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ROTC ceremony recognizes student leadership Jessie Halpern News Editor

More than 200 ROTC cadets, cadres and families gathered in Talley Thursday evening for the Fall 2012 Army ROTC Awards Ceremony, in which students were honored and welcomed into the University’s ROTC program. 2nd Lt. Jared Richards said the annual event is one all cadets are made to attend, but a lot of planning goes into the evening to ensure it’s one

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they’ll choose to remember. “It’s a big day because we’re preparing new cadets who are going to be contracting into the army,” Richards said. According to Richards, the most important step in planning the ceremony is tracking student achievement. “The award ceremony not only recognizes new cadets coming in who are going to receive scholarships and contract into the army, but also students who have come back

from recent schools and have a final assessment before they reach senior year, graduate and commission,” Richards said. “We also recognize special achievement in physical fitness, scholar awards, and others to award cadets showing great progress with their physical training scores and grade point averages.” While many students don’t think twice about seeing someone in full military uniform walking to class, the Wolfpack Battalion, as the University’s ROTC program is known,

is a highly competitive program with strict requirements, according to Richards. “Students who want four-year scholarships have to apply way ahead of time, as early as when they apply to attend universities their junior year of high school,” Richards said. According to Richards, N.C. State and other Army ROTC programs across the nation have become much more competitive because the U.S. is trying to get out of a war phase.

“The Army is shrinking down and we’re a bit more picky,” Richards said. “High school students come in junior year to interview and take a physical fitness test and show us their SAT scores and their GPA. They have to be at the top of their game to get selected.” Richards said the University leaves the freshman and sophomore ROTC classes open so interested students can get a taste of what ROTC life is

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Ph.D. candidate Brian Powell has been awarded a prestigious Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship this month to study neutron movement in N.C. State’s Burlington Nuclear Laboratories. The fellowship will pay Powell’s tuition and book costs, provide a stipend for living expenses, cover annual workstation purchases, and fund conference related travel. The Computational Science Graduate Fellowship has been awarded since 1991 by the DOE to encourage the development of computational scientists in fields as varied as biology, fluid mechanics, mechanical engineering, and nuclear engineering. “I am researching computational methods for solving the neutron transport equation to find ways to express neutron movement through a medium,” Powell said. Nuclear reactors rely upon neutron movement to generate power. “In this field, the challenge is how we can find this faster and more accurately,” Powell said. Advancements could lead to improvements in nuclear reactor technology, according to Powell. This is Powell’s first semester at N.C. State, having done his undergraduate studies at West Point. Powell said he enjoys nuclear computational science for its variety. “There are so many branches within Nuclear Engineering, it is not just one specific area of academics you are involved in,” Powell said. Powell was acquainted with the Computational Science Graduate Fellowship through another student with whom he was working who had recently completed his doctorate through the program. Although Powell had some connections with the CSGF, it was still very difficult to be accepted into. “The thing that makes it so selec-

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tive is that they select [the fellowship] out of all computational sciences, not just nuclear engineering,” Powell said. Computational science is a subdivision of computer science. Powell said computational scientists use supercomputers to model various mathematical simulations to find the answers behind various scientific questions, such as how neutron movement can be described. The computational scientist needs to be knowledgeable in both the subject they are researching, as well as in how to design and interpret the models they create. The field is so varied because of its wide applications. Many different scientific disciplines, such as nuclear and other types of engineering, have not had the computer power to research questions until very recently. This has created a demand for computational scientists, according to Powell. Currently, 70 students around the United States are CSGF fellows. Powell joins a group of 21 first-year fellows in 2012. The Fellowship has some great benefits, but it is also accompanied by an enormous course load and a three-month practicum at one of the Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories. “I have practically zero free time,”

Powell said. “I have three graduate courses, and the rest of my time outside of class is spent doing research.” Although Powell’s schedule can seem a little hectic, he also enjoys his work and said it is “challenging yet rewarding.” Despite working in the field of nuclear computational science, Powell does not do any work with the University’s nuclear reactor. “It is a common misconception that all nuclear engineers get to work on reactors,” Powell said. “I may never use one. I work on theory, which the guys who use reactors use in application.” The fellowship is designed as a recruitment tool for the Department of Energy’s national laboratories. According to the department, approximately 30 percent of CSGF fellows have worked in a DOE lab setting after obtaining their doctorate. Other fellows move on to academic institutions, or, in some cases, the private sector. Powell wants to stay involved in computational science after completing his doctorate. According to him, there are “any number of interesting nuclear problems” to work on.

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Student group provides post-abortion support Laura Wilkinson Deputy News Editor

After helping a friend through a tough time having an abortion, Tianna Spears felt a change was in order. Spears, a junior in business administration, founded The Beautiful Pain Movement—a post-abortion help group based in Durham. Spears said the movement is focused on providing support and hope to people who have had an abortion, or have experienced the event via a friend or family member. “My organization isn’t associated with any pro-life or pro-choice groups because we feel it’s bigger than that,” Spears said. “We feel like the bigger focus is the people who have been through this and we don’t want to judge them or knock anything they’ve been through.” People seeking help through the movement can attend a fiveweek session, beginning Sept. 22 and running through Oct. 20. The group meets every Saturday from 11 a.m. to noon, and attendees remain anonymous. “I’ve seen a lot of friends and family members go through this, and talking to them and trying to help them get through it, I saw there weren’t a lot of resources for them to reach for,” Spears said. Abortion is a very sensitive issue and a lot of people have their personal opinions about it, but Spears said it’s bigger than prolife or pro-choice. “I wanted to start a group where people could just feel accepted, no matter what they’ve been through or the factors that led them, their friend or their family member to make that decision, but they’d be accepted and understood,” Spears said.

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“People just need understanding, they want somebody to listen.” Spears said most of the post-abortion support groups out there are Christian groups focused on oneon-one counseling with a forgiveand-set-free curriculum, but she feels her movement is for anybody. “I think a lot of people just feel misunderstood. They want somebody to support them and get what they’re going through, but I don’t feel a lot of people actually do,” Spears said. “A lot of times with abortion, women are just expected to get over it and continue with their daily lives.” Spears admitted marketing has been a little difficult because the topic of abortion is very sensitive, but so far she has not received any backlash. “I would understand why I would get backlash, and I’m prepared for it,” Spears said. According to its website, The Beautiful Pain Movement was started to take something positive out of what many view as a negative situation. “We believe anything people experience in life that is extremely difficult and makes them stronger in the end is a beautiful experience,”

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like before formally joining the program. For those who don’t know what to expect, one of the keystones of the program is a physical fitness regimen, according to Richards. “We do physical fitness on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays around campus, but students need to do training on their own time,” Richards said. Richards said the physical component isn’t the only one. In fact, the ROTC program does regular grade checks. “We’re always checking up on the grades and we have a document called a 104R which tracks every class a cadet needs, so there are no issues graduation,” Richards said. Thursday evening’s ceremony took place in Talley from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. and honored the commitment of N.C. State’s ROTC students, new and old.

More than 40 human service agencies packed into N.C. State’s Caldwell Lounge Wednesday afternoon in hopes of recruiting social work and other College of Humanities and Social Science students for volunteer and full-time positions. The Department of Social Work at N.C. State hosts the Social Work Volunteer and Career Fair twice a year, once during each semester, in order to help social work majors and graduate students find volunteer and work opportunities. Upon graduation, social work majors are required to complete 40 hours of service in three separate major courses. Kathy Osborne, clinical assistant professor and Bachelors of Social Work field director, said although the event was originally designed to provide social work majors with outlets for gaining work and volunteer experience, the event attracts other students from the University as well. “We love that other University students come,” Osborne said. “The event is very engaging and there are lots of people to talk to.” In addition, Osborne said the University encourages other social work programs f rom across North Carolina to attend. According to

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the website reads. “Mindset is everything. We are here to listen. We are here to say it happened. We are here to be the voice of the many women and men who are not heard, to start a conversation that does not exist, but needs to be discussed.” According to the Guttmacher Institute, approximately 1.21 million abortions

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Cadet Brett Simpson receives a sword for outstanding performance during the 2012 Leader Development and Assessment Course at the Army ROTC Award Ceremony Thursday afternoon. Only 14 people out of about 6,000 are given the award each summer. “It felt pretty awesome,” Simpson said. “I’m not exceptional. I’m just a hard worker.”

took place in the U.S. in 2008, the most current data year. Women in their 20s account for more than half of all abortions, and most are unmarried, single women, according to the Institute. “In the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, the Supreme Court ruled that women, in consultation with their physician, have a constitutionally protected right to have an abortion in the early stages of pregnancy— before viability—free from government interference,” the Guttmacher

Institute’s website says. From 1973 to 2008, nearly 50 million legal abortions have occurred in the U.S., according to the Guttmacher Institute, and The Beautiful Pain Movement aims to help all of the affected they can. If students, faculty or staff are interested in attending the sessions, they can visit thebeautifulpainmovement. org or come to the first session on Sept. 22 at 114 West Parrish Street in Durham on the fourth floor.

Osborne, the University’s Department of Social Work communicated closely with its neighbor, Saint Augustine’s, this semester. Every semester a variety of organizations from across the Triangle attend the event. Osborne said in many cases, organizations are looking for volunteers, particularly relating to youth development, such as one-on-one child mentoring. Bounceback Kids, a nonprofit organization with locations throughout the Triangle, provides year-round sports programs and community activities for children with serious medical conditions and their families. According to Kristen Scheiber, participant services coordinator for Bounceback Kids, the majority of children within the program are diagnosed with brain tumors, sickle cell anemia and cancer. Bounceback Kids also provides families with support services, like free parking for medical visits, yard work and lending out iPads. The organization relies heavily on many N.C. State students to help with the various handson activities offered, such as playing basketball games and doing arts and crafts with children. “We take a lot of volunteers from all three schools, Duke, UNC and N.C. State.” Scheiber said. “We’ve had a lot of great success from N.C. State. The PreHealth Club sends tons of student volunteers to us, as well as the social work department.” In addition to organizations like Bounceback Kids,

other organizations included Heartland Hospice Services and LFS Carolinas. Nontraditional agencies attended the fair as well. The Division of Law Enforcement for the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission attended in hopes of finding job applicants for its department. “We started an internship with the criminology department at N.C. State this year,” Jon Evans, director of training, said. “We’re here more for the career part than for volunteers.” Other student and campus organizations were represented as well, including the Baccalaureate Student Social Work Association, the Women’s Center and the Career Center. Erica Smith, a graduate student in the MSW program and intern for Wake Interfaith Hospitality Network, said the event was a lot more crowded than she anticipated. Smith said she has enjoyed working with WIFH and hopes to continue her work. “I want to work with adolescents and kids,” Smith said. “So far I really like interning at WIHN. I’m there 20 hours a week and get to work with homeless families.” Osborne said a number of committed volunteers help run the fair each semester, including Ray and Barbara Shoenfelt, whose son attends N.C. State and who are big fans of the University. The social work department will host its next career and volunteer fair on January 23 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in Caldwell Lounge.

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end me a pic.” That’s the message that sent me into a rage a few weeks ago, the message that still makes me grit my teeth in anger and narrow my eyes in disgust. Many students, both male and female, are well aware of the practice of sexting—a word, Laura by the way, which Wilkinson is now included in Deputy News the Oxford English Editor Dictionary. While many people are annoyed when receiving such requests for naked pictures of themselves, others are perpetuating the objectification of women and men by responding positively to such demeaning requests.

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“Netflix. I’m going to watch Top Gear (UK) and put on my top hat and monocle. “ Larry Sampson senior, applied mathematics

“I will shave my beard off. ”

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“I’ll probably go out to my friend’s place and celebrate.” Ryan Glembocki sophomore, material science

“Regardless of the result, we will turn up and turn out. ” Kinesha Harris freshman, biological sciences

On its face, sexting seems a harmless practice between two consenting adults. But in reality, the practice has more far-reaching consequences. Not only do women and men have to fear those pictures getting into the wrong hands—perhaps the hands of the person for whom it was sent in the first place—but what happens after the picture is sent is the real issue. For the purpose of this column, I will refer to sexting as a female sending a picture of herself either naked or with clothes that leave little to the imagination. The purpose of looking at a sext is not to share a sexual experience; it’s to objectify the woman. When a guy looks at your body, he’s not seeing your thoughts, dreams, ex-

point out the difference between the two. During sex a man is forced to see you – all of you, face included, and feel and hear your response. Sexting is static and the line of communication is cut between the two of you. He can ignore your face and you don’t have the ability to verbally share a response. What sexting does is eliminate the partnership aspect of physical intimacy. Sure, it may be exciting for you to send or receive that photo, but where’s the emotional connection? Anyone who says they don’t care about an emotional connection is lying—people are social beings that crave approval, as one of my professors recently said during a sociology lecture. Ladies, the approval you’re feeling from the guy you just sent that

photo to isn’t going to last. Guys, the sexual pleasure you get from seeing that photo isn’t going to last. You’re always going to want more. The guy who sent me that text saying “send me a pic” never heard back—though if I see him again he’ll be sure to get an earful from me. Yet, he kept texting me in the following days, trying to make that social connection he so craved, if for the wrong reasons. You may agree with me or you may disagree—that is your choice. But the next time you get that little voice in the back of your head saying “I want something meaningful,” remember why I made the decision to say no. I want something meaningful too. And a naked photo isn’t it.

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ol it ics i n t he Un ited St ates are race-phobic. As talk show host Chris Matthews chastised former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney for his racially undertone birther jokes and Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said President Barack Obama has played the “race card” by touting the fact that he is the first black president, according to Politico, the debate that has quietly crept into the Republican National Convention (RNC) begs the question: Is there a place for race in politics? In a postmodern world where all are on a level playing field, t here is no need for race to be involved in politics. But the fact remains that we are not in a postmodern world. We are in a world where wounds of racial intolerance and bigotry are still displayed daily, and not all are on a level playing field— instead, systemic socioeconomic inequality prevails and remains an issue across the U.S. As recently as Wednesday, the news of boorish RNC attendees thrown out for throwing peanuts at a black CNN journalist and saying, “this is how we feed animals,” broke. According to a report from the State of Black America, black Americans are still twice as likely to be unemployed, three times more likely to live in poverty and six times more likely to be arrested than white Americans. Clearly, ignoring race does not erase the deep roots of racism that remain woven into a society that prides itself on diversity and acceptance.

If race cannot be ignored in society, then perhaps it should stop being swept under political carpets. But that does not mean that parties must parade their minority members to prove acceptance. Nor should leaders whose roots stem f rom minority communities, like Barack Obama, born to a white mother and Kenyan father, or Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, whose grandfather immigrated to the U.S. almost 100 years ago, bear the sole responsibility for drawing attention to issues of racial inequity. Rather, while the race of political candidates may bear little significance to their political standpoints or qualifications, the fear of discussing race in politics needs to quickly dissolve for progress to be made in society. Politicians should be spearheading the dialogue that will bring the U.S. to a society where race can be ignored.

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pectations of your future together or even your whole image. He’s seeing specific body parts he turns into sexual objects in his mind to demand pleasure. It wouldn’t matter whether the picture were of Mila Kunis or your mom—he’s not looking at your face. Over time, the guy looking at those pictures stops seeing you as a respectable woman and starts seeing you as an object to manipulate into desire. This is a danger that translates to all the women he now encounters, not just to you. Whether consciously or not, he’ll start to view other women the same way he sees them through sexting—similar to how men view women in porn. For those of you who may point out that men see women naked in real life when having sex, let me

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I’d like to express my respectful disagreement with Joseph Havey’s article “Apple of consumers’ eyes” regarding the impact of the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit and (more importantly) the role of patents in American creative culture. Patent law in America does not encourage innovation as it was intended. In fact, the way the system works today actually discourages innovation from small businesses and individuals by turning invention from a creative process to a confusing legal process that can only be navigated by organizations with the money to hire lawyers to help them. The fact that patents don’t fulfill their intended purpose of spurring innovation can be seen in the ways that

patents are misused in society. Take, as just one example of many, the notion of “defensive patents.” A near-universal strategy among tech giants is to compile a massive patent portfolio, just in case they get sued for patent infringement. The logic is that if they have enough patents, they can search through their portfolio and find some patent that the company suing them is infringing upon to use as a “defense.” I’m willing to assert there is not a company in the world that isn’t infringing on another company’s patents (which is why South Korea decided in the Apple vs Samsung case to ban BOTH of them for infringing each others’ patents). So in a sense, you’re right. If Samsung hadn’t made their device with rounded corners, they would have invented something completely different, that infringed on a completely different set of patents. This is why we in the Open Source world refer to patents as a “minefield.” Patent law is an arcane and

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Professor explores Vietnamese culture Kenneth Pham Correspondent

When it comes to Vietnamese honors at N.C. State, few match John Balaban, professor of English. After many years spent working and researching Vietnamese culture, the poet was recognized and awarded a medal for his work in preserving the nation’s culture. Balaban’s earliest experiences in the country came during the Vietnam War. He found himself helping children who were injured in the conflict. Balaban described these children as victims of severe trauma. During the war, he saw children disfigured by napalm, and some in need of triple amputations and facial reconstruction. For many, the only help came from U.S. medical care. Despite the horrors he encountered, Balaban became enamored by the culture and its people. Balaban learned the language and listened as peasants sang songs while they worked in the fields. Through further research, he learned that these songs

were historical poems that the language’s complicated existed in Nom, which pre- linguistic roots. Balaban was ceded the alphabetization unable to understand certain of the Vietnamese language. words, such as birds that were Nom was mentioned w r it ten i n in the poChinese ems, withcharacters, out the help t he form of locals. Vietnamese Yet Balawriting took ba n fou nd until the inthat having troduction someone John Balaban, of the LATwho spoke English professor IN alphabet. the local Balaban dialects said the people of Vietnam helped in his cause. His lowere not interested in these cal partner not only offered poems after many genera- helpful translations, but altions of resentment toward lowed Balaban to gain more China, Vietnam’s former recognition from the people. ruler. With the advent of computBalaban soon started doc- ers, Balaban was able to reumenting the songs with the cord the poems into modern help of recording equipment, scripts and the original Nom. traveling around the country He also spearheaded a founin search of whatever new dation for the preservation songs the people could share of these poems, particularly with him. the ones found in temples. Overall, Balaban was able Carved into stone and wood, to record more than 500 Viet- many had deteriorated to the namese folk songs. However, point of near-illegibility due after a decade of work, he was to weathering and aging. only able to translate 49 short Electronical documenting poems into English. in Nom was another issue, as Balaban said the translation the language is not one comprocess was difficult due to monly recognized by com-

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puters. However, Balaban was able to have the language coded into Unicode, allowing for easy storage and printing for interested scholars. Balaban’s trips to and from Vietnam allowed him to make significant progress over the years. His work was even noticed by the North Vietnamese government, which deemed his collection of poems a national literary treasure. Balaban was even invited to the capital city of Hanoi, where he received a medal for his achievements. A mong t he numerous works Balaban has had published, several have related to his time spent in Vietnam. Ca Dao Viet Nam: Vietnamese Folk Poetry and Spring Essence, The Poetry of Ho Xuan Huong, for example, are products of those efforts. “I’m happy to do this for my Vietnamese friends and people of linguistics,” Balaban said. “I think we are just beginning. The real excitement is what possibilities lay ahead.”

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Barrel racing brings the rodeo to Raleigh Katie Sanders Senior Staff Writer

Students can catch a taste of the wild-west rodeo, even near Raleigh. Deanne Stephens, a senior in animal science, competes there regularly. “I started riding in fun shows when I was three or four with my mom,” Stephens said. “It just kind of kept on. When I got older I wanted to be more competitive.” A friend of hers then lent her a horse to try her hand at barrel racing and she’s been doing it ever since. In the rodeo-style competition barrel racing, horses run a sprint around three barrels pre-set in a cloverleaf pattern. Races are faster than many other competitions with some requiring less than 15 seconds. Usually the horses that race are quarter-horses, but any breed is allowed to compete. Stephens has won multiple awards, most notably second in the fourth division of the State competition, and second in the 2D of the world competition, held in Jackson, Miss. “I’ve never felt anything like it before. You get back in the finals, and it’s one run, and there are 20,000 other people there,” Stephens said. She won her world-champion title on her horse Little Jack, completing the course in only 14.3 seconds. “[Little Jack]’s one that’s so calm you would never think anything of him, and then when he runs he goes. There is no stopping him,” Stephens said. Now that Stephens has gotten older, however, Little Jack is short enough that her feet drag on the ground when he

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In barrel racing, competitors circle predetermined sets of barrels as quickly as possible. Some events require less than 15 seconds to complete.

runs around the barrels and so he’s now retired from racing. She now takes care of eight horses, training them each to participate in races. She is allowed to run multiple horses in races, though not the same horse twice. “The more I do, the better they perform for me,” Stephens said. “I have to work for it as much as they do.” She trotted each of her horses three miles a day while she was living near them. Training for the event takes all sorts of preparation. “Bending, stretching, I went through the animal chiropractic care clinic to make sure my horse is capable of doing this because I don’t want to hurt my horse, walk the pattern, ride it, stop them where you want them to start

to turn at, it’s just all training,” Stephens said. Her favorite racing horse is named Peppy. “He has no sense. He goes in and he starts kicking and bucking, and then once he runs, he runs fine,” Stephens said. One of her competitors and friends, James Lord, a senior in agricultural business management, also made it to the finals of the world championship and participated in local shows and the youth world championship. He currently has four horses and runs three of them, but has trained ten in all. Amos, registered as Dashing with Fire, is Lord’s preferred horse, and goes with him to world championships. He described him as a quirky goofball.

“He’s basically a dog, but for] anyone who is interested weighs 1,200 pounds” Lord in barrel racing or finding out said. more information.” Stephens and Lord race Both Lord and Stephens with the National Barrel recommend the sport highly, Horse Association, which, not only because you have to though it has know your spread interhorses well, nationally to but for its Brazi l and quick pace China, has and excitemanaged to ment. keep its lo“For m e Deanne Stephens, cal feel. personally, senior in animal science “We conit’s that you sider ou rget this exselves like a big family,” Ste- treme adrenaline rush,” Lord phens said. “It’s a place for all said. “And it’s something you ages, for all levels; if you’re can learn… For every horse starting out that’s fine, if you have to do something you’re higher up that’s fine.” different.” “North Carolina NBHA Stephens is still practicing supports all barrel racing in while going to school, but North Carolina,” said Patty not as intensively. She had to Nunnery, the North Carolina leave her horses at home and NBHA State Director. “[It’s lives about two hours away.

“The more I do, the better they perform for me.”

“Right now I have slower horses because they’re at home and I don’t get to ride as much,” Stephens said. “So I can’t expect to go win, but I can expect to go 4D, 3D and still do fine” Stephens wants to be a veteranarian when she graduates, but she never wants to give up her sport either. “I want to travel with my horses, ride, and do my vet stuff,” Stephens said. Lord was in agreement— even if he doesn’t train horses professionally, he never wants to stop racing. “I plan on always having horses and always barrel racing” Lord said. “Horses are something that run in my blood—I can’t get rid of them.”

Linguistics professor shares his life experiences Emma Cathell Correspondent

Walt Wolfram, a professor of linguistics, has had a long and varied career during his life. Hailing from Philadelphia, Pa., Wolfram’s 45year career, almost of half of which has been here at N.C. State, has given him a number of unique experiences and reasons for choosing his profession. Wolfram described himself as an “accidental academic” because he never expected seeing himself becoming a professor. “I’m not really a traditional

academic,” Wolfram said. “I never even knew a college graduate, so I had no aspiration to be an academic. I didn’t know any and I didn’t even know it was an option, so I sort of just happened into it.” Wolfram received his B.A. in anthropology from Wheaton College in Illinois and his M.A. and Ph.D. in linguistics from Hartford Seminary Foundation in Connecticut. While in college, Wolfram was drawn into linguistics, the study of language structure, for several reasons. “We always try to find things we do reasonably

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well,” Wolfram said. “I actually had an aptitude for language because my parents were German immigrants, so my first language is actually German. From there, I thought of all the things I could do, and languages are pretty easy for me.” Beyond an aptitude for language, Wolfram desired to be a missionary throughout college. This led him to seek a focus that would help in this goal. “A lot of the early linguistics work related to missionary work because linguists were translating the Bible,” Wolfram said. “In order to translate the Bible, you need to know what the structure of the other language is like. After many years of studying linguistics and preparing to be a missionary, Wolfram found himself unable to go. “I was heading toward the mission field in Ecuador, but we had one child and one on the way and didn’t have enough support,” Wolfram said. Instead of going on his mission, Wolfram was fortunate enough to find work that would support his family. “I was offered a job in D.C. doing research, so I had to take it because we needed to live,” Wolfram said. “I loved what I did, and realized that you can be a different kind of missionary in terms of your passion and your commitment.” After some time in D.C., Wolfram was offered another job, one that brought him to the University.

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“Out of a clear blue sky one night, somebody called me and said, ‘Hey, you’ve been recommended for an endowed chair, would you be interested,’” Wolfram said. “I said, ‘Sure, I don’t know a soul at N.C. State, but yeah, I’ll come down and try it.’ And here I am 20 years later, waiting for my next adventure.” Wolfram expressed an appreciation for living in North Carolina because it has inspired his linguistics study. “One of the reasons that I spent the last 20 years working on North Carolinian accents is because they’re such a rich treasure to explore,” Wolfram said. During his career, Wolfram has had several accomplishments. Wolfram is the author of 23 works, including research books, textbooks, and trade books and more than 300 articles about American English. Wolfram is also an accomplished lecturer, giving roughly 50 around the world each year. “This summer I was in Saudi Arabia for 10 days lecturing,” Wolfram said. “I gave national lectures about American English diversity and American English because the teaching of English is a big subject [in Saudi Arabia].” Wolfram’s goal is to show how important it is to appreciate the worth of different dialects. “There is so much misunderstanding about dialects in American society,” Wolfram

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said. “You grow up to sort of think that southern dialects are stupid and African American English is corrupt English. There are all these myths about language.” To give awareness about language appreciation, Wolfram helped set up a booth for The North Carolina Language and Life Project at the State Fair. “We try to educate and get people to accept and appreciate that dialect differences are part of the heritage in North Carolina,” Wolfram said.

Even though he has accomplished and contributed much to the study of linguistics, Wolfram remains humble. “Am I proud of myself ? Not really,” Wolfram said. “I’m actually more proud of myself as a father than I am as an academic because I have four awesome kids and loving grandchildren. I don’t define myself and my achievements in terms of my academics. I identify it more in terms of my overall life.”

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The men’s soccer team will travel to Duke over the weekend to take on No. 34 Santa Clara and No. 39 Delaware in the John Rennie Nike Invitational. It will match up against Delaware on Friday at 5 p.m. and Santa Clara on Sunday at 12 p.m. State is currently 2-0-0 on the season, scoring wins against Liberty and Mercer in its first two contests. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Jewelry store to partner with Athletics Bailey’s Fine Jewelry will be an official sponsor of N.C. State sports for the 2012-13 academic year. The partnership will include a Bailey Box video board game throughout the season, a private shopping event for some fans and the Digging for Diamonds contest. SOURCE: ROUNTREE COMMUNICATIONS

Hess to return as ACC official Referee Karl Hess will return to calling ACC games for the 2012-13 men’s basketball season. Hess decided not to call games during the 2012 ACC Tournament after the ACC disciplined him for ejecting two former N.C. State basketball players, Chris Corchiani and Tom Gugliotta, from the game against Florida State on Feb. 18. SOURCE: NEWS AND OBSERVER

Rodon named top Team USA Prospect

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Sophomore pitcher Carlos Rodon and sophomore infielder Trea Turner were ranked in the top-10 of Baseball America’s prospect list. Rodon earned the top spot and Turner came in eighth and third among Team USA position players. They were the only players representing the Atlantic Coast Conference in the rankings. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

Volleyball to compete in weekend tournament The Wolfpack host the Courtyard Midtown Classic this weekend at Reynolds Coliseum. The Pack will take on South Florida, Kent State and Virginia Commonwealth over the course of the weekend. State opened its season 3-0 by taking the Comfort Inn & Suites West Ashley Invitational last weekend. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS

QUOTE OF THE DAY “Having a guy like Mike who has been through it all, who has been through the tough times, really helps our team” Tony Creecy sophomore running back

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This is supposed to be N.C State Head Coach Tom O’Brien’s most experienced line since arriving in Raleigh. Last season the offensive line gave up 32 sacks, good enough for nearly 2.5 sacks a game. As previously mentioned State was second to last in the ACC in rushing yards per game and finished dead last in rushing yards per carry 3.04. The offensive line needs to step up to allow Glennon the time to utilize State’s other talent. If the line can open up lanes to allow State to establish a running game that will open up the passing game, it would be disastrous for Tennessee. Tennessee returns a very solid and experienced offensive line that only gave up 18 sacks all of last season. Tennessee finished second in the SEC in this category, tied with LSU. Only Alabama allowed fewer sacks. This line excelled in quarterback protection, but failed to open up many running lanes as the Vols only managed 2.76 yards per carry. The offensive line also has the difficult task of stopping one of the more aggressive defenses in the ACC. Tennessee gets the edge here because it only allowed 18 sacks last year in the SEC.

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fortunate enough to be led by quarterbacks that could easily transition into the NFL. Last season Tyler Bray’s season was cut short after suffering a thumb injury. On the other end, Mike Glennon came on strong for State, playing his best games in the second half of the season which ended in a three-game win streak for the Wolfpack. Glennon returns for his final season at State as one of the best quarterbacks in the country. Last season Glennon threw for 3,052 yards, completing 62.5 percent of his passes. Even more impressive is that Glennon threw for 31 touchdowns to only 12 interceptions. He also led the Pack’s offense to win the last three games, including the come-from-behind thriller against Maryland. Glennon’s biggest weakness is his inability to escape the pass rusher. Last season Glennon was sacked 32 times and protecting him will play a large role in this game. Glennon played his best games late in the season, but Tennessee’s Bray was just the opposite. Bray injured his thumb on his throwing hand and missed five games last season. During his playing time Bray threw for 1,983 yards with a pass completion of 59.5 percent, including 17 touchdowns to six interceptions. Without Bray guiding the helm of the Vols offense, they were miserable and could barely muster up any points. Each has impressive numbers, but the difference should be which player can better lead his team to victory. Given Bray’s off-field an-

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Graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon throws a pass during the first half of State’s game against Liberty at Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. Glennon threw for 156-yards and one touchdown in the game. N.C. State won 43-21.

tics since arriving in Tennessee, the edge goes to Glennon. Bray also has to find passing lanes in one of the toughest secondaries in the nation. This game will be very tight even though most college football fans think Tennessee has the distinct advantages. The key matchups to the game will be:

N.C. State defensive line v. Tennessee’s offensive line If State’s secondary can shut down Tennessee receiver Justin Hunter, Bray will have few options to throw to. Also, if State’s defensive line can apply pressure to Bray it could be a very long and frustrating day for the Volunteers.

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Wolfpack looks to start season on high note Luke Nadkarni

hand, finished 4-8 overall with a 1-7 mark in the vaunted SEC. In 2011, Tennessee ranked 107th in total ofSince the schedule was released fense and 102nd in total defense out this winter, Wolfpack Nation has of 120 teams in the Football Bowl long awaited this day. N.C. State Subdivision. However, no one on travels to Atlanta, Ga. to take on State’s roster is taking the Vols the Tennessee Volunteers in a lightly. nationally-televised contest on “They’re still an SEC team,” ESPNU. Kickoff at the Georgia Creecy said. “They’re gonna show Dome is set for 7:30 p.m. up and want to hit you and get in The Wolfpack is coming off your face. They’ll come ready to of an 8-5 season which included play.” an upset win over No. 8 ClemState’s defense will have to deal son and a win over Louisville with junior quarterback Tyler Bray, in the Belk Bowl. who was named to Graduate student the preseason Davey quarterback Mike O’Brien Award list. Glennon looks to Tennessee will have improve a n ofto play without wide fense that averaged r e c e i ve r D a’ R i c k 344.8 yards of total Rogers, who was disoffense, ranking missed from the team 84th in the nation. following repeated Sophomore runviolations of team ning back Tony Tom O’Brien, head coach rules. That’s not good Creecy, for one, news for the Vols conunderstands the sidering Rogers was value of having an experienced the SEC’s leading receiver in 2011. signal-caller. Moreover, Tennessee faces a veteran “Having a guy like Mike who State secondary led by junior corhas been through it all, who has nerback David Amerson, who had been through the tough times, a record-breaking 13 interceptions really helps our team,” Creecy last season. said. “We’re able to turn to him “I think the safeties have gotten for leadership on and off the noticeably better than they were a field.” year ago at this spot,” Head Coach The Volunteers, on the other Tom O’Brien said. “Certainly their Correspondent

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experience is showing through.” The Vols may have a tough time moving the ball on the ground as well. Tennessee’s rushing offense finished 2011, ranked 116th in the nation, averaging just 90.1 yards per contest. By contrast, the Wolfpack tied for 37th in rushing defense. On the other side of the ball, Creecy will get the starting nod at tailback for the Wolfpack. O’Brien will use him as part of a platoon along with senior James Washington and redshirt sophomore Mustafa Greene. Greene missed all of last season due to injury. “Tony really took a big step in the spring with the way he played,”

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