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While the nation reacts to Lorenzo Charles’ death, plans are being made to honor his life.

Brooke WalligNews Editor

While still reeling from the sudden loss of an ACC legend, N.C. State and the surrounding community are mov-ing forward with plans to honor the life and achievements of former bas-ketball hero Lorenzo Charles.

Debbie Yow, athletics director, is one of the thousands of people ex-pressing their sorrow for the loss of such an iconic figure. Yow said she will remember Charles as both an accomplished athlete and a winning personality.

“We are deeply saddened by the un-timely passing of Lorenzo Charles, a Wolfpack hero,” Yow said. “The Wolfpack Family mourns today as we remember his athletic accomplish-ments, his excellent character and his winning dunk in the 1983 Nation-al Championship game. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this most difficult time.”

Br ad Jac k s on , general manager for Elite Coach, knew Cha rles decades after his winning moment, and gave Charles high praises for being more than a great athlete.

“He was a great employee—the best,” Jackson said. “I always said if I had 10 buses and 10 Lorenzo Charles I’d be set. He went the extra mile and

did everything right.”Jackson said he and his employees

are already making plans to attend many of the memorial services.

“He was a great guy, he’d do any-thing he could to help you. We’re re-ally going to miss him,” Jackson said. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, and our hearts go with them as well.”

According to the athletics depart-ment’s media relations office, the University’s plans to honor Lorenzo Charles includes the following:

• The men’s basketball team will sport a commemorative patch on their uniforms for the 2011-2012 season.

• Recognize Charles’ contri-butions to the University at the first football game of the season.

• Charles was recognized during the James A. Naismith Sportsmanship Award ceremo-ny, which also recognized Kay Yow, Dean Smith and Mike

Krzyzewski.• Creation of a possible endow-ment in Charles’ name for the men’s basketball program through the Wolf-pack Club. While this hasn’t been dis-cussed with the fam-ily yet, this would potentially be given to a student-athlete once fully endowed.

A c c o r d i n g t o Brandon Yopp, as-sistant media rela-

tions director, while there have been ideas released on how the University will honor Lorenzo Charles’ memory, details of the plans have not been de-

termined as of yet.“The funeral and memorial service

plans haven’t been finalized yet,” Yopp said. “This has all happened so quickly. We’re working with the fam-ily right now, so none of this stuff is physically planned yet. We’ll have to wait and see.”

Alex Williamson, senior in history and athletics commissioner for Stu-dent Government, said the Student Government athletics commission is also coming up with ideas on how to memorialize Charles’ legacy.

“Right now we want to send a me-

Series of projects brings students more space to do work and relax.

Justin RoseStaff Writer

With many large construction proj-ects currently underway on campus, it can be easy to overlook the more subtle changes. In response to requests from the student advisory board, D.H. Hill Library is getting spruced up with the addition of new quiet study areas.

David Hiscoe, N.C. State libraries director of communication strategies, said the problem boils down to too many students and not enough space.

“One of the problems we’ve always had is not having enough bookable rooms,” Hiscoe said. “We’re taking small areas here and there that weren’t efficiently using space and turning them into student seating.”

According to Hiscoe, N.C. State can currently only seat about five percent of its student population in libraries. While this figure should double by the time the James B. Hunt Jr. Library on Centennial Campus opens, the UNC System strongly rec-ommends that at least 20 percent of the school population should be able to find space in the libraries.

“N.C. State just hasn’t had the mon-ey,” Hiscoe said. “But we’re gradually making progress.”

Students may be familiar with the large quiet rooms in the south tower book stacks – visible upon exiting the elevators – and how they were often not used to full capacity. On floors three through eight, each of the big rooms has been converted into two quiet rooms, for a new total of 12 rooms in the stacks.

Each room has new furniture, two

Plans in the works to honor lost basketball legend

Photo courtesy of N.c. state athleticsLorenzo Charles grabs a rebound away from a UNC-Chapel Hill defender. After his sudden death Monday, the University is in conversations with the Charles family on how to honor his memory and legacy. However, as Charles’ funeral has not officially been set, Brandon Yopp, assistant media relations director for athletics, said the University’s plans are “taking a backseat” until his memorial service is held.

Facts about the accident: Lorenzo Charles, died at age 47 after crashing an Elite Coach commercial bus into several trees nex to the Chapel Hill Road off-ramp on Interstate 40. Charles was pronounced dead on-scene. The bus had ventured into the grass shoulder—reason still unknown— and the investigation is still ongoing to determine the cause of the accident. Preliminary reports show that the wreck was not due to mechanical issues with the bus, poor weather conditions, or other obvious exterior conditions. The wreck report also indicates that Charles’ physical condition at the time was also unknown. While Charles was slightly speeding, speed has not been identified as a factor in his accident. According to Jim Sughrue, director of public affairs for the Raleigh Police Department, said at this time the Police are particularly interested in hearing from eye witnesses to help piece together what happened.

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Competition winner will host Time Warner Cable talk show.

Justin RoseStaff Writer

Students might recognize his name from student body president cam-paign posters and signs two years ago, when he ended up being the publicity commission chair.

But many more will soon recognize Kornelius Bascombe, senior in crimi-nology, who recently found out he won one of four available hosting spots for Time Warner Cable Inc.’s new nation-wide television show.

Bascombe and the three others were chosen out of the 500 contestants who en-tered TWC’s “Born to Shine” competi-tion, a three-month search for TV per-sonalities best suit-ed for the debut talk show, called TWC Presents : Born to Shine.

According to Time Warner Cable, the program--airing in the fall--aims to tell the stories of African Ameri-cans paving the way in entertainment, sports and community.

Bascombe–also the youngest win-ner in the competition–said he was floored when he heard the news.

“I genuinely could not believe that I won,” Bascombe said. “For the first time in a long time, I started crying. It was a huge sense of relief, knowing

that hard work really does pay off. It felt really good.”

Last year, Bascombe flew out to Los Angeles for a different casting call af-ter submitting a video for the Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Your OWN Show” competition.Bascombe almost won; he got fourth in the nation and racked up almost 6 million votes on Facebook.

“It was an amazing experience,” Bascombe said. “The producers all gave great feedback. They told me I had a knack for this and I should fol-low a TV-related career. So when I got back I started to look out for TV

production-related jobs.”

After the Oprah show entry, Bas-combe wasn’t plan-ning on submitting another video for the Time Warner Cable show. But after more brainstorming and feedback, he said he realized he had nothing to lose.

Demi Olubanwo, who graduated from N.C. State last year, said he has known Bascombe for years as a friend and fraternity brother. Olubanwo helped brainstorm ideas and shoot both videos Bascombe submitted.

“He has this unique personality,” Olubanwo said. “We’ve always joked that he should be on TV and have a show. When he told me he won I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ It was kind of surreal.”

In the winning video, Bascombe played a TV host and interviewed random Raleigh residents, including a rapper, singer, football player and a couple he ran into downtown. After submitting the video, again on Face-book, and receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback from fans and the celebrity panel of judges, he got the call.

Bascombe’s experience hosting shows also prepared him for where he is now. The Korn Show, which fea-tured student interviews about life at N.C. State, quickly became one of the most popular and highly rated shows on Wolf TV.

The successful journey has not been without a series of personal struggles, however. At 17, Bascombe was forced

to take over as guardian of the family when his grandmother and only previous caretaker suffered a stroke, and a fire devastated his house.

“I persevered and made it through high school,” Bascombe said. “Preparing for college during all that was my rock bottom point. But I’m here now, focusing on be-ing successful.”

Bascombe will fly out to Florida next week to do an interview for the show. Bascombe mentioned big names in the TV and movie indus-try that have impacted their com-munities, including Will Smith and Spike Lee, whom he hopes to interview one day.

Student wins competition to host debut TV show

christi ogu/techNiciaN archive PhotoKornelius Bascombe, a sophomore in criminology and a member of Eta Omicron Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, performs stepdancing at the Black Finesse Spring Modeling Showcase at Stewart Theatre in Talley on Monday, April 12, 2010 at 7 pm.

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“It was a huge

sense of relief,

knowing that hard

work really does

pay off.”Kornelius Basconb, senior in

criminology

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“He was a great

guy, he’d do

anything he could

to help you. We’re

really going to

miss him”Brad Jackson, general manager

of Elite Coach

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