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jordan moore/TechnicianAshley Autry, a sophomore in elementary education, sits next to the teaching fellows shack during the busy hours of the brickyard, Monday, Sept. 19. Autry had been manning the shack for a while and was looking forward to spending more of her time there. “I’ve been here for three hours, and i’ll be here for three more,” she said.

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UNC loses 3,000 jobs due to budget cuts Budget cuts force administrators to release thousands.

Jessie HalpernCorrespondent

Due to state budget cuts, UNC Sys-tem administrators eradicated over 3,000 positions from their school, leaving faculty and students at a dis-advantage.

On July 1, the UNC system cut over 3,000 positions, including 488 full-time employees and thousands of graduate positions, adjunct profes-sors and lecturers. While N.C. State and all the UNC schools felt the loss, the most affected universities include N.C. Central, with 350 students un-able to enroll in a required section of math, and UNC-Greensboro, who cut 975 course sections, equating to about 40,000 student seats.

Students at other affected schools may not have had their class schedules affected this semester, but they are no-ticing changes nonetheless.

Liz Hawryluk, a sophomore in comparative in-ternational poli-tics at the Uni-versity of North Carolina at Cha-pel Hill, collabo-rated with fellow students to voice an opinion on the changes resulting from the budget cut.

“Financial aid has been effec-t ive ly demol-ished. I came into UNC with a full ride, through grants and scholarships, with the Covenant Scholars program,” Hawryluk said. “This year, UNC was going to charge me $7,000 in loans. Only through contacting the right person was I able to set up a work-study job and obtain further grants.”

Furthermore, she added that print-ing costs on campus have doubled, the libraries close earlier, the number of TAs has dropped and course selections have decreased, leaving larger classes and less of a selection for graduating seniors.

At N.C. State, students will notice that their emergency technological concerns will no longer be tended to at any hour, as the cuts have forced the computer help desk to follow regular business hours. In addition, graduate students can no longer trust they’ll find job security in their alma mater, as almost 100 graduate positions were cut.

Undergraduate students might no-tice that lecture courses have fewer TAs, equating to longer waits for returned work and larger recitation sessions. In addition, fewer graduate students means that popular courses, such as statistics, might not be offering as many sections per semester, as pro-fessors often rely on graduate students to teach extra sections.

Joni Worthington, Vice President for Communications for the UNC System, released the minutes and PowerPoint presentation made dur-ing the meeting regarding the budget cuts. This information has since been made public on the UNC website.

Among the several areas affected by these cuts, a popular area of demoli-tion is financial aid that is not need-based. In the presentation provided by Worthington, the first few slides show cuts in state funding for student in-centive grants, future teachers schol-arships and tuition wavers.

As far as the damage at N.C. State goes, 457 part-time academic posi-tions were cut, though Worthington’s report does specify that.

“The Center for Turfgrass Envi-ronmental Research and Education at NCSU shall have no reduction in state funds,” Worthington said.

In addition, Worthington’s presen-tation listed the areas of impact within academics.

“Reduce faculty positions; increase class sizes and reduce number of class sections; reduce/eliminate tutoring and ad-vising ; reduce operating hours for computer labs; reduce li-brary acquisi-tions and library hours ; reduce/eliminate sup-port for graduate teaching and re-search assistant-ship,” according to the presenta-tion.

While public information is help-ful for obtaining quantitative answers, Worthington seemed hesitant to offer any information regarding the back-lash and emotions surrounding such an abrupt policy change.

“The [UNC system] president and the Board of Governors considered six factors, including diseconomies of scale; whether a campus/entity had authority to charge tuition, percent-age of students eligible for federal Pell Grants, student retention and degree productivity relative to peer institu-tions, and the availability of other funding source,” Worthington said. “The campuses had the flexibility to decide how best to implement their share of the cuts locally.”

When pressed for more than a dip-lomatic answer and asked whether she foresees more cuts in the near future, Worthington offered the following:

“Whether or not the University and other parts of state government are assigned additional cuts depends on how quickly the state economy im-proves. It’s just too early to speculate,” she said.

As the UNC System students and faculty scramble to adjust to these harsh cuts, it appears that, as Worthington said, only time will tell if more are to come.

Amidst lousy weather volunteers raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

John Wall News Editor

Shack-a-thon hardliners endured a wet Wednesday evening as they strove to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

At least one person must be in each shack at all times, and those in attendance in shacks with leaky roofs were drenched. Nonetheless, spirits were high—the money has been flowing in all week.

In the lead once again this year is the College of Management shack, which has raised about $3,000.

Samantha Ballard, a senior in ac-counting, was in the COM shack before the downpour began.

“We are in the lead so far. One of the guys from Habitat [for Hu-manity] came by earlier. Tradition-ally they have ranked the top four shacks. Now they just do College of Management, and then two, three,

four,” Ballard said.COM does not have a particular

monetary goal in mind this year, but they want to raise more than they did last year when they raised about $5,000, according to Ballard.

“We have two more days left, and we are getting pretty close,” Ballard said.

Although their main fundraising hub is their shack in the brickyard, they are also taking donations daily in Nelson Hall where management class-es are held.

“We are excited for this, and at this point we don’t want to take our shack down,” Ballard said.

Jonathan Burrus, a senior in en-vironmental technology and man-agement, stood outside of his shack, which graduate students in the Col-lege of Design helped him design and fabricate.

Made out of plastic—the only shack not made of wood—it consisted of

cut-out circles that were joined to-gether with a sort of rivet. Standing about three feet tall, the structure was the shape of a dome.

“Students from the design school came up with the design and pieced it together. It only took a couple hours to put together,” Burrus said. “They are

from a prototype class in the design school.”

All of the plas-tic, similar to the type used in elec-tion signs seen on roadsides, was donated by Signs By Tomor row and Piedmont Plastics.

This unique shack also utilized a solar panel. It charged a twelve-volt battery during the day that powered a small light in-side the shack overnight.

“They fell asleep with the light on last night, which caused it to die, but

“We are excited for

this, and at this point

we don’t want to take

our shack down.”Samantha Ballard,

senior in accounting

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Speakers address student senateAdministrators and saleswoman speak to senate.

John WallNews editor

The student senate hosted four speakers Wednesday night before voting on a wide range of bills, in-cluding one that would increase student fees amid a horrendous budgetary environment.

Provost Warwick Arden and Vice Chancellor Charles Leffler spoke before the senate for nearly 45 min-utes describing the finer points of the current budget climate. The director of the financial aid office spoke afterward about the current status of the financial aid depart-ment, and finally Kate Almanza from USA Today made a sales pitch for bringing national news-papers and the News & Observer to campus.

The budgeTLeffler and Arden are the chan-

cellor’s point men on all things budget related. They have worked since before the summer on a plan—called the strategic re-alignment plan—meant to tackle the problems presented by a 15.1 percent decrease in state appro-priations.

They reviewed where the University stands in regard to the plan Wednes-day.

Class sizes have increased, and sec-tion availability has diminished sub-stantially. All told, 1,425 sections have been eliminated, and 47,491 class seats have been taken off the table.

The significant decrease in public funding forced administrators to rely more heav-ily “on tuition/other non-state funds,” accord-ing to the Power Point presenta-tion Arden and Leffler displayed.

Nationwide, funding for pub-lic universities is at its lowest point in 30 years, Arden said. Schools outside North Carolina have experienced hefty cuts over those 30 years.

However, except for the past three to four years, the state legislature, which has final say over how much funding universities receive, has protected the UNC system from cuts.

“We are catching up very quickly to the rest of the country,” Arden said.

112 people were laid off. Leff ler described the number of layoffs as “lower than we were afraid we would have to.”

For the third straight year, staff and

faculty have not received a salary in-crease. Prior to the funding shortfall, employees’ health insurance was paid for entirely by the state. Employees now pay “some of the insurance pre-miums,” Leffler said.

The strategic plan tapped leaders from across campus to provide recom-mendations on how to deal with the cuts. Arden and Leffler received “80 to

90” recommen-dat ions tota l . Although Arden said it would be impossible to act on all of them, he intends to lump the most prom-ising ones into a unified imple-

mentation plan.The implementation plan will then

be given to the Board of Trustees in November. They will ultimately ap-prove which recommendations to heed.

Financial aidJulie Rice Mallette, director of the

Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid, presented the senate with the glooming state of financial aid.

senaTe continuedpage3

“We are catching up

very quickly to the rest

of the country.”Provost Warwick Arden

“Only through

contacting the right

person was I able to

set up a work-study

job and obtain

further grants.”Liz Hawryluk, sophomore in

comparative international politics at the University of

North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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it has been working well,” Bur-rus said.

The idea behind the design was its ease of fabrication and construction. Burrus said the shack is easy to store, and they hope to use the same shack next year.

Teaching Fellows student Nick Peaks, a freshman in sec-ondary education, was at the Fellows shack Wednesday. He was in the last Teaching Fellows class before it was program was eliminated by the general as-sembly earlier this year.

“We haven’t raised much, but we have been working together all week to raise as much as we can,” Peaks said.

shackcontinued from page 1

“This year has been one of the roughest ever,” Mallette said at the beginning of her presentation.

Although the number of students on campus in-creased by about 25 percent over the past ten years, un-dergraduate financial aid applications have almost doubled since 2000. Gradu-ate applications have more than doubled.

Her off ice has seen a $27.5 million increase in demand for aid over last, but the pools of money from which her office draws have dwindled, or gone dry.

State-funded aid, meant for the entire UNC system,

dropped by $35 million this academic year. Of that money, N.C. State lost $5 million, ac-cording to Mallette.

During President George W. Bush’s tenure, two federal student aid programs were en-acted. Between the two, needy students on campus received a b o u t $ 3 million last year. These two aid pro-grams were eliminated, and students received no money from the programs this year.

2009-10 graduates left school with an average debt of $20,763. With the prospect of receiving financial aid becoming less realistic, students will need to borrow more as they attempt

to earn a degree.Student FeeUSA Today’s national high-

er education account direc-tor Kate Almanza gave a sales pitch to the senate about pro-viding USA Today, New York Times and News & Observer to students through on-campus

distribution bins.

Although t h e f i r s t month would be a trial pe-r i o d , a n d w o u l d b e free, student fees wou ld increase by

roughly $3 if the senate de-cides to agree to a deal with USA Today.

In Almanza’a presentation, she broke down the cost of the service. Based on numbers

from the 450 schools across the nation with a similar pro-gram, Almanza estimated one newspaper per every 25 students—called a 4 percent consumption rate—would be sufficient to satisfy demand. At that volume, the total price of the service would be about $102,000.

Students would swipe their campus identification cards to open the bin where the three papers would be located.

The University would only pay for the papers picked up.

The senate met late into the night. As of this article’s pub-lication, they had yet to reach a decision on increasing student fees to pay for the newspaper service.

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“This year has

been one of the

roughest ever.”Julie Rice Mallette, director of the Office of Scholarships and

Financial Aid

Three years ago, when I first showed up the summer before my

freshman year at N.C. State, Hillsborough Street was torn to shreds, traffic was horren-

dous and try-ing to f ind a place to park was about as easy as figuring out where the heck to start on my transport homework.

During the next year construction began in the Court of Carolinas. A beautiful grassy field was turned into a dust bowl with huge Caterpillar eyesores, and during the day the loud nois-es could be heard in all of the nearby buildings.

Around the same t ime, the renova-tion on the Atrium be-gan with the added benefit of that atrocious bubble right smack in the middle of the Brickyard.

Last spring, construction began beneath Harrelson Hall to allow for the demolition of the bookstore. Construction workers made sure to always be pounding away on some-thing during my class. I think they even kept track of when we had tests and liked to really get things done during those times, just to mess with us.

Over the summer, the book-store was demolished and infrastructure work for the future Talley Student Center began. This made the trek from Carmichael Gym to the library a whole new adventure, and turned what was a decent looking yard and fountain into a typical muddy construction site.

There’s no doubt in my mind that I do not like dealing with constant construction projects around campus. However, when I look back at all of these things now, I appreciate and enjoy what this construction has produced. Hillsborough Street looks remarkably pleas-ing compared to what it once was, and parking is more ac-cessible than it was in the past.

The addition of steps in the Court of Carolinas adds a feel-ing of majesty to the area, giv-

ing the upward view to the 1911 building an aesthetic appeal that did not exist be-fore. The renovated Atrium is very efficient and roomy, with plenty of outdoor seat-ing thanks to the terrace.

This is a fantastic addition to the Brickyard both for its practicality and for our viewing pleasure. The plans for the future Talley Student Center look remarkable, and once the project is complete no one will care about the nuisance during the time of construction.

Considering how obnox-ious the construction is, I do not blame anyone for complaining. I would en-courage everyone, however,

to think about the long term effects. With the growing student body and the con-stant need for refur-

bishing, there will always be something under construc-tion. Whether it’s a parking deck, renovations, or the demolition of a building, (I’m looking at you Harrel-son), construction is some-thing we have to learn how to deal with. However, we should be glad that we get to live with it.

The product of construc-tion is what makes our university shine. It gives us more space so that we don’t have to sit in overcrowded rooms. It makes old build-ings shine like new again, and it can take an empty space and make it beauti-ful, such as the area next to Turlington Hall.

So next time your walking route has to be changed un-expectedly, you get caught in a long line of cars be-cause of some flagmen, or you experience some ob-noxious noise during class, remember what it is for and appreciate what will soon come of it.

Send Jon your thoughts on contrusction to letters@technicianonline.com.

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Senators, get to know your constituents The FacTs:CALS is putting together an ice cream social this Thursday so students may get to know their student representatives and voice their concerns.

Our OpiniOn:More senators should follow CALS’s example and get to know their constituents better so they may accurately represent them.

Don’t hate on the construction

“The product of

construction is

what makes our

university shine. ”

Jon LewisStaff Columnist

Agriculture education is a necessityWhen I first de-

clared my major as agriculture

education, I was absolutely f loored by the number of

people who told me it was easy or unnecessary

or, even worse, asked me why.I grew up in a rural town.

Back home, agriculture is still important to the people born and raised there, but to the transplants they don’t seem to understand it’s the way of life for us. Keep in mind that without agriculture, you wouldn’t have been able to go to Port City Java and get that Anna Banana Smoothie, or eat that Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich, or better yet, go to the dining hall and eat locally grown food. It’s important for people to realize where the food they eat came from and how many steps it went through.

Think about a chicken sandwich from Chick-Fil-A. Where did the chicken come from? Someone had to raise the chicken, grow the cucum-ber to be made into a pickle and grow the wheat that was transformed into the bun. As of 2009, North Carolina ranked fifth in the nation in broiler production. Broilers are a type of chicken raised exclusively for meat produc-tion. Just as a point of inter-est, in 2009, North Carolina ranked first in the nation in tobacco, flue cured tobacco and sweet potato production.

Not only the food you eat, but the clothes on your back

also depend on agriculture. Without a farmer to grow cot-ton, you wouldn’t have t-shirts, pants, cotton balls, denim or currency. The people who take the cotton and transform it from the balls of cotton into different products also depend on agriculture.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people tell me agricul-ture education is an easy major. In all honesty, I don’t think it’s easy. We have to take the gen-eral education classes, at least an introductory course in the different aspects of agriculture, and take the general teaching courses . I f y ou n e ve r took an ag-riculture class in high school, you probably don’t realize qu i t e how different it is f rom other classes.

Teachers don’t lecture for the full amount of time. The best agriculture classes are the ones where the teacher tells the students what to do, gives a demonstration, then lets the students get to work in the shop or in the greenhouse. Those are the classes where students learn the most. As the popular say-ing has been modified, perfect practice makes perfect.

For example, with welding, a part of agriculture education, a student won’t really under-stand what the length of the welding electrode has to do with anything. However, once

they’ve touched a welder and practiced a few times, the length of the electrode will mean something to them.

Although the number of people directly involved in agriculture is decreasing, it doesn’t mean the significance of it is. The population is con-stantly growing, meaning there are more people to feed and clothe. The importance of using fertilizers properly and making the best use of land possible is becoming more and more important. Without educating people on the im-portance of the different types

of soils and how fertiliz-er impacts it, the capabili-ties of those directly in-volved i n agriculture are going to decrease.

Don’t just assume that agriculture or agricul-

ture education is simple. It’s not. This is my major because it’s something I care about. I know I won’t make a lot of money in this field, but in the end, that doesn’t matter to me because I will have the oppor-tunity to impress upon high school students how impor-tant agriculture is.

Send Chelsey your thoughts on agriculture education to letters@technicianonline.com.

“Don’t just

assume that

agriculture or

agriculture

education is

simple. It’s not.”

Chelsey Francis Staff Columnist

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By TEjAS UMBARkAR

What type of event would you be willing to

attend to get to know your student

senators better?

{ }in yOur wOrds

“Something free. A big ice cream social will be cool.”

joseph McRaejunior, electrical engineering

“Maybe a debate or a discussion with students.”

Alex Weitzelsophomore, biology

“I feel that an informal get together would be great. Along with some coffee.”

Amanda Bryongraduate student, English

“Maybe a lunch with the senators, or something casual like that.”

David Moreaujunior, physics

This Thursday the Col-lege of Agriculture and Life Sciences

(CALS) will be hosting an ice cream social so their students may meet the Student Senate representatives and voice any concerns they may have. This type of interaction is a prime model for how representatives should reach out to their con-stituents.

Too many times Student Sen-ate representatives act upon either the concerns of a select group of their constituents or merely for their own benefit. While some constituents have no idea who their student sen-ators are and what they have been voting on, others are ac-tively engaged in holding them accountable. The major dis-

connect lies with those who are unaware. This is not a good way for Student Government to function, which is why the CALS representatives’ initia-tive to meet and greet their constituents is a good way to better the relationship between Student Government and the student body.

Student representatives in Student Government should take note of the CALS attempt to reach out to their constitu-ents and do the same. Many times students either don’t know about an event or are un-motivated to go. As their rep-resentative you should take the initiative to make yourself ac-

cessible to them. Don’t expect them to come to you—you go to them. Speak in their classes, forums, and regular events they will be at anyway. Or better yet, set up events the students will want to attend, so getting to know you and your platform is merely a byproduct of the en-joyable event.

While the representatives are expected to make themselves approachable and known to their constituents, the students should also be held respon-sible. Plain and simple, meet them halfway. If your represen-tatives are making the attempt to reach you and understand your opinions, tell them. Talk

to them. They represent you; you voted them in there for a reason.

The whole purpose of the institution of Student Govern-ment is to build relationships with the students so they may voice their concerns, allowing representatives to act on those concerns and bridge the gap between the student body and the administration of the Uni-versity.

Don’t let this year’s Student Government fall into the traps of previous representatives’ lack of communication and lack of adequate representa-tion. Set the example. Both sides should see this break in communication and work to fix the gap so the student body may be effectively represented.

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Home schooled student adapts to Wolfpack lifestyleAfter spending her grade school years being home schooled, Renn Shearin finds her way at N.C. State.

Kierra LeggettCorrespondent

If she had a dollar for every time she heard someone say, ‘Home schooled students don’t know how to socialize,’ Shearin would possess a small fortune. Originally from Lynchburg, Virginia but having spent the majority of her life in Raleigh, Shearin is now a freshman in nutrition science. She was en-rolled in home school through-out the entire duration of her grade school career.

Despite a few downsides--crazy homeroom teachers, cliques and the occasional fist fights--the social setting of the traditional high school experi-ence was designed to ease stu-dent transition into campus life. However, Shearin would argue that the four years she spent as a home schooled high school student were just as enjoyable and preparatory for campus living.

W hen asked what she thought was the biggest mis-conception people had about homeschooled students, she immediately responded, “[The idea] that we are not sociable... I have met some [homeschooled students] that are not, but we have events every other day.”

Despite the considerable difference in class size and the drastic change of the presence of professors in the classroom, Shearin didn’t feel as if she missed out on anything by at-tending home school. If any-thing, her time spent at home afforded her the opportunity to spend more time and de-velop stronger bonds with her

siblings.According to the 2009 U.S.

Census Bureau, the estimated number of North Carolina stu-dents enrolled in home school was 41,814. Between the years of 2003 and 2007 the nation-al number of students enrolled in home school increased by 36 percent, reinforcing stat-isticians’ belief that the num-bers would only continue to rise. While public and private schools can undoubtedly offer their students unique and life enriching experiences, many parents opt for home schooling as a way to isolate their children from the peer pressures often associated with a traditional school environment. Home schooling also provides an al-ternative for parents who are unimpressed with the curricu-lum and quality of education provided elsewhere. Others also believe reinforcing moral values and religious beliefs are easier to do for students at home.

Initially, Shearin was hesitant about the class sizes at N.C. State, since the largest class Shearin had ever been a part of consisted of 25 students (Shea-rin attended a French class at Wake Tech). However this has proven not to be a problem for the former Home School Honor Society Member.

Currently taking 15 credit hours, the only major adjust-ment Shearin claimed to be struggling with was spending so much physical time in the classroom – a far cry from her home schooling days.

“Normally, I’d have class once a week, per subject; each class lasting one to two hours a week.” Although she spent little time in the classroom,Shearin felt that as a result she gained great study skills that have proven thus far to be beneficial.

According to Shearin, she has adapted well to the Wolfpack lifestyle by establishing friend-ships with her roommate and suitemates. Counterintuitive to the stereotype that home schoolers are reclusive and lack social skills, Shearin was active on the Junior Varsity Home School Volley Ball Team, took four years of ballroom dance and was heavily involved in Teen Community Bible study for seven years, even leading worship for four of those years. Shearin has tried to maintain the same social vigor this year by joining the Food Science and Nutrition Club, as well as the University’s on campus Grace Church.

While Shearin may not have experienced high school in the traditional format that most University students have, her unique home school experience only has added to the diversity that N.C. State prides itself in.

home school factsHome-based education is growing in countries such as Australia, Hungary, Canada, Japan, Kenya and the United Kingdom.

Home schooling is quickly growing in popularity among minorities. About 15 percent of home school families are non-white/non-Hispanic.

Families engaged in home-based education are not dependent on public, tax-funded resources. They represent over $16 billion that American taxpayers do not have to spend since these children are not in public schools.

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Latino culture takes flight with celebrationsUniversity becomes feasting and celebration grounds for an ever increasing Latino population.

Ankita Saxena Staff Writer

The period from September 15 to October 15 is celebrated as the National Hispanic Heritage Month in the U.S., celebrating the heritage and culture of the Hispanic and Latino popula-tion.

“Some people have the mis-conception that Hispanics are found only in some pockets of society [and] are relatively isolated,” Héctor Jaimes, asso-ciate professor of Latin Ameri-can literature and culture, said. “However, they actually have made prominent contributions in the fields of science, humani-ties, sports and entertainment. In the recent past they were a minority group, but now they have grown not only in num-ber, but also in the impact they are making in the culture and politics of the country.”

The Hispanic population on campus, which is growing every year as well, comprises three percent of the total stu-dent population. This year held the largest number of incoming Latino first year students.

As the University’s Hispanic population increases, so has the presence of Hispanic cul-ture and subsequent growth of activities and celebrations. A number of activities observing the Hispanic Heritage Month have ensued on campus and more are lined up for the near future.

There will be a free screen-ing of Motorcycle Diaries at Witherspoon on October 4.

This biopic describes the jour-ney of Che Guevara, leader of the Cuban Revolution. It will be followed by a discussion of any questions or ideas the audi-ence might have pertaining to the movie.

The “Latinization of Amer-ica” on September 26 will be a lecture by Augustin Garcia regarding the impact Latinos have had on the country eco-nomically and politically. It will be co-sponsored by the Union Activities Board and Lambda Beta Phi, one of the nine Hispanic societies on campus.

Others societies include Mi Familia, SHPE (Society of His-panic Professional Engineers), the Lambda Beta Chi and Lambda Theta Alpha sororities and the Lambda Theta Phi fra-ternity. Destino is a Bible study group and Sube Ritmo is the University’s only Latin dance team.

El Salsabor, the eighth an-nual cultural celebration of the His-panic society was held on September 16. Some of t h e e v e n t highlights included Ar-gentinian food, Span-ish dr inks, line and folk dancing, live music and a per-formance by Sube Ritmo.

Sube Ritmo is comprised of about 22 members, with Salsa-bor and Somos being their two major performances during the year. The team is known for its salsa, bachata and merengue dances. Sube Ritmo currently

aspires to add cumbia and hip-hop to the list this year. They also hold monthly salsa work-shops this year at the Carmi-chael Recreation Center.

“Sube Ritmo’s purpose is to bring Latin cultural awareness by teaching [and] showing oth-ers the different types of danc-es derived from the Hispanic community.” Lisbeth Arias, sophomore and social chair of Sube Ritmo, said.

The soccer event “Se Baila Futbol,” which translates to “soccer is danced,” will be held on September 30th.

“It will have participating co-ed teams from Mi Familia, SHPE, and the UNIDOS coun-cil which includes students from UNC, Duke and N.C. State,” Jimmy Schiemann, ju-nior in German studies and so-cial chair for Mi Familia, said. “To make room for a soccer ‘derby’, we invited a team from

UNC’s ‘Chis-pa’, a Latino-student orga-nization.”

But the His-panic Heri-tage Month celebrations are not only for Hispanic and Lat ino students.

“In recent times, more a n d m o r e students have been showing

an interest in Latino culture, and we are seeing ever grow-ing connections between North and South America,” Jaimes said. “In fact the Department of Foreign Languages has started offering a whole range of courses in Spanish.”

To people interested in learn-

ing more about this culture, Jai-mes recommended the annual Latin American Film festival held at N.C. State, believing it to be another way students and faculty can see Latino cultural impact, as well as issues such as the plight of Latin American illegal immigrants who come to the U.S. across the border of Mexico.

“I believe the Hispanic Heri-tage Month to be an exciting opportunity for everybody, and it is great to see participation from all students, who would certainly leave these events more enriched and culturally competent,” Abraham Dones, assistant director for Hispanic and Latino student affairs, said. “It is a great way to re-enforce the diversity we have on our campus.”

contributed by mi familia & SHPeLisbeth Arias, sophomore, carries on a traditional Mexican dance with fellow ‘baile folklorico’ (Spanish for folk dancing) dancer. ‘Baile folklorico’ is performed throughout Mexico to portray ancestral rituals.

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the Hispanic

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contributed by mi familia & SHPeJaquelinne Murillo (middle), sophomore in political science, paints Mi Familia and SHPE’s shack for Shack-a-thon along with two other members. Mi Familia and SHPE are among two of many Hispanic student groups on campus.

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said. “When [backups] start the year off on the scout team, they aren’t getting coached in the same way. Then we have to coach them up on the sideline. That causes some headaches.

But as Bill Parcells says, ‘it is what it is.’”

As many eyes focus towards

an injury-plagued defense, the last 90 minutes of football for the offense gives hope State can leave a mark on Cincinnati’s traditionally mediocre defense. Mike Glennon, who matched Phillip Rivers as the school’s all-time leader in single game completion percentage, has seven touchdowns and one interception in the past three halves of play.

“From halftime of Wake Forest through now, for a guy

that’s only played three games, it’s been a pretty remarkable stretch,” O’Brien said. “The good news is he can be bet-ter. He can be better than he is now because he works at it and he has the talent to be a better quarterback if we can protect him.”

With the whole country watching, Glennon and the offense may just need another remarkable effort to help their defense.

N.C. State Club Fencing continues swordplay on campus.

Nate PedderStaff Writer

A group of dedicated athletes attempts to stab each other ev-ery Monday and Wednesday night in Carmichael Gym. These are the members of the N.C. State Club Fencing team.

Kevin Barkett, a senior ma-joring in physics and the presi-dent of the team, spoke about what drove him to join the club and what he enjoys about the sport of fencing.

“I was intrigued by it fresh-man year. I thought I’d ex-plore something new since it’s college, and fencing class was available, so I figured why not,” Barkett explained. “Now I like the competitive nature of the sport and the concept behind it. I mean, how often do you get to wield a sword and stab people in a fair fight?”

The fencing club team has about 15 members that show up every week, ranging in experi-

ence levels from students just beginning to learn the rules of fencing to class A—the top, national-ranking group—stu-dents. The rules of fencing are not complicated, as in most sports, especially with the style of fencing the club team uses.

The club team utilizes a fenc-ing style known as épée, which is simpler than the other two types of fencing, foil and sabre. With épée, any hit from the tip of the épée scores a point and each bout usually goes to 15. On the tip of the weapon, there is a button connected to an electrical system that runs down the length of the blade and through wires up the fenc-er’s sleeve. From there, either a signal is transmitted through wires or wirelessly to an electri-cal scoring box, which lights up every time the button is com-pressed for a strike.

Graduate student in civil en-gineering and also coach of the team, Kelly Herrick, who has fenced for over 11 years, spoke of the advantages of épée over foil and sabre.

“There are fewer rules in épée than foil and sabre,” Herrick

said. “Those two rely on a ref-eree interpreting the flow of the bout, who has control. “Épée gets rid of that middle man.”

Herrick also explained why he enjoys fencing so much after 11 years.

“I like fencing because it doesn’t require just physical activity, you have to be able to think as well,” Herrick said. “You have to have that balance. You can be quick and you can be smart, but if you can’t do both, you won’t do as well.”

While Herrick is one of the few fencers at State who fenced before college, most students on the team initially gained interest for the team by taking the PE class. The class had al-ways been a recruiting tool for the club, finding new students interested in the sport who enjoy it enough to continue on the team after they complete the class. However, the fenc-ing class is no longer offered at State and the club team could feel the consequences down the line.

Josh Holben, a senior in aerospace engineering, spoke of the effect that the loss of the

fencing class could have on the club team.

“It’s one of the biggest draws that brings people to the fenc-ing club. A lot of the times, people have heard of fencing before so they take the class at State. Then, if they like it, they continue with the club,” Hol-ben said. “Most of the people

come here because they took the class.”

Fencing is a sport of balance, both physically and mentally. Fencers must stay focused, as the action of the sport happens so fast. Balance is the most im-portant physical aspect of the sport, by being able to move back and forth with ease while

parrying opponent’s blows and lunging for attacks.

While the nature of the sport is difficult to sum up, Holben provided an analogy to explain the sport.

“It works your mind and it works your body,” Holben said. “It’s like chess with swords.”

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has performed this season.“When we recruited Steph

[Bronson], we knew she was a very talented player and she possessed some things that would help our team immedi-ately,” Springthorpe said. “Her quickness, her speed, her tech-nical ability on the ball, she’s

one of our leading goal scorers, she’s playing at a very high level right now so she is hugely vital to our team.”

Springthorpe also seemed mindful of the attacking threat possessed by the Demon Dea-cons.

“Wake’s a great team, they have got some attacking per-sonalities that we are going to have to be mindful of,” Springthorpe said. “They have a forward Katie Stengel, who

leads the league in goals right now, she’s a handful. They’ll be a great team and it will be a good challenge for us. We have got to make sure our team is defensively prepared to handle that but at the same time we want to be able to attack, too. I think we have matched up pretty well before and hope-fully we’ll do that on Thurs-day night.”

soccercontinued from page 8

tim o’brien/technicianFencer Tom Whalen, senior in civil engineering and history, bouts with Kelly Herrick, senior in civil engineering, at club team practice in Carmichael Gym Monday. Herrick has been fencing for over 11 years and describes it as ‘physical chess.’ “You have to be both quick and smart,” Herrick said.

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All signs point towards an offensive shootout as Pack faces Bearcats on national television.

Sean FairholmDeputy Sports Editor

Only four days after the ACC lacerated the foundation of Big East football by stealing away Syracuse and Pittsburgh, the two conferences are already set for on-field battle.

Suffering a 30-19 loss in Raleigh last season, Cincin-nati (2-1, 0-0 Big East) will be searching for payback against N.C. State (2-1, 0-1 ACC) in the finale of a Thursday night home-and-home series. The expected sellout at Nippert Sta-dium prepares to wear all black in anticipation of Cincinnati’s first primetime Thursday night home game in nearly three years.

“We’re going to their place, which is a hostile environ-ment,” wide receiver Tobais Palmer said. “Word on the street is that they owe us one.

“We just have to be ready for them.”

As State plays at Cincinnati for the first time in school his-tory, injuries and underachiev-ing play have put the Wolf-pack in an underdog position. Palmer, one of the major bright spots early in the season, said the term ‘underdog’ is absent in State’s locker room.

“That’s what [Cincinnati] thinks,” Palmer said. “They think they’ve got us figured out, but we’re going to do what we have to do.

“We just have to handle busi-ness and come back home with a ‘W.’”

And to handle business, the

Pack has to overcome travel-ing during a short week while continuing to accumulate in-juries. With defensive end Art Norman and linebacker Terrell Manning going down during last Saturday’s South Alabama game, State’s ailing defense faces an even larger challenge to contain the fourth-best scor-ing offense in the country.

“We’re beat up right now,” Palmer said. “We’re trying to get our bodies right, and we just have to come out here and focus by fighting through the pain.”

One of the most vital pieces of that banged-up defense is redshirt senior linebacker, Audie Cole, who recorded five tackles and one sack a year ago against quarterback Zach Col-laros and a Cincinnati offense that has grown since last Sep-

tember.“[Collaros] is quick, he can

throw the ball, and he did a good job against us last year,” Cole said. “He’s just more ex-perienced. The running back is good, the offensive line is better, so everyone has just improved a little bit.“

Cole also made note of a cru-cial factor for State’s defense – getting off of the field on third downs. Cincinnati, who leads the Big East in third down con-versions, has the overwhelming advantage on paper, as the Pack defense is 91st in the country at stopping teams on third down.

“[Not stopping team’s on third downs] gets frustrat-ing, but I’m not really worried about it,” Cole said. “We’ve been good on third down in the past, even though we’ve been struggling lately.”

Fi f t h-yea r head coach and Cincinnati native, Tom O’Brien, said 2011 has not been a kind year for Cole and the rest of the defense.

“It’s been a tough season to play defense around here,” O’Brien said. “Our defensive coaches have been playing the little Dutch boy, putting fingers in the dike right now.”

Although the task of stopping the Bearcats’ offense appears daunting, O’Brien made men-tion of how defensive backups are continuing to learn after receiving an impromptu crash course from the defensive coaching staff.

“Part of the problem we’ve had is not being able to ex-ecute the defense,” O’Brien

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Location: CinCinnati, OhiOtotaL EnroLLmEnt: 41,357EstabLishEd: 1819 confErEncE: big eaststadium: niPPeRt staDiUM capacity: 35,097

Focus on...

When Cincinnati has the ball:Bearcat Impact Player: #23 Isaiah Pead (Running Back)Wolfpack Impact Player: #27 Earl Wolff (Boundary Safety)

When N.C. State has the ball:Wolfpack Impact Player: #8 Mike Glennon (Quarterback)Bearcat Impact Player: #37 J.K. Schaffer (Linebacker)

HEAD-TO-HEAD: STATE VS. CINCICINCINNATI SCORING OFFENSE (4th)VS. N.C. State Scoring Defense (52nd)

N.C. STATE SCORING OFFENSE (41st) VS. Cincinnati Scoring Defense (55th)

CINCINNATI OFFENSE (84th) VS. N.C. State Pass Defense (103rd)

N.C. STATE PASS OFFENSE (39th) vs. Cincinnati Pass Defense (94th)

CINCINNATI RUSH OFFENSE (15th) vs. N.C. State Rush Defense (36th)

N.C. State Rush Offense (86th) vs. CINCINNATI RUSH DEFENSE (56th)

CINCINNATI KICKOFF COVERAGE (53rd) vs. N.C. State Kickoff Returners (61st)

N.C. State Kickoff Coverage (86th) vs. CINCINNATI KICKOFF RETURNERS (62nd)

N.C. STATE PENALTY YARDAGE (10th) vs. Cincinnati Penalty Yardage (19th)

Above are ESPN’s NCAA rankings of offense and defense. The helmet signifies an advantage.

Alex CAnoutAs/teChniCiAn ArChive photosenior fullback taylor Gentry dives over a cincinnati defensemen into the endzone last season, scoring the final touch down for n.c. state, leaving the score 30-7 in the middle of the fourth quarter. Gentry had three receptions and covered 20 yards for the game.

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women’s soccer

Wolfpack women, 8-2, set sights on Demon Deacons N.C. State prepares to take on Wake Forest tonight.

Rishav DeyStaff Writer

N.C. State’s women’s soccer team (8-2, 0-1 ACC) takes on Wake Forest (8-1, 1-0 ACC) in the Dail Soccer Sta-dium tonight at 7 p.m. against their second consecutive top-10 opponent in ACC play.

No. 7 Wake Forest comes to Raleigh as the favorite in what should prove to be a tough encounter for the Pack.

State, who lost their previous game against an ACC opponent in the form of UNC-Chapel Hill, showed incred-

ible mental strength to bounce back against Towson to clinch the game at 3-1. It will be a completely different story against the Demon Deacons.

Senior defender Alex Berger, who is also the joint top scorer for the team, felt that looking forward after the loss against UNC was the best thing to do.

“We just had to forget about UNC, we had to learn from our mistakes,” Berger said. “We had to take that loss and turn it around and find something positive to take away from the game. We know we are a good team and didn’t show it against Carolina, and we were determined to come back and show that against Towson.”

Berger also revealed her enthusiasm

at the opportunity to play a top-10 team like Wake Forest and having the chance to pull off an upset.

“We are excited, we always look for-ward to a challenge and that’s what we love about playing in the ACC,” Berger said. “There’s always a chance, at least five or six times, if not more, per sea-son, to knock off a top-10 team and we look forward to that opportunity.”

Berger also discussed the plan the team had in place for the ACC player of week, Wake Forest forward Katie Stengel, who currently has 25 points to her name.

“We want to keep her in front of us, we want to keep her back to the goal,” Berger said. “We want her to receive

the ball facing away and double down on her and block her shots.”

Senior forward Tanya Cain, who is currently tied for second in the team for points scored, is feeling optimistic going into the game.

“I think it goes to show that any team can be beaten on any day, like Wake Forest was ranked lower than FSU and they beat them and it’s the same with us,” Cain said. “We are ranked lower than them so any day anyone can beat anyone, so it’s just a good challenge and we are ready for it.”

Cain also lavished praise for fellow freshmen forward Stephanie Bronson, who leads the team in goals scored and

points scored, combining with Cain to have 17 shots in their previous game.

“I think it’s awesome to have an attacking mentality,” Cain said. “In the past, we have played in different formations, where we haven’t had as much of an attack, but its really nice to have someone besides you that you can count on and know that she’s going to get to that ball and get a great shot.”

Coach Steve Springthorpe, who is having his best ever start to a season in his three years at N.C. State, was de-lighted with the way Bronson, who has scored in each of the last three games,

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