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Countries across the world have mobilized their efforts on the front for sustainability with global events such as Earth Hour and the invention of ecofriendly technology and according to students, our University should be doing the same. Robert Bruck, a professor of plant pathology and forestry, believes the University is making huge strides. “The campus is making an effort about 1,000 times better than it did in the past,” Bruck said. “We have a good way to go, but being a science and technology campus, I think it’s our responsibility to not only be as ‘green’ as possible but to use it as an educational tool, to show people through demonstrations of real projects, that there are more efficient ways of doing things.” According to Bruck, students are making up a great majority of the sustainability efforts on campus. “We have student organizations such as WESA, the WolfPack Environmental Student Association, that are working hard. Some of our students in environmental technology are actually working on solarizing the campus, finding out what buildings that would be most suitable to have photoelectrical electricity on it,” Bruck said. However, some students are not aware of any sustainability efforts. Nada Elhertani, a sophomore in psychology, said, “I do not know about ‘going green.’ Unfortunately, I’m just not aware of any of that stuff. [But] I feel like I’m not the only person who doesn’t know. I feel like people should be [made] more aware of it.” Offices for energy and sustainability that are located on campus are just some of the endeavors made to provide information and teach students, Bruck said. “The building that I’m in, Jordan Hall, I was just informed this morning, will undergo an
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energy audit next week,” Bruck said. “I’ve been bulb purchase, unplug items when you are not here for 33 years and [have] never seen quite as using them, recycle, use reusable water bottles and use a backpack to store food bought much action as [seen] right now. So I’m from areas on campus inencouraged with what’s going on.” stead of the plastic bags Melissa Keeney, a sophomore in enthey provide,” Keeney vironmental technology, detailed said. how sustainability efforts are a “I am conmajor part of her life. v i nc e d t h at Keeney said, “I have aleven if we set ways been recycling and a goal of repicking up trash ducing it by found on the as much as street since I 20 percent, could walk, that it’s atbut t h roug h tainable,” studying enBruck vironmenadded. ta l tech“Part of nology here the way at N.C. State, of doI have learned ing that a b out m a ny would other ways to be is…solar green and help PV [photo the campus to be volt a ic s ] on sustainable.” ou r bu i ld i ngs Some of the efforts to supplement the made to implement sustainenergy use and get free ability include clearly labeling Graphic by sharon eshet electricity from the sun. The recycling bins, installing water price is so low and coming down all the fountains, which are specifically made to fill up watime that it almost seems silly not to ter bottles and setting up motion-censored lighting, have photovoltaics within our campus.” Keeney said. With the polar ice caps melting and our Ozone Whether these efforts are cost-beneficial is a major deciding factor for the University to continue use. depleting, it’s not hard to want the campus to “I think it’s more than cost-efficient. The fact is I further its sustainability efforts. Bruck said that am convinced we spend millions of dollars on this it is important for us to value our energy and campus on electricity, just using one example, that’s learn about how to be more energy efficient. Bruck said, “We have to start realizing that just completely wasted…I literally go around turning off thousands of light bulbs [at night] that are energy is not free, that our energy here mostly just simply lit up for absolutely no reason whatso- comes from coal-fired power plants that pollute the atmosphere…We should be doing the upmost ever,” Bruck said. Keeney provided a few pointers for other students to be able to minimize those effects, not only to be a good steward [to the earth] but also to to contribute to the movement. “Some easy sustainable tips I have are turn off simply show our students that’s what needs to your lights when you are not using them, buy energy be done.” efficient light bulbs next time you are making a light
ACC schools compete in energy challenge University organizations prepare for the annual ACC energy challenge. Sarah Dashow Staff writer
The University is gearing up to participate in the ACC Clean Energy Challenge. Two organizations from campus, the Entrepreneurship Initiative and the FREEDM Systems Center will be working together for this challenge. The challenge is part of the Obama administration’s campaign to promote entrepreneurship. The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $2 million to six regions throughout the U.S. in an effort to create nationwide, student-focused clean energy business plans over the next three years. It is open to all schools in the Southeast region as well as other ACC universities. Some non-ACC universities are also participating through an online competition. The goal is to use the competitive nature of collegiate sports to fuel innovative clean energy research and entrepreneurship programs. Each school is encouraged to hold their own Clean Energy Challenge and choose the best business plans from the participating students and organizations to take to the regional and national finals. The University of Maryland’s Dean Chang and Kim Wallace head the southeast region. The University was
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esigning a base on Mars is every aspiring astronaut’s dream, but for a select group of students, it’s just another homework assignment. This challenge confronted a team of students who competed in the NASA sponsored Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts Academic Linkage contest in June. The interdisciplinary team comprised three students from textiles engineering and four from aerospace engineering. “The actual concept was to design a full mission plan to Mars with innovative parts,” Joseph Carter, senior in textiles and team member, said. The first part of their design was an inflatable habitat structure, built with multiple layers of different textile materials. “Rockets, which take people to Mars, are tall and thin, whereas we would like living quarters to be short and f lat,’ Warren Jasper, professor of textiles engineering, said. Jasper served as one of the faculty sponsors for the team. “Thus, we designed the habitat to be inflatable. The inner shell was designed to be cylindrical, and the outer to be oblique, like part of a
Story By Ankita Saxena | Artist’s rendering courtesy of nasa sphere, so that any meteorites hitting ation exposure, for which we tested Vectran by exposing it to radiations it would bounce off.” The habitat’s construction material in the Pulstar Nuclear Reactor at N.C. consisted of textiles such as demron, State.” Part of the contest was to incorpowhich served as a radiation shield, and rate the materials already present on vectran, included for strength. “A previous team guided by Dr. Mars into their survival tools. “The students also Jasper has designed planned on piling a blanket type struc‘Regeleth,’ which is ture for a habitat, the official name for but we wanted to do Mars dirt, on top away with the solid of the structure to structure and build provide additional something flexible,” protection from raCarter said. “We diation,” Jasper said. expanded on the The second part original idea we had, of their design was which was to build a a reactor that would tent like structure turn the carbon diabout eight inches oxide present on thick.” Andre Mazzoleni, associate Mars into water by professor of mechanical The team started engineering catalysis with hyout with a literature drogen. review and an ex“The idea was that tensive preliminary design review, followed by some simu- hydrogen could be got along from earth initially and used to catalyze lations. “We tried doing some of our own carbon dioxide,” Andre Mazzoleni, simulations for the inflated dome of associate professor of mechanical the habitat based on finite element engineering and co-adviser, said. analysis,” Carter said. “We also tested “The products of the chemical reacthe strength of materials to see how tion would be methane, which could much they would degrade with radi- be used as a fuel and water. The water
“The idea was that hydrogen could be got along from earth initially and used to catalyze carbon dioxide”
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could be used for drinking there, and the remaining could be broken down into hydrogen and oxygen. The oxygen could be used for breathing, and the hydrogen could be fed back again into the reaction to continue the catalysis.” The Sabatier Reactor is based on the concept that Mars has carbon dioxide as the main component of its atmosphere. It uses nickel as catalyst, and the most attractive feature of the team’s design was that it enabled a large area to volume reaction, which would speed up the reaction by a large degree. “Instead of using heavy nickel pellets as catalyst, we impregnated quartz fiber with nickel nano-particles,” Carter said. NASA was quite interested in the Sabatier reactor, and they continued correspondence regarding the development. The team also presented its designs at the AIAA conference in April at Alabama, and won the second prize there. According to Carter, working on the project was a good interdisciplinary experience, and it opened a lot of opportunities for all the students in the team.
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Wednesday Kirk Adam: Modern Abstracts All Day Crafts Center An exhibition of acrylic paintings by local artist and Crafts Center instructor Kirk Adam. Intramural Sports Registration All Day Online Registration is open for wiffleball, 3-on-3 basketball, kickball and NFL Pick’M. Sign up online at http://ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/ campus_rec/intramural/. The Urge to Draw, the Cause to Reflect: Drawings, Sketchbooks, Provocations All Day D.H. Hill Library Gallery The exhibit features drawings and sketchbooks by College of Design Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA. Women Empowered: Inspiring change in an emerging world All Day African American Cultural Center Gallery
Emotional Intelligence: A Tool for Teaching 9-11 a.m. Walnut Room, Talley Student Center You might know your IQ, but are you aware of emotional intelligence and what this concept comprises? This workshop will introduce you to the core elements of emotional intelligence. Information will also be provided that will help you gain an awareness of how you can use these elements of emotional intelligence to improve your interactions with your students and your competency as a teacher. Campus Farmers Market 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Brickyard Earth With Meaning: Photographs of Alan Cohen Noon-8 p.m. Gregg Museum Alan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views, he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory. University Courses & Curricula Committee 12:30-2:30 p.m. Talley Student Center Campus Forum on Academic Science 3-4:30 p.m. 206 Cox Hall Fabulous Faculty: R. Michael Young 4-5 p.m. Assembly Room, D.H. Hill Library Discussion on how the video game, once just an object of parental scorn as an adolescent distraction, is now rehabilitating
veterans, teaching science, solving crimes, extending lives, securing computer networks, making millions and creating jobs. Young will describe the state of the video games industry, its impact on the social lives of Americans and how the research and teaching efforts of faculty at NCSU’s Digital Games Research Initiative have positioned us as leaders in the creation of the science of games. Population Medicine Seminar 4:30-5:30 p.m. D236 College of Veterinary Medicine Working at the intersection of conservation biology and animal welfare: fisheries by-catch of marine mammals and sea turtles. The Wells Fargo Executive Lecture Series 4:30-5:30 p.m. 3400 Nelson Hall Roger W. Ferguson Jr., president and CEO of TIAA-CREF, will speak about his leadership in his current role as leading provider of retirement services in the academic, research, medical and cultural fields and a Fortune 100 financial services organization, as well as previous leadership roles with the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Peru Project Benefit Concert 7-9 p.m. Witherspoon Cinema Jazz Ensembles 7-10 p.m. Stewart Theatre Everyone’s favorite jazz emsemble is back. The NCSU Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of newly hooded Wes Parker, returns for the fall semester with classic works by unforgettable jazz artists.
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Earth With Meaning: Photographs of Alan Cohen Noon-8 p.m. Gregg Museum Alan Cohen “makes visible the unseen” in places marked by history or the processes of natural events. Instead of sweeping views, he aims his cameras downward to record the exact spots that permeate memory.
Student Senate Meeting 7:30-9:30 p.m. Harrelson Hall University Theatre presents: Garden District 7:30-9:30 p.m. Thompson Hall Two short plays by Tennessee Williams — Suddenly, Last Summer and Something Unspoken. Dancing with the Wolves Newcomer Lesson 8-10 p.m. Carmichael Gymnasium Dance Studio Come learn how to ballroom dance! No experience, partner or shoes necessary. Bring socks or non-rubber soled shoes to protect the floor. Thursday Kirk Adam – Modern Abstracts All Day Crafts Center An exhibition of acrylic paintings by local artist and Crafts Center instructor Kirk Adam. Intramural Sports Registration All Day Online Registration is open for wiffleball, 3-on-3 basketball, kickball and NFL Pick’M. Sign up online at http://ncsu.edu/stud_affairs/ campus_rec/intramural/. The Urge to Draw, the Cause to Reflect: Drawings, Sketchbooks, Provocations All Day D.H. Hill Library Gallery The exhibit features drawings and sketchbooks by College of Design Dean Marvin J. Malecha, FAIA. Women Empowered: Inspiring change in an emerging world All Day African American Cultural Center Gallery
Campus Forum on Academic Science 3-4:30 p.m. 2010 Biltmore Hall Physical Environment Committee 3:30-5 p.m. 124 Administration Building III The committee is an advisory body to the vice chancellor for finance and business. The committee is designed to be a forum for faculty, staff and student opinions with respect to plans for the overall development and regulations of the physical environment of the core campus of the University including buildings, landscaping and transportation. Religion and American Film 4:30-6 p.m. 331 Withers Hall Jason Stevens of Harvard University will speak on “Contending Secularizations: Religion and American Film, 19342004” in the Religious Studies Colloquium Series. Peace Corps Information Session 7-8 p.m. 106 Scott Hall Come to this information session designed specifically for prospective agriculture volunteers to learn more about specific opportunities and requirements for agriculture volunteers in the Peace Corps. Get all of your questions about volunteer life, projects, and the application process answered
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Engineering students receive national recognition At this year’s American Institute of Chemical Engineers, several University students were honored.
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Film festival highlights Lebanese culture First-ever Lebanese film festival in Raleigh being held on campus to educate students. Lauren Vanderveen Staff Writer
The f irst ever Lebanese Film Festival in Raleigh will be showing the documentary Twelve Angry Lebanese Nov. 3 in the Erdahl-Cloyd Wing at D.H. Hill Library. Getting the event on campus was made a reality by the work of the Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies and its director, Akram Khater. “We have the Khayrallah Program at State, which focuses on researching and preserving the history of the Lebanese in North Carolina. The festival will be introducing [this] on the campus. We’re trying to get a new view of the Lebanese to our students; we wanted to show them their culture…” Khater said. It’s not surprising there has never been a Lebanese Film Festival in Raleigh before, Khater said.
“There’s been a Lebanese film program for the past seven years…but whenever you try to put on events, it’s difficult. It takes many resources. Things don’t just happen overnight. We’re [even] flying one of the directors from New York,” Khater said. “[The program] was able to get in touch with the filmmakers and arrange the funding.” The funding for the festival was provided by Dr. Moise Khayrallah. Marsha Orgeron, director of film studies, saw the many possibilities this event will offer. “I will say that I’m tremendously excited to not only have the opportunity to have these films screened on our campus, but also that the filmmakers [directors and cinematographers] will be present at all of the screenings,” Orgeron said. “This is a valuable opportunity for our students to get to interact with the people who made these films, and to ask questions about their process.” Anna Bigelow, associate professor of Islamic studies, has yet to see the films playing but believes they will be beneficial for the University.
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their ideas at the ACC expo in 2012. One of the groups involved from campus is the Entrepreneurship Initiative, an organization that provides students with opportunities and resources for entrepreneurship. “We are extremely excited to have this opportunity for our entrepreneurial students to respond to this challenge. The Entrepreneurship Initiative’s Garage and network of mentors, combined with the FREEDM Systems Center’s people and research facilities, will position N.C. State to do
“The more awards and success that our chapter has, the more exposure we get on a national level.”
Schuster says he is looking forward to upcoming plans. “We’re excited to have companies speak next semester about how our engineering discipline is actually applied in the workplace. [My] position is very rewarding because I get to plan the backbone of events for chemical engineering students, namely our corporate dinners, where we invite different companies to speak to the students,” Schuster said. Treasurer and junior in chemical engineering, Julie Boyles, won a Freshman Recognition Award, honoring her commitment and activity to N.C. State’s chapter during her freshman year. “Last year I attended company dinners and the annual student conference where I presented a poster on some undergraduate research that I had done, and then at the end of last year I ran for an officer position and was voted into the position of VP of finance,” Boyles said. Overall, the chapter succeeded in gaining recognition though the real hope, according to Keith, is to help students. “We’re looking to connect with other students, whether that be getting new graduate students, or helping our own students develop contacts that can help further their future careers,” Keith said.
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awarded $360,000 for the competition. Other Southeast region participants include Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, Virginia Tech and the University of Virginia. There are a total of 11 schools participating from the Southeast region. Fifteen teams will compete in the Southeast regional finals, which will be held in College Park, Md., during April 2012. This will be narrowed down to six teams by April 25. On April 25, there will be a final round open to the public and an award ceremony. Winners and selected runners-up from the school competitions will be invited to showcase
“I do think this is a great series of films and a terrific opportunity for NCSU students to learn more about the diversity of Lebanese culture and history,” Bigelow said. Khater noted how there is a skewed perception of the Lebanese in this day and age. “The idea is to expose NCSU students and the larger community to aspects of Lebanese and Arab culture that are different from the mainstream media. Generally speaking, looking at how the Lebanese are portrayed…they are shown as either extremely violent or terrorists,” said Khater. “The 20th century portrayed negative imagery, which is a problem that we have, but we’re [trying] to overcome these problems.” There will be a seminar with Jawad Metni, director of Remnants of a War, on Thursday, Nov. 10 in Withers 331 at 3 p.m., before the screening of the film that night. Remnants of a War and The One Man Village—Thursday Nov.17 will be the final two films premiering at the Lebanese Film Festival.
Jordan Keith, president of the University chapter and senior in chemical engineering, was recognized for his academic excellence and involvement when he received the Othmer National Scholarship Award. “The more awards and sucJessie Halpern cess that our chapter has, the Staff Writer more exposure we get on a national level,” Keith said. “The Nine N.C. State students judges will see that N.C. State in chemical and biomolec- undergraduates are doing a lot ular engineering received of good research; in addition, awards and recognition students interested in graduate for their accomplishments school for engineering will put at the national meeting for N.C. State higher on their list.” Members of the University’s the American Institute of c h a p t e r of Chemit he A merical Engican Institute neers. for ChemiIn addical Engineers tion, the were a lso Universirecognized ty’s chapfor their acater won dem ic suca n Outc e s s e s a nd standing commitment Student to becoming Chapter involved in Award for Jordan Keith, senior in their field. the 14th chemical engineering Chemical time in 16 engineering years. Seniors in chemical en- senior Brian Schuster won the gineering, Evan Piephoff, Othmer Sophomore AcademDayne Plemmons, Megan ic Excellence Award based on Smithmyer, Shu Zhu, An- maintaining the highest GPA drew Tibbits and gradu- in the chapter during both ate student Jen Lewis were his freshman and sophomore awarded first, second, and years. Currently the chapter’s vice third place awards for their president of industry relations, research posters.
very well in this competition,” Tom Miller, executive director of the Entrepreneurship Initiative, said. According to Megan Greer, a representative from the Entrepreneurship Initiative, there are no students currently involved with their side of the project as it is still in its early stages. In the second year of the grant, the Southeast region schools will be hosting the challenge in Research Triangle Park. The national grand prize competition will be held in Washington, DC in 2012.
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Matthew Woodward officially resigned from his post as president of the Union Activities Board on Monday. Woodward cited his current course load as the reason for his resignation.
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The resignation of Woodward makes us question how the University deals with its student leaders, those with a substantial time commitment to an organization on campus.
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atthew Woodward officially resigned from his post as the president of the Union Activities Board Monday. Woodward cited his current course load as the reason for his resignation. The resignation of Woodward makes us question how the University deals with its student leaders — those with a substantial time commitment to an organization on campus. We must examine if a better system can be established to foster the success of student leaders. Woodward’s citing of the conflict between his academics and his organizational duties is not unique; student leaders feel the conflict across campus. For example, at the Technician, editors work between 20 to 50 hours a week. The student lead-
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ers across campus are strained both academically and in their organizational work due to this conflict. Their interests are in conflict when they could work in unison. There is precedent for the unionization of student interests. A student looking to engage in research can get class credit for taking on an independent study. A student athlete is excused from absences when there is a conflict between games and academics. Students also have the opportunity to receive course credit for paid internships away from the University. This list is not completely inclusive, but serves to illustrate
academic and extra-curricular pursuits do not have to be in conflict. There would be benefits to the University for offering credit to its student leaders. With more time to devote to their organizations, the performance of that organization would improve. Organizations such as UAB have far-reaching effects in their activities; a minor increase in their performance would reap substantial rewards. We envision a system similar to what is used for assigning independent studies. If a student leader would like course credit for their work they can apply for it as an elective. They
would have to outline their plans to meet their goals and submit them. They would either submit their outline to the adviser of their organization or another governing body. After their plan is evaluated they would be approved or denied credit the following semester for their work. Their work would be continually monitored to determine if they lived up to expectations. The ability of student leaders to receive credit would improve their performance academically and within their organization. With their conflict and workload diminished they would be able to invest more time in both their studies and their work.
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lood donations are not only important, but necessary for the continuance of life. When I was 10 years old, I found out just how i mportant it is for healthy people to give blood every chance they get. My grandpa, one of two grandChelsey parents still Francis Staff Columnist alive when I was born, went into the hospital. Eight months later, he died. While he was in the hospital, we lost count of how many blood transfusions he was given. Although none of the transfusions saved his life, they always provided hope. According to the American Red Cross, there is a 97 percent chance someone you know will need a blood transfusion. The American Red Cross estimates 15 percent of all blood donors in the United States are high school or college students. While I was in high school, my school had a blood drive twice a year. When I was 17, I found I could give blo o d i f I had a parent signature on a permission form. My parents had a long conversation with me before either of them wou ld sig n the paper. In the end, I was able to conv ince t hem because I wanted to know I might have saved somebody’s life. In fact, according to the American Red Cross, the number one reason why people give blood is because they want to help others. However, the second most common excuse people make for not giving blood is they never thought about it and don’t like needles. After I gave blood for the first time, I’ve given blood every chance I get. However, I don’t get the chance as often as I would like. According to the American Red Cross, if you give blood starting at age 17 and donate every 56 days until you reach 76, you would have donated 48 gallons of blood — that’s enough blood
to potentially save more than 1,000 lives. According to the American Red Cross, someone in the United States needs blood every two seconds. More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day. Without going through the math, that’s a pretty good chance someone in your family will need a blood transfusion sometime in their life. According to the N.C. State blood drive website, the number of pints collected at the University has dropped by 44 percent since 2002. The University hosts a variety of blood drives on campus. There are times the American Red Cross is in need of blood and N.C. State will ask to host a blood drive on campus. The next blood drive is Monday, Nov. 7 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. According to the American Red Cross, less than 38 percent of the U.S. population is eligible to give blood. Those of us who are eligible to give blood should. If everyone who was eligible would donate, there would be no dire need for blood we often see after natural disasters. Donating blood is quite simple. The entire process generally takes about an hour. The registration a n d m i n iphysical are shor t . T he mini-physical checks your blood pressu re , te mperature, pulse and iron level. This is a time when all donors are asked to answer a series of questions that help determine your eligibility to give blood. Questions range from the types of medication you take to what types of illnesses you’ve had. After that, giving the blood doesn’t take long, followed directly by a short stay in the refreshment area. They generally have cookies, chips, and drinks for donors. It’s really important that donors stay for the refreshment, or they run the risk of collapsing from the loss of blood.
“...according to the American Red Cross, the number one reason why people give blood is because they want to help others.”
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he concept of feedback is pretty simple. Take a problem, apply a solution and analyze the results. Repetition of the process with different solutions leads to what is k now n as a feedback loop. The process is present in many Russell wa l k s of Witham life, f rom Senior Staff finance and Columnist education to engineering. Engineers study control theory to understand the dynamics of a system and how to adjust it to achieve a desired response. In practice, it often involves the use of a proportional-integral-derivative control system — commonly referred to as a PID controller. So I don’t bore you any longer with my geek speak, I’ll try to conjure an example of how it works in the real world. Monday mornings, I drive I-40 West to work in Research Triangle Park. I usually aim for a presumably safe vehicle speed of 65 mph on the stretch from the Wade Avenue merge to the I-540 spur — my input into our loop. This is the part where the controller comes in: I could encounter a slowmoving car that requires
me to change lanes. The car is a current error and is the proportional element in the equation. Along the same thread, I may have experienced sluggish traffic in the leftmost lane between the Wade Avenue merge and Airport Boulevard exit and decide to continue the remainder of the trip in a different lane. This accumulated error is the integral element. The final element is a rate of change — the derivative term — that is an effort to mollify future error. Taken together, these P, I and D terms come to define a lanechanging system I can use to achieve my goal of driving to work Monday at 65 mph. Since you are now veterans in PID controllers, let’s try a sample problem to see if we can apply the fundamentals to a dilemma facing N.C. State. The University aims to have 40,000 students by the fall semester of 2017. Achieving such a population will naturally require a certain population growth rate between now and then. Using a fairly simple growth rate model (PGR = (ln(P2) – ln(P1)) / time in years), we can approximate that growth at approximately three percent per year. Simply, the University must maintain a three percent growth rate to reach the student population assumptions the campus infrastructure is being built to accommodate. Here’s the problem: we have several errors. Our current error is a severe budget shortfall at the state level. The setback — not only this year, but over
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the last three — has left the University unable to pay for the tenured faculty positions vital to teaching this burgeoning student population. Likewise, the University has a track record of insufficient faculty hiring during the past generation — a clear pattern of an escalating student population with paltry faculty growth. Combining this accumulated error with the current error should lead a logical party to alter its actions. It’s the only possible action in successfully maintaining the growth trajectory. Unfortunately, we’re not varying anything. We have not truly committed to a change of course that would lead to assuaging any of our errors. And thus, the University will not ever hit the desired targets. If it does, the execution will surely be in a manner unbefitting a topflight research university. Admittedly, PID systems are responsive in nature. Perhaps the University has a model that makes the math work. However, if the administrators have it, they sure are being secretive about how this going to work out. I hope they’re hitting the books. It might be time for a little extra plug and chug. Send Russell your thoughts on growth to letters@technicianonline.com.
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“I guess it could depend on how involved they are, like a certain number of hours per week or leadership positions.” Madison Marshall sophomore, accounting
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Controversy about the water you drink A cavity-preventing neurotoxin has been added to your water for decades. Matthew Bobeng Correspondent
Despite claims by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention that water f luoridation is the one of the 10 greatest public health achievements in the nation, counties and municipalities around the country are ending their fluoridation practices. Severe critics of water fluoridation have called the practice “poisoning.” Regardless of this controversial claim, the E.M. Johnson Water Treatment Plant adds fluoride to N.C. State’s drinking water at 0.65 parts per million. Now the question is, why? The United States is one of the few countries in the world that intentionally fluoridates its water supply, and Raleigh participates in this practice.
Water facilities f luoridate tis, Alzheimer’s, infertility and drinking water because stud- reduced IQ. One study by the ies have shown it prevents tooth National Institute for Dental decay, according to the CDC. Research concludes f luoride This government agency con- doesn’t even prevent tooth siders water fluoridation to be decay. Ingested f luoride accumuthe most cost effective way to lates in the provide denb o d y, a n d ta l c a re to only a small people who a mou nt of can’t afford it. the treatment On the othreaches the er hand, water gum enamel fluoridation is where it is thought to acintended to count for the be, accordrise in fluoroing to Detlef sis, the discolK n ap p e , a oring of teeth, water treataccording to ment rethe CDC. searcher for Although Detlef Knappe, more than 20 h e a l t h o rwater treatment researcher years. ganizations “Ingestlike the CDC claim f luoride has no other ing fluoride through drinking side effects, others disagree. water is controversial because For instance, the Fluoride nowadays we can achieve the Action Network, an activist intended benefit of f luoride group against water fluorida- through the use of topical tion, often cites studies that substances such as toothpaste,” link fluoride to cancer, arthri- Knappe said.
“...nowadays we can achieve the intended benefit of fluoride through the use of topical substances...”
Water fluoridation has been ongoing since the 1940s, and f luoridated toothpaste was introduced in the 1970s. Since this time, hundreds of decadelong studies concluded that water fluoridation prevents tooth decay, but they never considered variables like toothpaste, according to the CDC. Also since the 1940s, there has been a significant rise in cancer, arthritis, Alzheimer’s, infertility and other possible fluoride side effects. However, it is conceivable that other factors are to blame. Despite this web of conflicting research, one observation stands out: the amount of fluoridated toothpaste typically put on a toothbrush contains roughly the same amount of fluoride as an eight-ounce glass of water. However, you are told to contact poison control if you ingest toothpaste. However, this statement is misleading because there is a plethora of other scary sounding chemicals in toothpaste. The scariest part is that tech-
nically, it is not even fluoride that is added to the drinking water; instead it is something called hydrofluorosilicic acid, a chemical byproduct of the fertilizer industry. Barbara Luffman, general manager of the Key Chemical company that prepares hydrofluorosilicic acid for use in the University water supply, also makes the point that hydrofluorosilicic acid is not the only hazardous chemical added to tap water. For example, sodium hydroxide is a common hazardous chemical used in water treatment plants. However, when added to water, sodium hydroxide reacts to form a chemical that is needed to manage water pH levels. Similarly hydrofluorosilicic acid is used instead of real fluoride because it reacts quickly to produce real fluoride once it is added to water. However, much of the fluoridation debate boils down to following the money and understanding who benefits
financially from this water policy. Hydrof luorosilicic acid is considered a waste product of the fertilizer industry when it pollutes the environment, but is considered tooth salvation when added to the public water supply. The fertilizer industry saves money by selling hydrofluorosilicic acid rather than paying a waste management facility to dispose of it properly. The CDC has publically announced water f luoridation to be a major public health achievement. This might be why so many government scientists who have spoken out against the practice have also been fired, according to Knappe. The case can still be made that fluoride prevents tooth decay. Knappe suggested all that is needed is a re-evaluation of the practice of water fluoridation.
Researchers predict A cure for the heartbroken gamers next moves Computer science researchers study your next move while gaming. Fritz Barnewolt Staff Writer
World of Warcraft is the most popular pay-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game in the world. This means that instead of being the only person playing in the world like in single player games, there are thousands of players in the same world as you, playing with you. N.C. State’s Professor David L. Roberts and Ph.D. student, Brent Harrison, have co-authored a research paper based on a group of 14,000 World of Warcraft players and their playing habits. According to the research paper, Roberts and Harrison are able to predict, with up to 80 percent certainty, how individual players will play World of Warcraft and what choices they will make in the game. Their research places players into groups that are based on the game’s achievement system. Achievements are granted to players who perform specific tasks or challenges. There are 749 achievements in total, ranging from fishing awards to beating dungeons. But what’s intriguing is that Roberts and Harrison have found that achievements are often earned in groups. They have labeled these groups “cliques.” According to a press release, “if a clique consists of seven achievements, and a player has earned four of them, the researchers found that they will probably earn the other three.” However, what’s strange is that these cliques are composed of
largely unrelated achievements. worth it. Kevin Dearing, a junior in For example, achievements for unarmed combat are grouped psychology, was an avid World with achievements for travel- of Warcraft player until recently. His experience with ling the game’s world. The paper is focused on the achievement system was World of Warcraft, but accord- not similar to what was found ing to Roberts, “[the research] in Roberts and Harrison’s also applies to any setting paper. Dearing stated that he where users are making a set of “didn’t usually group achievedecisions. That could be other ments together, except when gaming formats, or even online they were in close proximity.” Thus he did not follow the reretailing.” The researchers also hope search paper’s model. Some players however, chose to be able to help both game developers as well as the game to not even participate in players with their findings. achievement hunting. These Predicting player behavior users are outliers for the recan easily be used to improve search paper. Their playing a game overall. Because the habits cannot be as easily predicted. paper uses a One such data-driven player is Will modeling Jackson, a juapproach, nior in busidevelopers ness. Accordwould have ing to Jackson, to do little t he achievework to find ments were a out what “we a k g i mtheir playmick that took ers enjoy. David Roberts, professor of away from acDevelopcomputer science tual gameplay.” ers will be Because he able to implement the research by seeing did not take part in the achievewhat their players enjoy. Thus, ment system, his in-game bethey can gear future updates to havior most likely would seem their game towards the intend- more erratic to the researchers. Using the achievement sysed audience. Gamers themselves can also tem to predict player actions benefit from Robert and Har- has another weak point as well. rison’s work. If the game devel- Many of the achievements are opers can predict what players earned simply by leveling up will want to do in their game, your character. Therefore, the they can then program that specific actions of the playinto the game and help play- ers would be very difficult to ers find things that would be predict since there are a large enjoyable to them. Instead of number of options for leveling players wasting their times on a character. However, the system that mundane tasks they couldn’t care less about, they will in- Roberts and Harrison have stead be guided to entertain- developed has proven to be a ing content that makes paying useful for those players who a monthly fee for the game strive for higher achievements.
“...[the research] also applies to any setting where users are making a set of decisions.”
Virologist examines the heart to figure out how it protects itself. Hassan DuRant Staff Writer
Barbara Sherry knows one in five of you reading this paper will have a heart infection at some point in your life. A few of you may even perish from such an infection. However, most of you will never know your heart was in any danger at all. Sherry, a professor of virology at the College of Veterinary Medicine, recently received a $1.8 million grant to continue her research on how the heart manages to protect itself from the onslaught of viruses people encounter every day. According to Sherry, viruses have two common methods for targeting the body’s tissues. Viruses, like rabies and herpes simplex 1, infect a body by way of its nerves, whereas other viruses, such as influenza, infect the body by getting into the bloodstream. Almost any virus that can enter the bloodstream has a very good chance of crossing paths with the heart – yet white blood cells, natives to the bloodstream, are largely useless in ridding the heart of a virus. This is because the immune system is actually quite slow to respond to a viral infection, according to Sherry. “Think about when you get a cold,” Sherry said. “You might be sick for a few days or even a week before you start to feel any better.” According to Sherry, it may take hours or even
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Barbara Sherry, professor of virology, inspects a culture of cardiac cells from her microscope.
days for the immune response to develop. In addition to being the center of everything that flows in the bloodstream, the heart has yet another disadvantage: human heart cells don’t grow back very often. Compared to other organs and tissues, which regularly replicate and replace cells, the average human heart only replaces about half its cells over the course of a lifetime. Despite being constantly bombarded with viruses and having a limited supply of new heart cells, most of us are doing just fine. “We fight off these viruses all the time,” Sherry said. “What is it that the heart is doing so differently?” This question is the driving force of Sherry’s research. Sherry is not only interested in uncovering the body’s defense systems from the perspective of the heart; she also hopes to identify other novel ways tissues of the body employ to fight off viruses. According to Sherry, the reason it is so difficult to find out exactly how the heart protects
itself is because so much is going on during the fray that follows the infection. To find out how the heart manages to survive, Sherry and her colleagues have taken two approaches. With their first approach, Sherry examined the use of Interferon β in fending off viruses. Interferon β is a protein that nearly every cell in the human body can generate. From the very moment a virus enters a cell, that cell is marked for death. The only thing it can hope to do is save its comrades. Most of the cells of the body can do this by secreting this protein. Interferon in itself does nothing to get rid of the virus. It merely alerts cells in the immediate area that there is a viral infection at large, so those cells can begin making antiviral proteins. Even though most of the body’s cells are capable of secreting a form of interferon, non-heart cells tend to use this
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A sociological look at ‘the hookup’ Professor researches the hookup and the awkward second encounters that follow the social phenomenon. Hassan DuRant Staff Writer
Even though sex is still a fairly taboo subject in the United States, perceptions and judgments of people who engage in “no-strings” sexual behavior have come a long way. Not surprisingly, the college environment turned out to be a prime place to study behavior associated with hookups. Rather than looking at society as a whole, Assistant Professor Sinikka Elliott—author of the upcoming book Not My Kid: Parents and Teen Sexuality—wanted to learn how college students viewed the circumstances surrounding a hookup. Elliott’s chief interest is the inequality between different demographics, and her recent research focuses on the sexual double standard that exists between the judgment of men and women concerning the hookup. “We did expect that there might be a difference in how our men students characterized and judged the actors [in the scenario],” Elliot said, but she later added that she was “surprised” by the results. In Elliot’s study, students in her classes were to consider a scenario where a man and a woman enjoy a hookup after meeting briefly at a party. “A woman and a man meet at a party and hit it off. At the end of evening, she takes him to her house and they have a night of wild sex, which they both en-
Elliot said she was surprised joy. The following weekend, the man asks the woman out to find that students tended and they go to dinner on a date. not to criticize the woman for The date ends with just a kiss, initiating the hookup. In fact, nothing else,” Elliot posited to according to the study, students who explained the hookup her class. The sample of students was based on the bad character or split into two groups. The only low morals of either of the acvariable that changed between tors were extremely rare. As the study soon showed, the groups was that the gender of the actor who initiated the however, not everything is perhookup and of the actor who ceived as equal. When the stuinitiated the date was swapped dents started to discuss the date that followed – in one scethe hookup in nario, t he the scenario, woman was their explanathe target of tions tended the hookup to adhere to and the man gender steinitiated the reotypes, or date, whereas as Elliott puts in the other, it , “s e x u a l the man was scripts.” the target and The study t he woma n noted one initiated the student who date. reacted, The study “O n c e t h e was conSinikka Elliot, assistant professor man calls ducted in an in sociology and asks for introduca date. . . the tory sociology class, and so it sampled situation enters traditional students from many different roles they have to go through.” majors and backgrounds. Fur- Explanations for why the date thermore, the study asked for ended without sex often disthe students’ “gut reaction” to cussed the concept that the the scenario so the students woman wanted to redeem her would describe their raw im- seemingly tarnished reputation pressions instead of a cerebral in the eyes of the man. “She was trying to ‘fix’ what explanation. Some of the students’ more happened before,” one student colorful reactions to the wom- said during the study. “She an initiating the hookup in- doesn’t want to be seen as a clude, “She was really aroused slut or easy.” Students often described the and wanted to get some,” and, “She’s attracted to the party need for the woman to perform “impression management” to type and she likes sex.” Elliott noted that reactions preserve her image for the man. like these were important be- Men, however, never seemed to cause they affirmed the idea need to preserve their image. In of the woman having “sexual fact, many students described the sexual behavior of the man agency,” or empowerment.
“At the end of evening, she takes him to her house and they have a night of wild sex, which they both enjoy.”
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Sociology Assistant Professor Sinikka Elliot surveyed students on their perceptions of the hookup and dates following the physical encounter.
breakdown of a study Common Explanations for the hookup:
Male initiated hookup (of 168 students)
Female initiated hookup (of 105 students)
Total (of 273 students)
Desire/Lust/Pleasure
49
61
54
Alcohol
42
31
38
Common Explanations Male initiated for The sexless date: hookup (of 168 students)
Female initiated hookup (of 105 students)
Total (of 273 students)
Interest in a relationship
45
41
43
Saving face
47
12
34
Pity date
8
41
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as being perfectly natural. Elliot said the study was interesting since it exposed some of the downsides to dating. Elliot initiated the study in response to academic literature that suggested, according to Elliott, “if women and men would just go back to
conventional dating, women wouldn’t have to deal with some of the problems they’re dealing with—vis-à-vis hooking up.” But Elliott’s research suggests just the opposite—in fact women are treated with more equality in the hookup than the date that follows.
tures into three groups. The first group of cells remained unaffected by any viruses. The second group continued from page 5 was infected with a virus the only to hold down their fort cells could easily dispatch. The until the arrival of the cavalry. third group was infected with The rest of the cells in your viruses that are able to subvert body don’t rely on interferon the cells’ defenses in order to as a major part of their im- do much more damage. Sherry took what is known mune response. as the “pro“The rest teomic” apof your body proach, exdoesn’t care,” amining all Sherry said. the proteins “You make secreted by new liver cardiac myocells whenc y t e s , a nd ever; no big those found deal.” w it h i n t he But the cells. interferon “If you system isn’t crack open perfect. ViBarbara Sherry, professor the cells like ruses are at N.C. State CVM we did, you’d constantly find all the evolving, and many have evolved to the antiviral proteins because it’s point where they can suppress such a potent response. We found [protein Hsp25] in the a cell’s interferon response. Sherry’s second method for heart because the heart has to unlocking the secrets of the put up pretty much all of its heart involved taking actual defenses.” Using this discovery method, cardiac myocyte cells from mice, and splitting these cul- Sherry and her colleagues have
heart
“...[therapeutic applications] probably won’t be in my lifetime… [but] maybe I’ll be lucky.”
“What we’re finding is…severe gender imbalances. Not that hookups are great and everyone should just start hooking up, but maybe we need to take a closer look at what we tend to consider the solution.”
QUick Facts on viruses: It may take anywhere from several hours to several days for the body’s immune system to respond to a viral infection. Not everyone is healthy and resistant to viral infections. Among those more susceptible to viruses are infants, elderly, immune suppressed, and overworked athletes. Source: Barbara Sherry
identified a protein that may be used in the heart’s defense mechanisms. The protein in question is called Hsp25. Hsp25 is by no means a new protein; however, until now it has not been examined as part of the body’s immune system. Sherry is optimistic but also realistic about the implications of her research. “The reality is [therapeutic applications] probably won’t be in my lifetime…maybe I’ll be lucky, and it’ll actually end up in therapy,” Sherry said.
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Nazmi Albadawi By the numbers:
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1: In goals and points in the team 19: points scored this season 8: goals scored this season T-2: For both goals in points in the ACC
named the ACC Player of the Week for his game winners against Georgia Southern and Virginia Tech, admitted teams were putting more pressure on him but it was something he ACC player of the week thrived upon. announced on October 18 “I have noticed teams are starting to put a little more Source: N.C.. State athletics pressure on me and watching me more,” Albadawi said. “I love playing against something in the ACC if I can and help tough, I like having that pres- the team as much as I can.” Sophomore forward Nadsure on me but sometimes it’s frustrating ,but in the end I like er Jaibat, who has known it better because it makes me Albadawi since they both perform that much better and were 10, claimed he was not lets me enjoy the game more.” just a great player but also a Albadawi who is just in his great friend. “He is tricky with the ball, first year of eligibility at N.C. State admitted there was a lot he’s a good passer and finishes very he wanted well so to achieve it’s always both for the good playtea m a nd i ng w it h personhim,” Jaially in the bat sa id. forthcom“He is ing years. always “From the dow n to team’s point earth and of v iew I is always a wou ld refun guy to ally like to reach t he Nader Jaibat, sophomore forward be around w it h. He Final Four of the NCAA and win the ACC doesn’t really stress about championship,” Albadawi said. a lot of things and he is my “On a personal level to try and best friend.” become one of the best players
“He is tricky with the ball, he’s a good passer and finishes very well so it’s always good playing with him.”
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came down to one team’s 22 starters battling another team’s 22 starters, the Pack would have a legitimate shot at fighting for an Atlantic Division title. But no one in the country can progress if the team picture of the next best 20 players includes tumbleweeds. It’s impossible to dissect exactly how detrimental this is, but perhaps the fact Florida State played 25 more players than State did on Saturday offers some perspective. In fact, the average number of players who touched the field for each ACC team this past Saturday was exactly 50 players, and State played 39—the fewest of anyone in the conference. It’s not exactly the sexiest topic to talk about, but it’s a bigger problem than anyone would like to admit. The Wolfpack only played 17 people other than the offensive and defensive starters. State, regardless of injuries, doesn’t even come remotely close to having enough horses in the stable. Nothing has contributed more to why O’Brien’s imminent job security revolves around whether he can beat Carolina on Saturday or if he can get State to a bowl game. If he fails to do either in this season’s closing statement, Athletics Director Deborah Yow has a difficult decision to
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State went relatively unscathed with injuries was the one season O’Brien’s team finished above .500. It’s a comforting thought, but considering State lost to middle-of-thepack opponents like Clemson and East Carolina, while blowing double digit leads to Virginia Tech and Maryland, 9-4 is one of the worst outcomes O’Brien could have generated with the talent he had. Imagine if one of those talented players like Owen Spencer or Nate Irving actually suffered an injury. While highlighted more this season than last, the players coming off of the bench are mostly two-star recruits. A school like UNC-Chapel Hill, who has no idea who will coach its team in 2012, has barely even touched two-star recruits. According to Rivals.com, in the past six recruiting classes (each one in O’Brien’s tenure) the Pack has successfully recruited more than double the amount of two-star athletes UNC has. “Stars” in recruiting are certainly not permanent ratings as to how an individual will develop (Rivals also listed Russell Wilson as a two-star recruit), but if you ever wondered why UNC has more depth than State, receiving commitments from better athletes is a nice place to start. No matter the reason, the bottom line to all of this confusion is that O’Brien’s teams have not had enough depth of talent during his tenure, and essentially every statistic justifies. Yow can’t justifiably fire a coach who goes 5-0 against his team’s arch rival or goes to a bowl game in two straight seasons, and it would be a coin flip decision if those two objectives missed their respective boats. But, either way, State football is going to have to change.
means so much to me when I look at my post-collegiate career.
beard that he started back in the summer, so the rest of us kind of latched on to it and said, ‘We really need nice beards for Nationals.’ Most of us started in October to have nice beards by November, so our whole top-5 has some nice facial hair going on right now. So just look for the nastiest beards out there, that’s gonna be the Wolfpack.
Technician: Can you tell us a little bit about what the team is doing for no-shave November?
to do things together, so it’s extra special to be able to have guys to share that with. Even when we won the distance-medley in track, that was special, too. What I’ve done at Nationals is at a much higher level and
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make. That final evaluation would include a lot of firm historical evidence marking O’Brien’s tenure as a disappointment. In his first five seasons as coach, Chuck Amato compiled a 39-23 (20-20 ACC) record with three bowl victories, three All-Americans and 12 NFL draft picks. Although O’Brien has not completed that time frame, he still can not touch any of those numbers. In his fifth year, O’Brien is 29-29 (15-21 ACC) with one bowl victory, one All-American and seven NFL draft picks. And before Amato? Dick Sheridan, State’s head coach from 1986-1992, spent his first five years going 34-23-2 (23-16-1 ACC) with two bowl wins, four All-Americans and 12 NFL draf t picks. Following Sheridan was Mike O’Cain, who posted eerily similar numbers to what O’Brien currently has: a 28-29 (18-22 ACC) record with one bowl win, two All-Americans and 10 NFL draft picks. Hurting O’Cain’s cause was the fact his teams went 0-5 versus Carolina during that span. No matter how nice it is to look at concrete numbers, the point goes far beyond the fact O’Brien is statistically one of, if not the worst, Wolfpack coach since the mid-80s. The product everyone sees late in the 2011 season should reflect the state of the program, and let’s be honest - the product is mediocre, at best. Yes, the one season
“The product everyone sees late in the 2011 season should reflect the state of the program, and let’s be honest - the product is mediocre, at best.”
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Albadawi ‘still not satisfied’
Pirates host Pack tonight Confidence can go a long way in athletics, and with wins under their belt, the men’s and women’s swimming and diving team will go into Greenville looking for coach Braden Holloway’s second win at State. Thus far, the two teams have a combined 13 top-10 finishes in the ACC, and sophomore Barrett Miesfeld leads the ACC in the 100-meter butterfly. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Brackman released by Yankees Former Wolfpack pitcher and forward Andrew Brackman was released by the New York Yankees on Tuesday afternoon. Brackman was drafted at the end of the first round in 2007 and made his major league debut on Sept. 22 of this year after going through elbow ligament surgery. New York general manager Brian Cashman said the team would not pick up Brackman’s option for the 2012 season, which meant Brackman would become a free agent. The 6-foot-10 hurler is still guaranteed a $3.35 million bonus and finished this past season with a 0.00 ERA in his three outings that accumulated to 2 1-3 innings for the season. SOURCE: ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Freshman soccer player leads the Wolfpack in goals. Rishav Dey
he was still unsatisfied with his performance and felt he could have done much better to help the team. “It feels good to lead the team in scoring and points but its kind of frustrating too, because there have been a lot of chances that I could have put away,” Albadawi said. “I am still not satisfied, there were so many other goals I could have scored to help the team win. I started scoring more towards the end of the season but I wish I had started earlier.” A lbad aw i, w ho w a s
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Redshirt freshman forward Nazmi Albadawi outmaneuvers a Clemson player for posession of the soccer ball on Friday, Sept. 23.
been a skillful guy and very tal- ley said. “He cares about his ented but I think his hard work teammates, he works hard off off the field to get himself fit the field, and he is committed to the guys enough to now around impact t he him. When game has been he scores, what’s been the everybody big difference celebrates so that’s what not on ly the most I have because it pleased with.” is a goal for Findley emou r te a m phasized the but a lso importance of him bebeing a good cause they teammate Coach Kelly Findley all know he first and then work s ina good player and felt that’s something that credibly hard for what he gets.” Albadawi, currently tied secmade Albadawi special. “[Nazmi] is a great team- ond in the ACC for both goals mate, the guys like him,” Find- and points scored, admitted
“He cares about his teammates, he works hard off the field, and he is committed to the guys around him..”
Football problems lie in depth It’s completely valid to associate overreacting and irrational thoughts with the majority of fans surrounding collegiate and professional sports. But every once in a while, facts and numbers allude us because of perception. Under the oath of f a i r ne s s and honesty, Sean t he case of Fairholm Tom O’Brien Deputy Sports is one of the Editor rare examples in recent college football history. It would be reckless to advocate the firing of O’Brien, but the truth is there are severe underlying issues with State’s football program at the moment. They are issues several time zones apart from injuries or Russell Wilson. And for the most part, they are issues far greater than anything concerned with game day guidance from O’Brien, offensive coordinator Dana Bible, defensive coordinator Mike Archer or anyone else on the coaching staff. As simple as it is painful to watch, nobody can compete in major college football without depth. State has a lot of talented football players— if football
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Very rarely do players in their first year come in and put the entire team on their backs. But redshirt freshman forward Nazmi Albadawi has proven to be a gamechanger for the men’s soccer program under first-year coach Kelly Findley and has put on staggering performances that have made him a star for the Wolfpack faithful. A 2010 graduate from Athens Drive High School and a member of the ’91 Triangle United Club where he was a part of the team that won three-straight regional championships, Albadawi has carried on his fine form at N.C. State. After 17 games, he finds himself leading the goals and points category and has more than double the points than the second highest player. Findley said he has been impressed with the development shown by Albadawi ever since he has taken over as coach. “I think what Nazmi has done is that he has made himself into a very good athlete, I think he has gotten more fit, he is more focused. I think now he is really focused on trying to do things well and that’s been the big difference,” Findley said. “Nazmi has always
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Hill finishing college career on top Senior runner won first conference title on Saturday in Clemson, S.C. R. Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor
championship for the second time since Hill joined on with N.C. State. Technician sat down with the Hickory native to discuss his triumph this past weekend, his college career and he divulges on what the men’s cross country team is doing for “No-shave November.”
The last four years for Ryan Hill have been nothTechnician: This weekend ing but excellence. With two straight years of be- was a big weekend for not only ing an All-American and you, but for the team as well. four years of being on the Which one was more imporAll-ACC team, the senior tant to you? runner has been the quintRyan Hill: The thing about essential workhorse the Wolfpack cross country cross country is, if you worry about your own goals, the team needed. But going into this season, team goals will take care of the legacy was not com- themselves. Before the race started, all plete—Hill I was worhad yet to ried about sta ke his was the claim as the team goals. best in the I wa nted ACC. us to w in Saturday, as a team. he did just But when that. the gun Hill won Ryan Hill, senior goes off, I the incross country runner was strictly dividual thinking championship at the conference about, ‘I need to win this race.’ championships Saturday, When I got across the finish, I finishing the 8K course with started trying to find out where a time of 23:06.3. Not only everyone else finished. I was did Hill finish at the front very happy. of the pack, but his teamTechnician: How important mate, redshirt sophomore Andrew Colley, finished was it for you to have someone just three seconds behind like Colley behind or with you him to win the conference throughout the entire race?
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Hill: Me and Andrew had the strategy of going right to the front, putting pressure on the leaders and beat all of them. We both have been in so many big races alone that we don’t particularly need each other to do our best, but it’s always great to see your teammate there when you beat guys from Florida State and UNC. I guess it’s just more fun to have a fellow N.C. State guy with you. Technician: Without competing against ACC opponents throughout the year on a consistent basis, how important is it for you to prove that you are the best in ACC in the Championship? Hill: It’s funny how those rivalries build and the intensity builds, and it’s all just anticipation for this one big race for the conference championship. And it’s all on the line, so it’s a lot of pressure, but at N.C. State we seem to thrive under the pressure. We don’t really mind having it all on the line at one time. Technician: This past weekend was obviously huge for you, but have there been any other accomplishments thus far that measure up to that feeling? Hill: The two ACC Titles as a team have been huge for me. It’s always hard to get a group
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Senior Ryan Hill leads a group of Wolfpack runners at the Wolfpack Invitational Friday, Sept. 17, 2010. Sandy Roberts won the race, while Pack runners owned the first six and nine of the top 10 runners in the event.
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