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The Pack not shaken by earthquake Earthquake tremors throughout North Carolina did not cause major damage. Justin Rose and Elise Heglar

Phillips said. Some students, like freshman in First Year College Kathleen Caldwell, did not Earthquake tremors were felt through- feel any of the tremors but found out out North Carolina Tuesday afternoon about the earthquake secondhand. “I was in psychology in Dabney and I due to an earthquake that hit Virginia didn’t know anything happened. I was about 38 miles outside of Richmond. The earthquake, which the United a bit disappointed. I wanted to feel it,” States Geological Survey reported having Caldwell said. Shortly after the University realized the preliminary magnitude of 6.7, is potentially the second largest East Coast earth- tremors were from the earthquake, a Wolf quake in recorded history. The largest Alert was issued. “At 1:50, an earthquake occurred 150 earthquake recorded happened in 1886 in Charleston, S.C. and killed 60 people, miles NE of Raleigh. Minor tremors are possible for the next six hours. No reaccording to the USGS. The last time an earthquake of compa- ported damage to NCSU facilities,” the rable magnitude occurred in N.C. was al- message said. Governor Bev Perdue, who was in most a century ago in Waynesville, N.C., Greensboro, said she was equally surat a magnitude of 5.2. prised and confused Ji-young Shin, a until she, like many freshman in chemothers, turned to her istr y, described cell phone for inforthe experience as mation. somewhat surreal. “I had no idea what Shin was on the was going on until first floor of D.H. I looked at a BlackHill Library. berry and saw it,” “I felt like everyPerdue said. “Who thing was moving would have thought but everyone was we would be talking so calm. I thought Ji-young Shin, freshman in chemistry about an earthquake I was the crazy and a hurricane in the one,” Shin said. Graduate student in food bioprocessing same press briefing?” Perdue went on to say that as of Tuesday and nutrition sciences Johari Jordan was in the food science-building lab and saw afternoon there were no reported damages or injuries. more dramatic effects. “There have been no requests for any “We all kind of felt it and braced ourselves. When we looked at each other we kind of assistance anywhere in the state,” realized it was an earthquake so we were Perdue said. “It is something really untrying to get everything together and get usual, but it does not seem to have damout...it really got your adrenaline pump- aged anything significant.” Del Bohnenstiehl, an assistant profesing,” Jordan said. Some students, like Stephanie Phillips, sor of geophysics, was in the middle of a a junior in middle school science educa- lecture when the quake hit Raleigh. The tion, were higher up in buildings and felt graduate level geology class was actually discussing earthquakes when the projecthe effects more easily. “I was in my classroom on the third tor screen started to shake. “My first reaction was that it was confloor of Poe and I started feeling a shaking almost like a train was going by,” struction since earthquakes are so rare Deputy News Editors

“I felt like everything was moving but everyone was so calm. I thought I was the crazy one.”

The time line of earthquakes in the past 150 years. The left side presents the magnitude of the principle earthquakes on the east coast. The right side represents the major cities affected.

Charlotte, N.C. before her first run as Shaw’s interim president, also according to the Shaw website. While under her watch, the school John Wall raised $145 million, and increased its News Editor endowment from $14 million to $53 With pressure coming from around million – something that Shaw needs campus, Irma McClaurin resigned her as damaged buildings still require position as president of Shaw Univer- repair. McClaurin was in charge when a sity Aug. 9. Chairman of Shaw’s Board of Trust- tornado rocked campus. Due to her ees Willie Gary made the announce- efforts, classes began on time, stument, and named Dorothy Yancy as dents had residence halls to sleep in interim president. It is her second time and a temporary cafeteria to eat in – their only on-campus place to eat was serving in the position. Ryan Girlie, a student at Shaw, said totally destroyed. “One thing I McClaurin’s perthink [McClausonality clashed rin] and her adwith those on ministration did the Board. She well was manage described herthe aftermath of self as a “student the tornado in a leader,” and had very safe fashk nowledge of ion. We had a lot administrative of students on goings-on. campus that had “It was a perto be evacuated, sonality as far and I do think as the board was that was handled concerned. It was Ryan Girlie, student at Shaw University well,” Girlie said. her first time beNo official comment was made. The ing president,” Girlie said. The former president had heat com- University’s website made brief mening all sides. Current students as well tion of McClaurin, simply saying she as graduates were not happy with the had resigned. Faculty and staff at Shaw are not way she went about leading the hisallowed to speak with reporters untorically black University. “Some faculty was upset with some less the communications department things. Local alumni had some com- clears them. Sherri Fillingham of pubplaints that they never saw her and she lic relations declined comment, and never went to meetings. Some faculty Chairman Gary could not be reached that were fired – obviously had some for comment. Shaw is up for accreditation by the grievances,” Girlie said. Yancy was the 14-year president Southern Association of Colleges and of Johnson C. Smith University of Schools next year. Although Girlie

“McClaurin is still a leader; I just don’t necessarily know if her leadership qualities were the right fit for Shaw.”

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Shaw embraces former leader Shaw president resigns as former interim president returns.

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said she thought the school would retain its accreditation, she had some misgivings. “There are some people that have said we might not have accreditation,” Girlie said. “I think Shaw needs to get its house in order.” The Board of Trustees needs to be held accountable for actions of University leaders, and the school needs accountability “across the board,” according to Girlie. In her first term as interim president, Yancy employed a hands-on approach to University management. She could be seen around campus daily, and would take the time to sit in on classes. Students living on campus would see her walking around dorms and attending church in the chapel. According to the Shaw website, Yancy was welcomed back with open arms. “The Shaw family is excited about the prospect of having Dr. Yancy come back to lead us through the SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) re-accreditation and beyond. “There is jubilation in the air and excitement all over campus. We’ve had a great faculty and staff meeting and we all look forward to an outstanding 2011-2012 academic year,” Gary said at a press conference. Although she left under scrutiny, Girlie said McClaurin was a good leader, just not the one Shaw needed. “McClaurin is still a leader; I just don’t necessarily know if her leadership qualities were the right fit for Shaw,”Girle said.

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10:00 A.M. | Larceny Talley Student Center Staff member reported theft of three metal garbage receptacles.

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3:21 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON D.H. Hill Library Report of subject attempting to break bicycle lock. Officers made contact with student attempting to remove lock from his bicycle.

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around here,” Bohnenstiehl said. Bohnenstiehl added that while N.C. does get a magnitude four or five earthquake every few decades, to have a 5.9-magnitude quake occur so close is not something one sees every day. This is because the fault lines around N.C. are fairly stable, though Bohnenstiehl pointed out that Tuesday’s earthquake was a reminder they aren’t completely inactive. “We’re a lower hazard here, and as a result we don’t have much monitoring equipment,” he said.

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eath Robinson, junior in biomedical engineering, readies his Nerf gun as he cautiously makes his way to Wolf Village Tuesday. The game of Zombies vs. Humans started at 11 p.m. Monday night with about 500 humans and one zombie. “If anything, this game is making me want to stay inside and do work so I can avoid Zombies,” Robinson said.

4:47 P.M. | SUSPICIOUS PERSON Carter Finley Stadium Student reported suspicious subject soliciting ride. Investigation was opened. 7:02 P.M. | LARCENY D.H. Hill Library Report of stolen laptop. Investigation revealed laptop was not stolen but moved to another location. 7:09 P.M. | Damage to Property Free Expression Tunnel Report of subject spray painting stairs, brick wall and wolf statues. Area was checked but suspect was not located. Facilities was notified. 11:37 P.M. | ASSAULT Brickyard Student was referred for assault after striking another student during a game. Victim declined to press criminal charges. Appropriate personnel were notified.

Quote of the day “There is jubilation in the air and excitement all over campus. We’ve had a great faculty and staff meeting and we all look forward to an outstanding 2011-2012 academic year.” Willie Gary, chairman of Shaw’s Board of Trustees

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Today Humans Vs. Zombies: Infection All Day N.C. State Campus Prague Institute Information Session 12:30-1:30 p.m. Burns Auditorium, Kamphoefner Hall Student abroad opportunities in the Czech Republic. Jay Levine 4:30-5:30 p.m. Department of Entomology Colony collapse disorder and honey bee health. Women’s Center and WGS Open House 6:00-8:00 p.m. Talley Student Center, Room 3118 Join the Women’s Center and the Women and Gender Studies Program this Wednesday for an Open House. This will be an opportunity to meet Deborah Hooker, the new director for Women and Gender Studies and Ashley Simons-Rudolph, the new director of the Women’s Center.

Nasha Tryouts 7:00-10:00 p.m. Carmichael Recreation Center N.C. State Nasha is N.C. State’s only Bollywood dance team, and we have a place for every kind of dancer. Whether you’re a boy, a girl, a classical dancer, a hip-hopper, or just love to dance, come out for tryouts and see what we’re all about. Student Senate Meeting 7:30-10:30 p.m. 314 Harrelson Hall All students are welcome to attend meetings. Please come and be informed. Harold and Kumar go to White Castle 10:00-11:30 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema An Asian-American office worker and his Indian-American stoner friend embark on a quest to satisfy their desire for White Castle burgers. Admission is free. Thursday Banana Split Day 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Clark and Fountain Dining Halls Beat the heat with a banana split at Clark and Fountain Dining Halls during lunch. Soil Science Special Seminar 1:00-2:00 p.m. Williams Hall Dr. Jesse E. Bell, a drought and soil climate specialist, will present “U.S. Climate Reference Network Overview and Soil Moisture and Temperature Monitoring.” MSA Fast-a-Thon 6:30-9:30 p.m. Talley Ballroom The Muslim Student Association is holding a day-long fast for nonMuslims. Everyone participating is invited to the Talley Ballroom to break the fast that night.

Read Smart Book Discussion: Blood, Bones & Butter 7:00-8:00 p.m. Cameron Village Public Library Dr. Sarah Ash, professor of nutrition and undergraduate coordinator for nutrition science at N.C. State, will moderate a book discussion of Gabrielle Hamilton’s bestselling memoir Blood, Bones & Butter. Join us for a fascinating conversation about a book Anthony Bourdain called, “Magnificent. Simply the best memoir by a chef ever. Ever.” Kung Fu Panda 2 7:00-9:00 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema Po joins forces with a group of new kung-fu masters to take on an old enemy with a deadly new weapon. X-Men: First Class 9:00-11:30 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema In 1962, Charles Xavier starts up a school and later a team, for humans with superhuman abilities. Among them is Erik Lensherr, his best friend... and future archenemy. EKTAA, DSI and IND Back to School Mixer 9:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. The Union Raleigh Local Beer, Local Band 9:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Tir Na Nog Irish Pub One of WKNC’s favorite bands, Lonnie Walker, is headlining Local Band this Thursday and Wylie Hunter & The Cazadores are joining them. Lonnie Walker plays music influenced by the likes of The Talking Heads and Bob Dylan. Wylie Hunter draws from the more straight ahead influences of people like The Stones but still have their own original sound that is very tight.

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Hurricane stays the course, intensity uncertain Hurricane Irene is set to hit the N.C. coast Saturday but meteorologists can’t predict its strength. Mark Herring Features Editor

Category 1 Hurricane Irene weakened from a category 2 Tuesday afternoon, but according to meteorology Assistant Professor Anantha Aiyyer, the storm is likely to regain strength. “Hurricane Irene is entering into an environment that is very favorable for development, but it’s not too intense now,” Aiyyer said. Irene became a hurricane Monday after exceeding 74 miles-perhour. According to David Church, graduate student in marine, earth and

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atmospheric sciences and member of the tropical meteorology group, Hurricane Irene is a typical storm of this hurricane season. “The sea surface temperatures are high, between 28 and 29 degrees Celsius [82-84 degrees Fahrenheit],” Church said. “Anything above 26 degrees is warm and favorable for a storm like this.” Storms need energy, and hurricanes rely on warm water. This fuel, according to Church, drives the cycle of the winds and the greater the temperature of the water, the more fuel available to the storm. High water temperatures correspond directly with the progression of hurricane season. “End of August, early September we get into the peak of hurricane season,” Church said. Although Irene, which progressed from a tropical storm, to a category

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2 and currently down to a category linians need to be just as prepared,” 1 is projected to intensify the closer Purdue said. “If you need tips or information on any of your prepait gets to the N.C. coast. “When you have a storm like this, rations, please go towww.readync. org.” which is forecasted Students from the to be a larger than coast may expect average, you have family to come to to pay close attenRaleigh and the tion to the various Piedmont to avoid factors the drive it,” the high winds, buChurch said. “It can tAiyyer warned or very well pick up eninland flooding. ergy and increase.” “Make sure to Gover nor Bev avoid low lying arPerdue urged N.C. eas of topography residents Tuesday and a lso creeks afternoon to prepare Anantha Aiyyer, assitant and streams,” Aifor the storm and professor in marine, earth yyer said. “We may to stock up at least and atmospheric sciences not experience the three days of food same winds of the and water. “Our state’s veteran emergency storm, but it is expected to see a lot management team is ready for of rainfall.” Alton Russell, a sophomore in Irene, but our fellow North Caro-

“All I can recommend is to stay posted to local news and keep following the storm.”

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biomedical engineering, is from Wilmington, N.C. and has experienced hurricanes Fran, Bertha and Floyd. “I remember boarding up windows, filling up our bathtub with water and loading up on batteries and f lashlights,” Russell said. “I honestly don’t know what my family is preparing to do for Irene, but I’m sure we have plenty of practice.” The trajectory of the hurricane is not expected to veer off course, according to Aiyyer, but weather is a fickle thing. “All I can recommend is to stay posted to local news and keep following the storm,” Aiyyer said. “There are many factors that contribute to the storm, but nothing beats updated and new information to base one’sdecisions.”

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The cycle of a hurricane Before a storm, three things are requires: heat, water and low pressure. As the wind speed picks up, the storm takes mist off the ocean surface and picks up a lot of moisture. This moisture, water vapor technically, comes from hot surface water above 79 degrees Fahrenheit, and releases energy into the atmosphere.

This release of energy translates to increase in heat. Hot water turns to hot air.

As storm winds intensify, the hurricane picks up more moisture.

Heat in the atmosphere lowers pressure, creating stronger and faster winds. The lower the pressure, the more intense the storm. Source: David church

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The Facts:

Personal, financial and intellectual information have increasingly been digitized and stored on our electronic devices. This digitization of this information provides easy access for its owner and, in some cases, those who do not own it.

Our Opinion:

Deep into the digital age, students still leave their information unsecured. Students should make every effort to password protect any information they deem important.

Password protect everything A researcher for N.C. State recently failed to protect sensitive information pertaining to 1,800 elementary school students from the public. This is not the first breach in information security this year. In the past year, Sony, the FBI and FOX have all had lapses in their security and information was released pertaining to their customers and employees. As scary as it is, there’s nothing you can do about these security lapses. These lapses are out of your control; however, there are security vulnerabilities students subject themselves to on a daily basis that are within their control. In the pursuit of wireless Internet access, many of us link our Internet connections to a wireless router. Routers can be beneficial, as they allow the transmission of data through-

them. Smart phone users can link their emails, Facebook and bank accounts to their phones. Even the most basic phones out its range. However, if left quire a password for access to hold personal details conveyed unsecured, they can prove their computer. through text messages, call logs The threat of this lapse in and voicemails. damaging. A router that offers access judgment is not confined simProtecting a cell phone is as without password protection ply to your roommate chang- easy as programming in a fourallows anyone within the sig- ing your Facebook status to digit password. It may seem nal’s range to access not only something profane—it’s a real inconvenient, entering a passthe router’s Internet connec- threat to your security, both in- word every time phone access tion, but also the computers tellectual and personal. is desired; however, it is worth It only takes one person with the piece of mind it provides if linked to the router, enabling access to files on those linked. the fortitude to steal your com- the phone is lost. Not securing your router is puter for you to lose everyThere is a simple rule of almost as bad as not securing thing, and if you have ever had thumb for information secua bike on campus, then you rity in this digital age: any deyour computer at all. Our computers house our are aware this character trait is vice that allows for password abundant. lives. protection should be password Unprotected cell phones protected. Make the extra efThey contain our schedules, thoughts, memories and hold present a similar threat to un- fort and protect your informathe passwords that grant access protected computers. As the tion whenever possible, it is a capabilities of cell phones in- simple act that offers piece of to the rest of the world. It is quite surprising, then, to crease, so does the amount of mind. find people who still do not re- personal information put on The unsigned editorial is the opinion of the members of Technician’s editorial board, excluding the news department, and is the responsibility of the editor-in-chief.

New ticketing system rewards loyalty

his year, N.C. State has a new ticketing system for football and basketball games. Student Government sings its praises, touting it as the “most comprehensive a nd student friendly” ticket system out of any of the others they have encountered. Personally, I completely Madison agree w it h the choice to Murphy sw itch our Staff Columnist ticketing system, for it has some great new features the previous ticketing system did not include. One of the changes that will benefit everyone is an increase in the number of student tickets available for events at Carter-Finley Stadium and the RBC Center. According to the Student Government announcement, students now hold 10,000 of the available 57,583 seats at Carter-Finley and 4,500 of t he 19,70 0 seats at the RBC Center. The benefit to students is easy to see: an increase i n s t ud e nt seating means an increase in the amount of students that can attend each game. My favorite change in the ticketing system is the RBC Center’s adoption of general admission for the student seating. When you receive a ticket to a basketball game, you will no longer be assigned a seat. Instead, like football games, the seats will be first-comefirst-serve. To me, this is fairer than assigned seating. Being rewarded for showing up early makes more sense, especially with the new reward system. With the new reward system each student begins the season with a set point total based on class: seniors have nine, juniors seven, sophomores five, freshman three. The new reward system then allots bonus points for attending events and arriving early. The more points you earn, the higher loyalty level you can achieve.

The best thing about this is that loyalty points associated with each level (Level 1=1, Level 2=2, etc.) carry over to that sport next season. Student Government gives the example: “So a rising senior who achieved the third level in football would start his/her senior football season with 12 points.” This is because the senior starts out with nine points and has gained an additional three through reaching the third loyalty level in the previous season. As a huge N.C. State sports fan, this system is perfect for people like me. We get rewarded for loving the Wolfpack and that’s the way it should be. The first 25 percent of tickets are awarded solely on loyalty, so all those die-hard fans will still get to go to the games. The remaining 75 percent of tickets are based on a weighted lottery. Another great facet of the new ticketing system is the no-show policy. If you get a ticket to the game and don’t go, you get punished. Depending on how many no-shows you accumulate, t he polic y could cause you to lose all student ticketing privileges. This may seem a bit harsh, but it makes sense. If you can’t show up, then you don’t deserve to get a ticket because you could be taking it away from someone who can show up. The last part of the new policy—no more group system— is causing the most outrage but is a welcomed change. With the group system, sometimes freshmen got tickets to highprofile games when seniors did not. Seniors have been at school the longest, put in the most work, and been fans the longest. They have earned their high loyalty points and a right to seats. Each change in the new ticketing system will be highly beneficial to N.C. State and hopefully will stay for years to come.

“The more points you earn the higher loyalty level you can achieve.”

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Make N.C. State safe for cyclists.

Rachel Jordan, sophomore in architecture

Bike lanes are not safe

he bike lane on Hillsborough Street is an accident waiting to happen. It encourages cyclists to ride in an area where transportation Timur Ender planners, Guest Columnist league certified instructors, and transportation experts know to be unsafe. This area is known as the door zone. The door zone is the four feet to the left of a parked car. Drivers in the U.S. are not trained to look over their shoulder for cyclists before opening their car door. As a result, many cyclists have been killed from drivers opening their doors into the path of cyclists. The fundamental design and placement of the bike lane is flawed. It is like putting railroad tracks across a road without any sort of gates, markings or flashing lights. Myself and other cycling advocates refuse to ride in the bike lane because of its unsafe location inside the door zone. Instead, I pursue the safer alternative; I claim my legal right to the street and ride in the middle of the lane. One problem that has been created with this new bike lane installed is that cars honk at me more frequently because they assume that I must ride in the bike lane. Before the bike lane was installed, I claimed my legal right to the street

and very few, if any, motorists honked. This bike lane is a baited trap. It is only a matter of time until a new, inexperienced cyclist is hit by an opening door and is seriously injured or killed. Cyclists can be injured not only from the door opening in front of them, but also from swerving left and hitting a car or bus to avoid a door. I would rather have no bike lane than a poorly placed bike lane that invites inexperienced cyclists to ride in an area that we know to be unsafe. Many cyclists have suggested a better alternative: sharrows. Sharrows are bicycles w it h t wo chevrons painted on the roadway to remind motorists that bicycles are likely to be on the roadway. The two chevrons serve the purpose of telling the cyclist where and which direction on the roadway to ride. Sharrows are great for cyclists because they remind motorists that bicycles are entitled to the roadway. Examples of sharrows can be seen on Dan Allen Drive. Placing sharrows in the middle of the lane will decrease the honking and harassment faced by cyclists on Hillsborough Street. They also tell inexperienced cyclists where it is safest to ride. There are no negative effects from the placement

of sharrows since traffic on Hillsborough Street is so slow anyway. However, sharrows, like bike lanes, can be implemented wrongly. Examples of this can be seen in Jefferson City, Mo. and Seattle, Wash. Placing sharrows where the bike lane is currently located would be a mistake since it would encourage cars to pass in an area where it is unsafe. Instead, sharrows should be placed in the middle of the lane. This would have the effect of letting motorists know that it is safe and legal for cyclists to ride in the middle of the lane. This would also greatly discourage unsafe passing and harassment of cyclists. In the future the city can ensure bic ycle facilities (sharrows, bike lanes, wide outside lanes) are placed in the correct location by having two or three League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructors (LCIs) involved in the process of implementation of bicycle facilities. Had LCIs been involved in the planning process of this bike lane, it would have been very unlikely that this design would have had their blessing.

“The fundamental design and placement of the bike lane is flawed.”

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Being an astronaut requires more than ‘the right stuff’ The childhood dream is not unobtainable— but it requires work, dedication and skill. Story By mark herring | photo illustration By brent kitchen

uly 21, the last flight of shuttle Atlantis, marked the end of the space program—but that doesn’t mean the ambitions of aspiring astronauts should fall out of style like the shuttle, according to N.C. Space Grant Director and associate vice chancellor for research development, Chris Brown. When NASA began in 1959 they first selected astronauts from the military, accepting 7 men with jet aircraft experience. Over the years the requirements shifted from just being able to fly spacecraft to astronauts conducting experiments and research in space. Six years after selecting the first pilots with “the right stuff,” NASA appointed six scientist astronauts with

1. Stay in school “Astronauts are expected to have very high levels of education, so stay in school and get an advanced degree,” Brown said. “Engineering is very big and medicine is important too. Computer science, astrophysics, anything…but as long as it’s an advanced degree is key.” According to Brown, NASA doesn’t expect everyone to be a test or fighter pilot. Astronauts don’t watch movies at the International Space Station but rather carry out rigorous research. “You have to have the mindset of a scientist,” Brown said.

2. Stand out A masters degree, doctorate or ability to fly will not make an application stick out. Nor will being a pilot or military commander provide an edge. Of the current 95 American astronauts, 62 have experience as pilots and high ranking officers in the military. “If you are going to be competing with all the other thousands of people that want to be astronauts, you have to have done something that makes you stand out,” Brown said. “You climbed Everest. You proved that you can withstand hardships.”

doctorate degrees. According to Brown aspiring astronauts no longer need to worry about being “superhuman,” as Hollywood portrayed the first space explorers, but rather scholarly and motivated. The following are Brown’s tips for achieving the competitive edge.

3. stable mental health The stress of handling a piece of equipment like a space shuttle is nerve wrecking—Endeavour cost more than $1.7 billion according to NASA. According to Brown, mental health is a large factor in recruitment. “The mental and psychological aspect is important in the case that people spend long, stressful periods of time together and need to cooperate,” Brown said.

4. be a team player Claustrophobia and anxiety are prevailing factors, but under stress astronauts need to work as a cohesive group to get up to space and back to earth safely. “In the past, NASA did something called ‘select out,’” Brown said. “They would have a whole bunch of people that are suitable and then they would kick people out of their pool because they were a little deficient here or there. Whereas the Russians would ‘select in’ and look at the characteristics of a whole crew and see how complimentary they were to each other. The crew was seen as a team.”

outdated requirements: In the past, NASA selected for characteristics like height and weight, but today the requirements have relaxed, Brown said. “In the old days, all the test pilots were short.” Brown said. They were all under 5 feet 11 inches, which NASA required. Very few of them were scientists. According to Brown, the guys with the right stuff would be the odd ones out of the pool of candidates today.

Designing fabrics that do not fade out of style Faded clothing and upholstery have become facts of life, but researchers are working to change that.

the fabric, Parsons said. This technique results in uniform coating around each individual fiber in the fabric. “We will be testing fabrics such as Nylon, Polyester and cotton,” Oldham said. Aamir Ognawala According to Jur, this will be Correspondent a cheaper and greener alternaFabric and tex tiles are tive to fabrics that are UV regreat—until they fade. Greg sistant. “This project basically inParsons and Chris Oldham from the biomolecular engi- volves nano coating on textiles neering department are try- that is up to 100 nanometers ing to change that with the thick using gas phase process,” help of Jesse Jur of the College Jur said. “This adds new surface properties to the textile of Textiles. These recipients of the Chan- and makes them resistant to cellor’s Innovation Fund have UV rays. This Chancellor’s Innovaidentified UV resistant fabrics tion project as fundamenwill further tal changes to develop what be applied to we know modern texabout protile manufacducing these turing. These functional technical coatings on fabrics don’t t e x t i le s to run cheap ma ke t hem though, acresistant to c ord i ng to U V radiaJu r. T he s e tion. We will materials use get valuable nano-coating information of semi-conthat can adductor fibers. Chris Oldham, biomolecular v a nc e t h i s “Atomic engineering department technology layer deposicloser to martion is more common in the semiconductor ket.” The possible use of such industry,” Jur said. “Dr. Parsons, Dr. Oldham and myself fabrics goes beyond every day have worked to develop those wear. According to Oldham, principles on fibers to create one problem with existing nano-coatings that add new methods for applying UV protection is the breathability of a function to textiles.” Jur himself has a background fabric can be lost. “The coatings that we are dein semiconductors. Atomic layer deposition is veloping will provide breatha technique by which vapors ability,” Oldham said. “This react to grow nano-scale ma- could help our military where terials on a surface, in this case you need to set up tents in

“We are aiming at developing these fabrics by using more traditional methods that are used in the industry.”

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Chris Oldham, a postdoctoral research scholar working in the Chemical and Biomolecular Lab in EB1, describes the process of how to make fibers UV resistant on Aug. 16. “The nano-coatings are created by forming a chemical reaction between the fibers and the gases that make up the coating. Not only can the technology be used to treat fibers, they can be used to protect historical documents from UV damage,” Oldham said.

hot places like Iraq. These tents need UV protection and breathability as well which can be provided by the coatings we are developing.” The fabrics currently in the market that can provide long term (5 years) UV protection can cost as much as $150 per yard. Fabrics with short term UV protection (< 500 hours) cost between $5 to 15 per yard. “Our coatings should provide consumers the option of buying UV resistant fabrics at a

reasonable cost,” Oldham said. The project that started in July this year is being funded by the Chancellors Innovation Fund among others and has been granted $75,000. The first phase is expected to be complete within a year from now. One of the problems at this point of time is that the process that is being used to coat the fabrics requires a highly controlled environment. Making ALD adaptable to a continuous process, similar to

roll-to-roll production of textiles, represents a major challenge. “In the next phase, we are aiming at developing these fabrics by using more traditional methods that are used in the industry. This will allow production of these fabrics on a large scale,” Oldham said. Many have experienced the color of clothes fading away when exposed to sunlight for a long time. An added advantage of the coating is that the feel and texture of the fabric will

not be lost. So when buying a UV protected cotton product, there will be the same feel and comfort that cotton provides and it won’t be possible to detect the presence of coating unless chemically tested. “There are a lot of challenges for taking a technology out of the lab and into market. These funds will allow our team to make that advancement must faster,” Jur said. “We expect this project to shorten the time to market.”

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Left: Marissa Bloomfield, sophomore in psychology and her fellow classmates have a squad meeting in D.H. Hill library after the Humans vs. Zombies kickoff on Monday night. Center: Tim Majors, senior in engineering, prepares for the “zombie invasion,” hiding in a tree in the Brickyard Monday night. Right: Threatening a human as she comes out of the Free Expression Tunnel, Brittany Pickler, freshman in computer engineering, walks with Emily Peeler, freshman in engineering, Tuesday. The game of Zombies vs. Humans started at 11 p.m. Monday night with more than 500 humans and one zombie.

ZOMBIES VS. HUMANS The mock attack on campus intrigues look into public health reaction to zombie infection. Story By mark herring | photos By greg wilson & Tim O’brien

Zombie-themed movies, TV shows and now competitions between students have launched the undead into mainstream popularity—but some political scientists and policy makers have looked into the pop-culture epidemic with

intrigue. Daniel Drezner, political science professor from the University of Chicago and columnist of Foreign Policy, published Theories of International Politics and Zombies in light of the craze, which is not just a

contemporary popular trend, but one that dates back to biblical times. “There are many natural sources of fear in world politics,” Drezner wrote. “Terrorist attacks, lethal pandemics, natural disasters, climate

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change…[but] it is striking how an unnatural problem has become one of the fastest growing concerns in international relations. I speak, of course, of zombies.” Drezner is not alone in the conspiracy of zombie affairs. Mark Keen, assistant professor of microbiology, compared human fears of zombies to diseases like kuru and mad cow disease. According to Keen, the offshoots of Variant CreutzfeldtJakob Disease, caused by an animal eating the flesh of its own species, may be natural inspiration to our fascination with zombies. He also compared unfortunate vampire love affairs to sexually transmitted infections. The infection of zombies on campus has brought the issue to attention. Currently, there is no public health recourse in the case of an undead epidemic. Accord i ng to Debora h Threadgill, assistant professor in microbiology and instructor of global public health courses, epidemics are managed from a local scale. “The CDC, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in Atlanta was tracking back during the H1N1 craze,”Threadgill said. “They were getting updates from locals. Each state was getting updates from state healthlabs.” In the case of a zombie epi-

demic, public health lab and hospitals would update state centers on the outbreak, which would then forward the information to the CDC, according to Threadgill. Once an infection, outbreak or pathogen on the loose is identified, the government and private sector then collaborate to create a vaccine. “Usually, vaccines will go to the private sector,” Threadgill said. “Novartis is always involved with flu vaccines and jumped on the swine f lu research quickly. CDC will see if a certain vaccine will work, but there are some companies that specialize in vaccine production. “ According to Threadgill, drug companies developed the H1N1 vaccine quickly, despite lab difficulties in culturing the virus. But vaccine production is not just about making money for Big Pharma, but is of tremendous public health consequence too, Threadgill said. Threadgill said Dr. Robert Neville, the character of Will Smith in I am Legend, was a good example of an optimistic approach to curing a zombie attack. Other popular movies tend to take violent approaches to the zombie solution, but in accordance to the Hippocratic Oath, doctors and public health officials must do no harm. Quarantine is the next best

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option. “Hospitals have a triage system in which people who need the most care get it first,” Threadgill said. “In the case of epidemics and hospitals are overwhelmed, there is home quarantine when there is no room in thehospital.” But public health officials like to stop diseases before they spread, according to Threadgill. In the age of high-speed transportation, an illness like SARS or avian flu can spread across borders quickly. “Global health focuses not on just studying epidemics but also halting the spread of them,” Threadgill said. “Policy can then work with medicine to isolate a disease to a contained space so others don’t get infected.” When vaccines, antibiotics and quarantine don’t work, sometimes infected communities have to wait it out. It seems like N.C. State will have to wait it out until the end of this week.

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Since that episode, Amato has participated in each of the podcasts as a call-in guest. While the presence of Amato on the show adds another element that the four hosts did not previously have,Curle said the addition would not be possible without moving the show to Amedeo’s and meeting Dave Parker, a minority shareholder of the restaurant. “He’s been a big addition to the program,” Curle said. “And having him on the show wouldn’t have been possible without Dave [Parker]. Dave knows Chuck very well and said he could probably get him on the podcast, so of course I said, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’ For the last three weeks, the show has had a major overhaul with the move and addition of Amato, but Curle said the relationship with Parker is what has brought the show to new places. “Dave’s connections have allowed us to have access to some other folks that normally we wouldn’t have access to,” Curle said. “We’ve talked about getting Ernie Myers, Dereck Whittenburg and Chris Corchiani on the show during basketball season. “Dave has really been the one who has dreamed big for us. That’s something back in May, when we started the podcast, that I would have never imagined would be possible.”

Public address announcer Dr. Edward Funkhouser faces challenges that are outside the box.

and it was determined that I had a cancer called non Hodgkins’ lymphoma of a subcategory called a B cell. I’ve been taking chemotherapy since May. “It’s gone very well, the understanding is that this parJeniece Jamison ticular cancer has gone away. Senior Staff Writer I don’t have any hair but it will Dr. Edward Funkhouser, a start coming back the first of professor in the Communi- October. “ Dr. Funkhouser displayed an cation Department, has been the man behind the voice of immense amount of strength the N.C. State football and during his ordeal by finishing women’s basketball programs the semester when he was diagfor 12 years, and will continue nosed and continuing to teach to do so in the aftermath of one during the summer months of the most difficult times of without missing a class. Justin Wilson, a senior in his life. Dr. Funkhouser has been communication-media could tell that battling he was cancer getting since May sick of this when yea r, but he was this is not in his t he f i r s t class time in his durl i fe t h at ing the he has exspring perienced 2011 sehardships mester. w it h h i s “I was health or Justin Wilson, in his any of his senior in communication-media classloved ones. room,” He lost his wife in 2010 from lung cancer Wilson said. “He said that he after a two-year battle with the was sick but he never actually told us. We cancelled class a disease. “I’ve had some health issues couple of times towards the end in 2006 when I had open-heart of the semester, then when it surgery,” Dr. Funkhouser said. came time for the final exam “I had five heart bypasses. I’ve he told us that someone would never had a heart attack, ever, be here but he wasn’t sure that so I was fortunate in that sense it would be him. He ended up but I had heart disease. Earlier being there for the final exam this year I wasn’t feeling well so I was really glad to see him.”

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Through this difficult time, Dr. Funkhouser says that he finds his comfort zone away from the intense treatments in both the classroom and the press box. “It does take my mind off of it and I’ve had a really good time the past couple of months of my life,” Dr.Funkhouser said. “I haven’t had a problem. I truly cannot say that the chemotherapy has made me horribly sick. I’m looking forward to the semester, looking forward to football this fall. “I’m looking forward to doing the home football games and women’s basketball this fall and winter. I often do other things that come along, such baseball every now and then.” He has also been noted as an innovator in the public address field, as he coined the famous “first down” chant that is now used by other schools and many professional football teams. He first introduced the chant during his first game as the Pack’s announcer against the Clemson Tigers in 1999. “I would do the emphasis of ‘That’s another Wolfpack’ and then I would say, ‘first down’, deliberately, giving the idea that people would join in,” Dr. Funkhouser said. “Eventually, in that game on that night the fans all cheered in and shouted, ‘first down’, during the game. It was very quick and then hereafter we’ve been doing it and now football teams all across the country are doing exactly what we do. For example, the Miami Dolphins say, “It’s another Dolphins first down.”

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“Dr. Funkhouser is a great guy, he actually wrote a recommendation for an internship that I applied for,” Wilson said. “He’s always been willing to do whatever he can to help out a student.”

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After five years with the Wolfpack, captain scores gamewinning goal.

WKNC will premiere its new sports show, “The Pulse of the Pack,” tonight at 7 p.m. The show will feature two former Technician sports editors, Cory Smith and Tyler Everett, along with other special guests. Tonight’s episode will also feature players and coaches from Wolfpack athletics. The show will air weekly on 88.1 every Wednesday night from 7 to 8 p.m. SOURCE: WKNC RALEIGH

Former Wolfpack golfer ties for fourth at Wyndham Carl Pettersson, a former all-american golfer for N.C. State, participated in the 2011 Wyndham Championship this past weekend and finished tied for fourth. The event, held at the Sedgefield Country Club, hosted several other Raleigh natives, including the winner, Webb Simpson. Peterrson finished with a 13-under for the tournament and moved himself into No. 55 in the FedEx Cup standings. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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play overtime.’” As soon as the referee called for the penalty kick, Berger jumped on the opportunity to help the Pack get a win late in the game. “I just knew I wanted it,” Berger Phillip Misklow said. “Because I had always taken Correspondent penalty kicks throughout my club The sound of a referee’s whistle and high school career.” When most people would have could barely be heard over the screams of the crazed fans during been nervous, Berger, a Cary native, Sunday’s women’s soccer game. seized the opportunity. She put the Alex Berger, a senior defenseman, ball just past the diving Navy goalkeeper, scoring her first collegiate was the reason why. Tanya Cain had the best scoring goal and what also proved to be the opportunity of the day when she game winner. While the fans went wild with beat the Midshipmen’s lone defender in the box and then looked “Wolf! Pack!” chants, no one was to beat the goalkeeper. In a des- more excited than Berger herself. perate attempt to preserve a tie, the The excitement on her face was still obvious after Navy defenseman the game during tackled Cain from the team stretches. behind, leading to As excited as she a penalty kick in was about scorthe 88th minute. ing her first goal, Lining up in the she demonstrated box to take the great poise showpenalty kick was ing why she is one Berger, the captain of the senior leadof the team. To ers on this team. add more drama While she was to the situation, clea rly excited Berger had yet to score a collegiate Alex Berger, senior defenseman about her own individual achievegoal in her career ment, Berger was at N.C. State. Now the only person stopping her from exuberant about getting the team off to a 2-0 start on the season. destiny was the Navy goalkeeper. “I’m more excited that the team As the time to kick drew closer, Berger stood confident in her ability got the win,” Berger said. The Pack has high expectaand said she wanted nothing more than to end the game in regulation – tions this year aiming to make not just for the team, but for herself both the ACC and NCAA tournament. If the team as well. “I couldn’t believe we were going can continue to play solid to get a penalty kick with two min- defense as the season proes, utes left to go in the game,” Berger gresssaid. “The thing that had been going through my mind the last ten minutes was, ‘I don’t think I could

“I couldn’t believe we were going to get a penalty kick with two minutes left to go in the game.”

these goals will be well within reach. Though the Pack won both games this past weekend, scoring posed to be a challenge. The team had several scoring opportunities in the Navy game but could not capitalize. “We’ve done a really good job creating corner kicks and goal scoring opportunities, we just need to focus on the final bit, putting the ball in the back of the net,” Berger said. Accord i ng to Berger, one game to pay close attention to is the showdown with Miami on Sept. 29 in Coral Gables, Fla. “That game last year left a sour note in a l l of our stomachs,” Berger said. “After the game, they did a little celebrating on our field. So we plan to get a little revenge this year.”

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Media outlets in the Raleigh area have a so to speak lockdown on Wolfpack sports. But one component that no one else offers is a podcast specifically targeted towards the University’s athletics programs. Thanks to James Curle, now there is. Curle, a former Technician Photo Editor and graduate of N.C. State, started a blog website,www.RiddickandReynolds.com, four years ago and recently began a podcast that runs weekly call the “R&RPodcast.” Each night, Curle, along with former sports editors Austin Johnson and Derek Medlin and Steven Muma, started the show back in May and have already recorded 15 episodes talking about topics that occurred over the summer in men’s basketball and football. Curle said the idea was more based on noticing a lack of podcasts in the local market talking about State athletics. “I’ve been doing a blog for about four years now, and I knew that I wanted to do something a little different,”Curle said. “I’ve started listening to podcasts not too long ago and thought this would be a way to corner the N.C. State market in a way that it hasn’t been cornered yet.” While Curle has been blogging about the Pack for the past four years, he said that he wanted to add the other three co-hosts to add

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Former Technician Photo editor James Curle, and former Technician sports editors Austin Johnson and Derek Medlin sound check before the RnR Podcast at Amedeo’s Restaraunt Monday, Aug. 22, 2011. During the podcast, which has been running for over three months, Curle, Johnson and Medlin interviewed former head football coach Chuck Amato.

even more knowledge that they Pack Pride and WRAL, said he joined the podcast for the same may bring to the table. “The guys that work with reason that Curle created it – no one else me on t he on the market show do such has one. a great job of “This is rekeeping up ally a chance w it h t h e i r to get to be a blogs that I part of somedon’t h ave t h i n g t h at the time or nobody else the resources i s d o i n g ,” to keep up,” Medlin said. Curle sa id. “We tr y to “So this do as good seemed like of a job as we a great way to Derek Medlin, former sports editor can. This is get everyone James’ baby, together and so we want do something a little different that no one else to as good of a job as we can not only for ourselves, but for is doing for the Wolfpack.” Medlin, who has worked for James as well.”

“This is really a chance to get to be a part of something that nobody else is doing.”

The four men who participate in the show are all graduates of State, but Muma was not a member of Technician during his tenure at the University. Johnson said the opportunities he was offered after leaving the University, which eventually led to being a co-host on the podcast. “I would never be here, doing what I’m doing with this, without Technician,” Johnson said. “Being a part of the student newspaper opened a ton of doors for me. It’s basically provided me front row seats for basketball games over the past few years, which some might view as a perk.” Curle said writing for the school newspaper prepared him for interviewing athletes

that the normal sports reporter might be nervous about when first starting out. “Being a sports writer can be an intimidating thing,” Curle said. “But having the background that we have with Technician has demystified a lot of those things for us. “We’re not afraid to call up someone like [former football coach] Chuck Amato and get him on our show, whereas a civilian might be more intimidated by that concept.” During the 12th podcast, Curle introduced Amato as a guest on the show, which surprised several of his listeners.

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