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& Public Affairs, said over the past few years TT has received survey feedback requesting a Wi-Fi service, and after a successful test of the system in FebruJustin Rose ary, TT is ready to open the Staff Writer full system. “We want to know what Commuters who use public transportation and yearn our riders like and what for one more spot to access will make things better their data on the go are in for them,” Shultz luck. Triangle Transit now s a id . “We offers free Wi-Fi to its bus w a n t t o know what passengers. Currently, 42 TT bus- w i l l g i v e es have Wi-Fi on them. their bus pass These buses display a more value.” The system has been un“Wi-Fi Onboard” sign. Not all buses, which rotate der construction for the past couthrough ple years different and cost routes as approxidemand mately dictates, $112,000, will 10 percent have Wiof which Fi ava i lable . A s Brad Schulz, TT Communications came & Public Affairs from the resources state. become available, other buses will Schulz said the Wi-Fi serbe considered for Wi-Fi im- vice will help set an example plementation, according to for other transit systems in the Triangle and the sera press release. S c h u l z , vice is especially needed Brad from TT Communications for the TT buses.
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“We’re different from other t ra nsit services in that our buses travel farther, for example, from Raleigh to Chapel Hill. If our passengers travel longer distances they could benefit more from mobile data access,” Shultzsaid. The system has received positive feedback so far via social media like Facebook and Twitter, according to Shultz, who also said he’s excited about the prospect of people changing their commuting habits. “The free Wi-Fi might encourage more people to take the bus instead of their car, similar to what you find with a rail system,” Shultz said. TT has been working with
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TRIANGLE TRANSIT AUTHOTTY WI-FI FAQ: Is there a cost to use the wireless network? No. Wi-Fi on Triangle Transit is free. When can the wireless network be used? The wireless network is available while the bus is powered on. Where can I sit to pick up a stronger signal? Within each bus a wireless access point is located near the front. Can I connect to the Wi-Fi service with my Bluetooth? No. Bluetooth is not supported SOURCE: TRIANGLE TRANSIT AUTHORITY WEBSITE
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In an attempt to improve adminInformation and Services (OASIS) istrative efficiency and deal with Student advising program OASIS impending budget reductions, four announced that it will cut four OASIS administrators have been administrator positions this summer. notified that their positions will be OASIS’s mission is “to provide eliminated as of mid-June. academic information to current OASIS, part of the Division of undergraduate students through Undergraduate Academic Provirtual and face-to-face cross grams, has advisors who help stucurricular advising,” according to its dents that seek to change majors. website. OASIS advisors also assist Pack Some of the services OASIS offers Promise Scholars students and include: pre-law students. Pre-law advising to those seeking John Ambrose, interim vice information regarding law school and provost of the Division of Underthe process of applying to law school, graduate Affairs, said the cuts will guidance, information and support. save the University “$357,000 and Virtual Advising Center, which supplements traditional, face-to-face change.” The cuts are a permanent advising with virtual services that yearly savings to the University provide curriculum and academic since the division’s yearly budget policy information online. has been reduced indefinitely. General academic advising services The administrative cuts will not for all students. reduce the OASIS advisors’ capacity to advise students, according to SOURCE: OASIS WEBSITE Ambrose. “Our effectiveness in advising will actually increase,” Ambrose Division of Undergraduate Academic said. “A lot of things OASIS has Programs umbrella. “I have been to my College of Hudone, it will continue to do. It’s just that we’ll reassign the respon- manities advisor four or five times,” Jennings said. “My advisor was helpsibilities.” Ambrose said the elimination of ful.” DUAP offers a tutorial center at administrative positions within the OASIS program was the only Park Shops. Casey Peterson, a freshman in psychology, said she has utiway to deal with the budget cuts. “It’s always unfortunate when lized the center several times since she entered N.C. State in you have to deal August. with eliminat“I go to the tutoi ng posit ions, rial center. I hope but there’s just the tutorial center no way of getting isn’t cut,” Peterson a rou nd t hat,” said. Ambrose said. Peterson said she “That’s going to hopes the money be happen i ng saved with campusacross campus.” wide budget cuts will This round of John Ambrose, interim vice positively affect the cuts is not the provost of the Division of price she pays for first for the DiUndergraduate Affairs tuition. vision of Under“Our tuition is graduate Affairs. “I think it’s important to under- already going up,” Peterson said. “If stand that during the last round [administrators] save that money, it’s of cuts, we took down 13 positions going to make our tuition go down.” Jennings had other plans for Uniin this division. Our people have suffered a considerable reduction,” versity funds. “You know what they should use the Ambrose said. Victoria Jennings, a freshman in money for? I live in Bowen [Hall]; they communication, said she has nev- should get me some new elevators. I er sought advising outside of the live on the ninth floor, and I smoke advising her college provides. In a lot of cigarettes. It’s pretty hard to fact, she had never heard of OASIS, get up to the ninth floor [via stairs].” or any other programs under the
“It’s always unfortunate when you have to deal with eliminating positions.”
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Alleycat racers to stalk downtown streets 15-mile scavenger hunt/ bike race stresses fun, prizes. Chelsey Francis, Senior Staff Writer
The Wolfpack Environmental Student Association and the local blog trianglefixies.com are partnering to stage WESAcat, an Alleycat bike race, Saturday starting at the Belltower. The event will not be just an Alleycat race, however. There will also be a trick competition after the race, according to the organizers. Alleycat races are informal, and stress participation over competition. William Hardy, a senior in computer engineering and a blogger with trianglefixies.
com, said all participants will will begin at 1 p.m., with regget a list of clues at the start of istration starting at 11:30 a.m. “At the beginning of the the race. “It’s going to be a lot like race, everyone will receive a l i s t of a scavenger clues and a hunt. Some map. The of the clues outermost a re pret t y boundardirect, but ies of the others will map are the m a ke you outermost think,” Harboundaries dy said. “At of the race,” each checkHardy said. point, you’ll Sponsors have to do a of the Alfun activity, leycat race which may have donatbe someWilliam Hardy, senior in ed prizes, thing silly, computer engineering which the taking a picorganizers ture or comsaid they plan to give out for pleting a task.” The race will cover approxi- a variety of accomplishments. “We’re definitely going to mately 15 miles and will take place around N.C. State and downtown Raleigh. The race Cats continued page 3
“It’s going to be a lot like a scavenger hunt. Some of the clues are pretty direct, but others will make you think.”
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MARCH 12 10:21 A.M. | Vehicle Stop Dan Allen Drive/Sullivan Drive Student was issued citation for stop sign violation.
8:55 A.M. | Follow Up Investigation Off Campus Officers met with non-student regarding theft of copper wire. Subject admitted to taking wire. Officers issued citation and released subject.
10:26 P.M. | Fire Alarm Reynolds Coliseum Officers responded to alarm. No problems were found. 11:11 P.M. | Vehicle Stop Off Campus Non-student was issued citation for no operator’s license. 11:54 P.M. | Larceny Ellis Labs Staff member reported subjects stealing copper wire. 7:48 P.M. | Vehicle Stop Varsity Drive/Wolf Village Way Non-student was issued citation for reckless driving. MARCH 13 10:34 A.M. | Fire Alarm Bowen Hall Units responded to alarm. 12:45 A.M. | Vehicle Stop Off Campus Non-student was issued citation for no operator’s license and displaying revoked out-of-state license. 3:36 A.M. | Disorderly Conduct Hillsborough Street Officers observed two intoxicated
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10:41 P.M. | Concerning Behavior Report Lee Hall Student was concerned for welfare of another student. Officer and on call counselor spoke with student. 11:59 P.M. | Suspicious Persons Feed Mill Education Unit Report of suspicious subjects near unit. Officers checked the area but did not locate anyone. 5:05 P.M. | Skate/Bike Violation Dabney Hall Area Report of skateboard violations. Subjects left prior to officer’s arrival.
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MARCH 14 11:34 A.M. | Damage to Property Brooks Lot A non-student reported his tires had been slashed overnight. 11:53 P.M. | Fire Alarm Veterinary School Police and Raleigh Fire Department responded to smoke detector activation. The cause of the alarm was unknown. 12:15 P.M. | Medical Assist Thomas Hall Raleigh ECC relayed a request for assistance reference to an individual in Thomas Hall. Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services transported the subject to Rex Hospital. 2:46 P.M. | Traffic Stop Lonnie Poole Golf Course A student was stopped for expired vehicle registration and was cited for the same.
3:48 P.M. | Concerned Behavior Administrative Services II Officers were called to a disagreement. The subject complied and left the area prior to the officers arriving.
10:53 A.M. | Suspicious Vehicle Avent Ferry Technology Center Vehicle belonging to staff member rolled out of parking spot.
12:02 A.M. | Fire Alarm Owen Hall Police responded to smoke detector activation. 6:00 P.M. | Skateboard Violation Talley Student Center Report of skateboarder doing tricks in fountain.
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Conventional operating systems set to face challenge from cloud operating systems. Rohan Bhutkar Correspondent
Chromium OS, the open-source version of Google’s cloud-based operating system, continues to become more popular. Released in November 2009, the source code for Chromium OS can be downloaded and compiled for free from its website to get a fully functional operating system. Chromium OS is different from conventional operating systems in several ways. For starters, the Internet browser is the OS. The operating system is always connected to the Internet and all its functionality is web-based. When it powers up, it automatically connects to the Internet and users can only login with a Google account. Unlike Windows, Macintosh or Linux, there is no separate desktop or file explorer for the Chromium OS, and the Google Chrome browser itself is the interface. “In general, a cloud operating system is characterized by most of the data being stored in the cloud, with possibly some local storage,” Xuxian Jiang, assistant professor of computer science, said. “One advantage of this
is that it eliminates unnecessary ap- gram and gives them more control a file is downloaded from the Internet, it goes into a “download” area, which over the computer’s local resources. plications.” The cloud refers to data All data is stored over the Internet pops up as a small window at the botThe operating system is also touted to be very secure. Traditional operat- in the cloud—there is no standard file tom right side of the screen. “Storing all data in the cloud introing systems can fall prey to malware system or hard drive. Folders and files and antiviruses. On the other hand, cannot be accessed when an Internet duces some unique challenges. People applications running on the Chro- connection is unavailable. Whenever might have privacy issues. When data is outsourced, users mium OS are placed have no way to know in their own “sandwhere their data is boxes,” which are Google; shipped on Google Definitions: devices, such as the Cr-48 being stored. It is a supposed to make netbook. personal choice. Evthe system more The “Cloud”: Web servers on the Chromium OS: Open source eryone, for example, secure. There is no Internet store data. version of Chrome OS. OS: Operating system; Allows the researchers, might software running Chrome Web Browser: Google’s user to launch programs, access not be comfortable on the operating free Internet browser; competitor data and utilize local hardware with the idea of storsystem as such. All to Microsoft Internet Explorer and resources (i.e. Windows, Mac Mozilla Firefox. ing their data in the applications are OSX). Open Source: Software cloud,” Jiang said. web-based appliSolid State Drive: Physical, flash distributed with its source code; Chromiu m OS cations like Google memory-based storage drive. end users can modify the code as is also designed to Faster, more modern and more Docs, which are they wish. expensive than a hard drive. speed up faster. It integrated into the Sources: PCmag.com/ Chrome OS: Operating system by does not probe for operating system. encyclopedia, Google hardware like floppy HTML5, the new disks, which are no version of HTML, longer common is used. This gives on notebooks, the web-based and saves up apps the on loading feeling of a time. convenThe tional nonpro-
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do the traditional prizes, too,” Sonum Nerurkar, a senior in environmental technology, said. Samantha Walker, a junior in zoology and one of the organizers for the WESAcat event, said the idea came about after brainstorming w it h W ESA. Casey Clapp, a transfer student in urban forestry, originally had the idea to do an Alleycat race and trick event. “Casey [Clapp] had the idea to do this over the summer, but it didn’t work out,
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other transit authorities in North Carolina in a cooperative effort called GoTriangle.org to improve their services and other bus systems, such as the Wolf line and Capital Area Transit, are looking at their budgets to see if it can be implemented, Shultz said. “As more and more people implement and embrace the
open source version, Chrome OS, does not currently support hard drives. It is only designed to run on newer solidstate drives. The software updates itself automatically when the OS is running. “This might be a great advantage for corporates. They will not have to worry about keeping software on all their terminals updated,” Jiang said. “Chromium OS is certainly a baby step towards a future where all my apps and data are safely and securely in the cloud. And Chromium is open source - I like that,” Jitesh Shah, a graduate student in computer science, said. Independently compiled and readyto-boot open source versions of Chromium OS like Flow from a developer who calls himself Hexxeh, are also available online. Flow can be downloaded on a USB drive and used as a “live” USB. This means people can use the operating system directly without any installations after plugging in the USB. James Han, a software engineer at Google, said, “We look forward to continued collaboration with the open source software community.”
so we decided to do it as a group now,” Walker said. The group started planning the race and after-event in November. “We had our first planning meeting in November and met every two weeks prior to February, when we started meeting every week,” Walker said. According to Nerurkar, there were six or seven people heavily involved in planning the race. “Everyone who was really involved in planning the race is an N.C. State student,” Nerurkar said. According to Walker, all proceeds from the event will go to WESA. “We want this to be an environmentally friendly event,
too,” Walker said. According to Hardy, he mainly helped with publicity for the event. He also created a video to promote the WESAcat race. The race will begin with a “le mans” start, meaning everyone will place their bikes in one location and the race will not begin until everyone is registered and has received their clues, according to the WESAcat website. People who want to race are encouraged to pre-register on the WESAcat website (wesacat. com), or they can register in person on the day of the race.
technology, it’ll become more commonplace,” Shultz said. “By the end of the year, the entire [TT bus] fleet should be equipped with Wi-Fi.” Triangle Transit does not guarantee the service, which uses standard 802.11g wireless technology, will be 100 percent reliable; as with all wireless networks, there are natural “dead spots” along different roads. Passengers are advised to sit as close to the front of the bus as possible for the best connection, as this is where the bus’ wireless access point is located.
Once riders accept TT’s terms and conditions online, they’re ready to surf. Passengers are also advised to encrypt sensitive information when communicating over the wireless network. TT says it currently does not have any virus protection software running. Shultz says he doesn’t yet know if students can access the Wi-Fi from outside the bus while it’s stationary.
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Stacking cups filled with fruit, Jessica Osborne, a junior in iology, prepares a free Folic Acid Breakfast on the Brickyard Wednesday. A student group representing March of Dimes manned the table to raise awareness about the importance of folic acid. “It is a B vitamin that helps prevent neural tube defects in developing babies, and is also can prevent heart disease, cancer, and strokes,” Osborne said. The March of Dimes group, dedicated to preventing premature births and birth defects, meets every other Monday.
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With the resignation of men’s basketball coach Sidney Lowe on Tuesday, Athletics Director Debbie Yow is now tasked with finding a coach that can get the men’s basketball program back on track.
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During the search, Yow needs to stick to the guidelines she laid out during a press conference Tuesday night in terms of how the search will be conducted and certain qualities and traits the next coach will need to have.
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he N.C. State’s men’s basketball program is at a crossroads. After having to part ways with former coach and player Sidney Lowe, Athletics Director Debbie Yow has now begun the critical search for the next coach. Yow described how she will begin the search- by selecting an effective search firm to seek out potential candidates for the hiring committee to evaluate. This process is meant to ensure gaining the best of the best. Yow listed a few qualities the hiring committee will be looking for: a career as a college coach who has made multiple trips to NCAA Tournaments and has a proven track record of winning. Along with the search process, Yow promises a competi-
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tive salary for the next head coach to ensure the finest. Yow also reassures students this money will come from outside resources available to University athletics. Yow should note, this search, more than any other, is extremely important, as the next Pack basketball coach will have the chance to be the face of the triangle teams and potentially bring N.C. State back to the glory days of actually winning a tournament. Both Carolina coach Roy Williams and Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski are over 60 years old and Lowe’s successor could be there when the
two hall of fame coaches retire. This would give the new coach an opportunity to have a legup on the competition and actually give the fans the results they’ve been demanding. This opportunity would give the new coach, and N.C. State, the chance to become the face of the Tobacco Road Rivalry. Therefore, it is crucial that Yow stick with her standards and expectations throughout the entire search. While Yow described the search would be hush-hush, the Wolfpack fan base wants Yow to keep to her word and hire a coach with the ability to build our team back up. By keeping this search close
to chest, Yow would be able to find the perfect match without heavy media coverage. We saw what happened with the hiring process five years ago when the search was extremely publicized and out in the open. We don’t want this time around to produce the same result. While this very-anticipated search will be a hassle, the outcome should bring a much needed breath of fresh air for our basketball team and University. This decision also has the potential to make University athletics history if it is as stringent as Yow promises. So during this exhausting search to find the new hero for our basketball team make sure you stick to your words, so that past mistakes are not repeated.
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“The coach needs to be able to pull the program together quickly. Lowe never got a lot of momentum going for the team.” Will Howell freshman,electrical engineering
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Response to “Prepare to make friends with mobility” I just wanted to say, great article in the Technician. You stress the importance of generations adapting to the new technology that is available. I think it’s vital to utilize all aspects and opportunities that present themselves, especially within the technology field. Like you said, there’s no doubt items such as smartphones and iPads will continue to grow in our daily activities and operations. I’m taking a shot in the dark, and I’m interested in what you have to say. Did you do any research on how this shift in behavior took place? It’s a very important topic to think about. In your article you use the example of our parents not wanting to use computers, but in the end they eventually adopted them. I ask this because I’m currently undergoing my initial research on a business proposal in the College of Management. I’m working through how feasible it is with many of the entrepreneurship professors. I saw your article directly after my meeting so it spoke to me. I’m getting great feedback on this App I envision but the major question is, will people adopt the idea? Have you have done research on consumer behavior trends or adopting new technology? Miles Avent junior, business administration
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ha ncel lor Ja me s Oblinger and Director of Athletics Lee Fowler introduced Detroit Pistons’ assistant coach and former N.C. State guard, Sidney Lowe, as the Wolfpack’s 18th men’s basketball coach May 6 at the Dail Basketball Complex in front of current and former players, the Board of Trustees and prominent figures around the University. Lowe played on coach Jim Valvano’s 1983 National Championship team, and as the first pick of the second round in the NBA draft that year, he has been involved in the NBA—as a player, as a coach and as an analyst— since he left the University. He did not, however, leave the University with a degree, and he has not yet earned
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one. Since a four-year degree from an accredited college is required to coach at State, Lowe will have to complete his degree before officially taking over the team July 1. For Oblinger, his new coach’s pursuit of a degree shows Lowe’s commitment to education. “Like one-third of the students in higher education in this country, he is an adult learner who has balanced work, school and family to complete a degree,” Oblinger said. “The fact that he has worked hard to achieve a degree, when none of his NBA employers required it, says a lot about the views he takes on education.” Lowe is scheduled to earn a degree in business administration from St. Paul’s College in Virginia sometime in June. He said he’s going to maintain the commitment to academic achievement the school boasted during former coach Herb Sendek’s tenure.
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he much-appreciated, and needed, resignation of N.C. State’s head basketball coach, Sidney Lowe, brought joy to N.C. State basketball’s fan base. While his time at N.C. State has had highs and “Lowes” the many cons of having him Trey on as our Ferguson head coach Viewpoint editor strongly outweighed the pros. Since this article was published in 2006, Lowe’s finer moments have included recruiting his first major star, J.J. Hickson, the number one ranked player in Georgia, in October; this was followed by his four-star edition Tracy Smith in November. This recruitment haul led Pack to win its first in-conference tilt, and in November 2007, winning the Old Spice Classic in Orlando, Florida. Lowe’s initial momentum held strong shortly after being hired in 2006; however, this momentum did not last, as seen by the public opinion
around campus on his 2011 season’s many upsets. While Lowe’s initial employment announcement, followed by his furthering of higher education, was met with great respect and admiration, the hiring process in 2006 should not have been aimed at an inspirational story, but rather with the intentions of winning another National Championship. Today, Sidney Lowe is leaving the Pack and fans have high hopes of bringing in a coach with a vision and a way to implement it. While his recruitment skills were legendary, his coaching abilities deserve a spot in the hall of shame. Currently his business administration degree will land him a new job sooner than his previous basketball records. Send Trey your thoughts on Sidney Lowe to letters@ technicianonline.com.
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The best gadgets of 2010 N.C. State students gave their opinions of the latest technology to win the 2010 Engadget Awards. Story By brooke Shafranek | photos courtesy of apple
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pple products may have swept away the awards in a popular electronics blog, but students say they aren’t necessarily buying in. More than 100,000 readers of Engadget, one of the largest online technology blogs, voted for what they believed should win the 2010 Engadget Awards. This year’s top three categories were Gadget of the Year, Smartphone of the Year and Laptop of the Year. Respectively, the blog awarded the Apple iPad, the Apple iPhone 4 and the Apple Macbook Air. Voting for the gadgets ended Feb. 29. The other winners included the Microsoft Kin for Worst Gadget of the Year, the Motorola Xoom for Most Anticipated Gadget, the Apple iMac for Desktop of the Year, and the Google Cr-48 for Netbook of the Year.
Apple iPad Nathan Sink, a junior in political science and economics, said he isn’t sold on the iPad’s win. “I don’t see the iPad as the best gadget of the year but I do see it as the most popular and solely responsible for Kindle’s demise. It’s missing some key components to make it a really usable device, the largest of which is adaptability,” Sink said. Sink said he believes these components would be a less limiting operating system and an accompanying keyboard. Jessica Firestone, a freshman in communications, said she thinks the iPad was a good pick for Gadget of the Year. “It seems that other gadgets, like Kindle, are trying to compete with it and are falling flat,” Firestone said. “I don’t have one but I have friends who do and they say it’s great to use.” Amber Jones, a freshman majoring in international politics, thinks the iPad deserved the win. “The iPad is limited in use because it doesn’t have all of
the features of a laptop, but its large size doesn’t make it practical to replace an iPod,” Jones said. “It’s a good portable device to use on the go though.” The iPad won with 37 percent of the vote. It also won Tablet PC of the Year and Best Portable Media Device.
Apple iPhone 4 The iPhone 4 won for best smartphone. James Hampson, a sophomore in human biology, said he has had a number of Blackberrys and Windows Mobile phones and thinks the iPhone 4 deserved the prize. “I have yet to encounter a single problem with my iPhone,” Hampson said, “I had all kinds of problems with my Windows phones and Blackberrys.” Hampson said he thinks the iPhone 4 is the most reliable cell phone with the best user interface. “The iPhone is hands down the best phone,” Hampson said. “I am able to use it for everything from school to entertainment and there are so many apps that make the phone more than just a phone. I am also able to stay connected to the Internet 24/7, and get all my mail as soon as it’s in my inbox and I don’t have to worry about missing out on anything—I’m always connected.” Firestone agrees with the
Life in a statistical flatland “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”—Mark Twain
According to Bruck, the truth lies in the skill of critical thinking. “We rarely get the unvarnished truth,” Bruck said. “It’s a rare commodity. Only Sean Luse someone that becomes a critiCorrespondent cal thinker can really make a Our grades are not good decision themselves. Find out enough, we are at risk of about technology for yourhealth problems, we don’t self. The reality is that we see make enough money—we a polarization of what we read need something. Information regarding technology. All too provided to us often comes often the answer lies in the under the guise of marketing. middle. Getting to the middle Interpreting information in a requires a critical thinking statistically ambiguous world mind. We are inundated with can often herd people’s opin- propaganda.” Leonard Stefanski, associate ions into small, distinguishdepartable groups. ment head We are overof statiswhelmed with tics, cominformation mented about techon the nology every ambiguday and our ity of inunderstandformation ing can easpresented ily be skewed to aud idepending on ences. the sources “Statiswe use. t ics is a Each day we discipline are f looded in the sciwith informaLeonard Stefanski, associate ence of tion from the department head of statistics extractmedia, politiing data… cians, corporations and our peers. Robert [in] every science that collects Bruck, alumni distinguished data and transforms it into a professor of plant pathologies conclusion, one can always and coordinator of environ- point to cases where it’s been mental programs, said, “The misused and where it’s been problem that we are constantly used properly. Results ought dealing with is the entire prem- to be taken with a grain of salt ise of selling technology. I have until they can be replicated,” seen charlatans on both sides of Stefanski said. “That’s how scithe issues and the reasons why ence works- going and trying to we see these people are that find interesting relationships, they want to win the hearts but many uncover false relaand minds for monetary gain.” tionships.”
“That’s how science worksgoing and trying to find interesting relationships, but many uncover false relationships.”
Stefanski went on to give an example. “[Look at] fairly rare cancers. Now you look at these across large areas. There are going to be some places where there are higher instances of the disease. Does it mean that there are things going on in this country? There is a tendency to report [relationships], but a second analysis shows things don’t look as significant or promising.” Stefanski explained the science of statistics is not necessarily absolute. “[It] is arguable at a lot of different levels… but that’s why you replicate studies… People are now collecting very large data sets [and] it will be easy to find relationships if the data set is large enough,” Stefanski said. “Many consumers are under a lot of time pressure and don’t pay sufficient attention into reading about new product information as thoroughly as perhaps they should,” Stacy Wood, professor of marketing, said. “In any decision-making situation it is good to gather information from both sides. Consider both the pros and cons. People need to look at the sources of input and who are providing the information…You won’t get bias outcomes if you avoid bias input. People need to look at the sources of input and who are providing the information,” Wood said.
voters that the iPhone 4 is 2010’s best cell phone. “The iPhone 4 was the perfect choice for Smartphone of the Year,” Firestone said. “There is no other phone that can compete with it. It seems as if the Droid was supposed to be competition, but it’s too big and not nearly as easy to navigate as the iPhone 4.” Sink said he does not understand why iPhone 4 won the award. “Yes, [the iPhone 4] is nice, but I do not like the [operating system]. For me, Sprint’s EVO with Android 2.2 is much better. Plenty of apps, the swipe keyboard and just the overall feel is better to me,” Sink said. “I feel as though I have a lot more freedom with Android than Apple, especially as a power user.” The iPhone 4 won with 47 percent of the vote.
Apple Macbook Air
MacBook Air earned 47 percent of the vote. Sink does not see the MacBook Air as a top-of-the-line laptop, and thinks it should belong with netbooks. “It is an amazing piece of engineering but the limitations are almost too much for me,” Sink said. “The lack of peripheral ports is painful, so is the price for the specs. The processors are average, so is the memory—the solid-state storage is nice but way too small. It’s a nice web-browsing machine but most would outgrow
it quickly. Firestone believes the MacBook Pro should not have won Laptop of the Year. “I disagree with the MacBook Air being Laptop of the Year. The computer is great quality, but there is no DVD drive, which would drive me crazy if I had the computer,” Firestone said. “I own a MacBook Pro and I love that I have a cardreader, DVD drive, Ethernet and multiple USB drives.”
iPhone 4’s imperfection Antenna design flaws persist despite new carrier. Fritz Barnewolt Correspondent
With the announcement of the iPhone 4 coming to Verizon, Apple fans everywhere rejoiced at the thought of having no more dropped calls. However, their excitement may be cut short when they realize both the Verizon and AT&T flavor of the iPhone 4 suffer from the same design flaw. The original iPhone 4 on the AT&T network was touted as a groundbreaking piece of hardware; it featured a retina display, a front-facing camera for video calling and still featured the famous Apple “App Store.” Apple also thought they had redesigned the phone’s antenna perfectly, moving it from the inside of the phone to the outside edge. Consumer Reports found the new “antenna” was actually a strip of stainless steel wrapped around the outside of the piece of hardware. There are several small gaps in the steel frame, which is where Apple’s problems began. Users of the phone started to submit complaints that calls would drop or not even go through in the first place. These reports caused uproar in the phone’s user community as it plagued nearly everyone who purchased the phone and had been using it without a case. The poor signal with the iPhone 4 emanated from how it was being held while in use. When the phone was held in a very natural position, in the palm, one of the gaps in the an-
tenna would be bridged by the user’s skin. Thus, signal would be interrupted and calls either would not connect or would drop in the middle of a conversation. In response to complaints, Apple released a statement asking users to “avoid gripping [the phone] in the lower left corner when ma k i ng or receiving a call.” CNN quoted Apple CE P Ste ve Jobs telling customers to “ just avoid holding it in that way.” Customers were not at all happy with this result—some threatened to sue Apple for intentional misrepresentation. Shortly thereafter, Jobs announced free “bumpers” would be issued to those who requested them. The case, just a small strip of rubber that covered the antenna, was a temporary fix to the reception issues. However, the public seemed to buy into it–press coverage of the issue essentially disappeared after people learned that a case fixed the issue. On Jan. 11, Verizon announced a partnership with Apple. The Verizon iPhone 4 has since become a reality. The design of the phone essentially stayed the same as its AT&T cousin; the only difference was the gap that had caused the connectivity issues had been relocated on the edge of the phone. However, the new
position was still vulnerable to the signal jamming from the AT&T version. Using a controlled environment, a team of Consumer Reports researchers put only the Verizon iPhone 4 and some of its leading competitors such as Motorola Droid 2 Global and HTC Droid Incredible through a number of reception tests. Each phone was set up in a chamber with a constant signal going to each piece of hardware. Next, researchers placed a finger in a number of positions on the edge of each phone. The results were that no phone other than the iPhone suffered loss of connectivity when fingers were placed in certain spots. With these results, it is clear the same downfall of the AT&T iPhone 4 remains in the Verizon version. Alex Eder, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, recently received the Verizon iPhone and case as a birthday gift and has had no difficulties with it. Paul Chang, a freshman in environmental technology, is in a similar situation with the AT&T version. He has never had reception issues but has only used the phone in its case. Chang is also very pleased with his phone. “Its amazing man,” Chang said.
“The original iPhone 4 on the AT&T network was touted as a groundbreaking piece of hardware.”
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NASA legend shares life story with students
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stronaut, neurosurgeon, chemist, designer, professor, mathematician, computer scientist, poet, painter and landscape designer, Story Musgrave sat down with the Technician before his presentation in the Witherspoon cinema Monday to answer a few questions. Age 75, Musgrave has led a remarkable life, from acquiring seven graduate degrees to embarking on six NASA missions over a 30 years, to helping design and troubleshoot the Hubble telescope. Now retired, Musgrave travels the world sharing his amazing life’s story. Technician: What was the training like to be an astronaut? Musgrave: Training is just being on the playing field. That’s my philosophy of life. It doesn’t matter what you do, whether you’re going to be an electrical engineer or you got a job or you’re got to run a hundred yard dash, you’re on someone’s playing field. That’s what I’ve done since the age of five. Technician: What kind of problems have you faced on the different missions that you’ve been on? Musgrave: I’ve been very fortunate. I was on the first shuttle launch abort, lit the engines didn’t go anywhere. The team did everything right. I was on the only shuttle mission to lose an engine after we got on. I had very few surprises on the Hubble repair, and that speaks to the team. They had identified what it takes to do the job. So I choreographed the perfect dance, where there would be no surprises. The bottom line of this is details. Technician: How many people where on each mission that you were on? Musgrave: Well I’ve had the smallest number. I’ve had
three, and then I’ve had seven. My different missions have had different numbers. Technician: What was your role on each mission? Musgrave: Most of the time I was a flight engineer. That’s center seat up front during launch and landing. Technician : Did you go through engineering school? What kind of Engineering did you study? Musgrave: I have a minor in Aeronautical Engineering, but that’s when I got interested in the space program and went back into post doctorate fellowship and graduate school to get ready. So that came later. I was age 29. Technician: Where you in the Air Force? Musgrave: I was Air Force but I was Marines; I was Marines in Korea. Technician: What was the longest you were in space? Musgrave: The shortest was five days, and the longest was 18. Technician: How was the transition into space and back to earth? Musgrave: Going up is very easy. Seventy percent of astronauts get sick going into space.
Fifty percent are sick enough to be vomiting. For me, it’s easy. And coming home, it depends on how many flights I had. My first flight was only five days, but it was rough coming home. It was very heavy. I felt heavy. I was unsteady. By the time I got to my fifth flight, we landed at one A.M. I went through about three hours of grueling medical exams, then flew to Huston and went to work. Technician: What’s it like managing family life and being an astronaut? Musgrave: I think it’s like being any other professional. When you have a calling, when you have a passion for something, your they have to share that. You’re not just eight to four [ o clock]. There’s some travel and there’s some long hours. There are some overnight hours. But I think it trades off nicely. I think the advantages for them outweigh the disadvantages. Technician: What was the most rewarding of being an astronaut? Musgrave: Meeting the expectations on the playing field. It’s the journey. [Knowing] you pulled it off. But still it’s not goal oriented. That’s the funny
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Story Musgrave, speaks at the Witherspoon Cinema on Monday. Musgrave chronicled his life from farm boy to astronaut, sharing life lessons about beauty, creativity and dedication, and encouraging students to seize their future.
thing about all this. It’s not goal oriented. It’s focus on the journey and how you do things. Technician: What did you eat in space? Musgrave: Well, first of all, I didn’t eat much. I stuffed my pockets and kept going. I wasn’t going to spend the time. A lot of people sit down, they sit on the floor, they should have been sitting on the ceiling, but they sit on the floor. For me, I don’t spend that much time on food because I can eat down here. Technician: Do you miss going into space? Musgrave: Probably. Miss is a difficult question. Miss
means I don’t like the life I have now, and I’d rather go back. So miss is a difficult question for me. I had hell of a good time. No one else stayed for 30 years. Technician: Do you agree with NASA getting rid of the shuttle program? Musgrave: Well it’s very bad timing, but of course you have to. You have to move on. That’s a sixties technology… but when you’ve just built a station that’s going to be up there for another ten years its bad timing. There’s two parts to that. We have to move on from the shuttle, but it’s not perfect timing. So, ironically, it’s with the Russians that we’re
going to get there. Technician: Do you have anything you would like to say to the students of N.C. State? Musgrave: You’ve got to have passion for what you do. Passion’s the number one word. The other would be to do what comes easy. Don’t say “well I have a weakness in this area, I have to strengthen it.” Don’t do that you won’t make a difference. Work on your strengths, not your weaknesses. Passion is the motor that drives you and doing things that come easy to you will guarantee that things will go well.
Research could improve rose lifespan with celery enzymes Horticulturists are working to strengthen the rose against diseases with enzyme from celery. Aaron Andersen Staff Writer
The irony of giving roses as a symbol of everlasting love is their imminent death. N.C. State horticulturists are looking to solve that problem by unlocking the mysteries behind the rose’s short lifespan – and to extend it. John Williamson, associate professor of horticulture, works with stress physiology. He studies why plants are resistant to various kinds of pressures. He is one of the professors in charge of the research to strengthen the rose. “The basic problem we are addressing is what the consumer sees when they buy the rose…very often, it’s gone in a couple days,” Williamson said. “With a really good florist that is doing everything they should, you can probably get a week out of [a rose].” Williamson hopes to vastly extend the consumer vase life
According to Williamson, of the long stem rose. In order to do this, he and the other re- celery is salt and drought tolersearchers have enlisted the help ant which makes it ideal for use of an enzyme called mannitol in gene extraction. Researchdehydrogenase that is found in ers have tested the usefulness of many plants, including celery. the gene in other flowers, and The enzyme, mannitol, was so far, the outlook is good. “At this point, we have not used as a sweetener and is done any realso an antisistance testoxidant. In ing on t he plants, it is roses,” Wilmetabolized liamson said. to help fight “ We h a v e off pathogens d o n e t e s tlike the coming on other m on p e t a l ornamental blight. Petal [pla nts.] It blight is the looks good so brown discolJohn Williamson far.” oration often So far, refound on the searchers have tested ornamenedges of the petals of flowers. Jennifer Garr, a senior in bi- tal tobacco, known as nicotiaology, said she received flow- na. Resistance test results from ers for Valentine’s Day. Even this plant are positive, which though she used the plant food means that other plants could that came with them, they still yield the same results. Roses are top priority beturned brown after just a coucause they dominate the flower ple days. “I think [flowers] would be a industry. “Roses are probably one of better investment if they lasted the highest dollar legal crops longer,” Garr said. The use of celery for extrac- you can grow,” Williamson tion of mannitol dehydroge- said. However, due to the climate, nase happened completely by the majority of roses we buy in chance.
“Roses are probably one of the highest dollar legal crops you can grow.”
the United States come from South America, mainly Columbia. If the research is successful, it will likely be licensed to companies for use in South America. “We still grow a lot of cut flowers in this country, just not roses,” Williamson said. “We grow lots of lilies, [which are] probably almost as expensive as roses per stem.” When creating genetically modified plants, there are concerns with the modifications escaping into other surrounding plants, creating “superweeds.” However, this is not a problem because researchers are creating a resistance to a naturally occurring pressure. “We’re taking a gene from a food you eat and putting it into a plant that you typically don’t eat,” Williamson said. “So in terms of safety of the resulting product, it’s probably as safe as you are going to get with any kind of cross.” Williamson said the concern is rational, but the government places a lot of regulations on genetic modifications. Austin McPhail, a junior in psychology, said he sees nothing wrong with genetically
modified plants – as long as the researchers stick to just flowers. If there was a way to make them last longer, McPhail said he would be willing to spend more money on flowers for his girlfriend. Despite the hype, Williamson said the research on roses has just begun. To introduce the gene into the plant, it is first put into a bacterium. That bacterium is used to get the gene into a cell, usually a single plant cell. The plant cell then has to be regenerated back into an entire plant. This process poses the most time consuming part. Researchers have to find optimal conditions to get that cell to regenerate back into a plant that meets all the standards of flower growing, including smell, aesthetic and vase life. “The roses are the least far a long,” Williamson said. “We’ve got the genes in. We are in the process of verifying that the genes are being expressed properly. Plants in the greenhouse that have the gene, including tomatoes and geraniums, are noticeably greener and healthier looking. Williamson said he is
how to keep flowers fresh: Until the research is complete, rose consumers can do a few things to keep their roses in optimal condition: •
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Try to buy roses from a florist that keeps the roses in near-freezing temperatures. This slows the metabolism of the rose and keeps it looking fresh for a longer period of time. Always use the powder that comes with most flowers. If the flowers don’t come with food, then use a clear, non-diet soda. It has everything a flower needs: a balanced pH, preservatives, and most importantly, fructose (sugar). Source: john williamson
pleased with these results. “We are very hopeful for the roses,” Williamson said. “Flowers help make people happy.”
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Hard courts bounce pretty true no matter what the surface. They’re pretty much the same as we’ve had before. I just can’t wait to get out there on Friday.” Despite not having on-site locker rooms or any of the other amenities provided at the normal facility, none of the coaching staff or athletes appear to be inconvenienced. In fact, the home court advantage may be further strengthened by the fact that visiting teams will be playing on an away court that they have never experienced in past competition. Sophomore Dave Thomson recognizes there is a lot more involved with the home court advantage other than being used to the same venue. “A tennis court’s a tennis court,” Thomson said. “I
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think the home advantage counts more than for courts you’re familiar with. I think it’s more about preparation as well. Not having to travel and stay in hotels and eat out in restaurants, things like that. You can stay in your own bed and you don’t have to change anything in your routine.” Both the men and women resume play this weekend. Though the women’s team travels to Charleston, S.C. this weekend to take on Wisconsin, it returns to action next Wednesday against rival North Carolina. The next men’s match will be held Friday at 2 p.m. against the Tarheels as well. According to Hodgson, the match should prove to be a barnburner, and the team is excited to take on its in-state foe. “If anyone likes tennis, this is definitely the match to come to, for sure,” Hodgson said. “It’s going to be a pretty hotly contested match.”
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Redshirt junior at 141 pounds Darius Little battles with Ohio’s Steve Wilson in the opening round of their match Jan. 22 at Reynolds Coliseum. Little won by a 5-3 decision, but the Pack fell to the Bobcats 29-12.
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Wake Forest and State club teams have not ended favorably for the Pack in recent years. Corley lamented on her team’s performance in their last encounter. “The last time we played them it was in a seven-onseven tournament at Carolina in the fall,” Corley said. “Unfortunately, we lost. The structure is very different, however. The last time we played them eleven-on-eleven we barely
had enough people to play. They beat us 3-1. It will be interesting to play them with a full squad.” The Pack will be looking to junior striker Allie Leonard to help provide goals for the win. Corley recognizes Leonard’s recent success. “Allie [Leonard] has been on fire,” Corley said. “She scored two at regionals and two against ECU. Everyone has good looks on goal but we’re just having trouble keeping them on frame. Hopefully that will change on Sunday.”
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The Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia is a much bigger stage than any of the stadiums that the two wrestlers have competed in thus far this season. Jordan compared the stadium to the RBC Center rather than Reynolds Coliseum. Though the lights may be shining brighter, Little said that he will treat each match just as he has any other match he has wrestled in this year.
“I try to look at it as just another match,” Little said. “I just shut out the fact that we are in a bigger atmosphere and treat it as just competing against the guy that is across from me. Wrestling is an individual sport, so you have to be mentally strong to win.” While Little may not have ended the way he wanted to in his last appearance to Nationals, Caldwell couldn’t have been more pleased with his finish. But after his National Championship, Caldwell had to sit out the entire 2009-2010 season due to injury. But Caldwell said that mak-
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• 30 of days until Kay Yow Spring Football Game.
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• Page 7: A continuation of the story about the two wrestlers at Nationals .
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Wrestlers prepared for Nationals Spring football begins today
Little and Caldwell looking to finish seasons strong at NCAA Tournament.
This morning the Pack will take the field for its first practice of 2011. GoPack. com will offer an inside look at spring football through a visual blog, a series of photographs and video each day. The spring season will culminate April 16 in the Kay Yow Spring Game, which raises money through donations for cancer research and awareness.
Cory Smith Deputy Sports Editor
The entire wrestling season has now culminated into one tournament, and two Wolfpack wrestlers have made the trek to Philadelphia, Pa, to compete in Nationals starting today. Redshirt senior Darrion Caldwell and redshirt junior Darrius Little are the only two N.C. State wrestlers in the competition, but they have both proven they are there for a reason. Both wrestlers competed in the 2009 Nationals and Caldwell came away with a National Champion. Coach Carter Jordan will also be making the trip to the Wells Fargo Center along with all of the other assistant coaches. He says that experience plays a big part in the competition and that is something that both wrestlers and Jordan have. “This is my 14th or 15th time going to Nationals,” Jordan said. “The more experience that you get, the better you are at preparing your wrestlers. Once you’ve coached in the semis and the finals, you know how to deal with pressure in this tournament.” Jordan also said the experience Caldwell gained from the 2009 competition, along with his record against top-10 opponents (16-4), will be helpful this time around. “Darrion [Caldwell] has seen it all,” Jordan said. “There
Source: N.C. State Athletics
Baseball pummels GMU
Junior Pratt Maynard had three hits and three RBIs to lead a balanced attack, and redshirt senior Rob Chamra allowed just one run in 5 1/3 innings as the Wolfpack rolled past George Mason 9-1 at Doak Field at Dail Park Wednesday afternoon. The bullpen trio of D.J. Thomas, Mike Clark and Rey Cotilla combined to pitch 3 2/3 scoreless innings to finish the game. The Pack will return to action this weekend with a three-game Atlantic Coast Conference series vs. Georgia Tech at Chandler Stadium in Atlanta. Source: N.C. State Athletics
Softball sweeps Elon
N.C. State took both games in a doubleheader at Elon yesterday winning 4-2 and 131. Alyssa Allbritten went 3-for4 in the game and Bethaney Wells notched six RBI in the doubleheader offensively for the Pack, which had an impressive day at the plate. The Pack returns to action Saturday, hosting Florida State in a doubleheader at 1 and 3 p.m. to open up ACC play at Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Stadium.
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Darrion Caldwell, Wolfpack redshirt sophomore, goes for a pin against The Citadel's Jordan Dix on Feb. 15. N.C. State won the meet with a team score of 28-18.
won’t be any surprises for him when it comes to wrestling in the Nationals. He has been here and won the whole thing, so he has plenty of experience. The only people that say that experience doesn’t matter are people who don’t have experience.” Though this may be Little’s
second trip to Nationals, he is a much different wrestler than the last time that he competed on this stage. At the end of the 2009 season, Little was 17-17 and finished second in the ACC competition. While he made it to Nationals, he did not advance very far before coming back home.
Tennis finds new home
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Until construction on their home courts is finished, the men’s and women’s tennis teams will be hosting their home competitions at the courts located in Pullen Park. Although the venue is unusual, both Wolfpack tennis squads seem unshaken by the change in routine. The women’s team has already won a match at the new location, and the men look forward to their first competition on the site by hosting bitter rivals from Chapel Hill Friday. Coach Jon Choboy is impressed by the job done to accommodate the athletes while the Curtis and Jacqueline Dail Outdoor Tennis Stadium remains under construction. “The administration had done a really good job making it as good of a home court as possible,” Choboy said. “It’s got a brand new surface. Usually when it’s brand new it’s a little slower and that’s true. It’s definitely a little slower than we’re used to but once you play on it a couple of weeks you get accustomed to it.” The change of venue is by no means a sudden or unexpected occurrence. Both teams planned ahead and began practicing on the courts in order to get used to any differences there may be between the courts, if any at all. Junior
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Nationals,” Little said. “But I feel a lot more confident in my abilities after the season that I have had, but I guess we will see [today] how much I have improved since two years ago. It’s do or die at this point, and I want to win bad.”
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Women’s club soccer takes on Wake Forest
Men’s and women’s tennis teams shift to Pullen Park during renovation.
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This year, he has led the team in wins with a 26-10 record, but yet again fell short in the conference championship match. Little says not much has changed for him since 2009, but he feels a lot more confident going into his match today. “I feel about the same as I did the last time we came to
With the addition of a coach, State hopes to end spring season undefeated. Josh Hyatt Staff Writer
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Sanaa Bhambri, a first year graduate student in business, plays against Duke University in the Women's Tennis match at the Pullen Park tennis courts on March 4.
Dominic Hodgson recognizes the dissimilarities but they do not stifle his enthusiasm. “It’s going to be different,” Hodgson said. “It’s obviously not where we’re used to play-
ing our tennis but we’ve had a lot of practices out there the last few weeks and everyone is starting to feel comfortable.
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The women’s club soccer team looks forward to hosting its first and final home game of the season against the Yellow Jackets this Sunday at 2 p.m. Although the club team usually plays on the upper Miller Fields, the venue is currently scheduled to be at Lee Field. However, that may change between now and Sunday. Freshman Cristina Maldonado looks forward to her first home game. “It’s going to be exciting,” Maldonado said. “It’s our first home game of the season. It should be a very interesting game.” After a fall season record of 4-5-1 and a successful spring recruitment drive, the team defeated the ECU club team 3-1 and is hoping to achieve its first undefeated season in the team’s history. Also a first in the team’s recent history is the presence of a coach. The team has previously been completely student-led with captains serving as player-
coaches but this season they have acquired the assistance of Mike Johnson. Freshman Amanda Welsh respects Johnson’s contribution to the team. “He’s played soccer his entire life,” Welsh said. “He’s played in tournaments overseas. He’s really good for us. He’s pushing us more technically than we’ve been pushed before. He’s definitely getting our skills more refined. He knows what he’s talking about. He’s pushing us fitness-wise, which is also good. Overall, it’s good for us to have him to help us be a more cohesive team. It’s a lot more different than having a player-coach, which is what we’re used to.” According to the team’s captain, Logan Corley, Johnson is the future brother-inlaw of one of the members of the team. After being offered to play soccer at Davidson, Johnson decided to follow family tradition and attended Carolina. Corley mentioned a wager set between Johnson and the team due to the rivalry between the Wolfpack and the Tarheels. “We have a bet with him,” Corley said. “If we win the Clemson tournament, he has to walk down Franklin Street while wearing an N.C. State t-shirt.” The fixtures between the
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