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luis zapata/technicianAssistant coach Monte Towe and coach Sidney Lowe stand together during the the first round of the ACC tournament in Greensboro Coliseum against Maryland March 10. Lowe stepped down Tuesday from the Head Coach position. Towe was named the interm head coach during the search for a new coach.
Signs, hats and rhetoric signify the beginning of election season.
John WallStaff Writer
As candidates for all elected stu-dent government positions began campaigning Tuesday, Student Body President candidates are preparing for a debate to be held on campus in the Student Senate Chambers in Wither-spoon Student Center on March 24.
Campaign signage inundated cam-pus Tuesday. Although candidates were allowed to talk about their inten-tions to run for their chosen offices, they were not allowed to officially be-gin campaigning or say things such as “vote for me” until Tuesday, according to student government advisor Eileen Coombes.
Student Body President candi-date and junior in biochemistry Leo Verceles-Zara said he had people calling him all day Tuesday asking him where his campaign signs were. Verceles-Zara said he is taking an al-ternative approach to the campaign by “thinking outside the box.”
“Yes we are going to have signs, most likely starting next week, but they’re not going to be those station-ary signs that everyone sees laying on the ground. They are going to be something new.”
Verceles-Zara did not say exactly what “something new” will entail, but did say that his signs will be big and in highly trafficked areas.
Chandler Thompson, a junior in economics, is also running for Stu-dent Body President. Students could be seen wearing yellow and red trucker hats with “Chandler SBP” on campus Tuesday. But hats are only one aspect of her campaign strategy.
“I am going to try to meet as many people as I can and tell them about my ideas and what I want to make happen at N.C. State,” Thompson said.
Kelly Hook, current Student Body President and senior in political sci-ence, said her campaign strategy mostly revolved around her campaign team.
“Probably the biggest thing was that on voting day I had a large amount of people willing to help me out. I had a really great team helping me on voting day and throughout the whole cam-paign,” Hook said.
Hook went on to say that name rec-ognition is “probably how you win.”
The Student Body Presidential candidate debate hosts, WKNC and the Technician, plan to ask questions “solicited by students,” according to debate moderator and senior in Eng-lish, Chris Cioffi. Students who have questions are invited to send them to the Technician editor-in-chief.
The debate will be aired live on
NCDOT reopens bridge after semi-trailer wreck.
Justin RoseStaff Writer
The Pullen Road overpass span-ning outbound Western Boulevard is safe for traffic after being hit by a truck last Wednesday, according to transportation officials.
During spring break, an 18-wheeler carrying a large piece of construction equipment struck the underside of the bridge when the driver failed to lower the boom on the equipment below the legal height, according to a police report. There were no injuries
“I was very fortunate to coach at my alma mater,” Lowe said. “I feel very blessed to have had this opportunity and I look forward to the next chal-lenge that the Lord puts in front of me. This is my family here, the Wolfpack family. I appreciate every opportuni-ty. I appreciate the opportunity Lee Fowler gave me to come back here.”
When asked about his plans going forward, Lowe said he had not given it any thought yet but was optimistic about the future.
“No, I haven’t [thought about the future] but something will come up though.”
The news about Lowe’s resignation began to trickle out earlier Tuesday after the end of the year meeting be-tween Lowe and Athletic Director Debbie Yow.
“I had conversation with coach Lowe today that started at noon and lasted about it hour,” Yow said. “It was two people in the room who care about each other and simply disagree about the way in which to get to the next level in the program. He is a good man
and I think a lot of him personally.”However, Yow said the decision was
not an easy one and one that was not decided until Tuesday right before the meeting.
“When I have a very important de-cision to make I turn it over in my mind every way I can, inside out, up-side down and I gather information,” Yow said. “So it is accurate to say the decision was not made until today.”
Lowe had two years remaining on his contract and his buyout is worth $900,000, which Yow made a point to say that he will receive every “penny of it.”
Even with Lowe stepping down, Yow made sure to stress to the for-mer coach that he is always welcome at State and that the former point guard is irreplaceable in the hearts of the Wolfpack.
“One of the things I said to him is I always want him to be apart of the Wolfpack family,” Yow said. “I don’t ever want him to be awkward about being in our world and in our lives. There is no one like him; no one will
ever fill his position in the hearts of people in Wolfpack Nation.”
The former State player attempted to bring the program back to the level it was at when he won a National Cham-pionship during the 1983 season, by bringing in some of the best talent in the nation over the course of his five seasons, but was unable to have that talent translate over onto the court.
Lowe built up high expectations heading into the beginning of this past season with a talented group of freshmen, led by forward C.J. Leslie, and the return of senior forward Tracy Smith, who was named second team All-ACC a year before.
However, an early knee injury to Smith sidelined him for most of the season. From there, the Pack was un-able to ever get back on track finish-ing 15-16 (5-11 in ACC), with its final loss during the first round of the ACC Tournament against Maryland.
“This is my school, I love this school,” Lowe said after the game. “I pored my sweat for four years here and gave it my best. It was my hope and dream to come back here and do something special again.”
Lowe was originally hired in 2006, after former N.C. State coach Herb Sendek bolted to Arizona State. After a very public coaching search led by for-
mer Athletic Director Lee Fowler, which included State being turned down Rick Barnes and John Cali-pari, Lowe finally accepted the job.
In Lowe’s first season, the first time college head coach started off strong, beating Carolina and Duke once each during his first regular season while making a run in the ACC Tournament before losing to Carolina in the championship game.
However, it was downhill from there as Lowe failed to guide any of his five teams to an NCAA Tourna-ment appearance while struggling against the Triangle rivals, going just 1-16 against Duke and Caro-lina the next four seasons.
Lowe made his name coaching at the NBA level, starting as an assis-tant coach for the Minnesota Tim-berwolves from 1991-1993. He also had two heading coaching stints, first with the Timberwolves and later for the Memphis Grizzlies.
He resigned from the head coaching position in the 2002 season and began working as an assistant coach for Flip Saunders until he took the State job in 2006.
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Obama calls Defense of Mar-riage Act into questionObama’s administration has ordered courts to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.See page 5.
Yow looks ahead after Lowe’s resignationAthletics Director says that the search for the next men’s basketball coach has begun. See page 8.
Officials: Pullen Road bridge safe after collision
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After weeks of speculation, Sidney Lowe is out as head coach of the N.C. State men’s basketball team. Lowe finished with an overall record of 86-78, while winning
only 25 of 80 games in ACC play during his five-year tenure.
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CorreCtions & ClarifiCationsIn “Panel addresses Wikileaks’ role in today’s journalism world,” the Technician regrets these errors: FULL DISCLOSURE: Elise Heglar and Alex Sanchez are both members of the Society for Collegiate Journalists. This is a conflict of interest, which violates our Code of Ethics. The Technician regrets the error. Ann Sides, a panelist at the Wikileaks Forum, is a retired Consul General with the State Department and never worked for the University.
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2:57 P.M. | TrAFFic AccidenTColiseum Deck Two non-students were involved in traffic accident. Medical units responded but transport was refused.
3:35 P.M. | ASSiSTAnce Pullen Hall Officers assisted Office of Student Conduct with hearing for student.
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Quote of the day“When I have a very important
decision to make I turn it over in my mind every way I can, inside out, upside down, and I gather information, so it is accurate to say the decision was not made
until today.”Debbie Yow, athletics director
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it doesn’t crack,”. Students were able to make hand-built pottery vases at the event. The Crafts Center, located at the bottom floor of Thompson Hall, offers a variety of classes and workshops available to students.
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NewsThe Society of Collegiate Journalists sponsored a movie screening in Caldwell Hall last night to conclude its Sunshine Week activities.
Shivalik DagaStaff Writer
The documentary The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers details the events lead-ing up to the publication of the Pentagon Papers in the New York Times.
The papers were leaked by Daniel Ells-berg, a defense analyst who worked at the RAND Corporation in California and later for the U.S. Government during the Viet-nam War.
The papers were instrumental in end-ing the Vietnam War and ultimately led to Watergate and the resignation of President Nixon.
May Chung, president of the N.C. State chapter of the Society of Collegiate Jour-nalists and senior in English, said that this event was a way to promote awareness about the freedom of speech in the country.
“We wanted to promote the fact that people should have access to such privi-leged information, and also promote the freedom of speech and press,” Chung said. “It is an inspiring story about Ellsberg and the movie screening was just a great outlet for people to learn about him.”
“Sunshine Week is a good time to make citizens aware of what the government does
secretly and to hold them accountable,” Chung said, “This is relevant to events that are happening in the world right now, as for example in Egypt.”
Tom Wallis, an English professor, gave an introduction to the screening and reiter-ated the importance of dissemination of information to the public.
“It is a privilege to be a part of Sunshine Week and to be in-troducing this docu-mentary to all of you here,” Wallis said. “El lsberg worked for the Pentagon and was so dedi-cated to American foreign policy that he worked as a volun-teer in Vietnam. But when he realized that the government was hiding such vital in-formation from the public, he decided to speak up. He released these top secret documents to the media and risked a life in prison for what he be-lieved was the right thing to do. Ellsberg is a role model for all those who believe in Sunshine Week.”
The screening attracted many of stu-dents from the scholars program, as it also counted towards their program.
Sophie Austin, a freshman in biology, had not heard of Sunshine Week before, but came back with a positive opinion from
the screening. “I liked the movie very much, and I agree
that such information should indeed be made public,” Austin said, “The govern-ment has to be more responsible and should be held accountable to the people.”
For Dylan Cawthorne, freshman in en-vironmental engineering, this was an eye-opener about the political system in the
country. “I definitely liked
the movie. More than anything else, it has made me lose faith in the federal government,” Caw-thorne said. “It made me realize that how political perspectives were common across parties at that time, as different presi-dents from differ-ent parties indulged in the same kind of activities. It made
me understand how the political system worked back then, and probably is still working even today.”
Both the documentary that was screened last night and the movie, starring James Spader as Daniel Ellsberg, are available online on Netflix.
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and the truck driver has been charged with a traffic violation.
The wreckage is fully cleared and the bridge and Western Blvd. are reopened after an inspection by the N.C. De-partment of Transportation determined it was “capable of handling traffic,” according to a press release.
Before reopening, the dam-age was visually assessed to determine any damage. The
visual inspection did not show any areas of cracking, including the steel deck and beam anchor bolts, according to Dan Hold-erman, the State Bridge Man-agement Engineer.
If cracks are found, NC-DOT uses dye penetrant to deter-mine the extent of the crack-ing. The same process is used for all highway bridges in N.C.
“The accident at Pullen Road did not cause major damage, so we would not expect any dam-age that could not be visually seen,” Holderman said.
Holderman also said that N.C. averages a couple of these
type bridge damages a month. “The vast majority are caused
by equipment that is loaded after the height of the equip-ment is not measured, or the hydraulics of the equipment tend to raise the equipment’s booms if they are not properly tied down,” Holderman said.
The Wolfline buses were not running when the accident oc-curred. In addition, according to an official map of Wolfline bus routes, no Wolfline buses travel on or under the Pullen Road overpass.
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WKNC at 8 p.m., but students are invited to attend.
Candidates will first be given a chance to introduce them-selves, and student questions will immediately follow.
Verceles-Zara said he has been keeping up with Univer-sity news and events in order to prepare for the debate.
“I don’t really know what kind of questions they are go-ing to ask at the debate, but I
am assuming they are going to ask me questions based on my platform. I definitely need to know my platform very well,” Verceles-Zara said.
Thompson said she is prepar-ing in a way similar to Verceles-Zara. She has been keeping up with campus restructuring in particular.
“I am very motivated in the University already to keep myself informed on what’s going on. Especially with the restructuring announcement made yesterday, I am making sure I understand what possible
changes might be happening at the University,” Thompson said.
Hook participated in the Presidential debate last year. She said the debate was inter-esting, but that questions could have been focused more heavily on aspects of student life.
“I think [the debate] revealed who had been previously in-volved in the University and who was passionate. The ques-tions could have been more relevant on student life rather than on University policy,” Hook said.
lee daniello/TechnicianLaura Wilkinson, a junior in international studies, smiles as she is appointed to the position of Editor in Chief of Technician. Wilkinson’s appointment, as well as the those of all other candidates appointed last night, was met with no opposition from the board.
Documentary screening sheds light on Sunshine Week
jordan moore/TechnicianProfessor Tom Wallis gives an introduction to the film “The Most Dangerous Man In America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers” in Caldwell Hall Tuesday. The movie documented Ellsberg and his leaking of top secret papers during the Vietnam war.
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“Sunshine Week is a
good time to make
citizens aware of what
the government does
secretly and to hold
them accountable.”May Chung, president of the N.C. State
chapter of the Society of Collegiate Journalists
The Student Media Board of Directors met in a special session last night to officially appoint the top positions for five of the seven student-run media.
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It saddens me when I hear about people who live in a society where
books are censored or banned. Earlier this year I struggled with the re-re-lease of The Tales of Huck-
leberry Finn after Alan Gribben changed the “n-word” t o s l ave , but it was even more distress-ing when I heard that books were
banned in Tunisia and Egypt. The ban is finally off and a book sale is set to happen in Tahrir Square at the end of March. This is a major milestone in the tran-sition from dictatorships in these countries, and should remind us of our own ba-sic political freedoms as we celebrate their freedom with them.
It is nearly impossible for young adults from the United States to understand what it means to not have access to books. We have never truly had to hide our books away for fear of polit-ical prosecution; or worse, experience getting caught reading with a flashlight at night or hiding a book in our desk during class. We cannot imagine going into a Borders or a Barnes and Noble and seeing only gov-ernment-approved books and magazines, and I know
we wouldn’t want to.Many of thae books that were
previously banned or criti-cized in the United States are now glorified. The American Library Association sponsors Banned Book week in the last week of September and this year the NCSU Libraries and the Society for Collegiate Jour-nalists rounded up students and admin-istrators to read excerpts from some of them. Chan-cellor Wood-son read a pa r t f rom The Grapes of Wrath by John Stein-b e c k , a nd Coach Elliott Avent read Gone with the Wind. Many of these books are also assigned reading in high school meant to make us think, as well as to reflect on a time when the ideas were contrary to thinking in society. Tunisia and Egypt can now experience a renais-sance in ideas and thinking.
As free citizens, we can relate to the Egyptian and Tunisian citizens that the ideas and sto-ries from decades ago are now free to flow in these countries. Books are an accessible way of spreading knowledge and ideas, and setting the tone of society. According to Time, La Regente de Carthage by Nicolas Beau and Catherine Graciet, a book which outlined the cor-ruption of now former Tuni-sian first lady Leila Ben Ali’s family, was promptly banned
there when it was published in 2009. Since the outing of the regimes, the book and many others are now reap-pearing in bookstores in Egypt and Tunisia for sale, which can help these societ-ies reestablish their identity. Thomas Jefferson, known for his love of books, said, “My reading of history con-
vinces me that most bad gov-ernment results from too much gov-ernment.” From our early days as a coun-t r y w e believed
this. Freedom of the press is guaranteed in the First Amendment, and has pro-tected our right to freely write and disseminate in-formation from the govern-ment since the Bill of Rights was ratified in 1791. This freedom is now a reality for Tunisia and Egypt. These countries can start enjoy-ing again the freedom that reading and writing give a society.
Send Amanda your thoughts on banned books to [email protected].
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{ }OUR VIEW
Chancellor Woodson’s much-anticipated an-nouncement of how
N.C. State would face the on-going budget nightmare yes-terday put the ball in the de-partment heads’ court, for them to decide their own fate. Woodson’s plan of relocating “resources already at the Uni-versity’s disposal” will prevent specific budget cuts to depart-ments, but rather allow depart-ment heads to suggest calcu-lated actions for dealing with the cuts. Such power should be taken advantage of and should not fall short merely because it’s more work.
The most frightening course of action Woodson has sug-gested throughout this entire budget situation has been the consolidation and/or elimina-
tion of majors and programs. However, according to yester-day’s announcement, noth-ing was said about such a bold move. Only that individual de-partments are given the power to suggest how they want to face the issue.
Department heads have been given an opportunity to decide what they want to consolidate and merge, rather than have some bigwig telling them what they must do. They should rec-ognize this ability and utilize the valuable opportunity.
This newfound ability given to you, department heads, al-lows you to reevaluate your individual programs and how
valuable the degrees and class-es are in order to make the dif-ficult judgment calls regarding the way you will handle these budget cuts. By assessing the effectiveness of your programs and saving valuable ones, you are preserving resources for your students. This directly helps them, which is what your job is first and foremost.
While this process will be cumbersome and will put more work on you, the resulting out-come will change the lives of your students. Concerns have been plaguing campus since the talk of budget cuts, and you now have the ability to calm them, regardless of the amount
of work. This new budget anticipa-
tion should not be met with the same neglect the chancel-lor used toward students, but rather open communication with students. During this dif-ficult process of decision-mak-ing, department heads should attempt to make choices in favor of the students. This is achieved through full support from your respective students, which comes from communi-cating with them.
By keeping students in the loop and gaining their support, department heads are able to control their prospective cuts and gauge them in their favor.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the
responsibility of the editor-in-chief.
Department heads can win the budget cut game THE FACTS:Yesterday Chancellor Woodson announced his realignment plans for the University. Woodson announced there would not be specific cuts to the budget, but rather department heads would be able to strategically relocate their resources to face the budget cuts and refresh their programs.
OUR OPINION:Woodson has given department heads the power to suggest ways for N.C. State to rethink its programs and offerings. These department heads should embrace this power and make the best of the opportunity to make suggestions to the chancellor.
Banned books welcomed again
Prepare to make friends with mobility
You can lead them to water, but you can’t lead them to think.
Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering
BY BRETT MORRIS
How involved do you think department
heads should be in the reorganization of the
University?
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
“I trust the department heads to do a good job, but they need to be accountable to the chancellor if he wants his overall plan to be achieved.”
Joseph Arthurjunior, computer science
“I feel that students should be involved in the process, too, because I feel like we don’t really know every department head and what decisions they will make.”
Crystal Tsangsophomore, accounting
“It’ll give more insight into what departments need, but I think there should be some sort of system of checks and balances.”
Wesley Templetonsophomore, aerospace engineering
Yahoo.com’s tech page recently reported that 50 million tablet com-
puters, the vast majority being Apple’s iPad, are estimated to be shipped in 2011. Combine these numbers with those on
t he e ve r- e x-panding smart phone market and it becomes
increasingly clear that a trend is developing in technology. More and more people are turning to mobile devices for their porta-bility and ease of use. Instead of shunning this new wave of portable technology, it’s criti-cal that students embrace it so they do not fall into the trap so many of the older generations fe l l v ic t i m to—the trap o f w i l l f u l ignorance le ad i ng to an inability to function i n modern times.
Perhaps you can recall your parents’ initial feelings about personal computers. Many people of our parents’ age were intimidated by computers or so uninterested they either never learned how to properly oper-ate one or are still bordering on clueless. This sort of reaction by the established generation was one that was to be expected to a certain degree. Learning a new technology with nothing to base your knowledge upon is a difficult process, especially as an adult.
When learning something completely new, it requires a certain amount of unlearning old information. As a member of a generation that was raised on computers, it’s critical that we meet the new technology as it becomes available and not fall into the trap of ignorance many of the previous genera-tions still suffer from today.
Looking at the members of our parents’ generation most profoundly affected by the great recession, the specific group that cannot be ignored is former skilled manufacturers. So many of these people earned an honest wage for years before seeing their jobs eliminated or shipped overseas and are now seemingly without hope be-cause of their lack of any sort
of computer skills—skills that are required in most careers capable of generating a middle class income in the modern economy. It is critical that we learn from their mistakes.
With the rise of mobile de-vices like smart phones and tablet computers, people in their early 20s are witnessing the first great shift in comput-ing technology in their life-times. Rather than relying on a mouse and keyboard, these new devices call for users to familiarize themselves with touch-screen interfaces and ex-ecuting specific tasks through a variety of specialized mobile
applications.The tech-
n o l o g y i s expanding rapidly with over 100,000 download-able applica-t ion s now available in t h e A p p l e iTunes store. Some people have brushed
off the concept of something like an iPad, saying it will never catch on and compar-ing its name to a feminine hy-giene product. As funny as the name might be, the technology is here to stay and now would be a good time to start making peace with it.
Rather than naysaying mo-bile computers as so many of our parents did personal com-puters, it’s critical that our generation learn their intrica-cies so we do not fall behind. This is not to say that buying a brand-new iPad 2.0 is going to land you an awesome job in the city of your choice, but per-haps a day will come when such knowledge will help to make it a possibility. It’s possible that smart phones and iPads could very well be replaced by some-thing better and brighter in the near future. But if the past gen-eration has taught us anything, it’s that we should not simply assume this new wave to sim-ply be a passing fad, or we too might fall into the trap.
Send Nick your thoughts on technology to [email protected].
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Alex Winston’s new album, Sister Wife, is characterized by Winston’s fresh pop sound, clever lyrics and unbeatable hooks that you’ll be humming after the first listen.
In 2009, she released Base-ment Covers, an album featur-ing covers of Mumford & Sons, The Rolling Stones and three others.
It was literally recorded in her basement with Winston playing every instrument, and caused record labels to start paying attention.
Her latest, Sister Wife, at just over 21 minutes long, is a perfect primer in Winston’s unique style that has her poised to become an indie darling.
The 23-year-old Detroit na-tive and classically trained opera singer wrote all of the album’s songs, in addition to playing all of the instruments on the recordings.
Most of Winston’s songs stay in her signature high-pitched, almost girlish tone.
Her Joanna Newsome-esque sound may seem like it could be unappealing to some, but she does it all so well that it’s incredibly charming and highly addic-tive.
“Locomo-tive” starts off the album with a driv-ing beat and Winston’s characteristic undeniable hook that gets in your head a n d s t a y s there. It features a slight twinge of electro-pop while still avoid-ing an over-produced sound.
Next, the title track, “Sister Wife,” is an irresistibly catchy song and a twist from the usual “love gone wrong” theme of many songs.
Her play on the term “sister wife” is easily understood by the listener and is like a cul-tural time capsule of Ameri-ca’s current fascination with those Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints guys who have a bunch of wives.
She hilariously declares with gumption, “Hey there, Sister Wife / Get the Hell out, it’s my night / You don’t know the way to his heart like I do.” The song shines as one of Winston’s best.
“Sweet James” is reminiscent
of She & Him’s 60s girl group-influenced love songs.
It’s a bouncy tune similar to Zooey Deschanel’s cheery, clever songwriting.
“Sweet James” is a modern cousin to the Motown-style tunes about innocent affection between girl and boy, complete with Winston’s endearing “ooh oohs” and loving declarations that this James fellow is “nice as nice can be” and “true blue.”
The one blunder of the album is “Don’t Care About Any-thing.” It seems to be meant as an emotional, stripped-down change of pace from the rest of the album.
However, the track mostly c om e s o f f as strangely saccharine wailing until the relief of a somewhat re-deeming cho-rus and violin solo.
“Choice Notes” is the album’s sec-ond s i ng le and is upbeat w it h g reat
production that isn’t too over-the-top.
Its fresh sound and happy beat has helped the track get grabbed up for some commer-cials in the UK, where Winston already has a dedicated follow-ing.
Sister Wife is a strong release full of charm, originality and authentic talent.
From the strong songwriting and the fact that she plays ev-ery instrument on the album herself, Winston has quickly proven that she is a talent to look out for.
It is obvious that as she heads this week to perform at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival in the music mecca of Austin, Sister Wife is only the beginning for Alex Winston.
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Obama’s administration has ordered courts to stop defending the Defense of Marriage Act.
Elizabeth AyscueStaff Writer
After the historic repeal of the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell pol-icy, President Obama is mak-ing history again by calling into question the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act.
Throughout his campaign, Obama said he supported civil unions but not marriage for ho-mosexual couples.
But now, according to CNN, Obama has ordered the Justice Department to stop defending the constitutionality of the De-fense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as being be-tween a man and a woman.
The Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, was enacted in 1996 during Bill Clinton’s admin-istration. It not only defines marriage as being strictly het-erosexual, but it also says that states do not have to recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
After DOMA became law, many states, including NC, came up with their own laws that reinforced it—that they would not recognize same-sex marriages from other states.
“It gave the government a way out and gave the ‘ownness’ back to the states as far as what they wanted to recognize from other states,” Justine Hollingshead, director of the GLBT Center, said.
Obama has cited “a docu-mented history of discrimina-tion” for his position on the law, according to Attorney General Eric Holder.
Hollingshead said Obama’s statement is a good start for equal rights of the GLBT com-munity.
“It’s still a law, but they are not going to actively defend it anymore,” Hollingshead said.
She also said it means the government is taking steps to stop being actively discrimi-natory.
“When you force someone who is an attorney or a judge to put aside their personal beliefs, and make them look at the law itself, they can’t defend it any-more because it violates the ba-sic rights,” Hollingshead said. “When you look at DOMA and the Constitution, they are in direct violation of each other.”
This new development calls into question a bill in North Carolina, Senate Bill 106, or “the anti-gay amend-me nt ” a s opponents refer to it.
The bi l l would amend the state consti-tution to de-fine marriage as being between a man and a woman, which is a much bigger step from sim-ply having a law that states the same thing.
“You would normally amend a constitution to grant rights, not to take away rights,” Hol-lingshead said.
Not only would the bill pre-vent same-sex marriage, but it would also bar same-sex couples from civil unions or domestic partnerships, while also taking away benefits like health insurance to same-sex couples and unmarried hetero-
sexual couples.“As a society we are moving
away from the traditional defi-nition of marriage. It’s a civil contract between two people. So whether it’s between two men or two women or a man and a woman, it’s a civil con-tract,” Hollingshead said.
She added that people tend to not understand that being married legally grants couples many rights and privileges, in-cluding tax breaks and health insurance.
“People don’t realize that with getting married as a het-erosexual couple, it comes with over 1,000 rights … from in-heritance and health care, to protections if you get hurt or sick,” Hollingshead said.
This bill, as well as DOMA, f o r c e s t h e GLBT students of the Univer-sity to think about t he i r futures many years before they plan to e ve n t h i n k about ma r-riage.
“Heterosex-ual students
don’t think about it because they can get married if they want to,” Hollingshead said.
Many students support Obama’s claim that DOMA is unconstitutional and believe questioning it is a step toward equality.
“I think it’s about time. With the repeal of DADT, that was the next thing to go. It shouldn’t have lasted as long as it did,” Allison Smiddy, a junior in archeology, said.
Megan McLaurin, a fresh-man in animal science, said the act should have never been
in place to begin with.“We shouldn’t have had
the discrimination to start with,” McLaurin said.
The students also believe this action will have a huge impact on the GLBT com-munity in both the U.S. and the University.
“We are the next genera-tion. We are the younger people, which means we get to set the tone to how younger generations be-low us react to this,” Derek Haynes, a junior in plant biology, said.
“Hopefully it will lead to a change to people’s opinions. We’ve seen people become a lot more open-minded. Maybe as leaders change their opinions, others will too,” McLaurin added.
Hollingshead said that part of the GLBT Center is to educate the commu-nity and advocate for equal rights in the community. And because this situation is an issue for the GLBT community, it presents op-portunities for dialogue between groups.
“For us, it means educat-ing people and advocating for the rights of all people,” Hollingshead said. “In an institution of higher learn-ing, we are challenging people’s ideas.”
Overall, students hope that their rights won’t be taken away and that justice will be served.
“We are no different from any other community,” Haynes said. “We are the same and we deserve the same rights as everybody.”
Obama calls Defense of Marriage Act into question
Alex Winston album delivers catchy sound
alex sanchez/technician file photoKenny Hertling, a freshman in political science, helps Alicia Moreira, a junior in English and philosophy, with her purple ally band at the GLBT rally in the Brickyard Oct. 20. “My older sister is a lesbian and works on campus and I love her to death and will support her every step of the way,” Hertling said.
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“It honestly helps when you know where you can miss your shots”, Day said. “It allows you to be more comfortable every shot. Obviously it’s a big advan-tage, and that’s why every team wants to host their own tournament.”
Assistant coach Chip Watson noted that he could tell that some of the team’s
players struggled because they had only seen the course once before tournament play. Wat-son is in his third season as as-sistant coach to Richard Sykes.
“We had only played one practice round and the grass was different than what it’s like up in North Carolina,” Watson said. “They took advantage of their home course advantage.”
Watson continued by saying that mental preparation would be key as State resumes play this Friday. The Chris Schenkel E-Z-Go Invitational will take place in Statesboro, GA on Fri-
day, Saturday, and Sunday. “We’re a little disappointed
because we were the top-ranked team coming in, but the teams that beat us are ranked 31st and 33rd in the coun-try,” Watson said. “Everyone’s game is there, we just have to be mentally prepared going down there. It’s not the end of the world.”
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with a one out single and then advanced to second after ju-nior captain Andrew Ciencen, drew a walk. They both came around to score on Riggins’ double making the score 5-2 after six innings.
Minus Riggins’ two run double the offense was silenced until the 8th inning. Junior outfielder Brett Williams led the inning off with a single to left and Diaz followed with a walk. With runners at first and second, Kevin Hughes came in the game for Buffalo in relief of starter Cory Folk and surren-dered an RBI single to Ciencen to make the score 5-3.
After another walk loaded the bases, Riggins hit a shot to centerfield for a grand slam and
his first homerun of the year. Riggins’ grand slam put the pack up for good as Overman came back out in the 9th to give State the 7-5 victory.
Coming off a 2010 campaign where he hit .331 with 12 hom-ers and 44 runs batted in, Rig-gins has gotten off to a relative-ly slow start this season. The Harold Riggins of old showed up on Tuesday. His six RBI’s was more than the five he had collected the entire season and the Pack will look him to con-tinue swing a hot stick.
“The last couple days or so I’ve been going through some mechanical changes,” Riggins said. “I tried not to let that bother me at all. I just tried to relax, tried to square the ball up, and hit it hard.”
It’s been an up and down season for the Pack and they will look to build on the come
from behind victory over Buf-falo moving forward. State has proven it is a team that can put runs on the board and it has also proven it can rely on pitch-ing and defense, which has car-ried the load this year. What it hasn’t proven is the ability to play consistently day in and day out.
Coach Avent made some adjustments to the lineup yes-terday, most notably inserting Diaz into the leadoff spot, but his team is still looking to put all the pieces together.
“This is a good hitting ball club,” Coach Avent said. “We need to be who we are and start believing in ourselves.”
The Pack returns to Doak Field at Dail Park against George Mason today at 3 p.m.
have a right to their opinion.”It was also announced that
for the time being, associate head coach Monte Towe will take over the team until a new coach is found and hired. The former State point guard said that for now the main prior-ity will be the players, keeping them focused and continuing to develop their talents and abilities.
“This has not been a fun day for the coaches or the players,
but the reality of the business is that we have to get a team ready for next year,” Towe said. “These guys have classes to attend and the spring is a big time impartially for improving individually. So we have a lot of work to do.”
Towe also felt that all of the players who have the ability to return will return for next season even without the coach who recruited them to come and play in Raleigh.
“I have that feeling,” Towe said. “I know they have a lot of love for coach Lowe and all the coaches on the staff. But they also love North Carolina State
University.”With many fans and play-
ers left with uncertainty about what is next for the basketball program, Yow seems to be the exact opposite as the Athletic Director seemed to be brim-ming with confidence about the next era of Wolfpack hoops.
“I have confidence in NC State and what we have to of-fer” Yow said. “Maybe it’s a different job than it was five years ago, but I am confident in where we are today, what we have to offer and there is some-one out there who will gravitate toward the job.”
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amanda karst/technician archive photoAdam Hogue eyes the ball’s location in relation to the hole during the Wolfpack Intercollegiate Invitational at Lonnie Poole Golf Course on April 10. 2010. Hogue finished second.
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COUNTDOWN• 31 of days until the Kay Yow Spring Football Game.
INSIDE• Page 7: A continuation on the baseball
recapSportsTechnicianPage 8 • wednesday, march 16, 2011
Barr awarded EAGL specialist of the weekN.C. State junior gymnast Brooke Barr was honored on Tuesday with the conference specialist of the week for her efforts last week in a loss against No. 19 Minnesota. Barr found her way to the podium for the third time this season, and with her 9.9 in the floor excercise, she placed in first for the first time this season. Barr’s award marks the third time in three weeks that a Wolfpack gymnast was given the honor of specialist of the week.
Source: N.c. State athleticS
Hill finishes 9th at NationalsSophomore Ryan Hill finished in ninth place in the 3,000 meters at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships at Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium in College Station, Texas. Hill earned second-team All-America honors for his performance, which was nearly 16 seconds behind his best finish this year in the event. Hill’s teammate, junior T.J. Graham, also took home second-team All-America honors following his eleventh place finish in the 60-meter dash.
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men’s basketball
Yow looks ahead after Lowe’s resignationAthletics Director says that the search for the next men’s basketball coach has begun.
Taylor BarbourSports Editor
With the Lowe resigna-tion officially announced, Athletics Director Debbie Yow immediately turned her focus to the hiring of N.C. State’s next men’s basketball coach, talking it over during a press confer-ence with the media Tues-day night.
“The hiring process itself will begin tomorrow,” Yow said. “The first order of business is to select a search firm and we will probably do that tomorrow or the day following. I am already fa-miliar with the search firms that are available and that have excellent reputations.” Working alongside the search firm will be a hiring committee headed by Yow herself. The committee will be a four-person com-mittee, not counting Yow, made up of two senior staff members from the Athletic Department and two others that work within the Uni-versity.
After both the search firm and hiring committee have been selected, both groups will begin to talk to coach-
es. However, Yow noted that most coaches that are on her radar are still currently coach-ing in the NCAA Tournament and will be off limits until their teams are eliminated from the tournament. Therefore, Yow stressed patience from fans during this process.
“The concept of chang-ing coaching staffs quickly is unrealistic,” Yow said “There will be an element of patience required here and I know this will be challenging on our fans, but to do this and do it right, it has to be that way. When those people are available to talk and as soon as they are available to talk, we will be visiting with them.”
During the conference Yow never mentioned any specific candidates, however she did say that her list of possible candi-dates was a very small one.
“It is not very long. It is single digits,” Yow said. “And I antici-pate trying like crazy to get one of those on the short list that I have.”
Even though Yow did not mention any specific coaches that she had on her list, she did list many traits that see is look-ing for to take over the reins for the Pack.
“The ideal candidate would be a person who is a career col-lege coach, who has been highly successful, multiple trips to the NCAA Tournament and a per-son who has built a program and I think the things I would
say past that you could say,” Yow said.
But no matter the traits of the next coach, Yow has very specific goals in mind for what the next coach will need to ac-complish and that starts with winning inside the conference.
“The first goal is to be com-petitive in the ACC,” Yow said. “And if you competitive in the ACC it follows that you will be in the NCAA Tournament and it also follows that if we are competitive in the ACC there is a higher likelihood we will be
more competitive with UNC and Duke over time.”
With that, Yow emphasized that money will not be a factor as she expects the search to be very competitive in terms of the salary for the next coach.
“We are going to be competi-tive nationally in compensa-tion, in staffing and in every way you can think of,” Yow said. “We will be competitive.”
Yow also made sure to dis-credit what many national writers and publications have written about the N.C. State
job, describing it as one of the nation’s best worst jobs due to the raucous fan base.
“Our fan base is our foun-dation, they are one of our greatest strength,” Yow said. “20,000 strong in the Wolfpack Club, what do we want, 20,000 strong or apathy? I’m just go-ing to take the 20,000 any day. They don’t always agree with everything I do, I’ve found them to be respectful even when they disagree and they
alex SaNchez/techNiciaNathletics Director Debbie Yow fields questions from reporters at a press conference in Vaughn towers tuesday about coach sidney lowe’s resignation and her plans for finding a replacement.
baseball men’s golf
State rebounds to finish
strong in Orlando
Choi, Day, and Detweiler pace Pack to 3rd place finish after rough start
Sean FairholmStaff Writer
Following a disappointing first round, No. 20 N.C. State rebounded to clinch a three- under finish at the 18-team Rio Pinar Invitational on Monday and Tuesday in Orlando. The three round tournament was won by the University of Cen-tral Florida, which hosted the event.
The main themes of the tournament were a lack of comfor t with the golf course as well as inconsis-tency f rom t h e Wo l f -pack. Stand-out freshman Albin Choi struggled the first two rounds before shooting a six-under 66 in the final round to grab a ninth place individual fin-ish. Raleigh native Chad Day, a junior, posted a +1 total and senior Brandon Detweiler came in just behind Day with a +2 finish after stumbling down the stretch with a 77 on Tuesday.
“None of us really played a solid three round tournament,” Detweiler said. “A couple of us had a good round here or there, but overall it was disap-pointing. We were the high-est ranked team there and I thought we were the best team there. We didn’t prove that.”
Echoing the sentiments of the Akron, PA native, Day agreed that State’s potential is much higher than what they dis-played in Orlando.
“We can definitely improve on this finish if we can make a few more putts,” Day said. “I don’t think any of us putted well and from what I under-stand the greens this weekend will be very similar. I think playing down here gave us a little heads up for what is com-ing this weekend.”
Checking in 20 shots be-hind the Golden Knights and
15 shots be-hind Liberty University, the Pack left R io P i n a r Country Club know-ing that they were never in contention to win after fa l l ing too
far behind in the first round. However, several of the players said that self-described poor play and inconsistency wasn’t the only factor involved in how the tournament shook out.
“UCF had a big advantage with local knowledge that only comes from playing the course a lot,” Detweiler said. “The grass is a different grass than you’ll see just about any-where else.”
Add ing to Det wei ler’s thoughts, Day said that he was not as comfortable out in the unfamiliar conditions of Cen-tral Florida’s home course.
“It honestly helps
when you know
where you can
miss your shots.”Chad Day, junior golfer
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fadi deeb/techNiciaN file photoHarold Riggins, a junior in sports management, tags out a player at the state vs. Penn state game on Doak field at state campus on march 4th. During the eighth inning, Riggins completed picking off the runner at first, but state lost this first of three-game series at Doak field.
Pack rallies back against BullsRiggins 6 RBI day lifts State to a 7-5 victory over Buffalo
Jeff Gonza Correspondent
Highlighted by junior in-fielder Harold Riggins’ huge day, the Wolfpack came back to beat Buffalo (2-10) by a score of 7-5 Tuesday afternoon at Doak Field at Dail Park. State overcame a 5-0 deficit in the fifth to improve their record to 9-7 on the year.
Riggins drove in six runs on a 2-2 day that included a double off the wall and an 8th inning grand slam that put the Wolfpack on top for good. Sophomore pitcher Chris Overman also
provided a boost for State out of the bullpen, pitching the fi-nal 4 2/3 innings to improve his record to 3-0 on the year. Overman allowed only one run on one hit, which was to the first batter he faced.
Buffalo got on the board first in the top of the third inning after starting pitcher, sopho-more Josh Easley, ran into some trouble. Easley retired the first seven Buffalos in order, then allowed a one out single to An-drew Smietana. He retired the next batter, then allowed a two out walk and hit the next batter to load the bases. The next bat-ter hit double that cleared the bases and put Buffalo up 3-0.
Easley found himself in an-other jam in the fourth allow-ing three consecutive singles to load the bases for the second inning in a row. He worked
his way out trouble, striking out Jason Kanzler and in-ducing Matt Pollock into an inning ending groundout.
Easley went back to work in the 5th but was replaced by Overman after allow-ing a one out hit to Alex Baldock. The first batter Overman faced hit a 0-2 pitch over the left field fence for a two run homerun and stretched the Buffalo lead to 5-0. This was the only hit Overman allowed on the day.
St ate f i na l ly broke through in the 6th on a two out, two run double by junior infielder Harold Rig-gins. Sophomore infielder Chris Diaz extended his hit streak to nine games
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TodayBaseBall vs. GeorGe MasonDoak Field, 3 p.m.
softBall at elonElon, N.C., 5 p.m.
ThursdayWrestlinG at nCaa ChaMpionshipsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day
WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMpionshipsAustin, Tx., all day
FridayWrestlinG at nCaa ChaMpionshipsPhiladelphia, Pa., all day
Men’s Golf at Chris sChenkel e-Z-Go invitationalStatesboro, Ga., all day
WoMen’s sWiMMinG & divinG at nCaa ChaMpionshipsAustin, Tx., all day
Men’s tennis vs. UnCPullen Park, 3 p.m.
BaseBall at GeorGia teChAtlanta, Ga., 7 p.m.
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Quote of the day“The hiring
process itself will begin
tomorrow.”Debbie Yow,
athletics director
