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A fashion show hosted by Cotton Inc. utilized designs by students, both beginner and experienced.

Jessie HalpernStaff Writer

The third annual Cotton Cou-ture fashion show showcased vari-ous students’ creativity and point of view in fashion.

As students from the Apex Saxophone Quartet welcomed in guests, the seats of RBC Center’s Fletcher Opera Theater filled up with audience members. Includ-ed amongst the crowd was a large group of design students, who sat together in the back waiting to see their designs walk across the stage.

Cotton Couture, a fashion show in its third year, offers students a forum to display their designs for audiences. While participating students are free to design pieces of any style, their only restraint is the material, which must be at least 60 percent cotton.

Among the group of fashion and textile students seated together was beginning designer Saman-tha Burdett. A sophomore in the University’s new fashion textiles design program, she was excited to participate in a fashion show with a unique twist.

“I think I learned a lot from this. I felt it a little bit challenging be-cause I’m not used to looking at the cotton percentage of fabric and having to manipulate the fabric to get the desired color and texture I want, but it was really fun,” Bur-dett said.

The show organized itself by level of designer, beginning with

undergraduate beginners and mov-ing upwards through intermediate designers to advanced designers, both at the undergraduate and graduate

levels. Among the many designers present

The Physical and Environmental Planning Committee discussed plans to improve campus bike safety.

Mikala HolmgreenStaff Writer

Two committees presented their proposals for improving our campus for students and faculty at the Physical Environment Committee.

The Parking and Transportation Committee proposed their Bicycle and Pedestrian plan. The goals of this plan include engaging campus com-munity, increasing safety for bicyclists and pedestrians, as well as improving campus green space environment and identifying important opportunities for improvement.

Proposed improvements for bicy-clists included widening bike lanes, building bike stations throughout

campus, increasing bike parking and lowering curbs on sidewalks. Bike lanes have recently been installed on Hillsborough Street, but members of the committee felt they have not been used because they are too narrow and are not safe.

“I’m terrified of the bike lanes on Hillsborough street,” Hayden Brislin, sophomore in plant biology, said. “Ei-ther I hit a parked car on my right, or I get hit by a moving car on my left. There’s simply not enough space.”

Members of the Physical Environ-ment Committee debated petitioning for the removal of paid parking along Hillsborough Street in order to widen the bike lanes, but fear the opposition of faculty and students.

Another solution for University bik-ers is to build “cycle tracks” - a track for bikes slightly elevated above the road but below the sidewalk - between

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tyler adnrews/technicianTransportation planner Allison Carpenter presents on the proposed “Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan” at a Physical Environment meeting in Winslow Hall on Thursday, Dec. 1. The plan would benefit bicyclist and pedestrians of the N.C. State community by offering amenities like safer bicycle lanes and improved crosswalks.

Sports author debuts book to student bodyThe official ground breaking

ceremony for the Centennial housing project was held yesterday morning.

Elise HeglarNews Editor

Though the ground has technically been broken for some time now, the official groundbreaking ceremony for the Centennial Campus housing proj-ect was held yesterday.

The project has been discussed for about four years but no official work had been done until this year. The project, called Entrepreneurs Village, will include housing for 1,200 students as well as more dining options and a bookstore on Centennial Campus.

The new buildings will be directly across from Hunt Library on Centen-nial Oval.

“We’re very excited about the scope for this project, especially when you combine it with Hunt Library,” Chan-cellor Randy Woodson said.

The dining operation alone cost $9 million, according to Tim Luckadoo, associate vice chancellor for Student Affairs.

“This is a day we have been waiting on for four years,” Luckadoo said.

When the original plans for Cen-tennial Campus were created in the 1980s, there were no plans at all for any housing or dining options. As the student body grew, this changed and plans were made to add both options to the campus.

Woodson said he hopes the project will bring a sense of community to Centennial. This is the first housing project to take place on Centennial.

“This really completes the circle of getting campus to be a living and

learning community. To organize a campus community you need to have residents to complete the community,” Woodson said.

Woodson, who recently moved to a new house on Centennial Campus, commented that he is excited to have students living in his vicinity once again.

“As a recent resident of Centennial Campus, I’m excited to have 1,200 new neighbors. Sort of,” Woodson said.

Thomas Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, commented that Woodson should be proud to call Uni-

versity students his neighbors.“From my point of view, you

couldn’t find better neighbors than N.C. State students,” Stafford said.

“Usually when you go to a ground-breaking, you’re the first people to break the ground. I guess another way to say that would be that I’ve never been to a groundbreaking where so much ground has already been bro-ken,” Stafford said.

Various people have been involved in the process, including some stu-dents. According to Lindsay Skully, president of the Inter-Residence

Council, students have been in-volved in a lot of the processes of the project.

“There have been a lot of stu-dents engaged in this process. It’s really important that we include students so that we can meet the needs of students,” Skully said.

Skully has been involved with some of the interior design ele-ments of the project, such as choos-ing paint colors and assisting with

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The Campus Bookstore is hosting a meet and greet for author Bethany Bradsher who wrote a book about the Dixie Classic.

Zach GreenStaff Writer

The Bookstore will be hosting a book signing on Friday afternoon to promote Bethany Bradsher’s new novel, The Classic: How Everett Case and His Tournament Brought Big-Time Basketball to the South.

Bradsher is the author of several sports history books, including the biography of ECU baseball coach Keith LeClair and former Cincinnati player and Dixie Classic veteran Oscar Roberson.

She will be signing copies of her book, which will be on sale at the bookstore.

“I recommend it to any N.C. State fan,” Ben Van Ooyen, online ordering manager for the Bookstore, said.

According to Van Ooyen, the Cam-pus Bookstore decided to host the event because the book is about the Dixie Classic, an integral part of the University’s history. The Classic was held at Reynolds Coliseum annually from 1949 to 1960, until the dissolu-tion of the tournament due to a point-shaving scandal in 1961. N.C. State won the tournament seven times. Everett Case, the University’s previous head coach, thought up the original idea for the Classic at the time.

“There’s all sorts of interesting stuff

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jordan moore/technicianChancellor Randy Woodson finagles a reflective orange vest prior to breaking ground at the site of the future Centennial Campus dining halls Thursday, Dec. 1. The ceremony took place at the Oval on Centennial Campus, and featured speeches from Woodson and others.

Committee discusses new bicycle safety plans

Cotton Couture runway show displays fashion innovation

callie martin/technicianA model shows senior in fashion and textile management Roxanne Ejlali’s Marie Antoinette-inspired collection at the Cotton Couture design exhibit and competition in the Fletcher Opera Theater Thursday, Dec. 1.

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PoliCe Blotter Wednesday11:21 a.m. | LarcenyD.H. Hill LibraryStudent reported laptop stolen.

10:43 p.m. | SuSpiciouS perSonBragaw HallReport of subject sleeping in lobby. Officers spoke with non-student who complied to leave the area.

3:15 p.m. | Damage To properTyColiseum DeckStudent reported holes were drilled into vehicle gas tank.

3:54 p.m. | LarcenyBragaw HallStudent reported bicycle stolen.

4:46 p.m. | Drug VioLaTionOwen HallStudent were referred to the University after officer discovered alcohol violation and marijuana and paraphernalia.

6:17 p.m. | aSSauLTNelson HallNon-student reported being pushed by unknown subject while attending protest.

7:48 p.m. | LarcenyCollege of TextilesStaff member reported purse stolen.

8:05 p.m. | Drug VioLaTionTurlington HallReport of drug violations. Officers searched the area but did not locate any drug activity.

8:16 p.m. | LarcenyD.H. Hill LibraryStudent reported cell phone stolen.

9:17 p.m. | SuSpiciouS VehicLeChi RoadNCSU PD responded to Swine Unit in reference to vehicle which had been parked for extended period of time. Two students were working on research project.

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choraL anD Jazz combo hoLiDay concerT7-9 p.m. Stewart TheaterCome listen to the NCSU Jazz Combos and Choirs perform some of your favorite Holiday songs to get you in the holiday spirit!

Nightmare Before Christmas7-9 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaJack Skellington, king of Halloweentown, discovers Christmas Town, but doesn’t quite understand the concept. This event is free.

uniVerSiTy TheaTre preSenTS LittLe WomeN7:30 p.m.-ArrayThompson HallA delightful adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel. The four spirited March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy—endeavor to sustain their family in the absence of their father, who is away fighting the Civil War.

hiLLSborough hike8:30 p.m. - 2 a.m.Hillsborough StreetThrow on your Santa hats and join us on Hillsborough Street for an end-of-the-semester hike. For the first time in Hillsborough Street history, this end of the semester hike has a theme—Christmas and Costumes. Most of the merchants along the street are having costume contests. The merchants are Sadlacks Heroes, Hot Box Pizza, Chili Bomba, Shakedown Street, East Village Bar and Grille, Pantana Bobs, Melvins/5 O’Clock Sports Bar and Pita Pit.

30 miNUtes or Less9-11 p.m.Witherspoon CinemaTwo fledgling criminals kidnap a pizza delivery guy, strap a bomb to his chest, and inform him that he has mere hours to rob a bank or else. Tickets are $1.50 for students with a valid college ID and $2.50 for the general public.

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Freshman in First Year College Zach Stroud and freshman in engineering Addison Warden smoke cigars at the benches between Owen Hall and Turlington Hall. “This area is one of the most underappreciated places on the N.C. State campus” Stroud said. Both Stroud and Warden enjoy smoking cigars on occasion. “It is a social thing but it’s also

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the road and the sidewalk. The only issue with this solution is that it will be very expensive to build, as it will be necessary to move light poles, drains and other fixtures.

When asked if funding for these projects would be an is-sue, Trevor Little, chair of the Physical Environment Com-mittee, was confident it would not.

“The city of Raleigh is very responsive. The projects we pursue are usually considered to be small projects. Small projects like ours are in a completely different pot than the big projects, such as the re-building of the Talley Student Center and so on,” Little said.

Pedestrians are a huge part of University campus, and the Bicyclist and Pedestrian Plan provided several solutions to make pedestrian traffic safer. Pedestrian countdown signals, high visibility crosswalks and signs reminding drivers to yield to pedestrians were all ideas proposed by the Parking and Transportation Commit-tee.

The Parking and Transporta-

tion Committee has several projects in motion, some of which have already been completed, such as the new sidewalk built on Varsity Drive. The intersection of Western Boulevard and Avent Ferry will be made safer for crossing pedestri-ans, Hillsborough Street bi-cycle facilities will be built, and a new bike locker rental program will be established within, the committee hopes, the next few years.

The Campus Planning and Design Committee presented their plan for the transfer of the Gregg Muse-um of Art and Design from Talley Student Center to the chancellor’s house in Pullen Park. Rachel Patrick, head of the Campus Planning and Design Committee, il-lustrated in her presentation the building to serve as an addition to the chancellor’s home, serving as a gallery for the museum’s art.

Patrick said the Gregg Museum of Art and Design is being moved to Pullen Park not only for the ex-pansion of the museum, but also to join it with the Pullen Park Arts Center and the Theatre in the Park: Ra-leigh, N.C. Performing Arts and Entertainment.

Patrick said moving the Gregg Museum of Art and Design will create an “arts neighborhood,” and attract more visitors. However, it may do just the opposite. Some students feel that moving the museum will attract less University stu-dents.

“I have never actually vis-ited the [Gregg] Museum, even when it was on cam-pus,” Charlotte Pennington, senior in environmental technology, said. “I think students will forget the mu-seum even exists because it won’t be right under their noses anymore.”

The plan for the Gregg Museum will go along with the Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.

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was a group of special guests from the Universidad del Istmo, Guatemala. In ad-dition, the show displayed a group of local celebrity models in special collec-tions. This section of the show featured designs made specifically for their models, which ranged from N.C. State Women’s Basket-ball Coach, Kellie Harper, to the Dean of the College

of Textiles, Blanton Godfrey.Alison Duncan, senior in

fashion and textile manage-ment, was one of the more advanced students who chose to design a collection of four pieces.

“I decided to do the show be-cause I wanted the opportunity to design a collection and show something that I had my own inspiration for,” Duncan said. “I’m doing a collection of four pieces inspired by Greek god-desses using white and gold fabrics.”

Duncan added that her de-signs seek to fulfill the needs

of the everyday woman, with versatile pieces. Duncan hopes her designs can be worn easily and several times.

While the event’s quirky em-cees and upbeat music created a playful and exciting mood, the event took a short recess to allow the InterAct Foundation to take the stage.

InterAct, an organization dedicated to helping victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, was the grateful recip-ient of Cotton Couture’s silent auction proceeds, according to marketing and communication specialist Damita Chambers.

“Whereas two years ago we had about seven families come in for help each day, now we’re up to around 23 families per day, so any ef-forts of the community to raise awareness and funds really helps us provide the quality care we seek to give,” Chambers said.

The four-hour show dis-played designs from over 50 students, and represented a year’s worth of work and co-ordination.

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the importance of student in-volvement in the project, stat-ing that students “can tell what they want and need better than we can.”

The project in its entirety will take about four years to com-plete, but the first phase will open in two years, according to Woodson. The first phase includes 30 percent of the to-tal housing with dining options available.

An effort to go green has also been a large part of the plan-ning process, according to Charles Leffler, vice chancel-lor for Finance and Business.

“We’re going to see in this building additional green fea-tures that we haven’t typically had,” Leffler said.

Stafford stressed the impor-tance of the project for creating a strong sense of community on Centennial that is similar to what has already been created on the Main Campus.

“This is a historical and ex-citing moment for N.C. State. This project will really trans-form this campus,” Stafford said.

in it, like the building of Reynolds,” Van Ooyen said.

In addition, the book also addresses some of the key players over the years and the scandal that ended the tournament. It also takes a look at some of the racial issues during that time, as well as the effect the tourna-ment had on race relations. During this time, many teams in the South were still segregated and were com-prised of only white players.

“Historically, it’s part of the story when you talk about the Dixie Classic,” Bradsher said. “You have to consider that aspect when dealing with that part of history.”

Bradsher has written two other books, and was searching for her next topic when she heard about the tournament from a friend.

Although the tournament ended decades ago, previous generations are not the only

ones that should be interest-ed, according to Bradsher.

“Younger fans need to know about the Classic be-cause it’s a big part of what NCSU is today,” Bradsher said.

There are some N.C. State students who are already well versed in the history of the classic, and are excited that a book has been written about it.

“I think that the Dixie Classic isn’t something a lot of students know about that is a big part of our history,” Will Graham, junior in ag-ricultural engineering, said.

Other students who had not heard of the tournament or have only a vague idea of what it is are also excited to learn that about the book.

“It sounds pretty interest-ing. I would like to see how the book pertains to things like race relations,” Ivan Herrera, senior in political science and economics, said.

The book signing will take place from 5 until 9 p.m. and the bookstore will be offering a 10 percent off special during the event.

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{ }Our view

The Occupy movement seems to be dying down both in its force and in

the attention it garners, in re-cent months. Unfortunately, the public’s interest in the Oc-cupy movement is atrophying at the very time where it should be strengthened. Some Occupy movements are centralizing, casting down prior criticisms, and this centralization war-rants attention.

Technician has criticized Oc-cupy movements from Raleigh to Wall Street on two fronts: lack of leadership and lack of purpose. The Wall Street movement developed organi-cally and lacks a functional or influential leader; the Ra-leigh movement was formed in a similar manner. The lack of leadership is not a problem

if not for its result — a lack of purpose. Without a vision, without a mission, there can-not be a conjoint purpose and real change, whatever that may be, cannot be enacted.

We should take heart in the more 150 Occupy movements on college campuses across the country. Occupy NCSU reveals itself to be of a different breed. The movement has clear lead-ership, whether it be official or not, from graduate student in sociology Ryan Thomson, senior in fashion and textile management Katina Gad and faculty advisor Dick Reavis. Together they have formed the public face of the movement:

organizing permits, buses and rallies for the movement at NCSU.

Not only does the Occupy NCSU movement have leader-ship, it has a clear mission as well: “We are organizing a stu-dent movement aimed at com-bating increased tuition and fees while seeking to rid N.C. State of corporate influence.” They upheld their mission in full force Wednesday, taking on Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf as he gave a speech in Nelson Hall.

Stumpf was not met with the worn-down chants of the 99 percent; rather, a more tar-geted attack was made. A room

rife with Occupiers berated Stumpf ’s company and him-self for their business practices. The occupiers were quelled by security and applause.

We are not issuing a call to arms here, all we are issuing is a call for respect. We have respect for the new direction of the movement. The typical criticisms of Occupy move-ments do not apply at N.C. State. With direction and a clear message, the occupiers at N.C. State stand on much firmer ground than their peers.

We respect them for stand-ing up for what they believe in, even if we are not 100 per-cent on the same page. Radical social change cannot be made without mobilization. Occupy NCSU should be seen as an ex-ample for its peers.

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.

Centralizing OccupyThe FacTs:Occupy NCSU took to Nelson Hall on Wednesday during a speech from Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf. The occupiers targeted both Stumpf and his company in their protests.

Our OpiniOn:Occupy movements have been criticized on two fronts: leadership and focus. The Occupy NCSU breaks the mold. It has central leadership and a focus. The movement should not be lumped in with the rest and should be respected because of it.

Unplug and take a standAs technology pro-

gresses and becomes more embedded in

our daily lives, faith is shift-ing from what our founding fathers created as the fun-damentals of our country

to the lat-est gadgets Apple re-leases.

L e t me ta ke you back to a time when a teenager w i t h a phone was so rare, it

was usually the popular kid no one really liked; when having a laptop at an age under 18 was seen as an indication of your, or rather your parents’, socio-eco-nomic status; when instant messaging and MySpace was the cool way to talk to your friends. This time was nearly a decade ago, when technology was slowly emerging into the public eye and we were either the teen with the phone or befriend-ing the one who had it.

Now, I am able to send an e-mail while calling my friend, who just updated their relationship status on Facebook, to learn all about the detai ls. The signs of progress are every-where, such as the students running into a tree while texting and walking at the same time, or the annoying tweeter who lets their fol-lowers know they’re walk-

ing to class while gulping down a chai tea.

These tools, being entrenched in our lives, are the very reason society sees our generation as the most apathetic age group, politically, socially and spiritu-ally. Think about the reliability we put in our phones, our con-tact information, social media updates, professional e-mail accounts, mobile banking sites or merely browsing the internet for answers to random ques-tions we have while sitting on the couch during our summer veg-out stage.

Now, think about losing said phone, and the feeling of disbelief and fear of someone else picking it up, or worse—stealing it. Picture someone pilfering your information from Facebook and e-mail to use it to steal your identity. Our grandparents, and even parents, are weary of putting this much trust in technology, so why aren’t we?

This trust comes from years of having technology forced upon us from advertisers, peers and even the school sys-tems. But what if we changed that? We could demonstrate we are no longer the apathetic group of young people.

These tools of technological destruction have been used to pull us further away from pol-itics, religion and even social injustices. They might update us on the latest news for these issues, but we merely skip to the next Yahoo webpage for another mildly-entertaining story. By putting down the iPad and actually beginning to take

a stand towards an issue we can change our generation’s stigma.

I’m not suggesting we merely do away with all technology in our lives, but rather use it for tasks other than playing Angry Birds during a less-than enjoyable class. We could utilize the tools to help us in taking a stand. By using it to properly educate ourselves and pro-mote the issues we believe in and support, these tools will connect us to those feel-ing the same way we do and thus be able to help gener-ate more support for our stance. The Occupy move-ment going on throughout our nation is a testament to the power of technology in uniting those for some type of reform. More of our gen-eration should do the same.

No matter the stance, any position is better than no position at all. By taking belief in something other than a 42” plasma screen TV, we have the potential to make an impact, which is better than merely wasting space and time in our soci-ety by doing nothing. This is not a personal bashing of the way my generation does business, but rather a call to action to unite and utilize our full potential, now and in the future.

Send Trey your thoughts on technology to letters@technicianonline.com.

Trey FergusonViewpoint Editor

N.C. State goes green

Last week, my column focused on the Sustain-ability Survey results

conducted jointly by the Bos-ton Consulting Group and the MIT Sloan Management Review. From the results, it

was clear that sustainability is set to play a crucial role in the corporate sector in the months ahead. Wit h bu s i-nesses around the countr y brac i ng for this change, we should take

a closer look at home, or, to be precise, at our University.

David Dean, outreach co-ordinator at the University Sustainability Office, shared with me the University’s po-sition on sustainability. Ac-cording to Dean, N.C. State takes sustainability seriously and has appointed a Campus Environmental Sustainability Team (CEST) to guide campus efforts. According to its web-site, CEST has been an official N.C. State Administrative Ad-visory Committee since 2009. Members to the team are ap-pointed; however, anyone can be a part of the eight working groups under CEST.

The team, headed jointly by Jack Colby, assistant vice chan-cellor for Facilities Operations, and Bill Winner, director of the environmental sciences aca-demic program, has a healthy mix of administrators from a wide range of critical depart-ments. This includes Michael Harwood, assistant vice chan-cellor for Centennial Campus development, and Barry Olson, associate director of University Housing. The team also has ad-equate student representation in the form of Student Govern-ment and the Inter-Residence Council Sustainability Com-mittee chairs.

Having members from the entire spectrum of the N.C. State population, in the form of academics, administrators and students, shows that we are giving this issue the seri-ous consideration it deserves. Already, plans to reduce our carbon footprint are beginning to be implemented.

According to Dean, all new buildings being constructed on campus will be LEED cer-tified. Some other steps include installation of a 112-panel solar

thermal system on top of the Carmichael Complex to heat nearly one million gallons of water in the two swimming pools. The Cates Utility Plant is also being renovated to pro-vide 11 megawatts of electricity with a 35 percent increase in efficiency.

According to Dean, this ren-ovation will pay back itself over time. He claims that in the first year, it has resulted in savings of $4.3 million toward campus expenditures.

If that is indeed true, then such efforts need to be appre-ciated and commended. At a time when just about everyone is getting a financial headache, we need to save every dime that can come our way. In the long run, it will only help students and the entire campus com-munity.

When it comes to student participation, people such as Jason Meyer, a senior in me-chanical engineering, are a prime example of what stu-dents can achieve.

The N.C. State Solar House, which was closed in July due to budget cuts, has been reopened to the public thanks to Meyer. According to a news report in the Technician earlier this se-mester, Meyer works 20 hours a week at the Solar House, giv-ing guided tours to the public. Without his help, it would have remained closed until the bud-get situation improved, which no one knows when will hap-pen. Others should also think about how they can make a difference through individual effort.

The critical task ahead is to mobilize students on cam-pus toward a concrete, shared goal of greening our campus. While it is true that officials are working in a positive direction by implementing energy sav-ing projects, these efforts will receive a huge shot in the arm if students give as much thought to sustainability efforts as they do to their tuition increase and diversity.

Climate change remains an inconvenient truth which all of us must face. The good news is the truth of the present does not need to be that of the fu-ture. The only thing needed for change it is the desire to do so.

Send Shivalik your thoughts on going green to letters@technicianonline.com.

Shivalik DagaStaff C olumnist

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What do you think of the Occupy NCSU

movement?

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“I support the protest. I believe people need to take a stand against Wall Street and big business. N.C. State is a great place to have a protest because students are our future.”

Maggie Robertsonfreshman, First year College

“I don’t identify with it. I just can’t see the purpose of the protests.”

Keith Bastow-Coxjunior, chemical engineering

“I don’t agree with it. I think the protesters are trying to make life easier for themselves rather than work harder.”

Patrick houstonfreshman, mechanical engineering

“The protesters think of business people as evil but they are just trying to do their jobs. I guess I don’t completely agree with it but will say both sides have valid points.”

Blake Stollsenior, marketing

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FeaturesThe #SciFund Challenge Helps Scientists Raise Money For Important Research and Experiments.

Antonio RomanoStaff Writer

Most students learn about the scientific method from a very young age. Now there is a new scientific method that many may not be aware of: crowd-funding.

Crowdfunding, sometimes referred to as crowdsourcing, is a process that has recently been used in different fields of science and is similar to fund-raising. Scientists propose ideas for their own topics of research and then attempt to raise mon-ey from the general public for small donations, instead of ap-plying for grants.

Walter Weare, a chemistry assistant professor, is taking part in the #SciFund Challenge—a m a s s i v e experiment attempting to crowdfund basic science. Upon viewing participant’s proposals on #SciFund, anyone can g ive dona-tions to any scient ist or project that sparks their interest on Rock-etHub.com. The #SciFund Challenge is very much like a kick-starter campaign.

“Trying to crowdsource basic science has, so far, met limited success,” Weare said. “The rea-son for that is because it focuses less on the general audience and more with the leaders of

scientific subjects. RocketHub is a site for the general audi-ence who is interested in see-ing results right away. Anyone can make an investment on a project and then follow up on it later.”

Methods like this have been used in many other fields, like music and journalism, but now

the science community is picking up on the trend.

Weare’s project focus-es on storing solar energy. He j o i ne d the #SciFund Challenge in August and his campaign ends Dec. 15. He made a proposal for $500 and so

far has received $800.“It’s nice to raise money and

it is important for us to do so for science,” Weare said. “As basic scientists, it’s important for us to get our ideas out and to communicate with other sci-entists, as well as the broader public in general.”

There are currently 50 pro-

posals on #SciFund, three of which are from N.C. State. Professor Weare submitted his proposal and there are two more from biology Assistant Professor Rob Dunn for biol-ogy. Though #SciFund if fo-cusing on raising benefits for scientific research projects, any project that can connect with the general public can partner with RocketHub since the site is not science exclusive.

The major problem with

scientif ic crowdfunding is advertising. As a fundrais-ing program, it is difficult for RocketHub to spread the news about the goals it is trying to achieve.

“With many other proj-ects and ideas in the science community, I’m unsure how they can effectively advertise crowdfunding,” Keith Partlow, sophomore in chemical engi-neering, said. “Other than the advertising issue, this sounds

like a great idea because a lot of science projects nowadays are covered by government grants. With this new idea, people can just be enchanted by the project proposals and give money to it, rather than the government footing the bill.”

Though advertising may prove to be a challenge for the crowdfunding event, there are nonetheless many supporters willing to donate money for these projects. Professor Weare

is $300 over his initial goal. While there may be a lack of advertising, people are catching on, which can only benefit this crowdfunding program more.

Weare said he couldn’t stress the importance of a scientific crowdfunding source like RocketHub enough. Dona-tions from anyone in the gener-al public can advance technol-ogy in ways like never before. According to Weare, that is a part of what science is all about.

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8-5 season or even how 14 of this year’s 22 starters are set to return for next season, in-cluding the entire defensive backfield.

It didn’t look pretty, but the Cardiac Pack didn’t let football season walk away like it should have.

there was no shortage of Rangers fans that took ad-vantage of the College Night offer. Lower bowl tickets could be purchased at $30, which is exactly what Penn State student Ian Carpenter did on vacation while vis-iting his girlfriend at Mer-edith.

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“College Night is something we would like to continue,” Horton said. “College Night has provided many benefits. A few of our interns have come from the N.C. State commu-nity and it gives us publicity to a large community.”

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Shane O’Toole’s season has been a journey of triumph, struggle.

Kyle McMahanCorrespondent

When N.C. State plays in their bowl game later this season, walk-on Shane O’Toole will stand on the sidelines and cheer for his teammates. His name will probably never be called to enter the game, and, although he has yet to step on the field, his season’s journey has been a truly remarkable one.

O’Toole came to N.C. State from his home in Downing-town, Pa., where he played offense and defense for Down-ingtown West High School, at-tracting college attention as a hard-hitting defender. But just as it looked like his dreams of playing college football were coming true, O’Toole was forced to miss his entire junior season with a knee-injury.

“I came and filled a hole, tackled a running back that was projected to go D-1. When I was taking him to the ground our other linebacker tripped and rolled up on my leg. I felt a pop; turned out I tore my ACL halfway through.”

Fol lowing knee-surgery, O’Toole returned to the field playing the game he loves, but the college offers had since dis-appeared. After being accepted to N.C. State in 2010, O’Toole looked for a way to continue

playing football. Without a scholarship offer, the only op-tion was to make the team as a walk-on, a slim chance for any talented football player.

In August of last year, O’Toole attended a walk-on meeting with roughly 35 other potential players. The coaches informed them they would only take a couple players, if any. After an entire day of speed drills and wind-sprints, the players were dismissed and forced to wait on the coaches’ decision. On August 20, O’Toole got the call he was hoping for: he made the team.

“I was speechless. I couldn’t believe it. I was so happy that it finally happened.”

O’Toole took to the field and worked hard in practice, fol-lowing advice from Brandon Bishop and senior walk-on Zach Powell.

“It was hard for me [starting out] but I was willing to learn, so they were willing to teach.”

As the first game of the season neared, O’Toole was informed he had won Scout Team Player of the Week. The scout team consists of every player not first or second on the depth chart. Each week, the coaches select the two most deserving players to lead the team onto the field. So in the opening game against Liberty, in front of a sold-out Carter-Finley Stadium, O’Toole led the Wolfpack through the smoke and fireworks, onto the field.

“What made it really great

was both my parents and my 10-year old sister came down for the game. I didn’t tell them I was running out with the flag, I left it as a surprise. My mom and my little sister both started crying. It was really one expe-rience I’ll never forget as long as I live.”

O’Toole continued to train and work at practice, even stay-ing after to try and get better as a player. But while lifting weights in preparation for the North Carolina game, O’Toole was stricken with yet another injury; this time, a hamstring tear. The shutout of the Tar Heels was bittersweet for the walk-on, as he was forced to watch from the sidelines on crutches.

Since the injury, he has fo-cused on rehab and looks for-ward to next season. As far as advice he gives to potential walk-ons, his message is clear.

“Never sell yourself short. If you want it bad enough, you’ll find a way to do it.”

As the off-season nears, O’Toole plans to focus on be-coming a better football player, as well as a better student in his major: polymer color chemis-try. Regardless of if he makes it into a game or not, he says he never doubted his decision to walk-on.

“I love my school, I love my teammates and I love the or-ganization State has. I’m fine being third-string for now, but its definitely going to change if I have any say.”

Walk-on holds notable story“He really throws him-

self into what we do. So he makes me want to throw my full self into it,” Colley said. “It makes me want to be as dedicated as I can so that I can give him the credit that he deserves.”

Colley claimed Geiger’s greatest skill was getting to know each student-athlete individually.

“He knows personally with each person what they can do and how they can do it, and guides you in such a way that you will be successful,” Colley said. “It’s different for everyone, and he’s very good at fig-uring out what it takes for that certain person to be successful.”

Chris Seaton, who first trained under Geiger en route to becoming an All-American and currently works as the assistant coach under him, said Gei-ger’s passion for the sport is unparalleled.

“He is someone who has a good sense of humor but has a seriousness and dedi-cation to what he does that is unsurpassed by anything I have seen before because he has a genuine love for the sport,” Seaton said. “The love of winning and the love of the sport is the main motivation for him. ”

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For every moment N.C. State appeared dead in the ACC’s murky waters,

there was always an answer. After Cincinnati and Georgia

Tech obliterat-ed the Pack on national and regional tele-vision, respec-t ively, State needed to go 5-2 in order to qualify for the postseason.

After being manhandled b y F l or i d a

State in Tallahassee, State had to re-focus for an emotional home rivalry game in which it was the underdog.

After choking away what was a must-win game versus hap-less Boston College, State had to beat a top-10 team with one of the nation’s most dangerous offenses coming to Raleigh.

After lowly Maryland, a team that left the Pack heartbroken in College Park one year ago, raced out to a stunning 41-14 lead, State had 25 minutes to rewrite the program’s record books or face a bitter offseason.

And after all of that, inexpli-cably, the Pack has found a path to December football.

Where NCSU’s bowl desti-nation ends up is almost irrel-evant at this juncture, although a trip to Charlotte for the Belk Bowl is an intriguing chance to play just the second North Carolina-based bowl game in program history. State’s desti-nation almost entirely depends on whether West Virginia wins the Big East this weekend - if they do, you can go ahead and reserve your tickets a day early before anything is announced. Because bowl officials do not want a rematch of last year’s Champs Sports Bowl, a Moun-taineer loss most likely means the Pack is bound for the Music City to face Mississippi State. Often a political maze, the bowl picture boils down to revenue and fan interest.

However, no matter the game, the real reward is a mon-umental chance to springboard into a more consistent level of success for the program.

Why should anyone care about just another game? Be-cause while State has not au-thored a 2011 masterpiece by any stretch of the imagination, no other program from North Carolina has as much promise. UNC is looking for a coach and awaiting penalties for rules violations, Wake’s ceiling will almost always be permanently stuck at seven or eight wins, and both Duke and ECU are stagnant programs.

At least for the foreseeable fu-ture, the state is State’s to lose.

An eighth win during a sea-son that could have easily been spoiled by injuries would mean the doors to recruiting are as open as they will ever get. This was the barometer year to de-termine where Tom O’Brien’s program was headed, and the team fought through injuries and a lack of depth to save the reading on that barometer. O’Brien’s job is no longer in peril, and his postseason track record plays even further into his favor. In nine bowl games as a head coach, he is 7-2.

Exactly one month ago, there weren’t too many people out-

Hurricanes continue losing streak in third College Night of season.

Sean Fairholm & Brian Anderson

Deputy Sports Editor and Staff Writer

The New York Rangers (14-5-3, 4th Eastern confer-ence) defeated the Carolina Hurricanes (8-15-4, 14th Eastern conference) Thurs-day night at RBC Center by the score of 5-3. In head coach Kirk Muller’s second game with the ‘Canes, Jiri Tlusty (5), Jeff Skinner (11) and Derek Joslin (1) ac-counted for the three goals.

After losing to the Ottawa Senators back in October and the Philadelphia Flyers in mid-November, the Hur-ricanes were hoping to pick up their first College Night victory of 2011. Although Muller liked the effort his team put in, Carolina could not defeat the Blue Shirts.

“We’ve got a lot of young guys, and if they can play through this and they can battle through this and there is a light at the end of the tunnel and they start growing, they are going to be better down the road,” Muller said. “They’ll be bet-ter next week and they’ll be better tomorrow.

“You don’t get to this level by being mentally weak,” Muller added. “They are pro athletes, and they’ll find a way to dig out of this and when they do, they are going to feel good.”

Scoring twice in as many games for his new head coach, Skinner put the ‘Canes ahead with eight seconds remaining in the first period. The 19-year-old also took a hit from behind from the Rangers’ Brian Boyle late in the game, which initi-ated a fight between ‘Canes An-thony Stewart and Boyle.

“I don’t know what [the hit] looked like, so I can’t really say [if there should’ve been a pen-alty],” Skinner said.

If the left winger out of Markham, Ontario, Canada was attending State, he would just barely qualify to be a soph-omore and for as low as $15, college students the same age and older can see the all-star and the rest of the Hurricanes

play against some of the best teams in the NHL.

Apart from enjoying the game, there are the ever-pop-ular College Night T-shirts, which are given to the first 100 students who “check in” to the RBC Center on Facebook when signing into the booth outside of section 113.

“We know the work we have done on campus, promoting it has done a lot,” junior Na-thaniel Davis, a College Night volunteer, said, “and basically word of mouth has been great, too. The biggest thing here is the T-shirts; people will do anything for T-shirts. If they see there is a T-shirt, they are going to come f lying to the games.”

One of those games not initially on the six-game schedule is going to be on Dec. 23 against the Ottawa Senators. In addition to the game just before Christmas, the ‘Canes will also offer another option for college students staying home for the holidays.

“I just think that a lot of people that are from the area originally probably came to high school here and are coming back to visit their parents,” Davis said. “So they’ll want to come out and see because they won’t be here for these col-lege nights if they are away at school.”

As for Thursday night,

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again. I’ve never really been all that great at ledes, and if you

don’t believe me, ask our former adviser Tyler Dukes.

What I do know is that m y e n t i r e c ol lege c a-reer at N.C. State—albeit only two years were spent at

State—and the rest of my life have been shaped by what goes on in a small office on the third floor of Witherspoon.

It’s all finally hitting me as I begin to write my farewell column that I will no longer be a student here. I spent my elementary and middle school years dreaming of, and high school years working toward, becoming a student at N.C. State, and now it’s all over. I haven’t even received my di-ploma yet and I already miss being a student at State.

Farewell columns are typi-cally spent reflecting on what you did during your college ca-reer or trying to be funny while getting sappy at the end, and, to be honest, that’s probably what this will end up being.

Memories are something that can never be taken away from you for as long as you live, and the memories I’ve made here at State, as both a student and a member of Student Media, will stay with me for the rest of my life.

Whether it was spray-paint-ing the Free Expression Tunnel for the first time, reading hate mail and comments about my columns, tailgating at Carter-Finley and drinking so much I only remember the fourth quarter, or visiting New York for the first time for spring break, I will never forget my college experience.

Hell, just this semester itself was crazy. I not only get to graduate in 15 days, but just two months ago today I said “I do” to the woman I will spend the rest of my life with, Heather Marslender Smith.

The first few months for me at the Technician were very hazy, but helped me to learn how to approach new writers who might be thrown in too quickly to the world of jour-nalism. I have had the pleasure of working with a number of great editors who came before me and helped me to hopefully leave an impression on those who are working at the paper now.

Now here starts my list of thank yous to each and every person who helped me get to this point. Thank you, first and foremost, to former sports editor Kate Schefte. Kate was a huge help to me when I started out and showed trust in me enough to allow my first article that I ever wrote to be printed. I’m sorry we didn’t tell you, Martha. On that same note, I want to say thank you to Tyler Everett and Taylor Barbour for helping me along when I didn’t understand things that I harp on new writers about every day. Learning how to teach new edi-tors like Josh Hyatt and Sean Fairholm has not only made the job more fun, but has taught me how to improve my

Coach brings unparalleled success to cross country, track and field.

Rishav DeyStaff Writer

Tucked between Wood Hall and the Dail Softball Complex sits an athletics building where a man, who has won more than many other N.C. State coaches, works.

In the Weisiger-Brown Athletics Building you’ll find Rollie Geiger, men’s cross country and track and field coach, who is in his 30th year at N.C. State and is a true testament to what hard work and pas-sion for a sport can bring to a university.

Since his arrival in 1979, N.C. State Athletics has won 71 Atlantic Coast Confer-ence team championships, 56 percent of which have been won by Geiger’s teams. Geiger has coached runners who have been named All-Americans a staggering 67 times and have won 40 ACC team championships com-bined, which is the most by a coach in the history of the ACC.

Despite the success, Gei-ger, in all his modesty, re-fused to take sole credit.

“I think coaches are only as good as the athletes they have in the program,” Gei-ger said. “I have been very fortunate over the years. We have had quality athletes in

the program. I give the direc-tions, I plan the Xs and Os, but the ones performing are the athletes in the program. So I think the credit over the years for the success of the program has to go to back to the indi-viduals running the race.”

Geiger, who is one of the most respectable coaches in his field and in the nation, claimed a lot of coaches and his fellow athletes during the days when he competed left a deep mark on him.

“I go back to my basketball coach from high school and my track and field coach from high school. They have had that great inf luence on me,” Geiger said. “I was very fortu-nate throughout my career to be surrounded by other really high-level athletes and so that had a big impact on me.”

Despite achieving almost ev-erything he could as a coach, Geiger accepted that he experi-enced numer-ous challeng-es of his own on the way.

“The wom-en when I came in were rea l ly at a h ig h leve l , but sustain-ing that was a challenge. T h e r e a r e t hos e w ho think that if you have suc-cess then it doesn’t remain a challenge anymore, but it is a challenge; it’s so difficult,” Gei-ger said. “First there were eight and then 10 and now there are 12 teams in the conference, so

winning becomes more diffi-cult with the higher numbers.”

As passionate as Geiger is about sports, his number one concern remains ensuring the athletes get good education while at N.C. State, something evident from the numerous academic All-Americans the program has produced.

“I tell ath-letes, ‘it’s not about four ye a r s , i t ’s about 40,’” Geiger said. “ ‘ Yo u a r e here to get an education. We are not paying these kids to play. We are off-setting their costs for their education.”

While it’s hard to pinpoint a moment he cherishes in a long career such as his, there are some things that have really stuck with Geiger.

“Sometimes you get an ath-

lete who was not great in high school, then they have the success on the college level and then they are All-Americans. Those are great stories,” Geiger said. “The ones who are so commit-ted to getting better, not the most gifted, those are the individuals who make up the team, those are the things you remember.”

Ask Geiger what he looks forward to the most in a normal day of work and Geiger says, “Young indi-viduals keep you young, they really do. When we go outside for practice, that is the highlight of my day. Those athletes keep me in my 30s.”

Sophomore Andrew Col-ley, who was recently named an All-American after last month’s NCAA cross coun-try championships, felt Gei-ger had a big impact on him and his successes.

40 ACC Championships, one coach

My final

bow

R. Cory SmithDeputy Sports Editor

Sean FairholmDeputy Sports Editor

courtesy of peyton williams, n.c. state athleticsCoach Rollie Geiger poses for a portrait on the field at Derr Track on Sept. 7, 2010.

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Canes drop fifth straight game

Vanessa moVasseghi/technicianCarolina Hurricanes center forward Jeff Skinner maneuvers the puck past falling New York Rangers defenseman Dan Girardi during the game at the RBC Center Thursday night. Skinner scored a goal in the first period with nine seconds to go, taking his total to 11 goals scored this season. The Hurricanes lost the home game, 5-3.