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Governor initiates statewide 9/11 food drive Perdue drives the initiative to help the state’s hungry while encouraging support for local food banks. KEVIN COOK/TECHNICIAN ARCHIVE PHOTO

This year’s Shack-a-Thon event will have student-built shacks dispersed in small groups around the Bubble. The event will run from Sept. 19 to Sept. 25.

Shack-a-Thon to remain on Brickyard Shack-a-Thon will disperse student-built shacks around the bubble. Shivalik Daga Staff Writer

Shack-a-Thon, the University’s annual fundraiser event is planning to go ahead with its larger goal this year, while also dealing with the Brickyard Bubble. Event organizers and participants are expecting as much as a $6,000 increase, regardless of the traditional location’s obstacle. The event raised nearly $19,000 last year, but expects to achieve $25,000 this year, according to Amber Johnson, the publicity chair of the University’s Habitat for Humanity International chapter and a junior in medical textiles. “It has impacted us,” Johnson said.

“But we’re not letting it stop us.” Johnson said the economy affected last year’s outcome, but she maintains the event should continue to grow. “We went down a little bit last year,” Johnson said. “Economy-wise we think we did really well.” “If not $25,000, then we can definitely go beyond what we did in the previous year,” Johnson said. According to Johnson, the shacks will be in groups of three or four around the bubble. “The Brickyard Bubble was definitely a surprise, but we were well prepared,” Johnson said. “The only major altercation with having the bubble there would be the positioning of the shacks,” Johnson said. “This year the shacks will be dispersed around the bubble and still very visible and convenient for the students.” The week-long event will start Sept. 19 and culminate with Whack-a-

Shack, an event dedicated to dismantling the shacks, Sept. 25. “I don’t think it’s going to decrease the involvement student-body-wise,” Johnson said. Lydia Joslin, junior in psychology, has participated in Shack-a-Thon for the last two years, and says it’s a nice way to bring people together. “Shack-a-Thon is the only time when I see everyone at N.C. State come together. It’s great,” Joslin said. Shack-a-Thon began with a single shack in 1991 and has continued every year since. During Shack-a-Thon, Habitat for Humanity and other student organizations take over the Brickyard by building shacks that students live, sleep and study in for an entire week. Each group raises money by collecting from people walking through the Brickyard. According to HHI’s website, the organization’s initial goal is to eliminate

University to participate in local BugFest This year’s BugFest theme is aquatic bugs and will be held Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Museum of Natural Science.

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Dollars expected to be raised

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SOURCE: AMBER JOHNSON, PUBLICITY CHAIR OF THE NCSU HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INTERNATIONAL CHAPTER

poverty. The organization is also involved in other initiatives on campus including tutoring every Tuesday and Thursday at the Boys and Girls Club, building homes at a worksite on Saturdays, and participating on alternative fall and spring service break trips.

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Gov. Perdue will initiate a statewide initiative to end hunger in the state tomorrow as part of the 9/11 National Day of Service and Remembrance. Local food banks involved include Inter-Faith Food Shuttle and Food Bank of Central & Eastern N.C. The University is also involved in the National Day of Service and Remembrance, according to Tierza Watts, associate director for the Center for Student Leadership, Ethics and Public Service. Watts said CSLEPS is planning several projects for the infamous anniversary of the collapse of the World Trade Towers. “9/11 has been declared a National Day of Service, so CSLEPS and the Service–Leadership team is concentrating on that,” Watts said. Service Leadership Team (SLT) will be participating in many initiatives over the weekend of service and remembrance, Watts said. FOOD continued page 3

University holds first Terry Fox Run The University will hold North Carolina’s first Terry Fox Run Sunday on Centennial Campus.

Janell Miller Staff Writer

The Museum of Natural Sciences will be holding its 14th annual BugFest Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Jones Street, The Plaza and Edenton Street. All four floors of the museum will be utilized for the event. Kauri Wouk, senior manager of presentations and partnerships, said it is one of Raleigh’s largest events. “It’s the largest one day bug event in the country. It’s the museums largest event, and downtown Raleigh’s second largest event,” Wouk said. The event is second only to downtown Raleigh’s New Years Eve event. According to Wouk, there will be more than 80 exhibits featured at the museum including games, crafts and entomologists. Admission to the museum is free and donations are welcomed. “The goal of the BugFest is to educate people about arthropods, we call them bugs,” Wouk said. “Arthropods are the largest animal group in the world, they make up three quarters of the world’s animals.” According to Wouk, six local restaurants are preparing bug dishes. Some of these restaurants include: Acro Café, Locopops, Market restaurant and Spize café. According to Wouk, it is an opportunity to educate and have fun. The event is open to all age groups. “There is something for everybody,” Wouk said, “It’s kid friendly, they can roll around in balls of dung and pretend to be bugs, but there will also be scientists there to elaborate.” According to Wouk, there will be representatives from the department of natural resources and they are expecting a large turnout from local universities. Several members of the University’s faculty will be leading presentations at the event.

BY THE NUMBERS The year Shack-a1991 Thon began

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Faye Moussa, a senior in business administration, volunteers at BugFest on Saturday to help educate the public about bees and beekeeping. “The bees are too young to have stingers. They have about 24 more hours until they are developed. They are harmless right now,” Moussa said. Moussa is currently enrolled in the Bees and Beekeeping course on campus. BugFest 2009, an annual tradition, took place at the Museum on Natural Sciences.

Wouk said Daniel Johnson, department of clinical sciences, will be holding a presentation titled “What Makes Bugs Tick.” “It’s not to be missed,” Wouk said. “It’s a great mixture of education and fun. You get to eat bugs, and you can’t beat that.” Elizabeth Wait, a junior in agricultural education, said she’s excited about the event and plans to hold a few insects. “I heard about it last year on the museum’s website. I don’t really know what to expect but I know that it’s going to be a lot of fun and I hope there are a lot of bugs you can hold.” Allison Lee, a sophomore in political science, said she heard about the event from the University’s faculty. “I heard about it from my Insects and People professor. I am really excited about it. I heard there are going to be a lot of people there.”

FOR MORE INFORMATION: You can find more information on the BugFest and other events hosted by the Museum of Natural Sciences at www.BugFest.org or www.naturalsciences.org. Each restaurant will have a featured dish. A few dishes will be: Berry Buggy Bready Pudding, Frozen Chocolate Cricket Cubes, and Critter Fritter served with Toasted Cricket and Chili Mole Sauce. SOURCE: BUGFEST.ORG

done for the event, which allows more people to compete. “Another purpose for the run is to provide an opportunity for the physically challenged as well as for anyone else. People don’t have to train for Chelsey Francis this, so to speak.” Koutroumpis said. Deputy News Editor Terry Fox lost his right leg at the Campus Recreation is sponsoring age of 18, due to bone cancer. Fox the first ever Terry Fox Run in North decided to run from coast to coast to Carolina on Centennial Campus Sun- raise money for cancer research. He referred to this journey as the Maraday. According to Peter Koutroumpis, thon of Hope, according to terryfox. org. the assistant direcFox bega n h i s tor for Campus Recjourney April 12, reation, the event is 1980 in St. John’s, non-competitive. Newfoundland. “This event isn’t Averaging 26 miles c omp e t it ive , we a day, Fox was able want to remember to run 3,339 miles why Fox started this in 143 days before 30 years ago,” Kouhe was forced to stop troumpis said. “The because the cancer whole idea behind had spread to his this run is to fundlungs. raise. It’s meant for Terry Fox passed people to come out Peter Koutroumpis, assistant away June 28, 1981 for various reasons.” director of Campus Recreation at the age of 22. AfThe event is being ter Fox’s passing, the held just days after the Centennial Campus Welcome, annual Terry Fox Run began and has and Campus Recreation is continuing raised nearly $500 million for cancer to strive for more future Centennial research. Koutroumpis said he wants to enCampus events. “We wanted to have a more active courage people to come out and show event on Centennial Campus after the their support. “This is our first time holding the Centennial Campus Welcome,” Koutroumpis said. “We’re trying to plan Terry Fox Run in North Carolina,” more campus recreations activities on Koutroumpis said. “We want this to be a regular tradition here.” Centennial Campus.” Koutroumpis said another benefit of the race is that no training has to be

“We’re trying to plan more campus recreation activities on Centennial Campus...”

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In Thursday’s “Senate votes to help UAB via ‘Luda Bill,’” the vote count for Resolution 23 was 15 yes, 12 no. Senate President Stephen Kouba referred the resolution to the Committee on Government Oversight, but the Senate Body resolved to move the resolution to the Tuition and Fees Committee. Matt Barnwell did not comment on the UAB’s reasoning in the article.

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eanna La, a freshman in FYC, and Amber McCraw, a junior in psychology, try to take each other out in Wii Boxing at “Wii Love Games,” a video game night in Tucker Hall’s ground floor lounge. “I really should be doing my Calculus homework, but this seemed so much funner,” La said.

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tribution is near the farmer’s market. “Once food goes into the distribution system, it will be discontinued from page 1 tributed across seven counties “SLT is having retreat this in the Triangle,” Boone said. Many agencies, large and weekend, and the SLT is participating in five different projects small, will be involved with the distribution process, Boone while on retreat,” Watts said. Jason Boone, director of said, and will start Monday afcommunications at the Inter- ter the amount of accumulated Faith Food Shuttle, is closely food is calculated. “[More than] 200 big distriinvolved with the initiative and was a part of the team that vis- bution agencies, including the ited the governor’s mansion to Salvation Army and number plan for the series of activities of small agencies that include local churches, schools and for the 9/11 weekend. “There is no better way to re- communication centers havmember 9/11 than by turning it ing pantries, will be involved into a day of service for feeding in the process of distribution,” the hungry in the state,” Boone Boone said. Boone also said Perdue was said. According to Boone, people the initiator of the project and will come forward in huge has been leading the effort. According to Boone, Pernumbers and a lot of food will due signed a be donated proclamation over the for i n it iatweekend. ing the food “We don’t drive, got the have any goal involvement or target to of seven food raise a certain banks across nu mber of the state along pounds over with Feedinthe weekend. gAmerica.org All kinds of and got a ll donations, the necessary including publicity for food and Jason Boone, director of the event. monetary docommunications at the Inter“The govnations, will Faith Food Shuttle ernor wants be accepted the state to be to help people unified and wants to see some in need,” Boone said. This is the initiative’s first tangible benefits in these bad year and Boone said donors economic times,” Boone said. Several students said they are encouraged to give nonperishable canned food. The were unaware of the food drive. “I am not aware of any food initiative will run through the weekend until Monday at noon. donation drives,” said Jacob “We encourage everyone to Kerley, a freshman in civil endonate. Many state government gineering, said. “Hunger is everyone’s probrun agencies and state government employees will be do- lem and the only way to solve nating and offering voluntary it is by working together. Help your hungry neighbors with services,” Boone said. Food donated over the week- some food today,” Boone said. end will then go into the distribution system, and Boone said one of the points of dis-

University begins compost campaign FOOD Two University departments are collaborating to keep 65 percent of campus waste from reaching landfills. Joanna E. Banegas Senior Staff Writer

University Dining and Waste Reduction and Recycling partnered to implement a composting initiative in campus dining hall facilities. The University’s goal to divert 65 percent of campus waste from the landfill by 2015, according to Kevin Smith, director of dining hall operations. Smith said although the composting campaign just started in August, the project has thus far proved a success. “It’s been doing really well,” Smith said. “We actually just took off 4.19 tons of the first load off this past Monday.” University Dining began composting in Fountain and Clark Dining Halls, Smith said, and will begin composting in Case Dining Hall this month. The compost process will also reduce the possibility of contaminating the most material University Dining removed or is in the process or removing all plastic utensils and trash cans in the serving and seating areas, Smith said. According to Smith, Dining had to make some changes in the dining halls such as replacing the ice cream cups with bowls. “We removed the trash can from the window so the people who are in the dish room are controlling where the trash goes but in case someone does put a bottle or something on the plate, they’ll catch it,” Smith said.

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Sean Maroni, a freshman in engineering, helps the campus-wide Go Green movement by composting his food and paper waste at Fountain Dining Hall on Thursday, Sept. 9.

In January, a Waste Reduc- and why changes were being tion and Recycling audit found made in dining halls. a large amount of waste gener“The signage in the dining ated at Fountain Dining Hall hall helped explained what to was compostable, Smith said. do with your plate when you’re “When we did the audit we done, being conscious about found out that how much 70 percent of food you are the trash that put ting on were in the your plate, dumpsters and how in the dining much food hall was trash you are wastthat could be ing and how Miranda Beshears, freshman in composted,” to reduce environmental engineering Smith said. your portion Rebecca sizes,” RodRoddenberry, dining and ca- denberry said. Miranda Beshears, a freshtering operations graphic designer and a senior in art and man in environmental engidesign said the University as neering, said students probably a whole, seems to be moving don’t do as much composting as they would like. towards sustainability. “Stepping in by composting “That could make a really big difference,” Roddenberry said. really gets it going and also Roddenberry said the Uni- teaching people what they need versity wanted to help students to do to help and how we can understand what was going on actually make a difference is

“Composting puts a lot of nutrients in the soil...”

really exciting,” Beshears said. Beshears said it’s great to make a big impact such as students putting trash that would normally put in the trash can in a compost bin. “Composting puts a lot of nutrients in the soil so if all of that is going to the landfill it could be going in the soil so putting more nutrients in it,” Beshears said. Roddenberry said understanding University Dining’s program and by getting the word out will help raise awareness. “If students jump on board and help out and make a conscious effort to reduce waste, I think we will be able to hit that mark,” Roddenberry said.

“Hunger is everyone’s problem and the only way to solve it is by working together.”

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Sept. 11 is National Day of Service and Remembrance and Gov. Bev Perdue has urged state residents to end hunger. Food security is defined as a persons ability to gain access to and ability to afford food that is nutritional and beneficial and in 2008, the USDA said 49.1 million people in the U.S. were living in food insecure households.

OUR OPINION:

Students need to be aware of the community they are in and their ability to affect its welfare. Students should volunteer or donate food this weekend and be a part of the movement to unify the state on this critical day in American history.

We will not forget

his weekend will mark the ninth anniversary of the most recent domestic tragedy in national history. Sept. 11, 2001 will forever be ingrained in everyone’s memory. Our country has never been the same since the World Trade Towers fell. In honor and remembrance of the event, Gov. Bev Perdue has identified an issue that, despite 9/11, has not changed. Hunger still exists in our country, even though we are one of the wealthiest in the world. According to the USDA, in 2008, 49.1 million people in the U.S. were living in food insecure households, and this was up from 36.2 million in 2007. This weekend, the governor has urged state residents to engage in a statewide food drive as part of National Day

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of Service and Remembrance. As students at N.C. State, we go to a school that is a leader in community service and this is an important moment for us donate or volunteer to show how much we care and the difference we can make if we all work together. Education is key. Even if we are not natives of the area, we are a part of the Raleigh community. Not everyone can walk down the street and go to a dining hall to eat. Students don’t realize we live near the most food insecure residents in the county. According to Feed America’s “Hunger in America 2010 Local Report Prepared for FB of Central &

Eastern NC and Inter-Faith Food Shuttle,” these agencies, which are food bank leaders in our area, provide emergency food for an estimated 664,700 different people annually. That is the equivalent of 74 percent of Wake County. Donating to food drives is a simple way to give back. A can of green beans can be the difference between someone going hungry and having food for a couple of days. It would not be difficult for everyone on campus to give one can. The Inter-Faith Food Shuttle is located next to the N.C. State Farmer’s Market near Centennial Campus and they are accepting donations. Take a bus

or a friend’s car, just go. The Salvation Army is always looking for people to help serve food to the Raleigh area and the IFFS has community gardens and a farm students are welcome to work at. There are already student groups and classes that help at both of these organizations and many professors have already recognized the importance of being involved in service learning. This weekend is a time where the nation should be unified. One of the most basic human needs is food and we are all unified in this need. Help others this weekend who many not be as fortunate as us to have access to food. If we all work together to raise awareness and help the community, we will be able to see how we can truly be united.

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lenn Beck’s rally and the subsequent furor did not catch much of my attention. But what did catch my attention was a discussion on the estimates Theju Jacobs of the numStaff columnist ber of people who attended the rally. CBS News commissioned two independent agents to estimate the number using aerial photographs and crowd density calculations reaching a number in the range of 80,000. The numbers touted by other media organizations and Glenn Beck himself were in the range of a few hund red t hous a nd . Sup porters of the rally refused to go w it h t he 8 0, 0 0 0 number and claimed the number was biased. We routinely come across cases where people choose to go with opinions as opposed to numbers or facts estimated using known scientific methods. This is just one example. If someone wants to dispute estimated facts, they should study the method used for estimation and point out the error in the method or, better yet, come up with a superior method. Simply claiming the person who did the estimation is biased and hence his or her results are incorrect is not the correct approach. As members of a university community who are learning skills and values to last a life time and engaging in activities that push the boundaries of the existing body of knowledge, it is especially important for us to be able to distinguish facts from opinions. Given the facts, the opinions should make sense. Not the other way around. Yes, a given “fact” can later be proved false. We know today the Earth is not flat and the rest of extraterrestrial bodies do not revolve around us. This re-

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Coverage of the Greek Community and Campus Police The recent coverage of the Greek community and Campus Police outlined in the frontpage news story, as well as an editorial, in the Sept. 7 edition of the Technician prompted me to write this letter. For years, the Greek community has only received coverage when it is convenient for the newspaper or when there is a major controversy involving fraternities and sororities. In the time since I began attending N.C. State, countless opportunities to highlight the projects, initiatives and community service achievements of our collective Greek community have been noticeably absent from the pages of the newspaper. The most important aspect that the recent coverage of the Greek community lacked was outlining the great working relationship that Campus Police and fraternities/sororities have developed over the last several years. This working relationship has allowed us to open a discussion in order

to find better ways to report incidents occurring in Greek Village, especially when not related to organizations residing on fraternity court. With one conversation, Campus Police said they would amend their policy regarding the issue. We all agreed “Fraternity Court” would be ideal for unrelated incidents, but if an incident is directly related it would be reported in the original format citing the chapter name. This year we furthered our efforts with our partnership with Campus Police. We started getting our members, along with the campus community, to sign Responsible Behavior Initiative pledges. With these pledges, students agreed to continually to strive to be responsible to themselves and others and to the core values of North Carolina State University. The University and Student Media continue to overlook these positive efforts. The fraternities that we all see in mainstream media are only a small percentage of our organizations and do not represent our membership as a whole. The discontent with the Technician does not stem from those minority members; it comes from the broader efforts of our community that are continually over looked. As fraternities and sororities continue working to hold their members to higher standards in academics, behavior, community/ campus involvement and leadership, we know that we are under scrutiny from every perspective that judge the entire community from the actions of one person. Our current discussions are meant to curb these stereotypes. We are not challenging the merits of the article printed on Monday, but rather would like to highlight the positive conversation that IFC and Campus Police are having

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What are your thoughts on the church in Florida claiming 9/11 to be “International Burn a Koran Day”?

writing usually happens when a new technological development makes it possible for us make new deductions, or when something brings previously obscure data to light. Until then, our body of knowledge, amassed through empirical observations and rigorous logic, is the best we have. As my high school teacher would say, statements we come across on a regular basis can be classified into four categories: rumor, hearsay, opinion, and fact. Rumors are those statements with sources no one is able to pinp oi nt , y e t a l most everyone, takes for granted. Hea rsay i s when you he a r f rom someone who hea rd someone else make a statement. You k n ow an opinion when you hear it. And of c ou r s e , facts are simply facts. A good part of the material which comes to us from various sources in the form of rumors, hearsays and opinions, are pretty harmless. They can enrich our lives by giving us a different perspective on things. When it comes to decision making or when an action is required from our end, it is best to first categorize the information we have on hand and choose a path that best follows from the facts we have.

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and the benefits that it has provided to the University as a whole.

“I really don’t see much point. Burning 200 Korans isn’t going to make any of those lives come back, and it won’t make us do any better as a nation. It’s not really getting back at the people who caused this chaos.” Matthew Jackson junior, computer science

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The Shame of an Engineering School

“I don’t see anything wrong with it. I mean, it’s their right to express themselves.” Deja Smith freshman, environmental technology

With five more women’s soccer games scheduled this season for Sunday at 1 p.m., fans can only wonder how many games will be played on blistering days of sun. On the giant concrete slab carved out as “seats,” with nowhere to go for shade and a resulting miniinferno, would-be fans stay away in droves. At the soccer field and adjoining baseball field, season after season, one of the south’s top engineering schools can’t figure how out to erect some simple shade pavilions? For shame.

“I think that might start more trouble. It doesn’t show that we beat them in the war. I personally think it might start another dilemma in the Middle East.”

Jef Davidson Raleigh

Mikey Ledford freshman, computer engineering

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Exhibit showcases worlds first electric guitar, T. Rex femur College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences celebrates 50th anniversary with exhibits featuring rare artifacts in the D.H. Hill Library. Jordan Alsaqa Senior Staff Writer

First established in 1960, the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with an exhibit featuring a T. Rex femur bone and what is believed to be the world’s first electric guitar. Throughout this semester, D.H. Hill Library is home to an exhibit dedicated to the scientific breakthroughs made by the college since its founding, as well as discoveries made at N.C. State before PAMS was established. The exhibit, entitled “A Legacy of Discovery: 50 Years of PAMS,” opened just before classes started this semester and is the result of two years of collaboration between the college and the library’s Special Collections Research Center. Steven Townsend, director of communication for PAMS, explained the work that went into setting up the exhibit. “It was a process of close collaboration,” Townsend said. “My department worked to organize the story and highlight what we wanted to show off, while Special Collections

worked to make sure we had made here at NCSU, but also the physical objects and most a picture of how far technolof the photos to bring that story ogy has come over the past decades. One exhibit shows to life.” One part of the exhibit is a a photograph of one of the display containing the world’s University’s first and most first true electric guitars, de- primitive computers, bought signed at NCSU by physics pro- for $200,000. Photos compare fessor William Sidney Wilson. computer labs from the 1980s Though predated by several to those of today. Also on display are a series of electric string instruments, photos of the Wilson’s was college life asthe f irst to pect of PAMS provide indistudents vidual pickthroughout up for each t he years, string. His inshowing the vention went importance on to win the of the student University’s experience. Engineering Photos of the Fair in 1940. o l d PA M S UnfortuSteven Townsend, director of softball team nately, Wilcommunication for PAMS and of stuson never dents simply bothered to patent his invention, and the relaxing in their room show two models were forgotten that the experience of college about until they were returned is as important as the research to the University sometime be- being done in PAMS. One of the displays is a large tween 1965 and 1975. By this point, Gibson and Fender had cast of a T. Rex femur bone and both adopted the individual was discovered by a team led string pickup design, obscur- by one of NCSU’s two paleoning Wilson’s innovation in the tologists, Mary Schweitzer. The femur contained preserved soft field. The guitars remained in tissue, bringing a new wealth storage in the Department of of information to our underPhysics until the mid-1990s, standing of how fossilization at which point they were re- works. Elizabeth Hyde, a sophomore discovered in storage by staff. Now, 15 years later, they are on in animal science, said the femur along with other parts of display for the first time. The items on display show the exhibit impressed her. “As a science major, it was not only the advancements

“One of the biggest goals of PAMS is solving the world’s biggest challenges.”

interesting to see such an important fossil on display here,” Hyde said. “It was amazing to see how many discoveries came out of NCSU.” The exhibit, which will run throughout the semester until after finals, works with the colleges to display areas of excellence around the University. Lisa Carter, head of the Special Collections Research Center, explained the theme of the exhibit as one of progress. “The message we wanted to convey with the exhibit was that all innovation is based on the fundamentals, the kind that PAMS works to instill in all of its students. When you start with the fundamentals of scientific research, you can build it into the practical solutions that so many NCSU students have provided,” Carter said. After 50 years, PAMS continues to be a national leader in innovation and discovery and in 2006 was ranked seventh nationally in total PhD production in mathematical sciences. The exhibit shows off the constant series of breakthroughs made over the course of five decades. “One of the biggest goals of PAMS is solving the world’s biggest challenges,” Townsend said. “Be it issues of food, water or fuel, the college is working constantly to make long-lasting changes for the planet.”

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The two string instruments shown are two of the world’s first electric guitars. Located in an exhibit on the East wing of the second floor of D.H. Hill Library. These two models were a product of two years of collaboration between PAMS and the Special Collections Research Center. The exhibit is titled, “The Legacy of Discovery: 50 years of PAMS.”

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As I opened Citizen of the Empire’s self-titled and selfreleased debut, the CD insert caught my attention. Where the copyright information should be, I read, “No Rights Reserved.” “We prefer to make our lives a work of art as opposed to ‘making a living’ from our art. Reproduce and distribute in any form by any means. Share with your friends and enemies alike.” I will say, after listening, I’ll be sure to do just that. The seven-track album starts off with a slow, ethereal guitar riff with subtle crash symbols. This track, entitled “Insurrection is Our Only Weapon Against the Machine of Alienation,” is a perfect way to get

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the listener ready for the remainder of the album. Citizens of the Empire seems to be a very politically-oriented band, giving links to Zeitgeist among other online movies, as well as titling the tracks according to their views. I immediately realized I would get a fuller experience if I turned the music up and let it replace all other things I was thinking of. Closing my eyes, it was easy to lose myself in the music. The fourth track, “Power is Not to Be Conquered, It is to Be Destroyed” is by far the strongest. It’s immediately up-tempo and forceful. Continuous riffs throughout it make it fun and interesting for the duration of it’s six-minute length. “Everything We Possess Will in Turn Possess Us” is another example of exciting riffs, but this time sprinkled over the 7-minute track contributes to such a full-sounding post-rock song. The ending song, “We Pay for Our Lives With Our Deaths,” is a strong finish to the album. Its intricate guitar is weaved into enough vice that when the song

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finishes all you want is more. I was surprised to learn Citizens only consists of three members—Andrew Carson playing drums, Patrick Seawell on bass, and Jacob West shredding guitar. This threepiece is from Minneapolis, MN. Citizens fits in perfectly with bands such as Mogwai, God is an Astronaut and Explosions in the Sky. While your mind won’t be blown to pieces, it will be fully satisfied by the instrumental rock laid out for listening pleasure.

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Anberlin sings a ‘Paperthin Hymn’ for Schoolkids Free concert packs Schoolkids Records for release of new album.

Lead singer Stephen Christian’s resonating voice carried over the soft brush of acoustics playing the unmistakable sound of Anberlin songs. Warming up to the crowd with Phillip Lin old favorites such as “The UnStaff Writer winding Cable Car” before In recent years, there have moving on to a more upbeat been many well-known and “Feel Good Drag,” attendees talented bands visiting the Ra- were introduced to its hit new leigh area. Some have found it single titled “Impossible.” Scott Warren, a sophomore fitting to play in smaller venues, perhaps for a more per- in paper science engineering, sonal approach towards their said he enjoyed hearing the band in perfa ns. Howson. e ve r, none “It’s my first have come as time hearing close as Ant h e m l i ve , berlin did this and I think past Tuesday, t hey sound re ac h i ng a really good,” w hole ne w Warren said. level of in“It’s a diftimacy with ferent sound their supporton acoustic, ers. but it’s still Students Scott Warren, sophomore in on par with packed into paper science engineering their studio t he limited recordings.” space providAnberlin finished their set ed by Schoolkids Records, and still others piled out through list all too soon, but at the rethe door towards Hillsborough quest of the crowd, played a Street. Unperturbed by the titular song from one of their stuffy in-store quarters, stu- older albums titled “Never dents and local residents came Take Friendship Personal.” to see Anberlin perform and Afterwards, fans and attendpromote their newest album, ees were able to get signatures, Dark Is The Way, Light Is The speak with the band members Place, before getting the oppor- and have their pictures taken tunity to meet and speak with with the band. Marcia Frisbie, a junior in the band members.

“It’s a different sound on acoustic, but it’s still on par with their studio recordings.”

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Joseph Milligan, Stephen Christian and Christian McAlhaney, three of the five members of alternative rock band Anberlin, perform a free acoustic show for fans in Schoolkids Records Tuesday, Sept. 7. Their new album, Dark is the Way, Light is a Place, was released the same day.

biological sciences, said she was impressed by the band’s testimony and attitude. “Christian has a really nice voice,” Frisbie said. “Their music isn’t always different from

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T.J. Louie, a junior in industrial engineering, reaches for his signed copy of Anberlin’s new record, Dark is the Way, Light is a Place. Louie had been a fan of the band for four years, but had never seen them perform live until their free show at Schoolkids Records. “It was th e most amazing event around campus this year,” Louie said. “It was cool to meet them. They’re down to earth.”

Anberlin, Christian gives their songs and albums a personal touch. “I feel like the first three albums were a trilogy [in their themes],” Christian said. “And this new album is the first coming-of-age album, much like novels such as The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye. In a way, this new album is a reflection of my high school years.” Dark Is The Way, Light Is The Place marks the milestone

of the band’s transition into adulthood. Having faced the adversities afforded by life from outside and within, the new album reflects upon their years of growth. Having matured and become wiser with age, Anberlin encourage their fans to do the same.

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State expecting success in first home tournament The women’s volleyball team will take on Georgia Southern, Mercer and Morehead State in its weekend tourney. Brent Kitchen Agromeck Sports Editor

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Wolfpack volleyball had little success the past four seasons, leading to the departure of coach Charita Stubbs. But new coach Bryan Bunn leads the team back to Raleigh this weekend with a chance to show fans its early success in 2010 is no fluke. “These are all three winnable matches for us,” coach Bryan Bunn said. “Our goal is to out-hustle everybody and out-work everybody. The wins will take care of themselves.” The team will play at home for the first time this season with a 5-1 record, but must bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Indiana in its last outing. “It’s early,” Bunn said. “5-1 is nice, but it’s nothing to get excited about. We’ve played six matches, and we still have 25 to go.” Fans will have plenty of new faces to get to know, with 10 of the players on the 15-player roster new to the Pack this season. “Bringing in a lot of new people makes it easier to change the culture,” Bunn said. “Because it hasn’t been successful for a while. So we made some changes with personnel so we have a different personality on the court.” In State’s two tournaments this year, two transfers have found themselves in the spotlight, putting up big numbers to lead the team. Junior outside hitter Becah Fogle and redshirt sophomore setter Megan Cyr transferred from the University of Colorado after the hiring of Bunn, and are looking forward to becoming household names in Wolfpack country. “It’s great having transfers,” Bunn said.

“To start off, they have experience. It’s just a matter of gelling the personalities on the court, and to build the kind of culture we want here. But it’s great to have those people that have experience competing and playing. It’s easier to mold that sometimes than it is a lot of freshmen.” Cyr, who leads the team in assists with 232 in six games this season, said the early results are encouraging, but that the hardest part of the season is still to come. “I think [starting well] is really exciting and something we can pat ourselves on the back for,” Cyr said. “But the real test will come once conference starts.” Fogle led the team in kills in the Indiana tournament with 45, and she said she and the team still need to work hard to be successful. “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” Fogle said. Fans will also notice some familiar faces in new roles. Senior setter Alex Smith has moved to right-side hitter, notching 30 kills in the team’s first tournament to earn ACC Co-Player of the Week honors, the first time a Pack player has gotten the honor since September 2008. “We found out that Alex [Smith] is a very good right side hitter,” Bunn said. “She’s very court-savvy, she knows the game and she sees things happening. So we figured that’s the best way to utilize her this year.” The N.C. State Tournament starts Friday at 7 p.m. against Georgia Southern and continues Saturday with games against Mercer and Morehead State at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., respectively. “I know a lot of people have come and watched our past games and they say its just torturous because we’ll be in it and then we’ll lose point after point after point,” Smith said. “This year, I think they’re going to see a much more entertaining game.”

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settling down and playing the game. I don’t think one person - myself or anybody else - is going to change the outcome of the game. As a defense, we all just have to hone in. We have to be more disciplined in what we do and we have to execute our assignments the way we’re supposed to. Its hard taking on 300 pounders every single snap. They are going to be physical, so I have to be physical too. You always deal with cramps and dehydration this time of year. But yesterday’s practice and today’s practice, more-so yesterday’s, was hot. We get a few practice days in the heat and since we went through camp in 100-degree weather, it shouldn’t really be a problem for us. It will be the same for me. Before every game, I drink at least 15-20 orange juice bottles, so I’m always pretty hydrated before games. I really can’t say if I’ll play better than I did against Western. I feel like I’m going to do good, but that’s to be determined after we play our game. We’re not overlooking these guys. They were picked to win their conference and they’re the preseason number one team in their conference. We’re preparing hard each and every day. Every day, we’re trying to get better and prepare for them. I know, and our defense knows, that they are going to give us their best shot. Tough competition helps out a whole lot because you want to build up your level of difficulty each week, if you can. With one win, and the more wins we get under our belt, the more confident we will be as we are exposed to more good teams.

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ike I was expecting, I was a little bit antsy, being away since 2008. And my motor was running a little bit too high. But everything was OK since we came away with the win. It s pre t t y much what I thought it was going to be as far as preparaNate Irving tion and actua l ly get t i ng Senior middle linebacker back out there. I just have get used to the speed of the game and actual game-speed. Just getting back out there, the more games I play, the better off I will be. I don’t care about personal stats. Like I told the coaches and my teammates at the beginning of the year, I can have one tackle or a thousand tackles, as long as we win, I’m OK. Winning makes everything better. T.J. Graham’s performance really didn’t surprise me. Going against him and the offense in the spring and in fall camp, they were able to get him the ball and he has been able to be successful after the catch. I think it makes it that much more difficult for other defenses to scheme against us. To have that many weapons on offense, there’s no one guy that you can key in on and make a game plan around. Winning consecutive games would be big, because a win in the previous week helps with confidence going into the next week. It gives our guys that much more confidence going against our next opponent. There’s nothing in particular I feel like I have to do for us to win, besides just slowing down,

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The Pack will look to reproduce its 48-point offensive outburst in week one when it travels to Orlando, Fla. to take on Central Florida Saturday night. Such fireworks promise to be harder to come by against a UCF team that led Conference USA in total defense a year ago. The Wolfpack scored 48 points on Saturday night behind the offensive fireworks of redshirt junior Russell Wilson and a wide receiving corps with plenty of options. But on Saturday night it will take on the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Fla., at 7:30 p.m., a school with a defense much more powerful than Western’s. UCF senior defensive end Bruce Miller was named the Conference USA preseason defensive player of the year and was one of four Knights named to the preseason All-Conference USA team. Miller is just one of the key defensive players for UCF, as the Knights also have another preseason All-CUSA selection in sophomore defensive back Josh Robinson. “They have a lot of experience more than anything,” Wilson said. “They have

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played a lot of games, and we have too as an offense. They are a great defense, they have a lot of speed and they are physical. T h e y h a ve great players on the defensive line, linebackers and second-ary. It’s going to be a good game.” Though Wilson threw for four touchdowns in the first game of the year, it was junior wide receiver T.J. Graham who stole the show. Graham is commonly known primarily as a kick returner, but worked in the off-season to improve his ability to contribute to the offense. “I want to be stronger as a wide receiver,” Graham said. “Being a receiver is more of a key position. As a returner, teams can take you out of the game easily by not kicking the ball to you. [On Saturday] I felt I played better as a wide receiver, which is what I want.” Graham caught two touchdown passes from Wilson of more than 25 yards and led State with 96 yards receiving. He will look to continue his improvement as a wideout against UCF. “I’ve seen that play out of T.J. ever since the beginning,” Wilson said. “He’s a great player and he’s working hard and getting better. Everybody else is trying to get better as well.” UCF boasts an experienced defense that has played at a high level over the past few years, but the Knights will not be the only team confident in its ability to make stops and get off the field Saturday night. Redshirt senior linebacker Nate Irving returned to State’s defense last weekend and helped

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the Pack settle in and stifle the Catamounts after surrendering an opening-drive touchdown. But he said he knows the challenge this weekend will be much tougher. “They have a big, massive offensive line that’s very physical opening up running lanes for the running backs,” Irving said. “And they have two good quarterbacks that can run and throw the ball. They have a lot of experience because they have a lot of guys now that were on that team in 2007, so there will be a lot of experience on that team.” In 2007, the last meeting between the two schools, UCF upset State, 25-23, in a win that helped catapult the Knights into a bowl game that year. But Wilson said he is not worried about going on the road into a hostile environment. “I’ve been on the road to big-time games before,” Wilson said. “It’s 100 yards whether it’s home or away. They will be cheering against us instead of for us but that doesn’t really matter.” Irving said he’s not looking to be the star of the weekend. Instead, he said he’s just hoping to leave Orlando with a win and keep the Pack undefeated at 2-0. “I hope I’m on the stat sheet this week,” Irving said. “But as long as we win, that’s all I care about.”

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oach Tom O’Brien made his Wolfpack debut in a narrow 25-23 loss. State trailed 25-3 going into halftime of the 2007 season opener after surrendering 177 yards rushing to UCF’s Kevin Smith, who finished the evening with 217 yards on the ground. But the Pack fought back to make things interesting in the fourth quarter. On O’Brien’s first night on the Wolfpack sideline, down two, his team drove to the UCF 41 with less than a minute to play, but the Knights picked off Harrison Beck on a desperation heave as time expired to seal the deal. Central Florida leads the all-time series, 1-0.

Players to watch for: N.C. State Junior wide receiver T.J. Graham: The local speedster out of Wakefield High School was electrifying as a return man in his first two seasons with the Pack, but relatively quiet as a wideout. But the opener against Western was a different story, as Graham found the end zone twice in the first quarter en route to a career receiving night that saw him finish with 96 yards on six catches. Should Graham continue to produce at even half that rate, Russell Wilson’s toughest decision might involve picking the right open receiver, a problem Pack fans would not mind watching Wilson struggle with. Senior linebacker Nate Irving: Few players were the focus of more attention against Western than Irving, who sat out 2009 due to injury after a stellar 2008 campaign. The most surprising stat from Saturday night’s season-opening romp might very well have been 0 - the number of tackles No. 56 notched in his first game back. The most established star of the defense will be relied upon to help lead the counterpunch against a Central Florida team known for its running game and physical offensive line.

central florida Junior wide receiver A.J. Guyton: Guyton was by far the most reliable target for his quarterback tandem of Rob Calabrese and Jeffrey Godgrey in the Knights’ week one win over South Dakota. The junior from Homestead, Fla. pulled down eight catches for 127 yards and a touchdown in his team’s season opener. Through his first two seasons with UCF, Guyton has 845 career receiving yards. Senior defensive end Bruce Miller: The reigning defensive player of the year in CUSA and the FBS leader among active players with 27 sacks and 44 career tackles for loss, Miller leads the UCF defense. He recorded 14 sacks in 2009 to finish fifth in the nation in that category, and his pass rush has helped UCF finish the past two seasons as the conference’s top ranked defense. Look for the showdown between Miller and whichever Pack lineman draws the assignment of blocking him to have a substantial impact on whether or not Russell Wilson has a chance for another big night. compiled by tyler everett

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