion, Chrissie Wellington heav-ily invested herself in social work with Nepalese women. In her biography, she talks about getting frustrated with trying to help the locals. She even bought one woman a
cart to help her make an in-come, but to no avail. Wel-lington ends the chapter with a poignant point.
“We ride into town and hand things out, sometimes through gui lt, but a lso through concern for our fellow human beings and a desire to make things bet-ter,” Wellington says. “But it doesn’t work. The change has to come from within.”
What does this have to do with banning soft drinks? The government, under the umbrella of “helping” us, has just become too big, nanny-ing its citizens into depen-dency. That is my issue with big government. I am all for
social work, but not when it breeds a lack of ini-tiative and not w hen it’s forcing our govern-ment into
$1 trillion-per-year deficits. The change has to come from within.
Bigger government comes at the cost of higher federal deficit, higher taxes and less opportunity for small busi-ness growth. It rarely solves any social problems. I hate to use such a hot-button ex-ample, but look at gun laws. According to The Telegraph, knife-related deaths are al-most twice as high per capita in Britain than gun-related deaths in the U.S. Its gun laws didn’t fix homicides. The change has to come from within.
So thank you, Justice Tin-gling, for seeing through the misguided (but well-meant) intentions of New York City’s big government. This Repub-licMan is so proud of you.
Joseph HaveyDeputy Viewpoint Editor
Enjoying the warmer weather.Matt Clark, senior in arts application
The state of happiness
Hawaii contin-ues to disprove coincidence
after its fourth year in a row atop Gallup-Health-ways Well Being Index for 2012. The study, which
was pub-lished Feb. 27, ranks
each state’s overall well-being according to physi-cal health, job satisfaction, outlook on life and other factors that affect quality of life.
While Hawaii remains king of the hill with its surf, sand and isolation, the Southeast didn’t fare so well. North Carolina’s ranking of 35 may seem bad, but compared to surrounding states, it’s a diamond in the rough. Step outside of the Tar Heel State and you’ll run into trouble with West Virginia solidifying its depressive state at number 50 and Kentucky, Tennes-see, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina filling out the forties.
On the opposite end of the rankings, and coinci-dentally the country, are the western states. While the Southeast remains in the fourth and fifth quin-tiles, the western states fill the majority of the first and second quintile with Colorado, Montana, Utah, Hawaii and Minnesota leading the charge.
Now before you get an-gry at the Gallup Index for labeling North Carolina based on generalizations, understand its methodol-ogy.
For the Well Being In-
dex, Gallup conducted phone surveys from a random sam-ple of 1,000 people every day for 350 days. Gallup’s poll-sters asked questions about physical health, emotional health, lifestyle behaviors, work environment and life evaluation. Now I realize ste-reotypes can be misleading, but numbers never lie.
I have lived in a couple of these happier states, finishing high school in Montana and completing my freshman year at Oregon State. T he s e s t a t e s aren’t anything special – they are just differ-ent. For some people, it is a good different, and for others, it is not. But there are things that I feel attribute toward the lower rankings down here.
First, residents of the low-er ranked states tend to be heavier, less active, smoke more and have more medical problems according to cardi-ologist and chief science offi-cer at Healthways, Jim Pope. Whether that’s true or not, I can simply state I had never been to a Bojangles’ before entering the Southeast. I am not solely placing the blame on Bojangles’ but it seems there are a larger number of fast food establishments in the Southeast than anywhere I have lived.
Second, an important in-centive to combat the damage fast food can do is often less common here. I’m not saying that people here don’t exer-cise as often as out west but economics has taught us that people respond to incentives.
Western states have much more land than states in the East while also containing less people. This lack of met-ropolitan area leaves space for parks, forests, and simply un-developed wilderness. I feel this abundance of outdoor area creates more incentives for exercise that may not feel like exercise. If I can be active and take part in some form of activity without stepping foot in a gym, I am much more inclined to take part in that
activity. It ’s not our
fau lt that we l i v e a r o u n d more people . The East Coast was settled first and it remains to be the most populated part of our country while the Rocky
Mountains make it difficult to occupy a large portion of the Western states. But the first step of fixing a problem is recognizing there is one. Just because the Gallup Poll fixated North Carolina near the bottom of the poll doesn’t mean government interven-tion is around the corner, but Pope points out how commu-nities can use this informa-tion to diagnose problems and prescribe changes.
Whether people take the rankings personally or com-pletely blow them off, happi-ness can be found anywhere, but it seems people in the Western states have more reasons to smile.
Tyler GobinStaff Writer
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
BY GREG WILSON
What impact can a student body president
have?
“I think the Student Body President is extremely important, they are the responsible for making things better for students. Andy Walsh has done some great things, he’ll be hard to follow next year”
Andrea Ruddockjunior, environmental science
“I think they actually do a lot for students.They’re the voice of the student body and they bridge the gap between students and faculty.”
Justin Vaughansophomore, chemical engineering
“...The first
step of fixing
a problem is
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�Building a stronger
carbon fiber�Joseph�CabanissStaff Writer
The�strongest�form�of�car-bon�fiber�composite�is�being�made�right�here�at�N.C.�State.
The�research�paper,�“Ultra-strong,�Stiff�and�Multifunc-tional� Carbon� Nanotube�Composites,”� outlines� the�method�by�which�N.C.�State�researchers�created�this�new�lightweight�material�and�how�it�improves�upon�other�car-bon�fiber�composites.
Carbon�fiber�composite�is�a�space-age�material�designed�to�be�structurally�strong�and�lightweight.�It�is�most�often�used�in�aerospace�construc-tions,�like�space�shuttles�and�airplanes.�
“If�you�are�making�a�space�shuttle,�every�pound�of�the�weight� costs� hundreds� of�thousands�of�dollars�to�send�into�space,”�explained�Yun-tian� Zhu,� a� distinguished�professor�of�materials�science�and�member�of�the�research�team.�
Carbon� fiber� composites�originally�replaced�substanc-es�like�aluminum�to�reduce�the�weight�of�planes�in�order�to�save�fuel.�The�change�to�carbon�fiber�composites�re-duced�fuel�usage�by�about�20�percent.
Carbon�fiber�is�tradition-ally�made�by�taking�thin�fila-ments�of�carbon�and�weaving�them�into�a�kind�of� fabric,�then�pressurizing�them�into�a�plastic�resin�to�hold�them�in�shape.�The�result�is�an�incred-ibly� light,� yet� strong,� solid�material.�Research�has� im-proved�upon�this�carbon�fiber�material,�making�it�stronger�than�ever�by�replacing�the�fi-bers�with�carbon�nanotubes,�or�CNTs.
CNTs� have� been� a� focus�of�research�for�years�due�to�certain�theoretical�properties�which�would�make�them�very�valuable,�such�as�a�high�level�of�conductivity.�While�labs�have�not�been�able�to�create�CNTs�with�these�properties,�they�have�been�able�to�cre-ate�ones�structurally�similar�to�the�theoretical�ideal.�Re-searchers�at�N.C.�State�have�taken�these�imperfect�carbon�
nanotubes�and�created�a�way�to�use�them�to�make�carbon�fiber�composite.�
The�use�of�CNTs�instead�of� traditional� carbon� fi-bers�alters�the�properties.�The�CNTs�have�a�simpler,�stronger�structure�which�gives�the�woven�and�resin-pressured� fabric� ultra-strong�and�stiff�properties.
CNT�composites�also�ex-hibit�other�properties�that�differentiate� them� from�the�standard�carbon�fiber�composites.� CNT� com-posites�have�high�degrees�of�electrical�and�thermal�conductivities--and�both�of� these� properties� are�beneficial�to�use�with�aero-space�technologies.�
Thermal� conduct iv-ity�will�make�it�easier�for�heat� from� plane� engines�pass�through�the�hull�and�out�into�the�surrounding�air,� making� them� easier�to� cool� down.� Electrical�conductivity�will�make�it�safer� for�planes�that�find�themselves�in�the�middle�of� a� thunderstorm,� as�lightning�may�simply�pass�through� the�hull� leaving�the�plane�unharmed.�The�research�paper�even�hints�that�this�may�make�CNT�composites�useful�for�solar�energy�collecting�utilities,�or�photovoltaic�panels.
The� research� is� being�primarily� funded� by� the�U.S.�government�for�mili-tary�purposes.�The�process�created�makes�it�easier�for�companies� to� produce�high-performance� CNT�composite�at�a�lower�cost,�but� the� research� paper�warns� that� variances� in�CNT�length�within�the�fi-bers�may�make�it�difficult�to� move� to� commercial�production.
Stronger� and� lighter�materials�are�always�being�made� –� but� for� now,� the�strongest� and� most� effi-cient�carbon�fiber�compos-ite�is�credited�to�N.C.�State�and�its�researchers.�
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Young�LeeAssociate Features Editor
With�examples�of�baroque�architecture,� numerous�bars�and�historical�sites�ac-knowledged�by�United�Na-tions�Educational,�Scientific�and�Cultural�Organization�(UNESCO)�dotting�its�land-scape,�the�city�of�Belo�Hori-zonte�represents�an�area�of�cultural�and�industrial�sig-nificance.�However,�for�Fer-nanda�Duarte,�a�PhD�can-didate� in�communication,�rhetoric�and�digital�media,�the�city�of�the�“beautiful�ho-rizon”�represents�something�more.�
For�her,�the�southeastern�Brazilian�city�is�home.
More�than�30�N.C.�State�students�and� scholars� call�Brazil�their�home.�On�March�27�in�Caldwell�lounge,�about�15� of� them� showcased� as-pects� of� their� culture� for�an�audience�of�more� than�50�students,�professors�and�community�members�at�an�event�sponsored�by�the�Of-fice�of�International�Servic-es.�The�Cultural�Showcase�featured�presentations�about�Brazilian�history,�informa-tion�about�different�regions�of�Brazil,�a�Samba�class�and�samples�of�Brazilian�food.
Hannah�Namkung,�a�se-
nior�in�business�administra-tion,�attended�the�Brazilian�Cultural�Showcase�after�hear-ing�about�the�event�from�an�OIS�newsletter.
“I� like�the�idea�of�getting�to� meet� new� people,� and� I�always�wanted�to�travel,�so�this� was� a� kind� of� cheaper�way� for�me� to�get� to�know�the�people,”�Namkung�said.�“I� just� love� learning� about�different�places�and�differ-ent�cultures,�and�it’s�impor-tant�because�of�business�and�because�of�globalization.�But�even�beyond�business,�it’s�im-portant�to�learn�to�respect�the�background�of�other�people.”
As�more�and�more�Brazil-ian� students� come� to� N.C.�State� to� study,�Duarte� said�current� Brazilian� students�hope� to� establish� a� way� to�help�incoming�Brazilians�suc-ceed�at�the�University.
“When�I�got�here�I�was�re-ally�surprised.�I�confess,�I�had�never�heard�of�Raleigh�before�besides�what�I�had�watched�in�Gilmore�Girls,”�Duarte�said.�“When�I�came�here,�I�was�re-ally�concerned�because�Ra-leigh�is�ten�times�smaller�than�my�city�...�but�when�I�came�here,�I�was�surprised�to�see�a�very�lively�cultural�scene�and�a�lot�of�diversity.�The�Triangle�area�is�very�blessed�with�dif-ferent�cultures�and�different�
languages�and�different�peo-ple�and�different�religions,�so�I�was�very�surprised�by�that�and� I�was�very�happy�with�that.”
Duarte�said�the�adaptation�to�American�culture�wasn’t�easy,�but� she� received�a� lot�of�help� from�faculty,�other�Brazilian� students� and� the�Brazilian�Association�of�the�Triangle�to�overcome�strug-gles,�including�problems�with�English� and� differences� in�culture.
“Portuguese� is� a� Latin-based� language,� so� it� has�nothing�to�do�with�English,�an�Anglo-Saxon�language,”�Duarte�said.�“There�are�also�some�differences�in�cultural�norms,�such�as�in�the�way�we�show�affection.�[Brazilians]�tend� to� be� more� open� and�more� expressive� about� our�affections.�However,�people�in� the�U.S.� and� the�North,�in�general,�tend�to�be�more�reserved�about� things�such�as�touching�and�expressing�emotions.”
Renata� Barbosa,� a� senior�in�business�administration,�helped�organize�the�showcase�but�said�she�is�also�working�to�create�a�constitution�for�the�creation�of�a�Brazilian�Stu-dents�Association.
“When�one�of�the�speakers�was�talking�about�Brazil,�I�al-
most�cried�because�I’ve�been�a�little�isolated�from�Brazilian�culture�because�I�just�have�a�lot�of�American�friends�and�I’m�really�Americanized�....�When�she�spoke,�it�really�re-minded�me�of�home�and�how�I�miss�it�a�lot,”�Barbosa�said.
Barbosa�said�she�hopes�she�and�a� few�other�organizers�can�establish� the�Brazilian�Students�Association�in�the�fall�and�that�it�will�be�a�place�where� Brazilians� can� help�each�other�with�everything�from�the�enrollment�process�to� dealing� with� homesick-ness.
Duarte�said�she�is�looking�forward�to�seeing�what�other�Brazilians�can�do�to�help�the�Brazilian�community�at�N.C.�State.
“I� feel� very� well-adapted�here,� but� it’s� not� about� re-placing�home,”�Duarte�said.�“There�are�just�some�things�that�come�with�ease�at�home.�When�you�are�home�and�you�recognize�the�smells�and�the�sounds,�the�sense�of�comfort�is�different.�During�stressful�times,�it’s�nice�to�know�that�there� is� a� community� out�there� that� can� understand�you�just�by�looking�into�your�eyes.”
Brazilian students maintain strong sense of community
KELSEY BEAL/TECHNICIANStudents attend a Brazil Showcase in Caldwell Lounge Feb. 27, hosted by the Office of International Services. Students also have the opportunity to study abroad in Brazil this Summer.
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Mi�Familia,�una�de�las�or-ganizaciones�latinas�de�N.C.�State,�quiere�celebrar�contigo�en�grande�el�décimo�aniver-sario�de�SOMOS.�El�evento�se�realizará�el�sábado�16�de�marzo�en�el�Centro�de�Con-ferencias�McKimmon�y�co-mienza�desde�las�6�p.m.
Los� miembros� de� Mi� Fa-milia�están�muy�emociona-dos�por�completar�esta�gran�hazaña� al� mantener� este�proyecto�por�buen�camino�y�que�siempre�demuestra�des-lumbrar� su� audiencia,� año�tras�año�desde�su�inicio.
Los� miembros� de� Mi� Fa-milia�sugieren�y�votan�en�el�lema�del�festejo�para�ese�año.
“SOMOS:� Una� Familia,”�el� lema� de� este� año,� es� un�lema�que�ref leja�una�de� las�primeras�visiones�de�la�orga-nización:�lograr�ser�una�gran�familia.�
El� objetivo� del� evento� es�celebrar�y�apreciar�la�cultura,�tradiciones,�y� talento�de� la�comunidad�latina�al�exhibir�diferentes� formas� tradicio-
nales�y�contemporáneas�de�la�expresión�artística�de�esta,�incluyendo�pero�no�limitada�a�folklore,�coreografías,�bailes,�canto�y�poe-sía.
E l � l e m a�de� la� cel-ebración�del�2012�fue�“SOMOS:�La� Revolu-ción”�y�recibió�alrededor�de�200�personas.
La�actual�Directora�Ejecu-tiva�de�Mi�Familia,�Guadal-upe� �Arce�Jiménez,�declaró�la� importancia� del� décimo�aniversario.�
“Estamos�celebrando�diez�años�de�progreso�no�solo�aquí�en�el�campus�universitario,�pero� también� en� Raleigh,�N.C.�Fue�el�comienzo�del�in-tento�por�mejorar�la�comuni-dad�latina�al�crear�una�senda�para�esos�que�no�tenían�una�voz,�esos�que�no�se�sentían�cómodos� estando� aquí.� Es�importante�celebrar�eso.”
SOMOS�trata�de�unir�todo�tipo�de�personas�en�un�solo�lugar�para�honorar�la�diver-sidad�de�la�organización�y�por�
lo�tanto�siempre�será�para�la�comunidad.� El� evento� está�abierto�al�público�con�un�cos-to�de�dos�dólares,�además�to-
dos�los�estu-diantes�de�la�zona�pueden�entrar�gratis�si� muestran�su� identif i-cación� es-colar� en� la�
entrada.SOMOS� siempre� atrae� al�
público� por� su� diversidad,�mezclando� talentos� tradi-cionales�con�modernos.�Este�año�el�programa�ha�podido�juntar� individuos�y�grupos�que�forman�parte�de�la�propia�comunidad�universitaria�así�como�los�que�forman�parte�de�la�comunidad�local.
Esta�formidable�alineación�incluye�a�Nazaare,�un�grupo�de� baile� coreográfico� elec-trizante� y� muy� cargado� de�energía,�cantautor�Priscilla�Townsend�de�la�Universidad�de�Carolina�del�Norte�en�Cha-pel�Hill�con�su�delicada�voz�y�su�ritmo�muy�sutil,�grupo�de�baile�latino�Sube�Ritmo,�en-focado�en�merengue,�bachata�
y�salsa.�El�grupo�Magetsi,�que�for-
ma�parte�de�una�organización�4-H� y� ha� ganado� muchos�premios� por� promover� la�cultura�latina�con�sus�bailes�folklóricos�de�Latinoaméri-ca,�también�se�interpretará.���También� personajes� de�nuestra�comunidad�univer-sitaria,�como�el�profesor�de�música�de�NCSU�Jonathan�Gangi,�y�poeta�de�la�palabra�hablada� Herrison� Chicas,�
un� estudiante� de� Chapel�Hill,�también�interpretarán.��Así� es� el� esfuerzo� que� Mi�Familia�ha�hecho�por�hacer�esta�celebración�digna�para�el�público.�
Mi� Familia� es� la� orga-nización� que� ha� logrado� y�sigue� dejando� huella� en� la�historia�de�la�universidad.�
Ha� sido� el� vehículo� que�promueve� la� riqueza� de� la�comunidad�latina�al�dedicar�un�espacio�importante�para�
fomentar� las� ideas� y� temas�sociales,�culturales,�incluso�políticas� que� el� cuerpo� de�estudiantes�y�la�comunidad�local�enfrentan�día�con�día.
Para�Jiménez�eso�es�lo�que�es�satisfactorio.�“Me�hace�sen-tir�bien�que�estamos�ayudan-do�a�la�comunidad�latina�aqui�en�la�universidad,�y�el�estado�de�Carolina�del�Norte.”�
SOMOS celebra 10º aniversario
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Thomas pitched five in-nings and held the Pack to seven hits while strik-ing out four batters and walking three.
Bobcat senior Kevin O’Connell (0-1, 4.50 ERA) pitched the last three in-nings and allowed one run on two hits while striking out two, walking three and beaning two.
State will return to ac-tion Wednesday as Old Dominion comes to Ra-leigh. The game will start at 6 pm and can be heard on 88.1 WKNC.
“We played them last year,” Austin said. “They are a good team. You can-not take anybody lightly right now. We just have to come out and play like we know how to play.”
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you have good days and bad days; the UNC and FSU games were just off days for Leslie. The timing isn’t the best, but he can’t help it. Nobody can.
Wolfpack fans have a nas-ty habit of blaming Leslie for everything that goes wrong. Sure, some things are his fault, but he’s un-fairly being turned into a pariah every time State loses a basketball game.
When State loses, other players have bad games, too. Not just Leslie. Richard Howell hasn’t been playing great as of late either, nor has Lorenzo Brown. But I don’t see them getting any blame for the losses – it’s all being put on Leslie’s shoulders.
We’re also talking about a guy who stuck with State when he could’ve left for the greener pastures of the NBA Draft last April. Leslie decided to remain with the Wolfpack so he could win basketball games and help State try to reach heights they haven’t seen since the 1980s.
We should stand behind Leslie in defeat just like we do after he helps us to victory. Leslie stuck with Wolfpack Nation when we needed him most, and now more than ever, Leslie needs Wolfpack Nation to stick with him.
Whether you give up on Leslie or not is your choice. But I’m not giving up on Les-lie, or this Wolfpack team, for two reasons. First, it’s in my blood as a Wolfpack fan to never give up. And second, I have a feeling that both are destined for great things in the coming month.
Staff Report
The Wolfpack men’s golf team finished in a tie for third place out of 18 teams at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate tournament in Aiken, S.C. The finish is the Pack’s second consecu-tive top-three finish at the competition.
State entered the competi-tion riding high off a first-place finish at the USF Invi-tational, where Choi took first place to pick up his fourth individual win of the school year.
It finished the final round with a score of 13-over 293 and tied with Clemson at 24-over 864 for the event. Augusta State won the team tournament, 16-over 856. South Carolina finished one stroke ahead of State to take second place at 863.
State was tied for the first-round lead with Augusta State. The Pack was one stroke behind the then-leader South Carolina on the second
day of competition.Choi f inished tied for
sixth place individually with a score of six-over 212.
The University of South Carolina at Aiken’s Matt Akins won the individual competition at four-under 206. Max McLauglin fol-lowed him with a score of two-under 208.
Senior Mitch Sutton matched Choi with a team best score of 71 on Tuesday. Sutton tied for 12th with a score of six-over 216.
Freshman Chad Cox got his first swings of the season in South Carolina. He tied for 17th, scoring eight-over 218.
Junior Logan Harrell and sophomore James Chapman tied for 27th and 32nd with scores of 12-over and 13-over, respectively.
The Pack will return to the Palmetto state for its next competition at the Hootie at the Bull’s Bay In-tercollegiate in Awandaw.
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANJunior forward C.J. Leslie jumps in the air for a layup during the second half against Duke Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
Golf finishes third
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Daniel Wilson & Jon McNamaraStaff Writer & Correspondent
N.C. State (13-4, 1-2 ACC) managed to keep the Quinnipiac Bobcats (4-2, 0-0 NEC) off the scoreboard Tuesday night, hold-ing them to only four hits as the Wolfpack squeezed by with the victory, 1-0. This game marks the third time this season State has shut out an opponent.
“Winning is good, and losing is bad,” head coach Elliott Avent said. “We find a way to win, but obviously we have to play better than this.”
Sophomore pitcher Logan Jerni-gan started the game for the Pack and gave up two hits and three walks while striking out five in his four innings of work. Fresh-man pitcher Jon Olczak followed him by striking out two in the fifth inning, his only inning pitched in the contest.
Junior pitcher Andrew Woeck (2-0, 1.20 ERA) earned the victory for State. After relieving Olczak, he pitched 2.1 innings and struck out five of nine batters he faced.
Redshirt senior pitcher Grant Sasser pitched .2 innings and al-lowed one hit and one strikeout. Senior pitcher Chris Overman struck out the side in the ninth to seal the game for his second save of the season.
Sophomore catcher Brett Austin was the Pack’s top performer of the game. In his five at-bats, Austin re-corded three hits, including a run-scoring double in the bottom of
the sixth.“I have been seeing the ball well
these past few games,” Austin said. “I have been relaxing at the plate and putting a good swing on it.”
The Pack left 15 runners on base, tying its season high set on Feb. 23 against La Salle. State had at least one base runner stranded in all eight innings it came to bat and left the bases loaded in the second and fourth innings.
The sixth inning showed the most action for both teams. Following a Quinnipiac leadoff single, Woeck entered the game to relieve Olczak.
Senior shortstop Matt Bergquist then mishandled a ground ball which allowed another runner to reach base. The next batter reached on a fielder’s choice after Woeck’s failed attempt for a force out at third base, putting the Pack in a zero-out, bases loaded situation.
However, State’s defense would hold. On the following play, junior third baseman Sam Morgan fielded a ground ball and threw home to Austin for the force out. Woeck ended the Bobcats’ threat by strik-ing out the next two batters.
“It was a tough situation to get
into,” Woeck said. “We would rather not get into that situation, but when we were in it, we all stepped up and got our way out of it.”
The bottom of the sixth began with Morgan being hit by a pitch followed by a sacrifice bunt by Bergquist. After sophomore second baseman Logan Ratledge walked, Austin lined a 1-1 pitch to the left-center field gap for a double, scoring Morgan and advancing Ratledge to third.
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Baseball shuts out Quinnipiac
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANSenior shortstop Matt Bergquist slides back to first base on a check pitch by Quinnipiac Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Doak Field at Dail Park. The Wolfpack were 4-0 all time against the Bobcats before Tuesday’s game.
Lay off Leslie
Notre Dame to Join ACC on July 1Notre Dame reached an agreement with the Big East Conference Tuesday that will allow the Irish to exit the conference and join the Atlantic Coast Conference on July 1 along with fellow current Big East members Syracuse and Pittsburgh. Notre Dame will compete in the ACC in all sports with football as the exception, remaining independent in football. Initially, reports stated that the Irish would have to pay the Big East a $2.5 million exit fee to leave the conference early but more recent reports have stated that there is no exit fee as the school has agreed not to seek any of the league’s exit and entrance fee revenue. “Our conference, schools and fans are delighted that Notre Dame will join the ACC,” ACC Commissioner John Swofford said in a Tuesday press release.
SOURCES: USA TODAY , THE ACC
It’s no secret that junior forward C.J. Leslie hasn’t lived up to expectations this year. By no means is his play the sole reason that N.C. State has underachieved this year, but it has definitely been a contributing fac-tor.
Case in point: on Feb. 23 against UNC Chapel Hill, Leslie finished the game with 6 points on 3-of-8 shoot-ing from the field, 4 rebounds and 6 turnovers. He also shot 0-for-4 from the free throw line and the Tar Heels outscored the Wolfpack by 27 points when he was on court.
I know it was frustrating to watch that game. It must’ve been even more frustrating for Leslie. But what’s most frustrating is that it’s happened
countless times throughout his three years at N.C. State. He hasn’t learned from his mistakes.
Just this past Saturday, Leslie turned in another wayward performance, picking up three fouls in the first eight minutes of the game to earn a seat on the bench for the remainder of the half.
Then at the end of the game, when the Wolfpack was losing, Leslie was called for a walk and then, only sec-onds later, lost control of the basketball while on a fast break. At the end of the game, when every possession counts, Leslie committed two inexcusable turnovers.
But before we criticize him for two poor perfor-mances at the end of the season, let’s be real. Anyone who’s been watching the Wolfpack play since Leslie’s poor game at Chapel Hill has seen Leslie’s effort level increase exponentially. Regardless of the results, he’s sure as hell trying much harder than he used to.
The knock against Leslie was that he always looked detached from the game, almost like he didn’t care. Nothing could be further from the truth.
The reason Leslie came back to State was because he wanted to win basketball games. He gives his all for this University every day, and he just wants to help his team win. Winning is all that matters to him, noth-ing else.
Nothing is more infuriating for a competitor than losing. Despite the almost indifferent expression on Leslie’s face, he is a competitor at heart.
For State to win, Leslie has to perform on the of-fensive end. Night in and night out, Leslie has been the offensive focus of this Wolfpack team. If Leslie isn’t scoring, then the focal point of the Wolfpack’s offense is missing.
Anyone who plays competitive sports knows that
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COMMENTARY: PART 1 OF 2
TodayBASEBALL V. OLD DOMINIONDoak Field, 6 p.m.
ThursdayTRACK AT 49ER CLASSICCharlotte, N.C., All DAY
MEN’S BASKETBALL V. VIRGINIA TECHGreensboro, N.C., 2 p.m.
WOMEN’S TENNIS V. VCUJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL V. DEPAULFullerton, Ca. 9:30 p.m.
FridayTRACK AT 49ER CLASSICCharlotte, N.C., All Day
MEN’S TENNIS AT UNC-CHChapel Hill, N.C., 2:30 p.m.
SOFTBALL V. OKLAHOMAFullerton, Ca., 3:30 p.m.
BASEBALL AT WAKE FORESTWinston-Salem, N.C., 6 p.m.
WOMEN’S GYMNASTICS V. LSUReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
SOFTBALL V. PACIFICFullerton, Ca., 8:30 p.m.
SATURDAYTRACK AT 49ER CLASSICCharlotte, N.C., ALL DAY
WOMEN’S TENNIS V. BROWNJ.W. Isenhour Tennis Center, 4 p.m.
SOFTBALL V. MICHIGANFullerton, Ca., 1 p.m.
BASEBALL AT WAKE FORESTWINSTON-SALEM, N.C., 4 P.M.
SOFTBALL V. TEXASFULLERTON, CA., 6:00 P.M.
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LESLIE continued page 7
Andrew SchuettDeputy Sports Editor
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“We find a way
to win, but obvi-
ously we have to
play better than
this.”Baseball head coach Elliott Avent
