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Shack-a-thon brings students together, Leaders, officials say time to Rally is now, University helps in fight against H1N1, Let’s Shack up, Economist weighs in on North Carolina budgets, Time, money affect eating habits, Bowens back with PackTRANSCRIPT
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Shack-a-thon brings students togetherGroups raise more than $12,000 for habitat for humanity to build homes for needy
Joanna BanegasStaff Writer
After a week of braving the elements and panhandling, Shack-a-Thon, Habitat for Humanity’s largest fund-raiser of the year, ends today.
According to Lucas Lankford, advo-cacy officer for Habitat for Human-ity and senior in biology, said the organization had raised $12,000 as of Thursday.
“I feel like we’re on track,” Lankford said. “If we don’t make the goal, then it’ll probably be close to it.”
As a second-year volunteer at Shack-a-Thon, Lankford said students are being more creative this year.
“People are selling baked goods and raffle tickets. I didn’t see as much of that last year,” Lankford said.
Today Habitat for Humanity will ask shacks to help with a photo petition asking for the passing of legislation that will assist Habitat in its mission for providing decent hous-ing for everyone in the United States.
“One of my jobs for habitat is mak-ing up activities to advocate for legis-lature that will benefit it,” Lankford said. “This would help out the United States and big cities in North Carolina like Raleigh and Charlotte.”
Lankford said the focus of this peti-
tion is to get the Shack-a-Thon com-munity involved in a new way.
The University’s goal is to contribute 16 pictures out of the national goal of 1,000.
Lankford said one of the reward-ing aspects of Shack-a-Thon is when groups combine to build and live in shacks together.
“It really helps when different cam-pus groups unite to help build one shack,” Lankford said.
Harrison Gray, a junior in biochem-istry and a member of Sigma Pi, said
Shack-a-Thon was a good cause that brings people to-gether. Sigma Pi shared a shack with Alpha Delta Pi this week. It was Alpha Delta Pi’s first time participating in the event.
“It was great show-ing that Greek Life cares, giving back to the community and sharing awareness of
Habitat for Humanity,” Grey said.John Gibblings, an alumnus and
Sigma Pi member, said theAlpha Delta Pi did a lot to help raise money.
“We could not have done it without Alpha Pi. They baked cookies, sold money and used a puppy to promote donations,” Gibblings said. “They stuck with us through the all the bad weather.”
Grey said the hardest part was stay-ing over night at the shack and not
having the option of going back home.“It’s great being here because you get
to see the hardships that every shack goes through, especially in the rain,” Grey said.
The Inter-Residence Council, Stu-
dent Government and National Resi-dence Honorary Hall shared a shack as well.
Kristine Sloan, a senior in econom-ics and international studies, said those in the shacks used innovative
ways to get donations. “We have all these different strate-
gies like the wishing well, and out go-ing people in our shack,” Sloan said.
AmAndA Wilkins/TechniciAnrepresenting n.C. skate, Jeffrey mickler, a freshman in aerospace engineering, sits on the porch of the shack n.C. skate and the rugby teams share tuesday. “it’s kind of boring,” mickler said, “because there’s no one around. they are all in-side. but i think the habitat for humanity shack is a great idea. it’s a great way to raise money. there is a fact on every shack and tells people what it is about.”
experienCinG Cultures throuGh Cuisine
cAiTlin conWAy/TechniciAnduring flJ 501 Club’s first meeting of the year, mark dearden, a junior in international studies, is served onigiri by sa-toko Chika, a doctoral student in nutrition food science. flJ 501’s mission is to give people a place to practice Japanese, especially after completing the flJ 402 course. the dish of the night, onigiri, is a traditional Japanese food made from white rice rolled into a triangular or oval shape and is often wrapped in seaweed.
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Time and money affect eating habitsSee page 6.
University helps in fight against H1N1
Leaders, officials say time to Rally is now
North Carolina consults faculty to prepare against crisis
Edward MarkusStaff Writer
As the threat of the H1N1 influenza continues to grow, faculty members have been called upon to advise the state on the best ways to prepare for an outbreak.
Dr. Barrett Slenning is one such faculty member. Slenning, an asso-ciate professor of epidemiology and production medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, is the director of agrosecurity and biopreparedness. Slenning studies agricultural disaster preparedness, biosecurity, epidemiol-ogy, economics and bioterrorism. He serves as a consultant to North Caro-lina and federal regulatory agencies concerning agricultural bioterrorism and foreign animal diseases.
While it may seem at first as though
the work Slenning does is not related to public health problems like the H1N1 crisis, animal health and hu-man health are closely tied.
“The term I like to use is ‘one health’. The idea is that you have ani-mal health, public health (which is just humans), and then the environment,” Slenning said. “We all live in the en-vironment; we have contact with all these animals, and if you don’t protect all three [factors], you are not going to protect any of them.”
Slenning noted an example of this concept occurring in the case of H1N1. He said infected humans have transmitted the disease to some ani-mals such as pigs and turkeys, which can then spread the disease to other animals or humans.
According to Slenning, veterinar-ians are equipped for it because they are able to work between different species. They have training in public health and are trained to observe the
populations and systems involved in disease transmission.
Because of the close relationship between animal and human health,
H1N1 continued page 3
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Chancellor, student leaders host forum to talk about Talley project
Briant RobeyStaff Writer
Student leaders and University officials held a forum Thursday to spread information about and encourage student participation in the proposed Talley Student Center renovations.
Among those speaking at the presentation were Chancellor Jim Woodward, Student Center Presi-dent Mary Randall, Director of Dining Services Randy Lait, Stu-dent Body President Jim Ceresnak and Student Senate President Kelli Rogers.
Turan Duda, a partner in Duda/Paine Architects, LLC, the firm designing the new student center, also gave a presentation outlining five potential designs for the ren-ovation of Talley and the student bookstore.
“[The student center] is not just a building,” Duda said. “It could become a hearth; it could become a living room. It could become your home.”
Student Senate President Kelli Rogers said one of the important points of the new student center was its importance to current and future students.
“You’re leaving a legacy,” Rogers
said. “You can either step up now and fund [the new student center], or you can pass the buck to another student who will have to pay more and not re-ceive something as amazing.”
Woodward also emphasized the im-portance of the new center.
“This the most important project this campus will consider in the first quarter century,” Woodward said. “[Talley Student Center] is the gath-ering place. It is the point of destina-tion.”
Ceresnak said the project heralds great things for the University.
“We can change this campus, we can liven this campus, and we can bright-en this campus,” Ceresnak said. “We can give this campus the improvement that we’ve needed for years.”
Although the proposed project would not be complete until 2014, Randall said the time for action is now.
“Every year we delay construction it costs $10 million,” Randall said.
After the main presentation, admin-istrators and student officers fielded questions from the attending audi-ence.
In response to a question about why student fees would be increased in a time of economic need, Woodward explained the committee’s reasoning.
“There is no perfect time to start this,” Woodward said, “We’re trying to minimize the incremental impact on students by stepping up the fees.”
“It really helps
when different
campus groups
unite to help build
one shack.”Lucas Lankford, advocacy
officer for Habitat for Humanity and senior in biology
H1N1 StAtS The American College Health Association has released statistics on the increase of H1N1 cases. Below are the statistics for the week ending Sept. 18:
• 267 Reporting institutions• 243 Institutions with new cases• 7,696 Total new cases• 3,114,888 Population served• 24.7 per 10,000 New case rate• 15% Percent change from previous
week• 679 Number of new cases on N.C.
college campuses• 46.2 per 10,000 N.C. new case rate
source: AmericAn college heAlTh AssociATion
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Board of Visitors MeetinGPark Alumni Center, noon to 5 p.m.
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MondayGraphic Quilts at the GreGGGregg Museum of Art & Design, noon to 10 p.m.
landscape architecture lecture: professor lois BrinkBurns Auditorium, 7 p.m.
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2009 Benefits and Wellness expoMcKimmon Center, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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pOlICe BlOTTeRSept. 2212:55 a.M. | Medical assistCampus Shore Drive/Twin Branches WayUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance.
1:15 a.M. | Medical assistOwen HallUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance.
7:05 a.M. | B/e VehicleMemorial Bell TowerStudent reported driver’s side window broken out with rock.
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International music inspires
John Galloway a freshman in first year college, break dances at the Thunderdome, the lawn in between Turlington and Alexander resident halls. Alexander resident host Music Unities to help accommodate the international students by playing music from their home countries. Music Unities is generally held around five times each year. “International
music inspires me to dance in an international way, everyday,” Galloway said.
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CORReCTIOns & ClaRIfICaTIOnsThursday’s page 1 story “University considers changing absence policy due to H1N1 outbreak,” stated there had been more than 500 documented cases of H1N1 virus at the Student Health Center since the beginning of fall classes. Dr. Mary Bengston said in an e-mail Thursday there have been more than 500 cases of influenza-like illness or influenza.
The same article stated the suggested quarantine period for those infected with influenza-like illnesses is at least 7 days. Bengston said the latest CDC recommendation for self-isolation in a college setting is for those diagnosed to remain at home until at least 24 hours after they are free of fever (100 degrees) or signs of a fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.
Technician regrets these errors.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Ty Johnson at [email protected].
In The knOw Leader of the Pack taking applications
Two students making outstanding contributions to the University in lead-ership, scholarship and community service will be named Leaders of the Pack at the Nov. 7 homecoming game against Maryland.
To be eligible, students must have completed two semesters, be enrolled as an undergraduate and in-tend to return to the Uni-versity in fall 2010.
To apply, students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher and be free from academic integrity probation and previous disciplinary probation.
Applications are due by Friday, Oct. 2 at 5 p.m. No late applications will be accepted.
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wORld & naTIOnNew rules regulate sex at TuftsThe Office of Residential Life and Learning (ResLife) has added a new stipulation to its guest policy that prohibits any sex act in a dorm room while one’s roommate is present. The stipulation further states that any sexual activity in the room should not interfere with a roommate’s privacy, study habits or sleep.ResLife’s Assistant Director for Community and Judicial Affairs Carrie Ales-Rich explained that the change comes as a result of an annual review of residential policies that examines the previous year’s trends.ResLife received a significant number of complaints last year from residents bothered by their roommates’ sexual behavior. Ales-Rich said that this was one of the most commonly cited sources of conflict between roommates.“There were incidents that occurred last year, and in the past, where residents of rooms started to feel uncomfortable with what their roommates were doing in the room,” Ales-Rich
said. “This happened more often than we’d like.”The sex policy, Ales-Rich said, is intended as a tool to facilitate conversation and compromise between roommates, rather than simply proscribe behavior. Ales-Rich emphasized that ResLife hopes students will be able to resolve the issues on their own instead of allowing conflicts to reach a point at which the office has to intervene.“We want to make perfectly clear that we do not want to hinder someone from engaging in any personal or private activity,” she said. “But when it becomes uncomfortable for the roommate, we want to have something in place that empowers the residents to have a good conversation with the roommate.”
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Kansas athletes fight in publicHours after a reported confrontation Tuesday evening, a group of University of Kansas football and basketball players were seen arguing and shouting racial slurs at each other at about 10 a.m. Wednesday outside Wescoe Hall.Seen among them were basketball players Marcus Morris, Markieff Morris, Mario Little, Sherron Collins, Tyshawn Taylor, Brady Morningstar, Travis Releford, Tyrel Reed, Thomas
Robinson, Elijah Johnson and many others. The only football players sources could identify in the group were Dezmon Briscoe and Chris Harris, who the police were questioning. One of the Morris twins told the police, “One of them just jumped out and threw his hands on me,” referring to the football players who were involved in the fight. Shannon Jobe, a sophomore student from Topeka, said she heard a football player tell the police one of the basketball players had tried to push a football player down the stairs. Harrison Hems, a senior from San Diego, said he saw basketball and football players gathered in groups between Anschutz Library and the lower entrance to the Wescoe Underground. Hems said several basketball players were yelling at the group of football players. Hems said the group of football players continued to grow to 15 or more.
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“That’s why I think were leading in the fundraiser.”
She also said they had many incentives for receiv-ing donations.
“We had a bake sale, raf-fling tickets to eat dinner with Student Body Presi-dent Jim Ceresnak and Stu-dent Senate President Kelli Rogers,” Sloan said. “We actually had a lot of people buy raffling tickets.”
Sloan said her favorite part of Shack-a-Thon was getting to talk to people about Habitat and interact
with other students on campus. “It’s something that benefits
the community. All the people out here get to know each other throughout the week,” Sloan said. “The Brickyard is the heart of campus.”
Vaishali Rathee, a freshman in biology said she enjoyed be-ing out at the shack and helping out Habitat for Humanity.
“It’s rewarding to be part of such a great organization and help build homes across the nation by fundraising,” Rathee said. “ I just wanted to contrib-ute to this cause by volunteer-ing for the day.
Rathee said her shack began selling doorsteps for three dol-
lars to generate donations.“A honors student designed
a doorstep in hopes of raising money,” Rathee said. “We re-ally wanted to contribute to the University’s community by do-ing this.”
Lankford said donating mon-ey to Habitat for Wake County allows them to work closer with Habitat for Humanity in Ra-leigh and have a close relation-ship with them.
“All the different club are getting involved for a common goal which is to help raise mon-ey for Habitat for Humanity, as well as spreading the word of what habitat is really about.” Lankford said.
NCSU faculty was one of the first groups contacted when the state first learned of the H1N1 virus, said Slenning.
“We mounted two emer-gency operations groups – one was primarily public health, one was primar-ily agriculture, but we had people coordinating [the effort] from both sides,” Slenning said.
The groups made prepa-rations in case the virus became a full pandemic. Slenning said although the impact of the virus has been milder than expected, the groups have remained on alert because H1N1 has the ability to mutate into much
more dangerous forms. Dr. Peter Cowen, an associ-
ate professor of epidemiology and public health, serves as the moderator for ProMED Mail, a global reporting system for outbreaks of emerging infec-tious diseases. Dr. Jay Levine, a professor of epidemiology and public health, works on enhancing biosurveil lance analytic capabilities for out-breaks like this one in support of public health and homeland
security. “We’re really lucky that N.C.
State is the kind of university that it is. We are very strong in extension engagement, which allows us to reach out to the outside world and show them what we can do to help,” Slen-ning said. “as faculty and stu-dents here I think we should realize that this is a cool place to be.”
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DaviD Mabe/Technician file phoToAaron Massey, a senior in food and nutrition science, cooks on a grill while Chris Reinhard, a senior in finance and accounting, gets food during the tailgating before the football game against Murray State. Massey said they were just a groups of friends and that he had been tailgating since fresh-man year.
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Parking passes under scrutinyOfficials looking more closely at passes after influx of fakes
James CoxStaff Writer
Students tailgating for Satur-day’s game against Pittsburgh may notice the people checking their parking passes holding fake parking passes that stu-dents have forged for reasons know to the forgers themselves.
Shannon Yates, director of game operations, said while fake passes have been a prob-lem in the past, they are a big-ger problem this year though she said the problem couldn’t be blamed on one person or group of people.
“People are able to make copys of passes for parking lot near the fairgrounds or in the faculty and staff parking lot,” Yates said.
She said when people are caught with a fake parking pass, the offender is asked to go park in public parking off Blue Ridge Road and Trinity Road.
“Those lots are paid parking, they will have to pay the own-ers of the
businesses to park there,” she said.
Philip Junk, a sophomore in chemical engineering, parks in the the lot near the fair-grounds.
“Last week, when I was pull-ing in, I saw a cop holding about five fake passes,” he said.
Junk said passes should be made in a more specific man-ner to decrease the number of fake passes by making them harder to make.
“The makers of the passes should put a bar code on the pass just like they do you game tickets,” Junk said. “To me it seems like a good idea, but I
doubt it’ll actually happen.”Nick Smith, a junior in civil
engineering, said he disagreed with the bar code idea.
“What if someone copies your parking pass and uses your barcode,” Smith said.
He also said he wondered what was worse, giving your parking pass to the guard for him or her to look at or to scan.
“Either way it’s going to take time,” Smith said.
Yates said the main reason fake passes are made is so peo-ple can go tailgate with their friends.
Smith said he understood why students forged the passes, but said he imagined the pun-ishment would be embarrass-ing.
“It would suck to get caught with one of those,” Smith said.
H1N1continued from page 1
SHACKcontinued from page 1
“We mounted two emergency
operations groups – one was primarily
public health, one was primarily
agriculture.”Dr. Barrett Slenning, director of agrosecurity and
biopreparedness
We’re getting the shaftThere are many things about N.C. State that confuse me, one of which is why all kinds of new projects and renovations are approved while class sections, professors and the students get the shaft. A prime example of this is the Rally 4 Talley campaign that is taking place right now. Does it really make good fiscal sense for us to dump money into a building that still functions perfectly well as a student center? Sure, it might be the first thing that prospective students see if they come for a tour, and sure it isn’t extremely attractive, but wouldn’t we rather show that as a student at N.C. State you get a quality education rather than a quality student center? I, for one, prefer the latter. I think that all contracts for renovation need to be put on hold until the university can find ways to fund them other than by cutting out necessities for learning. It is unfair for us to attend a university that says “sorry, you’re in a class of 300 students taught by a half-wit graduate student, but don’t you just love the new decor in the classroom?”
Andrew Laniersenior, aerospace engineering
The health care rule breakersI wanted to make a response to the healthcare article on
Tuesday, more specifically to the McDonald response. I noticed he commented that conservatives’ fear of a public option is that the government will provide it more efficiently than private companies. This is false. As a conservative Republican, I can say that I have no worry at all that the government will provide more efficient coverage. What I do fear is that the government will undercut private business and run them out of business. The government has a virtually unlimited money supply with no profit motives; therefore, it will undercut business in prices and run them out of business, leaving us with only one option to choose from. Obviously, there will still be private ones just like the public school system, but only the very rich and our beloved politicians will be able to afford it. The rest of us will be stuck on the government “option.” Should the one who sets the rules and referees the game, also be a competitor? That doesn’t sound fair to me. Government just grows and grows — it never stops. We need reform for health care, but it should not be rushed, the bill should be vetted and be bipartisan in nature. With a government option, we must be careful what we wish for — very careful. If we get one, it will be here forever. I’m reluctant to give up my freedoms.
Jared Chiusanosenior, biological sciences
Homecoming will impressAs the 2009 homecoming chair, I feel it is important to expand upon this year’s homecoming, Terminate the Terps. Homecoming this year takes place from Nov.1 to 7, with the week culminating as N.C. State plays theMaryland Terrapins.I would like to clarify the statements in Wedndesay’s paper. The headline was 100 percent out of context with my quotes in the paper, specifically “Chair warns this year’s homecoming act may not impress.” This year’s homecoming act will impress. In terms of the caliber of the act, we will not see as high-caliber an act as we have seen in the past. However, the work we are doing to add additional aspects to the PackHowl pep rally and concert will be sure to impress. The reduction of the caliber of act is due to the limiting factors of tighter budget restraints; several of our sponsors were not able to donate as they have in the past.Even with the budget restraints, homecoming is growing and improving. You will not see any reductions in the homecoming week’s events. In fact, you will see a growth in many of our events. The spirit competition is growing and improving with more events. Wear RED, Get Fed will be expanding two days to Centennial Campus — one day at Textiles and one at Engineering. We are also adding a stronger service element to homecoming.The homecoming committee is working hard to make this year the best yet. I can promise that it will be. If you have any suggestions or would like to get involved, feel free to contact me.
Adam Compton2009 homecoming chair
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Hopeless basketball sea-sons, jokes about Har-relson, constant con-
struction, the Brickyard and the Krispy Kreme Challenge are just a few of the many in-delible traditions at N.C. State. For the last decade, this list has also included Habit for Hu-manity’s Shack-a-Thon.
The event, which occupied the Brickyard for the tenth straight year this week, raises funds for the Wake County Habitat for Humanity. The $25,000 the event hopes to raise goes di-rectly toward the construction of homes in Wake County. Last year, the event raised $24,000 for less fortunate residents in the local community.
Shack-a-Thon has become a
bona fide tradition at the Uni-versity and is a trademark of students’ generosity and self-sacrificing spirit. It may not receive the sort of fanfare that the KKC receives, but it is no less important.
Despite the fact that the KKC has been featured on ESPN and Sport’s Illustrated’s “101 Things to Do Before You Grad-uate,” it raises fewer funds for charity than Shack-a-Thon does. For comparison, the 2009 KKC raised slightly less than $20,000.
This is not to discredit the great charitable work the KKC does, but to acknowledge the
benevolent work Shack-a-Thon has brought to the Uni-versity during the last decade.
Shack-a-Thon embodies the sort of student unity that this campus so desperately needs.
The bid process for shacks — spaces are bid on to raise money — raised $7,000 this year with bids from 30 teams. With inadequate room for all the teams, several were paired together in the same shack. This creates campus cohesion that few other events can. One of the more unusual combina-tions this year is the partner-ship between The Presbyterian Campus Ministry and Accept-
ing and Embracing Gender Identity and Sexuality. The two groups also worked together last year and won first place.
In a year mired by racism in the Free Expression Tunnel and the noose incident in Sul-livan Shops, Shack-a-Thon is a welcome reminder that the social and common-good is-sues that bring us together are much more powerful than that which drives us apart.
As Shack-a-Thon ends, per-haps the campus community should take a moment and rec-ognize the event as one of our truest and proudest traditions.
The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility
of the Editor-in-Chief.
Let’s Shack upThe FacTs:Shack-a-Thon anticipated raising $25,000 for Wake County Habitat for Humanity during the weekly humanitarian event. Thirty teams bid to participate in this year’s event, raising $7,000 between them. The event is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year.
Our OpiniOn:Shack-a-Thon is a true tradition at N.C. State. We should support cohesive campus events like this, and continue to support Shack-a-Thon in the future.
Let the fur fly! university of pittsburgh versus n.c. state.
Mark McLawhorn, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
Time to get testy with the LSAT
Saturday marks the end of a great labor of love for students like me who
will take the Law School Ad-missions Test.
I first start-ed preparing for the LSAT by accident. I n P r o f e s -sor Barbara Levenbook’s Philosophy of Ethics in Law class, the mul-tiple-choice
sections are similar to some of the questions on the LSAT. I also learned some fundamental concepts in the difficult Logic-Mathematics 335 course with Professor David Auerbach (engineering and computer science majors would recog-nize mathematical logic, as it is used in discreet math and basic computing programs).
Starting this past May, I have worked by myself, with an LSAT class, with friends, w i t h m y parents, af-ter drinking coffee, after wa k i ng up early in the morning, late at night, after going to work for a full day, a f ter going to school for a whole day, when I wanted to and when I did not want to.
This week, on Tuesday night, after working for many hours on my preparation, I dreamt about taking the test and get-ting a great score. It was a good dream, however, it still felt a little weird when I woke up the next morning and realized I had dreamt about the LSAT.
The test consists of six half-hour sections. Put those to-gether, with directions read out loud and a ten-minute break, and the whole process is about five hours. The six sections are two argument sections, called logical reasoning; a mathemat-ical logic-puzzle section, called logic games; a reading com-prehension section; a writing sample; and a repeat of any of the three major categories. This last “experimental section” is not scored. I have, however, taken practice tests where I was so sure that the questions were too weird to be part of the ordinary test only to find out that in fact it was really part of the test, thus losing me points.
The writing section is not part of the greater score of the test, but is sent out with the scores in order to show Law Schools that applicants can string co-gent arguments together. The test is graded on a 120 to 180 point-scale.
The LSAT is, in many re-spects, similar to the Standard-ized Academics Test (SAT). The LSAT is similar to the SAT in that the two are long, multiple-choice based tests, which also have reading com-prehension sections. The tests both have writing samples that are ranked outside of the test, are both used for entrance into higher-level academia. Ob-scure ivory-tower boards gov-ern both: The College Board Governs the SAT and the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) governs the LSAT. Because of their simultaneous grip on the fate of my life and their complete absence in any material sense except for tests
on test-days, I get the ee-r ie fee l i ng that these are ghost ly or-ganizations that sort of haunt around and wait un-til they can judge me for something. W he n h a s anyone ever me t t he s e
people? Why should these distant ghosts make any sort of legitimate calls about peoples’ lives?
Distinctly contrasting with this ghost-fog is the Kaplan Test Preparation Company, from which I took an enjoyable class. Fortunately, I had a great instructor in Jenny St. Clair, a local attorney who works with Kaplan for LSAT preparation. The comprehensive course has showed me the ins and outs of the test and given me a big confidence boost that I will perform well.
If you are thinking about law school in the future, I urge you to look at an LSAT as soon as possible. They are available on-line, but better yet, I urge you to introduce yourself as soon as possible to Mary-Anne Tetro, director for pre-law services at N.C. State. I recommend tak-ing Dr. Levenbook’s Philoso-phy of Ethics in Law Class and taking the Logic 225 course.
For those of us taking the test on Saturday, good luck.
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Two CenTsCarter Finley to host U2 concert, stimulate economyAfter nearly 11 years without hosting any special events, Carter Finley will host the much-anticipated U2 concert on Oct. 3. The concert will not only highlight one of music’s most accomplished bands, but also highlight a cause that Bono regards very highly: the environment. In addition, the concert will also stimulate the local economy, as approximately 1,500 people will be temporarily employed. Work will begin on September 27 with the covering of Wayne Day Family Field turf. On Monday work will begin on the elaborate stage setup, which when fully assembled will soar to the heights of Carter Finley Stadium
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Red Hat beats Wall Street expectationsWith reported revenues of $183.6 million, Red Hat, the world’s top developer of Linux software, beat Wall Street expectations for the past quarter. According to a study by Goldman Sachs, numbers for many firms like Red Hat are up as a result of technology firms’ looking to them to cut costs.
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State Fair seeking workersWith the fair merely a couple of weeks away, vendors for the State Fair have started searching for workers. The Employment Security Commission is expected to help fair vendors fill approximately 250-400 available positions.Jobs will include everything from ride operators to food servers. Typically the ESC waits until the week before the fair to begin hiring. However, the anticipated interest caused the commission to push up the hiring window.
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tian Stackhouse, a freshman in aerospace engineering, the predicament is slightly easier to manage.
“I eat in Clark [Dining Hall] most of the time, and they offer some pretty healthy options,” Stackhouse said.
Although Stackhouse ad-mits that he does not always have time to cook for himself, he does take other steps to make sure that he has healthy options around his dorm.
“I usually don’t have time to cook, but when I do I try to make sure that I have enough for a few meals. That way, it’ll be my lunch or dinner the next day or something.”
For the students unlike Stackhouse, however, Uni-versity Dining has taken a number of steps to ensure that students have more op-tions within the dining halls of N.C. State’s campus.
According to Randy Lait, director of dining services, one of the most important things that University Dining offers is its registered dieti-tian who is available to meet with students to discuss their particular needs.
“She goes through the nutritional values of every-thing that we offer,” Lait said. “She’s also been working with our chefs to change some of our recipes to make things healthier. We’re now able to make things vegetarian that might not have been before.”
In addition to having a registered dietitian on staff, University Dining has also improved their Web site to include nutritional values for menu items at all dining halls.
For instance, on their Web site, students can even find
resources to help develop per-sonalized diets that fit within their meal plans.
However, at the end of the day, Lait and others maintain that the ultimate choice will come down to the student to make the right decision.
From a parent’s perspec-tive, Lait said he believes that sometimes not having mom and dad around to guide what is being purchased can lead to certain unhealthy eat-ing habits.
“Obviously, it varies by the student, but some students see food as comfort,” Lait said. “You’re in a new envi-ronment, a new school with new people, and all these comforts have been left at home, and food comforts them.”
Whether it is the countless bowls of Ben and Jerry’s or excessive amounts of gummy worms, students should know that a few careless food op-tions here and there may come back to haunt them years down the road said Stackhouse.
While he acknowledges that healthy eating does usu-ally have some challenges – whether economically or from a time management standpoint – Stackhouse said it is important to consider the long term effects.
“Eating healthy is typically a bit more expensive, but it’s definitely a good investment in the long run,” Stackhouse said. “That’s what students should think about.”
Moneycontinued from page 6
Some say worst of recession is over
Briant RobeyStaff Writer
With the economy as a constant presence in national headlines and a politically charged topic that news personalities continually reiterate, misinformation about the subject is a common, widespread occurrence.
Economists like Mike Walden, professor of economics, are working to shed some light on the misconceptions some have regarding the economy.
The national economyWalden said although
China is doing well, the U.S. economy prevails as an international leader.
“We are still the biggest economy in the world,” Walden said. “We are still the biggest manufacturer in the world.”
Additionally, although the recession is often compared to the Great Depression of last cen-tury, Walden said we have already experienced the worst of today’s economic troubles.
“Most of the economic storm has passed,” Walden said. “The viewpoint of most economists is that we are close to the bottom or coming out of it.”
Stephen Dalton, a senior in economics, said reces-sions have distinct stages.
“Well, recession is defined by two consecu-
tive quarters of a decrease in [gross domestic product],” Dalton said. “Technically, we may already be out of the re-cession, but employment may be down for a while.”
North Carolina economyWhile the national econ-
omy is a widespread issue and warrants concern in its own right, North Carolina’s financial woes also warrant investigation.
North Carolina does well when the nation’s doing well due to its cyclic economy, Walden said, but suffers more when the national economy is down.
“However, we may very well recover faster than the rest of the nation,” Walden said.
Walden said North Caro-lina’s economy is intrinsically and necessarily linked to the national economy.
“We are linked into the na-tional economy very closely,” Walden said. “It’s all inter-woven. It’s all intertwined. In a lot of ways, that’s good, but there’s nothing that our governor can do [to help our economy].”
Government bailoutsThe News & Observer re-
ported in “’Rainy-day’ fund N.C. government seized still has money” that Governor Perdue had spent all but $150 million of the $787 million “rainy day” fund set aside for national disasters and eco-
nomic relief. The sum en-sured the state could pay its bills as tax collections dwindled.
Walden said the funds served an important pur-pose.
“It is a reserve. Most economists would argue it is prudent for the state government to have some-thing like that,” Walden said. “Economic disasters are equally as difficult to predict as natural disas-ters.”
Dalton said bailouts in general are an effective strategy for revitalizing an ailing economy.
“I agree with Obama and others on spending money to help the economy,” Dal-ton said. “I just don’t think they targeted the right areas.”
Walden sees the eco-nomic situation as a valu-able lesson in economics.
“I don’t think you could get any better lesson than now on how economics af-fects individual decisions,” Walden said.
However, Walden re-mains optimistic on the future progression of the economy.
“We’re headed for some-what better days,” Walden said. “We should see fi-nancial growth in 2010.”
Economist weighs in on North Carolina budgets
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Instant macaroni and cheese. Ramen noodles. Potato chips. These are just some of the things that make gaining the dreaded “fresh-man 15” so much easier for some college students. How-ever, the dreaded “freshman 15” is no longer the only thing that is guiding students’ food choices—now they have the other things to worry about, like time and money.
Arialle Crabtree, a sopho-more in political science, is one of these students.
“The major thing that prevents students from eat-ing healthy is time,” Crabtree said. “It’s not availability so much. Yes, finances plays a part, especially when you’re living on campus, but it takes more time to make say a salad
than it does to grab as sub on the go.”
Crabtree, like so many col-lege students, for example often is forced to cram two meals into one in order to preserve time. Breakfast, of-ten described as the staple meal of the day, is one that Crabtree relies heavily upon.
“I re-ally don’t like eating breakfast, but I have to because I might not have time to eat any other time during the day until late at night,” Crabtree said.
On rare instances that she is able to grab lunch, Crabtree said it’s usually something quick and easy.
“If I have time to go back to my apartment, I’ll try to make a good salad or sand-
wich, but usually, since I’m a commuter student, it’s something from a vending ma-chine,” Crab-tree said.
Often times, though, the quick and
easy option is not always the healthiest option. It is, how-ever, often the least expensive.
With this economy, the fact of the matter remains that college students, like many groups of people, simply do not have as much money to spend as they did before, which makes shopping more painful.
According to a study pub-lished in the Journal of the American Dietetic Associa-tion in December 2007, ener-gy-dense food cost on average $1.76 per 1,000 calories. In comparison, a 1,000-calorie low-energy, nutritious option cost $18.16 on average.
Some students, however, have managed to find a bal-ance.
For those living on campus with meal plans, like Chris-
Time, money affect eating habitsstudents are being forced to weigh food options based on time and money
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While money for college students may be scarce – and time even scarcer – here are a few tips for all college students to remember when it comes to comes to eating and shopping for food.
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Read nutrition labels. Nutrition labels are one of the most important items for students to read. Not only do they tell how many calories are contained within a given food item, they provide vital in-formation such as the amount of certain
vitamins, trans fat, and carbohydrates.
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Make an eating schedule, which outlines what you plan on eating for the week. By doing so, you will cut out the uncertainty of knowing what items you will eat on which days. In doing this, you may end up saving
money, as some of your unnecessary purchases will be cut out.
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Do not be tempted to purchase per-ishable items in bulk. More often than not, it will go to waste. If you know that you will not eat it all, look to purchase a smaller portion. Furthermore, be wary of eating certain perishable items that
have been left sitting out for extended periods of time. The USDA advises individuals against eating perishable items that have been sitting out at room temperature for more than two hours — even pizza.
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Eat a well-balanced break-fast each day. Nutritionists have dubbed this most important meal of the day, but why? By consuming a well-rounded meal in the morn-ing, your body will have an energy reserve already established, in-stead of having to rely on multiple snacks throughout the day. Research shows that eating a well-balanced breakfast helps stabilize blood-sugar levels, which control appetite and energy.
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When leaving the dining hall, be sure to grab a piece of fresh fruit. It will save you money and contrib-ute to the five servings of fruit and vegetables that the average college student should eat each day. Also, instead of going with that piece of candy or pack of cookies at the C-Store, con-sider purchasing a can of fruit or yogurt. (NCSU University Dining)
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“We called some passes to be thrown specifically to him just so he could catch it and get tackled and get the feel of playing college football again.”
Bowens admits it was a long and grueling struggle to get back to playing and at points he would have to ask himself what kept him going and working to get back onto the field again.
“I really just kept faith in God,” Bowens said. “I trusted in God and I knew that I’d come back soon enough. And I just stayed motivated, the team helped me out and I came back and I’m here.”
On his way back to recovery, Bowens described the grueling process it took to get back to
form. He put in many hours of rehab in order to get healthy.
“The hardest thing about the recovery was probably just staying up late at night and waking up early to perform the grinding the rehab, and it was tough,” Bowens said. “So just staying motivated and bounc-ing back was my main goal.”
With the absence of a steady quarterback during Bowen’s freshman and sophomore years, Bowens experienced a quarterback carousel, catching passes from multiple quarter-backs, including Daniel Evans, Harrison Beck, Marcus Stone and Justin Burke.
But with the emergence of quarterback Russell Wilson, a proven and experienced quar-terback, Bowens finally has a quarterback that is talented and can get him the ball on a
consistent basis. “I’m really looking for-
ward to playing with Rus-sell Wilson,” Bowens said. “He’s a great quarterback, and a great leader.”
Even though Bowens was ecstatic about getting back on the field, he admits the best thing about finally get-ting back was being with the team again.
“It’s been a long time, so just running out onto the field was the best,” Bowens said. “From the start, just leaving College Inn, and getting on the bus, I just felt like back on the team, so it’s great to be back.”
The Cavs nearly scored in the 53rd minute with a shot from 10 yards out by forward Meghan Lenczyk, but again Kern came up with a diving save to preserve the lead.
Virginia scored in the 69th minute off a shot on the ground from midfielder Kate Norbo.
The Pack picked up its offen-sive intensity in the final min-utes, marching down the field with a determined attitude.
The intensity paid off in the form a of cross from sopho-more forward Tanya Cain to Dugal, who headed the ball to the back of the net from just outside the six yard box in the 88th minute.
“I headed it and it just went in,” Dugal said. “I don’t think I’ll ever forget that one, for sure.”
The Cavaliers outshot the Wolfpack 21-4, earning eight corner kicks to State’s two.
“Going into the game we knew that would happen,” coach Steve Springthorpe said. “For me it’s not about how many shots we didn’t shoot, it’s how many went into the back of the net.”
Kern ended the night with 10 saves to keep the Pack in
the game. Springthorpe said Kern picked the Pack up when it needed her most.
“Kim [Kern] had a great game,” Springthorpe said. “She was great at organizing and do-ing all the things that you want your goalkeeper to do.”
The victory was more than just a regular season win for the players, according to Kern.
“One of the biggest games I ever won here was my state
championship game my se-nior year [of high school] and this feels 10 times bigger than that,” Kern said. “It feels good to make strides forward as a team.”
The win brings the team to 6-2-1 and 1-0-0 in the ACC. It will host Virginia Tech this Sunday at Dail Soccer Stadium at 1 p.m.
SOCCERcontinued from page 8
FOOTBALLcontinued from page 8
SARAH TUDOR/TecHniciAnSenior midfielder Chantalle Dugas remains in control as two Vir-ginia players attempt to take the ball away. The women’s team won 2-1 against Virginia with a goal in the last two minutes. This was the Wolfpack’s first win against an ACC team since 2006 and its first win against Virginia since 1995.
accountable. People know they wouldn’t just be letting the coaches down — they’d be letting their team leaders and teammates down as well. People really take that into consideration. They think
about things before they do them now.
Now back to this coming weekend. Personally, I feel like I’m getting back into a groove, just in time for Pittsburgh. It was great getting back into the end zone again last week — actually, I think that’s the first time I’ve ever flipped into the end zone.
From what I’ve seen, Pitt has a really good defensive
line. They think they’re re-ally tough guys and they’re going to come down here and try and get physical, but if we keep doing what we’re supposed to be doing, we’ll be fine.
Especially if we remember to avoid stairwells.
We’ll see you at the game. - As told to Kate Shefte
TONEYcontinued from page 8
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SPORTSFootball Friday
James WoodwardChancellor
Lee Fowlerathletics director
Debra MorganWraL anchor
Taylor SeamanVarsity gymnast
Jim Ceresnakstudent body president
Demi OlubanwoNubian Message editor
Ty JohnsonTechnician editor
Kate Sheftesports editor
Tyler Everettdeputy sports editor
Jen Hankindeputy sports editor
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15 Texas Christian @ Clemson Clemson Texas Christian Texas Christian Clemson Clemson Texas Christian Clemson Texas Christian Texas Christian Clemson
Texas Tech @ 17 Houston Texas Tech Texas Tech Houston Houston Texas Tech Texas Tech Texas Tech Houston Houston Houston
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22 North Carolina @ Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech North Carolina North Carolina Georgia TEch North Carolina Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech Georgia Tech
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What happened the last time State played
State will meet Pitt for the first time since the 2001 Tangerine Bowl, when the Panthers downed the Philip Rivers-led Pack, 34-19, in
Orlando, Fla. Pitt’s visit to Carter-Finley marks its first trip to Raleigh since the 1988 season, when the Wolfpack defeated the Panthers, 14-3. Pitt holds a 5-2-1 advantage over State in a series that dates back to 1952.
Players to watch for:N.C. State
Donald Bowens, wide receiver: Fresh off a return from injury, Bowens made a splash against Gardner-Webb, finishing with two catches for 17 yards. He will look to continue this strong return as he is eased into the line-up.
Russell Wilson, quarterback: Wilson broke the record for consecutive throws without an interception last week at Gardner-Webb and has several other records in his sight. Russell’s playmaking will be crucial when the Pack finds itself up against Pitt’s smothering defense.
PIttSBURGH Dan Mason, middle linebacker: The freshman was named the Big East Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in the Panthers’ 27-14 victory over Navy this past weekend. Mason collected 11 tackles and two quarterback sacks to lead Pitt over Navy.
Jonathan Baldwin, wide receiver: The 6-foot-5-inch sophomore leads Pitt’s young core. He played in all 13 games last year with three TDs and 18 receptions for 404 yards.the Western Carolina win.
Compiled by Kate Shefte
Location: Pittsburgh, PatotaL EnroLLmEnt: 34,000EstabLishEd: 1787confErEncE: big Eaststadium: heinz Field
injury reportNC State: OL Ryan Cheek (hip), DE Jeff Rieskamp (hip), CB Rashard Smith (ankle), WR Owen Spencer (concussion) and S Javon Walker (knee) will sit out against Pitt.
SourCe: N.C. State athletiCS
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Pitt’s nFL tiesPittsburgh coach Dave Wannstedt comes into this weekend’s game with an enviable resume. Wannstedt coached the Chicago Bears for five years and was the third winningest coach in Bears history. He also coached the Miami Dolphins and Dallas Cowboys. He was the 34th coach in team history and ninth Pitt graduate to coach the team in 2005. With Wannstedt at the helm, the 2008 campaign was Pitt’s winningest regular season in 26 years. The team compiled a 9-3 overall record.
SourCe: pittSburghpaNtherS.Com
footBall
woMeN’S SoCCeR
Bowens back with Pack
Women’s soccer downs Virginia
roNald NauSe/teChNiCiaN arChive photoSophomore receiver Donald Bowens stiffarms his way through the UCf defense late in the 2007 season opener.
Redshirt junior receiver returns to team after multiple injuries
Taylor BarbourSenior Staff Writer
After leading the team in receiving yards and yards per catch in his sophomore year, redshirt junior Donald Bowens was poised to have a break out year in the 2008 season. But after suffering a career-threatening back in-jury right before the 2008 season, the team lost Bow-ens for the entire year. On the road to recovery, Bow-ens suffered another lapse this past winter, when he
had to undergo knee surgery. Finally healthy, Bowens is
back and ready to help improve the a lready top scoring offense in the ACC.
“It was great to be back out t here w it h t he g uy s ,” Bowens said. “I know I’m truly blessed to be here. I just felt hap-py to be there with everybody else. It’s been a long time since I’ve been back.”
With Bowens playing his first football game in over a year, coach Tom O’Brien wanted to
make sure Bowens got some playing time in the Gardner-Webb game so he could get re-
introduced to the game and everything that goes with it.
Bowens e nd e d t he ga me w it h two catches for 17 yards.
“We wanted to get him on the field just so he could
get back into a football game and hopefully touch the ball a couple of times,” O’Brien said.
Pack records a win in its first ACC game of the season, notches first conference win since 2006
Brent KitchenStaff Writer
In its first ACC match-up of the season, the women’s soccer team recorded a vic-tory over the No. 14 Virgina Cavaliers.
The 2-1 victory is the team’s first ACC win since 2006 and its first win over Virginia since 1995.
Sophomore forward Paige Dugal, who scored both of the Pack’s goal, said her team was relieved to get its first ACC win of the season
out of the way.“It was so nice to start out
the season, battle, and come out with a win,” Dugal said. “Hopefully we can continue that throughout the season.”
The Pack began the scoring early with a goal in the fifth minute from Dugal. She bur-ied the left footed shot in the box to the far left post off a pass from freshman midfielder Kara Blosser.
The Cavaliers kept the offen-sive pressure on in the first half, out shooting the Pack 9-2 and forcing sophomore goalkeeper Kim Kern to make three saves.
Sophomore forward Tanya Cain nearly extended State’s lead with a shot from 20 yards out.
Don’t take the stairs
Over the last several years, my postgame rituals have changed a
bit. For one thing, I no longer get stuck in stairwells.
After my first start against Eastern Ken-tucky, I was asked to go up and talk to the media. Media Rela-tions would go get us from t h e l o c k e r room and tell us to go to
the lobby, where the press was waiting, before Chuck Amato came out. I was a local kid and they wanted to talk to me after that game.
However, I didn’t quite make it there. I didn’t have the key to get up and down in the eleva-tor so I tried to take the stairs. What I didn’t know was that all the doors lock up after a certain time, so I was stuck. I was really freaked out, a little freshman just off the field and still wearing my shoulder pads, stuck in the stairwell, knowing I was supposed to be somewhere and not knowing what would happen if I missed it. Everyone else was probably even more freaked because they couldn’t find me.
I seem to remember it being five or 10 minutes, but others say it was more like 20 — in any case, someone eventually came looking for me and got me out. Now, whenever there’s a freshman on the team, ev-eryone makes sure he knows where he’s going.
Media Relations still teases me about it all the time about that night. They say when I’m a Pro-Bowler, they’re still go-ing to remember that time I got locked in the stairwell.
Though my life still revolves around football, it has gotten much more relaxed since that night. Actually, it’s the same pretty much every day. I’m like a robot — school, football practice, film. The routine is pretty much the same. I don’t really do much after the game. I just come back, watch some ESPN, check the scores, go to sleep. I don’t go out as much as I did during my freshman and sophomore years.
The same story goes for the rest of the team — we’ve be-come more concerned with how we’re viewed, on and off the field, since Coach O’Brien came along. In Coach O’Brien’s program, he treats us like men. We’re going to do what we do, but at the same time, you have responsibilities and you’re held
toNey’S take: week 4
Toney BakerPack Halfback
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SOCCER continued page 7TONEY continued page 7
“...just staying
motivated and
bouncing back
was my main
goal.”Donald Bowens, wide receiver
By the numbers: soccer vs. virginia
14 years since State beat UVA in women’s soccer
7 goals on the season for Paige Dugal
10-0 overall save differential
87:54 time of the last goal, scored by Dugal
21 total shots by Virginia
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