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The chancellor, provost and student leaders went to the Brickyard yesterday to talk about tuition. Laura Wilkinson Editor-in-Chief
The Board of Governors will meet to vote on tuition increase proposals from each school in the UNC System Feb. 10. In order for students to be more aware of the process and potential outcomes of the BOG’s decision, campus administrators and student leaders hosted a Tuition Talk Day Wednesday in the Brickyard to answer questions students may have. The Board of Governors has proposed an increase in tuition by $1,500 over the next five years, labeled a “catch-up” plan. However, UNC System President Tom Ross proposed a different, two-year plan, that would keep the increases at less than 10 percent per year. Tom Stafford, the vice chancellor for Student Affairs, attended the Tuition Talk and said the BOG is “really split on this [decision].” “They’re not going to have a unanimous vote,” Stafford said. Once the BOG has made its proposal, the General Assembly will make a final decision, and Stafford said the General Assembly will look really closely at what the BOG has done. Provost Warwick Arden said although not many students approached them in the Brickyard, he and Chancellor Randy Woodson want to have a good conversation with the students about this process. “President Ross is proposing, for N.C. State, less than a 10 percent increase. What we originally proposed was a little bit more than that. We’re supportive of President Ross’ proposal,” Arden said. Last year alone, Arden said the University lost approximately $67 million from the academic budget, though the total cut was $80 million. “If the tuition for this year for N.C. State is approved by the board, that
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Talking with N.C. State Chancellor Randy Woodson, Jason Cooper, a senior in CHASS, discusses the impact of a possible tuition increase for students attending State. Woodson spent lunch Wednesday in the Brickyard speaking to students about their thoughts and feelings about the possible increase in tuition and explaining the benefits of the increase as well.
“We are lucky that North Carowill generate about $20 million, one third of which will go toward finan- lina has been really good to higher cial aid,” Arden said. “We lost, from education. We’ll still be toward the lower end of our peer the cut, $80 million. group [in tuition That was just this rates],” Arden said. year’s loss.” Members of the A rden st ressed Occupy NCSU the University is not group, who showed trying to make up up to the talk to confor the total loss all front Woodson, disat once or put it on played less optimism the backs of the stuabout the proposed dents. increases. “It’s more about “Why aren’t peodiversifying the reple rallying in the sources,” Arden said. streets?” an unidenThe goal is to be able tified member of Octo hire more faculty cupy NCSU asked — which hasn’t hapWoodson. The same pened much in the Provost Warwick Arden student challenged last couple of years Woodson to hold a — and add more class sections in order to benefit the rally for the students in protest of the students and keep the University com- increases. “It’s not enough. They should be givpetitive.
“We are lucky that North Carolina has been really good to higher education. We’ll still be toward the lower end of our peer group.”
ing us more,” the student replied. Student Body President Chandler Thompson said Student Government wants to continue to increase the accessibility of administrators, and the Tuition Talk aided in that effort. “There are other opportunities to talk with the chancellor about tuition — or anything — at his chat for the chancellor times. These events are basically ‘on campus office hours’ for the chancellor. Students can also always email the chancellor, the provost, etc. with a question,” Thompson said. “Student Government is always looking for ideas to engage students with the chancellor, so maybe next year it can be a ‘tweet-up.’” Students who were not able to come to the Tuition Talk Day in the Brickyard can submit questions online at go.ncsu.edu/tuitionfeesquestions.
EMT class provides new job opportunities As far as I know, no others have approached them about this, and I think A certified training course at it would be very beneficial to the Unithe University is making some versity as a whole,” Cross said. students look into new career Robert Ward, sophomore in huchoices. man biology and successfully certified EMT, took the class to see if he would be interested in pursuing a medical Sarah Dashow degree. Staff Writer “I thought the class would be a good There is a series of classes in the start, an intro into medicine to see if I works at N.C. State that will provide like it,” Ward said. Ward was already certified in CPR students with advanced emergency response skills. Larry Brown, associ- before he took the class, but he was ate professor in physical education, is interested in learning more. “[We learned] basic life saving skills organizing the program in conjunction with the biological science de- ... I think everyone should be ... CPR certified,” Ward said. partment. While he has no current plans to Responding to Emergencies, First use his license, he is Responder a nd interested in workEmergency Medical ing with Cross and Technician-Basic are campus public safety the first classes in if that comes to fruithis series. Their intion. tention is to provide Blakely Bell, sophstudents with the omore in education skills needed to pass a nd ps ycholog y, the State of North took the class out of Carolina and the interest but enjoyed National Registry it enough to pursue Emergency Technithe certification. cian basic exam. “Originally I was The students who Robert Ward, sophomore in so afraid of emergenhuman biology signed up for the cy situations because class are a diverse I never knew what to g roup, b ot h i n school concentration and motivation. do, and the idea of being the one to Matt Cross, junior in business ad- handle a situation worried me. So, ministration, is required to be EMT last year I took the First Responders certified for his job as a Raleigh fire- class to gain a knowledge base and in a fighter. However, he has plans to in- sense to face my fears, and I absolutely corporate what he learned beyond his fell in love with it,” Bell said. Bell currently plans to look into the job and bring his skills to campus. “I am going to be meeting with military as a career, but she does not NCSU public safety on working with rule out continuing to work in EMS. “After my ride-alongs it definitely them to implement some sort of medical emergency notification system. sparked my interest. I am currently
Poole College of Management business class is helping University Planning and Analysis increase the response rate for the class evaluation. Students of BUS 360 class, taught by Professor Ed Weems, were split into six groups and asked to get suggestions for the class evaluation. The project that finished first was the team of Thomas Payne, Alexa Hollis, Danika Wilsher and Alex Corbett. Thomas Payne, junior in human resources, said Trey Standish, assistant director for enrollment planning, briefed them about the class evaluation system and asked them to research ways to make it better. “[Standish] said that 20 to 30 percent of class evaluations were filled out in the past couple of years, which is really bad, and before they switched to online system he said that participation was 95 percent because you would come to the class during finals, fill out a paper evaluation and hand that in with the test, so everybody did it,” Payne said. Payne also said some teams tried raising participation by giving students incentives like loyalty points, but this system doesn’t work as expected. “Some groups tried a loyalty point incentive, like if you filled out the class evaluation you would get loyalty points for game tickets. They would certainly increase the participation but wouldn’t improve the validity of the response, which would hurt the value of the response you got,” Payne said. Payne said his group focused on improving the quality of the response. According to Payne, his team’s main
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“I thought the class would be a good start, an intro into medicine to see if I like it.”
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Blakely Bell, sophomore in education and psychology, applying a traction splint on patient Michael Weese. looking into volunteer opportunities with surrounding EMT stations as well as some back home,” Bell said. The series of classes are open to anyone who can spare the credit hours. The class covers a wide variety of topics in emergency care from respiratory and cardiac emergencies
and CPR to bleeding, shock and trauma management. The lab for the class involves hands-on training, and there is also an ambulance ride-along to experience first hand how a situation might be handled.
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Thur, Feb 2 at 6pm • Gregg Museum Short films about clothing and fashion, and how they affect the wearer. The program will include Replay (the Arrow Shirt Company embraces hippies), Twenty Dollar Miracle (a brief history of dresses and how they got so cheap), and Fur Coat Club (two little girls with a fur fetish explore New York City).
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Agri-Life Council Meeting 7-8:30 p.m. 105 Schaub Hall Agri-Life Student organization representatives from the College of Agriculture & Life Sciences will meet to discuss issues in the college. If you are an Agri-Life representative, please attend.
1:23 p.m. | Drug Violation Carroll Hall Report of possible drug violation. Officer checked area but did not locate any problems.
Jan. 31 11:41 a.m. | Suspicious Person Cates Avenue/Dan Allen Drive Student reported suspicious subject made comments that made them feel uncomfortable. 11:42 a.m. | Information – University Sullivan Shops I Officer stood by during dismissal of employee.
10:01 p.m. | Skateboard Violation Weisiger-Brown Athletic Center Report of skateboarding violations. Officers made contact with three students who advised they were just riding downhill. No violations or damage was found. No further action taken. 4:20 p.m. | Harrassment Harrelson Hall Student reported being harassed by another student.
Short Student Films Screening 7-8:30 p.m. D.H. Hill Library Auditorium Experience the talent of NC State students as they screen their best short films. Ranging from computer animation to experimental pieces, all films are under four minutes long. During the program, students will talk about the process of creating their work. Friday Kick the Winter Blues with Blueberry Fever All Day Campus Dining Halls Try various menu items crafted with fresh blueberries. English Conversation Club 3:30-4:30 p.m. 216 Daniels Hall This is a great way to meet people from around the world and help others with the English language. No registration is required. Crafting-C Chinese Brush Painting 4-7 p.m. 131 Crafts Center For NCSU students only. $5 supply fee. An Evening With Ben Owen 7-9 p.m. 100/127 Crafts Center In conjunction with a weekend workshop presented by Triangle Potters Guild, the public is invited to an evening presentation by noted potter Ben Owen III. Owen will present a slide lecture covering the history of the Owen family in clay as well as the process at Ben Owen Pottery. If time allows, some pottery may be made after the lecture. Double Barrel Benefit 9 9 p.m. - midnight The Pour House Music Hall WKNC 88.1 FM will be hosting its 9th Double Barrel Benefit at The Pour House Music Hall in downtown Raleigh, Friday and Saturday. Double Barrel Benefit is WKNC’s largest fundraiser of the year, presenting four bands each night of its two-night concert series. Tickets are $10-15.
4:55 p.m. | Assault Jeter Drive Bays Staff member reported being struck by vehicle while issuing parking citation. Student vehicle struck staff member causing minor injuries. Medical assistance was refused. Student was referred to the University for assault. 6:05 p.m. | Suspicious Person SAS Hall Report of suspicious subject. Officers searched the area but did not locate anyone. 6:39 p.m. | Medical Assist Carmichael Gymnasium Units responded and transported student in need of medical assistance.
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COLD SEASON IS HERE AGAIN! And who has time to be sick these days?
Local doctors are conducting a clinical research study on the effects of an FDA approved medication in reducing cold symptoms. If you (or a family member) are 12 years old or older and have recently developed moderate to severe symptoms of at least 2 of the following: cough, thickened mucus or chest congestion, you may qualify for this study. Qualified participants may receive compensation for your time and travel. For more information call North Carolina Clinical Research at (919) 881-0309 Monday through Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm. After hours please leave a message.
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WESA spearheads campus environmental movement Through various events and projects, WESA hopes to inform and interest students in their cause. Lauren Vanderveen Staff Writer
Through a variety of events, the Wolfpack Environment Student Association is striving to get students on board with preserving the environment. The group will be hosting the second annual Alleycat bike race Thursday, Feb. 2. This event will help WESA raise money to go to Power Shift in Washington, D.C., where students from across the nation will talk with political figures and attend workshops that deal with the environment. William Winner, faculty adviser for WESA and professor of environmental science and natural resources, said he believes the conference gives students a voice. “It’s more than just students learning about these issues on the political landscape in the heart of our political arena, but they also form a power shift, as the name suggests; a shift in telling the student’s message, about where their concerns are with respect to energy, en-
vironment and sustainability,” they’re not using them or unplug their electronics when Winner said. About 40 to 60 students reg- they’re not using them,” Nerurularly attend the WESA meet- kar said. Through WESA, the Students ings, according to Winner. Sonum Nerurkar, a WESA for Organic United Living Garco-president and senior in en- den was also created. The garden, which aspired to vironmental technology and management, had her own motivate people to grow their environmental project come own foods, was recently vandalized. to life. “It is really unfortunate, Her idea for a solar gazebo but the good was passed thing is they through the didn’t mess Think Outup any of our side the Brick beds ; t wo competition. rice beds that Channeling are 12-by-24solar energy feet, so we’re has become really grateincreasingly ful that nothpopu la r i n ing happened t he env ito where the ronmental Catherine McKnight, covegetables movement. president of WESA are growing,” A solar panel Catherine will even be installed in one of the stand- McKnight, senior in environing structures on campus, ac- mental science and co-president of WESA, said. cording to Nerurkar. Students are welcomed to In the past, the club has collaborated with the Campus work in the SOUL Garden, loEnvironmental Sustainability cated on Centennial Campus, Team and Students for Solar, every Sunday at 2 p.m, said which is a group that had McKnight. Early planning has begun for formed as a result of WESA. “We work with the Sustain- the University to participate in ability Office on some of their Earth Hour, according McKinitiatives and have gone dorm night. Earth Hour, a grassroots to dorm, trying to tell people to turn off their lights when movement for conserving en-
“We’ll be doing Earth Hour. We’re going to try and get more people involved with it.”
ergy that has turned into a global event, invites the human race to turn off their lights for just one hour March 31 of this year. “We’ll be doing Earth Hour. We’re going to try to get more people involved with it. We’re really not sure yet, but we’d love to,” McKnight said. Winner added since Earth Hour is done globally, students should expect something interesting if it happens here on campus. Various workshops and a documentary series will be alternating in occurrence with WESA’s regular meetings Thursdays in Riddick 451. The most current event will be a recycled craft workshop Thursday. “We’re going to be using a lot of recyclable material like bottle caps to make bottle cap earrings and old T-shirt scraps to makes scarves or headbands,” McKnight said. “Just a lot of different things to get people thinking, ‘Oh, I don’t have to throw this out. I can actually reuse it and wear it or make something or sell it on Etsy.’”
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strategy was to keep things simple. “We wanted to create simple ways to implement new strategies in the current system and not overhaul it totally. We wanted to be understandable for the new freshmen coming in, just get in more avenues for kids to get in their evaluation and get a motivation which is intrinsic and not extrinsic for students to complete class evaluation,” Payne said. Payne said there are no direct benefits to students. Though the University asks students to do it for the good of the school, he doesn’t think students connect with the idea. “The format that they have right now, we don’t think, is easy to understand. We don’t think it is very informative and good, and then there is hardly any advertisement about why one should fill out class evaluation and how it would benefit the University, [and] what it does for students,” Payne said. One of the more surprising aspects of the project, according to Payne, were some of the statistics his team discovered. “One thing that baffled me in my survey results was that only 25 percent of students said that they don’t fill out Class Evals honestly. I would have to think about why the statistic is what it is,” Payne said. Another goal of this project was to show what students thought about specific professors, Payne said. “They should incorporate
communication and remaining objective in situations which others may judge based on physical appearance or any other factor,” Bell said. These classes are taught by certified emergency medical service professionals and teachers. During the fall, Gene Lam-
student opinions about the teacher as in they were good or bad as long as they were respectful and have a censorship over such comments because selecting a class is like buying a product and to be able to review it is a necessity,” Payne said. Weems said UPA would be making considerable changes to class evaluations in the future. “As I understand, UPA is going to make some very significant changes to the class evaluation,” Weems said. According to Weems, the program lacks marketing, making a marketing class best suited for the research. “They need to market the program to the students and that’s why they needed a marketing class for the research. They were looking for ways to make students receptive of what they have to offer,” Weems said. Standish said the response rate to the class evaluation was dwindling to the point that it prompted UPA to look to a marketing class to help them improve that aspect of Class Evals. “What got UPA to get this research out was that the response rate to the Class Eval was decreasing. We needed a marketing plan to get students to fill out the evaluation and so we got marketing class to help us out,” Standish said. The new changes to Class Evals will be implemented fairly soon, according to Standish. “A few recommendations are already under way, and we are working on getting approvals on the rest and it should be implemented in a year or two.” Standish said.
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The past sculpts our future: Stay aware and be prepared The Facts:
The Poetic Portraits of a Revolution presented their project for attempting to inform the world about the revolutions in the Middle East. The University is currently choosing an institutionwide theme of global and/ or civic awareness as a part of its accreditation standards.
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Awareness of the news and events occurring in our society is pivotal to any audience, and students, especially, should take an interest because today’s events are shaping their future.
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he Poetic Portraits of a Revolution’s performance of their discoveries in Egypt and Tunisia involved four young men showcasing the events of the revolutions they witnessed while in the countries last summer. The goal of this project was, and still is, to inform the world about the events and revolutions occurring in Egypt and Tunisia in such a way to capture the true experiences of the citizens in those countries. The awareness they strive for is a growing concern for our country, due to general lack of awareness in the U.S. As college students, we are seen as oblivious and uninformed to the world around us; older generations claim we are enclosed in the protective bubble that is N.C. State University. In some cases, this might be true. But we must change this
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stigma, both to counteract that impression and for our own personal awareness. It is important to be informed about the news going on around you, because it better educates you on serious matters facing our society, issues we will have to face after graduation. While in many cases these issues like the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia, don’t appear to directly impact our lives, in some or another they do, or will. Every event in history has triggered a future event. Current events will inevitably affect us in the long run. By remaining informed and staying aware of the issues occurring, one can be better enlightened, near or distance.
The importance of awareness can even be seen in the University’s educational qualifications. Currently, the University is preparing for accreditation by focusing on their Quality Enhancement Plan. According to the Handbook for Institutions Seeking Reaffirmation, “[This plan] describes a carefully designed course of action that addresses a well-defined and focused topic of issue [to enhance student learning].” One of the requirements of the QEP is that institutions must select a topic to focus instruction and student activities on. Of the topics listed, the primary two under consideration for N.C. State are global and then civil awareness. These themes are respectively
described as “understand[ing] different world views [and a] global perspective,” and “apply[ing] classroom knowledge and skills to community issues,” each of these definitions focusing on one central theme of a general awareness. Unlike your calculus professor teaching you real-world applications you’ll never actually use, this understanding of what’s going on around you and your society impacts your life by shaping you and society’s future. If the University believes these issues are so important they are willing to integrate them through your daily life at N.C. State, shouldn’t we at least listen to the themes and decide later whether we will use them? It’s better to have the tools early on than trying to acquire them later in life.
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was happy to see Technician release an editorial two weeks ago in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). While I agree with the editorial board’s view on SOPA, I ca nnot help but worr y about its view on piracy. For example, Brian the editorial Anderson summarized Staff Columnist Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian’s depiction of SOPA, writing, “…its treatment of piracy is liken to a robbery being committed in a neighborhood, and then the neighborhood being demolished to prevent future robberies.” I do not agree with this context for the clear reason piracy should not be a crime. And I would change Ohanian’s story to a version reading, “A man takes a photograph of a house and magically creates a new house out of thin air based on the original image. Then homebuilders lobby Congress to throw him in jail for teaching others how to do it.” Indeed, if you were able to download a free Lamborghini without stealing anyone else’s Lamborghini, would you do it? The reason it is vitally important to discuss the illegitimacy of intellectual property as opposed to the legal failures (i.e., guilty-by-accidental-association provisions) of SOPA is because the former feeds the latter. SOPA is a natural extension of stances in favor of intellectual property, which, contrary to real property, is simply a monopoly granted to corporations by governments that will later fine or imprison individuals who do the same. After all, the original intention of copyright legislation was purposeful censorship, not some kind of incentive allowing musicians and other artists to make money. We shouldn’t be surprised copyright has finally returned to its maker. A more modern example of intellectual property-fueled censorship is the Church of Scientology’s usage of Digital Millennium Copyright Act, to force its critics to remove videos critical of the church. Many insist people would have no incentive to produce new entertainment, or particularly important in our technologically-advanced age, new software. Yet a quick look at Linux and Apache dem-
onstrates even open source companies—those without a reliance on intellectual property—can thrive in the free market. You’ll be surprised how often you can find Linux’s source coding used around your house, e.g., in your TiVo. As for entertainment, we can look back to the 1909 revision of the U.S. Copyright Act, which extended the copyright renewal period to 28 years. One would think that a major extension like this would surely give artists incentive to create newer pieces of work, but, from that time until 1999, the world saw no increase in artistic productions. And thus Napster began. In 1999, the Recording Industry Association of America—yes, the same organization patting SOPA on the back—sued Napster. Not only did this lawsuit fail in stopping downloads, but the trial’s publicity turned Napster’s less-than 500,000 user base into a huge peer-topeer file-sharing community of 38 million people by mid-2000. No matter what any government does, decentralized individuals will always find new ways to download these commodities for free. It is time that musicians, artists and other Los Angeles suit-and-ties realize we’re entering a new economy filled with non-scarce resources of which we would have only been able to dream a few decades ago. Musicians should feel lucky to have their content displayed so frequently on websites like YouTube. Few people these days will even consider buying a song without hearing it at least once, and even fewer will attend a concert without such an experience. If nothing else, it is amazing advertising for established and upcoming musicians. Justin Bieber, who began a career covering songs on YouTube, denounces strict copyright enforcement. Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones has also explained how bands make more money from tours than they do from record sales. Let file-sharing act as a means for listeners to arrive at the real service, e.g., concerts, and conscious customers will transfer the money to the hands in which it really belongs. In the words of a sticker I once saw: “Your failed business model is not my problem.”
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Life without a computer
y computer keyboard stopped working Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. I’m pretty sure that’s a date I’ll remember for quite a while. My computer is just over three years old. I’m one of those people who’s almost always on the computer, unfortunately. Between Chelsey working on Francis columns for Staff Columnist Technician or w r it i ng lesson plans, typing is super important, but then again, so is logging onto my computer. Yes, it was password protected. I have a nosy brother and cousin. Needless to say, I was pretty upset when I went to log in to my computer and found my keyboard wouldn’t let me type. Well, actually three keys were functioning. My caps lock key still worked, the “M” key had become the enter key and the backspace key typed things in, but the password function wouldn’t let me see what it was typing. I know I’m not the best person with computers. I don’t bother backing things up, I don’t use an external hard drive—heck, I don’t even understand what that is—but I think it’s time for me to learn. I have documents on the computer that are completely and totally irreplaceable.
I decided about a year ago to start a running document of things I thought were important to remember. Little tidbits of information my teachers shared that didn’t really fit anywhere else. I think the last time I looked at it, it was up to five pages. So, if you hadn’t already guessed, my computer is at the doctor. Hopefully I’ll have it back in two weeks, but it depends on how long it takes the new keyboard to come in. Cue shocked faces. How in the world does a college student who is taking 18 credit hours and has several papers due soon get by? You can’t spend all your time in a computer lab or in the library—at least, I can’t. Between Thursday afternoon and Friday morning, I spent four hours total in the computer lab. To be quite honest, I was amazed at the amount of work I got done, just with the motivation that I didn’t want to spend all day there. But, boy was I sick of sitting still by the time those hours were up. I went home to take my computer to get fixed. Fortunately, I think, my parents have a new desktop computer they rarely use; my dad uses it once or twice a week to play Bubble Shooter. My weekend was spent in front of that computer writing one of the papers I’d already started, but lost when I couldn’t get in my laptop. Now comes the amazing part. My aunt had an extra laptop she bought about three months ago. Nope, it’s not new.
In fact, she said it’s about eight years old. The battery doesn’t work, and it doesn’t have Microsoft Word. It can’t handle too much at once. One tab on Mozilla Firefox is the most you can have open. But, good grief, the keyboard works! Using this computer has kept me on task. I can’t have Facebook, Moodle, Gmail, Twitter, Texts From Last Night, WRAL and my homework open at the same time. And it’s too much to be constantly going between the sites. I’ve only been using this computer since last Saturday, but I’m feeling pretty caught up on my work. Knocking out Hulu and YouTube makes catching up a lot easier. I just got a text this week from the man who’s fixing my laptop saying my laptop should be ready this weekend. It’s sounding like a trip home, but for a good reason this time. Oh, and this column was made possible by GoogleDocs. Using Works just wasn’t cutting it for me. I like my computer with my Windows Vista, Google Chrome, documents, photos and Microsoft Word. I can’t wait to get it back, but having this computer is making me learn even more about GoogleDocs. I mean, it has a word count tool. That’s amazing, but I’ll take my Word any day.
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The Challenge Program
thursday, february 2, 2012 • Page 5
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he Krispy Kreme Challenge will have its eighth annual running Saturday. It’s amazing what eight years can do; an event that started as a pissing contest between a couple of friends has blossomed into more than 7,700 participants. It has been featured on ESPN and has become an N.C. State tradition. In part, we love the Challenge as an allegory for college life: it requires courage, endurance and stupidity. For true competitors, the challenge involves a five-mile run from the Bell Tower to Krispy Kreme and the consumption of a dozen doughnuts. All the proceeds from the Krispy Kreme Challenge go to the N.C. Children’s Hospital, a great cause. Having the proceeds going to the American Diabetes Association or Stop Hunger Now seemed a bit too counterproductive. As race day approaches, we examine the types of runners you will find Saturday. Most of the competitors fall into two broad categories; either they are running for the first time, or they have somehow forgotten the pain of previous runs. You’ll have your oddball runners out and about; look out for these people. They’re entertaining. But most importantly, if you’re running, do not go out the night before. The Challenge is hell enough as is, you don’t need to add to it.
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Why she runs: With collegiate inhibitions at an all-time low, her friends have baited her into the Challenge. Her friends do not have her best interests at heart. To her, the Challenge sounds difficult but doable. She has no idea what truly awaits.
0.0 miles: She realize she’s walked into a circus. There are people in shopping carts, shirtless in 40-degree weather, and some are even wearing capes. She is relieved she at least has her friends nearby.
1.0 miles: Her friends have disappeared. They’ve been separated in part due to differences in pacing, but, mainly, it is the undiagnosed and
untreated cases of ADHD among her friends that have led them astray.
2.0 miles: The solitude of the run has made her question where her New Year’s resolutions have gone. Was she not supposed to be in shape by now?
2.5 miles: She arrives at Krispy Kreme and quickly learns taking it one
doughnut at a time is not the best policy. She begins double fisting. As she’s double fisting eight doughnuts, she catches her reflection in a window. She’s ashamed. She goes over to the BP station and repays them for their oil spill.
4.0 miles: In the distance she sees who she believes to be the cute guy from her history class. Upon realizing it is, she snaps out of her sugar-
glazed daze and begins to speed up. As she runs, he loses it in the bushes and proceeds to face plant. Any attraction has been lost.
5.0 miles: She has completed her first Krispy Kreme Challenge. She is so ecstatic she goes to her phone to call her mom to tell her all about it. Before she calls she sees a text from a friend: “Edward 40-hands tonight!?!?” She cannot find another bush fast enough.
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Why he runs: He runs for one reason and one reason only: he heard there was food. He is in no way impoverished; he comes from an affluent family. However, weekend after weekend of mismanaging his food money has left his bank account barren. Embarrassed to tell his parents what he actually spends his food money on, he survives on free samples from Teeter, his soon-tobe-former roommate’s food and events like these.
0.0 miles:
1.0 miles:
With no friends willing to swipe him in at the dining hall, he makes his way to the Bell Tower. He has seen people gravitating toward the Tower all morning, and in college, generally, that means there’s food to be found. He makes his way to the front of the starting line. He wants nobody in his way.
He finds himself keeping pace with the marathon man. The idea of the marathon man getting to the doughnuts before him is too much to handle. He increases his pace, pushing the four-minute mile barrier.
2.5 miles: He is the first person to Krispy Kreme. In all of his years he has never seen anything more
beautiful. Boxes of doughnuts now line his world. He grabs as many boxes as he can and finds a secluded spot to feast. The savagery with which he eats can only be described as trying to survive.
2.5 miles: Thirty doughnuts has a weird effect on the body: it shuts it down. Upon waking up from his eight-hour slumber he finds
nobody remains at Krispy Kreme. He checks the trashed boxes for any stragglers and finds none. He begins to head back.
3.0 miles: He pulls out his phone to try to finagle a ride from a friend. As he pulls it out realizes he has a text: “Edward 40-hands tonight!?!?” Upon reading this, he resumes his four-minute mile pace.
The marathon man
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He has been there since 7:30 warming up. In fact, he has done more distance in his warm up than he will have to do in the race. As the race start approaches he makes his way to the front of the pack. He needs an accurate time and can’t have a pack of civilians slowing him down.
He is one of the first 10 people to reach Krispy Kreme. He is confident all his trial Krispy Kreme runs over the past two months will pay off, but then he opens the box. The doughnuts are cold; he only trained with hot ones. As his world is crumbling before him, he loses all form. He starts crushing six per hand, a cardinal sin of the KKC, trying his best to consume the dozen in the five minutes he allotted himself.
1.0 miles: He begins to panic; his heart rate monitor is not registering his BPM properly. There is no way his BPM after a mile is already 170. His aggravation only exacerbates the problem.
4.75 miles: With the Bell Tower in sight he has miraculously caught up to the
leader. Ala Ricky Bobby, he begins to draft the leader, preparing for a shake-and-bake maneuver in the home stretch.
4.90 miles: As he begins to execute the slingshot maneuver, a race official tackles him and DQs him. There is NO drafting in the KKC. Maybe if he spent less time warming up and more time reading the rules he would’ve finished second instead of last.
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Classic films are given a second life in 3-D
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Belle and the Beast dance in a famous scene from the Disney classic Beauty & the Beast. The success of The Lion King in 3-D has inspired Disney to re-release further films in the format.
saster for a number of reasons, is an excellent case in point. Shot traditionally, the film is slightly nauseating because its post-production play at dimensionality is illogical.� Despite the failures of some Stephen Behan 3-D movies, the success of othStaff Writer ers is still causing moviegoers Since the wide-spread and to hit the stands in droves. The success of such films unprecedented success of Avatar in 2009, 3-D movies have is bringing a response from been hitting the market with studios. The Lion King was reincreased regularity. Bank- released in September last year. ing on the success of this 3-D The film, originally released trend, production companies in 1994, managed to make have started remaking older over $30 million in its opening week in 3-D. Its popularity movies with a 3-D twist. According to Devin Orgeron, with viewers spurred Disney to associate professor of film stud- remake classics like Beauty and ies, so many movies are being the Beast and The Little Mermade in 3-D because the movie maid in 3-D as well. According to Orgeron, reindustry is capitalizing on the audience’s new found interest. making these movies in 3-D “3-D films are hitting the is part of a strategy movie stuscene pretty hard right now,� dios are using for future genOregon said. “Harder, in fact, erations. “A good number of the films than they did in the 1950s, because the industry has suf- being ‘transformed’ are chilfered. Home theater technology dren’s titles,� Orgeron said. is more sophisticated than ever, “So the industry is planting a and of course, more common, seed. It’s creating, or trying to, and 3-D is a way to woo ticket a generation of filmgoers that demand 3-D.� buyers back However, to the CinOrgeron eplex.� points out the The recent uncertainty push towards of 3-D in the re-releasing f ilm indusolder 2-D try’s future. movies in 3-D “I wonder makes finanhow long cial sense for audiences mov ie st uDevin Orgeron, associate will delight dios, accordprofessor of film studies at thinking ing to Orgthey need to eron. “While I can’t speak directly brush snow, or dust, or bugs, or to the technology involved, I rain, or tiny creatures from the can say that it is relatively in- future, or tiny creatures from expensive to make a born-2-D the past off of their shoulders,� film 3-D in post-production,� Orgeron said. Andrew Marhefka, senior in Orgeron said. Movies like The Lion King environmental technology, said and The Green Hornet started he doesn’t care for 3-D movies. “It’s a trend that died out in off as standard 2-D films and have been subsequently refor- the 80s until some people in matted for 3-D screens, with Hollywood decided to bring it back in the [the last decade],� varying success in quality. “The results aren’t always Marhefka said. “It’ll probably visually satisfactory,� Orgeron die out. I don’t think it’s here said. “Dimensionality is tricky, to stay.� Marhefka said he thinks the and the disjointedness can be jarring. The Green Hornet, current trend of remaking old which was an interesting di- 2-D movies into 3-D is just an-
“It’s creating, or trying to, a generation of filmgoers that demand 3-D.�
Upcoming 3-D Rereleases The Little Mermaid: Following up on the success of The Lion King and Beauty & the Beast, Disney hopes for another success by converting another film from the Disney renaissance of the early 90s to 3-D. Star Wars: The Complete Saga: Once again returning to theaters, all six films in the Star Wars series are currently set for 3-D conversions. The films will see yearly release through 2017, with the first film, The Phantom Menace, premiering this month. Titanic: Given the success of James Cameron’s Avatar, Paramount Pictures has decided to bring Cameron’s other mega hit blockbuster back to theaters with an added dimension.
Local film uses students as cast, crew and audience ‘Mendacity’ stars an N.C. State student and is in pre-production.
have no idea what actually happened until the very end of the show,� Steinberg said. “When people ask me what the story is about it’s hard for me to say, because it’s one of those things you just have to see,� Decontreras said. Steinberg is also currently acting in Rent and was recently in The Philadelphia Story, both University productions, and has been in every University musical since his freshman year.  “Acting is a real passion of mine. I do a lot of theater at N.C. State, and I’ve always wanted to get into film,� Steinberg said. Everyone in the film is passionate about making it the best it can be, even in its preproduction stage. “When it’s your project, you do everything that you can,� Decontreras, who is currently working on the business aspect and planning of the film, said. During pre-production, Adams is putting out monthly video blogs fans can see on Facebook. Adams is also working on promotion of the film. “Whenever I have free time, basically I work on Mendacity things,� Adams said. According to Adams, even though they haven’t started shooting yet, the production team has a bunch of events coming up, one every month. The first will be to view their promotional trailer Thursday, Feb. 2 at Kings Barcade. They are also having a fashion design contest where the winner will choose the clothes of the main female character. They encourage N.C. State students to participate at http://www. wix.com/mendacity/fashion.
distributing the film.� For the University’s student body, that means the film should be easy to see. Once completed, Mendacity will be screened at 36 different schools Katie Sanders in North Carolina alone, as Senior Staff Writer well as independent venues and “It started out very, very movie theaters. Mendacity is a characterhumbly,� Brian Decontreras, the director of the driven story, with the strong upcoming film Mendac- lead female character, Jules, ity, said. The film, which is as a motivating force behind being made locally, is cur- the plot.  “She’s a serious seductress rently in production. “I actually went to school who comes into the lives of with the producer that three best friends and events brought me onto the proj- take the turn for the crazy,� ect in high school,� Decon- Taylor Adams, the film’s script supervisor, treras said. said. DecontreOther charras went to acters include Apex High three friends School with named Theo, producer Bobby and Jon DarceRay. Theo is lien. The Brian Decontreras, director being played two writers by Robert for the film Steinberg, a senior in business also went to Apex High. The project has grown administration. “Theo is more of the normal since then, acquiring a talented cast and crew from nice guy, Bobby is pretty goofy, around the Raleigh area, makes jokes a lot, and Ray is and is preparing to begin more short-tempered,� Adams said. filming. “I’m trying to encapsulate “We’re on our feet, promoting it ourselves and the idea that [Theo] is an allgetting it out to people,� around nice guy and very likable, which is hard to do at Decontreras said. According to Decontre- some points because I spend ras, normally smaller bud- a good majority of the show get films like this normally handcuffed to tables and stuff,� go to film festivals to find Steinberg said. While the characters are investors after they’re made, but he is taking a different unique from one another, the approach to the future of production team feels the innovation lays in the way they’re Mendacity. “We are not doing that,� telling the story of Mendacity. “If I had to put it in a categoDecontreras said. “We are completely skipping any ry I’d have to say it was a susfilm festivals or anything pense-thriller, because reading like that and we are self- through the script you really
“We’re on our feet, promoting it ourselves.�
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other way for studios to make money. “There’s no artistic value in it,� Marhefka said. “It’s just a cash-grab.� Orgeron also pointed out the limited believability of the technology as it is today. “[A 3-D movie] forces a particular point of view in its effort to create the illusion of dimensionality,� Orgeron said. “And the result, sadly, is that the dimensionality sought after is reduced as a consequence. Natural vision is stymied. Try to look around the frame while watching a 3-D film and you’ll see what I mean. This is not how our eyes work.� However, with advances in technology, Orgeron says there is still a future for 3-D, though perhaps in a different venue. “ T he s e t h i ng s e volve , though,� Orgeron said. “My guess is that this technology will improve. And I suspect that its real application will be in gaming, where that sort of immersion, even the forced perspective, is more desirable.�
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to be here and go through this right now. Hopefully Glennon stays healthy, and we’ll have a battle royale next spring for the starting quarterback job.” In news that would make every Pack fan happy, State managed to land four-star defensive prospect Kenderius Whitehead of Georgia. Whitehead had offers from Arkansas, Georgia, Clemson, Virginia Tech and Penn State to name a few. According to O’Brien, it was a big accomplishment for the Pack to get a player of that caliber. “I think Mike Reed did a fabulous job [on Kenderius Whitehead],” O’Brien said. “I was talking to a Southeastern Conference coach last night and he kept raving about him, wondering how we did it, how we got that kid away from Georgia.” The Pack will open spring practice March 23 and will hold the annual Kay Yow Spring Game April 23 at 1 p.m.
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Bryce Kennedy (OL) 6’4” 285 lbs from Southern Pines, NC Pinecrest High School Quincy McKinney (OL) 6’4” 300 lbs from Columbus, GA Fork Union Military Academy Manny Stocker (QB) 6’3” 200 lbs from Coatesville, PA Coatesville Area High School
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a huge improvement from last game and ultimately proved decisive as State won by a margin of five points. Low of the game- State’s failure to dominate the game against one of the weakest teams in the ACC. The team lacked intensity for large parts and was lucky to come away with the win. State’s rebounding was also a big cause of disappointment as the team made 14 less than what it made in the last game with Howell just grabbing eight in comparison to the 18 he made against Virginia. Technician sports man of the match: Scott Wood. Wood who had been largely quiet in the last two games, led the scoring with 16 points, making three shots from beyond the arc as well as a team leading three steals to go along with his perfect record from the free throw line.
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Women’s basketball to travel to Georgia Tech The Pack will make its way to Duluth, Ga. to take on the No. 24 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in hopes of improving its conference record to 5-5. Both teams are coming off of wins; the Pack defeated Virginia Tech while the Jackets took care of Clemson. In their last meeting, State fell to Tech, 76-66 on Jan. 2. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Rifle sets school records
N.C. State’s rifle program (No. 20) set four school records on Saturday during its match against The Citadel, No. 6 Ole Miss, and No. 14 Air Force. The Pack set two new team records in combined score, 4596, and smallbore, 2292. Sophomore Madeline Pike set the school record in individual total score, 1155, and freshman Dani Foster beat the old mark in smallbore, 578. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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Howell’s beard grants wishes N.C. State students and junior forward Richard Howell work to grant a wish Jeniece Jamison Deputy Sports Editor
Beard... Gang... Beard... Gang... Much to the tune of Wiz Khalifa’s song and following “Taylor Gang,” the Beard Gang is a small grassroots movement that has quickly gained a following, but its purpose is well-defined. Many N.C. State basketball fans and students have seen the Beard Gang T-shirts at men’s basketball games and on campus, but few are aware of the purpose behind the movement. Started by Jeremy Deckelbaum, a senior in business administration, and junior forward on the men’s bas-
ketball team, Richard Howell, it began as a fan club for Howell represented by the Beard Gang shirt. “It started off as the team wanting the shirts and then all of the sudden all of my friends wanted shirts,” Deckelbaum said. “Then it got to a point where, I guess by word of mouth, everyone started seeing the shirts and they really blew up. Everybody wanted them and I was getting random people from all over the place asking for it.” As Deckelbaum began to see the shirts generating a profit, he and Howell decided to refine their focus and turn the sales of the shirts into a means of generating funding for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. According to Deckelbaum, Howell was inspired by the death of his sister, Brianna Howell, to turn the shirts into a means for charity. They chose to give their proceeds to the Make-A-
Wish Foundation and enlisted the help of Cole Jordan, a junior in English. “Jeremy started selling these shirts and he started making a good profit off of it, so we wanted to refocus it so it wasn’t just a profit and it was going for something charitable, which was Jeremy’s idea,” Jordan said. “Rich actually lost his sister when he was younger, so he wanted it to focus on something for kids. “One of his younger sisters passed away in a car accident,” Deckelbaum said. “Her name was Brianna Howell. He has her name and the day that she passed away tattooed on his arm. She always is his inspiration for playing. She has a big impact on him and made his decision that we wanted to aim it toward children.” Not only was the group inspired by the death of Howell’s sister, but Deckelbaum’s father also serves one of the foun-
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Pack beats Eagles, matches last year’s ACC record Men’s basketball wins close game against Boston College to claim its fifth ACC win of the season.
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Junior forward Scott Wood jumps to dunk the ball in the second half of the game against Boston College. Wood put 16 points on the board, leading the Wolfpack to a 76-62 victory over the Eagles.
games. The Pack also struggled with their field goal percentage early on with Leslie’s missed layup, reminiscent of guard Alex Johnson’s miss against Virginia, being one of the many. State’s shooting from beyond the arc was also far from what they would have hoped. Despite making three of the first four, it could only make two of the next 13. Despite being expected to take the initiative in the game, State let the Eagles back into the game. State had a two-point lead going into halftime, but BC took the lead at 37-36 after an eight point run and left the Pack stranded at the 36 points for almost five minutes. The Eagles looked to clinch the upset when they lead the
Wolfpack by a point with 6:23 left in the second, however it was not to be as State went on a eight-point run, which included six consecutive free throws made, as the team looked set to redeem itself from its free throw woes from the last game. BC fought back and made it a three-point game with seven seconds to go, but the Pack held on to equal last season’s record in conference play of five wins with eight games still left to play. State next takes on Wake Forest at the RBC center Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. High of the game- State’s free throw shooting, making 13 of 17, with eight consecutive in the last four minutes which was
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“Rich likes the little following he has. It’s given Rich a lot of attention and he’s doing so great this season. I think that definitely has a huge part in what it’s turning into. “Rich is a really good guy,” Deckelbaum said. “He cares a lot about the community, State and school. He wants to do a lot to help.”
State signs 23-strong recruiting class N.C. State comes out of National Signing Day with the No. 9 class in the ACC. Deputy Sports Editor
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Rishav Dey N.C. State (16-7, 5-3 ACC) beat Boston College (7-15, 2-6 ACC) 56-51 at Chestnut Hill, Ma., ended its two-game losing streak and condemned the Eagles to their fifth consecutive loss. It was the 13th meeting between the two teams with the Pack losing the corresponding matchup last season by a score of 66-75. However, the Wolfpack won the last time the two teams met at the RBC Center and started the game as the clear favorites. The Pack opened the scoring with sophomore forward C.J. Leslie scoring on a layup followed by junior forward Richard Howell’s dunk. However, the Eagles under pressure following their string of poor performances, responded almost immediately with BC guard Matt Humphrey shooting from downtown. Humphrey would go on and make two more shots from beyond the arc during the game and was their leading shooter from that range as well as their leading scorer with 15 points. Neither of the teams fully dominated the game, as both the Pack and the Eagles traded baskets with the score 15-11 in favor of the Pack with just more than eight minutes to go in the first. Early turnovers hurt the Pack, with sophomore guard Lorenzo Brown responsible for four of them. Brown has now given up the ball 18 times in the last four
dations local boards, which helped the group make its aspirations possible. “Jeremy’s dad is also on the board of the Make-A-Wish Foundation in the eastern section of North Carolina. Eventually, when we sell enough shirts and get to a certain point, we want to grant a wish for a kid there.” According to Deckelbaum, their goal is to grant a wish for the child of an N.C. State fan or someone that is affiliated with the University. For Deckelbaum, Jordan and Howell, the shirts have not only propelled their notoriety on campus, but have also helped sparked Howell’s play on the court and his involvement in the community. “It’s something I’m very proud of. It’s pretty cool. One day, we just had this idea to make these shirts and it’s pretty cool to see kids that I’ve never seen before wearing my T-shirts,” Deckelbaum said.
In what proved to be a big day for N.C. State football, 23 recruits signed national letters of intent with the Pack to headline one of the more decent recruiting classes signed by coach Tom O’Brien at N.C. State. What makes the class unique is that it includes players for almost every position on both sides of the ball. The class consists of six defensive linemen, three linebackers, four defensive backs, four offensive linemen, two wide receivers, one tight end, one running back and two quarterbacks. O’Brien said one thing that stood out about the class was its physical ability. “It’s a long, athletic and talented group of kids,” O’Brien said. “The thing that stands out the most is the size of them and the length they have and the fact that they can run.” The class included six players from the state of Georgia, which O’Brien felt was crucial part of their recruiting philosophy. “Georg ia has a lways been a great state for football players,” O’Brien said. “It’s a good academics situation too. The kids know how to play the game. They are well-coached. We have made it our priority to go to Georgia because you can drive. I think our coaches again did a great job in the state Georgia. “Sixteen or 18 of the kids from the state are on our roster and [they] do a great job contributing to our program.” O’Brien’s team is set to have eight recruits from
North Carolina high schools. According to O’Brien, it was important to ensure the local players didn’t leave their home state. “The last two years we’ve won the third most games of anybody in this conference, only behind Florida State and Virginia Tech,” O’Brien said. “If we continue to do that and continue to win and put ourselves in a position to challenge and go to Charlotte, it will increase our chances to keep kids home. “We won’t be satisfied until we sign everybody in the state. That’s the goal.” O’Brien emphasized he and his coaches were looking for players with more than just ratings and stars. “All of the recruiting rankings, those are people that deal in perception,” O’Brien said. “Those of us that have to deal in reality, [character, leadership] comes into play. “Winning the way we did at the end of the year says a lot about the character of this football team and that’s something we want to continue.” State also got two quarterbacks in the form of Colorado State transfer Pete Thomas, who will be sitting out the 2012 season, and Manny Stocker from Coatesville, Pa. Stocker has already enrolled in classes at State for the spring semester. O’Brien said it would be provide some healthy competition for the starting quarterback job once current starter Mike Glennon left the at end of the upcoming season. “The thing we go on a lot in camp is arm strength, the ability to make throws that have to be made if you’re going to succeed on this level,” O’Brien said. “[Manny Stocker] being an athlete helped a lot. This is on two days, three days watching him in the program; he might be a better athlete than we even thought he was coming in here. “It’s a huge advantage to him
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