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University Transportation revisits its parking permit system.

Brooke WalligNews Editor

Following a slew of complaints in the past few days, University Trans-portation is working to change the way students buy parking permits.

According to Christine Klein, public communications specialist for Uni-versity Transportation, the transpor-tation website experienced significant problems because the system became severely overcrowded on the first days of purchase per credit group.

“The system was very slow on ini-tial purchase days. We have several sophisticated systems that have to interact with each other—the park-ing allocation software, the credit card processor and our payment website.

Credit eligibility, housing assign-ment—if applicable—and other qualifiers are analyzed before a per-mit is offered,” Klein said. “The best analogy is to picture a crowd rushing a door. People stumble, fall down and no one is able to enter. That’s basically what happened.”

Chandler Thompson, senior in eco-nomics and student body president, said her experience with the current system has at times been quite nerve-racking.

“I used the system last year, and I remember the online process moving slowly and worrying about getting a pass,” Thompson said. “There is ex-tra stress because when I was entering information and it wouldn’t load or accept it quickly I knew I was racing against other students for a pass.”

At the same time, Thompson said she believes the Office of Transporta-tion is actively working to update its systems, and said she’d like to work with them to make the process as smooth as possible.

“I would like to work with transpor-tation to explore options for a parking system that can handle large volumes of requests at one time,” Thompson said. “If that is not possible, maybe break it down into smaller groups so the demand is not high at one point it time.”

According to Klein, while the permit system has not experienced many changes since its inception, it is meant to make it easier for students with more credits to purchase better permits.

“The process hasn’t changed sig-nificantly. This is our third year for online sales. We did change the eli-gibility credit requirements slightly to do a better job of balancing supply and demand,” Klein said. “We want to

Booklet meant for incoming freshman contains photo deemed offensive.

John WallStaff Writer

Due to a photo depicting a racial slur on the inside pages, distribution of copies of a publication given to in-coming freshman was temporarily halted.

The Brick, a 129-page booklet given to students at fresh-man orientation, contained a photo of the Free Expres-sion Tunnel in which the N-word could be seen. Student Media representatives met July 8, and came to a compromise: place a sticker over the word, and continue distribution.

A parent brought the photo to the attention of University administra-tors.

“[The photo] jumped out at me, and it is offensive,” said Tracey Ray, direc-tor of multicultural student affairs. “Students [at orientation] still have a decision of where they want to go, and we need to be welcoming to our entire community.”

Orientation attendees receive a bag containing items organizers deemed necessary. Students at the orientation held Monday, July 11 did not have a copy of The Brick in their bags.

Although he did not have a copy of the booklet, incoming freshman Jon-athan Miller was shown a copy, and shown the photo in question. Miller said did not immediately recognize why he did not receive the booklet

until the photo was pointed out.“I don’t believe administrators made

the right decision in pulling the book,” Miller said. “Personally it doesn’t of-fend me, so I don’t really worry about it.”

Twelve incoming freshman who had not received the booklet were also shown the photo. Matthew Skinner, one of these freshmen, picked out the offensive word on his own. Four said the decision to pull the entire book was correct.

“They could have just taken the whole page out,” Skinner said. “That would be the easiest thing to do.”

S t u d e nt G o v-ernment has been given the task to place the stickers over the offensive part of the photo. Chandler Thomp-son, student body

president, contributed to the book-let. Her photo can be seen on several pages, including a dedication page near the end. Thompson said she also attended the July 8 meeting.

“My brother has orientation Monday, and we all agree that this picture is not something we want to put in The Brick,” Thompson said.

Much of the talk at the meet-ing revolved around the appar-ent necessity for all content in the booklet to be University approved. Although it was a product of Stu-dent Media, orientation organizers said they do not want students and parents to start out their college ex-perience with a negative view of the University.

“We will not distribute this book,” Gabe Wical, director of New Student Orientation, said at the meeting.

The same photo was printed in Technician. Photojournalism ethics stipulate photos are not to be altered before going to print. Against those ethics, the photo was altered to blur out the racial slur.

While Wical said that publica-tion would no longer be given to new students, redistribution of the altered booklets began Wednesday.

Following the cuts from the General Assembly, University officials respond to severe financial blow.

John WallStaff Writer

N.C. State received a 15.1 percent budget cut from the UNC System Board of Governors July 7, one of several universities dealt double digit reductions.

Although course section availability will dwindle, Chan-cellor Randy Wood-son said there are currently no plans to eliminate ma-jors. Woodson also said there will not be a tuition increase beyond the one ap-proved last Novem-ber.

A c c o r d i n g t o Woodson, it will be the professors and faculty will carry the burden of fewer funds.

“It may be more difficult for us to offer sufficient class sections of vari-ous courses because of limits on the faculty and staff that we have,” Wood-son said.

Instead of cutting each college un-der the University by 15.1 percent, administrators have decided to cut

seven percent from academics and 10 percent from administration. This is consistent with the Chancellor’s goal of “protecting the academic core” out-lined by his realignment plan.

“Over the course of the last two years, we have been working hard to prepare this University for a sig-nificant budget reduction,” Woodson said.

Each college—across the board—will receive the order to cut 10 percent. Individual deans will choose what to keep and what to get rid of.

Schools in the UNC System were not given identical cuts, ranging from 8.4 percent at the School of Science and Math to 17.9 per-cent at UNC Chapel Hill as the Board of Governors wrangled with a $2.65 billion reduction given to them by the General Assembly.

One of the main factors the Board of Governors consid-ered in deciding how

to allocate cuts across the system was school size and population. Larger schools received larger budget reduc-tions, and vice versa. East Carolina University, Appalachian State Univer-sity and UNC-Charlotte were also at the top of the list.

Public universities have revenue sources beyond what taxpayers pro-

vide. UNC-CH received a transfer of $20 million from UNC Health Care last week in order to offset budget re-ductions.

“UNC Health Care had a good year, and we are glad to be able to give back

to the system,” UNC Health Care News Director Jennifer James said.

However, the health care facility did not give back to the “UNC System”—it gave back to UNC-CH. UNC Health Care falls under the same umbrella as

all North Carolina public universities. Their boss, Tom Ross, is president of the UNC System.

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Racial slur in ‘The Brick’ raises ire

“I don’t believe administrators made the right

decision in pulling the book.”

Jonathan Miller, incoming freshman

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Carter-Finley adds new ‘super-screen’ Game-day experience to be enhanced by new scoreboard. See page 8.

Holloway returns to ‘dream job’ with Wolfpack Record-holding swimmer returns to Wolf-pack as head coach. See page 8.

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University Dining to o!er 24-hour C-storeBragaw C-Store hours are extended to bet-ter meet student needs. See page 3.

The eye-opening irony of tear gasCaught between protesters for democracy and riot police, student catches glimpse of Malay struggle. See page 6.

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANChancellor Randy Woodson listens during the Board of Trustees meeting Wednesday, July 13. Woodson has tasked each of the colleges within the University with !nding ways to cut costs. The University is facing a 15 percent budget cut to its state funding.

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Permit problems bring changes to system

PARKING PERMIT ELIGIBILITYPERMIT TYPE CREDIT

HOURS

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Resident East 12

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Dan Allen Deck (commuter) 100

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CAMPUS CALENDARTodayNEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SESSION 10Talley Student Center, 8 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Engineering.

NEW BERN RECEPTION WITH CHANCELLOR WOODSONNorth Carolina History Center, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.This will be an opportunity to meet Chancellor Randy Woodson and network with fellow alumni. Guests are encouraged to come early and tour the new facility.Cost: $25 per person, including hors d’oeuvres, beer and wine and ticket.

THE MUSIC OF QUEENProgress Energy Center for the Performing Arts , 7:30 p.m.The N.C. Symphony will host conductor/arranger Brent Havens, vocalist Brody Dolyniuk and a full rock band to Meymandi Concert Hall to break down boundaries between classic rock and classical music with The Music Of Queen.

FridayPRACTICAL STEPS TO COMPLETING YOUR THESIS OR DISSERTATION TALK2405 William Hall, 12 to 2 p.m.

MondayNEW STUDENT ORIENTATION SESSION 11Talley Student Center, 8 a.m.New Student Orientation for first-year students entering Summer/Fall 2011 for the College of Engineering.

RIOCampus Cinema, 10 to 11:30 p.m.

TuesdaySPEAKING ABOUT SCIENCE, MR. SCOTT MORGAN206 Cox, 12 to 2 p.m.This is an interactive seminar that addresses the core issues of good scientific presentations. The course focuses on major structural elements to ensure that any talk is clear, concise, and engaging.

Wednesday4-H CONGRESS AND THE EXHIBIT 4-H & NC STATE: LEADING TOGETHERD.H. Hill Library Gallery, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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POLICE BLOTTERJuly 121:38 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONHillsborough Building Non-student was issued citation for 2nd Degree Trespass and trespassed from N.C. State property.

!9:10 P.M. | FIELD INTERVIEWHillsborough Street Student was observed riding bicycle without headlight. All file checks were negative. Subject was advised of law and allowed to continue.

July 1111:20 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSIST Carmichael Gym Campus Police received non-

student was being transported for treatment by Emergency Medical Services.

11:48 A.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONPi Kappa Alpha Staff reported air soft gun left in room. CID was contacted and no action was taken against student.

July 101:34 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONPatterson Lot Student was found sleeping in lot. All file checks were negative. No action taken.

2:54 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEDan Allen Drive Officer found cab parked and driver screaming at passengers. Passengers left the area and no police action was needed.

July 99:53 A.M. | TRAFFIC ACCIDENT

Lake Wheeler Road Campus Police patrol vehicle was involved in traffic accident. Raleigh Police Department charged non-student with Failure to Yield.

4:00 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSONSyme Hall Officers encountered two juveniles in possession of stolen bicycle. Juveniles were released to parents and bicycle was seized as evidence.

July 89:10 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOPDan Allen Drive Non-student was arrested for Driving While License Revoked and Speeding.

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Paige Dugal, a senior in human biology, looks up at the cow, Gene Smilek, a senior in criminology, after giving him a hug before she and seven other members of the N.C. State women’s soccer team leaves the Chick-fil-A at Cary Crossroads Friday, July 8. “It’s better than ramen noodles,” Dugal said for why she came. “I came in adn they said, Hey would you want to be the cow? I said heck yeah,” Smilek said. Photo by Luis Zapata

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ensure the most desirable permits are offered on a seniority basis.”

While Klein said the process might frustrate students, she hopes imple-menting a queue system will help or-ganize the chaotic scramble to pur-chase these permits.

“We’re asking stu-dents to be patient. We had planned on implementing a queue system for next year to let purchasers know their place in line and, hopefully, al-leviate some of the frustration expe-rienced during the initial sale days,” Klein said. “Be-cause of the slow system, purchasers were hitting the re-fresh button which showed an artificial permit availabil-ity number. With the queue system, people know their place in line and don’t feel like they’re out in ‘cyber space.’”

According to Klein, the Office of Transportation regrets that it was forced to shut down its website from Monday afternoon to 9 a.m. Tuesday; however, she said this gave them time

to fix their system to make it less pain-ful for students once it was restored.

“We understand and sympathize with students’ frustration. When we realized we had a technical problem, we initially thought we could fix our problem and briefly delay the sale,” Klein said. “After speaking with all the parties supporting the online sale, we opted to delay the sale for an entire day

to give us time to fix the technical prob-lems and put extra office phone capaci-ty in place to ensure our customers were able to talk with a ‘live’ body and not be subjected to busy phone lines or voice mail.”

While Klein said the past few days have been chaotic as a result of the many problems their sys-tems have faced, she said overa l l students have been

responsive to the University’s attempts to right the issues.

“I think people understand prob-lems can occur even with the best laid plans,” Klein said. “We’ve actu-ally received some thank you emails from parents and students we spoke with who appreciated our efforts to fix problems and sell them the appropri-ate permit.”

According to UNC-CH’s website, the entirety of the $20 million will stay on UNC-CH’s campus to “help the University and its School of Medi-cine absorb the cuts.”

The transfer was discussed before the budget cut announcement was made, James said.

N.C. State has raised private funds in the past. Last year, the University received $40 million from local entrepre-neur Lonnie Poole.

“The largest gift to any university in the Triangle was realized in December with the $40 million gift from Lonnie Poole,” Woodson said, “so I would say we have signif icant capac-ity [to raise private funds].”

However, those funds cannot be used to educate.

“[Cuts to large universities] had more to do with the fact that—in the view of others, not in my view—we have other revenue sources,” Wood-son said. “The problem I have with that is those other revenue sources aren’t used to educate the students. They are for research, sponsor grants, et cetera.”

Union County representative Craig Horn said he agreed with the chan-cellor.

“When it comes to education, the dollars need to be placed in the class-room first,” Horn said.

Every cut the University has been dealt over the past three years is per-manent. Therefore, if the University were to not cut 15.1 percent of its spending this year, it would be digging a hole for next year, the year after, and so on. Woodson said he understood this fact.

“To keep N.C. State strong, and to keep the educational environment strong for our students, we have to assume this is permanent—be-cause it is,” Wood-son said. “When the legislature cuts your budget, they don’t say they are going to give it back to you next year.”

Former educator and Democratic rep-resentative Charles

Graham said he thinks the education system in N.C. is, and has been, flex-ible.

“Our universities have a proven track record of adjusting along the way,” Graham said. “The system has always been able to adjust and move forward and to continue to do good work.”

Due to the ongoing economic

shortfall that has plagued North Carolina and the country at-large for more than three years, tax rev-enues are down. The republican-led general assembly cut taxes and cut spending in this year’s overall budget.

“North Carolina having to tight-en our belt is not unique to this state,” Jordan Shaw, spokesman for House Speaker Thom Tillis said. “You will see leaders, educators, students and administrators do-ing more with slightly less, being more efficient, and doing what families have had to for the past three years—and this is doing more with less.”

“We have done, as a campus—because we planned for it—a wonderful and outstanding job of preparing ourselves; and as a result, each of the colleges where the students receive their educa-tion will have the lowest cut in the University,” Woodson said.

Bragaw C-Store hours are extended to better meet student needs.

Bri AabStaff Writer

University Dining is set to launch multiple changes to student dining options on campus this August.

Among those is the transformation of the Bragaw C-Store to include 24-hour service.

According to Jennifer Gilmore, di-rector of marketing and communi-cation for Campus Enterprises, students have been asking for an on campus din-ing opt ion open later than the Hill of Beans or previous C-Store hours, both of which closed at 1 a.m.

“From t he C-Store standpoint, a 24-hour operation would accommodate so many. The focus groups indicated that students really needed something open later,” Gilm-ore said.

Gilmore said some students found it hard to find a food option between the 1 a.m. and 7 a.m. dead spot, where no dining options were available.

“What we found from most students is that 2 a.m. is the sweet spot,” Gilm-ore said. “It’s around that time that many students struggle, as studying goes on late into the night.”

These late night study sessions held past former C-Store hours force many students to venture off-campus for a food late at night. Considering this a security issue, Denise Fields, Univer-sity Dining C-Store manager, pushed

forth a safer alternative.“From a safety standpoint, students

are going off-campus at 2 in the morn-ing. In addition to our students, we also have custodial/housekeeping staff coming onto campus as early as 4 in the morning with food accommoda-tion,” Gilmore said.

One difference that will be made to the University Dining system, besides revised hours, will be a two bottle maximum policy. This means when students use their meal equivalencies, they may only purchase a maximum of two bottled beverages at a time. This policy will disallow students

from using an entire meal equivalency to buy bottled drinks, which Gilmore said wastes the Univer-sity’s money.

“W hen we see trends that we can-not sustain from a cost standpoint, we take action immedi-ately,” Gilmore said.

In the past, these negative economic trends have included using equivalency in all C-Stores.

“Packaged prod-uc t s a re s imply more expensive than

cooked meals,” Gilmore said. “We are the stewards of students’ money that goes into the University Dining program, and we want to make eco-nomically wise decisions regarding that money,” Gilmore said.

According to Kelley Brackett, pub-lic communications specialist for Campus Enterprises, this new policy is meant to encourage students to use their equivalencies to purchase a rounded meal, rather than stocking up on beverages.

“The two bottle policy will most directly impact the students on Cen-

tennial Campus, where those students are used to being able to use a meal equivalency to buy whatever they please,” Brackett said. “What we’re hoping to do is to eliminate the po-tential to grocery shop for drinks. A meal should include an entree, a side, and a drink.”

According to Gilmore, University Dining is a direct reflection of the stu-dent needs, and said only 3 percent of annual profit goes directly back to the University itself. This money goes to-wards improvements in dining such as dining hall renovations or the opening of new facilities. Money is also given back via scholarships.

“Any profit we make at the end of the year goes to the expansion and improvement of the dining services,” Gilmore said.

These are not the only changes students will see this semester. The Atrium Food Court’s hours are also being extended to 10 p.m., and accord-ing to Gilmore, these revised hours will serve as a study to determine the 2013 Talley Student Center’s dining hours of operation.

“As we get Talley Student Center on track in the fall of 2013, all of the usage data accumulated from the Atrium Food Court and 24-hour Bragaw C-Store will be used to alter those hours as well,” Gilmore said.

This means number crunching in terms of student participation. With-

out the needed student response to the improved hours, the hours would revert back to their former schedule, Gilmore warns.

“As long as we have pretty strong participation, then it will continue,” Gilmore said. “If we’re keeping it open for just a few people, then the costs to operate the store will exceed the money obtained, making it not eco-

nomically sound.”Gilmore said she’s unsure how the

campus will respond to these changes, but said she’s hoping for the best.

“We’re just really excited to see how the operation will flourish, and we’re hoping that students will help it really take-off,” Gilmore said.

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SOURCE: UNIVERSITY DINING

“We’re just really excited to see how

the operation will flourish, and we’re hoping that students will help it really take-off.”Jennifer Gilmore, director of

marketing and communications for Campus Enterprises

BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIANRollins Wohlford, a freshman in FYC, buys food from the Bragaw C-Store Wednesday, June 13. Starting in the fall, the Bragaw C-Store will be open 24 hours a day. “Since I’ve started to cook, it’ll be convenient for when at 10:30 at night I realize I need food,” Wohlford said.

CUTScontinued from page 1

“North Carolina having to tighten

our belt is not unique to

this state.”Jordan Shaw, spokesman for

House Speaker Thom Tillis

CAMPUS BUDGET CUTS:Total $413,987,494

NCSU $79,254,959

UNC-CH $100,772,809

ECU $49,131,532

ASU $22,769,436

SOURCE: UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS

“We did change the eligibility credit

requirements slightly to do a better job of

balancing supply and demand.”

Christine Klein, public communications specialist for

University Transportation

PARKING continued from page 1

It has long been a common practice for friends, co-workers

and family members to di-vulge their troubles to one another. However, it seems

t h e r e i s some con-fusion on what con-stitutes a true prob-lem.

With seemingly the same anguish

used when discussing di-vorce or loss, people will outline troubles like decid-ing between Stanford and Harvard Law School, figur-ing out how to spend the re-mainder of an annual travel stipend, or having too many prospective lovers. These are not problems in the traditional sense — these are champagne problems.

The Mecca for nuanced terms, Urban Dictionary, defines a champagne prob-lem as, “a trivial, middle-class grievance.” Obvious-ly, a more expansive defini-tion is in order. If a problem is presented where a deci-sion must be made among a set of options where each is beneficial, then it is a cham-pagne problem.

However, benef ic ia l choices, while a basic re-quirement, are not enough; each problem must also evoke envy from those lis-tening. Choosing between Cheerios and Captain

Crunch, while both beneficial, doesn’t produce the envy for one’s situation that a choice between a month in Madrid and Rome does.

Finally, the most important aspect of any champagne prob-lem lies in the examination of the subtext of each — life is good enough that one’s prob-lems are not really problems.

It’s hard to imagine having the problems outlined here. Who can relate to a summer of jet setting or having to turn down Harvard? It seems these problems are only reserved for the elite; a handful of lucky souls, and this is generally true. It’s a relative rarity for one’s life to be filled to the brim with these problems. A person should be considered lucky to have a few every now and then; however, the importance of this investigation for the aver-age person lies in the method it allows for examining one’s everyday problems.

Take students’ academic pur-suits, for instance. On a bian-nual basis, some students have a week of elation following the posting of their grades while others enter into a month of despair. There is merit for the feelings of both students but the subtext for each is the same. One’s needs are taken care of to such an extent that one can care about another’s evaluation of their intellect.

As the situation becomes more defined and individu-alized, so does the subtext of one’s problem. A student’s de-spair involved in making an A versus an A+ provides the pre-

vious subtext along with the idea that one is so intelligent anything below perfection is a failure. These evalua-tions offer a reality check for one’s emotions. Is there any real reason to be that upset with a B versus an A? Moreover, these evaluations allow for almost every real problem to have their emo-tive weight softened in some way.

I have a great-uncle who was recently diagnosed with dementia, a precursor to Alzheimer’s. We are closer than our family tree would imply — he has been like a father to me. The situation I am faced with now is as tragic as it is common. It’s hard to say how many good years he has left. No matter his future course, my pres-ent feelings are paralyzing emotion. I do however take solace in examining the sub-text of my situation. I am quite lucky to have had so much quality time with a person that I find it in-conceivable for it to end. Though my problem may be real or champagne de-pending on one’s perspec-tive, one should attempt to examine the subtext of any problem and only then di-vulge their feelings.

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Growing up in Dur-ham, I was surround-ed by a diverse group

of people. They were black, white, Asian, Indian and every other race you could think of. But more than that, they were accepting.

From elementary school re-cess through my time at the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics, I had the lux-ury of being in a place where race was ac-cepted, not judged. While I thought this

level of acceptance would con-tinue in my time at N.C. State, I was wrong.

Race matters here. Not only because ignorant people exist, but also because those who can make a difference refuse to educate them.

I was called to a meeting Fri-day to discuss a “controversial” photo of the free expression tunnel. On one of the walls of the tunnel was a racial slur.

Having walked through the Free Expression Tunnel count-less times and observing the countless numbers of racial slurs, homophobic slurs and sexual graffiti, I couldn’t say I was surprised.

It is the nature of the tunnel to be controversial. It is a venue for all expression, not just the expression that a specific group finds acceptable. And it is this free expression that I find to be a great part of N.C. State, even if I don’t believe in the message.

Unfortunately, this view does not seem to be shared by the black community at State.

At the Friday meeting, Di-rector of African American Student Affairs Tracey Ray campaigned for the image to be pulled from the Brick, a publication meant to intro-duce students to the traditions at State, including painting the Free Expression Tunnel.

It is precisely this knee-jerk reaction by both the black community and administra-tion that is holding back race relations in America and spe-cifically at this University.

As noted economist and stat-istician Milton Friedman said, “A society that puts equality before freedom will get neither. A society that puts freedom before equality will get a high degree of both.”

Ray is solely focused on equality. And while I appreci-ate and support her desire for equality, she is going about it all wrong. By fighting the hatred in the Free Expression Tunnel,

she is reinforcing the ignorance which she is fighting.

Ray is putting equality before freedom. The proper course of action, however, is to em-brace the painting, embrace the words, embrace the cul-ture that is the true source of inequality. She must place the freedom of the individuals who regard blacks with hate above her own desire to not suffer the hatred of others. She must place true freedom above equality if she is to help enact real change.

When the University paint-ed the tunnel white following racist comments painted when President Barack Obama won the election in 2008, it placed surface level equality above freedom. And later racist comments showed this knee-jerk reaction enacted no real change. Following the midterm elections of 2010, a group of black students blockaded the tunnel as a reaction to more racist graffiti. This has seem-ingly done nothing to change the culture either, as I have seen plenty of racist graffiti in the tunnel since then.

And now, in 2011, Ray is following in their footsteps. I would go so far as to say her actions of trying to cover up the message and keep people from seeing it, just as the in-cidents in 2008 and 2010 did, fall under Einstein’s definition of insanity—“doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”

The time has come to no lon-ger hide this part of who N.C. State is. Just as a person must learn to accept his or her flaws before he or she can start to change it, this University must come to accept that hatred ex-ists and we cannot run away from it. We must place this freedom, the freedom to hate, above our desire for equality.

So the next time you see someone painting hate speech in the tunnel, even if it is di-rected toward you, thank them. Thank them for exercising their freedom. And after you have embraced their freedom, educate them. And invite all levels of this administration to join you. We must all embrace humanity’s freedom — be it a freedom to hate, a freedom to love or a freedom to paint.

Once this freedom has been truly established, then we can start to teach those who would hate. Because hate speech is not the true issue nor the real dan-ger—ignorance is.!"#$%8,"#-%*'+,%-)'+.)-(%'#%"9+046-*%-'%4"--",(5-"/)#6/6:0#'#46#"7/'17!""%;+360#%<"((0."%"$6-',%=&%>+6'#?(% ,"3+--04% 6#% #"@-%A""B?(%C"/)#6/60#7

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The 2011-2012 budget proposed by the N.C. General Assembly re-

duced state funds for the UNC System by $414 million where the new budget law said that reductions must not be made across the board, hence there will be a variation in each uni-versity’s cuts.

N.C. State received a more significant decrease than most of the other universities based on the Board of Governors’ six criterion, one of which was whether a university re-ceived significant other fund-ing sources. Though N.C. State does receive some funding from private benefactors, the majority of its money comes

from the state and from stu-dents’ tuition. If N.C. State wishes to avoid the pain of this latest cut, the university should seek more private funding, specifically from alumni.

UNC-Chapel Hill received the largest cut with 18 percent; however, UNC-CH has a huge endowment — it receives sig-nificantly more private fund-ing than N.C. State. The UNC Health Care system has trans-ferred $20 million to the UNC System. The funding will go to all the schools in the UNC Sys-tem, but a larger amount will

likely go to UNC-CH, due to its partnership with that uni-versity.

The implications of the bud-get cut will likely be as feared. Tuition will probably continue to increase, about 1,000 class sections will be terminated and financial aid will definitely be negatively affected. Though no student desires another in-crease in tuition and less finan-cial aid, the loss in class sec-tions and seats will likely bring the heaviest blow, potentially inhibiting soon-to-be-gradu-ating seniors from leaving the

University on time.To make up for the cut of class

sections, the University could prioritize seniors in class sign-up by trying not to cut classes seniors likely take; however, this spread is likely too diverse to accurately factor in. A better solution would be for the Uni-versity to pursue their alumni and ask why they aren’t helping out their University as much as they should. Alumni dona-tions are clearly helping soften the blow for UNC-CH. N.C. State alumni should do what they can to help the school that made them successful stay on its feet.

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.

Recent budget cuts call to alumniTHE FACTS:The UNC System Board of Governors announced a $414 million cut from the state budget to the UNC school system last week. N.C. State’s funding was cut by 15 percent.

OUR OPINION:Though N.C. State received a lower cut than UNC-CH, our University also receives less financial funding from private sectors and alumni. If the University wants to lessen the blow from this cut, we need our alumni to help us out.

Champagne problems are not real problems

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The budget cut has started to make more di#cult the educational journey of college students...

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“I think it would be unacceptable for a university of this stature to not offer me the opportunity to graduate on time.”

Aaron Easteppejunior, biochemistry

“I’d be greatly upset. Most of us come to college with a plan to graduate in four years. If the budget cuts hinder that objective, then I think that is wrong.”

Ijeoma Onuhjunior, graphic design

“I would be disappointed because as a senior, I am expecting to graduate this upcoming year.”

Colin Graysenior, math

“I’d be disappointed because some students have a specific goal to graduate and that could interfere with people’s plans for the future.”

Julie Alvarezsophomore, graphic design

Features

Researchers tackle a 20-year problem with fiber optic network connections, overhauling efficiency.

Andrew BranchStaff Writer

From making phone calls to watching TV to surfing the Internet, every electronic transmission we use must travel over fiber optic lines, the transportation system for mass media. George Rouskas, Emre Yetginer, and doctorate student Zeyu Liu undertook the task of creating a model to solve a 20-year problem in net-work design—finding the most efficient path for our electronic musings.

“We compared the solution times using previous tech-niques with the solution time for our technique,” Rouskas said. “Ours is 10,000 times faster.”

The research team recently published their findings in the July issue of the Journal of Optimal Communications and Networking. The discovery deals with a problem inherent in “ring” networks.

According to William Brock-elsby, Lead Network Architect at the Office of Information Technology, to minimize the miles of cable when connect-ing many customers over long distances, providers must de-ploy “ring” networks, analo-gous to the interstate highway system, which facilitate faster and cheaper travel over long distances.

According to Rouskas, the problem his team dealt with occurs when the number of nodes, or “interchanges,” in-creases in the ring.

“When you know there is a

lot of traffic going either east or west on I 40, you have other routes to go around it, which helps distribute the traffic so it does not become very con-gested,” Rouskas said.

Fiber optic transmissions are in wavelengths of light, and two transmissions cannot use the same wavelength on the same line, Rouskas said. Network designers must not only find the best path but also the best wavelength.

Finding the best connec-tions on to-day’s typical ring network, according to Rouskas and Liu, can take days of te-dious work.

“You have to allocate a lot of resourc-es and spend a lot of time doing one small networking thing,” Liu said. “This is un-acceptable.”

The team, according to Rous-kas, realized that the process for finding the best path for in-formation was inefficient, slow and hampered solving more general networking problems.

Yetginer said solving this old problem was not an easy process.

“Certainly, the first ideas were not the ones that led us to good results,” Yetginer said. “But each unsuccessful attempt teaches something useful about the problem.”

Lui said the key to this re-search was persistence.

“When you do research, you keep trying and trying,” Liu said. He said the team spent months together, often going in wrong directions, but con-

tinued to work off each other’s ideas and toward a result.

“Progress was certainly not linear,” Rouskas said. “The model we developed is not straightforward, and it took us a few months to straighten out all the wrinkles and prove the model is correct.”

The benefits of the model will allow network designers to find the best connections often in seconds as opposed to days, ac-cording to Rouskas.

“It is not something you will no-tice just by c l i c k i ng a webpage, but it is some-t h i ng t hat will make the infrastruc-t u re more responsive to user needs,” Rouskas said.

Rouskas said he has received positive feedback from the scientific community.

“I’ve heard from people who have seen the work, and they all say they are very amazed at how fast we can solve these types of problems now,” he said.

Rouskas, who has been at N.C. State since 1994, spoke to the quality of researchers and graduate students who were able to work with the neces-sary in-depth graphical theory.

“The [computer science] department and the Univer-sity in general give us the free-dom to work on problems that interest us faculty, and this freedom...eventually leads to breakthroughs,” Rouskas said. “We have built a world-class research group in optical networks.”

Automobile parts, tools and designs litter any open surfaces of the work-room—and in the center rests the fruit of the team’s labor, their creation: the N.C. State EcoCar.

The group of students took up a challenge from General Motors to redesign a GM vehicle, making it more environmentally friendly while still maintaining consumer appeal. The competition, called the EcoCar Challenge, pitted the N.C. State team and 15 other teams from universities around the country against each other in a contest to best redesign an envi-ronmentally friendly car.

Jon Lohr, senior in mechanical engineering and captain of the N.C. State team, joined the project about one year ago.

“A lot of teams showed interest in the project, and about 40 teams wrote proposals for GM,” Lohr said. “Only 16 teams ended up in the competition. The contest itself spanned a three-year period, recently coming to a close in two presentations, one at the GM Headquarters in Michigan and one at Washington, D.C. outside of the De-partment of Ener-gy.”

According to Lohr, GM holds the contest every three years, and, given the current economic and en-ergy problems facing the country, the company chose to focus on more fuel-efficient vehicles.

The teams chose their own basic car design from a list provided by GM. The N.C. State team’s Ex tended Range Electric Ve-hicle, or EREV, is similar in design to the Chevy Volt, and unlike other hybrids such as the Toyota Prius, this EcoCar runs exclusively off the electric motor.

William Chang, senior in mechani-cal engineering and member of the de-sign team, said the car uses a diesel mo-tor to generate en-ergy for the battery.

“The electric battery is the only thing actually powering the motor,”

Chang said.

This design has both environmental and economic benefits, according to Chang.

“With a normal electric car, you get about six hours of battery, then you have to charge it again. With the 8-gallon diesel engine involved, you get about 360 miles from the battery and the diesel combined,” Chang said.

And to take the green theme even further, the diesel used in the engine is an 80/20 mix of traditional diesel to biodiesel, which is more environmen-tally friendly.

Since all the members of the team study at the Uni-versity while work-ing on the project, the EcoCar team involved many de-signers, engineers and general workers.

However, Ali Sey-am, graduate student in mechanical engi-neering, has stuck with the competition since the first project proposals. He began his involvement as an undergraduate senior in mechani-cal engineering, and at the end of this

summer he will wrap up his final se-mester as a master’s student as well as his work on the EcoCar.

Looking back on his experience with the finished product three years in the making, Seyam said, “I don’t know how to put it in words sometimes.”

As team leader, Seyam oversaw the automobile’s construction from its inception. He said along the way he would occasionally get caught up in his passion for the work.

“I think it’s important to do what you love…Sometimes I’d forget I was actually getting paid until the check showed up,” Seyman said.

The GM-sponsored program pro-vided Seyam with more than just three years of experience at N.C. State. His work on the car not only led him to a thesis project for his master’s program, it also brought him to the attention of General Motors itself, which landed him a job in Michigan.

“It’s the job of my dreams,” he said. “[The EcoCar competition] let me do some hands-on learning, and it’s a whole different experience from what you learn in the classroom.”

Though the team did not do as well as they hoped in the competition, the car showed dramatic improvement from year to year, according to GM’s rankings.

“The second year we were ranked last place, but for the third year we went up to seventh place,” Seyam said.

The judges scored the teams not only on the engineering and design, but also on basic consumer features.

“We got points for the engine and battery, but they also scored us on stuff like ‘Does the radio turn on?’ or ‘Does the AC work?’ since it’s a con-sumer car,” Chang said.

The organizers also strongly encour-age the teams to do outreach for the program, bringing the science of engi-neering to the community in general, since the public ultimately influences the car’s design.

“That’s where we were weaker com-pared to a lot of the other teams,” Chang said. “A large part of the com-petition is making these cars socially acceptable. We don’t just need engi-neers, we’re looking to recruit more non-engineering people—business and communications majors to help set up a website or social media.”

The sponsors have already an-nounced EcoCar Challenge 2 for the next year, continuing the trend of greener vehicles, and the remaining team members have plans in the works for bringing the University’s engineers once again to the cutting edge of de-sign and sustainability.

TECHNICIAN THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011 • PAGE 5

For the last three years, a group of students has been work-ing in a nondescript garage a mile from campus to cobble together a car evocative of Dr. Frankenstein’s monster—

one similar in appearance to a decal-heavy NASCAR but with all the benefits of a hybrid.

Designing greener cars for the future

“Each unsuccessful

attempt teaches something

useful about the problem.”

Zeyu Liu, doctorate student

“With the 8-gallon diesel

engine involved, you get about 360

miles from the battery and the

diesel combined.”William Chang, senior in mechanical engineering

Making the high-speed connection even faster

STUDENTS ENTER COMPETITION TO REENGINEER GM CAR WHILE IMPROVING FUEL AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.

ECOCAR SPECS 1. Fuel cell from a Chevy Equinox2. 1.3L Turbodiesel engine3. Lithium ion battery, the same as a laptop4. 7 hours of charge on a full battery5. 100 miles/gal gas equivalent on battery power6. Full torque at any speed7. Top speed of 102 mph

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, premiering midnight, brings culmination to the fantasy series.

Mark HerringEditor in Chief

Wes Farrell expects no less than fans dawning capes, robes and cloaks for the premier of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows at Mission Valley Cin-ema, across Western Boulevard from campus. He said he’s ex-pecting two types of people—obsessed fanatics and casual moviegoers.

“We have seen some inter-esting people at Harry Potter movies,” Farrell, employ of the theater, said. “You either have the hardcore people, in $200 outfits, or average people watching the movie. In the past at Harry Potter, some people have jumped over seats and stampeded to get to the front.”

Harry Potter, since its cult popularity success after its first publishing in 1997, has come to define the literary and fantasy world for many. Growing up with the novels and then films, these fans, now in college, are not ashamed to celebrate their Potter zeal.

“I am proud of it—I’ll admit I have what some call at Harry Potter obsession,” Jasmine Velez, recent graduate in mi-crobiology, said. “I got tickets two weeks ago.”

Velez, who first started with the books, said she fell in love with the adventure, suspense and unique storyline of the series.

“I read the books instantly when I was a kid and I would always wait at the bookstore for the new books to come out,” Velez said.

According to Farrell, Potter fans take the line waiting as seriously as sports fans.

“This happened when I was working at Cary Crossroads theater, but for the third movie,

a kid was there 8 hours early,” Farrell said. “He was all dressed up with the lightning scar, and the cloak and everything. He brought with himself a char-coal grill and was making hot-dogs before the show—like a tailgate.”

Costume wearing and other traditions abound with series like Harry Potter, and Shima Ghattan, junior in biological sciences, watches the premiers of the movies with her brother.

“I started watching Harry Potter since the fifth grade with my younger brother,” Ghattan said. “We started to read the books after the first movie. For our tradition, we would wait for the DVDs to come out and then watch them together. By the fourth one, we started to watch them together in the-aters. But he is letting me watch it with friends instead—break the tradition—because he is in Iran right now.”

Velez said she not a fan to that extreme.

“I won’t dress up, but it doesn’t mean I didn’t in the past.”

Ghattan said she dressed up once, as a student from the Hogwarts house Gryffindor.

Mission Valley Cinema has already sold 700 tickets and is at capacity. Farrell said he rec-ommends getting to the show early to ensure a good seat.

“We sold out the main the-ater so we have expanded the premier to our other screens.”

Movie critics predict this last film in the Potter series to surpass ticket sales of earlier Hogwarts movies.

For Farrell, however, the Potter finale will be his last chance to observe the obsessed wizardry fans. Like Rocky Hor-ror Picture Show or Star Wars, Harry Potter will soon go in the category of cult classics.

TECHNICIANPAGE 6 • THURSDAY, JULY 14, 2011

Benjamin Guigley, senior in biological sciences, stopped by Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia while on a layover for a !ight to India. The Caldwell Fellow found himself caught in the midst of massive political protests, 300,000 people strong, July 9. “This was the third protest in the country in the past 60 years and the protesters were calling for clean elections,” Guigley said. “The Malaysian government is notorious for corruption.

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Benjamin Quigley’s trip to India and Southeast Asia seemed like the exciting and exotic vacation he expected to encounter—full of foreign foods, different cultures and experiences dealing with the language. But not tear gas, riot police or massive protests.

Traveling through Kuala Lumpur, Ma-laysia, on a layover from an Asia Air low-fare flight from Bangalore, India, Quigley check into a hostel in a part of the city that became the epicenter of political protests 300,000 people strong days to follow on July 9.

Stuck in the quarantined city, which police blocked off from other protesters, Quigley grabbed his camera to quickly document what he called “an eye-opening and surreal experience.”

“Before the protest even started, 200 people were arrested,” Quigley, senior in biological sciences, said. “This was the third protest the country had ever had in the 60 years the incumbent government has been in power.”

Malaysia, a confluence of ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians has become a place of growing racial and religious tension—straying from its legacy of diverse harmony. According to Quigley, the protesters were confronting their democratically elected but “blatantly” corrupt government.

“The protests were very much like orga-nized strikes, or protests in France—they were planned and announced in advance,” Quigley said.

According to Quigley, the protesters were peaceful, advocating a clean protest for clean elections, which will next be held in 2013.

“It mirrored what Gandhi did in India, with non-violent protesting,” Quigley said.

The Saturday that the protests started, 50,00 people marched by Quigley’s hostel.

“I followed to see what was going on,” Quigley said. “That was all the news. All the newspapers and media were focusing their attention on that.”

Blocks from his hostel, Quigley first en-

countered Malaysian riot police.“People had been marching since early

that morning,” Quigley said. “All the dif-ferent groups converged in the central part of town. Major footage coming out of this showed the protesters just down the street who were sitting when they got hit with the tear gas. It was the first time the police cracked down with arms.”

Caught in the crossfire of tear gas, Quig-ley was able to document his experience with his camera, which he never thought he would use to capture these types of images.

“I definitely did get hit with tear gas,” Quigley said. “That stuff is heinous. It gets in your lungs and makes your eyes blink and roll around. You can’t control your eyes. Even the pores on our skin get irritated.”

Back in the U.S., Quigley now has time to digest the experience.

“It still hasn’t hit me yet,” Quigley said. “It happened so fast—I’m still reflecting on it.”

CAUGHT BETWEEN PROTESTERS FOR DEMOCRACY AND RIOT POLICE, STUDENT CATCHES GLIMPSE OF MALAY STRUGGLE.

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Sports

the screen, it will make count-less flexible designs possible.”

Daktronics was a lso in charge of building the dis-play system for the Wolfpack baseball team on Doak Field at Dail Park. Both display systems have a world-class image that produces up to 144 quadrillion colors, and the weather-sealed modules provide protection from the elements. An ad-vanced cooling system offers an extended display life as well.

Assistant Athletics Direc-tor for Outdoor Facilities Ray Brincefield said it was time for the old screen to be replaced.

“Like most all video equip-ment, the maximum life ex-pectancy is about 10 years” Brincefield said. “The reason-ing behind the new scoreboard was being proactive.”

The improved screen is one of several improvements to the area over the years. In 1999, the 103,254 square-foot Mur-phy Center took the place of a once grassy hill in the south en-dzone. It now houses the train-ing and preparation facilities for the student athletes.

Six years ago, 51 luxury suites, 955 club seats and areas for the media to cover football games opened as the Vaughn Towers. The following year, the new and improved A.E. Finley Fieldhouse was opened in the north endzone, which is home to two locker rooms as well as areas for the coaches, game referees, cheerleaders and the dance team.

After 45 years, Carter-Finley Stadium’s tradition of renova-tions seems to persist as thou-sands of fans continue to loy-ally fill the seats.

dalajara. Globally recognized and re-

vered Italian players such as Alessandro Del Piero, Gianlu-igi Buffon and Luca Toni will face off against the only club on the planet comprising play-ers of purely Mexican heritage, including Alberto Medina, Luis Michel and Jonny Magallón.

But what does all of this mean for State, or for that matter, the U.S.? If anything, it’s definitely a sign that soccer’s global popularity is finally be-coming more mainstream in the U.S. It’s a sign Raleigh is being recognized as a soccer-

supporting community.The venue would not have

been chosen had the soccer fan base from N.C. State, the Caro-lina Railhawks, and the Capital Area Soccer League not been prevalent.

The tour itself is a great op-portunity to spread the game’s worldwide influence on a coun-try that has been reluctant to adopt the sport. It gives the involved club teams a chance to show off their talents to American fans who can’t af-ford to travel abroad.

In addition, the teams can make some money while they’re out of season play. Tick-ets for upper-level endline seats are $35, and lower-level sideline seats are $75.

Anyone who knows the story behind the New York Cosmos recognizes that it will take a lot more than just financial backing for American soccer to finally boom the way it has in other countries. It will also take passion and a genuine understanding of the lifestyle surrounding the sport.

With the hiring of Kelly Findley as the men’s soccer coach providing further mo-mentum behind the N.C. State soccer’s ever-growing fan base, it seems only a matter of time before the successes of their squad becomes paramount.

But one thing is for sure: when international soccer comes knocking, State answers the door.

loway’s wife seems to have no problem with moving to Raleigh. Mary Holloway, formerly known as Mary Mittendorf, was also a for-mer swimmer for State who still holds four top-10 marks with the program.

Holloway said she was relieved to hear the family’s next move would be back to a place that she called home

for a long time.“Moving back to Raleigh is

definitely a comforting experi-ence for me,” Mary Holloway said. “My brother lives in Dur-ham and I have a lot of friends who still live in the area. We also got to meet back up with friends that we met in Chicago that have recently moved back who were members of the N.C. State Alumni Association.”

Holloway went on to explain that the opportunity for her husband meant as much to him as it did for Henley.

“This truly is his dream job,

who actually gets their dream job?” Holloway said with a chuckle. “Ever since he gradu-ated and became a coach, he kept saying he wanted to come back to State where we both swam. He gets to finally live that dream, and not many people get that opportunity.”

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PHOTO COURTESY OF: VIRGINIA TECH ATHLETICSFormer Virginia Tech associate head coach Braden Holloway coaches on the deck during a swimming meet. Holloway was named the head coach of the swimming and diving program at N.C. State by Athletics Director Debbie Yow on Aug. 29.

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Game-day experience to be enhanced by new scoreboard.

Rebecca FiorentinoStaff Writer

Since its opening in 1966, Carter-Finley Stadium has been renovated several times to match the dedi-cation of the fans who fill it. The latest renovation will let fans enjoy replays, highlights and other videos in close to HD quality, even if they’re seated on the very top row.

Ten years ago, the “Super-screen” scoreboard was put into place to enhance the Carter-Finley atmosphere, but as other college teams started placing HD score-boards in their stadiums, the “Superscreen” quickly became outdated.

Athletics Director Deb-bie Yow said she thinks the

new scoreboard will be “a sig-nificant improvement.”

With a price tag of $1.8 mil-lion, funded by the Athlet-ics Department in part with revenue from ticket sales and merchandise sold on game day, the new and improved “Superscreen” is ready for the opening foot-ball game on Sept. 3, when the Pack will host the Lib-erty Flames.

N.C. State t e a m e d u p w i t h D a k-tronics Inc. to replace the traditional scoreboard, which was 24 feet by 32 feet, with a much wider one — approxi-mately 100 feet by 40 feet — which makes it easier to show a wider variety of content, from a single video image to multiple zones of graphics and informa-tion. Money to do so was not

borrowed nor did the de-partment take money from the Wolfpack Club to fund this renovation, according to a member of media rela-tions.

Mark Steinkamp, Senior Marketing Director for the Da-ktronics Group said t h e n e w widescreen score-board will provide incred-ible picture clarity due

to the LED display panel.“The state-of-the-art

picture is made up of many thousands of light emitting diodes,” said Steinkamp. “This advanced pixel layout will eliminate color shifts at off angles, and the size of

Record-holding swimmer returns to Wolfpack as head coach.

R. Cory SmithSports Editor

When Mif f y Henley heard the news about her new coach, she said she was pretty excited – to say the least.

“I ran around the house frantical ly screaming,” Henley, a junior swimmer, said. “I live next door to two swimmers and I could hear them yelling, too. Everyone was so excited that we chose him to come here.”

On Aug. 29, Athletics Director Debbie Yow an-nounced that Braden Hol-loway would be returning to N.C. State to lead the men’s and women’s swim-ming and diving programs. This will be Holloway’s first opportunity as a head coach after serving as the associ-ate head coach for Virginia Tech.

Holloway and Henley have a bit of a past with each other. Back in 2009, Henley had narrowed her choice down to two col-leges: Virginia Tech and State. She wanted to be-come a Hokie because of the young, exuberant associate head coach, but eventually chose to join the Wolfpack because of the campus and swimmers.

With Holloway moving to Raleigh to take over a program that Brooks Teal left in good shape, Henley said she gets the best of both worlds.

“W hen I was going through the recruiting pro-cess I kept thinking to my-self, ‘Man, if Braden was at

N.C. State I would literally have the perfect situation,’” Henley said. “So the fact that he ended up coming here gets me really excited for the things that we should be able to do while he’s here for my last two years.”

After graduating from State in 2001, Holloway’s time in the 100-meter backstroke from 2000 still stands as the school record. He also owns six more all-time top-10 marks and is a part of two top-three relay squads.

While Holloway acknowl-edges his record will not always stand as the top mark, he says it is comforting to know that he might be on deck to watch one of his swimmers claim the record for themselves.

“I only hold one record here now, and that’s the first one I want broken,” Holloway said. “It would mean a lot to coach someone to break that record. It helps create some excitement and I hope it reassures them that I know what I’m doing and I can help them to get where I was at.”

When the f ive-time All-American decided to hang it up af ter Olympic Tri-als, he didn’t wait long be-fore he started coaching at the collegiate ranks. He be-gan a short stint with the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., from 2003 to 2004, which led to s e ven s t u-dent-athletes winning indi-vidual titles and the team es-tablishing four school records. Holloway then moved on to

Virginia Tech where he would spend the next few years mak-ing his name known in several recruiting circles.

Last year, Holloway’s men’s class was ranked 20th over-

a l l , w h i l e the women’s c l a s s w a s ranked 14th. T h i s ye a r, the women’s class has been ranked 13th. The Hokies’ program has consistently improved under Hol-loway’s guid-ance, com-bining to set more t ha n 30 school re-cords, more

than 20 All-Americans and more than 15 ACC champions throughout his tenure.

Holloway said he plans on bringing that recruiting ener-gy to State and he has already reached out to the community to let people know about the program, but the list of chores to do so far has been a bit over-whelming for the first time head coach.

“I’ve been trying to assess where the program stands right now, basically looking at the nuts and bolts of what we have here and trying to use that as a recruiting tool,” Holloway said. “One thing that I plan on doing is to reach out to the club coaches and let them know that this will be a great, viable option for in-state swimmers. Then I plan on moving on to the out-of-state coaches and letting them know the same thing.

“There’s a laundry list of things to do, so I have to pace myself. But the most impor-tant part is putting together

my staff.”And once he does that, Hollo-

way says he’ll put his strongest asset -- recruiting -- to work to build a winning program.

With recruiting being one of his strongest assets that he brings to the University be-cause it is a vital part of build-ing a winning program.

“My youth helps me relate to a lot of the student-athletes and I like to have fun but I know when to be serious,” Holloway said. “I can’t change who I am, and the last couple of years that has been working for me.”

And that’s evident from his frequent moves up the coach-ing ranks. But this latest relo-cation to Raleigh isn’t an issue for his wife.

Though moving around for a family may not always be a comforting experience, Hol-

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Big money brings change to stadium

Overman, Easley shutting teams down in Cape Cod League

Rising junior relievers Chris Overman and Josh Easley finished the season as two shutdown late-inning relievers for the Wolfpack baseball team and have continued that with their summer baseball teams. Overman has compiled a 2-0 record with a 0.00 ERA over 13 1/3 innings for the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod League. Easley is also finding success with the Falmouth Commodores from the Cape Cod League. In six appearances, the junior reliever has compiled a 1-0 record with three saves and a 1.23 ERA through 7 1/3 innings.

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Pack leads ACC on All-American Scholar Team!Three N.C. State women’s golfers, rising junior Amanda Baker and rising sophomores Maureen Dunnagan and Brittany Marchand were named to the National Golf Coaches Association All-American Scholar Team. The three selections for the Wolfpack put it ahead of all other ACC schools. Baker and Marchand finished with 3.7 and 3.8 GPAs, respectively. Meanwhile, Dunnagan carried a perfect 4.0 GPA during her freshman campaign in sports marketing.

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DeSorbo joins the swimming and diving program

Swimming and diving coach Braden Holloway announced on Tuesday that he had named Todd DeSorbo, a sprint and development specialist, to the program as the associate head coach. DeSorbo has spent the last five seasons serving as an assistant coach at UNC-Wilmington. 35 school records, 100 all-conference honors and 32 individual and relay conference championships, as well as two student-athletes qualifying for NCAA competition have been collected during his tenure.

SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Carter-Finley adds new ‘superscreen’Soccer’s pulse beats strong

Holloway returns to ‘dream job’ with Wolfpack

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LUIS ZAPATA/TECHNICIANHead coach Braden Holloway poses in the Willis R. Casey Aquatic Center. Holloway has been coaching for seven years, since 2003. Debbie Yow announced he would be returning as the head coach on June 29.

“The reasoning behind the new scoreboard was

being proactive.”Ray Brincefield, Assistant

Athletics Director for Outdoor Facilities

“My youth helps me relate to a lot of the student-

athletes and I like to have fun but I

know when to be serious.”

Braden Holloway, swimming & divingcoach

QUOTE OF THE DAY“This truly

is his dream job, who actu-ally gets their

dream job? [...] He gets to fi-nally live that

dream, and not many people

get that oppor-tunity.”

Mary Holloway, Braden Holloway’s wife

$1.8 million screen*

*Actual cost of new scoreboard in Carter-Finley Stadium - and none of the money to fund the project came from student fees.

Those following the U.S. Women’s National Team in the FIFA Women’s World Cup will likely recognize the com-

mercia l that depic t s t he squad walk-ing through a tunnel before going on the pitch.

Little known fact: that com-mercia l was

shot at Carter-Finley Stadium. What they don’t show is the light at the end of that tunnel does not lead to anything that has ever been used as an actual soccer field. At least not yet.

The Herbalife World Foot-ball Challenge, in its second U.S. summer tour since 2009, will make its first ever stop in Raleigh on July 28. And no, we’re not talking about Amer-ican football. We’re talking about the sport that is actually

played predominantly with the feet that we Americans have so cleverly coined as ‘soccer.’

Where else in Raleigh can you find a field suitable for soc-cer with more than 55,000 seats and impeccable accommoda-tions? Look no further than RBC’s neighbor, Carter-Finley.

With the tour come some big names in the world of in-ternational club soccer, includ-ing 2010-11 English Premier League champions, Manchester United F.C.; 2010-11 European and Spanish La Liga champi-ons, F.C. Barcelona; and their country rivals and Copa del Rey holders, Real Madrid C.F. Among the 13 teams touring the U.S. are, for the first time ever, five Major League Soccer squads.

The event is a standoff be-tween Italian club Juventus F.C., and Mexico’s C.D. Gua-

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DID YOU KNOW?Both current quarterback Mike Glennon and former quarterback Russell Wilson were named to the 2011 Maxwell Award watch list, given to the best football player in the nation.

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