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NAACP addresses hate speech, expression; Keep campus discussions alive; Let the race begin; China’s moves mimic U.S. bailout; Pack advances to quarterfinals; Pack wins final exhibitionTRANSCRIPT
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TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANSpeaking to a over!owing crowd in the Witherspoon multipurpose room Tuesday, Vice Chancellor of Student A"airs Tom Sta"ord addresses the university’s position in dealing with those who wrote the free expression tunnel threats last week. The event was held to inform the NAACP president and representatives, which will meet with the Chancellor Wednesday, about the opinions of the NC State student body.
NAACP ADDRESSES HATE SPEECH, EXPRESSIONRev. William Barber calls for harsher punishments
James LaymanDeputy News Editor
About 300 students attended a fo-rum that the N.C. State chapter of the National Association for the Advance-ment of Colored People held Tuesday evening to get feedback from students on their opinions regarding the hate speech in the Free Expression Tunnel and whether or not the students who wrote the statements should receive punishment.
“Isn’t it strange that you can get suspended for plagiarism but not for hate speech?” Rev. William Bar-ber, president of the North Carolina NAACP, said. “You can get suspended
if someone catches you copying out of a book or if a professor catches your eyes wondering during an exam, but we have to have a huge debate about hate speech.”
The students, whose names have not been released, wrote racist remarks and made threats towards President-elect Barack Obama. The Secret Service, which conducted an investigation into the threats made by the four students,
determined that the students did not issue a credible threat.
The Wake County D.A.’s office also determined no federal or state law was broken, and criminal charges could not be brought against the students. Now the University is looking into whether or not the four students broke any rules in the Student Code of Conduct.
“This University is faced with a very important and difficult issue,” Tom Stafford, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said. “I feel the anger and hurt that everyone feels tonight. A very hor-rible thing has happened that is con-trary to the values that we believe in at N.C. State.”
Barber is pushing for strong punish-ment for the four students. While the D.A.’s office has determined no crimi-
NAACP MISSION STATEMENTThe mission of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People is to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination.
SOURCE: NAACP WEB SITE
Students to face conduct reviewPaul Cousins discusses the process that any student faces when appearing before the Office of Student Conduct
James LaymanDeputy News Editor
After four unnamed students wrote hate speech in the Free Expression Tunnel last week, students across campus are cu-rious where the investigation is going.
Paul Cousins, director of the Office of Student Conduct, has been asked several times to re-veal this information, but said he is barred by federal law from doing so.
“We’ve got those elements that have impaired for our ability to talk to the community about any part of the case,” Cousins said.
Along with the names of the students, the Office of Student Conduct cannot give any details regarding the progress of the in-vestigation nor can it give details of the punishment administered to the students, he said.
Cousins said the processes for investigating an allegation are
very similar.“The first thing that would
have to happen is we would get a report about alleged behaviors from a variety of places, such as Campus Police or Residence Staff,” he said. “We would com-pare those allegations to the Stu-dent Code of Conduct and use that language to make a deter-mination about whether or not charges under the code should be filed.”
If enough information is col-lected to suggest the code might have been broken, the student would be called in to talk with the Office of Student Conduct regarding the allegation.
“There would then be a review process,” Cousins said. “The stu-dent is involved in this process and the review board must de-cide whether or not the code was violated.”
If students were charged as a group, they could choose to meet the review board together or separately.
Chancellor James Oblinger was not available for comment.
Features Editor Alison Harman contributed to this story.
NAACP continued page 3
Ticketing changes to reward seniority and loyalty onlyBasketball ticketing changes similar to football
Derek MedlinManaging Editor
Student Government and Ath-letics Department leaders have decided to make basketball ticket procedures based upon seniority and loyalty points after holding meetings to attempt to reform basketball ticketing,
Student ticketing will not be general admission, but SG Ath-letics Commission Chair Matt Garcia, a junior in sports man-agement, said he is excited to get the most loyal students the best seats to games.
“This system is modeled after
the football system, but it is a little more direct,” Garcia said. “This system underclassmen a chance to build on loyalty and catch up with the upperclass-men.”
Another ticketing change to take effect this year comes with the size of group seating requests. The size of the groups has been reduced from 24 people to a maximum of 10, based on responses to a Student Govern-ment survey.
Garcia said the Athletics Com-mission would eventually like to see general admission seating for basketball.
“As of now, it’s not general
DREIER CARR/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOJake Anderson, a sophomore in biological sciences, and Travis Odom, a junior in biological sciences, cheer during the closing seconds of the men’s basketball exhibition game against Fort Valley Sate Wildcats in Reynolds Coliseum Thursday night, Nov. 6. “I think we are playing with great energy,” Anderson said. “I like how we never stop. I like the small feel of Reynolds, but I love the RBC Center too.”
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TICKETING continued page 3
Dining efforts support more sustainabilityRecycling cooking oil, tray elimination to make dining halls less wasteful
Alex VaughnStaff Writer
Efforts to reduce waste and conserve water in University Dining have been largely suc-cessful this year, Randy Lait, business officer for University Dining, said.
The recycling of thousands of pounds of used cooking oil to produce biofuel and the elimi-nation of trays in dining facilities has cut food waste, Lait said.
“Having no tray meant you re-ally had to get what you wanted,” he said.
The University conserves about 6,000 gallons of water per week by not washing trays.
A “just-in-time” automated food ordering system and batch
cooking are also used to make sure food waste is kept to a mini-mum, according to Lait.
Elin Arnaudin, a senior in en-vironmental sciences, said while she was pleased with the reduc-t ion in food waste, further steps should be taken.
“We have a composting fa-cility, but they can only do yard waste there,” she said.
Arnaudin said a food waste au-dit that would reveal the daily amount of gar-bage collected at the dining halls to the students who use them, could make students more aware of the environmental impact of
their actions.“Any way they can get students
involved to participate is good,” she said.
Bobby Mills, a senior in politi-cal science and economics, said projects such as the annual All Carolinas’ Meal show that the University is ma k ing a conscious ef-for t towards improving sus-tainability.
“They’re definitely mov-ing in the right direction, but there’s always more work that can be done,”
Mills, a member of the Wolfpack Environmental Student Associa-tion, said.
BECOMING SUSTAINABLEOther ways University Dining is working to improve sustainability:
Catering guides are made from recycled wildflower seed paper that can be planted in the ground.During Earth Week in April, Dining serves locally-grown and organic products in the dining halls.Dairy products come directly from the NCSU Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences.Research is being done about cage-free egg products and organically grown produce.Fair Trade/Organic coffees offered in Port City Java under the brand name ‘Fairganic Coffee.’
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“They’re definitely moving
in the right direction, but there’s always
more work that can be done.”
Bobby Mills, a senior in political science and
economics
“Hate speech is not free speech. It’s not graffiti. It’s not something you just tolerate or ignore. You punish it.”
Rev. William Barber, President of the North Carolina NAACP
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“Some people say words don’t hurt. Words can do a lot of damage.
Words can start wars.”
Rev. William Barber, president of the NC chapter of
the NAACP
POLICE BLOTTERNov. 910:20 A.M. | INFORMATION POLICEFree Expression TunnelOfficers located graffiti in the area. Appropriate notifications were made to have it cleaned up.
12:57 A.M. | FIRE ALARMKappa SigmaUnits responded to alarm. Cause of activation unknown.
2:43 A.M. | CHECK PERSONBell TowerReport of subjects trying to take sign from area. Officers checked area but did not locate anyone.
3:04 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPHillsborough StreetNon-student stopped for traffic viola-tion. Subject was arrested for Driving While Impaired.
5:30 A.M. | ASSIST OTHER AGENCYOff CampusDuke Police reported student had been placed in Durham County jail for sobriety hold. Student will be re-ferred to University.
9:37 A.M. | FIRE ALARMPartners III Units responded alarm. No problems located upon arrival.
1:50 P.M. | CHECK PERSONPhytotronReport of skateboarders in the area. Officers located non-students and advised of university policy. Subjects complied to leave the area.
2:18 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS INCIDENTPoe HallStaff member reported suspicious in-cident. Officers checked the area but did not locate any problems.
6:54 P.M. | INFORMATION POLICEKamphoefner HallSuspicious incident was reported. Officers located piece of twine used to hold banner. No problems were found.
IN THE KNOW Ag Institute pig pickin’ today
The Agricultural Insiti-tute Club will host their pig pickin’ today on Harris Field from 4 to 8 p.m. The meal will consist of barbecue, french fries, slaw, hush puppies, and a beverage.
Takeout orders will be available for $8. All of the profits from the event will be donated to the Turners Leaders Scholarship program, which are in honor of Dr. Lynn Turner who will retire in December after 35 years of service to NC State.
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Basketball ticketing faces changes
Student Government an-nounced a series of changes to the student ticketing policies Tuesday.
A new aspect of the policy is the loyalty points system where students are rewarded for senior-ity and attendance to games.
Loyalty points will be similar to the style of football. Seniors and graduate students will start with the most points while fresh-men will start with the least.
This is a change from last year’s random lottery system. Students will now have control over their odds of receiving tickets.
Another feature is that the lower level and side-court seat-ing will be filled up before the upper levels.
Group seating will also be capped off with a maximum of 10 people per group. This change is to prevent lower point students from using group leaders with high loyalty points to acquire undeserved tickets.
These changes come as part of an effort to fill the RBC Center earlier, reward loyal fans, and get
students as close as possible to the court.
In addition, student leaders note that these changes will enable students to be more in control of their chances of receiving better seats than in previous years.
SOURCE: NCSU STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Ducks Unlimited to host banquet
The N.C. State chapter of Ducks Unlimited will be holding their annual fund-raiser banquet on Thursday Nov. 13. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. with the event slated for 6:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.
The fundraiser will help benefit the N.C. State chap-ter of the organization. The event will include dinner, an-nual membership, raffles and a live band.
The event will also aim to provide information on the conservation of North Ameri-ca’s wetlands and wildlife.
SOURCE: NCSTATEFAIR.ORG
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Secular high-tech investor Nir Barkat is currently ahead in the race for the Jerusalem mayoral position according to the latest exit polls.
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nal law was broken, the NAACP’s lawyers are looking at the infor-mation to see if they can reverse the ruling.
“Hate speech is not free speech,” Barber said. “It’s not graffiti. It’s not something you just tolerate or ignore. You punish it.”
Barber said he believes that students should be held to the same standards as the rest of the nation.
“Hate crimes used to equal a demeanor, less than a park-ing ticket. It’s now a felony. It’s happening in too many places around the country, and in this state and on college campuses and it’s time for this to cease,” he said.
Several students, including Jessica Couch, a sophomore in textile and apparel management, said they want criminal charges brought against the students so students can know who they are.
“I feel these are acts of terror-ism and these students should be humiliated,” Couch said. “I want to know if I’m walking down the street next to these people or sit-ting next to them in class. These students should be made an ex-ample of.”
Barber said officials are not looking closely enough at the context of the messages written in the Free Expression Tunnel.
“Some people say words don’t hurt. Words can do a lot of damage. Words can start wars. Please stop calling this graffiti. It’s graphic, it’s racists, it’s ugly, it’s hate but it is not graffiti.”
He also said things should not be allowed in the Freedom Ex-pression Tunnel if it’s going to affect students.
“Someone tried to tell me that it is the Free Expression Tunnel and that someone can say what-ever they want,” Barber said.
“Well who pays for that tunnel? Your parents’ tax dollars, my tax dollars and your tuition money. That’s your property. That’s your tunnel.”
Student Senate President Greg Doucette said he hopes people come together and stay to-gether on issues regarding hate crimes.
“Part of the reason why white
people don’t feel as strongly about problems such as this is because the black community only comes together when these issues come up,” he said. “You need to be engaged throughout the year. You need to be engaged on days other than when some-thing like this happens.”
Barber said the number of stu-dents who come out to protest
admission, at least not yet,” Garcia said. “There might be changes in 2009-2010 but that is still yet to be determined.”
Student Body President Jay Dawkins said having a general admission system for this sea-son was not feasible.
“For now, the task of making gen-eral admis-sion work in a divided and mixed RBC Center was logistically daunting,” he said. “It was feasibly impossible.”
Dawkins said the over-all goal of the basketball ticketing was similar to the football ticket-ing changes made earlier this year.
“We’re trying to accomplish the same thing,” Dawkins said. “We want students to get close to the action, reward loyal and more senior students and pack the stands.”
Zach Sipes, a sophomore
in nutrition science, said he is glad to see the basketball tick-eting system resemble football ticketing.
“It makes a lot of sense because it just doesn’t seem right for stu-dents who don’t go to games to get lucky and get good seats,” Sipes said. “Students who go to games shouldn’t be thrown up in the third level.”
Garcia said the new system will force fans to be concerned about ever y game and not just major con-ference games.
“ T h e n e w system makes upperclassmen care more about all the games rather than just the big games,” he said. “It’s an instrument to get more people involved than they’ve been in
the past. People need to know they have competition.”
A statement that the commis-sion released reported that fu-ture changes could be possible, but Dawkins said he is satisfied with where ticketing stands for this season.
“We’ll cross that bridge when we get to it,” Dawkins said. “The
RBC Center is a totally different animal than Carter-Finley Sta-dium but we feel like we’ve found a way to give the students what they wanted while also reward-ing loyal fans.”
Sipes said he doesn’t see general admission seating working in the RBC Center.
“I don’t think it could work be-cause it’s all individual seats at the RBC Center,” he said. “But at Carter-Finley, the seats are all in rows and you don’t have to worry about individual seats.”
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NAACPcontinued from page 1
TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANRev. William Barber addresses a crowd of nearly 300 people Tuesday night at the N.C. State chapter of the NAACP forum meeting.
BASKETBALL TICKETING CHANGES FOR 2008-2009
Loyalty points and seniority are all that matter. Students improve their chances of getting better seats by going to more games. Lower level and side-court seating will go first to avoid gaps in seating. Groups are allowed to a maximum of 10 students. The groups seats will be determined by the loyalty points of the group leader. Loyalty points can be added to as the season goes on. Each game provides an opportunity to add one point. Freshman start with two points, sophomores three, juniors four and seniors and graduate students five.
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“It makes a lot of sense because it
just doesn’t seem right for students
who don’t go to games to get lucky and get good seats.”
Zach Sipes, a sophomore in nutrition science
“I feel these are acts of terrorism and these students should be humiliated.”
Jessica Couch, sophomore in textile and apparel management
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TECHNICIANPAGE 4 • WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2008
The past two weeks have been full of controversy about race, specifically
offensive paintings and writing in the Free Expression Tunnel.
The drawings and writing have brought up many questions that have been left unanswered: What is hate speech? What is the pun-ishment for hate crimes? Is an dis-credited threat still a threat, and should it be treated as such?
The only way the University can take action that the student body agrees with is to find out what students think about these issues.
The National Association for the Advancement of Col-ored People held a forum in Witherspoon Student Center in
front of a packed crowd Tuesday night. This was an excellent op-portunity for students to speak, and several did.
The University should hold more forums on all subjects, es-pecially controversial ones like hate speech, as a fair way to gath-er and gauge opinions on them.
Even though it may seem dis-
cussion forums are not helping, they can have a huge impact in the way people think and act.
Student Body President Jay Dawkins said discussion forums are “important on campus, no matter how you do it, whether
you have a discussion with five people in a dining hall or 200 people in an auditorium.”
Tonight, the Student Senate will introduce Senate Resolution 25, titled “Free Expression Tunnel Hate Crime Act.” The bill sug-gests that “the University look to immediately expel those who promote such violent and racist actions on campus.”
The University also holds Chancellor liaison meetings, which all students are allowed to attend. These meetings are also good opportunities for students to discuss issues that are on the agenda.
All students, whether they agree or disagree, have a right and duty to show up to the Senate meeting and let their voiced be heard. All opinions on the matter are wel-come and necessary for the Sen-ate to pass or not pass this bill.
Students should not be afraid to express their opinions at these forums and meetings. Forums are open, and censorship of a person’s beliefs, even if they are unpopular, is wrong.
Students should see these meet-ings and forums as an opportu-nity for change. After all, there is no room for complaints from people who choose to remain silent.
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. THE ISSUE:Students don’t express their opinions often enough.
OUR OPINION:Students need to take a stand and express their opinions, no matter what they are, during every opportunity for discussion.
THE SOLUTION:The University should hold more discussion forums, and students need to participate and voice their opinions.
Keep campus discussions alive{OUR VIEW}
Don’t let fall poke you in the eye. Wear goggles.Boon Jin, freshman, graphic design
Keep God in mindWith the election of the first
African-American president, our nation has proven that change has and will continue to occur. For years, African-Americans were denied even basic rights, and this election has shown that many are tired of the past discriminatory ways of thinking. The tunnel episode shows, however, that hate still does exist. Many have proposed unity rallies, parades or harsher punishments as solutions. To me, it seems as if these sugges-tions only change the behavior, while leaving the root cause of the issue unresolved.
And here the problem lies. How can we change someone’s heart? Can we work to change hate to love? Is that possible? The answers we seek can be found, yet we have overlooked who to go to during this time of tragedy on our campus. We have forgotten to go to God.
As a university, we are so careful to keep God out of everything. “Keep religion out of this!” many yell. Yet it seems to me that He is the exact person we need right now. Should we not pray for those who did this act, allowing God to change their hearts? Should we not show them God’s love? Is this not the best option for changed behavior?
The Bible says in Genesis 1:27 that, “So God created man in his own im-age, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”
Should this not inspire us to love all of God’s children? No matter what color of skin, male or female, liberal or conservative, we are supposed to model God’s love for all. It seems to me as if the very thing we need right now is more of God’s love and less of human prejudice.
I am not against repercussions for these individuals. I am not against trying to persuade them with words. I just believe there is a more powerful way, a more loving way. That way is to show them how much God cares for them enough to send his own Son to die on the cross. That changes lives. It has surely changed mine.
Josh Schrodersenior, business administration
Image matters I have loved being a part of N.C.
State. As a transfer student, I have been impressed by how warmly I have been welcomed. For the first time since my switch, I have been em-barrassed to call N.C. State my home. So I ask you with concerned sincerity, what the heck has been happening on our campus? Racist messages in the free expression tunnel followed by a poorly attended rally and most recently, more embarrassing images
glorifying violence covering former shameful messages.
What image are we projecting to our fellow N.C. State students, to our community, to the world? I’m a Ra-leigh native and proud to say that I’m from the South. This is not the com-munity that I know and love. Bigotry, racism and making light of violence should not be tolerated on a college campus. I support an individual’s right to free speech, but it is taken too far when we create a threaten-ing and oppressive environment. This behavior creates a community that is distrustful and less willing to work together. These individuals not only hurt those they are aiming to intimidate but also themselves and our community. We discourage po-tential students and professors from coming to NCSU. I would like them to see the N.C. State that I know and love. Please, let’s not let a few igno-rant individuals tarnish our name. We can do our part by acknowledging their wrongdoing and taking a stand against such acts. Let’s reclaim our university and our pride.
Allison Mooresenior, biological sciences
A few thoughts on hatePresident-elect Obama is not black.
He is not African-American. He is biracial. Mislabeling him because of an old-fashioned one drop notion is offensive to him and to his family who raised him, who loved him and took pride in him before he was a senator or president. We should therefore celebrate him for being, what he has referred to himself as, “a mutt.”
As for the hate speech and the lack of disciplinary action, I ask how can you punish a person for expressing what you are thinking? I may
be horribly wrong, but I think that Obama’s presidency is a change for which many were not ready, but that came nevertheless. Others, who think differently, are calling for the perpetrators’ expulsion. However, expelling them could be the wrong solution. It can prevent them from learning or understanding why their action was wrong. I think that it is the University’s responsibility to educate not just these four individuals, but everyone else to first learn our his-tory as people, to then take what we have learned, and think critically and independently. Maybe then these students will learn that true enemies do not always have a color.
Kyra Johnsonfreshman, Environmental Engineer
ing
“I doubt it, because I feel that people act out of rage and nothing has been done. We need some sort of legislation in place, not forums.”
Julien Mackjunior in creative writing
“I think there’s been a bit of progress. People had the opportunity to voice opnions and concerns and pregress will be made when [NAACP] meet with the chancellor.”
Tierra Hobleysenior in political science
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Has progress been made after the
NAACP discussion forum?
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Nov. 4 was a day of celebration, except there were four N.C.
State students who decided to be party poopers and outright rac-ists. So on be-half of the student b o d y , I would like to express my gratitude to these four
young, naive boys. I thank you so much for blemishing the reputation N.C. State has worked so hard to build. When people think of this University, they won’t think about our vet school, which is ranked fifth in the nation, our growing College of Humani-ties and Social Sciences or the College of Engineering which produces the third highest quantity of engineers among engineering schools nation-ally. If I could have my way, I would gather a group of peo-ple and whoop these sorry boys’ tails. But responding to violence with violence is not the answer, especially in a situation like this, no matter how tempting it is.
People in the past have stereo-typed State as being a school full of “rednecks,” some even calling it “Moo U.” Now, when people consider N.C. State, they will have the impression that it is full of angry, white-su-premacist, close-minded idiots. It abso-lutely incites me that the thousands of people who have worked hard to build up this Uni-versity wil l have to de-fe nd N.C . State f rom the mistake of four child-ish students. And what is the most enraging is that they did not hate Barack Obama because they think he may be inexperi-enced or they didn’t agree with his policies or his past decisions in the Senate. They chose the lowest, shallowest, pettiest blow possible. They resorted to making fun of his race. This is perplexing, considering N.C. State is a good school (the best in the universe,
in my opinion). So how did dimwits like these get in to the beloved learning institu-tion? I’m sure these guys were in-coherent at the time, but the
next time they, or anyone else, decide to ex-press their rac-ist and violent t houg ht s , I suggest writing in a journal or using the paint program on a computer so others won’t have to read their garbage. So once again, thank you so much for your a t t e m p t a t demolishing State’s reputa-tion and creat-
ing one of being a pack of hate mongers and bigots. Thank you for not only “ex-pressing what you think” but expressing that you would like to assassinate our president-elect. May you get the punish-ment you deserve and thank your lucky stars that cruel and unusual punishment isn’t around anymore.
Jane MoonAssistant Viewpoint Editor
Thank you, four stooges
“Now, when people consider
N.C. State, they will have
the impression that it is full of angry, white-supremacist, close-minded
idiots.”
“I doubt it, though progress has been made to #nd out the opinions out there about what actions should be taken.”
Kelli Rogers junior in political science
This week’s poll question:
Should the University punish the four students who admitted to painting the Free Expression Tunnel on Election Night?
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THROUGH
Country plans to inject $586 billion to stimulate economy
Alison HarmanFeatures Editor
In an effort to jumpstart a global economic slowdown, China announced an intent Sun-day to inject 4 trillion yuan — $586 billion — into its economy.
The stimulus plan comes little more than a
month after the U.S. House approved a $700 billion bailout of Wall Street’s major finan-cial institutions, which helped spur a global slowdown among major economies.
China’s stimulus package will put $586 bil-lion — which is about 7 percent of its yearly gross domestic product — into the economy during the next two years.
The money is to go toward public projects like railways, subways and airports, as well as toward rebuilding towns and structures that were brought down by May’s earthquake.
Chinese officials did not distinguish be-tween how much the country’s normal al-lotment for infrastructure projects factors into the $586 billion.
In response to the news, Asian stock mar-kets rebounded — Japan’s Nikkei index jumped 5.6 percent Monday.
China reported its GDP grew by 9 percent in the third quarter, which was less than it had expected.
General Growth Properties may be seeking bankruptcy protection
The owner of The Streets at Southpoint mall in Durham, General Growth Properties, may be forced to seek bankruptcy protection from its creditors. The company’s stock fell nearly two-thirds on Tuesday and the company is struggling to refinance its debt. The Chicago-based company’s debt totals to a staggering $958 million that’s due on Dec. 1. An additional $3 billion matures in 2009. The weak credit and retail market has been cited as the blame for the company’s struggling finances as it is still unclear if General Growth Properties will be unable to finance or extend terms on the debt. During Tuesday’s trade, General Growth shares plummeted by 64 percent to close at 49 cents per share. The company’s market value has dropped 99 percent this year and reported a quarterly loss of $15.4 million last week.
SOURCE: WWW.BIZJOURNALS.COM/TRIANGLE
Starbucks shares falterOn Tuesday, shares of Starbucks Corp. fell after analysts’ expectations
were missed by a large margin in its fourth fiscal quarter. In the first quarter, Starbucks reported a net income of $5.4 million, or 1 cent per share. The company had earned $158.5 million, 21 cents per share, just a year earlier. The company’s adjusted results after the inclusion of the one-time restructuring costs were a net income of $71 million and earnings of 10 cents per share. In 2007, fourth-quarter revenues rose from $2.4 billion to $2.5 billion. Results for fiscal 2009 will depend greatly on the economy. U.S. store totals are expected to decline by 20 next year, with the opening of 205 stores and the closing of 225. The company plans to open 700 new stores worldwide. Starbucks shares were down 2 percent to close at $9.99 in trading on Tuesday.
SOURCE: WWW.BIZJOURNALS.COM/TRIANGLE
DHL cutting U.S. operationsThe delivery company, DHL, will be significantly reducing its air and
ground operations after taking heavy losses due to competition. 9,500 American jobs will be cut causing customers to turn to rivals FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service. The decision to cut production, which was announced Monday, could cause a rise in shipping prices and jeopardize a venture between DHL and UPS. DHL’s German parent, Deutsche Post AG, will no longer offer U.S. domestic-only air and ground services as of Jan. 30. DHL has lagged in the air and ground markets since its purchase of Airborne’s ground delivery network for $1.05 billion in 2003. Deutsche Post announced in May that it was working on a deal with UPS to allow them to carry some of DHL’s air packages. The venture was expected to last up to 10 years with a profit of $1 billion. DHL’s hub in Wilmington, Ohio, will lose several thousand jobs because of the production cut. More than 1,000 will be cut from Pennsylvania and California. DHL Express’, which runs at a volume of about 1.2 million now, will fall to about 100,000 packages.
SOURCE: WWW.NEWSOBSERVER.COM
Cheyenne AutryDeputy Features Editor
It’s year one. Four different teams special-izing in electronics, controls, mechanics and business are coming together to help design, promote and build an alternatively fueled vehicle for the upcoming EcoCAR compe-tition.
“We are one of only 17 schools in North America to be chosen to compete,” senior in mechanical engineering and project leader Ali Seyam said.
Seyam got involved with the project last year and helped plan out the proposal with fellow mechanical engineering senior Adam Zipperer.
“He told me about making the proposal and I got really interested,” Seyam said. “I lost all my spring break working on it but it was worth it.”
In this first stage, students are basically de-signing a whole vehicle before they receive it through computer software that generates
images and models of the car’s design. An-other kind of software is also used to output results on the vehicle’s range, fuel economy and emissions. Many major companies are shifting more toward the use of computer modeling of vehicles before any kind of hard-ware is used, Seyam said.
The team of engineers is working diligently to finalize their design for their vehicle.
“Our hybrid vehicle project will have a diesel engine instead of a normal gasoline engine like a Prius,” Raymond Herchenroder, senior in electrical engineering, said. “It will also incorporate the electric motor from the Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell SUV.”
In year two, General Motors will provide
each competing team with a 2009 Saturn Vue to apply their designs to. The teams are expected to receive their vehicles around August of next year.
Though the project does focus a lot on the areas of mechanics and engineering, Seyam said their team is in need of business majors and a web designer. The business team rep-resents a valuable and essential factor to the success of the project because they oversee all the financial and promotional aspects of the project.
“We are looking for more people for the business team to help manage the budget and
Let the race begin
DAVID MABE/TECHNICIANProfessor of economics John Lapp lectures at the panel discussion hosted by the College of Management Economics Society on Tues-day, Nov. 11. Lapp said problems in the credit market could decide the future direction of the economy. The panel discussed “the state of our economy... past, present and future.”
China’s moves mimic U.S. bailout
ECOCAR continued page 6
“We are looking for more people for the business team to help manage the budget.”Ali Seyam, project leader, senior in mechanical engineering
STUDENTS BEGIN THE FIRST SEMESTER OF A THREE YEAR PROJECT, BUT MORE HELP IS NEEDED IN THE AREAS OF BUSINESS AND WEB DESIGN
The $586 billion China will invest into its economy is not going toward bailing out one entity — the United States’ plan is aimed at bailing out failing financial institutions. Officials say they will invest this money in public infrastructures like roads and airports, as well as rebuilding earthquake-ravaged towns and structures.
SOURCE: NYTIMES.COM, WSJ.COM
vs.China United States
The $700 billion bailout will go to-ward propping up financial institu-tions so that failing banks don’t trig-ger, among other effects, further stock market crises and mortgage losses. The money goes toward buy-ing mortgage-backed securities failing financial institutions own.
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figure out how we will sell the product to sponsors,” Seyam said. “We also have outreach commitments that must be met.”
Since the project is still in the planning phases, the absence of the needed busi-ness majors has yet to cause any real problems. However, the engineers involved in the de-signing are having to fill in the empty spaces until extra help is found.
“Engineers essentially have to pull double duty,” Seyam said. “We really need specialized people to look at financing and advertising.”
Herchenroder agrees. Trea-surers, secretaries, outreach co-ordinators and sponsorship re-cruiters are some of the top positions to be filled.
A web developer, however, is the position needed
the most.“Each school is required to make a Web site,”
Seyam said. “So if anybody is interested, I would very much like to speak with them.”
The need for a more extensive business team is becoming greater as a mandatory presentation by the team on the project must be given in Detroit next semester.
“Some of the students will be fly-ing with us on the trips to make presentations,” Herchenroder said. “This is serious stuff, and there are some significant dollars being thrown around.”
Anyone interested in getting in-volved with the project is encour-aged to get in contact with project leader Ali Seyam via e-mail. Busi-ness majors and web designers are most encouraged to apply but some mechanical and electrical engineers are still needed. For more informa-tion on the EcoCar challenge, visit
www.ecocarchallenge.org or students.engr.ncsu.edu/weel/ECC.
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are some signifi-cant dollars being thrown around.”
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end of the season. [Goalkeeper] Chris Widman and the back four, they’re keeping us into this game.”
The win over Virginia Tech is the latest in a revitalization the men’s soccer team has ex-perienced in the second half of the season. The team started off the year 1-5-1. When it finally got its first ACC w i n a g a i n s t Boston College on Sept. 27, the game was later forfeited due to an NCAA rule violation.
But since Oc-tober, State has gone 7-2-0 with its only losses coming against No. 1 Wake For-est and No. 6 Maryland. Redshirt junior goalkeeper Christopher Widman, who had three saves on Monday, said it just took time for the Wolfpack to learn to play together.
“It just took a while. We got used to playing with some new guys,” Widman said. “We kept working hard in practice and goals started going in. We started playing better defense, and everything all-around just improved.”
Coach George Tarantini said the team’s newfound success has been a result of the players coming together, and the coaching staff had very little to do with it.
“I believe in players. I know coaches are very, very impor-tant. But for all my life, I have believed in players,” Tarantini said. “A group of players in the middle of the season said we’re going to win, despite
what any-body says, despite what anybody tells us, and we became a family.”
State has already faced Wake Forest once this season, losing 4-1 at the N.C.
State Soccer Stadium Oct. 11. Tarantini said the game is a chance for the Wolfpack to prove again they can com-pete with the conference’s elite teams. “That’s a wonderful op-portunity,” Tarantini said. “Tomorrow, we get to play against one of the best teams in a long, long time. They won the national championships. They’ve got touch, they’ve got speed and they’re well coached.”
After the last exhibition game, the team is looking forward to the season opener. The opener is on the road against the New Orleans Priva-teers, making the Pack one of the few ma-jor conference teams to travel for the f irst game.
“ Y e a h , I mind,” coach Sidney Lowe said when asked if he cared that State opens so far from home. “But that i s what it is.”
The New Orleans game is sig-nificant for several reasons. Last season, the Privateers handed State its first loss of the season, dropping the Pack to 1-1 after
just two games. Also, assistant coach Monte Towe was the head coach for New Orleans for five seasons before joining the Wolf-pack’s staff. Redshirt junior Far-nold Degand said he is looking forward to the game.
“I like going on the road, ta k ing other people’s terri-tory, and giving it back when we are done with i t ,” D e g a nd said.
During the game, Degand showed t hat much of his play ing abi l-ity has returned after the knee i n j u r y t h a t knocked him
out much of last season. He led the team in points with 15 in only 22 minutes of action. He also recorded four steals.
“I felt really good today when I was pushing the ball, when I was
dribbling. I felt a little bit more under control. When I did the little stop-and-go hesitation and got the lay-up, that’s when I felt like I was coming back into my own and starting to do the things I used to do,” Degand said.
Along with Degand, four other Pack players ended up in double
figures. Lowe said he was pleased with the effort as a team.
“I thought our defense again was good,” he said. “It enabled us to get some runs. Offensively, we moved the ball around really well, and had a couple guys make some shots.”
“It’s funny to see everyone get a little bit more intense and taking things seriously. Teams look like they play harder and give more effort,” Pritchett said. “Everyone is going after the infamous intra-mural champions shirt.”
Devin Bueker, a sophomore in psychology, is a member of the No.6 Go Pack! Girls, who faces No.3 Sets on the Beach tonight for the first round of the women’s open tournament.
“We’re excited to play. It’s defi-
nitely fun to go out and have a good time — and of course it’s cool to be in the playoffs, having a second shot at teams that were in our pool during the season,” Bueker said.
In volleyball, just as any other intramural sport, many people are playing against their friends and classmates. Volleyball play-ers play pickup at night during the week in Carmichael Gym-nasium, and it is made obvious through their game play. Players like Dana Senko, a sophomore in biological sciences, meet with the same group during the week for pickup but see them on the other
side of the net in a match.Sarah Mooney, a sophomore
in business administration, is ready to see how her team, No-torious D.I.G., will perform in the playoffs.
“Not all of us knew each other, and in our first game, it was ob-vious we were a little rusty, but we all played club in high school, so we had the skill and found a way to make it work for the oth-er games,” Mooney said. “The games have been pretty competi-tive so far, so I can’t wait to see how the girls will do tonight.”
BBALLcontinued from page 8
SOCCERcontinued from page 8
VOLLEYcontinued from page 8
“They’re a good team and we
know that. But, we’re not going to let that get to us.”
Redshirt junior forwardRonnie Bouemboue
QUARTERFINAL MATCHUPS TODAYGAME TIME
No. 2 Maryland vs. No. 7 North Carolina Noon
No. 3 Boston College vs. No. 6 Clemson 2:30 p.m.
No. 1 Wake Forest vs. No. 8 N.C. State 5:30 p.m.
No. 4 Virginia vs. No. 5 Duke 8 p.m.
SOURCE: ACC
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS:BASKETBALL VS. CATAWBAAIR BALL The chant that practically took Ca-tawba College’s Antonio Houston out of the game. Houston air balled the "rst attempted shot by the Indi-ans and the chant followed him un-til he fouled out with 4:35 left in the game. Houston went 0-4 in the "rst half, missing both of his free throw attempts. The chant followed him to the second half warmups where he missed most of his practice shots including two easy layups. The chant concluded as he took his seat on the bench following his "fth foul.
My New Haircut Costner again displayed his new hairdo and went 4-12 for 14 points, six rebounds, one block and one
steal. The haircut features a mini-Afro with missing sides.
Blitz Offense The Pack came out with a high paced o!ense running the ball and pushing it inside for the entire "rst half. Point guard Farnold Degand had several uncontested drives including one after receiving the inbound on one end of the court and driving it to straight the hoop at the other.
Miscues Coming out of the half, the Pack struggled with miscommunica-tion and bad shots along with be-ing plagued with bad passes and missed assignments. The spell was broken by a Courtney Fells block that led to a Degand steal and fast break.
COMPILED BY JONATHAN LAUGHRUN
“I like going on the road, taking other people’s territory and giving it back
when we are done with it.”redshirt junior
Farnold Degand
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Taylor AutenSports Editor
CARY — Redshirt junior forward Ronnie Bouemboue scored two goals and added an assist to lead the No. 8 seed Wolfpack (9-8-1) past the No. 9 seed Hokies (5-13-1) in the play-in game of the ACC Tournament at WakeMed Soccer Park on Monday. The win was the Pack’s sixth in its last seven games.
The win advances State into the quarterfinals of the tour-nament where it will face the No. 1 seed and top-ranked Wake Forest team at 5:30 p.m. The Demon Deacons are the defending national champions and have gone undefeated this season going 17-0-1. Bouemboue said the Pack is not going to treat this game differently from any other game.
“They’re a good team and we know that,” Bouemboue said. “But, we’re not going to let that get to us. It’s soccer. It’s a 90 minute game. They will have 11 players and we’ll have 11 players.”
After pressuring the Hokies’ goalkeeper early in the game, Bouemboue finally got the Pack on the scoreboard with a header off of a Kris Byrd cross in the 33rd minute of the game to put State up 1-0 early.
The Hokies owned the early portion of the second half, tying the game at 1-1 when Hunter Cheatham put in a low cross into the box for an easy goal in the 63rd minute. But Bouemboue answered quickly, turning on a pass into the box from Chrys-tel Bakong to slip the ball
past Virginia Tech goalkeeper Thomas St. Germain. The Hok-ies would continue to pressure the N.C. State defense, but junior forward Federico Nachmann put the game away for the Pack with a breakaway goal in the 90th minute. Bouemboue said the team has been successful because of the improved play of the defense.
“A lot of people look at the for-wards and the attacking part of the team, but our defense has re-ally stepped up since the begin-
ning part of the season,” Bouem-boue said. “Those four guys in the back really played their heart out every single game toward the
Familiar teams, bracket busters progress through opening rounds of playoffs
Lindsey HallStaff Writer
Intramural volleyball play-offs continue this week with quarterfinals and semifinals. The men’s open, co-rec, fra-ternity, sorority, and faculty and staff teams have pro-gressed into the semifinals. Women’s open teams will finally see their first round of action to-nig ht , be-ginning at 6 p.m.
Reigning fraternity champions Phi Tau, cur-rently ranked third, take on the No. 2 Kappa Sig-ma in what should prove to be a close matchup. Top seeded Sigma Phi Epsilon will face No. 5 Delta Sig Green on Thursday night.
Last year’s co-rec champion I.H.O.P. continues to domi-nate the top seed, moving on to the quarterfinals after taking down No. 15 One Hit
Wonders in a late match last night.
Co-rec also has some cinder-ella teams mak-ing their way t hroug h t he brackets. No. 33 Real Numbers knocked out No. 1 Salt-n-Pepa, while No. 20 Dominators rolled over the No. 13 Raid-ers. The co-rec league is the largest league, boasting a field
of 41 teams.Jessica Pritchett, a freshman in
animal science who is playing in both the women’s open and co-rec league this year, said she has enjoyed the competition of the playoffs.
MEN’S SOCCER
Pack advances to quarter!nalsAFTER BEATING VIRGINIA TECH 3!1, STATE FACES NO. 1 WAKE FOREST IN CARY TODAY
CHRIS SANCHEZ/TECHNICIANIn the opening game of the 2008 ACC tournament Nov. 11, junior mid"elder Korede Aiyegbusi dribbles the ball past Virginia Tech freshman defender Tobias Hottner into Hokie territory. N.C. State won out 3-1 and will go on to play in the quarter"nals of the ACC tounament today.
SCOREBOARD3 N.C.State
Goals by Bouemboue: 33rd, 68th minute, Nachmann: 90th minute
1 Virginia TechGoal by Cheatham: 63rd minute
Directions to WakeMed Soccer Park: Drive west down Hillsborough Street from campus. Approximately one mile after Wolf Creek apart-ments, turn left into WakeMed Soc-cer Park.
Tickets:All-Tournament PackagesAdults: $30Senior Citizens (65+):$20College Students with Valid ID: $20Youth (3-18): $20
Single Session Prices:Adults: $15Senior Citizens (65+):$10College Students with Valid ID: $10Youth (3-18): $10
Weather: The forecast for tomorrow evening is mostly cloudy with temperatures in the mid-50s
SOURCE: ACC, WEATHER.COMSOCCER continued page 7
INTRAMURAL SPORTS
IM Volleyball set for playoff action
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Pack wins final exhibitionThe men’s basketball team defeated Catawba 85-61 Tuesday night
Samuel T.O. Branch Senior Staff Writer
The men’s basketball team downed Catawba in the fi-nal preseason game 85-61, which was the second of four games to be played at Reyn-olds Coliseum this year. The Wolfpack performed well in its final test, according to red-shirt junior forward Brandon Costner.
“We came out with a lot of energy, really focused,” Cost-ner said. “Catawba is a really good team. We knew that we had to play good and play smart, and we did that.”
State opened up a 19-6 lead early and never relinquished it in the victory. Costner said the contest showed the players their hard work is paying off, and that the team is ready for a new season.
“I think we are [ready to play]. We are playing re-ally well right now,” Costner said.
Last year, State struggled rebounding, ranking either dead last or near the bottom of the ACC in every single related category. In the first half, the Pack continued to have problems off the boards, allowing seven offensive re-bounds to a team significantly
shorter than them at every posi-tion.
“There was just some miscom-munication in the first half and a couple of defensive lapses, but
we really focused on it and tried to shut it down [in the second half],” Costner said.
CHRIS SANCHEZ/TECHNICIANSenior center drives the ball inside against Cawtaba College Tuesday in Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack won the exhibition game 85-61.
BBALL continued page 7 VOLLEY continued page 7
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IF YOU ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO THE GAME
“It’s funny to see everyone get a little bit more
intense and taking things
seriously.”freshman Jessica Pritchett
WOLFFACTS
Sanchez, Bouemboue named All-ACC
Forward Ronnie Bouemboue and midfielder Alan Sanchez, both ju-niors on the N.C. State men’s soccer team, were named to the All-ACC second team. Bouemboue leads the Wolfpack in points and goals with 30 and 13, respectively. His counterpart Sanchez leads the team in assists with nine and has posted 25 points this season.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
UNC football game scheduled for noon
The Nov. 22 football game at No. 17 North Carolina has been slated to start at noon. It will be the 98th meet-ing between the rivals, and the sec-ond meeting between Tom O’Brien and Butch Davis after both coaches were hired two years ago. The game will be televised by Raycom Sports.
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
TodayMEN’S SOCCER VS. WAKE FORESTWakeMed Soccer Park, Cary, N.C., 5:30 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL VS. WAKE FORESTReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
FridayVOLLEYBALL VS. DUKEReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
November 2008
Su M T W Th F Sa
30 1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
VOLLEYBALL STANDINGS
SCHOOL ACC OVERALL
Duke 11-4 20-7
Clemson 11-4 19-7
North Carolina 11-4 17-9
Georgia Tech 10-5 18-7
Miami 9-5 21-5
Virginia Tech 9-6 18-8
Florida State 9-6 17-8
Wake Forest 7-8 16-11
Virginia 6-9 14-13
N.C. State 3-12 9-21
Maryland 2-13 6-21
Boston College 1-13 7-19
SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
QUOTE OF THE DAY“A group of
players in the middle of the
season said we’re going to win, despite what
anybody says, despite what
anybody tells us, and we became a
family.”Men’s soccer coach
George Tarantini
DID YOU KNOW?With Tuesday’s win over Virginia
Tech, the men’s soccer team moves to 9-17-5 all-time in the ACC tournament.
COMING SOONThursday: Technician previews the
men’s basketball season.
• 12 days until the football game at UNC-Chapel Hill • Page 7: Continuation of the stories on men’s soccer, men’s basketball and intramu-ral volleyball