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Future looking bright for Dreamers?Jessica HatcherCorrespondent

This past December, the University of California, Berkeley announced the creation of a $1 million scholarship fund benefitting undocumented students, commonly referred to as “Dreamers” since the failure of the DREAM Act.

Established with a gift from The Evelyn and Wa-ter Haas Jr. Foundation, the Dreamers Fund, the largest known scholarship for un-documented students in the U.S., will help fund about 200 students’ dreams of going to college. This groundbreak-ing scholarship is signifi-cant because undocumented students cannot receive any type of federal financial aid, such as Pell grants. In North Carolina, and many states too, these students must pay out-of-state tuition as well.

Currently there are no public scholarship funds for Dreamers in North Carolina, nor is it likely that there will be any time soon, according to Tracey Ray, the assistant vice provost for Student Di-versity at N.C State.

The dispute over the rights of undocumented people is currently in a volatile state, Ray suggests. Some argue that children of undocumented immigrants should not have the same rights as American citizens. Others argue that these children should not be

held accountable for the ac-tions of their parents, over which they had no control.

This is a sensitive problem, admitted Ray — one that still needs to be addressed promptly. States like Texas and California have been dealing with a large influx of undocumented immigrants for decades, and they have taken the time to understand the new social dynamic of their states. Consequently, these states have altered cer-tain policies involving the rights of undocumented per-sons, making education more accessible.

North Carolina has not yet reached the same status as these states, but the number of undocumented immi-grants in the state is steadily

growing, according to Ray. There would be many ben-efits if North Carolina would provide financial aid for un-documented students.

“An educated state is a healthy state,” Ray said, con-tending that Dreamers could contribute to the U.S. in a variety of ways if they were provided with the right tools for success.

“It’s just sad when good students, even valedictorians, who have high hopes for at-tending college have to have their dreams referred due to their undocumented status,” Ray said.

Ray mentioned the need to fill a growing workforce. The baby boomer genera-tion is retiring, leaving the workforce with a “shortage

of bodies,” which needs to be filled. Dreamers could help fill those positions. If people living in the U.S. “aren’t left with any educational skills, it ultimately takes away from the economy and productiv-ity of the nation.”

“This is critical for the workforce and overall integ-rity of the nation,” Ray said.

In August, Metropolitan State University, in Denver, Colo., approved a controver-sial new policy instituting a specifically tailored tuition rate for residents of the state who are undocumented. The rate, which was $3,000 higher than the tuition for le-gal residents of the state, was still $8,000 lower than what

Will E. BrooksDeputy News Editor

After serving in office for one week, Gov. Pat McCrory was publicly inaugurated on the south side of the State Capitol, the first Republican gov-ernor to serve the people of North Carolina in 20 years.

McCrory, who was sworn in as North Caro-lina’s 74th Governor, gave insight on future reforms in education, spoke about business, agriculture and North Carolina’s history as the cornerstones to the state’s success.

“[Farmers] know the workings of markets and the economy better than anyone else, including those on Wall Street,” McCrory said.

McCrory said farmers, as the original backbone to the state’s economy, play an important role, as do manufacturers, who he says have job openings, despite high unemploy-ment.

“I am convinced North Carolina can be a leader in manufacturing once again,” McCrory said.

A focus in manufactur-ing comes with what Mc-Crory said was a neces-sary reform in technical and vocational education, specifically community

college programs. “We also must improve

feedback with businesses, matching learning skills to the needs of the market-place,” McCrory said. “Let’s show our young people that public service is an honorable profession.”

Paul Mott, senior in politi-cal science and vice chair-man of N.C. State’s College Republicans, said he is in fa-vor of McCrory’s educational reforms.

“I feel like we need to re-turn to doing what you do best for your life instead of seeing four year college as a definite thing,” Mott said.

Mott said McCrory’s pro-business stance, that would train willing North Carolin-ians to be part of the blue-collar workforce, is better for businesses and better for potential workers.

“He wants to make the gov-ernment a tool for the people instead of making the people a tool of the government,” Mott said.

Mott said he is confident in McCrory’s ability to lead North Carolina.

Raising education as an important goal, McCrory said students obtaining four- and two-year degrees, as well as grade schoolers, are crucial to North Carolina’s success. He also explained the impor-tance of technology in edu-

Tim GorskiStaff Writer

Since being sworn in, Gov-ernor McCrory has increased the salaries of his secretaries by as much as $13,200, or 11 percent, a raise significantly higher than any others in North Carolina’s recent his-tory. McCrory’s cabinet will make a combined $1.1 mil-lion, an 8 percent increase from the previous governor. Many students here at N.C. State oppose these salary in-creases and feel they reflect a trend of politicians caring more about their money than their constituency.

According to the Associ-ated Press, seven of McCro-ry’s eight secretaries were recipients of the increases. Kieran Shanahan, Secre-tary of Public Safety; Tony Tata, Secretary of Education and Sharon Decker, Sec-retary of Commerce have received increases from the

formerly mandated $121,807 to $135,000. John Skvarla, Secretary of Environmental and Natural Resources; Lyons Gray, Secretary of Revenue; Bill Daughtridge, Secretary of Administration and Susan Kluttz, Secretary of Cultural resources have each received increases from $121,807 to $128,000.

On the other hand, Aldona Wos, Secretary of Health and Human Services, declined her salary and elected to work for 1 dollar a year. These salary increases have been afforded by legislation passed last year by GOP lawmakers un-der former Gov. Bev Perdue that allows the governor the freedom to set the salary of his or her cabinet members. Many students at N.C. State said they feel these increases are inappropriate.

“College Democrats here at N.C. State would like to propose that the governor in-crease the pay of rank-in-file

state employees and public school teachers by 8 percent rather than the 1.2 percent in-crease they received last year,” said Alex Parker, president of Students for Barack Obama.

Others feel that these par-ticular increases contrast with the spending cuts Mc-Crory has expressed to be a priority and instead reflect an attitude that politicians place their interests over the interests of the people. Bryan Perlmutter, organizer at the NC Student Power Associa-tion, pointed out that many of those who had salary in-creases were key campaign contributors. He said that in-creases such as these coupled with cuts in education spend-ing, increases in tuition and proposals to tax financial aid indicate that capital is dictat-ing issues among our public representatives and not the will of the people.

Not everyone believes these new salary increases are out of line. Steven Greene, as-sociate professor of public and international affairs, said that it is easy to have a “knee-jerk reaction” to increases such as these and felt it is important to look into factors such as similar increases among other state legislatures. Greene also said that it was important to con-sider salaries in the private sector for similar positions to make a fair comparison.

In an interview, McCrory said he felt it was imperative that his cabinet members received increases in salary when considering the size of budgets of the agencies over which they preside.

“I’m trying to make it at least where they can afford to live while running multi-billion-dollar departments,” McCrory told The News and Observer.

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McCrory noted several times that North Carolina has the fifth highest unem-ployment rate in the United States and that it is a fact he would like to help eradicate.

“As governor, my approach will be to expand agricultural exports, unleash our energy resources, harness new tech-nology in education, create a climate for existing business-es to expand and new busi-nesses to locate and grow jobs while rebuilding our brand,” McCrory said.

The new governor has a tall order, but said his cabinet, in-cluding former Wake County Superintendent Tony Tata,

has already begun to address the issues the state faces.

“Government must work with business as partners — not against them as ad-versaries — to identify and eliminate burdensome taxes, rules and regulations that stifle economic growth,” Mc-Crory said.

Mott said it is McCrory’s ambitious attitude and his

positive track record in Charlotte that makes him confident in McCrory’s role as governor.

“I’m excited to see the enthusiasm that he showed during his campaign and all of the years that he spent in Charlotte come into the Gov-ernor’s mansion,” Mott said.

As McCrory drew his in-auguration speech to a close,

he expressed his love for the state in which several genera-tions of his family are from.

“One thing is certain: North Carolina’s greatest strength and asset remains its people,” McCrory said. “On those main streets across this state, it’s the people that count and that make a difference.”

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Alexandra KenneyCorrespondent

The Triangle Startup Fac-tory will hold its inaugural Triangle.edu event Wednes-day, Jan. 16 from 6-8 p.m. on Centennial Campus at the Convocation Center located at the College of Textiles.

Triangle.edu is an entre-preneurial catalyst event created for students inter-ested in entrepreneurship, technology development and management fields. The goal of the event is to make

students aware of the many opportunities available in the Triangle.

The event will begin with speeches from local entrepre-neurs. Afterward, students will get the chance to speak with them, get insight into the field and make valuable connections for their future careers.

The Triangle Startup Fac-tory, the company sponsoring the event, is the Southeast’s largest capitalized technology accelerator. By holding events at the universities of the Tri-

angle, students with the right education will learn about the company and the opportuni-ties they have at their disposal right here in the Research Triangle Park.

Dave Neal, factory managing director of the Triangle Startup Fac-t o r y, h a s talked to hundreds of stu-dents around the Triangle.

Neal has found that many of them do not know about the vast amount of opportunities available for small company

startups. Therefore, t h e c o m -pany created an event that will first be showcased at N.C. State w i t h t w o main goals.

“There are more technical majors at N.C. State than anywhere

else, therefore we wanted to start a Triangle.edu event so more people with the right education will know about these startup companies,” Neal said. “Representatives from other schools will also be present. Twenty-five en-trepreneurs from N.C. State, Duke University and UNC-Chapel Hill will talk for 30 minutes and the remainder will be informal networking.”

Students will have the chance to find out why en-trepreneurs chose the field, how it works and how to ap-

proach it. Attendees will have the opportunity to see if the entrepreneurial field is right for them.

Triangle.edu is not limited to N.C. State students, and events in the future are likely. Neal said this event will be held again in the first couple weeks of future academic semesters and will rotate to other schools in the Triangle. UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke will hold Triangle.edu events in the future.

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out-of-state students were being charged.

The new rate, voted on by the university’s board of trustees in June 2012, received praise from im-migrant rights activists, who for years attempted to have legislation passed that would allow state col-leges to offer lower rates to local, undocumented immigrant students.

Hispanic student Mar-cus Tavárez, a senior in political science, describes the Dreamer situation like a double-edged sword.

“The U.S. is known for having numerous oppor-tunities for self-improve-ment, and the U.S. should not close those opportu-nities off for such a large group of people,” Tavárez said.

Allowing undocumented students to receive federal financial aid could serve as an initiative for those people to be productive members of society.

“I knew a lot of people in high school who did not try to do well because they knew they could not afford to go to college,” Tavárez said. “At the same time, it is not fair for tax-payers to have to aid non-tax-payers and their families.” There is also the possibility undocumented immigrants in the United States will get an education and then return to their home countries.

Tavárez notes that the de-cision is certainly not going to be an easy one, and what-ever decision political figures make, there is definitely go-ing to be “criticism from both sides.”

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Have you ever given some-one all you can

offer only to get nothing back? I have. I know, read-ers, my exterior appears

tough and mas-culine, but I have feelings too. I’m not sure I can pour out my

heart, only to be ignored again.

Some of you may re-member my “Open love letter to the NC State bas-ketball team and Coach Gottfried” in Techni-c i an l a s t March. The letter had every-thing you would ex-pect from your typical love letter: a breakup (with Sidney Lowe), guilt, confession, lust and a possible men-tion of Viagra … You know, standard love let-ter stuff.

Some of you may even remember the letter get-ting some attention from The Washington Post. Ev-eryone was aware of my ardor — everyone except Coach Mark Gottfried and the men’s basketball team.

Hold your gasps…I mean, it’s not like I

was constantly check-ing my Twitter feed for some mention of me from Gottfried or the team, or incessantly refreshing my browser page to see if I had gotten that friend request from Lorenzo Brown. That would be ri-diculous, right? So would

making finger paintings of me, Gottfried and the team wearing matching Snuggies.

After experiencing the crushing desolation — not rejection — that follows be-ing outright ignored, I swore to myself I’d never wear my heart on my sleeve again. I mean, it took a lot of (bas-ket) balls to put myself out there the way I did. It’s not easy to rebound from such disregard.

Until Saturday.You guys looked really good

out there against Duke, really good. I hear you’re seeing other super-fans — I hope Shirtless N.C. State Bro and Wheelchair Guy are treating

you well. They’re certainly luck y to have you. I j u s t want you to k now I me a nt

everything I said in my last column, and mark my words, everything in this one, too.

Oh, I can’t do this any-more! I love you. Love. Right after the game I ran to Har-relson and bought a No. 2 jersey, and I don’t regret pay-ing the University Bookstore price for it.

Listen, I’m not asking you all to take me out to dinner (though I wouldn’t say no). All I want is for you to no-tice me. After all of the Lowe points and the adrenaline-induced highs I’ve been through with you, the ball is in your court. Also, please accept my friend request, Lorenzo Brown.

Send Ahmed your thoughts on being rejected to letters@technicianonline.com. Also, if you feel so inclined, add him on Facebook.

Derrick Freeland, junior in social work

Let your geek flag flyWhen it comes

to The Big Bang Theo-

ry, I’m often willing to put up at least a half-hearted defense for the show. I

certainly don’t think it’s one of the best shows on televi-sion, but I also don’t think of it as the hateful,

mocking program that some see it as.

More often than not, it’s just a sitcom. It portrays geeky characters in the exaggerated way sitcoms often do, but it’s never felt as if it’s outright trying to be a bully about it. Yes, the characters on the show of-ten embody some of the worst stereotypes about geek culture, but there are also genuinely funny jokes to be had each week.

However, this past week’s episode was f i-nally the one that made me feel the show was ac-tively trying to laugh at, and not with, the charac-ters of Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Raj. In the episode, the guys were on their way to a comic convention when they de-cided to stop in the desert and take some photos in their Star Trek: The Next Generation costumes.

After their car is sto-len, though, the episode follows them on a rather

cruel expedition. They march through the desert in wool costumes, are pelted with trash by passing drivers and are finally made fun of by the patrons of a local diner as well as the police officer that takes their statement. In the end, the group is left feeling shamed and regretful that they dared to go out dressed the way they were.

In short, the episode’s over-arching message seemed to be that the characters had got-ten what was coming to them. At one point, Sheldon says this was a chance for the guys to have a real l ife adven-ture, only to be hit with a soda before he can get t he words out. For try-ing to have a little fun and express them-selves, the characters were punished.

Again, The Big Bang Theory doesn’t really matter much to me as a show. The problem is, it’s one of the biggest shows in the country, and it’s only getting bigger. In fact, this episode saw a record number in ratings with almost 20 mil-lion viewers tuning in.

What did those viewers get? A moral that says it’s not okay to want to enjoy pop culture, that you’ll be punished for the way you act if it’s not in line with what society at large deems acceptable. Well, I find that message unacceptable.

As someone who loves reading comics, watching sci-fi television and writing about every aspect of pop culture I can, I never let what others think affect how I be-have. I may not cosplay, but I certainly admire the work and skill that those who do put into their costumes.

It goes beyond that, though. The thing that makes The Big Bang Theory so irksome is that it wants to be a part of the geek culture just as much as it wants to make fun of it.

The program acknowl-edges that blockbuster hits like The Avengers and S t a r Tre k have brought geek culture to the main-stream, but it also wants to tell people to suppress

that love and keep it hidden.Truthfully, it’s just one epi-

sode, but are the characters still going to be portrayed as lovable losers who can never really win next week? Of course, because that’s the way the show sees those char-acters.

I’ll keep watching The Big Bang Theory, because there is funny stuff from time to time. However, for all the viewers out there, remember that especially in this day and age, you should never be afraid of letting your geek flag fly.

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Waiting for a rebound

Chancellor gets a raise, and we raise eyebrowsOur chancellor appears to be in high

demand. Reportedly in leading consideration for the University

of Florida presidency, the university system here in North Carolina has shown its intent in keeping Chancellor Randy Woodson at N.C. State.

On Friday, the UNC Board of Governors had a closed-door vote approving a 14.6 percent raise for Chancellor Woodson, bringing his annual salary from $432,000 to $495,000 ― an increase of $63,000. In addition to this raise, Woodson will also receive a one-time “reten-tion” bonus of $112,630 and a retirement plan with annual contributions of 10 percent of his salary (nearly $50,000). These benefits, it should also be noted, are in addition to the 1.2 percent raise for all state employees passed in the 2013 state budget which, some may ar-gue, should be all that the chancellor should rightfully get. (Others may also argue that for retirement, the chancellor should get nothing

more than the rocking chair engraved with the University’s seal that is being gifted, with his support, to staff members retiring after at least 20 years of service at the University.)

However, students, faculty and staff contin-ue to face dire times. In November 2012, N.C. State’s Board of Trustees approved an in-state tuition increase of $290 and an out-of-state tuition increase of $580. It also approved a fee increase of $128.60 for all full-time students. These amounts were on Chancellor Wood-son’s recommendation, which, we should all note, was less than the recommendation of a 6.5 percent increase for in-state undergradu-ates that he received from a university tuition review committee.

It is perhaps unfortunate that we live in a world in which the elite, be it of a microcosm

such as a university, or of society as a whole, arguably receive excessively more rewards for their efforts than do those lower down on the ladder. It is sometimes ironic and bewildering that such gross imbalances can be rational-ized. But here we have seen a stark example of how the logic and the outcomes of our society work. All of us probably know someone who has had financial aid troubles maybe having to get a second part-time job, maybe having their classes dropped, maybe even having to drop out of college. And all of us know our chancellor, who has received a new mansion and a bonus to a salary that may already have rendered him incapable of empathizing with many students and University employees.

Woodson has done great work at N.C. State University, and we credit him for that. But

without ascribing a value judgment on him with respect to the raise he has received, we do want to make it clear to both the University’s and the UNC System’s administration that such a bonus to the chancellor comes as noth-ing but a slap on the face to many students and University employees, an insult to add to the injury of growing financial strains.

In an interview with The News and Observer after last November’s tuition increase, Chan-cellor Woodson said, “We need to be careful to do all that we can to remain as affordable as is practical for our students and their fami-lies.” He continued, [emphasis added] “We also need to send a message that we’re con-tinuing to work on finding administrative cost savings so that we can wring as much as possible out of the budget we have.”

We indeed live in ironic and bewildering times.

Ahmed AmerViewpoint Editor

Jordan AlsaqaAssociate Features Editor

BY CHRIS RUPERT

Whose state is this?

{ }IN YOUR WORDS

“Our state.” Kelly Feeneyjunior, biological

“This is our state.”

Austin Friend sophomore, biochemical engineering

“Our state.”

Ravi Soneja, undeclared sophomore

“This is our state.”

Amanda Thompsonsophomore, history

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.

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Kaitlin MontgomeryStaff Writer

Throughout the years, tat-toos have gotten a bad rap within the workplace — they simply shouldn’t be seen. As times change and new gen-erations take the place of the old, the line regarding tat-toos as inappropriate could be shifting.

“Tattoo acceptance in the workplace,” a Facebook group created to “take away the stigma attached to people who have tattoos in the work-place,” has gained 1.5 million followers with the number of members growing each day. The group advocates for the workplace to allow employees the ability to freely showcase their body art.

The group states, “Tat-toos are art. Some of us have chosen to express our-selves not with vibrant shoes, or a colorful tie, b u t w i t h b o d y a r t . What is the difference?”

Members of the group post pictures daily sharing their stories and, more importantly, their tattoos. One post reads, “I work at a children’s hospital in the Radiology Dept. been there for 9 years, TATTOOS AND ALL!!” For them it’s all about the marriage of being both tattooed and employed.

Woody Catoe, a career counselor at the Career De-velopment Center, has seen

firsthand the shifts occurring with tattoos in the workplace.

“I’m no authority of tat-toos,” Catoe said. “You’ve got a general rule going on here and that has to do with just general appearance going into an interview.”

Catoe stressed the issue of distraction. According to him, tattoos aren’t necessar-ily bad, but one must remem-ber the group or corporation they’re interviewing for.

“You’ve got to ask yourself what you want to emphasize,” Catoe said. Do you want to emphasize the fact that you’ve got tattoos or do you want to emphasize the fact that ‘I’ve got something to offer this company’?”

According to Catoe, the work environment also plays a large part in tattoo accep-tance.

“You have to ask the question, ‘What do I know about the work en-vironment that I’m go-ing into? ’” Catoe said. “If it’s laid back, if it’s Microsoft or something l i k e t h a t where those

kinds of things [tattoos] may not be an issue then you’re probably okay with them.”

Most importantly it’s all about the first impression. In only a few seconds, Catoe ex-plained, someone can make up his or her mind.

“A lot of the time it comes down to imagine conscious-ness and a reputation,” Catoe

said. “We tell students that they need to be very con-scious of that first impres-sion. You only get one. People make a lot of decisions in just the first few seconds and min-utes when they encounter a new person. Little things can make a big difference.”

Catoe mentioned the dif-ference of generations, saying that there would be a greater chance for the acceptance of one’s tattoos in a younger generation company. They’ve simply grown up with tattoos as a piece of their culture.

“If you’ve got someone in their 50s and 60s interview-ing you, it might be a little more of a stretch,” Catoe said. “Again, it all depends on what their life experience is, but people, unfortunate-ly, draw conclusions quickly about things and sometimes miss opportunities with very strong candidates because they can’t get around one is-sue.”

In Catoe’s opinion, tattoos are something of a bumper sticker; they’re a personal message that you’re broad-casting to those around you.

“I think the message on the tattoo also plays a part,” Catoe said. “Tattoos are very personal statements and an interviewer might not know what you’re trying to com-municate. Tattoos are kind of like carrying a bumper sticker around: you’re mak-ing a statement one way or the other.”

It’s the statement that tat-toos make that the Chick-fil-A at Cameron Village is concerned with.

“We have employees with tattoos, we just ask that they be covered up,” said Chick-

fil-A’s manager Cody Hanna. “It’s really for the comfort-ability of our customers.”

Sugar Magnolia, the free trade clothing store on Hill-sborough Street, has a differ-ent attitude towards tattoos.

“We have no policy against tattoos,” said Hallie Yama-moto, the store’s assistant manager. “I wear backless shirts all the time and I have tattoos.”

Yamamoto explained that of course while their manager expects them to be clean and presentable, having tattoos doesn’t deter his employees from that image.

“My manager once made this great comment,” Yama-moto said. “He told us that we have such a unique clien-tele that come to our store. He wouldn’t want any of our customers to feel discrimi-nated against in any way. If we had to cover up our tat-toos it would be like we were telling them what they have is inappropriate too.”

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“The event will change locations, so other students can be acquainted with pos-sibilities,” said Neal.

Students who are interest-ed should not feel restricted from registering because of their major. Seth Hollar, the associate director of the Engineering Entrepreneurs program, a division of the NCSU Entrepreneurship Initiative, stressed this event will give students who are unsure of the entrepreneur-ial field insight into what it entails.

“All students interested

in this type of event are wel-come, not just engineering and business students,” Hol-lar said.

Organizers expect an au-dience of more than 200 stu-dents. Two hundred sixty-five were signed up as of Friday, Jan. 11, and tickets are still available. The event requires pre-registration, but the pro-cess is easy and no fee is in-volved.

Students interested should register on the Triangle.edu Eventbrite website at train-gleedu.eventbrite.com as soon as possible, as tickets are limited and are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Students may purchase

a general admission ticket, which reserves a spot at the event but requires attendees to find their own means of transportation. A bus will be departing from Duke Uni-versity, while a separate bus will be departing from UNC-Chapel Hill on the night of the event. Tickets that reserve a seat on the bus and a spot at the event are also available.

Opportunities in the cur-rent entrepreneurial and technological community are numerous, and new op-portunities will continue to arise. The Triangle.edu series will keep students aware and up to date on opportunities that may become their future careers.

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2013 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. NC State Campus Commemorative

The African American Cultural Center at North Carolina State University will present, An Evening with Iyanla Vanzant, Celebrating the Legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Monday, January 14, 2013 from 6PM to 8PM at the McKimmon Center on the campus of North Carolina State University. The event is part of the campus-wide commemoration of the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

A ticket is required. Free to NCSU students, faculty and staff (with ID). $10 for public.

Tickets are available at NCSU Ticket Central on Friday from 12-4 pm or on their website ncsu.edu/ticketcentral.

Tickets will be availabe on Monday at 4:30 pm at the McKimmon Center.

For more information call Ticket Central or visit the African American Cultural Center website:http://oied.ncsu.edu/aacc/?page_id=741

Iyanla Vanzant

On a day when N.C. State students arrived as early as 1:15 a.m., the Pack put on a performance that was worth their while.

No. 20 N.C. State (14-2, 3-0) vaulted to the top of the ACC standings with an 84-76 upset victory against the top-ranked, and previously unde-feated, Duke Blue Devils (15-1, 2-1) Saturday afternoon at PNC Arena. This is the sixth all-time victory for the Wolf-pack against opponents t hat were ranked No. 1.

The four upperclass-men start-ers for State, two years removed from finish-ing the 2011 season with a 15-16 record, all contributed mightily to the upset win.

“Our guys played really hard,” head coach Mark Gottfried said. “They knew this was a big deal.”

Junior guard Lorenzo Brown had a double-double with 12 points and 13 assists. Brown was the only player to have an assist for the Pack all afternoon.

“Brown is as good as there is in the country in tran-sition,” Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “He is a superb guard. His play in the last eight minutes of the

first half and their transi-tion offense is what won the game for them. He is as good of a guard as there is in the country.”

Senior forward Richard Howell, placed on a diet be-fore last season by Gottfried immediately after he was placed in charge in 2011, had what his head coach called “a grown man’s game.” The se-nior tallied 16 points and 18 rebounds, tying an ACC-high set last season versus Virgin-ia, and generally imposed his will throughout the second

half. “Rich-

ard was going over the top of ba l l screens, finding his way t o t h e basket, and re-

bounding the ball,” Gottfried said. “Defensively and on the boards, [Howell] was off the charts.”

“[Howell] is just a beast,” Krzyzewski said.

After the final buzzer, the once-enigmatic junior for-ward Calvin Leslie, so often a source of consternation among Wolfpack faithful early in his collegiate career, danced wildly and was car-ried on the shoulders by State students who stormed the court after the game.

Several times in the sec-ond half when Duke ap-peared poised to make a run

and overtake the Pack, it was Leslie who would summarily respond with clutch basket to keep the Blue Devils at arm’s length. The junior from Holly Springs finished with a game-high 25 points, along with six rebounds.

With 10:32 remaining in the game, Seth Curry, Duke’s leading scorer on the after-noon with 22 points, nailed a three-pointer to close the Wolfpack lead to one at 58-57. Leslie answered with a 17-foot jumper. On the Devils’ next possession, Curry missed another three-point attempt and Howell rebounded and Leslie then drove for another lay-up. Freshman forward Amile Jefferson, the source of much derision from the Wolfpack fans throughout the contest, missed a lay-up and then Brown fed Leslie for a close basket to push the Pack advantage to seven.

Later, with only 2:07 re-maining, Duke senior for-ward Mason Plumlee, who had 15 points and 11 re-bounds, scored a basket to cut the State lead to 73-69. On the next possession, Les-lie swooped through the lane and contorted his body to produce yet another lay-up. The Pack never looked back afterwards, as N.C. State made nine out of 10 free throws in the final 50 seconds to seal the victory.

Overall, State shot 50.8 percent from the floor for the game, the first team to make more than half of its shots versus Duke this season. The Pack committed only 11

turnovers and, after being out-rebounded by seven in the first half, responded in the second half — led by How-ell — to close the Blue Devil rebounding edge to only one at the game’s end.

“To win close games, you have to hit foul shots, espe-cially with the lead,” Gott-fried said. “Our guys did a good job with that.”

Nine years later: Pack downs No. 1 DukeMEN’S BASKETBALL

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANJunior guard Lorenzo Brown jumps over Duke junior guard Tyler Thornton in an attempt to steal the ball during the basketball game against Duke in PNC Arena Saturday.

Rob McLambStaff Writer

JOHN JOYNER/TECHNICIANFans celebrate on the court after defeating Duke in PNC Arena Saturday. The No. 20 Wolfpack defeated the No. 1 Blue Devils 84-76.

“To win close

games, you have

to hit foul shots,

especially with

the lead.”Mark Gottfried,

men’s head basketball coach

Reynolds Coliseum was rocking Friday night for the first home gymnastics meet of the 2013 season. The Wolfpack, ranked No. 22 in the Troester.com preseason poll, aimed to learn from the mistakes it made last week against top-10 Louisiana State University. State tied with the Maryland Terrapins, 195.000 each.

The Pack began the night on the vault.

“I think our strongest events are probably vaulting and floor,” head coach Mark Stevenson said.

Stevenson’s confidence rang true as State pulled ahead of competitor Maryland in the first rotation of the meet. A stellar vault performance by junior Diahanna Ham, earn-ing a score of 9.9, exemplified the Pack’s early success.

However, the Terrapins were far from defeat. In fact, they shrunk State’s lead to a very small .025 margin after the second rotation, where the Wolfpack found itself on the uneven bars.

Junior Stephanie Ouellette

led the team with a whopping 9.825, which earned her first place in the event.

“I like to compete,” Ouel-lette said. “Even though sometimes I make mistakes, I handle my nerves pretty well,”

With two more events to go, competition was fierce.

Junior Hannah Fallanca, who has contributed a beam routine in every meet of the three seasons she has been a part of the Wolfpack, no doubt shined in the third rotation of the night. Fallanca’s perfor-mance on beam nabbed a 9.8, earning third place in the event.

Ouellette and the impres-sive freshman Michaela Woodford were not too far behind Fallanca, getting 9.75 each.

“Freshmen make or break

the team in many ways. You can only get better or worse depending on how your freshmen compete,” said Ouellette regarding Wood-ford and other f irst year teammates.

Even with such fantastic scores and no counted falls to boot, the Pack trailed the Terrapins as it entered the final rotation: floor exercise.

Just as Steven-son con-tended, his N.C. State team proved its poten-t i a l o n the f loor. Ham and freshman Brittni Watkins wowed the crowd

with especia l ly remark-able routines. Their scores of 9.875 rightly earned first place in the event.

As the last routines were evaluated, it became clear that both teams had a fair shot at victory. The judges

poured over each and every score to be sure no mistakes were made.

Severa l minutes later, Reynolds was full of antici-pation. At last, the final score was announced: Both teams had scored an even 195. It was the first tie in Wolfpack gym-nastics history since 2005.

Fortunately for the Pack, the road to the NCAA tour-nament does not depend on wins, losses or even ties, as in this case, but rather on points. So although the out-come of Friday’s meet was not ideal, the Pack still has high hopes for the season.

“If you’re excited and happy then you’re going to do well. If you do well, then you will get better and you’ll end up in the NCAA’s,” said senior Rachel Fincham.

Stevenson shared Fin-cham’s positivity.

“We’ve got 11 more meets plus regionals and nationals, so we’ve got plenty of time to keep working at it. To be where we are already so early this year, we feel really good about where the team is and the progress we’re making,” said Stevenson.

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JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANJunior gymnast Heidi Ffield competes on the beam against Maryland on January 11. The Wolfpack tied with the Terrapins with a score of 159.000. The Wolfpack’s next home meet will occur on January 25 against West Virginia.

Fans ‘Pack’ the house for gymnastics openerHalle MangrumStaff Writer

“Freshmen make

or break the team

in many ways. You

can only get better

or worse depending

on how your

freshmen compete.”Stephanie Ouellette,

junior gymnist

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