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Startups recruit students Jake Moser Staff Writer
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A Scientist at ImagineOptix, a company of the Fast Fifteen, demonstrates new optical thin film technology that may be applied to create battery-efficient projectors.
Prompting innovation on campus
Mark Herring Editor-in-Chief
Chancellor Randy Woodson’s final 2011-2020 strategic plan committed N.C. State to doubling the number of startup companies that come out of the University from about five to 10. At the time, there was no overseeing body dedicated to managing University startups, but the Office of Technology Transfer accepted Woodson’s challenge to prompt local economic development. N.C. State’s reputation as a pow-
erhouse for technological research made the University a licensing giant in the past, according to Wade Fulghum, assistant director of New Venture Services, the department OTT formed in response to Woodson’s Springboard Innovation Partnership Portal. Fulghum said while licensing and patenting technology reflects the innovative clout of any institution, the local community couldn’t directly benefit from the breakthroughs in technology. “From an economic development perspective, the real win is to have
deep roots to the local community,” Fulghum said. “If we have technology to license that to a worldwide company, that doesn’t really create jobs here.” Fulghum said startups are much more difficult—they don’t have the financial backing a lot of key licensees would have. “It’s hard to get the right team together, the investments, find the right market and start a company,” Fulghum said. Fulghum and his director, Russell Thomas, are responsible for seeing through the development of the
startups. To heed the Chancellor’s expectation, New Venture Services created the Five Fifteen, a class of 15 startups. “The idea was, if we had a highlighted portfolio of 15 companies that received a yearlong customized support from New Venture Services and all the network we could bring to bear on these companies, hopefully eight would make it through that first year and have a much better chance of commercialization,”
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As governor’s race heats up, so do independents
Venture for America is a new nonprofit organization that is using college graduates and entrepreneurship in an effort to revitalize the country’s economy. VFA is a two-year fellowship program that matches college graduates so they can learn about entrepreneurship and eventually create their own businesses. The program centers its efforts on startup companies in growing cities with low costs of living. The program has gained a lot of attention this year, and was the subject of a recent New York Times article. VFA was founded by Andrew Yang, a Yale law school graduate, after noticing many students from top schools choose careers at consulting and banking firms because they are traditional paths to success. Yang did not see this as meaningful work, and wanted to create a formal path to entrepreneurship instead. Steven Mazur, a senior in chemical engineering, is an intern and campus ambassador for VFA whose job is to spread the word about the new program. The main goal for VFA is to improve the economy by creating 100,000 jobs by 2025, according to Mazur. “The ultimate goal is job creation,” Mazur said. “They truly believe, and I agree, that this is the way America can be revitalized and improved.” VFA also deals with startups in struggling cities – like Detroit and New Orleans – that do not have a big entrepreneurial presence. However, the program also includes cities that have a low cost of living because this is encouraging to small startup
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insidetechnician WALTER DALTON:
PAT MCCROY:
BARBARA HOWE:
DONALD KREAMER:
Website: www.daltonformc.com Twitter: @walterdalton Facebook: WalterDaltonNC
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Website: www.kreamer2012.org Facebook: donald.kreamer Phone: 919-213-0913 Email: kreamer2012@gmail.com
Elizabeth Moomey Staff Writer
Donald Kreamer, a write-in candidate for North Carolina governor, is providing a break from the typical two-party system — which is what 68 percent of voters want, according to his website. Kreamer is basing his platform on three essential ideas: the economy, education and unemployment. He is concentrating on the education of high school and elementary school students, but not college students. “We have a pretty good college education system. Just getting them there is the problem,” Kreamer said. The drop-out rate is high in North Carolina, where 27 percent of students leave school without getting a diploma compared to the national average of 28 percent, according to BoostUp.org. The high drop-out rate affects the unemployment rate as well, which is an important component of Kreamer’s platform. High school dropouts
have a 72 percent greater chance of fund, so he has had to be socially being unemployed than high school responsible. “I have a website and videos on graduates, according to a study by YouTube,” Kreamer said. “We are the U.S. Department of Labor. Kreamer also emphasizes the im- not the ‘1 percent-ers;’ we don’t have portance of small businesses in re- the money, so we are using modern storing North Carolina’s economy, technology.” While the state typically has saying they are the backbone. He candidates from said he hopes to two parties in an “level out the playelection, the active ing field” and make candidates running them more comfor North Carolina petitive with larger governor the eleccorporations. tion are RepubliKreamer considcan Pat McCrory, ers himself a midDemocrat Walter dle-of-the-road Dalton and Libcandidate, not conDonald Kreamer, indepedent ertarian Barbara servative or liberal, candidate for governor Howe. because of his expePat McCror y’s rience of leading a campaign does not seem to be fazed business for at-risk teens. “I have worked with everyone,” by Kreamer because it is has a more Kreamer said. “Being homeless is diverse base. “We are focusing on republicans, just the same as having a million democrats, unaffiliated and first dollars.” Kreamer has had to personally fi- time voters,” Ricky Diaz, Pat Mcnance the majority of his campaign Crory’s press secretary, said.
“We have a pretty good college system. Just getting there is the problem.”
McCrory’s platform emphasizes fixing the economy, making the government more responsive to businesses, updating the tax code, unleashing the state’s energy resources, creating a future vision for transportation and infrastructure, reforming education, and giving more opportunities to key industries, according to his website. Dalton’s campaign emphasizes the need of creating jobs, keeping families safe, restoring education funding, treating teachers as professionals, modernizing the classrooms and cleaning up Raleigh, according to his website. Howe’s platform supports promoting jobs instead of getting in the way, empowering parents to educate their children, ending corporate welfare, instituting the end of the death penalty and protecting individual rights. Write-in candidates generally run because they think the main
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ameron Buck, junior in Biology compares the field guide to the live glass lizard Josh Zajdel caught in Long County, Georgia on the evening of Saturday, September 22. The animal superficially looks like a snake but belongs to a family of legless lizards and was identified as an Ophisaurus attenuatus or slender glass lizard. “It was a perfect catch,” Zajdel said, “we were on a sand road and jumped out of the jeep and tag teamed it.” Both students represented the Herpetology Club from NCSU at a friendly field competition hosted by the Orianne society. The club identified 27 species of reptiles and amphibians, and all records were shared with the North American Field Herping Association.
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Fulghum said. The companies in the Fast Fifteen range from Imagine Optix, which has designed a projector that can fit in a smart phone, to Polymer Braille, Inc., a company developing a tablet e-reader for the blind. Fulghum said not only do the technologies these companies develop have a local impact, but they can employ members of the N.C. State community. “Graduates need jobs, and the more startup companies, the more opportunities for hiring students who graduate,”
Fulghum said. The Fast Fifteen isn’t exclusive to engineers, but also hosts spin-outs from students of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Poole College of Management, the College of Textiles, the College of Veterinary Medicine, the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the College of Design. The Fast Fifteen’s class of 2012 incorporated startups from students, faculty and alumni. Some of the companies have failed within the first year, but Fulghum said that is normal in the world of startups. The Fast Fifteen class of 2013 gathered in the beginning of September, and two members of the class of 2012 joined for more time to develop their projects. Fulghum
said New Venture Services is making sure companies communicate with each other and build off mutual success. “Nowadays, the product isn’t what makes companies successful,” Fulghum said. “The team and the community support are what help startups really get off the ground.” Though Fulghum said the product isn’t key to success, he commended the technologies coming out of the Fast Fifteen. “These products are cutting edge, and they were developed here at N.C. State,” Fulghum said. “This is real, big time stuff.” Fulghum said that cultivating startups is a challenge, but he pointed to local examples that have blossomed into job generators in the Triangle.
one from N.C. State applied to be in last year’s inaugural class, but two graduates from UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke University were accepted. The inaugural class included 40 college graduates from around the country with different backgrounds and goals. However, they all share an interest in helping their community through job creation. VFA measures success in three ways, according to the website. First, how many jobs are created in the partner companies that participants are matched with. Most of these companies focus on
technology, software development, and the internet. Another way VFA gauges its impact, according to their website, is by how many jobs are created by the companies that are founded by fellows after the two-year program. Participants receive handson experience with entrepreneurship, and are mentored by seasoned entrepreneurs to gain the knowledge and skills needed to start a successful, job-creating business. During a five-week orientation at Brown University, they learn how to create a website and manage their finances, among other skills.
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“At one point SAS was a startup company based on university technology,” Fulghum said. “CREE was a start up company. Now those companies are major employers and philanthropic efforts in the area. They bring notoriety here. All the companies we have in the Fast Fifteen
are up and coming, but we hope that once they get off the ground, they can give back to the community, in just with products, but economic development.”
According to the website, once they are assigned to a specific partner company, they have weekly meetings and assignments to maximize their effectiveness in the working world. Lastly, the VFA measures its success by how many fellows remain in the cities they were assigned to, according to the website. The hope is that they will use the knowledge they gained with VFA to improve the economies of America’s struggling cities, according to Mazur. Mazur, a Detroit native who came to Raleigh for college, plans on applying to the
program upon graduating from N.C. State. “I would love to head back to Detroit and work with a startup there,” Mazur said. “As much as I love Raleigh, Detroit has a lot more room for improvement, and I think I’d be a little more motivated to help that city more than Raleigh.” More information on VFA can be found on its website, and it plans to accept 80 applicants for the upcoming class depending on how many employees partner companies are willing to hire.
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companies. According to Mazur, the Raleigh-Durham area is a good example of an inexpensive, growing region and VFA is planning on expanding its influence to this area. According to VFA’s website, participants in the program receive a salary between $32,000 and $38,000 plus health benefits for the two years they take part in VFA. Mazur is not sure if any-
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contenders are too alike or they are dissatisfied by all parties. Write-in candidates like Kreamer face an uphill battle to win votes. Only
two write-in candidates for the U.S. Senate have ever won, but they were well known and popular. To lea r n more about Kreamer’s campaign, visit Kreamer2012.org.
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Experts debate threat of nuclear Iran Sam DeGrave Deputy News Editor
A discussion about Iran’s nuclear capability Monday evening drew nearly 80 students, faculty and community members to Park Shops lecture hall for “The Threat of the Peaceful Atom: Through the Lens of Iran.” Hosted by N. C. State and the Triangle Institute for Security Studies’ Energy and Security Initiative, the event featured a panel of three experts: Trita Parsi, president of the National Iranian American Council, James M. Acton, a senior associate in the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment, and Todd S. Sechser, an assistant professor of politics at the University of Virginia. Acton immediately dubbed the discussion’s title, “The Threat of the Peaceful Atom,” a misnomer. “Nuclear technology was born in the cradle of war,” Acton said. Acton explained the importance of the various treaties established by the International Atomic Energy Agency. One of the treaties
Acton covered was the Non- will determine when Iran Proliferation Treaty, which becomes nuclear,” Acton requires that non-nuclear- said. weapon states follow safeDomestic politics, in parguards. The NPT states non- ticular, are the source of the nuclear-weapon states must diplomatic uncertainty surcomply with safeguards, rounding Iran’s nuclear cawhich demand that these pabilities, Parsi said. states verify they are not Parsi identified domestic using resources for nuclear politics as the limiting facenergy production to make tor in the Obama adminisnuclear weapons. tration’s ability to reach an “If you want to live in a agreement with Iran. state where everyone follows “2013 may be an absolutely the rules, you have to have critical year,” Parsi said. “If rules,” Acton said. we don’t reach diplomacy Iran viothen, the lated several trajectory is of the safetoward cong u a rd s of flict.” the NPT, but Sechser, the United however, States does dispelled not currentthe idea of ly know how James Acton, senior associate eminent in Nuclear Policy Program close Iran is conflict. Acto obtaining cording to nuclear weapons, Acton said. Sechser, even if Iran does Though estimates of when become nuclear, the United Iran will have nuclear weap- States will not be at risk. ons are frequently made, “The U.S. will not have its Acton and Parsi said these hands tied,” Sechser said. estimates ignore the uncerSechser cited his own histainties that accompany such torical research, which he complex situations and are said is evidence that a nucleinaccurate. ar Iran will not be a threat to “Politics, not technology, other nations
“Nuclear technology was born in the cradle of war.”
According to Sechser’s research, out of all nuclear nat ions, on ly China and South Africa have instigated more conflicts than they did prior to becoming nuclear. Sechser’s research also states that nuclear nations have a 20 percent chance of coercing their adversaries and are 12 percent less likely to get their way than nonnuclear nations. Nations see nuclear weapons as tools of deterrence rather than aggression, Sechser said. “If history is to be believed, the consequences of an Iranian nuclear weapon are not as dire as many people think,” Sechser said.
LIST OF NUCLEAR NATIONS: United States (1945) Russia (1949) United Kingdom (1952) France (1960) China (1964) India (1974) Pakistan (1998) North Korea (2006)
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Arboretum celebrates its 50th anniversary Jake Moser
back.” Several speakers were on hand for the dedication, inN.C. State’s J.C. Raulston cluding the new Dean of the Arboretum celebrated the College of Agriculture and 10th anniversary of the Ruby Life Sciences, Richard Linton. C. McSwain Education CenLinton described the imter Friday and Saturday with portance of the arboretum to a variety of events. N.C. State and the communiThe anniversary, which ty, as well as the “tremendous included a silent auction, passion” he has noticed for speeches and catered meals, the arboretum since becomattempted to raise funds for ing dean earlier in the week. the arboretum and recogAlso, Ross Williams, dinized the importance of the rector of the North Carolina world-renowned center. Nursery and Landscape AsThe focus of the weekend sociation, announced the was the opening of the new NCNLA’s pledge of $12,500 to Lath House on Friday night, the Raulston Endowment for which reduces sun exposure Excellence before Stallings in the summer and retains and Hole officially opened heat in the winter for cold- the Lath House with its coler-climate plants. The new lection of exotic plants. structure, made of spaced After dinner, a silent aucwooden planks, was built tion in which attendees could through the gifts of Mike bid on rare plants took place Stallings and Mitzi Hole and before an award ceremony the building and keynote expertise speech. Linof Frank ton presentHarmon of ed the first Frank HarJ.C. Raulston mon A rDistinchitect and guished Paige Moody Leadership of Arbor EnAward to a terprises. surprised Hole was Tony Avent, Ted Bliderback, Director impressed ow ner of by Friday night’s turnout. Plant Delights Nursery at JuShe said she wanted to con- niper Level Botanic Gardens. tribute something to a place Avent’s keynote speech, she’s been involved with since “Hunter Gatherer-Propagabeing a student at N.C. State tor—The Wonderful World 30 years ago. of Plant Exploration,” ex“I have a lot of love for plained his experiences with the arboretum, and so does other countries’ plant life, as Mike [Stallings,]” Hole said. well as the late J.C. Raulston’s “It means a lot for us to give philosophy of turning barren Staff Writer
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The Lath House functions as a microclimate for plants which are considered “moderately winter hardy” or “especially choice or rare.” It protects plants from excess sun in the summer and iinsulates plants from the cold in the winter.
patches of land into beautiful displays of f lora. After his speech, Avent conducted a live auction of more plants, some of which sold for more than $100. The anniversary festivities extended into Saturday with two more catered meals and two additional presentations in York Auditorium: “Reflections, Redbuds, and Research,” by Dennis Werner; and “Avoiding Head-on Collisions Between Plant
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Collections and the Hard Hats,” by Robert Lyons. The silent auction results ended the anniversary after the presentations. Ted Bilderback, director of the arboretum, began Saturday’s program, and gave some facts about the arboretum. The center has 5,000 species and taxa from more than 50 countries around the world and is a very unique collection of plants, according to Bilderback.
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“We’re a great visit and an opportunity, particularly for young families, to learn a lot about plants,” Bilderback said. “There’s something in bloom here every day of the year, so it’s just a great place to visit any day.” The arboretum was founded by J.C. Raulston, a professor of horticulture science, in 1976. Today, the arboretum covers ten acres and is one of the most respected university-affiliated gardens and
collections of woody plants. John Dole, interim head of the Department of Horticulture Sciences, said that upon a recent visit to the United Kingdom, many were familiar with arboretum. In addition, the arboretum contains one of the most diverse collections of landscape plants in the southeast United States.
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he other night, my sister invited me out for an evening at the movies. To me, there are few things that I enjoy more than sitting in front of an oversized screen and munching on buttered goodness. The nightly entertainment came in the form of the movie Won’t Back Down, which some of you might recLauren ognize as being the Noriega Staff Columnist new Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis movie. It’s also a film that might just bring some of you to tears when hearing about the current problems in the education system. In this movie, Gyllenhaal plays the role of the single mother, Jamie Fitzpatrick, who is working multiple jobs to try to make ends meet.
To make matters worse, she can no longer afford to send her child to a school where she can receive the adequate attention for her dyslexia. Unsatisfied with the quality of education and aid that her daughter is receiving, she decides to take a stand. With as much gusto as when the great Tom Petty croons “I Won’t Back Down,” Jamie continues to use his lyrical inspiration to tackle every hurdle that crosses her path. Now, I will not ruin any aspects of the movie or divulge any unwarranted spoilers. However, there are some themes in this movie worth discussing. While watching this film, many of the scenes made me a blubbering buffoon, so much so that my sister inquired as to if I was actually crying. Call me a sap, or just call me someone who gets moved when something so seemingly atrocious is laid out in front of her on the
silver screen, but this movie struck me hard. This movie called to mind a question that I have been asking myself for many years and that question is, “Why me?” Why was I chosen to live the life that I was given? Why was I born into the family that I came from? Why was I granted the privileges and opportunities that I received over the years? Many of answers to these questions can be attributed to the hard work and dedication of my amazing parents, but that doesn’t solve the “me” aspect of the equation. Just because I am their child means that I am the
one that gets to reap the benefits of their hard work? That still does not sit quite well with me. The fact of the matter is that despite what we have been taught since infancy, I am any more unique than any other person in the world. I have just been granted opportunities that some others would never receive due to their circumstances. As child ren, we do not choose where our family lives, therefore we have no say in the schools that we are districted to. We cannot decide to all of a sudden make money appear so that we can afford the after-school tutoring we
“Why was I choosen to live the life that I was given? Why was I born into the family that I cam from?”
might need to stay current in the classroom. We do not have these options. The saddest part about all of this is not that we do not have these choices available to us; it is the children who are the ones impacted by this. I cannot think of any greater call for help. Children are the future of this country. Therefore, we need to collectively decide as a nation on a way to help the kids and families in need. I am sure many of you would agree (unless you are in the thrusts of your first “hell week” of the year) that education is an incredibly beautiful thing and it is something that everyone should revel in and take advantage of because it is a privilege that not everyone is granted.
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{OUR VIEW} A race of equal importance
he election between Gov. Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama will captivate the nation’s attention over the next several weeks, but when North Carolinians enter the ballot box to cast their votes in November, they will also determine their next governor. Though North Carolina politics may lack the limelight of the presidential election, less local theatrics shouldn’t lose voters’ attentions. As Democratic Gov. Bev Perdue looks to step out of the Governor’s Mansion, the office is up for grabs. This will be a moment for the North Carolina Democratic Party to redefine itself and for Republican nominee Pat McCrory to settle unfinished business from his defeat to Perdue in the 2008 gubernatorial race. As Obama and Romney inundate the airwaves with negative ads and as the debates approach, the race for governor must not go overlooked. North Carolina governors have brought North Carolina from a state relying on tobacco to an innovative state that has garnered the title “Silicon Valley of the East,” and has cultivated one of the fastest growing cities in the nation. Gov. Terry Sanford transformed the pine forest of southern Durham County into Research Triangle Park in 1959, and the industrial
park stood unscathed during the worst of the recession. Gov. Jim Martin completed the final leg of Interstate 40, and bridged the highway from Raleigh to Wilmington to bring economic opportunity to long-neglected eastern N.C. Gov. Jim Hunt, one of N.C. State’s own, championed education and made a name for the UNC System as a whole. Without these influential politicians, North Carolina would still be thanking God for Mississippi, but instead the state has moved forward into a power in education, agriculture and industry without losing its Southern charm. But North Carolina didn’t do it without strong leadership and cooperative teamwork. Whoever takes office will have to have the tact and persuasion to budge the state legislature. The demise of Perdue could be from the stonewalled General Assembly she hasn’t been able to work with, and her governorship looks much like Obama’s tenure as president: gridlocked and strained. Democrat Walter Dalton has witnessed the struggles of Perdue as her right hand as lieutenant governor, and Republican McCrory has the endorsement of moderate Democrats and an impeccable track record as mayor of Charlotte. Governors aren’t puppets of the parties they represent — they influence powerful
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policies and set the tone for General Assembly’s agenda. And these policies impact us — students, faculty and staff at N.C. State. The governor ultimately approves the state budget, recommendations from UNC Board of Governors and reforms on education. North Carolina’s next governor will set the stage for changes and reforms to the UNC System. McCrory said he will make college education a “pathway to success,” i.e. job growth. Dalton has a history of advocating for increased funding for community colleges and universities. Though North Carolina needs both of these, each candidate offers starkly different approaches. North Carolina has the opportunity to redefine itself. Yet the voters must not elect the next governor out of rancor for previous leadership or frustration with the tense term Perdue is soon to relinquish. The policies our new governor will set will impact our state for decades to come, and though North Carolina has come a long way, it still has a long way to go. Though Obama paved a few roads in North Carolina with stimulus money and Romney said he will bring growth to the region, it will ultimately be the governor who leads our state — our home — to a better future.
The relationship between Courtney Stodden and Doug Hutchinson simultaneously disgusts and fascinates me. They represent everything I detest about our modern definition of fame, yet I when I come across a story about them I can’t help Anna Betts but read it. Their Staff Columnist relationship is famous. I am specifically referring to it as a “relationship” instead of a “marriage,” because while I can acknowledge they are engaged in a social relationship with one another, the thought of calling it a genuine marriage is too far of a stretch. The age difference between them just gives me the creeps, she’s 18 and he’s 52. In all their pictures Doug has this smile on his face that reminds me of some cheap actor on Law and Order: SVU, and she constantly looks like a tarted up spokesperson for Stockholm syndrome. My shameful enthrallment has come to a climax. Apparently Doug and Courtney are participating in a VH1 reality television program called Couples Therapy. And if the irony of reality stars trying to fix their harlot relationships on television doesn’t knock you over, Courtney couldn’t fully participate in the program due to California’s child labor laws. That’s right,
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she’s not even old enough for reality television. One of the therapy methods on this show, if they can even be considered that, is couples have to live with one another in a house. The then-17-year-old Courtney couldn’t participate in this because the hours she was “working” violated labor laws - child labor laws. She had to spend the nights in a hotel away from Doug and away from the crew. So what we have here is staged therapy with a child bride. These couples are being paid to air their most intimate relationship details to their paid television counselor while the American audience watches, and ideally sympathizes with the characters they create. If that wasn’t twisted enough we have to listen to the details of the bizarre marriage of a fading film star and his underage bride. In the clip I watched the counselor asked Doug why he didn’t wait until she was 21, to which he answered “I didn’t want to.” Oh, p.s. he was rubbing her kneecap while saying this. Courtney just wrinkled her nose in response, like she was accepting the fact that she had to be in a room that smelled like rotten cheese. Television shows like this bring many “Why?” questions to my mind. Why are we as a culture watching this? Why is this strange couple, whose relationship looks exactly staged, allowed to exploit their 15 minutes of fame on national television? This cannot and should not be considered acceptable.
This child, and yes legally she’s still a child, constantly posts pictures of herself in lingerie and strangely erotic twitter updates and no one intervenes (she posts things like: “While I lie beneath this sizzling-sun, the popsicle that I am sweetly sucking on begins to melts & drips irresistibly all over my moist body!”). The media, which has immeasurable power to shape the identities of young girls, does not step up and say this behavior is inappropriate. Instead, she is given a paid position on a reality program to showcase her sexed up persona and aging husband. Viewers eat this train-wreck programming up. We want to see how a relationship like this works, and even though it makes us uncomfortable we want to see 52 year old Doug rub the leg of his 17 year old wife. Young girls see the attention she gets for revealing her cleavage and f launting her relationship to a father figure with a bank account, and could potentially shape their own behavior around it. She is an irresponsible persona to promote, and it’s our responsibility as the public to end our encouragement. Let them be married if they want to, they acquired the title legally. But the fact that they are famous for a scandalous marriage, in which the husband is widely considered a pederast, should make us reconsider what we value as a culture. This constant promotion of shock-value over real-value must end.
“If I am going to study on a saturday its at someone’s apartment.”
“I study in my room 80% of the time. I’m too lazy to walk anywhere.”
Lena Brown junior, zoology
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Few surprises at this year’s Emmys Emma Cathell Staff Writer
For the more than 50 awards given Sunday at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards, there were few surprises, according to students. “The Emmy’s is an event that I like to know the results of because it’s fun to know who is viewed as ‘the best,’” Meredith King, a freshman in First Year College, said. With Jimmy Kimmel hosting, viewers expected to be entertained throughout the night’s event. Several students expressed their appreciation of the host’s work at the event. “I think he’s hilarious,” Katie Jackson, freshman in FYC, said. “He’s the type of person where anything he does is funny.” Whether or not people thought Sunday night was entertaining, the focus of the night was, after all, the awards. As always, a wide variety of genres and positions were represented at the live awards. Awards in comedy and drama returned as always, supported by categories including variety shows and miniseries. Certain shows managed to stand out with a higher number of rewards. Game of Thrones and Homeland took six awards each in the drama
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category, while Modern Family was the big comedy winner with five awards, including Outstanding Comedy Series. Game of Thrones took all of its honors on the technical side, including sound editing, special effects and costuming. “[Game of Thrones] is definitely drama-filled. I watched
a whole season in like a day,” Ayla Burgett, a senior in business administration, said. “The drama, the suspense and the actors are incredible and will captivate you. The special effects and violence are pretty neat and you get stuck to the screen.” Modern Family took plenty of awards on the acting front,
sweeping the comedy category for the third consecutive year. “I’m not really surprised that Modern Family won so many awards because it’s one of the funniest shows on television and in the past, has won a lot of awards,” King said. “The characters are really well-developed and the
storylines are always really funny, but really relatable to an everyday life, which makes it funnier. I can’t imagine another show winning.” Although King believes that Modern Family was deserving of its praise, she still says that not every award was given as well as it should have been. “Claire Dunphy is not one
of my favorite characters, but Julie Bowen is good at portraying Claire,” King said. “She kind of annoys me, so I don’t think she should have won, but I can see how, based on her acting, she would have won. I think that Gloria is so much funnier than Claire.” Modern Family wasn’t the only show to win some controversial awards. Across the board, many shows were criticized for being snubbed or unfairly awarded. Jon Cryer, who plays Alan Harper in the show Two and a Half Men, won Outstanding Lead Role in a Comedy Series, a pick that was a genuine surprise to many viewers. “I would say he’s a good actor, but is he the best actor in comedy? I’m not sure about that,” Alex Starnes, a sophomore in computer engineering, said. “He’s definitely a good actor, but probably not the best.” Regardless of popular opinion, the Emmy’s were still a strong success for Sunday night. The show’s audience grew by 6 percent this year, with 13.2 million viewers over the 11.4 million from last year. “The Emmy’s are important to American television culture,” King said. “The results are what everyone wants to know.”
‘LittleBigPlanet’ in your pocket Jordan Alsaqa Associate Features Editor
For all the technological bells and whistles that went into making the PlayStation Vita, the six months since its release have seen few titles to really take advantage of all that the system has to offer. Fortunately, the drought of titles has ended, with the release of LittleBigPlanet PS Vita. The series that has long been a staple of the PlayStation 3 makes the transition to ha ndheld gami ng w it h more than a few new features, including touch and gyroscope controls and a new suite of level creation tools. Built on top of the solid mechanics and gameplay the series is known for, LittleBigPlanet has never offered more than it does on the Vita. For the uninitiated, LittleBigPlanet is a platformer in the vein of Super Mario Bros. The series follows the adventures of the ever-cheerful Sackboy as he adventures across myriad levels trying to save the day from the latest threat. The main plot in LittleBigPlanet is little more than an excuse to string the various levels together into a single campaign. What keeps players coming back is the promise of new innovations in one of gaming’s oldest genres, something that the latest game in the series has plenty of. LittleBigPlanet takes full advantage of the Vita’s various features, using them in unique ways. The front and rear touch screens allow for items to be moved
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between the foreground and background. The system’s gyroscope allows for balancing acts and the manipulation of railways. If the Vita is capable of something, odds are that LittleBigPlanet has figured it out. As a result, the campaign in the latest game is one of the best the series has ever had. Familiar elements like the grappling hook and bounce pad are made fresh when mixed with the new features, all of which are fun on their own. As if the main levels weren’t enough, beating a level also holds the chance of unlocking a unique mini-game, bringing a new spin to the standard platforming of the series. Jumping through holes, stacking the largest possible block tower and racing speedboats all make for fun side-missions, with the race for a higher score offering new prizes. Above and beyond the mini-games, however, is the game’s Arcade world. Here, the developers have created five games completely removed from the platforming roots of the series. Gameplay, graphics and musical tone are all different in these titles, showing just how much variety the LittleBigPlanet engine is capable of.
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Cassettes make comeback with local artists Will Brooks Staff Writer
They’re rectangular, colorful and you probably haven’t listened to one since you were a child, though the odds of the latter may have changed recently. Cassette tapes have made a comeback locally and within the indie music scene at large. Sam Logan and N.C. State alum Derek Torres, both of bands Lilac Shadows and T0W3RS, have made several releases through DiggUp Tapes. They have made many tapes at their homes with equipment found at a thrift store. Torres, who says he runs much of Diggup Tapes’ business in Carrboro, explains that, nostalgia aside, it’s nice to hold a handmade recording. “[With] how digital recordings work today anyway, people don’t have a lot to hold onto,” Torres said. “It’s less of a means to hear the tape, but more of a means of something to hold onto.” Torres and Logan said the number of man hours put into the creation of a tape makes it a more personal form of media.
T0W3RS pre-released their “It gives a little bit of character as opposed to making forthcoming EP, split up into CDs,” Torres said, “Getting five single cassettes, during on the floor and cutting and Hopscotch Music Festival, and spread the tapes throughscoring and dubbing.” Tape-making, which con- out downtown Raleigh. According to Torres, the sists of hand processing each tape to best replicate the price of tapes played a large sound and runtime of its factor in allowing the band to original, is in stark contrast create the promotional scavenger hunt. to computer-burned CDs. “Once we started to crunch Logan said there is a definite nostalgia factor that drew the numbers and look at our him to tapes, but he was also budget, PBR [Pabst Blue drawn because it is a form Ribbon] was sponsoring of media a person can hold it and tapes were the most reasonable in his or her because hand. we cou ld “T he f irst make them albums that I ourselves,” bought were Torres said. tapes for sure,” Torres Logan said. “I and Lofeel like people gan don’t treat it more Derek Torres, TOW3RS and personally valuably than Lilac Shadows band member prefer the t he y wou ld another CD in a jewel case.” sound quality of cassette For Logan, the price at tapes, explaining that most which Lilac Shadows and fans will use the included T0W3RS can distribute their digital download as their music seems more appealing main listening form. “There is a certain group than anything. “With the Lilac Shadows of people who brought tapes EP [extended play] I think back in who were interested I spent a total of $70 [on in its fidelity. I’m not intertapes],” Logan said. “The ested in their fidelity,” Torres main thing is that they’re re- said. “When recording an alally, really cheap.” bum, it’s actually disappoint-
“It gives a little bit of character as opposed to making CDs.”
ing that someone might hear it that way.” “I don’t think any of us would make the argument that they sound better,” Logan said. Logan, who said that he did not own a cassette player until Lilac Shadows’ most recent release, believes that vinyl is the best outlet to release music, but it comes at a much larger cost. “I certainly like our records more,” Logan said. “I have albums of my dad’s that are 60 years old and hopefully I’ll have the Lilac Shadows records for a long time.” Torres agrees and said that he thinks of cassettes as a way to appeal to new fans that he wants to get his music out to. “For a band at our level, vinyl is a medium for a fan who really loves a band,” Torres said. “Whether I can sell [a cassette] to them for three dollars or if they don’t have money and you’re just giving them one, it’s better for them to walk away with my album.” More than anything, Logan believes that owning a physical copy of an album allows for a more meaningful expe-
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Students help turn plastic bottles into art Katie Sanders Senior Staff Writer
This week an estimated 5,000 plastic bottles — with a large quantity of other junk — found their way inside the Gregg Museum. Bryant Holsenbeck, a local artist assisted by a crowd of students, organized the litter into the museum’s newest show. “This is all about the stuff we throw away,” Holsenbeck said. BRETT MORRIS/TECHNICIAN The name of the exhibit, “Streaming: New Art from Kate Whalen, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, arranges handfuls of bottle caps on the floor of the Gregg Old Bottles,” refers to both Museum of Art + Design’s Bryan Room lobby Monday the high pace of modern evening. life and technology, and the stream of garbage that our attention to single-use plastic, she had to do — she had to such as straws, plastic bottles, live without plastic for a year. lifestyle is producing. It was harder than she ex“Art is not just something drink tops and plastic chopthat hangs on the wall of an sticks. These plastic odds- pected, she said. Holsenbeck art museum,” Roger Manley, and-ends, even if they are was unable to eat anything director of the Gregg Mu- recycled, cannot ever be used prepackaged, which cut out seum, said. “Art happens in to form themselves again in pretty much all junk food, what is known as full-cycle cereal and cookies. spite of ourselves.” After living completely The exhibit uses recycled recyclin —they have to be plastic to evoke scenes of “down-cycled” into other, without single-use plastic for a year, however, Holsennature and to comment on lower-quality products. Holsenbeck started her beck said it had just become its detrimental effect on the environment. The students environmental art career a habit. She has continued the weaving bas- practice and still lives almost created a kets that in- completely without plastic waterfall, a cluded items products. mountain “It just occurred to me that found in naand a forest ture, such as there’s too much stuff,” Holout of plastic honeysuckle. senbeck said. bottles, caps Roger Manley, director of the Holsenbeck also incorpoBut she was and other asGree Museum disillusioned rated as much of the litter that sorted odds by the fact she found into her art as she a nd e nd s . Holsenbeck had already cre- that most of what she found could to make a statement, ated a wolf out of plastic bags in nature was discarded plas- creating sculptures out of the debris. for the occasion and it stood tic. “I pick up every little bit I “It’s made to use once and watch over the proceedings. “I call myself an environ- then lasts forever. It just can,” Holsenbeck said. “My mental artist,” Holsenbeck doesn’t make sense to me,” job as an artist is to transform materials.” Holsenbeck said. said. Plastic bottles became her She said that she knew what Holsenbeck wanted to draw
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Students living in the Arts Village participate in the assembly of Bryant Holsenbeck’s waterfall and river of recycled bottles and bottle caps Monday night. The installation, “Streaming: New Art From Old Bottles,” commenced on Sept. 13 and has been made possible through the contributions and collaboration of students.
main staple because of their often overlooked elegance. “As a visual artist, I have to work with things that are pretty,” Holsenbeck said. Plastic bottles are also relatively easy to clean, she said — an important, if often forgotten, detail. Holsenbeck’s favorite material to use is bottle caps because of their bright and diverse colors. One of the show’s major points is that it has been participatory; students were invited to come in, share ideas and help the project take shape. Those who participated were encouraged to bring a week’s supply of bottles with them for use.
“It’s sort of like an Ouija board,” Manley said. “Everybody is pushing and pulling.” Students from the Arts Village, University Scholars and the College of Natural Resources were all in attendance, as well as other participants from the general community. “I’m interested in sustainability and how to keep our earth green and healthy for future generations,” Brenna Garner, a freshman in environmental technology, said. “[This exhibit is] showing people out there that there is something they can do.” Most students were optimistic that projects like Hol-
senbeck’s were slowly but surely having an effect. “Businesses are incorporating more and more environmental practices these days,” Josh Condray, a freshman in environmental technology, said. “It’s just progressing and compounding.” Holsenbeck’s exhibit will coincide with the “Art without Artists” exhibit by Manley and St. Louis graphic designer John Foster. The reception for both is Sept. 27 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Once the project has reached its conclusion, the materials will all be recycled.
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Within a week of the servers going live, more than 3,000 community levels were uploaded, with more being added every day. While many levels are simple, the best and brightest of the community have already built some truly impressive creations. One level has players keep falling cows from crashing on the wings of a biplane, while another tasks gamers with avoiding a bombing run while trapped in a hotel. Racing, dungeon crawls, and even role-playing games are all available in some form, and the possibilities are more varied than ever on the Vita. If there’s one downside, it’s that the level creator in Little-
BigPlanet is as complicated as ever. While basic platforming levels are easy enough to cobble together, more complex genres and level-building require an intimate knowledge of the designer tools. Even after wading through the more than 70 tutorials, this can be a challenge. Regardless, LittleBigPlanet provides more content than any other game yet on the Vita, and the stream of levels from other players promises a constant source of fun in the palm of your hand. If you have a Vita, then you owe it to yourself to take the dive and explore the wilds of LittleBigPlanet PS Vita.
forces you to value it a little bit more,” Logan said. Logan, who recently printed vinyl records for Lilac Shadows’ spring release, said that the band plans to begin working on an album scheduled for release in late 2013. The band will play at King’s Barcade on Oct. 3.
Torres said that T0W3RS will officially release their new EP, Wyatt, on Oct. 26 and will hold an album release party at King’s Barcade on Nov. 2. Torres plans to make cassettes, records and CDs available for purchase.
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This is important, because even with all of the extra content, the main campaign is only about five hours long on an initial playthrough. Where the title gets its real legs is in the level creator and community marketplace. Every level, mini-game and Arcade title in LittleBigPlanet’s campaign was made with the level creator, and every developer tool is available for players to build their own unique stages with. Players have already taken to the system with gusto.
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rience “The way that our culture tends towards a disposable way that people treat their objects in life, when you make something that is 12-by-12 it
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position despite seeing No. 10 Notre Dame and Florida State on its October schedule. Elsewhere in the ACC, Maryland (2-2, 0-0 ACC) challenged No. 8 West Virginia on the road before falling short, 31-21. True freshman quarterback Perry Hills tossed three touchdowns in the Terps’ upset bid. Also losing in Big 12 territory was Virginia (2-2, 0-1 ACC), who fell at No. 17 TCU by a score of 27-7. The ‘Hoos continue to be demonized by giveaways and are now ranked 117th nationally in turnover margin. Rounding out the Coastal Division, Virginia Tech (3-1, 1-0 ACC) bounced back with a 37-0 shutout of Bowling Green, North Carolina (2-2,
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tially hurt someone, sack the quarterback [or] get a free shot on the running back maybe,” Wallace said. “I definitely feel that it could have potential to hurt somebody.” Wallace has started 18 games for State, making him the least experienced man on the offensive line. State has allowed 14 sacks in three contests this season, ranking
0-1 ACC) used two touchdowns from running back Giovanni Bernard to down ECU, 27-6, and Duke (3-1, 0-0 ACC) dominated for its best start since 2008 after the Devils’ 38-14 win over winless Memphis. N.C. State (3-1, 0-0 ACC) and Wake Forest (3-1, 1-1 ACC) tackled option offenses and prevailed behind outstanding offensive performances of their own. In the 52-14 pounding, true freshman running back Shadrach Thornton came out of nowhere to be the first State freshman to go over 100 yards rushing since Joe McIntosh had 131 yards against Richmond in 1981. Atlantic Division rival Wake Forest also exploded on offense, as the Deacons racked up 517 yards in a 49-37 shootout win against winless Army. The Knights of the Hudson
11th in sacks against in the ACC. It also ranks sixth in the ACC in rushing offense, averaging 145.5 yards per game. At the end of the day, Wallace said, players will now have to make sure that helmets are strapped tightly and correctly. He also suggested a possible change in the rule that could possibly lessen the effect on the flow of the game. “Maybe just a rule where you have to stop if your helmet comes off or put it back on,” Wallace said. “That’s it.”
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N.C. State at Miami: Noon Middle Tennessee State at Georgia Tech: Noon Duke at Wake Forest: 12:30 p.m. No. 17 clemson at Boston College: 3:30 p.m. Idaho at North Carolina: 3:30 p.m. Louisiana at Virginia: 3:30 p.m. Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati*: 3:30 p.m. No. 4 Florida State at South Florida: 6 p.m. * - at Landover, Maryland SOURCE: SEAN FAIRHOLM
ignited for 429 rushing yards but could not stop Wake’s ground game, which featured four second-half touchdowns and a pair of 100-yard rushers on the afternoon.
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Am I indicating Creecy or Washington shouldn’t play? No, but give him the first opportunity against Miami and see if he can take momentum into ACC play. He has to be feeling confident right now. As O’Brien indicated after the game Saturday
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Dylan Welchman, a sophomore in mechanical engineering, holds up a frisbee in triumph after diving through the mud, Tuesday, Sept 18, 2012. Welchman plays on the N.C. State Ultimate Frisbee Team and was celebrating the end of practice with some of his teammates so the club made an impromptu slip-and-slide outside of Witherspoon Student Cinema. “Nothing beats ultimate in the mud,” said Welchman.
night, he believes Thornton has earned himself a spot in the rotation moving forward, which doesn’t make things better for the suspended Greene. All I am saying is that if something isn’t broken, there’s no need to try and fix it. The team has rushed for 100 or more yards twice in its first four games, one of which was led by Thornton. To me, this signals a time for change. Creecy has rushed 31 times all season and still has
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Helmet rule creates mixed reactions Jeniece Jamison Sports Editor
Football announces game times for next two games N.C. State athletics released the game times for the next two matchups for the Wolfpack on Monday. State will begin conference play at noon on Saturday as it travels to Miami. The game will be televised by ESPNU. Stateís week six matchup against No. 4 Florida State will be in primetime, airing at 8 p.m. on either ABC or ESPN2. SOURCE: N.C. STATE ATHLETICS
Cyr named ACC Player of the Week N.C. State volleyball senior setter Megan Cyr was named ACC Player of the Week yesterday. The Wolfpack (13-1, 1-0 ACC) took down conference foes Wake Forest and Duke last week to extend its winning streak to eight games and remain perfect in conference play. In those two matches, Cyr hit an incredible .706 and had 67 assists, four solo blocks and eight total blocks. She recorded eight kills, six digs and five total blocks against Duke alone. SOURCE: ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE
QUOTE OF THE DAY “We’ve made strides offensively, even with the injuries maybe we found something in Shadrach.” Tom O’Brien, head football coach
On Feb. 24, 2012, the NCAA approved a new rule for the 2012 football season. The rule states that any player whose helmet comes off during a play that is not the result of a foul is to sit out the next play of the game. The play will be treated as if a player got injured, including a 10-second run-off. A coach also cannot use a timeout to get a player back on the field. After four weeks of play, the rule has garnered mixed emotions among players and coaches from the standpoints of promoting player safety and the rule possibly being taken advantage of by coaches and players. “I can see the safety behind it,” redshirt senior offensive guard Andrew Wallace said. “But coming out after the play – having to come out the next play is a little too much.” Wa l lace wa s t he nat ion’s first victim of the rule when his helmet came of f during a play in the Wolfpack’s loss against Tennessee in the Chick-f il-A Kickoff Game. “I guess that’s a privilege,” Wallace said. “I cut on [the run] and [the helmet] popped off so I had to come out.” “We were aware of the rule. Once the helmet came off, I knew I had to come out.” Despite knowledge of the rule, Wallace continued to play. After the game, he was told
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Junior running back Milton Hall is brought down by a pair of Citadel defenders during the ACC Military Appreciation Day football game in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. The Wolfpack defeated the Bulldogs 52-14.
of an unforeseen consequence that could have caused the Pack field position during the game. “I was told that I could get a penalty for that because I continued the play,” Wallace said. “ T h i s w a s a f te r t he g a me t h a t I f o u n d t h a t o u t .” His helmet was also popped off in the
wins against Connecticut and South Alabama. Since those games Wallace has taken measures against becoming a repeat offender, but at a cost. “[It] was a different helmet,” Wallace said. “But now I have it really tightened. It causes a headache.” Wallace guards graduate student quarterback Mike Glennon’s right
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Offense in need of Thornton’s spark Jonathan Stout
side. This, according to Wallace, makes his absence from a play have a large impact on Glennon’s protection in the pocket and the other members of the Pack’s backfield. “If I have to stop on a play [opponents] could continue and poten-
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Today MEN’S SOCCER V. GARDNER-WEBB Dail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m. Thursday WOMEN’S SOCCER V. MIAMI Dail Soccer Stadium, 7 p.m. Friday MEN’S SOCCER V. BOSTON COLLEGE Chestnut Hill, Mass., 7 p.m. VOLLEYBALL V. GEORGIA TECH Reynolds Coliseum, 7 p.m. CROSS COUNTRY AT THE GREAT AMERICAN CROSS COUNTRY FESTIVAL Cary, N.C., TBA CROSS COUNTRY V. NOTRE DAME South Bend, Ind., TBA Saturday FOOTBALL V. MIAMI Miami, Fla., 12 p.m. VOLLEYBALL V. CLEMSON Reynolds Coliseum, 5 p.m. RIFLE AT SEARC 1 Dahlonega, Ga., All Day MEN’S TENNIS AT ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Tulsa, Okla., All Day Sunday WOMEN’S SOCCER V. FLORIDA STATE Dail Soccer Stadium, 1 p.m. MEN’S TENNIS AT ITA ALL-AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIPS Tulsa, Okla., All Day
As I watched N.C. State take on The Citadel Saturday, there was something noticeably different about the Wolfpack—consistent, fine-tuned offense moving down the field quickly. Due to injuries and suspension, the top three running backs were unable to play against the Bulldogs. Jonathan Senior James Stout Washington Deputy Sports a nd re d s h i r t Editor sophomore Tony Creecy were unable to practice last week and redshirt sophomore Mustafa Greene is still serving a suspension. Come Saturday, the Pack didn’t need their services as they dismantled The Citadel. Anyone who looked inside their game programs prior to kickoff would have expected No. 26 or No. 24 to trot onto the field with the offense during the possession, but neither player was seen. Freshman running back Shadrach Thornton took their place and possibly their starting position by the end of the season. Thornton did more than sit in for the two injured starters. He excelled, rushing more in one game than Creecy or Washington have all season. His 145 rushing yards on 6.9 yards per carry outmatch any rusher on the stat sheet for State. As the depth chart revealed on Monday, Thornton will back up Creecy this week against Miami. Yes, we played The Citadel who is not known for having a shutdown defense, but Thornton showed he can play and I think he deserves the starting nod this week. Thornton came out of no-
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surplus of tailbacks would form a rotation and he would go with whoever has the hot hand each week. In my eyes, Thornton is the hot hand. Give him the ball and let him do something with it. O w n i n g a 6 -f o o t-1-i n c h , 200-pound frame, he doesn’t look like someone who would require a gang of tacklers to bring him down, but he’s more than meets the eye. With his speed you’d expect to see him running east and west but he’s running straight through the oline, hitting the holes and finding running lanes. Not only will he run between the tackles, but he’ll swing it to the outside and look for a pass from Glennon. He’s versatile, as he proved in high school, where he played quarterback, running back and receiver. Miami is quick on defense and we’ll need a versatile back to get the job done.
For fans of offense, week four in the ACC turned out to be an electric Saturday where eight of the 12 teams put up 36 points or more. With the conference’s top two teams showcasing their abilities to be offensive juggernauts in Tallahassee, No. 10 Clemson (3-1, 0-1 ACC) and No. 4 Florida State (4-0, 2-0 ACC) lived up to the College Gameday hype which heightened as the sky grew darker at Doak Campbell Stadium. Down 28-14 in the third quarter, the Seminoles erupted for 35 points in the final two frames and finished with a gaudy 667 yards of total offense. Star quarterback E.J. Manuel has emerged as the ACC’s first legitimate Heisman contender in several seasons after accounting for 482 yards of offense and two touchdowns in the victory. The ‘Noles comfortably lead the country in terms of touchdowns (31), are second for points per game (56.3) and are favored by three possessions for Saturday night’s matchup at South Florida. Earlier in the day, about a fivehour drive north of Tallahassee, one of FSU’s in-state rivals came up with a huge upset at Georgia Tech despite trailing 36-19 late in the third quarter. Miami (3-1, 2-0 ACC), mostly forgotten after getting throttled against a Kansas State team that is now No. 7 in the country, produced 609 yards of offense in Atlanta and got a monster game out of Phillip Dorsett (9 receptions, 184 yards). The 42-36 overtime win puts the ‘Canes in an optimistic
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Freshman running back Shadrach Thornton runs the ball around around the Citadel defense during the ACC Military Appreciation Day football game in Carter-Finley Stadium Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012. Thornton, playing in his first collegiate football game, carried for 145 yards and two touchdowns, helping to lead the Wolfpack to a 52-14 victory over the Bulldogs.
where—literally. He wasn’t on the depth chart in the program, and many fans were in complete disarray as they didn’t know this freshman was on the team. It seemed like almost every other play, the words “Shadrach Thornton with the carry” could be heard over the loud-speaker. He’s quick, can catch the ball out of the back field and, in many instances, needed more than one defender to take him down. If I could describe Thornton in one word it would be this—spark. Thornton added excitement and a fast paced tempo we’ve yet to see from Creecy or Washington. Through three games Creecy has totaled 134 total yards, averaging 43.3 yards a game and 4.2 yards a carry. Washington, who is fifth in total rushing yards behind Greene and redshirt senior Tobias Palmer, is averaging 21 per game and three yards a carry. Head coach Tom O’Brien said at the beginning of the year that the