TECHNICIAN
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28 2011
Raleigh, North Carolina
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Professor: Sony playing with fire Lack of full disclosure in hacker case could pave way for many class-action suits. Bri Aab Staff Writer
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Members of HS 400, a residential landscaping course, work on a bamboo landscape structure outside Kilgore Hall Wednesday. The structure is made almost entirely out of organic materials, such as black locust hardwood and bamboo splits.
‘Bamboo bistro’ to open soon Students get hands-on to make relaxation. Bryan Le Staff Writer
Horticulture landscape students toiled outside in the heat Wednesday to finish their final class project: an outdoor seating area fenced in by crisscrossed bamboo in front of Kilgore Hall, tentatively called the “bamboo bistro.” “These are going to expand with the sun,” Will Hooker, professor in horticultural science, said as he pointed to the plastic zipties holding the bamboo together. “And the bamboo will shrink with the sun, so [we have to] tie them tight.” Hooker, who is heading the project, acted as foreman to the student workers from his studio horticulture landscape class. The group is constructing the seating area as part of a series of bamboo design projects Hooker’s classes do every semester. The students are divided in several groups, with each performing a different task toward the completion of the project. Some students split bamboo shafts using a tool that functions like an apple cutter, while others used special thick-bladed knives to trim off the sharp edges and notches from the inside of the bamboo strips. The students then secured the split and trimmed strips of bamboo together using plastic zipties.
This week the students committed their afternoons and evenings to the construction of the bistro, returning between classes to continue building the seating area. “On Monday we were here from 1:30 to 8:30,” Sean Stokes, a junior in horticultural sciencce, said. “Today we started at 12:45, and I’m sure we’re going to be out here till 8:30 again.” The doorways of the fence, which Hooker patterned after Chinese-style moon gates, are shaped like light bulbs. At one end of the perimeter, the bamboo fence becomes a half-dome, dubbed the “band shell” because of its resemblance to the stage area where a band would perform in an auditorium. “Why bamboo? Because it’s free,” Hooker said. “Most people just want to get rid of it.” Hooker, however, sees value in bamboo. “I’ve been in love with it for 25 years,” he said. The project was designed in a collaborative effort by the entire class. The class began tearing down the old bamboo fence last week, according to Stokes. A time capsule left by the builders of the old seating area reveals the first one was constructed in 2005 and the class had decided it was time to replace the deteriorating older structure. Hooker and his students hope to restore the seating area to enhance the experience for people who already frequent it—mostly students and faculty
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Outside Kilgore Hall, junior in landscape design Chelsey Early, slices bamboo into splits as Mary Archer, a graduate student in agriculture science, helps hold the bamboo Wednesday. The bamboo splits were being used for an organic landscape project undertaken by the HS 400 residential landscaping class.
eating lunch or people waiting for the bus. “I went out here one night from the studio around 2 or 3 a.m., and there were people just sitting here and eating. So people do use this area,” Stokes said. With the new design and refreshing renovation, students involved in the project hope to invite new audiences to enjoy the space. “The theme is ‘inviting,’” Jasmine Sudario-Cook, a senior in hor-
ticultural science, said. “We’re hoping to bring people into the space and give them a nice place to sit and relax.” According to Hooker, the project will be finished within the next few days, but a completion date has not been fixed yet. “We hope to be done by Friday, but it’s likely to be Sunday or Monday,” Hooker said.
Veterinary hospital getting $74 million upgrade Terry Center to triple-capacity for small animal care. Josh Chappell Staff Writer
The College of Veterinary Medicine will receive a huge, long-awaited upgrade to its nationally respected animal hospital. The Randall B. Terry, Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, expected to open in mid-June, will make the CVM’s hospital even more advanced, according to David Bristol, acting dean of the CVM. “The new technology being deployed in the hospital will allow us to provide a much higher level of patient care,” Bristol said. Operating rooms will be equipped with cameras, which will feed through a processor students can access, according to Bristol. “[Students] will be able to watch surgeries in great detail, whether or not they are scrubbed in to assist,” Bristol said. The facility is named in honor of Randall B. Terry, Jr., a businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist who developed a special affection for the CVM after one of his nine golden retrievers, Nike, received medical care there in 1998. Terry, who passed away in 2004, was the president of the N.C. Veterinary Medicine Foundation and a champion of veterinary medicine, according to
ranked vet school in the nation, acthe College of Veterinary website. The R.B. Terry, Jr. Charitable Foun- cording to U.S. News & World Redation partnered with the CVM to port, already must show a high level form a true public-private relation- of achievement, Bristol said. The new ship, allowing the creation of the new Terry Center could increase the number of applications and increase the facility, according to Bristol. State appropriations covered $34 quality of the CVM’s students. “The Terry Center increases capacmillion of the entire $74 million project, and the Terry Foundation ity for senior students, but it doesn’t will handle the rest of the funding impact the room we have for teaching in the first three years of the program,” for the project. The new facility will not only be Bristol said. “The recent increase in used to provide exceptional care to our national rankings from number patients, but also provide a quality five to number three could increase learning experience for veterinary the number of applications we receive, and thus make our acceptance rate students, according to Bristol. “[The Terry Center] will be used to decline.” Lindquist, who is provide the highest also the president of level of patient care, the Pre-Veterinary teach veterinary stuClub for the 2011dents and conduct 2012 school year, population studies said she thinks the of responses to new Terry Center will be therapies,” Bristol more than a hospital. said. “The Terry CenFor Danielle Danielle Lindquist, ter will be a leader Lindquist, a senior senior in zoology in prov iding the in zoology, the new best care along with Terry Center will be beneficial not only to current students teaching the future of veterinary medin the CVM, but also to undergradu- icine,” Lindquist said. Kelly Cunningham, a sophomore in ate pre-veterinary students. “This means for pre-veterinary zoology, is considering several differstudents, we will be able to be close ent veterinary schools upon completto cutting-edge medicine, learn from ing her undergraduate studies. professors and truly become stron“[The Terry Center] will certainly be ger and well-rounded applicants,” taken into consideration as a benefit if Lindquist said. I end up having the option to choose Applicants for the CVM, the third- between multiple vet schools,” Cun-
“The Terry Center will be a leader in providing the best care.”
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Sony’s online PlayStation Network was recently a victim of cyber piracy, and no one knows when the service will resume operation. More concerning for students could be the breach of data that occurred, and how it will affect the privacy of thousands of PSN users. The privacy of PSN customers was compromised April 17 due to an unknown professional hacker. The process by which the hacker obtained 77 million customers’ information is still unknown, but is suspected to have been done through a corrupted email sent to a Sony administrator, which then introduced software that allowed the hacker to access formerly secure files. While the issue of credit fraud and identity theft still proves to be a major threat to millions, a greater issue is the violation of multiple states’ legislations that occurred with Sony’s hesitation to release information to the public. Although Sony became aware of the hacking April 17, the public was not notified until April 26. By taking the liberty of time in contacting potential fraud victims, Sony might have broken several states’ technological privacy laws. In light of possible credit card fraud, David Baumer, department head of business management, advises to “call your credit card company immediately and inform them of
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ningham said. The most exciting part of the new facility for Cunningham will be the increased capacity. “I am most excited for the increased number of patients the hospital will be able to accommodate and the resulting variety of medical conditions students will be able to experience,” Cunningham said.
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Randall B. Terry, Jr., was a businessman, newspaper publisher and philanthropist from High Point. In 1998, Terry was so impressed with the level of care provided to one of his ill dogs that he became a friend and supporter of the College of Veterinary Medicine. Before his death in 2004, Terry chaired a campaign that raised $10 million for CVM student education. Terry also donated more than $4 million in challenge grants and student scholarships to the CVM. In 2005, Terry’s charitable foundation, the R.B. Terry, Jr. Charitable Foundation, gave the CVM a $20 million pledge to help initiate Terry’s “vision of a state-of-the-art veterinary medical center.” SOURCE: CVM WEBISITE
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