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CALS site seeks to increase student involvement

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Moodle-based site’s goal is to give students a louder voice in Student Government.

“The CALS senators decided that one main point of concern in our college is connecting with students and making students feel that their voice is heard,” Smith said. “We wanted a way to connect Joshua Chappell with students and make sure that we are really Senior Staff Writer doing what students want and need.” According to Smith, the idea first surfaced last With the launch of a new webpage designed to increase student involvement and awareness October. There was a delay in trying to coordiabout campus and college events, the College of nate efforts between the Office of Information Agriculture and Life Sciences senate delegation Technology and the CALS Academic and Adminhopes to increase communication between the istrative Technology department, but Smith said student body and stuhe was glad the site dent leaders. was ready for launch The site, which at the beginning of launched Monday, is this semester. hosted on the comThe features of the mon ly used cou rse site include forums, surveys, calendars, website, Moodle. All senators’ contact instudents enrolled in a formation and genCALS major were added eral announcements to the website, according regarding CALS and to Ethan Harrelson, a the University. senior in biological sciences. Ha rrelson sa id Harrelson, Student he hopes to use Jonathan Smith, sophomore Senate president pro t he technolog y in agricultural education tempore, said that he to gauge student hopes the site will help interest in various increase the quality of student experience in the projects that the senate pursues. college by building a link between students and “[The senators] can send out notices to each stustudent leaders. dent about major events or to take surveys about “Our whole goal was better communication with what students think about the ideas we have,” Harstudents,” Harrelson said. “It’s our job to ensure relson said. that students’ voices are heard.” The first survey that was posted to the website According to Jonathon Smith, a sophomore in at its launch, a survey about general experiences agricultural education and CALS senator, the in CALS, has already garnered a significant numsite is the result of a brainstorming session be- ber of responses, according to Smith. tween CALS senators and the Associate Dean of the college, Ken Esbenshade. CALS continued page 3

“The CALS senators decided that one main point of concern in our college is connecting with students and making students feel that their voice is heard.”

‘Science Cafe’ serves up rainforest mythbusters Professor: Forests produce ‘almost everything we eat.’ Brooke Wallig

CSLEPS prepping for MLK service day Students help spread King’s message to middle schoolers.

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As part of the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ monthly “Science Cafe,” Meg Lowman discussed the hard facts of the state of the world’s rainforests Tuesday at Tir Na Nog in Raleigh. Lowman, director of the museum’s Nature Research Center and research professor of natural sciences at N.C. State, said “the talk centered on explaining the realities of the rainforests, including their value and how to conserve them.” She also used the Cafe as an opportunity to clear up common misunderstandings about rainforests. As one of the first researchers to discover the mass amounts of plant and animal species living among the forest canopies, Lowman certainly knows the topic. According to Lowman, the world’s rainforests do not solely provide luxuries—they also provide some of the most basic things important to human survival. “Rainforests provide almost everything we eat—from coffee, to chocolate, to cinnamon,” Lowman said. “But the [rainforest] also provides oxygen, fresh water, medicines, foods, construction materials, homes to millions of species and climate control.” However, Lowman said most people aren’t helping to conserve these forests, but are instead letting their destruction go unchecked. “We are losing rainforests and there is a tipping point at some level of fragmentation — some people think that tipping point for the Amazon is 20 percent degradation, and it is estimated that we have decimated 17 percent at this point in time,” Lowman said. “In other words, the world is destroying these forests to a point where they may continue to degrade.” This may be in part due to widely held and vastly incorrect illusions of

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nutrients in rainforests are contained in the trees. Another [myth] is that rainforests must regenerate quickly since they live in warm, moist places.

The Center for Student Leadership Ethics and Public Service will host its ninth annual Martin Luther King service challenge this weekend. The event allows students to learn about Martin Luther King Jr.’s message on service and social issues. “We put on the event to honor Dr. King with a day of service learning,” Hillary Simpson, a enior in biochemistry and CSLEPS director of youth programs, said. According to Simpson, the MLK service day’s purpose is to bring people together, honor King, provide an opportunity for N.C. State students to interact with the younger generation and get experience providing service. Organizers anticipate 50 students from Ligon Middle School and 50 students from N.C. State will participate. Students were glad to see the University has this service outreach program. “It’s a great idea, because it gives the younger generation a chance to learn why Martin Luther King Day is important and it will give them the chance to appreciate it,” Martha Kome, a sophomore in biological sciences, said. The event also provides a venue for State students to remember and reflect on King’s work.

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Meg Lowman, Research Professor in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and director of the Nature Research Center at North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, speaks during “Science Café” at Tir na nOg Irish pub Tuesday. Lowman spoke about the cause she has devoted her life to -- canopy ecology -- and the degradation of the world’s rainforests. “The problems are large-scale agriculture, road building and oil drilling,” Lowman said. “We don’t know how far we can go.”

rainforests, according to Lowman. One of the most common fallacies about the forests is that since the trees are lush, the soil is rich. Actually, Lowman said, this is not the case. “Soils are very poor as all the

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Here is a look at the new Moodle webpage from the CALS senators, which premiered earlier this semester. The features of the site include forums, surveys, calendars, senators’ contact information and general announcements regarding CALS and the University.

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awareness. The students will learn about activism and, possibly, march through campus. continued from page 1 The day will include two different service projects. Par“It’s good to know that they ticipants will make 400 peanut are still educating kids about butter and jelly sandwiches to everything MLK did, especially donate to the Healing Place of so we won’t forget about his Wake County and 50 f leece message and the importance blankets to donate to InterAct. InterAct is a of everything private, nonhe did,” Alprofit, United lison Lee, a Way agency sophomore that proin political vides safety, science, said. support and The serawareness to v ic e c h a lvictims and lenge will be survivors held in the of domestic Talley StuCasey Clayton, senior in violence and dent Center biomedical engineering rape or sexual Ballroom and will kick assault. off with a speech from Ebony According to Simpson, this Ebron, assistant director of is the second year the event has University Housing-Central followed this format, but it alCampus. ways involves a form of service. According to Simpson, stu CSLEPS is partnering with dents will have the opportu- the Pre-Health Club Minority nity to make posters and raise Interest Group to put on this

“It sounds like a really great service opportunity and it’s for a good cause.”

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And this, too, is incorrect. I was involved in a long-term forest regeneration monitoring project. We had seedlings 5 inches tall that were 50 years old. That is not rapid growth.” Lowman said she believes another reason for the lack of public support for the conservation of these ecosystems is a result of their distance from the public eye. “These forests are out of sight of Americans,” Lowman said. “But we are the main consumers of products that lead to the loss of forests.” According to Lowman, the consequences of continuing destruction of the tropical forests would be devastating — and not just for the trees and monkeys. “Continued degradation can cause extreme climate change,

including loss of seasonal rainfall patterns as we know them now, significantly more carbon in the atmosphere and many trickle-down weather patterns including storms, winds and others,” Lowman said. “It would also mean the loss of many indigenous people who make their home, [and] loss of life for millions of species, many of which provide us with essential cures to disease or important food products.” But Lowman said this doesn’t have to happen, and there are several things students and faculty can do to prevent it. “If you want to help, read books, buy sustainably and ask questions about products before you buy,” Lowman said. “Even better, visit the rainforest to support ecotourism. This is a great way to pay the locals to save their forests—not to cut them down.” For L ow ma n, t he Science Cafe discussion on tropical forest degradation and con-

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Student participation in the website is a factor the delegation considered in making the site, according to Smith. “We are very optimistic [about students using the site],” Smith said. “We want our peers to use this site to inform us when they have an issue or concern.” Ease of access was also a consideration when planning the project, according to Smith. “We are trying to make this site user-friendly and we want students to find the site interesting and worthwhile,” Smith said. If the site helps the Senate achieve the goals it has created, Smith said he believes it will greatly benefit University. “We want to make CALS an even greater college and N.C.

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State an even better university,” Smith said. “We believe that the only way to do that is to involve all students.” For Kelly Cunningham, a sophomore in zoology, being involved in CALS has been a crucial part of her college experience. “Ever yone a ssociated with CALS has been extremely helpful,” Cunningham said. “My experience with CALS has been wonderful.” However, Cunningham said there is also room for improvement in the college in various areas. She said this new forum will provide a great medium through which students can express their concerns. “This program will definitely improve communication because without it I would not have known where to start if I wanted to contact [the CALS senators],” Cunningham said. Cunningham also said she is

optimistic that the site can be used to increase her involvement in the college. “[The site] makes me feel more personally involved in the college,” Cunningham said. According to Harrelson, the college is currently the only college on campus to use such a tool to connect with students. However, he said he is optimistic that other colleges will soon follow suit. “[CALS] is the only college with something like this,” Harrelson said. “Who knows, maybe one day Student Government will use this for all students.”

SERVICE KNOWS NO BOUNDS “Everybody can be great... because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” SOURCE: MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.; FROM THE CSLEPS MLK SERVICE CHALLENGE WEBSITE.

event. “It sounds like a really great service opportunity and it’s for a good cause,” Casey Clayton, a senior in biological engineering, said. MARISA AKERS/TECHNICIAN

N.C. State students Latika Williams and Salena Wright march across campus with CSLEPS during the 2010 MLK Service Challenge.

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More than 50 percent of Africa’s rainforests are gone; particularly affected is Madagascar, which has lost 95 percent of its rainforests. 40 percent of Asia’s and Latin America’s rainforests have been destroyed.

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servation was a success, and she said she has plans to continue her work with these forests. “There is a mystique and allure, as well as a sense that they are disappearing and we need to be educated. It really appeals to all ages, which showed since there were people in the audience from age seven to 80,” Lowman said. “Science cafes are a great way to share knowledge with local scientists and citizens.”

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THE FACTS:

Chancellor Woodson addressed the University Tuesday about N.C. State possibly facing a steep budget cut of 15 percent. Last year universities in North Carolina were asked to plan a budget with a five, 10 and 15 percent cut to prepare for this year’s possible budget cuts.

OUR OPINION:

There is nothing the University or administration can do about the state budget cuts but brace for the worst. Provost Warwick Arden and Vice Chancellor Charlie Leffler have been charged to plan how the relocation happens but they need to tread lightly around academics.

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Academics for students first Y esterday local press splashed the news of that N.C. State was cutting departments across their front pages. This certainly incited some panic as the news focused on cutting degrees and programs. According to Chancellor Woodson, we are looking at a budget cut of around 15 percent and there seems to be little chance of avoiding it. Chancellor Woodson made it clear in the video that responsibility of dealing with budget cuts lies with Provost Warwick Arden and the Vice Chancellor Charlie Leffler and that puts them in a position of great accountability. Arden and Leffler need to undertake the restructuring of the University very seriously and need to put careful thought into how they balance our and our future peers’

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In your uninformed words? Usually I don’t do this, mostly because I don’t have the time, but today I do. I read the “In Your Words” segment [yesterday and] I was a little disappointed. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I heard that Russell Wilson already had the credits necessary to graduate and that he did it in three years. If what I heard is in fact correct, why did you cite two people in this section that were unaware of Russell Wilson and most of his off-the-field achievements? I can understand showing one person that doesn’t know what’s going on, but to give two students the “spotlight” showing their lack of knowledge, it’s either mean or your selectors for the four top opinions were a little tired from late night homework. I’m grateful that at least your top person actually knew what he was talking about, but is this to show us as a school how unaware we are of our “famous” classmates?

academic needs. Arden and Leffler need to develop an intelligent strategy to redesign the smaller courses and degree programs at the University. This strategy should take the value and resources of each department or course into consideration before cutting or consolidating them. They need to evaluate the merits and demerits of a department or course before actually concluding how to deal with it, for the sake of students and faculty. Reducing these programs is going to be painful for both students, who may lose class options, and faculty members, who may lose their jobs.

If Woodson’s goals are implemented, they will help N.C. State stay a viable, affordable University in the future. We expect that Arden and Leffler have the responsibility to uphold the academic strength and standards of N.C. State should not be compromised. Students need to be allowed to provide feedback and input into the process. There are many talented faculty members at the University with various areas of expertise. We need to capitalize on their expertise. Arden and Leffler should make sure professors teach revamped courses, designed in a way that students can get the most benefit from

these classes and their professors. Arden and Leffler need to understand that losing faculty members will not work in our favor, and ensure that we retain as many of them as possible to benefit students. The budget cuts do not need to be a bad thing for the University. With right actions and proper planning, budget cuts can transform this University into an efficient unit benefitting future students. Most positive changes happen in times of adversity and together we can go through this and emerge as a highly competitive institution, impacting the future of our state in a better way.

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Rarely does an opinion piece get me heated, but none has yet to enrage me like in Wednesday’s edition, “Wilson, get off the bench and make a decision.” When I first read the title I was bewildered at the blatant disrespect shown to one of the most talented athletes on this campus. He is the only reason that we have had respectable seasons the past few years. If it weren’t for Russell Wilson there would be no winning seasons, no bowl game wins, no wins over Carolina and more importantly no recent fan support of the Wolfpack football team. In your article you admit that Wilson will go down as one of the greatest quarterbacks in N.C. State history. If this is the case, why not allow him the time and opportunity to make a wise decision for himself as a person? Don’t forget that there was a limbo period this time last year with his knee injury and the prospect of him going to play baseball. Not to mention the football season ended less than a month ago. The paper needs to get off their soapbox and give respect and appreciation to a real talent on and off the field. Let Wilson make his decision with the support of the Wolfpack community fully behind him, no matter how long it takes. Christopher Limer senior, mathematics education

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“I understand why they would do it, but it would take away opportunites for the students and it removes diversity.”

Chancellor makes the...unbiased decision?

Christian O’Neal, sophomore in mechanical engineering

Cory Temple sophomore , physics

Moodle mayhem

bet while you read this you will get three or more emails from professors about changes to Moodle. You may be that very student that has to scroll down past two semesters of classes just to find your current cla s s a ssignment. When you open your class in Moodle you probSam a b l y a rDaughtry rive at a Staff Columnist complex, overloaded page with very little organization at all, ironically designed by someone with a masters or PhD degree. Moodle, while helpful, has become the student nightmare in lecture management Long gone are the days of syllabus with a schedule of events. Instead, it’s Moodle that leads the painstaking way for students with hard to identify benchmarks for assignments or due dates. To make matters worse, those same professors that embrace all this new technology are the very ones that dislike laptops, cell phones, PDAs and iPads in the classroom, but usually will end a class by shouting, “don’t forget to check your Moodle!” Professors must come to

the realization that all students learn differently. As an engineering university, we should be the leader in technology in the classroom. Instead, UNC and Duke are leading the way with mandated computer usage in most of its classrooms. If a student wishes to surf Facebook or something other than what’s covered in the classroom, then it will surely reflect on their individual grade. Those that successfully use technology in the classroom should be allowed to continue to do so. Educators strive to reach diverse learning needs, but curtailing classroom technologies, such as laptops or other electronic means sends a mixed message. Some students use traditional books while some rely on e-books. Yet the standards are unfair for those that use e-books if professors won’t allow electronic means Another problem is that instead of Moodle, some professors use commercial web portals such as Pearson or other software brands. These licenses cost students an additional $40 or more per class. Perhaps professors should consider using that PhD they earned and create their own Moodle course and save students costly license fees. Don’t get me wrong; Moodle isn’t a terrible learning tool. In time Moodle may become very successful. However, many professors failed to attend Moodle workshops that may have been beneficial in how curricula is distributed and managed. Col-

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How do you feel about the University cutting and consolidating departments?

Wilson, sit down and take your time

Aaron Ferguson sophomore, nuclear engineering

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laboration tools, such as Elluminate, may be included in Moodle to reduce the number of emails in your inbox. Newer technologies are omitted or rarely considered because professors are committed to antiquated and inefficient means. Technologies used by students in today’s classroom must increase ‚Äì but also must be planned and designed carefully to be beneficial in effective learning. Professors must integrate and adapt to varied technologies and devices ‚Äì not just Moodle or other outsourced for profit software. As an engineering university we have great student talent right here on our campus ‚Äì but sadly that talent is overlooked. Sure, there are challenges with technologies. Most students have learned to embrace it and professors have forcefully migrated with painful complaints as voiced by students early in this semester. Perhaps now is the time for professors to learn a bit from tech-savvy students so the classroom of the future is reflective of their ideas and feedback of today. Send Sam your thoughts on Moodle to letters@technicianonline.com.

“I’m not a fan of budget cuts, but I would rather afford being able to come to school than to be able to take 400 level classes.” Aderinola Gbade-Alabiyear senior, computer and electrical engineering

“It would take away the opportunity to come to a great school for new students because it would generalize majors.” Anthony Marshall freshman, undecided

“I feel as if it will hurt us in the long run, for if you take away departments you take away diversity and opportunities.” Elizabeth Kripner junior, marine biology

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Radar in shoes improving location technologies Where GPS and inertial measurement units fail, radar provides a solution to nonsatallite-based location finding technology. Amey Deshpande Correspondent

Tiny radar units embedded in shoes might soon be able to map students’ location with pinpoint accuracy, helping navigation in places GPS units cannot. A research team from Carnegie Mellon University has come up with a lowpower shoe-embedded radar system that will help pedestrian navigate in indoor and outdoor environments. Dan Stancil, head of the University’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, is co-author of a paper describing the research during his time at Carnegie Mellon. “The main motive is for pedestrian navigation—to aid navigation in places where you don’t have access to GPS. For example, when you are inside a building, underground or in places where a satellite connection can be blocked by tall buildings or other objects,” Stancil said. There are ways of location tracking without a GPS by using inertial guidance systems. Such systems have an inertial measurement unit, a compact, sophisticated version of the accelerometer technology

used in devices like the iPhone for motion-sensing. However, this technique is prone to accumulating error over time to the extent that within a few minutes, accurate navigation would be impossible. According to Stancil, the group explored ideas to minimize the error generated by the IMU. One concept created was the Zero Velocity Update. The ZUPT recognizes when the shoe is not moving and overrides the accelerometer error to set the velocity to zero. The ZUPT concept is where the radar comes in. One of the greatest sources of error in the IMU comes the moment the heel leaves the ground. The shoe radar nullifies the error in the IMU by detecting whether the shoe is on the ground or not, sending an appropriate ZUPT signal to the computer to cancel any movement data, if necessary. The team fitted a small Doppler radar, measuring only two centimeters by four centimeters, on a circuit board that fits in the heel of a boot. Facing downward, the unit precisely measures the speed of the heel relative to the ground. The team brought it all together in a prototype that consists of a boot with the IMU and the Doppler radar in the heel, wired to a laptop. The laptop is fed the data and can display the calculations and estimated location. “The way that we would like this to be work ing is typically using a wire-

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less link like Bluetooth, with which the radar unit in your shoe would be communicating with some sort of a hand-held unit that will display the data and the navigation interface,” Stancil said. Even if the interface is developed, the device is not ready for action just yet. “There is a problem that still remains to be solved, and that is bearing,” Stancil said. “When we use ZUPT we can do a better job estimating how far we have walked, but we would also need to know the direction that we are going in order to precisely track the location.” According to Stancil, until this problem is resolved, it will keep the technology off of the market. Researchers are

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also trying to establish a link between two separate units in a pair of shoes. By measuring and comparing the distance between the two feet, the device could also record the direction of motion. The research on this project was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. DARPA has funded research projects since 1958, some of which have resulted in both innovations for the Department of Defence and the creation of the Internet. Chenming Zhou, a project research specialist at Carnegie Mellon, generated a lot of data and built the first working prototype of the device, according to Stancil. Tamal Mukherjee, also from Carnegie Mellon, was another faculty member managing the project. Stancil said he believes

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Underwater Robotics Club building the future Robot-building club provides experience and opportunities for members. Elizabeth Ayscue Staff Writer

Deep in the bottom of a Carmichael Gymnasium pool, the only noise is the muffled rush of water and the whir of competition and third in craftsmanship. The competition consists of an obthrusters, maneuvering a high-tech piece of equipment through the dark. Above stacle course through which the teams the surface are the minds behind this must maneuver their robots. The differmachine, a group of students getting a ent obstacles test the features of the rohead start on a growing industry—build- bot including the acoustic system, vision software, depth sensor and orientation ing robots. This year the Underwater Robot- sensor. Thunes explained that generally ics Club plans to make improvements around 10 people to “Seawolf III,” from the club atwh ich debuted tend the competiat the 2009 Astion in San Diego sociation for Unevery year. There manned Vehicle are many differSystems Internaent components to tional competiwork on, and diftion. ferent groups work “We wa nt to on different parts. do a lot of small Then the team puts improvements,” it all together for Chris Thunes, a juDavid Hoffman, president of the testing. nior in mathematUnderwater Robotics Club Me m b e r s s a y ics and the club’s joining the group project manager, provides hands-on experience and has said. These improvements include a “grab- helped many members get internships ber,” a small hand to manipulate objects, and co-ops. “It’s helped me get two different co-ops and upgrades on software that make the and I think it’s made me a better engirobot run. The Underwater Robotics Club was neer,” David Hoffman, a senior in elecfounded in 2004 by electrical and com- trical and computer engineering, said. Hoffman, president of the Underwater puter engineering students. The group worked with a local robotics company Robotics Club, also said he has gained a to build its first robot, “Seawolf I,” to de- lot of different skills—not just engineerbut at the 2005 RoboSub Competition. ing-related ones—from the club. “I’ve gotten accounting skills with the “Seawolf II” debuted in 2006 the AUVSI Competition and ranked ninth in the treasurer job, a few marketing skills and

“I’ve gotten accounting skills with the treasurer job, a few marketing skills and leadership skills as the president.”

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Members of the Underwater Robotics Club pose with their award-winning creation, “Seawolf III.”

leadership skills as the president,” Hoffman said. Several students attended the first meeting of the semester and had different reasons for joining the club. “I want to utilize my knowledge and apply it to real-life situations,” Brendan Tierney, a junior in mechanical engineering, said. David Plonski, a sophomore in engineering, said he wants to go into robotics after graduation. “I thought this would be a good place to gain some valuable information,” Plonski said. With the help of Ray Zeisz, the industry adviser, the club functions to provide real world experience of working in robotics. “I try to make the experience as much like a real world company as possible,” Zeisz said. “I want it to be fun but also a

learning experience.” Like a real world company, the Underwater Robotics Club does not only involve engineers. The club requires the collaboration of students from many different majors including management, design and computer science. “It’s a great way to mingle and see what people in other majors and schools do,” Zeisz said. Hoffman added that he thinks working with the club will make him and his teammates more marketable to future employers. “It’s more beneficial to me to put hours into this club than trying to get a 4.0, and I’ve talked to employers and a lot of them say the same thing,” Hoffman said.

Middle school minds plan the cities of tomorrow The Future City Competition hosted by the College of Engineering allowed middle school students to design a city of the future integrating creativity with engineering. Zachary Diezel Science & Tech Editor

Tesla coils. Mass transit. Moving sidewalks. Integrated smart medical systems technology. These are terms you would expect to hear about at a research-oriented university like N.C. State. What is unusual is to hear them used by middle school students. Last Saturday, the University hosted the annual Future City Competition in Talley Student Center. Twenty teams of students in the sixth to eighth grades from across the state competed for a chance to move on to the national finals in Washington D.C. “This is the first time I’ve actually been,” said Yachdiyel Webb, a seventh grader from Martin Middle School in Raleigh. “I’m pretty excited.” Students designed a future city 150 years in the future.

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Winning students (from left) Emma Boraks, Sharad Wertheimer and Nick Macri of Davidson IB Middle school pose with the model of their city, “Seiki.” The eighth grade team will go on to the national competiton in Washington D.C. next month.

They must use the computer SimCity 4 to test the viability of their city, and consult with engineers on relevant technologies. For the completion, essays and a presentation are judged by professional engineers from

a number of fields. The winning group was the eighth grade team from Davidson IB Middle School. According to DavidsonNews.net, a website specializing in news on Davidson County, this is the

fourth consecutive year Davidson IB has won the regional competition. “It was really exciting,” Emma Boraks, a member of the winning team, said. The whole Davidson IB teams

shares Boraks’ sentiment, and are looking forward to the chance at the national title. “Students have been working on their projects the entire fall semester,” said Lindsey Genut, a K-12 Outreach Coordinator in the College of Engineering. According to Genut, the Future City Competition has been held at N.C. State for the past five years. Many of the University’s engineering students were involved with putting on the event. “In a couple weeks, we’ll start planning next year’s [competition],” Breanne Long, a junior in biology, said. Long has been involved with Future City Competition for the past two years and is the secretary of the steering committee. “So many engineers from the community come [to be judges.] It takes a lot of logistical planning.” Long said that local businesses are very helpful. AECOM, for example, allowed the committee to meet in their conference room. The program is designed to allow middle school students to explore engineering. Charles Townsend, now a sophomore in mechanical engineering, participated in Future City

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Competition when he was in middle school. “I have been volunteering ever since my ninth grade year,” Townsend said. “It has been wonderful seeing how much the competition has grown and expanded. It is also great to see kids put so much of themselves into the projects, just as I did once before.”

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son basically right up to spring break,” Seibring said. “Come playoff time we’ll be starting right after spring break, so it’ll be a pretty good length to the season.” After captains meet in order to decide the teams, play will begin on January 30. Three months after play begins, the National Basketball IM tournament will be hosted on campus. With no traveling necessary, Seibring said the Wolfpack

could be represented in multiple divisions. “That’s a big tournament,” Seibring said. “We usually get a couple teams playing in that. Hopefully we will get multiple teams that want to play in our tournament, especially because we are hosting it and there is no traveling or housing cost. It’s a great opportunity.”

why I came to the ACC and why I came to State, to be a part of this,” White said. “It’s very continued from page 8 exciting knowing that you’re facing ranked opponents and conference. “The Clemson game kind you have an opportunity to be of opened some people’s eyes on that stage” White also understands the as to which the ACC truly is,” Kastanek said. “I think now importance of coming together nothing is going to come as early in the conference scheda surprise as to how physical ule and not falling behind in it is, how quick it is and how the conference standings, like intense this part of the season previous teams have done. “Talkis. It’s important ing about to gain our conour teams fidence because in the past without confiyears and dence a lot of even other things just don’t teams, go well.” we like to With 14 wins ma ke it by the Eagles, the h a rd on ACC is no slouch ourselves of a conference. a nd play Five teams in catch-up,” the conference White a re c u r rent ly Sophomore guard sa id. “I ranked in the Marissa Kastanek think havtop-25 polls. ing a great Senior guard Amber White cites the com- start will carry us over and conpetitive nature of the confer- tinue to get better rather than ence as a primary reason she going back and forth. I think the most important thing is to came to the University. “This is one of the reasons get where you’re comfortable

rather than fighting to get back to the top.” Despite the slow start, senior forward Brittany Strachan believes the Pack will be able to replicate its success from last year, starting with this game. “We never lower our expectations, so we expect to do better,” Strachan said. “It’s definitely critical. Conference play is the pivotal point of the season. It defines what you’re going to do after. To reach those postseason goals you definitely have to do well in the conference. So it’s definitely important to get a good start confidence wise and building that momentum.” For the Pack, this game will be critical to building momentum going into the bulk of their conference schedule and playing tough opponents such as Duke, Miami and Florida State over their next three games, so a win against Boston College is critical.

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rims are made for that kind of thing, so we can have that now.” With the NCAA basketball season coinciding with the intramural season, basketball IM will be continuing play all the way through March. “We’ll play the regular sea-

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came out here lighting it up. I don’t know what it is, whenever we play anybody they just shoot the ball ridiculously.” Although head coach Sidney Lowe was far from happy with the loss, he admitted he was proud of the comeback, and was enthusiastic about the level of play in the second half. “There is always something to take from a loss,” Lowe said. “You hate it but you have to take something from it. There are no moral victories at all, but when you are playing a team like that you have to look at the positives. You have to look at the fact you got back into the game and look if we could have gotten those two or three rebounds when they tipped it in after we stopped them.” Harrow led the second half surge, scoring 13 of his 15 points in the second half after starting 0-5 from the field. The speedy freshman played all 20 minutes in the second half and led the Pack to its third 50 point half of the season. “I just want to win,” Harrow said. “I’m a leader, but I’m not a vocal leader. I’m a little guy so they aren’t always going to pay attention to what I have to say, but a game like this, I’m really trying to win. So I am trying to get everybody focused, everybody playing hard no matter what else is going on. I want to be out there and help my team win as much as I can. If that’s me playing the whole game, then that’s what I’ll do.” Along with increased minutes for Harrow, Lowe shifted the second half lineup, giving

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Duke’s Kyle Singler gets a shot off over senior forward Tracy Smith Wednesday night at the RBC Center. The Pack fell 78-92.

State a bigger, more physical team with senior forward Tracy Smith, sophomore center Richard Howell, freshman forward C.J. Leslie and Scott Wood garnering the majority of the second half minutes. “It gives us more ability to rebound the ball, and it even helps defensively,” Howell said of the lineup change. “C.J. [Leslie] is so long so he can guard the ball. The lineup really helped.” Wednesday’s loss marked the 233rd meeting between

State and Duke, with the Blue Devils holding a 136-97 lead in the series. More importantly, the Pack drops to 1-3 in conference play. However, players are optimistic looking forward to conference play. “That is the story of our season getting over that hump,” Wood said. “Once we get over it we will be tremendous. We have meshed together as a team and we just need to get over that hump. Today showed we could play with some of the best teams in the ACC.”

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First half woes plague Pack

Linebacker commits to Wolfpack Four-star recruit Rodman Noel verbally committed to the Wolfpack football team on Wednesday. Noel is ranked as Rival’s seventh best prep school recruit. Noel originally played defensive end while at Milford Academy in New York, but projects as an outside linebacker. Last season he recorded 30 tackles and four interceptions. SOURCE: RIVALS.COM

Softball plans for Alumni Weekend The softball team has invited back all its alumni to participate in its first ever Alumni Weekend this upcoming weekend. The weekend was planned to honor the five year anniversary of the team’s ACC Championship in 2006. Events for this weekend include an alumni vs. current players softball game on Saturday. On Sunday, the players, coaches and alumni have been invited to watch the men’s basketball team take on Miami. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

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Despite stretches of brilliance, thunderous dunks and head coach Sidney Lowe’s famous red blazer, N.C. State was unable to pick up its second conference win and replicate last years upset victory over No. 5 Duke. The Pack, 11-7(1-3 in ACC), pulled within five points midway through the second half, but Nolan Smith, Kyle Singler and company seemed to silence the rowdy RBC Center crowd time and time again. “I feel like we always made the run but we always let them fight it off,” sophomore forward Scott Wood said. “Coach has been telling us all the time ‘we have to get that stop, get that stop.’ It’s a war out there and you have to win those battles.” The Pack’s third straight ACC loss was certainly a tale of two halves. In the first half, State shot a season low 21.6 percent from the field. The Wolfpack managed to score just 28 first half points. However, the second half was a completely different story. State shot a much-improved 54.8 percent in the second 20 minutes. Senior forward Tracy Smith and freshman guard Ryan Harrow led the way with 19 points and nine rebounds, and 15 points and five assists, respectively. But the Blue Devils proved why they

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Traffic problems The RBC Center was not even close to being full at tip-off and a lot of that had to do with the large amounts of traffic around the RBC Center. Hillsborough Street, Blue Ridge and Trinity were slammed with cars well into the start of the game. Eventually fans filled up the stadium, but not after missing most of the first half of the game. Boo birds flew in for the winter Throughout the entire game, students, alumni and fans rained down boos towards the referees, Duke players and coaches and even at one point, injured Duke players. It was a hostile environment and the team thrived off of the energy from the crowd, which played its part. Fear the Blazer no more Sidney Lowe once again dawned his brash red blazer for the big game against the Devils, but once again the Pack failed to walk away with the victory. The blazer is nice to see, but at this point, it can’t be feared by many coaches or players anymore. — TAYLOR BARBOUR

are a top-five team and a favorite to win the ACC. “They can shoot,” Harrow said of the Blue Devils. “They really can shoot. They hadn’t been shooting the ball well the last two games before ours, but then they

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WOMEN’S TENNIS VS. CHARLESTON SOUTHERN J.W. Isenhour Facility, 12 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS AT INDIANA Bloomington, Ind., 2 p.m. WRESTLING VS. CAMPBELL Reynolds Coliseum, 4 p.m. WRESTLING VS. OHIO Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m.

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Freshman guard Ryan Harrow drives around Duke’s Seth Curry Wednesday night at the RBC Center. The Wolfpack fell to the Blue Devils 92-78.

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The women’s basketball team is heading up to Chestnut Hill Thursday, hoping to bounce back from last Friday’s 83-76 loss in Chapel Hill and pick to up it’s first ACC road win against the Boston College Eagles. Sitting at 9-8 (1-2 in the ACC), State needs to turn up the tempo and win some basketball games if it has NCAA aspirations. The Eagles, 14-4 (1-2 in ACC), are also looking to redeem themselves after suffering a tough loss to the Miami Hurricanes in a 65-53 contest. State’s last meeting with the Eagles came during the 2010 ACC Tournament, where the Pack defeated Boston College in a 73-62 contest. The Pack’s defense will need to step up during this contest. State’s scoring defense is ranked eleventh in the conference, giving up 66.6 points pert game and is going up against the Eagles’ offense, which is averaging 83.1 points per game, second best in the conference. Boston College also has four players on their roster who are averaging in double figures in scoring, but the team is lead by senior Caro-

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to play within their desired division. Regardless of which grouping the players have decided to play in, nights at CarSean Fairholm michael promise to be bustling Staff Writer with activity on the hard court. With the men’s basketball “We’re going to be playing team getting into the bulk five hours a night on six courts of its conference play, the to get people in,” Seibring intramural basketball sea- said. “We have different divison is about to commence sions people can play, so that with similar hype and ex- includes the women, co-rec, citement. After registration sororities, fraternities.” began last Wednesday, 300 While the formatting for teams signed up in attempt basketball IM will not change to join one of the most pop- a considerable amount, there ular intramural groups on will be several rule changes for 2011, with time-keeping becampus. ing the most Matt Seibring, prominent. assistant “We’ve director of changed up intramut he t i m i ng ral sports, a l it t le bit will be a t h i s ye a r,” main coSeibring said. Matt Seibring ordina“Instead of tor in the stopping the annual second semester clock during free throws and tradition. Although obvi- things like that, we’re just going ous restrictions limit the to have a running clock with amount of teams the league extended time. Game play will can manage, Seibring said be the same amount of time, the interest to participate but will be a little easier for comes as no surprise. people to understand when it’s “For basketba l l, just going to start and stop.” Another change that some like all of our other major sports, we have a lot of par- players will certainly enjoy ticipation,” Seibring said. is the ability to dunk. While “Our team numbers are al- hanging on the rim will not be ready at its max. Within the allowed, the new equipment first day or two, we get our has enabled the league to make 200 plus teams registered. dunking a possibility. We had around 300 teams “Players will be allowed to register this year, but unfor- dunk this year,” Seibring said. tunately we just can’t take “Now that the gym has new facilities, we have the new basthat many.” As with most intramural ketball hoops. The retractable sports at State, there is an opportunity for everyone IM continued page 7

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Redshirt senior guard Amber White shoots past an Old Dominion defender during the first half of the Womenís Basketball game versus Old Dominion in Reynolds Coliseum on Tuesday, 23 Nov., 2010. White scored four points for the Wolfpack, helping drive them to a 62-60 victory.

lyn Swords, who is averaging over 17 points per game this season, third best in the ACC. Sophomore guard Marissa Kastanek could potentially put a dent in these figures following tonight. Against UNC, Kastanek scored a career

high 30 points and made six 3-pointers in the game. With the Pack sporting a 1-2 ACC record early into conference play, she knows the importance of bouncing back in such a tough

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