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Worker dies on Centennial CampusSam DeGraveDeputy News Editor
N.C. State officials are working with the Raleigh Fire Department and the state Labor Department to determine what caused the trench cave-in that killed a construction worker Tuesday afternoon.
The construction worker, whose name has not been released, was in-stalling a water line on Centennial Campus near the intramural soccer
field when the trench he was work-ing in collapsed, burying him under three feet of dirt.
“Sometimes it’s just too risky,” Frank McLaurin, chief of Raleigh Fire Search and Rescue, said in a WTVD Raleigh News report. “You’ll end up with multiple victims at the same time with the shifting soil.”
According to a report from WRAL, the worker’s body was re-moved from the trench by rescue crews at about 2:40 p.m., two hours
after the cave-in. Emergency crews used heavy machinery to remove the dirt covering the worker and used a large tarp as a privacy screen t o hide the body from the public.
The worker was employed by J.F. Wilkerson Contracting Co. Inc., a Morrisville company that special-izes in laying water and sewage lines. WTVD reported the company em-ploys about 30 people.
“Officials with the N.C. Occupa-tional Health and Safety Division
will determine whether J.F. Wilk-erson followed safety standards that could have prevented the worker’s death,” Neal O’Briant, a spokes-person for the state Department of Labor, told the News & Observer.
J.F. Wilkerson has a history of violating regulations, including one that requires a trench box, a device used to protect workers from cave-
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O’Brien fired after nail-biting season
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANHead football coach Tom O’Brien walks down the sidelines during the third quarter of N.C. State’s homecoming game against Virginia Saturday, Nov. 3. O’Brien was dismissed after a last-play loss to UNC-Chapel Hill and after losing to Virginia, 33-6, at Carter-Finley Stadium.
Professors
predict fiscal
cliff ’s next stepJoseph CabanissStaff Writer
Congress may bring in the new year with a series of federal tax-hikes and spending cuts many have dubbed the “fiscal cliff.”
Due to self-inflicted measures, Congress has until Dec. 31 to do something about this potential crisis. According to Douglas Pearce, a professor of econom-ics, Congress can either allow the fiscal cliff to pass, postpone it or compromise to implement some of its features now while implementing others later.
Pearce said it’s important for the government to address the issues raised by the fiscal cliff.
The government needs the money to pay its debt. However, according to Pearce, Congress needs to be careful that, in the pursuit of a solution, it doesn’t put a stranglehold the economy, because if the government takes too much, the economy may slow down to the point where no one can pay off anyone.
Although these problems have been long coming, many of these will culminate with the terms of the Budget Control Act of 2011, which was designed to give the government extra incentive to come up with a solution.
According to this legislation if the committee cannot come to an agreement on how to help the economy after Dec. 31 of this year, a large number of across-the-board spending cuts and tax increases will be put into effect.
“The whole reason why we have the fiscal cliff is because it is self-induced,” Steven Greene, a professor of public and inter-national affairs, said. “When the government was dealing with the debt ceiling a while back, they said, ‘OK, we’re just kicking the can down the road but next time, we’re going to put this little time bomb where the can is so we might actually pick up the can and do something with it.’
Nevertheless, the committee
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Jeniece Jamison & Daniel NealSports Editor & Staff Writer
Football head coach Tom O’Brien was fired Sunday, one day after the Wolfpack picked up a victory over Boston College on Senior Day, marking the dawn of a new era in N.C. State football in a whirlwind 24 hours for the program.
O’Brien is the seventh coach to have his tenure end since Athletics
Director Debbie Yow has been at the helm. He is owed $1.2 million over four years in his buyout.
“I appreciate the opportunity to have coached at North Carolina State University and I feel that the program is in a better place now than when I started,” O’Brien stated in a press release. “I’m proud of the young men that I have coached here, for their accomplishments on the field and in the classroom.”
“I had high hopes this year, as did coach O’Brien,” Yow said.
According to Yow, the two met early Sunday and she made her de-cision that afternoon.
O’Brien led the Wolfpack to three consecutive bowl victories and five appearances in his six years at State. The Pack is bowl eligible this sea-son and offensive coordinator Dana Bible will serve as the interim head coach for the game. Bible was also
the offensive coordinator of Boston College, where O’Brien held a head coaching job prior to arriving at State in 2006.
“I know I didn’t see it coming,” Bible said. “As a coach you are fo-cused on the now. He’s very proud of the programs we’ve built. He’s very proud of the way we’ve gone about the business of football and he’ll let
Students personalize senior class gifts for second yearSara AwadStaff Writer
Seniors will not be giving a physi-cal gift to the University for the second year in a row. Instead, the Senior Class Gift Campaign is al-lowing them to personalize their donations.
Last year, the Senior Class Gift Campaign switched from a “project-based campaign to a passion-based campaign,” said Amanda Pesicek, project coordinator of the Senior Class Gift Campaign.
In past years, students were asked to vote on a physical senior gift to give to the University. Students donated to the campaign to raise the funds necessary to buy the gift. According to the Office of Annual Giving’s website, previous gifts have ranged from the 2011 Dan Allen Gateway, yet to be built, to the 1913 sundial outside of Primrose Hall.
However, many students wouldn’t donate simply because they didn’t feel “passionate” about the senior
gift that was chosen, Pesicek said. That’s why students are now allowed to give a monetary gift to whatever area or program of academia and JORDAN MOORE/ARCHIVE
N.C. State’s Belltower will shortly receive the first of 54 bells, a gift from the class of 2010. N.C. State Alumnus Matthew Craig Robbins started “Finish the [Bell] Tower” campaign after finding out that the bell tower didn’t contain bells, but a speaker that played recorded tones.
SAMPLE OF SENIOR GIFTS ACROSS THE DECADES:2011: Dan Allen Gateway2001: New fountain and landscaping for the Mary Yarbrough Court1991: Reading room for D.H. Hill Library1987: Contributed to outdoor classroom at the Court of North Carolina1962-1969: Tile around Strolling Professor1959: First brick sidewalk in front of Tompkins Hall1941-1949: Electronic chimes in Bell Tower1939: Lights on the Bell Tower1912: Class marker for a possible landscaping project
SOURCE: NCSU ANNUAL GIVING
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O’BRIEN continued page 8
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A Quasquicentennial Celebration! 125 Years of Holidays at NC StateFriday, November 30 at 7pm • Stewart TheatreA festive celebration! Share songs, stories and memories of this wonderful time of year, with performances by guest vocalists, University Theatre students, the NC State Jazz Combo, Grains of Time, and Pipes & Drums. The evening will conclude with John Rutter’s magnificent Gloria, featuring the State Chorale.
State of BrassSunday, December 2 at 4pm • Kennedy-McIlwee Studio TheatreThis concert will include a wide variety of original brass quintet literature and classic transcriptions, mixed with a hint of music for the holiday season.
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Spring 2013 Crafts ClassesRegistration opens Monday, November 26Registration for spring crafts classes opens today for NC State students (Dec 10 for everyone else). Course listing available at ncsu.edu/crafts.
NC State Wind EnsembleTuesday, November 27 at 7pm • Stewart TheatreDr. Paul Garcia conducts a program that includes Equus by Eric Whitacre, excerpts from the opera Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, and an assortment of beloved holiday tunes.
Grains of TimeWednesday, November 28 at 7pm • Stewart TheatrePerforming a wide variety of music with the use of just seven to four-teen men’s voices, the Grains remain one of a kind when compared to most collegiate a cappella groups. Special guests: Meredith College’s all-female a cappella group, Encore.
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CAMPUS CALENDAR
MondayMISO WORKSHOPFriday Institute1-3 p.m.This workshop will focus on educating people interested in research, grant and education opportunities.
GENETICS SEMINAR: “TRACKING AND MAPPING OF GENETIC REFERENCE POPULATION”3503 Thomas Hall, Stephens Room1:30 p.m.
ART WITHOUT ARTISTSGregg Museum of Art & Design 12 - 8 p.m.Art Without Artists probes whether art exists only in the eye of the beholder or remains forever stranded in some Twilight Zone in-between intention and chance.
Tuesday“CHINESE FOOD” BY THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE FALL COURSE1011 Engineering Building I, 6:30-8:30 p.m.If you are interested in learning more about Chinese food and how to prepare basic, authentic dishes then this course is ideal for you. The first session will be held at a local Chinese market where the instructor will introduce Chinese food and dining as it relates to culture, tradition, environment, health and history.
WIND ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCEStewart Theater 7 - 9 p.m.N.C. State’s music program presents the University’s Wind Ensemble, conducted by Paul Garcia. The ensemble will perform several works with selections of holiday themed pieces.
WednesdayNUBIAN MESSAGE 20th ANNIVERSARYTalley Student Center Ballroom4-8 p.m.
HANZI CHINESE CHARACTER COURSE BY THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE1010 Engineering Building I7-8:30 p.m.
GRAINS OF TIME WINTER CONCERTStewart Theater7-9 p.m.
ALICE IN WONDERLANDTitmus Theater7:30 p.m.
ThursdayBIOLOGY SEMINAR: STACY BILBO, DUKE INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCES101 David Clark Labs3:30 p.m.
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT DISTINGUISHED FACULTY COLLOQUIUMSAS 42014-5 p.m.The department will host a seminar on algebraic equations and optimal control.
SEXUAL COMMUNICATION FAIRTalley Student Center Ballroom4:30-6:30 p.m.
TOY STORY Witherspon Student Center, Campus Cinema 7 p.m.
ALICE IN WONDERLANDTitmus Theater7:30 p.m.
BOURNE LEGACY (2012) Witherspon Student Center, Campus Cinema 9 p.m.
FridayLAST DAY OF CLASSESAll day
COLLEGE OF TEXTILES HOLIDAY CHARITY CONCERTConvocation Center, 2401 Research Drive7-9 p.m.Faculty members and students of the College of Textiles are putting on a charity concert on Friday, November 30th, to raise funds for SafeChild, a local organization dedicated to helping victims of domestic and child abuse and promoting better family structure.
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Sara AwadStaff Writer
The U.S. Department of Treasury State Small Busi-ness Credit Initiative gave North Carolina $15.2 mil-lion to help small business-es, Gov. Bev Perdue said in a press release.
This was the third install-ment of funds in a series, which totaled $46.1 million. The funding was a result of the Small Business Jobs Act delivered by the Obama administration in 2010, the October release said.
The funds were granted in order to increase the wealth of small businesses through loans, the release said. The money is distributed to three programs: the North Carolina Capital Access Program, the North Caro-lina Loan Participation Pro-gram and the North Caroli-na Fund of Funds program.
According to Nor th Carolina Commissioner for Small Business Scott Daugherty, NC-CAP is similar to an “insurance program” for lenders. The state matches the borrow-er’s fee for the loan. Should the business be unable to repay the loan, the money the state matched for the borrower’s fee will aid in the payment of the losses, Daugherty said. Accord-ing to Daugherty, loans in this program are usually of smaller amounts.
NC-LPP allows for the bank to cover 80 percent of the loan while the remain-ing 20 percent is covered by the state, Daugherty said. Unlike the first program, the NC-LPP is typically used for larger loans.
According to Daugherty, the North Carolina Fund of
Funds program is designed to invest in companies that have the potential for “solid growth,” and he said he is “hoping this will stimulate even more economic activ-ity.”
The program can be called an evergreen fund because loans will start to be paid off almost immediately, al-lowing for the bank to make more loans with other busi-nesses, Daugherty said.
The funds allow for a 10:1 match, with every dollar from the federal govern-ment initiating approxi-mately $10 in private loans.
The 2010 Small Business Jobs Act ensures that all states will receive this mon-ey, but the amount of money they receive is determined by the size of the population and the unemployment rate, Daugherty said.
According to Daugh-erty, North Carolina was estimated to have received the ninth largest amount of funds, but has approxi-mately the tenth largest population.
Overall, the act is designed to increase access to capital, expand resources and pro-vide managerial assistance to “help create new oppor-tunities,” Daugherty said.
Because Congress ap-proved the act with bipar-tisan support, Daugherty said he does not believe there will be any opposi-tion to the programs from the new Republican major-ity in North Carolina.
“There is broader consen-sus there in small business initiatives,” Daugherty said.
North Carolina initia-tives, however, preceded the federal bill, because at that time “we needed more visu-al leadership and attention
focused on small busi-nesses,” Daugherty said.
According to Daugh-erty, smal l business start-ups are “begin-ning to pick up” and in hotspots like Raleigh, unemployment rates are not that much different from where they were at pre-recession levels.
The fact that more capital is available makes it easier for banks to ap-prove everyday busi-nesses, like daycares, for loans, Daugherty said.
“Small businesses are a critical component of our economic landscape. Access to capital is one of the most important things needed for these small companies to grow and prosper,” Perdue said in the release.
As for the companies who are utilizing the loans, they seem to have pretty good track re-cords, Daugherty said.
Banks always try to be prudent when making loan decisions, as well as secure appropriate col-lateral in order to prevent losses, Daugherty said.
Daugherty said the third round of funds is expected for release to the state in December.
Perdue passes $15.2 million grant to revive small businesses
SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT INITIATIVE SSBCI• North Carolina Capital
Access Program NC-CAP
• North Carolina Loan Participation Program NC-LPP
• North Carolina Fund of Funds program
SOURCE: UNIVERSITY DINING WEB SITE
THROUGH RYAN’S LENS
Will you marry me?
Andrew White, a senior in communications and N.C. State Mr. Wuf mascot, gets on one knee as he proposes to Mary Katherine Maready, a senior in event management at UNC-Greensboro, after the end of the N.C. State and Boston College football game Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. Maready said yes as Mr. and Mrs. Wuf and
the N.C. State Cheerleading team watched. “I interned for the ACC Championship last year in Charlotte and we met there. It’s coming up on a year since we met this December,” Maready said with tears in her eyes.
PHOTO BY RYAN PARRY
POLICE BLOTTERNovember 2110:33 A.M. | NORTH HALL LOTNorth HallStudent reported damage to side mirror of vehicle.
10:48 A.M. | DRUG VIOLATIONNorth HallReport of possible drug violation. Student was charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana,
maintaining a dwelling for use/storage/sale of controlled substances,possession of schedule II controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of weapons on educational property and possessions of malt beverages while under 21. Student was arrested and referred to the university.
2:10 P.M. | SKATE COMPLAINTWest DeckReport of skaters on retaining wall of deck. Skaters fled prior to officer arrival.
2:20 P.M. | LARCENYDH Hill LibraryStudent reported theft of unattended cell phone.
November 22 12:10 P.M. | BREAKING/ENTERING Varsity LotStudent reported vehicle had been entered and GPS taken.
November 236:22 P.M. | TAMPER W/ FIRE EQUIPMENTAvent Ferry ComplexReport fire extinguisher had been discharged. Further investigation revealed total of seven extiguishers had been
expended. Housing and FP notified.
November 2412:44 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENTCarter FinleyNCSU PD, WCSO, RPD provided law enforcement services for football game. Enforcement action against 14 subjects, four of these were students.
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ins, Thomas McDonald re-ported. Prior to the 2007 in-spections, no injuries were
reported, but the company was fined $7,175 by the state, O’Briant said.
Investigators from the Oc-cupational Safety and Health Administration and N.C. State will be looking into
whether J.F. Wilkerson had installed trench boxes and safety exits at the construc-tion site.
The site was a City of Ra-leigh Public Works Project, authorities told WRAL.
The investigation could take up to four months to complete, O’Briant told the News & Observer.
JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANRescue workers attempt a recovery operation for after a construction worker who was buried in a trench collapse on Centennial Campus Tuesday, Nov. 20.
has yet to reach an agreement, although there is still time to decide.
If no decision is made, taxes would “return to the way they were before the Bush admin-istration,” Pearce said. Stu-dents working in college have been given a tax-break from the usual 6.2 percent tax on income for social security to 4.2 percent.
Major spending cuts will be seen in areas such as so-ca l led dis-cretionary a rea s l i ke defense and other gov-ernment programs, Pearce said. This means companies that create materials for the U.S. Military would have less business, leading to fewer open jobs, less money made and damage to the economy.
According to Greene, it’s because of this reason that many are concerned about the fiscal cliff.
“When the economy is still weak and all of the sudden, you dramatically cut govern-ment spending and dramati-cally take more money out of people’s wallets, cutting their spending, [since] we’re a spending-driven economy, so that would, quite likely, send us into a recession, although not necessarily immediately,” Greene said. “The metaphor I prefer is the ‘fiscal slope.’”
‘Fiscal slope’ or otherwise, there are few people who would say this is good for the American economy.
“The term ‘fiscal cliff ’ is partly an analogy to driving
off a cliff,” Pearce said. “In the short run, it’s likely to have big negative effects on economic activity in the U.S.”
According to Pearce, the fiscal cliff will de-crease consumer spending via tax increases and raise the unemployment rate to an estimated 9 percent.
“Neither party wants that,” Pearce said.
It is because of this rea-son that Greene said he is a little annoyed by some
media outlets talk-ing as if Congress would do noth-i n g i n the face of a self-inflicted
disaster.“I don’t want to say that
the media makes a big deal out of nothing,” Greene said. “It is something, but the idea that this would just continue and no sort of bargain or political so-lution will come out is just not at all likely. The truth is that they made a law making this time bomb; they could just make a law saying, ‘Oh, forget the time bomb. We’re going to diffuse it.’”
Pearce also expects a compromise, although he does not expect radi-cal change to come.
“It is very unlikely in the period before the new administration to see any-thing like fundamental tax reform which is what people would like,” Pearce said. “[We’re] more likely to see a short-run patch.”
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arts that they choose.“It’s all about making an
impact on the area that [stu-dents] can connect with the most in their time here at N.C. State,” Pesicek said.
Since the change, the cam-paign received 38 percent more money in donations last year. It raised $15,000, Pesicek said.
However, one alum said she still likes the sentimentality associated with seniors giv-
ing a collective gift to the University.
Campus Enterprises Mar-keting and Communication Director, Jennifer Gilmore, donated money to the Class of 1989’s senior gift, the chairs in D.H. Hill Library’s reading room.
“I gave more than I could afford [but] to walk in there [and] see the students there and the plaque and furniture still there for 22 years makes that sacrifice much more tan-gible and real,” Gilmore said.
For Gilmore, the best part of donating is seeing the
plaque that still hangs by the reading room with her name, as well as the names of fel-low donors from the Class of 1989.
“This is our legacy,” Gilm-ore said.
While seniors won’t collec-tively be funding one “senior gift” this year, Gilmore said she hopes that a plaque will still hang somewhere to com-memorate the philanthropy of the Class of 2013.
The Senior Class Gift Cam-paign is a non-profit organi-zation.
“The budget doesn’t cover
all that it takes to run a uni-versity,” Pesicek said.
According to the Office of Annual Giving’s website, 23 percent of the University’s “needed” funding comes from private support.
“The extra dollars are so important to all these spe-cial programs on campus,” Pesicek said.
Both Pesicek and N.C. State Annual Fund Associ-ate Director, Ashlee Kvidera-Bursch, said donations to the campaign are a tradition. The campaign has been around as long as the University, Pesicek
said.“It’s important that [stu-
dents] … follow the footsteps of the alumni that came be-fore them and give back to the students that eventually will be alumni as well, to re-ally make the student experi-ence impactful [and] really transform the experience,” Kvidera-Bursch said.
According to Pesicek, many students choose not to donate for financial reasons, but she says the “small gifts really do add up.”
“There’s no one more cash-strapped than a senior in col-
lege [but] you have to remem-ber that a lot of the things we use [now], other people paid for,” Gilmore said.
This year, the goal is 10 percent of class participa-tion, Pesicek said. Students are being asked to donate a minimum of $20.13 in honor of the Class of 2013, but dona-tions of any size will be taken.
Should the goal be reached, over $12,000 would be gener-ated to fund University pro-grams, Pesicek said.
This year, all senior donors will be given a lapel pin to wear at graduation.
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“...we have the
fiscal cliff...
because it is self-
induced.”Steven Greene, assistant
professor in political science
Registration opens for Crafts CenterSam DeGraveDeputy News Editor
Spring semester registra-tion for classes at the N.C. State Crafts Center begins today for students.
The center’s spring semes-ter officially begins January 9 and will feature classes in pottery, woodworking, pho-tography and more. To view the full list of classes being offered and to register, visit the center’s website at www.
ncsu.edu/crafts.This spring, students will
be able to participate in “Crafting in the Afternoon,” a series of classes offered ex-clusively to N.C. State stu-dents. A fee of $5 per session will apply to all five of the different Crafting in the Af-ternoon programs.
Prices for all other sessions vary by class and can be seen on the Crafts Center’s web-site.
The Crafts Center is open
to anyone interested in learning a craft, but regis-tration for all non-students does not open until Monday, Dec. 10.
Monday, Dec. 3, from 9 p.m. till midnight, the Crafts Center will be putting on a free craft activity to help stu-dents unwind. The activity requires no preregistration.
The Crafts Center is lo-cated in the lower level of Thompson hall.
CRAFTS OFFERED AT THE CRAFTS CENTER:•Pottery•Woodworking •Photography •Glass•Jewelry making •Lapidary arts •Watercolor •Acrylic painting •Portrait drawing •Silk dyeing •Weaving•Guitar playing •Bicycle repair
SOURCE: WWW.NCSU.EDU/CRAFTS
Viewpoint
In response to “N.C. State associates with the Gaza conflict”
While Ishan Raval’s Monday article about N.C. State, Caterpillar, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict clearly had the best intentions, his arguments do not hold. Before I am accused of being pro- or anti- anything, I’ll confess that I am deeply critical of U.S.-Israeli relations and firmly opposed to the occupation of Palestine. But I feel that Raval’s argument falls in line with the tendency we all have of looking to blame instead of looking to solve. Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, is no more to blame for what I fully believe is the abuse of power on Israel’s part than gun manufacturers are for the crimes committed with their weapons. Should we blame McDonald’s employees for the weight we gain from eating French fries? Should we blame the makers of cars for our parking tickets? I would argue that the worst Jim Owens can be accused of is the same wrongdoing of which we are all guilty: ignorance. We are all, to some extent, ignorant of the metaphorical hurricanes thousands of miles away we cause with our metaphorical butterfly wings.
C.J. Boyce
The following are in response “Perspectives from a Gazan Palestinian”
I first want to express my deepest condolences regarding the events that have occurred in the past week, not neglecting Palestine’s long-time history
of struggle and conflict. I would also like to thank you for this article; it was well-written and absolutely justified and enlightening.
I have just a few thoughts that hold, by no means, any judgment or disrespect in any way. As a concerned citizen for my country, the U.S., and its close ties with Israel, its affairs in the Middle East and the future of these recent conflicts, I have paid close attention to a wide variety of media outlets and researched some of the history in that region and the international politics involved. It is a painful and unfortunate history to continue to be naive about.
“The power lies in the one that has the ability to narrate the story” is one thing, as a United States Marine Corps veteran, I have heard during my whole 4-year career. Books I’ve read and conversations I’ve had led me to a deeper understanding of this concept. Due to the recent bombing of a media center in Gaza, my expectations were heightened of how dynamic this conflict may potentially erupt. To lessen the ability for one side to communicate truth increases the ability for the other side to communicate theirs.
One facet of your article was the portrayal of Palestine, or lack of the portrayal of Hamas, or the failure to differentiate where the conflict lies, between Israel, Palestine and Hamas. My understanding is that Hamas is a political party that has maintained control over the Gaza portion of Palestine for the past five years. I feel we don’t need to get into the specifics of the background and history of Hamas, but it is, in fact, Hamas that is in conflict with Israel and not Palestine. It is true “... Palestine has no army” and it is unfortunate the battle is in the backyard of so many homes of the innocent.
I hope this conflict does not escalate into anything more than it has, and I pray for those Palestinians and Israelis who
have lost their lives over this animosity that has lasted for 64 years too long.
Samuel Tripp
As a Jew, I have never agreed fully with the Zionists though I fully support our right to have a homeland in Israel. I just don’t like their exact methods. With that said, do no ever, ever, ever compare what is happening anywhere to Ha’Shoah. The atrocities committed then are like nothing that ever has or will happened, and it is absolutely insulting to my people for any comparison to be drawn to it.
Ben Averitt
So I assume you give no fault to Hamas using Palestinians as human shields? I guess rocket attacks into Israel are cool, but to retaliate is inhumane? I’m sure the fact that the IDF warns civilians in an area they are about to attack holds no weight with you. I’m also sure the humanitarian efforts Israel tries to give to non-combatants in Gaza also doesn’t mean anything.
If you want to blame anybody, it’s Hamas. Israel defending itself is more than justified. They take every step possible to prevent civilian casualties. Radical muslim extremist groups don’t care about the loss of civilian life so long as their cause goes on. Israel is not the problem, but rather Hamas.
Caleb Lewallen
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Advertising ManagerOlivia Pope
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Derrick Freeland, junior in biological engineering
Breaking bread
Farewell, TOB. We’ll miss youThe 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.
I sat beside my (Jewish) editor, Mark Her-ring, for breakfast
yesterday — in front of us was a spread of feta cheese from Istanbul, khoubz (flat bread), bagels and lox, ka-
lamata ol-ives, coco-nut water, English tea and Turk-i s h c o f -fee. I slyly looked over the rim of my mug as
I took a sip of tea and saw Mark spreading the cheese onto his bread — at that moment, I couldn’t help but think to myself, “What is that bastard planning?” I became suspicious of Mark, because I was sure he was thinking the same thing about me. Our meal be-came increasingly hostile.
As I scooped some olives out of a plastic container with my spoon, Mark’s fork often pierced and plucked the ones that looked most ripe — the very same ol-ives I was trying to collect for myself.
“Can you break off a piece of bread for me?” he asked, as if everything between us was OK.
Feeling frustrated and vengeful, I tore apart a round piece of bread and handed him the smaller half — and partly hoped he was aware of his punish-ment. It was just enough to inspire retaliation.
Mark employed an attri-tion strategy. He picked up the container of feta cheese, and when he was finished with it, he put it back on the table, but instead of it being in the middle, it was ever-so-slightly on his side and out of my reach. He did the same with some of the other items there. He was trying to control the food supply.
I’ll be damned if he ex-pected me to swallow my pride and ask him to pass me the feta. If he wasn’t go-ing to let me enjoy it, then I had to make sure neither of us would, so I pulled my chair closer to the table and rested my elbows on it, try-ing to take up as much space as I could. I laid my right forearm (the one closest to Mark) flat on the table, creating a border between Mark and my people’s de-licious bread, ensuring he couldn’t combine it with the cheese. I did the same with the container of olives.
There was plenty of food
on the table, but neither of us could enjoy it because we had divided and conquered the complementary items. As he reached for the bagels, I took the lox (smoked salmon) for my side; he had the cheese and I had the bread. We sat in palpable passive aggres-sion now, looking at each other with furrowed brows, clenched jaws — sipping tea.
As time passed, we became more impatient with one an-other. After each sip of tea, we put our mugs down on the table with more force — a sort of mug slamming competi-tion to see who could strike the table the hardest. The disruptive and unproductive contest began to cause the table to shake violently, and the noise was starting to scare those around us.
“BAM!”I had slammed my CNN
mug — my favorite mug — so hard on the table it cracked. Next thing I knew, I was on my feet, fueled by anger. I was hungry, annoyed and des-perate. I was ready to take a swing at Mark (or at the very least call him a jerk). He was standing as well, ready to do the same.
At that moment, one of the Features editors came into the office with a pizza. “Hey guys, want some pizza?”
“What kind?” Mark and I said in sync.
“Papa John’s had a deal on this meat-lover’s pizza, it has five different kinds of sausage on it.”
“Wow dude, that’s defi-nitely not kosher,” Mark said.
“That’s the most un-halal thing I’ve ever heard of, man,” I said, agreeing with Mark.
Suddenly I felt a little less angry with Mark, my energy now focused on being dis-gusted by the fact that five different kinds of sausage could exist on one pizza.
Mark and I took our seats again, ready to negotiate. I pushed the container of olives from my side to the middle of the table, and the olives of peace were met with feta cheese from Mark. Soon, ev-erything was back in the mid-dle, and we shared a diverse and delicious meal. Moving past our petty squabble al-lowed me and Mark to focus on something more produc-tive — putting out this paper.
And though our peacetime was/is productive, it’ll soon be a thing of the past. Our dinner — scheduled for Fri-day evening — is likely to re-ignite the tension between us.
Ahmed AmerViewpoint Editor
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
BY CHRIS RUPERT
What would you like to see your
class donate to the university as a class gift?
“I would like to put astro-turf on the intermural fields because the games always get rained out.”
Adam Steurersophomore, First Year College
“I would like to see more funding for club sports, like another field because they are pretty crowded, another set of fields would be nice.”
Megan Payton junior, meteorology
There are two kinds of people on this campus: those who are glad to see Tom O’Brien gone and those who
maintain he shouldn’t have been fired (we’ll affectionately refer to them as TOB’s Army). No matter whose side you’re on, we should all agree on one thing: Let’s not kick the man while he’s down.
The sacking of TOB wasn’t because of poor performance the cause was mediocrity (which was still an improvement from his predeces-sor). And while we hope the next coach can make N.C. State football great, we cannot take part in some of the O’Brien bashing that’s go-ing on (mainly in online threads and Face-book pages).
Before Tom O’Brien took over, the football team had recorded three losing seasons. While
running a clean program, TOB lead the Pack to bowl games in five of his six seasons as head coach. However, TOB did not have the most wins during a three-year pe-riod at N.C. State; Lou Holtz takes that record (to cor-rect a popular meme on the Wolfpack student’s Facebook group page).
It was wrong to let go of Tom O’Brien before the bowl game — if he lead the team that far, then he should certainly be able to coach during the game. The timing of his firing wasn’t tasteful, especially considering the justification, which
is essentially “the sooner we can look for a head coach, the better.”
Although we wish our breakup with TOB were cleaner, it was inevita-ble. Talk of firing the coach has been around for more than two years, but State’s inconsistency worked to his favor. The fans were fed up with mediocrity, but beating UNC-Chapel HIll (except for
this year) and exceptional football teams (up-sets like FSU and Clemson last season) were reason enough to keep him around. Perhaps what makes this situation messy is the fact
that TOB wasn’t a terrible coach.We wish Tom O’Brien the best of luck, and
we thank him for being a part of the Pack. We can’t say with certainty TOB didn’t see this coming, nor can we say he’s completely heartbroken — O’Brien will be receiving a total of $1.2 million over the next four years, fulfilling the athletic department’s end of its contract with TOB.
Let’s not mar N.C. State’s last memories of O’Brien with “good riddance” or “it’s about time posts” on Facebook and sports threads. TOB gave the football program all he could — we just want even more. As one student put it on Facebook, “N.C. State will always have an extra verb in its dictionary because of [him].”
“The timing of
his firing wasn’t
tasteful...”
“I would like to see a community project involving the students and the community”
Noemi Rocha senior, environmental engineering
“I would like to put a wolf statue in the Brickyard.”
Logan Thomas senior, sport management
“I would like to expand Reynolds Coliseum to bring the men’s basketball team back to campus.”
Howard Walterssenior, parks, recreation and tourism management
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Nehemiah ChenCorrespondent
Get ready to wake up and face the coming winter days with a pint of Aces and Ates stout.
Raleigh’s Big Boss Brewery has rolled out their winter stout, Aces and Ates, and it sure is tasty. Created by one of Big Boss’ founders, Brad Wynn, Aces is a beer that will wrap its big hairy arms around you during the long and lonely winter nights. Traditionally stout beers re-ferred to the strongest porter beers a brewer y had to offer, often boast-i ng s e ven percent to eig ht per-cent alcohol by volume. Big Boss’ winter seasonal offering comes in around nine percent abv.
“[Aces and Ates] is an American stout in the sense that it’s not using classic Irish yeast,” Brooks Hamaker, op-erations manager at Big Boss Brewery, said. “It is very rich; it lends itself to coffee very well. The body of beer is rela-tively heavy, and coffee is, or can be relatively heavy. And the two just blend really well and people just like it. It’s a great Saturday morning beer, before a football game, for ex-
ample; it’s like breakfast.”Aces and Ates is best when
consumed from a pint glass. And according to Dave Rog-ers, head of marketing at Big Boss, “[It should also be con-sumed] around 50-55 degrees in the responsible quantity of your choosing.”
Looking at some of the qualities of the beer, it pours a dark black with some red hue on the edges. Unlike many stouts, Aces and Ates has no head, or at least not much of one; the half a finger of head it does have quickly disap-
pears with no l ac i ng (t he foa m that sticks to the glass).
Aesthet-ics aside, the real meat of this beer is fou nd a s-
saulting your other senses, notably smell and taste. This is a beer that is brewed with 10 different malts; many oth-ers are brewed with only one or two. It also happens to be brewed with a healthy dose of roasted coffee. Smelling this beer is like waking up to the smell of coffee, the aroma is so pronounced. Besides cof-fee, there is a slight hint of citrus from the hops.
Fun fact: Larry’s Beans, a local coffee roaster, supplies Big Boss with a special blend of Ethiopian coffee from the
Sidama region, specifically roasted for Aces and Ates.
“We’re just looking for a well-rounded stout ale to complement the coffee f la-vor that comes later,” Rogers said. “Chocolate malt, roast-ed barley and flaked barley make up much of the body of this beer.”
The beer’s most promi-nent feature is its flavor. The roasted coffee that comes out of this beer is as strong as a grizzly bear. Even Juan Val-dez would want some of this. The flavor has staying power too— it does not just go away after drinking it; it sticks around, gets comfortable and stays for dinner. Some other notes about the beer were that it’s resiny, full-flavored and has some carbonation. Mouthfeel was a bit watery. There are some hints of choc-olate and vanilla in it as well, but coffee is clearly the focus flavor-wise, the bright, shin-ing, sun-in-your-eye focus.
According to Hamaker, Aces and Ates has been in ro-tation for the past four years.
Aces and Ates is a solid beer, especially for those looking for a strongly flavored dark beer. Those who prefer lighter beers such as lagers, pale ales or IPAs may find this brew a bit overwhelming. But don’t take my word for it; Aces can currently be found seasonally on draft at Big Boss from No-vember until December.
PAGE 6 • MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2012 TECHNICIANFeaturesCAMPUS & CAPITAL
Lindsey SchaeferStaff Writer
This is the first year for Cotton First, a new apparel and non-apparel design showcase of clothes with at least 60 percent of cotton solutions. Hosted by the College of Textiles, it will be the first interdisciplinary design competition combining art with fashion for a night organizers hope will be full of fun.
The competition and exhibition is sponsored by a grant from Cot-ton Incorporated. The grant gives students with many different focuses the ability to advertise, produce or design for the show and challenges stu-dents to use their tal-ents in many ways.
Lee Stalcup, a senior in fashion and textile management, has been collaborating with textile professors Cynthia Istook and Hoon Joo Lee to oversee the production of Cotton First. She has been organizing ev-erything from enlisting the design-ers to getting them juried in, making sure their garments are ready to go, getting them on the runway, getting the runway, getting the place that holds the runway, getting the food and drink beforehand, setting up the tours, and pairing the mentors with the mentorees for students that want advice and assistance.
“It is a lot of work and I’m really lucky to have the committee that is working under me— they don’t
need much initiative to just pick up and go and do the work that they are supposed to,” Stalcup said.
Stalcup said that she and her team were able to design the flyers, logo and T-shirts. The marketing team filmed the commercial to adver-tise for Cotton First and also cre-ated multiple ways for students to stay connected to the competition through Twitter, Facebook and In-stagram, as well as their website, ncsucottonfirst.com.
The competition and exhibition is also a way for the College of Textiles to give back to those in need. Dress for Success Triangle promotes the in-dependence of disadvantaged women by pro-v id i ng t hem with the tools
that they need to build an economic future, like professional clothes.
Women are referred to the pro-gram from domestic violence shel-ters, homeless shelters and many other organizations. Not only do they provide the tools to help wom-en succeed but they also provide counseling and guidance to help get them started.
“The fun part is getting people awarded and getting them their hard-earned money,” Stalcup said.
Cotton First is donating proceeds to this organization and also pro-viding them with gently-used cloth-ing. There will be five boxes spread
across campus: one in the student lounge, one in the career center, one in the Atrium, outside the TATM office and outside the dean’s office. Clothes are being taken at all five locations until Dec. 12 and clothes are also being collected at the show.
Xavier Totor, a sophomore in fashion and textile management, is on the marketing committee with Alexis Russo, Sarah Reese and Francesca Verceles-Zara. They are finding ways to get N.C. State stu-dents and the Raleigh community conscious about Cotton First.
“I’m really excited to see the turn-out. I think the students that are competing are phenomenal and I would love to see a lot of students admire their hard work,” Totor said.
Organizers plan to host the com-petition and exhibition Nov. 28 in the McKimmon Center. At 6 p.m. organizers hope to put together a reception with food, drink, musical performance and the static exhibi-tion, which will showcase the non-apparel items like accessories, home textiles and the art installation. At 7 p.m., if everything goes smoothly, the show will begin and feature the cotton apparel. Desserts will follow the show.
Tickets are $15 and can be pur-chased at the Career Services Center in College of Textiles or online. The money will help give back to Dress for Success Triangle.
“The sponsorship of Cotton In-corporated is a really big deal and the work of the competitors reflects that. It is going to be a beautiful show,” Totor said.
Student designers hype cotton couture show
ARCHIVE /TECHNICIANCotton First fashion show, a reincarnation of the Cotton Couture show, is set to feature its designs at the McKimmon Center Nov. 28.
NEHEMIAH CHENTECHNICIANRaleigh’s Big Boss Brewery unveiled its winter stout, Aces and Ates. The beer features a bold coffee flavor.
“I would love
to see a lot of
students admire
their hard work.”Xavier Totor,
a sophomore in fashion and textile mmanagement
Coffee notes in Aces and Ates warm stout lovers
“It’s a great
Saturday
morning beer ...”Brooks Hamaker, operations
manager at Big Boss Brewery
COMMENTARY
Jeniece JamisonSports Editor
Twenty-five years after the first and only postseason ap-pearance in the 37-year his-tory of Wolfpack volleyball, N.C. State earned an at-large bid to compete in the 2012 NCAA Tournament. It will face off against Texas A&M in the opening round of the tournament in Austin, Texas, Nov. 29 at 5 p.m.
“What a terrific day,” head coach Bryan Bunn said. “It’s amazing. We’re so excited to be selected. We’re happy for the girls. All of their hard work has paid off and it’s been a wonderful year so far.”
In Bunn’s third year with the Pack, he posted an over-all record of 22-9 and 12-8 in the ACC, finishing fourth in
the conference. That mark earned the program its best finish in the ACC since 1983.
“It’s huge. Once in 38 years, it’s been 25 years since we’ve made it. It’s amazing. It’s a testament to how hard these kids have worked over the last three years.”
Its overall record was also the most in the regular sea-son since 1982 when the Pack finished at 24-11.
State ripped off a 15-1 re-cord through the first two months of the season, but lost six of its last nine matches.
“We’ve been going through growing pains,” Bunn said. “It was a lot of hard work but it pays off and we’re look-ing forward to playing. … The weekend we dropped those matches to Duke and Wake when we were up, I
thought that would hurt us. We dropped in the RPI but fortunately the rest of the sea-son being so successful really paid off.”
Senior setter Megan Cyr was also named an All-ACC selection prior to State’s final match against North Caroli-na. She led the team in assists for the third straight season with 1,191 on the season.
“I definitely thought it was possible but I knew that it would take a lot of hard work,” Cyr said. “It’s always been a dream of mine to when I came from Canada to play NCAA volleyball. I’m so thankful for this opportunity I’ve had at N.C. State.”
After Cyr received the news she called her roommate. She said the two transferred from Colorado. A tearful Cyr said
she was as important piece towards achieving this goal.
“I’ve waited five years for this moment and I can’t be-
lieve that this is happening,” senior defensive specialist Alexa Micek said. “This is the greatest group of girls,
I couldn’t have asked for more.”
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Rob McLambStaff Writer
No. 16 N.C. State (4-1) escaped with a surprisingly narrow 82-80 win over UNC-Asheville (1-5) Friday night at PNC Arena. Senior for-ward Richard Howell led the Wolfpack with 23 points and 15 rebounds, his 15th career double-double, and was the deciding factor when State finally pulled away from the Bulldogs late in the game.
“Howell absolutely played his tail off,” head coach Mark
Gottfried said. “He com-peted from start to finish. He is emerging as somebody that wants to win badly, and I could see that in how he played, and that competitive spirit is what leaders have.”
Junior forward Calvin Leslie also posted a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Senior forward Scott Wood buried three three-pointers on the evening en route to 14 points along with three blocked shots. Junior point guard Lorenzo Brown added 18 points and
four assists, but committed five turnovers on the night.
The Wolfpack shot over 55 percent on the evening but were also sloppy with the ball, finishing the game with 19 turnovers, Brown and Howell combining for 11 on the night.
“We have got to develop a better chemistry amongst our team,” Gottfried added. “We have got to develop a team spirit that is all about winning.”
Gottfried did not play sophomore forward Thomas
De Thaey or redshirt junior center Jordan Vandenberg, electing to go only seven-deep for the game. The only two players to come off the bench for N.C. State were freshmen guard Tyler Lewis and forward T.J. Warren. The two newcomers, along with freshman guard Rodney Pur-vis, added a late spark in the second half when it appeared that UNC-Asheville may pull the upset. Warren leads the team in scoring so far with a 14.8 average per game.
“The freshmen do provide
a lot of energy to the teams,” Lewis said.
Like last season’s three games in Reynolds Coli-seum, N.C. State struggled with a smal ler in-state school. State was down 37-34 at halftime and trailed most of the night against the Bulldogs. The Pack did not get its first lead of the second half until barely three min-utes remained, when Howell scored on an old fashioned three-point play following a Wood blocked shot.
After a Wolfpack defen-
sive stop, Gottfried called a timeout and on the ensu-ing set play Wood, with help from a Leslie screen, gave the Pack some breathing room with a clutch three-pointer as the clock showed 1:15 re-maining. The Bulldogs were undeterred and continued to push the Pack, scoring late baskets to stay in touch. The outcome of the game was only assured when Howell hit two free-throws to give State an 82-78 cushion with only five seconds remaining.
Wolfpack returns to NCAA tournamentVOLLEYBALL
Men’s basketball grazes by UNC-Asheville Saturday with 2-point win
his record stand as a man.”Bible added, “We’re going to pre-
pare ourselves and get ourselves successful to win the bowl game.”
A 40-35 overall record, including eight wins against Football Cham-pionship Division opponents, was not enough to carry his job into next season.The former head coach held a 22-26 record in the ACC and 11-19 in the Atlantic Division. His only road victory in the division came in this season’s bout with Maryland, which was decided by the Terrapins missing a last-second field goal. O’Brien had a lone winning season in the ACC in 2010. The Pack went 5-3 in the conference and finished the season with a No. 25 national ranking.
State was also a sub-500 team against other Football Bowl Subdi-vision opponents, posting a 32-35 record.
Yow said the program has created a search committee to find O’Brien’s successor. The program is seeking a coach with a proven track record, but is also considering coordinators as candidates.
Yow included academic integrity, citizenship, ability to recruit top players and building the program into a top-25 program as the defin-ing factors in finding the next coach. Acquiring the best players in North Carolina will be the focus of the pro-gram’s future recruiting efforts, ac-cording to Yow.
She also said there were many fac-tors in the decision to dismiss him, including losing 1,000 season-ticket holders this season.
The players re-ceived the news from a va-riety of
sources, but the definitive voice came when Yow called a meeting at 3 p.m. to deliver the news to the student athletes.
“I was absolutely shocked,” senior center Camden Wentz said. “It was a crazy 24 hours of emotions. Even though he’s not going to be on the f ield with [us], we’re his players, so he coached us to be a certain way.”
“Me, personally, I want to win this game for O’Brien,” junior defensive back Dontae Johnson said. “I also want to win this for this university.
It’s going to be a struggle to get over the fact that the guy that recruited
me to come here is no longer here.”
Johnson also said that he will stay with the program despite the coach-ing change.
Amid a college football landscape of academic dis-honesty and play-ers receiving im-proper benefits, the
program will receive an Academic Progress Rate score of 990 in the spring.
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O’Brien f ired after nail-biting season
JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANFormer N.C. State football head coach reflects on his 33-6 defeat to the Virginia Cavaliers as the marching band plays the Alma Mater after the homecoming game in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Nov. 3.
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“We’re going to
prepare ourselves
and get ourselves
successful to win
the bowl game.”Dana Bible, interm head
football coach
JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANN.C. State football offensive coordinator Dana Bible speaks with the press after the announcement of head coach Tom O’Brien’s firing in Vaughn Towers at Carter-Finley Stadium Sunday. Bible will be the acting head coach during the Wolfpack’s bowl game appearance this winter.
BIBLE’S COACHING RESUME:2012: N.C. State- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback’s coach/Interim head coach2007-2011: N.C. State-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback’s coach/Wide receiver’s coach1999-2006: Boston College- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback’s coach/Wide receiver’s coach1998: Philadelphia Eagles- Offensive Coordinator1995-97: Stanford- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback’s coach1994: Cincinnati- Offensive Coordinator/Quarterback’s coach1990-92: Cincinnati Bengals- Quarterback’s coach1989: Miami (OH)- Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterback’s coach1986-88: San Diego State- Offensive Coordinator/ Quarterback’s coach/Wide receiver’s coach1983-85: N.C. State- Quarterback’s coach/Wide receiver’s coach1981: Miami (OH)- Wide receiver’s coach1978-80: Cincinnati- Quarterback’s coach 1976-77: Cincinnati- Graduate assistant
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O’BRIEN’S FOOTBALL COACHING CAREER:2012: It defeated the then No. 3 Florida State Seminoles, but the Pack’s five-game winning streak against UNC-Chapel Hill was broken. O’Brien was fired on Nov. 25. 2011: Defeated No. 7 Clemson. It also defeated Louisville in the Belk Bowl.2010: Defeated No. 23 West Virginia in the Champs Sports Bowl. The team tied for the second-highest win total in school history. State finished the season ranked No. 25, the first postseason ranking for the program since 2002. 2008: Former quarterback Russell Wilson is the first rookie quarterback in the history of the ACC to be named a first-team all-conference performer. 2008: Goes 4-4 in ACC play. Earns bid to Papajohns.com, the ninth bid in 10 years.2006: Leaves Boston College to take the same position at N.C. State. 1996: Hired as head coach of Boston College