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New bill could end smoking on campus A new bill could potentially make N.C. State the first UNC system school to be non-smoking. Lauren Vanderveen Staff Writer
A new act initiated by Student Senate will, if passed, make N.C. State the first university in the UNC system to be a smoke-free campus in two years time. Joshua Teder, a freshman in management and member of student senate, sponsored this Smoking Policy Reformation Act. “It’s a bill to transition the smoking policies on campus from what they are now, which is that you only can [smoke] 25 feet from the buildings, to eventually a 100 percent tobacco-free campus,” Teder said. Making this policy a reality will require it to pass through faculty senate, the chancellor, and the Board of Governors, after clearing the Student Senate. Leanna osisek/Technician “I don’t think it’s fair to just spring it Ethan Harrelson, a graduate student in international studies, directs the Student Government meeting on Wednesday on the students like, ‘Oh hey, you can’t night. As the Student Senate President, he directed the meeting and managed the nominates for the organization’s smoke around campus anymore,’” new secretary position. Teder said. “So we want to do it right, “There’s obviously going to be some versities that implement this, percent but we want to eventually transition completely by about the fall of 2014.” people who are upset, but they would of smoking goes down,” Teder said. The process: Cigarettes are proving to be an According to the bill, “By Fall 2012, still be able to smoke on Hillsborough • Fall 2012: smoking prohibited economic, as well as health, hazard smoking should be prohibited cam- Street or Western,” Teder said. campus wide except in Some institutions that have already to universities. pus-wide except in designated, lowdesignated, low traffic areas “Even though we have the cigarette moved to being traffic areas, and by • Fall 2013: designated smoking tobacco-free in- butt disposable trays and everything Fall 2013, these desareas reduced by 25 percent clude Indiana Uni- across campus, you’ll see people who ignated areas will be • Fall 2014: completely smokefree campus versity, University just don’t care,” Teder said. “One of reduced from 25 to 50 of Florida, as well our peer institutions, Penn State Unipercent to ease transias all Arkansas, versity, established that they spent tion to a 100 percent other smoke free California, and $150,000 per year for cigarette litter smoke-free campus.” campuses: Iowa university and they’re a huge campus. Look at all For some students, systems, accord- the schools in the UNC system, that’s this will mean having • Indiana University at least a million dollars a year, just ing to the bill. • University of Florida to change personal • Arkansas public universities “I think some- on cigarettes.” lifestyles or habits • California public universities The biggest issue with smoking on thing that is imbecause the University • Iowa public universities portant to think campus is how it affects the student would be prohibiting Compiled by Elise Heglar about with this body as a whole, according to Wright. smoking. “I just have a really negative conis where we are “I think the main Megan Wright, and how tobacco notation with smoking in general,” smoking adults,” the bill stated. a rg u ment of t he an undeclared freshman is a part of our Wright said. “I think it’s fine if some- These are all things University people who smoke is culture,” Megan one wants to smoke, of course it’s their students can be exposed to just going to be that their liberties are being taken away from Wright, an undeclared freshman, said. personal choice, but I think why it by walking in the Free Expression When Teder asked perspective stu- bothers me on campus is that in some Tunnel or going to class. them,” Sean Pavia, freshman in First “We have to think about the libdents what least impressed them about situations you don’t have a choice of Year College, said. Students wouldn’t be allowed to State, one of the biggest answers he whether or not you’re subject to sec- erties of the students who don’t smoke. It is important to start on walk outside their dorms or class received was that there was too much ondhand smoke.” “Secondhand smoke contains toxic, college campuses, at a younger age, buildings to smoke and even in in- smoking. “I think this bill would be beneficial cancer-causing chemicals, causing to start promoting against it,” Paclement weather, would be required because the statistics show that uni- heart disease and lung cancer in non- via said. to go off-campus to do so.
“I think something that is important to think about with this is where we are and how tobacco is a part of our culture.”
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CHASS works with other colleges for fair For the second time, CHASS partnered with four other schools for the student career fair. Elise Heglar News Editor
Students in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences had the chance to interact with a variety of students and employers at yesterday’s career fair. The fair, which was originally put on by members of CHASS alone, now partners with four other universities to make the event happen. Meredith College, North Carolina Wesleyan College, Peace College and Campbell University all participated in the fair alongside our University. This is the second year of this collaboration, called the East North Carolina Career Alliance. “We think there is power in numbers. Having more [students] makes the fair attract more employers,” Woody Catoe, CHASS assistant director for the University Career Center, said. According to Catoe, joining forces with other schools for the fair has improved the event as a whole for students, employers and the faculty who work on creating it. Amy Losordo, assistant director for academic and career planning at Meredith College, said employers enjoy seeing a collaborative effort like this at career fairs. “Employers are probably the most excited about it. It brings a larger student pool to them and they get to experience the real diversity of all our students,” Losordo said. Meredith College has always participated in a collaborative career fair, Losordo said. “Each person involved [in planning this event] shares their different talents and it’s very well organized,” Michelle Aheron, a volunteer for Peace College at the event, said. N.C. State is the most recent school to join ENCCA. This event is only the second CHASS has participated in and according to Catoe, there will be many more. “This helps maximize exposure to employers for students,” Catoe said. According to Catoe, fairs like this are important because they give students an opportunity to learn how to interact in a professional environment. Giving students the proper tools to learn about things like networking, job search tools and good resume writing is a large part of having career fairs like this, Catoe said. “We encourage students to come even if they’re not in an active job search. It’s a good learning opportunity,” Catoe said. The attendance numbers for this semester’s fair were up from last year, according to Catoe. At the end of the day, Catoe said they were expecting a final count of roughly 350 attendees. “We are way above numbers from last year. Part of it is we had a larger number of employers, over 75 employers were here,” Catoe said. Deanna Ludwick, representing Girl Scouts at the fair, said coming to a fair with so many students is equally beneficial for employers and interested students. “We do it every year and we find some great candidates,” Ludwick said. Ludwick said coming to a fair where multiple schools are represented is a unique chance for recruiters to see various types of applicants all in one place. “This one [fair] in particular is good
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POLICe BlOTTER Feb. 12 1:45 A.M./TRAFFIC ACCIDENT North Hall Student reported vehicle had been struck while parked at this location.
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Editor in CHASS Jeff Braden, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, got a taste of being Technician’s editorin-chief last night. Elise Heglar News Editor
Tha n k s to t he CH ASS Dean for a Day contest, Laura Wilkinson and Dean Braden are switching places for a full 24 hours. As part of the deal, Braden sat in on production for Technician last night. This is the third year of the program and according to Braden, every year is a different type of experience. Previously, he has moonlighted at WKNC, attended classes and other informal campus activities. “Probably the most illuminating experience of my entire life,” Braden said of his experiences with Technician. Working at the Technician was very different than his everyday experiences as a dean, Braden said. While at the office, he read over pages, monitored production and helped with ideas for the pages. Having a clear product to look at after a night of production is one main difference between working at the Technician and being a college dean, according to Braden. “I would say the Technician comes to a close with a clear product at the end of every day. A lot of the issues I deal with on a daily basis drag on forever,” Braden said. While Braden admitted all of his Dean for a Day experiences have been interesting, he said working at Technician was extremely different from anything he had ever experienced through the program previously. “It’s certainly more energetic than some of the unstructured things I’ve done before with Dean for a Day, but it also has
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Conceal carry for the law-abiding Sometimes I read Technician and laugh. Sometimes I wonder how some people get into college with the things they say. Other times, I haven’t had enough coffee to listen with interest to the bearded chap reading from his slides, and attempt the daily Sudoku in a daring effort to maintain consciousness. Tuesday, I read it and was disappointed. Concealed carry has been a topic of interest to me for some time, so I was piqued by the title of the Our View column. Apparently, the idea of a citizen of the U.S. and of North Carolina of 21 years of age or older, having completed a training course in the use and laws governing use of handguns, being of sound mind and having subjected themselves to a full background check and finger printing—to hit the highlights— carrying a concealed weapon when they think fit for personal protection “sounds ridiculous” to them? As a student and concealed carry permit holder, I take it personally that the very people who are theoretically speaking for me are so quick to make trite, unbalance judgment statements on an issue that deserves more than half-baked opinion. There is nothing ridiculous about law abiding citizens desiring to exercise, protect and promote personal rights. It seems I am also “chemically, nutritionally and emotionally unbalanced?” I haven’t been so blatantly patronized since middle school. If that is what academic pursuit means to the staff, I’m not sure they can even be trusted with a school paper. Joseph Garner senior, biochemistry
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he Smoking Policy Reformation Act aims to transition the University into the UNC-system’s first 100 percent tobacco-free campus. This bill is under review by the Student Senate; however, it should not go any further than that. If passed, “By fall 2012, smoking should be prohibited campus-wide except in designated, low-traffic areas, and by fall 2013, these designated areas will be reduced from 25 to 50 percent to ease transition to a 100 percent smoke-free campus.” This bill attempts to reduce the number of students and faculty on campus exposed to secondhand smoke; however, it
should not come at the cost of civil liberties. The primary reason for this attempted action is to eliminate the effect of secondhand smoke has on those not smoking—it stinks, it sometimes makes it hard to breathe and merely creates a feeling of displeasure. Now if smokers would follow the current policy and only light up in designated areas, non-smokers could avoid these places; however, when you’re walking down the tunnel behind someone smoking you can’t help but be followed by the cloud of smoke
until you reach the end. This type of atmosphere creates the hostility towards smokers, and thus the creation of this bill. When considering this bill, senators should understand the current policy we have would suffice, if only it were enforced. Smokers are not to be within 25 linear feet of a University building, a University and State policy. Taking into consideration this link, senators could adapt the bill to merely confine the areas of smoking with these 25-feet markers and have designated areas for smoking.
By doing this, they could allow smokers to smoke, without the annoyance to walking students. This would allow a win for both sides of this debate. However, the mere idea of Student Senate attempting to stick their noses where they don’t belong by treating adults like high schoolers when it comes to a perfectly legal habit, is crossing a line—like the real government. This type of behavior does not directly impact one’s health, if dealt with correctly, which is allowing smokers to smoke in designated low-traffic places. This thought should be considered when trying to create a University-wide ban on a legal habit.
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I’d rather have it and not need it I am an N.C. State alumnus and concealed carry permit holder. I also support students with a concealed carry permit being allowed to carry on campus. First, I present some statistics: North Carolina started issuing conceal carry permits in 1995. From 1995 to June 2011, N.C. has issued 228,072 permits statewide. In those roughly 15 years 1,203 permits have been revoked. In 2010 the census stated, N.C. had a population of 9,535,483. So as of June 2011, 2.3 percent of the N.C. population has a concealed carry permit and .5 percent of permit holders have lost their right to carry over a 15 year period. You can lose your right to carry for non-gun related matters. Most notably is a DUI. Second, Feb. 10, a woman near UNC’s campus reported being raped. I pose a question; doesn’t that woman have the right to take every means available to protect herself? UNC has very similar safety measures as N.C. State. Both have campus police; blue-light emergency poles and alert systems via text messages/ email. However, all these safety measures have one thing in common. They are used as a reaction to a serious/dangerous situation. There is no program in place that empowers the student to be responsible for their own safety and give them the means to protect themselves. By removing a student’s right/ability to legally carry a firearm, the University has removed one’s ability to prevent serious harm to them, thus simply creating a target rich environment for any would be criminal. Third, N.C. State is a public university; meaning tax dollars are used by the University. So the people of North Carolina pay into the University, and thus are entitled to use the University facilities. That is why the public can use our buses, gym, library, etc. The public can simply walk across Hillsborough Street and be on campus. There are no checkpoints/gates/walls that limit the public’s access to campus. So someone who wishes to do harm can simply walk across the street, and be in the middle of the Brickyard, an area with a high density of defenseless students who would not know there is a danger until a crime has actually occurred. Conclusion, I am not worried about the people who go through the process to legally carry a concealed firearm. My worry is the people who illegally carry concealed firearms, and wish to take advantage of people who do not have the ability to use all means available to protect them. I pray to God I never have to use my firearm, but I would rather have it and never need it than be without it and need it. Joshua Lewis, N.C. State alumn
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Would you ban smoking on campus? Why or why not? by leanna osisek
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How to break-up post-Valentine’s Day
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f you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day with your “Biscuit-butt,” “Luv-bug,” or whatever you’re forced to call your significant other, then keep reading because I’m about to give you the answer to the question you’re too afraid to ask. By now, you’ve Ahmed eaten every piece Amer Staff Columnist of assorted chocolate—except for the coconut ones. If you like those, you’re probably single. You’ve realized all of the inconsistencies in the plot of the crappy romantic film you watched and paralleled to your own relationship. And most importantly, you checked your bank statement online. Now you have a much more objective view on your relationship since you’re not being subjected to Valentine’s Day propaganda, and you’re wondering how you ended up with this person in the first place. You can’t stand being tied down by someone you would, without hesitation, trip and leave behind to escape from a grizzly bear. You want a breakup rivaling any breakup, ever. As a tenured bachelor, I am highly qualified to answer your
question with some advice. Your first option is to make them initiate the break up. Breaking up with someone this soon after Valentine’s Day will lower your social stock, and you don’t want to do that. Try getting your message across subtly at first. Avoid their invitations to hang out with lame excuses like, “I’ll be in D.H. Hill all night,” or “Sorry, I have to massage my grandma that day.” Hopefully, they’ll get the message, or be creeped out at how often you massage your grandma. If you try that a few times to no avail, then it’s time to be a little more overt. As much as it pains you, achieving happiness might mean spending some time with the person you can’t stand. Accept their next offer at a little quality time, but this time, everything about you is going to be a turn off. Try going au naturel for a day: no shower, no deodorant, pajamas. It might help to eat garlic by the clove and during the really intimate moments, make sure to accept every call and respond to every text you get. While you’re hanging out, they’re probably going to want to talk about really annoying things, like themselves. You didn’t ask them how their day went, but they’re going to tell you anyway. If they start to complain to you about personal issues, do everything you can to seem disinterested. Open up an old text message and chuckle, then look up at them and say “Huh?” After you’ve done this, it’s important to shift the focus
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to you, no matter what the situation. Say something along the lines of “I’m hungry,” “I’m bored,” or “I think your mom is hot.” This will make them think you’re a self-absorbed jerk, and you have no interest in a relationship with them. Your other option is to initiate the breakup yourself, and the best way to do this with a well-executed ambush. Invite them to an activity providing you with a means to escape. Adventure Landing is the perfect place for a break up. My preference is the go-kart track. Once you get going on the track, drive beside them and deliver the break up message. Then comes the important part: spin them out. Wreck their go-kart the same way you wrecked your relationship. This ensures you two don’t complete the track at the same time and you can leave first. Get creative, you can find way to make this work with activities like paintball and laser-tag. Now that you have a basic idea of how to end your bad romance, go forth and prosper. If your attempts are unsuccessful, then a straightforward and insincere “It’s not you, it’s me,” will suffice. Send Ahmed your thoughts on Valentine’s day to letters@technicianonline.com.
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“I’d be alright with that, I don’t like the smell of smoke. I hate when it gets in my face from someone in front of me.” Adam Barksdale sophomore, mechanical engineering
“I think it’d be great, I hate following someone who is smoking.” Chris Northrup junior, Spanish
“I think it would be unfair to a lot of people. I would kind of like it though, because I don’t like walking behind someone who is smoking. Maybe having designated areas would be better.” Cece Barnett sophomore, elementary education
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e the People of the United States, live for drama. first kids will be overachievers or potheads. Even in politics, a topic that drains the soul and Though we will never admit it, we are a shallow people, patience out of most us, we live for the nitty-gritty and though we pretend to look at a candidate’s core values, drama. all we want to know is how messed up their family is compared Luckily, for the most part our needs are catered to. Day- to our own. Too perfect or too absurd and some flags will time television gives us our fix of the quick and trashy, but be raised. why can’t C-SPAN? We were waiting for the Jerry Springer Who is going to be the ringleader for all of this madShow to unfold after Lewinskygate, and though McCain ness? This Family Feud would not feature Steve Harvey, isn’t an illegitimate father, man, did that lie on behalf of Richard Dawson or any other washed-up actor hosts. the Bush campaign sway South Carolina in 2000. It would have to be Wolf Blitzer. His beard, his elder As every news corporation is firing on all cylinders weasel-like appearance and his crazy name naturally with political coverage, all are missing a huge hole lend him to the game show biz. in the market, none are inciting the drama we all live It’s time to settle this—Mitt Romney and his perfect, for. Though we’re not suggesting Univision telenovelas Brigham Young-educated family of five perfect boys and with Ron Paul and friends, a game show is the least the ever so cheerful wife versus Newt Gingrich’s dysfunccandidates could do. tional family, involving three different marriages. Presidential campaigns are drawn out too long, and The scene would unfold with a round of “Survey though we don’t even have a nominee for the Republican says.” We’re not talking about Pew Polls or studies Party, things are getting ridiculous already. Newt Gin- from the Brookings Institution, but rather quesgrich just proposed a lunar colony and Romney is having tions referring to, “How to spell potato,” (stumped fun talking about how he enjoys firing people. This isn’t Vice President Dan Quayle) or, “Is strategery a the actual race for presidency yet, but we’re meddling word,” and “What is the definition of ‘is?’” neck-deep in religious tensions and abortion talk. Like In other words, we’re looking for Rick Perryreferring to Nazis is to Godwin’s Online Law, referring esque “oops” moments. to abortion is to how we don’t have anything meaningful As great as it is to watch a Harvard grad to debate about anymore. struggle, what we really want is to see the Let’s revitalize the race in the form of a game-show intra-family dispute. We want Newt’s showdown. A good 30-minute session of Family most current wife to be mistaken as a Feud would cover all our bases. We’re not con- third daughter. We want his ex-wives’ cerned about policy here. Less than a third of forced proximity to lead to cat fighting. the U.S. population knows what TARP is, the We want Romney to be wrong for once Obama Administration’s Recovery Act, and and to find a single flaw in his perfect fewer than 28 percent of Americans can iden- Mormon family. tify Justice John Roberts as the chief justice of With a GOP Nominee Family the Supreme Court, according to Pew Polls. Feud, we’ll be able to identify the What’s this mean? We don’t think about politics. strong, defective and unsavory of We think about trivia. aspects of our top candidates, and The question becomes: Why Family Feud over we’ll be able to settle this primary nonthe others? Jeopardy is too tough. It requires intel- sense finally. lect; we’ll leave that to their advisers. Who Wants We do, of course, recognize the rito be a Millionaire would be pointless as they’re diculousness of our proposal. We unall millionaires and Meredith just lacks derstand that overtime, the front the je ne sais quoi of Regis. Wheel runners in a campaign would of Fortune, a show about finish- come from those who we’d ing sentances, wouldn’t work like to see duke it out without their speechwrit- the most. No doubt a ers. Trump vs. Palin FamFamily Feud naturally ily Feud would earn lends itself to getting syndication by itself. to know presidential As for the conclucandidates and famil- sion of this year’s ial strife. Family Feud, Newt’s In Family Feud, family will no doubt all the questions degenerate into bickare based off public ering and spite, and surveys (i.e. democ- as Mitt’s family sapracy). The 20-second pily cheers each other timeframe to answer on, we’ll see the true would ref lect how candidates shine. It’ll they would work un- be great TV based on der pressure. Their contrast alone. responses would Family Feud accenreveal how in-tune tuates family dysfuncthey are with us. tion, and for a presidenHowever, the most tial candidate, dysfuncimportant aspect of tion may actually be an atFamily Feud is the tribute. In the end, that’s interaction of fami- us, that’s America—a lies. And by interac- chaot ic , con f u sed, tion we mean chaos. bickering family that We’re not electing just can only unite a president to the itself during office, but rather crisis and cela first family. We ebration. Or need to know what in front of the pointless and lack- constantly blarluster charities our ing television. first ladies will endorse and if our
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Fashion show inspires creativity Art to Wear designers are challenging conventional clothing.
and the creativity and the inventiveness comes from these amazing students.” According to Plume, who only acts as an advisor, the event is, and has always been, Eric Rizzo run and produced by students. Senior Staff Writer This year Danica Dewell and Have you ever seen some- Rebecca Walker are co-directone wearing an outfit that ing the event. Dewell is a senior features 16-millimeter film? in art and design and Walker How about an outfit modeled is an Anni Albers Scholar maafter the tissues in your body joring in textile technology and or one designed with that per- art and design. Walker has attended the Art son’s psychological emotions in mind? That is exactly what you to Wear fashion show since her might find from the designers freshman year of high school. participating in the Art to Wear Since this is a student-produced event, the directors have multifashion show. The idea started 11 years ple responsibilities. The direcago in a design class taught by tors head 10 to 15 committees Vita Plume. During the class, that take care of every aspect of a few students were designing the show, according to Walker. clothes to fulfill their project In addition, directors must do guidelines, and Plume realized fundraising, manage emails they could have their own fash- and communicate with designers. The ion show—so big challenge they did. The this year is f i rst yea r’s producing show was an event for fairly small, an estimated but w a s a 5,000 people. fashion show The dinonetheless, rec tors a re according to a lso t r y ing Plume. The to make the show quickevent more ly took off, professional, gaining fans Vita Plume, design professor Walker said. e ve r y ye a r With the help and moving to different locations as the of Raymond Nadeau, a wellknown expert in marketing audience became larger. “Every year [Art to Wear] and advertising, the coordiis a little bit different,” Plume nators were able to learn a few said. “And every year it gets a things about promoting the little bit bigger, but the energy event. Nadeau is a College of
“The energy and the creativity and the inventiveness comes from these amazing students.”
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Sketches by Sarah Canon, a sophomore in art and design, hang on an idea board for her Art to Wear 2012 collection. Her designs emphasize classic silhouettes while focusing on modern materials.
Design graduate who keeps in contact with faculty. To become a designer for the fashion show, applicants must go through a rigorous selection process. According to Plume, applicants must create two pieces and write a concept statement, outlining the major artistic theme in the applicant’s proposed collection. The two outfits are reviewed by a jury
consisting of John Mcilwee, director of the Stewart Theater, Martha Parks, owner of Soho in Cameron Village and Tracey Asai, owner of Tracey Asai designs in New York City. Applicants are graded on craftsmanship, creative innovation, meeting the concept, quality of construction, relationship of form and material to aesthetic goals and
concepts and overall impression. After all the applications are graded, students receive comments from the judges so they can take something away from the experience, according to Plume. The event will be held in Reynolds Coliseum April 24 at 7 p.m. The College of Design encourages paying for a ground-floor seat to support
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Sarah Cannon, sophomore in the Anni Albers program, works on her collection of modern clothing based on classic silhouettes. Her work will be featured in the show for the second consecutive year. “I really wanted to challenge myself,” she said. “L ast year was a growing experience but I wanted to challenge myself and take a bigger leap into fashion this year.”
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Lauren Caddick is one of 17 deisgners chosen to feature an original, handmade clothing line for Art to Wear 2012. Caddick is a sophomore in art and design. She said each piece in her line draws inspiration from a different Alfred Hitchcock movie.
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Sydney Smith, sophomore in art and design, is one of 17 students featured in Art to Wear 2012. Smith’s line incorporates live animals in their natural environments in an attempt to challenge the traditional way in which animals have been used in the fashion business.
the event, but University I.D. holders get in upstairs for free. The general public can sit upstairs for $5. There will be a preshow, featuring great work from some of the designers who did not make it into the show, according to Plume. There will also be static sculptures made by students in Reynolds. These static sculptures, along with garments made by College of Design students, are eligible for Cotton Inc.’s “Cotton Challenge,” which offers a prize for students making their pieces with at least 60 percent cotton, according to Plume. Other than that, there are no prizes at Art to Wear. When there is no prize, every designer is a winner. Being able to show your pieces on the runway is the grand prize, Plume said. After the event, attendees can pick up a notecard, which will show where the different designers will be after the show on Hillsborough Street. This is so anyone can meet with the designers and see the garments up close, according to Plume. If you are interested in seeing creativity and inventiveness from both the College of Design and the College of Textiles, Plume and all the students involved with Art to Wear encourage you to go to the show.
Rapper RaShad blends life in hip-hop and academics Thomas Easley is a common face in the College of Natural Resources, but also the rap scene. James Hatfield Staff Writer
Common stereotypes perceive the hip-hop genre as an art form separate from academia. But the hip-hop scene is far from underground at N.C. State. Thomas Easley is carrying out his life in rap and scholarship from his office in
Biltmore Hall. Easley, director of community diversity in Natural Resources, is also a rapper under the name RaShad. Soon he will release his next album, Transitions. His passion for music came from growing up with
his grandmother. His parents spent most of their time focused on work, leaving him with his grandmother for the majority of his childhood. “My parents were both from the time when civil rights was a big thing,” Easley said. “When integration came, they got opportunities to work, so they were extremely busy.” Easley doesn’t see his upbringing as unconventional. He said he benefited from the experience, and is thankful for
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his strong relationship with his grandmother. “[With] my grandma and grandpa, I enjoyed that environment a whole lot more,” Easley said. “I had great parents, but I think I had the best of both worlds. Growing up in the 80s and the 90s and being able to still have that old influence. I was the chubby fat kid growing up, [and my grandmother] always knew how to make me feel better. My grandmother just loved me the way I wanted to be loved.” The inf luence of hip-hop throughout Easley’s life was accepted in his grandparents’ household. Noticing the rappers during that time were “talking what I’m feeling,” Easley found inspiration and began to write. After the death of his grandmother, he wrote for emotional exploration and catharsis. “I started writing after she died—I was 14,” Easley said. “When my grandma died, I didn’t feel as if I had anyone to talk to, so I just started writing my thoughts down.” Creating songs was not a hard task for Easley and his friends. Through sampling old gospel music he had heard with his grandparents, he was able to make his first beats. The art of sampling may have been for beat purposes, but Easley knew the underlying message from the Christian backgrounds in
the songs they were using. “We could take a clip from that song and make it sound like this and that,” Easley said. “We would take records and take small pieces. We were listening to the music for what it was made for, so we didn’t listen to it for what it was about, not in a bad way, but we wanted to make it for a different sound.” Easley, also a deacon in his church, said he understands a radical approach to lyrics may not be the best way to reach out to others. He keeps the same respectable personality, regardless of what crowd he surrounds himself with. “I call it ‘save your life’ music. What I want is when people hear my song is to take the jewels from them. I want them to [enjoy them] whether they’re Christian or not.” Easley said he sees his music as a means to communicate his spirituality, but overall, it’s his way to express love and tolerance. “Daily lessons are good for all religions,” Easley said. “Being an academic scholar, being a deacon, being a rapper—I put all of that into everything. [I give the] same message to different people in a different way.”
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Raleigh rickshaw drivers ride on the new phenomenon Students decide to drive rickshaws for the social and physical activity. Eric Rizzo Senior Staff Writer
We live in the 21st century, an age when so many things are automated. Yet, people of our modern age still enjoy simple pleasures, like having spry college students tote them around downtown Raleigh. For most college students, driving a rickshaw provides a source of income for a collegiate schedule, according to Nyssa Collins, a former student and rickshaw driver. Chris Daugherty, a non-degree seeking student and rickshaw driver, said,
“[Rickshaw driving is] fun, it’s a late night job and it’s cash.” However, it does not have to be a late night job. One of the most appealing things about driving a rickshaw is that drivers can work as long as there are people out and about in downtown Raleigh, according to Daugherty. Collins enjoyed working on the sunny, summer days when she lived in Raleigh. The weather is part of what enticed her to the job. “I was working downtown at the farmer’s market, and the rickshaw drivers were having so much fun, so I asked someone how I could get that job since it allowed you to move around. I hate jobs where you have to sit down,” Daugherty said.
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Biking around Raleigh with some customers, Rickshaw driver Chris Daugherty, 2008 NCSU alumnus, shows them the city. “I like to roll around and say hi to everyone,” Daugherty said.
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While rickshaw driving may seem like all fun and games, it still requires some hard work. First off, there is the physical labor that comes with driving people around. According to Collins, the first few weeks are the toughest because people don’t usually have the right muscles in their legs built up for rickshaw driving. Because of this intense muscle-building period, the body requires more food than usual. “You go home and eat everything in your fridge because you’re so hungry,” Collins said. For this reason, the rickshaw business usually attracts people who already bike in one way or another. “Most people have a lot of experience with cycling,” Daugherty said. “Either with racing or commuting and know how to fix bikes.” The other main challenge rickshaw drivers face is convincing people to get in the rickshaw. According to Collins, saying something funny or witty is usually a good trick. According to Mitchell Adams, a civil engineering graduate, it’s convincing people riding in a rickshaw is faster and more fun than walking. One challenge Daugherty noticed when he first started driving was the rickshaw is not as nimble as a normal bike. The rickshaw has three wheels, it’s heavy and hard to control, according to Daugherty, making it much more difficult to handle than your average bicycle. Working late at night, driving a rickshaw usually provides riders with some interesting stories. According to
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Rickshaw driver Chris Daugherty, 2008 N.C. State alum, describes how he got into the chauffeuring business last summer. “It’s like becoming a mason. You have to know one to be one,” Daugherty said.
Daugherty, he once put seven women in his rickshaw and rode down the spiral parking deck in the Clarion Hotel downtown at 1 a.m. A common theme Daugherty noticed with middle-aged, female passengers is they will often try to slap his butt, especially if they are a little under the influence. If passengers are drunk, it can be difficult to keep them in the rickshaw, according to both Adams and Daugherty. “You have to worry about their safety,” Adams said. “You just gotta tell them the rules and make sure they follow them.” These drivers aren’t employees of their respective rickshaw brands, but rather contractors. Drivers are paid only in tips and must pay to rent out
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Men’s basketball
Pack set to take on first place Blue Devils
N.C. State men’s basketball will be looking to extend its threegame winning streak at Cameron Indoor.
Three named to ACC All-Academic team Quarterback Mike Glennon, redshirt senior tackle Mikel Overgaard and junior defensive end McKay Frandsen were named to the 2011 ACC AllAcademic football team. Glennon completed his undergraduate degree in the Fall of 2011and is currently in the masters program at N.C. State. Frandsen is majoring in Science & Technology and Overgaard is studying Biological Sciences. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Two N.C. State gymnasts earn EAGL awards Senior Jess Panza and sophomore Diahanna Ham earned weekly EAGL awards for the previous week. Panza posted a 9.9 score on the beam and floor, which are new season highs. Her floor score tied her career best. Ham tied the school record on the vault with a score of 9.95, which is the highest since 2004 for the Pack. Source: N.C. State Athletics
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In what will be the 235th meeting between the two teams, N.C. State (18-7, 7-3 ACC) will travel to Durham to take on No. 4 Duke (21-4, 8-2 ACC). After a shocking loss to Miami in overtime and beating then No. 5 UNC in a close game, the Blue Devils trounced Maryland by 18 points and will be looking to keep the momentum going against the Pack. On the other hand, State, who is on a three-game winning streak and 4-1 in conference road games this season, will be looking to seal their spot in the NCAA tournament with a resume boosting win against its traditional Tobacco Road rivals. Junior forward Richard Howell felt the team would try and impose its own style of play in the game instead of playing catch-up. “I think whatever game we play, we will try and make them play, we don’t want to go in and try to predict what type of game that’s going to happen,” Howell said. “We just want to go out there and go as hard as possible.” Howell, who is fourth in rebounding in the ACC, felt the Blue Devils would pose a different challenge altogether in that category. “It definitely makes it a lot tougher but we don’t want to make any excuses,” Howell said. “We know there are going to be a lot of rebounds and we are dependent on our guards to get to
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grab those long rebounds. It’s kind of upon us to get those short rebounds.” Junior guard Scott Wood felt the offensive players on the team would look to capitalize on the opponent’s weaknesses.
“I mean it’s definitely going to be real difficult,” Wood said. “I think if we can set screens and cut hard, there’s definitely a chance to be successful. “As an offensive player, I believe no matter how they play their defense,
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Men’s Basketball at Duke Durham, 9 p.m.
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Sophomore forward C.J. Leslie goes to the basket over Duke’s Miles Plumlee on Jan. 19 night at the RBC Center.
there’s always something that’s going to be kind of flawed or something that can be executed a little bit better. So we just got to find where that is.” Head coach Mark Gottfried, who has a 0-1 record against Duke, felt they would need to stop ACC freshman of the week guard Austin Rivers to be successful. Gottfried lost to Duke, 68-71, in the 1997 NCAA tournament while at Murray State. “Defending [Rivers] will be a collective effort between all of our perimeter guys,” Gottfried said. “There will be times throughout the game that each one of our perimeter guys will defend him. That’s not going to fall on one guy. “At times, C.J. Williams has done a great job. There have been times when Lorenzo Brown has stepped up defensively and guarded some really good players. It’s going to be a collective effort for us.” Gottfried believed the biggest threat the Blue Devils posed was their ability to make threes. “Their ability to shoot the three compliments their effectiveness inside,” Gottfried said. “They make a lot of them and it puts a lot of pressure on your ability to help around the basket because they stretch your team out defensively on the perimeter.” Gottfried felt it would be a difficult stretch for the team, playing the top three teams in the ACC within six days, but the team would take it one game at a time. “We could win them all, we could lose them all,” Gottfried said. “There are so many variables out there that you can’t control them all. We can try to be the best we can be one game at a time.” The tip-off is set for 9 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham.
There have been a slew of changes in the sports world in the last few years. Watch any highlight of a football or basketball game from the 80s or 90s, and the differences will immediately jump out at you. The uniforms, equipment, padding and strategy have all changed, while the players have gotten increasingly larger, faster and stronger. One thing that remains constant, however, is the everpresent risk of injury in sports. It’s not surprising, really. What else would you expect when you pit the biggest and most physically fit young men and women against each other in competition? In a sport like football, where athletes launch themselves at one another to make or break a tackle, it’s almost expected someone will come away injured. A wide range of teams and athletes at N.C. State means a wide range of potential injuries. To deal with this issue, the University has four main athletic training facilities throughout campus. These facilities provide state of the art equipment (such as an underwater treadmill with video and computer control at the Murphy Football Complex Sports Medicine facility) to get Wolfpack athletes back up and running. In addition, the University provides a fleet of certified athletic trainers and strength and conditioning coaches to assist with an athlete’s recovery. Phil Hedrick, head football athletic
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trainer, is responsible for the health care needs of the football program and maintaining the Murphy Center Athletic Training Room. “We’re very fortunate that the administration we have has provided excellent facilities for our athletes,” Hedrick said. “We’re fortunate to be at a place where the health and well-being of our athletes is paramount.” Hedrick works to ensure each football player has done all the preparation possible to prevent injuries and proper measures are taken when an athlete suffers an injury. During the football season, he deals with injuries that arise from contact on the field while the off-season work is more focused on injuries from overuse. When an athlete is injured, their recovery relies on a progression of rehabilitation exercises. The first action taken against an injury, such as a sprained ankle, is to reduce any swelling that may occur. The range of motion must then be restored in that joint and the area where the injury occurred is strengthened. Eventually the athlete will be cleared to return to the field where they run through drills relevant to their position. “There’s no one injury we see more often than others,” Hedrick said. There’s a wide range from head to toe. The athletes go through year-round training with strength and conditioning coaches to prepare their bodies for the season. “Stretching and strengthening are the two most important things these guys do to prevent injuries.” Robert Murphy, director of sports medicine at the University, oversees the overall opera-
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Wendell H. Murphy Center, located next to Carter Finley Stadium, is the home of athletic training and sports medicine for the NCSU football program.
tion of treatment facilities as well as supervising the prevention and treatment of injuries to student athletes. “We work hand-in-hand with our strength and conditioning coaches to develop programs for at-risk athletes,” Murphy said. An at-risk athlete can be anyone who has suffered from a particular injury multiple times in the past, or someone who may be physically disposed to injury. “If we know somebody has a chronic issue, we’re going to address that issue as much as possible,” Murphy said, noting something like a high-arched foot can lead to ankle sprains. Prevention for something like an ankle sprain includes flexibility exercises to strengthen the ankle, as well as taping the ankle before a game to reinforce it. Sprained ankles are quite
common in the athletic training industry, and it’s not difficult to see why. Sliding into a base the wrong way, coming down awkwardly after going up for a rebound or missing a step on the tennis court could all lead to an ankle injury. In addition to sprained ankles, concussions also receive a lot of attention. The brain is surrounded by fluid that acts as a cushion between the brain and the skull, but this cushion may not absorb more severe impacts. Concussions are most commonly associated with football, where helmet-to-helmet contact can cause them, but they can occur in any sport. Murphy likened a concussion to a snow globe, with the brain acting as the globe and neurotransmitters acting as the snow. When a concussion occurs and the globe is shaken, you have to wait until
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the brain can return to normal before returning to action. “Ninety percent of all concussions resolve themselves with no symptoms within seven to 10 days,” Murphy said. Concussions, like all injuries suffered by student athletes, are closely monitored to ensure the damage that has occurred is minimized and no further damage occurs. They are important to observe, as they deal with the brain rather than a normal body part. “I can fix a knee, I can replace a knee, I can stick steel in it, I can make it almost brand new, but I can’t replace your brain,” Murphy said. Fortunately for the student athletes at the University, they have a choice of advanced facilities and dedicated staff to aid them should they suffer an injury.