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Raleigh, North Carolina
University uses multiple Learning Management Systems, but some professors use none
Jessica NevilleStaff Writer
The Distance Education and Learning Technology Applica-tions Advisory Committee and the Teaching and Learning with Technology Roundtable decided this summer to transition from Vista to the Moodle Learning Management System. The deci-sion was made after the University experienced severe performance problems with Vista in 2008 after three years of using the software.
Tom Miller, vice provost for DELTA, said NCSU and other UNC System schools began look-ing for open-source Learning Management Systems in 2007. LMS software is not under licens-ing constrictions and can be con-trolled more easily by the Univer-sity’s technological staff.
“The flip side is that open-source software requires a higher degree of programming and technical support,” said Miller.
Moodle was created in Austra-lia and is used worldwide. The University joined a pilot project through the College of Agricul-tural and Life Sciences in 2008 to try it out, and the software has received satisfactory reviews from faculty and staff.
Barbara Kirby, CALS professor, said Moodle seems more “user-friendly” than Vista.
“I like the chat, forums, groups, and ability to upload resources, vi-suals and other materials, “Kirby said. “However, it can be challeng-ing to learn the features of multiple systems, especially because tech-nology changes so rapidly.”
Miller said support for Vista will end in June of 2011, and teachers are being encouraged to switch to Moodle between now and then. In the meantime, many students have different classes on both systems, and also have to keep up with Web
Assign, MyPack Portal, course and professor Web pages, and specialized programs like Maple for calculus.
Timothy Watkins, a freshman in animal science, said the University has too much diversity in its technology.
“It’s annoying to have to check up on five different Web sites for my classes,” said Timothy. “It’s easy to miss assign-ments just because you forget to check one of them.”
Lauren Briggs , a sophomore in bi-ology, said she feels the Internet sys-tems could use some centralization, although she doesn’t write off technol-ogy altogether.
“It would be a lot easier if everything for my classes was on one Web site,” said Lauren. “Some of the Web sites can also be difficult to use.”
While many teachers use the Inter-net and e-mail as their main point of communication between students, some still prefer to operate the “old-fashioned” way.
Reza Ghiladi, a chemistry profes-sor, does not use any Internet soft-ware program but instead assigns his students problems out of the textbook and communicates information in class.
“I tried WebAssign one time and it was a nightmare,” Ghiladi said. “Tech-nology is useful in many situations but sometimes you have to revert back to pen and paper. Especially in chemis-try, it is important that students un-derstand concepts and learn to work problems completely on their own.”
A recent study by the SRI Interna-tional for the Department of Educa-tion examined the benefits of online versus classroom instruction from 1996 to 2008. Although most evidence was not conclusive, the report found that “on average, students in online learning conditions performed bet-ter than those receiving face-to-face instruction.”
Miller said technology amplifies both good and bad teaching. “I be-lieve that when used well, platforms for online teaching are tremendous as-sets that can positively impact student learning with instant access to materi-als and instant feedback on homework and quizzes, “ Miller said.
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Rush to complete assignments wears on students, instructors
Heidi KlumpeCorrespondent
Crowding has already become an is-sue during the first full week of classes as students struggle to find assistance in Maple help labs.
Calculus students, particularly those in MA 241, found tutoring ses-sions crowded as they sought help with their first programming assignment in Maple, which, for 241, was due last Friday.
Maple is a programming language new to most first-year students, and those in classes that require it often find it difficult. Ben Gibson, a fresh-man in civil engineering, said he has not used Maple but has heard it can be tedious.
“My first Maple assignment isn’t due until next week,” Gibson said. “But I’ve heard it’s hard and takes a long time to get right.”
The University seeks to assist these struggling students, primarily at the Mathematics Multimedia Center in SAS 2105, where graduate students are available from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. In ad-dition, students can attend bi-weekly help sessions in Harrelson G108, where at least one student is available to answer questions. However, the sheer number of students attending these meetings often makes it difficult to find help.
“[The Maple expert] is constantly being asked for help, so it’s kind of like, ‘pick a number,’” Blake Hovis, a graduate student in teaching and mathematics, said, though he said there are times the tutor is not busy at all.
Courtney Artis, a senior in physics
and applied mathematics, works as a computer consultant and tutor in SAS three times a week, usually for a total of eleven hours. She is one of the stu-dents available to assist students with Maple and noted the increased crowds the previous week.
Artis said everyone had a computer though this does not solve every prob-lem. “All students aren’t going to get help simultaneously.”
This logistical frustration has yet to derail students entirely. Often, students who are unable to get help from a graduate students are able to consult and collaborate with other waiting students, according to Artis and Rebecca Jayne, a graduate student in mathematics and teaching assistant
who works in SAS. Jayne had insight into last week’s
crowding. “[The busyness] is more guided by schedule than space,” she said.
Jayne said SAS is filled with students as tests approach, but for the week fol-lowing, very few take the time to stop by.
Artis also pointed to homework and tests as the determinate for student at-tendance.
“Crowds f luctuate with assign-ments,” she said. Even after the ad-dition of SAS’s Mathematics Mul-timedia Center, the ebb and f low of crowding “really hasn’t changed much,” Artis said.
Student Government revamps Red Terror
Crowds seek help in Maple labs Learning technologies differ by class, professor preference
System will operate on more regular loop, should be more dependable
Annie Albright
Staff Writer
Acting Deputy Chief of Staff to the Student Body President, Tim Lipka, announced a new game day bus service in cooperation with Trans-portation and First Transit.
Lipka said the service, a revamp of the Red Terror system, will run between campus and the stadium complex for both football and basket-ball seasons.
“The game day bus service has been a student government program in the past where we have booked the bus services which run between Carter-Finley and campus,” Lipka said. “For our new approach we sat down with Transpor-tation and worked with Campus Police and First Transit, the company that owns and operates the bus system.”
Lipka said he met with Transportation last week to lay out a plan and later with Campus Police to work out traffic and secure bus priority.
“Highway patrol assured us that our buses will have first priority when they reach Trin-ity,” Lipka said. “We have to stress patience. It is going to be rocky the first time but if you are on a bus you will get there.”
Sophomore in civil engineering Rachel Patton said the system definitely needed improvement.
“I almost missed one of the biggest games of the year last year because of the bus system,” Patton said. “I had a late class so I had to use the bus instead of going with friends and every single one that went by was full and they were not on schedule at all.”
Lipka said the goal is to make the program a more formal process between First Transit and
Student Government. “For this game there will be three buses, the
first bus leaving from Talley at 4 p.m. The bus will stop at Witherspoon and then head to Cart-er-Finley. The drop center will be on Youth Cen-ter Drive and Trinity Road,” Lipka said. “After the game the pick-up point will be on Trinity Road by the main entrance at the Murphy Center and there will be clear sandwich board signs.”
Lipka said that the main difference between the new program and what student government
has done in the past is that it will be on a set schedule, which he predicts will be a create de-pendable system.
“The buses will continue to loop and the last bus will arrive at the stadium on or about 7 p.m.,” Lipka said. “The buses will run at 15 to 20 min-ute intervals so if students plan on collecting the bonus loyalty point by having their ticket scanned 45 minutes before kickoff they need to plan accordingly.”
Student Senate increased the budget to $13,000
last April, an increase from previous years ac-cording to Senate President Kelli Rogers said.
“The program is incredibly expensive for Stu-dent Government to continue running and it is important that we continue to look at creative ways of getting funding because it is crucial for getting students to games,” Rogers said.
The key to the success of the program is co-operation between stake-holders, Rogers said.
“We hope for and need more support from Transportation and Athletics to continue fund-ing the program,” Rogers said. “We constantly need to be in communication with Highway Pa-trol and Transportation to insure that the buses get priority when getting to games.”
Chairman of the Athletics Commission Jeffery Johnson said he is excited about such a great opportunity for students.
“I am definitely excited about the new Red Ter-ror,” Johnson said. “It is a great way for students to be able to travel to the game and interact with other students. It is a different way for them to really get pumped up for the game. It also helps them save gas money and reduces traffic.”
Students who plan to tailgate should not use the Red Terror service Lipka said.
“We have let highway patrol know that the buses will not arrive until after the three hour mark,” Lipka said. “They will not get there any time before 4 p.m. on Thursday, so students will not have enough time to tailgate.”
Lipka said the system should run smoothly for both delivery and pick-up because they have talked to all the stake-holders ahead of time and have everything lined up so that on game day there won’t be any surprises.
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PHOTO COURTESY STUDENT GOVERNMENTStudent Government’s Red Terror bus system will operate on a more frequent schedule this year, shuttling fans to Carter-Finley Stadium and the RBC Center from campus on game days.
JEFFREY FOWLER/TECHNICIANIn the Maple Help Lab on the ground floor of Harrleson Hall, James Rohal, a doctoral student in the mathematics, helps Michael Nichelson, a freshman in first year college, Matthew Nifong, a sophomore in civil engineering, and Ben Claybrook, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, complete their assign-ments on Tuesday. “Learning code on top of mathematics, it really compounds the punishment,” Nichelson said. According to Nicheslon, the lab gets very crowded Thursday, since most assignments are due Friday, so coming to the session earlier in the week means beating the rush..
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The Campus Farmers Market returns to the Brickyard, for the first
time in many years, today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event, which planners intend to hold every Wednes-day in the Brickyard through Nov. 18, presents students with an opportunity to pur-chase local produce and other sustainable products close to home.
Student Government’s Sus-tainability Commission is pro-viding students a great lesson in environmental awareness and is showing them some of the fruits of that labor.
The local food movement has grown considerably over the last several decades,
especially with the rise of the sustainability movement.
An increasing number of students on campus, and the community in general, are deeply concerned with farm-ing practices and the many other issues associated with commercial farming. To pres-ent these issues to the student body and raise awareness for sustainable practices naturally blends with the mission of a land-grant university in the 21st century.
North Carolina has a rich history of agriculture — the Sustainability Commission should be commended for see-
ing that the University extends that legacy to the local com-munity.
The market, which consists of three local vendors and a booth with information about sustainability, will offer fresh, seasonal fruits and vegetables, farm-fresh eggs, milk, assorted local meat and other sustain-able products.
Fresh produce, especially that of the organic variety, is good for student wellbeing and can serve as an important supple-ment to the typical college diet of Cookout and ramen.
The inclusion of an extra, healthy, option for students is
an important public service, especially for students who don’t have the time or trans-portation to reach the State Farmers Market off of Centen-nial Parkway.
The economic arguments behind the local movement are arguable, but the benefit to students’ health is unquestion-able.
The Campus Farmers Mar-ket presents an important lesson on sustainability to students while providing them an accessible healthy and fresh food option.
This is a welcome addition to the Brickyard. Students should try and take a couple minutes out of their Wednesdays and spend it on their health.
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Campus Farmers Market returnsThe FacTs:The Campus Farmers Market begins its fall semester service today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Three vendors will offer students a variety of fresh, local produce and other sustainable items in the Brickyard.
Our OpiniOn:The Student Government Sustainability Commission correctly recognized the necessity of a farmers market that was accessible to students. The healthy food options and sustainability message are a good move by the University.
The dining hall conundrum.
Christian O’Neal, freshman in mechanical engineering
“Everybody Hurts” and nobody cares
Where is the next big thing in rock music? Since the explosion
of Nirvana’s “Nevermind” in 1991 no single album or band has come any-where close to def ining our generation. Can it be de-f ined? Has the Internet fractured our social skills to
such an extent that we have fewer common denominators than students 18 years ago?
Philosopher Thomas Kuhn’s theory of the history of science, which describes periods of rev-olution and normality, applies very well to rock music. Rock music does not progress in a linear fashion, there are pe-riods of regularity and every so often there are paradigm sh i f t s t hat completely change the ga me : T he Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Progressive, Punk Rock, Hair Meta l and Grunge spr ing im-mediately to mind. What, if anything, will be next?
Nowadays it’s hard to find bands that connect with large numbers of people. It seems that society has become so frac-tured and alienated by the In-ternet that the traditional pro-cess for going out and experi-encing music has been warped. Yes, there are thousands of bands online, but when was the last time you bought a CD from a band on MySpace? The market has become so crowded that the usual mechanisms for true talent to rise to the top have been distorted.
9/11 changed a lot of things. It shattered many young people’s sense of optimism -- wars in Afghanistan and Iraq numbed them further. Cyni-cism and nihilism eventually set in. It became lame to enjoy things such as music.
An easy way to make yourself
feel superior to someone else is by trashing his or her favorite band. The bands you loved are no longer your source of hap-piness and pride but a liability hanging over your head. Musi-cal pleasures have been down-graded to guilty pleasures and are in danger of being forgot-ten. What will someone say when they find out I actually enjoy Phil Collins? I shudder to think.
Bands are now coveted not for their talent but for under-ground street cred. Once they gain fans they have “sold out” and are no longer worth lis-tening to. What is so terrible about wanting people to hear and enjoy your music? The fo-cus in music is now on whis-pering over an ironic country chord progression. Remember, it isn’t cool to be skilled at your instrument; that makes you a wanker.
What hap-p e n e d t o passion and seriousness in rock? Take U2, they have been making passionate and interest-ing music for almost thirty years and yet they get more
hate than any band I can think of.
How dare Bono speak out and try to make the world a better place? Who does he think he is? This says less about Bono’s philanthropic interests and more about those who crit-icize him. If you had the influ-ence to try to make the world a better place, would you try?
The same goes for the influ-ence, no matter how small, we have each day. Please try to be positive and constructive in ev-erything, especially music. It seems that we only know how to tear down and not build up.
Send Zakk your thoughts on music to [email protected].
“Nowadays it’s
hard to find bands
that connect with
large numbers of
people.”
Zakk WhiteStaff Columnist
We’re not the center of the world
If you think about it enough, you might real-ize how arrogant, offen-
sive, excessive and divisive the phrase “proud to be an American” really is.
Now don’t get me wrong, I certainly do appre-ciate the opportu-nities I’ve
had in this country for 22 years (though I would like the world’s fastest broad-band speed of my nation of birth, South Korea). But for the most part, Ameri-can culture has celebrated its vague ideas regarding freedom, independence and democracy ad nauseum, and its people stick to an increasingly dated notion of pure, rugged individualism.
I got news for you pal: it ain’t so.
On the economic front, the world hasn’t destroyed the Death Star that is the American economy, but it certainly has managed to neutralize its threat (unfor-tunately I lack an adequate “Star Wars” reference to use here).
For example, take the World Trade Organization’s recent ruling against the United States’ cotton sub-sidies, which other coun-
tries have taken offense to. We love to extol the virtues of the free market and free trade, but when it comes down to it, we don’t play a fair ball game for all nine innings.
Politically, we all know what effects former President George W. Bush had on America’s standing in the world. He mis-lead, manipulated and deceit-fully maneuvered the United States and a few of its allies into an ideological war. For the record, we have a lousy win percent-a g e w h e n it comes to those wars — Vietnam tore the country in half and t he second act of the Per-sian Gulf War hasn’t gone much better. And forgive me for bringing economics back into this, but he also managed to ignore the huge warning signs surrounding Enron. He didn’t learn any lesson from that fiasco and let the magic and innovation of the market lead us into what may be the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
And don’t even get me start-ed on the military. Salute the troops and all, but when you have the world’s most power-ful navy, an air force with or-dinance that enables you to can pick which window the bomb
falls through and a nuclear arsenal capable of wiping every human being off the face of the earth multiple times, it’s hard to take us seriously at peacekeeping talks. Nothing says peace like millions of guns, mis-siles and bombs pointed at you, no?
Yet still we cling to this notion that America is the best democracy in the world,
American values will always prevail, people just hate America because they’ve been lied to by anti-American lead-e r s a n d American
English is the language to speak.
That’s just scratching the surface, but it is certainly enough to show why people might not be so enthralled with America and its citi-zens. We’re loud, arrogant, self-righteous and egocen-tric — wouldn’t you find someone like that incredibly annoying?
Send Paul your thoughts on America’s world standing to [email protected].
“[America’s]
people stick to
an increasingly
dated notion
of pure, rugged
individualism.”
Paul McCauleySenior Staff Columnist
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“Yeah, mainly in Clark because the food is so good. It’s way better than Fountain.”
Darrell Palmerfreshman, mechanical engineering
“Yes, I went to Clark the other day. I live closer to Fountain but walked to Clark because the food is better and I had to wait fifteen minutes for a table.”
Rachel Phelpsfreshman, history
“I have at dinner because there are a lot of people there. I think people are going to stop eating there and start to hit up Taco Bell and Lil Dino’s more.”
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Campus Farmers Market debutsStudent Government has been planning to create an on-campus farmers market since 2007
Jane MoonCampus & Capital Editor
After much planning and anticipation, the University will have a farmers market on campus starting today.
The Campus Farmers Mar-ket, the brainchild of the Sus-tainability Commission of Stu-dent Government, will run in the Brickyard from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Wednesday until Nov. 18. The market will return in the spring.
Vendors at the Campus Farmers Market will sell a variety of local, organic and sustainable food and other products.
“There will be seasonal fruits
and vegetables from Wise fam-ily farm’s in Louisburg, North Carolina … There will be meat, including, beef and pork, milk and eggs, and seafood, includ-ing clams, shrimp, grouper and snapper,” Ariel Fugate, Cam-pus Farmers Market manager, said.
Fugate said along with local produce, there will also be ed-ucational material on sustain-ability at the farmers market.
“We don’t have a goal in mind as far as money goes, be-cause we’re not making a profit off of this. But our specific goal … is to educate students, staff and faculty and to enhance North Carolina as a land grant institution by support-ing North Carolina farmers. Our main goal is educational,” Fugate said.
The Sustainability Com-mission’s goal is to “incubate sustainability related projects and competitions in order to stimulate environmental awareness and participation on campus,” according to its Web site, and the Campus Farmers Market is just one of the projects it has for this year.
Fugate said Eric Ballard, a 2009 alumnus and former member of the Sustainability Commission, was the mas-termind behind the Campus Farmers Market. The commis-
sion decided to test last semes-ter how well a farmers market would be and Student Body President Jim Ceresnak said it was a success.
“Last year, the preliminary run got a great response. A lot of students reacted positively, and it exceeded our expecta-tions,” Ceresnak said.
Mike Batten, a graduate stu-dent in civil engineering, said since he enjoys buying local produce at the Raleigh Farm-ers Market, he would be inter-ested in checking out what the Campus Farmers Market has to offer.
“I might attend it. If I go, I would probably buy vegetables. Okra and corn are what I usu-ally buy at the regular farmers
market,” Batten said.Ceresnak, a senior in political
science, said he is will be at the Campus Farmers Market today and would likely buy beef.
“I’m absolutely going to at-tend. I’m excited about the list of vendors. I heard there was going to be a meat ven-dor there, and I’m a big steak fan. Also, vegetables would be good. I could very likely pick up a tomato from the farmers market,” Ceresnak said.
Fugate said the response that she has heard from students is positive and that people are looking forward to having a different option for food on campus. She also said it would be a good educational experi-ence for those who are not fa-
miliar with agriculture.“Everyone is really excited to
have something so fresh avail-able … some people don’t know what a farmer’s market entails. Some are really excited to have good and fresh food and envi-ronmentally friendly options. The most important part of this is to support and educate people about North Carolina produce,” Fugate said.
Batten said the main reason why he would visit the farmers market is because he wants to support N.C. farmers.
“Buying local foods sounds like a good thing,” Batten said. “I like supporting local farm-ers, because everyone knows goodness grows in North Carolina.”
DaviD Mabe/Technician File PhoToBuying strawberries from Gary and Helen Wise in the farmer’s market, Sarah Sheppard, a freshman in First Year College, puts away her change on the Brickyard April 22. “I’m a big health freak, so I al-ways get a lot of fruits and vegatables,” Sheppard said. The food was produced by Wise Farms.
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Sudoku By The Mepham Group
Solution to Wednesday’s puzzleComplete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders)contains everydigit 1 to 9.For strategies on how to solveSudoku, visitwww.sudoku.org.uk.
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Los Angeles Times Daily Crossword Puzzle Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Lewis
FOR RELEASE SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
ACROSS1 PDQ relative5 Violin virtuoso
Zimbalist10 Out of harm’s
way14 “To Sir With
Love” singer15 Decorative sofa
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comedian’s bigbrother?
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22 Scooter favoredby ’60s Britishmods
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category49 Words of
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singer’s littlebrother?
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Saint Petersburg63 Gave the
once-over64 Libidinous deity65 State, to
Sarkozy
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indifference10 Destroy, as a
paper trail11 Intentions12 Brouhaha13 Europe’s highest
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31 Senator Specter
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medium51 Assistant52 Pub order53 Hip-hopper born
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military force58 “Mamma __!”
Tuesday’s Puzzle SolvedBy Jerome Gunderson 9/2/09
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Sudoku By The Mepham Group
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game in case the shirt does not fit or is uncomfortable.
“Because the shirts are being made in a large amount, there is a chance some don’t fit well so if students have white on al-ready it will help,” Matt Ben-son, a senior in industrial en-gineering and president of the Student Wolfpack Club, said.
With Time Warner Cable sponsoring the T-shirts and the ACC Road to Tampa Bay sponsoring the towels, all the accessories for the white-out will be free to all participants. But without the help of the N.C. State Sports Marketing depart-ment, who helped to find the sponsors, the T-shirts would have been sold at a price, and the idea of the towels might never have been brought up.
“We were originally plan-
ning on selling the T-shirts,” Benson said. “But with the Wolfpack Sports Marketing in-volvement, we got the T-shirts donated by Time Warner Cable and the ACC. Since this is a premier showcase game, they decided – through the Road to Tampa Bay – to sponsor the Howl Towels, so it’s actually no money out of N.C.State’s pock-et or the students’ pockets to get all of this stuff.”
WHITE continued from page 8
kids and getting them to sign with the school, and then ac-tually getting them into school and making it through the draft.
Holliday said the process of getting signees to actually en-roll is crucial.
“A good recruiting class is based on who shows up,” Hol-liday said. “Signing invisible people doesn’t do much. We could do that, and nationally, people do that to get their pro-gram on the map, and there is nothing wrong with that be-cause sometimes, the guys you would think were going pro fall through t he crack s and come to school.”
This year’s class was not an ‘invisible class’, Hol-l iday sa id, because although S t a t e h a d eight play-ers drafted, six of those players chose to come to school instead of making the leap to the pro level.
“It was a very relaxing day on the [day] after the signing deadline,” Holliday said. “We had five guys go right down to the wire.”
The biggest upgrade com-
ing out of this recruiting class this year is the pitchers that are coming in. The Pack signed 10 players that are capable of pitching, including Rey Cotilla, Daniel Canela, Dane Williams, Mike Clark, and Anthony Tza-mtzis, all of whom were drafted this past year. Holliday said he could not remember ever sign-ing so many talented pitchers.
“I do not know if I have ever had a staff add this many good arms in one year,” Holliday said. “Normally, the goal is to add three high school guys and a couple junior college guys, for insurance. But this year, we not only added three to come in and pitch as freshmen, but we added four others who can pitch and then three junior col-leges guys who can fit right into
roles.”One of the
major oddi-ties in this re-cruiting class is the amount o f p l a y e r s Holliday was able to sign out of Flori-da, especially the southern part. Of the 15 recruits, nine of the players came from Florida.
Holliday said this is a credit to the players recruiting each other.
“When you go into an area and sign a player out of there and he has a good experience, he goes back and tells people about it,” Holliday said. “Some-
times when you go into an area such as south Florida, and you get players of the caliber of Daniel Canela and Felix Roque, then all of the sudden you find out that they are good friends with Dane Williams. Dane had always wanted to come to school here, then one of Dane’s best friends is Danny Healey, and he had commit-ted to go to the University of Florida, only to maybe be pushed out because of a potential arm injury, so he decided on us.”
“The ball just rolls and rolls and rolls,” Holliday said. “And as long as their buddies are good enough, we sign them.”
With the disappoint-ment from last season and the influx of talent coming into the system from the re-cruiting class, Holliday said many positions will be up for grabs, which will make the fall practices very im-portant for all of the players on the team.
“Fall baseball should be very fun to watch,” Holliday said. “When you don’t reach your success level the season before, obviously jobs are wide open. Fall baseball is not going to be about going through the motions and getting into shape; jobs are open and up for grabs and competition will be very stiff.”
BASEBALLcontinued from page 8
“A good recruiting
class is based on
who shows up,
Signing invisible
people doesn’t
do much.”Associate head coach and head
recruiter Tom Holliday
SOCCERcontinued from page 8
as it nursed a comfortable lead to start the half. The Pack man-aged to turn up the intensity about midway through the sec-ond period, but the Winthrop back end cleaned up in front of its goaltender, who made sev-eral crucial saves.
Akil DeFrietas experienced firsthand the skill of the op-posing goalie as he attempted shot after shot before finally breaking through with 3:42 left in the contest.
“[It was] just confidence,” Akil said. “After a couple of shots the confidence was there.”
The second half ended with a free kick goal scored by Win-throp, spoiling a Pack shut-out.
Brent Kitchen/technicianJunior defenseman Tyler Lassiter takes the ball from Winthrop forward Adam Skonicki during the second half of Tuesday’s game at Dail Soccer Field. Lassiter had two shots on goal.
COUNTDOWN• 2 days until the football team’s season-opening
game against South Carolina
INSIDE• Page 7: Continuation of the baseball
recruiting feature, white-out preview and men’s soccer recap vs. WinthropSports
TechnicianPage 8 • wednesday, september 2, 2009
Pep rally for South Carolina set for Wednesday evening
The Alumni Association Student Ambassadors will hold a pep rally on Harris Field tomorrow night to get fans ready for Thursday night’s highly-anticipated football season opener against the Gamecocks. Students who come early will have a chance to receive free “Beat the Cocks” Koozies, which will be handed out on a first come, first served basis.
Source: Alumni ASSociAtion Student AmbASSAdorS
Cain named ACC player of the week
Sophomore forward Tanya Cain became one of the ACC Women’s Soccer Co-Players of the Week after she scored a pair of game-winning goals last week in leading the Pack to a 2-0 record, including her first career hat trick. She became the first Wolfpacker to score thee times in a game since Lindsay Vera did it against the same team in 2007. Cain currently leads the Pack with four goals and eight points this season
Source: n.c. StAte AthleticS
Caldwell decision coming soon
According to wrestling coach Carter Jordan, a decision on whether or not to redshirt defending national champion wrestler Darrion Caldwell for 2009-10 willbe made sometime in September or October. Caldwell, a rising senior, won the 2009 national championship in March and speculation immediately built as to whether he would leave state to prepare for the 2012 London Olympics. Caldwell wrestled for the USA World team throughout the summer. After three seasons at NC State, Caldwell has a 94-12 record with 50 pins and ranks third in career victories
Source: n.c. StAte AthleticS
Coming soonThursday: Technician’s annual RED football season previewFriday: Coverage of football season opener vs. South CarolinaTuesday: A recap of the volleyball team’s South Carolina Upstate Classic performance
Taylor BarbourSenior Staff Writer
With arguably the most hyped game for N.C. State football since the days of Philip Rivers coming up this Thursday night against the Uni-versity of South Carolina, Student Government, along with the Student Wolfpack Club and sports marketing team, are planning a “white-out” of the student section for the game. The T-shirts, which read “Beat Carolina,” will be handed out to all students as
they enter the stadium. “When students enter the gate they
will be handed a white T-shirt,” Jeff Johnson, a junior in business admin-istrative and chairman of the athletics commission for Student Government, said. “They will then be urged to put those on as soon as they get them and enter into the stadium.”
All students and other fans attend-ing the game will also receive towels at the beginning of the game.
“When the students get to their seats they will have red Howl Towels placed
in their seats so they can pick up and swing around their heads, kind of like the Terrible Towels for the Steelers,” Johnson said. “All the alumni will be in red as usual, and will be given white Howl Towels. The main goal is to have that sharp contrast between the alumni and students, with the towels and shirts.”
Because the shirts are being mass produced, students are recommend-ed to go ahead and wear white to the
Football Football
baseball Men’s soccer
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athletiC sChedule
ThursdayWomen’s soccer vs. UnLvReynolds Coliseum, 5 p.m.
FootbaLL vs. soUth caroLinaCarter-Finley Stadium, 7 p.m.
FridayvoLLeybaLL vs. the citadeLSpartanburg, S.C. 12:30 p.m.
voLLeybaLL vs. Unc asheviLLeSpartanburg, S.C. 4:30 p.m.
men’s soccer vs. davidsonDurham, N.C. 5 p.m.
SaturdayvoLLeybaLL vs. soUth caroLinaSpartanburg, S.C. 10:30 a.m.
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15 player class creating major expectations for the team’s upcoming season
Taylor BarbourSenior Staff Writer
After finishing the season one game away from going to the College World Series two years ago, the baseball team had high expectations going into last year’s season. Those expectations, howev-er, did not pan out, as the team struggled throughout the season and managed only a 25-31 record. But, even before having had a single practice or game, the baseball team has a lot to look forward to, because over the past year, State
managed to sign 15 recruits, 11 of them freshmen and four of them juniors. Associate head coach and head recruiter Tom Holliday said this class might help make the upcoming sea-son every bit as rewarding as the 2008 season.
“If this class lives up to its potential, we could be better or even better than we were two years ago,” Holliday said. “We had that kind of recruit-
ing class. But they have to hold up to their end of the bargain and we have to get them in the right places to succeed.”
With the NBA instituting a rule prohibiting players to be allowed to enter the pro-fessional draft after their senior year in high school three years ago, baseball re-mains one of the only sports that still allows players to be drafted out of high school. This makes signing players to come and play baseball for a college tricky. Many players may sign a letter of intent to a certain school, only to be drafted and never set foot on that campus, so recruiting in baseball has two steps: recruiting the
New recruiting class has baseball team looking up
chriStin hArdy/techniciAn Archive photothe wolfpack hits the field at doak Field at dail Park during a home game last season.
cAitlin conWAy/techniciAnJunior midfielder chris Zuener attempts to control the ball in a game against winthrop university tuesday. Zuener had one shot and one assist throughout the night as the Pack won the game 3-1.
peggy boone/techniciAn Archive photoFans cheer on the Pack in a game against central Florida september 1, 2007. the color scheme of the student section will change for the 2009 season opener against south carolina, when white t-shirts will be handed out at the door.
Men’s soccer tops Eagles in season opener at homeState notches 3-1 win over Winthrop in front of 1,800 fans
Fidelis Lusompa & Chadwick O’ConnellSenior Staff Writer & Correspondent
The Wolfpack men’s soccer team opened its season with a 3-1 win over Winthrop Eagles at a Dail Soccer Park on Mon-day night. The cool, pristine n ig ht pro-vided a back-drop in which the Wolfpack dominated most of the game with an aggressive of-fensive style of play and p o i s e a n d patience on defense.
The young Winthrop squad came out with solid defense to begin the game. N.C. State coach George Tarantini com-mented positively on the tough
Winthrop squad.“It’s a good team. Last year
they won the championship in their conference,” Tarantini said. “It’s a good team.”
Chris Byrd scored the first goal of the regular season at 29:28 in the first period. r.
Byrd said the team’s pre-season conditioning was on display during the first contest of the year.
“I thought we came out really hard,” Byrd said. “We came out
fighting. All the f itness we’ve been doing in the preseason and last year caught them off guard.”
The nex t goal, tallied at the 14:19 mark, came
from Ronnie Bouemboue on a cross strike.
The second half started out conservatively for the Wolfpack
White continued page 7
BaseBall continued page 7
“We came out
really hard ...
we came
out fighting.”midfielder Chris Byrd
BaseBall reCords in 2009overall: 25-31 home: 17-17 away: 6-14 neutral: 2-0 acc: 10-20
Source: n.c. StAte AthleticS
soCCer continued page 7
On whether everything is in place:
“I don’t think a coach ever feels that way. We can always use more practice time. We are where we are. I think we’ve prepared well enough and we will see if we are a good enough football team on Thursday night.”
On the attitude he perceives in the locker room:
“I think they are excited [they are] certainly tired of playing against each other. It’s about time that we play a game. Certainly with ESPN coming in and national television audience, things should be great.”
On his feelings in the days leading up to the game:
“I get the same feeling every year about this time. You’re not real sure. You’ve looked at yourself for a long time. It’s sometimes surpr ising what team is going to show up on Thursday night so I hope that it ’s a team that’s practiced well, wants to play hard and play smart.
[There’s a] sense of excitement, nervousness.”
Quotes from tom o’Brien
compiled by FideliS luSompA