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The Democratic National Convention kicked off Tuesday evening with its opening ceremony of speakers, video presentations and caucus meetings. Supporters and distinguished speakers gathered at the DNC Tuesday afternoon, preceding first lady Michelle Obama’s evening speech. The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee and representative from Florida, opened the evening’s activities with a call to order. An invocation by His Eminence Metropolitan Nicholas made way for the presentation of colors, followed by the national anthem, sung by Amber Riley, who currently stars as Mercedes on the popular television show, Glee. Remarks by DNC officials and a welcome video gave state delegates
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time to move through the security lines, soaked by rain and eager to find their seats. Following the trend of party support for LGBT issues, Andrew Tobias, treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, spoke of his personal experience as a homosexual in his youth. “People killed themselves over being gay,” Tobias said. “Sadly, they still do.” Tobias continued to talk about the recent marriage of Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank to his partner. “Love that had been unspeakable 24 years ago was being celebrated by senators and congressmen,” Tobias said. Tobias’ anecdotal contributions to the convention were followed by an order of business and party support by Alice Germond, secretary of the DNC, who began by asking all the delegates to officially check in. “We are a convention that really looks like America — every race
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and every background,” Germond said. “We fight for the middle class and the American dream and that is why we support President Barack Obama.” Germond noted t hat since Obama’s inauguration, the country has added 4.5 million jobs in the private sector, had 29 straight months of job growth and given 18 tax cuts to small businesses. She also brought light to the recent passage of the Affordable Care Act. “When others said it couldn’t be done, President Obama passed the Affordable Care Act which is already preventing the worse insurance company abuses,” Germond said. “As we gather as one convention, we stand together, women and men, the young, the young at heart, the gay,
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Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, Cory Booker, delivers a speech at the DNC.
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First Lady Michelle Obama enters the stage at the Democratic National Convention.
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First lady urges students to ‘have Barack’s back’ and vote Trey Ferguson Managing Editor
Prior to giving her speech at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday night, first lady Michelle Obama held a press conference call with college students across the nation to inspire them to vote and get involved in the Obama re-election campaign. “College students are some of the most important people in our campaign,” Obama said. She asked students to remember what her husband has done for them, “[Barack] has doubled funding for Pell grants, meaning more students are getting more money for school.” As Obama listed the accomplishments of her husband, she urged students to get behind their campaign.
In 2008, students were considered a key force behind the Obama campaign, and Obama reaches out to student voters for this re-election campaign. “This election hangs in the balance, young people and new voters like you are the ones who can put this campaign over the top,” Obama said. “Young people like you all are going to provide the spark for this campaign like you did in 2008.” Students for Barack Obama at N.C. State have been registering students and encouraging them to vote on Nov. 6. Obama strongly supports the SBO’s involvement on college campuses and urged student supporters to join the organization to support the campaign. “Barack’s got your back…we need you to have his,” Obama said. “Own this process, if you don’t get involved your word won’t be heard,
because this will be the country you inherit.” Technician will have continued coverage online and in print during the DNC. To read about the first lady’s speech at the DNC, go to technicianonline.com.
Many N.C. State students spent their summers working, doing research or studying abroad. Chancellor Randy Woodson spent his summer doing some foreign travel of his own, acting as an N.C. State ambassador to Israel. The chancellor explored all parts of the Middle Eastern country. He spent three days in Tel Aviv and also traveled to Jerusalem, the Golan Heights and Nazareth. He traveled from the west coast through the Jordan Valley to the north of Israel. Woodson visited Israel this summer over the week of the Fourth of July with a group of university presidents from the United States, including presidents from the University of California-Davis and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The American Jewish Council provided the opportunity for the university presidents from America to collaborate with the leaders of universities in Israel. It also pro-
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vided a chance for each group to learn about the other country. N.C. State was chosen to participate in this event because it is one of the top 100 research universities in the United States. Science and technology are important not only to the University, but to many institutions in Israel as well. Many universities in Israel are leading in engineering, science and agriculture, just like N.C. State is in the U.S. While there, Woodson met with scientists and other leaders from the Israeli government, the Palestinian Authority and the prime minister of the West Bank. The university presidents, including Chancellor Woodson, visited several universities in Israel - Tel Aviv University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the Weizmann Institute and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology – all major research universities in Israel. The chancellor is no stranger to the Mediterranean country. He con-
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Women’s rights advocates praise Obama at DNC Jessie Halpern News Editor
The Democratic women of the House joined others on-stage at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday evening with powerful words and strong praise for President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden, who have been supportive of women’s rights. “No victim of domestic violence or bullying—man or woman—should feel unprotected in America,” Congresswoman Gwen Moore said. “The Democratic women of the House will fight violence against all Americans to move America forward.” Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez echoed Moore’s statement, drawing attention to women’s impact on the economy. “Nea rly eig ht mi l lion American women own small businesses,” Velazquez said. “…In these tough economic times, they need a level playing field and a fair shot to get ahead.” Velazquez said she believes President Obama will indeed level the economic playing field and help move women’s rights forward. “When women achieve success in our economy, we move America forward,” Velazquez said. Company Commander with the Hawaii Army National Guard and current Democratic nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives election in Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, spoke on behalf of female soldiers. “As a combat veteran, I know the cost of war,” Gabbard said. “Moms, wives, even grandmothers deploy. Such heroes and patriots need and deserve leaders who… will fight for them. Leaders like President Obama and Vice President Biden are the strongest advocates our military could have.” Rep. Joyce Beatty received the most notable acknowledgment from the crowd who applauded and cheered as she approached the podium. “To unleash the power of moms in the economy, it means [having] affordable childcare,” Beatty said. “America’s success is dependent on the success of women…women will lead us to victory for a strong
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Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) of Wisconsin visited the LGBT Caucus at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday afternoon to motivate her supporters and endorse President Barack Obama’s campaign. A graduate of Smith College, Baldwin became Wisconsin’s first female member of Congress in 1998. As the nation’s first openly gay nonincumbent to win election to Congress, Baldwin was a welcome visitor to the LGBT Caucus. “When we’re not in the room, the conversation is about us,” Baldwin said. “When we’re in the room, the conversation is with us—it’s time for us to get in the room.” More than 200 supporters cheered Baldwin on as she spoke of putting gay rights on the table in Congress. “The sheer size of this caucus shows that progress has been made toward equality,” Baldwin said. Baldwin, who is seeking election to the Senate, used the caucus as a platform to build support for her campaign, but also to endorse Obama’s re-election effort. She faces former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson in her race to the Senate, a campaign that has been deemed “Tammy vs. Tommy.” “When you work hard and
democratic majority in Congress.” Later in the evening the Democratic platform demonstrated its allegiance to women’s rights once again when Nancy Keenan, president of the National Abortion Rights Action League, spoke. “I am proud to say that the Democratic Party believes that women have the right to choose a safe, legal abortion with dignity and privacy,” Keenan said. During her speech, thunders of applause demonstrated support for Keenan’s belief that Gov. Mitt Romney does not defend women’s rights. “Put simply, women in America cannot trust Mitt Romney,” Keenan said. “We cannot trust Mitt Romney to protect our health.” Keenan said Mitt Romney would repeal Obamacare, depriving women access to better maternity and prenatal care in addition to “near universal” birth control coverage. Furthermore, Keenan predicted Romney would overturn Roe v. Wade and “sign into law a wave of outrageous restrictions on a woman’s ability to make decisions about her pregnancy.” When Keenan was not speaking about the Romney campaign, she sent a clear message of support for President Obama. “We are proud to have a president who stands with women,” Keenan said. Keenan said that knowing President Obama personally, she knows he is concerned with the next generation of women— his daughters, and everyone’s daughters. “We believe that rape is rape. We believe that a woman should make health care decisions with her family, her doctor and her god,” Keenan said. “And we believe that there’s no place in that room for politicians— especially politicians who don’t know how women’s bodies work.” Keenan ended with a call to action, asking others to help inform voters about President Obama’s work for women’s rights.
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Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D) speaks to the LGBT Caucus Tuesday afternoon at the Democratic National Convention.
play by the rules, you should be able to get ahead,” Baldwin said. “It’s time to ask ‘Whose rules? Who wrote them? For whose benefit were they written?’ That is the difference between Tammy and Tommy, and that is also the difference between President Obama and the Romney campaign.” Baldwin did not only appear at the convention for the LGBT caucus. She will also speak Thursday night before Obama accepts the Democratic nomination. Baldwin’s presence at the DNC, coupled with the activism surrounding the convention, demonstrates the Democratic Party’s dedication to LGBT issues this elec-
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ings left to break through, but we have a chance,” Baldwin said. Baldwin said if she is elected to the Senate, she will bring her life experience with her and use it to inform her decisions. While she did not give away the topic of Thursday’s formal address to the DNC, Baldwin said she will be speaking about the Wisconsin she grew up in and the people she intends to represent. “People are hurting, and it’s time we fight for them, not Wall Street, not the big banks, not the tea parties—them,” Baldwin said.
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tion year. Human Rights Campaign, an organization seeking to “improve the lives of LGBT Americans by advocating for equal rights and benefits in the workplace, ensuring families are treated equally under the law and increasing public support among all Americans,” according to their mission statement, had several volunteers stationed along the streets of downtown Charlotte. The organization does not seek to endorse specific candidates for U.S. offices, but does show support for certain politicians, Baldwin included. “We have a few glass ceil-
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the straight…united by our love of America, determined to fight for the middle class and determined to create an economy from the middle out, not the top down.” By the end of Germond’s speech all 56 delegates were in the hall. Though the focus of the evening’s speeches was on building up the Obama campaign, mention of his opponent, Mitt Romney, was not absent. California Rep. Barbra Lee rose loud boos and hisses from the audience when she spoke of the Romney campaign. “We will move forward, not backward,” Lee said. “Together we can overcome the greatest challenges that come our way…we can provide opportunity for those aspiring to join the middle class.”
Former Lt. Gen. Claudia Kennedy brought attention to President Obama’s action with the troops, saying he “brought [them] home and took care of them after.” In addition, the president’s abolition of our nation’s former “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy was discussed. After Kennedy left the stage, a short video paved the way for mayor of Newark, N.J., Cory Booker, to take the stage and excite the crowd. “We choose American might and American muscle standing strong on the bedrock of the American ideals,” Booker said. “It is our fundamental, national aspiration that no matter who you are, no matter color or creed, how you choose to pray, or who you choose to love, that if you are a citizen of the United States of America… one who is willing to work hard, play by the rules, and apply your God-given talents, you should be able to find a
job that pays the bills, afford health care for your family, to retire with dignity and respect, and give your children the kind of education that allows them to dream even bigger, go even further…this is our platform.” Mayor of Los Angeles Antonio R. Villaraigosa moved to adopt the 2012 Democratic National Platform, and the crowd seconded with no discussion.
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Perdue advocates for education Jessie Halpern News Editor
COURTESY OF THE CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE
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ducted agricultural research in Israel. However, he did say this was the first time he explored the country and not just one city. Israel is one of the major countries that produce and export fresh fruits and vegetables and has the perfect climate to do so. The country grows tropical fruits, as well as citrus fruits, apples and dates. Woodson said Israel was a lot like California, except more dry. For his research in Israel, the chancellor worked on ways to improve storing methods, post-harvest shipping methods and fruit ripening. He was awarded grants to develop new technologies in each of these respective fields. When he wasn’t in meetings with leaders from Israel’s
top universities, Woodson said he enjoyed sightseeing. The chancellor saw many cultural sites such as the Western Wall and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. He saw many other historic Christian sites while in Jerusalem. The chancellor also got a chance to visit the Dead Sea, famous for its high concentration of salt, and the Sea of Galilee. He also to attend an Israeli movie premiere with his wife. Chancellor Woodson’s favorite part of the trip was not sightseeing or even food, but an interaction with an important rabbi. The rabbi chose to sit next to Chancellor Woodson at dinner one night because his father-inlaw studied textiles at N.C. State in the 1950s. The chancellor expressed this was a true testament to the fact that “N.C. State is known around the world.”
North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue spoke during a five-minute slot at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday, in which she highlighted President Barack Obama’s work for education and women’s rights. “On behalf of the people of North Carolina, I welcome you all to the Queen City, Charlotte, in the great, great state of North Carolina,” Perdue said. Perdue has spent her four years as governor making education her JORDAN MOORE/TECHNICIAN prime concern, a pattern North Carolina Govenor Bev Perdue speaks at the Democratic National Convention. she did not stray from at the Democratic National Convention. tion as a “difference maker” dent Obama is standing up ents before their deaths. “My friends, it starts for children and “the pathway for Planned Parenthood.” Though he’s a more mature with education,” Perdue for this country to succeed as Perdue’s statement was senior, he is once again postsaid. “The president has a global economy.” brief, but echoed a message of poning school —this time to made schools a top priThough Perdue began support for President Obama. campaign for Obama. ority, he actually under- with education, she ended “Barack Obama is deliver“I’m knocking on doors for stands her speech ing for North Carolina and President Obama,” Case said. that all with a nod he is delivering for America,” “I’m two semesters away from parents to the presi- Perdue said. graduating thanks to Presiwant dent’s work Following Gov. Perdue’s dent Obama.” their for women’s message was Ryan Case, a Case brought attention to children rights. senior at the University of the Pell grants Obama has to have “He has Colorado. doubled during his term, the more helped Case spoke about his ex- same grants Case is using to opporwomen perience watching both of finish his undergraduate detunities across this his parents pass away from gree. Gov. Bev Perdue than country illness because they could “President Obama believed they did f i g h t f o r not afford the healthcare he in me, he fought for me. This as a child…This president, equal pay [and] for equal believes Obama has made af- fall, let’s fight for him,” Case my friends, simply ‘gets it’ work,” Perdue said. “He un- fordable today. said. on education, and that’s a derstands women must be At 28 years old, Case has good thing for America.” guaranteed access to quality, just reached his senior year, as Perdue said Obama sees affordable healthcare, and he has had to postpone school the importance of educa- unlike Mitt Romney, Presi- to work and care for his par-
“He has helped women across this country fight for equal pay [and] for equal work.”
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’m trying not to be that guy. I’m trying to avoid making the comment that if you don’t vote, you can’t complain about politics. I’m trying not to say that one vote really can make a difference. I know you’ve heard that before. InJoseph stead, I’m going to give you a Havey history lesson. Yes, in voting. Staff Columnist At the beginning of our country, the only people who could vote were white men who owned property—in other words, the rich ones. If you want to talk about the upper class influencing politics, look no further than the early 1800s. Literally, the only people who had any say at all were rich white men. Thanks to groups of lobbyists (yes, they existed back then too), things progressed towards all white men having the right to vote by the time of the Civil War. Legally, at least. There were still poll taxes, literacy tests and even religious tests that prevented most men from casting their vote. We were far from equality, but we were moving forward. Next, the Civil War came along and after it the 14th and 15th Amendments. This gave black men the right to vote as well. Again,
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he Democratic National Convention started Tuesday, coming off as the Democratic Party’s response Jake to the ReLanglois publican Guest Columnist National Convention, held last week in Tampa, Fla. This, of course, is an American tradition that dates back to the early 19th century. The political convention allowed for the nation’s delegates to hammer out agreements on who would next run for president on behalf of a g i ve n party. The process was often contentious, uncertain and confusing. Today, the nomination process lacks the wheeling and dealing of bygone conventions. Or rather, as a cynic might choose to believe, much of the wheeling and dealing is done long before the convention ever begins. What is left is a political convention that rarely contains upsets. A convention that is scripted down to the minute, spewing out endless pandering easily converted into a cable news sound bite. There are those who believe this system is archaic, expensive, and outdated—and are little more than expensive excuses for politicians to celebrate themselves. To be frank, there is a fair amount of pomp and circumstance to be found at these conventions, but there is another side, another purpose besides stroking the egos of politicians. The conventions are no longer important in deciding a party’s candidate. They do, however, allow the parties to present
themselves to the American people, to put their best foot forward and to showcase the best and brightest each party has to offer. It is through these conventions fresh faces are introduced to the American public. President Barack Obama first came to prominence this way in 2004. This year it is Congressional candidate Mia Love and San Antonio mayor Julian Castro. And while the names change, the message does not—these are tomorrow’s political superstars. But perhaps even more important than a wide-eyed politician’s five minutes in the spotlight is the opportunity for Americans to disc u s s w h at mat ters to them. This, of course, does not take place anywhere near the convention floor. The conventions are much too scripted to allow that to happen. But walking the streets of Charlotte, I spoke with fervent supporters of Obama, those who felt disenchanted with the president and I spoke with people who said the entire Democratic Party was a joke. I spoke with immigration activists, Occupy Wall Street protestors and pro-life activists. All of these people could be found within four blocks of the Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena. It doesn’t matter which party is celebrating itself inside the convention. Outside, supporters and detractors alike are deciding for themselves who will be the next president. And that’s why we need these political conventions.
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logical (“I don’t like either candidate,”) but all of them are refusing to cast their ballot in November. “Do they have any idea how privileged they are?” I wonder when I hear this. A recent New York Times article pointed out that we are 139th in voter participation out of 172 democracies in the world and dead last among the G-8. Honestly I just want to sit people down and explain to them how much this country has gone through in terms of voting rights. Some people say that if you don’t have an opinion, then you shouldn’t vote. I understand that. But based on what the voting process has gone through, I feel as if everyone has a responsibility to get up, go research and form an opinion. Do you remember the Florida recounts of the 2000 election? Do you remember how big a deal they were? All that says to me is that our government is taking extreme caution so that the elections are fair. Argue all you want about the proposed voter ID laws,
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this was only a legal formality. Poll taxes, threats of violence and hiding the locations of the polls were all ways in which the voting process could be controlled. So still, most of the influence came from rich white men. Not much had changed, but it was another step. The next 100 years marked slow progression towards equality when it came to voting rights in a series of breakthroughs. In 1920, the 19th Amendment was passed and women could vote. In 1924, Native Americans became citizens and they too could vote. Poll taxes were abolished in 1964, so monetary means could no longer be used to discriminate. In 1965, immigration and naturalization laws were changed so that Asian Pacific Americans could now easily go to the polls. I have already had several people tell me they aren’t planning on voting in this upcoming election. They have their reasons which range from practical (“I will be too busy”) to ideo-
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was awakened at 8:15 a.m. Saturday morning by t he loud knocking of the construction crew. The very same crew that told me t he d ay Anna Betts before Staff Columnist they would be arriving around 10 a.m. I groggily stumbled toward the noise. I can only imagine how terrifying I must have looked to the crew when I opened the door. Hair unbrushed, my eyes tired and red from having one too many glasses of wine and staying up way too late the night before. I was not happy to see them. I attempted to explain what I needed painted and fixed, and after three attempts the supervisor took over and told me to go back to sleep for an hour. Thankful, I returned to my bedroom giddy with the possibility of shut-eye. But shortly after I got under my covers, which I should mention had never felt so comfortable, my family and a separate crew were at the door. My day had started without my permission and there was nothing I could do about it. I spent the next 12 hours working alongside my family and their crew painting, running endless errands, and finally, fixing my back porch. It was right around the time we were trying to
hang the new screen door that things really started to get tense. After a long day outside in the heat and humidity everyone was tired, and with each turn of the screwdriver their patience diminished a little more. I walked the old screen door to my trash bins and listened to the grumbling going on. The hinge had been painted shut and needed to be removed and reinstalled. The door was one-fourth of an inch too big and needed to be recut. All quick fixes, really, but after an entire day of working it felt like the household chore gods were laughing at us. I quietly continued on my way with the old door. I placed it next to the trash bins. It was then that I heard the rustling of some neighborhood kids in the bamboo forest adjacent to my building. I’d seen them out there a few times before, chopping down bamboo to make walking sticks and swords. I peeked into the woods and asked if they wanted the door. A line of three excited kids filed out like elves. They quickly surveyed the door with messy heads of hair and nodded at one another. Declining my help carrying it, they maneuvered the door through the bamboo and briers, and started making a fort. I don’t know if it was the genuine excitement in their voices or the fact that I could hear them discussing their
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plans for the door the second they grabbed it—but I couldn’t stop smiling. Nostalgic flashbacks of my own childhood gleamed in my mind. With an uplifted spirit I went inside and rummaged through my things—looking for anything else I could give them. I proudly walked back outside with an umbrella, bubbles and an unused shower curtain. However, the children had already gone home for the evening. I tied up the goods and left them beside my old screen door. While walking my dog the next day, I heard the same rustling in the woods. Looking over my shoulder I saw that the children had brought their parents to the fort. I listened as they gave the adults an inventory, with pure delight in their voices, of what I had left. The group got to work building the fort. Returning from my walk I heard the parents ask their children if the knew my name. They said no. Again, I couldn’t help but smile—imagination still lives. All the tedious chores of the previous day, the heat and humidity and the frustrated tension vanished from my memory. Now, as I walk out the new screen door I’m reminded of that fort. And of all places of childhood refuge that spring back into our memories when we need them most.
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Wireless energy: a dream come true Katie Sanders Senior Staff Writer
In t he 19 t h cent u r y, famed inventor Nikola Tesla dreamed of a society powered without wires. Recently, his wireless power transfer pipe dream has been pushed closer to reality by researchers at N.C. State. Wireless power transfer works by transmitting magnetic resonance from a transmitting antenna to a receiver. To transfer energy WPT uses pairs of specially-calibrated coils, known as Tesla coils, tuned to the same frequency. “It’s quite similar to how a radio station works,” said Srdjan Lukic, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering. Lukic is the co-creator of a more efficient WPT prototype with Zeljko Pantic, a graduate student in electrical engineering. “The difference for a radio signal is that you can have a lousy power transfer or energy transfer from the transmitter to the receiver,” Lukic said. “As long as you get the signature from the signal, you can reconstruct it and play music on the other side. But with power we are very concerned with efficiency.” The lack of efficiency is why WPT has never worked practically before now. Though Tesla could predict how the technology would behave theoretically and do smallscale experiments, he could never make it work functionally and full-scale. However,
with more modern technology, we are starting to overcome Tesla’s barriers. “The fundamental physical concept of having two resonant objects at a certain distance from each other and having an efficient power transfer between them, that’s something Tesla had discovered and really this is the physical phenomenon we are exploiting here,” Lukic said. “The reason for this new interest in this type of power transfer is because we now have available power electronics that can work at very high frequencies, which can be very efficient.”
Researchers have recently been addressing the issue of tuning their coils to these frequencies. In order to obtain this desired efficiency, the transmitter and receivers have to be extremely selective. “You want this system to be as selective as possible to essentially amplify the signal, but the downside is ... you, as a result, can easily make the signal selective at the wrong frequency,” Lukic said. Tuning the system to the wrong frequency happens more often than one would think, as the desired frequency varies depending on a host
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of environmental conditions. Any metal or ceramic items in the vicinity of the coils WIRELESS POWER cause the system to change TRANSFER frequencies. APPLICATIONS: “For example, if you have your keys close to the receiver • Wireless power for portable system, the keys will interact devices like laptops or cell phones with the receiver system and slightly de-tune the system,” • The charging of electric Lukic said. and more environmentally Moreover, many of the friendly cars components that make up SOURCE: RON HUI the system are extremely heat sensitive. Even fluctuations in room temperature can cause the lab where we are controlthe system to malfunction. ling the environment,” Lucik “The system is very sensi- said. tive to environmental variaConsumer electronics will tions that you would typically probably be the first market see in a practical system,” Lu- to see this technology, though kic said. we are still a ways off. AnOthers have overcome other prominent market that this issue by i s a l re ady adding exexpressing tra tuning interest in equipment WPT is the to the transautomotive mitter. Howindustry. e v e r, t h i s “A more ma kes t he futuristic system less vision is to f lexible and have electric decreases its vehicles be efficiency. wirelessly Srdjan Lukic, Moreover, charged,” assistant professor of electrical engineering if these lessLucik said. efficient “You would WPT systems were ever used essentially park your vehicle on a large scale, many more at some parking lot, let’s say transmitters would be re- at a shopping mall, and the quired to make them func- vehicle would be automatition properly. cally charged.” So instead of working on The vehicles could even the transmitter, Lukic and theoretically be charged Pantic focused their research while they were moving, as on the receiver instead. you could potentially cover “The novelty in the paper hundreds of miles with a that we recently published is single charge, creating the that we came up with a new universally-available wireless way to design the receiver power that Tesla envisaged. system,” Lukic said. “It essen“This would essentially tially allows the fairly weak solve the range-anxiety probsignal, or the weak magnetic lems that owners of electric field coming in, to be ampli- vehicles say is the biggest fied by the receiver coil.” barrier to the acceptance of Lukic and Pantic’s receiver electric vehicles,” Lukic said. uses some of the electricity Lukic and Pantic have that it receives to keep the tested both applications and device tuned into the fre- been successful, though the quency it was originally set. technology still needs a bit of The receiver also automati- tweaking. cally re-calibrates to match “We are transferring multhe changes in the transmit- tiple kilowatts to a moving or ter should de-tuning occur. stationary vehicle and the ef“We can now actually de- ficiency of the system can be sign practical systems that as high as 95 percent,” Lukic can be used in real world ap- said. “However, the reason for plications rather than only in that is the distance between
“We can now actually design practical systems that can be used in real-world applications...”
WIRELESS POWER TRANSFER TIMELINE: 1820: André-Marie Ampère proves that electric currents produce magnetic fields 1831: Micheal Faraday shows how a magnetic field can produce an electric current
1893: Tesla patents the Tesla coils 1894: Tesla patents the process of transferring energy electromagnetically
1899: Tesla demonstrates WPT by wireless powering fluorescent lamps
2011: Hong Kong University invents “domino resonators” that may replace Tesla coils
2012: NCSU researchers create a more efficient WPT system receiver SOURCE: RON HUI
the source and receiver is only about 20 cm.” The researchers can transmit power several meters and have done so in order to charge cell phones, but they are not able to send as much power because the efficiency drops to only 20 or 30 percent. “It’s going to give us quite a bit more flexibility if we can charge devices wirelessly.” Lukic said. According to Lukic, the next component of the system that needs to be researched, now that both the transmitters and the receivers have become efficient at a practical level, is the Tesla coil. But even without fully efficient coils, Lukic is still optimistic about the future of WPT technology. “Now we have the technology and the components that will allow us to exploit this physical phenomenon that [Tesla] discovered,” Lukic said.
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Researchers work to breed superior broccoli Young Lee
compound found in broccoli that, according to Brown, has been shown to have anticarAlthough many Americans cinogenic properties. have heard broccoli is good “Broccoli is the only fruit for their health, Allan Brown, or vegetable that we conprofessor of horticulture sci- sume that has high levels of ence, believes consumers may this particular compound,” not receive all the benefits Brown said. “Cabbage and they expect when they pur- Brussels sprouts have a little chase broccoli at the grocery of it but they’re primarily store. This is perhaps one rea- producing other compounds. son why many scientists are What we’ve done is identifascinated with the vegetable. fied some of the genes that “There are currently 14 are involved in producing clinical studies underway the sulforaphane and we’re right now with the National integrating them into more Institute of Health studying commercial varieties of brocthe health benefits of broc- coli to be sold and marketed coli,” Brown said. “Among with higher levels of this all the fruits and vegetables, compound.” the one that probably has the Brown went on to say that greatest amount of scientific he and his fellow researchers research to really support at the University and his stathe claims that people make tion in Kannapolis, N.C. are about the health benefits of still a few years away from any particuproducing lar fruit or a m a rke tvegetable is a ble v a r ibroccoli.” ety of this Brown said “enhanced” that he was broccoli that attracted consumers to broccoli will be able because of to f ind in these health stores. Allan Brown, horticulture benefits. For Brown science professor the past 15 and his years, Brown team hope to has devoted much of his time eventually create such a varito breeding better broccoli, ety through a process similar making it healthier, tastier to the process that dog breedand more uniform. ers use to create dogs that exRecently Brown has become hibit desired characteristics. interested in the compound However, in Brown’s world sulforaphane, an organic of broccoli research, these Associate Features Editor
“Broccoli is the only fruit or vegetable that has high levels of... sulforaphane.”
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characteristics —anticarcinogenic properties and tastiness—are harder to see. According to Brown, one of the has lower levreasons why producels of this coming broccoli with pound, then they less variety is may not be important is getting all because it the health is imposbenefits sible for that conthey sumthink ers to they’re tell which getting properwhen they ties their purchase broccoli broccoli conbecause it’s tains. impossible For exto tell the ample, a difference consumer between would have one variety of no way of bro c c ol i a nd knowing a another in the broccoli grocery store.” hig h in W h i l e it sulmay be foraimposPHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRETT MORRIS phanes sible for from one that has fewer consumers to tell the difsulforaphanes. ferences between broccoli, “If you’re recommending Brown and his team manage someone eat three servings to separate broccoli by exof broccoli a week, if they get amining variations in broclucky and they purchase the coli DNA made visible by lab high sulfurophane broccoli, equipment. Brown said that then they don’t have a prob- by utilizing the differences lem,” Brown said. “But if they in DNA, scientists can look go in and get a broccoli that for particular spots on chro-
mosomes that determine different characteristics of the broccoli. Because of these “markers,” scientists can separate a tasty or healthier head of broccoli from other, less-desired heads. In addition to attempting to create a broccoli that can decrease occurrences of cancer, Brown and his team are also trying to create a broccoli lower in progoitrin and sinigrin; compounds that contribute to bitter and pungent flavors that many associate with broccoli. With a tastier broccoli that can decrease occurrences of cancer in the works, many people are looking forward the results of Brown’s research. However, Brown is also spurred on by the chance that his research may help mitigate the number of people who suffer from cancer, a disease his father suffered from. “We’re not going to cure lung cancer here but if we’re going to reduce the number of people that suffer from it, then we’ve done a good job,” Brown said. Until Brown’s research is complete and consumers can buy broccoli with confidence in its nutritional quality, consumers can only eat as much of it as possible. Brown likes to eat his broccoli steamed and with a side of ranch dressing.
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NCAA finds no violations at UNC Andrew Schuett & Halle Mangrum
enrolled student athlete.” This statement has proven to be a so-called “grey area,” in that it has been interpreted very differently in determining the consequences for academic fraud. Therefore, it may be accredited for much of the inconsistency between rulings over the years. In 2008, the NCAA delivered no consequence to the University of Michigan after a professor was “reported to have taught nearly 300 independent studies during a three-year period, with athletes comprising nearly 85 percent,” according the News & Observer. This raises questions about the ethics of one teacher having a large number of athletes in his independent study classes, as was happening at UNC. There was also a major difference between the situation at Michigan and the one at Chapel Hill. At Michigan, there were no records of unauthorized grade changes or forged faculty signatures on grade rolls. An internal probe at UNC revealed in May that such acts did happen at Carolina. Here is one question the NCAA must answer: Although UNC athletes submitted written work in the aberrant classes, should the unauthorized change of a student-athlete’s grade be considered “fraudulent aca-
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demic credit?” Then in 2009, the NCAA sanctioned Florida State University after the school committed “major violations” when athletes received answers to an online quiz. The NCAA penalized 10 of the university’s athletic programs, including football and men’s basketball. The Florida State case is important because although athletes received answers to the quizzes, other students received this “improper help” as well. Thus no special treatment was given to athletes, but the university was still punished for its actions by the NCAA. This draws a parallel to the UNC case because there were other students in the aberrant classes who received the same benefit as the athletes. Could NCAA punishment of the UNC athletics department be justified by the FSU precedence? Just this past June, the University of Connecticut was banned from the 2013 NCAA men’s basketball tournament because of poor Academic Progress Rate scores, which measure the classroom performance of every Division I team. Connecticut’s poor classroom work was deemed by the NCAA to be within its jurisdiction because the athletes’ poor grades affected
their eligibility. This poses an interesting question: If the grades of UNC athletes in African and Afro-American Studies classes kept them eligible only through unauthorized changes, as exemplified by Julius Peppers’ transcript, are the athletes truly maintaining their academic performance and therefore their eligibility? Penn State was granted even harsher terms by the NCAA only a month later: a four-year bowl ban, a $60 million fine, scholarship cuts and more than 100 victories vacated. These sanctions were levied against the university, arguably outside of the NCAA’s jurisdiction, due to a child sex abuse scandal. If Martin’s investigation of UNC finds that no NCAA rules were broken, despite altered grades reported by the school to maintain athletes’ eligibility, are the existing problems uncovered serious enough to warrant punishment? Precedence has already been established, considering Penn State was sanctioned despitebreaking no NCAA rules. Finally, on Sep. 3, it was announced that an N.C. State football player, graduate student defensive back C.J. Wilson, would be banned from four games by the NCAA for not passing the minimum
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required hours necessary for eligibility. Had the difference between Wilson’s eligibility and ineligibility come down to an altered grade in an African-American Studies class, would the result have been the same, or would “no violations” have been found? NCAA President Mark Emmert described his organization’s mission as “to be an integral part of higher education and to focus on the development of our student-athletes.” We ask President Emmert how you can claim the institution’s purpose is to be an “integral part of higher education” while such actions are allowed to occur? Why does the NCAA refrain from taking action against UNC when it appears to have legitimate precedence to do so? There is little debate as to whether UNC has committed wrongdoing; the facts say it has. Then has the NCAA fulfilled its mission? Should it have acted when it did not? Or is this case better swept under the rug, setting an irreversible precedent of placing athletics above academics?
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role each player [is going to] have in this offense. I think during camp it created competition. Guys are out there competing trying to show what they can do." According to Walters, the Pack is looking to run an offense that includes four to five receivers on the field at a time and that the same amount of players are able to step up and make plays for the team. To duplicate the air raid of Texas A&M's offense, according to Walters, it will start with the team believing it's possible. "I think first it's just a mentality," Walters said. "Let the guys know that if they put their minds to it [and] they work hard, if they pay attention to details and if they do what we as coaches ask them to do they can be successful." "I think they've bought into that and they’re working hard. Now it’s just a matter of going out there on game day and doing it." The Pack fell behind the Vols in receiving yards in its first matchup. State gained 288 yards through the air, whereas Tennessee chalked up 333 years. State redshirt junior receiver Quintin Payton lead both teams in individual yards with 129 on the game.
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Kate Kirby has been named the director of sports nutrition and science for the N.C. State Athletics Department. Kirby will be the head of the Wolfpack sports nutrition program. She received her bachelor’s in nutrition and food science and a master’s in sports nutrition from Auburn University. She’s currently a graduate teaching assistant in Auburn’s nutrition sciences lab. Kirby also worked as a student trainer at Auburn and as a dietitian for the University of Alabama-Birmingham.
In the spring of 2012 football Head Coach Tom O’Brien added two new assistant coaches, Wide Receivers Coach Troy Walters and Running Backs/Tight Ends Coach Des Kitchings, to the Wolfpack sideline. Both coaches have a history of success in terms of statistical achievements at their former positions. Kitchings brings eight years of experience in coaching to the Pack's offense. In his last position as the running backs/running game coordinator for Air Force he guided the Falcons to a No. 3 ranking in rushing yards per game, averaging 314.8 per game and in total rushing touchdowns with 43. During his years as a player at Furman he broke the school record in kickoff returns for touchdowns at four. Kitchings said he doesn't credit himself for the success of the running game at Air Force, but said he wants the Pack to be effective on the ground as well. "I wouldn't say I turned it around," Kitchings said. "We prided ourselves on running the ball at Air Force as our main thing in the offense. I just look for us to be productive here running the ball as well." He's also confident in the Pack's plans to use three running backs, senior James Washington, redshirt sophomore Mustafa Greene and sophomore Tony Creecy as weapons from the backfield.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY “It’s comforting knowing you have James, Mustafa and Creecy.” Des Kitchings, running backs/tight ends coach
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"It's comforting knowing you have James, Mustafa and Creecy," Kitchings said. "Even Brandon Barnes in the backfield can give us a solid group for this year." State ran for 119 yards in its season opener against Tennessee, in comparison to the Volunteers' 191 yards, scoring two rushing touchdowns. The touchdowns were scored by Creecy and Washington, but Greene led in yards for the game with 53. Kitchings holds high expectations for Greene after he returned to the field for the first time since the 2010 Champs Sports Bowl. "He's done what he's supposed T:9.96” to do in the classroom and get-
ting himself ready to go for season," Kitchings said. "Coming back from the injury, training staff and the weight and conditioning staff, have gotten him back physically to the point where he is where he is now. We expect him to be a big contributor for us this year." Walters holds the single-game, season and career records for receiving yards as well as the season and career receptions record at Stanford. During his time in Palo Alto he also won the Biletnikoff Trophy, which is given to the nation’s best wide receiver, named an All-American and the Pac-10 Player of the Year. As a coach, Walters helped Texas
A&M receivers Ryan Swope and Jeff Fuller set the school record for single-season receptions. Even though Walters is coming into a receiving corps with little in-game experience, he is still confident in the group’s ability to produce on game day. "It's exciting," Walters said. "We are very inexperienced, but at the same time I think that inexperience creates competition because guys know that playing time is at stake." "Everyone's live, everyone has an opportunity to contribute. Right now we're trying to figure out what
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