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OIS publishes Pan-galactic Cookbook comprised of recipes from students from 33 countries. Ameya Kulkarni Staff Writer
Fufu na Nkaakra Country of origin: Ghana Chef: Isaac Tetteh, PhD student in marine, earth and atmospheric sciences “This dish is served during Christmas or on someone’s birthday. Instead of serving light soup with the Fufu, people also often serve it with peanut butter.” What is Fufu? This dish is a starchy paste made from root vegetables like cassava and is served with soups and sauces.
“For three years, we have been trying to compose a cookbook, but finally this semester, we could actually publish our first volume.”
“Legislature could take that money in appropriations, leaving us in the same position we are in now.” Brian Hoynack graduate student in public administration
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Projected tuition and fees in 2012-2013: Most expensive: N.C. State at $7,383.60 Least expensive: Elizabeth City State University at $4,077.52
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per semester leaves N.C. State (in state) tuition as the most expensive in the UNC System.
UNC Chapel Hill: $7,254.01 Eastern Carolina University: $5,641.94 North Carolina A&T State University: $4,854.36
‘Windhover’: A brief history Windhover, the University’s literary and visual arts magazine, has a rich and detailed history. Zach Green Staff Writer
Although N.C. State University is known as an engineering school, the University has its very own literary and visual arts magazine, Windhover. Windhover is an annually-produced arts book first published in 1964. It offers the University’s students, faculty, staff and alumni the opportunity to share their creative expression. In the annually until the late 80s. From 1986 beginning, the publication focused to 1987, Windhover was published mainly on literature-based submis- biannually in an attempt to include sions and some visual art. The focus more submissions from students. This has since shifted to include graphic was stopped due to budget issues and design, photography, music and sev- a decline in the quality of the publication. eral other forms of art. During the late 80s and into the Windhover has received multiple awards over the years, including 11 90s, the University’s design program Magazine Pacemaker awards from grew and there started to be a shift in 1993-2008 and two Gold Crown content toward design. This continued awards in 2008 and 2009. The Nation- and began to show in the individualal Pacemaker Awards are given out ity of the actual magazine itself. Every annually by the Associated Collegiate year the layout and dimensions of the Press for excellence in American stu- book changed with the arrival of new dent journalism. Seven editions have editors and designers. “Uniqueness and it always changing also been included in AIGA’s national list of the 50 best designed art books is what makes it special,” Howard said. The 2003 ediof the year. tion of WindIn the early hover was the days of the publifirst to include cation, most conaudio submistributions were technicianonline.com sions that were fiction pieces like For the full story on the history of the included on a CD poetry and short Windover, check online. that was included stories with some in the book. The artwork. “Most of the book was in black and audio component has since become white, to let the content speak for a permanent part of the publication. In 2004, Editor-in-Chief Shawna itself,” Alanna Howard, the current Jones and graphic designer Will Hall editor-in-chief of Windhover, said. The book was not published from put out that year’s edition in an enve1970 to 1973 and was briefly replaced lope-like container. Inside were sepaby a literary journal called The Whole rated sections based on the form of art Thing. Three issues were published by they contained. The edition went on professor C.P. Heaton and his creative to be included in AIGA’s 50 Books/50 writing class, who contributed to the Covers of 2004. “We had the idea to do a deconjournal. In an edition of The Whole Thing, structed version and came up with there is a quote stating the journal the idea of using boxes,” Jones said. In the mid-to-late 2000s there be“filled the void created by the demise came more of a push to make Windof The Windhover.” After being reinstated in 1974, the hover more digital to allow for electronmagazine continued to be published ic submissions by students. This also
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A recent tuition proposal has sparked some opposition among students, specifically in the Student Senate. The “catch-up” tuition proposal suggests an increase in tuition of $1,500 over the next five years, bringing the University’s tuition to the upper level of the lower tier of tuition rates in the state. A bill passed Wednesday by the Student Senate entitled, “A Resolution to be Entitled an Act to Oppose ‘The Catch-Up’ Tuition Increase That Was Supported by the Board of Trustees,” opposed not only the proposed increase itself, but also the way in which it was brought up. Patrick Devore, chair of the Student Senate’s tuition and fees committee, said the action on the part of Student Government is historic. “The bill opposed the increase which was approved by the Board of
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Hannah Keely, a senior in biology, can often be found just outside Bostian Hall with drinking straws and tiny test tubes. Over the course of the semester, she has recruited participants from Biology 250 and Biochemistry 451 for a research study on the amounts of stress students may be experiencing throughout the semester. Cortisol, a steroid hormone, is present in saliva and is a measurable indicator of stress levels in the body. Unlike other more short-lived signs of stress, such as blood pressure, heart rate and the adrenaline hormone epinephrine, cortisol remains somewhat constant in the presence of stress and is more easily measured. Using a method called “passive drool collection,” Keely has collected saliva samples from approximately eight males and eight females from both classes. Participants simply drool through a short straw into a two mL test tube. Keely will measure the amount of cortisol present in each sample and compare the results between male and female as well as the two courses.
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Trustees and went to student body president, Chandler Thompson, to sign,” Devore said. “We’re really hoping something good comes out of this for students because the way this was passed was really irresponsible.” Devore referred to the fact that this tuition increase was proposed after the annual campus-initiated increase had gone through. The annual increase is approved and expected by students of the University, but the new “catchup” increase was unexpected and had not been discussed with the Student Senate. “I won’t deny that N.C. State could use the increase, but when you’re talking about $1,500 over five years, you need to talk with students first,” Devore said. Student Body President Chandler Thompson said she has gotten mixed reviews about the increase. “Some students are obviously opposed, but there are also some who support the increase because they’re concerned about class sizes increasing and have really felt the recent budget cuts affecting their education,” Thompson said.
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Keely has taken two samples from the students so far this semester, during midterms and dead week. She will collect a final sample on the morning of each class’s final exam, providing a basis of comparison for the cortisol levels at various times during the semester. “We also give each student a 10-question survey regarding how they currently feel about their own stress level,” Keely said. The questions attempt to gauge where the student falls on the perceived stress scale. The results can be compared to their cortisol levels to assess the degree to which their emotional response to stress correlates with their hormonal response. “I was inspired to do this project by a similar study done in the 1980s,” Keely said. “It was described in a textbook for a class I took last semester called Hormones and Behavior.” John Godwin taught the course and is Keely’s faculty adviser for this study. He assisted her with editing and submitting a research proposal and has aided her throughout the study itself by helping her plan the experiment, collect the saliva samples and interpret the data. “This is my first time conducting research on human subjects,”
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Many cultures use food to break boundaries and to facilitate social events, and the Office of International Services is reaching out to students across campus to promote campus diversity through their new Pan-galactic Cookbook. Cazuela Country of origin: Chile The Office of International Services Chef: Jaime Zapata-Valenzuela, has published their first volume of the graduate student in forestry Pan-galactic cookbook series, which Cazuela is a rich Chilean soup consists more than 100 recipes from that includes chicken, potato, 33 different countries. International corn, beans, onion and cilantro. students contributed each recipe that Traditional variations include reminded them of home. South American pumpkin, squash and fatty cuts of meat. The soup “It was a dream of the director uses a traditional indigenous of the OIS, Mr. Michael Bustle, to Mapuche broth called korru. release a cookbook featuring a variety of recipes, from all across the Chicken Tikka Masala world,” Nieke Ploemen-Guillory, the Country of origin: India international students and scholars Chef: Vamsi Krishna Jasti, graduate adviser at the OIS and the masterstudent in fiber and polymer mind behind the release of the cookscience book, said. “For three years, we have Chicken tike masala is a dish that been trying to compose a cookbook, incorporates flavors from garlic, but finally this semester, we could acginger and red chili powder into a smooth sauce thickened with tually publish our first volume, which yogurt, tomato puree and cream. received an overwhelming response from the audience.” The Pan-galactic Cookbook has been developed by 68 international students, scholars and visiting re- interact with other people,” Ploesearchers. Typical recipes from Aus- men-Guillory said. The cookbook is available at the tralia, South America, Europe and Southeast and Central Asia have been Office of International Services for $18 and also included in an atat w w w.cretractive fashion in atespace.com. the cookbook. Since the end The cookbook of November, has its unique and 320 copies of i nterac t ive dethe book have sign, and has been been sold and divided into secthe OIS looks tions representfor w a rd to ing each country. American Every section has students buya brief description ing the book. of the country it“We have self, some actual tried our best photos of the contributors and the Nieke Ploemen-Guillory, international to include the students and scholars adviser ingredients uniqueness and of va rious the specialty of recipes, considering that they are their cuisines. “The cookbook is designed to in- available in local stores,” Ploementerest everyone, including American Guillory said. “We have also inas well as international students. cluded optional ingredients, time Through this book, American stu- required and other cooking tips, in dents get a glimpse of the world and every recipe. One-third of the book international students get to know and has vegetarian recipes.”
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helped to spread the word about the publication, getting it more readers and contributors. More recently the staff has used social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to connect with students and alumni. “It has become more cross-University than it was,” Britt Hayes Freeman, editor-in-chief of the 2006 edition, said. According to Jones, another way the digital aspect of the publication has been utilized is by publishing full versions of short stories online. Excerpts from the stories are put in the actual book with the full story online for readers to view. This has allowed for longer stories to be added that may have been left out due to space constraints. In 2010, the focus of the magazine shifted back to literature and even included multiple non-fiction pieces. “One of the things that I wanted to do was bring back the literary aspect of the book,” Molly Turbeville, editorin-chief of the 2010 edition, said. The other goal Turbeville had was to increase the amount of events held on campus in support of the publication. One event that has become a part of the book’s yearly cycle is the Windhover Open Mic Night. Originally held only once a year, the current staff has already hosted two events, one in September and one in November. Windhover sponsors these events on campus periodically to help advertise the publication and allow students to see live performances of the types of art included in the book. It also gives aspiring artists on campus a venue to share their craft.