Technician
january
19 2012
Raleigh, North Carolina
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It’s all fun and games with the Table Top Club The Table Top Gaming Club at N.C. State provides a place for students to relax and play. Daniel Weikel Staff Writer
A roll of the dice decides life and death. A four is all it takes for your last piece to die and then you’re out, in the game driven environment in Talley Blue Room every Thursday night. From six in the evening until ten, the fourth floor of the Talley Student center comes to life with the many voices of people fighting for victory at the Table Top Gamers meetings each week. Diverse groups of people meet up and socialize, as they enjoy some friendly competition. “It’s a place to play games, meet people, and just have fun,” Robert Nunley, a junior in creative writing, said. Nunley has been apart of Table Top Gamers since his freshmen year, where he has found a group of people who are interested in many of the same games as he is. He mentioned that often times meetings don’t just end there at ten, but people meet each other and organize activities outside of the regular meeting days. Nunley and another student, Dillon Frame, a sophomore in physics and mathematics, agreed that meetings are a nice break from studying. It was also mentioned that board games provide a way to socialize with other people, since many of the games offered by the club allow for a large number of players and provide several hours of play. The current president of the Table Top Gamers, Derek Shields, a first year graduate student in industrial engineering, pointed out some of the club’s favorite games. One of these, Betrayal at House on the Hill, is where
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International training becomes more accessible for engineering A new union with the European Commission gives engineering graduate students opportunities abroad.
ball from there,” Keltie said. The main value in the program, according to Keltie, is the chance it gives researchers to connect with other people conducting similar work. Keltie believes the more there’s collaboration between foreign nations, Elise Heglar the better the research could be. News Editor “The deeper value here is to connect Engineering graduate students research facilities in North America now have the unique opportunity and Europe. We have the potential for to expand their research facilities to a dramatic impact. All of the big problems we face are global,” Keltie said. Europe and Canada. One of the long-term goals of this The exchange program, which is sponsored by the European Com- program is to connect faculty who mission, gives doctoral, PhD and are conducting research. Keltie said post-doctoral students the chance it is equally important for faculty reto conduct research in Europe and searchers and students in Europe and Canada. Eleven universities com- North America to connect. T h e E u r op e a n prise the exchange Commission fundprogram: three in ed the project itself. the United States, One million euro two in Canada and is scheduled to be six in Europe. spent on the project Dick Keltie, Asover the course of sociate Dean of rethe next four years. search and graduRegistration is alate programs in ready open for stuengineering, condents who wish to siders this new study abroad with prog ra m to be Dick Keltie, Associate Dean the project next fall, important for the of research and graduate according to Keltie. University because programs in engineering Hoit said he beof how the internalieves learning to tional market has work in an international market is grown in recent years. “As all of our students, both gradu- something that’s crucial for students. ate and undergraduate, are prepar- He names a lack of interest in living ing to graduate it’s so international. abroad and learning new languages as These international experiences are two major issues for students trying valuable and necessary,” Keltie said. to find work after they finish school. Technician “Many U.S. students are not willing Keltie learned about the program to live and work abroad or to work to last spring from Marc Hoit, vice Mail become multi-lingual. The fact is, it’s chancellor for information techCOMPOSE much critical nology, and immediately started Student Loan more Update Jan 19. 2012 nowadays to be ur inboxes, like many of knowledgeable about the international researching how to make it happen yours, are currently overwith pointless After emails. doing much market,” Hoit said. at ourflowing University. Whether it’s wading through emails Since the world economy has grown research, including attending a sumfrom national honor societies which you later found out to be scams, letters more connected over time, having mit about the program in Spain, Kelfrom professors who haven’t removed you from their list serve, or from muinternational skills can be a crucial tie made everything official. sic services you signed up for to get a deciding factor in whether or not a “He [Hoit] free download — we’rebecame fed up. But, aware of the honestly, there’s nothing you can do opportunity the European Commisbut grin and bear it. We’rehad not inand high school anymore; sion we sort of picked up the Exchange continued page 3
“These international experiences are valuable and necessary.”
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Parker Martin, sophomore in computer science, moves his gamepiece while playing Dungeons and Dragons at Table Top Gamers club meeting Thursday night.
players come together and tell their own horror story as they explore a haunted mansion. The game continues until eventually one of the players is revealed as the traitor and tries to eliminate the rest.
New programs on the horizon from Arts N.C. State A new semester means new plays, music performances, and dance recitals from Arts N.C. State.
“The arts really ought to be there for every student.”
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University accidentally releases sensitive data from 2004-2006 Images of checks were inadvertently released through a scanner sold on eBay by N.C. State. Laura Wilkinson Editor-in-Chief
In 2009, web programmer Anson Parker of Charlottesville, Virginia purchased a scanner on eBay sold by the University. In early January, Parker contacted the North Carolina Department of Justice and University officials claiming the scanner contained close to 15,000 scanned checks, including routing numbers and signatures. Parker waited three years to contact the Department of Justice because he said he was wary of the government and how they would respond to him. “I was really uncertain how to handle it… I decided that it would
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“In recent years, the University has be important for me to keep an eye and safeguards to on this situation, because in my mind installed controls RaleIgh/DURham these are not people to be trusted,” prevent this type of incident from Parker said through an email inter- occurring again,” Davis said, askview, the only form of communication ing Parker to return the scanner to the University and Parker has allowed destroy duplicate with Technician. copies of the inforAfter a few days mation. of hearing nothing Brad Bohlander, from the Departassociate vice chanment of Just ice, cellor for University Parker CONTRIBUTORS contacted Communications, University officials said the University Jan. 3. Brad Bohlander, associate vice opened a police in“It seemed they chancellor for vestigation into the w e r e n’t c e r t a i n University Communications matter. The inforabout the veracity, mation on the scanso I published -- and have since deleted – copies of a few ner dated from June 2004 to April hundred of the checks with the rout- 2006 and was “used while transitioning numbers and signatures cropped,” ing to a newer system” of data storage. “There is no indication at this point Parker said. Sergeant William Davis of Campus that the data has been used,” BohlandPolice contacted Parker, wishing to er said. “The University is currently prevent the information on the scan- working to alert anyone who could ner “from being released to others or potentially be affected.” inappropriately used.”
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tionally recognized despite the lack of a dance major or minor, performs several times throughout the semester. Student-based musical organizations, meanwhile, have several shows lined up throughout the course of Jordan Baker the semester. These groups cover a Staff Writer wide range of musical styles, from The Arts N.C. State program seeks jazz and classical to choirs and wind to mirror the truth in the famous ensembles. The Center Stage Program, statement by Henry Moore: “A sculptor is a person who is interested in the which is responsible for bringing shape of things, a poet in words, a mu- professional artists to N.C. State, has created a line up which runs the sician by sounds.” In their pursuit of bringing both gamut of the performing arts. Center professional artists to campus and Stage will start the semester with a involving students in the arts, Arts performance by the Turtle Island N.C. State strives to explore all dif- Quartet, who will be performing the music of North Carolina native and ferent types of art mediums. At the heart of what Arts N.C. State jazz legend John Coltrane. Another jazz musician by the hopes to achieve is bringing the arts name of John Pizzarelli and his to everyone on campus. “The arts really ought to be there for wife Jessica Molaskey will be visiting campus March every student.” Alex 24. Other, lesserMiller, the director known musicians, of Arts N.C. State, will be coming to said. N.C. State as well. The Arts One such band is program hopes to Red Baraat, whom carry this mission Mark Tulbert, asfor ward into the Alex Miller, director of sistant director of spring semester by Arts N.C. State Arts N.C. State, giving students the described as “Bolopportunity to perform and participate in the arts, as lywood meets New Orleans.” Outside of the performing well as inviting professional artists to arts, N.C. State is opening its doors campus. Student performances kick off in to two new exhibits in the visual arts, February when the theatre program which are to be housed in the Gregg will put on their production of Rent, Museum in Talley Student Center. from the Feb. 15 to Feb. 19. The Uni- These two exhibitions will concenversity Theatre program will also be trate on textiles, and the meaning putting on a production of The Arabian Nights, which opens in April. The dance program on campus, naarts continued page 3
Some of the other club favorites include, Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer, a deck building game, The Red Dragon Inn, a fantasy ad-
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