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Krispy Kreme Challengers eat donuts to help kidsAllure of glazed dozens, bad weather does not turn runners away

Caroline BarfieldStaff Writer

Saturday morning the area sur-rounding the Bell Tower was glazed over with anxious runners as they prepared to inhale a dozen doughnuts.

Despite the weather, large crowds showed up, though snow flurries fol-lowed just an hour and a half after the event.

Katie Starr, a junior in international studies, was among the top challengers as she placed second in the women’s event.

She said it was really cold but man-aged to down her doughnuts in eight minutes and complete her total run in 39 minutes.

“I don’t typically eat a lot of sweets, but I do run a lot. Somehow I ate all 12 donuts,” Starr said.

She said she did, however, see some pretty interesting techniques for eat-ing doughnuts.

“There were tables with stacks and stacks of doughnuts, we had to grab a box and eat out in the parking lot. People were crouched over their boxes, trying different techniques of stuffing the doughnuts down faster. I saw a guy step on his doughnuts before he opened the box trying to get them smaller.”

She said she found that dunking her doughnuts in the water and washing

off some of the glaze was very effec-tive.

Starr said they started at the Bell Tower, then took a left on St. Mary’s Street, ran on Glenwood for a bit, then finally reached Krispy Kreme on Peace Street.

“The run to Krispy Kreme was nice but the run back was brutal. I was so full from eating all of my doughnuts.”

She also said 6,000 people registered, which is the most the challenge has ever had. There were people on the sidelines and at the finish lines of the race to cheer people on.

Starr said she had goals for the race; to win a doughnut medal.

“I kind of set the goal to win a matt moore/technicianClint Bollinger of Charlotte sits on the ground as he works on eating his dozen doughnuts Saturday morning during the Krispy Kreme Challenge.

Residents worked together with electric generators running

Joanna BanegasStaff Writer

The electricity went out Saturday morning about 8:15 a.m. in Central Campus residence halls Bowen, Car-roll, Metcalf, Owen and Tucker Halls.The electricity didn’t come back on until 4 p.m. when a power generator came on to supply emergency power.

Manisha Patel, resident advisor for Tucker Hall, said when the resident advisors figured out that the electricity went out, they immediately called the residence director.

“We worked together to make the students feel comfortable,” Patel said. “We weren’t entirely sure when the power would come back on.”

Patel said understandably a lot of residents wanted to know when the power would come back on.

“If the power didn’t come back on we would of had all the residents come together in the basement lounge to

play board games,” Patel said. “We know having the power out isn’t fun. We want the residents to feel like they’re home.”

Colin Bradley, a freshman in biolog-ical sciences and a resident in Metcalf Hall, said he felt really annoyed about the whole situation.

“I was in a glazed stupor after the Krispy Kreme Challenge,” Bradley said. “After realizing that the eleva-tors weren’t functioning I had to walk up a flight of stairs.”

Samantha Franklin, a senior in in-ternational studies and a community assistant for Metcalf Hall, said the residents were angry their electron-ics were shut off.

“If they weren’t here it really didn’t bother them, but the ones that were here were obviously displeased,” Franklin said.

Tanya Godsey, a freshman in First Year College and a Tucker Hall resi-dent, said she woke up her neighbors around her hall notifying them about the power outage.

“No one knew what was going on

except for the people that woke up early,” Godsey said.

Godsey also said she only thought the electricity was out in Owen and Tucker, but later found the Tri-Towers were affected as well.

“A friend [of mine] from Metcalf had to shower in my dorm because he didn’t have running water,” Godsey said.

Godsey said no one knew what was going on Saturday afternoon.

“We didn’t feel like staying here so my friends and I decided to leave for the night,” she said.

Patel said the resident advisors suggested to the residents that they should go somewhere else if they could leave.

“We are trained on these types of situations,” Patel said. “We all worked together and are still working together to get through all this.”

The resident staff still does not know what caused the outage.

Central Campus residence halls cope without electricity Saturday

caitlin conway /technicianResidents of Central Campus awoke to darkened hallways and no electricity in their rooms Saturday. Electricity was returned, with the generator shown behind the worker, about 4:20 p.m.

krispy kreme challenge resultsOfficial first, second and third place winners on the male and female side for the 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge. Male:

Reece Wells 30:20

Eric Turk 32:01

Brian Fowler 32:06

Female:

Yvonne Ou 35:20

Katie Starr 39:25

Carly Kovacik 39:54

Source: Kalie Porterfield

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The Howl for Haiti Campaign is still raising money for Haiti relief in the wake of the 7.0-magnitude earth-quake that struck the country in Jan. It is a campus-wide disaster relief ef-fort to aid Haitian earthquake victims through the Raleigh-based nonprofit Stop Hunger Now. Student Govern-ment will be organizing a number of donation collections across campus and at athletics events to help raise funds for the cause. It encourages all student groups that are interested in holding fundraisers and contributing to do so. They request that all money raised by student groups be commit-ted to the Howl for Haiti project so that all relief efforts will be focused and unified as a campus community. All groups that contribute to the cause will be rightfully recognized for their efforts.

Several organizations have pledged donations but the campaign has not yet reached its goal of $50,000. In addition to the Stop Hunger Now pledge, Student Government is also accepting donations for items on be-half of MERCI. According to the Stu-

dent Government Web site, MERCI has a long history of work in develop-ing countries. It is based in Goldsboro and its first plane-load of medical sup-plies left on Jan. 15.

The following campus organiza-tions have pledged donations to the Howl for Haiti Campaign: N.C. State’s Campus Crusade for Christ has com-mitted $1,255.27; Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated has pledged $135; Sarah Cavanagh (age 11), Megan Cavanagh (age 9), Rebecca Schmidt (age 11) and Haleigh Jones (age 9) op-erated a cookie stand to raise a total of $115.00; and the Repair & Renovation Services within Facilities Operations has donated $230.00. In addition to those funds, the effort raised $6,500 at the Duke versus N.C. State basket-ball game.

To dontate items to MERCI, stu-dents can drop-off items in the Student Government office from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on business days. To donate money to the Howl for Haiti campaign, students can drop off do-nations at the University library, the Bookstore or at 307a, the Student Gov-ernment office.

Howl for Haiti campaign continues raising funds

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THROUGH LUIS’S LENS

Dancing with Wolves enthuses TalleyPHOTO BY LUIS ZAPATA

In Carmichael Gym, Ian McAreavy, a sophomore in zoology, dances with Kenley Le-sak, a freshman in fashion and textile management, for the Triangle Open Saturday. The annual dance competition was put on by the N.C. State ballroom dance club,

Dancing with Wolves. McAreavy has been dancing for a year and a half while Lesak has been dancing for four months. Lesak said she enjoys the social aspect of dancing.

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WORLD & NATIONExplosion at Connecticut power plant

Middletown, Connecticut — A Hartford-area power plant experienced an explosion Sunday morning.

The blast occurred about 11:30 a.m. at the Kleen Power Plant. The site is currently under construction and was set to open later this year.

Initial police reports indicated that two people were killed in the blast; there were 50 construction workers on the site at the time.

The police retracted the report in the afternoon and declined further comment. The Hartford hospital that received injured workers said it was treating 11 after the blast.

People within a 20-mile radius of the site reported hearing the boom or feeling tremors from it.

SOURCE: CNN

Mid Atlantic snow storm causes power outages

In a storm that reminded many Washington D.C. residents of the city’s hard-hitting 1996 blizzard, the city was blanketed in more than 2

feet of snow Friday and Saturday.“Snowmageddon,” as local

residents are calling it, buried the area and left residents trapped in their homes. Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power and the National Guard has been called upon to help relieve the burden on local emergency relief.

Most area flights were cancelled, as was a significant portion of Amtrak’s services to the northeast corridor. The Washington Metro rapid-transit service was operating on a limited schedule.

Even President Barack Obama was affected by the storm. Under the weight of the snow, a tree limb snapped and fell onto one of the vehicles in the president’s motorcade; fortunately, no one was injured.

SOURCE: BBC

Airport radiation exposure poses risks, report says

An inter-agency report criticized governments for a lack of public awareness on the risks of radiation exposure due to body scanning machines. The Inter-Agency Committee on Radiation Safety, which is composed of the International Atomic Energy Agency, World Health Organization and others, said pregnant women and children should not be exposed to the radiation from scanners, despite the low radiation doses.

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CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSFriday’s page 1 feature-photo caption misspelled the name of a student at the College of Management career fair. The correct spelling of her name is Chantell Felder; she is a senior in business administration. Technician regrets the error.

Send all clarifications and corrections to Executive Editor Russell Witham at viewpoint@technicianonline.com.

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8:39 AM | DAMAGE TO PROPERTYDerr TrackNonstudent reported window broke in on equipment at work site.

11:19 AM | MEDICAL ASSISTE.S. King VillageUnits responded to student in need of medical assistance. Student was transported.

3:25 PM | MOLESTING FIRE ALARMTucker HallFP initiated investigation into smoke detector being covered.

WW5:34 PM | DRUG VIOLATIONAvent Ferry ComplexReport of possible drug violation. Student was issued citation for aggravated possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Second student was issued citation for simple possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Both students were referred to the University for same.

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krispy kreme challenge resultsBoth the male and female first place finishers of the 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge (those who registered as challengers and ate all 12 doughnuts) have been disqualified and thus the second place finishers have been bumped up to first, the third to second and the fourth to third. The disqualifications were for the following reasons.

Male: The runner deemed “First Place Male” on Saturday morning failed to present an empty doughnut box to the volunteers and run through the successful challenger chute at Krispy Kreme; this was discovered upon further review of race data. Therefore we cannot confirm that he ate all 12 doughnuts and he has been disqualified.

Female: The runner wearing the “First Place Female” race bib was not the same individual that registered for the race under that bib number. This was confirmed upon admittance of the participating runner and resulted in a disqualification.

These results do not exactly match those announced as preliminary winners on Saturday morning. These details account for the discrepancy and if any questions arise, contact Kalie Porterfield directly at kgporterfield@gmail.com.

Source: Kalie Porterfield

doughnut medal. My room-mate came out to support me. I received a plaque, a gift card from Athlete’s Foot and literally, a doughnut medal. I was kind of surprised I placed third; I noticed a lot of girls ahead of me,” she said.

“Luckily I didn’t see anybody throw up; probably because I was so focused and there were more people behind me. I

didn’t eat anything for the rest of the day. I was on a sugar high for a while, then crashed. When I woke up I still wasn’t hungry.”

Some attended the race as support and to help out.

Robert Rudd, a sophomore in political science, went to cheer on his buddies and help clean up afterwards.

“The race was fun; I enjoyed seeing my friends stuff their faces. It was really cold but we were lucky it didn’t precipitate on us. I was kind of expecting some snow,” he said.

Others, such as Eli Banks, a sophomore in business man-agement, registered as a casual runner, where you don’t have to eat all of the doughnuts.

“Before the race started, it was intense and people were running around crazy — it was wild,” she said. “It took me 40 minutes, though I didn’t eat my doughnuts. My friend and I thought it would be smart to save them, so we ran ours back.”

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michael Shriver/technicianDasha Karelov, junior in paper science and chemical engineering, couldn’t quite hold back the dozen doughnuts she consumed half way through the 2010 Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday. Karelov managed to keep it down until crossing the start/finish line on Hillsborough St. at the Bell Tower.

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Would you like to see more programs like Wolfpack Speaks? Why or why not?

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“Yes, I would love to.”

kyle shepardsophomore, paper science

“Yes, everyone is not a communication major.”

Courtney moffittfreshman, animal science

“It would be interesting to hear different people speak and different points of view.”

Priscilla martinezfreshman, microbiology

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Basically, it’s what happened.

Brian Schultz, sophomore in environmental design

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Most people see N.C. State as an engineer-ing college; or at the

least, one that is rooted in de-sign and the physical sciences. Yet the College of Humanities and Social Sciences is the third-largest college at the University and one of its fastest growing.

CHASS has been doing quite a bit to keep students aware of this. Dean Jeffrey Braden re-cently switched places with a CHASS student in the “Dean for a Day” event and commu-nications held its Wolfpack Speaks public speaking con-test, awarding more than $500 to the winners.

The contest is an excellent event for CHASS and admin-istrators should look to hold similar events and competi-tions for students for other ar-eas of study. Given the existing poetry and short-story com-petitions students can already

take part in, these areas are logical for having public read-ings and competition events of student works.

Moving towards contests for works like spoken poetry or short fiction is also a solid way to connect students to CHASS, which plays a vital role in en-suring students get a truly well-rounded, first-rate educa-tion from the University. While the pure humanities may seem like a waste of tuition in the increasingly competitive job market, the skills learned in writing, public speaking, histo-ry and other humanities cours-es can offer students an ad-vantage when compared with other students with academic backgrounds rooted entirely in technical, degree-related edu-

cation.The college can also benefit

from an increased involvement with students outside of class; getting people to compete in a friendly challenge for writ-ing or speaking skills can get students and faculty together outside of an academic setting, enabling them to build impor-tant connections for advice on careers, academics and more.

Such public events also may draw in more students by sim-ply giving them the chance to see what their peers are doing and appreciating their abili-ties; currently, writing com-petitions tend to consist of students submitting works for review and evaluation by fac-ulty members. While this may prove which students are more

technically or academically gifted in writing, speaking or other disciplines, it also limits opportunities for students to see what their friends and class-mates can do with the spoken word or written verse. A push for public events like Wolfpack Speaks can give them a taste of the breadth and richness of the talent at the University.

CHASS has been dynamic in providing extracurricular opportunities for students to show off their talents and con-necting with the college itself. Such valuable interactions should be heralded and en-courage the college to expand its efforts in getting more stu-dents involved and improving their appreciation of the hu-manities and social sciences.

The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board excluding the news department and is the responsibility

of the Executive Editors.

Keep speaking upThe FacTs:The College of Humanities and Social Sciences held its Wolfpack Speaks public speaking contest Thursday, awarding more than $500 in scholarships.

our opinion:Such programs are good for connecting students with CHASS and should be expanded to other ideas like spoken poetry contests.

No, you can’t

mcCauley: once again you set the paradigm for self-righteousness and purported omniscience. i’m sure long after you’re gone you’ll have had a statue of yourself erected, your tools of journalism in outstretched hands (a crayon and magic eightball, i imagine.)

The fact that your clipped mention of the complaints about the editorial opinion on the krispy kreme Challenge was a deflection of somebody’s inability to do any real reporting or journalism aside — i’m not really sure how you intended to inspire individuals to be proactive in coming up with a solution to the 6,000 runner cap. Was it through lack of effort to even pick up the phone to call kkC or the Raleigh Police department that you hoped to inspire the student body? Perhaps certain students on campus (say, traffic engineers) could come up with a solution to the problem and relay it to the kkC, but first they’d have to go out and figure out the issue in the first place.

if only there were some central medium that reported the facts about issues like these on campus ... it doesn’t come as much of a surprise.

From marycobb Randall’s letter to the editor it seems you can’t even report accurately even when the information comes and is presented to you (in regards to Price Hall not being on the renovation plans). in the end, i’m sure the kkC board and the University student Centers would love to hear what ideas you have (even if they do come from a ouija board) and any help you can offer, even if it is only to accurately report the information they have to relay.

Bryan Maxwelljunior, civil engineering

Brickyard feature was below par

Thursday’s version of the weekly feature “spotted in the brickyard” fell far below par. For one, if the title of the article is “spotted in the brickyard,” shouldn’t the responsible staff member at least make the effort to find someone in the brickyard? since the picture was taken in Owen, it seems

obvious that the writer simply chose one of her friends in the dorm and decided that she was at least fashionable enough to be in the newspaper.

but we as the student body of a school with an excellent textile and fashion design program should not have to withstand this mediocrity in the paper. Anything that can be described as “frat-tastic” is likely not fashionable, especially if the student is a girl. Also, blatantly admitting to sweats and a ballcap is probably not the best thing to include in an article about a “fasionable” person. There are plenty of people on this campus that put significant time and effort into their outfits and i’m sure they are offended that such a non-original outfit was featured. i hope that next week we will see improvement, or the brickyard in the background of the picture if nothing else. Dayne Plemmonsjunior, chemical engineering

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Academia is something to complain about

I read Slate magazine’s re-view of Louis Menand’s current bestseller on aca-

demia in America “The Mar-ketplace of Ideas: Reform and

Resistance in the American University,” and I can’t help but agree with the reviewer’s conclusion. Menand’s b o o k s a y s contemporary academia is

corrupt because of the em-phasis on peer review. I haven’t bought this one, but I’m read-ing Menand’s “Metaphysical Club,” which chronicles a post-Civil War engineering boom and how America first fostered its inventive society. Although I’m a fan of the “Metaphysical Club,” I am not so fond of “The Marketplace of Ideas.”

Menand complains that profes-sors are not accountable to a nyone except other academ-ics and the for-professors-by-professors academic culture walls off the ordinary public. This creates an academic culture of com-placency, which ultimately leads to an absence of public intellectuals.

It means professors who have important work never end up showing the public the fruits of their labor — the academics simply assume they would not understand it anyway. The re-viewer critiques Menand, say-ing Menand, who teaches at Harvard and writes for the New Yorker Magazine, is exactly the sort of across-the-aisle public intellectual that he is searching for. He is a contradiction of his own problem.

But attacking academia is as easy as shooting fish in bar-rels. Opinions are like profes-sors — everybody’s got one. The reason there are so many attacks on academia is because it is the nexus of ideas, and aca-demia affects everyone (with-out seeming to help anyone). It doesn’t help that everyone thinks these paltry four (to seven) years are supposed to be the prime of life. This means all of your fifty-somethings like professor Menand are ready

and raring to fight this battle. The case in point might as

well be our parents, who are more ready for school than most of us. I want to tell my parents, geez, if you like it so much, you can do the work for me — I wish. Nevertheless, there’s always the urban leg-end of the mom who does her daughter’s work for her. This is the concept of “helicopter parenting” — these parents hover. It was identified by Bar-rett Seaman, the retired editor of “Time” magazine, when he wrote his now-fleeting “Binge: What your college students won’t tell you,” where Seamen puts way too much blame on students and the culture of drinking. Books like Menand’s and Barrett’s are shock-jock lit-erature — they are fad books that quickly disappear into the library catacombs.

The reason professors see the prob-lem as being academic is probably be-cause t hey a r e f r o m academia, as is the case of Menand, who

works as a full-time professor and a full-time non-fiction au-thor. When would he have time to research anything except for what he is doing? Any one of his careers takes a 50-hour work week.

Critiquing the darned youth is at least as old as the 1920s, when our great-grandparents were experimenting with jazz and fiscal idiocy exactly like our parents do today.

There are two great entries into the lexicon of academic generation culture shock. One is Allen Bloom’s “The Closing of the American Mind,” which combines the call to moral re-sponsibility for students with the philosophical reasons why they should do as he says. The second is Charles Taylor’s “The Ethics of Authenticity,” whereupon he answers Bloom and defends a culture that cel-ebrates individuality, which he calls authenticity.

In the meantime, we should stick to our own books, and perhaps Menand should re-consider his.

Send Jake your thoughts on academia to letters@technici-anonline.com.

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Despite the frigid cold — the temperature was in the low-30s during the race — 6,000 par-ticipants, likely more, filled the course and created a truly memorable experience, while raising more than $45,000 for the N.C. Children’s Hospital.

For the estimated 2,650 competitors, the competition mandated 2,400 calories of glaze and dough consumption. Many left the Bell Tower with high hopes at 8:30 a.m. and quite a few found the task a little harder than it might seem.

Technician’s Executive Edi-tor, Russell Witham, ran the race Saturday for his fourth consecutive year and dodged along the course taking in the sights and sounds:

8:27 a.m. For whatever rea-son, I decide that I’d rather run leisurely this year. I pull up in a spot towards the rear of the pack with a couple of my friends from mechanical engineering. It didn’t really grip me when I left the house this morning, but it is cold as sin out here.

8:30 a.m. Tom Stafford, the vice chancellor for student af-fairs, booms the beginning of the race over the loudspeaker. (Despite his impeccable exer-cising habits, he told me a few minutes earlier that he wouldn’t be running this year; I became

dreadfully jealous of his abil-ity to stay at the Bell Tower.) I imagine that the teen-ish looking runners at the start of the pack are sprinting past traffic cones right now, but I am stationary with thousands of other people, and dogs, near the rear of the pack.

8:33 a.m. Still stationary. The lull has given me the opportu-nity to evaluate the strollers in my vicinity. Two of the three strollers have a three-wheel de-sign. I had absolutely no idea Schwinn made strollers as well as bikes, but am convinced I’m going to get passed by these 4-year-old cheaters; it’s dis-heartening. Another stroller has four wheels; that child must be running “casually.”

8:34 a.m. Progress. My bud-dies and I start moving down the course, past the Bell Tower and through a war-torn area of Yugoslavia. For a second I thought I was going to be “beamed up” by those ominous looking timing devices. I figure they were looking for someone with Energizers instead.

8:37 a.m. The field is start-ing to thin out a bit and I can finally stretch my legs and run. I’m not sure why a gorilla and giant banana were running down Hillsborough, but it doesn’t phase me; I press on.

8:40 a.m. I was starting to zone out a bit as we passed

the sketchy Chinese place and approached St. Mary’s. Then, boom. A guy runs into a traf-fic barrel. I’m not particularly sure how you can be so absent minded as to run into a belt-high cone, but he did. And ridiculously, received a hefty amount of applause for stupid-ity. Good grief.

8:46 a.m. I pass my first Quidditch player; he looked like a beater to me. I don’t un-derstand why he isn’t flying on his broomstick (impotence per-haps), but it seems he’s a mem-ber of a University sanctioned Quidditch club. A little piece of me just died.

8:48 a.m. I hear the blare of the siren and see the blue lights

at the corner of Johnson and West Street, but I find it hard to believe this guy is already on his way back. (Turns out it was the faux-eventual winner Eric Mack, a 2009 alumnus in the College of Natural Resources. Mack was disqualified and the men’s real winner was Reese Wells from Chapel Hill, N.C.)

8:54 a.m. I’ve made the turn up Peace Street and see a steadi-er stream of runners. Some haven’t eaten their doughnuts and are carrying the boxes, but the number of people who have completed the most dif-ficult part of the challenge with sub-30 minute times is pretty impressive.

8:55 a.m. I arrive at Krispy Kreme and am immediately inundated by thousands of doughnuts and the almost-repugnant smell.

8:56 a.m. The mash tech-nique (pushing three to six doughnuts together with your palm and eating the doughnuts in a denser form), which was rarely employed four years ago, is wide spread. It has clearly won the battle of the eating techniques.

8:58 a.m. Misery is every-

where. I decide not to eat doughnuts so that I can continue writing and ob-serving. (This is my coy way of sneaking out of the sheer misery I experienced the last three years on the run back.)

I meet Colin Bradley, a sophomore in biological sciences, who is using a modified-mash technique. His theory is that by mash-ing and then folding the rock-hard doughnut mass into a taco shape, the eating goes easier. It still looks ugly and unappetizing.

I haven’t eaten any dough-nuts, but I’m becoming nauseas from the sight of the glaze-water slush drip-ping from people’s mouths. The scent is palpable; it’s disgusting.

9:01 a.m. I spy … a sec-ond giant banana.

Steve Hite, the owner of BaySix USA, an apparel store for runners that co-sponsored the race, is pushing a two-seat three-

Sights and sounds at the 2010 KKCCOMMENTARY

STORY BY RUSSELL WITHAM

The Krispy Kreme Challenge needs no intro-duction. It has become part of the University’s anatomy and is quickly climbing the ranks of

the University’s most hallowed traditions. Alumni and students take pride in an important humanitar-ian cause and can claim a unique, nationally known, event as their own.

KKC continued page 6

MATT MOORE/TECHNICIANVolunteers stand around after putting a large pile of doughnut boxes into trash bags after the Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday morning.

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On Wednesday, the Muslim Students Association and the Women’s Center will sponsor Behind the Veil. The program begins at 7 p.m. and will take place in Talley Student Center.

Along with the experiment, there will be a panel discussion that explores what it means to wear a head scarf, which is rooted in both culture and Islamic religion. The panel will also discuss why some Muslim women opt not to wear the covering. Organizers invite non-Muslim women to participate in the experiment by wearing a head scarf for the day and observing their own and others’ reactions.

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On Friday, the Staff Senate kicked off its first canned food drive to benefit the Food Bank of Central and Eastern North Carolina.

The event is a UNC Campus-wide effort to collect as many food goods and other items for the food bank as possible. While the event is sponsored by the Staff Senate, everyone is encouraged to donate. The primary collection point will be Talley Student Center.

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Jazz Ensemble returnsThe NCSU Jazz Ensemble kicks off its spring semester Thursday. Under the direction of Wes Parker, the ensemble will perform some classic works by artists like Duke Ellington, Sammy Nestico and Frank Foster. The event begins at 7 p.m. and will take place in the Talley Student Center Ballroom.

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wheeled stroller. His two young children, Jake and Beatty, are consuming doughnuts. His strategy: wake up late, run to the starting line and let the kids eat the doughnuts. Children have just gained a new use.

9:08 a.m. Luigi and dough-nut-head, a.k.a. Garik Sadovy, a senior in materials science and engineering, are mingling with the despondent crowd.

A man who is preparing to vomit said, “It’s turning into paste.” I silently chuckled at his melancholy.

9:15 a.m. Part deux begins. Passing a giant pile of empty boxes — some partially empty — I depart for the Bell Tower at the same time as a cheese-head.

9:17 a.m. Overheard on Peace Street; “Next year we’ll come and walk.” “This is the most exercise we’re getting all se-mester.” “[Sound of cowbell.] I need more cowbell.”

9:18 a.m. Four UNC-Chapel Hill students are proud of their school, as evidenced by their puke-ugly baby blue shirts. I mention the McDonald’s blocks away. In an effort to be cool, the tallest of the four said, “I want a McGriddle.”

9:23 a.m. My quads feel like they are about to explode. I’ve run the entire way thus far, but I’m not sure how much longer I’ll last. My senior year diet seems to have taken a negative impact on my athletic abilities. I pass two girls who I can only assume are dressed as Pippy Longstocking look-a-likes.

9:25 a.m. Running stops at the site of bile covering the street. I can only imagine how much his or her abdomen hurts. Procuring an “iron gut” is elusive.

Meanwhile, an inventive fellow is using a chunk of ice

to wash his hands of glaze. It reminds me of the sticky feel-ing those doughnuts give your hands — above and away my least favorite part of the race the three previous years.

9:27 a.m. An old man claps while watching me walk up St. Mary’s Street; he yells, “These are the smart ones.” I don’t feel particularly intelligent, just tired.

Perhaps, he is the owner of the odd-looking church-home at 208 St. Mary’s; it makes sense to me.

9:28 a.m. A guy notices I’m wearing a watch. He inquires, “What time is it?” I reply and he responds with an expletive.

9:30 a.m. Time expires for the first runners to leave the alien portal.

9:31 a.m. My friend and I round the corner onto Hills-borough for the home stretch. Running commences again.

I dodge a heckler who is throwing a doughnut at what I presume to be his friend — an

odd greeting, for sure.9:32 a.m. The Krispy Kreme

doughnut man is walking back down Hillsborough as we pass the Republican Party offices. I’m crestfallen and decide to finish strong.

Someone shouts, “Let’s do it for the Republicans.” It’s good enough for my friend and I; we pick up the pace as the Bell Tower draws near.

9:36 a.m. The crowd is call-ing to us with its chants. It’s surprisingly warming, despite the abysmal weather.

A little less for the wear, I cross the finish line thorough-ly exhausted and wondering about the state of my health.

9:40 a.m. Sadovy, the guy with the doughnut-head, fin-ishes the race, as does the group in the body suits.

The gorilla and banana num-ber one appear near the traf-fic circles. The gorilla looks as though he had jumped off a springboard headlong into a pile of freshly glazed dough-

nuts. The banana was not miss-ing any bites.

9:43 a.m. A guy in a beige suit completes his quest; apart from the New Balance shoes, he could have come right out of “Miami Vice.”

A truly epic gentleman com-pletes the race, lighting up a cigarette as he passes across the finish line. His lungs may hate him, but I enjoyed his sense of irony. Lighting a cigarette at the finish line of a race that benefits a children’s hospital is simply too good.

“Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey is pounding in the background; I appreciate the musical selection and begin to do a little jig of sorts. In real-ity, it was more like Eileen’s dry heave.

9 : 48 a.m. Light f lurries are falling and at least three people were consecrating the Bell Tower grounds with their vomit.

10:00 a.m. “Come on Eileen” by Dexy’s Midnight Runners is

playing — I guffaw.10:05 a.m. The coordinators

announce the winner. My jaw drops. Eric Mack finished in an astounding 27:48. It’s not the course record, but it still blows my mind. The top female fin-isher clocked in at an impres-

sive 31:24.11: 00 a.m. I’m exhausted

while I sit in Bojangles eating a country ham biscuit combo.

I also cave and eat a dough-nut — 200 calories of bliss. Now, it’s time for a nap.

KKCcontinued from page 5

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KIMBERLY ROCHESTER/TECHNICIANGarik Sadovy, a senior in materials science and engineering, shouts encouraging words to runners in the last stretch of the Krispy Kreme Challenge Saturday. “I’m the official mascot,” said Sadovy.

TIM O’BRIEN/TECHNICIANAnthony Brown, from Nashville, Tenn., finishes his first six donuts using the mash method at the Krispy Kreme Challenge in downtown Raleigh Saturday. Six-thousand people were registered for the 2010 race, making it the largest race in the six-year history of the annual event. “It’s man versus food. I was looking for a good challenge and this was it,” Brown said. “Take six donuts, squish them together as hard as you can and start gulping. Hopefully I won’t throw it up.”

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Women’s tennis team ends weekend with a win Sunday over the Wisconsin Badgers

Fidelis LusompaSenior Staff Writer

After losing its first match of the spring season Friday against DePaul, the women’s tennis team rebounded with a win over Wisconsin, 5-2.

The Wolfpack put the Bad-gers away easily in doubles play, sweeping all three matches. In singles play, sophomore Sand-hya Nagaraj had no trouble taking down Katya Mirnova 6-1 and 6-2. Nagaraj’s win put the Pack up 2-0 on the day and it looked liked State would run away with the team win. But Wisconsin managed to battle back in a number of single matches.

After taking the first match 6-2, senior Berkley Brock bat-tled back from a 3-5 deficit to defeat Aleksandra Markovic 6-2, 7-5, earning State its third point.

Brock, who was back in ac-tion after spending time nurs-ing a foot injury, said Sunday’s match was similar to Friday’s loss to DePaul.

“I win the first set, them I’m up 3-0 serving and nerves kind of kick in because it’s the sec-ond match I’ve played this sea-son,” Brock said. “So it’s going to be some getting used to. But I refocused towards the end.”

The contest came down to senior Daria Petrovic, who lost her first set 2-6, but managed to win her next two sets and the match for State 6-1, 6-3.

Coach Hans Olsen said the seniors showed their leadership

in their matches. “Berk had to work really hard

to finish her match in straight sets,” Olsen said. “Daria lost a set and came out strong in the beginning of the second set. She just kept her focus all the way to the end. That was big, the seniors getting the third and deciding point. It showed great leadership.”

Junior Lenka Hojckova gave State its final singles win of the day, beating Jessica Seyferth 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. Hojckova said the match wasn’t unfolding the way she wanted it to.

“I was kind of nervous about it,” Hojckova said. “I won the first set but then the second set didn’t go my way. But in the third set, I wasn’t sure if the team had already won, so I

was like ‘oh gosh, I just have to keep fighting’, then it paid off.”

Olsen felt his team made ad-vances and learned a lot.

“We had trouble focusing,” Olsen said. “The girls would play good for a game or two and then they would kind of lose their focus for a game or two. I thought DePaul did a nice job of being competitive and they were much tougher than us. We had to do better with what we had control over. It wasn’t perfect today, but it was a step forward.”

Wolfpack takes down Badgers

Andy MusselMAn/TechniciAnSophomore Ashley Miller backhands the ball during her doubles match on Friday, Jan. 29, 2010, against East Carolina at the J.W. Isenhour Tennis Center. Miller and her partner,freshman Chloe Smith, lost their match 7-6. The Pack defeated the Pirates 6-1.

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perennial powerhouse Florida, only trailing an average of .4 points for each rotation.

“We progressively got better as the meet went on,” senior Taylor Seaman said.

After the first rotation on the night, the Wolfpack was down early as it was not receiving scores that matched its per-formance on vault. The team scored a team total of 48.425 in its first rotation. Meanwhile, on the other side of the gym, the Florida Gators posted their highest event team total for the entire night in their first rotation. The Gators’ score of 49.125 on the uneven paral-lel bars propelled the visiting team to the early lead by about six tenths of a point. The Pack was lead on vault by Barr with a score of 9.775 and sophomore Jess Panza, who earned a 9.725.

“The kids did really well on vault,” head coach Mark Ste-venson said. “You just have to go to the next event and shake

the start off and do better.”The second rotation proved

to be much of the same for the Wolfpack, both on the score side and the level at which the athletes were performing. The Pack walked away from its second rotation on bars with a team score of 48.500, which was still slightly lower than the Gators’ 48.825 on vault. Seaman lead the Wolfpack on bars with a score of 9.775. The Pack also got contributions in the same event from freshman Rachel Fincham and junior Brittney Hardiman who both earned 9.75 on bars.

“We started off kind of shaky, but after vault I think we pulled it together,” Barr said.

The third rotation was much of the same for the Wolfpack. It maintained about the same level of performance on the balance beam as it did in the previous rotation. The team put together a solid showing on beam as the team scored a 48.475 and didn’t have to count a single fall on the event.

“We need to continue to stick our landings, and also continue

the streak of not counting any falls towards our overall score,” Stevenson said.

Panza scored a 9.825 and Seaman and junior Brittany Vontz got a pair of 9.7s. Flor-ida seemed to nail each of its floor routines, but scored only four tenths higher dur-ing this rotation.

“Making each event better throughout the entire meet is the name of the game,” Seaman said.

The Wolfpack compiled its highest event score of the evening on f loor. Seaman ended with a great show on floor for the 2,500 fans in at-tendance. She earned a 9.9, the highest score on floor exercise in the meet.

“They really performed well on f loor,” Stevenson said. “We picked it up at the end of the meet.”

The Pack will have a sec-ond chance to face George Washington this upcoming weekend as the team heads to Washington, D.C. to face the Colonials on Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m.

floridacontinued from page 8

ing up points, I felt like we needed the change,” Harper said of dropping the man-to-man defense in preference of a 1-2-2 zone. “The change ob-vsiouly made a big change in their offense and we were able to settle down on the offensive end and score.”

With the middle jammed, the Hokies were forced to take low-percentage mid-range jumpers, allowing the Wolfpack to put together an 11-0 run. The Hok-ies had zero points in the paint.

“When we go to our zone, we

do pack it in and protect the paint,” Harper said. “It’s not a typical zone defense so it took them a little while to figure out what we were doing.”

The change, plus the intensity on defense Harper stressed at practice allowed the lead to bal-loon to 13 just before the half, but could arguably be more im-portant going into Thursday’s game against conference leader Duke.

“We can really shut down some poeple if we put our mind to it,” White said of the team’s defensive effort.

Te c h ’s L i nd s ay Big g s launched a nothing-but-net runner as time expired to send the teams into the locker

room with the Pack up 33-23, which could have shook the mental focus of the team, though Kastanek said White’s borrowed phrase from former coach Kay Yow has become the team’s man-tra: “When you get down, don’t give up. When you get ahead, don’t let up.”

Though the defense did let up in the second half as the Hokies shot 48 per-cent from the field, State’s transition game kept the Hokies at bay for the rest of the stretch, giving Harper’s squad a much-needed win heading into Cameron In-door Stadium to face Duke Thursday at 7 p.m.

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Pack comes within one point of Florida in second home meet of season, George Washington couldn’t make the trip

Chadwick O’ConnellStaff Writer

The State gymnastics team took to the mats Fri-day night in a competitive match-up with the No. 3 Florida Gators at Reynolds Coliseum. The Gators went on to defeat the Pack and take first place team honors back to Gainesville as they defeated the Pack 195.475-194.450.

While there was a cold, dreary rain outside Friday night, the Virginia and Washington, D.C. area was bracing for a major snow storm. This weather impact-ed the meet, which was sup-posed to also feature George Washington. The team was unable to make it to Raleigh for the meet, and only four

of the nine judges scheduled to judge the meet were able to make it.

But the Wolfpack couldn’t let the Gators take all the top honors in the meet, as sopho-more Brooke Barr turned in a stellar statistical outing with

a first place all-around score of 38.925. In its second week of facing top-five teams from around the country, the Pack was able to maintain a high level of competiveness against

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Pressley wins first Super Bowl ringFormer State defensive tackle tackle DeMario Pressley was a part of the New Orleans Saints team that clinched its first Super Bowl title last night in Miami, Fla. He graduated from the University in 2007 with a degree in sports management and was taken by the Saints in the fifth round (144th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. He spent his entire rookie season on the injured reserve list after hurting his foot.

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Swimming and diving teams fall to Tar HeelsBoth swimming and diving teams fell to UNC-Chapel Hill Friday, the men 5-2 (3-2 ACC) by a score of 182-111 and the 7-2 (3-2 ACC) women 118-175. Both Carolina’s men and women’s teams were ranked, No. 14 and 15 respectively. Junior Nick Schauer tied the quickest swim on the team this season with a 51.23 in the 100 backstroke. The 200-freestyle relay team of Ashley Richter, Patrice Dason, Meg Thompson and Marifrances Henley had the third best time in school history with a 1:34.83, good for first place.

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Men’s tennis downs Old DominionNo. 46 NC State men’s tennis team defeated Old Dominion, 6-1, in its first road match of the season Saturday. The Wolfpack started by sweeping the doubles matches. Freshman Dave Thompson continued his unbeaten streak in spring play and the Pack won all but one singles match. State moved to 5-1 on the year, the best start for the team since going 8-0 in 2007.

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athletic schedule

TuesdayMEN’S TENNIS VS. SOUTH CAROLINAColumbia, S.C., 2:30 p.m.

WRESTLING VS. OLD DOMINIONNorfolk, Va., 7 p.m.

WednesdayWRESTLING VS. UNC-GREENSBOROReynolds Coliseum, 7:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL VS. VIRGINIA TECHRBC Center, 9 p.m.

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James WoodwardChancellor

debra MorganWRAL News Anchor

david McKnightHillsborough St. Fiddler

Russell WilsonPack Quarterback

Barrel MonsterCampus Icon

Jim ceresnekStudent Body President

Peggy BooneAgromeck Photo Editor

taylor BarbourDeputy Sports Editor

Kate shefteSports Editor

Jen hankinDeputy Sports Editor

StandingsOverall Record

T-6th10-10

T-2nd12-8

T-6th10-10

T-2nd12-8

10th7-13

1st13-7

T-2nd12-8

T-6th10-10

9th9-11

5th11-9

N.C. State vs. 19 Georgia Tech

Wake Forest vs. Virginia

9 Duke vs. Boston College

2 Villanova vs. 8 Georgetown

Clemson vs. Virginia Tech

women’s basketball

men’s basketball

Defense helps State stop skid at three

No. 3 Gators Slip Past Pack

Virginia Tech crumbles under defensive pressure as team swipes 16 steals in home win Sunday

Ty JohnsonSenior Staff Writer

Kellie Harper won the coaching battle between former Western Carolina coaches Sunday afternoon in Reynolds Coliseum as the women’s basketball team defeated Beth Dunken-berger and her Virginia Tech Hokies, 70-57.

Freshman Marissa Kas-tanek led State with 19 points as Harper defeated her former predecessor at Western, giving the Wolfpack its third confer-ence win. Dunkenberger coached the Catamounts from 2000 to 2004 before Harper took over the pro-gram.

Kastanek knocked down half of her six three point-ers one week after hitting just one of 10 from the field against Clemson in a 69-56 road loss.

“The whole week of prac-tice I had the past couple games in my mind of how not to play,” Kastanek said. “[My teammates and coach-

es] told me just keep shooting and it’ll fall, and I did.”

Kastanek’s shaking of her personal slump came just in time to save the Pack from dropping its fourth game in a row, but Harper said a focus on fundamental defense during practice last week was crucial in helping to settle her players down on offense.

“We went back to the basics,” Harper said. “We really worked on our defense and getting af-ter people.”

And after Sunday’s result, Kastanek said the team should be able to lean on defense for the rest of the season.

“If we pressure the ball and just go crazy on defense, we win ball games,” she said. “I think

now we’re sold that our defense can win us games.”

State’s defense led the way in the first half, forcing Tech into long possessions that mostly led to off-balance shots just as the shot clock expired. The deep shots fell early, allowing

the Hokies to rack up a 14-4 lead.

“We were making them take some shots deep into the shot clock but I think we felt like we were rushing on the offensive end,” said redshirt junior Am-ber White, who led the Pack

with six steals.Harper said she gathered the

same sentiment from State’s early 10-point deficit.

“Our team was playing so hard on defense and still giv-

amaNda WilkiNS/techNiciaNIn the second half of the game, marissa kastanek, 23, guard, blocks Virginia tech from their basket at the women’s basketball game on sunday. the ladies beat the Hokies 70 to 57.

Pack mounts remarkable comeback but falls, 73-71, to No. 19 Georgia Tech

Staff Report

After an unproductive first half in Atlanta, Ga., the Pack found itself deep in a scoring hole with the clock winding down. But though a late rally brought State almost all the way back, a thrilling finish left the visit-ing team scoreless in its last four ACC games.

The No. 19 Yellow Jackets continue to be unstoppable at home, going 12-1. But they received a late scare when the Wolfpack charged back from a 16-point deficit with under five minutes re-maining.

State (14-10, 2-7) tapped into unused energy and employed its backcourt press late in the game. A tired and frustrated Georgia

Tech turned the ball over sev-eral times and the Pack made it pay. A Julius Mays lay-up with just over two minutes remain-ing brought the score to 70-69.

The Pack sent the Yellow Jackets to the line twice within the final minute. Three of those attempts were successful.

Mays’ luck turned when he attempted a three-pointer at the buzzer and it clanged off the rim.

Georgia Tech’s Zachery Pea-cock was instrumental in hold-ing off State down the stretch, scoring several of his 22 points down the stretch. Tracy Smith led the Pack with 22 points of his own.

The Pack returns home to face Virginia Tech Wednesday at 9 p.m.

Second half rally in Atlanta falls just short

breNt kitcheN/techNiciaNFreshman Rachel Fincham launches herself while competing on vault Friday. Fincham notched an overall score of 38.575, good for second on the squad. Fincham scored a 9.600 on the vault.

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inJuRy RePoRtSenior Inga Muciniece and junior Tia Bell sat out Sunday’s game with injuries. Bell is out with a sprained ACL and Muciniece was out with an ankle injury. Coach Kellie Harper said she expects both to re-join the team within the next few weeks.

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