Raleigh, North Carolina TECHNICIAN mb 6 technicianonline.com NC State Bookstores WOLFPACK UNLIMITED T-SHIRTS GO ON SALE TODAY AT 10 AM SHARP Sororities’ Bid Day overtakes Harris Field After a weeklong sorority Rush process, new members were welcomed into their respective sorority Wednesday afternoon on Harris Field. Chelsey Francis Deputy News Editor Hannah Carroll, a sopho- more in engineering and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, said the sorority is where she feels she belongs. “From my experience in this sorority, I love it,” Car- roll said. “I didn’t enjoy my freshman year. I didn’t have good experiences.” Bid Day is when new mem- bers of the sororities get to meet whoever else is in the sorority and the Rho Chis. Rho Chis are the members of sororities who recruit new members. “The new members don’t know which Rho Chi belongs to which sorority,” Carroll said. “The Rho Chis do a dance, [and] then they take off their Rho Chi T-shirt and have their sorority T-shirt on and re-join their sorority.” After the celebration on Har- EB III gives engineering departments new digs EBIII continued page 3 The University began a monthly seminar series that focuses on global energy usage Tuesday night in Withers Hall. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer The Office of International Af- fairs presented the first in a series of monthly seminars concerning global energy usage and climate change Tuesday night in Withers Hall. “The Global Thirst for Energy” included speakers from various University programs including the forestry and environmental resources, the University’s Office of Sustainability and various en- gineering departments. Each speaker gave 10-minute presentations, and the seminar concluded with an interactive ses- sion with the audience. The speak- ers answered a variety of questions ranging from the lack of energy conservation in the U.S. to the political and agricultural impacts of using ethanol as biofuel. The next seminar in the series, “Natural Disasters and Global Climate Change,” will be held on Oct. 19. David Dean, outreach coordina- tor for the Office of Sustainability, unveiled the University sustain- ability plan, which will be released by November. “The University plans to achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and is drawing out a climate action plan for this purpose. The plan is being drawn with a five-year and 40-year overview,” Dean said, reinforcing the University’s commitment to a 5 percent reduction in energy consumption for this year, and for reducing water use levels by 20 percent in compliance with North Carolina law. He also shared new data on the Uni- versity’s energy source distribution. The latest information for 2009-10 shows that natural gas meets over half (52.3 percent) of the University’s energy needs, followed by electricity at 43.4 percent and oil accounting for 4.3 percent. John Gilligan, professor of nuclear engineering, said five faculty members are currently working in national lab- oratories. Gilligan also spoke about the growing opportunities for stu- dents in nuclear engineering, as well as shaping nuclear-related policy is- sues globally. The University’s nuclear engineer- ing program is routinely ranked among the top in the nation, and it is a vital part of the U.S. nuclear engi- neering industry, Gilligan said. Joseph DeCarolis, assistant profes- sor of water resources and environ- mental engineering, started his pre- sentation by focusing on the “positives rather than negatives.” Seminar series starts with conservation The dedication of EB III Wednesday marked the College of Engineering’s long-term move to Centennial Campus. Nithya Kote Staff writer The Engineering Building III dedi- cation was held on Wednesday on Centennial Campus. EB III houses the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Joint N.C State-UNC Department of Bio- medical Engineering. The welcome note during the dedi- cation event was delivered by Louis Martin-Vega, dean of engineering at N.C. State. Martin-Vega said that the aim was to move the entire college of engineering to the Centennial Cam- pus. “It has been 100 years since the first engi- neering depart- ment was started at Weston Hall [at N.C. State]. So today we are also celebrating the centenary of engineering presence on cam- pus,” Martin-Ve- ga said. Martin-Vega said the students and faculty have moved into the new building. “About 1,400 students, faculty and staff are working in EB III,” Martin- Vega said. “It contains state-of-the-art labs.” EB III is a 248,291-square foot build- ing containing around 80 labs, a wind tunnel facility, classrooms and offices for faculty and graduate students. The cost of the building is $103.7 million and the funding was an appropria- tion from the state legislature. It also has the first green roof on Centennial Campus, which is estimated to save 25 to 50 percent on heating and cool- ing costs. Lawrence Davenport, chair of the Board of Trustees, said it had been two-and-a-half years since the EB III groundbreaking. “I would like to thank the Board of Trustees for their vision. This event is a celebration of the legacy of N.C. State. The College of Engineering is one of the keys to get our economy in line,” Davenport said. Chancellor Randy Woodson said he was proud to be a part of N.C. State. “People are so passionate about N.C. State,” Woodson said. “The people who will be working in EB III can help solve some of the world’s prob- lems like energy, [and] better health services. They have the ‘can do’ atti- tude,” Woodson said. Woodson said the faculty was ex- cited about moving to EB III. “The new building should bring jobs to North Carolina in the future. It should deliver on the promise of what a future economy should be like,” Wood- son said. According to Woodson, the University’s en- gineering program has left a mark. ”The manifestation of what engi- neering can do for N.C. State can be seen in the Wall Street Journal. Re- cruiters rank us over Harvard. N.C. State is ranked 19th among all uni- versities for recruiter picks. People who hire the graduate students know that they are the best and can hit the ground running,” Woodson said. Joe Hackney, speaker at the North Carolina House of Representatives, said “this is a celebration of the choice the legislators have made in the invest- ment of the future. In EB III, the right investment has been made.” KAYU HO/TECHNICIAN “The Global Thirst for Energy” seminar was held in Withers Hall auditorium Tuesday night. John G. Gilligan, professor of nuclear engineering, spoke about the use of nuclear energy and energy conservation. SparkCon, called a ‘creative potluck’ by organizers, will be held in downtown Raleigh Sept. 16 through Sept. 19. Brooke Wallig Correspondent SparkCon, an annual event called “a grassroots explosion of creativity” by James Pettus, the visual arts director for the N.C. Arts Council, lasts until Monday morning. Since its beginning in 2006, SparkCon has been an annual four-day event, and this year it is from Sept. 16-19 on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh. The festival is comprised of several small- er festivals called “sparks,” which showcase local talent in 16 areas, among them being music, food, and even graffiti. There are 175 events total that will display the talent of approximately 1,700 performers, many of which are N.C. State students, according to the SparkCon website. Aly Khalifa, the co-founder of SparkCon, said last year the event attracted over 15,000 people, and this year he hopes the number will double. “If you look at the web traffic that we’ve received, it’s double that of last year,” Khal- ifa said. “Hopefully, that will mean 30,000 people will attend. But you never know how many people will show up to a party.” Along with the increase in the number of performers and attendees, SparkCon has seen an increase in the number of volun- teers. Khalifa said he expects hundreds of volunteers, with at least 50 of them being N.C. State students. Carlee Mallard, organizer of ideaSpark, said she is hoping for increased attendance because of new types of events. According to Mallard, ideaSpark, the orig- inal spark, brings in speakers to discuss top- ics that pertain to the artistic community. These topics, which range from creativity to the sharing of knowledge, are meant to be in line with the mission of SparkCon as a whole. Last year, ideaSpark centered around a series of short presentations that together made up an entire event called PechaKu- cha. Each of the 13 presentations will be 6 minutes and 40 seconds in length and the audience will have an opportunity to meet the presenters after the event. Mallard said these seminars are highly informative and beneficial. “These seminars are a great resource for the public and for the performers,” Mallard said. “The main idea is really about using knowledge in the community to help each other and help the city grow.” The seminars will be held at Neptune’s on Martin Street, and the 250 tickets available are already sold out. However, Mallard encourages non-ticket holders to still attend since the doors will be open at 7:15 p.m. in case there are no- shows. She also said there will be another PechaKucha on Dec. 2. for those who wish to attend but are unable to do so this weekend. Other events that will be hosted in- clude concerts by local bands like Son of Sam, The Knockout Roses, and The Maniacs, as well as design and fashion shows. Events last from about 9 a.m. Thursday morning to 2 a.m. Monday morning. According to the site, some of the events are free, while others require a Annual SparkCon begins Thursday CHRISTIN HARDY/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO Saul Flores, a junior in graphic design, creates a colorful ocean of graffiti at the SparkCon Graffiti Showcase. Flores has been submitting designs to the festival for two years. “I wanted to make something beautiful and something that was not traditional,” Flores said of his design. SPARK continued page 3 BID continued page 3 insidetechnician viewpoint 4 features 5 classifieds 7 sports 8 Men’s soccer team blanks VMI, 4-0 See page 7. Students study archeology in Caribbean Islands See page 5. SARAH TUDOR/TECHNICIAN Alex Clontz, a junior in business administration and a Delta Zeta sister, waits to be reunited with her one of her sisters that was part of the Sigma Rho Chi recruitment. Each year, during Rush, a few sisters from each chapter become unaffiliated from their chapter to help with recruitment, and call themselves Sigma Rho Chi. “I also like the landscaping outside. There is enough shelf space for the lab equipment.” Sean Webb, graduate student in aerospace engineering
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Sororities’ Bid Day overtakes Harris FieldAfter a weeklong sorority Rush process, new members were welcomed into their respective sorority Wednesday afternoon on Harris Field.
Chelsey FrancisDeputy News Editor
Hannah Carroll, a sopho-more in engineering and a member of Zeta Tau Alpha, said the sorority is where she feels she belongs.
“From my experience in this sorority, I love it,” Car-
roll said. “I didn’t enjoy my freshman year. I didn’t have good experiences.”
Bid Day is when new mem-bers of the sororities get to meet whoever else is in the sorority and the Rho Chis. Rho Chis are the members of sororities who recruit new members.
“The new members don’t know which Rho Chi belongs to which sorority,” Carroll said. “The Rho Chis do a dance, [and] then they take off their Rho Chi T-shirt and have their sorority T-shirt on and re-join their sorority.”
After the celebration on Har-
EB III gives engineering departments new digs
ebIII continued page 3
The University began a monthly seminar series that focuses on global energy usage Tuesday night in Withers Hall.
Shivalik DagaStaff Writer
The Office of International Af-fairs presented the first in a series of monthly seminars concerning global energy usage and climate change Tuesday night in Withers Hall.
“The Global Thirst for Energy” included speakers from various University programs including the forestry and environmental resources, the University’s Office of Sustainability and various en-gineering departments.
Each speaker gave 10-minute presentations, and the seminar concluded with an interactive ses-sion with the audience. The speak-ers answered a variety of questions ranging from the lack of energy conservation in the U.S. to the political and agricultural impacts of using ethanol as biofuel.
The next seminar in the series, “Natural Disasters and Global Climate Change,” will be held on Oct. 19.
David Dean, outreach coordina-tor for the Office of Sustainability, unveiled the University sustain-ability plan, which will be released by November.
“The University plans to achieve
climate neutrality by 2050 and is drawing out a climate action plan for this purpose. The plan is being drawn with a five-year and 40-year overview,” Dean said, reinforcing the University’s commitment to a 5 percent reduction in energy consumption for this year, and for reducing water use levels by 20 percent in compliance with North Carolina law.
He also shared new data on the Uni-versity’s energy source distribution. The latest information for 2009-10 shows that natural gas meets over half (52.3 percent) of the University’s energy needs, followed by electricity at 43.4 percent and oil accounting for 4.3 percent.
John Gilligan, professor of nuclear engineering, said five faculty members are currently working in national lab-oratories. Gilligan also spoke about the growing opportunities for stu-dents in nuclear engineering, as well as shaping nuclear-related policy is-sues globally.
The University’s nuclear engineer-ing program is routinely ranked among the top in the nation, and it is a vital part of the U.S. nuclear engi-neering industry, Gilligan said.
Joseph DeCarolis, assistant profes-sor of water resources and environ-mental engineering, started his pre-sentation by focusing on the “positives rather than negatives.”
Seminar series starts with conservation
The dedication of EB III Wednesday marked the College of Engineering’s long-term move to Centennial Campus.
Nithya KoteStaff writer
The Engineering Building III dedi-cation was held on Wednesday on Centennial Campus. EB III houses the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and the Joint N.C State-UNC Department of Bio-medical Engineering.
The welcome note during the dedi-cation event was delivered by Louis Martin-Vega, dean of engineering at N.C. State. Martin-Vega said that the aim was to move the entire college of engineering to the Centennial Cam-pus.
“It has been 100 years since the f irst engi-neering depart-ment was started at Weston Hall [at N.C. State]. So today we are also celebrating the centenary of engineering presence on cam-pus,” Martin-Ve-ga said.
Martin-Vega said the students and faculty have moved into the new building.
“About 1,400 students, faculty and staff are working in EB III,” Martin-Vega said. “It contains state-of-the-art labs.”
EB III is a 248,291-square foot build-ing containing around 80 labs, a wind tunnel facility, classrooms and offices for faculty and graduate students. The cost of the building is $103.7 million and the funding was an appropria-tion from the state legislature. It also has the first green roof on Centennial Campus, which is estimated to save 25 to 50 percent on heating and cool-
ing costs.Lawrence Davenport, chair of the
Board of Trustees, said it had been two-and-a-half years since the EB III groundbreaking.
“I would like to thank the Board of Trustees for their vision. This event is a celebration of the legacy of N.C. State. The College of Engineering is one of the keys to get our economy in line,” Davenport said.
Chancellor Randy Woodson said he was proud to be a part of N.C. State.
“People are so passionate about N.C. State,” Woodson said. “The people who will be working in EB III can help solve some of the world’s prob-lems like energy, [and] better health services. They have the ‘can do’ atti-tude,” Woodson said.
Woodson said the faculty was ex-cited about moving to EB III.
“ T h e n e w building should br ing jobs to North Carolina in the future. It should deliver on the promise of what a future economy should be like,” Wood-son said.
According to Woodson, the University’s en-
gineering program has left a mark.”The manifestation of what engi-
neering can do for N.C. State can be seen in the Wall Street Journal. Re-cruiters rank us over Harvard. N.C. State is ranked 19th among all uni-versities for recruiter picks. People who hire the graduate students know that they are the best and can hit the ground running,” Woodson said.
Joe Hackney, speaker at the North Carolina House of Representatives, said “this is a celebration of the choice the legislators have made in the invest-ment of the future. In EB III, the right investment has been made.”
Kayu Ho/TecHnician“The Global Thirst for Energy” seminar was held in Withers Hall auditorium Tuesday night. John G. Gilligan, professor of nuclear engineering, spoke about the use of nuclear energy and energy conservation.
SparkCon, called a ‘creative potluck’ by organizers, will be held in downtown Raleigh Sept. 16 through Sept. 19.
Brooke WalligCorrespondent
SparkCon, an annual event called “a grassroots explosion of creativity” by James Pettus, the visual arts director for the N.C. Arts Council, lasts until Monday morning.
Since its beginning in 2006, SparkCon has been an annual four-day event, and this year it is from Sept. 16-19 on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh.
The festival is comprised of several small-er festivals called “sparks,” which showcase local talent in 16 areas, among them being music, food, and even graffiti. There are 175 events total that will display the talent of approximately 1,700 performers, many of which are N.C. State students, according to the SparkCon website.
Aly Khalifa, the co-founder of SparkCon, said last year the event attracted over 15,000 people, and this year he hopes the number will double.
“If you look at the web traffic that we’ve received, it’s double that of last year,” Khal-ifa said. “Hopefully, that will mean 30,000 people will attend. But you never know how many people will show up to a party.”
Along with the increase in the number of performers and attendees, SparkCon has seen an increase in the number of volun-teers. Khalifa said he expects hundreds of volunteers, with at least 50 of them being N.C. State students.
Carlee Mallard, organizer of ideaSpark, said she is hoping for increased attendance because of new types of events.
According to Mallard, ideaSpark, the orig-inal spark, brings in speakers to discuss top-ics that pertain to the artistic community.
These topics, which range from creativity to the sharing of knowledge, are meant to be in line with the mission of SparkCon as a whole.
Last year, ideaSpark centered around a series of short presentations that together made up an entire event called PechaKu-cha. Each of the 13 presentations will be 6 minutes and 40 seconds in length and the audience will have an opportunity to meet the presenters after the event. Mallard said these seminars are highly informative and beneficial.
“These seminars are a great resource for the public and for the performers,” Mallard said. “The main idea is really about using knowledge in the community to help each other and help the city grow.”
The seminars will be held at Neptune’s
on Martin Street, and the 250 tickets available are already sold out. However, Mallard encourages non-ticket holders to still attend since the doors will be open at 7:15 p.m. in case there are no-shows. She also said there will be another PechaKucha on Dec. 2. for those who wish to attend but are unable to do so this weekend.
Other events that will be hosted in-clude concerts by local bands like Son of Sam, The Knockout Roses, and The Maniacs, as well as design and fashion shows. Events last from about 9 a.m. Thursday morning to 2 a.m. Monday morning. According to the site, some of the events are free, while others require a
Annual SparkCon begins Thursday
cHrisTin Hardy/TecHnician arcHive pHoToSaul Flores, a junior in graphic design, creates a colorful ocean of graffiti at the SparkCon Graffiti Showcase. Flores has been submitting designs to the festival for two years. “I wanted to make something beautiful and something that was not traditional,” Flores said of his design.
Spark continued page 3 bID continued page 3
insidetechnician
viewpoint 4features 5classifieds 7sports 8
Men’s soccer team blanks VMI, 4-0See page 7.
Students study archeology in Caribbean Islands
See page 5.
saraH Tudor/TecHnicianAlex Clontz, a junior in business administration and a Delta Zeta sister, waits to be reunited with her one of her sisters that was part of the Sigma Rho Chi recruitment. Each year, during Rush, a few sisters from each chapter become unaffiliated from their chapter to help with recruitment, and call themselves Sigma Rho Chi.
“I also like the
landscaping outside.
There is enough shelf
space for the lab
equipment.”Sean Webb, graduate student in
aerospace engineering
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THROUGH ANDY’S LENS
Battle of the sousaphones
Jacob Smith, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, keeps time while Wayne Roper, a freshman in biological sci-ences, and Christian Lawrence, a junior in biochemistry, rehearse “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” in the shade between Talley Student Center and Price Music Center Wednesday. The sousaphones were preparing for the Military
Appreciation Day show during the halftime of State’s football game against Cincinnati. Lawrence said the group picked the spot because the location is “convenient since it’s next to the music center.”
PHOTO BY ANDY MUSSELMAN
CAMPUS CALENDAR
ThursdayUNDERGRADUATE ON-CAMPUS TRANSFERS INFORMATION SESSION9 a.m. to 10 a.m.2403 Nelson Hall
STUDY ABROAD FAIR10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Talley Ballroom
IACUC1 p.m. to 5 p.m.Admin III, Room 301
N.C. STATE BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING1 p.m.Dorothy & Roy Park Alumni Center
LETTERS TO JULIET7 p.m. to 8:50 p.m.Witherspoon Cinema
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IN THE KNOW Submit ideas for a CHASS’ College-Wide Event
In an effort to strengthen CHASS’ identity as a college and to foster cohesion and connection among students, the college is looking for ideas for a college-wide event that
could be repeated annually. The event could be a few hours, a day, or even a week full of activities. The focus is also open. It can be social, academic cultural, artistic, or any combination of those genres. The event can change themes each year or could be a repeat theme. Involve-ment of some element of games or competition would be ideal, in order to entice students to attend. All ideas are welcome. It can be an original idea, or a success-ful event from elsewhere that can be adapted. To submit ideas contact Dara Leeder at [email protected].
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Study Abroad FairThursday is the 2010 Study
Abroad Fair, held in the Tal-ley Ballroom. The fair will be-gin at 10 a.m. and last until 3 p.m. This is one of the best opportunities for students to talk with others who have re-turned from studying abroad and to ask questions about specific programs. Faculty directors who lead programs and study abroad advisors will also be available. For more information visit the study abroad website at study-abroad.ncsu.edu.
SOURCE: STUDY ABROAD OFFICE
POLICE BLOTTERSeptember 121:16 A.M. | DRUG VIOLATIONMetcalf Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officers checked the area but did not find any violations. 1:51 A.M. | INVESTIGATION Hillsborough Building Lot Officers conducted check of lot for parking violations. No violations were found. 12:57 A.M. | SUSPICIOUS VEHICLEDoak Field Report of suspicious vehicle parked in the area. Officer spoke with two students who were waiting for friend. No action taken. 2:29 A.M. | TRAFFIC STOP Dan Allen Drive/Yarbrough Drive Officer stopped non-student because passenger was hanging out window. Non-student who was passenger in vehicle was issued a citation for seatbelt violation.
3:18 A.M. | ASSIST ANOTHER AGENCYBlue Ridge Road/Beryl Road Raleigh Police Department requested assistance regarding vehicle which had been reported stolen in earlier event. Two juveniles operating vehicle were also in possession of stolen GPS unit. Subjects were charged with Larceny of Motor Vehicle, Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle, Breaking & Entering Motor Vehicle, Larceny and Possession of Stolen Goods. Subjects were also trespassed from University property.
4:10 A.M. | FIRE ALARMLee Hall Units responded to alarm. Caused unknown. System reset. 6:45 A.M. | MEDICAL ASSISTMetcalf Hall Staff member reported subject throwing up. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone in distress. 7:36 A.M. | SPECIAL EVENTPartners III Officers and Fire Protection provided assistance to Terry Fox Road Race. 10:30 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONOff Campus Raleigh Police Department arrested student for DWI. Student was referred to the University for same. 10:55 P.M. | INVESTIGATION Hillsborough Building Lot Officers conducted check of lot for illegally parked vehicles. One parking ticket was issued. 11:54 P.M. | POLICY VIOLATIONOff Campus Raleigh Police Department arrested student for DWI. Student was referred to the University for same. 12:58 P.M. | TRAFFIC STOP Sullivan DriveNon-student was issued citation for expired registration. 6:01 P.M. | LARCENY Carmichael Gym Student reported unattended gym bag was stolen.
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EBIIIcontinued from page 1
“As global supply peaks, and eventually decreases, prices are likely to remain high. Solving climate change is going to re-quire fundamental changes in how we produce energy,” DeCarolis said.
DeCarolis’ research focuses on interdisciplinary aspects of technology and public policy concerning climate change and mitigation.
“A key element of my re-search program is to develop computational models of vari-ous energy systems, primarily in the context of the U.S.,” DeCarolis said.
The optimization models compare various technologies’
small cover charge. A complete day-to-day schedule is available on their website.
The event is a program that is run through Visual Arts Ex-change, an organization dedi-cated to supporting local art-ists, and is sponsored by over 90 local businesses, organiza-tions and investors, including the N.C. Arts Council.
One of the sponsors, the Raleigh City Museum, has been celebrating the arrival of SparkCon since Sept. 3 by hosting a 30-exhibit design exposition displaying local tal-ent in architecture and graphic design, according to the Spark-
Con website.Khalifa said the main idea
behind SparkCon is to in-volve the community in the arts and to foster a connec-tion between the commu-nity and local artists.
“Get to know your local artists. That’s the whole idea,” Khalifa said. “We want you to know who your local game designers are. We want you to know who your local musicians and visual artists are. This is a chance to really get to know them and it will enable you to strike out on your own.”
For more information, visit www.sparkcon.com.
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4.3% Oil
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ris Field, each sorority goes back to their house for various activities.
“ZTA goes back to our house, we play some games with the new members, eat dinner, mingle and just, gener-ally speaking, have f u n,” Carrol said.
At Bid Day, each soror-it y has it s own theme. According to Caroline Daly, a mem-ber of Phi Beta Phi and a junior in po-litical science, the themes are helpful to new members.
“Each sorority having their own theme helps the new mem-bers to be able to find their so-rority,” Daly said. “We’ve had our theme planned since May.”
Elizabeth Surovec, a fresh-man in biological sciences, said she enjoyed the experience.
“I’m really excited to join my new sisters and my new friends in the sorority I’m going to join,” Surovec said. “I’ve had a lot of fun with the whole Rush process. I got to meet a lot of really nice people.”
According to Sara Seawell, a member of Sigma Kappa and a senior in zoology, all the senior members of the sororities are the mem-bers initially on H a r r i s Field.
“A l l t h e juniors and sophomores in the soror-it y s tor ms Harris Field,”
Seawell said. “After that, the freshmen join us and the Rho Chis rejoin their sorori-ties. [Then] we go back to the house.”
Each sorority makes the
choice of what to do once they have returned to its house, according to Seawell.
“We’re going to go back to the house and take pic-tures, eat, teach the new members some songs, and give them all their Bid Day basket, which has a t-shirt and some other things in there,” Seawell said.
Seawell said she felt a sense of relief on Bid Day.
“Rush Week is really busy, so I’m glad it’s over, but I’m still kind of nervous for our new members,” Sea-well said.
Amelia Warburton, a member of Sigma Kappa and a junior in biological sciences, said she remem-bers how she felt on Bid Day when she joined her sorority.
“It was a relief to join of-ficially and be a part of the group.”
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Hackney said the University was the top choice for the re-cruiters.
“When we ask the recruiters what makes them come to N.C. State, they say that there are a lot of talented people who are well-educated,” Hackney said. “This is to celebrate the invest-ment for the jobs of the future and North Carolina moving ahead in competition with other states.”
“It feels good to be back,” said Jim Yocum, the executive vice president of DestinationRx, Inc. and N.C. State mechani-cal engineering alumnus.
Yocum said the new labs in the building provided im-proved tools for the faculty and students, and he praised the interdisciplinary approach practiced at EB III.
“When different disciplines are bridged, they are chal-lenged outside the orthodoxy. That is when new things are in-
vented. When you get skill sets from different fields, you get fireworks. My major takeaway from N.C. State is collabora-tion,” Yocum said.
EB III is one of the series of engineering buildings being built. Engineering buildings IV and V, also to be located at Centennial Campus, are await-ing approval by the North Car-olina General Assembly.
Afsaneh Rabiei, a professor in mechanical engineering, said she liked the new building.
“The labs are good and there is power available in the labs. It is a clean new facility,” Rabiei said.
“I hope all this will motivate students and help hire talented faculty. I hope this translates into a better future for the me-chanical engineering depart-ment,” Rabiei said.
Kalie Porterfield, a senior in mechanical engineering said that she like the new facilities.
“They are state-of-the-art, new and well-organized. There is also a lot of gathering space,” Porterfield said.
Sean Webb, a graduate stu-
dent in aerospace engineer-ing, said he liked the central air conditioning in the new building.
“I also like the landscaping outside. There is enough shelf space for the lab equipment, which is very delicate,” Webb said.
Alex York, a postdoctoral student in mechanical engi-neering, said that the new labs ensured safety.
“These labs have safety measures in place. They also provide much improved capa-bilities when compared to the old lab [in Broughton Hall],” York said.
“We can run more versatile experiments using these high-tech lab instruments,” York said. “The labs are also very clean.”
new members.”Sara Seawell, senior in zoology and member of Sigma Kappa
Rethink getting a live mascot
Both the headliner and editorial about Tuffy from today’s newspaper were the most appalling articles I have read thus far in the . I have followed the stories about Tuffy the Tamaskan since they first started appearing in the paper and I have to tell you I am firmly against the use of a live mascot at the games.
Granted, the Tamaskan breed has a fairly good temperament and is probably one of the best dog breeds to parade around a crowd of 60,000 people if one chose to do so, but no animal should be forced into a position where they are likely to become stressed or subject to violence because of peoples blatant ignorance. One cannot assume that a dog, or any animal for that matter, can remain calm and comfortable when they are placed in front of crowds of that magnitude. When animals are put in an environment that is new and different their personalities can change very quickly and they can become defensive and lash out. It’s just their nature. Now if the school made sure there was psychological testing done on Tuffy to ensure her personality was stable and able to adjust
well to changing environment, I might be a little more accepting of the decision. After all, Tuffy did possibly come from a puppy mill, according to the article in the paper, and it seems to me there wasn’t much research put into the process of getting her.
Besides the ridiculous idea of getting a live mascot, there is the possibly awful place Tuffy could have came from. As I read in the paper, RightPuppy Kennel is being accused of being a puppy mill. This is by far the worst and most appalling place for a dog to grow up in. My dog is a puppy mill rescue, I got her when she was seven years old after a puppy mill owner was going to kill her because she was unable to breed anymore. It is obvious she had a far worst life then I could ever imagine. She is terrified of large objects, especially if I am holding them. She hates loud noises and obviously has some psychological problems, so it does upset me to think our school could have possibly supported this industry. I would like to say that I am proud of our Chancellor for taking a stand and choosing not to continue working with RightPuppy Kennel. It does show our school leaders have compassion and courage to do the right thing, but to now be discussing getting another Tamaskan from a breeder upsets me. Getting a dog from a breeder is preventing a shelter dog from being adopted and possibly contributing to a dog’s death due to lack of space in a shelter. I have worked in a no-kill shelter and we have had to turn away dogs, many dogs, due to lack of space in the shelter. No animal should be turned away because people are not adopting from shelters and instead buying their animals from breeders. I really hope our school makes the decision NOT to get a live mascot. We can still have school pride without a dog on the sidelines. At least I know I can.
Taylor Kennedyfreshman, undeclared
Definitely Not a Laughing Matter
Thank you for publishing the article “Not a Laughing Matter.” I am happy to see an alternative viewpoint on Antoine Dodson’s interview. I first encountered this video on Facebook. After multiple friends sharing the Youtube link for this news clip, I decided to check it out. Initially I saw why this news clip could be potentially amusing, but after taking a closer look I came to the conclusion that under no circumstances should an attempted sexual assault be entertaining. The fact that the attempted sexual assault and the circumstances surrounding the situation would be turned into a song is appalling.
Actions such as these desensitize individuals to instances of rape, sexual assault and interpersonal violence, thereby allowing these actions to permeate in our society. There are also racial and class undertones presented in the video that objectify members of the working class and minority populations. Essentially when I view this video, I see that people are laughing at the culture and the living environment of the Dodson’s, when they should be taking a step back and evaluating the societal values of gender, race, and class in America. Thanks again for the article.
Ranata Reedersenior, communications
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ter-hopefuls waited on Harris Field for the big moment: being chosen. Before they are even cho-sen, new sorority sisters go through a personally rigorous choice of which sorority to join, but all of their waiting and hop-ing came down to Bid Day. The celebration was truly spirited and repre-sented another facet of the “power sound of the South.”
All Greeks are chal-lenged to have integrity, be accountable and seek distinction and all Greeks
are in a position to do so. Using these criteria, Del-ta Zeta was chosen as one of the Sororities of 2009. The other eight sororities who were out recruiting now have a new goal to instill in their members. These new members have a fresh outlook on Greek life and should be able to tackle these challenges as they develop sisterhood.
With new members now in their ranks, so-rorities have new faces and more hands to help them as they go out into the community. Last
year, Greeks volunteered a total of 64,238 hours and raised $135,576. The challenge this year is for the new sisters to chal-lenge their predecessors and strive to surpass this. They can volunteer more, reach out to new community groups and become aware of new is-sues. Whatever it is, they should get out there.
Leadership is key in Greek life and the sisters chosen today have been given a great opportu-nity to grow as women and members of the N.C.
State community. They have become ambassa-dors for Greek life and should remember this as they become more in-volved at the University.
New sisters will have the opportunity to be apart of the revitalization of the Greek community and life, and live a differ-ent college experience. There are big shoes to fill, but the new recruits have the ability to make changes in themselves and their community for the better.
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.
Going GreekTHE FACTS:Bid Day was yesterday and tied up sorority Rush week. The Office of Greek Life challenges all Greeks to have integrity, be accountable and seek distinction.
OUR OPINION:Sororities are getting off to a good start with a spirited display at their Bid Day celebration. N.C. State and the surrounding community look forward to the good works the sororities have in store for them this year.
Freshen UpI have a beef with Univer-
sity Dining. This isn’t an “Eat Mor Chikin” campaign, nor is it a rant about our infamous “Brickyard Bubble.”
I was so excited to hear Fresh-ens opened last week. Finally, I’d be able to grab my morning deliciousness of blended fruit that’s easily sip-able during my morning classes. Because Freshens was deemed “not a good fit for the new Atrium,”
by Jenni fer Gilmore, the marketing and commu-nications for
University Dining in an inter-view that was published in the Technician Tuesday, September 7th, it relocated to Talley Stu-dent Center. I was told Talley’s restaurants do not open until 10:30, or lunchtime accord-ing to the campus meal plan guidelines. Freshens doesn’t open until 10:30? I was devas-tated. I thought “there goes my breakfast for the semester, well, year,” on my way, break-fast less , to class.
Then I s t a r t e d thinking, the Wolf ’s Den i s t e c h n i -cally located in Talley and therefore should not open unt i l 10:30 as well. However, it has a break-fast menu and starts serving at 8 A.M. Surely Freshens could do the same.
Reopening Freshens with its original hours would provide a healthy breakfast alterna-tive for the Wolfpack, adding more “Wolf-approved” options for on-the-go breakfast eat-ers. Continuing hours of op-erations from last year would also cut down the ungodly long lines of coffee drinkers at Port City Java and allow us morning smoothie-drinkers to concen-trate at Freshens. This small shift of people would help cut down lines and wait-time be-fore classes, and possibly erase some unsettling feelings of
anxious time-checkers hop-ing they can get their drink. It would also add a few shifts to the University Dining team, helping our economy and fel-low members of our Pack scraping for any job opening to earn a little extra income.
Last year, we were reassured that our cooperation in dodg-ing random construction sites would pay off in the end. Our Main Campus is well on its way to being beautiful and comfortable. But we were told the Hillsborough remodeling project would benefit both drivers and pedestrians at its completion, and I’m still on the fence about that. I still cross the street fearing for my life and I am not convinced the outcome is worth all this hassle.
This year, we were told to deal with yet another adjustment in Atrium seating while it’s being remodeled. We were asked to understand it does not meet certain food service criteria and, therefore, “hold out until
January until everything will be back to normal.” I guess you thought we didn’t notice t he s h i rk-ing portions and inflating prices while you work to “improve our dining expe-rience.”
Well, Fresh-ens, I enjoyed
your variety breakfast smooth-ies for three years, but I guess it’s back to dry breakfast bars, ruthless lines at Port City Java and scrambling to meet my suggested daily value of fruit for me. I’ll miss you.
“Reopening
Freshens with its
original hours
would provide a
healthy breakfast
alternative for the
Wolfpack.”
Lisa LehmanGuest Columnist
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The EEP program gives engineers keys to success that traditional coursework does not.
Heidi KlumpeStaff Writer
Tom Miller, founder of the En-gineering Entrepreneurs Program, executive director of the University Entrepreneurship Initiative, and Vice Provost of DELTA, remembers when Larry K. Monteith, former dean of the college of engineering, made a risky move in front of the chancellor and trustees at the time, saying “students succeed in spite of their engineering education.”
“What he meant was that [the stu-dents] really didn’t leave with the skills to translate technical skills into start-ups and products,” Miller said.
Since the inception of EEP, Miller has seen countless students sky-rocket into stellar careers as entrepreneurs.
Angela Thompson, a former stu-dent in computer engineering, came up with a low-cost and durable laptop specifically for kindergarten through twelfth-grade classrooms. Her team presented their prototype to Steve Wozniak while he was on campus, and preceded the “One Laptop Per Child” initiative by nearly ten years, according to Miller.
Another group talked with hospital administrators and government offi-cials in India and developed a low-cost tuberculosis test.
“The problem [with tuberculosis] was that each diagnosis is expensive and requires skilled technicians,” Miller said, which is not feasible for developing nations.
“By the time you find [a diagnosis], one thousand people are infected,” Miller said.
Some of Miller’s work connected him to Bob Young before Red Hat ex-isted as a company. Donnie Barnes, an EEP student at the time, turned down
traditional job offers to be a part of the team which took the Red Hat start-up from an unknown entity, to a world-renowned software company, accord-ing to Miller.
He also watched one of his gradu-ate students, Scott Wingo, make $20 million when he and two co-found-ers sold their first company, Stingray Software.
Yet Miller points out that being an entrepreneur is more than monetary success.
“Most entrepreneurs are not going to get rich,” Miller said. “People will tell you [your idea] will fail; it will likely fail.”
In these terms, the birth of EEP in 1993 was much like an entrepre-neurial venture.
“I wa s told by some senior facu lt y, ‘How can you sleep at night? This has no place in engi-neering,’” Miller said. “But I knew in my heart and from these kids I had worked with that this was the right thing to do.”
His experience as an “accidental en-trepreneur” demonstrated how much extracurricular knowledge students might need to turn the dreams they had into commercial products.
“[The program] is a business ap-preciation course,” he said. “I want the engineers to appreciate what they need to know beyond the technol-ogy—what I didn’t know.”
The story began in 1990, when the University was adopting Unix work stations.
“They had incredible power, but no software,” Miller said. “You’d boot the thing up, and all you’d get was a ter-minal window.”
When he created some spreadsheet software, General Electric picked up his idea.
“Very naively, I said we would make it into a commercial product,” Miller said.
After pouring countless nights and weekends into the process and mak-ing plenty of mistakes along the way, Miller realized his success might have come more smoothly had he known just a little bit more about how busi-nesses operate.
“Usually, after a failure, you become successful,” he said. “We want to give [students] this experience in college, where they can meet people who have gone before. Maybe then we can in-crease their chances of success by just that much.”
But the idea of success has by no means side-tracked the pro-gram’s original focus.
“It’s not about starting compa-nies; it’s about teaching stu-dents,” Mil ler s a id . “ We ’re making a differ-
ence.”More specifically, Miller wants to
change the work experience his stu-dents will have.
“I want the engineering students to be leaders, not engineers who live in cubicles and are told to create this product,” Miller said. “I want them to use their own ideas and knowledge of the world.”
EEP projects teach students lead-ership skills and innovation while helping them understand the whole market process and financial issues.
“These are the skills companies are looking for,” Miller said. “When inter-viewers come to this part of a student’s resume, they talk about EEP for the rest of the interview.”
Current EEP students can attest to the difference this program has made in their education, such as Adam Litowsky, a senior in computer engi-
neering, and Stephen Chua, a senior in electrical and computer engineering. They are part of the team “writeidea,” beginning the second semester of their project.
“You learn a lot more about the real world,” Litowsky said, comparing his project to the senior design course. “Here, you have to find the problem and find the customer.”
They also learned how government policy and budget constraints could quickly derail a project.
“We had an idea with road mark-ers,” Chua said. “People liked it, but we were just jumping through hoops.”
“At the end of the day, no one want-ed to give us any money,” Litowsky said.
Other students at the beginning of their first semester have noticed the same emphasis on realistic problem-solving.
“This program involves us think-ing outside the box,” said Quan Ha, a senior in electrical and computer engineering. “We don’t think about books, formulas, or given problems, but business, research, and market-ing.”
Even better, the one credit-hour course, ECE 383, makes these expe-riences available to students of all years and majors. Spencer Williams, a senior in electrical and computer engineering, took ECE 383 before enrolling in the senior-level course. He worked for a team writing a pro-gram which could extract data from pictures of blood samples.
“I signed up to get experience before I had skills, so I could get a real job later,” he said; his work was garner-ing employment options before his senior year.
Still, Stephen Walsh, the current director of the Engineering Entrepre-neurs Program and associate profes-sor in ECE, has more than technical expertise in store for the members of the class.
“I designed the program as a simula-tion,” Walsh said. “I want the students
to have a hard time because that’s where you learn.”
“Engineers don’t like to hear it, but there are a lot of engineers out there,” Walsh said, recalling his experience hiring employees. “For me, a person with a 2.5 to 3.0 who could commu-nicate trumped a person with a 3.5 who had very low communication skills and found it difficult to work in a team.”
The team-work and collaboration between disciplines provide the ma-jority of the energy and innovation in which EEP prides itself.
“The popular press likes to make you think about this lone wolf entre-preneur,” Walsh said. “That’s really such a myth. You need so many people to help you make it as an entrepre-neur.”
To encourage these connections, Miller and Walsh teamed up with other EEP faculty to create the idea of a living and learning community
Engineers exposed to business world
“I want the
engineering students
to be leaders, not
engineers who live in
cubicles.”Tom Miller, founder of EEP
EEP: EnginEEr’s EntrEPrEnEur’s ProgramPurpose: Alternative to senior design with real world applications
Classes: ECE 383 (1 credit hour)—Students
work as “employees” of the virtual companies in ECE 482; they also create a toy for kindergarteners based on interaction with a local elementary school.
ECE 482, 482 (3 credit hours, each)—These two semesters combine to form a yearlong team project. Market research, networking, and business planning come first semester; second semester involves prototyping.
Source: Dr. Stephen WalSh, eep WebSite
Study Abroad students discovered more about the local history of the island of Nevis on an archeological dig this summer.
Elizabeth Ayscue Correspondent
Imagine yourself spending a summer on a Caribbean is-land, discovering old treasures from a time long past. It may sound like something out of an adventure novel, but for some University students it became a reality this summer.
For five weeks from June 30 to Aug. 4, a group of University students participated in an ar-cheological dig headed by Scott Fitzpatrick, assistant professor of sociology and anthropology. The exhibition took place on the Caribbean island of Nevis, about 220 miles southeast of Puerto Rico.
The team had access to hun-dreds of resources during their time, which helped them im-mensely with excavations.
“We were elaborating on what teams had done on the sites be-fore ,” s a id Rachel Mc-Call, senior in anthropology. “And we had new technology.”
Alyson Harding, a sopho-more in bioarcheology and chemistry, explained that the team looked through mid-den layers, or piles of depos-ited debris, to find evidence of how the ancients lived through the food they ate and the tools they used. The students mostly found stone and shell tools and pottery, a lot of which was sent back to N.C. State’s archeology lab to be processed.
“We found a lot of cool things,” said Graham Irvin, junior in general anthropology.
Another interesting find, according to Kelsey Orepe, a junior in bioarcheology, was a juvenile burial site, where they found a skeleton. The students believe the skeleton was male
and had been burned as part of a ritual. The subject had been moved from a previous burial site.
The daily routine for the trip attendees was very regular, ac-cording to Harding. The group met at the specific dig site every day at 6:30 a.m. From there, the group had lunch at noon.
“From three to six p.m., we had lab,” Harding said. “We mostly cleaned the artifacts we found.”
The students received credit for two classes through Study Abroad for participating in the excavation.
David Taylor, a junior in me-chanical engineering, said “the work was very meticulous and precise.”
The point of the expedition, according to Irvin, was to learn more about the people who lived on this island before Eu-ropean settlers took over. Irvin said there is not a lot of prehis-tory currently known about the Caribbean islands.
“It’s a new field, so we’ll take what we can get,” Harding said.
T he tea m t hou g ht i t was exciting to get their names and the University’s archeology department’s
name recognized through their work. They also worked with a vast number of people who were not affiliated with the University on the site.
“We got to work with so many different people in so many different fields,” Hard-ing said.
Those people included a geo-archeologist from Ohio State University and a pottery ex-pert, according to Harding.
“We’re helping with the his-tory of this island,” Irvin said.
The students were housed in bungalows overlooking the beach. According to Orepe, the houses had running water, though no hot water, and mos-quito nets. There was also no air-conditioning.
“You couldn’t shut the win-
dows when it rained because it would get so hot,” Orepe said.
Along with their work, the students also got to experience another culture, according to Harding. While they were there, the month-long Cul-turama festival was being held, giving them a chance to get a taste of Nevisian culture. There was music, food, parades, drag racing and even a beauty queen contest.
The students also climbed Nevis Peak, the most danger-ous mountain for hiking in the Caribbean. According to Orepe, the group did very little hiking.
“They mostly climbed on roots to get to the top,” Orepe said.
So far, not everything has been processed that the team brought back from Nevis. There are currently over a thousand pounds of artifacts waiting at the University arche-ology lab to be processed.
Students study archeology in Caribbean Islands
courteSy of alySon harDing Students from N.C. State University participated in a summer Study Abroad program on the Caribbean island of Nevis, located about 220 miles southeast of Puerto Rico. Here students look through midden layers, or piles of deposed debris, to find evidence of ancient culture, including tools and eating habits. The artifacts are now housed in the University archeology department.
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“The work was
very meticulous
and precise.”David Taylor, junior in
mechanical engineering
courteSy of alySon harDingStudents measure out an excavation site as a part of a Study Abroad trip in bioarcheology. While on the island of Nevis, students had the opportunity to study archeology as well as experience the Nevisian culture, including music, food parades and time on the beach.
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A University professor studied the various functions of laughter in a jury deliberation of a death penalty case.
Allison SaitoStaff Writer
When Joann Keyton, professor of communications, began study-ing the transcript of a death penalty case, she was caught off guard by how the transcript described mo-ments of laughter in the juries’ de-liberation.
“The one thing that struck us was how often they laughed. It just doesn’t seem like somewhere you would laugh a lot,” Keyton said. “Typ-ically, laughter is connected with humor or jokes.”
The jurors were deliberating a dou-ble murder case in Ohio. Keyton and her research partner, Stephen-son Beck of North Dakota State Uni-versity, knew the jurors were not telling jokes. The researchers found that laughter can serve distinct pur-poses outside of comic relief.
“Laughter isn’t humor, these are two distinct functions,” Keyton said. “Laugh isn’t talk, but it acts like talk.”
Keyton and Stephenson found examples of many different uses of laughter. They categorized these as relational, procedural, and informa-tional.
Relational laughter is used when people want to establish the nature of relationships, according to Keyton.
“We laugh when people make us happy or when you don’t quite know
what to do,” Keyton said. “It can be used negatively, as in putting people down.”
Keyton explained that laughter is categorized as procedural when it is caused by the emotional state of the group as a whole. In her study of the jury, Keyton found that much of the laughter was caused because of the group atmosphere.
“Procedural is what the group has to do as a whole. Anytime the group got off of what they should be doing, laughter occurred,” Keyton said.
Procedural laughter also occurs when the group shares a mental state, such as confusion. In the case Keyton and Stephenson studied, le-gal terminology occasionally con-
fused the jurors.“ T h e y g o t
mixed up a lot. T he l a ng u age that the court gives them was very technical,” K e y t o n s a i d . “ W h e n t h e y were confused, they laughed… That’s how they acknowledged to themselves that something was
wrong.”Informational laughter indicates
when two individuals share a mental state, according to Keyton.
“If someone said they did not know something, another might laugh to show they didn’t know either,” Keyton said. “It indicates you are sharing understanding or lack of understanding.”
Overall, Keyton said she and Ste-phenson found laughter is not easily categorized.
“Laughter, rather than just being positive or negative, it can be very ambiguous. And that ambiguity gives the group time to figure out
what to do next,” Keyton said. “A good facilitator sees [laughter] as a sign that there is something else that needs to be addressed.”
Although Keyton and Stephen-son’s study only looked at one jury deliberation, Keyton said their con-clusions are credible.
“The best way to look at a phenom-enon is in extreme cases,” Keyton said. “The consequences are so real for a jury member. I suspect that the results are similar to stressful group situations, when there are high stakes involved.”
Keyton said studying laughter in a high stress environment has made her aware of laughter in everyday life.
“I am so much more cognizant of when I laugh... I know why I am laughing, but I don’t want it to be misinterpreted,” Keyton said.
From their everyday experiences, students agree that laughter serves different functions. Shaneequa Ver-een, a sophomore majoring in psy-chology and political science, said she saw many different situations when people laughed.
“Some people laugh when they’re nervous, in funny situations of course, or when they are uncomfort-able,” Vereen said.
According to Vereen, people also laugh to prevent a situation from becoming uncomfortable.
“You laugh to be courteous. When something is supposed to be funny, you laugh,” Vereen said.
Danielle Teibel, a sophomore in the College of Management, agreed that laughter could be used to im-prove a situation.
“[People laugh] to lighten the mood,” Teibel said.
Keyton and Stephenson’s article, “Examining Laughter Functional-ity in Jury Deliberation,” was pub-lished in August in the journal Small Group Research.
Study shows laughter not uncommon on the jury bench
“I am so much
more cognizant of
when I laugh... I
don’t want it to be
misinterpreted.”Joann Keyton, professor of
communications
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for entrepreneurs. One of the future dormitory build-ings on Centennial Campus would connect to The Garage, a combination of workshops, prototyping areas, and meet-ing spaces.
“We need to build something where we can get students from across the curriculum working on multidisciplinary projects,” Walsh said. “When you get people from different backgrounds working together,
you get better ideas.”Companies such as Red Hat
have made significant dona-tions to open the Phase I Ga-rage in Research Building Four. Following the ribbon-cutting on Monday, this facility is open for applications from students in any college interested in get-ting their ideas off the ground.
“It’s a space where [students] can go and talk to other peo-ple in an entrepreneurially-minded way and develop ideas without spending an exorbitant amount of money,” said Seth Hollar, associate director of EEP and assistant professor in
the MAE department. “It’s not a lab for senior design.”
The Phase I Garage, which has about one-tenth the square-footage of its proposed fully-f ledged counterpart, houses a woodworking work-shop, electronics lab, library, loading dock, and two or three meeting rooms.
“One of the key aspects is communication,” Hollar said, echoing Walsh’s focus on the non-technical issues engineers are not often trained to antici-pate. “We want to give them a place where they can express their ideas to others.”
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Everybody’s going to be watch-ing and everyone will have a chance to see what N.C. State is about. Everyone is locked in to see what is going on.
No, the experience against UCF freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey doesn’t make any-thing easier. It just makes us a little bit smarter on how we go about doing things. With a mo-bile quarterback, you have to be more aware of keeping con-tain. Last Saturday the quarter-back broke contain because I didn’t keep contain. And that’s when he got a lot of the big plays towards the end of the game. They al-most won because he started scrambling around and break-ing contain. But luckily Bishop was able to force the fumble.
Cincinnati is a great team. They lost three regular sea-son games the last two years, and that doesn’t just happen by luck. Their offense is very good. The quarterback, he can run and he can throw. He’s got an arm and he has good guys on the perimeter and a good running back. They are good all the way through on of-fense, so it’s going to be a good challenge for the defense. Just executing our assignments, knowing when to push the pocket, knowing what angles to take and how to execute our
assignments correctly will be the keys.
It’s just important for us to get our rest. We have to rest up as much as possible so we can get our legs back. It’s a short week, so we won’t have as much time to recover and as much time to prepare, so it’s impor-tant we prepare well what we have to prepare and rest when we can.
Audie’s performance didn’t surprise me at all. He’s that type of player. He puts that ef-fort forth on the practice field, so to actually see the fruits of his labor come true, that’s not
surprising to me at all.
I think both Dean Haynes and Mustafa Greene are going to be
great talents later on in their careers. Right now it seems kind of fast to them. They are still learning and adjusting to the game speed. But I think that before the year is even halfway through, you will see both of these guys have great performances. They are both good talents and that is going to show.
“Everyone will have
a chance to see what
N.C. State is about.”Nate Irving
NATEcontinued from page 8Men’s soccer team blanks VMI, 4-0
Wolfpack bounces back from loss to UNC with romp over Keydets
Christina OwensCorrespondent
In a game with more yel-low cards assessed than goals scored, the men’s soccer team took control in the second half to win, 4-0.
Coming off a close loss to rival Carolina in its last game, the Wolfpack’s intensity was evident from the minute it took the field. In the first half, ag-gressive play on both sides led to thirteen fouls, but it wasn’t until almost the 44-minute mark that a goal was scored. Freshman forward Nader Jaibat scored his first career goal off an assist from junior midfielder Watt Williams.
The momentum from Jaibat’s goal carried into the second half, with senior midfielder Chris Zuerner scoring within three minutes of the start of second half play. Intense play continued throughout the half, as thirteen more fouls were ac-cumulated.
“I felt like it was a physical game on both sides, it’s some-thing we’ve got to get used to,” junior goalie Will Mackvick said. “A lot of times we play these out of conference games, and we come against a team and they’ve got every motiva-tion to try and beat you. So we came up, showed up, and won. It was kind of tight in the first half, but the goal at the end of
the first half really helped us out. It just helped our chances.”
State padded its lead when freshman Sonny Mukungu was taken down inside the penalty box to set up a penalty kick. Senior defender Tyler Lassiter converted the PK to bring the lead to 3-0.
“I was just ready to score, ready to keep my team in the lead, give it momentum and keep it playing,” Lassiter said. “It felt great because it’s great to score a goal when you’re a defender.”
The last goal of the night was scored at the 80:16 mark by freshman defender Marmadou Kansaye, who kicked it in off
a deflection by junior forward Craig Sutherland.
Mackvick has played every minute of the past four games, including Wednesday night’s shutout, when he made four saves. Mackvick credited his success to the hard work of the defense.
“Centerbacks play the whole time and goalkeepers play the whole time, it’s just the nature of the position,” Mackvick said. “Tonight we didn’t have a whole lot of shots. It’s always the defense that keeps things close. It was a huge game. You play your out of conference games at home, and you have to win them. It’s a must win,
every single one of them. I was glad a win came out of it.”
The men’s soccer team’s next game will be Saturday, when it will take the road to play at Maryland.
“Every win is important,” coach George Tarantini said. “Tonight we worked very hard in the second half. We did a pretty good job and we had the oppor-tunity to play a lot more players and get used to one another, which is what we’re trying to do. We had a lot of opportunities to score and that’s what we were looking for.”
ANDY MUSSELMAN/TECHNICIANSophomore midfielder Michael Smith centers the ball to a teammate during State’s game against VMI at Dail Soccer Field Wednesday, September 15, 2010. The Pack defeated the Keydets 4-0.
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I think it was a great win for us and our team, to show how good our defense can
be to all the young guys, espe-cially going into the next week
with a Thurs-d a y n i g h t game against Cincinnati. It gives us a lot of confidence. That was a tough win. We fought it out. For the team i n genera l , that will be a
big boost of confidence for us.It feels good to win two in a
row, but you can’t sit there and just think about 2-0, because that’s not the goal. The goal is to win every single game. You can’t win every game focusing on the record of the previous week. We just have to worry about the next game we have, which is Cincinnati. We have to not pay attention to the re-cord, whether it’s 2-0 or what-ever it may be.
I don’t recall the defense playing that good since I’ve been here. Maybe before, but not since I’ve been here. That felt real good, just to have the defense hold up its end of the deal. Our coaches and myself, we always told the guys on de-fense that the offense wouldn’t be able to score 40 points every single game, so the defense has to show up every night. That was just so good to see. They’re young guys and for them to play so good despite all the people saying how bad they are and everything, for them to play so good and actually be the reason that they won, be-cause of the fumble on the late drive, that’s real good.
That win Saturday night just lets us know that we’re capable of doing our job just in case Russell has an off night. We can do our job and we will be there to back him up, just in case he does have an off night like he had Saturday. We can carry our own weight so the offense won’t have to put up 40 points every game.
I think everybody knew what we had to do. We had to go out there and take care of business. The coaches had a great game. I think Tenuta does have a lot to do with it. It would be hard for me to say he doesn’t. It’s his attitude, that he has and all the other coaches have.
CUT - Like I always say, I’m just happy to have the chance to be back out there. I don’t care if I get 1000 tackles or one tackle. I don’t care about my performance as long as I’m helping the team out in a posi-tive way. - CUT
It’s a big deal, because that’s primetime TV, Thursday night.
We fought it out
NATE’S NICHE: WEEK THREE
Nate IrvingSenior middle linebacker
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UNIVERSITY OF
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CINCINNATI?
What happened the last time State played
The Pack and Bearcats have never played each other.
Players to watch for:N.C. STATE
Audie Cole: The star of week two, Cole is coming off the best performance of his career. The junior from Michigan finished the night with a game-high 12 tackles. Cole was all over the field from start to finish, recording three and a half tackles in the backfield, a sack and a diving interception to snuff out a trick play in the third quarter. Cole’s performance against UCF promises to help his fellow linebackers as the season progresses. Should offenses make a concerted effort to avoid Cole or send extra blockers his way, Nate Irving becomes all the more likely to return to his all-star form of 2008.
Russell Wilson: No. 16 rarely finds himself looking to bounce back. Through two seasons and two games, Wilson’s off nights have been few and far between, but after a 10-for-30 showing in Orlando, the star signal-caller will be determined to prove that showing was merely an aberration. After seeing State post a solid effort running the ball in week two, Cincinnati will likely think twice about dropping extra defenders into coverage to combat the Pack’s passing game. Based on several performances he has posted against defenses keying on the passing game, Wilson could be primed for a monster night if the Bearcats play him honest.
CINCINNATIQuarterback Zach Collaros: Collaros spent a great deal of 2009 on the sidelines watching former Bearcat star Tony Pike lead Cinci to the Big East title, but showed out when given the opportunity. In four starts, Collaros piled up 1,434 yards with 10 touchdowns and only two picks. Elite quarterbacks were State’s undoing a year ago, and Collaros will provide coordinator Mike Archer’s defense with a stiff early-season test in non-conference play. The Pack struggled with the mobility of UCF’S Jeff Godfrey in week two, and will have another dual-threat quarterback to deal with in Collaros, who gained 344 yards on the ground a year ago. Thursday night should prove to be a much-needed tune-up and indicator of the secondary’s progress, as State will face Georgia Tech’s Josh Nesbitt and VT’s Tyrod Taylor in weeks four and five.
Defensive lineman Derek Wolfe: Wolfe started all 13 games at defensive tackle in 2009 and enjoyed a breakout season, tallying 41 tackles, eight in the backfield, and five sacks. Wolfe got stronger as the season progressed, recording five tackles and a sack in one of the best efforts of his career, his team’s win over Pitt in the season finale. Wolfe made a tremendous jump in productivity from his freshman to sophomore seasons, from three tackles to 41. A preseason first-team all Big East defensive selection by Phil Steele’s 2010 College Football Preview, Wolfe will look to help Cinci slow down the Pack on the ground and through the air.
BRENT KITCHEN/TECHNICIAN FILE PHOTOCoach Tom O’Brien leads his team out of the tunnel before it’s season opener against Western Carolina at Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 4. The Pack notched 480 yards of total offense while holding the Catamounts to just 189 yards. State beat Western Carolina 48-7.
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Pack looks to run record to 3-0 against defend-ing Big East champsEly YarbroughStaff Writer
Coming off the first 2-0 start of the O’Brien era, the Wolfpack looks to continue its success as the bearcats from Cincinnati roll in to town Thursday night for a showdown that will be tele-vised nationally by ESPN. Cincinnati, the back-to-back Big East champions, come to Raleigh sporting a 1-1 record after beating FCS opponent Indiana State and losing to Fresno Sate of the Western Athletic Confer-ence.
The Wolfpack will attempt to continue i t s h o t streak after a big win over Cen-tral Flori-da. While t he tea m started off strong against the Knights’ traditional drop-back quar-terback, midway through the third quarter, the UCF coach decided to put in the true freshman quarterback Jeff Godfrey, who led UCF to its only two touchdowns of the night.
Coach Tom O’Brien called Central Florida’s de-cision to insert the shifty freshman in to the lineup during the middle of the third quarter a “blessing in disguise.”
“The type of offense
that they [Central Florida] ran in the last part of the game is certainly what we are going to have to face against Cincin-nati,” O’Brien said. “ He can hurt you passing the ball and he is certainly going to run it. The biggest obstacle we face is the speed of their team.”
A big reason State jumped out to a 21-0 lead against UCF was the stellar play of the de-fense.
“I thought it was great how the game ended the other night, with the fumble caused by the defense,” O’ Brien said. “They needed that, especially the
young guys, to go out there and play with confidence.”
The leaders on the defense a re c apta i n Nate Ir v ing and outside linebacker Audie Cole, who recorded 12 tackles, 3.5 for a loss, one sack and an interception in
the game Saturday night. The performance won the redshirt junior ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors.
“The defense picked us up in the end, especially in the sec-ond half”, senior right tackle Jake Vermiglio said. “They played phenomenal and we are all ready to go out on Thursday night and take on Cincinnati”.
Vermiglio said the offensive lines early effort against the speedy defensive line of Cin-cinnati will be crucial.
“Its important for us to come
out early and establish our-selves,” Vermiglio said. “We have to be physical early to wear them out by the end of the game.”
Thursday night will be the only time this sea-son an ACC team plays a Thursday night game that is not preceded by a bye-week. O’Brien said he was very upset at the conference for scheduling the game in such a way. The Pack not only faces a short week, it faces it after playing a night game in very humid Florida conditions. They didn’t get back in to Raleigh until about 3:30 AM, making the following practice very sluggish.
“Of course we were slug-gish at the practice on Mon-day,” Vermiglio said. “But I think we picked it up to-ward the end.”
Thursday’s contest will be a big game for not only the Pack and Bearcats, but for their respective confer-ences. With weak show-ings by both the ACC and Big East in non-conference games, the teams are fight-ing for conference pride and national respect. State is 0-2 in Thursday night games under O’Brien, giv-ing O’Brien’s team a great opportunity to get the Wolfpack a win on one of college football’s brightest stages.
Listen Up!The game will be televised nationally by ESPN, with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. Fans who can’t get to Carter-Finley or find a television can tune in to the Wolfpack-Capitol Sports Network
