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TECHNICIAN Raleigh, North Carolina technicianonline.com Alden Early Correspondent Since the Japanese nuclear reac- tor crisis of Fukushima in 2011, the future of nuclear energy and pub- lic safety have reached question- able crossroads. An event Monday night aimed to inform students on the introcacies of a nuclear-powered future. N.C. State’s School of Public and International Affairs hosted an event Monday to discuss the future and viability of nuclear power on a global scale. Adam N. Shulberg, an associate professor of international affairs at Georgia Tech spoke on the subject. Shulberg said nuclear-power sci- entists in the U.S. have used two contrasting definitions of nuclear power since the 1950s. He said he thinks nuclear energy has an iden- b 6 3 FANCY A FREE WAX? 5 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS 866 993 4929 / waxcenter.com KELSEY BEAL/TECHNICIAN Adam Stulberg from Georgia Institute of Technology spoke on the future of nuclear energy, Monday, in Park Shops. “Fukashima was a confirmatory event,” Stulberg said. “Those countries that were for nuclear power are still pro-nuclear power. Those against stayed against. Those ambivalent remained ambivalent.” Future of nuclear power: ‘uncertain’ inside technician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Hunt lacks dining optionsSee page 3 Vintage dance revitalizes old style See page 5 Who will be your next SBP? GRAPHIC BY TREY FERGUSON Staff Report The Student Government Election Com- mission filed three applications for stu- dent body president by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Matt Williams, Lauren Collier and Dwayne O’Rear applied. Student Gov- ernment is processing these applications, which are subject disqualification, and run- ning background checks on the candidates. The Student Body Constitution states the SBP: • Be chief executive officer of the student body • Represent the student body in dealings with the students of other universities, the faculty and administration • Appoint officers necessary for the op- eration of Student Government during summer sessions • Enforce and administer all acts passed by the Student Senate • Have the power to veto any Student Sen- ate act within ten days of receipt from the Student Senate President • Address the Student Senate at such times as they may invite him/her to do so or at such times as he/she may request the Sen- ate President to let him do so, recommend that the Student Senate President present legislation, and present an annual report of the year’s Student Government activities following the elections • Call and preside at meetings of the student body • Make appointments to fill vacated elective offices, unless otherwise specified in the Student Body Constitution or Student Body Statutes subject to the approval by a two-thirds majority of the Student Senate • Serve as a voting member of Advisory Board to the President of the UNC System and as a voting member of the UNC Association of Student Governments Nacoste wins BOG teaching award Rupert Nacoste won the 2013 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching for N.C. State. Nacoste teaches social psychology at the University and said he was required to submit student evaluations, two student letters and two letters from peers or professors to be considered for the award. In a letter to Nacoste, Peter Hans, chairman of the UNC Board of Governors said Nacoste will be awarded a $7,500 stipend and will be honored at the Spring graduation ceremony. Nacoste, who has won the award previously, will receive an engraved medallion in addition to other honors. Man arrested in library A homeless man was arrested at D.H. Hill Library Learning Commons on second-degree trespassing charges Monday night, according to Sgt. Timothy Hammonds of Campus Police. In an email from Hammonds, he stated Cameron David George was using public computers in the library when he was arrested for trespassing for the third time. George had been arrested in December and again on Feb. 7, both on charges of trespassing. Hammonds stated in the email George did not resist arrest and was escorted out of the library “without incident.” Man commits suicide in Wolf Creek apartments A man committed suicide at Wolf Creek apartments overnight Sunday, according to Jim Sughrue, a spokesman for Raleigh police. Sughrue said the man’s personal information will be kept private until further notice, but said the man was 21 years old and his family has been informed of his death. The Counseling Center is available for grieving students and those who think they may be facing anxiety and depression. Transforming Economies event to take place today Chancellor Randy Woodson will host an event to brainstorm economic growth this afternoon from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Hunt Library. The event will feature speakers from other campuses and businesses around the nation including Jim Goodnight, CEO and co-founder of SAS as well as Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek of the University of Tennessee. Topics will include industry partnerships, the University’s role in the economy and innovation. The event will also allot time for networking between speaking sessions. Drop date approaches The last day to drop a class or change to credit only is March 11, following spring break next week. Students must drop before 11:59 p.m. on Monday to completely drop a course via MyPack Portal. Small businesses spice up the Triangle See page 6 Wrestling potentially removed from Olympics See page 8 Bell Tower Briefs NUCLEAR continued page 3
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TECHNICIANRaleigh, North Carolina
technicianonline.com
Alden EarlyCorrespondent
Since the Japanese nuclear reac-tor crisis of Fukushima in 2011, the future of nuclear energy and pub-lic safety have reached question-able crossroads. An event Monday night aimed to inform students on the introcacies of a nuclear-powered future.
N.C. State’s School of Public and International Affairs hosted an event Monday to discuss the future and viability of nuclear power on a global scale.
Adam N. Shulberg, an associate professor of international affairs at Georgia Tech spoke on the subject.
Shulberg said nuclear-power sci-entists in the U.S. have used two contrasting definitions of nuclear power since the 1950s. He said he thinks nuclear energy has an iden-
KELSEY BEAL/TECHNICIANAdam Stulberg from Georgia Institute of Technology spoke on the future of nuclear energy, Monday, in Park Shops. “Fukashima was a confirmatory event,” Stulberg said. “Those countries that were for nuclear power are still pro-nuclear power. Those against stayed against. Those ambivalent remained ambivalent.”
The Student Government Election Com-mission f iled three applications for stu-dent body president by Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline. Matt Williams, Lauren Collier and Dwayne O’Rear applied. Student Gov-ernment is processing these applications, which are subject disqualification, and run-ning background checks on the candidates. The Student Body Constitution states the SBP:
• Be chief executive officer of the student body
• Represent the student body in dealings with the students of other universities, the faculty and administration
• Appoint officers necessary for the op-eration of Student Government during summer sessions
• Enforce and administer all acts passed by the Student Senate
• Have the power to veto any Student Sen-ate act within ten days of receipt from the Student Senate President
• Address the Student Senate at such times as they may invite him/her to do so or at such times as he/she may request the Sen-ate President to let him do so, recommend that the Student Senate President present legislation, and present an annual report of the year’s Student Government activities following the elections
• Call and preside at meetings of the student body
• Make appointments to fill vacated elective offices, unless otherwise specified in the Student Body Constitution or Student Body Statutes subject to the approval by a two-thirds majority of the Student Senate
• Serve as a voting member of Advisory Board to the President of the UNC System and as a voting member of the UNC Association of Student Governments
Nacoste wins BOG teaching awardRupert Nacoste won the 2013 University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching for N.C. State.Nacoste teaches social psychology at the University and said he was required to submit student evaluations, two student letters and two letters from peers or professors to be considered for the award.In a letter to Nacoste, Peter Hans, chairman of the UNC Board of Governors said Nacoste will be awarded a $7,500 stipend and will be honored at the Spring graduation ceremony.Nacoste, who has won the award previously, will receive an engraved medallion in addition to other honors.
Man arrested in libraryA homeless man was arrested at D.H. Hill Library Learning Commons on second-degree trespassing charges Monday night, according to Sgt. Timothy Hammonds of Campus Police.In an email from Hammonds, he stated Cameron David George was using public computers in the library when he was arrested for trespassing for the third time. George had been arrested in December and again on Feb. 7, both on charges of trespassing.Hammonds stated in the email George did not resist arrest and was escorted out of the library “without incident.”
Man commits suicide in Wolf Creek apartmentsA man committed suicide at Wolf Creek apartments overnight Sunday, according to Jim Sughrue, a spokesman for Raleigh police.Sughrue said the man’s personal information will be kept private until further notice, but said the man was 21 years old and his family has been informed of his death.The Counseling Center is available for grieving students and those who think they may be facing anxiety and depression.
Transforming Economies event to take place todayChancellor Randy Woodson will host an event to brainstorm economic growth this afternoon from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Hunt Library.The event will feature speakers from other campuses and businesses around the nation including Jim Goodnight, CEO and co-founder of SAS as well as Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek of the University of Tennessee.Topics will include industry partnerships, the University’s role in the economy and innovation. The event will also allot time for networking between speaking sessions.
Drop date approachesThe last day to drop a class or change to credit only is March 11, following spring break next week.Students must drop before 11:59 p.m. on Monday to completely drop a course via MyPack Portal.
Small businesses spice up the TriangleSeepage6
Wrestling potentially removed from OlympicsSeepage8
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Christian O’Neal, senior in mechanical engineering, practices lines backstage during a five minute hold prior to the start of An Inspector Calls Tuesday, 12 Feb 13. “My favorite part about acting in this play was hearing various interpretations of who the inspector really was. A few of my favorites are that he was John Smith (Eva
Smith’s brother), that he was the spirit of Eva’s unborn child, and that he was actually Doctor Who,” O’Neal, who portrayed Inspector Goole, said. The mystery suspense play ended its run at Thompson Theater Sunday 24 Feb 13.
PHOTO BY KELSEY BEAL
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONSIn Monday’s “Dance marathon raises $60K” the event actually occurred on Friday night to Saturday morning, not Saturday to Sunday as reported. The Dance Marathon is not the first of its type: For six year, the University hosted the Packathon until 2008. The UNC Dance Marathon has raised $3.7 million in total, but the registered 501c3 non-profit revealed two weeks ago tits total for this year was $430,181.68.
Send all clarifications and corrections to Editor-in-Chief Mark Herring at [email protected]
POLICE BLOTTERFRIDAY 11:18 A.M. | LARCENY - MOTOR VEHICLEWolf Village Lot Student reported theft of motorcycle.
12:37 P.M. | HIT & RUN Bragaw Lot Unknown vehicle struck parked vehicle and fled the scene.
4:24 P.M. | LARCENYEB IIIStudent reported theft of unattended jacket. Jacket was later found.
CAMPUS CALENDAR
TuesdayTRANSFORMING ECONOMIES: THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITY INNOVATION IN ECONOMIC GROWTHHunt Library, 1:30 to 6 p.m.
WednesdayBRAZIL: CULTURAL SHOWCASECaldwell Lounge, 12 to 2 p.m.
ThursdayWHAT’S NEW IN MOODLE 2D.H. Hill ITTC Labs 1A and 1B, 12 to 1 p.m.
FridayCRAFTS CENTER EXHIBITION: “WHO LET THE WOLVES OUT!”The Craft Center, All day
Monday to Friday, March 4 – 8SPRING BREAK
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Economic segregation in education still persistsLiz Moomey Staff Writer
North Carolina public school systems are facing a resurgence in economic seg-regation, a Duke University study found. Racial segrega-tion within schools, however, has declined.
Wake County was an ex-ception to the rise in eco-nomic segregation because of a policy created to end the imbalance 15 years ago, with mandatory busing to ensure diversity. The rule was to have no more than 40 percent of the students enrolled in the National School Lunch Pro-gram, according to Charles Clotfelter, a Duke economic, public policy and law profes-sor. The NSLP provides stu-dents with nutritionally bal-anced, low-cost or free lunch each school day.
Mecklenburg, Vance, Hyde, Bertie and Forsyth counties have the highest rates of eco-
nomic imbalance, Clotfelter said. He claims that these counties could look to Wake County as an example. But for some, economic segrega-tion isn’t a problem that needs to be severely addressed.
“Everybody is concerned about it, just at different de-grees,” Clotfelter said.
In an interview with Indy Week, Clotfelter said he thinks economic segregation should be a concern because schools with high percentages of low-income students have a harder time recruiting and retaining good teachers. Low-income students typically underperform compared to their affluent peers, but qual-ity teachers can help offset this trend.
Wake County is an unusual county because the Board of Education had an explicit policy about economic bal-ance, Clotfelter said.
In a 5-4 vote, policy ended in 2010 after a Republican
majority overruled the policy of busing students. The prac-tice was still in effect for the 2010-11 school year, the last year Clotfelter collected his research data. Wake County may go back toward the di-versity model now that Dem-ocrats regained control of the Board of Education.
Mecklenburg County had a similar busing policy to Wake County, but it was removed in 2002, leading to more neigh-borhood-centric schools.
Clotfelter said he thinks the reason Wake County concentrated on balancing the schools both economi-cally and racially was to keep downtown neighborhoods at-tractive, which has paid off.
In 2011, Businessweek ranked Raleigh — the big-gest city in Wake County — as one of “America’s 50 Best Cities,” using public educa-tion as a criterion.
In an interv iew with WUNC, Clotfelter said state
counties should consolidate districts to improve diversity in their classrooms, a solution that would especially benefit Halifax County, located in northeastern North Carolina, and Davidson County, locat-ed south of the Triad. Vance County, north of Wa ke County, is the most economi-cally seg-regated county in the state.
“Both of them have two city districts plus the county district, and there are marked differences in racial composi-tion among those,” Clotfelter told WUNC.
Creating a more balanced school in terms of race is not allowed because of 1954 Su-preme Court ruling Brown v.
Board of Education, Clotfel-ter said. But school systems can diversify themselves based on income.
Nat ionw ide economic segregation is on the rise in neighborhoods as well. Ac-
cording to t h e Pe w Research Center, 28 percent of lowe r income house-hold s i n 2010 were located in a majority lower in-
come census district, up from 23 percent in 1980. Eighteen percent of upper income households were located in a majority upper income cen-sus district, compared to 9 percent in 1980.
But things may not change in North Carolina. Gov. Pat McCrory named Tony Tata,
former Wake County School Superintendent, as the secre-tary of transportation. Under Tata’s tumultuous 20-month tenure on the board, he out-lined a choice-based student assignment plan that would have “protracted dysfunc-tion in the system’s busing of more than 70,000 students,” according to The News & Ob-server.
As Clotfelter’s research indicates, North Carolina schools and politicians have work to do before economic disparities improve.
“Although state-enforced school segregation is now a distant memory, significant disparities remain between schools, both racial and eco-nomic,” Clotfelter stated in a press release. “These dis-parities are among the most pressing civil rights issues of our time.”
“there are marked
differences in
racial composition
among [Wake and
Vance County].”Charles Clotfelter,
economic, public policy and law professor at Duke University
NewsKevin Schaefer Staff Writer
The Hunt Library has touted itself as a center for students to interact, yet it lacks significant dining options.
Students who study at Hunt have few dining op-tions during the day and must travel beyond Cen-tennial Campus in order to purchase meals or coffee.
Common Grounds Café resides within Hunt and currently runs from 7:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. on week-days, but plans on extend-ing its hours in the near future. The library is open 24 hours a day with abbre-viated hours on weekends.
In addition to extending Common Grounds’ hours to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, Jennifer Hol-land Gilmore, Director of Marketing and Commu-nication, said the area sur-rounding Hunt will see a new restaurant soon.
“We are currently con-structing ‘On the Oval Cu-linary Creations,’ located at Wolf Ridge to meet the bigger need for foodservice on Centennial Campus,” Gilmore said.
Food trucks occupy Cen-tennial during the day and the Innovation Café is also open on campus for break-fast and lunch.
James Park, an unde-clared freshman, said he does not use Hunt as a place for studying partially
because of the lack of dining options.
“I just wish they had some quality, inexpensive food. I feel like that’s the one thing they’re missing,” Park said. “It’s an important aspect, especially for students who spend hours studying there. Vending machines just aren’t enough.”
D.H. Hill is located conve-niently above the Atrium on main campus in addition to food options adjacent to the library on Hillsborough St., providing suitable options for the 24 hour-a-day library on weekdays.
David Hiscoe, director of communications strategy for N.C. State Libraries, said the
current food options after 8 p.m. in Hunt are a snack ma-chine and a drink machine on the fifth floor.
With plans in motion to implement better dining op-tions, students will hopefully spend more time enjoying the innovative features of Hunt for work and study purposes.
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RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANThe attrium on the main level of the Hunt Library features chairs and space for students to sit and relax with friends or work on homework.
tity crisis in this context. “Is nuclear energy this warm
and fuzzy thing,” Shulberg said, “[or] this monster we made it out to be to intimidate the Russians?”
Shulberg said he believes na-tions invest in nuclear energy for a variety reasons including energy security and economic stimulation.
A nation’s political lean-ings are a major factor in how it uses its nuclear agenda ac-cording to Shulberg. He said authoritarian-led countries, like Iran, attempt to stock-pile nuclear weapons to build a powerful reputation.
Shulberg attempted to dispel popular myths and falsehoods about nuclear energy. Shul-berg said he does not believe in the “Siamese Twins” myth that there is a link between countries pursuing nuclear power initiatives and those seeking nuclear weapons pro-grams.
He predicts nuclear energy use will experience a resur-gence among established countries as opposed to a re-naissance in the future. Shul-berg said he expects there will be a “deepening rather than a widening” of nuclear powered nations going forward.
Korea, Russia, India and China are nations Shulberg said he believes will play a crucial role in the future of developing the energy source.
Six percent of the world’s to-tal energy use stems from nu-clear power and 13.5 percent of the global electricity gen-
eration currently comes from the source, accord-ing to Shulberg. He said 30 countries and Taiwan (also known as the Republic of China) have invested in this field of energy.
Shulberg said to the au-dience that while there have been very few nuclear power-related accidents, it is difficult to overcome lin-gering societal scars left by the nuclear catastrophes at Three Mile Island, Cher-nobyl and most recently Fukushima Dai-ichi.
The “Fukushima Effect” quieted many support-ers of nuclear power as the world took notice of a Japanese nuclear plant that leaked radioactive waste following a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
The leakage led to a 30-kilometer evacuation zone around the facility and the closing of the plant in April 2011.
“The psychological im-pacts of Fukushima reso-nates in another part of the world,” Shulberg said.
What had been built up to be an “unbridled sense of optimism” had quickly turned to a “pervasive sense of pessimism,” ac-cording to Shulberg.
Shulberg also serves as the Co-director of the Center for International Strategy, Technology and Policy at Georgia Tech.
His latest book was re-leased in Jan. 2013 and is titled The Nuclear Renais-sance and International Security.
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ViewpointPAGE 4 •• TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013 TECHNICIAN
Technician (USPS 455-050) is the official student newspaper of N.C. State University and is published every Monday through Friday throughout the academic year from August through May except during holidays and examination periods. Opinions expressed in the columns, cartoons, photo illustrations and letters that appear on Technician’s pages are the views of the individual writers and cartoonists. As a public forum for student expression, the students determine the content of the publication without prior review. To receive permission for reproduction, please write the editor. Subscription cost is $100 per year. A single copy is free to all students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus. Additional copies are $0.25 each. Printed by The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C., Copyright 2011 by North Carolina State Student Media. All rights reserved.
We would like to give one of our professors the praise of which he
is well-deserved. Congratulations to Rupert Na-
coste for winning the 2013 Board of Governors Award for Excel-lence in Teaching. Thanks to his hard work inside and outside of the classroom, he has been named the best teacher at N.C. State for the 2012-13 school year.
Barring its tuition cost decisions and misrepresentation issues, the BOG got this one right.
Nacoste has taught at N.C. State since 1988. His list of accom-plishments include time as vice provost for Diversity and African American Affairs from 2000-02, an admission to the Academy
of Outstanding Teachers in 1994 and the Alumni Distinguished award in 1999. He is undoubtedly qualified.
RateMyProfessor.com, known for hosting brutal comments about N.C. State professors, con-tains nothing but extreme praise for Nacoste. N.C. State professors average a 3.7 out of 5 on the site. Nacoste has a 4.5, and comments often include “life-changing,” “amazing” and “the best.”
Our favorite comment came from someone who was too ex-cited to wait for the semester to end:
“I’ve only had him for like, 1 month, but this guy is awesome.”
Despite N.C. State’s recent at-tempts to redefine the Univer-sity as a mainly technical school, Nacoste’s psychology courses are part of the liberal arts programs to which Gov. Pat McCrory recently proposed cuts in funding. This makes the award even more laud-able, as the Board of Governors deemed Nacoste the best profes-sor from N.C. State as a whole, not just the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
In addition to his academic achievements, Nacoste is a strong supporter of civil rights and social justice. His research on interper-sonal relationships and modern
racial tensions has led him to publish multiple essays on what he
calls “neo-diversity.” His classes, often called tough or intense, in-clude his thoughts on the false claim that we live in a post-racist United States, and he challenges his students to confront preju-dice on campus and within their personal lives. He seeks to genu-inely educate students about these tough topics.
“Wherever we are in America, we have to learn to interact with each other as individuals, not as representatives of a group,” Na-coste recently wrote in a guest column in Technician. “If you try to interact with someone as a
representative of a group, that in-teraction will go bad because your strategy will require that you rely on stereotypes.”
We greatly respect Nacoste and completely support the Board of Governors in their decision to recognize him with this award. He is a model of both academic excellence — through the respect he garners from students — and civil rights activism — through his willingness to promote diver-sity and thoughtfully discuss hard topics.
So Nacoste, this goes out to you. Who Dat?
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.
An award well-deserved
{ }IN YOUR WORDS
BY BRETT MORRIS
Do you think the drinking age should
be lowered?
“It doesn’t seem to be a problem in other countries where the drinking age is 18.”
Hunter Hendrickfreshman, textile engineering
“Yeah. If you can be 18 and join the military, then you should be able to drink alcohol. ”
Casey Mackeysophomore, social work.
Immigrants of ‘no lawful status’ to receive licenses
The North Carolina Division of Motor Ve-hicles announced two
weeks ago that it will begin issuing driver’s licenses to immigrants, including some undocumented immigrants, beginning March 25.
State Transportation Sec-retary Tony Tata explained, “They will be able to come in
and get a driver’s license. We will know who they are. They will have a license.
They will have i n-
surance, and it will make our roads safer.”
Both Republicans and Democrats agree that giving licenses to immigrants will make them better drivers. However, our legislators are arguing about the specifics. The immigrants the license would supposedly benefit are complaining about its design while Republicans are com-plaining about its legality.
First, some background. The Obama administration’s Deferred Action for Child-hood Arrivals program, im-plemented June 2012, blocks deportation and grants fed-eral work permits to quali-fied applicants brought to the United States as children, according to The Associated Press. DACA participants have “legal presence” even if they do not have “lawful status,” according to the of-fice of Attorney General Roy Cooper.
This relates to the DMV in that it will mar the immi-grants’ licenses with a bright pink stripe across the top and the bolded words “NO LAW-FUL STATUS.” This could stigmatize the cardholders, as most people do not under-stand the difference between “legal presence” and “lawful status.” The concept is diffi-cult at best.
According to the U.S. Immigration Visa Center, “There are a variety of situ-ations where a person may not be in lawful status (out of legal status), but is still not accumulating unlawful presence.” The center out-lines more than 15 different scenarios in which someone
may have legal presence without lawful status.
The process is unclear, and most American citi-zens have no need to under-stand immigration policies. American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina attorney Raul Pinto is con-cerned that the “unneces-sary marker . . . could lead to harassment, confusion and racial profiling.”
Conversely, Rep. Mark Brody (R-Union) is con-cerned that despite the pink markings, the words “Lim-ited Term” along the right edge and “DEFERRED AC-TION” in the background, the cardholder could some-how find a way to use this license to register to vote.
Under current North Carolina law, anyone with federal documentation of his or her legal presence in the United States can re-ceive a license. Republicans proposed a bill Thursday to prevent the DMV from issu-ing licenses to DACA par-ticipants before June 15, to give them time to change state law.
If the DMV implements these licenses, they need to first redesign them. The license can still identify someone as a noncitizen without blatantly stating it in bold capital letters. The words “no lawful status” can be moved under the “Restrictions” subheading on the back of the license. If vote-registering agencies make it policy to check the back of the license, there won’t be a problem of voter fraud.
Concerns about the li-cense’s design and voter fraud can be easily solved. However, the l icenses themselves are unjustified. They expire after two years, which does not give DACA participants enough time to gain citizenship.
Because it doesn’t lead to citizenship, the program only permits a license for immigrants in the limbo between unlawful status and illegal presence — they can be easily identified and deported in two years.
It’s a euphemism, in a way. But after those two years, it’s all the same.
Megan EllisorDeputy Viewpoint Editor
“I think it should be 21 so it’s not easier for high schoolers to get alcohol. ”
Mollie Fitzgeraldsophomore, elementary education
“At 18 we’re legally adults so we should be able to make the decision to drink alcohol on our own.”
Allison Newbiesophomore, psychology
The gift of givingThe sundial in front
of Primrose Hall, inscribed with the
words “Class 1913,” will forever commemorate this century-old bunch of graduates. The Dan Allen Gateway — to the chagrin of many — stands as a trib-
ut e t o the class of 2011.
Now when we think or utter, “How do I use this sun-dial?” or “Damn
this God-forsaken gate,” we’ll fondly reminisce about the classes responsible for them.
Soon-to-be graduates want rich memories of their time on campus, but we too want to be remem-bered. A senior class gift represents the combined effort to give back to the University and to cement a legacy. But it seems as if gifts made in solidarity are a thing of the past, thanks to the new “passion-based” gift-giving.
An email I received from the co-chairs of the Senior Class Gift Campaign ex-plained that I could give a gift of $20.13 to a list of various funds and organi-zations. Instead of one large gift from many students,
the University will receive a myriad of smaller gifts from many students. According to the email, the options for where my $20.13 can go are endless — anywhere from the Finish the Bell Tower Fund to the J.C. Raulston Arboretum.
Seniors can also fill in a blank if they, like me, are not too passionate about the suggested items in the list of established funds. The pos-sibilities are endless . . .
Or are they?I was told
that my gift might not go to its in-tended des-ignation, a fund of my own creation for a cause I hold dear to my hea r t : The Install Partitions Between Ev-ery Urinal on Campus Fund.
Why not? This is a 21st Cen-tury campus, and we should upgrade our restrooms to reflect that. And excuse my potty language, but while we’re at it, I’d give another $20.13 to the Fix the Men’s Toilet on the Third Floor of Witherspoon Fund.
Chances are I’d be the only person donating to either of those funds, so my donation would have an infinitesimal impact. So it raises this ques-tion: Do the donations desig-
nated for unpopular funds still go to those funds? If not, to what do they go?
Why not collect the dona-tions in a giant pot and use that money to make a real, visible impact on campus?
Past graduating classes have gifted green-spaces and scholarship endow-ments. Those are gifts that benefit future students and symbolically seal a bond between seniors and their soon-to-be alma mater.
Even if t he su m of all do-nations is sizable, future stu-dents and wanderers on campus will never know the impact the c l a s s o f 2013 had o n t h i s
University. Admittedly, I am being sentimental, and perhaps a bit egotistical. But the class of 2013 will be for-gotten unless we each raise money to memorialize our-selves with statues.
With that said, I think I just found a fund I can pas-sionately give to.
Ahmed AmerViewpoint Editor
Matthew Clark, senior in arts application
“A senior class
gift represents
the combined
effort to give
back to the
University and to
cement a legacy.”
FeaturesPAGE 5 •• TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2013TECHNICIAN
Lindsey SchaeferStaff Writer
Environmental concerns remain important in the de-velopment and planning for new construction on campus. After all, encouraging envi-ronmentally friendly ways of designing rooms and spaces on campus is a major role of the Sustainability Office.
To meet the University’s sustainability goals, the Of-fice has charged Design and Construction Services Class-room Program Manager An-gela Lord, among others, to find ways to become more sustainable.
“When I was a student here, all the classrooms looked identical,” Lord said. “I’ve been trying steadily to change that and put color in the classrooms. Every room that I do is different somehow.”
Design and Construction Services uses several avenues to stay eco-friendly during its planning, Lord said.
“Students are tough, and [they] keep giving me new stuff to dream up,” Lord said.
All the carpet vendors that the department is using have sustainable options to increase the eco-friendly as-pects of renovation, including carpet recycling, Lord said.
With recent innovations, the University can install carpets without using glue, Lord said. And all the glues and paints that the Univer-sity deems as necessary have smaller amounts of volatile organic compounds, chemi-cals that can evaporate at rel-
atively low temperatures and can be harmful to student and environmental health.
“I’m pretty tough to con-vince and I do try to break products. I will put products out in classrooms and let them be tried out,” Lord said.
In addition, when buying carpet, Design and Con-struction Services prefers a certain form of nylon, called 6.6 Antron, which has a tight, strong molecular structure to avoid residual dirt and dust getting trapped in the fibers, Lord said. It only requires hot water to be cleaned.
Many of the fabrics used on are also made to use less water when produced compared to older products. The fabrics have backing to prevent any-thing from leaking into the furniture.
The department also uses Crypton, which is made in North Carolina. Crypton is the only textile solution offering permanent stain, moisture, mildew, bacteria and odor-resistant protec-tion, Lord said. State also uses a backing product called Nano-Tex, similar to Crypton and also eco-friendly.
One of the newest campus projects is the renovation of the Harrye B. Lyons Design Library. The department is planning to use a carpet called SmartStrand, the first new fiber on the market in a long time that isn’t nylon. This new fiber is corn-based, fade- and stain-resistant. To produce, it requires 30 per-cent less energy and emits 63 percent less carbon dioxide.
Apart from carpeting, the library will be installing Marmoleum, linoleum-like flooring made with linseed oil. It needs just water to be cleaned. When the renova-tion is finished in the fall of 2014, the library will be transformed into an innova-tion lab with design studios.
“How appropriate to put this in the textiles school, which is always looking for new ways to use fibers and fabrics,” Lord said.
The department is always looking for ways to “green” a classroom even more as well. Projects must now meet pre-requisites for waste and in-door air quality.
The new projects also aim to divert at least 50 percent of construction or demolition waste from landfills. Lord said the University tries to avoid materials with added urea-formaldehyde.
Some campus buildings, including Sullivan Shops III and the Student Health Cen-ter Addition, are “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Certified,” a nation-wide rating system that ranks green buildings. Certifica-tions in process include James B. Hunt Jr. Library, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Talley Student Center and Wolf Ridge at Centennial.
“We are trying very hard to find ways to be green. [Many students] don’t know it. We just do it,” Lord said. “What would really be cool is if we could just put signs on every-thing, but everyone should know that we are doing it.”
CHRIS RUPERT/TECHNICIANThe N.C. State Office of Sustainability has renovated several buildings and rooms around campus with the goal of making them more efficient.
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It’s hard to experience history through the pages of a book. Dawn Imershein makes it much easier: She teaches historical ballroom dances, particularly from the Victorian and Ragtime eras, at Triangle Vintage Dance Studios in Carrboro.
Her husband, Chris Imer-shein, got started in vintage dancing simply because the classes were cheaper than normal dance classes, but ended up falling in love with the older styles. He had been vintage dancing for about 10 years before he moved to North Carolina. Finding himself without a group to practice with, Imershein de-cided to start his own.
Daw n Imershein met Chris during his first year of teaching classes at Triangle Vintage Dance, and they now help run the studio and teach classes together. The dances they teach are almost completely historically ac-curate — Chris Imershein found some by reading older dance manuals and recreat-ing them, and has learned others from dance historians and vintage dance teachers.
The Victorian era, one of the eras the Imersheins fo-cus on, started as early as the 1840s and ended at the turn of the 19th century. The Rag-time dances were popular from the 1900s until about 1920.
The Victorian era was mainly characterized by dances like the waltz, schot-tische and polka, all of which are circular-moving couple
dancing. However, they are a bit more spirited than people normally think, Dawn Im-merishin said.
“It’s definitely faster than what you would think of as a modern day ballroom waltz,” Dawn Imershein said.
Dawn Imershein’s favorite dance of the Victorian era is the waltz.
“The Victorian waltz is very round — it’s a turning waltz that almost looks like the couples are spinning in little circles around the dance hall, but they are also doing little mini-circles, as if they were spinning around a pole,” Dawn Imershein said.
The polka and schottische are also quick turning danc-es, but have segments built into them where couples stray from the pattern and go into
military position, which is side-by-side dancing.
There are also less formal dances that were popular in the era called country dances that were called out to the dancers as they progressed.
“It’s similar to what a mod-ern country dance would be today, but with dances from back then,” Dawn Imershein said.
The Ragtime era also in-cluded a waltz, but it is called the hesitation waltz and is less circular and faster than the Victorian era waltz. Ragtime dancers also practice the one-step, a dance in which couples take one step per beat; the blues, which is slower; and the foxtrot, which alternates in rhythm. The tango, which is known for its “attitude,” as Dawn Imershein put it, is also
a ragtime dance.However, the school does
have a modern flare — Dawn Imershein says some modern moves are just too fun to give up.
“We actu-ally incorpo-rate some of the modern s t y le i nto our classes a t t i m e s , but we’ll tell people, ‘This is more of a modern-folk-waltz move,’” Dawn Imer-shein said.
Adding modern moves can also give some of the more circular dances variety.
“The Victorian turning waltz can actually make you really dizzy after a while if you’re just starting new, and so we try to make sure to give them some other things that
they can do in the begin-ning so they can still have f un da nc-ing,” Dawn Imershein said.
The school a l so hosts balls to bring together the vintage dancing community — its most
recent Victorian ball was Jan. 26, with a Ragtime tea dance the next day.
Most of the participants dress up according to the time period for the balls. Some buy period clothing, but most wear recreation costuming made from his-torically accurate patterns.
Men’s Victorian era cloth-ing includes tuxedos with tails and cravats or bow-ties, while women wear ball gowns that vary according to the decade they are modeled after. Up until the 1860s ball gowns with large hoop skirts were popular, but this transi-tioned into ball gowns with trains, and ball gowns with straight skirts were in style by the 1890s.
“Usually we have a mix be-tween the 1860s ball gowns that have hoops and the 1890s ball gowns that are straight. I think the reason that people gravitate toward those two decades is because the ball gowns are easier to dance in,” Dawn Imershein said.
Dawn Imershein loves the dances and costuming, but says that she has became so involved with vintage danc-ing because of the people.
“It never gets boring, that’s for sure — there’s always something new to learn,” Dawn Imershein said. “The people that participate in this type of dance are just a lot of fun.”
Triangle Vintage Dance hosts classes on Tuesday nights for beginners and in-termediate dancers.
Vintage Dance revitalizes old style
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CHRIS RUPERT/TECHNICIANLight switches adorn a wall in Schaub 114, a sustainable classroom. The N.C. State Office of Sustainability has renovated several buildings and rooms around campus with the goal of making them more efficient.
“It never gets
boring, that’s
for sure —
there’s always
something new
to learn.”Dawn Imershein
teacher at Triangle Vintage Dance
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Small businesses spice up the Triangle Andrea M. DanchiStaff Writer
Many students have heard grandparents or parents talk about the “good ol’ days” – the days when customers walked to the local grocery store, stepped into the drug store and had a friendly chat with the clerk behind the counter, or went to the mar-ket to get fresh produce.
They describe the clas-sic small-town, “Mayberry” life through rose-colored glasses. However, perhaps a “Mayberry lifestyle” is more a matter of perspective and choice than of a time that has passed us by.
During the last two years, t wo of t he la rge cha in grocery stores in downtown Raleigh have closed. People obviously have been getting groceries and supplies else-where. However, many won-der where.
The fact is, while these chain stores are shutting their doors, small local stores and businesses in downtown are thriving.
Consider City Market Pro-duce. Inside a garage-like building on Blake Street, boxes are stacked high and
are overf lowing with fresh fruits and vegetables. The walls are lined with shelves of preserves, bags of corn meal and hanging dried meat.
Costumers could easily forget where they are, except walking out the main shop door reveals the PNC Plaza skyscraper towering closely overhead.
City Market Produce isn’t new to Raleigh either.
“Been here a long time,” said Ricky Davis, an em-ployee. “Been in this building about 27 years.”
Raleigh has been a good home to the market.
“It’s like a bu nc h of friendly folks,” Da-v i s sa id . “There’s a lways a lot of cus-tomers. We know them by na me
and everything.” The importance of regu-
lar customers and knowing them personally was echoed throughout town.
The Square Rabbit is a locally owned bakery that serves cakes, pastries and cookies along in addition to lunch and catering. Though it benefits from the business of new costumers, it depends on the regulars that come in
every day. “I like being downtown.
It’s kind of a small-town feel,” said Ashley Crouse, an N.C. State student working at Square Rabbit. “I didn’t ex-pect that in Raleigh.”
Like City Market Produce, most of these businesses have been in Raleigh for decades.
Hamlin Drugs is the oldest African-American-owned drug store in the nation and has been serving the Raleigh community for 108 years.
“We’ve been able to focus on personal service, and we have been serving two, three, four generations of folks,” said Dr. John M. Johnson, head pharmacist at Hamlin.
“A lot of people consider this home,” said Mischelle Corbin, Johnson’s daughter. “They come in the store. We know them by name. We know how the grandkids are doing or how their children are doing or how their par-ents are doing.”
Hamlin has been in its cur-rent location on East Hargett Street since 1964. During a slow economic period in downtown Raleigh in the ‘60s, Johnson and his busi-ness partner built their new store.
“We were indicating our faith in the return of down-town,” said Johnson, now 83 years old. “So that’s when we built this building. And from
that point there was sort of a renewal of downtown.”
One of the visionaries in that renewal has been Tai-seer “Taz” Zarka, owner of three separate TAZ shops in downtown Raleigh. His goal was to be able to provide all the products that people need through his three stores.
From wine, cigars and flow-ers at his Tobacco, Wine & Gifts on East Martin Street to milk, bread, cleaning prod-ucts and fresh fruit in his other stores, Zarka’s shops have a little of everything.
By caring and providing
for the community, these lo-cal stores have helped create opportunities for new start-up businesses to join them downtown.
A good example of this is Seaboard Wine Warehouse. The warehouse has consis-tently provided Raleigh with personally selected wines from all over the world for 17 years this March. When it first opened, it was one of only three main shops in that area of town.
“Especially being here in Seaboard Station, it’s grown a lot,” said Ty Wagoner, an
employee at the Warehouse. “Now . . . we’ve got a bunch of shops [and] new buildings.”
The f lexibility to grow with the city is likely one of the reasons these local shops remain. Certainly, however, their small-town care that has stood the test of time is key. It’s clear that these stores are run from the heart.
“We take our time and we serve the patient,” said Corbin. “That’s the only rea-son we’re here.”
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Club paintball shoots its way into nationalsTy PrenticeStaff Writer
Many people on campus have not heard of the N.C. State club paintball team. Despite its obscurity, the club already has achieved a high level of success. In its first year as a recognized team at the University, it is already ranked in the national top 25.
The seven sharpshooters started competing in small Durham tournaments at Xtreme Kombat on Wake Forest Road.
“It’s a really nice field—the people are super nice and we’re also sponsored by Xtreme Kombat. So we try to play there as often as possi-ble,” said Nicholas Isenhour, team captain and junior in mechanical engineering. “We also get to practice against ECU, and that helps us gauge
where we are at as a team.”Each field is about the size
of a regulation football field. With five active shooters on each side, the main objec-tive is to capture the oppos-ing team’s flag from its base and hang it at your base.
The front players ac-tively try to get the f lag. T h e b a c k players help their team-m a t e s b y positioning them in op-timal places for a greater chance to either shoot the other team or cap-ture its flag.
This is also the team’s first year competing in the Na-tional Collegiate Paintball Association, the highest lev-
el in competitive collegiate paintball.
“We started to play together in Durham at Xtreme Kom-bat, and we got really good together,” Isenhour said. “We made it to the finals in every
tournament we played there, so we decided to step it up to the NCPA.”
N.C. State’s Club Paintball has had a great deal of suc-cess during its first offi-
cial season, consisting of one first-place finish, two third-place finishes, two fifth-place finishes and a seventh-place finish. The first- and third-place finishes came at the Xtreme Kombat tournaments
in Durham.Since stepping into the
NCPA, the group decided to create two separate teams: a Class-A NCPA team eligible for national championships and a practice squad.
The team’s next tourna-ment will be at the national championships April 19-21 in Lakeland, Fla. The tour-nament is one of the largest in the nation.
“Winning the national championship would mean that we are the best college paintball team in the na-tion,” said Isenhour. “We play for pride, so having that recognition and title would help grow our program, gain national recognition for N.C. State and get our team more recognition from the Univer-sity as well.”
COUTRESY OF PAINTBALL CLUB
Member of the club paintball team takes aim in a match.
“Winning
the national
championship
would mean that
we are the best...”Nicholas Isenhour,
club paintball captain
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Norenius enjoys running with the PackLuke NadkarniStaff Writer
The N.C. State men’s tennis team was tied in its Jan. 21 home-opener with then-No. 22 Indiana with one individual match remaining. Play-ing for State was freshman Simon Norenius, appearing in just his sec-ond team match for the Wolfpack.
“It was three-all, and I had to win that last match,” Norenius said. “But I’ve played tennis my whole life, so it wasn’t too bad.”
Norenius performed like a sea-soned veteran. With his team-mates watching, the native Swede made quick work of his opponent, 6-2, 6-1, giving the Pack its second victory of the season.
Norenius is 5-3 in singles matches this season. He has played every po-sition from No. 3 to No. 6 on head coach Jon Choboy’s ladder.
With tennis enjoying popularity across the globe, international re-cruiting is a key element to running a successful collegiate program. A Division-I roster often is com-posed of more foreign players than Americans. The Wolfpack has also attracted freshman Thomas Wei-gel (Germany), junior Ivan Sanchez Gomez (Spain), and seniors Rafael Paez (Brazil) and Dave Thomson (United Kingdom).
Norenius decided to commit to N.C. State after visiting the campus for the first time. He credits Choboy as one of the main reasons for his decision.
“I had a few options all over the States,” Norenius said. “I was in contact with the coaches here, and I
came here for a visit, and everything went just great.”
Norenius began playing tennis with his father at 6 years old and grew up rooting for all-time Grand Slam trophy leader Roger Federer. But he didn’t limit himself as a young athlete. In addition to tennis, he played soccer as well as floorball, a popular sport in Sweden that is similar to hockey.
People often experience growing pains when they enter a new stage of life in an unfamiliar setting. But that hasn’t been the case for Nore-nius thus far, he said.
“It’s not that hard,” Norenius said. “I’ve been playing tennis my whole life. It’s just another country, and I can go home during the summer and during the winter.”
Norenius has also managed to succeed academically while com-peting in tennis.
“Before I came here, I thought that might be a problem,” Norenius said. “But when I got here, I ended up get-ting only one ‘B’ in all my classes and a 3.6 [GPA], so I don’t find it hard at all.”
On the court, Norenius feeds off the energy his teammates give him as they watch him play. He describes encouragement from teammates as a way to keep loose and prevent the pressure from getting to him. And when he’s a spectator, he has his teammates’ backs as well.
“We have really good team chem-istry, and we pump each other up all the time.” Norenius said. “We try to relax and have fun when we’re playing.”
Norenius and the rest of the Wolf-
pack have a long time to prepare for their next match, a road date with in-state rival North Carolina on Fri-day, March 15. It will be the ACC
opener for both teams.
JOANNAH IRVIN/TECHNICIANFreshman tennis player, Simon Norenius, prepares to serve during the N.C. State opening home match against Northwestern University on Friday Feb. 1 2013. The Wolfpack fell to the Wildcats with a score of 4-3. The Pack’s next home meet will occur on Feb. 19 against Middle Tennessee State.
Wrestling potentially removed from OlympicsJeniece JamisonSports Editor
Some amateur athletes may not be allowed to represent their countries in the Olympic Games ever again.
On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee moved to re-move freestyle wrestling—the old-est and most popular sport globally in the modern Olympic Games—from its 2020 Olympic lineup.
The sport is joining seven other sports fighting for inclusion in the 2020 Olympics, including baseball, softball and karate. The IOC will propose a new sport in May, with the final vote coming in September.
One of the believed reasons for wrestling’s potential removal from the games is its drop in commercial appeal with the rise of professional athletes competing in the games.
“We do it because we love it. Nowadays it’s so commercial,” said Mike Koob, a former two-time ACC Champion and All-American at N.C. State. “Our [1992 basketball] Dream Team—and I know people love to watch us kick the crap out of everyone else—but these are pro athletes. These guys are going to go out and make millions of dollars.”
The IOC is also considering changing the rules of the sport. Rule
changes to elevate viewership would constitute a change in the overall culture of the sport, Koob said.
Jamill Kelly, an assistant coach for N.C. State’s wrestling team, was one of the few able to compete on the sport’s highest level. He earned
a silver medal in freestyle wrestling at the 2004 games in Athens. He was undefeated in his 66-kg pool and fell to the Ukraine’s Elbrus Tedeyev in the gold-medal match.
“It was the greatest experience I’ve ever had,” Kelly said. “Just to
be able to compete and walk along the best athletes in the U.S. and the world—and being able to compete on the highest level on the highest stage—was the greatest feeling I ever had.”
Kelly disagrees with wrestling’s
removal because it is one of the only purely amateur sports left in the Olympics.
“T take that away is definitely just something that doesn’t make sense,” Kelly said. “It takes away the essence of the Olympic Games in my opin-ion.”
Its removal could also have impli-cations on collegiate athletic depart-ments, according to Kelly.
“We’re an Olympic sport,” Kelly said. “When you take it out of the Olympics, obviously it’s going to be a lot harder for some athletic di-rectors to feel the need to keep the sport around if it’s one of the ones that’s on the bubble to be potentially dropped.
“I’m hoping that won’t be the case,” Kelly said. “I’m hoping that it has a strong enough base in the United States and can stay around. It definitely does have big concerns.”
Koob, currently a high school wrestling coach, said the elimina-tion of the sport from the Olympics could also be a catalyst in a decrease in interest from high school athletes. He said many of his wrestlers are gravitating to mixed martial arts instead of traditional wrestling.
RYAN PARRY/TECHNICIANWrestling in the 165 lb weight class, redshirt freshman Mardel Gabriel pushes his back off the ground as American Unviersity’s Phillip Barriero tries to pin him down Friday, Jan. 17, 2013. Gabriel was pinned by Barriero in 6:42 in the Wolfpack’s 24-16 loss to the Eagles at Reynolds Coliseum.
Today BASEBALL V. NEW MEXICO STATEDoak Field at Dail Park, 3 p.m.
WednesdayBASEBALL V. NEW MEXICO STATEDoak Field at Dail Park, 3 p.m.
MEN’S BASKETBALL V. BOSTON COLLEGEPNC Arena, 8 p.m.
MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSGreensboro, N.C., All Day
ThursdayWOMEN’S BASKETBALL V. VIRGINIAReynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.
MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSGreensboro, N.C., All day
FridayBASEBALL V. UMBCMyrtle Beach, S.C., 1 p.m.
SOFTBALL V. STONY BROOKDail Softball Stadium, 7 p.m.
GYMNASTICS V. UTAHProvo, Utah, 9 p.m.
GYMNASTICS V. BYUProvo, Utah, 9 p.m.
MEN’S SWIMMING AT ACC CHAMPIONSHIPSGreensboro, N.C., All day
TRACK AT ALEX WILSON INVITATIONALSouth Bend, Ind., All day
